Title: Forbidden Love
Author:
imayuki aka Kashima Miki
Beta: Yukijae Struiksma
Rating: Mainly PG-13, but might be NC-17 as the story grows
Chapter: multi-chapter (1/??)
Genre: AU, Supernatural, Vampire, Romance, Angst, Fluff, Smut (?)
Warnings: Sexual Content, Language, Blood
Pairings: Kuloe/Pitty, Pitty/Setsuna (Morrigan)
Summary: That’s a good thing to do. It’s better to do it with someone you like after all…
Words count: 3093
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with the bands or band members. This is a mere product of my imagination, none of this is true.
Notes: This time I work on multi-chapter series, I don’t know if it gonna be long series, but I don’t think it will exceed more than 10 chapters~ First time trying to write about alternate universe and vampires become my choice in this series. Visual Kei artist are common with vampires image, aren’t they? This also a fiction to fill my writing prompt #4: Around the World. As usual bad title and bad summary XD Hope you enjoy it~
From left: Kuloe, Pitty, Setsuna
Run! I must run! Faster! They’re chasing after me. Since the day I was turned into a vampire they've been chasing and hunting me. No matter where I go, the hunters manage to catch up to me. Their scents really make me uncomfortable and make my heart beat irregularly. I didn’t ask for this, I didn’t ask to become a vampire so please stop chasing me! I'm always trying to escape and to get away from them. I once again, cross over the big unknown ocean and arrive at a distant, foreign island that seem like a peaceful new place for me to hide from them.
“So here I am… Japan. Have I finally found a place where I can settle down?” I take a depth breath. There are still many people roaming around, even though its night time. I can see there’s a festival going on. But I totally have no idea why they’re celebrating. Somehow I’m getting excited, roaming randomly, passing through the crowds.
“Mommy, look at him… his hair is white! It’s white!!!” suddenly I hear a excited little kid’s voice talk about my hair. I turn around and look in the direction of the voices. The little boy quickly hides behind his mother when I look at them.
“Thank you~<3” I wave at the small boy and smile widely. White hair… what could that mean? During the long journey here in a boat some of the crew taught me of the language of this country, However, I still don’t understand many phrases. I feel as if I have heard that phrase before, but… hurmmm? What’s that? What a sweet smell~ I have never seen any of this before. I buy the unknown thing that they call a ‘dango’. Weird name, but I love it~ this is so fun! I’m really happy that I came here <3 they do have lots of sweets things and I love them all!
Eh? What's with these feelings? I freeze, sudden chills climb up my spine. This scent… don’t tell me… I turn around and there stands a guy with a long black hair. “Kuloe… why are you here?!”
“Hahaha…” that guy lets out a smirk, “Did you really think that you could run away from me? You’re still as naïve as ever, Pitty.”
Why? Why he’s here? And just when I thought I was finally free from the hunters… why he must be here? Standing in front of me?
“I noticed immediately that you had left the country… because you’re too flashy to not be noticed,”
“Ah!” what does he mean by I’m too flashy to not be noticed? My body is trembling, all the feelings mixed together from being afraid to anger. I turn around and quickly step away. It’s so fucking annoying! No matter where I try to escape to… it’s always the same! Suddenly pair of hands embrace me and totally hides me from the hunters view. Eh-?! Huh? What's actually happening? I can hear his heart beating, smell this sweet scent…
“I think he’s gone now. Are you alright? It seems like you were being chased by someone, so my body acted on my own to protect you. If you’re fine with it, would you like to rest at my house?” I take a look at the person who has this nice smell. He also has white hair! Is he from our clan too? But I can notice black strands… He’s a mixed blood? But I don’t know why I accept his offer and follow him to his house.
~~~******~~~ “Oh, so you’re from the west, Pitty-san? Why did you come here?” the conversation starts after he serves me some hot green tea. Gosh I hope he will offer me something sweet, not just this plain tea.
“Oh! Hurm… I’m just visiting…” Oh, crap! I can’t come up with a more reasonable answer!
“Visiting, huh? It’s strange that someone as young as you would go on a trip like this. Here, please have some dessert, you look like you're starving,”
“Oh! What a cute dessert!” It has a smooth surface and has a sweet filling. Even though vampires actually depend on blood for food, I just can’t avoid this addiction that I have toward sweets things. It just delicious and I love it!
“Oh, by the way Pitty… Do you have somewhere to stay for the night?”
“……” His questions really stop me from indulging in the cute, sweet, little dessert. Somewhere to stay for the night…?! I didn’t make any plans after all… “Ah… That… I just wanted to get away from my country, so I didn’t even think about that. Huh? I think I’ll look for a pace to stay then,”…The thing is, I’ve only ever thought about running away. Finding a place to live and for shelter never ever crossed my mind. Now that Kuloe has found me, I won’t be able to live in peace in this country… even though I love all these sweet things and I don’t want to return to hat nomadic lifestyle.
“You are weird, Pitty. At first you said that you’re visiting, now you said that you want to get away from your country,”
Oh, crap! Did I get caught? What? Wait?! Cool down, Pitty! Think! Think about something!
“You might have your own reasons. Anyway would you like to stay here?”
“Huh?” I look at his face. Did I get what he said correctly?
“If you don’t mind, you can stay here temporarily until you find yourself a better place for you to stay. If you’re willing to do chores around my shop, I won’t charge you rent. What do you think?” He carves out a sweet smile. For someone like me who has always been unlucky… Luck is finally with me! He leads me to a bedroom.
“Please come in, Pitty. It’s nothing much, but make yourself comfortable as at your house. Well then if you can excuse me, I’ll be in my room down the hall if you need anything. So I think I’ll see you, like, tomorrow?”
“Yes, thank you for your hospitality,” I bow to him, that’s their custom at here right?
“No need. I just wanted to be a good host, that’s all,” He laughs and runs his fingers along his long locks.
“Ah.. ehm… Good night,” A slightly pink shading starts across my cheeks. Why I must feel like a high schooler girl that talks to her crush?
“Good night and sweet dreams,” He pats my head before turning around and heading to his own bedroom.
Since I moved to the Asia region, I’ve always been considered as a foreigner. No one has ever dared to come near me because of my hair. Maybe they’re afraid due to the language barrier. Before this I was always shrouded in darkness. I stayed at home, feeling completely isolated. Setsuna was the only one who accepted me, he even offering me a place to stay. I wander around the room, everything seems really interesting to my point of view, I never been in a Japanese house before after all! So you all can’t blame me for getting excited even over the smallest things that you count as normal.
“Ooh! A futon!!” I roll it open and slump myself on it “Ah… so comfortable <3” Setsuna… He acts so naturally. It must be that he always deals with foreigners through his business. “I’m almost… falling for him. <3” I hide my blushing face using pillow before let the exhaustion take over my body and I fall into a deep sleep.
~~~******~~~ Birds chirping happily outside, I tie up my hair into two high ponytails. Happily I look at the mirror and fix a rather big bow to one of them. Satisfied with the whole image, I run out of my bedroom and stop on the spot when I come across Setsuna.
“Morning! Did you have a good sleep last night?”
“Ah! Setsuna-san… yes, those futon really comfortable,” It’s full with your sweet scent though X3
“Those kimono are for girl… But you really suit it well, Pitty...” Setsuna gives me another of his warmest smiles again. Gosh! My heart is getting so fluffy from its warmth. So this piece of clothing, they call it a kimono? How interesting it is to stay in a new country. This country really has nice food, nice clothes… what else will I come across next? Not forgetting the nice people too. I run to the storage room for my job helping Setsuna.
“So, my job is to check the store’s storage room! Even I’ve no idea what should I do (^_^;) this way, there’s no way of Kuloe having chance of finding me!” yeah, as long as I keep myself hiding from the public. I randomly rummage around the storage room. Gosh really, what kind of shop is it that Setsuna runs? There are so many weird things here! I open the boxes and try to sort it where I feel they it should be. I'm really unsure how to sort all these things after all! I’m just a burden to Setsuna. Hurm? What’s in those black boxes? I run my fingers over the smooth, black, velvet fabric before opening the box. What is in the box is really unexpected, there’s a silver cross lying amongst some silky, black satin fabric.
“WHAT THE HELL?!!!” I quickly close the box with a loud thud. I still can bear with sunlight and garlic, but a cross… plus silver cross it can kill me! My heart pounds loudly, my breathing pattern uneven. I feel like my heart almost stops. This sign… I’m probably ‘hungry’. This can only be solved with one thing, I need to leave my hideout and hunt for my ‘meal’. I wonder, are there any animals around here, even though animal’s blood can’t fully satisfy my hunger, I won't hunt a human. I promised myself that I won’t hunt a human anymore. Still, even just for animal’s blood I can’t go out and hunt during the daylight. It’s too dangerous; I might expose myself not only to public, but to those hunters as well. I’ll wait patiently until the night falls.
“Pitty… it’s dark outside. Are you sure that you’ll be alright going out alone? Do you want me to come with you?” I can see his worried face. Seriously I do I look like a small little girl? I’m not that young I wonder how old am I? 100? 150? I lost count already.
“No, it’s fine Setsuna-san. I’m just going for a walk around here, I’ll come back early,” I’d be happy to have him accompany me, but I can’t… How am I gonna hunt for blood if he's by my side? I can’t reveal myself to Setsuna! Suddenly my eyes fix to the necklace that Setsuna wears, a simple necklace with sun as its pendant. My gaze follows up his neck… Inside Setsuna… flows blood… with his sweet scent… I bet his blood must taste as sweet as his scent… I swallow hard, my mind clouds as the hunger takes over my body, my fangs start elongate.
“Pitty?” Ah! Setsuna bring me down to earth.
“Then… I’ll be going now!” I turn around quickly and step out of the house.
“Just don’t come home too late. Come home sooner if something happens,”
“Okay!” After I'm far enough from Setsuna's house, I let out a groan. Urgh! That was dangerous! To think that I’m lusting over Setsuna’s blood… I’m must control myself! If I really lost myself and had bitten him just now, he would’ve discovered that I’m not an innocent human, I’m just a blood-sucking monster that people are afraid of… a vampire… would Setsuna… be shocked or angry at the reality? Would he be scared and reject me? No! Nevertheless… perhaps… if it was Setsuna, perhaps he would accept me...?
No, I can’t! I tremble at the thought. I can’t get my hopes up with someone I just met. I know I shouldn’t, but I’d like to stay and spend some more time with Setsuna… together… forever… I don’t want to be alone anymore. I've been all alone for too long already. Am I allowed to hold on to that kind of wish?
“Hey… A little lamb shouldn’t walk alone… it looks like you’ve found a new home. You seem to be doing well,” I turn around to the source of the voice. Argh!!!! Here he comes, the hunter! Can’t he let me be alone for a while? He steps closer and approaches me.
“Ah looking at this face… It seems that you didn’t sink your fangs into him… I’m so touched to know that you didn’t do that… yet,” he pats my head.
I swat his hands away from my head. “Don’t come near me!! How dare you say such things to me?” Seriously where’s this hunter’s dignity? I elongate my fangs and give the fiercest look I can give at him.
He steps backward, “Oh, how scary… even so, I’m still getting it right, aren’t I? If he were bitten by you, he’d become nothing rather than your marionette,” he's totally not afraid of me based on his mocking tones. Damn this hunter! I wish I could tear all the flesh from his body using my fangs! He is really such a pain in the ass.
But I can’t deny his words. Venom… that’s right, not only do we feed on blood, but the poison we inject into our prey… messes with their minds, makes them confused and turns all humans into our slaves. Totally submissive, they can no longer think the way they should think, so we vampires can suck all the delicious blood from their body. They die without feeling any pain at all, in their mind is all the fake pleasure, lust, and it brings them to their own grave. But if they survive after a vampire feeds on their blood, they will also turn into a vampire. However, most of them can’t endure the painful change and end up transforming into monsters that can’t control their desires over blood, attacking innocent people to fulfil their bloodlust desires or worse, those who can’t endure it, they die. That’s why vampires are arrogant, they use this ability to gather subordinates, dominating human through fear.
But with the existence of the hunter association, where they have done lots of research on how to kill vampires the humans fear us less. All the chosen ones have undergone special training on how to face vampires. With their training, they’ve killed many vampires and forcing us into darkness and to hide ourselves to help us survive. And this guy that is standing in front of me is one of them, a well-known enemy to us, vampires.
“Hey… you’re thinking about something useless again. Do you want to be haunted and killed by me?”
Jeez this fucking arrogant, bitch vampire hunter! He sure has a big mouth! My body is trembling with all the anger I'm holding inside, “Who would want your blood?! You idiot vampire hunters!” A sudden burst of anger slips from my mouth.
“… Is not only that you don’t want hurt me, but you refuse to hurt other mankind. I don’t want to kill a cute little kid like you,”
“You don’t need to remind me of that. I haven’t done anything to satisfy you or make your job become easier,” what the hell is he babbling about? And he called me ‘cute little kid’? I’m not that young to be honest.
He let out a smirk, “You’re strange and the weirdest vampire that I've come across. Don’t worry, we have an oath. If you don’t kill anyone or create new vampires or all those bloodlust monsters, then I won’t kill you,”
Tch! Just go to hell with your oath! He’s just saying that out duty right? He is ordered to hunt me after all, yet he still isn’t fulfilling his duty. Is he just playing around? Hoping I will fall into his trap? I’m not that stupid when I face a vampire hunter. The truth behind his acting is uncertain… but… he’s definitely a hindrance to me. I tighten my grip on my other hand, full of annoyance.
“Anyway, come on. I feel really annoyed whenever I see you. But, if I weren’t watching you carefully…” He rustles with something inside of his jacket and takes out a tube that unmistakably contains blood and throws it into my hands and I willingly accept it, “Be a good little boy. Take that and drink. I don’t like running after you day and night, but this is my job and I have no way to whine around about it,”
“You’re very passionate about your work…” I look at the tube in my hand.
“I’m a serious person after all,” He chuckles.
“When the hell are you serious?! Aren’t you just using the association’s funds to flirt around?!” That image that flashes in my mind, that’s what in his mind, right? Why did he let his guard down when around me so I can read his mind?
“What is it? Do you also want to join me? But aren’t you’re too young for that?"
“No thanks. I’m not interested with your offer. Plus I don’t need any women in my life to make it what human called as complete,”
“Ah, I see… So Pitty is still a virgin,”
“Are you trying to pick a fight?” What the hell are his? Having a chit-chat moment with vampire hunter? Something must be wrong with this entire situation!
“No…you’re just trying to stay as pure as you can. That’s a good thing to do. It’s better to do it with someone you like after all… well then, see you next time, Pitty,” with those words he walks past me and leaves me alone in my own thoughts.
“…I’m strange…? I think you’re stranger than me,” I open the lid of the tube that contains blood. So, it’s against Kuloe’s principles to hurt a vampire who’s never hurt a human, I don’t understand that hunter at all! He doesn’t try to kill me and he also gives me his blood. I bring the tube to my mouth and gulp the blood in one go. Seriously the donated blood taste gross! But if I were to hurt a human… there’s only one person. I drop the tube onto the ground where it shatters into pieces.
“It’s enough… time to go back,”
~To the next chapter
A/N: so how’s it? My first attempt to write supernatural series and I don’t know why I choose Morrigan for this fic! XD