Beyblade Fan Fiction ❯ Nights in Paris ❯ Nights in Paris ( One-Shot )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

This is a one-shot fanfic I wrote some time ago when I was in a sad mood.It is rather sad,I think.I appologise for my spelling errors,I translated this into English in the middle of the night.So please forgive me and enjoy,ne?

Nicholas:Kanilla does not own Tala and Kai,nor does she own beyblade.She just wishes she did so.

Nights in Paris

A scream pierced the silence of the night.A lonesome figure,dressed in a long,black coat and a hat that cast shadows on his face were standing all still.With a disgusted look he moved away from the pile of dust that lay in front of him.The pile of dust that only moments earlier had been a bloodsucking vampire.He snorted and left the place.His icyblue eyes observed the surroundings.No danger,he could go on.Not many would dare challenge him to battle though.Very few who were aware of either his name or reputation dared to challenge him.

His name was Tala Volkov,the most feared vampire hunter in the whole of Europe.Most of the time he went from place to place ,killing every bloodsucker he came across on his path.He growled at the mere thought of vampires.Most people stayed away from him.It didnt bother him,it was better that way.
By looks he appeared to be somewhere in his late twenties.He was strong and tall,with a fiercry,red hair,perfect,white skin and intense,blue eyes that held no emotion.Those eyes made people back away in fear when he stared at them.Tala was a vampire hunter,the best in his job.At the time being he was located in Paris,on request from one of the rich men in the city,Fernando Merquise.

-Flashback-

Fernando reached out his hand for the other man to shake,but the tall hunter made no movement.He motioned for him to sit down.Fernando folded his hands in his lap and started talking."I have a task for you,Mr.Volkov".Tala`s gaze was frightening him,making him nervous.He cleared his throat."This is the face of the vampire that has named himself Shinigami".He handed the hunter a picture.Tala took a closer look.The vampire looked very young,but most of them did anyways.He couldnt have been any older than sixteen when he went through the change.He was very pretty,and Tala was surprised by his wild,blue hair.But most of all it was the eyes that fascinated him to no end.They were crimson red,very clear.They held a playful look,as is he knew something no one else knew.Tala handed back the picture."And you want me to take care of him for you?"Fernando was startled.The hunter was a man of few words,and this was the first time he had said anything at all in his prescence.
The older man nodded."Yes.This vampire had already killed two of my cousins and my niece.I want you to stop him".Tala smiled,an empty smile.Fernando felt the hair on his arms stand straight up."Very well then,I accept the misson.How much is the pay?"The other swallowed nervously."Whatever you desire.I am willing to do anything to get rid of this killer".The hunter noded."I will be back for my pay when I am done",he said and stood up,leaving the big office.

-End Flashback-

He opened the door to his room and entered.After he made sure it was locked he took of his jacket and dropped it onto a chair.He sighed as he sat down on his bed,fumbling with the cigarettes that he had hid under his pillow.He had this strange feeling that this Shinigami would be a tough one for some reason.He also had a bad feeling that he might not succed in this misson.Growling he pushed those thoughts away.
Tala Volkov had never failed a misson before,and he had no plans about starting now.When dawn fell he went to sleep,knowing that he would be safe for a little while.

He woke up around nightfall.Tala had learnt his body to sleep during day so he could stay up all night without loosing his concentration due to lack of sleep.He found his equipment and made ready.To his wrists he attached knives,and he had both a stake and a revolver with silwer bullets on the inside of his coat.

The night was black,the sky covered by gloomy,grey clouds.He ignored the annoying feeling in his stomach,the feeling of being watched and continued his stroll down the street.For several night now he had been out searching for this Shinigami.He had payed a visit to many local nests and always got the same reaction everytime he asked a vampire before he killed him or her.They were all terrified of Shinigami.Tala suspected that he most likely killed his own aside humans.
That conclusion worried him.Most vampires never killed their own kind.They usually stuck together.Only the bravest,most powerful and the dumb killed another vampire.He felt his heartbeat increase.He was sure he was being watched,but he continued as if it was nothing.

A pair of crimson red eyes followed every move the hunter made.The figure smiled to himself.He knew the young human was aware of his prescence,but that was what made everything so much fun!Oh how he loved to play with the human mind!He chuckled as he thought about how much fun he was going to have with the hunter before he killed him.Shinigami decided to go closer.His original name was Kai Hiwatari,but only a small amount of those who knew that were still alive.And then only because he had let them live.Despite his young face the vampire had many years behind him.Many years of killing and destruction.He was a vampire,and he truly lived up to his claimed name,Shinigami,meaning death.

Tala walked a little faster,not being able to stay calm anymore.He stopped at the end of a street.On the other side of the road stood a figure,and something about him held Tala back.The person was dressed in black leather pants and a black,half open shirt.He was paralysed,unable to move.The vampire smiled at him,the same smile that had been on the picture.

He came closer,and Tala was struck by his beauty.He had seen that the vampire had been pretty by looking at the picture,but he was so different in real life.He was amasing,his skin so pale and smooth.Small fangs glinted in the dim light of the night.The vampire seemed so young and playful,not like the murderer he really was.A little smile came to his lips,and he walked towards the hunter with careful steps.Then almost faster than the eye could see Tala grabbed his gun and fired a shot.But the other was already gone in the dark.

The vampire smiled to himself.He had succeded in seducing the young human just by showing up.He giggled childishly.His young friend would think of nothing else this night.Satisfied with himself he hummed an old lulluaby he had heard once.When and where he had heard it he could not remember,but it had stayed with him for years.He had to admit,the young hunter had a pretty face.His skin was almost as pale as his own,the icyblue eyes intese.It had made him hungry.He had barely been able to control himself in the hunter`s prescence.If it hadnt been for his strong will he would have killed the redhaired beauty at instant.The meeting had woken up feelings in him that had been buried and dead for a long time by now.He laughed and sneaked on to find himself a prey.As the nights passed by Tala ran into him several times.And each time he was surprised by the vampire`s beauty.Every time he had been unable to end the vampire`s life.No word had been uttered between them yet,but in some way they could both understand the other.

For the second time this week Tala was out patrolling.He was just waiting for Shinigami to show up.And he was rewarded for his wait a little later.Around midnight he was suddenly there,standing a little further away in case Tala pulled his gun and fired.
They simply watched each other,not doing anything.The vampire once again felt the strong urge to grab hold of the fair creature before him and suck that pretty neck dry.But he resisted.There was something about this hunter that made him curious.He felt strangely alive when around him,privelegied.He smiled and noticed how the human bit his lip.The vampire took a few steps forward,now within range of the gun Tala had.He stopped a couple of meters away.The part of Tala that was a hunter screamed that he should end the life of this creature right away.But another part of him held him back,and he felt torn between the two parts,unsure what to do.He took another step forward,his crimson eyes watching the hunter`s every move.Tala raised his gun.The vampire stared at him for a little while before he smiled."You think you can do it?"he whispered.His voice was low and soft.Tala felt his heart beat faster.
This was the first time the other had said anything at all.He pushed the trigger lightly,not enough to fire the gun."You are nothing but a lousy vampire.I can kill you without thinking twice",he warned.The other smiled,his fangs showing."Oh?"
He tilted his head to the side and watched the young hunter struggle.Then he held his arms out from his sides."Then do it".Tala blinked.The vampire had just given Tala the opportunity to kill him.There had to be a catch here.No vampire willingly made his chest available for a hunter.He swallowed and grabbed tighter hold of the gun,that by now felt very slippery between his fingers.
When he did nothing the other chuckled."What is wrong,hunter?You cant even kill a lousy vampire?I have heard rumors about you being the best hunter in all of Europe.I guess the rumors were wrong then.."Tala was shaking with surpressed feelings.Why couldnt he pull the trigger?
The vampire continued to mock him."Your best friend was turned into one of us right?"Tala made no reply.The memories came back,those he had been trying to bury for so long.

-Flashback-

Tala had noticed that his best friend,Tony had been acting strangely lately.He had skipped school and refused to come outside at all.One night Tala had woken up when he heard a scream.He sat up in his bed,his heart beating rappidly in his chest.Had that not been his little sister,Elizabeth?As quietly as possible he left his bed,grabbing hold of the baseball bat that stood by the door.He opened the door and peeked out.No one there.His pulse were throbbing in his head.Someone was on their way up the stairs.He hid behind a closet and waited for the stranger to appear.Then,when he knew that the stranger was close he swung his bat and hit him.He was thrown away by the force.Tala hit the wall,but stayed conscious.He got the shock of his life when he saw Tony stand before him.He was about to ask what his buddy was doing here when he noticed that something was different about him.Tony,being a darkhaired boy with brown eyes and a kind face was now pale as a ghost.There were trails of blood along his jaw.Tala noticed that also his hands were bloody.When Tony smiled he revealed two small,sharp fangs.Tala gasped."Tony,what happened to you?"The other boy laughed and pulled him to his feet."I feel better than ever,my friend!"he grinned.Tala stared at him in fear."What are you doing here?"he whispered.Tony giggled."No need to be quiet,little pallie,your parents cant hear you".Tala`s eyes widened in shock to how much his friend had changed.Tony looked at him,a little,evil smile on his lips."I killed them".It didnt dawn on Tala at once.When he understood he backed away."Lizzy.."
he whispered and was about to run past his former best friend.Tony sighed."She was more fun than the two old ones...She fought back like a tiger".Tala shook his head,refused to listen anymore."No.."Tony laughed again."yes..She hit and kicked when she understood that I wanted to hurt her.She was even able to give me a bruise before I sucked her dry".Tala`s eyes were huge with terror and he was on the verge of breaking down."What are you,Tony?"he whispered.Tears were leaving wet trails on his cheeks."What I am?I am a vampire,my friend".Something snapped in Tala`s head then.He grabbed hold of the bat again and attacked his former friend.Tony grabbed the weapon and smashed it to pieces."Do you really want to hurt me,Tala?I am offended",he grinned.Tala remembered somthing he had read once,about vampires.He took a wooden splinter in his hand and drove it into Tony`s chest.The other boy`s face turned a blank expression as he dropped to his knees."Tala.."he whispered and turned to dust.Tala crawled back to his room.He lay on the floor crying.

-End Flashback-

Anger came to him again as he thought of that night so long ago.His face hardened.That night was the reason for the path his life had taken.Vampires had ruined his life and made him what he was today.He stared Shinigami straight in the eyes.Then he lowered his gun and walked away."You havent seen the last of me!"he called.The vampire smiled to himself.

Tala threw away his equipment into a corner of his room.He didnt even bother to lock the door.He found his cigarettes and lit one.His nerves were thin by now.He had failed,for the first time ever.He had been standing before the worst vampire of them all and failed to kill him.He felt tears sting in his eyes.He held them back.Tala Volkov didnt cry.Only women and little children cried.
Why could he not kill the vampire?He lay down on his bed,head on pillow and closed his eyes.There was something different about the dark Shinigami.He was different from the others of his kind in some way.He was more enchanting,more beautiful in his darkness.Something about him demanded respect and admiring.
And that face..So innocent and childish when the opposite was reality.From the first meeting something had changed in Tala.And it was that something that made him leave his room every night to seek out the vampire.

"No I tell you!I have to kill the boy,you know that!"Shinigami growled.After many years of solitude with no one else to talk to beside himself he had developed the habit of arguing with the voice in his head whenever he was angry."You cant do it,Kai.You need him",the voice said,the one he had made up himself to keep him company.He laughed bitterly."Oh yeah?I dont need a weak human to stay alive!"he snarled.The voice snorted."You dont?I am always right,you know that.I am too tired to bother about arguing with you".The voice silenced.He slammed his fist into the wall in sheer anger.When he calmed down a bit he went to the roof and sat down.He knew the voice in his head was right.The young hunter had woken feelings that had been dead for ages,flames of passion that wouldnt go away no matter how hard he tried.
Simply being close to the boy made him feel strange.It took all control he could muster not to tear the human apart,rip off his clothes.He licked his lips.He had such a beautiful face that hunter.Such a nice,smooth skin for a human.And the icyblue eyes,so intese and piercing.The vampire smiled by the thought of how it would be to play with the boy.He shook his head.The boy had to die,that was certain.Shinigami didnt like to long to see the redhead again every time he was gone.He didnt like to keep his lusts under control.The boy would die as soon as they met again.Tala did as he had done every night for weeks now,walking down the streets,hoping to meet the Shinigami again.But when it got past midnight and there still was no sign of the vampire he gave up.

What he didnt know was that he was being watched.The vampire was sitting on the roof,keeping an eye on the hunter.All he had to do now was to surprise him and suck him dry.But he couldnt move.He let out a snarl as the boy vansihed from his sight.He would kill him!

Like that it continued for nearly a week.Every night Tala would walk along the street,waiting for the vampire to show up-And every time the vampire would be watching him from the roof.And each time he made ready to attack th boy,the voice in his head held him back,begged him not to do it.He couldnt.Frustration grabbed hold of him.Never during his long life had he failed in killing his prey.He couldt resist anymore,he had to speak to the boy as soon as possible.But when he sat on the roof the night after,waiting,no one came.The vampire felt panick grab hold of him.He had been avoiding him for too long,and the other had given up on hope.

"There you see,silly!I told you not to hide from him!He wouldnt have killed you anyways",the voice chuckled.The vampire snorted."Oh yeah?How do you know?"he spat back.The voice laughed."Because he feels the same!Sometimes you are just too thickheaded,Kai Hiwatari!"He growled."What do you know!"The voice sighed."I just know it,Kai.And you know very well that I am right,I always am".The voice silenced and left him alone.Once again that bloody voice was right,and he hated it!
He longed so much to see the boy,to be close to him.Even the large amounts of blood he drank every night now could not satisfy his need.It was as though he only drank blood to lessen the pain that stung in his chest every time he thought of the blueeyed hunter.He no longer found joy in the way he lead his life.Something was missing,and the boy was it.Depression held him down.
Tears started to form in his eyes.The vampire had not cried for as long as he could remember,but the crystal drops were now falling freely from his crimson eyes.He curled up in a ball in his spot.He couldnt take this sany longer.After crying for a while he stood up and went to the roof.

Tala left his room,the equipment lying on his desk.There would be no need for it tonight.After waiting for the vampire for many nights now he had grown tired,given up on hope.But tonight he had decided to go looking for him one last time.If the vampire didnt show tonight,Tala would hunt him down and kill him without hesitating.Tala Volkov had never failed a misson before,and there was no way he would fail this one either.He wandered down the streets of Paris while waiting again.

When he felt the familiar presence of the other,the feeling of being watched he knew the vapmpire was close by.He stopped and waited."Come out!Stop hiding from me!"he shouted.No answer.He was startled when the vampire appeared before him.Wondering and worry wellled up in his chest when he saw Shinigami`s face.The vampire looked sad,heartbroken and defeated,his eyes blank.Tala noticed how red and puffy his eyes were,as if he had been crying.He stepped closer,now within Tala`s range.He resisted the urge to reach out his hand and touch the vampire`s skin."I..cant take this anymore",he whispered,barely audible.He raised his head and locked eyes with the hunter.Tala swallowed.Those eyes...They looked as if someone had just given the vampire back his sould and made him see all the murders he had commited over again.He wawed his arms,displaying his chest to the hunter for the second time."Kill me now,hunter",he begged.Tala blinked in surprise.

He was paralysed,couldnt move an inch.Did the vampire really want him to do this?He didnt understand.Shinigami smiled sadly."Come on,is that not the reason you came to Paris?"Tala pulled out a stake from his pocket.He would never go outside without carrying one.But when he raised his hand to dust the vampire,he couldnt do it.Shinigami stepped closer,grabbing the collar of his shirt."Please,put an end to this!"he begged."I cant take these feelings anymore...You have poisoned my mind and put a spell on me with those deep,blue eyes".His voice faded to nothing.Tala didnt understand this.Was the vampire trying to say that he had fallen in love with him?Why?Tala felt a strange joy spread in his chest.He was unprepared when the vampire lifted him off the ground,his shoes hanging high above the ground."Kill me!"he growled.Tala made no movement."I beg you!"He let Tala go again.The hunter picked up his stake again and placed it against the other`s chest."Do it!"he hissed.Tala bit his lip."I cant.."he whispered.The vampire`s eyes widened,and Tala felt strangely sad to see him this heartbroken.he took a deep breath."I will do it on one condition".Shinigami raised his head."Anything!"
Tala leaned closer,still holding the stake firmly in it`s place."Kiss me".The vampire blinked and stared at him in wondering.Then he smiled and leaned close,his lips merely inches from the hunter`s.Their noses touched.He smiled again and closed the gap bewteen them.Tala let himself get lost and kissed him passionately back.The world disappeared to them for a little while.Shinigami carefully bit Tala`s bottom lip,and he opened his mouth to let him inside.Their tongues wrestled a little for domination,and the vampire let Tala have the control.They were lost in each other.After what seemed like an eternity they parted,both wide-eyed and panting.The vampire smiled weakly and pressed the stake harder into his chest."Now".Tala nodded and made ready."Kai,that is my name",he whispered,his voice low and soft."I wanted you to know".

With all the force he could muster he drove the stake into the vampire`s chest.The reaction came at instant.His body started shaking,turning to dust.Seconds later that was all that was left of him,a pile of dust at his feet.The stake slipped out of his hand,and he fell to his knees.
His chest was aching,making it difficult to breathe.He understood now what the vampire had meant by saying that he could not take these feelings anymore.An aching emptiness was filling him,pushing him down.Now he understood that he couldnt go on,not after that kiss.He would never be able to live a normal life again after that.
With shaking hands he fumbled around for the stake,now soaked in blood.He swallowed and pressed it against his own chest.A weak smile slipped across his face.With his last strength he drove the stake into himself.The young hunter fell to the ground,lifeless,his eyes staring up at the sky with a dead look.Far away the stars were hid behind the gloomy,grey clouds.

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Yours sincerly,Kanilla & Nicholas