Timeless Obsession

Part 2

Duo rushed to his next class, struggling to hold onto all of his books as well as the burger in his hands. He shoved the burger into his mouth as he turned the corner.

"Oops!" he heard a girl say, barely avoiding collision with him.

"Un, owee," came Duo's muffled apology, as his books began to slip.

The girl shot out two hands and grabbed a few of his books. She giggled. "Here, let me."

Duo swallowed his last bite. "Thanks." He shot the girl a smile as he took a good look at her. She had long hair, lighter than his, pulled up in a messy bun. She looked kind of young to be in college. Then again. . . so did he. Then he realized that up until now, he had never seen this girl. "Hey, are you new around here?"

The girl giggled again. "Just transferred in. My name is Riho."

"Yeah? Duo Maxwell." Duo stretched out his arm to offer his hand.

The girl shook hands with him, still smiling brightly.

This girl is more cheery than you.

I'll have to agree with you on that one.

Duo withdrew his arm, still smiling.

On top of the unnatural cheeriness this girl portrayed, she was also dressed strangely. She wore some real dark shades that were kind of big on her face, and the coat she wore had a high collar.

She was either really modest, or had some strange type of skin condition.

"Do you need a guide or something?" Duo asked her.

"No, not really," replied Riho, handing Duo back his books. "I've kind of been here before. See ya!" With that, the girl turned and walked with a skip in her steps.

Duo shook his head, his smile a bit more soft on his lips. "Strange girl," he said. With that, he walked into his class.

X

Riho knocked twice on a hotel door before entering. As soon as she was through, she yanked off the shades and coat.

"I can't wait for a hundred more years!" she exclaimed in annoyance.

A young looking man stood at the window, long lavender hair pulled back in a tail. He glanced over his shoulder and smiled. "It'll come soon enough," he said.

"Not soon enough! I hate missing out on all the latest fashions."

"But you dress up and hit the streets nightly!" exclaimed a high pitched voice.

Two tiny winged creatures flew out from underneath the man's hair.

Riho pouted. "But it's not the same like during the day, Guni. The colors are muted."

The one named Guni perched on top of Riho's shoulder. It looked almost human, except that it was green and had pointed ears. Her skin was green and her wings were like those of a bat. Blond hair with streaks of white and grey trailed down her back. Small wrinkles on her face showed that she was probably in her midlife age.

The second creature sat on the man's shoulder, looking very similar to Guni, with a couple of exceptions. Her hair was darker, and her green was a darker hue.

"Plus she still can't see the sun rise like Shido can," said the younger one. "She tries and we'll have to carry her around in a jar."

"Guni-chan," both the man Shido and Guni said in a scolding manner.

Guni-chan shrugged. "Just saying the truth."

"Boy, you sure act like your mother did when she was your age."

"I did so not act like her!" protested Guni. "I just got defensive because I thought you were a harlott."

Riho flushed.

Shido was slightly flabbergasted.

"Uh, did you find anything at the university?" he interrupted.

Riho turned towards him, forgetting about Guni and her demon spawn Guni-chan.

"Well, I didn't see anything out of the ordinary, but I did come across some newspaper clippings of strange deaths in the area. Bloodless corpses and things like that. Definitely nightbreed material."

Shido turned to look at the stree below him.

"But no proof that there are nightbreed in the school."

Riho shook her head. "Except for the fact that the school is in the center of the few attacks."

Shido nodded. "It's times like these I wish Yayoi was still around."

Riho and Guni sighed. "Yeah..."

X

Terri Crystal didn't always live like this. There was a time when she lived in a nice warm house, slept in a nice warm bed, and had lots of friends and two loving parents to keep her company.

Until she met him.

He offered her a new way to enjoy life, pills that made her feel as if she were soaring in the sky. Pills that cost a lot of money, depleted her savings, and had her resort to stealing to afford one more hit.

When she got caught, she had no choice but to run away.

And she had to find a new way to make money.

Up ahead underneath a lit street lamp stood a young man. He hid in the shadows and beckoned her forward.

Terri smiled as she sauntered on up.

Yeah, she knew she really didn't have the looks anymore. Her hair was greasy and limp. She had bags under her eyes, and her cheeks were sunken in. Her bones were visible as they threatened to poke out of her skin. Even her breasts had shrunken down, making her look tom boyish.

But men on this street didn't care about that.

They just cared whether the mouth was warm and good enough, or the legs spread wide enough.

The young man walked into the darkness of an alley.

So the guy wanted a public job. No biggie. She just charged an extra fifty.

"Hey, what can I do for you, boy," she said, as she stepped into the alley.

The man held up two hundred dollar bills.

Terri walked over to him, took the bills and stuffed them into the pocket of her blouse.

She started to drop to her knees when the man grabbed her by the arms.

"Hold on for a moment," he whispered. "I like to nibble on someone's neck before getting more involved."

Terri shrugged. Whatever the guy wanted. After all, he was paying her for her next hit.

Terri leaned close to the man and closed her eyes as he leaned forward, pressing his lips against her throat. His teeth grazed her skin as her hands funbled with his belt. She opened up his zipper and slipped her hand in, bringing out his cock and stroking it, feeling it as it got firm. She gave a throaty moan as he unbuttoned the top of her blouse, giving him more access to her throat. She pulled out a condom from her blouse's pocket, opened the package, and rolled it down the man's shaft in a speed that experience had taught her.

She stroked his cock some more as the man began to nibble a bit harder.

"Honey, don't leave marks," she murmured, as she hiked up her skirt. It made things so much easier and faster when she didn't wear anything underneath. The man lowered himself a bit as she position herself over him. In one quick upward thrust, he impaled her. Terri let out a gasp at the sudden intrusion. It was somewhat painful, but it wouldn't matter... she would be able to buy a hit after this and forget about it.

Her hands ran through the man's dark hair as he moved inside her, turning her so that her back was against the wall.

"Oh, sweety," she cried, tightening her legs around him. He began to move faster, and she grabbed on tight, closing her eyes.

She didn't see how the man's blue eyes took the appearance of a cat, the iris expanding to cover all the white of his eye, and the pupil turning into a long and narrow vertical slit.

And she didn't see the fangs that suddenly grew.

Her eyes snapped open when she felt something pierce and tear into her throat. However, there wasn't enough time to scream.

The man pulled back as he spit out a chunk of flesh. Then he went back to guzzling the blood that gushed out of the wound that he created.

Terri's lifeless body sunk into his arms, and he lowered her down and continued to fuck and feed.

X

Clarence stared at the bloody hankerchief in his hands. Ever since that thing began talking to him, he would black out and find himself somwhere different when he came too, with either bloody hankerchiefs, napkins, or anything of the like in his hands. He would also be missing a shirt and a pair of pants, but he would also find himself wearing something new. He looked around and realized that he was outside of the dorms. Finding the nearest trashcan, Clarence shoved the cloth as far as he could into it.

He then turned and jogged at a steady pace, heading for the dorms.

The night was cold and a light misty rain began to fall.

He paused when he looked up ahead.

A braided boy was rushing into the dorms as well, accompanied by another boy.

Duo, he thought, tenderly. And Heero, he added with a mental snarl.

In his rage, everything began to go black.

X

Duo shuddered as something flew past him, and cold wind came up from behind.

"Hn..." he heard Heero grunt.

Glancing back, he saw that Heero was wrapping his arms around himself.

"What the hell was that?" asked Duo.

Heero shook his head.

"Jesus fuck! I'm cold!" Duo's teeth chattered as he continued to race up the stairs that would lead to his dorm room.

Well, Heero's dorm.

He had tried sleeping in his room again, and found himself unable to relax. It seemed that he got use to sleeping with company.

Fortunately, Heero allowed him to sleep in his room. Only this time, Duo borrowed an inflatable mattress from one of his classmates that liked to camp.

And so far, the former Perfect Soldier gave no indication that he wanted Duo to leave soon.

Strangely enough, that made him happy.

Duo reached the top and turned the corner, almost smacking into someone.

"Ack! Sorry!" he blurted.

Duo looked to see who the would-be-victim was.

"Oh, C-clarence!"

Clarence gave him a small smile. "Duo," he said, looking somewhat confused. Then he frowned. "You're wet."

Duo rolled his eyes. "G-got c-caught in th-the rain."

"Well then, here," said Clarence, taking off his jacket and placing it over Duo's shoulders.

Duo flushed. "Oh, th-that's not r-really n-necessary. I-i'm n-not that f-far f-from th-the room."

"It's all right," Clarence said. Then he scowled at something over Duo's shoulder.

Duo glanced back and saw nothing but a scowling Heero.

He looked back again to Clarence.

Well, this is certainly interesting...

"I, uh..." stammered Duo, feeling smothered by the unexplained and sudden tension.

Clarence looked back at him. "See you in class," he muttered, before walking past him. He patted Duo's shoulder.

Duo watched him go, confusion all over his face.

Heero seemed to ignore Clarence as he walked by, moving forward and brushing against Duo.

Duo shook his head and followed the silent boy. He only paused when he realized that Clarence's jacket was slightly damp. But if he had gotten caught in the rain, we should have seen him.

X

Heero was confused.

When that guy Clarence had smiled at Duo like that... he had felt threatened.

But of what?

Loosing Maxwell as a friend?

Ridiculous.

Everyone was allowed to have more than one friend.

Heero looked down at the floor where Duo lay.

The braided baka was smiling softly in his sleep, curled on his side and looking safe.

Heero shook his head.

Whatever he was feeling would have to wait until tomorrow for futher exploration. He had an early class.

X

Shido watched with dispassionate eyes as the black body bag was zipped up.

The woman's throat had been brutally ripped, and yet there was but maybe a half gallon's worth of blood spilled on the floor. The puddles of water just made it look like more.

Her esophagus had been visible, and her eyes were frozen in shock. The paramedics at the scene were busy trying to keep their breakfast from spilling. According to one of them, the girl's intestines were pulled out through her vagina. They lay in heaps between the girl's legs.

Riho stood on the other side of the road.

Guni-chan remained hidden in her hair.

Guni was still under his.

"Do you think it's him?" she asked in his ear.

"I don't know," replied Shido. "Keith is a master at stealth. He's eluded me this long. I find it hard to believe that he would leave such a blatant piece of evidence of his presence."

"Maybe he's got something in his mind," suggested the tiny demon.

"Maybe..."

tbc

Author's note: This idea... I actually took if from one of my original stories. The one with the girl. Only in that one, well, a vampire had shoved his arm in her and up to her chest, tearing out her heart. If you are all curious, you can visit http://fadinginnocence.keenspace.com . That's my original comic that I've been working on. It's got everything in it, or will... including shonen ai/ yaoi/ slash... whatever you want to call it. Yay!