Love Hina Fan Fiction ❯ K2: From Hinata-sou with Love ❯ Chapter 6

The Naru vampire was looking at the Kitsune vampire with a cool grin. “Methinks sister that the U-agent didn't expect us.”

 

“You're right sister… that iron shot was rather itchy,” Kitsune vampire replied with a wide grin. “But I think he'll regret shooting at us as we slowly make him our new toy…”

 

“I hear that U-agents are trained for stamina…” the Naru vampire nodded. “We'll enjoy him…”

 

Keitaro's face was cool, but squirming inside. His shots have no effect on them, and his martial arts are useless because vampires rarely go down short of death. They can keep coming at him even with broken limbs until he can find a way to cut their heads off. “Sorry girls, but I don't favor supernatural women too much.”

 

“After being chained in our bed, feed us your blood for months, and shared between our sisters to break you, methinks you will,” the Naru vampire smirked.

 

“And `methinks' you're going to be a head shorter after a moment,” Keitaro replied evenly.

 

The Kitsune vampire raised her arm, showing him her long sharp nails. “Come sister… let's show this human meat the uselessness of resisting.”

 

“Let's…”

 

Their silhouettes suddenly blurred, and Keitaro raised his arms and positioned his feet to defend himself better. Vampires are shadow creatures, and thus best in the night, more so when it's pitch-black. He still held his gun, even though his bullets are useless, the frame of the gun can pack more whallop than his fist in a medium sized area.

 

Ducking as he felt the wind shift on his right, he then proceeded to punch in the darkness and dodging other attacks, but he couldn't hit them with either his gun or fist. He felt legs kicking him on his knee, and he groaned in pain, but didn't stop or pause as he righted himself and tried to kick where he felt the leg from, only to hit air again.

 

Cursing, he tried to move around, not let himself be pinned only to feel the level of attacks increase. The swipes were getting closer, and the damn vampires thought it was pretty funny to appear behind him, let him feel their breasts on his back, and leave before he could even retaliate. Finally, after a series of dodging, he got a solid hit with one of them. It was the Naru vampire, who stumbled down, holding her jaw.

 

“Bastard!” she hissed. “Sister… break his legs… he wont need it when we get him anyways.”

 

Kitsune vampire stopped moving for a moment and grinned at Keitaro. “Got a better idea…”

 

Keitaro shouted as the Kitsune vampire disappeared and reappeared behind him, her claw slashed his back. He felt his skin break, and blood flow, and was kicked hard in his leg and forced him to go to one knee. Kitsune vampire's hands came to his neck, and he could feel the cold sharpness of her nails.

 

“Oh… too bad,” Kitsune vampire purred in his ear. “So close… How does your blood taste I wonder…”

 

Keitaro didn't bother to reply, and in the floor, he spotted the sword that Motoko threw at him earlier that day. He still held his gun. Smiling a bit, he said, “Darling… it's too dark to see my neck… here, let me shed some light…” And with that, he opened his UV light from his gun accessory, and pointed at her.

 

The Kitsune vampire screamed, her eyes blinded by the UV light that got to her face close up, and she stumbled back. Keitaro, grabbing the sword, he unsheathed it and with all his strength, he cut her head off. As soon as that happened, her skin and bones turned to ash.

 

The blade broke into two with the force he used with his action, and he cursed when he saw what happened to his sword. What the hell did Motoko give him? A practice blade? She was going to use her own blade against him and she gave him a practice blade? His mind was shouting curses a bit towards the samurai girl.

 

He wasn't the only one angry though, because the Naru vampire suddenly screamed an inhuman scream that got him to cover her ears. “You MURDERER!” Her face and form changed, as she suddenly looked monstrous. Her skin became very white, shining brightly at the moon's light, and her eyes glowed red, her teeth becoming sharp as a shark's.

 

Without delay, he pointed the UV light at her, only to have the gun swiped away. She dashed at him, her hands grabbing his neck, and squeezed really hard. Keitaro, pinned at the wall, began to try and punch her, but she held on, his lungs now screaming for air. He tried to elbow her ribs for more force, only to have her glare intensify.

 

“You're going to die… I'll make you suffer… knock you out, and bring you to where I live… you will know endless agonies as I will break your body piece by piece and rip your arms, legs and tongue off!” she gave a very nasty smile… “You will be displayed among my kin as a fool!” Her knee went to his sternum, and it forced out almost all air out of his lungs. His face began to turn purple at once. His vision began to dim.

 

The door suddenly slid open, and one muffled shot rang in the air. The vampire suddenly stopped choking Keitaro, and then began to shiver. Her face was then becoming normal… looking like Naru again. Her veins began to darken, showing even in the limited light. “D… dead man's… blood…?”

 

Keitaro began to take in as much air as he could, and after a moment, felt better. In his doorway was Haruka, who was using a silenced M4 Carbine assault rifle. Seeing her nephew better now, she threw a sheathed machete at him, who without hesitation, unsheathed it and with a very evil-like smile, chopped the Naru vampire's head off. Like the Kitsune vampire, she turned to dust.

 

Haruka shook her head, smiling, when she saw the expression of her nephew. “You know… you seem to have enjoyed that way too much.”

 

“Well, she kept grating my nerves ever since I arrived in this dorm,” Keitaro responded evenly, smiling normally.

 

“So… how are vampires?” Haruka smirked, noting Keitaro wearing nothing. Keitaro paused a bit, smiling wryly at his aunt.

 

After a moment, he smiled slightly and answered back, “Not too bad I suppose… though I wish they leave souvenirs and not disappear when they die… she gave a good head.”

 

Haruka chuckled, and tossed Keitaro a holster that held a few magazines, and a Steyr TMP sub-maching gun, silenced. Grabbing it, Keitaro checked its bullets, and saw that it was all the dead man's blood bullets. All the magazines are also made of the same bullet types, and he even found some for his gun. Taking out his clip, he replaced it with the new bullets.

 

“Does this happen every time?” Keitaro asked his aunt. “Is that why you sent me here?”

 

“No…” Haruka replied. “Get your pants and everything. I suspect we have more unwelcomed guests.”

 

Putting his pants on, he placed the machete on his belt, and readied his TMP. His aunt nodded, and began to signal him with her hands.

 

Slowly and tactfully, they began to move out of his room. Haruka checked the left, and Keitaro checked the right, covering both their bases. Following her signal, Keitaro and Haruka began to slowly clear the halls. One time, they have found two vampires, only to exterminate them without much noise.

 

“So why are they here?” Keitaro whispered softly as he followed his aunt to another hallway. “And why doesn't the Inn have any extra protection?”

 

“Don't know why they are here… and as for your second question, we don't have too much heavy magical defenses because nothing like this should have happened,” Haruka mentioned.

 

“What do you mean?” Keitaro asked.

 

“This inn houses the Stone of Dreams,” Haruka replied. She seemed to have sensed her nephew's doubt, because she stated without even looking at him, “Yeah… though knowing you, you suspected that ever since M.T. called you about the dead lycans and mentioned the stone. Speaking about M.T., I heard she was sending something here.”

 

“Really? Hope it helps us in our situation, and comes in the right time.” Moving to another hall, they found another vampire, who was stealthily killed by Keitaro and his machete. “Doesn't housing the stone means more defense?” Keitaro asked.

 

“No… adding very big magical defenses around it would shout the stone's presence… so instead, we adapted a technological mean to use the Stone's power…” Haruka paused, her fist up. Keitaro stopped, and they both looked at living room. Everything looked clear. “KU was able to develop a technology that would leech the Stone's properties, giving the Inn and its grounds an anti-mana field. Most magical creatures would be powerless inside the field, and outside magical attacks wouldn't penetrate Hinata-sou.”

 

“And the blackout knocked out that field,” Keitaro nodded. Ever since the blackout, he felt strange sensations, and his sense being blocked. “That means the blackout was an act of attack.”

 

“And also means that whoever is attacking us knew what to do beforehand, and knew where the stone was hidden,” Haruka went towards the living room and motioned Keitaro to follow.

 

It wasn't long before 6 vampires suddenly appeared and attacked. Pushing Keitaro away, Haruka opened the UV light accessory from her assault rifle, and aimed it at one of her vampire attackers, and began to shoot. Keitaro didn't have time to bring his machete in play, and just began to block and dodge attacks.

 

Haruka got 4 of the vampires, who were now down on their knees, poisoned. Keitaro was still dodging his and in a moment of an attack, he saw an opening, and grabbed his machete and cut the head off the vampire again. He was about to turn to the last vampire, who just kicked his weapon out of the way, and punched him hard in the gut. Keeling a bit, Keitaro backed away from the vampire, who smirked at him and began to do a series of martial arts kata, doing kicks, flurry punches, jumps and summersaults as she approached him. Keitaro watched her with a bit of awe.

 

When she was closed distance, ready to attack him, Keitaro just grabbed his gun, and shot her in the head. She crumpled in the ground, helpless, and without much hesitation, grabbing his machete and began to kill all the vampires poisoned with the dead man's blood bullets. They all turned to dust.

 

“Which reminds me… what of the residents?” Keitaro asked. “I was on my way with Kitsune to her room…”

 

“Don't worry about it… first thing KU did was call me when the blackout came,” Haruka replied. “Grabbed some weapons from the lab and made sure everyone was safe… found Kitsune unconscious near the stairs. Carried her back to her room. Then I came to check on you.”

 

“Glad you still thought of me, H,” Keitaro grinned.

 

“Well, I thought you were doing well against the two vampire sisters,” Haruka smirked back. “Looks like everything is clear.”

 

Keitaro was checking out the kitchen, and nodded. “Clear. Sheesh… you'd think the vampires would use more men when trying to steal the stone.”

 

“Women, K2,” Haruka replied. “Vampire women are the hunters… vampire men are the warriors. And these are just hunters.”

 

“It's a figure of speech,” Keitaro muttered peevishly.

 

Haruka's phone suddenly rang, and without a moment lost, she answered it. “H… yeah, KU?” Haruka began. She began to frown. “What…? You sure? Shit…”

 

Keitaro frowned. “What is it?”

 

“There are at least a dozen vampires coming towards the grounds,” Haruka said. “KU is watching through the spy satellite. Before you ask, yeah, there's an emergency power for the lab, but nothing else. She spotted the vampires climbing up the stairs… a dozen of them.”

 

“Alright… so, what's to worry?” Keitaro said. “We beat at least 9 of them already. We can beat 12 more.”

 

“There were 3 B Class Vampires in the group,” Haruka stated.

 

Keitaro was stunned momentarily. Most of what he fought in the inn was C classes, the lower ones. B classes were a different level… faster, more powerful, and resistant to dead man's blood. Frowning, he asked, “H, ask KU how long till she can activate the barrier again.”

 

“KU… how long will you be able to get the electricity back?” Haruka asked. After a moment, she nodded. “KU says she needs 20 minutes… maybe 15.”

 

“Alright, H, here's the plan… go up, and see if you can find a wide view of the grounds… you're still a pretty good shot long range with that Carbine, right?” Keitaro asked.

 

“K2, don't test me,” Haruka gave him a small glare. Keitaro nodded, and began to walk towards the front entrance, much to Haruka's surprise. “Hey… what are you going to do?”

 

“I'm going to delay them,” Keitaro stated evenly.

 

“How?”

 

“Watch,” Keitaro smirked back at her, exiting the dorm.

 

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

 

Hina Grounds

 

About a dozen vampires walked up the stairs led by three beautiful vampire women. Judging by the clothes they wore, they were the commanders of the group. Behind them were also beautiful vampires, but paled compared to the three. They wore almost similar clothes. The pact approached the grounds softly, steadily, and slowly began to halt as they saw a figure in front of them.

 

Keitaro looked at all of them, and raised his TMP and handgun, aiming at them. The three vampire women up front looked at each other, and smirked. Keitaro tried to control his heartbeat as it was beating very fast. This idea of his was extremely stupid. “My name's Urashima… Keitaro Urashima. Owner and Landlord of Hinata-sou, which is actually an all girl's dorm. State your business.”

 

The three vampire women in front laughed. The pact behind them followed, rather forcefully, actually. “Well, well… isn't that cute,” one of them said. “A U-agent all alone in the grounds.”

 

“Do you think your meager bullets are enough to stop us all, little boy?” another one said, the older one of the first vampire who spoke. “30 on that submachine gun… 15 on your handgun. You miss any of us before you run out of bullets, you will be done before you can reload.”

 

“Shut it, I know my odds,” Keitaro replied evenly, his face becoming colder and harder. “I got a proposition for you.”

 

“And what is that?” the first vampire in front said.

 

Keitaro suddenly dropped his guns, much to the vampire's surprise. Then he laid down his machete, then his holster, and finally, his shirt. Shaking his limbs a bit, he pointed at the trio of vampires, and said in a very even voice, “I propose a one on one match… hand to hand. No weapons or interferences. If I win, you will walk out of here.”

 

The third female vampire, probably the oldest one, asked, “And if we win?”

 

“You'll get me,” Keitaro stated evenly. “I'll go to you without a word of complaint, and I'll even guide you to what you need.”

 

Haruka, who was already in hiding behind a window, watching the whole thing blanched. What the hell was Keitaro doing?

 

Two of the vampires laughed. “Idiocy of humans…” the first one laughed. “It is a deal we can do without! You are alone, without back-up, and now without weapons. Why should we lower ourselves to even accept your deal?”

 

Why indeed, Keitaro thought. “Because you'll never have a chance to publicly humiliate a U-agent like this ever again…” he smirked a bit. “Besides… what is better? Risking deaths of your sisters in case I'm a man who never goes down without a fight? Or beat me to submission, one on one, without weapons, where you can choose who faces me.”

 

“Interesting proposal, human,” the third, the eldest sister replied. “I shall accept that offer.”

 

“Sister, you will lower yourself to this human agent?” the second vampire stated angrily.

 

“Yes, because he stands no chance… and because besting him will put him as my property, and mines alone.”

 

“Sister! You are unfair! We share everything!” the younger one stated angrily.

 

“HE WILL BE MINE ALONE!” the eldest one shouted, making everyone except Keitaro cringe. “A human male with a spine… pleasure will be wrought from taking that out. Everyone, for a circle around us… NOW!”

 

Keitaro smirked inwardly as the vampires began to move. The two class B vampires were muttering mutinous words, but still moved towards the circle. The eldest one, the third class B vampire, was moving towards him, wearing black gloves. She was smiling seductively at him. Keitaro took a deep breathe, and went to a fighting position. She stopped a few steps in front of him, and beckoned him to attack. He did.

 

Dashing suddenly towards her, he did a two punch combo, only to be dodged. He did more punches, kicks, and even elbows trying to mount a decent offense only to have the girl duck, roll, dodge, and at times disappear. Then, when she did attack, he barely was able to dodge it. She was much faster than those clones of Kitsune and Naru, and more careful with her attacks as well. It wasn't long until he was hit though. A punch in his gut that was strong enough to drive him away from her.

 

He wanted to throw up… the damn force was too strong to take too many. Cursing, he blocked the pain out and charged towards her again, this time, focusing his attacks on her legs. She began to weave around his attacks like it was nothing, and then, like before, she began to attack. This time, though, Keitaro slowed himself for a moment, displaying an opening, and when the vampire did try to expose it, he blocked the attack coming towards him, and countered with one of his deadliest moves… the hammer blow.

 

The hammer blow is specifically a skill used against humans or human-like creatures. It's a strong force of punch towards the heart, not using the knuckles but the lower part of the hand. It hit the vampire squarely in the chest that she didn't even have time to block. She fell down with the hit like a sack of potatoes, and caused an uproar. The vampire pact suddenly began to scream, muttering things. Keitaro himself blinked, wondering if he actually won it. It wasn't until he saw the smile of the two other B class vampires did he realize that it wasn't over.

 

Then without mercy, his opponent vanished and reappeared in front of him, kneeing him in the gut. Bending down, Keitaro grabbed his stomach area in pain, while his opponent raised her leg high in the air and drove it hard on his back. He fell down with a groan, but rolled away in case she wasn't done with her attack. He realized then that he made a mistake when he was on his back, and his opponent was flying, her hip targeting his chest. She landed on his lungs and sternum, driving out all the air, and straining his ribs as well. He coughed and rolled in pain.

 

She laughed at his fallen form. “This is nothing compared to what will be done to you when you lose,” she said. She then began to remove her boots, and smiled at him evilly. Walking up to him, one of her feet exposed, she then looked at him and smirked. “Lick my feet… and admit your defeat… then I'll let you live longer than necessary for a human meat.”

 

Keitaro ignored her, trying to block out the pain. When he was able to think better, he twirled his body, his foot catching her feet, tripping her. Standing up, he tried to attack her whilst she was down, only to have his leg get caught in her legs, and pinned down. Her hand shot towards his neck, and then he was carried up in the air by his neck.

 

Keitaro tried to kick her, but she only shrugged them off. She smiled. “I guess it's your defeat, human. First thing I'll train you is to do everything I tell you… even if it's cleaning my body with just your tongue. We'll start with my feet… what do you think, eh?” She laughed hard, and the rest of the pact began to laugh, except for the two sisters who muttered about his opponent being selfish.

 

Suddenly, the lights of the Inn came back on. Grinning, Keitaro felt the vampire's grip on him loosen, and her strength waned. He kicked her hard as she let go of him, and grabbed her neck, pinning her to the ground. The other vampires muttered in alarm, the two B class vampires were shocked.

 

“Guess I win,” Keitaro said to his enemy, struggling uselessly against him. Since the field came back on, it seems the vampires practically turned into normal human women. “You should have finished me earlier, dear, before we could get the field up. Do you yield?”

 

The younger of the three sisters shouted. “You CHEATED!”

 

Keitaro didn't bother to look at her. “No… I was deliberately delaying you… but really her fault for not trying to finish me as quickly as she could.”

 

The second sister grabbed Keitaro's machete. “We are not to be beaten by some lowly human!” Raising the weapon, she was about to charge when she was shot right in the head. She vanished at once and turned to dust.

 

“SISTER!” the younger and Keitaro's opponent shouted. The younger one shrieked at Keitaro. “You killed her! You had her killed!”

 

“That was her own fault,” Keitaro stared at his opponent coldly. “No weapons, no interference. You lost, so my offer still stands. You can leave this place… but if you insist… my group of snipers up there will pick you guys apart like tissue paper. What do you say?”

 

“I yield…” she replied. Nodding, Keitaro let her go, and she stood up, and glared at him. “You may have won today, but next time… I will get you.” She then ordered the group to get away, and they ran away from Hinata-sou, leaving Keitaro alone to watch them leave. When they were no where in sight, Keitaro gave a very heavy sigh and collapsed to the ground, exhausted.

 

Haruka came down rushing towards Keitaro's side. “If that is your idea of delaying an enemy, why don't you just ask them for a carnival date while you were at it?”

 

“Hey… it worked, didn't it?” Keitaro asked, chuckling softly. “Besides… I'm not doing anything like that again. She was kicking my ass hard…”

 

Haruka grinned. “More training for you if some B-class vampire gives you difficulty.”

 

“Then you try it H, without weapons, without interferences or tricks,” Keitaro challenged.

 

Haruka rolled her eyes. “I've been doing that before you were itching you're daddy's pants.”

 

Keitaro laughed at the joke. For a moment, he stared at the sky, sighing. Well… at least it's over. Haruka's phone rang again, and she answered it quickly. Muttering a bit, Keitaro said, “You know… you guys got to put an emergency electrical line so something like this doesn't ever happen again.”

 

“… What? You sure?!” Haruka frowned again. Keitaro saw it, and grimaced.

 

What now? he thought.

 

“Damn it… Keitaro get up…” Haruka stood up.

 

“What is it now?” Keitaro asked tiredly.

 

“Someone penetrated the foundation of Hinata-sou, and going for the stone.”

 

Keitaro suddenly sat up. “What?” he demanded.

 

“I'm guessing the vampires were here to cover that up,” Haruka grimaced. “Damn it… and I thought I could finally get some rest. Get the hell up K2, we're not finished with our job yet. We're going to KU's lab.”

 

Keitaro stood up, getting his stuff, and followed Haruka. In his head, he began to ask himself what was going on again. And when was it going to finish.

 

It was going to be a long night for him, that much he knew for sure.

 

To Be Continued…

 

Closure… everything almost ends as the confrontation with his real enemies. Keitaro must now protect the stone or die trying.