Hated Love

Gothic Misery's note: Hey guys! Heh, long time no see! I hope to make this fic last a long time! At least 12 chapters! And I'll have a friend to help me! He's a guy, and he's really good with angst! We don't want to over do it, but there'll be quite a bit in here! It's also gonna be a romance! I get to write the mushy parts, because he refuses to. Funny how a guy is writing a romance huh? Lol, but yeah, he's not gay or anything, like I said, he'll be writing the suicidal thoughts (though there may not be any!) and other stuff like that!

Vampire Demon666's notes: Hey ya'll. Yeah, I am a guy. One of the few and the proud! So yeah, it's gonna be a vampire fic. Kinda angsty in some parts, part there'll be love parts for you KK fans. She's responsible for those. I don't have much to say, so I'll give it back to Gothic Misery.

Summary: Kaoru is the daughter of a very well known vampire hunter, and her father expects her to continue the family business. Kenshin is a young vampire. Kenshin meets her face to face, and Kaoru wants to get to know him better. But Kenshin pushes her away. When she finally gets closer, something else happens. When Kaoru's father finds out about their relationship, will he stand for it?

Rated for: Language, Graphic content, angst, and maybe, just mabye future lemon.

Disclaimer: Nope, not ours!

Kaoru ran around the corner. She could hear the steps of the people behind her. She put her back to the wall and tried not to let her breathing give her away. When the two men ran past she bolted in the other direction. Hearing her, they whirled around and began their pursuit again. They were much faster than her, and were quickly gaining on her. She could see the end of the alley. Once she reached it she ran onto the street and screamed for help as loud as she could. There were many people on the street, but none paid her any heed. She tried to get someone's attention, but everyone walked past her. Two hands grabbed her from behind, and she was being pulled back into the alley. They turned her around she saw their faces. Their eyes were red, and they had sharp fangs. One tilted her head back , while the other began to enjoy his snack.

Kaoru sat up panting. She glanced at her bedside clock. 6:30. She may as well get up. She had to get to school at 8:00 anyway. She had had that same dream since she was 13. It was now 4 years later, and she was a senior in highschool. She felt stupid that she still got scared when she dreamed about that. It was just eerie how it was the same thing every time. She always told herself that one day she would defeat the two vampires. The weird thing was that she started having the dreams a year before she even found out that her father was a vampire hunter. After he had told her, she had expected them to go away, but they still plagued her about once a month. Her father didn't know she still had them. She was afraid to tell him for fear of his reaction.

She got the dream off her mind and made her way to the shower. The shower felt good after that dream. She always felt dirty after it, and the shower would wash away her sins. Being a vampire hunter, her father had raised her to be a very religious person, but after her mother had vanished all of a sudden, she sort of lost her faith in God. Her father said it was a vampire, and he searched for years for the one that took her, but to no avail. The only thing that kept him going was a single red strand of hair. Sure there weren't that may red heads, but to many to narrow down the search by much. He traveled the country leaving Kaoru on her own a lot. This particular morning, her father was gone. She wasn't worried, because it happened a lot. He would feel like he had to search for his wife, so he would go, even if it was in the middle of the night. Even though Kaoru didn't feel as close to God like when she was young, she always wore the little silver cross that her mother had given her for her birthday. She finished getting ready and made her way out to door and to school.

The air was cool in the morning, but it felt good. She always felt refreshed. And in the morning the air was better. Almost like it was brand new, because nobody had breathed it yet. She enjoyed her walks to school, more than she actually liked school. She attended a private school, which bored her terribly. The uniforms especially. All the same. For boys, tan khaki pants, with a red blazer with a tie, and for girls, tan khaki skirts and red blazers with ties.

She saw the school in the distance. The huge 12 foot gray wall all around it made everyone who saw it think one thing: prison. In reality it wasn't that bad, but the outside looked really forbidding. As the school grew closer, more and more high schoolers drove by in their cars, so they could get a good parking spot. Everyone hung out at the gate, until the bell rang, signaling 10 minutes until they started. Sitting in a huge tree was a small guy staring at nothing. He was wearing his blood red hair up in a high ponytail, and he wore a black long sleeved shirt. His pants were also black and today, he wore the kind with chains and straps hanging everywhere. Kaoru had always wondered how someone could run in those pants, with chains connecting the legs. Kenshin, she thought. That was his name. At least they thought it was. No one talked to him, and no one could get near him. The only reason they had a guess on his name was Sano. He was one of Kaoru's friends. He was the only one Kenshin would let near him. No one could figure it out either. 'Kenshin' was the only word he got out of him. No age, no last name.

Kenshin didn't go to school. They didn't know if he was done with it, but he certainly didn't look over 15.

No body could figure him out. Sadly, if you tried to talk to him, he'd ignore you, or if you were brave enough and tried to approach him, he'd bolt, and you couldn't even see him leave. Many of the religious people at her school would claim he was the devil. Kaoru had to roll her eyes at these comments. Ha, just let her father hear that. He wasn't there every morning. Only like once a week. Sometimes, she would have the weirdest feelings toward him. She wished that he would let her talk to him, and not run away, or that she could sit up there with him, which was ridiculous. She didn't know anything about him at all.

She didn't realize she was staring at him until he looked directly at her. She was frozen. For a second she couldn't think. She tore her eyes away from him , but felt his gaze on her still.

"Kaoru! Kaoru!" Misao was calling her. Misao was her very best friend. She was a very happy bouncy person. Kaoru often thought that if it wasn't for her, she would've killed herself after her mother disappeared.

"I'm over here Misao!"

She could see her pushing her way through the crowd. She was small, but she could take care of herself. Her grandfather had been a ninja, and he had taught her the moves as well. Now, she could beat up anybody, but no one knew it except her friends. She didn't want people picking fights with her. She always wore her hair in a long braid that went well past her hips. Kaoru was also capable of taking care of herself. Her father had taught her the Kamiya Kasshin style. It was meant for protecting, not killing.

"Hey Kaoru guess what? My mom said that after school she would take me and you shopping!"

"Seriously? That's awesome!"

Shopping with Misao always meant new clothes. They were loaded. Ever since Kaoru's mother had died, Misao's mom had been more of a motherly figure to her. Kaoru had even started calling her 'mom'. She was sure that her mother wouldn't mind, because they had been really good friends. She asked her mom in a prayer to forgive her.

"Yeah! We can go to all the newest stores! They just opened the new wing!" Misao was always happy, but Kaoru could tell that she was really excited.

Kaoru smiled, and the 10 minute bell rang. Misao grabbed her arm and dragged her inside, and while they were leaving, she tried to catch another glimpse of Kenshin, but he was gone.

Kenshin jumped down from the tree as with no sound. Even though it was at least a 16 foot jump, he easily landed, and no bones were broken. His mind wandered to the girl that had been watching her from the tree. He couldn't figure her out. He could sense a cross on her, but she didn't seem to have any hateful feelings towards him, unlike some others who would walk by and make a cross with their fingers. Kenshin knew they didn't know what he really was, but they seemed to enjoy showing him anyway. Why had that girl been so curious about him? He knew she was, he could see it in her. He continued to let his mind wander until he reached the park, where he had to be more alert. To many people, and it made him nervous. He had had to many close encounters to want to take another risk.

Kenshin was running. It was dark, but he could see perfectly. People were behind him shouting. He had already been wounded, so he couldn't run his full speed, and some of the faster guys were catching up. He heard another shot and quickly jumped out of the way. It missed. He was growing tired from his wound and slowed down thinking they couldn't catch him. They couldn't, but the bullets could. Another shot and he didn't have time to move. It embedded itself in his side.

Kenshin shuddered at the memory. At least it hadn't been silver otherwise, he wouldn't be here right now.No, he didn't want anymore risks. Sometimes though, he liked to think about what would happen if he killed himself. He often wanted to dieHe had been a vampire since the Meiji war in Japan. To long he thought. He had lost so many human friends due to war, illness, and murder. That's why he wouldn't allow himself to make any friends, or to get close to anyone. But sometimes, he liked watching people. They interested him. He needed to watch them to remind him of his humanity.

He was weak. He needed to feed. It had been three days without anything. He hated feeding. It was cruel and it reminded him of his days as an assassin. He had thought it was the perfect job. He got meals, and the government was being defeated. But it had done something to him. He had gone crazy. He couldn't feed without trying very hard not to suck 'em dry, and often he failed when he tried to control himself. He was always jumpy, and a lot of things made him want to kill. It had taken decades before he was finally able to stop carrying around a sword. He had a rough life, no denying it, and he didn't want to get close to someone, that was also for sure, but that girl was someone that he felt like he had to get to know. Why though, he honestly didn't know.

"Kaoru. Kaoru. Kaoru!"

"Huh? What?"

"Why are you so spaced? Is there something wrong? I didn't say something did I?"

"Of course not Misao. I was just thinking?"

Misao grinned. "Of who may I ask?"

"Who? I never said 'who'" Kaoru knew it was just Misao being herself.

"So? Who was it? I know you Kaoru!" Misao enjoyed pestering her best friend, and they both knew that she was joking. "Come on! You know I won't tell that many people!"

Kaoru laughed at her friend. She always knew what to say to ger her way.

"Misao , it doesn't matter if you do tell. I was thinking about Kenshin."

"Kenshin? Is he new?"

"No, you know that weird guy that sits in the tree sometimes?"

"Yeah." She gasped. "Kaoru! You like him!"

"I don't even know him!"

"Was it love at first sight?"

"Misao, I was just thinking about why he's so secretive! It's nothing like that!"

"Uh huh, sure Kaoru."

Both girls walked to their classes laughing. When they walked into the classroom, the teacher wasn't there, and everyone was up and talking. They sat at the back of the classroom, where Aoshi, and Sano sat. Misao had the biggest crush on Aoshi. He was perfect to her. He hardly said a word, and Misao would look at Kaoru happily whenever he did. As they sat down, they started talking about random things, but Kaoru was listening to the conversation of three girls in the corner.

"That guy in the tree was there again. Did you see him?"

She sounded a little too eager, and now Kaoru was interested. These three girls were what Kaoru called posers. She hated them. They claimed that they liked darkness, and evil stuff, but she had seen each of them in matching butterfly t-shirts, and pick pants numerous times. In short, they were, just wannabes.

"Yes! I saw him, but he still didn't look at me."

'Ha!'Kaoru thought. For some reason, it made her angry to hear them talk about him like that, but then she stopped herself. Was she jealous? Why? She didn't know him. 'I wish I could go out with him.' She opened her eyes wide, and shook her head. What? Where the hell did that thought come from? She looked over to her friends, and saw that Misao was flirting with Aoshi, and Sano was checking a girl at the front of the class out. At least none of them had seen her reaction. She was sure Misao would've known what it was about.

"Hey Kaoru, what do you think?" Misao called her attention.

"Huh? About what?"

"Dreaming again huh?" Misao gave her a sly grin, but told her through her expression that her secret was safe with her.

Kaoru felt relieved, but she didn't have anything to hide, so why was she nervous about it? Soon the teacher walked in and class started. Sano slumped down in his chair, as well as Aoshi, Misao began doodling on her notebook, and Kaoru daydreamed while staring out the window. Probably half an hour later, they heard shouting outside. It was a group of trouble makers, and they were pushing someone around. Even the teacher stopped teaching to watch what was happening. He called the main office, and told security what was happening. You could hear every word, since they had the window propped open.

"Hey fag! Come on! Can't you fight?"

They threw whoever it was on the ground, and Kaoru gasped to see that it was Kenshin. Everyone in the school knew Kenshin, so they ran to the window, but were told by the teacher that security was on the way, and that they can't say anything.

"Let's go! We'll show you to walk on our property!"

To everyone's surprise, Kenshin was still on the ground. But when the gang came over, and tried to kick him, and dove through one guy's feet, and pushed him, causing the rest of the group to topple over. It was hard for the class to hold back their laughter. Once the group had composed themselves they charged Kenshin, but he easily dodged to the side and was behind them in a second. He had moved so fast no one saw him.Once behind he jumped on the leaders shoulder's and covered his eyes.

"Hey! Break it up! You, with the red hair! Stop!" Security had finally come.

Kenshin jumped off his shoulders, and whirled around to face the wall. There were no trees around so he couldn't jump. He was trapped.

"You can't go anywhere! If you cooperate, we won't have to be rough!"

Kenshin didn't look panicked at all, instead he ran towards the security guards, and almost collided with them, but he moved to the side. He stopped for one second, and if you looked hard, you could see a slight smirk on his face. No sooner had the security turned around then he was running their way again, and it didn't stop, it looked like he was going to hit the wall, but he didn't. He landed on the thin bit of wall at the top.

"Don't jump! It'll kill you! There are rocks on the other side!"

But they were too late. He jumped. The didn't take long to recover from their shock, and they dashed around to the front of the school, where they though they would find a body, or a now crippled kid.

At first no one in the class said anything. Then quietly the teacher broke the silence.

"Umm, okay. I'm sure we'll hear about this later. For now, let's get back to class please." But it didn't work. Everyone was looking outside so the teacher just gave up and went to grade papers at his desk.

Kaoru was deep in thought. No human could possibly jump that high, or run that fast. That could only mean one thing. A vampire? In the day time? So many questions ran through her mind, and she hoped that they would somehow get answered.

Gothic Misery's Notes: Well guys, that's the first chapter. Please forgive any typos. We just wanted to post this. If it does well, then we might repost it! Was it okay? Please tell us! The next chapter will actually be about Kenshin life before he was turned into a vampire. Don't worry, we'll make it intersting, and if it's really short and boring, we'll post another chapter to go with it! Thanks, and if you have any questions, please ask!

Vampire Demon666's notes: What she said. Geez, next time I'm going first. You talk to much!