A/N: Around Saturday I went to that Halloween store, Spirit. Badass stuff in there and I even got some kewl new Goth clothing – more cheap than Hot Topic, but nonetheless. Anyway, I saw this one mini-attraction type thing about this vampire girl who gets betrayed by her lover. Now, I wont reveal all the secrets of her story, so you'll just have to read the fic…

PS, per chance you kno what I'm talking about, please don't ruin it. Granted, I did put some of my own twists in here, I do get some creative points, dammit! Um…yeah, I just spazzed out now. O.o

Enjoy.

V3R3 0n3 (Verse One)

He set the needle down, inspecting himself in the mirror once, twice and a third time. He brushed his pale, slender fingers over his neck, feeling everything in place. Once assured, he took a deep breath through his nose, an equally breath-taking smile tugging on his thin lips.

"You look pleased enough, Master," a soft, kind voice complimented from behind him.

He turned his head towards her, flashing his teeth in response. The girl stared at the two seemingly ordinary ones in his jaws but knew better as she strolled towards him.

"Well, I have to look my best for my own new lover," he replied in a tone that was always seductive and alluring. "It's not every day that the first of October rolls around," he added, looking away from her to dig into his drawer.

The woman tucked a brown lock behind her ear. "I assure you, Master looks his best every minute of every day," she commented truthfully, despite the bitter reality of the words. She took out a black, spiked choker from her pocket, the one he had been previously been searching for in his drawer. He accepted it gently from her out-stretched hand.

"You're too good for me, Yuna," he gushed, carefully placing the choker around his neck. "And I really insist you call me by 'Riku'," he pleaded for the up-tenth time.

Yuna smiled warily. "Forgive me, but it just seems odd for me to be so intimate with you," she said.

"It's not intimate, it's just a name," he argued, combing through his silvery tresses before tying it back into a ponytail with a black silk ribbon. Straightening out his collar, he turned to his caretaker for feedback. "So, how do I appear?"

Yuna crossed her arms, gesturing over to the vanity. "The looking glass might provide better response than I, Master," she replied, half-teasing.

Riku pretended to scowl as he went back to his mirror. "Oh, I was just looking into it for fun – you know I'm invisible to reflection's eyes." And indeed, instead of Riku's pale face, sterling locks and enchanting jade eyes staring back at him, it was the black lace curtains and gloomy futon behind him. He smirked approvingly. "Yes, a vampire is always avoided by its mirrored partner. Don't know why, since we're so pleasing to the eye, don't you think, Yuna?"

He got up, went over to the futon, and drew back the curtains a crack to peek out the window. The baby blues and lavenders dominated over the angry reds and bright oranges. Overhead, the sliver smile of the pearly moon grew brighter and brighter. Riku smiled, gazing over at the town farther down below in the horizon.

"Wonder who will dare be ensnared by my thorny vines," he said, a fleet of atual wonder and longing in his voice. He pressed a hand on the glass, the material seemingly colder than before – tiny tendrils of frost littering the pane in icy spikes. Yuna sensed the tension and walked over to him.

Riku's other hand fingered the spiked choker and briefly remembered what the skin underneath it concealed. His eyelashes cast shadows over his cheekbones as he continued to stare down.

"M…Master…?" Yuna asked, furrowing her brows. She quietly placed her hands over another, rubbing them together anxiously – her usual sign that she was unsure of what to say.

His face wrinkled into a frown as his brilliant eyes narrowed to slits. "This year…I will find my new lover – one that'll be true to me. One that won't betray me. And even if they try, well…it won't matter; especially since," a malicious grin spread across his face, "I'll get to keep them for all eternity. Ha-ha, a lover to spend ever-lasting death with for eternity – has a nice ring, eh, Yuna?"

Said maid glanced over toward Riku's mouth, nodding slowly. "Y-Yes, it does. Your Kiss, Master…"

Riku turned, giving her a pleased expression. "C'mon now, Yuna, let's not give away all my secrets – not yet." He went back to looking out the window, searching slowly, savoring his hunt. He licked his lips slowly, coating them with his saliva.

"Come out, come out, wherever you are," he sang in a low voice, making goosebumps prickle Yuna's skin. "My little lover…

…my lovely eternal slave."

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Me: Whoa, intense first chapter, was it not? Thoguht so, lol. I just considered maybe writing a story with a more dark theme – I figured it was high time I about did that. Anyways, please review, since it always makes us authors feel so special inside!

Ps, an Alruna is like this type of black rose that has this like slightly red color about it. Xelruna seemed to like the name, since it sounds like hers, lol! (Xelruna is pronounced Zell-roo-na)