Disclaimer: I do not own "Nightwalker" or any of the characters that are
portrayed within this story. I only wish that that lavender haired vampire
Shido belonged to me.
The heavy, oppressive air that usually accompanies a major thunderstorm hung heavy in the air. As if the emphasize the point, nature let loose a bright flash of light. He instinctively began to count the seconds...
"1...2...3..."
And then a rumble of thunder shook the desk at which he sat. The vampire got up from the desk and turned towards the window. Looking out, he raised a finger to the pane of glass and traced the water that had begun to fall from the sky. Suddenly, he heard a flurry of footsteps racing up the stairs and Shido bit back to smile. Ah, Riho...
"Mr. Shido, Mr. Shido," Riho cried and she flung the door of the office open and burst into the room.
"Yes, Riho," Shido said without turning around.
"There's such a storm coming our way. It's like I can feel it all around me. I can feel the electricity in the air. The thunder's blasts move right through me. I can hear the drops of water as they hit the pavement. Is this part of my vampire senses Mr. Shido?"
"Yes," Shido answered and turned to face his young protegee. "You will begin to notice that all of your senses will deepen and magnify to an acute degree. You will have to, in some degree, learn to block some of them out at times, and focus in on others."
"That sounds difficult," Riho complained with a defeated look about her. She shook her head from side to side, causing her auburn ponytail to sway gently down her back.
"I will help you," Shido announced. Smiling, he moved around the desk and put his arm around her small shoulders and hugged her to him. The faint smell of lavender wafted up to him and he felt a peculiar feeling in the pit of his stomach. An ache of sorts, but a pleasant one at that. Then she looked up at him. Big brown eyes gazed up into green ones. The ache was back, intensified by hundredfold. He had been noticing it more and more frequently, usually when Riho was around.
"Since it is so dark and dreary out, I'll put some coffee on," Riho said. She gently pulled away from Shido and walked into the kitchen.
Just as Shido was about to reclaim his seat at his desk, the office door opened and Yayoi entered.
"Good evening Shido," Yayoi greeted as she strolled into the room and took a seat on one of the couches that decorated the office. Guni revealed herself from within Yayoi's hair and shook the rain off of her wings.
"Yow!!! That's some storm!" she proclaimed and then fluttered over to land on Shido's shoulder.
Shido stared at Yayoi until she met his gaze.
"Well?" he asked.
"Well what?" she replied.
"Did you find anything out about that Nightbreed?" Shido persisted.
"And which Nightbreed would you be referring to?" Yayoi faked ignorance.
"You might as well tell him Yayoi," Guni interjected.
"I do have ways of making people talk, you know," Shido drawled in a sexy voice.
"I just bet you do," Yayoi quipped sarcastically. "Refresh my memory. Which Nightbreed are you so interested in knowing about?"
Shido shook his head in assent.
"Ah yes, the refreshing memory kind."
Just then Riho walked in from the kitchen carrying a tray with two steaming cups of coffee on it.
"I heard you come in Yayoi and so I prepared a cup for you as well," she said.
"Why thank you Riho," Yayoi utterred as she gratefully took the cup from the tray while Riho delivered the other cup to Shido who was leaning against his desk still staring intently at Yayoi.
"What were you two talking about anyways? A new case?" Riho asked as she picked up on the charged atmosphere in the room between the two people. She wasn't so sure that she liked what was going on here.
"Yayoi is withholding information about a Nightbreed that Shido is extremely curious about," Guni informed Riho. "And I think I know why she is doing it too."
"Why?" Riho asked.
"Because she's afraid that Shido will try to go after it not with the intention to kill it, but to become it's victim."
"Mr. Shido would never do that!" Riho shouted with conviction.
"I beg to differ," Yayoi stated and turned steely eyes upon Shido once more.
The vampire in question straightened himself out from the desk and calmly took a seat across from Yayoi.
"Let's hear what you know, Yayoi, and then I will come to a decision about my course of action," he calmly replied.
Yayoi sighed heavily and brushed her long hair behind her shoulders. She then began to tell her friends about a Nightbreed with the capability to recreate long forgotten memories from their hosts' minds.
The heavy, oppressive air that usually accompanies a major thunderstorm hung heavy in the air. As if the emphasize the point, nature let loose a bright flash of light. He instinctively began to count the seconds...
"1...2...3..."
And then a rumble of thunder shook the desk at which he sat. The vampire got up from the desk and turned towards the window. Looking out, he raised a finger to the pane of glass and traced the water that had begun to fall from the sky. Suddenly, he heard a flurry of footsteps racing up the stairs and Shido bit back to smile. Ah, Riho...
"Mr. Shido, Mr. Shido," Riho cried and she flung the door of the office open and burst into the room.
"Yes, Riho," Shido said without turning around.
"There's such a storm coming our way. It's like I can feel it all around me. I can feel the electricity in the air. The thunder's blasts move right through me. I can hear the drops of water as they hit the pavement. Is this part of my vampire senses Mr. Shido?"
"Yes," Shido answered and turned to face his young protegee. "You will begin to notice that all of your senses will deepen and magnify to an acute degree. You will have to, in some degree, learn to block some of them out at times, and focus in on others."
"That sounds difficult," Riho complained with a defeated look about her. She shook her head from side to side, causing her auburn ponytail to sway gently down her back.
"I will help you," Shido announced. Smiling, he moved around the desk and put his arm around her small shoulders and hugged her to him. The faint smell of lavender wafted up to him and he felt a peculiar feeling in the pit of his stomach. An ache of sorts, but a pleasant one at that. Then she looked up at him. Big brown eyes gazed up into green ones. The ache was back, intensified by hundredfold. He had been noticing it more and more frequently, usually when Riho was around.
"Since it is so dark and dreary out, I'll put some coffee on," Riho said. She gently pulled away from Shido and walked into the kitchen.
Just as Shido was about to reclaim his seat at his desk, the office door opened and Yayoi entered.
"Good evening Shido," Yayoi greeted as she strolled into the room and took a seat on one of the couches that decorated the office. Guni revealed herself from within Yayoi's hair and shook the rain off of her wings.
"Yow!!! That's some storm!" she proclaimed and then fluttered over to land on Shido's shoulder.
Shido stared at Yayoi until she met his gaze.
"Well?" he asked.
"Well what?" she replied.
"Did you find anything out about that Nightbreed?" Shido persisted.
"And which Nightbreed would you be referring to?" Yayoi faked ignorance.
"You might as well tell him Yayoi," Guni interjected.
"I do have ways of making people talk, you know," Shido drawled in a sexy voice.
"I just bet you do," Yayoi quipped sarcastically. "Refresh my memory. Which Nightbreed are you so interested in knowing about?"
Shido shook his head in assent.
"Ah yes, the refreshing memory kind."
Just then Riho walked in from the kitchen carrying a tray with two steaming cups of coffee on it.
"I heard you come in Yayoi and so I prepared a cup for you as well," she said.
"Why thank you Riho," Yayoi utterred as she gratefully took the cup from the tray while Riho delivered the other cup to Shido who was leaning against his desk still staring intently at Yayoi.
"What were you two talking about anyways? A new case?" Riho asked as she picked up on the charged atmosphere in the room between the two people. She wasn't so sure that she liked what was going on here.
"Yayoi is withholding information about a Nightbreed that Shido is extremely curious about," Guni informed Riho. "And I think I know why she is doing it too."
"Why?" Riho asked.
"Because she's afraid that Shido will try to go after it not with the intention to kill it, but to become it's victim."
"Mr. Shido would never do that!" Riho shouted with conviction.
"I beg to differ," Yayoi stated and turned steely eyes upon Shido once more.
The vampire in question straightened himself out from the desk and calmly took a seat across from Yayoi.
"Let's hear what you know, Yayoi, and then I will come to a decision about my course of action," he calmly replied.
Yayoi sighed heavily and brushed her long hair behind her shoulders. She then began to tell her friends about a Nightbreed with the capability to recreate long forgotten memories from their hosts' minds.