Enuui

Chapter 3



The family sat at the long table in the dining hall at the long table there it was a deep red wood. Cloud and Aerith sat at the head of the table Sora between them. The others were seated according to rank in the family. Roxas sat beside Hyne near the end of the table.



Once everyone had taken their seats Aerith stood and smiled as everyone looked at her.

"My children you have been called together at this time to discuss something of great importance. Last night My son and Cloud's were attacked by hunters along with Axel and Demyx. As well a a recent fledgling Hyne."

the family muttered among themselves and she smiled again.

"These hunters are nothing but a nuisance Aerith we handled the last ones easily."

"Except we have no clue of their numbers or their base." A silver haired man farther dowN the table said.

"the same problem they are having no doubt." Xemnas told him.

"yes but after last night's attack we must be more careful and we know that they know the club is a hunting ground for us. They have been there every night this week." Siax spoke up.

"And their is the problem with tomorrow night's occasion we can't follow our original plan now the hunters will be sniffing around." Cloud

"Then we will have it here victims must be brought in tonight be careful and no taking anyone from the club."

"It will be closed tonight Aerith it was going to be closed for the next few nights." Xemnas told her.

"Good , now there is a second order of business. Roxas." she looked at the child who stood hand in hand with Hyne. "You created a fledgling outside of the protection of the house and without the consent of the elders not to mention the fact you stole the ritual dagger used in doing so."

"Yes mother." he said quietly.

"Explain yourself."

"I was planning on bringing Hyne here two nights ago to turn him. we had paused for short time to rest and were come upon by the same hunters we met last night. the leader shot Hyne when he tried to push me out of the way of the bullet."

"the hunter attacked a human?"

"Yes he did."

"I see after all these years of saying they are protecting humanity from us" Rinoa laughed.

"Yes but you still stole the dagger why not simply come here quickly?" Xemnas asked.

"May I speak?" Hyne asked.

"You may."

"thank you my lady. Roxas did nothing wrong really had he brought me here then the hunters would have been able to follow him here. he also had no idea if I would make it then anyway I might have lost too much blood to make the transition safely "

the ones around the table looked thoughtful. Sora cleared his throat and everyone looked at him.

"I believe Hyne is right Roxas did nothing really wrong , they should not be punished and Hyne needs to go out and feed." He said calmly.

"Very well you are all dismissed go feed and prepare for tomorrow's plans." Aerith ordered she stood and left the room, CLoud, Sora Roxas and Hyne following her.



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Irvine looked around the room at his fellow hunters with a frown. He then looked at Zell who was fidgeting in his seat.

"Okay everyone this is bad. we knew their was a clan here but we had no idea of their power until last night. this clan is dangerous and powerful."

"clan?" Zell asked.

"Yes most vampires seem to have large family groups called clans made up of a group of elders, masters and fledglings. their is supposedly one leader as well but none of our hunters have ever seen the leader."

"that we know of."

"True."

"Are they ones who took my brother?"

"Worse than that if he was one of the ones we saw last night he was protecting this other one that we were being kept from."

"No not my brother."

"He's one of them now which means he has to die.' Seifer told him.

"Are you sure he's one of them?"

"He didn't try to escape or even get my attention."

"Oh."

Well now what we have to find and stop them we might be able to save him if he hasn't killed yet."

"We will don't worry." Rikku said bouncing in her seat.

"Thank you Rikku."



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Riku, Tidus, Selphie and Kairi headed for their normal club, it was not as dark or loud as the Oblivion but it was hot and there was a bar but this one actually checked IDs. Kairi was plastered to Riku's side the two of them obviously together Selphie wandered through the crowd looking for a guy to dance with while Tidus moped hoping the the girl he had met at the other club might be here. They were also kind of hoping they'd see Yuffie who had been missing since a few nights before.



Riku and Kairi hit the dance floor, moving together making it very clear to everyone she was with her partner. She wrapped her arms around him and he pulled her close. she leaned up to whisper in his ear.

"Riku let's go somewhere more private."

"Of course." he pulled her off towards the bathrooms.



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Tidus smirked form the bar seeing Riku and Kairi wander off, no doubt for sex. He took a sip of his water and looked over the crowd. He saw a girl with short brown hair she wore a blue miniskirt and a pink tube top. her miss matched blue green eyes sparkled and she smiled when she saw him.

"Yuna."

"Hi Tidus how long have you been here?"

"Just got here with a few friends one of our groups been in the hospital for a while so we brought her sister to cheer her up."

"That's so nice to do for your friend."

"Yeah well I think she's happy now since she dragged her boyfriend off to the bathroom." He grinned.

"Tidus that's nasty." she giggled. "though that's probably where my cousin is now that I think about it."

"Happens." He shrugged. "Want to dance?"

"Sure." Yuna smiled and they went to the floor together, it was nice to not think about her mission for awhile she hadn't seen any of their targets anyway this club was probably to bright for them anyway.



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Irvine watched the crowd carefully, somewhere here monsters were hunting for their victims. He saw Yuna with a blonde guy. Rikku and Paine were nowhere in sight. He wondered if he should find a pretty girl. he got up from the small table he had been sitting at with Zell who was staring at the crowd and looked around himself. he saw a cute brunette he'd seen before and sauntered over to introduce himself.



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Zell watched the crowd closely, he saw Irvine and Yuna though Rikku and Paine were not in sight they were here. he wondered who in this crowd was a vampire. as he looked toward the stairs leading to the door he saw a very familiar blonde descend the steps with another blonde and two brunettes they looked like the ones Seifer had described the night before. they dispersed as they entered. he guessed they they were teaching Hyne to hunt and feed as they did. he got up to follow them as Hyne approached a girl in a bright orange dress and danced with her they got very close and he drew her outside.



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Hyne fed gently on the girl he had picked out for his first target he ate slowly and stopped before he would have killed her closing and cleaning the wound. He looked up at Roxas who nodded.

"That's it."

"Great. is that all?"

"For tonight we should wait for Sora and Pence though."

"All right."

"Hyne."

both looked at Zell Roxas stepped between him and Hyne catching the scent of the hunters on him. "step back."

"Zell?" Hyne peeked from behind Roxas but did not approach his brother he didn't miss the same scent. "what are you doing here?"

"I've been looking for you you just disappeared."

"I had to leave."

"Why?"

"I'm not who or what I was anymore."

"And you should leave." Roxas told Zell.

"I don't have to listen to you this is your fault."

"Is it? did I Shoot him and force me to turn him or let him die?"

"What do you mean?"

"Your friends the hunters are at fault here one of them broke their own laws and yes we know their laws as we;ll as they know ours."

"Roxas please." hyne put a hand on Roxas' arm and the vampire youth calmed marginally. He could simply order Hyne to not talk to this human but he was his brother.

"The hunters, one of them shot Hyne a few days ago before I turned him."

"No way you have to be lying."

"I would not lie, not about Hyne at any rate."

"He said he was turned when he shot him, why else would you get in the way of the gun?" he looked at Hyne

"because Roxas is my friend and I love him bro."

"you do?"

"Yes."

"I love Hyne as well." Roxas told him.

"take care of him then."

"I will." He grabbed hyne's hand and pulled him into the shadows of the nearby alley. Zell returned to the club not sure what to do next.



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Riku had Kairi pressed against the wall of the short hallway which led to the rest rooms of the club. It was dark and smelled like many people had done this particular activity here before. He pulled out of her afterwards kissing her deeply. She squealed into his mouth as he squeezed her chest trailing their mixed cum along her stomach.

"Riku stop that."

"Stop what?"

"I'm going to go clean up wait here."

"fine but hurry up." he kissed her and she pulled away.

"I will."



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Kairi walked into the girls' room ignoring the noises form most of the stalls she proceeded to clean up. Riku had been acting really weird the last couple of days like his mind was elsewhere. She hoped he wasn't thinking of breaking up or anything like that they had been together since their senior year in junior high. If he wanted to break up it wouldn't be that bad they had been best friends for years before that and even then they were not that exclusive. She sighed as she got the last of it cleaned up and straitened her skirt.



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Sora looked over the crowd like a gourmet looking over a banquet. Here was a feast of humanity and he had to find just the right victim to invite to the party. It would be a big event for the family after all. He spotted a few hunters and avoided them easily he smiled as Pence lured a guy out of the club no doubt he would bring that one home. He always did go for older guys. Sora was passing the restrooms when he saw a flash of silver and smiled.

He slipped into the hall and walked up to Riku.

"Hey Riku."

"Hi Sora." He smiled, the odd fuzzy felling in his mind that always seemed to accompany Sora's presence came over him.

Sora smiled the few hunters here were distracted and he did need to bring someone home tonight.

"Hey Riku want to come to my place we re having this huge party and I was actually going to ask you if you wanted to come with me?"

"Sure."

"Great come on."

"But my friends."

"don't worry they'll be fine." the blue eyed boy dragged him away. A glamour already in place to fool those who knew him.



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Yuna saw out of the corner of her eye something odd, a small brunette boy and a taller teen with silver hair leaving the club she had seen both before in fact she had seen that brunette ten years before, and he had not changed. She pulled away form tidus and smiled.

"Oh Tidus I'm sorry i have to go."

"It's okay call me sometime."

"I will later." she left looking for her team not seeing them anywhere she slipped out to follow the teens. Once outside they joined three other youths who held two unconscious people and they left heading away from the club and into the bad part of town. They didn't even notice her. They came to a building which had once been hotel from the looks of it. It was dark and looked like a condemned building but there was a guy standing near the door who opened it for the four young men and their victims. She pulled out her cell phone to call her team. As she was about to hit the number something hit her from behind and she went down the last thing she saw was a black haired man with blue eyes smiling down at her.



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Kairi came out of the bathroom and frowned Riku was gone. She looked around, there was no sign of him she hoped he had gone to the bathroom or something. she looked at her watch and sighed willing ot wait for him. A few minutes later Selphie came up to her.

"Kairi what are you doing here?"

"What do you mean?"

"You just left with Riku like a minute ago."

"No i was in the bathroom."

"Weird because Riku left and you looked like you were with him maybe there is another silver haired guy around here."

"Weird I should call him." She pulled out her cell and tried to call Riku's there was the familiar ring of her number form his cell phone which was in the corner between the two bathrooms. Selphie picked it up.

"Now this is bad we should get Tidus and get out of here and call the cops." Selphie said panicking.

"let's go." Kairi grabbed the phone and went to find Tidus.



Tidus was on the dance floor when the girls caught up to him he saw the looks on their faces and joined them.

"Hey girls what happened?"

"Riku's gone."

"he's not in the bathroom?"

"No he left with Kairi I thought but Kai's right here."

"Weird."

"Yeah come on we 're going to call the police."

"Okay." His cell rang and he answered it. "Yeah dad? Okay right." He hung up.

"What is it?"

"Dad wants me home now come on with me."

"okay."



the three left the club heading for Tidus' house not sure why they had been ordered home but they moved quickly the dark street seeming that much more sinister. Tidus lived with his father in a small house only a few blocks from the entertainment district he said was a retired blitzer there were plenty of items from a former blitz player in the house, and now took care of his son, his wife and the boy's older brother had died years before and he never spoke of either of them.

He was waiting for them at the door and ushered them in.

"Wasn't Riku out with you?"

"He was we were going to call the police."

"don't bother,."

"Why not is something going on?"

"no but far too many kids your age have vanished recently and there was just a report of bodies in the alley by that oblivion place I'd rather not see you disappear as well."

"Yuffie's already missing."

"great." the phone rang and he went to answer it. "Jeckt. what? are you sure fine my place is close by I have my son and a few friends of his here yes 32456 Freis drive." He hung up. "well we are about ot have company."

"Who?"

"Some old friends of mine almost cousins to you Tidus you three go to your room don't come out and call your parents."

"Yes sir." the three went to tidus' room and waited to see what would happen next.



It had been along time since Jeckt had seen any members of the old crew and was not surprised to see that the kids had grown.

"Irvine Seifer."

"Hey old man how's retirement?"

"It would feel better if i was back in action."

"you said you wanted to take care of the kid."

"So why are you here? and who are some of these people."

"There's a clan here in this town I don't think they've been here that long, these are Rikku and Paine, Fujin and Raijin and Zell. Though we've already lost track of two members of our team Squall got killed last week and yuna's gone missing."

"Yuna? she was here with you?"

"She is a hunter." Rikku told him.

"But after what happened?"

"We know what happened."

"What did happen?" tidus asked, the three of them stood in the hallway staring at the people in the living room, they had seen these people before and they knew Yuna.

"Tidus i told you to go to bed."

"No dad something's up and it involves two of my friends and a girl I like and you know about it."

"Yes he does he used to be one of the three best." Seifer said with a smirk.

"Used to be you brat I could still be one of the best."

"Yeah right i heard you became a drunk and a baby-sitter."

"Hey whatever my dad did he was probably way better than you could ever be." Tidus glared at Seifer.

"You're right about that." Paine smirked.

"So what did you do?"

"Tidus remember those stories your mother used to tell you?"

"Yeah."

"Most of those were true."

"You mean you really did fight off a legion of zombies?" the blond asked looking excited.

"Yeah well Braska and Auron were alot of help with that." he scratched the back of his head.

"So you guys actually fight monsters like that?" Selphie asked.

"Mostly vampires." Raijin said off handily.

"Vampires?" Kairi paled.

"Yeah." Rikku looked at Kairi seeing the look on her face. "Are you okay?"

"No, if you're telling the truth then why hasn't anyone noticed them?"

"they are good at covering up for themselves."

"Oh."

"the three of you can't say anything though."

`"Oh we won't that's for sure no one would believe us, but what about Riku and Yuffie they are gone and might be dead or something." Selphie said grabbing Irvine's coat.

"Careful honey we'll find them once we find the nest we'll wipe out the clan and save who we can."

"you'd better."

"I have ot go." Kairi said quietly."

"Kairi?"

"I have ot go home." the red head went for the door looking panicked.

"It's okay miss, Rikku Paine make sure she gets home safe."

"Yes sir." the two followed her out of the house.



TBC........