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D was silent as Kat stared at him and drew her sword quickly.
“You weren’t the one who killed him,’she said,”I killed him.”
The count interupted her,”No.. but I paid the nobel who did well...”
“Though I didn’t approve of what he did to you. Ah well. You’re all mine now so
what does it matter,”the count said waving a hand in a dismissing manner.
“She’s yours n longer,”D said firmly.
Kat’s eyes narrowed to slits as she glared at him.
“You bastard,”she cursed,”You caused my mother and I a world of pain and took
my father from me. For that I will see you pay.”
“On the contrary hunter,”the count said, ignoring what Kat said for the
moment,”She is mine.”
The count then turned to her and simply said,”You’ll forget your anger soon
enough. Besides, I always did find girls with a temper more fun.”
Kat continued her advance on the count, taking two steps forward as she distanced
herself from D. She took another step forward after the count and he grinned, not at all
frightened of her as she neared with sword drawn, ready to seperate him into several tiny
pieces. D stood still in the background, watching her advance. It was then that the count
began laughing, and as she took one more step he made a swift motion with his hand and
6 silver arrows shot out of the wall behind D towards his back.
Hearing the whistling of the arrows D drew his sword and quicky spun around,
slicing them down out of the air. Though as he was dealing with the arrows the count
quickly took a cheap shot and threw one of D’s own throwing knives at him. It hit his
arm and sunk in a bit as Kat watched in horror, unable to do anything. She then rushed to
D’s side as the count just stood and laughed maniacally. D turned to look at the laughing
madman, holding the wound on his arm and as Kat looked up at him he saw her eyes a
brighter shade of purple, seemingly on the edge of glowing.
She watched D for a moment longer, the count still laughing in the background
and D could see her losing an internal battle with her vampiric nature to destroy threats.
Growing continually more aggrivated her teeth clenched together, her fangs growing
slightly as she growled at the count.
Anger permeated every word as she spoke to him slowly and coldly,”You had my
family destroyed and now you dare hurt the man I love....”
Still standing with her back to him the count stopped laughing.
“Give it a few years. You’ll forget about him and your anger,”he said simply as if
it didn’t even matter, tossing his head back and laughing again.
D pulled the knife from his arm with a hiss, dropping it to the floor and as he
looked up he saw Kat launch herself at the count. In almost one fluid motion she had
turned, sprung for the count with her sword drawn and cleanly sliced off his arm, slicing
his side a bit as well. The count abruptly stopped laughing as he found her sword pressed
to his throat, and his arm missing.
His face was full of anger and outrage as he glared at her. Her face was still cold
and cruel, her eyes a vibrant purple and she pressed the sword slowly against his throat,
cutting the skin agonizingly slowly. D watched silently as his arm healed. The count
looked at her and barely managed to speak, the sword too close for comfort.
“You little wretch. You think you can destroy me so easily?”
Swifly as if he teleported he moved from having the sword against his neck to
being behind her and bringing his fists down like a hammer on the back of her head. She
couldn’t dodge it though and she staggered forward a bit, stumbling as the count drew a
sword he had on his own back. D still had his sword out and watched the count carefully
as she regained her balance and turned to find the count with a sword pointed at her. The
sword he held was her own weapon.
“Look familiar?”
The count asked, then said simply,”I've grown quite fond of it.”
As the count stood there for a moment watching her he suddenly glanced to D
then charged him, sword ready to run D through. D quickly blocked the count’s attack,
flipping back and away he landed near the door. Kat took advantage of the count’s
attention to D and rushed up behind him slicing down his back. She split his cape and his
back open as he quickly turned and sliced the sword at her. It ended up cutting her one
arm but in that moment she took the opportunity and ran the sword through his chest,
piercing his heart.
“But... How...,”the count said as he coughed up blood,”You were.... so easy... to
defeat... before.”
As he said this D walked calmly towards the count and raised his sword.
“No,”Kat said as she looked at D,”Let me.. For my family. Please.”
D nodded and lowered his sword. Kat looked back to the count and he could see
her eyes were their normal purple color, all traces of the glow gone. Letting go of the
sword through his chest he slumped to the ground, still impaled upon it as she reached
down and took her sword back from him.
She looked at him, meeting his eyes and in a calm voice said,”For my family and all
the pain you caused them.”
This said she neatly took his head off as the body slumped, fell over and began
deteorating. She took back her own scabbard and sheathed her sword, strapping it to her
back in place of the other sword. Then picked up the other sword that had been given to
her. Sheathing it also she carried it and it’s sheath in her good hand as she walked to D.
Slowly her arm began healing as she stood next to him.
“Are you allright?” she asked, her voice tired and full of emotion.
D nodded in response then asked,”Youself?”
She shrugged,”I guess.”
“We should go now,”she said as the castle began to shake a bit and crumble.
“Good idea,”D replied as he sheathed his sword then grabbed her hand, running
quickly out of the castle the way they’d come in.
Upon exiting they saw the horses waiting for them and they slowed down, walking
to them. Upon reaching the horses they seperated and Kat strapped the sword given to
her by the spirits to the side, untethering the horse when she was finished. Neither
mounted their horses though, instead they walked across the bridge, leading the horses
behind them.
“You’re free now,”D said simply.
She looked up at him.
“Yeah, thanks,”she said, looking back down and ahead again,”I couldn’t have
done it without you.”
She looked up at him again as she asked,”So what now?”
“You can join me if you like... in the hunt,”he suggested bringing a smile to her
face.
“I'd like that.”
D nodded and she took his hand as he walked beside her, giving it a gentle squeeze
as she stopped walking. The motion pulled him back a bit as he took another step forward
and he was pulled back a bit to face her. She looked up at him and he returned the gaze,
their eyes locking as she smiled and stepped closer. Leaning up on her tiptoes she gently
placed her lips on his and gave him a kiss as the sun rose in the background. The dust of
castle settled and the horses stood behind them watching. D wrapped his arms around her
slowly and leaned down into the kiss. Wrapping her arms around him, they held each
other for a moment and upon seperating she looked up at him and whispered one phrase.
“D, I love you.”
He looked down at her and gave her a warm smile,”I love you too.”
After kissing again they walked off towards the next town and adventure, hand in
hand together.