This time its for real!  This is the real chapter
two, to An Angel From Hell!


An Angel From Hell
by Kayla Chavi
Chapter 2
Rating: PG-13
Email: kaylachavia@yahoo.com

I want to thank everyone who's written me about this
story!  I didn't expect to get such an overwhelming
response to it!  You've made me even more excited
about writing fan fiction!

Standard Disclaimer:  Sailor Moon does not belong to
me, but the story-line and the idea is all mine, that
DOES belong to me. 

I woke up with Serena laying next to me, she herself
appearing to be asleep.  I sighed quietly and propped
myself up on one elbow, watching her.  God, she was so
beautiful as she lay there, her pale blond hair strewn
out over the pillows and her pale skin looking so
soft.  I knew otherwise, her skin was as hard as
marble and cold, though she could heat up if the need
came.

Laying there she looked so innocent, not like a killer
who had millions of lives on her soul.  Then again,
Serena would tell me that she had no soul, so
therefore she had no damnation.  She would laugh
softly and then pretend to offer me immortality. 

I'm not a fool, she would never make me a vampire and
frankly I don't want to be one.  Serena is only
interested in the games she can play and who she can
torment.  She likes to tell me that she loves me, that
she has all of her life, but I'm not stupid.  Vampires
seduce with their words, their voices, and their
actions.  She wants to kill me, of that I'm certain,
its just a matter of how and when.  

I sighed, not liking the path of my thoughts, they
seemed too cynical and cold when what I really wanted
to do was tell her how much I cared about her.  In the
course of the year I had known her, I had come to find
that she was a beautiful human being.  I know that the
Undead aren't even considered human, but she had this
brightness and innocence about her that made her worth
loving.  Sometimes she amazed me with the aura of
fragility and innocence that she possessed.  Those
thoughts seemed brighter, but then the fact that I
knew what she was, darkened them again.  Unfortunately
she was just a very good actress.

I sighed and lightly ran a  hand over her shoulder,
only then noticing that she was naked.  I sighed again
and lightly touched her cheek, "Serena why do you
torment me like this?" I murmured.

I saw her smile and knew that she wasn't asleep.  She
slowly opened her crystal blue eyes and looked up at
me, "Why do you let me?" she answered moving closer to
me, slipping her cold hand into my boxers.  I grabbed
her hand before she could touch me.

"Serena," I warned and she sighed melodramatically,
but smiled anyway.

"Darien, you shouldn't treat me so cruelly," she
admonished.

"Rena, I need to be able to move today."

"You're no fun," she pouted, "Any other mortal man
would jump at the chance."

"Any other mortal man would be dead when you got
through with him," I retorted, "I like my blood where
it is."  That's when I noticed her gaze and I blushed
and glared at her, "You know what I mean."

She laughed quietly, "I know what you want," she
corrected me and pressed her cold body against my warm
one, wrapping her arms around my neck, "You should
stop fighting me Darien.  We could have a lot of fun,
you and me."

I kissed her gently before managing to pull away from
her, "I'm sure we could Serena, but I have work."  I
had to get out of here quickly before she did manage
to keep me in my bed.  

She was right, it would have been fun.  I know how
good she is, but its just experience that she's gotten
over the years.  Then my thoughts start to wander as I
think about her, wondering if she even remembers her
first time, and who the lucky bastard was.  

I shook my head to clear it and went over to my
computer after throwing my robe on.  Its a red silk
robe, a gift from Serena.  She says that it makes me
look sexy, I think that she needs to think about
something other than sex for a change, though I
realize that at times I'm not much better.  

I went over to my computer to see what she had
written, or if she had written anything at all.

"Serena, this is all gibberish," I said looking over
at her.  She was laying lazily on the bed, looking
very seductive and come-hither.  The sheet had dropped
just slightly, as if she was giving me a partial view
of what she promised.

"No its not," she insisted, "It's one of the old
languages.  You asked me to write part of my story,
you didn't say what language to write it in."  She
smiled and I rolled my eyes.

"Next time I'll be more specific," I said dryly and
the groaned as I stood, my body suddenly very tense,
despite the restful night I had just had.  She laughed
as she looked me over, a small smile playing at the
corners of her mouth, "Don't even say it," I warned
going into my bathroom.

"I wouldn't dare," I heard her say before I turned on
the cold water.

* * *

After my first encounter with Serena I went back to my
office that night.  I opened the door, "God Darien you
look like you had a rough night."

"Thanks Rei," I said dryly looking at my
best-friend-since-the-whole-demon-adventure, "You
too," I said looking her over.  Her long black hair
was pulled back into a pony-tail and she looked
stunning as always.  She was Japanese American and the
combination at turned out well, she looked exotically
beautiful, but unlike the vampire I had just met, she
did nothing unpleasant to my hormones.  She and I were
just friends, (a concept that even now Serena has
problems understanding).

Rei is the witch in residence.  She and I work
together to lower the demon population.  She uses
spells and magic, while I use brute force and the
weird supernatural strength that I somehow received
with this weird calling.  I mean I was strong before,
now the ordinary muscle man didn't stand a chance
against me and average vampires managed to throw me
into the dust.

Rei is strong in her own right, and you never want to
make her mad.  Fire is what she's best at and when
she's angry she is very calm and controlled.  You
don't want to be within throwing distance of her
flames, even non vamps end up a pile of dust.

I'm rambling again, sorry.

I took off my black leather duster, throwing it over
my chair behind my desk.  Rei raised an eyebrow, "So
who's the girl?"

I looked up sharply, "What?!"

"The girl, the one who managed to wear you out and
give you a headache at the same time," she said
simply, sitting on the edge of my desk.

"Very funny, Rei," I muttered, sitting down behind my
desk and looking down at some of the papers, "I'm sure
to laugh now at any second."

"Lighten up Darien.  Once of these days you're going
to--" she stopped suddenly and looked up to see that
someone had managed to enter our office, without
making a sound.  I looked up and met a pair of
startling blue eyes.

I closed my eyes again and sighed before opening them
again.  She was still there.  **Dammit!  She's real** 
I stood up and went to stand on the other side of the
desk, standing next to Rei.

"Can I help you?" Rei asked politely.

"No," Serena said quietly, a small innocent smile on
her face.  She managed to look like a young mortal
girl wearing tight khakis and a white tank top.  Her
long blond hair was pulled away from her face, but
still cascaded down her back, "But Darien can."

Rei looked at me confused, "You too have met?" she
asked.

"Yes," I said simply, my eyes never leaving Serena's,
"Hello Serena."

"Serena?!" Rei hissed at me, "Are you nuts?!"

"Who this?" Serena asked calmly looking Rei over,
"You're girlfriend?"

Before Rei could protest this and placed my hand over
hers, quieting her, "What if I said yes?"

"Then I would have to kill her," Serena said simply
and with a child-like innocence that astounded me,
"Who is she?"

"You would kill all of my friends?" I asked instead,
"Wouldn't you think that would push me away?  It seems
a little stalker like."

"Don't act so surprised Darien.  I'm a vampire, I kill
lots of people.  Now answer my question.  Who is she?"
 The look in Serena's eyes confused me.  If I didn't
know better, she was afraid of something.

Afraid of what?  Me?  I don't think so.  Rei?  Maybe. 
But she was looking at her with a twinge of respect
and honor, not fear.  What did Serena have to be
afraid of?

"Will you two stop talking about me as if I wasn't
here?" Rei said exasperated and pulling her hand away
from mine.  "My name is Rei Shein," she looked at
Serena with an odd look.  It was like she recognized
her from somewhere.

Serena smiled and nodded understandably, "A
Priestess," she said walking over to us.

"I prefer the term Witch," Rei said and smiled
slightly as Serena stopped a few feet away.  I could
feel her aura of Power, and from the look on Rei's
face, she could feet it too.

"I like her," Serena said to me, another one of her
innocent smiles on her face, "I won't kill her."

"You don't know how grateful I am," I said dryly,
slightly amazed that I sounded so calm, "What is it
that you want Serena?"

"I thought that maybe we could go and get coffee," she
said looking down at the ground and I could swear that
I heard the faintest hint of nervousness in her voice.
 Again that confused me.  Why should she be nervous
around me?  If she wanted to she could hypnotize me
and make me do whatever it was that she wanted.

But it was clear that she didn't want to coerce me. 
She wanted this to be free will the entire way.  As
free as a vampire around a mortal can be.

"Why?  So you can kill me when I supposedly least
expect it?"  It was a hard blow, said very coldly and
bitterly.

"Maybe," she whispered and then looked up at me.  Dear
gods the smile was back, "I was thinking that we could
talk."

No.  No way in Hell.

I was going to say no, all the way to the point when I
opened my mouth to speak.  But I made the mistake of
looking down into her eyes.  Instead of the cold
crystal blue, I saw a warmth and a fire in them.  At
first I thought it was desire, but there was something
else.  Something that I had a problem putting a name
to.

I realized that this was all a game to her.  Vampires
seduced with their words, their voices, and their
actions.  Serena was no different, just more
experienced and a much better actress than most.  I
knew that she would kill me, that she was just having
her fun.  But....

But a part of me hoped that when I was looking down
into her eyes, I saw a pleading and a begging that I
would say yes.  That she really did want to get to
know me.  

I reached for my duster and put it on.  Why?  I'm not
real sure.  Love?  Maybe.  Lust?  Of course, I'm a
guy.  Insanity?  Definitely.

"So," I said as I offered my arm to her.  Her face was
filled with a happiness that surprised me, along with
the wideness and brightness in her smile, "Are you
going to kill me before or after we have coffee."

She giggled and took my arm, "That depends," she said
as we walked out.

"On what?" 

"If you look at another woman," she said simply.

Rei's laughter followed us out the door.

* * *

I was looking through several papers, my mind
elsewhere when a large stack of books was slammed down
in front of me.  I looked up at Rei surprised. 
"What's all this?"

"Every single source on Serena I could find," she said
simply gesturing to the stack of large leather bound
books.

"And the reason for that would be what exactly?" I
raised an eyebrow, not amused.

"When you're sleeping with the enemy, its always nice
to know everything you can," Rei said, sitting down on
the edge of my desk.

"Serena and I aren't sleeping together," I growled
looking up at her, and starting to get very angry. 
How dare she presume that only after three dates I'd
allow myself to be overcome by Serena.

"Yet."  That wasn't Rei, that was someone else.  I
looked over the stack of books and saw her.

Serena was leaning against the doorframe, though today
she was going for the sultry sexy look, not the
innocent school girl look.  She was smiling, that gods
be damned smile.  She was wearing all black leather. 
I swallowed nervously and pulled my eyes away from her
body and back to her eyes.

"Hello Rei," she said pleasantly walking over to me. 
Rei stood up and smiled to Serena before exiting
rather quickly.  "You work too hard, My Knight," she
teased walking around to my side of the desk and
leaning against it.  "You need a break."

"Really?" I said looking up at her.  She smiled
sweetly, "And that's why you're here, to tell me that
I need more sleep?"  I tried my best to be cold, like
I had tried the last three times.  I couldn't say no
to her and I think she knew it.

"I want you to take me dancing," she said, "There's a
new club in town and I want you to take me to it."

I groaned, "Serena....."

"Please Darien," she begged, sounding like a little
girl.  She knelt down in front of me and looked up,
slowly sliding her hands up my legs and then running
them up my arms, "Just this once," She linked them
around my neck.

I looked down at her and sighed.  I kissed the top of
her head and stood, grabbing my duster, "Okay Serena. 
Just this once."

Again I got that look of pure joy as she stood, nearly
dragging me out the door.

When I got home that night, I was neither rested or
relaxed and very, very confused.

* * *


"Tell me about her," Andrew sat down in the chair
opposite my desk.

"Who?" I asked innocently; Serena would have been
proud.  

"The deadly vamp chick.  You know the one you've been
sleeping with for the past two months," he said
calmly.

I sighed, "I'm not sleeping with her," I growled, not
liking this.  Don't get me wrong, Andrew's a great
guy, just a little misdirected.  He has no problem
bedding a girl he hardly knows.  I take my time.

Besides, this is my life on the line.  The last thing
I need is for Serena to bite me in the throws of
passion.

"God Darien, what's your problem?  Its not like she
doesn't want to!"

"You know what your problem is Drew?" I said idly,
"You have no honor.  One does not just sleep with a
girl he knows hardly anything about,  one does not
take advantage of women, and one does certainly not
sleep with a vampire.  That is the quickest way to
make sure you die."

"I thought Rei got you books?  And besides Darien, you
have too much honor.  She's thousands of years old. 
Its not like you're taking anything from her." 

I glared at Andrew, "Is this why you came?  To bother
me about my lack of sex life?  Or did you have another
reason?"

"Have you even looked at the books?" He asked ignoring
my question.

"No, now tell me again why I haven't thrown you out
the window?"

He sighed, "I came to tell you that Mina's in the
hospital," he said quietly and I raised an eyebrow.

"And I care because?"

"She's suffering from extreme blood loss," Andrew said
standing up, "You're ex was bitten by your girlfriend,
Darien.  Either Serena got sloppy or she wanted you to
know.  I don't know how I'm gonna cover this one up." 
Andrew's a detective.  He tries to keep the NYPD out
of my way, sometimes I deal with things that don't
exactly fall under the law.  When it comes to vamp
attacks he steers the investigation towards other
possibilities.  Don't ask me how he does it, but he
does.  

I just stared at him for a long moment, in shock. 
Sure Mina was a cold hearted vindictive bitch, but
that doesn't mean that she deserved to die, or drained
to the point of death.  

Dammit Serena!  Why did you have to go a ruin
everything, just when things were going so well?

"Thanks," I managed to mumble, "I'll go see her.  And
I'll take to Serena, see what I can do about the
abnormal death rate of my ex's."

Andrew patted me on the shoulder "You do that," and
then left silently.  Rei came in and took one look at
me before pulling me to my feet.

"Go home," she said pushing me out the door, "Sleep
and don't come back until tomorrow night," she
insisted.

I blindly walked home in a haze.  My thoughts centered
around Serena and why she was killing all of these
women.  

Then I started thinking; really thinking.  

She was only killing those that I had slept with.  My
casual girlfriends were still alive and their hearts
beating as far as I knew.

It was simple surely.  Serena was jealous.  

Or at least I thought she was.  My thoughts drew to
the day that she had walked in on me and Mina in a
very compromising situation.  I was leaning back on my
desk, looking very cold and collected, but Mina was
pressing against me, her hand wandering over my chest
as she tried to convince me of something; I'm still
not very sure of what it was she was trying to
convince me about.  When she stopped her act.  We had
heard the door open, and standing there was Serena.

Serena nearly killed her then and there, a rage
burning in the cool blue depths of her eyes.  

She was jealous then and she was jealous now.

Or that was my vain hope anyway.  I wanted to believe
that she was jealous.

I sighed and unlocked my apartment door, opened it and
walked in, closing it behind me and then locking it
again before noticing that there was something
immensely wrong.  Someone was in my apartment.  My
gaze wandered to my couch.

Only Serena could manage the scene before me.  She was
lying curled up on the couch, her hair free and
drifting everywhere, the moonlight falling on her
face.  Her skin was impossibly white and looked like
smooth marble in the light of the moon.  Her pale red
lips were slightly parted and her smoky eyelashes
brushed against her cheeks.  

She was so beautiful and innocent in that instant that
all of my anger at her was momentarily forgotten.

I sighed softly and went over to her sleeping form and
knelt down next to her.  "Why do you make me act like
this?" I murmured to myself, lightly touching her
cheek.  "Why is it that you of all the women living
and dead cause my blood to rush and blur my vision and
thinking?  And why is it that you are so damn
frustrating, but can make me forgive you with a single
look?"  I trailed my thumb along her jaw and then over
her lips.

I half expected her to open her eyes and smile and
tease me.  Instead though, her face contorted in pain
and she began to whimper.  That's what convinced me
that she was really sleeping, Serena never cried, and
she never whimpered, at least not around me.  

She began whispering in a language that sounded like
gibberish, but was musical and lovely.  Then tears
started falling down her face, leaving red trail
marks.  She slowly began to move and cried even more,
her voice becoming louder and I could make out the
words, "Endy......Endy.....ni....ni.....Endy," she
cried, "Reishe!  Reishe!  te j'thia.....te
j'thia......Endy......Endy.........Endy..........NI!"

Serena's eyes snapped open, the bloody tears making
them a dark indigo.  Not thinking I pulled her into my
arms, "It's okay, Rena," I murmured, "It was just a
dream.  Forget about it.  It was just a dream."

She held onto me tightly, slowly stopping her sobs. 
After a long moment she pulled away, laughing
ironically.  Though I didn't get the irony and one
look into her eyes told me that I really didn't want
to.  I gently wiped the blood off of her cheeks,
unnerved by her look.  She looked haunted when she
looked at me.  Then she looked away.

"You're angry with me," she whispered; she had been
able to read me perfectly.

I closed my eyes and sighed, "Yes," I said simply and
then opened my eyes.  I slowly forced her to look at
me, which was not an easy task, "Why did you almost
kill Mina?" I asked her evenly, "Why are you killing
all of my old girlfriends?"

"I hate them," she said her voice plain and very
controlled.  

"That isn't a reason to kill them Serena."  I stood up
and looked down at her and then said something very
daring, "I can't be with you if you commit murder." 
Great Darien, telling a women who kills several times
a day that you can't be with her.  Real smart, now
lets see if you can get her to kill you.

She narrowed her eyes, "I kill to survive Darien.  I'm
a vampire."

"You know what I mean.  Feeding is different then
killing women who I have made love to.  Though I wish
that you wouldn't even kill to feed."

Her eyes flashed when I had mentioned making love and
I swear that her faced at become slightly flushed,
like talking about sex embarrassed her.  That confused
me, Serena was a highly sexual woman, it came with
being a vampire.

"I won't allow you to hurt them, Serena.  I have never
asked anything from you.  Now I'm asking you not to
kill my ex-girlfriends."  My voice had been angry and
loud in the beginning, now it was dangerously low.  

I clenched my hands and felt a slight ache in my
chest.  If she left me I think I would die, but I have
to take a stand somewhere.  "I'm drawing a line,
Serena.  Mina was the last girl you hurt."

She looked up at me, her face complete devoid of any
emotion, but her eyes spoke of an inner conflict. 
Slowly she stood and met my eyes.  Don't touch me, I
begged her silently.  I can't refuse you when you kiss
me.  I don't know if she heard me or not, but she
didn't touch me.

Instead she took a step away from me, "Very well
Darien."

My eyes widened.  Was Serena actually telling me that
she had heard what I had said and was going to listen
to me for a change.  Then my eyes narrowed, nothing
with her is ever that simple.   "Promise me, Serena."

"I promise that I won't touch, hurt, or kill any more
of the women you've screwed," she lifted an eyebrow,
but didn't smile.

The fact that she changed the words that I had used
around, showed me just how angry and jealous she was. 
What I had done with the other girls wasn't love in
her eyes, it was just a physical act, so therefore she
used a harsh word to describe it.

I had no doubt that if I ever gave into her that it
would be making love, not sex, not getting screwed,
not being fucked, but making love.

I nodded, "Thank you," I said softly and then sat down
on my couch, holding my head in my hands.  It had been
a very long day and night.  I was tired and tense and
had for the first time yelled at Serena.  

I expected her to leave.  

Serena climbed onto the couch behind me and to gently
rub my shoulders, with a suppressed strength that
surprised me.  Until that moment I didn't realize how
tense I had become.  She worked out all of the knots
in my shoulders and back until I was completely
relaxed.

Silently she pulled away and took my hand, "Come with
me," she said quietly as she pulled me into the
bedroom.  Again she surprised me, this time removing
my shirt and then pushing me onto the bed.  "Lay on
your stomach," she ordered quietly.  I did as she
asked, no more fight in me left.  "Close your eyes,
j'thia." she murmured as she resumed her massage.

I closed my eyes and she straddled my back, working a
nice smelling oil into my skin.  By the time she was
finished I couldn't move except to roll onto my back. 
I looked over at her and saw her smiling happily.

She kissed me softly and then curled up into my side,
resting her head on my chest.  Normally I would have
protested but I was too comfortable and her intents
didn't seem like the normal seduction attempts. 
Though right now if she had tried, I'm not sure that I
would have been able to fight it.  I also wasn't sure
if I would have been able to do anything either.

"You stood up to me," she said quietly, her fingers
tracing invisible patterns over my chest and stomach.

"Yes I did." A pause, "I take it that you're not mad
at me?"

"How could I ever stay angry with you Darien?" she
asked me.  I didn't answer and there was another long
silence, "I'm glad you did."

I smiled slightly, "Why?"

"I've been pushing you around, making you do what I
wanted.  Well almost everything I wanted," her hand
started to pass my belt, I grabbed it before it could
go any further.  She laughed softly, "And you showed
me that there are limits.  I've been awfully one-sided
about all of this. Manipulative."

I laughed and kissed her forehead, she actually
sounded humble.  The next part was almost inaudible,
"I'm sorry," she whispered.

I didn't know how to respond to that and apparently I
didn't have to.  I fell asleep, holding an angel in my
arms.  

When I woke up, Serena wasn't there, and I didn't know
whether to be happy or disappointed.

* * *

I knocked softly on Mina's hospital door and then came
in.  She was lying on the bed, looking very pale and
listless, the bite on her neck had been bandaged.  She
groaned softly when I came in.

"It's nice to see you too," I said dryly as I put the
flowers I had brought her on the stand next to the
bed, "What happened?" I asked gently sitting down next
to her.

"It was that little girl you were with at the club
last the other night," she winced in pain, "I was in
the bathroom, talking to a friend about you.  I was
really dissing you bad."

"Thanks."

"No problem, any time," she said looking up at me, "I
was saying stuff like you must be desperate.  Calling
you a sicko.  Then I joked about her assets, being
really mean." Mina was always bluntly honest, she also
had a cruel streak.  "I had no idea that your
girlfriend was The Serena."

"Now you know," I said, "I take it that she attacked
you then and there?"

"Yeah," she said and closed her eyes, "Though the
bitch was more upset that I trashed your honor, as she
called it, than what I had called her.  You sure know
how to pick them, Darien."

"Of course, I picked you," I grinned and she laughed.

"Thanks for checking up on me Darien.  It really means
a lot."

I smiled and calmly stood, "No problem Mina, just stay
away from Serena."

"Don't have to worry about that one," Mina said
smiling, "Next time, sleep with a girl who isn't going
to kill all of your ex's," she teased.

"Mina," I growled, "Serena and I aren't sleeping
together.  Why does everyone assume that we are?" I
was getting frustrated.  Rei, Andrew, and now Mina all
thought that the weird relationship that Rena and I
had was based on sex.  It wasn't.

It was based on insanity.  Mine.

Mina laughed, "Darien, both you and Serena have
reputations.  Naturally--"

"Nature has nothing to do with it," I said and walked
to the door, "I hope you feel better soon," I walked
out of the hospital room, silently praying that Serena
wouldn't kill anyone else.

Rei met me cheerfully when I got into the office, "You
look tons better," she said and I noticed that all of
the blinds were closed.

"Thanks," I muttered and then raised an eyebrow at the
blinds.  Rei actually blushed and looked down at her
desk.  That's when I noticed that she had a piece of
gauze at her neck.  "Rei?"  I was starting to get
worried, all sorts of images running through my mind. 


Though the image of what happen next wasn't one of
them.

"Rei don't you have any towels that aren't white?"  A
blond haired man stepped out of the full bathroom that
she and I had put into the office for the times that
the office was closer than home and battle had been
particularly bloody.  He was wearing black leather
pants and didn't have a shirt on.  There was a blood
streaked towel in his hand.

"Rei?" I turned to her, "Who's this?"

"Jedeite," she said meekly, "He-he's a friend of
Serena's."

I was starting to get a headache, "And he's using the
office shower because?"

Rei actually blushed a bright red and I sighed, "I
think you get the idea," Jedeite grinned and walked
over to Rei, wrapping an arm around her waist.  I was
about to say something more when there was a squeal.

"JED!"  An bouncy Serena came out of my office and
went over to the tall blond.  I didn't know that she
had been in there waiting for me.  He laughed picked
her up, twirled her around and kissed her.

And I don't mean a friendly kiss, this was passionate,
nothing like the way she had been kissing me.  I
couldn't help it, I was getting jealous and angry.  I
looked over at Rei, but she seemed unnerved by it as
Jedeite and Serena began talking in a language that
sounded a lot like French, but not French.  If it was,
it was very, very old French.

"I'm confused." I said after a moment, sitting down in
one of the chairs.  Serena and Jedeite broke away from
each other and she came and placed herself in my lap. 
She smiled and  Rei handed a blood red shirt to her
new friend.

"Don't be," Serena said quietly, gently kissing the
side of my face, "Jed and I are old friends.  I
introduced Rei and him to each other and now...." she
let her voice trail off and she began to grin,
"They're sleeping with each other," she mock whispered
and Jedeite laughed.

"He's a vampire," I said disbelieving and with an
accusatory look at Rei.  "Weren't you telling me just
a few short months ago that I needed to be careful if
I was going to sleep with the enemy?"

"You and Serena aren't sleeping together," both
Jedeite and Rei chorused.  Serena rolled her eyes and
stuck out her tongue out at Jediete.  It was so
childish and innocent that I almost smiled.

Almost, but not quite.

"You know what I mean," I said and forced Rei to meet
my eyes, "No offence to either of you, but Dead Boy
over there could easily kill you."

"So could Serena," Rei countered as Serena and the
other vamp exchanged an amused look.

"I still have all of my blood right where it should
be," I looked pointedly at the bandage on her neck.

Rei sighed and Serena laughed softly.  "You two fight
like siblings," she teased and I looked down at her
sharply.  She grinned and nestled herself into my
shoulder and chest, "I think its cute."

I closed my eyes and was going to stand up, but
Jedeite quickly took Rei in his arms and kissed her. 
"I'll see you tonight, Reishe," he murmured into her
hair.  He then disappeared, moving faster than Rei or
I could see, though I'm sure that Serena knew exactly
where he went.

Reishe, he had called her that name that I had heard
Serena say the night before.  Well at least now I knew
it was a name, but was no closer to knowing what she
had meant.  Maybe Endy was a name as well.  And maybe
I should look at those books that Rei got me.

"My name is Rei," she remarked when he was gone.  She
sighed, "He's forever calling me that, I think that
when Serena introduced us she said my name a little to
fast."

Serena laughed and had a look on her face that told me
that she purposely mispronounced Rei's name.  "Will I
see you tonight?" she asked me, looking deeply into my
eyes.

I sighed, "Was there ever any doubt that you would?"

She smiled brightly and kissed me gently and then
moved to stand up.  

I don't know what possessed me, I think it was seeing
her kiss Dead Boy, (the name has stuck to this day
almost a year later) but I pulled her back.

And I kissed her, for the first time since we had met,
I kissed her.  If she was surprised, it didn't stop
her from returning the kiss.  It was me who increased
the passion and depth of the kiss.  I suddenly wasn't
content enough with just tasting her lips, I had to
have her mouth as well.  

I ran my tongue lightly over her bottom lip, silently
begging her to let me into her mouth.  Her lips parted
and I slipped it inside, my hand lightly holding the
side of her face, the other was at her waist, pulling
her closer.  She eagerly returned the kiss, opening
her mouth wider and slipping her tongue into my mouth,
exploring mine just as I was hers.  

Then I tasted blood and realized that I had cut myself
on her fangs.  For some reason I didn't care, and I
didn't pull away, continuing the kiss for quite some
time before I realized that I needed to breathe.  I
slowly pulled away, opening my eyes.  I looked at her,
there was a complete look of surprise on her pale
face.  Her eyes were wide and I saw her swallow.

Then she violently shoved herself off of  me, "I have
to go," she whispered.  I was confused for a moment
and then I knew.

Blood lust.  

She had tasted my blood and was controlling herself. 
"I understand," I said quietly, standing up. 
"Tonight?"

She smiled, the same smile that used to frustrate me
but now it made me want to kiss her again, "Tonight."

Then she too was gone.

"Yep. You're in control of *that* situation."  I shot
Rei a glare before shutting my office door behind me.

* * *

I really wanna thank Spring for all that she's done! 
She put up with my many emails and suffered through
myweirdness!  Thanks!

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"You're not friends. You'll never be friends. You'll be in 
love till it kills you both. You'll fight, and you'll shag, and 
you'll hate each other until it makes you quiver, but you'll 
never be friends. Love isn't brains, children, it's blood -- 
blood screaming inside you to work its will.  I may be love's 
Bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it." --Spike