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[55] Fanfic: Vampire Hunter D 30_somethings: The Night Illuminated
Title: The Night Illuminated [5/7]
Fandom: Vampire Hunter D
Character/Pairing[s]: D
Theme/Prompt: #15'Moonlight' (Nights Prompt Table)
Rating: PG-15
Warnings: D-style violence, gore, supernatural horror.
Summary: D runs into one Noble’s utopia. It’s not quite of this world.
Notes:Oooeeee, next-to-penultimate chapter. Hope you’re still enjoying it so far.

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Barely visible against the pale pink of the lower lip, the tip of a fang held D’s vision for squarely a minute before the black substance began to move as if pulled over the face like a curtain and solidified, almost trapping the dhampir’s hand. Pulling away, D stepped back, letting shock creep in for a moment before an equally stunned –sounding voice from his left hand spoke.

‘…Hell.’

D silently concurred.

‘I mean, this whole place… A breeding ground.’

The Hunter stalked over to the next tree, wiping away the black coverings, revealing more of the same. Repeating the process with the next and the next, he confirmed the statement. He’d recovered from the shock quickly, and now there was nothing but

‘And the location… extra-dimensional… No wonder we couldn’t sense much,’ continued the parasite.

‘The Noble still isn’t here,’ said D quietly, stopping at a particularly laden tree and looking up at the smallest bag he’d seen yet on one of the highest branches.

‘No,’ said the parasite. ‘He’s just through that gate beyond the edge of the trees.’

Gate- Ah.

The dhampir looked to his right towards the thickest of the blizzard, and glimpsed another large silhouette through the swirling flakes. A tall, black iron gate, with nothing either side of it, suggesting that it led to some place other that didn’t need something as mundane as a fence to keep it segregated. He walked closer to it, but stopped, frowning as a new presence registered. Large, fierce and strong and not even trying to hide. The dhampir put a hand to the hilt of his sword, not quite drawing it, but ready to do so in a flash if need be.

‘Feel that?’ He asked in a low voice.

‘Yeah…More resistance at last,’ mused the parasite thoughtfully. ‘But it’s still like he’s not even trying to put up much of a fight.’

‘We’ll see.’

The huge bulk of the gate’s supposed guardian moved fully into view and the faint, sweet stench of rotting was carried on a few tendrils of the wind. Through the elements, the Hunter could make out patches of different species here and there throughout the creature’s body, marking it as a chimera, a created beast.

It padded forward on a lion’s paws, long eagle’s talons gouging out huge drifts of snow with each step, its dragon’s tail whipping around the head of a black, heavily fanged dog. It stopped, towering over D, the dark body casting a giant shadow over the dhampir; the smell was stronger now, and with enhanced senses, only the Hunter’s skill of detachment allowed him to breathe as normal.

‘…I wonder if it’s as tough as it looks.’

He ignored the parasite’s comment, instead drawing his sword in one quick movement. A steady rumbling from the chimera turned into a growl that shifted the snow from its fur with the vibrations.

Crouching into a ready stance, D moved, quick as lightning, and rushed at the guardian beast, sword gleaming in the non-light with the strange power held by its master. A curve of light melded into another, and yet another as the royal dhampir slashed at his foe.