OK, I know for a FACT that this time it worked. You all know the legal
stuff. So, please oh please read my fic teaser. This is the prelude, and a
little of the story, to my first VPM fic <there aren't enough of them>,
"Memorial." So, enjoy. Oh, and the opening paragraph about her mother is
just for color, and so people who haven't seen part 4 know what's
happening. ^_^ And the paragraph that's usually read by the narrator may
not be one hundred percent correct. It's as close as I can remember. 
	Holly
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		      ~~PRELUDE~~
	She fell to the ground before the shocked young girl. Shocked. It
was all she could be. She'd just killed her own mother. She put her hand
over her mouth, gasping. "Okaasan....I...I..." She stood up, and ran as
fast as she could. All she could see was her mother's face, her eyes, and
her pain.  Tears flew from her face, as she raced against the wind. 	

	Years passed. She hadn't felt any of it. She looked just as she
had when she was thirteen years old. All that she could feel was pain.
Sorrow. 
	Kyuuketsuki. That was what they called her. When she was younger,
or, rather, a few years ago, she couldn't admit it. She wasn't a vampire.
She tried to keep her craving for blood inside. No one must know. But
everytime she thought about how much she hated the bloodlust, she thought
back to that day. The day she killed her mother. She held back the tears,
as she had for years. She'd tried to forget. 
	Forget. 

	Another woman had also tried to forget. She tried to forget the
demon child that had taken her soul away. She would never forget. 
	Spiritualist. How can a spiritualist exorcise demons when they
themselves carry the blood of a devil inside their body?
	No. She wouldn't forget that girl ever in her life.

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	At one time, demons and gods were as one. For the present, let us
call these beings "Shinma." But the Shinma were banished to the Dark. It
was the humans who feared them who brought this about. On the night the
Dark and the Earth met, a young girl strayed into their midsts. This is
her story. Her name is.....

		~~~A Kyuuketsuki Miyu fanfiction~~~
		          "Memorial"

	"Shinma Ryuukitsu! I banish you to the Dark!" The girl gathered
the energy of a fireball in her palm, flinging it at the writhing demon.
It gave a final cry of defeat, before the 'door' to the Dark opened above,
sucking it in. 
	She brushed her hands off, and turned to her guardian. "Well,
Larva. That's one less shinma to hunt." Larva gathered her into his arms.
>From behind them came the sound of clapping. The girl spun around. "Who's
there?"
	From the forest, a figure emerged. "Well, Miyu, I see you're still
hunting the shinma. And getting better too. An eternity certainly has
helped." The shadowed form revealed a knife. "But now it's my turn to hunt
a demon." 

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	H-chan