Title: Nightly Wonders

Author: Alaya123

Disclaimer: I own nothing from the Seraph of the End, only my OC's!

Warnings: Some language, and the obvious bloody parts that come with vampires. Some other possible gore as well, nothing to extensive. But because I'm bad at warning beware for anything. Nothing like suicide attempts or anything. There's some possible angst and stuff. the normal.

A/N: So here I am with a Seraph of the End fanfic! This story will revolve around Mika and my OC, Amaya. This story isn't in time with the anime, so pretend nothing else exists but this. So if something is off from the anime that's why. Also Mika will probably be a little OOC because I have only watched the anime and don't have that great of a feel for his character yet. So forgive me please! I don't really have anything to say other than that x'D so I will get right to the story.

Amaya was sitting on her side of the table with the two other girls in their 'home.' Etsuko on her left and Hoshi on her left. They two younger children were swiftly gobbling down their vegetable while happily chatting away, with mouthfuls of food, to the other members of the table. Daisuke was the second oldest. He was sitting in between Hiroki and Ichiro. Amaya was the oldest at the age of 16. Daisuke was 14 and actually pretty short for his age, but still already her height. Etsuko is the next in line at age 9. Ichiro and Hiroki are twin brothers aged 6 years, though Ichiro was older by 5 minutes, something the older twin never seemed to forget. Lastly was Hoshi who was 5. Of course those were all estimates, no one knew for sure.

Amaya and Daisuke were the leaders of sorts when it came to who did what. The younger kids were very stubborn, therefor Amaya bossed the girls and Daisuke the boys. It worked well enough to keep order in their tiny house. Everyone was talking happily and laughing at the jokes Daisuke told.

Everything was nice until there was a faint, but firm, knock on the wooden door. Before Anyone could react Etsuko was bounding towards the door, unaware of the potential danger on the other side. "Etsu! No!" Daisuke tried to warn but she had already opened the door. The young girl instantly froze in what could only be pure terror. Amaya and Daisuke instantly ran to her after ordering younger children away from the door.

The vampire was lowered down to the smaller girl's height, balancing on the toes of his shoes so not to get his perfectly white pants dirty. His hand reached out towards the still frozen Etsuko but stopped with Daisuke stepped in front of him. Amaya was beside him the moment Etsuko was out of reach. The Vampire was still crouched giving Daisuke and Amaya the chance to slightly tower over her. "What the hell do you think your doing you blood-sucking leech," Daisuke snarled. The name seemed to anger the vampire.

He stood to his full height and the tables were instantly turned. The vampire towered over the two by an entire head. Daisuke barely reaching to his chin, and Amaya just between that and his shoulders. He had blonde hair and blue eyes, wearing a white version of a guard uniform. "I don't have to explain myself to you." The vampire said coldly.

"Your the one who shows up at our house and attempted to drink the blood of a 9-year-old girl!"

"If I wanted to drink her blood I would have done it." The vampire seemed to dislike comments of drinking blood if the clenched fists and angered voice were anything to go by.

"Dai," Amaya hissed. "Your going to get us all killed. Shut. Up."

"No! You son of a bitch, you were going to kill her! I wont let you! I'll kill you!" Suddenly Daisuke had a kitchen knife and lunged towards the blonde vampire. The boy didn't even get close. The vampire moved to fast for any of the humans to comprehend. Daisuke no longer had the knife and he was suddenly thrown against Amaya though they all know how easily the vampire could have sent him flying. Amaya could feel him shaking in either anger or fear, most likely both.

"Next time you decide to kill a vampire, don't. If it was any other one than me you'd be dead right now."

Amaya couldn't even see the vampire move, but suddenly the knife was embedded into the rotting floors right at the foot of Daisuke. She looked up to see the vampire had left without a single sound.

"What the hell were you thinking, Dai?! That vampire was wearing a white uniform! That means he's much more powerful than the average guard, and even them we don't stand a chance against! What the hell?!"

"I know, I know. I just couldn't bare the idea of that thing touching her. I'm sorry."

"You shouldn't be telling me sorry, Dai. You could have seriously been killed! You just don't understand how dangerous they actually are. We can talk later if you want, but right now we need to worry about the kids."

The four children were huddled against each other in the farthest corner of the room. All four of them were crying. "Shh, shh, guys it's ok now, the bad vampire is gone," Amaya cooed.

"Is . . . Is he gon' come back?" Hoshi whispered.

"If he does you won't have anything to worry about, me and Dai will keep you safe."

"But Dai couldn't even get close!" Etsuko wailed.

"Dai was just going easy on the vampire. He didn't want to make the vampire look dumb, he would become sad," Amaya lied. She felt bad for it but it was better than the truth. The truth that the vampire could come back, and he could kill them all. She felt a little better though when the children seemed to cheer up the slightest bit. Amaya turned to Dai who was standing silently behind her. He yawned loudly while stretching his arms and back. "Why don't you and the others go on to bed, I'll clean up tonight. But you have to take my shift tomorrow," Amaya offered. Dai was to tired to even care as he beckoned the children with him to the sleeping area.

Amaya busied herself with cleaning the tables. Bringing bowls and utensils to the sink and cleaning up before returning to the table. There was a much lager mess than normal since most of them spilled their food in the rush to get away from the vampire. She piled the spilt food on the table and brought the trash bin beside the table. It took a good few swipes to clean it completely. She then went under the table to grab what had fell through the cracks because she did not want ants. Once she was done she put the bin in its proper place before heading to the sleeping area.

Either the kids were tired or she cleans really slow, because everyone was asleep by the time she got up there. She laid at Daisuke's head. It was an unspoken fact that the two would always sleep at the ladder, the younger ones nearer the back. Between Amaya and Daisuke they covered the distance of one wall to the other, that way if someone tried to get passed them from either side it would be difficult. The kids couldn't get out but a vampire might be able to get in. They just hoped someone would be able to make a noise in time.

With that slightly depressing thought Amaya fell asleep.

Amaya had trained herself to wake up at the same time every morning since the day she got a job. Thankfully she had one of the easiest jobs there. She just had to transport the grates of blood vials from point A to point B for hours a day. It was backbreaking work and those crates aren't light, but it was better than most jobs. She changed into her everyday black and white outfit and fixing the ties on her wrists, ankles and neck before heading out the door.

She made her way to her station once she reached the building. There were already piles of boxes there once she made it. She stood there and tested the boxes for the heaviest and lightest. She took the heaviest first and saved the for lightest last when she was more worn out. Looking around she didn't see her escort anywhere. She thought it was stupid to have an escort in the first place. Why make kids carry heavy ass boxes around the huge ass city when you could have vampire do it. If they had the time to walk around with the people carrying the boxes they should at least help. Of course she didn't voice this out loud; she valued her life after all.

The people were going around the city with the vampire's food and could use that as an excuse to get somewhere close to an exit. They didn't want anyone getting free.

After waiting for a while Amaya started to become paranoid that she did something wrong. God she hoped not. Just when she was about to walk away and find someone she felt a presence behind her. Vampires are way to quiet to their own good. When she turned she expected to see the normal gray-cloak vampire she saw everyday, but what was there was much worse.

She tumbled backwards out of surprise of seeing the blue-eyed vampire once again. The one vampire she dreaded seeing over all the others and it had to be him. "What are you doing here?" She asked. She wasn't that worried that he'd try to feed from her since there were to many witnesses. She looked around and realized that the vampire in front of her was the only white-cloak in the entire facility. The shorter of the pair but the inside of her lip. Gray-cloaks are to scared of white-cloak to do anything if he did try, and humans definitely wouldn't do anything.

"I'm your new escort," the vampire answered. She was way overthinking this. "Where is the other vampire?"

"Executed."

"Why?"

"Theft of blood."

Wow, Amaya didn't even know they did that. She's even more surprised though that he answered every single one of her questions. She decided to try one more. "Why did they send you and not another gray-cloak?"

"I believe a higher-up wants me working around more blood," was the answer. Odd. "Why?"

He sent a cold stare down her way. She unconsciously flinched from it. "You have no business knowing that."

It was worth a try. Amaya got more than she figured she would.

Walking to her first box she ripped the paper off before carefully walking back to the vampire. She still didn't want to be anywhere near him, but she tried to not let her fear show. "This needs to go to the address on the paper. I don't know what is where because they don't let me see, so you have to escort me. Hints the name."

He nodded.

The human walked back and struggled slightly to get the box off the ground. Picking them up was almost as hard as carrying them around. At least it kept her fit so she wasn't to terribly underweight. The extensive exercise and little food didn't really mix well, but she managed. He looked almost sad for her as he turned to lead her to the right place. After they left the building it was just them two alone walking down the narrow roads. Amaya tried to stay as far away from him as possible but occasionally bumped into him when another group of vampires would come by and she had to quickly move.

The entire time went by the same. The vampire would lead her to the address, she would put the blood in the drop-off zone, they would walk back, repeat. There was no conversation, no eye contact, no anything. Honestly, Amaya was terrified. The vampire's expression never leaves the cold stare. Even so, Amaya couldn't deny the vampire his looks. He was actually very handsome. She wasn't sure if the emotionless expression helped or hindered that. Amaya also noticed he has blue eyes when every other vampire she's seen has red. Everything about this one was different and she wanted to know why.

By the time they were done with the boxes they had not exchanged words since the initial questions. They departed without a word and head their separate ways. Amaya was greeted the same way this time as she was every other day. "Hey! How was work? Anything new?"

"Nothing much, just got a new escort. Same old silent treatment though. I figured most vampires would like to play with their food."

"They think us beneath them. As simple as that," Daisuke answered.

"I guess."

"Well I need go put in my hours now, have fun with these little monsters," Daisuke said while ruffling Hiroki's hair. The younger boy groaned in complaint but then started to laugh.

"Bye Dai!" Announced the children.

Amaya began to make a small lunch to hold them over until they're small, but slightly larger, dinner. It was a simple bowl of rice with dried vegetables all throughout. It wasn't much but as least it was something. Daisuke makes breakfast for the kids while Amaya is doing the morning shift, so he eats breakfast and skips lunch. So by lunch time it's Amaya making lunch while Daisuke is working the afternoon shift. Therefore the kids get their full meals and the other ones work their way through the day without one of the three most important meals of the day.

After some persuading Amaya was able to get three of the four younger kids to take a nap. Etsuko and her were playing school while waiting for Daisuke to return. The younger girl actually enjoyed learning, which brought Amaya joy from teaching her. Etsuko didn't even know how to count to 100 but now she can go all the way to 100,000. Amaya just needed to teach her how it all repeated.

After a while Etsuko announced her drowsiness and slugged on to take a nap with the others. As long as she and Daisuke lived she was going to make the children under her care have the easiest possible lives here. Even if it is at her own expense.

Time passed slower than normal without the kids constantly bombarding her. Amaya's mind slipped back to the vampire she first met last night. He was different in a way she couldn't quiet put her finger on, but was determined to find out. Just the way he carried himself in general was all off for a vampire. He didn't actively try to instill fear in every human he came across. Nor did she think he wanted to. Her previous escort teased and shoved until eventually he just flaunted his power as an everyday reminder of what he is and what he is capable. Also it was a silent warning of fear me, or else. But the other vampire-who's name she still didn't know-didn't do that. And she knew he was much more powerful than the average vampire. But he didn't act like it. If it wasn't for the night before she would have believed the vampire was just a wuss who somehow managed to get in the upper-ranks.

When he was angry it was completely different. She knew that first-hand.

You could see the strength he possessed in his stance. It also showed he knew how to fight. It was a battle stance, so he would be ready to lunge at any time if needed. Amaya didn't miss the way his hand instinctively went to his sword until he reminded himself he wasn't in a dangerous battle. It was terrifying to realization. Everything about vampires now seemed to be nightmare inducing.

Amaya just wanted to know more. She wanted to know why the vampire didn't kill them-not that she wasn't thankful. She wanted to know why the mention of blood seemed to anger him. She wanted to know why he wasn't like every other vampire ever. But most of all, she wanted to know him and his story. The sudden urge to get closer and know a vampire in a way no human has was sickening, but she was curious.

A sudden noise knocked her back into the real world. "Woah! Sorry Aya, didn't mean to scare you," Daisuke told her as he walked through the door.

"It's fine," she forgave. "I was just thinking."

"Cool, the kids sleeping?"

Amaya nodded. "They were really tired today. I don't think they slept very well last night."

"They weren't the only ones," admitted Daisuke. "Have you seen that vampire anymore today?"

Amaya broke eye contact before answering withy a no. Daisuke narrowed his now angry eyes. "You liar! Where did you see him at?" Amaya gulped, not wanting to tell him the truth but she knew he saw right through her lies. "He's . . . " She paused. "He's my new escort."

"What?! What happened to your other one?" He was definitely angry.

"He was executed. But Dai!" She quickly added. "The new one is different. I think last night he was just angry. You know he's different because your standing here alive and under your own power. No other vampire would have aloud that and you know it."

"If he makes one wrong move I want to know it." He was surrendered the battle, but not the war.

"I will."

This chapter was a little shorter than I wanted it to be but if I didn't stop there, there wouldn't be a good place to stop for a while after. So I went with a slightly shorter chapter than a super long one. Sorry! I hope you like it so far and there will definitely be some more Mika in the next chapter. So stay tuned!