So much pairings to do, I'm already brain fried. Failure's not an option! But I'm strange to say this, I'm having a lot of fun!
Pairing: Karin/Ren
Sum.: All the world needed was a single rose and a mighty thorn to start a new race.
Karin Maaka and her older brother, Ren, became survivors of the devastating floods that grew and grew over all the countries and states. Being the only two alive of their family, or so they thought; they set out to search for anyone and anything, hoping they weren't alone.
Warning: Offensive language, violence.
I don't own Karin or her brother or her entire family or this anime or manga.
Ren, the ever so attractive vampire, had been losing his cool lately. A distress call from his family had sent him fleeing from his previous date with another one of his girlfriends. Anju had been sent to pick up her sister, Karin and all three of them were to return to the house as quickly as possible. A change in the atmosphere told the family of vampires that something was not right.
Kenta Usui, the boy Karin had grown quite fond of and beginning a little relationship with, was supposed to walk Karin home that day. Without getting the chance to tell him or her boss that day, Karin was already on her way home along with Anju and Ren. Both her siblings seemed as though they were champions at running, for Karin could hardly see their feet move.
While running with her brother and sister, Karin had passed by a T.V. shop. She noticed her town was being reported live and wondering what could be so interesting about it, she stopped to watch the news while her siblings ran off without her.
After watching the news, she was in a complete shock. Her only thoughts had been about her new boyfriend and how she planned on getting him and her friends to safety. Before she could plan anymore, her brother shielded her eyes from the screen. she heard the noise of something sizzling, as though she were baking egg omlettes for her and Kenta's lunches.
"We're taking an awfully big risk for your sake. The least you could do is follow us home!" With that said, Ren swept Karin off her feet and dashed off up the hill once more.
'Onii-chan...' Karin scolded herself for causing such problems for her brother and sister and allowed her brother to carry her all the way home.
Anju was already inside with their parents, discussing the situation that had come up. Calera was already drinking more then she occasionally drank in a day and Henry's attempts on calming her had shrunk in oppertunities.
"W-why does everyone seem so tense, brother?" Karin asked as she entered the dark and dangerous aura filled room.
"Pack whatever you need to take with you, Karin." Henry cut the tension within the room.
"So suddenly? Why? Papa, I don't understand!" The thought of leaving her friends and her new boyfriend, Usui, was too much for Karin to bear.
"It's either we die here with your friends...or we leave this place and save our family. Your choice, Karin." Ren seemed more harsh than he needed to be.
Anju and Calera said nothing while Karin began her emotional break down. Henry and Ren weren't sure of what to do for Karin either other then protect their family at all costs. Karin's sobbing and unruly control over her tears, caught the attention of a stray black cat that Karin had found while walking with Usui.
The cat sniffed at Karin and lied itself down beside her. Calera finished her last bottle of blood and began whacking Karin with a slipper, like she usually did.
"M-mother, we shouldn't do this when Karin's not feeling well!" Henry tried to protest on Karin's behalf but it only fueled Calera up even more.
"Nee-chan. Ren and I will get your friends. Stop crying now." Karin looked up with tears in her eyes. Anju smiled down at her older sister and helped Karin up.
"A-Anju..." Calera and Henry were at a loss for words.
"Mother, pops, we'll be back tonight. You two take Karin and leave the house, we'll follow your call." Karin watched as Ren and Anju left the room.
"Calera, I'll go wake mother up-"
"Not so fast, Henry! You realise what trouble she'll give us once she's up? This is a perfect time for her to die already!" Calera's eyes had a deadly look to them, leaving Henry to cowar behind his chair.
Karin wiped her eyes and picked up the black cat that was beside her. Calera paused in her slipper throwing at Henry and watched her daughter, Karin, leave the room, more depressed then she had ever seen in her life. She heaved a sigh of depression and let the slipper fall from her hands and let her hands rest on her hips.
"My poor daughter, Karin. Daddy loves you-" Henry felt a strong force attack his head from above.
"There's not much we can do now, Henry. She's got to figure this out on her own." Calera sat down and began to drink the last few drops of blood from her glass, allowing her husband to come out from behind the chair with caution.
"F-figure what out, dear?" Henry sat down and took his last drink with her.
"Her attachment to the humans is what caused her to be this way. Right now she wouldn't want to see her beloved town in ruins, but there's nothing she can do for it. The best thing she can do is at least save her friends from it. Not that I care in the least."
Calera set her glass down on the table and crossed one leg over the other, making her approach look more serious. She concentrated her gaze on the empty glass.
"Henry...don't wake your mother up." Henry let out a sigh of relief to hear her just talk a bit seriously about not waking his mother.
'Usui-kun...Maki...' Karin began to cry again into her pillow. The house shook with great force.
Down the stairs in the little, dark room, where Karin's parents were sitting, Calera knew the shaking of the house could only mean two things. Either one, Henry's mother was awake, or two, the flood was headed their way, faster then they had predicted.
"Henry!" Calera barked.
"Y-yes, dear?" Henry wasn't sure which was coming first. His mother, or the flood.
"I can't believe I'm saying this now...go fetch your mother and inform her what's going on."
"You think she'll know what to do about Karin?" Calera shrugged in response to the question.
Without another question asked, he left the room to leave Calera questioning the outcome of the floods that were coming and went down into the basement of the house, where his mother was sleeping. Just as he stepped onto the third step, he heard the front door slam shut. and the coffin he was just about to break open, had come up on its own.
"M-mother?" Henry asked as the woman with the same looks as Karin rushed past her son and up the stairs, not stopping to say hello to her other grandchildren.
"Tch. All this trouble for three humans, and Karin doesn't even give us a thanks. What a lousy sister she is. Mom, we're back sooner then we expected to be."
"Just rest them on the floor for now, Karin will see to them after talking with your grandmother. For now...we should contact our fellow vampires and let them figure out what we should do."
Calera rested her neck up against the back of the sofa and closed her eyes. Time was a critical thing to waste whe up against the mother of nature herself. She just hoped they wouldn't be too late.
A/n: And that's it for this chapter! I'll be back soon! ZOOM!