The Broken Promise
A Blood+ Fanfic, taking place 20 years after Saya killed Diva and went to sleep. This is my way of keeping the story alive, by continuing it, in the most creative way I can. Enjoy!
Chapter 1:
Awakened
(When you sleep for decades, naturally you would dream in the world of your slumber. But what happens when your dreams turn to nightmares? And even after twenty years of sleep you feel exhausted?)
Saya woke in the blink of an eye and choked on a scream. Her eyes scanned the darkness around her and she didn't have the strength to move just yet. Though she desperately wanted to, she knew she'd woken up a full decade early from her usual thirty year slumber, but what she needed to know was why. Unable to see anything in the darkness the nightmares that had taken over her mind for the past twenty years played through her mind once more.
"Nankurunaisa, Saya." The screams of the missiles overhead were rivaled by Saya's protest. She had to save Haji, but how could she? Amshell's stone grip through Haji's heart would be tough to break free from even without the sands of time running dangerously low. She held one of Diva and Riku's twins in her arms, Kai held the other and pulled at her free hand, dragging her from the building as the missiles struck. She was whisked away from the scene without the strength to fight it. Before she could gather the strength to look for Haji's remains in the rubble, she was overcome by her need to sleep.
"I have always loved you, Saya."
Tears welled in her eyes and Saya forced herself upright, her entire body aching with the need to feed. Normally when she woke she remembered little to nothing of her past, but this time, every memory came flooding back with vivid detail. Haji, as she first met him, Haji, as he grew older, Haji, as her chevalier, Haji in his true form, Haji..as he confessed his love to her, as well as Haji's last sorrow filled glance before she was torn away from the building. Saya trembled as the memories ripped through her mind's eye, she let out a scream as the emotions overwhelmed her. She tried to stand, only to fall to her knees. Sorrow and hunger consumed her, she screamed until she had no voice, she cried until she had no tears. The dark room around her began to swim as her vision blurred, and before she knew it, she slept again, thrown back into the nightmare of her memories.
Kai shook his head to clear his thoughts. Saya couldn't be awake yet, it had only been twenty years, but the screams...it was Saya's voice. He silently wondered if he was going insane. He glanced at Trista and Ravyn, Diva and Riku's twins. They were now twenty years old, and they looked so much like their mother, and so much like Saya. Trista kept her hair long and layered, down to her waist. She wore conservative and sensible clothes for someone her age. She tried to appear as normal as possible, and she often allowed her bangs to cover her eyes. She was a beautiful young girl, but her eyes, just like her sister's, were an unnatural shade. Lavender. No one had quite figured out why the twins eyes were such a shade, not even Julia. Ravyn on the other hand, flaunted her eyes as her most exotic feature. She wore her hair short and layered, just past her ears, and she had even gone to the lengths of putting purple highlights through her hair, as a way to bring out her eye color even more. The twins, though they may dress differently, looked so much alike, it was their personalities that were so different. While Trista was quiet and kept to herself, Ravyn was very much so a social butterfly, and quite loud. And as usual, Ravyn broke the silence.
"Kai, whats the matter with you? You look like you've seen a ghost or something." She put her hands on her hips and met his gaze, she may be a bit rough around he edges, but her and Trista both cared about the people in their lives. Trista wore her heart on her sleeve, while Ravyn hid in a stone shell. Only the ones she loved could see through the shell to the soft heart she had deep down.
"Nothing, just lost in thought is all. I didn't sleep all that well." Kai replied.
"Maybe you should get some more rest?" Trista added. Kai shook his head and raked a hand through his hair. Trista caught a glisten in Kai's eyes, noticing them for the tears they were. "Ravyn, could you go get my wallet for me? I'm a little hungry, I was thinking of getting some food." Ravyn nodded, and Trista waited until she had left to room before returning her attention to Kai. "You feel it too, don't you?" Kai glanced up at her in mild surprise.
"If you can feel it, can't Ravyn feel it too?" Kai asked, he wasn't surprised that Trista felt it too, but he was surprised she'd make Ravyn leave the room before voicing it.
"She feels it, but she doesn't like to talk about it...She's been having nightmares all week long, and it makes her feel weak to admit it." Trista sighed and placed her hand over Kai's, leaning forward to meet his eyes. She wiped away a tear that had trailed its way down his cheek. "Go check on her, Ravyn and I will be gone for about an hour, that gives you plenty of time to check on Saya. Ravyn's coming." Trista straitened as Ravyn entered the room, and headed for the door.
"Do you want anything while we're out, Kai?" Ravyn asked. Kai shook his head, and waited until the girls had left. Mao would be home anytime now with their kids, and she wouldn't be as nice as Trista and Ravyn about this. She knew him well enough to know this mood had to do with Saya, so he had to get out of here before she got home. He scribbled a quick note to let Mao know he'd be home soon, grabbed the keys to his bike and left.
When Mao pulled into the driveway of her home, she noticed Kai's bike was gone. She let out an irritated sigh as she put the car in park. Emily and Ryan, her and Kai's adopted children got out of the car and went inside, Mao followed them in.
"Hey Mom, theres a note from Dad." Ryan said as she came in, holding the note in one hand and glass of water in the other. Emily was already playing with her toys, when she should be doing her homework.
"Emily, do your homework before you play with your toys, whats the note say Ry?" Mao set down her purse on the counter and ran a hand through her hair.
"Says that he went to check on...Saya. And that he'd be back soon, Ravyn and Trista went out to go get some food. Says not to worry, so on and so forth. Mom I think its about time you told us who or what 'Saya' is. I've heard you and Dad, David, Julia and even Trista and Ravyn talking about Saya. Saya this, Saya that, whats going on? Emily and I are the only ones in the dark. I understand if you don't want to tell Emily because she's too young, but I'm seventeen Mom, I'm only three years younger than Ravyn and Trista, why can't I know whats going on?" Ryan handed the note to Mao, took a deep drink of his water and cast her an irritated look.
"Emily, do your homework in your room please, I've got to talk to your brother about some things." Mao returned his irritated glance with one of her own.
"But Mom, I'm a big girl now too, why can't I stay?" Emily whined.
"You're only ten Emily, this is grown up stuff, now please, go do your homework in your bedroom, I'll call you down once we're finished." Emily pouted and reluctantly left the room. Ryan waited patiently, and Mao began to talk once more once Emily was out of hearing range. "I can't tell you Ryan, its not up to me. All I can tell you is Saya is a who, not a what. And she means a lot to the people in this household. Its up to your Dad to tell you the rest."
"Is she family? Whenever I hear you guys talking about her, it makes her seem like she's got some major health problem or she's insane, is that why I haven't met her yet?"
"Quit trying to get information out of me Ry, I can't tell you anymore than I already have. Kai's probably going to be mad at me for saying that much anyways. All we can do it wait for him to get home, and when he lets me know whats going on, you can ask him then to tell you the rest."
"Why hasn't he told me before?"
"He doesn't want you to get hurt, thats all."
"By Saya...? How could Saya possibly hurt me? What's wrong with her?"
"Ryan, stop. Ask your Father when he gets home, okay?" Mao huffed out another irritated sigh and raised her voice, "Emily you can come back down now!" She shook her head and held up a hand to end Ryan's protest, "Not another word about it until your Dad gets home, and make sure Emily can't hear you next time."
Kai wasn't sure what to expect when he saw Saya, this was the first time he'd gone to see her in over a decade. For the first few years, he'd come and sit beside her, just to think. Fifteen years later and here he was once more. Upon entering the lair in which she slept, he knew immediately something had happened. She wasn't where he'd left her. Saya lay in a heap on the floor near the entrance, most of her face was covered by her now waist length hair. She had her knees curled up towards her chest, a hand covering her face, and the other hand lay outstretched towards the entrance. In the palm of her hand rested a pale pink rose, with a navy blue ribbon tied around the stem. Kai knew Haji had been here. He knelt down to pick up the rose, accidentally pricking his finger on a thorn. Before he knew it, Saya's hand was around his throat.
"Saya! Saya stop its me Kai!" He gasped, and her grip tightened. She brought herself into a sitting position and met his eyes. Hers were a bright and vivid red.
"Where's Haji?" She demanded, her voice low and filled with menace.
"I don't know Saya, I haven't seen him since that day, please, let go of me! I just came to see if you were okay."
"I'm not." She let go of his throat and pushed away from him, resting her head on her knees. "Haji's gone Kai, I've slept for twenty years, and while that may be a long time, its still a decade short of the amount of time I should have slept. I remember everything, so you don't need to remind me of my past. In the twenty years I've slept, I relived my past again and again. I don't want to hurt you Kai, but I haven't had any blood yet."
"Saya, Haji isn't dead, look at the rose." Kai pushed the flower towards her. "He obviously left that for you."
"Moses and Karmen helped us from beyond the grave before, now who is to say Haji isn't doing this from beyond the grave? If he's alive, where is he?"
"I don't know Saya, but we'll find out soon okay? I promise. Now come on, I'll get you home and call Julia and have her come by. She'll take care of the blood you need. We're all still a family Saya." Saya lifted her head, her eyes still burned red like fire.
"What about the twins, what happened with them?" Saya asked, her voice soft, barely audible.
"The twins? I raised them as my own, Julia and David helped out a lot, as you know, they're twenty years old now. Their names are Trista and Ravyn. They look a lot like you." Kai let out a laugh. "Oh, and Mao and I got married, we adopted two kids, Ryan and Emily. Ryan's seventeen, Emily's ten. Now that you're awake, I guess I have some explaining to do. Trista and Ravyn know mostly everything, Ryan and Emily don't know anything about Chiropterans yet... I wasn't sure if you wanted anybody to know."
"They'd have to eventually wouldn't they? I don't age, I sleep for decades at a time, and I live off blood. Trista and Ravyn...they're okay, right?"
"Yeah I guess they would have to know eventually, and yeah, Saya they're fine. You wont have to fight them, they're on your side if any enemy arises...they're your family."
"Diva was my family too." Saya hid her head behind her knees once more. Kai reached out a hand and placed it over hers.
"That was different, and you know it. Now come on Saya, lets get you home." Saya simply nodded, and let Kai help her up.
(Author's note: This is the first time I've written a Fan Fiction in a few years, so I hope you all enjoy, I will continue to post more chapters as I can get them up. I write as often as I can in my spare time. But I do live a hectic life, I work, as well as maintain a social life. So I'll post new chapters hopefully once a week. Thats the goal I'm aiming for. I appreciate any and all reviews. PM's are always welcome. If you have any specific requests, feel free to ask! I may be able to help. Thanks!
- Katastrafia)