It happened a year ago, she couldn't remember how or why it happened. All Ran could remember was the hunger, as it consumed her and tortured her. I had cost her dearly, and she wanted more than anything to find the person show did this to her. Ran wanted to find the one who turned her into the monster she had become.
How was she alive? Awakening in a bed of her own blood, the corpses of young men distorted all around her. She fled the scene before bystanders could start pointing fingers, leaning the walls of the alleyway for support. Everything felt surreal, she still wasn't entirely sure how she was still awake. Nonetheless, she tried to make it home and darted upstairs before her parents could see her. Ran showered and changed, hoping to dispose her bloody clothes. To this day, she had little or no memory of what happened. As she emptied the pockets in her clothes, she found a small silver knife. The knife was clean, so it was unlikely that she used this to cut someone. She ran her fingers over the blade as she took it out of the white leather sheath. Staring at her reflection in the clean silver, someone had planted this in her pocket-but why? To her horror, she noticed something about her teeth, two of them were sharp like fangs. She stuffed the blade back into it's sheath, "it's just a trick of the light" she told herself.
"Ran", her mother called as she tried to hide the blade, "breakfast is ready". She stuffed the knife back into her pockets. She panicked as she tried to dispose of her bloody clothes, stuffing them into the shower as she tried to wash it off. She could smell the strong scent of her own blood, as it was washed down the drain. "Ran, come downstairs and eat", she said. Her stomach growled in agreement, yet she only wished this was a simple hunger for food. She came downstairs, her parents were sat around the table. "You came in very late last night" her mother said as she took her usual seat.
Ran couldn't remember what happened last night, but she didn't think "I woke up in a pool of my own blood" was the answer she wanted to hear. "Stayed over at a friend's" she lied, as she took a bite of toast. Her mother nodded, buying the story as she eat. Toast and fried eggs didn't satisfy her. She could taste them, but the hunger continued to rage inside her. Ran clutched her stomach as the pangs began build, this wasn't enough for her. An unknown hunger kicked and screamed inside her like a child. She needed something more, all she could smell, all she could think of was...
"Ran, are you alright?", the last words her mother ever said to her. All she remembered next was blood, how the taste and scent engulfed her. She only barely remembered the knife pierced into her mother's chest, the blood smelled stronger as it poured from her heart. Her father's screams were barely audible as drank, it wasn't long before she turned on him too. Before she could realize what she had done, it was too late. Her stomach was full but her parents were drained, her bloodthirsty frenzy had come to this. Their eyes were vacant as they stared up at her, haunting her. She remembered how she had tried to clean the blood from her hands, to make herself forget what she had done. The neighbors had heard the screams and police had been called to her house. Ran hid in her bedroom, unable to stomach what she had done. She was a monster, she killed them in cold blood and she could only vaguely remember why. The police found her hiding in her room, they mistook her guilty for fear as they took her to the police station.
Even though Ran's hands were in her lap, she felt as if she was sitting on them. Outside the interrogation room, the police were speaking to a tall, blonde haired man. She'd seen his face on television and in newspapers. He looked over at her, studying her face intently. Ran looked at the floor, avoiding his gaze. Suddenly, the door clicked open and the police officer entered with the man trailing behind him. "We are sorry about what happened to your parents", the police officer said "this man as agreed to be your caretaker for the time being. He claims to be a family friend of yours, perhaps you had met him before?".
Ran's mind was screaming "just lock me away like the monster I am, that way I can't hurt anyone ever again, isn't that what you are suppose to do?!"
The man spoke to the police officer, "the child doesn't wish to discuss the matter, I will see to it that she is well looked after". Ran sat in silence, not wanting to look up at the person who had offered to be her new caretaker. It was likely that she would kill him too, just as brutally as she had killed her parents. She continued to sit in silence whilst papers and documents were signed. She left the police station, trailing behind the man as he stepped into the limousine. The door was held open for her and she got inside. Her hands still clenched into tight fists in her lap, as the car drove off. "Do you know who I am?" the man asked her, continuing to study her face.
Ran briefly glanced at him, "Sakamaki Tougo" she mumbled before looking back at her lap. "I killed them, I was the one who killed my parents" she said, she was a hazard to everyone around her.
"Do you know who I am other than that name child?" he asked, Ran shook her head. She looked over to and flinched in surprise, the man was no longer the blonde man in a suit. He had long flowing, pale pink hair and golden eyes. His clothes had become black and red robes. "After all, I know exactly what you are, but I would doubt anyone else would believe you."
Ran snapped in anger "what are you talking about?!", all this had to be a dream, there was no other explanation for any of this.
The man ignored her question and continued, "in time you will learn to control your hunger. That is the trial that you face as a young vampire". Ran could only stare in horror, there was no way that any of this was true. Why her? Who did this to her? She was human, how could she possibly have become a blood sucking monster? She reached into her pocket, running her fingertips over the leather sheath of the knife. She would find out who did this, she would make them suffer as she suffered. The car pulled up to a large house, she looked up at it, taking in where she would be staying. It was a dark, gloomy place that looked like the setting for a terrifying story. The door was opened for her, and she stepped outside. Ran walked across the stone tiled footpath towards the house. "gather the others in the family room" he muttered to the butler as he opened the front door.
Ran looked around the vast room, if it wasn't so dark and gloomy it might be a nice place to live. "Do we have a new housemate staying with us?" a deep voice asked, the voice came from a dark haired boy sitting by the fire. His eyes glanced up from his book to look at Ran. His grey eyes studied her intently as she nervously walked closer to the fire.
A cheery voice piped up "I can't see anything in her, is she one of us?", Ran jumped when she heard him. A blonde boy appeared next to her, he one blue eye and one eye that was pink. Ran backed away from him, only to bump into someone, she looked up to see a tall boy with brown hair towering over her.
"What's this little shrimp doing here?" he asked, his voice was more aggressive than the others. Ran swallowed hard at the thought of him have an aggressive nature to match. At six foot three he was almost a foot taller than she was, and it was unlikely that she could match him with her petite frame.
"What...is your name?" A quieter, more soft spoken voice asked, she saw yet another boy sitting on the flood by the fire. He wore a buret and had bandages wrapped around his arms and neck.
"R-Ran" she stammered, looking around at the boys standing before her. "And you are?" she asked them, she told them her name so she might as well know theirs.
"I'm Ruki, these are my brothers Kou, Yuma and Azusa", the dark haired boy said. The man who had brought her here had left the room, leaving her to get acquainted with the boys. "The man that brought you here is our benefactor, Karl Heinz", Ruki told her.