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Chapter 1

I didn't want this… Mika thought as he heard the 'guards' outside the room that he had been given talking.

He didn't like it that he could hear them, although if this was because of his heightened senses or the fact that the people didn't care if he heard, he didn't know. His head was currently resting on his knees, with his legs being pulled up, as he leaned against the wall.

Despite given a spacious room with lots of furniture, Mika preferred to not use any of it. It wasn't like he wanted to be here in the first place. When he had told Yu to run, he had fully expected to die there, with no thoughts on what might happen if he managed to survive. His wounds had been too extensive for him to think that he could have survived, let alone being saved by a vampire of all things.

Against my will… even though I told her that I'd rather die…

His thought process froze as he heard the door open and footsteps open. He refused to look up and acknowledge who had entered, he didn't really care. Nothing could make him more miserable.

"My, Mika, don't you look pitiful," the voice accompanied the person that came through the door.

Never mind, this is worse.

He flinched as the steps drew closer to him, as he tried to keep himself from moving away. Maybe if he pretended that he didn't know that he was here, then he might be left alone…

"Don't ignore me, Mika." He felt something brush against his arm before he got to his feet and fled to the other side of the room.

"Leave me alone!" Mika hissed, already aware of the tears that threatened to fall from his eyes as he thought about all that this man had put him through.

Visions flashed through his mind of his family being slaughtered by him, with Yu being forced to believe that all of them, including Mika, were dead. Yu was now out there all alone, with Mika having no idea of what he might face. If something happened to Yu before Mika could find him, he would never forgive himself.

We were supposed to face it together, all of us. Now he believes me to be dead and he's going to blame himself whenever it was actually all my fault…

Mika had a lot of time to himself to think about how all of this could have been avoided had he not tried to convince everyone to escape with him. If he had just waited a few more months maybe…

He imagined what Yu's reaction would be. "What and keep living like livestock! No way Mika!"

Despite this, he knew that no matter how long they would have waited, maybe even to the point where the virus would kill them, they would still have failed.

All because he had planned it all along. He enjoys other's suffering…

"Ferid, what are you doing with my property?"

Mika's head snapped over towards the owner of the voice, to see that she was standing by the door. Her voice sounded cold and calculating. She seemed almost disinterested, but Mika knew that this wasn't the case. She wouldn't have saved him if she wasn't interested.

"Just talking to Mika." This sent a chill down Mika's spine, only further increasing how much he hated this man. He always twisted things to make them seem innocent but this man had always liked teasing him.

Not anymore… he can't control what happens to me now… His gaze stayed on Krul, as it seemed that she didn't believe what Ferid had said was true. But she can… at least for the moment.

She walked closer towards where Ferid was, turning her gaze away from Mika for a while. Mika just watched as she stopped mere inches from where Ferid was standing. She tilted her head a bit before nodding back towards Mika, which he found slightly annoying.

"You can leave now. I need to… talk to him, explain the way things are going to be from now on." Ferid only laughed at this, while Mika's blood ran cold.

They seriously can't expect me to stay here!

"My apologizes Krul but this is something that I'm interested to see." Mika noticed that as she turned towards him, she seemed especially annoyed by this.

Well that makes two of us…

Mika felt his annoyance rise at the fact that she was just standing there, almost like she was analyzing him.

"I'm not staying here." Mika stated before beginning to walk towards the door to leave. "I'm going to find my…" The rest of Mika's words were cut off as he felt hands tighten around his neck, cutting off his air.

He just froze at this and stared down at Krul's furious expression. Somewhere in the corner of his mind, he could hear Ferid laughing at the turn of events, but Mika was more concerned with staying conscious at this point than paying attention to Ferid.

"You will listen to me carefully, understood?" He couldn't nod so she just waited a few more seconds before continuing. "You are my property and I will do whatever I want with you. That is the price for saving your life."

Black spots were beginning to crawl across his vision before he felt his body hit the floor. She must have dropped him but since he was devoid of oxygen, his body must have been too shocked to react. He coughed a bit and tried to suck in air, relieved when he felt it enter his lungs. He glared up at both vampires, knowing that Ferid was enjoying this. Krul just glared at him back, but he swore that he saw something that was akin to pity in her eyes.

Yeah right… if she pitied me, then she wouldn't have done that.

When he was able to breath a bit better, he tried to stand.

"I am not your property." He stated, still trying to catch his breath as he judged how far the door was away from him.

Wondering if he could make it before either of them stopped him, he was just about to move towards it when he felt something hard hit his stomach. He felt himself go down again, winded by what he assumed was a kick from Krul, when he felt another kick connect. He gasped, despite not having any breath. His vision faded to black as he heard Ferid's laughter before fading to darkness.

Welcome everyone to Mika's installment in the Grains of Sand series! This is just shortly after Mika gets turned by Krul and will continue onward from there. Grains of Sand: Yuichiro is also out (AnimeWolfGirl9, who writes Yu's installment, posted it on her profile)! Can I just say: poor Mika. The things I'm going to put him through… :) Please let me know what you all thought of the chapter so far!

-AnimeWolfGirl16