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Disclaimer: I do not own Seraph of the End, sadly.
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The next day Yuu was walking around as he yawned before he felt someone bump into him. Looking behind him he seen a tall teen with short spiky pinkish hair and square framed glasses along with two gold earrings on his left ear looking at him annoyed.
"Hey! What's the big idea bumping into me!?" The teen asked him annoyed.
"Huh?" Yuu said confused.
"Are you picking a fight?" The teen asked him.
"Whoa, what are you talking about?" Yuu said confused.
All of a sudden the teen threw a punch at him but Yuu caught his fist and squeezed hard causing the teen to fall to the ground in pain. "I don't know what your problem is, but you picked the wrong person in trying to take it out on me." Yuu said with a smirk as he brought his leg up into the air before axe kicking the teen into the ground. He then walked away with his hands in his pockets.
'What the hell is with that kids strength?' Was all the pink haired teen could think before he blacked out.
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Yuu walked to his new school building and met up with Yoichi.
"Yuu what happened to your clothes?" Yoichi asked noticing the look ruffled.
"Walked into a telephone pole." Was all he said as he walked into the building with Yoichi following him.
"T-Telephone pole?" Yoichi asked with a laugh.
"That's right, a telephone pole. A telephone pole with a real nasty look." He commented.
Yoichi just laughed. "What?" He asked wondering what Yuu was talking about.
As they walked by a pillar Shinoa walked out. "You're late." She said looking at Yuu with a frown.
"Oh, it's you Shinoa." Yuu said looking at her.
"Hey, your clothes...So another suspension is in order?" She asked mischievously.
"I wasn't in a fight." He said smiling.
"Well, whatever. Anyway, today's finally the day." She said smiling again.
"Yes that's right." Yoichi said nodding excited. "We get to start the training classes for the Moon Demon Company today-" Yoichi said excited before he was interrupted by a sigh from Yuu.
"I don't need any training. Just let me fight already!" He complained.
"Ok, if you aren't going to go through the training, you can just go to the battlefield without any gear or uniforms." Shinoa said walking to the school without him.
"That's almost butt-naked." He grumbled following her.
They walked down a hallway and opened a wooden double door. Peeking in Yuu could see a classroom filled with students. Sitting at the desk with his feet up was Lieutenant Colonel Guren.
"Excuse us." Shinoa announced. "I brought these two here, Lieutenant Colonel Guren." Shinoa said to him. However he ignored her. "Lieutenant Colonel!" She said louder.
He opened one eye and looked at her from the side. "Hm? Oh, ok." He said standing up.
"Yosh! Listen up, guys. The reason for this rare appearance of me, your supervising teacher, is because we've got transfer students." Guren announced.
"For your information, a supervising teacher normally comes to class everyday." Shinoa said in deadpan.
"You shut up! So, um, anyways these guys are it." Guren said pointing at Yuu and Yoichi. "Yuichiro Hyakuya and Yoichi Saotome. To put it simple an idiot and a wuss." He explained causing Yuu and Yoichi to look at him weirdly.
"Who's an Idiot?!" Yuu asked him.
"It's the truth. Shut up and introduce yourself." Guren said waving his hand like he didn't care.
"Tch. Whatever I'm Yuichiro Hyakuya, I don't care what you think of me I am only here to get the best gear that's all." Yuu said bored and looking away.
"That's all my ass!" Guren said punching him on the head.
"What exactly did you learn from the general ed class, you idiot!? Ah that's enough. Sit down, idiot. Uh, your seats over there." He said pointing to the back of the class.
'Stupid Guren, and his stupid brute force.' Yuu grumbled in his head as he walked to the back of the class. When he got to his seat he noticed someone had their feet on his desk and had a magic studies book over their face.
"Hey you, are you listening to me?" Yuu asked annoyed.
"What is it dammit? Is it already lunchtime?" The teen said annoyed removing the book from his head showing that teen Yuu beat up earlier with a bandage on his nose.
When they locked eyes they were shocked. "You're that telephone pole from this morning. Why are you here?" Yuu asked annoyed.
The teen got up and looked down on Yuu. "Don't mess with me. That's my line and what do you mean Telephone pole?" He asked angry.
"What's wrong with them? I also had Kimizuki make friends in the general ed class under your watch." Guren asked looking down at Shinoa as Yuu and Kimizuki wrestled in the background.
"That's right." She answered.
"And the result?" He asked.
"Just as you see it." She answered looking away.
Guren looked at the two fighting and he could tell Yuichiro was just going to beat Kimizuki into the ground. "Come on do your job." He complained.
"I did. This morning, Shiho Kimizuki attacked Yuichiro Hyakuya to test his ability." She explained.
"And? Did you break it up?" He asked.
She looked at him smirking. "I hid and watched, enjoying the show. Although it was pretty short since Yuu-kun smashed him into the ground like how he is about to do so now." She said pointing to a smirking Yuu as he raised his leg up.
"Seriously do your job..." He complained looking at her. He then sighed and approached the two fighting boys.
"Shut up!" He shouted sending a roundhouse kick at them. Yuu leaped over it at the last second allowing it to hit Kimizuki unheeded slamming him into the wall.
Yuu looked back at him with a smirk hoping to get a spar but he was disappointed when Guren just said to sit down. "All right class let's get started." He said ignoring the unconscious Kimizuki.
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The next day Yuu noticed Kimizuki looked different as if he were pondering something and he kept sending Yuu strange looks all day. Yuu just decided to ignore the jerk. Today they were inside of a large hall and Guren's assistant Sayuri was running the class.
"Okay, due to the demon weapon aptitude test next week I will be testing your ability today. Be sure to partner up with someone you can work well with as your scores will be judged together." Sayuri announced.
Yuu was about to go ask Yoichi to partner with him when his arm was grabbed by Kimizuki. "Partner up with me." Was all he said as he dragged Yuu to Sayuri to be handcuffed together.
"Huh? Why should I partner with you?" Yuu asked annoyed.
"Because I want to see why Guren seems to think your stronger than me and better prepared for a demon weapon. I talked to him last night about this weeks test and he told me you already fought off a demon once, and the reason why was due to the fact that you have friends that you fight for to push away the negative feelings that a demon would use against you." He explained.
"So I'm willing to give it a try, anything to help my sister." He muttered the last part to himself. However Yuu heard it and didn't fight him anymore and willingly partnered with him.
Sayuri then went up to the balcony. "Alright I will be scoring you and stuff so put on your gameface." She announced before the doors in the hallway they were in began opening up.
"Army Curse puppets huh?" Kimizuki said aloud once the large white puppets began walking out. Yuu watched as one tried to hit Yoichi and Shinoa before the two dodged it.
"They aren't that fast." Yuu said with a smirk.
"Let's quickly break them and get our scores up." Kimizuki said.
"Alright but we need to pick a direction since we can't do it separately." Yuu said holding up the chain in between them. Kimizuki nodded in the direction of the closest one with Yuu agreeing.
The two then leaped at it with twin jump kicks knocking it back and cracking it. Once they landed they didn't give it any time to move before the both punched the spell tag on it's abdomen causing it to disperse.
"Team Hyakuya/Kimizuki plus 50 point, no make that 100 points." She corrected herself once she noticed they had quickly broke another one.
"Pardon me for interrupting the training..." A soldier said walking up to her. She then listened to what he was saying before nodding and sending him off.
Meanwhile on the battlefield Yuu and Kimizuki were quickly breaking another Curse Doll when it and all of the others stopped moving all of a sudden.
"Kimizuki, come to the hospital ward immediately!" A person said over the intercom. "Your sister, Mirai, took a sudden turn for the worse." It finished.
"What sister?" Yuu asked.
"Shut up." Kimizuki grumbled. "I apologize. Please don't worry and continue the training." He said to Sayuri.
However before she could say anything Yuu threw Kimizuki over his shoulder and started walking away. "Ignore what this baka was saying we will head over there now." Yuu said waving behind him while Kimizuki was struggling to get down.
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"What the hell do you think your doing?! I have to do well here after getting so far!" He shouted at Yuu once he put him down when they were outside.
"Even if it means abandoning your sister who's in trouble right now?" Yuu asked coldly.
Kimizuki gasped and widened his eyes. "Shut the hell up you don't know anything!" He shouted at him.
However Yuu didn't back down. "Yes I do. I ran and abandoned my family when we were attacked by a vampire. I got away while he killed all of them and I have had that image haunting my mind ever since. I should have died alongside them instead of living here." Yuu said coldly.
"How do you think your sister will feel if her brother wasn't there by her bedside as she lay dying?" He continued to lay it on a shocked Kimizuki who had brought his head down. He then raised a hand and put it on Yuu's shoulder.
"Just shut up and let's go." Kimizuki said as he walked towards the hospital ward.
An hour later the two were sitting next to Mirai's bed. The heart monitor connected to her was beeping normally as Kimizuki held her hand.
"We got through this crisis today, Kimizuki, but commercial medical equipment against this virus isn't..." The doctor said trailing off.
"I understand. But I'll soon join the Moon Demon Company, and then I can transfer her safely to the army's facility. Please take care of her for a little while longer." He said.
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Later on the two were seated on a bench outside of the ward.
"Thank goodness she is Ok. Anyway, you may look like a sourpuss, but you're doing all this for your sister? Why didn't you say so? Of course I won't let you have the strongest Cursed Gear-" Yuu was interrupted by Kimizuki.
"It's your fault. You're the reason I most likely got a low evaluation. I won't be able to join the Moon Demon Company. Then my sister won't be saved." Kimizuki said looking down.
"Don't you dare give up on your sister's life so easily." Yuu said looking up. "Poor evaluation? Can't be saved? That's bullshit. I'm going to get what I want no matter what. To do that, the army or the Moon Demon Company doesn't matter! But you, you're going to simply give up on your family's life?" Yuu ranted at him.
"Huh? Who said anything about giving up?! Dammit what the hell is with you! It's your fault that...but your right." Kimizuki said looking up.
"Huh?" Yuu said turning his head to him.
"I'll say I'm grateful just this once since I was able to be with my sister in a critical time. Sorry, because of my sister I am sure you got a poor evaluation too." Kimizuki said.
"Hmph I'll be the one evaluating me." Yuu said leaning his head back.
"You're seriously annoying." Kimizuki said laughing. "But I guess I can get used to that, and call me Shiho, my sister is a Kimizuki too ya know." He said leaning his fist back.
Yuu seeing it smirked and leaned his fist back hitting Shiho's. "Call me Yuu." He responded. The two sat there for a bit in peace before they both realized something and sat up.
"Uhm how do we get the chain off?" Yuu asked.
"Shit!" They both swore as they got up to rush and find Sayuri.
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In a giant theater in Sanguinem, Mika was sitting listening to the queen announce that they were going to war with the JIDA. This was due to the evidence that they were experimenting with the Seraph gene again which could lead to another plague.
"War...Seraph of the end….soon we will rescue you Yuu." Mika said.
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Guren had just walked out of the long meeting he was in yawning. He had actually stayed the whole time and listened in due to the significance of the meeting this time. He had just scratched his head when he heard a shout.
"I found you, you stupid Guren!" Yuu shouted as he launched a drop kick at Guren. Guren caught it laughing as he held Yuu's leg up causing him to have to jump awkwardly.
"Your always so direct." He said pushing Yuu back causing him to fall on his ass. "It's kinda funny when it's right after futile politics." He said as Yuu jumped back up.
"It's not funny. Why did you disappear for ten days without giving me a Cursed Gear!?" Yuu said annoyed at him.
"Do you really want to get revenge against vampires that much?" Guren asked as he flattened down his hair.
"Yeah I do! That's the only thing I live for!" Yuu yelled.
"The only thing huh?" Guren asked with a smirk. 'Well I guess the Hiragi's have heard enough with this.' He thought pondering on what to do.
"Ok Yuu, the Higher ups know about you since hiding you would have been impossible and have offered me an ultimatum. If you successfully manage to get a contract with a Demon from the Black Demon Series, they will allow you to remain in the army and you will be promoted to Captain automatically. Don't look at the promotion as them seeing you as successful, it's just politics. They will also try to find a way to get you into the Hiragi family since they want to see if a kid between a human and vampire will be powerful." Guren explained to a shocked Yuu.
"I-I don't care as long as I can kill vampires." Yuu finally said.
Guren just nodded. "That's just what they wanted to here come on let's go." Guren said leading him away. "Also your going to be put on the frontline immediately. The vampires have announced war with us." Guren commented causing Yuu to nod.
"Oh and Yuu." Guren commented turning around.
"Hmm?" Yuu asked looking at him. All of a sudden Guren drop kicked him on the top of his head.
"Don't try to kick your superior!" He shouted. Yuu fell on the ground rubbing his head.
Guren just walked away. "Sheesh it's tiring dealing with idiots." He muttered. "Although things are beginning to get interesting." He said with a smirk.
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Yuu walked into the JIDA's cafeteria rubbing the top of his head.
"Skip class and get into another fight?" Yuu heard Shinoa ask from a table with a tray in front of her.
"Huh?" He said looking at her.
"Lieutenant Colonel Guren sure doesn't know how to hold back." She commented with a smile.
"If you already know don't mess with me." Yuu mumbled sitting down in front of her.
"I guess congratulations are in order. If you contract with a demon tomorrow you will outrank me and will no longer have to hide who you are." She said to him.
"Tch. Still wish I wasn't what I was." He mumbled. Shinoa just placed her hand over his.
"Don't worry Yuu I like you for who you are." She said with a sincere smile for once. Yuu just blushed and nodded in thanks.
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All the students were in their classroom waiting for their written exams results to come back. Sayuri had just stacked them and turned to address the class. "Ok, everyone! Today, I'll return your written exam results and call it a day. This result will affect the Cursed Gear rank you'll be receiving, so please face your result and make use of it next time." She informed as she passed out the test results.
Yuu looked at his results with a shocked face. He seen Shinoa appear next to him and tried to hide his results under him.
"Oh no you don't." She said swiping it.
"Hey you!" He yelled chasing after her.
"Oh wow! This is that thing!" She said jumping around as she looked at it.
"Hey stop!" Yuu said running at her. She dodged however and he ran into the wall smacking his face.
"This the score that everybody says only a superhuman can get!" She said running around getting the whole classes attention.
"Shut up and give it back!" Yuu shouted running after her. She weaved around Sayuri causing Yuu to run into her letting Shinoa gain ground.
"Oh my I can't believe it!" Shinoa said laughing.
"Dammit!" Yelled Yuu.
He rounded the table and finally caught her. When he spun her around she showed him her hands which were empty.
"Whoa! What's wrong with him? He seriously got a zero percent!" A guy said amazed.
"You're right that's amazing!" Another guy said looking at it.
Yuu grimaced as he turned around once he realized the other students were looking at his paper since Shinoa set it on one of their desk.
"All the answers are written in Hirigana!" A guy said.
Yuu yelled as he dived on top of the desk to grab his paper and landed on his face on the ground. He stuffed the paper in his coat pocket and walked up to Shinoa's desk.
"You are so annoying!" He said to her.
"What do you mean annoying? I'm just trying to make you popular since you're struggling to fit into the class." She said in a sing song voice.
Yuu slammed his hand on her desk. "Mind your own business!" He said to her. Shinoa just shrugged and looked away smiling.
"Besides, you don't need comrades and friends to kill vampires!" He continued.
"There you go again. Even with your special privileges you won't be able to succeed in the army without teamwork." She said looking at him.
"Yes I can! I'll uber-succeed!" He said crossing his arms.
"Your so childish." She responded causing Yuu to slam his hands on her desk again.
"Who's childish!?" He asked.
"Now now you two..." Yoichi said coming up to them.
"Huh?" Yuu said looking at him.
"Yu is that...Well, since he was imprisoned in the vampire city since childhood, his English and Latin are better than Japanese for reading/writing, right? It couldn't be helped for this time right?" Yoichi said.
"Huh? Oh, um, well you know..." Yuu started to say before he was interrupted.
"Is your head filled with shit or something?" Shiho asked.
"Huh?" Yuu said turning around to see Shiho looking at his test paper. "What?!" He said annoyed.
"What's your problem?! What was your score then, you arrogant ass?!" Yuu asked him.
"It must have been really good huh?" He continued slamming his hands on Shiho's desk.
He nodded his head to his desk. "From the right, Latin, English, and Japanese spellcraft." He said showing hundreds on all his papers.
"You know, I'm not that good in languages other than Japanese, so I'm no match for a study abroad poser student like you." He continued to mock Yuu.
"I'm gonna kill you before I Kill the vampires." Yuu said
"Yeah?! Bring it on!" Shiho said standing up as the two began grappling each other.
"Hey stop!" Yoichi said running to break them up.
"Okay, class isn't over yet." Sayuri said. The door then opened and Guren walked in.
"What's going on? It's always so damn loud in here." He said walking in.
Sayuri looked happy to see him and blushed. "Lieutenant Colonel Guren! You've returned." She said approaching him.
"Oh, Sayuri. Yeah, I'm back." He said. "Anyways what's with the ruckus?" He asked looking at Shiho and Yuu fighting again.
"Well…." She trailed off.
"Huh? It's those two again?" He asked exasperated by them.
Yuu then noticed him and pushed Shiho away. "Hey, wait, Shiho! Stupid Guren's here! Hey, Guren! Weren't you gonna give me a Cursed Gear?! How long do I-" He started saying before Shiho pushed him out of the way.
"Stop shouting, idiot. I'll do the talking. Lieutenant Colonel Ichinose, please explain. Why did you abandon your class and disappear for over ten days? I believe we have enough ability to make contracts for the Cursed Gear." Shiho said.
Guren smirked and tilted his head to the side. "Oh? You think you shitheads have enough ability to make contracts with demons?" He asked.
"Of course I do!" Yuu said instantly. "Shithead Shiho may not but I do!" Yuu continued.
"You shut up!" Shiho said approaching him to fight again.
"No you shut up!" Yuu said looking at him annoyed.
The two then punched each other in the face making the other stumble. Yuu by now had learned to not use so much strength when punching Shiho since he didn't want to kill him.
"So can they really resist the demon's temptation?" Guren asked looking at the idiots.
"Hmm, at least those two are far stronger than I was at age sixteen." Sayuri commented.
"What about the other guys?" Guren asked.
"Surprisingly, Yoichi Saotome by far has the highest stability against demons." She answered with a smile.
"Hmm, Ok, then. I don't like to complicate things, so let's give it a shot." He said grabbing the hilt of the blade on his belt. Sayuri seeing this widened her eyes and reached out to stop him.
"Wha-What?! No way, Lieutenant Colonel Guren!" She said panicking.
"Oh? Are you planning on attacking them, Lieutenant Colonel Guren?" Shinoa asked standing up.
"If you die…." Guren said as he unsheathed his sword making a black miasma like energy manifest around him. "Blame it on yourself for not training enough!" He said smirking as he held the blade upside down.
"Huh?" Yuu wondered looking at Guren now.
Guren then stabbed the ground and sent a pulse out making the room darken into a dark purple color while a wailing noise could be heard throughout the room. It was like a women was crying. Black threads erupted throughout the room and multiple students passed out.
"It's like my hearts being squeezed..." Shiho muttered holding his chest. The only ones not affected were Yuu, Yoichi, and Shinoa.
Even Sayuri had to hold up a ward. "Ok, enough." Guren said sheathing the sword again causing all the effects to disappear. The rooms lights came back on to show a destroyed classroom with multiple students passed out.
"All right, then! You guys that are still conscious have a chance. If you continue your training, you could move on to the contract ceremony for the Cursed Gear. You guys that are still standing, you get four stars. I'll grant you a tryout for the Black Demon Series, the same rank as my sword, now." He said staring at two of the students that were still standing that is until they passed out.
"So, it's Yu, Kimizuki, and Yoichi that are still standing." He muttered looking at them. He then looked over to a grinning Shinoa.
"I wish you'd passed out." He said causing her to laugh. He rubbed his forehead. "Looking so relaxed without even using a ward. I guess I should expect no less from the main family line of the Japanese Imperial Demon Army, huh? What a turn-off." He said walking to the door.
Shinoa put her arms up. "What? No way, I'm like super cute." She said.
"Piss off." Guren instantly said shooting her down.
"Let's hurry up and go." He said looking at them wanting them to follow him.
A few minutes later they were all walking down a long flight of stairs. "Um, Lieutenant Colonel Guren. Crazy test from you are normal, so that's fine…but I'm not sure about letting Yoichi try out for the Black Demon Series. It will also be more dangerous for Yuu than the rest of them but I know he is a special case." Sayuri said to him.
"Do you have a problem with my decision?" Guren asked.
"I don't have a problem, but he doesn't have the strength to accept a demon-" She was saying before Guren interrupted her.
"Huh? If he doesn't have the strength, he dies. That's the world we live in. This isn't a pretend game." He said. Yuu looked back at Yoichi as they continued walking.
"However..." Sayuri said looking away.
"Shut up. Hey, Yoichi. You want to avenge your sister who was killed by a vampire, right?" He asked.
"Uh, um..." Yoichi stuttered.
"Then You'll put your life on the line right?" Guren asked.
"M-My life?" Yoichi mumbled.
"Or are you gonna quit? You can leave if you're afraid of dying." Guren said.
"Go back, Yoichi. This isn't a place for a nice guy like you to be." Yuu said shocking Yoichi.
"I agree. You should go." Shiho said.
Yoichi just covered his ears and looked down before he heard it. 'No matter how hard I cover my ears, I still hear. I always come back to this place.' He thought remembering the scene of his sister dying to save him.
"Are you listening, Yoichi?! You-" Guren asked before Yocihi looked at him seriously.
"Lieutenant Colonel Guren, I'll do it. Because I want more strength. I want enough strength so I don't have to lose anyone close to me again." Yoichi said with conviction.
Yuu looked down. 'Damn, in the end, he's the same as me.' He thought to himself.
Guren smirked. "Good then let's get going." He said as they continued to walk down the stairs. "We'll move to the contract ceremony." He said as they continued to go further down.
Once they reached the bottom of the steps they called an elevator. Once inside they started going down in it to the bottom floor.
Yuu then slapped a nervous looking Yoichi on the back. "Getting cold feet now isn't going to help you." He said smiling.
"Uh..." Yoichi said smiling nervously.
"Don't look so worried. You made your choice, right?" Shiho said looking at him.
"Yeah." Yoichi said steeling himself.
"How about you? Are you Ok, Kimizuki? You were standing earlier, but you had to put your hands on your desk." Shinoa asked him.
"Right? You saw it too, didn't you, Yoichi?" She asked Yoichi.
"Huh? Oh yes." He replied.
Shiho advanced on Yoichi. "Don't pay attention to small things!" He yelled at Yoichi.
"I saw it too, Shiho." Yuu's cocky voice sounded from the other side of the elevator. "You seemed to be in a lot of agony." Yuu said with a smirk.
"Don't get so confident yourself, Yu. The demon your going to make a contract with is different from the one you faced before. Plus your going to be in a lot of agony thanks to your condition. If you let your guard down it will possess and kill you in a heartbeat." Guren said with a smirk looking at him.
"I know." Yuu said with a serious look in his eyes.
"What condition? Why do I seem to be only one not in the know of this condition?" Shiho asked as he looked at the others who looked at Yuu in sympathy.
Yuu then sighed. "It's going to be out in the open after this anyways, what with the JIDA supporting me and with us most likely being in the same squad." Yuu said turning to Shiho. He then reach up and pulled out his contacts and brushed back his hair to reveal his ears as well as opening his mouth to show his teeth.
Shiho widened his eyes seeing the crimson eyes, pointed ears and sharp incisors. "Y-Your a vampire!" He shouted surprised and betrayed. He then looked at the others who were looking away. "You all knew this, and what's this about the JIDA supporting him!?" Shiho shouted confused.
"Yu was forcefully turned into one when escaping from Sanguinem. It was his decision to come with us and fight the vampires instead of siding with them when he became one. The higher-ups of the JIDA know about him and approve of using him in the war against the vampires. So he has approval of being here." Guren said looking at Shiho.
"But how is he a teenager then? Shouldn't he be a child if this happened back then, since a vampire stops aging?" Shiho asked confused.
"I've been wondering the same thing myself." Shinoa spoke up looking at Yu.
"The military experimented on me to help me age my body or something like that...I don't really know or care since it allowed me to not be a shrimp all my life." Yu said shrugging. Guren's eyes darkened a bit at this whilst Shinoa looked at Guren curiously. Yoichi and Shiho just shrugged and accepted that.
"I-I just give me some time to process this." Shiho said finally while looking away from Yuu who only frowned and nodded.
"Well you can use the time while contracting with your demon to do so because were here." Guren said as the elevator stopped and the doors opened. It revealed a dark shrine room with seven magic circles in front of seven different massive demon mask. On pedestals in front of those mask were the Black Demon Series weapons.
"What is this place?" Yu asked. He had decided to forego the contacts completely now that his secret was out in the open and so his crimson eyes were able to look around without issue.
"It's where we store what you want most: the weapons holding the highest-ranking demon kings." Guren answered.
"The highest ranking…" Yuu muttered looking at the statue directly in front of him in the center. "So I can kill vampires if I have that?" Yuu asked.
"Well, that's up to your skill." Guren said looking back at him.
"But they're the same as your sword, right?" Yuu asked him.
"Right. They're the rare Black Demon Series. Anyway, enough talk. Let's start. I don't have time to fool around and hang out with you guys." Guren said looking at them.
"So what do I need to do?" Yuu asked.
"Pick a weapon you like and enter the spell circle. The Contract Ceremony will start automatically when you touch a weapon. If you don't lose to the demon you will gain it's power and will instinctively know how to use it's weapon." He explained.
"If you do lose?" Shiho asked.
"You'll either become a man-eating demon or the demons power will crush and kill you. On second thought, you'll die either way, since I'll kill you if you become a man-eating demon." Guren explained.
Shiho tensed and while Yoichi gasped.
"Haha I like it! I've been waiting forever for something like this." Yuu said walking up the steps of the shrine in the middle that housed a katana with a gold clasp on the hilt for a grip and a gold pommel. The guard was a gold rectangle with indents on the corners.
"Stupid Guren, making me go to a stupid school. I'm gonna get the power and get revenge for my family…For Mika and Akane, I'll exterminate the vampires that killed them." He said before looking up at the mask. "That's the only thing that I've lived for!" Yuu said.
Guren looked at three boys who stood in front of their respective weapons. "Draw, and it'll begin." He stated.
Yuu placed his hand on the hilt. "Give me your power, you damned demon!" He shouted before drawing the blade revealing it to be black while the edge was green. He landed in the circle causing it to glow green.
Yoichi and Shiho followed his example and pulled the weapons they stood in front of before landing in their own circles.
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When Yuu regained his senses he noticed he was back at the scene of Ferid attacking his family. Seeing this he narrowed his eyes. "Like I told the last demon, never use my family against me." He whispered as he whirled around and grabbed the throat of a black mass of energy.
"Hoh? You have a strong will." The entity spoke not impeded by Yuu's choke hold at all. "Your also a vampire. What's a vampire doing trying to make a contract with a demon?" It asked curious as it's black mass slowly started to condense.
"I want your power so that I can kill all the vampires for what they did to me and my family!" Yuu grounded out his bloodthirst spiking.
"Mmmm...that's some blood lust you have. Why should I give my power to you though? What do I get in exchange?" The entity asked.
"I'll give you my blood." Yuu responded tilting his head to the side. "That's what you demons like right?" He asked.
The demon chuckled. "Hahaha I like you! Alright then let's make this contract." The demon said as it showed it's true form.
It turned out to be a girl who looked around the age of twelve or thirteen years old with waist length messy purple hair. She had a hollow gold headband atop her head along with two black stubs which looked like horns that were growing in. She had pale skin and ruby red slitted eyes like him. She was dressed in a sleeveless white dress with four split ends with the chest area being black. She had detached black sleeves on her arms and no shoes on.
"I, the demon Asuramaru hereby give you my power Yuuichiro Hyakuya." She whispered as she grabbed his neck and bit down onto it drinking his blood. Whilst doing so she widened her eyes. 'This blood running through his veins it's Kruls!' She thought excitedly.
"My power is now yours to use." She whispered to him as he left his mind. "Oh before you leave I should probably tell you something. Your only 90 percent vampire and ten percent unknown." She said as he faded away with confused eyes.
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Yuichiro snapped his eyes open and sat up looking around.
"Oh so you passed Yu?" He heard from beside him. Looking over he seen Guren getting up and approaching him.
Yu looked down at Asuramaru's blade and picked it up. The green edge was gone and was replaced with a red one. "Yea...but why did the edge turn red?" He asked as he stood up and sheathed his blade.
"Hmm? How did you subjugate the demon inside?" Guren asked curious. As his blade only turned red after years of it feeding off of vampires and his blood.
"I offered her my blood." He said shrugging.
Guren nodded. "Hmm that will do it. It also explains why your not a smoldering pile of ashes right now, because if the demon didn't accept you it would have killed you." He explained.
"Huh...so am I the first one done?" He asked looking around before spotting Shiho standing next to Shinoa looking at him smugly.
"What's with that look?" Yu asked annoyed.
"I beat you to punch and woke up first." He said smugly.
"Tch." Yu clicked his tongue as he looked away from him spotting Yoichi still out of it.
That is until a large crack formed on the giant mask above him.
Guren sighed seeing that. "Oh, man this is bad. Yoichi didn't have enough strength, I guess. But two out of the three passing the Black Demon tryouts isn't bad at all." He spoke as he walked to the middle of the area they were in.
"Huh? What's going on?" Yu asked.
"One, two, three little humans and oohh what's this? A vampire as well? All with Cursed Gears, too. This is why humans are a pain." Yoichi spoke as he sat on top of the mask above the altar he was on. He then stretched out his hand. "My bow." He spoke as a green outline covered his hand.
"Ok, then. Since you guys got your Cursed Gears, here's your first job as member of the Moon Demon Company of the Vampire Extermination Unit. Yu, Kimizuki. There's a human-eating demon. You two will deal with it." He said pointing above him at Yoichi who now had two horns above his head in the shape of cat ears and his fingernails were clawlike. He has slitted green eyes and two fang shaped purple tattoos coming from them.
"Let's exterminate those dangerous human beings." Yoichi said drawing his bow back as a green arrow full of curse energy formed. He shot it and it split apart in mid-air aiming straight for Guren who simply swung his sword smashing the shots away.
He then leaped to another mask and shot two shots at Yu and Kimizuki. They both pulled their weapons out and slashed the arrows away from them.
"Jeez, I guess a demon's raw power's pretty strong even if it hasn't eaten lust." Guren spoke amused.
"Lieutenant Colonel Guren! May I share my opinion?" Shinoa asked approaching him.
"No, be quiet." He spoke sternly.
"But this situation is..." She began before Yu interrupted her.
"Hey, Guren! What do you mean deal with it?!" He shouted as he was running around easily evading the arrows. "Yoichi's our comrade." He spoke as he dodged another shot.
"Huh? That's a demon no matter how you look at it! Kill it now and put him out of his misery!" Guren said to Yu.
"What the hell?! There's no way I can kill a comrade!" Yu said annoyed.
"Don't get smart with me! This is the Moon Demon Company! We walk on the path to hell! Or have you guys come to play revenge?! If you want to get killed whatever! But Yoichi won't come back!" Guren shouted at him and Shiho.
"Dammit!" Shiho shouted as he drew his blades.
"If you're proud about being a soldier, hurry up and do what you gotta do!" Guren finished.
"D-dammit, dammit, dammit!" Yu shouted as he finally drew Asuramaru and pointed her at Yoichi.
"Yu!" Shiho said looking at him. Yu nodded and the two charged at Yoichi.
Yoichi released several shots of which Shiho blocked before he leaped into the air and clashed his blades with Yoichi's bow. Yoichi spun around and kicked Shiho in the chest sending him flying into the ground.
Yoichi grinned before he widened his eyes when he noticed Yu behind him.
"Let Yoichi go, you monster!" Yu shouted slashing his blade at Yoichi. Yocihi blocked with it but didn't expect the strength of the attack and was smashed into the ground whilst his bow went flying.
"Yes!" Yu said smirking.
"Idiot! Don't let your guard down! The demon is inside Yoichi, not in the weapon!" Guren shouted at him.
Just as he said that Yoichi grabbed Yu's foot and yanked him out of the air whilst giving himself more momentum to jump up. Shiho leaped up after him in mid-swing.
"Stop it! Are you trying to kill Yoichi?!" Yu shouted causing Shiho to stop his swing right as it was at Yoichi's neck.
All three of them landed on the ground and Yoichi smirked. "What? You guys can't kill me?" He asked.
"Yoichi, snap out of it! Don't let a lousy demon beat you! Weren't you going to kill the vampires with me?!" Yu shouted at him. Yoichi just looked down as he re-summoned his bow.
"Lieutenant Colonel Guren! This is going a little too far! They're not ready yet. Please don't make them kill Yoichi!" Shinoa spoke to Guren as the three battled away.
"Oh? You always act so cool, but you're nice to them aren't you, Shinoa? Have you gotten attached to them?" Guren asked.
"Lieutenant!" Shinoa yelled.
"Then you do it. Save them from the guilt trip." Guren said turning to look at her. "What? You don't want to get your hands dirty either? That's the first cute side of yours I've seen." He said as he turned to look back at the fight.
"Yoichi, snap out of it! Don't let a lousy demon beat you!" Yu shouted as he pointed his sword at him.
Yoichi just summoned another arrow and aimed it at Yu. "Shut up. Die." He said.
Yu gritted his teeth as he looked down and lowered his weapon. "Do it. I won't kill a comrade. I promised myself that I won't abandon them. And Yoichi, you can't kill me either. If you're the same as me...If you lost your family in front of you, then there's no way you can kill a comrade." Yu spoke fiercely as he looked at the laughing demon whilst setting Asuramaru down.
"Are you an idiot!?" Shiho shouted as he ran towards Yu whilst Shinoa summoned her scythe and ran as well.
"So snap out of it now! Stupid Yoichi!" Yu shouted as Shiho and Shinoa ran up to guard him.
"Then die." Yoichi spoke as he got ready to release the arrow.
"Yoichi! Are you gonna stay under the bed and watch your family die again?!" Guren finally shouted at last. "Just come out of there already and protect your comrades!" He yelled causing the demon to begin twitching.
Inside Yoichi's mind he was crying as he reached out from under the bed. "The power to destroy all my enemies is what I want from you, demon!" He shouted as he reached out.
Outside of his mind the twitching finally stopped as it released the arrow causing Yoichi to look up. Showing that his eyes were no longer slitted. The arrow sailed past Yu causing him to smirk.
Yoichi shivered as he threw the bow down and ran to Yu crying before hugging him.
"Whoa." Yu spoke as he caught him.
"No way." Shinoa said shocked looking at the two.
"I-Is he back?" Shiho asked.
"All right, good job coming back." Yu said as he patted Yoichi's head.
"Y-Yu." Yoichi said as he sniveled. He looked up to see Guren approach them whilst smirking.
He threw a sidekick at Yu hitting him directly into the chest but he didn't even budge whilst Yoichi leaped back. "You took too long to come back!" Guren shouted as he kicked Yu.
"Wh-Why did you kick me?" Yu asked as he rubbed his stomach causing Yoichi to begin to fuss over him.
"Did you anticipate this, Lieutenant Colonel?" Shinoa asked.
"Shut the hell up. I don't really give a damn if a kid dies." Guren said.
"You say that, but you looked like you were desperate at the end." Shinoa said mischievously. Guren shrugged and walked up to Yoichi placing his boot on his back getting his attention.
"You have a gift. But you feel gulty for not helping your sister and losing your desire to live. But today, your found it, didn't you? Protecting your comrades that saved you today is your reason to live." He said as Yoichi looked up at him. Shinoa and Shiho were walking over to them as well whilst Yu just smirked hearing this.
"Revenge? Don't get hung up on something so small. Same goes for you idiot." Guren said looking at Yu who frowned.
"Forget about your previous family." Guren said looking at him.
"Huh? Don't be silly-" Yu said before he was interrupted by Guren.
"This is your new family. Put your life on the line for this family, idiot. There's nothing in the past. It's the future that has things to offer." Guren said to him.
"Shut up." Yu said as he smiled.
Guren then swept his hair back. "Anyway, since you've got your Cursed Gears and you kinda worked as a team, let's go out to the front line then, shall we?" Guren said walking away.
"The frontline!?" Yu said excited.
"Yeah. We found out that the vampires from the Kansai region are planning on taking back Shinjuku. Were going to investigate that area." He spoke.
"Then we can hunt vampires?!" Yu said smiling.
"W-We're going out into the field, straight away?" Yoichi asked nervous.
"Don't we get a break or something?" Shiho asked annoyed. Whilst Shinoa just gave a sarcastic laugh.
"Jeez, it's such a pain to raise kids." Guren sighed out.
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Meanwhile several miles away a plane could be seen flying in the sky. The inside full of cloaked vampires all armed.
"We will soon be arriving at Tokyo. Attacks from the Japanese Imperial Demon Army are expected around Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, and Shibuya. Please be careful." A voice spoke over an intercom.
A male vampire with chin length blue hair that was tied into a ponytail looked over at a blonde female vampire. "Did you hear that, Mika?" He asked her.
"First, Shinjuku." She whispered.
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Annddd our second chapter is officially done! Please leave a fav and review like always!
