Chapter Two: Bride

~Kris's Dream~

Kris has just arrived in Japan and was getting situated at her hotel. She was unpacking when someone grabbed her from. "Do not scream," the person said, "I want you as my next bride. What's your answer?" She could tell the person as taller than her and they seemed to be something other than human.

"I refuse," she replied and felt the person tighten their grip on her shoulder.

"You have no right to refuse your master and the Vampire King Karl Heinz." He said and bit her neck and injected her with a new drug. "Tonight begins your official struggle between being a human and vampire. You chose to defy me so your punishment is a torture that will break you completely where you will accept my offer." Karl disappeared and she got up off the floor in pain unaware of what she had gotten herself into refusing his offer.

~End~

Shū had awoken to the smell of Kris' blood and wondered where it was coming from. He decided to open the front door and found her on the doorstep. Subaru appeared shortly after, "That's her is not it." Shū nodded as a frantic Laito ran up.

"How did she end up out there?" Laito wondered partially dressed for school.

"When did you get home and how did she end up here?" Shū questioned Laito as Kanato, Ayato, and Reiji joined them. Yui was still getting ready in her room.

"I brought her home with me late yesterday night and she was unconscious when I placed her in the room across from Bitch-Chan's." Laito explained.

"She must have woken up, confused, and wanted to figure out where she was." Ayato commented bending down to touch her. "She has a fever." Shū picked up and took her back to her room as Yui walked out her room.

"Who is that?" She wondered as she noticed the bite marks on Kris' neck. "Who bit her?" Everyone looked at Yui then checked Kris' neck and noticed the bite mark on there that had not healed yet.

"Who could have bitten her? Why has not this healed?" Laito wondered. Everyone looked at him as if he said something wrong. "She was definitely a vampire last night when I brought here. She was very weak though. Over the last four days, she has been chased all over Tokyo by groups of vampires and killing them in the process. She is has immense power but last night was different though. She got chased into an alleyway and was cornered then collapsed. I do not remember bringing her things here though." Laito explained.

"She is said to be both human and vampire. Her weakness is that she has been stuck between both during the day she is a human and at night she becomes a vampire almost completely. She was brought here by our father but I do not know the reason why." Reiji added. Subaru was angrier than before.

"She must be the one he chose to be his next bride. She has fought against whatever he has done to her over the past two weeks before she arrived in Japan. She refused become his bride." Subaru continued.

"How do you know that?" Kanato asked.

"It makes sense why she would be chased by groups of vampires for four days straight. He wanted to punish her for refusing but why would he pick one of us to watch over and make sure nothing happened to her during that time." Ayato said.

"He wanted her to be his bride. How would that benefit him?" Laito asked.

"Her body has created antibodies to fight against the drugs that were injected into her body. The drugs cause her to struggle physically but she has been mentally strong and did not give into the torture. Her body could take the changes she was gradually going through and she would collapse shortly after being chased for majority of the night as a vampire. Normal wounds heal right away because of an electrical charge that goes through her body to protect her due to one or both of the drugs in her system." Reiji stated. "Personally, there is no reason for him to want her as a bride. She is a human more likely we will find out why later when we get back from school." They all headed out to the limousine to head to school. Kris woke up a few hours after they went to school. She noticed the bandage on her hand. She unwrapped it slowly and there was a lot of blood but the wound had healed already. Kris went to take a shower and the hot water almost burned her. She had to take the pain. She got out the shower and realized that she was a vampire again. Her struggle was only beginning and the torture would continue. She got dressed and went back to sleep. Once they came home, everyone headed to Kris' room. She was sleeping soundly in the bed. They all went to do their own things around the house. Kris woke up again from a nightmare or so she thought. She sat up in the bed in severe pain and her throat was dry. The only thing that could help the problem was blood but her human consciousness stopped her from drinking blood. Her eyes were bothering her and her sight was getting worse. She covered her head because the light was bright. She walked over to the light switch and cut off the lights. She got back into bed and sat there for a few minutes. She sensed someone was in the room. She could make out two no three figures in the room. She was about to attack but someone grabbed her hand first. The lights came back on and she covered her eyes.

"You are awake now." Reiji stated. The lights went out again on their own.

"That was awkward how the lights went out on their own." Laito commented letting go of her hand. He noticed that the bandages were not on her hand anymore. She nearly collapsed again and landed on the bed. Reiji checked for a pulse and she barely had one.

"Her body defends itself by rendering her unconscious when she does not have control over everything going on in her body. She fights back against her consciousness as a human and a vampire. She is completely conflicted." Reiji explained. They understood what was going on.

"What can we do to help her?" Laito asked.

"She needs blood. She holds back drinking because she still has human consciousness but she might die without drinking blood. She understands that but humans do not drink blood. She can break free from the chains holding her down by accepting the facts." Reiji replied. Laito and Subaru understood. "There could also be another reason our father chose this time period due to the full moon coming up as well." They thought that could be the main reason.

"If she refused, then he might be putting her up as a bride for one of us." Subaru said.

"Yui was the one chosen to become one of our wife." Reiji stated.

"How old is she?" Subaru asked.

"27," Shū commented.

"No wonder he wanted her as a bride." Everyone agreed with Reiji's statement. They continued their conversation until Kanato entered the room with a stuffed animal.

"What is that for?" They asked Kanato.

"To protect her from harm. She was brought her to be protected and kept safe from harm." Kanato said. He placed the stuffed animal on the bed next to her. Yui knocked on the door and Reiji let her in. She had a pitcher of water. Yui set it on the nightstand next to the bed. Everyone exited the room and Laito turned out the lights then closed the door. Kris slept through the night and woke up until ten the next morning. She showered again and got dressed then sat down at the desk and opened a notebook. She had documented every single change that she had gone through since she was injected with the first drug.

"Lust drives addiction and addiction controls lust."