Chapter 3 - Miku's Sickness
Miku knew something was off about her captain. His smell was thicker than before, very… appetizing yet she felt the strange urge to leave it be. Whatever it was though she would figure it out later. Right now she had a job to do. No matter on how she was currently feeling. Her captain's orders came before she could even think about drink his blood. Her thoughts on drinking his blood was all over the place, she wanted it but at the same time she wasn't to leave it alone.
Walking around the town Miku saw there was a festival going on. She had separated from her crew and captain for her mission but she couldn't help but be taken in by all the sights she was seeing. A singing competition, food races, games and many more stuff. For some reason the smell of all the blood around her made her throat twitch. But right now she had a mission her captain gave her to focus on.
With her mission in mind Miku started to walk away from the town square to try to get into the navy base. The navy base was located at the far east part of the town. Not very big but still enough to be used as an outpost. Since it was not very big Miku had to be careful who saw her.
After all, a small base meant everyone knew each other.
Seeing many marine officers taking part in the town festivities Miku believed that sneaking in would be easy. It at least should be. But Miku knew to never underestimate a cornered human especially if she was feeling off like she was. So as she continued on she walked past the singing competition. She could see her captain in an alleyway staying in the shadows while some of the crew members walked around with their heads down. It made her frown. Her crew members from what she knew were proud. They should not walk with their heads down.
She knew the older crew members had to be careful while she was still not very known in the smaller outposts. So she figured that was why her captain chose her to get his information. Walking past the last of the crew who was in the crowd Miku didn't take into account someone catching her attention. It was a small girl.
Covered in cuts. Dirty with worn out clothes. A street rat. Just like… Images from the past entered her mind. A street rat, could she be the same? To look at her without fear? Miku had to look closer as the child tried to look small when she saw her staring at her. Miku knew that her little human friend was gone. That this girl was not the same girl. But…
She was watching the singing competition with a longing. Miku looked at the sky. She had around four hours to get the information before they would leave the island. But should she really try to talk with a human child? Seeing as she didn't have direct orders from her captain Miku decided that she would kill a few minutes talking to the child. Walking over Miku sat down near the alleyway the child was hiding in. "Enjoying the show?"
The child made a small sound from Miku talking to her. "Y-yes…"
"You gonna go up there to sing too?"
"No...I have nothing meaningful to sing." She stated.
"Meaningful huh? Is there a prize for the best song or whatever?"
"Yes...choice between 4,000 Beri or to have a meal in the most popular Tavern in town."
"Hmm...what would you want between those two choices?"
"The money...my group of friends could use it to pay the bills in the hut we have been staying in. Possibly get some real food or even some blankets."
"Where do you live?" the girl looked confused but answered anyways.
"By the west beach. No one goes there so all us familyless kids gather there to live in the run down houses."
"Are there many of you there?"
"Only about 12, the oldest is thirteen and he is working at the navy base trying to support all of us until we can work as well."
"Hmm...how about this… I'll enter the contest for you and if I win I'll give you the money." Miku stated as she looked up at the sky. From what she figured the contest wouldn't take long and she could easily get into the outpost if she got onto it right after singing.
Singing…
Miky only ever sang in the shower after learning how to do it. And she only knew the songs from her island plus the ones that spoke to her when in human lands. Looking around she didn't see many of the crew around the contest but she could smell them near at least. Even her captain was nearby. "You'd do that for me miss? Really?"
"Sure I've got time to kill so why not." Miku stated as she stood up. "What is your name kid."
"Sera…"
"Miku." She smiled softly at the child, being careful to not show her fangs. Miku walked up to the crowd of people who were singing. Really badly in her opinion. She caught sight of Penguin and Shachi singing on stage when she got closer. Miku couldn't help but chuckle at the two dorks. Walking over to who she believed to be the one in charge Miku cleared her throat a little.
The man looked up and his dark eyes widen. Miku had to guess it was because of her appearance. Her main coloring was white and red not including her clothing, so it was often humans were shocked to see her. "Signing in late...you'd have to go up right away. And after those two the crowd won't be easy to please."
"No worries I have a song ready by heart so I have no need for the band."
"Are you sure miss?"
"Yes. Now might I go up?" Miku had to try to remain polite, but most humans seemed to be looking at her as she walked up towards the stage.
"Name miss?"
"Miku."
"Last name?"
"Do you need it?"
"I'd like to know it." He stammered out.
"You don't need to then. Now may I?"
"Of course." He walked on stage with Miku after the crowd had started to settle down after Miku's crew mates left. "Here's Miku with a song of her own."
Miku walked up to the mic. "This is called Impossible." The crowd was silent which Miku was glad for as she started her song. She could feel the eyes of her crew and her captain on her. Looking at the crowd she could see Law watching her closely. Sera was watching as well.
"I remember years ago, someone told me I should take caution when it comes to love. I did, I did. And you were strong and I was not. My illusion, my mistake. I was careless, I forgot. I did. And now when all is done. There is nothing to say, you have gone and so effortlessly. You have won, you can go ahead, tell them."
The crowd was silent but Miku turned and watched the sky, feeling the eyes of her crew and captain on her. "Tell them all I know now. Shout it from the rooftops. Write it on the skyline. All we had is gone now. And tell them I was happy, and my heart is broken. All my scars are open. Tell them what I hoped would be. Impossible, Impossible, Impossible, Impossible."
Miku's heart ached at her own words but she sang for the sole purpose of getting it off her chest. As she sang the band joined her. It stunned her for a moment but she never lost focus on her song. "Falling out of love is hard. Falling for betrayal is worst. Broken trust and broken hearts, I know, I know. Thinking all you need is there, building faith on love and words. Empty promises will wear, I know...I know."
Feeling the crowd getting moved by the song Miku slowly continued. "And now when all is gone, there is nothing to say. And if you're done with embarrassing me. On your own you can go ahead tell them. Tell them all I know now. Shout it from the rooftops. Write it on the skyline. All we had is gone now. And tell them I was happy, and my heart is broken. All my scars are open. Tell them what I hoped would be. Impossible, Impossible, Impossible, Impossible. Impossible. Impossible. Impossible. Oh impossible. Yeah, yeah."
"I remember years ago, someone told me I should take caution when it comes to love. I did. Tell them all I know now. Shout it from the rooftops. Write it on the skyline. All we had is gone now. And tell them I was happy, and my heart is broken. All my scars are open. Tell them what I hoped would be. Impossible, Impossible, Impossible, Impossible. Impossible. Impossible. Impossible. Impossible. I remember years ago, someone told me I should take caution when it comes to love. I did…"
Miku bowed a little as she started to walk off the stage only for the crowd to clap. The man ran over looking speechless, he turned to the crowd as did Miku since she was stopped by him and dragged back to the front. Miku could see many of the member of the crowd both civilian and crew mates had confusion and interest in their eyes. "So how does the crowd feel about her song?"
The crowd cheered which Miku smiled a little at that. "Does she compare to Joselynn?" The crowd cheered while a girl with pink hair came onto the stage. "How bout a battle?!"
Battle? Miku sighed at the fact that winning seemed to be not very easy. How was she to know this singing competition was a battle version? 'The humans like to fight over everything it would seem…'
The human girl smiled at Miku as she did her piece, she had the full support from the band it made Miku wonder if this was staged to let this Joselynn win anyways. Then again the crowd decides. So...she gave the crowd a mysterious vibe she could either do a very happy song like the human girl was doing or she could tug at their human hearts. Miku smiled at the human when she said good luck. Miku walked over to the keyboard sitting there. "Looks like Miku already knows her comeback song!"
Speaking into the mic Miku stated her song. "This is Hymn for the Missing. Hope you enjoy." Playing on the piano keyboards Miku got started.
"Tried to walk together, but the night was growing dark. Thought you were beside me, but I reached and you were gone. Sometimes I hear you calling from some lost and distant shore. I hear you crying softly for the way it was before."As Miku played a violinist came up and started to play along. The girl in pink looked shocked but stayed silent.
"Where are you now? Are you lost? Will I find you again? Are you alone? Are you afraid? Are you searching for me? Why did you go? I had to stay, now I'm reaching for you. Will you wait? Will you wait? Will I see you again?" Miku played a few notes as another violinist started to play with the first.
"You took it with you when you left, these scars are just a trace. Now it wonders lost and wounded, this heart that I misplaced. Where are you now? Are you lost? Will I find you again? Are you alone? Are you afraid? Are you searching for me? Why did you go? I had to stay, now I'm reaching for you. Will you wait? Will you wait? Will I see you again?"
Miku played the instrumental part and started to vocalize only to hear Joselynn vocalize as well. Playing with the violins Miku ended the song on a soft note before getting up and bowing a little to the other singer. The human girl smiled at her and bowed back. This caused the crowd to sing out cheers with many of the women in tears. Miku saw her crew's more emotional members in tears as well, Seb was one of them. Miku saw a calm and soothing look from her captain. The pink human walked over and took the mic from the man who ran the show.
"I have to say that song really got to me… I'd like to offer this win to Miku, what say you?"
The crowd lost it. She turned to Miku with a smile as she spoke once more into the mic. "What prize do you want?"
"Just the money."
"Any reason why you want the money and not the free meal? Not gonna lie but you are super skinny so you could use a good meal in you."
Miku smiled, it would seem this human was a kind hearted one. Something she was glad to know. "I made a promise to Sera to win her the money. So she could get blankets and other things for the family she has."
The crowd gave an 'awe' sound while Joselynn smiled again. "A very noble thing, here you go. And please if you ever come back to this island we have to sing together."
The crowd cheered as Miku accepted the money. Miku gave a small nod as she walked over to Sera, the crowd disbanding as the child was staring at her with stars in her eyes. "You won. You were so cool up there!" Miku smiled at her and handed her the money.
"You stay safe okay kid."
"Yes ma'am." And she went running to the beach, which was around the same direction to the marines housing. Miku smiled and looked at the sky. She had about three hours or so now to get the information. So with the sunlight fading behind the clouds Miku got to sneaking into the outpost, it was directly near the ocean almost completely opposite from where they parked their sub. The singing really took her mind off of her bad feeling though. So she continued with her mission. She wondered though, would the crew members and captain wonder about her past now that she spoke from her heart?
-XxX-
Sitting in the head officer's office with the officer passed out on his floor Miku grabbed the folder she put together of what her captain wanted, it wasn't very hard to find to be honest. Looking out the window she saw that the sun was at sky high, so it was around lunch time, it only took her about fifteen so to find and subdue the marine before she could get the information. All the soldiers were either on lookout on the roof or in the lunchroom having a relaxed meal. Tucking the folder into her shoulder bag Miku set up the officer up on his chair to look like he fell asleep while working. No blood was spilt so no cleanup was necessary. Plus currently Miku was running low on her own energy. The lack of feeding earlier in the day made her feel slightly off, but it wasn't nothing she couldn't walk off. And she wasn't about to feed just yet on some navy officers when she didn't need to. Plus right now, the only blood she wanted was her captains'. Right at that moment the marines in the base's blood made her stomach lurch.
Taking to the empty halls Miku was about in the clear when a officer saw her. A teen, with platinum blonde hair, he looked to be a chore boy. He look shocked when she stared right at him. "You're the contest winner."
Miku nodded.
"Go….It's my thanks for helping us homeless kids. If we know anything it's to be grateful of those who do help us. But if I catch you again you'll know what will happen."
Miku smiled slightly at him and made her escape. If he reported her later she'd be able to handle just fine. Besides her captain only said be stealthy when getting the information not when leaving.
-XxX-
Law was thinking about those songs his vampire sang out in the town. It really spoke to his knowledge about her. About her heartbreak and her missing family. He felt like she held in her emotions more than he did. Of course that could be because she had more baggage than him due being a more experience person. After all she was a lot older than she appears.
Snapping out of his thoughts he went back to examining the blood packet. And just as his vampire lead him to believe, someone did tamper with it. A drug was in it, a poisonous powder was added. Something most humans could die from but he didn't know if his vampire could live if she had this in her system. It made him worry about her since she did ingest some, hopefully her vampiric blood would destroy what was in her system. Law would have to talk with the crew about their vampire. This time not because of their safety but because of now she was a crew member therefore she was not to be tampered with.
Deposing of the blood, Law decided to see who was back on the sub. Seeing Bepo was on board in the lunchroom he walked over to watch and wait for everyone to return. Bepo nodded to his captain as they sat in silence. "Captain is everything alright?"
Law hummed a bit as he raised an eyebrow at his first mate. "Why do you ask?"
"Something tells me that there's something wrong. Anything I can help with?
"Some things have gone missing under the time Miku-ya came aboard the ship."
"But she wouldn't take anything though right?"
"No. I checked her room. What's missing is not there plus she is being targeted."
"What do you mean captain?"
"Her blood bag was tampered with. So we need to watch the crew carefully. Had most of the crew returned?"
"From what I've seen all has returned except for Miku They are all loading the supplies or in the Rec room."
"Where is she then?"
"Some saw her leaving the navy base but after that they lost sight of her."
"We'll give her another ten minutes before we go searching."
"Aye captain."
-XxX-
Miku saw she was running late but…
Her focus was shifted causing the colors around her to blur together. Her fangs felt harsh in her mouth. She felt thirsty, parched even. But… the feeling of the burn was new.
She had walked about halfway to the sub before this happened. The blood from the town's folk seemed to make her feel sick. And she could not understand it. She should have felt hungry since she was thirsty. Since she didn't have her bag that day, not feeling sick like she was. Feeling sick was an odd thing for her to feel. It was such a rare thing. So she escaped the smells by heading into the forest for a more scenic route to the sub. Surely her captain wouldn't mind if she took a moment to take a breather.
There the smells of blood seemed dimmer since the only thing with the scent was animals. Miku sighed as she held the package her captain asked for closely as she leaned against the nearest tree. Slowly her small breathes became pants and gasps. She frowned slightly at the sky. The dark sky that was filling with thunder clouds. Miku lightly fell into her butt as she tried to regulate her breathing. Something was wrong. Very wrong. Was it because of that blood package?
She didn't know how she didn't notice before. But feeling out her body she felt was the heaviness. The sore and painful burning of her throat. The burn hurt a lot as she tried to fight against it, though the more she fought to fight the burn the more it hurt. Her throat twitched again in the burn as an animal ran by.
Blood.
She wanted blood.
She felt like she was slowly losing her sanity in the fire.
But…
At the same time she felt like the very taste of blood would make her puke. She hadn't felt this sick since she had helped the sick vampires when they contracted the flu from a sick blood bank. She was unlucky and gotten sick from them as well but…after a bit of vitamins and warm fresh blood she was well again. So would this be the same? Did all she have to do was puke up the virus and replenish her blood intake?
It would be unpleasant that was for sure…but how could she get the blood if going near it made her feel ill? Looking up at the sky she saw that she was pushing it in getting back to the crew. They would be waiting on her. Slowly pushing her way up and took the route away from the town to get into the area where they docked the sub in the forest near the edge of the forest. Slowly her vision started to fall in and out. Growling at the fact that this...burn was trying to get the better of her Miku took her finger and cut along her wrist. The smell made her gag but Miku took a small breath and drank the small amount of her own blood to calm her senses. Feeling the sickness falling back a bit at the taste of her own blood Miku continued to head towards her crew. Miku could feel a bit better, not a good amount but enough to regain her balance and her sight till she got onboard.
The cut burning harshly in the sunlight, turning the blood black and crusting onto her skin as part of her skin around the cut turned greyish black. The sizzling made her wound hurt even more with the virus in her body. Miku frowned at the lack of healing her cut had done before the sunlight touched it. The wound should have healed before it started to ashen. Though, Miku wondered, if whatever was in her blood packet was the cause of this. She would have to find out the answer from her captain when she got back on board. Her thoughts then stopped as she neared the ocean.
Would this sickness affect the humans of her crew? She would have no choice but to talk to her captain about it. He would know if her sickness would be from the blood packet and if it was contagious.
Seeing the yellow sub come into view Miku smiled at the fact she could see Law standing watching where she should have appeared if she came from the town. Feeling the effects of the burn and the virus she knew she could not jump to the sub like she likes to do. So she walked.
Law found his vampire walking to the sub with a blackened bleeding wrist. She seemed oddly grayish compared to get normal pale tone, her injury, he saw wasn't healing either. And her eyes looked dull. She stopped right in front of him holding out the folder. Law nodded as he saw it was the information he had asked her to get. His sight then went to her black bloodied wrist. "Something wrong Miku-ya?"
He wanted to see if she would answer him truthfully.
"Just feeling under the weather is all. Nothing I can't handle. Though I suspect I'll be in quarantine. I'm guessing something was in that blood packet?"
"I want to have you away from the others while your body fights off this poison. Let us go inside. We need to talk anyways."
-XxX-
Sitting in the room where she would stay until the poison left her system Miku wondered what her captain needed to talk to her about. He was standing off to the side behind a film of plastic while holding his folder he asked her to retrieve. Miku sighed softly as she looked at the now healing wrist that her captain bandaged up. Leaning back on the bed frame Miku wondered what she could do to fight this virus in her system.
"You were right about the blood being tampered with."
"Hmm. That means I'll have to be careful on what I drink from the blood packets."
"You won't be getting the packets from the crew anymore."
Miku blinked. "Oh? So we going back to getting blood from the hospitals?"
"No, those can be tampered with as well."
Miku frowned at his words. That was true in a small aspect but what then should she be doing for blood? "Then what may I ask will I be doing for blood?"
"You'll be drinking straight from the host. That'll get rid of the chances of poison or something else being in your food."
"And the crew agreed to this?" Miku asked with a raised eyebrow.
"In order to eliminate the chances of you being poisoned again I'll be the sole source of blood for you."
Miku blinked shocked as she looked at her captain. "Captain?"
"Yes?"
"Is there something you want to tell me?" his scent became strong again before she could feel the heat radiating off of him.
He stopped looking through his folder to sighed, rubbing his eyes. "What makes you think that?"
"Your scent is thicker now. Has something changed in your heat?" Miku frowned. Law sighed as he closed the folder and turned to face his vampire, maybe this time he could talk to her about the few questions in his mind.
"You recall how you said over time the heat will target the blood bank in a...sexual way?"
"Yes." Miku stated. "Wait, you don't mean…"
"That's right Miku-ya. It would seem as of the other night this has come into effect."
Miku sighed as she fell back onto the bed she was given in her quarantine room. "When did it start?"
"Shortly after your blood was stolen that night by the crew members."
"I see…" Miku frowned at the relationship she and her captain might end up having.
"Miku-ya, after Victor-"
"Who told you that name?" Miku shot up shocked as her captain. Law frowned at his sentence being interrupted but he couldn't really blame her, she was dazed when she told him. So she most likely wouldn't have recalled ever telling him.
"You did the night that you drank your own blood. Now after that human was out of the picture what did you do for sexual release?"
"Nothing." Miku sighed. "I closed off all feeling that came from that."
Law frowned as he watched her trace the wound she caused on her wrist. "That wound, how'd you get it." He asked to change the subject. If only for now, he didn't want to push her away with his questions and desire. The possible desires his body could have and what his vampire could do to relief him made the heat start back up. He could tell his vampire could smell the heat but she made no notion to approach him about it.
"Like I stated the other night. Vampire blood is poisonous but small amounts have the possible chance to clear the owners senses, however its less than a 2% chance. That 2% chance also can heal poisoning in the body, like how I helped my people back at my island."
"So you drank some of your blood even though the previous time made you sick with a fever to clear your senses and in the sunlight even though you have a chance to die if your blood is out in the open?" Law frowned at the risk she took. No matter that it has healing feature it still was a high risk for her to take.
"My vision had failed me so I had to take the chance." Miku sighed. "So how will we know when my illness is gone?" Law had to blink at his vampire changing the subject as well. He leaned back in his chair and crossed his knuckles watching his vampire.
"Well...from what you told me, when you can get near blood again without getting sick and when I do a test to see the poison clean out of your bloodstream."
"Oh."
-XxX-
Miku was watching the ocean swim past her only window as they traveled out into sea. It had been a few days since the crew was notified about her being sick. Seb had taken upon himself to visiting her whenever he had a spare moment. Penguin and Shachi had visited as well when they didn't have to work on the engine. Bepo visited once or twice while the rest of the crew came at an odd times throughout the days. Though the captain didn't visit unless it was to test her blood. His heat was on her mind, he was still in the heated phase from what she smelled from when he first took her to this room a few days ago.
For some reason the lack of time she spent without her blood bank in the room was making her vampiric blood rush with a certain fire. Around the fourth day of not drinking blood, smelling the scent of her captains heat and taking human vitamins Miku felt like she needed blood. Her captain's blood to be honest. But he only came in at night to run the test then he would leave. Her thoughts went back to when he stated he would be her sole source of blood and then the fact he hadn't give her blood since she had gotten sick.
Did he think she could give him her illness from the poison if she drank from him?
Miku growled lightly at that as she pulled off the bandage from her self-infliction she made back at the last island. Her blood bank was slowly pushing her buttons at the fact that he was purposely leaving her without blood and standing in his own heat. Miku had to try to remind herself that Law wasn't a normal blood bank. He didn't grow up knowing what that job entailed. But still, her vampiric side was growing more hungry as the time went on. More and more as she smelled human blood and then her scent of the heat coming off of her captain.
Hearing a familiar heart beat come closer, Miku felt her vampiric blood heat up and her fangs tighten. The door opened to show none other than her blood bank, she felt her eyes glow as they locked onto the flow of blood that ran through her captain. "You ready for some blood?"
Miku simply stared at him, her vampiric side slowly reeling in her mind at how she should punish her blood bank. Law saw the dark look and felt the heat rise despite it already rising earlier and for the past few days. For some reason he felt like his vampire was not happy with him and that seemed to spur a new feeling with the heat. Fighting the feeling he walked into the quarantined part of the room, he ignored the sense of danger that was emitting from his vampire. The vampire in the room simply watched him, her dark look never fading even when she smelled the heat. Her eyes seemed to tighten as he got closer.
"Miku-ya?"
"Captain, is there something you wanted?" Miku's fangs were very sharp in her mouth so much so, that they seemed to peek out of her mouth. Law shifted from on foot to the other under her stare, he wasn't used to being uncomfortable but something in his vampires eyes made him shiver with a slight portion of excitement and worry. "I can smell the heat, is that what you wanted from me? To drain the heat and give you sexual pleasure?"
Law sat in the only chair in the room. "Miku-ya you know why I'm here. I'm here to give you blood."
"So the past four days you felt like I didn't need it?"
Law blinked.
"You felt like I was contagious? Is that right captain?"
"No…" for some reason her stare of glowing blood red eye made his mind stop. Was it because of the heat? He felt like he would very easily punished if he didn't answer truthfully. The feeling was different in him. Was it because he was a blood bank to her?
"Then you felt like I could survive without blood despite feasting everyday until the poisoning?"
"Miku-ya…" her words made his heat flare up and his throat dry up.
"Tell me captain. Do you believe I need blood less than how much humans need to eat throughout the day?"
"I couldn't say."
"Then why promise to be my sole food source and then turn around and deny my need? Is feeding me only good for you when you are suffering from the heat?"
Law saw his vampire was not happy with his choice. He frowned at the words she was saying. "Miku-ya I simply didn't have the time to come give you blood. A lot has happened this past four days." he felt like he was staring at a lion who was silently raging. He had to word his words carefully so he could calm her down. A angry vampire was something he didn't want to test out his skills on.
"Oh and what were you doing in the last four days while I've been stuck in this room."
"I've been questioning the crew about who poisoned you."
Miku blinked and turned her head down, hiding her eyes behind her white hair. Her captain spent the four days searching for who tried to poison her? He wasn't trying to ignore her then? He wasn't having her smell the heat and then to leave without seeking releasement?
Those thoughts seemed to make her dark vampiric self calm down. Though now her vampiric mind was cooing at the thoughts of her blood bank. She had assumed he had wanted to starve her in order to be rid of the poisoning. While she wasn't happy at the lack of blood he put her through he still was searching on her behalf.
Law saw his vampire was hiding and that the dark dangerous feeling was slowly going away. When his vampire did look up she was staring right into him. He felt the heat in his blood rise like a fire, so much so it was starting to hurt. Miku, seeing her blood bank sitting in pain and smelling the scent of his heat, got up and walked over to her blood bank and captain. Her finger lightly trailed up his collar and neck in a teasing smooth manner. "What would like me to do captain?"
Law blinked when she said this. Was she giving him the choice to pick? Did he wish for a sexual release or simple heat release? Was she really offering either choice? Her silence showed she was being patient with him as she moved from her standing position to leaning towards his neck. He shift and moved his neck to the side, giving her room to bite if she felt the same desire. Law wasn't sure if he felt a sexual pull just yet but the heat seemed to pull his mind towards his vampire. His desires seemed to be masked by the fire in his blood.
Feeling the breath of his vampire on his skin, he felt his pressure rise. A small lick on his neck made him shiver as the hot appendage swapped to her fangs on his skin. The touch made his skin tingle and gut tighten as she slowly bit down. Law felt his arms move around her waist and pull her closer. She seemed to sense what he wanted and she slowly climbed into his lap, legs parted to the side. Making her sit on his lap, her breathing increased as she drank some more, leaning closer. The taste of blood made her move closer, causing Law's desire to heat up as he felt her body press up against him.
Feeling her thighs tighten around his hips and her chest press against his, he couldn't stop his hands from pulling her even closer. The desire rising with a fiery heat in his body. While the heat of the normal kind in his body was being drained the other heat, the desire, was building and it would seem it only grew more as she drank it down.
'Like she stated...the bite wouldn't be enough…'
Law groaned softly and was feeling heated as she shifted on his lap, causing her to grind a little on him. When she did she froze. Law groaned in disappointment from the lack of pressure as he turned to look at his vampire. What he saw made his heart beat harder, her face was in shock and turning red. For a moment Law just took in her embarrassed face when he realized why she was turning red. He coughed awkwardly as she blinked her brightly lit red eyes before she went to leave his lap.
Law tighten his hold on her waist. "Don't stop." He breathed into her neck as he held his vampire as close as she would let him.
"Captain…" she frowned as she sighed and went back to his neck. She licked the wound she made before biting once more. This time she carefully lowered her body onto her captains. As if she was worried that the movement would cause something she wasn't ready for. Taking the moment for his vampire to get used to his body touching hers he slowly moved his hand up her back. Causing a small growl from his vampire, though it wasn't threatening just primal. His hand lightly touched his vampires white hair and threaded his fingers in it while the other touched her waist. As he pulled her close he felt her bite once more in a different spot.
Then he felt her touch his chest. Her hand was slowly moving down but what Law noticed was the shaking her hand was doing. Then he noticed her uneven breath on his neck as she drank. Her fear seemed to resonate in her body. Before he could really think about how scared his vampire was in this situation she had slipped her hand into his jeans. A small jump made his vampire give a whine as he felt the cool hand touch his tender part. Soon he felt her licking the wound on his neck and nipping at it as she moved her hand at a steady pace.
Law groaned and tried to figure out if he should stop her from making the step she wasn't ready to take. After all, it would seem she was apologizing...for her ill mood when he came in. He realized that this was her way of attoning for being hostile to him. He went to speak to tell her that it was enough when she bit down in a certain spot on his neck and her hand pumped faster. It made his body shudder and twitch as she drained his heat. He couldn't tell how long it went on for soon she pulled away from his neck and licked the few bite marks she left, pulling her hand out of his pants. Law's body felt drained, but in a good fuzzy buzzed kind of way.
He opened his eyes to see his vampire looking at the semen on her hand before she looked at him while licking it off. If her little apology didn't make his heart race it would seem that did. He felt sticky in his jeans but didn't say anything as his vampire leaned down towards him. He watched them closely as she once again nuzzled his neck and chin. Giving off a slightly murmur as she finally moved off his lap. This time he let her go.
He cleared his throat as she slowly sat on her bed. He didn't know what to make of what she did for her apology. All he knew it made his heart race but the look for despair as she sat with her head down. He knew he could have ask for anything else of her, even if his desires tried to get him to do so. "Miku-ya. Look at me."
Slowly his vampire looked up with a gaze in her eyes that showed she didn't want or know how to proceed from where she was. Miku felt like that she should offer sexual release for her captain but the very thought frightened her. And as she looked at him she couldn't tell what her human captain was thinking.
Would he ask for this more? Would he leave her to her thoughts? Would he try to push the release? Would he want a relationship of this kind with her? Could she set herself up for that?
"I won't ask for this on a normal bases. If I can I want to try to avoid it." He stated making Miku's eyes widen.
He wasn't going to order her to do this?
Law saw a bit of stress leave her shoulders as she looked at him. While his desires wanted something from the vampire he wasn't going to force it. Her trust and sense of safety was more important to him than his carnal desires. Getting up he walked over to his still sitting vampire. She was watching him now as he approached her. He put his hand on top of her head, causing red eyes to blink up at him. Law turned to leave, he had plans to deal with the one who poisoned his vampire.
-XxX-
Sitting in her room Miku wondered why everyone seemed on edge. Ever since they were made aware of her poisoning they tried extra hard to be nice to her, there seemed to be one less crew member in the ship. Like...that they were worried about her, and did the one who poisoned her get caught? Has she done anything do anything to cause them to worry about her? Miku frowned as she heard that dinner was made.
Walking out she headed to the eating room to sit with the crew as they ate. Her captain had taken up and setting a eating time for her. Every two days so he wouldn't have any issues with blood loss. She could understand his concern, he was only human.
'Wouldn't it be better if he was like me…'
At that thought she stopped walking. Her red eyes widen at her vampiric primal side suggestion. She frowned as she sighed at the simple silence she was now in. That thought had put her into wondering if she should even try to change her captain. However, he was a devil fruit user...he was human and after Victor…
Sighing, Miku straighten herself out before she entered the area where the crew was gathered. She sat away from the crew like normal only for Sebastian to come over. The taller teen looked antsy about something but seemed to be trying to hide that notion of simplicity. Miku raised a look with an amused smile as she waited for the reason he wasn't sitting in his normal table. "Yes Seb?"
"Miku-chan can I sit with you?"
Miku blinked. After she showed the crew her songs she sang up on stage the crew was a little odd towards her. Nodding she waved to the seat across from her, though he sat like right next to her. Soon more crew members came over to sit with her. Red eyes blinked at how the crew was sitting with the vampire of the crew. Normally they didn't get so close to her.
Miku frowned when she caught the sight of her captain. He was staring at her table as well but made no move to get them to leave her be. So she felt like she had to deal with this alone. While she was fed and healthy now, she was still not completely aware of the humans of the crew's understanding of her. Sure her captain knew a bit more about her than the crew but still. Why change their sitting pattern now?
"Miku-chan can you tell us about yourself?" Seb started as he ate his food.
Miku starred before she sighed leaning on one hand. "And you want to know what? More weaknesses?"
"No we wanna know more about you as a person." a crew member stated.
Miku blinked as she sighed. "What do you want to know?"
"Do you have a favorite color?" Seb asked. Miku blinked and chuckled before nodding.
"I do. I prefer cool colors like blue and sea green."
"Then why wear red and orange?" A crew member asked.
"Because they are also among my favorites." Miku stated.
"Okay...uh did you have any pets as a child?"
"Yes. A rabbit."
"Did it have a name? Penguin asked.
"She was called Snowball. A winter rabbit."
"Did you have any friends on the island?"
"No."
"A standoffish child?"
"No as a vampire with pure blood I wasn't allowed to have things like friends, my pet was taken from me when they found her." Miku frowned, she didn't really want to talk about her childhood before she became a vampire or even her life before she was taken from her island. But that didn't stop her human crewmates.
"Then what did you do for fun as a child?"
"...I didn't. I studied and nothing more."
"But you had hobbies right?"
"Yes things a pure blood should know. Dancing, instruments, singing, politics, healing, and many more was taught to me without me expressing interest until after I got better at them."
"So you never did anything without learning it by force first?"
"In a way yes."
"Is there something you wanted to do now that you hadn't already?" Seb asked with a frown.
"Human medical practices from when I help the captain is something I have interest in learning more about. Healing on the islands was more herbs and ointments."
The crew then grinned while some glanced at the captain. "What did being a priestess for the vampires mean doing?"
Miku blinked, she didn't realize her crew other than the captain knew that information or even recalled that small fact about her. "It meant helping those sick or ill, or even praying to some vampire deity that the royal family gave us."
"You're religious?" a member stated shocked.
"Nope. I let the island think I was but being a priestess meant not having a mate and being tied down if one so chose. After my encounter with a human left me in a state of anger I decided that they should never try what he did against me again."
"So you fooled you're whole island?" Shachi asked shocked before laughing with the crew.
Miku raised a look at them. "Something funny?"
"It just you fooled a WHOLE island."
"It is pretty funny Miku-chan." Seb stated while chuckling. Miku blinked and shrugged. She sat as she watched her table with the humans chuckling while eating their dinner. Miku let her thoughts wonder before she was asked another question.
"Where did you get those songs you sang at the festival?"
She blinked and thought about where she heard them. "From human islands I visited after I was taken from my home."
Miku thought they were done asking questions seeing as they got silent now. So she started to get up to head to her chambers for the night. At least that was what she was going to do before she was stopped by a question from Sebastian. "Miku-chan can you drink alcohol?"
Miku blinked before chuckling. "Sort of…"
"What does that mean?" Shachi asked.
"If you're looking to get me drunk, it'll take a lot for me be drunk. For humans it would show signs of them getting alcohol poisoning. Why?"
"Well...from what you told I wanted to drink to it. Most people do that when their lives have been crappy." Seb stated as he frowned.
"Well my last time drunk was an interesting time. Though not sure you all wanna have a drunk vampire around you."
Law frowned at the conversation his crew members were having. He really didn't want a drunk vampire on his ship. He didn't think he could handle her if she got dangerous. But if she could drink alcohol then could she also take in normal food? He wanted to ask but before he could someone asked that question before him.
"I'll just end up throwing up the substance after a while. Same with anything other than blood. There are many things I wish I could still eat from back when I was human however it's no longer a possibility for me." Miku frowned sadly.
"Wow being a vampire sounds cool with all the strength you get…" A crew member stated. "But giving up everything you did for it makes it sound more like a curse." He finished.
"Oi Sven!" Penguin stated.
"Vampirism is a curse." Miku stated simply as she leaned back to look up at the ceiling.
It became silent around her as she saw her captain look at her now. "What do you mean Miku-ya?"
"It a vampire lore and it's pretty boring for humans to listen to."
"Indulge us." Law stated as he interlocks his fingers.
Miku blinked and sighed. "It's said the first vampire that was a pure blood was human and but cursed by a God of Death. Then that vampire turned many and thus creating our island, to be honest the story is more of a way to scare vampire children and blood banks into behaving or submitting."
"How so?" Sebastian asked.
"The story goes 'Blood banks who disobey will be fed to the Vampire Master. Vampire Children who try to go away from our way shall become his slaves. Blood banks and children alike will never escape. Accept your role in of His land and work towards his resurrection.' or something like that." Miku stated without care.
"Wow...is that vampire master the one as a priestess you serve under?"
"He is…" Miku got silent as she hoped they wouldn't press further, however her captain had to ask more.
"What else is there to being the priestess of this vampire master?" Law asked and he saw her sigh.
"To be his bride."
"His bride?!" Shachi and Penguin shouted. Few of the members seemed shocked while Law frowned.
His vampire? A bride to a Vampire Master? Even if it was just her kinds lore, he didn't like the thought of his vampire being married to someone.
"Miku-chan if this myth came true… would you leave us for this vampire Lord?" Seb asked with a frown.
"To be honest. I'd commit suicide before I got into a forced relationship."
This got the crew to look at their vampire shocked. She'd looked calm and certain as if her words were true. That she'd really kill herself before she was forced into something. "To be honest back when the captain found me in the slave auction I was close to killing myself before I was released. Months without blood and in the area of humans was driving me mad. If I was to have my freedom from taken from me in the form of being a slave I'd sooner kill myself than listen to a human."
"What about the captain?" Seb asked. They looked at their captain who was listening carefully. This was getting dangerous. The vampire could get in trouble if she answered wrong. And Law looked like he was waiting for her answer.
"He is an exception. As long as he doesn't try to control me to the point where I feel like my freedom is gone we won't have an issue. I'm not a slave. I'm not human. I won't be tied down by anyone anymore."
Law nodded. He could get by with what she said.
-XxX-
Law was sitting in his room thinking about how his vampire who was off in the room next to his. The words of her lore echoed in his mind as he got ready for bed. He wondered if there was anything to sand behind for it. Lore normally did that. But the more he thought about his vampire being married to an old vampire master the more he felt his hands tighten on his pen.
Changing into his night clothes he got into bed while listening to the sounds of the ocean and the sounds of the vampire in the room next to his. Whatever she was doing wasn't much or loud just sounds like moving on a bed. Law wondered though, would his vampire really be against another relationship with a human if she felt like her freedom was being taken away?
I know it's shorter than the other chapters. But I got to the point of this one. I'll be starting the next chapter in the morning. Enjoy and see you next time.
