Chapter 3 - Rewrite
Recap:
"You're not going to believe me, but, I'm a vampire Ikuto."
End recap
Amu P.O.V
Ikuto laughed, "Vampire? Seriously, Amu, that's impossible." He stared at me like I was crazy. I met his gaze with a straight face.
"Ikuto, I'm not joking. I'm a vampire." Ikuto scoffed.
"Ikuto, it's true," suddenly Utau stood in the door way. She was looking Ikuto with a straight face also.
"Then, if Amu's a vampire, then this red liquid you want me to give her must be…blood," Ikuto's voice turned to a whisper as he said the last word. He stuck his pinky into the cup and tasted the contents inside. His face scrunched up at the tasted. I stepped forward and took the cup from his hand. He watched as I gulped down the red liquid. When I finished all of it I licked my lips, and I knew my fangs had extended from the taste of the blood.
"Utau...where did you get this blood, it tastes stale," I asked.
"It came in a box at the door this morning. That one guy, Kiyoshi, probably left it for me to give you." I smiled.
"I'll have to thank him later on. Now Ikuto, I think there is some explaining that needs to be done." I turned my gaze back on Ikuto. His face was pale, and his eyes were wide.
"Ikuto sit down." I said this softly but Ikuto sat down right away, as if, if he didn't I would eat him. I sighed and sat down next to him. But he automatically scooted away. Utau sighed and came and sat on the opposite side of Ikuto.
"Start from the beginning Amu," Utau said. I nodded.
"The Hinamori family is actually a long line of pureblood vampires. But only the females of the family are given the vampire genes. My grandmother lived in a manor outside of Seiyo, in the mountains. When I was about to turn 16, she came to visit my mother and I. My mother and my grandmother both revealed to me that my grandmother had put a binding on me so that I wouldn't know I was a vampire till my 16th birthday.
"At first I was really mad, and confused, so I ran away for a while. But when my birthday came I started going through weird changes, and went back home. My grandmother who was still there helped me through the changes, and then I became the next Hinamori vampire to take over. My grandmother took me to the manor the next morning and showed me around. She then told me, if I took over the manor she would die.
"Since I thought that was horrible I denied the manor for a couple of months. Then I found out that the longer I'm away from the manor the faster I'll die. When I went back to the manor I asked her how my mom has lived away from the manor for so long and not died. She told me that my mom had given up her vampire powers to be with my father, since it she didn't want him to be sucked into all the horrible things.
" After a couple more weeks of thinking, I decided to take the offer, and now I'm the official Lady of the Hinamori Manor, until I find the next Hinamori to take over. Which will most likely be either my sister, or if I have one, my daughter." After I explained all this, Ikuto sat in silence and took it all in.
"Amu told all of us the day after she turned, so all the Guardians, and I know. Even Yukari and Nikaidou," Utau added, "And now you know too."
"And Ikuto," I said," I need to know if you can accept me for me for what I am. A creature of the night."
"A blood sucking beast, is more like it," Ikuto muttered. I froze, anger coursed through my veins. Utau slapped Ikuto's arm. And then I suddenly stood up.
"I'll take that as your answer," I said icily. Then channeled my vampire power and turned into a shadow, and zipped out of the room.
Utau
I stood up quickly and ran to window that Amu zipped out of. I sighed.
"God, Ikuto you can be so stupid! Why the hell did you say that? When she gets like this harder to find." Ikuto still sat staring at nothing. Then he suddenly got up and left the room.
"It's good she's gone. She was a danger to all of us." My eyes widened in shock.
"What the hell! IKUTO! GET BACK HERE! I thought you liked Amu!"
"Utau that wasn't Amu! That was a creature of the night! She said it herself!"
"You're impossible Ikuto!" I ran down stairs, pulled on my shoes, and left to go find Amu.
Amu
I stood on top of a roof on some random building and stared at the moon. Well more like glared. Stupid Ikuto! What did I even see in him? And to think I actually thought he'd accept me. I kicked the roof and two roof tiles went flying. Oops…too much force, I thought as I heard a car alarm go off.
Soon a black car pulled up on the street below. I hopped down from the roof and landed in front of the car. Kiyoshi's silhouette sat in the driver's seat. I walked around the car to the passenger seat and opened the door and put in a foot but stopped when I heard someone call my name.
"Amu! Wait!" I looked up and saw Utau running towards me. I pulled my foot out of the car, and crossed my arms waiting for her to come up.
"Amu," she panted. "Don't go please. I haven't seen you in a while, and I want to spend time with you. Don't listen to what Ikuto says. And I know you barely do this, but if it makes you feel better you could take us to your manor. But please don't leave so soon." She put her hands on her knees and tried to catch her breath. When she was breathing regularly Utau stood up and looked me in the eye.
"Amu, please." I studied her face. She really doesn't want me to go so soon. I sighed and looked away.
"No, I'm not staying." Utau's face fell but I continued on,"You, Ikuto, and the guardians are going to stay at the manor in place of my visit." Utau smiled and nodded eagerly. I took a step back and motioned for Utau to get into the car. Then I followed in after her.
"Kiyoshi, change of plans. Take us back to the Tsukiyomi house." He nodded.
"Utau? Is it okay for Kiyoshi to stay with us? I'd hate for him to have to drive back to the manor and then back here tomorrow."
"Sure, you can share Amu's room with her. But if Ikuto gives you the cold shoulder, just ignore him okay?"
"Don't worry Utau-sama. I most likely won't pay any attention to him whatsoever. Amu told me what he said, and if someone makes an enemy of Amu-sama, then that person makes an enemy of me."
"Kiyoshi, he's not my enemy. I'm just mad at him at the moment."
"Of course, Amu-sama. My apologies." The rest of the ride back was quiet, but it didn't take long to get back. Kiyoshi parked the car out front and then we all got out, and Utau walked us to the front door. She unlocked the door and then led Kiyoshi and me in.
"Ikuto, I'm back," she exclaimed. I heard footsteps in the upstairs hallway, and suddenly Ikuto's figure appeared at the top of the stairs.
"You brought another one?" His tone was flat.
"Be quiet. Go back to your room and mope," Utau made a face at him. But he ignored her and stared right at me.
"Kiyoshi," I said, ignoring Ikuto. "I'll show you to our room. I'm sure you're quite tired from driving all the way here."
"Thank you, Amu-sama. But I will not rest until you are at rest."
"Kiyoshi, that's nonsense. But, if you're going to be this way, I hereby giving you the rest of the night off. Now follow me." With that, I started up the stairs.
"Thank you Amu-sama," he bowed and followed me up the stairs. We walked past Ikuto, totally ignoring him. He tensed when we walked past him, but other than that he gave no emotion away.
"Ah, Ikuto-kun, if you say anything like that again to Amu-sama…you will regret it," Kiyoshi said tonelessly.
"Enough, Kiyoshi, we don't want to scare the poor boy," I said. Kiyoshi gave me a curt nod and we continued down the hallway into the room.
"I will sleep standing up," Kiyoshi said, before crossing his arms, leaning against the wall, and closing his eyes. I just shrugged and sat down on the bed.
I sighed and laid down, closed my eyes and fell into a light slumber.
The next morning when I woke up, I was alone in the room. I sat up and yawned, and then stood up and left the room. I made my way down to kitchen, following the scent of bacon. Once downstairs I found Ikuto in the kitchen cooking the bacon. His back was to me, so he didn't notice me. I made a face at him and then found my way to the table, where Utau sat with a waiting plate in front of her.
"Good morning Utau," I said sitting down.
"Good morning. Amu, you're still in your outfit from yesterday, bacon won't be ready for another couple of minutes, so you can go back up and change."
"I'll change after I eat. Where's Kiyoshi?"
"He just went out to the car to get something. He should be back," we heard the door open and close, "now."
Kiyoshi came around to the table and set down a small water bottle in front of me.
"Utau told me you thought the blood I brought was stale, so I found this in the car. Marie must have put in there without me knowing."
"Ah, Marie, remind me to thank her when we go back," I said with a smile on my face. I took a sip and swallowed in satisfaction.
"Is it to your liking, Amu-sama?"
"Hai, now Kiyoshi sit down and relax." He nodded and sat down in the chair next to me. Just then Ikuto came around to the table with a plate of bacon.
"Ikuto, I said not to cook all of them!" Utau scolded Ikuto.
"It's not my fault they don't like meat the way you're supposed to make it."
"Ikuto! Stop it now. You're acting like you're 5 years old." Ikuto just shrugged and set the plate down on the table.
"Don't worry about it Utau. I'm sure Kiyoshi and I can suck it up and eat cooked meat," I said with a raised eyebrow at Ikuto. He ignored my stare and stuffed a piece in his mouth.
"I'm quite alright Amu-sama. I ate before everyone woke up." Ikuto shuddered.
"Disgusting," Ikuto mumbled, thinking we couldn't hear him.
"Ikuto," I said. "To you it may be disgusting, but to us it's a way to survive. You obviously don't understand much do you?" With that I stood up, pushing back my chair, and walked away. When I heard Kiyoshi get up to follow me I turned back around.
"Kiyoshi, I would like to be alone."
"Of course, Amu-sama."
"Stop calling her that," Ikuto said suddenly. "You make it sound like you worship her."
"In the vampire world, we always address the highest member with respect," Kiyoshi snapped back.
"So you're saying Amu is like some vampire 'goddess' or something?"
"That, Ikuto-kun, is exactly what I am saying." The tension between the two boys was almost palpable.
"Both of you stop it," I said. "I've had enough of it, I'm going up to my room to change, and when I come back I expect Ikuto and Kiyoshi to stop bickering!"
"Hai, Amu-sama," Kiyoshi bowed.
"You're not the boss here," Ikuto said. I glared at him as I walked back to the table.
"Amu," Utau said. "Stay calm." I stood there glaring at Ikuto, daring for him to say something else. He stared back at me defiantly, but I could see the fear behind his eyes. I decided not to say what I was thinking and turned around and started again towards the staircase. Once I was inside the room, I took off my top and threw it at the bed. I pulled over my suitcase and looked through my clothing items.
I chose a simple red t-shirt, and some black skinny jeans. I pulled off my black shorts, and pulled on my black skinny jeans. Suddenly I sensed Kiyoshi at the door, and then there was a knock.
"Utau said she called the Guardians, and they will be ready to leave in a couple minutes," Kiyoshi said through the door.
"Okay, I just need to brush my teeth," I replied back grabbing my tooth brush from suitcase. I opened the door and made my way to the bathroom, Kiyoshi was shadowing my every step.
"Kiyoshi, we're safe in the house, you don't have to follow me. And even if something did happen I could beat them," I said to him. He nodded and then made his way down to the living room. He's been getting more protective over me by the day. I shook away the thought, and spread the tooth paste on the tooth brush and started to scrub my teeth. I leaned down to spit and then suddenly sensed a person next to me. I stood up quickly, only to meet Ikuto's eyes. He scrutinized me for a couple of seconds, before putting a hand on the back of my neck holding me in place. With his other hand he lifted my top lip.
"You don't have sharp teeth. But you had them last night when you drank the blood," he said. I slapped away his hands.
"They stay hidden until I drink blood, or get immensely thirsty," I replied, going back to brushing my teeth. I spit and then looked at Ikuto. "Why do you need to see them? Huh?" But he just looked at me for a couple seconds and then walked away. I sighed in frustration. Stupid cat…
I continued brushing my teeth, and when I finished I met Utau downstairs. Ikuto came down the stairs soon after. Then Kiyoshi opened the door for Utau and me and cut off Ikuto before he could make it out. I sighed and rolled my eyes, but ignored them. We all got into Kiyoshi's car, and drove down the street.
"Where are we going?" Ikuto asked with a bored tone.
"To visit the others at Tadase's house," Utau answered. "Amu has a surprise for all of us." Then, the rest of the ride was silent until we reached Tadase's house. Tadase was outside the house waiting and a smile spread on his face when the car pulled up. When Kiyoshi stopped the car I got out and greeted Tadase with a hug.
"Hey Amu," he said. "It's nice of you to come visit us! Everyone else is inside waiting to see you." Once everyone was out of the car Tadase led us inside and into the living room.
"AMU-CHI!" I felt two skinny arms wrap around my neck. "Yaya missed you so much!" I laughed and pried Yaya's arms off of me.
"It's nice to see you too Yaya," I replied. Then Rima stood before me with a smile. She silently wrapped her arms around me in a hug.
"Amu," she said. "It's good to see you again." I hugged her back.
"You too, Rima-chan." Then after I greeted everyone I sat down on the couch. Kiyoshi stood to my left, just as he would in the manor.
"You guys are probably wondering why I'm here greeting you all. Well, I have a surprise."
"Is it food!" Yaya looked at me hopefully. I laughed and shook my head.
"No, Yaya, it's not food."
"Then what is it Amu-chan?" I looked at Nagi and smiled.
"I'm inviting you all to my manor for a week."
