Blood Pact

"Nodoka?" Mio muttered as she quickly caught up with their leader while the sisters and their new friend lingered behind. "We haven't slept in two days, we should rest now. I mean we are far enough away from the village."

Nodoka regarded her raven-haired friend's advice with a sideways glance. She was right; they hadn't slept in two days and she could tell it was taking its toll on Ui and Yui. But that wasn't the only issue she was worried about. Azusa needed to get out of the sunlight before it actually hit her. The bespectacled leader was actually only slightly worried what would happen if the young vampire was caught in the sun's rays. Besides, this area was perfect for them; it was covered by a lot of tall trees and it looked like they were going to be right near a large outcrop of land that would serve as a outlook for Ui.

"You're right, Mio. I guess we can stop for now. Let's set up the tent quickly." Nodoka stated as she stopped and motioned to the vampire to drop their things.

Azusa put down the two travel bags as well as the sack that Yui had carried the day before. Mio was still very surprised that someone so small could carry so many large things at once. She was about to comment on it when realization suddenly hit her.

"Why are we putting up the tent? It's not raining-"
"I'll tell you why after we put it up, we don't have much time." The leader interrupted her friend quickly as she grabbed the sack and pulled out the tent equipment. "Ui, help me with the tent. Yui and Mio set up the futons."

The girls nodded and got to work while Azusa watched curiously. She was amazed by the sheer commanding presence Nodoka gave off that drove the small group of friends to work. It was interesting seeing the tent get put up quickly while watching Yui set up the futons. Then those blood red eyes quickly turned to look at Mio, watching as the raven-haired woman wandered into the forest to grab some twigs and small branches for their fire.

Azusa was a bit jealous that she didn't have any friends like these people; they all seemed to understand each other, despite differences in some arguments and they did work well in a small area.
Before the young vampire could think anymore on the subject, her forehead began to feel warm.
Blinking in confusion, Azusa lifted her hand to touch the skin only to yelp out as her hand began to burn as well.

Nodoka noticed the yelp and quickly shot up to her feet once the tent was secured and she led the young girl to the shelter before pushing her inside.
"Stay in there while I talk to the others. I know for a fact Mio will have issues with you." Nodoka hissed as Azusa felt the burning sensation go away from her face once she was no longer standing outside. It dawned on her that the sun was touching her when she was standing out there and that was why Nodoka had the tent set up; so she wouldn't die.
Nodoka closed the tent flaps before placing a black sheet over top of the tent to help keep out more of the sun before turning to the curious looks of Ui and Mio.

"I'm worried Nodoka." Mio stated as she eyed the tent after what she just witnessed. Ui looked equally as concerned while Yui walked towards the tent slowly.

"Stay where you are Yui, you're not allowed to go into that tent." The leader growled out causing the brunette to stand rooted to her spot.

Nodoka then turned her gaze to her two friends and sighed softly.
"Last night when we found the trap and the dead boy, Yui noticed a trail of blood leading away from the area the boy was in. What she found at the end of that trail was something I never thought I'd have to… allow to live." Nodoka said firmly causing Mio to raise an eyebrow while Ui continued to shift her eyes back from her sister to her leader. "Yui found a wounded vampire. It was a small young girl in a past life, but now… she is this monster. But Yui saved it from death and now it's here with us."

"What! You mean that thing in there is-" Before Mio could fully go on her tirade Nodoka held up her hand to silence the fuming woman before continuing.

"I know you're upset about this, but Yui won't let me touch her or even get near her without protecting her."

"That's because I have faith that this poor girl. She remembers her human life Mio-chan!" Yui yelled out furiously finally unable to take staying silent any longer.

"B-But Onee-chan," The young Hirasawa mumbled out, looking very pale at the information they just got, "Mother and Father… they were killed by-"

"I know! I know…" The brunette cried out as she banished the memories of that night from her mind as she shook her head. "Just hear me out okay… please… I know this is crazy and she could be waiting to kill us, but we'll sleep during the day and travel at night that way she won't be able to come out of the tent to hurt us."

Nodoka let out a breath of irritation while rolling her eyes before shooting her comrades a worried glance.

Mio's stormy grey eyes were filled with rage as she stared the oldest Hirasawa down. Her fists were clenched tightly to her side while her body shook with angry tremors.
Ui, on the other hand, was shaking as well, but Nodoka was sure it was out of fear and worry for her sister's rash decision.

Yui also noticed the worried look in her sister's eyes and she quickly walked over to the younger girl and grabbed her hands tightly before offering her a small smile.
"Ui, you trust me right? You know I would never do anything without thinking of our safety first…" Yui muttered softly as she tried to convey her feelings through her words. "But I have a really good feeling about this. She could help us find the clan." Mio and Nodoka's eyes went wide.

"Yui, that's… actually not a bad idea." Nodoka said as a small smile graced her lips.

Yui grinned when she saw that her friends were beginning to understand her actions.
"See, all we have to do is trust her, if she remembers her human life before this one that means she probably hates what she has become… we can help her by killing the vampire that turned her and in turn she help us find the clan and we can kill the Vampire King."

For the first time in two days, Nodoka actually felt proud of her childhood friend for actually thinking something like this through. Earlier, back at the cave when they first found the wounded vampire, she could have sworn that Yui did what she did out of the kindness in her heart. Which was most likely true, but this was still a good plan.

"The bounty on his head is enough that we'll be able to pay off our debt to the order." Nodoka heard Mio mumble as she nodded her head slightly. "But Nodoka? Keeping a vampire this close… is that really a wise decision?" The raven-haired woman asked worriedly.

"It really isn't, but that's Yui's full time job now."

"E-Eh? B-But-"
"You wanted to help her Yui," Nodoka said firmly as she smirked a little, "And now she is your responsibility."

The brunette pouted slightly and rubbed the back of her head nervously while glancing towards her sister once more.
"Are you okay with this Ui? I know since what happened with our parents… I just don't want you to feel like you have to be nice to her but-"

"No no, Onee-chan! I fully support what you're doing. And who knows… maybe she isn't like the rest of them." Ui replied as she offered her big sister a smile before she was pulled into a hug.

"Ui!" Yui yelled happily as she began to affectionately rub her cheek against her sister's.

"Okay okay, enough of this sibling love. We have to gather supplies." The leader said as she turned to the gunslinger.

Mio blinked in confusion and gave her friend a confused look.

"Why? Are we planning on staying here a few days?" Mio asked.

"Yes," Nodoka stated as she grabbed her musket and turned to her friend with a small smile, "we need to go hunt down some meat. That should keep the vampire happy and Ui could you do us a favor and go fishing?"

"Of course, Nodoka-san. I'll do that." The markswoman replied as she walked over to one of the traveling bags and began to look through it for some string and a hook.

Yui looked around as she watched everyone get ready to leave as she turned her head to her friend and leader.
"What should I do Nodoka-chan?"

"Stay here and keep an eye on your new friend. But if I get back and you've got any new wounds on you, she's not going to be alive much longer." Nodoka growled softly before she motioned with her head to Mio and the two of them made their way through the forest out of the brunette's sight.

"Onee-chan, please be careful while I'm gone." Ui said as she came up behind her sister and gave her another firm hug before she felt her sister turn to return the embrace.

"Of course, Ui. I'll be fine. Go on and get some yummy fish for us." Yui purred out happily as she shooed her sister away, causing the younger to laugh softly as she walked out of sight as well.

Soon it was just Yui was alone. Alone with the vampire she had saved.

"You're in debt with the Holy Knights?" Came a soft question from the tent that Yui almost didn't hear because it was so quiet.

"E-Eh? Well… kind of." The brunette replied as she walked a little closer to the tent before sitting down next to the entrance. "Nodoka-chan isn't because she was born into the order, but the rest of us are kind of in debt to the order." Yui said as she felt the worry leave her as she started talking with the young vampire.

"I see… my father was part of the order, but he stopped once my mother had me. I don't really know if that was the reason he quit, but I know that is part of the reason." Yui heard Azusa say and those chocolate eyes went wide.

"Your father was part of the order! That's amazing, are you going to find him-"
"He's dead."

Yui instantly put a hand over her mouth and her heart sank when she heard the broken voice call out again.

"H-He died the night I was turned… he died trying to protect me. And I don't even know what happened to my mother. I highly doubt she or anyone else in that village is alive…"

The brunette felt horrible. She could practically feel the pain radiating off from the tent and she wanted nothing more than to comfort the young vampire. But she was torn between obeying Nodoka and her own heart.
"Ne, tell me more about your family… what did you do with them?" Yui asked as she moved a little closer to the tent flaps.

"You really want to k-know? Y-You're not just… keeping me as a prisoner?"

The older Hirasawa laughed softly at the silly question.
"Of course not! You're just supposed to stay in there so the sun doesn't burn you. Vampires are very sensitive to sunlight, didn't you know that?"

"A-Ah… I suppose so. I just keep thinking of myself as a human… which I'm not anymore. You should have just killed me and I wouldn't have to be reminded of that fact."

Yui couldn't take it anymore; she wanted desperately to soothe such a tortured soul that she grabbed the tent flaps and took a deep breath.
"Move away from the opening Azusa-chan, I'm coming in."

"Wha-"
"Do as I say."

The brunette could hear shuffling around and cloth being moved before she heard a muffled "okay" from within the tent.
Yui opened the tent up and crawled inside before clothing the flaps tightly. Her eyes adjusted to the dark and fell onto the small figure that was curled up in the very back of the tent with her cloak covering her entire body.
The older Hirasawa almost laughed, but instead chuckled and moved closer to the covered up vampire.
"You can come out now, no sunlight is going to burn you." Yui purred out soothingly as she cautiously touched Azusa's back, feeling the muscles tense up as the young vampire pulled the hood off of her head to the two could stare at each other. "See, nothing to be afraid of."

The twin-tailed vampire nodded before she kept the cloak around her body while eyeing Yui curiously.
"You really should kill me, Hirasawa-san. I'm dangerous and I… I don't even know where the clan is." Azusa whispered softly now that Yui was in close proximity she felt unclean and tainted; like she shouldn't be in the eyes of someone so kind.

"Please, call me Yui! I don't think we need to be so formal."

"… Okay Yui. If that's the case, then please just call me Azusa."

Yui smiled more at this as the vampire uncurled herself from the cloak and stretched out her limbs a little as she turned her eyes back to the brunette.
"Tell me more about yourself, Azusa. Was your father a very noble man? What did your mother do? What did you do for that matter? When I was young I lived in a village that made its living selling milk and other food products." The talkative brunette said as she clasped her hands in her lap as she wiggled a little closer to Azusa. "And we lived close to the order's castle too! That's how I met Nodoka-chan! She didn't use to be this rough, you know. We use to play all the time when we were younger."

The vampire couldn't help but smile as Yui talked a mile a minute, telling her all about how she became a vampire hunter and how she was happy to have such good friends even though they were much more experienced in hunting then she was.
"But I don't care! I'll get better! I just know I will. Then I-I'll keep everyone safe." Yui quickly said as she felt tears in her eyes again, but this time she shook her head firmly to rid herself of the horrible feeling that was crawling into her chest again.

Azusa was touched by the words of the human that saved her. She never knew someone so kind and righteous lived like this and she was fortunate enough to meet them.
"You want to know more about me Yui?" Azusa asked, trying to change the subject since she could see the brunette struggling with something deep inside herself. Those chocolate eyes looked up a little before a smile stretched her cheek muscles and she nodded firmly.

"Oh! Yes please, I want to know everything."

"I'll start my answering your questions then. Yes, my father was very noble after all, he was a Holy Knight so he was brought up to be respectful. After he left the order, he and my mother went to protect a village a few miles away from the castle." Azusa replied as she lay on her back to stare up at the top of the tent. "My mother didn't do much except take care of me, cook and clean. My father did most of the work in the village. He was almost like a mayor. But while we were there… w-while he was still alive, my father taught me all about how to defend myself in case something b-bad happened."

Yui felt her brow crease in sadness as she looked down at the young vampire almost gasping when she saw tears in her eyes.

"A-Ah, don't cry Azusa! W-We'll help you avenge them. After all we have a common enemy too. You may be a vampire now but if we can kill the vampire that turned you, at least then you'll be a free vampire." The brunette stated firmly as she reached out, compelled by the sadness she felt, and started caressing Azusa's cheek with her hand. "There there… it's okay." Yui purred out as she brushed away the tears with her thumbs.

Azusa tried her best to keep the tears in, but she missed her family terribly and she wished she could just forget how her father died. Images of that night kept flashing within in her mind of what happened every time she closed her eyes.

"Ouch!"

Azusa's eyes shot open and she sat up quickly as Yui retracted her hand like she had been bitten.

"Are you okay! What happe-"

The vampire's eyes became dilated as she noticed the cut on the brunette's finger had reopened. The blood was bubbling to the skin and dripping down Yui's palm as the airhead pouted.

"The cut reopened, owwie. I'm okay Azusa."

"A-Ah, Y-Yui… mmph…" Azusa looked to be trying to control herself as those red eyes watched the blood as while the oldest Hirasawa looked around for something to wrap it with. "I-I can fix that for you Yui… if you want. I-I'll make it better." The vampire whispered, her voice suddenly sounding a lot more sultry and those eyes were glowing once again.

"Huh? You will? B-But-" Yui remembered what happened last time. Something had changed in Azusa for a brief moment when she tasted the blood and it scared Yui to think it might happen again.

"It'll get infected if you don't do something soon. Let me Yui."

Finally the brunette gave up and extended her finger towards the vampire once again.

"Fine… just don't hurt me okay?" Yui asked softly as she closed her eyes.

She could feel the vampire's cold hand wrap around her wrist and tug the hand closer. Soon a warm silk tongue began lapping at her palm before licking up the blood trail to the finger. Yui let out a soft whimper as she felt warm enclose her finger as Azusa sucked, licked and sighed against the wound. It still felt weird to have someone licking her finger like this.

Yui blushed deeply when she noticed the look of pure ecstasy on the vampire's face as she continued to run her tongue along the wound.

Yui was about to pull away when the vampire moved closer, putting her arms tightly around the brunette's waist to pull her close. Their bodies were now flushed together as Azusa slowly opened her eyes to stare up into Yui's with…

Was that longing?

Yui gulped softly and her face went even redder.

"A-Ah, A-Azusa?" That look made her uneasy. But before Yui could try and remove herself from Azusa's embrace she felt the vampire release her wrist. Relief washed over the brunette as she smiled nervously at the vampire.

This is the part where you let me go Azusa, right?

Yui thought as she put her hands against the vampire's shoulders and went to push, but then she felt Azusa shoot upwards so fast that her brain didn't even register the feeling against her lips.

Chocolate eyes became wide and a startled muffled gasp left her mouth as she felt Azusa's moist lips against her own.

S-S-S-She's kissing me!

Yui tried once again to remove herself, but a sharp nip to her lower lip caused her to yelp out against the kiss before a tongue slid its way into the confines of her mouth.

Azusa's lips, tongue and saliva tasted coppery and was a bit unpleasant at first as she swirled her tongue almost expertly against Yui's.

The brunette tried hard to keep an iron will and pull away from the kiss, but something in the back of her mind urged her to continue. It felt like a low hum that told her nothing bad would happen if she just let go.

Another swirl of the vampire's tongue against her own caused her brain to go numb and she was effortlessly pushed onto her back while Azusa moved to straddle her.

The twin-tailed vampire wasn't very conscious of what she was doing as she swung a leg over Yui's waist. Her hands began to work on those buttons of the reddish pink vest the brunette had on.

Neither one of them seem to notice just how brightly Azusa's eyes were glowing, for neither of them were in the right state of mind.

The young vampire pulled away from the kiss and gave a soft hiss of pleasure as she leaned in to inhale the sweet living scent of Yui. She could almost hear just how fast the brunette's pulse was and it was intoxicating. Her mouth almost watered as she brought her lips near that vulnerable neck before dragging her tongue against the flesh to taste the sweat dripping off Yui's nervous body.

Now that her lips were free of the kiss, Yui let out several soft gasps as she felt hands roam her body feeling every inch of her through the thin cotton undershirt. Those cool hands gliding up her stomach and over the mounds before retracing her steps once Yui arched to the touch.

Once the brunette's brain slowly caught up with what was happening to her body, Yui sat up to try and push Azusa off her.

"A-Azusa! W-We shouldn't be d-doing this! I-If Nodoka-chan comes back and sees t-this a-a-aaah…" Yui's words died in her throat as she felt lips wrap around her earlobe while hands urged her to lie back down.

Azusa almost chuckled to herself when she heard the brunette mumble incoherently as her hands slid down to the hem of her savior's shirt. The vampire was shivering with excitement, her senses heightened to the extreme and all she wanted was to continue feeling this ecstasy. Thoughts meant nothing as she leaned in once more and grinned down at the brunette.
"You taste delicious Yui… so delicious I just can't help myself by want to taste you everywhere…"

Is that my voice? N-No w-wait a moment… t-this isn't…

"A-Azusa… p-please… w-w-we shouldn't-"
"Don't worry Yui. I'll be quite gentle."

This isn't me! STOP IT!

Yui felt her shirt get lifted slowly, cool air caressing her bare skin as it was raised even higher.
"A-Azusa! I want you to stop!"

The commanding voice that the brunette suddenly let forth caused Azusa's eyes to snap open and her hands to retract from the shirt as if she had been burned by the sunlight.
Yui blinked in confusion once she felt the touches and kisses stop all together and she turned her head to stare into wide confused eyes.
They both seemed at a loss for words at what just happened. Azusa felt unstoppable, why did she all of a sudden stop?


Red eyes scanned the area around her; she knew she was dreaming again because now it was nighttime. The moon was bright in her dream as always and she was standing near a beautiful lake. The water was so still that it almost looked like glass.

"Please…"
That voice again. It was so angelic and serene yet she knew what was coming next.

She watched as the girl appeared out of nowhere like the mist that surrounded the lake. She was pale and beautiful, with short brown hair that came to just her shoulders.

"Who are you?" The one viewing the dream asked as she wades into the water towards the young brunette.

"… Save me?" The brunette spoke.

She always watched in terror as that angelic body suddenly became drenched in blood that somehow instantly turned the lake a deep red.

The viewer feels her pulse speed up as she covers her mouth and nose to keep herself in check, trying not to fall to her animal instincts she had been denying for years.

"I-I can't help you, I'm a monster! I-I'll just…"

"Please help me." The voice calls out again as the girl wades through the water over to the viewer, bloodied hands reaching out as if urging her to take it.

The viewer reaches out as well, their fingertips barely touching-

Eyes snap open and a hiss escapes Jun's lips as she felt her hand close around air.
Just that dream again. Jun thought as she allowed the grogginess the lift itself from her body. The small nap she took allowed her to feel more alert and aware of her surroundings. The first thing Jun noticed was the sun was high in the sky so she deduced it must have been afternoon by now, but another wave of relief washed over her when she realized it was slightly cloudy out as well.

Fortune must be smiling down on me, for the first time in a long time. Azusa must have been the turning point. Anyway, I should get going.

Jun lifted herself up from her position on the ground and rolled her shoulders a little to get the stiffness out of them before pulling her hood back over her face. She began sprinting towards the village they were at last night. There had to be some clue as to where her friend disappeared.
She would have continued running if something reflecting light hadn't stopped her. Curious red eyes stared in awe at a small silver necklace that was caught on a bush to her left.
Eyes went wide when she noticed the small cat pendent shimmering as well.

"This is…" Jun lifted her clothed hand and pulled the necklace free from the bush while smiling a bit. "This will help, now I can find her and return this to her." Jun muttered to herself as she lifted the pendent to her nose and inhaled deeply. When she opened her eyes next they were glowing faintly and her vision darkened just slightly. It always felt weird to channel the vampiric magic through herself, but she had to. It was all to find Azusa. Her magic finally seemed to pinpoint were the other vampire was and a smoky trail appeared in her darkened vision.

Wait for me Azusa, I'll find you yet.

With that final thought Jun took off running once more, following that faint smoky mist towards the direction the scent was taking her.


They sat in awkward silence just staring at each other trying to figure out what just happened.

"Uhm… Are you yourself again Azusa?" Yui asked worriedly, eyeing her vampire friend cautiously. She watched as Azusa fidgeted a little while looking down to blushing heavily.

"Y-yes, I-I'm so sorry Yui. I have no idea what came over me." The twin-tailed vampire croaked out as she placed her hands over her red face. "I-I just… when I saw your b-blood something switched in my head-"
"It's okay Azusa, don't worry about it okay?" Yui quickly said as she moved back over to the confused vampire and put her arms around her giving her a gentle hug. "U-Uhm, but that was my first kiss though."
"M-Mine too. I'm sorry I couldn't-" A finger was pressed to Azusa's lips and the brunette gave the girl a kind smile before leaning in to kiss the vampire's forehead.
"It's okay, just… try to contain that part of you a little better. I think it may have something to do with the blood. I'll try to be more careful and not hurt myself okay?"

Azusa listened to Yui as she said this and slowly nodded while looking down sadly. She reached up to instinctively grab around her neck before eyes flew open.
"Oh no." The vampire began searched her neck with her hand before she gave up and a look of sadness crossed her pale features. "It's gone."

Yui was once again confused. She tilted her head slightly and blinked a little.
"What's gone?"

"The necklace my father gave me. I-I must have lost it last night when I got hurt." Azusa replied as she closed her eyes tightly. "It was the only thing I had left of him."

"O-Oh," Yui muttered feeling more pain radiating from the poor creature, "I'm so sorry Azusa. Do you want me to look for it? I mean… it is really important to you so-"
"Don't worry about it Yui, I doubt your friend would like that." Azusa quickly interrupted Yui from her train of thought as she shook her head firmly. "Besides, it's not very big. So it's probably long gone by now."

The brunette felt her shoulders droop a little as she watched the poor vampire lay back down and curl into a ball while inhaling deeply.
"You know Azusa, if you really want to help out more around here… uhm you said your father taught you how to defend yourself. What did he teach you?" Yui asked trying to get Azusa's mind off the fact that she had lost something very precious to her.

Red eyes shifted over to stare into chocolate brown as Azusa sat up once more to regard the brunette.
"Yes, he taught me how to sword fight, fencing to be precise."

"Oh wow, that's great! My father taught me to sword fight too, I mean not fencing but that's where you can come in hand, maybe you can teach me." Yui said excitedly as she put her hands on the vampire's shoulders while she bounced.

"Well I don't know if it'd work with the type of sword you have Yui-"
"Come on, I think it'd be awesome to fight like Mio-chan!"

Soon the two of them heard voices getting closer to camp and Yui gasped out loudly. She spent all her time in the tent with the vampire, if Nodoka knew about that…
Yui quickly made her way over to the entrance of the tent and motioned to Azusa to cover herself up so she could get out. The vampire somehow realized what she wanted and grabbed her discarded cloak and put it over herself to protect her from the sunlight.
Yui quickly got out of the tent and sealed it up.
"Okay you can uncover yourself Azusa." Yui whispered to the tent as she stood up to see Nodoka and Mio walking back, both of them carrying something from their hunt.

Mio was hauling a rather large wild boar behind her while Nodoka carried a deer in her wake.

"Ah, good looks like you're still alive Yui." Nodoka said with a smirk as she laid her kill out by the tent as Mio sat her down as well. "I hope you didn't have too much trouble with the little vampire."

"A-Ah, no not at all Nodoka-chan. We talked a lot and it seems like her father use to be in the order." The brunette exclaimed as she tried hard to appear as normal as possible despite the arousal running through her system from the kiss she and Azusa had shared moment ago.

Nodoka's sharp eyes easily caught the uneasiness. After a quick scan of her friend's body she didn't see anything bleeding or bruised so the bespectacled leader shrugged off the awkwardness.
"Really? What did you say her name was again?" Nodoka asked as she got down near the deer and pulled out a dagger.

"Azusa Nakano."

Nodoka stalled for a moment a look of intense concentration on her face before she began to clean the deer of its fur to prepare the meat.

Yui waited for any sort of retort or anything verbal from her friend before glancing towards Mio. The raven-haired beauty just shrugged and shook her head, telling Yui not to push the subject anymore before bending down to pick up the boar.

"Azusa-chan, I'm coming in, you can have this boar's blood before we prepare it for food." Mio called out as she opened the tent flap once she heard a soft acknowledgement from the vampire inside.

The brunette could hear Mio set the large boar down inside the tent while Azusa moved away from it.

"What's the matter?" The marksmen hunter asked as stormy grey eyes stare into blood red.

"I… I just don't think I should be drinking blood…" Azusa replied quietly as those shifty eyes went from the boar to the older raven-haired woman.

"Don't worry," Mio replied as she eyed the vampire a bit, "Vampires can drink the blood of animals without fear of hurting someone. Plus it's already dead so go ahead. It'll keep you from feeling hungry enough to feed off us."

"I. Won't." Azusa stated quite firmly as she felt her brow crease while she glared up at the marksmen.

The stormy eyed hunter raised an eyebrow at the sudden defiant tone in the small vampire's voice before she shrugged a little.
"Very well, Azusa-chan. But, since you're not going to feed off this boar you better listen to what I say carefully." Azusa felt her throat tighten when a sword was suddenly pulled and the thin tip was pressed against her trachea. Wide maroon eyes stared at the brilliantly designed fencing sword that was held so confidently in Mio's hand as the marksmen sneered at her. "If you ever hurt Yui Hirasawa, I'll kill you faster than Nodoka can." To make her point, Mio flicked her wrist and gave Azusa a small cut on the cheek before slipping the sword back into its sheath. The vampire felt blood drip from the small wound, but her eyes did not leave Mio's. She refused to break the stare. She didn't want to be seen as weak anymore, they all threatened her, they all made her feel like an animal.

They had no right.

"Mio, are you coming?" Nodoka's voice called out causing the stormy eyes to waver a bit.

"Yes, one moment." Mio called out before she bent down, finally breaking the gaze to pick up the boar's legs. "I'll make you a vial of the boar's blood. That way, if you get too hungry you'll easily take it. After all, once a vampire has had blood for the first time… it's hard for them to control themselves around it a second time."
Mio turned back around and slipped out of the tent while Azusa raised a hand to wipe the blood off her cheek. So far the only decent people she has met during her short time as a vampire were Yui and Jun. But even then, Yui was restricted to not going near her and she had no idea where Jun was. Azusa decided not to think on it anymore, she would just have to show them she wasn't an animal.

"So she didn't take it?" The bespectacled leader asked as she watched Mio push the edge of a dagger into the boar's side while holding a small vial on the razor sharp edge. She did this to make sure the blood dripped into the vial as she sliced into the tender meat before she turned her head slightly to look at Nodoka.

"No, she didn't. But I'll force this down her throat if she even tries anything." The stormy eyed marksmen hissed bitterly as she turned to watch the vial fill up with the boar's blood before she capped it and pocketed it carefully.

Nodoka viewed her friend with caution; she knew even though Azusa was probably the key to the Vampire King's downfall it wouldn't sit well having a vampire this close to Mio without the raven-haired beauty being worried about it.
"Mio, how long have we known each other?" Nodoka asked, shifting her eyes over to her raven-haired friend.

The gunslinger looked up in confusion before a thoughtful look came over her features.

"About… five years?" Mio muttered to herself as she turned to face her friend.

"Yes, going on six now. We can be honest with each other right and you'd tell me if something is bothering you?" The leader said softly as she continued to gaze worriedly at her friend.

"Nodoka…" Mio whispered tenderly as she smiled slightly. She knew where this was going and she appreciated her leader and friend's concern, but it wasn't the time to talk about that yet. "I know what you're going to say and I thank you for your concern. But as long as she doesn't do anything I'll be fine."

Nodoka smiled a little before nodding slightly as she turned to go back to curing the meat of the deer.

Yui wasn't too far away, soulful chocolate eyes dulled by an emotionless gaze that was now focused on the clouds above. It looked like it was about to rain soon and the brunette's nose could easily pick up the sweet scent of rain not too far. Her mind instantly went to her sister and she realized she hadn't come back yet.
"Ne, Nodoka-chan?" Yui called out causing the leader to look up from her work. "Did you see Ui on your way back?"

"No actually… hmm, we may need to go find her. Yui stay here and watch over your friend. It's about to get really cloudy and she could easily wander off since the sun is blocked." Nodoka stated as she began to pack up the meet in a sack before discarding the skin and hooves. "Mio, I'll need you to come with me again, if you don't mind."

"Of course not Nodoka. Let's go find Ui-chan." The raven-haired huntress quickly said as she grabbed the vial out of her pocket and handed it to Yui. "Use this if she decides that she wants to feed again."
The brunette looked down at the vial then back up at her friends with a worried look in her eyes.

Before they could go looking for the younger Hirasawa soft humming caught their ears.

"Oh, what's everyone doing?"

Yui gasped happily and instantly ran towards the humming ponytailed girl and threw her arms tightly around her.

"Ui!"

"A-Ah Onee-chan! You'll make me drop the fish!"

Mio sighed exasperatedly while Nodoka just rolled her eyes while the two sisters hugged.

"Yui… what are we going to do with you?" The stormy eyed marksmen whispered before she turned her head to look over at their leader. She had a faraway look in her dark brown eyes that made Mio worry a little before Nodoka shook herself out of her thoughts.

"Well now that you're back Ui, let's fix up something to eat."

Mio watched as Nodoka said this while walking up to grab the fish from the youngest of the group. Mio knew what happened with the sisters months back; that day still haunted her as well. She could still see the looks on the Hirasawas faces when they found their parents.

"Mio-chan, come help!"

No, that's over… we'll help them get better at protecting themselves. Until then all we can do is continue living.

The stormy eyed woman quickly walked over to the small group of friends none of them minding the thick fog that was slowly covering the area.


Azusa stared once again up at the top of the tent her mind whirling with thoughts about her family and the friends that were slaughtered. Why was she singled out as the only one to survive? Why was she so important? Maroon eyes closed to think back to the night she was turned.

"Did your father ever tell you about our clan?"

Yes he did, and he taught me how to fight you yet I froze up when I saw you…

"Did he tell you about-"

Azusa's eyes snapped open when she felt a very cold hand cover her mouth to muffle the scream of surprise that escaped her.

"Keep quiet, you idiot. I'm here to save you."

The twin-tailed vampire instantly recognized the voice and as soon as the hand released her mouth Azusa stared in disbelief at the pig-tailed vampire before her.
"J-Jun?"

The vampire wiggled her fingers in a small wave before she pointed towards the hole in the back of the tent that she had obviously made to get in.
"Let's get out of here… Oh but before that." Jun reached into her cloak and pulled the small pendent necklace from her pocket and placed it eagerly into the open palms of her friend. "I found this and that's how I was able to find y-oof!"
The vampire's eyes went wide when she felt herself in an unfamiliar embrace. It took Jun a few seconds to register that she was being hugged as Azusa allowed a couple of tears to fall.

"Thank you… thank you so much for finding it."

"O-Oi. Well, you're welcome." Jun muttered as she slowly hugged the younger vampire back before she quickly pulled away before getting too comfortable. She watched as Azusa took the necklace out of her hand and put it around her neck. "But we need to leave now, those vampire hunters are distracted-"
"I can't leave them." Azusa interrupted as she looked down with an unyielding expression on her face. "I promised to help them kill the Vampire King."

Jun's eyes went wide. She could feel her chest tighten with rage as she grabbed her friend by the shoulders and shook her slightly.
"Are you insane!" Jun hissed in a low whisper. "He'll kill these hunters easily! Besides do you even remember how to get bac-"

"You can help us Jun! Think about it, you're way too nice to even want to be a vampire, that has to be it… don't you want to be free from him?" Azusa replied quickly, trying to talk her friend out of wanting to go back. It was then the twin-tailed vampire noticed the scar on Jun's lip that wasn't there the day before. "Jun… your lip."

She watched as her friend's eyes widened slightly before she turned her face away to scowl at the tent.
"… Do you really think they can kill him?" Jun asked. Azusa could faintly hear hope laced within the worried tone.

"With our help maybe… you know so much more about vampires then I do… if you were to talk to them and maybe you continue teaching me how to be more helpful…"
"Azusa, this is dangerous. You have no idea what kind of control he has over us." The pig-tailed vampire shook her head firmly while closing her eyes tightly. Before anything else was said, Jun felt a chill run through her body.

Help me.

"Oh no."

Azusa noticed Jun's eyes looking directly behind her and she turned to see the thick fog blanketing the entire camp. She was about to say something when she felt a hand on her back.

"I have a feeling I was followed here… stay quiet. And remember this… you are much stronger than you were when you were human. If you get into a fight you can take much more damage then what you think."

Azusa was confused by her friend's words and was about to call out to Yui when she heard two familiar voices outside.

"Well, looks like the little gem got captured by thieves." Nobuyo growled out as she waded through the fog towards the group of hunters. Mio and Nodoka both were holding their guns towards the vampire.

"Thieves? Hardly." Nodoka replied; her face stoic as she kept her eyes trained on every movement the slightly large vampire made.

"Really Nobuyo, these hunters wouldn't know the worth of a gem even if it jumped out and bit them. Like a snake or a spider." It was now Yui's turn to jump up and pull her revolver from its holster as another vampire seemed to appear from the fog. The blond vampire just grinned and chuckled at the forced stoic face of the brunette.

"Leave now and you may have a chance to survive." Mio warned the two vampires as she pointed both her revolvers at them.

"I know you." Nobuyo muttered as she narrowed her eyes towards the marksmen and she began to bare her fangs at Mio. "You're the one who throw the powder in my face… I'll never be able to forget that long lovely black hair of yours. I wonder if it'll look the same once I've drained your blood dry."

The raven-haired huntress growled angrily and almost advanced, but Nodoka quickly stopped her.
"Don't let her bait you."

The oldest Hirasawa turned slightly to look at Ui who was sneaking off while the older hunters kept the vampire's attention. She knew her sister would be fine as long as she got somewhere out of sight. Yui was proud of how careful and patient her sister was and she would do everything to protect what was left of her family. The brunette turned her gaze back to the blonde vampire before snarling out.

"We don't have your gem, so you shouldn't even be threatening us."

Yui was very confused when Himeko began to laugh.

"You're a woman? That's hard to believe with the clothing you're wearing… But no, this gem is someone very precious to our master."
"Yui, I told you not to talk-" Nodoka whispered warningly, but Nobuyo began to advance.

"Too late now, hunters, we're going to make this fun. I hope you're at least a challenge."

The bespectacled leader smirked as the black haired vampire moved to attack and she instantly reached into her vest pocket and threw the same garlic powder right into the attacking vampire's face.

Nobuyo yowled in anger as Himeko dashed forward to attack as well, but Yui instantly rolled to avoid the attack as Mio ran up and kicked the vampire across the temple to get her attention. It worked a little too well for the blonde vampire snarled loudly and reared up faster than Mio could react; the marksmen huntress saw the flash of teeth and was prepared for pain when a shot rang out. Himeko instantly jumped away to hold her arm as she began to look around for the source of the shot, which gave Mio enough time to recover. The raven-haired huntress put her guns back in her holster and pulled her fencing sword from its sheath and quickly slashed out, catching the vampire by the temple.

Himeko growled as she felt blood dribble down the side of her face while her eyes decided not to leave Mio's as she began circling the huntress.

Nobuyo was still working on getting the garlic powder out of her eyes when she felt something blunt, metal and very heavy collide with her skull. It nearly knocked her off her feet and when she finally got her vision back she noticed Nodoka had smacked her with the blunt end of her musket.
"Having trouble seeing, monster?" The bespectacled leader jeered as she quickly got her gun to the ready. She didn't get to fire however as the vampire quickly grabbed the barrel of the gun and tried to yank it out of Nodoka's grasp, but the leader was ready. When Nobuyo yanked, Nodoka instantly let go and pulled her sword from its scabbard and lashed out faster than lightning and with practiced ease. The very tip caught the vampire by the shoulder and she yelped out before jumping backwards into the fog for cover. Nodoka's eyes narrowed as she stood as still as possible to be able to hear any movement, she knew the vampire could see her. She then wondered if Ui could hear the vampire.

The leader's eyes went wide as she quickly turned to a loud noise and almost let out a frightened gasp as the vampire leapt out of the mist to attack. Once again a shot rang out and Nobuyo yelled in agony as the bullet pierced her in the upper chest near her collar. Nodoka was very thankful she had Ui watching their back, after all the leader suspected that they would have been killed by now if it wasn't for the youngest of their group.

"Seems like your friends are doing pretty well for being so young." Jun whispered as she and Azusa watched from the tent. The pig-tailed vampire noticed her friend shaking beside her and looked down to see what was wrong. There was a look of terror on her face as she watched the two veterans fight off the two vampires.

Jun turned her eyes back on the fight and noticed something was off. A wave of nausea settled in the vampire's stomach when she realized what was wrong.
"There's one missing."

Azusa looked up from the fight and stared at Jun wide eyed.
"One missing what?"

"There was another vampire. Where is she? Azusa stay here you're not ready to fight and it looks like these two can handle themselves." The pig-tailed vampire slipped out the back of the tent ignoring the concerned shout from Azusa as she began to climb up one of the trees to get a better view of the area around them.

"Jun! What do you mean there's another-"
"Azusa, are you okay, I think those vampires are looking for you." The shocked creature turned around quickly and noticed Yui had crawled back to her and had a look of relief on her face when she noticed Azusa was fine but then those chocolate eyes shifted to the large hole in the back of the tent. "A-Ah, what happened to the tent?"

"Never mind that Yui," Azusa growled out as she stood up and pulled the brunette to her feet, "Your sister is in danger, apparently there was another vampire with them-" She didn't get to finish when she noticed realization make its way onto the older Hirasawa's face.

"Oh no, Ui!"

Yui instantly sprinted out of the tent towards the only place she knew Ui would be watching from. The large outcrop of land that was right near their camping spot.

Azusa quickly followed, she didn't understand why but the thought of Yui getting hurt frightened her. She wouldn't let something like that happen, not to this kind hearted soul. Azusa also made a promise to herself that she would protect Yui's little sister as well. She just hoped that was where Jun ran off to.


This is much more difficult than practicing. If I mess up, I could hit one of them… I don't want to hit Onee-chan or any of them. I have to keep a leveled head and make sure to listen for the vampires.

Ui thought as she kept a close eye on the fog below. She could see faint figures moving frantically in it, but she could only count four. That mean two of them were friendly and the other two were enemies. The ponytailed Hirasawa was laying flat on her stomach with her rifle positioned so she could easily aim as well as shoot.

Nodoka did a very wonderful job training her on how to snipe and she seemed pretty natural at it. The youngest of the four would inhale deeply and hold her breath as she lined up the barrel with her target, and when it moved she exhaled and shot. She was lucky to hit the vampires and not her friends and she was extremely thankful for this.

They're not down yet; I have to continue aiding them. Vampires are very resilient creatures…

Ui's thought process stopped when she heard faint footsteps behind her. She waited for the thing behind her to stop before she flipped onto her back and aimed the rifle-

Ui yelped out as it was kicked from her hands and she watched helplessly as it tumbled down the steep cliff-like slop. She was about to move to go get it when she felt hands grab her around the neck. She was lifted off the ground effortlessly before her chocolate eyes stared into glowing blood red of a curly haired vampire.

Ichigo had caught her prey; she wasn't about to allow this little mouse to pick off her clan members so easily. She tightened her grip around the human's neck eyes narrowing themselves in excitement when she heard a strangled cry from the brunette.

Ui didn't have much time, her head was beginning to feel light and her lungs weren't getting any oxygen. She quickly reached into her pocket and pulled the powder that Nodoka gave her and threw it into Ichigo's eyes. The vampire let out a rare yelp before she dropped Ui to the ground to palm at her watery eyes.

Ui used this time to quickly begin to scale down the slope towards her gun. She used the sharp rocks to keep her footing while her hands groped for rocks and roots to hold onto as she climbed down. Just as she was about to get to the ground, she heard a hiss from above and pain started to bloom from her shoulders and head. She lost her footing and grip and tumbled the rest of the way down the slope. She let out a series of yelps and gasps as she slid to a stop right by her rifle. Ui scrambled to get back up when she felt those clawed hands grab her once more before tossing her against the slope. Ui gasped out and clenched her teeth tightly as she realized she wasn't touching the ground. Then she felt hot breath against her neck.

"…" Ichigo stared emotionlessly at the human and almost smirked when the human began to struggle to get out of her grip, but she had her this time. Her claws dug into the fragile skin of Ui's upper arms and she sighed out against the skin. "… You're pretty good. You're so young yet… you fight with such preciseness… I like that." The curly haired vampire whispered as she put her lips against Ui's pulse, feeling the blood rushing through those veins with fear and panic. As the girl began to struggle more furiously Ichigo growled lowly. "… I'll make you mine."

Ui didn't have time to completely understand what the vampire meant when she felt a sharp pain then white hot agony in her neck and shoulder.
Searing pain traveled up and down the young brunette's arm when she realized that she was being bitten and she opened her mouth wide to let out a terrified scream.

Ichigo was in bliss right now. It was the only time she felt close to happy as she drank the sweet virgin blood slowly before forcing her poison into the wound.

Even more pain began to blossom in Ui as she felt something within her shoulder and she couldn't stop the tears from trailing down her cheeks as the vampire fed from her.

O-Onee-chan! H-Help me!

What she heard next she knew wasn't her sister, but she almost felt relief as the teeth were ripped from her shoulder and her body was dropped unceremoniously to the ground.

From Ui's position on the ground she could see the curly haired vampire struggling against the hold of another vampire. This one had dark chocolate brown pigtails and she was a little shorter than the other vampire.
"Jun! What are you doing?" Ichigo actually yelped out when she felt the strong hold she was in.

"Stopping you from hurting her." Jun replied forcefully as those eyes watched the brunette instantly crawl away. She feared what was going to happen to the younger girl since it was clear she had been bitten, but right now Jun had other things to deal with. She quickly threw Ichigo against the slope and snarled out loudly as the other vampire snarled back.

"… You really do want to die, don't you? When the Vampire King finds out about this-"
"He won't. You'll be dead before then." Jun growled out as she jumped forward, fangs glistening as she tackled the curly haired vampire over.

The pain was too much. Ui knew it was just a matter of time before the poison took over her body and made her one of those things.
Or worse, she would turn into a ghoul.
She slowly and agonizingly sat her back against the bark of a tree as her breathing came out in quick ragged puffs.

I-I don't want to turn… I-I have to… t-there has to be some way to fix this… t-there's something in me… it hurts.

The pain coursing through her body jumbled Ui's thoughts. She thought back to what happened when Mio was bitten by a serpent and out of fear of getting poisoned the raven-haired huntress cut the wound a little deeper to allow the blood to force the poison back out.
That had to work.
Ui took huge gulps of air through her panic as she reached down into her boot and pulled a small decorative dagger from the inside.

"Onee-chan, what's this for?"

"Just in case you do get attacked and can't snipe them… you can protect yourself with this Ui! It was Father's dagger, but he gave it to me. So now I'm giving it to you! Okay?"

"Okay, Onee-chan! You can count on me, I'll be careful."

Ui smiled a little at the pleasant memory as she gripped the handle of the dagger tightly.
"F-Forgive me… O-Onee-chan."

With a cry of agony Ui raised the dagger and brought it down on the wound in her shoulder as hard as she could without the intent to kill herself.


Jun felt her back hit the ground as Ichigo once again flipped her onto her back.
There were no longer words between the two vampires as they tried to bite, claw, punch and kick to get the upper hand. Jun had sustained a few new wounds throughout the fight, but it was nothing she wasn't already used to. She knew that Ichigo was also a very strong vampire and needed to end the fight quickly.

Jun's eyes went wide and she watched in horror as Ichigo reared up like a cobra, fangs bared as she went in for the kill.

Of course, the bite never came as Jun finally got a hold of herself and snapped her head up to meet the older vampire's attack. Their heads collided with a painful crack that caused Ichigo to roll off and groan in pain while Jun quickly scrambled to her feet.

I have to end this now. She'll tell him everything I've done and what Azusa is doing then she won't have a chance in the world to even think about killing him.

Jun thought as she looked at the discarded rifle near her feet. An idea popped into her head as she watched Ichigo pull herself to her feet slowly.
"… I see why you're doing this. You're upset because of how they've treated you." Ichigo whispered as her eyes locked with Jun's. "… I can understand that."

"Don't try to sympathize with me, Ichigo. I know you're just like the rest of them. You may not verbally mock me, or torture me… but you really don't care about what happens to me." Jun hissed bitterly as she shifted her foot a little closer to the gun.

"… And killing me isn't going to solve your crisis, Jun… He already knows you're traitorous. And once he finds out your helping humans again… well..." Jun felt her lip turn up into a snarl as Ichigo said this with that emotionless expression on her face, yet she could easily see the smirk on her lips. "And he will find out again Jun. Akira will make sure of it."

"Enough talk Ichigo, I know you want to kill me so come on!" The pigtailed vampire yelled challengingly.

She felt her body tense up as Ichigo took the bait and she leapt at her with a snarl. It was then Jun kicked the rifle up and grabbed it by the barrel. She swung the gun like a lumberjack easily striking Ichigo across the temple with the silver edging. Jun was surprised that the gun didn't break on impact and as Ichigo stumbled from the hit the pigtailed vampire turned the gun around and pressed the cold steel against the curly haired vampire's forehead.

"I'm sorry, Ichigo."


As Yui and Azusa raced through the trees to climb the steep slope towards where Ui would be, both of them hoped that the younger Hirasawa was okay somehow when they heard the familiar crack of the rifle she used.

"Ui!" The brunette cried out as she got to the top of the slope and began looking around the area frantically.

Her sister was nowhere in sight.

Panic began to race through Yui once again as she ran towards the edge of the slope and looked down. Her eyes caught the scene of two vampires staring at each other; one was lying lifelessly against the slope's edge while the other was holding... Ui's rifle.
"No. No no no no!" Yui pulled her revolver from her holster and began to aim the gun at the remaining vampire.

"Yui! Don't!" Azusa cried out when she finally caught up with the brunette. She grabbed hold of the girl's arm and yanked it backwards causing Yui to snarl out. She quickly turned around and pressed the gun against the twin-tailed vampire's jaw as she glared into those frightened red orbs.

"Why are you stopping me! That vampire-"
"That vampire is my friend and she is helping us! You can't kill her…. Yui please-"
"But if she is helping us where is Ui! Where is my sister!"

Azusa didn't know what to say to calm the brunette down, but she did know she could help her scale the slope a little easier. As Yui continued to yell at her, the young vampire reached out and picked the older Hirasawa up and swung her over her shoulder.

"W-What are you doing Azsua!"
"Hold on, I'm taking you down there." She replied as she walked towards the edge and looked down. Normally a human jumping off something like this would either kill them or break a few bones, but Azusa was no longer human.

The raven-haired vampire inhaled deeply and jumped. She could feel the wind rush past her ears muffling the sound of Yui's scream when she felt her feet touch the ground. The shock from landing hurt her legs a little but other than that, she felt fine; exhilarated even.

Azusa placed Yui on her feet and watched the girl shake from the experience before she rushed over to Jun who was still staring at Ichigo's lifeless eyes.
"Jun, what happened? Where's Ui? The ponytailed girl… did you see her?" Azusa asked quickly since the older sister was still trying to get a hold of herself from the fall.

"I did. She went that way." Jun replied solemnly as she pointed towards the small trail of blood. Azusa noticed the small puddles of blood and her eyes went wide with fear.

"Oh no."

Yui's eyes went to the trail and her chest tightened.

"U-Ui?... Ui!" The brunette once again took off running through the bush following the blood trail. She didn't mind the two vampires following her; in fact her mind wasn't even on that fact. She was completely consumed with the will to find her sister.

"Ui! Answer me!" Yui yelled out once more once the blood trail began to thin out.

"O…O-Onee-chan."

It was faint, but Yui heard it. She quickly stopped and scanned the area before her eyes landed on a small figure curled up against the base of a tree. The older Hirasawa felt tears in her eyes as she ran over to her young sibling and knelt down quickly beside her.
"U-U-Ui?" Concerned and worried chocolate eyes locked onto the wound on Ui's shoulder, the one the younger sister was clutching so tightly trying to stop the blood from flowing. But it was obvious the wound was deep and Ui was in a lot of pain.

"I-Im so s-s-sorry O-o-onee-chan… nguh… s-she snuck u-up on me…" Ui muttered weakly as the blood dripped from between her fingers and down her arm.

"S-Shush… don't talk. W-We'll get you back to Mio-c-chan. S-She'll help you. I-I know she will. You just have to hang on okay? Stay awake…" Yui pleaded as tears began to cascade down her cheeks as she watched Ui take shallow breaths.

"I-I w-was b-bitten…"

"What?" The sisters stared at each other intensely and Yui faintly heard the footsteps of the two vampires behind her. "Y-You were what? N-No t-that's not p-possible."

"I-it's o-okay Onee-chan… I…I used the dagger y-you g-gave me… I… I'm letting the poison d-drip out of me."
"But you're going to die!"
"I-I'd r-rather d-die t-then turn…" Ui mumbled softly as her eyes began to flutter.

Yui noticed this and she began to sob heavily as she reached out to stroke the sweat drenched cheek of her young sister.
"Ui… you can't leave me too… p-please."

Hands touched Yui's shoulders and she was pulled away from her sister effortlessly before being pushed into Azusa's arms.

"Hold her." Jun commanded as she knelt down next to the dying girl.

Azusa was a little confused by her friend's actions but did as she was told and kept a firm grasp on Yui's waist as the brunette began struggling slightly.

"W-What are you doing! Get away from her!"

Ui's eyes widened slightly as blood red eyes locked with hers.

Jun studied this dying human carefully as a sense of déjà vu filled her. She had seen this young girl before.

But where?

Jun had to push her thoughts out of her mind and focus on the task at hand.
"Do you want to live?" Jun asked as she reached out to cup the cheek of the younger Hirasawa.

"… I-I don't w-want to t-turn-" Ui replied, but was silenced by a finger against her lips.
"I'm not going to turn you, but you have to answer me. Do you want to live?"

Ui inhaled deeply as pain coursed through her once again as she let out a whimper of pain.

"I can't help you unless you answer me."

"Y-Yes… I-I want to l-live. I-I d-don't want to l-leave o-o-onee-chan alone." Ui finally answered as she felt tears slide down her cheeks. "Please… h-help me." She didn't even notice the sudden look of realization on Jun's face as the vampire brought her hand up to her mouth and she sunk her fangs deep into her own palm. Her blood began to pool within her hand as she brushed the brunette's hand aside and placed the self-inflicted wound against Ui's wound.

"Then I promise to keep you alive. You and I are under a contract now… a blood pact if you will." Jun explained as she allowed her blood to mix with Ui's. "I'll give you some of my blood… just enough to help you heal and survive. Not enough to change you." The vampire gave the wound in her hand a squeeze making Ui hiss in pain.

"What is your name?" Jun asked as she stared tenderly into the pained eyes of the young huntress.

"U-Ui H-Hirasawa."

The vampire grinned a little and leaned in to press her lips against Ui's ear.
"My name is Jun. And you, Ui Hirasawa, are now bound to me."


Author Note: Don't worry, I didn't forget about Mio and Nodoka. They'll reappear in "Wolf."

The next chapter is an Interlude and will explain a few things about our beloved sisters~ And don't worry, Ritsu, Mugi, Sawako and others will make their appearance soon enough. I have a certain outline I am following and it may seem like it's going to take forever for characters to appear, but that's just part of the plan. And LONG CHAPTER IS LONG! This was over 11k words x.x And I really hope you guys enjoy this chapter. I know someone is going to be exhausted after beta'ing this. XD

Beta note: tl;dr

^she lies, she read it and even beta'd it when I told her she didn't have to beta it she could just read it. XD