The blonde vampire fell to her knees, pressing both hands against her eyes, and let out a blood-curdling scream. Michiru stepped back at the sight of what she had done, the garlic spray falling out of her suddenly numb fingers and clattering to the floor. "Oooow…" Haruka moaned, obviously in great pain. Michiru knelt down next to her, all of a sudden feeling sorry for the blonde vampire. "Hey…hey, are you alright?" she asked, worried. Haruka just groaned in response, causing Michirus worries to increase. "Oh God, I'm soo stupid." The aqua haired girl thought to herself. "I don't even know what she wanted! I have to help her." No sooner thought than done, Michiru gently took a hold of Harukas arm. "Come on, I'll get you into my apartment. We have to take care of your eyes." Haruka finally took her hands down, looking at the aqua haired woman with bloodshot eyes. Michiru saw what she had done, and her sorrow increased. "Now, what's with you?" Haruka asked, her voice clearly showing the pain she was in although she tried to hide it. "I'll explain later, now come on!" Michiru insisted, pulling Haruka to her feet more or less gentle. "Now, let's get to my apartment." Haruka just nodded, squeezing her eyes shut. "You'll have to guide me. It hurts to much to keep my eyes open." She then said. Michiru just nodded and started to lead Haruka to her apartment.
Michiru unlocked the door to her apartment and walked in, trying to pull Haruka with her. The vampire crashed against an unseen barrier and moaned: "You have to invite me. Pulling me in doesn't count." Michiru blushed, glad that Haruka couldn't see this since her eyes were still closed, and quickly said: "Come in." It didn't work. Haruka sighed. "You have to say my name." Michiru sighed. "God, how complicated is that? Alright. Come in, Haruka." Finally, the blonde was able to enter the apartment; Michiru led her over to the couch and made her sit down. "Wait here." She ordered. Haruka just grunted; she couldn't walk away anyway, seeing that her eyes hurt like hell when she opened them. Michiru walked into the bathroom, took a washcloth and soaked it into cold water. She returned to Haruka, who was all nice and good sitting on the couch. "You have to open your eyes now." Michiru gently spoke. Haruka groaned. "Do I really have to?" Michiru nodded, and the blonde vampire obeyed, sighing. She first opened one eye, and Michiru saw that it had returned to it's natural teal color. Letting out a little gasp, Haruka opened the other eye, too, some tears running out of both of them. Michiru gently started to wash the garlic spray out. Haruka yelped several times during the procedure, and she was glad when Michiru finally was finished. The vampire rubbed her eyes and blinked several times. There was still a little burning feeling, but at least she could look now without getting the feeling that somebody was stabbing nails into her eyeballs. "Better?" Michiru asked, smiling. Haruka nodded, giving a fang-less smile back. "Now, care to explain while you spray garlic into my eyes first and then take care of me?" the blonde vampire then demanded to know. Michiru blushed deeply. "You see…today, I got a visit of two men who said that they were vampire hunters. They…" "Wait." Haruka interrupted her. "One of them was called Konako, right?" Michiru gaped at the blonde vampire. "Yes! How come you know?" she asked, frowning. Haruka sighed. "So he's after me again…I'll tell you later. Now, continue your story." Michiru nodded and talked on. "They told me that you probably are after me, seeing that you first saved me and then came to my apartment. They also asked if I know something about a ring, called the Ring Of…I forgot." The lawyer scratched the back of her head, looking adorably cute to Haruka. "The Ring Of T'irNoc." She helped out. Michiru nodded, thankful, and spoke on. "They thought that you would try to turn me into a vampire or something like that. So they gave me this cross", she pulled it out from under her blouse and showed it to Haruka, who hissed and covered her eyes, "and this garlic spray." "Put that away." Haruka demanded, pointing at the cross. Michiru let it slid back underneath her blouse and smiled at the vampire sweetly. "Just to make sure you don't get any ideas." Haruka sighed and hung her head low. "Can't you just trust me?" she asked, mock offense in her voice. Michiru gave her a shocked, but faked look. "You're a vampire, for crying out loud!" "It's not my fault I was made one!" Haruka defended herself. Michiru giggled at her pouting look. "You may be more than 500 years old, but you're looking like a five year old right now." Haruka glared at her, her eyes glowing up red. Michiru jumped, fear bubbling up inside her. The blonde vampire quickly made her eyes return to their natural color. "Sorry for scaring you." She then said, ashamed. "It's okay." Michiru replied. "So…what did you want when you waited for me?" Haruka was just about to answer when the door flew open and Konako and his hunter comrade stood in the doorway, glaring at the vampire.
