A Blood Tablet a Day Keeps the Bloodlust Away
By Helbaworshipper
Chapter 4: Family Bonding
Man fears the darkness, and to live in that darkness is to be feared...
Luvia Bloodmire woke once again to her empty bed. Vord probably went off hunting or taking care of the children. She didn't know which one he constantly did during the day, or during the night. However, she did not much care to know what he did. All she knew is that he was out of her hair during important business affairs.
"Bloodmire-sama." Her personal servant spoke with reverence. "A Kaname Kuran has requested to see you today." For a moment Luvia remained almost confused at the request.
"What time did he want?"
"Any time you are available."
"Inform him that I will be available after my appointment with the Sumire head." She let out with a bit of breath that seemed to be held too long. "Send it yourself if you must." The servant nodded before leaving the room and returning with her clothing for that day.
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Kaname was unsure if he'd actually meet the woman who had been doing such things to Yuki. Not that she had done any truly terrible things, just using her powers to a degree. The piece of paper had been returned, with an answer, just before classes started. On it was a time during the last class that day. He took a deep breath and leaned back to figure out what to do.
"Aido." The said looked towards him, having been about to knock on the door. He opened it and bowed.
"Yes Kaname-sama?"
"Cancel classes for today. I have some business to attend to that cannot be put off." Aido looked slightly confused, but nodded to deliver the message. Kaname stood up from his current seat on the couch and pulled his blazer on. He exited the dorm quietly, reaching the gate and catching the gun. "Jumping to conclusions Kiryu?"
"You're the one who asked to see me." Zero placed his gun back in the proper place, letting Kaname exit the gate. "What did you want?"
"The theory you have on Yuki, it would be correct." He let out with a bit of and emphasis. "She is a vampire."
"Kuran, are you seriously trying to tell me that she is a vampire? She doesn't act like you, and she's not a monster."
"Then her getting paler without being sick isn't a sign?" Zero gripped one side of his blazer to keep from grasping his gun.
"It just isn't possible." He stalked off, not willing to even give into the theory she might be a vampire.
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It was about time for her final appointment, with a Kuran of all people. She wasn't surprised to have received it, as a fellow vampire. However, clans seeing branches that developed over time worried her. The Kuran's had been mostly wiped out, and the Bloodmire clan was suffering losses as well. "Send him in."
"What is your duty at the school doing such things to Yuki?" He spoke with a tone that seemed warm, but wasn't at all. Luvia merely smiled before looking at him.
"You don't even bother sitting? That is rather rude." She pointed to the seat he was currently in front of. He took note that first of all that she was alone in the house except for a few servants. Her seat looked quite uncomfortable, while his felt worn and quite the opposite. "As for what my duty is, it is very simple. I have to do what I must due for my niece."
"You can't be saying..." He let out. "That would be wrong, Yuki isn't a-"
"She is." She let out in her own clipped tone. "She is Yuki Bloodmire, my sister's daughter. You know full well the weaker family must lose their clan name in marriage to a more powerful pure blood."
"Then tell me what you plan to do once everything has tided over, just go and see her? How could you not have been there to help? Tell me, are you telling me that you didn't bother to care for her after everything that happened to her?" Luvia's eyes began to water as she looked away.
"It wasn't... It wasn't... Something I could do." Her voice seemed faint and almost as if in a defensive intention. "There was nothing I could do by the time she forgot..." Her hands held together and she wiped her eyes on one sleeve. Kaname seemed surprised by her reaction, struck speechless. "It's not like I intended to do it this way. Yuki received such trauma that I was afraid that if I did too much she would be permanently afraid of me. I did everything I could, I told Chairman Cross to place the blood tablets in her food..."
'I was expecting her to be extremely defensive...' He looked at her again. 'Why do I sense such sadness from her? It's as if Yuki is only one of the many things that make her like this...' "Which reminds me, where are your children? Should they not be here to learn from you and go into the labs?"
"Vord is taking care of them. He is a very good man and he knows how to take care of them. I was hoping that I could give them blood tablets, but Vord insists on giving them real blood." She spoke, her tone seeming less regal and more like an excuse to hide away her own feelings about it. "I will talk more about it another time Kuran-san. For today we should adjourn for now. You know full well we have an hour until the sun goes up." A flame appeared near her, a claw like hand reaching for Luvia's own.
"Is that..."
"Yes, that is Argesh." The creature was like an ape with werewolf legs. On its head were two horns that were attached distances apart from it. Red fur and claws adorned it, though it was mostly bare of fur. "I believe you should leave, before the sun too comes to bother you when you don't want it to. After all, you look tired." She smiled gently, walking out of the room as the maid appeared to let him out. It was that one feeling he always got from her that bothered him.
'That loneliness...it's so stifling...'
