DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN OWARI NO SERAPH.
Note: Advanced apologies for the OOC's.
Reminder: This fic is Rated M. So anything bad that happens, please read at your own risk.
SERAPH: THE BEGINNING 4
"Is he going to be alright?! GUREN! Is he going to be alright?! PLEASE TELL ME!"
What's going on? Where am I?
"MIKA! PLEASE HOLD ON! Don't leave me!"
Yuu...?
"He's going to be alright, Yuu. Just calm down. We won't hurt him.
I don't understand... how did I get here? I...
"Don't worry Mika, I'll be right here... I'll be here protecting you, Mika. Please don't leave me.
Yuu... I have to tell you something first! I...!
Shinoa was trying to move her broken arm and Crowley pins her down, covering her mouth with his left hand. "Let's make our short time together worthwhile. Shall we?"
Mika and Shinoa caught each other's gaze. Mika could see that she was crying for help. She struggledand squirmed underneath him but it was pointless with his current power and her current condition. Tears literally poured out of her eyes as Crowley's fangs dug through her skin, her neck was marked by him.
I'm sorry! I made a mistake..!
He wanted to help... if only he could take back what he did...
The redheaded vampire drank as much blood as he pleased before licking on the blood dripping from his lips and licking on the blood dripping from her neck. "This is... amazing. Your blood is different from the others... why is that?"
He did not remove his hand from her mouth though.
"You won't tell me even if I ask politely, right?" he says. "That's even more interesting! I can get the information out of you!"
"Crowley stop!"
Crowley turned to Mika with a grin. A grin similar to one Ferid would show. "I'm taking this one with me. Back with Ferid."
That's right, I... I let Crowley take that human away...
I got what I wanted in exchange of another human. One that Yuu cares about...
"Mika, you're finally awake!" Yuu said in relief when he saw that Mika was awake. Mika looked around, seeing that everything was unknown to him. The room was white, the curtains covered the window, he was in a hospital bed, he guessed. "You're alright, you're safe."
"You convinced them?" he asked, blinking.
"Of course. I promised didn't I?" Yuu said smiling.
"Yuu..."
"Hey don't cry! I promised you didn't I?"
"But I was on watch and that human-!"
"It's okay Mika." Yuu said calmly and Mika was confused. Did something happened when he lost consciousness? Did the reinforcements arrived and rescue them, fighting Crowley and killing him? "You did your best. That vampire who took Shinoa is probably the same noble who she fought head on." he said. "She probably pissed him off on their fight so he was so hung with getting her."
No that's not it!
"Wait, took?" But their deal was...
"That's the only explanation since her body wasn't around." Yuu informs him. "Don't worry she'll be fine!"
"I- Idiot! I'm the one who should be telling you that! Isn't she someone you referred to as 'family'?!" Mika could not understand. Yuu was acting like he was fine with it when he couldn't accept the fact to even leave them. Did he change over time?
Yuu didn't say a word but Mika saw that he was fighting some tears.
"I'm sorry."
"I- I've been arguing with Guren for the past two days to rescue her. But with my current strength and her unknown location... he wouldn't let me. Instead, he made me realize that I should be here for you."
"Yuu..."
"We'll get her back but for now, I want you to feel like you're home with us. It doesn't matter if you're a vampire or not."
While the two were having a serious talk, Mika heard a knock on the door and he was alerted that another HUMAN was about to enter the room. His fangs appeared as he growled at the person who opened it. Yuu turned his attention to Mitsuba who opened it slowly.
"Wow, you knocked today Mitsuba! What's wrong?" Yuu says.
"I- I was worried... and..."
"You wanted to meet Mika, right?" Yuu guessed and Mitsuba nodded shyly. Yuu turned to Mika who pouted in defeat. One way or another, he will meet these guys. "Come on in! This is Mika, my friend and family!"
When Mitsuba entered, Yoichi and Kimizuki were right behind her.
"T- There's three of them!" Mika panicked. How was he supposed to act?
"Relax, it's just Yoichi and Kimizuki. They're also nice people." Yuu assured him, a hand on Mika's shoulder to make him feel at ease. Mika took a breather and faced the humans as calm as he could.
"So you're Yuu's friend. I'm glad you aren't anything like him." Kimizuki commented.
"What's that supposed to mean you jerk?!" Yuu blurts.
"Thank you for protecting Yuu." Yoichi says with a smile. "We didn't get to meet you officially last time. But I'm Yoichi Saotome. I'm Yuu's friend like you are."
"Just call me Kimizuki."
"Mitsuba!" the girl interjected.
"I- I'm Mikaela. But Mika is fine." the vampire rode along with their greetings.
"You're quite a handsome fellow, aren't you?" Mitsuba stated and Mika blushed, looking away to hide his cheeks. The rest of the boys gave Mitsuba an evil grin. "T- That's not what I meant!"
"I never knew you had such tastes, Mitsuba." Yuu began.
Kimizuki leaned closer to Yuu to join his little fun. "And to think that she'd be head over heels over someone completely different..."
Yuu nodded at him and whispered back, "I know right?"
"Would you two stop that?! I'm just complimenting him!" Mitsuba shouts at them angrily but her face was beet red as she did so. Yuu and Kimizuki chuckled evilly when they saw her expression. "Quit it!"
Mitsuba turns to Yoichi who was just smiling at the scene before him. Yoichi, it's not what you think!
Mika on the other hand observed them, noticing that these humans were no different from how Yuu interacts with the Shinoa person he met. Yuu teases them and laughs with them and interacts with them like he does with his family; He's happy.
"If Shinoa were here, she'd beat the crap out of you two and you know it!" Mitsuba exclaimed. The two shivered remembering what she did to them when they burst out laughing because of her height that she can't drive.
The fun momentarily dissipated when they realized that the person they were talking about, was not with them.
The blonde vampire was worried that every time they bring her up they'd be sad. Mika doesn't want him to be sad. And it was his fault after all... because of that mistake that he did...
"Yuu.. when do we start the rescue mission?" he asks and Yuu smiles again.
"Let's talk to Guren right now!"
Guren was at the meeting with a bored expression, yawning repeatedly while Kureto Hiragi spoke.
"...which is why I think the invasion in Nagoya is the best course of action at the moment." Kureto finished and with perfect timing, Guren pretended to have been attentive and listening to him, even if it was obvious he wasn't.
"Guren, what do you think?"
"I think that Shinjuku should be double checked." Guren proposed instead. "Nagoya is too much for us to take, considering that there are more nobles there than Shinjuku."
"We know that. That's why if we choose to attack and annihilate the more nobles, we'll make them fear us and back off for a while."
"I don't see the point in checking Shinjuku when we already wiped that place clean of nobles." Seishiro debated. "If this is about the request to find one of your soldiers then that's way out of context. Because our goal here is not to save soldiers. We're here to annihilate vampires."
"Lieutenant Colonel Guren, it's about time we focus on the real job here. We need to cut down as much vampires as we can. We are not growing our population everyday. It takes years to raise another platoon while vampires just maintains their life." Tenri spoke. "We value a soldier's life but the moment you wore that uniform, you know the risks when in the field."
"I know, we die at anytime." Guren says and leaned back his seat to relax. "I never said anything about rescuing a soldier. But since you brought it up, I'd like to ask why you're calm about this."
"The Hiragi has been the lead for generations. That's because we know the risks and we make necessary sacrifices for victory." Tenri tells him. "Anyone not interested in power or to lead an army, has no right to be even called a Hiragi."
Guren said nothing more and kept quiet while they proceeded with planning their attack on Nagoya.
I'm sorry Yuu, this is just not possible.
After the meeting, the Shinoa squad were waiting for Guren right outside the building.
When they saw Guren exit the building, they approach him quickly while Mika was following behind. He was given new clothes, casual shirt and trousers so he'd blend along with them.
"How did it go?" they asked.
"We're going to Nagoya to annihilate the nobles there. You'll be informed of your specific tasks soon." Guren's reply and walked passed them. But Yuu ran to block his path. "What?"
"We're not talking about the stupid meeting! I mean, we're going to rescue Shinoa right?"
"No."
"But it's been four days! She could be dead by now!" Mitsuba reminds him.
"Exactly. It's been that long. It's easy to conclude she's dead so we're moving on with the mission." Guren says.
"That's it? They'll dispatch a great soldier just like that!" Yuu couldn't give up. He can't agree with it. "We risk our lives out there! And when we need help, you guys will just abandon us?! We're family, aren't we?!"
"Yuu..."
Mika did not join their conversation but he listened... after all, despite them being nice and welcoming to him, he wanted to be sure that these humans are worthy of his trust and wothy of being called Yuu's friend. Family.
Guren beamed at Yuu and pats his head. "Of course we're not abandoning her." he says. "Right now my squad is scouting Shinjuku secretly. But I need you guys to stay calm while I figure out our next move, alright?"
Yuu and the others started to smile again when they heard it.
His lies.
"We'll do our best!"
"For now, I'll need you guys to train." he added and Yuu slams his fist into his chest.
"Count on it!"
"Train with your friend too." he eyed Mika who was behind them. Mika did not expect to catch Guren's attention. The two caught each other's gaze for a moment and Guren just smiled at him. "Temporarily, I'll merge you with another squad when we do missions. For now, Yoichi will lead this squad with your vampire friend being a member as well."
"His name is Mika." Yuu says.
"Oh Mika then."
"But... even if I'm leader... can we still call this Shinoa Hiragi Squad?" Yoichi asked. Guren paused, not expecting something like that at all.
Yuu and the others were caught in surprise but they were not hoping to replace the name of their squad, believing that their rightful leader will return soon. They turned to Guren who took a few moments to regain his composure.
"Of course." he replied with a smile.
The kids left and Guren sighed in relief. They wouldn't buy such lies but it seems that they chose to trust him.
The task you're asking is impossible. But if you believe in her that much, then I guess I'll have to do so too.