Chapter Four: Down the Pipes
"General…" Aoi weakly said.
Kureto smiled as he slowly pulled out his sword. "Don't worry Aoi, your sacrifice will be for the greater good." He said as he drove the sword into her back.
Aoi's eyes widened at the betrayal of Kureto who cleaned his blade of her blood before sheathing it.
"Now that the useless weight is out of the way, let's begin our attack as well." He ordered as he raised his hand out into the air. "Attack!"
Mitsuba's eyes widened as she saw her sister's corpse lie on the ground, blood slowly pouring from the open wound. Mitsuba began to start shaking before throwing up next to her. Beside her, Kimizuki was doing no better. His body uncontrollably shaking as he fell to his knees. Tears forming into his eyes as he tried to contain himself to prevent the demon from taking over his body.
Yoichi quickly rushed over to Mitsuba and started to rub her back to make her feel better and calm her down. Narumi joined Kimizuki and tried to get him to get a hold of himself.
"They killed…..my….sister." Kimizuki, close to tears now. "They killed Mirai…" He began to weep. "Mirai!"
"I thought...I was so afr-" Mitsuba tried speaking before throwing up again.
"Mitsuba, calm down!" Yoichi yelled.
"Come on, Kimizuki!" Makoto grabbed his arm. "We have a mission to do!"
"Both of you, get ahold of yourselves!" Shinya ordered. "Yoichi, toss me that piece of glass! I have to signal Shinoa!"
Yoichi reached down next to him and picked up a small piece of glass, large enough to show a glint of light. He quickly tossed it to Shinya; the general immediately messaging Shinoa on the other side of the field..
"What's the plan?" Makoto asked, still hanging onto Kimizuki's arm.
"We're still going to attack. Anyone who stays behind gets left behind." Shinya said. "I'm sorry but we have to take out Ferid today or else this war will never come to an end!"
Amazed by Shinya's ability to stay calm under heavy pressure, he never realized Kimizuki slowly using him as support to stand up. The bleached hair boy pulled out both of his swords and stabbed them into the ground.
"Don't think you can leave me behind…" He said breathing heavy. "I want that bastard to pay for murdering my sister and Kureto too! Forcing her into those...those experiments!"
"I'll handle Kureto." Mitsuba said, standing up and watching the general proudly and guiltless stand behind his troops being slaughtered from both sides. "My sister deserved a better end than that."
"I'll handle Kureto, you go." Shinya interrupted. "That piece of garbage was controlling Guren and has the balls to shit all over his pride and I won't stand for it!"
"But general-" Mitsuba pleaded.
"I'm not a general anymore." Shinya said. "When you guys rescued me, I became a survivor and now I've come back for one purpose. To kill Kureto."
"That was your plan from the start, no?" Krul asked, now joining the conversation.
Shinya nodded his head. "Don't worry about me." He smiled. "I'll come back alive."
"That's because I'm coming with." Mitsuba declared. "It's just like you said, you're no longer a soldier; well neither am I! I'm coming to avenge Aoi's death and put that bastard in the ground where he belongs."
Shinya, ready to speak, closed his mouth, aware that Mitsuba had made up her mind and won't change it, no matter what he says.
"Alright." He agreed. "Kimizuki and Makoto, you two form up and take route A. Krul and Yoichi will take B. Be sure you guys reach their in half an hour or else Yu, Shinoa and Mika will surely be killed."
"Roger!" Kimizuki said as he and Makoto took off with Yoichi and Krul following behind.
The four all tossed their smoke grenades into the battlefield to cover themselves, as they saw Yu and Shinoa do with Mika leading the charge.
"Alright!" Kimizuki shouted. "Krul and Yoichi, get ahead of us now!"
Yoichi and Krul nodded their heads and began to run faster to get ahead of Kimizuki and Makoto. The two groups now getting close to the center of the battlefield, both knowing what will await them.
Just as they reached the center, the cannons from Kureto's side began to fire, causing multiple explosions to cover the entire area in front of them. Yoichi, quickly closed his eyes but was pushed by Krul to keep them open as they ran through the smoke. The two soon exited the smoke and found themselves near the door. Kimizuki and Makoto shortly joined them after as Krul pointed to a small sewer gate entrance.
"That's it." She said. "Get it open and fast!" She ordered, noticing soldiers coming at them from both sides.
Kimizuki and Makoto quickly ran over and began pulling on the door while Yoichi provided support. Meanwhile, Krul began to engage with the vampire troops, killing several before finding herself almost overwhelmed.
"Krul!" Yoichi shouted.
Suddenly, Mika appeared and killed the vampires surrounding Kurl while Yu and Shinoa took out the others coming for them.
"What are you doing?" Mika asked. "Get going!"
"Is that anyway a dog should talk to his master?" Krul asked, dusting herself off.
"For the love of…" Mika becoming annoyed before Krul kissed his cheek and took off.
Taken by surprise, Mika didn't know how to respond as more vampire soldiers arrived.
"Yu, surrender now!" Shinoa yelled. "Mika, get over here!"
"Huh?" Mika asked, snapping back to reality. "Oh, r-right!" He said rushing over to them and knocking them to the ground. He then proceeded to unarm both of them of their weapons, keeping Yu's sheathed behind his back and Shinoa's key in his pocket.
"Get up!" He ordered as the other vampires arrived.
"Don't move!" One ordered. "Who are you?" He demanded.
"Mika Hyakuya." Mika responded. "Lord Ferid's personal favorite."
"What are you doing with these two humans?" The vampire asked.
"Lord Ferid sent me on a mission to hunt these two down and bring them back alive." Mika replied. "Now let me through!" He ordered.
The vampire looked at him for a minute before nodding his head and motioning him to move inside.
"Cover him!" He yelled. "Special cargo entering in!"
Main Sewer Line
"Are they following us?" Kimizuki asked as he and the others ran through the sewage system.
"No, we're in the clear." Krul said as she slowed down before stopping. "Up ahead will be where the pipes split. Make sure to be careful walking through in case vampires are guarding this route." She warned before walking ahead of the rest of them.
"Hey, Yoichi," Narumi stopped the young man. "Is it just me or does she seem to be, I don't know, a little friendlier than she was a few minutes ago?"
"I'm not sure." Yoichi responded. "All I saw was how red her face was when she ran past me."
Narumi looked at Krul who was already further away from them. Kimizuki was close behind her before turning around and glancing at the two.
"Hurry up." He said. "We don't have time to dawdle."
"Right, coming." Yoichi said as he and Narumi hustled to catch up to Kimizuki and Krul.
"How much time do we have left?" Krul asked, still looking straight ahead.
Kimizuki pulled out his pocket watch and realized not much time had passed since they started.
"We have about 15 minutes to arrive there." He said. "To be honest I would like to get there as soon as possible so we're ready for sure."
"Well that won't happen." Krul said as she held up a hand to stop the rest of the group.
Everyone silently stood still as they could hear voices echoing throughout the tunnel. No doubt it was vampire guards patrolling the sewer system in case the enemy ever got in. Narumi slowly pulled out his trident but was stopped by Kimizuki as he looked over at Yoichi and nodded.
Yoichi quietly pulled out his bow and snuck his way down the system to where the voices were while Krul, Kimizuki and Narumi patiently waited.
Drawing an arrow, Yoichi took a few deep breathes before halting his breathing as he neared the voices in the tunnel. Just around the curve, he was leaning against, he spotted two vampires casually relaxing by the two open routes they would be required to take to complete their mission.
"No, I'm serious." One vampire laughed. "The little girl began crying after I drank her mommy dry. She was like 'Mommy no!'. "
"Ugh, you tell that same story over and over again, find a new one." The other sighed. "Jeez, we could be out there fighting but instead we're stuck in this shithole."
"Hey, better than possible getting killed out there; did you hear the sound of that cannon those humans are firing?"
"Doesn't make much difference." The second replied. "It's not like those humans will win."
Yoichi quietly took aim at the two vampires, hoping his presence wasn't revealed yet. After a few minutes of the two vampires still talking, Yoichi let his arrow fly, splitting it into multiple arrows as they soared through the tunnel and landed near their targets.
The first vampire immediately went down while the second one gladly dodged the attack and charged at Yoichi, now in clear view.
"Dumb humans! Big mistake!" He shouted. "Now I can really enjoy the battle!"
As he reached Yoichi, the vampire was about to swing his blade before Krul appeared before him and decapitated his head. Stunned by the events that just happened, the vampire didn't notice Narumi jabbing his trident into his body, causing him to disappear.
"Good job, Yoichi." Kimizuki said.
"Ah, I missed again." Yoichi scolded himself. "I always miss that second target!"
"Hey hey, now's not the time for self pity." Krul said as she pointed at the fork in the road. "Kimizuki and Makoto, take the one on the left; that's route A. Yoichi, we're going right; that's route B."
All three men nodded their heads as they went their separate ways. Kimizuki and Narumi taking one last look at Yoichi, giving him a nod while Yoichi gave them a thumbs up.
"Whatever happens, we'll protect our family. No matter what!" Kimizuki said.
"Right!" Narumi agreed.
"Yoichi, try not to die." Krul said.
"Hey you actually called me by my name." Yoichi happily said. "You be safe too!" He quickly said as Krul glared at him.
Outside Vampire Capital Gate
Mitsuba went flying and crashed into the abandoned vehicle as Kureto quickly rushed her, giving her no time to react. However, he was cut off shortly as Shinya fired several rifles rounds at him, forcing him to pull away.
The Lt. Gen. smirked at the sight of Mitsuba and Shinya, both exhausted and nearly beaten after fighting him for only a few minutes.
"I take it the others are with you then?" He asked. "Especially the Seraph of the End? After all, I'm going to need a new one." He said, looking over at the destroyed crate.
"Kureto, there is no way in hell we're going to give you Yu." Shinya said as he aimed his rifle at him.
"The only thing you'll be doing is lying dead in the ground and going straight to hell!" Mitsuba shouted as she stood up and lunged at Kureto.
Kureto gave a slight cough and before Mitsuba knew it, he was behind her. Shinya aimed down on his sights but couldn't fire a single round without hitting Mitsuba. Defenseless, Mitsuba anticipated the strike from behind as Kureto swung his sword.
"I'm sorry….everyone." Mitsuba spoke softly as Kureto's sword came down on her.
Sorry if this chapter may have felt short but I'm trying to save the good parts for other chapters. Trying to keep you all on your toes. Anyway, I hope you guys liked it. Please follow or favorite and review! See ya soon!