Eramis8: Just you wait until later with her… there is certainly some interesting stuff with her… :)

Thankyou (Guest): The pleasure is all mine. I'm just glad to see that others like the pairing as well. Enjoy the next chapter!

Chapter 6

There weren't many things that Mika knew about Krul so far. There was one thing that he and Krul had in common though, they both hated Ferid.

The topic had come up a few hours after she had come into his room the next day; she had brought food but Mika chose to ignore this in favor of the water instead. Although he didn't want this life, she had told him that it was his now. She had started by helping him complete his map a bit. Mika was relieved that she thought it was actually a good thing to make so that he didn't get lost.

At least one person believes me…

She had explained how the guards changed positions each three hours so that the ones who had been on duty could be relieved for the rest of the day. Most of the vampires that lived here each took turns on guard duty, not that it was a really strenuous job. During this time, one of said guards had informed her that Ferid was here to talk to her, which made her to walk to the door and tell him to get lost.

Mika found this highly amusing to say the least. She always seemed annoyed whenever Ferid was mentioned, not that Mika blamed her. He hated Ferid just as much. She huffed angrily as she sat down in her chair, which caused Mika to let out a little laugh. She looked at him curiously.

"Do you really hate him as much as I do?"

She scowled before looking back at the door, most likely with Ferid standing outside waiting for her to finish despite her curt reply.

"Maybe, if not more." He tilted his head to the side at this before looking down at the map and adding another corridor when she pointed there.

"Why?" She just shook her head at the question before saying,

"Put two horizontal lines here, where a door should be." He shrugged, complying with what she told him to do, figuring that she wasn't going to answer his question anytime soon.

Her reasons are her own, just like mine are…

"Hey Krul?" He began, causing her to look up from the completed map and over at him, her red eyes staring into his blue ones. She nodded, showing that he was allowed to continue.

"Um…" He stuttered, quickly realizing that for all the time he used to think about what he was going to ask, didn't really help with the actual asking part. Glancing down at his hands, he noticed the pencil still clutched tightly in his grip, most likely from nervousness.

The best way would probably be to show her, but…

He glanced back up at her, feeling his face heat up a bit as he did. Her gaze was curious, although he could tell how hard she was trying to mask it. Her head was tilted a bit towards the side, making her curiosity more evident in just that behavior alone. He glanced back down at the pencil again, trying to think of what to say.

Won't she get mad if I just keep destroying her property?

He almost laughed at the thought. Since when had he started thinking that all this stuff was hers?

Must just be from her constantly saying it, I guess…

"Well?" He glanced back up at that, seeing a slightly annoyed expression on her face. "What is it?"

At the question, he loosened his grip on the pencil, staring into her red eyes. Taking a deep breath, he glanced over at the wall that had the crack on it. Thankfully no one had noticed the slight destruction yet, but hopefully Krul wouldn't get too mad at the damage.

"You have to promise me you won't get mad." He stated and confusion set in on her face.

"About what?" Her eyes narrowed a bit after that, as if she had thought of something else. "What are you planning to do?"

Something about her tone almost made him stop, but he twisted his wrist and flung the pencil at the wall getting the same result as the last time it had happened. Pieces of wood scattered onto the floor and the crack spread out a bit further, as if the pressure caused it to begin to cave some more. He glanced up at her slightly surprised expression, feeling a bit of worry seep into him.

"Why can I do…" He gestured at the wall and shattered pencil before glancing back at her. "…that?"

She glanced over at him in confusion before back at the wall, standing up slowly before moving to inspect it.

"Make a crack in the wall? I thought humans were capable of at least that." Her joking tone was overshadowed by a bit of what sounded like… fear? He shook his head before watching her continue to inspect the wall.

She can't be afraid because there's nothing for her to be afraid of…

"No…" He trailed off before glancing down at the table uncertainly. "Why is my strength… different?"

He couldn't quite think of another way to phrase the question, his own confusion and slight fear taking hold. He felt her gaze on him so he glanced up, catching hers as she came towards him slightly.

"As I've said before…" She began, walking behind him and putting her hands on the back of his chair before moving instead to circle the table. "You've changed. You are no longer human, so of course your strength has increased."

His stomach tightened at her words, making him feel nausea rise in him. He glanced away from her gaze, back towards the crack in the wall.

"So…" He began, trying to focus on anything but the sick feeling he was getting. "How much… strength do I have? How much has it increased?"

He thought back to the information that he always used to tell Yu, mostly to try and stop him from doing anything stupid.

Vampires are at least seven times stronger than the average human…

He glanced over at her when she didn't answer for a while, seeing a small pout on her face.

"To tell you the truth… I don't really know." He stared at her, aghast.

How can a vampire not know their own strength, let alone that of someone they turned?!

"But… don't you know your own strength?! Wouldn't it be easy to gauge mine based on yours?" She held up her hand to silence him, causing him to freeze up a bit. Confusion was back on her face and she muttered to herself for a moment before speaking up.

"Of course I know my own strength but-." He cut her off again, slightly accidental of course, standing up from his chair to face her.

"Then why can't you-?" He was cut off when she moved and was suddenly close to his face, anger shining in her eyes. He flinched, falling backwards as he did so, landing on the ground a second later.

"You…" She started, pointing her finger at him before continuing. "…aren't completely turned! So how would I know what your strength would be!?"

He tried not to flinch again but failed, instead choosing to stare at the ground instead. He heard more angry muttering from Krul as she paced his room before he looked up in surprise when he heard the door slam shut. He sat on the floor for a moment more, wondering if she would come back, before slowly standing up and staring in confusion at where she had been.

I guess that's the end of today's talk…

He glanced back at the completed map before moving over towards the bed, lying down on the covers a moment later and closing his eyes.

Sorry for the delay again. School just can't seem to give me time to post anything. Either way, what did you all think of the chapter? This one is more of a slight filler but is still important to the events that happen in the story. Please let me know what you all thought!

Also updated: Grains of Sand: Yuichiro and Grains of Sand: Guren updating next month.

-AnimeWolfGirl16