"So, do you want to begin or what?" Michelle asked as the rain began to let up. They hadn't moved from when they last spoke, although she did stare at his claw more intimately now.

"Saya," he began, "and her twin sister, Diva, are the queen chiropterans. Through them, chiropterans exist."

"What are chiropterans?" she asked.

"They are beasts that live on blood," he said. "they are created from the blood of a queen coming into contact with a human. They are demon-like creatures with incredible abilities to heal and are very strong, but they have no minds of their own. There are three types of chiropteran-like beings. The highest power is the queen, they look and live like humans only with the exception they never age and have to consume blood to live. It is only from their blood any other type of chiropteran can exist. The second highest is the chevalier, like me. We are made when we drink the blood of a queen. Our strength and speed does not surpass a queen, but we have the ability to transform between looking like a human or chiropteran. And the lowest type of my species is the ordinary chiropteran. They always look like a demon and have no minds of their own, so they are bent on consuming blood in any way their brute strength can get it for them."

"But what about you?" she asked. "Do you consume blood?"

"No," he said. "chevaliers don't need to consume anything. We don't sleep, eat or consume blood, although we could if we wanted to, it's not necessary for survival."

"But wait," she replied, starting to walk closer. "you said there is another queen. Where is she if Saya's sleeping here?"

Hagi felt a slight pain in himself to remember the girl who had tormented him and Saya for so long.

"Her name was Diva," he said. "Saya killed her a few years ago in a battle that took place after Diva's final performance in New York City. You see, Diva was raised differently from Saya. She was taught hatred against humans and was the driving force towards a complete genocide of the human race. It had taken Saya and me over 100 years to finally kill her and her chevaliers."

"What? 100 years?"

"The story began in 1833 when Saya and Diva were found in cocoons on land in Iceland. As you know, they were separated at birth, Saya treated like a human and Diva treated like a dog. After Saya had grown up to her final age of about 16, I, at the age of 12, was brought to her to be her servant. Saya had taught me love and affection, even though I wasn't there to be her friend, we soon became close. When I was at the age of 25, Saya had found Diva's chamber and let her out to surprise Joel for his birthday."

"Who's Joel?"

"The man who Saya believed him to be her father, for he was the one to take care of her. Amshell was the one to take care of Diva."

"Okay, go on with the story," Michelle said, her eyes full of interest.

"After Saya let Diva out, she and I were on a picnic outside of the mansion. That was when Saya showed me lilies she wanted to give Joel for his birthday. I thought it was too dangerous for her to attempt getting them because they were growing on the edge of a cliff. In hindsight, it probably would have been easier for Saya to get them for even if she did fall, she wouldn't have died because of her healing abilities."

"Oh, God, Hagi," Michelle breathed. "Don't tell me... you..."

Hagi looked down and continued.

"I fell off of the cliff and split my skull."

His words made Michelle hold her mouth.

"I'm not sure what happened after that but Saya had given me her blood in a desperate attempt to save me. The next thing I knew, I was waking up as her chevalier. I found her minutes later at the mansion as it burned to the ground with corpses surrounding it."

"Oh my God," she breathed in horror.

"As Saya and I went on our quest to kill her, Diva created many chevaliers and chiropterans to hinder our chances of defeating her. Her first chevalier was Amshell. In her lifetime Diva created 5 more chevaliers."

"Wait - you keep talking like it's only you and Saya doing this. Why didn't anyone else help you?"

"Because it is only Saya who could kill Diva. You see, the only thing that can kill a chiropteran of any kind is the blood of another queen. One queen's blood kills the other and vice versa with chiropterans they create. Only the blood of one queen can kill a chiropteran created by another queen."

"So what happened?"

"In the end, Saya killed Diva and all of her chevaliers. The only chiropterans alive now are her, the babies, and me."

"The babies? Oh! The babies in the pub?"

"Are Diva's children. The man you met, Kai, is their uncle. What had happened was, Saya's adopted brother, Riku, whom Saya had turned into a chevalier at the last second, mated with Diva. After she had her way with him, Diva killed Riku, leaving Kai and Saya the only members of the family left."

"Wait, how did Kai and Riku get pulled into all of this?"

"Their father, George, was in charge of taking care of Saya after she woke up after the incident in Vietnam. He made her part of the family, and for the time it lasted, she thought she belonged here naturally."

"What incident in Vietnam?"

Hagi looked away painfully, then to his hand.

"Saya was asleep, but Diva had just woken up and was creating chiropterans to kill the soldiers during the Vietnam war. The military forced Saya awake and she snapped, killing everyone, chiropterans and innocent humans alike... She didn't even recognize me and..." he lifted his claw, making Michelle cringe. "Even though I never fully transform into chiropteran form, my hand is permanently like this because of her cutting it off with her blood."

"Oh no," she breathed, reaching to touch it. "But wait, I get the majority of the story, but why did Kai think you were dead?"

"After the final battle with Diva, Amshell came back after us. I used Saya's sword, already coated in her blood to take him down but at the last moment he impaled me with his claw, holding me there as the building collapsed on us. Saya and Kai got away with the babies, but I wasn't able to get out and back here until now."

Michelle gasped. "So, Saya went to sleep thinking you were dead?"

Hagi looked down painfully.

"When's she going to wake up? We have to let her know you're okay."

"In about 30 years," he said.

"Oh," Michelle said, looking down too. "So, you're over 100 years old?"

"Yes."

"How old?"

"Over 150 by a few years. I lost track a while ago."

"And Saya is older than you?"

"Yes."

"Wow... what an incredible life... You must really love her to stick by her still."

"Yes," Hagi said passionately. "she is my reason for being. She is everything to me."

Michelle nodded, dropping her umbrella, for the rain had stopped and the sun was coming up.

"Why did you tell me this?" she asked. "Why me?"

"You're my friend," he said simply. "I trust you."