Yuuki's Story (My Side Part I) 6- Blood
*Kairi's POV*
"Ok, which house are you two sleeping at tonight?" I smile. My boyfriend, a.k.a. my step brother, Kiro kisses my cheek.
"We're actually not at any house; we're at the training grounds. I have to clean up from the Chunin exams so Muro-kun is helping me. How about you and Kiro-kun, where are you two?" I laugh.
"We're at the park, swinging. Uchiha-sensei found me earlier and told me that the next missions we go on, you'll be in charge of. Since you're a Jounin now. I think we need to talk to the Kageru later. I'm not sure though, you'll have to ask Ushiiro-sensei." She laughs.
"Ok, you and Kiro-kun have fun. See you later Kairi-chan!" I put my radio back in my bag and start kissing Kiro-chan. He pulls away and gets on one knee.
"Kairi-chan, I have a question for you. It's very important." I nod. "Will you marry me? I've already gotten permission from Otou-sama and Oka-sama." I nod, unable to speak. I get out of the swing and hug him; we both fall to the ground. I find my voice.
"Yes! Of course! Why didn't you ask me sooner?" he smiles and kisses me again.
"Because I didn't want to rush it." I frown.
"Look man, you may have forever to have kids, but I have a timer on my shit! You really want to deprive me of having kids? Then we don't wait for stuff like this!" He laughs and we kiss.
*Muro's POV*
We walk into Yuuki-chan's house and find Kairi-san and Kiro-kun sitting on the couch. I immediately notice the ring on Kairi-san's finger. She gets up and attacks us both.
"You'll never guess what happened!" We both smile.
"Kiro-kun asked you to marry him (both of us at the same time)." She nods and smiles. Giddy girl, troublesome. Yuuki-chan jabs me in the ribs with her elbow. I bite my lip, I bit it too hard. My lip starts bleeding. Yuuki-chan wipes it off with her finger and puts her finger in her mouth. Her eyes start glowing. She runs to her room.
"I'll be back, congratulations Kairi-san." I run after her. The door is shut. I knock. "Go away!" I back away.
"No! I'm coming in Yuuki-chan!" I open the door, she's sitting in the corner, crying. Her eyes are still glowing. She sees me and hides her face.
"Don't look at me! Go away Muro-kun!"
*Yuuki's POV*
"No, I won't. I want to know what's wrong with you." Troublesome, he's persistent to the very end. The only person I can't win an argument against.
"Leave me alone! Unless you want to get hurt!" I have my face hidden, but I can hear him, he's walking towards me. My teeth hurt. The last time I even looked at blood was on our last mission through the desert. It's much worse this time. He touches the back of my head. "Don't touch me!" I pull away and move to another corner.
"What's wrong Yuuki-chan?" I shake my head. I can't tell him. I remember everything about my past, except my parent's names, including what I am. Half-vampire, half Demon. If I bite him, I don't know what will happen.
"I can't tell you." He sits down in front of me. I'm crying even more than before.
'Why not Yuuki-chan? You know you can tell me anything.' I shake my head.
"I can't!" He puts his hand on my arm. He's too close to my face. I pull away, but end up against the wall with nowhere to go. My face is uncovered now. I already know what he sees. The stripes of red have gotten longer and twisted around my neck and connected to the stripes on my arms. The moon on my forehead is also thicker. My eyes are glowing bright green. He grabs my chin before I can put my head back down.
"Tell me, please. I won't get mad." I close my eyes. If I don't tell him he'll get mad at me. If I tell him, he'll get hurt.
"I can't, I don't want you to get hurt." He frowns.
"Why would I get hurt?" I sigh.
'Because I'm a vampire. You're mad now aren't you?' He shakes his head.
"No, I could never be mad at you. Is that what's wrong with you? You saw my blood and it made you get like this?" I nod.
"I think I would have been okay if I hadn't licked my finger." He looks at me. 'Why aren't you running away? You're not scared?' He shakes his head.
"No, I'm not. Why should I be scared?" He moves his face closer to mine.
"Back away from me please. I don't think I can handle this." My teeth are clenched together. He moves his hair away from his neck and leans his head over.
"This is what you want right? And what you need?" I shake my head.
"No, I can't." I can't stop myself. I lean in and bite him, he moans softly. I pay attention to how much I take; I don't want to kill him. I stop and pull away. I wipe my mouth and press my hand against his neck, healing it. He smiles and passes out. Great I took too much blood from him. Not enough to kill him, just to make him weak. I pick him up and put him on the bed. "Thank you for understanding." I kiss his forehead.
*Kairi's POV*
What's wrong back there? Is Yuuki-chan mad at Muro-kun for some reason? Why were her eyes glowing? I hope they're okay. I stand up. Kiro-kun grabs my arm.
"Don't go back there. This is their problem to solve. Let's leave, I don't feel comfortable being here with them arguing like this." I nod and we leave the house. We go home.
*Yuuki's POV*
I walk into the living room to talk to Kairi-chan, but they already left. I shrug and go back to my room. I lie down next to Muro-kun and close my eyes.
"Yuuki-chan? What happened?" I lift my head at the sound of Muro-kun's voice. I look around; I'm not in my room. This must be a dream. I look for him. He's in front of me. He's bleeding heavily from a wound on his neck. I cover my mouth with my hands. My face is wet. I look at my hands they're covered in blood. Muro-kun collapses, I rush to his side. I see the wound on his neck. A gash. From a kunai! I look around for the killer and see Ushiiro-oniisama fighting an invisible enemy. I get up to go help him. I get to him and am almost stabbed by a sword, or whatever just went through Ushiiro-oniisama. I scream. Blood is everywhere! My vision is blurred; blood must have gotten in my eyes. I don't need them so I close my eyes. I see the world as though through tempered glass. Hazy but there. I turn around at the sound of a cry. Kairi-chan! I run to her and find that she has been stabbed in the heart. I scream.
*Muro's POV*
I wake up to Yuuki-chan screaming. I sit up and look for her. She's beside me. Asleep. I put a hand on her shoulder. She's cold, her skin is freezing cold! I shake her.
"Yuuki-chan! Yuuki-chan, wake up! Your dreaming, wake up!" Her eyes fly open. She sees me and her arms attack me. She's squeezing me.
"I'm so glad you're alive!" I struggle to get out of her death grip; she's too strong for me.
"What do you mean? Let go! You're hurting me!" She lets go and backs away from me.
"Sorry, Muro-kun. It was just a bad dream." It seems like more than that to me, but I don't pursue the topic. My throat is slightly sore; I touch the spot where I thought she bit me. There isn't anything there. She must have healed me. I'm hungry. I stand up, only to fall flat on my face. "Muro-kun! Are you alright?" I nod and pull myself off the floor.
I sit on the edge of the bed. "Are you sure you're alright Muro-kun?" I nod.
"Yeah, I'm fine, Yuuki-chan. Just a bit out of it. It'll pass." She nods and stares at my neck.
"Thank you, Muro-kun. I'm sure you don't want to see me again. I won't stop you." I turn around to face her.
"What? You think I want to leave? What crawled into your brain, Yuuki-chan?" She looks surprised.
"I nearly killed you earlier. I thought you would be scared silly after that." I laugh.
"I love you Yuuki-chan. Nothing can change that. And I knew you wouldn't kill me. You are worrying about nothing."
*Yuuki's POV*
"I guess you're right, Muro-kun. I'm just overreacting." He nods and tries to stand up again. I go to catch him. His heart is beating very slowly. There isn't enough blood in his body to support him for long without some sort of stimulation. My healing techniques are limited. The only thing to help him is what helped me before, blood. I shudder at the thought. I still push him onto the bed, pinning him down.
"What's wrong Yuuki-chan?" I shake my head and bite my wrist, making it bleed.
"Drink, it'll make you feel better." I hope. He nods and opens his mouth. I lay my arm over his mouth, he starts drinking. It's only to be expected that he would have the thirst after being bitten. "Muro-kun! Too much!" I try to pull my arm away, but he holds me in an iron grip. He can't control himself. "Muro-kun!" I black out.
*Muro's POV*
Yuuki-chan shouts at me, and then collapses. I let go of her arm.
"Yuuki?" I shake her shoulder. "Yuuki! Wake up!" She doesn't. I push her off of me and get up. I check her pulse, she doesn't have one. "Yuuki-chan! Please!" Her skin is getting cold. I drop to the floor and hold my head in my hands. I cry, for a long time, I don't know how long.
Finally, I feel a hand touch my head. I look up, she's alive! "Yuuki! I thought-." She touches my lips with her finger.
"Shush. I'm okay as you can see. You took too much. I'll be fine if I just rest. Were you crying?" I nod, unable to answer.
"Will I become a vampire, like you?" She nods.
"You already are. Your body's in shock. You haven't realized the change yet." She starts crying.
"What? What's wrong?" She looks at me. Pain filling her eyes.
"I'm sorry, Muro-kun. I didn't want to hurt you." She closes her eyes, I lay down beside her. I kiss her lightly.
"I love you so much that it wouldn't matter if you ripped me into a thousand pieces and burned me up. I would still forgive you." She smiles and falls asleep in my arms.
