Writer's Notes: This fanfic isn't really turning out how I had expected for it to in the beginning, when I was really excited about writing this.
But I'm glad people still like it. Thanks for all the support, everyone! :D
There's some relation to the Manga 'Chibi Vampire' or 'Karin' here. And a line from 'Vampire Knight'.
By the way—did I ever mention that Hotaru and Mikan do have Alices? -.-;; Mikan just has nullification here, No steal/copy Alice. Hotaru has the invention Alice, as usual.
Mikan was breathing heavily, her temperature rising, rising, rising.
Natsume carried her back to her room, as Hotaru went to her own room to bring some equipment.
The two boys sat in chair, while Hotaru injected a needle into the vampire's arms, extracting blood.
"…"
Everything was completely silent as Hotaru did this, until after a while, Ruka couldn't stand it anymore.
"…Why are you taking out so much blood?"
Hotaru glanced at him.
"…Mikan is a vampire, and so am I. You know that. But somehow, Mikan's family has several blood problems. Her mother can't take too much blood, because she'll get immense nosebleeds to release the blood since her body can't handle it. Her father has to take large amounts of bloods from humans because if he doesn't, he'll dry up and die. Mikan was born so that if she takes blood, she'll get these high fevers. And she's like her mother, is she takes too much, she'll have to release it by having immense nosebleeds, or by coughing it out."
"…Why didn't her parents get kicked out? And it isn't Sakura's fault that she can't drink blood! So why did you guys get kicked out?" Ruka asked, slightly aggravated.
"…Mikan's parents still drank blood. It was really her mother with the blood problem, because Mikan's father's situation only meant that he preyed more than others. But we were banned because we refused to take blood. Mikan's mom still needs blood to survive. She still preyed and drank human blood."
Hotaru finished extracting the blood, and cleaned up her equipment.
She placed a cool hand on Mikan's forehead, and smiled. Slightly. Just a little.
Ruka blushed. He had never really seen the purple-eyed vampire care for her friend so much. She hadn't smiled much before, either.
The ruby-eyed flame caster glanced at his friend and smirked.
"…I just want you guys to know…Mikan had many faces. Many forms." Hotaru said quietly. Natsume raised an eyebrow, as Ruka just titled his head to the side.
"By the way, Imai…what…are you going to do with that blood?" Natsume said, just out of curiosity.
"…"
A shadow covered her face.
"…Let's say I keep it for emergencies. And other times I just get rid of it."
"…"
The conscious vampire looked at the flame caster straight in the eye.
"…Did you know? By drinking a vampire's blood, you can become a vampire yourself."
"!!"
"Ho…ta…ru….what…a..re…you try...ing to…do…?"
Mikan's voice entered the conversation. Her fever had gone down but she didn't look too good. She looked a bit pale.
"…It's up to him. Whether he makes a good choice or one that will lead to misfortune."
"Unfortunately, he always makes the bad choice,"
"…!!"
Everyone turned to look at the doorway.
And there stood the familiar face of Katsuro Hyuuga.
Plastered on his face was a smirk. What his hand held was a gun.
A tool for hunting vampires.
"A nice time to catch two vampires, isn't it? Off-guard."
He raised the gun and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
Hotaru, having good reflexes, caught the bullet that was aimed for her.
"!"
But she dropped the bullet, and winced. Her hand was bleeding—her skin had been burnt open.
"Damn…that had hurt more than I can expected…but one of the upsides of being a vampire…"
The wound was healing quickly already.
"…Is fast healing."
"Ugh…"
Mikan tried to rise, as Natsume and Ruka tried to block the older vampire hunter's way.
"Are you going for betrayal? Both the Hyuugas and Nogis having been vampire hunters for longer than you could imagine."
"…Even if you decide to turn your back on us," Hotaru hissed dangerously, "We'll fight. With everything we have. Don't expect us to hold just because we know you."
"…Who said we had any intention to fight with you guys?" Natsume told her, lighting a fireball in his hands, whilst Ruka whistled, birds flocking to outside of the academy.
"Futile," Katsuro snarled, and fire.
Mikan's eyes widened. His shots were towards his own son and his best friend. She snapped her fingers without thinking, and the bullet bounced off of some sort of barrier, grazing the vampire hunter's arm.
"…Why…? I can finally use my Alice again…? After six years…"
She stood next to Hotaru and smiled.
"Looks like the Alice that I thought wouldn't activate again has come back. It's all thanks to Narumi for letting me stay in the Academy, to try and recover it…"
"But it's of no use, Pureblood…"
Shots were fired, and caught by both vampires. But while they were dealing with that, he shot his own son in the leg along with Ruka.
"Ugh!" The two boys kneeled on the ground, the pain was immense and blood was already seeping through their clothes.
"You even sacrifice your own son for this?!" Mikan yelled, infuriated.
"He's nothing but a sacrifice, the little kuro neko!!"
Hotaru narrowed her eyes.
"We're at a serious disadvantage…our Alice aren't useful for attacking, and we have no weapons…you're a coward, Katsuro Hyuuga! Not even a fair fight…"
"Who said I had to be fair to rid the world of you disgusting creatures?!" Katuro yelled, firing, firing, firing…Who knows what the bullets hit.
Who knows what they bounced off of.
But the only thing Mikan Sakura knew was that there had been too many shots for Hotaru to dodge. And that a few of the bullets had bounced off of something, hitting Natsume and Ruka, wounding them even more. Hotaru and Ruka were unconscious. Natsume was critically injured, the pain keeping him awake.
Blood was leaking everywhere.
Why wasn't anyone coming? This was the school dormitory!!
But then she remembered, she had fainted during school hours. Classes weren't over yet.
And while she was still in shock, Katsuro Hyuuga was right in front of her.
"This is the end, Mikan Sakura!"
Her eyes widened as she realized what was happening.
It seemed like everything happened in slow motion.
The vampire hunter's finger pulling the trigger…
Natsume screaming her name…
…
The smell of blood was intoxicating…
BAM!!
Was she shot? Was she shot?
Was everything over?
Was this…the end?
…
…Of course not.
"Haha…'it's futile.' That's what you said. But who confirmed that?"
Mikan's eyes were blood red,--redder than Natsume's-- her fangs larger than usual. Her red, leathery wings were outspread, somehow…different.
And the rest was like a movie. Or like a fairy tale.
The sky turned black. Instantly. The sun that brightened everything was covered in a black haze.
And then the moon appeared…
The color of scarlet blood. The reddest possible shade of red there was.
Screeching filled the air—the black haze was an enormous number of bats, flocking to help their master.
Natsume was still bleeding, his hand over one of his gunshot wounds. He stared at the girl before him, and remembered what Hotaru had said.
I just want you guys to know…Mikan had many faces. Many forms.
But it didn't seem like when Ume had appeared.
This time, it was more like she was possessed.
KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!
The bats screeched in unison, a deafening noise.
'Mikan's' nails grew longer. And it wasn't like it grew an inch, it grew about to a foot long. But it wasn't like a girl just forgot to trim her nails—it was a weapon. They were sharp like the blade of a knife.
Katsuro's eyes widened.
"You…"
"Haha! Long time no see, Katsuro! You've become a vampire hunter now, huh?" 'Mikan' laughed.
"…S-Sasami…" Katsuro whispered.
And for once, Natsume saw his father weaken.
"Please…Don't hate me!" the hunter begged.
Mikan, or rather Sasami, narrowed her eyes.
"Of course I do. I trusted you. But you killed me for that stupid pride of yours."
What…?
Now that Natsume thought about it, he remembered when he was little, when he and his father actually got along.
"Daddy, why don't I have a mommy?"
All he got in return was a brokenhearted look.
He tried to stand, or to attempt to get up, and the pain shot through him.
Sasami glanced at the injured boy.
"What have you done to him?" She hissed.
And somehow, Katsuro regained his confidence.
"I shot him," He replied, glaring at the vampire. "Do you have a problem?"
"Would you have shot him if I was the one that gave birth to him?!"
The random confidence he gained went down the toilet.
"If you weren't such a complete ass, Kana wouldn't have died! You knew she was weak, you knew that, and yet, you didn't give a damn!! It's all because of that stupid pride! Pride isn't everything, Katsuro!!"
"Who…are you…?" Natsume managed to get out weakly.
Sasami sat on the ledge of an open window in the room.
"Nice to meet you, Natsume Hyuuga. My name is Sasami Maria."
Katsuro raised his gun, his hand shaking.
"Pull the trigger if you dare, Katsuro. It's all futile. You've already killed me once, you can't kill me again."
Sasami Maria turned to Natsume.
"And yes, I am possessing Mikan-chan's body. Her mother and I were very good friends before…I died. Mikan-chan and Hotaru-chan and I were like sisters, the Sakura's and Imai's were the only one who treated me as a normal vampire."
"You aren't one, Sasami…You're immortal, you're the leader of vampires…" the vampire hunter told her, his voice shaking. He was still holding the gun.
"You got lucky that you shot me in the heart back then, you little bastard. Well? Aren't you going to shoot? Pull the trigger!!"
"…!!" So he did. But she merely lifted a finger, her nails cutting the bullet into a million little pieces.
"There's nothing you can do, Katsuro…" Sasami told him, and she lifted a finger, her nail just resting on his head.
And after a few seconds Natsume's father fainted. He body made a gentle thud as he fell.
"You're probably wondering what sort of connection I have with your father…" Sasami said, turning her full attention to Natsume.
"But you and your friend must get healed first…Hotaru will heal, she's a vampire after all…"
Her red eyes turned sad.
"Mikan will certainly hate me for this…but you'll die otherwise."
Natsume certainly wasn't feeling too good. Everything was becoming blurry, cold…
Sasami used her nail to slice Mikan's skin slightly—just enough so blood came out.
"…Open your mouth," Sasami told the boy, and he did so. What was she doing?
About three drops of blood fell into the fire-caster's mouth.
"…"
The vampire leader was silent as she did the same with Hotaru's arm, dripping the same amount of Hotaru's blood into Ruka's mouth.
"…Certain vampires have special abilities," Sasami told Natsume, sitting back on the ledge. "My ability is to transfer souls, or take control of another's body. Similar to the controlling Alice. But the host will be drained of energy, so I cannot stay here for long. I will come in my regular form sometime soon, to explain things to Mikan. And if you wish, I will tell you a bout Katsuro's past. I do apologize, I did erase his memory. But you guys can get to a fresh start this way, I suppose."
Natsume just stared blankly at the vampire.
"…Please deal with the pain. Goodbye."
And the brunette's body thudded to the ground, too.
At first, he didn't get the last part of what Sasami had said. He felt better, actually.
But no sooner has he thought that, he writhed in pain. It felt like his body was on fire, like his heart was going to break. Not like the romance sort of heartbreak, break as in break in half, burst into some bloody mess.
He could hear his heartbeat, and it felt like everything was chaining. His body structure, his blood—everything.
Huff…huff…
He closed his eyes, drifting to sleep.
And while he slept, you could see the two, longer teeth poking out of his mouth.
Fangs.
He was now a vampire.
Writer's end notes: I'm so sorry!
For several reasons:
1: Updating late
2:If it seems rushed or the chapter is really short
I was in a bit of a hurry to finish this chapter. XP
I have to get off the computer in five minutes literally, so I can't write much here.
I hope you enjoyed the chapter, if not, I'm really sorry.
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