Chapter 8: Change of DNA
Other than the teachers freaking out because I had left to go to the bathroom and never came back, school was boring as hell. Sachiel was absent. She probably wanted to stay home to make sure she wasn't losing her sanity. Zaira and I became closer than usual.
Gina must have noticed that because she frowned when I didn't sit next to her at lunch. It's hard, you know. When you have friends that don't know about your powers. I knew that Zaira accepted me so I just stuck close to her. During my science class I got so stressed that I flipped out and smashed my fist against the table. My science teacher shrieked and accused me of breaking school property. She sent me to the office. The school's counselor was staring at me.
"So, would you like to tell me why you broke the table?" He asked me.
I glared at him and snorted. Like he would understand the confusion that I felt. I remained quiet.
"I take that as a no," He said.
Well, what do you know? I found a smart shrink! He stared at me and sighed. He pulled out a piece of paper.
"Look, take this test. It gives me an idea of what your problem is," He told me.
Like I said, I was getting better at holding in my hysterical moments. At the time, I wanted to scream at him. My problem? You want to know what my problem is? No, you don't wanna know what my problem is because you'll never believe a fucking word I say! I took the damn test anyways. I gave it back after I was finished. After ten more minutes, he finally put the paper down and looked at me.
"I know what your issue is now." He seemed pleased with himself.
"Do share your opinion," I muttered. "Then I can get the hell out of here."
"You have a disorder called Avoidant. Do you know what it is?"
I could take a wild guess at it, genius! I just shook my head to humor him.
"You tend to avoid contact with people because you fear of rejection. You have symptoms of being extremely depressed and have very low self-confidence," He answered.
I twitched. I wanted to sink my teeth into him. Wait a second here. Sink my teeth? What the hell?
"I have to go," I whispered.
My voice was hoarse. Something is going on with me. I didn't even bother to explain why I had to leave. I just got up and left before I could kill him. I ran out. I panted. I felt like my body was changing. Pain built up in my muscles and stomach.
"Damn it," I growled at myself.
Kurama was gone so I couldn't go to him. Shaul was somewhere. I could go to the hospital, but I didn't know my way. I suddenly felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked up to see Ikatora. I opened my mouth to say help me, but couldn't get the words out. She seemed to understand my dilemma though. She just about carried me.
"Where are we going?" I asked. My voice was still croaky.
"To Melinda."
We arrived at the hospital in no time. I snarled at no one in particular. Melinda, a vampire with long blue hair and amber eyes, saw us first. She helped Ikatora drag me to the back of the hospital. They gently dropped me on a bed. My vision was getting blurry.
"Make her swallow this." I heard Melinda order Ikatora.
My sister opened my mouth and gave me something to drink. I don't know what it was, but it was juicy. My head plopped down on the soft pillow and I saw darkness.
---- An hour later—
I woke up with Ikatora at my side. She smiled at me when she realized that I was awake.
"What happened?" My voice was back to normal.
"Your body finally chose what DNA to use, and because of that, you needed to feed," Melinda answered. She came in carrying some medicine bottles.
"Feed? What do you mean?" I asked.
"When you first become a vampire or a werewolf you need to eat something. In your case, drink blood," Melinda replied. I blinked.
"So what am I now?"
"You're a pure blood with Lycan genes," Ikatora told me.
"I'm a werewolf?" I squeaked. They nodded.
"Does that mean I have to be aware of the moon phases at all times?"
"No. Lycans aren't controlled by the moon," Melinda said. "Just like vampires can go into the sunlight. Garlic, silver and crosses do not affect us, Kali."
Once again, people were reading my mind.
"Then when do I become full wolf?" I questioned.
"Lycans change into wolves when they feel threatened. Remind yourself that you need to drink blood at least once in two days," Melinda informed me. "If you don't, your hunger for blood will increase and you'll attack someone."
Melinda handed me four big bags of blood. My eyes broadened.
"Are you telling me that Ikatora gave me blood?" That was the juicy stuff. Oh, I'm not feeling so good anymore. I felt very green.
"You'll get used to it," Ikatora smiled softly. I think she was trying to encourage me.
"Not helping," I whimpered. Gross. I drank blood!
"You do know that this means your powers are going to kick in too, right?" Ikatora asked.
I gave her a horrified look. "You're shitting me!"
Ikatora shook her head. "Nope."
Now I definitely don't feel good. I saw black and my face met the floor. I groaned.
"You idiot! You're not supposed to pass out!" Ikatora snapped.
"Relax, Ikatora, she was only out for a few seconds," Melinda said.
Melinda gave me a soft look as if it was supposed to make me feel better.
"Walk her home, Ikatora. She won't be able to make it on her own," The vampire doctor ordered Ikatora.
My half sister picked me up. We left the hospital. I still had the bags of blood in my hands because Melinda told me to keep them. I opened my door. This is the second time that I come home early from school. Ikatora sat me on my couch.
"Now that we're here, I have something else to tell you," She said.
"I know it's going to be bad," I mumbled.
"Why do you think that?" She asked.
" 'Cause the other day I ran into a doppelganger, and I've been getting bad luck ever since."
"When did you see a doppelganger?" Ikatora locked my door.
"I just said the other day. Now what's your story?"
"My father has expelled me from vampire grounds. I have no place to stay," Ikatora stated.
"The day gets better and better. Why were you expelled?"
"I refused to follow his order," Ikatora smiled faintly. "He wanted me to kill you."
"What did you tell him?" I was glad that she was a rebellious one.
"To get off his ass and do it himself," She laughed. I snorted.
"You can stay here." I meant that. I wanted her to stay. She was my blood after all. Eww, I just mentioned blood. I groaned.
"What could possibly happen? Besides, you're supposed to be helping me anyways," I smirked. Damn. I shouldn't have said that. I just jinxed myself.
"You sure that Shaul wouldn't mind?" Ikatora sat herself next to me.
"Nah. If he can put up with me, then he can tolerate you."
That made her laugh. "Are you saying that you're horrible?"
"Almost."
"He'll be proud to know that you're a werewolf," She grinned. I tilted my head.
"Did you know that Zaira was an earth fairy?" I asked out of nowhere.
"No. She is?" She turned her head.
"We learn something new everyday," I muttered. "Guess what?"
"What? I hate guessing games."
"I hate them too, but guess what Sachiel is?" I grinned.
"She's a Nereid," She answered.
"How did you know that?"
"You're not the only one who heard about the prophecy."
We were quiet for a while after that. Later on, Shaul opened the door to find us asleep. Well, you can guess that he woke us up. We told him about our situation. As soon as he heard about my first drink of blood, he did a flip.
"OH MY GOD! MY BABY GIRL IS GROWING UP!" He yelled.
Ikatora laughed at him. I shook my head and stared up at the ceiling. I mouthed the words 'What did I do to deserve this?'
"SHE'S A LYCAN! MY BABY'S A LYCAN!" Shaul was overreacting. He hugged us so tightly I was turning blue from the lack of oxygen. I pushed him away.
"Are you trying to kill me?"
Ikatora couldn't stop laughing.
"I'm just so proud of you!" He was squealing with joy.
"Oh man," I whined and smacked my hand against my forehead.
---- At the Hospital ---
Melinda sighed. Her shift was just about done. It was midnight so darkness had covered the hospital. Asura waited for her at the door.
"So how did she take it?" Asura asked her friend.
"Better than I did," Melinda giggled. "Though, she did blow a fuse."
"You know, some of the doctors are starting to suspect us. They've noticed the missing blood in the bank. How are we going to explain it?" Asura was worried.
"I'll think of something."
"Well, you better do it quick 'cause they plan on ambushing you with questions tomorrow," Asura said. Melinda looked at her friend.
"Where do you think we'll find a bunch of fresh human blood that would cover the missing?" Melinda questioned her. Asura shrugged.
"You could always go hunting," Asura suggested. Melinda scowled.
"I will not hunt humans. It makes me feel like a murderer."
"Isn't that what you are though?" Asura asked.
"In a way, but that's besides the point."
"I take it that this was the reason that you were expelled from the vampire lands?" Asura chuckled. Melinda sighed. She hated it when Asura brought that memory up.
"Yes, I had refused to go hunting with them. They thought I went herbivore on them."
They stopped talking when they heard a clank on the floor.
"Is a patient out of their room?" Melinda inquired. Asura shrugged.
"We better go look then."
They followed the noise until it reached a small room, which would have been empty if it hadn't have been for the figure standing in the corner. It was too dark to see who it was.
"Hey, are you all right?" Melinda asked. Asura switched the light on. A girl with green long hair and emerald eyes grinned at them. She took out a glaive.
--- Down the hall ---
Hicora's ears perked up when she heard a familiar scream. It sounded just like Asura. She sighed. The damned bunny probably ran into another spider. She took her time walking down the hall. What she found didn't please her. Dark blood that looked black had spread onto the floor. She heard whimpering and lifted her head to see Melinda holding Asura in her arms. She ran to her.
"What happened?" Hicora asked. She checked on her rabbit friend. Asura was bleeding from her right side. There, she found a deep cut. Melinda was in no better shape.
"What happened?" Hicora repeated.
"An Angel," Melinda whispered. Hicora growled. Angels were known to attack vampires and demons. "She had a glaive with her."
There was only one angel that Hicora knew that had a glaive for a weapon. Gina of Storms.
--- Next day ---
I yawned. Math class was always a bore. The teacher kept nagging on about x squared y and so on. I lost interest a long time ago. My head turned to face Gina. She didn't look too happy. Her green hair was in a mess today, but the thing that got to me the most was that she smelled of blood. The scent of someone else lingered on her skin. Class finally ended. I poked my friend at her sides.
"Hey, how come you're so gloomy today?" I asked her. Gina gave me a small smile.
"I didn't really sleep much last night," She answered.
"Nightmares?"
"Somewhat."
"Why do you smell like blood?" I watched her twitch.
"You smell blood?" She turned to face me. Her face was suddenly grim.
"Uh.. yea? I think everyone else can smell it too," I said. She took my arm and dragged me to the bathroom. "Hey! Science starts soon and my teacher already has issues with me!"
"This blood that you smell. Only non-normal people can smell it."
"What the hell are you talking about?" I was confused.
"What does the blood smell like? Take a good whiff," She told me. So I did. It reminded me of the hospital. I frowned. I didn't want to be reminded of that place so soon.
"Have you been at the doctors' lately?"
I felt a hard punch hit me in the face. "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?"
"You're a fucking vampire!" She yelled at me.
"No I'm not! I'm a werewolf!" I blinked. Did I just say that out loud? Gina stared at me.
"I can't be friends with you anymore," Gina declared.
"Why? Just because I'm a Lycan that doesn't mean-" She cut me off with another hard punch in the gut. I groaned. Why was she attacking me?
"You don't understand. You are now my prey," She whispered, "Don't let me ever catch you hunting anyone or I'll kill you."
"What are you babbling about? Why would you kill me?"
"DON'T YOU GET IT? I'M A HUNTER! I WILL KILL YOU!" She started screaming.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY HUNTER?" I shouted back.
"WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DEFINE IT FOR YOU? DAMN IT, KALI!" She cried. She was crying. Wait, she's crying? The scent of salt water hit me.
"I'm part of the group that's supposed to assassinate you. Leave me alone, Kali. If Juno sees me with you, she'll kill you."
"Who the hell is Juno?" I managed to question.
"Ask Hicora. She'll know," Gina said.
She shoved me out of the bathroom. The bell rang. Great, now I have to go to the office again because I'm tardy.
"I HATE YOU DAMN DOPPELGANGERS!" I screamed.
I didn't bother going to the office. Screw that. I have to get answers. So, I did what my instinct told me to do. I ran to the hospital. Luckily, this time I knew where it was. I arrived there to see Hicora extremely pissed.
"What's going on?" I panted.
"Come with me," Hicora ordered.
I followed her to the back. It seems that the back of the hospital was becoming our meeting place. In a corner, there was Melinda holding an ice package to her head. Asura was on the bed with bandages covering her hips. I turned to Hicora for help. I was just way too confused.
"Gina, the Angel of Storms happened. She came in here and attacked them," Hicora explained. Did I hear her right?
"Angel?" I asked. Melinda nodded.
"Angels are sent to hunt down vampires, werewolves, and demons. Or other things that could possibly harm humans," Melinda replied.
"They work for Juno," Asura smiled as she saw me. She tried to sit up, but that wasn't working too well for her. Hicora gently pushed her back down.
"Who's Juno?" I was so clueless that it wasn't even funny.
"Wife of Enma and Mother of Koenma," Hicora twitched.
"Koenma? That's Kurama's boss isn't it?" Where was the fox when you needed him?
"Yes," They all answered in union.
"I am so confused." I sat down. I had a feeling that I would need to sit in order to hear this all out. Hicora chuckled.
"We all know that Kurama is a fox demon, right?" Melinda asked. I bobbed my head.
"He works for Koenma because it was a way for him to clean out his own record. You see Kurama was a thief back then. He didn't want to be sent to jail so Koenma decided on a different punishment. He and Hiei were given a choice. Either work for him or go to jail. We all know what they decided. Yusuke and Kuwabara are also part of the team. The four of them protect this planet from being under attacked by demons of Makai," Asura said.
"Right now, there's a tournament going on," I muttered, "That's why Kurama left."
"Exactly. That's why Juno sent out her angels. While the Spirit Detectives are in Makai, the angels will be watching over Earth," Hicora enlightened me. I frowned.
"But they attack anyone who they think is dangerous."
"Juno's Angels have always been prejudice. They don't exactly enjoy being in our company," Melinda informed me. "So be careful."
I grunted. "Gina already attacked me."
"That explains the dark eye and bruised stomach," Hicora snorted. I growled.
"It's not funny! Gina was my friend before I knew I was a Lycan!"
"Probably why she didn't kill you because she tried killing us," Asura grunted.
"Come here, I have healing powers." Melinda motioned me to come closer. I watched her hands glow blue. My eye twitched and the pain stopped.
"There, all better now." She sounded like a mother talking to her wounded child.
"Okay, what are we going to do about the missing blood?" Hicora brought up the forgotten subject. I raised my eyebrow.
"Missing blood?"
"The humans are starting to notice the blood that went missing from the bank. You know, the packages I gave you," Melinda said.
"I could give them back," I offered.
Hicora shook her head. "No, you're going to need those."
Asura sighed. "I'll do it."
"Do what?" I asked.
"I have the power of mind control. I'll just make them believe that we never had that much blood to begin with so we can get more," Asura smiled.
"But you haven't used it in a while." Melinda stared at her friend.
"Believe me, I can still pull off my magic," Asura grinned.
Did I ever mention that I make the weirdest friends? Ever since I moved here nothing has been the same. I summed up all of my problems. I have vampires who want me dead, I just turned into a werewolf, Ikatora had no place to stay, Sachiel must think I'm crazy, and now Gina hates my guts. I hate my life.
XXXXXXXXXXXSuntiger: I've changed a few things. For one, in my fiction, werewolves will only transform if they're with their pack or if they feel threatened by something. She's still partly vampire, but her lycan gene is more dominant. Gina is a part of the Juno's Angels group. Basically, they protect Earth when the S.D. isn't there. The Juno's Angels are very prejudice. They don't accept any of the 'dark' children. You could say that I'm poking fun at the stereotypes. Also, blood of mythological creatures can only be smelled by other mythological creatures. Meaning, that vampire blood can only be smelled by Angels, Lycans, or whatever. Humans can't smell it. That's why Gina freaked.
Celosia: Wow, you suck Sun. Look how man reviews you've gotten.
Shiva: Stop picking on the almighty Creator!
Solace: You're scaring the readers
Celosia: What the hell did I do?
Suntiger: Please ignore them. They've decided to leave Varia alone and pester me instead.
Celosia: Well, of course! You're so much funner!
Hecate: Celosia, the word 'funner' does not exist.
Celosia: Maybe not your computerized brain
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Celosia: I AM BEHAVING! SHUT UP YOU STUPID ALIEN!
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Suntiger: -twitches-
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Celosia: Did you make that up? There is no closet
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Shiva: Sunny! They won't stop yelling!
Suntiger: -has placed headphones over her ears-
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Celosia: Hey Sun! What does this appliance do?
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