Good thing i'm updating now. My schedule is SO busy. So, enjoy!
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"D-Daisuke! Don't, please!"
"Shut up, Tenten." I stared into the scared boys' eyes. "They're only stray homeless children. They will not be missed."
"You don't know that- Don't, please Daisuke-" The boys in his arms started to cry as Daisuke threw them at my feet. "Don't worry. I won't let you get hurt." I felt a hand land on my shoulder as Haru glared at me.
"Move aside."
"No, Haru. I will not allow you to take innocent lives! You're not like this!"
"You really know nothing about me." Haru looked at Daisuke. "Don't make me mad.." He growled at me. I still held the boys in my arms as he stomped his foot hard on the ground. I felt the ground shake. "Let go!"
"Really, Tenten.." Daisuke walked over and yanked me away and held me tight in his embrace. "You don't have to watch it."
"Shut up! I don't even want to hear it!" I cried as I tried to push him. Before I knew it, I covered my ears and buried my face into his chest to hide the horrid sounds. I could feel Daisuke laughing, his chest rumbling.
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"Run." Haru clenched his fists and the boys. "Let me enjoy this." They didn't move, but huddled closer together. "I said run!" I could hear the boys' screams, and I could feel how Haru enjoyed the large massacre. When I pulled away from Daisuke, there was blood all over. I didn't even see bodies anymore. His face was even more terrified looking than before.
"Don't worry. He tossed the bodies out the window. There was one more boy left- he was staggering about as I ran to him. I pulled the bloody body into my arms as Haru walked over and opened his hand.
"Give him to me." His face was covered with their blood- Dripping down his eyes, dripping from the corner of his lips. He looked like a monster.. A real, monster. He lost his temper again. "I said give him to me!"
"No, Haru!" I yelled at him. He made this twisted look on his face. "I know you, Haru! You- You wouldn't do this. You would never do something like this! .. Taking away the lives of innocent boys.. Just to make yourself stronger- Please, stop!" Daisuke pulled me away from the boy as he started to cry. "No, stop it, stop it!" Haru wouldn't stop through reasoning I was sure- "Haru-"
"Like you could tell me what to do." He moved his fist to run through the young boy when I screamed.
"You monster!" Haru stopped in his track and pulled away.
"Let him go." He mumbled to Daisuke and shoved the shaking kid towards him. "Put him back on the street. He's not worth it." Haru licked at the blood covering his hand. It surprised me that he would spare the child. I thought he had changed right there, but all he did was smirk and bare his fangs. "It was fun. I enjoyed it.." That smirk of his was no joke. I could tell he was serious. Daisuke pulled the boy by his hair and dragged him out of the room.
"Why'd you stop?" Haru didn't respond. "Haru."
"He wasn't worth it, I told you. He was the only one who didn't run. The only one who cried. It made me feel disgusted."
"You should. You just slaughtered innocent boys for your own fun! If you think saving one life is okay, then you're even more disgusting."
"Not for fun. I was testing myself. I'm still not strong enough." He looked at his hands.
"Y-You're really only 3-"
"Why do the years matter?" Haru asked. "I'm physically not a 3 year old. My mentality if not that of a 3 year old. What part of me reminds you of a 3 year old, mother?" He asked me. I stumbled over to him, my knees buckling due to the amount of blood everywhere.
"Nothing really. Just my memories. Just those years ago, you were sill cradled in my arms. And now.. You're on your own." I dabbed below his eye and below his mouth, soaking the blood. "I really love you, Haru. Please don't do this again."
"How else will I get stronger?"
"Is that all you care about?" I put both my hands on his shoulder. "Your decisions are hurting me, Haru. I.. I love you, no matter what. But, everything you've been doing has been making it very, very hard for me to just keep on.. Loving you like I do. You really remind of Neji, Haru.. So much.."
"Save it." He mumbled. "I won't use real people anymore." Haru shut his eyes and went silent. ".. They're not even looking for you."
"What?"
"The others.. They're not trying to find you, or save you."
"I don't need saving right now. The one who needs saving is you, Haru."
"What do you mean by that?" His eyes narrowed. It hurt me to say this.
"You have lost all humanity, your entire soul.. It's gone. And it's all because of Daisuke that this is happening to you. You were young, innocent, and now you're power-hungry. All for the wrong reasons. You want power for yourself, not for revenge or any of that sort."
"And why is that wrong? Why is it wrong to have power?!" He shouted at me. I was about to answer when Daisuke opened the door and walked in.
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"Is there a problem?" I quickly shook my head.
"No." I put my hand on Haru's shoulder and smiled. "Please get some rest." He paused and crossed his arms.
"Yes, mother." Before I could say anything more, I was overwhelmed by him saying yes to me. He walked past me, but just as he did, Haru placed a hand on my arm. "You too get some rest.." He whispered so quietly, even Daisuke didn't hear. "I'm going to take a break." He muttered to Daisuke.
"And just how long to you plan to stay away from training? You'll never become strong if you keep taking breaks like that." Haru merely smirked and shut his eyes. He stood still next to Daisuke for a good minute or so until he spoke again.
"Give me an hour. Within that hour I will rest, and when I come back here, I hope there'll be new punching bags and dummies for me to tear them apart- limb by limb once again."
"Damn you, Daisuke.."
"You will heed this warning once, and only once. I don't want you coming back to this room until I say so. Lately. He has been becoming attached to you. And I won't allow you to teach him how to be civilized and change him back to being the weak and innocent boy he once was."
"So much time has past, the innocent and weak in him has already vanished. If you tell me to stay away from him, then I will. I won't argue with you, Daisuke. But damn you.. Damn you, Daisuke for making him be this way. Damn you for everything you've done to us." He laughed.
"Just stay away from him. You're becoming the bad influence."
"He's already got all the bad influence from you." I crossed my arms and walked away.
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Months past, and this would be about Haru's 4th or 5th birthday. I was losing count. Maybe it was his 6th. At any rate, he probably looked like a 13 year old now.. According to Daisuke's descriptions. I wasn't allowed to see Haru anymore anyways. Like he was growing more physically than mentally. I didn't understand why he grew so fast.. I was for sure certain that even as a vampire child, he wouldn't be able to grow so fast.
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I found out a month before, that I was.. Pregnant. That I was actually pregnant with Daisuke's child.
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"Are you thirsty?" Daisuke asked me as he stroked my hair gently. I turned away. "I know you want to see Haru, but it's best to not bother him."
"No." I retorted coldly. "Like I have a choice.." He stroked my hair again and brought his face to mine. I heard a loud metal clang from across the hall- Haru's training room.
"SHIT." I heard a curse from here. I sprung up and ran to the room. "Shit, shit!" I heard Haru curse over and over.
"Haru!" I called. It immediately grew silent in there as Daisuke walked over. "Open the door. Open this damn door!"
"I'm afraid I can't let you in." I grabbed his collar. If he still planned on walking around with 2 legs he'd better tell me. "You know I can't. If I do, he'll stop training.. He already thinks too much about you."
"Bullshit. Open this door!" I shook him with so much force that I merely reached over and grabbed the lock in my hands. The lock felt so light in my hands, but it was rock hard. I clenched my fists tightly and gritted my teeth. "I said open the door now." I felt his hand cover mine as he tightened it around mine. Before I knew it, the lock had shattered in my hands. Daisuke was slowly giving in to all my demands- for some reason, I couldn't help but to feel as if he did it for his own benefit. So that I could carry his child.
"Fine. You can only stay in for a few minutes.." Daisuke was right. Since when did Haru swear anyways. I ran into the room and flung myself at his feet. He had.. Grown. A lot.
"H-Haru?!" He was wicked tall. "You're supposed to be 5.."
".. Five years old my ass." My lower eye twitched slightly. "Why are you here?" I watched him as he brought his bloody hand to his lips.
"B-Because I heard you shout." I rubbed my hand gently. I stood as he for sure surpassed me height wise. He was at least an inch taller than me. "I don't understand how you can grow so fast. It's been 5 years. You look at least 14 or 16 now.." I whispered. My eyes didn't move from his hand. The blood dripped to the floor, and it seemed like Haru didn't even care.
"Who gives a crap?" I grabbed his bloody hand and glared at him.
"I do. You can't keep doing what you're doing right now.." I looked at the weapons he had used. He had knives jabbing out of the walls. The place was a mess. I brought my lips to his hand.
"Don't touch me. You traitor." He snatched his hand away from me. What? Me, the traitor?
"Don't you say that." I glared at him.
"I just did."
"You're gaining power and trying to do things you shouldn't be doing! You shouldn't be training to get more powerful. You should be trying to find a way for us to escape together."
"That's the most ridiculous idea I've ever heard of." He crossed his arms. "I'm not leaving. And nor should you. How far would you get, mother?" He pointed his bloody hand at my stomach. I felt the urge to cry but I held it in for his sake.
"There was never a thing called innocence for me." Haru responded as I grabbed his hand. I heard him cringe but I held on tightly and brought his hand to my lips again. I started to lick away the blood, the warm fluid oozing down my throat. The way it traveled down my throat.. It tasted sweet. He pulled away again roughly and wiped his hand against his pants. "I'm not leaving. Not until I get stronger."
"You're the strongest. Haru, you're the strongest.." I grabbed his shirt. "You're all I have.." Sobbing sounds emitted from my throat as I cried loudly. "Oh god, what has happened to you.. I love you. Why are you doing this? Why are you hurting yourself?" There was no response. "Haru.. You don't have to do this.. Strength isn't all that- you've lost your soul and everything." I let it all out. "I-I guess it's partially my fault. O-Oh.." I quivered as I covered my eyes with my arm. "I-I don't want to carry his child. B-But I'll lose you and everyone if I don't.."
"That's-"
"He promised to give me blood as long as I continue to-" He grabbed my shoulder as I kept crying. "I'm so weak, Haru. I can't carry his child. I really can't! After all this time, I still love Neji. I still love him so much. I can't.. I can't get over him. And whenever I see you- I just.. I see him so much in you. It makes me feel so alone. Completely alone!"
"I.."
"..You're power hungry, and you just can't-" He shook my shoulders again.
"Stop, stop!" He shouted. I was surprised Daisuke didn't come in. My eyes widened as the tears slipped down. I looked at his worn out face. He had small bags underneath his eyes, and he looked so much like Neji right there I cried again. "I'm getting stronger.. And more power hunger.. You're right."
"Haru-"
"I don't deserve your love. I'm exactly like Daisuke.." He looked at me as my breathing grew shallow. He ran his hands through his short spiky hair. "I see no resemblance of father in me."
"I-I didn't mean it like that. I see-"
"You had a choice, damn it. You had a choice to come drink from me, or him. You knew the consequences."
"I didn't want to drink from you!" I shouted back at him. "Why would I do that to my own son? The last thing I want is to hurt you." Haru didn't say anything.
"You're a fool." I opened my mouth to deny. "I'm done with this. You're really starting to annoy me."
"Why don't you want to leave?" I grabbed my arms and stared at him. "Don't you know what he plans to-"
"I know I'm being used." Haru grumbled. "You don't need to tell me."
"He plans to use you to kill me! And then he's going to hope you kill yourself."
"As if." Haru responded coldly.
"If you know what he plans to do with you, why are you still so loyal to him?"
"I'm loyal to nobody. There's no one I will trust."
"You.. You can trust me, Haru. I'm here. And I-"
"Save it. I wouldn't confide in you even if you were the last person left." Every time he spoke, it felt like a stab to my chest. I heard him scoff as he picked up the bloody knife. He played with it in his hands and whispered quietly. The mood on the room suddenly changed when he asked: "Would you do anything to protect the ones you love? Go to any extent? Become the things they hate most? Become utterly repulsive? All for love?" The way he spoke reminded me of Neji..
"Haru-" I watched him slit his top of the finger gently.
"The pain you see here is nothing. It doesn't hurt. You didn't need to run to my aid." I saw his gaze travel from the blood dripping to the floor to the open window. He stood and stared out the window for a good minute. "I'm a disappointment, I know. I'm not the great Neji Hyuga's son you wanted me to be. I hate when you compare me to him. It really gets me worked up."
"I didn't mean to make you upset." I responded. Haru never once looked at me. A light breeze blew in from the open window, as the smell of blood and spring air fused. The musty scent tickled my nose as I shut my eyes tightly.
"Just go now." His voice was less strained, and he seemed more calm. I rubbed my eyes and turned to leave.
"Just.. Why did you ask me that question earlier?"
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"Would you do anything to protect the ones you love? Go to any extent? Become the things they hate most? Become utterly repulsive?.."
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"Haru, I would do anything to protect the ones I love.. Go to any extent. But, to become the things they hate the most- I wouldn't be able to do that. If I wanted to protect them, why would I become something they hated?"
"Your answer is based off of experience with Neji, isn't it?" Haru clenched his fist around the knife, as more blood pooled at his feet. The room suddenly grew cold.
"Stop hurting yourself.. Please." I mumbled. "It's not based off of him alone.. You too, Haru. I really would have killed myself a long time ago if I didn't know that I needed to still be here for you. I went to the extent to carry Daisuke's child out of my own selfishness, to stay alive, to be with you, and the thought always flew to my mind, that- if I was gone, would you still need me?"
".. Why would I need you? I'm strong enough to protect myself." He changed the topic. "Daisuke told me that you were.. A mortal at one time. A human. That changed the whole perspective of you." I gulped and rubbed my arm. "Tell me it's not true."
"I can't." I shook my head. "I was a human. Your father was the vampire, and when we met, we fell in love."
"So you had a choice to become a vampire or not." I heard a loud crack, and I realized that Haru had broken the knife in half with just the clutch of his fists. I watched him as he dropped the two pieces. I barely heard the clang sound it made on the ground for it was cushioned by his pool of blood. "Mother, you were a human."
"I was. But I chose to become a vampire for your father's sake. He was fighting.. and became severely injured. I have special healing powers, Haru.. And he bit me in order to take those powers to heal himself. I became the thing I hated the most. I never dreamed of becoming a vampire to tell you the truth. I despised every single one of them. But, I would to be the most selfish person ever to choose my humanity over saving the one I love. So I went to the full extent to become this, the thing I hated the most, to save Neji." Haru couldn't say anything. He was in complete shock I could say.
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"I would put my life on the line for you also." I whispered to Haru.
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"No. I wouldn't allow it. I'd rather die then have you save me. Having you save me would just show how weak I would be, having to have my life saved by an ex-human.. Just how weak do you think I am? I have more power than Neji, and more power than you will ever experience..." He spoke coldly. I couldn't find what to say next.
"This world doesn't revolve around power. You may very well be in this teenage body, but if you think that power will make you happy, and make the people who love you happy, then your immaturity level is just right. Use all the swears you want, but you will be the same until you decide to change that attitude of yours." I reached for my sleeve and ripped it up into a long strip.
"What do you still want with me?"
"You may hate me, but.. It won't stop me from taking care of you, from loving you." I took the strip and wrapped it around his hand and pressed my lips gently to his wound. "Stay safe." Without saying anything more, I walked to the door.
"Wait-" I looked at him and faked a smile. It pained me to part from him again, but it pained me even more to hear him speak.
"Yeah?"
"What if I told you that he might not actually be gone? What if father might actually still be alive?" My heart skipped a beat for a second as my entire body froze. How could that be possible? For all these years, why hadn't he come back to get me. "I know what you're thinking." Haru whispered.
"Why do you think that?" I blinked multiple times to keep the tears from flying out. He shrugged.
"Why not." -Was his answer. I turned to walk away when I felt his arms around me.
"What do you think you're-"
"I'm.. thirsty.." I heard him murmur as I felt him drag his teeth up my neck. I pushed my hair aside. His teeth grazed my neck and I felt his teeth poking me.
"I haven't been able to do much to help you, Haru.. So at least I can satisfy your thirst." His sharp teeth didn't hesitate to pierce my neck. I couldn't remember the last time my neck was bitten so I let out a gasp. His teeth were sharper than Neji's, they seemed longer, and Neji's gentleness was not there. Haru greedily drank from me and I felt myself slowly start to lose conscious.
"He was right. Your blood does taste good." Haru whispered as I felt him draw his teeth away. Right before his eyes, I felt my skin start to close up, and heal. I couldn't say much- my vision was all blurry and my knees started to weaken. My eyes began to shut when Haru smirked. "You're so weak. I didn't even drink that much blood from you, and you're already losing it." I wanted to punch him, but I fainted before I could do anything.
Surprisingly he didn't let me fall. I gently fell into his arms as he kneeled with me in his arms. Haru gave my arm a tight squeeze and sighed. Haru picked me up and walked to the door, opening it slowly, to see that Daisuke was no where in sight. He walked across the hall and brought me to the room. With ease, he put me on the bed and stared.
"So weak." He mumbled and continued to stare at me. His hand started shaking when he brought it close to my face and gently stroked it. "You really must be blind and stupid, to not see what I'm.. You're really stupid, completely stupid." Haru whispered. He brushed my hair back and apologized. "I can't leave here with you."
He stood and glared at me. "Damn you for being weak." He muttered one last time and left the room. He came face to face with Daisuke, and his face didn't even show any emotions. It was clear that Daisuke was angry.
"What happened? Just what are you doing here? I went to the room and you were gone." He snarled.
"She fainted. You don't suppose that I'd leave her there."
"Don't tell me that you're showing feelings after all these years." Daisuke mumbled loudly through his gritted teeth. His eyes trailed down Haru until he saw his bloody bandaged hand. "Did she do that?" Haru ignored it.
"Feelings are for weaklings." Haru retorted and raised his head high. "They're not needed in life."
"Then why didn't you let your mother fall? Instead you brought her to her room. It's so unlike you, Haru."
"I was thinking about you. If she fell and injured the child in her stomach, just how much longer would you have to wait to have a son? Hm?" Haru raised one of his eyebrows. Daisuke went quiet. "Thought so." Haru pushed himself through and walked out.. Daisuke slammed his hand on Haru's shoulder.
"Don't make me catch you leave that room ever again." Haru didn't say anything.
"Who are you to tell me what to do? Touch me again and I'll rip off your hand." Haru spun around and glared at Daisuke. "Maybe that would be for the best. Touch me again. I'll be sure to rid of both of them for you." He grinned evilly as chills ran up Daisuke's spine. "Well, Daisuke?" He removed his hand quickly.
"Don't you raise your voice against me. As I told you when you were a child. You are nothing but a weapon to me, not a nephew- but merely a weapon. Do you understand? You are to gain powers and work for me, work under me. You hear that? You are not to speak out against me. And you are not to speak to your mother again. Is that clear? Otherwise there will be some problems."
"Then let there be problems." Daisuke growled and was about to speak when Haru punched the wall. It created a loud echo sound through the whole place and then the wall gave in. It broke in the middle and allowed Haru's fist to reach the other side to meet right next to Daisuke's ear. "Next time I won't miss. Don't you remember what you wanted from me long ago?"
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"Do not care for nobody but yourself. You can't trust anyone else, not even me. You are forbidden to have feelings. You will stay here and get stronger and stronger. Never will you show any weak traits. There will be no failure or faults in you. Haru Hyuga, you are a weapon for me to use alone."
"You.. Want me to be stronger?" Haru looked up at Daisuke as he put his hand on his shoulder. "Daisuke?"
"Not only stronger. I want you to become the one thing your mother hates the most."
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"I want you to become a monster. A merciless monster. Do you understand me? Power hungry, blood lust, and everything. I want you to become a monster and fight for your existence. Your father died because he was weak. Do you want to die?"
"No-"
"Do you want to die?!" He shouted.
"NO!" Haru grabbed his head. "Stop! I don't want to die!"
"Good. Then fight for yourself. Become a monster. And I promise you, you will never have to suffer a death so tragic like your father, Neji.. Do you understand, Haru?" He whimpered quietly and nodded.
"Y-Yes. I won't disobey you. I promise."
"Become the blood and power hungry monster your mother hates."
"Yes."
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"You… really are a monster, Haru." Daisuke's angry frown turned into a scary smirk.
"Good. Then it looks like I'm living up to your expectations." Haru crushed the rocks in his hands and let the sand fall to the floor. "If you ever question what I do, I'll make sure it's your head that's crushed in my fists." He walked out without Daisuke saying a word.
He's strong.. Daisuke thought as he watched Haru head back to the room.
"One more thing." Haru added before he walked in. He turned slowly and looked at Daisuke. "Daisuke."
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"Just how long are you going to keep lying to everyone about my father's death?"
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A/N: yeah... that's it for this chapt. i'll let you guys guess what's going to happen next. :)