Hi guys! Here's chapter 10 and once again thanks for sticking to the story for this far :) Please enjoy and review!

PS: Alice Nine and non of the bands/ j-rockers belong to me because I'm just too small for this, but someday, I promise you, I'll be big enough :)

Chapter 10

Don't be scared, mommy's here.

Crimson dripping crimson splatters crimson swallows crim-

Don't yell, trust mommy, my shinku toge.

My crimson thorn

My brain was completely disconnected; it screamed for me to move and get away, yet my limbs hung there motionlessly. It screamed to attack the thing behind me, and yet my fingers shook with fear as I felt my heart pounding violently in my chest. This feeling was the same as the one on the night everything was crimson…

The being trailed its ice cold fingers up my neck, removing strands of hair as the cold wind hit the now exposed skin. That wind must have really woke me up because I finally felt response in my hands as I managed to pull out a knife, lashing backwards at the mysterious being.

As if anticipating my attack, it moved with lightning speed, narrowly avoiding the tip of the knife as it sliced through air. Narrowing my eyes slightly, I bent backwards arching my back as if going into a bridge pose and threw senbons at the landing figure.

Catching two out of four needles, the being snarled menacingly at me as I regained my pose and braced myself for the next attack as it took a step towards me; I analytically observed the figure as it stepped into the light to reveal a brunette with grayish eyes. Giving me a sadistic smile, I glared at the man but was interrupted as something wrapped around my whole body. Looking down, I realized there was nothing but a shadow.

A shadow?

A shadow was wrapping around me?

Confused, I felt myself being pulled backwards as another figure appeared, most likely the creepy shadow that kept appearing in the flickering street light. I tried moving, but with each movement the shadow seemed to tighten around me as the second man approached.

He had honey blond hair and an INCREDIBLE jaw line. If I wasn't in some deep shit, I would have swooned like a crazy fangirl.

The brunette glided towards me, almost mockingly as he leaned in close and flicked me in the forehead, causing me to wince and glare only harder at the snickering male.

"You're fascinating, but annoying," the man growled the last part as he pulled out the weapons from his thigh and waved them in front of my face.

"Says the one who is scaring the crap out of random people," I retorted and instantly bit my tongue as I realized who I was talking to.

"Oh but I'm just protecting our territory from strangers," the grey-eyed man replied as he casually threw the senbons behind his back, eyes growing colder and colder as I stubbornly looked straight into his globes. Sensing that I wasn't going to cower in fear anytime soon, a twisted expression appeared on his inhumanly breathtaking features.

"Nao, what do you say, wanna bring dinner home now?" the male asked with a light tone as the other man smirked causing me to pale.

"As much as I want to, we can't; the ribbon Shou," the other male responded as he tugged at the fabric wrapped around my neck. If they know about this, they must me vampires too, I thought as I felt my hands trembled slightly.

"Kuso, and she smelled good, almost different," Shou whined as I felt the shadow let go of me. Preparing to run, I was once again stopped by Nao as he grabbed my shoulder harshly, giving me a hard glare.

"Do you think anyone will notice if we just took a bite?" the same man asked eagerly as the honey blond shrugged and deviously grinned, tightening his grip on my shoulder causing panic to rise in my chest. Grabbing my arm roughly, Shou jerked my head back revealing my neck as Nao nuzzled my back. Being rebellious, I pushed the man in front but was restrained at the back. How many vampires are there?

"If you touch someone's property without asking, they'll obviously get pissed off you know," another voice echoed around us as the two vampires narrowed their eyes towards the dark alleyway as the familiar tone caused my lips to quirk up into a faint and relieved smile.

"I believe you are trespassing, Kai," Nao hissed as Shou gnashed his teeth at the approaching figure, baring his fangs maliciously.

"I haven't crossed the borders yet," Kai replied calmly despite the murderous aura gushing out of him in huge waves, "but I promise you, if you bite her now, the moment you step outside your territory you'll be in deep shit." With that the brunette smiled his infamous smile cutely as the two males snickered.

"Okay, we'll let the girl go, but next time she wonders into our territory, she's our food," Shou smirked as he released me, causing me to stumble a bit.

"Can't believe you would choose those soul-suckers instead of us," the grey-eyed vampire said as he pushed me towards Kai. Soul-suckers? I whirled around and looked questioningly at Shou as he stared back before his eyes widened.

"What, don't tell me you didn't tell her," the said man laughed as Kai tugged at my shirt, signaling for us to leave.

"Tell me what?" I curiously glanced at Kai as he looked ready to kill someone, all the while maintaining the calm look on his beautiful face.

"That none of the GazettE's victims lasted more than three months," Nao jumped in as both howled with sadistic laughter. What?

"That's not the best part; they went berserk and killed themselves!" Shou added in between fits of laughter, holding onto Nao for support.

Completely ignoring the Alice Nine members, Kai grabbed my arm and walked away from them as I was filled with fear and anxiety. In minutes we arrived in front of the mansion, and seeing that the brunette was in a bad mood, he kicked the gates open and rushed inside.

The moment he released his grip on my arm, he let out a frustrated growl, pulled out a chair and sat down. Unused by this sort of action, I stared with slight fear at the man who was now lighting a cigarette as he seemed to calm down a bit after a puff.

"Kai," the sound of my voice made him snap his head towards my direction, as if surprised I was still here.

"Nani," the word sharply flew out of his mouth as he continued to smoke the cigarette, impatiently tapping his fingers on the table.

"What did Nao mean by victims," curiosity took the better of me as I let the words flow out, causing Kai to tense up.

"Nothing, he's just playing around," with that said, the brunette gave me his usual smile but it wasn't even reassuring at all, making me want to know more. Seeing that I wasn't convinced with his answer, the man bit his lip, gnawing slightly on it before taking another puff out of his cigarette. Standing up, the said male approached me and hugged me to his chest, his hand caressing my head as his fingers got tangled into my locks.

"You shouldn't need to know this," the man's whisper floated hauntingly around me as I instantly felt uneasy, struggling away from his comforting embrace.

"A-ano, Kai, what do you mea-….n…." my mind suddenly went blank as I saw only the color white in front of me, completely forgetting about… What was I forgetting about?

I looked up as Kai pinched my cheek, releasing his embrace on me. "Neko-chan, was there anything you wanted to ask me?" the man looked at me hopefully, as I raked through my brain trying to remember what I wanted to ask him. "Nothing," I replied even though deep down I knew I was lying to myself, but the problem is that I could remember nothing.

Nothing

I wanted to ask something and it was…. Nothing

What happened before we arrived at this mansion?

Nothing…

"Neko," a velvety voice called out my name as I ran out of the bathroom, annoyed since I was going to take a shower.

"Hai Aoi-sama," I managed to get the words out through gritted teeth as the raven-head looked innocently at me, cocking his head to the side.

"Will you please go down and get me a beer?" Looking at him, then the clock and back at him, I quirked my eyebrow with a seriously-wtf-man expression scribbled on my face.

"Really, at 10pm, you want a beer," I deadpanned as Aoi looked confused at me.

"What?" sighing I rushed downstairs, almost tripping and finally arrived in front of the fridge. Opening it, I rummaged through the beers and tapped my chin impatiently before randomly taking an Asahi Super Dry, just for the heck of it. Closing the fridge I began to walk towards the staircase before an AMAZING idea popped into my mind. For revenge for making me Aoi's slave, I'll bring my master a little surprise.

Giggling like a mad woman and creeping out Uruha and Reita in the living room, I shook the can, kicked it and basically threw it around until I was sure it would explode in the raven-head's face.

"…Nako, what are you doing," a strained voice questioned me as I turned around, foot in midair as I was about to give the can one last kick.

"Etto Ruki, ehe… just was practicing my soccer skills?" I laughed nervously as the blue eyed vampire looked oddly at me and then the can of beer before walking away, probably thinking I was some kind of dumbass. Oh well, sacrifices must be made.

Finally satisfied, I ran up stairs and knocked lightly on Aoi's door. "May I come in sir?" I angelically asked as I curtsied before the raven head, giving him a dazzling smile as he cocked an eyebrow.

"Who the fuck are you?" Aoi demanded as I rolled my eyes and handed him the can of beer as he still eyed me with suspicion. "Oh come on, it's not like I poisoned it," I exclaimed as I thought to myself, I did something better than poison it. Leaving Aoi there with a doubtful look on his face, I skipped into the bathroom and began to strip off my clothes to prepare myself for a nice shower.

Staring at the door where the girl just stood, Aoi's instincts told him NOT to drink the can of beer, but his thirst overpowered him. As he opened the can eagerly, his handsome features were drowned in the golden liquid, dripping down his face.

Deathly silence filled the room with only the beer itself making plop plop noise, as the guitarist sat still with his eyes closed, trying to control his breathing.

"…. Shouldn't have trusted her," the man growled as he squashed the poor can in his hand with ease, making it look like a deformed piece of metal before rushing out of the room into the bathroom. For what, we don't know, probably to get revenge on a certain neko…

Choosing a dark grey towel, I wrapped it around myself and hummed Zombie by Natalia Kills. Gawd she is an amazing singer, but before I could go on a rant about this amazing person, the door busted open as an angry Aoi rushed, all wet with the scent of alcohol on him.

"LOL WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?" I burst out laughing as the male took a step towards me, only causing me to burst out into fits of giggles.

"You are so asking for it woman," the said male growled as I laughed nervously and neared towards the door, looking sideways avoiding the killer intent in his onyx pupils.

"Psh, what are you going to do, attack me?" I mockingly asked him as a smirk suddenly stretched itself on to his face like a lazy cat. Hot damn, that can't be good.

"Nah, that's boring," Aoi said as he leaned against the door frame. "Take off the towel."

Crickets Chirping

…

"Excuse me?" I managed to choke out as his smirk widened, holding onto the piece of fabric only tighter.

"You heard me woman, take it off, remember you have to follow every order I give you," the raven-head grinned sadistically as I paled.

"That doesn't count! That's harassment!" I shouted as I stood my ground which caused Aoi to quirk his eyebrow before approaching me with an evil aura surrounding him.

"If you're not going to do it, I might as well," my eyes widened as I wordless rushed out of the bathroom and down the stairs. Before I could take one step downstairs, Aoi with his stupid vampire speed stopped me as I ran right into his well-toned chest.

"Bitch, it's judgment day so take that towel off," the man grinned childishly as I sweat dropped before an idea sprang up in my mind.

"Judgment day's when I see Jude Law die bitch," I retorted as I returned his grin and slid down the stair railway, almost falling down but not before catching my balance and safely landed at the bottom, whereas Aoi let out a few cusses out of his mouth. Giving him one last glance only to see him easily jump down from the second floor, I let out a silent 'kuso' and ran into the living room.

Unexpectedly, Reita and Uruha were still there and were intensely staring at the screen, probably playing some video game while a bottle of red wine sat on the glass table, two goblets filled with the dark crimson liquid. Funny, I mused as the metallic smell found its way into my nostrils. Since when did wine smell like blood?

Ignoring the possible answer to my own question, I gave a small 'haro' before jumping behind the couch the two males were sitting on and prayed my ass off that Aoi won't find me, but not before offering both of them a week of any free alcoholic drinks at the bar I worked at. As if me praying my buttocks off wasn't enough, the devil himself stomped in.

"Did Nako come in here," the male stated more than asked as I bit my lip almost drawing blood, restraining myself knowing the vampire's keen sense of smell, especially to blood.

"…depends," apparently Uruha's voice sounded as an imaginary question mark appeared above my head.

"Fine, two bottles of Zyr Vodka," each word was laced with impatience as the raven-head almost pleaded Uruha, but obviously he doesn't know the power of FREE alcohol for a WEEK.

"She went into the kitchen," Reita replied with a monotone voice as Aoi thanked him and stormed off in the wrong direction as I thanked whoever was listening to my prayers.

"He's gone," Uruha replied as I popped up and messed up both of the vampire's hair and thanked them, hurriedly rushing upstairs to take my postponed shower and making sure to lock the door AND put a chair in front of it, just in case.

With my purple and white strands of hair sticking to my cheeks, I casually dried my hair with a towel as I walked into Aoi's room, dressed in a loose t-shirt and a pair of shorts. Being greeted with the sight in front of me, I almost melt my heart drop to my feet as Aoi sulkily sat at the desk with his computer. What have I done to this poor overgrown child? I scolded myself as I approached the male and leaned against the desk.

"Hey," I cautiously called out as the onyx-eyed vampire glanced at me and lifted both his eyebrows, as if returning my greeting.

"Sorry about the can of beer, just my retarded side decided to kick in," I managed a faint smile as Aoi chuckled rather drily and closed the laptop, leaning on it now and taking a deep breath.

"Come here," he called out as I curiously leaned in only to be held in place as Aoi nuzzled the crook of my neck. Knowing exactly what was coming, I relaxed and waited for the impact because after all a food source shouldn't feel any pain right?

Trailing his hand from my shoulder to my waist, the male pulled me into his lap all the while never breaking the contact with my neck. Ghostly and cold fingers drew circles on my back as I breathed in sharply, despising myself for slightly enjoying this. In what seemed like an eternity, his fangs pierced my flesh as the sound of my blood being drained echoed throughout the gothic room, almost causing me to be nauseous.

I have no feelings for these men.

And they don't have feelings for me too.

I am but a food source.

Supposedly a crimson thorn.

Shinku Toge

I shouldn't care; I should be emotionless about this indifference.

But please tell me…

Why do I feel pain in my heart?

Jude Law is just an amazing person okay? :) his amazingness is just so amazing I had to include that (plus that's what I told my friend when he told me it was judgement day :P) Hope you enjoyed the chapter!

Lav always,

RaWr

PS: Jude Law SO doesn't belong to me