Chapter 10: The Test

Lavi's P.o.V.

Yuu-chan and I talked for hours getting our story straight. We followed the vampires around all night trying to figure out how they worked. It paid off; we found out as much as we could and made guesses on what we didn't know. We tried to get some sleep but we were too anxious about tomorrow. We ended up going to the clearing and trained till we needed to sleep. Yuu-chan and I decided that to make our story true we needed to be vampire hybrids. We also decided that if our innocence had any effect in the bloodsuckers, it was just our 'powers'. We also had to decide on how old we were. Yuu-chan is 236 and I'm 198. It will be very interesting to see how the vampires react to our story.

We arrived at the Cullen house at 2:30. Everybody was on the couch or the floor. They had serious looks on their faces and no one was talking, not even Alice. Edward walked up to us and said, "We'll ask you some questions first, then we'll test your abilities." He then motioned for us to sit on two of the chairs. We did so and it was Carlisle who spoke first. "So, how were you two created?" he asked. "A simple exchange of blood." He nodded. Esme asked the next question. "How old are you both?" "I'm 198, and Kanda's 236." I was answering all the questions. Jasper then asked, "Do you have powers?" "Like what?" I questioned. "Like blocking other vampires from using their powers on you, or manipulating their senses and feelings." He responded. "Yeah, Yuu can make people feel holy, it tends to draw people to us, and I can block out unwanted mental forces." I hoped that Yuu made the connection that his power explained the effect of innocence on them and mine as well. As if he could hear my thoughts he nodded minutely.

The interrogation continued with Edward asking, "Are you completely vampiric, or something else? Because you don't smell like vampires." I was glad he asked this question. "We aren't completely vampiric no. we are half human, we have all the characteristics of vampires but we're different. We need to breath, eat, and sleep." The vampires looked surprised. That was to be expected though. "Do you have heightened senses?" Alice asked speaking at last. "Yes we do." I said. Emmett asked, "Are you guys abnormally strong and fast?" he raised an eyebrow. "Yes, and yes." I replied smiling sarcastically. Rosalie asked what was hopefully the last question, "Did you choose to be this way?" she had a sad look in her eyes. "No, not really. We didn't have much of a choice, but we've accepted it. No hard feelings." I said it was the truth just a different version.

"Alright, now we're putting you through the ringer." We were outside the Cullen residence, and were about to start the physical part of our test. I guess they still had doubts.

Yuu-chan went first, Edward took off and after a couple seconds Yuu-chan was told to find him. After Yuu-chan had gone after Edward, Alice ran into a different neck of the woods and I was told to find her. I ran a ways into the woods and removed my nose plugs so I could smell her and I took off again. I found her talking with Edward, out of the corner of my eye I saw Kanda and he nodded to me. We slowly circled them until me and Kanda were across from each other. I nodded to Kanda and we launched ourselves at the two vampires.

Kanda-chan landed just behind Edward and Alice. He hit the pressure points in Edward's leg and his knees buckled. I landed in front of Alice and gave her a playful shove which in her compromised state made her fall over. I laughed loudly and held my fist out to Yuu-chan for a knuckle pump. Surprisingly, a second later his fist connected with mine and I looked at him to find he was smiling. I was taken aback for a moment but to cover it up I said, "Careful Yuu-chan, your human is showing." I was promptly hit over the head.

Edward and Alice stood up and looked mad. Edward started yelling at us saying we shouldn't do that, and blah blah blah. "Chill Eddie it's not like we killed ya!" I exclaimed grinning. He didn't think it was funny and scowled at me.

"Well, are we going to go back or not?" I asked pouting a little. "Hey I'll race ya!" I ran as fast as I could towards the Cullen house. Yuu-chan, Alice and Edward followed me.

We were back in 15 seconds flat. "So what's the next thing we have to do?" I asked tilting my head to the side. Edward glanced at his family and turned to us saying he wanted to see our reaction to sunlight.

We ran a bit till we reached a sunny spot. Me and Yuu-chan stepped into the sun and winced as though we had headaches. We told the Cullen's that our reaction to sunlight was getting headaches. Esme stepped into the light and she started sparkling like a diamond. Holy shit! I asked if that happened to all of them and when they stepped into the light they all sparkled. That is sooo fucking gay! What kind of vampires are they! They're totally ruining the coolness about being a vampire! What the hell! Dracula is bawling right now! I am so fucking glad we don't sparkle! I think I'd commit suicide if I sparkled! As I thought this I looked towards Bella who looked awestruck by the sparkling. That was ridiculous.

"Hey, now what're we gonna do?" I asked so as to get them to stop sparkling. It actually was giving me a headache. Jasper took a step closer to us and said, "How are your fighting skills?" Me and Kanda answered at the same time, "Armed or unarmed?" Jasper sighed and said, "Unarmed lets see how much raw fighting skills you two have." I grinned at Yuu-chan and he smirked at me. "Alright let's get started."

Me and Jasper squared off and I waited for him to lunge. Suddenly he ran at me with bloodlust. He almost punched me but I bent backwards and grabbed his hand. With his other hand he attempted to crush my windpipe, I again grabbed his hand and both hands in mine I jumped over him and he fell to his knees. He grabbed my wrists and flipped forward clocking me under my chin and my head snapped back. I kicked Jasper's back so hard he flew into the nearest tree. I ran up to him and grabbed his head as if I was going to twist his head off.

He stopped fighting me and I let him go. The whole fight was over within 30 seconds. Once our fight was over I looked over to see Kanda-chan facing Alice preparing to fight. I could tell Kanda-chan was nervous about fighting without Mugen. I knew he was a great fighter either way, but I understood why he wanted to fight with Mugen. Fighting without my hammer was unsettling and I could barely concentrate.

Kanda-chan and Alice started to fight. Alice charged towards Kanda-chan and Kanda jumped over her and slammed his foot onto her back sending her two feet into the ground. She reached behind her and grabbed his ankle throwing him onto the ground. He kicked out and landed a hit on her chest. Kanda stood and grabbed Alice's shirt collar lifting her up and throwing her against a tree like I had done. He slammed her into the tree repeatedly until it seemed like she couldn't handle another hit. He then let her down and placed his hands like he was going to tear off her head. He nearly did too, but he realized what he was doing and let her go.

She dropped to the ground and held her hand to her throat. She looked up at Kanda and nodded to him as if respecting her defeat and his victory. I had known all along Kanda-chan would defeat her but a quick glance at Bella showed she was extremely surprised. I chuckled inwardly thinking, what an idiot. If she thought Alice would win against my Kanda-chan she must be nuts.

I stood a little straighter and asked the group of vampires, "What now? Are we officially equal to you as vampires or do you want to run more tests?" Carlisle was the one to answer. "We'll test your strength and then end the test." I glanced at Kanda then said, "Let's do it! I want in on your little group! Bring it on!" Kanda slowly put his hand to my neck and flicked my vital. I keeled over and hit the ground hard. Kanda smirked triumphantly.

I quickly jumped back up and nodded eagerly. "We'll lift trees. I'll go and find a big tree and bring it to you if you two can both run with it we'll consider you one of us. Sound good?" Carlisle asked. I nodded and Yuu-chan did as well. Carlisle took off at record speed leaving me and Yuu-chan with the rest of the Cullens.

A minute later he came back with a hundred foot tall tree. I looked at Yuu and we nodded we could lift the tree, but we would need our innocence. "Can we have a minute alone, please?" I asked the vampires. They nodded and me and Yuu stalked off. Once away we took out our innocence. Yuu and I stood very still and tried to raise our synchronization with our innocence. We both succeeded and felt our strength increase, we felt invincible. Yuu stroked Mugen's blade for a minute and whispered thanks. I shrank my hammer and kissed it lightly, I loved innocence. Yuu and I returned to where the vampires were standing and told them we were ready.

I went first and lifted up the tree, and ran as fast as I could around the clearing a couple times and then tossed the tree to Yuu. He caught it and did as I did. The vampires and Bella watched silently though Bella had a look of awe on her face. Yuu stopped running in circles and stood to face the vampires.

"That good enough? You leeches convinced?" "Yeah that's good enough. We're convinced." Carlisle said stepping forward. My headache came back. Damn sparkling. Suddenly Rosalie was up in Kanda's face with the collar of his shirt in her hands.

"What did you call us?" she asked in a dangerous tone. Not that Yuu-chan was scared or anything.

"I asked if you leeches were convinced." He said calmly. This was not the answer she was hoping for.

"Leeches! Leeches! How dare you call us leeches!" she threw him against the nearest tree and Yuu-chan was skewered on a branch. The branch in question was covered in dark red blood and Yuu coughed.

The blood that came from his mouth was black.

"Yuu!" I yelled and immediately ran to his side. When one of the Cullen's came close I growled at them and they backed off. Bella had her hands to her mouth and was close to tears.

I broke off the branch that was currently sticking out of Yuu-chan's stomach. I pulled out the branch and Yuu only winced. I then swung Yuu's arm over my shoulders and helped him back to the forest behind the Swann residence. I propped Yuu up against a tree and ran to our room to recover the bandages I always kept in my bag. I returned to Yuu's side and quickly bandaged him.

I brought him a clean shirt and we walked into the house where we found a shirtless tan teenager and an old man in a wheelchair. I was thoroughly confused.

The shirtless guy turned and said to us,"Hey, I'm Jacob."

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