Omg…. How long has it been since I last updated? A year! Damn, I'm real sorry guys. I lost inspiration for awhile and took a break from the story. But after going back to look for some new VK oc stories, I realized how a majority of OC's sucked ass. Like really. Why are all OC's the same? It get's on my nerves. So here I am, back with inspiration. But my writing style has changed over the year and I have really grown as a writer. I was wondering if I should rewrite Emptiness, but I want your guy's opinions.

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(revised 7/10/15)

"Today I drank 6 cups of coffee

smoked 11 cigarettes

wrote 5 poems
and all together
spoke 4 words

I don't know what happiness is
but I'm pretty sure this isn't
anything close."

Chapter 11

Stay Happy There

The room was dark, dimly lit by the torches. Their flames angrily danced around, disturbed by the chillingly evil air. The air was thick with animosity, with such great evil. Any would tremble by simply looking in the room's direction. It was eerie, with eight malevolent presences hiding in the shadows.

In the middle of that malevolent room was a man sitting atop a stone throne. He was a rather large and broad man with long blonde, almost white hair. He had a beard to compliment his aged, yet ageless face, his grey eyes cold and calculating. He sat in a rather slacked position, looking absolutely jaded with everything around him.

Sora approached him with her usual blank expression present on her face. Graciously she knelt before him, her head low. "Father, please forgive me." Amatsu- no Envy, was quick to get low on her knees as well.

The man called Father turned his cold gaze to the redheaded beauty bowing low before him. He stood from his chair, his grey robe billowing out before him. "I am greatly surprised," he said. Albeit his expression did not show surprise whatsoever. Father's voice was deep and it bellowed. It was even and did not express what he was saying. "This is the first time you've failed Sora. I thought that you didn't know the word failure," he drawled in an almost mocking manner, his eyes narrowing. "But Envy, my dear sin Envy," he turned his cold eyes towards purple headed girl who refused to meet his gaze. She continued to gaze down at the ground, a lump stuck in her throat. She feared this man. They all did.

Father's cold eyes seemed to bore a hole through her head. "You've disappointed me my daughter. Your emotions are out of control. You're a homunculus, a cold-hearted killer. Start acting like one. It seems your stay in the Academy caused you to express your human side, which is why your emotions caused you to blow your cover." He slowly began to approach the kneeling girl. Her eyes shook with fear at what he'd do to her.

He's probably going to punish me, she thought bitterly. I deserve what's coming to me. If he knew of the way I was toward Ichijou… her non-existent heart wretched. How could I let such human emotions infest me?

Disgusting.

A silent rage formed deep within her.

Instead of tearing a limb off, Father put one of his rather large hands on top of her head. "It is alright Envy, now that you're back home you may get rid of your "feelings" he leaned forward and whispered in her ear so that the others couldn't hear. "I can see what's inside your Philosophers Stone my child. I can see every single emotion you felt while you were at that academy." His cold breathe danced almost amusingly around her ear. Her eyes widened in fear. He knew, he knew everything. "It's okay, all you need to do is get rid of that wretched boy and all these foolish human emotions will disappear."

Envy was confused; she did not know exactly what she felt for Ichijou Takuma. Being around him made her stomach flutter and she was always very self conscious around him. He made her smile and laugh genuinely. It annoyed the hell out of her that he was able to bring out the little human side in her. But why? Why did he make her feel these unfamiliar and rather pleasant feelings that Envy had never felt before? It made Envy frown. She felt something, but didn't know what. Why was her feelings for him so confusing?

"All you've got to do is get rid of him and all those silly human emotions will disappear," Father cooed in her ear. "You don't have to make sense of them. Just get rid of him." And with that he pulled back.

"Father…" she whispered. If she got rid of him, would the confusion disappear? Yes, of course it would. He was the root of her troubles and had to be destroyed. The thought made Envy grin. It had been such a long time since she had last killed anyone, her skin was itching to rip someone open and hear their screams as they died a slow agonizing death. Her small grin turned to one of a psychotic grin as she became lost in her rather sadistic thoughts.

"Father, why don't you let me take care of this?" Wrath, a man in his late 40's emerged from the shadows. It was a familiar face, the man with the moustache and eye patch that Sora had met in the alley.

"Isn't Sloth still disguised as a teacher in the academy? Why not let her finish the job?" Lust, a beautiful woman with snow pale skin and long midnight black, wavy hair suggested.

"She is weak," Sora stated almost robotic, standing up from her kneeling position. "Although I failed to destroy Kuran Kaname at the academy, I have not failed the mission. In fact, it's only just begun." A shadow seemed to cast itself in Sora's eyes, a rather scary one. If it were possible, her eyes became even colder. All the other accomplices in the room all turned to her. "I believe I know who the other Kuran child is. All we have to do is take her. If we take her, Kaname is sure to come to her rescue; and when he does, we strike."

Father looked curious, "oh really? And who is the other child?"

Sora did not hesitate, "Cross Yuki. Or should I say Kuran Yuki."

Father lifted an eyebrow, "you mean Kaien's daughter? That's a bold accusation there."

Envy sneered, "no way! That brat is too stupid to even be a Pureblood!"

Sora ignored Envy; she continued her explanation with an emotionless expression. "It makes perfect sense. I have been watching how delicate Kaname treats her and how over protective he is. Why else would he take such great interest in a mere human? And when Envy tried killing her he was enraged."

Envy smirked, "it was such an amusing sight."

Sora continued, "I looked further into the matter and found that the girl doesn't remember anything prior to age six. Apparently, Kaname is the one who saved her from a Level E and brought her to Cross Academy where she was adopted by Kaien."

"I guess that makes sense," Envy said slowly. "Every time I was around her that Pureblood would stare at me all suspiciously."

Father looked thoughtful. "Bring the girl to me," he finally said. "I want to meet this child and see if she really is the famous hidden child of Juuri that I've heard so much about. It's a shame that Rido wasn't able to annihilate the family back then as planned."

Lust pushed herself off the wall. "Yes Father, I shall bring her to you."

"No," Sora deadpanned. "This is my mission and I will carry through. I told you before that I hadn't failed. My objective is to exterminate the Kurans, and that is exactly what I will do."

Father nodded, "then go my daughters. Bring me the lovely lady Kuran… unharmed if you will. I want our guest to arrive comfortably."

X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X

They were all gathered downstairs at the Moon Dorms. Kaname, Aidou, Akatsuki, Ruka, Shiki, Rima, and Takuma. Zero and Yuki stood off a little ways. The air was uncomfortably silent, events of last night still tainted it, lingering.

"I don't get why he called us all here to this stinking place if he's going to be late," Zero grumbled, scowling. When Yuki didn't respond with a witty come back he looked to her. Her hands were clasped together and her eyes troubled. His scowl lessened at the sight of her pitiful figure. Of course she'd be like this; she'd just been betrayed by a supposed friend who tried to kill her.

The entrance door creaked open as Kaien entered. Something was off, his expression wasn't carefree or playful- it was serious and devastated.

Aidou was quick to jump up, his eyes ablaze. "Just who were those… those… people?" he clenched his fists.

Kaname nodded, "Kaien, are those woman truly what you said they are?"

Kaien furrowed his brows as his eyes shook a bit. "People? Those things…. Those fakes are anything but people. To the Hunters Association they are much, much worse than vampires. Those abominations shouldn't exist."

All the vampires present look surprised. What could the Association possibly hate more than vampires? Ichijou clenched his jaws, a sad look in his eyes. "Headmaster, please tell us exactly what's going on. Because from what I saw, their power is anything but human."

Kaien nodded, closing his eyes. "You're right Takuma-kun, they're something else, something very terrible indeed. I have a story to tell you all, a story that dates back to the beginning of vampires. But whatever is said in this room must stay in this room. This is top classified information," he looked at each of them seriously. They all nodded. " You see, when the first vampires arose, so did another race. There was a group of people with a ludicrous dream. These people were a group of alchemists. A cult more like it. You see, these people wanted to create the "perfect human", but such a thing could not be born from a human womb. For centuries these alchemists had tried yet failed to create a perfect human, they couldn't seem to bring any to life. Every experiment was a failure.

"Many gave up, and slowly the group of alchemists seemed to thin out as they all gave up hope. But one man refused to give up, he believed that the perfect human could be created, and he would use any means necessary to do it. And when the word of vampires got around the man could not believe it. How could such a creature exist? So he went on a quest to find these vampires. This was the time when vampires first arose so there weren't many of them then. But his efforts prevailed and he came across a Pureblood. This Pureblood took great interest in the alchemist and his dream to create the "perfect human." To put it simply, the dream amused him. So the Pureblood decided to help the alchemist. He allwed him to take his blood and experiment on him. He helped research for the alchemist, and the alchemist felt as if he was getting closer to his goal.

"One day he achieved part of his dream. He created what is called the Philosophers Stone. I don't know much about it at all except that it's what's used to make those things. Curious as to what the Philosophers Stone would do, he devoured it. And when he did, he became that "perfect human" he had dreamed of. He became the root of all evil, the first. But he would not stop with himself. He wanted more "perfect humans." But when his Pureblood comrade swallowed it, he died. And so he tried it on living humans but their bodies seemed to reject the Stone. No matter how many people he went through, their bodies rejected it and they died.

"Many years passed, and while the man stayed the same, his wife aged. Then one day she died of a terrible illness. The alchemist was so devastated by her death, he couldn't let her go. He had never tried the Philosophers Stone on the dead. And so he did. When the Stone seeped into her skin she seemed to come back to life. The alchemist came to realizing his dreams then. It seemed to only work on the dead and not the living. With this he could bring the dead back at will. That terrible man, the root of all evil, that man created homunculus. He is known as the Philosopher of the East, or as the homunculus call him, Father."

"So they're like zombies? Humans brought back from the dead?" Ruka questioned.

Kaien shook his head. "No, I'm afraid that they're something far worse than that." He hesitated, "they're artificial humans. Beings morphed to look like humans. They have no heart or soul. And I'm not talking expressively; I mean legitimately that they have no heart or soul."

Yuki's eyes brimmed with tears, "that's terrible."

Aidou narrowed his eyes in suspicion of the Headmaster's words. "Then how come we've never heard of them before?"

"Because, they were thought to be exterminated," Kaname answered smugly.

"Exterminated?" Kain voiced aloud.

"Yes. You see, they defy the laws of this world. They defy life. Homunculi are not supposed to exist. So five thousand years ago the Hunters began a mission to exterminate them all. The destruction of an entire race was set into motion. But destroying them all wasn't as easy as it seemed. Like Purebloods, Homunculi are immortal. No, Purebloods are almost immortal. The Homunculi are immortal. It's nearly impossible to kill them, but they did with the help of the vampires. But as you saw yesterday, apparently some did manage to survive."

"You knew," Kaname stated as a fact. "You knew that they were out their somewhere hiding didn't you?"

"Yes," Kaien said glumly. "But I never said anything. Why? Because I thought that they just wanted to live in peace. In truth, I pitied them. It wasn't their choice to become Homunculus. They were created because of one man's greed. But I was wrong. I believe that the reason those two Homunculus infiltrated the school was for revenge. Although I do not know their motive or intentions, I'm guessing that they're not good. And I'm not waiting to find out either."

"What should we do then?" Ichijou asked, afraid of the answer.

Although Kaien didn't like the thought, he had no choice. They were an abomination, a danger. "Kill them. I'm sure that wasn't the last time you saw them. They'll be back, and next time your encounter with them could be different. Keep your guard up, who knows how many of them have actually infiltrated school grounds."

"Is there a way we can tell them apart from actual humans?" Zero asked.

"Yes. The homunculi have a red Ourobous tattoo on their skin. When you see that tattoo you'll know. But I'm sure that they do a good job of hiding it so look carefully.

Without warning, Yuki ran out, tears threatening to spill down her face. No, they couldn't kill Amatsu. She couldn't bear seeing her friends trying to kill each other.

"Yuki!" Zero called, running after her.

Rima looked over to Shiki who had been silent the entire time. Although he hid it well, Rima knew him well enough and could see the hurt in his eyes. She noticed that he had forged a bond with Sora. Ever since she had arrived at Cross Academy he had spent less time with his best friend and more time with her. Rima had noticed how fond he had grown of her. She had manipulated him then completely crushed him. This made Rima's blood boil. How could someone be so evil? She will pay.

xXxXxXxXxXxXx

Yuki ran, even when her lungs burned she still ran. None of this was fair. "Why must people die!" she yelled aloud, panting harshly.

"Because it would be no fun if they didn't," came a woman's voice.

Yuki stopped, her breathing still harsh. "Great, now I'm hearing things," she mumbled to herself.

"I assure you that you're not hearing things darling." A beautiful woman with long black hair, pale skin, wearing a long flowing black dress stepped out of the trees. Her purple cat-like eyes had a predatory gaze to it. Her black lips curled into a sly smile.

"W- who are you?" Yuki stuttered. Looking the woman over, she froze when she saw it in the middle of the woman's chest. The red Ourobous tattoo. It was just above the woman's busty breasts which she had no problem exposing so openly. "Y- you're a… a…"

The woman took a step forward, than another. "You shouldn't stutter like that dear, I can't hear you clearly." Yuki turned to run only to find the woman in front of her, towering over her. The look in her eyes was of utter malice. She smiled mockingly, "It's impolite to leave without introducing yourself first. The name's Lust, what's yours dear?"

Yuki took a step back only to stumble and trip. She landed hard on her butt. She would have winced at the pain if she wasn't so paralyzed with fear. "What a clumsy lady," Lust mocked. "Finding you was really a lot easier than I expected too. I thought that I'd have to kill those fighting to protect you, but I guess not. Well that's a bummer. And they said that the bonds of human friendship were strong. Tell me girl, where are those bonds?" Yuki was speechless, she could not respond. "I need you to come with me, dear. Father wants to meet you."

"n-NO!" Yuki slapped Lust's gloved hand away, finally finding her voice.

Lust narrowed her eyes, "meeting Father is an honor. You dare to refuse? Come on dear, don't be such a brat now. We can do this the easy way or the hard way. So what is it, dear? You can either go quietly, or I can drag you back with your feet cut off. I know Father said not to harm you, but…" Lust looked the girl over. "I'm sure bringing you back alive is far more important than not harming you. The worse thing that could happen is you could die of blood loss."

Yuki's eyes began to tear up, she was absolutely terrified. "ZERO!" she screamed.

A shot rang through the air. Zero stood a distance away with his Bloody Rose posed at Lust. He had shot her but it hadn't worked. Lust chuckled, "silly boy, do I look like a vampire to you?"

Zero scowled, "get away from her Homunculus."

She smirked, "so you guys finally figured us out, huh? You're quite the handsome man, it's unfortunate that I have to kill you and take her. Unless you let me take her, then I won't have to mess up that pretty little face of yours."

Zero began to shake with rage, "I'll never let you filthy monsters take her!"

Lust was absolutely amused. "Okay then, boy. Show me how strong the bonds you humans possess really are." Lifting her right hand to her mouth, her gloved fingers seemed to elongate. She wasted no time in attacking him with uncanny speed. Zero barely had time to jump out of the way before she swiped at him again. This time he lifted his gun to block her hand, she simply used her other hand to swipe at him with her sharp fingers. He jumped back as she cut through his shirt, narrowly avoiding his skin. He moved away, waiting for her to run at him. She just stood there casually.

"You'll never get me from over there," he taunted.

A scary smile graced her face, "what a cocky boy you are." Before Zero could even register what was happening, she lifted her right hand and pointed her pointed finger at him. Her finger shot toward him and pierced his left arm. Zero gasped in pain, he didn't know that her fingers could reach so far.

She cocked her head to the side a bit, "surprised?"

He glared at her with hatred. "You hideous creature!"

She frowned slightly, "well that's not a very gentleman thing to say to a lady. Perhaps I should teach you some manners boy."