Chapter 11 - Watched From Above

Vampires all over the estate fell to their knees, overcome by the sheer power emanating from their King. Yuuri strode the halls with purpose. He used to run around these familiar corridors as a child. The only beings not paying the King their proper respect were a few stray humans strewn throughout the grounds. It mattered not to Yuuri if the humans knew who he was, so long as no one impeded him from reaching his goal.

"Your majesty," a vampire bowed his head respectfully near a large set of wooden doors. Unlike the others, he did not fall to the ground as Yuuri approached.

"Hideki," Yuuri offered a smile to Lord Fang's personal body guard and progeny. The man was short of stature, with long brown hair tied back in a low ponytail at the nape of his neck. Yuuri had never seen the man wear anything but a black on black suit with a bright red tie. I wonder if he even owns anything else.

"To what do we owe the pleasure this evening my King?" Hideki didn't raise his head as he asked the monarch.

"See that no one intrudes Hideki, or I will be most displeased," Yuuri evaded smoothly.

"Yes my King," Hideki uttered to the ground as Yuuri stormed past.

The doors opened up to a great chamber, along the far wall sat an opulent throne of sorts for official business. The opposite wall of the vast room had a carpeted area covered in sofas and chairs that served as a lounge for more informal business. Tonight however the lounge was being utilized for a very different purpose entirely. Yuuri found several nude humans surrounding a single plush orange sofa. Oh Ken. Yuuri mentally rolled his eyes. He never cared for the vulgar blood orgies that so many of his kind coveted. In the middle of the sofa was a single stunned vampire in a silk bathrobe.

"My lord?" "Who's that?"

"What does he want?" "My lord me next!"

Yuuri shook his head as he approached the distasteful scene. He let himself smell the sex and blood in the air, causing his long fangs to protrude and his eyes to tint red. "Leave us!" He growled. Yuuri knew that unless he was making direct eye contact with the humans, his command would carry far less weight than it did with his vampire subjects, but he was irritable at the moment.

"Who does he think he is?" "My lord you should punish him!" "Yeah punish him!"

"SILENCE!" Lord Fang found his voice as he shook from head to toe. "Out! NOW!"

"He doesn't look that strong," a female perched on the vampire Lord's lap snorted. The next second she was being backhanded.

"How dare you say that about my King?" Lord Fang spat in a rage, pulling back his hand to land another blow.

"Oh be quiet and put down your hand." Yuuri commanded in a deep and serious tone.

The vampire Lord's hand twitched in mid air for a moment before swiftly falling back to his side.

Most of the humans present had the good sense to leave, while a few seemed too frightened to move. The female that was backhanded had fallen to the side of the sofa, clutching a busted lip.

Hey buddy, I have to put you down now. We're here.

The poodle stirred in his master's arms and blinked his watery orbs open. Good, glad we made it.

The poodle was placed gently to the ground. Yuuri watched him stretch and yawn adoringly. I promise we can both get some more rest soon. Give me a second ok?

Don't mind me. Go do your vampire thing.

Thanks.

Yuuri stood back up to his full height and glided over to the ostentatious orange sofa. He locked his red eyes on the wide dull blue eyes of the cowering female that had been struck. "Come her child, let me look at that," Yuuri whispered and the human female dazedly obeyed. She untangled her long smooth creamy legs from under herself and raised from the sofa. Yuuri almost laughed as the blonde haired woman came to stand directly in front of him, she stood a full head taller than the King. Even though Yuuri was not particularly attracted to females, she was undisputedly beautiful. An elegant hourglass figure and full chest. "Your name child?"

"My name is Clementine," she responded robotically with a blank expression.

"Clementine don't move," Yuuri commanded in a hushed tone and then released his control over her.

"Who are you?" Clementine shrieked as she found her body unresponsive.

"As Lord Fang said my dear, I am King Eros," Yuuri smirked.

"King? You don't look like a king!" She sneered while giving Yuuri a once over.

Yuuri chuckled and coughed. All the powers he had been using were taking a toll on his weakened body. "I'm glad to hear that child," he snickered.

"I'm not a child!" She squawked. Yuuri imagined if she were free to move that her arms would be flapping like a giant bird.

She would be rainbow colored for sure. The poodle barked from an armchair he had hopped up onto.

Really? Yuuri mused. I think she would be pink for some reason. He shook his head and concentrated on the bleeding human before him once again. "Forgive me my dear." Yuuri reached out a hand and rubbed the pad of his thumb to her split lip. He pulled back his hand and flicked his tongue out over the surface of his thumb, licking it clean. Her blood tasted rotten, stale. Yuuri spit it out on the floor at her feet. "To me, all humans are children. Only alive on this Earth for the briefest flicker of time. Here and gone in the blink of an eye."

"Oh yeah?" She countered bravely despite the slight quiver of her voice. "How old are you then?"

Yuuri placed the pad of his thumb against his fang, piercing his skin. "I'm well over a thousand years old child," he extended his arm up to Clementine's mouth and smeared his blood across her lips. The moment his blood met her skin, the human's wound began to heal.

"Really?" Her eyes lit up and she nibbled on her blood stained lips. "Do you want to suck my blood then Mr. King?" She batted her eyelashes and Yuuri rolled his eyes.

"Even though your blood is quite filthy, in my current state I'm sure that I wouldn't have the self control not to kill you," Yuuri glared and Clementine shivered. "Now then, once I am done speaking you will leave and forget that you ever met a scary monster like me, go!" Yuuri snapped his fingers and Clementine ran her naked self out the heavy wooden doors screaming.

Yuuri shook his head and locked his eyes on the remaining humans. "Forget that you ever saw me, leave!" He snarled and bared his fangs. Soon five more sets of screams from running naked humans filled the room as they bolted towards the doors. Once the doors slammed shut behind them, Yuuri rounded on the vampire still seated on the sofa.

Enough theatrics master, you know what you need to do. Viichan barked from the armchair near the bright orange sofa.

Yeah yeah, I just don't like to see humans treated that way. Yuuri rubbed the back of his head.

You and I both know that they were not here under influence, they were here fawning over Lord Fang of their own accord. But he shouldn't have hit her. The poodle yawned and spun in a tight circle, getting himself comfortable.

I know. Yuuri sighed and released his commands on the frozen vampire lord.

"Sorry to break up your little party Kenjirou," Yuuri shook his head and slumped onto the sofa next to his friend.

. . .

Yuri knew that he had shitty luck, but this was just unfair. He had packed at the speed of light and been rushed to the airport. There he boarded his flight, lit a cigarette, and leaned back to endure the first leg of his journey. When the flight landed in Almaty for fuel, routine maintenance, and a short lay over, they found a problem with the plane's engine. So Yuri and the other passengers were herded off to a local hotel for the night. The airline had notified the passengers that the engine had to be replaced and one was being sourced from the capitol in Astana. Thus, the flight was now scheduled for the following afternoon, which left Yuri alone in Almaty with nothing to do.

He wandered around aimlessly. Though not as cold as St. Petersburg, there was still a bite in the late night air. At least they speak Russian here, not like that backwards country I'm headed to. Crazy Japs! Yuri shuffled around until he heard the tell-tail sound of a cat in distress. Being the cat lover that he was, he took off immediately in the direction of the desperate mewls.

Rounding a corner and scurrying down several alleys, Yuri soon found himself in a residential neighborhood park. The cries are coming from over there! Yuri took off at a sprint towards a small hill that opened up to an open field. He came to an abrupt halt at the base of the hill when the shadow of a man crouched low to the ground came into view. Yuri knew, he always could tell, the man was a vampire. What the fuck is he doing with that cat?!

Without even thinking about the possible repercussions of his actions, Yuri reached to his hip and pulled out his gun. "Stop!" He yelled as he aimed his weapon on the hunched figure. With a loud click, he released the safety on his gun, furthering his intent.

The man audibly snickered and raised his hands in the air without turning around. "Hello there little hunter," came the smooth, deep baritone reply.

Yuri crept closer and could see under the dim street light that the man was wearing a black leather coat with a gray scarf. His hands that were still raised above his head were clad in fingerless gloves. The man was dark haired and wore it in an attractive looking undercut. He had broad shoulders that spoke of strength. Yuri gulped, he knew he was way out of his grasp with this vampire already. I can fake confidence like there's no tomorrow though!

"What are you doing?" Yuri growled with more bravado than he felt at the moment.

"I was just walking through the park and heard this poor little guy crying out in pain," the deep voiced man replied in monotone. He slowly lowered his hands and reached in front of himself to scoop the cat up into his arms despite Yuri yelling a 'hey!' as a warning behind him. The man then slowly stood up, cradling the wounded cat in one arm and turned in Yuri's direction. He continued to look down at the wounded creature in his arms.

Holy shit! Yuri felt his heart race and his mouth go dry. Before him stood a muscular, handsome man holding a hurt kitty cat. Basically everything that Yuri could ever want. He looks so fucking cool and confident! Fuck! He's a vampire! Remember that he is a dirty no good vamp! Yuri continued to point his gun, but lowered it slightly so he wouldn't be aiming at the cat.

"Poor thing hurt his leg," the man sighed and then bared his fangs.

"What the fuck?" Yuri fired a warning shot at the vampire's feet. He didn't even flinch! "Don't bite the fucking ca-" Yuri's tirade came to a stop when he saw the vampire raise his other hand and sunk his fang in his thumb to draw his own blood. Without looking up the vampire squeezed his thumb with the knuckle of his index finger, allowing more blood to pool there. He then rubbed his thumb over the cat's rear leg. Only then did he make eye contact with Yuri and retract his fangs.

"Why would I bite the cat?" The vampire asked with a small cock of his head in confusion.

Yuri's mouth was hanging open and he let the hand holding his gun droop uselessly to his side. He had never heard of a vampire helping an animal before. Aren't they all supposed to be blood thirsty evil demons?

The cat then meowed appreciatively from the vampire's arms. "Aww feeling better little guy?" The vampire asked as a vibrant toothy smile graced his handsome features. He held the cat up higher and nuzzled the feline. The cat stretched towards him and returned the affection with a loud purr. "That tickles buddy," the vampire chuckled.

Fuck! He is gorgeous and likes cats! Fuck! He's a vampire! Fuck! Yuri's poor brain was short circuiting. He had to close his mouth and stop staring like a moron, but he couldn't find the strength to do so. "Umm . . ." Nice, way to go idiot!

The vampire scratched behind the fluffy cat's ears, eliciting an even louder purr. He didn't take his eyes off of the animal as he spoke. "That is a gun that once belonged to the Hunter Nikolai Nikiforov, are you of his bloodline?" He asked as though he were inquiring where Yuri had purchased his shoes.

"How do you know about my grandfather's gun?" Yuri mumbled.

"Because," the vampire gently sat the cat on the ground and watched as it bounded off into nearby bushes and out of sight, "I knew him." The man now locked his dark, mysterious eyes on Yuri.

Yuri's own green eyes went wide. "You . . . you knew my grandfather?" He tentatively took a small step forward.

"Yes," was the simply reply.

"Who are you?" Yuri asked as he came to a halt a few steps away from the gorgeous vampire.

"You can call me Otabek," the vampire smirked. "And what is your name grandson of Nikolai?"

"Yuri."

. . .

"I can't believe I am carrying you to bed," Viktor chuckled as he drifted unsteadily into a wall.

"Well you're not doin a very good jobfit!" Phichit squealed as his legs bashed into the wall.

"You're lucky I'm even able to stand after how much of that sake you basically poured down my throat," Viktor countered, righting himself. He then continued his journey down the hall with a very inebriated vampire being carried bridal style in his arms.

"That way," Phichit flung an arm out lazily to guide the human.

"Ok ok," Viktor hiccupped. After Phichit had finished telling Viktor his long, sad tale, the vampire had passed out cold on the table. Viktor shook him awake, and was promptly begged for a ride. The hunter grudgingly complied.

"Here here!" Phichit giggled as he pointed to a set of sliding doors.

"What does that say?" Viktor motioned towards a sign near the door that appeared to be a warning written in elegant Japanese calligraphy.

"It's just says that Yuuri will kill you if you enter his room blah blah blah," Phichit laughed.

"Yuuri's room?" Viktor shrieked and accidentally dropped Phichit in the process.

"Ahh!" Phichit wailed as his rear end made hard contact with the bamboo flooring. "Son of a," he grumbled, rubbing his backside.

"I thought I was taking you to your room!" Viktor stumbled backwards. "I'm not going in there!" His crystal blue eyes went wide in fear as he pointed at the innocuous sliding doors as if they could bite. "I've already been a huge dick to Yuuri, if I go in there he really will kill me!"

"Oh bah!" Phichit swiped his hand in the air in dismissal and slid the doors open with his foot. He got to his feet, wobbled for a moment, and then walked across the threshold. "Get your goofy Russian ass in here, I want to show you something." Phichit called out as he went about turning on the lights.

Viktor crept towards the doors, shaking. "Wha . . . what could you possible want to sho-" Viktor stopped talking when his eyes caught the distinct image of himself adorning the wall. He found himself walking into Yuuri's room unintentionally to get a better look.

"Yuuri is like your biggest fan," Phichit spread his arms out wide to indicate the multitude of posters, magazine clippings, and newspaper photos plastered over every inch of Yuuri's walls. "He has been following your career for years you big moron. He adores you. And then he met you and fell head over hells in love with your weird Russian ass!" Phichit shouted and let himself collapse on Yuuri's futon.

"This is . . ." Viktor trailed off, unable to from a complete sentence when so many Viktor Nikiforov's were staring down at him.

"So you see human," Phichit snuggled into Yuuri's pillow and yawned. "Yuuri might have lied about being a vampire, but he wasn't lying about how he felt about you." Phichit closed his eyes and passed out. Soon the sounds of his gentle snoring filled the room.

Oh Yuuri. Viktor could feel his eyes filling up with tears. How could I have ever doubted you? He cast his eyes around the room and sniffled. Will you forgive me Yuuri? Will you ever forgive me? Viktor fell to his knees and cried while images of himself watched from above.

Author's Notes:

I'm sorry that this is such a sort chapter. It was either post this now, or wait until next week. With Thanksgiving here in the US on Thursday and my YOI Telephone Art Game for Yuuri's Bday on tumblr wrapping up, I'm hella busy ^^;;

I drew Viktor's reaction to getting bit by Yuuri and my tumblr. It's only my 4th art piece, so be kind lol ^^;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

I hope to post a chapter next week, but fair warning it might be two weeks out.

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