The Yus finally discover their purpose. Now, they knwo what to do.

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One month has passed since the teens and vampires escape. They took time to recover, train, deepen their bond and trust. Yukina awoke with a start, breath short. Still this nightmare. The brunette was at the airport. She was running, running to Major Shinya as the blood-thirsty chains rush into the man and pierce him. The nightmare was recurring, and she could feel a burning guilt and shame. The teenager got up. It was still early, just six in the morning. Most were still sleeping. She went to the kitchen and rummaged around to prepare her lunch. She heated water on a stove, and put rice to cook. Some eggs then rabbit meat. By the way, she should go get the traps. Yukina had lunch alone. She then went back to her room to dress and went out. She entered the forest and found the traps. A new rabbit to replace the previous one, as well as birds.

They would have some meat for a while. She returned to the mansion to find that Crowley and Mika were up. Yukina gave them a smile, the redhead put his hand on her head. This done, she went to the garden to prepare the animals. One by one, the occupants of the castle awoke. They were all in the kitchen, while Yukina dipped the meat in salt brought from a supermarket. A little later in the morning, they would go to train. They had improved their teamwork and their attacks. Even if at the moment they were not using their real weapons, since Crowley served as a training dummy, and the Yus had threatened to tear off the head and dismember anyone who would hurt their daddy.

Cohabitation was going well. Everyone was involved in tasks including the vampires. Finally, these two were easy to live to the astonishment of the young except of course the twins. The parental relationship they had with Crowley was sure to amaze humans. None would ever have imagined a vampire capable of affection towards humans, nor the reciprocal. This tended to make Eusford less frightening. In short, life was flowing peacefully at the mansion, allowing humans to recover from their traumatic experience in Nagoya. Everyone was nevertheless aware that this could not last. The training was therefore followed with exemplary diligence. So one morning, the Yus decided it was time to move.

" But do you know where those labs were ?" asked Mitsuba.

" Yes. Crowley has destroyed some so we'll begin by those." replied Yuu.

The twins asked their friends to think about this. They weren't compelled to follow.

" I appreciate, but being logical we don't really have a choice. You're our best option to survive this and to have an upper hand on our enemies." answered Narumi.

" I need you to save my sister, so of course I'll follow." added Kimizuki.

" We made a promise to help our family, so I'm coming too." intervened Shinoa.

" Same here. Being alone is completely stupid." resumed Mitsuba.

" I have nothing more to say." concluded Yoichi.

" Fine. Then pack some things then we'll leave." decided Yukina.

Everyone went in his room. Two hours later they were ready and left the mansion. Crowley led them in a minibus he had found during the night. To the first lab he remembered, the first he was ordered to destroy by the Progenitors' Council. Behind, the twins were anxious. What they will discover … would surely be ugly. Eusford wasn't at ease as well. They drove for four hours. When the vampire stopped, the twins exchanged a glance of stress. They took a breath and in doing so, were the last to get out. They watched the building. A Hyakuya facility. A place where experiments were made on humans. Children on top of that. Purely disgusting. Mika approached them, and put a hand on their shoulder. To think that he too, underwent those horrors.

The twins decided to go. Crowley went between them, his arms around their neck in comfort. They then entered in a heavy silence. Day light was enlightening their path. Lots of dust covered the floor. They walked in silence for a while, before opening doors here and where. Narumi gulped when he spotted blood on a wall. Skeletons were still here. Yuuichiro found cages. A flash appeared before his eyes.

" Are you okay ?" asked Mika.

" Nnngh. It … it's not here." said Yuu.

" What ?" asked Kimizuki.

" We … weren't here. This place isn't the lab we were experimented on."

" How can you tell ?" asked Mitsuba.

" It's like an intuition." replied Yukina.

She went to Crowley, under his arm and against him. Meanwhile, everyone looked for datas in the whole place.

" Yu-chan, can I talk to you ?" asked the thirteenth progenitor.

" Huh yeah. About what ?"

They went to the back of the room.

" You don't seem to be alright lately. You're up early, and your eyes are full with sadness. What's wrong sweetie ?"

Yukina looked at him. Of course he noticed. Should she tell him ? Yuuichiro asked already, and guessed.

" Well … do you remember one of the men who attacked you in Nagoya ? The one with blue eyes and white greyish hair ?"

Eusford reflected, before finally nodding.

" That one was my mentor. He was really nice and helpful. So … when we got reunited I …" confessed Yukina.

" You felt like you betrayed him." understood Crowley.

" Because I did. When we arrived in Shibuya, Yuu and I swore to never bond with anyone in there." added Yukina.

" Ah, but it was quite naïve of you to think you wouldn't attach to at least someone. Staying alone in your corner was impossible. You had to interact with people sooner or later and that was bound to happen, eventually." explained Crowley, his hand on her hair.

"You're right. He surely hates me now. Oh well, I suppose time will do its duty of healing." she sighed.

" Yeah, surely. But don't feel too down because of that. You saw what the humans did, they don't deserve your loyalty at all. Plus you were only retrieving your family. If that can comfort you, he can probably understand that." resumed Eusford.

" That my family is made of vampires ? I don't think so." she smiled.

" Your friends here seem to understand, so why not him."

" Maybe. Come on, let's help everyone." concluded Yukina.

Yukina thanked the adult, then joined her friends. Crowley went to search as well. Alas, it appeared that the vampires carefully destroyed all datas here. So finding nothing, the group simply left.

" That was to be expected. The vampires don't want humans to restart this experience." commented Mika.

" So we can assume that other laboratories will be the same : empty." made Yukina.

"Hmmm … let's think. Those researches must have been backed up somewhere. Even if vampires destroyed every lab, I doubt they could've destroy all datas. Proof is that the army manage to recreate a seraph today." reflected Yuu.

" You're right. But maybe they collected the only available datas. If so, then our search is pointless." said Shinoa.

" Right. However, it is not useless to think that some of them were preserved somewhere. If we had to hide very important research … where could it be ?" resumed Yukina.

Yuu asked Crowley if vampires attacked at the exact same time. More or less, according to the adult vampire. But he couldn't exclude that humans did manage to save parts of it. Data processing was very fast.

" So it must have been a place above all suspicions. Somewhere no one would have the idea to look in." said Narumi.

"Labs were the priority, so datas could've been saved while the vampires were destroying everything. Even before that." added Kimizuki.

But where ? That was the question. The group decided to enter a building to think. There, they sat on ruins.

"We need to know what was linked to this sect. So dad, Shinoa or Mitsuba, what can you tell us ?" said Yukina.

" Unfortunately, I was too young to know much about this. I was on the sidelines during that period." confessed Shinoa.

" Same here." added Mitsuba.

" For all I know, there were labs, churches, enterprises …" enumerated Crowley.

" Wait. What about our orphanage ?" suggested Mika suddenly.

" What ?" said the twins.

" Well yes. It was supposed to supply guinea pigs. Places like the ones Crowley spoke are way too obvious. But an orphanage …"

" That's … not dumb." conceded Narumi.

" Won't cost to have a look." said Yoichi.

They agreed to go there. Mika and the twins were too young to remember the path, so they had to find a map first. Yoichi found one in a shop. He unfold it on a car hood. Then, he traced the way to the orphanage. Now time to go. Honestly, Yoichi may thought it wasn't hard to go in it but … seeing the place where they met, the last place before the end of the world … wasn't so easy for Mika and the Yus. The more they were getting close, the more anxious they were feeling. And finally … here they were. The Hyakuya orphanage, from which they took the name. The place who made them guinea pigs. The convoy stopped in front of the place.

" So … this where you come from." said Mitsuba, looking at the three Hyakuyas.

They were staring at the building. Here, where they finally found a family. Where a second chance was supposed to be given to them. Mika, who had been in there for a longer time than the twins, remembered some of the kids being taking away. Surely because they were going to a lab and died during experiments, and not because they've been adopted like the director said back then. The director. He thought of her as trustworthy, a big sister or almost a mother. While she was aware of everything. The so-called couples who came to adopt a child … ah, what a farce.

They finally found the courage to enter. Each of them heard the laughs of children who lived in here. Nothing changed. No more coats hanging on the coat rack. Silence. Dust. Images were flowing. Kids running here, drawing in a room next to them … Kimizuki opened a door. The refectory. Mika could see all the orphans eating here. A month before the twins' arrival, a huge food fight happened in here. He couldn't help but smile. It has been fun. Yes, they had their happy moments in here. But it quickly fade as the blonde vampire reminded it has also been fake. Crowley was looking around with interest. So his kids were coming from here. Were they the same here than when they were offered to him ?

" Alright. Let's separate and look everywhere." announced Shinoa.

What they did. Crowley approached Mika.

" Hey Mika." he called, low voice.

The young looked at him with curiosity.

" You who knew the twins before me … how were they in here ?"

" Ah. You have to know they arrived the very day of the Apocalypse. But for all I could remember, they were aggressive."

Mika told his congener that he tried to greet them friendly, but they refused. So he took Yuu's hand and it ended in a fight. He won, but then Yukina hit him and overthrew him on the ground, saying that if he dared to restart it'll be worse. Crowley smiled : well, they weren't especially calm the first time either.

" Say … how old were you when you arrived here ?" asked Yoichi to Yuu.

" Eight years old. I was the eldest with Yukina and Mika. All the kids here … they had an awful story. Some had their parents who committed suicide, abandoned their kids, some even never saw their parents …" answered Yuuichiro.

" But now, maybe that was all a lie. Maybe some parents were killed, because seriously, both of them committing suicide ? It was a sect, I believe they were assassinated or ordered to die." intervened Yukina.

" Or ordered to abandon their children." added Yuu.

" So dreadful." made Yoichi.

" Hey, I found the director's office !" announced Narumi.

" That could be the place." said Yuuichiro.

They went in the back of the building. The director's office. Mika never entered there now that he remembered it. Narumi opened the door. At first glance nothing abnormal.

" I wonder what she would think if she could see me as a vampire."

Shinoa was examining each book on the library, while Mitsuba opened the desk drawers. Kimizuki was taking care of a cabinet, full of files concerning the children. Curious, he opened one. Classical datas here, like a photo, a name, first name, origin … Mika looked behind a painting. Nothing. Maybe this was hopeless in the end, he thought. Crowley decided to knock on walls. Yukina did the same on another wall.

" Maybe this place is too obvious too." said Shinoa.

" Possible. So where can we look now ?" asked Mitsuba.

" Where … could be the most … unlikely place to hide something important ?" reflected Yuu.

" Hmmm … the kitchen ?" suggested Yoichi.

" A garage ?" proposed Mitsuba.

" Bathroom ?" made Kimizuki.

" Toilets." said Yoichi.

" You're not serious." intervened Yukina.

" But …" made Yuu.

He went out of the office. Everyone exchanged glances, then followed. It couldn't be. Yuu entered the toilets. Several cabins here. So he went in one, took out the toilets after using his katana. Same for the second, the third, the fourth and …

" I can't believe it."

" Don't tell me you actually found something ?!" exclaimed Narumi.

Yuu went out the sixth cabin with a CD in a hand. Once close, everyone could read " seraph of life" written on it.

" Seraph of life ?" said Yukina.

" And not of the end ?" added Yoichi.

" So we really found datas. But how to read them ?" asked Shinoa.

" Right. Is finding a still functioning computer possible ?" wondered Mika.

" Only one way to know." responded Yuu.

They had to find a shop selling computers. Finding one still functioning wasn't easy. It took them three hours, while they made a lunch break. Crowley inserted the CD in the reader. Fortunately the previous owner wrote a code inside. The teenagers sat on pouffes they found elsewhere. Kimizuki switched on a tv connected to the computer, while Crowley placed himself behind his little ones. The face of a man appeared. He was checking the camera.

" Hello my dear sister. I don't know if you'll watch this one day, but I'll entrust you this video, nonetheless. This is about the seraphs of life. And I did said of life, not of the end."

So this man was related to the orphanage director. The man on the video stepped back. He explained that he has always a curious mind, as his sister knew. So the first question he asked himself ever since he entered the Hyakuya church, was why. Why were they doing research on the seraph of the end ? To gain power ? But against what or who ?

" I know what you'll said : to survive against our sworn enemies, the Mikado no Oni. But how did this happen ? What made us enemies in the first place ? That's what I investigated about, in secrecy of course. First, did you know that our organizations were born at the same time ?"

The scientist showed a very old manuscript, announcing the creation of both organizations after a war, as reward from the emperor with domains and titles. At first, they weren't foe. It came later, as their respective influence grew. The war began three centuries later, when the forbidden experience was discovered. A race between them.

" Vampires cut our path short each time. But who had the idea of delving into this ? And why ? Not only that, but how could we maintain our power for so long ? While all our rivals disappeared or were absorbed by one sect or the other." resumed the scientist.

He conducted a deep study of their history. He even managed to corrupt Hiiragi's newcomers to obtain part of their archives. That's how he discovered testimony of previous head of the family. One of them wrote a warning for the next generations. A creature was possessing them. Each heir got possessed by it. An old and powerful angel, who started all this. The whole group rounded eyes at this.

" Just what Guren suspected." said Yuu, low voice.

" This happen six hundred years ago. The Hiiragi head of that time ordered their most loyal followers, the Ichinose clan, to find a way to free them. So based on the fact it was probably a seraph, they figured out that only another one could defeat that monster. That, they succeeded. They worked in the creation of a seraph but not for destruction. Because it would be too dangerous and hard to control. Instead, they aimed for the opposite. Creation. Life."

But one century later, as they were on the verge of succeeding, the Ichinose clan fell in disgrace. Research was stopped, and even lost. Or to be more precised, hidden. As a revenge against the ones who truly betrayed for a stupid reason. They would suffer more in the hands of the one who used their lives as experiments. But him, he retrieved them.

" That has been my personal and top-secret project. The seraph of life. And I think I did it. You see, I chose two kids among the best subjects we got. And most important, they're twins."

At this, the Yus stiffened. Here they were. The part that directly concerned them. The landscape between the man changed. Two cages were shown. Inside, children. They lifted a face with empty eyes, eyes tired of what they underwent. The scientist rose his thumb and smiled. The twins opened their mouth, their teammates displayed shock and disgust.

" According to the Ichinose's researches, twins presented the asset of having more power, since it's two persons but with the same blood. Different powers as well. Two in one as they said. The twins will be a powerful seraph, the seraph of life !" concluded the man, with a weird laugh that startled the Yus.

The voice they heard the first time they transformed. It was his. The scientist hoped that one day he could present his project, defy the Hiiragis and who know, overthrow them once and for all. The video ended here, datas on experiments followed. Crowley stopped it here. A huge silence followed.

" So." began Yukina.

They looked at her.

" This is our goal. Destroying the creature possessing the Hiiragis. The one who initiated the research and somehow the war."

" But you don't have to do this. If so, you'll just go according to the humans plan." intervened Mika.

" You don't say. But what choice do we truly have ? The Japanese Imperial Demon Army is surely tracking us. Not to mention Ferid. As long as this thing is alive, it will never stop. Just start over again and again." replied Yuu.

" Also, doesn't mean we won't do things our way. This is our asset, if those seraphs are as powerful as this … monster here pretends, then we will be able to impose ourselves, and not oblige to follow." added Yukina.

" The Yus are right. We need enough power to stop being manipulated, survive and eventually win." agreed Crowley.

" I agree as well. This whole story is beyond us, time to regain control. Let's see this as a chance rather than a problem." made Shinoa.

Others agreed as well. The Yus announced that they'll resume their attempts to control their seraph. They had stopped this last month. For now, Crowley decided to destroy these ultimate datas. Once this done, they left. But they didn't come back to the mansion. Once again, Eusford found another place. There, the twins helped everyone to settle. The night was about to fall, but they wanted to try talking with their host.

" And here I had hoped you would have given up." welcomed Tsukiyo.

" You should know me better than that by now." replied Yukina.

She called for the seraph. That one showed up at her second call. The young girl immediately told about what she just learnt.

" Seraph … of life ? No, I'm here to destroy …"

" Oh stop with that and use your brain ! When you appeared the first time, me and Yuu were connected by a wing. Just as this man said. All of this, this war, the taboo experience, the end of the world was the work of a single person. Everyone has been manipulated ever since." cut Yukina.

The angel reminded silent.

" So … what do you want from me ?" it said after a moment reflecting.

" I've showed and explained you a lot about our world since your awaken. You probably also felt the bond with my adoptive father." she reminded.

" Yes. I've learn a lot thanks to you."

" I need your help when needed. Time to stop this once and for all. There's also another angel we must rescue. So help me."

The seraph didn't reply, causing fear to its interlocutor.

" Fine. Let's make all this a pact. I'll lend you my power without taking over your mind. In exchange, you put an end to this, and make sure all datas research are destroyed. Also, overthrow those conceited humans who dared to create another seraph. Don't fail, otherwise I'll handle things."

" Deal." agreed Yukina.

She tended her hand, that the angel took. A huge amount of power, superior to Tsukiyo's one flowed in her. She suddenly felt someone shaking her. When she opened her eyes, Yoichi was holding her. But everyone around looked frightened.

" What ?" she asked, puzzled.

" You scared us here, Yu-chan." said Yoichi.

" Why ?"

" Your clothes, even you skin were steaming." revealed Mitsuba.

" Eh ?"

Oh wait. The angel's power. That must've been a manifestation. She heard her brother's name. Crowley was arriving while Mika was attempting to awake him. Yukina could indeed see smoke emanating from him.

" Done." said Yuu, opening his eyes.

" What ?" asked Narumi.

" The seraph. It agreed to help me. What about you sis ?"

" Same. We concluded a pact." announced Yukina.

" Well done kids. Now, I think the time to act has arrived. We need a plan." said Crowley.

" Then let's all think. What should we do next ?" began Yuuichiro.

" I'd like to save my sister." intervened Kimizuki.

" But is it a good idea to go for it first ? Your sister is in Shibuya, right in the base with the whole army. Sure we have two seraphs now, but we don't know about their capacities." pointed Narumi.

" He's right. Also, who will come to us first ? Humans or vampires ?" added Mika.

" Hmmm … I would bet on Ferid. I know he has a plan. He captured the queen, he surely didn't fail to contact the Progenitors' council. They'll come here. But we're still pawns to him, all of us." resumed Crowley.

" Him again. But this time, we have a trump card. I suggest letting him come, and made him believe he can still manipulate us." proposed Yukina.

" Yeah, let's see if he can still give us informations. And should he try anything funny, we'll kill him on the spot." added Yuu.

" That won't be that easy. He's way more experimented than you for manipulation. I'm sure he knows we'll follow his plan."

" Maybe. But this time, we have a way to escape it." insisted Yuu.

" Anybody else has another idea ?" asked Crowley.

Mika said that they could try to save the queen. To what his elder agreed : one more powerful vampire was useful. However, the blonde warned them that she'll try to snatch the Yus. She has a personal goal to achieve as well. Shinoa suggested to conclude an alliance with her to prevent bad surprises. They could still try : after all, if they managed to save her she'll be in their debt.

" I think we can reason more with her than with Ferid. Well then, time for you to sleep." concluded Crowley.