Ryu's words echoed through my mind… I had fallen for Kazumi and yet I didn't know it. Why haven't I noticed all this time? Was it because I didn't know what real love was even when I looked at examples from Naruto and Hinata? Or was it because I didn't want to admit it because of my tainted blood and soul? When I thought that my life couldn't get more complicated, it had for tonight… I wished that I could forget it even if I don't remember most of it… though the face Kazumi showed me, would forever be burned into my mind forever…

Yamihebi sighed softly as he started to walk back with Kazumi and Ryu. Ryu had offered to walk with them since his house was on the way back to Kazumi's and the guest house. Though he hated it that Kazumi's friend was with them at the moment. What bothered him the most was what the black haired teen had said while Kazumi sang.

Digging his hands into his pockets, Yamihebi didn't know what he should do. His heart told him that he should tell Kazumi the truth, about everything but at the same time, his mind was telling him that it was best that she didn't know. There was no way that she would understand him at all, hell she would be afraid of him. His soul, was after all nothing but darkness surrounded by the very blood he carried.

"You okay Yamihebi?" came Kazumi's concerned voice, causing him to come out of his thoughts and turn to her. The blonde's concerned lavender coloured eyes stared at him, his heart started to beat quickly but he knew that he shouldn't allow himself to feel like this. Turning away, Yamihebi started to walk on ahead, just wanting to remain in his own thoughts. Though it seemed that Kazumi didn't want to leave him alone. She grabbed his hand as she whispered "please… tell me what's wrong?"

"Nothing… I'm fine, just thinking about some stuff that's all. Don't worry." He tried to smile, he really did but it felt more like a grimace. Like he couldn't force himself to cheer her up at all, like he was stuck in a pool of self-loathing and pity, something he couldn't escape from.

Ryu walked up to Yamihebi as he said "come on, you might as well tell us what's going on." Yamihebi just glared at Ryu and growled at him softly, which had caused both teens to back away with wide eyes. Okay, that wasn't how he had planned for them to get out of his personal space but it had worked. Taking a deep breath, the long black haired teen started to keep walking. The moon was full and he could feel the power started to form within him. His blood boiling it was just that time of month where the blood he kept dormant would try to bubble to the surface.

Taking a deep breath, Yamihebi frowned when he sensed that something was wrong. Looking around, he turned to Ryu and Kazumi as he asked "do you guys feel like something is… wrong?" Seeing their frowns, he had a feeling that it was only him that had sensed it at the moment. Shaking his head, Yamihebi whispered "never mind then." He gave a smile before he started to walk on forward once more, just wanting to get as far away as possible from this place, though stayed close enough so Kazumi would get home safely.

The sound of feet scuffling through the shadows caused the teen to keep his guard up, he was a little nervous. Was this all in his head or was there danger around them all?

"Yo, Yamihebi why do you wear the blindfold anyway?" asked Ryu.

"I have my reasons that I do not wish to say," answered Yamihebi.

Suddenly, Yamihebi felt a strange chill go down his spine, danger was near. Narrowing his eyes, he looked around and saw shadows running by in his line of vision. Someone else was here. Acting quickly, he grabbed onto Kazumi's wrist and started to run with both Kazumi and Ryu. "Run!" shouted Yamihebi as he tried to run as fast as he could without causing Kazumi to trip or fall.

Ryu could easily run with Yamihebi, though that was also because he wasn't using his full power at the moment. "What's going on Yamihebi?" said Ryu, well more like he demanded to know.

"Someone is following us, I'm hoping we can lose them." Answered Yamihebi, he had to make sure that Kazumi was safe, that nothing bad happened to her. He knew that Ryu could take care of himself, at least he could tell from what little muscle he could see in his arms. Anyway, he ran as fast as he could, without thinking he took a sharp turn only to run into a dead end. "Damn it!"

"We might be able to get out if we run out of here fast enough." Said Ryu, which was smart. With that, he started to turn around along with Kazumi and Ryu only to gasp when he five guys walking into the alley. He couldn't tell what they looked like; even with his amazing eye sight he couldn't see them at all. The men smirked as they started to walk toward the teens, Yamihebi did the only thing he could and pushed Kazumi behind him, hoping that he could protect her.

"Look what we have here boys… two guys and a woman…" said the man in the middle with a creepy smile. His smile made Yamihebi growl softly, he could sense what this man really wanted and it was something that made him want to rip him to pieces. For now, he kept that deep down in his heart for he couldn't lose control.

"Yeah boss… what about those two guys though?"

"Simple… two hold each of them and I'll take care of the woman."

Yamihebi growled loudly and fiercely as he said "over my dead body!" Getting into a defensive stance, he held up his arm where his hand would just hover over his shoulder and his fingers flexed as if he was going to use some kind of hidden weapon.

"Don't do anything stupid Yamihebi," said Ryu in a hushed whisper, hoping that Yamihebi wouldn't do anything stupid. His only answer to that was a growl from the angry teen.

Howling in rage, Yamihebi rushed forward to fight the five men off. He had to make sure that Kazumi would be safe; he had to make sure that she would remain safe. A voice echoed in his mind… the voice of a savage… "Kill! Kill them all! Kill anyone that would get in your path to obtain mate!" The inner wolf that resided within him called to him, telling him, demanding him to kill these men in order to protect Kazumi and he was going to make sure of that.

Without thinking, he tackled one of the men before jumping up and throwing his fist at the one man at his right, and spinning to kick the man at his left in the side of the head. His blood boiled from his rage, from his desire to fight. Something that had lied dormant for so long that it could no longer contained. Howling out in rage, turned his gaze to the last two men, his blood boiling, sizzling through his veins so hotly that he thought that his skin would start to steam.

"Yamihebi look out!" shouted Kazumi. Yamihebi lifted his head as he quickly turned around to stare at Kazumi, for his main concern was her. Though, as he had stopped paying attention to the men hadn't noticed that the one man he had tackled moments ago had grabbed a taser and jammed it into his side, causing Yamihebi to scream out in pain. "Yamihebi!" shouted Kazumi as she tried to rush out toward him as his body hit the hard ground below.

"Kazumi don't!" shouted Ryu as he grabbed the blonde's hand and pulled her back. "Stay back, I'll have to defend you." When he looked back, he saw the two men holding up Yamihebi by his arms while he sat on his knees. This wasn't good; he looked like he was out cold with the way his head was tilted to the side. In a way, it made Ryu think of a drugged person who was high.

"Get the other guy before we get the girl." Shouted the boss, or the man that Ryu thought was the boss. Narrowing his eyes, he stood in front of Kazumi, hoping that he would be a match for these guys. Though, it still had him a little confused with how Yamihebi had just charged in, it was almost as if he was a wild animal. Thinking that it was better to take the risk, he charged and went to fight the men, maybe if he got Yamihebi to wake up he would be able to have some help to take down these five guys.

Sadly though, it didn't seem that he was meant to win this battle, for as soon as he charged, the two men that hadn't been kicked down by the dazed teen, had managed to dodge Ryu's weak attacks and grabbed a hold of him and had him in the same position as Yamihebi. The only thing that went through his mind were these. 'Damn it all to fucking hell!'

Ryu struggled against his captor, not sure how he had gotten like this so quickly. All he could think was that somewhere out there someone was pulling all the strings just so he would look bad… though maybe that was all in his head.

Looking up, Ryu stared at Kazumi with wide eyes, remembering that both he and Yamihebi were tied up now. He couldn't do anything for her… only… "Run Kazumi! Run as fast as you can! Forget about us!" shouted Ryu as he prayed that Kazumi would run and get help. Please let her be more like her mother for this moment and not like Naruto! Please!"

"No!"

And he had spoken too soon… Damn it all!

Kazumi held out her left hand, palm facing the only man that didn't have a hold of her friends while the other was held back. It was time that she used the training that her parents gave her. Narrowing her lavender coloured eyes, Kazumi thrust out her right hand at the man's stomach when he was close to her and watched as he backed up a bit. Not what she had been expecting but it'll do for a start.

Before he could regain his composure, she spun around and gave him a round house kick into his side sending him into the wall. At least this was starting to be a good start for her. The man glowered at her before he tried to grab at her once more. Kazumi acted quickly and grabbed his wrist in both of her hands before throwing him into the wall. For once, she was thankful for all the self-defence that her parents gave her. Though sadly, she didn't have the strength of her parents, maybe half of it.

The man glared at her, he was done playing with this girl… his glare was enough to scare Kazumi as she took a step back against the wall. "You're going to come with me girly." The man said with a glare as he reached out for Kazumi once more. The young woman could only act as she jumped into the air and lifted her leg, kicking the man under his chin and sent him flying a foot or so away from her.

Oh ho, the man was now very pissed when he sat up and wiped his mouth of the blood that had started to drip from the corner of his mouth. "You little bitch." Growled out the man as he suddenly got up onto his feet and grabbed Kazumi and slammed her into the ground.

Kazumi yelped when she felt the cold ground beneath her, she tried to get back up but without leverage… well, without any good leverage, she wouldn't be able to get up and help Yamihebi and Ryu. The man smirked as he bent down a bit so he could whisper into her ear. Though what he said was enough to cause Kazumi's blood to run so cold that she thought that ice was flowing through her veins. "I'm going to make you feel like a woman tonight… weather you like it or not." She could even hear his smirk as he pulled back and reached for her short jacket and started to rip it off.

"No! Stop it! Stop it please!" shouted Kazumi as she tried to struggle all the more. Wanting to get away from here, tears started to pool in her eyes as she shouted and cried out for help. Soon, she started to feel him grab her top and tried to rip it off of her that was when her cries became more desperate.

Yamihebi just sat there; he looked like he was in a daze. Deep within his own thoughts, it was as if he wasn't even there anymore. He sensed that Ryu was next to him just by the scent of the cologne that he was wearing. Though what really got to him was the scent of salt. Slowly, he lifted his head as he heard the sound of someone crying out for help. Who was crying? Why did the voice sound so familiar to him?

Letting out a soft groan, Yamihebi blinked slowly at the scene that was unfolding before him as he stared blankly. He faintly heard Ryu telling him to try to help Kazumi before she lost her purity. 'Her… purity?' thought Yamihebi as he frowned a little bit as he tried to think on what Ryu was talking about. Everything was foggy though his body still felt a little fuzzy from the aftershock.

"Please save me someone!" shouted Kazumi as the man soon started to grab her bra.

Suddenly, something in Yamihebi snapped. Something violent starting to burn deep in his veins and right into his heart. The humanity of his soul vanished as he started to scream only for that scream to turn into a blood thirsty howl. The two men that held onto him tried to keep him on the ground… sadly, Yamihebi's strength had increased as he quickly threw them away from him as he growled.

"What the hell?!" shouted Ryu as he stared at the now ferocious teen. His teeth were bared and Ryu could faintly make out pearly white fangs overlapping his lower lip. His nails were sharp like knives as they grew and sharpened. Even his ears were a little more pointed like some sort of demon.

"Men! Pin him down while I have fun with this girl."

"Yes boss!" said the two men before they started to rush at Yamihebi. Sadly for them, Yamihebi just swung his arms at the two men, sending them to the walls beside them. Ryu just stared with wide eyes at the power that he had just seen. It was amazing, that was for sure. Shaking his head, the young man shook his head as he tried to think on what had just happened to the man that was normally quite.

"Get him!"

One of the boys rushed at Yamihebi and shoved him against the wall with a smirk. "I bet he can't even see, why else would he wear this stupid blindfold?" He smirked a little more before reaching up and wrapped his fingers around the cloth that had been around the teen's eyes. Flicking his wrist, he ripped the blindfold off of the teens head and just smirked. But, as soon as the black haired teen had opened his gold eyes, the man that held him froze, causing everyone to stare at the man. His body started to shake as if he was afraid. Not knowing what was causing his body to shake though all they could see from Yamihebi's face was his smirk for his bangs hid his eyes from everyone, but the man that held him.

"Fool." Growled out Yamihebi as he grabbed his arm and threw him away. Turning to Ryu, the teen glared at the two men that held onto Ryu for a moment before their bodies had fallen over convulsing in what they could guess was pain. Ryu was lucky, that he hadn't been looking at Yamihebi, though he had been a little confused as to what was going on around him.

Yamihebi laughed before he turned to the man that had managed to get Kazumi's bra strap undone. Growling darkly, he rushed forward and grabbed the man by the back of his shirt before throwing him far away from him. Looking down at Kazumi, he grabbed his jacket and tossed it to Kazumi. His inner beast had some sense to want to protect the one it saw as a potential mate.

"What are you!?" shouted the man with wide eyes though he just shook his head and pushed himself up onto his feet before grabbing a knife and charged at the beastly teen. The knife hit his shoulder, though didn't flinch in pain at all. Smirking Yamihebi grabbed his wrist and threw him against the wall and had his arm pressed against his throat.

Yamihebi's head was held low, he was slowly losing himself to his demonic nature. His humanity was slowly fading but at the moment he didn't care. Smirking, he held up his claws and slashed at the man's face. Blood seeped from the open wounds before he stared at the man. The man started to twitch and squirm in pain by an unseen force.

"You'll die human!" he said before laughing like a mad man. Yamihebi threw him to the ground and raised his claws as he got ready to kill him. He was going to make this man pay; he'll make him feel pain before he dies. "I'll rip out your heart and shove it down your throat!" He shouted before thrusting his claws toward the man's chest.

Everything seemed to have felt like it was slowing down. Like time itself had slowed itself down in his mind. The full moons rays shined above him, giving him more power than he could ever want in his whole life. Now, he didn't care about his purpose for why he wanted to hurt this man, he didn't care about what he had been doing moments ago… All he cared about was spilling this man's blood and ripping out his heart.

"Stop it!" shouted a voice as something wrapped around his waist. Something wet started to soak the back of his shirt. Blinking a few times, he saw that his claws were only mere inches from the man's chest, just lightly hitting the fabric of his shirt really. "Please stop it… Yamihebi please… this isn't you at all!" cried out the voice, a woman's voice… a sad voice.

Slowly, he pulled back from the man and turned his head to stare at the shaking form of Kazumi. She was wearing his jacket and had zipped up the zipper. Blinking slowly, Yamihebi tried to think on why she would stop him… or who she was. Why would this woman care about what he did? Grabbing his head, he felt like something was trying to rip his mind apart from the inside.

Groaning, he heard Kazumi pleading for him to stop. That he can't keep doing this, that he would only regret it later. Dropping his arms, Yamihebi frowned a little before his legs started to shake. The memories of what had happened started to flow into his mind. He had… he had been about to kill someone… Dear god…

Suddenly, Yamihebi started to feel dizzy, like he had suddenly been drained of all of his energy. Darkness started to cloud the edges of his vision before he fell into darkness as he lost consciousness.