Chapter 21
(TAKUMA POV) (A/N Random impulse moment, I thought I'd add a spin for the holiday season!)
Sumiko burst out of the room faster than I thought humans could run. We all sort of stared at the door for a second.
"She's an interesting girl, Hanasuba." Kain muttered emotionless. I smiled lightly. He was obviously attached to her, though not romantically. She was his half cousin, after all.
"Hai. And smart." Aidou replied, looking down at all the work she had managed to complete. "I still can't believe she's related to me though. It's a little weird."
"Do you understand those problems yet?" Kain asked Aidou.
"Yeah, Sumiko's a great teacher." He smiled brightly.
"Good, because I was not going to help you anymore. You give me a headache." Kain muttered, and returned to reading.
Shiki opened a box of blood tablets and popped one into his mouth. "She hates me."
"You attacked her, I think she has reason to bear resentment." Aidou shot at him. It was very surprising to us all. He was usually very kind and never spoke harshly. Apparently he was protective of his sister.
"She doesn't hate you." I told Shiki. "You two just don't talk at all."
"Maybe." It looked like it actually bothered Shiki that someone had a dislike for him. Models. They can be such drama queens.
A sharp scream filled the air, and we all stood up quickly, including Kaname-sama. I could immediately identify it a Sumiko's.
Aiodu was out the door in a second, and we all followed closely behind.
(OC POV)
My father smiled a gleaming white smile at me and began to walk forward.
"I've been looking for you Sumiko. My daughter, I've missed you." He grabbed a strand of my hair and twirled it. My instincts led me to grab my dagger and jump back three feet. He hissed.
"Sumiko!" Aidou appeared out of the trees behind me. I looked at him with pleading eyes. "What-"
The rest of the Night class came running up behind him. They all stared for a second, wondering why I wasn't attacking. After a second Yagari strutted in looking bored.
"I heard a scream. What…" he stared at my father is shock. "Akio?"
Aidou took a sharp breath and gave me a pointed look. I nodded slowly. His eyes widened and everyone looked really confused.
"Thought you were dead." Yagari stated. "Where the hell 've you been?"
My father hissed and lunged at me. I was frozen on the stop and let him knock me to the floor. However, I got some sense back and managed to throw him and roll up.
"I trained you well." He hissed. "I'm so proud of my little girl." Moving so fast I couldn't see him, my father had grabbed me from behind in a hold I couldn't break."
"Get off of me!" I cried. Everyone was just staring looking horrified.
(KAIN POV)
We all stood there trying to figure out what was happening when Yagari-sensei walked in.
"I heard a scream. What…" He was staring at the level E with… recognition. Judging by the way Sumiko looked like she could be blown over by a feather apparently she also knew this person. "Akio?"
My cousin breathed a loud breath and locked eyes with Sumiko. She nodded miserably as if she were about to cry.
"Thought you were dead." Yagari continued, as if he wasn't having a conversation with someone apparently out to kill Sumiko. "Where the hell 've you been?"
"Oh my god." Hanasuba whispered. We all stared questioningly at him. He opened his mouth, but was interrupted by a thud. We turned to see Sumiko lying on the floor. She threw him off quite powerfully, which I admired. The level E hissed.
"I trained you well. I'm proud of my little girl."
Everything clicked for me. The level E was her father.
Talk about awkward.
(OC POV) A/N I am trying to show many different points of view so certain things are filled in that otherwise wouldn't have been. Sorry if it's confusing!
Suddenly everyone froze. A powerful aura came over us. Another pureblood scent appeared, and a brown haired vampire appeared.
"My, look at the show my little pet has put on."
"Who the hell-" I managed to stutter but I felt my lips clamp shut.
"So this is the famous Sumiko." He smirked. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Rido, and that brat over there is called Kaname is my nephew."
"He's not a-" I was once again silenced.
"You really do talk a lot. Your father was right about two things. You also smell so intoxicating. It's taking a lot of restraint not to bite you right now."
Aidou snarled and Rido turned around.
"You must be the brother." He smiled evilly, and Aidou began to walk forwards into the center of the clearing.
"How did-"
"Your father's blood, my dear." Damn, he wouldn't let me say one whole sentence. "I know about everything. The way you were an accident, a drunken mistake. I know about you being a half blood. I know about you training but never having the actual urge to kill-"
"Wait WHAT?" I managed.
"Well, your father's memories clearly showed you telling him how you didn't feel that causing pain-"
"Not that!" I snapped. "The thing before that? I'm a what blood?"
"You mean you didn't know?" he grinned cruelly. "Well I am honored to explain this to you. Remember how you are actually a child of his," he pointed at Aidou. "Mother? Well she was a vampire correct? Did you not once wonder about where the vampire part went?"
"Not really…"
"You're half vampire." He stroked my hair, and I couldn't move. "A very pretty half vampire. You know, the second I tasted your father's blood I knew that it was the best thing I had ever tasted. And then I thought, how sad he is not a girl, because female blood is always better. Luck would have it, he had a daughter with vampire blood in her as well. Like the best things ever made put together."
"Oh, and I think you should know. Those killings weren't done by me. Oh no, that was your old man. I am responsible for all the Level E vampires, but not the horrific deaths."
I shuddered. "Get away from me you bastard." I choked out. He had to be lying. My father slapped me hard enough to make me cheek sting, and I fell onto my knees from the impact.
"Don't speak to him like that. He's only trying to help you, like he did me!" my father shouted. Rido held up a hand to silence his servant and turned to me.
"What a wonderful follower I have, don't I?" he asked me, and then placed his mouth at my neck. "But I want another."
He slowly licked my neck and I began to tremble uncontrollably. He laughed and teasingly poked my skin with a sharp fang, hard enough to make me cry out, but not hard enough to break the skin.
"Are you afraid darling?" he whispered, and in response, I kneed him in the crotch and then pushed him away.
"Is that a good enough answer?" I yelled at him. He sneered.
"I can make a deal with you." He purred, standing up and coming close to me. Without turning around, he beckoned Aidou forth, and using his powers, suddenly Aidou was right next to my father.
"What do you mean?" I inquired.
"You see, eventually I will taken everything from you, your mortality and your virginity." I blushed deeply but he only laughed and kept going. "So now it's time for you to make a choice."
"I promise to leave this academy and not harm anyone if you choose to kill one of these men." He gestured to Aidou and my father. "Should you take more that one minute to decide, I will go and kill the whole fucking student population."
"Monster." I gasped.
"Let me help you." He pointed at Aidou. "Brother you just met and annoys the hell out of you." He pointed to my father. "Father you've been working your whole life to impress. Your choice. You have thirty seconds."
I shot a desperate glance at the Night class. I knew that they wanted me to kill my father. But I couldn't.
"I'm sorry." I said through tears to Aidou. He looked horrified as I raised my knife. He closed his eyes.
(AIDOU POV)
"I'm sorry." She said, staring at me.
What? She had to be kidding. But when she raised her knife, I knew she wasn't, and I closed my eyes to fate.
I heard another scream. I turned and was shocked. Her father was writhing on the floor with a dagger protruding from his chest.
She had chosen ME?
(OC POV)
I looked at my father, dying by my hand.
This had to be a nightmare.
It had to.
Rido watched, almost amused as my father disintegrated into ashes, and then began to laugh.
"What an amazing show!" he cried out.
"Get out of here. Now." I commanded. He held up his arms.
"Fine, I am a man of my word. Tell Cross to get better security." Before me left he glanced at me.
"See you soon, princess."
Once he was gone, the curse on everyone else vanished. They all ran towards me, but I just shook my head and ran in the opposite direction.
I ran into my dorm. My lungs were about to burst and I couldn't keep going. My tears kept flowing and were salty against my tongue. I buried my face in my pillow and vowed to never come out.
The next morning, however, I took a shower and dragged myself to class. Yagari looked at me carefully the whole time, and eventually told me that I looked sick and could leave. I did silently. I had avoided talking all day.
I wandered around campus, digging my nails into my palms to keep from crying. After about and hour I heard someone calling my name.
I looked up and saw Kaname.
"Sumiko…" He never got to finish because I ran into him and began to cry harder than I ever had before. Without a second's hesitation, he pulled me into a big hug and squeezed me until I could talk. We walked to the bathrooms and cleaned my face until it didn't look like I had been crying at all.
"Your brother wants to thank you. You did him a great service." He told me, licking away all my tears sweetly.
"Fine." I said emotionlessly, still clutching his hand. "Please."
"Excuse me?" he asked.
"Don't leave me." I begged. "Every time I'm alone my dad pops up looking hurt and rejected. I killed my own father, Kaname! I can't live with myself!" I almost shouted. He led me to the front of the Moon dorms.
"Wha-" He didn't say anything, but pulled me into the common room where everyone was lounging. When he saw me, Aidou ran over and tentatively gave mea long, gentle hug.
"Arigato." He kept repeating. "So much."
"I wasn't going to kill you." I replied.
"But I thought you were." He admitted.
"Baka." I teased. He smiled and began to rub my hand soothingly, like a caring big brother.
"Are you all right?" he asked.
I replied, "I will be. Eventually." I laughed humorlessly.
Suddenly, Kaname pulled me onto the couch and into his lap. Everyone looked a little shocked, and Ruka looked slightly hurt. I tried to keep my voice low.
"Way keep it private." I murmured. He shrugged and kissed me lightly on the lips. My face was on fire as everyone stared. "BAKA."
Kaname laughed. "I love Sumiko. She's mine." He stated to everyone. They all began to smile and congratulate us. Takuma gave me a really nice hug, and said he was jealous that Aidou got to call me his sister.
I blushed for the second time that day.
A/n This chapter made me a little sad writing it, because I was thinking about having sumiko's dad be alive and human, but then everything wouldn't work right. So I am sorry about the whole death thing. If you think Sumiko is over it and that I'm gonna brush it over, then you're wrong. She isn't ok, but I wanted to end on a happy note. Thanks for reading!