28: Making deals
I don't own VK and it belongs to its rightful owners anything else belongs to NR13. And this chapter's pretty long so R&R!
POV of Ceil
It's been a couple of weeks since we arrived at Horizon Inn and Amber and I are still avoiding each other but everyday as I walk to my room I can't help but stare at the pictures she has of me on the table. I'm in my room when the door opens so I was expecting to be greeted by Takuma as usual or even Kaname but not by this person.
"Akahanna can we talk?" Amber pleads so I set down her diary then she closes the door behind her as she walks in making me go to the window and stare out.
"Why did you fake your own death?" I ask not looking at her, so she replies
"Because I didn't want that life for me and there was no other way so I faked it."
"So I was black mail against Aketo so when it didn't go the way that you wanted you faked dying?" I ask then she nods
"So I see that you read that part, he gave it to you didn't he?" I nod finally looking at her with my arms crossed over my stomach
"Yes, but why? If you didn't love him why did you sleep with him in the first place?" it's her turn not to look at me
"I don't know honestly," she answers boiling my blood
"So what? You didn't know why else you should have kept me besides the fact that Dad would have killed you if you didn't?! Was I really not worth anything to you like you wrote in your diary 17 years ago?!" I scream at her while I try not to break down on her. She doesn't reply but just stays there in silence making me hate her more.
"You know, I was having a child too but I lost it and I still care unlike you who doesn't care." I blurt out wiping my eyes with my sleeve.
"You're just 17 though," she answers completely different from what I thought she was going to say.
"What the Hell does my age have to do with anything? I was also raped too at 16 if you cared but you probably didn't." I throw into her face making her glare at me. She pushes herself off of the wall and is about to leave when she stops and gives a backward side glance towards me
"I do care Akahanna." then she slams the door behind her but it re-opens by Kaname with a serious expression on his face.
"We need to leave now! They're coming closer and will be here less than an hour looking for us." my eyes grow huge so I get ready. Takuma, Kaname, and I are in the stables that Horizon Inn has mounting on so we can leave but since the stables are near the main entrance we hear Yuki and Zero entering. We hold our breaths while I melt our scents because we hear
"You're Amber Tachira so you must know where your daughter is and if you lie to us we will have you arrested." Yuki threatens but then you hear
"I haven't seen her at all I didn't even know she was still alive but I have some excellent rooms available if you wish to stay."
Kaname looks at us as he mounts on one of the only two horses here, "We'll meet up at the next hideout I'm going ahead to buy us some time so Akahanna go with Takuma and be there within a day please; if not you know how to contact me." He pulls on the reins leaving us so I look at Takuma, he mounts onto Ember who's miraculously here then extends his hand out to me.
"C'mon we don't have a lot of time!" I grab it then he pulls me up and I wrap my arms around his waist.
"Ye-ha!" He yells then Ember takes off. We're running through the woods but the scent of something burning fills up the air. I look back then a small scream escapes from my throat.
"Hurry!" I tell as these wolves made of fire chase us setting the woods on fire and a dark figure follows after them. Takuma pulls on the reins making Ember scream and she takes off faster. Something rips through the air then lodges itself into Takuma making him fall to the ground pulling Ember and I down with him. Ember falls mostly on my leg as I try to keep her from falling on Takuma.
"Takuma!" I scream as I lean over trying to wake him up. Ember gets off and runs off leaving Takuma and I exposed to the pursuers
The wolves come closer with their heat blasting through the air so I hover over Takuma to protect him then the dark figure approaches us making me gasp.
"Akahanna get off of him." Zero barks as he aims the Bloody Rose gun at us.
I look down at Takuma then I see the blood sweeping out of his shoulder then I see the purple Vampire Hunter magic spider webbing itself through his shoulder and eating away at his skin.
"Why did you do that?!" I demand then one of the wolves come at me trying to get at Takuma but I snarl at the wolf making it retreat but they circle around us.
"Because I received orders to kill anyone who's with you except you and Kaname but I see that he isn't here so I leave him to Yuki." Zero gets Shadow to come closer to us and Shadow prances in place agitated. I look at Zero then plead
"Please Zero let me take Takuma somewhere safe so I can heal him please."
He snorts "Why should I? I purposely shot him there so that way he can die faster if the wolves didn't kill him first."
I glare at him then I hear Takuma groan and he grips onto his shoulder so I look down then run my hand over his face trying to calm him down.
"Zero do you really love me?" I demand
"Of course now what does that have to do with this?"
"If you really do love me then you'll let me take him to safety and once when he's okay then I'll come with you." I state
"How do I know that you will keep your word huh?" He demands so I'm about to go to him but then the wolves come in closer so I snarl then in front of them I send ice to form but one of the wolves steps onto the ice making steam hiss then it howls in pain and limps away.
"Come here and I'll prove it to you." He comes closer so I reach for his belt then pull out his dagger. He just watches as I cut a small part of my palm then face it towards him.
"Here, I Akahanna Ceil promise that I will come back to Zero Kiryu after Takuma Ichjio is okay." My blood turns to ice glowing from the center then it shatters. Zero looks at me funny,
"What was that?"
"I promised it on my blood so if I don't go through my promise I'll die." He nods then clicks his tongue making Shadow come to us, he mounts on and whistles.
"I give you 3 weeks then you must come back and if you don't and if you don't die I will track you down and kill you myself." He turns around then the fire wolves leave behind him so once when I know they're gone I relax.
"Ember!" I yell so she comes back and u get her to lay down next to Takuma and I struggle to get him onto her back. I get in the saddle and lay Takuma's upper torso against my back then tie us together so that way he doesn't fall off.
"Up." Ember gets up then we slowly trot to the nearby village. We're caught in a down pour so I get out of the saddle carrying Takuma and I knock onto the inn's door.
The worker opens then he stutters
"We're out of rooms." I give him an angry expression
"Please! He's injured!" I listen to Takuma's breathing but its laborious scarring me even more.
"Fine. I'll take the horse but its going to be twice the amount to stay."
"Anything I don't care." He lets us in helping me to carry Takuma to the room and sets him on the bed.
"Do you want any help?" I shake my head so the worker leaves and comes back with bandages with water then leaves for good. I grab my switch blade and cut open Takuma's shirt so I can get to the wound. The Vampire Hunter's magic a tracing his chest so I prepare myself then stub the point of the blade into the wound trying to get the bullet out. He screams shooting himself upright so I pin him down with my body.
"I'm sorry but bear with me!" He nods so as I continue getting the venom out he groans. I finish then start cleaning the wound when he looks at me.
"Akahanna what happened?" I tell him while I start treating some other smaller wounds. Once when I finish I kiss his cheek
"Go to sleep please you're gonna need your energy for tomorrow to catch up with Kaname." he nods then with his good arm he pulls me to him making me lie down next to him and whispers
"Thank you," I smile then I watch the door with my gun at hand to make sure that no one comes in and tries to kill us.
