Me: YO MINNA!
Girls: SKETCHY?!
Me: I know! I'm just as shocked as you are! XD
Alice: But-!
Me: I know! But I can't wait any longer! I am going to finish this chapter wether my eyes like it or not! Again, sorry for being away so long minna! But now Sketchy is back! ... (For now)
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(P.S My next eye surgery for me to fully heal will be on the 16th of May I believe)
~Beginning of Chapter~
"Papa?"
The shadowy figure smiled sadly, and nodded.
"Yes, it is indeed me, it has been a while has it not?"
He got no answer in return however, just glares.
"I know what I did was horrible but you must understand that I had to do it! I-!"
"Shut up! I don't want to hear your excuses! You sick excuse of a parent!" shouted Nagumo at his dad, already taking a fighting stance.
"Calm your head Nagumo, you were the most fiery tempered of all your brothers, weren't you?"
"Oh? So now you're too good for me to even call me Haruya?!"
The atmosphere was getting very tense very fast, Hiroto stood up and made sure neither of his brothers bolted forwards, by standing between them and his so called father.
"Why are you here?" he asked carefully, looking at the figure straight in the eye.
The man sighed.
"I... I missed you... All three of you, if you just listen as to why I did that you'll understand!"
"This better be good, or we will leave and never come back,, Partinus!"
Yes, Hiroto Kiyama the Royal Vampire's, Nagumo Haruya the Devil Prince's and Kazemaru Ichirouta the Speed Demon's father is none other than.
Edgar Partinus.
He sighed once more and sat down, showing the others that they should sit down too, which they did, reluctantly.
"... It all started when Mavis was talking to me about..."
~With the Others~
No one was exactly sure how to react, heck not even Gouenji, he was so confused by what Fudou had said.
"W-well... I would say you're lying but no Dark Astral would say such a thing..."
Fudou sighed, they didn't exactly believe him, they obviously wanted proof, but changing Gouenji into a mythical was far too risky right now.
"Well, we'll go then, good luck."
"Bye."
The dark energy beings hesitantly left and Fudou, the Aisu twins, Afuro and Gouenji flew into a cave and sat there.
It was silent at first before Gouenji shocked everyone by shouting.
"What do you mean I'm the only one?!"
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"Shuuya..." muttered Aisu, but before he could continue Gouenji interrupted him.
"You never said anything about me being the only Hybrid!"
"Well we..."
"You what?! Am I not suppose to be here?!"
"What?! No! Of course you're suppose to be here! But-!"
"Why did you never tell me!?"
His 'siblings' looked ashamed for not mentioning it, it was true though, he had absolutely no idea he was the only one, they had never told him.
~With the Brothers~
"What?"
Edgar nodded, he then said.
"We vampires and those wolves had struck a deal a long time ago, since the Vampires over did it with them, by taking all the food when they desperately needed it, only because a couple of our folk were starving and we ourselves didn't have a lot of food, later on we finally stopped trying to take everything that rightfully belonged to the wolves and tried to get along, no surprise however that they had too much built up frustration and didn't want to be anywhere near us."
Hiroto looked at his father in the eyes, clear confusion was visible under the light of the fire that surrounded them. He then said.
"But, if they were so angry at the Vampires, why did they..."
Partinus knew what his eldest was talking about, it was now the time to tell them the whole story and the truth.
"When we made 'peace' with the wolves we would have these small meetings, since I'm not a vampire they were okay with me being around them as king, but when I married your mother... It changed."
"Changed how?" asked Kazemaru who was already hooked into the story, he stared at his papa in wonder and slight awe.
"... The wolves were scared... They were scared we'd do the same things over again because we have a vampire queen, so the apparent friendship between us grew strained, their were more meetings for this whole marriage and they kept telling me that I would have to divorce your mother, but..."
"But what?" Burn was completely impatient with this, but wanted to know what happened to his mum.
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"I couldn't divorce her, she was pregnant."
~With Gouenji and co~
Fudou stared at the scene in front of him in shock, they had never told him? Really? How dumb could one get?!
The Aisu twins and Afuro weren't able to say anything, far too ashamed of not saying anything sooner, why didn't they? Surely Shuuya would get over it, even if it did affect him for a while he'd know he wasn't alone, but now that he was older, they were much too late.
"We're sorry Shuuya... We didn't mean to not say anything, we just didn't know how to approach the situation, I mean, how would you tell someone they're the only ones of their kind? It'd be difficult, right?"
Wiktoria's voice only barely made it out, her throat was clenched and her heart was beating faster with anxiety and stress, but then, who wouldn't? After everything that happened you had every right to be nervous.
At what Wiktoria said Gouenji sighed, turned around and sat away from his brothers and sister, he just wanted to be alone for now, that's all he needed, some privacy to think all of this through.
It was strange, but somehow, Gouenji knew he was the only one, and yet he didn't, strange indeed.
Gouenji lay down and tried to rest his eyes, before he knew it he had fallen asleep and... Dreamt.
~With the Brothers~
All three brothers stared in shock, then Kazemaru and Nagumo glanced at Hiroto who was also as shocked as them, Partinus nodded.
"Yes, she was carrying Hiroto, anyway when the wolves found this out they were enraged, so they started threatening us, saying that if we don't meet their standards, that if we don't get them whatever they accquired, he'd kill your mother."
The brothers didn't know what to say, now that they are hearing what actually happened they can't help but feel some slight sympathy for their father.
"So, what did you do?" asked Kazemaru, worried for the outcome.
"... I did what they asked, it kept on going for around 50 years, Nagumo was 5 and little Kazemaru was 4 by that time, and Hiroto was 52, the eldest was a vampire which meant he would obtain the throne when I wouldn't be able to rule anymore, the wolves were not happy, because now that we had three children to take care of food was getting harder to find, both your mother and I were too busy and couldn't meet the wolves' expectations, it was all over."
Hiroto's breath quickened, it was all a blur, but he could make out little parts and get the general gist of what happened.
"I was asked to meet the wolf leader."
~Flashback~
"What? B-but, you don't need the food! Our children and folk will starve!" cried out Partinus, he was holding on to a cape which shielded him from most of the cold weather, which the werwolves didn't seem to mind.
The alpha pack leader growled at the Speed Demon.
"I'm sure your folk and children will be just fine, after all, ours managed to survive, so why can't yours?"
Partinus didn't say anthing, he couldn't say anything, if he did he could possibly make it worse.
"If you don't manage to do so then we shall all destroy your family."
Partinus gasped, and quickly turned and ran, just before he left he heard one more thing from the wolves.
"You have two weeks Edgar, I hope you can manage."
T-two weeks?!
~At his home~
"Edgar? My dear husband, are you all right?" asked Mavis, looking at the Speed Demon who was panicking by pacing back and forth.
"... We don't have enough time Mavis... We don't..." Edgar fell to his knees, tears were prickling his eyes, Mavis said nothing, she just hugged him.
Then she whispered in his ear.
"Take the children away from here, especially Kiyama, they're after him and me."
"W-what?"
"Don't make me repeat myself, it's not easy, I know, but it's for their own good."
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~In the night~
Partinus woke up at the smell of something burning, he woke up and saw fire everywhere.
He managed to stop himself from gasping, then quickly heard a feminine cough, he looked and saw his wife coughing on the floor.
"Mavis!"
He ran towards her, she said.
"T-the children! Kiy-yama! 'cough'! He's a vampire! H-he won't handle this 'cough' as well as the others! 'cough cough'! Take them and run!"
"But-!"
"Just run! I'll be fine Edgar! Just run!"
Not knowing what to do he grabbed his wife and ran to the children's room.
"No Edgar! You won't 'cough' be able to carry all of us!"
She kept on coughing, they both heard the children's cries and Kiyama's screaming for help.
"Help! I can't move it! 'cough cough cough' H-help!"
Before he knew what happened his body moved on its own and he dropped Mavis who seemed to have a knowing look on her face and glowing red eyes, he ran to his children.
The door had collapsed, his eldest was screaming at the other side.
Once he had managed to get through he grabbed his children and without a second thought he jumped out of the window.
"Father? What about-?!"
"Quiet Kiyama!"
The little vampire was instantly silent, his father never shouted at him in that tone.
Edgar used the portal and went to earth, he quickly found an adoption centre and placed them at the front door.
"I'm sorry, but you can't come back home."
"What? Father what do you mean? Father? Father?!"
It was useless however, Edgar had already left but knocked on the door before doing so.
Hiroto was in tears, he cried at what had happened, he heard the door open and quickly turned around to see...
"... This soon huh? I hoped no one would abandon their children just yet... Come here sweeties."
Hiroto somehow trusted this human, that was when he noticed that he didn't have his cape or fangs anymore, his hair was also not defying gravitiy either.
"Who are you?"
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"I'm Hitomiko, but you can call me big sister, if you'd like."
This was going to be an interesting new life.
~End of Flashback~
They all stared at their dad with wide eyes, they were absolutely speechless, then Hiroto said.
"And then, a few years later, someone adopted Ichirouta, seperating us, we said we promised to find you again..."
"And you kept it."
Nagumo and Hiroto looked at their youngest sibling who was smiling back.
~With Gouenji and co, Gouenji dream~
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Silence, yet it was welcoming, it was dark, yet it was comforting.
Gouenji then heard a noise, it was a voice, but it wasn't talking, it was screaming.
Suddenly a lot more screams were heard and Gouenji found himself in the middle of a battle.
"What?"
He looked around hopelessly, black spirits and white feathered beings all fought with all their might.
Weapons clashed and creatures cried, the weather was stormy and the thunder deafened everyones ear drums, yet it wasn't noticed.
Gouenji was scared.
He didn't know what to do, it all just seemed too real, with all this fear building up and frustration from previous events, he tried to stop the fight the only way he could currently think of.
"Everyone stop this right now!"
A fierce glow surrounded him, it blinded everyone but him, it stopped them all from fighting, but there was still so much hatred he could feel.
Before Gouenji could say anything he heard another voice.
"Greetings, young one."
He looked around but couldn't find the source fo the voice.
"Fear not, this isn't real, it has happened before, but someone stopped it, not the way you did however."
Gouenji just stayed silent, listening to the soothingly calm voice.
"You panicked, you felt fear, you were not calm and did not think things through, you are not yet ready to face the challenges that await you, which is why I believe you'll need some help along the way, but in the end..."
"YOU'LL BE ALL ALONE! LIKE YOU ALWAYS WERE! LIKE YOU ALWAYS WILL BE!"
~Gouenji wakes up~
Once he woke he swallowed his scream, he didn't want the others to notice he was awake yet, he stil needed to think.
What was that dream about? Or rather, nightmare? What did it mean by him having to face challenges? That war had happened before, someone stopped it, but why did that concern him? Will he truly be alone forever?
The second he felt something odd in his heart he shook away the thought, no, he had his siblings, friends and... Kidou.
What was Kidou to him anyway? Were they friends? Last time he checked friends didn't kiss each other all the time, but Kidou never claimed they were anything more.
He stopped thinking about it, the thought giving him headaches.
It was a this moment he realised how quiet it was, he looked back and saw everyone was asleep.
Well, almost everyone.
"Hey there kid."
He looked to the left and saw Fudou.
"Fudou? Why are you awake?"
Fudou just shrugged.
"Dark Astrals don't need to sleep that much."
"I know that, but how long has it been since you've last rested?"
Fudou shrugged once more, he thought about it and said.
"453 years I believe."
Gouenji wasn't in the least bit shocked by the number, but then asked.
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"Fudou... can I ask you something?"
"Sure."
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"Well?"
"Were you alive during the war between Dark Astrals and Angels?"
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"Yes."
~End of Chapter~
Me: Hope you've enjoyed this chapter minna!