The Darkness
This chapter is where the story gets it's title from.
Recap
"Gin", Kira approaches him. Gin turns and gives him a fake smile.
"I've heard, I'm so sorry", Kira tries to be comforting.
"No need ta be sorry", Gin replies, shaking his head at the man. Kira also shakes his head, looking at the ground, unsure of what to do or say.
"I'm aware of what happened, I hated you for just leaving me there", Kira starts. Gin opens his eyes, looking at the man.
"Then I seen the way you were with her, I just want to help you, I want to help her", Kira pauses.
"Kira, don't", Gin holds out his hand, only for it to be too late, Kira goes onto his hands and knees, bowing his head.
"Please, let me serve you, since I wasn't able to help you out then", Kira offers his full attention toward him.
Gin shakes his head at the man, walking the short distance, placing his hand on his shoulder. He looks down at him, sighing, then answers, "The one that yer goin' ta be servin' is my children".
Kira lifts his head, looking up at the silver haired man confused, "But I thought you were..", "I was", Gin interrupts him, shaking his head, he drops his arm to his side and walks past Kira. Gin walks down the hall, not bothering to look back.
Kira's Pov
Kira gets to his feet, trying to figure out why Gin would say that. He sighs, turning and making his way to the nursery, in which both the babies are there, alongside Krystal's. He walks into the room, Krystal has a blanket over her shoulder, covering her baby as she breast feeds it.
"What are you doing here"? She asks, her head lifting to look at the person who walked into the room. He smiles shyly, looks over at Gin's two babies.
"Gin said something, I needed to come and see with my own eyes", he answers, walking over to the two. His eyes widening when he looks at the son, they widen.
"Oh my god", are the only words that come out.
Jin's pov
Jin sits, watching Hikaru as she eats her food, still in her beast form, he nods to himself. Within the two weeks of being left alone, he was able to teach her ways to help her control herself, from what he can see, she is doing a good job at doing that. Acting out when it's necessary. He's fully aware of the plan Aizen has for her, for him, he's hoping that the help he gave her, that it will be enough.
He's got this strange idea that if it wasn't his brother who she's with, she wouldn't be able to accomplish what she's managed to do. Strangely enough, as he stares at her, he can't help but admire the woman she's become.
'What are you looking at'?! Hikaru snaps, she had looked over and pure rage is all he sees on her face.
"Nothing, nothing at all", Jin backs from the bars as she approaches them, he gives her an unsure smile.
'Right', is her only reply, growling and opens her wings as wide as they can go, she lets out a rather nasty hissing sound. He looks over as he hears laughing, Aizen is walking toward the bars, Koga behind him, the demonic wolf eyes Jin, letting out his own growl.
"I've come here because I've been getting very unnerving information about her", Aizen stops in front of the cell, he smiles though as he sees the pure desire to kill in her eyes. He frowns, he knows all too well that if he doesn't play his cards right, he'll end up one one of her victims.
"This will not due", he then pulls out a large syringe, filled with what looks like a gold liquid within it. At the sight of the item, Jin grabs onto his arm, it's a mixture of his and Koga's blood. A few days ago Aizen had him and Koga in the room, Koga without a fight of course, but Jin on the other hand.. His arm still stings at the mere thought. At first he hadn't the slightest clue as to what they were going to use it for.
Now, he's got this painful knot in his gut.
"Don't you dare give that to her"! He yells, he moves to the bars, glaring daggers at Aizen. He wants nothing more than to get to the man, he just want's to rip his throat out, he can't stand the sick ideas that come from the horrible man. All he wants to do is protect her.
With determination overpowering his senses, he puts his hands around the bars, ignoring the power they hold, trying to push him back, he makes an attempt at pulling them apart. If he has to die in order to make sure they don't do anything to her, then so be it.
"What are you going to do"? Aizen asks, mockingly.
"Kill you so you don't get into Gin's way"! Jin snaps, he manages to bend the bars.
With what ever control she has over herself, Hikaru looks down from watching Jin, she can't allow anyone else to get hurt. With a breath, she looks toward Aizen, catching a glimpse of Koga who is waiting for Jin to break free.
'Please don't hurt him', she takes a step forward, her gaze hard. Aizen looks at her, a smirk creeping at his lips.
'Jin, stop, I don't want to see you get killed', she looks over at him. Jin stops, taking his chard hands off the bars, he looks at her wide eyed. All she can do is shake her head, then lower it defeated.
With a triumphant grin, Aizen opens the gate, allowing himself to walk into the same cell she is residing in.
"Smart choice", Aizen smirks, stopping at her leg, "But I think you should know". He takes the guard off the needle, then inserts it into her leg, carefully avoiding her beautiful scales.
"You'll be the one to kill him".
Hikaru's Pov
I raise my head, my eyes wide to what I had just heard, the man who just put what ever liquid into me, had told me something I didn't want to hear.
'You bastard', I roar in my physical form, the rage that over powers anything else within me just becomes overwhelming. I make a move to attack him, he swiftly jumps back.
Suddenly I'm thrusted into darkness as I feel this surge of pain go through my whole body. I hear a rather loud thud as I'm assuming my body hits the floor. My whole body is on fire, I fall to my knees, the pain burning me. I toss my head back as I scream out my discomfort, nothing more I'm able to do.
Jin's Pov
Jin watches in disbelief as Hikaru curls painfully on the ground, the horrified sounds echoing through the room, it's deafening.
"Hikaru", Jin whispers, he looks down at his burnt hands, he can't do a single thing to help her, not now, and not ever. He falls to the ground, "I failed you, brother".
"Please, Jin", Aizen coos, he's standing on the outside of the cell now, looking in at the defeated Jin, "You never failed your brother, in fact, you've helped create a creature that will be everyone's salvation". Aizen grins at him, feeling as though he's managed to accomplish something.
"The hell you did"! Jin snaps, getting to his feet, he rushes the bars, doesn't touch them as he glares daggers at the man, "You have no idea how unstable she really is".
"Instead of everyone's salvation, you've just cost their deaths"! The two stop glaring at one another as a nasty terrifying roar comes from the very creature they are fighting about. Hikaru roars out of pure agony.
"Hikaru", Jin sighs, he can only imagine the pain she's feeling, the blood coursing through her veins, she isn't complete to begin with, and now, now she's got tainted blood inside her, trying to turn her.
Rufus's Hideout
"What the hell is wrong with them"? Krystal asks, she's frantically trying everything to calm the babies down. Gin's out so summoning him here isn't going to help.
"I really don't know", Vincent stats, he's trying to help calm the boy down, but nothing either of them do, helps.
"What's going on here"? Jason asks as he walks into the room, furious that he was woken so rudely from all the racket. Rufus walks into the room, he isn't pleased, but he's got more concern on his face then annoyance.
"Something must of happened to their mother", he points out in a matter of fact tone.
"What"!? Krystal snaps as she continues to do what she can to calm the little girl. They are screaming as though they are in pain.
"I mean they had been fine one moment". Krystal's voice let's everyone know how frustrated she truly is, Rufus groans.
"Now they aren't". Rufus looks down at the little girl, holding his arms out as he offers to take her, Krystal's baby is beginning to fuss over all the noise going on in the room.
"Something bad is happening to Hikaru", he starts, looking down at the baby in his arms, his heart sinks, just the thought of Hikaru getting tortured doesn't sit well with him, "Their kind can sense that, so keep this in mind". Krystal watches as he rocks the girl from side to side in his arms, a small smile forming his lips. With a frown, she walks over to her own baby, picking her up.
"Why is it that she has all the good things"? She couldn't stop her jealousy to come out.
"It's because she isn't exactly vampire", Rufus sighs, looking over at his daughter, "Gin is a completely different creature all together".
"The creature they are, they share a bond that no one can comprehend, and I've heard that if a human gets turned through pregnancy it's a touch and go thing". Rufus closes his eyes as he gathers the will to say the next part, "It can kill them".
Just as soon as those words leave Rufus's lips, Kira walks into the room, sighing as he looks from one freaking out child to the other, he shakes his head.
"I wonder what is happening to Hikaru in this very moment", he voices his thoughts, causing everyone to look at him. Just as suddenly as the babies fuss as though they are getting hurt, they go completely quite.
"It must not be very good", Rufus frowns further.
Jin's Pov
He backs away from the bars, he's utterly terrified of the creature in the adjoining cell. A ring of darkness engulfs her, the sounds she makes are unlike any sound he's heard his own kind making.
"Dear god", he couldn't say anything more, fear washes over him. Aizen laughs like a madman, watching as Jin shakes in his own skin. Koga just watches the beast she has become, pure hunger not out of the desire to kill, but something more intimate overtakes his very core.
"With Koga's blood in her system, he'll be able to control her", Aizen pauses, he's so proud of himself, "In turn I control him". Jin takes a step back as he feels the atmosphere turn threatening, dangerous even. He looks from the hysterical laughing of Aizen to Hikaru, who slowly raises her head, get's to her feet, her wings flat against her body as she looks from Koga, to Aizen, then her gaze lingers on Jin. Feeling highly uncomfortable, he takes a few steps back, only being stopped by the wall behind him.
She bares her fangs, beginning to growl, she removes her wings from the side of her body, her body positioned in the pose to hunt. Her growls continue, low and terrifying as she slowly moves toward her pray.
"No..", Jin's eyes go wide as he looks her over, everything that made her the most beautiful creature he's ever seen, has changed. Her eyes, scale and fur all black, no maroon colours, not blue eyes, everything is black.
"Let's have a test run, shall we"? Aizen asks, he walks over to a button against the wall, smiling over at the man, Jin doesn't take his eyes off of her, he can't. Aizen pushes the button. As the bars creak, the ceiling shutter as the bars slowly get pulled up, Jin knows he's no match for her in his human look. He's sure he's no match for her in his dragon, but it has more defense mechanisms then his human form.
By the time he's done morphing, the bars are nearly done being pulled up, Jin looks around, seeking out anything he could hide behind, but nothing is around that could help him. His body shivers as he watches her wait for the bars to fully stop, she's standing just on the other side of where they once were. Her eyes are murderous.
"Show me what power you have"! Aizen orders, raising his hands above his head. Hikaru takes in a large breath of air, the bars click indicating they are done moving, she tosses her head back for a moment. Hurling her head forward, she lets out a breath of black flames. Utterly surprised by the attack, he doesn't think to move, what he does is move his wings in the way, he cries out his pain as his wings are seared through.
Shock is the only thing going through him as he looks at his now useless appendages, wholes in the webbed parts, no blood since the hot flames cauterized his wounds. He turns his attention toward Hikaru, glaring at her, his lips curl as he tries to look tough. Hikaru lets out a roar before charging him. Instead of trying to fight, he goes to move back, only pressing himself further into the wall, Hikaru just inches from him. Her body nearly touching his as she forces him against the wall, her wings spread wide to the sides, preventing any means of escape.
Only one thing seemed to go through his mind, he knows it's his instincts talking with him, so instead of trying to fight her off, he allows himself to avert his gaze, his face soft instead of challenging. This causes her to move back. Once he has space, he hurls himself to the ground, his short arms holding his torso up, his head bowed, his wings spread just some. He submits to her, despite how humiliating it is for him to do so. He's hoping that she's more like his kind than what Aizen is giving her credit for.
"Don't you hate having to bow down to a woman"? Aizen asks, a short laugh follows. Jun ignores him, he keeps his gaze on her talons in front of him. Slowly he allows himself to gaze up, intently regretting the action as it causes her to snap at him, he quickly moves his gaze away from her.
Appearing content by his submission, she folds her wings back to her body, then turns, facing the two on the other side of the bars. Koga steps forward, making odd sounds as though he's attempting to get her to do more to Jin. Jin watches as she defies the wolf, her lips curl, her hair rises, she shudders her wings defiantly toward the wolf, the one who should be able to control her.
'I listen to no one'! She snarls in their direction. She looks from the bars to her tail, getting an idea, she glances down at the pathetic creature bowing at her. Her eyes narrow, then turns her attention toward the two, well actually the bars are her target. She allows herself to growl at Koga, who keeps attempting to get her to do his bidding.
Aizen narrows his eyes at her, then turns to Koga, "Control her, now"! Shockingly Koga whimpers, his tail goes between his legs and his ears press firmly against his head. Aizen begins to pace back and forth, deep in thought, trying to figure out a way to help control the beast. Suddenly he stops, looking at her, staring into her dark eyes.
"I'm starting to think, I should of taken one of the brats", he groans, not realizing he said it out loud. That seemed to anger her, her maternal instincts take the better of her. She opens her massive wings and sends her tail between the bars, it doesn't touch them. She then hooks the end of her tail around one of the bars, ignoring the pain as she pulls, slowly tearing the bars out of their supports.
Jin get's to his feet, his eyes wide as he watches in pure awe as she pulls the bars, the sound of complaining medal echoing through the area.
"Stop her, dammit"! Aizen backs up, barking his order at Koga. Jin can't help but grin as he watches the panic on the man's face.
"It's not so pleasing is it"? Jin asks, keeping out of the way, "When your plans go down the drain". Koga tried to stand up to her, only cowering like the scared little dog he really is. He moves into a corner, his whole body trembling. Jin can relate to the wolf as he looks at Hikaru, she is beautifully terrifying. Hearing an odd sound, Jin looks up, only to put his already injured wings in the way to shield him from the falling debris.
He narrows his eyes as he watches Aizen rush out of the area. Suddenly he jumps, the sound of creaking, and snapping of wires worries him.
CLANK.
He looks over, his eyes widen, she successfully pulled the bars off the hinges, wires dangling from the now broken ceiling. He looks to her from the bars, she ended up tumbling forward, her nose hits the back of the cell wall. Without thinking, Jin slowly moves, he wants to see if she's alright.
He finds himself looking up, her pearly whites shining in his face. She had knocked him over that he didn't know what hit him till he looked at those threatening weapons. He shifts under her, daring a glance, his eyes widen at what he sees.
Hikaru's Pov
As I stare down, my vision hazy looking at Jin's creature form below me, his eyes look shocked and terrified at the same time.
"Jin"? I ask, utterly confused. I move off him, realizing I'm in my own creature form.
"Are you in control"? He asks. I watch him stand, looking him over, seeing the chard wings, I'm sure I'm the one that caused that. I feel anger, not toward him, but myself.
"For now", I answer, looking down.
"Don't look away", I hear Jin take a step forward, "I honestly don't believe you had intended on killing me". With a sudden new hope fill me, I raise my head, taking a small step toward him, then stop. A nasty growl forces me to look over. The demonic wolf is standing, his hunches up, his lips raised, showing off his pearly white teeth. I can feel what he's trying to do, it angers me to an extent that I never thought I'd ever feel.
Opening my wings, as wide as I can, my head held high, showing off my own teeth. I advance with a low, never ending growl. Within moments the wolf stops, his tail between his legs, he steps back with each step I bring forward. A few steps of doing this, he just whimpers before turning and rushing down the tunnel.
"Oh my gosh", I hear Jin's admiration in his voice. I look over at him, feeling rather, exposed.
"You're freaking me out", I reply, literally freaking out on the inside.
"I'm unsure of how long you are going to be in control", he steps forward, "But, I thought you might want to know... You're absolutely stunning, no matter the mood you are in". With that, he bows down at me. With a sigh, I close my eyes, I don't understand his actions, sadly at this point, he's right. I have no idea how long I'll be in control, but I've got one concern. That concern is my children.
I let out a cough as I'm jerked back into the darkness, the feeling of pure rage overpowers my will. With a defeated sigh, I just let myself sit down in the pure utter lonely darkness.
Jin's Pov
Jin watches out of pure shock, he witnessed Hikaru for a moment fight the animalistic side of herself. Surprising to him, she doesn't even look at him, she starts walking out of the cage that the two of them had been in. Keeping his distance, he follows behind her. It's the least he can do, is to watch her, protect her if he needs to. He doesn't want to be a useless part of his brother's life.
'I really hope she doesn't do anything stupid', he thinks. He then looks over as they clear the underground cavern, seeing the pathetic form of Koga shivering in the corner. A simple growl from her keeps him in place.
Gin's Pov
Pacing his room, trying to think of something, anything he can do to help the others while they are preoccupied with the babies. Gin suddenly stops, looking out the window. He's aware that Aizen won't be able to control her no matter what he does, and afraid of what he'll do to make her his.
Sighing, he runs his hand over his face, then looks over at the door as someone knocks on it. Without saying anything the person turns the handle, letting themselves in. With a small smile, Gin fully turns to face the blond vampire that enters the room, he holds a scowl on his face.
"Kira", Gin sighs. With a sigh of his own, Kira looks around the room before fully facing the man before him,
"Gin.. I can't just stand around, baby sitting", he spits the last part, "I desire to serve you, not them", Kira goes on his knees, bowing his head.
"Kira", he begins to move toward the man, "I need someone ta keep them safe fer me", he grabs the back of Kira's shirt and forces him to stand.
"That'll be you and your mate, when we rescue her", Kira rolls his eyes at him as Gin walks back to the window.
Gin stares out the window with a sigh, "She won' need any savin'".
"What do you mean by that"? Kira asks, his face shows his confusion. Gin places his hands on the window sill, closing his eyes.
"I mean, there is no way fer one ta control a turned demonic vampire", he pauses, "Not even I can fully control her if somethin' happened", Gin answers. Kira looks at him, worried about the words he spoke.
"Then what"? He asks.
"It's my burden, I have no choice but ta fight her when the time comes", Gin answers, opening his eyes and looking out the window, he's more focused on his reflection than the activities going on outside.
"But...", Kira is interrupted, "Don', ya don' fully understand my race"! Gin snaps, turning, his red eyes seem to glow. Kira looks at him, watching as the man he admires calms himself down, clutching his hands into fists.
"Look, it's complicated, I'm sure my brother knows as well.. After all, he lived with a group of my kind a long time ago", he adds.
"Then explain it to me, I'm sure everyone here would want to know what it is we are dealing with", Kira pauses as he looks away from Gin, "Especially Malakai". It's hard for him to admit, but just like Gin, Malakai and Rufus, that woman has gown on him too. Gin looks to the side, at the mere mention of the wolf's name. He doesn't mind the fact that the wolf loves Hikaru just as much as he does, or more so.. The only reason he allowed Malakai to tag along was because of the feelings he has for her.
"Malakai don' even know.. Frankly, I don' want anyone to know", Gin adds. Kira watches as the man walks over to the chair, sitting down on it, he now just realized that Gin looks so exhausted.
"Just tell me, I promise to keep my mouth shut", Kira continues to try getting Gin's plan out of him. He stands in front of the desk.
Sighing, Gin looks at him and contemplates whether to tell him or not.
"I would of done it right after the birth, but because she seemed ta be handlin' it herself, rather well, I didn' think I would have ta resort ta it", Gin says.
"To what"? Kira asks.
"Kill her", Gin answers with a flat tone. Kira's eyes widen and his mouth opens in a silent gasp, horrified by this. Gin chuckles some to his friend's expression, he gets up, then walks around the desk. Standing a few feet away from him, he lets out another sigh, adding, "I may be ruler of my own kind, but because I ignored my own duties out of fear, this is one thing I cannot ignore", he pauses, "If Aizen has forced her ta drink some blood from Koga, I'll have no choice but ta kill her".
"You don't need to do it alone", Kira finally gets over his shock. Gin turns, starting for the door, he pauses, "If by some miracle that she is able ta control herself, then I might not have ta do anythin'.. If not, that, then that's the reason why I need ya here. She may think she wants ta protect her children, but in reality she'll try ta kill them". Kira's eyes widen once more, he turns, fully facing Gin, watching his slumped shoulders as he leaves the room.
The moment Gin walks out, he comes face to face with Malakai, though nothing is said, he knows Malakai has heard every word that was spoken. He's aware of how loyal this mutt is to her, he also knows that Malakai will be able to help mend a broken heart if his true plan works.
Jin's Pov
Finally reaching the surface from the dreadful cave, Jin watches as Hikaru stretches her mighty wings, open, looking back. Jin looks over and see's Koga standing beside him, he growls at Jin, but settles with looking at the magnificent beast before them.
Jin takes a small step back, lowing his head a bit at the triumphant look on her face. He watches as she looks from him to Koga, her expression not too impressed with the demonic wolf.
Both of them look at her wearily, Jin searches the female creature before him, hoping, praying to see the girl he knows, the girl his brother had fallen in love with. When she catches his gaze, he looks away instantly, the look on her face indicated that nothing of the old Hikaru exists inside her.
He looks over as Koga spreads his wings, showing his fangs at her.
"Listen to me wolf, if you try this, it will be your hide, not mine"! She snarls at him, Koga doesn't back down, his fur stands on end and begins to slowly make his way toward her. Jin shakes his head as he tries to dominate her, he really wants to be able to control her.
"It's really such a shame that you no longer talk, your nothing but a rabid animal now", he points out, utterly disappointed. Without warning Koga lunges for her, all she does is grab the spot behind his head, delighting in the shrieks of pain erupting from his mouth, with each struggle he does, she presses further into his neck, making the pressure he feels much worse.
"Hikaru", Jin steps forward, "Stop, this isn't you". Hikaru's eyes look over at him, with a growl, she knocks the huge wolf to the ground. She puts one of her strong talon's onto his body, helping to keep the struggling wolf down.
She looks directly at Jin, a grin forming her maw, within a swift movement, she snaps the wolf's neck, his flailing wings fall lifeless to the ground, his body stops moving. Letting go of the spot, she opens her wings wide once more, letting out a mighty roar, her attempt at letting the whole world know she had just killed her first creature.
"What have you done"? Jin asks, his wings slack a bit as he watches her. She turns her head toward him, her teeth bared in his direction, like a good follower, Jin bows his head, casting his gaze to the ground, being submissive.
Hikaru turns, looking around, seeing trees everywhere, she smells the air, growling as she catches a whiff of that foul man. She then looks down, her eyes staring at nothing. Jin dares a look at her, watching as she seems to be fighting herself. For a moment, just a brief moment he thinks the woman he met is still there.
What has happened to Hikaru? Is Gin really royalty? Stay tuned till the next chapter.
