Afternoon came by quick and Yuzu sat up then whimpered. Yuzu tried to move her legs but it was sore and numb.

"Mei!" Yuzu said. Mei went to Yuzu's room immediately

"Yuzu what's wrong?" Mei asked

"I have to go with Harumin but..my legs" Yuzu whimpered

"Here let me help" Mei said and wrapped her arms around Yuzu's waist. Yuzu wrapped her arms around Mei's neck and Mei pulled her off the bed. Mei held Yuzu in place then Yuzu stood up but her legs trembled and she leaned against Mei

"Maybe you shouldn't go" Mei said

"H-huh? No I have to...it's important" Yuzu said

"But you can't even walk" Mei said. Yuzu thought for a moment and she then shifted into a dog but her back legs were trembling

"See you can't" Mei said

"I can I have my forelegs to support me" Yuzu said and walked slowly out of her room. Mei sighed and walked out of the room seeing Yuzu whimper at the stairs

"Need help?" Mei asked. Yuzu nodded and Mei carried her carefully and walked down the stairs.

"You sure you can walk?" Mei asked. Yuzu gave Mei a small lick on the cheek and nodded. Mei blushed and sighed then placed Yuzu down. Yuzu shifted back to normal and her legs trembled and she held onto the doorknob

"Y-yep I'm good" Yuzu said smiling then walked out of the mansion

Okay okay...I can do this. It's just going to take a while...

After minutes of whimpering and walking to the cafe she arrived. Yuzu groaned and shifted back to normal walking weakly inside.

"Yuzucchi!" Harumin said and stood up walking up to Yuzu and held her closely. Yuzu sighed in relief and leaned against Harumin's chest

"Harumin...it hurts" Yuzu whined

"Yeah I guess I forgot what the Prez did to you..." Harumin said and helped Yuzu walk to her seat. Yuzu sat down and leaned against Harumin's shoulder

"Everything hurts..." Yuzu groaned

"There there hopefully you'll be able to walk again..." Harumin said as she stroked her hair softly.

"Yeah..." Yuzu said and wagged her tail as Harumin petted her softly making her feel relaxed

"So...about the monster thing?" Yuzu asked

"Oh yeah well...it's been years and no one has talked about the incident" Harumin said

"What happened?" Yuzu asked

"Well...it happened during a dinner with the Royal Bloods. Our families had a reunion and it seems that the Aihara's slave had poison. It's a mysterious poison that no one knows. It's colorless, tasteless, and odorless. That slave must've placed poison in the wine. The adults were served wine but only the Aihara's wine were infected I guess since the other slaves didn't put any poison. When Mei's grandmother drank...um she ended up falling to the ground and...died instantly. Mei sat right beside her. I remember the look in her eyes. The look of sadness and horror. Her grandfather and father helped save Mei before it was too late. I'm surprised they were able to save her...before she could turn into a monster" Harumin said

"So these monsters how do you transform into them?" Yuzu asked

"Well us Royal Bloods we have this small gem engraved in our chest. It's the source of our powers but that gem has a weakness. It can be corrupted in two ways. If a Royal Blood goes through a severe mental shock or if they drink that mysterious poison. The features of a monster is dark skin and red eyes. These monsters desire for death and destruction. There are still some out there in the world though. I mean we're not the only Royal Bloods" Harumin said

"So Royal Bloods are born with that gem in their chest?" Yuzu asked

"Mhm" Harumin said

"Oh...so Mei is half monster?" Yuzu asked

"You could say that. She may seem fine but the transformation kinda started in her. Her right eye sometimes glows red but she hides it" Harumin said

"Wow...so that slave. Did that slave ever get caught?" Yuzu asked

"Yeah she did...she was sent to death" Harumin said

"So Mei got other slaves?" Yuzu asked

"Hmm? Well after that incident Mei lost trust in slaves and never wanted one again...but I guess she decided to get one for some reason I dunno..." Harumin said. Yuzu sighed and suddenly remembered something

"Harumin...you and Mei fought?" Yuzu asked. Harumin's eyes widen for a moment and sighed

"Who told you about that?" Harumin asked

"Raina...which was Mei's last slave" Yuzu said

"Oh her...well I mean Mei was going to sent her to the punishment room for knowing about Royal Bloods but I didn't let her. Mei can get really pissed especially her monster side and that's when...the battle started" Harumin said

Flashback

Mei glared at Harumin with her two purple eyes as her palm glowed. Harumin clenched her fists tightly as her hazel eyes glowed. The two girls ran up to each other raising their fists. Harumin blocked Mei's attack with her arm but Mei lifted her leg kicking her

"Taniguchi-san...just stay out of this. This has nothing to do with you. Besides...we can't let them know about Royal Bloods" Mei said

"Ugh...why not? She c-cares about you and loves you" Harumin said clenched her side and ran up to Mei kicking her side but Mei blocked the attack. Harumin raised her hand and used her powers aiming at Mei's face and hit her. Mei groaned and covered her right eye

"But I don't love her...hehe I was just using her" Mei chuckled and uncovered her right eye revealing her red eye

"Is this because of that incident?" Harumin asked

"I don't want to ever trust a slave or fall in love with them. They are a bunch of liars!" Mei said and kicked Harumin's side then raised her hand aiming at Harumin's chest where her power source is

"Surrender now...or else. You die..." Mei growled. Harumin's eyes widen and she looked down surrendering to Mei.

End Of Flashback

"You lost?" Yuzu asked

"Yep...Mei was stronger than me and she could've killed me so...there was nothing else I could do to stop her" Harumin said

"Oh..." Yuzu mumbled

"Alright enough about that. What about you?" Harumin asked

"Huh? Me?" Yuzu asked

"Well I want to know more about you" Harumin said smiling at her

"Alright" Yuzu said and started telling her own story.

Meanwhile Mei was in her room. She was laying on her bed holding a picture. She sighed and looked to the picture. It was picture of her family. She was with her grandmother, grandfather, and father. Mei's right eye turned from purple to bloody red

Flashback

The Aihara, Momokino, and Taniguchi family were having dinner together. The slaves went to the kitchen to serve wine to their family that they work for. The Aihara slave held the poison she was going to put in the wine. Once the other slaves went out to serve the wine the slave poured in the poison in the wines and left to serve it. The families were talking and chatting then Mei's grandmother decided to talk a sip of the wine. She froze and dropped her glass of wine then fell from her chair.

"Grandmother!" Mei exclaimed and held her grandmother close. Before anyone could do anything...she died in the spot. Mei teared up and her skin started to darken and her right eye started to turn red transforming into a monster

"GRANDMOTHER!" Mei shouted and sobbed

End Of Flashback

Mei sighed sadly then shook her head.

Yuzu is taking forever...I wonder if they're done talking

Mei's palm glowed and her symbol appeared as she started sensing Yuzu. She sensed Yuzu having a good time smiling and laughing.

Those two seem to be getting along...

Matsuri was in her room playing video games. She was laying down on her stomach and had a bowl of chips next to her.

"Yay! I win!" Matsuri exclaimed. Matsuri was going to play the next level but suddenly her ears perked up hearing...a strange noise. She paused her game and shifted into her fox form and jumped on top of boxes that were below the window and looked outside. Her eyes widen when she saw near the forest...ten monsters and a pack of wolves that were about 6 of them...but rabid wolves.

I need to warn everyone!