All I can remember is how I was tired to the point when my eyes acted on their own, closing and closing.

Dreams that I was having, were so unclear and episodic. One moment I'm in a boat, the next one I'm piloting a plane. At least nightmares' don't visit me that often as it was before. Although, at those rare moments, they freak me out.

I woke up from my slumbers with uncomfortable feeling in my stomach, spasms and felling of fullness. It started to sting as well. I thought it might be stomach acids or something so I sat up in my bed to settle down whatever is happening inside of me. By doing that, I accidentally woken up Maurice who was resting beside me.

I looked at the clock. It was an early evening.

I felt a bigger spasm in my stomach which made me took hold of it. My mouth started to fill in with saliva fast. Something was wrong. I felt the content raising up my esophagus.

I jumped out of the bed; covering my mouth and ran straight towards the bathroom.

Shu was on his way to do the wash up. And by that he had in mind to lay in a bathtub listening to his music. Through his mind was running the scenario of how he closes the door behind him, gets in the tub, not even bothering to take of his clothes and turns the tap on. As the vampire was a creature with a cold body temperature, he wanted to feel warmth. That's why hot boiling blood of females is more wanted to feed of then from a male human. But it also was troubling and energy needed activity to do.

So the boy found alternative to that. A hot-tub. It had the similar effect. It doesn't last long comparing to the heat received from a person's blood; but it was one of the compromises.
Shu yawned and changed the song on his mp3 player.

Just the moment before turning the doorknob, the vampire was pushed away and got the bathroom door slammed in front of his face.

He stood there confused and annoyed at the same time. Before the doors were closed he got a glimpse of a long brown hair, so he knew that it was that girl.

"Troublesome woman" he scratched the back of his head. But what made him curious was the sounds coming from the other side.

I ran like a bulldozer. Everything in my way was pushed away. I think it was Shu who was standing in front of the bathroom.

But is that really my biggest concern? The stuff was coming out of my mouth straight to the toilet. It was a bit painful to kneel on tiled floor. It can't be helped.

I vomited out my stomach content which was mostly pieces of food mixed with brown-ish, green-ish liquid. After the first flow, I tried to catch my breath. I removed my hair lock from my faces and pulled it back; tying up my hair with elastic band which was on my wrist.

I stumbled on the floor, leaning against the toilet trying to swallow away all the acids which were now in my mouth. It hurts. It was burning. And I'm not talking only about my mouth, it was the same for my stomached and the area around it. It was a weird feeling.

I heard a knock on the door following with Shu's voice.

"How long will you be there?"

"I'm not sure" I swiped away sweat drops on my forehead.

Then the second voice appeared next to Shu's.

"Is this a queue? That's unusual. Oh, or we are waiting for Perra-chan or Bitch-chan to strip off and then we enter"

"Amateur" Shu replied to Laito and at that moment I had the second flow of puking.

"Well I learned from one" Laito happily stated and then knocked on the door "Who is there?~"

"Guess" I took some paper towel to wipe my mouth.

"Oh Perra-chan~ It's a pleasant surprise but I believe this morning surprise wasn't that pleasant to you?"

I was washing my mouth when I heard his words. Could it be that he did something to me while I was sleeping or putted some drug in my food which made me vomit right now?

It was a big possibility but for the third time I felt how everything was coming up. But this time it was so fast that I barely managed to cover my mouth and lean above the toilet. I got a little bit of stomach content on my fingers but that wasn't really the problem. When I opened my eyes I saw something like from a nightmare. The inside of toilet was covered half with blood.
That wasn't normal. There's something wrong with me. Maybe I have a disease that effect stomach, since, come to think of it, more and more times I get sick of eating too much or a certain food.

"What was that?" from behind the door I heard Ayato's voice "Who's dying there?"

"The rare species of whales called Perra-chan" Laito answered to his brother.

Their comments didn't really matter to me. I was more afraid of what this means. My hands were shaking and I was so unsure what to do now. It was way too stressful to think with a straight mind.

And then there was again, the fourth flow of puking. But this time only blood.

When the girl puked the fourth time the eldest brother looked at the door with more serious eyes. And after a second, so did the other two.

"This scent of blood" Shu mumbled under his breath.

Ayato came closer and gave a loud knock on the door with his clenched fist.

"Oi, Orokana! What the hell?!"

It was another flow of blood. I stared at it with my eyes wide open. This felt so surreal. It(blood) was splashed all over the inside of the toilet and a bit on my hand as well since I was covering my mouth before puking.

I snapped back to reality. The pain was disappearing but the shock stayed. With the back of my hand I wiped my lips leaving the traces of blood on it. With some toilet paper I wiped the edges of the toilet seat and flushed the water. After a quick wash-up, I looked around the area one more time. Before opening the door I bit my thumb from being nervous. The thing is, I wasn't sure why I was like that.

Behind the door stood three vampires, eyeing me with explanation requiring glances.
"So that happened" I sighed.

"You look more pale then before" Laito pointed out.

"Sun is not a thing that my skin sees much. Plus I never get a tan, I get burns"

"Cut the crap, Orokana. We smelled blood there" Ayato hissed.

"Carry to explain?" Shu added.

I had a question for those guys. Are they okay? It's unusual for them to care about my health but I guess when it comes to blood, everything starts to matter for them.

"Maybe...there...was a hint of...blood" I was avoiding an eye contact.

"The hell, Orokana?" Ayato whispered.

"But overall, now I feel better with devils out of my body. So now, if I may, I will go to get some snacks"

It felt like they were about protest. I took few steps; and instead of them, my body protested to stop by breaking a cold sweat. My head got dizzy, legs couldn't hold anymore. The voices behind me sounded so distant and obtuse. Black and white spots appeared in my sight. A second later it was pitch black.

*A flashback. 8 years ago*

I was sitting on the edge of the bridge, looking down at the narrow river running underneath. It was almost a summer time, the sun was touching my skin with warmth. I tried to concentrate on this pleasant feeling rather the one with a twitching pain on my face. My lip was bleeding as well us underneath of the eye.

From my gray backpack I took out a tissue and wiped the remains of blood. It wasn't much, just a few drops at the moment.

I heard someone stepping on a wooden bridge and coming closer to me. I looked to the side to see who sat next to me. It was Ichirou (the first son). He was hanging his legs on the edge as well, next to him was a grocery bag. He placed his hands behind him and leaning back a little bit.

"Wanna tell me what happened at the school today?"

"Sure"

"I'm listening" Ichirou sighed.

"12 year old boy got punched by a 10 year old girl"

"Change numbers to names"

"...it was me"

Ichirou reached for a bag and took out frozen vegetables packaged and placed/slapped it to my mouth.

"Cool your lip, then the eye"

I got hold of the bag and kept it on my lower lip.

"Why did you picked up a fight with an older student?"

"Because he started to tease me about being cursed AND made fun of my eyes" I clenched my fist and looked at my brother "he said that it's surprising that with those eyes I can see something. And also, he added that maybe it's a better thing that I have a bad sight, that way I won't be able to so how ugly I am"

Ichirou gave me a little smile and stroked my hair.

"I know I shouldn't be encouraging you, but I hope you broke his nose"

"I did...and then he hit me" I placed the cold bag back on my lip "I also had to listen scolding from that boy's father and headmaster. Because I was the one who hit first"

"This will all be in past and also there are things more important than this" he paused "Don't let these kind of thing let you down and make your life harder. It's difficult enough"

"...Ichirou" I mumbled under my breath.

"Yeah?"

"Mom and dad. They are not coming here?"

The boy took a deep breath in before answering.

"I know that one way or another you and the rest of the brothers will find out everything. But for now let's keep it this way"

"Is it better that I don't know the reasons?" I asked him.

"Knowing to much is not good. It's just makes you realize some stuff"

I was regaining my conscious but my eyes were still closed. Something felt different. The place where I was laying, the smell in the room, the sounds that I hear, the air that I breath. Come to think of it, something was tingling the inside of my nose.

I slowly opened my eyes. The eyelids felt so heavy right now and it was even harder to open them because of the bright light in the room.

Finally, when I managed to focus my sight I saw above me a white ceiling. For sure, this wasn't my room.

I raised my hand to rub a little bit dry eyes. Then I noticed that something was attached to my hand. It was a catheter in my arm with was connected with a hose to it, through which was running a cool liquid. At first I had no reaction to all this. I was still in a slumber-mo.
I sat up in a bed and looked around the room.

"Am I in a hospital?"

I sniffed few time and noticed that nasal oxygen mask was on me. It felt uncomfortable so I took it off and rubbed my nose.

It was a single bed room. On the left, there was a window with a view to the night city. In the corner a black leathered armchair with a small coffee table next to it.

'Remember the move '28 Days After' ?'

'Don't'

'Imagine all the zombies and cardio workout that you would get'

I heard how someone turned the door handle and silently closed it. It was impossible to see who was it because of the room structure.

'Ohhh God, it has begun'

From around the corner a nurse walked in carrying a plastic bag filled with a transparent liquid. Her eyes widen in surprise when she saw me sitting in the bed.

"...Sup" after awkward seconds of silence I spoken up.

"You're awake" the nurse quickly came to my bedside and placed the tray with the bag on the nightstand.

"I really hope so 'cause recently I been having very realistic dreams"

"How are you feeling now?" there was a hint of a small panic and excitement in her voice.
I shrugged my shoulder "I'm great. How are you?" I said casually.

The nurse softly smiled "That's good. I will go to call the doctor. Please wait a moment" and she left me alone in the room.

With interlocked fingers I was tapping thumb to thumb, not being sure what shall I do now.
I looked around the bed and found like a remote controller hanging on the edge of the bed. I took it in my hands and turned it over. There were some pictures and buttons on it showing which button should be pressed to change the bed's position.

I was lifting up and down my bed.

While doing all that, I started recalling the events before all this. The nauseousness, puking, fainting. Everything went so fast and unexpectedly. Looking at the clock it seemed like I was here for 10 hours or maybe a few days. It was hard to tell.

The real realization that I'm in a hospital hit me only now. It made me think, how serious the situation was that I was brought to this place. For sure, puking with blood is not something that you look through the fingers. Right now, I tried to avoid this thought. Whatever happens, happens.

The door opened again. This time the nurse was with a doctor.

"Hey aren't you..." it was our school doctor. Reinhart, wasn't his name?

"It's a pleasure to see you conscious, Yagami"

"Well, I'm still processing everything what happened and is happening. But yeah, I'm glad that I'm not a vegetable"

He stood on the right side of the bed and checked all the measurements. He was mumbling numbers under his nose while writing it down. Then he checked my blood pressure, how my pupils react to the light and things like that.

"Do you feel any pain or other unusual sensations?"

I needed a moment to think if I feel any pains or not. That's sounds weird 'I don't know if it hurts or not'

"No. I don't"

"Good" he wrote something down "I think the second NaCl we can give you a little later and take the current one off. Also we will take some blood tests. And also we can take everything else that is unneeded" the nurse nodded and then the doctor looked at me "First time in a hospital?"

"As a patient? Yes"

"There's always a first time for everything"

"If you will need any help press this red button" the nurse pointed at the button behind me.

"Got it"

"Very well then. The nurse will take care of the rest. For now try to take it easy and rest as much as possible. When the tests results will come we'll be able to talk about all this more thoroughly"

"Maybe it's the best"

The doctor nodded to me and left the room with a nurse.

The women came back a minutes later and let me free from all those hoses which were holding me in the bed, took a blood samples and gave me some pills. She also gave me clothes to change into. At the moment I was only wearing one-time shirt. I changed into a t-shirt, pajama pants and put on a brown cardigan. I putted on the slippers and went to the separate bathroom.
Inside the small space there was a sink, cabinets, toilet and a shower. I washed my face with a cold water, rubbing the inner corners of my eyes. By the reach of the hand was hanging a white towel for a face. I dried my face off and looked at the reflection in the mirror. The color of the skin looked better then the last time when I checked it. It's like nothing happened to me. I almost looked healthy, but...

I re-tied my hair into a messy pony tail and headed out of the ward.

First I only looked through the gap in a doorway. The corridor's cream colored walls; floors cover with a gray linoleum. My ward was at the of the hallway. Walking further there would about 6 more wards ahead. In the distance I saw, what it looked like a department's reception place.

At reception table, there was working one young woman. Usually the night shifts are tiresome and there's more paper work then a work in the field. But this time her mood was raised by one of the visitors.

They seemed like peculiar people.

In front of the receptionist, a little bit further there was an open space. Like a waiting area. With a TV turned on; two long red couched set in front of each other and two armchairs next to each of the couch.

There were three mans: a blond young man lying with all his length on the cough, with him came same age looking black hair man with glasses on. All this time he didn't raised his eyes from the book in his hands.

And then there was that cute one who kept making an eye contact with the girl. At first it was just and innocent glancing but then the same guy stood up and walked up to her. She was sitting behind the table writing down summaries in the computer when the boy leaned on the table's dais and tipped his fedora greeting her.

It was almost a midnight and visitors were not allowed to stay there, but duty doctor told that it's okay for those boys to be here. Before she was watching their and doctor's conversation. All she could hear was a silent mumbling; she couldn't sort out any word.

"Anyway, how long have you been working here?" Laito asked the girl.

"Almost a year. I'm more like an independent pupil then a real nurse. I still ask a lot of things" she brushed a hair behind her ear.

"You're exaggerating. I can tell that you are a very smart young woman"

"You just say that" she blushed.

Meanwhile, near the 'action' place Reiji was rubbing his forehead in result of Laito's behavior. It's not a new sight to see, but the long wait made him tired and gave him stiff muscles. Nevertheless he did not get enough sleep since his brother barged into his room with passed out girl. He remembers how he thought that it was just a blood lost faint, but when his brothers told everything, it made him concern that this might be more serious. He barely could find the pulse and the girl's breathing was really poor. Then Shu told him what surprised Ayato and Laito as well. 'Call that man' the eldest brother said.

It all ended up here. From the beginning when they were sat here to wait Shu didn't moved once while Ayato and Laito walked away somewhere then came back and so on.

"I wonder how long will the process take?" Shu surprised his brother by speaking up.

Reiji looked up from his book to the other vampire. He doesn't know the answer, but so does Shu or even that man.

"Considering different circumstances, it might escalate faster then we think"

"Hmm"

And the silence was back.

I reached the end of the hallway and saw Laito standing next to the reception; chit chatting with one of the nurses. I stayed behind the corner so he wouldn't see me. Like a ninja I took a peek on what was going on in a waiting area. I saw the back of Reiji's head. It was impossible for me to not recognize him. And on the other couch Shu was sleeping.
I didn't notice when I smiled to myself. Seeing those guys...it's just justifies my theory then they are just hard nuts, that's all.

And then evil though came to my head. You're asking me what? Well, let's just say that I always wondered, what would Reiji do if someone would jump-scare him.

I got on my knees and on all four crawled towards the couch's back, where the vampire was sitting. My position was ready to quickly stand up and grab Reiji's shoulders. Just before the jump I felt how someone standing behind me punched me in the head.

"Ouch!"

I fell on my knees with both hands grabbing the painful spot. I heard how Reiji shifted in his spot and turned around, looking at me with his metal-burning eyes.

The one who punched was no one else but Ayato himself.

"Damn you, Orokana!"

"Oh~ Look who woke up" Laito leaned with his back against the reception desk. The nurse stood up when she heard a commotion.

"Is everything okay over there?" she said with a worry in her voice.

"Love is in the air, baby-doll" Laito turned his head to her "Of course they are not alright"

"Honestly" Reiji fixed his glasses "What were you thinking, getting out of the bed?"
I stood up on my feet still rubbing the back of my head.

"The answer will leave you with more questions" I tried to joke but in return my nose was flicked by Ayato "Hey, cut me some slack"

"Tch" Ayato hissed and fell in the armchair nearby.

"I think, it's safe to say she is back to being normal in her own way" Shu sat up on the couch rubbing the back of his neck.

"I feel so loved" I mumbled to myself.

"Now then" Reiji stood up and rubbed the inner corner of his eyes "Since you're feeling better we can return back to the mansion"

Come to think of it all of them looked gloomy. Almost like zombies, with puffy eyes which seemed less alive then usually. A dark circles under Reiji's eyes appeared as well. Maybe it was there before but only now I noticed it. All of their faces were similar like that. Tired. But tried to play it off and not to show it. How long have they been here? Apparently long enough to become more sensitive and irritated.

"One of us should stay here in case of that woman going nuts all over the place" Shu yawed.

"Hmm…that would the best for now"

"I vote for Ayato-kun~" Laito raised his hand.

That snake. I knew that Laito did that on purpose. And it only amused him 'cause he saw how I'm glaring at him with wide open eyes. And he only showed me playfully his tongue like a first-grader.

"I'm good with that" Shu approved standing up and starting to walk towards the exit.

"Then it's decided" Reiji did the same.

"Oi wait!" Ayato wanted to protest but was ignored by eldest brothers "You…" he looked at his smirking from happiness brother.

Laito turned to the nurse that he was hitting on "I'm sorry for ending our conversation like this but I have to go" he was about to leave but did a little stop and whispered to the nurse "If you will hear sounds like a bobcat attacking a seal, do not interfere" and he followed Reiji with Shu; waving to us.

Ayato and I looked at each other for a moment. I don't know how about him but when I caught his stare, my instinct was to turn my eyes to a different direction.

Just great, I'll be stuck with him. That Laito guy. Aghhh. I'm just hoping that karma wasn't asleep and saw what he did and I will be able to see how this will turn around against him.

"Here's my offer" Ayato spoke "Don't be pain in my ass and I won't be pain in your neck for another 12 hours"

"I can promise I will try" I almost mumbled.

"Then I won't be responsible for my actions, seal"

I narrowed my eyes and looked at him "I will make a seal stake out of you"

The boy hardly opened his eyes; finding himself lying on a damp stone floor. He had a squeaky sound in his head as well as a headache. His body felt like a stone, stiff and heavy. Rin managed to sat up and look around the room he was in. But the word 'room' would be too soft to describe the place where's he's at. 'Medieval jail cell' would be more accurate. On one side of the small chamber, was a wooden bench attached to the wall by two chains. That's all. That was the only thing there that he could call a furniture-like.

Rin got on his feet and felt dizziness hitting his head. He shook his head and took a few deep breaths in. It smelled like a moist and cigarette smoke in here.

On the other side of the steel bars was a poorly lit with yellow-ish light area. All he could see were a red stoned floor and the wall. He was guessing that it was a long corridor with more cells like this in a row.

But there was something else. Just in front of the steel bars was placed a cushioned wooden chair with a white handkerchief laid on it.

"What on Earth?" Rin came closer to the bars.

He took a step back when a figure appeared. A man in his 40's was sitting on the chair; neatly crossed legs; wearing waxed leathered shoes on which you could see your own reflection. Black trousers; red shirt underneath a gray overcoat. The man's brown eyes examined Rin from head to toe which made him a little bit uncomfortable.

"To catch one of you is a good start" the stranger spoken up.

"What are you talking about?" the man's words confused Rin even more then he was a seconds ago.

"But there is something I have to get off my chest" the man stood up and stepping closer to the cell; like he didn't even heard Rin's question.

"Is it your shirt?" Rin asked putting the stranger in the same confused state as he is "…..Please say no"

"Humph" the man laughed to himself "Make as many jokes as you want, while you can"

"Well then, prepare yourself to be astonished" Rin was working through the headache. He was trained to handle the similar situation but someone told him that this will be way more harder then he can imagine. And what's up with him popping out of nowhere. Freaking Gandolf. A Wizard? A Sorcerer?

"Anyway, who are?"

"I'm still debating whether or not should I introduce myself to a low-lifer like yourself" he sat back on the chair "Please" the man gestured Rin to sit as well.

The boy looked behind him not knowing what the man was pointing at. For his surprise he found the same chair standing behind him. For now he just should play along this man's game as much as he didn't like this thought. With a hesitation he sat on it.

"Rin? Isn't that your name?"

"That's the name which was given to me in the streets. On a paper I am 'Hollabackatcha' or you can just call me 'Jazz Hands' "

"….Hilarious" the man's face showed opposite what he said.

"Thank you"

"Would it be as much fun if your family would be here as well?"

It was unexpected shock to Rin, the boy almost forgot how to breathe. Could this be that this man knows more about his family? Is he capable to do something to them? In his mind he was calming himself down. 'Don't panic. You can handle this' he kept telling to himself.

"The question is: would you be able to handle us?" Rin smirked.

"Do not underestimate me, boy" the stranger leaned closer "You don't even know the gap between mine and yours capabilities"

'Yes, not everyone can make chairs magically appear in the room'

"Without wasting time, shall we get back to the reasons, stories and ghosts of the past? And before you give me and answer, I just want you to know that it will include you" he interlocked his fingers; running his eyes through the boy's face, looking for a hints which could help him to read his reaction "Tell me if I'm wrong, but wasn't that the reason why you came back to that house? You wanted to know the history?"

Rin folded his arms and leaned back in the chair "….Maybe"

"So curiosity took over your mind. I don't blame you. Because everyone has the right to know their origins"

"What do you mean by that?" Rin narrowed his eyes.

"Humph" the man smiled in devilish smile "Did you knew that you're not exactly a human?"