Author's Note: Well I guess I'll update, since I won't be able to later on, and well you people asked, and I just love enthusiastic reviews. So therefore I shall update early.
Hope you enjoy it!
Disclaimer: Me no own RK characters, but Selena and Anatra are mine. If you wish to use them in your own fics, which I doubt any of you would, please ask me first in the reviews or in e-mail. If any of you wish to make a vampire fic and wish to use my vampire ideas, you are free to do so, just give me some type of credit. Do tell me it you do, so I can read it.
Chapter Eight: Problems from M.R.U.
Kaoru walked over to her desk; unaware of what she had just helped released.
Now I have to call them. Why me? Thought Kaoru as she dialed in the numbers to Takasugi's cell phone.
He better not have gotten a new cell phone. Thought Kaoru angrily, as she waited after the fifth ring, she was growing impatient.
*~*~*~*~*
Back at the Flower Tower, tensions were running high and patience was running low.
"Why you good for nothing..." began Sano standing, but Aoshi pushed him back down.
"I believe that our business here is done. Do leave," said Takeda grinning.
Then Takasugi's cell phone began to vibrate, but he didn't pick it up.
"Answer your phone Takasugi," said Takeda, the noise was annoying his sensitive ears.
"It's her though," said Takasugi a bit terrified.
"Just answer the goddamn phone already. She won't do anything to you," said Takeda annoyed. Kaoru wasn't a real big threat to them.
"H-hello?" answered Takasugi trying to regain his control.
The other four were confused when they heard Kaoru's voice cursing at him for not picking up when she first called, and making her wait.
"S-sorry. What do you want?" asked Takasugi angrily, trying to redeem himself.
"Aunt Anatra told me to help you make up your mind about telling us where the Bafuko are. Will you just tell the four occupants already? You know that I hate having to wait," said Kaoru sweetly suddenly.
"Why should we?" asked Takeda, he knew she could hear him.
"For if you don't, then your precious girlfriends are going to pay the devil a nice long visit," threatened Kaoru angrily.
"They died," said Takeda calmly.
"Takasugi, don't you think that AB positive blood is positively wonderful? Maybe I should ask Aunt Anatra where to find a victim, a female one. Wouldn't that be nice?" asked Kaoru sweetly, she knew that the color on his face was long gone and becoming whiter.
(* I know vampires just drink blood, but mine like to drink certain types of blood too. To them, it's like different types of drinks. Just wanted to make that clear.*)
The other four were confused as Takasugi's hand were shaking.
How do you know about her? Asked Takasugi using telepathy through the phone.
I have my ways. Uno looks like a nice, human girl. So you have to wait a month before you can change her. Well, while you wait, I can easily get to her at that pathetic guarded little safe house you have her in. Tell me the secret, or I'm going to have a nice rare drink tonight. Threatened Kaoru. She knew it was wrong, but they had to get the information.
Takasugi told her their whereabouts.
Kaoru smiled and said, "Thank you so much. You four can come back now. It was nice talking to you again my cousins." She then hung up with a large grin on her face.
"You told her?" asked Takeda as the four left.
"I had no choice," said Takasugi with his head down.
"They would have found another way anyways. Once that human girl becomes one of us, then Kaoru won't have any power against us," said Takeda as women came back over.
Takasugi only nodded as he drank more wine.
*~*~*~*~*
Kaoru smiled as she threw her cell phone in the air and then caught it. She began to type the Bafuko's whereabouts to her Aunt and Hiko in an e-mail.
"Hey, where's Himura?" asked Misao looking around.
'He's on brake for a while, he needs time to relax," said Kaoru.
"I hope he's all right," said Megumi. As a becoming doctor, she was concerned.
Then realization came to her. If she were going to do this, then she wouldn't be able to become a doctor. No. She had worked too hard to become a doctor. They didn't need her, they had so many others. She had to get back to class. Wait, she didn't have class until next week. What was she going to do?
Suddenly an e-mail popped up and she opened it. It read:
Just take online classes. If you must go to the university then go. The real things that will be needed to be done, will be done by the more experienced vampires. You shall be excused.
Signed,
Anatra Kamiya
She's good. Though Megumi in awe. Or was it just a coincidence?
Then Kenshin(*Now Battousai*) walked in. Katsu, Soujiro, and Anji looked at him in uncertainty, he seemed different. His ki was raised to an unpredictable level. They looked at each other, before deciding that he was just unbalanced and went back to their computers.
"Kenshin, I thought you were going to take the day off," said Kaoru from her desk as he sat down at his own desk.
His bangs were covering his red demon like eyes. He had his head down, and a smirk played on his lips. She had no idea what was going to hit her before it was too late.
He would claim her soon enough.
"Kenshin?" asked Kaoru uncertain, he seemed... different.
"Yes?" asked Battousai, his voice was deep so only she could hear, and it sent a shiver down her spine.
Something wrong? Asked Kaoru through telepathy. She didn't want to hear his voice like that so clearly.
I'm fine. Was his only reply; it still made her shiver.
"You sound different Himura," said Misao from her desk.
"How so?" asked Battousai, his voice was forced to be like his other side. He'd save his other half to try and allure Kaoru to him. Seducing her would be fun.
"It was deeper... scarier," said Tae.
He slowly brought his eyes up to them, and they were gold. Though the edges were still red.
"Really?" asked Kenshin calmly. {Battousai is so close to the surface.} Thought Kenshin.
He acted calm, but inside he was in turmoil. Battousai was becoming stronger as he became weaker from their battles, and was resurfacing. How was he becoming stronger?
For I feed off of the power we gain from being near our future mate, while you have to work for it. It keeps me strong, the more you deny, the weaker you get. I'm not denying her, it's only you. Answered Battousai's cold voice in his head.
Kenshin had his eyes in the shadows of his bangs, he was right. He clutched his fists until they turned white, and droplets of blood was coming out of them.
The others smelt blood, and all turned to Kenshin.
"You're bleeding," said Kaoru a bit shakily, the temptation to feed on fresh blood was getting to her. She had forgotten that they needed blood to remain in the living world.
The same thoughts came to the others, they hadn't fed on blood for a while. Though they knew that no matter what, it wasn't right to feed on a fellow vampire. That was as if a human ate a human, it just wasn't right.
"I'm going to the bar. Anyone else want anything?" asked Soujiro with smile. Though his lips were twitching, how he wanted to taste blood and savor the feel of the warm liquid going down his throat. Even though the blood here was cased, it'd have to do for now.
He'd feed on fresh blood later, for now all that mattered was satisfying his thirst.
"A bottle for me," said Cho.
"Me too," said Yahiko.
The others nodded but Kenshin, who was still struggling with his other half to regain full control.
(*Important note: When my vampires get the urge to go through with the mating ritual, it's called M.R.U. meaning Mating Ritual Urges. It only occurs to the males, and make them also want to go through with the ritual. It either comes from when they need to mate, or when they catch it from other vampires that are already in M.R.U.. That's why Battousai is trying to escape.
Yes they can catch it, and they get it only when the one in M.R.U. is actually doing the mating ritual. It sends out a scent that just causes the other vampires within five miles to be effected. Depends on the amount of power the two are getting from the ritual. The more power, the stronger the effect will be. It's the only sure way for the high breed to be born, and to make sure that the true vampire population stays intact and not become extinct.*)
Kaoru went over to Kenshin and tried to help him.
"Stay away," said Kenshin in a mere whisper, he didn't want to do something that he'd regret.
"You need help," said Kaoru, her anger rising.
"Not from you. Please understand," said Kenshin, Battousai was coming closer to the surface; he began to tremble a bit. He needed to get away from her, she was making him stronger.
You know that you want her, why fight the M.R.U.? You'll only cause yourself pain. It's all natural. Like she would really protest if you did go through with it. Feed off her scent, her need for you as well. Just give in. Came Battousai's taunting voice, but some part of him was urging him to do what the other half wanted.
Kaoru touched his shoulder cautiously. Her hand quickly moved away, he was burning hot.
"You need to rest," said Kaoru.
Then Megumi came over, seeing Kaoru's expression.
She moved the back of her hand to his forehead and just as quickly pulled her hand away and began to blow on it. He was at scorching temperatures.
Then Kenshin stood up, but Megumi pushed him back down. Her hand was burning.
"You can't still be conscious. You're burning hot," said Megumi.
"It's normal for male vampires," said Kenshin weakly.
"Wait! You're in M.R.U. aren't you?" asked Cho straightening up.
Only Soujiro who just stepped in, Anji, and Katsu seemed to know what that meant. The others didn't have a clue what M.R.U. was.
Kenshin only nodded.
"Let Kenshin go up to his room and take care of it," said Katsu, he really didn't want to get caught up in M.R.U.. The last time he got caught, he was forced to stay in cold water for a week until the urge went away. That was a cold experience. Stupid M.R.U.. It was a male vampire's worse enemy, and you can hardly ever win.
(*Symptoms to M.R.U.*)
1) Temperature rises to uncontrollable degrees.
2) Body tenses more often.
3) Senses increase around chosen female vampire.
4) Thoughts intends to go into darker places and about a certain female.
5) Possessiveness over the littlest things around the female of choice.
(*Hopefully that'll help you understand Kenshin's actions from here on out, and it doesn't happen all at once.*)
"Take care Battousai," said Cho with a grin. It would be fun to see him lose.
He got a red-eyed glare as Kenshin proceeded out of the room, and that made him gulp.
"You really shouldn't make fun of him Cho. He can kill you," warned Katsu.
"If you're not careful, you can catch it too. He'll probably kill you," said Anji.
"It's not something to play around with," said Soujiro handing out blood bottles.
"Thanks," said Kaoru as Soujiro gave her one with a sympathetic look.
Soujiro knew, as well as most, that Kaoru was that certain female that Kenshin was eyeing. If only she knew what real trouble she had been dragged in, just because of the game called love.
*~*~*~*~*
"We're back. Hey Missy, where are the Bafuko?" asked Sano as the four entered.
"It doesn't matter, as long as Hiko and the other superiors know," said Kaoru calmly.
"That's not right. Where's Kenshin?" asked Sano looking around.
"Busy," answered Tokio for them, as she took off her husband's coat.
Misao glared at Shura, she was pretty damn close to her Aoshi. She looked at how Shura was eyeing Aoshi, it was oh so familiar to her. The girl was after Aoshi. No!
Her face became a scowl. Tae and Tsubame moved slowly away from her.
"Let's get back to work then," said Saitoh sitting down.
Misao caught sight of Shura practically eyeing Aoshi every chance she got. She growled, this new girl was not going to get between her and her goal.
"Hey rooster head, want to know the real reason why Kenshin isn't here?" asked Cho grinning.
"Why?" asked Sano looking at him curiously.
"He's in M.R.U.," said Cho.
Saitoh nearly choked on the cigar he was smoking, Aoshi was in a coughing frenzy, he had been drinking coffee. Not wanting to spit it out in pure shock, he forced down a swallow.
Sano was just twitching. M.R.U. was never a good thing for male vampire that it wasn't.
(*The reason that Saitoh is so concern as well, is that even if you have already done the ritual, the M.R.U. can still effect him. Just wanted to clear that up*)
"I didn't know he would actually get into that again," said Sano.
"It was kind of obvious at the apartment you know. We both knew that it was going to happen sooner or later," stated Soujiro.
"But why when there are so many males?" asked Sano, he didn't like this at all. He was a captive prisoner if Kenshin ever stopped and went through with the ritual. Sanosuke was on the urge crying. No. Why me? Not again.
"He better be taking care of that right now, and I don't mean the other way. I should of known, I felt his ki change when we got near here," said Saitoh, reprimanding from his shock.
"So Battousai was released today," said Katsu, he knew it felt strange.
"Most likely," said Aoshi dead serious.
"We must be careful," said Anji.
All of the males but Yahiko, who still didn't have a clue what was going on, nodded.
The females didn't have a clue, and didn't really care. Though Kaoru still couldn't understand, why had Battousai come out and not kill anyone? Wasn't he known for killing groups of people and vampires at a time in the past? Why hadn't he attacked them while they were all clueless and defenseless from his attack?
Kaoru looked at the stairs that led to Kenshin's room, what was wrong with him? She wanted to help him, but he kept pushing her away. She was confused at his actions, hadn't they agreed to be friends? Friends help each other, yet he wasn't letting her.
You have think about his point of view. You're the one after all, that is making his senses go into overdrive. He's probably having trouble controlling his primal instincts. Said Kaoru's other half, she always managed to get into her thoughts when she was thinking too much.
Kaoru had no choice but to accept what her other half was saying. She shouldn't get all worked up for nothing at all. It's not like he's ignoring her for some other chick, was it?
Don't think like that. Vampires aren't to panic at the weakest things. You're a vampire, and I as your other half, will not allow you to lose him because of you jumping to conclusions. Do not do anything stupid. Don't get jealous at the littlest things. Said her other half.
For once, she decided to actually follow her other side's ways.
*~*~*~*~*
A/N: Short, but I wanted to post it up to explain M.R.U., no action from Battousai yet.
Though I'll have lime parts in future chapters. I'm not sure when I'll make the lemon.
Aoshi and Misao fans, don't kill me for having Shura all hung up on Aoshi. She's to make Misao jealous, and plays a big part in future chapters. Misao and Aoshi fans might hate me for what I do later on, but it goes along with me plot.
I placed all the notes in the story, so if you skipped them, here they are again:
A) I know vampires just drink blood, but mine like to drink certain types of blood too. To them, it's like different types of drinks. Just wanted to make that clear.
B) Important note: When my vampires get the urge to go through with the mating ritual, it's called M.R.U. meaning Mating Ritual Urges. It only occurs to the males, and make them also want to go through with the ritual. It either comes from when they need to mate, or when they catch it from other vampires that are already in M.R.U.. That's why Battousai is trying to escape. Yes they can catch it, and they get it only when the one in M.R.U. is actually doing the mating ritual. It sends out a scent that just causes the other vampires within five miles to be effected. Depends on the amount of power the two are getting from the ritual. The more power, the stronger the effect will be. It's the only sure way for the high breed to be born, and to make sure that the true vampire population stays intact and not become extinct.
C) Symptoms to M.R.U.
1) Temperature rises to uncontrollable degrees.
2) Body tenses more often.
3) Senses increase around chosen female vampire.
4) Thoughts intends to go into darker places and about a certain female.
5) Possessiveness over the littlest things and Kenshin's actions from here on out, and it doesn't happen all at once.
D) The reason that Saitoh is so concern as well is that even if he has already done the ritual, the M.R.U. can still effect him. I just wanted to clear that up
Hopefully that'll help you understand all, is that even if you have already done the ritual, the M.R.U. can still effect him. Just wanted to clear that up.
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