A Certain Scientific Vampire Killer
Chapter 15: The World Has Turned and Left Me Here
My eyes opened to the sight of a ceiling that I did not recognize, it was metallic grey, and it did not resemble the ceiling of that house or any home for that matter in the slightest. I tried to look around with my eyes in order to figure out where I am currently though it was all to no avail since I couldn't see very clearly. It wasn't because I was tired, getting only a few hours of sleep every night is the norm for me, so I was wide awake. No, the reason why I couldn't see what else was in the room other than the ceiling and a tatami mat that I was resting on was that the room itself had very little light in it. Instead, the room would have been better off if it was pitch black compared to only a fraction of light which made seeing my surroundings impossible.
I decided to stand up from the tatami mat I was sleeping on only a few minutes ago, because if I can't see with both of my eyes then the only thing I could do in the situation that I'm currently in is to discover my surroundings by getting a feel for them with my own body. So, I stood up from the tatami mat that I was still on and as I was trying to stand up I almost lost my balance and fell to the floor. I would have eaten shit if I didn't catch myself at the last second thankfully, I have great reflexes due to the power that I have gained by injecting myself with a certain mystery fluid that was contained in the syringe that I injected myself with from my father's laboratory.
I proceeded to walk in a slow fashion around the room that I was in because of some unknown factors that I haven't discovered yet that are making this room tilt around constantly. That's why I was walking around the room with very careful and precise movements because it was a pain in the ass to walk in a room that is moving around and on top of that is basically covered in darkness. What kind of place tilts around erratically and has almost no light whatsoever? I thought to myself as I pondered on that rhetorical question while walking around in the room.
Eventually, after a ton of trial and error that resulted in me stumbling around the room that I was in like a dumbass, I finally reached what felt like a door handle that I could use in order to figure out where I'm currently by letting some light inside the room that I was still inside of. I then proceeded to twist open the door handle and luckily it wasn't locked from the outside meaning that I can open it and learn what is currently going on right now. I opened the door to the dark, unknown room that I was in as the refreshing, breezy morning light came in to greet me and my surroundings as well.
"Wait a minute, something doesn't feel right, isn't this just sunlight? Oh shit! I just remembered that I'm a vampire now and it is a common fact that vampires disintegrate and proceed to die after encountering sunlight! Am I going to die? Am I going to die? Am I going to die? Am I actually going to die before I'm able to do anything worthwhile with my life?! I'm dying-huh, I'm fine?" I said to myself while maintaining the quietest voice I could muster in order to not reveal to anyone that may or may not be around me currently the fact that I'm a vampire as I was completely surprised that I'm not dying or suffering in any way after being exposed to sunlight.
"Well, at least I'm not dead, ha-ha. Huh? Hold on, I know this place, this is a ship! I remember now, I decided to travel by boat in order to reach Japan, and go to a certain place in the mountains where the despicable Himegami family is located at." I said with a surprised expression on my face as I looked towards my surroundings while realizing that I was on a ship this whole time that was heading to Japan that I boarded in order to achieve my goal of obtaining my revenge against the man named Himegmai Shiki, who killed my father. My plan is to wipe out the Himegami family and then resurrect the Vampire Emperor Franz Ferdinand in order to fulfill my father's wishes and have the Vampire Emperor revive my dead mother.
The ship that I was on wasn't anything special or classy like a cruise ship, it was a simple and cheap ship that had a few rooms for only a handful of people to use. Though the ship itself wasn't anything that was worth praising, it was affordable and had a nice view once I was outside so it wasn't a bad experience by any means. My only complaint being that there was a serious lack of light in my room even during the daytime, I mean I know that I'm a vampire, but what kind of person would want to live in a place that had almost no light to speak of?!
Now that I think about it, didn't Shiki call me a half-vampire before I killed him? That means there must be a difference between a regular vampire and a half-vampire! If I'm going to guess what the difference between them is that a regular vampire is probably two to three times stronger than a half-vampire but the defect to having all that strength is that they die after being exposed to sunlight. In contrast, half vampires would have to be much weaker when compared to average vampires, but since they lack strength, the advantage that half vampires have against regular vampires is that they make up for their disadvantages in terms of sheer survivability.
"Wonderful! You realized the differences between the two different kinds of vampires without me having to explain it to you or even giving you a hint about it. You are much more intelligent than I first gave you credit for, young girl." The voice inside my head, uh-I mean the Vampire Emperor Franz Ferdinand said with a different tone of voice when compared to the usual voice he uses. Franz Ferdinand's usual voice up to this voice was very monotone and disinterested but now for some reason, the Vampire Emperor is showering me with praise in a way that doesn't fit him at all.
"You don't need to compliment me, so flattery will get you nowhere and it pisses me off too so I'd recommend for you to quit while you are ahead. It's only natural that when someone is forced to undergo their childhood ignoring everything and everyone except mountains of books that are shoved in that person in question's face that they must read and understand. It's not that the books weren't interesting, it's the fact that they were written for adults and a kid like me had to decipher and understand them. So, since I had to understand complex algebra equations at the young age of a seven-year-old, the relationship between an average vampire and a half-vampire is child's play to figure out in comparison." I said in a very calm and collected voice while explaining the facts to the Vampire Emperor Franz Ferdinand.
It's not that I was trying to boast or anything, it's just that my father and the environment that I was raised in made me have to learn and understand how algebra, science, and basically how the world works at a much younger age in comparison to any other girl that was my age at the time. While I have a sense of satisfaction that I'm more intelligent than other people that are my age, albeit a small one, I didn't even want that amount of intelligence in the first place. So, I would gladly trade all of my intelligence in a heartbeat if it meant that I had the chance to have a normal childhood of doing trivial things that were meaningless but were without a doubt a lot of fun.
"I understand. Then I will do as you wish since I respect you, so that will be the last compliment that I ever give you. Furthermore, while I do understand how and why you gained such a ridiculous amount of intelligence even though you are barely twelve right now, there is something that I don't understand. If you wanted to have a normal childhood and undergo what any other girl your age would feel like on a daily basis, then why didn't you simply reject your father's desires, and run away from your boring and tedious life by living for yourself and no one else?" Franz Ferdinand said as he questioned me about my life choices up to this point in time.
"Idiot, you are seriously asking why didn't I just leave my father and live for myself? That answer is painfully obvious, it's because I was scared to leave him more than the fact that I wanted to escape my life. You said it yourself, I'm only twelve years old, anyone that young wouldn't be able to fend for themselves and survive. There's also the fact that I didn't hate my father, sure I disliked him, but I wouldn't go as far as to say I hated him with every fiber of my being. My father was a cold and calculating man who didn't give me much attention to speaking of, but he wasn't a bad guy, my old man made sure that I had some food in my stomach every single day no matter what, and he also made sure that I obtained enough sleep to not feel like utter shit when I wake up." I said to the Vampire Emperor Franz Ferdinand while maintaining my calm and composed attitude.
"But, I think that the biggest reason why I never left my father was that I was all he had left. My mother passed away shortly after giving birth to me and my father was so devastated by what happened to her, that he made it his mission to bring her back no matter what happens because of it. I didn't want my father to be alone, even after he ignored me constantly whenever I tried to obtain his attention he's the only person that I had left in my life too. So if I ever decided to leave him, I would be disrespecting my father and my mother's wishes by abandoning them both, and that would make me a horrible daughter and an awful person in general. However, even more than all of that, I didn't want to be alone either, so I would be a massive hypocrite by leaving my father and making him suffer even more than he already was by making him lose the last person that he had left." I said to the Vampire Emperor Franz Ferdinand as a few tears dripped from my eyes and onto the wooden floor below me as I was remembering my deceased father.
"I see. The reason why you never left your father was obvious just as you clearly said it was. However, you don't need to cry right now or ever again for that matter, because soon you will achieve your goal. The Himegami bloodline will be eradicated from this planet by your hands, your father will be avenged, and I will be given the opportunity to come back to life. Everyone gets what they wanted and the family that your father's killer was a part of will be no more just as you declared it all the way back on that night when your life changed forever." The Vampire Emperor Franz Ferdinand said as he made an attempt to calm me down after I started to cry again because of my father's death at the hands of a man named Himegami Shiki.
"You're right. I shouldn't be crying right now nor should I ever cry again. This ship should reach Japan in just a few more hours, after that it should only take a few extra hours to reach the mountains where the Himegami family is located since you told me that they live on the outskirts of Japan. So, soon I will be able to obtain my revenge against that fake hero of justice and his despicable bloodline that murdered my father. And then, I can resurrect you, and finally, I will be able to obtain the life that I have always desired since I was a child. Before that, I just have to keep moving forward, until the entire Himegami family is destroyed." I said with a sadistic smile on my face as I looked towards the outskirts of Japan where the Himegami family is located that I couldn't see clearly but I knew wasn't too far away from me now.
A few hours later
After just a few hours, the ship that I was on made its way to Japan and docked near the outskirts of Japan that are not too far away from the mountains where the Himegami family are located at. I proceeded to make my way off of the cheap, but affordable ship and onto the sand-covered ground below me. I was now on one of Japan's beaches I then decided to take off my shoes just for a few minutes so I could feel the sandy ground with my own feet.
"Oh, you are taking a break after you finally arrived in Japan? I mean, I don't really care that much, I'm simply surprised that you of all the people that I have come to know in my over one thousand years of life are actually taking the time to enjoy themselves, young girl." The Vampire Emperor Franz Ferdinand said in his usual monotone, boring voice but with a very small, almost unnoticeable hint of surprise in his voice that no one would notice unless you were to listen to what he said every single day as I have for the past few weeks that I have known that voice inside of my head for.
"Idiot, I want to annihilate that despicable Himegami family almost as much as you do I guess, but I'm not some workaholic. I've always wanted to go to the beach ever since I was a child, but my father forbade it. Hell, even if I were able to enjoy myself on the beach back at my hometown, that beach wasn't anywhere near as nice as this one, not by a long shot." I said while feeling the sandy ground with my own two feet and taking in all of the new sensations that came with a new experience.
"I see, at first I was confused why you would rest and relax on a beach of all places, but now I understand. Even me, someone who doesn't really care about the scenery that this world has to offer is pleasantly surprised at how well kept and nice this beach is. So, what do you think about it, young girl?" The Vampire Emperor Franz Ferdinand said with a teeny tiny bit of curiosity in his usual boring, monotone voice as he asked me a question and my honest opinions.
"I like it. I mean, uh, it's a little hard to describe why I like it, but I can try and get my feelings across. For starters, it's far from perfect, it's a little too coarse, it's pretty rough, and there's too much of it around me. But, at the same time, sand doesn't feel like anything I have ever felt before. It's not like wood, stone, or even concrete, the sand itself feels completely different and that new sensation that comes with something I have never felt before, it's kind of nice. So yeah, if that makes any sense, I guess that's why I like sand." I said with a small smile on my face while still feeling the sandy ground with my feet and rubbing the tiny pieces of sand along my defenseless toes.
"I understand, sand is a very complex piece of this planet's geography, but your feelings got across to me. Take your time and enjoy this new experience along with the new feelings that come with it. We can easily spend an extra hour or two here so don't worry about it, young girl." The Vampire Emperor Franz Ferdinand said as he talked to me with a nice and gentle voice for the very first time in the few weeks that I have known him for, which might not sound like much. Even still, it was incredibly surprising to see that guy try to be nice, in my opinion.
"Wow, so even you can be kind of pleasant when you put some effort into what you say towards others. But, uh, t-thanks, t-that was s-sweet, I guess. B-But only just a little b-bit, so don't you dare feel s-smug about it or I will kick your ass!" I said with surprise in my voice while stuttering frequently and raising my voice towards the end in a hostile tone.
"Of course, I might be a total bastard, but I'm not a complete piece of shit. Oh-ho, so flattery does get me somewhere with you, hahaha! So you are the type of person who lies about what they say by meaning the exact opposite, what are those called? Oh yeah! Young girl, you are a tsundere, aren't you? And how are you expecting to kick my ass when I don't have a physical body that can take any damage?" The Vampire Emperor Franz Ferdinand said inside my head in a smug and self-satisfied tone which is the exact kind of voice that I did not want to hear.
"Idiot! Moron! Dumbass! I told explicitly that I did NOT want to hear anything that resembled a smug tone of voice from you! Whatever, even if you don't have a physical body that I could kick the ass of, mark my words, I'll still find a way to beat the shit out of you one day for that comment! And for the record, I'm NOT a tsundere, you asshat! I said with a rage-filled voice and a scowl on my face as my brunette hair spiked up and stood straight up into the air. I was very pissed off now, and if that guy actually had a physical body, I would definitely have clobbered him into the ground in blind fury.
A few more hours later
"I somehow managed to regain my calm and composed attitude after becoming really mad because of the Vampire Emperor Franz Ferdinand's comment concerning if I was a tsundere or not. Obviously, I'm not, so I don't know where that jackass got that idea from?! It's whatever now, I guess, but that guy better not do that again or I will become really angry towards him! A-Anyway, after I relaxed and rested at the beach for a little more than an hour but less than two hours, I left the sandy area and I went towards the mountains that were nearby the beach that I was previously on.
I then proceeded to make my way throughout the huge, massive mountains that were unlike anything that I have experienced or ever seen before for that matter. I have never attempted to do mountain climbing up to this point in my entire life because my hometown back on that island had no mountains to speak of whatsoever. Plus, even if there were any mountains anywhere near my hometown, I highly doubt my father would have ever let me climb them. Hell, even if I were to simply suggest it to him, I'm sure that my father would have forbidden me from doing it on the spot without any hesitation in the slightest.
To be honest, I never even thought of ever trying mountain climbing before in my entire life, so it is what it is, I guess. However, while this is the first time that I have ever done mountain climbing before, it's not as hard as I thought it was going to be. On the huge and massive mountain that I was currently climbing upon, there were plenty of slabs that were decorated throughout the mountain that made traversing it piss easy, so it wasn't a challenge for me at all. Though, I don't know how much more difficult mountain climbing would have been if I didn't have the increased strength and sharp reflexes that I gained when I became a half-vampire. I guess it doesn't really matter to think about what could have happened while I'm actually performing the feats right now. I thought to myself as I climbed the huge and massive mountain that I was currently traversing.
After about two or three hours at most, I managed to get close enough to the summit of the huge and massive mountain that I was on, as the sun was only just starting to set in the sky. I then proceeded to make my way throughout a small, but ordinary village town that was near the top of the mountain and my destination along with it. The small village wasn't anything special, it lacked tons of modern technology that decorated Tokyo and America for example, but it was just a regular town was not unlike the town back on that island I grew up on. The people also greeted me with kind gestures and smiles even though I was a total stranger to all of them. As I saw all of these good people around me, I started to think to myself, am I really doing the right thing?
And then, after making my way throughout the small and ordinary village, I reached a vast, expansive green forest that stretched as far as both of my eyes could see from where I was walking from. I then proceeded to traverse the huge green forest that welcomed me with open arms by granting me the pleasure of a cool breeze and a nice atmosphere along with it. I was speechless I couldn't help but marvel at how wonderful the forest that I was currently in was. To explain, the forests back in my hometown weren't awful to be at, they just had the same few animals and insects in it, with not many trees that were worth mentioning.
In contrast, the forest that I was currently in, has a wide variety of all different kinds of animals and insects, a ton of which I have never seen in person before, and some that I have never even heard of before in my entire life up to this point in time. This vast, expansive forest also is decorated with plenty of trees that were not only interesting to look at, but was also utterly massive and looked like they would be so much fun to climb on. For a second, I forgot the objective that I sought and the mission that I was currently on as my emotions took over me and I was about to climb one of the huge and wonderful trees that were nearby me which featured cute squirrels and caterpillars roaming throughout the many branches of the tree that I could see with both of my own eyes.
"Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" A voice screeched throughout the vast and expansive green forest.
But then, as I was just about to climb the huge and wonderful tree that laid before me, I noticed the sounds of someone that was wailing who was not that far away from me in the vast, expansive forest that I was currently at. I instantly stopped in my tracks as I heard the voice of that person's screeching voice, not because I was worried about whoever was crying and in pain. No, I was much more anxious than I would encounter someone that wasn't a part of the Himegami family and decided to treat me with hostility since I was a stranger that no one on this entire mountain as ever met before today.
"Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" The same voice screeched louder throughout the vast and expansive green forest.
After contemplating what I should do internally for a few seconds, I decided that I should just face the person who is also in this vast, expansive green forest along with me. So, I proceeded to walk towards the location where the wailing voice was coming from in order to make sure that this person doesn't alert other people to this forest and my presence who may or may not become hostile towards me. Because of the fact that I'm nothing more than a total stranger to the people that live near the summit of the mountain since they nor I for that matter have ever talked to each other in our entire lives up to this point. And in order to prevent a situation like that from occurring, I walked closer and closer towards the screeching voice that was becoming louder and louder as I was now more close to the person who was incessantly crying.
"Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" The same voice screeched even louder throughout the vast and expansive green forest as I was starting to become pissed off towards the voice that wouldn't stop crying in pain.
And then, after only a single minute or two of walking, I finally reached the person that was releasing the obnoxious wailing who was inside the vast, expansive forest that we were both at. I then noticed that the incessant screeching was coming from a young girl who appeared to be around my age. The young girl had dark, straight, black hair along with a frilly white dress that she was wearing as well as a small cut on her right knee that was bleeding as her red blood was dripping from her right knee and onto the grassy ground.
"Hey, whatever your name is, can you please stop that crying right now? Your incessant wailing is very annoying and it's pissing me off too." I said with an emotionless expression on my face as I pointed one of my fingers towards the black-haired girl who was still obnoxiously screeching as I was trying to tell her to stop doing that.
"Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" The black-haired girl continued to wail around me as I was now reaching my breaking point and I was about to lose my temper against the crying girl that was in front of me. That's it. I can't take it anymore. I thought to myself as I prepared myself for what I was about to do next.
"Hey! Now you listen to me! I have had it with that obnoxious screeching you have been doing for almost five whole minutes! That cut on your knee isn't that bad! So man up and deal with it like anyone else your age would be trying to do! Now shut your mouth and stop that dam crying before I kick your ass!" I said while staring daggers towards the black-haired girl as I then proceeded to flick the girl's forehead multiple times in retaliation against her incessant wailing in order to obtain her attention and teach her a lesson while I'm at it as well. That lesson being not to piss me off!
"Ow! Ow! Ow! OW! That really hurts! I know that I was crying really loud but I couldn't help it! Do you know how painful it is to get a cut on your knees?! It hurts like hell! So I think that my crying was justified even though it might be considered annoying for other people! And did you really have to go as far to flick me in my forehead four times in a row and all in succession with each other?!" The black-haired girl said with a pained expression on her face while she was holding her damaged right knee with her right hand and her forehead with her left hand as she stared towards me in a combination of anger and bewilderment.
"Shut up! That's your own dam fault for being careless and not watching where you were walking! Your crying was also not 'justified' at all! A person crying in front of another person is irritating as hell! So don't you dare do that in front of me again or I'll be really mad! Geez! Fine! Maybe I went just a little too far by flicking your forehead four times in a row. That was my fault, so I-I'm sorry, whatever your name is. Now lift up your right knee for me, I'll patch you up." I said with a scowl on my face that turned slightly red due to my own embarrassment as I twirled my fingers throughout my brunette hair while avoiding direct eye contact with the mysterious black-haired girl in front of me.
"I-I understand. I didn't realize that crying in front of other people was a bad thing I want people to like me, so maybe I won't do that again, at least in front of you. But yeah, that hurt quite a bit, so I'll take you up on your offer. I don't really like to hold grudges with other people, so you helping me out will make us even, well, for me at least. Sure, roger that! Oh, by the way, my name isn't 'whatever your name is.' It's Aisa. My name's Aisa. So just call me Aisa, um, what's your name?" The black-haired girl said as she tilted her head to the side as she wondered what my true identity is. I guess I'll be honest with her. It's the least I can do for her after being a little too aggressive towards her, so it can't be helped. But why does her name sound so familiar?
"Nanoha. I don't have a last name, so it's just Nanoha. Also, did you really have to say your name three times in a row towards me? I'm not an idiot, idiot. Your name is pretty uncommon, so it's going to be pretty easy to remember for me. Plus, I'm really smart for my age, if I do say so myself. FuFuFu!" I said as I giggled and puffed out my chest in admiration for yours truly!
"You are seriously complaining about that too? Geez, you sure like to nag a lot, don't you? I mean, you also said your name twice, so like you are any better. Also, I'm NOT an idiot, dummy! And I doubt you are really that smart, you probably aren't even older than me!" The black-haired girl said towards me with a pissed-off expression on her face while she stuck her tongue at me and lifted her right knee towards me so I could help alleviate the pain for her.
"Alright, Aisa, then let's make it a bet! Whoever is really younger between us loses the bet and has to do one thing that the winner commands them to do! That's fine right? Good! So, let's see if what you are saying is actually true! I'm twelve years old! So now let me guess what your age is! You are nine years old, aren't you? No, maybe that's too generous, you are eight years old, aren't you? No, wait, I got it! Your age is seven years old, final answer!" I said with a grin on my face as I started to patch Aisa up with some medical supplies that I brought with me back from my hometown, just in case if I did or didn't have any healing powers, since I'm a half-vampire now.
"Geez, you didn't even give me any time to say yes or no. Whatever, I accept that bet, so it's fine, I guess. But, you are wrong all three of your answers were not even close. Do you want to know what my age is now? Do you really want to know? Well, I'll tell you, I'm actually thirteen years old! So, I win the bet and you lose! Ha!" Aisa said with a smug smile on her face as she crossed her arms in satisfaction over defeating me in the bet.
"Huh? Wait, what?! No! No way! That's not true?! That's impossible?! You are lying! You have to be lying, liar! There is no way that you are actually older than me?! I mean did you look at yourself in the mirror? You look like a little kid! There's no way in hell that you are actually a teenager or even older than me at all!" I said while my jaw dropped all the way to the ground and the other side of the world as I couldn't believe what Aisa is saying to me right now.
"Nope! I'm not lying, not in the slightest! My birthday is January 19 20XX! I'm thirteen years old, which means that I'm indeed older than you! Eh? What do you mean that I look like a little kid?! The white dress that I'm wearing looks amazing on me! I mean anything on me would look great since I'm a beautiful girl after all! This dress and my beautiful looks will get me a boyfriend in no time at all! But yeah, I'm actually a teenager, and you are a kid! You are a little kid compared to me! HoHoHo!" Aisa said as she proceeded to laugh at me concerning the fact that she is technically a teenager and that I'm technically still a kid. Are you kidding me? Is this girl really older than me? Because Aisa is being a lot more like a child than me right now.
"I see. I guess you are right so you must be the older one among us, which makes me the younger one. So, that means I lost the bet and you won it all fair and square. So what is your one command for me to do, you only get one order, Aisa-chan?" I said with a smile on my face as I proceeded to pinch her right knee with my fingers, though not too because I'm not that mean.
"That's right! It's just like how you said it is! Oooooh! What should I ask you to do? I could ask you to do my homework. Or even better I think that I'll ask you to make me some delicious food! Yeah, that's right! My order is-OW! Hey! What are you doing?! Aren't you supposed to be patching me up?!" Aisa said with a smug smile on her face that then turned to a displeased expression when she felt my pinches on her right knee.
"OW? What kind of order is 'OW' supposed to mean? Come on, you have to tell me what you want me to do for you more clearly than that, Aisa-chan! And remember you only get a single order so whatever one thing you want me to do won't apply to something else! So what is your request going to be, Aisa-chan?!" I said with a huge smile on my face while I continued to pinch Aisa's right knee hard enough to make her notice but soft enough as to not really hurt her more than she already is, or even worse cause her to bleed more blood from her right knee.
"Fine! Fine! Fine! I got it! I'm sorry for acting smug towards you! So, um, my order is for you to stop pinching me like that and for you to never cause me any kind of pain again! That's my order!" Aisa said towards me with an exaggerated expression on her face as she spitted out her words as fast as possible in order for me to stop pinching her like that.
"Good! Apology accepted! But, you do realize that's two orders, right? Well, it's fine, I guess. I'm feeling generous today so I promise to do both of your orders until the day I die! So, uh how's the wound on your right knee feeling now, Aisa?" I said with a smile on my face as I just finished patching Aisa up with some Neosporin and a band-aid so no more blood gushes out from her right knee until it fully heals again.
"Huh? Oh yeah, wow, I don't feel any pain at all anymore! I can even move my right knee again without wanting to scream in absolute agony! You really helped me out when I was in a serious pinch! So, thank you so much, Nanoha!" Aisa said with a cheerful smile on her face as she stared directly towards my eyes with her own eyes in pure happiness and bliss.
"That's good. I'm happy for you, Aisa. Huh? What did you just call me?! And you are thanking me?! Uh, what did I do that's worth you thanking me over?" I said with a bewildered expression on my face as I was seriously confused regarding what Aisa just said towards me.
"What do you mean? I called you, Nanoha. That's your name, right? Uh, yeah, of course, I'm thanking you. I mean, you were kind of mean when you flicked my forehead and pinched my right knee, and you are pretty bossy and kind of annoying too. But, you were kind enough to help me out when I needed it most! Sure, maybe someone else could have patched me up, and maybe they could have done a better job at it than you. But, you know what, that didn't happen. You were the one who answered me when I was crying and shrieking like a little kid. And you were the one who helped me even though you didn't even know my name until just a few minutes ago! My mommy always taught me to thank others whenever they help me out when I'm in pain! You know why, Nanoha? Helping others out when they are in a pinch is something worth doing, because, it's the right thing to do!" Aisa said with a bright smile on her face towards me.
"Huh? Helping other people is actually considered a good thing to do? I always assumed when someone helps out another person it's just considered as something that you had to do because it's expected of a person to help out others. I never even thought that it's something worth acknowledging, let alone thanking someone else for." I said with a perplexed expression on my face as I spoke honestly about what I thought was considered the norm and absolute truth of the world that I live in.
"Eh? Of course, helping another person out is a good thing to do no matter what! I mean, you are right that it is a given to help out another person, especially when they are in pain. But, that doesn't mean that it is not worth thanking that person who helped you out when you really needed it over! And you seriously didn't even think that it was worth acknowledging ever? You have got to be kidding me! Not only are you younger than me, but you are also an idiot, Nanoha!" Aisa said with a scowl on her face while she proceeded to scold me as she pointed one of her fingers towards me in retaliation against what I thought was one of the almighty truths of this world.
"Alright! I get it! I understand now! When you put it that way, thanking another person when they help you out makes sense, and I was wrong! Did you hear me, Aisa?! I said I was wrong! Also, you were right! You are older than me! I'm an idiot! And I'm younger than you! Are you happy now?!" I said with a pissed-off expression on my face while I spitted out the words I just said as fast as possible so I could get it over with, not repeat myself, and never say those things to anyone else or ever again for that matter.
"Yes! I'm very happy right now! If only you could have said all of that more slowly, but it is what it is, I guess. Anyway, um, uh, I have a question for you. I know that we only just met, I also know that you may not feel the same way about me, and I know that I may be coming off too strongly about what I'm going to say next, but I'm still going to say it! Do you want to be friends with me, Nanoha?" Aisa said while she was blushing bright red on her face as she asked me a question that has never been asked towards me in my entire life up to this point in time.
"Good for you. Oh and there's no way in hell I'm ever saying all of that stuff to you or anyone else ever again, so take it or leave it! Huh? Uh, um, what? What did you just say to me? I don't understand? Do you want to be friends with me? I really don't understand? Why do you want to be friends with me of all people?" I said with an utterly bewildered expression on my face as I didn't understand why Aisa was saying that she wants to be friends with me all of a sudden. Or perhaps, I chose not to understand because I was scared concerning what would happen if I did accept Aisa's proposal.
"Idiot! Do you really want me to spell it out to you?! Fine! I don't have any friends! I've tried again and again to make friends! However, every time I go down to the village to try and talk to the people that are around my age, the kids there are always scared of me! I also tried to talk to the adults in the village in order to convince them that I'm not a bad person but that didn't work either! It's all because that village and everyone who inhabits it thinks that my family is cursed because of the power that has been passed down from generations throughout my lineage! I tried, I really tried to convince them that I'm just like them, that I'm just a human girl that they don't have to be scared of, but they never believe me no matter how many times I end up saying it to them at all! Aisa said with a frown on her face as she told me a personal truth about her that has made her upset and distressed for who knows how long.
"I understand. Well, it can't be helped then. I don't really have much experience talking to other people, so I don't always know that what I'm saying is considered weird or rude. To tell you the truth, I don't have any friends either. My father forbade me from talking to the other kids in my hometown because he believed interacting with other people would become a weakness for me. However, he died a few weeks ago, so I guess what he said doesn't really apply to me anymore. So, um, uh, sure. Being friends with you doesn't sound so bad, so yeah, I'll be your friend, Aisa. If you are ok with me, basically a complete stranger, as your friend, I guess." I said awkwardly with a dumbfounded expression on my face as this was the first time in my entire life that someone or another girl that's around my age for that matter asked me to be their friend.
"I see, then don't worry about it, Nanoha. I understand where you are coming from, so it's ok that you don't want to be friends with me-wait a minute, what did you say? Did you say yes?!" Aisa said with a frown on her face which then turned into a shocked expression as she got close to me while wanting me to say yes to her again.
"Since you didn't listen to me the first time, I'm not going to say it again, Aisa! And if you already know what I said, then why the hell are you asking me that ridiculous question, idiot!" I said with a pissed-off expression on my face as I pointed one of my fingers towards Aisa in retaliation because she asked a useless question that she already knows the answer to.
"Do you mean it?! Do you mean it?! Do you mean it?! Do you really mean it?! Did you really say yes to being my friend?! You actually don't mind being friends with me?!" Aisa said as she bounced up and down like a small puppy who is currently begging for a treat from her owner. Geez, that girl is so damm childish since she is a 'teenager' apparently.
"Fine. Fine. Fine. FINE! I'll say it just ONE more time so you better listen to me this time, Aisa! My answer is yes! There I said it! I don't mind being friends with you so I guess we might as well be friends! There you have it, can you please shut up about it now, idiot?!" I said with a face that was blushing bright red over the fact that I just had to repeat myself to Aisa since I don't like to repeat myself and what I said to her was really embarrassing!
"Yay! Wahoo! You said yes! You said yes! You said yes! You said yes to being my very first friend, Nanoha! I'm so happy right now!" Aisa yelled with a huge cheerful smile on her face as she tackled me to the ground while hugging me and as she nuzzled her head into my chest which resembled what a child would do when they received the toy that they wanted the most as a present on Christmas from Santa Claus, I mean their parents who tricked their child in order to preserve the spirit of Christmas. All in all, what Aisa was doing was really cute and I'm never going to admit it because she would never let me hear the end of it for the rest of my life!
"You are welcome, Aisa. Now can you please get off of me? You are starting to really squish me into the ground. Hey, did you hear me? Hey! That's enough of that! It's time for you to get off of me, Aisa!" I said with a scowl on my face that was still bright red since I was blushing really hard earlier as I then used my arms to lightly push Aisa off of me so that I won't be squished to death by her bear hug against my body.
"Ok! Anyway, since you agreed to be my very first friend, I think it would be rude of me to not give you the hospitality that you deserve! So, if you don't mind, let's go to my house right now, so we can eat some delicious food together! I could show you my room, and you could also meet my mommy if you don't mind, doesn't that all sound so awesome?! So are you ok with hanging out with me for just a little bit longer?!" Aisa said with an excited expression on her face and stars in her eyes while she grabbed my right arm and pulled it up and down in order to receive a confirmation from me.
"Well, I do have some things that I have to do soon. But, because I don't have to do them right this second, I guess I could hang out with you for just a bit longer. Plus, you are offering free food, and if I didn't take you up on that offer then that would be a crime that would end with me going to jail for making a stupid decision by refusing you and the free food of course. So yeah, I don't mind, all of that sounds good." I said with a smile on my face as I accepted Aisa's offer that I couldn't refuse.
"Yay! Awesome! Thank you so much for agreeing to be my very first friend! If we hurry, we should be getting back to my house by the time my mommy is finished doing the laundry! So let's go, Nanoha!" Aisa said with a bright smile on her face while she grabbed my right hand and as she started walking away from where we were both standing in the forest along with me.
Huh? What am I doing? Did I agree to spend more time with Aisa? Did I actually agree to be Aisa's friend? Why did I do that? No. A better question would be what am I feeling right now? Shouldn't I be avoiding people that would interfere with my mission? Shouldn't I be completely focused on my mission to obtain my revenge against that despicable Himegami family? All I want to do is to avenge my father and resurrect that self-proclaimed Vampire Emperor back to life. Isn't that what I want to do with this new purpose that I have been given? If that's the case then why do I feel so much happier being around Aisa than I did when I killed that fake hero of justice and when I thought of annihilating his entire family in order to achieve my revenge?
What is my true desire then? If it's not wanting to exact my revenge against the people that wronged me, then what is it? Could it actually be that all I wanted was someone to stand alongside me and keep me company all this time? I thought all of that to myself as I honestly didn't know what I wanted or what I was doing for that matter as Aisa guided me to her house as she held my right hand with her own hand.
After I and Aisa walked throughout the huge and expansive forest for what felt like hours and hours of walking but only lasted a total of approximately ten whole minutes because I was thinking really hard in my mind during all of that time, we both managed to make our way out of the forest. Succeeding that, what happened next was that Aisa then guided me towards her house as I noticed a really beautiful woman with long, straight, black hair that looked pretty much like an older version of Aisa. That woman must be her mother, what should I say to her? I don't want to make a bad first impression of Aisa's mother! Ah geez! Why am I worried about making a good first impression for Aisa's mother of all people in the first place?
"Good afternoon, Aisa-chan! Have you finished playing in the forest for the day? I'll be making supper in just a few minutes, huh? Who is that girl right beside you?" Aisa's mother said as she stared directly towards both me and Aisa out of confusion since she clearly didn't know who I was because I only just arrived in Japan and met Aisa today.
"U-Uh, u-um, h-hello t-there. M-My n-name i-is N-Nanoha. J-Just N-Nanoha. I-I j-just m-met y-your d-daughter A-Aisa t-today, b-but s-she w-was k-kind e-enough t-to o-offer m-me s-some h-hospitality f-for s-some r-reason." I said with a face that was blushing bright red as I stuttered on every single word that came out of my mouth towards Aisa's mother. Well, so much for first impressions. That was so dam embarrassing! Can someone please kill me right now?!
"Eh? Why are you talking like a robot from some Sci-fi Anime? And what do you mean 'for some reason?' Geez, what am I going to do with you? Mommy, this is Nanoha, I met her in the forest today, and she helped patch me up when I hurt myself! Also, Nanoha agreed to be my very first friend! Unlike literally everyone in that village, Nanoha here actually wanted to be my friend and likes me!" Aisa said with a cheerful smile on her face as she explained the entire situation to her mother in a simple, albeit embarrassing way.
"I knew it! I knew that you would meet someone who couldn't resist your cute and adorable face! And now you have your very first friend, Aisa-chan!" Aisa's mother said with a huge smile on her face as she proceeded to hug Aisa and kiss her all over her face out of pure happiness for her daughter because Aisa finally obtained what she always wanted out of life.
"Oh! Where are my manners! I deeply apologize for not introducing myself right after you told me your name, Nanoha-chan! Hello there! My name is Rei! So you can just call me Rei if that is ok with you! Though, if you want to know my full name, that would be Rei Himegami! It's a pleasure to meet you, Aisa-chan's very first friend, Nanoha-chan!" Aisa's mother said while maintaining that huge smile on her face as she proceeded to bow her upper body towards me. Wait. What did Aisa's mother just say to me?
"Huh? What? What did you just say? Did you just say 'Himegami?' No. No. No. NO! Your last name! Your last name can't be Himegami! It can't be! It can't be! It can't be! There's just no way! Liar! Liar! Liar! LIAR! You have to be lying to me! This has to be some sick joke! Why the hell would your last name be Himegami?! If that's the case then that would mean! NO! It's a lie! It has to be a lie! If it's not a lie then why the hell would Aisa's last name be Himegami?!" I screamed at the top of my lungs while my eyes started bulging out of my head in absolute horror and as I started to blow chunks from my mouth and onto the grassy ground.
"Hey Nanoha, what's wrong? You aren't looking so good. Was it something I said? Hey! Nanoha! Please answer me! What's going on with you?" Aisa said with a worried expression on her face as I proceeded to leap backward with inhuman reflexes in order to get away from Aisa out of pure fear concerning the words her mother just said to me and what they mean to me.
"NO! Stay back Aisa! Run away! Run away! Run away! You both have to run away before it's too late!" I screamed at the top of my lungs while I felt something proceed to change within my body and as something that was not me was trying to take away the control of my body from me.
"Pathetic. You know to tell you the truth I really did have high hopes for you when you declared that you would wipe out the entire Himegami family. But, I can tell that you aren't going to do that anymore. Your soul is wavering from its predetermined destiny. And I won't allow that. I refuse to suffer an existence without a body. So, I'll just do it myself." A voice said as I was no longer speaking out of my own mouth anymore. Instead, the Vampire Emperor Franz Ferdinand was now talking since he has already taken complete control of my own body away from me.
"It's time to die. Everyone who has been given the cursed last name 'Himegami' has to die. So, no hard feelings, but you have to die so that I could live again, little girl." The Vampire Emperor Franz Ferdinand said with his usual monotone and boring voice that was now feminine because he was using my very own vocal cords to speak.
And then, not even a single second later, The Vampire Emperor Franz Ferdinand leaped over ten meters to reach Aisa in an attempt to kill her. But, at the very last second, Aisa's mother pushed Aisa out of the way and took the attack head-on so that her own daughter could survive and live another day. Because it is a mother's duty to protect her own daughter until the very end.
The attack was instantaneous. It was instant death. In a single instant, Aisa's mother was decapitated and she proceeded to die in front of her own daughter Aisa Himegami.
"No. No. No. NO! Why would you do that? This can't be happening! This can't be happening! This can't be happening! This has to be a nightmare that I'm about to wake up from! Franz Ferdinand, you bastard! Why did you betray me? Why did you kill Aisa's mother?!
"You spineless fool! I did it so that I could achieve my wish that I have desired for over a thousand years! And before I could do that, I have to obliterate the entire Himegami family! Little girl! You must be the daughter of Himegami Shiki and Himegami Rei! This means that you, little girl, are the very last descendant of that despicable bloodline that has threatened me for fucking centuries! I'm ending this right here and right now! So prepare to die, you ignorant little girl!" The Vampire Emperor Franz Ferdinand roared at the top of his lungs as he was about to kill the defenseless Aisa with my very own body.
But then, before the Vampire Emperor Franz Ferdinand could slice off Aisa's head just like he did to her mother, something attacked first. In an instant, the Vampire Emperor's throat, which was also my own throat, was being strangled by someone's hand. And what I saw while not being in control of my own body anymore was Aisa. Aisa defended herself and attacked first!
"Shut up. You killed her. That was my own mother. And you just killed her! How dare you. How dare you. How dare you. How dare you kill my own mother! Unforgivable. Unforgivable. Unforgivable. You just committed an unforgivable sin! Is this all you wanted, Nanoha? My mother's death, is that all you wanted from me? You never wanted to be my friend. You were just using me so that you could kill both me and my mother. Well, you got half of what you wanted, but you are not achieving what you desire, you vampire bastard! Red Katana!" Aisa said as she proceeded to strike me and the Vampire Emperor Franz Ferdinand with a blood-red katana. My body then started to gush out tons of blood from the wound that Aisa gave both me and the Vampire Emperor.
What? What was that? No. The better question would be is who the hell is that? That girl who looks just like Aisa is not the same girl who I met in the forest. That girl is acting completely different from the kind and sweet girl who I met in the forest earlier today. It's like the spirit of the Himegami family has taken over the girl named Himegami Aisa and has made her into a ruthless killing machine.
"Not yet. Don't you dare die just yet, you vampire bastard! I'm going to make you suffer a death that is a billion times worse than the one that you gave my mother!" Aisa roared at the top of her lungs as she proceeded to sprint at full speed towards my body that was currently being controlled by the Vampire Emperor Franz Ferdinand.
"Ha. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You were close! You were so very close to killing me! But, you should have gone for the head! That fatal mistake is the only reason that I won this fight! You lose, Himegami Aisa!" The Vampire Emperor Franz Ferdinand screamed at the top of his lungs, which were my lungs that he was using, as hundreds of vampires from every single direction came out of nowhere and headed straight for Aisa in order to take her life. That night that started this entire series of events has finally begun.
Hello everyone! Ren Here! So for this chapter, I wanted to continue where we last left off with Nanoha as she manages to find the place where Aisa's childhood home was before the events of this story took place. I also wanted to finally do a big reveal that I've been waiting to write for a while now, that being that Nanoha knew Aisa before that night took place. Another thing that I wanted to make clear was that Nanoha isn't a bad person by any means, she wants to live a quiet and happy life but her past and the manipulations of Franz Ferdinand are making that difficult for her. Nanoha was so close to having a happy life with Aisa but now everything has changed again for the worst. And now everything has fallen into place as that night will finally begin in the next chapter! The final part of the backstory focusing on Nanoha's pov will conclude in the next chapter coming out sometime next weekend! Get excited! Ren Out!