"Stop talking crap and tell the Lieutenant Colonel to let me join the Vampire Annihilation Force at once. I've become strong enough to kill that scum." Yūichirō demanded, giving Shinoa a glare with a bit of an apprehensive look.

"The Lieutenant Colonel knew you would say something like that and asked me to hand over this message to you. Please read it" Shinoa responded, holding up a piece of paper for Yūichirō to read. The contents on the paper made the black haired male's face contort into one of rage as he read the mocking message his superior had written to him.

'We have no use for a cherry boy who doesn't know the first thing about friendship, comradeship or love.

Try to make at least one friend at school and show him to me.

Even though I doubt you'll get through with it

Thumbs down!'

"Damn you! Everyone is making fun of me!" Yūichirō roared angrily, crumpling the paper into a ball and threw it on the floor. How dare dare his superior not take him seriously, and even going so far as to command him to make a friend or two as if he needed any. All he wanted was to kill all vampires for revenge for killing his family, and all his joker of a commander could think about was him making friends!? He might as well just go on a happy picnic with some randos and call it day just to spite Guren.

"Ahaha that's rich coming from the lieutenant since he's only ever done it with a girl once in his lifetime...hahahaha" a voice suddenly said behind him, and Yūichirō jumped a bit as he glanced to see a familiar face reading the paper that he had just thrown away moments prior. An embarrassed blush bloomed on his face as he reached forward, trying to grab the paper out of Yukari's hands before she had the chance to read anymore and tease him about Guren had said about him.

"How the heck could you possibly know that!?" Yūichirō asked uneasily, running around the classroom trying to catch Yukari as she giggled and hollered about him being a cherry boy, making the said boy grow even more embarrassed as she openly taunted him regardless of the few people still left inside the class, who were watching the two's weird display of tag.

"Ahh!" a scream was suddenly heard making Yukari halt in her tracks, and Yūichirō who was not expecting the sudden action ran right up into her, making them both tumble down to the floor, as a few snickers could be heard from some of their classmates who saw the spectacle before them. A boy about the same age as them with brown hair, came plummeting in the classroom as he landed right beside Yukari and Yūichirō, both of which looked at each other before glancing at the male who was pushed to ground by some other boys that thought they were delinquent enough to pick on someone who looked weaker than them.

"P-Please don't" the brown haired male begged hoarsely, holding his hand up to his face slightly as if waiting for the other three males before him to give him a piece of their minds, before they were satisfied. A scowl adorned Yūichirō face as he watched the display unfold right before his eyes, he got up from the floor which he still laid on with Yukari below him, before he helped her get up and huffed a sigh at the small blush adorning her cheeks, before turning back to look at the same four who came and disrupted the peace with their rowdiness.

"Please don't? What's that supposed to mean?" The male in the middle with spikey short hair asked with his hands in his pocket. "You make it sound like we're bullying you" he spouted while his two other friends snickered behind him, giving a somewhat devious smile to the boy beneath them. The same male spoke again as if he was doing absolutely nothing wrong, while speaking with a calm voice.

"I'm simply asking you to buy juice for your friends. What's the problem with that?"

"Waaa!" the brown haired male shrieked trying to get farther away from his bullies as they closed in on him.

"It's so peaceful in here, Well I'm going home... Let's go Yuakri, Yui" Yūichirō stated blatantly scratching the back of his head as he started walking away from the scene. Yukari nodded her head with a small smirk as she and Yui followed behind the taller male, about to take their leave.

"Is that all you have to say after witnessing something like that?" Shinoa huffed a sigh as she glanced at Yūichirō and the other two about to exit the classroom. "I don't think you'll manage to make a single friend anytime soon" the lilac haired girl stated boredly.

"Hmm~? Why don't you do it yourself Shinoa-san... you seem like you could put them in their places without even trying. Or are you trying to hide the face that your hiding something from us" Yukari asked with a sly smirk on her face, she waved Yui off and told her to go find Yuuta while she stayed behind and watched over Yūichirō. Shinoa was just a little bit apprehensive on how easily the taller girl could easily read, despite the lack of emotion showing on her face, but then she mirrored Yukari's smirk with one of her own.

"My my. I have no idea what you're talking about Yukari... I'm simply an innocent bystander about to watch a hero in action. Isn't that fun?"

"I suppose it is, but you know if anything bad happens to Yū-chan, I won't let it slide right?" Yukari said in a sickeningly sweet tone, with an even more saccharine smile, and Shinoa couldn't help but sweat a little feeling the sheer amount of intensity coming from that seemingly harmless smile formed on the black haired girl's lips.

"Of course~"

"I thought you wanted to be one of us Yoichi. Hurry up and get to word you head of cattle" the bullies demanded, to the male still on the floor, identified as Yoichi as they used their shoes to step on his head. A newfound confidence filled Yūichirō being as he glared at Yoichi's harassers, and called out to them.

"Hey you"

"Uh?"

"Leave him alone" Yuichiro clamoured, standing with his hands in his pocket, that made him look someone menacing as he stood behind the three. Yukari tutted at the scene and tried to hold back her laugh behind her hand with tears prickling her eyes, as she looked at Yuichiro who was trying to be some kind of gangster looking good boy.

"Ah what do you want?" the main bully called back to the male behind him with a scowl on his face.

"Oh so he's a good guy after all" Shinoa muttered, but the black haired girl seemed to have heard her and gave a response

"Of course he is, Yū-chan may act like a lone wolf, but he's such a fragile thing... that's why I'm gonna protect him at all costs. I promised him after all" Yuakri said, Shinoa looked at her in surprise, before her eyes narrowed to a suspicious glare, as she looked at the taller girl.

"Huh?"

"Nothing~... Just talking to myself"

"..."

"Oh oh oh... What do we have here? A champion of justice? is THAT what you are?" the male on the right asked as he and his other friends started to surround Yūichirō as if they would intimidate him by ganging up on him

"Or maybe you want to take Yoichi's place and make some scutwork for us yourself?" the blonde haired male to the left questioned, chewing his gum obnoxiously. as Yūichirō gave them a bored look. Seriously? They were trying so hard to look menacing and tough, that Yūichirō tried so hard to hold back a laugh just seeing how dumb they actually look.

"I don't think so, but I like guys like you. You're such simpletons" Yūichirō stated flatly, although there was a little smirk crawling up on his features. "Finally something I'm good at! Do you want to fight? Let's go!" he shouted, all pumped up, before the lilac girl failed to recall earlier.

"Oh there's one thing I forgot to tell you" she called out, before a full blown battle could commence. "Harm civilians and your punishment will be extended" as soon as that was said Yūichirō paused in his tracks and turned around swiftly, before remarking in a high pitched tone.

"WHAAAT!? AAAH!"

"Uh-oh... Poor Yū-chan fufu~"

"Why do I have to do this!? Why me?" Yūichirō groaned, hands full of carrying cans of assorted beverages with a bruise forming on the right side of his cheek. Following behind him were Yoichi, Shinoa and Yukari, the former of which also carried the canned beverages.

"I-I'm sorry it's entirely my fault" Yoichi apologized, he felt bad that Yūichirō also had to get caught up in his errand, and on top if it all he got beaten up for his sake from earlier.

"Don't worry about it Yoichi-kun, I can totally see the reason as to why they'd be mean to you... you're cute after all" Yukari spoke up, she approached Yoichi and stood at his side, giving his cheek a little pinch with one arm draped around his shoulder. A little blush started to form on the male's face as he listened to the younger girl's blatant statement.

"Wha-"

"Shut up Yukari, can't you see you're making him uncomfortable. I'm may not like interacting with people, but even I know what to say and not" "You're worse than I am in that aspect" Yūichirō huffed, turning back a bit to glance at the two behind him glaring slightly at the sight of his childhood best friend being overly familiar with some bullied guy she just met. Yukari met Yū's gaze, and her lips turned into a smile smirk as the boy just turned his head back and huffed another sigh. Is she had understood what that gaze meant, she didn't say anything of it, and Yūichirō was relieved at her lack of a remark towards it.

"But I was just stating my opinion" Yukari answered back in a small whine, a pout forming on her lips. He wouldn't ever admit it out loud, but Yūichirō thought she looked quite adorable when she made up her face like that.

"Which was not needed" he stated, turning around and glaring at the lilac-haired girl snapping "Hey Shinoa come here and help!"

"Ah ah ha... Funny joke" Shinoa replied dryly, which in turn made Yūichirō frown a bit. "Anyways, why don't you ask her to help you as well" she queried looking in Yukari's direction, Yūichirō following her gaze, and give a snide glare at the said girl behind him.

"Because I already know her answer to my question" he replied, not even wasting a moment before answering the question.

"But you didn't ask me, how would you know if you haven't heard my reply?" Yukari questioned, giving him a pure smile, to which Yūichirō didn't give her the benefit of the doubt, but still deciding to ask anyways.

"Alright then would you help me-"

"Not a chance"

"You little-"

"I-I'm really sorry" Yoichi spoke up again apologizing for the umpteenth time since they went to go and get the beverages for his so called 'friends'

"And you... you've done nothing but apologized. Quit it already!" Yū clamored, that kid was really starting to get on his nerves with his damn insistent apologies which weren't helping him in any way other than giving him a headache "What's your problem? Why were those guys bullying you" he asked facing Yoichi, the bruise much more clear on his face now as he waited for answers from the shorter male.

"T-They weren't..." Yoichi denied. Rolling his eyes at the answer, Yū huffed a sigh, before answering back listless.

"Yes I know, that's what all bullying victims say" Yūichirō replied nonchalantly, not believing one that some guys could just go ahead and beat him up, extort him for money and use him like some errand boy and claim that they're 'friends' or whatever else they called themselves.

"But I'm telling the truth" Yoichi insisted. No matter how you looked at it the delicate looking boy just seemed like he was being bullied by a bunch of wannabes, and that really put Yūichirō into a state of confusion.

"Eh?"

"I wanted to ask Yamanaka-kun for a favor... So I asked them to let me be apart of the group" Yoichi started, a small wary smile gracing his lips, as he tried to explain himself.

"Which one is Yamanaka?" Yūichirō asked dumfounded, and this just gave way to Shinoa needing to say something taunting.

"You're a real blockhead" Shinoa remarked that riled up the black haired male, as he made his way up to the shorter girl.

"It's the guy who punched you earlier" Yoichi answered, sweat dropping as he watched the taller male holding himself back from wanting to hit Shinoa and Yukari holding back her laugh, watching the spectacle before her.

"Ah, that guy" responded, recalling that jerk from earlier who punched him. Man if he had pretended not to hear what his short 'supervisor' had to say about his punishment increasing, Yūichirō would have just gone and give that guy at least one punch to the face so he could at least feel satisfied.

"Well- You see.. I failed the admission test for the Imperial Demon Army, but I really want to join" Yoichi started "I heard that Yamanaka-kun was offered a spot to join the famous Moon Demon Squad, which is part of the Vampire Annihilation Force..." his voice trailed off. Shinoa perked up at this, and she glanced to Yukari in a silent gesture to which she silently nodded in subtle acknowledgement, knowing that something was weird with what Yoichi had said.

"The Moon Demon Squad!? That guy!? Are you serious!?" Yūichirō blurted out making Yoichi jump a in surprised at his sudden outburst "They won't let me join and yet they took him in!?"

"When I learned that, I thought I could ask him... To use his connections to let me retake the admission test" Yoichi confessed "You're probably wondering why a weakling like me would want to join the Demon Army..." he continued, till he realized that he was being ignored as Yu started bombarding his supervisor with obvious questions.

"Why would they accept that gorilla and reject me!?" He screeched, he was in a state of denial that could understand the absurd decision of the JIDA taking in some dumb delinquent than accepting someone that had real talent to destroy vampires like him.

"Well, probably because you're still a virgin" Shinoa answered mockingly calm, and that caused Yū to grit his teeth in fury as he roared an angry threat in her direction.

"I'm going to kill you!"

"It's just that... I must avenge the death of my sister" admitted, and Yu and the others now had the full attention on him

"Revenge?" Yūichirō mimicked, now starting to get interested in what this feeble looking guy had to say.

"Yes. My sister was killed by vampires trying to protect me" the brown haired male revealed, as he recalled that day when he saw his sister's corpse drop to the floor, lifeless and covered in a pool of her own blood. He had stayed hidden underneath the bed where she told him to hide, where she had met her demise just seconds after. "I can't forgive myself for not trying to save her... That's why I..." looking down at his feet, his grip tightened around the cans he held, as his voice trailed off.

"Ow!" Yoichi rubbed his head from where Yu had bonked him.

"What are you blaming yourself for? You would have just gotten yourself killed. You did the right thing" Yūichirō stated. Yoichi looked up at him a bit flustered.

"Ehh~ I never knew the day would come when I'd hear Yū-chan say something so mature... I think I might just get even more infatuated with you" Yukari butted in, making Yu turn his head in her direction letting out an exasperated sigh.

"Geez can't you let me say something deep and meaningful without you putting in your own quip?"

"Don't worry, you'll have many more opportunities to say something like that again when we're behind closed doors Yū-chan"

"Don't make that sound so scandalous!"

A blush erupted on Yūichirō's cheeks and he huffed before stomping his way over to Yukari to make sure he gave her a piece of his mind. She really had no sense of shame when it came to talking about obscene things, but in that sense she was just like her older brother, because he too had no filter when it came to conversating. Sometimes he wished he could just sock her and get her to shut up for once before she said anything unnecessary, but then again he also enjoyed that side of her which wasn't afraid to speak whatever was on her mind, and sometimes he couldn't help but admire her for her courage. His cheeks were really starting to feel warm thinking about her redeeming qualities, and he shook his head to rid himself of the thoughts that plagued his mind.

"But" Yoichi interrupted his thoughts, and Yūichirō immediately cut him off before he could finish his statement.

"No buts... forget the army. Your sister wouldn't want you to avenge her death" he stated suddenly turning glum and facing away so that the others couldn't see his expression.

"..." Shinoa just watched the two, skeptically glancing at Yūichirō as she listened to the words that came out his mouth.

"The army has no use for... a spoiled weakling like you" he finished stating, walking away from the group and beckoned for Yukari to follow him with a shift of his head and said girl started to walk behind him.

"And there's the old Yu-chan... crushing a cute sweetheart's dream for a chance at revenge" Yukari taunted, but in return all she got was silence, before he glared at her.

"Shut up Yukari" was all he said, and the black haired female could the deep expression written on his face. He really wasn't in the mood to play around and that much made Yukari stop her antics to let him wallow in his own thoughts for the time being.

'Oh my... He's really upset'

'BOOM!'

A sudden explosion sounded behind the four and they all turned around to see smoke coming from one of the buildings just directly behind them and a voice sounded on the intercom, cautioning all the students and faculty members about the danger lurking around their school.

"Emergency Warning, Emergency Warning!

All students and personnel!

A vampire just broke out of the vivisection laboratory... Close to the school"

"That's impossible! What's a vampire doing here!?" Shinoa quipped in disbelief. There was no way a vampire could escape the faculty so easily, when it was heavily guarded and made sure that all vampires had no chance of escaping, no matter what rank they were. The intercom made another message advising everyone to leave the site as soon as possible.

"All students and personnel must leave the premises at once. Drinking blood will restore its vampiric power... so don't try to approach it"

"A-A vampire in this school!?" Yoichi asked bewildered. A flustered look adorned his face as he looked around the place searching for any signs of the blood sucker waiting to ambush and prance on them at any minute.

"You three leave the school at once. I'm going to ask the intervention of the Moon Demon squad!" Shinoa ordered to the two boys and girl, as she was about to take her leave and call for the authoritative figures who were capable of taking down a vampire, before Yūichirō made an outburst that had her eyes widening at his stupidity.

"There's no need to! I'll kill that vampire myself!" Yū declared, a determined look taking over his facial features

"Hey-"

"I'll kill that vampire and show Guren what I'm capable of!" he stormed off, running in the direction of where the explosion came

"Hey wait a second! Hyakuya-san!" Shinoa called out, "That idiot!" about to follow after the black haired male before a hand was placed in front of her. She looked up to see Yukari staring in Yūichirō's direction before she turned and gave the shorter girl a reassuring smile.

"Don't worry, I'll watch after him... You go and call for the Moon Demon squad... I know that Yū-chan can handle this" Yukari said before running in the same direction that Yūichirō had. A skeptical expression formed on Shinoa's face, and all she could release was a wary sigh and she worried about the safety of those two.

"... Right"

"What is a vampire doing here?" One of the many students shouted, quickly hurrying away from the scene where the vampire was spotted and making their way to the school's exit.

"I thought the capital of the Empire was perfectly safe!" another student exclaimed.

"Hurry up ahead!" a third student cried out in desperation, today really wasn't a day where they wanted to die by the hands of a vampire draining them completely of their life source.

"Eh! Hyakuya!?" Yūichirō's teacher called out to him in astonishment "Where do you think you're going, we must run away!"

"Shut up! Where's that vampire!?" Yūichirō rudely queried to his teacher, running in the same direction that everyone avoiding

"Don't go after it, Hyakuya! It's in the classroom! My class has been attacked!" he called out trying to stop the younger male from rushing to his doom facing off against a creature that was far superior to them both in terms of strength and speed.

"Kyaah!" a scream was heard up ahead, and Yūichirō tutted his teeth in displeasure.

"Eek!"

"Damn!"

"Hyakuya, come back!" but the said boy just kept on going down the hallways rushing to where he noticed the lockers were stationed. He was about to chase after his student, but a hand gripped his should firmly and he turned around timidly, only to see a certain female student standing behind him, with a closed eye smile "Huh Yukari! why're you here!?" he asked in mild surprise.

"Don't worry Sensei, I'll go after that hot blooded idiot and make sure that he doesn't hurt himself too much" Yukari reassured with a small smile on her lips.

"A-Are you sure? Can you even handle some as stubborn as him" the teacher asked apprehensively, he wasn't sure if a a girl as fragile looking as her could even stop someone as thick headed as the transfer student he was teaching just moments prior.

"Of course, after all we've been together since we were little. I can totally bring him back to his senses whenever he get's too carried away"

"A-Alright, I'm c-counting on you to bring him back safely Yukari, okay?" the girl only nodded her head going towards the classroom the vampire was seen in. He hadn't noticed before, but the teacher saw the younger girl holding a katana of some wort wielded in her way, just before she made her disappearance around the corner.

Yūichirō had reached the locker area, and immediately headed towards his own locker, where he opened it and displayed its contents inside, which consisted of a katana sheathed in scabbard. Gripping the hilt of the sword, he gave it a light squeeze before turning around, and noticing a body sprawled on the floor just beneath his feet. Narrowing his eyes, Yūichirō found the class of '1-1' where that vampire was situated and watched it sucking blood from one of the female students before it acknowledged his presence.

"Y-You" a voice sounded from the right side of him, and Yūichirō looked down to see that same jerk from earlier who had punched, laying on the floor in fright, and the black haired make just scoffed, feeling a bit superior that for someone who was acting so tough earlier, looked like he was a bout to pee his pants ay moment now. Truly it was laughable at how pathetic he looked now, but Yūichirō didn't have time to gloat in his presence now, there was a vampire that he needed to get rid of first before all things.

"It has taken me four years, but here you are at last, vampire" Yū smirked holding out the katana in front of his before unsheathing it from its confinement and pointing it directly at the vampire, that only glared at him. Immediately he rushed towards the vampire aiming to strike it.

"... A human..." it muttered staring intently at he black haired male that approached it. Yūichirō made a slash for its head, but the vampire dodged and flipped over the sword, as it landed gracefully back on it's feet.

"Yamanaka, take this girl away!" Yūichirō instructed noticing that the girl that was still up on the table still had some life in her, before she ultimately kicked the bucket "You've been chosen as part of the army. haven't you? Quick!", the vampire broke off one of the table's legs to be used as a weapon, ready to attack Yūichirō at any give moment.

"It- It was a lie..." the short haired male suddenly revealed to Yūichirō, making his emerald eyes widen in disbelief.

"What?"

"I thought it would be a good way to intimidate people... I can't, I can't do a thing against a vampire!"

"What did you just say!?" he yelled, the suddenly clicked his tongue before focusing his attention back on the vampire "That's enough! I don't need your help anyway. I can do it all by myself!", he knew this guy must have been a faker, but to be this futile at such an important time, made Yū want to slam his head on a desk at how useless a person could be.

"Fufu~, I knew that a weakling like you could never be asked to join the Moon Demon Squad... Even going as far as to use Yū-chan as your dirty little errand boy, how displeasing..." a sweet voice called out from the entrance of the door, but the words that were spoken greatly contradicted the tone those words were laced with. Chocking back a gasp as something glinted past his field of vision, Yamanaka slowly turned his head to the side to see a sharp blade lodged into the side of the wall, he backed up against.

"E-Eek" a high pitched squeak left the males lips, eyes widening in fear as he glanced at the sword that just barely missed the side of his left eye. Sweat rolled down his face in bullets as he looked at the girl that towered over him, one legged propped on one of the tables that had toppled on the floor behind him, a shadow formed over her face with one golden eye peeking through the fringes of her bangs.

"Yukari!" Yūichirō turned in surprise when he heard her voice from behind. He was somewhat glad to see her intimidating the boy who was acting like he was a superior being just a few minutes ago.

"A person as nugatory as you, who gets scared at the most critical moment, could never have the hopes of joining something far beyond his reach." Yukari leaned over dangerously close and started whispering in Yamanaka's ear, so that Yūichirō wouldn't be able to hear their conversation "Now quietly leave this place, take that other disgusting commodity with you who's so openly sprawling out herself for my Yū-chan to see, and get out of my sight... Okay~" she finished, dangerously narrowing her eyes as she glared at the boy in front him, nudging her head in the direction of where the girl laid on the table groaning from the amount of blood she loss from the vampires feeding.

"Y-Yes" Yamanaka agreed instantly, but before he could carry out his mission, he was yanked back roughly and thrown to the floor all in one setting that it took him a minute to realize what had happened. Looking up he saw Yukari in front of him with her katana ricocheting against that of the vampire's weapon, both fighting over dominance as they strained against on another, before they both pushed back against each other landing in opposite directions of the classroom.

"You insolent... Head of livestock!" the vampire gritted, tightening the grip of the makeshift weapon, before she turned her attention to Yū, and ran at him with alarming speed. Noticing this, Yūichirō also moved forward to meet the vampire head on, no way was he going to lose like this when he was faced with his greatest enemy that he despised the most.

The clash of metal hitting metal sounded throughout the room as it reverberated against the walls, and Yūichirō easily sliced the vampire's weapon in half as he also aimed to slice at the vampire, but it easily dodged his attack, and parried with one of its own by reaching for his face before it's arm was sliced cleanly of its body. Another slash came at the vampire, where a slice was made at its right orb. It heavily screeched dropping to the floor on it's knees before hovering the one arm it still had over its injured eye. Yukari stood between Yūichirō and the vampire, blood dripped down the blade of her sword creating a blood pool at the base.

"Ah ah ah, Vampire-san, you should know better than to pick on those that are weaker than you... a bully like you will never get far in life if you keep going after the feeble" Yukari stated passively, Yū irked at her comment somewhat as it seemed she was referring to him when she said 'weak' and 'feeble'.

Immediately dashing as it saw its arm across the other side of the room, the vampire quickly made its way past the two high school students. As quickly as it ran Yūichirō pulled out a revolver from beneath his clothes and aimed at the vampire, before shooting. Dodging every hit that was directed at it, the vampire grabbed its decapacitated limb, glared at the two students in front of it, before wordlessly reattaching it arm back on its limb. Walking towards the front of the classroom, the vampire placed a hand on the desk where the injured girl still rested and started to snicker.

"Heh heh heh... That's enough playing around. You cannot save anyone" the vampire started "Once I've drank this girl's blood, I'll recover all of my strength... and you will be no match against me" it concluded, grabbing the girl by the hair and lifting her so that her neck was exposed. It revealed it sharp fangs that was once hidden beneath its pale lips and bared it provokingly, smirking at the helpless expression that started to form on Yūichirō's face.

"Damn!" Yūichirō cursed, it would have been too late late for him to reach the girl in time. Sweat rolled down his cheeks in trepidation watching as the vampires fangs neared closer towards the girl's neck, before a sudden force came rushing in and knocked the vampire off its feet, making it loose its grip on the girl before tumbling to the floor. Eyes widening in surprise Yūichirō looked where the vampire had crashed from the unknown source, and a breath of relief escaped his lips.

"Yo-Yoichi!?" said male groaned in response to the call of his name, before speaking up.

"H-Hyakuya-kun, h-hurry up and..." Yoichi called out, holding the vampire down.

"You little bastard!" the creature screeched, as it reached up to claw at Yoichi, before its arm was sliced off again.

"You're not that bad after all, Yoichi!" Yūichirō commended a little. He had to admit, Yoichi made good for a distraction of occupying the vampire's attention.

"Well... we're friends after all... aren't we?" Yoichi stuttered out, albeit his brave façade he showed just seconds before, he was shaking down to his shoes, as he barely managed to get his words out.

"You son of a-" the vampire started to curse, lunging towards Yūichirō, who spaced out for a moment before feeling a hand wrap around his neck, causing he to cry out in surprise.

"Ah! Hyakuya-kun!" Yoichi called out in warning, seeing the two crash through the windows, falling into the trees below. Yūichirō braced himself for the impact that was bound to cause him pain from hitting concrete, but instead of feeling the cold hard ground, he felt something soft cushion his fall and looked down to see that he had luckily managed to land in a shrub. Yukari immediately jumped out of window after the two, and cried out to her, only to find the area empty as if his eyes played a trick on him.

"Too bad, you might have really killed me if you hit me on the head instead..." the vampire began, not at all fazed by the weapon that was stabbed right in its chest. "But it's too late now. Thanks to your blood I'll finally recover completely and get away from this place... before the arrival of the Moon Demon Squad..." it barely just managed to make it felt another stab go straight through it's back

"Hello there, were you talking about me?" a deep voice asked from behind, and the vampire turned around filled with fury, glaring at he dark haired male behind it, as the male's violet orbs stared back its own violent ones with the same intensity; it started to thrash around violently.

"You bastard... Damn you! The wound won't heal at all... An enchanted weapon?" no matter how much it tried, the vampires wound just wouldn't heal. steam erupted from where it had been impaled and blood leaked from it lips and splattered on the pavement.

"Stop whining, vampire" the male didn't even waste a second before slashing the vampire, making it disappear with trails of smoke left in its place. The older looking male walked up to Yūichirō, looking down at him before speaking up in a firm yet amused tone.

"What's with that look, are you stupid or what? Did you really think you could hunt vampires with a normal weapon sans an anti-vampire charm?" he asked, rhetorically and Yūichirō just rolled his eyes before giving a snide remark to his his benefactor and supervisor, Guren Ichinose.

"You shouldn't have interfered. I would have made it" Yuichiro huffed at his superior. He wouldn't have admitted it, but if Guren hadn't been here on time, he really would have been a goner.

"Really?" Guren questioned skeptically, Yūichirō immediately gave back a reply.

"Of course!"

"Sure well, I have to admit, you did a good job around this time kid. Thanks to your intervention a lot of people were saved." Guren praised "You protected your school bodies" he ended, putting his katana back in its sheath.

"Huh? Buddies? I don't know what you're talking about" Yū asked flustered, a blush starting too form across his cheeks, and Yukari couldn't help but to coo at him, and tease about it as he swatted at her like he would a fly. 'That is... the moon demon squad...' he thought now taking notice of the people that stood behind Guren.

"You've seen what I'm capable of right? I can stand up to a vampire! So let me join the Moon Demon Squad already!" Yūichirō wasted no time in demanding his commander to let him finally join the army that he'd longed to be in since four years ago.

"No way, I hate people who are bad at teamwork" Guren countered, a mocking smile sprawled on his lips.

"Ah ah, you're at a dead loss at that yourself, Lieutenant Colonel" Shinoa commented offhandedly, and the girl beside gave her a look of disgust before voicing her thoughts.

"You can't compare that unholy adulterer to my precious Yu-chan, Shinoa-san..." Yukari huffed, scrunching up her nose in distaste, before an eerily clam smile over took her previous sour mood "...And how typical of you to come and steal the spotlight from Yū-chan right at the closing of the curtains Lieutenant Colonel" she turned around to face the older male, to which he looked back at her noticing the intense look in her eyes despite the innocent smile gracing her lips. He could tell she was really mad, but decided to ignore because he really couldn't be bothered with her tantrum right now.

"Did you say something?" Guren asked as if he hadn't heard the comments, t he lilac and black haired had to sat to him

"Nope" the short girl shot off.

"By the way just like Shinoa told you... until you manage to make friends here at school..."

"Friends, friends, friends, you sound like a broken record. If I needed friends then I might as well just make use of Yukari, Yui and Yuuta, and call it a day!" Yūichirō mocked, tired of hearing the same use "I don't need friends to kill a vamp-" before he got to finish his rant, he got cut off by a loudly obnoxious yet relieved voice.

"Yay yay yay! I'm so happy to see you're alright, Hyakuya!"

"Huh?"

"I thought you were dead!" Yoichi exclaimed jumping to take hold of Yūichirō, making them both fall onto the bush that the taller male had landed on earlier.

"What the heck is wrong with you!? Ouch you're hurting me!"

"Someone peel him off me!... Yukari! Don't just stand there and giggle like a damn lunatic, help get this guy off me damn it! I'm gonna faint" Yūichirō griped reaching a hand out beckoning her to come and help pry this snot nose kid off him immediately. Yukari just snickered, before deciding to help her precious childhood friend.

"Yes yes, I'm coming to save the day my damsel in distress~"

"Eh what it it?" Yoichi quipped when he'd heard the older male beneath him become silent all of a sudden "Ehhhh, call an ambulance!" the brown haired male called out in a panic, Yukari simply gave him a pat on the head, and told him that there was nothing to worry about. She bent down and easily picked up the unconscious boy, hauling him over her shoulders like he was a sack of potatoes before heading in the direction of the infirmary.

"Now you'll have to keep your promise Lieutenant Colonel" Shinoa spoke up watching the three walk away, she turned to look at Guren who only gave an exasperated sight before responding.

"Uh you're kidding right?"

'Whenever I close my eyes I can still see them... The smiling face of my friends, companions and siblings... and then...'

"I'm glad to see you've finally found a friend, outside of Yukari and her siblings" a certain voice called out from the distance making Yūichirō turn his head and face in the direction where came from. Eyes widening in surprise, his voice got caught for a moment before he answered.

"Eh? Why are you?..." the orphaned boy asked before he trailed off, seeing his family all here again was making him feel strange, but he couldn't pinpoint exactly what it was.

"We don't need to worry anymore. After all, someone as kind as you could never live for revenge alone" "So please take care of your new friends. I must be off now. Good bye"

"Wait... What did you say? Mika!" Yūichirō cried out, desperately reaching out to grasp his. Tears started prickling at his eyes as started to run after the group "Wait... Mika!" he called out to the blond boy, whom he'd had bonded most with in his childhood, before he set off with the rest. Turning back one last time, he eyes seemed to brighten up before he replied one last time.

"Oh before I forget, make sure to say good bye to Yukari-chan and the others. You can do that much for me can't you?..."

"See you later Yū-chan"

"Mi..." raising a hand up unconsciously, Yūichirō grabbed onto nothing, before waking up with tears running down his cheeks. He woke up in a predominantly white room which at first glance he assumed was an infirmary of some sort.

"Eh? Hyakuya-kun?" a voice called to beside him, and he looked to see Yoichi staring at him, teary eyed. He then looked beside him and referred to the two other individuals that were in t he room with them.

"Shinoa-san! Yukari-san! Hyakuya-kun has woken up!" Yoichi exclaimed to the two females who sat on chairs, sitting next Yūichirō's bed.

"Oh you're awake?" Shinoa asked, uninterestedly.

"Yū-chan... You're finally done taking your beauty rest I see" he looked to his side to see his childhood friend smiling at him sweetly, though he seemed to notice a bit of worry lining in her expression. He'd have to discuss with her later about what that's about, when they're alone together.

"Then... here's your new uniform" Shinoa spoke, cutting him off from his thoughts, as she threw a set of clothes that were dark in colour and looked to be some sort of uniform. "Since you finally managed to find a friend, as of today, you are members of... the Vampire Annihilation Force"

"Which means that like it or not, Yoichi and will be your partners along with Yukari. Welcome to the moon demon squad" she informed before holding her hand out, and Yoichi was the first to put his hands in hers, followed by Yukari, before all three of them turned to look in Yūichirō's direction

"Come on Hyakuya-kun..." Yoichi ushered excitedly, the three of them waiting for the older team put his hand in the middle. Huffing a sigh the male just looked at them skeptically before commenting.

"What's that even for"

"Oh my are you getting shy all of a sudden Yū-chan? It's okay we don't bite, after all we're all humans here, right?~"

"Tsk... Damn... I'm looking forward to working with you" begrudgingly Yūichirō put his hand on top of Yukari's, turning his head from the others, so they couldn't see the blush that was starting to spread across his cheeks. A certain girl saw it however, and she internally gushed at how cute her Yū-chan could be when he got shy.

Later that evening once Yū was well enough to leave the infirmary, he and Yukari walked down the hallways of the empty school, both walking in peaceful silence, before the younger of the two walked in front before turning around and hiding her face from view before walking straight into Yū.

"Ack! Yukari! I'm not going anywhere, so just calm down... Okay!?" Yūichirō shrieked after suddenly being attacked, by the said girl who held him in a bone-crushing hug. He could hardly breathe and the silence that drowned the two was making him sweat nervously, before he relaxed at the confession she suddenly told him.

"But I'd be really sad if I also lost you two... I've already lost many important persons in life, I can't afford to lose another one, then I'll only have two left" her muffled voice spoke through, hiding her face in his chest so he couldn't see the expression she had on her face.

"Wh-wha-... Are you crying, Yukari!?" Yūichirō asked in shock.

"Of course not dummy... Do you want to see me cry? I didn't know you were such a big bully Yū-chan" Yukari suddenly teased lifting up her head as a mischievous smirk made its way onto her lips and settled there.

"Arghh, I can never get a moment's peace with you around" He huffed a sigh, before a small smile adorned his lips. 'She seems to be back to her normal self' Yūichirō thought to himself looking down at the shorter female.

"You know that you love to have me around... We can't live without each other after all"

To Be Continued

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