CHAPTER 10

A beautiful man is sitting into the railings of Ema's balcony. He possesses an unparalleled beauty that even a female would be jealous of. His long silver hair shining under the moonlight as his amethyst eyes shining too bright. He is reading a few papers that his agent had sent him a while ago. He is browsing the documents when he stopped at the certain page

"Asahina Louis, Adopted son of Miwa Asahina. Natural born vampire and was adopted by Miwa into one of the orphanages in France that are catering and providing shelters to vampire orphans. Father unknown and so does the mother. This child is somewhat dangerous. I want you to watch over Ema and make sure he is not left alone with her" The man with the person with an unparalleled beauty said "Juli, I want you to make sure Ema will be safeuntil my mission is complete"

"Of course m'lord" Juli said with mild interest "Louis can understand me- are you really sure he is the one whom we are looking for?"

"I am not perfectly sure but there are only a few individuals who can understand you and most of them are either dead or missing. If he is really the heir that we are looking for, we need to kill him before he can fully awaken such monstrous power. Ema must be protected at all cost"

"I see. Fret no more for I will protect Chi-chan from him. We must kill all the remaining member of that family but what about of Miwa?"

"I don't think she knows Louis' background. We need to loosen his ties to Miwa and her children. I do not want to hurt them just because they are with a monster"

"I see. Please be careful Rintarou-sama"

"Of course Juli that is a common sense. Now go back inside"

Julie and Rintarou parted ways. The older male went back to Miwa's house while Juli went inside Ema's room unknown to them Hikaru saw the two of them before they part ways. He called his mother about what he heard and Miwa said it is fine because she will kill Rintarou before he can maim Louis. Louis may not be her child in flesh; still she loved him like her own son. The child is timid and sometimes too quiet but he is sweet at the same time.

"Where have you been Rintarou? I woke up because I am thirsty~" Miwa said with a pout on her lips

"Ah, I bought you some chocolates" he is smiling softly at her and hehug the vampire woman. Miwa pinned him under her and she sink her fangs. Unknown to Rintarou Miwa has the ability to see through her prey's memories if she drinks their blood. She pulled back with a content smile

"Thank you for the sweet blood~" She kissed him and they did their business. Meanwhile Hikaru went to Louis'room. He saw him sleeping peacefully. He sat into his bed and he soothes his mauve coloured hair.

"Loui-chan, I will protect you from harm. You won't be lonely anymore" He pat his head before leaving Hikaru had called Natsume and informed him of what he had heard a while ago. Natsume had promised that he will check about Ema's background. He is so displeased when Hikaru called him in the middle of his feeding but he calmed down when he heard that Rintarou is planning to kill Louis.

"I understand Hikaru-niisan. I will send you the files tomorrow morning. You need to inform the others about it" Natsume said before cutting the call.

"Hnnn let's see who will like you bitch if everyone knows what you are" Hikaru laughed merrily after he entered his own room.

-NEXT DAY-

Everyone went home rather early. Ema is laughing and blushing when the Asahinas are so enthralled with her. Hikaru glared at her and she throws the paper in front of her

"Woman you said you are Rintarou's child. You lied" He cruelly said in front of Ema. Hikaru has no qualms of his behavior and his hatred for the woman increased more when he found out last night's plan

"H-hikaru-san?" Ema was startled when Hikaru throw on her face the papers that are now scattered across the floor. She read what were written on it and her eyes widened when he found out she was adopted. Ema cried and she run outside leaving everyone except for Hikaru and Louis who is still sleeping in the sofa frozen.

Ema doesn't know what to feel when she read the word adopted. All this time, her father is not really her father. She run and run until her own legs gave up on her. She ends up crying under the rain while sitting into one of the bleachers at the park. Natsume found her and was dragged by him into his apartment. He apologized for Hikaru's behavior and yet he did not say anything about Rintarou's plan. They slept together and when the sun shines brightly the next day, a door bell woke up the duo. Natsume opened the door and there he saw Hikaru standing with a mild disinterest on his face

"We need to talk woman" Hikaru sat into one of the sofas and he glared at Ema. "I am sorry. Don't get me wrong. I am only apologizing because Louis wants me to apologize" He hissed at her direction yet Ema smiled to him and she gave him a hug

"Don't worry I am fine now Hikaru-san. Also Natsume-san explained to me why you are so distrustful. I understand and I will not take it against you. You want to protect everyone especially your siblings. I would never hate you for it" Ema cooked a simple breakfast when another doorbell dsitrubed the trio. Ema opened it again and she saw Louis who is carrying a paperbag

"Good Morning Chi-chan" Louis greeted her with a smile on his lips. Ema blushed since it is rare for the eighth son to smile.

The four of them ate the food and Louis said he wants to talk to Ema. Hikaru and Natsume agreed as they said they will go back to the residence and to their mother to inform them about the situation. Louis and Ema end up in a park. Louis revealed to her that he is also an adopted child. Louis' said he has no memories of his parents and Miwa adopted him when he was two years old. They talked about lots of things. The duo became closer after that day. They are always seeing together if both are at home. Rintarou also revealed about Ema's ancestry when she reached her 18th birthday in human years. Juli showed her the past. There she saw her parents, her mother who looked exactly like her. Ema is overwhelmed when she found out that her father was a demon king and her mother was a demon princess. Her parents were half siblings and yet they chose to marry each other and they had her as their child. However; their brother who was disowned by their father went back and he threatened took the throne for himself. There he killed his own siblings and parents. Ema was taken by Rintarou and Juli to the human world for her own safety. Ema cried after they revealed so much yet she saw a young boy who is standing behind the cruel brother of his parents. He has a mauve coloured eyes and hair like that of his mother yet he has his father's face and pale complexion. Ema covered her mouth when she recognized him.

"L-Louis?" She whispered and tears streaming down her cheeks

"Yes, Chi-chan. Louis is the son and only heir of the man who killed your parents"

"Why?" She cannot believe what she saw but her eyes cannot fool her young maiden's heart. "Why him? I cannot understand. He is nice and he helped me a lot and even protected me many times"

"He might be under the order to kill you. Miwa and the others are unaware of his ancestry"

"I cannot accept this! I need to talk to him" Ema pushed Juli away but she was stopped by Rintarou

"You are not thinking right. Louis will kill everyone if you tell them about him and his ancestry. You are his rival and thus he wants you out of the equation"

"You do not know if he is like his Papa! Not because he is the son of the cruelest demon that will make him cruel too! Louis is too nice to be one and even if he is the son of that man, I will not hate him just because of that" Ema left the duo and she returned home. There she saw Louis sleeping in one of the pile of pillows on the floor. He is sleeping silently and Ema left him for a while.

-Louis' dream-

"Louis, please don't run too far" A woman said to the young child. She is calling for the child with her overly sweet voice. The child bumped into a man and the man smiled at him. He carried the boy and he kissed his chubby cheeks

"There you are, you are making your mama worried again" The man with a cold voice said to the toddler. He kissed the woman and they hug the child who squeals in delight at the attention he can get from them.

"We love you so much" They said in unison and Louis jolted out of his slumber. He is sweating cold and panting.

"That dream again?" He is bothered by it yet he cannot remember the faces of the couple, his parents. he sighed and he stare into the snowy land outside their house.