It had only been a few hours since Toshinori and Inko left the museum. Toshinori felt like his mind was going to blow with all of this information was flooding his mind. After leaving the museum, Inko suggested that they take a seat on a bench which, Toshinori was thankful for. Even though it was down pouring. He looked toward Inko and frowned a little seeing as how she was starting to shiver. Removing his jacket, the young man held it out to her.
Even though he was going through his own turmoil, he wouldn't get sick from this weather. She would.
"Toshi, you don't have to." Inko whispered.
"Please humor me." Toshinori whispered softly.
Inko frowned a little before accepting his jacket and slipped it on. Toshinori gave her a small weak smile before he winced from the pain in his head. HIs head, and his heart, why did it have to overload him like this? Sure, he knew that he had to learn of his past but damn it all, did it have to overload him like this?
"Are you okay?" asked Inko.
"I'm fine… mostly." Toshinori whispered before he shook his head. His head hurt, making him feel as if the dam that was in his head had just blown up, and the rivers that the dam was blocking was crashing around in his head. He held his head as he took a deep breath. "My head just hurts is all… Let's get you some food and I'll take you home."
"You should focus more on getting yourself home. You look so ill…" Inko whispered softly.
"Don't worry about me, I think I'll just need to get home and relax." And by that, he meant feeding on some blood, it may help him feel better or even help him sort out his emotions. Not to mention, all the images that kept flashing through his mind to the point that he felt like he was starting to get whiplash. Taking a deep breath, the young man looked over at Inko and gave her a soft smile as he pushed himself up and started to walk with her.
Though, maybe it was best to just take her home, it was getting late as the tour of the exhibit had taken up quite a lot of time, not to mention how long he had sat on the bench trying to collect himself. God, why was it that he felt as if he was going crazy? Shaking his head, the young man closed his eyes as he held onto his head as he felt the pain getting worse. What was wrong with him? Everything felt as though it was building up within him until he would just burst.
"Toshi, are you sure you're okay?" asked Inko with a frown.
"Yeah, I'm fine." He calmly said before giving her a gentle smile hoping that it would ease her troubles. All he could see were images of him running through the forest with the princess, a woman whom he knew that he knew back then now but damn it all. What were they doing? All of the images were appearing too fast for him to fully sort them out properly. All he could make out were flashes of rain, blood, cries of pain, fear and… sadness.
Shaking his head, the young man took a deep breath as he whispered "IT was raining back then too."
"What?" Asked Inko.
"Nothing, nothing important." Toshinori said with a soft smile before he started to make his way over to the bus shelter hoping that it would give them some kind of protection from the rain. "Let's wait out the rain a little bit before we keep going. If it doesn't seem like it'll let up I'll just take you hope so you can warm up."
"Okay." Inko said with a soft smile.
Toshinori couldn't help but smile at her before he looked out as he watched the rain pouring out before them. It almost seemed rather impossible for them to get anywhere at this point without getting themselves soaked more through their clothing. Though thankfully, Toshinori couldn't feel the cold but Inko could. Yet, he knew that he still had to keep her safe but, now it made him curious. Did he protect her, because she was pretty much a dead ringer for her ancestor, or was it because he did love her? No… he did love her… 'I loved her before I even knew any of this.' thought Toshinori as he closed his eyes, inhaling deeply as he could smell the damp air as it surrounded them.
"Toshi? Can I ask you something?" asked Inko.
"Sure?"
"Why don't you ever talk about yourself? You go around, trying to make sure that I'm happy yet I don't know anything about you." Inko whispered softly as she looked up at the man with a soft yet gentle smile on her face.
Toshinori gave her a small smile in return before taking a deep breath. "I don't really talk much about myself because I have no memory of my past." Which, had been the truth, now he was trying to figure out what was right in his memories as he had no idea which order they even came in in the first place. Turning his gaze back to the rain, he calmly said "My past was always a mystery to me but I guess it's starting to come back to me."
"You mean because you saw All Might's painting?" asked Inko.
"Yeah…"
"Maybe he was one of your ancestors." Inko suggested.
Oh if only she knew the truth about this. He wasn't an ancestor to Toshinori, Toshinori was All Might, or at least had been. Turning his blue orbs onto the green haired woman, the vampire calmly said "Anything is possible, but I know for a fact that he isn't an ancestor." He said with a small smile on his face.
"What makes you think that though? You look so much like him, it's as if you two could pass off for twins." Inko said with a frown.
"That is true, but I just know we aren't related." Toshinori said with a soft smile on his face.
Inko pouted a little, it was rather cute on her though, and he knew that he was going to win this match. He couldn't help but chuckle at her a little before looking over and frowned a little. He saw a couple of men staring at him, whispering among themselves as he wondered what it was that they were talking about. It seemed as if they were talking about the two of them, Toshinori narrowed his eyes a little as he opened his hearing so he could listen in on what it was that they were saying.
Though, what he found was what made his blood go cold. At least, if that was even possible for him in the first place.
He could hear their voices, no doubt and they were indeed talking about the two of them but more along the lines of Inko. But what he didn't hear was what scared him.
They had no heart beats.
"Inko, we need to move." Toshinori whispered softly, causing the green haired woman to look up at him with a frown on her face. Just as she was about to ask the reason why, Toshinori grabbed her hand and started to walk away from the bus shelter in the hopes that he could get her away from their sights.
Yet, it seemed that they were more than aware of everything that he was planning. Damn it. Toshinori didn't need to look behind him as he heard their footsteps following them. "Inko, we're being followed." He whispered low enough even she had trouble hearing him.
"How can you be sure?" asked Inko.
"Trust me on this." He whispered before he looked around, only to snarl a little causing Inko to gasp a little. "I have to get you out of here before they catch up. I think they are new-" He cut himself off, not wanting to give out too much information. No, she doesn't know anything about vampires, didn't know anything about the monsters of the night or that she was even with one in the first place.
"Toshi, what's going on?" asked Inko with a frown on her face.
"I can't explain it, just trust me on this alright?" He said, hoping that would be enough to get Inko to trust him on this. He knew what it was that was following them. Yet, Inko didn't, he wanted her to remain ignorant about the world of vampires. He knew for a fact that he had to get her out of here that he had to get this woman out of here before she would be tarnished by the world that she didn't even know anything about in the first place.
Looking around, he saw another alley that they could go in. The vampires most likely didn't know that he himself was one so they would just have been turned not that long ago. They were young fletching's more than anything else. Or new burns, either way, he knew that he had to get Inko out of here.
They must have thought that the two of them would be easy targets as there was only Toshinori and Inko, while there were about three of them. It made him wonder though, would they really kill Inko or would they just try to rape her then… oh god why did he even think such a thing in the first place?! Shaking his head, the young man quickly made a mad dash to the alley, quickly scooping Inko up in his arms as she let out an 'eep' of shock and confusion before Toshinori leapt to the top of the roof.
"Toshi is this your quirk?"
"I don't even know if I have one." Toshinori said as he landed on the next roof. Looking around, he looked down and saw that they were confused. "Okay, it'll take them a minute to know where we are." He whispered before running off along the roofs, jumping to get to the next roof top to the next. He looked around, his eyes glowing a soft red as he used his night vision to help him locate the next roof.
It was hard for him to see in the night without them but the rain? Made it harder, made it almost seemed like it was night for him. Inko stared at him with a soft gasp, most likely due to his eyes slight change of colour. "Just hold on, don't say anything." Toshinori whispered before he jumped a few more roof tops. Looking around, he tried to find a place that they could land and be safe. He knew that they were still a ways away from either of their apartments and his phone was in his pocket.
He had to hold onto Inko before it got too late.
"Inko, do me a favor, my cell should be in my jacket pocket, fish it out, text 'Shouta' and tell him 'under attack from night'." Inko frowned a little at that weird message, sensing her confusion, he calmly said "He'll know what it is." It was something that they had discovered long ago, should the need arise if they did ever run into vampires, such as the one that had turned him, then he'd have to give Shouta a simple message should someone ever discover his phone and be either shocked at the term 'vampires' or just laugh it off as if it was nothing.
There was no way of knowing what would happen after all. Watching as Inko sent the text to Shouta, he calmly pointed out to get her to turn on the phone's locator. Shouta would easily track that without any kind of problem. Though, he also hoped that Shouta would bring the sword, as it was the only thing that could easily kill them.
Though he also wanted to know who it was that had turned them, for if it was the same man that he was sure that turned himself, then Toshinori will want to kill the bastard for stealing his life from him.
Once he was sure that they were far away enough from the vampires, Toshinori landed in the alley. He knew this place, it was the same place that he had met Inko from that villain attack. Frowning a little, he shook his head as his eyes returned to their true blue colour as he turned to Inko and saw that she was trembling a little. He couldn't tell if it was a combination of the cold, the shock, the attack or whatever.
"Toshi, what is going on?!" Asked Inko with wide eyes, eyes that were filling with tears.
Toshinori stared at her with wide eyes before he looked away. "You couldn't understand Inko. If you knew the truth, you may never want to talk to me again, worse yet you'll look at me with different eyes." He let out a soft sigh as he gazed at her, tears rolling down his own cheeks causing Inko to stare at him with a frown. "If you knew the truth about me, about what I really am, you'll see me as a monster."
"What makes you think I'd ever look at you in such a way Toshi?" asked Inko.
"It's hard to explain, but it starts a long time ago." He let out a soft sigh as he looked up at the sky, not really sure how he was to explain this to the woman he loved. He never wanted to lose her, never wanted to ever think of the chance that this may be the last time that she looked at him with any kind of kindness or love in the first place.
"Inko I'm a v-"
Before he could say anything, a gunshot was heard, causing Toshinori to yell out in pain as he held his shoulder. Turning to look at what had shot him, he couldn't help but stare in shock. It was the three men from before, how had they been able to track him so easily? Staring at him with wide eyes, the young man was about to say more until another gunshot rang out, hitting Toshinori in the chest. He could hear Inko's screams and cries as she called out his name, trying to reach out to him.
Shaking on his legs, Toshinori looked at the men with a glare, his one eye shut as the bullet grazed his temple as the blood started to pour down his face. Heh, even as a vampire he can still shed blood from wounds until he could feed properly. He was going to be hungry after this, that's for sure. "That all you got fuckers?" asked Toshinori, causing the man to smirk a little before he shot another bullet, it hitting Toshinori in the chest causing him to hit the wall and slid down. Inko cried out his name once again though he didn't see what was going on around him.
If anything, his mind had just shut down on him. Nothing going through his mind other than the sounds that surrounded him. All he could hear was Inko screaming his name, begging him not to die, begging him not to leave her. Trying to get him to stay with her and the sounds of footsteps coming closer and closer.
"No wonder why our master wants her, she is a looker." Said one of the men with a snicker.
"Indeed, though I wonder what her blood tastes like." Said another with a laugh.
Toshinori knew that he couldn't let this happen, he had to stop this. Had to stop them from trying to take away Inko.
"I promise you princess, no matter what comes my way, no matter what tries to stop me, I'll always fight to protect you. I don't care what the price is… I'll gladly pay it so long as I know you are safe." Right, that was the promise that he had given to the princess all those years ago. A promise that he would always protect her, no matter what the price was. No matter if he had to give up his own life just to make sure that she lived to smile another day and to show the world how much of a loving woman she really was.
That was the price he had paid all those years ago wasn't it? The price was his life… his human life. The life, and memories along with it, that was what he paid for the princess all those years ago. Now, he had to lose something else now of all times. If this was going to be the price to make sure Inko herself, can have a happy life just like her ancestor, then so be it.
He'll gladly lose any chance he had with Inko if it means that she can be happy and loved even if it isn't by him.
"Toshi! Help me please!" shouted Inko.
It was then that Toshinori charged, he rushed at them with such speed that no one had seen such a thing.
"What?! But you should be dead!" shouted one of the men as he dropped his gun.
Toshinori smirked, his fangs growing in length as he let himself be consumed by his vampirism senses. "That so? Did your master ever mentioned about that there was already another one running around? Now, tell me why does he want Inko so damn badly?" asked Toshinori with a snarl echoing in the alley.
"We don't know! Honestly, we don't! We didn't even know another vampire was running around!" So it seemed that they had no idea about other vampires. That was rather tricky, though that had to mean something in his corner as well.
Yelling out in pain, Toshinori snarled as he turned his crimson gaze at one of the other vampires and saw them holding a stake. "It seems that you also believe the old tale of stakes killing vampires? Oh you sad, sad young vampire." Taunted Toshinori before he rushed at the man, hand grabbing onto his head before slamming it to the ground. There was no way that he would let either one of these three escape. He would make sure that they all got what they deserved for hurting his Inko.
One of the other vampires had started to sneak off to Inko, he could hear her scream out. Toshinori quickly turned his head as he rushed forward and slammed his fist into the monster's ribs as he snarled out "You will not touch her!" He turned his crimson orbs onto her and saw the fear reflecting in her gaze. It almost broke his heart but at the moment he had a task at hand. That was to make sure that Inko was safe.
Standing in front of her, acting as a shield he narrowed his eyes at the other three vampires. "Now, I want to know who your master is. What is his name?"
"He just goes by some title, Lord. We never learned his name, all he wanted was for us to capture that woman!" shouted one of the vampires.
So Inko was indeed a target, though he wouldn't allow that to happen. "I see, if that is all you can give me, then I'll have to kill you." Toshinori snarled out, he had hoped to get more information but he knew for a fact that what they had told him wasn't enough to go by. Gripping his stomach, he growled a little, god he was starving. All of this blood leaving his body was also taking up what strength he had in himself in order to fight. At this rate he'll end up going into bloodlust and attack Inko as she was the only one here with a pulse.
He turned to stare at Inko for a moment, her green eyes filled with tears as her body all but trembled in fear. He knew that he had to hurry, she was so scared, oh so very scared and it broke his heart to see her in such a state. "You'll be safe Inko, I promise nothing will hurt you." He whispered softly before turning back, just as one of the vampires landed a hit. Slamming their fist against his cheek.
Toshinori growled before he grabbed the vampire's wrist and threw him into a wall. "You all may be vampires, but I've got five hundred years of practice compared to you!" He yelled out before his body all but seemed to puff up in size. Gaining muscles that no one would ever have thought that he had. It had seemed as if he had grown twice his usual size, maybe almost three times his size. His long bangs swept back and pointed upward almost like that of a V.
"Fear not," He began, his voice changing, growing deeper before he slammed his foot on the ground. All but knocking the vampires off of their feet. "For I am here, to kick your ass!" Shouted Toshinori before he sped up, appearing in front of the man in a blink of an eye. "Boo." He said before slamming his fist into the vampire's face.
They yelped in shock before Toshinori quickly turned over and slammed his arm against the charging vampire's stomach before slamming him into the wall.
He really wished that he had some silver on him, but without his sword, he knew that he had to rely on brute strength.
The other vampires snarled as they crowded Toshinori. Tilting their heads as they stared at them for a brief moment before rushing at him and bared their fangs. Toshinori bared his fangs right back before grabbing onto one of them by their shirt, lifting them off of the ground as he tried let out an animalistic growl at the vampire. "You won't hurt her!" He shouted, the other two had managed to sink their fangs into his flesh. One had Toshinori's shoulder, one that he had felt pain in once before, and the other got his leg.
"Gah!" He shouted before ripping the one from his shoulder and tossed him aside. Before throwing the one in his other hand and tossed him as if the vampire was nothing but a sack of potatoes. The third one, Toshinori gripped his neck so tightly that the vampire had no choice but to unhinge his fangs from Toshinori's leg. "Nice try." He growled before throwing him as well.
The vampires snarled as they jumped from wall to wall, landing on the ground either in front of Toshinori or behind him. The blonde kept his crimson eyes on their every movement, to the normal human eye they would be moving far too quickly. Yet, for the blonde vampire, he was able to keep up without any issue.
The first vampire leapt at him from the left, Toshinori managed to step back and let the vampire fall over and slam into the ground.
The second tried from the right, Toshinori moved his left arm and punched the vampire in the face, and a crack was heard as the man's jaw seemed to break. Toshinori just glared down at the vampire as he knew that they were getting desperate right now. Though, he knew that this was still far from over. His energy was draining, and he knew that he had to finish this off before he had no strength left to fight off. Inko's life was on the line.
As for the final vampire, he landed in front of Toshinori, as if expecting him to dodge. Toshinori lifted his leg and slammed it into the vampire's chest. Causing him to yelp as he rolled over after landing on the ground. Toshinori took a deep breath, he was starting to get hungry, his vision blurred and all he could hear was Inko's heart beating so quickly that he was sure that it would have leapt from her chest.
"Aw, looks like he's hungry fellas. Let's let him have his first real meal from the human." One of the vampires said with a smirk.
Toshinori narrowed his eyes, there was no way that he would ever feed from her so long as he could help it. "I won't feed from her." He snarled.
"Oh, big bad vampire too good to feed from humans?" asked one of the vampires.
Toshinori was about to speak, until someone jumped down from the top of the building, all he could make out was a flash of silver before one of the vampires burned to ash. Standing there, was Shouta in his hero attire. Which was a long black sweatshirt, black pants and matching black boots. Along with a scarf that worked to capture his targets.
Yet, in his hand was the sword that Toshinori always kept locked up. "So you got my message." Said Toshinori before he shrunk down, breathing deeply as he felt as if all of his energy was draining from his body. God, why did this have to be so hard on him, he wanted to feed, even his fangs felt like they grew longer out of his hunger.
"Took a while to locate you. More so since we almost never use that code in the first place." Shouta mumbled before he lowered the gold googles from his eyes. "Anyway, here you go, hope you have enough energy to use it."
Toshinori nodded his head before catching the sword with ease. "Look after Inko for me." He whispered, his voice sounding rather raspy due to his hunger. Shouta looked at him in concern before making his way over to the trembling green haired woman. Toshinori looked over at the remaining two vampires and gave them a smirk. "Oh, didn't your master tell you this little tidbit? All vampires hate silver." Toshinori whispered before rushing at them in a blink of an eye.
He slashed one in half at his stomach, the man screamed out in pain as his body disintegrated into ash before blowing away by the wind. The third vampire stared with wide eyes, lowering himself onto his hands and knees as he was blubbering to be spared. Toshinori narrowed his eyes at the man, wondering if he meant his words. Yet, he was also a merciful man at that should the need arrive.
"Go and tell your master that if he ever tries to come after this woman again. I'll personally go and find him, and kill him myself. I won't let her fall into his hands, I won't let him kill her. She is under my protection and nothing he says will change anything." Toshinori said before turning away, he heard the man running off like the coward he was and just ran.
Turning to Inko, he frowned a little at her as he saw how frightened she was. Her body still trembled, thinking that Toshinori was going to hurt her. Shouta was rubbing her back, as if hoping that would relax her. Making his way over to the green haired woman, Toshinori carefully said "Inko? You okay?"
Inko just stared at the blonde, her eyes were wide and tears streaming down her cheeks as she watched him. "Toshi, your eyes they're still red." Shouta whispered low enough where only the vampire could hear him. Toshinori nodded his head to Shouta as his eyes returned to their electric blue once again. He stared at the woman he had fallen in love with, and it broke his heart to see that she was now afraid of him.
She knew what he was now, and knew that he drank blood in order to survive.
But, did she know that he would never hurt her? That he only wanted to protect her no matter what happened to him?
Frowning, Toshinori took another careful step toward her as he asked "Are you okay? Inko, please say something, anything." Honestly, he didn't know what was to happen, he just felt as if the longer she was silent, the more it broke his heart thinking that she was scared of him. "Please, I beg of you Inko to say something."
"You're a vampire…" Inko whispered.
Toshinori lowered his head as he nodded his head. The young man peeked at Inko through his lashes as he whispered "I am a vampire, I won't lie to you Inko." He took another step, yet what she said next only shattered him.
"Stay away from me! Don't bite me!"
Toshinori stared at her with wide eyes, tears building up within his own eyes before streaming down his face. She… she hated him. She was afraid of him. Lowering his eyes, Toshinori whispered "Shouta, do the thing, please. We'll need to get Inko home." Shouta nodded his head, pressing a point at the base of Inko's neck causing her to faint.
"Toshi I-"
"Just take her home." Toshinori whispered softly, his voice sounded like that of a broken man. Shouta frowned as he went to speak more, but Toshinori had left in the blink of an eye. Toshinori couldn't stay near Inko, couldn't stay around her. The woman was terrified of him now. Now she knew what he was and it scared her beyond belief and he knew better than anyone in the whole world that he couldn't be with her.
After all, he was nothing but a monster, and a monster had no right to be happy. Had no right to be in love. Yet, he had never felt so much heartache more than he had in both lives, both the life as a human, and as a vampire.
What could he do?
Honestly, he didn't care if he was hungry anymore, because there was nothing that would ever fill him anymore. Not blood, not love, not anything. He was nothing but an empty shell of who he was and now he knew that this was something that he would have to deal with for the rest of his immortal life.
Or, he'd die a broken man.
How that would come to pass, he had no idea, but he knew that it would never come to pass as he couldn't die, unless he used his sword. Yet, even then he wouldn't be able to do it, he may not want to admit it, but he was a coward. He was nothing but a frightened man, and now he knew that he had lost everything that he had ever wanted in his life.
'I don't know what to do anymore…'
