AUTHOR NOTES: Okay, I want to make some things clear. This chapter is talking about how they all became vampires. The NEXT chapter will start to get interesting again with lemons and stuff.

Skylar will have sex with a different vampire in the next chapter and I want to warn you that she will be engaged in threesomes in the near future. I'm not turning her into an easy girl but you know how vampires force themselves on mortals ;) I hope you enjoy this chapter but again, it will get more interesting after this, I promise!

Chapter 8

Them Against The World

A couple of days have past and nothing new has been going on in the Mukami household. I go to school, read a lot with Ruki, talk to Azusa in his room for hours, go shopping with Kou, and help Yuma in his garden.

I still haven't found out who or how they turned into vampires. I wish they would tell me. I really want to know more about them. It's strange how I was frightened of them but after getting to know them each and every day, I feel sorry for them. They had a rough past but I hope their future is bright.

I am walking down the hall but something caught my eye in Azusa's room. I immediately frowned when I saw Azusa putting a knife up to his wrist. He still has been cutting himself. Nothing I do or say will get him to stop yet I still try to help him. I won't give up on him.

Azusa looked up and hid the knife behind his back while I slowly entered his room. I sat on the foot of the bed and our eyes are locked with one another.

"You…Give…Me…Hope… Just like Yuma," he muttered.

"What do you mean?" I asked softly.

"When I first arrived at the orphanage, the children there kicked and abused me until I met Yuma. He was the first person to treat me kindly… He even gave me food. When he first gave me a loaf a bread, I saw hope…" Azusa explained.

I felt my heart fluttering. Even after Azusa was sent to the orphanage, he was still treated poorly until Yuma came along. All of the brothers are so close with one another…

*~*~*~*~Adam & Eve~*~*~*~*

After I talked to Azusa for a little while, I rushed to see Kou since he kept texting me to meet him in the dining room to eat lunch with him. He added to not keep him waiting. I wonder what he wants to talk about?

"Ah, there you are, kitten!" Kou grinned.

I sat across from him and watched him as he is stuffing his face with Vongole Bianco, which is white pasta and clams mixed together.

How can he be so skinny but eat that much pasta?
"Um, did you need me for something?" I finally asked.

"Nah, I just wanted to hang out. Where were you? Don't tell me you were hanging with Yuma?!" He snapped.

Kou's jealous of Yuma?

"Um, no. I was with Azusa," I answered.

"I see…" He said with his mouthful of food.

I want to ask him about how he and his brothers turned into vampires but I can't find the right words…

"Skylar!" Yuma called out from the entrance.

I turned around in my seat while Kou gave his brother a dirty look.

"Hello, Yuma," I greeted.

"Help me in the garden," Yuma ordered.

"No, she's hanging with me!" Kou whined.

"Don't you have to work soon? Come, Skylar." Yuma grunted before turning his back on us.

"Oh! You have to work?" I asked Kou.

"Yeah," Kou frowned.

"Well, I can't let you be late. I'll hang with you later, okay?" I gently smiled at him before I got out of my seat to help Yuma…

Maybe Yuma can tell me how they turned into vampires…

*~*~*~*~Adam & Eve~*~*~*~*

Yuma and I are picking cherry tomatoes off the bushes. He isn't really talking and he's acting REALLY distant… I wonder why?

'"So, are you and Kou a thing?" Yuma finally asked.

I felt my cheeks burning. "No! Of course not!"

Yuma snorted. I guess Yuma is jealous of Kou…

"Hey, Yuma?"

"What, Skylar?"

"Can you please tell me how you and your brothers turned into vampires?" I asked.

Silence surrounded us and I mentally slapped myself. I guess I shouldn't have asked. It must be too personal.

"Well, when we all met each other in the orphanage, we decided to escape because we felt like we were in hell there. When we did try to escape, though, we all got shot from the policemen," Yuma explained coldly.

"Then what happened?" My voice shook.

"Then we all were forced to go back to the orphanage, but we immediately met a man named Karlheinz and he made a deal with us. He promised all four of us a second chance of life but as vampires. We agreed and he adopted us and brought us to this mansion. That's when we found out the Adam and Eve plan he wanted us to be apart of. He gave us a lot of rules but I respect the man; he even gave me the name "Yuma"."

"So, that's how you got your name…" My voice trailed.

"Yeah, no more, Bear," he smirked.

I wanted to ask him about the Adam and Eve plan but I decided not to. He told me too much already. The four brothers wanted to start a new life… I wonder if their lives are better now?

"Is there something wrong?" Yuma asked a little bit too harshly.

"Not at all. Thank you for telling me, Yuma," I whispered.

His cheeks turned rosy and I couldn't help but giggle softly. He's cute when he blushes.

"Do not mock me." He clenched his teeth.

"Sorry!"

We both continued to pick cherry tomatoes and occasionally, he would put one up to my lips to eat it. I gladly accepted it but grew self-conscious every time he watched me chew.

*~*~*~*~Adam & Eve~*~*~*~*

I am changing into my pajamas to retire but I gasped out loud when I realized that Ruki is quietly sitting on the foot of my bed, reading.

"Ruki?!" I raised my voice.

"I didn't watch you. There's nothing to see anyways," he said casually.

I slowly sat next to him and he closed his book while taking a deep breath.

"So, Yuma told you how we became vampires, no?" He asked.

"Yes." I slowly nodded.

"I owe Karlheinz my life. He is giving us a chance to become stronger and to seek revenge on this world. Those people put us through hell," Ruki muttered.

"I thought you guys turned into vampires to start a new life?"

Ruki chuckled. "Naïve girl, but no. Karlheinz promised all of us that we will become stronger once the plan of Adam and Eve take effect."

Before I could ask any more questions, Ruki slowly stood up and walked out of the room.

What does he mean once the plan of Adam and Eve take effect? I have a bad feeling about this.