A/N: Hi, everyone! Mire's sick. After I censored her in the last chapter's notes, we had a full-out brawl, which drained both of us. However, I started to take care of myself immediately after that, but Mire didn't, instead throwing ideas at me.

Mire- cough cough Shut up, bitch!

LVT- So, keeping true to Mire's notes, the chapter will go on because I'm the real writer! Bwahahahahahahaha…-coughcough- ha…ha…

Ooh! Krad's a genius! You'll understand after the long flashbacks, along with the truth about Krad and Satoshi.

WARNINGS: There is much violence in this chapter. There is a decapitated body, massive blood spray, intentional injury, and more crazy violence. I may sound cruel, but I think I did a pretty good job…

Oh, and Italicized words that are not is single quotes is flashback, 'while plain text in single quotes are thoughts in the flashback'. Like so.

Very long chapter this time, folks!

Disclaimer: We do not own D.N.Angel. We wish we did, but we don't.

Kyuuketsuki Koibito

Chapter 5: Vampiric Past

A young, blond-haired boy, about four, sat reading an intricate picture book under the willow tree in the front yard. He didn't find it exceptionally interesting, save for the parts where the good defeated the bad. He almost felt offended on how the good would almost lose, but then quickly win.

'In real life, the good win, no matter what. There is no "almost losing",' the blond thought to himself. He knew that after years of training.

"Krad-sama! Your father has returned!" A young maid came towards the young boy, bowing politely. The boy blinked his golden eyes, but then returned to his book, "Otousama has never shown an interest in me, only in his tactics on the family trade, and how well I perform them. Why should I care?" His speech was very mature for someone of his age.

"He has returned with your brother!"

"Okaasama died a year ago. I never had a brother." Krad's gold eyes looked distant and sad, as he remembered the tragic event like it was yesterday: His flaxen-haired mother's hand, cold against his own, becoming limp in a blink of an eye; the blood that came from the bite mark on her neck; the burning tears, stinging as he cried.

"This boy is your brother. If the master says that he is, then it i-" "Krad."

A deep voice resonated through the young boy's ears. He turned to the owner: his father, "Are you doubting something that came straight from my mouth?"

"It is impossible for me to have a younger brother. Okaasama died, and it takes nine months for a baby to become fully developed for birth!"

"That's true, but do you understand how babies are made?"

Krad hesitated. He learned about it in his studies, but he wasn't completely sure, "Maybe."

The man chuckled, "Well, I found another woman, and she had the child. However, she died in childbirth, so you'll never meet her. If you wish to meet your brother, he is sleeping in your old room. His name is 'Satoshi'."

The blond merely looked away, ignoring his father, "If I wanted a younger brother, I would have asked for one sooner, so he would be my brother." Krad shut his book, and walked towards the house, leaving his father by the tree.

"Krad, tonight you and I are going out to find the vampire that killed your mother."

The golden-haired boy turned to look at his father, and gave a quick nod. He then continued towards the mansion, his long blond hair trailing behind.

Krad looked into the crib. A baby slept inside. He had pale blue hair, but that's all that Krad could see.

'So, this is my younger brother. Somehow, I doubt that he'll make a great Hikari Slayer. He's only half-Hikari anyways. Otousama and Okaasama were immediate cousins, and, therefore, both Hikaris. This boy…he only is half-Hikari, unlike myself. He'll be useless when I take over.'

Slowly, the baby opened his eyes, and there were a vibrant shade of sky blue. Upon looking at the older boy, the baby smiled.

Unbeknownst to himself, Krad also smiled. 'Maybe he won't be so bad…'

Four years had passed since Satoshi came to the Hikari household, taking his place in the ranks. Like his older brother had predicted, he wouldn't be a great Slayer. Instead, he took the job that the women of the Hikaris usually took: the Hunter.

Krad finished his basic Slayer training, and received a black cross. Traditionally, it was either wore as a necklace under their shirts, or hung it on their belts. However, Krad tied it on the end of his blond hair.

Because of Satoshi being half-Hikari, he wore glasses. No Hikari had any need for them, but, because of his mother's blood, he had to them. It was some sort of a recessive trait that became dominant in him.

The mission to kill the vampire that killed Krad's mother was unsuccessful. He had gotten away, and is still at large. They decided to refer to him by the Japanese word for vampire, "Kyuuketsuki". They knew what he looked like, ergo the term would only be used for him.

All of the Hikaris kept one secret from Satoshi: he was Krad's half-brother. Krad, who had become attached to his younger half-brother, wanted to tell him the truth so much, ever though it would hurt the younger boy's feelings, as he was attached to Krad. However, their father forbade it.

Both boys became active in the Hunting/Slaying jobs, and were even allowed to perform simpler missions on their own. However, Krad had his insane urge to find Kyuuketsuki, and kill him. Satoshi would never understand this, but…

"Otousama!"

Both boys stood frozen in their spots. Pure red blood began to spray from his leg.

"Fucking vampire! Be gone!" The man held up his black cross towards the creature. She merely laughed, and swatted the hand away.

"I've heard that the Hikari blood tastes very good," she wiped the foreign blood from her leg, and brought her blood-coated nails to her lips, seductively licking the blood off, "but yours is anything but. If anyone should be gone, it should be you!" she cackled as she swiped her nails over his neck, separating the head from the body. Blood sprayed from the body, covering the three and the body in the red fluid. As his heart throbbed its last times, blood sprayed in time from the arteries.

"Well, that leaves the two young Hikari heirs. Maybe their blood is better than the former head's was." The woman vampire gave a sadistic smile, and glided closer to the two boys.

"S-s-stay back!" Krad stuttered. He'd never been so scared in his life. Seeing his father killed right before him, the woman enjoying what she was doing…

It was sadism at its finest.

Instead of going after the older boy, she went after Satoshi. The four-year-old held his head in shock, and barely noticed when the vampire picked him up by the waist. "Where do I start? You don't look anything like the previous Hikaris: you have blue hair and eyes, and wear glasses." She tried to sound compassionate, but it was anything but, "So, does that mean that your blood is twice as sweet?"

Quickly, the woman tightened her grip around his lower left leg, and cracking sounds were heard. Satoshi, understanding what was happening, bit his lower lip to prevent screaming. However, despite his strength, sounds of pain came from his throat. The vampire smiled sadistically, the sounds bringing pleasure to her.

"Satoshi!" Krad shouted, watching his younger half brother in so much pain.

"Maybe, before I kill you, I should take care of this urge…" The woman said, slowly placing the boy on the ground, and started to go for his dark blue pants…

…when a burning sensation came onto her back. She shrieked in pain. Satoshi looked behind the vampire, and saw Krad leaning his back against hers, the cross between them. Smoke began to come from the spot.

Satoshi carefully reached for his pocket on the left side of his pants, pulled out a bottle of a liquid, and splashed it on the creature. She screamed louder as her face slowly melted, creating a grotesque look. In her pain, the woman slammed her hand down sideways on Satoshi's right knee, dislocating the kneecap. Finally, the smaller boy screamed in his pain, and passed out for the shock of it all.

Krad shouted for the other Slayers and Hunters to enter the battle zone and get an ambulance, but they had already fled the scene. 'Worthless bastards!' Krad mentally swore.

Suddenly, another person came over, and grabbed the woman by her neck in his left hand. He flattened his right, clawed nails towards the woman's heart, and stabbed through, his hand coated in red on the other side. Blood sprayed from both sides on the body, covering everything in the room. The woman fell to the floor, dead, and the older teen began to lick the blood on his hand.

"Worthless vampire. The turned ones are always the most difficult to deal with," he muttered. He walked over to the blue haired boy, "I'm sorry about what she did. We'll get you to a hospital as soon as possible," he said as he brushed the blood-coated hair from the boy's face.

"What…what the hell are you?!" Krad shouted. The teen turned to look at him, and the blond haired boy recognized the violet eyes. He saw them on that night, five years ago, and again four years ago. "Kyuu-"

The violet-eyed vampire gently chopped the boy on the back of the neck, knocking him out.

When Krad awoke, he was resting in a hospital bed. He looked around, and saw Satoshi sleeping in the bed next him, on his left. A cast was on his left leg, and an immobilizer was on his right.

"Krad-sama! Thank goodness you're awake," the maid smiled at the young boy.

"What happened?"

"I don't know. I received a call saying that you two were in the hospital, and came as quickly as I could. The other Hikaris have brought your father's body back to the mansion, and they are planning a funeral for when you and Satoshi-sama are released. You've been out for a few hours. Satoshi-sama has had x-rays, and they placed his leg in a cast and put his knee back in place. He'll be in a wheelchair for a few months, but will be fine," the maid updated the blond boy.

"Since father's dead, what will-"

"The older Hikaris have named you as the next head of the family. However, you will not be permitted to take over until you are eighteen. Until then, Kei-sama will be leading the Hikaris."

Krad groaned. He hated Hiwatari Kei, as did Satoshi. He married one of their older cousins, changing her into a Hiwatari. And, as he isn't a Hikari, he had no clue how things work. These next ten years were going to be some of the worst of their lives…

"Satoshi, do you want to know something that no one would tell you?"

"What, Kei-sama?" Satoshi was bored, as the brown-haired man pushed the bluenette's wheelchair towards the car.

The man leaned in close to the young boy's ear, "You know how you are a Hikari, right? Well, you and I are more alike than you think. Neither one of us are true Hikaris. Your mother wasn't a Hikari, but your father was. As a matter of fact, your mother was my younger cousin. It's a pity about her death."

Satoshi froze in his chair. He knew that he was different from the other Hikaris, but he never let that get to him. However, hearing that he and Krad were half-brothers…and that he and Kei were related…

"Does…does Krad-niisama know?"

"Yes. He was told years ago, but the former head forbade any of us to tell you. However, your father never told anyone about Rio, your mother. Now that he's gone, and I'm the interim head, I felt that it was time for you to know."

As Satoshi was placed in the car, a solitary tear rolled down the young boy's face. Despite how mush he despise Kei, he didn't want to believe that they were actually related…

Satoshi sat up on his bed, 'Why did I remember that? As soon as I told Krad that Kei told me that, Krad blew up in his face. When Krad turned eighteen a few months ago, he banished Kei from the clan, but permitted his wife to stay. Tomoe-neechan came to her senses a month later, and got a divorce from him. Who knows where he is now, and who really cares?'

A knock at the door broke the blue-eyed teen from his thoughts, "Ready to go?"

"Yes, Krad-niisama."

A/N: -cough cough- Wow…good job, LVT!

LVT- -asleep-

Mire- This chapter was originally almost 6000 words long, but I decided to break it up into the flashback (this chapter) and the fight between the Hikaris and the vampires (next chapter). It just flows better…

-coughcough-

If I kept it long, the next part would have Risa, coming out of nowhere, going to Dark's library in this chapter. So, that seemed like a good place to start the next chapter.

Anyways, -cough- the next post shouldn't be too long, considering that it's done. Maybe some minor edits, but nothing major.

Mire out!