Hello! I'm back! Sorry it took so long I had a slight mental block with this story. I might not be able to update soon but here is a chapter to help hold you over. Anyway... on with the story!

-Chapter 15-

Tsuzuki jumped out of the way and barely missed being crushed by a column of water.

"What the hell!" He yelled.

"Fight back Tsuzuki." Nariko said as she brought forth another column.

Tsuzuki jumped out of the way. He had no idea how he was going to fight a column of water. Nariko did say that he controlled light, but that doesn't mean he knew how to use it.

"I can't!" Tsuzuki yelled, as he dodged another column of water.

Nariko sighed. "Yes you can. Focus" as she shot another column out at Tsuzuki. Tsuzuki got nicked by this one and was now bleeding a little in his left arm.

Nariko stopped for a moment. "Tsuzuki you have to fight me. I know you can, just let it out. Let it all out." she said as she continued attacking.

Tsuzuki thought was he was dodging. If she wanted him to fight he would. Right? He closed his eyes as he pushed off from a tree at Nariko. He opened them as a white light shown around him.

Nariko was pushed back as Tsuzuki used a little of his power.

"That's it Tsuzuki, now come on." she said as she charged at him.

The two went at it for hours, and slowly, very slowly, Tsuzuki began to call more and more on light.

It was when Tsuzuki collapsed from exhaustion that Nariko decided it was time to stop.

"Let's head back. We'll be back out here tomorrow so it wouldn't do us any good if you got too tired." she said.

"Alright." Tsuzuki replied, as Nariko teleported them back to her place.

They arrived in the living room to a crowd of people.

"What's going on?" Nariko asked, leaving Tsuzuki, as she made her way through the room. She recognized every face there but still- why was everyone in her house?

She found Tatsumi, who was holding a clip board.

"Tatsumi what are all these vampires doing here?" she asked.

"You said you were summoning your fledglings so here they are. They began arriving a few hours ago and to be perfectly honest- I have no idea what to do with them." Tatsumi replied, obviously stressed.

"Alright, give a moment." Nariko said, walking over and grabbing a chair from her table. She stood up on it and yelled "HEY!" All the vampires stopped and looked at her. They dropped to their knees, bowing.

Tsuzuki and Tatsumi were the only ones standing, since Damian, Ryu, and Watari weren't in the room at this time.

"You know you don't have to do that." Nariko said with a sigh, as she saw all her fledglings bowing. "Now stand up, all of you." she said, and everyone stood.

"Thank you all for coming. I really appreciate it. Now as you all know I have decided to enter the battle. I know many of you are wondering why I would decide to do this so late, but I have reasons. You all know my brother Kiyoshi..." Nariko said.

There were mummers confirming that.

"He has recently taken two guardians of death hostage." Nariko started.

"So?" one of the fledglings asked. "We aren't exactly friends with the guardians so what does that have to do with us?"

"I'm getting to that. You see one is an empath and the other is a psychic- for lack of a better word. He has most likely changed both of them. Also, Kiyoshi has started to change more and more humans to fight in his army. I think you all can understand the seriousness of this situation. There aren't that many vampires that can hold their own against Kiyoshi, so I've decided to fight." Nariko said.

"We all know how powerful you are Nariko-san, but still, we're greatly outnumbered, you haven't changed that many people over the years." someone said.

"It's true that I don't have as many fledglings, but I have convinced my brother Kisho to fight under me- that should help greatly. Besides we all know I didn't change weaklings.Kiyoshi may have a lot of vampires under him but they're weak. He's not selective." Nariko said with a smirk.

There were laughs among the vampires.

"Who's that?" a female vampire said- pointing at Tsuzuki.

"Oh! I almost forgot- get up here you!" Nariko said to Tsuzuki.

Tsuzuki slowly made his way over- ignoring the glares he was receiving. He came and stood beside Nariko, that's when the yelling began...

"What's going on!!!"

"What have you done!!!"

"He's a guardian!!!!!"

"This isn't good- what's going to happen now!!!"

"QUIET!!" Nariko yelled and the room fell silent once again.

"Thank you. This is Asato Tsuzuki. His partner was one of the ones taken- the empath to be specific. He's going to help us, along with a few other guardians."

There were mummers of disapproval.

"Hey!!!" someone yelled- it was Damian and Ryu. They made their way over to Nariko.

"This is a good man you are talking about-A friend of ours. All he wants is to get his partner back." Damian said, glaring at some of the vampires.

"You should all show him some respect because he's fighting with you, for you. He doesn't want Kiyoshi to win either and is willing to do what ever it takes to do that." Ryu said.

"What has he done to prove that he is loyal to you?" a man asked. It was a common question for a vampire to ask, how else would they know they could trust him?

"I changed him." Nariko said. There was a silence. "I changed him so that he would be powerful enough to fight against Kiyoshi, actually he's stronger than most of you considering he's the most powerful guardian of death." Nariko said with a smile. No one spoke.

"So... now that that's settled. Tatsumi-san, the slightly scary looking man with glasses, will show you all were you will be staying. I want you to treat all the guardians with respect because were all fighting the same enemy here. Alright?" Nariko asked.

"Alright." everyone replied.

"Nariko? Can I say something?" Tsuzuki asked quietly.

"Of course Tsuzuki." she replied, letting Tsuzuki take the chair to stand on.

"Hello everyone. I know you may not trust me and probably don't really care at all about what I'm going to say but I'll say it anyway. Kiyoshi took someone very important to me- not only that he changed him so I'm going to have to fight against him. I'm one of you now, by choice. I wanted to do this so I could give this all I have. I'm fighting for him, but also for all of you. Nariko has told me about her fledglings and how you are different from the other vampires- how you don't kill and are truly good people. I'm still new to all of this, but I think that she would be the best leader of the vampires. I think she could do the best job and really protect your kind. I swear I will not tell anyone about you- any of you... That and I want to thank you for letting me fight this battle with you all. I promise I will do the best I can." Tsuzuki said.

Everyone was silent... no one knew what to say. It was Nariko that spoke.

"Thank you Tsuzuki. That really means a lot to me to know that."

"It's the truth." Tsuzuki replied with a shrug. He got off the chair and walked into the crowd. The crowd slowly parted, letting Tsuzuki pass, but he wasn't looking at them. He stopped at the door and turned around, looking at a group of now kneeling vampires. He smiled and left.

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"Damn he's good." Damian said as Tatsumi took the vampires out of the room. Nariko controlled the whole hotel so that's where most of the vampires would be staying.

"He is. I didn't expect that at all." Nariko replied, sitting down next to Damian.

"How'd training go?" he asked.

"He's good. There's no doubt in my mind that he'll be ready." Nariko replied.

"That's good to know. You doing alright? I now that takes a lot out of you?"

"I'm fine. It's Tsuzuki we need to keep an eye on. Any news about Kiyoshi?" Nariko asked, lying down, her head in Damian's lap. Damian smiled before responding.

"Twelve more people vanished today in the city, not to mention the twenty in the country side."

"Damn... he's still changing them. More vampires to send to the slaughter I suppose. He's really going all out."

"He is. Do you think we'll be ready?"

"I don't know Damian. But I hope so."

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-At Kiyoshi's-

"Now listen all of you! I have an announcement to make!" Kiyoshi yelled from atop the stage he was standing on.

The audience, which was made up of his fledglings, went silent.

"Good. Let me introduce you to a few new... friends... of mine." he said with a smirk. He motioned with his hand and Muraki walked out onto the stage. He was dressed in a silver and red kimono, and looked out at the audience with obvious pleasure. He bowed and said hello before falling into place, slightly behind Kiyoshi.

"This is Muraki-sensei. He is one of my generals in the upcoming battle, treat him as so. He is very powerful and has permission to do anything he deems necessary to ensure victory in the upcoming battle." Kiyoshi explained. He waved his hand again and Kuri walked out onto the stage. She was wearing a blue and gold kimono and didn't even bother to look out at the vampires as she made her way over to Kiyoshi.

"This dear girl is Kuri. She is another one of my generals and will be performing screenings of each of you to ensure that you're loyal to me and willing to fight your hardest. It is merely a necessity at a time like this. I'm sure you all won't object to it." Kiyoshi said.

"And last but not least." he said and motioned with his hand. Hisoka stepped out onto the stage wearing a black and green kimono. He walked over to Kiyoshi, who put his arms around the boy. Kiyoshi smiled.

"This is my boy." he said as he licked Hisoka's cheek. "He is also a general and will be leading the front line. He's an empath so be careful. He is also mine so hands off to anyone of you who are thinking about him. Actually Kuri send pain to anyone who is thinking about Hisoka in a rather... unacceptable way."

Kuri raised her hand and many of the vampires grabbed onto their heads in pain.

Kiyoshi smiled and motioned for Kuri to stop, she did. The vampires whose heads were throbbing stopped.

"Now you may be wondering why I'm doing all of this but as of today my sister Nariko has decided to join the battle. Granted she's not as powerful as me but I can't help but see her as a threat. One that must be dealt with properly."

There were nods of understanding.

"I need all of you to fight your hardest because I'm not going to loose this battle. These vampires will help to ensure that but I need each and everyone one of you to fight as well. We are the largest vampire army there is so we must use that to our advantage. THIS TIME I SHALL WIN!" Kiyoshi cried as the room erupted in approval.

"I WILL NOT LET ANYONE STOP ME!"

-End chapter 15-

Sorry it took me so long to update. I've been having a hard time with this chapter. Thanks for waiting. Please review!!! Please!!!