A/N: Just done today… was bored and inspired… I was supposed to be resting but hell; this is for all of you guys! I can't bear the thought of you guys forgetting about me! Ahaha… joke, joke… well, I see that… maybe some of you guys want an update on Lovely Princess? Just holler if you want, I'll do something on that… hm, I see I have a lot of stories left unfinished… hm, I just don't have the heart to end them, yet. Hm, this chappy sucks a bit since th chast pains reduced half of my vocabulary to um… a pint-size… pea. Hope you enjoy it!

Disclaimer: SDK is not mine, bebeh!

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Blood Three – The Blood That Protects

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Yuya wobbled back home, dazed by the recent encounter. She was wounded, physically and mentally. "Why…?"

'YUYA!'

"Argh!" Yuya fell on the ground after her head was shot with a sudden pain. She collapsed on the cobblestone road. Before she was out cold, she saw a dark figure not faraway from her, looking at her with sad blue eyes…

…

"Mother! Mother!" a little girl called out to her mom who was close by, setting their picnic mat. She was playing with a little dog. "Look at how cute this puppy is!"

"Yes, Yuya?" her mother walked slowly, approaching her little daughter. Her dark brown hair swaying by the wind, silently dancing. Her beautiful blue eyes reflecting her daughter.

"Mother, can we keep him? Please?" Yuya held out the dog to her mother. Her mother smiled and took it. "It's so cute, isn't it?"

He mother inspected the dog's eyes. Its eyes were shining sweetly at her, destroying her barrier bit by bit… until she fell and said…

"Yes! We should!"

"Yay!" Yuya jumped around with her mother who was dancing and jumping with the dog.

"Mother, Yuya? What's gotten into you both?"

"Nozomu…" her mother smiled at her big brother. She beckoned him to come closer.

Nozomu approached his family with a bored look. He handed his mother a basket of wild flowers. "Happy birthday, mother."

His mother took it with happiness evident in her voice, "Thank you."

"It's no big deal… um, where's father?" Nozomu questioned, scanning around for the said person.

"He's not coming…"

"Father's not coming…?" Yuya asked, puppy dog eyes already learnt by her. "But… it's mother's birthday…"

"He's got other things to do… it is much more important than this."

"But…" Yuya started.

"Oh, come now! Let's celebrate my birthday with smiles! Who knows when it'll be my last?"

…

"YUYA! Run away!" her mother pushed her aside along with Nozomu into an alley. "Nozomu, take your sister away and never look back! Please!"

"No, mother!" Yuya reached out to grab her mother's hand but Nozomu stopped her. "Nii-sama! What about mother!"

Nozomu closed his eyes as they hid behind a garbage site in the small alley where they're sure to be safe. Yuya turned to look at their mother…

"ARGHHHHHHHHH!"

Blood splattered around the place. A few drops splattered on Yuya's pale face. Their mother was gruesomely killed right in front of her…

"NO!"

…

"NO!"

"Miss… are you alright…?" a voice asked.

Yuya's eyes opened in shock. She looked around for the person who owned the voice. He was right in front of her, smiling.

Yuya backed away as far as she could from the stranger but her skirt was stuck under the stranger's foot. Yuya looked at him in horror.

"Stay away from me!" Yuya took out her flintlock and aimed it at the stranger. "Stay away or I'll shoot without thinking twice!"

"It's okay, I won't hurt you…" the man raised his hands in the air. "See? No weapons."

"Still, stay the hell away from me!" Yuya yelled.

"I'm not gonna hurt you, I promise."

The man backed away. He stepped away from Yuya's skirt. "I'm here to help you."

Yuya lowered her weapon. "Help me from what?"

"The vampires… but you have to trust me."

Yuya looked away from this person's dazzling blue eyes. She looked to her left and then, to her right. She then looked at him straight in the eye. "There are no vampires here…"

"Ah, you sure?" the man looked at her, seemingly dubious.

A footstep was heard.

"Who's there!" Yuya turned to look at the direction from where the sound came from. No one came out. "I repeat, who's there!"

"Why… it's just me, Yuya-san…"

"Yukimura-san!" Yuya lowered her weapon and sighed, standing up to greet her friend. "Are you alright?" she questioned as she approached him.

Yukimura didn't show his face, he looked down on the dirt below him. He started chuckling. "I'm f-fine…"

"Really?" Yuya came to his aid and helped him stand up straight. He was still not straight though… "Yukimura?"

Only a flash of blue could be seen as Yuya was hurled back by the stranger and avoided Yukimura's swift kick. Yuya landed on her back as the stranger stood in between herself and Yukimura.

Yuya looked up to Yukimura in disbelief. "Yukimura-san!"

"That's not him…" the stranger said as he narrowed his eyes. Yuya shook her head disagreeing. "Seriously, why would someone you know, attack you?"

Yuya's eyes widened. "But! That's him! I know that necklace he's wearing! I know that star necklace!" Yuya pointed to the star-shaped necklace, shining under the light of the moon around Yukimura's neck.

"How could you be so sure?"

"I'm sure because I gave him that necklace!" Yuya said sarcastically.

"Then… why would he attack you?" the stranger locked himself in a fighting stance as he readied to deflect any attacks coming from Yukimura.

"I… I don't know…"

"Here he comes!" the stranger leapt to counter Yuki's attack. Yuki was thrown back to hit a lamppost behind him when the stranger punched him square in the face.

"Yukimura!"

"Miss, I advice you to shoot him with those silver bullets you have… he might be a vampire…" the stranger dashed to punch Yukimura again. Yukimura deflected this one and kicked the stranger at the shins. He fell back grudgingly.

"But… he's Yukimura… he's not…"

"Please! That's the only way to know if he's a vampire or not, for now!" the stranger rolled away as Yukimura tried to punch him while he was on the ground. "HURRY!"

"Yukimura… he's not…" Yuya hesitated as she aimed her weapon at Yukimura.

"Pull the trigger!"

"Yukimura, I'M SORRY!" Yuya pulled the trigger as she closed her eyes. The impact made her fall back. "Ah!"

The bullet passed through his chest.

"Yukimura!"

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"Mahiro… what did you do with her?" a woman in a black dress questioned her as she came in. In the room, there were more people shrouded in dark clothes. The woman was sitting in the center where she was surrounded by the people. She looked emotionless.

Mahiro, the curly haired woman that Yuya met not long ago shrugged. "I didn't do anything…"

PHAP!

Mahiro touched her offended cheek. She narrowed her eyes at the woman who was still sitting quietly as if nothing had happened. "You have no right to slap me, Sakuya… even if you are a pure-blood…"

"I have the right to do so… as I didn't order you to hurt her and even drink her blood…" Sakuya sighed as she looked at her hands. She eyed her fingers. They scraped some of Mahiro's skin. She muttered a curse.

"You stay, inside… 'til it is time to acquire her. Shinrei…" Sakuya called out to Shinrei. He appeared by her side just as soon as she blinked.

"Yes?"

"Lick this clean… please." She reached out her hand to him where he placed them close to his mouth and began suckling on them. "Please do it tenderly… as it has caught impure things…"

"Yes…"

Saisei looked very disturbed at this scene. Mahiro was offended greatly at this. The others were greatly not happy with what is happening right in front of them…

Shinrei was a pure-blood, the most respected one. They were surprised at how much power Sakuya has on him. He was like her dog.

"That's enough!" Sakuya yanked her hand from him so roughly that his lips got cut and bled heavily.

Sakuya was disturbed by this. She reached out to soothe him but slapped him instead. "Insolent fool…"

She sighed as she relaxed her body and slumped deeper into the comfortable chair she was on. She smiled to herself. "I want him… so badly…"

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"Muramasa, what will you do? I know who that girl is… she's the blood that I must protect… but, I can't. Not anymore… I just can't…" Kyo mumbled to himself as he stared at his unsheathed Muramasa, shining brightly under the moon, covered in fresh blood.

He was surrounded by corpses of vampires, bathed in their own pool of dirty blood. His Muramasa was shaking violently as he swung it to clear off the blood. He brought the blade to his mouth…

"I will only kill her…" he muttered as he began licking the remaining blood slowly, savoring the taste. "I can't go on like this… I must, I must…"

"I must drink her blood…"

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A/N: I KNOW! Short huh? Shoulders hurt from typing… plus, I don't know what word to use… so, it's better to leave it at that. So, any complaints? Errors? Didn't reread it… so any mistakes, forgive me. R&R! Oh yeah, I always forget about this, thanks to all reviewers for all my stories! Always keep it nice since… I'm want to avoid the What If incident from happening again…