Chapter 5:
Audra watched the scenes pass by from the back seat as she waited from them to arrive at the Hunters' Association. She wasn't really looking forward to being surrounded by creatures who hate her just for what she was because of some other idiot that has similarities to her. Although with how weak vampires were this day and age she could only imagine how weak the hunter's were. Weak creatures she could stand but stupid creatures just drove her up the walls, so Audra hoped no one at the Association would be that stupid.
Once at the the Association she had once helped create, Audra was met with many scorching stares of young hunters. She could sense there hate, fear and disbelief from their auras. How pitiful these hunters had become over the years of her slumber. Audra remembered briefly waking up to help set things back in order for a pure blood had begged her. All those years vampires have been running free with no law to follow, so much held unaccounted for. These creatures needed help, lots of it and she wasn't all that willing to do so for they had become just as bad as the vampires they hunted.
With the crystal corrupted by the blood of that begging pure blood, hunters were weak to even put a dent on some of the vampires here but then again not even the vampires are that strong today. Audra waited for Jeffy to open her car door, she could hear their whispers just as the car stopped in front of the Association. How she wanted for all of them to just shush and be silent. The whispers stopped as an middle aged hunter exited the building.
He must be one of the higher ups, she thought until she saw one of his eyes covered. That was Yagari, Ro's sensei and a trustworthy member of the hunter council. He coldly stared at her before taking a long puff of his cigarette.
"What ya want leach?" He asked.
"Is that anyway to speak to a unknown guest?" Audra asked, "I'm here to see your leader."
Yagari scoffed before turning around and walking towards the Association doors. Audra took that as a sign to follow, Jeffy stayed by the car. He knew that his mistress was in no danger here. Audra followed him into the entrance where Yagari took out a security card and swiped it before punching in the number one with his middle finger. Audra stared at him as he did so, she guess it was for her clearance they probably had some type of vampire blocking spell around the building or something. She followed him up to the top floor of the building somewhere in the middle of everything.
The room they entered had a larger desk and chair off to one side of the wall. Audra continued to ignore the stares of those around her to take a better look at her surroundings. It appeared that her unknown vampire origins were in question, well unknown to them but she knew who she was. They had set up a circle of chairs surrounding one chair in the middle. All of the hunters stood next to the chairs that formed the circle so she assumed the chair in the middle was for her. Audra wondered if all pure bloods had to go through this. She sat down in the chair and let out a sigh of irritation. Audra rubbed the bridge of her nose with closed eyes before taking a small calming breath, she really just wanted to throw the lot of them into some walls. Although thoughts like that wouldn't help her get what she wants, and she promised Zero to attempt to be nice.
"Is there a reason for such amounts of hostility that I am receiving?" Audra asked staring at the hunter in front of her. The one eyed man who walked her in sat to the right of the man in front of her. They all wore an expression of complete seriousness, so much so that Audra wanted to laugh out loud at them. She couldn't though so she coughed lightly.
"We're sorry for this but your vampire status is unknown to both us and the Council." the man in front of her said. Since he spoke she knew he was the Head Master, Zero said his name was Kurosu. "The only thing we know is that your a pure blood."
"Excuse me but don't lump me together with those things," Audra said cutting into what was going to be an incorrect summary.
"Shut up vampire, you will be told when to speak." Someone said from her right side.
"You would be wise not to speak at all fool," Audra hissed out, "Here I a trying to be nice to what has now become pathetic excuses for hunters and try to intimidate me with hateful stares and anger. I've wiped out masses of your far stronger ancestors with a wave of my hand do not force me to do something I won't have the slightest regret for."
She could smell the fear that rolled off of them in waves after her tiny speech. It annoyed her how fragile these creatures had become. Audra completely understood why the crystal tainted or not wouldn't react to these feeble creatures. She sighed once more.
"Even if we did believe scum like your kind, you would have to be over ten thousand years old." Another said from her left after regaining what little courage they had.
"I am but I don't see what my age has to do with why I'm here." She stated staring straight ahead.
"Why are you here?" Kurosu asked redrawing everyone's attention back to him. Most hunter straightened their spines once they realized they were drawn in by her.
"That is a private matter." Audra claimed before folding her hands together on her lap.
With a wave of Kurosu's hand all hunters left, Leaving the one she walked in with and one other. He was young with dark brown hair and dark smoky brown eyes. Yagari with his black hair and one bright blue eye on the right and the young one on the left of Kurosu both stared at her unnervingly.
"What is this private matter?" Kurosu asked crossing his legs.
"Ah, so you would now like to begin," Audra said with a small giggle, "Firstly, let's do introduction, I shall go first of course. I am Fammal, Audra, first princess to the royal family, Keeper of bloodlines and distributor of law." She smiled sweetly at them, her fangs they could see were naturally already showing, even her bottom ones. Her teeth appeared to be like that of a level E, they could only speculate on what she actually looked like when biting and all speculations weren't pretty.
"It's is also a semi honour to meet you President of the Forth Hunter's Association in this area." Audra stated before taking her right hand and putting it over her heart before bowing her head slightly in acknowledgement. They didn't know what to say for a brief moment. All they could think about was Zero had done it, he had found the royal pure blooded vampire bloodline. The only question they had was at what cost?
"My name is Takamiya, Kaito, I'm a candidate for next Association Head." the young one said roughly.
"Yagari, Toga, top rated hunter today," the one eyed an said before taking out a cigarette from his inside jacket pocket.
"And I am Kurosu, Kaien, Association President or Head Master if you prefer. Now normally both Candidates would be here to greet you but one is away on a urgent mission, his name is Kiryu Zero." Kurosu stated.
"We met, that's another reason I'm here but we'll get to that later." Audra stated plainly. "Second thing we need to discuss is about the noble who was under Kiryu Zero's care. I would like him to be released to me since I doubt any of the hunters guarding him now are still following protocol regards to him and his captivity."
"Why do you want him?" Kurosu asked as one of his eyebrows raised to amplify his curiosity.
"Well I have heard the child is extremely bright and very loyal. I want that loyalty to be mine." She commented innocently. "Of course you letting the child go under my custody has its benefits for you hunters too, since I will be talking to the Council soon."
Her voice was highly suggestive and they knew she was forcing herself to play nice; to at least give them a chance. They didn't know why but like the agreement they had with the Kurans, one with her they knew would benefit all in the long run. Kurosu thought it over for a moment in his mind before nodding his head in agreement.
"That's fine, he will be given into your custody-"
"Now please, I can feel how weak he is- wait why's he getting weaker so quickly? Is he injured!" She started to rant, "Take me to him now, I smell blood, so much blood." Audra was standing by the door not really waiting to see if they followed or not.
Kurosu, Yagari, and Takamiya ran after the pure blood as she made her way throughout the Association. They could tell she was following the scent of blood she had picked up. Even with Aidou in their care they were not to harm him that much for Yuki had asked Kurosu to be kind as possible, and that man did almost everything for her. Everyone did from what Kaito seen, although Zero had stopped when the girl became a beast of the highest caliber.
Audra didn't hesitate as she entered the basement pathways, she swung left and then took two rights before she came across a scene that brought back horrifying images from her childhood. Some memories she had thought forgotten in the catacombs of her mind. No she didn't forget, she shook her head at the thought while she threw the five hunters into the wall as gently as her ability would let her. She never forgot, she just tried to kept herself occupied so they wouldn't be in the front of her mind plaguing her very soul, every day as she had let it once before.
Audra glance at the child on the floor, he was bleeding from so many wounds and none of them were closing. He needed blood and quickly but she needed loyalty first, she didn't give what was hers without commitment.
"He needs blood~" she yelled as the hunters appeared. Audra attempted to kneel next to the boy who used most of his energy to squirm his body away from hers.
"So sweet~" He hissed. Aidou's could feel how much in need he was of nourishment So when that very sweet smelling body of blood moved closer to him, he knew he needed to get away from it. He would not give these hunters the satisfaction of seeing him like this.
Kurosu for all his bravo could not take the sight in front of him. He leaned on the wall trying to keep his stomach contents exactly where they were. He had watched this boy mature and become a better person over the years. It was like seeing an old friend die before him once more only worse for the boy would no longer have that carefree attitude he once had. This memory would scar him for life and vampires lived for so long, it would drive him insane.
Kaito gagged in disgust as he stared upon the site. How his fellow members could debase themselves to such a degree he couldn't understand. Kaito turned to Yagari who was gone. He left, Kaito didn't know when but he did. The weapons were still in the boy's body stopping his body from recovering what little open wounds from closing.
"Child, I can calm you down for five minutes and take away the pain, but I will need something in return." Audra said slowly.
Aidou nodded his head slowly, the voice that spoke to him was calm and collected. It was a pure blood female from what he could tell of what little his senses were working and he had faith that she knew what she was taking about. Plus if she didn't she would obviously take pity and put him to rest, something he long for.
Audra lifted the boys head into her lap as Kurosu finally recovered from the overwhelming shock his mind had just received. Yagari came back breathing deeply as neither hunter had ever seen him do before and in his hand he had four bags of blood. He had ran to the infirmary to take the blood from the cooler and sprinted back. He lightly tossed the bags over to Audra who knelt on the dirty basement floor cradling Aidou's head in her lap.
"Drink slowly," she commanded as she tore open one corner of the blood bag with her unnaturally large teeth. Aidou did as he was commanded and drank all four bags greedily. He could feel his body gaining energy and moving it to where he needed it most. He could no longer feel the pain from penetration, nor from the smaller wounds. He could still feel the knives within his body slowing down his recovery.
"I'm going to remove all of them at once, okay," Audra said still hold his head. Kaito watched as a dark blackness slithered its way onto Aidou's body. Somehow it took hold of all the knives, which shouldn't be possible from what they knew of vampires and there powers. All were removed quick and efficiently, like a perfectly clean kill. Those main hunter weapon induced wounds bled sluggishly before closing in the same manner.
Audra helped Aidou sit up against a wall so he could see better. She knew he was still in pain and would be for some time. It seemed she was not quick enough to get here for she could tell by his eyes this wasn't the first time.
"Will you let me take away your body pain?" Audra asked softly as she moved a hand to cup his cheek. Her eyes soften as the boy shook his head no. He was strong this one, and she wanted him all the more.
"I have questions if you don't mind boy." She said calmly before glaring over at the scum who had nerve to redress themselves. "I only have three for now."
Aidou stare at her in a doll like manner before nodding his head slowly.
"Good. I would like for you to become mine? Kiryu Zero had suggested you to me and from what he says I hope you will agree. Second you would have to cut all ties with everyone else, for I am very moody until I know your mine and only mine." Audra said firmly before whispering, "Lastly, please become one of the best friends I will ever have."
Aidou listened to the woman before him and the whole time in his mind he was thanking Kiryu for saving him. He cried, wailing in a way he hadn't done since early childhood. His body strained from pain and the sheer emotions that ran through his veins. Audra circle her arms gently boy in front of her before rocking them back, forth and so on till his tears, sobs, screams all subsided.
"Can someone retrieve Jeffy from the car, also tell him to bring the bag?" She asked glancing back towards Kurosu who still stood by the doorway. Kaito nodded before doing as asked by what he could say was the most human like vampire he had ever met. If all of them were like her it would be much harder to tell them apart.
"What are my duties your ladyship?" Aidou asked for going all of his dignity.
"To be my friend, well go over what that all involves later." She said sweetly, "For now are you still in pain?" She tilted her head to stare at him.
He was going to nod his head no before he saw the knowing look in her bright green eyes. He murmur a small yes and looked down at his legs. Audra used her hand to lift the face of her newest friend. She smiled at him, it was only small but Aidou could feel how genuine she was being with him.
"You were under appreciated by others but I will never do what they did to you. I hope you know that." She stated seriously, "I will never leave you behind even if it means losing my status or being claimed insane nor will I let harm come to you as long as I can stop it."
Aidou was at a loss of words and expression. His eye squinted as he watched her bite her own wrist. She tilted his head back and held her wrist above his mouth. She held him down lightly with her uninjured arm as she fed the boy blood from the source in what appeared to be a very long time for him. All he could do was sit there and take everything that had happened in to absorb. Kaito came back with Jeffy who carried a large white, gift wrapped bag on his arm along with his jacket.
"Mistress." Jeffy said with a bow. He was in public so he would at like the best butler any creature could ever have.
"Is there a bathing area here?" Audra asked separating her hands from Aidou so she could stand. Kurosu nodded and turned to show the way as he told Yagari to watch those disgusting animals. Yagari hissed slightly about his task but didn't argue. He couldn't fathom what gave those hunters their stupid idea in the first place. For fucks sake that boy was one of his students, nothing more than a child and acted like one too. Yagari felt dirty just thinking about what he witness, although it did remind him of a statement Zero made before he disappeared.
'We hunters are tainting our very beliefs and becoming worse than the very beast we strive to hunt.'
Yagari didn't want to know how Zero came to believe something like that but he could only hope Zero himself had not witnessed anything like today. He sighed and leaned against the door glaring down at the scum sitting in wait for their punishment.