Chapter 8

At Yuko's the next morning, the injured vampires were being tended while Yui was removing the broken cuffs from Himewari's wrists.

"There you gom you're free." Yui said.

"Thank you." She said. "So, the vampires have Watanuki now?"

Yui nodded and said, "It seems so. Ever since he was under the Nightfall Spell and freed from it, it seems like those vampires won't get over Kamui's death so they want Watanuki as compensation."

"What about Doumeki?" she asked.

"According to Fai and Kurogane, he's under the Nightffall Spell and they got to ffight him and Syaoran with that spell."

"Wait, this Syaoran you're talking about, is he really a vampire like you said last night?"

"Yes, the one you met at school was this one." Yui answered as he pointed at the doll.

"How can that be when vampires aren't able to walk in sunlight?" she asked.

"The spell he used with this is known as the Sleepwalker Spell where a vampire makes a doll of themselves and able to transfer their magic while they're sleeping and control the doll." Yui answered.

"I never knew he was doing that in order to watch Watanuki, Doumeki, and me during the day." She said.

Not only that, that girl with him, Chun-Yan, might've been doing the same thing."

"Kishimu's puppet…"

"What?"

"The first night we returned we bumped into this girl vampire named Kishimu that used a younger girl named Chun-Yan and she was her puppet." Yui told her.

"That means they were pretending to be our friends in order to get to us." She said.

Yui nodded.

"I can't believe this has happened." She said with tears in her voice and then felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to see Fumo. "Fumo?"

"Don't worry Himewari, we'll get him and Doumeki back. We promise. You should home and get ready for school." Fumo said.

She nodded and said, "Thank you for saving me."

They watched her leave.

"Poor girl." Yui said.

"Yeah, she kind of acted like this when Watanuki was first taken by Kamui and it's for both guys." Fumo said.

"I hope she won't have to see Chun-Yan since Syaoran might've rreleased his doll now." Yui said.

"I wonder how his skills are able to do something like that and what happened to his eye?" Fumo asked.

"He might've been trained and he might've used it to create his doll, which I heard that vampires use some of their body parts in order to help with its development." Yui answered.

"No wonder we gget our asses kicked!" Fumo said.

"Maybe we should train ourselves since we are sorcerers ourselves." Yui said.

Fumo nodded.

Fai was looking over the now sleeping Kurogane and then thought about what he said and then sighed.

"I guess it's my fault for Watanuki being taken by Syaoran…" he said.

"Don't blame yourself brother." He heard.

He saw Yui and Fumo coming into the room.

"Hey, where did my brother go?" Fumo asked.

"He said he was going to talk to Yuko, he hasn't come back from her room." Fai answered.

"Probably another hangover and tending her since Watanuki's gone." Fumo said.

"Where's Himewari?" Fai asked.

"Went home and then off to school." Fumo answered.

"I hope she'll be okay." Fai said.

"She will, but with us, we need to train so we can beat those two vampires and get Watanuki and Doumeki back." Yui said.

"What about that one girl who had the Nightfall Spell casted on her?" Fumo asked.

"I don't know, I haven't thought about her yet." Yui said.

"All I know is that she seems to be enjoying being a puppet." Fumo said.

"Well come up with something soon, I know it but let's focus on beating Kishimu and Syaoran." Fai told them.

The both of them nodded.

Meanwhile at the mansion, Watanuki got kicked in the chest again and screamed in pain.

"Are you going to finally give up and say bite me child?" Kishimu asked.

Watanuki coughed up blood and then said, "N-never…or at least not yet…"

Kishimu kicked him again and he screamed.

"I guess you choose death." Chun-Yan said and giggled.

"Tell me something…why are you so hell bent on having me as a vampire…?" Watanuki asked.

"Becse, Subaru and Kamui were the ones I bit and turned into vampires. They found my casket and I lured them with my beauty and changed them. They were like my own sons throughout the years. When we separated and they decided to look for more people to change, I lived on and trained to become a better sorceress. Then I heard how they got killed and decided to return and find you." Kishimu answered.

"Kishumu…" Chun-Yan said.

"Just tell me when you want to change. Humans are just food for us and puppets for us to control, Join us Watanuki!" Kishimu said.

Chun-Yan was silent after she heard Kishimu said.

Watanuki stood silent.

"Very welll, come on Chun-Yan." Kishimu ordered as she left the room.

Chun-Yan nodded and left with her.

Watanuki noticed her reaction and thought, Is it me or did she have a sudden reaction to what Kishimu say?

In Syaoran's room, Doumeki woke up and moved to see if he was chained to anything. He didn't hear any rattling chains and then felt pain emitting from his shoulder. He felt his shoulder and touched bandages. He turned his head and saw Syaoran was asleep with some blood at the corner of his mouth.

Did he drink some of my blood that came out of my wound? He thought to himself.

He sat up from the spare bed that was in the room and got up from it and left the room. He saw that he was standing in a partly litted room. He also saw that the curtains were closed from the inside not letting any light in from the outside.

"I guess these vampires really hate sunlight." He muttered to himself and started walking down the hall.

As he walked he noticed a small picture on one of the coffee tables and picked it up and saw a picture of two boys who looked human.

"Could this be?" he asked and then heard footsteps. "Shit!"

He went into the nearest door and then heard the steps pass by. He sighed in relief. He heard chains jingle and turned to see Watanuki.

"Watanuki!?" he asked.

"D-doumeki?" Watanuki asked and looked up to see him. "You're alive…"

"Are you okay?" Doumeki asked as he walked over and noticed that he had bruises on his face and really dark ones through the hole in his shirt. "What the hell did they do to you?"

"Kick me around…I think I have a few broken ribs…" Watanuki answered.

"I need to get you out of here." Doumeki said as he grabbed the chains and tried to move them.

"Leave me here…"

"What? I can't If I did, they might kill you." Doumeki said.

"I rather die than become a vampire." Watanuki said.

Doumeki slapped him and yelled, "Snap out of it! If you were to change into a vampire, just imagine how much it would hurt me or worse, Himewari!?"

"Huh?" Watanuki asked.

"Ever since your vampire friends left, especially Kurogane-sensei, Himewari noticed that you had a lot of pain to go through especially when you were under the Nightfall Spell, which she never gave up on hoping that you would return and be okay. She really cares about you and I know you do too! I don't give a fuck if you want to tay! We're getting you out of here!" Doumeki yelled. As he started to work on the chains again.

Watanuki stood silent.

Meanwhile, Chun-Yan was thinking about what Kishimu said.

"Humans are nothing but puppets and food to us!"

"That can't be true, can it? Am I really being used for that? As a puppet and her blood supply?" she asked as she looked at the new bandages that were on her arm from feeding Kishimu earlier. She heard footsteps coming by the foyer and looked up to see Doumeki and Watanuki leaving.

"Hey stop!"

Doumeki looked up and yelled, "Get out of our way! We're getting out of here whether you like it or not!"

"You can't! If you two are gone I will be dead!" she yelled.

"Listen, do you want to stay here and be used?" Watanuki asked.

She gasped and then said, "Let me help you."

"Huh?" Doumeki asked.

"Let me help you! Tell me where to go once we're outside." She said a lot loudly.

"Very well, let's go!" Doumeki said and they all left the mansion.

At Yuko's, the twins and Mokona were watching the vampires train for their next attack when the doorbell rang.

"Coming!" Yuko exclaimed and went to the door and answered it and saw Himewari. "I guess they let school out already."

Himewari came in and said, "Yeah, any word about Watanuki?"

"No, I guess they keep him from contacting any of us." Yuko answered.

Himewari dodged an arrow that stuck into the wall and said, "What the!?"

"Don't mind they're training in order to get their skills up for the next fight. I guess you're here because of them." Yuko said as she pointed to the vampires.

"Now Kurogane, remember, with the crossbow you need to aim straight at your target." Fumo said.

"I am a lot better with a sword than this." Kurogane said.

"I know but it's best to be able to know how to use other weapons at your disposal." Fumo told him.

"Besides you almost hit Miss Himewari." Yui said.

"When did you start using formalities?" Fai asked.

"I am a lot more polite than your baby talk." Yui answered.

Himewari smiled a bit and said, "I guess you all are alright after last night."

"So, what brings you here?" Seishiro asked.

"I came here to say that I want to help." She answered.

"What?" Kurogane asked.

"I want to help in order to find and rescue Doumeki and Watanuki. I know it maybe dangerous but I am really worried about them both especially Watanuki since he's been in this mess for a while and he got me into it and I want to do my best in helping you all. So, please let me help!" she pleaded.

"Very well then." Seishiro told her.

"Brother?" Fumo asked.

"If I said no, you would probably keep on begging and I can't do that to a person that Watanuki really cares about." Seishiro said.

"Thank you!" she exclaimed and hugged him.

Don't worry Watanuki, I will get you back home safely! Himewari thought to herself.