Chapter 2: The Realities

Sunako eyed the "vampire." It hardly seemed possible with his polite, soft smile, bright green eyes, and gentle hand presented to her.

"He had to come because Kyohei broke the rules," Ranmaru broke in, his voice smug. Still, Sunako stared.

Yuki seemed unfazed by this. His smile grew a little before he dropped his unaccepted hand. "Again, I apologize for my friend's actions last night. Ranmaru sometimes forgets his manners in the presence of a young lady such as you," – there was a distinct snort from the other – "and Kyohei has a temper."

Sunako didn't reply, unsure of what she could say, but her grip on the drop tightened.

Green eyes followed the tiny movement. "Ah," he said. "I see you've formed an attachment to the charm. It is very beautiful."

Finally, Sunako found her voice. "Are you its owner?" She curiously asked, a spark of wonder and anticipation lighting up her eyes.

Yuki shook his head. "Unfortunately, no, but the owner and I do live together. He is unable to come at this time; he's very busy, you see, and sent Ranmaru and Kyohei to retrieve it in his place; quietly of course. But like I said before, Kyohei has a temper."

"So last night was real?"

"Oh, ma belle, last night was very real,"

Yuki rolled his eyes, and turned to glare at the redhead leaning against the wall. Sunako knew her eyes were uncommonly adjusted to the darkness of her room, but it was too much when she could tell his slim form with perfect angles. And the sinisterly dark smirk on his face almost proved just how much of a vampire he was.

"Please understand that our intentions are not to scare you," Yuki begged, his eyes returning to her.

In the back of her mind, Sunako could hear a little voice scream, 'No, please, do your worst!' but refrained from voicing her dream. "Why do you want my drop?"

The green-eyed boy sighed and kneeled in front of her. "As you mentioned before, you are not the owner, and as I mentioned, he would like it back and he sent us to get it."

"Then why didn't you take it last night?" She remembered the other one, the too beautiful one, grabbing it from her neck before she passed out.

"Normally, we wouldn't have a problem coming into your home and taking it without even waking you, but not with you wearing it. We can't forcibly remove a Blood Drop from a person; you have to willingly give it too us." Ranmaru explained, and then shrugged. "Unless of course, you're dead," he added.

"Vampires can't come into a house without being invited." She argued.

"There's a loop-hole to every rule. You'll understand that Blood Drops, no matter whose they are, exclude most rules. Anyone who has vampire blood in their home is basically opening their door to us." Ranmaru laughed. "I use this rule quite a bit. Females always think they're getting a precious family heirloom…"

"Ranmaru," Yuki chastise, "now is not the time for your conquests. You're in the presence of a young woman."

The other only chuckled darkly. "They're all young women," he murmured.

Sunako looked from one to the other, studying them. They were really too perfect to be true. Neither was dressed in a cape, though, so that kind of ruined her imagine. "Why does he need it back?"

Yuki stared at her. "Because it's his. Does he need another reason?"

"Did he really give it to Romelia Hopkins?"

Ranmaru let out a low hiss and Yuki frowned. "That is not our story to tell." Sunako could tell that he was trying to keep the anger out of his soothing voice, but some of it crept through.

"How do I know either of you are telling the truth?" Sunako asked. "What is the importance of this thing?"

"It's our last bit of humanity," Yuki replied, his words calm again, almost sweet. "We do what we want with it. Our friend was never given that chance. Please, return it to him. It would mean so much."

"Can it hurt someone?" As Sunako held on to the drop, she realized that this would be the only time to ask questions. After she gave it to them, she'd never see them again.

Ranmaru came up behind Yuki and glared. "Why do you want to know?"

Sunako tried to glare back, but found it difficult. "You never answered my question. How can I trust either of you? What if you're not his friend, and hurt him with it? Can you do that?"

"Either way, the battles of vampires are none of your concern," he growled. "I'm tired, and I want the warmth a woman, or many I should say, and I want to feed. So hand over the drop, and we shall leave you in peace."

This was exactly what Sunako feared.

"No," she said instead. The tick in the crimson eyes made her sure that her decision was the right one.

"What do you mean by 'no'?"

"I mean, I don't trust you, so no, you can't have it."

Yuki sighed. "What will it take for you to trust us?"

She lifted a dark eyebrow. This was going precisely the way she wanted it to go. "I don't think I ever will. In fact, the only way I'm give up this red drop is to its rightful owner. So either you bring him here or I go with you."

"Out of the question," snapped Ranmaru. "You're crazy. Just give us the drop."

Sunako only held it tighter. Her eyes, burning with determination, finally met his is a glare. She could see the swirls of anger in his ominous orbs and the vibrations in his throat from the growls he was emitting.

"Ranmaru, calm down or go outside, please." Sunako noticed that Yuki did not look directly at his cohort, and almost looked fearful himself.

Ranmaru bared his teeth once more, showing the insinuation fangs, before disappearing from her sight.

"I wish you wouldn't have done that," Yuki looked at her. "He's going to be insufferable all the way home."

Sunako was still focused on the spot the other had previously occupied. "Teleportation?" She questioned with delighted curiosity.

Yuki laughed. "No, silly, just speed."

Of course. Now, back to the important issue at hand.

"So, what's wrong with the demands?"

Yuki stood, towering above her. She followed, standing from the computer chair, but only came close to his height. So far, he was the shortest of the three. She could only imagine how the others would try to frighten her.

"My friend has some problems which prevent him from traveling too far from his home; otherwise he would have been here to properly ask you for his Drop."

"And why can't I go to him?"

Yuki narrowed his eyes, in way of studying her. "You're asking to follow two vampires back to their…lair? That's very unusual," his eyes glance quickly around the room, "though I'm being to think that it doesn't seem that unappealing to you."

"Not really," she answered honestly. "I'm actually very, very interested in your kind."

Yuki scoffed, "My kind; you don't know anything of kind."

"But I want to. Please take me with you!"

"It would be wrong," Yuki shook his head. "Stay here with your family and friends. We'll be back later, maybe you'll have reconsidered."

"I won't." Sunako countered firmly.

Yuki smiled charmingly, bowed and disappeared into the dark. Sunako knew it was useless, but she ran to the window anyway. Lifting the dark curtain, she peered outside. Nothing. No one.

But they were there.

And they were coming back.

The next morning Sunako told her aunt that a boy had rejected her offer and she wanted to avoid him, just for a day.

Well, it was mostly true. She did leave out that the boy was a vampire, the offer was to take her away with him, and that she wasn't really trying to avoid him, but other than those tiny bits of information, completely true.

She spent the day packing a bag of cloths and little things that would fit in the left over space. She knew that she wouldn't be able to take her friends with her, so she sat down in front of movie after movie and said good bye to them.

When night fell, Sunako felt herself getting antsy. When her aunt asked what she would like for dinner, she said that she couldn't eat. Tonight, she would dine with the dead - the real living dead, this time.

But they never came.

Yuki never appeared, with his un-vampire like ways. Ranmaru was absent as well as the other, stunning one. She waited up most of the night, and then thought that maybe they wanted to sneak up on her like the first time, so she tried to sleep.

Sunako kept rubbing the drop as if it was a genie's lamp, and if she wished hard enough, one of them would show. It happened last time.

But when the clock screamed six, she gave up on wishing. Out of bed, she collapsed into a ball by her friends. Her aunt stuck her head in the door slowly.

"Oh, you're still depressed?" she asked. Sunako gave no reply. "Well, I guess I can understand that, but you can't let them get the better of you, Sunako! You need to show this guy that you can live without him! So, come on, get up!"

Still, nothing from the younger girl. The woman's eyes soften. "I guess you can stay home one more day," she said with an understanding tone, and closed the door again.

Sunako was vaguely aware that the door had been opened in the first place. All she could think about was her missing vampires. Yuki had said that they'd come back, she heard him. So, where were they?

Maybe they lied, she thought. They were vampires, it was in their nature to lie.

But, the small rational part of her mind argued, they said they needed the Blood Drop, so they had to come back.

Maybe they just wanted it, not needed it.

Then why work so hard to get it? And why were they upset when she didn't give it to them?

Maybe they really didn't want a human to come with them. It would make sense.

But you don't want to be human…

Sunako sat straight up. She'd always dreamed about becoming the stuff of legends, myths, and horror, but it was one of those fake dreams, the ones you know won't come true. Now, though, there was a chance to make that dream a reality.

Is it what she truly wanted? Yes, it is.

Could she really do it? Only with their help.

Would they be willing to do it?

…maybe for a trade.

So that was chapter two. What are you're thought? What did you like the most, least, and what went right over your head.

See a mistake, tell me please, and I'll fix it!

As you can see, Sunako's got a plan forming in her head now. What do you think the vampires are going to say? Are they going to take her away with them and make her their vampire queen, or leave her there to wonder? What do you think is going to happen?

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