Okay, here comes an interesting chapter. Thanks to those of you who have reviewed, favoritted this story so far. I promised answers, so here they are!

I disclaim as usual

Chapter Six: In which some things, but not all are revealed

"Wait, what do you mean by 'incomplete'?" Abe demanded. The last he checked he had all the symptoms of vampirism, so how could he be incomplete?

Hoshiro-dono picked up a book and walked back over to his fledgling.

"Yes, yes," he nodded, nose buried in the tattered tome. "You're definitely Dhampir, not Vampire."

"Wh-what's the difference?" Mihashi asked. Hoshiro-dono was about to speak when Sakaeguchi began to cackle and krump all through the study.

"All the venom, but none the blood," he chanted. "That's what makes Abe a dud!"

Everyone in the room all thought that Sakaeguchi's rhyme was oddly specific for the situation. It didn't help matters that Hoshiro-dono started nodding and said that was basically it.

"I only changed you halfway," he explained. "Normally to make a vampire you drain the human of all their blood and replace it with your own. Then you would inject your venom into the body. But that night…"

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(Flashback)

It is night and that means the portals to the Veil are at their weakest. Not a lot of the yokai in the realm know this, only the vampires. Which would explain why there are so few of them are so rarely there.

The lord of the realm, Tetsuya Hoshiro, is out looking to feed. Normally he wouldn't have to go out himself to get it, but he is in the mood for fresh blood.

Suddenly he smells something good. Human blood prickled with…oh yes frustration, anxiety, confusion. Those were his favorite flavors.

He peeked out of the corner that he had left to see a young mortal riding a bike. The mortal's bike hit a bike in the road and sent him flrying through the air. He landed on the ground with a thud and a gash along his left leg.

Hoshiro-dono no longer could hold himself back and leapt for the mortal. There wasn't much of a fight. Before he could stop himself his mouth had filled with the silver venom and he was sucking out the blood from the wound.

He threw back his head for a moment, blood and venom splattered into the air. Hoshiro-dono felt the filling sensation of frustration, and was about to get one more quick hit when he felt two calloused hands pushing him away.

Cognizance returned to him quickly and he stared right into the mortal's eyes. They were frenzied and panicked like a newborn vampire's.

"Oh no," he whispered as the mortal, now going through the change grabbed his bike and ran.

(Flashback end)

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"Newborns were said to be extremely powerful." Hoshiro-dono explained. "They are faster, stronger, smarter than the oldest of their kind, and unfortunately their human scent is completely doused. I couldn't find you, and the process weakened my considerably, so I ended up going back to the Veil."

"And I should believe you, because?" Abe spat.

"Your doubts you should relieve," Sakaeguchi whispered into Abe's ear. "Just give in and believe."

"Can someone explain that?" Hanai asked. Everyone agreed, Sakaeguchi's insanity was getting on everyone's nerves. It didn't help matters that he knew things that he shouldn't.

"He's just-" Hoshiro-dono began.

BOOOOOOOOOOM!!

"Hoshiro-dono we're under attack!" Mikail shouted coming into the room. "The Knights are attacking!"

Hoshiro-dono's eyes widened with fear and he bounded to the giant windows on the other side of his study.

"Oh gods, they're going to the Ceremonial Grounds!" he exclaimed.

"We have to get there now!!" Mikail shouted.

"by time we get there on foot they'll be gone!!!" he shook his head sending more exclamation points to his assistant. Then he turned to Sakaeguchi, "Can you teleport us there?"

Abe interjected first, "how can he do that, and what's going on?"

"I bid you silent," Hoshiro-dono sighed. Then turned to Sakaeguchi, "Well, can you?"

Sakaeguchi nodded, "Sure,"

He rubbed his hands together and began chanting in some mysterious language, possibly Latin or English. A blue energy emanated from his fingers, which he began to twist and thread through the air as if he were trying to touch reality itself.

"What's he doing?" Abe asked Mikail. She blushed and turned away from him.

"It would appear that your friend is Magestruck," she said in a clipped voice through her pointed teeth.

"Magestruck?"

Sakaeguchi suddenly pointed in the direction of the Ceremonial Grounds and the space inside Hoshiro-dono's study shimmered. With a sudden lurch forward they were there. Sakaeguchi suddenly collapsed.

"Take care of him while I handle this," Hoshiro-dono ordered, the power behind his voice silenced any opposition that could have come up. He ran into the tall black gates and suddenly three figures covered in steel armor appeared there. Presumably they were the aforementioned knights

"They have the Chalice of Blood!" Mikail screamed. The knights drew their swords, and Mikail turned to Abe.

"Help him," she implored. "He won't survive a single slash from their blades!"

Abe didn't care at all about Hoshiro-dono but he found his feet moving on their own accord.

"What the hell?" he demanded. He looked down to see Sakaeguchi moving his hands like puppet strings.

He rolled his eyes it seemed he was going to be forced to help the one who had made him into a vampire. Abe broke free of Sakaeguchi's strings and leapt with the savage strength of a jungle cat for the knights

Unfortunately, he landed right on the tip on one of their blades.

Yes a cliffhanger, they're what I do best. Finally I get to the real plot of this story. More of the obvious questions will be answered.

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