Hey everyone, I have returned with the second chapter of 'The Last Human', I appologize you had to wait for it so long and I hope you wont hate me!
I also changed the summary, hoping it would attract more readers! What do you think of it?
I got some interesting questions of you of who the two princes are! Well, I think I'll have the two of them revealed by the end of this chapter. (not sure yet)
Disclaimer: I don't own Inazuma Eleven GO Chrono Stone or any of the Original characters used in this fic. (again I don't use Galaxy characters because I haven't watched it and probably never will watch it. (probably but I'm getting curious with the aliens XD) And aoi has her old hairstyle in this story!)
Enjoy!
- Aoi P.O.V. -
The pink-haired werewolf had told me to try and get some sleep while I could, but as much as I wanted to and as much as my exhausted body pleaded me to just close my eyes and drift off into some well deserved sleep, I couldn't get myself to do it. I was way to nervous and scared about what was waiting for me back in the Capitol city of the werewolves, or 'who' was waiting for me to be exactly. Not to mention that I was being held captive by two of his loyal servants who had put up some kind of delivery-service to bring me to him.
I tried to turn to my other side, which was harder done then said because I was still tied up. And I groaned when a blinding ray of sunlight found its way into my eyes, I looked over at the two werewolves who seemed to be fast asleep. It made me wonder how in the world they could sleep without being bothered by such radient sunbeams! I sighed, closing my eyes once more and try to get some rest for what felt like the millionth time today.
"Guess being nocturnal has some perks after all," I mumbled softly to myself.
"Oh it sure has some 'perks' being able to sleep during the day and stay active in the night." A male voice said and I quickly turned back around to find Kirino looking over at me. He was wearing a kind smile but I still felt the little hairs in my neck stand straight. "Can't sleep?" He asked quietly.
I just nodded in reply.
"Too bright for you huh," He stated in a 'as a matter of factly' tone.
"Well excuse me if I'm not nocturnal!" I snapped at him.
"Better actually," He replied. "Honestly who'd actually want to be a freak of the night?"
"Who'd want to be a freak during the full moon?"
"Do you actually believe that?"
"Believe what?"
"That werewolves can only shift when it's full moon!" Kirino said, a quite sad look in his eyes. "That was a stupid fairy tale made up by lousy mortals to make themselves feel better and safe. Although it's not a complete lie though, in our younger years we can only cange forms during the full moon, once we get older we learn to shift whenever we want to!"
"How is it like?" I asked, cursing my everlasting curiousity. "To change into a werewolf?"
"Well, we are already half changed when we're born," Kirino explained. "We already have the ears, tail and sharpened nails. But changing to our full forms is like putting on a fur coat, a dog's mask and act all animalistic. I admitt that growing hair and a snout can hurt from time to time, expecially when you haven't changed in a while."
"What about your eyes?" I asked him. "Are they different in half-change?"
"Oh yes those too, no they're not different. We can see clear through the darkest of nights in both forms without having to strain ourselves or put in the least bit of effort. I admit it's a very handy skill we use quite alot it's just... quite a shame we share it with those filthy pale bloodsuckers." He said and clenched his fist, he hissed softly and opened his palm where four little cuts had appeared on the surface of his smooth skin. "Damn' it!" He cursed.
"Are.. you allright?" I asked hesitantly.
"Yeah, I'm fine. It's nothing!" He replied quickly before he brought his hand to his mouth and licked his cuts one by one. They healed instantly. He sighed and stayed silent for a while, closing his eyes as a frown appeared on his face. His ears were twitching slightly.
"What are you.." I wanted to ask him but was interupted when he raised a finger at me, motioning for me to keep quiet and I huffed in exchange. He had guts to be rude.
After a few more moments like this he finally relaxed and opened his eyes again. He smiled appologetically at me.
"Sorry for interupting you, but I had to concentrate for a moment there." He explained. "Even though it's midday and the sun is out, the slightest whiff of blood could still attract unwanted company."
"You mean.. the Vampires?" I asked and thought about it for a second. "But they can't... walk in sunshine... right? It would burn them to a crisp."
To this the pinkette chuckled in reply. "Yes, and no. The Vampires can't walk in sunlight, being a creature of the night doesn't allow them to walk around freely during the day. It doesn't burn them though, sadly enough, it simply slows them down."
"Oh, like with crosses you mean!"
"Huh? What, no!" Kirino replied and started to laugh at me. "And here I thought you were smart, no seriously where did you hear all that stuff?"
"Do you two have to be so loud!" The teal haired werewolf groaned as he rolled over. "I was trying to sleep here in case you failed to notice!"
"Oh shut up Kariya, don't be such a grumpy face!" Kirino said and threw a twig in his face to shut him up.
"I'll wake you up in the middle of your beautysleep," Kariya replied. "See how you like it!"
"Whatever you say," Kirino waved his hand, shooing away Kariya's comment.
"What were you laughing about anyway," Kariya asked as he sat up right while rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and yawned. "You sounded pretty amused Kirino-senpai."
"You should hear what she thinks about our kind," Kirino replied to his teal-haired companion. "It's pretty hilarious!"
"Oh, do tell." Kariya said throwing me a cocky smirk. "Go on, we won't bite!"
I was hesitant to tell them at first, making myself look ridiculous in front of a pair of Werewolves had never made my bucket list and I was certainly never going to consider about putting it on there either! But one the other hand, a small voice in my head pointed out, if you do tell them maybe they can tell you what their real weaknesses are! I had a motive to tell them now, but my dignity refused to kick the bucket by telling them.
I took a deep breath and sighed quite loudly.
"Fine I'll tell you," I said.
It took me about ten minutes to tell them all that I believed to be true. They had all thrown it aside and were rolling over the ground, clutching their stomaches while laughing out loud for what they believed was my stupidity. I was just sitting there, quite angered at their behavior, watching them, hoping that their stomaches would start aching really bad!
"It's not funny," I said through gritted teeth. "So stop laughing already!"
"Oh... ahaha.. sorry Sorano," The pinkette said and tried to keep in his laughter, he managed to stay serious for a few moments though.
"It's not like you haven't heard these theories before right?"
"That is true, for a change," Kariya said, which caused the two of them to burst out in laughter... again. Kirino, however, had more decency and stayed up straight while his companion was rolling over the ground again, slamming his fist against it to calm his hysterical laughter.
"Yes, we have heard them before." Kirino replied and coughed a few times. "Quite a lot of times to be exactly, but where we come from they're meant as mere jokes and we never take them seriously. So it is quite funny to hear it comming from someone who still thinks it's true!"
"Well, I can understand that." I said and pouted. "But I don't get why HE is still laughing!"
They looked over at Kariya who was still going, Kirino punched him in the stomache which caused the younger Werewolf to stop and gasp for air. He wasn't laughing anymore, but coughing this time.
"... you... bastard!" He managed to say between his coughs.
"You're welcome," Kirino replied as if it was the most normal thing in the world.
"Moe, you two! I've told you everything I know about Werewolves and Vampires! The least you could do is tell me the truth about them!" I said in quite a demanding tone, sticking to my plan. Hoping, that they would stick to it too even though they didn't know they were a part in it. "It's only fair!"
"You're quite a nosy one you know that?" Kariya said teasingly, he had recovered quickly and was lying on his back, his arms folded behind his head.
"I'm just curious..." I said slowly, feeling he saw my true motions. "That's all."
"Fine, since you asked so nicely." He replied with a grin.
"Kariya!" Kirino scolded him. "No more word!" He turned his attention back to me and a shiver went down my spine when I saw the look he was giving me. It was a mixture of surprise, admiration but above all angre and anoyance. "Look who turns out to be pretty clever! I must admit that was a pretty bold and smart move of yours, Sorano. But did you really think you can trick us that easily in revealing our secrets?"
"What! No!" I said quickly, truth to be told, yes I had hoped I could get them to spill the beans. But there was no way I was going to tell them that.
"Still causing us trouble huh?" He asked in a dangerously low tone and he crept up to me, I tried crawling back but felt my back hit the trunk of a tree and I knew I had no where to go this time! The pink haired Werewolf reached out his hand and put it over my eyes, a bright azure glow filled my mind. I felt my head turning heavier and my eyelids fall shut.
It took me only a moment to figure out what he was doing.
But before I could strugle my way out of it I had fallen into a deep and dreamless sleep.
- Time skip - Normal P.O.V. -
"Can you find their tracks Matsukaze?"
"They had a day to get ahead of us, the tracks have almost faded during that time Your Highness!" A boy with brown hair said, a few strands were strangely put up to look like a pair of wings. His metalic blue eyes were scanning the ground feverishly, searching for a clue to find the ones they had been following for quite a while now.
"Then try harder!" Tsurugi Kyousuke, son of the Vampire King, the only heir to the throne and Prince of Immitatia, shouted towards his companion. He was know to be a loyal, couragious and friend and skilled swordsman, he didn't like to yell at his best friend like that. But he could not afford to lose the last human on the entire planet to the claws of the Werewolf prince.
"I'm doing my best Your Highness!" Tenma said, not sounding the least bit offended by his friend's harsch words. He bent over and put his right ear closer to the ground. "They're on the move, I can hear it," He said.
"Damn'!" Tsurugi cursed as he clenched his fists. "If we don't do something quickly she'll be in Arcadia in no time!"
"They're going west, the vibrations are getting softer!" Tenma said as he jumped up. "They're taking the route through Dead Man's valley, if they make their way through it we'll never catch up with them in time!"
Tsurugi nodded and the two vampires grabbed their horses, jumped onto the saddles and ushered them to galop towards the empty fields of Dead Man's valley. It was a region known for it's desert like texture, containing nothing but sand and several cacti. It was the borderline between the two Kingdoms and about five kilometres long, there were other options to cross it but those were much more dangerous and no one in their right mind dared to use them.
All Tsurugi could hope for now was that their horses would be able to catch up to the two Werewolves before they managed to bring the last human into their territory.
"Please," He thought, a frown etching his forehead. "don't let us be too late!"
In the meantime, somewhere at the edge of the infamous valley, were two Werewolves running as fast as they could. The pink-haired Werewolf was carrying the girl over his shoulder, she was unconscious, still dazed out because of his sleeping spell just now.
He stood still, his ears twitching a little and his eyes widened.
"What's wrong Kirino-senpai?" Kariya asked as he too came to a halt. He was standing only a few metres away from his senpai who had turned around so his back was facing his younger companion.
"They know which route we're taking," Was all he said before he turned back around and ran. Kariya followed him, knowing perfectly well who Kirino had meant when he had said 'they'. They were slowed down due to the irregular surface of the sand.
"Why don't we just transform?" Kariya asked as he almost fell to his face, again. "We'll be much quicker like that!"
"Yeah smartypants!" Kirino said sarcastically. "But who'll cary the girl?"
That shut Kariya up, they just had to make the best of it. They were both worrying what would happen if the two Vampires did manage to catch up to them. If they had to face them then only one of them could transform while the other had to do everything in their might to reach their side of the borderline. They would be in a disadvantage!
By the time they were halfway through the desert it had become night again. The full moon was standing proud in the pitchblack sky as it shone its pale light onto everything around them. They could just see the light comming from the first watchtower only three kilometres ahead of them when the sight was cut of by a pair of horses.
Their riders jumped off and landed gracefully on their feet. Their pearly-white teeth shown as they grinned victoriously, but what really stood out were the sharp and long canine teeth. Their skins seemed to glow in this erie light, like someone had lit a little candle underneath it. Their pointed ears and sharpened nails made an addition to their beings.
"So, you managed to catch up with us," Kirino said calmly. "I'm impressed,"
"There's no need to be," Tenma replied. "Although I must say, altering your route and taking the path through AirPeak, was quite unexpected! You almost lost us there."
"Almost huh, have to keep that in mind for next time," Kariya said.
"Don't worry about that filthy Werewolf!" Tsurugi replied, he had a sinister grin on his face and a dark shadow fell over his bright golden-orange eyes. "There won't be a next time for you after we're done!"
"Oh, is the little vampire brat challenging us?" Kariya said snorting.
"This could get itneresting, I've heard the rhumours about you, 'Black Swordsman'." Kirino replied and the same sinister smile appeared on his face. "Challenge accepted."
They stood there for a few moments, non of them saying anything the only sound now came from the wind which was howling around them as it felt the tension being build up between the two races.
Kirino threw a quick glance at Kariya who caught it and nodded almost invisibly, letting the pink-haired Werewolf know he had understood the message. As soon as one of the two Vampires would make a move he'd get the girl from Kirino and make his way to the border. Kariya was faster than Kirino and because of his fox-like character he was smart and sneaky enough to make it there in no time.
And while Kariya would bring the girl to their side of the country Kirino would do whatever it was that he could to keep the two Vampires away from him. He was after all, the stronger one of the two.
The only thing Kariya wasn't sure about was what would happen if he did manage to bring the girl over the border, Vampires, so unlike Werewolves, never followed them to their side. So what would happen to Kirino? This battle would surely ask some price of him, would he be strong enough to make it too?
Kariya shook his head vigorously, trying to get rid of the thought, no his senpai was better than the two foul Vampires. He'd make it, as long as he would stick to the plan and did as his friend had told him to.
The four of them readied themselves for their first moves and when the wind stopped howling for a mere moment, did they move from their spots and did the fight over the last human began.
Kariya ran forward passing by Kirino who swiftly handed him the human girl who was still knocked out. As soon as Kariya had her safely in his arms he used his inhumane speed to dash past the two Vampires who knew immediately what the Werewolve's strategy had been.
"Matsukaze, you handle him, I'll go after the girl!" Tsurugi said to the brown haired Vampire who nodded in response. Tsurugi was about to dash after the little teal-haired Werewolf when a blast of heat blew the sand in front of his feet apart.
He turned around and saw the azure eyes of the pinkette glow, he had used his heat vision against him.
"Don't think I'll let you go that easily!" Kirino replied, he sounded very self confident. "If you want the girl you'll have to go through me first!"
"You have no idea what you're getting yourself into Werewolf!" Tsurugi told him with an amused smile on his pale face.
"Don't think that because I'm not of Royal blood, means I don't know how to handle a spoiled brat like you, Your Highness." Kirino said in a mocking tone as he bared his fangs.
Tsurugi grimaced at the pinkette's behavior and he felt his anger boil underneath his skin, but desperation was also at his throat, while they stood here bickering and about to fall into a fight, the girl was getting closer to the border by the second. He didn't have long to think, the situation simply didn't allow him to.
What?
What was he going to do?
And I'm ending the chapter here everyone! So in the end I only revealed Tsurugi as the Vampire prince, I'd love to tell who the Werewolf prince is too but I'll leave that up to you to guess untill the next chapter!
I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!
See you all soon on next time!
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