I'm sorry it took me longer than I would've liked to update. I actually had this finished for a while, but sadly, Hurricane Irene had to come, and I lost power, so I couldn't upload it. This chapter is more of a romance chapter that leads into the drama of the next chapters. I own nothing! Please enjoy!
"Rima-Chan! Come play with us!" Two little girls shouted. Rima, at age six, who was even shorter, smiled, and jogged over to the two girls, her friends. They got jump ropes, and started jumping. Rima, not being the most athletic, wasn't doing very well with the ropes. Her friends, Sakura and Tei were laughing at her. Rima sighed in defeat. She would only use ropes that were related to tightropes. Rima was flustered, and she was never ever going to jump rope ever…
"RIIIIMA!" Rima blinked from her sudden memory, turning to Yaya. Where did that memory come from? It wasn't exactly a fond memory… "Morning Rima-Tan!"
"…Morning…" Rima muttered. She grabbed a comb, and brushed her hair. Kusu-Kusu popped out of her egg, and grinned.
"Yay, its Saturday, so we can do whatever we want!~" Yaya said grinning. "No school! Rima-Tan, get dressed, and Yaya figured out your new codename!" Rima's eyes narrowed.
"Not Amir, that didn't exactly turn out well…" Rima muttered.
"No, it's not Amir this time; it's Nega!" Yaya said. Rima blinked. Nega? How on earth did Yaya come up with something that random.
"Nega? Why Nega?" Rima wondered.
"Because it sounds awesome!" Yaya said, grinning. "It's soooo awesome! I hope the others like it!" Rima sighed. Both of them changed, and showered and such. Rima wore sunglasses and a hat to hide her appearance. While Yaya ate breakfast, Rima watched her, having the need to bite her. She was parched. She bit her lip. Yaya continued eating her cereal, oblivious to Rima's temptations to bite her.
"I'm going to get some fresh air. I'll meet you outside." Rima said. Yaya nodded, as Rima half ran outside. She needed something to drink. She looked around, desperately. She found many people walking by. No, she wasn't going to drink the blood of random pedestrians… "Kusu-Kusu, do you see any animals that I can drink the blood from?" Rima wondered.
"Nope, besides some dogs people are walking, but I don't think you want to repeat that…" Kusu-Kusu said. Rima nodded, as she continued looking.
"What are you looking for?" Yaya wondered, walking outside. "Nega-Chi." Rima's eyes narrowed at the "Nega."
"Blood." Rima answered bluntly. "Yaya, get a little farther from me, I'm thirsty." Yaya looked frightened as she jumped back a few inches. Rima continued walking, with Yaya following far away.
"Hm… I sense X-Eggs ~dechu…" Pepe said.
"Let's go purify them!" Yaya said. "Rima-Tan, you can still transform, right?"
"…Probably… I would've assumed I had no heart, but I still have Kusu-Kusu, so probably…" Rima said. The two of them went over to the X-Eggs. There were thousands of them.
"Geez, why are there so many X-Eggs?" Yaya wondered. "Oh well, none the less, Yaya's own heart, unlock!" Yaya transformed into Dear Baby.
"This should be interesting… My own heart, unlock." Rima said, doing the hand signals. It began as the normal transformation. Kusu-Kusu went inside her own egg, and circled before going inside Rima. The minute Kusu-Kusu's egg made contact with Rima's body, the worst pain Rima had ever felt came. She was screaming.
"R-Rima-Tan! What's wrong?" Yaya exclaimed. Rima couldn't answer. She had no idea what was happening except that she was in tons of pain. Yaya looked at Rima worriedly. She was cringing in pain, tears falling down her face. Reluctantly, Yaya turned away, and faced the X-Eggs.
Rima fell to the ground in pain. It hurt so much. She realized that she finished the transformation and she was Clown Drop, but it still hurt. After the pain dropped a little bit, Rima stood up, shakily. "J-Juggling Party." She muttered. Some juggling pins appeared, and Rima juggled them a bit, before tossing them at the X-Eggs.
"Rima-Tan, what happened before?" Yaya wondered.
"I don't really know… I was in lots of pain, but it doesn't hurt too much now." Rima admitted. More and more X-Eggs were showing up. Yaya and Rima still were trying to purify the X-Eggs. They faced back to back, fighting the X-Eggs. However, now they were surrounded.
"Oh no! What are we going to do?" Yaya exclaimed.
"Yaya. Have you met our guardians? Even though it is Saturday, they'll still force themselves to come." Rima muttered. "Trust me, they'll be coming." Yaya smiled, and they continued holding the X-Eggs off. After about twenty minutes of failed attempts of purification and holding them off, the other guardians still didn't show up.
"Rima-Tan, where are they?" Yaya wondered. The amount of X-Eggs they were fighting continued to multiply.
"…I don't know…" Rima admitted. She was surprised not to see them. She had really expected for them to randomly pop up.
"Mashiro-San! Tie them up with ropes!" Rima heard a voice yell. It sounded like Utau. Rima sighed a breath of relief, and then obeyed.
"Tightrope Dancer!" Rima yelled, tying the X-Eggs up with the ropes, just as Utau had said. Utau stepped out, transformed with Il. Behind her, followed Kukai, also transformed.
"Now, let's see if you and Fujisaki's prediction is correct." Utau muttered. Kukai grinned. They faced the opposite direction, their backs touching. "Extreme Lullaby!" They both yelled. The X-Eggs were purified, as Utau sang a melody, and Kukai had a soccer ball circle her. They both landed, ending the transformation.
"That was awesome! We were right! I knew we could do a combined purification just as Amu and Tadase can!" Kukai said, grinning. Utau didn't smile. He kissed her suddenly, much to everyone's surprise.
"Yaya is bored of kissing!" Yaya moaned.
"Why are you bored of kissing? Have you kissed anyone?" Rima wondered.
"No… But everyone else does it! Only Amu-Chi and Tada-Tan don't!" Yaya moaned. "They are the only sane ones!"
"Well, they wouldn't kiss because they broke up apparently… However, I'm sure you can find Ikuto and Amu exchanging some kissing." Rima said. Utau, having ended the kiss, glared at Rima. Rima and Yaya ended their transformations. Rima, felt the pain again.
"Rima-Tan? Does it hurt again?" Yaya wondered.
"…It's fine…" Rima lied, forcing a smile. The pain ended.
"What was that Rima? When we first transformed… that pain?" Kusu-Kusu wondered.
"Pain?" Kukai wondered, concerned.
"It's noth-" Rima was interrupted by Nagihiko's sudden appearance.
"Thanks for ditching me, Souma." Nagihiko grunted.
"Well Utau and I sensed X-Eggs." Kukai muttered.
"Actually, it's Utau and I sensed X-Eggs and it was your charas who sensed them, not you." Nagihiko said.
"What?" Kukai looked puzzled. Nagihiko sighed.
"I'm correcting your grammar. You said 'me and Utau' but it should be 'Utau and I." Nagihiko said.
"Why does it matter….?" Kukai muttered. "Well anyway! Good news! Unkai has a date, so I get the job of baby-sitting Yaya!"
"Yay! Unkai-Tan is scary anyway!" Yaya and Kukai hugged. Rima suddenly remembered her thirst. It was so tempting to just drink everyone here's blood.
"Rima-Chan, it's great to see you." Nagihiko said, smiling. "How are you?" He didn't acknowledge Yaya's existence. Yaya looked insulted.
"I'm fine." She muttered, extremely happy that she couldn't blush. "Now, I'll be right back." She walked away, determined to find something to feed off of. She faintly heard Yaya scold Nagihiko for not noticing her. Rima looked for something to suck the blood of, when she found a raccoon. Perfect. Those things annoyed people anyway. Rima took a deep breath, and dug in, vaguely remembering that raccoons could have rabies. Oh well, vampires couldn't get rabies, right? Rima tossed the rabbit to the side. She found another rabbit, and sucked its blood as well. Now she was quenched. Rima came back over to the others, who patiently waited.
"That was fast! Found yummy-wummy animals?" Yaya wondered.
"…I guess…" Rima muttered. She looked at Nagihiko. "Can vampires catch rabies?"
"I don't…think so…" He said. "I'd be surprised… But I guess we'll see, if you start going insane." He smiled, and Rima narrowed her eyes. Kukai was laughing, and Utau elbowed him.
"I should get going… I need to be somewhere… Catch you guys later." Utau walked away, and Kukai looked sad.
"Yay, my baby-sitting job is on!" Kukai said, grinning.
"You aren't baby-sitting Rima-Chan or me." Nagihiko pointed out.
"Yeah, but Mashiro's staying with Yaya and I'm baby-sitting Yaya! Besides, you're my helper."
"Oh lucky me…" Nagihiko muttered. They were silent for a while.
"CANDY!" Yaya moaned. "CANDY, CANDY, CANDY!"
"Yaya, you haven't even eaten lunch." Rima remembered.
"Candy is lunch!" Yaya moaned. "Pleeease Kukai-Tan?~" She turned to Kukai pleadingly.
"Okay!" Kukai agreed.
"Are you serious? You're the worst baby-sitter ever." Nagihiko muttered.
"Well, I'm listening to Yaya's needs! She wants candy, I give her candy!" Kukai said. Yaya grinned.
"At least give it to her after lunch. Well, not that Yaya-Chan is a serious baby-sitting job, since she's our friend, but still…" Nagihiko said.
"Let's play basketball!" Kukai said, grinning. "And then we get lunch, since its 11 now." Against his will, headphones appeared around Nagihiko, and he rushed over to a basketball court, beginning the game before Kukai got there. "W-Wait!" Kukai moaned, rushing over. Rima and Yaya followed, at a leisurely pace.
"Rima-Tan, let's get candy!" Yaya moaned.
"Well, I'm with Nagihiko, sadly." Rima said. "I don't even eat… food." Yaya pouted.
"Rima-Tan is… hm, what's the word Yaya's looking for?" She looked around.
"…Biased ~dechu?" Pepe wondered.
"Yeah that's it! Rima-Tan is biased!" Yaya moaned.
"How?" Rima wondered.
"Because you're siding with Nagi-Tan, and he's your boyfriend!" Yaya said. "It's not fair!"
"He isn't my boyfriend!" Rima exclaimed. "He isn't even romantically involved with me! He's just some random boy I happen to be a part of the guardians with and unfortunately, he likes me, but I don't like him! He is annoying!"
"Sounds like you're flustered." Yaya said, smirking.
"No!" Rima protested.
"Okay, sure."
"I swear, we're nothing!" Rima moaned. "You can even ask him!" Yaya turned to the boys playing basketball. Nagihiko, still character changed, was making tons of scores and slam dunks, not even giving Kukai a chance to join in.
"NAGI-TAN! ARE YOU AND RIMA-TAN A COUPLE?" Yaya yelled. Rima sighed in defeat. She didn't actually expect Yaya to ask him. Still character changed, Nagihiko grinned at Yaya.
"I don't know! It's up to how people interpret it, but probably!" Scoring another hoop for good measure, Nagihiko walked over to Rima. "Hey Rima, do you view us as a couple?" He said, his voice getting a flirty edge. Rima was now uncomfortable. He moved closer to her. He was leaning in, when the character change ended, and completely flustered, he backed away.
"Can we continue now?" Kukai muttered. "Stop flirting with Mashiro, and come on, no character changes!"
"Sorry…" Nagihiko muttered to Rima. He turned to Kukai, sighing. "F-Fine…" He glared at Rhythm, who laughed innocently. Kukai and he began a new game. Rima watched Nagihiko for a little, sighing. She wasn't really ready to be a couple with anyone…
"Rima-Tan!~ Let's play truth or dare!" Yaya exclaimed. Rima knew that whether she said truth or dare, she would be forced to say something about Nagihiko.
"Ugh, fine. Truth." Rima muttered.
"Is Nagi-Tan your boyfriend?" Yaya wondered.
"No." Rima replied flatly. "Truth or dare?" Yaya thought for a minute.
"Dare!" Yaya said, excitedly. Rima smirked. She could do anything she liked, and be really mean. Rima already had evil plans, and she thought carefully. She had to do something related to romance, though forcing Yaya to drink some blood did sound fun as well. Suddenly, a man walked over to the foursome. He was holding a gun, which frightened Yaya and Rima.
"I am Vladimir Requiren, a previous sheriff." He said. "I have a question. Are any of you vampires?" Rima didn't trust him, even though he was a sheriff.
"A vampire?" Nagihiko laughed, however Rima could easily tell it was fake. "You mean like those blood-sucking monsters from books and movies? Those aren't real!" Rima watched him. He was an amazing actor… If Rima didn't know better, she would believe him.
"Alright… Well, I guess since I already told you, I should tell you that the statement you replied is incorrect. Vampires are, in fact, real. Most people don't know, but they are. They are bad creatures. They can kill people and shouldn't exist. It is my job to help them become extinct, so they cannot become a threat." Vladimir said. "I am a vampire hunter."
"Look, I'm not so sure I believe you, but even if what you were saying is correct, why should all of them die? Weren't they once humans? And what if they don't drink blood from humans?" Nagihiko wondered.
"None of them can control it! Those blood-sucking creeps will be destroyed. This is my card." He handed it to Nagihiko. "Call this number if you see any vampires. They will feel colder, move faster than humans, look pale faced, and they also get nauseous in the sun." Vladimir smiled, and got on his motorcycle. "I hope we meet again." He drove off, leaving Nagihiko surprised. After a minute to make sure he was gone, Nagihiko ripped the card. To Rima's surprise, he didn't look happy at all.
"Does that man think he's going to get any followers? No one is going to believe him that vampires exist! But, if there actually other vampire hunters, you need to be careful, Rima-Chan." Nagihiko said, turning to her. "We need a new identity for you, something that isn't Amir."
"Yaya already told Rima-Tan her new identity!" Yaya exclaimed, jumping up and down. "Her name is Nega-Tan!" Everyone stared at Yaya.
"How did you come up with that?" Kukai wondered.
"Uh… Yaya doesn't know! It does sound a little like Nagi-Tan, so that's what Yaya thinks she thought of…"
"Yaya!" Rima exclaimed. "I can't go like that! What happens if people refer to us together; Nagi and Nega? Sounds too much alike!"
"Why would people refer to you together, if you aren't a couple?" Yaya said, smirking. Rima opened her mouth to protest, but closed it, sighing. She glared at Yaya.
"…Nega works." Rima muttered. "Nega Orihsam."
"What's Orihsam?" Kukai wondered. "It sounds weird! How do you even spell that?"
"O-R-I-H-S-A-M." Rima said. Kukai thought for a minute. Nagihiko smirked, crossing his arms.
"Hm, maybe it's something backwards? M-A, uh, S-H-I-R-O…? Mashiro?" However, he pronounced Mashiro as Mas-Hiro. "Mashiro, what's Mas-Hiro… oh wait a minute, that's your last name backwards!" Kukai said.
"Took you long enough." Nagihiko said.
"Well, I'm sorry I didn't it out right away!" Kukai moaned. "Hey, we should get food now! I'm hungry anyway!"
"Yeah we should go!" Yaya agreed. "Yaya and Kukai are going to go together! You two love birds get each other!" Yaya and Kukai walked away.
"H-Hey!" Rima exclaimed. She sighed in defeat. "Alright, so I guess it's us…" She muttered.
"I suppose so." Nagihiko agreed, yet he didn't seem at all annoyed by it. Rima glared at him. "Well, I'd suggest just going to the local pizzeria, but you aren't going to eat anything, so I can skip lunch, if you want. I'm not exactly sure if we are going to regroup with them after, so, um, we can do something else."
"You can eat pizza. I'm fine." Rima said.
"If you say so, Rima-Chan, err, Nega-Chan…" Nagihiko said. Rima glared at him.
"Ugh, I'm going to have to get used to this." Rima muttered. They walked inside the pizzeria. Nagihiko got on line to order himself a slice of pizza, while Rima found a table.
"Mm, pizza does sound good!~" Kusu-Kusu said. "Yummy!" Rima didn't agree, but didn't say anything. Nagihiko came back shortly, bringing his pizza. He sat down beside her, and began to eat. Rima could tell it was awkward for Nagihiko to eat and for her not to.
"Um… how's the dancing?" She wondered, breaking the silence.
"It's stressful." Nagihiko admitted. "Yet, it's still fun. The performance is coming up soon. I just don't get too many breaks. Today is an exception however." Rima nodded.
"Oh." Rima said. "Are you still cross-dressing?" Nagihiko's eyes narrowed, and Rima smirked. "When do you plan on telling Amu about yourself anyway?"
"I don't know…" He admitted. "I just don't really know how to tell her, without hurting her. Amu got really close with Nadeshiko, so it's going to be…odd for her when she finds out that we're the same person." He took a sip from his drink. While he drank, Rima had a temptation to bite him. She shook it off. There was a very little chance he would survive if she bit him. And what would it be for; just to quench her thirst? She didn't want to lose him. Though she would never tell Yaya ever, Nagihiko did mean the world to her, and she hated to admit it, but she probably loved him.
"Fujisaki-Kun!" Someone exclaimed. Nagihiko looked up, and saw a girl run over to him. Rima's eyes narrowed, assuming it was a fan girl. Especially when the girl looked at Rima, and she seemed to be shocked.
"Ah, Rosalie-Chan!" Nagihiko said, smiling. "How are you?"
"Good… who's that?" She wondered.
"Oh that's my friend, R-Nega-Chan. Nega Orihsam." Nagihiko said, smiling. Rima looked at Rosalie, and gave her a fake smile.
"It's…nice to meet you." Rima muttered.
"She's short." Rosalie grunted. "Men seem to like tall girls. Whatever." Rosalie left, and Nagihiko sighed, sounded relieved.
"She's annoying. How dare she call me short! She doesn't even know a thing about me!" Rima exclaimed, annoyed.
"Rosalie isn't exactly the nicest… She confessed to me recently, and she didn't exactly take it that well when I told her I wasn't interested in her…" Nagihiko said, sweat dropping.
"You told someone off like that?" Rima exclaimed.
"Well, not exactly like that, and not so rudely…" Nagihiko said. He finished his pizza, and threw it out. They left the pizzeria.
"Are we supposed to meet up with Yaya and Kukai?" Rima wondered.
"I don't know exactly…" Nagihiko muttered. "I'll give Souma a call." He took out his cell phone, and dialed his number. "Hey Souma, its Nagihiko. Are we meeting up?" With a nod, Nagihiko hung up the phone. "We'll be meeting them at one. It's currently a little after noon. We can go to the park, if you want." Rima nodded, and they walked to the park.
"What are we supposed to do here?" Rima wondered, as they arrived. The park was almost empty, with the exception of some baseball players.
"I'd suggest a sport of some sort, but sports aren't exactly your thing…" Nagihiko said. Rima nodded. Rima saw a duck swimming in the pond. Rima never really thought about a duck having blood until this moment. Rima licked her lips.
"I'm going to have some lunch of my own." Rima said. Nagihiko looked at her, as she ran forward to the duck, and bit it, sucking its blood. It felt good, as she absorbed the blood from the duck.
"C-Coach! There's a girl who's drinking blood!" A boy exclaimed. "From a duck!"
"If you say that during an actual game, I'll never forgive… holy crap, you're right!" The coach exclaimed. "Some guy named Vladimir gave me some phone number about vampires… I pretty much laughed it off, but I wonder if he had some truth…" The coach dialed the phone number. Rima froze. What was she supposed to do? She ran back to Nagihiko.
"Come on, we have to run! They saw me and they're calling that Vladimir guy!" Rima exclaimed. She grabbed his hand, and ran far away, hoping she got far enough. Once they were far enough, Rima panted, stopping short.
"Well, at least you've gotten faster." Nagihiko told her. She glared at him.
"Can't I just suck something's blood without getting caught?" Rima wondered, sighing. "Great, now I'm going to be wanted. Just beautiful…"
"Don't worry, none of the guardians will let you be captured easily. I'll die for you, easily." Nagihiko reassured. Rima smiled at him, and they kissed again. They kissed for a few seconds, and broke apart, Rima flustered and Nagihiko blushing.
"Why does this keep happening?" Rima thought, sighing. "Is that what… two people in love do? Ugh, maybe Yaya's right; we are love birds…"
"Well, um, we're supposed to meet Yaya-Chan and Kukai around now. I'm pretty sure we're meeting them at Kukai's house, so let's go." Nagihiko said. Rima nodded.
"What are we going to do?" Rima wondered.
"…Good question." He muttered. They continued making their way to Kukai's house. Kukai let them inside, grinning.
"Good to see you two again!" Kukai said. He led them to Kukai's room. In there were Yaya and Tadase.
"Hotori-San, how are you?" Nagihiko asked.
"I'm alright… how about you Fujisaki-Kun?" Tadase wondered.
"I'm pretty good…" Nagihiko said, winking at Rima, who sighed.
"Hm? Why did you just wink at Rima-Tan? Don't tell Yaya… you didn't kiss again, did you?" Yaya said.
"Perhaps we did, perhaps we didn't." Nagihiko replied, but the slight shake in his voice made Kukai smirk.
"Can't you two be official yet? Utau and I are tired of being the only couple!" Kukai moaned. Rima and Nagihiko both glared at him.
"I'd happily join you, Souma-Kun, but it isn't that simple…" Tadase muttered darkly. "Amu-Chan has found more interest in Ikuto-Niisan than in me…" He looked at the ground. "I don't get it! I try my hardest to impress Amu-Chan, but I just can't…"
"Yaya has an idea!" Tadase looked at Yaya. "You should flirt with her!" Tadase blinked.
"Hey, flirting should help!" Kukai agreed.
"Well, it might work, but I don't know…" Nagihiko said. "Amu-Chan does take flirting well, but she is awfully strange about it. Try getting into awkward situations." Everyone stared at Nagihiko.
"Awkward situations?" Rima questioned. "How would you know about girls anyway?"
"Dressing up like a girl for most of your life does you some good knowledge about girls…" Nagihiko said. "A while ago, I was cooking with Amu-Chan, as Nadeshiko, and she and Ikuto got into an awkward situation. I'm pretty sure that's when Ikuto first had feelings for her."
"Wait, since when did Yaya know about Nadeshiko and you?" Kukai wondered.
"I told her a few days ago." Nagihiko said. Yaya nodded, smiling.
"Yaya knows you're good with girls, since you're doing a pretty good job of getting Rima-Tan." She said, giggling. Rima shot her a glare.
"For one thing, he doesn't 'have' me. And, he's a terrible flirt." Rima said. Nagihiko sweat dropped.
"The point is, flirt with her Tadase!" Kukai said. Tadase looked uncomfortable.
"…I've never flirted before…" Tadase muttered. "I can try, but I'm not so sure it will work…" There was an awkward silence.
"Ah, Hotori-San… I need to tell you about the hunters." Nagihiko said. Rima looked away.
"Hunters?" Tadase questioned. Nagihiko explained what happened with the vampire hunters and Vladimir. He also explained what happened in the park and with Rima and him fleeing, but didn't explain the kiss.
"We'll have to watch out." Tadase said. "Don't worry Mashiro-San, we've got your back. We should tell Amu-Chan, err, Hinamori-San…"
"You should call her Amu-Chan." Rima muttered. "If you call her that, it implies you're more comfortable with her. Calling her Hinamori-San closes up the closeness. Thanks also…" Rima smiled.
"Don't worry about it. You're right Mashiro-San." Tadase said.
"Hey, let's see if Hinamori wants to hang out! You can begin your flirting session!" Kukai said, calling her. He hung up, and looked disappointed. "Darn it, she can't…" Kukai muttered.
"That's okay…" Tadase said. "We can all see each other tomorrow!" After about an hour of sitting around and hanging out, everyone went back to their own houses, Rima going to Yaya's. For the rest of the afternoon, they were watching movies and hanging out. Yaya kept pestering Rima about Nagihiko. Soon, it was nighttime, and Yaya fell to sleep.
"What a… long day!" Kusu-Kusu exclaimed.
"Yeah, agreed." Rima said. Kusu-Kusu went inside her egg, and for the rest of the night, Rima found herself thinking about Nagihiko.
"I think I found some information!" The group looked up as a man ran in. "Boss, I think I found information on a vampire!"
"What is it, Vladimir?" The presumed boss said.
"At a park, there was a baseball team. They kept saying that there was a girl who was biting the duck, possibly sucking its blood. She had fled with a boy, unknown if he is human or not." Vladimir explained.
"Ah father, that's a coincidence." Vladimir turned to his daughter.
"Rosalie, what's the matter?" Vladimir wondered.
"Well, I saw this boy who goes to my school at the pizzeria. I saw him with a girl who looked extremely pale. She wasn't eating anything either. Also, she looked a lot like this girl at my school who died last week at some point." Rosalie explained.
"Rosalie, what are the names of the boy and girl?" The boss asked.
"Well, Drake, the boy's name is Fujisaki Nagihiko and the girl is Mashiro Rima." Rosalie said. "Just… don't hurt Nagi too much, okay?" Drake laughed.
"I have no intentions of hurting any humans. As a vampire hunter, we hunt vampires, not humans. This Nagihiko character will be helpful in locating the areas in which Rima is, the supposedly vampire." Drake said. He turned to two of his assistants. "Ed. Zero. I'm leaving this up to you two to find this Rima." Ed and Zero nodded. "Then we'll have one down, seven to go."