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Where am I?...She looked uneasily at her surroundings. She was in a dark room. No doors...no windows...bare...
Pausing to let her light brown eyes become accustomed to the dark, she touched a wall and stifled a gasp. It was warm to the touch.
There was a scream.
Haru jerked her hand back in surprise. Where did it come from? Who screamed? Why?
There was something wet on her hands. Water?
No...
...blood...
The walls were bleeding. Using her other clean hand, she managed to stifle a scream.
"You're one of them, aren't you?"
She turned. Hana...
Haru opened her mouth. 'No...I'm human...' But no words would come out...
Hana advanced, clenching her fists on a bloody stake.
"Vampires like you should just die." She growled, baring her teeth in the same way a wolf would.
'I'm human...' Please believe me...
In a slow manner, her upper canines curved downwards and her red eyes burning with hatred.
Haru gasped, her eyes widening at the grotesque sight.
She screamed.
"Haru-chan, HARU-CHAN!!"
"Hahi? What?" Haru sat up immediately from a bed. Bed?...so it was just a dream?
"Haru-chan..." Sasagawa Kyoko gently patted her childhood friend on the back. "Are you okay? You were screaming in your sleep." She did not mention Haru's constant mutterings of 'I'm human.'
"Kyoko-chan?" Then the memories of what had happened flooded into her head like a tsunami... Tears poured out.
"Har-"
"Is Hana-chan okay?" Haru cut off her friend with the question.
A flash of pain appeared on Kyoko's face before it was washed away with a pained smile. "Hana-chan didn't make it..."
Haru screamed, clutching her head with both hands.
"It's okay! You're safe!" Kyoko attempted to calm her. "The vampires aren't he-"
"I killed Hana-chan!"
"What?"
Haru sniffled as she covered her face with both hands. "S-she died because of me. If only I didn't enter the house..." Her hands would be forever stained with Hana's blood...
A door slammed open. "Kyoko-chan! I heard a scream. Is everything okay?"
It was the boy with the auburn eyes...the one who'd almost killed her...
Kyoko grinned and gave him a thumbs-up. "Everything's fine. Haru-chan just had a bad dream."
That was when Tsuna first took notice of the girl lying on the bed. He smiled. "It's nice to meet you, Haru-chan. My name is Sawada Tsunayoshi, but you can call me Tsuna."
There was no trace of hostility, unlike their first encounter.
Haru blushed, her hands tightening on the blanket wrapped around her. She opened her mouth to speak.
She coughed. Her voice was still hoarse from screaming.
When was the last time she'd drank?
Tsuna frowned. The girl, a rather pretty one at that (but nothing compared to Kyoko), was thirsty. It wouldn't be good if she became dehydrated.
"Yamamoto! Could I have some water here?"
A guy with black hair poked his head in to the room. "Yo, Tsuna, Kyoko, Haru...that's your name right?"
The guy with the katana...
Yamamoto tossed a water bottle at them.
Grasping the bottle with both hands, Haru drained its contents in one gulp.
"Wow, you must've been pretty thirsty. Ahahah, it's not good to be dehydrated."
Haru ignored this and continued to gulp down the water.
Tsuna turned towards Yamamoto. "Yamamoto, there's a 45 percent chance that it might be sunny tomorrow."
The swordsman's grin disappeared and he became serious. "It's too dangerous. We can't risk everything on only 45 percent."
Tsuna pressed his opinion forward. "It's 35 percent chance more than usual. Another opportunity won't come again that easily."
"If we mess this up, then everything's over."
"But if we wait any longer, there will be more victims! Because we waited, we couldn't save Hana!"
Kyoko winced. Tsuna sensed this and stopped, ashamed of his outburst. Yamamoto was right. It would be way too risky to depend on only 45 percent.
"If only Gokudera was here..."
"...Gokudera?"
Tsuna sighed. He'd forgotten about Haru. Well...she would've figured out anyways. Besides, she deserved to know.
"As you'd already found out, there are vampires in Namimori. Yes, they are real...No one knows when they started appearing, but the first vampire attack was 3 years ago...according to Kyoko-chan, about four years after you left."
Haru nodded, flinching as she thought her encounter with the gray-haired boy.
"In speed and strength, they are far more superior to us. At least once every few days, they must feed on blood. Not feeding wouldn't kill them. Technically, they're already dead. But there would be an almost unbearable craving for blood and the vampires ALWAYS submit to these cravings in the end."
Kyoko wiped a solitary tear from her cheek.
Tsuna continued. "There are dozens of vampires here, but overall, there are two families which they belong to. The family closest to us, whose head base lies in Namimori Middle, is lead by the ruthless Hibari Kyouya. Of the family, he is the most powerful, considering he is of pure-blood." He punched the wall angrily. "He's the one who took away Gokudera-kun from us."
The brown-haired boy handed her a picture featuring a black-haired boy with incredibly pale skin. The boy in the picture was wearing a prefect uniform and he appeared to be grinning cruelly at the camera. "This is a picture of him."
Haru felt her stomach tighten. To be betrayed by a friend...how horrible.
"The other family, residing in Kokuyo, is lead by Rokudo Mukuro, also a pure-blood and equally as powerful. The Namimori Gang and the Kokuyo Gang equally hate each other but one thing for sure is that they both feed on innocent humans."
Yamamoto managed a small smile. "That's where WE come in."
Tsuna nodded. "I am the tenth generation descendant of a line of professional vampire hunters. Outside, there are dozens of people gathering information under my order. Gokudera Hayato...was my original right-hand man...but he got bitten by Hibari...and Yamamoto replaced him."
"Jyuudaime!"
"Yes, Gokudera-kun?"
Gokudera flashed him a cheerful grin. "As your right-hand man, I won't let you down!"
Tsuna diverted his attention from the memory. It was too painful...
Kyoko gently took the empty water bottle away from Haru. "And I'm kind of a nurse, treating injured people."
The tenth generation vampire hunter cleared his throat. "Thus, I humbly apologize for the incident, and if you would like, some of my subordinates will escort you outside of Namimori to-"
Haru shook her head defiantly. "No!"
Even Haru herself was surprised by the sudden refusal. But her decision remained the same.
"What?"
"I mean," she nervously twiddled her fingers, "I could help too...with treating people and such, like Kyoko-chan!"
Kyoko shook her head in disproval, "I don't think that's a good idea."
"I can even perform CPR!" Haru blurted out, particularly proud of her talent. After all, not everyone can perform CPR.
The brunette boy sighed. This girl's a handful...Perhaps he'd told her too much. "That is not an option. It's too dangerous. 5 of my best men are to escort you out of Namimori to the nearest town in the next ten minutes."
"But-" Haru tried to protest.
"I said no!" A bit of the previous, dangerous Tsuna was seen as he momentarily showed anger. Then he calmed. "I can't afford to get another one of Kyoko-chan's friends killed..."
Haru quieted.
It was over.
She was going to leave without really knowing anything.