A/N: And another chapter just for you all!
TheTranslator001: Well it's insanity I know that much. By the end of this arc I hope to cement who Tsuna will be with as well as throwing up a few dirty secrets. Thanks! I just hope the silver blood explanation isn't too complex. I'm just happy you're reviewing to be honest.
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The woman stabbed her cigar butt into a silver ash tray, staring at Tsuna from across the feast that Reiji insisted be brought in. Even though the traditional family dinner was supposed to be in two days, he had pointed out it would be easier to 'get it over with' since everyone was already at the table.
"So," The girl began when Reiji gave the okay to begin eating. "what exactly is a silver blood?"
"A people..." She said slowly. "but that would be the easy answer to this whole development."
"Easy answer?"
The woman nodded. "You see the beginning of silver bloods are intertwined with the existence of vampires, but even though we have been around since the dawn of time, your kind have been around since the hay-day of the Egyptians."
The girl frowned. "What do you mean vampires have been around since the beginning? I thought God created hum-"
"He did." She said dismissively. "but he also created us. How did you expect for us to have been created? A bat bite?"
Tsuna gave a sheepish smile. "M-maybe?"
The woman sighed. "Anyway, the humans were eventually over-thrown by us and thus the times of the early Egyptian Kingdom was ushered in. However it was common knowledge that we ruled and it resulted in anger and hatred. The people began taking silver blood slaves, then called vampire charmers, and sent them to the royal courts to be slaves as well as sacrifices."
Laito gave a low laugh. "Sounds like a your situation, ne, Slut-chan?"
"It is no where the same deal that you all have with the Catholic Church." The woman said. "These vampire charmers were sent to the royal courts to kill them. They had potent blood that was said to taste delicious and kill any and all who drank from them. This plan worked and the royal family was destroyed and in ushered the middle kingdom, a great victory for the humans. Time went on and the Egyptian empire fell and up rose others that were far greater than the sun worshiping people. Eventually the Roman Empire came to power and crushed or subdued nearly everything in their path."
"But what made the blood taste so good?" Tsuna asked. "I mean mine tastes horrible according to everyone, maybe I'm not a silver blood..."
The woman shook her head. "Don't fret, you are most certainly a silver blood. As for how they manage to taste so good..." She shrugged. "no one is sure. Some say that they gave sacrifices to evil and demented gods, others say it is a mutation designed to keep balance. However this strays to the next part of this history. Eventually the vampires had become a threat again and the Romans were trying their best to find a new way to kil us. The vampire charmers worked, but it took too long to drain a single human who would ultimately die before the vampire was killed. So the Romans went to the one people they could not put themselves over...The Druids. A powerful people who belonged to the Celts and had amazing magic prowess and were well known for managing to put fear into the Romans."
"They had no such magic." Reiji muttered.
"For someone who prides himself on manners you manage to come across rather rude." The woman sneered.
The man scoffed. "I was simply correcting you on the obvious."
"But magic does exist Reiji," The woman pointed out. "you use it all the time. And that same denial you have is what all vampires had when the celts began tampering with the natural poison that the vampire charmers had. Using forbidden magic involving the moon the druids created the 'Silver Bloods', they were like sirens geared purely for vampires. Their looks, smell, and blood were all for a vampires enjoyment and within minutes we would die should we drink from them. And that was the end of that." She said. "Later on other countries began to import and export the people as slaves and the Egyptian vampire charmers became extinct, but the silver bloods were always forced to marry within a certain line to keep them pure. These 'special' lines were kept by royals, war generals, anyone who had a great amount of status and wished to keep vampires at bay...And that is where your family comes in."
Tsuna frowned. "I'm not a pure-blood...am I?"
The woman nodded. "Your grandmother was a pure-blood, but she married a human and thus your mother was only a halfling. It didn't help that your mother happened to marry a human as well making the quality of your blood drop."
"So then," She licked her lips. "that's why my blood tastes horrible? But that doesn't make any sense! If a silver blood had good tasting blood with deadly qualities why does mine just taste bad?"
"What happens to a poison that is very old?"
"It's less effective..." Tsuna's eyes widened. "So instead of killing vampires it just repels them from drinking?"
"Exactly." She stood up from her chair. "Now I begin my investigation. I have spent plenty of time explaining to you the exact way of your people." She looked at Reiji. "Now if you would kindly lead me to you lab I would appreciate it."
The vampire tidied his mouth with a napkin before standing up and leading the woman away. As soon as they were gone Tsuna sighed and sunk deeper into her chair, not caring about decorum or how frumpy she looked.
"Don't look so sad Slut-chan," Laito said. "you can still kill people with Subaru-kun's knife."
She whimpered and looked away while Subaru slammed a hand on the table. "Shut the fuck up, dumb-ass!"
"Awe, do you care about her?" Laito smirked when the white-haired vampire's eyes narrowed. "I wouldn't want to intrude on that non-existent relationship."
"I don't fucking like her." Subaru snapped. "But I don't wanna get stabbed by her in the middle of the fucking day time!"
"Yes but," He reached over and caressed her face. "wouldn't you want to 'stab her'? She's so small and vulnerable-"
Ayato grabbed his brother's wrist and added pressure to it, a dull creaking coming from the area. "I already told you that she was mine, Perverted Bastard."
"Oh? I suppose I didn't get he memo."
The younger vampire's eyes narrowed. "Breaking your damn wrist might help you remember."
"Are you going to put me in chains next time I don't?"
Ayato's huffed and pushed his sibling away and grabbed Tsuna instead, whisking them both away as he did.
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Tsuna stared up at ceiling while laying in Ayato's bed while said vampire read a book. It had been an hour since dinner and Ayato had yet to let her leave while he worked on some school work. Flipping onto her stomach she looked over to him and propped her head up with her hand. She had never expected him to be the studious type, but it had become apparent as soon as they entered the room when he had hit the books and virtually ignored her. Even now he was hunched over a book and scribbling notes madly into a notebook while reading whatever was inside it.
Glancing out the mostly covered window she noticed the first rosy hints of sunlight coming through the trees. Getting up she hesitantly padded over to him and touched his shoulder, squawking when grabbed her wrist and slammed her on the desk, his acid green eyes narrowed. "A-Ayato!"
He blinked and let her go, watching as the girl sagged onto the desk, her breathing slowly evening out. "Shouldn't do that, Chichinashi."
"I noticed..." She sat up some what, her clothes slipping down her shoulder thanks to getting ruffed up. "Um, can I go back to my room?"
He stared at her for a moment before smirking. "No," He pulled down her shirt and showed off more of her dark skin. "I think I like this position."
She gasped when he pulled her closer and wrapped her legs firmly around his waist. Tsuna had never been is such a position before and the immediate effect made her blush a dark red. Wriggling her hips somewhat she tried to move away just for his grip on her waist to tighten and the smirk to get wider. "I wouldn't do that Chichinashi, you're just making this better for me. "
She flushed darker than before. "You're not going to let me go, are you?"
"Nope."
She laid back on the desk and sighed, aware of the heat that seemed to radiate from the vampire. It was so strange how in lust the cold that permeated from them disappeared, just to be replaced by a hot, insatiable heat that threatened to consume her. Shutting her eyes she basked in the cold breath on her shoulder, her heart beating hard against her chest, expectation twisting her stomach into hundreds of different knots. Her body stiffened when she felt the bite but quickly surrendered to the pain and pleasure that came with it. Arching her back she curled her toes as the blood ran down her skin and stained her shirt. This was wrong, she knew it and yet...She couldn't resist.
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The next evening Tsuna found herself wondering the massive mansion. Ayato had let her go to study some more and claimed that she was becoming a 'distraction'. Taking her freedom to the fullest she decided to do some mild exploring before hitting the books and studying for exams. Brushing a hand through her hair she stopped in front of a mirror and admired the pretty gold frame it was in, even reaching up a hand and tracing the sun shaped surface. It seemed out of place in the cold mansion that had people who got a power boost thanks to the moon, almost as if someone had put it in there just for ironic purposes.
Putting down her hand she continued on to a staircase that led upwards. As she ascended she could hear a low melody that would tremble upwards to a high note then seep down again as if wailing. Following the sound she walked down the long hall to a door that was clearly shut. Rubbing her wrist she hesitantly put a hand on the cold metal doorknob, the music beckoning her in when the tempo sped up. Twisting the door she cracked it open slightly and was surprised to find Subaru sitting at a grand piano his fingers carefully flying across the white and black keys.
She watched his long fingers in rapt fascination, watching them get to different areas of the line in order to produce a beautiful sound. Each finger movement was precise and measured, as if pressing too hard or for too long would destroy the piece he was playing. Swaying to the music she began to unconsciously hum along to it, unaware that red eyes were now staring at her.
She blinked when the music stopped and quickly stepped back, her humming caught in her throat as Subaru stared at her. Shaking her head she quickly left the room, running down the steps in her rush to get away from the vampire before he could do something to her. However in her hast she failed to notice another vampire walking through the halls. Bumping into him she hissed when she came into contact with him and sprawled onto the ground.
Moaning she sat up and blushed a dark red when she noticed she was straddling a blinking Kanato. Scrambling up she dusted herself off and turned away, but was stopped by a cold hand grabbing her wrist. "That hurt."
"Sorry, I'll g-" She winced when he added pressure to it.
"You weren't even going to apologize?" His voice began to raise. "You did that on purpose?"
"No, it was an accident I swear." She took a step closer to him, hoping that it would help stop the pain if her arm wasn't stretched. "Why don't I make us a treat?"
He stared at her for several moments, the anger slowly melting away to be replaced by a grin. "Then I have somewhere I want to show you."
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A/N: You all probably know where he'll take her, but I'll pretend it's a big surprise. Also I made her have a lot of interaction this time around, I honestly couldn't decide what should happen aside from the long explanation on what a silver blood is. And for those of you who don't get the very long explanation...A silver blood is essentially a siren made for vampires. Get it? I hope so.