So, here's chapter four! I know the title seems... risky, but I promise this has nothing to do with- wait, yes it does. '-' The point is, this is completely appropriate on the subject of 'where the light doesn't shine'. Oh, just read and you'll see what I mean! P.S. Please review telling me if I should include more of Mirai. I feel I'm not including her enough... =_= Well, enjoy and stay beautiful, my friends!
Shinwoo examined Yuna for the past minute or two. He seemed to feel slightly relieved, which made sense. "What's the reaason for doing this?" He asked.
"Hmm... Reason huh... I'm sure you know it already but it'd be better to confirm it yourself and then talk. There's no need for additioal introduction, right?" From behind M-21 walked the vampire. An aura of pure anger and hatred surrounded him, making him appear rather frightening. All three kids were surprised. "I provided this opportunity to make a good proposal for you guys."
"Proposal?" Shinwoo asked.
"I've said it on the phone, we're giving you guys a chance. Save yourself with your own power." M-21's face was hidden in shadows, but I could tell he was enjoying himself. He, after all, went through all this trouble to make this happen.
"What do you..." The smaller kid spoke.
"You have to protect yourselves from this guy. We won't interfere so don't worry about that. Simple, right?" M-21 pointed over to the vampire, smirking.
"Do you mean to say that if we protect ourselves from that person, you won't bother us anymore? How do we trust your words?" Again, the smaller kid spoke.
Both M-21 and M-24 laughed. "We wouldn't ahve arranged something as bothersome as this. We can just kill the likes of you. It's only up to here. That I'm bothering to tell you something like this and that..." He grinned. "If you don't like the proposal... You can just die."
"So." Shinwoo started. "You're saying that I just have to defeat that guy, aren't you?" The vampire's eyes widened, but not in shock or fear, but rather, annoyance and fury. He was ready to strike.
"It seems you've finally understood." M-21 grinned.
"Shi-Shinwoo-" The little kid started.
"There's no other way, anyway." Shinwoo balled his hands into fists and the vampire stepped forward. The vampire posed, his arms out beside him, and leaned forward. Shinwoo took a professional stance, one arm extended out in front of hin, his fist just above his waist, and his other fist just beside his ear. The two seemed to stare the other down for a while.
At last, Shinwoo pounced, surprising the vampire by landing directly in front of him. He quickly launched several punches to the vampire's body, causing him to cough up blood. Shinwoo jumped into the air and spun around before landing a powerful kick to the vampire's face. I winced as the vampire went flying.
Just as Shinwoo's friends praised him lightly, M-21 laughed, genuinely entertained.
Shinwoo released a breath, a serious look on his face. Then, he turned to his little friend and smiled. "Puhahaha! What do you think~!? This is my power!"
"Shinwoo! As expected, you're amazing!" The little kid praised him, but when M-24 and M-21 grinned, he froze. "Ah... Shi-Shinwoo..." Shinwoo turned to see the vampire standing.
Shinwoo grinned, realizing his opponent wouldn't be as easy as he had expected. He inhaled, shaking his hands, preparing to get in position again. He lept quicker this time, landing a punch on the vampire's cheek again, then in his gut. Instead of flying back like I had expected, the vampire smirked and grabbed Shinwoo's wrist.
Shinwoo reacted quickly, landing a kick on the vampire. He followed quickly with a punch and with elbowing him in the face. The vampire groaned, but then opened his eyes, shocking Shinwoo. The vampire lashed out, aiming for Shinwoo's face, but he dodged quickly. Shinwoo seemed surprised that the vampire was still standing.
"Man... I knew Shinwoo was good, but I had no idea he was this good!" I spoke, praising Shinwoo's abilities. For being a human, he was certainly impressive.
"Y-you..." I looked to the side of me, seeing Yuna looking up at me. "Mirai? How long have you been here? Were you kidnapped, too?"
"I've been here the whole time, Yuna." I responded, never taking my eyes off of the fight. Shinwoo attempted at disabling the vampires movements. I heard a crack, showing the vampire's wrist was broken. I winced, hating the sound. Suddenly, the vampire threw Shinwoo into the air, intent on throwing him. "I was sorta kidnapped, yes. You could say that. Pay attention to the fight, Yuna, not me." The vampire clearly had poor aim, because Shinwoo landed in a pile of rubbish, which helped break his fall. Both Yuna and the kid cried out.
Shinwoo stood, holding his arm and cursing. The vampire chuckled, amused. He asked the vampire if his arm hurt, obviously gaining no response.
"That guy is better than I thought." M-21 spoke.
"I want to take him with us. I wonder how he'd transform."
"Ho... That's a good idea." M-21 and M-24's attentions were grabbed by an intense aura. I winced and hunched over, feeling the pressure of it myself. I collapsed, falling to my hands and knees. My head hung low and my breathes grew shallow. A thin layer of sweat formed on my body. "Someone's sending out all this energy. How blatant... Who's sending this much energy to us?"
"Mirai? Mirai!" Yuna kneeled next to me, a hand on my back. Somehow, her touching me only made me want to cry out, but I couldn't move.
"Not bad. Is he calling us?"
"If so, we should accept the invitation."
At last, the aura disappeared. My body relaxed and I gasped for the air I had been neglected. I raised my head to see M-21 and M-24 walking out of the room. They were leaving me here? I stood, knocking Yuna back in the process. "Sorry, Yuna, I have to go!" I took off, making my way through the door the two went through.
I caught up to the two easily, finding them standing up on the roof, looking around. "Mm... Around here..." M-21 mumbled as he continued to look. Suddenly, he froze. I couldn't see his expression, being behind him, but I could imagine he was shocked. It was an expression I would have liked to have seen. Suddenly, that aura filled the air again. I gripped onto the frame of the doorway, in an attempt to keep myself upright.
"Choose. To die here...Or disappear silently?" A smooth voice spoke, clearly the source of the aura. I attempted to look up, only to see a blonde-haired man standing between me and my two kidnappers. His back was to me, so I assumed he wasn't aware I was there. I looked beside him to see a black-haired male, who resembled the man from before. No, it was him!
"Who are you?" I could now see M-21's face, and he looked disheveled.
"You guys... Are unworthy of asking questions." The black-haired male spoke, which surprised me. His voice was harsh, yet at the same time, gentle.
M-21 and M-24 seemed to debate on whether to run or to attack. The to looked at eachother, then leaped, aiming for the blonde. I watched as M-21's nails extended out, growing into massive claws. I expected the blonde to get hit in the stomach, so I squinted, ready to close my eyes.
Next thing I know, M-21 missed the blonde, as he stood a few inches from where he was initially. "Cheh." M-21 grumbled, annoyed that he missed.
M-24, on the other hand, was relying on his own strength to attack the black-haired man. "Die." He smirked as he struck forward. With a massive amount of smoke in the air, I had no idea if the man was dead or alive. While I waited for the smoke to clear, I turned back to M-21's fight.
I watched as M-21 attempted to strike multiple times, missing each time. The blonde stood casually, as though M-21 was nothing. M-21 stepped back, examining his opponent. "Kukuku. That's the end of the other guy. He received a direct hit from a guy who at least has raw power... This'll be easier than I thought. What are you doing? Don't take your time and get this guy, too..." M-21 cut off. I looked to the side to see what shocked him.
My eyes widened. M-24's fist was stopped simply by the black-haired man holding up his hand? "What... How's that possible..."
"Kneel." The black-haired man spoke forcefully, and within seconds, M-24 was on his knees. M-21 turned to him, surprised.
"Where are you looking?" The blonde spoke, and just as I looked to the side, he burst past M-21, using some strange power that left several massive cuts on M-21's arm. He cried out.
"M-21!" My voice was ignored by the blonde, but I noticed the black-haired male glanced at me before returning his gaze to M-24.
"Ignoring me as your opponent... How humiliating." The blonde spoke. M-21 stood, blood seeping fron his wounds.
Ignoring the pressure that still hung in the air, I forced myself to move to M-21. "M-21!" I ran past the blonde, careful to avoid him, and ran up to M-21. A pained expression lay blantant on his face. I looked up at him, a hand gripping his shirt.
I saw out of the corner of my eye, the blonde lift his hand. I turned to him, only for my eyes to widen. That was... Principal Lee?!
"Stop. We're leaving." M-21 turned to the black-haired male as he turned away from us, walking into the doorway that lead back inside.
"Master?" Principal Lee spoke out, questioning his 'master'. He walked past M-21 and M-24, me as well, and his composure seemed to falter slightly. "If you don't want to die here, you know what to do."
"Principal Lee..." I spoke, but was cut off by M-21.
"Cheh. I already know we have no other choice." His teeth were clenched in obvious pain. "I can't believe it. Retreating so simply after hearing our words."
"If you'd still like to confirm, you can try again." The blonde released his energy again, which caused me to immediately collapse to the ground, resuming the position I had been in with Yuna. Both M-21 and M-24 were obviously affected, but they were stronger than me. They didn't collapse. "If you even have the courage to try again..."
At last, the two opposers stepped away, and through the doorway. I clenched my fists, annoyed that I was on the ground again. I stood quickly, turning to M-21. I grabbed his wrist and lifted his arm, careful not to touch the wounds. "Are you alright, M-21?" I turned to M-24, to see he was shocked, but not harmed. I turned back up to M-21.
"What happened a moment ago?" M-21 ignored me and spoke to M-24. He clutched at his shoulder, attempting to ease the pain.
"I don't know. My body moved by itself at just one word from that person."
"What?!" M-21's eyes narrowed. "Cheh. Where did those monster-like guys come from? I didn't hear that there were guys that level here."
"What should we do?"
"What can we do? We have to retreat. There's no need to risk our lives for something we did for temporary amusement. I don't know the reason, but we're luck those guys just left this time. In that situation, our lives could have easily been crushed."
"True... Then let's juts pull out for now." M-24 seemed to distance away from us, and I stared at him curiously. Telepathy? I turned back to M-21 and released his wrist.
"I'm sorry." I stepped away, certain he wouldn't want to be touched by me. "For being useless."
"What are you... You're human. You can't do anything. Don't blame yourself." M-21 spoke in a tone that seemed to be relatively gentle, but I could tell it was forced. Was it because he didn't want to say something like that, or because he was in pain?
"Let's just go back. I would like to treat your injuries, M-21." I spoke calmly, attempting to ignore the fact that he was bleeding and, even though he wasn't human, he could still die.
"There's no need. It'll heal on its own. Let's just go back. You're starting to stink again." My brow twitched at this and I lowered my head.
"Be lucky you're injured, M-21. Or else you would have just been kicked where the sun doesn't shine." My voice was lowered, showing I was dead serious.
The two laughed at my threat, finiding it amusing rather than scary. Within seconds, I joined in laughing, too. I was thankful their lives were spared. Kidnappers or not, these two gave me a home -unwillingly-. Not only that, but they spared my life, too. Even if they are cruel, they haven't done anything to hurt me themselves. I found... that if they would have died, I would have missed them. I smiled up at them as we continued to laugh.
"How are your injuries?" I turned my head to M-24 as he spoke.
M-21 lifted his arms, examining the strange cuts. "For some reason, it's not restoring properly." I perked at this, wondering how much pain he was in. "I think that guy's power is preventing my restoration."
"Those guys... What do you think their identity is?"
"I don't know. But there's one thing that's bothering me." M-21 looked up. Not at either of us, just up above his clenched fist.
"What?"
"You said your body moved at his one word, right?"
"Yeah. The moment I heard him, my body moved automatically to his command. As though it wasn't my body..."
"It's from that... You also have something similar. Giving shock to an opponent's mind..."
"Impossible... Do you mean that he used mind control?"
"No way. Just making contact with an opponent's mind alone puts an incredible burden on the person's own mind."
"Even my ability is at a level you can't see often. And even that's when the opponent's mental strength is low. But to say mind control..."
"It's something that comes out often in the humans' stories. That vampires seduce and hunt humans through mind control and hypnosis... But that's something that humans just made up. If you look closely through the stories that humans came up with, you're bound to find some that are true."
"Even so, you're just overreacing." M-24's expression seemed almost desperate as he tried to persuade M-21 that it wasn't anything severe.
"You were also controlling the mind of that guy whose blood you sucked out. The source of your ability is with them. It wouldn't be weird at all for them to have an ability like mind control." M-21 made an expression that somehow made him look extremely handsome. I watched him, not even caring if he saw or not. I would be lying if I said he wasn't attractive. A frown found its way to my lips as several unwelcome thoughts made their way into my head. "Anyway, if they are those so-called aristocrats, or 'Noblesse', who reign over that race..." He trailed off, his eyes narrowing. My eyes flashed and I turned from him as he glanced over at me. The frown never faded from my face.
"Should we report back? The fact that there are beings who might be nobility here is important information."
"No, there's no need for that."
"Cheh. You're so... The higher-ups won't leave us alone if they find out that we didn't report such important information." M-24 chuckled, amused at M-21's not wanting to do as he was told.
I sighed, forcing the frown away. Now was not the time to think of things such as this. Sure, M-21 is attractive, but he's cruel and finds entertainment in killing others. Being with a guy like him would be nothing problematic. And, anyway, why would I want to be with M-21? He was... I trialed off, unsure of what to say in my own defense.
"Hey, what are you thinking about over there?" I looked over to M-21 and M-24 to see them staring at me. I flinched back, not in fear, but rather surprise, that both were looking at me.
My face flushed. "Shut up! It's none of your business!" My expression wasn't angry. That much I could guarantee. It was an odd defensive mechanism I had. When I was thinking something embarrassing, I covered it up with false anger.
"What the... Why the hell are you getting so defensive?!" M-21 stood, using hand gestures to prove his point.
"Just shut up!" My face flushed further and I looked down. "What are we doing for entertainment tonight?" I attempted to change the subject casually.
"Keh. You... Whatever. I don't know what we're doing." M-21 turned from me and stepped over the ledge of the building, sitting on the bars that ensured people didn't fall over the edge.
"I found you." A male's voice, one I was not familiar with, sounded behind me. I threw myself forward, scared nearly speechless. I was in a crouched position, which could easily resemble a wild animal. My legs were bent, as though I was ready to pounce on something. My hands rested lightly on the ground in front of me, keeping me upright. My body was sideways compared to the position of the two intruders. My head was turned to them, my hair covering my eyes from their view. Who are they...? My eyes narrowed, prepared to dodge if I should need to. Behind me, M-21 and M-24 stood, shocked at the appearance of new people. "You guys have been idiling around at this kind of place? I'm so sorry to disturb your break time."
This man's skin resembled the vampire's skin in color, only his eyes and hair were a golden-yellow. He had a cigarette in his mouth with repulsed me immediately. He looked down at me, and grimaced. "And you even have a human with you. Is she your entertainment source?" He grinned down at me, taking a step forward. I threw myself back, getting closer to M-21 and M-24.
"Touch me and I promise you'll get a nice kick to your sack." I was sure my words were risky, seeing as even M-21 and M-24 seemed startled by their presense, but I didn't care.
"Why are you guys here...?" M-21 spoke carefully.
"We had to come here because you guys were wasting time idly." The man turned back to me, a sinister glare clear on his face. His eyes narrowed, seeming to send me a silent threat. He looked back up to M-21, averting the glare to him. He threw his cigarette onto the ground, crushing it beneath his shoe. "M21. M-24."
So he does know who they are...
I stood at last, finding myself a few feet in front of M-21.
"What brings you guys here?" M-21clenched his teeth.
"What brings us? The higher-ups are not going to stay put while the guys sent to investigate about the missing coffin are not reporting back. They could only send us who happened to be near... M-21, why is it that we have to be cleaning up your mess?"
The two seemed to stare off for a few. I stepped to the side, ensuring I wasn't blocking either's line of sight. How can this man talk to M-21 as though he was trash? That is just... I shook my head, knowing how M-21 must be feeling.
"There was in interesting talk going around when we got there." I looked behind the man to see a female with teal colored... well, hair, eyes, and lips. Even the lining of her clothes were teal! Clearly she has an obsession with the color teal... "COrpses with hardly any blood left. And another mysterious incident which happened straight after..."
"Oi, M-24, you're the one who drank it, right? Drinking without taking care just because you're hungry... Not doing what you are told to do and making trouble instead..." The male, who's name I had yet to learn, spoke.
"You should know very well that the higher-ups does not want this kind of trouble." The teal-obsessed female spoke half-heartedly.
"We've caught the person who took the coffin, but we couldn't find the whereabouts of the coffin, so it couldn't be helped..." M-24 attempted to show his point, clearly making a mistake.
"Ha? What is that supposed to mean? You sucked the culprit's blood so that you can find where the coffin is?" The man questioned. M-24 looked over at M-21, clearly looking for help. "M-24. What does that have to do with you drinking because you were blind to the food in front of you? You going to find out something by drinking? Huh?"
M-21 easily came up with a coverstory. His voice was calm and collected. I silently praised him. "We just wanted to use that guy to find the coffin. Since his friends might turn up if he goes around by himself to retrieve it... And since he was going to be killed anyway, we thought there wouldn't be any problem with dealing with him like this." Though I found the story to be quite excellent, apparently the man did not agree.
"Che. You call that dealing... Even so, you won't be able to avoid taking responsiblity for this situation." The man spoke again, rejecting the story.
"M-21. What's that injury on your arms?" She only just noticed them? Talk about slow. But, then, I was there when the injuries were made... I flinched at the memory and turned away from M-21.
"There was a fight with some unknown people while pursuing after the coffin." M-21 spoke casually.
"Any information on the enemies?" The girl asked.
"There is no information that could be found about them yet. First the number of people who attacked us was ten. And they all seemed to have had systematic training." I looked up at M-21, keeping my expression blank. He was lying, of course. M-24 grinned and chuckled silently.
"As expected, there's something behind it. But still, only using people that can be dispatched by incomplete experiments like you guys while knowing that we were chasing after them... It looks like the organization doesn't have that much power. It looks like we can quickly take care of this and return." The man spoke harshly.
Incomplete experiments? What does that mean? When M-21 said he was a modified human, did he mean...
I turned to look at him, my brows furrowed. He avoided my gaze. M-24 clenched his fists and M-21 placed a hand on his shoulder. Both were obviously angered by what the man had said. "Bear with it." I heard M-21 speak lightly, ensuring the two people didn't hear. M-24 responded with grinding his teeth. I could see, then, his fangs. So they only showed in anger...
The two strangers, who's names I learned a few minutes ago were Jake and Mary, seemed to make themselves comfortable with us. Not literally, but more as they decided to hang around. I found them to be rather annoying, always saying cruel things to these two...
"Since your guys' information is useless, I guess we'll have to investigate ourselves. We'll come back after taking a look around." Jake and Mary turned, walking past M-21 and M-24. I stood off to the side, sure to avoid the two. "M-24, where's the guy that you drank from?"
"Dunno. I told him to not make any more trouble, so he's probably hiding himself somewhere dark by a nearby hospital's blood bank." M-24 responded.
"Hmm... It's going to be dark soon, so he'll crawl out in a while." Without warning, Jake and Mary vanished in a strange black mist of the sorts.
"Well... I never expected to see something like that. Sure, I could tell they weren't human by both of your reactions, but seeing them just... vanish... it was surprising, really." I turned to the side, placing a hand over my mouth. I wasn't lying, it really was shocking.
"That's what surprised you?" M-21 shook his head, then turned to M-24. "Where is he actually?"
"It's as I said. If we want to deceive them straightout lying will just expose it... I disconnected the mind control when they appeared so it won't be easy to know his movements from now on. And also uncontrolable..."
"Can't be helped. We can't let those abilities of ours be known." What was he talking about? My head tilted to the side, but I didn't ask. One day, he may actually tell me himself. ...Or not. "They must never find out that the failed experiments like us have started developing abilities that they don't have. Although these abilities might be the results of side effects..."
"...Failed experiments? Alright, curiousity has gotten the better of me. What exactly are you two?" I looked up at M-21 and stared him directly in the eyes. That is, until he disappeared from my sight. Before I could react, M-21 had me pinned down on the ground, his hand around my neck. My hands grabbed at his wrist, attempting to pull it away. "Let go of me! Or would you like my previous threat to become a reality?" I glared up at him.
His grip only tightened on my neck, causing my back to arch and my head to tilt back. "M-21. She was only curious. Let her go." My eyes closed as the breath I needed was still denied still. Just as M-21 loosened his grip, I kicked at him, nearly hitting him where I was aiming, until his entire pressure was removed from my body. I sat up, rubbing at my neck.
"What is that, the third time I've had my neck injured by you two and that man? Jeez." I've had no time to be able to look at my neck, so I wasn't sure how bad it looked. I wasn't sure if the bruises that were certain to be there were purple or yellow. Still, it didn't matter. They were there, and I didn't like it.
"Do not ask me that again, understood?" M-21 glowered down at me, his hands clenched.
"Fine. Sorry. I just figured, since you've kidnapped me, you owed me in some way." I turned away from him, forcing myself to stand again.
"Owe you? That's not how it works." M-21's expression wasn't necessarily harsh, but he did still look angry. "A kidnapper does not owe the kidnapped anything. You owe us. We kidnapped you for our entertainment, not so we could owe you."
"M-21, calm down. She didn't mean any harm with the question. It's understandable that she's curious." M-24 spoke as he watched me.
"No, wait a second. You don't owe me, right? Then why do I owe you? You kidnapped me." I looked up at M-21, and away from M-24, for an explenation.
"It doesn't matter why! You just do!" I snickered and shook my head.
"Fine. Whatever." I crossed my arms over my chest and sighed heavily, clearly annoyed. Though the two were fun at times, when one of them was in a bad mood, all laughing matters go to hell. Those were the moments I hated.
Well, how was it? Good, bad? Should I stop? Psh, even if you said yes I wouldn't. Regardless, I'm not going to that annoying 'if I don't get reviews, then I won't post!' or 'If I don't get five reviews before an hour passes, no next chapter!'. I find those... irritating. Granted, I absolutely love waking up with an E-mail alerting me that I got a review, but I certainly won't press. Thank you, however, to those of you who have reviewed! They are much appreciated and held dearly in my heart!
Phew! This is my longest chapter yet! Over 4000 words! 3 I'm really enjoying this story!
