Chap 16- Awakening of a Monster

"Yi Jung! JuNpyo!" Jae kyung shouts at them who were screaming in agony. "Let them go!" She demands at Woobin whose face showed no emotion. She turns to Seo jin who had tears in her eyes and JiHoo whose merely watching at what had transpired.

"JIHoo please .. I'll do everything you ask me too... Just .. Just stop hurting them." Seo Jin pleaded as she watches in horror how her brother and her best friend suffered.

"Everything?" He tests her answers.

"YES!" She snaps at him, knowing what he was referring to. If becoming his queen will save them, she would gladly offer herself to him even though it's against her will.

JiHoo studied her expression and then nods. "However I do have one condition."

"What condition?" She hurriedly replied, flinching as she heard them whimpers in pain.

"….that you will willingly submit to me. Willingly, Seo Jin." He leveled his face at her while she glares at him.

With no choice except to surrender to his condition, she gravely agreed. "I'll do it."

"That's my girl!" JiHoo sweetly smiled and she has to bite her lip just to punish herself for even thinking how handsome he is.

"Ga eul .. Jandi .. that's enough!" JiHoo commanded. And as soon as he did, Ga eul and Jandi abruptly stop torturing Yi Jung and Junpyo as they heed his words. Their bodies falling limply on the floor, unconscious, and it was then that Seo Jin breathes a sigh of relief, not knowing she's been holding it for a long time.

"Take them to the dungeon, at midnight, the ceremony will commence. Saemael, Ga eul make sure both our guests are fed just so they can perform the reawakening. Also, Jandi, I would like to have a word with you. And to all of you, please do continue." He firmly instructed and signals the orchestra to play another lively music. As if nothing had happened, the rest of the kang pei's dance joyfully while he urges Seo Jin to stand up.

It took her a minute realize what he was implying and then she inquired. "May I ask where are you taking me your highness; when it's almost midnight?"

"We have an hour 'til, and while I am having a word with Jandi, I would need you to remain in my room." JiHoo answered nonchalantly.

"Why? You trust that with all the vampires in this mansion watching over me, I have plans on escaping?" She sarcastically asks.

"Oh you are terribly mistaken my queen, as a matter of fact, I thought about the opposite. You're smart enough not to defy me and aside from that, there is just no way in hell you can escape, not with the lives of your brother and sister at stake, you won't." He stated, flashing his gorgeous smile. He opens the door for her and she step inside without questions. As soon as she did, she felt a barrier forming inside the massive room. "Await for my return. I won't be long." She gave him a menacing look and he retorted with a laugh. As the doors close, Seo Jin fell back on the bed, clinging on the pillows while crying. "What am I going to do?" She mumbles hoping that Junpyo and Yi Jung are still alive.

-0-

He felt a warm liquid sipping through his mouth and tasted blood. Instinctively, he swallows it, allowing the liquid to quench his thirst. It wasn't the type of blood he favors, but it was good enough to suffice his thirst. Yi Jung forces himself to take the blood just so his strength will come back. Just as the liquid finds its way through his system, his body vibrates, his heart pulsating so hard while his organs and bones are slowly mending. He painfully screams as his tissues and muscles repair itself. The bones that were broken where carefully and painfully rebuilding themselves; his wounds that were inflicted by her, where now thoroughly healing and after minutes of agonizing pain, his body felt brand new. His ragged breathing is now steady and the pain subsided and his vision is now vividly clear.

"Wonders of a pureblood. Unfathomable but possible. With just couple of drops from a human blood, it rejuvenates one's self." Ga eul, who sat on the ground opposite to him, spoke mysteriously.

Yi Jung shot her dagger looks and clenches his fist. "Why are you doing this? … Why are you keeping me alive?" He snaps at her, trying to control his anger. She beams at him, her face line with perfection that Yi jung had to look away to control his inner desires. "You should have just left me to die! After all this is what you want in the first place, isn't?"

"If you ask me? You're right! I wanted to kill you so bad, ever since the beginning. But unfortunately, I can't! After all, we still need you for the ceremony to be a success." She said while drawing her knees closer to her chest.

He raised his eyebrows and glares. "Why is the reawakening of my father so important to the kang pei clan? What do you want from him? Surely, you are aware that my father is one of the three oldest vampires and that his powers are a thousand times greater than all of us combined and that it is impossible for him to be killed by a merely army of low class vampires such as your clan." YI Jung retaliated, his voice full of fury.

"Fourth." Ga eul calmly spoke, eyeing him intently as she corrected him.

"What?"

"Your father is one of the four and we aren't just any low class vampires." She informs him as a matter of fact while watching his shocking reaction. "Actually he was only the second created by Count Dracul Vlad IV; …." She exhales and continues " … my father was the first."

"That's impossible! My father is the successor of Count Dracul Vlad IV. He was the first vampire created by him." Yi Jung declares, unable to believe what he was hearing from her.

"And who told you that? Your father? The royal court? Every one of those scumbags who were under the claws of Darien? Who buried, covered and twisted the truth? My father is the first vampire created, he is the successor, the ruler of the vampire society but he was murdered along with my mother. He was betrayed and my clan was annihilated into extinction just so your father can claim what is rightfully ours." Ga eul had tears in her eyes while he remains still. He was shocked from the devastating information she relayed to him but still, he refused to believe her.

"I don't believe you!" Yi Jung spats at her.

"Really?" She whispers at him and moves closer. She knew there was no way for him to believe her with just mere words, after all, why would he when she chose to lie to him. So left with no choice, she needs to take every measure she can.

Their face where now inches from each other and Yi Jung couldn't help but stared deeply into her eyes. It as if he was under a spell, he unconsciously close his eyes as he felt his face in between the palm of her hands. And then suddenly in his mind, he saw a blur, clouds of different thoughts hover for a moment and then just a like movie playing into his mind. Flashes from the past runs through it, as if he was actually reliving the past, he saw a figure of his father standing in front of another vampire, obviously engage into a serious conversation.

"Alucard, I can't believe you did this! It hurts me deeply to know that you don't trust me at all. I am your best friend; the least you can do is not shut me out of your life. What happen to the promise we made for each other? What happen to the brother I knew? Our friendship? The cavern? Your responsibilities, you're just going to throw it all away for just … just for a pathetic weakling like her." Darien, YI jung's father, spat at Alucard.

"She is not just any weakling. I love her." Alucard angrily growls at him, grabbing the collar of his shirt.

Darien calms himself and sternly spoke. "You're right. I am sorry; I should have never said that. I above all else should I understand that because I've fallen in love too." He deeply sighs.

"I've already made my decision Darien. I am not going back! You can have the throne! The cavern! Just …"

"But Alucard .." Darien cuts him off.

"Please .. do this … for me ..." Alucard pleads him.

"Okay! I'll cover up for you .. but on one condition .." Darien seriously replied.

"What is it?"

" … you have to let me know where you are. So I can visit you and meet her and your children." Darien eyed him intently and Alucard breathes a sigh of relief.

"Thank you Darien! You are truly my brother!"

Then another flash of memory …

"Darien, are you being followed?" Alucard who rounded the woods, came panting in front of Darien.

"No!" Darien denied while Alucard embrace him into a brotherly hug.

"Come, I want you to meet my wife and my children." …..

"This is Mercel my wife, JiHoo and Ga eul … their twins, my first borns and Woo bin, Lucious Velbrik, and Saemael. All 5 of my children." Together with their mother and the children bows to Darien and as he did, he kneels in front of them, enveloping them into a hug. Alucard smiled with Mercel while watching his best friend playing with Ga eul and the kids.

"They're lovely my friend. I am actually quite jealous … you finally found happiness." Alucard chuckles at Darien words. "How's Arianna(Yi Jung,Jae kyung, and Seo jin's mother)?"

Darien answers. "She's alright; as always very demanding."

Another memory …

There was fire all over the woods, shrieks and cries of tormenting, agonizing pain, screaming as vampires were burned and massacred. And then there was a sound of cackling laughter from the man whom YI Jung knew, it was from his father, standing gallantly over a man who was kneeling down in front of a weeping woman, obviously shielding her from harm. YI Jung narrowed his eyes and saw Alucard and his dying wife, both were viciously wounded, blood dripping in the ground. Yi Jung moves closer just a few feet away to see his father, Darien, in his full powers.

"Why? .. Why Darien?" Alucard hissed.

Laughing evily, Darien host Alucard in the air, his hands all over the latter's throat. "Why? Because you choose her! You abandon me, you abandon who you are just to be with her and now she will suffer."

"Leave her alone Darien! This is between you and me, you traitor!" Alucard spats at him.

"I'm the traitor? You are the traitor Alucard. You! And because of that you will watch your dear wife die!" Darien uses his powers to freeze Alucard in the air while motioning his vampires to attack and kill Mercel. As if time has slowed down, Yi jung watches how the vicious vampires murdered Mercel. Must have been five or six vampires devouring her alive, shredding her mangled body into pieces as her screams echoed and died into the night.

"Noooooooooooooooo! Mercel! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Alucard screams, sobbing hard, muttering his wife's name. Yi Jung brushed the tears in his eyes as he couldn't take the scene. It was too much to bear even by just witnessing it; somehow he felt his heart being crushed as he felt pity for the woman. He clenches his fist as he tried to dash forward and save Mercel but as he tries; his body went through the vampires who feast on her. Anger rushed through him as he stared at his father then his head jerk as Alucard painfully spoke.

"… I will kill you .. I'll kill you and what you do to my wife and children, I will do to yours. .. I promise you that!" Alucard weeps.

Those last words were the only words Yi Jung caught when he was abruptly pulled away from the hissed in pain as he felt like his head is being ripped off. "Breathe" He heard her say to him, her voice traced with concern and thoughtfulness. Yi Jung opens his eyes as the pain faded away and found her staring at him. And then just like she always does, she diverted her gaze away from him.

He sighed, pondering, over the memories he just witnessed. It was brutal and yet even the word bears no meaning to what he'd seen. In all honesty, he could no longer convince himself that his father is innocent; that somehow, the mere memory is just a set-up just to deceive him. But he knows it wasn't any of that, he knows it's the truth, for the memory was too painful, the emotions so strong and intense that even he felt it. It was like he was seeing through her eyes, through the horrible past she went through and it was heart wrenching. It was heart breaking. He gazed at her back, feeling sorry for her, as her hand caress her face. He knew she was crying and he wanted so bad to hold her.

The tears in her eyes were unstoppable as she turns her back from him. She immediately brushes them away, not wanting him to see her like this, weak and pathetic. It was the last thing she needed for him to pity her.

"Ga eul .." He called her name and as much as she hated herself, she couldn't stop crying. His voice, the way he calls her name with so much love and passion, melts her heart and the feelings she felt for him came crushing down to her system. She had to cover her mouth and squared her shoulders to prevent herself from sobbing hard. God! How much she loves him. It was a sin, a sin to love the son of the man who brutally murdered her father. It was against everything she believes in, against her pride and dignity, against her rampage but she couldn't. She couldn't stop loving him.

She exhales deeply and sniffs. ".. Now you know… and I don't care if you believe me or not .. What I saw and experienced were more than enough for me. Your father and your clan destroyed everything to me."

Unknowingly he stood up and approached her, stopping behind her, not too close, not too far, just enough space for him to feel her. "I am sorry .." He whispered.

Ga eul wasn't prepared for that, nor was she aware of his sudden presence behind her, as she grasps her heart. Of all the words she had expected him to say, it was the last thing she thought. She found herself wonderingly surprised and yet contented, her cold heart slowly warming up.

" … I didn't know .. you suffered so much. I am sorry .." He painfully spoke, his hand hovering as he tried to touch her.

"I don't need your pity!" She abruptly turns around and was caught by surprised when she realizes how close he was. Adding to it, her heart goes out to him when she saw the tears in his eyes. He was looking at her intently, his eyes displayed no pity but it was full of longing towards her. And just like that, the tears in her eyes were like a river as she sobs, she felt him envelops her into tight embrace. He caresses her hair, pressing her head against his chest while constantly mumbling her name. "Shhhh .." He whispers while she pounded her hands against his chest. ".. Ga eul .. Don't push me away .. please .. I love you .." Yi Jung couldn't take it and without holding back, he instantly caught her chin and claims her lips, kissing her with so much love, passion and desire. He misses her so much, her kisses, her body against his, her touch, her smile, and her scent. Everything about her.

She is kissing him back with the same desires he was giving her. Her body reacted on its own. Her mind stops thinking. Her heart yearning only for him. Succumbing to her feelings, she allowed herself to savor this moment. Just this moment, just this once. She wanted to forget the lines that she crosses. The barriers that weren't supposed to be breached. The consequences towards her actions. She didn't care. All that matter is the two of them, alone and in each other's arms.

-0-

He blinks twice, the surrounding swooning in and out of focus, as his visions adjusted. He tries to move but suddenly stop when he remembers that every little bone in his body is broken. He carefully turns around realizing that he was in an uncomfortable position. When he did, he is surprised that he wasn't in pain at all. His mind fast forwarded everything and suddenly the metallic taste of warm yet familiar liquid trace his throat and then he saw her face.

"Jan di ..?" He queried, shocked.

The girl he loves just stared at him, her eyes fierce and conveys no emotions. Gliding towards him he steadied himself waiting for the blow and when it didn't came, he continues. "What happened to you? What have they done to you?" Junpyo painfully asks

"Junpyo …" She spoke for the very first time and her voice were music to his ears. Ignoring the coldness behind her voice, he tenderly smiles at her.

"Yes, it's me Jandi. You remember me? Please tell me you remember me? Oh! God!" JUnPyo eagerly approaches her, enveloping her into a hug.

Jandi felt the warmness of his touch and closes her eyes, feeling the wild beating of his heart. All of the memories that they spend together flashes through her mind and suddenly she remembers everything, she remembers the feeling of happiness, joy, love, passion and desire to the man who's arms where around her. Her arms creep up, holding him close against her body. She unknowingly smiles, feeling so ecstatic. She remembers their kisses, the desire they share to one another. She remembers it all and without realizing she was crying. It as if, the times that they've been together were slowly played in her mind like a romantic movie. And then all of a sudden, she felt the heavy feeling engulfing her. The feeling of uneasiness as the heavy burden in her heart numbs her whole body, and just like how fast she remembers the happiest moments of her life with him, she also remembers the most painful ones. And just like that, she pushes him away with all her might.

Junpyo was taken aback when she harshly pulls away. His face displays pain and uncertainty. He search for her eyes and found her crying. "You are Gu, Junpyo, the prince of the Gu clan, the man I've given my life, my heart and my soul with. I loved you unconditionally. " She cries. "You shattered my heart into pieces, you hurt me in a thousand ways I could never imagine. So, yes, I remember you."

"Jandi .."

"Stop saying that! For once Gu, Junpyo, I want you to tell me the truth. Did you ever love me? Did you ever consider my feelings towards you? Or was I just one of the girls you played with?" She bravely questions him, unfaltering, no matter what happens tonight she will get his honest answer, at least before she ends his life.

He knew this is the time. The time for him to prove to her how much she means to him. He knew it in his heart that the time will come for her to confront him with his feelings. She will ask him to prove it to her and he is inclining to do so. "All this years, you are the only one in my heart, you're the only one I've ever think off. I've have love you ever since I saw you that night, at the club, and for a very long time you're the only one. Please believe me, Jandi"

She sternly wipes her tears and composed herself. "Then why couldn't you turn me? Why?" She demanded.

"BECAUSE YOU'LL DIE!" jUnpyo couldn't take it anymore as he screams at her. It was too painful, her gestures, her words were painful for him as his tears started to fall. He closes his eyes, almost giving in to the tormenting pain. "Your body is too weak that it will not survive the change. My blood will kill you. And I can't afford to take that chance; I can't bear to see you die. Just the thought of it kills me. DO YOU HEAR ME? IT KILLS ME!" He spat, sobbing.

"… One lifetime is more than enough for me, just as long as your there spending it with me." He continues still crying.

Jandi couldn't describe the mix feelings she felt as of the moment. She is crying like there was no tomorrow and somehow she felt like her heart understands him. She bit her lips as she stands firm. There she is again, believing, falling into his words again and again like she never learns. Choosing to ignore his words, she spoke coldly. "It doesn't matter anyway, its not like I was honest with you. I wasn't. I lied to you. I played with you. Truth is, I was born hundreds of years ago. Saemael's blood kept me alive for 300 years, every food I ate; every wine I drank has drops of his blood. He's chosen me to be his mate. And after tonight, I will be married to him and you will be just a mere memory that will fade and be forgotten." Jandi turns away from him with all of her might. She blasted open the door from her despair but before she steps out. He painfully spoke.

"Are you happy with him?"

She didn't answer him back instead she vanished.

-0-

Her heart and body was uniting against her mind, as it both tells her to go on, her mind urges her to stop. Her lips where still sealed on his, acting on its own. She tries her might to stop, to pull away but his arms were tight around her waist, engulfing her into a loving embrace. "I love you, Ga eul." He mumbles and she sobs at the same time, pushing him away.

"I can't.. I can't do this! We can't be together. No matter what, our clans will always be enemies, Yi Jung." And just like that she runs away from him.

-0-

Upon Junpyo and her conversation, then with her bestfriend, JiHoo, she couldn't help but drown in tears. As awful as it may seem, as much as she hated herself, she couldn't lie to him. She just couldn't. Not when JiHoo was being his usual self, after all this time, he somehow knew her feelings for the prince of the Gu clan. And it hurts. It hurts because she felt shame of it. Shame because she fell in love with her target and because she betrayed their trust to her. She betrayed her fiancé.

"Jandi? .."Saemael suddenly appeared behind her, caressing her hair. She sniffed and rubs her face on the pillows to wipe her tears, smiles and looks him in the eyes. "Are you okay?" Her fiancé tenderly asks while she nods.

"Is it him?" Saemael inquires. "Did you remember?"

She only nods and that hurts Saemael more than anything else. He took a deep breath and tries to hide the pain in his eyes.

"I'm sorry.." Her fiancé apologizes and Jandi quickly held his face between his palms.

"No, don't be sorry, love. Don't! I assure you, this is nothing. I just .. It was just a spur of the moment. Nothing serious. I can still do it. I can still execute the plan. I will end his life." Jandi reassures Saemael and plants a kiss on his lips while he embraces her in return. "I love you, Saemael." She whispers in his ears not seeing the tears in Saemael's eyes. Somehow he knew. He knew that this will come. He knew she'll fall in love with him and he had no one to blame but himself.

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Quarter to midnight, as the clock ticks, they were all back in the hall; watching Seo Jin who was carefully fingering the walls for that one brick that opens the secret passage underground. And within minutes, she finds it and hesitantly pushes it in; the brick made a loud thud and suddenly the floors from the massive hall cave in. She turns around and looks at her Yi Jung, Jae kyung and Junpyo who were all held captive by Ga eul, Woo bin and Jandi. JiHoo suddenly appeared behind and guided her towards the cold, dark, damp passage. As soon as they step in, torches of lights suddenly ignited on the walls making the passage visibly clear. She heard footsteps behind and knew that the Kang Pei's followed them. The passage was narrowed and it seems like forever that they were walking when they finally stumble into an empty massive room. Stunned, Seo Jin felt lost; this isn't what she expected but still she continues explore.

"It's seven minutes til midnight" Saemael reminded his brother.

"Think Seo jin, you are the only ones who've been to this place. Remember." JiHoo urges her while she obliged, closing her eyes to recollect the lost memory.

"Five minutes." Saemael proclaims, counting down the time.

"Three minutes" …

Then she abruptly opens her eyes and motions Yi Jung, Jae Kyung and Junpyo to come forward. They were all release from their captives and stand next to Seo Jin. "Those lines .." Seo Jin pointed to concrete floor, pertaining to the long perpendicular like pipes and continues. "… they're rooted towards the center. Father is buried underneath there, Yi Jung, stand over there... yes, right there, where the crest of our clan is carved in." She instructed her brother and Yi Jung had no choice but to follow. "Jae Kyung to my right, you do the same, stand on the crest. And Junpyo you stand opposite to me.. . together the four of us will form a circle." Seo Jin proceeded while JiHoo, Ga eul, Woo bin and Jandi stands a few feet away from their targets.

"One minute til midnight." Saemael thundered and Seo Jin looks into her siblings and friends' eyes, conveying a message. And after seconds, no one was prepared to see what she did. She raised her clench right hand in front of her mouth and hissed, her head tilt back as her fangs protruded. She savagely bit her wrist, blood oozing out from her skin to the floor; Jae kyung, YI Jung and Junpyo did the same thing and the Kang pei's couldn't believe their eyes. The blood of the purebloods that was dripping on the floor was streaming through the lines towards the center. It as if, an invisible force or power was sucking or pulling the bloods towards the center. Jae kyung and Seo Jin moans in pain while YI Jung and Junpyo hissed; Ga eul eyes widen in disbelief when the cut on Yi Jung's wrist becomes bigger and more and more of his blood is dripping towards the floor. Woo bin was fidgeting as he saw the pain in jae kyung's face, her beautiful face was contorted into so much pain that he wanted it to stop. Jandi and JiHoo stares at both Junpyo and seo Jin now realizing that someone invisible is drinking the life out the purebloods. Panic stricken, JiHoo uses his powers to see through what was happening and somehow when he connected through the invisible force. He was taken aback from what he saw. It was no force or power and by means it wasn't invisible, it was Darien Cain. His movements so swift and so fast that even a vampire's eyes can be deceived. He was drinking the blood of his children, draining their life force. And as JiHoo heard Seo Jin shrieking, ear splitting scream, JiHoo, without thinking, dashes to her aid and attacks Darien Cain.

-TO BE CONTINUED-

hi guys, so sorry for the late late delayed update.. had so much prob, my computer crash and even after weeks of trying to fix the problem, it gave up. so i laid it to rest and said my goodbyes and thank you .. so finally i bought a new laptop to commemorate my previous ones.. heheheh.. anyways, here is chap 16. hope you like it.. and please R&R