Chapter 2

A/N: After doing some binge watching on anime, reading of manga, new game plus four on Bloodborne and other things, here's another chapter of Blood Vampire.

I'm glad you guys like it so far. With already over 40 favourites on the first chapter alone, you've gave this a lot of support. Thanks you guys, that means a lot.

And to say this, this is supposed to be a much longer chapter that is over 11k long, but of some reason, my document isn't saving and it's a hassle to go through it with a word document to fix and- You get what I'm meaning.

So in short, this is just part one of two for this little section of the story.

That, and with me already in second semester of Grade 11, things will be a bit busy so update times will be fairly scattered. I will try my best to update as much as possible in the future, but they will be scattered.

To let you know, when looking back near the ending of the first chapter, I was cringing rather a lot. So I decided to rewrite it along with a change of clothing for Cayde. Take a small read of it to get a better look so you don't confuse yourself with the second chapter, hopefully.

Also, make sure you have something like a website on Irish slang. It'll help out.

Oh, and I'd like to say sorry if some characters are OOC and all. I will try to keep them to their true selves though.

And lemme know what you think of the chapter so I can be able to do better in the next one and if needed, rewrite this one.

Well, I'll stop my fibbing. You guys enjoy the next chapter of the story. Reviews are welcomed, good, bad, and critical.

Have you ever had one of those moments where you immediately regret making a decision not so long ago? A damn gobshite like me did that. Once in Yharnam and now here, at some academy called Yokai Academy.

Well, for one, I'm glad I was able to get into the school rather smoothly. But setting foot in there, my instincts started shouting at me that danger was lurking everywhere. My hand ached and my heart pounded. Like if beasts and monsters were all around me.

And just to make it even worse, a couple of what seemed to be the teachers of the school confronted me. They said that they would take me to the Chairman's office to be given a word to. I asked them why, but they said I just needed to follow them.

Moka wanted to come with me because she didn't want to go alone. The new friendship I reluctantly took to protect myself with between me and her, she took it rather eagerly. And I've only met her just recently. I told her that I'll see her again. It seemed to put her at ease.

I just feel like I walked into another Yharnam. It doesn't feel like a nightmare, more like The Hunter's Dream. The sky is the same, even the air, just like in the dream. But something feels sinister here, and it reminds me of Devil's Acre way too much.

And if there's one thing I know that it taught me, that even in a sea of wealth and opportunity in London, Westminster, has a black mark, waiting to be found and exploited on.

Cayde sucked in a deep breath as he looked at both teachers in front of him that were leading him towards the Chairman's office. He kept his hands tucked away in his pockets, his eyes casting glances around him to taking in his surroundings. "From what I've learned, classes haven't even started yet. Why am I being taken to the Chairman?" Cayde asked the teachers, eyebrow raised trying to find an answer.

"Chairman Mikogami hasn't said to as why he wants to see you. He just said that we were to find you and bring you to him," One of the teachers replied calmly, not even stopping to look at the teen.

The Young Hunter sighed softly casting his dark blue orbs down at the ground. While his body projected a rather calm state, his mind was in a state of panic of the unknown. "This quick already? How can he know? I can't run from here. I'm already to fucking weak to run."

Another moment passed on by before he saw the teachers stop in front of a pair of to large double doors and stood at either side. "The Chairman is expecting you. I suggest you don't keep him waiting," The other teacher replied.

Cayde nodded before walking forward and pushed against the heavy set. Pushing them open, he found out that he had entered a rather large office. It had a rather murky atmosphere with various items on bookshelves filled to the brim with the cover to cover hardbound objects. It reminded him greatly of Iosefka's Clinic. The Young Hunter jumped in his place when the doors behind him suddenly closed without a warning. "What the-"

"Ah, I've been expecting you, Cayde Fola," A voice called out to him, sounding rather raspy. And oddly familiar.

Cayde looked straight forward before gasping silently, teeth now gritting against each other when he saw the man. Brief images of a field of white flowers flashed through his mind before he narrowed his eyes. It was the same white robed man in the field of The Hunter's Dream, very much real and seated at a large oaken desk at the other end of the room. "Something's amiss. This can't be a coincidence. If I don't know any better, he's the damn reason why I'm here."

"Alright. Tell me, am I dreaming or am I dead? Hopefully dreaming, or I'm just as banjanxed as a lunatic back in Lambeth Asylum," Cayde shot back sharply, hands still deep in the confines of his jacket's pockets, walking towards the desk.

"None to tell you, Mr. Fola. Rest assured, I mean to do you no harm," The Chairman added in wanting the teen to listen to him.

"What kind of header do you take me for? I've been told that many times before feeling a knife on me throat a few seconds later back in Southwark," The Hunter growled softly at him, now at the desk, hands on the edge as he leaned against it.

The Chairman slowly nodded back leaning back against his chair. "I haven no doubt that you don't trust me with what you had to endure through. Even with your uncle as an officer of Scotland Yard, you had to fight to see the next day. Yet, you only killed as a last resort, even when part of a gang, you did your best to keep your hands clean. That is until you went to Yharnam."

Cayde held his breath, tensing up, while trying not to lean over and grab the man by the collar to sock him in the jaw. "Now I don't know if I'm gone in the head or if you're acting the maggot. How the hell do you know that? Who the hell are you?"

"As you already know from teachers, I am the Chairman of this school. I am Tenmei Mikogami," The Chairman replied back to him, remaining calm yet firm in his voice. "Please, take a seat."

Remaining vigilant, Cayde strode over to the chair, right hand clutching at the small object in his pocket before taking a seat. "What is this place? Why am I here?"

"I know that you are straight to the point, not wanting to be kept in the dark for too long. To be blunt with you, this school is to help a select type of people to fit into normal society... This is a school for monsters."

The Hunter's eyes widened hearing this and gripped his right hand into a fist, heart now beating at an irregular pace trying to pump adrenaline into his body. "A school for monsters? I'd rather be back in Yharnam then if that is the case. Now tell me, why drag me all the way here?"

"As I said before, I know what happened to you back in Yharnam. What you had to become while looking for your cure, and what you have to do in order to leave your nightmare."

Cayde snarled softly at this, almost getting out of his seat. "How do you know I'm a Hunter?"

"I know who the Hunters are, Mr. Fola. I have for quite some time. And I know their profession. They kill beasts that plague the streets of Yharnam. I've known the Hunter's Workshop since it's humble beginnings. I've known your mentor, Gerhman, the First Hunter, and teacher to hundreds of Hunters before you," The Chairman replied calmly.

Cayde stood up from the chair and walked back to the desk, his eyes glaring at Mikogami. "Then you're diabolical bringing me here. If what you're saying is true, that this is a school for monsters, why did you bring me here? Someone who kills monsters?" Cayde seethed through his teeth.

"Because I want to help you, Mr. Fola. You were forced to kill monsters. Forced into the Nightly Hunt. Something you had no knowledge of but had to partake in. So I took it upon myself remove you from your nightmare, so you can be free. And I know that you're no longer fully human, with Beast Blood running through your veins," The Chairman told him.

The Hunter relaxed slightly but kept his eyes on him. "And why do you want a Hunter here in the first place?"

"Me and Gerhman have made an agreement long ago, with the approval of the Great One that made the Hunter's Dream for him. Every so often, I would chose a young Hunter and bring them here so he or she could keep the school safe. And if that Hunter happens to have a rough upbringing, I would let them join the school to learn. No matter what world they come from, for if it's either my world, or one of steam and invention," Mikogami said, referring to the very Hunter before him.

Cayde was surprised hearing this from the Chairman. How could Gerhman have made a deal like one such as this? Where Hunters would go to protect a place. A place that houses monsters, while their job is to kill them.

But he soon remembered when he first entered Cathedral Ward, the smell of incense heavy in the air and meeting the Chapel Dweller. First seeing him almost made him kill him, but with helpless pleas escaping the Dweller with no intention of harm, he stayed his hand. Soon, he learned how he only wanted to help out, wanting to have people liked in their homes to come to a safe haven to outlast the Nightly Hunt. He looked beastly, but had no intentions of harm.

The Hunter was rather quiet for a good moment, his mind contemplating and trying to make sense of what to do. The Chairman quickly took notice and laughed softly. "Mr. Fola, would you like to join my school then?"

Cayde brought his eyes back up to look at the Chairman's glowing yellow ones, bitting the inside of his mouth. "I understand if you are hesitant. But give yourself a chance. To be how every adolescence should be given, to live their life without fear or worry."

Cayde looked down at the desk closing his eyes. If he had to be honest with himself, this was a chance he has been looking for his entire life. Back at his previous school in Westminster, he had a rather rough time fitting in because of him coming from Dublin and being more different than the others.

"I... I accept, Chairman..." He uttered softly with a deep sigh.

The Chairman had a smile form behind his dark shroud with a nod. "Splendid. I will inform the staff of you staying. Though it is only between us of what you are."

"Does that mean I have to wear those uniforms I've seen other students here wear?" Cayde asked, as he had a huge disliking towards uniforms.

"As of now, no. You will be given a few set of the uniform next week. And you'll be living in your own dorm, with accommodations that relate to your world and new profession. Now, I do believe you must be off, or you'll be late for your first class, with Miss Nekonome in Room 3," Mikogami told him causing the Hunter to fumble some incoherent words out before rushing out of the office without another word to him.

He could only sigh shaking his head in amusement. "It has been far to long since a Hunter has graced these hallways. I wonder what you have given me this time, Gerhman, my old friend."

Cayde cursed under his breath as he sprinted down the hallways of the school towards his class holding onto his cap, slipping past other students who just stared at him like he was a madman. "Why the hell didn't I ask for help from a teacher? Some gobshite I am," He thought bitterly, increasing his speed to make it to get to his class faster.

The school was fairly big, somewhat reminiscent of Cainhurst Castle or Lambeth Asylum, with similar looks according to the Young Hunter but looked like the average school in the inside, well to him. Some of the things he saw wasn't back in his school.

But Cayde was confused to why he accepted the offer from Mikogami. Being in a school full of monsters was already enough for him to have his blood to boil and Hunter instincts to go haywire alarming him with warnings. While it was rather ambiguous for him, it felt more assuring rather than mysterious. Not many people knew The First Hunter, Gerhman, and when they do, it was on a rather good term than bad.

Then again, he was willing to an opportunity that would benefit him in the long run.

"Room 3... Room 3... Where the hell is it?" Cayde muttered to himself before skidding to a stop seeing the number on the door. "Well, finally..." He panted, heaving in the much needed air for his lungs. Walking into the classroom, he saw that most of the students have gotten themselves seated while the teacher was at the front.

"That must be Miss Nekonome." Cayde whistled silently seeing the teacher. She had blonde hair that almost reached her shoulders with two small tuffs on the top that looked like cat ears to him while wearing a very happy look on her face. Wearing a orange and yellow shirt behind a white dress shirt unbuttoned, he subtly eyed the cat tail that extruded itself from her knee length skirt.

"Oh, and who are you, young man?" She asked him cheerfully, bring up her clipboard for attendance.

"C-Cayde Fola, ma'am," He stuttered slightly from, removing his eyes from her tail not wanting to be caught staring.

"Ooh, you're the one the Chairman told me about. Well, you just made it in time. Go and take a seat, alright?" Miss Nekonome told him.

"Guess I have my name in the records of this school now... Perfect..."

With a nod, Cayde made his way towards one of the empty desks, and took a seat in the row that was right beside the windows of the classroom. Settling himself down, Miss Nekonome went behind her desk with a wide smile. "Hello, everyone! Welcome to Yokai Academy! I am Miss Nekonome Shizuoka, and for the year, I'm your homeroom teacher!"

"Well, she's rather excited to teach us then," Cayde thought, leaning forward on his chair.

"So, all of you may know this already, but this is a school for monsters. As of now, humans control the world. This school is here to help teach you to coexist with humans, as what you'll be taught to do once you've graduated from the school."

"So that's what Mikogami meant. This place is to help monsters blend into society. How the Royal Guards would shit themselves seeing monsters," Cayde thought with an amused smirk, imagining the professional guards panicking seeing monsters in real life.

"Now, rule number one of the school is to always stay in your human forms!" Miss Nekonome continued to speak with her smile. "And rule number two is to never reveal your true form to anyone, not even to other students. You are here to learn how to coexist with humans, and doing anything such as going out of your human form or telling anyone what you are goes against that."

"Ah, that's boring," One of the students in the room. "I think just eating humans would be much better than trying to live with them. To show them we're the better race than them." The student had the build of a football player with slicked brown hair while a rather long tongue came out of his mouth flicking about.

Cayde held his breath trying to stay calm. It just reminded him of confrontations back in London with rival gangs with the gang. The Ravenclaws would look to expand their territory, but without as much bloodshed, but members of other gangs would always try to crush them to show their superiority, such as The Grim Reapers or The Forsaken to name a couple, would try to push them out of Devil's Acre or Southwark.

"Maybe if you could think straight, humans wouldn't hate us," Cayde muttered softly, enough for the teen to hear him and give him a glare.

Miss Nekonome sweated seeing the small confrontation before quickly bringing their attention back. "But you shouldn't do that. Everyone here is a monster. The school is protected by a secret barrier to keep it safe from the human world. And if a human was to stumble upon our school and was found, they would be killed on the spot."

The Young Hunter widened his eyes hearing that despite hearing the good intentions the school was to be doing to the young monster population. "That's just brutal. Some place you got here fir you're killing the very people you want to live alongside with." Cayde then looked at his empty left hand and clenched it into a fist, the blood coursing through him pumping the vital essence throughout his body. "Then again, I'm not entirely human anymore considering I had a Blood Transfusion."

Miss Nekonome was about to continue talking before the door to the class swung wide open and the sight of pink hair came in sight with someone running in. "I'm so sorry that I'm late! I got lost on the way here and couldn't find the room!"

Cayde looked up at the front hearing the voice and saw that ti was Moka who came in, panting hard just like he was earlier since he ran to the room prior.

"Oh, that's okay. Go ahead and find yourself a seat anywhere," Nekonome told Moka .

The Vampire merely nodded and looked around before her eyes landed on the first one she encountered at Yokai. "Cayde?" The Hunter looked up before giving out a small yelp when she lunged over to him and engulfed him in a hug causing Cayde to fall on the floor with her on top. "We have the same class! I'm so happy!" She squealed happily.

Cayde groaned softly while focusing his eyes on her. "Yeah... That's nice." He then looked at the class and groaned more seeing how the guys were burning holes into his head with jealous looks. "Bloody brilliant..."

The Hunter sighed in relief that classes have come to an end, as the guys in the room were just giving him jealous glares. But now, he was being dragged around by Moka who was eager to explore the school with him. But more were giving him the same glare as they walked down the hallways.

"Moka, easy, the school isn't going anywhere. But I'm afraid my arm is if you keep pulling it," Cayde brought up with a small groan.

Mona looked behind and blushed in embarrassment as she nervously nibbled on her lip. "S-Sorry. This is just so exciting! I've never been to a place like this before!"

The pinkette continued to pull him along as he groaned with a chuckle. "You lead the way then."

It was like following a child, one who was so innocent and and curious where their imagination would take over bringing them on a limitless journey that takes them anywhere. Just as Moka was doing, pulling him along down the corridor outside

The two soon stopped and sat on a bench, both having drinks on them from a nearby vending machine, Moka having to buy them both the drinks as he had never seen a vending machine before, not knowing how to operate one and had no money. But she gladly bought him a drink since he was her friend.

"What do you think of the school so far? I think it's a nice place to learn from," Moka asked him, adding in her opinion, taking a small sip from her can of tomato juice.

Cayde shrugged as he down a couple large gulps of water down from his bottle. "I really don't know. A little better then the last school I went to back in London. Still adjusting here," He replied back scratching the back of his head. "Though this school has one thing mine didn't have."

"And what would that be?"

"Well, it didn't have girls making the sight rather bleak," Cayde responded with a small smirk.

She giggled at him giving a small smile at him. "Oh, I'm sure you'll get used to the school."

He just smiled back while leaning back against the bench. "I guess."

It was peaceful to him, something he didn't really have back in Yharnam where it was just chaotic and merciless, same for most of the boroughs and slums back in London. Now, he was at a place where it wasn't as chaotic, just a bit unsettling that there is a number of various monsters in the school, but are trying to learn how to blend into the regular society.

But to his dismay, it was soon snatched away when they heard footsteps approaching them. "You're Moka Akashiya, right?" A familiar voice spoke out. Cayde looked over who said it and softly gritted his teeth together behind his mouth. It was the same student who talked about eating humans instead of living with them. The student then looked at her chest without shame. "You look nice."

"Thank you?" Moka replied back slowly, not sure what to do.

"And who are you, mate?" Cayde cut in, trying to take the heat off of her, already knowing what the fellow student was doing, having experience back in Devil's Acre, seeing how men would always hit on women, women who were rather vulnerable.

"Saizou Komiya," He replied back with pride and a grin on his face, making himself look important.

Cayde snickered as he leaned back more on the bench taking another gulp from his bottle. "I already know what you're doing, mate. And the lady isn't showing any interest. Why don't you go up the yard and blather off elsewhere?" Cayde boldly threw out smirking, causing Moka to go wide eyed hearing this from him.

Saizou glared at him before grabbing him by the collar of his vest and lifted him up from the ground before smashing him against a pillar, easily cracking it. But Cayde didn't show a face of pain, rather, his smirk widening. "What the hell did you just say to me? Because I'll rub that smirk of yours all over the wall."

"Oh, sorry. I meant to say go piss off," Cayde replied back, his smirk growing more while sliding his right hand into his jacket's pocket. By then, this was attracting a few other students who were watching what was going on.

Moka was growing more worried by the second wanting this to stop. "Leave him alone!" She pleaded to Saizou.

The Hunter's smirk remained looking at Saizou. "Do you know the saying you bit off more than you can chew, you git?"

"I think that would be you who did," Saizou replied laughing. But he then yelped in pain when Cayde threw a punch into his face, causing him to release him and held his face in pain. Gasps erupted from the small crowd that was now gathered around them. Locking his eyes with Cayde, his eyes focused on his right hand and widened when he saw it.

Cayde tightened his grip around his pair of brass knuckles in his right hand, the light reflecting off of the yellow metal. "How do you feel now, you gobshite? Cause I'm feeling quite lucky," He said evenly with a grin replacing the smirk.

Just as Cayde was about to advance towards Saizou to throw another punch, Moka quickly grabbed his arm with a nervous smile on her face. "I'm sorry, but we have something to do! Isn't that right, Cayde?" She said with her eyes watering slightly, begging him to stop. The Hunter casted a glare at Saizou before relaxing the grip on his brass knuckles and placed it back into his pocket before being dragged away by Moka off to someplace far from the current location.

Saizou held his left cheek where he was punched, now starting to bruise up while looking at the two. He soon noticed the tomato juice can absently laying near his foot. A long tongue soon whipped itself out and grabbed the can before a loud resounding crunch was heard, with the remaining contents spraying out along the ground, looking similar like a blood splatter.

The Vampire sighed in relief as she and Cayde where now on the rooftop of the school that had a good look around the academy grounds. Cayde blew out a breath of relief himself, hands in his pockets leaning back. "Well, that was something, huh?" He said with a chuckle, stretching backwards to crack a couple bones in his back.

"It was a bit scary," Moka admitted poking her fingers together, leaning on the rail looking at the school area. "Weren't you scared at all, Cayde? He was being rather mean."

"Moka, believe me that I've dealt with plonkers like him all the time that are a lot more worse than a git like him," Cayde told her smirking. "Besides, it isn't my first fight I've gotten into with guys like him."

Moka smiled at him. "Just try to keep yourself from punching, okay?"

"Eh, I'll try. No promises though," He replied back. "But I ain't the one to let a nice girl like you being hit on by men like him. I can't tolerate bastards like those," Cayde added in.

"It was really nice of you to stand up for me. But I just don't want my only friend to get hurt," She told him, now standing beside Cayde.

"Wait, what?" Cayde said with his face contorting with confusion. "I'm your only friend? Please, that can't be true with a girl like yourself with your personality. And it's hard for me to make friends myself."

"I'm.. I'm not the best at making friends really," Moka admitted to him, blushing in embarrassment. But she then looked at him smiling. "But then there's you. You decided to be friends with me despite me having some blood without permission from you. But... Your blood just tastes amazing!"

"Ummm. you're welcome?" The Hunter said not sure how to feel about that. "Still, I shoved you off rather quickly."

"But I still got some of your blood before you pushed me off. It was amazing!" Moka declared, fawning at the remembrance of the bite. "It had so many flavours, like more than one!"

"After having all those beers back in George Inn and Blood Vials in Yharnam... Wouldn't be surprised," Cayde thought, sighing at all the pints that he had back in Southwark with friends of his.

Moka giggled at him. "Um, Cayde? I was just wondering, what kind of monster are you if you don't mind me asking?"

"Wait, isn't that against the rules, Moka?" Cayde asked raising his eyebrow at her.

"Oh, I forgot. Sorry, I take it back," Moka replied blushing once again with a nervous smile on her face.

The Hunter sighed at her antics and turned around so his back was to the rail. It wasn't everyday that he got to meet a girl that was too innocent but clumsy. Sure there was those moments back in Whitechapel with those ladies, but this was just the usual off the grain girl. "Oh cop on! Mikogami said that he wants to help me out. Least he isn't as strange as that man who gave me the transfusion."

"Let's just say I'm a pretty special case, that's all I'm saying," Cayde told her about who he really is. "But to be honest, you really don't look like a vampire. Asides from those fangs of yours."

"Oh! Well, it's because of this here." Moka soon opened her shirt a bit which revealed a bit of her impressive chest drawing his eyes in like moths to a flame. But he quickly removed his eyes off them and locked his gaze on what she was showing. The Hunter saw it was a black and silver rosary that was chained around a leather choker around her neck. But the center of the cross is what drew him in. Where the two lines intersected was a dark red gem that had a black slit in the middle, something like a pupil of an eye.

"When this rosary is removed, I become my true self. A real vampire. And I can be really scary," She explained to him.

"Looks a bit creepy," Cayde commented before rubbing the back of his head. "No offence." But he felt a bit put off seeing the rosary, especially the gem. It radiated something off from it, like a sinister feeling, like when he first stepped foot into Yharnam. As well, it reminded him of Coldblood Dew clumps he'd find in his journey around the ancient city.

"Oh, and Cayde? Did you go to a school before coming here?" Moka asked him.

"Aye. An academy back in London. A bit dull if you ask me. But I managed to get along rather well. I did struggle a bit and all. And the usual fights that would break out between middle and high class students," Cayde replied back to her.

"You.. You mean a human school?" Moka questioned, her voice sounding a bit disgusted from that.

Cayde quickly noticed this sudden change raising his eyebrow once again. "You alright there?"

"I'm okay. It's just... I don't like humans," The Vampire told him making the Hunter widen his eyes slightly at this. "I went to a human school during junior high, and I saw how cruel and mean humans can be. They made fun of me because I was different. I was always lonely, and they kept on picking on me that they made me believe it would be better if I wasn't around. If I just disappeared." Moka closed her eyes tearing up from memories she had of her time in junior high. "They're just the worst!"

Cayde remained silent taking in the newfound information he had gotten from her. It was hard to see someone with her personality to hate anyone. It was like thinking how a boss of a gang could truly care for his men but in reality, only cared for themselves in the long run.

He soon started remembering how Yharnamites despised the Hunters, the very group that devoted themselves to protect the populace from the spreading plague that threatened to engulf them. And then them being disbanded by the Healing Church as the same group that helped make the group made their own subsections of Hunters to combat the Scourge.

"Then how could she befriend a Hunter then?"

"Then when I met you... You accepted me and became my friend despite me biting you," Moka added in, snapping him out of his trance

Cayde gave her a small look before shaking his head and walked towards the door that made it's way down back into the school. "Listen, I can understand your distrust and hatred for humanity... But they're not all bad. I know some who have done good. Some will help out if you're having a rough time... And... There are those who are willing to lay down their lives to those who would hate them for what they do." He soon left the rooftop, leaving Moka all by herself.

"W-What is he talking about? How could he that about humans?" The Vampire mumbled to herself. There, she stood on the rooftop all alone, trying to contemplate the words Cayde has uttered to her.

The Hunter sighed deeply walking down the hallways towards the front entrance of the school. His blood was beginning to simmer, on the brink of boiling. He needed some time to himself, take a couple breathers to cool his head.

Cayde didn't want to blurt out anymore words to Moka, not wanting to sever the new bond he made in a world he barely understood but pushed through just to survive.

"How could she say that about humans? Sure, there's the gangs back in London. Killing and leaving behind terror, but because we need to survive... Uncle Brian can barely keep us afloat with his pay from his job... I just hope he's okay... And Auntie Clara... I hope she's okay too..."

Cayde just kept to himself, passing by the students that looked at him weirdly because of his current mood, which was leaking strongly of wanting to be left alone for the moment. As well he radiated a different scent than most of the students, one that reeked of fear.

Thanks to this, he had made it to the front of the school fairly quickly, sighing in relief that he was now alone to himself. But that was short lived hearing footsteps behind him. Looking behind, he saw Moka running up to him. "Moka... I'm not in the mood to talk at the moment... I need to be alone for now... Scram, please..." He voiced out to her.

She just stopped short in front of the gate of the school while he was just on the edge of the forest, just a couple steps of entering it. "Cayde... H-How can you say that? Humans are just harsh and cruel." This caused the Hunter to stop in his tracks and stood still on spot, not bothering to look at the Vampire.

"And for good reason. I've seen why humans are harsh, why they're banjaxed but also grand. Humans are born into a harsh world, one that is unforgiving and merciless, taking away those before they could've done anything. I've seen them turning on each other because of desperation and limited options, but also band together under those same reasons. The oldest emotion humanity has is fear. And the greatest fear is the fear of the unknown, explaining why they respond with violence. But they are capable of change," Cayde explained, as slowly and carefully as he could.

A dead silence hung between them, only for the wind to accompany along. He took in a deep breath before exhaling a shallow sigh. "Because..." He began, turning around to look at her, a grim look in his eyes. "Because I am human, Moka."

Cayde cringed inwardly when he saw the myriad of emotions that began to show in Moka's eyes, widening in shock and her body beginning to quake in fear, raw fear of the revelation. "But... But how? The school... A human can't be able to get in here... But you can't be human... I saw Saizou smash you against the pillar... But you didn't look hurt..."

The Hunter merely gave her a sad smile sighing. "Moka... You wouldn't believe me, even if I say it bloody outright... The Chairman allowed me in because I'm a special case thanks to recent events... He wanted to help me..."

Moka shook her head, her mind unable to accept the newly given information presented to her. She took a step back, clutching her hands near he chest. Cayde took a close look at her face before he felt something in him shatter. Her eyes reflected disgust, fear and hints of anger.

He had been through hell and back, in London and in Yharnam. Struggling to survive near the slums, needing to take matters into his own hands to assure his survival with money that seemed to disappear as soon as it appeared. And then Yharnam, a place that tested his sanity and his morals as a human being. Pushing him to try to commit acts of atrocity.

When Mikogami took him from the nightmare to try to give him a much needed break from the city, to be able to be normal again without fear of needing to fight for it. It gave him hope and motivation to keep pushing himself.

His eyes closed, taking a few deep breaths in to calm down from what he had learned from Moka's reaction. "So, that's that, aye? Treating me like I'm some header that just came out of an asylum? You were so eager to be friends with me. But... But with you looking at me like I'm some sorta rubbish that just disgusts you..."

Moka then let out a startled gasp when he opened his eyes. She saw anger running through his eyes, along with pain and sadness, causing her mind to meltdown at what she had said to him. "Cayde-"

"Forget it!" The Hunter yelled, startling her. "I'll just leave so you don't have to see this banjaxed gobshite anymore!" Cayde shouted at her, tears threatening to spill out from his eyes. Turning around with his back to the Vampire, he shook his head, balling his hands up into fists. "Ta, Moka. Hope you're happy," He muttered bitterly before he ran off into the woods, leaving her by her lonesome.

"Cayde!" Moka shouted, outreaching her arm as if to grab him to keep him in place. She fell on her knees, staring at the ground, tears leaking out of her eyes and landed on the ground.

"Why? Why was I like that to him?" She thought, wiping her eyes from their unwanted tears. The look in his eyes burned into her head, which was just the same on she had suffered rejection and sadness. "I... I need to do something... I need to find him..."

Cayde punched his fist into a tree hard, hearing a loud crack from the impact. He saw cracks around his fist and lowered it, seeing a large indentation in the bark of the tree with the cracks splintering. He gritted his teeth before giving the tree another right hook, the cracks becoming larger and the dent deeper.

"Fucking... Fucking hell..." He muttered, letting his arm fall to his side, feeling the stinging sensations of cuts along his fingers. Cayde placing his other hand on his head taking in deep breaths.

Cayde felt his blood boiling, churning fiercely beneath his skin with some leaking out of his fingers of his right hand. "At least she didn't have to know what it's like to be in Yharnam..."

He turned around and sat down on the ground, leaning against the tree staring up at the sky. Closing his eyes, he sighed and let his head dip down. "Some gobshite I am," The Hunter mumbled quietly.

Silence accompanied him for a good while before hearing soft groaning beside him. Tilting his head to the side, his mind went into relief seeing a Messenger with it's own head tilted. "Good Hunter... Are you well?" The Messenger asked Cayde, bowing before him.

"I've had better days, fella." Getting onto his knees as he was now in front of the sickly creature, he leaned down to be on a somewhat even level with it. "What are you doing here then?"

"Other Messenger... Gives news of you needing equipment... I deliver..." The Messenger replied with a low moan. "More items being delivered to your room in academy..."

Cayde soon saw a few more Messengers appear around the first with items in their hands, offering them to him with eagerness. "Put my clothes into a bag, and drop it off in my room," He said before he began to strip down his clothing down to his boxers, giving his clothing to the first Messenger before putting on the new clothes on from one of the Messengers.

After a few minutes, Cayde clenched his left hand into a fist a couple times getting a good feeling of the glove before doing the same to his right. He then smoothed out the robes and trousers, tightening the boots to have it a little more comfortable. Rolling his shoulders, he loosened up the clothing that hugged his body to feel free. "Much better," He said and grabbed the hat to put on.

But before he could place it on, he heard a loud shriek resonating within the dead forest. "Shite, what's going on?" Quickly putting the hat on his head, he hefted a cane in his right hand and began running towards the direction where it came from.Hope you guys liked this chapter, even though it's only part of what I could update anyway. Not fair though.

Well, the next part will be uploaded maybe sometime next week. And also, don't worry, I got other chapters of other stories to update along the way.