MY STRANGE FAMILY

Disclaimer: I do not own Moon Child. If I did, people would need to be 18+ to watch it. xD Warnings: Yaoi, language, vampirism, AU, possible blood play and possible bondage (it depends. I might decide to go really dark and dirty with this one. So you HAVE been warned.)
Rating: M

Chapter 2

Sho woke to sunlight streaming in through the ratty curtains that hung up. He rubbed the sleep out of his eyes as he got out of bed. Opening the curtains, he almost jumped back in shock to see Toshi standing there, grinning at him like a goofball. Angrily, he opened the window to curse at his stupid friend, but before he even got the chance to say anything, Toshi was climbing in through his window and into his room. "There's a front door, ya know." Sho said, and Toshi waved off his response. "I've always wanted to climb in through your window." Toshi said, with a grin that gave Sho the creeps. "You don't know how weird that just sounded." Sho said, as he got a packet of cigarettes from his small bedside table. He got one out, put it between his lips and lit it from the lighter which lay beside the cigarette packet. He took a long drag from the stick. "So what are you doing here this time of the morning anyway?" He asked, as he exhaled the smoke from his lungs. "I brought breakfast!" Toshi grinned, and dangled a McDonalds packet in front of Sho's eyes. Sho hadn't eaten anything except that uncooked cup of noodles. He grabbed the packet, and rifled through it, bringing out a McMuffin. Flicking his cigarette out the window, he hastily unwrapped the McMuffin and bit into it with gusto. A content smile spread over his features as he relished the food. Of course, it was gone with a few bites. Sho also found the two hash browns in the packet, and wolfed those down as well. Toshi grinned from ear to ear. "Well, since you've eaten, you might as well come with me on a job." He said, and Sho looked up. "I should have known there was no such thing as a free meal. What kinda job?" He asked, as he put his cigarettes and lighter in his pocket. Both he and Toshi left his room, and went into the living room. "There's that local pawn shop I was telling you about. Remember? The one owned by that small gang?" Toshi said, and Sho nodded. "What about it?" Sho asked, knowing where this concersation was heading. "Welllll...my boys told me that there's only two guys in the shop this morning. And there's a safe full of cash." Toshi said, and Sho's ears almost twitched at the mention of cash. "How much cash?" He asked, facing his friend. "At least 2 grand. But we have to move fast. They'll have company in 30 minutes." Toshi said, and was about to say more, but Sho was already on his feet. He went back into his room, and removed two guns which were taped to the underneath of his bed. After he got those, he peeked into his mother's bedroom, only to see her unconscious. "Figures." He mumbled, before he joined Toshi in the living room. "What the fuck are we waiting for? Let's go." Sho said, and Toshi grinned before he and Sho left the apartment.

Sho and Toshi arrived outside of an old pawn shop. One of Toshi's friends had been outside, casing the place out. "Still only two inside?" Toshi asked, and his friend nodded. "Yup, I been watching the place all morning. You're good to go, right?" He asked them, and both Toshi and Sho nodded. "Alright! Let's go!" Sho said, a grin of excitement on his face. Toshi chuckled. He knew how excited Sho could get, especially when there was money involved. The two walked into the store, with Toshi's friend acting as a lookout from the outside. Sho noticed that it looked like a typical pawn store. He peered at the jewelery inside the glass, which was near the front counter. He guessed the majority of it was stolen. "Can I help you?" One of the men had came over to him. Toshi was pretending to look through old VHS tapes, all the while keeping a close eye on the second man, who was preoccupied with watching something on an old tv. "I dunno, they all look nice." Sho said, as he slid his hands underneath his top, to grab hold of the two guns which rested securely by his sides, the movement going unnoticed by the man. "Well, we have silver, rose gold, gold, white gold...pick what you like." The man said, and before the man could blink, Sho had both of his guns drawn, and levelled at the man's head. "What a pity, what I want has a green colour. The safe, now." He said, and the man glanced at his colleague, and gasped as he saw Toshi also had a gun pulled on him.

"Hi." Toshi grinned and waved, and the man swore under his breath. The two men began to speak together in Chinese. "Yeah, I can speak Chinese." Sho said, and pointed the barrels of his guns at the man's forehead. "Tell your friend to open the safe." Sho said in Chinese, and the other man swore in Chinese, but he opened the safe anyway. "Toshi! Get the cash, quickly!" Sho said, and Toshi disappeared out the back, emerging a few minutes later. "Did you get it?" Sho asked. "I got it!" Toshi replied, and Sho faced the two chinese men, who were glaring furiously at the both of them. "We're leaving. If you attempt to follow us, our boys outside will fill you with lead." Sho warned, and both he and Toshi backed out of the store, their guns still pointed at the two men. Once they were outside, they and their lookout ran off as fast as they could. Toshi still kept a lookout, in case they were being followed. When they were confident that they had gotten away, they stopped in an alleyway. Toshi pulled out a fairly large brown paper bag. In it were wads of cash. He and Sho both laughed at the amazing haul. "Holy shit! Sho...there's gotta be what, 10 grand in here?" Toshi stared at the cash in amazement. "At least." Sho said, and dove his hand into the bag. His fingers touched the money, and something else, which was underneath the wads of cash.

"Hm? What's this?" He mumbled, and wrapped his fingers around the package, and pulled it out. Their eyes all widened at the medium sized packet of white powder. "Toshi...I'm guessing this isn't flour." Sho said, and Toshi couldn't say anything, only flounder at what Sho held in his hand. "Do you think... they might be dealing in more than stolen goods?" Toshi's friend said, and both Toshi and Sho let out breaths that they didn't even know they held. "This has gotta be worth what? 50 grand on the streets?" Sho said, and raked a hand through his blonde hair. Toshi was freaking out. "They were supposed to be a small gang! Is this small? I don't fucking think so! Sho, what do we do? Should we toss it? Should we take it back?" Toshi shouted, and earned himself a whack at the back of the head from Sho. "Yeah, let's just go back and say 'Gee mister, I'm sorry we stole your drugs'?" Sho shook his head at the absolute stupidity of his friend. "I know! Sho could hide it and-" Toshi's friend started but Sho cut him off. "Forget it. This shit ain't coming no where near my place. Besides, my mother would only snort it all." Sho said, and Toshi sighed.

"Alright. We divide the money now, and I'll hide the drugs somewhere." Toshi said, and Sho agreed. Once they had each taken their share of the money, they split up, all going their seperate ways. Sho instantly went to the bank. He knew that if he had money lying around, his mother would only use it to buy drugs. Once he deposited the money, he went and had lunch at a street vendor. He looked at his watch. It was 3:30 pm. 'Shit, where had all the time gone'? He thought, and supposed he'd better head home. On the way home, he saw through the window of an electronics store, that a TV was broadcasting the news. The volume could clearly be heard. "This has been the fifth body in a matter of months, as what police are describing as quote 'the most baffling murders to ever plague the city of Mallepa'." The woman reporter announced. "Shit. Police ain't doing enough." A voice beide him spoke up, and he looked to see a man around his age, possibly a bit older watching the news broadcast as well. "Do you know what's going on?" Sho asked and the man faced him. "A little. The bodies were all completely drained of blood. Not a single drop left in any of them. The tabloids have been calling it 'The Vampire of Mellepa'." The man said, and shook his head. "Vampires? Gimme a break." Sho scoffed, and the man chuckled. "I know, right? They sensationalize it to get readers. Ya know what? I think it's the work of a cult." He said, and Sho nodded. "That makes more sense. Well, see ya man." Sho chuckled, then walked off. "Yeah. Beware of those vampires!" The man called out and Sho laughed and left with a wave.

When he finally got home, it was late afternoon. He laid down on the couch, with one arm over his eyes. He was just dozing off, when his mother staggered out of her room. She mumbled something which was garbled. "What was that?" Sho asked. "I said make me a coffee." She said, as she sat down at the kitchen table, with her head in her hands. "I would, but someone didn't pay the bills again, and the power was cut off." He said, and she groaned. "I feel like shit." She moaned as her head pounded like a drum. "Well, you wouldn't feel like shit if you stopped doing drugs." Sho pointed out. "Oh fuck off." She swore and rubbed at her eyes. "This feels different, Sho. I've never felt like this before, not even when I OD'd last year." She said, and Sho looked up from his position on the couch.
"You bring it on yourself. Doing the wrong thing all the time. Speaking of the wrong thing, what the heck was up with last night? The guy and his son? You were just playing around together right?" Sho asked and his mother thought for a few minutes before she began to speak.

"I love him. He will be our everything. You'll see." She said, Sho noticed how the sky began to darken. He was about to say something, when there was a knock on the door. "It's open." He called out. The door flung open, and in walked the man from the night before. He was accompanied by his son. "Miho-chan, Sho-chan." Luka smiled at the both of them. Miho smiled happily but Sho scowled at Luka adding 'chan' to the end of his name. "Just 'Sho' is fine. You don't need to be adding things, and making it any weirder than it already is." Sho said from his place on the couch. Luka faced Kei. "You can keep Sho company. I need to speak with Miho in private." Luka said, and extended his hand to Miho, who stood to her feet, and took hold of his hand. They both disappeared into her bedroom, and Kei sat beside Sho on the couch. "I didn't introduce myself last night. My name's Kei." The blonde man smiled and held out a hand. "I'm Sho." Sho shook the other's hand, flinching at how cold his skin was.

"So... I guess we're going to be a family soon." Kei said, an attempt at making conversation. "I don't see how that's possible. We don't even know each other." Sho said, a little annoyed. "Yes, so we should make a nice start at getting to know one another." Kei added and Sho sighed. "Why does your dad even like her anyway? She's a junkie, in case you haven't noticed. And we're not rich, so she doesn't have anything of worth." Sho pointed out. "It's not about that. Luka likes her. What I think of it doesn't matter." Kei said, and got to his feet when both Luka and Miho both came back out. Miho smiled at her son. "Sho, pack your things. We'll be living with Luka and Kei from now on." She said, and if Sho hadn't been laying down, he would have fallen over. He got to his feet. "Woah, woah! Wait a sec! You met this guy last night, and you want us to move in with him?" Sho said, and stared at Miho with an incredulous look on his face. Miho pulled Sho aside. "Sho, listen to me. I think we've got a good thing here, and I don't want you to ruin it for me!" She whispered in his ear. "But-" Sho made to say something, but she cut him off. "No butts. Pack your things now." She said, and went to do the same, packing what little personal items she owned.

Sho couldn't believe this was even happening. He went and packed his personal belongings. He still had his guns strapped to his sides, so he was glad he didn't have to pack those, as Kei had followed him, and was watching what he was doing. "Do you need any help?" The shorter blond man asked. "No thanks, I got it." Sho said in a sarcastic tone of voice. Once done, he walked back out into the living room. "This is crazy. What about our furniture?" He asked and Luka chuckled softly. "The place where you'll be moving to is fully furnished. And, with a great deal more security." Luka said, and looked around at the place distaste. "Well, let us be going then, shall we?" Luka smiled and ushered them all out of the decrepit apartment. There was a taxi waiting for them at the side of the road. They all got it. Sho got the window seat, and he looked out the window for one last glance at the apartment before the taxi drove away. Luka was in the front seat of the taxi, with Miho, Kei and Sho in the backseat. Kei was sitting in the middle of both Miho and Sho. Sho noticed how close the other man was pressed against his side. He looked out the window, trying to distract himself from how nervous he was at being so close to the blonde. Kei didn't seem to mind it, however. He had taken a liking to Sho, and was mesmerized at the deep blue of the boy's eyes. He continued to stare, as if drowning in the deep orbs. When Sho looked away outside the window, he felt a little disappointed that he could no longer stare into those lovely eyes. He faced the front in silence. They had been in the taxi for what seemed like hours, when they pulled up a large and quite nice, and large house. They all got out of the taxi, with Luka paying the driver.

"Where are we?" Sho asked, taking in the sight of the beautiful house. "Mallepa." Kei replied, as he and Luka walked to the house with Miho and Sho following behind. "Wait. Mallepa? The place which has been all over the news?" Sho asked. Luka and Kei exchanged glances. "Don't believe everything you read, Sho. Mallepa is a nice place, but like every other area, there are good and bad. Let's just focus on the good, hm?" Luka smiled as Miho and Sho walked inside. "Oh, it's lovely!" Miho gasped in delight as she all but ran around, looking at this and that. Luka and Kei smiled at each other. "We hope you and Sho like it here." Luka said. "I'm sure we'll love it here. Right, Sho?" She asked Sho, who merely grunted in response. "Come. I'll show Miho to her room, and Kei can take Sho to his." Luka held out a hand to Miho, who took it and disappeared up the hallway with the man. "Well... lets go." Kei walked off, and Sho had no choice but to follow him. He was lead to a fairly large room with a double bed. It was clean, and tidy. It was perfect. "Over here is an adjouring bathroom that links your room with mine. Should you need anything, I'm right through there." Kei smiled, and Sho saw what appeared to be Kei's room. It looked pretty much like his own room, neat and tidy. "Uh...thanks." Sho said, not knowing what else to say to the other. "Don't worry about it. Luka went ahead and ordered dinner for you and Miho. You can wash up and I'll come and get you when dinner's ready." Kei said, and was about the leave when Sho stopped him. "What about you both? Aren't you both hungry too?" Sho asked and Kei shook his head with a soft smile. "No, we both ate before picking you up." Kei said, before he left Sho to his own devices.

Sho began to unpack his things. He had a few sets of clothes, some clean underwear and his guns. Sho took off his holster and his guns, and put them under the bed. He would think of a more secure place to put them, but he needed a shower. He stripped off all his clothes, and picked out what he would wear after his shower, and placed them on the bed. He walked into the bathroom, and noticed that there was shampoo, conditioner, soap and shower gel. He turned the shower on, and when it had reached a nice temperature, he stepped in under the hot water. "Feels good." He sighed in bliss. "I should really wash my hair too." He said, and undid all of his braids, his hair cascading down, around his shoulders. He got his hair wet and washed both his hair and his body. When done, he wrapped a towel around his waist and walked into his room. Kei chose that moment to walk into his room. "Dinner's read-" Kei's voice trailed off, as he took in the absolutely stunning sight of Sho in nothing but a towel, and his wet hair down, and around his shoulders. Wet droplets of water clung to his perfectly toned body, and it was then that Kei realized that this wasn't the first time he'd seen Sho in nothing but a towel. He had seen him last night too, only tonight he had been able to get a better and much longer view of this gorgeous being. He was interrupted by Sho clearing his throat. "Uh, I meant to say dinner's ready. Uh, you get dressed and I'll head downstairs." Kei said, and awkwardly left Sho to get changed. Sho shook his head and dried off, and got dressed. He quickly ran the towel through his hair, allowing it soak up most of the moisture, before he put the towel back in the bathroom.

He headed downstairs, and to the kitchen. It was massive. Bigger than his kitchen AND lounge room combined. Kei sat at the table and smiled at him, offering him a seat. Sho sat down and looked at the food. It was fried chicken, and there was even beer. "Wow, thanks. It looks good." Sho admitted, and felt his stomach rumble. "Go ahead, eat." Kei urged him, and Sho picked up a chicken leg and bit into it. He all but moaned at the delicious taste. He couldn't remember the last time he had fried chicken, let alone fried chicken that tasted this good. Kei offered him a beer and he took a sip with appreciation. Sho finally noticed that it was only the two of them. "Where's my mom?" Sho asked, and Kei looked up. "She and Luka are-" He was cut off by Sho holding up a hand. "Please. Not while I'm eating." He said, which caused Kei to smile and laugh. "Not what your dirty mind's thinking, Sho." Kei said, which caused Sho to blush. "They're in the garden out back. When Luka mentioned there was flowers, she had to see them straight away." He smiled, and Sho nodded his head. "She loves flowers." Sho said, as he continued to eat. He ate until he was full, and he finished his beer. "So..." Sho said, and relaxed in his chair. "Other than vampire serial killers, what else do you have in Mallepa?" He asked, and Kei almost fell out of his chair.

"Are you okay?" Sho asked and Kei regained his composure. "I'm fine. I assume you're talking about those dead bodies who were 'allegedly' drained of blood?" Kei asked and Sho nodded his head. "Uh...I don't really know that much. It's probably the work of some psycho cult. But we're safe here. The bad shit only goes down in the bad areas in the heart of the city." Kei said, as if to reassure the taller of the two. "So is there anything to do around here?" Sho asked and Kei nodded his head. "Sure there is. Plenty of stuff. If you like, we could go out tonight." Kei said, and thought for a moment. "Why not, it sounds like fun. Okay, I'm in." Sho agreed, and Kei stood up. "Come on. We can catch a train from here to the city." He said, and Sho got up, the both of them walking out when Luka and Miho came back inside. "Are you both going somewhere?" Luka asked and Kei nodded. "Yeah, I'm taking Sho to see the city." Kei nodded and Luka frowned for a quick moment but nodded. "If there looks to be any trouble you both come back immediately, got it?" Luka said, and Kei nodded. "I promise, we'll be good." Kei said in what Sho thought to be a teasing tone of voice, but he paid it not much attention. Sho was happy to be doing something rather than staying at the house and doing nothing all night.

They caught the train to Mallepa Central, and as soon as they stepped into the city, Sho's eyes went wide. The place was packed. There was nothing like this back in his old town. People dressed in all manner of clothing, from traditional ancestral clothes, to funky punky clothes. He stared open-mouthed as a person wearing nothing but a loin cloth walked past them. Kei chuckled at Sho's expression. "You should see your face. You have an expression like a country bumpkin in the big city." Kei said, and Sho pouted so adorably, it made Kei want to pinch his cheeks. "Come on, let's go and have some fun!" Kei said, and took hold on Sho's hand and pulled him through the crowds of people. Normally Sho would never let a guy take him by the hand. But as he didn't know the area at all, he let it slide. They walked until Kei found what appeared to be a shooting range. Sho's eyes lit up as they walked inside. The sounds of bullets being fired was loud. "Wanna try it out and see how you do?" Kei asked and Sho nodded eagerly. Kei paid the man at the front desk, and they both were lead to a booth. Guns and ammo were provided. Kei picked up his gun, and loaded it. Sho did the same, with Kei very impressed at the speed in which the boy loaded the gun. "Here's how it works. We both do a round. There'll be moving targets. Whoever manages to shoot the most, wins." Kei said, above the noise of guns being fired. "Hm, I think I can handle it." Sho said, with a cocky grin.

"Oh you do, do you? Bring it on." Kei said, with a cocky grin of his own. Kei could be very competitive and he loved a challenge. "Oh, I'll bring it alright." Sho smirked, as their round began. Sho fired at all of the moving targets, hitting all but one. "Tch." Sho pouted and Kei faced him. "How'd you do?" The shorter man asked. "Hit all but one." Sho replied, with a slightly sulky tone. "Hey, don't sweat it. You got more than I did." Kei said, and put the guns back. "What do you wanna do now?" He asked Sho. "What's the club scene like here?" Sho asked and Kei shrugged. "Like every other club, I guess." Kei replied and Sho chuckled. "In that case, let's go clubbing." Sho said, a grin on his face. "I don't know..." Kei said, and made a face like he was deep in thought. "Luka probably won't like it." Kei frowned. "Who cares? Him screwing my mom, doesn't make him my dad." Sho laughed, and walked off. Kei glared indignantly. "He is not screwing her!" Kei called out, but Sho didn't hear him. He only sighed and caught up with the boy. They walked to a night club, with Sho eagerly rubbing his hands together. Kei couldn't help but think he looked adorable, like a child at Christmas. When they were inside, they headed to the bar. Kei got them some drinks, and they went to sit down at the side, away from the dancing mass of people.
Sho didn't waste any time.

"So do you have any other family?" Sho asked and Kei looked up. Shaking his head, he answered. "No, it's just me and Luka." The shorter man took a tiny sip of his drink. "Same here. It's been me an my mom since forever. As soon as my dad found out my mom was pregnant with me, he legged it as fast as he could." Sho said, and took a mouthful of his own drink. "Did you ever try to find him?" Kei asked. "Nope. Why would I wanna find a scumbag?" Sho said, and downed the rest of his drink in one gulp. "I'm gonna get another drink." Sho said, and stood up, with Kei quickly grabbing hold of his arm.

"Take it easy on the booze. Luka will kill me if he knows I allowed you to get drunk." Kei said and Sho sighed. "What are you, my babysitter? I mean, you look my age. How old are you anyway?" Sho asked and Kei frowned a little. "A lot older than you." Was the reply that Sho received. "I don't care, I wanna drink so-" Sho made to pull his arm out of the other's grasp, but Kei wouldn't have any of it. Keeping his iron grasp on the boy, he began pulling him out of the nightclub. "Hey, what are you doing? I can walk myself!" Sho said, extremely embarrassed at being so easily manheld by Kei. When Kei released him, Sho rubbed his arm. "What the hell!?" Sho glared, and frowned at the finger indentations where Kei's iron grip had been. "Sorry." Kei said, and inspected Sho's arm. "I guess I don't know my own strength." He added, with a slight smile. Sho shook his head. "Whatever. What's next?" He asked, and Kei shook his head. "Nothing, we're going home." He said, and began walking in the direction of the train station where they originally arrived. Sho had no choice but to go with him.

They walked into an alleyway to take a shortcut to the station. They were nearly out of the alleyway, when they were stopped by five punks, who crowded around them. Kei's hand closed around Sho's own. "Oh lookie what we have here." One of the thugs said, and laughed. "To pass through here, you gotta pay us a toll." Another said, and they all laughed. "Toll? I ain't payin' you shit!" Sho said, and the thugs stopped laughing and the leader grabbed Sho by the front of his shirt. "Looks like we have a potty mouth here, boys." He said, and they chuckled as the leader stroked his dirty fingers over Sho's face. "Maybe I can put that cute mouth to better use-" The leader had his hand pushed forcefully away by Kei, who's eyes were darkened by barely concealed anger.
"Watch where you put that filthy hand of yours." Kei said, his voice changed from his normal tone, and sounded almost...like an animal. He gently pushed Sho to the side. "Hurry and get out of here. Let me handle them." He said, with Sho shaking his head. "I'm not leaving you to fight them alone!" Sho protested, and Kei flashed him a glare that meant meant Sho was to obey him and leave. "Trust me. I can take care of it." Kei said again, with a soft smile to reassure the boy. "Alright, fine. I'll be at the train station." Sho said, and begrudgingly left Kei to deal with the thugs.
Kei faced them all, smiling wickedly as sharp fangs glinted underneath the moonlight. The expressions on the men's faces turned into one of sheer horror. Nothing was heard that night, except for the screams and wailing of those whose time was up in the cold harsh city of Mallepa.

TBC

A/N: The second chapter is finished! :) I hope you like it. Tell me if there's anything I should improve on, because I want my writing to get better :)