I kept hearing voices, but my eyes wouldn't open. My heart pounded loud in my ears and something felt soft underneath me, so I assumed they had brought me inside.
The veins in my neck pulsed and the area where I had felt a pinch earlier was now burning. My hearing started to fade out before I was yet again, unconscious.
My eyes shot open as I sprang from the bed. Looking around, the room seemed to be empty. When I looked down, I saw Kurumu sitting by the bed sleeping quietly.
I looked down at my hands in a slight confusion. My entire body felt... different. I didn't feel sick or like I was dying, but I didn't feel quite right.
My mind replayed when the boy had hit me and when I saw Kurumu suddenly sprout wings. I nervously crawled out of the bed and stretched.
Something small and white was just barely in my vision and it seemed to be on my head. When I reached up to grab it, I noticed it tugged my hair. Curious, I started to walk towards the bathroom.
I opened the door and looked into the mirror. Immediately, I gasped in confusion and shock. All of my brown hair was now white, and my aquamarine eyes had turned red.
I felt around my face and pulled on the hair slightly. Disbelief surged my mind as I looked at the spot on my neck. There were to small punctures on the base that still burned.
I felt them gently with my finger to see if they were healed. Not knowing what happened, I stumbled out of the bathroom in complete wonder.
Moka now stood in the center of the room. Just by looking, I could see she had her center of gravity towards her back, and was ready to fight someone.
I couldn't find any words to say or questions to ask, so I stepped forward slowly.
Moka flew at me with incredible speed and slammed her left knee into the side of my face. It stung like a bitch, but it didn't do any serious damage. My mind replayed when she had kicked the boy away from me.
'Did she just kick me that hard? Why am I not dead then?' I wondered as I started to stand.
My body and mind were suddenly filled with an unbelievable rage. It felt like I should just destroy everything, kill everyone, but I tried to bottle it down.
Moka slammed her foot into my side and I went soaring out of a window. The glass scratched my skin as I fell onto the hard asphalt below.
I heard a loud thump and noticed that Moka had jumped out after me. Helpless, I tried to crawl away.
Picked up by my shirt, I looked into the blood red eyes of Moka as she stood, ready to finish me.
"Moka! Wait!" Looking over Moka's shoulder, I saw Kurumu scream for her to spare me.
"I can't!" Moka snarled. "If I don't do this now, he could kill all of you! He's a ghoul now, just a mindless killing machine."
"B-But...!" Kurumu shook as she was trying to think of a way to stop it.
"Wait!" I yelled out. Kurumu's eyes widened as well as Moka's.
"I don't want to die!" I yelled as I stuggled from her grip. She dropped me and I fell to my knees.
"C-Can a ghoul speak?" Tsukune called from somewhere I couldn't see.
"I've never seen it... but it's definitely possible. Whether he speaks or not, he's still a ghoul." Moka then started to approach me. I backed away after standing up and tried to think of something I could say.
"Please." I begged. Moka ignored my words and punched me in the gut. Small drops of blood came from my open mouth as I breathed heavily.
"I'm not going to do anything!" I yelled. Moka stopped for a moment and seemed to be pondering something.
"We can't be sure." She stood with her hands at her sides, but I knew she would lash out at me over any signs of danger.
"I don't know what's going on!" I shouted. My heart started to slow down and the pulsing in my neck faded. "What's wrong... with..."
Falling onto my knees, I felt incredibly weak and could feel the strength leaving my muscles.
"Moka, what's happening? Why does he look normal again?" Tsukune asked as he ran up behind her, still keeping his distance. I stood up slowly, starting to feel normal again.
"I-I don't know." Moka stated as she stared at me in complete disbelief.
"Does this mean you're still gonna kill me?" I asked jokingly. Kurumu walked up slowly and stood next to Moka, but didn't say anything.
After a few moments, they decided that, with Moka around, I could be left alive until we figured everything out.
I sat on the couch, ready to learn what exactly was happening.
"Do you think we can tell him?" Moka asked Tsukune.
"What choice do we have? He's already a ghoul and he's seen everything so far." Tsukune replied. Moka looked as if she wanted to argue, but simply nodded instead.
"Okay, Jeremy. I'm going to give you a crash course of the overall cause of this as well as the immediate cause." Tsukune rubbed his hands together as if he was giving a lecture, which he techincally was.
"The truth is... for years, monsters have lived with humans in a generally peaceful relationship. The only reason though is because monsters have been living in the human world secretly, so no humans know they exist. I'm human, but I got sent so a school for monsters by mistake and met Moka, and eventually learned all about this. That's the overall picture." He took a deep breath as I nodded for him to continue.
"What just happened was... well, you were attacked. The damage was too severe for regular medical treatment. So you see, without a witch around to use healing magic, we were forced to use our last resort." Tsukune pointed to Moka as she stepped forward as if they had planned this "presentation."
"Moka is a vampire, one of the strongest monsters there is. If she gives you her blood, it can give you a small amount of her powers, and one of those is healing severe wounds. That however, came with a risk. If a vampire gives a human too much blood, they become a ghoul. A ghoul is a mindless being that only kills." He looked back to me before finishing.
"That's what you are... at least we think that's what you are." He looked up to Moka.
"There's something different about you," Moka started. "You seem to be resisting the entire concept of the ghoul, and haven't tried to hurt us yet. Also, you're in a human state. This is something we've never seen before." Moka gave me some hope. What she said meant that I may be allowed to live, so long as I don't hurt anyone.
Tsukune, Kurumu, and Moka all looked at each other with worried expressions.
"So what you're saying is... I'm not human anymore, and you two weren't to begin with?" I pointed to Moka and Kurumu.
"Yes... You believe us, right?" Tsukune asked nervously. All three of them stared at me as I started to crack up. A long moment of just pure laughter concerned the three of them.
I laughed so hard that tears came from my eyes.
"Believe you? Do I believe you?" I laughed a little more. "I don't really have a choice but to believe you. I mean... she kinda kicked me through a window." I chuckled as I pointed at Moka.
"What exactly is so funny?" She crossed her arms and seemed to have relaxed during the time they explained everything to me.
"I just can't believe how ridiculously unbelievable this is! Yet here I am, talking with a vampire!" I took a deep breath and let out a long sigh. "Definitely not how I thought my week was gonna go."
All three of them relaxed after seeing me laugh at the reality of my situation.
"So that leaves me with two questions." I leaned forward in my seat as I looked at Kurumu. "What kind of monster are you?"
"I'm a succubus." She said with a calm but shaken voice.
"You mean like the ones that do lewd things to people in their sleep?" I flinched after realizing how offensive that must have been.
"Not exactly... You see, we just tempt men with our bodies. If that doesn't work, we look them in the eyes and use our special 'charm' and we do this until we find the one we want to be with." Kurumu replied. I nodded in understanding.
"Okay," Pausing, I leaned back before asking my next question. "So who was that kid that attacked us earlier?"
All three of them became stiff and tension filled the atmosphere.
"His real name is Adam, but he's recognized by his nickname Anatomy." The moment those words left Moka's mouth, my brain made a connection.
"You mean the Anatomy? The one from The Kings?" I spat the question out through instinct. I recognized the name because he was one of the top members of that gang and they were all over the news. They probably could've taken over Seattle if they tried, but recently their activities had stopped or weren't being noticed.
"Yes." Moka simply responded.
"How did you guys meet him? What's he after me for?" Now there were hundreds of questions floating around in my brain.
"That we don't know, but we have an idea." Kurumu said softly. Then I heard one sentence that changed everything.
"It's probably because they're still after Jason."