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The Love Of A Heartless Vampire

Chapter 1

"A Surprise For Anzu."

Loneliness...

Sadness...

Emptiness...

That's all I could think of as I lied on my lumpy bed. My head resting on the thin, barely stuffed pillow as my eyes were focused on the half moon that shown through the so called window in the room. My head was spinning and to my surprise, it wasn't because of the so called pillow under it. No, I got used to this uncomfortable sleep and I was so over nagging about it...

My head spun because of the sounds that erupted from the other girls in the room. Seriously, girls can talk a lot which is not really surprising, though. I've been listening to those three girls' conversations for quite a long time that I got almost everything they were chatting about.

One of them whose name I forgotten asked about the character and features they would like their prince charming to have. Ms. Wonderful as I called her three years ago scoffed with the most irritating voice, tilting her head up in a smug fashion.

"I want him to be very rich, very handsome and very very famous...so he can fit a great girl like Moi!" She said snobbishly. I had to turn my head to the other side to fight the urge to laugh at her. The one who asked the question stared at her weirdly.

"Don't you think you're asking for too much Leen!" She asked her. Leen or Ms. Wonderful crossed her arms to her chest.

"And what about you hon? How do you imagine your prince charming?" She asked back while glaring. The girl just lowered her head in embarrassment.

"I imagine him to be brave and to always love me..." Leen played with her finger nails with a careless look.

"Humph. Again with the fairy tales talk. There's nothing such as love. All that matters is money and fame..." She told her.

"There is love..." The girl snapped back. The third girl who hadn't spoken a word tried to separate them as they were about to fight. I shook my head and turned my face away to gaze at the half moon again. Leen turned to me; her blue hair flying behind her back as it shone under the moonlight. I always loved her hair and when she would start nagging me I would just look at her hair and forget about her completely. Silly as it was...but it was true.

"So Anzu..." She called my name in a sneery way but I didn't really matter at the moment. "What about you? How do you want your prince charming to be? That if you ever found him that is." She sneered again and I just sighed inwardly. I was really mad at her, but again, I got used to her and her mocking talk. I was even prepared for another thing but gladly she didn't say it. Not yet anyway...

"Please Leen..." The girl who wasn't speaking earlier said to her. "Don't say that to Anzu." Leen turned abruptly and shot her a glare.

"Why wouldn't I? We all had parents and a huge family one day. But to our misfortune they died. But Anzu didn't even know her parents to begin with, and she's been in this orphanage since she was a baby. Someone like her would never find someone to be with her. She's a bitch and I bet her parents threw her at the door step of this orphanage after they fucked up each other! Trust me Sakura that's what happened." She said.

I rolled my eyes. Here we go again!This was the thing that I was prepared to hear. Sakura didn't say anything and I didn't either. I wanted to defend my parents, but I couldn't. I mean I've never seen them and no one from the owners or the teachers here in the orphanage knows who they are. All they told me was that they opened the front door of the orphanage one day and saw me wrapped up in a sheet as I was crying hard. They all would tell me that my parents must've died and someone saw them and brought me here.

Suddenly, a little girl with long raven hair and hazel eyes came to us, rubbing her eyes. She looked up tiredly at us and held to her little ripped teddy bear.

"What does "fuck" mean?" She asked softly, still rubbing her eyes. Leen placed her hand on her head as if she was her dog and smirked.

"Well little one...it means-"

"SHUT UP!" I yelled finally getting out the bed and pushing Leen away then throwing myself on my knees till I reached the five-year girl.

"It means nothing sweetheart. It means nothing..." I told her softly brushing some strands of her hair with my hand.

"Really Anzu..?" She asked me softly. Her eyes colored with purity and kindness. I couldn't tell this innocent what this dirty word meant. I just couldn't ruin her childhood and her pure world by something as dirty as this word.

"Sure my little princess, it means nothing at all. So don't ever say it again, deal?" Ai; the little girl nodded to me then smiled maliciously.

"Talking about princesses, could you tell me another story about princesses Anzu?" I rolled my eyes thinking and she only pouted to me. "Pleaaaaase Anzu?" I giggled at her cuteness.

"Sure honey...C'mon let's go and see which princess lived happily ever after this time." I said as I picked Ai up and placed her gently on my bed. "Just wait for a second beautiful, okay?" Ai nodded once more and I walked to Leen seeing her placing her hand on her hip with a hatred glare on her face.

"You moron! How could you say this to a small kid? Don't you have a brain?" I yelled at her, but not too much loud since I didn't want Ai and the other kids in the room to hear.

Leen gasped softly and fake. "Oh! How kind you are Anzu...you don't want to ruin the innocence of these children with your fucking story and your fucking parents that fucked each other and left you to be a fucking bitch..." I clenched my fists angrily.

"Stop saying that word!" I hissed in a low and cold tone. Leen just waved her hands in front of her.

"OK. OK. I won't say a word...I'll go to sleep. I don't want to ruin my charming skin." She said and went to lay on her bed but not without cursing and yelling about how lumpy the bed was. I shook my head at her and went to see Ai still waiting on my bed. I lied beside her and smiled.

"What took you so long?" She asked sweetly, yawning. I had to laugh. This girl is really so cute. I leaned to kiss her forehead.

"I'm sorry honey...now let's start the story..." I said and she as soon as she heard that snuggled to me since the place was a little cold. It was the end of January here.

I looked down at her and smiled. Ai was like my younger sister that I never had. Her parents died in a car wreck when she was one year old and she survived in a miracle. She came to the orphanage at the age of one and I loved her when I saw her. I just can't forget the first time she came here. She was crying madly and all the girls in the orphanage tried to calm her down. It was so rare for us to see a baby orphan. Everyone tried their luck to make her stop but they failed, and I couldn't take her cries anymore. I imagined myself when I saw her crying. Fear and loneliness was filling her like it was filling me when I came here the first time. She was afraid because she opened her eyes to see someone else than her kind mom and dad. Someone that she never seen before and that made her so scared. I was just like her when I came here. I didn't know where I was or who I was. And it was too cold there. I just wanted my mommy back then, but I couldn't find her, and I knew back then that Ai wanted her mommy too, but she couldn't find her either.

I walked to her and took her from a girl's arms and into my arms. She didn't stop crying. I bet she didn't even notice that someone else was holding her now.

"Please calm down..." I pleaded to her. I couldn't help seeing this lovely and poor creature cry. And soon my eyes were filled with tears; Tears of fear and loneliness filled my eyes and slid down my cheeks then on her soft cheek. Ai opened her wet eyes and stared at me innocently with teary eyes. I don't know what happened then. I just felt her reach up slowly, her small soft hands caressing my cheeks as if she was pleading for me to stop crying. As if she was telling me that she knows how it feels to be an orphan in this small age. As if telling me that she understands how I feel now and how I felt when I came here the first time. And ever since that day, I felt that Ai and I were tied in a bound that cannot be broken.

"Anzu..." I felt someone nudge me and turned over to see Ai calling my name. "When does the story start?" She asked in a bored voice and I mentally slapped myself. I always get so wrapped up in my thoughts.

"Right now honey..." I cleared my throat and started dramatically. I always loved this sentence. "Once upon a time, there was a beautiful poor girl called Ai-"

"What?" She stopped me and pointed to herself unbelievingly. "This girl has my name." she said, bewildered. And I had to smile. I had used this on purpose anyway.

"Yes beautiful. She has your name and she is just as pretty as you are..." I told her and she smiled proudly.

"Okay...let's continue...this girl was poor and her mother died when she was a child. Then her father married another woman..." I went on with the story of Cinderella. But Ai's version and I watched her as she gasped every time I told her something surprising, and how crystal tears would form in her beautiful hazel eyes when Ai couldn't go to the party. But of course her smile grew wide when the fairy godmother came and saved the day. I watched how anxious she was when I told her that the prince looked for the girl that owned the slipper. "And they lived happily ever after..." I finished the story and saw her smile a big smile. But then, she played with her fingers and I knew that that meant she was thinking of something, or at least she wanted to ask about something.

"Hey Anzu..." I peered down at her and shook my head slowly. "Ai lived happily ever after while she was an orphan. Does that mean that we can have a happy ever after?" I tilted my head slightly to the side, surprised by her question. But then a smile appeared on my face.

"Sure sweetie. We can have a happy ever after. We're all human either orphan or not. And everybody can live happily..." I told her, though I was a bit unsure of my talk.

"So Anzu...can you tell me your story?" She asked. I saw the hope in her eyes and rolled my eyes.

"Isn't it bed time already?" I asked.

"Nope. I don't feel like sleeping...please!" She begged again using the best and most effective weapon "Puppy dog eyes!". I tried to be strong against them but I couldn't. Finally, I sighed in defeat.

"Alright, what do you want to know?"

"Everything!" She exclaimed almost waking up everybody.

"Hey little wrench! Shut your fucking mouth up before I come to you!" Miss wonderful yelled and I gritted my teeth. I told her not to use that word again. But she was doing that to provoke me and I knew it. I turned to see Ai playing again with her fingers and I knew she was going to ask me again what that word meant. I sighed and turned to pat her shoulder.

"Listen. I'll tell you everything as long as you don't ask about that word again. Promise?" Ai seemed to think about it with her little brain and then nodded.

"Promise..." I smiled to her and brushed my long brown hair away of my face. I watched her place her head on my stomach as I gazed at the sky and started.

"Remember when I told you that we're the same?" I asked her and she nodded. "Well, I came to this orphanage since a real long time. I was even younger than you when they brought me here. I was barely months." I saw her look up at me; Puzzlement coloring her soft features.

"Where are your parents Anzu..?" She asked me as I stroked her silky hair.

"They're above now in the sky. Watching me and protecting me..." Ai seemed more confused when I told her that.

"Are my parents there too?" She asked me and I nodded, flashing a smile.

"Sure sweetie. They're watching and protecting you..." Ai smiled to me and nodded. And I continued. "I was all alone in this orphanage until I was nine. A guy named Seto and his little brother Mokuba came to the orphanage after they lost their parents and Seto was eleven back then. Seto was so over protective about his little brother Mokuba who was about five..."

"Like me?" Ai interrupted and I nodded again.

"Yes, like you." I cleared my throat again. "Anyway, Mokuba was so sweet and playful and I liked him so much. And when Seto learned how I treated his brother kindly, he became my friend. He always protected me, helped me when I was in trouble, comforted me when I felt sad and troubled. He was so kind and nice to me. That's why I liked him so much..." I heard a strange voice that extracted me from my daydream and saw that Ai was hiding her laugh. I looked at her firmly.

"Why are you laughing? I asked her and she giggled softly.

"You loved Seto?" She asked me and I flushed a bit and didn't answer. "You really loved him."

"Yeah I loved him, so what?" I said unaffected. She noticed that I wasn't enjoying her teasing and stopped.

"So did he love you too Anzu?" I looked down at her and gave a half smile.

"He did..." I answered simply, looking at the sky. I really missed Seto. I was all alone all the time and he was the only one that supported me and helped me. I never felt loved before Seto and Mokuba entered my life. They were the only ones that loved me back then.

"Hey Anzu..." I felt Ai nudge me again snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Hmm..."

"Where is Seto now?" She asked me and I felt my heart skip a beat.

"He was adopted by a rich businessman called Gozaburo Kaiba. So he and his brother left the orphanage three years ago." I said with a slight sigh. Ai's features softened and she laid her head again on my lap and looked up at me.

"And why didn't you go with him?"

"I can't go with him sweetie...they were adopted. Not me." I told her as I thought back of that day. It was the worst day in my life when they left. Mokuba was like a younger brother to me...and Seto...he was my everything. So when they left...I was so heartbroken. I recalled that day. Seto told me as I hugged him that he'll come back someday and take me out this place. But he never came back. I still remember the kiss he gave me before he left away. I swear that his lips still haunts me in my dreams till now. I just wonder how he is doing now. Specially, after he lost Mokuba.

"Hey Anzu, why weren't you adopted like Seto and Mai?" Ai asked me and I had to groan in frustration. I don't even have an answer to this question.

I shrugged my shoulders carelessly. "I dunno." I answered shortly only making Ai smile and threw her thin arms around my neck.

"I'm so happy that no one adopted you Anzu." She said cheerfully as she held on me. I raised my eyebrows at her missing the cheerful thing in the sentence.

"Why do you seem so happy about it?"

She smiled widely. "Because you'll be with me. I don't want you to leave me Anzu. You're not only my sis. You're my mommy too..." She said softly. A gasp escaped my lips softly as I heard her say those words. I'm her mother! Does she honestly consider me her mother? I was pulled back to reality when she whispered against the crook of my neck. "Promise me that you'll always be with me Anzu..." Once she said that, I felt a teardrop on my neck and I wrapped my arms around Ai and hugged her to me.

"I promise sweetheart." I told her with a doubtful voice while remembering Mokuba when he said that I'm like a mom to him.

I sighed softly. A year after Seto and Mokuba left the orphanage; I read in the newspaper in the headmistress's office that he was found dead in an alley. But something else made his case different and scary which was his killer's identity. The police said that he was killed by a vampire.

It was a bit silly to think that a vampire killed him, but the traces on his neck showed that he was bitten by something and there were bruises on his body that the doctors said that they can't be made unless by something very sharp. Like fangs... and since you can't find wild animals in the city, they analyzed it that vampires did that. Not to mention that his death was because of blood loss which is evidence that a vampire drank too much of his blood and that made him die.

I wrapped my arm around Ai's body. Vampires subject always freaked me out. And after Mokuba's death that was aired and showed by all the channels here in Japan, lots of people travelled to other countries to escape from vampires. I know that I never believed in vampires. But what can you say when someone gives you more than one evidence that vampires really exist.

The ironic thing, though, is that Mokuba always talked to me about vampires. He always believed in them and told me that they were good creatures that were sent to destroy the evilness in this world and help rescue weak and poor people. And I would always tell him that there was no such thing as vampires, while Seto would roll his eyes and say nothing. But Mokuba however would say that they existed in the world.

I have never thought that I'll discover someday that he was right.

I felt a soft breeze against my stomach and peered down to see Ai asleep in my lap. I guess that she felt bored with me spaced out and decided to go to sleep. I picked her up gently and placed her in her bed, then kissed her forehead before going to my bed.

The room was filled with a huge silence. Everyone was asleep but me. The room had ten people and with me we were eleven. Miss wonderful and I were both about to get 18 and were the older ones here. Sakura and the girl that asked about prince charming that I remembered her name to be Sonoko were both fourteen and the rest seven were all children. Ai was the youngest one here in the room. Of course there were lots of other rooms in this orphanage; most of them were for boys since after fourteen they would separate girls and boys to different bedrooms. Don't get me wrong...but they didn't want any problem.

The orphanage consisted of ten rooms but ours had the most number of people. Other rooms just had about six maximum and I don't know why our room was that crowded. The children had to share their beds with each other, so each one of them slept with another one except for my precious Ai. She would usually sleep with me anyway which I didn't appreciate a lot since she always kicks in her sleep!

Anyways, there were three classrooms where I learned most of what they learn in other schools out the orphanage. And I almost mastered English to the teacher's surprise.

I always wanted to get out of the orphanage like Seto, Mokuba and Mai did. Mai was my best girlfriend here. The first time she got here she was so snobby and didn't talk with anyone, but something happened and we became the best of friends after that. Her parents died in a fire and since she wasn't from Japan, the neighbors brought her to the orphanage when she was ten, and she stayed with us till she became fifteen. That was when her cousin Ruyji Otogi knew where she was and came to take her from the orphanage. I was so sad when Mai left and I didn't know if she was going to stay in Japan or go to America her native country.

Mai was the only one that understood me aside than Seto and Mokuba. And she was the one that fought beside me against Leen since we both hated her. Mai was the one that took care of Ai with me when they brought her here and we loved her both so much. Mai always told me that she wanted a boyfriend with blonde hair and either hazel or green eyes, and I always thought that she would have the one she desired. Mai was a very beautiful girl and she looked like models with her long, curly, blond hair and her amethyst eyes. And that's why she always fought with the snobby Leen, because Leen knew that Mai was way prettier than her.

I always thought if I was considered beautiful or not. Mai always told me that I'm so beautiful, and that my eyes were the greatest and most unique shade of blue she's ever seen before. But she would always say that I had to do something with my long hair. Not that she hated my silky, knee-length brown hair. But she thought that I should cut it a little bit.

I sighed again. I wished Seto was here with me. I missed him so much and I wished to be with him. At least to comfort him for his brother loss. I feel so empty after he left me. He promised to come and get me out of here but he didn't. I'm still waiting for him, but it seems that after he got out of the orphanage to be with the rich businessman, he would never remember again that he was an orphan here. And he would never remember the love we shared.

Oh! Love. How this word always brought memories to me. I lifted the pillow up to reveal a small piece of a newspaper. This small paper has been with me for two years now as I tried in vain everyday to understand what it meant. I remember when I was fifteen that I went to Mrs. Mouri; the headmistress's office and saw a newspaper on her desk. At first I didn't see the report about Mokuba's death. I just opened the newspaper to the horoscopes part and read mine; Scorpio. But when I couldn't understand it, I ripped the part of Scorpio and put it in my pocket. Then when I was about to exit her office, I was thunderstruck by the death of my little friend.

I gazed at the paper in my hand and read it for the thousand times through these two years.

Scorpio teen girl;

Your luck in love and life is so tiny and you need to understand that giving is the only way for love.

When you give more, you'll be loved more.

Don't be depressed my dear Scorpio because life will turn its back on you many times in your life.

But you shouldn't ever give up.

You'll have your special someone, but sometimes you fall in love with the least expected person...

Be patient my dear Scorpio and no matter how sad your life is...try to change it and move on...

And beware...because your love will destroy you one day...

I re-read the last line again and again. What does it mean that my love will destroy me one day? And what does it mean that giving is the only way for love? And who said that I'm not lucky in love? Well, I'm not really lucky, but still...

I tried to stop thinking and just go to sleep. Every time I would want to go to sleep thoughts would interrupt my mind. Seriously, has anyone noticed that he would be so relaxed and not thinking a bit. But when he would go to sleep he would just not be able to sleep because of many thoughts that swim in his head.

Tomorrow we don't have school. I breathed in relief as I remembered that. But to think again, we'll be cleaning the orphanage, and that is worse than school. I looked up once more to the sky to say good night to the moon, but I couldn't find it. It has changed its place. I hung my head down sadly; maybe tomorrow I'll see the moon. I closed my eyes and was about to go to sleep when the door was cracked a bit.

I turned my head to the side to see one of the teachers peeking from the door at us till her gaze landed on me. It was Saki; the nicest teacher here in the orphanage. We would always sit together and talk. She was barely twenty four and that's why I got along with her quite well.

"Hey Anzu...I'm glad you're still awake." She whispered. "Come with me. Mrs. Mouri wants you."

I stared at her confusedly. I never got along with that lady and whenever she asked for my presence I would automatically know that it's no good news. But I had to go and see what she wanted anyway. So I got up and followed Saki without a word.

I wondered on our way there what was the thing that lady wanted with me. Is it about a broken window that she thinks I broke? Or is t about something that Leen faked about me?

We reached her office and Saki knocked on the door, then we entered. I saw her sitting on her chair behind the desk and as soon as I entered, her eyes landed on me. Her face was so serious and she had her arms crossed to her chest. She had a huge stomach, I wonder why. And her hair was up in a bun while she dressed in a long, black dress.

"Come here Anzu." She gestured and I walked to her desk with a questioning look on my face. "I bet you're asking what is that I want with you at this late time." She said and I secretly sneered. Man, she was clever beyond imagination!

I nodded to her anyway and she smiled for the first time in her life. That really made me dumbfounded. I didn't believe that she could smile. "Well Anzu. Finally someone is here to adopt you..." She said and this time I tilted my head to the side with a surprised expression.

The next thing I knew is that she pointed to my back and I turned to see who the one that wanted to adopt me was. Once I laid my eyes on him, I gasped and felt the urge to laugh hard.

"Oh boy...!" I muttered.

I wonder who the adopter of Anzu is? Can you make a guess? I know him of course, but you'll know him in the next chapter. And he might be the last person you'd think of...

Anyway...please leave a review!