SerenityxEndymion: something like that yeah. Like magnets, they have this need to go back to each other and can't really explain it.
SerenityMorrison: glad you like it. I'm glad the underworld vibe is there but not taking up precedence in the story. And I definitely wanted to give usagi more of an edge as she's a two hundred plus year old vampire. She's been roughed around the edges for a long time and still has a sense of herself. That's a strong willed woman to do that. Usagi is that.
Guest (1): no problem. Glad you feel the chemistry brewing and working out amongst all the characters.
OrientalDanceGirl: this I will give out as a spoiler, he won't be turned into a lycan…at least not now. I haven't given a final decision but for now no he won't be turned into a lycan.
4 reviews, nice, sorry I wasn't able to update Christmas presents required last minute wrapping. I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas's. read and review please! I'd love to see how you all enjoy this one as well.
A vampires forbidden love ch.6
Mamoru POV
I couldn't believe the turnabout my life had taken in less than a few hours. I had an unconscious vampire, yes I had to repeat that to, to myself as a reminder that this shit was real and it wasn't some freakish Halloween prank. Vampires and Lycan's not only existed but now I was in their cross hairs. Back to my point here, am unconscious vampire laying on my bed with bullet holes in her.
This woman saved my life who knew how many times tonight. Hell I had Lycan's now after me and I had seen some pretty incredible feats in this time frame to. I looked at the blonde beauty in front of me as I couldn't help admire her form. She was utterly beautiful. Long blonde hair that any hair dresser would kill to work on. A body that underneath the form fitting cat suit she wore was I could tell nothing short of amazing.
Models did outrageous things to get a body like hers and she had it for eternity if all of this vampire stuff was true. I was still wrapping my head around it all. Logic was telling me how absurd this thing was. This was all in myths and legends, movies and tv shows not real life! At least that's how it was supposed to be. Yet here I am...I mean the things I saw…hell I can't undo it or say I hit my head cause I didn't.
There's no logical or even scientific way to explain how she for starters moved faster than a human could move. I'm sorry but not even the world's fastest runner was that fast! She lifted a fully grown man from his feet for her stature and visible strength and let's not forget she's not hopped up on any drugs, nor did she show signs of being on drugs and had survived two bullets wounds and still drove me to my place even if that wasn't the destination.
Plus on the off chance it was drugs she was on, there's no actual evidence to support it. Nothing wrong with her eyes other than lighting up blue when she was agitated. Thought I'm not going to try to figure out how I figured that out. It seemed so detailed in the personal manner. There was no way to explain it other than they do exist and now I was in it whether I liked it or not. And this woman…I looked down at her sleeping form…curled up so delicately on my bed and I had to fight with myself not to get tempted to slip in next to her.
For starters I'm to wound up to sleep and secondly I didn't want her to spaz out if I was behind her in bed with her. Plus it would just not be right at all to do so. I didn't want to get hit or something because of a mislead thought process so instead I tried to put the pieces of this puzzle together. "I knew that looking further into those records was a bad idea…but no I had to be curious…" I muttered to myself.
I knew something would happen and I still did it. I had to know if it was possible that what happened when I was a kid had in fact happened, if MAYBE there was that slight chance that I wasn't crazy. That my own family when I was a child – I saw her begin to move around. Waking up I should say, "Stay down you're wounds - " she cut me off, "Accelerated healing." She waived it off as she got up off the bed.
"You can't heal that fast from a…" I got quiet and stunned as she unzipped her cat suit from the front and pulled a shoulder off to show me the healed over, where there formerly was a hole, and now a new patch of skin. I examined it. My doctor side coming out immediately. "I..." I was stunned, "Unbelievable." I stated as I examined the new reformed skin. It was as if it was month's old and not mere hours.
At this rate, in a few day's time, it would look lie there was hardly a hint of anything there and a week perhaps no sign at all. At least that's what my math told me. This was utterly fascinating. If people could naturally heal this way hospitals would be out of business. But people didn't heal this way…before I let my 'what the hell is going on here?' mentality out I had to examine this further so I pulled the cat suit further down to see where the other hole had been.
It too was gone. I touched the area effected and not even a whimper issued from her lips. I even looked up to make sure she wasn't biting her lip to stop it. Nothing. Not even a thinning of the lips to show aggravation. I had had some of the toughest gang members to pull bullets and blades out of throughout my time as a doctor, they grunted they groaned in agony and toughed it out of course but they made sounds, yet she didn't issue even a whimper.
I looked at her in shock. "I don't…" there were now more questions than answers I had. I check both and felt the scar tissue around them, scar tissue that shouldn't have reached maturity this soon had and was, I hate to say it, better that regular human scar tissue. "This is incredible." I remarked. "Yeah I was stunned at first by it to but you get out over it over time." She stated with a resign tone.
I looked into her eyes and found us to be much closer than any doctor and his patient should be and yet I didn't want to move away. Her skin, even the reformed skin, was soft to the touch and like it never even happened. I knew that technically I was going beyond what was appropriate for doctor and patient standards but something told me that the regular rules didn't apply here. It gave me more courage and motivation to – "Mamoru…" I blinked, "Hai?" I responded. "Go ahead and ask." I looked to her stunned.
"You're not the first to see bullet holes in me as a human." I deflated a bit, "Oh…when was that? I mean the last time?" I didn't mean to come off sounding nearly indifferent but I knew I had to, some part of me felt common about that statement. Like I wasn't the first and I wasn't a fan of that. She didn't say anything though, "Several decades ago…like…" she pulled it back up to zip and I found myself saying, "Wait. I need to see you back to." She arched a brow but nonetheless turned around to show me her backside.
Perfectly smooth skin. I admired it briefly before seeing her bullet wounds…or rather her healed bullet wounds. The entry points were just the same as the exit ones smooth as anything. After I took a few moments to see how the entry wounds healed up I found myself admiring the shape of her backside and her ass. Curved so perfectly that I could feel the beginning stages of arousal within me.
My hands moving over the reformed skin before nearly touching said ass. I widened my own eyes at the gall I was getting being around her. I NEVER had ever thought to touch a patient like that before EVER! Yet here was this woman in my sights for all of a few hours and I was not only getting aroused by her, much like I was on the bike, that had been tough to handle, but I was now in the middle of their conflict.
Who was this woman that made me want to spring to life this fast and forget my moral code as a doctor?! I turned her back around, not even caring that I had essentially grabbed her small waist and spun her back around. Her hands landed on mine, "Find what you were looking for?" She asked. I felt myself starting to sink into her blue eyes. No longer lite up but soothing and comforting almost before another hunger took over. Not one of death but a similar one to what I had going on in me right now.
Suddenly the room I had felt to damned small and us to close for professional comfort. "I ah…" I needed to get some space between us. I was feeling an immense attraction to her but I needed answers first and the answers were stronger right now than my libido which for some reason felt like taking her away for a LONG weekend. "What exactly is going on I want all the information now." I went with demanding answers rather than checking her out like a love struck high schooler for the next few hours. I saw her expression change.
"And here comes the interrogation." She remarked, getting up and moving with a lot more ease than before. "We should get going." She went to find and grab her weaponry. The very things I had removed from her to give her a chance at a more comfortable rest. Finding it on the table she reloaded and threw me my own jacket, "We need to go. We've stayed longer than we should have." She ordered.
I followed but not without still asking my questions, "How about your name?" she smiled, "Yeah we really didn't get there what with all the killing and trying to evade death thing…I'm Usagi. The raven haired one is Rei…you'll see her again…I'm sure of that." She sighed. "How long have you been one?" I asked, leaving my apartment. Locking it up and shooting the door a hopefully not for the last time look before descending to the elevator.
She hit the bottom floor as I got on before hitting the close door button ensuring no one else got on but us, "Since the 1800's." great so I've got the hots for someone old enough to be my grandmother several times over. I tried not to think about that. "Does that bother you?" she asked me and for some reason I instantly responded, "No. Not at all." I wanted to hit myself in the head with how I was sounding.
Gee I answered that pretty fucking fast… "So where's your family in all of this?" I asked and she went silent. I cursed myself. Of course she'd lost them along the lines. She was a vampire from the 1800's so unless they're turned to… "I don't talk about my family much…you and me, we're not that close just yet." I saw how she tried to play it off. Just like I would…I noticed before we hit the bottom floor.
As we were out and she still looked around for others we exited my building in an orderly fashion not unlike a few hours ago when it was an odd sight to see me carrying a dead looking woman through the front doors to the elevator and now she was right as rain ready for action, at least that's how she presented herself. "So what made you get into medicine?" she asked in the early am hours. Commuters still waking up ready to get the day going.
I noticed she didn't flinch to much at the beginning day light hours. Granted there was no actual sun out yet but still day light would be commencing in maybe thirty minutes tops. I was stunned, "Hold on how can you walk around in the sun?" I asked. "Like I said not everything about vampires you've heard is true." I conceded that. "Besides that's usually reserved for direct sunlight. The sun isn't really up yet and won't be for at least another thirty minutes. Plenty of time to get back to the estate." She explained.
I was stunned still but went along with it. We walked through the back alleys of the city to get back to this very large and largely populated estate that looked like it belonged to a rich elitist rather than a group of vampires. I marveled at the whole place as we walked up inside the double doors. The front alone was a fortress. Guards up all over the place as we walked in through the perimeter, "Don't worry about the Lycan's getting in here." She said.
I saw how heavily fortified they were on the outside I could only imagine the inside. "They can't breach our walls…even a full scale attack they couldn't. But with the new numbers if they get them and train them well enough it's possible and that's what we're trying to avoid and what you're helping us with." I looked to her, "How the hell can I help? I'm only human." I explain to her as two guards let us in through the front doors.
"Door service." I remark, "Guards still." She expressed so as not to offend them. I nodded my apologies and followed along behind her as she walked past more and more vampires. Some with wine glasses filled with a red substance that I could only guess what was. Then we walked down another hallway, "This place is a maze." I was stunned at the size of it. It looked so amazing that I was almost afraid to touch anything.
"You get used to it after a while…" she turned down another hallway and pulled me up against the wall, "Listen I know you've just been thrown into this but I need to lay down some ground rules for you that way you don't accidentally offend anyone here." I nodded thanking her for that even though I was still taking it all in. "Rule one, the two people your about to meet run this place. The younger one Damon, hot headed and a bit of a dick but he's going to be fully taking over the coven once his father the elder leaves." I nodded to her words.
"Unless spoken to don't speak to the elder. He's the oldest and strongest around here and a firm believer in the old ways while making exceptions where there is no choice on the new ways. He barely tolerates them from his own son the younger one." She noted, "Damon." I ventured a guess to ensure I had the correct name and she nodded. "Just give them the necessary information. If they ask for more answer them honestly." She ordered of myself before taking me down the rest of the hallway.
I noticed that each vampire that saw me was looking at me like fresh pickings until my blonde beauty, I really had to stop thinking about her like that, shot them a glare to end the hungry stares. I noticed that she did have a fair amount of control and did spark fear in some, "So are you like another in charge person here?" I asked her, "I'm a cleaner." Okay that had me thoroughly confused.
"Cleaner?" I asked, "Short summary, I kill those that are a threat to us and to humans." So she was basically a soldier for them…sorta. I felt so out of place here yet I knew as long as she was here I was safe. There's something off about there isn't there? "Relax. You're a guest here." She remarked, "I'd feel more like a guest and less like a meal if everyone would stop looking at me like I was a dish." I admitted, not liking the way even the women were looking at me as we walked inside what looked to be an office.
The dark haired guy at the desk was accompanied by an older man that looked similar but definitely older. Father perhaps or even older brother. "Ah…my child…" he remarked at first as she nodded her head in respect. He looked at her queit like a proud father would. Yet there was no paternal hug involved. More like 'this is as much as I'll show you in pride'. It seemed to be enough for her.
The younger looking one, Damon I gathered seemed to hold an almost jealous look to his own features before looking away. "So this must be the human that Rei – chan said was coming in…" he looked over at me. "Why didn't you go to the rendezvous point they were supposed to meet you there?" the older one asked. She pulled out her phone which I now saw as destroyed, "Turns out the newer phones are much more breakable that the old ones." Both nodded in understanding as she pulled on my arm to bring me forward.
"He is the proof Damon send us out for." She gestured to me, "Mamoru – san." I gave my name, "This is who Rei – chan must have been referring to as 'hot boy'." The older chuckled even as Damon looked to be souring to the idea. I must have been the resident 'hot boy' or something and yet here she was damn near ignoring him like it was nothing. I wondered if there was a reason for that.
I looked over and found her rolling her eyes. "That's Rei – chan for you. Either way listen to what he has to say." She gestured for me to go forward and speak, "I ah…" I cleared my throat as I honestly felt more like I was in a board room meeting now. It oddly enough helped me to get out what I had told her and Rei before we were attacked…again. Only now I wasn't frantic in my assessment, I felt more in control.
"I work at the hospital near where I met…" I looked back at her to find her gesturing to look forward. Probably a sign of disrespect to not maintain eye contact with an elder, not that I knew but I could venture an educated guess, so I pushed my focus towards them. "Anyways I started to notice that a lot of people were coming in with bites or scratches from presumed 'dog' or even 'wolf' attacks." Something that gave the older one something to frown at.
Like he didn't want to think it could be more but that times had told him not to dismiss anything that could mean something in the long run. He may not have looked older than 60 but he looked like a 60-year-old that could kill you without the slightest provocation and I'd rather not find out if he would. "But then the victims would be gone by the next shift change. I found this unusual especially as the personnel working those shifts didn't look panicked or concerned and started to dig deeper into the why's of it." I began.
The older one appeared focused on my words while the younger one seemed more focused on the blonde beauty than me. For more than once in my lifetime I was glad I had the ability to parallel process and multitask so I could get through my words with notice the nuances about those in the room as it was my job to be detail oriented. Plus I had a strange feeling that I'd need the information for later on.
I noticed an almost jealous look passed over Damon's face when looking between the elder and her before he shifted to see me. Like me he had dark hair but unlike me there was a darkness about him. It was something that spoke of death and hate. Yet here he was acting nonchalant which made me question his mentality. I'd have to know more about him to make an accurate diagnosis plus I wasn't in the psychosis department. I knew a little bit about it but it wasn't where I believed was my purpose when it came to being a doctor.
There was something that seemed unnatural about the way he looked at me though. Almost like a rival…almost. Like IF I became one then he would act but till then he would act like he didn't care. I had to be careful around him for now. This whole situation was very much like walking on egg shells. I was in the deepest reaches of a vampire coven and talking to what was probably a vampire of the highest ranking so yeah egg shells.
Then there was the way Damon was glancing at her. It was obvious that he cared very little for my presence there as he barely looked my way but the way he looked at her was that of checking her out and wanting her to view him the same way and when she didn't he seemed to look at me with distaste. Like he blamed me for her NOT looking at him. Strange as earlier he appeared almost jealous of her as well. I'd have to ask her later on that.
The older one came around the large mahogany desk and between the both of us, "This is troubling…" he muttered. "Our walls are impenetrable." Damon stated with a cocky confidence that made me think of every pompous dick that ever learned the hard way that nothing in the world, with the right tactics and inside knowledge that nothing is impenetrable. I hoped he wasn't really like that and was just perhaps a naïve man that knew more about the politics and not the actual battle grounds of their war.
"This isn't the old days Damon." She voiced, her tone carrying wisdom and an authority that I could tell the elder liked about her. Perhaps that was it, she was more inclined to do what was needed and this Damon seemed more inclined to sit behind a desk and the elder wished it were the other way around but appreciated her for her efforts. "If we don't find out what the Lycan's are up to and fast we could end up with a full scale Lycan attack greater than we've ever faced." She pointed out the worst case scenario.
"How many were reported?" Tuashe elder asked me as he pondered over her words. "Over 50 in the span of a few weeks. It was noticeable." I stated, "And the person working those night?" Damon asked, as if that should be obvious. I looked to him but didn't give away my annoyance, "Persons…" I corrected, "There's several staff members but their also volunteers to and that's also another department I don't work in." I explained.
"I work next to them but have to travel through their department daily. I noticed and went to others in my department but they saw nothing wrong with it and told me to leave it alone." This sparked the elder to lean against the desk now. "And unfortunately since I don't work every night I couldn't keep up with any others that also came in so there's no guaranteed way to know specifically how many there are out there." I felt bad on that one.
I had decided to become a doctor or rather do my internship to become a full-fledged doctor here so that I could make more of an impact. Its why I transferred. I just didn't see this coming. "It's why I started to investigate myself. Then I started to notice that the hospital records were being doctored up. Falsified." This intrigued the elder even as Damon looked interested…finally. "The more that came in I collected data from their files and from their blood samples before and even after the shift personnel came in and took it."
I wanted them to see how deep this possibly went, "I found the falsifying only because I was taking an actual head count and found that the numbers didn't match. Mine were way higher than the hospital records. It all came together that something beyond what was supposed to be happening was happening. I can't trust the hospital as sad as that is and wondered how far up I'd have to go to figure this all out. Its why I went out there last night. I was trying to locate one of the patients when I was attacked and she saved me." I noted to her.
She smiled, "All in a day's work." she remarked. "Hai…let us praise the work of our number one 'cleaner'." Damon's remark was cutting and sarcastic making even the elder vampire look at him with disdain. Like his disrespect was found to be quote lacking in character. "And you're willingly helping us? In this fight. It's not yours after all." the older one asked. Now I knew I'd have to go into detail about something painful to me and I didn't feel like expressing something so personal with them…her yes but not them.
"I want to help…sir. It's in my job description. It's what I do and why I became a doctor." Was all I said. The elder vampire looked at me with a different expression as if gauging me personally. Something said he didn't quite believe me but also let it go, "Make sure he gets round the clock surveillance on his place. I want to ensure that the man that is aiding in our cause is well protected." I nodded my thanks to the elder and showed my sincere gratitude with a firm hand shake.
He smiled just barely before leaving to exit, "I'd like to be on point for this." She said to them both. I was shocked to but pleased that she seemed to want to spend more time with me. There was just something about her that drew me to her and clearly it was mutual we just didn't know what it was…other than a blinding attraction towards one another. Still wearing the cat suit to I might add. Her long blonde hair…tied up in those buns. She moved so fast though that I knew why Lycan's couldn't use them against her. She's to squirrely.
Damon went to go protest while the elder silenced him. Clearly the elder held a great deal of respect even from the hot head here, "I want a daily report of anything new found." He ordered, "I wouldn't have it any other way." She stated, though it did sound like she was trying not to sound dare I say it pleased by the affirmation. "We should have something within a few days to report but I do have to be back at the hospital Monday morning." I noted. That's when my next shift started.
"Very well." The elder left as Damon came around the desk now, "I will give the reports to him send them to me first." He ordered her. his stature taller than hers but not taller than mine, "I'll send my reports to him as promised." She stated firmly. "I'm am the leader of this coven." Damon growled to her, letting his fangs show a little, "And he is a higher ranking elder than you are or ever will be. I will report it to him." She said it with such firmness and control that I felt myself stir at it.
Who the fuck is this woman?! And how the hell is she not in charge compared to him who seems not to be taking the situation for what it is? This is killing humans simply to grow an army. I let her lead me as we went to the garage they had and its many cars. I had to smile at a few camero's, challengers and chargers I saw and watched as she grabbed her keys and hit a button making its lights go off as the signal for open.
The charger then started up, "You like?" she asked. I nodded my head, "Yeah awesome car." I was stoked, "Well since my bike is getting an oil change done, every 5,000 miles, I figured we could use her. She's my viper. Always has my back. I bought her the minute she was off the assembly line and took her home." She looked at the car and smiled. I smiled at her. She had a thing for American muscle cars…nice thing was so did I and it just made the moment that much more special to me.
I was actually starting to like her. It wasn't just some lust driven response to her. So I said, "I actually like muscle cars to." I admitted. She blushed then turned her head trying to stop herself from smiling, "Well go back to your apartment via the wheels that way I can watch over you tonight. When an elder has protection set up it makes that target a high priority. So yeah I'm on it and so is viper." She went to the car and got in as I got in next to her.
We drove back as she cut corners hard, switched lanes frequently just to get ahead and somehow missed three speed traps on the way to my place. I was in awe of her. "I spent several years as a race car driver over in mexico a few decades ago and had a blast with the culture and the cars we raced." I was shocked, "Oh okay cool." I smiled at her gently for a moment before taking back a more natural smile as we parked by my building and went inside.
Getting into the apartment was easy however Usagi was on the prowel. As if making sure the coast was clear, "They were here." She said, "How do you know?" I asked. "Scent." She stated and went inside. It looked damn near destroyed…damn near…his apartment had obviously been completely gutted for information, yet it still stood. "I'll check the other rooms." She went around for a few seconds and was back to me in less than 30 seconds.
"Clean. Your good." She gestured for me to come inside. I shut the door and locked it up tight before going further in. I pulled out my briefcase and started going through my notes. I started at the beginning as I now had this information I could pull the story closer together and get more key pieces to the puzzle to help solve it faster for them. it was the least I could do as it was affecting humans as well.
I cleaned up what I could that night after I collected my data, which lucky me I've been going over it so frequently it didn't take long. I made the couch sleepable as Usagi went to the bed that was bigger and had more of a bounce and less of a clothe covered board beneath. So when she got up and out she said, "Come on in, I'm not letting you leave my sight." She remarked. I had to fight the smirk that was growing on my face.
Usagi POV
I couldn't help the smile that was starting to graze my face but knew I had to get back on the topic that had been bothering me since we left the office. "Mamoru – san…" when he was inside I closed the door and said, "What's the real reason why you're helping us in this fight?" he blanched and looked perplexed before realization hit, "How did you know there was more to it?" I couldn't help but smile amused as I made myself more comfortable in his place.
Now being able to take it in. Typical bachelor pad once you ignored the obvious ransacked look of it now. He gathered up much of his clothes that had been strewn about by himself. "Did they find your research?" I asked him as I tried to start cleaning up now. I only ever got to clean up if I was in my room back at the estate. Having round the clock maid service was nice but sometimes you just wanted to do things yourself.
"Nope…" he came out with his back-ups. "Apparently they didn't think to look in the vents." I smiled, "Like a kid hiding candy…" I muttered, "Where'd you learn that trick?" I asked him, "Movies. I watched a lot of action movies growing up and a commonplace to hide important things is the vents. No one thinks to look there." He had a point. If you were a regular burglar or even looking as these Lycan's were, you didn't look in the crevices, you looked at more obvious spots…thankfully Mamoru was smarter than that.
"So…" I sat on the ripped up bed and asked, "What's the real reason?" He threw a pile of laundry into the hamper in his room as he put the back-ups on the dresser, "We weren't anyone special…just a regular family…" he began. Standing by the window in the room as he recounted his tale, "It was a stupid camping trip. We'd been out there for a day already. Went fishing. Took lots of pictures…" he smiled fondly.
"The second night is when they came…" his smile dropped. "Thinking on it when I got older they were probably stalking us the first night cause they seemed to know where we were all sleeping." I just looked at him…letting him speak, "I heard my father shout. I never heard him sound scared before in my life before that moment." He looked at me, "He was afraid…but not of the, rather that…I think he knew he couldn't protect us and THAT'S what scared him." He noted as he went over his story.
"The wolf…Lycan…" he corrected himself now, "Ripped his throat open as another grabbed at my mother." He saw the whole thing…? "You watched your parents die." It was a statement, not a question as I saw that sliver of a tear form in his eyes, "I was to stunned at first but when I got my wits about me I grabbed one of the metal stakes in the ground we used to keep the tent secure and went to attack the Lycan." That was pretty brazen for a youth.
"The Lycan that had my father dropped him as I jumped and stabbed him in the shoulder. I yelled to leave us alone…" I felt for him I really did. "The Lycan swung its arm at me and I went sailing." He gestured with his hands that he went flying for a few seconds. "The impact against the rock formation we were nearby must have knocked me out cold as I woke up hours later, blood on my own head and two dead parents." That must have been horrific to have seen as a child of his age.
He moved to sit on the bed opposite me, "Another five hours went by of me walking back to the nearest town I could remember passing and getting help. I got lost in the woods for a while trying to track my way back. Not easy." He chuckled at the end. There was a moment of sullen silence as I touched his hand, "And now your able to do so much with your experience and save the lives of many others." I conveyed.
He nodded, "So as we are on the subject matter for personal scaring shit what's yours?" I knew what he meant, "My family…" I ventured. He nodded. This time it was me feeling a bit restless, "I was seventeen when Damon came into my family home." I began, he looked shocked but remained silent, "He and this brute of a vampire came in and were prepared to kill my family. I bargained my freedom for theirs." I could tell there were questions he had but stayed silent till I was done.
"So that night he turned me…made me a vampire to be his…" this was why I was iffy on discussing, "To be his 'concubine'." That made Mamoru look to me differently, "Turns out I was more useful as a 'cleaner' than as a bedfellow though he still takes what he wants from time to time, he's usually with the other girls he has or Rei – chan. She has a boundless love for him for kami – sama knows why." I muttered.
"Anyways, he spared my family but took one more life with him…" Mamoru never once lost that intense focus on me, "My…at the time frame, betrothed." He looked away then, like he didn't want to but for fear of what he might say looked away, "Is he still…?" he ventured, "No, he was turned that night to for defending me against Damon. Damon doesn't like it when others touch his 'toys' even if they aren't his toys yet." I surmised.
"Thing is my former betrothed, Diamond, the vampirism changed him…made him truly a monster." Mamoru looked back at me, "He refused to accept his new state of what he was and fought them tooth and nail. I accepted it as I held no choice. Diamond escaped one night and in his frenzied bloodlust obliterated a village." That got Mamoru's attention right fast, "Damon, on my insistence, gave him the only punishment that would allow him to live and still pay for his crimes…he's been imprisoned for all time." I explained.
"And what of your family?" he asked. This was the harder part…my own eyes began to tear up as I rarely spoke of this events in question. The only person that even knew was Rei and I only told her decades later when she and I got that much closer…granted we weren't besties but we did tend to gravitate towards one another for support compared to Damon's other 'mistresses' that he had multiples of.
Just as long as he kept his cock pointed elsewhere I was fine with that. Now here I was about to spill my guts out to Mamoru, "I lived in a whole new area for years before I built up enough trust to venture from our new coven at that time. I took a horse and rode for near a day before I reached my old home." I licked my suddenly dry lips and bite down to prevent the trembling from coming out.
"There was no home…at least not anymore. The only thing left were head stones to mark where their resting places were." I could tell he was hoping for natural deaths. I had been to. It would have been a comfort in some way that they hadn't been touched further than that night by the chaos that is the underworld we live in. "I went to the nearest neighbors and heard what had happened to them." I felt like I was back there again.
Like I was right there in the shop of the next neighboring village that had been there during their fall. "Turns out Diamond's rampage on that village hit my family's home to. Their bodies…they weren't even whole…my little brother was barely a teenager when everything happened. I had no idea that he had reached down there." I very distinctly heard what the guards said that night and they didn't mention that.
"The guards never mentioned it…then again they probably didn't even know. They had spoken of the next village…but in retrospect I should have asked when they mentioned he attacked his own family but since our families didn't exactly live down the road I didn't feel a cause for alarm." I couldn't believe I had gone on for so long without the truth. I could have mourned them years ago.
"I should have asked…but I didn't think to. I was just at that time trying to save Diamond from himself as he was headed into an early grave by them. Anyways…they buried the pieces that were salvageable and were recognizable as human parts." Mamoru touched my own hand now, "I couldn't run away as much as I wanted to." I knew that would be the next question because I asked it to myself for years…decades afterwards.
"Why not?" He asked me. "I was a vampire. A pariah…an outcast that people feared. To live on one's own as a vampire during those times were incredibly hard and dangerous. Once we were found out it was immediate crucifixion. I didn't just hear tales but had been too late with other groups for rescue to get to those that had tried it. People are afraid of what they don't understand and when people become afraid they can become incredibly dangerous." Our coven would be defining bigger with them to.
"Honestly I didn't know where to go or what to do. I had no family left. No money of my own and since I couldn't claim their deaths as how would I explain what happened to me for those years and why I hadn't aged at all, I couldn't receive anything." I expressed what happened, hoping he'd understand my lack of not having anything left prevented me from doing a lot over the years.
"I fought by sides of many vampires. Lost some over the years, gain some as friends and ally's but I stayed true and loyal to them. Not because I had to after a while but because they took care of me." I looked at him to convey my reasoning, "It wasn't every vampires fault for what happened. They had been trying to keep Diamond bound and locked up. They had been trying to protect the humans and other vampires form him." That one guard…
"So you stayed…" he gathered, "I stayed…I fought…I trained hard. Fought harder and became valued to them. I protect them now as they do me. Damon is the only dick in this whole mess. If he hadn't come to my family's home and - " his gripping of my hand stopped me, "I'm sorry about your family…they didn't deserve that." He commented, not relinquishing his hold on my hand and I didn't pull away either.
"I think the worst part is they died probably wondering if I was even still with my humanity. They died knowing that I became the very thing they feared the most…a vampire. They don't even know that things weren't what the rumors made them sound like. Not all of them. My papa never got to walk me down the aisle. My mama…never got to see me as a blushing bride…she watched me die as did my brother and papa that fateful morning." I expressed. "Kami – sama…" he pulled me into a hug.
As odd as it was at first I felt some tears flow and wondered if I'd ever truly let myself mourn their deaths other than taking my anger of it out on the enemy? Can that really be considered mourning? "I…" I looked up at him and saw how close his face was to mine…so close I could feel his breath, the tiny puffs hit my face. He seemed to be pondering something before giving in as he kissed me.