jessielee14: he's an interesting character. I almost wanted to devil more into his character and how he deals with this new world but at the same time it would have taken focus away from the scenes that would be happening next and put unneeded drama into it. And if you think that's a cliffhanger…

SerenityxEndymion: so many questions. Lol all in good time. 😊 and your right, he's mentally still stuck in the past and Usagi is seeing him now for more of who he was and now questions what she saw in him past a friend or if she ever could have. All of them fighting over her might have been to much but yes they all do want her.

OrientalDanceGirl: she's realizing that now. Which is worse…Damon…as bad as Diamond is/was, he's a sexist whereas Damon see's the value of her assets in killing. Diamond is basically having a childish moment of 'wha! I wanna treat women beneath me again' and he can't. he has to be respectful of the very thing he hates and doesn't want to accept it.

Katherlao: your reviews were so sweet. 😉 I'm glad this translates well with my writing style. I always look forward to making everyone happier. Getting the reviews is the highlight of my days. 😊 thank you!

4 reviews so nice, now were getting to the ending here which will be in several parts since there's so much fighting to happen still. I'm debating if it'll be two or three chapters for the fight scenes alone…I'll figure it out. Anyways please read and review, I really do enjoy everyone's reactions to this!

A vampires forbidden love ch.19

Mamoru POV

I went to go see her and found the two looking desolate at each other before looking away from one another but it wasn't due to my presence. That much I could tell it looked like…like Usagi had a wake-up call about something. Like her view on things wasn't as it once was and she was trying to adjust mentally to it and for him it seemed he was clearly upset yet struggling with something as well.

I'll admit seeing them together like this was a bit strange. Almost like a moment in time back then, in their time of the 1800's instead of now, like it was a frozen moment that almost was but never could or would have been …then I realized it. It was how she was perceiving it. Our bond was so strong I was feeling her a little bit in that sense. Is that something mates can do? is there something more to this than I realized?

I shook my head on it for now. We had more important things to deal with right now, "We have a problem." I ignored what I could have said or asked when seeing the two together even though it wasn't intimate it was just…filled with a lot of tension and as much as I wanted to ask her what was going on it was not the right timing to do so. I was here for a reason and it wasn't for drama either.

Usagi looked to me upon hearing my words and asked, "What's wrong?" I looked to Diamond as he shifted about, the anger and hatred of something was still lingering on his form. Like his persona radiated it. Why I didn't know but now wasn't the time we had a war about to commence. He needed to get his own head into the game now, "Damon's spotters outside the city reported in that the other Lycan's Malachite mentioned are coming in." now she walked towards me.

"Their that close already? They're making better time than I thought they would." She muttered as if in deep though on what to do next. I looked to Diamond and saw the slight gratification on his face before he glared at me. "So you're the messenger boy now?" I turned a sharp glare to him, "I'd love to respond more accurately to that but we have bigger things to work on." he rolled his eyes at me.

"The vamp watching Yamamoro though, he checked in around the same time and Yamamoro's on the move." She looked up pointedly at me, "That's NOT a coincidence. If he's on the move it means their all gathering." She said, "Hai, I believe their coming for us today." She knew the truth of it. "Like I said…" we both looked to Diamond, "You'd have been better off - " the glare she shot him was made of ice and stone.

I didn't know what the hell he was referring to but we didn't have time for the petty squabbled he was trying to initiate. Did he not get that we were on a crisis time level here? Before she could retort to whatever he was going to say I decided to add on, "Their going to be on the move heading here. That's if they haven't coordinated a location to meet that's not at the factory we've been to. the vamp is still following but for obvious reasons needs to keep a distance. We don't have much time." "Does Damon know?" she asked me.

"Hai, once the spotters called him up he went on the war path. I think it's the first time I've seen him actively ready to kill someone other than me." I laughed a little in mirth on that one, "Ah something he and I have in common now." I looked over at Diamond and his smirk. "My point is Damon's in active battle mode which means everyone else is beginning to gear up. He's already ordered for the perimeter defenses here to be activated." Once I said it, it was like magic as alert sounded throughout the estate.

We all watched the metal blinders coming down the windows in the tea room as we heard them do throughout the estate. Every door and every window was being locked down. the sounding alarms were your standard ones to be heard if an intruder was coming. "Yup perimeter defense is now up." Usagi muttered, "So they can't come in?" Diamond asked. Looking a tad worried now himself to be honest.

"That's the goal but nothing is impenetrable…not forever." Usagi stated to him. "Damon told me the estate is now on lockdown and has given the orders to shoot to kill any Lycan's on site." I began as I recalled seeing at least a dozen heavily armed vampires looking ready to shoot to kill on site leaving out to get on the roof tops of the estate. Their specialized weapons looked high tech enough to kill anything within a quarter mile radius.

They would be guarding the estate from above. So far no shots had been heard cause a powerful ass rifle like that would be loud as hell even from in here. They were powerful for a reason. "The city is only so far from us here…they will be here within a few hours in the least. We have maybe two to three hours tops. He caught up with me in the hallway and sent me to come get you since you weren't answering your cell." She pulled her cell out to which Diamond looked at her somewhat distantly for.

"Great, stupid phone. That's what I get for putting it on silent and not vibrate." She muttered as she walked out, "Thanks…" she assured me before continuing on, "Diamond lets go we don't have much time." She ordered. Diamond looked at her oddly once more before following her lead, "I need the both of you on alert now." We walked back downstairs, the estate now in a state of constant movement as everyone prepared for battle grabbing weapons that we had all been working on.

The work bench now being flooded with vampires taking what was told of them to take so that there would be enough to go around for the waves we had going at the Lycan's. Soon though the work benches we had been at were left dry making me glad we put a few weapons for ourselves off to the side. There were a few guns and ammo packs laying around but they were the standard ones we had here. It would still make an impact but not do as much damage to the Lycan's as the rounds we copied were.

I decided as a last resort to grab a gun from the pile and place it around my back under the belt of my jeans for easy access. I saw Usako come over and do the same before going to the weapons we had set aside. She already had a mountain of arsenal on her though. Knives in her boots, several clips of ammo and a dagger I saw her pull out and place around the belt of her backside to making me wonder if it held meaning to her.

Rei we saw over in her corner area was arming vampires and making sure their protect gear was on right before sending them on their way as well. Hopefully it would all be enough as there wasn't much else left other than Diamond. "Since we have a limited amount of time we need all hands on deck – Diamond you are our ace in the hole." She turned to him, "We need you to be with the second wave that comes at us." I could tell Diamond was in mind to protest but she was talking to fast for him to.

"Mamoru - " I stopped her, "No matter what I'm by your side." She looked stunned but accepting of it, "Shoulder to shoulder…I'm yours." Of course I would be by her side. I couldn't fathom NOT being there. There isn't any place I'd rather be besides protecting her. Not that she couldn't handle herself but a little added protection never hurt. Her leader mode fell for a bit to reveal how happy she looked at that before her leader mode came back out.

"Good I need to have those I trust the most by my side…especially with Damon in the fight now." She noted, "Hey!" Diamond yelped making us look back at him. Though I could tell Diamond was about to protest it when she ordered, "Don't argue with me just go!" she pointed to where she wanted him to go but he didn't leave he just looked at her like she was out of line for talking to him the way she did.

"Serenity with all due respect I have never taken an order from a woman that wasn't my mother and I'm not about to start now, not even from you…not anymore…" the dark expression in his eyes was that of change that he didn't like. "With all due respect get the fuck over yourself and your sexist issues. We have a war to fight." She snapped back. "Then why is he fighting by your side and not me?"

"Because you, you sexiest prick, your our Hail Mary!" now she was pissed. I only ever saw her this upset at Damon. "We need you in the second wave that way when the first group takes out the first level of Lycan's you can go all at it. I don't want to send you into something that's going to guarantee your death." Though I was honestly wondering why the hell not but its not me in charge here and Diamond needs to hear this. Though I doubted he would agree.

Usagi POV

This war was coming upon us faster than I had anticipated. We worked incredibly hard for this but we still needed to be on our game and Diamond's issues right now were very ill timed. I was watching everyone getting ready around me and left the vests to them only taking some ammo and my guns that I mounted on my sides with my knives in place to. A few grenades were looped onto my jeans as I saw Mamoru grab his own gun with ammo to.

Diamond was looking for a weapon but couldn't seem to find anything he liked so I shoved a sword at him, "Your father taught you fencing did he not?" I asked slightly sarcastically, "Hai, true, but this isn't fencing." He noted, "True…just use your fencing lessons to your advantage and kill as many of those Lycan's as you can." I told him as he handled the sword. I looked on at Diamond then down at the knives I had put on my person.

I saw Diamond testing the sword out for the weight difference. He looked like a fish out of water and I suddenly doubted my reasoning here. Perhaps it was the stress of the oncoming battle but was Diamond the right choice to make? Was I wrong? Would his bloodlust be enough? I clenched onto the table hard to try and control my wayward thoughts. "Do you think he was a mistake…?" the question was so low I thought Mamoru had missed it.

"There's a lot of decisions that were made lately…some good some very bad." I looked at him as he spoke to me, "There's a lot of shit that shouldn't make sense to me yet it does. There's been a lot that I've had to get used to and sort through my head to believe in and accept but one thing that's remained true and constant is you." I looked at him with wonderment, "You are the one Usako…" the nick name came out of seemingly nowhere as I quirked a brow. He shrugged his shoulders at it.

"I believe in you…I believe in the decisions you make…I'm not in your corner because of my love for you…or because of the great sex…" I smiled as he did, "I'm in your corner because your right. Because you make the tough choices that no body else would think of. Your smart and incredibly intuitive. You give people the options they didn't originally see. No one else would have thought about Diamond. Not until it was either to late or not at all." he took my hand in his own.

"Your making the win for ALL of us possible." he told me. I looked up at him and said, "I keep thinking back to that morning I found you…how this chain of events began…if it weren't for our war you'd still be a human and have your job as an intern. Saving people." I still felt a tinge of guilt for him getting pulled into this, "Usako…listen to me…" he tilted my chin up to see me as he must have seen that tear I felt begin to form.

"No matter what happens to me out there I'd rather be by your side than be safe and sound at my old place reading medical forms." he chuckled at the lameness of it. "I love you so damned much…" he kissed me and I was honestly uncaring of what Diamond thought of it now, "If tonight is as far as I go then I will have lived a full life knowing I got to fall in love and have my truest other half as mine even if only for a little while."

His words were so beautiful that I was ready to cry when I said with conviction to him, "And I will be right behind you…" before he could speak I kissed him back. I couldn't live one breath more without him in my life. I knew that now. I couldn't do this world anymore without him in it. I had done over two hundred years without that part of me. The other half that I didn't know was missing till he came along.

The part that was in need of completion. You know the type that once you feel it you don't want to exist without it. I knew now without a doubt that it was with him and his words only proved it to me. Who else would say such beautiful things and NOT be embarrassed by them other than someone who loved you that deeply. My kiss was one of love and devotion and I knew that he knew in his heart of hearts if something happened to him I would LET something happen to myself just so I could follow him to the afterlife if there was one.

I wasn't willing to live in this world without him. It would destroy me. So for the sake of his life I will fight as hard as vampirically possible. I wasn't going to lose…not when I just got him. I felt a sense of renewed confidence now thanks to him. We parted as Diamond came up to us, "The hell - " but I cut him off, "We have to go now." That's when the louder warning alarms came on.

"The hell?" Mamoru asked, "It's the second set that hits. It means it's already been thirty minutes. The next will be after another thirty till it goes into five minute warning then all bets are off. We need to move." I ordered. Leaving the basement now fully stocked up on what we needed we took off from the basement to join the second wave. The estate was much darker now with the metal defenses up. They were bullet proof so it would do a decent job in protecting us, the rooftop shooters would get as much as possible outside.

We all began moving up along the stairwells seeing others mobilizing. It really was like a damned war we were about to fight. I grabbed a head piece from Rei as she handed it to me, "Is everyone packing?" I demanded over the frequency as we got into placement ourselves. It felt like old times again from the last battle we fought only this time it was the real deal. The last one now felt like the battle before the war.

"Nearly all of us are." I got as a response over the com's pulling me from my thoughts. "Where's Damon?" was my next question. "Upstairs. He's talking with the first wave, giving them orders on what to do next." The vamp responded. Finally in place so we had a perfect vantage of the front doors everyone aimed their guns at it, "Arigato." I responded before making sure the safety was on my gun.

It wasn't time yet and I didn't want anything to sound off before it was time, "Everyone weapons on safety until their close by. We don't want a gunshot to be heard and sound off that were armed by any means." Everyone nodded and switched to safety. Dozens of little clicks could be heard following the command. "When the time comes…you know where to aim…" I looked around at everyone, "The head and heart. Don't miss." A general nod was seen by all as I heard Diamond asked Mamoru from behind me.

"So she's with you now?" I ignored it as I heard Mamoru say, "Now isn't the best time for that." It was true we had more important things going on right now and talking about drama wasn't the best. I watched as the first wave was at the front of the estate. You could not only smell their scent as they were closing in on us but hear the howls that were breaching the last of the day light hours.

I watched through the tiny little bit of sunlight that shown through how the light was dying out, not to return for a long while. Like the sun itself was going into hiding, waiting for the bloodshed to begin and end without its presence. I heard Mamoru come up to my side as he held his own gun into position, "I can feel something stirring." He muttered. I saw the look in his eyes. His senses were telling him things he didn't grasp completely not yet, "It's your gut instincts. It knows their coming." He nodded realizing he wasn't the only one.

We heard another howl. Bigger than the others and longer. It made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up in response. "Got an oddly strange feeling that was Yamamoro…" I spoke, wondering how accurate I was. "It is." I looked to my side to see our elder there. Decked out himself in battle gear as he readied to fight alongside us. I was shocked to be honest, "Sir…" before I could speak he said, "The last attack was commenced at sundown…that's when he'll send in the first wave."

I knew his words to be accurate but my protective side came out, "Sir with all due respect you should stay back. We cannot afford to lose you." I advised him. He looked at me like I was his child and honestly I felt like I was, "My dearest one…I'm a fighter and I will not coward away, I will fight by your side." I turned to him, "Sir please, I urge you to reconsider." I tried. I wanted him safe and I knew it would be hard to get him to agree.

"My darling young one…I appreciate you're want to keep me alive and well but the leader that stays in the rear, gets it in the rear. Now we will fight as one and do it together. Am I in anyway unclear?" he demanded, I gave in as any child would when presented with that tone. The tone of 'I'm your parent and on this you will do as told'. That's when it struck me how much of a father figure I truly had in him.

I smiled feeling a sense of release with it, "No sir." When the elder decided to do something it was best to let it go and move forward. "My darling one…" I looked back over to see our elder pull out a silver sword. "Its beautiful." It really was a piece of art work. "It was blessed by a witch hundreds of years ago…before I became an elder…" I looked up at him astonished. The sword was older than all of us.

"It was forged from the purest of silver and made sharper than any sword out there." He handed it to me. The weight alone told me the truth of his words and of how rare this was plus I could see the old Japanese script on it. It was a tad weathered but it was clear as day in its Kanji reading 'I belong to the warrior within, in who the old ways have combined with the new.'. I looked up to our elder.

"Sir…" I had a strange feeling about who the sword was really supposed to go to, "Shouldn't this go to Damon…?" I asked. He smiled a sad one, "It is yours…not his." His hands then landed on my shoulders once he made sure I took the sword, "I want you to use it to kill Yamamoro if I cannot get to him." I shot my eyes back up to him and said, "Hopefully you won't have to." I tried, "My dear…" I stopped him.

"Sir…hopefully you won't have to because this coven cannot take the lose of a loved one." he tilted his head at me. I sighed, "If it were me in your place…" I looked at Mamoru quickly before looking back with more confidence in my words knowing the truth of them. "I wouldn't care what was in my way or what happened to me…I'd just want to rip him to shreds and it wouldn't matter to me if I perished in the fight or not…just as long as I took him with me into hell." the elder knew what I meant.

I knew how he'd be because it's how I would be in his place. I knew his plan. He wouldn't care if he lived in the battle or died…he just wanted to kill Yamamoro or see me do it. He smiled, "It seems you already know what my plans are." He commented, "Yeah…cause its what I'd do." I commented myself. I then saw Damon coming over to us guns on him in place. "Father you should hang back. We've got it." The same plea that I had only with more of an arrogant 'let the younger ones handle this' tone to it.

"Damon the day I hang back is the day that the next leader of this coven takes their place." Damon and I both looked at him oddly on his words. In fact, Damon was looking at him so oddly you'd think he was debating about having a standoff with him right here and now. "Why are you talking as if it could be someone other than me? I am the next leader of this coven." the next alarm went off after he spoke and the ground began to actually vibrate a little.

It was actually pretty scary to feel it. It was like a little mini quake was approaching us. It had everyone go quiet for a moment. "I think right now we have more important things to focus on." I noted. Trying to listen for the Lycan's coming for us. "Their on foot?" Diamond asked from where he was. Not where I told him to be either. "No…even they couldn't risk being seen on foot as they are."

I could just imagine it now, seeing hundreds of Lycan's running down through Kyoto or Tokyo and NOT being spotted by SOMEONE…or hundreds of someone's out an about. Japan was a VERY busy place to be and Tokyo was like the central hub for to many things to take any risk on being seen. Yamamoro would NEVER take a chance like that, it was too risky to begin with and it would put the war into the human world.

Something neither species could afford to make. As unfortunate as it is, people are afraid of what they don't understand and sometimes when they get afraid they get really mean and can kill without even a little bit of hesitation. We keep the humans from it not only for their safety but for ours as well. Yamamoro wouldn't take the risk of potential extinction just to get here earlier or to make a big show of things. No he had to be low key about it.

So coming in on foot, that is until you hit the forest area around here, was impossible. Even then we had spotters out there. If they saw something you'd hear their shots loud and clear. Luckily we were pretty far removed from any neighboring areas to be heard for the fight about to commence. I listened closely trying to figure out even which direction they were coming in from, "No it has to be big vehicles. Transportation semi vehicles to."

That's when you could hear them in the far-off distance. The engines loud as they began to get closer. "Lots of big rig trucks heading our way." Spoke a spotter from the rooftops via the com link. "How many?" I asked trying to get a projected figure amount of how many Lycan's there were inside. "Easily seven to eight." I sighed. "And trying to figure if any of those transportation rig's are carrying their big ass weapons to get in…" I tried to think about what their plan was to get inside here. "Damon how's the first wave looking?" I asked.

In leader mode he replied, "Geared up. Anything comes through that door and we have them by the balls." I looked away from him and responded, "Let's not assume anything just yet." He didn't take to kindly to my words as I sniffed the air, "Assuming that their being transported BEFORE they transform into wolf form there could be between - " that's when a vamp over the com's said, "They don't just have the big rig's full of them." now both Damon and I were listening intently.

"What do you mean?" I asked. "There's small contingent of them in wolf form coming in at our rear. About a dozen or so." I looked over to Damon as we both agreed having done this song and dance before, "Spotters in the back your orders still stand shoot to kill. Use the silencers. We don't want to tip them off." Damon responded, "And when you do kill them make sure the others can't see their fallen comrades. It could buy us a few more seconds." I added on. Damon looked to me, "A few seconds that just might save the day." He nodded in agreement.

That's when we heard the gates outside being broken on impact. "Safety off." Damon and I both called out as everyone removed their safety. One could easily hear the tell tale clicks all around as the snipers were heard on the rooftops taking them out. Our security vamp where our security cam room was supplied, "The Lycan's are going after our communications out back." You could hear the big plunging hits the Lycan's out back were taking from being shot down. Their lifeless bodies hitting the soft ground beneath them.

"I ahhh…" I looked over to see Diamond becoming fearful. His given sword starting to drop down from its defensive position. "Relax." I told him. He looked over at me. I could see the hesitation in his eyes, "This is not the time to get cold feet. You've got this." I was trying to encourage him in this battle coming up here. Now wasn't the time to have second thoughts and want to bail.

"Serenity I'm a bureaucrat not a warrior." He said, "True…but you also have something they don't…" I told him as I looked back, "What's that?" he asked, "A bloodlust that take the rest out." I commented as we heard them approaching the double doors in the front. Yet we heard nothing more for a moment. Everything was silent. Everyone listened for any signs of life, any movement…anything for an indication of what was going on.

"You know what's amazing…?" an unknown voice came on over the radio com's making all of us become stunned, "Who the hell is this?" Damon demanded. If Damon knew one thing it was the voice of everyone here. We'd both been at the coven for hundreds of years but he was here longer with the group. He knew everyone's voice by now. This was unrecognizable making us both question it.

"You know your little vampire that was guarding or watching over me, waiting for me to make my move got spotted by my people about a mile back." That's when it hit me. We hadn't heard from the vamp that was watching him for over an hour. I cursed myself inwardly for not double checking. We got the one check in and that was it. FUCK! I knew it was the vamp's own fault for getting caught but still…I told him to steer clear of getting sniffed out.

"Where is he?" Damon ordered. You could tell he was pissed that he might be losing someone already. I just hoped they didn't use the vamp as a bargaining chip to get inside. It wouldn't work, we didn't negotiate like that. And one vampire wasn't worth the price of the coven, no matter what the vampire meant to us the survival as a whole was more important. The only time when they made deals like that was IF they had an elder themselves or the heir to a coven with them for trade otherwise no deal.

It's why the elders and heirs were so well protected. No one wanted to end up in that type of predicament. Though I was curious as to how they got onto our com line. A text went through to my phone from the vamp inside the security office. 'com lines have been made into party lines'. I kinda got that… 'switch to channel 2' read the next text. I forwarded the text to everyone. I saw almost everyone switch over as I gave the signal to hold positions so Damon and I could finish this conversation.

As it was Damon looked upset so when the radio clicked on again the vamp's voice could be heard, "Sorry Damon…" before you could hear a slice and gurgling go through him. I gulped, painfully listening to a member of our coven be killed within seconds of his last words. "Do you have any idea how satisfying this will be…?" the voice asked. I could tell Damon wanted to smart off.

That wouldn't help anyone in this mess. You got let your personal feelings get involved unless you know that the person you're about to kill will die regardless. Damon was obviously having an internal battle hearing the man that murdered his mother over the com and talk so freely while killing one of ours so instead I spoke, "Oh I have a pretty good idea." My voice was that of authority now as I looked over at Damon.

Trying to keep his cool knowing who it was on the line now. He wanted to say something but to get hundreds of years worth of pain out in a few short sentences wasn't going to happen. He was burning up with so much anger and hate that even his own father looked over him. As if wanting to say something but having nothing that would be fitting right now, "And who might you be?" the voice asked me.

Our elder looked at me. The expression was clear as day 'don't show all your cards you have this'. "Let's just keep it simple and know that we know who you are…" I looked at our elder as he narrowed his eyes but not at me…at the voice. "Is that right…?" he chuckled. His voice was eerie and so passive it made me wonder if this was the calm before the storm or if it was just part of his sociopathic ways.

"Little girl…" I rolled my eyes at that, "You have no idea of who your talking to or dealing with…" he replied, "That's funny…cause I was about to say the same thing to you…"I glanced around and gave it my one attempt shot, "If you know what's best for you and yours, you're going to walk away, get into your vehicles…and do it now." Everyone looked at me wondering if it would work.

Though highly doubtful considering. I heard the laughter over the com system, "Wow…the funny thing is I know you're serious on that." He laughed some more, "And the young ones…always think that they can do more harm than we can…I've got some news for you kid, you've got some balls on you for talking to me like that if you truly know who I am…but it doesn't excuse it…" I smirked at that.

"Oh you have no idea…" the mirth was in my own voice. "What's going to happen here today little one is that I'm going to come in and blow your house down…and there's not a single thing you can do about it. The best option for you is to surrender and accept your deaths as painlessly as possible. You won't win this war and your elder will be dead before I land my last blow. Take the offer of a quick death before it expires."

I looked at our elder before I looked at Damon. He was finally back to himself after his pause. I could only imagine that feeling…actually…I looked back over at Diamond…I did know that feeling and it sucked. Thing is though our situations are different we held that commonality now to. He wanted to kill Yamamoro with his bare hands. I could see it in his eyes he did, but I highly suspected that his anger would be his down fall.

I hoped I was wrong but I didn't think I was. I then looked around and saw everyone ready to fight, no one would be backing down from this at any point, "You have no other options." His voice came over the com again, "We have you surrounded…keep your stances up and you will die very bloody deaths…you won't win…you're stuck in there with us out here." He really thought he had us.

Well it seems here that were having a failure to communicate." My voice dropped to a lower octave. Mamoru looked at me as I spoke, "Cause were not stuck in here with you out there…" you could hear more safety clicking off, "Your stuck out there with us in here…you want to lose your troops so be it…cause we're backing down…we're not bowing for a quick death…we're going to fight till you either retreat or every last Lycan here is deceased." I communicated over the line.

"You do have a set of brass balls on you…but not to much with the brains if you think you can beat us." I arched a brow at that, "No I don't think…I know." I said it with as much conviction as possible. No one fluttered. "Then you obviously don't know who I am or what I'm capable of if your going forward with this." His voice get more edgy. So in my sweetest and most lethal voice possible I responded, "You're the Lycan elder Yamamoro…so you see…I know EXACTLY who I'm dealing with."

There was a long pause over the com before Lycan elder said, "So you do know and yet you talk to me like this…young lady you need a lesson in manners." His voice sounded less playful and more like he was ready to snap something in half. "Well see about that…" my words sounded ominous right before Damon couldn't help himself, "You're going to die today you fucking prick!" his voice was on a low snarl.

Damon POV

I hated this Lycan with a passion. He murdered my mother in cold blood. He deserved nothing more than death for his actions. I knew my father would see it as weak but I had to say something, "I'm going to make sure of it by cutting your fucking head off…feed it to your wolves." I snapped back. "You have no idea whom your dealing with." I held my voice very low so he could understand just how serious this was.

"And who might you be…new blood?" Yamamoro asked, chuckling, "You murdered my mother long ago…I'm her blood…and I'm going to do what she couldn't…I'm going to kill you." I vowed it right then and there, "I've murdered a LOT of mother's son, you might want to be a little bit more specific on that one." He laughed about it. Like he really didn't care of the damage he'd done over the years.

"You're a pathetic sociopathic waste of space and I'm going to enjoy ripping your guts out and wiping the walls with them." I replied back, "You've got an attitude with you…so let me guess the girls in charge and your - " I cut him off, "I'M IN CHARGE HERE! This is MY COVEN and you will do as I SAY!" I snarled into the com. "You sound like someone else I know..." Yamamoro said.

"Ah yes the vampire elder…you must be his son. You sound like him but not quite yet. Got a ball missing there." I almost slammed my com piece into the wall near me at the anger I felt at that especially hearing him laugh at me. I was suddenly glad everyone was on a different com channel now. I'd have to thank Usagi for that suggestion later on. I was barely holding my composure together right now.

My anger was going through the roof at the knowledge of who this was. I was talking to the Lycan that murdered my mother. I was vamping out before it was time and I felt so much repressed anger coursing through me. I looked up to find my father barely suppressing his own vampirism as Usagi looked on to me with sympathy and warning. I wondered why when it occurred to me.

I looked over at Diamond then to her and understood she was sympathetic as the man that murdered her family was standing no more than a few feet from her and she was working hard to work with him to ensure the survival of us all. She was working with her families actual murderer to help us. To ensure we didn't go extinct tonight. I drew strength from that knowledge on how strong she was to deal with that.

For once we weren't combative lovers or drama issues, we were simply two people who held understanding over a situation and was showcasing not to let it consume you. I breathed in deeply and realized I needed to push Yamamoro out of my head and remain focused. My mother will be proud of me for today and know she was avenged for her death. I was just sad she wouldn't be here to see him die.

"I've got enough to take you out and make sure that whomever else you have with you perishes next to you." I respond back, calmer than I once was. I signed for other vampires to go around the other entrances and exits. He could be engaging in conversation to buy time to surround the estate. I refused to let us be turned into sitting ducks. "Yeah you are your father's son alright." Yamamoro chuckled.

"I'm more than his son…I'm my mother's son to and you will pay for your sins against her. She was to good for what you did to her." I commented, "She was a vampire…its enough reason to give anyone of you a dust nap for life." I wanted to say something snappy but got nailed when Yamamoro said, "Besides from what it sounds like here is you're trying to play in daddy's shoes and not doing a good job at it."

My father went to take the com and speak but Usagi stopped him, "Best to not show all of our hands now. We don't want him to know you're here unless it's necessary." Tactically she was right and I was getting too pissed off again to have seen it and spoken the words first. I had to get him back out of my head so when I looked back up I saw Usagi hold onto something that I hadn't noticed before.

Father's silver sword. He never let me touch it as a child or growing up. It was 'to sharp and to dangerous'. He let me touch it once as an adult when I was first training but only as a show of what I would be inheriting when the time was right. That was it. Then I remembered something from years since past. A long ago held conversation before I took Usagi and brought her into this dark world of ours.

Father telling me that the sword would go to me, the next leader of the coven when it was the right time. So why the fuck was she holding it? There was only one way ever that she would be holding it so blatantly in front of my father and that was only if he gave it to her. Even she would never dare to touch one of his prized weapons pieces unless given the okay to do so. Suddenly I realized the young woman I brought in to be mine to do whatever I pleased became something so much more.

I felt a huge sense of betrayal from them both. I lost my focus on the other vampires in the massive room, lost my focus on what was being said over the com's, lost my vision on everything except for Usagi holding my father's sword and how perfectly it fit with her and how much I suddenly hated her for it. When I finished this war off after making sure Mamoru died in it, I will make her submit to me now. I didn't care if she was willing or not now. I owned that bitch not the other way around. Then everything went black.