Guest (1): yes the battle is over with and now a new journey begins for them. this is the epilogue.
MoonMama89: your fine I absolutely understand. So sweet…yeah I had to re-write things a few times to get the message of how dire it was getting and how close to death both had been and still fit in all the action. Lol we all are a sucker for happy endings…I'm no different. Thank you so much.
OrientalDanceGirl: yeah they are though the Lycan battle I wanted to leave a little bit open as I feel that there will always be some new foe to try and go after the vampires. Hell their still making Underworld movies so that fighting is over but its left open and that's your only spoiler. Lol hope you had a good vacation. 😊
3 reviews, well everyone were at the end here. I really hope you all have enjoyed this journey as I have and are happy with the finalie. I think I tied off all the loose ends and left the ones that are supposed to open, open. Please let me know what you all think.
A vampires forbidden love ch. 26
Mamoru POV
I woke up to Usagi clutching my hand in her sleeping form next to me. my own body felt like it had gone through a shredder but miraculously I didn't look it. I checked under the sheets to find my wounds gone and only the memories left behind. If anything I almost felt powered if that was possible. "Feeling better?" I heard as I looked up to see the elder staring at me. "Much." I stated astonished. "Well considering you have my blood running through you you'd better." He chuckled making my look at him.
"You gave me your blood?" as if just realizing that the memories of what he'd experienced went through me. So many emotions. Love for his mate which was similar to my own for Usagi. Love for his children despite what happened to them both, I looked up at him as I was the one who dealt the final death blow to Damon. That made me take pause before the other memories came to me. The many wars he'd fought as a vampire and as a mortal. His happiness as a father. His joy as a mate and the pain of losing them all.
"How do you see me now." The elder asked of me. I looked at him and remarked, "I see many similarities. From the pain to the happiness." It was all I could say. He smiled and stood, "Sir…" I almost lost my nerve but made sure to speak up, "Gomen…for Damon…" I bowed my head in respect of his son despite what Damon did to Usagi and myself. I heard him sigh as if it were difficult to say.
"My son has committed many atrocities that I let him get away with…" he looked regretful as a father. "I should have tried harder as a father…I should have done something more but that's the burden of being a parent. Knowing when to do so much and when to do more. You never know." he gave a humorless chuckle. "Don't apologize for killing him as you were saving her." he looked over at the sleeping woman beside me.
At some point during the time I was out she somehow slipped from the bed she was in, into my own. It was the only way to explain how the cot next to her was in a disarray with no one in it. I figured people just wanted to give her space after such an ordeal. "Are we needed?" I asked, hoping that we weren't. Not that I wouldn't but I was still feeling exhaustion. My muscles protesting the pain of my wounds, which while I felt for them seemed nonexistent. The elder saw my movements and responded.
"I healed you." I looked over at him, "Usagi's blood isn't strong enough to do more than pull you back from the grave. Especially not in the weakened condition it was in as she herself had been injured." I was astonished and I knew he could tell, "My son I wasn't about to let Usagi go through the same pain I went through." The emotions that passed through his eyes was all to understanding. We both loved her…just in vastly different ways.
"Of losing me…" my voiced cracked getting that out. His hand went to my shoulder, "She loves you so dearly…" I could see it in his eyes. The depth of how he loved her as a father. "I love her so much…" I voiced out after a few paused moments. Desperate to regain control over my vocals. "I ahh…I can't do this without her in it…" I admitted to him. He squeezed my shoulder, "I know…that feeling…" I looked up at him and saw the emotions of his own lose. Neither of us spoke for a few minutes.
"When she was over Yamamoro's body I felt a pinch of pure happiness hit me…I hadn't needed to kill him myself as I thought I would have…" I glanced back up at him, "When I saw Usagi kill him I knew that she would do whatever it took for the coven…but when she killed Diamond I knew she did it to protect you and that is something so incredibly strong." I didn't voice anything, "Stronger than me…" that had me curious. "Sir?" I asked, "My son…the previous generation make the next that much hardened for the next world to come."
He looked at her, "I needed to make her stronger than way she could fight for what she really wanted in life…to protect those she loved. She loves our coven but she loves you in such a way that she could accept killing the last part of her past…the last living part that she so desperately tried to save back then." He looked on at her with aww. "Sometimes truth is harder to absorb than light…in this case, Usagi learned that sacrifices are needed when protecting those that you love." he stated.
"My son…" I was in shock here and knew he was right. I hadn't had time to think on it before what with the war going on and all. "She would do anything for you." He noted. "Sir…I've never loved anyone more than I love her…she's my everything…" tears began to form in my own eyes, "I don't know what I'd do with out her…she's my future." I tried to stop them from falling but that was useless as they rolled down anyways. I wiped them away as I felt the elder release my shoulder.
"Son…I know the feeling trust me…she is more than just your future…she's your other half." I nodded as I was unable to formulate words as I held her hand close within my own. That final fight had been one hell of a battle. Yamamoro had proven to be stronger than we both previously thought him to be, especially as he was hiding behind his other Lycan's for the longest time, conserving his strength.
He tossed her around so easily while I was coming back to that I hadn't even realized why I was alive and not dead. I hadn't seen anything other than her and scrambled to go help her. I hadn't even realized I had been revived by another let alone the elder. I had only one sole focus and that was to get to her. I remember briefly stabbing at him with something before I was flung with such force I felt like a childish weakling.
So when I landed the blackness claimed me again. I felt like I had failed her. Then to come to now in this little mini hospital, "You helped save us all…even in your darkest hour you refused to give in and you tried once more to help our Usagi…that tiny bit of help enabled her to get the upper hand and kill him. You saved her…you helped save us all." I nodded, not feeling like I could take that credit but not protesting it for fear of letting go of my emotions. However when he set to leave I had to ask.
"Sir…I am sorry for your son…" I looked back towards him as he turned towards me. His stance that of acceptance and sorrow, "Acceptable reasons or not I'm sorry. He was still your son. I may have done it to save her but he was still your son and for that I'm sorry…but I'm not sorry I had to do it." I gulped hoping he'd accept what I meant. He looked at me briefly before sighing, "I know…I know that he was a rat bastard for the longest time…I know he hurt people." That was an understatement.
"I know that he hurt Usagi. I hate him for it as well but I hadn't found out about that till much later on. I know my son became a 'dick'. I was hoping things would change but that was not to be. Besides that also why your head is still intact…and why you still have a place here." I gulped again before I asked, "Just one question…" he turned back to me, "Is there anything significant that happens to me now that I had your blood in me?"
Was it just memories or would something else happen. He smiled, "My son I'm one of the eldest vampires around. To have the blood of myself or anyone else like myself is like a boost of power and everything vampiric that comes with it." Now I was curious. "Wait like I'm stronger and faster now?" I asked, "Everything." Was all he said before coming to a stop and finishing off with. "Consider it an acceptance gift." Before walking out.
I didn't have time to think on his words as Usagi came to. "Nani? Nani?!" she looked all around, like a bewildered dear in headlights. "Its okay." I soothed her down as she sat up, "Last thing I remembered was seeing you - " she began to check me all over making sure my wounds were fine, "Its okay. The elder gave me some of his blood." I noted to her. She sighed, "That's right I forgot…" she hugged me as I pulled her into my lap.
Then I kissed her. we both ended up getting lost in it as I gripped the tight muscles of her ass before pulling at her shirt. Suddenly I had a need to get her naked as fast as possible. It was the shocking sound of a clearing throat that got our attention. There was Makoto with Minako in the corner on Makoto's cot, sitting back watching us. "Minako!" Makoto snapped, "What I was getting irritated watching them start to have sex."
We both blushed at her words, "Minako - chan - " I tried, "Besides if I'm not having sex I'm not going to watch others do it." She huffed. Before I could say much Makoto said, "Shut up. It was just getting good. The only thing I'm missing is some popcorn." Usagi face planted as I grew redder. "Well how about we just go back to our room and rest in there." I suggested. Usagi couldn't have walked out faster if we blurred. Before we could make it though we ran into the elder whom asked, "May I have a word with Usagi."
Since you didn't deny the elder anything she nodded and said, "I'll be right up." I accepted it and went upstairs to check myself over for what I had that healed up and perhaps even how to properly figure out how long some wounds took than others to heal up now. The stab wound took obviously the longest but it was still much more advanced than one would know. It should have taken at least four to six weeks to heal and here it was internally already healed and externally mostly healed.
There was some bruising still but recalling it now as I looked it over I could literally feel some parts being fixed over others. I could feel the organs mending. The blood of the elder coating my insides as it lifted me up from the pending darkness and brought me fully into the light and into the land of the living. Now that I had a chance to think on it more I realized what he meant now by his words earlier. Usagi's blood while kept me from submerging fully into the darkness it was his that granted me life again.
Not to say anything against Usagi's, she kept me where I was at to give me that fighting chance to stay alive and the elder, seeing what could happen choose to save me. I owed him my life now just like I owed her my life. Several times over now. I did however hope that the war was finally over. I just wanted to spend time with my mate now. I wanted to enjoy my time with her. I wanted to build a…a…family with her.
Usagi POV
I followed the elder to his study as it would never be Damon's now. This place seemed weird now in a sense without Damon's presence. I thought about everything that he put me through and there was still this strange sense of loose…let there was a hint of guilty relief. I was relieved that he was dead for the sake of Mamoru's life as I know he had tried to kill him in the end but guilty for our elder's pain. Damon was his only blood child left alive.
"We need to discuss the events of what to do now." He began. He talked to me about things that would be happening in the next few days. His father had Damon's body hauled away and burned to assure a proper burial and now his ashes would sit next to his mothers in the family mausoleum when they got delivered. We would mourn his lose but we still had to keep going to make sure there were no lingering doubts from the Lycan's.
All it would take is another Yamamoro to try to live up to the name and beyond by trying to do the same thing. So we had to refortify the estate and burn the rest of our fallen. We would be going to the mausoleum shortly to pay our respects to him and put up another statue of all the lives we lost today, something we did every time there was a huge battle like this in history so that we would remember whom was lost.
Firstly however the elder decided that he needed to speak with me. I had a feeling on why I but I didn't want to assume, "Usagi how long have you been a part of this coven?" he asked me, "Over two hundred years sir." I stated, faithful and loyal as I was to. Despite what Damon made me at first. "How long have you been a cleaner?" he asked, "A long time." I stated, not wishing to remember how long.
The killings alone took a small chuck of my soul even it if was for a greater cause it never felt right to truly take a life unless they were pure evil…like Yamamoro. That felt so right and good it was hard not to smile at the memory of it. "How many meetings have you been included in?" he asked. "More than I care to count." I looked at him as he looked at me. I resisted the urge to role my eyes recalling the many boring meetings I had been in on.
"I've been to plenty and I will continue to do so for as long as needed." I wasn't about to sound like I'd rather shirk my responsibilities on it. "Usagi do you know why I asked you those questions?" I shook my head no not wanting to make an assumption, "Because Usagi. I need a strong leader to take care of this coven." I gulped as he looked at me with a newfound determination. "Sir are you asking what I think your asking?" I asked. I didn't dare to break eye contact with him, not on this.
"Usagi I want you to run this coven in my place." I was shocked but not to shocked. He had implied it before but for it to actually be said was something different. "But sir, I'm not a leader. I'm not part of the bloodline…I'm only a cleaner." I bowed my head down accepting that this wasn't what I was qualified to do. It wasn't fair to take the position from someone more qualified than myself. "I don't possess what's required of me to lead." I admit.
"Usagi you are more than necessary and capable to take over after me. You were actually being subtly trained by me to replace Damon IF it came to it and now it has." I looked at him startled by the news. "Wait you mean all those meetings?" I began to question, "Necessary for the second contingent we put in place decades ago in case of something like this were to happen." I couldn't stop getting stunned.
"You predicted Damon's destructive behavior?" I asked, "I saw how things were going and made sure his training stayed on point as I made sure you got the proper training you needed to have his back on the battlefield that way IF he was found to be ill fitting as a leader you would be able to take over." I knew we had certain systems in place if we LOST the leader, certain systems in place if they became unfit DURING leadership but nothing of what happened regarding it afterwards.
That was solely up to the elder and we had no word or say in it UNLESS the elder asked us for our opinion and that RARELY happened. Well rare enough anyways so this was unprecedented as far as I knew. I mean that was like if it were an elder found to be unfit to rule his or her coven then the counsel would vote on what to do for that coven and usually the next strongest candidate was picked and that's when it hit me. I was that candidate
He must have seen the realization dawn on my face as he spoke, "I picked you many decades ago Usagi. I had high hopes for you for a reason." He said as he handed me the keys to the office. The cold metal of the key hitting my hand with shock. I looked at it with a minor shudder that went through me. Was this really the life I wanted to live? In Damon's dream. Then again I had to ask myself what was my dream.
It was then that I realized all I knew was that I wanted to be with Mamoru. To be happy with him. That could be here and it could be elsewhere to. I felt somehow freed by Damon's death yet something just didn't feel right about leaving here if I chose to. I honestly didn't know what to do right now. "I will stay for the next few months to help you in getting started." That's when I questioned something else in myself…did I really want to rule this coven?
I would never have dreamed it to be honest. It was to far out, fairy tales were more realistic than something like that. The elder covered my hand with his as I looked up at him, "I do understand this is daunting…take your time to think on it but please do consider everyone and everything before you do." he asked as he walked out. I looked around the office room and suddenly needed to get back to Mamoru. I wanted to feel his arms around me and tell me what his thoughts were on the matter.
I left out of the office and left for my room. I found him in there check out his wounds before pulling the t shirt back into place. I was worried on what he'd say as I wondered on it on the way back. "There's something I have to tell you." I began, "Tell me anything you want." He assured me. "Our elder is shifting responsibilities around. Delegating some stuff in Damon's absence." He nodded at my words.
"He'll do a good job here. It is his coven." Mamoru responded to me, "Yeah…" here goes nothing…I looked at him in the eyes, "He wants me to run it." I told him. He looked at me with a smile on his face, "I knew he wanted you for it." He was happy for me. "So…you wouldn't mind staying here?" I asked him hoping the answer was a positive one. He could have decided to be far from here with me but with the coven involved we would need to be in the estate…living here. That was my hope if he didn't mind.
"Living here…permanently." I bit my lip hoping he would accept it and that he would love to be here with me…forever. If it was to much and he wanted out I would grant him that as I wasn't about to make him stay here but he stunned me a tiny bit by smiling at me, "Even if I didn't have to, I'd still want to." my shoulders dropped a bit in relief, "Cause Usako…" he smiled as did I as he walked up to me.
Putting his hand in my hair he pulled me to him for a soft kiss, "Your everything to me…" I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him back. "Are you sure?" I asked him, doubt still in me on IF I could do this. "Are you sure?" he asked instead. He must have noticed or felt my self-doubts. "Is it wrong that I feel like…oh this is bad of me to say…" I turned away from him, "Like you could do better than him." It was more of a statement than a question as I turned to him. I merely nodded my head.
"You will do better and that's why you feel that way." I sighed, "Your going to be a great leader and do you know why…?" he asked as he wrapped his arms around me. "Why?" I asked, I didn't see this leader he and our elder saw. "You already have the respect of everyone here. Damon lost that over the years with his actions. Vampires talk." He motioned at the end when I cocked a brow at him.
"You have their loyalty which he lost to. Your incredibly intelligent, your strong, mentally as well as physically. You still no matter how crazy it is try to do what's right before dealing a final blow. They saw that." I looked at him and couldn't help but tear up a bit, "You try to give mercy before death. That's something I don't think Damon was even capable of unless it granted him something personally." He said.
I hated to say it but that did make sense. Damon did have a way of only letting go for mercy if he were getting something out of the deal. Nothing else could pull him from making that death blow hit. Now I wondered though was, "So you want to stay…?" I asked then added, "I mean all the time I've been alive and around I was here. It became a home for me. I learned how to do so much and gained new family that I never thought I would have. I learned right from wrong here and from my old family…" I shot a determined look up to him.
"I will never forget them…this place though…you here with me…" I couldn't finish as he said, "I'll always be here with you." It was all I needed as I reached up and kissed him again. With more passion this time as he swung me around onto the bed. "Usako I want you from the moon to the earth and back. I can't lose you…I don't care if were here or a sewer…just as long as I'm with you." I kissed him again, unable to formulate words right now.
Our bodies beginning to fall in a tangled web of passion and need as we touched the places that were previously untouchable due to injury. Neither of us thought on it till just now but we hadn't been able to be together since before the fighting started. It felt like we were memorizing each other now. Letting go of the fears from before that we were both alive and well. That we could indulge in each other.
We started to remove the others clothing. Pealing the crusted with dirt, blood and sweated clothing from the others body. Letting it fall in lumps on the floor as we saw the marks it left on our bodies. The blood stains. Where dirt met sweat and mixed with the blood. Each touch was like a tinge of electricity as we were checking out the other bodies. I slowly pulled him towards the bathroom as we both needed a shower anyways.
I got him in and began the hot water as he prepared the nozzle making sure I didn't get blasted on impact. Now here in the shower we were able to indulge and still heal and be cleaned. I rubbed him free of the nasty crap on him as he grabbed another lufa and did the same to my body. It felt as refreshing as it was cathartic and sensual. We cleaned each other off as it washed away down the drain.
Like a new beginning in the form of heat and skin as the lufa's fell from our hands. Falling to the bottom of the tub as we kissed. He bent at the knees to crouch down and get on his knees as he spread my legs and began to lick and suck at my lower lips. I gasped in the shower but didn't dare speak or else ruin the moment. I half worried that if I spoke someone would come in and disturb us and I didn't want that.
When I couldn't handle anymore, when his tongue started to dig in deeper to get more of me I groaned and pulled at him as I felt his cock jutting out against my own leg. I looked down to find him hard, the tip weeping with want for me as his hands reached up and pulled my face closer to his own, "I thought I lost you for a moment." he rasped out. His voice barely heard over the sound of the pounding water.
"Me to…I thought I'd lost you…" my words were lower but he could easily read my lips as he leaned in and kissed me. I wrapped my arms around his neck as he lifted me from my feet by my thighs and found his way home within me. I felt him filling me up like never before and clutched onto him as he began to slowly thrust himself home. It was like we had come to this realization and needed to feel the other.
Like we didn't have all the time in the world and we saw that being a vampire doesn't guarantee an immortal life, only gives an idealistic image of it. You can still get shot down by silver nitrate bullets, you can still get beheaded, starve to the point of becoming mummified and even have your heart ripped out…but they don't tell you that when you become one. Not right away. You learn it over the years.
I watched Mamoru through hooded eyes how my own movements however small they were make the emotions change on his face. How he looked ready to pound into me but stalled and held off wanting to savor the moments we had together. I clenched tighter around him even as he kept up the simple pace he had. I wanted him to move faster to but also wanted to just feel him in my arms for as long as possible.
However eventually our bodies decided to have a mind of their own and the needs and wants were taking over everything else. His slow movements were still slow but becoming more punch packed making me bite my lip with want and need for him, "Usako…" he grunted, his fingers digging in even deeper into my skin, "I need you so bad…" his voice so low yet with a guttural edge to it.
Like he was holding onto his erotic sanity with every he had to make it last longer. "I need you to." I whimpered as I dug my nails into his shoulders. Leaving trails of fire down his back as he groaned out loud. I could feel his cock expanding within me form the move made as he tried to keep a leash on his control. "Let us not deny us the rest of what can have." I stated. Letting him know we couldn't last in this state for forever.
He let out a guttural groan as he pumped into me harder, his breathing becoming harder as we moved but we still maintained a slow pace. His hands gripping my thighs in a bruising hold that I savored. It was like we were almost being rough with each other to signify that we were still alive and in the other's arms and safe. His fingers dug in as mine gripped tighter as well, I leaned forward and to gain better control over myself as I bit into his shoulder, not hard enough to pierce but hard enough to make him jerk his hips into me.
He growled louder before sinking his teeth into my neck. Though his pierced making me cry out and sink my fangs into his neck before he released them temporarily and said, "You have no idea what you biting me does to me and what it feels like to bite you back." The darkness in his eyes made me grin widely, "I lost making you feel as amazing as you make me feel." I confessed, my voice rich with love for him.
"Fuck!" he snapped. The thrust grew more intense than ever before and as I released his neck he released mine and we saw the blood on the others mouths. I looked into his dark blue depths and found peace and love there before he kissed me again. Our bloodied mingling in this gross yet deeply affectionate display of love and hardship we'd gone through together. His hips beginning to jerk with need to explode within me.
He reached down and fingered my clit making me soar into orgasm pulling him right into it with me. He groaned and slammed me into the tile wall. Our bodies clung together in the pouring shower stall. Both of us had come harder than before as the water began to turn cold. Yet neither of us cared or wanted to care. Hearing the phone going off reality set back in on what to do and how to go about it.
As we got out and got dressed, a little wobbly in the process we ended up running into Rei. She had been busy herself it seemed. "So what's the word?" I asked as we all exited the rooms and walked towards where the office was. "Well word has it your in charge now so what do we do next?" she asked. "I was actually going to ask what's the word with your boy over there." I recalled seeing her talking with a blonde guy down the hall for a moment before she came to greet us.
"He's Makoto – chan's brother. He decided to help for a few days with the clean-up." Rei explained. I looked back and saw him looking at Rei before seeing me and diverting his eyes and walking away, "And?" I asked, looking back at her. "So he's kinda cutie…what gives?" she became defensive as I smiled, "You get yourself some…its high time you did." She smiled and as if trying to keep the attention away from herself she instead said, "Like you just were." I blushed and said, "Pretty much."
"Listen…" Rei pull us both to the side, "I don't know what you've decided yet but I just wanted to say this, you mean a lot to this coven…" I looked at her a little unsure of where she was headed with this, "We wouldn't have had a huge portion of the accomplishments without you…" I smiled a wistful smile. "It was my j - " she cut me off with a hand to shut me up, "It meant a lot to us and…" I could tell this meant something to Rei, she wasn't one for emotional anything's ever to be honest.
She preferred to hide behind sarcasm and bitchery as I did on occasion. "We need you Usagi. I know the others were seeing it in the last few years but lets face it Damon was loosing it here and you were holding it together." She almost looked defeated yet oddly happy. "I may have loved the bastard but that didn't mean that I didn't see where his professional short comings were." I nodded to her words.
"My point is the coven needs a leader like you…it needs you…" then she looked to Mamoru, "I know your still so new to this but the coven would be happy to see you two along side each other. Working together." I nodded at Rei's words as did Mamoru now, "Rei – chan I did decide that I would stay here. Mamoru and I going to work on this together." I told her. She looked somewhat happy.
"I don't know why I feel so conflicted." She muttered, looking upset at herself. "Because it was Damon. He's been a part of out lives for over two hundred years…that shit doesn't fall to the sidelines after his death. It stays there for a long time." I expressed to her. "Yeah I know but still, he shouldn't have done something so stupid as to attack you guys." She stated in frustration. I wondered how many vampires saw that.
"How many…" I didn't get far, "A lot of us saw it. Its why however that no one came down to help." She replied, "Wait what?" I responded, "His actions made us question who to follow at that point but then Mamoru – san beat him by sticking a sword into his head. We knew who to follow after that." It was unsaid as she left but became clear to me now. Damon unknowingly pulled a power move and lost.
All that time and energy he wasted in trying to tear us down and all it did with bring him further into his own downfall. He let his pride and emotions cloud his judgement allowing him to make a huge mistake in trying to take Mamoru on while I was fighting those Lycan's. I did realize however that Mamoru and I must have made some kind of impression as when we got to the stairs and came down we had all the eyes on us. The first floor looked barely touched now as the debris from the fight earlier was gone.
The dents were still in place against the marble but other than that it looked like it was brand new. "Ah there they are." Our elder came around the corner and said, "Well it seems as if news travels fast." I arched a brow at him as we joined the rest of the vampires below. Some with alcoholic drinks in their hands others with blood drinks in their hands, "Would this be in any way connected to you?" I joked.
He chuckled, "Have you given any thoughts to our earlier conversation?" he asked as others were still conversing around us. "Hai…I have." I resolved for him. "I knew you'd choose us all." He placed a hand on my arm as he lead me to the top few steps, "Plus having Mamoru – san say yes to staying might have helped huh?" I smiled as he understood where I was coming from on that one.
"It did…he means the world to me…" I whispered back to him, "As do you to him…" he remarked. I resisted the urge to tear up as he said, "Everyone gather around…" I didn't feel like a strong leader right now though. I felt like I was leading someone else's life to a degree. That is until Mamoru came up to my side and took my hand in his. All the stress and strain I was feeling a few moments ago was now gone and replaced with love and happiness.
"As you all know my son Damon has perished in the battle earlier today." Many nodded as the whole area went quiet. No one dared to voice out during the elder's speech. It was next to the most disrespectful thing that could be done during an elder talking. "I will always love my son…" silence was like a cloaking blanket on everyone. I felt the guilt on my shoulders even though I hadn't actually killed Damon.
"And yes he did have his short comings as we all do…" he noted so that everyone knew there was no perfection within anyone, that everyone was flawed, including his son. I looked into the crowd and found many vampires giving off their own internal remarks on Damon and his short comings. Many had an opinion but none dared to voice it right now. "He did however have good taste when it came to selecting an amazing candidate to shape the future of this coven." He indicated to me.
I was honestly expecting there to be disbelief, resentment or even rejection of the notion, but only confidence and faith stood before me as the elder continued on, "My son was no perfect man believe me…" he gave a small chuckle that everyone else felt was now okay to give a tiny chuckle on to. Then the elder's eyes changed, like he was reminiscing, "He did some things over the years that gained my disapproval over but when haven't any of us done something we regretted." He indicated to everyone.
Many nodded their heads at that one, "But he also did many things that not only gained my approval but made me proud to be his father. One of those things was that he wanted the future of this coven to be in the hands of someone who understood the battlefield, someone who knew the hardships that followed it and someone who could make the tough decisions along with the ones that can shape us better." He was so proud in his speech that when he handed the floor to me a was a little stunned.
He had resigned himself to letting me take my speech turn, "I've never been one for speeches or anything but what I can say is this…" I began, "Damon was a good leader. A good fighter." Several head nods, "I had fought with him time and time again, along his side as one does for their fellow soldier in the field…" more head nods, "He trained me well, he trained all of us at one point or another to do what we needed to do." more nods from the vampires gave me more courage to say what I needed to say.
I almost gave a mirthless chuckle when thinking back on it, "Don't get me wrong Damon could sometimes be the world biggest prick and we all knew it." That earned a few chuckles from the crowd, "But his worth as a leader was something that couldn't be faulted." Still more head nods as I kept going, "Damon gave me the ability to fight and be better not just for myself but for the whole of who we are and for the world." I wanted to be done with this now. Trying to talk about Damon positively after what he'd done was harder than I thought.
"So going forward with this coven, we're going to keep it forward successfully and implement the things that he had ideas that would have made us great. we're going to do better and be better. We're going to show him that his teachings were not in vain and that what we've gained and learned form him will not go gently into the night but will be realized with the continued survival of our kind." Many glasses were held up before everyone partook in a sip of either blood or alcohol.
"Nice speech." Mamoru commented. "Not easy to compliment a man like Damon." I noted, "I believe you…especially after what he put you through." He commented. The elder came up to us, "I'm so glad you decided to stay here…" he leaned in and I gave into hugging him. I finally felt okay having him as a father figure in my life. "Mamoru made me see that I could do things here. That we could." I iterated.
He looked at him before touching him on the shoulder, "I believe my young man you and I have a chat to be had and my young daughter…" I resisted tearing up at the daughter part, "I believe you have a mountain of paper work to get to. Damon left a lot of things to do in these last few months." I didn't even care that I had his work to do, "Some things never change." I grunted in mock distain.
They both found it funny as I gave Mamoru a quick kiss and went off to the office. The key still in my pocket for the door. I walked down to the office as others parted ways around me. As I got inside it felt like he was still in here. In a shocking twist though Mamoru was only a few behind me, "What did you do blur to get in here?" I asked as he locked the door. He turned passionate feral eyes onto me.
"Nani?" I inquired as he pulled me to him for a lingering smoldering hot kiss that had me swiping the papers from the desk as he pulled me up to sit on it. I knew I needed to go through those papers but if I know Damon his organizational skills were completely different than mine, I knew I'd be in here all night sorting through it so what the hell. Mamoru was almost to the point of ripping my jeans off when I asked, "Not that I'm complaining…" he kissed my lips against stopping me from talking.
When he ended the kiss several moments later we were both breathless, "Nani?" I managed trying to remember why again. I pulled his face to me as he said, "What is your stance on kids?" he asked, "That was always something more of a fantasy than a possibility." I told him, "Why?" I asked as he grinned, "What if I told you that I know of a way for us to have kids?" suddenly new possibilities came to mind. "Meaning?" I asked.
"Meaning it turns out that there's this Lunar cycle that happens only every so often and that if vampires that are mated, join together on or during this cycle the chances of pregnancy are highly possible." I arch a brow at him, "You ready for that?" I asked as I knew the next Lunar cycle would be coming up in a few weeks. "I just helped take on Lycan's, dealt with Damon and even went after Yamamoro…I think I can handle a few kids."
I laughed as he did as I asked, "And how did you find out about the Lunar cycle?" I barely even paid any attention to it, "Our elder had some words with me on IF I was ready to start a family then here's how." I was really shocked now but knew that I shouldn't be. Our elder knew how important family was to me and even now for Mamoru, so when Mamoru asked me again all I could think of to reply was one thing.
"I'd say when do you want to start?" he kissed me again. I knew the vampire and Lycan war might never be over with. frankly the news of this battle has more than likely traveled all over this area by now. Their clans could be fortifying as I think…as we kiss. Or they could be deciding to let things settle and rest till they can increase their numbers or remain as they are, either way we will be ready if they decide to come after us again.
Though something told me it would be a long time before they came after us again if at all. I knew Yamamoro was a huge power player so his influence is what lead them…without his influence they wouldn't think to rise up again…at least not so soon after this defeat. Thinking on things now though…with everything that's happened, I really don't know how my ending would have been back all those years ago had Damon never come into my life and make me end up making such a decision…I really don't.
I could have ended up married to Diamond or rather I would have ended up married to Diamond and I would have no doubt have been in a loveless marriage. I would have dealt with it and possibly have had children but there wouldn't have been enough love to sustain happiness or anything beyond that point for he and I…my family back then would have dived off into different directions.
Their all possibilities…their all coulda, woulda, shoulda's…and will always stay that way. However out of all those possibilities, the good and the bad, the one I love, the one that makes me feel whole inside again after having loved and lost so much, is the one where I get to finally have and hold onto that peace and have a family that we created. This possibility is from my forbidden love with the man that I will cherish till the end of days and as he kisses me deeply I know he feels the same way.
The End