Krul let out a sigh, walking hastily around the dark room. She ignored the pungent smell of dampness and the whimpering of children who cried in the cages which hung from the ceiling. Her fingers lingered over the old and worn-out book as her eyes travelled along to pages, reading the ancient language written in the fading ink. Her eyes narrowed as she caught sight of the ingredients list for the concoction she wished to create.

A drop of the selected human participant's blood

Half a chalice of the selected vampire participant's blood

A chalice full of noble blood

She already had the all of those things, well, she could get those things easily. Krul was aware of what she was doing. A binding spell. Although because Mika was rebelling against her wishes in turning into a full vampire, Krul would most likely have to use an enchantment of some kind to respect his wishes. Krul somehow had gained a soft spoke on her beloved Mika, but it seemed she was forcing him into a life of isolation. Binding him would be the only way to make him happy.

{This takes place during episode 16/4 of season two}

The Moon Demon's Orders

Haru shifted uncomfortable as she felt the glares from the vampire's inside the plane. They were all watching her intently, under their hoods whilst licking their lips. Haru shut her eyes and ignoring the stare from Mika who sat beside her. She didn't know whether he was imagining the taste of her bittersweet blood or maybe he was just disgusted at the fact that somebody so weak was related to his friend. Haru could feel her muscles tense whilst she gripped tightly onto her sword. Mako was probably feeling uneasy at the fact there was nothing but vampires surrounding Haru.

The plane landed and the hatch opened, letting light burst into the plane and cause the shadows to disperse. Haru squeaked as Mika suddenly latched onto her wrist with a tight grip and pulled her out with him. She fluttered her eyes at the suddenly burst of light, making her vision blur. She suddenly shivered whilst the vampire known as Lactus began to walk closely behind her. Her eyes twitched at the sound of Lactus inhaling- he was obviously enjoying her scent.

In all honesty, Haru had no idea what she was doing. She had just been grabbed by Mika and pulled onto the plane. Her worst fear was that she was going to fight some humans or maybe kill them. Haru couldn't imagine the look on their faces as she appeared on the battlefield. She has probably been labelled as a ghost. Dead. Not living. If she was to fight with somebody they would most likely run in fear and scream out that a phantom was upon them.

Shortly after walking some more Mika came to a standstill. He turned and looked at her, taking a second glance towards her uniform. It was very similar to what Krul would donne, except from the different in colour. Haru wore a short white dress with black detached sleeves that made her seem like a child in an oversized t-shirt along with a long white hooded cape behind her. Although she had also been given heeled boots, her height hadn't changed at all, meaning she was still borderline five feet.

"We are going to be collecting livestock," Mika finally said. His expression remained stoic even though Haru grimace. She recoiled at the thought. She had heard from Krul that her brother and Mika were once livestock yet Mika didn't seem fazed at the fact he was sending people into the past he had. Did he really feel nothing?

Lactus hit Haru on the back, causing her jolt and yelp, before he took her hand. "Come on my little Human, let's go collecting together," His tone was sickeningly sweet and it made Haru feel sick to her stomach. She barely caught sight of the cold glare from Mika as he snatched her hand and began to walk.

"Let's go, Lactus." Haru stared up at Mika as he continued to walk. Haru must admit, she was finding it difficult to keep up with his pace. She only had little legs so it was quite a task. She ignored the small whine from Lactus as he caught up with them while she focused on walking more quickly. Lactus continued to stare at her until she turned towards him. After he finally got what he wanted- which was for Haru to make eye contact with him- he smirked and her and winked, causing Haru to scowl before looking away.

Haru's eyes wandered over her scenery. It looked all so familiar to her, as if she had travelled through here when she was just a young girl. Although earth had began to reclaim the buildings, and the metal on the walls were beginning to rust, it put Haru at ease knowing that people had lived here with smiles on their faces. The sudden thought of her and Yuichiro smiling brought Haru back into a depressed state of mind. She wanted everything to go back to the way it was. She missed her imperfect life. It made her wonder what type of girl she would've been if the virus hadn't killed anyone. Maybe she would've been a successful business woman with a hard working husband and beautiful children to call her own.

Lactus suddenly departed with Mika and Haru. The human girl continued to walk alongside Mika, feeling a breeze run through her hair. Quickly, Haru froze.

"Vampires!" "Run!" "The Vampires are here!"

Haru looked around desperately at the sudden pleas of children. Mika acted oblivious to the fact children were crying and screaming, instead choosing to walk ahead. Haru was able to free her hand from Mika's grasp as she jogged to catch up with him.

"Does this not bother?" Haru asked quietly. Mika turned and looked at her and remained silent. "Are you not angry that these children are going to have to go through such pain just so vampires live!"

"No," Mika said. Haru's eyes widened and she looked towards him as tears welled up in her eyes. "I am angry that it must be done, but I must follow Krul's orders."

Haru put her head down in shame and began to walk, Mika slowly began to walk alongside her. She knew that Mika must've felt something, but maybe he had just pushed so far into the back of his mind that he refused to think of it. Haru turned her head slightly and gasped at the sight of three children running towards her. She turned and faced them. They suddenly caught sight of her and Mika and froze, gasping as they saw both of them as vampires- even though Haru was still human like them. One of the girls in the trio was about to scream as Mika faced them, causing her to back away. Haru reached her hand towards them, feeling the need to sympathise with them, but the girl gasped once again as Lactus was behind her.

Haru clenched her fists as Lactus smiled at the girl, crouching down in front of her as her eyes shook with the tears that fell down her face.

"No! Please don't kill me!" The girl screamed. Haru felt her body tremble as the girl suddenly fell silent, reaching her hand towards Haru as blood spilt down her and shoulder once Lactus pierced her skin with his fangs.

"No..." Haru whispered, backing away and nearly falling back. Mika watching her with a small look of surprise. He knew that this must've been traumatic for her, it was for him when he first witnessed it. Haru suddenly fell to her knees and screamed, "No! Stop it!" Mako suddenly appeared before her and hugged her tightly. Mika brought his gaze back to Lactus. His eyes focused on the blood on his lips. How delicious it looked. He wondered what it felt like to taste the warm and sweet blood trickling down his throat- No, he couldn't think of such things, so he shook the thought away. He swallowed hard on thin air as a final drop of the girls blood splashed into a puddle on the ground.

Once Haru had calmed herself and forced Mako back to his sword form, Haru watching as the children were walking in a line towards the planes. Some older children held the hands on the young, giving them some support despite the fact they too wanted to cry. They needed to be strong to show that they'll be ok. Common vampires stood by the doors and registered the children by asking their name and age. Haru felt sick whilst watching the whole ordeal. Who would've thought that humans were being treated like meat heading to the slaughterhouse.

Haru remained silent whilst standing next to Mika. Lactus walked up beside them and smirked, watching the children intently with his mouth that showed no sign of blood being on them. "If you want to drink, now's the time, Mika."

Haru ignored the rest of what Lactus said, instead she watched the children walk and notice her. She heard them saying how she was a human and that they should trust her, but she wanted to tell them to trust nobody. It was true. In world as cruel as this, you could trust no one. Not even yourself was deemed as trustworthy.

"I'm not interested in human blood," Mika said coldly, turning away from Lactus.

"Yeah right. If you're afraid to get caught don't worry. I won't tell."

Haru gritted her teeth at Lactus. He was such a jerk. He didn't care for anything but himself and if she wanted she could easily stop holding back and kill him right there and then. Mika ignored Lactus and continued to walk. Lactus muttered that Mika was a weirdo and Haru chose to ignore him, instead walking after the blonde vampire.

"You should be careful little human!" Lactus called. "You don't want to mess with a hungry vampire!"

Haru kept her distance from Mika and gasped as he collapsed by an old abandoned house. She had came to believe that Lactus was right, that he should drink something. She didn't exactly feel anything towards Mika yet, but like the next person she would be concerned for his well being. She watched closely as Mika began to drink something, a red liquid inside a vile. It was only then at Haru knew Mika was drinking blood. It couldn't have been human blood after he claimed he didn't like it, so it must've been vampire blood- probably Krul's. To Haru, it seemed like that blood wouldn't be enough for him. He suddenly dropped the vile, causing it to smash, before he starting to cough.

Haru walked closer to Mika and was about to reach out for him until the sound of a scream echoed throughout the trees. "Please help me! No!"

Mika rose to his feet and walked forward, watching as two vampires lead three children towards a helicopter. The sound of a girl's crying was so loud that it made Haru's chest her. The girl was obviously afraid, and yet Haru could do nothing to help. The girl continued to pull at her arm, trying to free herself whilst tears fell down her cheeks.

Haru gasped as Mika jumped into the air quickly, giving her no time to react. Without seeing him move the girl was suddenly pinned down on the floor by Mika. The girl let out choking sounds and Haru chose to take action, having Mako turn into a scythe as she screamed his name out. Mika seemed oblivious. He bared his fangs at the girl and hissed loudly.

"So you are going to drink it," Lactus said. Mika froze.

Haru ran towards Mika and kicked him in the stomach, causing him to fall off the girl and roll onto the ground. Mika's eyes widened as Haru helped the girl to her feet and stood in front of her protectively, a dark aura surrounding her as she clutched tightly onto her weapon. The girl ran towards the other two children, who were shortly lead towards the helicopter.

"Mika, you need to control yourself!" Haru screamed, walking closer to him and tilting his head up with the scythe's blade. Mika's eyes were bloodshot and he shook dramatically. Haru frown and dismissed Haru, turning him into a sword then placing him in his sheath once again. She offered her hand to the vampire and smiled at him. "I'm sorry."

Mika nodded and took her hand, letting himself feel weak for a short moment. Lactus stare at the two coldly, "Such a weirdo."

The helicopter took off and Haru sat beside Mika, asking him quietly if he was OK. He didn't respond and he turned away from her, even though mentally he was slightly grateful she brought him back to his senses.

Ok, this was following a chapter but I did change stuff so it isn't the same as the actual episode. Did you like that Haru stopped Mika? I actually was planning for Mika to attack her but I couldn't think of a way to have him return to his senses, so I had Haru use force.

Thank you for all your lovely reviews!

Esmereilda~ Yeah, poor Haru being a lab rat- but it will come in handy (or will it MWAHAHA).

Lilly~ Don't be sorry, it's ok to want a story to be updated.

Lotus Sword~ (although this was posted on chap 1, I feel the need to respond now). I have in fact seen Free! But I haven't finished it. In all honesty, I hadn't even noticed the names being so similar so it makes me laugh just thinking about it. Thank you!

AliciaMCDeBurgh~ I am currently building up the relationship so they can converse and act as companions! Thank you for the compliment, I always thought my writing was like a child's ;-;.

LivingTheSPNLife~ I'm glad you liked the rewrites and backstory. I haven't yet chosen a time to use her heightened senses but when I do I'll make it really good quality.