{This chapter is dedicated to the devoted reader Lotus Sword}

Haru shivered nervously whilst hugging herself tightly. The breeze ran through her hair and she shivered once more. Working with vampires was becoming too much for her. She couldn't handle it. In her current situation, she was sitting quietly inside a helicopter accompanied by Lactus, Rene and Mika as they were travelling to a small area just outside of Shinjuku. Haru's eyes darkened as she heard about the vampire attack on Shinjuku- which the humans had protected well. She clenched her fists, feeling the fabric of her gloves creasing beneath her fingers. During the attack Haru was still in training, which meant she had no squad so she couldn't help out when the army needed it. Haru felt the cold gaze from Mika yet chose to ignore, looking down at her boots and thinking of what she was to do.

"Y-you want me to get livestock?" Haru whimpered, her body trembling as she stood before Krul and Ferid. The small Queen just nodded in response before walking towards the human and tilting her chin up with a frail hand. "I can't," Haru said, shaking her head. "I won't."

Krul furrowed her brows and turned, shrugging her shoulders. "Well, then I have no choice but to find that human companion of yours," Haru's eyes widened and she clenched her fists. "and kill him." Krul looked towards Haru from over her shoulder and smirking as the girl began to show a panicked expression.

"My, you sure are evil," Ferid said with a smirk, glancing towards Krul who ignored him and sat at her throne in an appalling manner. "What's it going to be, Haru?" The girl cringed at the way the noble said her name and the way he glared at her. She could feel him watching her every movement, normally focusing on her neck or bare skin. He was just like every other vampire. Hungry for blood.

"I'll do it," Haru said seriously.

Krul smirked again, resting her elbow on the chair and leaning against her fist. Her eyes flashed in acknowledgement in the artificial light before she crossed her legs. "You'll be accompanied by Mika, Lactus and Rene. They cannot go with you as it would be too time consuming," She said with a bored tone, looking towards Haru and feeling her raging gaze. "You'll have to lure the children out."

The helicopter landed and Haru followed the vampires outside. She felt her body tremble at the sight before her. Blood decorated the walls and ground in new and old pools. Nature reclaimed the numerous buildings by covering the bricked walls in greenery. The buildings were almost close to collapsing completely and it seemed that the only living things were the flocks of Ravens that silently patrolled the area. The scenery was like a ghost town. Completely abandoned. Haru remember when she would wander through here with her mother whilst shopping. She remembered the smile on their faces and the joyous gasps as a man blew bubbles in the streets and children played happily in the park. It seemed like so long ago since it had been such a happy place.

Haru jolted as Lactus hit her on the back and she stumbled forward before regaining her footing and glaring coldly at the purple-haired vampire. "Go on, we haven't got all day."

"You're immortal and you don't sleep," Haru said coldly. Lactus rolled his eyes and shooed Haru forward. She could hear him mumbling about how she was getting too cocky for his liking, but really he was just surprised that she had the courage to be so sarcastic to him. Haru gripped tightly onto Mako as she felt the pebbled beneath her feet as she entered an abandoned building. From the sign that hung from the ceiling with rusted chains, she was in a multi-storey car park. She heard her shoes tap against the floor whilst passing some old cars which had been abandoned by the deceased. It had take Haru to make it to the middle floors of the building before she heard the sound of shuffling and fainting whimpering. The girl edged forward, flinching suddenly as her shoe kicked a pebble which bounced on the concrete with a loud and eerie echo.

The sound of gasping echoed throughout the area. Obviously, the wanted children were about. Haru shifted uncomfortable as her fingers ran over the fabric of her uniform. Her old uniform. It had been ordered by Krul that Haru was to wear the clothes of a human to gain the trust of those who were wanted. Haru believed it was a sickening idea- tricking others by changing one's appearance was just a sly trick. Haru walked towards a darkened corner of the abandoned floor, focusing on a shadowy figure the lurked in the darkness. She tightly gripped onto Mako, feeling her blood boil as the shame swept over her.

'There's definitely humans on this floor,' Mako said matter-of-factly. 'Maybe one or two upstairs but you'll catch them easily as the elevator is jammed.'

Haru nodded to the demon's voice as she crouched down a couple of feet from the corner. She placed her sword onto the ground and let out a soft smile. "Hello." She gained no response. "My name is Haru," Her voice feigning innocence and sickening her mentally whilst she donned this façade.

"Tobi," the voice responded, sounding like a pre-pubescent boy. "Are you a vampire?" His voice cracked at the name of the blood-suckers. Haru felt her heart ache in pain as the boy repeated his question.

"No," She said, baring her teeth. "I'm a human." The boy still seemed slightly worried albeit he pulled away from the shadow and revealed himself. He must've been around 12 years old and his hair was slightly covered in a coating of dust and grease, as was his thin and pale face. "I work for the Japanese Imperial Demon Army, and it is my job to regain the safety of all living humans."

Haru rose to her feet before offering her hand to Tobi, who hesitantly took it and smiled at her lightly. "Hey guys, there's somebody here to save us!" His voice was laced with joy as he was oblivious to the sympathetic expression the Haru's face. She could feel herself edging towards breaking down and telling the boy the truth, screaming at him and telling him to run. Yet, she didn't. She watched as nine other children of varying ages from maybe three years old to maybe the same as Tobi walked out from underneath cars and from hiding under boxes. Their faces lit up as they all ran towards Haru and thanked her for something she was meant to do. Save them.

Haru leaned down and smiled at all the children. "Now now, we must be quick otherwise we'll be discovered by the vampires!" She said sharply, leading the children towards the stairs and hearing them chat between one another about how they were going to be safe. Haru felt so deceiving. It was as if she was prepared from hell to open its gates and sentence her to a life of misery. However, no punishment could compare what she was taking these children into. Haru froze as something moved from behind her, causing her to glance over her shoulder yet nothing was there. She simply shrugged her shoulders before walking into the open.

The children sighed in relief and held each other's hands, unaware that around the corner stood three helicopters that were sent to take the children to the vampire's lair. She continued to usher the children, distracting them from seeing the choppers for a few minutes until she watched Lactus and his dark haired companion, Rene, striding towards them. Her smile faded and her eyes darkened as she stared at the children who began to feel the difference in her aura. Tobi turned around and his eyes widened as he watched Lactus smirked devillishly at him.

"You tricked me!" He screamed, catching the attention of the other children. The smaller children screamed and quickly began to flee, although they were caught by their shirt collars by the two vampires. Tobi began to kick Haru's ankles and punch her stomach, tears rolling down his cheeks. "You're the worst than them! You monster!" Haru felt her lip quiver and tears fall down her face, causing her to look away and suddenly notice a child who ran from the vampires. She must've missed them in the car park.

"Mika, go fetch that hu-"

Lactus let his jaw drop as Haru had moved over 50 feet forward in the space of a second, holding the child's wrist tightly and ignoring the small boy's screams. She watched with a dark expression as Tobi was dragged away before she coldly glanced at the little boy who cursed. He attempted to free himself by bribing Haru with money he probably didn't have, by punching, kicking and biting, yet to no avail. Mika watched from the distance as Haru seemed to resemble him. She was beginning to lack emotion, maybe it was just a mask or maybe she was just learning to do as she was told.

She began to walk forward, kicking her feet and dragging the child along with her. She passed Mika and caught his eyes before she turned away from him. The boy whimpered desperately as his wrist making a cracking noise beneath Haru's superhuman grip. "Please let me-"

"Shut up!" Haru screamed, causing the three vampires to stare at her as she threw the boy forward. "Do you really think I want to do this!" She reached for Mako and felt the smoke morph the blade into a scythe as she raised it above her head. Her eyes were wide and bloodshot as the tears continued to fall down her rosy cheeks. She felt the blood running through her veins and her heart pounding loudly in her chest. She moved her wrists and the scythe fell down, edging closer to the trembling child.

The child screamed as the scythe dug into the ground beside his ear and he allowed Rene to drag him towards the crowd of children who were lead into the helicopter. Haru breathed heavily and she fell to her knees and silently cried. She covered her eyes with her arm and let the tears soak into her sleeve, probably staining it.

Mika crouched down in front of her and stared towards her. He felt slightly guilty for forcing this upon her so soon. He had been the same, wanting to save children yet he began to understood there was nothing he could do for he was to serve Krul forever.

"I'm a sad excuse of a human being," Haru whispered, unaware of the surprised expression from Mika. "They looked so happy and now, they call me a monster..."

Once again, MASSIVE THANKS TO LOTUS SWORD FOR THIS IDEA!

Did you know I've planned the ending already! I'm always getting so crazy when it comes to fics, but this is probably my favourite fic that I've ever written and it's thanks to all of you lovely readers. I have made a (terrible) drawing of Haru on my Deviantart- Mikamangaka -which I would be happy for you to check out so you can easily imagine what our dear Haru looks like. I'd like to also report that my reviews aren't showing on recent chapters so I'm relying on my emails. Sorry if I miss anyone! It's not intentional.

Lilly~ Sorry for no update within those two hours (it takes me about 2-5 hours to write a story so I wouldn't reach your deadline.)

Lotus Sword~ I really like Free! Especially Haru (that's surprising as Haru from this fic is my fav character too!) I know what you mean with Haru being a bit of an extra last chapter, but it was just so people could understand whereabouts in the show I was aha.

Esmereilda~ No, no, no, I'll keep that scene the same so I don't mess with my inner Mikayuu shipper so I may focus on another scene for when that happens which I will not say because SPOILERS.

LivingTheSPNLife~ I'm glad you thought that! I thought it was a bit silly for Haru to stop him but I wanted him to know she has some power. It physically hurt me to type about Mika being in pain, my poor baby ;-;

Melody Violet~ season 3 is yet to be announced due to the manga is still on going, but it's likely for a release in fall/winter 2016 due to popularity rates and high demand.

Loveinuyasha22~ Thank you so much! Here's your chapter!