Hearing voices around me, I tried to decipher each one, but I felt too dizzy.
'Huh..? Wh-what's going on?...What happened to me?..Wait, where's Yuichiro?! And Mikaela?!'
My eyes shot open and I leaned up, looking around the room...
Only to find Yoichi standing on the left side of a bed I am in Kimizuki sitting on a nearby chair, and Mitsuba leaning against a wall to the left.
"Hey! You're awake!" Yoichi said happily and hugged me.
"Don't get too close, Yoichi. She's one of them, remember?" Kimizuki spoke, narrowing his eyes at me.
Yoichi leaned back, blushing a bit, "You have a point...but she's still our friend. I feel like I should bow since you're basically royalty.." he said with a nervous closed eyed smile.
Glancing around, I noticed my wrists are chained by demonic restraints to the hospital bed rails, a oxygen mask was placed over my nose and lips, and I was changed into a white, long-sleeved nightgown.
An IV needle is placed in the crease of my right arm and a monitor that showed my heart rate and blood pressure was on the left side of the bed.
"Yoichi, where's Yuichiro?! Where's Mikaela?! Is everyone alright?!" I asked, hyperventilating.
Becoming dizzy again, I felt some type of easing drug course through my veins, 'Damn it..morphine.'
Looking over to Kimizuki, I saw that he held a button to activate the morphine in my veins.
"First, calm down. Second, Yuichiro is resting, he's been in a coma for seven days. Third...if you're speaking of that blond vampire, he was taken back with the other vampires. And fourth, everyone is just fine."
Sighing in slight relief, I fell backwards on the pillow behind me.
"...I know..an apology won't be accepted for what I've done..so I won't even try," I said with a smile, placing my arms over my eyes.
"Tch. Even through the damn worst times, you somehow find a way to smile," Kimizuki said in a tone I couldn't recognize.
"So..you're a vampire..a royal vampire at that...and a completed experiment," Mitsuba spoke.
"...A royal vampire? Yes. A completed experiment? I'm unsure. A human as well? Definitely. Despite me being what I am, will you all still accept me for who I am, and not what I am?" I asked, removing my arms.
*Silence*
The constant beeping sound on the monitor got a little faster.
-Chak-
"Oh, c'mon, team. At least try to consider it. Sayomi did her very best to protect all of us," Shinoa said, walking through the door.
"You were a friend when I first met you, and you are a friend now," Yoichi said, holding my right hand.
"Kimizuki? Mitsuba?" Shinoa questioned, looking in between the two.
"...As long as she doesn't try to attack us, we're good," Kimizuki spoke.
"Agreed," Mitsuba spoke.
"You needn't worry. I don't drink human blood," I said and sat up again.
They looked to me with shocked expressions and confusion.
"Then..what do you drink?" Yoichi hesitantly asked me
I smiled, "Animal blood. I've been consuming that as a energy source since I was born..well, despite me trying to bite my mother and father's fingers off to get blood since I was just a infant."
"So..you never had human blood before?" Mitsuba questioned.
My smile turned into a straight line as I looked out the window on my left.
"Remember, she said she turned a family member into a vampire when escaping the vampire capital. Like Yu said, "Humans will do anything to protect their family," Shinoa explained and remarked his words.
Looking to her reflection in the window, I smiled again, "I'm glad...you consider me as a human being, Shinoa."
"Speaking of human...you said your father was one, right? If I may ask, what happened?" Yoichi asked carefully.
"His life was drained away..by my mother because she had went without blood for over seven hundred centuries, wanting to coexist with humans. Some vampires that knew, helped her; while others remained in the dark about it. I forgave her before what happened to my father. He sacrificed himself to protect my mother from herself and me. Before she was murdered, she gave me all her power along with the ones she consumed with my father."
No one said anything.
Staring down, I pulled at the restraints a bit, then looked back to my friends and team mates.
"..Is this the Japanese Imperial Demon Army's doing?" I asked, and they nodded.
Pulling at the restraints a bit more, I kept tugging until they broke of the rails with one rough tug.
"As if that woul hold me down," I said, taking off the oxygen mask, taking out the IV needle, and the AED Pads on my chest.
"W-wait, Sayomi! You need those to recuperate!" Yoichi said in surprise.
"With injuries like these, I can heal within a day. Hmm...how many days have I been asleep?"
"Six days," Kimizuki answered. "Say, why do you call yourself the 'Angel of Salvation'?"
I giggled, "Once, I saved a child's life and he called me that. So, I went with it because I have the powers of an angel and I have saved many lives outside the walls," I responded.
Seeing that it was in the early afternoon, I let my legs hang from the bed and got up.
"If you all would please leave, I want to get changed," I told them, and they nodded, then left.
~Small Time Skip~
Standing on the rooftop of the school building with my Second Shibuya uniform on, I closed my eyes, listening to others' conversations.
'...Hm, I see...so the Army didn't release any information on me to the students of Second Shibuya. Wise choice because if they did, people would be in a panic.'
I opened my eyes, "Lt. Col. Guren Ichinose. How may I be of assistance to you?" I asked formally.
"You're keen...or always have been. I thought the beautiful vampire queen would be obedient and stay in her hospital room to not cause trouble with the Demon Army."
I turned around to see a smirk on his face, "I cannot tell if you're being lewd or not, Lt. Col."
He approached me, "A seraph who can control her abilities. I didn't know your strength, but I assumed if you knew Yu, then you were an experiment, too."
"You had faith in me on a mere suggestion?...*Smirk* Kinda clever of you, Lt. Col. Are you going to kill me?"
He placed his hands in his pockets, "No, I won't do that. I can't do it because you'll be of great help, and plus, you're hot. You added fire to match as well, the families of the Imperial Moon are weary on your ambitions here."
Blushing lightly, I sighed, "My ambitions are to simply help vampires and humans coexist. Being a half-breed could help it."
"I've been meaning to ask you about that to clarify for me. Have you ever bit anyone and how long ago was it?"
I frowned and turned away slightly, "...Yes, four years ago. Over the years, I've been drinking animal blood since I was born. That is the only time I had human blood."
Hearing no response from him, I became a little concerned and glanced at him, but he quickly pulled me towards him.
My lips accidentally pressed against the right side of Guren's neck and my eyes widened from what he's implying.
"Take as much as you need."
"Please, stop. I don't need any and I don't want any.." I said, slightly pulling away to tell him I mean it with my eyes.
"Really? You don't even want the slightest pleasure? Research was done, and said when a vampire bites another, both parties get heated."
(It's true. Look it up.)
I pushed away from him with a red face, "You flirt! Like I said, I don't need blood!" I huffed and turned around, crossing my arms.
"Heh, with that sailor uniform, you're simultaneously cute and irresistible," ge said, pulling me to his chest from behind by my hips.
"Lt. Col., if you're attempting to flirt with me to be on the humans' side, then it's not working."
He pushed away from me, "Damn, you're good at reading people."
Turning around, I crossed my arms and stared at him in disbelief, "That was just an assumption! Are you jesting?!"
"Halfway. Anyway, I came to find you to notify you that the Hiragi family would like to talk to you within a couple days. By the way, Shinoa's Squad is off duty. Rest up," he said and walked to the roof's door, exiting after taking a glance at me.
When the door closed, I clenched my fist, 'By you flirting with me so carelessly, I think you might've angered your demon-if not, jealous...Mahiru no Yo.'
~Time Skip to night time~ -Shinoa's P.O.V-
As our conversation with Yu came to an end, we decided to go get something to drink until I spotted someone outside the window.
"Uwah!" I yelled.
"What?! What's wrong, Shinoa?!" Yu asked with concern.
Outside the window was a hand sliding down the glass, it lightly pushed open the window and a head poked out.
"Oh..hey, guys," Sayomi said with her head upside down.
"H-how are you doing that?!" Mitsuba asked, moving herself away from the couch in the room.
"And where have you been all day? We haven't seen you since this morning," Yoichi questioned with worry.
She smiled slightly, glancing away, "Oh, I was just..training. Being asleep for so long can take a toll on me. I was waiting for Yu to wake up. Is he-"
When she looked to Yu's direction, her eyes widened and she pounced on him, embracing him and rubbing her left cheek against his right.
"Yuichiro! You're awake! Are you okay? Do you need anything? Some water? Some food? Another pillow? Perhaps a hug?"
He stared at her in bewilderment, "...Sayo, you're...already hugging me.."
She blinked a couple times before letting him go, taking two steps back, and clearing her throat.
I chuckled at her silly reaction, but Mitsuba seemed to be bothered. Yoichi smiled at the two and Kimizuki simply smirked.
"Ahem...right. Anyway, I'm glad to see you're awake," she said with a pearly white smile.
Yu kept staring at her, then tilted his head, "This is something new I'll have to get used to."
All in an instant, she frowned at him with some type of emotion I couldn't identify...maybe hidden anger, and not at Yu...but at herself?
"Let's give them some privacy, guys," I told them, and prodded them forward to the door.
-Sayomi's P.O.V-
As soon as the others left, I sighed.
"You said you hate vampires...Do you hate me? Despise me? Loathe me-"
"Correction. I don't loathe you, I love you, Sayomi," he said with a closed eyed smile.
How he said it threw me off. He said it so casually...so simplistically. I didn't understand what kind of love he meant, but I took it as family love.
I lightly blushed, "I love you, too...and Mikaela," I said, mentioning the blond vampire.
Yu kinda chuckled, "Shinoa told me...about his situation and that I suddenly fainted when I was with Mika and you, and...I remember what you said..."
I crossed my arms behind my back and turned away from him slightly, "Oh...to be more specific, I'm the 'Second First' or 'First Second' Female Progenitor."
"Either way, you're royalty," he said and reached his right hand out to me.
Blinking at him in confusion, I stepped closer...only for him to gently tug my right fang.
My eyes softened while I glanced away in embarrassment, 'How come they're so alike? Are they sure they're not twins from past lives or something like that?'
"If I wanted anyone to turn Mika into a vampire...it would be you. You did what you had to do to Mika in order for him to be alive today."
Turning back to him, a ghost of a smile stretched on my lips.
He tilted his head at me, "Half vampire, half seraph, and half human. You're a lot of things, Sayomi."
I giggled a little, "You're right. The vampires will be intimidated that I am with the humans..but I did not side with them. There's a difference."
"Yeah, yeah. Enough vampire talk. Come here," he told me and pulled me down with his right hand by my left.
Looking up at him as red returned to my cheeks, he held me by my waist and my hands rested on his chest.
"Y-Yu?"
"I've been waiting so long to hold you in my arms again...my seraph," he whispered.
My cheeks became redder, "..Y-Yu...How did you.."
"I heard my beautiful seraph's voice while I was unconscious," he whispered in my right ear.
Shivering at how close he is, his lips moved teasingly up and down the right side of my neck.
Instantaneously, Yu pulled away, making me somewhat pout. He oddly leaned his head to the left.
"I know what you are. And I know what you need to survive. So, drink," he told me, glancing at me.
"Wh-what? Oh, right..*Sigh* You don't know about me drinking only animal blood, do you?"
His eyes widened from surprise, "Really?...How long has it been since you had a sip of blood then?"
I sighed again, "...Since I came here."
"Then, have my blood. I don't mind if it's you, Sayomi," Yu said, placing my head in the right side of his neck.
"...Are you sure?"
"Absolutely positive," he reassured me, hugging me by my waist again.
Hesitating for a few minutes, I placed my lips on his exposed skin and licked a small patch before slowly sinking my fangs in.
"Ngh, ah..." Yu grunted to which I didn't push my fangs any further into the punctures.
'His blood tastes...spicy, yet sweet. It's to my liking...'
Not realizing I had taken ten gulps and quietly moaned at how delicious his blood is, I pulled away with light pink cheeks.
"I..I'm sorry...I hope I didn't-"
"I'm fine, Sayomi. Was my blood really that good that you took ten gulps of it?" he asked with a cheeky smile.
Frowning at his arrogance, I licked the blood that was on my lips, "Hmph.."
Yu pressed his lips against mine and I immediately kissed back, wrapping my arms around his neck.
His tongue slipped pass my lips. My grip on him tightened, closing the space between our bodies.
Yu did the unexpected. He started-what I believe humans call-grinding against me to which I reacted by gasping.
"Yu..ngh..ah, st-stop. We're i-in...a, haah, a hospital.."
"Hospitals were made..to make people feel better with the help of drugs. *Smirk*...And you're the drug that's curing me."
Widening my eyes at him in bewilderment, I pulled away from him and shoved him off the hospital bed, blushing like there's no tomorrow while he laughed.
"That's not funny, Yuichiro!" I complained, crossing my arms.
"Hahaha! S-sorry, I had to! Haha..you were just so vulnerable looking," he said and got up. "How rude. Pushing an injured patient off their bed, Sayomi? That's not the human thing to do."
Perking up at that, I got off the bed and checked to see if there were any physical injuries, but there were none.
"Do you have a concussion?" I asked him and he shook his head 'no'.
Sighing in relief, I turned to the window where the white moon shined directly through the window.
"Hey...do you think he's staring at the moon, too?" Yu questioned, implicating that he's staring at it, too.
"...I know he is..."
Another minute of silence passed by and Yu approached the window, leaning his forehead against the glass.
"...I'll save you, Mika."
Smiling at him, my eyes softened, 'And when you two save each other, I'll somehow save you both.'
(Hello, reader-chan/kun~! You've reached the end of I Am Your Seraph! Now, you can go ahead and move on to I Am Your Angel of Salvation. Seraph of the End belongs to him and the art, Yamato Yamamoto.)