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Chapter 3

Tatara rested peaceful on his hospital bed. He breathed in slowly at the same time the oxygen tube in his nose blew air. Turning his head he looked out the window to see that the sun was at its high point was shining in a clear blue sky. It had been a few days since he had been found just outside of the hospital doors on the brink of death.

The doctors said it was a miracle that they got to him when they did. A few minutes later and it could have been too late. He was starting to make a recovery, but still had to stay in the hospital for a while until the doctors were sure that he was all right. He was still very weak, considering he had been drained of nearly all his blood, but at least now he wasn't being monitored by nurses and doctors every minute.

Though just as he was enjoying his time of peace the door opened and a nurse walked in. "Tatara, you have some friends here to see you."

"Oh," Tatara commented with a bit of surprise. So far in the few days he had been here they said only his parents were allowed to visit him, since he was in no condition to start talking at first. But he figured that must have changed since he was getting better now. He carefully adjusted himself in the bed to be sitting up a bit more. "Who's here?"

"Two boys, names are Yata and Sora," the nurse replied.

Tatara smiled hearing the name of his two best friends. "Send them in!"

The nurse nodded and stepped away from the door. A few seconds later two young guys ran into the room. One who looked to be in his late-teens had chestnut colored hair and hazel colored eyes while the other was in his mid-teens and had brown spikey hair and blue eyes.

"Yata! Sora! It's so good to see you guys," Tatara commented as the two approached his bed.

"Is it true what happened?" Sora asked.

"How did you manage to get to the hospital?" Yata asked before Tatara could even answer the first question.

"Are you feeling okay?"

"Do you know when they are going to let you out of here?"

Tarata laughed. "Whoa guys, calm down. One question at a time please."

Immediately both boys stopped and looked at one another. They then glanced at Tatara who just smiled cheerfully at them. They both let out a sigh before taking in a deep breath. Once they seemed to have calmed down, Sora was the one to speak first again.

"So are you okay? Did… a vampire really attack you?"

Tatara nodded slowly. "Yeah, two of them actually."

"Two!?" both Yata and Sora shouted in unison.

"How the hell did you survive after two vampires tried to kill you?" Yata asked, completely shocked by the fact.

"Well I wouldn't say they 'tried to kill' me. They were vampires, they needed blood," Tatara replied casually.

"But they left you to die though, how can you be so calm about that?" Sora asked.

Tatara tilted his head to the side as he thought about it. He had been given plenty of time to think over the situation since he first became conscious again. He could still remember most of the event that had happened, though a lot of it a blur. But there was still some faint bits of memories he could recall if he really thought about it. Finally after a moment of thinking he had his answer.

"They didn't really leave me to die. I can remember one of them was nicer than the other, and… I think they brought me to the hospital afterwards."

Sora blinked a few times, processing what Tatara had just said. "Wait you think they brought you to the hospital?"

"I'm not really sure but I think I remember them talking… after you know they drank my blood. I think one of them said something about a hospital. Then of course I was found outside of this place, so I think it's plausible that they did bring me here."

"But why would a vampire do that though?" Yata asked as he crossed his arms. "It just doesn't make any sense."

"Not all vampires are ruthless and rude," Tatara replied. "Besides I would have been glad to help them out if they had just asked me instead of tying me up."

"They what now?" Yata asked as he raised an eyebrow.

"They had to tie me up so I wouldn't try to run away."

"Dammit Tatara why don't' you sound more upset by that fact?" Yata replied as he pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Yeah, you don't sound like it scared you or anything," Sora added on. "I mean you did have two vampires attack you."

"Oh I was scared at the time. It was a rather terrifying experience, but I'm fine now. Like I said, the vampires needed the blood so they could go on living. So knowing I helped them, I don't mind So much."

"Tatara…" Yata sighed. "I seriously can't believe how positive you can be about this situation. Sometimes I can't believe you are so cheerful about dire things like these. You're worse than Sora sometimes."

"Hey!" Sora started to retort but could not find anything to say back. He knew it was true that he was always rather optimistic about things and always enjoyed looking on the bright side of everything.

"I told you guys. It's all right. Look, I'm fine now and I'm going to live."

"I still don't know though… especially about the part where you think the vampires also saved you. I don't trust that," Yata replied while shaking his head slightly.

Tatara frowned slightly. "Come on Yata, you know there are plenty of good and nice vampires out there."

"Yeah and there are plenty of vicious ones that kill humans.

"But," Sora interjected. "There are far more good vampires than bad. At least nowadays, not counting those old days."

Yata scoffed as I stated at the wall. "Whatever. It still bugs me though that there are vampires who do things like that." He then focused his attention to Tatara. "So… is it still there? You know…" ha trailer off as he pointed to his neck.

Tatara nodded. "Yeah, they're just scars now, it you can still see them. Wanna see?"

"I guess so, I am a bit curious" Sora replied while Yata shrugged.

Tatara reached up and pulled the right side of his patient gown down, revealing his shoulder. There Sora and Yata could see two faint sets of bite marks, with one more on the neck and the other along the shoulder. The marks were still slightly red, but it looked like they were healing just fine.

"Whoa…" Sora murmured."I didn't realize they would look that large."

"It's kind of cool if you think about it. Surviving after being drank from two vampires, and having the marks to prove it."

"Hmph, they still hurt you and nearly killed you. If I ever find the vampires that did this to you, they're going to pay," Yata said, his eyes filling with fierce anger as his hands curled into fists.

"Really Yata. It's okay," Tatara said calmly. "I told you I'm fine now. You don't need to go and do anything rash."

"Yata's right though! You're our friend and we can't just stand on the side after something like that happens to you," Sora added on.

Tatara stared at his two friends, seeing the determined looks on their faces. He ended up smiling and giving a small laugh. "Thank you guys."

The three of them went to talk for a little while longer. They left the conversation of the vampires behind as they decided it was now better to move into different things. Soon enough though Tatara was feeling a bit tired and needed his rest for the afternoon. Sora and Yata said their goodbyes be for leaving the room and heading out of the hospital.

"So…" Sora started off as they started walking away from the building. "You serious about finding those vampires that got Tatara."

"Of course! They shouldn't be allowed to do something like that," Yata replied.

"Yeah. Still can't believe how nonchalant he acted about it though. Would he really have willingly let the vampires drink his blood?"

Yata rolled his eyes slightly. "Knowing Tatara, he probably would. He was the guy who tried to help that young slightly crazed werewolf when they came through town. Honestly, I'm surprised he didn't get bitten back then."

"I guess you're right about that. But what about you? What would you do it a vampire showed up and wanted to drink your blood?"

"I'd fight them off of course. I wouldn't let them get even a drop of blood. And if they were one of the vampires that hurt Tatara, then they would really be in for it!" Yata said as he gripped his hands into fists again.

"Hm. Yeah…" Sora responded as he trailed off. new thoughts started to come to his mind. Slowly he stopped walking and stated at the ground. "I just hope Tatara will be okay."

Yata stopped and turned around to see Sora just standing there. He walked back over and placed his hands on Sora's shoulders. "Hey this is Tatara we are talking about. He will pull through and you know it."

"I know… I guess I'm just a bit worried. Because you… he was attacked by vampires. And I'm just worried if-"

"You know that it's not a vampire bite that turns someone. It's the weird and disgusting thing of drinking a vampires blood," Yata replied.

"Yeah yeah. I remember learning that stuff in the supernatural history class I took last year. But… it could have happened right? Tatara never said if something like that happened, but it could have right? Like when he fell unconscious, they could have done it to him then?"

"I don't think so. The doctors would have known of something like that happened. I'm sure I would look strangely pale too. Sora… I know you worry 'cause of what happened to your brother, but Tatara is all right."

Sora stood there for a moment taking in everything Yata had said. Slowly though he nodded and looked back up. "You're right. I was just overthinking it."

"Hey how about we head to the skate park?" Yata suggested. "I got some new tricks I wanna test out."

"Oh same here! When I visited Roxas last week he showed me some cool new stuff."

"Then let's get going," Yata said as the two of them started to walk again.

We have now introduced more characters! And we have so many more that will come in later. So many things to happen! Thanks for reading!