"Well Senpai, the training is still not over yet. You know that, don’t you?" Koto said to the both of us lying on the ground. We both looked up at him and he smiled,
"What do we have to do now?" I asked him.
"The same as you did in the first exercise but as a team," he said and I understood what he meant. "But I think making Senpai fight like this back-to-back would be a little detrimental to his physical abilities. So you have a little break."
"Don’t worry about that, I have fought tougher battles for longer with Ai on my side," I said confidently and sat up with Ai still on my chest being a little shy mess. "Isn’t that right Ai?" She just nodded her head cutely.
Amidst of seeing just how adorable she was, another thought crossed my mind. I had never really fought Ai before but had only seen that from an outsider’s perspective and the other time I was beaten to a pulp when I had no means of even trying to fight back. This time it was different where I had the means to fight back and actually have a match against Ai and I have to say, I am glad she is on my side.
I don’t know what happened in the middle of all this but Ai got exponentially stronger and faster out of nowhere. It was as if she just had a buff in a game where it increased all her stats. I knew if I was not going to get out of the way when she was attacking me from above, I would either get sliced into pieces or be crushed under the likes of her. Moreover the speed she suddenly moved right before. It was as if her presence had been hidden from me completely. It felt as if she was not even in the room in the first place. If not for the look in the shadow, I would have probably just been sliced by Ai. Of course, she wouldn’t have done that but if it was a real battle, that would absolutely be the case.
We got up on our feet but suddenly something unexpected happened. Fatigue took me over for some reason and I held my head falling back on the ground again. Everything started turning blurry to me. Even the sounds were echoing throughout the entire room for me. I saw two vague figures run at me but I couldn’t see their faces even though I knew who they were.
"Kazu-kun!" a vague yet familiar voice called out to me but I could not pinpoint where it was coming from. The sound rang as if it was hundreds of people saying that all at once and I held my ears.
Everything around me started moving super slowly and I could suddenly feel everything. From the coldness of the ground to the little change in the air around me as I moved. The sounds of the two figures were getting louder and louder and it felt like if they got any louder, my eardrums would explode. I didn’t really know what was going on. I could smell a very sweet and distinct smell that smelled so amazing and arousing at the same time. it was something I had never smelled before and I couldn’t help but slowly drift toward the smell.
Another sweet smell was just near me but my entire body was tracking the other smell. The one which was dragging me towards it. It was as if, it was calling for me to go there. My body started moving and I felt the air brush against me. My ears were filled with a really loud scream but I ignored it and jumped at the source of the scent and then…
It was a blackout for me.
My eyes opened and I was back in the pitch-dark endlessness that I have known too well at this point. Wait, if I am here.
"What a show you put up there, kid," Ethan said to me as he appeared right beside me startling me by a little. "Calm down now. Don’t be so surprised. All I did was just appear beside you."
"But, why?" I asked him and he placed his hand on my shoulder and started walking. I decided to follow him and he put an arm around my shoulder as if he was about to pull me in for a big hug. I was still wondering what on earth was the reason that I ended up in the mindscape. Why did I lose consciousness out of nowhere?
"You got knocked out by the new kid," Ethan explained and I stopped in my tracks.
"What do you mean?" I asked Ethan in a serious tone.
"I mean what I said. You were going out of control and then the new kid had to knock you out so that you don’t hurt anyone," Ethan explained and I looked at him confused. "Don’t tell me you already forget what I told you some days ago."
At the mention of that, the realization hit me and I stiffened up understanding exactly what he meant. By losing control he meant…I was acting out of pure instincts and not just my normal instincts.
But the instincts of a vampire.
"But, why is that happening?" I asked Ethan and he summoned two chairs.
"Have a seat, you need to sit down to understand this now," he said and I nod my head and did as he said. "Okay, so first, answer this kid. Who do you think I am?"
"Um…Ethan?" I answered in an unsure tone and he started laughing.
"Hahahahaha, you are a very amusing kid," he said while slapping his knee. "That is true, I am Ethan but I am also the First. The first vampire to ever reign this world. The first ever of their superhuman beings. That means I am many centuries old if you want to take in that sense and the powers that I hold are unrivaled by anyone on this earth. You on the other hand are a mere mortal, a human but you have something running through your veins."
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"The blood of the first," I muttered and he nodded.
"Yes, you have my blood so you can say I am basically your father in that sense. Never really had a kid but having someone to guide me through their life, someone who is related by blood to me is an experience I was also interested in experiencing. Though no matter how many times we tried, the kid was not strong enough to handle to have the power of me and Sarah in them and were killed right as they were made," he said in a sad tone. "Sorry about that, I sidetracked a little. What I mean is that since you have my blood and that is a very important factor for vampires. You will also have abilities that would be similar to mine but your body already knows that the physical human limitations would not be able to hold it in and your body understands that."
"So, what is really happening? Why am I turning into a vampire?" I asked Ethan.
"Human body is doing what it does best in every situation to survive. Adapt to it," he said and I nod my head understanding what he was trying to say. Humans have been doing this since the beginning. Adapting to th situation and the environment they are put in no matter what it is. That is why we were able to survive for thousands of years. We adapted. "And so because it is adapting. The only body that can handle the powers of a vampire is, that of a vampire."
"So that’s why my body is changing?" I asked him and Ethan nodded. "But, why now?"
"That’s because my blood is slowly starting to take action on you, increasing your strength, bettering your physique, and making it optimum for any encounter in any situation, heightening your senses, and also, changing your thought processes. A lot of the thing you do now in a battle is due to pure instinct or what people call a "gut feeling". That is the exact thing that is different about humans and vampires. These instincts in vampires are a lot sharper since they are hunters and they need to hunt for their prey."
"Wait, so what you are trying to say is that your blood is slowly affecting how my body is working and so that my body does not destroy itself. Is that the only reason why all this is happening?" I asked him and this time, instead of giving an answer, Ethan just kept staring at me as if telling me. "That is for you to figure out."
"I’ve grown a lot fonder of you kid," Ethan said and stood up. He walked up to me and placed his hand on my head patting it and pushing it down. I could no longer see his face his voice had a sort of warmth to it as he was speaking. "This is also why I would like for you to see through the end of this. These changes in your body will only get worse for you this month so you need to be careful about that. Sometimes, even your heart will stop for some seconds but it is up to you now how you will fight this. All I can do is explain to your things you are unaware of and just sit back and see you grow."
His hand felt warm for some reason and he kept patting my head. I looked up at his face finally and he had a soft and warm smile running across his face.
"Looks like it is time for you to wake up now," Ethan said and the place was starting to be filled with a shining light taking over the darkness. Ethan took his hand off my head and started moving back.
"Wait, Ethan, I need to ask you something else too," I said stopping him from going any further. "Is there a real age for humans to turn into vampires?"
"What do you mean?" he said in a louder voice since, with the light, his image was getting fainter.
"Is there a threshold of how old a human needs to be before he or she can be turned into a vampire?" I shouted the question.
"What?" he said drifting away from me. No, rather I was drifting away from him.
"I’ll ask this you later, be ready with the answer!" I shouted and right after, the white light enveloped my body. My eyes opened and I was staring at a white ceiling with a soft and warm cushion-like feeling right under my head. A hand was gently brushing through my hair it felt amazing. Having to wake up like this after what I just experienced is really such a gift from the heavens for me.
"Looks like you finally woke up Kazuki-kun," a sweet and mature voice spoke out. "If it weren’t for you being in such a situation. I would have already gotten my hands on you."
"Not now Ama, let me rest," I said in a weak voice to the blonde-haired woman.
"So I can do it later?" she said teasingly.
"Whatever," I muttered and closed my eyes again.
I need to find the answer to that question, no matter what.
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