"Huh…?" A pained expression formed on Yuna’s face. I clenched my fist harder and turned away looking at the black television screen.
I knew it, since the moment I laid eyes on her. That girl who was sitting right in front of me was my previously dead little sister. I could not bring myself to stare into her eyes for long because I knew I would have broken down crying then and there. Holding her close to me and asking for forgiveness from her. Maybe I won’t even say anything but in the end, we would just be two siblings who are reunited and cry in each other’s arms. Happy to see them.
But I could not let that happen. Not when Dominic is added to this equation. I don’t know what this man is planning and getting Yuna involved with this is already more than how much she is will be dangerous for her. I am sure Dominic knows somehow, he will get to me through Yuna and the fact of abandoning her and leaving her in my hands is just part of it.
If I would not listen to my heart completely, Yuna would be sent away from this place as soon as possible.
But I cannot even do that.
Because, again, Dominic is involved in this equation. This man is single handidly with some moves and has closed all my options to get any advantage over him and that is what is irritating for me. I am not able to one-up him in any form. Right now, he has all the pieces under control.
That’s why I am acting neutral right now, even cold to Yuna. I will try my best not to get her involved in this especially since she might just be tracked by Dominic at all times which would also make it easier for him to track me.
"O-okay…then…" Yuna said and stood up from the couch. Tears welled up in her eyes and she started walking. "I…won’t be a bother…anymore…"
"I never said you can leave," I said getting up and stopping her in her track. She looked at me with teary eyes and I could not bear to look at that face. "You are going to stay here. You are already abandoned by Dominic so you probably have no place to go back to."
"I don’t want to be with a brother who doesn’t see me as a sister!" Yuna screamed and though the words hurt like hell, I took it in with a straight face.
I raised my hand and as if it felt like the right thing to do, I placed it on Yuna’s head. She slapped my hand away instantly. "No, don’t touch me!" she shouted.
Not dazed by her words, I went again and place my hand on her head. "No…nii-chan…don’t…" she said with tears falling down her eyes. I grit my teeth and closed my eyes to not see it.
What was I even thinking?
This is just horrible for Yuna.
The thought of asking her to loathe the only person she can call her family is just…absolutely terrible.
Sigh, you win this little game, Dominic.
I pulled her head right into my chest and gave her a tight hug. Unconsciously, she wrapped her hands around my body and she broke down, yet again. Yuna cried, and cried like an absolute child. It was as if all the pain of the years has come back to her. I stayed there with my eyes welling up with tears. No, don’t break right now. You will not stop if you do.
"Please don’t push me away Nii-chan."
Oh no, I broke.
The words pierced right through my heart and a barrage of tears started flowing down my eyes. Even though we had not met each other for more than fourteen years, just holding each other this tight felt like the perfect thing for us to do. We had held on to the memories of each other for all this time, not forgetting that the other person existed in our lives and could not even bear to forget them.
"I’m sorry Yuna, I am so sorry," I spoke with the tears falling down my eyes. My voice cracked a lot in that sentence but I didn’t care. I hugged her tighter and so did she.
"Please don’t hate me," she said in a small voice.
"I will never hate you," I told her and held her tight. Her body was pretty warm and her hold was really strong, I have to say that but it was not something I couldn’t handle. My body had been pretty strong thanks to Ethan’s blood but it was still very strong. "Okay, now stop crying. There is no need for that anymore."
I looked down and looked at Yuna’s face. Her eyes had dried out from the tears but I could still see a red smudge around them due to the crying. I wiped her eyes one more time and let go of her.
"So…do you see me as your sister…?" Yuna asked me innocently and I smiled.
"Of course I do," I said while patting her head. She gave me a big smile showing all her teeth and seeing that also brought a smile to my face. "You can come out now," I said to the three figures that were eavesdropping on us from the corner. "You know eavesdropping on someone like this is rude."
I turned around seeing the silhouettes of Ai, Koto, and Akira peeping around the corner. They all walked out and I let out a sigh. I asked them to go into the room but they really have to eavesdrop on me. Don’t they?
"So, you want to ask something?" I asked them and Koto raised his hand. "Okay, Koto. Go on."
"How long before we kill her?" he asked me and I just sighed.
"Not long," I said and looked at Yun- sigh, who am I kidding? "So, mind telling the truth now?"
"Wh- "
Before she could say anything, Koto appeared right before her and picked her up by her neck in a stronghold. His silver gloves were burning into her skin and it started to melt and fall down. Before the skin was able to hit the ground, it would just vanish into dust. Yoshi sneaked from behind the couch and jumped right into my arms. I held the little guy in my arms and walked over to her.
"H-h-how…" she muttered clenching her teeth.
"Your body temperature, from what Dominic told me, Yuna is a vampire and even if she is supposed to be an anomaly, vampires are not supposed to have a warmth to them. Meaning one of two things, you are either a human which was dismissed when I could see your red eyes so…the other thing is," I walked closer to her and pat on Koto’s shoulder. He let out fall down on the ground and she started coughing violently. "Mind telling me how Dominic did this?"
She spat right on my face which she would regret. Right then and there, Ai jumped right before me and kicked her across her face letting blood splatter on the floor. I have to clean that too you know.
"How dare you do that to my Kazu-kun’s face?!" Ai shouted at her and kicked her in the chest.
"Don’t kill her just yet Ai," I said and activated my katana.
Sigh.
Yes, I am pissed.
I have had a turmoil of thoughts this the entire time and honestly, at one point I did believe that the girl right in front of me was Yuna. Too bad, this world is a lot crueler than I think.
I placed Yoshi in Ai’s arms and placed unsheathed my katana. I placed the blade right on her hand. Unlike Koto’s gloves which were not silver all the way, this blade was and one thing I did know was that this was a special kind of silver that was used to make. It was more durable and a lot stronger against vampires. Apparently, the top-class S-class hunters have these weapons only for themselves.
"AAAAH!" she shouted in pain and tried moving her hand away but without even showing any mercy, I sliced it off. "ARGH!"
Her body started to change and she grew a bit taller. Finally, her real self was showing. I let out a sigh and placed the blade right at her chest. She stopped struggling right in her tracks. I could see the tears in her eyes welling up and I couldn’t care less about them. Right now, she can beg all she wants for mercy but I won’t even think twice before giving her the most gruesome death.
"I will ask you once and if you don’t answer, I will make you experience hell," I said and stabbed the tip of the katana into her chest.
"ARGH!!!"
"How, did you change your looks?" I asked her and stabbed her chest a bit more. I could feel the beating of her heart now on my blade. "Answer."
"F-Father! He did it! I was just following orders," she said and I closed my eyes and let out a sigh. I took out the katana from her chest and turned around. "Please…let me go…I have nothing in this. I-I-I was just following orders."
"Yes, you were following orders, you were made to do this," I said and looked back at her. I could see a smile of hope on her face. "But I cannot forgive you for imitating for being my dead sister."
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"Huh?"
"She is no more use to us," I said and turned around. Yoshi jumped from Ai’s arms right into mine and I covered his ears. "We have to get things for you, right Yoshi?"
"Meow." He seemed happy and snuggled against his hand.
"ARGH!!!"
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