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Infected	By : Himitsu_no_Tokumei Category: Kingdom Hearts > Slash/Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 2195 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 5: Hunted
            The last of the glass clattering to the floor, Sora looked at the intruder with obvious fear. The man was taller than him, with hair just a shade darker and extremely sharp eyes. A scar ran from above his right eye, across the bridge of his nose, and ending under his left eye. He gave Sora a quick side glance which froze the boy solid, before turning his attention back to the vampire still sitting on the bed, raising the loaded crossbow in his hand.
            “Riku, look out!” Sora yelled, tackling his boyfriend to the bed as an arrow sliced through the air above his head, the silver head burying itself into the wall. Still laying on the silverette’s chest, Sora shot a glare back at the man.
            “Geez, Leon,” an annoyed voice whined. “You couldn’t have just opened the window?” A spike of red hair appeared over the window sill, followed by more spikes and a head, then hands, and the rest of the body, until the new person pulled himself into the room as well.
            A strong hand grabbed Sora’s arm, yanking the younger brunette away from Riku and tossing him casually to the redhead. “Hold him, Axel, so he doesn’t get in the way again,” Leon stated casually, reloading his crossbow and Riku shook and tried to find a way out of the mess he was in.
            This man must be a hunter, he realized, again regretting having not taken up Xemnas’ offer. Maybe I could… he didn’t have to finish that thought, instead leaping straight for the man. He was a vampire, after all, that meant he was stronger than a human. He should be able to take this guy on, right?
            Leon held his weapon up, catching Riku’s clawed hand on it and shoving him back. Following the vampire, the experienced hunter retrieved a silver knife as he landed on top of the teenager, crossbow pinning Riku’s hands.
            “Leave Riku alone!” Sora yelled, struggling against the restraining hands on his wrists. His captor had no plans of letting him go, though, and tightened his grip almost painfully. “Stop it! What did Riku ever do to you?”
            “Not to me, but to other people,” came the cool voice of the older man. “Don’t tell me you haven’t realized your friend here is a vampire? How many people do you think he has killed?”
            “Riku hasn’t hurt anyone!” Sora yelled again, struggling harder as the blade neared his boyfriend’s throat. He threw his weight to one side, almost overbalancing the redhead holding him. All it succeeded in, though, was exposing the bite wound that was still healing on his neck.
            “Um, Leon,” Axel started, apprehension rising in his tone. The addressed hunter glanced over his shoulder just in time to see Sora stomp his foot down on Axel’s foot, his companion’s grip loosening and allowing Sora to free one of his arms. In a swift movement, the younger brunette balled his hand into a fist and threw it at the taller male’s face, catching him in the nose.
            Quickly turning his attention back to the vampire, who was struggling futilely beneath him, he brought the knife down again, only to have a new weight on his back and a force trying to pull his hand back. “Leave my boyfriend alone!” Sora screamed right in Leon’s ear, stunning him long enough for Riku to throw him off. He fell backwards, landing on Sora who was still on his back.
            Before the silverette could do anything else, the hunter was up again, grabbing Sora’s shirt and yanking him around so he was between him and the vampire. “You dumb brat, do you not get what a vampire is!?” Leon growled.
            “I know perfectly well that Riku is a vampire,” Sora stated, matching the glare Leon sent him despite the fear that almost paralyzed him. “And I know for a fact that Riku doesn’t kill. If he did, I’d be dead right now.” To prove his point, Sora turned his head a bit, revealing the fang marks.
            Leon was about to shout back, something about how stupid Sora was for trusting Riku, or something, but something else cut him off. The fragments of glass that once littered the floor were rising, moving back to the window sill and reforming. Fitting together like a jigsaw puzzle, the cracks slowly melted together, as if time was reversing, and forming one pane of glass again. Then the window slid open with a loud thud.
            “Always crude, aren’t you, Leon?” a calm voice asked.
            “Cloud,” the hunter whispered, releasing Sora’s shirt and turning to face the open window. There was the sound of laughter growing more distant, and Leon immediately ran to the window. “Come on Axel, we’re leaving! And you, vampire, if I catch you again you won’t be so lucky!” With that, the older brunette vanished into the night, the redhead right behind him.
            Both boys left collapsed, thanking every god they could think of for whoever had drawn the hunter away. Shaking, they made their way out of the room, wandering into the living, planning on not falling asleep for the rest of the night.

            Riku had left early that morning, though Sora was not sure as to where he went. Most likely it was home, to keep Sora from getting caught up in the mess any more. Like Sora was going to stay out of it! He was already fully dressed and halfway through a breakfast of eggs and sausage when his brother came downstairs to get ready for school. “You’re up early,” a sleepy Roxas yawned, opening the dryer to retrieve a pair of baggy cargos.
            “Couldn’t sleep last night,” Sora admitted, grabbing the piece of toast he had put in the toaster as it popped up. “Hey, could you do me a fa~vor?” he asked, prolonging the a in favor. He received a cold look from his twin. “I’ll finish your history homework for you.”
            A thoughtful expression on his face, Roxas caved. Just offer to do his history homework for him (his least favorite subject) and you could get pretty much anything except his DS and his virginity. “Okay, what is it you want?” he grumbled.
            “I need you to tell Mom I went to school early and be back here in time to get the call saying I wasn’t at school,” Sora answered, gathering up a small pack he had stuffed snacks in.
            “Fine,” Roxas replied, watching the scurrying form of his brother. “Can I ask what it is you are going to be doing?”
            Sora stopped, a thoughtful expression on his face. “What would you do if I told you Riku’s a vampire?” he asked.
            “I’d say you were crazy,” came the smart reply, the blonde sighing at the angered glare he received. “Does it really change who Riku is? So long as he doesn’t have to kill people, what does it matter?”
            “Well, he is,” Sora said almost immediately. “And I’m going to go find the hunters that attacked us last night and see if I can get them to leave Riku alone. Maybe I can negotiate with them, like give them a place to stay in exchange for Riku’s safety.”
            “So he actually is a vampire?” Roxas asked. The brunette gave a small nod in reply. “Whatever. I still think you’re crazy. You’re just lucky Mom likes having guests, or your plan would have a snag.”
            “Thank you Roxas. See you later,” Sora said, rushing out the door.
            Not wasting any time, he headed straight for the center of town, the most likely place two tourists would be. Few people were out this early, but of the ones he could see Leon and Axel weren’t among them. Running down the street, the small brunette peered into open shop windows, searching for his targets.
            More people began to join the few already on the street, the sidewalks soon becoming crowded. Sora was beginning to realize how difficult his search was going to be. Not only would he have to be on the same street as them, but he’d also have to be lucky enough to spot the hunters. That is, if they hadn’t already gotten a hotel room. One more flaw in his plan; did he really expect them to come here without money for room and board?
            Sighing, he was about to just head to school, figuring he might be able to make it to first period before the bell for second rang when memories of the previous night jolted his senses. Was he really going to let Riku get that terrified again? Shaking his head, the sixteen-year-old started searching again, unaware of the pair of eyes on his back.
            “Nothing,” Sora breathed a few hours later, sitting down against a wall and pulling a granola bar out of his bag. “How the hell am I supposed to find them in this cr—mmph!” A hand was placed over his mouth, effectively cutting him off and pulling him back into an alley.
            “Now what might you be doing here?” a familiar voice asked. The hand retreated, and Sora was able to turn and see his captor. Lo and behold, there stood the very people he was trying to find.
            “I was looking for you,” he said, standing with as much confidence as he could muster and brushing the non-existent dust from his clothes. “I was going to offer you a place to stay, if you didn’t already have one.”
            Leon chuckled a bit at that. “Need protection from you boyfriend already?” he asked. “I told you vampires are-”
            “No,” came the curt reply. Prejudice was the one thing Sora could not stand (along with thievery [sorry Kairi] and drug dealing/using and alcohol). “I was going to offer you a place in exchange for Riku’s safety. That is, unless you’re as prejudice about homosexuals as you are towards vampires. Then you can go shoot yourself in an alley for all I care.”
            “You want me to turn my eyes away from a vampire?” Leon snapped. To Sora’s relief, he didn’t say anything about the second ‘condition.’ “They are nothing but bloodsucking monsters!”
            “He’s a teenager!” Sora yelled back. “No different from me or my brother except for the fact that his diet is slightly different! He still has his own problems and fears and feelings!”
            “He’s a demon!” Leon yelled over the angry teen.
            “He’s better than us!” the younger brunette shot, leaving Leon sputtering. “At least he doesn’t have to kill his meals! You spout all that self-righteous crap about how he must feed on humans so he must be evil, but what do humans feed on?! Cows, sheep, pigs, deer, and we have to kill them for our meals! But when an animal, say a tiger or a bear, kills a human they are labeled a monster! If you want to point fingers then point them at yourself! Quit talking about Riku like you know him until you actually do!” Tears formed in the teen’s eyes, silencing any protests from the two people before him. “Maybe if you got to know him, you would change your mind. If you want a place to stay, you know where I live.” Mutely, Sora turned and left.

            Riku snuck in his front door, trying not to wake his parents. His mind hammered him to sleep, but his nerves run a mile a minute, effectively preventing any such thing. He jumped at every noise, from the wind rushing passed a car outside to a fly buzzing around the room. Shadow’s scared him into his night vision, his fried senses perceiving everything as an enemy.
            Gently closing his bedroom door, the young vampire jumped out of his skin when someone spoke behind him. “This where you live?” it asked. Riku stiffened, slowly turning to face the unfamiliar voice. His window was open, the curtains blowing ever so slightly in the breeze. A man that looked to be in his early twenties leaned against the sill, his blonde hair spiked naturally.
            “Who are you?” the silverette asked, hand fumbling for the doorknob, just in case he needed to leave.
            “Is that a way to thank your savior?” the man asked, giving one small chuckle. Riku’s frame seemed to ease up at that. “I’m not here to hurt you, though I can’t say the same for my stalker. I just need a place to crash, and happened to see you as you were heading here.”
            “You still haven’t told me your name,” Riku said, moving from the door over to his bed and sitting down heavily. Leaning against the wall, he let his head hang forward in exhaustion.
            “Normally you give your name first,” the blonde said. “But I heard yours when that little brunette was telling Leon to let you go, so mine is Cloud.”
            “I don’t know if you can stay here,” Riku said truthfully. “My mom is very cautious, and I’m too exhausted right now to come up with an excuse for why I brought a stranger home. Besides, I thank you for what you did for me, but I really don’t want to associate with any of your kind.” Some part of him realized the way he worded that was incredibly rude, but the same part was also too tired to care at the moment.
            “Try not to forget you are my kind,” Cloud said, pushing off from the wall and walking casually over to the bed. He was acting impulsive, something the blonde vampire had only recently begun to do, but still didn’t do too often. It was just that something told him he wanted to befriend this kid, that it could help him achieve his own ends. “Besides, I can help you.”
            “That’s what the others said, too,” the silverette scowled.
            “How often do you have to drink blood? Twice a week?” the blonde asked, receiving a low growl in return from the younger male.
            “Once a week,” Riku ground out, voice dipping dangerously low on the emphasized word.
            “Okay, sorry,” Cloud replied, sounding genuinely apologetic. “All I’m trying to get at, is I know how to make it so you only need blood once a month.” Riku’s eyes lit up with shock at that, and an underlying hint of hope. “It’s not that difficult, you just have to eat right. I also know of the dangers a vampire can pose to a human. Like I said, I can help you.”
            The teen looked away, obviously going over what he had just heard, trying to decide what to do next. Shoulder slumping farther than they already were, he let out a defeated sigh. “Alright, but I still have the problem of explaining this to my mom.”
            “Tell her the truth,” Cloud said nonchalantly, as if the truth was nothing more than ‘I got a sliver.’
            “What do you mean, ‘tell her the truth?’” Riku nearly exploded. “You want me to just walk up to her and tell her I’m a vampire? This isn’t something so casual! I’ve been turned into some kind of mon-”
            The other vampire cut him off there. “Do you really think she’ll hate you for this?” he asked. “Since you are living in the same house as her, don’t you think she has the right to know?” Silence was all the answer he needed. Without another word, the blonde grabbed Riku’s wrist roughly and drug him from the room, heading determinedly down the hall.
            “My parents’ room is that way…” the silverette sighed after a couple seconds. Giving something that sounded like ‘I knew that’ he quickly turned them around, nearly giving Riku whiplash, the teenager merely shaking his head.
            A rough hand banged unceremoniously loud on the closed door, the noise causing Riku to wince. It seemed this man’s words weren’t the only non-delicate thing about him (currently excluding his appearance for Cloud was obviously muscular). A strange thought about how alike his dad this vampire was crossed Riku’s mind before the afore mentioned man agitatedly opened the door.
            “What do you want, Riku,” his dad groggily growled, before realizing that tall blonde wasn’t his son. “Who are you?”
            “Can I you and your wife come out to the living room? I need to talk to both of you,” Cloud said, words flowing elegantly along with a slight bow. Oh sure, now he was being delicate. At Riku’s dad’s glare and grumble, the blonde added, “It is something important about your son.”
            A thoughtful look passed over the other man’s face, his green eyes focusing on Riku for a second (who shifted nervously) before he said, “We’ll be out in ten minutes.” Closing the door, the two on the other side could hear the clump clump of the man’s feet as he made his way back to the bed to wake Riku’s mother.
            Silently, Riku removed his hand from Cloud’s grip and walked dejectedly to the living room, sitting almost rigidly against the arm of the couch. How would his parents react to the news? “Things will go just fine,” Cloud assured, sitting on the opposite side of the couch.
            It wasn’t even ten minutes later the two adults entered the living room, both in night clothes and looking worried. Their obvious first thoughts were he got in trouble with the police. Second thought was he accidentally got a girl pregnant, though he had Sora so that shouldn’t be it… “Could we at least get your name first, young man?” Riku’s dad asked.
            “Normally you give your name first,” Cloud stated.
            “My apologies,” the man gritted out, about to send a biting remark when a gentle hand touched his shoulder.
            “My name is Akira, and this is my husband, Damian,” Riku’s mother said calmly. “Could you please tell us yours?”
            “Cloud,” the blonde said simply. “No last name. Our people don't normally use them, but we are allowed to choose our own if we desire.”
            “Your people?” Akira asked confusedly.
            “Our people,” Cloud corrected. “Your son is one of my kind as well.”
            Two sets of eyes turned to the teenager who merely wanted to melt into the couch. He squirmed uncomfortably under their gaze. “Riku, what does he mean?” his dad asked, a hint of both fear and anger in the older man’s voice.
            A moment slipped by slowly, the silverette just looking down in shame. Just when they all thought he wouldn’t speak, three words floated through the empty space, “I’m a vampire.”
            Shock passed over his parents face before Damian started laughing outrageously. “That’s a good one, son, but do you really think we’ll fall for that? Now what exactly have you gotten cau-” a swift hand hit the side of his head, and Damian looked over to see his wife’s angry expression.
            “I think he’s being serious,” she said surprisingly calmly. Turning to face her son, she stood and moved so she was kneeling just in front of him. “What happened, Riku?”
            Swallowing thickly, the teen tried several times to start it, but knew not where to begin. How far back should he go? Well, his mother knew he would work at a host bar, he being on of the few that wouldn’t degrade himself by selling his body. He recalled telling her several times about his boss. He guessed he could start the night it happened then. Slowly, he recounted the facts for them, this being the first time Cloud had heard the story as well. That just gave Cloud all the more reason to insist on helping the sireless fledgling.
            Akira and Damian listened dutifully to the story, still not sure whether it was true or not. When he finished, the woman carefully, pulled him into a comforting hug, gently petting his hair. Sighing several times, she finally said, “I’ll be honest with you, Riku, but I’m not sure if I can believe that. It just seems… kind of like a fantasy.”
            “I’m not lying, Mom!” Riku cried, wrenching himself from her grip to look her in the eyes. “I’m not…” he added, shutting his teal eyes and worrying his lip a second before slowly opening his eyes again. Both his parents gasped at the intense red they now were. “I’m not… lying…” he said, a hint of fangs showing in his mouth as he spoke, the words catching in his throat. A warm hand brushed against his cheek, a single finger slipping passed his lips to gently touch one of his extended canines
            “I’m sorry, Riku,” she started, tears forming in her blue eyes. Leaning up enough that she could give him another hug, the only sound other than her quiet tears was the constant utterance of ‘I’m sorry.’
            After several moments, she finally calmed down, and was able to move back and sit with her husband (who was still in shock). “Okay, there is something else I need to talk to you about,” Cloud spoke up, finally breaking the awkward silence that had befallen the room. “I planned on helping Riku, because he is now a fledgling without a sire. I will need a place to stay, though.”
            “You can stay in the guest room,” Akira stated immediately. “It hasn’t been used in a while, so I will need to clean it up a bit, though.”
            “I thank you greatly,” the older vampire said, words once again elegant. “There are other things you will need to understand as well, that could greatly help your son…”
            For the next several hours it was basically a Q and A session with Cloud, all of them (including Riku) learning more about vampires, including that all it took was a proper diet to allow Riku to go a month before he needed to drink blood. Akira was making a late lunch when they heard a soft knock on the front door. “Ah, Cloud, could you get that please?” the woman asked, since her and Riku were dirty with cooking ingredients and Damian had to leave for work earlier.
            “I guess,” the vampire answered, getting up and leaving his television show to answer the door. Opening the portal, he looked down on the short brunette that was with Riku the previous night. “Hello Sora, come in.”
            Riku perked at the name, looking between his mother and the door. Smiling, she motioned for him to go greet his boyfriend.
            “Cloud?! What are you doing at Riku’s place?” Sora nearly exclaimed, startling the vampire.
            “Wait, how do you know who I am?” the blonde asked.
            “Huh? Oh! I heard Leon say your name last night, and I recognized your voice,” the brunette smiled sheepishly. Suddenly seeing Riku, he pushed passed the older vampire and leapt at the silverette, encasing him in a hug and giving him a needy kiss. Ending the kiss, Sora buried his face in Riku’s shoulder.
            “Sora, what’s wrong?” his boyfriend asked, wanting to comfort the boy but not wanted to get food stains on his shirt.
            “Nothing much, just something upsetting,” the boy stated, wiping his eyes and looking up to meet Riku’s blue-green ones. “So what is Cloud doing here?”

            Roxas managed to keep Sora out of trouble. The older twin had just finished his brother’s homework as payment when he heard a quick rapping on the front door. Tiredly, the teenager approached the door, looking through the peephole to see a taller brunette and a redhead. Unlocking the door, he opened it for them. Both were looking away in shame. “Can I help you?” Sora yawned.
            “We didn’t have the money to stay somewhere,” Leon stated, finally turning to face the sixteen-year-old. “You said we could stay here, so we came to see if it was possible.”
            Suddenly Sora was wide awake. “There are a few rules, though,” he said, holding up a finger like a Mother scolding the children in an orphanage.
            “Yeah, we got it,” Axel cut in. “Riku is immune, we can’t hurt him.”
            “Alex,” Sora glared, not too happy at being interrupted. Besides, he had a couple new rules as well.
            “It’s Axel, got it memorized?” the redhead shot back. He was about to say something else when the sight of a sleepy blonde cut him off. As it was, he nearly fell over trying to follow said blonde as he disappeared around a corner.
            “Axel, whatever. There are a couple new rules as well,” Sora said. “One, Riku isn’t just immune from you, but from anyone else that might be with you.”
            “You mean we have to protect him from other hunters?” Leon asked, agitated.
            “Yes,” Sora answered quickly. “My main motive for doing this is to protect him, after all. I might be able to help you open your mind a little as well. Second, no weapons in this house, or Riku’s house. You can store them here, but they must stay stored and sheathed until you leave. Third, any vampire is immune in my house or Riku’s unless they are posing an immediate threat.”
            Leon growled at that one. “What do you consider ‘immediate danger?’?”
            “If they are going to forcibly bite or turn someone, kill someone, or commit a human crime such as theft or assault,” the younger brunette stated. Grumbling, the two hunters slowly nodded. “Okay, then let’s go introduce you to my parents!” Sora cheered. “Remember, you are my friends.”
            “Hey, who was that blonde kid from a second ago?” Axel finally cut in.
            “My twin, Roxas,” Sora answered. “And I’m not sure if he’s gay or not.”
            Axel started stuttering and blushing, Leon covering his face with a hand. “Th-that’s not what I meant by that!”
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