No Choice

"Finally." Ferid smirked as he rushed to get away and yelled for the others to get ready.

He stared anxiously through the window from as far as he could get in the large lab. Kimizuki remained still, the only sound his heavy breathing. Ferid slowly grew impatient but he hid it well. Crowley came in just as something started to happen.

Kimizuki stopped breathing as a loud crack sounded in his ears. He screamed and thrashed for a reason unknown to any of them. Even when his throat was raw he shrieked and tested the restraints around him.

"What's happening to him?" Crowley asked not letting any emotion trickle into his voice. Ferid took his time to come up with an answer. He honestly had no idea.

"Something that shouldn't be." He wasn't sure if he should grin or grimace but he took his normal expression. He smirked and turned to the 13th progenitor. "We'll have to experiment."

"Sir! The alarm!" He noticed the band around Kimizuki's neck rapidly flashing red. The red either indicated he was dead, or that his seraph had been activated. He wasn't dead. But Ferid couldn't see signs of a seraph other than his right eye.

He sent people to check on him. Though reluctant to approach the screeching human, the lower-class vampire knew better than to defy a seventh progenitor. They tried his vitals, his heart and pulse were racing. He tried to push them away while he screamed and cried and writhed.

One vamp ventured to reach a hand to touch his back. "Oh my... H-his back it broken! A-and their's something weird here!"

"What would that be?" Ferid questioned.

"It's... leathery? I'm not sure what it is Lord Bathory!" She yelled back over the humans horrid sound. Leathery wasn't a way he thought to describe what he was expecting.

"Release him."

***(In Kimizuki's Mind)

Kiseki-O was screaming at him. They were always so unbothered by just about anything but this was bad. Kimizuki was trying to fight it. He really was. But temptations are strong and for a human like himself this was nearly unresistable.

The trumpet was calling for him. The golden horn floated just a few feet away. A low vibration from the sky shaked the purple ground. The sound of the angelic instrument from above teased him to join his sister.

"Stop it! Don't get any closer to that Shiho!" The demon yelled. "You'll regret it!"

"B-but... Mirai. She's up there."

"No she's not!" That got him to pause. "If you loose yourself... you won't be able to save your sister! That's what you want isn't it? I know it is."

Shiho barely managed to turn away from the thing. "Yes, that's what I want. N-not the trumpet."

"Good. Now come towards me." This role they had to play was starting to get on Kiseki-O's nerves. They'd rather be fighting Kimizuki and feeding off his greed. They didn't like this 'make him resist temptation' thing they were doing but if he chose the trumpet then they'd need to break their deal. God knows what happens when they break their deal.

Kiseki-O stared dead into Kimizuki's eyes as he slowly, and with great effort, moved away from the device his sister had a matching one of. "Wake up Shiho."

"What?"

"Wake. Up." They said playfully before pulling Kimizuki to them and laughing.

***(Back to the lab)

He gasped to find he barely had an ounce of air within his lungs. His throat was dry and he felt dizzy. He was on his hands and knees on the cold white ground. Something black dripped from his face as he realized he was out of the chair.

"Why didn't it work? I wonder?" Ferid said crouching next to him. Kimizuki's breath would have stalled if he wasn't so desperate for oxygen. Ferid's dead cold hand touched a hole in the fabric of Kimizuki's tank-top. Kimizuki flinched at the sensation on his mid back. It didn't exactly hurt, though it was minorly sore, it more tingled at the touch.

"Get away from me." Kimizuki managed with a deep breath. Ferid removed his hand and moved his face closer to the other boys.

"Aw, why? Aren't we friends?"

"As if." He scoffed and flinched when he tried to move.

"I guess you're livestock then?" Kimizuki grimaced in response. "No? Hm, than what are you?"

No answer came from him. Crowley neared and whispered something to Ferid. Something a scientist had noticed about Kimizuki that was different from his sister. "A demon?" He laughed. "Did your demon help you?"

***(Yoichi)

He wasn't sure how long he would walk. He wasn't sure if he was even going the right direction. But he kept going. He started towards were Ferid had taken his leave but they were bound to have turned. When there was a fork in the road he took whatever direction felt right, or in one case what smelled like Kimizuki. Yoichi walked. He hoped no one would notice until morning that he had left.

Of course he couldn't know that at least one of his friends had been informed by his note. He couldn't know that that simple 'Sorry' that had already clued his friend Mitsuba in on what he was doing.

"Shh! It's a vamp!" He heard a child say to a group of smaller children. "Oh no! He saw us!"

Yoichi remained still for a moment watching them scurry to the side to try to avoid him. He thought a second before taking a deep breath and approaching them. "Hello?" He called. The gasps of scared children rang in his ears. "I won't hurt you."

"Please leave!" One kid yelled at him in terror.

"I really won't hurt you though. I just want to make sure you have enough food. I can help you find more if you need help." He assured and the humans paused. By the looks of it they were running out of food and Yoichi was right. "Please don't go anywhere, I'll bring you food if you stay here."

Two, who appeared to be the oldest, nodded. Yoichi gave a little smile. He only offered because he could smell the food left over in a few places he had passed. He wouldn't have dared to give them false hope.

He walked at first but began running once he was a building away from the children. He went back to places nearby where he smelled canned soups and beans. It wasn't much, and perhaps too little to sustain the children for long, but it was something. He managed to fill his arms with cans and two water bottles before heading back.

The children perked up when they saw the cans. "Here you go." He smiled putting the cans down about three feet away from the nearest kid. He didn't want to freak them out to much.

"A-are you gonna take our blood now?"

"No." Yoichi quickly said. "I-I couldn't. I only... I only drink my boyfriends blood."

"Where is he?" A boy asked curiously.

"He was kidnapped by a really bad vampire. I'm trying to find him. Have any of you seen two vampires carrying a tall boy with glasses and pink hair?" Yoichi doubted they'd seen anything but it was worth a shot.

"..." The children all gave each other uncomfortable looks. "I did." A little girl spoke. Her light brown hair was in half-up pigtails and her wide dark brown eyes glistened with uncried tears. "They killed my brother."

"Oh... I'm sorry." He said in return. "Do you remember where they went by chance?"

"Mmhm. That way, over the building." She pointed. For a moment Yoichi got excited. He wanted to find Kimizuki so bad. He wanted to save him.

"Thank you. I should go." He said in a rush.

"W-wait... You've been so nice. And you brought us food so... If you want you can have some blood. I know you said only your boyfriend but we're offering, at least I am."

He gulped harshly. He thought about how it was almost four days he'd gone without feeding. Once the sun rose it signified his fourth day. He stared a moment at the girls wrist and neck. But he couldn't. He shook his head. "I can't." He managed. "Please don't offer your blood to anyone else."

He turned and rushed in the direction the girl had indicated. He heard one of the boys call her crazy for offering her blood like that. Yoichi had to agree with the little boy. Just because he was nice didn't change what he was. It didn't change much actually. Only that a few more people would trust him, like his friends and perhaps those children if he'd stayed long enough. Nothing more, nothing less.

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