"Kazu-kun, let's go eat something," Ai suggested which was one thing I could agree on.
"Sure, I want to fill my stomach up since I am sure everything in it is probably lying somewhere in the park."
They had a completely different area for all the food and I have to say that it was really good. Sure, it was a little expensive than normal but it was sure worth its price. I ordered a burger and fries along with cola and Ai also ordered the same. I could say that this was the most enjoyable part of today's visit to the amusement park.
"Kazu-kun, let's go to the haunted house next," Ai suggested.
"Finally, something normal that you asked for," I said letting out a sigh sipping the last of my drink.
We went to the haunted house next and it was about three in the afternoon at the time since, before that, we just took a walk around the place to let the food digest a little. The haunted house was not really scary honestly. Some monsters came and screamed to scare us but as soon as they saw Ai afraid, they just stopped and apologized. The power of a pretty girl.
We went to some more rides next which were a lot less...extreme for me and I did enjoy them. There were bumpy cars and a slow train-like ride that took us around the entire park on its track. It was not too fast nor too high so it was quite bearable for us.
Soon, it was the evening and there was one last place Ai wanted to go. Looks like she forgot about her talk to get home before dark but seeing her so happy right now, I was a bit reluctant to deny her.
"Here we are," Ai said showing the tall and grand ride. The Ferris wheel.
"Okay, let's get this over with."
We boarded on it and it slowly took us up. I could see the entire amusement park gradually as we were ascending. I saw Ai staring at me with her face turned red. I wonder what she is thinking.
"Kazu-kun looks there. That ride was where you were screaming the most," she said pointing at the ride which could be seen from behind me.
"Wh-"
I turned around to see the ride and looked at Ai to confirm with her but as soon as I turned around, I felt a soft cold sensation on my lips. Her arms wrapped around my neck as she entered her tongue in my mouth. I just sat there dumb fold as she kept kissing me. She smelled really nice from this close and my mind went blank. A warm feeling overcomes me as I grabbed her waist. Right now, I don't know what I am doing, my body was just moving on its own.
With her close to me, she deepened the kiss and I did not move and just let her do whatever she wants. This felt so wrong to me but I did not want her to stop. Man, I am so lame doing this.
She finally parted her lips from me but not before giving me one last peck on the lips. Her face was red but instead of embarrassed, she looked happy.
"I had a lot of fun today Kazu-kun. Thank you for listening to my selfish request," she said softly smiling at me.
"Well, I did enjoy myself a lot so I can't really say much. Can I?" I responded as we both heard an explosion followed by another and another.
It was the fireworks. We both looked at the beautiful sight but then our eyes widened seeing them. The firework only happens in the dark which it was. Shit, we were so immersed in this that we did not realize that it was already dark.
The Ferris wheel was slower than we expected and for the firework show, it became even slower. Even though the scene was beautiful but it was raising worries in both our hearts. We could not just jump out of the ride since that would be too suspicious.
I looked at Ai and she had an angry look on her face. Her eyebrows twitched and she was gritting her teeth while clenching her fist. Even if we were to go home now, there would be a high chance that we would be followed and that is also not a good option. Though right now I just held Ai's hand and squeezed it as she looked at me.
"It's okay," I said to her in a calm voice. "Better than panicking and being angry at us, we should better think of a way to tackle this problem."
Looks like it did the trick since Ai's face loosened but I could still see the worry in her eyes
"We need to first get out of here," she said and I nodded. "Then we have to make sure that we get home after making sure that we don't get followed. I had already made sure to make your blood have its fragrance spread to a smaller radius."
"When did you do that?" I asked her but then it hit me. "Oh, you did it in the morning didn't you?"
Her eyes widened to my explanation. Right before Ai latched onto my hand before we left for the store, I could tell that there was something different. She smelt different back then. It was a sweet smell so I just thought it was a perfume. That is also why I had the same smell on me. It would have been a precaution that she did.
"Yes, I put the scent on me. It is a sweet scent but can easily lower the radius at which a vampire can smell your blood. Since your blood is special, it radiated more than other and also could be smelled away from about a hundred meter," she explained to me and I thoughtfully nod my head.
"So, what is the radius right now?" I asked her.
"It divides it by ten so it should have decreased to ten meters now," she said.
"I see. Now, let's get out of here and avoid crowds."
We finally reached down and I grabbed Ai's hand and we quickly made our way to the exit. There was a big crowd just outside the exit which was blocking our way. I did not really know why it was there but we just went through it. On the way, I felt that feeling again and I did not like it at all.
"We are being followed," Ai said and Inodded.
Being in a crowded place would only cause more problems and that was the last thing we would need. Going to a secluded spot and confronting them was the final resort I had in my mind. I just looked around scanning my eyes to see if there was a way we can lose them but something even worse happened.
The feeling of being watched and followed increased a lot. I looked behind me and saw some shadows on the buildings behind us. Now, Ai was the one who sped up and started dragging me. Looks like she is deciding to confront them.
She turned left in a dark alley and I could not see anything in there but Ai just ran holding my hand dodging everything that came in the way. I saw a light red glow in front of me which was Ai's red eyes. By the look of it, it meant that her vampire eye can see in the dark.
Behind us, we started hearing footsteps of not one, not two but...
"There are seven of them," Ai said to me and we reached a dead end. "Kazu-kun, stand back."
I did not protest and did as she said. I saw seven pairs of red orbs that emerged out of the dark. They had completely blocked our way out and it was too dark to see anything right now for me. The only thing I could see was the shady figure of Ai before me.
"Well, well. I never knew that the human possessing the blood of the first was being guarded by this freak of nature," a male voice said.
"Hey freak, we advise you to leave the human here and scram. We have no business with you unless you want to die," another male said.
"No way am I going to leave him here. I won't let you lay a finger on him," Ai growled back at them.
The tension in the atmosphere was immense that I knew one wrong move meant death. The figures started laughing at this comment of Ai. They looked really confident in their advantage of numbers which I thought was also immense. It was a one versus seven and the odds were not on our side.
"Looks like freaks like you are fools. Even if you were to get out of here, you won't be able to run for long," said a female voice.
"Oh? And why is that?" Ai asked in a mocking tone.
"The lord of the night will be waking up in a year. At that time, you will be powerless against her. So be a good girl and get out of the way so we can drink that human's blood," the voice of the male in the middle was heard.
I had no idea who this lord of the night was but just hearing the name told me that it was someone you would not like to mess with. I could feel a strong murderous intent leaking from Ai and her red-eye shined more than normal.
"I will even kill her if it comes to that. I will send that bitch back from where she came," Ai said.
"Say that when you get out here."
With that, I heard them rush at us and I heard multiple blows being exchanged. All I could see were red orbs colliding with each other and moving in the air and I had no idea what was going on but from the grunts and sound of flesh being cut through I knew it was not something I would like to see. Ai was holding up better than expected against them but then something happened.
One of them got a hit on her as I saw a single red orb hit the wall on the left and fall down only to move dodging a strike from a pair of the orb. I just saw the scene dumb folded because my eyes could no longer track the orbs. They were moving too fast. The sounds of jumping, landing, flesh being hit, flesh being cut, blood splashing, and sounds of grunt. Then one more sound was added to this collection of sounds.
The sound of me being punched and hitting the wall.
In the entire fight, one pair of red orbs got away from them and charged at me. Before I could react to dodge it, I felt a sharp pain in my stomach and soon after, my entire back. This time I just had enough time to hold my ground so my impact was not too hard but it still pained a lot.
"Kazu-kun!!" Ai shouted only for her orb to be thrown on the ground.
I saw the pair of red orbs in front of me looking down at me. It was similar to what I felt back then, those red eyes looking at me as if I was just an ant that needs to be crushed. Those eyes hungry for my blood, those eyes looking at me to kill.
I tried standing up but stumbled down. Damn it!! Why am I so weak?!
I heard a pained grunt from the other side as I saw a single red orb levitate in the air. The murderous intent coming from the orb was increased by ten, no, hundred folds.
"You hurt Kazu-kun," Ai said in a low and cold voice. "How dare you! How dare you! How dare you! How dare you! How dare you! How dare you! How dare you! How dare you! How dare you! How dare you! How dare you!"
She started saying the phrase again and again as her green eye also started to glow brightly. Those eyes were no longer just orbs but turned into a source of light.
"I'LL KILL YOU ALL."
Then Ai moved quickly leaving behind a red and green trail of light only to appear behind the person standing before me.
"ARGH!!"
I felt something fall right in front of me and then the pair of red orbs fell down.
"Who will be next?" she asked in a spine-chilling voice. "Screw it, you are going to die anyway."
She moved swift almost at the speed of sound and charged at the other. They tried attacking her but she jumped high up in the air and then shot down at them.
"AHHHHH!!"
"WHAT IS THIS? HOW IS SHE SO FAST NO- ARGH!!"
The pained screams of the vampires resonated in the place. It was accompanied by the angry grunts of Ai who was hitting them again and again. Killing them one by one. The orbs started falling down one by one and their glows disappearing. I did remember that she used a stake to kill the vampire that night but where did she hide those?
"NO! DON'T COME NEAR ME YOU FREAK!! ARGH!!"
"Four insects down, three to go."
"NO, NO, NO, NO! HELP-"
"WHAT THE HELL? I CAN'T TRA- AHH!!"
"HOW CAN ONE FREAK DO THIS? NO, THIS WAS NOT HOW IT WAS SUPPOSED TO END UP!!"
The last orb also fell down and disappear. I finally had some strength in my legs as I stood up wincing in pain. Ai stood there breathing heavily staring at the bodies which were not disappearing. I felt blood on my feet for a moment but then it vanished. Ai turned around and saw me.
"Kazu-kun, are you alright?" she asked me looking all over me. "Where were you hurt? Where did that bitch hi-"
"Ai," I said interrupting her. "I'm fine. No need to be worried."
"No, no, no, this is not what you are supposed to say. I let them hurt you, this was not supposed to happen. I am also covered in blood and cannot show my face to you. I look terrifying right now," she said turning away her face. "But don't worry, I will make it all right. I find who ordered them and kill them. Then-"
She stopped as soon as I hugged her from behind. I felt the blood on her clothes but I did not care right now. Right now, Ai had to calm down and I was the only one who could do that. I leaned forward and my mouth was close to her ear.
"Thank you," I whispered to her. "Thank you for worrying so much about me but I am tired. I am sure you too are. So let's go home."
Yes, let's go home. A phrase which though may not sound anything big but it carries a lot of meaning to it. Going back to a place we know, a place we belong to, a place we can feel safe. The phrase sends a warm feeling in one's heart upon hearing it and calming down the ones who are thinking too much.
I tightened my grip around her waist lightly and I felt her breath slow down and so was her heartbeat. Her eyes were no longer glowing and she leaned her body back on mine. She turned around to face me. Though it was dark, I saw a smile on her face.
"Okay, if Kazu-kun says so. I will kill them later," she said softly.
The next thing I know, my feet were no longer feeling the ground and my head was leaning back. I was picked up from the ground and a pair of arms were the reason for that.
"Hey, why did you pick me up?" I asked Ai who had me in her arms.
"Because Kazu-kun should not walk right now. He is still hurt and I don't want him to overexert himself," she replied.
"But why the princess carry?"
"Maybe because you are my princess," she said childishly and launched up in the air.
I had been launched up today a number of times but this time, I was not scared of the heights. I was not scared that I might fly off and become a slosh of blood. I was sure that it won't happen since it was Ai who was holding me.
Looks like on this date, I started to trust her a lot more. It did work out in her favor and I could say this was an unforgettable date.
And one hell of an unforgettable date.
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