:Present Time:
Mirai woke up in her room.No one was there.Suddenly all the earlier incidents started to flash in her mind."How could I...",anxiety took over her body again.It was getting hard to breathe,she getting washed up in sweat.Amidst of this,she screamed at the top of her lungs.Hitoshi was in his room,but he could hear her screaming.He rushed over there.
"Mirai san?",he went to her.
She didn't say anything.Hitoshi saw her trying to breath normally but it wasn't working.She was shaking."Hey what's wrong?",he rushed over to her."It's fine,nothing's wrong,you are safe,nobody's hurt",he hold her hands and tried to calm her.
"I am not a human anymore",she said while still shaking.
"None of us are,you are not the only one",he said.
"What if I hurt others again?",she said.
"You won't hurt your close ones,I'm sure",he ensured her.
"It happened because you were weak,so no need to worry and Harris wasn't really hurt.We always get hurt at the battle fields",he lied at the last sentence.
Mirai was seemingly okay after a few minutes.But,she was guilty.After she came here,the four princes have been helping her in many ways.In the end,she's the one to hurt them.
"You okay now?",he asked.
"Yeah I'm completely fine,don't worry,is Harris okay,he didn't fainted,did he?",she showed her worry.
"No,he's much stronger,wounds like this are child's play for him",he said.
"That's good",she said in relief.
"Want me to treat you some apples?",he offered.
"I would but I don't why but I'm full",she said .
"What else did you expect after sucking the blood of a price of Luciana?",he thought.
"That's fine",he said in a kind voice.Hitoshi wasn't really the kind-charming type.He had a cold smile,cold enough to make someone look down at their feet.He is known as the 'Monster of Coruscant',besides he had very violent nature.His killing record is much higher than most of the other psychopaths in Earth.Not only the people he killed for blood,but it was like a hobby for him.
"Thank you for the offer",she said.
"Anytime",he replied.
"Oh yeah,remember I said I need to get back?Have you thought anything about it?",she asked.
"We can go back anytime we want.But,we have to inform the central castle."He replied.
"Okay.Harris said that he is also living in Earth for a reason,won't he come with us?",she asked about Harris.
"Who knows,I didn't ask him yet",he replied.
"I really should get back",she thought.
"But,at least learn a water spell before leaving,it might not look like it,but you are the center of attention in all the nine dimensions right now."He advised.
"Okay,but I think William is mad at me."She said with that guilty expression of her.
"Why would he be mad?",he asked in a confused tone.
"Harris is hurt because of me and you said William really cares for Harris."She said.
"You say really weird things.It wasn't your fault today.You need some training to control yourself."He replied.
"Control myself?",she asked as she didn't know anything about it.
"You fainted because you were not regularly drinking.And when you don't drink anything,you become weak and you attack others without knowing.We are trained to control ourself when we are four or five so that we won't cause trouble for the people of Luciana."He explained.
"Oh",she said."So I need to drink blood not only for myself but also for the people around me",that thought came into her mind.
"You take some rest.I'll be leaving now",he said before leaving.
"Excuse me,I think I have had enough rest.Is William still here?If he doesn't have any problem,I think I can train myself now."She humbly said.
"He should be here.I'll look for him.If he's here,then I'll ask him."He said before leaving.
"Okay,I need to get stronger.I can't afford to hurt anyone who's my comrade",she thought.
She went to bath of her room.It was a very big one.She started to fill the tub with warm water.There was a variety of soaps in the shelf.But what caught Mirai's attention was some red colored small cubes."What are these?",she took the jar where the red things were kept.Those things were small cubes in deep red color."It smells like blood",she thought as she looked at the jar in her hand."Maybe there are some sort of a bath bomb?"Her guess was right.This were the reason why the water was red tinted in the female bath before."Oh that's what this thing is",she finally understood.She took two cubes in her hand and dropped them in the water.The cube didn't melt away,the red color did,the two cubes were looking like ice cubes now.Mirai chuckled at it."What an interesting thing they have in here",she thought.The water was dense,the smell was way too good.Mirai sniffed the air around her."What an aroma~",she smiled."I wonder if they have a vanilla flavored soap in here?",she looked at the shelf beside her."Found it!",she took it in her hand.
She came out of the bath.The shelf in her room was unsurprisingly occupied with a variety of garments.She took a white dress."I need to wear something to move my hands freely",she thought before wearing it.The dress wasn't anything special but it looked good on her."I can train without any problem now",she thought before sitting on her bed.
Hitoshi knocked on the door.She ran towards the door to open it."Hitoshi san?Come in",she moved away from his.
"It's okay,I came here to tell you that William is here,but he's dealing with some guests.He said he'll come here after he's done",he said.
"Thank you for informing me",she humbly thanked him.
"No problem."He realized something in the air of the room.
"Oh~",he thought.He went towards her.He brought his head to her ears and then snuffled the aroma around her.She was shocked at the sudden closeness between them.
"Vanilla,eh?I see you know how to use the rubrum cubes too.I thought you'd mistook them as candy and eat it."He teased her.
"What?!I am not a-",she couldn't finish her sentence.
"You smell nice",he whispered in her ear.
"T-thank you",she was blushing.
"Is someone blushing just because of a complement?~",he continued to tease her.
"Shut up!I'm not blushing.It's just that no one complements me other than Remi and Kyo",she exclaimed.
"Oh",he said in a humming sound.
"Let's look for William,he's not here yet",she said before rushing out of the room.
"Okay",he came out of the room.
"What are those cubes supposed to do?",she asked the use of the cubes.
"They are called rubrum cubes,first of all they have relaxing aroma,secondly they are good for maintaining skin tone.I mean we are always in the dark,so we use them to maintain to maintain our body tone,or else we would be as pale as a sheet."He replied.
Mirai was liking this side of Hitoshi.The Hitoshi she had known was an anti social,anti smiling expressionless person.But here,he was just like a normal person.
"I am sorry if I made you uncomfortable earlier",he apologized.
"It's okay",she said,"What the hell?First you tease someone then you are apologizing like this?",she thought to herself.
They saw William coming towards them."I was coming to see you.You want to start learning spells now?",William asked.
"Yes,if you don't have any problem",she humbly said.
"Okay,I don't have any other schedules for today."He said.
"Really?Thank you very much."She happily expressed her gratefulness.
"Follow me,we will start training in the garden",he turned around.
"Okay",she started to follow him.
The garden was huge enough to train someone.Hitoshi sat down on a nearby bench."This is gonna be interesting.Show us how strong you are."He thought while smirking.
"Okay,so,today I'll teach you a defensive spell.Watch me."He said.
"Venin!",he said as touched a plant.It died slowly.
"Okay,so how is this a water style spell?",Mirai asked confusedly.
"Be it any creature,they will have water in their body.Whenever you use this spell on any creature that has life,the water in it's body will be poisoned",he said.
"Oh I see",Mirai understood it.
"We will practice it in a large container."He said.
"Okay",she nodded.
There was already a container filled with water in the garden.They went towards it."Listen,you need to concentrate.Try to gather up your spiritual energy in the palm of your hand.By spiritual energy I mean your concentration and normal energy."He explained it to her.
"Understood.I'll try it now."She closed her eyes."Concentrate my energy",she started to feel warm in the palm of her hand."Venin!",she cast the spell in her mind before hitting the surface of water with her palm.Hitoshi and William were watching her curiously.She opened her eyes."Did anything happen?"She asked as she looked in the water.
"It is supposed to be fully black,but you were able to turn it into a greyish color.Which means you can master it with a little bit of practice."William told her.
"Okay",she said.
"I'll show it to you again,look carefully."William said before hitting the surface of the water.As expected from the water prince,it turned pitch black.
"That's how it's suppose to be",she thought.
"I'll try again",the water started to get darker every time she performed it."You are much better than I thought you'd be,but why are you not casting the spell loudly?",William asked.
"I think that'll hamper my concentration.Does it help to improve?",she said.
"Sort of,it will help you to improve your target and the hit will be more accurate",he replied.
"You see,when we are fighting or something,we usually use swords more than spells.As vampires,one of our most powerful weapon is our nails,it automatically grows longer and stronger when we fight",he said.
"Will my nails transform too?",she said while looking at her hands.
"Probably if you fight",he said.
"That's enough for today,it was your first time using a spell so you might get dizzy,be careful.",he advised.
"Okie",she sat down on a nearby bench as she was really feeling weak.
"What do you think?",Hitoshi asked William as he sat down beside him.
"Much stronger than I thought,she was able to do it just after the first try.Though it was not perfect and effective,but it takes several tries for full blood vampires to reach that level."He replied.
She was walking towards them."William,thank you very much for teaching me this spell.I will be going back to my room now."She humbly said before leaving.
"Way too humble for a vampire."William said as he looked at her.
"So,she's not an ordinary one?",Hitoshi asked.
"Probably not,her transformation rate is higher than we thought",William replied.
"How alluring~",Hitoshi thought as he chuckled deliriously.