Vampires Legacy

Chifuyu currently has a crisis at hand. Back before he got involved in the world of Hunters and vampires, he was a devout reader of Jump. He read several new chapters of manga from them each week, but now he's fallen terribly behind on them.

"Ah... I don't even have time to read them now anyway."

"I'm sorry?"

Iris apologizes to Chifuyu's random despair with a question. Suddenly, a fire is lit in Chifuyu's eyes.

"That's it, Iris. My resolve has now skyrocketed a millionfold. I'll get through these last 3 months, so that I can binge the manga I've fallen behind on."

Chifuyu has a newfound resolve.

"I-I didn't know you liked that stuff."

Chifuyu raises an eyebrow. 'That stuff?' He didn't like where this was going.

"So you're a nerd?"

He quickly gets offended by this. "That's rich coming from someone like you," he mutters under his breath.

"Does that mean you wanna marry 2d characters? What do they call them? W-Waifus…"

Chifuyu holds in his fury. "I see. So you're the type of person who judges and makes assumptions about us." But a screw in his head came loose nonetheless. "Did I just tell myself I don't have time to read any manga? Ha… what a sad excuse. I'll make time to not just read 100 chapters of manga, but also 100 episodes of anime. And I'm gonna convert you while doing it. 2 birds with 1 stone."

"Uh.. I— I… Oh no." Iris realizes she's just made a grave mistake. 'I'm in danger.'

***

While Chifuyu and Iris face the challenge of binging anime during their intense curriculum, another one that had been slowly building up since the new year started has reared it's head.

For their academics, they take quizzes every Thursday for each subject and tests at the end of every month covering everything they've learned in the past 30 days. Training to focus more on better coordinating themselves while fighting together made them unconsciously start slacking on their studies.

They bombed their quizzes for the second and third week in January. It's now the 19th, the Friday after the day of their third quiz of the month. They're mulling over why they started slacking on studying. This is a first for Chifuyu, although his studies had been just as intense as his training, he was keeping up with no problem. But now, he's at the hardest part of his training and is currently unable to handle the curriculum. They have a test in 11 days, so now they must review what they failed to learn this month on top of continuing to learn new material. The true intensity of this is finally catching up with them, Chifuyu in particular.

Although Shoyo said he'd be homeschooling them, it was mainly just for the first 6 months. Chifuyu trains for 5 hours and studies for 6 hours a day. Naturally, Shoyo has been present each day for training. After the first 6 months, the Hunter Agency President forced him to report to his duties when he's not training them. Training ends at 1 p.m, so Shoyo leaves shortly after and returns between 7 and 9. Chifuyu and Iris have been studying on their own now for a few months, and they were fine. But now is a different story.

Now that Shoyo sees they're struggling, he gets some help. He doesn't hire a professional tutor or teacher, he instead gets the assistance of a student from the Hunter Training Academy who's the same age as Chifuyu and Iris. It's a girl that's taking college-level classes. At the Hunter Training Academy, those are only offered to those who are far pass their grade level and excel at their training with flying colors.

"And so, this is Shinatsu Boreas. Clap, clap, clap."

Voicing the action that he's doing, Chifuyu and Iris follow along clapping slowly with awkward expressions.

Chifuyu can't help but think, 'Wow, this girl sounds like another genius'.

"Nice to meet you," Shinatsu states with a plain expression. Just by looking at her, you can tell she carries herself with an air of dignity. For some reason, she's staring daggers at Iris.

"You're a student at the Hunter Academy, do you really have time to tutor us?"

"I don't have a choice in the matter."

"Hey, don't make it sound like I'm forcing you. She'll have time to look over both of your studies from 5 to 8 p.m. We'll see how it goes for the next month."

"I didn't know there were backdoor ways to become a Hunter."

She states her thoughts frankly.

"These 2 are an exception."

"Hmph, is that so?"

Shinatsu is here to only help with their studies. She won't be hearing about what Chifuyu has become and the entity that resides within him. Shoyo teleports to get her since the Hunter Training Academy is in another district.

"How do you even know this girl Shoyo?"

"I meet with the Boreas family a lot, I've known this snot-nosed princess since before her Academy days."

She's not actually a princess, but one of the many children of the Boreas family, one of the Big 3 families.

"Well, let's get to it now. You can leave Shoyo."

"Haha, have fun guys."

"Sh-she just ordered Mr. Shoyo to get out of his own house, this girl's scary Chifuyu..." Iris whispers.

"Relax Iris, she's the same age as us. If she gets too bossy, I'll let her know." Chifuyu whispers back.

"I can hear you two y'know."

"Gah, cover blown."

"Hmph."

A scheming smile warps Shinatsu's mouth. She wraps around Chifuyu and Iris and puts her arms around their shoulders.

"So Chifuyu, I actually already know a bit about you."

"Huh, what do you mean?"

"I know all about you and your little secret."

'What the hell is she talking about?'

"Why don't you bring out your little friend? What was her name again, I believe it was… Ariel."

The air of dignity that was just present around Shinatsu disappears without a trace.

"WHA-"

Chifuyu and Iris both look at each other with perplexed expressions. How does this random girl know Ariel?

"It's no use hiding it from me, your friend already spilled everything to me."

"And who would that be...?" Chifuyu asks with an awkward smile.

"Drum roll please,... Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da..."

Shinatsu claps her hands on their shoulders.

"Da-ko-ta."

'WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?!' Chifuyu internally screams to himself.

'That dumbass, there's no way he's telling people this!'

"Ha, you're face is priceless. You don't have to worry, it's our little secret. Nobody else knows."

'She read my mind?!'

Shinatsu playfully twirls her index finger on Chifuyu's shoulder.

"You should've seen his face when he realized I'd heard everything. He was talking about it to this Erika girl who I assume is also your friend that was telling him not to chatter about you where others may hear. I had just happened upon them, truly unlucky for you."

"Does Shoyo know you know?!"

"Nope. It was pure coincidence that he called me here. Haha! What would happen if word got out that a half-vampire was allowed to live among us along with the strong vampire which was sealed who the public doesn't even know is out?"

"What should we do, master?"

Ariel quickly emerges from Chifuyu's shadow and puts Shinatsu in a chokehold with her legs.

"Hey, didn't I say it was our little secret?"

"Let her go, Ariel."

"So this is what they call a Vampire Lord, huh? Didn't expect them to come in kid sizes."

Ariel once again puts Shinatsu in a chokehold with her legs, even more pissed than the previous time.

"What should we do with her, master?"

"Like I said, let her go..."

***

"Can we trust you, Shinatsu?"

"Of course. You have my word, I swear on my family name. I've known for a while now anyway."

"Ah.."

Iris sighs with relief.

"That Dakota... He won't get off easy next time I see him."

"Now, let's actually begin."

In the corner of the room, Ariel was writing on a sheet of paper. It was titled "Shit List" which now has 2 names written on it.

***

"I see. So this is why you guys are struggling now."

"Hm."

"You're actually trying to learn."

"Huh?"

What is Shinatsu suddenly going on about?

"You two are only studying to get a high school diploma, so there's no reason to actually try so hard to master everything."

"Our courses cover much more since we were learning 2 years' worth of material in one, I don't think it's so simple as to not try as hard."

"I-I agree with Chifuyu."

"Well, it really is that simple. You're training to become Hunters, you won't be needing any of this knowledge, especially senseless things such as y=mx+b. Like who even needs that?"

"I'm pretty sure there are professions that need that..."

"Well, you won't. You guys are trying to understand and master everything you're learning. There's no need. Just understand the basics for everything and memorize the rest."

"So you're saying we should just cram everything in, to forget it afterwards?"

"Precisely."

"But..."

Iris interjects.

"We have a final at the end that covers everything we learned in the past 6 months. We also had a midterm like that after the first 6 months. It was hell..."

"Will just cramming the information in seriously be better than earnestly studying?"

"In the end, both ways are no different. Since you won't be needing any of this after you get your diplomas, cramming will be the more efficient method. I can see you guys are smart enough to understand the basics of everything, so simply remembering the rest should be easy."

"I have a feeling this is somehow going to be more intense."

Iris had her worries.

And so, the cramming began. Much to their surprise, they were able to get through each material quicker. This is only possible because it's the last 3 months, they had seriously studied in an intense curriculum for the past 9 months. Now that they simply have to go over each subject, understand the fundamentals, and cram the rest for their quizzes and tests, Chifuyu and Iris were able to climb out of their momentary slump. Of course, they have Shinatsu to thank for this as she recommended they do this. For over a month, she quizzed them on their memorization each day she was there and helped them understand concepts they were confused on.

***

"Chifuyu, your break's over."

Shinatsu and Iris had been waiting for Chifuyu for almost 20 minutes, Shinatsu asked which room was the slackers so she could fetch him. After knocking and getting no response, she opened the door to find him sound asleep.

'He's knocked out…'

Grabbing one of his shoes by the wall, she throws it at his head with pinpoint accuracy.

"Wake up!"

"Ahh! ….Oh crap, was I asleep?"

"Yeah. You were even snoring like an old man."

"I was?!"

"I'm joking."

"Phew.. Don't scare me like that."

Taking a few glances around his room, she notices an unopened gaming console.

"You play?"

"Huh?"

"Video games?"

"Yeah? Are you gonna call me the worst insult ever or something?"

"No. I'm fond of gaming."

"Oh? Don't tell me you're a gamer too?"

"Surprising, I know. It's great for one thing."

"That is…"

"Taking my anger out on other players online."

A frightening smile warps Shinatsu's face.

"Ahaha…" Chifuyu laughs nervously.

"But I'm kind of disappointed."

"Hm?"

Shinatsu covers her grin with her hand as forbidden words leave her mouth, "You're a console player, playing on PC must be too high level for you."

Chifuyu gets easily triggered by this remark and scoffs, "Is that so? Then you should be able to easily beat me in any kind of game on my lowly console. It's been a while since I've played, but I'm gonna open the new SX5 later so I can put you in your place. I'm assuming you mind staying a bit late, would you?"

"Fine by me. You're on."

Sparks of intensity flash around the two who will later be putting their pride as gamers on the line.

***

Come February 28th, they managed to pass their final monthly test with almost perfect scores across the board. They now have exactly one more month until they're finally done.

As far as training, Chifuyu and Iris have been able to improve their teamwork and coordination exponentially. They've seen each other every day for nearly a year now, so all they needed was a little time training together to synchronize while fighting.

Although they still can't land a hit on Shoyo, that's to be expected. They have managed to make him block several times though.

When it rains, they train in Shoyo's underground facility. But this time, Shoyo wanted them to train in the rain just for the day since there'll be days when they have to fight under those conditions.

It should've been difficult, but that was Chifuyu and Iris's best day yet. It was cloudy and dark, yet the raindrops that day were beautiful. Puddles splashing nonstop, wooden swords clashing with the added effect of raindrops splashing on them, 3 figures trading swings nonstop. Up until this point, they'd take short breaks sparring against Shoyo, but not this time. They were clashing nonstop for the entire 5 hours. Intervals between attacks were brief. A swing by Chifuyu would be immediately followed up by Iris, and vice versa. At the last minute, Iris landed a hit on Shoyo.

For the first time, Iris got hyped.

The morning dew the next day was looking more beautiful than usual.

***

Later that week, they receive a visit from a certain individual.

"Good morning, Ruby Scarlet here."

The lady speaks through the intercom at the front door. Shoyo is reluctant to let her in although he gave her his address. This is the one woman, no, person that has Shoyo wrapped around their finger.

"Who is that Mr. Shoyo?"

"A nuisance..."

"Ho, a person that you find annoying. I'm sure we'll get along quite well."

"Go back into Chifuyu's shadow, she can't know about you."

"Fine..."

Ruby knowing about Ariel wouldn't be a problem at all, Shoyo just doesn't want her to know.

Sighing, Shoyo opens the door.

"What took so long?"

Wasting no time, she walks in.

"Good morning to you too."

Ruby Scarlet is a Hunter a part of the Trauma Team that Shoyo ran into during his visit to Hunter Agency's HQ.

"So are these two your disciples?"

"Disciples? Is that what Shoyo's calling us? I kinda like it actually."

"I'm Iris Sakata, it's nice to meet you."

Iris politely bows introducing herself.

"I'm Chifuyu Kyotani."

"Ruby Scarlet, you can say I'm Shoyo's only best friend. Scratch that, I might be his only friend."

"Oi..."

Even while joking, Ruby keeps a nonchalant expression and tone.

"Scarlet, so you're from one of the Big 3 families?"

"I am."

'I feel like I'm just gonna keep on meeting these important people' Chifuyu thinks.

He is right. He will be meeting another bigwig apart of a Big 3 Family very soon.

"I just came here to meet you two. When does your training finish?"

"On the 28th this month."

"Hm... You guys have been training hard, haven't you?"

"Yes!" Chifuyu and Iris say together.

"I'm sure we'll be seeing each other a lot in the future, I'll look forward to what the two of you do."

"You're leaving already?"

"Today's one of my rare days off, I'm gonna be visiting my family."

"That's nice."

"Unless Shoyo wants me to stay longer."

"You can leave. They start their training in a few minutes anyway."

"Til next time then."

It was a short exchange, but one to not forget.

***

Later that evening during Shoyo's patrol, he senses prying eyes at him. He's had this feeling before, like someone staring daggers at him. It was the gaze of a vampire looking at its prey.

Shoyo waits until late to go to a secluded area. There weren't many choices close by, so he chose the vast parking lot of a mall that had closed a couple of hours ago.

Without a sound, he appeared before him.

A vampire.

"This is the first time in a while that I've been targeted, are you new around here or something?"

"Not at all."

"Hmph. If you're getting this bold now, then you vamps really are planning something soon."

"I'm just here for a good fight. What do ya say?"

Shoyo sighs while stretching his muscles, but smiles nonetheless.

"I'll entertain you a bit."