Vampires Legacy

New Beginnings Arc -Start-

Chifuyu's Pov

Last week, Ariel suffered a crushing defeat to her younger sister. She was quick to recover though, for the better. Ariel is far stronger than me right now, I couldn't help at all in her last fight let alone watch. I'm motivated to grow even stronger, so that I can fight alongside Ariel in any situation.

Iris and I spend a few days packing all of our stuff since we'd be moving out of Shoyo's place to Odd Jobs Cafe. I'll definitely miss it here, I don't think Ariel will though.

Speaking of Shoyo, he publicly announced that he'd been training 3 students and proclaimed us as his disciples. Ariel's assuming the same age as us and a different last name. Iris is already 17, but my birthday is still a few months away. Anyway, the news of Shoyo having disciples exploded all over Shioto. We'd forgotten how popular he is as the strongest Hunter, so now the world has their eyes on us as well. We asked Shoyo if he used social media, and he did in fact. Boasting over 150 million followers, I was blown away and Iris fainted when we found out. We have one social media platform titled Shiogram that has around 300 million active users. Shoyo recommended we make accounts but I wasn't too sure, it was a definite no-go for Iris.

A few more days passed after that and we're in the process of getting all of our stuff organized at our new place.

"I'm kind of tired, can we just do a recap?"

"Uh… We just started the second arc, Chifuyu."

"Kagura should be back in a few minutes."

We're here with Nailah Boreas, our boss so to say and a Special Rank Hunter currently on hiatus. Things may be awkward since she isn't too fond of me and Ariel, but it shouldn't be too bad. This Kagura girl was apparently so excited to meet us that she went to grab us breakfast. She doesn't have a license so she walked to the fast-food restaurant down the street. It's super busy throughout the whole day, the drive-thru has at least 15 cars waiting at all times and the inside is even busier.

"You excited to start this Odd Jobs Cafe, Iris?"

"Well... I'm only doing this cuz you're here. Now that I think about it, I'll be interacting with a lot of people. Maybe this wasn't a great idea..."

"Hahaha, you'll be fine!"

I smack her back a few times at an attempt of reassurance.

The living quarters here really is amazing, I'm sure things'll be great here.

Suddenly, we hear a loud thud coming from the lobby. We were surprised for a second, but remembered who it must be. Footsteps begin running toward us and we see a girl's head peek through the door. I remember this particular hairstyle and hair color, it indeed is the girl from the trial.

"You guys are here!"

Squealing with excitement, she comes running through the door and grabs my shoulders once she's in front of me.

"It's great to see you're doing well, Chifuyu! I'm Kagura Mikase: Best Girl. I was one of the Hunters at your trial!"

Did she just self-proclaim herself as Best Girl?

"Yeah, I remember!"

This girl's got more energy than me, even I'm sweating a little from nervousness. But I try to return the same amount of excitement.

"I heard you recommended me for this place, sounded like it'd be a lot of fun here so I can't wait to start!"

"You seriously mean that?!"

"Yeah, of course."

"I knew I was a good judge of character."

"Haha, pleasure to meet you."

Kagura then turns her eyes to the girl behind me and goes to greet her.

"You must be Iris, thanks for joining this place as well!"

"Er-uh... It's my pleasure."

Her face is saying, 'Oh no, another extrovert.'

"I brought some food guys, so let's eat. Oh, and tell Ariel she can come out too!"

'You heard her.'

"Hm, don't mind if I do.'

Ariel emerges out of my shadow as gracefully as ever, wearing a tank top and shorts. This has been her casual wear for a while now.

"Woooow, you're even cuter than when I first saw you!"

"Hehe, is that so?"

Ariel turns her head back and whispers to me.

"I like this girl."

Heh, pushover.

After eating together, Nailah Boreas took is going to take off in a few hours having some work to take care of. Although she's on hiatus, she's still seemingly very busy. We have a few days to get settled in and start work on Tuesday. Now that Ariel is going to be out in the open a lot more, she'll be in human appearance for the most part. That means no pointy ears, bloodshot red eyes, fangs, or sharp fingernails. The last one she usually had away anyway since it was a bit of an inconvenience more often than not.

"By the way Kagura, what rank are you? I see 3 stars on your collar. That means..."

Curious about what rank this Hunter is who's around my age, I ask her straight-up.

"I'm 2nd rank," she replies holding up a peace sign.

"Wow! Wait... If I remember correctly, the Hunters who were at my trial were all 1st rank beside Shoyo. How were you able to be there?"

"Well..."

"I pulled some strings since I knew what the trial was about. I figured you were going to die anyway so I just had Kagura go to see it through. Should've known Shoyo would have a big hand in keeping you alive."

"I see..."

This Nailah Boreas lady had no expectations of me surviving that trial... I wonder if everybody in the Boreas family despises vampires this much. Come to think of it, Shinatsu: our tutor for a few months seemed impartial to me. I wonder if this is her sister or aunt, surely not her mom, she looks way too young.

"Well, take your time unpacking. I'll take a look at your rooms once you're done, so try not to make it too bland."

"Oh, sure."

She's going to be looking at our rooms?! Guess I should make a good impression. Wonder if she's a fan of anime. No, probably not...

Ms. Nailah went to her room which she's using as an office. Shouldn't take a few hours to finish unpacking, I can give her a good look at my character before she leaves.

"If it wasn't obvious already, I have no problem with the two of you being vampires. Well, half-vampire in Chifuyu's case."

"Oh, right. Thanks Kagura, means a lot."

"You have my appreciation as well," Ariel adds in.

"Alright Iris, let's finish up our rooms!"

"Y-yeah.."

I pump my fist in the air since I already have an opportunity for Ms. Nailah to see me in a good light. Iris is confused as to why I'm so excited though, but she also raises her arm.

Flash forward a few minutes, I'm sitting on my bed that was already put up by moving people, contemplating what the perfect room would look like. Ariel went into my shadow to take a nap.

"Hmhmhmhm."

For some reason, Kagura is in here with me humming while sitting on the floor criss-cross applesauce.

"What is it, Kagura?"

"Hmhm, I already know what you're thinking. 'How can I make the perfect room to impress Ms. Nailah'."

"What the... Amazing! Are you a clairvoyant or something?"

"Haha, I'm just kinda good at reading people. Anyway, you're overthinking here Chifuyu."

"I am?"

"Yep. You just have to be yourself, make your room simply how you had it before."

"...Even so, I feel like I should do a little more."

"Hm. Well in that case, leave it to me! Just tell me what you want your room to be like, and I'll fix it up for you!"

"Let's see..."

"For starters, what do you love?"

"Anime and manga."

I responded instantaneously.

"Ho, you don't seem like the otaku type."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Next, what kind of anime and manga do you like the most?"

Oh, she ignored me.

"If I had to say, Shonen is definitely my favorite."

Though I do like romcoms and slice-of-life just as much.

"Shonen huh? Alright, I got it, leave your room to me!"

"Huh, that's all you needed to know?"

"Yep, I'll call you once I'm done."

"If you say so.."

I can't help but be worried. What is she going to make my room into, I hope it isn't too over the top.

***

An hour passed.

"All done Chifuyu!"

"Let's see it."

"I just know you're gonna love it."

"Haha, I hope so."

Once I opened the door, I couldn't believe my eyes. My mouth was agape and I swung my arms to the back of my head in disbelief.

"Kagura, what is this..."

"You said you love shonen, so I decorated your room full of it. It was a simple solution, I don't know why you didn't think of it."

"Shonen?"

"Yeah, that's what you said."

"THIS IS BL!!!"

BL: Boy's love. In other words, gay men. My new room had been covered top to bottom in it. Posters, manga volumes, clothes, my bed sheets, and even gay porn playing on my tv. Everything was BL.

"BL?"

"I'm finished, if Ms. Nailah sees this..."

As if speaking it into existence, the person in question walks through my door.

"I heard your room was finished, Chi-"

All I could do was look back, my face sunken to despair.

"Ms. Nailah, this isn't what it looks like!"

Surprisingly, her face blushed up a bit. Seems even she can get a little flustered.

"So you're into this kind of stuff. I don't judge people's tastes, just forget I was ever here."

"Ms. Nailah, please come back before you leave! I promise this isn't my doing!"

"Haha, you got Nailah all embarrassed! Hahahaha!"

"You..."

"Huh?"

"GET OOOOOOUUUUUT!"

"Wait what?"

"Ms. Nailah has the wrong impression of me now because of you! Where did you even get all this stuff?"

"This isn't what you wanted? Isn't Shonen about males fighting and making love to each other?"

"I should've just made my room myself, this is nowhere near what I wanted..."

"Nowhere near? So the opposite!"

"What?"

"Forgive me, Chifuyu! I misunderstood what Shonen is, I'll get it right this time, I promise!"

Sigh

"Knock yourself out."

It couldn't get any worse, right? I'm gonna take a nap.

***

An hour and a half passed.

It got worse.

My room had now been littered with lewd anime girls and hentai, there's even figures and a body pillow this time.

"Well, did I get it right?"

"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND??!"

"What, I still got it wrong?"

"Get this outta here right now!"

"Oh, Nailah."

Right then, I felt true fear for the very first time.

I slowly turned my head to see Ms. Nailah staring at me with absolute disgust.

"So you're one of those type of otakus..."

She turned around coldly and walked away.

All I could was accept defeat. I sat down on my ecchi sheets, head down, arms between my legs. Why did my first day here have to go like this?

A few hours passed and I was finished brooding. Before Iris could get a chance to look at me with discontent, I cleared my room and approached Kagura.

"Hey, Kagura."

"What's up?"

"How old are you?"

"Me? I'm 19."

"And you're already a 2nd rank Hunter, does that make you the youngest to be in that position?"

"Hm... pretty sure, yeah."

"That's amazing. I have to set some kind of goal for myself since I was dragged into this world, so I'll make you my goal."

My and Ariel's main goal is to end the long war between vampires and humans, and to find a way to turn me back to normal. I don't see either happening anytime soon, so until then I need to continue growing stronger and do my job as a Hunter.

"Ho..."

"So let's spar, and don't hold back. I want to see where my strength lies next to yours."

"Okay, you're on."

Her face just yells 'Let's get it on'. Shouldn't be a surprise that most Hunters love to fight.

Our spar is taking place in the front yard. We're using wooden swords of course. Ariel came out to watch along with Iris, Nailah already left to take care of some business.

We're both eager to show the other our strength. Ariel is getting ready to count down.

"3...2...1... Start!"

Against vampires, I should wait for their first move. But this is a spar against a Hunter around my age, I don't have to worry about getting punished for being too aggressive... Is what I thought. Taking the initiative, I charge at her at delivering swift diagonal swings that are all easily evaded.

"Your form's good, but you're telegraphing your moves."

She counters one of my strikes knocking me back, my arms get stunned upward but I keep a grip on my sword. Before I can bring myself together, Kagura chops at me relentlessly not giving me a moment to breathe. When I thought I had a chance to attack, she knocks my sword away and sweeps off my feet with one of her legs, making me fall on my ass. Pointing her wooden sword at me, I lost in a flash.

"Guess you got a lotta work to do, Chifuyu."

This girl always has a smile on, it's definitely contagious.

"Chifuyu lost in a matter of seconds."

"Haha, she wiped the floor with you, master!"

I really am grateful I entered the world of Hunters, I get to meet incredible people like this.

"I didn't stand a chance, you're strong Kagura."

"Heh, I know right."

Smugly agreeing, she helps me up with one hand.

"That was great, I see you're already getting along, Chifuyu."

Somebody was walking up to us while clapping their hands. It was Shoyo.

"Yo!"

Damn, he saw me get my ass kicked.

"You're Shoyo Kusakabe, the strongest Hunter!"

"That's me. You must be Kagura."

"Yep, nice to meet you!"

"Likewise."

"Wh-what're you here for, Mr. Shoyo?"

"I actually came to warn you guys about something."

"Warn us?"

"There's been a string of homicide incidents in this district for the past few days. The death count just hit 15 last night."

"15 deaths in just a few days?"

"Is it the Slayers?"

"No. Investigation has shown that there's one culprit. Homicide doesn't refer to the killing by a vampire. We're dealing with a human here."

"Huh?"

"What?"

"We have a pretend vampire on the loose."