The Last One ~ Zero Love Story (On Hold)

Chapter 3

The next following days there was no sign of the red haired girl. The younger twin, Ichiru, was really saddened by it. Zero kept it low, but he was disappointed too. For some reason the thought of that girl wouldn't leave him alone.

'What is she? Could she really be another mythical creature or is she what my parents said? That strange aura... What was she doing there? Why was she alone?' So many questions ran though his head and were left unanswered.

"Nii-chan! Let's go play together!" His younger brother said bouncing on his bed.

Zero smiled at his behavior and got up, then went and the twins played in the sea whole day long.

Few more days had passed and the Kiryu family went back home. They were all exhausted when they arrived, except Zero. When they went to sleep, that was his chance. Knowing that everyone wasn't going to wake up for the next couple of hours, Zero dressed himself and went to the vampire hunter's library. However, before he had left, Zero placed a note which said that he was going to be in the library. Just in case so that they would not worry.

The vampire hunters library held a lot of records. About every known human, vampire hunter and a vampire that ever existed. It description and details about every single event. However, not many could get access to all of the records, but Zero, being the advanced vampire hunter and also coming from the famous vampire hunter family, he could get access to all of it.

The weather outside was refreshing. He walked for about 43 minutes until he came to the library. The building was huge but looked simple, not to mention old. The white color has turned gray and the windows were built in an old vintage style. It would have look spooky if it was not for the colorful roses and flowers which surrounded it.

Zero walked into the building. It was almost empty. He made his way to the reception desk, but was stopped by none other than the president of the hunters association. It looked at Zero with its creepy olive green eyes and smirked, flipping its purple-gray hair.

"Look who we have here. It's a bit unusual for you to come at this time of day and season." President said covering half of its face with a fan.

The president wore a long kimono like a dress. Its hair was partly tied up. It was not known which gender the president was. He was way too beautiful to be a man, but its act and voice sounded like it belong to a man. Zero wondered if it could be both. It's skin was pale and flawlessly beautiful, but all Zero saw in the president was an evil and creepy she-male. He could bet it was bald and has to wear that wig.

"I just came to study." Zero lied and walked another way to avoid the she-male. Luckily he saw Toga, his teacher, and made his way quickly towards him. When he looked at Zero, he became surprised. Zero sent him signals to help him. Toga Yagari was confused at the moment, but when he saw the president everything made sense.

"There you are Zero. You are late."

"My apologize master." Zero bowed, following the act.

The president couldn't do anything now. "So you were going to study. Teach him well, Yagari." The she-male said then went away.

Zero was really thankful to his teacher.

"Why are you here Zero? You know this isn't always a pleasant place to be." He said, referring to the she-male.

"I apologize master, but I wanted to look at some records."

Toga looked surprised. "It's still the summer break and you want to study? You don't need to start your lessons this early-"

"I am not looking for those records or books."

"You aren't? Then what are you looking for?"

"Have you ever heard of humans with mutated genes? Or if it's even possible a creature that is not a human or a vampire."

Toga's eyes widened, but then he went deep in thought. "Well there are humans with a bit different DNA. Sometimes, their very presence can confuse of what they are. I had a similar encounter with another vampire hunter. I thought he was a vampire but his genes were just different. A bit too much different. I still wonder if he is nuts because of his nature or if he had been dropped on his head as a baby."

"That is not what I meant. I asked if there was is creature who  has much deadlier presence. Something that is nothing alike human nor vampires."

"I know one mysterious case that has repeated a few times. A long time ago, a group of vampire hunters encountered strange beings. They called them creatures of the unknown. They were actually a tribal clan, but were never accepted as true human beings. Regardless, that is just a myth. Why do you even need this? More importantly, how do you even know of this?"

"I was bored so I asked my parents if there was some mysterious case." Zero lied. He feared that if the truth was out, that the hunters would hunt that girl.

Toga looked at Zero skeptically then sighed. "Well you were the curious one. And surely it must have came from your mother. She bragged about outsmarting your father once, didn't she. Come with me."

Zero followed him and they went to the restricted area. Toga lead Zero to a certain bookshelf and took one book. "The creatures of the unknown." Was what he only said.

"Creatures of the unknown?"

"Yes. They are called like that because we know almost nothing about them. I know that there are a lot of books on them, but they don't really give you any information. Their origin, where do they live, what are their powers... But like I told you, this was declared to be just a myth. Their tale thousands of years old. The latest record is old around 500 years. I guess who ever was writing about them ran out of the ideas."

"May I look at those books?"

"You may. All of them are on this shelf." He pointed at the shelf which was just above Zero. "Just don't mix any of them." He said giving Zero the book that he was holding. Zero thanked his teacher who left him alone to read.

Zero took a couple of more books and placed them on the wooden desk. Turning on the lamp next to him, he started to read the books.

Hours passed and he sighed deeply. All that he had read was useless information. Rubbing his eyes, he looked at the clock. It was almost midnight.

'I stayed here too long.' He said as he closed the final book. Putting the books where they belong, an old and dusty diary which was in the corner of the book caught his eye. Zero took it and cleaned the dust off of it. He flipped the first pages which were burned or damaged. He was searching for readable text till he found a circled text.  

'Never let their voice overtake you. Never give in. Don't be fooled by their appearances. It is going to cost the life of you and your comrades. Don't fall asleep. Don't fall asleep at the helm.'

'Interesting. I wonder what it means.' Zero closed the book and went home.