Royal Blue

Noble's Plaything

  Yuu was making his way through the vampire city toward Prince Mikaela's chambers. After walking for about ten more minutes he could see the door to Mikaela's room. He was about fifty yards from the door, when suddenly he felt a cold hand cover his mouth and sharp fangs sink into his neck. Yuu made a strangled noise of surprise and pain, but was held still. Yuu's assailant took two gulps of his blood, then retracted their fangs from his neck. They spoke,

 "Mm, now i see why Mikaela keeps you around. Your blood is simply delectable little human,but don't worry I only had a few sips of it~"

Yuu's eyes widened as he recognised who the voice belonged to; Ferid Bathory,seventh progenitor. Ferid continued, now whispering into Yuu's ear,

"Oh and there is no need to let Mikaela know about our little escapade- that is, of course, only if you don't want your whole family to end up a big bloody mess on the floor of your little livestock pen,"

Ferid laughed in a sickeningly sweet yet krul way, sending chills running down Yuu's spine and anger coursing through his veins.Ferid said in a charming voice,

"Well it was nice meeting you, Mikaela's little pet~ I know I'll definitely see you again little human. Until when next we meet, I bid you goodbye~" 

Ferid sauntered off in that incredibly haughty way of his and Yuu let out a sigh of relief.'Jeez, now thanks to that guy, I can't give Prince Mikaela the usual amount of blood,' Yuu thought, 'But if I ask him not to take as much, he might ask why. I can't tell him about my encounter with Ferid, because if I do, then....' Yuu's thoughts stopped there. He didn't want to think think about what horrible things would happen to his family. He shook his head and continued walking to his destination.

He knocked on the door to Mikaela's chambers to signal his arrival and opened the door. Yuu began to greet him,"Good Afternoon Mika, before we start can I ask that you don't take a-Ack!" Yuu was cut off by a hand roughly grabbing his neck. Mika squeezed his neck tightly and pinned him against the wall. Yuu gasped for breath and clutched Mika's wrist, trying to make him release his grip on his neck,but Mika's hand would not budge. Instead his grip tightened in response to Yuu's struggles. Yuu gritted his teeth and tried to speak, "M-Mika-A-Aghh!" Once again Mika's grip tightened and Yuu struggled to breathe. Mika roughly bit into Yuu's neck and began to drink Yuu's blood in big gulps. Yuu's eyes widened and his struggles instensified. 'I can't let him take any more blood!' Yuu thought. Yuu kneed Mika in the stomach as hard as he could. The force of the kick and the slickness of the blood on Yuu's neck made Mika's fangs rip out of his neck and his hand slip off. Yuu slumped over, gasping for air while covering the wound on his neck with his hand. Mika's eyes were widened slightly, but a moment later they narrowed, Mika's beautiful face taking on a menacing appearance. Yuu's face contorted with fear as he beheld Mika's imposing figure approaching him. Mika grabbed Yuu by the hair and threw him to the ground. Yuu cried out and threw his arms out in front of him in an attempt to protect himself , pleading with Mika as he loomed over him, like a predator would over its prey. Mika completely ignored his pleas and easily overpowered him, pinning his hands above his head and holding his wrists down with one hand. Mika positioned his knee on Yuu's ribcage and grabbed his hair again with his free hand, yanking his head to the right, exposing his neck. Mika sunk his fangs into Yuu's neck again. You tried to struggle, but Mika pressed his knee down firmly as a warning and Yuu stopped,fearing further injury.  Yuu soon began to feel faint, and his vision blurred, turning black as he lost consciousness, a single tear rolling down his face. As Mika continued drinking, he began to come back to his senses. He blinked, and his eyes returned to normal;he is now completely in control of his body. 

Mika lets out a startled gasp when he sees Yuu underneath him, with his hand around Yuu's neck. He releases his grip and stands up quickly, staggering away from Yuu's unconscious body. The two holes in the side of Yuu's neck dripping blood catch his attention, and at the same time he feels a liquid flowing down the side of his mouth. His hands shaking slightly, he reaches  up to wipe it off and looks at his fingers; his fingers have blood of them. His eyes widen to the size of saucers. He rushes to Yuu's side, not touching him, but staring at him, horrified. Mika's eyes examine Yuu's now deathly pale face, feeling the stabbing pain of guilt and the sinking feeling of dread, knowing it was he who did this to his Yuu-chan. As Mika's eyes trail over to Yuu's closed ones, He sees something else that completely shatters him; There are tears on Yuu's lashes, ready to spill out onto his pale cheeks, and, Mika notices, tear stains are already on his face from tears already shed. The room was so silent you could hear a pin drop, but Mika could hear his heart break into millions of pieces. He felt a sudden wave of nausea and retched , his violently shaking hand clamping over his mouth, tears forming in the corners of his eyes. He turned away from Yuu's body, retching again, barely holding himself up with his other arm.

 His whole body is shaking violently, his hand is still clamped over his mouth, his eyes are wide and tears are streaming down his face, like a waterfall.  He feels like throwing up. He feels an indescribable pain in his chest. He drops his head to the floor, gripping his chest, panting.

'How dare you Mikaela!' He thinks to himself 'You're pathetic! How can you just sit there wallowing in your own grief while Yuu-chan is dying right in front of you!'

Mika snaps himself out of his shock, and, with great difficulty, forces himself to his feet and glances around the room for a chest that he keeps in his room. 

'I keep some medicine in that chest that can save Yuu,' He thinks. 'Ah, there it is!' He spots it on the right side of his room, beside his bed. He practically flies across the room, opens the chest and takes what he needs, then quickly returns to Yuu. Thankfully Mika is well prepared for such incidents; he leaves nothing to chance, especially when it concerns Yuu's well being. That is why he always keeps vials of of EPO and EPOGEN; drugs that aid in the process of making red blood cells and raising haemoglobin levels.

Mika fills two syringes with one drug each, then administers one to Yuu, waiting a few minutes before giving him the other one. He quickly wipes away the blood that had pooled where the needle had gone in with a cotton ball and puts a bandage on it. He also bandages the wound he made on the right side of his neck.

He gently picks Yuu up, carrying him to his bed and laying him down. He gently caresses Yuu's cheek. A single tear makes its way out of the corner of Yuu's eye, and at the same time, a tear rolls down Mika's face as he whispers, "Please wake up Yuu-chan," with an agonised look on his face.