The Story of Vampire Michaela by Kagami Takaya~

Chapter 1

Chapter 1 - Yuu and Mika 

Just another day for us livestock at the vampire city. Our daily lives is having our blood sucked away.

Hyakuya Mikaela looks at the blood-sucking mechanism and cringes as it pierces through his neck. The stabbing needle caused a slight amount of pain as it started drawing out the blood with a gurgling sound.

"Gh... Ah."

It was as if his very own life source was being removed from his body. His mind spaced out and his body felt a bit heavy. While fighting that lethargy, Mika called out for the family member by his side that was being forced to donate his blood, as usual.

"Hey, Yuu-chan."

"..."

"Yuu-chan."

"Hm?", Yuu-chan looked this way.

Sitting next to him was a boy the same age as him – only 12 years old. He had disheveled dark hair and a strong will concealed in his black pupils. His name was Yuuichirou.

That reminds me, I don't know his family name.

This was because four years ago, just after Yuu joined the same orphanage he was in, a mysterious virus spread and the world quickly came to an end. Claiming that it was for their own protection, the vampires attacked and captured the surviving orphans, and now the children are being kept in check in this city as if they were livestock. An identification number is used to deal with them ever since. They are nameless livestock.

Looking this way, Yuu-chan said,
"What is it, Mika?"

He answered,
"Yuu-chan, did you ever drink breast milk?"

"Huh?"

"You know, breast milk? They say it's blood. Did you know that?"

"What? The hell are you talking about, all of a sudden?"

"Babies literally drink their mother's blood and then grow up. I read about it at the library yesterday."

"Seriously, what the hell?"
Yuu-chan gave him a confused look.

Mika smiled and continued,
"Oh, you know, I thought this was interesting. Because if all babies are vampires – then humans are actually vampires by nature, so, doesn't that make all the mothers in the world livestock? That's what I was thinking. You know, like us.", he pointed to the blood-sucking mechanism that was stuck in his neck.

Yuu-chan had disgust written all over his face.
"We're NOT livestock."

"You're the only one still being stubborn about that, Yuu-chan. The food they give us looks like scraps and our blood is taken away everyday. We're livestock no matter how you look at it."

"I'm NOT livestock. I'm gonna beat up those vampires one day..."

"And get out of here?"

Yuu-chan stopped talking after hearing that question. He looked a bit troubled. Even he knew they could no longer leave this place. A virus spread on the world's surface. They said that same virus killed everyone older than 13. To make things worse, they were both 12 years old already. Even if they got out, they would only be able to live for one more year. Their only option was to live here like this, as livestock.

In here, forever...

But then, as blood was being sucked out of his neck, Yuu-chan said,
"That's why I've got to become stronger and get rid of those vampires!"

"That's impossible. I've told you this a hundred times already, but vampires are seven times stronger than hu..."

"It doesn't matter! I'll do it! I'll definitely do it! Because if I don't...", Yuu-chan said.