Pokémon: Vampire Princess*

Chapter 6: Half*

I woke up a few hours later to remove the bandage off my head after feeling the injury had, vanished. It must've been my body telling me I lacked the nutrition I needed to heal properly. I knew three days sounded a bit odd for me to still have an injury, so the delicious food really helped.

I yawned and sat up, looking around the room. Again, everything wasn't a dream... They're really gone.

I looked down at myself, knowing I was sad it happened, but knew I shouldn't think about it for too long. I'm never going back to the castle. I'll just set off to search for my mom on my own... For the moment, I wondered where that boy was.

Right when I thought of him, he came up the stairs and noticed me sitting up without my bandage. He walked over to feel on my forehead, making me flinch a bit from his reach.

"You're fever disappeared like it never happened" he touched the top of my head. "Your bump did too. That's weird" he snorted and walked off. "Vampires have it easy, don't they?" He looked at me "They heal immediately after an injury" I peeked through the window to avoid him staring at me.

"The nutrition my body lacked prevented me from healing quicker. I feel a lot better, and not because I'm a vampire" I looked back at him leaning on the wall with his arms crossed "The food you gave me was very delicious... Did I get the chance to thank you before I passed out?" He looked at my eyes a bit longer before sighing.

"Don't worry about it. I'm glad you enjoyed it" he tapped his arms with his fingers repeatedly, like he wanted to get something off his chest. "Would you have preferred blood instead?" I made a face and leaned back to lay on the headboard.

"Keep your blood to yourself. I throw up just by smelling it" he tilted his head confused. "I can't tell you how many times human blood was offered to me, and I turned them down. I refused to take it and wait for actual food to show up. Needless to say, I rather die than take someone's blood" he blinked a few times before coming to sit on the edge of the bed. I could see his blade on the side of his leg, so I knew he was still cautious, not that I could hurt anyone.

"So... You're a vampire that doesn't drink blood. I never heard of that before" I stared at his curious eyes.

"Am I making the confirmation of what I am difficult?" he furrowed his brows "You take it as you like, but I don't think it matters what I am. I'll never hurt someone. There's no reason... Everyone has a reason to live, and it's not fair for that life to be cut short" I looked at my hands. "Even if a human girl died right in front of me... I cried. I couldn't protect her."

"Hm? What do you mean?" I bit my lips.

"She..." I was shaking, haunted at the memory. I shook my head, saying too much "I...I better get going now. I'll just take my things and go look for Dedenne on my own. You've done enough for me" When I reached out to grab my things, the boy suddenly climbed on me and looked down at my surprised face. W-What is he doing..?

"You think I'm going to let you go after what you just said? You're not going anywhere until I figure out what the hell you are" I frowned "You're giving mix signals now. You don't act like a vampire at all. One does not simply refuse human blood or cry about their Pokémon. They're heartless and don't think of anyone but themselves" he tried his best to learn more by looking at the color of my eyes. "Vampires have red eyes... Yours aren't red... but they're not human either. What are you?"

"What do you think I am?" He started building a sweat "I care about people, I hate blood, I love Pokémon, and I prefer food than anything else. But I also heal quickly and..." I tilted my head a bit, "What else makes me seem like a vampire?" He backed away and stood beside me.

"You're..." his heart raced a bit, and his cheeks reddened before he turned away "So..." he looked at me. I sighed and sat up again, knowing if I don't explain myself, he's not going to let me go. Either if I do or not, he might lock me down until he gets a better understanding of why I exist.