Of Vampire

9

"Damnit Jin! I'm tired of waiting. It's been a couple of days and you said-"

"I know what I said," he groans looking back at me. I am following him to what I hope is some sort of training area, he's purposefully lost me for the past two days and I'm tired of it.

  He said he would help me train after I had rested a bit. I am rested, I want to keep myself prepared. "You did an amazing job, you know that right?" He asks glancing back at me. I just shrug while taking a few quicker steps to catch up to him. Eventually he opens a door showing an enormous stone room with a variety of different equipment set up. Jin stands there letting me glance around the room with a grin on his face. There seems to be sections of the room set up for different things like sword fighting, boxing, an area with wooden poles and a lot more. There's a rock wall for climbing that reaches all the way to the ceiling. Up in the air are small platforms connected by small walkways, where people are currently sparring with one another.

"This is a lot different than the gym," I mutter.

Jin lets out a loud laugh while grabbing my wrist and pulling into the room. We start off stretching and then jogging for a little bit before we take a section of the floor to spar with one another. Every now and then he will tell me how to perfect my stance or something else along those lines. Every now and then I can catch people staring at us in a way that can only be described as weird. It's like they've never seen anything like us even though they are vampires as well.

I slam Jin to the ground while wrapping myself around him, into a head lock. There's a loud slow clap that causes us to stop struggling against one another to look at who is making the noise. Once we spot him we instantly jump apart to bow to him. The emperor is watching.

Something about this man greatly confuses me. Despite his attractive appearance he doesn't cease to frighten me. "Youngling, you can do so much better than that," he taunts. I glance over at Jin with a confused look, he just shrugs. He turns on his heels and speaks to a man standing behind him.

"That's Dutch's father," Jin mutters, "he has known the emperor longer than Uther has."

The man has eyes as silver as the Emperor's signaling that he is an old vampire. Though down the right side of his face are three large claw marks breaking up the flawless dark skin. The man is tall, though most of everyone is taller than me, and rather buff. He has a long sword strapped to his back only giving him a more menacing look. His serious looking face suddenly chances as a deep rhythmical laugh erupts through him. "She's a child, I do not fight children," he says making me frown.

Why the hell would he be fighting me?

"Just do it. You won't be disappointed Gavril."

Gavril looks down at me while strapping off his sword, handing it to the emperor. "I am Gavril, Emperor Kronos General. You are?" I stare at him wide eyes as he pulls his shirt off his body.

"Vanya Vincent. Emperor, I am only months into my vampiric life and I don't feel like getting squashed," I reply. The emperor responds with laughter.

I even catch Gavril trying to hide a smile. "He isn't going to hurt you Vanya."

I glance over to Jin. He puts his hand on my shoulder while giving me a reassuring smile. "He's the Emperor, kinda have to do what he wants." He then squeezes my shoulder before getting off the mat.

"The only training I have is whatever Jin has taught me," I ramble while Gavril takes Jins spot. Im not entirely sure why the Emperor wants me to fight this man. I legit look like a child compared to him.

He ignores me while adjusting his position. The emperor stands with his feet shoulder width apart with his hands laced together and staring at us. There is no doubt in my mind that this man has killed people just for fun and probably with the assistance of my new opponent. Gavril takes his fighting stance, signaling that he is ready. I shoot one last look at Jon before getting in my own stance.