The Last Vampire [DXD]

Volume 2 - Chapter 4

"Take us to meet our other siblings now, Arkab. I need their strength as well for what is to come." Says Vali as he walks over to his brothers and pries off Akihiko's hand. He looks at Vali with a smirk and holds out his hand for a fist bump.

"Well Bastard, I think whatever happens will be extremely entertaining for us. Let's go find the others. I'll be sure to kill anyone who stands in my way."

"How long will this take? I have better things to do than walk through all of the world in search of some weaklings. I could kill them all if I wanted." Akihiko says with a smirk as he follows behind Vali and Arkab.

Angrily, Arkab turns around and drives a broken beer bottle through his chest. Akihiko gasps in pain before coughing up blood. Glaring, Arkab drives the bottle deeper in his younger brother's chest.

"Show some respect. They are your family and they could easily outclass you if they wanted to. You are nothing compared the true powers of the Sins. Nothing. Vali may deal with your shit but don't think for a second I won't stake you down and finish the job unlike the Gremory bitch." He said with venom lacing his voice.

He lets his grasp of Akihiko go and he yanks out the bottle. "You ruined my suit but good talk, Brother."

Continuing the search for the others, Vali decided to split up from the other two. He spread his wings and flew off into the distance, leaving his brothers to walk.

"Can Vampires fly?"

"What?"

"Can we Vampires fly? I've never really tried flying. Do you know how that works, Brother?"

"Well luckily, we're from the Blackwell sire line so that means we have the ability to turn into bats so we could fly, yes."

"I thought every Vampire was related. Even the Originals. So wouldn't most of all the Vampires have our abilities?"

"No, little brother, you would be terrifyingly wrong. In the beginning it was Dracula, Vel, and Petra. They were all half-siblings. Same mother, different fathers. Different last names too, that's how we separate the sire lines. Anyways, their mother was a witch who turned them into Vampires by some odd rituals. The mother granted them one powerful ability for them to have for all eternity. But it would only be passed down to family members, not to Humans who get turned."

"What about the purebreds?"

"The ritual was done over and over again to the entire village. An entire village of Vampires and they continued breeding which meant more Vampires of pure-blood but as a drawback of redoing the ritual for the entire village, she could only grant them immortality, enhanced physical abilities, and the ability to compel. The blood thirst would come later on, the cravings of blood would extreme and if they didn't feed they would desiccate. If they were Turned and didn't feed, they would die in a matter of hours."

"Wow, a history lesson with my big brother Arkab. I can't lie, that was interesting. I never knew that about us. So why can't we just fly off and find our siblings?"

"Well this conversation wouldn't be happening if that was the case. Plus, I enjoy walking around. It makes me feel like I have some sense of humanity left in me. The whole eternal life and immense strength is amazing but drinking blood is vile. I rather just smoke and practice magic for the rest of my life but the thirst always wins."

"Maybe you should give into the blood. Let it take over you. It'll give you strength that you never even knew was possible."

"Coming from you..."

"What's that supposed to mean, Brother?"

Akihiko stops walking and shoots a glare at his brother. Arkab continues walking with a somewhat guilty expression on his face.

"You are hiding something. What is it?" He questioned as he appeared in front of Arkab with concerning, pleading eyes.

"You see, Brother, there are things that myself or Vali haven't told you. I figured it'd be best for you. You see, when we were little children, our father would treat us horrifically. Especially Vali, since he was the result of an affair. Our father, Lucius Blackwell, cheated with a Lucifer Devil which brought life to Vali and also brought hate to the family. Father would beat Vali a lot, and you would always step in for him." Arkab explained.

"I was nice to him? That doesn't seem right. For as long as I can remember I've always hated Vali. I have blank spaces in memory sometimes but from what I can remember my parents died of Vampire Hunters."

"I altered your memories. Do you honestly think a Vampire such as our father would allow himself to die by a measly Hunter. It took so many people to beat you and you aren't near a fraction of our father's power. Anyways, when I altered your memories I hoped that you would erase what happened to you. But I guess the trauma remained. We, the Sins, split up into 7 different locations of the world. We needed to stay away from each other so we wouldn't risk being the targets of Lucius's and Dracula's enemies. But Akihiko Blackwell was the one who united the Vampires together and waged a war. So now, their enemies are now ours. And along with whatever threat that is so dire that Vali has to round us all up." Arkab explains.

"I... Give me back my memories, Brother. I beg of you..."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. I'm sure."

Arkab places his palms on Akihiko's forehead and begins chanting, the both of them shake violently and begin glowing a shade of green as Arkab chants his magic.

Akihiko sees flashes of himself when he was younger, being compassionate to Vali. Giving his first kiss to Ayano, who was apparently named Celeste. He saw Kuroka confess her love to him as someone known as Astral.

"Brother... Who are Astral and Celeste?"

"Akihiko Blackwell and Ayano Shimai are nonexistent. Celeste Shimaoi and Astral Blackwell are your real names. Brother I had to erase everything of your past life. You are the Sin of Wrath, Astral Blackwell. As well as ruler of all Vampires. Brother, I am so proud of you."

Arkab says as he goes in for a hug but Astral uses his superhuman speed to dash away. Only gone for a few minutes, he returns with a sword.

"Brother... Where did you find that?"

"I don't know. It just... called to me. What is this?"

"Well our mother gifted us Sacred Weapons she crafted from back in her time. Seven Sacred Weapons and Vali was blessed with a Sacred Gear. Your sword is a mythical one. Meaning, the strength of it is amazing. My power is the Crystal Ball which makes me even more of a great magician. You are the greatest swordsman of our family to inherit that."

Astral looks down at his sword with mixed feelings. Everything he knew was a lie. Him and Ayano didn't technically exist. Would he still take the name Akihiko or would he abandon it. He didn't seem to be in natural cruel nature. He just was shocked as he stared at his blade.

"Astral Blackwell... The Sin of Wrath... Hmph, well then Brother, let's have a family reunion." Astral says with a devilish smirk.