Sad Story: Innocent Blood
by
Mao Asakura
Mao awoke with a beam of moonlight on her pale face. She quickly sat up, breathing fast. "I'm still alive?" The girl looked around. She was in a dark room on a large four-post bed with faded black sheets. The room was bare save for the bed, the chair in the corner, and a chest of drawers. "Where am I?" Mao looked around the room. Then the vampire she saw before, emerged from the shadows. Her breath caught in her throat.
Gaara stared at the creature in front of him. Pink hair, gold eyes. 'Odd color for human eyes. They seem like a cat's eyes.' He thought.
"I'm Gaara, your master. This is your room. You are not to leave this room. Understood." There was no emotion in his voice. Mao nodded.
"Understood." Mao stuttered.
Gaara walked over to the glass door and stared out it. 'She hasn't even been here a day and I already hate her. I just hope she doesn't cause me any trouble.'
"What's your name?" He asked, turning to look at her.
"M-my name is Mao. Mao Asakura." She said looking into his aquamarine eyes. "Why haven't you killed me yet? Why am I-" Mao stopped seeing that his face showed a hint of annoyance.
"You are still alive because you are now my human partner. You are now tied to me till you die." He said in a voice that scared Mao. Then Gaara walked out of the room. "Get some more rest. You have a big day tomorrow." She looked at him confused.
'What did he mean by that?' She got out of bed and walked over to the glass door. She place one of her delicate hands on it. The stars shined brightly across the desert sky. 'Where am I?' Mao sighed and closed her eyes. 'At least I'm far away from that village.' She opened her eyes and looked up at the moon. It was a silver color.
Mao yawned and walked over to the bed and made it. '"I don't care if he said to stay here. I deserve to know my surroundings." she whispered. Mao slowly opened the door, it creaked open. 'Damn! I hope he can't hear me.'
She walked noiselessly through the hall. There was a staircase at the end. Mao reached them, and she walked down them. She saw a large door which she guessed was the front door. To the left of it was a black door. Mao shifted her head to the left and blinked. 'What's this.' She walked over to it and started to push on it. It was heavy. 'This thing weighs more than me!' She continued pushing.
"Excuse me, but didn't I tell you to stay in your room?" an icy voice said. Mao whipped around to come face to face with Gaara. 'Fuck! He caught me!'
"What do you think you're doing?" Gaara crossed his arms and raised and invisible eyebrow.
"I-I was just curious." She stuttered.
"Curiosity killed the cat." Mao gulped. Gaara looked at her. She was covered in cuts and bruises and her dress was torn and dirty. Her eyes were wide with fear and she was shaking uncontrollably. 'What good would come out of killing her? Then I would just need a new human.'
Just then there was a knock on the door. "Follow me." Gaara ordered. Mao followed him. Gaara opened the door.
"Hi Gaara-Sama." A guy with blackish purple hair was at the door, by his side was a girl with long black hair.
"Hi Yosaku. Kaia-Sama" Gaara bowed to the girl. Mao stood in shock for a second. 'Kaia-Sama?' She blinked and looked at the girl. 'That's her! Kaia-Sama!' Yosaku looked at Mao.
"Is she your new human? She looks pretty pathetic to me." He said with a smirk. Mao's shock slowly turned into anger.
"I dare you to say that again!" Yosaku backed up. 'Holy shit! Her eyes!'
Mao's eyes looked like and angry cat's. Her pupils turned to slits. Gaara looked at her. 'Maybe Mao isn't so pathetic after all.' Kaia looked up at Mao.
"Mao-Chan!" Kaia said as she hugged Mao.
"Kaia-Sama!" Yosaku and Gaara looked confused for a second.
"You know each other?" Yosaku asked.
"Yes. Mao and I were best friends when we were little." Kaia told him. Mao looked at Kaia. She'd once been a little child with short black hair, dark eyes, that had a cute smile and was very short.
Now she was tall, with long hair, her eyes were red with two little comma shapes in them (sharingan), and her smiles seemed to have a hidden sadness in them. She'd changed, unlike Mao, who had always been a small girl with long pink hair and beautiful golden orbs.
'She's changed so much. What happened to her?' Inside Mao was thinking about how Kaia had been her friend.
"Mao." Gaara broke Mao out of her thoughts.
"Yes, Gaara-Sama?" Mao looked up at the red headed vampire.
"Take Kaia up to your room and stay there till dinner." Mao nodded and took Kaia to the small room.
"He's a demanding man isn't he?" Kaia said sitting on the bed. Mao just sat in the chair and kept her head down. "Mao-Chan? What's wrong?" The black haired teen looked at her friend. "Mao?" Kaia's expression showed much concern.
"It's nothing." Mao's voice was strained and sad.
"Are you okay Mao-Chan?"
Mao picked up her head and Kaia gasped. Tears streamed down her cheeks. "I hate Gaara! I hate this place! I hate my life! I never wanted this!" Mao stood up and yelled at Kaia.
"I never wanted to be chosen as a vampire's human! I wanted to live a normal life! I-" She was cut off by Kaia's hand.
"You don't want Gaara to hear you. He's kind of unstable." Mao looked confused.
"Trust me. He killed one of his last humans. I don't want you to end up like her." Mao gasped.
"Alright. I'll stop."
Gaara listened in to Mao and Kaia's conversation. The last thing he heard was, "Alright. I'll stop." He heard the fear in her voice. 'She's scared. I didn't want her to find out about that.' Then Yosaku came up behind him.
"What's up? I thought you came up to check on them." Gaara looked at him.
"I did. I sneezed." Yosaku looked at him.
"They say when you sneeze, someone's talking about you." Gaara walked past Yosaku.
"Were they talking about you?"
"Yes." yosaku looked shocked.
"Really? Weird." He followed Gaara down the steps.
"So do you like that Mao girl?" Yosaku looked at him.
"No...Not really.." Gaara said.
"She's not my type." Yosaku smirked.
"You mean she's not like Kurau?" He snickered.
Suddenly Gaara threw him into the wall, holding him up by his neck. "NEVER mention her EVER again!" Gaara yelled silently. Yosaku nodded as Gaara let him down.
"Kaia and I should be going, it's late. He ran off to get Kaia. Gaara stood there till he heard the front door open and close. He sighed and walked up the stirs that led to the roof.
Mao opened the door of her room. "He can expect me to stay in here till I die." She snuck out of the room again and walked over to the place Gaara had once stood. She noticed another flight of stairs.
"Huh?" She walked up the steps and found a dodo at the top of them. Mao quietly opened the door. "Wha- Gaara!"
When Mao opened the door she ran into Gaara. He stared angrily at her. "I told you to stay in your room, Mao." Mao looked at him.
"I don't want to stay in my room." Gaara glared at the small girl.
"Do you understand that I don't like you? That I had to take you? You wretched little girl!" He yelled at her. Mao back up. She was frightened and hurt. "Now do as I say! Now!"
Mao reluctantly ran back down the stairs, sobbing. Gaara watched for a moment. What had he done?
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