A/N; Dammit! I can't even keep my own deadlines. And it's mainly because I just couldn't be bothered to boot up my computer... Sorry about that guys, but it's a snow day. My first ever SNOW DAY!!! I live in England, it doesn't happen very often (read as; Ever).
It's been so long I can't even remember which chapter this is 
Enjoy anyway,
JGAika and Sayumi were nice enough, maybe a little too nice for Vampires, though Eri did find herself thoroughly worn out by the time she'd had only one conversation with Aika. Just after she'd made the introductions Ai excused herself to the kitchen under the guise of getting some drinks - she'd been far too long and Eri suspected she was probably just leaving her to deal with the two Day Vampires.
"Sayumi?" Eri inquired slowly once Aika had stopped talking about her day in a loud voice, presumably so Ai could hear as well. "Ai said that you were both Day Vampires and I was wondering if you could tell me a little about what comes with that."
Aika perked up again, much to Eri's dismay. "So you're a DV too!?"
'DV?'"She means Day Vampire." Answered Ai as she re-entered the room with, suspiciously, only two mugs in hand. She offered one to Eri which she took gratefully. "Mittsi has a habit of turning everything she can into an acronym."
"Oh." Said Eri.
'It sounds like a car.' She took as sip out of the mug. Coffee... strong. Ai winked at her.
"Weeeell, a DV is- what's the word Sayu?"
"Telekinetic. We're telekinetic." Sayumi supplied.
"Ummhmm! We move things with our minds."
Eri jumped in surprise, she knew what 'telekinetic' meant - she wasn't stupid, but she wasn't expecting it to be a real ability. Her head began to reel with possibilities and she started to smile when it turned to aiming fountain pens at next-doors dumb, wailing cat.
"Don't get carried away Eri," cautioned Ai. "It's not something vampires just stumble onto being able to do. It takes a lot of talent, practice and a really good mentor - It's hard work. Even Sayumi hasn't been able to lift anything more than a book and her vampirism manifested when she was about three years old."
Eri turned her eyes to Sayumi in disbelief.
'Three years old!? No way!'Sayumi smiled leisurely, barely aware of Eri's astonishment. "I've been trying really hard but I just don't seem to have the natural ability. Plus there aren't any teachers in the area... it's odd but Tokyo seems to be more of a Night Vampire place."
"Which takes its toll on a telepath, I can tell you." Ai interjected. "It's difficult to deal with that many voices in your head."
"I-is there anything else that you think I should know?" Eri continued doing her utmost best to disguise her disappointment.
"Only one thing for now," said Ai moving to sit next to Eri. "if there's anything else you need to ask feel free to contact Sayu or Aika at any time but... I have to ask you something important."
Eri nodded at Ai, indicating that she continue.
"Reina knows about you and she knows that you're in contact with me. She won't have a choice, she'll have to tell her superiors and that will put you in the same danger we're all in. To them you've as good as chosen your side-"
"I have." said Eri, surprised with the conviction in her voice. Ai looked pleased, Aika jumped up and down at the idea but was stilled by a firm glance from the older girl.
"I'm glad to hear that Eri but I don't think you're aware of exactly what's going on. If you chose to support the Others you're going to have to learn to defend yourself. And not from thieves and playground bullies," she said decisively across Eri's protestations at her fighting abilities. "What I'm trying to get at is; will you join Sayumi, Aika and many others and train for our inevitable conflicts with the Nos?"
Suddenly Eri felt frightened. With her blanket of confusion dispelled everything was so much clearer and she could sense the danger behind Ai's words.
'This could be a really bad idea.' She obviously hadn't considered the weight of her choice when she had spoken earlier and it was very close to coming back to bite her.
"Eri," said Ai softly, laying a hand on her shoulder. "you don't have to decide everything immediately and I won't impose anything on you, just... make sure you think it all through properly and make sure they're
your choices."
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Eri was walking home at night again. With everything that had happened after last time maybe she shouldn't have done so, but honestly Eri was beyond caring. It was worth taking the time to think when all this information was still fresh in her head.
She knew that she was heading towards supporting Ai and the Others, but maybe she shouldn't get so involved. Danger was okay once in a while. Constant impending doom was another thing entirely. Plus she couldn't waltz home and say;
"Don't worry mom, I've just joined a large-scale vampire rebellion. The leg? Eh, it'll grow back"Life just didn't work that way, even if she was something that most of the world's population thought was mythical.
'Confusing.' Eri sighed to herself.
Her feet walked a familiar route for several more minutes before her house came into view. It took Eri less than a minute to realise something was very, very wrong.
The front door hung away from the wall on one hinge and two windows were smashed beyond repair. She ran into the house without a second thought of the possible danger inside. Every room was trashed but there was no sign of who did it and, to Eri's vast relief, nothing was on fire. But where was...
"Mom!" Eri shouted as she ran into the kitchen to see a figure hunched in the corner of the room. Running to her mother Eri immediately went for the pulse and sighed in relief when she found it. "Mom? Mom?" She was unconcious and
bleeding. Eri dialed the emergency services on her mobile and waited in a patient-panic for the ambulance to arrive.
It was only when the paramedics were lifting her mom into the vehicle and the neighbours were peeking out of their houses in curiosity that Eri allowed herself to show some emotion. Tears dripped from her eyes when she was told that she couldn't fit in the ambulance but she didn't scream bloody murder about it - she just nodded in agreement to follow later.
They drove off, the neighbours lost interest and Eri sat on her doorstep with her head in her hands.
Ten minutes later and Eri hadn't even gotten it together to call a taxi to take her to the hospital. And she was getting cold. She barely noticed the hand lay on her shoulder until its owner crouched infront of her.
"Reina?! What are you doing here?" demanded Eri knocking the hand off her shoulder.
"I'm so sorry Eri," claimed the Night Vampire with a twist of regret in her eyes. "I- I didn't know she was going to be there. If I had I wouldn't have-"
"Wait, you did all this?" Eri pushed Reina over as she stood up and advanced over her fallen figure.
"No! I gave orders - I had to!"
"This is all your fault!" yelled Eri stamping her foot dangerously close to Reina's left hand. Eri's eyes flared bright orange with fury and Reina scrambled back in fear. "Why did you have to do this anyway? What did I ever do to you? My house is a wreck," another stamp. "my mom is in the hospital" another stamp, even closer this time. "and 'sorry' just doesn't cut it!" This time her foot struck true and Reina screamed in pain as she felt her fingers buckle and break.
Eri removed her foot after no longer than a minute, glared at the vampire lying on the ground and left, ignoring her cries. When she cooled down she'd regret that but for now Eri took comfort in the idea that she'd managed to cause even a fraction of the pain she was feeling.
And the hospital was calling her name
A/N; ... got a little more dramatic at the end than I was planning, but I rather like it actually. Sorry Reina... you're Eri's punching bag today 
New character next chapter! Look forward to it
JG
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