Sad Story: Innocent Blood
by Mao Asakura
Chapter 5- The Best Move
They stood behind closed doors. Darkness surrounded them. The lanterns hanging in the street barely burning. Blood covered the walls and bodies littered the ground. Cries could be heard. Someone was dying. But, who?
Screams died down and the village was lit a flame. More screams. A child's screams. The fire burned everything until it was no more.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Day had broken hours ago, and the whole place was full of life. Mao sat on her bed. Kaia had left to associate with the new arrival, Lee. A nagging feeling lurked in the back of Mao's head. It said something was wrong. Something...but what? She tried to ignore it. The uneasy feeling of her first night here still lingered, but was slowly easing. As it was easing, a new feeling was there. It bothered her, cause it wasn't eroding with the rest.
Suddenly, a knock on the door penetrated her thoughts. Gaara opened the door. "Good morning, Mao-Chan." He smiled and walked in. "Did you sleep well?"
"Fine, until Kaia came in and woke me up."
Gaara would have laughed, if a serious matter wasn't weighing down his thoughts. "Mao, there is something I need to tell you." He thought she had the right to know the reason behind today's meeting.
"What is it?" Gaara looked sad.
"The Order of Red Dawn struck again..."
The pink haired girl gasped. "Who did they attack?"
He sighed. "Not who, what."
Mao shot him a confused look. Gaara walked over to the bed and sat down. "They attacked and destroyed your village..."
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It was almost dinnertime when Gaara left Mao's room. She was tired and weak from crying, so he promised to check on her and bring her some food later. Obviously she didn't take the news as well as he had hoped.
Gaara sighed and walked to dinner. It sounded as if everyone was already there eating. As he entered, nobody paid him any mind as usual. He took this opportunity to think about they're current position.
The Order of Red Dawn wanted war, so they decided to cut off they vampires only ally? That was playing dirty.. Now the vampires didn't have anyone to help them, or replace humans if they died. 'Let's hope none of them do...If they did our vampires wouldn't be ready to fight.. All of them are so tightly bound to their humans these days...' Gaara sighed again.
He got Mao's dinner and headed back upstairs.
"Gaara-sama?"
The red head turned around. It was Kaia. "What do you want?"
"How is she?"
Gaara looked away. "She's fine, you don't need to worry."
"But, I am. Not just about her. You had said at the meeting The Order wants war, and they cut us off from our only ally. What do we do if we need them?"
Gaara was speechless. He hadn't thought that far. What would they do?
Suddenly the dining room doors opened and everyone filed out. Kaia turned around for a moment, but when she turned back to Gaara, he was gone.-
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The nightmares from before filled her head again. Screams echoed though he thoughts. Flashes of burning flames carved them selves into her mind.
Mao opened her eyes. She knew it was coming, yet it was still such a shock to her. As a child her father always said the Village wouldn't last forever. He had known too, it had only been a matter of time.
It was killing her though. Just to know that it was all gone, hurt her on the inside, but she knew war was coming, and crying about it wasn't going to help her side. Shakily, she sat up. Her head was currently swimming with a sea of thoughts.
Mao shook her head and slid to the edge of the bed. Night was settling in and Gaara would be back to check on her anytime now. She wasn't going to let him know she was still bleeding inside. He didn't need to worry about, he needed to focus on the war.
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"We cut off their ally...Now what, Deidara?"
"Just wait, danna. You'll see what I have planned, soon enough."
"It was a good move though, Sasori.. Now they are weak, especially since their humans are still only mortal, and oh so easy to kill."
"Are we just going to wait around though?!"
"For a little longer, danna. They'll expect us to attack again, so their guard is up, and Gaara will certainly keep an eye out for us."
"Waiting, until their guard is down? How unlike you."
"Don't worry, my plan is flawless."_________________________________________________________
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