Captured

The wind echoed throughout the old abandoned streets. Old cars remained in their designated places and the various piles of debris continued to block various paths in the streets. The ground was decorated with various cracks along its many pathways. The area seemed untouched by man, being reclaimed by nature as weeks entangled themselves around stop signs and began to climb up old buildings. Not many would dare travel through here, fearing they were to be severely injured or witness something they may never forget. It is only natural to fear a place such as this, it was where humanity came to an end. The population decreased tremendously and the creatures known as Vampires took their reign over this damned earth.

The sound of light footsteps echoed throughout the abandoned street as a girl dress in black walked calmly down the hazardous road. The girl known as Haru sighed whilst walking through the city streets. Various memories of the place it used be stained her mind. It had only been a few years since this place was so lively and full of life, now, it was a graveyard.

Haru was currently following the task she was set and was patrolling the streets in order to protect any humans or future squads from the wrath of the Four Horsemen of John. Just the thought of them made her stomach twist. Those ghastly creatures were one of the main reasons for death on the battlefield. If it wasn't being killed by a blood-sucking vampire, it was being utterly destroyed by the creatures that roamed the earth. Haru was fine with being outside of the walls as she found that it gave her a sense of freedom- something she lacked within the walls. However, being that she was working she wasn't really feeling the freedom; instead feeling like she was tied down by various rules and regulations. Haru continued to walk forward, her boots tapping against the floor and leaving nothing to show that something living had walked through here. The girl did what was necessary. Avoiding all cracks in the path that may cause the ground to collapse, walking around the piles of rubble and she always walked past the blood stains, daring to not imagine the person who had died there.

With a gloved hand she gripped tightly on something of much value. Her weapon. After many years of training, Haru finally succeeded at gaining her weapon from the Black Demon Series. After gaining her weapon she had soon discovered the demon to be contained within it was her old friend, Mako. As a child she had been rather fond of Mako, she wasn't sure whether that be because he was a rare demon or an old friend of hers. Most times she believed it was because of the way Mako was a very rare weapon. Even though Mako would choose to argue with her and confess how he had loved her way back then and that even now, he shall stay devoted towards her.

Once discovering her companion was Mako, she had felt blessed to be reunited with him. Mako was in fact an extremely powerful demon, being that he was known as the Henko Blade. After a lot of research, Haru learned that Henko translated to 'change' which was what Mako specialized in. Whenever and wherever she felt like it, with a single command, Mako is capable of changing his density and transforming into three weapon types: A gun, bow and a scythe. Normally, Haru would decide to keep Mako in his scythe or sword form as she finds that bows are much too troublesome to carry and use during combat. When concerning Mako, Haru was grateful towards the lieutenant colonel Guren Ichinose. If it hadn't been for him wanting to improve the weapons then Mako wouldn't be able to gain a physical body that can help in combat.

The scenery was quiet, not even the winds dared to speak. Haru felt uneasy yet continued to walk ahead.

"I can feel that you are stressed," The sound of Mako's blunt voice echoed throughout Haru's mind. It appeared that was how Mako would normally converse with her, which was helpful as the two could strategize a plan during combat. Haru loosened her tight grip on Mako- who was currently in the form of a scythe- and threw the weapon forward. The weapon spun through the air as it fell to the ground and thick green smoke curled around it, slowly morphing the blade into a body. A tall man suddenly stood in front of Haru. He donned a gray uniform with various patches sewn onto its sleeves. A red scarf hanging around his neck and making him seem even more masculine than he already was.

"May I ask why you feel stressed?" Mako tilted his head slightly to the left and gave a fake look of concern.

Haru looked down towards her black boots and then back at Mako shortly afterwards. No matter how hard she tried, she always felt herself get lost in Mako's deep red eyes. The memories of which when Mako had hazel eyes came into view. She would normally wish that this whole situation was nothing but a dream, that a ten year old Haru would wake up and see Mako tapping on the window in the middle of the night, but she knew it would be like that. This was reality. No matter how cruel it was.

"Perhaps it's because I am getting sick and tired of having to patrol these streets when there are vampires who are drinking the blood of innocent people," Haru said dryly.

Mako let out a dry laugh humourlessly, running his long fingers through his wind tousled hair. The auburn locks falling over his face perfectly, framing his face in all the right places. A cold breeze ran through the air and through the demon's locks and it made everything about him seem even more perfect. Haru would something believe that Mako should've been a model, even in a blood-thirsty world like this. She would normally shake her head after noticing herself being forced to stare and admire his beauty, for she knew that Mako was a demon and that he would always act like a demon.

"I'm unable to remember all these human emotions you feel, but I am guessing that it sucks."

With her deep green and blue eyes Haru stared coldly towards Mako, feeling annoyed with his presence and wanting to finish her job, causing her to move forward and pass him. The demon frowned, his fangs pricking his lip and causing it to bleed. He turned on his heel and followed the girl he was contracted to. His eyes glued to the way she moved and the way she acted. He had always been like this around her. Enticed. Infatuated. He watched the way she would tuck her raven locks behind her ear, and curse when the wind would move it back over her face and annoy her again.

Haru came to a sudden stand still and remained quiet, her eyes scanning the area. Nothing seemed odd or out of place, but it didn't feel right. Haru was convinced she felt something. A nudge? A vibration? A slight tremble?

"What's wrong-"

"Be quiet!" Haru hissed in an angry whisper. She continued to search the area with just her eyes until she caught sight of a few pebbled that stayed on the ground just a couple inches away from her boots. With quick thinking Haru dropped to all fours and rested her head on the ground, staring at the pebbles. "I think something is coming," She whispered harshly.

Everything came to a standstill. The winds had stopped. No birds were in the cloud covered sky and not even her breathing was heard. It was if everything around Haru had died. It was silent. More quiet than the night, quieter than a predator. Nothing seemed right, which probably meant something was wrong.

The faint sound of rumbles grew louder and louder as dust began to fill the air. Turning her head Haru screamed whilst a building that neighbored her had began to collapse. Mako had noticed the buildings descend prematurely as he darted towards Haru and snatched her wrist, pulling her away from any bricks or dust that had began to throw themselves at her. Haru felt her body become limp whilst her jaw dropped during the buildings collapse. It suddenly hit her, if it hadn't been for Mako she would most likely be dead. Crushed. Mako released Haru and remained silent as Haru mentally maintained herself. Haru spread out her fingertips and Mako nodded whilst green smoke notified his density changing. His limbs being devoured by the smoke whilst he transforming into the form of a bow. Haru's eyes traveled up the reflective black and green bow that she held tightly in her gloved palms. Haru averted her gaze towards the monster that emerged from the cloud of dust.

"A Four Horseman of John," Haru hissed between her gritted teeth, tightening her grip on the bow.

The beast caught sight of Haru and urged its legs forward and began to charge towards Haru. No matter how close it got Haru didn't even bother to flinch or show any sign of fear or wanting to prepare to fight it.

"Haru, what are you doing?" Mako said, sounding almost concerned for the girl's well being.

The monster drew closer.

"Twenty meters," Haru said, leveling the bow and pulling the string back. Two arrows appeared on the string between Haru's fingers. Narrowing her eyes Haru kept her composure as she continued to pull the string back further. Her muscles screamed at her, begging to be free and for her to release the arrow yet she didn't.

The monster drew even more closer.

"Ten meters achieved," Haru stated. The girl released the string causing the two arrows to cut through the air. The monster continued to charge towards Haru and failed to notice the two arrows which darted towards it. The Horseman of John let out a painful roar after the two arrows buried themselves into the flesh of the monster, causing it nothing but agony. "Detonate," Haru hissed. The two arrows suddenly exploded, causing the monster to scream even more before it completely burst into a downpour of crimson liquid and the wretched stench of burning flesh.

"Haru!" The girl turned at the sound of her name and was instantly pulled into a tight hug by her closest friend, Rin. "That was super awesome!" The girl squealed loudly into Haru's ear.

Haru's eyes widened. "R-rin, what are you doing here? Are you doing patrol here too?" Haru stuttered, lightly nudging her friend back and looking into her brown eyes. Haru could feel her brow twitch as she arched her neck up, being forced to feel short when in Rin's presence. Haru would normally feel angry at her height, having that be she was just borderline five feet. She only just beat Shinoa in the height factor. The sudden thought reminded Haru of something she had heard recently. Apparently there had been an accident with somebody with the name of Hyakuya who was in Shinoa's squad.

Rin let out a girly laugh before folding her arms and smiling, "Somebody obviously zoned out when Guren told us that in a case of an emergency, we are to have a back-up team during patrols." Rin nudged Haru with her elbow and smiled, "typical Haru always daydreaming."

Haru stared down at her watch for a quick moment before sighing and running her fingers through her lightly knotted hair. "Isn't it time to get back in the walls?" Haru asked rhetorically in a monotone way. Placing her bow over her shoulder, Haru fiddled with the string to make it cross her chest in the most comfortable way possible- which wasn't very comfortable at all. Haru turned her head in both directions before looking over at Rin. "Where are Jered and Kurama?"

Rin smirked and tilted her hip slightly, "You are aware they are both male, right? They're far too busy trying to big themselves up that they seem to have failed to notice we were on patrol. Right now, they're fighting over there," Rin pointed to where the sound of bickering could be heard from behind a pile of concrete and overgrown weeds.

Haru rolled her eyes before deciding to climb over the concrete mound and creating a cone with her small hands before shouting loudly, "Hey, listen up dumbasses, let's get back inside the wall before the blood-suckers start wandering about!" The two men known as Jered and Kurama froze in their mid-argument before giving each other sly daggers and heading towards Rin and Haru.

Jered and Kurama were still heard bickering and throwing verbal abuse towards each other as they headed back to the walls. The sound of the pathetic argument caused Rin to giggle yet Haru refrained from smiling or laughing and stayed emotionless. Due to her past, Rin wasn't really the type to laugh. There was only the rare odd occasion she would smile and that was when she was with things that she truly loved. However, the only things she truly loved were other dead or missing.

After gaining entrance inside the walls, the squad was greeting by Guren. "Ah, I see you newbies are still alive," He said surprisingly with a smirk painted on his face. Rin greeting Guren politely before gracefully walking towards a guard and beginning to flirt with him and twirl her hair around her finger. Haru continued to stare at Rin as she felt almost envious that Rin had a boyfriend and she did not. She did also hear Rin giving a report on today's mission and whether or not it was successful. She gladly told the guard whilst jotting down the information that a Four Horseman of John had been killed yet her tone went gloomy as she mentioned that no livestock had been found.

"It was super easy as we really didn't have to do much work thanks to Haru taking that bastard on all by herself! She almost got crushed by a building too!" Jered said with a toothy grin, gnawing on a toothpick stuck in between his teeth. Haru grimace as he continued to chew the splintering pick, it didn't look appetizing at all...

Kurama growled before punching the back of Jered's head, who let out a small cry in pain. "You idiot! Why the hell would you say that out loud damnit!"

Guren let out a sadistic laugh as a dark aura surrounded him whilst he clenched his fists. His eyes went dark and hazy as he stared a the two boys who started cowering away from him. "So, you two didn't even try to help your comrade when she could've been victim to a vampire's attack, Horseman of John or a collapsing building?" Without much being said afterwards, the two were sent home with bruises on their cheeks after Guren had punished them.

Haru was preparing to leave and walk home but the colonel rested his hand on her shoulder and caused her to stop. She turned and look at him from over her shoulder whilst they both shared a serious expression.

"I have something I want your squad to do for me," Guren said, folding his arms in front of his chest and catching Rin's attention before calling her over. The girl said goodbye to her boyfriend and stood beside Haru. "I want your squad to accompany the rest of the selected army during a surprise attack inside the vampire city walls."

Rin's cheeks reddened, "Are you crazy?! Do you have a death wish?!" She screamed from the top of her lungs, pointing a finger towards Guren. Haru lowered her head and remained quiet as Rin continued to ramble on. "We can't even defeat them at the front lines, never mind inside their own territory! We would be completely outnumbered and the chances of us being wiped out is very high!"

Rin looked down at Haru, her eyes speaking for her, wanting Haru to agree with her so they both could live their lives without fearing their deaths inside the vampire's walls. Guren also looked down at Haru but with a more laid back and subtle expression.

"I guess it is up to you, Haru. With you being team leader and all," Rin pouted.

Haru remained silent for a short moment, inwardly thinking of the good and bad outcomes of the attacks. Death was very likely and the chances of the humans gaining anything seemed quite low, however if Guren and his squad were also fighting it seems only fitting to work beside them. They were one of the strongest squads after all.

"I'll do it." Haru said bluntly, looking into Guren's eyes.

Rin dropped her head and sighed, "Then I guess that settles it, the Haru squad will help on this mission." Haru looked at Rin with a small shocked expression plastered on her face. "We're family. I guess you could say it's my job to stay by your side and protect you," Rin said with teary eyes as they threw herself at Haru and began to suffocate the small girl with her strong hug.

Haru pushed her back and gave Rin a cold glare. "We are not blood related, meaning we are not proper family," Haru said coldly, ignoring the amused expression from Guren. Haru turned on her heel and began to walk away, ignoring the fact Rin had been left with a shocked expression. Haru left and vanished from view without saying as much as a goodbye.

This is a re-write of the first chapter and over time I'll be re-writing the chapters in order to make it the best I have ever written before. This chapter is probably the best I have ever written and longest, but none the less I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

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