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The blond prince lost his footing in an instant, reaching out for the nearest object to preclude an unpleasant fall. His hand came in contact with the wall, and he used it to keep himself from lapsing onto the cold floor. Swiftly glancing down, he identified a glimmer of light on the tiles, which turned out to be mopping water left to dry on its own.

Only one person came to mind.

Some time had passed since Hiroko agreed to be the prince's blood warrior and since then she'd been working every day, from taking sunrise lessons on how to be a proper maid to attending sunset lectures on how to engage in combat effectively. Both tasks were rather difficult for the little girl, and she was obviously not making progress in either.

Circumspectly, Kasai deliberately walked through the hall and cautiously turned the corner only to have his face rammed with a damp mop, held by the girl he had suspected culprit of the wet floor on the other end. The said girl turned around, instantly worrying about the blunder she committed this time, which would only add to her already long list of mistakes. She dropped the mop down and bowed apologetically.

"I'm really, really sorry... i-it was an accident."

His nerves were running out on him. A few slip-ups every now and then were easily dismissed but they happened around him one too many times. Even if the cat girl was a bit clumsy, she shouldn't be this terrible. No one could be.

"Mop in the face. Now that's funny right there," the ghost mused, slowly drifting from the ceiling.

This ghost, subservient to some master that once lived in the mansion but had long since passed, frightened off anyone that would dare approach the household. He would even attempt to kill someone if only to keep them away. This haunting creature, mighty as it was, forgot its own name. The ghost thought very hard but couldn't remember a thing about his own identity. So he gave Kasai the task to think up a name for him, which is why when Kasai said, 'When I think of one, I'll let you know,' he couldn't wait; however, he'd been doing nothing but wait since then, as the prince hadn't put any effort into thinking of a suitable name for him except for "ghost."

"You've had a lot of entertainment lately, all's happening to me coincidentally and rather comically. Would you know anything about this?"

His chilly gaze even made the ghost want to shiver, and he was already dead!

"Uh… no. I wouldn't… I mean... it's all been her fault. This klutzy little kitten is constantly messing something up… yeah."

The little neko whined sadly after hearing that, casting her gaze down to avoid any looks she might have been getting.

"And you always have a front row seat every time she does make a mistake. I suggest you stop hindering her duties around here and do something productive, like giving a helping hand?" said Kasai, his gaze never leaving the pale, floating entity. Hiroko looked back up, relieved that he wasn't upset, not with her at least.

"Oh, well, would you look at the time. I better patrol the town; you know, make sure nothing seems fishy."

"Wait a moment," Kasai spoke before the ghost had the chance of escaping, fearing something bad was about to happen. "Since you're going out, seek out any monsters that are in hiding and find out if they have any problems."

"Yeah, I've been meaning to ask you about that. Why the hell do you care about what happens to the monsters in town? You should be more worried about yourself, yah paranoid transvestite."

They stared silently at each other, the air around them thickening as the suspense dragged on.

Deducing from the look on the prince's face that he was not receiving a reply, the ghost floated off to perform his daily routine around the streets. The royal brother was about to walk off but saw Hiroko still standing there waiting for any punishment she may receive, this accident was still her fault. Kasai rose his hand high making the girl flinch and close her eyes tightly, waiting for the pain that was to come. After a good five seconds, she only felt her head being pet softly, causing her to instinctively purr. Perplexed by the action, she opened her eyes and looked up at him to see a small smile on his lips.

"Hiroko, an accident is an accident. Just make sure you clean up afterwards. Are we understood?"

Smiling brightly, she picked up the mop and nodded vigorously. "Alright, Ouji-sama!~" Her ears twitched once, making her look adorable without meaning to.

This nearly made the prince blush, her cuteness having double the effect ever since she wore the standard maid outfit, customized to fit her small stature. Wanting to finish her chores she strolls off to complete them before it darkened outside.

"Hiroko," he spoke, prompting her to stop and turn back around. "Let's begin your training early. Come outside with me, and bring Franzetta."

He made his way to his vast backyard.

x~x~x

Standing under a tree to receive some shade from the setting sun, the prince watched both his blood warrior and android practice. The ghost had returned from his patrol and decided to observe in silence. Hiroko had a small knife, always accessible from her outer thigh hidden under her skirt while Franzetta kept with his metallic claws. Since Franzetta was considered a neko, Kasai started training her to fight like one using Franzetta for reference, executing speed, flexibility and striking at vulnerable points. She wasn't improving one bit. Every time the droid came at her she flinched and dodged, not attempting to strike back. She was too timid, too nervous, too inexperienced to fight properly, but he couldn't blame her for that. She just needed to improve, and at this rate it would take a longer than needed.

Sighing silently from boredom, he raised a hand and commanded, "Alright, enough. Franzetta, standby for now." The droid acknowledged the command and did so. Kasai walked up to the little girl.

"Hiroko, all you are accomplishing is keeping yourself from being injured, and even at that you're not doing a proper job," he chastised, motioning to the many scratches in her clothes and arms that already started healing. "I can understand you being more concerned with taking hits rather than doing any damage in response. You're afraid of getting hurt, which possibly leads to dying, but you are a blood warrior, my blood warrior, and as such you need to discard this fear of dying."

His crimson orbs seemed to sear at her, looking directly into her yellow orbs, waiting for a proper response. When he received none, he sighed irritably and walked a little distance away from her.

"Hey, ghost, in any way possible I want you to cause harm with the intent of killing me. Do you understand?"

The ghost stared with wide eyes, shocked and confused at his request. "Um… are you sure? I mean, I know I dislike you and everything but I don't need to-"

"I wasn't asking, I'm ordering you to kill me now." His tone harsh and full of certainty. The ghost felt a little hesitant, but proceeded as told. The little girl watched in horror as the sword from Kasai's side slide out and started to spin ominously in the air. Kasai closed his eyes, waiting for it to come.

The sword sang through the air as it flew towards him. Everything started moving in slow motion for the petite neko girl, her muscles tightened and her mind could only focus on one thing, saving her master. Her body moved on its own, dashing forward with all the speed she could muster and stood in front of him just in time to take the hit instead, metal easily cutting its way through her body forcefully. She tasted iron in her mouth and the immense pain started to numb with the rest of her body. She collapsed to her knees and then turned so she would fall on her back, looking up at her master to see if he was unharmed. He was, and he kept that unemotional stare. Darkness overtook her.

"Um… Kasai, I know this was to teach her to understand pain and death and all that shit but answer truthfully. Were you actually willing to kill yourself just so she could learn that?"

The prince lowered himself so he could kneel beside her, unable to help himself as he grinned while looking at her blood-stained corpse.

"I was taking a chance. If she really did care, then I would have survived, which is what happened. If she didn't, then I would have died." Now looking up at the ghost, he shot his menacing yet callous stare. "But I never make a choice if I'm unsure of myself. Remember that."

"Or the fact that you've lost your mind."

The prince chuckled lightly. "That too."

Returning his gaze back to Hiroko, he watched as steam rose from her wound around the blade; it slid out as tissue reformed in the lifeless body. Her eyes fluttered open and then suddenly widened as tears streamed down her cheeks once she recalled her death. Reaching down to her chest, she felt no pain, only the dampness of her blood on her clothes. She glanced up at her master with fearful anticipation, only to receive an austere look in return.

"Listen, this may sound harsh, but it's effective. Every day, you will die until you no longer fear pain or death. In order to be a blood warrior, you must cast aside the fear of dying and replace it with the thought of protecting me, even if it means dying. You can always revive, but I cannot. We're connected now - my death marks yours."

She nodded shakily, tears still flowing. Kasai gripped his sword and stared at the blood on it, admiring the look and the color as it dripped when he saw his own reflection in it. That was a mistake. He hated mirrors of any sort of reflection, especially if there's any trace of blood on it. A flash filled his vision like lightning and his reflection wasn't his own anymore. Looking at it closely, he saw his sister instead looking back at him. He knew what was happening and had to act fast as to not let the others know about it.

"Hiroko, you are done for today. Have Franzetta finish your chores, I wish to not be disturbed," he tossed the sword to Franzetta and immediately left them, walking calmly like a prince should back into the mansion.

The ghost watched him leave then looked at the robot. "What's with him?"

Making his way up the stairs to the second floor, a sharp pain shot through his skull, nearly making him trip over a step, holding the side of his head and clenching his teeth to subdue the pain if possible. He needed his meds…

Upon entering his room, he locked it behind himself. Another surge of pain vibrated in his head, the outline of his vision turned orange as unknown whispers spoke to him and blood started seeping from behind the paintings hanging on the wall, crimson liquid gliding down to the floor. He could hear someone knocking on his door and continued to knock faintly.

"It's not real, it's not real, it's not real," he repeated in a mantra to himself. The prince walked over to the side of his bed to pull out the drawer from his nightstand and reach his pill bottle. Shaking the bottle so a single pill fell in his hand, he forcefully swallowed it.

"Kasai… Kasai... Why run from it? You are doomed to suffer from your own mind… let it go and embrace insanity…"

The same whisper spoke to him as if it was really there but it wasn't. It couldn't be real.

"You are not there, you are not real. Don't talk to me."

"Then why are you responding to me if I am not real? Silly, silly prince. You-"

Kasai didn't wait for it to finish. Walking over to the wall, he slammed his forehead into it, forcing himself to focus on the pain instead of the imaginary voice. Finally, his vision returned to normal and the whispers stopped. Panting heavily, cold sweat traced his face and his skin was paler than usual. Looking back at his room the blood was gone and the knocking had ceased, everything was back to normal.

"Not good. It's becoming harder to control each time it happens... damn this curse."

Leaning back against the wall, he slid down uncomfortably but didn't care. Regaining his normal breathing, he looked up at the ceiling, that reflection of his sister covered in blood on his sword haunted him to the core. He secluded himself inside his room for the remainder of the day.

Franzetta continued Hiroko's chores and started mowing the lawn. Sensing something, he looked up to watch a shadow float away. They were being watched…

x~x~x

That night, blood-thirsty creatures stalked their way through town, flooding the rooftops and alleys. The half-vampires were tempted to have a snack along their way, nearly drooling as they saw plenty of vulnerable humans walking alone. The only thing keeping them in line was a werewolf, his head featured an odd color, sapphire blue, while his arms and legs harbored the common dull grey color as white fur grew from his chest running down his fit abs. He wore black cargo pants with a skull belt buckle and black steel-toed biker boot decorated with metal skulls. Under his watchful eye, he made sure none of them would venture off on their own, or pay the price.

One unlucky vampire had the nerve to stray from the pack to sneak upon an unsuspecting victim, stealthily creeping up behind her. The blood sucker was about to pounce when, out of nowhere, the werewolf charged with lightning speed, grabbed the vampire by the head and continued into the alley. The woman turned around when a sudden gust of wind blew by, but nothing was present. The wolf had ran all the way down until they came across a dead end and smashed the skull into the wall then smeared what remained in his hand across the wall with hatred.

With a piercing glare, he looked up at the vampires that stopped to watch the scene take place, watching their own being killed but being able to do nothing about it. With a terrifying roar, the wolf spoke up to the rest. "No one else is to get involved. Any of you so much as step a fucking toe out of line, you'll end up worse than this mother fucker! Understand shitheads!"

They all nodded and continued their march. Any thought about touching a human was now gone, fearing they would be next. What they didn't know was that there was a third party in all of this.

One little bat oversaw the whole ordeal, now flying back to its master. It explained every detail it could only to bring bad news.

"Oh, we can't let that happen now, can we?"

x~x~x

Kasai and the gang were in his backyard once again, but this time Kasai was training. After his little mental breakdown, he'd stayed in his room for the rest of the day and finally came out when it was nighttime.

For his training, he had Franzetta beside him hold nineteen arrows while Kasai had the bow and aimed one arrow and shot it at the target, smirking to himself at his accuracy. The main importance of this training was to fight in the dark, not let his senses dull now that he was finally out of that prison. The prince picked up another arrow and aimed, staying quiet and fired another. He reached down and picked up his cup of tea that Hiroko was happy to hold for him.

"Yeah… Kasai. There's something that's really bugging me," the ghost spoke, watching him pick up another arrow and aimed it.

"What could possibly be bugging you?" Kasai smirked to himself.

"Well… for one thing" - he stopped when the arrow went right through his head hitting the tree that's behind him - "you're using me as a god damned target!"

Another arrow shot through his throat. "I hate you, you know that?"

"I know, but it shouldn't be a problem for you anyways since you can't feel anything." He shot another arrow that struck through the ghost's chest, where the heart would have been.

"Forget this, I'm out!" the ghost had enough and floated back into the mansion.

The prince chuckled at the humor. He picked up two arrows this time. Placing one in his mouth, he shot the other at the tree to get as close to the arrow that went through the ghost's head but was off. He pulled back, but at the second he was about to release it, his senses suddenly flared and Franzetta dropped the arrows, noticing it too. Without wasting time, Kasai pulled back a little harder and released it into the sky but it was caught. Hiroko ran behind Kasai in fear.

"Quite the aim you have there," spoke the intruder as she held the arrow that was aimed at her chest.

Kasai looked at her closely, finding her strangely familiar. Where would he know a vampire from? He racked his brain trying to remember while staying focused on her as well. Then it hit him. She was the one that sat along with his sister's servants.

"State your business," Kasai spoke calmly as he reached for a knife in one of his side pockets.

"Your mad face is as pretty as hers~!" she cooed with a wicked smile. "Don't worry, I mean you no harm. I've only come to ask you for a favor."

"It's quite rude to ask someone for a favor without introducing yourself to him first." He still had his hand on the knife but hadn't pulled it out yet.

"Oh, of course. You'll have to forgive my impolite behavior as I was in a rush to get here." She grabbed both sides of her skirt and lifted them slightly as she bowed her head in a curtsy. "My name is Reiri. I have come to ask for your help, Ouji-sama." She looked up at him and smiled, letting the sides of her skirt go.

"A vampire coming to a royal for help? This must be important indeed. What is it that you want?"

The vampire lowered herself so that her feet touched the ground and she smiled. "You see, there's a pest that's heading towards my home and threatens someone you might know. A werewolf leading a pack of petty-half vampires, can you believe it? I have come as ask you for assistance; take care of this problem for us. Would you kindly?"

"Quite bold of you, asking assistance from a royal when you know nothing about me. Do elaborate, how do you know I actually want to help out my sister?" he didn't show a sign of curiosity on his face, keeping that scary yet calm look as he waited for an answer.

"I saw you at the court when Hime-sama was up against Severin-sama. I could smell the blood coursing through your body at such a fast rate while looking at your sister. I would say it was anger you may harbor towards her, but the face you made when you watched her was one of love. She is your sister, you know, and you're playing a dangerous game that you can't win."

His crimson eyes looked into her own. He let his guard down around this vampire, with their enhanced smell when it comes to a royal's blood. He smirked at her and approached her, leaving Hiroko behind with Franzetta. Once he was close, he released his grip on the handle.

"Do you know their current location and what the quantity of half-vampires is?"

"If you make haste, you'll be able to intercept them before they leave the forest. There are at least twenty-five of them. I thank you for offering your aid, Ouji-sama," she said, bowing once again but this time in gratitude.

"I don't need thanks. I'm sure my dear sister could take care of them herself, but I've grown rather jaded and could use the exercise. All I ask is that you keep my location a secret from her. Can you handle that, Reiri?" he called her by her name to show respect and no harsh feelings towards her, which she took notice of and smiled.

"Of course, Ouji-sama."

"I require a bat to help lead me to this group."

"Certainly." She held out her arm, where a bat came flying down and hanged upside-down. "He will lead you there. Just say when you're ready."

With that, the bat flew off and landed on Franzetta's neko ear, making it look oddly like an earring. Kasai waltzed towards his house to gather the necessary tools for this battle while Reiri flew off, making her long skirt flow with the wind majestically, and providing her daily panty shot fan service. Hiroko followed closely behind him.

"Ouji-sama...?" he heard her call out for him, worry pervaded her voice as she clung to him like glue. He couldn't blame her, going out to fight so soon would be scary to some people.

The prince looked at his robotic companion.

"Franzetta, fetch my swords and my gun. I'll be needing them."

The robot neko bowed and walked into the mansion, leaving Kasai and Hiroko alone, providing him some alone time so he could try and raise her spirits up. Kasai turned around and kneeled down to her, his crimson orbs looking into her yellow ones. His expression remained solemn.

"Hiroko, I know you must be scared about fighting but I'll need you to remain with me and watch my back. You are a blood warrior, and as such you need to stay strong. Do you understand?"

"Well… I am scared to fight, but…" - she looked away for a moment, feeling a bit embarrassed, though soon returned her gaze to him and smiled lightly - "but what I was worried about was…was you."

Kasai was surprised, her actually thinking about him more than herself. That's how it should be though, being his blood warrior meant that she had to make him top priority, but he couldn't help it. She was showing more confidence than he thought she would, which caused him to smile slightly. He petted her head, making her smile and close her eyes.

"If you take care of me I won't get hurt. I'll be depending on you, so don't let me down."

She nodded, watching him stand back up when Franzetta returned with both of his swords, a handgun and his arm guards. He took hold of the broad sword in it's holster and hefted it over so it was vertical on his back, placing the smaller curved sword around his waist so it laid horizontal behind him, tied the handgun around his thigh, easily accessible and lastly strapped on his arm guards. Once prepared the gang headed for the car, the serious prince got in the back and Franzetta took the wheel whilst Hiroko sat in the passenger seat. Buckled up and ready to move out, Franzetta shot off, following the bat as it led them to the enemy.

x~x~x

Kasai: Looks like I have to clean up your mess, dear sister. You should be grateful.

Lillianne: As you should be honored.

WildNeko: Nyello everyone! It's been a long time, hasn't it? Sorry it took so long... I've given you the same excuse before so I won't bother explaining it again. I'm just a slow writer. Very slow...I hoped you enjoyed this, as well as the next one because it's gonna be AWESOME, nyan~ See you around, nyan~