• CHAPTER 179 - INHUMAN

    A look into the future…yet a look into the past. But it’s not the present. Dreams can be…strange.

    .:{{Dream in Arisa’s Perspective}}:.

    Opening my eyes slowly, my vision adjusted to see Kai lying in front of me. He stared at me with a small smile on his face, being as beautiful as he ever had been. I smiled faintly too and sighed, consumed by love and the bed that I was lying on. The comforters below me were plush and fluffy and I could have sworn the mattress was a Tempur Pedic or something like that. Everything was white too; Kai’s outfit was white, the comforter and pillows were white, the floor, the ceiling, the walls, everything. Except for my outfit; I was wearing white sweat pants with a pink camisole. Why pink? It all looked so lovely and heavenly though.

    I touched the collar of Kai’s shirt after noticing a small drop of blood on it. His clean white shirt was ruined, “Did we make a mess again?”

    Kai nodded, “Yes,”

    After a moment, I could hear laughter in the background. It wasn’t a maniacal laughter like I would normally hear. It was the laughter of children. I sat up and turned around to see two young children—probably five years old—standing next to each other hand-in-hand. I stared at them for a long moment and they looked at each other and giggled. The children were beautiful…

    “Come here, you two,” Kai barged in and pat the bed. “Come up here.”

    The children giggled again and ran up to the bed and jumped onto it. One of them—the boy—sat in between my legs and looked up at me with a large smile on his face. The little girl—who reminded me of Ai—climbed around me and sat by Kai. I looked over at Kai as the little boy started to snuggle up to me.

    “Who are these kids?” I furrowed my eyebrows together.

    Kai chuckled, “You’re a silly girl,”

    “Mommy, can we go into town later?” the little boy asked me, looking up at me.

    I stayed where I was, confused; who was that kid and why was he calling me mommy? I stared at the little boy for a long time before switching my attention to the girl. She stared at me and smiled beautifully.

    “No, Hiro, we can’t yet,” Kai shook his head. “Arisa still isn’t up for it.”

    I continued to stare at the children, dumbstruck. Those were the kids? Those kids were the results of my pregnancy? Kai and mine’s children? The twins? My mouth dropped open a little and I looked back at the boy—who Kai called Hiro.

    “You’re Hiro…?” I asked almost in a whisper.

    Hiro nodded and smiled, pointing at the girl, “She’s Yasuko, remember?”

    I was still dumbstruck but I decided to play along anyways, “Y-yes, sorry,” I smiled faintly. “I just had a moment of stupidity was all.”

    Kai leaned over and kissed me on the cheek and on my ear, “How could you forget our own children?”

    Hearing Kai say that in such a happy manner nearly brought tears to my eyes. He seemed happy with the kids; I was astonished…almost appalled. Hiro and Yasuko met at the center of the bed and started playing a mirror game, much like Aya and I used to do when we were very young too. I stared at them in wonder; those two beautiful creatures were my children. They both looked a lot like Kai; they had black hair and their eyes were green with joy.

    “Is there a mirror nearby?” I looked over at Kai.

    Kai pointed behind me, “Right there,”

    I climbed off of the bed and stood in front of the full-length mirror. I was confused; my boobs were huge. Trying to resist temptation but failing, I jabbed my finger against my right breast. After that temptation was over, I was overcome by another and I smooshed my boobs together. Nope, they were real—and probably C-cups.

    I turned around and held my breath at what I saw. I had only seen her once before, but I was sure it was her this time around. She was standing at a distance but I could still make out her features; tall, slender, perfect figure, long black hair, and eyes of malice. Ayame.

    Instead of going back to my new-found family, I stepped over towards Ayame; Kai and the others didn’t seem to notice Ayame. I had expected her to be staring at Kai or even the children I bore him, but she was looking—almost glaring—at me. I approached her confidently and stood with firm feet. I had the sense that she was there for trouble; I wouldn’t let her near Kai or my children I just found out about.

    “Whose children?” Ayame hissed.

    “Mine,” I admitted firmly. “And these ones are Kai’s.”

    Ayame glared at me and laughed halfheartedly, “Are you sure?”

    “I’m not you,” I snapped back at her. “I’d never cheat on Kai.”

    “And you think I did?”

    “I know you did,” I scoffed. “It wasn’t even Kai’s baby you were carrying. Even Kira said you tried to cheat on Kai with him!”

    Ayame sighed lovingly, “Oh, Kira was a darling,” she giggled. “So handsome.”

    “Don’t you dare say that,” I hissed. “Kira was married. He’d never be disloyal either.”

    “I don’t know if I’d rather have Kira or Kai,” Ayame shrugged, ignoring me and probably trying to piss me off. “Kira is so handsome and humorous, yet Kai is so loyal and gullible.”

    “You’re such a whore!” I blustered. “I can’t stand people like you!”

    Ayame grinned at me, “People like me are whores? You’re the one who violated your abstinence promise, were you not? You are wearing pink.”

    “That’s not the point!” I clenched my fists. “Kai and mine’s time left is limited; there is no time for a wedding. You, on the other hand, were sleeping with other men behind Kai’s back for who-knows-how-long.”

    “Your children are beautiful,” she grinned again, changing the subject. “I wonder if that’s what our child would have looked like if it was Kai's.”

    I was way pissed off at her; I wanted to tear her apart but, alas, even in a dream, I couldn’t defeat a Vampire, “You could have had your baby but you killed yourself before it could be born,” I mumbled. “And I’m glad.”

    “We’ll be meeting in the afterlife sometime soon, I imagine,” she snickered. “And your unborn children will go with you.”

    That was when my anger peaked again, “Burn in Hell, you selfish b***h!” I shouted.

    In a flash, Ayame’s arm swept past my throat. I couldn’t feel anything until her mouth pulled into a smile again. My throat started stinging and bleeding like crazy; she dug her nails through my throat. My throat was burning badly, but not burning from the gashes in my throat. No, it was a different burning. As though a torch was in my throat…

    Out of instinct, I wiped off some of the blood with my fingertips and held it up to my face. I took a whiff and paused, staring at it. An uncontrollable urge came over me and I licked the blood clean off my fingertips. In doing so, my fingertips ran across a pair of fangs nestled in my mouth. How long had I been a Vampire…?

    When I woke up, I didn’t gasp. I didn’t scream or shriek or wake up in a cold sweat. I merely lay still with my pillow clutched close to my bare body--somehow, I took my lingerie off in my sleep. I opened my eyes tiredly and stared off into the distance, amazed. A glimpse—I had a glimpse of what Kai and mine’s children would look like. But Kai still didn’t know we were expecting two…

    I groaned as I sat up and pushed the three comforters off of me. My body was stiff, especially my neck. My stomach quit hurting so much for the time being--it was only a matter of time before my stomach would be killing me again. I climbed off of the bed and walked into the bathroom after hearing the shower running.

    I stealthily opened the shower door and stepped in with Kai's back towards me. With my worries behind me, I wrapped my arms around Kai from the back. He flinched badly and groaned and pried my arms off of him. He spun around and stared at me in shock and internal pain. My heart jumped a little and I took a step back.

    "I'm sorry," I mumbled.

    He sighed out of relief, "Arisa, you need to warn me when you do that," he embraced me hesitantly. "You can't surprise me like that any longer."

    We stood in the shower for a little bit, holding each other, until I spoke up, "I saw it,"

    Kai looked down at me, "Saw what?"

    I smiled faintly, "The baby,"

    Kai's face shifted to slight surprise but his eyes didn't show it; they were still red, "What did it look like?"

    I thought for a moment; I was having twins but Kai didn't know. One was a boy and one was a girl in my dream; Hiro and Yasuko. I chose one and smiled a little wider while looking straight into Kai's eyes, "It was a girl. A beautiful little girl." I pressed my cheek against his chest. "Her name was Yasuko."

    "Yasuko..." Kai mumbled. Despite his red eyes, they lit up. "I like that name."

    "She looked just like you," I sighed lovingly; I couldn't get the image out of my head.

    "What else happened in the dream?"

    I stopped where I was; was he possibly looking into my dream every once in a while? I swallowed an imaginary lump in my throat and spoke up, barely audible over the shower water, "Ayame was in it,"

    Kai tensed up a little, "And?"

    I sighed, "I think she was jealous," I closed my eyes again. "I told her off and she got angry. She..." I wanted to cry at what she said. "She told me...she'd be seeing me in the afterlife...and that my baby will go with me..."

    Kai tensed up even more and I could feel a growl building up in his chest, "Then what?"

    "I told her to burn in Hell and she attacked me; she snagged me across my throat." I sighed and opened my eyes. "I was a Vampire."

    "Oh," Kai mumbled as he turned off the water. He stepped out of the shower and assisted me and soon wrapped a towel around me and I slipped some underwear on from the clean laundry. We both dried ourselves off and he sighed. "At least it was only a dream."

    I nodded in agreement, "Yeah," I opted to halfway change the subject. "Kai...if I was on birth control and never missed a day, then how did I get pregnant so easily?"

    Kai sighed, "I asked Matsuda that same question. He told me that Vampires are so able-bodied that they can impregnate a woman on birth control much, much, much easier than a human could."

    A sharp pain shocked my abdomen and I groaned in pain and dropped onto my knees. I hunched over with my arms wrapped around my stomach. The babies were hurting me again; they were growing agitated somehow. I groaned a few more times and Kai rubbed my back, trying not to touch me too much and holding his breath.

    "It hurts," I clenched my teeth together. "Oh, it hurts..." It sucked being pregnant with two half-Vampire babies already.

    The pain eventually faded away after a few minutes and Kai gripped my chin so I would look up at him, "I..." there was so much pain in his eyes; even when he wasn't breathing, he was still in excruciating pain.

    I understood and I sighed, swallowing the sorrow lump in my throat again, "Go ahead..."

    In one instant, Kai teleported out of the bathroom and came back in another instant. In his hand was the gun I had pointed at his head last night; the gun I almost shot him with out of lack of sanity. He placed it on one of my hands and put my other hand over it, "Please, Arisa...if anybody tries to attack you while I'm gone, use this," he gently pushed it towards me.

    I nodded and tried to not let the tears gather in my eyes too much, "Okay," I sniffed. "I love you."

    Then the unthinkable happened; Kai leaned over and lifted up the bottom of my towel slightly and kissed the lump on my stomach. The very spot where his babies were growing; he had his lips pressed firmly against it. My heart fluttered and my stomach flipped madly. He kissed it a few more times and moved his head up to my chest and pressed his ear against my heart. I knew my heart was beating profusely and I knew he could clearly hear it; I had never expected him to be so touching towards the unborn babies already.

    "I love you too," he whispered and gave me a quick kiss before he teleported out of sight. I was left alone once more, left to fend for myself. Who knew where he was going or how long he would be gone...?