Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade

Vincent slowly walked toward the woman's pleading voice.

A few moments later he saw a trace of blood on the floor which made him stop for a moment.

But he immediately hasten his steps as he get worried about the woman condition.

And this also made him getting more careful and mindful of his surroundings as he realized that the situation is more serious than he thought.

Following the bloody trails, Vincent turn left and it leads him toward the huge open space.

He was taken aback by the scenery in front of him.

There's a huge amount of blood scattered on the floor and in the middle of a puddle of blood is a woman with long blond hair.

Her face is pale, yet very beautiful and elegant.

But he can't help but panic while looking at her because the woman was without limbs, she had no hands and feet. It's as if someone cut off her limbs and scattered the blood all over the floor.

The scene is somewhat familiar to Vincent, but he was worried for her so he moved toward her hastily. She had lost too much blood.

"Are you alright? Wait! Let me call the ambulance!"

"Save me..."

"Dammit, there's no signal!" Vincent cursed loudly as he chucked his smartphone back into his pants.

"Blood... Gi-ve me... blood..."

"Hang on! Let me carry you to the hospital!" Vincent was in panic mode and had no time to listen to her at all.

Vincent scoped her body into his arms, she was cold to the touch.

He wondered how she could still alive despite losing so much blood. He was no doctor and don't have the slightest idea about medical thingy, and how much blood humans need to stay alive.

It was then that he had a closer look at the woman face did his Deja Vu become more clear and vivid.

Vincent opened his eyes wide in disbelief.

It was just a fiction to him, not real.

But that face...

A beautiful woman with a pale face...

Pointy ears...

Sharp fang...

Severed limbs... puddle of blood...

She is without a doubt... a vampire who drove everyone around her to commit suicide at the sight of her beautiful heart.

She is a character from anime Bakemonogatari...

They called her... Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade.

His rational mind trying to tell him that it's not real and everything that happened today is just a dream, but deep down he hoped that it was real and not a dream.

If it's not a dream... then she could save his mother.

If she turned his mother into a vampire... then his mother might awake from her coma.

Hope started to fill his heart as the pleas of terrified vampire reached his ears, asking him to give up his life so she could live...

Vincent bit his lips and bring her closer to him and put the woman limbless body into his embrace.

"You can have my blood..." he whispered.

As the words left his mouth, she pierced her fang into Vincent's neck, drawing his blood.

It's hurt so much... and very painful.

His vision also started to blurry.

Cold... He felt cold... and her body is also very cold in his arms.

'It's painful, but somehow it also feels nice.' Vincent thought to himself.

It's been such a long time since he had intimate contact with someone.

Even though her body is very cold, it makes him feels safe as if it's where he belongs.

"So warm..." Vincent whispered gently in her ears.

The woman opened her eyes wide in surprise. She was taken aback by his words and stopped sucking his blood.

Vincent tightens his arms and brings her closer to his embrace.

"So warm... I love... this feeling..." Vincent whispered faintly as the strength started to leave his body and then his vision went black.

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The moment Vincent opened his eyes, all he saw is a white ceiling.

He blinked a few times and realized that he was lying on the floor.

"Why did I fall asleep on the floor?" Vincent groaned.

"That's too bad for you, but there's no bed here."

"What the-" he wakes up and swiveled towards the voice.

There amidst the pile of chairs is a 10 years old blond girl sitting and dangling her feet back and forth as she smiled at him.

"You are... It can't be..." Vincent opened his eyes in disbelief, "It's not a dream...?"

"Unfortunately, it's not a dream."

Vincent gripped his hand hard and felt strength filled his grip.

With a slight hesitation, he lightly punched the floor beneath him.

As expected, it cracked as he felt an impact from his fist.

It's not the strength of ordinary human.

"Oh?" the blond girl raised her eyebrow at Vincent's action, "Are you convinced now?"

"Yeah..."

"...You're a strange one."

"What happened to me?" he asked slowly.

"You're no longer a human,"

"So... what am I?"

"You are now a vampire,"

He knew about it, but Vincent bite back the words from escaping from his lips and asked, "Could you turn me back into a human?"

"I could..." she plopped down from the chair, "But you have to retrieve my stolen limbs first. I'm too weak right now."

"I see..." Vincent sighed as he walked towards the window, the sunlight is unusually too bright and he feels uneasy looking at them.

"My name is Vincent... Vincent Valentine, what should I call you?" he turned to her and smiled.

"Name... You can call me Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade."

"...That's too long, why don't I call you Nina?"

"Huh?! No way!"

"Eh... why?" he tilted his head, "But it's pretty name... what about Nana?"

"Are you making fun of me?"

"Of course not"

He then recalled the name Araragi gave her in the show," Ah... what about Shinobu?"

"Hmm...Well...," she sighed, "Fine... you can call me Shinobu."

She had a feeling that there would be no ending if she continue to reject his offers.

"So Shinobu, you're the woman from last night, right?"

"That's right, my limbs were stolen and to stabilize my power, I can only appeared with my 10 years old body," Shinobu said as she tucked her blond hair behind her ears.

"What are you going to do after you regain all of your limbs?" Vincent stood in front of Shinobu and looked right into her golden eyes.

Somehow, Shinobu felt sadness deep within his golden eyes staring back at her, he is very similar to her, so she avoided his gaze as if afraid he would be able to see through her.

"Say... if I help you regain your limbs, could you do me a favor?" Seemingly unaffected by unresponding Shinobu, he asked her again.

"No problem, when you obtain my stolen limbs, I will grant your wish."

Vincent only smiled in response.

She was a very powerful vampire and it's almost impossible to kill her.

So the one who steal her limbs and left her for dead must be not ordinary beings, while he was just a former human with newly acquired super strength.

He watched the show and knew that just like Araragi, he's going to get wrecked once he meet the limbs thieves.

"Is this abandoned school?" he asked Shinobu as he walked away from her.

"I don't know whether it's school or not, but it's abandoned for sure."

"I'm going to explore the place," he said loudly as he gets further away from her.

He looked calm on the outside, but deep down he was restless and worried about his mother.

He had to find a way to return to his world.

Vincent walking aimlessly along the corridor while thinking about his mother.

He stopped and stood in front of a door with a male restroom sign on it, so he pushed it open and walk inside the restroom.

He was expecting a room with sinks and stalls from a restroom, but there's no such a thing.

In front of him is a familiar bed with a brown blanket draped on it.

The sound of anime show from neighbor tv find it's way into his ears.

"You've got to be kidding me..."