Owari No Seraph: A Friendship Torn Apart By War.

Chapter 2: Humanity After The Fall

Yuuichiro's P.O.V

I see the same scene every time I close my eyes.

"Hold on, Yuu-chan. Jeez, it's mean of you to leave your family behind." Mika said as he and Mayu both ran up to me. I turned around. Mika was always going on and on about this family thing, and it irritated me.

"Moron, I don't have a family..." I started to say, but I was cut off when Mika suddenly jumped on me, forcing me to give him a piggyback ride. Mayu was behind us, laughing.

Her sweet...beautiful laugh...

"Oh, shush, shush. It's already been decided that everybody from the Hyakuya orphanage is family." Mika said, laughing. I groaned and looked away.

"Hey, you..." I grumbled. Mayu continued to giggle. I couldn't help but blush.

I remember how the other kids would run up to me, smiling.

"Aren't we family? Aren't we family, Yuu-Nii?" They would always ask. They would always look so excited. I couldn't help but laugh and pat them on the head.

"Jeez, you guys are such a pain." I said as I looked over at Mayu and Mika. I smiled, feeling really happy.

Everytime, I see the smiling faces of my friends, comrades, my precious family, and then...

I never thought....I never thought my happiness...would end like this....

"DON'T TAKE MY FAMILY AWAY FROM ME AGAIN!!"

I heard Mayu screaming as she reached her arm out, tears streaming down her cheeks.

I see them all being murdered by a vampire...

Mika slowly started to get up off the ground, reaching out to both Mayu and I. "R-Run...Yuu-chan..Mayu-chan..." He said, tears falling from his eyes. I wanted to help him, but I couldn't move.

Mayu tried to reach out to Mika. "Mika-kun...!!" She exclaimed. That's when the noble, that had killed all of the others, came up behind Mika. He smiled evily before grabbing Mika, sinking his fangs into him.

My eyes widened in horror as I watched my best friend being killed right before my eyes. Mayu was screaming, covering her ears.

Mika weakly reached out to me. "Hurry...run...away..grab Mayu-chan..and run..." He said, his eyes starting to dull over.

"Yuu...chan..." Mika said weakly. Then, his body suddenly went limp and his breathing was silenced. My best friend....was dead...

Tears spilled from my eyes as I felt a mix of anger and sadness start to form. The only thing that could be heard in the room was my own screams of pain and sadness.

I looked up at the night sky. To this day, even after four years, if I close my eyes the scene still comes back to haunt me. I continued to look around at all the broken and cracked roads and buildings that once used to be normal.

It all changed since that day eight years ago...

I felt someone slap me on my back, leaving a small stinging pain. I winced and turned around, ready to fight if it was a vampire.

"Oi, baka-Yuu! Get your head out of the clouds already will ya!"

I gritted my teeth. "Shut up already will ya..shortstack."

Mayu's P.O.V

It had been four years since Yuu and I escaped from the clutches of those damn vampires...and yet...he still couldn't call me anything else but freaking shortstack!!