Twenty minutes later, Kyle was seated on the back of an ambulance, his legs grazing the floor as he sighed.
There was a nurse by his side catering to his wound with a polite smile on her face.
"I told you an ambulance wasn't necessary…"
"Don't be careless with your health! What if the sword was infected?" Nejire was pacing in front of him, a serious, but cute look on her face.
"We need to check you for blood-transmitted diseases, infections, even toxins—!"
"Come over here, you need to get treated as well!" One of the paramedics scolded her as she grabbed her arm and pulled her to sit down.
Nejire raised her hands, trying to stop the nurse from cleaning her wound.
"I'm fine, I'm fine—owwwww!" She whined when the nurse applied the antiseptic.
"Look at who was telling me to take my health seriously." Kyle smiled.
Nejire pouted, but her stern expression faded the moment the nurse brought the wool towards her arm once more.
"W-w-wait, wait!!"
The nurse attending to Kyle placed a bandage neatly over the wound, then brought out a sweet from her pocket and handed it to him.
"There, all done!" She said with a smile.
"What am I? A kid?" Kyle raised his gaze to look at the woman for the first time, then felt his heart drop.
The woman looked just as surprised to see him. She had been working on the side of his face since the start, so she couldn't tell who it was.
But now that she could—
"Oh? If it isn't the handsome devil!"
'Shit…'
Kyle's past memory of his uncomfortable discussion with her suddenly surfaced in his mind, and he sighed tiredly.
That was because the woman in front of him was none other than Gypsy.
Gypsy looked very different today. The white nursing uniform stood in contrast to her black eyes, drawing attention to them, as her short hair was tied in a little ponytail at her back.
She smiled and discarded the used materials.
Kyle was expecting her to begin her morally questionable comments, but instead she said, "We'll need to visit the hospital to make sure you weren't infected with anything bad."
She glanced at the ambulance. "It might not be a very smooth ride though, so bear with us."
Then she turned and left.
'Huh?'
There were no strange remarks, not even a playful tease. Worst of all, just before she left, Kyle noticed a strange, lost expression in her eyes.
'Is there something up with her?'
The bigger question was if there was anything up with the salamander gang.
After Kyle had foiled their plans during the incident involving his sister, and then launched an assault on the Hero Commission, the gang had become rather silent.
Still, what Kyle never expected to see was Gypsy working as a nurse…
He frowned.
'Did she get fired or something?'
Somehow, he felt it was worse than that. Not like it mattered though, he had more to do than worry about the affairs of criminals.
"Kyle?" Nejire tapped his shoulder.
"Yeah?"
"Do you know that woman? You were staring at her for some time."
Kyle shook his head. "She just looked familiar…"
The hero that came along with the ambulance, as well as the police, were more than shocked to see the notorious villain brought down by two kids.
But just as expected, Kyle's plan of making Nejire the hero worked out perfectly, much to Nejire's dismay.
Even as she tried to explain that he had done the heavy lifting, they just nodded, writing it off as her trying to be humble.
She had dealt the final blow after all…
'They weren't able to catch him for years, so their brains will not allow them to even consider that a civilian could do what they failed to.'
Kyle smirked. 'At least it works for me…'
The next day, when the shop had closed, Kyle called for a meeting of all members of Blood Fang.
Both him, Tsumi, and Sakura were already in the underground base. Solvane was taking a shower upstairs, while Himiko was yet to arrive.
As usual, he had a cup of coffee on his table and a tray full of snacks.
Kyle was sitting on Sakura's chair, observing the multiple series of hidden cameras they had installed around the block.
With this, they could tell if they were being monitored, and even stop any crimes before they occurred.
Clack!
Sakura placed a glass cup of blood on his desk, and Kyle smiled from ear to ear. He grabbed the glass and drank everything in one gulp, feeling energy rush through him.
"Ahh—"
He breathed out. Even after so long, he still hadn't gotten used to the taste of Sakura's divine blood.
Only Himiko's blood had a similar effect, but he believed it was because of the bond they shared, rather than the actual taste.
Sakura was about to wander away when Kyle grabbed her arm and pulled her to himself.
"It's not enough…"
One of the best parts of turning Sakura was that he no longer had to hold back!
He sank his fangs into her neck and began gulping down her blood.
"Don't drink too much or you're going to make me dizzy…" Sakura sighed as she waited for him to finish.
She had long gotten used to it, so her reaction was far different from her first time.
But there was someone in the room who had not adapted to her new life…
"Uhum."
Both Kyle and Sakura turned their heads to the left where Akiko was seated.
His teeth were still deep in her neck, while Sakura had her hands wrapped around his neck to keep herself from falling.
The woman was watching them with wide eyes, giving them the look a child would give if they caught their parents doing it.
"W-hatch?" Kyle asked, his voice muffled. "Why are you giving me weird looks?"
Akiko suddenly turned beet red and raised her hands, waving them frantically in the air.
"Oh, nothing—no no, don't mind me!" She blurted out.
Kyle removed his teeth from Sakura's neck and rotated his chair to stare at Akiko. Now both he and Sakura were watching her intently.
"Come on, ask your questions." Kyle said.
Akiko looked like she had been put in an interrogation room.
"H-how long has this been happening?"
Sakura tilted her head slightly. "I don't remember, a few months maybe?"
Akiko's eyes widened. "So are you guys d-dating or what?"
Kyle and Sakura glanced at each other before turning to Akiko.
"What??" They both asked simultaneously.
Kyle chuckled. He could understand her confusion, but it was a dangerous one considering Himiko would soon be here.
No matter how one wanted to do it, a vampire feeding on another vampire would always look intimate.
That was why Kyle hated the thought of turning a man…
That would just be plain… well, you know…
Hence, all his vampires were ladies…
But as vampires, they had all gotten used to it because it was a part of their daily life.
Drinking blood from a cup was not bad, but from the neck… now that was heaven.
When Kyle explained everything to her, Akiko's eyes widened and her face blushed pink from embarrassment.
"I'm sorry for the mistake." She muttered.
Sakura smirked, revealing her cute fangs as she held her hands. "Don't worry, very soon you too will be sucking on necks!"
"H-huh?? Please don't joke with that!" Akiko blurted out while covering her face in embarrassment.
"Hehehehe." Sakura laughed while she continued to poke fun at the fledgling.
After some time, the door to the room creaked open and Solvane entered, her hair damp and her feet dangling above the floor.
Behind her was Himiko, a bright smirk on her face as she was carrying Solvane.
"I caught this one trying to go back to bed."
Solvane wiggled in her grip, then her hands fell defeatedly when she failed to set herself free.
"It was just a little nap, I'm exhausted…" she breathed out, her eyebrows creased together in a pleading look.
"But you said you were nocturnal."
"Put me down this instant!"
Now that all the members were gathered, it was time to discuss their plans for Hosu City.
And the long-awaited revelation of Blood Fang to the world…