Getting Fired Up <Private>

Ozaki found himself in a forest. The Canopy ahead offered varying degrees of shade, though where he was right now was in absolute shade. He hadn’t actually gotten to shutting his umbrella, but still. That was nice. Having not just died himself, Ozaki had perfect recall of why he was here. He, like Antonio, had felt the tingle of divine energy. Yet despite being distinctly holy, there had been some measure of comfort to it. Not like the comfort he felt when under the full moon’s light though. His own variant had its own moon god of sorts. And she had a completely different feel to this. But it was… Kind of similar. But more crawly.

Whatever had teleported him here had at least had the decency to make sure he wasn’t in direct sunlight. So it was potentially not trying to kill him off the bat. Ozaki stood up, adjusting his umbrella so that it would block the sunlight’s directionality. Alright… So now to find out where he was any why he was here. Could this have something to do with Ryse’s death?

She looked so happy to see him… She likely would not be happy once she realized why he was here though. The fading smile in her voice filled him with despair. But he knew he could not turn back now. “You… You weren’t supposed to be here for this.” He said in a soft voice.

Ozaki had come here because he thought it a secluded place. But Ryse had just walked right up and found him. But he literally could not keep doing this for longer. There was one thing his plans had forgotten to account for, he was realizing now, and that was the fact that even wearing thick gloves and clothing… Most of Yuuto’s skin under his garb was etched with religious and ritualistic tattoos.

It literally pained him to drag Yuuto like this. But in his original plan he wasn’t going to be touching Yuuto for that long anyways. Why did he pick a place with so few roads? This was weird. So for now he dropped Yuuto and took a step away from him, trying to soften his gaze to something less resembling his soon to be late father’s murderous gaze. “Why are you here?”

He just wanted her gone now. Ozaki didn’t want anyone seeing him like this. His stomach was a boiling pit of rage, as he had to keep reminding himself of all the reasons he had to do this. This wasn’t just about Meggi, this wasn’t just about the other vampires. For once he was actually doing this for himself. For all the pain Yuuto had caused him, and for all the repressed rage that had built up over the years that he had denied himself the right to feel and act on because he hadn’t thought he had the right to feel that way after all he had done.

But in the end… It had been Yuuto’s fault. But Ryse was here. He had to get her gone and out of the way. And as much as he might not like it right now, the only way to do that was through the truth. “This… This is the vampire hunter I told you about… My father.” Maybe he should grab a mild sedation dart right now for himself. But if he had to run at some point because things went south he would be slowed down by that.

Besides he really shouldn’t be as reliant on them as he had become over the past month… He really shouldn’t. But it was so hard to contain this anger on his own. He wanted blood in the worst possible way. But the one he wanted it from most was etched in holy tattoos himself, and also liable to light up in phoenix fire the moment he died. Two reasons he had to hold back himself even if he was alone with Yuuto.

He glanced at his phone. His timer said he had five minutes on the sedative before Yuuto started to rouse. 

Ozaki would rather her, or anyone know. But she already knew from before that this was his father. There was no lie or half truth that would make her go away. As a phoenix she had a distinct advantage in making him yield if she really so wished. This place was her home? Was a horrible coincidence. He hated thinking like that. But it was in this case.

“I told you. He’s a vampire hunter. I’m a vampire. Do I really need to explain any more?” He really hoped that she would leave it at that. It was simple, wasn’t it? Could she not fill in the blanks? Calling Yuuto a hunter, though, almost seemed like a disservice to the concept of hunter to Ozaki though. That implied he was any good at tracking and finding his prey. When in reality he was a far better soldier than he was an actual hunter. Yuuto could follow orders and execute them and any prey in his path with lethal effectiveness. But as far as hunting quarry on his own, he either had to be extremely lucky or his quarry entirely inexperienced. Oras hadn't been entirely off the mark to call Yuuto incompetent.