Bloody Tears, The Heart of the Vampyre 7 – Red Sun over Paradise
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The screech that Maria had performed had not gone without notice, as during the time she performed it, another vampire had met a grim end at the fangs of a fellow vampire, only this one had made light blast out of their body and turn to stone as the fangs came loose and were cleaned off, "Another hateful person sent to their next journey." She had smirked as the moon began to slowly appear, forcing her to run for the nearest place to hide away before the moonlit beams reached across the ground like a killing glove.

The vampire had slid into the nearest crevice before slowly falling asleep after a successful hunt, knowing fully well that whenever the sun came out again, she could hunt another, just as she remembered the screech she had heard, already knowing where to find them thanks to the city's structure. Maybe it would be just an easy a meal as the other one had been.

The next morning, Tenchi awoke to the sound of Maria and Violetta entering her room, discussing something about another statue, "Morning. Are you planning to get a statue of me or something?" Violetta shook her head, "Morning Tenchi, and no. There has been another attack on our people. The Au'ric vampires are really becoming a pain in the back." Tenchi knew what they were meaning as it wasn't easy to deal with a national nuisance like this. But like with the Mezians and their Lycanus gene, this could be dealt with too.

Maria suddenly pulled out a skull and put it down for Tenchi, "Take a look at this. It was found on the ground below the tower you had the Crimson Luna ritual in. Seems an assassin got taken out by your 'morning breath'." Tenchi looked at Maria with an unamused look, but Maria giggled and soon watched as Tenchi looked the skull over, "It is very clean. Whatever I did must have burned away everything and left just the skull itself." Violetta touched the skull gently, "We could treat it and let you keep it as a trophy."

Tenchi looked over the skull before shaking her head, "No, I want it to be sent to Pegostra so that Elua gets to decide what to do with it. Her people, after all." Maria took the skull while nodding and walked off with it before Violetta spoke to Tenchi, "Listen. I spoke to the death queen and she said she can help solving our problem, but she needs a blood sample from an Au'ric vampire first. Something about finding an old text depicting a ritual mixture that could tame the sun and make it follow the command of the moon. An interesting view on it, but I trust her as much as I trust you." Tenchi smirked, "I am hurt. You trust me that little?"

Violetta put her face in her hand, "You know what I mean. At times I understand why Maria gets along with you so well. You are both rascals." Violetta looked up at the window and smiled, "Please, never change that." She kept looking and saw a bat flying by, but their coloration was not the ordinary of a Fe'ric vampire and Violetta quickly screeched, which Tenchi picked up on. "To arms, everyone!"

The odd bat flew by and landed on the balcony which Tenchi and Violetta had made their royal decrees from before, standing there calmly while looking over the city before the doors were forced open and two guards came running out and a priest suddenly landed behind the guards, "You freak! Go back to your slumber!" The bat looked at them before screeching, "You dare call one of your own people a freak? How rich! You are the freaks for throwing my kind aside!"

The priest began to chant while the guards protected him, but the bat took to the sky and flew off before Tenchi, Violetta, and Maria ran out on the balcony to Tenchi's room, seeing the bat flying off before noticing a screech from them and how one by one, Au'ric vampires swarmed the castle, forcing the guards to work overtime and the priest to call upon the priesthood to help them.

Tenchi watched as Violetta and Maria fought back against the attackers, Violetta even managing to turn the table by putting some secret training into action as she chanted louder than the priesthood could and the bats began to slowly become encased in their own blood that was beginning to pour out, but one of them seemed to be invulnerable to it and it dove towards Tenchi with a screech, "Now that is a hearty meal for me!"

Maria saw where the bat was going and got in front of Tenchi, "I won't let you get her!" Tenchi smiled before sighing as she pushed Maria aside and got in front of her, lifting her arm quickly to quickly catch the bat off guard as the fangs tried to dig into Tenchi's arm, only to break off and give Tenchi a good look of the attacker.

She was a purple bat with a golden nose and golden eyes, her wings looking like almost a starry purple sky. And her body was looking like she had feasted well over the days. Tenchi understood the danger she had put herself in, but secured a hold of the batgirl's throat before Maria tore open a wound on her leg, a sample of blood being collected as the girl screeched angrily, but Tenchi kept her under control until Maria moved away, when an idea hit her, "Hey MarMar, get some blood from you and Vio."

Maria and Violetta looked confused, "What are you planning?" Tenchi looked at them, "Just do it." Maria and Violetta shrugged before cutting a wound open on their arms and pouring their blood into a glass until it was full. Tenchi took said glass and let the batgirl go quickly, but grabbed her by the neck rather than throat, offering the glass of blood to her, "Here you go."

She looked confused at the gesture and slowly reached out to grab the glass, "T-T-Thanks." Looking at the warm blood, she was soon drinking it all down and it was like she calmed down before Tenchi looked at Violetta, "Got a prison cell?" Violetta nodded, "Yes, we do, but what are you planning?" Maria noticed the blood sample disappearing before Maria spoke, "I gonna help you both to find peace and save your people." Tenchi then looked at the batgirl, "What's your name?" The answer made Violetta jump back a distance, "Lilizim, miss."

Maria looked confused at Violetta, "Why that reaction, sis?" Violetta looked at Maria, "She is the first Au'ric vampire! She is the one who started all of this." Lilizim looked at Violetta, "Ah, so you are the queen. Then why is someone who is not a bat smelling like one of you?" Tenchi looked at her, "Because I was made one apparently by the Crimson Luna ritual."

Lilizim tilted her head, "Crimson Luna? What is that?" Maria looked at Violetta, "Okay, now I see what you mean. She isn't aware of the ritual." Tenchi shrugged, "I am not familiar with it, but it is apparently what only the strongest can withstand." Lilizim looked in confusion before her wings began to shine with the power of the sun, which Tenchi responded to by unleashing the power of her moon vampirism, making Lilizim almost faint, "Such power! It was you. You were the one who shattered my bloodstone gem."

Violetta looked at Tenchi, "You did what? It requires a lot to break one. The fact you did means you are the cause of this." Tenchi nodded, "If this is true, then I will be the solution to it too. I am also the goddess of justice." Lilizim looked in shock, "A goddess too? You are saying that you are stronger than even the Blood Moon." Tenchi shook her head, "No, if the tales are true, I am a walking Blood Moon."

Lilizim began to drool a bit as she looked at Tenchi, who quickly spoke to her, "I wouldn't advise you try that again. Your fangs are already broken." Lilizim hissed before Tenchi held her up by the neck, "Violetta, fix a prison cell. We got a people to save." Maria spoke to Tenchi, "And you were told to rest." Tenchi looked over her shoulder at Maria with a light smirk, "At this moment, justice cannot rest." Maria sighed as she knew Tenchi was right.

At Morgova castle, Sas'Ha sighed as she returned to the lab after having tended to her daughter-in-law, leaving her to be taken care of by her friends, family, and loved ones. She noticed the blood samples beginning to separate their different compositions into layers with the help of the centrifuge, her keen eyes noting everything as she wrote it down and also from time to time cheecking the ritual notes to make sure she didn't ruin it, "Each time I do this, I feel it is their way to make me redeem the past." The soft footsteps of someone approaching could be heard and Sas'Ha soon felt herself being hugged, "At least they don't hate you."

Sas'Ha nodded before drawing out the necessary layers and combining them carefully together, before the layers united into one single one as she held it up and nodded, "I think mass production is in order." Putting down the test tube with the mixture before adding a single drop of her own blood to spice it up, "Questionable, but the potency will be out of this world." Those were the last words before the work to cure another realm's plague began.

The days went on like normal with Lilizim staying in the castle's prison and being served blood from Maria and Violetta whenever she asked for it, but to be safe she got it in a glass. After a few days since her incarceration, Tenchi had visited her with a glass of blood when the familiar feeling of a powerful aura arrived and turned her head to look at Sas'Ha who had just arrived, "Oh, hi there, mom. What's up?"

Sas'Ha held up the vial with the blood and smiled, "Cure delivery." Tenchi smiled before Sas'Ha handed it to her and Tenchi quickly poured the mixture into the glass and handed it to Lilizim, who quickly began to drink it and happily cooed before Tenchi turned to ask Sas'Ha, "How could I have caused her gem to break?"

Sas'Ha thought, "It is most likely what happened when you fought Hauga at Hau'Ga'Rui and re-organized the entire planet. Your power was quite strong and it could have reached all the way to where she was buried and shattered it. It was an accident, but could have lead to a chain reaction." Tenchi nodded as she knew it wouldn't be easy to deal with this, but Sas'Ha patted her on the back, "Lets see for now if this solved it."

A light suddenly came from Lilizim and Sas'Ha looked at Tenchi, "Okay, she should be safe now." Tenchi looked at Sas'Ha before the door suddenly opened on her and Lilizim walked out, looking at Tenchi and Sas'Ha before she bowed, "Thank you. The hunger is gone. I don't know who you are, but I appreciate that you helped me." Sas'Ha smiled before holding up more vials, "You ain't the only one. We are curing everyone of them. Your people shall now rejoin society. And we will establish treatment for others who are like you. And those who are made to follow the sun shall from now on be known as the followers of Red Sun." Lilizim began to cry before nodding, "A red sun over paradise."

The End.