Hikaru awakened and rubbed her head as she looked around. She saw Zero, Nova, and Yoko sleeping next to each other peacefully breathing normally she said, “I can’t believe that Yoko taking the blue gas from Zero got rid of those black veins on Zero’s body and healed the both of them.”
Zero stirred and opened his eyes and looked around till he saw Hikaru. Zero then asked, “What happened? How am I even alive? I remember Yoko draining my mana and essence.”
“We managed to seal the angel girl so I think we won. Mana and essence? Do you mean that blue gas?” asked Hikaru
“Yes, so what happened after she finished draining it?” asked Zero
“Well when she drained it then those black veins started to disappear and your wounds started to heal like magic.” explained Hikaru
“Wait what? That shouldn’t have happened.” said a surprised Zero
“Forget about that. I want to know what was wrong with Yoko?” asked Hikaru
“Ah that, Yoko’s pregnant, and the child needs Yoko’s mana to survive. She ended up using too much mana so her body shut down to conserve the remaining mana. I gave her most of my mana to heal her.” explained Zero
“What!? Is the baby okay?” asked a worried Hikaru
“Yes, it’s fine her body automatically protects the child. I wonder if it’s a succubus trait?” said Zero as he stood up and created a new shirt from his shadow.
Hikaru blinked and looked at Zero with a blank stare before saying, “Succubus?”
Zero walked over to Hikaru and offered her his hand and pulled Hikaru up to her feet. Zero then opened up a portal and pulled out a blanket which he used to drape over Yoko and Nova.
“Yes, Yoko’s a very special succubus. Let’s go check to make sure she properly sealed and then go check on the rest of the group.” said Zero
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Hikaru followed after Zero as he exited the temple. After walking for what seemed like 10 minutes they arrived at the sight of the battle. The only person here was the sealed Sophia so Zero walked up to her as Hikaru stood back since there was nothing she could do here. Zero inspected the seal and the chains and noticed the tiny crack on the chain.
“Is the seal working?” asked Hikaru
“Yes, it’s holding for now. Yoko will need to examine it to predict how long if we want a specific timeline.” said Zero
“That’s great.” said Hikaru as she breathe a sigh of relief
Zero walked towards Hikaru and said, “Let’s go we shouldn’t linger around here too long.”
“Huh where are we going now?” asked Hikaru
“I have to summon the other back here but I don’t want to do that near Sophia’s seal.” explained Zero
They walked back to the temple and Zero raised his hand opening a portal the released Soma and Valna. Zero kneeled next to Soma and slit his wrist with his claw and dripped his blood in Soma’s mouth. Soma's eyes opened and with the vigor of a beast, Soma grabbed Zero’s wrist and bit into it with his vampiric fangs. After a few seconds of draining Zero’s blood, Soma released his hand and fell back breathing heavily.
“Thanks for the meal.” said Soma as his arm started to heal now that he’d had his fill of blood.
“You’re welcome.” said Zero as he walked over to an unconscious Valna who was barely breathing.
Zero slit his wrist that had already healed from Soma feeding and dripped some of his blood into Valna’s mouth. The blood helped and she started to breathe easier and take more breaths as time went on. Her physical injuries also heal as a byproduct of Zero’s blood. After 10 minutes Soma’s hand had fully healed but Valna remained the same.
“So, where’s Mina?” asked Soma
“She’s in another space with Alucard. This place is hard on creatures like Sophia and Mina so we’ll go to her when everyone awake.” explained Zero
Soma nodded to show that he understood and walked over to the still sleeping Valna. He looked at her before turning to Zero and saying, “I don’t think she’ll wake up anytime soon so how about we move her inside.”
Soma picked up Valna and entered the temple followed by Hikaru and Zero. When they enter they found Yoko still asleep but Nova had woken up. Nova ran over and hugged Zero’s leg. Zero reached over and picked her up and they walked over the thrones and sat Valna on a throne.
“Papa where did you go? Why did you leave Nova behind?” asked Nova
“I’m sorry I’ve been doing that a lot lately but I promise I won’t leave you behind again okay.” said Zero as she smile and hugged her.
“Okay you promise?” asked Nova
“I promise.” said Zero
“Aww you 2 are so cute together.” said Hikaru
“I agree. I have a question though why is she calling you papa?” added Soma
“Who’s that papa?” asked Nova as she looked at Soma.
“Ah, right I forgot you guys haven’t ever met. Nova this is Soma a friend of papa. Soma this is Nova my daughter.” explained Zero as he placed her done on the ground.
Nova walked over to Soma and said, “Hello Mr. Soma I’m Nova papa’s most amazing daughter.”
Soma blinked with a confused look momentarily before smiling and saying, “Hello Nova I’m your dad’s best friend and I’m sorry we haven’t really gotten a chance to meet. How old are you?”
To answer Soma’s question, she placed 6 fingers in the air causing Soma to say, “Oh you’re 5 years old I thought you’d be 4.”
“No silly Nova’s only 5 days old.” said Nova as she giggled
At her response, both Hikaru and Soma turned and looked at him. Zero coughed and said, “I know what you want to ask. It’s a long story but we have plenty of time so I’ll explain when we meet up with Alucard and Mina so that I only have to explain once.”