[DarkAmethyst]

Kotomi sat down on the other end of the couch as Ashley looked over to Rupert, obviously having heard Ichiru‘s warning.

"Pass me that bottle of water." She said, looking at the bottle of holy water Abigail had been holding a few moments before. Kotomi and the twins watched as Caroline handed it to her, although Ichiru frowned slightly when Ashley told him to take a few sips of the water.

“That’s not…” He trailed off before finishing his sentence, bringing Kiseki to glance at him. He knew that Ichiru had probably warned Ashley, but he must not have been clear with what he told her. After Rupert had taken a few sips of the water and gave no reaction, everyone else seemed to relax, although Kotomi and the twins already knew that he wasn’t still possessed.

"Is it normal to feel, well... weird after being possessed by a Demon?" Rupert asked.

"Weird like how?" Ashley asked in confusion.

"I'm just... I'm really really hungry and the damn sunlight keeps on hurting my eyes. My muscles are aching and..." Rupert trailed off as he brought his fingertips up to the top gums in his mouth. "I feel something in my gums and it really hurts."

"Wait a minute..." Ichiru opened his mouth to say something, but stopped when Caroline spoke, walking over to stand in front of the ginger. "Oh no..."

"What's wrong?" Rupert asked, and the blonde responded with what Ichiru had meant to say earlier.

"Rupert... you're turning into a Vampire..."

"A Vampire?" Sam echoed, to which the blonde nodded.

"How the bloody hell can I be turning into a Vampire?"

"Asmodeus must had made you drink Vampire blood and then killed you while he was possessing you..." Ashley responded, her gaze then shifting to Kotomi and the twins. "W-what can we do?"

“There’s not much we can do…” Kiseki responded softly as he walked over to stand beside Caroline. “Block out all sunlight, and don’t let him go outside. There has to be someone watching him at all times; when the bloodlust kicks in, he might not be able to control himself.”

“You’ll need a bewitched Lapis Lazuli stone before you can go out into the sunlight.” Ichiru spoke up after Kiseki as he looked at Rupert. “Without it, exposure to the sun can be fatal. Also… if you don’t consume human blood within the next 24 hours, you’ll die. Luckily Kiseki keeps some around at all times, so you won’t have to worry about hurting someone in order to get it.”

“The bloodlust may still be a problem, though…” Kiseki said, shifting his gaze to the ginger as well. “With all of the humans around, it’ll be hard to control it at first…” He looked to Ashley and the others then. “It might be best to take him somewhere safer where he’s not exposed to so many humans to begin with.”