Ok, no reviews, but I'm still gonna continue on with the story because I need something to do. Plus I really, think that the story needs to be rewritten, I am NOT pleased with the…sap. I hate sap! . Actually, I took out the prologue altogether. I HATED it, ooh, changed the title too.
Disclaimer: I do not own Count Cain or the characters from it, they all belong to the wonderful and genius Kaori Yuki! I only own Meina, and Kirashi, and any other character that seems unfamiliar to you.
Doll in the Dark
"Ma'am…Ma'am! Come! Didn't you say you wanted to get there early?" Kirashi called up the steps. Kirashi was a raven-haired maid who served only her young mistress, Meina Suzunami. A few moments later Meina had finally come down wearing one of her scarlet colored dresses. Meina had an odd hair color. It was actually a light magenta with sky blue streaks. She also had the most piercing ice blue gaze.
"Ok! I'm ready! So, we gonna goooo now?" Meina asked happily. Kirashi shook her head. "You are missing something, mistress". Meina blinked a couple times. "Huh?" Kirashi went upstairs to Meina's bedroom and came back down a few moments later carrying a long red sash. Kirashi tied it in a bow so the ends would be as long as the dress. "There. Now we may go, mistress"
Outside of the house, a carriage was waiting. Kirashi helped Meina into the carriage and then went inside her self. Then they were off. The carriage had stopped in front of an abandoned shop. Meina got out of the carriage, while Kirashi waited inside. Meina walked inside the shop, it was fairly dusty and run down, but she didn't care. She made her way to the back of the shop where there were steps leading to a second floor. She made her way up the steps and there on the second floor were shelves and shelves of dolls. She scanned the shelves and finally settled upon a particular doll. She carefully dusted it off and held it carefully while going back to the carriage. "Let the games begin" Meina said as the carriage set off to its next destination
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"It seems as though there's been another strange murder case, Riff" Cain said boredly while reading the newspaper. Riff prepared some tea for Cain while Cain read the article on the latest murder. "Apparently the actual murder was not seen, but what traces were found was only a doll that looked like the victim" Cain said as he read the article. "Sounds almost like as if the murder might have been a young person" Riff pointed out. "Very possible, but it might just be someone with a fetish for dolls. I pity the victim for being murdered by someone like that." Cain said with a small laugh.
One of the housemaids knocked on the door. "Master Cain, Mr. Neil is here to see you." Cain rolled his eyes and just nodded to Riff, who walked over to the door and opened it. Neil strode in and approached Cain. "You do know why I'm here, Cain?" Neil asked right away. "Of course, dear uncle. It's about my fiancée, yes? So she is coming today, right?" Cain asked. Neil noted the sarcasm in Cain's voice and just nodded in reply. Almost right away too, the doorbell rang and Riff went to answer it. "That should be her" Neil said. "You might need to be extra polite, and excuse her if she sometimes doesn't speak clear English. She's foreign" "Foreign? Where is she from?" Cain asked. "She's Japanese, just started learning English about four months ago, so she's still polishing it up" Neil replied. "Interesting" was Cain's only reply.
A couple minutes later, Riff walked in followed by a maid with black hair, and even blacker eyes, with a girl around 14 in tow. "Ah yes, this is Meina Suzunami, your fiancée" Neil said gesturing towards the young girl. Cain found her sense of style to be, unique. Her dress was a mix of scarlet and black and to top it off it had a long red bow tied around her waist. Her hair was also of a strange color, being light magenta with blue streak. Her most striking feature though, was her eyes. With the look she was giving now, her eye color only intensified the look, giving off the vibe that she was not happy. Neither was Cain. But Cain had also noticed the doll she was holding in her arms.
The maid that was with Meina, bent down and whispered something into her ear. She just nodded and stepped forward. "It is nice to meet you, Mr. Cain." Meina said with a curtsy, "I apologize if my English may sound a bit off occasionally, but I'm working on it" Cain stood up from where he was sitting wand walked up to her. He carefully took her hand in his and kissed it gently. But she seem unaffected at all by this action. "It is an honor to meet you, my lady. May I ask where you got that doll from?" Cain asked. Meina held it so Cain could see it better. The doll was of a girl with brownish hair and was dressed in a lavender dress. "This is a present from my brother back in Japan. It is very rare to find dolls in western dress, so this one was custom made for me" Meina replied. "Custom made, interesting. Do you have many of these?" Cain asked, looking very interested in the bow around her waist and the doll she was holding. "I do have many dolls, but they are all back home. Also, if you're wondering why I wear this bow, it is because I am usually used to having something around my waist, just seemed to have forgotten for once this morning." She said in reply.
"Meina will be staying here a couple days, and if you wish, you can stay with her for a couple days as well. Anyways, I'll be off" Neil said as he left. Cain just watched his uncle leave then turned back to Meina. "I should have you meet my little sister, Merryweather. She has been wanting to meet you" Meina just nodded and Cain took her to where Merry was. As it turns out, Merry was out in the garden and when she spotted Meina she bounded up happily. "Big brother, is this your fiancée" Merry asked excitedly. "Yes, it is, Merry. This is Meina Suzunami. She just came a few months ago from Japan" Cain replied. Meina curtsied to Merry and smiled. Merry looked Meina over and Meina just blinked a few times. "She seems a little, different" Merry said. "Now Merry, you have to remember she's not from here" Cain scolded. Merry just 'hmphed' and went back to picking flowers in the garden.
Cain lead Meina to a small sitting area where she sat down and chatted with Kirashi in Japanese. "She actually seems fairly mature for someone her age" Riff said. Cain nodded. "Yes, very mature. Except for when she's chatting with her maid. How does she expect to learn English when she hardly speaks it except to others?" "I wouldn't doubt it if she had to review everyday" Riff replied. "I wouldn't doubt it."
T.O.B
OK! Hope that was better than what I had going before. I find it's better. *phew* I think i'll keep to updating weekly. I'm too busy to update so often. Oh wait, isn't every week often? Please R&R I really need it!
