A few days had passed as she sat on the self-driving bus, her body swaying with the motion as it traveled down the avenue. She reached up, pushing strands of her long black hair behind her ear, repositioning a small white five petal flower nestled in her hair. She grinned as she listened to two girls talking about the events of the last few days.
There were no more reports of vampire like attacks as students roamed the dark alleys. Their eyes grew wide as they both quickly nodded talking about the night sky roaring with flames.
"Must've been a couple of high-level Espers fighting unofficially." One of the girls spoke as they exited the bus.
Her lips curled into a bigger smile as she took a slow breath, "something like that…" She nodded as she whispered.
She adjusted her long blue skirt of her school uniform and slipped her fingers along the edge of a wooden box that sat on her lap. It was the size of a large envelope and to the untrained eye it looked like a simple small purse with a long shoulder strap but to Ruiko Saten, it was a mahogany case with hand carved symbols embossed with gold leaf, the shape of the moon and the sun intersecting.
" Zdiv Na Boga…" She spoke softly as her eyes softening, "breathe of God…"
She cleared her throat, glancing out the window of the self-driving bus. A few more stops and she would be at the school district 18, Nagatenjouki high school.
She was heading to the private residence of a certain vampire and her sister, Katrina.
She sighed, closing her eyes feeling a sense of sadness in her chest. She thought about the discussion they had after Edward had been destroyed, Klaus was arrested and slipped secretly out of the country.
But what bothered her the most was the fact that Mikoto would stay at the threshold of becoming a vampire. She had been bitten by what remained of Edward but in order to prevent her from becoming infected, turned into something like him, Anastasia a female vampire and future Queen's sank her fangs into her throat to nullify the other venom. Unfortunately, the antivenom was a longshot at best to erase the effects of a Queens bite. If she had been a normal vampire, yes no problem but Anastasia had already begun the transformation to a queen.
Ruiko remembered watching Anastasia sitting next to Mikoto, her hands on her thigh, telling her that she would need a booster every year but eventually, she could only hope. She slowly closed her eyes, shaking her head.
Anastasia sighed as the corners of her lips curled and her eyes shined.
"I am not going to lie… Mikoto…" She scooted closer, "I like you… I like you a lot… So I am very excited about our potential future together…" She reached out taking Mikoto's hand and pulling it to her new set of breasts.
Mikoto's sat, slowly nodding her head taking it all in. She knew it was not Anastasia's fault. She had rushed in, not following the plan, a little rash.
"We can be very close friends…" Anastasia leaned closer, "or lovers…" Her lips parted as her fangs caught the light, slowly nodding her head.
Ruiko chuckled to herself, thinking of Shirai's response. She was sitting on the arm of the couch. She growled, staring bullets at Anastasia, her fingers digging into the cloth.
"Is that someone grinding her teeth…?" Anastasia cocked her head, slowly narrowing her eyes as she gazed at Shirai. Shirai leaned closer, "I won't even bother checking for my spikes," she slowly narrowed her eyes as her fingers slipped under the hem of her dress reaching for them.
Mikoto glanced at Shirai, twisting her lips, then Anastasia.
"But, you will try…" she looked at Anastasia with wet eyes.
"I promise Mikoto…" she nodded her head, " I wanted you to make the choice, not this way" she closed her eyes, blowing out a quick breath and slowly opened them. "But that shade of red mixed with your brown eyes is very beautiful…" She leaned in closer, reaching up cupping Mikoto's cheek then her lips pressed against her other cheek.
"Sissy… No…" Shirai dove on top of her Sissy, "I will save you…" She quickly wrapped her arms around Mikoto's shoulders. Then she opened her mouth spread her lips and her teeth open wide.
" maybe, I just need to bite you…" she pressed her mouth to Mikoto's throat, letting out a muffled growl.
"What the…" Mikoto leaned away falling deeper into Anastasia's embrace. She blushed, grinning like a child getting free candy, "Mikoto…" Anastasia spoke chuckling softly, wrapping her arms around her, holding her against her new body.
Ruiko remembered the smell of ozone, the bluish white light of another Mikoto electrical attack.
Katrina and Gabriella were sitting at the table in the kitchen, looked over their shoulders shaking their heads, shrugged their shoulders then finished eating.
(They had become accustomed to this attack. Since they had arrived at the apartment, so Mikoto could recover. She shared the bed with Anastasia to help with the recovery but Sharia seemed to have just a little problem with the closeness of the treatment. She would often appear from nowhere, forcing herself between them. Mikoto shaking her head, knowing Anastasia was not helping, often cuddling, pulling Mikoto closer when Shirai appeared. Needless to say that Mikoto was quite relieved after the 72 required hours. Though she did narrowed her eyes, glaring at Anastasia, when she asked if 72 hours was really necessary. The sly tone and indecisive look on Anastasia face seem to, shall we say not really convince her. Nor the fact they had to bath together.)
Uiharu took a soft breath running a program on her laptop, holding a glass of milk, her second of the day.
Shirai was lying across the arm of the couch, twitching as smoke rose from her body. Anastasia was on her back, Mikoto on top of her, grinning as she chuckled.
"So bad…" Anastasia whispered with a smile on her face slowly closing her eyes.
Ruiko's thought were interrupted by the automatic announcement of their pending arrival at the high school. She chuckled to herself seeing the glimmering, shining gates of the school. Beyond them were manicured lawns, large shade trees, a very large brick and stone buildings with large columns lining the front entrance.
She would get off the bus, then turn left walking down the sidewalk to the next right. Another 50 yards to the private entrance of the apartments.
The sense of excitement she felt as she walked down the street slowly mixed as a worried expression took hold of her face and her stomach turned with nervousness. She tightened her grip on the mahogany box that hung by her side as she approached the cast iron gate. The metal felt cold and rough in her hand as she held it, pushing it open, it screamed out as it creaked as she closed the gate. She swallowed hard, running her tongue across her lower lip, listening to the sounds of the soles of her shoes scraping across the asphalt. She walked up the steps to the double doors, seeing her worried expression reflecting off the glass. She reached up and pressed the buzzer.
"Yes…" A young woman's friendly voice filled the air.
"Um… Hello…" Ruiko hesitated taking a quick nervous breath.
"Ruiko?" She sounded a little surprised as she chuckled.
"Yes… Yes it is, me… Katrina…" She paused looking her lips.
"Come right up…" She let out a quick laugh. She could hear Gabriella in the background complaining.
The buzzer sounded and the locks clicked as Ruiko slowly took the doorknob into her palm, twisting it and then stepped inside the building.