Hey, Jay here!
So today I'm starting a new series for Diabolik Lovers, this part does go back to the past so please keep in mind why the brothers personalities are different. Anyways, I won't hold you up enjoy!
The eighteen year old girl shifted in her bed, her blonde hair sprawled out on her pillow. She was reliving her past, in her dreams. Yet when she awoke she wouldn't remember any of it.
*[Five years ago]*
A girl sat in a meadow, alone, sobbing. The screams in the air were now just an echo, waiting to be silenced. The girl couldn't bear to go back and see the bodies of the people who raised her, the ones she grew up with, her family.
"Why does everything bad always happen to me?" She muttered. She heard footsteps behind her, she didn't care what it was. Maybe it would do her a favor and kill her too.
Whispers emerged, she couldn't make out any words but she could tell it was probably two young males. She felt an arm on her shoulder, she didn't move.
"Hey, what's wrong?"
She was confused what to do, should she tell this person? She wasn't sure, anything could happen.
"W-wo…" The words couldn't leave her mouth, she was trembling. She didn't have any confidence, at all.
"We're not going to hurt you."
The girl raised her head, tears were pouring from her eyes, her two different colored eyes.
"W-w-wolves." She stuttered. One boy had his hair tied back with was a muddy brown color along with brown eyes. The other boy had blond hair and sapphire blue eyes, he seemed properly dressed.
"So that's where they went." The muddy brown hair boy muttered, the blond boy exchanged a glance with the other boy for a few seconds then glanced back at her.
"My name is Shu, what's yours?" Shu asked her, she blinked.
"Kanon…" Her voice drifted off. The brown hair boy held his hand out to her.
"Nice to meet you Kanon, I'm Edgar. How about we go take a look at what happened?" Kanon stared at his hand then grabbed it, he pulled her up. He then began walking to the right, which is the wrong way.
"It's down there." Kanon mumbled loud enough for him to here, he stopped and nodded.
"I knew that."
Kanon stared at her father's corpse, closing her eyes, wishing it wasn't real. Shu stopped next to her and side glanced her then grabbed her hand.
"Come on, maybe everyone else if fine." He encourage, Kanon gave a curt nod.
Edgar waved them over towards the front of the house where Kanon heard the crying of a woman. Kanon's eyes widened to see her mother crouching over the body of a child.
"Mom?" Kanon called out, her mother didn't turn and look at her. Shu released Kanon's hand and she slowly walked towards her mother but was stopped by a blade being held to her stomach.
"Their all dead… It's all your fault." Her mother looked at the blade.
"But they came out of nowh- Goodbye, my dearest daughter. I love you." Kanon watched in horror as her mother plunged the knife through her heart. Kanon felt like she had just been crushed. A hand was placed gently on her back, she expected it to be Edgar but it was Shu.
"It's not your fault, trust me." Kanon was surprised at how calm the boy was.
"There's a place in the village, I'm sure everyone would allow you to stay there!" Edgar encouraged, Kanon's eyes drifted to the ground.
"That would be… Nice." She muttered, grabbing something of her mother's neck and standing up.
**[A week later]**
"You two are idiots!" Kanon was currently staring at the two mud covered boys.
"Oh yeah?" Edgar grabbed Kanon's ankle and she fell into the mud with the two boys. Edgar bursted out laughing, as did Shu. Kanon grabbed two chunks of mud from the ground and shoved it in both of their faces.
"How do you two like that?" Kanon wiped her hands on the side of her shirt, Edgar looked over at Shu.
"Shu, is it really okay to get your clothes all muddy like this?" Edgar asked, he shrugged.
"It's fine, really." He stated, Kanon stared at Shu. He seemed a little mysterious to her, but then again, she had maybe a little crush on him… Not that she would ever admit it.
"Hey Kanon, how old are you?" Edgar questioned, Kanon fell silent.
"What day is it?" Kanon knew her birthday was exactly a week since the incident, she lost track of the days.
"It's Sunday." Edgar replied, Kanon sighed.
"I just turned thirteen today." Kanon answered, Edgar stared at her in shock.
"I thought you were like nine or ten, you're so short! How are you older than me?" Kanon shrugged.
"I'm not short, you're just tall. Also, Shu's shorter than you but he's older than you." Kanon stated.
"What do you usually do on your birthdays?" Shu changed the subject on them.
"Me? Well, I threw parties and invited my friends." Kanon said.
"Do you dance at your parties?" Shu seemed a little confused.
"My friends did, I just hid in a corner because I can't dance." Kanon replied, Edgar's eyes sparked up.
"I know! Shu, you know how to dance! Teach Kanon for her birthday!" Edgar suggested, Kanon stood up.
"I'm bad at dancing, I don't want to trouble him." Kanon felt something latch onto her wrist.
"You won't trouble me, here." Shu stood up and then instructed her to put her hand on his shoulder. He grabbed her hand and held onto it.
"Like this?" She asked, he nodded his head before he could say anything else Kanon felt something snatched from her neck.
"Got it!" A familiar voice called, Kanon turned her head and saw an older boy from the village holding her necklace.
"Hey give it back Maxwell!" Kanon let go of Shu and ran after the boy who ran near a forest, following Kanon was Edgar and Shu.
"So you want this back? Right?" The older boy asked.
"Just give it back, that's really important to me." Kanon said, he shook his head.
"Not until you do me a favor." He stated, Kanon fell silent then gave him a questioning look.
"What is it?" Kanon questioned, his eyes shifted towards the forest.
"We were playing ball and stupid Joseph kicked it into the forest, like deep. Could you get it for us?" He inquired, Kanon looked at the forest.
"Um okay." Kanon began walking towards the forest.
"Kanon wait!" Edgar called, Kanon turned.
"What's wrong?" Kanon felt herself being pulled away from the forest.
"You can't go into the forest! There are vampires there, it's dangerous!" Edgar stated, Kanon tilted her head.
"I want my necklace back besides it'll be real quick." Kanon promised, he gave her a look of hesitance.
"I'll go with her." Shu offered, Edgar looked at Shu then at Kanon.
"You can't, it's not safe." Edgar muttered, Kanon smiled.
"I can manage on my own, It's fine, really." Kanon turned away and walked into the dark forest.
Kanon was stumped, how far had Joseph kicked this ball? She leaned against a tree and closed her eyes. Maybe she should've listened to Edgar, being alone and search alone is harder than she thought. She closed her eyes and sighed.
"Is this perhaps what you're looking for?" Kanon snapped back to her senses and saw a boy around her age with black hair and blood red eyes, rectangular glasses were on his face. He was holding a circular object, the ball.
"Yes, I think so." Kanon replied, he looked at the ball then back at Kanon. Kanon was nervous, would he willingly give it back to her? Like Shu, this boy looked like an aristocrat too.
"The only reason you have people to surround you is because they pity you, not because they want to befriend you." The boy stated.
"What do you mean?" Kanon asked him.
"Shu, my brother, isn't kind to you naturally. He's purposely acting that way because he feels bad for you." He explained, Kanon blinked. Why was this boy telling her this? Is this boy really Shu's brother? Come to think of it, both Edgar and Shu do give her looks of pity from time to time.
"Who are you?" Kanon questioned, he walked closer to her.
"My name is Reiji, it's a pleasure to meet your acquaintance. I'm just warning you not to get close to my brother." Reiji handed her the ball. Kanon wasn't too sure about this boy but something was telling her to believe him. She kind of wanted to talk to him more.
"Um, are you going to be here tomorrow?" Kanon inquired, he shook his head.
"I don't believe so, why do you ask?" He asked her.
"Because I want to talk to you more." Kanon said smiling graciously, his eyes widened in surprise.
"Really? But why would I waste any more of my precious time speaking to a human?" Reiji questioned, Kanon began to think.
"Why would I waste my time talking to you? I could be doing more useful things, but I chose to talk to you so we have the same reasoning." Kanon stated, he nodded his head.
"You make a valid point, but I am not the same as you." Reiji didn't seem to be getting the point.
"Of course not! Just because we have a similar reasoning doesn't mean we're the same! You must not talk to a lot of people." Kanon must've hit a nerve.
"So what if I don't? As I stated, I prefer not to waste my precious time." Reiji said, Kanon nodded.
"Sorry, that was inappropriate." Kanon dipped her head and looked back up. He seemed to be giving her an uncertain look then he let out a sigh.
"Come tomorrow at around five or six, I'll teach you a thing or two about etiquette." Reiji turned away
"My name's Kanon by the way, thank you for giving this back to me!" Kanon called before spinning on her heels and walking the way she came.
Kanon held the ball tightly in her hands, maybe she should stop talking to Shu. Reiji did make a valid point, she didn't want people to be her friends just because they pity her. She wanted people to like her for who she is.
When Kanon finally found her way out of the forest she saw Edgar and Shu sitting in the grass talking with each other. When Edgar looked up he pointed to Kanon and the two boys hopped to their feet.
"Kanon, are you okay?" Edgar ran up to Kanon, Shu behind him.
"Yeah." Kanon mumbled, the two boys exchanged glances.
"Hey Kanon, do you want me to still teach you how to dance?" Shu questioned her.
"Where's Maxwell?" Kanon avoided Shu's question.
"I heard my name, did you get it?" Maxwell popped out of the bushes.
"Yes, here." Kanon handed the ball to Maxwell who smiled and patted Kanon on the head.
"Here's your necklace. Also I heard today was your thirteenth birthday, congrats! Shall I read you the teenager guide book?" Maxwell questioned, Kanon shook her head.
"Maxwell, you're only four years older than me. You're a teenager too." Kanon reminded him, Maxwell put his elbow on Kanon's shoulder.
"You see, that kind of attitude is not going to get you a boyfriend any time soon." Maxwell gave her a warm smile.
"But I'm not really interested- Wait a second, don't tell me you've never had a crush before! Have your hormones not hit you yet?" Maxwell interrupted.
"Well there is this one boy who is about a year older than me but I don't think he likes me." Kanon said sarcastically.
"Really? Who? Is he in the village." Maxwell seemed very eager to find out.
"No he's not in the village." Maxwell glanced at Shu and pointed at him.
"Is it him?" Maxwell guessed, Kanon almost had a heart attack, was it that obvious? She had to play this casually. She shrugged and shook her head.
"No." She then began to walk past him but Maxwell grabbed the collar of her shirt then grabbed Shu and pulled the two close to eachother.
"Aw come on, you two would look cute together!" Maxwell teased, Edgar stepped in between Kanon and Shu.
"No way, they look like brother and sister!" Edgar claimed, Maxwell mischievously smiled.
"You're just judging them on their hair color. Kanon's hair is a milky blonde along with a blue eye and a green eye while he had a honey like blonde hair and two blue eyes, right Kanon?" Maxwell looked to the spot where Kanon was previously at but now gone.
"I don't want them to know, I don't want anything bad to happen. I can't get close to Shu or Edgar anymore, I won't." Kanon muttered heading towards the village.
**[The next day]**
Kanon finally finished her job. She lay resting in a field, with her her eyes closed. She heard footsteps then she felt herself being poked.
"Hey I was resting!" Kanon complained opening her eyes to see it was Edgar.
"Shu's coming soon and we're gonna catch frogs today!" Edgar said, Kanon smiled.
"Really? Sounds fun!" Kanon exclaimed, he nodded. She couldn't be mean to Edgar or Shu, knowing her housemates they would probably tell her to come help.
"We'll come get you then, see ya!" Edgar smiled at her then ran off. She closed her eyes once against, drifting to sleep in the warm sun.
**[A few hours later]**
Kanon sat up and rubbed her eyes, glancing up at the beautiful blue sky. It must be around four, she probably was out for around an hour or two. She began walking towards the village, lively as ever.
"I wonder if the boy from the forest is here today." Kanon wondered, she traveled around before she saw Edgar and Shu talking with each other.
"It's adorable!" Shu exclaimed, she saw he was holding a small puppy, she tried to walk past quickly but Edgar called her out.
"Hey Kanon look! Isn't it cute?" Edgar waved her over she hesitantly walked over to the two boys.
"Yeah but…" Her voice drifted off, seeing the blood of her family on the ground. Although it was wolves, they are still classified as dogs.
"What's wrong?" Shu asked her, Kanon looked at the dog.
"S-sorry, I think I'm going to go." Kanon knew better, it was a puppy after all but… The more she looked at it the more pain it brought her.
"You can hold it if you want to." Edgar offered, Kanon shook her head and then shifted her eyes until both boys were in a perfect line of vision. The two boys eyes widened at her pained expression.
"I just can't." Kanon couldn't believe they already forgot the reason why she was here.
"Is Kanon scared of a harmless puppy?" She felt a hand rest on her shoulder, she turned her head to see Joseph with a devilish smile.
"You don't under- You're such a baby being scared of a stupid dog while there's vampires roaming about in this world. All of us could die right now and I bet you would be the first to go, then Maxwell, Mary, and the rest of this village." Joseph wasn't teasing Kanon, he was being obnoxious.
"Just because we don't know a lot about something doesn't mean they don't have personalities too." Kanon snapped, Joseph narrowed his eyes.
"Seems like you're defending those monsterous things." Joseph sneered, Kanon took a step back and turned so she was facing Joseph.
"No I'm stating my opinion, yet you're probably going to judge me on that." Kanon thought she was crazy but it didn't hurt to get a few things off her chest.
"Nobody cares what you say, nobody cares what you do, and nobody cares who you are. To summarize, nobody cares about you." Joseph folded his arms. Kanon felt her vision blurring, but she looked up anyways and smiled.
"I... appreciate your honesty." Kanon stuttered before feeling herself pulled back by Shu who had put the puppy down somewhere, probably, she wasn't paying attention. Edgar stepped in front of her and folded his arms.
"Take that back! I care about Kanon!" Edgar snapped. Kanon was trying very hard not to blush for both Edgar's bravery and that Shu had his arm around her shoulder.
"M-Me too!" Shu exclaimed. Kanon looked down at the ground. Knowing Joseph, he would probably resort to violence soon. Kanon didn't want to see anybody getting hurt.
"Stop." Kanon muttered. The two boys looked at her with curious eyes.
"What did you say?" Edgar questioned.
"Stop." Kanon said a bit louder, pulling away from Shu. She didn't want to believe these two boys pitied her, especially since they were defending her.
"What's going on here?" A plump lady with silver hair stopped then glanced at Kanon who had tears streaming down her face.
"Kanon, precious child, what's wrong?" The lady questioned.
"Precious child? Mary, she's not even your own!" Joseph yelled, he was clearly agitated. Kanon didn't feel like talking to Mary so she bolted off towards the woods, quickly. She wanted to cry and think in silence. She heard a slapping noise behind her, knowing Mary just slapped Joseph.
"Now tell me boys, what did the big bad idiot say?"
Kanon don't know how deep in the forest she ran because she wasn't paying attention. She sat down, her back against a tree. Her head was resting on her knees. Her sobbing was quiet but you could still hear it.
"It's not safe to be crying in a play such as this one." Kanon looked up and saw Reiji looming over her.
"Yes but it's quiet." Kanon replied, he folded his arms.
"Why are you crying?" He questioned. Kanon knew he was trying to sound disinterested, maybe he was.
"One of the older boys in the village-" Kanon paused. She couldn't blame Joseph.
"I would appreciate it if you finished your sentence." Reiji said, annoyance in his voice. She smiled and shook her head.
"Nevermind, sorry." Kanon stood up and dusted herself off. Reiji put his hand in a pocket then pulled out a white handkerchief, he turned away and then held it out to her.
"Please, use this." He muttered, Kanon gently took it from him then wiped her tears off her face. She thanked them and then he changed the subject to etiquette.
Kanon doesn't know how long she was talking with Reiji but she did know the sun was going down when he said he had to return home.
"I think I understand now, bye Reiji!" Kanon turned around but was stopped by Reiji's sudden call.
"Ah I remembered something, we're having a ball. You are welcome to come if you want to, just find something better than… Those." He stared in disgust at her clothing, Kanon fell silent then nodded.
"I think I have something." Kanon had the dress from the week when everything happened.
Kanon exited the forest, the moon was now rising above the horizon. She must've been gone for a while, Mary was probably worried. She yawned, stretching out her arms, she should definitely pay more attention because she was knocked over. Her eyes weren't adjusted yet so she couldn't see clearly who it was.
"Kanon?" She let out a breathe of relief as Shu moved close enough for her to see.
"I'm so glad it's you." Kanon smiled before realizing he could take that the wrong way.
"Me too." Shu pulled her up.
"Well I have to get going, bye." Kanon didn't want to go but she had to.
"W-Wait, um, would you like to go to a ball with me?" His eyes widened, Kanon [sadly] knew he meant "us" since Edgar was probably going too.
"Sure, can't wait." Kanon turned away.
"Um I meant us, Edgar's coming too." Shu added, Kanon nodded her head.
"Don't worry, I know." Kanon continued to walk to the village.
**[THE DANCE]**
Kanon's dress wasn't anything fancy but it was pretty. She was wearing a silk white dress that reached her knees. She tied her milky blonde hair back into a ponytail that reached her hips.
"I need to cut my hair." Kanon muttered before heading out.
Kanon was amazed by how beautiful the ballroom was, she's never seen anything like it. She came to the ball with Shu and Edgar but she
lost them. Kanon saw a boy who had silver hair which was draped over one of his red eyes, he seemed to be pouting. Three girls walked over to him and started to talk to him.
"Subaru would you like to dance with me?" A girl with strawberry blonde hair and green eyes questioned him.
"I uh-" The girl next to her stomped and pointed to herself.
"I'm pretty sure he would like to dance with me." She snapped, Kanon sighed and walked over to them.
"There you are Subaru, I was looking for you. Come with me." Kanon gently took his hand and led him away from the girls.
"Who are you?" Subaru asked her, Kanon let go of his hand and smiled.
"My name's Kanon, anyways later." Kanon turned away.
"Y-You don't want to dance?" Subaru stuttered, Kanon looked back at him.
"Why? Do you want to?" She questioned, he looked at the ground.
"Ye-Kanon!" A voice called to her, Kanon turned her head to see Edgar walking towards her.
"I think I'm going to go." Edgar mumbled loud enough for her to hear.
"Why?" He looked away, he seemed bothered.
"Someone told me we were bothering them and that we don't belong here." Edgar said.
"Who told you that?" Kanon questioned, Edgar pointed from the way he came.
"I think his name was Reiji." Edgar replied, Kanon's eyes widened.
"I'll be back, I'll meet you outside." Kanon stated before storming off.
Kanon searched carefully for Reiji before spotting him, she walked up to him.
"I'm leaving." Kanon said, calmly.
"Why? The ball isn't over yet." Reiji seemed a little shocked.
"Well you know, I'm a bother, I don't think I belong here." Kanon saw his eyes widened.
"What makes you think that?" Reiji asked her.
"Well those were the words that came out of your mouth." Kanon snapped.
"I can explain- I'll be leaving first." Kanon turned away and began to walk off. She hated people who used people only to criticize them
Kanon wasn't paying attention where she was going she ran out off the building then ran into a small boy who was holding a bear. The bear went flying up into the air and there was a silence. She looked up and saw two red haired boys helping the purple haired boy up, he was no longer holding his bear.
Kanon looked around and spotted the bear. She stood up and walked over to it before picking it up, she then walked over to the boy and smiled.
"Here, sorry for running into you." Kanon handed him his bear.
"Why were you running?" The red haired boy with short hair asked.
"I'm looking for someone, I also have to get home soon." Kanon looked around as she said this.
"Who are you looking for?" The boy with longer red hair asked, Kanon was about to say something but she felt her arm being grabbed.
"Kanon, I was looking for you! Oh you met my younger brothers." Shu stared at the three boys.
"Say… You don't happen to have a brother who has silver hair and red eyes, right?" Kanon tilted her head and Shu blinked.
"Yeah, that's Subaru. Why?" Shu stared at Kanon who shook her head.
"Nothing, I was talking to him earlier and I saw a very small similarity." Kanon heard a gasp.
"You managed to talk to Subaru? Wow, you must really be something!" The longer haired boy exclaimed, Kanon giggled.
"Really? That's nice of you to say." Kanon saw movement in the corner of her eye.
"Kanon, did Edgar leave already?" Shu questioned, Kanon shook her head.
"I don't think so, I was supposed to walk home with him." Kanon saw movement again she bit her lip.
"Oh, tell him Reiji didn't mean those things." Shu said, Kanon nodded.
"Reiji? Could you tell him I'm sorry? Anyways I have to go, Mary will probably throw me down a well if I'm not back soon." Kanon began to run towards the direction of the forest to find Edgar.
"O-Okay!" Shu called.
[In the forest]
Kanon looked around, where was Edgar? It was kind of scary being alone in the forest this late. What if there was a vampire here? What if- Crack.
"Who's there?" Kanon felt a piercing feeling in her right shoulder, she screamed at the sudden pain. A sudden wave of droziness washed over her.
"I've finally found you." A voice whispered.
[Shu's P.O.V.]
Shu sighed and stared at the spot where Kanon ran off to before turning around and seeing Edgar leaning against a pillar. Shu's eyes widened before he walked over to Edgar.
"Where's Kanon?" Shu asked him, Edgar looked up and shrugged.
"I don't know, she was supposed to come find me." Edgar stated, Shu frowned.
"She went to look for you but she ran towards the-" A scream erupted into the air. The two boys were startled and Edgar hopped up.
"Is that Kanon's scream?" Edgar questioned, Shu shrugged.
"I don't know, let's go be sure." Shu and Edgar began running towards the forest.
[Kanon's P.O.V.]
Kanon felt herself being picked up, she could see just not clearly. It was definitely the face of a man, but the details were very difficult to pick out. He slumped her over his shoulder and began walking. Kanon saw two figures of young boys appear, she reached her hand out before collapsing and passing out.
I have no idea how long it will take me to update, probably every week or two.
I hope you liked it!
