Diabolik Lovers: Infinite Blood
I sat in the cab and looked out my window to see a large mansion on my left side. I rolled the window down to get a better look at it. The driver stopped in front of the gates and let me out. I stood staring at the mansion. I walked through the gates and looked at the fountain. It began to rain. "It's raining." I said to myself. I looked up to the clouds and gasped as thunder crashed. I ran to the mansion's doors and knocked twice. "Hello?" I asked, waiting for someone to answer the door. I reached for the handle but pulled back when it opened by itself.
I walked in carefully. "Excuse me, is anyone home?" I asked. There was no answer. "That's funny. Maybe they weren't told I was coming today." I said to myself. I walked in further, looking around for someone. "Hello?" I said again. I sighed as no one answered. I looked around and saw someone sleeping on a couch. I ran over to him. "Um, excuse me?" I touched his hand. It was cold. "You're cold." I gasped. "Are you ok?" I asked, bending down to listen to his heart. I gasped as I heard nothing. "He has no pulse! Oh, no! I have to call an ambulance." I said, reaching into my bag for my phone. I pulled it out and started to call 911 when a hand reached out and grabbed it from me.
I gasped in surprise as the person sat up. "Damn, you're noisy." he grunted. "This isn't your house, so be quiet." he hissed, glaring at me. "Y-you're alive!" I gasped. "Why wouldn't I be alive? What do you think I am?" he asked me. I backed up. "But your heart was stopped." I said, standing up. The person grabbed my waist and pushed me down onto the couch. "What!?" I said, looking away from him. "You already know the answer to that. I'm about to take you." he said, lowering his head to lick my neck. He smirked and was about to bite me.
"Ayato, what's all the commotion?" a voice said. "Damn, not you, Reiji." Ayato hissed. "This is the entrance hall. This is meant to be used as a place to greet our guests. Take your activities to your private room." Reiji said. "Well, that was dull." Ayato said, getting off of me. I jumped up and ran over to Reiji. "Please, help me!" I said to him. He glared down at me. "And you are?" he asked. "I'm Kogane Hinode. My father said I was supposed to live here." I told him. "I heard nothing of the sort. Ayato, explain this to me." Reiji said. "Huh? How should I know? You never said anything about that, Pancake." Ayato said to him, looking at me.
"That's because you attacked me out of nowhere." I said to him. Ayato scoffed. "Wait, did you say 'pancake'? Are you talking about me?" I asked him. "Of course I'm talking about you, stupid. You're as flat as a pancake." Ayato said. I narrowed my eyes in offence.
"That is strange. I wasn't informed of this." Reiji said. "Excuse me, but who are you?" I asked him. "We shouldn't talk here. Come this way. See to her luggage." Reiji said, walking off. I heard my suitcase move and I turned to see an older man. I gasped. The man bowed his head and backed up into the shadows. I looked over at Ayato for a second and ran after Reiji.
We sat down in chairs that were in a different room. "Now, in the interest of formality, let us begin by having you tell us about yourself and how you came to enter this house." Reiji said. "Um, right, I…" I stopped talking as I heard a laugh.
"What have we here?" a voice asked, laughing. "Is it true? Is there really a cute little human girl here?" the voice said. I looked over at the stairs and saw another person leaning on the railing. I gasped as I felt a tongue lick my cheek. "Mmm, you smell so nice and sweet." the person said, appearing next to me. "Please let me have a lick too." another person said. I felt another tongue lick my ear. I gasped. "You're right, she is sweet." the other person said. "Now you two, don't you think that behavior is a little impolite towards a lady you have only just met?" Reiji said to them. "What? But doesn't everyone want to taste something that looks yummy? Don't you, Kanato?" the person next to me asked. The person behind me agreed. "Yes." he said.
"Knock it off, you guys! Yours Truly saw her first. Yours Truly is going to be her first everything." Ayato said to them. "Lame." a voice said. "I'm so sick of you calling yourself Yours Truly." the voice continued. "Screw you! I know that's you, Subaru. Show yourself!" Ayato hissed at the voice. "Over here." Subaru said. Ayato looked at him. "I thought it smelled like human in here. So, it was you. How dare you interrupt my precious sleep?" Subaru hissed at me. "H-How did you get in?" I asked Subaru, Raito looking over his shoulder to glance at Subaru.
"My question first!" Subaru hissed, slamming a fist into the wall. I looked at him in fear. Reiji adjusted his glasses with a grunt. "Has anyone been told anything about this lady who has come here to live with us." Reiji asked. Ayato, who was still standing, flopped back into the chair.
I stood up. "Excuse me! I think this is some misunderstanding, so I'll be on my way." I said hurrying past Reiji. "Just a moment. I am attempting to verify the truth of the matter. Wouldn't it be rather impolite to leave now?" he said to me. "B-But…" I started, looking at him.
"Are you the woman he mentioned?" a voice asked. I looked towards the voice. A young man was resting on a chair. "Shu, do you know something about this girl?" Reiji asked the man. "Maybe." he answered. "Don't 'maybe' me. I would like an explanation." Kanato said to him. "That guy…Contacted me the other day. He said we will have a guest arriving from the church, so treat her with respect." Shu replied. "What? Are you telling me that Pancake here is the prospective bride?" Ayato asked Shu. I gasped.
"Oh, is that all?" Kanato said. "More like a sacrifice than a bride." Laito sighed. "Oh, right…And he also mentioned not to kill her." Shu added. "Really? That means we're going to have a very long relationship with her." Laito said.
"It appears that there is no misunderstanding, so allow us to introduce ourselves." Reiji said to me. "That is the eldest son, Shu. I am the second son, Reiji. This is the third, Ayato." Reiji said. "You won't get away next time." Ayato said to me, smirking. "Kanato…" Reiji continued. "Please let me sample you again sometime." Kanato said to me. "Laito." Reiji said. "Pleased to meet you, Little Bitch." Laito said to me, winking. "And the last son, Subaru." Reiji finished. Subaru scoffed. "What a waste of time." he hissed. "But this has to be a mistake. No one told me anything about brides. And… And besides, you're all… kind of weird." I said to them, looking at each of them.
I gasped in fear. "I… I need to contact my father." I said. Ayato flipped open my phone. I looked over at him. "My cell phone! Please give it back!" I said to him. "Should I?" he replied, smirking. I lunged at him, reaching for my phone but he moved it out of the way. "Give it back! Please!" I said to him. Suddenly, Subaru grabbed the phone out of Ayato's hand. "What are you doing?" I asked him. "I'm doing this." he replied, crushing the phone and dropping the pieces. I gasped. "How could you?" I asked him. "Get lost." he replied. "There, there, Little Bitch. You're about to become very good friends with us so you don't need your silly old cell phone. Right?" Laito said, holding my shoulder.
"I've actually been feeling kind of pekkish." Kanato said. "Tell me about it. You smell so delicious, Little Bitch." Laito replied, leaning forward, ready to bite my ear. I gasped and screamed in fear. I tried to run and fell. "Ow…" I grunted in pain. My knee was scraped and I was bleeding. I looked up and saw the brothers staring at me, their eyes glowing. "V…Vampires?" I gasped and reached into my back pocket. I pulled out my crucifix and held it toward them. "Take this!" I said to them. I heard Shu chuckle. I gasped as nothing happened. "Honestly. Did you really believe that fairy tale written by a mortal claiming that vampires are vulnerable to garlic, holy crosses and sunshine? This just goes to show how foolish and arrogant mortals are." Reiji said to me, sitting down. I gasped in fear, backing up. "That makes me furious." he finished.
I gasped in fear and ran out of the room. "Her manners are deplorable." Reiji said as I left. I ran as fast as I could. I passed tables of sweets and cakes. I looked up and saw Kanato. "I'll break you." he said. I continued to run until I got to the phone. I picked it up. I gasped as I picked up the wire. It was cut in half. I heard Laito chuckle. "I told you that you wouldn't need a phone during your time here." he said. I put it down and looked around for him. "Now, where has my Little Bitch gone?" he asked. I backed up away from the phone in fear. I backed up into someone and felt their hands on my shoulders. It was Laito. "Take a guess." he whispered to me. I yelled out in fear and broke away from him, running. He chuckled and smirked.
I kept running until I reached the front doors. I tried to open them but they wouldn't budge. "Please open!" I said, hoping for them to open. Suddenly, an arm reached out near my face. I turned around and gasped. "Where are you trying to go? It's the much anticipated time to scream. Please humor me by screaming at the top of your lungs. You can't get away from me now." Ayato said, getting close to me. I shoved him roughly, breaking free and running. He laughed and grinned. I approached a door that was closed with locks. As I got closer, the locks broke and the door opened.
I panted and walked in. I looked around the room, glancing at jewelry. I looked at the large window and saw a person standing there. The person stayed still. Then she turned around to look at me. I gasped in fear. "It…It hurts." I said, grasping my chest and bumping into a bookshelf. Some books fell down. I looked back at the window and no one was there. I sighed in relief, looking over at one of the books that had fallen. A picture was tucked into the book. I picked up the book and the picture and looked at both. "Is this…me?" I said to myself, looking at the baby a man was holding. I looked at the book. "Is this Father's diary?" I asked, looking closely at it. "But how?"
I asked myself, reading some of it. "Kogane brings me happiness. The fact that she is not actually my child means nothing now. I am only grateful for this great blessing every day I live."I read. "What does this mean? Am I not my father's daughter?! What is my father's diary doing here?" I asked myself.
"Of all the rooms, you had to pick this one to enter." Reiji said. I gasped and looked up, seeing all the brothers in the room. "This is a room that we have sealed off so no-one may enter. I will have to fit it with a new lock." Reiji continued. "That's for sure. How did you get in here, Little Bitch?" Laito asked me. "Please stay put; you're my prey." Kanato said. "I…I'm nobody's prey." I replied. "Enough excuses!" Subaru hissed, banging a fist onto a bookshelf, causing some books to fall. I yelped in fear. "Oh, you! Not again, Subaru." Laito said. "Shut up." Subaru replied.
Ayato grabbed my chin so I could look at him. "That's the look…that gets my juices flowing." Ayato said to me. Laito chuckled. "Perhaps I'll partake as well." he said, crawling over to us. Kanato bent down. "I want a taste too." he said. "There is only one fact that you must fully comprehend. The fact that you can never escape from us." Reiji said. "Oh, get straight to the point. Just tell her if she tries to escape, she's dead." Subaru hissed at him. I was struggling to get Ayato and Laito off me. "St…Stop…Stop it!" I grunted. Suddenly, there was a crash and a clatter of glass breaking. Everyone stopped and looked over at the sound. "My bad, I knocked it over." Shu said. "Hey, Pancake." Ayato said. I looked over at him. He reached a hand out. He grabbed my neck. "Are you ready?" he chuckled and opened his mouth, showing his sharp fangs. "Please, God!"
"I take all that I see. It is a ruler's prerogative to torture his conquests. Endlessly escalating to a dead end. Fall until you can fall no further, and cry. See you…" ~Ayato Sakamaki, Episode 1