"Come on darling! One more push! Come on!" The midwife was chanting gently as the woman pushed gasping and panting, sweat sliding down her temples, neck and chest in thick beads as tears coursed down her cheeks.
"It hurts!" She screeched as she pushed and yet, at those words, she screamed one last time only to feel something give way and she gasped thickly. Her body twitched when the midwifes eyes lit up when a tiny cough sounded then a blood curdling cry that struck the woman to her core and tears to well in her eyes with a slow smile. "What is the baby?"
"Girl." The midwife held over the bloody, squirming infant who was crying loud in hard breathes.
"A girl." The woman whispered holding her arms the way the midwife instructed and the small infant whined but seemed calmed being in her mother's presence and the woman smiled with pure joy. It shone in her like a sun beam as she clung to the small body the whined anew and the midwife walked forward with a small basin and a towel.
"Let me clean her up, darling. She'll be much prettier then." The woman handed her daughter over reluctantly then watched with a hawks eye as the midwife cleaned up the now freshly crying infant that was slowly becoming more human looking then the blood soaked body she'd come out with.
Soon enough the baby was tucked into a snug blanket and handed back to the woman who marveled at her hair color. Pale blonde, possibly platinum. Eyes opened to reveal curiously glimmering sherbet pink eyes and the woman smiled leaning down to nuzzle the silky locks of her daughter's tufts of hair. She stroked the silken cheek,marveling at how smooth it was, how she smelled like soft roses and how perfect she was nestled in her arms. She pulled her breast out offering it to the baby who, with some help, latched to a nipple and began greedily guzzling making the woman marvel yet again at her daughter. She began to hum to her daughter a few bards of her favorite song when There was a creak of a door and the woman's head snapped up only to meet a familiar male's face and clutched her daughter to her breast tight making her cough and splutter gently and milk seeped past her tiny pink lips and she whined in displeasure.
"Marcella, do not be greedy." A deep, soothing voice sounded and the woman's eyes narrowed angrily as she shifted up against the head board of her bed.
"No! No go away! She's mine!" The woman gasped angrily as her eyes narrowed on the male walking forward, boots heavy on the floor and she clung to her daughter who was starting to cry again. "Take any other but she is mine! Mine alone!"
"Do you think yourself special, Marcella?" The voice questioned and she clenched her jaw twisting out of her bed when he came to the bottom of the bed at a stop and she darted back away from the bed with only seven steps between her back and the wall.
"Let me have my child! You took Christa's, why repeat this insanity? She is my daughter! Mine and-" She was cut off when a blast, something invisible to the regular eye, hit her hard sending her flying against the wall next to her balcony windows and her daughter screeched. She was winded-her vision blurred when her arms slacked and this man, this evil damned man, seemed to just teleport in front of her and pluck her daughter from her arms.
"You always were greedy, Marcella, but this is a new low. Cordelia allowed her own offspring to this cause, Beatrix too. I had no idea I had another Christa on my hands. Between you and the human woman with Kino-" He made a low, disgusted sound making her gasp as she looked up helplessly, unable to move her body as her dark irises widened watching this man walk away with her daughter.
"No! No! Give her to me! Give her back! My baby! Give me back my Evelina!" The woman, Marcella, screamed as she threw herself forward so hard her body swayed forward and she slammed with a thud on her swollen stomach and she flinched in pain. Her golden hair spilled around her in tendrils of gold, her dark eyes wide with a frantic look as her screams hung in the air mingling with the infants hysterical sobbing that tugged at her heart painfully seeing the large pearly tears running down her daughter's tiny face and yet the man just walked away with hair fluttering like white ribbons.
17 Years Later...
'I'm so tired!' Yui thought to herself as she yawned largely, so much so, that tears popped in her eyes as she stuck her hand under the shower head where the water was bursting from the head with an amazing water pressure that made Yui eager to get inside.
She lifted her shirt up and stepped out of her panties and pants placing them in the waste bin, liking the chill against her sleep warm flesh as she turned back to the shower pulling the curtain out of the way stepping in under the warm water tilting her head back sighing gently. She tilted her head from side to side running her hands over her hair wetting more as she openly shivered with the heat seeping down into her body, warming her up better than before. She sighed arching her back slightly stretching out her muscles as she closed her eyes tiredly. She moved her fingers through her hair softly getting the knots out, grabbed the soap and began cleaning her hair, then the body soap on her body. Tired. So so tired!
Yui began humming softly to herself but was interrupted by another giant yawn as she rinsed any and all soap off from her body and hair. She then picked up the conditioner and washed her hair again. When the soap of that was out she rinsed all over thoroughly as if to make sure she didn't miss anything before turning the water off and leaned her head forward against the shower wall letting beads of water slip down her body and drip from the ends of her hair. She wanted to sleep some more but she knew the last thing she could get was some sleep but...oh God she was so tired! She opened her eyes sleepily stepping out of the shower to towel off noticing her fresh clothes sitting, folded, on the counter and she yawned loudly yet again sluggishly pulling her clothes on when she couldn't resist the sleep tugging at her as she stumbled to her room and looking at her bed with a longing so intense she walked over flopping down sighing as she shut her eyes.
'Just a few moments. A few minutes. Then I'll get up and go out.' She promised herself as she laid there feeling the minutes tick by with her yawning and curling up gradually when a dipping motion formed.
She peeked through her lashes to meet green irises with slitted pupils staring back at her both sharply and tiredly. She felt an arm wrap around her lower back and felt her body being pulled forward and held to Ayato with a gentle breath against her neck. She sighed out shutting her eyes not truly caring at that moment when she winced clenching her jaw tight at the biting sting as teeth slid into neck and she squeezed her eyes tight, so tight, she felt her lashes flutter from how tight she held her eyes shut. It was at this time snippets of memories would float by her mind but this time, with the smell of blood, faint as it was, she swore it smelled thicker to her than ever. Her own blood, which was bitterly copper to her own tongue, smelled so cloyingly insistent when she felt Ayato stop and pull back looking at her curiously.
"What are you humming?" He asked in only a slightly demanding way, a hint of curiosity was there, as he stared at her intently.
"Just a song my father taught me back when I was really little. I barely remember the words, only the melody. I guess he told me he taught me the words but I can only recall a melody. It's all it is, anyways, Ayato." Yui caught Ayato's green eyes with her sherbet pinks and smiled softly tilting her neck a bit making two drops of blood well at the pull of her raw skin. "Okay?" She gave a small smile when she felt Ayato shifting then pulling her close and the soft popping sound of teeth piercing through the delicate skin of her neck.
She shut her eyes at the new sting, aware of how she couldn't even begin to tell the truth to the brothers for each time she told them she didn't remember or didn't know something of important significance. She was a liar. And she couldn't stop. How could she? She's been so tired lately and she felt so foggy she wasn't sure what was a lie or truth coming from her lips anymore. How could she? She was unable to see the difference anymore! She wished to share things with them but at the same time they never shared what was wrong with them so why should she share with what's wrong with her? What the hell would that do for any of them? Nothing! Besides, Yui's childhood was her secret and happiness that they didn't need.
She clenched her jaw tight shutting her eyes as her head was pulled back by insistent fingers tugging at locks of hair forcing her head backwards slightly. She hated this. She wasn't completely human so this felt wrong but wasn't INHUMAN to know that it was an unnatural feeling. She hissed when fangs burrowed deeper and she felt her lashes flutter as she whimpered when, as if opening her eyes for the first time, a memory unfolded blearily and shakily in her mind pulling her away from Ayato and found herself staring up at a golden haired woman with dark eyes, lips curving in a beautiful smile as the first few bars flutter to Yui's ears and...
"Oi. Oi!" Yui opened her eyes, suddenly aware that she was struck with an intense longing as she felt her shoulders being shaken and she opened her eyes staring up at Ayato's shockingly worried face before he sighed then scowled. "Don't do that! I thought I finally killed you! God, you are a drama Queen now ain't ya?"
"Huh?" Yui looked at Ayato with severe confusion sweeping over her face as she stared at him when he just made a noise and shifted sitting up and she yelped with surprise and displeasure when she was pulled on his lap. "Dude!"
"Dude? Did you really just call me 'dude'?" Ayato asked smirking crookedly as his green eyes suddenly got a playfully challenging look glinting like a star as she stared at him then scowled her own version of a Sakamaki scowl making Ayato howl with laughter and she just glared feeling her cheeks heat and her glare just made him laugh louder, like a mad man. She squeaked when her cheek was pressed roughly to his collar bone and she blinked rapidly as his chest rumbled underneath her cheek and he smirked widely nuzzling his nose against the top of her head.
"Stop!" She snapped shoving at him with surprising strength, so surprising Ayato let her, her body swayed back and she slammed into the floor with a loud thud and Ayato just blinked with surprise coating his face.
"What the hell was that?" He asked in a demanding way as he stared at the little blonde who was looking absolutely horrified by the strength she'd just displayed and flinched when he stood up only to squat next to her as she looked at the floor feeling fear coiling through her tightly. That was one thing she never got over; the horror of being with the Sakamaki was old but always fresh no matter how long she'd been here and she flinched again when a finger brushed a lock of pale hair from her cheek and she bit the inside of her cheek. "I'm talking to you!" She cringed inwards at his shout and she just bit the inside of her cheek hard, chewing it lightly, as he glared at her and she felt like shriveling under such a hot glare.
She gave a light cry but felt anger simmering through her blood, slow and easy, as she was yanked up by a wrist and she stared into Ayato's eyes as fear compelled her too and she just gulped thickly as he stared at her and she jutted her chin out in an act of defiance as he stared at her and she just gasped when he knocked her to the bed, his hand slamming so hard into her flesh that she couldn't help gasping anew when he crouched over her. "Answer me!"
"I'm just strong okay!" Yui shouted as she lifted her pale hand up but shouted in alarm and anger when sharp teeth sank into her wrist and she flinched hard squinting one eye at the male vampire. She then squirmed hard when a sharp knocking rapped on the door making the pair freeze and Ayato scowled at the door in a way that it looked like he was nearly pouting.
"Yui? Are you up and ready for school?" Reiji asked through the door making Yui flush as Ayato shifted down so the entire length of his body pressed against against her own and she felt like scratching, hitting and kicking for him to get away wanting him to know he was pushing it way to far!
"Yes!" She called out aware of how snappy she truly sounded and held her breath, afraid Reiji would come in and force her out the door for her insolence but he just made a soft noise and walked away. She glared at Ayato before kicking her way out from underneath him and humphed angrily while he just smirked as if delighted by her ruffled and angry attitude right at that moment.
"You know, Yui, you truly are fun to toy with!" Ayato told her quite cheerfully before a blink of her eye he was gone and she grinds her teeth angrily. How long? How much longer would she remain her before she snapped finally? She blew out a breath through her nose when a wild impulse flew through her and she felt a smile forming at such a reckless choice. She turned halfway between her door and window repeatedly as a wide smirk grew over her lips as she felt that reckless impulse throbbing through her veins and her mind grasped out at how possible and yet impossible it was yet her legs carried her to the window and she slid her fingers along the window sill and threw the glass barrier up with a whoosh of air and smirked unabashedly and widely.
There's was literally nothing she was afraid of now! She quickly swung leg over the side of the sill and took a quick look at her bedroom door, as if to order it to stay shut as she swung her other leg off the sill and, aware of the large drop awaiting her, she clung to the sill by just her finger tips as they turned blood red then pale white as the tighter she clung to the sill before, with a deep calming breath, let go of the sill dropping down and she had to pinch her lips tightly to keep from screaming out as she dropped through the air in what felt like slow motion yet with the way the air rushed up viciously gave her no doubt she was speeding to the ground much faster than she liked and she inhaled sharply through her nose, ready to scream, but then she hit the ground with a loud thud.
She felt, somehow, a thorn scratching up halfway the length of her calf as she gasped loudly and reached down only to see her fingers come away with blood and she turned pressing her weight against the balls of her feet. She took off in a sprint despite the grass being damp with a early morning moistness that she normally adored but cursed as she slipped lightly once before running for the cover of any trees, anything at all, her feet carrying her farther from the Sakamaki household and she didn't feel truly guilty about it at all.
Hell! At this speed she felt like she could easily continue running into another CITY! She sucked in breathes of cool morning air only to feel them warm up her chest as she ran and she pumped her arms at her sides as she ranand she swore laughter was bubbling inside her for the first time in months and she couldn't help but feel like it was contagious like the plague-once it started, even with one, it couldn't be stopped. And if she laughed her cover was blown nad she'd be in more trouble than she wanted to accept she could ever be in so she continued running, going down the long winding driveway that always seemed like minutes in the car but felt like eternity while on foot and she couldn't help but huff and was starting to feel a burning along the muscle in her thigh but she kept running until she felt like she'd just soar right off into the sky as she ran and she couldn't as she gasped and sweat began to run down from her temples and hair line in thin lines down her face and neck making tendrils of hair cling to her clammy skin.
She smiled when she saw the ending of the drive away though it was still at least fifty, no more like eight, more steps left and she felt like her legs were going to fall off but run she needed as she kept her muscles moving and her lungs screamed for a break as she sucked in breath after breath of air and feeling it expanding her lungs. She couldn't stop herself now, she knew she looked like some girl possessed by Satan at that moment as she ran like there was an ax murderer behind her but she felt to free to stop, even if her body begged her to. She knew how screwed she was going to be but it felt so good! While running she felt, well, free!
She wanted more! She kept going until her legs threatened to give out and fold beneath her as she mentally calculated the distance left, counting down in her head. 78 steps left. 75. 69. 67. She kept pushing through the slow tingles of pain and numbness her body gave when, with a loud raspy gasp, her feet became tangled and she tumbled forward and rolled hard skinning her knees and hands in the process and slammed her hip along with her shoulder against the pavement. It hurt a hell of a lot more than she thought it truly would! She gasped as she rolled about four more times before stopping, her front side pressed to the ground as her palms pressed flat to the ground to push herself up, her clothes dirtied, but determined to run none the less! She went to get up when a wave of pain slammed into her and she nearly screamed as the extent of pushing her body while running so fast finally caught up with her.
"It hurts!" She whimpered to herself as she sat on her knees waiting for the throbbing to dissipate but it didn't and it hurt so bad that she wanted to sob and beg someone to come and help her walk but she chose this reckless choice and God stop her she was going through with it! There was much left to the drive way, just some strides left probably. She could do it! She got up stifling another scream as the pain became all the more intense as she began to walk slow, like a zombie, hating this new pace but she was suddenly speared with a de ja vu feeling, like she'd done something like this before when she was all but sure she had never done anything, in her time with the Sakamaki's, so damn reckless. So why does it feel familiar?
Doesn't matter. It doesn't! Yui was determined to get the hell out of there and ditch school. One day. One freaking day! Be a normal, improper girl for one day! Just a regular teen! Not a priests daughter, not the sacrificial bride for the Sakamaki brothers, not a good student- just an impulsive, crazy, reckless teen girl who will spend a day being young and wild as she can! She was still breathing pretty heavy but she ignored it the best she ultimately could as she was trying to just keep moving and she knew if she did keep going it would be paid off completely. No matter what, even for an hour, so much as a minute, if Yui could feel like a regular girl then she do it in a heart beat! Just once, just for a little bit, she wanted to be someone else.
Just give her one chance! As she walked faster she noticed that she was much closer to the end of the drive way then she originally thought she was and she smiled. She ached to feel her foot step over the end of the Sakamaki's property line. It was so close! So so close! What else was she going to do now? Live. At least for the day; just a little while! That's what she said, at least, as she reached the end of the driveway while, not once, did she think it strange that none of the Sakamaki's had pounced at her to stop her.
Huh. Weird.