Author's Note
This story is based off of the anime. The story begins after episode 4. I don't know much about Japan. Sorry if I get anything wrong.
Mahiru was walking back home. Nothing special had happened today. He simply went out to get dinner. The sky was getting dark. Mahiru hoped to get home before it got too dark.
Kuro, a servamp, lay on his shoulder in cat form. Kuro's eyes were closed as he dozed.
Mahiru suddenly stopped. He spotted a bench and lay his bag of dinner onto it. He then did the same to Kuro. Kuro woke up, thinking that they had arrived to their destination. He looked around confused. He gave Mahiru a look, conveying his question.
" Stay here, Kuro. Make sure no one takes our dinner. I need to go to the bathroom. I'll be back. " Mahiru said. He gave Kuro one last glance before entering one of the stores.
Mahiru quickly relieved himself. Highly doubting that Kuro would stay awake to watch the food. He's probably already snoring, letting the food get snatched by some criminal. Mahiru thought annoyed, once again at Kuro's laziness. It wouldn't be the first time someone got away with their food.
Mahiru exited the store through the back. A hand touched Mahiru's shoulder. He whirled around expecting an enemy to be right behind him. It turned out to be one of the employees.
Man, was he getting paranoid...
The man looked at Mahiru in concern. " Kid I suggest you get home quickly. There's been some sort of killer out there. No I'm not talking about the recent vampire rumors. Someone out there has been killing young children. The police haven't found the bodies yet but they most certainly have found blood everywhere around the streets. "
" Oh, thank you. I promise I'll be careful. " Mahiru said, disturbed by the recent news.
Was it another vampire doing this? Maybe but he doubted a vampire would leave blood everywhere as evidence.
He was about to head back to Kuro, when he heard a scream. Mahiru dashed toward the source of the sound.
He knew Kuro wasn't with him. That made him vulnerable. Even though he had a weapon, which was a broom, he had no idea how to use it in a fight effectively. Other than flying, the broom didn't seem to have much use. Well he guessed he could whack people with it. If they stood still and let him do it.
Still he wasn't going to sit around and do nothing. Not while he could do something.
Mahiru ended up in an alleyway. Two people were occupying it. One was an unfamiliar man. And the next was a small child. A little boy.
The man was holding a small knife. The knife was coated in blood. The little boy was lying on the ground, in a pool of blood.
The boy twitched with a wheeze. Then lay still.
" No! " Mahiru shouted in horror. He was too late. He looked to the man in anger. " How could you do that?! He was just a kid! "
The man grinned. He dropped the knife to the ground. " Well normally I wouldn't kill children. But you can't say no when your ordered to. I usually don't get my hands dirty, so killing this kid was kinda hard. The brat almost got away. But then, just like the last one, he didn't. Nice to meet you, Shirota Mahiru. "
Like the last one...
This must've been the child killer. Mahiru tighten his hands into fists. This man.. was a murderer of innocent children. He wanted to make the man pay.
" How do you know my name? Wait. Ordered to? You must work for Tsubaki! " Mahiru summoned his Lead, a blue and black broom, and held it threateningly at the man.
The man chuckled set the sight. As if the thought of a fight with Mahiru was amusing. It probably was very amusing to the man. " Sorry. I'd love to fight and kill you, boy, but that's not my orders. Till we meet again. See ya. "
The mad suddenly dashed out the alleyway. Mahiru went after him but the than was faster then he looked. Mahiru sighed in disappointment.
He jogged back to the body. Maybe he could give the boy's body back to his parents. He wouldn't want the boy not to have a proper burial.
The little boy was still crumpled to the ground. Lifeless. Mahiru sighed in sadness and bent down to examine the body further. He should get to Kuro soon. He didn't want the vampire to worry.
Suddenly the body started to darken. Then it turned into dust and disappeared into the sky. Carried off by the wind. Mahiru jerked back from the body as it disappeared. He watched in shock as the body finally vanished.
This would explain why the police could not find any bodies. The boy must've been connected to vampires. The boy had to be a subclass. Maybe one of Misono's, but that wouldn't make sense. Lily's subclasses were all orphans. He also doubted Misono wouldn't tell him about the recent killing of children subclasses. Especially if the subclasses were his.
" So then who's subclass were you? " Mahiru asked out loud. Staring at the area where the body was. " And why would that man kill you? "
There was a sound of chains clinking. Mahiru tensed. Was that man back? Did he changed his mind and decided to kill him?
Mahiru stood up and scanned his surroundings. Time passed by quickly and it was dark. The only source of light was a dim street lamp.
" So — You're the killer. I have to admit you're a bit young for a murderer. But who am I to judge. " A female voice said from the shadows. The voice seemed a few years older than Mahiru, maybe belonging to someone close to their twenties.
" What're you talking about? " Mahiru demanded. He suddenly looked around him. On the ground was blood with a knife laying on the ground. Realization hit him like a cold bucket of water. That man had framed him. Made him look like a killer.
" Wait, you got it wrong. I didn't — oof! " Mahiru grunted when he found himself wrapped in a chain. And these were not regular chains. They were made out of a dark and yellowish matter. Similar to what Envy's weapons were made out of. But Mahiru knew that Envy's weapon were guns, not chains.
A servamp had just caught him. And Mahiru had no idea who it could be. He knew Lust, Envy and Sloth. But not Pride, Greed, Wrath or Gluttony. Maybe it was Wrath judging by the female's voice.
Mahiru fell face first to the ground.
The chain was wrapped tightly around him. Almost making it hard to breathe. At his feet was one of the ends of the chain. On the end was a soccer-sized ball of dark matter with spikes coming out of it. It was like a mace.
Two tall figures became visible from the shadows. A tall young man and a teenaged girl emerged.
The young man had white hair and red eyes. Strangely he had three black spots on his cheek. The young man was wearing a silver frock coat with a brown vest and a white button down shirt underneath and had matching pants. The coat had familiar ragged tails on the bottom, similar to Lily's. A short worn red scarf was wrapped snugly around his neck. In his hands was the chain holding Mahiru hostage. He had to be the servamp.
So the girl must've been the servamp's Eve. She had short black hair that didn't even reached her shoulders. Her eyes were dark brown. Taller then most girls and with a slender body, she probably was attractive to most boys. She was wearing a simple dark blue hoodie with a pink t-shirt underneath and had dark jeans on. She also had a short red scarf wrapped around her neck.
She also had a backpack on. It strangely had a water gun strapped onto it.
" So why did you do it? Sure, they're subclasses but that doesn't mean they're not human. And there's the fact that you're a subclass too. Why did you kill them? They were children! They barely got to do anything in their lives! " The girl's face changed between anger and calm in a matter of seconds.
The girl's servamp stayed silent.
" No! You don't understand. I didn't kill him. Or the others! I'm being framed. Just let me explain it to you! " Mahiru said. Afraid of what was going to happen next.
The girl chuckled coldly. " That's what a murderer would say when they get caught. Do you think I'm stupid kid? Well enough with the talk. Time to die. "
There was a small rush of wind. The girl was hit with a black blur. She hit the ground with a grunt.
The black blur was a very tired looking teenager. Droopy eyes locked with Mahiru's.
" Kuro! " Mahiru exclaimed.
Kuro sighed and mumbled, " This is such a pain. " He was looking down at the ground but then lifted his eyes to face the servamp.
The girl's servamp's eyes widened in recognition. " Big brother Sloth? "
" It's been a while. You've changed a lot. " Kuro commented, eyeing the servamp.
The girl was suddenly standing up, not looking the least bit hurt. She had quick recovery time. " Woah, woah! Sleepy Ash? As in Jerry's big bro? Woah I've heard a lot about you! It's so cool to finally meet Jerry's oldest sibling. Wow, Sleepy Ash is way more attractive then I had thought! You can let the boy go now, Jerry. " The girl suddenly looked friendly and nonchalant, a big contrast to her earlier demeanor. She was acting like a completely different person.
Jerry's chain suddenly disappeared from around Mahiru. The teen sat up and took a few moments to catch his breath. And to calm down his beating heart.
Mahiru looked up to see the girl lending her hand to him. She had the friendliest smile on her face. Mahiru took her offered hand and was surprised at how strong she was as she pulled him up with no effort. She patted his back wholeheartedly.
Mahiru saw that Kuro was quick to return to his side. Kuro must've be worried about the girl's sudden change in demeanor. Mahiru himself was unsure of what to do.
The girl herself was standing right next to her servamp. " Let me introduce ourselves. My name is Tora. And this here is World End, the servamp of Gluttony. Or as I like to call him, Jerry. Of course I'm his Eve! It's great to meet you! Sorry about the misunderstanding. Whoo! It would've turned messy if Sleepy Ash hadn't shown up. "
Mahiru gave a confused glance at the two. First off, they were two scary individuals on a murderous rage - trying to avenge their murdered subclasses. And now they were both friendly. Especially Tora.
" Wait, I don't understand. Why the sudden change? First you try to kill me and then you're acting like we're best friends. " Mahiru said, trying to get and explanation.
Tora grinned. " Well my future best-buddy, it was pretty easy to figure it out. We've been looking for a subclass around here that's been murdering some of our subclasses. All of them have been children. So when we got here and saw you with the murder weapon, we assumed you were the killer. Sorry about that by the way. "
" Anyways we all know subclasses can't have servamps of their own. So when Sleepy Ash came here to the rescue you - we knew it couldn't of been you. I guess you were framed. So what's your name? " Tora stuck out her hand, waiting for a handshake.
Mahiru shook her hand. " My name is Shirota Mahiru. And this, " He gestured to Kuro. " is Kuro. " He elbowed Kuro in the ribs when the servamp gave no greeting.
" Hey. " He halfheartedly mumbled. " It's good to see you World End. I mean Jerry. "
Jerry slung his arms around Kuro's shoulders. And began to shake Kuro rather hard. " It's great to see you too! Where've you been these last few hundred years? You owe me a whole restaurants menu for disappearing for so long! I'm starving! "
" Nevermind what I said about you changing a lot. You're not that different. Still as violent, loud, hungry and cheap. " Kuro complained as he was shaken around. He gave no resistance, though, to Jerry's rough housing. He was too use to it. And maybe, possibly, he had missed his younger brother a little bit.
Tora put a hand to her hips. " Man this was stressful. I need a snack. "
She reached into her backpack and took out three candy bars. She immediately unwrapped one and began munching down on it. Once she was done with it she pocketed the wrapped and continued onto the other candy bar. She quickly devoured all three of the candy bars in a matter of minutes.
Mahiru gave her a weird look. Now he could see why she was Gluttony's Eve. They probably both met each other when they were gobbling down food.
Tora caught Mahiru's look and defensively said, " What? I stress eat! "
Mahiru quickly responded. He didn't want to offend a potential friend. A possible ally in the fight against Tsubaki.
" What! No! That's not what I meant at all. Sorry. I'm just glad we've made more allies. " Mahiru gave the older girl a nervous smile.
Tora gave Mahiru a questioning look. " Allies? You sound like you're in a some sort of war. "
" We are. Haven't you been attacked by Tsubaki? "
" Uhh. Isn't Tsubaki a car brand..? " Tora asked confused. " Look, dude, I don't live around here so this Tsubski guy is all new to me. No idea who he is. Jerry, do you have any idea who he is? "
Jerry turned his head to her, still shaking Kuro thoroughly. " Never in my life. "
Mahiru was quick to explain of their situation. About Tsubaki being the eighth servamp and his intentions of basically destroying his siblings.
" Wow. This Tsubaki guy sounds hard to beat. No wonder you're looking for help! " Jerry said. He had finally stopped shaking Kuro.
" I agree. He definitely needs to be stopped. Especially if he's the one killing our subclasses. " Tora agreed, rubbing her chin thoughtfully.
Mahiru felt elated at the fact that they were agreeing. " So you're going to help us? "
" Yeah I guess. But it's going to be more complicated then you think. " Tora warned. She suddenly changed into someone else. Her features seemed to become older and wiser. She looked like an experience soldier that saw more then they expected.
Mahiru's eyes widened again the sudden change of personality. Tora studied Mahiru for a moment. He felt like she could see everything about him. Then she grinned and was back to an over cheery, goofy girl.
" Well first we have to catch that murderer! We can't let that bastard walk away. We'll contact you later Mahiru. " Tora said ruffling Mahiru's hair.
And then Tora and Jerry began to walk away. They were heading towards an exit up ahead.
" Wait how will you contact us? You barely even know us! " Mahiru shouted after them.
Tora turned and grinned. " Oh we have our ways! Have a goodnight. " And the two soon disappeared.
When Mahiru returned to the bench where he left his food, the bag was gone. He saw that coming. A piece of paper was lying on the bench. It read :
Thanks for the free food!
Here's our phone number.
Tora and Jerry
Mahiru sighed and folded the paper into his pocket. Well at least they got a new ally in their fight against Tsubaki.
