The Holy Grail
"It's been over 500 years now, master." claimed a quiet voice from behind the dark master.
"I know that, Teru." Teru is right; it's been over 500 years since the last dark Lord vanished and with him the Holy Grail. Ever since then Kamijo has been the leader of the last existing vampire clan; the "Descendants of the Rose".
"I am worried about the legend, master. We all are. What will happen to us if the legend comes true?"
"There is nothing we can do about it. We can just sit here and wait. Time hasn't come yet, we still have another 2 months and then we will see if the legend is true. Please, don't panic, dear. It will be fine, don't worry. I will protect you."
Kamijo knows that panicking is exactly what Teru will do. Teru is such a sensible and soft creature, so vulnerable. He has no skills yet, he is still so young and childish. Without the protection of Kamijo and the other descendants Teru would not have survived the first 2 hours of his new life.
"I will try not to, master. I don't want you to be angry with me. I will leave now." Teru would always bow when he leaves and so he did this time, but Kamijo could see that he was trembling. He was afraid, probably scared to die or scared that the others will die and he will be left alone but Kamijo won't let that happen. He will protect everybody, like he always did.
Kamijo was so lost in thought that he didn't realize that someone was watching him. The second he realized it he turned around and faced some unknown vampire. He was on his feet the same second he saw the person, his fangs extended. The other vampire seemed to be scared and jumped back, and he had any right to be scared since Kamijo is the most powerful living vampire.
"I am sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt, Lord Kamijo." Said the vampire and walked a few steps towards Kamijo, who by now retraced his fangs and looked at him with his piercing white eyes.
"Who are you? How did you manage to enter this mansion?"
Kamijo was furious that some low vampire dared it to break into his mansion, but somehow he managed to stay calm and not to attack the stranger. If he would attack him there would not be any part left of the other one after he would be finished.
"My name is Masashi, master." The Vampire quickly bowed and continued talking. "I am here to join your clan. I've been living on my own for about 200 years now and now I finally managed to reach your clan. I beg you to let me join, I am the last descendant of the Asian clans, and have lived for over 400 years now. I will serve you, no matter what."
What the vampire said made Kamijo curious, but still he broke into his home and he could not tolerate such an action. He would have to think about this as a serious matter and therefore he could not make the decision without the other descendants.
"You probably know that I won't oversee the fact that you broke into my home, and I can't tolerate this without proper punishment. Now to talk about the favour you asked of me, I would see no problem in letting you join as long as my friends are fine with it."
The last words seemed to frighten the vampire, as he probably didn't expect any other remaining vampires and he knew that he would get punished. Kamijo came closer and studied the vampire carefully.
He had quite dark skin for a vampire, his eyes were bright red, his skin was dirty and covered with cuts, his dark hair was a mess and his clothes were destroyed except the pants he wore, he didn't even wear shoes. Kamijo could see in his eyes that it must have been ages since he fed last, he must have been trying to find them since his clan got killed.
"Alright, Masashi. I will think about your punishment and now I will ask Jasmine to take care of you and to clean your cuts. You have to look quite decent before you are going to meet the others."
Kamijo turned around and walked towards the door to call for Jasmine. He opened the door and left the room, hoping that the vampire won't make any problems in his office while he is gone. On his way downstairs he ran across Yuki who looked bored and hungry.
"Yuki, can I ask you a favour?" "Of course, master. What can I do for you?" "Please go in my office and keep an eye on our visitor till I come back." Yuki nodded, bowed and left to Kamijo's office.
After some minutes he finally found Jasmine in his room, brewing some strange tea. Jasmine didn't look surprised to see the lord himself in her room, since he has already seen him coming before Kamijo even knew that he would come.
"Master, what a pleasure to see you here." Jasmine smiled warmly and got up from his chair. Kamijo greeted him and closed the door behind him.
"I suppose you know why I am here?" Jasmine rolled her eyes and answered "Of course, you want me to take care of that low-life that is sitting in your office." "Would you please do that, my dearest Jasmine?" "If it makes you happy, master. Just send him up here." "Thank you, Jasmine."
To Jasmine, Kamijo has always had the best relationship, since Jasmine was a very friendly and funny vampire, and he has already known her for over 400 years now, they have always been together since then. With a smile on his face Kamijo left the room and headed down to his office again just to see that Yuki pressed the other vampire against the wall. Kamijo rushed into the room and shoved Yuki away, with one hand he held back the other vampire and with the other Yuki who had already his fangs extended.
"Yuki! Calm down." Kamijo grabbed Yuki and threw him against the other wall and grabbed the other vampire at his throat. Yuki didn't get up and tried to calm down, his fangs had already retraced. Yuki murmured some lame apology and got up to left the room, but Kamijo won't let him leave and shoved him back on the floor.
"What the hell happened here, Yuki?" The other vampire still struggled and tried to make Kamijo loosen his grip.
"Master, that little freak over there tried to attack me. I am incredibly sorry that you needed to intervene, master. I may receive punishment for reacting in such a bad behaviour."
Yuki was somebody who couldn't deal with such things. He was high tempered and therefore he easily overreacted, but the most horrible thing for him is when he can't deal with the mess he created himself, because he lost control. He would feel guilty until Kamijo would punish him.
"Masashi, did you attack Yuki?" he said to the other vampire, whom he faced now, and to Yuki he said "Yuki, you may leave now. I will decide later if you deserve punishment or not." Yuki got up and left the room, you could say by looking at his face that he hated himself for what he did, he always regrets everything immediately. Kamijo sighed and loosened the grip on Masashi's throat. "Talk, now!" Kamijo demanded and Masashi jumped.
"Yes, I did. I couldn't hold myself back, master. It will never happen again." Kamijo could see that he regretted what he did and yet he was incredibly mad.
"Don't you think that this is the wrong way to receive approval?" Kamijo pulls back his arm and hears Masashi take a deep breath. "Yes, it is. But still I beg you to let me join." "How could I let Jasmine take care of you now? How would I know that you would not attack him too? You could be a threat to our clan, and I cannot tolerate anybody like you threatening my family. Do you understand me? If that happens again, I won't hesitate a second to kill you."
"I understood, master." Masashi bowed and followed Kamijo, who already started walking towards the door. One last time before they entered Jasmine's room he reminded him to behave himself and then they entered.
Jasmine sat on his chair again, smiling at the visitors. She condescendingly looked at Masashi and then at Kamijo.
"Kamijo-san, don't frown so much, you will get wrinkles. And you..." Jasmine pointed at Masashi and raised an eyebrow "You better behave from now on or I'll let you pay for making our master frown again. You hear me?" Masashi was frightened by the sight of the vampire in front of him, who was yet so incredibly beautiful but was so terrifying and so he just nodded. Jasmine smiled and handed out a cup of tea to Kamijo, who smiled and sat down in a big comfortable chair. "You may relax a bit now, Kamijo-san. Now you, come over here and lie down. You look horrible; I will take my time to make you beautiful. Even some poor being like you deserves looking beautiful." Jasmine motioned towards the bed and turned around to prepare some medicine to treat his cuts.
After Jasmine treated his cuts he forced Masashi to drink some strange smelling tea that is supposed to make him feel much better. Masashi swallowed it in tiny sips, scared that this tea will kill him. Jasmine laughed when he saw Masashi's face. "There, look at you, you look like this will kill you. Don't be such a baby, it won't kill you." Jasmine sat down next to Kamijo and watched Masashi drinking the tea.
"Kamijo-san, do you intend to let this bug join us?" "Jasmine, don't talk so bad about him, but yes I intend to do so, as long as you all will be fine with it." Jasmine giggled and walked over to his little table again and but some more tea in Kamijo's cup. "Here, drink this. It will help you relax." Kamijo nodded thankfully and sipped the tea.
"Now, Masashi" Jasmine pronounced his name with such disgust that Masashi immediately jumped a bit. "Go and take a shower now, wash your hair and don't you dare leaving it before you are not clean and fresh." Masashi hurried into the bathroom and did as he was told too. The mysterious vampire still scared the hell out of him, and the fact that he is a guy in a dress made him scarier. After he finished cleaning himself he got out the shower, wondering what to do next, since he doesn't have any clean clothes but he wouldn't dare asking.
Jasmine took that worries from him when he entered the bathroom, without asking. Masashi gasped because he wasn't wearing anything; Jasmine just laughed and handed him a towel. "Dear god, don't make such a fuss about it. I was just going to give you some clean clothes. Put them on, dry your hair and then come out. I'll take care of the rest then." Masashi looked at him and murmured something that sounded like thank you.
Carefully he put on the clothes and left the bathroom. Jasmine happily clapped his hands and got up. "Look Kamijo-san, how pretty that boy can be when he has some decent clothing!" "Indeed, dear, and the clothes seem to fit him very well too." "Of course they do; it was me who chose them." Jasmine laughed and punched Kamijo lightly on the shoulder,
"Now Masashi, please take a seat over there. I need to make your hair and put on some make-up." When Masashi heard the word make-up he couldn't hide that he is shocked, which of course would make Jasmine laugh again. Jasmine fascinated Masashi in a way, the way he acted, the way he looked and the way he seemed to have different relationship to the master than Yuki.
After some time Jasmine has finished his work and looked satisfied. "Such a pretty boy. Kamijo-san, what do you think? Now he looks like someone who could be a proud descendant of the rose, doesn't he?" Kamijo smiled at Jasmine's enthusiasm. "Indeed he does, dear. I am very grateful that you took care of him, I bet Masashi is too." Masashi considered talking but he was scared sp he kept silent. Jasmine just sent him a mad look and rolled her eyes.
"We may leave now; I will see you later at dinner, Jasmine. Come get up Masashi." Masashi got up and turned to bow; Jasmine smiled and gave Kamijo a quick good-bye hug. "Of course, Kamijo-san. I will see you later. Au revoir!"
Kamijo left the room together with Masashi and they made their way back to his office. Kamijo sensed that Masashi was trembling and so he stopped walking and turned to look at him. "Masashi, is there a problem? You are trembling ever since we got out of Jasmine's room." Masashi's eyes got bigger and he stared at the powerful vampire, he couldn't understand how he could sense it so easily but he was right, there is a problem.
"Yes, master. There is something I still have to tell you, the main reason why I am here. The reason my father told me to come here before he died."