SEVEN SINS

Sequel story of: "Seven Dates"

Fan Fiction – Alternate Universe

Starring: Caroline & Klaus

From: Lovely Vero


Important note from the writer …

Please; take into consideration that this present new story is a sequel of the fan fiction: "Seven Dates". I highly suggest that you go read the first part story before starting this present one… Or you'll be like a thirsty soul lost in the Sahara desert (wink-wink) … Enjoy this first chapter my dear readers!


After several months of dating and playing the game of cat and mouse; Caroline gave into her physical attraction to Klaus Mikaelson; while finding a night of passion in the hybrid's arms; both hiding from Shinichi claws, in the city of Rome. At the early morning, still under the aftermath of a night of passion with her lover; she stepped outside the bedroom, only to be kidnapped by their number one enemy, the Kitsune: Arian Satō – aka Shinichi.

Previously in the fan fiction: "Seven Dates" …

Caroline slowly reopened her eyes, while perceiving a ray of light coming from the opened panels of curtains, in what seemed to be a covered wagon, while feeling the rhythmic upheavals of the wheels on the pavement. She straightened her body, while holding her head with both hands under a strident headache, before lowering her hands in front of her chest, suddenly realizing that she was not wearing the clothes she had previously on her back. How long has she had been unconscious? How long has she had been abducted?

She was dressed with what seemed to be clothes from a past century. A long white tunic, with breaded leather belt on her waist, and a simple pair of flat, Cesar style, leather sandals in her feet, with her hair styled in a braid. She scattered the small wagon in search of any indications of her whereabouts, but without finding any clear explanation.

She heard a whisper of pain, before noticing a human silhouette under a blanket placed in the back of the wagon. She dragged herself toward the lamentations, before slowly raising the corner of the blanket with her right hand.

"Oh my God, Matt, is it you?" She exclaimed, in shock, while helping him straighten his body.

"Caroline? My head, it hurts so much." He moaned, while holding it with both hands.

"I know I felt the same when I woke up, but it will pass." She encouraged him, while holding her friend in a sitting position.

"Where are we?" He asked Caroline, while scattering the small space of the moving wagon, and finally lowering his sight on his clothes, with complete amazement. "And what kind of clothes am I wearing?" He asked, in shock, while noticing his long brownish tunic, and his leather sandals.

"I don't know?" Caroline replied, while shaking her head. "What are you doing here, Matt? Were you kidnapped also by Shinichi?"

They stood face to face in silence for a few seconds, before being projected on the opposite wall, in a sudden stop of the moving vehicle.

"What is going on? Why did we stop?" Matt asked Caroline.

"We should know soon." She whispered, before pulling him behind her toward the curtains panels.

She pushed one of the panels, while Matt pushed the other one, sliding both of their heads outside, before standing speechless, in front of the exterior view.

"Hey! Go back inside the wagon! The Master gave specific instructions that you should not wander around freely in the city." A guard, who was holding a sword in his hands, shouted at them.

"Where are we?" Caroline asked, while putting a hand over her chest. "Please, tell us where we are and what year is this?"

The guard raised one of his eyebrows in surprise, before exclaiming.

"You're in Egypt, in the city of Cairo, the year is 1593. Now get back inside the wagon!" He ordered, while pushing the tip of his sword toward them.

They both fell backward on their bottoms, while sitting inside the wagon, before raising their heads and staring at each other with both of their mouths opened.

"Did he say Egypt, 1593?" They both exclaimed, simultaneously.


Chapter 1

"Walk like an Egyptian"


Egypt – City of Cairo – 1593

""Misao!" Shinichi yelled his sister name; the strong tone of his voice shaking the walls; while leading his rapid walking pace on the golden marble floor, through the many corridors of the Royal Palace.

"For God sake, Arian; I'm not deaf!" Misao replied to her brother; before appearing by his side; while wearing a silk blue tunic, with several veils of fabric falling gracefully from her waist to her bare feet; painted of beautiful arabesques with black ink.

"Sometimes it seems like you are!" Shinichi mumbled, angrily, between his teeth; before pushing the two enormous brass doors, leading them to a magisterial parlor room. "And stop calling me Arian, in our world, I'm the king Shinichi, try to remember it."

"Why are you in such bad mood?" Misao shrugged her shoulders; while directing her steps toward a few enormous red velvet pillows placed directly on the floor, before grabbing a bunch of grapes that an Egyptian servant presented to her in a gold cup.

"The "time" portal is still open; it's a problem, sister." Shinichi replied; while taking a sitting position on his throne; his chin resting on his right raised fist, with his sight narrowed on the empty space of the room.

"Why are you surprised, brother? It's something that you knew from the start about the weak point of your plan to conquer the supernatural world, or am I mistaking?" She replied, dryly; while signing a servant to bring her wine.

"Don't act all superior with me, sister; you know better than challenging me in those futile jousts." He pointed a finger in her direction. "It's a problem because your past lover could easily find a way to cross the portal and find us. Elijah is a patient and focused man, when he wants something; he can easily achieve his goal as well as I am achieving mine."

"Why would you think that Elijah could be the stone in your shoe, why not his brother; the hybrid: Klaus?" She suggested; while shrugging and grabbing the cup of wine presented by the servant; who backed away while making a reverence to his Queen.

"You can't be serious, sister?" Shinichi leaned his head back, before bursting into loud laughter. "You're talking about that stupid hybrid who I've managed to steal Caroline from his bed sheets?" He added, with more laughter. "And may I add that they were still warm."

"Stealing her under his nose is not an assurance that Caroline will accept to warm your bed sheets?" Misao replied, tit for tat; while making Shinichi loose his laughter and smile in a time space of a few seconds.

"Respect sister; is it so hard for you to understand the principle?" Shinichi mumbled, angrily; between his teeth; while rising on his legs; before slowly advancing toward her sitting position.

"No, it's not…" She shook her head; while swallowing a lump in her throat. What could have possessed her to contradict him this way?

"Is it because you were not able to put Elijah Mikaelson back into your bed, Misao?" Shinichi asked; a devious smile spreading on his manly lips. "Are you secretly rooting for your past lover to find a loophole to cross the time portal to be back into your life?" He asked; raised eyebrows; while lowering his body near his sister, before raising his right hand to softly caress her left cheek. "Maybe you want to rewrite the past and your love story with this man?"

"No, no … of course not, why … Why would you believe something like that? I couldn't care less about Elijah Mikaelson." She stammered through her response; drops of sweat slowly rolling on both sides of her temples. "You're … You're my brother Shinichi, you're the only one that counts, and my heart is lying in my alliance with you, now and forever."

"Mm… How truly poetic of you, sister; considering that in the past you had betrayed my trust because of that man." Shinichi responded, while lowering his hand on her neck, before slowly closing his fingers on her delicate skin; while blocking all air into her lungs in the same process.

"I can't … Shinichi, please… I can't breathe." She begged; while grabbing both of his wrists.

"Not like you can die anyway, but I know it's painful, sister … The air who's slowly leaving your lungs, it hurts, doesn't it?" He smirked, perniciously. "Do you remember how it felt to die in the hands of your past lover now? When Elijah pushed you to your death?" He mumbled, angrily; while pressing harder on her throat, before releasing his grip and taking a few steps back.

Misao started to cough; her upper body leaning up-front on the cushions, before taking a few big breaths into her lungs; both hands slowly rubbing the red marks left on the skin of her throat.

"Try to remember the air being sucked out of your lungs the next time you want to walk into memory lane with your past lover, sister." Shinichi growled, while turning on his heels; before leaving the parlor a slam of both brass doors.

"Mistress is hurt?" A servant addressed herself, politely to Misao.

"Oh for God sake, leave me alone!" Misao busted at the pour soul; while pushing the poor child at arm length; before rising on her legs and storming out of the room herself.


"Get your filthy hands away from me!" Matt warned the two Egyptians soldiers; who were dragging the young human inside the majestic corridors of the palace. "And let her go; she's done nothing to you!" He added, in fury. "Caroline?" He yelled her name; while trying to turn his head to take a glimpse at his friend.

"Matt?" Caroline yelled back; while trying to squirm herself away from the two guards who were holding her; while drabbing her tensed body toward a different corridor.

"I'll find you… I'll find a way to get us out of here!" Matt continued yelling; until Caroline lost sight of him.

"Enter inside." A guard pushed Caroline inside a majestic bedroom suite; before closing both doors behind her back.

She lowered her sight on the doors; while grabbing the door handle, unfortunately both panels were locked.

"Damn!" She hit both doors with her closed fists, before lowering her forehead on the panel, eyes closed; while taking a deep breath into her lungs.

Granted she should have used her vampirism to try to escape, but she took in consideration that Matt was with her; and the number of guards unnumbered them in quantity; if not only this setback; she felt drained of her energy for some sort of unexplained reason, the lack of blood perhaps?

"Mistress, can I help you?" A shallow feminine voice called her.

Caroline startled at the call; before turning on herself to face the young woman that couldn't be older than fourteen years old.

"You startled me, who are you? What is this place? Who's keeping me captive?" Caroline demanded answers to the scared child, while already guessing, by her sixth sense, who was keeping her captive, but simply in need of a verbal confirmation.

"My name is Shella; you're in Egypt, Mistress; the year is 1593, you're in our Master's home." The young servant replied, while shyly lowering her sight to the marble floor.

"Tell me, what is the name of your master?" Caroline inquired; while taking a step toward Shella.

"Shinichi, our King." The servant replied, ceremoniously; in a low whisper.

"Seriously?" Caroline winced at the sound of this man's name. "I knew it! He kidnapped me in Rome and then he managed this … This …. How in hell did he bring us in Egypt; back in 1593?" She shook her head; in shock, while sighing loudly, closed fists placed on each side of her tensed body; before taking a deep breath into her lungs to calm her down.

"Does mistress want to eat?" Shella asked; dumbfounded. "I've prepared hot water for mistress to take a bath; do you want to take it now, with Jasmine essence in it, perhaps?" The servant added, hopeful. "The master had brought several dresses, made with the most exquisite silk; for you to choose."

"No, no … and no! Mistress wants to get out of here." Caroline paced back and forth in front of the rug placed in front of the majestic canopy bed. "And stop calling me Mistress; my name is Caroline." She added, impatient; while biting her nails.

"I'll do as you wish?" The young servant nodded; while nervously rubbing her hands together. "I'm here to serve you, Mistress … I mean, Lady Caroline; if I fail my chores; master will be mad at me, and he'll kill me."

"Oh… I'm so sorry." Caroline closed her eyes; while realizing her own bad behavior. "I don't want to scare you, what is happening is not of your fault." She reached the young servant position; while lowering her sight in the young woman. "I don't want you to be in trouble for me."

"I don't really understand." The child shrugged her shoulders.

"Of course you don't; I don't understand all of "this" myself." Caroline sighed; while closing her eyes and raising her right hand in front of her mouth. "I'll take a bath." She agreed; with a timid smile spreading on her lips.

"I'll ask for buckets of hot water to be brought in the suite, Lady Caroline." Shella replied to her mistress request. "I'll take good care of my mistress." She added, smiling; before turning on her heels to reach an adjacent door.

What now? Caroline thought to herself, while reaching one of the bedroom suite stained glass windows, her sight lost in the panoramic view of Cairo. How would she be able to go back to the present time? What had happened to Klaus? Did he believed that she had left him in the early hours of the morning; after their night of passion in Rome; while pretesting that it had been an enormous error? Would Bonnie and her friends try to find her? Have they realized that she was gone? Were they looking for her and Matt?

So many questions unanswered? But, for the meantime, she needed to see Shinichi … She needed to figure out what was his game.


"Elijah it's been days, with no news from Caroline or Matt?" Elena exclaimed, nervously; while watching the Original pass the threshold of the boarding Salvatore house, before closing the door on its arch. "I can't focus on anything else at the moment, I can't sleep; I barely ate this morning without reaching the need to throw up my food." She passed a hand through her long straight hair.

"Elena!" Elijah grabbed both of her shoulders, while forcing the young woman to raise her sight to look at the Original. "We'll get them back, trust me."

"I do Elijah; I've always trusted you." She replied, a timid smile spreading on her lips.

"Is Miss Bennett here?" He inquired; suddenly; while leading his steps toward the parlor room.

"Grandpa Original!" Damon greeted Elijah; while raising his glass of Scotch in the air. "Took you long enough?"

"Some of us are working at finding solutions to the present problem; instead of playing the drunken fellow at ten in the morning, Mister Salvatore." Elijah replied, tit for tat; while reaching Bonnie's position. "Miss Bennett." He greeted the young witch.

"Elijah." Bonnie greeted, while nodding in respect.

"What did I miss?" Stefan Salvatore inquired; while entering the parlor room; a newspaper folded and tucked underneath his left upper arm.

"You did not miss much except God's arrival." Damon winced; while tilting his head toward the Original.

"Is there anything new to report?" Stefan asked Elijah; politely.

"That is certainly something that I want to know?" Rebekah's inquired; while slamming the entrance door of the boarding house behind her back; before directing her steps toward the small group. "Is there any news of this psychopath Shinichi?"

"We are still not one hundred percent sure that it's him who took Caroline and Matt, Rebekah." Stefan replied, softly; to calm her down.

"Of course it's him, who else? That freak Kitsune has been aiming for this since his first meeting with Klaus in Paris." Rebekah replied, while gesturing with her arms. "Elijah did you check the possible hiding locations of this jerk?" She asked, frantically; while crossing her arms in front of her chest.

"I know you're genuinely concerned for Mister Matt Donovan safety, Rebekah; but you won't help the cause by acting like a spoiled child." Elijah pointed a finger toward his sister; who rolled her eyes and sighed loudly at his say.

"But then again, my dear Elijah; It's not like your sister could do anything else but whining." Damon commented; with laughter in his voice.

"The warning goes for you too, Mister Salvatore." Elijah added, while narrowing his sight on the young vampire. "I don't have time to babysit you and my sister."

"Why am I not surprised?" Damon frowned.

"As of now, the business man known as Arian Satō, has vanished from the surface of the earth; he took a leave of absence from his business empire located in Tokyo and nobody have seen or heard of him since then." Elijah informed the group; while pacing back and forth on the length of the rug.

"Well that could only mean that he is hiding in a remote location?" Elena asked; hopeful.

"Could be, but, I have another theory of my own; and I'll need Miss Bennett to confirm it." Elijah replied; while narrowing his sight on the witch.

"I'll do whatever necessary to help you find both Caroline and Matt." Bonnie reassured the Original; while nodding her head.

"Not even enough to my taste." Rebekah sighed, nervously; while crossing her arms in front of her chest.

"You know, Rebekah; you certainly have a lot to say to criticize Bonnie; but you're doing nothing to help us in the process." Stefan commented.

"You're right, you're right… I'm sorry, I'm just on edge, this all Kitsune prophecy is like a bad omen in top of our heads at the moment." Rebekah replied to Stefan. "I'm sorry, Bonnie; I know you'll help us to the best of your abilities." She added; while raising her sight in the witch's. "And even if you all do probably not believe a word coming out of my mouth, I'm genuinely worried about Matt."

"Apology accepted." Bonnie replied. "And I believe you as for your concerns for Matt."

"And, wouldn't it be easier if Klaus was here with us?" Rebekah mumbled, angrily; between her teeth. "He was the last one who saw Caroline before she was probably abducted by that psycho."

"He'll be back in Mystic Falls sooner than you think; sister." Elijah replied, while lowering his sight on his joined hands. "He needed time to realize his error of judgement. For him, Caroline had chosen to leave Rome on her own will. This could have been true in other circumstances, but not while Mister Donovan magically disappeared the night of the Circus event at the Lockwood mansion."

"So much for his undying attraction to Blondie, I wonder what happened between them in Rome, I mean for him to literally not care about her disappearance." Damon shrugged; teaser. "Maybe Klaus wanted Caroline to be kidnapped by the Kitsune, to play a game of hide and seek; maybe he has a crush on the Asian guy?" Damon mocked more. "Or maybe Shinichi had a crush on Matt all along?"

"Just shut your big fat mouth, Damon!" Rebekah lashed out to the vampire.

"Make me, I dare you?" Damon replied; while raising his eyebrows, up and down, in a teasing game.

"As for Miss Caroline Forbes goes, If I was you, Damon; I would hold my untactful comments to myself; in front of my brother Niklaus." Elijah suggested. "Except if your main desire is to have your heart and all organs ripped out of your chest and body, in that case you should proceed!" The original added; while rising his right hand in the air.

"It's dully noted." Damon winced, with disdain.

"Klaus is nearer than you think." Stefan commented; before throwing the newspaper on a console table. "He's back in the old U.S.A."

"What is this?" Elijah asked, while grabbing the newspaper in his hands.

"Prove of your brother whereabouts and present carnage actions." Stefan replied, while pointing a finger toward the front page news.

"Ouch! Is there a wall that's not covered with blood on that picture?" Damon winced at the front page images.

"A serial killer had left a path of bloody terror in towns' bars, while killing hundreds of victims in the state of Virginia; mostly in the city of Springfield and Annandale." Elena read the article in front of her sight; while placing herself at Elijah's side. "The victims are found mutilated; while being drained of their blood."

"I think your brother is coming back to his home, sweet home of Mystic Falls." Damon commented; mockingly.

"How can he be so bluntly stupid?" Elijah busted; while throwing the newspaper on a side table, before nervously passing a hand through his tangled hair.

"Well, at least we can all see with our own pair of eyes that Klaus Mikaelson is back as his old self." Rebekah shrugged; hopeful. "This could get handy and helpful if we go on war against that Kitsune Shinichi."

"Don't be so blind, sister." Elijah replied; while reprising his pacing. "When Niklaus is reaching that stage, he can't be tame anymore!"

"In my opinion, he'll be heading toward West Fall Church; I could try to locate the next targeted bar and intercept his next actions?" Stefan shrugged. "Maybe with a little bit of luck; I'll be able to put something worth listening into your brother's head." He added; while retracing his steps toward the exit of the house.

"Would you?" Elijah nodded. "It's highly appreciated, Stefan."

""I'm on my way." The young vampire informed; while grabbing his leather coat on a near hook.

"Be careful." Elena addressed a timid smile to the young vampire. "It's Klaus we are talking about after all."

"I will." Stefan nodded, while returning her smile. "But I don't consider him our main "villain" as of now."

"Hey brother, try to not be on the cover page of the next newspaper edition, would you?" Damon titled his head, teaser. "And give my regards to the other psychopath."

"It's very funny, Damon!" Stefan rolled his eyes, before storming out of the boarding house.

"In the meantime, what are we going to do here?" Rebekah inquired, while shrugging. "Play charades while watching Damon Salvatore get drunk for the rest of the evening?"

"That would turn you on, just say it?" Damon winked, while mocking the Original sister.

"That is in your dream, jackass." Rebekah winced with disgust.

"Love you too, Princess." Damon blew her a kiss.

"Ewww…." Rebekah frowned, with disdain.

"Miss Bennett; in the best of your capacities, would you be able to do a spell to locate both of your friends?" Elijah inquired, while approaching Bonnie's standing position.

"I guess." She replied; while shrugging her shoulders. "Though, it's clear that if Shinichi managed to put a protection spell, I won't be able to see anything."

"I gathered a few of Matt's and Caroline's personal items, like you've asked me to do." Elena informed; while grabbing a backpack left on the wooden floor, near an armchair, before handing it to her friend.

"The spell would actually be a little bit more complicated than what you're willing to try." Elijah added; while narrowing his sight on Bonnie.

"What do you mean by a bit more complicated? They can be located, or they can't." Damon asked, curious. "You don't need to be Einstein to figure that much."

"It's not so much finding the location that's worrying me, Damon." Elijah replied, while crossing his arms in front of his chest. "It's the year."

"What?" The all exclaimed at the same time; under their mutual speechless expression.

"What do you mean by the year?" Elena asked; dumbfounded.

"They could be hiding anywhere in the world, and could by your help, Miss Bennett; be easily located; the only problem with that is that they could not be physically standing in this present time." Elijah tried to explain, in the better of his capacity.

"Are you telling us that we'll be playing Michael J. Fox in "back to the future" soon?" Damon exclaimed, dazed by the Original say.

"It's exactly what I'm saying." Elijah replied. "If my sixth sense serves me right; Shinichi and his entire family of Kitsunes will try to go back in time to rewrite the future, and therefore achieving the supremacy over the mortal and supernatural world."

"In that case; where do you think they are; regardless of the time?" Bonnie asked, in total amazement.

Elijah lowered his head, while sighing loudly, before raising his right hand to stroke his eyelids.

"Elijah? Please say something?" Rebekah begged her brother to answer.

"I think they are in Egypt, in the city of Cairo, the year … 1593!" He listed the information to his speechless and shocked auditory.


The sinister silence filled the bar; splashes of blood covering the walls; while an impressive amount of decapitated corpses were lying sporadically on the establishment floor in their own puddle of organs extracted from their fleshes.

A man was sitting in silence at the far end of the counter, a sadistic smile raising both corners of his manly lips, with his sight narrowed on the glass he was holding in his left hand, several empty bottles of scotch placed, near his sitting position, on the counter.

This has been Klaus Mikaelson's fifth carnage in a row, and he was starting to get bored; which could only mean that he needed more alcohol to drown his sorrow.

"Bring me more bottles!" The hybrid shouted to the young waitress who was standing with terror in her eyes behind the counter. She had the chance to be the only survivor to Klaus's present slaughter; only for the single reason of being blessed of blond and curly hair…. She looked a little bit like Caroline Forbes… Just a little bit, and for him it was enough to calm him down.

"There are … There are no more bottles of Scotch." She stammered through her loud sobbing; tears rolling on both of her cheeks.

"Then go find me other kind of alcohol, sweetheart; is this so hard for you to understand?" Klaus asked; in somber tone of voice. "Or perhaps you prefer to die; it's your choice, really?"

"No, no please… I'll do as you wish." The young woman begged of him, while waving her right hand in front of his sight.

"Well, that's my girl!" Klaus exclaimed; a sadistic smile spreading on his lips. "Now, what are you waiting for, Love? Or perhaps you want to offer me your heart on a silver platter with your delightful blood spreading in my mouth?"

The girl took a few steps to her left; before storming at the opposite side of the counter, to gather what she could find as remaining bottles, placed on the shelves.

Klaus lowered his sight on the bar counter; his thoughts taking him to another location; when for the first time of his pathetic life, he had been truly happy for the time space of a night, until the next morning, when Caroline Forbes had left him…

ooOoo

Caroline suddenly felt an additional weight on the mattress, before feeling his body slide in top of hers a second later, one of his hands placed on her waist, the other one slowly cupping the roundness of her left breast, with the warmth of his mouth capturing the forbidden hard tip of the other one.

She squirmed underneath him, with loud groans, her hands sliding into his golden locks, in a mix of caressing and pushing his head in a nearer proximity of her chest, while feeling his length pushing his hardness between her thighs. She opened her legs, while crossing them around his waist.

"Don't position yourself like this, Love…Or… I won't be able to control myself, and pleasure you the way you should be pleasured." He warned, softly, while raising his head and sight in hers.

"Klaus Mikaelson, if you are not in me in the time space of a few seconds, I'll swear that I will scream from the top of my lungs and awaken the all city of Rome at the same time!" Caroline baffled him, while sighing loudly.

"Well, Miss Forbes, I certainly don't want you in a so agitated state of mind." He mocked, in a low whisper, before smirking and placing his length at the entrance of her walls, while slowly pushing his himself inside of her silkiness, under her loud moan of pleasure. "What took you so long to come to me, Caroline, to become the woman that you knew you could become in my arms, to understand that we were meant to be?" He murmured, while pushing further inside of her, before holding his thrusting pace, his head placed in the hollow her left shoulder, feeling the intense sexual satisfaction of finally possessing her body.

They stood still for a few seconds, with her nails scratching the skin of his back under the intensity of the moment. Klaus raised his head, before drowning his sight in Caroline's.

"Are you comfortable…Did I hurt you?" He asked, suddenly worried.

"The big, bad hybrid is asking if he is hurting me." She murmured, while sliding her hands on the muscles of his lower back, slowly raising her pelvic up and down on him.

"I have my moments." He smiled through his sentence, while enjoying her tightness around him.

"If you are not moving in me in the next few seconds, you'll hear what I have to say about it." She warned, while returning his smile.

"Yes, Love…" He nodded, smirking, before lowering his hips to follow her erotic motion, while making her moan his name repeatedly under the intense sexual pleasure he was lavishing her with. He intensified his thrust movements, while rising both of her arms and hands above her head, before interlacing his fingers with her. "You're mine, Caroline…And I'll prove this to you all night long." He whispered, while raising the tempo to reach both of their sexual pleasure picks.


"Well, you've undone yourself this time, Klaus." Stefan exclaimed loudly, while entering the bar; before straddling over the large amount of death bodies placed sporadically on the wooden floor.

"Stefan Salvatore? To what do I owe the pleasure?" Klaus smirked; while raising the glass to his lips.

"Oh you know, I was in the neighbourhood and I've seen the local newspapers, so I've guessed that I would find you here. It's quite impressive what you've done with the place." Stefan added, teaser; while taking a sitting position on a bar stool near Klaus's.

"This is your neighbourhood, mate; or did you forget that Mystic Falls is at a few miles of distance?" Klaus commented, with taking a quick glance at the young vampire. "As for the compliment; I bow gracefully in front of my friend the "ripper". I take it to heart coming from you." He added; perniciously.

"Those days are in the past now, Klaus." Stefan replied, with a loud sigh.

"Let's make a toast to the "past" then!" Klaus raised his glass in the air. "It's something that we can't ever get rid of; even if we try our hardest." He added; sarcastically, before gulping the rest of the alcohol filling his glass. "Can I offer you a drink?"

"I'll pass." Stefan replied, politely.

"Oh come on, Stefan; where is the fun vampire man that I've met back in Chicago? Those were the good old days." Klaus exclaimed. "Anna, come sweetheart; pour a glass to my friend would you?"

Stefan startled when he suddenly saw a poor human girl advancing toward their sitting position; two beer bottles at hands. She was probably the single survivor of Klaus's carnage.

"There are … There are only a few bottles of beer left." She stammered; while sliding one of the beer bottles on the bar counter, in front of Stefan's sight and sitting position; and deposing the other in front of the hybrid. She took a few steps back, while placing herself into a dark corner near a shelf, as safety precaution.

"Klaus what are you doing?" Stefan asked, while placing a finger in front of his parted lips to gesture to the young girl to stay calm and keep quiet.

"What? I'm keeping our friend Anna alive aren't I? You have something to say against it, Salvatore?" Klaus asked; while gulping the bottle.

"Let her go, she's just an innocent victim; she did not ask for this." Stefan commented.

Klaus growled between his teeth, before shrugging his shoulders.

"Go!" Stefan mouthed the word on his lips to the scare girl; while tilting his head toward the entrance door of the bar.

The young woman did not wait to hear it a second time; in a matter of seconds she had ran outside to safety.

"You do realize that in a matter of minutes; she'll have the cops besiege this place?" Klaus shook his head; in disbelief.

"We still have a few minutes in front of us, then." Stefan replied, smirking; while raising the bottle to his lips.

"What do you want, Salvatore?" Klaus asked, unceremoniously.

"We think that Caroline and Matt have been abducted by Arian Satō." Stefan informed the hybrid.

"And why is this of my concerns?" Klaus shrugged; indifferent.

"Well, let see; probably because you ran away to Rome with my friend Caroline by your side." Stefan replied, tit for tat. "Even if I have no idea what happened there, I still believe that you care."

"We fucked." Klaus informed, unceremoniously; while bringing the bottle of beer to his lips

"Wow! Talk about subtlety." Stefan startled at Klaus say.

"You asked what we did in Rome, we fucked. Isn't it what Caroline Forbes does usually? Fuck with the all team of football players? Wasn't it Matt Donovan one of her previous lover?" Klaus added, perniciously; a sadistic smile raising both sides of his manly lips.

"Go easy now, Klaus." Stefan mumbled, angrily; between his teeth. "She's my friend; and I won't accept to hear you bashing her this way. She gave you more chances than any of us."

Klaus growled loudly; while closing his fists in anger… Unfortunately; Stefan Salvatore was right, he was acting like a jerk; and he perfectly knew it, but couldn't help himself.

"I don't know what went on between you and Caroline, but you can't possibly believe that she would vanish from the surface of the earth without leaving a trace to her family and friends?" Stefan dropped his cards on the table. "And strangely, at the same time that Matt Donovan disappeared from Mystic Falls?"

"She wrote me a letter that she left on the kitchen counter; telling me that she had a good time with me; thanked me for my services; but as of now she would pursue her life alone and far away from my presence, how do you want me to feel, Stefan?" Klaus busted to his friend's face; while jumping on his feet from his sitting position on the bar stool; before pacing back and forth between the death bodies.

"You fell for her." Stefan exclaimed, in amazement.

"Just close your big fat mouth; Salvatore!" Klaus warned, while pointing a finger toward the young vampire.

"No, I would even add that you're in love with her. Wow!" Stefan added; while shaking his head; before crossing his arms in front of his chest; a smile spreading on his lips.

"What is it to you anyway?" Klaus shrugged; impatient; while grabbing a few darts in his hands to throw at a round target placed on the wall.

"Other than wanting to stop the carnage that her absence is triggering in you?" Stefan raised an eyebrow. "Listen; I know Caroline; if she slept with you, she obviously had, for whatever strange reasons that are hers to discover; developed feelings for you, and in that case; she wouldn't leave you that way, and wouldn't leave her friends and family without giving any news."

Klaus lowered his right arm, while closing his eyes; before taking a deep breath inside his lungs… What if Stefan was right?

"Elijah thinks that they have both been kidnapped by Shinichi. Arian Satō can't be found anywhere; and obviously he's up to no good." Stefan commented more.

"What do you want from me then?" Klaus asked, while reopening his eyes.

"I want for you to come back to Mystic Falls; we need to figure out what happened to the both of them." Stefan added, hopeful to convince the hybrid to follow him back home.


To Caroline's dismay; she had to honestly agree that Arian Sato had exquisite taste in dressing women. The yellow silk fabric of her long tunic dress was simply exquisite. The empire waist opening up on several panels of veil was wrapping her body like a second skin. Shella, her attributed servant; had insisted to bathe her in a brass bathtub on feet; while several guards had brought buckets of hot water; with a few drops of Jasmine and rose essences added to the mix to perfume her body. Her hair had finally been styled in a bun; with a few strands encircling her face. A pair of golden sandals were dressing her feet; with a few bracelets her delicate wrists.

Oddly enough; she did not felt the calling of blood yet; but her stomach was screaming starvation for real food. Shella had brought her a plate of fruits and bread to content Caroline's hunger until dinner time; which she was informed; was scheduled in a later hour of the evening with the company of the "master". Up to now; she had not heard a word on Matt's whereabouts and she could only hope that he was fed properly and kept alive.

At sun down she was escorted to the parlor room; where she had been asked to wait patiently for the "master". The room was quite gigantic; a red velvet arm chair was placed on a pedestal as the obvious visual effect of a throne; while several huge red cushions placed sporadically on the marble floor. A few while veils were falling from the high ceilings.

"We meet again, Caroline." She startled; while hearing the hoarse voice calling her name. "Were you adequately taking care of by my guards and your servant?"

Caroline turned on herself before facing her keeper. He was standing over the threshold of the parlor room; with his sight narrowed on her. Both hands crossed behind his back; dressed of a black pair of silk pants; with the matching black tunic covering his chest and upper arms; a few gold necklaces placed around his neck.

"You mean was I "adequately" kidnapped against my will; by your own hands, brought into a remote location, in a past time?" She replied, dryly; while making a smile spread on Shinichi's lips.

"Close the doors." He ordered his guards to do, before taking a few walking steps into the large room. "I see your beautiful spirit is still present." He added, grinning. "Something that drew me to you from the first time we've met."

"Where's Matt?" She asked, at burn doublet; while raising her chin as confrontational gesture.

"Safe." He simply replied; before reaching a serving table to grab a crock of gold. "Do you care for a cup of wine?"

"No, I don't care for anything that's offered by you." Caroline replied; dryly.

"And yet, the dress is quite exquisite on you; my dear Caroline." Shinichi commented, teaser; while handing a golden cup filled with wine to his muse.

She grabbed the cup in her right hand; before throwing it on a near wall; the red liquid splashing the white veils and the bricks in a matter of seconds.

"I want you to release me and my friend Matt; and I want to go back home." Caroline ordered; her chest rising up and down over her heavy breaths.

"I see." Shinichi replied, calmly; while reaching her standing position before drowning his sight in the young woman's. "Well it's not possible."

"And why is that?" She asked, impertinently; while raising her chin and sight in his.

"It is simple, because you're mine now, Caroline; body, mind and soul." Shinichi answered; while grabbing her chin; before leaning his face at a near inch of hers.

"I'll never be yours, I prefer to die of a painful death; or mummify for lack of blood in my system, take your pick." Caroline replied, dryly.

"Oh, I see. Your past lover, the hybrid; is still somehow in your heart, and you can't get him out of your system; how unfortunate for you, my dear Caroline?" Shinichi replied, sadistically. "I'll make you forget about him, one night in my arms and he'll become a distant memory in your mind." He added, while softly caressing her cheeks with the back of his right hand.

Caroline winced at his distasteful imply; before unexpectedly spitting her saliva in the keeper's face.

"I'll never be yours!" She lashed out to him; angrily.

Shinichi growled loudly; his closed fists now placed on each side of his tensed body. He retraced his walking steps toward the service table to grab a washcloth; before passing the fabric on his face.

"Don't push my patience to its limit, Caroline; or your friend Matt could easily find himself at the receiving end of my rage." Arian mumbled, angrily; between his teeth.

"So, if I understand you correctly; if I refuse to be your slave, I could put my friend in danger?" Caroline asked him.

"Becoming my slave? It was never about that, Caroline." Shinichi replied; impatient; while advancing toward her standing position. "I want you to become my Queen; I want you to sit by my side on the thrones, together we'll rule the world."

"You want me to become your Queen, Shinichi?" Caroline lashed out to his face. "You want me to watch while you'll destroy the world as I know it, because I could swear that's what you're asking me to do!"

"Klaus wouldn't be able to give, what I'd offered to you, Caroline." Shinichi whispered; while closing his eyes and lowering his forehead on hers.

"Oh yah, and what is that?" Caroline replied; while pushing herself at arm length. "You're offering me: destruction; death and persecution?" She added; perniciously. "I'm sorry, but I'm not interested to play your game of power, Shinichi."

"You have become human; again, Caroline." Shinichi announced to her, unceremoniously. "The woman who's standing in front of me is a human; she's not a vampire anymore."

"What?" Caroline exclaimed, in shock; while raising her right hand over her chest.


Thanks for reading the first chapter of the present sequel story: Seven Sins, guys!

Finally! I thought I would never get to the point that I would start writing this sequel, but here I am! I hoped you've enjoyed it? Be patient for the updates, like most of you know; I'm handling several fictions at the same time.

Much love to all of you;

Lovely Vero