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Diabolik Knight
Night 02
Akemi
Apparently the Sakamaki's went to Night School, not that it particularly bothered Akemi or surprised her in the slightest. Usually at this time she was already awake, patrolling the school grounds and Cross Academy, and then sleeping in her own Day Classes- resulting into supplementary classes afterwards with Yuki and Zero. It was safe to say that she was already on the same sleep schedule as the other six vampire brothers and Yui. Only a little thrown off since she was wide awake for the whole day earlier and only had about a two and a half hour nap before being woken to attend classes.
"Here is your uniform Akemi. You have five minutes to meet the rest of us down stairs to leave. Do not be late or face punishment."
Akemi had scoffed silently as Reiji handed her the school uniform coldly before walking away. He was always going on about manners when he possessed none himself. Like just popping up into her room unannounced, now that was rude. It was annoying really, but the silver haired female easily ignored it as she learned ignored the rest of the world.
Quickly Akemi bushed her long silver hair and tied it back up into her usual two pigtails. Then continued to strip herself and replacing the loss of clothing with the school uniform. Studying herself in her full body mirror, Akemi scrunched her nose up in distaste at how short the damn skirt was. A lot like Cross Academy's uniform. Only now she wasn't a school Guardian, she was a normal student with blood lusting urges and no one to really help her. She was sure the brothers would only urge and encourage her to feed.
Deciding she wasted enough time in this room, Akemi quickly ties the laces of her knee high boots and ran down the stairs. The last thing she really wanted was to see what Reiji's punishment would have in store, more so now that they knew her secret so early. She hated that she wasn't strong enough to keep the hunger at bay and exposed herself, but hell- they would find out at some point.
"Hantā-chan, just on the dot." Laito giggled, causing Akemi to raise an eyebrow humorlessly at her nickname hunter.
"Well I don't like to be late." Akemi clicked her tongue, rolling her lilac eyes.
"It's not polite to roll your eyes." Reiji scolded her, only to earn another eye roll that was meant to mock him.
Akemi was different than her brother. Where both siblings shared the same hatred for vampires, Zero wanted to blindly kill them. Akemi, on the other hand, enjoyed mocking them, getting on their last nerves before they snapped. She liked to push her prey to the limit, like a true monster- and she wasn't sure how to feel about that.
Still, she wasn't in this predicament back at Cross Academy. There she knew she was safe to make her own choices, and she was her own person. Here, staring at the six Sakamaki brothers, Akemi was too marry one of them to form a coexisting bond. These six were her bachelors, and Akemi still didn't really know how to react to that. At least they were attractive, but with bad attitudes that she was used too.
One thing that her and her brother shared was there lack of showing emotion. After that night it was easier to lock the emotions away, to kill every vampire that the Association sent them to get. Now Akemi didn't have that outlet, she had nothing to take out her built up emotions on. Not only that, but the constant metallic scent of blood lingering on the brothers didn't help her either. It only made her throat flare up.
"Well I'm not a polite person." Akemi retorted, holding up her hand to stop Reiji's comment. "I already know my manners are deplorable, you constantly telling me this won't change me. Please stop wasting your breath."
Snickers and chuckles were heard from the other brothers as Reiji glared at Akemi coldly. The piercing gaze didn't make Akemi flinch; she even sent her own glare at Reiji in a silent challenge. Akemi had seen far worse glares, like from Yagari and Zero- two people Akemi didn't like to piss off.
"We must be leaving now." Reiji said strictly, walking past the group of vampires and human towards the waiting limo.
Walking towards the limo with Ayato and Laito flanking both sides, Akemi paused to look at the limo with distaste. It reminded her of Kaname Kuran and how he traveled.
"Is something wrong?" Kanato asks, gently touching Akemi's shoulder.
Akemi quickly jerked away from his touch and sent the purple haired triplet a glare. "Don't touch me."
Ignoring the angered look she receives from Kanato, Akemi climbed into the limo and silently sat (roughly pulled) to sit between Subaru and Ayato. Yui was sitting in between Laito and Shu- who only used the human girl as a pillow. Thus making the human girl fidget uncomfortably.
Akemi couldn't help but stare at Yui, studying the girl carefully. Her sherbet eyes were an unnatural color for a human, but so were Akemi's own Lilac orbs- so she couldn't judge. The platinum blonde hair that barely brushed Yui's shoulder blades, exposing her delicate neck. Akemi had to force herself to look away. She hated this self about her, the constant inner monster just wanting to break free.
"Hantā-chan, why were you looking at Yui?" Laito smirked, grabbing Yui and licking her neck. "Are you hungry? Just take a bite."
"Laito, how many times must I tell you to keep such activities in your bedroom?" Reiji scolded.
Suddenly Akemi felt fingers grip her chin as Ayato forces her to look his way. Hissing , Akemi tried to move away, only Ayato gripped her harder. "Don't look at what belongs to Ore-sama's."
Akemi's eyes narrowed at the suffix he gave himself. "Are you that high and mighty that you call yourself Sama?"
"I am a pure blood after all!" Ayato boasted rather proudly.
"Hn." Akemi shook her head, deciding between on holding her tongue or retorting as she looked back at Yui. "Yui?"
"Hai, Akemi-chan?" Yui stuttered, fear evident in her eyes as she looked at the female vampire.
The fear in her sherbet orbs only caused Akemi to frown at the reminder that she was a monster. A beast in human form. Shaking her head, Akemi muttered out, "Never mind."
Subaru glanced at the silver haired female, watching how her eyes dropped at the way Yui had looked at her. The albino had been watching Akemi since she sat down. It was clear that Akemi wasn't happy as she sat there quietly or retorted smart ass comments. Then Yui had to upset her. It was then he realized that this wasn't a life the girl didn't want to live, but had too. The life of being a vampire.
"What level vampire are you?" Shu suddenly asked. "In your vampire society, you have levels correct? Level E being the lowest."
Reiji ticked, "At least the deadbeat knows something."
Akemi sighed, "Level D."
"You're pretty low in your social rank as a vampire. I thought you were an aristocratic level maybe." Ayato muttered. "Why were you sent here to us-"
"Level D." Reiji muttered, trying to remember something about the class of vampires he previously read about.
Only then the limo stopped and Akemi's aura was darker than usual. "I wasn't born a vampire like you damn pure bloods or aristocrats, I was a human."
With that, Akemi didn't even wait for Reiji to explain her classes or for the limo doors to be opened for them. She merely threw the door open, ignores the usual scream fan girls that all vampires seemed to have, and made her way into the school. She was skilled enough to slip her schedule from Reiji earlier in the house.
Laito only whistled, watching Akemi walk away with a grin on his face, "She's certainly something else isn't she?"
Ayato smirked, "Ore-sama tends to be her first everything, especially her first bite."
Laito giggled, "Oh, I can't wait until she uses her fangs. She should be proud to be a vampire, not scared of it."
"Will you both just shut up?" Subaru snarled, causing Laito to only giggle more as they made their way into the school.
In Cross Academy Akemi had been put in with the third year class with Yuki and Zero, but here she was put into first classes due to the fact that Reiji believed her to be unintelligent. Still, Akemi thought it be fun to prove him wrong. Just like how it was fun to prove Aidou and the Class President of the Day Class wrong.
The first class of the day was literature, and luck was never on her side like usual. In her class were Yui, Ayato, and Subaru. Akemi scowled seeing the two male vampires. Ayato only smirked her way while Subaru completely ignored her existence. Akemi didn't mind Yui, but she did mind Subaru and Ayato.
"Class, today it seems we have a new student. Please introduce yourself." The female teacher, Mrs. Meyers, says.
"Hello, I'm Akemi Kiryu." Akemi flashed the class a dazzling false smile, making some of the boys blush and girls envious.
"Any questions for Akemi before we begin?" Mrs. Meyers inquires, nodding at some of the hands that flew up.
"Where did you come from?" A boy asked.
"Cross Academy." Akemi answered simply.
"Are you an only child?" A female asked.
"No, I have two older twin brothers." Akemi states proudly, though she wasn't proud of one of them.
"Any boyfriends?" Another male asked.
Akemi glanced at Ayato, who was watching her intensely now. Throwing him a smirk, Akemi decided to play a little game. "Maybe just one. His name was Aidou. I'm a sucker for blue eyes."
Ayato gripped his desk hard, glaring at the silver beauty. Subaru also frowned because there was only one male in their family with blue eyes, and that just happened to be male vampires could help but wonder who this Aidou was.
Tossing the class one last dazzling smile, Akemi made her way to sit at the empty desk besides Subaru that the teacher assigned to her. It was Subaru or a human boy, which Akemi didn't want to be bothered with the constant burn in throat amplified. It was silent between the two as class started, but it only lasted so long.
"Aidou huh?" Subaru asked quietly so Akemi's vampire hearing could pick up on the question.
A soft laughed escaped her lips, a sound that was foreign to her own ears. "No, I couldn't stand the guy. He's a lot like Ayato really, mixed with Shu."
A scowl could be heard, and glancing up Ayato was glaring his green eyes their way. "Don't compare me to that lazy ass!"
Akemi stuck her tongue out childishly before turning back towards Subaru, the act causing Ayato to merely stare at her. The one Sakamaki brother that reminded her of her own. Out of all the Sakamaki brothers, Subaru was the one she didn't really mind. She was strangely comfortable around him, probably because he had the same type of aura as Zero. In all sense, Akemi chalked it up to sense of familiarity she got from Subaru's persona.
"Tell me about yourself Subaru." Akemi muttered out as she takes the notes from the lecture being given ahead.
"Nothing to say." Subaru retorted shortly, looking out the window of the classroom as if it were more interesting than the lecture. It probably was, since Romeo and Juliet was tragic and already taught before.
"How about why you hate yourself?" Akemi whispered out gently, knowing Ayato would be trying to listen in.
Subaru glanced at Akemi in surprise but quickly covered it up. "What makes you think I hate myself?"
Akemi smiles knowingly to herself, barely looking up from her writing, "Have you ever heard the term "eyes are the doors to the soul"?"
Subaru nodded, not giving a verbal confirmation. Akemi was a strange girl all right. One minute she hates all of them and fighting off her bloodlust or yelling. Then the next she was trying to figure Subaru out. It didn't really make sense to the albino, but then again they knew nothing about the silver haired beauty.
"You have the same tortured soul like my brother." Akemi finally admits after a few minutes of silence, still writing her notes. "Your eyes share the same hatred, the same disgust, and the same view of being a vampire. You view yourself as a monster- a mistake even."
Subaru only stared at the silver haired vampire in bewilderment. In all honesty, he had no clue how to react to Akemi's accusations. How she read him like an open book was beyond Subaru. He only knew that Akemi was more than meet the eye, and she hid her true self. Akemi was quiet and rebellious, but she was also smart, and that was a dangerous thing.
"What if I told you that you had it wrong?" Subaru huffed, clenching his fist.
"I'd reply that you're lying." Akemi answered simply.
Subaru suddenly stood, his chair screeching loudly as he slammed his fist on his desk. "You know nothing about me so don't act like you do!"
Akemi didn't flinch at his tantrum. Hell, she didn't even look up from her class work- which only pissed Subaru off further.
Snatching her work angrily, Subaru yelled. "Pay attention when I talk to you!"
Ayato only watched from afar, amused and intrigued on how Akemi reacted. He barely heard their conversation, if anything at all but hushed whispers that sounded like the wind. Still, it was clear to see that Akemi had done something to set off the youngest Sakamaki, and she paid no attention to his anger issues.
"I am listening to you Subaru." Akemi smirked, glancing up at him deviously. "I mean, I can hear you going vroom vroom."
Subaru's eye twitched in annoyance, whereas Ayato had broken into a loud laughter. Subaru snarled lowly, keeping his gaze locked onto Akemi's- whose lilac eyes only seemed to taunt him to do something. Subaru had to curl his fist and resist the urge to hit something or he'd get an earful from Reiji earlier. Turning abruptly, Subaru left the class as Mrs. Meyers tried to tell him to go back and sit down- completely ignoring the older woman.
Akemi frowned and sighed, she had only wanted to know a little bit more about the white haired vampire and he got all pissy suddenly. Akemi simply wanted to get to know Subaru without all the other brothers swarming; only he had anger issues. At least that part of the file wasn't wrong.
As soon as the bell rang, Akemi was collecting her things in her arms- oblivious to the fact that Ayato was coming her way. That was until he reached for her arm and she swiftly moved out of the way as she sent a glare his way. Ayato only smirked, glancing as Yui quickly made her way out of the class room.
"What do you want Ayato?" Akemi sighed, giving Ayato an expectant look.
Ayato shrugged, "What did you do to piss Subaru off?"
"Don't know. Maybe it was because I didn't answer him." Akemi smoothly lied with a lazy shrug. "If you'll excuse me, I have to get to my next class."
"Which is?" Ayato inquired, grabbing her arm tightly.
Akemi frowned at his action, "Mathematics."
"Yui and Laito have that class, as do I." Ayato says, huffing.
"Show me the way?" Akemi asks gently, her tone of voice causing Ayato's cheeks to flush pink.
"Hurry up and follow Ore-sama." Ayato huffed, making his way towards the math classroom.
The car ride back to the mansion was anything but quiet with Laito pestering Yui. The way Yui got flustered, her short comeback and lack of fighting spirit had Akemi watching her. That action drew in the brother's attention, still Subaru glared at Akemi- still upset about earlier.
"You keep watching Yui, Akemi-chan." Kanato pointed out, holding Teddy tightly in his lap. The comment got Laito to shut up.
"I noticed that too earlier in math class." Laito smirked. "Maybe she's hungry."
"We can show you how to use your fangs if you don't know how." Ayato offered, making Laito giggle in excitement at the idea.
Akemi's nose scrunched up in disgust. "No, I'll pass."
"Then why do you continue to watch Yui?" Reiji asks as he looked at his book.
"It's rude not to make eye contact when speaking to someone." Akemi mocked, earning a scowl from Reiji and chuckles from the other brothers.
"It's also rude to avoid questions." Shu muttered, also curious as to why Akemi stared at Yui.
Akemi merely shrugged, "Yui reminds me of someone."
"Who?" Yui asked softly, earning a warm and soft look from the silver haired female that none of the brothers thought she was capable of.
"Her name was Yuki." Akemi smiled sadly, and then looked out the window. "She was human as well living with vampires, only in a different situation."
"How different?" Yui asked more confidently, reminding Akemi of Yuki so much more.
"Yuki can be considered my adoptive sister, only me and my brother weren't adopted after out incident. We refused to be, but nothing less she was family." Akemi pursed her lips, glancing around but focused on Yui. "The man that took us in, Kaien Cross, was the headmaster of Cross Academy, another school with a Day and Night class."
"You went to school with vampires before, meaning you've known about their existence for a long time?" Yui asked, curiosity getting the better of her.
Akemi really didn't want to answer these questions now with the brothers in the car, but when she thought about it- they'd always be lurking and wanting answers. Why not just answer it once and get it over with?
"I was born into a vampire hunting family, with two older brothers. I always knew the truth about vampires Yui." Akemi sighed. "Still, four years ago me and my brother Zero moved with Kaien and his daughter, Yuki, and attended Cross Academy- a school built on the belief that humans and vampires could co-exist."
"That's a stupid idea." Kanato laughed. "Only a mortal would think of such a thing."
"Human are prey, not friends." Ayato added.
Akemi glowered, "As stupid as you might think it is, it works. Kaname Kuran, one of the last pure bloods of my kind, also saw the promise this had. That's how the Night Class came to be, with a pure blood president and aristocratic vampires."
"You were always around them." Yui pointed out.
Akemi nodded, "Every night Yuki, Zero, and myself would patrol the school grounds, making sure no Day Class students lingered around. Not every vampire was keen on the blood tablet diet, but it maintained the hunger. It worked."
"Blood tablets?" Reiji asked curiously.
"Tablets put into water to make a substance similar to blood. It has the same effect on vampires, not the same taste." Akemi explained.
"Have you tried them?" Laito questioned.
"Mhmm." Akemi nodded. "When the thirst is too much for me, I take them. Had to last night before I went to sleep."
"You should just drink blood stupid." Ayato retorted with an eye roll.
Akemi huffed, "I've fought this blood lust for four years, and I'm not losing yet."
The brothers stared at Akemi as if she were crazy. Just thinking of not feeding for four years was ludicrous for the six vampires to handle. The pain and suffering, they couldn't quite understand why Akemi would put herself through that for four years. It was just crazy, even more especially for vampires to eat some blood tablet supplement.
Yui glanced down, "Akemi-chan, how did you get turned?"
Akemi stayed quiet and frowned but answered very briefly, "I'm not ready to tell you that Yui, but let's just say it was my brother Ichiru's fault."
The bitterness in her tone caused them all to wince slightly at how cold she was to this brothers of hers, but it made them all to curious on how she became a vampire. A vampire hunter become the very thing she hunts, it was the biggest taboo.
"Have you ever killed before?" Yui further questioned.
Akemi nodded, "Yes. The Hunting Association assigned a list of level-E's that needed to be hunted. I've killed a dozen vampires in my lifetime, but that is not my job any longer."
"But you're a hunter." Yui pointed out.
Akemi looked down, hiding her shame. "The Association now considers me a vampire since this peace treaty was established between the two vampire races. Please, no more questions."
Reiji merely answered, "We've run out of time anyway. We've returned to the estate."
Akemi merely sighed and got out as the vampires and human watched her leave. The brothers didn't blame themselves for her not being a hunter, because she wasn't. In all reality Akemi was a vampire, she just needed to see that for herself.
Okay so here's chapter two, not that eventful but the next chapter will be more!
Okay, so one question- who should be the first one Akemi bites in the Sakamaki house. It can be anyone of our favorite vampire brothers, or even Yui. Please leave your choice in your review.
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Plus, if Akemi was to share her past with anyone, who do you think it should be?
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