"So what did you need me to do for you, master?" Lavi asked, happily, practically bouncing into the room. He was much too pleased to be worried about Kanda's dislike of loud noises.
It had been nearly a month since Kanda had begun acting strangely and had gotten even more reclusive than usual. The mansion's blood reserves were nearly depleted (not a pleasant thing for the only vampire in the immediate area) and he'd barely been able to see his master who he quite inexplicably seemed to think of as a friend. Even when Lavi would see him, Kanda would refuse to speak, instead opting for an almost sullen silence.
Less than ten seconds ago, Kanda broke his silence by ringing the bell in his room for his servant. Even with his vampire speed, said vampire ran especially quickly to his master's quarters. Because of this, he was out of breath upon arrival to his master's current location. (A/N: Yes, yes, vampires can breathe. I will get more on that later.)
Raising his hand, blithely, Lavi knocked lightly on the grand door to the demon's room. "Master, I'm here!" With the obligatory declaration out of the way, Lavi proceeded into the room without waiting for an invitation.
Kanda was there, as he had been, standing before his bedroom window. The only one in the otherwise closed off room, like everything else in the mansion it was especially large. Probably big and low enough for two grown men to stand side by side in it and jump. Kanda stared out of the window, his back facing Lavi and the door. Kanda's hair was down and his arms hung by his sides.
Because it was night time (seeing as the two creatures were rather nocturnal), the moonlight filtered in through the open window and painted itself delicately over the demon. It really made his figure stand out in the very dark room. It was at that moment that Kanda turned around. He looked as moody as he had before to Lavi, but the vampire's keen eyes saw the particular kind of calm that comes to a person when they've happened upon some kind of resolve.
Suddenly coming back to himself and deciding to act at least somewhat like a servant should towards their master, Lavi bowed his head lightly. "What do you wish?" He asked.
"Usagi." Kanda used the nickname he'd given Lavi long ago. "Would you say that I'm successful?" Kanda asked in an offhand manner.
Taken aback by this strange question, Lavi tried to focus on answering. "Well, yes."
Lavi hadn't even closed his mouth after uttering the short sentence, before Kanda asked another question. "And would you say I have everything?"
"Well, you have your solitude, a ready supply of food, a grand home and a servant to take care of it for you." Lavi gave a wry smile at that last part. "What more could a demon want?"
"Quite. What else could a demon want? Tell me, Lavi. Do you enjoy your occasional romantic rendezvous with humans?" He asked, clearly alluding to something.
"I . . ." Lavi uncomfortably eyed the demon, unsure whether or not he was in trouble. "Master, you said that it was okay if I sometimes wanted to-" Kanda cut him off right then.
"Yes, yes. Who you seek pleasure from is of no concern to me, if you are not gone for long." Lavi's shoulders relaxed marginally, but his brows knitted in confusion.
"So what might the problem be then, Master?" He inquired.
"I have begun to wonder why I have not pursued a similar relationship with someone." The demon ignored the way his servant's eyes widened in surprise. "I have decided that it is because I deserve better than the filth that already exists."
"Um . . ." Lavi started, but he really did not know what to say.
"The solution to this problem is obvious. I require a lover to be made to my specifications, only then will my perfect partner exist. You will be the one to do this."
"Create? You wish for me to create a partner for you?" Lavi checked, just to make sure he wasn't hearing things.
"You believe you cannot do it?" Kanda growled, clearly communicating to Lavi that "no" was not a viable answer.
"Well . . . as you know, I have much experience in science." Lavi proceeded carefully. "As for creating sentient life, the library contains some tomes relating to the subject.
"Excellent." Kanda said, pleased. "Be quick about it, but be thorough. Before you get started, go and hunt us some dinner. I imagine we have nothing left in the kitchen by now and I am hungry."
It was an unusual request.
Kanda did most of the hunting, leaving Lavi in the mansion to perform his chores. Lavi had actually gotten rather unused to hunting since indenturing himself to Kanda. The vampire wanted to ask him why, but the demon still seemed to be not in the best mood and he had a habit of becoming violent when annoyed.
So, Lavi bit his tongue, bowed to his master, and took his leave. Lavi stepped out of the room, letting out a tired breath as soon as the door was closed. Yu probably heard the sound anyway, but at least he didn't see him make it.
Lavi felt like he had been given an impossible task. If he didn't create this perfect creature to make Yu happy, he knew his next task would be to dig two graves; one for his creation and one for himself. The redheaded vampire shivered at the thought, failure was not an option, then. Lavi headed towards the window at the end of the hallway.
He had planning to do, but first . . .
The vampire jumped out of the window, turning into a vampire bat almost instantly.
. . . he needed to get dinner for him and his master.
On the bright side, perhaps he could find something he could use on the hunt. Anyone who knew anything about creating life knew that you couldn't create something from nothing; he had to start from somewhere.
Maybe he could find some parts.
"Maria, I do not think we should be doing this." The blonde girl whispered to her friend, glancing around the small shop they had just broken into.
"Such a worrywart, Elena, really. Calm yourself, we will just take a few things and leave." The brunette whispered, as she began foraging through the apothecary.
"I still do not understand why you cannot simply ask your father for more money?" Elena worriedly asked.
"He believes medicine to be a frivolous purchase when we have our weeds in the yard." Maria irritatedly replied.
"It does not seem like a very well stocked shop, look." Elena pointed to a pedestal that was supposed to hold a jar of something, but was empty.
"Huh." Maria murmured, reading the label on the empty pedestal. "Ch-lore-oh-form? Chloroform? Chloroform. I wonder what that is."
Elena's reply was cut off by a sweet-smelling rag clamping down over her nose and mouth. She tried to shriek, but not a sound made it out through the thick material. He small hands scrambled to pull the larger hand from her face, but it was too strong for her. Like trying to lift a wagon.
Against her will, her blue eyes began to lose focus and her eyelids started to droop. She tried to fight it, she had to warn Maria, she had to warn her friend! That was he last thought as she slipped into unconsciousness.
Lavi caught the young female's body as it crumpled. He quietly lowered the lithe thing to the ground. Her friend was still crouching with her back to them and gazing at the display case. Dropping the used rag soaked with chloroform onto the prone body on the floor, he made his way over to the other with light steps.
"Do you think if I smashed this case, someone would hear?" Maria asked, still not looking away from the case.
"I don't know." Lavi nonchalantly replied, the girl's head whipping around at the sound of his voice. "Let us find out."
Wasting no more time, the vampire took hold of the young lady's head and bashed it into the case, breaking the glass. Maria's bloody body fell to the floor. Dead. Instantly.
Lavi took a look at his bloody, sweet-smelling hands, then at the bodies on the floor. "I am going to have to drag these all the way back home." The redhead sighed, mournfully and got ready to head back.
At least he and his master would have a large meal to show for it.
Lavi knew his master liked his food as fresh as he could get it, but it would not be long until the one young woman woke after he finally got back to the mansion, unless he dosed her again. He needed to get her secured before she began to cause trouble wanting to go home and all that.
He left her friend's body outside his science lab, a dark room built of rock underneath the rest of the mansion, a locked steel door separating it from the rest of the mansion. Unlocking the door, Lavi proceeded to carry the unconscious girl into the laboratory, all the way to the examination table. Taking her off his shoulder, he placed the living body on the table and used the belts connected to the table to tie down her arms and legs.
Now, she could fight all she wanted and she would not be able to get away. He exited the lab, closing and locking the heavy door behind him. Once the door was closed, no sound could leave the room; he would not want to disturb his master with his experimenting. He didn't think he would survive that.
Hefting up the dead body, he began to drink the blood from it right there in the stairway. When there was little more than a pint left, he stopped. Drinking from dead bodies was problematic, to say the least, but he had grown used to dealing with it; Yu rarely captured prey alive. He mused on this as he brought the body to his master.
"Just one?" Kanda asked when he saw the offering. It wasn't a judgemental question, just curious.
"For now." Lavi stated, handing it over into Kanda's arms. "I have another, but it is in the lab at the moment.
Kanda raised a brow in silent question. Lavi hastened to answer. "I thought the human had pretty hands and eyes, features that would be useful in the making of your . . . lover. She possesses light blue, almond-shaped eyes and small, delicate hands, without blemishes. Do you find this appealing?"
He added the last part, worriedly. The vampire was more than aware that he and Kanda did not have the same tastes. Kanda looked thoughtful before nodding, regally. "It is a good starting point. You've completed your tasks for the night, you may sleep."
The vampire's green eyes drifted over to the window of Kanda's room, its heavy curtains drawn off to the sides. Indeed, the sun was beginning to rise and he would need to go to sleep if he wanted to be able to make proper use of the night.
"But should I not take care of the girl first?" Lavi asked, thinking of how she would be left, scared and alone, all day until he got the chance to deal with her.
Kanda, not having a sympathetic bone in his body, merely huffed in agitation. "Is she secured?" Kanda asked, piercing cerulean eyes peered right at him.
"Yes, but-"
"Then it can be taken care of tonight, day is the time for sleep. That is an order." Allowed no further argument, Lavi nodded and left.
The redhead made his way to the kitchen, hooked himself to the ceiling, and closed his eyes. Lavi slowly nodded off, thinking about his plans to create this new being for Kanda and what it would be like.