Two Breathes Walking; Seventh Sleep; Yui's Memories
Ai sat on the sofa, clutching a pillow, looking towards the clock he noted the time, it was two in the morning,
'Damn it' he groaned falling back on the couch to look at the ceiling, ever since they had returned from his…uncles place, the revelations of their talk continued to pester him. Now he really wished he had just stayed home, why did he go? He was comfortable in his in his life, taking care of his sister and Yuzuki, going to work, now it was twisted with this…
"Ai-san?" red met pink as Yuzuki walked into the living room dressed in warm blue pajama's
"Yuzuki what are you doing up?" he asked
"I couldn't sleep really" she said before taking a seat next to the male.
"You either huh?" he sighed, "I guess after what happened…this is so messed up" he groaned covering his eyes with hands
"What do you mean?"
"Well basically I found out I'm the spawn of an illicit relationship between my mother and a demon general" he said taking his hands down a little, "Why does life hate me so?" he seemed to question bitterly
"I don't think it's like that" Yuzuki said,
"It seems that way, no matter how hard I try to go forward something comes along to knock me back or to another space" he spoke tired, "All I want to do is give my sister a good life, a better life then what we had, I wanted her to grow up and find a good husband and start a family" he explained
"What about you?" Yuzuki asked as the male looked at her questioning, "I mean, you always say you want to give your sister a good life…but what about you?"
"Huh? I haven't really thought about it, my whole life's basically been about giving Alex happiness, never really thought about it" he admitted, it was true, ever since they were young and after they were 'sent off' on their own, he only wanted Alex to be happy.
"Anyway it doesn't look like that will happen" he gave a small smile, "Who's going to want to be with a demon"
"That's horrible" Yuzuki spoke, "You shouldn't say those things about yourself"
"Huh, but…"
"Ai, you…you're a really good person. Your kind, helpful, strong, and you love your sister, your loyal to your friends, and protect what's precious to you" she spoke gently
'Yuzuki…'
"So I don't want to hear you say such things about yourself, you're not a demon or a monster, your Ai" she said his voice cracking as though she was going to cry. Her eyes widen, a gasp escaped her lips as she was brought into a tight hug,
"Ai…Ai-san!?" she felt her heart beating rapidly in her chest at the sudden action feeling their bodies so close to together.
"Thank you…"
"Huh?" as the hug loosened their eyes met again, "Sorry about that" he apologized
"No-No?! Its it's okay" she said still a bit flushed from the sudden hug
"It's just…you seem to know how to lift a guy's spirits" he said with a small smile, "Thank you Yuzuki" he said with one of the warmest smile she had ever seen.
"You know…" she began, "When you smile like that you look a lot your mom!" she said with a smile, suddenly the smile stretched as her cheeks were pinched and pulled,
"Please don't compare me too a woman" he seemed to tense the warm smile gone instead replaced with a calm, yet very annoyed frown. She only smiled making small pained noises,
"Sorry…"
Over the next few days everything seemed to go back to normal, Ai had gotten the day off from his boss, which seemed weird to him.
"So Ai what are you planning to do today?" Yuzuki asked
"Well their having some kind of event at Alex's school" he said
"An event?"
"Yeah, I'm heading up there to drop off some supplies she needed" he said, with a zip and cut he finished tapping up the box,
"Can I help out?" she asked
"Really?" it not that he didn't want the help, he was worried over the girls health
"Sure!" she nodded, "Besides it will be fun to see where Alex goes to school" she said
"Fine, wait here while I deliver this stuff, the fair doesn't begin until early tonight so it's only decorating and setting up booths" he said, "And remember don't over work yourself, I don't want you passing out" he reminded her
"Don't worry I'll take it easy" she promised
At the academy students and staff alike were setting up booths and stands for the annual mid-spring carnival. Alex was helping setting up balloons with some of the other girls in her class as Ulqui sat on her side.
"Do you think we have enough balloons?" a girl asked, Alex looked at all the various balloons tied up so not to fly away,
"Maybe, but we should probably make a few more" she said, "You can never have to many balloons!" she laughed
"That's Alex for you"
"Hey Alex?" one of the girls, a long haired brunette, called, "Is it true that your brother is coming up to the school?"
"Really?"
Alex nodded, "Yep, big brother Ai is coming to help with the decorations!" she said happily,
"Oh that is so cool!"
"He's such a hotty!"
"Do you think he'll give me his number?" as the girls continued to talk on the 'hotness' of her brother Alex could only laugh and silently plan if any of them tried to make a move on him.
'Dream on you harlot's' while they were her friends, Ai was still her brother and she had to protect her brothers innocence!
Looking up her eyes noticed a familiar head of black
"Big brother!" grabbing her stuffed companion and ran up jumping into the others arm nearly knocking him over.
"Careful sis, I nearly dropped the supplies" he said as the girl smiled up at him smiling playfully.
"So did you bring the supplies I asked for?" she asked as her brother nodded, "Yeah, what exactly is all this stuff for?" he asked, after setting it down his sister wasted no time opening and digging into the box.
"TADA!" pulling out something from the box she showed it happily to her brother, red eyes looked over the dress, it was colorful and had various buttons and pins.
"What exactly is that?"
"It's the Academy Volunteer Carnival Uniform!" she exclaimed happily, "I asked Van-quish-chan to help design some cute outfits! No two are the same! There so cute!" she said happily showing him all the dresses and suits.
"They do look…nice" he said
"Is Yuzuki coming to the carnival?" she asked
"Oh yeah, I'm actually picking her up before the fair starts" he said and his sister just squealed happily, suddenly he felt something hit him in the face.
"Huh?" pulling it off he noticed it was a uniform, his sisters to be precise, "A-Alex!"
"This is gonna…the greatest carnival ever!" she said striking pose, "Alex Tepe's Super Super Carnival Style!" she exclaimed with sparkles and glitter and burst of confetti,
'….'
"See even Ulqui has a super cute carnival style!" she said showing her bat in a side top hat, a green vest with a red tie and yellow buttons.
"You're really committed…"
"Also…" she began giving him an innocent, yet somewhat suspicious smile
"Alex…what are you up too?" he asked narrowing his eyes, he already knew that look, "I don't like that look in your eyes…"
"Big brother you love me right?" she asked
"Yes…why?"
"Well…I was just wondering…"
"Yeah?"
"Would you mind helping with the carnival?" was that it? The suspicious level seemed to lower, "Sure I guess…what exactly what will I have to do?" he questioned,
"Nothing big, we, as in me and some of the other students, need help with one of the booths" she said
"Oh, sure I guess, but only for a little while, I still have to go and get Yuzuki" he said as the girl cheered
"Thank you big brother you're the best!" she said happily again jumping on him
"You know you're strong for such a loli" he said, a pout formed on her face, "Stupid big brother you don't like being called that!" she yelled cutely
"Sorry, I told you to drink more milk when you were small, you would have developed" he argued
"Ai that's completely personal! I'm just slow developed!" she yelled, "Just you watch I'm going to be a super hot, bodacious babe when I get older!" she declared picturing her older form, "Then the boys won't be able to resist me!"
"Eh!? They better not try anything!" he said almost like a threat, "I'm already preparing for those bastards if they try to touch" he said his knuckles cracking grimly picturing the beaten bodies of playboys and guys who even looked at her the wrong way.
"Hehe, you have such a brother complex!" she laughed
"I should!" he said, "What would you do if the roles were switched and I was the sister and you were the brother?" he asked and his sister look went from confetti and glitter, to gloom and foreboding,
"Do you really want to know what I do?" their was a dark glint in her eyes, Ai gave a silent gulp and looked away,
"Um not particularly…"
'I'll say a prayer…'
"Alex it's time to set up the booths!" a voice called from outside the tent
"Right!" she said enthusiastically, "Alright it's time for the first round! My Carnival Style Begins now!" she said
'Great first she I find out we're half-siblings…now she's bipolar…though I kinda knew that already'
"Alright Ai time to leave!" she said and began pushing the other toward the opening, "Huh? Hey what's with the pushing!?"
"Hello this is the changing room" she explained, "I don't want you to be tempted by maiden flesh"
"Eh? Maiden flesh…in this day and time" he sighed before beginning pushed to the door
"Hold on what's my job supposed to be?" he asked as he stood outside the tent
After everyone was changed into their uniforms, Alex's group stood outside as Alex was giving them a pep-talk
"Alright everyone! It's almost time!" she said looking down at group, "I've only been a student here for a little over a month, but I feel a strong energy from all of you! Now then let's out there and do our best!" she declared, "We will be the number one booth!"
"Yeah!" everyone cheered and prepared to begin the fair
"ALEX!" a voice called out, the group tensed noting the anger in the voice
"What was that?" someone asked, suddenly the tent opened and all eyes fell on the figure walking out of the tent. Long shimmering black hair with a single red rose on the side, red and black Lolita dress with a red and black rose trim. Everyone awed at the woman's beauty,
"Yuzuki what the hell is this?" she growled leering at the girl who smiled innocently
"Excuse me for a minute!" before they could say anything Alex and the mystery female
In the tent, red intensely glared at the girl who looked innocently at the other,
"Alexandria explain this, now!" he demanded
"Sorry big brother, but this is for good cause" she explained
"Good cause? Why do people think putting me in drag is a good idea!?"
"I'm serious, this isn't just a carnival, another part of the competition is the best booth contest" she explained, "The group with the best booth gets a really really fantastic prize!" she said, but the other didn't seem that impressed
"Seriously…" he sighed, "I'm going to go change"
"Wait!" she said grabbing the others dress, her red eyes were large and weeping, "Please big brother…if you don't do this my group will lose, I'll have failed as group leader, please big brother this one of the most important things to me!" she weeped large pools of tears forming in her eyes
"So…pathetic….those eyes…" he felt his resolve waning under the weight of his sister sad look, "No…No I can't…" he tried to resist,
'Time for plan B'
"Did I mention the Sakamaki brothers are entering" she said
"Huh?"
"Think of it beating those self-entitled, insulting, conceded, tea-party running jerks" the little devil of his sister said on his shoulder nudging his cheek with her elbow. In a puff of white an angel version of his sister appeared,
"Yeah do it, rub that trophy in their faces, one of them might cry" they snickered and in a poof they both disappeared
"Alright…" he said and the girls eyes lit up and she gave a cheer
"But on two conditions" he said
"One you don't trick me into this again!" he said pointing to the dress, "And secondly no one knows about this, ever" he tensed the word 'ever'
"No problem!" she said happily
"No then let's go the fair is about to begin!" she said with great happiness and enthusiasm
"This is going to be a long day…" he groaned, "What exactly is your booth anyway?" he asked as the girl smiled and her eye gleamed
"Fest your eyes on this!" she said showing off the large and colorfully decorated sign,
"A tea shop?"
"Not just any tea shop! This tea shop not only featured delicious desserts, but it's served by some of the schools cutest and hottest students!" she explained proudly,
"Your beginning to scare me, you know that right?" he said, "Also if you have all these able servers, why do you need me?" he questioned
"Simple!" she said, "Although you may not like it to hear, you have feminine qualities and physical features, that used in the right way can be utilized to drive anyone crazy" she said, "In other words you're a hot babe bombshell!" Ai blushed hearing those words from his sister,
"I mean look" she said pointing toward the door of the café house, "We're not even open and we've already got a line forming!" true to her words there was a line of males at the door anxious to get in.
'Seriously…'
"Think of it, with my planning and your looks the prize will be ours!" she said, though it sounded rather evil with the laugh at the end
"This is becoming a problem" he sighed off in the background
Looking down at the her watch she saw the time,
"It's time to open!" she said, "Open the café for business!" she said as one of the waiter's nodded, but not even a second after opening the door the crowd burst threw
"It's a tidal wave!"
"Yes a tidal wave of victory roaring with spirit!" she said as she welcomed all the costumers
In another part of the fairground,
"Oi, why do we have to be at this carnival?" Ayato questioned bored as he walked with his brothers
"Ah don't be like that!" Laito grinned
"I don't know about you five, but I'm a judge" Reiji said writing on his clipboard, a judge's sash on his chest,
"Leave it to you to get a boring job like judging, suits you" Ayato groaned
"For your information, as head of the student console it's my job to make sure everything goes smoothly without any interference, something I take seriously" he said bluntly as he looked down at all the participants and booth runners.
"Speaking of interferences"
"What's up with you?"
"Nothing to big, and I mean that literally and figuratively" he said adjusting his glasses
"Whatever, I'm going to scoop out the carnival goods!" Laito smirked winking at some girls who blushed and giggled
"Later's!" he said breaking off from the group
"Me and teddy are going to get cotton candy!" Kanato said before leaving
"I have many booths to look over and shut down" Reiji then left
"I'm going to play some games!" Subaru said eyeing the physical strength games a little darkly before walking off
"Too noisy, sleep" then Shu left leaving Ayato to walk on his own
"Feh, whatever, so bored" there was nothing but happy faces, loud noises, and various smells of sweets and greasy carnival food. He began looking around letting his green eyes roam the booths, he grabbed a caramel apple and even was chatted at by some girls, gushing and blushing over him.
"Hormone crazed woman" he said taking a bite of the sticky apple munching on it, it was then he let his eyes roam the other booths and then he stood at one booth,
"A café" he looked closely at the sign, "A tea party, sounds girly" but there was a long line formed
"Might as well see what all of the fuss is about" he shrugged, cutting the line because, well he was him, he entered the café and was met with the smell of sweets, drinks, girls in colorful frilly maid outfits and guys in tuxes'.
"Welcome!" one of the females greeted the red haired male, "Would you like a seat today!" she asked a blush on her face
"Sure why not" the girl blushed and led the male to one of the booths
"I'll be right back with your order" she said before walking off
"Eh, whatever" he shrugged
"Sit up straight" a familiar voice said
"Reiji?"
"It's unbecoming to shrug in an establishment, even on like this, show some class" he said and continued to write on his clipboard
"What are you doing in a place like this?" it didn't seem his style
"I already told you I'm judging the booths, you need to pay attention more" he said eyes never leaving his clipboard
"Right, anyway this place is crowded and there's still people waiting" he said looking to the door
"Alright whose next?" a waiter asked
"I am!"
"No me!"
"I was here first"
"Man what's with them" it was almost entertaining
"Apparently there's a waitress here that's very popular" Ayato looked at the other curiously
Suddenly there was a noise coming from around the room, out of the back came a woman with long black hair wearing a long black and red Lolita dress.
"Here's your order" the waitress said sweetly giving a warm smile, "Please have a good day" the men seemed to drool over the woman.
"That must be her" he said adjusting his glasses
"She's sexy right!" the two turned to see Laito sitting with his feet on the table
"Laito?"
"Feet off the table, this is not your house" he said as the other smiled and removed his feet
"Right, right" he said waiving the other off, "She's a looker, I like a piece of that" he smirked licking his lips
"Seriously have you know self-control" the other tensed a bit
"Oh come on you have to admit she's cute~" he teased the other
"You mean he.."
"Huh?"
"You two seriously haven't noticed, you're helpless" he sighed setting down his clipboard
"Look according to the menu, customers can 'pay' for time with a server, as long as it's nothing obscene" he pointed out showing the two
"You two…waitress!" he called the woman over
On the side Ai was trying to catch his breath, tired from moving around so much, it had only been two hours.
"When will it end…", Apparently not soon because there were still customers who apparently wanted to meet him.
'Why me'
"Hey" a voice called, it was another waitress, "You have customers" she said
"Eh, can't someone else do it?" he asked hoping for a break, "Where's Alex?" he asked not seeing his sister around
"Sorry, but these customers specifically wanted you and paid a lot of money too" she apologized
"Eh, a lot, like how much"
"Like three figures much" she said
"Eh! Who pays that much!" he said shocked, "I'm starting to feel like an escort or a red light worker" he wept
"Sorry, sorry" she apologized seeing the other saddened
"What about Alex?"
"She took a break, she said something about going to enjoy the fair" she remembered
"So she gets to have fun and I get run around" he groaned, "Well might as well get this over with" he groaned, but composed himself
"Where's this high paying costumer?" he asked
"Huh? Oh they got the V.I.P section" she said looking at her order pad
"V.I.P?"
"Yeah, it's a booth that's for high payers who can afford it, we actually didn't think it would be used, it was more for show then anything" she gave a small laugh
'Is this a café or a club?' he questioned
"Anyway it's right behind there" she said pointing to the curtains, "Good luck"
"Yeah, luck" with that he put on his best face and mentally told himself why he was doing this
'Remember you're doing this for Alex, your little sister, sure she tricked you and is using you to gain votes and yes it was sneaking and…' he stopped for a second,
"Wait I lost track for a minute there" he composed himself and took a deep breath before walking into the V.I.P section, walking past the curtains he entered the room, just like the outside it was decorated very nicely, though there were candles around possibly for ambiance or whatever. As he looked around he saw the booth, which was surrounded by another curtain, seriously what kind of budget did they give these students, because of the curtain Ai couldn't see faces only small parts like hands and a few angles of the occupant's bodie's.
"Deep breathes" taking one more deep breath, he walked towards the booth smiling, heels clicking on the marble floors,
"Hello" he began with a gentle smile, "I'll be your server for today" he gave a slight bow,
"How amusing" a voice came, suddenly the curtain pooled open revealing the occupants, red eyes widened seeing the three figures,
In another part of the carnival Alexandria was happily eating some cotton candy with Ulqui, her arms filled with treats and goodies she got from the many concession stands,
"This is so good! I love carnival's so!" she blushed taking another bite of the cotton candy
"Alex-chan!" a voice called, looking back red eyes say a familiar head of blond sprinting towards her,
"Yuzu-chan!" she beamed seeing the other girl there, "What are you doing here?" she asked
"Oh well, I got a text from Ai-san earlier, he said was going to be late picking me up and asked one of his co-workers to give me a ride" she explained as the girl made a 'o' with her mouth, it was hard to believe she was a high school student.
"Where is Ai-san?" she asked looking around a bit
"Oh he's actually doing a little volunteer work for me at one of the booths" she said with a small wink
"Anyway let's enjoy ourselves! That have some really good booths here!" she happily, Yuzuki smiled and nodded, "That's sounds great"
"Yeah, we can also visity Ai after words!" she said and Yuzuki nodded
"Alright! What should we do first, games, food, oh how about the fun house" she said naming a bunch of activities for them to do. But as Yuzuki listened she felt a twinge in her head, she felt it ever since she stepped on the school grounds. Had she been here before? Maybe she passed by it? It was uncomfortable…
From the shadows violet eyes stared out at the two, from Alex and back to Yuzuki,
"Found you, sow"
Back in the café,
"What are you three doing here?" he questioned not sounding too happy to see the three brothers, it was bad enough they went to the school with his sister and showed up at his job,
"Less you forget, we go here" Reiji replied, "Though I don't believe this is how a server should be addressing a customer" Ai growled his eyes flashing,
"Cut the crap!"
"Hm, disrespecting the customer, being belligerent, this is defiantly worth point loss"
'Huh? What's he rambling about?'
"I can tell by that look on your face your confused" he adjusted his classes, "As class representative my job is to evaluate each booths during functions like this, as such I have the authority and power to crush any vicinity that doesn't meet the 'schools' standards" he said crushing the pen for emphasis's .
"I also know that your sister is the head of this café, she already has a strike against her for the fight she was in with Kanato" Laito couldn't help chuckle at that
"So I suggest you change your tone, I suspect you don't want this café to receive a failing score" as he spoke, Ai glared at him clenching his fist and gritting his teeth,
'Bastard, using his sister's café as a hostage' he seethed, but no matter how much he hated, really hated him and his brothers, he couldn't allow something his sister worked so hard for to be taken away because of him.
"That's better" he said seeing the other's body calm down
"Now then I believe as per the rules, your to be our server for the next 5 hours"
"Hours…?" his eyes widened at that, "The longest it's only for fifteen minutes" he corrected the other
"Eh, maybe but money talks a lot" Laito smirked his green eyes staring at Ai, but more accurately Ai's body, "Now I see why this place is filled to the brim, you must like teasing others with your body" he smirked as Ai blushed giving another growl
"The hell you…" suddenly there was a chuckle coming from behind him, before he knew it his arms were locked behind his back,
"How did you!" he tensed as the other gripped his arms tightly, with his free hand he glided over the dress, over the hips, up the chest before stopping at the next. Ai gave a slight tense feeling the fingers touching his next skin,
"Soft skin, just like a woman" he teased humming as Ai growled
"Pervert!" that earned another chuckle from the other,
"You sure know how to get a person wound up!" with one good push Ai found himself hitting the table,
"You…!" he growled and was about to lung at the other, only a few steps forward her felt something pull at his back, looking back one of his ribbons in the back that tied and tightened the dress was firmly resting between the fingers of the purple haired Reiji, his red eyes locked with eyes red ones,
With a short smirk, he tugged at the strings loosening the soft ribbon and ultimately opening the dress the front part pooling forward, seeing this Ai grabbed the front of the dress keeping it from falling.
"Cut it out!" he yelled turning around to glare at the other, contest or not he was not going to get harassed, nothing was worth this kind of humiliation.
Ai tensed for a second, suddenly he was turned around and was now face to face then non-other than Reiji,
"So tense, your face is almost as red as your eyes" he said starring into the rosy red eyes
"Asshole…" he mumbled under his breath, but Reiji heard it,
"Come on" with a tug Ai found himself being moved into the booth, with a confused look he found himself between Reiji and the red head. While it was uncomfortable being so close to the two males, at least he wasn't next to the green haired pervert.
Looking to the side he saw the red head, his green eyes looking into red with a haughty look of both pride and arrogance that seemed to ooze from their family.
"We haven't been properly introduced" he smirked, "Names Ayato, but you can refer to me as yours truly!" he said smugly pointing his thumb at himself, "Though king would probably be more fitting" he smirked confidently
"I think fool would be more fitting"
"Bite me four eyes!" he rebutted back not happy at being called a fool, the other merely brushed the other off.
'What's with these guys, they don't act like their family'
"Anyway since we have a good amount time" suddenly Ai found himself being pulled into the others chest
"Hey!" he suddenly tensed feeling hands on his chest, "Reminds me of a pancake" he said giving a feel once in a while,
'Pancake…is he calling me flat'
"Hey cut it out, you won't find anything there" he said as the other kept groping his chest
"Ah 'she's' embarrassed~" Laito chuckled leaning against the table
"Enough of that" he said pulling himself free, "Did you just pay for my time to harass me?" he questioned
"Hm, not entirely" Reiji answered
"It's just fun!" Laito added with a chuckle making the other's eye tick in annoyance
"Ah 'she's' even cute when pouting~" he beamed playfully
"Oi, stop that you pervert!" he said, "And stop calling me a she, why does every person has to compare me to a woman!" he said annoyed, "I'm a man dammit…" he wept rather sadly
"Biologically yes, but…" pale fingers glided up, moving over the others leg
"What are you…" he tensed at the sudden feeling
"Soft fair skin, long defined legs, pure rose red eyes, healthy raven hair…to not define you as a woman would be insulting" he mused adjusting his glasses with finger,
Ai narrowed his eyes, "Pervert…even if what you say is correct I know I'm not a woman, so just drop it" he said wanting to end the conversation.
"True, but you can't deny you bare the looks of your mother" Ai's eyes widened, "What did you say?"
"Oh have I caught your attention" he hummed, "There was another part of this meeting" he began
"After our last encounter, I took a sample of your blood" he said
"You what…"
"Hold on!" Ayato said slamming his hands on the table, "You've had some of his blood all this time and you've been hugging it! What the hell!" he yelled accusingly
"Not cool" Laito added
"It wasn't for food, it was merely for research" he said brushing the two off, "After some tests and consulting from some old books in the house libraries I found something interesting" he said looking at Ai
"Have you ever heard of Queen's Blood?" Ai tensed again at the others questions, "I can already tell by your expression you know exactly what I'm talking about"
"What are you blabbering about?" Ayato said annoyed
"Yeah don't leave us in the dark"
"I'm speaking about this" with quick motion Ai's hand was grabbed and with a swipe Ai tensed feeling a long sting on the palm of his hand, Reiji had sliced it with one of the knives on the table.
"What the hell" he seethed pulling his hand back looking over the wound blood was leaking from the gash, "What's your deal…eh?" as he looked around the air had become tense, almost predatory as the males eyes were flashing dangerously at him,
'What's going on with these three?'
"The Queen's Blood is an interesting trait, it's was passed down from an old, but were a renowned family of vampires, Aventis" as the name was spoken Ai tensed again
'How does he know, about his family?'
"The Aventis were a small, but powerful family. The jewel of it all was the Queen's blood, my rare gene found mostly in the female members of the family" he spoke, "The blood as a concentrated mixture of the highest breed of elements, utterly unmatched in taste and flavor" he could hear growls escaping the three only making him more nervous and anxious then he was before, but as it was explained Ai couldn't help think back to what Ivan had said,
"All this talk is making my mouth water~" Laito spoke licking his lips lewdly, "And that smell is turning me on so bad, it's good!"
Ai blushed in both embarrassment and utter shock at the others words, his eyes reflecting disgust at how someone could talk like that like it was casual. He scooted back trying to put distance from the two, but as he scooted back he felt himself bump into something or rather someone,
'Damn it, forgot about him'
"Leaving so soon!" goosebumps ran up Ai's back as Ayato swiped his tongue across the others exposed upper back, jumping forward Ai turned to leer at the person,
"It was believed the Aventis family had completely died out, after the last host of the Queen's Blood, Marionette passed it was thought the trait had vanished with it" he said, "But it seems that it's false isn't it…Ai's Tepes" Ai just looked the male, his eyes pulsing with confusion and surprise,
"Eh, didn't you say the trait only appeared in woman?" Laito said looking away from Ai for a second
"True the trait was usually only passed down to the females, I believe since he was consummated from Marionette who was a full-breed vampire and his father, a high ranking demon general" he answered, "Pure vampire-blood and pure demon blood mixed into an alluring nectar" Ai could see those gloved fingers reaching out towards him trying to touch him,
"Stop that!" he yelled slapping the others hand away, "What do you want from me!" he demanded,
"Did you just want to torment me with old family history, I don't care what my mother or father was, I don't remember either of them. I tired of people comparing me to both of them!" he yelled back, finding an opening he moved under the table and away from between the males nearly falling on the floor. Once he was free he wasted no time trying to make a break from the three,
"I refuse to be humiliated for your sick pleasure!" he said glaring at the others who only seemed to smirk,
"So you think it's that simple" Ai tensed with a quick turn he looked at the male before him, "What…what the hell are you!?" he demanded, tightening his fist he prepared to strike the other with a punch, but before he could land a hit the male disappeared
"What the…"
"How disappointing" Ai tensed feeling his arm locked behind his back for a second time today, "Let go bastard!" he growled trying to ignore the pain he was in, "You have all that energy, yet you don't know how to use it"
"Such a unruly dog" with a swift movement the wig was removed landing on the floor, "I can feel your pulse racing, the blood rushing in your veins" he mused his breath on his neck,
"Stop it, stop it" he panted narrowing his eyes
"The unmatched flavor, made only sweeter by the mix of pure demon blood…simply exquisite" he hummed rubbing his nose into the others neck taking in the scent.
"How…how do you know all this? Who…the hell are you? What do you want from me?" he struggled against his captor
"Eh isn't it obvious princess-chan" Laito spoke from the side of Ai who peered at the other after being called,
"Don't call me that…pervert!"
"Oh what should I call you?" he asked playfully, "Huh? I got a lot more names a can call you, connected in sinful embrace as I drain all I want from your body of sweet blood~"
"Keep it too yourself asshole! I'm not some fucking toy!" he warned the other glaring his eyes more
"Oh someone's got some fight in him" Ayato mocked from the other side, "I don't know what this whole Queen's Blood or whatever it is, all I know is that it's blood only fit for a King, like you're truly!"
"So as the King what don't you be good and let me take my fill!"
"As if you damn asshole!" he said, "Stop playing games and let me go!" he repeated and continued to struggle only finding the grip tightened
"It's futile to continue this struggling" Reiji sighed
"Though Reiji probably likes it, having such a body rubbing against his" Ai flushed at this, "Even if you're male, you're a tease, a walking meal of endless delights!"
"But more importantly your our meal" Ayato added
"Fuck you! I'm no one's meal, not you or anyone's!" he gritted
"This is pointless" with his free hand he cupped the others chest electing small pants and short breathes, "If this continues the meal will get cold, I detest cold food"
"Heh guess you have point, time to dig in"
"I'll devour as much as I want, scream if you want, no one will come"
Ai tensed feeling the three pierce his flesh simultaneously, soft pants escaped his lips, his face was flushed and felt hot, very, very hot. But there was also cold too, a tingling that moved through his body like electric waves.
"Stop it…stop it…" why the hell was he feeling like this? Why was happening to his body? The feeling of his blood leaving his body, the sensation coursing through his veins. It was so wrong, everything was wrong, his body refused to obey him. As the blood contained to drain from his body
Suddenly the draining stopped, Ai felt the fangs leave his throat and the back of his neck, his body swayed from fatigue, his legs felt like jelly and the room just wouldn't stop spinning.
'So tired…is this the effects…of the blood' he didn't what happened next, the shadows crept over sending him crumbling downwards, but before he hit the ground to arms caught him, his body cradled in the arms of Reiji red eyes staring down at the unconscious body below.
"Eh, he does look like a sleeping princess-chan" Laito smirked licking his lips of the remainder of blood, green eyes going over the sleeping and vulnerable form. Suddenly a red mark circled and wrapped around eye's neck almost like a chocker, with a short his the wounds disappeared.
"How does it do that?"
"Another trait of the blood, after the host has lost blood, the cells will react and quickly heal the wounds while also replacing the lost blood"
With a sudden turn Reiji laid the boy on the seats of the booth, folding his hands over the other. As he stared down at the other sleeping form, he couldn't help think back to the woman he saw in the pictures during his research into the boy.
'Ai Tepes, 17 years-old, born of Romanian and Japanese decent, hair black, eyes red, blood AB…he had dug up any and all information he had on the boy. What he found most interesting was where he found the information, 'Why would 'he' have information of that woman?'
"We're going" he said as the two looked at him
"Eh what did I say about ordering yours truly around!" Ayato exclaimed
"Really" Laito whined, "I wanted more time with the princess-chan" he pouted looking down at the sleeping body, "Maybe I'll take a bite for the road"
"No time" with a pull of his lapel the male vampire was pulled backwards
"Hey! Reiji what the hell?" he said not happy about being man handled,
"Say it, we have business to take care of" he said adjusting his glasses
"Business?"
"The girl's been found" the two thought for a second before coming to a realization
"Where?"
"Kanato has her" he answered rather dryly, "He spotted her on the fairground with that girl, Alex" at the mention of the others names that both gave looks of surprise
"Wait, is that his sister?" he said looking at the boy, "You mean Pancake has been with him the whole time? Talk about a plot twist" Ayato smirked getting over his surprise
"I was beginning to miss, Bitch-chan" Laito smirked thinking of the blond haired girl
"Where is she now?"
"After Kanato found her, it seemed she had a small breakdown"
"A breakdown?"
"It's unclear, but she ran off soon after and that's when Kanato restrained her" he replied, "He's taking her back to the mansion as we speak"
"So what now?"
"Now we head back to the mansion" he said
"Oh punishment time~" Laito chuckled, "Guess I'll get my second feeding after all!"
"Let's go" he said and without another word they disappeared
'Hot and cold, light and dark…the flashes, on and off, what are these pictures…these memories' laying in a field of roses red and blue petals dancing in the warm, crisp air as sunlight beamed down below. As red eyes stared up above, his body began sinking further and further into the dirt, the snares of vines and thrones keeping him bound down. Red liquid oozing and dripping off the flower petals…
'Ai?'
'…..'
'Ai?'
'Who's calling me?'
"AI!? Wake up!" with a loud buzz and wale in his ear, Ai shout up, eyes open, heart racing like someone had just dumped a bucket of cold water on him.
"What happened?" he questioned, he gave a his rubbing his head it was throbbing
"Ai this is no time to be sleeping beauty! We have an emergency!"
"Huh, Alex can you lower your voice, I've got a splitting headache"
"Forget your headache! I can't find Yuzuki!" she answered as the statement was absorbed by the other, his eyes widened, "What did you say?"
"I said I can't find her, she disappeared Ai?" she said frantically, "See we we're enjoying the fair, we got cotton candy, popcorn, takiyaki, ice cream and I won at that bottle throw game!"
"Focus Alex what about Yuzuki!?" he said shaking the girl, "Sorry, I turned my back for a minute to get a candy apple, when I looked back Yuzuki was talking to some girls, I didn't think anything of it at first, but then Yuzuki started to have a breakdown" she said remembering the almost terrified look in her pink eyes, "The next thing I know she bolts off"
"Then what?"
"I tried to go after her, but I kept getting blocked by the crowd" she said sadly, "Before I knew it she was gone" she frown, the hands on her shoulders left to fall into the others lap.
"I'm sorry Ai, I should have stayed with Yuzuki! Curse my love of sweets and caramel" she wept into her hands worried about Yuzuki.
"No time" he said, with a swift movement he removed his the dress letting it fall on the floor
"Big brother?"
"We can't sit around sorry, we have to find Yuzuki" he said vehemently, "Alex go get my clothes, we're not leaving this carnival until we find Yuzu-chan!" he declared
"Yes sir!" she said and went off to get her brothers clothes
'Don't worry Yuzuki, I'll find'
At the Sakamaki household,
With a small groan pink eyes fluttered open,
"What happened?" she mumbled sitting up slowly from the Victorian sofa, "Where…where am I?" she looked around seeing the rich and expensive looking room she was in.
"Finally awake I see" as the voice hit her hear Yuzuki felt a cool sensation travel to her body forcing her to wrap her arms around herself.
"So cold…" she shivered
For out of the shadows four figures appeared, one was tall with dark purple hair, red eyes that were framed by glasses, one had reddish-brown hair under a fedora and green eyes and a smirk on his face, next to him was a boy with red hair and green eyes just like the other male, finally the smaller one had light purple hair and eyes with red marks underneath, he was holding a teddy bear with an eye-patch.
"Welcome back Bitch-chan~" the fedora wearer said with a smirk, the name made Yuzuki cringe it was scarily familiar.
"You're in a lot of trouble girl, do you even know the trouble you've put us through running off" the taller one said, ice in his voice as he spoke politely.
"Trouble…I don't?" as she moved she felt a thump, looking behind her she saw the red head sitting right next to her,
"How did you…?" she let out a yelp as she was suddenly grabbed by the hair, "Your in big trouble Pancake, we had to search half the whole damn city trying to find you" Ayato said gripping her hair tightly, not seeming to care for the whimpers she let out.
"It hurts, please stop" she begged, suddenly the grip was released and she feel off the couch and onto the floor. Trying to compose herself she looked up as the four males looked down on her, the scene seemed terrifyingly familiar, it didn't make sense to her she had never met any of them, at least she didn't think so…
"What's with that look?" one of the males spoke drawing the girl's attention
"Um…who are you?" she asked the question seemed to surprise the four males
"What did you say?"
"I uh…I just asked who you were" she said softly rather afraid, "Where is this place?" she said looking around
"Is she serious?" Ayato questioned
"Hard to tell, Bitch-chan has always been air-headed" Laito added
"She's probably faking it so she won't get punished, right Teddy?" Kanato said nodding the head of his bear.
"Hm" Reiji gave a questioning hum before walking over to the girl, his brothers watched,
"Um…" pink eyes looked into piercing red
"Tell me girl, what id name?" he asked as the girl blinked in surprise, "Oh um…I'm Yuzuki!" she replied
"Eh? What's with that name?" Ayato said confused
"Hm, it seems she's suffering from amnesia" Reiji inquired
"Huh? Amnesia?"
"Precisely, she's lost her memory, how I don't know" he said looking back at his brothers
"Wait so the Pancake can't remember anything?"
"I'm not a Pancake! I'm Yuzuki!" she stated not liking being called a Pancake, but soon it faltered with an intense glare from the red head
"Whatever this is, she clearly has lost all memory of her past events"
"Ah how troublesome" Laito sighed scratching his head before placing his hands behind his head, "So what do we do with her now?"
"It's nothing serious, her memories will return sooner or later, how long it will take is hard to say" he said looking back at the girl on the floor
"But still, memory or no memory she has caused a great deal of trouble for this household and a punishment must to be dealt"
Back at the fair ground Ai was sitting slumped on a wooden crate, he had been searching for hours trying to find Yuzuki, but he couldn't find a trace.
'I should have been with her, I should have watched over her' he mentally blamed himself for her disappearance if anything happened to her he didn't what he would do.
"Ai! Big brother!" a voice called from a dust cloud headed his way, with a skid Alex stopped in front of her brother,
"Alex?"
"Don't worry big brother detective Alex has found a lead!" she exclaimed
"Eh, where did you get that outfit?" he said noting the cape, hat, and pipe that blew bubble smoke, "Elementry my dear Ai, I bought it at one of the shops" she exclaimed
"Anyway I found a lead to our missing Yuzu-chan!", she said, Ai quickly stood up, "You did!"
"Yep, after some quick detective work, followed by some skillful questioning I found out something interesting" she began, "It turns out Yuzuki went to this school!"
"Huh? Wait Yuzuki went here?" she never told him this, but she had memory loss so she couldn't
"Wait, if she went here, why didn't anyone report her missing or tried to contact her family?"
"Yes that brings me to my next shocking discovery" she said, "In my investigation I found out Yuzuki used to live with none other than…the Sakamaki brothers!" she revealed, Ai stood there both shocked and dumbfounded
"Sa…Sakamaki brothers?"
"Alex are you sure? Are you 100% sure about this?" he questioned as his sister nodded, "Notes don't lie, everyone I questioned confirmed it" she replied, "I first I didn't get much info, but when I showed Yuzuki's picture around I struck gold! But get this, her name real name is Yui Komori"
"Yui…huh?"
"Right, maybe that's why she bolted when she was talking with the other students"
"Good job Alex" Ai said and began walking off, "Ai where are you going?" he questioned
"You've done your part, leave the rest to me" he said
"Huh?"
"Listen Alex, when I come back I'll explain later" he began, "I want you to go home and wait for me there, I'm going to have a conversation with the Sakamaki's"
"Big brother" she frowned a little, "Hurry back! And teach those jerks a lesson! Bring Yuzuki home!" she said
He turned around a smile of confidence on his face, "I will sis" he said and raced off, but then suddenly stopped
"Um…Alex…" he turned around suddenly an embarrassed blush on his face, "Um where do the Sakamaki live?" Alex fell over her eye ticking at the others rashness,
"Oh brother…" Ai scratched his cheek giving an nervous laugh, "Sorry about that sis"
Screams echoed through the house, in the longue area the five brothers, minus Reiji were sitting on the chairs ignoring the pain filled screams that filled the air.
As the screams stopped Reiji appeared from the shadows adjusting his suit and gloves
"Oi what happened to the girl?"
"She passed out, I put her back in her room" he said bluntly, "Now I believe we have another matter to attend too" he said as all eyes fell on the second eldest
"Ai's Tepes"
"As you're all well aware it seems after Yui went off and lost her memory she began living with him and his sister" he said
"Heh, haired to believe the Pancake was that close and right under our noises"
"It also means we may not be getting anymore of his blood" all attention was truly captured at that moment
"What do you mean no more?" Subaru questioned having been filled in once he returned to the mansion and he did not sound happy.
"Unacceptable!" Kanato added
"Surely you understand that with the girl missing the male will no doubt be looking for her and since it's well known that she lives here there will be no doubt he'll find out"
"How annoying, that sweet nectar on my tongue" Laito mused
"But all is not lost" Reiji said pacing a couple of times, "I believe from that girls mistakes, I believe she may be key to a greater prize" he said
Upstairs in the large bedroom on the king sized bed, the sleeping form of Yui, once Yuzuki, slept. Her skin marked with bite marks and lines from the wipe, silent tears escaped her lips
'Ai…please forget me...' she refused to remember, she hoped he would forgive her and forget her all the same.
Outside the mansion, in the midst of the dark clouds of the storm that hung over head, red eyes towards the woods,
'Hang on Yuzuki-chan, I'm coming' he thought
'I know what I have to do…' he made his resolve, he knew what he had to do and prayed everyone would forgive him,
'Please forget me Yuzuki'
To Be Continued…..
Next Time; Eighth Sacrifice: Queen for a Princess
"Take my life for hers"
"You don't have to do this, just forget about me!"
"Is been awhile sense I've smelled that scent"
"You know what you're getting into, you've sold yourself into captivity"
'Even if this in the end, as long as she's free and safe, I'll allow myself to be caged'
"Once all the preparations are complete a new vampire queen will rise"
