Chapter 6

"You're not madly in love with her anymore?" Natsuki asked in a mocking tone. "She was killing them without mercy…" Mai said with her face in her hands. "Would you show mercy to the people that attempted to kill your family?" Natsuki asked calmly. "…no…" Mai answered after a long moment of silent. "There you have it; to her they're her family…" Natsuki trailed off realizing that she just helped her friend to run back to that vampire brat. "Anyway, I have a contract to fulfill, so I'll see you around…" Natsuki blushed as she stood up and grabbed her bag. She had fallen for the princess hard enough that made her save the woman and now that the contract took place, Natsuki will be heading back to Fuuka to serve the new Queen of Vampires.

It has been two days since the incident and they will be leaving soon, Mai was struggling to cope with her fear and feelings for the girl until her friend had given her the answer she so desperately looking for. So she tagged along with Natsuki for a ride to Fuuka, the young queen was kind enough to shown her Mikoto's room. The room was filled with books and amidst it all, a body lying on the floor sleeping with a book on her stomach. Mai tip-toed closer and noticed the book was about the origin of vampires, it was not a publicized book as it looked old and a few or many words Mai couldn't seem to decipher.

"It was written by her," a new voice caused Mai to jump and fixed her gaze upon the tall and shy looking woman by the doorway. "Let's take a walk and let her rest," the woman offered and Mai nodded though she proceeds with caution. They closed the door behind them and the young woman introduced herself as Kikukawa Yukino, one of the few descendants of the original vampire bloodline.

"In 1202, a great beast appeared to bring chaos and destruction to a small town in Europe as the location was never revealed. Minagi-sama," Yukino paused to let her brain formulate what she will be saying next. "She single-handed killed the beast, but the blood had turned her into an un-aging immortal. The first vampire," once again she paused. "About 140 years later, a small group of people emerged with from a hidden world. Whether this is true or not, no one know as Minagi-sama might be the only one with the answer to that. When Minagi-sama left the tribe and given her position to Fujino Mitsuru, she was in search of the true behind our origin but she soon brought back werewolves to integrate into our growing society. They are fearsome warriors and extremely loyal, and she was once again gone from us. I've only seen her once in 2026; I believe that she's still searching for the truth behind our nature and probably knew the answer but didn't bother to write it down on that old animal skin book."

"Does this trip also have anything to do with her research?" Mai asked without even thinking about it. "I'm not sure, but I think that she might unreveal or unlocked something that had been hidden from her. This would be good to exterminate those that kill mindlessly," Yukino said with a thoughtful look on her pretty face. "Do you believe in love at first sight?" the young woman asked Mai. "I think I do," Mai answered automatically. "Ah, I believe she would be awake by now. Excuse me as I have other affair to attend to," Yukino said as she hurried away as they were about a few feet from Mikoto's room.

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Nao had learned to keep her mouth shut throughout the flight, what she experienced with Mikoto the other day in the garden had left a bad taste in her mouth. "Finish your business there, and then catch a flight to Vegas for some real hunting." Mikoto said while looking out of the window. "Hmph… It better be good," Nao snapped. She was miffed that Mai had decided to come along on a vampire hunt, and no one rejected while the damn queen fucking decided its okay to have a human along on a vampire hunt. Nao know too damn well that the girl would weight them down and probably ended up as a liability for them.

"She has been gone a little long," Mai noted as Nao's absence. "Maybe she's having a little fun with the flight attendant," the other girl said mindlessly. "She's not going to turn them is she?" Mai sounded wary and kept her voice low. "No, we just have stronger desires and those desires needed to be satisfy or we would go mad. Natural order," the girl shrugged again. She haven't talked much, and kept a distance with Mai and all Mai wanted right now was just holding her hand.

The street of Rome was deserted, had been for about a decade now though there are people scattered here and there just not like it used to. Mikoto rented a black motorcycle and took Mai with her to the half leaning tower of Pisa, the girl doesn't seemed to know the term of moderate speed and Mai kept her grip around the girl's waist as tight as possible so that she doesn't fall off. The skies darken by the time they got there, Mikoto led the young chef inside and down into the secret passageway of the place that no one knew it existed.

"Are you sure you're a vampire?" Mai asked over dinner. "Do you suspect something of me?" the feral girl looked up from her large bowl of ramen. "I never seen you drink blood or bare your fangs like the rest of them," Mai shrugged trying to sound nonchalant and failed. "I was human before I became a vampire, they are born as one. Are you familiar with the legend and lore of demons that came to your dreams and have sexual intercourse with the victim?" Mikoto asked with a serious tone as she rested her chin on her hands. "Somewhat…" Mai answered after a long moment of hesitation. "Good, I'll get straight to the point instead of wasting time in explaining," Mikoto nodded as she got up and cleared the table.

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"You mean to tell me that they're half-human and half-demon?" Mai asked looking blushed from the alcohol she'd consumed as they moved from the small kitchen to the couch. "The generations before them were, by the time I met them, the evolution of the breed had already evolved. In many lifetimes ago, it was I that ruled over them though it seemed that the new ruler had been slacking in his job." Mikoto added before she drank her glass of whiskey empty. "You're crazy," Mai said looking at the feral girl. "What make you think that?" an automatic question. "Because, I don't belief in God, let alone Gods!" she exclaimed.

"Not to mention that I'm one of them, the creature of Life and you are the bringer of Death. It's just so far fetch and ludicrous," Mai said pouring herself another glass of red wine. "Belief what you will, but that is the truth…" "Wait, what about the werewolves?" Mai cut her off. "What about them?" Mikoto asked with a quirked brow. "What's their origin?" Mai asked sipping her wine. "During the times when gods and humans walk the world together, there are many fine species that attained enlighten and able to learn the tongue of the gods. However, a great many of them were wolves who in turned married humans, thus produce a strong lineage of loyal warriors, though not all are loyal mind-you." It was the truth and whether Mai belief it or nothing matter very little to Mikoto, what mattered was that her sword return to her soon.

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Sharp pain quickly replaced by waves of pleasure, Mai could've sworn that she tasted something salty in her mouth. Maybe, just maybe that she had drawn blood from the girl's shoulder when her barrier was broke. She isn't sure, because right now she's feeling dizzy and slowly getting very hot and soon she's seeing white. Sweating, Mai was shaking, she had spent fifteen minutes with foreplay and it only took her five minutes to go over the edge after her clothes came off. Falling in a heap next to her in the bed, the girl lay on her stomach while facing the wall and had already snored lightly as a sign that her partner had already fallen asleep.

Once she regained control of her breathing, she got out of bed and showered. When she came out, she finally took noticed of the bloody scratch marks she'd left earlier and the left shoulder was still bleeding. She took a piece of cloth and attempted to wipe it clean, but the body just jerk and the head turned and a pair of golden eyes glared at her. Quickly her partner reached out and pulled her into the bed again, round two and once again Mai tasted a little more blood when she bit into the same spot to keep herself from screaming loudly in pleasure. The activities went on for hours, and with each round Mai tasted a little more of her partner's deliciously poisoned blood.