A/N; Before I begin I want to give a great thank you to all my viewers and reviewers who stuck with me throughout this entire story! Your comments and reading has down my writing heart good! Anyway I hope you all enjoy the story!
Also a special thanks to the following members,
Sakurapris, Amecandy, Roxy-chan94, and everyone who reviewed and gave their comments. But really thank you to everyone.
Anyway on with story!
Also because I probably haven't done this, I don't own Diabolik Lovers or the characters, if I did this anime would have gone a different way. At first I was like, oh a vampire reverse harem that seems neat, but seriously the guys were all total a-holes to Yui. The designs reminded me of Uta no Prince-sama and the concept reminded me of Brother Complex, both which gave me the 'wtf' did I just watch moment. But anyway enjoy the story!
Two Breathes Walking; Eighth Sacrifice; Queen for a Princess
'Even if this in the end, as long as she's free and safe, I'll allow myself to be caged'
After trekking the small hike through the woods, Ai stood in front of the large gate that led into the mansion. Past the large tree's, branches moving and leaves rustling with the wind.
"Yuzuki's there" he could feel in in his bones, she was close, "Hold on"
In the manor locked in the room, Yuzuki or rather Yui, still lay on her bed. The wounds from the previous abuse had vanished, though she could still feel the pain of each wipe that stung and cut into her flesh. Tears still weld in her eyes as she laid on her pillow, even after losing her memories, and finding them again; she didn't regret it. She didn't regret the time she spent with Ai and his sister Alex, in fact they were some of the happiest memories she had ever had. After being sent here and forced to be the food source for the six brothers, she somehow managed to find positivity in the house and understanding for the six brothers. But there were many times she found herself breaking down and wanting to escape and never come back and forget she ever stepped foot in the house. And for a few days, she treasures every second she led a normal life.
"Ai-san…please forgive me. I never meant…" she didn't want him to feel sad for her and part of her hoped he would forget her.
She wept as she remembered the raven haired boy that took care of her and protected her. Who talked to her and spoke positive words of encouragement whenever they were together.
"Ai…" she gave a faint smile
Back in the forest Ai was walking through the tree's trying to find the brothers house and possibly Yuzuki's whereabouts.
"Out of all the things in the world, why in the hell did it have to involve those guys" he scowled walking down the path, looking up he saw the gray clouds moving in signaling a storm was coming.
"First I find out that I have demon blood and the target of blood sucking vampires, said vampires take the girl I…care about…and then to top it off I find out that said girl used to live with said blood sucking vampires" in all he was beginning to think his life enjoyed twisting him around.
"What else could happen?" as if by chance the sky rumbled, lightning flashed and illuminated the gray sky before giving way to heavy rain.
"Damn it!" he groaned as he stood under the rain shower, brushing his now soaked hair back, "Great now I'm soaked, when I get a hold to those brothers…" he grumbled and began to track forward, he didn't care if lightning struck him down he crawl through the seven rings of hell if it meant he could get Yuzuki back.
As he marched through the rain, taking some time to rest under the tree's from time to time.
"This is insane, who puts a house all the way out in the forest" he sighed feeling flustered, brushing his hair back he allowed some of the water to drip off.
'I have to keep going, Yuzuki's counting on me' he resolved and prepared to move
"How interesting" a voice spoke, turning around red eyes saw a figure walking down the path, underneath the black umbrella was a male, he was rather handsome from a looks perspective. He had long brownish blond hair, and was wearing a tan vest and slacks, a black striped dress shirt underneath and black framed glasses that surrounded his golden yellow eyes.
"Um…who are you?" Ai asked curiously seeing the mysterious male out on a path like this and in a rain storm of all things
"Hm, my name is Reinhart" he said politely, "May I ask your name?" Ai blushed a little at the man's polite voice,
"Oh, I'm Ai Tepes!" he introduced himself a little nervously, he didn't understand why but he felt, like there was a pulse, a tickling in his heart
"If I may ask, what are you doing out here in the rain?" he asked
"I…I got lost" he admitted rather embarrassed
"Lost?"
"Yes, sorry I was trying to find my friend and got lost and untimely trapped in the storm" he admitted
"Hm, this must be some friend" he mused, "There's actually a house not too far from here" he said pointing forward.
"Really?"
"Yes, I pass it from time to time on my evening walks. Perhaps that's where your friend is" he said watching as the male smiled, "That's great! Thank you!" he thanked the other gratefully and prepared to go.
"Before you leave, I would feel bad sending you out in the rain" he began, "And I would hate to see you get lost more, I'll escort you" he said as Ai blushed again
"Um that's not necessary, you've helped me enough" he didn't want to bring anyone else into his problems
"I insist, walk underneath my umbrella" carefully grabbing the other, Ai found himself walking underneath the umbrella with the mysterious Reinhart, "Comfortable?" he didn't know if it was the closeness or just being near the other that made Ai feel 'nervous', but he decided not to be rude to someone that was trying to help him.
"Um…yeah I guess" with another chuckle the two continued the walk
"Um Reinhart right?" Ai spoke, "What were you doing out here?" he questioned curiously
"I come out here for a walk in my free time, the quietness of the forest gives me 'peace' you can say. It's nice to get away from things sometimes" Ai nodded a little understanding the others explanation, the walk pretty much continued in silence.
When suddenly they stopped,
"Huh?"
"I'm afraid this as far as I can take you" Reinhart said
"How come?" Ai questioned as the male only smiled
"Hm, I'm afraid I have other business I must attend too" he said, "My apologies"
"No, you've done enough. This is something I have to do" he said, "Thank you anyway for showing me the way" the male smiled
"Think nothing of it" he said before beginning to walk away, "Until we meet again Ai" and with that he disappeared back down the path
'What a strange guy…' with a pulse Ai clutched his chest, more specially around his chest
"What was that?" he said feeling his chest, "Strange?" ,but he had bigger things to handle other than chest pain and continued forward, his destination in sight.
'How interesting, very interesting', a smile played on the males face as he watched the raven haired teen.
Pink eyes watched as the drops of rain pooled down the window from the sudden storm, it was quick, but heavy. From her bed she rested against the pillow, with a sigh,
"YUZUKI!" pink-eyes blinked in surprise, raising up from the bed at the familiar call of her name,
"Ai?" it couldn't be, running to the window, opening the curtains allowing lights to shine in. Luckily they didn't lock it, mostly because it was a two story drop to the bottom and as a human the fall could fatally harm her. Opening the window, she looked around and then down, pink met red,
"A-Ai-san!?" she gasped seeing the male at the bottom, "What are you doing here?", the male gave a smile upwards, from the gray clouds the sun rays cut through driving away the rain.
"Seriously? I would be a damn bastard if I just left you here" he answered
"But…Ai-san, just forget me! Please I don't want you to get hurt!" she said trying to get the other to leave
"Heh, you think I'm just going to leave you behind you can just forget that, Alex would have my balls on a silver plate." He chuckled, "Besides…I promised Alex and myself that I would bring you back home!" he declared as Yui could only look with shock and surprise,
"Ai…"
"Okay, jump down!"
"Huh!?"
"You heard me, jump and I'll catch you!" he said holding out his arms, "Trust me!" he said seeing the doubtful look on her face. After a short hesitation Yui gulped, but nodded
"Okay I trust you" carefully climbing onto the frame of the window, carefully going into a sitting position, the wind wiped her hair forcing her eyes close at the intensity.
"I don't know about this…" Yui said second guessing her decision
"Listen just focus on me, trust me I'll catch you" he said trying to reensure she would be safe
"Okay…" with a gulp she looked down, heart racing as she saw how high she was, taking a deep breathe she counted to three,
'1, 2, 3!' with that she pushed off the window and went into a free fall, with a small scream she braced herself until she felt herself hit something hard.
Opening her eyes, she saw it wasn't the ground she had hit, but the chest of Ai sending them both to the ground.
"Ai? Ai! Are you okay?" she asked frantically placing her hands on the boy's face, "Eh, don't worry, after so many of Alex's tackles my body is pretty used to stuff like this" he groaned a bit sitting up" Ai helped Yui stand
"You okay?" he asked looking for any scratches or bruising from the landing
"Yes, I'm fine thanks" she smiled gently as Ai smiled back
"Come on let's go!" he said grabbing her hand
"Go?"
"Yeah go, I'm breaking you out of here" he said
"But…"
"Don't worry about anything, I'll keep you safe" he said, before she could say anything a chuckling drifted in the air,
"The notion of you protecting anything is laughable to say the least" the two turned to see six males standing before them.
"Sakamaki brothers!?"
"Hey there princess-chan, miss me~" Laito winked earning a glare from the other
"Stop calling me a princess you damn pervert!" he yelled
"Enough of this, I believe you have something that belongs to us" all eyes looked to Yui who seemed to tremble under the stares of the others.
"Listen assholes she's isn't property! She's a human being and she's not going anywhere with you!" he stated rather angrily, moving in front of Yui to keep the others back.
"Is that so, what makes you think you're in any position to defy us" he said pointing out the lack of numbers on Ai's half.
"I don't care what you do to me, but you're not going to hurt Yuzuki ever again!" he declared
"Hmph, first of all her name is not Yuzuki, you should forget that notion, whatever you think you have with that girl means nothing now"
"Sorry to break it to you, but Pancake belongs to me!" Ayato declared
"Why you…" he growled, blood boiling
"Ai" red eyes turned to look at Yuzuki who eyes were downcast, "Yuzuki?"
"Ai…I…thank you for all you've done for me, really, but…you should just go home"
"Huh? What are you saying?" he was trying to understand her words
"I…I don't want you to hurt because of me, just go home, forget about me!" she said, a downcast look came upon the male taking in the girls words.
"I can't do that" he said creating an air of confusion around Yui, "I can't forget about you because…I love you!" Yui blushed at his declaration, even the Sakamaki brothers were taken aback by the sudden confession.
"So no I won't forget about you, if it takes my last breathe I'll protect you! As long as I can see you smile!" he smiled back to her before placing a chaste kiss on her lips, once he pulled away her face was flushed and red.
"Oh Ai…"
"Oh brother, all this mushy stuff is starting to make me gag!" Ayato said turning attention back to the other six, "It doesn't matter what you feel, the pancake belongs to Yours Truly, but if you want to fight then come on!" he declared as if too challenge the other
"Your bravado is dully noted, though it won't be much of a fight against a delegate individual like him" Reiji seemed to mock
"What did I just say about calling me crap like that!", Ai yelled, "You know what let's do this!" he said tossing his jacket to the side, "I've been wanting to kick all yours asses since I met you!" he cracked his knuckles
"Alright looks like we got a fight, I've been itching to break something!" Subaru smirked the violent aura dripping from him
"Bring it!" Ai stared down the six individuals
"Ai are you sure you want to do this?" Yui said with great worry
"Don't worry about me, you just stay behind me" he replied
"But Ai, even with Detrix's blood your still out-numbered" she said worriedly
"Don't worry I…" he suddenly stopped, something wasn't right, "What did you say?"
"Huh, I mean even with your fathers demon blood, your still outnumbered" she rephrased, there was a silence for a moment, "You're not Yuzuki" Ai said shocking the entire field
"Huh? What are you talking about? Of course it's me" she replied confused by the others statement
"No you're not" he repeated, "I never told Yuzuki about my father"
"Yes you did! Ai why are you saying such things?" she questioned
"No, I told Yuzuki that my father was a demon, but I never once told her his name!" her eyes widened at this, "So tell me who the hell are you?" his voice was low, but dripping with ice as he turned to peer at the other behind him.
There was another silence before laughter seemed to escape the girls lips, it was soft, but held a darkness to it.
"Very good Ai's Tepes" as the girl looked at him her pink eyes that one's gleamed like jewels, were a bit darker and a smirk that un-befit her came upon her lips. With a sudden crack and cackle of energy that surrounded the figure warping the shape and stature.
Gone was the blond haired, pink eyed girl, in her place was a tall male, with long white and golden eyes that looked glowed eerily. His pale skin only seemed to complement his handsome and almost devilish appearance.
"It's nice to meet you again" he said with a proud smirk on his face, giving him a curt bow, if only to mock him.
"Cut the crap, who the hell are you and where is Yuzuki!" he demanded not caring who this guy is, but as he looked at the man a sudden realization hit him,
'Those eyes…'
"Wait, you…you're from the forest" he gasped, "Reinhart?" the man chuckled at the other and smiled
"Hm, very good, I think I'll give you a treat for being so clever" he smirked, "I am Karlheinz, leader of the vampires and father of the six Sakamaki brothers!" he said in his introduction, giving a slight bow if only to be smug
"F-Father!?" he said with shock on his face, at the moment he was shocked and horrified. Not because he was standing in front of the King of all vampires, well partly that but something more shocking came to mind,
"Damn it! I gave my first kiss to a vampire! A father vampire of the six people I despise the most!" he yelled angry and sad at the same time, "Why does life hate me so? Can it get any worse?" he wept
"Hm, possibly, but back to the matter at hand" Karl chuckled, "You have a lot of courage to come into a den of vampires, I commend you for that"
"Eh? Keep you're commending to yourself!" he said remembering why he came here, "I came here for Yuzuki and I'm not leaving without her!" he declared staring at the white haired vampire
Karl chuckled in amusement, "As I thought, but unfortunately that won't happen" he said, "You see Yui has a 'special' duty here, she is to remain here until her duties are complete"
"You asshole, you can't force someone to be here!" the older male only smirked walking over to the other until he was staring down at him.
"I can, I will, and I am" Ai winced feeling the others finger traveling up his throat to rest on his chin making him look the older male in the eyes, "It's futile to try to defy me, all your attempts would be snuffed out under may hand" his voice was smooth, but held a mocking tone that boiled his blood, his eyes flashing a crimson scarlet red.
"Those eyes" he smirked, "I can feel your blood boiling, such intensity"
'I haven't seen eyes like in such a long time'
Removing his fingers, he moved past the male, who looked after the other with confusion
"Hey!" he called towards the male
"I believe we're finished here, Yui will remain with us" he said ending the conversation, Ai watched at the others made their way toward the house, he hoped he wouldn't have to pull his trump card, he really hoped he wouldn't, but with no other option it seemed like the only solution.
"Hold on!" he called back, "What about a trade?" the male stopped, a smirk hidden on his face away from the others view
"A trade you say?"
"Yeah you bastard, take my life for hers" he said holding his even look, with a turned to look at the teen, hardened red staring into a calm gold.
"Oh, so you're willing to sacrifice yourself and your freedom for the girl?" he spoke that smirk still on his face, "Don't bore me boy, I have no time to waste on such trivial things" reaching into his pocket Ai pulled out a knife, a silver knife he had found in Yuzuki's clothes in the days she began living with him, he could remember the days when silver seemed to scare, always feeling uncomfortable to touch or even look at.
But that wasn't the case now…
With a good slash, the silver tip sliced into Ai's arm sending blood trickling out, droplets hitting the ground like a soft rain. The smell catching all that smelled it, the intoxicating scent hypnotically drawing out their senses,
"I got your attention…" he tensed ignoring the sting in his wrist, "You let Yui go and you can have me instead, blood and all" golden eyes flashed, staring at the boy, his red eyes pained, but resolved to his words of self-sacrifice.
"Such a noble notion" he smirked, like before in a quick movement the male was before him, one arm catching his waist, his intense eyes staring down at his prey, as his eyes burned with a deep hunger.
"Is been awhile since I've smelled that scent" he mused, "A smell that aroused my senses so", bringing the bleeding arm up with his free hand sniffing the metallic essence, the nostalgic feeling arising through him.
"Alright young one, I will take you up on your offer" he smirked his golden eyes flashing, drifting down to his neck he took a long whiff of the others scent, "But remember you asked for this!" opening his mouth, fangs pierced the awaiting flesh, Ai let out a short scream of discomfort as the points pierced him. Feeling the warmth draining from his body, as the male hungrily devoured the sweet nectar feeling the body tremble in his grip.
As the fangs finally released its hold, AI slumped forward his body weak from getting fed on, short pants escaped his lips.
'Not again….' he fought trying to remain awake, suddenly he found his face being lifted to meet the others, a small trail of blood on his captors lips as he smirked down at the other.
"Such exquisite blood, soon my plans will come to full reality" he mused running his thumb over the others lips, noting the dazed look in those rose red eyes, so much like hers, it was like looking into a mirror reflecting from his past.
As the six brothers stared on, controlling their hunger from the strong smell of fresh blood that filled the air. With a turn, Karlheinz walked towards them, a half-unconscious Ai in his arm, he stopped in front of the six brothers as they stared at the man they very seldom referred to as 'father'.
"Hm, take him to one of the bedrooms and make sure he's 'comfortable" he smirked handing him over to Reiji who reluctantly took the male keeping himself composed.
"And what will you be doing?"
"Hm, I have some errands to handle, keep a close eye on him" he said before turning and walking off, only to disappear in a gust of wind. For a moment the six brothers stared at the place where' that person' once was, after which they headed back inside with the unconscious body.
Once inside, Reiji laid the teen out on the Victorian sofa, the wounds of Karl's previous feeding already healed.
"So what do we do with princess-chan~" Laito mused poking the others cheek playfully, the look of hunger still present in his green emerald eyes.
"I need to go prepare a room" Reiji said adjusting his glasses, "Until then don't touch him" he said sternly as the brothers looked the second eldest.
"Hold on, who are you to bark orders out!?"
"Yeah no one tells yours truly what to do"
"I want blood now!"
"Then go feed from the girl" he said sternly, his voice icy, "After he's 'situated' and restrained, you can all have your fill" he said which for the most part seemed to quell their anger.
"Good, now then I'll be upstairs" he said before walking away, "And remember no touching" his voice repeated.
"Feh, whatever guess I'll go feed from the Pancake" Ayato yawned and made his way upstairs, agreeing the other brothers soon followed needing something to solidify their hunger.
As Ai was left in the room, half lidded eyes looked up with a tired stare,
'So…tired…' soon they closed sending him into a deep sleep
Red eyes tiredly opened,
"What the hell…em?" squinting his eyes Ai groaned, sitting up slowly he allowed his eyes to completely focus,
"Where am I? What happened?" looking around he tried to focus and remember what happened to him, "Did I fall asleep at work again?" he groaned, that couldn't be, this was someones bedroom, whoever it was obviously came from a wealthy upbringing.
"Your finally awake I see" a voice said, looking toward the door a purple haired male came waltzing in carrying a silver tray.
"Wait you're…" as he tried to move a rustling sound clanked in his ear, looking down at his hands he noticed they were clamped, chained together by what looked like iron cuffs.
"What the hell is this!?", he demanded pulling at the chain as if to break it
"It's futile, that chain is made to only unlock with a key", Reiji said stirring the tea in the teapot, "It would be best to save your strength" he said as Ai glared the other
"So what, you're going to keep me chained up?" it was more of a statement then a question, "You really know how to make someone feel welcome" he scoffed.
"It what the heck is up with my clothes?" red eyes looked at the other, sitting on his knees he was dressed in only a long white dress blouse showing off his long legs.
Reiji only gave a hum as a vein ticked in Ai's head
"Don't pretend to ignore me!" he yelled, "You could at least have given me some pants to put on" he stated, "And who the hell changed me anyway?"
"One lower your voice, your constant whining while amusing is also annoying" he said pouring tea into the fine china cup, "Second, does it matter who changed you?"
"Huh? Of course it does! I don't know what you did when I was unconscious" he accused holding his shirt down feeling a draft
"If that's what you're thinking, don't flatter yourself, we want your blood, not your body" he stated, but didn't hide his eyes going over the males body, "At least not yet" he smirked sending a chill down Ai's body
"You…you…" he scoffed, "That still doesn't explain why you couldn't give me some pants"
"Simple, we didn't want your body to overheat" he stated
"Overheat? It's fall, If anything I'll freeze without some pants" he stated not buying the others reply
"Even so, I took the liberty of bringing up some tea and something to eat" he said showing the tray sitting on the counter
"Huh? All that's for me?" he said looking at the tray of sandwiches
"Don't take it the wrong way, your body needs plenty of food to keep your blood nourished" of course they wanted to keep him healthy, he rolled his eyes.
"While the full effects of your trait is unknown, it's best not to tempt fate and risk you becoming anemic"
"And what if I don't eat?" he questioned a look of defiance on his face
"Excuse me?"
"If my blood is so precise to you, I could refuse to eat" he said if not smugly of if to tempt the other
"Is that so" Ai blinked feeling a foreboding feeling dripping from the other, a dark aura drifting from his body as those red eyes gleamed with a mix of malice and amusement.
'I think I might have made a mistake…' he though grimly
"Your an amusing being, Ai Tepes" he smirked, with a gasp Ai found himself pinned to the mattress, as the other loomed over him.
"Hey what do you…" as the other leaned down closer to him, Ai turned his head cringing as the others tongue swiped across his cheek.
"Your pulse is racing, are you afraid of something" Reiji chuckled seeing the embarrassment on the others face, he scoffed baring his teeth, "Now, if you refuse to eat, there are 'other' methods to get food inside you" he gasped feeling the tips of the others gloved hands go over his revealed leg.
"Hey you…"
"I could liquefy the food and use a needle to deliver the food into your blood system" he hummed running over the thigh, "Or I can force the food into you, there are other 'entrances' in the human body" he hummed leaning forward until he was over the others ear, "Would you like that, for me to feed you, my lady" he smirked blowing into the others ear
"That's enough!" using what strength he could muster he pushed to the other off, though the other seemed to allow himself casually fixing his suit.
"Fine, I'll eat, damn bastard" reaching over he took one of the sandwiches he began munching on it, chewing it a scowl present on his face, "What are you going to sit there and watch me eat?" he said rather uncomfortable with the others eyes on him.
"Hm, I'm just doing my job and keeping an eye on you" it sounded like he was his jailer though this might as well be prison
"So…what exactly is going to happen to me?" he asked nibbling on another sandwich
"Hm, it's not that complicated, your basically our captive, mostly you'll be used for feeding" Ai nearly choked on that, patting his chest so he wouldn't choke.
"As I was saying, you'll remain here for the time being" Reiji said
"And Yui? What about her?"
"The terms of her 'release' are still pending, but I assure you she isn't in 'immediate harm'" he said as the other scoffed
"Yeah right, I thought you were going to let her go" he said
"Those were your terms, the fact is Yui was sacrificed to this family by her family, an arrangement that can't be broken"
'Sacrificed?'
"Why you…then why keep me here?" he questioned
"Remember you offered yourself to this family, you basically sold yourself into captivity"
"Yeah because Yuzuki was supposed to be released. You can't keep me here!" he had a sister to take care of, a job, friends, "People will look for me" he mumbled but the other heard him
"I see"
"Then you'll be in big trouble when your little secret comes out" he said, for a moment there was silence and then a smug smile came over the others face, "A very interesting notion, but I'm afraid it's faulty"
"Huh?"
"Do you honestly believe that anyone will believe your story; that you came to a home to rescue a girl who was living with a family of vampires. By which you yourself are half vampire and half demon" he seemed to mock as Ai growled, he wouldn't admit it, but it did sound far-fetched, "Besides Karlheinz is seen as a powerful politician, as well as generous prominent philanthropist, do you honestly think anyone would even take your insinuations to heart"
"You…"
"Anyway, I'll leave you to your thoughts" he said adjusting his glasses, "But before that…while you were sleeping, I kept not only my 'brothers', but myself from feeding on you" he said again walking closer to the other.
"I think it's time for my own nourishment, don't you think"
"What are you….!" He gasped finding himself pinned to the bed again, Reiji leaned forward finding the others neck, "Just behave, I'll try to make this quick" Ai gasped as he felt the others fang's enter his throat, he sucked on his neck drawing as much blood as he desired savoring the unexplainable, yet delicious taste that danced on his tongue. Ai panted, no matter how many times it happened it still felt weird, the feeling of the fangs piercing his flesh, taking his blood.
"Hehehe, enjoying yourself~" a voice chuckled, looking up from his spot, reluctantly retracting his fangs, he looked up seeing a figure sitting on the chair in the fair corner of the other side of the room.
"Laito" the male smirk giving the other a two finger salute, "Hey!"
"Do I even need to ask what you're doing in here…" Sarcasm dripping in his voice as the younger brother shrugged, "I came to check up on princess-chan, and maybe have a snack while I was here!" he admitted happily
"Hope you don't mind if I squeeze in, I'm quite thirsty and need to appease my appetite~" he hummed moving to sit on the bed on the other side of the pinned male.
"Do as you wish, just don't disturb me again" he said, before returning to feeding.
Laito smirked, "No problem" he looked down at the other, "I was hoping to get some alone time with you, Bitch-chan's blood is sweet, but I could devour you forever princess-chan~" he smirked licked the others neck before latching onto the blood vessels feeling the blood filling his mouth. Ai made a frown as the other talked about Yuzuki,
As the two vampires feed on the restrained body, a beating noise filled Ai's ears, it was like the beating of a heart, rhythmic. As the fangs were removed, Laito gave a lick of his lips,
"Another good snack, I'm going to enjoy having you around princess-chan~"
"Go…to hell" he groaned touching his punctured throat, the red markings etched around his skin before the wounds disappeared with a hiss. It was a weird feeling to say the least…
"Hm, I believe our business is done for today, until dinner" he said motioning for Laito to follow him
"Ah~" he pouted, "Don't worry my little princess-chan we'll have our private time later" he winked making the other visibly cringe
"Um, aren't you going to unchain me?" he asked holding up his chained wrist
"I don't believe that's wise, you might cause trouble for us, I already have enough people causing trouble in my house"
"Don't worry Reiji is always stiff like that, it's like he always has a pole up his butt" Laito joked
"Watch it or you may find yourself with a metal rod through the heart" Laito only smirked holding his hands up in a playful defense
"Learn a since of humor, any way later princess-chan~" he gave one last wave before walking out of the room
"That guy really gets under my skin" he mumbled, before he knew it he was alone in his room, with a groan he laid back on the bed, staring up at the ceiling.
"Great, I make a noble sacrifice and Yuzuki or Yui, whatever, is she's still stuck here" he groaned turning to his side, "Great job Ai, you really gotten yourself into another fine mess" he scolded himself.
"I've got to get outta here and find Yuzuki and get her out of here" that was his resolve, at first he was prepared to take her place, but now things were even more complicated. Peering to the side he could see the darkness outside, the moon high in the sky surrounding by the millions of stars in the sky.
"I…I feel so tired" he moaned feeling drowsy,
'I want to stay awake…but something keeps…pulling me…'
"So tired" he gave a soft yawn before drifting off to sleep. As the time ticked by, the realm of dreams seemed to surround him, wrapping him in a cocoon of petals and vines. Minutes later his eyes slowly fluttered open,
"Damn it I have to go to the bathroom" he groaned with a huff quickly sitting up he looked around the room and spotted a door on the other side,
'That must be it" Ai began pulling on the chain trying to get it to budge, but as luck would have it the chain was incredibly dense and strong, "Come on, if I'm some kind of spawn of two powerful beings couldn't I have gotten some super strength or something?!" he groaned pulling on the chain, with a huff he took a break.
"Damn it" he really had to go, damn that four-eyed, condescending jerk, he pumped full of tea and now he had to go.
"Ah damn them all, if I see one of them it will be too soon!" he yelled, with a sigh he laid back down on the bed, trying very hard to ignore the full feeling in his lower region,
'I just have to take my mind off it' he tried to think of something, anything to take his mind off the pressure. As he thought deeper, in the back of his mind in a lost memory, he remembered once, when he was out in the garden he heard this music, singing that eased him to sleep. The notes were so gentle, cradling him in their notes, he began to hear the singing, feeling the soothing notes cocooning around him.
Downstairs the brothers were doing various activities on their own. In the living room Reiji was doing his nightly inspection of the house making sure everything was clean and tidy, in the den Shu was sleeping, Laito was in his room reading one of his 'special' magazines, staring at the beautiful girls in skimpy bikinis. Ayato was lounging on the couch, eyes closed and hands behind his head. Subaru was in the garden, staring out into the area of foliage. And finally Kanato was in the dining room feeding his Teddy bear some of dessert.
In her room, Yui was looking out at the window longingly wondering if she would ever see Ai or his sister again or if she would ever be let out of the house again.
Back in his room Ai was laying contently on the bed, though he wasn't thinking about going to the bathroom, he still felt uncomfortable giving a few groans of discomfort.
"Stupid chains!" he groaned again pulling on them creating a series of metal clangs
"Must you be so loud?" Ai turned his head to the side, red stared into light purple that lay above lines of black. It was the youngest brother, Kanato, he believed, clutching that weird eye patched teddy bear.
'I spoke to soon' the boy continued to stare at him with those black lined eyes, it was very creepy, like something from a horror movie before the next 'victim' got killed. Evil looking children were a bad sign,
"I could hear your yelling all the way in downstairs" he said with an annoyed tone
"Well sorry" his voice dripping with sarcasm, "But I'm in the middle of something" he said and began pulling on the chain again
"Don't you ever shut up" he said almost like an order
"Buzz of you little brat, I've got enough problems right now" he said, purple eyes became icy at the others defiant tone as a frown came upon his lips.
"That won't work, you need the key to open it" Kanato mocked as Ai growled, but continued to try and wrench the chain free,
"Thanks for the fact little Sherlock, but you're a bit late with that piece of information" he said as Kanato continued to frown
"Ah damn it!" he groaned seeming to give up
'This isn't working, I really need to go!'
"Looking for this?" Kanato mused, as Ai looked over his eyes feel on a key dangling off a small medal chain,
"Where did you get that?" he questioned as the other shrugged, lazily swinging the key,
"Doesn't matter really" he said, "The question is, what are you willing to pay for it?" he smirked
'Of course, it just wouldn't be captivity, without a little torture'
"Alright you little panda eyed demon spawn bastard, what's it gonna take to get that key?" he couldn't believe he had to bargain with some shouta vampire
"Hmph, you know I don't think I like your tone" he said turning his back to the other, "Why don't you be a little more grateful" he smirk eerily, "Say please Kanato your majesty, please give me the key for my pathetic freedom" he mocked smiling
"You…little", he growled at the others cockiness, "Screw it, I rather just hold it and risk kidney failure" he stated, though he had often wondered if he could get kidney failure or any hurt for that matter. He had always been cautious, well as cautious as any teen could be. Sure he had his scrapes and bruises, one time he thought he broke his arm falling down the stairs, but it seemed to heal instantly.
"You're an annoying person, if you won't do as I say, maybe I should just eat the key!" he laughed, holding the key up, dangling over his open mouth.
"You wouldn't!" he must be bluffing, though everyone is this family was whacked out their mind, he would put it past him.
"Oh, that look just now" he chuckled, "That moment when your eyes were full of fear, the pulse of anticipation" he smirked walking closer to the other who inched back the closer he got,
"What are you doing?" light purple stared into the red, his form leaning over the other,
"Out of all the looks on a person, fear is the most fun to see. It's so amusing!" leaning down the vampire teen placed his face on the others neck,
"Not again…" he groaned knowing exactly what the other was planning to do and he wasn't just going to lay back and let it happen, "Get off me!" he demanded pushing against the others chest.
"Be quiet!" Ai gasped, feeling the sting across his cheek, the other had slapped him, "No one orders me around! Don't think you can bark orders to me!" he said the wicked smile still on his face, Ai leered up at the other.
"Whenever I want something I take it, whether you want to or not, you'll give it to me!" With a tug he pulled the collar of the others shirt down, feeling the other struggling under him.
"I really enjoy sweet tasting things, I will drain you of all your sweet blood~" he whispered before latching onto the others neck he began sucking the red essence from the other. Ai continued to struggle as the other continued to feed from him. But soon his struggling began to weaken, with his blood being drained for a third time today. He remembered being told his blood replaced itself quickly, but it still took a toll on his body. It felt like an eternity before the fangs were removed. Ai cringed feeling the other swipe his tongue over the puncture wounds.
He watched as the red markings appeared healing the wounds,
"It's a shame that your wounds heal so fast, It would be enjoyable to see you with reminders of our activities together" he smirked, "The look on your face now is wonderful, I want to fill your face with more fear!"
'This guy…'
"One more bite shouldn't hurt, you don't mind right" as he leaned in too bite again, he suddenly stopped sensing another presence in the room.
"Kanato" the voice spoke, in front of the bed stood Subaru, eyes folded as he stared at the two on the bed, "That's enough, you've had your turn for today" he said, Kanato growled looking at the other.
"You just want to keep him for yourself" he said childishly accusing the other who gave a snort
"Enough pipsqueak, you've had your feeding besides" Ai gasped as he was pulled from under the other and towards him by the back of the throat, "I believe it's my turn to quench my thirst, I've been holding back since yesterday" he said taking a whiff from the others nape electing a small moan from the other,
"Back off Subaru, I was here first and I'm not done with him yet!" Kanato growled grabbing the others arm, Ai could feel the others nails digging into his arms.
"Careful…"
"Not a chance pipsqueak, it's my time to feed!" Subaru growled his voice dripping with ice and venom and his eyes flashing with violence.
"I'm not satisfied yet, I want more blood!" Kanato growled back as the two brothers locked eyes
'Can't hold it!'
"All right that's enough!" Ai interjected catching the two vampires attention, "Alright listen the both of you, firstly I am not a piece of meat I'm a human being, well not human…oh you get what I mean! Secondly I really have to go….let me use the bathroom and you 'both' can feed off me!" as he finished his breath was ragged from yelling, the two vampires stared at each other, at first they were skeptical, but seemed to agree,
"Fine, you better not be lying" Kanato warned taking the key he loosened the chains letting them clang to the floor. Ai rubbed his wrist, relieved by the weight removal,
"Hurry up, I don't like waiting" Subaru said folding his arms, Ai gave a huff, but hurried to the bathroom shutting the door and for extra measure locking it.
"Finally" seeing his 'prize' he walked over to the porcelain throne, lifting the lid, he pulled his underwear down and released the 'flood gates'
"Ah! So much better" he sighed in relief, after one finally shake he wiped, before flushing the toilet.
"What a relief, a few more minutes and it would have been a mess" he said exasperated, as he looked around the bathroom he noticed the fancy features, truly this was a family of wealth. His eyes soon feel on the white bathtub
"This is a big tube, you could fit 4 people in here" he said looking inside the deep and wide tub, able to see a reflection in the shiny fixtures.
"A hot bath would be nice" he said, "In fact…" turning the knobs he filled the tube up with warm water, looking in the cabinets he found some soap and a wash cloth
"This should do" after a while the tub was filled with warm water, the steam rising from the top layer. Carefully shedding the large dress shirt and his underwear he now stood fully bare in the room. Taking his foot, he began getting in giving small hisses from the heat, soon becoming fully seated in the tub letting himself submerge into the steamy and soothing water.
"Ah, this is so nice~" he sighed happily, "A nice hot bath, I'll admit this is soothing" he breathed, he closed his eyes contently and letting his head lean back. It was a shame there was no bubble bath.
"You seem relaxed" Ai's eyes snapped open from the sudden voice, sitting up quickly, he looked to the side seeing, not one, not two, but all six Sakamaki brothers were standing in the bathroom.
"W-What the hell!" he yelled his face flushed red, "Why are you all in here? Can't a guy take a bath in peace!?"
"Eh? You were taking too long in here" Subaru said, "I got impatient"
"Also to prevent him from breaking another door, I decided it would be best to let ourselves in" Reiji added
"Yeah, when I heard this I got curious" Laito smirked, "I can see my curiously paid off" Ai growled moving further down into the tub, not liking the others looking at him, especially when he was undressed and bathing.
"Listen I just wanted a moments peace, so let me take a bath, alone!" he said wanting all of them to leave him alone
Ai yelled, finding his hair gripped forcefully by Reiji
"Hey let me go! What do you think you're doing!?" he demanded
"You need to learn your place" Reiji said as the male continued to flail in the tube vibrating the water below sending splashes to the floor
"Struggle all you want, it's futile" Reiji tensed
"Don't forgot boy, you promised me a meal" Kanato said now on the side of Ai, "I intend to take what I was promised!"
"Don't forget, I haven't had a chance to feed" Subaru added, "My stomach is growling with hunger!" he winced feeling their breaths on his skin.
"Oh, you promised two vampires they could feed on you, eh princess-chan?" Laito mused sitting on the edge of the tube letting his fingers glide across the water creating some ripples, "You must be a masochist for pain, if you allow to others to have you at once" Ai cringed a bit not liking the look in the others eye,
"Idiot…I just said that so I could have some alone time"
"Be that as it may, your excuses are worthless at this point" Reiji said still gripping his hair
"L-Let me go!" he exclaimed trying to get his hair free, he had to get away, he had to save Yuzuki,
"Haven't you comprehended your situation yet" Reiji said pressed, his piercing eyes staring down at the other, "you can never escape from us, you will forever be sealed to this fate you have chosen"
"Enough of this!" Subaru obviously tired of waiting, "I'm tired of waiting"
"I'm not waiting either" Kanato said
Ai gasped as he felt the six males latch onto Ai's vulnerable flesh, this was the third time all six had feed on him at one time, though it was the second feeding for at least three of the six vampires. As the feeding continued Ai found himself drifting in and out of consciousness, he didn't know if it was from the blood loss, but something was pulling him into the realm of sleep.
'Can't…go to sleep'
As the feeding stopped all six males seemed satisfied by their meal, in the now lukewarm tube, Ai lay unconscious,
'Yuzuki…I'm sorry…I wasn't able to save you…'
'Ai forgive me…I hope you live a happy life'
To Be Continued….
Next Time; Ninth Betrayal; The Soul Shattering Secrets! Ai's Descends into Darkness
'Everything I know is a lie...'
'Just like her, you are a sacrifice'
Two Breaths Walking Extra! Dinner and Dessert
Ai sat sitting in his room, a blanket held over and around his body,
"I feel so violated, damn those Sakamaki vampire bastards!" he scowled from underneath the blanket, after the incident in the bathroom, Ai had woken up back on his bed,
"At least they forgot the chains" he groaned still under the blankets, he should have gone with his earlier idea to call the police, but he had a sinking feeling that would prove futile, from everything he gather the brothers father was some kind of big person and had obvious connections if Yuzuki could live in a house with six males like this and no one noticed. He hoped she was okay...
"After we escape this place, I'm gonna take a torch to this place and…"
"Is that so?", Ai nearly jumped out of his skin, looking to the door he saw non-other than his 'jailer' at the door, seriously couldn't he get someone else to keep an eye on him.
"Oi stop sneaking up on people! You nearly gave me a heart attack" he sighed as the other just stood there coolly.
"I highly doubt that" he said dryly, "I just came up to tell you it's dinner time" Ai blinked for a second
"Huh?"
"Come, everyone is downstairs" Ai's eye ticked as his lips formed a frown, "Not going, I don't have much of an appetite!" he said going back under the covers.
"Such a troublesome dog" he said adjusting his glasses, "Whether you're hungry or not, your body still requires nourishment"
"Whatever, I'm not going down and that's that!" he said sternly and defiantly
"Hm, so be it" a confused looked feel over Ai as he laid under the covers, "If you wish to remain here that's your choice, though the girl will have to contend with your decision" Ai shut up and out of the blankets, the silken sheets sliding down his bare upper half,
"Yuzuki!?"
"I'll give her your regards" as he prepared to leave, Ai could only think of Yuzuki alone with six vampires, God only knew what they do to her, though he had an idea and all warning bells were blaring in his mind.
"Hold on!" Ai called as Reiji stopped, "Give me some clothes, I'll go downstairs" Reiji gave a short look of triumph.
"Very well then, I'll go fetch you some clothes"
"Fine, but no girl clothes!" he warned, "Seriously I don't wanna see one dress or skirt!" he tensed, a short chuckle escaped the males throat as he peered behind him.
After getting Ai some proper clothes, he had taken the male downstairs. Red eyes looked over the dining room, the table was set full of various dishes and table ware.
"Hey where is everyone?" Ai asked as he reluctantly took is seat,
"Hm, they seem to be late" he said looking at his watch, "They could at least make common effort to show some interest in our monthly dinner party" he didn't sound happy, though he didn't sound mad either, it was more in the middle.
"Stay here, I'll be back" it was more an order then anything, Ai gave a breathless groan before the male disappeared leaving Ai alone in the dining room.
"Great…" he sighed looking around the room, with a push of his chair, he stood and began looking around.
"Man this stuff looks expensive" it's not like he hadn't seen rich looking things before, living with his uncle he saw many things imported and made from the finest material. As he continued to look around, he looked behind on of the doors, peaking inside he spotted a piano, a grand piano with a black finish. As he walked across the room and past the seats and cushions,
"This must be the greeting room" that was his guess, fingers gliding over the smooth wood finish, he took a seat on the stool. Slowly he opened the cover revealing the white keys. He hadn't touched a piano in years, he often heard his uncle play when he wasn't locked in study. As he sat at the piano he couldn't help think again of the lullaby his heard that soothed him asleep.
Holding his fingers over the delicate key bar, he gave a few test presses to see if the tune was still there. After being satisfied with the sound, fingers danced on the bars creating a soft tone,
He didn't know when he had started playing, the notes and lyrics held onto him as the music continued to play. Floating out the door, carrying through the house as ears opened to hear the sound.
"Didn't I tell you not to move" Ai's fingers fumbled ending the music abruptly, turning around he saw Reiji standing not too far from him.
"I was…"
"You we're just disobeying a direct order" he said Ai's frowned, "Jerk, I was bored after sitting there for so long" with that he closed the case to the piano.
"Dinner is about to begin, you should take your seat"
"Yeah, yeah whatever I just want to get this over with" he mumbled walking past the other
"By the way, you have adequate piano skills. Not only are you a dog, but a song bird as well" he didn't weather that was a compliment or an insult, but as of right now he didn't care. As he re-entered the room he saw the table was still empty, the only thing different was that there was food on the table.
"Everything looks really good" his stomach gave a short growl seeing all the hot and delicious looking food, "Where's everyone else?" he asked unconsciously his eyes still focused on the food.
"They should be down right about…now" in a blink of an eye all the seats were now occupied by four of the six brothers. Ai did a short double take at how quickly they appeared,
'These guys are seriously vampires'
"Aye Princess-chan, I see were having something special for out monthly dinner" Laito smirked as Ai just glared at the other, he looked like he was part of the menu.
'Wait monthly dinner…did that mean they only had dinner once a month?' this family was beyond weird, even if they were family Ai could sense the animosity dripping from each other.
"Where is Shu?" Reiji asked, as the room remained quiet, the door suddenly opened as if on cue revealing the blond hair vampire, ear phones in his ears, but he wasn't alone. Next to him was a girl with light blond hair and pink eyes, his eyes widened seeing the girl.
"YUZUKI-CHAN!"
"Ai-san?!" her eyes widened seeing the black haired male here, leaving his seat again he ran up to give her a hug, not caring that he was being watched by the six brothers.
"What are you doing here?" she questioned still in surprise
"I came to rescue you" he said,
"Rescue me?" she seemed confused, he smiled and nodded, but soon his smile fell and was replaced by a look of suspicion.
"A-Ai-san?"
"Um Yuzuki-chan…you are you right?" she gave the male a confused look, "I mean, are you a vampire father in disguise?" the question both shocked and confused the blond girl, as Ayato and Laito gave snickers.
"Um…I don't think so" Ai gave a relieved sigh pulling her into another hug, "I'm so glad your safe Yuzuki-san" he smiled bringing her into another hug.
'Ai-san'
"I believe we are still in the middle of dinner, both of you take your seats" Reiji stated, Yui looked at Ai and nodded, reluctantly releasing her, the two took their seats back at the dinner table and the quite family dinner began. Ai was seated at least a seat across from Yuzuki, the room was quite save from the moving of utensils and clattering of dishes.
"What's wrong princess-chan?" looking to the side, Ai had gotten the luck of being seated next to the perverted male, he swore if he tried anything he was getting a fork in the eye.
"What?"
"You haven't touched any of your dinner" he smirked, "Like we tell Bitch-chan, if you don't eat properly you'll become anemic" he chuckled, Ai rolled his eyes, that didn't really apply to him since his trait replaced his blood after loss. He felt rather sad on the inside though, he couldn't imagine what she had gone through. He hadn't even been in the house a day and he had already been attacked by all six males. That wasn't including the times he could remember.
"Do you want me to feed you~" he whispered in the others ear AI cringed and was about to slap the other
"Enough Laito; that is not proper dinner etiquette" Reiji scolded the other who just smirked and went back to his dinner. When he looked back at Yuzuki she was eating, though there was a blush on her face possibly from the scene with the male next to him.
'Idiot…' as the meal continued, Ai couldn't help feel…something wasn't right. It felt like there was something staring at him, it felt so icy. Looking around he could see everyone was eating, going from one brother to the other and even to Yuzuki who peered up at him and smiled gently.
'What was that strange feeling, so cold' he brushed it off and continued to eat, he wouldn't admit it or show it, but the food was really good.
'If vampires are supposed to be undead, I wonder how they can eat real food'
"Teddy what would you like to eat now?" looking up for a second he noticed the boy talking to his Teddy bear, some might find that weird,
'Though it's no stranger then what Alex does with her stuffed toy' he thought of his sister, he remembered the promise he made, he just had to find the right opening and get Yuzuki out of this house.
'Don't worry Yuzuki, I'll defiantly get you out'
"Alright, I believe that is enough for today" Reiji said wiping his mouth with a white napkin, "You're all excused" at that the table began to clear.
'I guess they really aren't that close' he thought, 'Wait this is my chance to talk to Yuzuki-chan' this was the first time he had seen her since he had been here, he had to talk to her. After a moment he got up and made his way over to the girl.
"Hey Yuzuki-chan I…"
"I want dessert" another voice interrupted his own, standing to the side of Yui was Kanato, "What did you say?"
"I said I want dessert, now" he repeated grabbing her hand he began pulling her away
"Oh alright Kanato-chan!" she said as the other pulled her away
"Hold on one second I.…" he said seeing this, he needed to talk to her, suddenly he was stopped feeling something snake around his waist
"What's the rush princess-chan?" Laito smirked
"What the hell!?" he said trying to get the others arm off of his waist, "Hey let me go! I have to speak to Yuzuki" he said drawing a chuckle from the other
"Ah I don't think Kanato will like that, he's rather 'clingy'" he said pulling the other closer, "Now then, I think it's time for me and you to have some alone time" he smirked drawing a cringe from the other
"As if!" finally getting himself free, he began walking off, Laito only smirked watching the other skulk away and out of the room. In the hall Ai began looking for the missing girl, forget coming up with a plan, he would grab her and run for dear life.
"Man this place is big, Yuzuki could be anywhere" he frowned looking around trying to figure out which way to go.
"Lost princess-chan?" turning behind him he spotted the brown haired male leaning coolly against the wall, "Need some help?" he smirked with a cocky grin on his lips.
"As if, I''ll find my own way" he said and began to walk off
"We'll see, this manor is quite big and there are many rooms and passages, you could be lost for days trying to find your way" he chuckled seeing Ai stop. With a groan Ai turned, his red eyes meeting the others cocky green
"Alright what do you want?" as if he didn't already know, the male smirked walking up to the other until they were just inches away from each other
"I'm still rather hungry, how about some dessert" he grinned leaning into take a whiff of the others neck, "You have a sweet smell~", he hummed feeling the body tense as he roamed his hand over the others back.
"I can feel your heart racing, is this exciting you~" he chuckled
"Just get on with it!" Ai tensed, a mix of anger and annoyance present in his voice
"As you wish, princess~" pulling down the others shirt he latched his self onto the others nape, Ai panted feeling the other drank his sweet blood savoring every drop. With a pop Laito removed his fangs licking the bite mark eyeing the red mark on fair skin.
"Did you like that?" he seemed to cooe mockingly as the other glared at him through tired eyes
"Bite me" he growled
"Already did" he smirked licking the wound
"Enough already" he said pushing him away weakly, "I gave you…my blood…" his voice came out in labored breathes
'This feeling again…my chest feels like it's on fire' his vision began to blur and split
"Oi princess-chan you don't look so good" his voice sounded so distant,
"I…I need to…lie down" eyes dimmed becoming hazy, before finally everything went dark
A/N; And that's that, next chapter will deal with Ai's mothers past and there will be a surprise visit from one of the most hated mothers, I bet you can already guess
