Ch. 9 is here!

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Chapter 9

Since Aina's brief and nerve wrecking visit to Kanato's little sanctuary, she's been a bit skittish and jumpy. Her sisters constantly asks her what's wrong but as usual, she didn't say a word.

Much to her surprise, she's a little fond of Kanato but she's also terrified of him. After all he did try to kill her and turn her into one of his 'dolls' to add to his bride collection.

Thankfully there's once solution for her to calm down and not be so scared so much, baking.

Ever since she was a little girl, her, her sisters, and her mother would always bake goodies and sweets for each other. It makes her feel right at home and that nothing will ever hurt her.

Right now the mute girl is putting a batch of cookies and brownies in the oven and closes it. She wipes the sweat from her forehead and goes to stir the cake batter.

Sayori pops her head in the kitchen, sniffing the sweet aroma of sugary treats.

"Hmm. Are those cookies and brownies I smell from the oven little sis?"

Aina looks up from the bowl and smiles, nodding. She walks in and looks at the oven.

"God, I can't remember the last time I had one of your famous treats. It's seems just like yesterday when you and mom baked a lot of sweets for us when we got home from school."

Aina smiles more and continues to stir until Sayori dips her finger into the chocolate batter. She smacks her sisters hand and frowns at her when she licks it off her finger.

"What? You know I can't help myself when you make chocolate! Especially when I can do this."

She dips her finger in again and touches Aina's nose. "Boop."

Aina looks cross eyed at her nose and starts to giggle. As kids, Sayori would always put chocolate batter on her nose whenever she felt like being goofy. This is the best when Aina's baking, it gives her quality time with her sisters, they would always bake something together and it would always be delicious.

"Hey, how about we make sweets together huh? Sound good to you little sis?" Aina nods and Sayori smiles. "Alright let's get to it!"

Time passes and the two sisters flawlessly whip out many desserts and sweets: cookies, cupcakes, brownies, cakes, pies, candies, you name it. Aina couldn't be any happier at this time, she just relived a special moment and memory with her sister, Sayori.

"You know, if we weren't stuck in this dump, I bet you would've been a great baker. Hell, who knows, you could open up your own bakery! That would be really something, don't you think?" Sayori asks.

Aina nods and her expression turns from happy to sad. Even though baking brought many good memories, it also brought bad ones as well. The death of her parents really took a toll on her and she's broken by it. She misses them a lot.

Noticing her grim face, Sayori wraps her arm around her sister's shoulders and lays her head on hers.

"Hey, it's alright sis. I miss them too. More than you can imagine. But hey!" She looks at her. "At least you still have Rena and me! We're always gonna look out for each other and no matter what, we will always stay together. You got that?"

Aina smiles softly and nods before receiving another hug from her sister.

"Atta girl. That's the Aina I know." She kisses the top of her head and rubs her back.

"Hey, I smell something cooking!"

The two girls look up and see Ayato there in the kitchen. They separate and he eyes the sweets.

"Wow, you two really went out on dessert, didn't ya? Let me have a slice of something." He reaches towards a pie and Sayori slaps his hand with a wooden spoon.

"Hey! Hands off pal! These desserts are off limits until dinner!"

"Who cares?! Yours Truly is hungry and I'll eat whatever I want!" He hisses.

"Not if I'm here you dick!" She shoots back. "Oh yeah?!"

"Yeah! Because if I remember last time, I kicked your sorry ass by pulling your hair. I thought that you were supposed to be strong and tough since you're a vampire. But you aren't, so I'll take you on anytime Yours Truly!" She sticks her tongue out at him.

Ayato growls furiously. "You bitch!! I'll make you regret those words when I-"

He stops when a tray of takoyaki is presented in between him and Sayori. They both look down at Aina and she hands the tray to the red headed vampire. He glances down at the food then back at her, pointing at it.

"You... You made this for me?"

She nods and walks away to pull out a batch of fudge brownies from the oven. Ayato stares at her, stunned and Sayori looks at her.

"Yui came in here earlier and she told us about your takoyaki obsession and that she would appreciate it if we could help her make you some. I didn't do jack shit but Aina helped. She's sweet like that. She'll make anything that you want and it will always be delicious."

She looks at him. "You better be grateful to her because she's been under a lot of stress lately and this is the first time I've seen her this happy."

Aina picks up a tray full of different sweets and heads out of the kitchen.

"What's she doing now?" He asks as Sayori starts to clean up.

"She's gonna hand out some sweets to everyone. She always does that when she bakes. Now can you get out so I can clean up this kitchen? It's hard for me to see your ugly face when I'm around you. Makes me wanna punch your teeth out."

For once he didn't react to her comment. He was too shocked and confused about Aina. She helped make takoyaki with Yui and she's handing out treats to everyone? He walks out and tries one of the takoyaki balls. It was delicious.

Sayori sighs when he leaves and turns in the water in the kitchen sink. When she picks up some bowls, her head starts to ache a little.

"Huh? What's with the sudden headache?"

She shrugs and waits it out as she does the dishes.

~(XXX)~

Like Sayori told Ayato, Aina roams the mansion, handing out sweets to anyone she can find.

Right now she hands Yui a slice of chocolate cake.

"Oh thank you very much Aina! I'm sure it tastes delicious."

She smiles and is about to walk off.

"Hey Aina!" She stops and looks at her. "Did... Did you give Ayato the takoyaki we made?"

The mute girl nods and Yui brightens up a bit.

"You did? How did he react? Did he like it?"

She nods and smiles before walking away. Yui smiles pleased and takes a bite of the cake before going back inside her room.

~(XXX)~

"One drop of this should do the trick." Rena says as she hovers the pipette dropper over the bottle.

A drop of the liquid drips into the potion and the color of it turns from pink to midnight blue. She smiles in satisfaction and Reiji observes her work.

"It appears that you have finish one of my incomplete products. I am thoroughly impressed Rena. Well done."

Noticing the first name basis he just used for her, Rena looks up at him and smiles softly before working on the next product.

"Thank you Reiji."

Since that night, Reiji and Rena have been getting closer to each other. They've been working on potions together and with Rena's intellectual knowledge, Reiji manages to complete some of his work that's he's been creating for years. He found it really helpful since she has a intelligent mind for potions like he does.

A soft knock hits the door.

"Come in." Reiji calls.

The door opens up and Aina comes in with the tray in her hands. Rena wipes her hands with a handkerchief and walks up to her youngest sister.

"Why Aina, what pleasant surprise this is. Did you make these for us?"

She nods and extends the tray to her.

"You know I cannot refuse one of your delectable pastries. And I never will. Thank you Aina." She grabs a red velvet cupcake and looks at Reiji.

"Reiji, would you like to have something?"

He pushes up his glasses. "No thank you. I'd prefer to eat dinner before having any sugary sweets. It may spoil my appetite."

Rena shrugs. "Very well. But you happen to be missing out."

She smiles at Aina. "I'm happy to see that you're enjoying yourself again Aina. Thank you for the cupcake, I will see you at dinner."

She nods and exits the room, off to finish her errand. As Rena peels off the wrapper, she suddenly feels a headache coming on. She touches her forehead and closes her eyes.

"That's strange. I don't normally get headaches like this."

She simply shrugs it off, assuming that it's just one of those random headaches and goes back to helping Reiji with his potions.

~(XXX)~

Aina sighs heavily and approaches the door. She has given everyone who wanted a treat except for Kanato. Even though she's nervous right now, Aina finds the courage to knock on Kanato's door.

"Yes, come in." She hears him say.

She opens the door slowly and walks in a dark room with a lot of stuffed animals and toys, like it belongs to a small child.

"What are you doing here?"

She jumps a little and turns around, facing Kanato and his bear in his arms.

"Can't you see that me and Teddy want to be alone! You're interrupting our fun!" he growls. "What is it that you want?"

She's starting to shake from his hard glare but manages to show him the try full of sweets, signaling him to take one. He looks down at them and the irritation in his eyes fade away into curiosity.

"Did you make these yourself?"

She nods. "And I suppose you want me to take one as well?" She nods again and he looks down at Teddy.

"What do you think Teddy, what should we try first? How about the chocolate cake?"

She sets the tray down to hand him the plate with the slice on it and he takes a bite. It takes him a moment to savor the taste and realize of how sweet and delicious it is.

"It tastes so... sweet."

In a second, he grabs her wrist and pulls her to his bed. He makes her take a seat and he sits down next to her, shoving the plate in her hands.

"Feed me." Aina looks up at him surprised. "I want you to help me finish eating this cake that you made."

She stares at him and he glares. "Well? What are you waiting for?! Stop sitting there like a stupid idiot and feed me!!" He demands making her jump.

Finally being able to move, she scoops a piece from the cake and raises it to his mouth, which he gladly takes in. He moans with delight and kicks his legs.

"Mmm. So yummy!"

She feeds him another forkful and seeing how happy he is with the cake, she starts to relax. Once the cake is finished, Kanato giggles happily.

"That cake was delicious." He looks at her. "From now on, you make me and Teddy something sweet everyday. Got it?"

Aina nods and he hugs Teddy tighter.

"You're right Teddy. I'm glad I didn't kill her. Otherwise we wouldn't be having these delicious sweets now."

Hearing him say, makes her nervous again. She looks away from him and tries her best not to make him see that she's nervous.

"Hey." She looks back and sees him sitting on his knees close to her. "Be honest with me, are you scared of me now?"

Seeing how he wants the truth, Aina couldn't help but merely nod, earning a hurt expression from him.

"Is it because I tried to kill you?" She nods again.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you. I only wanted to make you beautiful and keep you forever. I guess Teddy and I got ahead of ourselves. But I don't want you to hate me or Teddy anymore because we like having you around. You're so sweet and kind, it honestly makes me happy inside. Besides Teddy still wants you to be his friend and it won't matter if your dead or not. So whaddya say? Are we friends again?"

She stares at him awhile before hugging him tightly. Shock and surprise hits him and he blinks a few times before grinning. He wraps his arms around her and he nuzzles her neck.

"You know. If there's one thing that's sweeter than that cake, it's your blood." Her eyes snap open and pulls away but still holding onto him

"Let me have a taste. I'm really thirsty today Aina. Won't you let me drink some of your blood?"

Even though she's on good terms with him now, Aina didn't feel like being bitten today. She needs to do something to distract him from biting her. His fingers traces her neck and he pulls down the turtleneck around her throat. Before he could even bite her, she grabs his face and crushes her lips on his.

Kanato stiffens from shock and Aina kisses him harder, causing him to kiss her back with equal force. She could taste the chocolate from him as he explores her mouth. She moans when he lays on top of her on the bed.

Her plan may have worked but now she might have to find another way to escape him before she loses herself to his riveting kisses.

"You're so selfish, you know that?" he asks when he pulled away. "You only kissed me so I wouldn't bite you. You're so cruel and so-"

She kisses him again and wraps her arms around his neck, giving him a good and long hard kiss. She pulls away and pecks his forehead.

"Please don't be upset Kanato." She speaks, causing him to freeze and stare down at her.

"I do like you and me speaking to you is proof of that. I have to go now."

She gets up and picks up the tray full of sweets before running out of the room. Once she's out, she leans against the door and places her hand on her chest, sighing. Then she slightly winces when a small headache comes. She thinks that it's nothing and walks off.

Kanato sits up on his knees and stares at the door. He grabs Teddy and hugs him tightly before falling backwards on his bed.

"Teddy. I think I'm in love."

~(XXX)~

A peaceful night stirred at the lake, where Rither Sakamaki, was standing, staring at the moon and telling Cordelia that she must awaken. Now.

In the room, Yui wakes up from her slumber and sits up. Then she whimpers and clutches her chest when she felt her heart ache with pain again.

"What's wrong with me? My chest hurts again." She thinks to herself.

~(XXX)~

Selena enters her room, holding her head in slight pain.

"Ugh, what is with this headache I'm having? I hope it goes away soon."

She gets dressed in her long tan nightgown and walks out onto her balcony. She leans on the railing and sighs as she stares at the moon.

"What a beautiful night it is. The moon is shining pretty bright."

The blonde turns to go back inside her room but stops herself when she spots Yui walking alone in the yard.

"Hm? What's Yui doing out there by herself?"

Selena runs back inside and runs down the stairs and back outside, to catch up to Yui.

"Yui! Wait up!!" she calls, making the dazed girl stop walking.

"Huh? Selena?" She asks as the blonde runs up to her. "What's wrong?"

She shakes her head. "Nothing. I just saw you walking out here and thought that maybe you were sleep walking again."

"Sleepwalking? Again?" Yui looks aside as she tries to remember if she ever slept walked before.

"What are you doing out here by yourself? Don't you know that it's not safe to be out at this time of night?"

She leans in and whispers. "You never know who or what's lurking out here."

Yui smiles softly. "I'm sorry if I worried you Selena. But I just needed some time to think. I'm... not quite myself today."

Selena tilts her head with a surprised expression on her face.

"You too?" Yui looks at her.

"I myself have been feeling unusual. I keep on having these weird headaches and my body feels a bit... different. And I don't like it. Not one bit."

She crosses but arms. "I'm not sure about the others, they've all have been pretty busy today."

She shakes her head, forgetting the oddness that's been happening and smiles at Yui.

"But I'm sure it's nothing. Either way I think that you should get back inside and sleep it off. I don't want you run into any trouble out here."

Yui looks around and then nods. "Okay. I'll see you later then Selena. Good night." she waves before walking away.

"Good night Yui!" She calls back, waving as well.

When she was out of sight, Selena sighs and dusts her hands off and resumes walking, to see if she can find her way back to the mansion. However she ends up finding a small abandoned church.

She walks up to the dark entrance and hears screeching. She tries to see what's in there but then bats fly out and come at her.

"Ah!!! Oh my goodness!!! Bats!! Oh my-go on, get out of here!! Shoo, Shoo!!!! You're messing up my hair!!!" She swats at them and tries to protect her hair.

"Oh be quiet." The bats suddenly fly off and Selena looks at the small building, where the familiar tires voice came from.

"Shu? Is that you?"

She walks in and finds the eldest son on a stone bench, reading a book, with his headphones in his ears as usual.

"Do you want something from me?" he asks as he's still reading.

"Umm. No, not really. But I do have a question since I'm already here now. Have you... noticed anything unusual. About the girls and I by any chance?"

"Not in the slightest. Why?"

She looks down at her reflection in a stone bowl in the center.

"Well... for some reason, I don't really feel like myself. I keep on having these random headaches and I... I don't know why I am. It's never happened to me before and the fact that it is now just... scares me. It's like I'm changing or something."

He silent for a minute. Then, "Is that so? Alright then, come here."

"What?" He drops his book and in a second he has her in his arms. He then laid her down on the stone bench with him on top of her.

"Shu!!" she exclaims.

Her bun comes undone and Shu grabs a handful of her hair, near her blushing cheek.

"Shu, what are you doing?! Let me go this instant!" She turns her face away and he grins, running his thumb up her neck.

He leans down and his fangs penetrate her neck. She flinches at the pain as he slowly drinks her blood.

"Hm? Your blood has changed." he pulls away. "Seems that the Awakening is at hand."

"Huh? The Awakening?" she asks. "The taste of your blood is different now."

He runs his thumb over the flowing blood that's pumping out from her neck and licks it off.

"It's also hot and bursting out of you."

He leans down and bites her again. She whimpers and her hand manages to push him back. But he simply grabs her hand and puts his lips towards her wrist.

"Your neck isn't the only part of you that is well supplied with blood. Fresh new blood also flows through your wrists. I can sense it through your skin. And it smells so good."

She gasps and tenses. "Don't move." He opens his mouth and bites her wrist. She exclaims in pain.

"You do have the blood of the finest quality. It is superb, I'll give you that much."

He stares into her wide eyes. "You're not frightened are you? That look of fear in your eyes doesn't bother me at all."

He leans down and cups the back of her head.

"I don't mind at all."

He sits her up and bites her neck again. She grunts and presses her hand on his arm, trying to cope with the pain.

"Your blood is more delicious than anyone's." he states. "It slakes my every thirst. So this is the Awakening."

"Huh?" she opens her eyes. "You women terrify me. I'm all worked up despite of myself. That's remarkable. I'm impressed."

He leans down to bite her again.

"The Awakening. What is that? What does it mean for us?" He freezes and sighs, pulling away from her.

"Shu, would you please tell me?" she grabs his arm. "I think I have the right to know since it obviously has something to do with us."

"No sacrificial bride has ever been able to survive until the moment of Awakening before."

"Never? Wait, so you mean to tell me, that when the time comes for the Awakening, the girls and I will... will die?"

"It's a possibility. Like I said, no sacrificial bride has ever survived the Awakening before." He stand up. "Their bodies cannot handle the process."

"And what if we do? What happens then?"

He sighs. "I should let him answer your questions."

"Huh?" He turns around at the entrance.

"I know you're in here." He speaks.

"You were always perceptive Shu." a low voice states.

Selena sees a man with dark greenish hair that ends at his chest and dark red eyes, walk in. He wears a black outfit and wears it with black boots and gloves.

Selena stands up. "Who are you?"

"This is Ritcher. He is our uncle." Shu replies.

"Wait. This man looks familiar." She thinks to herself.

Her eyes slightly widen when she remembers that he's the man that was with that woman, Cordelia. Shu picks up his book and leaves the two alone. Silence hits until he walks up to her.

"I hope that you'll forgive the poor manners of my nephews. They're really quite hopeless, I just can't seem to teach them how to be polite."

"Yes. They are quite stubborn when it comes to being polite." She agrees, seeing that this man isn't as intimidating as his nephews are.

"So then. What is it that you would like for me to explain?" he asks and she looks aside thinking.

"Well. First of all, I would like to know why we were sent here by the church. Like why 'us' specifically."

He smirks. "You think that you all were chosen? Honestly, how self-centered can you women be?"

"Huh?"

"The reasons you came to this house are simple. You all are here because you are at a suitable bridal age and because you were the easiest mortals to obtain. And what foolish mortals you all are, thinking that you're all special. You were simply at the right place, at the right time, nothing more."

"Hmph." she glares at him. And here she thought he was a decent man to speak to.

"I asked Shu about the Awakening, as I'm sure that you already heard. And he told me that no sacrificial bride has ever survived the Awakening before. Well what if one did? What would happen then?"

He's silent for a minute. Then, "If a bride is ever awakened by a vampire, then he will become the head of the family, once he obtains the bride to himself. It will grant them great power and make them the alpha."

Selena stares at him until she looks away.

"So this is what this whole thing is about? This is why we were sent here? I-I don't understand. I thought we were here to... it can't be!!"

She runs past Ritcher, back to the mansion. She sprints to the library where the rest of the girls, except Yui, are. Once she slams the door shut, she catches their attention. She pants hard and leans on the door, sliding down until she's sitting.

"Selena?" Luna asks.

She whimpers and buries her hand in her arms and they run over to her.

"Selena what's wrong?! Are you okay?" Sayori asks.

Rena kneels down and grabs her shoulder.

"What happened Selena?" Rena asks.

She sniffles and lifts her head up, revealing the tears in her eyes.

"We're all going to die. Tonight."

Thunder booms in the sky and strong winds push open the windows in the library. They all look around while Rena closes her eyes.

"The Awakening. It's here."

Dun dun duuun!!! See you next chapter!!