"Happy Birthday." The cats disorientated voice greets her. "Your inside Kuro now if your wondering where you were." the cat turns around and skips away.
"Follow me." he says. Tohru hesitantly follows him. "Your here for something correct? Your very own present?"
"In a way I suppose. I'm here for a weapon." Tohru tells him. "Who are you?" she asks.
"I'm another part of Kuro. I'm the one that controls his powers." he tells her. "Now its time to choose your fate." he stops skipping and stops beside a pile of presents.
Tohru looks at the pile. "Pick whichever one you like." he tells her.
"Out of all those? Really?"
The cat takes out a cake with Tohru's name on it. "Yes. Happy birthday Tohru. Pick whatever gift you like. However choose wisely for whichever present you choose, there will be a different route that will lead you to the same fate. However, each route will be different." he explains to her.
"Is that so? Okay then." Tohru walks to the pile and looks at every one of the presents. She was uncertain which gift to choose. She wasn't even certain what kind of weapon she'll possess once she made her choice. But...she had to choose wisely.
"Remember." the cat says behind her. "Your weapon will only become stronger based on who you are as a person."
Tohru nods. "Okay. Then...I choose..." her eyes averts one by one on the presents, searching for the one weapon she will use. Her eyes finally land on a blue wrapped present with a yellow ribbon around it. "This one." she tells the cat. Tohru leans down for it and grabs it.
"I choose this one." Once Tohru picks it up, a bright light appeared out of nowhere transforming into a black broom.
Tohru stares at the broom in wonder when she hears Lily giggle. She looks up and was surprised to find herself back to the real world with the others.
"Will you look at that. You got a broom." Kuro says unimpressed.
Misono smirks amusingly. "A fitting weapon for a commoner." he comments.
Tohru sheepishly smiles in embarrassment before the broom flies out of her hands and flies around the room in circles. "Although, you are a manic when it comes to cleaning." Kuro says while she watches it fly.
"Whats the deal with you and brooms anyways hm?" he asks.
"I don't know." she answers. Suddenly the broom flies towards Tohru's wrist and implants itself on her skin creating a bracelet around her wrist. Tohru touches it. "Like a tattoo." she comments to herself.
"Well, now that you have chosen a weapon." Misono says. Tohru looks at him. "How about we start on your training?"
Tohru nods.
Main while, Tsubaki and Belkia were at a shushi shop eating while they wait for someone to arrive.
Belkia annoyingly groans on his seat. "When is that little prankster coming?" he asks impatiently. "Its past the time we were all supposed to meet."
"Now now Belkia, patience." Tsubaki coos. "He will come. You know how busy he is nowadays."
"Yeah well he shouldn't keep you waiting like this. Its disrespectful." Tsubaki chuckles. They went back eating, continuing to wait.
Some time passed and the doors slide open. Tsubaki looks up from his food and smiles in delight. "Ah, your finally here. Sakuya."
"Sorry I was late. What did you need?" Sakuya asks him.
"I actually wanted to discus something with you. Please take a seat." Sakuya takes a seat beside him. "What did you want to discuss?" Sakuya asks him.
"See Sakuya.I'm having a little pest control and I'm going to need your help." Tsubaki tells him. "Don't worry, ir shouldn't be to much of a problem. I just...need you for this small task."
"What is it?"
"Tell me, do you happen to know someone named Tohru Honda?"
"Weapon come out now!" Tohru commands out loud. For a minute, everyone - excluding Kuro - were waiting for her weapon to appear but to her dismay, it didn't.
"Why isn't it working?" She asks disappointed. "Am I doing something wrong?" she looks at Misono.
He sighs. "As expected." he mumbles to himself. "Your lacking something that is preventing you from activating your weapon." he tells her.
"And what exactly am I lacking?" she asks.
"Tohru, dear." Lily speaks. "Why don't you try to focus on exactly why you wanted this power to begin with?" he suggests to her. "Maybe that will help you."
Tohru looks down. "Like I said before, I want to do as much as I can to protect my friends and family. I want to help as much as I can so there can be peace between humans and vampires. I don't want anyone to get hurt."
Tohru looks at Misono. "I want to be strong and be a good allies for you and Kuro. I don't want to bring everyone down because I wasn't strong enough to do anything. I...I don't want to be weak."
She was determined, Misono noted once he saw the look in her eyes. She was serious about becoming a strong allies for not just her Servamp, but for he and Lily as well. When he first had Lily rescue Tohru and Kuro from Belkia, the first impression he had on her was that she was weak. She wasn't fit to be in battle such as this one and she certainly didn't fit to be the Eve of a Servamp like Kuro.
Yet here she is, trying her hardest to become a stronger person so she wouldn't bring anyone down. She kinda reminded him of himself whenever he couldn't do anything due to his weak condition.
"I understand what your saying." he says. Tohru titles her head. "Really?" she asks surprised.
Misono nods looking at the ground. "I'm not that strong either which is why I needed you and your Servamp in the first place. Lily is strong but even he can't face Tsubaki and the others alone." he looks straight into her eyes.
"You have guts and thats good. Honestly I didn't think you would have it in you but, I like your determination to protect those you care about. Its a good trait."
Tohru blushes by his kind words and she smiles in thanks. "These people..." he continues. "Your friends, they must be really important to you."
Tohru nods. "Yes, of course they are. Uo-chan, Hana-chan and Sakuya are very dear to me. They're like family to me." she explains to him.
"It must be nice having friends." Misono says. "Although, I wouldn't know. I don't have friends of my own. Except, those my age of course." he chuckles dryly.
"What are you talking about? Of course you have friends." Tohru tells him. "You have Lily and I know the children love you and then you have Kuro and I and we're your friends as well."
Misono stays silent with his eyes wide and mouth agape.
"Hey! I have an idea. Misono, would you like to meet my friends?" she asks him. "Uo-chan is very sweet and Hana-chan is really quiet but she's very kind. Sakuya is quite a joker but he means good so you'll like him. "
"Thats not going to happen." he says.
Tohru's smile fades into concern. "Huh? W-why not?"
"Your only going to involve them and we can't risk that." he tells her. "Besides, the only reason we're involved in the first place is because of our connection with Tsubaki thats it." he reminds her.
"You understand right?"
Tohru nods a little. Although, she was a little disappointed that Misono didn't want to see the others. They would have all gotten along well and everyone would welcome Misono into their small group and Misono would even enjoy himself.
"We should continue your training if we're ever going to make progress." Misono speaks. Tohru agreeably nods and continues.
Later that day in the evening, when the sun was just about to set, Tohru was about to leave home so she can start on dinner.
She, along with Misono and Lily, was saying her farewells to them outside at the front door. Tohru bows to Misono. "Thank you again for your help." she tells him. "I learned a lot today and I had a lot of fun."
Misono averts his eyes away from Tohru and lightly blushes. "Stand up. You don't have to thank me." Tohru stands up and smiles. "Still, your doing so much for me by teaching me about Servamps and you even helped me with my weapon. Your a good friend Misono."
Misono glares at her and walks inside. Tohru confusingly watches him leave wondering why he walked away like that. Tohru looks at Lily. "Did I say something wrong?" she asks him in worry.
Lily chuckles. "No. He's just flustered thats all." he tells her. "O-oh. I see."
"Thank you for coming Tohru. Are you sure you don't need a ride back?"
"No I need to walk to the store anyways to buy dinner. But thank you for the offer anyways."
"No problem. Take care." Tohru waves Lily goodbye who does the same. Lily turns around and walks inside. Before he closes the door, Tohru stops him.
"L-Lily?" she calls him. Lily turns around and looks at her. Tohru fumbles with the end of her skirt nervously and bites her lower lip.
"Umm...I was wondering, what kind of food does Misono like?" she asks him. Lily raises a questionable eyebrow.
"May I ask why?" he asks.
"W-well...I wanted to thank him and...umm...I thought it would be a nice way to show my appreciation." she explains to him. Then she quickly adds with a wave of her hands, "I know it sounds silly! Oh I must sound asking you such a question! Forget I asked!"
Lily laughs. "Now now Tohru calm down. I don't mind answering your question. In fact, what your doing is really sweet."
Tohru calms down and sheepishly laughs at her behavior.
"Well, Misono likes Udon with beef. He enjoys it every once and a while. Maybe you can give him that." Lily suggests to him. Tohru beams in delight at the suggestion.
"Yes thats a wonderful idea! Thank you Lily!" Lily chuckles and he watches Tohru run off with Kuro following her.
As he watches her go, Lily thinks to himself, 'That girl...she is something isn't she brother?'
"Thank you! Come again!" the cashier thanks Tohru once she paid for her groceries. After leaving Misono's home, Tohru took the bus to the supermarket so she can buy the ingredients for dinner. She was running late and she knew her aunt would wonder where she was but at that moment, Tohru wasn't worried.
She was too excited about todays events and she was excited about giving Misono the dish she was going to give him. She really wanted to show Misono her thanks for what he and Lily have done and even if they've known each other for a short time, Tohru was really liking him.
So much she really wanted to introduce him to her other friends. Tohru was positive they would get along well and she couldn't wait until the day when they would eventually meet.
Tohru was walking on the sidewalk on her way home. While she was walking, Kuro - who was in his cat form - was hanging on her arm and was trying to get to the bag that she was carrying.
"Are there chips?" he asks her while he tries to grab the bag. "Sorry Kuro, not tonight. I'll make you a plate if you like."
"Fine. Hey, whats the big deal about introducing your friends to the small brat?" he asks her.
"Well, I want my friends to meet Misono you know? And I thought it would be a good idea if we all hung out with each other and have fun." she explains to him.
"You think your friends will like him?"
"Of course they will. Uo-chan will tease Misono and Hana-chan will definitely ask questions, and Sakuya will probably tease him too but they're nice. I know for sure they will get along."
She seemed so positive of the idea that they will get along. Kuro wondered where she gets these ideas from and why she was so bent on getting everyone to be friends. Didn't she have a clue that life isn't rainbows and sunshine?
Tohru was picking up the pace to get home faster. The sun had already set and was hidden behind mountains. Stars formed in the sky and people were already coming out of work. Tohru hustled her way to the crowd, trying hard to get to the cross line.
On her way, Tohru was stopped when she see's a familiar mob of green hair walking a few feet from where she was. Her eyes gleam with happiness and she hurries herself through the crowd.
"Sakuya!" she calls out. "Sakuya wait up!" Sakuya stops when he hears Tohru and turns around. He stops walking and waits for her to catch up. When she managed to approach him, Tohru stops and crouches down to her knees and catches her breath.
Sakuya chuckles. "You never were a fast walker." he says in amusement. Tohru breathes out a laugh.
"I didn't expect you to be here." he says. He notices the shopping bag she's holding. "Doing a little food shopping?" he asks.
After catching her breath, Tohru stands up straight and nods. "Yes. Although I have to hurry before my aunt wonders where I am."
Sakuya rolls his eyes at the mention of her aunt. "Yeah well she needs to learn a little thing called patience. She wont die of starvation if you're late a couple hours."
He notices Kuro who was laying on her shoulder. "I see you still have the cat. Kuro right?"
"Yes. I'm sorry Sakuya but I really have to go. If I don't hurry soon my aunt will wonder where I am." she tells him.
Sakuya rolls his eyes at the mention of her unlikable aunt. "Yeah will she has to learn how to wait. It isn't like she's going to starve to death if your a couple minutes late." he says.
"Sakuya..." Tohru was about to say more when suddenly a blood curdling scream broke out loud enough for some people to hear. Tohru turns around and looks at her surroundings wondering where the scream came from.
"Where did that come from?" she asks Sakuya. "Do you think it could be a vampire like the one you mentioned before?" she continues to ask.
Tohru shrieks in surprise when Sakuya grabs her hand and starts dragging her away from the already wondering crowd.
As he lead them through the crowd, Tohru confusingly looks at her friend wondering to herself what gotten into him all of a sudden.
"Sakuya, whats wrong? Where are you taking me?" she asks him in concern but also because she was curious.
"Tohru, do you trust me?" he asks her.
"Huh?"
"I said do you trust me?" he asks hostility. Tohru gulps but nods anyways. 'He's acting really odd right now. Whats going on?'
"Then you know I wouldn't break your trust." he leads her in a alleyway. "Your my best friend...I wouldn't hurt you like that. Thats not what friends do." he lets go of her hand when he leads them to the back of the building. There was a fence around the area and trash bags were laid by the corner along with a mirror.
"Sakuya..."
"Tohru...let me ask you again, do you trust me?" he asks her again. Tohru didn't like what was going with her friend. Something was off about him. It was like...he was angry with her. He acted as if he was betrayed and even hurt for some reason.
"Because if you did trust me like you say you do, then you wouldn't lie to me. Not ever."
Tohru gulps."Sakuya, your acting odd right now. Just tell me whats wrong."
"There's something I have to know." he looks at her and Tohru was suddenly quiet.
"Did you make a contract with a Servamp?"
Tohru was speechless. Her mind was blank and she couldn't think of an answer to tell him. All she could wonder was how does he know about Servamps.
"Sakuya I...I'm sorry." she apologizes. "I...I wanted to tell you but..." Tohru was interrupted when she and Kuro were tied up in string.
Tohru drops her bag and Kuro falls to the ground but was managed to be caught when the string caught him.
"Wha-what the- string? Where did the string come from?" Tohru asks in bewilderment as she fought herself to be free. "Sakuya what are you doing?!" she shouts at him.
She hears a familiar laugh afterwards and shivers ran down her spine the moment she heard it. Tohru looks up and sure enough it was him. Belkia.
He was on top of a building and was laughing loudly in the dark. He pulls out his two swords and throws them at Kuro. They landed on each side, trapping him from transforming back to his original form.
Belkia jumps from the roof and lands next to Sakuya. He smiles in glee seeing them trapped. "Belkia?!" Tohru shouts in confusion.
"Thats my name! Don't wear it out!" Belkia laughs.
"Sakuya, you know Belkia? But I don't..."
"Remember what I told you about the vampires thats been terrorizing the city for a couple of week now?" Sakuya interrupts her. "Didn't I warn you about that?"
Sakuya growls and shouts, "I TOLD YOU SO SO MANY TIMES AND YOU NEVER LISTENED TO ME! I TOLD YOU SO MANY TIMES TO BE CAREFUL!"
Tohru jumps in surprise when he yelled at her. She's never seen him so angry before and it terrified her.
"Tohru," Kuro spoke. "Your friend, he's Tsubaki's subclass!"