A/N: Here we go again!
LVT: So, are you going to explain what happened at the end of the last chapter, or no?
Mire: Nope. I might give hints, but I'm not giving it away. Oh, and if you guys want to take a guess to who the people are, I'll give this much: They're all in the manga, anime, or both, and are not OCs. Please don't spoil it in reviews; people read those, and if incorrect then it might turn people away.
Oh, and we have another character showing up in here! Only…we learn who she is…
Disclaimer: Shall I sing the praises of Sugisaki-sama once again...of course. Shall I state that D.N.Angel is fully and completely her creation...I will. Shall I once more bow before her greatness for I merely tinker with her amazing toys...indeed. Shall I wonder if anyone reads these things...constantly.
Disclaimer 2: Yes, it's from PenumbraChey! When you don't see this anymore, then that'll mean that I got my creativity back!
Kyuuketsuki Koibito
Chapter 10: Vampiric Clairvoyant
A young woman pants heavily as she walks down Natsuhime Street. "I…can't…be…lieve that…I finally…found my Mas…ter's…house." As she walked towards a brick mansion, she knocked on the door tiredly, only to pass out as soon as the door was opened.
"Dark-sama! We have an unexpected visitor!" Riku's voice carried throughout the mansion. Since both Daisuke and Risa had school, it was only Dark and Riku in the mansion. Riku had left her chore of cleaning Daisuke's bedroom to answer the door, leaving a sleeping woman in her arms.
Dark casually walked into the foyer, his long black coat flowing causally behind him, "Do you kno-…she's alive?"
Dark's violet eyes looked at the woman down in the vampiric maid's arms: She had short, silvery-white hair, decorated with a violet scarf tied under her chin. The violet-rimmed sunglasses hid her eyes behind black, impenetrable lenses. She wore a violet, sleeveless tank dress, with a matching coat overtop. Her knee-high stiletto boots completed the matched outfit she was wearing. There was a brush of lavender lipstick across her lips, and lavender nail polish on her nails.
"Dark-sama, if I may ask, who is she?" Riku gently let the woman drop to the floor.
"She's an old friend of my family, not to mention that she also worked for us, similar to what you do. Her name is-"
As Dark was to reveal the answer, the woman stirred, "Uh…where am I?" She looked around, and a blush crossed her face. Dark was lying down next to her, very close and very seductively, "Good morning, Towa-hime," he said as he tossed the woman a wink.
"D-D-D-D-Dark-sama! Omigod, it's been sooo long!" the woman squealed as she folded her hands in front of her chest. She removed her glasses, and shining emerald orbs showed her joy underneath.
"How have things been in England?" Dark stood up, and then held out a hand for the woman.
"England's a horrible mess for us vampires, even after the infiltration of vampire hunters and slayers. Things haven't been much better in other western countries, like France and America. Middle eastern countries have just started catching on, and some Hikaris have started to go there for jobs. Then, I had the further mission to find you. Fortunately, with my skills, it wasn't hard, but finding your exact location…that was harder to do because I haven't been around you in so long. In my ninety-eight years of being alive, I've never had such a hard time before," the white-haired woman explained to the violet-haired vampire.
"Excuse me, Dark-sama, but I still do not know who our guest is." A set of green eyes and a set of violet eyes turned to look at the reddish-brown-haired vampiric maid.
"Ah, you're right. Sorry, Riku, but may I introduce an old friend of mine, Towa. You might have heard of her in pre-psychology circles as 'Towa no Shirube' or 'Eternal Guide'. Back in the late nineteenth century, she was a famous clairvoyant, and even worked with the police to solve mysteries. However, her one dark secret was that she was a vampire, changed by my oldest brother, and that she worked as a maid for us. Towa-chan, this is Riku. She has taken over your other role as a maid, as well as another girl," Dark said, signaling to each other the females when introducing them.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Towa-san," Riku bowed before the vampiric clairvoyant.
"You too, Riku-chan! I hope we can be friends! Oh, and call me 'Towa-chan', okay? 'Towa-san' makes me feel old!" Towa held out her hand. Riku merely looked at it, unsure of what to do.
"Um…Towa-chan, unlike you, Riku is completely Japanese and under my spell, and, therefore, is a little uncertain about handshakes," Dark reminded the green-eyed woman.
"Oh! Right! Heheh, it's been so long since I've seen Japan, I haven't been here since I was little, almost ninety years ago! Hey, Dark-sama, is it okay if I stay here for a while?" Towa said, already rolling her bag down the hallway towards some of the guest rooms.
"And when did you get that dress? The sixties? Do you think that you're Jackie Kennedy?" Dark shouted after Towa.
"That's the time, isn't it?"
"No, it's the 2000's! And, believe me, while I love what you're wearing, it's not in style!"
"Okay! I'll change later!" Towa said as she continued away, singing a random tune loudly the entirety of the way.
"Dark-sama, shall I help her where she's going?" Riku offered, a slightly worried expression on her face.
"No, she'll be fine. Do you know what clairvoyance is, Riku? It's the supposed faculty of perceiving things or events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact, according to the Oxford American Dictionaries. Such powers include the ability to find things without using obvious clues. Towa-chan can search for things without the need of help from anyone. That's how she was able to find where I was, by using her powers to find me," Dark said, smiling in the direction that Towa went. Riku looked as well, a calmer expression on her face, but as blank as ever.
"We're back!" a high-pitched voice rang out through the mansion.
"Welcome back, you two," the violet-eyed vampire greeted the two junior high school students.
Daisuke merely nodded.
"Dark-sama! I've identified two unrecognizable organisms in the mansion! One is a vampire, and the other is human!" a different voice rang out at the top of the staircase. Both the brunette and redhead looked up at the violet dressed figure, wearing a short skirted, dark blue maid outfit of her own. She had matching colored shoes on her feet, with white socks just above her knees. A lavender apron was tied around her waist with a white belt above it, and a dark blue headdress decorated her hair. Dark blue wristlets with white lace were worn.
"Dark-san, who's she?" Risa asked, a slight tinge of jealously in her voice.
"Her name's Towa. She's a clairvoyant. If you don't know what that is, use one of the dictionaries in the library." He turned to the clairvoyant, "Towa-chan, don't worry about them. Risa's a maid as well, and Daisuke here is my bride."
The cherry-haired teen sent a glare at Dark.
"I'm ninety-eight years old!" Towa added.
"Or so she says…" Dark said aside. Towa's virescent eyes glowered at the pureblood, "What, you were in your twenties when we changed you, and that was in the late 1880s. You're slightly over ninety-eight, Towa-chan."
"And, while you look seventeen, you're over four hundred!" Towa retorted back.
"I don't lie about my age!"
"You do so! You go after little girls! Girls like Risa-chan and Ri-" Dark ran up to the top of the stairs, and covered the clairvoyant's mouth, "Don't say her name. The redhead doesn't know of her presence here." Towa nodded in understanding. Dark carefully removed his hand, and the usually active Towa had chosen to remain silent. "Tonight, I'll teach you what you need to know while staying here," Dark said, keeping his voice low.
"Anyways, it's a pleasure to meet you both!" Towa ran down the stairs, and held out her hand. Both Risa and Daisuke hesitantly shook her hand when it was their turn.
"Risa, get changed and set the table for dinner. Daisuke, I'll see you at dinner, but for now, stay in your room," Dark ordered. The two bowed to Towa, and proceeded to their rooms.
Dinner was nothing extraordinary. Risa stood behind Daisuke during the entirety of the meal, acting as an in-between from the kitchen and the dining room.
The only reason why she refused to eat was because she couldn't handle eating the meat, now that she knew where it came from, and it seemed that meat was with every meal. However, as Riku was to remain in the kitchen during the meal, she would make herself and Risa a slight meal, Risa's mostly being vegetarian, and Riku's more balanced.
As she watched the redhead eat the meat, Risa was secretly glad that Daisuke was able to enjoy his dinner without knowing where it came from. She never thought that she would miss her steaks so much. 'I'm going to live the rest of my life as a vegetarian from now on,' she thought to herself.
Dark raised his glass of blood red wine. Both Towa and Daisuke did the same (although Daisuke's glass contained cranberry juice), and Risa grabbed a glass of her own. "I would like to welcome the famous Towa no Shirube to our family once more. It has been over one hundred years since we've seen each other, and I'm glad to see her again. Towa-chan, welcome back," Dark toasted the clairvoyant.
The four took a sip of their drinks. While Dark and Towa didn't seem to mind the wine, Risa almost gagged. To be polite, she went out of the dining room and to the kitchen, in which she spat out the wine, and gratuitously helped herself to the water.
"Risa-san, what's wrong?" Riku walked over to the younger maid.
"What is this?"
"It's red wine. Merlot, I think." Riku brought the glass to her lips and took a sip, "Yes, Merlot, a very dry wine," Riku also helped herself to the water, still retaining her composure.
"I never want to drink wine again. How could Niwa-kun handle it?" Risa groaned as she walked back to the dining room.
"Niwa…-kun…?" Riku thought about the name for a second. She could feel her cold face becoming warm, "Is he a missing link to my past?
The older twin shook her head, "No, I live only for Dark-sama and love only Risa-san."
A/N: A slightly shorter chapter, and the other characters are still a secret. And yes, Towa's going to be around for a while.
LVT: YAY! Towa-chan! Definitely one of my favorite female characters in this series!
Mire: Yeah, she just walked up to me in your little mind-world, and asked if I could add her. I was all, "Sure, Towa-chan! I don't know your fate in the story yet, but I'll figure it out!"
LVT: …Now I'm worried. And, hey, what about those people from the last chapter?
Mire: Hmm…maybe a cameo next chapter, with a few more clues…? Oh, and there's going to be a lemon in the next chapter, for a head's up. What kind? Wait and see…
Mire (and LVT) out!