Chapter 10
Kyouichi Yotobari yawned and trudged lazily behind his brother. After learning that the vampire Guilt-Na-Zan was in love with his perky little sister, Kyouichi joined forces with his cruel younger brother in order to their sister from his clutches. Kyouji stopped without warning and Kyouichi bumped into him.
"Ouch!"
"Shut up, Idiot."
"Will you stop calling me that until…nevermind. Forget it," Kyouichi said realizing that his request was never going to happen.
"For once, you're speaking sense, brother," Kyouji leered, his face molded into an evil smirk. Kyouichi glared, but kept silent.
When Tonae ran off after the vampire, she took the crosses in which the vampire and the bat-man were imprisoned in before. He was certain that once released from the vampire's grasp, Tonae would be her perky little self again. Now Kyouichi wouldn't dare mention this to Kyouji, but Tonae meant something to him too. She was, after all, their little sister.
"This way," Kyouji said, pointing to the left slightly.
"You said that some sort of power awoke from Tonae the day that guy from her school attacked her, right?"
"Most likely a replica of Tonae's patron saint, Catherine, the saint of purity. Tonae is still as pure as can be, but she's more solemn; composed if you will. And she's also more aware of reality."
"Scary."
"No, not really. It just means that our baby sister isn't so much of a baby anymore. She's steadily making the transformation from a pretty girl to a beautiful woman." Both brothers paused at that thought. "We really aren't ready for that, are we?"
"No," Kyouichi agreed. "But this means one thing!"
"Do I want to know?"
"We have to be better brothers and keep her from mingling with hooligans. And whoever wants to date our sister has to go through a test!"
"I'd rather her not date until she's thirty," Kyouji stated bluntly, continuing their search.
Kyouichi walked along, coming up with the "test" Tonae's suitors would have to go through. Nothing seemed to work out: they were either too easy or foolish. Therefore, he agreed with Kyouji and decided it would be better if they didn't let their sister date until thirty.
A cloaked figure materialized before them; a vampire. The brothers braced themselves, but the vampire did not advance. "You are the descendants of Kyousai Yotobari? Kyouichi and Kyouji?"
"Yes," they answered. The vampire smirked.
"I know the whereabouts of your dear sister, Tonae Yotobari," he said. Kyouji and Kyouichi perked their ears to the vampire's proposition. "She's with my cousin in his family's hideout. I would have delivered her personally, but Guilt-Na-Zan refuses to part with her."
"Why are you eager to give our sister back?" Kyouji asked, "What has she done to you?"
"She is an exorcist's descendant, therefore she is an exorcist by blood and Guilt-Na-Zan's family forbids any relationship with exorcists save for enemies. I'm doing my cousin a favor. I don't care if he's sealed in the cross again or dies like the rest of his family. I just want your sister out of my house."
Kyouji looked at Kyouichi and nodded. "Who are you?"
The vampire smirked, showing off his pearly white fangs. "The vampire Balthazar."