"Mashiro-chan I bored and there nothing to do," Arika was complaining about the heat.
Mashiro is putting down the magazine she was reading and walked over to Arika's bed. "Arika you are the one decided to staying over during summer vacation," Mashiro looms over Arika. "Do your summer assignment Arika or do something constructive as I don't care."
"Jeez Mashiro-chan please don't remind me homework I barely pass all my exams," Arika protected. "Nina-chan and Erstin-chan pass all their classes this seminar and they're staying here at the dorms too," Mashiro was wondering about the two.
"Arika you think it seems a little strange that they always together even they have separated classes? Also something off about Nina I don't know but I'm getting weird vibes about her." Arika looked puzzlingly at Mashiro.
"You sure this is the place? I don't know how Ms. Searrs able getting this person's address short of unbelievable," Danni comment.
"Remember Ms. Williams this recruitment mission for us since she may have the potential being part of Sisterhood of the Slayers," Ms. Maria spoke with authority. "Please don't offend anybody in the house or suffering the consequence," Ms. Maria threatened Danni.
"Ms. Maria you have stick up in the ass isn't funny," Danni made a snide remark.
"I won't tolerate any vulgarity from you," She grabbed Danni's ear and pull her toward the house. "Ouch, ouch Ms. Maria I'm very sorry."
They rang the bell before Mrs. Tennouji answering it. "I never expected any foreign guests are you lost?" She's asking the two.
"May we see your daughter, Ma'am? We've business with her." Ms. Maria stoically talked. "You heard the news about the massacre at that college club?" Mrs. Tennouji have worried look on her face.
"The police were questioning my daughter about the club incident on the other day." Her voice was lowered into a whisper. "Her friend Mayo-chan was shook up she nearly died but her cousin's friend rescued her." Danni raise one of her eyebrows as she wanted to tell Mrs. Tennouji that Chie and Aoi are more than friends and kiss between Shion and Mayo that transpired she bet on her gaydar.
"Mom who are you talking to? Shion came downstairs from her room and seeing Ms. Maria and Danni. She started head back upstairs her mother spotted her.
"These people wanting talk to you. They're foreigners and I think I'm a little suspicious of them having devious motives." She whispered to Shion.
Shion was wary of Ms Maria and Danni since her normal world disrupted and changed nearly a week ago. "Mom I'm sort acquaintance of theirs you can let them in." Shion resigned her fate and figure out they looking for her and kept having visions over past few nights.
She motioned them to the couch and Shion sat down one of the chairs at dining room table. "Sorry my English isn't good so bear with me," Shion spoke in English.
"I know some Japanese, Tennouji-san we can speak in either language that fine for me." Ms. Maria politely replied.
"I'm having business with you so I get to the point. You ever heard everything about vampires? They lurked in the shadows since dawn of time hunting down humanity as food. There are group of women decided to rid world of them. We seek out the ones who have the potential to fight the darkness and giving hope to mankind." Ms Maria closed her eyes briefly.
"You see on that night you have your first killed and witness what they're capable of. They are very dangerous, cunning and merciless." Shion felt uncomfortable with the implication.
"Excuse me I don't know either your names." Shion asked both Ms. Maria and Danni.
"Excuse us not introducing our names I'm Graceburt Mari-san and this is Williams Danielle.
"I have some reserves, Graceburt-san I just a normal girl trying avoiding trouble, going to school and content not sticking out,"
"I'm not pressuring you into a rash decision or forcing anything on you against your will," Ms. Maria was reassuring Shion. "Take your time and think about what I told you," After they left from the Tennouji residence, Shion closed the door behind them. "Why my life turning upside-down and these crazy dreams I'm having lately causing me questioning my sanity," Shion slid down on the floor crying.
Nightfall slowly approaching, Akane is pacing back and forth in her apartment feeling paranoid. "They're onto us I need to protect Kazu-kun at all cost," Akane had read the news how the police got a lead on the disappearances plus the vampire hunter fought Kazuya is still out there. She felt useless against Bruce when he easily provoking and defeated her. "I must use extreme measures ensure that Kazu-kun should be fed," In moment of madness Akane thought shadows were after her and going to take Kazuya away.
The sun sets, Kazuya waking up in the darken room. He senses a faint heartbeat from another room. Kazuya realized Akane having eccentric thoughts and feelings. The best course of action is to comfort her. "Akane calm down please. Your heartbeat is accelerating and you're scared." Kazuya is pointed out Akane's behavior.
Akane hear her lover and calm down a bit. "Kazu-kun I'm a burden to you and you could died against him," Akane feared for Kazuya's safely.
"You are not a burden to me, Akane. I glad that you help me even your devotion kind out there," Kazuya reassured Akane. "Also there someone in my past who escaped from my grasp I can smell her right now," Kazuya grinned evilly.
Sara is on the hunt searching for someone to snack on. "The blood tablet kept me well fed but sometime I need the real thing," Sara thought. She snuck away from the group in Tokyo to order feed her craving. This took her to Fuuka to order suck blood from a victim. She spotted a man by himself smoking a cigarette near the lamppost. "Here's my chance to suck his blood." Silently Sara crept up to her would-be victim, grabbed him and sinks her fangs into his neck.
Takeda was currently walking down the street on an errand for the dojo he taught at. He saw something about few feet away far from he was standing. "I think I saw someone fainted and they need help," Takeda rush toward the scene like a good-doer as he was.
Sara finish drinking the blood from her victim but kept him alive without drank too much from him. Then she senses another person behind her.
"Um miss the guy he's alright? He fainted and needing some medicinal attention," Takeda saw the man's blood on Sara's lips.
"Y-You're one of them! Please don't attack me." Takeda is backing away from Sara recalling the bad experience of encountering the female vampire few weeks ago.
Sara realized she was careless and Takeda was frightened of her. She have to do something or he'll tell the police (If they can believe him.) "I'm not going do any harm to you, human." Sara was slowly approaching him as Takeda is stumbling trying to escape.
Takeda back into a pole and sudden dread rose through pit of his stomach. "I sorry I lied I'm only hurting you a little bit." Sara punched him on the stomach, he double over and fell on the ground unconscious.
"I see little dhampir you incapacitate the human without killing him," A female voice startle Sara.
"W-What how the hell she ever snuck onto me without detecting her presence," Sara was both amazed and frighten.
"Don't worry I won't attack you we're on the same side." Sara turned around and seeing Mikoto for the first time.
"How you able get behind me? You could attack me at any moment." Sara is still unable sensing Mikoto. "Yes I can but not the point I offer you to join my brother and be with your kind."
"Sorry I have my little family and thanks for the gesture but I'm searching for the man attacked my mother." Mikoto smiled at Sara's answer.
"The offer still up in case you change your mind." Mikoto mysteriously left as she came.
"That was freaky as if she was like a mist." Sara was admitting herself that she will lose a straight up fight against Mikoto.
"Mistress that's the vampire you're sensing?" Mirkou asked. "No but I have a feeling the past about resurfaced and this time I won't let the same tragedy befall on Mai.
At the police station everything around there were chaotic due diverting of resources from the club massacre and they're understaffed. "I have been working double shift since last week we're working on two cases now first the missing people case getting less attention due what happened at that club. I swear some of the people we interviewed told some crazy stories bunch of people attacking them and biting them. We still can't identify those women storming in there and basically total annihilation those victims by eyewitness account." One of the officers spoke.
"Speaking of the victims some of them can't be ID they are too gruesome to look or what left of them." The other officer blenched. "We don't have forensics to studied them or indicate the cause of death plus we collected dust around the crime scene we send to lab they can study it. It could be worse if have been more fatalities this would be even more tragic." Haruka walked in the department screaming and hollering as usual.
"How she able became detective at the first place? She likes the sound of her own voice something?" The older officer shook his head.
"She's one of the best detectives of the Fuuka police she can be stubborn the point of utter annoyance but she will solve this case," The second one defended Haruka.
"I heard some rumors about her and detective Kikukawa her partner is not my business but they seems a little too close sometime if you catch my drift,"
"If her personal life doesn't affect her job I don't care whoever she's dating at moment,"
"You two stop lollipoping around and do your jobs we are running around like our head cutting off like chickens," Haruka scolded the officers.
"Detective Suzushiro is lollygagging and please we needed all the help since everybody pushing at the point of exhausted," Yukino walked behind her.
"Detective Kikukawa what I mean there are a killer running loose at our fair city of ours. They need to be delivering to justice swiftly and hard," Haruka spoke.
"You have do your jobs as police officers properly you're swore to duty to protect of our citizens from danger including the most vulnerable," Yukino was lecturing them.
"Detective Suzushiro, Detective Kikukawa both of you needed at the jail we got a suspect it probably a minor inconvenient for you but he won't talk he was arrested for illegal entrance and weapons possession. If he's charge he will be deport by Department of Immigration." Haruka and Yukino exchange looks before walking to the interrogation room.
Bruce was sitting down kept his cool as Haruka and Yukino entered the room. "Somebody getting me an interpreter I don't speak Japanese," Bruce spoke through English.
"I don't understand the man what he's saying," Haruka didn't understand Bruce. One of the detectives came in hurried.
"I'm almost fluent in English so I can interpret what the prisoner is saying Detective Kikukawa ask him a question," Yukino was steadied herself.
"What is your name?" The detective translated the question to Bruce back in English.
"My name is…Bruce Campbell. I'm hunting vampires for living and they are the strain on the Earth."
"Okay Campbell-san you said you hunt vampires? I don't believe the possibly of the existence of them but you're in jail for serious charges,"
"Well little missy I understand your disbelief of them I had fought against one of them with his human girlfriend," Bruce smiled.
The interpreter detective was relaying his answer back to Yukino in Japanese. "We are looking the missing people and there are been murders around here and recently at the club popular by both native and foreign students have incident where of twenty-five are dead and scores of injury around the scene.
"Umm I figured it is the work of them using that place gathering up victims to order preying on them."
"Honestly we still don't have any leads what happened over there in spite the club owner being very cooperative. I've a hunch about him something not quite about him…I don't know I'm telling you this," Yukino was embarrassed telling Bruce her intuition.
"I think you the police are way over your heads and don't understand anything that not logical," Bruce taunted.
Haruka was following the conversation (To best of her knowledge.) Suddenly wanting some answers. "Detective Kikukawa please let me handle this guy that I'll show him that you won't mess with Suzushiro Haruka,"
The detective whom translated for Yukino looking horrified.
"Okay buddy tell me why you entering our country illegally you're in jail right this moment Detective Kikukawa was playing the Good Cop for while now I'll play the Bad Cop. We could do the easy way? Or the hard way and by the way you don't weasel your way out," The interpret detective was sighing and translated back what Haruka had said. (It miracle for him she didn't mangling up any grammar.) Bruce was laughing at Haruka.
"Oh you're making fun of me you damn dirty foreigner Detective Kikukawa please close the door will you please this guy needs teach a lesson." Both Yukino and the other detective wanting to closed Haruka's mouth. (Yukino wants the other alternative but there are other people in the room with her.)
"You have some guts for a loudmouth. You are very hot-blooded even one of these days your mouth will get you in trouble," Bruce compliment Haruka.
Her eyes were twitching and slam both of her palms on the table. "You're mocking me? Dare say that whatever the hell the language you speaking of front in my face." She challenged Bruce.
Bruce curls his lips into a smile with nerve of steel studying Haruka for a moment before reply his answer. "You are a spitfire I'm giving you that I'll getting you some advice think before spew utter non-sense coming your mouth vampires won't hesitated tearing you to pieces so they can stop hearing your screaming," Bruce then laidback to the chair he was sitting on. The interpreter told Haruka what Bruce had said and she was stunned.
Mai was people watching at the café she was sitting. Her mind drifted back few nights ago of her dream and the mysterious voice. "I regained some of my memories it still a little fuzzy I hope I able remember all," she closed eyes and exhaled.
Mikoto and Mirkou watched Mai over the outdoor café with the surrounding pedestrians. "You're still looking out for her even she told to get lost that even admirations? Or this obsession of yours for atoning of the past," Mirkou was afraid for Mikoto.
"She needing my protection evens that she possibly reluctant of it. I sense the day of reckoning is coming he still out there somewhere planning to finish her off. This my second chance of redemption for failing finishing him off. Mirkou you should I'm doing the right thing? For aniue shake I'm laying my life down for him even I have to submit his will. We are about going to war and I don't want Mai caught in the crossfire. Tell me what right for me? Protecting her from danger? Erasing a tragic mistake I could prevented? To fall someone who may dying of old age can't be with like me? You're my demon, Mirkou you always been there for me over five centuries now giving me any advice I don't want being burden with what ifs, then what and now later I kept thinking over, replaying that scene over and over in my mind these past ten years." Mikoto was felt small and Mirkou was trying comfort his mistress.
"You were a wild child back then and I can't stand being around you. I was ripped from my home and force to serve you against my will and honestly I was plotting to regain my freedom back with the chance at any moment. Then a funny thing happens I grow fond of you and seeing you growing into a strong vampire to fight out the dangers hidden among shadows. To enforce your brother will onto others if they pushing too far against fragile treaties we fought for now looking you at your most vulnerable state. Mikoto you're very strong you shouldn't burden yourself with you can't change the past or fighting the incoming future so don't martyr yourself." Mirkou held Mikoto tightly.
"You right Mirkou I just need to thinking about what important for me and continue to fight making a better future for her. That child must be dealt with swiftly and brutally I will not showing him any mercy after I tracking him down," Mikoto gain back her determination.
"That sprit mistress he will beg for hell when you through of him." Mirkou was happy Mikoto return herself. "After words we celebrate by stealing some schoolgirls' panties." There a loud thud heard throughout downtown Fuuka on the rooftop where Mikoto and Mirkou are perching on. "Ouch! Mistress that was harsh I just joking," Mirkou winced.
"For you it is serious and you had forgotten you still wearing the absolute obedience collar," Mikoto was angry at her familiar.
Nina was medicating when Sergey entered the room with Erstin. "Hi Nina you seems very focus," Erstin spoke to her friend.
Nina's cheeks tinted with pink briefly before she regain her composure. "Father what you're doing here? I didn't expect you to visit the school at this time. I have see Erstin escort you around the school I hope you didn't threaten any teachers have you?" Nina was wary of her father's temper.
"No, no I'm on my best behavior besides I will conduct some business later on I've some time to kill. I am wanted know if you can standing for my place for next meeting," Sergey is wanted know Nina's answer.
"Father what meeting? You just didn't forgotten what happened when Nagi pulled that stunt and almost everyone joined with him," Nina was very suspicious of Sergey.
"We talking about it with Reito-sama and the location is hidden so no one even Nagi where is," Sergey spat Nagi's name with disgust. "To be honest I'm very worry for both of you since we're frustrated not knowing what Nagi will do next due he isn't tipping his hand. I have been raising you for good hundred fifty odd years by myself now. Ms. Ho as your donor being your only companion for three years now Nina I love you as a father I'm afraid that one day vampire hunters will striking you down and I don't know what to do if you would be dead. I'm sorry for not saving your mother leaving you without her I tried the best I can to protect you from further danger but one day you have to protect Erstin even you had to sacrifice yourself," Sergey hugs Nina.
"Father I don't realize you having that side of you only me and Erstin can see," Nina was grateful being his daughter.
After Sergey have left, Erstin was sitting next to Nina. "Nina I never knew of Mr. Wang was fiercely protective of you now knowing the reason why he had threaten those elders two weeks ago. I overhear of him talking about not prevented his wife's death and raised you as a single father." Erstin was slightly squeezing Nina's hand. "You seems a very strong individual not worrying about everything including me I am glad you saved me from that life I won't be here today if not for you,"
"Erstin I'm in love with you. You don't understand my feelings for you," Nina is wanted to confess but decided enjoy this moment.
"Oh no Nina I almost forget your time be fed it probably a few days ago since last time you had drank my blood," Erstin left looking for her knife. "Erstin you're the only one could ruined this heartwarming moment," Nina simply chuckle of the absurdly.
In Alyssa's mansion everybody was busy except one person in the household. "Geez I'm only helping not bothering their inventions," Danni sat on the couch grumpily.
Raye walked in the living room wearing a blue kimono. "Danni they explicitly told you not messing their things it took them about three years to research and created," She sat next to her. "Danni you needed tone down your impulsive nature and acting like a mature responsible adult you're not a kid anymore,"
"Yes mother I should act my age not my shoe size." Danni response back mockingly.
"See the reason why you're not taking things seriously you ever will grow up? I love you but we are fighting for humanity's survival so please stop joking around and being serious for once for your life,"
"You like Miss Maria keep scolding me like a child instead talk to me like a grow woman. Raye we have gone through shit together fighting our lives constantly against them. I have made pledge to ensure that humanity won't overran by vampires you know it, I know it. My life was rough I got kick out of the house by my parents after coming out to them I has living on the streets to order survive, being in a gang to find a place I can be belong Raye your life was easy compare to mine. I never told you this but Miss Maria free me from jail after my gang got slaughtered by a vampire cop and she offered a chance of revenge against that guy. I finally nailed the bastard she explained to me that was vampires out there hunting and killing people and they're the ones represent light against the dark, Sisterhood of the Slayers. Now you know I'm taking things seriously in spite my fangirl persona,"
Raye felt like crap after hearing Danni's life story. "I'm sorry to hear what you had gone through I never considered you kept it bottling up inside. Fangirling and joking around to use it covering up the pain you had suffered I'm apologizing for doubting your seriousness and your maturity you can forgive me?"
Danni was smiling. "You're still my girl, Raye I'm sorry for dump my pathetic life story on you but you are forgiven,"
Nagi was pacing in his office after talking to John Smith. "So this Alyssa Searrs is very dangerous individual he should warned me about her," Nagi was barely containing his rage. "This is the reason I'm wary of trusting humans," He have the first hand witness of the destruction they display and personally invaded his club. He was very cooperative with the police as they checking over evidences and putting corpses in body bags. "Potential victims gone, potential followers gone," The team led by Midori rescue many victims and has thwarted his plans. "This leaves me very little room of errors for chance," Nagi was scheming over new plans his telephone rang. "I don't wanted be disturbed at this moment,"
"Ah Mr. Homura I have seen calling in bad time I forget to tell you a very important information," John Smith smugly talked.
"Oh Jeez what it is if could be that her team utter wiping out about thirty plus vampires in a single night? Or you have your own agenda scheming my downfall," Nagi was acting paranoid.
"Ms. Searrs is truly work of art she have been planning her revenge on me since she was high school. Oh I just hijack her father research under his nose and ruined him in the process. Of course her team smashing one of the building we're conducting experiment on vampires and found the data pinpointing this location. Mr. Homura I had believe that she had figuring it out that you're the mysterious client,"
"Son of a-You could told me that earlier before they disrupting everything." Nagi was furious toward John Smith.
"She's genius and she's the daughter of Alexander Searrs. The scientist I telling you about she was about to quit to being under stress after that incident we have compensate her payment and move her to another location. Phase Two about to begin at another location. You shouldn't worry about Ms. Searrs nosing around since the location is well hidden and well secure that they won't penetrate it." John Smith was reassuring Nagi.
"Okay you have talked your way out from being killed by my niece, John Smith you're a very lucky man not facing my wrath." Nagi calmed down.
"Mr. Homura I'm wish for best of luck of your conquest," He hung up the phone on the other end.
"John Smith you're very lucky individual but you're pushing your luck that could one day causing your downfall," Nagi have prospect of seeing John Smith falling flat on his face.
Author's Note: Hi everybody this chapter is little more serious than I intended. I'm admitted that it should be a little better than I like but I still glad you're still following the story. The next chapter probably posting up sometime during summer and depend on my work schedule so I don't guarantee being up in timely fashion. I'll see next chapter.
