Title: Scarlet Tears
Genre: romance, horror, mild angst
Rating: M for language, lemon, and violence
Pairing: JohanXJudai
Summary: Johan, a vampire prince who is at Duel Academy, is forced to go back to his home after drinking the blood of Judai Yuki, his best friend. But he takes Judai with him, asking Judai to become his precious mate. But there's one vampire who wants Judai just as much as Johan does. Can Johan protect his angel from any harm?
Me: The next, and most important chapter in the whole story!
Lucy: Please enjoy this one, miina!
Me: Chapter start!
Chapter Twelve: Mawsitsit Green
Judai sat on Johan's bed, his arms wrapped around his knees.
He could feel the ground trembling from the war raging in the ballroom, so far from the room he was in. He could hear shouts of agony and rage, and each time he heard a scream of pain, thoughts of Johan being hurt flashed through his mind.
'Johan...' Judai thought softly.
A thump came from the side of the bed.
Judai sat up straight, a shiver running down his spine. He looked to the window and saw that it was closed. His eyes darted to the door, and it was still locked. Judai gulped and looked at the side of the bed.
Nothing was there.
The brunette closed his eyes and curled back up so that his arms were draped over his knees again. "God, I'm losing my mind," Judai whispered with a small sigh of relief.
"Oh, I don't think so, my dear."
Judai felt his spine stiffen and his eyes darted to the front of the bed. He felt a wave of terror wash over him as a figure slowly rose from the foot of the bed, where he had been laying in waiting.
The figure was a man, at least 21 years old. He was tall and muscular, and he was dressed in a large black trench coat and leather clothing. His skin was pale, as if he were sick.
His hair was frizzy and red, jutting in all directions, tied into a ponytail. His eyes were an icy blue, almost pure white, and he had a sadistic smile on his face. His fangs poked from his pale white lips.
"I think you're perfectly sane, my dear," the male vampire said.
Judai scooted back a bit on the bed.
"Who are you?" he asked. The vampire frowned slightly and ran his hand over his ponytail of frizzy red hair. "What the Hell are you doing here, and what do you want?"
"Don't you remember Reggie? The vampire that was killed by that werewolf, Manjoume or something?" he asked. "I'm Reggie's older and much stronger brother, Maxwell." (A/N: If you don't remember Reggie, look back to chapters six and seven.)
Judai's eyebrows shot up in shock.
"Reggie's... brother?" he breathed in horror. Maxwell cracked his thick, pale knuckles and grinned evilly at the brunette, his fangs sticking out like two glistening knives.
"I came to avenge my sister's untimely death," he said.
In a lighting fast lunge, Maxwell had Judai's throat in his hands. Judai gagged up a bit of saliva and collapsed against the bed as Maxwell squeezed his throat in between his two giant hands, which were like baseball mitts.
"Don't worry," Maxwell said with a dark chuckle. "I won't rape you."
The muscle-bound vampire gave Judai's throat a rough squeeze. Judai coughed and twisted in the harsh grip, his arms and legs pinned down by Maxwell's giant girth and his thick legs. Breathing was becoming difficult, and Judai could see black and red spots littering his blurry vision. He moaned in agony.
"J-Jo...han... help.... me..." he gagged.
Maxwell's eyebrows raised in shock. "Oooooh, that's right! You're the santa vampiria of His Majesty! Ooooh, this is just too good!!" the giant vampire hooted.
His hands pressed at the base of Judai's throat, gripping it hard enough that Judai couldn't breathe easily, but not so hard that he snapped Judai's fragile throat, or killed him too instantly.
"Hmmm," Maxwell murmured. He lifted Judai up and got eye level with him. Judai's brown eyes were closed tightly, his teeth grit as he tried to draw in ragged breaths. "Nothing more beautiful than a young man's dying face," Maxwell snickered.
The vampire slammed Judai down on the bed, releasing his throat for a moment.
Judai gasped and coughed violently, his hands flying to his bruised throat. He coughed for a good few minutes, taking in as much air as he could get into his lungs, which were screaming for more oxygen than Judai could take in per minute.
Maxwell watched in amusement as Judai coughed and gagged for air. His ice blue eyes were wilf with sadistic pleasure, and his spine was shivering as he stared at Judai.
"You truly are lovely," he murmured.
His sausage of a finger poked Judai in the chin and lifted it up so that the brunette was locking eyes with him. Judai raised his hand to punch Maxwell, but the vampire closed his fist around Judai's engulfing the human's hand in his own. His knee landed on the other hand, emitting a loud cry from Judai.
"Careful careful," Maxwell smirked. "If you hit me, it will just break your hand."
Maxwell threw Judai's hand to the bed and kneeled on that one as well, preventing Judai from struggling against him. Maxwell went down and pressed his large nose against Judai's nose.
"You're so beautiful, santa vampiria," he grinned wickedly. "But like I said before, I will not rape you. I don't like the way you look when you're happy. I like the look of your face as you struggle for air, the pain that flashes through your eyes as I squeeze the life out of you with each passing minute. I love it-!!"
Maxwell clamped his hands around Judai's slender throat again, this time squeezing it roughly.
"A-agh!" Judai gagged, a thin trail of saliva slipping down the corner of his lips. He stuggled as he tried to pull away from Maxwell, but each movement he did just got his throat squeezed harder. Judai wondered how mucb longer he could take of this.
'Johan!' Judai thought in horror. 'Johan, save me! I can't fight back!'
Maxwell smirked and started to squeeze Judai's throat harder, ready to end his life. He stopped when he heard footsteps coming from the door where the bath room was was.
"Someone's coming!" he gasped. He glared at Judai. "You little whore! Who did you call!?" Judai groaned, unable to answer. "Who did you call!?" Maxwell yelled, squeezing Judai's throat slightly harder.
The footsteps finally stopped as the door was thrown off its hinges, and for a moment, there was utter silence in the bedroom. No one spoke. No one needed to.
The fury in Johan's emerald eyes said more than enough.
From where he stood, Johan could see Maxwell sitting atop his santa vampiria, and he could see Judai's legs, but that was all. From where Johan stood, it looked as if Maxwell were raping Judai. He could hear Judai's ragged breaths and his moans of pain, and that was enough for Johan to believe that something was happening.
Maxwell gulped and slowly started to release his hold on Judai's throat. Johan looked pissed. Maxwell shivered as he saw Johan's pupils narrow to the point where they rivaled a snake's, his fangs growing until they poked from his lips.
In what seemed like a millisecond, Johan flung himself across the room and tackled Maxwell off the bed.
Maxwell lost his grip of Judai's throat as he was sent crashing to the ground. Judai gasped for air, clamping his hands over his throat, where he imagined bruises were forming like welts in an airsoft game. Judai sat up instantly and glanced down at the fight, his eyes wild with shock and horror.
Johan was covered in blood, but Judai noticed that none of it belonged to his fiance. Johan was digging his fangs into any part of Maxwell that he was capable of, ripping and tearing at the vampire's hair and flesh.
Judai watched in fascination and terror as Johan and Maxwell went to their feet, fighting, ripping and tearing at one another. Judai squeaked in horror whenever Johan was hit, but he noticed that no matter what Maxwell did to Johan, the bluenette vampire always got right back up and slammed back into the bigger vampire, doubling the damage.
Maxwell bear-hugged Johan, about ready to throw him, but Johan threw his head back and bashed it into Maxwell's nose, shattering the bone and cartilage and breaking it.
Maxwell's hands flew to his nose as he roared in pain. Johan leaped into the air, and roundhoused Maxwell in the head. The muscle-bound vampire flex back, blood spilling from in between his hands, stills clamped over his nose. The muscly vampire roared in pain and stood still for a moment, regaining his strength.
Johan dashed to Judai and grabbed his wrist, yanking Judai towards him. His eyes scanned the brunette, thankful that Judai wasn't hurt. He also noticed that Judai wasn't being raped, as he thought. That sent a wave of relief washing over his body. Johan then spotted the horrible bruises on Judai's throat, from where Maxwell had tried to strangle him at least three times.
Judai trembled slightly at the look of Johan's form.
Johan's eyes were narrow, his pupils slits, and they weren't their normal emerald color. They were a bright neon green, a mawsitsit, a color that reminded Judai of poison. His fangs were sticking out from his mouth, even if only slightly, and there was blood smeared over his face. Judai also noticed that Johan's sword was missing.
The bluenette vampire wrapped his arms around his fiance's shoulders and cupped the back of his head, dipping Judai back gently. Ater stealing a quick glance over his shoulder to be certain that Maxwell was still recovering and not attacking, Johan drew Judai into a quick, yet passionate kiss. Judai moaned at the tips of the fangs that were digging into his lips, but he didn't shove Johan away. He enjoyed the kiss to the best of his ability.
Not wanting to keep Judai in the face of danger, Johan broke the kiss and pushed Judai in the direction of the door. "RUN-!!" he yelled. Judai complied and ran for the door as Maxwell recovered. The brunette stole a glance over his shoulder and saw Johan rush at Maxwell. Judai clamped his hand over his throat and ran from the room, knowing that Johan would be safe.
Once he saw that Judai was gone, Johan cracked his knuckles and locked eyes with Maxwell. He could har the harsh breaths from the other vampire, but the fact that Maxwell had even touched Judai made Johan pissed. The fact that Judai had been wounded, even if it was just bruises, made it even worse.
"I'm going to rip your intestines out through your throat," Johan snarled, baring his fangs. 'Now that Judai's gone, I don't have to worry about protecting him from the violence. I can go berserk on this guy.'
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Judai shuddered as he stumbled. He clutched his arms around his chest, hugging himself tightly. He had just kept running, to where he didn't know, and as a result, he found himself in the deep parts of the castle, where he imagined jail cells or a dungeon use to exist, but was now just an empty room. It was incredibly cold, and Judai wished he had worn something warmer.
Judai glanced at the harsh walls. He shivered at the thought of being locked up here for many years. He knew that Andrea and Joshua would never lock anyone up in this God-forsaken place, so it made him happier that this dungeon hadn't been used in so long. The brunette ran his fingers along to the wall and felt the cracks from age embedded in several of the stones. The stairs that he had come running down rested to his far left, and there was a giant table in the middle, made entirely or metal. Several other torture devices, dusty with old age, littered the room where prisoners had been tortured.
A loud thud came in the dungeon.
Judai jumped with a tiny scream and glanced over, unable to locate the source of the sound. His brown eyes started around until he could see a secret hidden door behind one of the torture devices slowly open after shoving the torture device out of the way. The figure made themself known moments later.
"Madaline!" Madaline's lips drew back into a smile. She was secretly amused that Judai seemed so shocked to see her, his brown eyes wide with confusion. Madaline took a step forward, her green dress swishing.
"Oh, Judai!" Madaline breathed with a relieved sigh, her hand flying to her large chest. "You made it out safe! I was so worried you had been attacked by one of those rebel vampires!"
Judai breathed a sigh of relief that it was only Madaline who had come. He was afraid that it was going to be Maxwell dragging in Johan's mutilated corpse behind him. He thanked the gods that wasn't the case.
Madaline's eyes widened as she saw the bruises on Judai's pale throat. The object in her pocket shifted, begging to be freed. Madaline turned towards the torture device she had emerged from behind and whistled slightly.
Another vampire came walking from behind the torture device. Judai noticed that he had frizzy flaxen hair and his eyes were dull and spaced out. He looked as if he were being possessed by something, especially in the way that he moved around, as if he were being moved by invisible marrionette strings.
Madaline said nothing and nodded to the new vampire.
Not saying a word, the vampire lunged at Judai, slamming into him and knocking him to the ground. Judai released a shocked cry, immediately struggling and trying to stand. He managed to flip the flaxen-haired vamp off him and leap to his feet. The vampire followed soon after, glancing over towards Judai.
He lunged again, trying to punch the brunette, but Judai easily dodged. Madaline stood in the background with her eyes wild, watching in amusement as the two young men fought, waiting for the moment to step in.
The flaxen-haired vampire managed to land a kick on Judai's shins that sent the brunette towards the ground. The vampire grabbed Judai, flipped him through the air, and managed to slam him down on the table in the middle of the torture room, managing to keep his struggling form from breaking free or doing any damage.
Madaline danced over and pulled the object from her pocket. She saw Judai's eyes widen in shock as the knife glistened in the light from the abandoned dungeon.
"M-Madaline? What are you doing?!" Judai breathed.
Madaline twirled the knife in between her fingers. "It would seem that Maxwell failed in slaying you. Oh well, this works out much better for me any ways," she said. Madaline reached down and placed the side of the blade against Judai's cheek.
"It... hurt me to let Johan go to Duel Academy, you know? I have always loved him, but he never paid me any mind. I waited patiently for his return, knowing that I could marry him that way. Imagine my surprise when my mother comes home and tells me that Johan has found his santa vampiria," she said.
Madaline stared down at Judai with a blank look.
"It hurt to see him so happy with someone else. It broke my heart," she whispered. She placed the knife closer to Judai's throat. "But you are also a treasure of a human. I felt some feelings for you, but you would never be interested in me. Neither would Johan, when it's obvious that I love him so much."
"Madaline..." Judai breathed, his eyes staring in horror at the knife that was clutched in Madaline's fingers. Madaline leaned down and pressed her lips to Judai's cheek. When she pulled back, she lifted the knife into the air.
"...And if I can't have Johan, then no one can."
In one, swift movement, Madaline swung the gleaming knife down, plunging it right into Judai's heart. The brunette's body lurched at the action, his eyes widening in pain. Blood poured from the wound, pouring around the blade of the knife that dug through him. Madaline could feel her eyes filling with slight tears, but her face and soul held no emotion.
Judai's brown eyes dulled and slid closed, his slender body going limp on the table.
Madaline straightened her spine and looked over to the flaxen-haired vampire, who released his hold on Judai. Madaline wrenched her knife from Judai's heart. She stared at the glistening blood on the blade with emotionless eyes.
"You may go," she said to her suboridinate. "I want Johan to really... feel this."
The vampire nodded to her before vanishing into the secret doorway. Madaline looked down at Judai's body, then looked around the room. Her subordinate had done his job. All Madaline had to do was wait.
Judai was dead, and it was only a short matter of time before his fiance came and found him.
Me: AAAAAAAGH!! JUDAI!!
Lucy: Damn you to Hell, Madaline! What have you done!?
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