Thank you so much to everyone that has reviewed my story Ayatori! You are all amazing, so I decided to to a side chapter for all of you. Don't worry you'll get at least two more chapters of the actual story after this. And I know it's a bad spot, but this is just a thank you for everything you've done for me. I have even scanned, colored and posted a picture of Ririkku on my profile. The link is at the bottom, so I want you all to go and look at it after this and tell me what you think! I worked hard on it because I haven't actually drawn anything since last January because I gave up drawing. So I picked it up again, and I have improved a lot. So tell me what you think of that drawing! :]
Bonus Chapter 1: Za Jizen-raifu wa Aikouka Ririkku(The life of Ririkku Aikouka Beforehand)
"Riri-sama!" I looked over my shoulder towards my door, hearing that cutsy nickname the servents would call me. "Riri-sama!" I sighed inwardly as I pushed the window open, the wind blowing back my hair, it was long to my waist, and black as the raven. The knocks came louder as they called my name louder too. "Riri-sama! Why is there a draft coming through?! Open this door, Riri-sama!"
I jumped from my bedroom window onto the tree branch neaby, the black dress I was wearing nearly being my reason I would pludge to my death. I knew that dresses were a hazard, but my parents would never listen. I reached the base of the tree as I saw the maid run over to the window. "RIRI-SAMA!" She called attempting to climb out the window.
I narrowed my eyes at her, not wanting her to follow, I swung down the branch, scratching my hand, but I gave no thought to it as I left my family's grounds. I escaped into the city, a lost child of the streets since I had never left my house or it's surrounded gated grounds. I was home-schooled, and I didn't have any friends because of my parents being to over protective. I had a Vampire Hunter come once a week but I would hide, refusing to learn their ways. Vampires had no reason to die, so I didn't know why they had to be hunter. I had never seen a vampire before though.
"Riri-sama!" I heard in the distance as I licked the ice cream I had bought. I sighed and looked seeing the servent looking around the street.
"Pitiful..." I said turning and walking down the market, and into the crowd where I would be further away from those that tried to find me. After I finished my ice cream I began to run down the streets until I ran into a boy that was my age. He had white hair, and he looked really sad. But when a lady had come over to him, her hair was a white color too, but they weren't related at all.
His eyes then found mine and I smiled at him, being friendly, and he was kind of cute. He looked up to the women and said something before she nodded and he ran over to me. "Hi." He said with a smile, "Are you lost?"
"No..." I said, "I wanted to get away from my house..."
"Oh. Where do you live at? I bet your mom and dad are worried." He said, "I'm Ichiru by the way. I never got your name though..."
"Ririkku..." I said as I stuck out my hand to shake his. He took my hand and kissed the back of it, making me blush.
"Why don't you come with Shizuka-sama and me?" He asked me, "We travel around..."
"I... I wish I could... but I don't think I'd be able too..." I said as I looked over to the women. From what I remembered, she was a pureblood, Hioh Shizuka. I had read about her one time when I was forced to do the work. "Shizuka-sama?" I asked as the woman came over. "It's an honor to meet you." I said bowing.
"You're so beautiful, young girl..." She said brushing her fingers over my hair making me blush more. "As good as if I wanted to eat you... but your hand..." She reached down and took one of my hands that I had scratched. "Do you not worry that a vampire will come and attack you?"
"I have no reason to be afraid of Vampires. That's why, I want to work to be able to live with vampires one day, and also why I refuse to become a vampire hunter in order to protect vampires too." I said with a bright smile.
"How sweet..." Shizuka said letting my hand go. "Ichiru... we should get goind..."
"Oh- all right..." The boy said looking back to me. "It was nice to meet you, Ririkku-chan." He said with a smile.
"You too, Ichiru-kun!" I said smiling back.
"Be carefull, Ririkku-san... I don't want to see you be killed by your ways... if you do, I will regret not having sucked your blood this moment." Shizuka said, and I looked up suprised at what she said, and that's when I saw the red eyes of a vampire that craved blood.
"I promise." I said bowing once more.
"Riri-sama!" I heard someone yell as I was snatched up.
"EH?!" I looked to see it was the maid.
"You know you are not allowed to leave the grounds of Aikouka! You're father would kill me if anything happened to his only child." The maid said carrying me back home.
Later that day, I decided to sit under the cherry tree in our backyard by the pond, and pulled out a book, but knew I would not be able to focus because Ichiru and Shizuka's faces and their conversation with me ran through my head. I reached over and grabbed another pocky stick and bit into it, trying to focus on the book, but knew I couldn't.
I saw a bright light and I looked away from the book to see my mother with a camera. "Riri-chan, you looked so adorable eating pocky and reading a book! I had to take a picture of it!" She said happily.
"B-but cameras steal peoples souls! Oka-san! Why'd you steal my soul!" I yelled, but I knew it didn't. I just liked to freak my mother out a lot.
