Finally! I finished the chapter! Sorry for the long wait but I've been busy with school work as well a few family reunions that been going on lately, but I finished and that's all that matters.
A huge thank you to everyone who reviewed! It means the world to me and I'm glad we passed the fifty reviews mark.
Again, thank you so much and here's chapter 14!
I do not owe DL but my own two characters.
"Are you sure everything is alright?" Amaya asked for the tenth time, as she talked with Sakura through the phone.
"Yes, it's just that there's an issue with the plumbing and my brothers are being a pain in my ass, so Reiji is allowing me to stay with someone and I figured, why not you?"
"Sounds like something you'll say or think of," Amaya stays quiet for a moment. "Okay fine you can stay, but just know that my cousins are in town also. So the house will be crowded."
"Not a problem for me. I'll see you soon."
"Bye."
Both girls hang up the phone at the same time. Ending their conversation. Sakura felt bad for dragging Amaya into this mess, but she had no choice. The worst part was her lying to her about why she needed to leave her house. Thank god she was face timing her, or the whole lie would've blown up in her face.
Hopefully that doesn't happen.
After packing a few of her things, Sakura was now sitting in the limo currently on her way to Amaya's house. It felt strange not traveling with any of her brothers or Yui, but it was for her own good. But...
"Maybe I should just call to make sure everything's okay," she tells herself, taking out her phone.
She first calls Shu, but he doesn't answer. Then Reiji, who doesn't answer as well. She then tries the triplets, Subaru, and Yui. All who didn't answer also. Every call went to voicemail and it worried Sakura. Reiji, Laito, and Subaru usually answered by the first ring. So she tries it all over again, all ending in the same results.
"If Reiji doesn't answer me one more time, I'm going back home."
And he didn't answer. Immediately, Sakura orders for the driver to go back. Making up the excuse that she forgot something important. The driver was hesitant at first, but did as told anyways. The last thing he wanted was the Sakamaki princess getting angry at him.
They drove back to the mansion, with Sakura telling him to get a break, for it will take long.
Confronting people was never in Reiji's agenda. Confronting people who should stay dead was way off the list.
Seeing his stepmother in Yui's body was strange nor was it delightful. In her older body, Rejji didn't understand what Karlheinz saw in her. Sure she was beautiful and had cleavage that was bearable to the eyes, but she was cold and a very greedy and selfish women. Getting to know Cordelia made Reiji's mind about her. She wasn't someone you wanted to get involved with. However, Cordelia was now in Yui's body. Who had far more innocent features and a very beautiful face.
Reiji entered in one of the many living rooms they had, where Cordelia and his uncle would be. He heard laughter coming from the upper area of the living room and he climbs up the stairs. Memories flashed in his mind from his childhood, when he sees Ritcher kissing Cordelia's neck. Making her giggle and slightly moan. He was disgusted at such a sight. Reiji couldn't remember the countless times he has walked in on his uncle and stepmother being so affectionally with one another.
He coughed loudly to get their attention. "I knew Ritcher had guests over, but I never suspected it would ever be you."
Cordelia slightly pushes Ritcher away and smiles. Her green eyes sparking at the sight of the second eldest son.
"My, my, if it isn't Beatrix's second son, Reiji." Cordelia purred, eyeing him up and down. "Just look how handsome you have gotten."
"I'll take the compliment," Reiji calmly says, as Cordelia got up from the couch and circled around him. Like a shark would do before catching its prey.
"You look so much like Karlheinz when I first met him."
"Don't compare me to that man." He snapped, lowering his glaze at her. "I am nothing like him."
Cordelia laughed, "Oh really? So you don't lie to your family members right in their faces? You tell them the truth no matter how horrifying it is?"
"What are you getting at? Stop playing games with me."
"You know exactly what I'm talking about. I know the truth about Beatrix's death, Reiji-San. I also know you took part in Sakura's awakening. Everything you thought was a secret, can now easily be thrown out into the world. Just like that I can destroy your life and perhaps even Sakura's faith in you. She trusts you so much, I wonder how this will affect her and if it will change how she sees you."
Reiji takes a step towards Cordelia. "You wouldn't dare," he growls.
She chuckles, "I think you know, that I can and I will." Cordelia puts her hand on his chest, using a finger to trace it. "You know, there are ways for me to keep my silence."
"Do tell." But Reiji didn't want to know how.
"Kiss me," she responds. "Kiss me and I'll keep quiet about Beatrix and Sakura."
"And if I refuse?"
Cordelia sighs for a moment, then remembering about the eldest son. "I'll just go after Shu and then reveal everything. He's single, handsome, and seems like the kind of guy who you can easily just ride and make him do all of you bidding."
Reiji made a fist, but made sure to keep his arms to his side. He may hate his brother, but he knew very well that even Shu had taste. He wasn't going to allow some worthless women seduce his brother. Who was now clearly engross with another girl.
"Don't even bother, Cordelia." Reiji knows someone else was in this house, someone he wished was no longer here, he can sense her now. "Shu has someone in his life who I know he cares deeply for and he would never dream of going after an unfaithful women like yourself."
"Unfaithful?" She laughed, pointing at herself. "Me unfaithful? This is coming from the son of a man who married me and three other women, all who have him a total of eight children!"
"Don't you mean seven children?" Reiji repeated in confusion. How can Cordelia not know how to count? "There's only six of us and Sakura isn't related to us by blood. So we're seven."
"You're a smart boy, figure it out. Sakura may not remember this but I know you all do. Don't you remember when everyone in the household went crazy over the smell of blood? When Musami had to immediately leave the house with Karlheinz and she didn't come back until a week later? Sakura was scared out of her mind, it was absolutely hilarious!"
Reiji recalled his stepmother leaving after the smell of blood was in the air, but he never imagined that it would be because of a miscarry. Or at least that's what he assumed.
"Was she pregnant?"
Cordelia shrugged, "Only for a two months but she was human. Mortals can't carry the child of a vampire, those that do usually die during the birth. Those that don't miscarry and that's what happened with Masami. She miscarried, then got sick and she died. What a shame."
Reiji tried to think back a century. He didn't remember much, but he did recall Masami leaving for awhile after the scent of her blood went in the air. Sakura was happy long before, but then sad when her mother came back. Her stomach was flat again...
"So Masami was pregnant?" Reiji concluded and Cordelia nodded to his conclusion.
"She was pregnant for two months, but because she was human she wasn't strong enough to carry the vampire child." Cordelia repeated her words. "The infant ended up dead and Masami became weak. No big deal though! She's dead now, end of the story. Now, how about we talk about you and me?"
"What about us?"
"Oh you know, just how much fun we should have. I've grown bored from our conversation and now I wish to be entertained!" She touches his lips and he doesn't move. "Just how good of a kisser are you?"
Without another word, Cordelia stands on the tip of her toes and kisses Reiji on the lips. Reiji didn't kiss back or even move. Her lips were cold, but soft and smooth. A quality he loved in women, but this was no women. This was a demon in his eyes.
"Why won't you kiss me back?" Cordelia pouted, "You're brother Shu would've kissed back."
Not by chance, Reiji thinks to himself.
"I don't want my uncle getting upset with me. He's very fond of you." It wasn't the best excuse, but maybe Cordelia will realize what she was doing and who she was hurting. That's if she even gave a damn. Oh who was he kidding, she didn't gave a shit.
Cordelia glances at Ritcher, who was leaning against the wall with no expression. She looks back at Reiji, taking off his glasses and pushing his hair to the side. It was amazing at how he looked so much like her husband.
"Don't mind him," she insisted. "Let's get back to what we were doing, shall we?"
She kisses him again and this time he responded, by putting his arm behind her back to bring him closer to her. The kiss lasted for awhile, until they smelt a fourth person in the room. Then it was Reiji who pulled away.
"For fuck sakes I leave the house for two hours and come back to you kissing an old hag?" Sakura shook her head in disgust and disappointment. "I expected better from you Reiji-San."
"Sakura," he muttered, annoyed that she ignored his request of leaving the house. "I thought I told you to leave."
Sakura shook her head, looking at the ground. "I was already in the road and I tried calling you, but you wouldn't answer. I got scared and came back." She glares at Cordelia. "Now I can see why you didn't answer me though. Stepmother, it's definitely not a pleasant to see you."
Cordelia smirks, "Ah, Sakura how you've grown. I got to say, it's strange not seeing you covered in bruises or inside the little cage."
"You bitch!" Sakura snaps and appears in front of Cordelia, trying to reach for her hair but she was pulled back by her uncle.
"It's still Yui's body," he whispers in her ear. "Remember that."
"Shit," Sakura pushes Ritcher away from her, not at all happy to see her uncle at the moment. She focuses her attention back to Reiji. "And what's your excuse to being here? You should've just stayed out of it."
"True, but this women is someone who needs to be handled. Not just for the sake of this family but mostly for you. We don't know what she wants or who she needs, but we both know that she's dangerous."
"Oh please, just a minute ago we were kissing and now you're saying I'm dangerous?" She touches Reiji's chest. "Why do you have to be so bipolar?"
"I'm not. I simply just realized that I have higher standards for women. I'm also not attracted to women of lose morals."
Cordelia gasped in shock of such cruel words and slapped Reiji hard across the face. That's when Sakura lost it. She pushes Cordelia so hard against the wall, that she causes a hole on the wall.
The women was shocked of how strong Sakura was, despite being a half blood.
Sakura stood over Cordelia, now feeling stronger and powerful then when she was thirteen.
"You will never touch him again!" She shouted at her stepmother. "I can kill you!"
"Then what's stopping you?" Cordelia wonders, even though she knew the answer.
Sakura paused. For a moment, she didn't see Cordelia's green eyes, but Yui's pinkish red ones. She couldn't kill Cordelia, because if she did, she'll be killing Yui as well.
"I'll be killing my friend if I do," she whispers. "She's the vessel that's carrying your heart, but I will stop you." Sakura promised.
"Good luck with that," Cordelia smiles wickedly at her stepdaughter. "As soon as the awakening ends, Yui will be no more."
"Not as long as I got any say in it."
All four vampires turn and see that the rest of the family came into the living room. The two brothers glared at their mother, while Subaru looked ready to kill his uncle and stepmother. It was one thing to come into his home uninvited, but it was another to try to ruin their lives again and Yui's.
"Sakura go down," Reiji orders and Sakura obeys him, despite stilling being angry with him.
She stands next to Shu, who was sitting in the armchair. He looks up to her, but she doesn't share his glance. He debated whether to hold her hand, but decided against it in the end.
They had a lot to fix, but now wasn't the time.
Reiji soon goes and joins his siblings, all glaring at him as they smell Cordelia on him. They can only imagine what happened before they appeared.
"Well, this turned out to become a family reunion." Cordelia clapped her hands together, smiling. "How wonderful! We can be a family again."
Laito laughed, but the smile wouldn't reach his face. "Of course, because we were so happy before. I bet you don't even know our birthdays."
"Of course I do!" Cordelia argued. "My triplets were born in March 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Shu and Reiji in November, Subaru in January, and Sakura in December."
Sakura palmed her forehead. "You only got the month right the triplets. The rest were just way off."
"At least I got one right, but that doesn't matter at the moment!" She leans on the balcony and sees her second eldest son. Still holding the bear he so loved. "Ah Kanato, my little songbird. Will you sing the song I'm so fond of?"
Kanato shook his head. Disobeying his mother for the first time. "How are you here?"
"For real though," Laito adds. "I honestly believed that the next time I'll see you would be in hell."
"Sorry to disappoint."
"Nonsense! This turn out to be better. You in Yui's body actually makes you attractive."
"Shut up already," Subaru mutters. "I say we just kick them both out of the house. As they're causing a disturbance and pests should stay outside."
"Is that so?" Ritcher questioned. "Then Subaru, can you explain to me just why is your mother still locked in that tower? It certainty is not because she's capable of taking care of herself."
Shit, Sakura thought to herself and Subaru explodes.
He jumps up to the balcony and tries to punch his uncle, who manages to grab his wrist and twist it. Subaru then tries to kick him, but Ritcher dodges it as well. Ritcher lets go of Subaru's arm and watched as Subaru jumps back down to the first floor.
Laito chuckles, "Nice try." He mocked his brother.
"Fuck off."
"Now's not the time to fight," Sakura reminded them.
"This is just ridiculous."
All eyes went to Shu, who was laying on the couch and doing what he normally did. Sleeping and listening to music.
"How so?" Sakura didn't see anything ridiculous of the situation. In fact, she was rather annoyed it was happening.
"Well one, I can't sleep with everyone arguing. Two, I'm annoyed and just tired of these two," he points at Cordelia and his uncle. "And three, I know what you truly want and I'm telling you now, you will never get it. Not as long as I'm alive."
"Uncle, Cordelia, just go away," Sakura pleaded, her voice low and tired. "Take what you want and just go."
Cordelia was rather amused by her stepdaughter's new tone of voice. "What? Is Sakura actually not going to pick a fight anymore? This is new."
"Now Cordelia, my niece is right." Ritcher interfere, getting in the conversation. "However, I came here for my beloved and overthrowing all of you. For none of you can ever rival me."
"Uncle..." Sakura couldn't believe his words. This wasn't the man she come to care and see as family long ago. This was someone else. And she wanted him gone and far away from them as possible.
Shu chuckles, "That's a laugh. Uncle, you yourself can never be a rival to our father. Not you or anyone else in the vampire world."
Ritcher growls, taking a step towards the staircase but Cordelia stops him.
"Ugh, you people are dull as ever before." Cordelia takes out a silver knife that she had tucked away and hands it to Ritcher. "Dispose of them all. But leave Sakura for me."
Sakura holds Shu's arm, as her brothers began to shield her from the women's cold glance. This only made Cordelia blood boil with anger.
"This is why I want to get rid of you!" Cordelia snapped. "You don't even deserve the new life you were given. I wish you had just died like your filthy human parents or better yet, abandoned in the streets. I would've done it, you know? There was an orphanage down in the other side of Japan, where pathetic little humans like yourself got to stay. But you're cute at least so prostitution could've been your life if you stayed in that orphanage. You should've been sent there, but no! Karlheinz decided to turn you into one of us, but you will never be considered as highly as anyone. Because your blood is filth! And so are you."
Sakura couldn't say anything. She was speechless by her stepmothers words, but she knew they were coming. She wasn't going to show any signs of hurt in her eyes, it would show Cordelia she has won.
Cordelia turns to Ritcher pointing at her sons and her stepchildren. "Do as I say now."
Ritcher looks down at the knife. Realizing its the same one Subaru carried around throughout his childhood.
"A silver knife, huh? A vampire hunters favorite weapon. It says that with one strike to the heart, it can kill a vampire instantly. Turning them into dust."
"Correct." Cordelia nods to the fact.
"And if I kill my nephews and get my niece for you, you'll help me take over the throne?"
"Exactly!"
"That's strange...I could've sworn you said the same thing when you were laying half alive in the garden. Which was exactly years and years ago."
Never in her lifetime has Cordelia felt so exposed. Yes that was a promise, but she couldn't fulfill that. She didn't have a body or was fully grown yet.
Everyone had an idea where this was heading, but they remained quiet. As long as Ritcher held the silver knife, they had to be still or he can easily appear before them and stab them.
"Go," Shu whispers in Sakura's ear. "We'll keep him away if he goes after you."
Sakura shakes her head. "I can't leave you. No, I won't leave you."
"Stubborn girl." But Shu slightly smiled.
"It's funny Cordelia. You say you can help me become the next heir, but in reality I myself can do it but just in a better way then what you had in mind."
"What do you mean?"
"Overthrowing by brother will be a challenge, I can tell you that. But awakening the girl and making her mine is just the first time. After all, she is carrying the heart of a demon. A race that can be superior over vampires in a blink of an eye." Ritcher dips Cordelia and pushes her hair away from the neck. "Just one bite and the awakening shall fully end."
"Get your hands off her." Ayato ordered, finally appearing on the scene.
Ritcher looks up, holding Cordelia closer to him by tightly wrapping his arm on her waist.
"Ah, Ayato. I was wondering where you went hiding."
Ayato groans. "I said, get your hands off her." He repeated.
"Never." Ritcher grabs a sword that was on display and tries to cut Ayato, but he moves out of the way. Only managing to cut his tie.
Ayato then takes another sword and begins to duel with his uncle.
Sakura cringes as she watches the fight, but her brothers just remained calm.
"Will he be fine?" She whispers, jumping when she sees Ritcher getting his coat torn from the sword.
"If it gets bloody, we'll get him and make our away out of here."
"And Yui?"
Reiji doesn't answer.
Ritcher managed to kick Ayato and had him against the wall. He stabbed his shoulder, twisting it.
Sakura took a step, but her brothers made sure she was still in her place.
"It was stupid to think you had a chance to obtain the throne. It's stupid of any of you to think so for yourselves. The only one who truly deserves the throne is me."
Ritcher pulls out the sword from Ayato's shoulder and raises it for all to see. The smell of their brother's blood filled the air. They can feel their throats dry at the thought of it being spilled to the ground.
Cordelia also smelt the blood and she felt disgusted. Not because it was her sons blood, but of who was causing him pain.
Ayato... She can hear Yui whispering.
Stay quiet, you stupid girl, Cordelia ordered.
No! I want my body back! This is my life not yours! Yui screamed. You will not control me anymore!
Using every force she can, Yui drives out Cordelia from her mind and is now in control of her body.
"Stop it!" Yui pushed Ritcher out of the way. She snatched the knife from his hand, rushing down the stairs.
"Yui?" Sakura mutters and Yui smiles, raising the knife up, and pointing it at her body.
Subaru watches in horror as Yui finally uses his knife. But not on his uncle, on herself. In what felt like a movie scene, the room goes silent as they watch Yui stab herself in her chest.
Ayato can only catch her when she fell collapsed. Ritcher believed his nephew was distracted and charged towards him, but he was also stabbed. The sword going through his body.
"You've done enough, Ritcher," says Ayato. "Now leave."
He pulls out the sword and their uncle disappear.
"Yui!" Sakura shouted, running to her brother and friend. "Oh my god, Yui!"
Her violet eyes filled with tears, holding Yui's hand to hold. Her blood was beginning to spread underneath them, the aura becoming stronger.
A laugh escaped from the dying girls lips, shocking the two who were close to her.
"Such a foolish girl," it was Cordelia's voice. "Doing anything for the one's she loves. Soon she'll die and the awakening will be over, and I'll be back. Back to my normal self..."
Cordelia closes her eyes again. Dreaming of the perfect world of ruling the world and standing next to her king, Karlheinz.
So that is all I have for this chapter and I'll work on the next chapter as soon as I can!
This story is actually ending soon, for I have decided to end it at chapter 20! But there will be a sequel with new OC's and a few certain vampires...
I hope you enjoy this chapter and tell me what you think of the events that occurred! Sorry that it's short though, I promise it'll be longer next time.
Next chapter will be fluff and sadness, so be prepared!