WARNING: This chapter is hella long too!
Other than that please enjoy!
The moon was her sun...
The night was her day...
Her blood is their life...
But they are her prey...
I watched Azusa for a couples of weeks after we had returned, he was rather amusing. I found it rather curious that he would continue to speak as if he had a speech impediment even when he had already proved that it was otherwise.
He spoke slowly, timidly and mainly phrased his statements as a question whenever he spoke with his brothers or Karl. It was interesting on their reactions to him. Karl tolerated him and his brothers treated him like glass.
I inwardly laughed. How surprised they would be if they knew he was just as well spoke as Ruki if not more. Azusa was a smart boy though, he knew that by doing such he wouldn't be considered much as a threat compared to his brothers and that gave him the element of surprise…the boy was devious, and I was only looking forward to seeing him catching his prey in the future.
"Kou-kun." I said appearing behind the blonde effectively startling him.
"Mi-Michko-sama!" He said placing his hand over his heart trying to calm himself. I picked him up hugging his body close to my own.
"Oh your so cute, your fear is just makes me wanna eat you alive!" I stopped squeezing him to myself before placing him back on the ground to see that his face was blood red.
"Kou-kun are you busy?" I asked him although I could obviously tell with him being here in his own room that he was not.
"Um no…" He said softly.
"Well then do you want to come with me?" I asked him even when I knew I wasn't really giving him a choice. "I have some errands to run and I would love for you to accompany me, afterwards we could grab a bite to eat, ok?"
He flushed under my gaze. "Ok."
"Great, let's go now." I said before holding out my hand to him. He took it and we were gone.
"What is next?" He asked softly reminding me of Azusa although we weren't on the kind of outing that Azusa and Ruki had taken a part of.
I looked down watching him, the entire time he had been trying to merge his body with my own…yeah, it was much to soon for Kou to have one of those adventures with me, besides I know he wanted to wait until after Yuma was caught up with his Japanese and English so that his first trip would be out of the country unlike his brothers.
Kou never stood more than five inches away from me and when he did we was either holding my hand or some part of my clothing as if to make sure that I wouldn't disappear. That I wouldn't leave him.
It was understandable, given his history and I didn't mind his clinginess, it's not like I wasn't used to clingy young boys, the triplet's faces flashing in my mind. My little devils where the definition of clingy.
"I need to make sure to get you boys some clothes that suit you better." I said.
"Y-you don't have to do that!" He said.
I looked at him. "I know that, but I want too."
"Michiko-sama…"
I smiled at him before leading him into a store. He stayed close to me, but that was expected however I wasn't expecting his eyes to brighten the way that they did upon seeing the assorted styles of clothing and all the different fabrics.
"This is a small store; do you want to look around?" I asked him, and he tensed tightening his hold on my dress.
"I…don't want…" He whimpered shaking his head.
"There are two humans the store keeper and a child perhaps a bit younger than you. There's no one else here besides us. Neither will hurt you, it's alright if you want to look. Find a fabric and style that you like and I will have it made for you while I look for your brothers." I said soothingly as I ran my fingers through his blonde waves.
And after a moment he relaxed, but he didn't let go. I didn't push him, I was sure something would catch his eyes and he would wonder and explore on his own soon enough.
"Milady, what can I do for you?" The woman asked bowing her head towards me.
"I am in need of some clothing for my sons." I said straight faced even as Kou looked up at me shocked at my claim over them. "I have one here with me and the other three are at home, but I do have their measurements."
The woman nodded even as she chanced a glance at Kou who immediately hide behind me making the older woman chuckle.
The woman and I began to look through fabrics and styles of clothing. She rightfully showed me all her expensive fabrics and I went over each one with at critical eye.
The human's fabric would never be anything as good as the fabric from the demon world, but they would do for a temporary fix until I put in an order.
Between the time of the tailor showing me a range of styles with my chosen fabrics, Kou had decided it was safe enough for him to wonder about.
I tracked him as he wondered through the store before pausing at something that seemingly caught his interest.
I turned my head towards him to see that he was staring a mannequin that held a girl's dress in the color of mauve, that was certainly not a style that was similar in these parts.
"Baba says that this style is from the Europeans." The storeowner's grandchild said efficiently startling Kou who had immediately sought me out looking ready to teleport away from the young boy.
I was already walking towards him, so he quickly made his way to me immediately once more trying to phase into my dress skirts.
"This is the style of London am I correct?" I asked the small boy and his eyes widened in shock before nodding his head.
"Yes miss, how did you know?"
I smiled at him. "I travel a lot."
"Oh wow…" The boy said looking up at me in awe.
I looked over at the mannequin tilting my head to the side as I got a better look at the dress. Shizuma would look really cute in this…
I felt a tug on my skirt and looked to see Kou who looked away from the boy with a frown on his face.
"Yes darling."
"I-I like the-" He moved his hands towards his neck and chest. He didn't know what to call the neck and chest part of the dress which was ironically covered in ruffles.
I chuckled "Very well darlin."
I looked pointed to the mannequin and the woman wordlessly removed the dress before handing it to me. I looked at Kou. "Let's try it on you."
Kou's eyes brightened with excitement and he followed me to a room that the woman had been storing all the clothing that I was taking back until the custom designed ones were finished.
I clapped chuckling once Kou had on the dressed, he looked like a little girl he was so cute.
"Those ruffles and colors rather suit you." I said my eyes rolling over him in approval.
He laughed twirling around in the dress before I motioned for him to try on the others.
While he tried on his other clothes I motioned for the tailor to bring me a completely different set of clothing that I had him trying on.
I smiled when she gave me three different outfits, they were somewhat similar to my little songbirds in the style but with a more feminine color for Kou.
"Try these on, I think you will like these better." I said and surprise, surprise he did like them much better.
While he was much too large to pull off the childish/baby-faced look that Kanato and even Azusa had going for them, Kou still managed to have his own personal air of attraction that made you want to just stare at him upon hours at a time.
~~~Guilty Pleasures~~~
"You look so cute!" I squealed pulling his face into my chest before releasing him. His face was bright red when he chuckled shyly.
After leaving the tailor I walked a little way with Kou's once more trying to merge into me before summoning a familiar.
I gave the bags to the familiar ordering them to store it in my room before coming back. The familiar nodded before melting back into the darkness.
We continued with our errands Kou slowly but surely not trying to merge into me. He even got to the point where he didn't hold on to my dress and was playfully running in front of me, I was very proud of his progress.
Kou had the potential to be the poster boy of the group. He had the potential to be a real social butterfly but whenever someone got to close…
"Want some sweets dear?" An older woman asked him gently.
"No!" He said sharply shocking the woman when he smacked it out of her hand before running back to my side and burying his face in my dress skirt.
I sighed before running my fingers through his hair. I nodded towards the woman who was getting over her shock, she gave a small smile before turning to the next child and offering them a sweet as well.
It was like for every step Kou took in the right direction he back slide five steps just as fast.
"Kou."
He looked up at me as we continued walking, he had been staring at some children that were playing happily with smiles on their faces.
"Yes, Michiko-sama?"
"You know I would never allow anyone to hurt you, you know I'll protect you, right?"
He blushed but nodded. "Yes!"
So then give me all your fear. I thought before merely smiled.
"Good, I want you to trust me with all your heart and believe in me without question. You can always count on me, I would never lie to you."
He smiled his arms around me tightening before he released me. My words seemed to quell his fears as he went back playing ahead of me.
I was thinking of a way that I could help Kou with his trust issues when I heard a fight break out. It was then I had noticed that Kou was no longer in my immediate sight.
Despite me not being able to see them, I could hear them and by the sound of it they were rather close.
"Hey, don't I know you?" The sound of an elder boy said
"N-No, so please let go of me." That was Kou. I frowned, so they just kidnapped him, I looked towards the sky seeing the sun was no longer high in the sky, but seemed to start it desentention. I sighed, I had apparently lost track of time with Kou, we were out way longer than expected.
I turned after buying a couple more things and disappeared into the shadows the setting sun was making.
"Yeah, yeah I think I do. Ya look mighty familiar." This was the voice of another, I sighed deeper as collectively mummers went out. Kou had as good a luck as Ruki did apparently.
"No, I don't know you, any of you."
"yeah…oh I got it, hey you're from the orphanage aint cha?"
"N-no."
I didn't even have to see Kou to know that he was lying, and I could bet my gold coins the humans knew it too. Kou was a terrible liar. I sighed, it was just another thing that we would have to work on.
"Yeah, yeah ya are."
I scaled the walls before taking the rooftops, my eyes narrowing at the fact of how much distance they were able to gain before I realized that Kou was even gone.
"You're the pretty boy that they was making a fuss about losing money!"
I sighed as I stopped trying to differentiate between each of the boy's voices, it wouldn't matter, they'd all be dead soon enough and only silence would remain.
"No." I watched as Kou's voice shook fearfully my heels not making a sound as I landed on a rooftop looking into the alleyway.
"Wonder how much money we can get for taking ya back!"
"No, no I'm not going back ever!" Kou snapped before shocking me when he called out for me. "Michiko-sama!"
"Michiko? Is that the little lady you were with…she mighty pretty, wonder how much we can get for selling her…"
"No…" Kou said, and I could hear the fear in his voice, but it wasn't for him, it was for me. My face flushed as I brought my hands to my cheeks, my little Kou was such a little darling, fearing for my honor like that.
"Yeah, bet it's a lot, there's a lotta men looking to play with pretty young things like her."
"Stop it, don't talk about her like that." Kou snapped at them only to be ignored. I watched his reactions with intrigue, he was getting so riled up in my defense and they were even saying anything vulgar yet.
"That would love to fuck her."
And there it goes… I sat a little straighter as I could see Kou's vampiric side push to the surface.
"Shut up right now…" Kou hissed darkly as his little body shook, his face red with anger.
"Bet she's a screamer…"
"Hey, we should probably give her a try before we take her…"
"Yeah, not a bad idea, bet she-"
"I SAID SHUT UP!" Kou snarled before lounging at the older boy closest to him.
The group of boys were taken by surprise at his strength, as he seemed to pummel the brunette and the quickly sought out to capture him.
Kou was surprisingly a good fighter he, unlike Ruki was quick to fight like a vampire and he used the knowledge to fight his enemies. He broke the brunettes leg even as he tore into another shoulder with his fangs that were on full display for the world to see.
He had gotton the better of the boys until one of them picked up a sharpened piece of wood and rammed it into his back causing him to cry out.
The boys spat curses at him before the, began kicking his beaten body.
I appeared behind them but in Kou view, his eyes widened as he watched my physical appearance begin to change into something much more gruesome.
He began to laugh somewhat madly, which caused his captures to pause in their torture.
"W-what's so funny you freak?"
"She's going to kill you…" he said in almost a sing song voice. He began laughing before repeating his voice and I wanted to laugh at the instant dread that seemed to cover the humans in that moment.
"W-what?"
"Michiko…she's going to kill you…luck is not on your side." He said before laughing again his blue eyes were wide and the blood that covered his mouth didn't help him from looking any crazier, but I thought it was endearing.
The boy didn't get to respond as I came behind, he blinked wide eyes his companions jumping to the sides when he suddenly fell to the ground.
I held up his spinal cord shaking it a bit as if it were a rattle before tossing it to the side.
I pulled Kou to my chest and he wrapped his arm around my neck and his legs around my middle resembling a kola while I flashed the humans a feral grin that undoubtedly showed them their death. They didn't even get a chance to beg for their god to help them…
~~~...~~~
"Kou." I said after setting the bodies on fire and walking away from them.
"Michiko-sama…"
"I'm so proud of you, you did so well."
"But I lost." He said with a pout and I shook my head.
"You gave that fight everything you had, you used your strength and abilities and had you not been impaled, you would have bested all of them without my help." I said cupping his cheek and making him look at me. "I am so proud of you."
He smiled, and it seemed to brighten up his entire face before he winced at the wound.
I looked at it, making sure to pick out all the wood as Kou braved through the pain not making a single sound, before staring at him once again and making a decision.
I wordlessly repositioned Kou into a comfortable position facing forward in my lap before biting deeply into my wrist and pressing my wrist to his mouth.
Kou didn't resist in his weakened state and immediately began sucking my blood.
"You did so well today Kou…but I…I failed you." I said softly making him shift and I knew he wanted to look at me, but I wouldn't let him.
"I was supposed to protect you and I didn't, you got hurt because of me and that guilt…I will carry with me…"
He tried to pull away but I again wouldn't let him instead pressing my wrist firmer making his press into my breast.
I brought my other hand up towards my face, steeling my expression before plunging my clawed fingers into my right eye.
I grunted in pain but held tight to Kou as he began to fight against my hold, no longer drinking my blood but instead crying out to me to stop.
I grit my teeth before pulling out the organ. I looked at the slitted fuchsia orb before holding Kou to me and using my demonic energy to insert the organ into his eyes socket.
He tried to fight but he couldn't move his head with my grip on him. I held Kou to me as my organ began to phase with him.
Typically, it wouldn't be possible as Kou was not a demon born child and the procedure would undoubtedly end up killing him before even being completed, but seeing as Kou had ingested a large amount of my blood…
"W-why Michiko-sama!" He asked when the transition was completely, and I released him, drained from using the energy to have the organ fuse with his body. Instead of one blue eye Kou now had two.
"Because, I want you to be protected at all times at least this way I know-" I coughed a bit of blood coming into my hands before giving him a strained smile.
He shook his head and despite the current pain I was feeling I held him in place by pulling him into a bear hug.
"You have trouble believing in other people at least other than your brothers and myself."
He sniffled. "b-but…I'm trying…I am…I swear… I just…"
"I know darling, I do not fault you because I know the horrors you've lived through, but he doesn't understand…he can't, and he's never been fond of any type of weakness or imperfection." I shook my head.
"I told you and your brothers that you were under my protection and that I wouldn't break you apart…I won't let him harm you just because you're having difficulty fitting into his little project, so I just evened the playing field."
"But…your eye." He cried tears streaming down his face.
"I will be fine, I just need to let my body heal. I will be fine." I said honestly. Demons unlike humans could grow back missing appendages and organs alike, we just needed rest.
As tears continued flowing down his face I wiped them with the pads of my thumb. "Oi, stop your tears, I told you I would be fine, and if you don't believe me have a look for yourself."
Kou trembling stared at me, his right eye flashing fuchsia. I smiled that he was so easily able to connect to my power, I was slightly worried that he would be rejected.
His body seemed to relax slightly, and I placed my hand on his head. "See, told ya so."
"Come on let's go back home before your brothers get too worried ok."
"Ok."
~~~...~~~
The boys quickly crowed around him upon our arrival asking where we had gone and what had taken so long.
Kou had explained to them what had happened as I took the time to disappear up to my personal chambers hoping that I would be able to get some rest and relaxation.
"That was a very foolish thing for you to do."
I gave a deep sigh not even bothering on asking him what he was doing in my room. "What are you my mother?"
"I'm serious Michiko." Karl said frowning at me.
"So am I."
"I had acquired for Kou and jeweled eye, there was no need for you to gouge out your own." He grimaced as he watched me clean up my face and change out of my bloodied clothes.
"True, but we both know that your eye would have only be a temporary fix and besides, it has its own handicap." I said scoffing.
"And giving him your eye won't come with its own? I think not." He scowled. "He's not a demon born, you can't just donate your organs to him. What if his body didn't handle the transmutation and rejected him?"
"But it didn't, he was quite receptive." I said hiding my smirk.
"That's not the point, I don't know why he was so receptive, but with any case you could have killed him instantly."
"Which was still better than him slowly being driven insane with your precious jeweled eye if he used it too much. No even if he would have died he had a better chance with my eye." I growled. "And if you came here to pick a fight, you can just leave. I just lost an eye and I need to heal I don't need a vampire king sized migraine to accompany it."
He sighed rubbing his temple. "I didn't come to pick a fight."
"Then why are you here?" I asked walking to my vanity and beginning to brush out my hair.
"You've been gone for quite some time…the other boys are starting to get a bit restless." He said with a deep frustrated sigh.
"I haven't even been gone a year…" I frowned and even as I had an idea of what was going on I still had to ask. "What's going on over there?"
"It would seem the boys are having…behavior issues." He said evenly.
I raised an eyebrow amused. "And what you want me to go and…put them on time out?"
He glared at me unamused. "You should do something…unless you'd prefer for me to step in and deal with them, and I can assure you my form of time out will include being shackled in a tower."
I rolled my eyes. "No I'll take care of it, but I won't be able to stay with them for long, Kou and the others need me more."
He shrugged, he obviously didn't care what I did, as long as the boys were straightened out.
"What has brought this on anyway?" I said making him look at me in confusion.
"You usually don't care what the boys do as long as they don't do it in public…" I pointed out and he sighed.
"Beatrix and Cordelia have sent letters expressing their concern about the boy's behavior." He said with a sigh.
I stared at him. "So? We both know they parent just as well as you do…"
He shot me the stink eye before he held up another letter. "This is the most recent and its neither from Beatrix or Cordelia…but from Christa, and she doesn't sound the least bit mad."
I stared at him for a second more before I laughed. "Of course, it would take a sane letter from a mentally unstable person to actually get you to do something."
"Shut up!" He growled but I just continued laughing.
~~~...~~~
"Yuma-kun!" I chirped appearing in his garden and quickly gaining his attention.
"Michiko-hime." He said immediately fumbling over himself as he made his way towards me.
I chuckled. It was funny, what my presence did to him. Yuma wasn't usually so clumsy that much I knew, and yet he practically tripped over his feet every time I was around.
It remined me of when he was human.
"Yuma-kun, are you ready to go?" I asked and he nodded excitedly.
"And will your plants be ok? Did you give one of your brothers or the servants instructions to water them when were gone, I don't want them to suffer, you've don such a lovely job growing everything." I said my fingers gently touching the petals of some red roses that he had decided to add to his garden as he continued to grow his fruits and vegetables.
He flushed under my praise and nodded. "I gave instructions to Azusa, he said he would water them for me."
I nodded. "Good choice."
"Ruki's been so busy that I didn't want to add more to him ya know and Kou…Kou might over water even with instructions." He said with a chuckle and I couldn't help but join him.
Kou was good at many things…gardening was not one of them.
I had been taking each of the boys on little trips to get them used to their new lifestyle and to also test their abilities.
Karl had also been taking the boys out on his own he said simply to teach them the ins and out of vampirism his way, but I knew it was just his pseudo way to bond with the boys which I found sickeningly sweet considering the only other child he had bonded with was Kino.
But in the end I was going to be the one to hone those skills he found in them, to make them the deadly group of half-bloods they could and needed to be to survive in the demon realm.
While I had already spent quite a bit of time with Kou helping him with his newly acquired demon eye and social skills with the help of improve tea parties and constantly doting on Azusa and with Ruki being the oldest and getting more training specifically under KarlHeinz Yuma was in a way…left in the dust to his brothers.
I had to applaud Yuma with his patience, he never complained and didn't lash out in jealousy against his brother, instead asking questions of where they went and soaking in as much as he could about what they learned before enclosing himself to his garden but not this time, now it was Yuma's turn to learn a little something new.
"Great, let's go." I said taking his hand before teleporting us away from the mansion.
Yuma was an interesting boy. I watched him, instead of explaining things about survival to him, I had him tell me all the things that he knew and added my input here and there.
Yuma didn't need survival training unlike his brothers, I knew Bram insured all of his lost boys need how to fight to the death, it was a major part and requirement to being one of his little lost boys, a child that had no survival skill at all wouldn't last 30 minutes in Avalon and three days at best in the human world.
So yeah, his fighting skills might need some cleaning up but were not something I was worried about, nor did I have to worry about him digesting poisonous plants, he knew what to look out for.
I was more concerned about Yuma's hunting skills.
Yuma and Kou, I had secretly started giving them special secret missions that consisted of stealing little thing for me like sweet rolls from the kitchen and not getting caught.
The skill was already there, but it was a muscle that just needed to be worked at.
Yuma despite his larger size and aggressive aura, he was surprisingly very light on his feet when he wanted to be. Today was going to be another stealth test of sorts.
"Do you remember what to do?" I asked him as I leaned against the tree. He was dressed in dark clothing as was I. I figured I would take it easy on him for the first round.
"Ah, no. Ya never told me exactly." He said with a frown scratching his head and I resisted the urge to sigh.
"You are going to search for prey and then kill them." I said evenly.
He nodded. "Your instructions?"
"I want you to choose a target, show me your choice of prey but be smart do go for someone that will not put your life at risk but also don't go for such an easy prey like a homeless person either. Once you've settled on a prey describe them to me the best you can, I want to be able to notice what they look like, see like before you approach them." I said sounding more like a general speaking to a young solider…though I suppose that was true.
He nodded with a determined face his eyes darting around at all the people walking about.
"After that I want you to isolate them."
"Anyway, specific you want it done?" Yuma asked curiously, and I smiled glad that he had asked before shaking my head.
"No darling not this time, for now by however you deem necessary and then I want you to exterminate them…again however means necessary, I don't want any hints dropped that we exist. Do you understand what you you're supposed to do?" I asked.
"Yes, Michiko-hime." He said and after 20 minutes of observation he seemed to settle on a prey. "I've decided."
"What will you be dinning on tonight Yuma-kun?" I asked curiously.
"Male, brown hair and eyes, perhaps early 20's maybe…um seems healthy despite how he's poorly dressed…alone…looks on edge?" He said, and I smiled to reassure him before searching for his chosen prey.
"Is that him?" I asked pointing to a male that fit Yuma's description pacing before pausing looking around before pacing again.
"Yeah." He said in awe at how fast I was able to locate his prey.
"Good, rather interesting character you've chosen." I said nodding after getting a glimpse of his soul. "Next time, for your description I want you to use less words, no more than five."
He frowned unsure. "Only five words?"
"Yes, I'll give you an example." I looked at the man. "Average, male, watchful, alone. Do those fit him?"
"Well yes, but can't that description fit just about any male." Yuma asked confused.
"That is a part of the test dear, you must be able to differentiate targets. 'Average' and 'male' can go for any male in our vicinity, but then I said 'alone' which singles out many as most are which others and then I said 'watchful' which singles out the rest and illuminates him.
He nodded taking in my words.
"Now, isolate and incapacitate him." I said simply.
He frowned his hands balling into fists in obvious frustration as his mind thought of ways to trap his prey.
"Hey…" I said gathering his attention. "Relax darlin, just relax…"
"But I don't know what to do. Ruki's the smart one and always has a plan, Kou has his eye thingy and Azusa…" He paused before shrugging. "I don't really know what Azusa has but it works for him, I got nothing…"
I stood walking towards him before placing my hands on his shoulders and leaning down slightly. Yuma was rather tall for his age after all.
"Forget about your brothers right now and don't overthink it darlin, you're a vampire now, do you know what that means for you and that man you've chosen?"
"That I get to suck his blood." He said, and I chuckled as I walked towards his back.
I placed my hands on his shoulders again this time leaning in to his ear. "Yes, but that's not the point. The point is you are now an apex predator, and he is the prey. Close your eyes."
He closed his eyes.
"Take a deep breath, calm down and let your instincts guide you. You are not in danger Yuma…you are the most dangerous thing here…"
I watched him breathe in and out seemingly calming himself, I removed my hands from him and he was gone in a flash and so was the male.
I smirked. "Atta boy."
I followed the smell of blood and desperation to find Yuma standing above the male with blood staining his mouth.
"What the fuck are you!" The male cried as he continued to back away from Yuma.
Yuma smirked. "Your end."
I gave a slow clap making them look at me. "I like that, very dark and simple but equally dramatic, striking more fear into your prey makes their heart beat faster, making them produce more blood."
I ignored the human males sputtered insults and confused rambling instead bending down to swipe my fingers across his bloodied neck.
I smacked my lips after tasting him before looking at Yuma. "Eh, not a bad favor, not the best but not bad either. Well done Yuma-kun…now kill him."
Yuma wasted no time in attacking the males neck again until the male stopped moving.
Yuma soon after dropped the body before standing and walking over to me only to pause when I said "What do you think you're doing?"
He paused. "I uh…"
I pointed at the body even when he looked confused. "I told you I don't want any evidence of supernatural interference."
"So what do I do, bury him, burn his body, throw his body in a lake?" He asked curiously.
"You could do that, but of course those all come with the chance you could be discovered. Someone could stumble upon his buried body, the same with the lake since it takes time for the marine animals to pick away at his flesh." I said evenly.
"Why not a fire?" He said quietly.
"You of all people should know fires cause a lot of unnecessary attention, and you would need an intense fire or hellfire to burn him down to ashes which you don't have."
"So what do I do?"
"Use what you have Yuma." I said as I lowered him along with myself down toward the body. "You are your greatest weapon after all."
His eyes widened as he watched me lean towards the man's neck my eyes glowing demonically even as my teeth grew before I ripped out the man's throat and swallowed it.
"You want me to eat him?!" He asked wide eyed.
I blinked at him innocently. "Of course, why let a perfectly good meal go to waste."
"B-but that's cannibalism…"
I blinked at him for a moment before my eyes narrowed into a glare that make him flinch. "Yuma dear, do not let your pervious human state stop you from embracing what you are. You are no longer mortal…you are immortal, the sooner you understand the better off you'll be."
Yuma stared at me as I continued to devour the man before to my shock, he too began to devour the man.
I watched him keen intrigue because despite what I had just told him, for vampires devouring the human corpse was rather taboo.
Devouring the blood, body, and soul was truly demonic nature and looked down upon in vampiric society…they considered it primitive…beastly….and it was one of the main differences that set our species apart.
Vampires where essentially the vegans of the demon realm.
"Hey…this is pretty good!"
I smirked, knowing that human flesh was an acquired taste. "Is it?"
"Yeah…its better than what I thought it was gonna be." He said surprised, but it was he who surprised me further as he began devouring the man's flesh at a faster pace as if he were afraid he would never eat again. "Better than any meat I've ever had, back when I was living in the slums the was barely any food, most of the time I had to scavenge…I pretty much ate anything I could get…dogs…cats…mice…."
He paused as he continued to chew on the man's arm. "I wonder how it was taste roasted…"
"I prefer raw, but you can always find out later." I said with a smile.
He nodded. "Ok."
We finished off the body in no time, and I spoke the Yuma about the anatomy of the human body as we walked back to the mansion.
"We should bring the others back some next time." Yuma chuckled shyly, the boy had eaten more than me, all that remained with blood spatters on the ground.
"I don't think that would be a wise idea, Yuma-kun."
"Why not?" He asked confused as I walked over wiping the blood from his face with the sleeve of my shirt.
"Your brothers have a sensitive palate…if they we to consume the flesh as we do they would become sick." I said evenly.
"So, like their allergic of something?" Yuma asked with a frown.
"Exactly." I said bopping his nose making him blush before huffing at me.
"But I'm not, why?"
I knew it no doubt had to do with the fact of his human lifestyle but also might have had to do with him being with Bram.
"Am I weird or sumtin?" He asked quietly.
"Yuma-kun no," I said pausing to as we reached the property lines. "Your rather special, very few vampires can handle human flesh so the fact that you have a taste for it surprises and pleases me greatly."
"Now besides gardening when can go out and gorge, just the two of us." I said when I caught the uncertainty still in his eyes.
He smiled his eyes lighting up "Yeah, we'll have a feast!"
"But also…wanna know a secret?" I said whispering as I looked around in a secretive manner.
He nodded scooting closer to me as I leaned down in his ear. "The more bodies you consume the stronger you'll be."
His eyes widened. "Really?"
I nodded. "Yes, stick with me Yuma and not only will you never go hungry again, but you will also be the strongest half-blood in the in the mortal realm."
His eyes glittered at the prospect. "I want that."
I wrapped my arm around his shoulders pulling him into my side, making his face heat up as a considerable amount of my breast on the side of his face.
"I know darlin, and as long as you stay by my side, I will make your dreams a reality."
~~~...~~~
I grinned as I watched Yuma in action, he was becoming quite the terror….it was positively wonderful.
"How many did you get this time?" I asked curiously.
I watched as he dumped his pockets making a rather large pile of his stolen contraband. His forehead was starting to glisten with sweat though I wasn't surprised, he had been doing this for the past hour.
"I lost count…but a little over a hundred." He said honestly, and I chucked.
"Not bad," I said picking up one of the many pouched filled with gold coins. "And did anyone notice you?"
Despite his obvious fatigue he puffed his chest in pride. "No, I was so fast no one when noticed I was there."
I nodded with a wider smile. "That's great to hear Yuma, out of curiosity was there anything you wanted to learn from me?"
"Everything!" He blurted out before blushing with a laughed as I began pilling our stolen contraband in a large sack.
"Yes well, one thing at a time dear, chose something specific and I'll let you know if it would suit you."
"I've never seen you use any but, what about weapons? Do you know how to use any?" Yuma asked curiously after a moment of deep thinking.
My grin widened to the point where you could see my fangs. Oh surely Yuma had now really made my day… "Was there one in particular you were interested in?
"There's so many and probably some I don't even know about…" He said with a frown. "I'm not sure, maybe a sword?"
At that I couldn't help the complexly monstrous laughter that bubbled out of my chest. Yuma looked shocked and then embarrassed and somewhat fearful.
"I'm not laughing at you darlin." I said to him.
"Ya' not…" He asked unsure.
"No, I a merely laughing at the prospect of the future." I said my eyes gleaming sinisterly the prospect of Karlheinz's face when he learns that all her boys are swordsmen. I was well on my way of creating the perfect army of devoted killers.
"The future?"
"Yes, our future." I said before wrapping my arms around his shoulder and pulling him towards me after we finished bagging all the stolen money. "I think that's enough for today."
"We're going home already?" He asked with a pout when I nodded.
"Yes of course, but don't worry dear, this wasn't your trip. You and Kou-kun and I will be taking another trip a longer one."
"Together?" He asked with a frown and I snickered.
"Why would you prefer to have me all to yourself?" I mused before chuckling when he choked on his words as he blushed a deep red.
"Yes, you Kou and I will have a trip together, but we will also have another trip with just the two of us and the same with Kou but of course it will be a while later for his trip as we have a deal of sorts."
"You're really going to take him out of the country?" Yuma asked wide eyed.
I smiled. "Of course, what better place to learn another language than that country the language is most spoken? I have some allies in other countries that I'm sure would be willing to take Kou and teach him different languages."
"How come you can't teach him?"
"It's not that I can't, it would be far more time consuming if I did, besides sometimes it is good for you to have other sensei's you can learn a lot from learning under another."
His eyes seemed to gain stars and I was reminded of his human and care free self. "Wow that's so cool."
His eyes turned to me and I knew the question before it even left his lips. "Can our trip be out of the country too?"
I smiled. "I was actually planning on taking you somewhere really special considering your gardening skills."
"Where?" His eyes were shimmering with excitement.
"An island actually…"
"An island? What island?"
"Ember Island." I held up my finger against his lips before he could ask any more questions. "Not another question. Because I won't tell you anymore."
He pouted looking ready to argue when I continued speaking. "Although…that doesn't mean that I won't allow you to do your own research."
His eyes glimmered he nodded before looking at me with wild excitement. "Race you home, but you can't teleport."
"Deal, and remember, not a single sound." I said before I took off.
The only sound I heard was the wind shifting and I smiled seeing Yuma running next to me.
the sway of the branches of the trees the sounds of the animals and humans moving about, those were the only sounds to be heard as we raced pasted them as such a startling speed that I was sure to even trained eyes we were barely a blur of dark colors that flashed in and out of existence.
Yuma was gasping for air on his hands and knees when we arrived back to the manor, the poor boy determined to keep up with me had integrated teleporting into his running and though it worked it also seemed to drain him…
I smirked before tossing the sack of money I had been carrying towards a servant who came towards us upon seeing our arrival.
"Well done Yuma-kun, we were able to keep up with me…for the most part. We will have to see next time when I'm not carry so much weight or perhaps give you your own weights, yeah?"
He couldn't even answer me as he seemed to be trying to catch his breath. I chuckled at the sight…hadn't he learned by now that he didn't even need to breath?
He was still thinking like a human, only when we grew out of that mindset would he truly be and foot closer to matching my speed.
Yuma took a glance at my arms and legs noticing that I indeed have on weights.
He groaned. And I took that as he had forgotten that I had even put them on and I shook my head.
"Michiko-sama!" Was the only warning I got before I felt Kou barrel into me.
I smiled bending down and giving him a hug and a kiss on his forehead making him grin. "Welcome home!"
"Hello Kou-kun, how have you been?"
"I missed you…" He said bashfully before turning towards Yuma. "Yuma-kun why are you looking like you're about to die?"
I laughed. "Yuma-kun and I just had a little race that's all, he just tired."
Kou nodded before smirking at his brother. "So, you lost to Michiko-sama...again."
That seemed bring Yuma to attention as he scowled at the blonde. "Shut up! Tsk you'd lose to her too."
Before the two could start a brawl, I placed my hands on their heads. "Boys…we just returned home, please don't start a fight for at least the next five minutes."
"Sorry." They muttered, and I shook my head.
"Yuma-kun, go and get cleaned up." I told him, and he nodded Kou following after him as I went towards my own room to change.
~~~...~~~
My time was divided between the boys evenly, whether I was teaching them something or just spending time with them.
The boys were learning many things not each and every one of them important for preparing them for the future.
The boys were always obedient and respectful to my words however that didn't mean that I was a fool to know that they were subtly pushing my boundaries to see what all they could get away with until I snapped.
And it was fine, demons raised hell spawn right?
I frowned as I heard shattering on the upper level of the mansion. I wiped off my hands before teleporting worried about the boy's safety only to pause my eyes widening in shock at the scene before me.
"What I the lower levels of Tartarus do you think you're doing?" I growled making all for the boys freeze in midmotion.
"I-I w-we were just-" I turned my heated gaze towards Kou and he seemed to stiffen silencing himself before whimpering at my harsh gaze.
"We got curious… and we… wanted to know… what it was…" Azusa said trying to defuse to tension when his brothers looked to him.
"We didn't mean for it to fall." Yuma said quickly.
"It's not broken." Ruki said and I cut my eyes at his careless tone making him flinch back and look to the floor.
"Get out." I hissed lowly my eyes glittering in warning and the boys were gone before I could even finish.
I took a deep breath before repairing the damage they had caused. With shaky hands I lifted the stone dragon that was much larger than my frame pushing it back into its original standing position.
I looked over the statue with critical eyes, searching for any damages before breathing out a sigh of relief when I found none.
I sat seiza before I bowed before the stone dragon. "Do forgive their behavior the hatchling are young, they also have KarlHeinz's blood running through their veins…"
I looked back up staring into the matching amethyst eyes of the ruby scaled dragon flashing it a fanged smile. "For now at least…"
Dinner was a rather silent and awkward affair…the boys were filled with guilt even after I had informed them had they broken it I would have really been cross
I explained to them the importance of that room and the giant stone that was held in it though that didn't seem to help their guilt only further feeding into it even though I had forgiven them and told them such to their faces.
The course of the next week the boys still were walking on egg shells around me and I found it quite amusing.
It really was rather entertaining and because I was still a sadistic creature and reveled in their internally pain…which is why I announced to them that I was leaving them on their own for a while.
Kou naturally was the first to crack.
I stared at him as he quite literally threw himself at my feet, wrapping his arms around my legs, his body shaking as tears streamed down his face.
"We're sorry! I'm sorry! So please… please don't leave, don't leave us!" He begged.
"Kou-"
"Please, please stay don't leave. Don't leave, I don't want you too!" He continued to beg, and as much as his begging really did it for my ego and my sadism, it still didn't change the fact that I was still gonna leave.
"Kou…" I said with a sigh.
"No!" He said he said shaking his head as he tightened his grip on me.
I stared down at him as he hid his face before looking over at the boys who all looked on the verge of tears at my words though they were holding it in better than Kou.
"It's cuz of what we did huh? Ya leaving cuz of what we did…ya still mad." Yuma said with his fist balled into his sides
"No, I'm leaving because there is a pressing matter that needs my attention." I said evenly.
"What is it?"
"You boy know that Karl has six sons." I said, and they nodded. "Well what he didn't tell you was that they are my blood too…well three of them to be specific, the triplets are my nephews."
"His oldest son is my god-son." I said glancing at Yuma briefly before looking at them all. "And the other two though not exactly spoken out loud are also under my guardianship, it seems they are having a bit of a dilemma and are needing my immediate attention…though I'm sure my prolonged absence plays a key role into it…besides I miss them."
"You just care about them more than us…"
I turned facing Ruki's when I heard the bitterness and jealousy in his tone and frowned. "Ruki-"
"Your just gonna leave us, just like that? What are we not good enough for you that you have need of others?" He growled.
I chuckled at the irony. "Well I'm sure they would say the same about you boys, you four after all are the reason I'm not with them not and haven't visited them quite a awhile."
Ruki looked like he didn't give a single fuck about the other boys and they're withdrawals of my attention…and he no doubt didn't.
"But furthermore, it's not about who I like more, its about the fact that they need me." I said.
"But-" I raised my hand silencing him.
"And just like you have my protection and help when you need it, they do also." I said cutting him off. "It wouldn't be fair if I abandoned them would it? and before you let jealousy cloud your minds think of if you were in their shoes."
He crossed his arms looking much like a petulant child he was. "Fine."
I looked towards Yuma and Azusa who seemed to not like the fact that I was leaving but still relented as Ruki had already given in.
The only one it seemed that still had a problem with my departure was the blonde who was currently giving his brothers such a scathing glare that my demonic heart swelled.
"Kou." I said as I pulled him from my legs and into my arms his arms immediately wrapping around me as he continued to burn holes through his brothers with his eyes.
I grabbed his jaw and turned his face towards me to see his right eye glowing fuchsia.
"Kou, I not going away forever. I won't abandon you." I said a I could see him using his demonic appendage to see if I was lying.
"Never." He said he demanded. "You'll abandon us."
You'll never abandon me Is what his words seem to echo.
"Never. I need to go to the others. They need me more than you and your brothers do." I said seriously.
"But-" I stared at him and whatever he was going to say seemed to die on his tongue.
"They need me, you boys will be fine and if anything does happen, I will be here quicker than you than you think, you know how to reach me" I said brushing his hair from his right eye.
He nodded his head as he to resembled Ruki as he pouted relaxing into my arms.
"Now, let's have a bath yeah? We won't be sharing them for a while and I want to share one before I leave out tomorrow" I said and smiled when the boy's faces were covered with shades of red.
"Michiko-sama is this needed?" Yuma sputtered cutely as I held him against my chest as I washed and combed out his long hair as I was already finished with the others.
"But of course, your hair is much longer than your brothers that means it needs more attention."
"Then perhaps I should cut it" He huffed.
I stiffened, and a look of horror covered my features as I stared at him. "Why would you do such a thing to your hair?"
He flushed. "Cus girls are supposed to have long hair, I don't wanna look like a girl."
"Wanna know a secret?" I asked him as Kou and Azusa splashed water at each other…well Kou slashed Azusa while Azusa took it, Ruki steering clear of Kou's splash zone as he was lecturing Kou about splashing hot water in Azusa's face.
Yuma looked at me. "Yeah?"
"In the demon realm it is not uncommon to find men of nobility with waist long hair if not longer." I said with a smile.
"W-what, really?" He asked shocked.
I nodded. "I mean just look at Karl, his hair is a long as mine and he's the vampire king. It is the silly human ideal that you should get out of your head. Your hair is lovely and though I would be sad if you cut it I also won't stop you…it is your hair after all."
"But…long hair isn't…appealing."
I cupped his face bringing him close to me. "Yuma, there is as much if not more sex appeal for a man with long than short hair."
He flushed the red of his tomatoes when I placed a kiss on his nose before releasing him.
He stared at me for a moment as I turned away from him to clean my own hair before moving towards him brothers to splash Kou, and getting Ruki also.
I snickered as Ruki began splashing his younger brothers with a vengeances Azusa's face be damned.
They were too cute.
Hee hee I excited to write the next chapter, Michiko really is about to stir the pot ya'll lol
Michiko is a vile little thing that does what she wants to whoever she wants…
She's told the Mukami boys that Karl has six sons…and she's told the boys her relation to them as well…naturally it stands to reason that she's gonna tell Sakamaki boys….
I can only wonder how they will react to the news [ after all KarlHeinz doesn't tell them shit and neither do their mothers…but that doesn't mean Michiko won't ]
Also among the other things Michiko will teach all of the boys weaponry.
Now based on what we as the fans know:
Shu, Reiji and Ayato know the art of the sword and while Azusa and Subaru like to carry and play with knifes and daggers we don't really know if it's a skill.
Well that is about to change…after all Michiko excepts her future overs to be well rounded in all things.
The boys will all know swordsmanship, some will be better, but all will know the basics.
But here's the full part, if you have a weapon you're interested in seeing the brothers use or think would be interested in using leave in in the comment box and also why?
Ex.
Kou knowing how or being interested in war fans because he thinks that's his weapons should be as pretty as him, the fans or multicolored and match all of his outfits so naturally, he has five or six but whose counting. The ones that he doesn't carry on him are decorating his room anyway.
Or
Laito being one hell or an archer because let's be honest the boy is a lover and lover of torture not a combat fighter, he prefers long distance so that he can support his brothers after all he is the most perceptive even though he plays it off.
Let me know what you guys are thinking.
And I know I don't need to or shouldn't be but I've really been in a Naruto\vampire diaries fever and damnit if I can't find a fanfic that is feeding my cravings, so I had to create one.
And I'm gonna post it.
If ya'll didn't know, I am all about Bonnie Bennett the queen B. so I will have one that is Bonnie B. x my fav Uchiha which happens to be Shisui. ( I think they would be wonderful for each other )
I haven't decided who's going where yet. Idk if Bon's gonna do the traveling or if Shisui is...maybe I'll do one of each but that I will do later.
The one I'm gonna post probably after all my finals or if I just can't wait before my finals is a Bennett { oc } x Naruto boys
Ya, its gonna be a harem there's too many hotties to choose from and only pick one.
Sue me ok.