Disclaimer: I do not own Diabolik Lovers or its characters, that right belongs to Rejet and their team; nor do I own any songs used in this piece of fanfiction, they belong to the stated artist and producing companies. I do own the Original Characters (OCs) in this story thou.
Author's Note: So, people know the calendar year that this is being based on is from the year 2020. The lunar calendar is also for 2020. Here is the exact data: 2020 Oct 31 Sat. I did this so that it all syncs up with the storyline. And here is all the full Moons that will take place throughout the story, 2020 Oct 31 Sat, 2020 Nov 30 Mon, 2020 Dec 30 Wed.
Song: Wish I had an Angel
Artist: Nightwish
Album: Once
Released: 2004
Genre: Alternative metal
Length: 4:06
Publisher Tero Kinnunen
November 9th, (Monday)
Deep into a dying day
I took a step outside an innocent heart
The sun was starting its descent when they felt the magic wash over the area of the Gazebo before the odd black and white swirling gate appeared. Both a bit surprised at the group returning earlier than expected. But they were finished with the preparations and had been patiently waiting. Matching smirks gracing their elegant faces as they watched the group step through one at a time. Before ancient magic fused with their blood sprang up around them. The runic writing on the ground glowing red before power rippled through the air making all but one person of the group of fourteen falls onto their hands and knees.
This moment was when they chose to step out and show themselves — earning several shocked look and snarls of anger. It didn't phase them as they walked up to the barrier that not even the ancient Vampire Lords could cross. It helped when you had someone as powerful as they did for a grandfather. Said Grandfather, who was pissed at his greeting from the two girls that held their interest. A present they were told was to be delivered.
"You... You are supposed to be dead! I removed your damn heads," Ayato yelled as he looked up at them.
"Indeed, we were dead. But I am sure that you have been informed of whose blood flows through our veins."
This had a few of the group glaring hard at them. Though it was the heavy gazes of the two Elder Vampires that had them wary, together, the two could break the binding circle.
"Shin. Carla. I would be lying if I said it was good to see you, my cousins," Karlheinz hissed at them. "What do you want?"
The slow lazy blink Carla gave while Shin smiled widely at Karlheinz didn't do anything other than making everyone tenser. Then Carla reached through the barrier, hand wrapping around the only person not affected by the binding circle and pulled her out. His golden eyes were glowing as he met the petite girl's odd ringed eyes.
"Her, of course," Shin stated simply. "Do you all know what you have been sleeping with? Someone who is the biggest threat to all of our kind."
Shin's words had the girl stiffening and shaking in his grasp. Panic making her already pale skin look almost translucent. It displeased Carla, and he seemed to Shin and snarled, causing his brother's smile to fall from his face. Looking back at the group, he saw that the boys had knowledge of Lunaria's powers, but not what the girls were. It was perfect.
"Oh, this is sweet. You have no clue. They must not trust you at all," Carla said, his voice soft as he lifted his other hand and stroked Lunaria's face.
"What do you mean? They are just fucking girls with magical power. And we are earning their trust," Subaru yelled, clearly not liking Carla touching Lunaria.
It was Lunaria flinching visibly and hanging her head in apparent shame that had Carla grinning in dark delight at the group.
Prepare to hate me fall when I may
This night will hurt you like never before
Shin watched as the girl his elder brother now held reacted. It had him narrowing his single eye at her.
"Again, what are you doing here? What is the purpose of taking, Lunaria?" Ryu asked, his deep voice mellow and almost unconcerned.
"Ah, Lord Vantiri, my condolences on your prior losses. Though it is good to see you out and about again," Carla stated as he lifted his eyes to glance at the man. "And because we have a right to claim what is ours. And as for Lunaria, I need her to heal me of the disease Endzeit, that Karlheinz so graciously created to destroy all of us of the First Bloods."
This had a soft whimper coming from Lunaria, as her sister glared and growled at him. The others didn't seem to understand. He was looking confused by what he wanted. While Ryu looked at Karlheinz, who was pissed and if the barrier wasn't in the place, he was sure would be slamming him with his aura in a tantrum.
"Oh, you don't know. Your father created the Endzeit virus or End time to target only those of our bloodline. To do as the name suggests, which means that three of you would die. As you carry the blood of our cousin in your veins... And Lunaria is the only person who can cure it," he said, giving a dry hiss as he jerked her around to stand before him.
There was silence before Ryu spoke up, "I do not know what Lucifer told you, or how you think that either Lunaria or Tician would be yours to claim. But if you do this, you will cause a domino effect that cannot be stopped."
Carla narrowed his golden orbs at Ryu. He smiled slowly as he looked down at Lunaria, who just stared up at him like a mouse being cornered by an owl. It was truly beautiful, but not what he wanted to see from her.
"It matters not. I won't have my future children having this accursed virus ruining their lives," he growled as he jerked Lunaria once more.
When her tiny frame, the same size as Yui's, was pressed chest to chest with him, he smiled down at her. A rare smile that was not cruel or cold.
"Heal me, Lunaria. With the magic that comes from the blood of your mother. Wipe from me and existence the Endzeit virus," he whispered just loud enough for the other's to heal. "Show to them who and what you... and your sister are."
I wish I had an angel
For one moment of love
She gave a small whimper as he held her body to his. She didn't want the others to know what she was descended from. It meant they'd hate her more. Keep away unless they wanted her blood and body. Love had a slim chance of happening between her and them already. This would kill that. And her gut told her that Carla and Shin were well aware of it, but not why Carla was saying that her sister and herself were his to claim. Did it have to do with the prophecy? If so, this was not good.
Her sister hated their father and them for keeping them in that castle, asleep for several hundred years. If they were the final two to thirteen that they would belong to, then they'd have to give in to their whims, desires. Tician would love to kill them. She knew that.
"I... Please don't make me do this," she spoke softly to Carla, only to feel his arms tighten around her as magic flared, filling the air with gasps of shock and pain.
The sound of her sister included, before Tician's pain ripped through her own body, let Lunaria know that he was serious. There was no way to avoid this. It was bound to come out to those she belonged to.
"Fine. But please know this. I heal you, and it will have severe repercussions that I am sure Lucifael didn't tell you about. My magic will purge it not just from your blood, but all who share it. This means it will affect every one of those that carry the blood of Lilith in their bodies," she stated.
"Lu, no... don't... This will be like lighting a beacon in the dark," Tician yelled at her.
Slowly the arm holding her to Carla loosened and allowed her to step back. The only thing she could do was look at her sister, who was being held to the ground on her hands and knees like the others. Her eyes were gazing at the intricate runes that made up the binding circle. Easily able to tell that they had mixed their blood with the ancient magic. No doubt on their grandfather's behest to make sure to keep Karlheinz and Ryu from interfering.
"Oh, and don't worry, we have something to give you and your sister as payment for doing this," Shin said in a concerned voice. "Something of value to both of you. Besides, Grandfather did inform us that he said you'd be receiving gifts for the last seven hundred years our father had you in slumber. We are just the first."
Her head whipped around to look at Shin. Eyes narrowing as she lifted her hands to the two silver crosses in her ears. She knew that Tician would be doing her best to do the same. If she was to release her magic, Tician had to match or exceed it. Though she went still at what dropped to dangle from leather thongs, there would be no mistaking the small, shiny black curved talon that was tied to each of the cords. Her senses opened up as she smelled cloves, smoke, and darkness.
"Oh, got your attention, did I?" Shin teased her, his smile of someone who wasn't quite right in the head.
Giving a slow nod of her head, she looked at Carla, then to her sister, and back again. Making sure he understood. And the small nod he gave her as she pulled two of the twelve visible crosses from her ears. She was feeling as her magic went from muted and sealed to flaring bright white, gold, silver, and the palest of blues around her like a halo. She heard the shocked gasp as her magic shifted and gathered at her back, knowing that it was happening to Tician as well. She was forming ethereal white wings at her back, while Tician's would be black.
I'm in love with my lust
Burning angel wings to dust
They all watched, heads shifting back and forth between the two girls that were their brides. Seeing wings form out of raw magical power. There was no mistaking the wings that were forming. They'd seen them rather recently not to know what the hell they were. And then the words Carla had spoken finally made sense. The blood that flowed through the girls. What they were... Angels...
Though it was apparent that Tician was a fallen Angel, Lunaria was of the purest of Angels with the holy power they could feel seep through the barrier. Glad it was there protecting them. Their lips pulled back, baring their fangs as they hissed at magic power that brushed over their bodies — setting the fine hairs to rise all over.
"Then, we shall begin. Do not pull away, or you will die as the magic will register you as evil," Lunaria intoned in an emotionless voice.
They watched as one of her hands glowed before she thrust it into Carla's body. They are making the Pure Blood jerk and gasp before she jerked it back out. There standing before her was two versions of Carla. A solid one that they knew, the other see-through, looking lost and confused. Pale with greens, reds, and purples swirling through the image of him. It was the black that began to dance up to the surface of the ghost-like image that was attached by thin white like tendrils to the main Carla's body.
Then with a bright flare of light that had them all flinching back, briefly saw Lunaria thrust her other hand now glowing into the second Carla and jerking it back out just as quickly. Her face a blank, emotionless mask. When the light faded she held in her other hand a small black ball that seemed to squirm and writhe as she curled her hand into a fist as that white power began to turn it into nothing but silver ash that floated on the air.
"It is done. All who are associated with you and of the blood of Lilith have been purged by Endzeit. Can no longer be infected with the virus," Lunaria said, her dead sounding voice echoing with power on the air.
Then her hand holding the Ghost-Like Carla back into the main Carla's body. They felt something like a shock wave rips through them. She was making them all glad that they didn't breathe. Though pain as something burned through all their veins. Making even their father and Ryu cry out from it. There was no mistaking the holy power surging through them. Everyone's eyes flashed red as they stared at Lunaria, who was now sliding her earrings back into her ears — causing the magic to vanish.
I'm going down so frail 'n cruel
Drunken disguise changes all the rules
He watched in awe and fear at what the tiny girl had done to his brother. Everything in him was screaming to kill her. She was a threat, an enemy. But he could tell there was no malice at all in her. If Shin didn't know any better, she exuded a sadness that was similar to Yui. Then again, Yui was a complexity that he didn't understand. Had desired. But now that she was mated to Ayato, he would respect that.
The moment the magic vanished, Shin felt his legs go weak as he reached out and grabbed Carla. Who had caught Lunaria? His body was nothing but white-hot pain. His eyes landing on the girl, he saw her face was ashen, her breathing shallow and rapid. Her face was screwed up in pain as it hit him. She was feeling the effects of her magic. He'd seen it only once before in a priest who had a gift similar.
It meant that a side effect of her having this powerful magic; she felt the pain and suffering of those she healed. And she just not only cured his brother but him, Karlheinz, his brood, Lord Vantiri. Though Yui reacting in pain had him a bit confused.
"Dammit, what the fuck was that?" He heard one of Karlheinz brood snap.
"Healing magic of the highest order," came Tician's voice. "And the price is while we are all healed and purged of the taint that was created and implanted, my sister... she had taken it into her body and is living all your suffering, pain, sickness."
The words confirming what he had thought, Shin shifted his brother to pick him up. Hating that Carla was taller than him. Then before he could do anything, his legs finally gave out, and he collapsed to his knees, barely able to stay awake as he saw the binding circle go down. Everyone standing and Ryu and Karlheinz were walking towards them.
"Another downside to this magic," Ryu said as he was stopping. "Is that it binds the healer to their patient on a spiritual level. That means that Carla and Shin will be staying. And now... Lucifer has a hold where Michael does as well."
This had Shin lifting his head as his mind registered what was said that they were nothing but pawns being played by their grandfather. Their act a disguise while serving, yet again another family member's purpose. But he could deal with it if he had either of the two girls in his bed. Growing up, he had been partial to Tician. Her tanned skin and golden hair were contrasting with soft, small curves.
The rules of the game had changed. He was well aware of the prophecy. Both Carla and himself had it explained in great detail before being sent top side once more. There was an end game. The girls had chosen to be neutral but were expected to fight in the coming battle. One that had been foretold almost a thousand years ago. And it netted him, if they survived, guaranteed wives.
Old loves they die hard
Old lies they die harder
Ryu and Karlheinz picked up the trio passed out on the ground. They had not enjoyed feeling holy fire burn through their veins. Of course, both had thought it before, when they were younger and had pissed off the girl's mother. Who had at that time just gotten her memories back and had given up her immortality to be a human mage in the Forest and wife to the twin's father. It was complicated and neither happy at this turn of events.
There was already a tenuous thread holding the boys to Lunaria. And them finding out that half of Lunaria and Tician was Angelic, he wondered how long it would take to put two and two together and them to realize that the same angelic blood runs through Yui's veins. The twins half brother by their mother was a pure angel though it was still muted in Yui, because he, like his mother, cut off his wings to have a child with Anya.
Once they had the trio in their arms, standing a bit awkwardly, they looked at the group. Who was currently trying to figure if they wanted to glare at Lunaria and the Tsukinami's or Tician who was sitting on her heels? Yui was confused by she was hugging Tician as if in understanding. It made the two Elder vampires relax a bit.
"From this day forward, Carla and Shin will live in this house and are the final two of the thirteen in the prophecy," Karlheinz spoke up. His voice commanding, allowing no room for disagreement.
"Due to Lunaria having to use her magic against her will, not only are they tied to her on a spiritual level, but we are all more connected than before. Until we figure out the residual effects of having a holy fire in our veins healing us of all our past grievances and pains, it is best to stay as close as possible to each other," Ryu continued speaking in the same commanding tone.
Tician chose that moment to stand and nod her head in acceptance. Yui still clinging to her and trying her best to comfort her aunt while the others looked disgusted at the concept. Over what neither could pinpoint. But it was a bit of a surprise when Shuu moved forward, lifting his arms out to Ryu, who held both Carla and Lunaria.
"I will carry her if you allow it," he stated in his quiet manner.
"That would be nice, Shuu," Ryu said, glad to see one of them not showing any hate or dislike to the already emotionally fragile girl. "We will take them to the west wing and let them all sleep in the same bed. It is best to keep them close together until the magic has left them all."
"Is...she really...suffering... our pain?" Azusa asked in his halting manner.
Ryu looked at the boy. His gray eyes watching Lunaria now settled into Shuu's arms carefully. He could tell that the boy was earnest. That the bond that had been formed between them in their first few meetings would hold a bit longer.
"Yes. Everyone. But you don't have to worry, none of your memories of that pain will be seen, just felt," Karlheinz spoke up. "Now, we need to get inside, and the rest of you need to get ready for school. There is no excuse to miss more than you all have."
But to have the prize of the night
Hypocrite
Shuu looked down at the tiny girl he was holding. He was more curious about her than before. Lunaria was a complex puzzle that he'd generally avoid. But by letting ancient prejudices color his thoughts, he knew he'd be pushing her away. Alienating her and losing out on several chances.
The others were younger, still prone to acting by their instincts like spoilt children. And in his books, anyone who could sound like she did when she sang or looked when they played an instrument he wouldn't just blacklist. Thus he'd not be the hypocrite. She knew that when and if she gave her trust, it would be the eternal kind.
He was smiling as he followed behind. Shuu, if asked, would admit that he didn't like the fact that Lunaria would be sleeping in the same bed. He was nestled between two people that had been their enemy. Took Yui from them and to the Demon Realm. People that he had watched Ayato slaughter. Hell, he helped slaughter. It had been liberating and vindicating. Now they were back because their 'grandfather' had deemed them to live again. It wasn't fair, then still, life itself was not fair.
And for now, he would wait for his prize. A prize that had captured his attention in a way that he would have never guessed. Her voice, her talent with his favorite instrument. Shuu looked down at the tiny girl in his arms. Seeing her eyes move rapidly under her lids, the quick and shallow breathing and pale skin that was slightly flushed all indicating she was in a lot of pain. He had to admit that it was disturbing to know she was bearing all their pain without complaint.
Last dance, first kiss
Your touch my bliss
Tician had stood and watched as her sister disappeared. She was worried because there was only so much pain she could handle while healing and thirteen guys, and two full-grown males and Yui. It was almost painful to think about. And the fact that she had not a shred of empathy in her body. No, her sister suffered everyone's, even her pain when she healed. But to Lunaria, it was the best outcome for using her magic for its real purpose.
A soft grunt came from behind her, making her slowly turn around and glare at those that were still gathered — looking at them and their aura's. She had felt the pain of those she had completed the mating with. It was not unbearable. The way they were looking at her as if she had betrayed them. But she hadn't. Neither had her sister. This was their secret. Their choice. And right now, after all these years, frankly she didn't give two fucks.
So, crossing her arms under her breast, jutting a hip out, she dared them to piss her off. Each and every one of them knew of her skin and how brutal she was. None of them had seen her actual weapons in play yet. No, just a practice wooden sword.
"Where you two ever going to tell us?" Ayato asked, his voice rough as he looked at her accusingly.
Letting her gaze settle on him and him alone, she contemplated how to respond. But didn't get a chance as Yui finally let her go and stood between the two of them. It caused her worry and her instincts had her wanting to pull the tiny girl back. Tician knew that Yui had to stand on her own two feet. Draw a line in the proverbial sand so to speak. She was becoming a woman. And Ayato and the others would learn that she was her mother and father's daughter.
"Really? Are you going to isolate them? Huh? You tell me that Ayato Sakamaki?" she snapped, growling at them. "Because if you are, then you had better stop and think carefully. My blood is their blood. Their half brother, child of their mother, is my father!"
Closing her eyes and letting a small smile that showed her pride appears on her face, but for a few seconds, Tician took a deep breath and let her arms drop.
"That is..." Ruki started to say but was cut off.
"Teddy agrees with Yui. We all partook of Yui's blood, thinking she was human. She is a Dhampir. And half of that is Angel," Kanato stated. "I won't make them feel unwanted. I want my taste of Lunaria if Tician's blood sets my own on fire. Sooner the better and Teddy agrees."
Tician blinked and looked down at the shortest of the group. He looked up, his violet eyes glowing faintly in the darkening twilight.
"It stands to reason that they didn't say anything because of our natural reaction upon finding out about Lunaria's magic," Yuma spoke up, his brown eyes cold, assessing.
There was silence as they all stared at each other. No one wanted to make things worse with the wrong spoken something. Tician thinking about how sweet everything had been. As close to bliss as she could come in the current situation, they all lived in.
"You are correct. And frankly, I do not blame the girls. Their world, their family is gone. And what is left is only a shade of what was."
Tician looked over to see the three that had left had returned. And that Karlheinz was speaking. The look on his face was of great displeasure. A part of her was thankful it was not directed at her.
"You all are simple fools if you think that because the blood that flows through these girls makes them your enemy. That you cannot trust them when you, yourselves, have not given them a damn reason to trust you yet," he continued as he walked over and stood by Kanato, Yui, and Tician. "These girls have literally and figuratively seen hell. I know your lives have not been good, or easy. But that does not mean you can have your damn heads so far up your asses that you only see and hear what you want. I know you are all smart than that."
Tician was a bit shocked at the small speech. The man was as self-centered as they came. But then again with the idiot brats showing up threw everything into a more chaotic mess. It was not always a good thing. Though this meant since she and Lunaria shared one soul, if she looked, she would find that they were now bound in a very intimate manner.
Beauty always comes with dark thoughts.
The group made their way into the manner. They were quickly going to their rooms. There was much to think about. A lot had been learned about the two newest members of the household. The most surprising for them all was that the twins, and Yui, had the blood of angels flowing through their veins. By nature, it dictated that they were all enemies. Then again, the two had done nothing to paint themselves as such.
Each could appreciate the differences that the two girls brought to their lives in the short week and a few days, or two weeks if they counted the week in the Demon world. They had learned so much. And had a feeling that they would learn more. Those that had taken one of the sisters to their bed put their marks on the blond's body knew from the bond that had formed from sex and the sharing of blood that Tician was somewhat apprehensive even if she didn't show it while the others wondered just how nothing was affecting her.
Tician herself wanted nothing more than to creep into the room where her sister was sleeping. Looking like the dark angel, she was and knowing that in the next few days that adding in Carla and Shin would make things so much tenser. But it also gave her so much more to enjoy as she watched the dynamics of the household change. Especially with the fact that she knew Karlheinz was pissed that they'd made Lunaria heal them of a virus he had created. That thought left her feeling sick.
Ayato and Yui were sitting in their room. Neither talking. The tension was almost unbearable. But it was clear that neither was going to back down. Each had taken a liking to the twins for different reasons and purposes. And the bond between Yui and the twins ran deep and couldn't ever be broken. A thing that couldn't be controlled, making tempers flare.
Ryu stood before the door, his mind probing at Lunaria's and Feeling the rebuff in the form of her pain. Cracking the door, he looked into the dimly lit room and saw that both of the Tsukinami had rolled onto their sides, draping their arms across her middle and held her. It would have been cute if it was any of the other boys. He held no love for Geisbach or his brood. But the irony was at play here, making these two be the missing pieces in a chess game that could destroy everything. A beautiful mess this all ways. And he had the faith that the girls he cared about so much would turn things around and make good of it.
TBC!
