Vampire Mistress Sakura part III: Mystery Revealed
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The dark haired woman drummed her fingers upon the arm of her chair. She was beautiful, but the beauty was deceiving, inside lurked evil and hatred. As she listened to the words of the young man infront of her, the hatred began to show.
"SHE'S WHAT?!?!?!" The woman suddenly growled, eyes turning a deep ruby. The man infront of her cowered.
"S...she's become the leader of Serra's clan." The fledgling whimpered.
The Vampiress quickly stood, stalking towards him. As soon as she reached him, she let her eyes change back to their crystal blue colour, "Well, we're just going to have to fix that now aren't we?" She smiled sweetly. "That fool Jared failed miserably in trying to convert the girl over, so I guess we'll just have to see if you can do a better job, ne?" She sighed and returned to her seat, shaking her head, "I can't believe I even wasted my time turning him." Her Crystal eyes raised to meet with her fledling's, "But you'll do so much better, won't you, Timothy?"
"H...Hai, hai Mistress Mystica, I will bring her to you." Timothy stammered, not daring to meet her eyes.
"Just remember, that if you fail, dire consequences shall be taken. Now go, and do not return until you bring me Kinomoto Sakura!"
Timothy nodded once more and scurried off, knowing better than to anger his mistress...
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A loud belch suddenly sounded throughout the room.
"Kero-Chan!"
They had returned back to Sakura and Syaoran's room after the party.
"Gomen, gomen, Sakura-Chan." The guardian beast replied, licking the last of the frosting off of his tiny paws, "Too bad there was no more."
"No more? You ate half of the cake stuffed animal!" Syoaran smirked.
"And that wasn't nearly enough!" Kero-Chan exclaimed, glaring at Syaoran. Syaoran returned the glare, soon leading to one of their famous matches. Finally, Sakura walked in between the two, ending the match, "Are you two finished?"
"No!"
Tomoyo giggled, catching each and every moment on film, "Give them a break Sakura-Chan. They actually made it through the whole ceremony without killing one another. They have to get rid of some of the tension somehow."
Sakura grinned and moved out of the way, coming over to sit by her best friend. Syaoran and Kero-Chan continued their match.
"You're right." Sakura smiled, "They did actually behave, I'm impressed."
Syaoran stopped the match to raise an eyebrow at Sakura, his famous smirk upon his face, "Are you saying that I'm not mature, Sakura-chan?"
"Ummm, pretty much so." Sakura smiled sweetly at him. Quicker than the blink of an eye, Syaoran grabbed Sakura and began to tickle her mercilessly. Tomoyo quickly stood and began to tape the two, trying to keep the camera steady she was laughing so hard, "Kawaii!!!!" She squealed. Sakura tried to keep her face straight but to no avail. "S..Syaoran!" She exclaimed through her giggles. "I give, I give, you're not immature."
"That's better!" Syaoran smirked down at her, a small smile trying to break through, "And don't you forget it." He kissed her on the forehead, and let her up. Sakura turned towards Tomoyo and whispered, "Immature!" Unfortunately, vampiric hearing kicked in and Syaoran heard, he quickly turned back to her when suddenly....
"Sakura, Syaoran!" Serra suddenly came running into the room, "We have a problem!"
"What's wrong, Serra?"
"We've had an attack, and the vampire responsible said that he was looking for Sakura."
Syaoran went over to his side of the bed, reached under, and grabbed his sword. He probably didn't need it anymore, but just to be safe. His eyes met Sakura's and he saw the fear in them. He didn't want her to have to go through the whole Jared thing again. It had been hell for her the first time, she didn't need a second.
"Let's go." Syaoran said for them all, heading towards the door...
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Sakura let out a small gasp at the sight.
Kendra, one of Serra's youngest, was an absolute horror. The side of her face had been clearly taken off, she had deep cuts all along her body, and her arm lay limply by her side. Sakura couldn't stop the blood tears from rolling down her cheek, "Oh no." She whispered. She walked over to Kendra, and gently lay a hand upon her other cheek. Kendra looked up at her, and gave her a half smile, "It looks worse than it feels." She whispered.
Sakura knew the young vampiress would heal, but that didn't stop the anger that swelled. "Who did this?" Sakura growled, her eyes flashing red.
Serra had come back over, handing Kendra a fresh bottle of blood, "A vampire named Timothy." He said that he was looking for you, but he didn't say why. I refused to tell him where you were." She took a small sip from the bottle, then raised her head to meet Sakura's eyes, "I didn't want you getting hurt." She replied softly.
Sakura smiled and squeezed her hand. Sakura had helped Serra to raise Kendra and thought of her as a sister. "Arigato, Kendra-Chan." Sakura replied softly, "I don't want you getting hurt either. I think you should have told him."
Syaoran stepped in. "I hate to say this but I agree with Kendra. Even if she would have told, he probably would have hurt her anyways, or even worse. We need to beat him before he does this again and that means we need to get one step ahead of him."
"But how?" Sakura met her love's amber eyes and frowned. "What if someone else gets hurt? This is my fault as it is."
"No it's not!" Kendra exclaimed, "I shouldn't have been foolish enough to get around someone that I didn't know."
"But still..."
"No buts." Syaoran answered, "We'll figure out a way to beat him at his own game." The room was silent as everyone tried to think of someway to lure this vampire out when suddenly....
"I've got it!" Everyone turned to face the Videographer, "What if I lured him out?"
"No way!" Both Sakura and Syaoran said at the same time, "We're not putting you in that kind of danger, look at what he did to Kendra, and you're human. If he does that to you..."
The trio continued to fight until Serra finally stepped in. "It may not be a good idea for Tomoyo-Chan to do it, but she has the right idea. I'll be the lure."
"Serra, are you sure?" Sakura looked at her mentor, worry clearly etched on her face. "Positive. We have to get him out and catch him before he does this to someone else."
Sakura sighed and nodded, "Serra's right, we can't let anyone else be hurt, and no Tomoyo-Chan, you can't."
"But.."
Sakura turned towards her best friend, her cousin, and took her hands, "Tomoyo-Chan, I don't want you in any danger, please stay here, for me."
Tomoyo met Sakura's Emerald eyes and knew that she couldn't say no, "Alright, fine, but promise me that you'll come back safe."
Sakura hugged her, "I promise you. Kero-Chan, will you please stay with Tomoyo-Chan?"
"Hai." Kero-Chan replied, "Be careful Sakura-Chan, you too Gaki."
Tomoyo then turned towards Syaoran. "Done." Syaoran said, with one of his rare smiles, "I promise I'll keep her safe."
Sakura, Serra, and Syaoran all headed out....
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"So what's the plan?" Sakura asked her two companions.
"Well, first off, we go to where our 'friend' attacked Kendra-Chan, then we'll see if we can meet up with him." Serra replied.
Sakura nodded and they continued on in silence until they finally reached the spot. "Now what?"
"You two go find somewhere to hide and I'll stay here. Just be sure that you're ready."
"Hai!" Syaoran and Sakura agreed, heading off to the side and around one of the buildings. They peeped out from the edge, keeping a careful eye on their surroundings. Suddenly, Sakura heard a warm, concerned voice inside of her head.
'Are you alright? I can feel your fear.' She felt a gentle hand on her shoulder and turned to look into the concerned eyes of Syaoran.
'Hai.' She answered back gently. 'I just don't want anything happening to either of you.' She closed her eyes and sighed softly. 'And I really don't want to go through this again, Syaoran.'
Sakura opened her eyes when Syaoran gently placed his fingers under her chin and lifted her head up. 'We'll get through this, I promise you.' He gently placed a kiss on her lips when suddenly, they heard movement.
Serra had heard it as well and prepared herself. Suddenly, she saw a young man coming towards her. He looked as if he were in his early twenties. He had black hair that was cut in a crew cut and dark brown eyes that were almost the same colour as his hair. He did not look friendly. Serra spoke up.
"Timothy, I presume?"
"Hai!" He snarled, "Have you brought me the girl or am I gonna have to waste you as well as I did with that other girl?"
Sakura and Syaoran prepared to make their moves, Syaoran reaching for his sword.
"I guess you're just going to have to try." Serra returned.
"So be it!" Timothy charged at Serra.
Sakura and Syaoran came running from the side of the building. Serra seemed to be keeping her own though.
Suddenly, Timothy spotted Sakura. "You're the one, aren't you?" He quickly switched directions and headed towards Sakura...
When suddenly, he was blocked by Syaoran, "I don't think so." Timothy just chuckled softly. "Do you really think you can stop me?"
"Hai, I do." Syaoran replied. Timothy attacked, Syaoran easily blocking each of his moves. Suddenly, Timothy's eyes turned a dark, blood colour, "You're a fool if you think that you can protect her." Faster than any eyes could travel, even vampiric, Syaoran's sword landed with a clunk on the ground. Syaoran's eyes widened, "What the..?"
The next thing he knew, he was flat on the ground. Serra saw it and immediately flew to Sakura, pushing her back. "You still have to get through me!" Serra growled.
"My pleasure!" Before anyone knew what was happening, Timothy had Serra in a death grip, one arm around her neck. Serra struggled, but couldn't get free, "Damnit! Syaoran, get Sakura out of here, now!"
Syaoran got up and quickly headed over to Sakura when Timothy pulled out a short sword, "Do it, and your pretty friend here is going to be missing something important." He snarled. Sakura stepped forward, "Leave her alone!" She cried.
"I will...on one condition. You come with me." Timothy replied. Both Syaoran and Serra shook their heads, "Sakura, don't!"
"You'll let Serra go if I do?" Sakura asked, ignoring the pleas of the two.
"Hai, but you come willingly, and no tricks."
Sakura took a deep breath and nodded, "Hai, I agree, but you let Serra go first."
"Fine. How about we meet in the middle, you come over here a few feet and I'll let her go."
"Agreed."
'Sakura, what are you doing?!?!? You know it's a trap!' Sakura glanced at Syaoran, her eyes brimming with tears, 'Hai, I do, but if I don't, he'll kill her!'
Syaoran squeezed his hands into fists. He was going to have to break his promise and let him take Sakura, there was no other way out of this.
Suddenly, his own words came back at him, 'We'll get through this Syaoran, I promise I'll see you again.' She walked over, gave Syaoran a soft kiss on the lips, then headed over to Timothy. As promised, Timothy let go of Serra and flung her towards Syaoran, grabbing Sakura. The warrior quickly grabbed Serra before she hit the ground.
In a puff of smoke, Timothy disappeared with Sakura. Serra slowly dropped to her knees, "Damnit! She shouted, blood tears running down her face, "How could I have let this happen? How could I have let him take Sakura!" Serra pounded on the ground with her fists. Suddenly, Syaoran grabbed her hands and met her eye to eye. Serra gasped at what she saw. Syaoran had a look of utter calmness on his face, but his eyes quickly betrayed his emotions. His eyes were flecked blood red, mixed with a dark gold. Under his closed lips, Serra could easily make out the outline of his fangs. This was one pissed off vampire.
Serra was suddenly glad that she was on his side......
I know, I know, bad me, bad! I keep trying to get these chapters out soon and something always seems to come up. Gomen ne for taking so long. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and thank you so much for the reviews! Anime Sister, this chapter was for you! =)
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