NEVER WINTER NIGHTS

Hello minna!! Tomorrow is an EDUMACATION THINGY DAY LMAO!! SO NO SKOO!! YAY!!! LOL! That means that I get to have more time to write and continue this story as well as my other ones...that is if I don't go to my friend's house to watch anime on her big screen TV which is connected to her laptop through...okay I'm going to skip that part because it would leave you dazed, jittery, and confused LOL ?__? LOL anyway, I hope that you enjoy this chapter!!



Fubuki did what he was told, surprised that he had even done so. Mitsukai slowly opened the bottom part of her hands into his rough ones. She then cupped his hands together as they both watched the yellow warmth glow from their hands.


COMPETITION

Mitsukai blushed slightly when she noticed how close together they were. She edged away slightly, afraid that he might hear her rapid heartbeat thumping loudly against her chest. 'Oh no...' she thought to herself, 'am I...in love...with...with master?' At the thought of that, she quickly shrank back her hand, and leaned back against her tree, looking at the other fireflies surrounding the atmosphere with the warmth of their light. Fubuki felt a little disappointed when the girl withdrew her hands. There were still traces of her warmth from his hands, but not long until it slowly faded away into coldness. Every once in a while, Mitsukai would sneak little glances at Fubuki. 'His eyes seem so...different...it's not as...cold? Maybe he is not all that bad...after all...' she thought profoundly. 'This girl is making me feel...something...different...than usual...am I...am I...changing...because of...of her?' he thought incredulously, locking his gaze on her eyes, which were gazing back at his crimson ones.

"AHEM..." a voice had interrupted their moment of sharing and understanding.

Fubuki growled lightly as he turned around to see which idiot was asking for his death wish. His cupped hands formed a tighter grip around the dying light that was radiating weakly with each moment in his hand. Alas, the light gave out, giving complete darkness around younger brother's hands. He opened his hands to find a dead firefly. He looked at it distastefully and threw it onto the cold hard floor of the balcony.

"What do you want?" he growled at his brother who was standing there smirking silently.

"I just wanted to come up here and congratulate Mitsukai for cooking such a wonderful and successful meal. All the guests have enjoyed it pretty well. I saw many who were going up for second helpings. I must say that you really are a wonderful cook, Mitsukai. I would be delighted if you would be very much obliged to be my personal cook." Sekkei complimented slyly, and took her hand to kiss it.

"I...err...well thank you..." Mitsukai was flustered and started to blush furiously.

Fubuki glared at his brother with hatred. He just had to ruin the special moment for both of Mitsukai and him. 'Wait a minute...was that...special?' a thought hit his mind.

"Would you be much obliged to be my personal cook, Mitsukai?" Sekkei asked her gently, but had a cunning look in his eyes as he smirked inwardly at his younger inexperienced love stuck brother.

"I...uh...shouldn't I be cooking for...eh...everyone because...uh...everyone likes my cooking? It IS very...selfish of you to...just...keep me to yourself..." she said slowly, not wanting to upset her master's brother.

"Oh, don't worry," he pressed on, ignoring her comment, "you can wake up later in the mornings if you'd like, my dear."

'MY DEAR?!?!' Fubuki cursed in his mind and slowly withdrew from the group.

"Well...I don't know...oh...I guess..." Mitsukai gave in.

"Great! I have the best cook working for me now!! Everyone will be jealous when they hear this!!" Sekkei chuckled and turned around to walk out of her room.

"He is such a womanizer, Master?" Mitsukai glared after Sekkei after he left the room, and looked back at the spot where her master was standing before...only to find him gone.

"Master?! Master, where are you?! Oh...well..." she said tiredly, and went inside to go down to the banquet for the dance.


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Mitsukai's jaw dropped open at the sight of the hall. Every couple was waltzing and dancing the night away. Prince Sekkei was surrounded by a bunch of girls who were crowding around him.

"Dance with me!!" someone yelled out.

"Prince Sekkei would you like to dance with me?!" another voice asked sweetly.

"Don't listen to them, Prince Sekkei. I'm worth more than their pathetic cries of help. Dance with ME." the prissy voice had returned.

Mitsukai rolled her eyes as the prissy vampiress who continued to flirt with Sekkei. 'Oh, well,' she thought, 'who cares about her, anyway. I wonder where master is...ah, there he is...' When Mitsukai turned around to look for him and she soon found Sekkei being swept to the dance floor by the prissy faced girl. The girl caught glimpse of Mitsukai and smiled wickedly at her as she moulded Sekkei's body against her own, rolling her eyes back in pleasure. Mitsukai rolled her eyes, and walked towards Fubuki who was on the other side of the court.

"Vampiresses..." Mitsukai snorted as she was making her way through the sea of dancing couples to where Fubuki was standing, until a hand stopped her from walking any further.

She turned around and forced a smile when she saw who it was. Prince Sekkei had pushed away the prissy girl and made his way towards Mitsukai.

"Oh, hello!! You must be enjoying yourself very much to have all these women asking you for a dance!!" Mitsukai joked and winked at him.

"Well, actually, I'm not enjoying myself because the only girl I wanted to dance with wasn't interested in dancing with me yet..." he chuckled.

"Oh, really...and who is that?" Mitsukai cursed in her mind for say those last four words, not wanting to really know the answer.

"Prince Sekkei," the prissy girl was back again and at his heels, "why did you push me away?!" she pouted indignantly and looped her arm through his.

"I was...merely talking...to a friend..." he said stolidly, making a silent gagging sound as he pointed to the girl beside him.

Mitsukai stifled a giggle, but it ended up as a snort. The prissy girl looked up and down at Mitsukai with great displeasure.

"Oh, it's you again, ihuman/i...what did you want to do? Dance with my prince?! OHOHOHO!! I think not!! A mere girl like you can hardly ever be compared to me!!" she said puffing out her busts to show off how full they were.

"My good lady," Mitsukai chuckled, "you are absolutely right, you know. For I am not a slut like you. Even your tits are bigger than the size of your brain...that is...if you have one...anyway, I am in a hurry! Good day!!" Mitsukai smiled sweetly at the prissy faced girl.

"Why...you-" she sputtered.

"-iPrince/i Sekkei, in order for me to get to my destination, you would have to let go of my hand. I'm sure that you are fully aware of that." Mitsukai said plainly, wrenching her hands from his grasp.

"Wait!!" he said hurriedly with a little hint of amusement in his eyes, "uh...dance with me?" he offered, yanking his right arm away from the other girl and offered it to Mitsukai,

"Oh, not today. I have things to do! Hope you enjoy the evening!" Mitsukai gave a quick curtsey and scooted off in the direction of where Fubuki was, leaving Sekkei standing there with a bewildered expression on his face.

"Oh my goodness!! Did you SEE that?! That human girl REJECTED Prince Sekkei's OFFERED arm!! Oh my GOD!! She MUST have a lot of guts to do THAT!!" words of adoration and disbelief were flying between the young vampiresses as they witness what had happened.

The prissy girl did nothing but stare heatedly after Mitsukai.


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Fubuki stared at Mitsukai with a slightly surprised look as he witness what had just happened. Did she really turn down his brother who was well loved and well respected by everyone?

"Hello ,master. Enjoying yourself tonight?" Mitsukai bowed timidly as she reached him.

"Very impressive when you turned down my brother," he said, a smile tugging on the corners of his mouth.

"Aha...thanks...didn't really like him much anyway..." she muttered and nodded.

Fubuki nodded again to show that he was listening. 'Okay, it's now or never...' Mitsukai said to herself as she took a deep breath, and turned to her master when a waltzing song began to fill the hall with its merry rhythms.

"Umm...master...would you...like to...dance with...me?" she asked shyly, looking up at him with her large expectant eyes.

"Eh...I-I c-can't...I-I just...can't..." he muttered, avoiding her eyes.

"W-why not?" she said, a bit offended that he didn't even apologize to her.

"B-because...I just-can't...I don't-," Fubuki started but was cut off.

"-Excuse me, miss? If you aren't dancing with anyone...may I have the honour of having this dance?" a tall handsome young man cut in, inviting Mitsukai to dance with him.

"Uh..." she said, casting a questioning look over at Fubuki, who looked away, "um...sure! Why not?" she smiled politely and took his offered hand.

He smiled and put his hand on her small waist, and the other holding her hand. Mitsukai did the same except that she placed her hand onto his shoulder instead of his waist. Together, they glided through the large court, as a circle of people began to form around them. Mitsukai smiled as she was spun around and around and relaxed into his arms at the end of the dance. The people clapped and cheered for them.

"That was wonderful!!" Mitsukai laughed as he led her back to her spot beside Fubuki.

"And you, are a wonderful dance partner!!" he laughed and headed towards another direction to get a refreshment.

"That was great!! Did you see me out there?! Everyone was practically cheering for me and him!!" Mitsukai said happily, oblivious of the fact that she was supposed to be questioning him about why he did not want to dance with her.

The next song floated form the speakers and the melody traumatized everyone into a hypnotic trance in the room. Couples started to form on the dance floor and began to slow dance in a slow rhythm.

"Err...girl..." Fubuki started, "umm...I was wondering...would you...could you..."

"Yes?" Mitsukai perked up, hoping that he was going to say what she wanted to hear from him.

"Would you err...could you umm...get me a drink from the refreshment table? I'm dying of thirst here..." he asked her.

Her jaw dropped open. 'W-why that-that JERK!!' she thought angrily.



AHAHA LOL!! For a second, you thought that Fubuki was going to ask Mitsukai to dance didn't you? Didn't you, huh!? Admit it!! I know you did!! C'MONNNNNN ADMIT IT!! ::poke::poke:: LOL
HEHE!! That was a pretty funny ending in my opinion LOL!! Anyway, wait for the next chapter and review!!!!!!!!

Ja,

SID (silver ichigo dust)