Disclaimer: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin, or any of its characters. I've gathered Vampire facts around the web so therefore I take no credit on that part, but I do own the plot.
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Chapter Two
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"Are you trying to tell me that the girl that just went in could actually be the one? The very one that His Majesty has been searching for?" questioned the Captain of the Crimson Guards as he faced his solemn General.
"I'm not exactly certain, but there was definitely something that separated the girl from the others that I can't quite put my fang on. I think it was her eyes," said the Vampire as he crossed his arms over his chest and thought about it for a second.
"Eyes that burn with an inner fire, but can still drown those that look too close," said the white-haired creature as he turned to look at the girls and beyond them as his brain began to remember something.
"What are you talking about Enishi?" asked Sanosuke as he raised a brow to his companion.
"You and I both know that humans once resided here, and from all the stories that I have heard on the road, only one thing remains the same. The last Royal, the old emperor's only daughter, had alluring blue eyes. It's quite the coincidence, isn't it?" asked Enishi with a grin toward the other amused Vampire.
"Lord Battousai was the one that killed her. Why would he want her back after over four centuries?" asked Sanosuke as he got the hint from the Captain.
"We weren't hired to question orders. You can bring the girl to the Sakura should she fail, I'm taking this group now, their constant whimpering and tears are beginning to irritate me," said Enishi as he walked ahead toward the girls and led them back to the exit.
Sanosuke shook his head at how the man could suddenly be so absorbed in a conversation and then show a complete disinterest the next.
Turning to face the pair of stone doors, the Vampire could only stare at it with hopeful eyes.
"For the sake of all the other 17-year-olds out there, and mine, you better be the one, Missy."
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One by one, they shall all die. Soon, soon they shall all join me in Hell!
Stop it, Akuma, you must stop before it's too late! You can still repent for your sins.
What I am going to do is not a sin, Amaterasu, but part of a divine justice, a justice that shouts for me to destroy them all for their crimes! Their kind does not belong in this world...in our world.
Just because they are only mortal, doesn't mean that they don't own as much a right to live as we do. If you wish to rid the world of these creatures, then you have to rid the world of me first.
Amaterasu….
Make your decision, Akuma.
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Her body tried to inhale the precious air that was being forbidden to her as her mind swirled in confusion and tried its best to register what the Vampire's words meant.
Trying her best to remain focused on Battousai's face, Kaoru could only attempt to wretch out of his tight hold for oxygen, but soon found that she wasn't going anywhere for a long time if her captor so chose.
"I'll let you choose your destiny," whispered the Vampire so that his words coursed through her very being and stayed there.
Swallowing the lump in her throat, Kaoru merely relaxed when the red-haired man that looked no more than in his early 20s took a slight step back, however, his hands remained at her sides, reducing any chances of her getting out of his hold.
"You can stay here and become my wife, who'll obey my every order, or you can leave this room and become part of the Sakura," spoke the Ruler of the World as one hand moved gradually toward the girl's waist, savoring the feel of her body shivering against his fingertips.
Closing her eyes and gathering the last of her courage, Kaoru asked boldly, "Was this the choice of all the other maidens? If so, then you're not that popular, are you?"
Kaoru bit back a groan as she felt her body being compressed against the giant stone door by the creature before her. Her eyes unconsciously closed as she felt the wind get knocked out of her once again. Her lungs desperately tried to regain access to the much needed oxygen, but its attempts were in vain.
"Make your choice," seethed the Vampire as he bared his elongated fangs that gleamed in the room's dim light, which was cast by the lit candles, the only source of light in the Throne Room.
"I don't really have much of a choice, do I?" snapped back Kaoru as she glared into his eyes with her own defiant ones, challenging him in a battle of fortitude.
"I just gave you two choices," snapped Battousai darkly when they were at eye level.
"What do you want with me? Why didn't you choose one of those other girls to be your whore?" scowled Kaoru angrily as she met his fierce glare, which had turned a demonic gold when their eyes locked.
"I want your body, mind, and soul, which is something that those other girls can't give me. You, on the other hand, are the perfect one to give me all three, including the only blood that will activate Amaterasu's Pendant," stated Battousai, grinning as he saw her innocent sapphire orbs widen in fear at his straightforward answer.
Kaoru could have just fallen on the floor in shock if it weren't for the fact that her own body was already supported by the man before her.
She couldn't believe her ears, she was going to be stuck with a power hungry Vampire that only wanted her for her ability to hand over her very body, mind, and soul, but there was no way she was going to give up her entire being so easily.
The Eldest of the Vampires raised a delicate brow as her once frightened eyes became a solid pair of ice. If looks could kill, he wouldn't be the one supporting them both right now.
"If you think that I'm going to stoop that--" began Kaoru, but was cut off when the Vampire raised a hand to stop her from continuing.
"You're going to become nothing but a sex toy for my fellow Vampires, and other humans, whom will treat you no better than a dog. You'll only exist to please the lust for other men. At least with me, you're stuck with me, and only me, for the rest of eternity," stated Battousai calmly as he watched in amusement as her emotions played across her face, grinning openly when he saw realization spread across her face.
"What do you want me to do?" asked Kaoru as she looked at the ground, not daring to look into his eyes as tears began to form. She really had no choice in the matter if she wanted to keep at least some dignity.
"Tears are for the weak and I will not accept weaklings within my court," said Battousai as he tilted Kaoru's chin with two fingers so that her eyes met his own.
Stifling a sob, Kaoru bit her lower lip and inwardly thanked him for being so cold. His words seemed almost kind from the tales that she had heard from the elders in her village, but then again, he really could have meant it.
"They're probably thinking that I have already sucked the living daylights out of you." The Vampire took a step away from the girl and easily caught her in his arms when she almost fell, smirking when he saw her blush.
Quickly straightening herself, Kaoru turned to face the door so that he couldn't see her blushing. She would not show such emotions toward a cold hearted creature!
Cursing at herself for being such a klutz and needing the Vampire's help from falling, she intertwined her fingers in front of her as she waited for the twin doors to open. She turned around when they never did.
Sapphire orbs sparkled when she faced the eldest of the Damned, who held something outstretched to her in his right hand, a gift for accepting her position as his future queen.
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Why are you so stubborn? Why can't you, for once, stop thinking about others before yourself?
They are my people, good or bad, I must help them.
Then why don't you just make them all kings and queens so that they'll stop fighting over grains of rice?
You know that I cannot do that.
Then what is your purpose for being here?
To shine a light for those whom are trapped in the dark.
I've lived in the dark for centuries and you've never shown me the light!
That is because your nature is within the shadows.
What's the point of being a god if I can't even see the sun? I might as well go to Earth and live the rest of my life as a mortal--
Life isn't fair, it's only fairer than death.
Death would be better than this hell of a life that I'm forced to live for the rest of eternity!
Don't speak like that, you must think of the positive things about your life.
I handle the dead and yet I can't even join the darkest of the mortals when they are reborn! That's why they must all die, so they can join me in my dark life. Once every one of them is dead, there will be no way for them to be reborn, no way for them to ever leave me in the dark alone!
Then I shall have no choice but to stop you.
What are you going to do, take away my powers and turn me into a source of light?
That's exactly what I plan to do.
No! Not if I transform you first!
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"Another batch already? It's barely been a single day since you last came here with the new recruits," said a woman in a fairly exposed and colorful kimono, her dark red hair fastened in a high bun and her green lipstick making her lips appear to shine as she smiled in the dreary evening.
"Well, this one might be your last batch, Yumi. Sanosuke has a feeling that the last one that went in might be the one," said the Captain of the Crimson Guards as he jumped down from a black horse and walked over to the woman, his black cloak swaying with his silent movements.
"I see. Well, the Sakura is already overflowing with the new girls from the last few days anyways. We might have had to build another level if Lord Battousai kept it up any longer," said Yumi as she watched the girls being forced out of their carriages and marched into the five story building that looked just like all the other brothels. It was beauty on the outside and ugliness on the inside.
It was such a shame that the beautiful scenery around the building was scorned and detested due to the fact that such a building as this was the one that the flowers and trees encircled. Then again, one can never really choose where one was born, or where one's seeds were scattered.
"Shall you be joining us tonight?" asked Yumi as she smiled seductively at him, knowing full well that the man would either grin back and enter or roll his eyes and retreat.
"I have been traveling back and forth for a while," began Enishi as he looked up at the top floor of the Sakura building.
"Come on in, it's on the house. You have been getting us some of the prettiest girls around after all! This is the least that I can do to repay you," cooed Yumi as she latched onto his right arm and pulled him into the brothel.
Wary from his travels and nights without sleep, the Vampire allowed himself to be pulled up the steps and toward the third floor of the infamous Sakura, which was filled with smoke, slurs of voices, beer, and most importantly women that could not only satisfy the guests, but the Vampires' quenches too.
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