Chapter 6: I Am
"A vampire. Are you a vampire?"
She glared for the ump-teenth time that night, and prepared herself to pull out her gun that Duo had dubbed 'Michael', after the Archangel Michael, whom he claimed to have seen after the Maxwell Church Massacre, carrying Father Maxwell to heaven.
"Duo told me he was a vampire and a werewolf. I just automatically assumed you were a vampire or a werewolf."
She relaxed and sighed, staring out the foggy window at the lights that shimmered making up downtown Tokyo. "Yes, I am a vampire. I'm not a werewolf, though. Duo had another mother. My mother was a royal vampire and therefore I had inherited her throne and am royal. I'm part siren as well. Not mention part sorceress."
"Interesting," he murmured, staring at the stop light flickering red ahead of them.
"What?" She questioned him while studying his profile.
He glanced at her and then quickly back on the road. "He never mentioned the two of you didn't have the same mother."
She softly smiled, eyes glazed over - indicating she was thinking about her brother.
"He was very protective of me. He didn't want anymore to know," she told Hiiro, while stealing a sideways glance at him.
Hiiro nodded, as if he understood everything as silence consumed them once again.
Tears formed in her eyes, but she held them back by a bear thread.
"Did he mention to you that he belonged to a gang and was the leader?" She asked Duo's best friend, curiosity getting the better half of her.
He looked near petrifaction. He didn't know what she was talking about - it was dead obvious.
"No," he stuttered, trying to catch his breath.
She cleared her throat and explained, "He was the leader of the Dragons. He had a tattoo of a black dragon with light green eyes on his left shoulder. It was the symbol that he was in charge. My tattoo is the exact same dragon."
He pulled into a well lighted gas station and parked the car. He hopped out and began to fill up the car.
He poked his head back inside her open window. "What's your name?"
She smiled and cocked her head to one side.
"Do you want all of my names, or just the ones I mainly use?"
'All? How many names can one person have?' he though and mindlessly nodded; waiting for her response.
"I am Duet Shiva Maxwell. Princess Hecate Artemis of the Hikari Clan of Sirens. Princess Shiva Valasca of the Shi Clan of Vampires. My singing name is Celesta. Chaos is my name for the Dragons," then she muttered to herself, "You'll have to meet them. They'd adore you."