She stared at the dark angel whose amethyst eyes were widened with shock before narrowing slightly. Aside from him, she could also feel Krad looking at her with mixed feelings. Without looking back at the golden angel, she knew that he was safe and her heels tapped the ground distinctively as she made her way to stand in between the two angels.
Her eyes never wavered from the dark angel's as she walked nearer to him. "No more fighting. I will not allow you to harm him," she whispered, her voice mingled with the ancient's one. Though she whispered, she knew that he could hear her. Face to face, she lifted her chin up and her hand moved up to touch his dark wings. Slowly, she plucked a black feather out and twirled it around between her fingers. "If you want to catch me," she whispered, her eyes turned seductive. With a swipe of her hand, the feather brushed across his face. "You'll have to fight for it," she said. With a sudden swift movement, her hand lunged to grab him by his neck.
Smirking, she lifted her head up and watched the dark angel struggled; her eyes glowing even more darkly. Then, the smirk was gone from her face and she turned serious. "No one dares to lay a hand on what I own," she said, her hand tightened even more. This time, her voice was no longer dual; the voice of the ancient drowning out the young mistress's. Black energy cackled around her and the dark angel; her hair bristling with the energy. An evil smile played on her face as she looked at Dark with a murderous glint in her cat-like eyes.
"An agent of Hellsing, huh? Hellsing dogs are meant to die!"
"No!" a small voice within her cried out and her hand faltered; releasing the dark angel. Dark dropped to the ground, his hands went up to his neck as he coughed.
"What do you think you are doing?" she growled, looking around wildly. "This-this is not right! We do not need to go any further! Satoshi and Krad are safe!"
"He may go after them again if we let him live!"
"No! I'll not let you!"
"You are a vampire! Act like one!" she suddenly cried out. With that cry, she released her black energy and it cackled around. The black shadowy phoenix screeched before disappearing into black mist. She could feel the power of the ancient diminishing within her and she felt herself collapsing to the ground.
"Act like a vampire, you say? But you see, I'm not a-," she whispered before succumbing to the darkness.
He turned just in time to watch the auburn-haired girl falling to the ground. Pushing himself up, he crawled towards Miss Harada and sighed with relief upon seeing that she was all right.
"How is she?" he heard his counterpart asked. "She's all right. Just exhausted," he replied. A shadow loomed over him and he turned to find the blue-haired boy standing behind, a hand cradling a bloodied arm. A panicked expression was etched on his face, his calm icy eyes were no longer calm.
"Riku," he heard him whispered before the other boy fell to his knees.
"Don't worry. She's all right. She is just sleeping," he assured the other boy as he clamped a hand onto the blue-haired boy's shoulder. The boy turned to look at him, the panicked expression slowly disappearing from his face.
"Are you all right?" Satoshi asked, gesturing to his reddened neck. Smiling, he nodded as he tenderly touched the reddened part.
"Don't worry. I'll live. After all, it's not the first time that I've been grabbed like this," he said. But the boy seemed unsure.
"Even so, it never pays to be too careful," Satoshi said as he moved to carry the sleeping girl. But he shook his head as he stopped the other boy's motion. Within minutes, he stood up, tenderly cradling the girl in his arms. This, however, did not go unnoticed by the other boy.
Standing under the doorway, he looked around at his surroundings, awed by what he was seeing. This was the first time that he had stepped foot in a vampire's lair, much less the special breed's. Around him, he watched as servants busied themselves with the daily routine, despite it being late at night.
"To them, night is morning," he heard Dark commented and he agreed. He looked around, watched as several of the servants floated up to lit the candles while the others began to clean the house, be it the ceiling or the wall. He watched as Satoshi walked across the hallway, the servants mindful of his presence. Visibly swallowing, he straightened himself up and was about to follow the other boy when a shriek rang out. Millions of eyes focused on him and he felt that he was drowning in a sea of red.
"Mistress!" one of the servants cried out as she ran towards him. The others murmured and soon, he was surrounded by millions of them.
"How did this happen?"
"Everything is all right," Satoshi's voice rang out, silencing the rest. The servants turned in unison to face him. "Daisuke is just bringing the young mistress to see the sisters," he explained. But that in turn caused them to fix their haunting eyes at the red-haired boy. Gulping, he looked at them nervously. "Return back to your duties."
With that final command, the servants reluctantly continued with their duties; their eyes still watching both boys' walk towards the sisters' room.
The sisters' room was different from the rest, it was more like a laboratory. The lighting inside was dim, yet, Satoshi was able to make his way around. Though his gaze was not straying from ahead, he could still see millions of beakers and other chemical tools lying around.
"Gabrielle. Danielle. Are you in here?" His eyes looked around, faintly noticing the red-haired boy standing behind him. "Riku needs treatment."
At the mention of the young mistress's name, two dark figures appeared in front with a sudden. A sound of a finger snapped echoed throughout the room and the candles on the walls were magically lit, revealing the figures to be the sisters.
"She's woken up?" a serene feminine voice questioned as both sisters walked towards the blue-haired boy.
"In a way. She'd woken up recently but, apparently, the mistress used the ancient's power." The golden-haired sister turned sharply to face Daisuke who was startled by the sheer intensity the woman's gaze had upon the sleeping girl.
"Even when the moon was not covered?" she queried almost enthusiastically as she made her way towards him. Motionless, Satoshi's eyes followed her movements as her black-haired sister examined his arm.
"That would be precise."
Silent moments passed as he stood there watching the sister tenderly brushed aside the straying auburn locks from her face, his arms still cradling the sleeping girl. Then, slowly, the woman lifted her head and smiled at him. Her blue eyes were serious and calm, yet the smile seemed to ease the tension that was in his body.
"Do not worry. We will take care of the young mistress." With another assuring smile, the woman gestured for him to follow her. Fingers curling slightly around Miss Harada's arm, he followed the woman who walked passed her dark-haired sister and Satoshi.
"We have been for the past few years and will continue to do so." The last statement came out in a whisper from her dark-haired sister. Hearing that, his red eyes met Satoshi's cool blue one before disappearing into another room.
In this next room, he was surprised to see the room appearing to look like a normal bedroom, compared to the one outside. "Place her here." Following the woman's instruction, he gently lay Riku onto one of the two soft-looking beds before standing aside. The moment he stepped aside, the woman turned her back on both of them, sounds of her tinkling with beakers that was on the table behind her filled the room. Before long, she turned around with her hands holding onto a familiar-looking potion bottle.
"Hold this if you will," she softly said as she held out the bottle to him. His hands automatically reached for the bottle, his eyes watching the woman's movement as she tentatively covered Miss Harada with a blanket.
"Aren't you going to heal her or something?" he asked, puzzled when the woman walked towards him instead. Smiling, she shook her head as she gently steered him towards the other bed.
"Given the situation, she will wake up soon enough seeing as that she has awaken before. Nothing was permanently damaged, it is just that she has used most of her energy fighting against the fierce will of the ancient," she replied as she sat down beside Daisuke. Taking the bottle from him, she took out a piece of napkin-like cloth and poured some of the liquid onto it before placing the bottle back into his hands. Using her free hand, she tilted his head slightly and dabbed the cloth onto his reddening neck.
"Is Satoshi going to be all right?" he wondered out loud as the woman finished up her treatment. He watched as she sneaked up a glance at him before taking the bottle from him.
"He's a survivor. He'll live. For her sake," she replied as she stood up to place the bottle back. At that enigmatic reply, his heart somehow stopped for a moment and he took a deep breath.
"Are they-?" The golden-haired sister glanced back at him before making her way back to sit beside the sleeping girl.
"They are not. He considers her to be family and she thinks the same way. Besides, her heart belongs to someone now." The woman smiled fondly down at the young mistress, her last sentence unheard by the red-haired boy.
"This may sounds bold, seeing as I'm the one everyone hates right now. But I'll like to know who is this Lilith and why is she possessing Miss Harada?" His question almost came out in a rush after long minutes passed in silence. Immediately, the fond look that the woman had disappeared and she let out a sigh.
"Everyone does not think of you as an enemy. Only that you happened to be working for the one who desired to catch Lilith. And I believe that you have the right to know of Riku's past and her relationship with the ancient vampire. And it all began with the master."
A little side note for you guys. I'lltry to create another chapter as soon as possible, since I have other fics to attend to. Another ongoing fic of mine is called 'Surrel Fate - Illusions of Love' for an anime fave of mine which is Kyou Kara Maou. I'll be doing the chapters for this two fics, alternately. As for my other fics like Saiyuki and GSD, the writer's block for them just came back so I'll be slowly create their chapters until the block disappears! In the meantime, thanks for all you guys' reviews on all of my fics!