exiguous: rare, limited
Chapter 6
"Ah join the party." Laito greeted his brother.
They looked ahead to three more intruders who seemed unsurprised at the sight of this man called "Sepsei".
"Sepsei we told you already, Burai entitled us to bring her to him. This was not part of the plan." A female spoke out first, she had nearly white blonde hair which faded to black at it's tips. Her straight hair parted from the middle with a bit of a lift and was held together near the arch of her back which pulled it into a long tail. Her eyes were a striking pale green as well. Her black off the shoulder black dress revealed a pair of deep green shorts under from a high slit that ran up the side. Black large holed fish net stalkings led down to a pair of black shoes.
"Ah, and yet look how close we are! Come now Bella, you ought to trust me as Burai does!"
"On the contrary, because of his position as Burai's coveted find I am not surprised by this inflammatory action. My only regret is having not convinced you myself of aligning to our plan." The man that spoke had a deep auburn coloured head of hair, and a pair of rectangle glasses. He wore a high-necked jacket that sat below his chin in a deep blue and kept his arms crossed. Although he had a short stature, something about him screamed undermined. His statement to "convince" sounded more like a threat to Sepsei, and did not pass over the brothers heads easily.
"As fun as it is for us to house our lovely enemies at our door, do you perhaps wish to inform us of your intent?" Laito raised a brow with his coy look.
"Oh, and here is your loose cannon back. If you intended on infiltration you poorly managed that. I doubt you want to start a war head on with us now do you?" Reiji pushed Sepsei forward.
"No need to be too harsh. No need for wars either." Sepsei turned around, still as calm as ever. Laito laughed a bit. He could see the way this man was: he was a wooer no doubt, like him. This would be interesting.
"War? With the proclaimed seven Sakamaki kings? Not quite our endgame." The auburn haired one shook his head. However his words did not hold any true fear.
"And no introductions...no manners at all..." Reiji challenged back.
"I'm not convinced we should be worried." Subaru scoffed.
"Only a sliver of Burai's army is here, and considering what we have to offer I would not dismiss us so easily." Yui felt a shiver down her spine as the final mystery man's voice seemed to hold some strange power. He was taller than the rest, with darker skin, and similar coloured eyes to the woman. His hair turned from black to a pale blonde, her reverse if possible. His hair tousled, but looked strong and silently handsome as well. He wore a one sleeved white jacket over his darker skin, and had almost seemed unimpressed, if not mute should he have not disrupted such a calm demeanor with such a powerful voice.
"And who is this army?" Kanato asked.
"Burai's finest." Bella smirked.
"So what's your play?" Shu sat up, seemingly unfazed.
"Well we proposition you to give her up now. To prevent such a war... I had honestly hoped to infiltrate from the shadows but apparently that wasn't in our fate." The short one with glasses, adjusted them, giving the brothers a dark stare which moved to Sepsei.
"As if." Ayato finally spoke. "You're on our turf."
"Plus I would reccommend to refrain from taking her against her will..." Reiji looked at the foursome. "Her scream knocked this fool down twice, do you really think as her founder powers grow you're really going to want to be pissing her off?"
"But she looks so tiny and cute." The blonde challenged.
"And you all don't look the least bit threatening either." Subaru scoffed.
"Care to bet?" She gave him an almost seductive smile.
"How about just that..." Sepsei stretched.
"Enough of your crap, just because Burai found you doesn't mean-" The one with glasses attempted to shut him up.
"Oh, trust me now Misceo..." Sepsei still had blood dripping down his arm, but seemed to akin himself with a confident and clever look again. "How about if we can convince her to join us, then we can take her back fair and square to take her spot as dear King Burai's heir?"
Ayato nearly laughed. "Hah, you think my Pancake is going to leave for you?"
Sepsei shrugged. "You call her Pancake? Do you take care of her too?"
"Of course I do." Ayato felt his anger begin to peak. Who did this nobody serpent demon think he was?
"I propose I could do better." Sepsei shrugged. He put his fingers through his jade pulled back hair, as he peered at her confidently.
"Want to bet?"
"I just did, if you all accept it."
"On the terms of how many days?" Reiji spoke again.
"Until the next full moon." The one with the glasses apparently named Misceo spoke. Somehow, he'd found his calm again.
"Ah, how fun the moon is to track the time...she is the true mistress of the night." Laito smirked. "But that is quite a while...is that enough of a wager?"
Ayato looked to Reiji. Their subtle exchange in glances seemed to approve their thoughts.
"Good luck." Ayato crossed his arms, refusing to hold a proper handshake for the bet.
"No-stop!"
The room fell silent as Yui suddenly spoke up. "I'm not something to wager on like a horse! I can't believe you'd agree to this? Why didn't you ask me?"
Ayato and the Sakamaki brothers looked a bit surprised by her reaction. Ayato's bright green eyes seemed most wide at her response.
"I wanted to protect you- there is no way they'll win." Ayato looked conflicted. "I just thought-"
"I just don't want this." Yui then disappeared, having left distraught and conflicted. Ayato wished to follow her to her room, where she'd probably teleported to, but his feet remained on the ground.
"So how about some names to our so fearful opponents?" Laito mused.
"That's Belladonna, and her twin brother Savide." Sep motioned over his shoulder. "And this is Misceo."
"So what poisons do you all expect to use on us to get us to hand her over? If a straight war isn't your game, I hope you don't take us all for fools. I know well the game of vibora demons." Reiji looked at the group. "Or perhaps you can explain why you yourself call yourself so fit to be our lady's provider?" He narrowed his eye to this green haired one. Something about him was off.
"I'm one of the last of my kind. Thanks to your father."
"Ah, so you are a crimson snake demon?" Reiji's surprise left his face as quickly as it arrived.
"One bite from my venom and the human is a fountain, emptying every drop of blood onto the floor. What better way to provide for a hybrid as her?"
"What is he talking about?" Ayato asked.
Reiji looked at his brothers. "I'll explain later. In short our father eradicated a family of vibora demons whose poison dealt with blood because they were a threat to us, stealing our prey and even effecting us. Some of them, by reputation had the ability to change blood and at times poisoned our kind due to their nature. So this man claims to be the last one left."
