Perfidious: Deceitful

Chapter 9

"That went well." Savide looked to Sepsei. A string of sarcasm doused his words.

"Oh, come now, it could have gone much worse. However, the way the guy with the glasses acts...Kingly perhaps?" Sepsei leaned against a nearby pole, tilting his head playfully.

"Perhaps."

"Not to mention...she really surprises me."

"We are here to recruit her on the terms she takes over for Lord and King Burai. Do not forget she is not for you."

"Oh Savide, always to the point. Your sounding a bit like Misceo..."

"You did not always know me." Savide's stoic appearance solidified every word, and yet Savide marveled at the idea of seeing him seducing a woman...perhaps acting much less indifferent, and much more like his sister, would be amusing at the least. Having been the most recent addition to Burai's chosen few, he was still negotiating his allies.

"And while this is true... I'm still going to claim that it went well. I just need a bit of time alone with Miss Yui...if she'd depart from her companion for a moment..." Sepsei ran his hand through his deep green hair, the small pony tail followed. That's when he heard them.

Girl chatter. The smell of Vampires returned to the air.

"Tell me, what do you two know about the Sakamaki Kings?"

Two lingering school girls just inside the gates were quieted by his demand.

"Reiji told us not to speak to you." The one gave a slightly snide, yet complacent remark. Sepsei wondered why this one of the brothers seemed to be so highly revered.

"And do you follow his words as a Kingly truth?"

The girls hesitated. "He is one of the Sakamakis. Why should we trust a Vibora?"

Savide moved to step in, tempting the use of his power, when Sepsei stopped him. "Well us, being the close companions we are to Demon King Burai, might suggest that going against the demands of the Demon King, which would be to comply to us, could be, perhaps, even more dangerous than the lovely six-fecta of Vampire Kings you have all acquired? Just a thought though." He shrugged. His words would never hold the same physical venom of Savide's, still were convincing in all suggestion. He was a sly one – the only way he could be as one of the last of his breed.

"They are our Kings. We...comply somewhat. They're stronger than us. Founder blood in some of them. The brothers have always run the school..." She hesitated to speak.

"Ah, and then what about that girl?" Savide spoke up and the two both twitched their head to his direction, suddenly more aware of his presence by word alone.

"Oh...well she is the Sakamaki pet."

"Pet?" Sepsei was interested.

"They've always had a blood bank, a few of them made it to the school...but then this girl actually managed to go from dinner to our new Queen or something."

"But she keeps bringing in new demons to our school...not to mention that she's attached to Ayato's hip."

Sepsei noticed how once he had the ball rolling the girls were more than willing to talk.

"Oh, but I heard she had it in with all of the brothers before she landed on him." The vampire girl seemed almost unaware of Sepsei and Savide's presence, speaking to her friend.

"Well he did almost kill a fellow student when he got too close to her..."

"Oh yea, Isamu...don't tell me you two are going to be another pair of demons she's going to drag in to ruin our lives?" The one girl boldly asked.

"Nah, we don't ruin lives. I'd argue I make them better." Sepsei gave them a coy glance.

"Then if that's true... don't tell Reiji or the others what we said. We all want a chance at Queen if that ex-human doesn't get it..."

"Lips are sealed." Sepsei smirked. The girls walked off.

"They have no clue about her legacy as a human breed of Vampire Founder. All the rumors about her blood and Karlheinz's plans, and these young vampires are ignorant. She will be their Queen, won't she?" Savide inquired, seemingly surprised by their naive perspective of Yui's appearance.

"I'm sure the brothers would all choose her too...didn't you hear? She may have had it in with all the Brothers."

"That is all you got from that?" Savide, a seducer himself, was surprised by Sepsei's one mindedness for someone who would do good to impress Burai and just bring her to him untouched.

"No, but part of it. What it does tell me is that we we need to get on the inside of that place."


Yui had heard a few people talk about the "two strange vibora demons" outside the gate throughout class and, frankly, she felt a bit strange about it.

For an attack they had been terribly passive.

She hadn't seen them all day. Ayato and the brothers were always close by but, not only did it seem like the other vampires were suspicious of her too now, but they also seemed curious as to what their appearance meant.

Suddenly it felt like a part of her dirty laundry was out to dry –she'd prefer if people didn't know that she was now being pursued by another kind of demon. Too many eyes.

And, now Ayato was paranoid. Possessive. And she couldn't help but notice everyone's eyes at their resent affection. Now it was much harder to ignore. He'd been shadowing her nearly all the time.

She never expected to become such a side-show.

She left class to use the bathroom, hoping for a quiet moment for thirty seconds in her day.

She heard girls speaking on the inside just beyond the door about the Vibora demons and knew there wouldn't be a break for her here either. She bit her lip and went in.

"Oh, look who it is." A girl with long black hair that faded to silver white turned to her.

"I'm just going to use the bathroom..." Yui muttered.

"No, no come on, you're the one giving us all this grief with these other demon clans popping up at our school." A girl with almost ash brown hair prodded.

Yui bit the inside of her cheek. These girls were stunning Vampiresses. Their presence was intimidating enough.

"Mhm...the Sakamaki brothers never brought this kind of stuff here before...and then of course you never leave us a chance to even approach them now they've got such an eye on you." Said a deep blue haired girl with short edgy hair.

"I heard even Reiji has been taking less tutor sessions...some say its studying for King, but I'm not sure."

"Not to mention Ayato. What claim do you have on him?" The black-haired girls piercing eyes made her stomach drop.

"He's my boyfriend..."

"Is he King?"

"I'm not saying."

"What makes you worth it? All the hype about your blood...the last Founder heart..." She seemed to focus in on her. Watching her like prey.

Yui blinked. She wasn't prey. Not anymore.

"I didn't choose my path...but Ayato found me...and I'm going to miss class so I'm leaving."

Yui escaped out of the bathroom.

"Thana, good job scaring her."

The black haired girl gave a dark glare to the blue haired girl. "Scare her? Good. I had my eye on Ayato for years."

"We all want the Sakamaki brothers...that's old news."

"Is it? I don't care who she is, or what she claims to possess but she's just a muddled half human. I'll get back what I want."

"Watch it Thana, you see how those boys react to people hurting her..." The dark ash brown hair said meekly.

"Yea, well I'm a girl and I'm worth my own in persuasion. Not to mention, if I have it my way, I'll get the whole school convinced she's better in than out. Even if the brothers have say about it, if everyone hates her then she'll have to leave."

"That won't be hard...the whole school thinks all she does is drop new demon clans on us."

"Exactly...plus, if another boy or brother plays with her I'll catch it first. I've seen how some of them look at her. If they take bait, and I see it, I'll just make sure Ayato hears about it."

"And if that doesn't work?" The skeptical blue haired girl kept her brow raised.

"Who knows. Brute force? Scare her? Poison her? We're all vampires here, but none of us are completely immortal."

"Thana..."

"Oh don't scold me. Just let me be. I want to fix my hair anyway."

"You'll miss class..."

"Screw class." Thana took her dark locks into her fingers and brushed them in the mirror.

The other two seemingly left.

She looked at herself again. She'd get her way.

"Amusing...while I'm not about to complain about messing with those boys, you sure dislike her don't you?"

Thana blinked. Did someone speak? A male voice rang through the bathroom.

"Don't screw with me. Which one of you pervs was hiding in here?" She turned around, her eyes flashing with anger.

"Screw with you? Was that an invitation?"

Thana pushed open each bathroom stall and found nobody. "What do you want?"

"Well...like it or not she will be the Queen of you one day..."

Shut up and just show yourself!" Thana was very peeved.

"Oh, darling the truth does hurt. I suppose we couldn't persuade you to stay away from her could we?"

"Are you kidding me? I had dibs on the Sakamaki boy from the get go. Plus nobody likes her, I'm doing her a damn favor. Not to mention...whoever you ...or you two...are there's not a damn thing to do about it. I'll be a hero for bringing normality back to this place. Humans and Vampires don't mix."

"Oh, but it did. She's a bit vibora too so I hear..."

Thana stepped back, bumping her leg into the sink. "How..."

"Now are you positive you don't want to stay away from her?"

"Fuck that, you're just messing with me."

"Ssss-sucks. I suppose we'll have to persuade you the hard way."

Thana finally felt something crawling up her leg and looked down to see a black demon snake tightening it's grasp around her thigh before perforating her white skin.

"Sleep."

"Good job there Savide. Did you like my triple entendre?"

"I didn't notice." Savide was stoic as ever, as he turned back into his human form.

"Persuade her the hard way? Don't you get it..." Sepsei combed his deep green locks that fell from his short ponytail back with his fingers.

"I'm still not convinced." Savide held the limp girl in his arms.

"We persuade this miss to stay away and the Yui girl is more our's than ever: it's a Devil's advocate play. Then again if this miss does really do what you tell her to...we could take that to its own advantage. As for the hard part... I'm sure your creative...if I had your skills I'd have some good fun..." Sepsei leaned onto the sink, his confidence subdued itself as he gave Sepsei a daring look.