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13| SECOND EVE

Reiji Sakamaki sat there looking at the letter he had received from his father, a frown on his face as he contemplated what was going to happen to his family next. It was a given that his father wanted Lucy's answer now, on who she would chose to marry, and had been out of character nice to allow her extra time to figure it out.

His father was not a patient man, and it was no surprise that he was now demanding Lucy have her answer by the end of the week or he would choose for her. Yet Reiji felt as if something was off now, not with just his father but as if something were to happen.

"You're worried." Ruki says, having stood in the doorway of Reiji's study. He had noticed that a letter from Karl Heinz had come in, and it was usually never anything good. "What did that man say?"

Reiji looked up at Ruki, "About the status of Lucy's engagement."

Ruki frowned, knowing that Yuma wouldn't like the young blonde to marry anyone here, "There's something else."

"We've put aside our differences for the case of Lucy, but the fact is blood or not, you and your brothers are our adoptive brothers." Reiji took a deep breath and looked up at Ruki, "We are family, and Lucy will be family either way, meaning so will Yuma. If anything were to happen, I'd like knowing you would stay loyal to this family in dire times."

"You think trouble is coming?" Ruki questioned, but nodded at Reiji. "We are stronger in numbers, and if it's Lucy in the middle, she's bridging this family together. Yuma won't leave her, so neither shall we."

Reiji stood, handing the letter to Ruki, "In our world, the Lunar Eclipse is coming and that man believes that the Tsukinami brothers will break free of the prison that has kept them locked away in the Demon World for the past thousand years."

Ruki nodded, "I've heard about them, the First Bloods. No doubt they would search for survivors of the First Blood race, but they are all dead."

Ruki was then given a very serious look from Reiji as Reiji shook his head, "They are all dead on our world. Here, I sense the dormant First Bloods hidden away. This world, it could be very possible that the demons who exist here could be survivors hidden away until the First Blood king was able to find them."

"Which means what for us?" Yuma's voice caused both heads to snap towards him. "First Bloods are more dangerous, more brutal and violent than us. Plus we've been soft, blending in. What does this mean for Yui and Lucy?"

Reiji pushed his glasses up, "We could think of the possibility of turning-"

"No." Yuma shook his head. "We can't force them to be vampires. If anything that would make the First Bloods want to kill them more if they were to find us."

As much as Yuma would want his cousin to be alive forever, that had to be her choice and her idea. The idea couldn't been given to her, because who knows what would happen to her magic and what she would be giving up in the long run. Yuma was determined to protect her from any threat, even if that cost his life. Even if he was a vampire, he'd die for his last living family member that shared his blood.

"Perhaps the possibility of joining a magic guild in this world then?" Ruki suggested.

"If we want to get discovered." Reiji muttered bitterely.

Yuma rolled his eyes, "We don't have very many options here. Besides this world has a place for all this magic and people who aren't human. First Bloods would have a challenge."

Reiji knew it was not a choice he could make solely on his own, that he would need his family to take a vote. Maybe it was true, Lucy had changed this family into just that, a family. Sure they weren't close and cuddly, but they cared enough that they wouldn't want someone to be dead or kill them. Well at least most days.

"I suggest a family meeting, and then filling Shuu and Lucy in once they return home." Reiji finalized, earning nods of agreement from the other two.

It was decided by Erza that it was too risky to make their way back to Mukami Estate on the other side of the kingdom that would take two days by foot to reach. Originally they had come to town on horseback, but it was surely going to be heavily guarded by the royal guard looking for them. That was if they were to go through the towns again, but they weren't dumb enough too and Zash was smart enough to know that too.

Which was why Erza opted to have them camp out in the wooded areas that surrounded the kingdom, deep enough away from travelers and to keep them covered and hidden. Lucy had been sitting away from the others at a close distance, Shuu's head on her lap as she ran her hand through his hair, her eyes trained on the others.

Lucy listened as they shared stories about their year alone, listened to the small laughs of Levy and grunts of Gajeel at his displeasure of her teasing. It made Lucy smile a bit knowing Levy and Gajeel were together, even if they haven't officially announced it. It was common knowledge that where Levy went, Gajeel would go too.

Then there was Erza's stories about the royal guard and Jellal, and Lucy was glad to see the redhead still had the habit of blushing talking about the only male she ever loved romantically. Natsu sharing training stories with Happy, talking about how he met up with Gildarts and Happy ratting him out for getting beat. Then of Gray and Juvia living and working together until he left on a secret mission that Levy and Gajeel busted, and apologizing to Juvia about leaving her.

It was bittersweet to see how they all grew up a bit, matured, but were all the same at the same time. It was weird, and it caused her to tug slightly at Shuu's hair. That in turn caused Shuu to open his blue eyes slowly to look up at her, feeling the change of Lucy's whole body vibe. Yet before he could ask, someone else beat him to speaking.

"Love Rival, come over here with Shuu-san and share stories!" Juvia says, seeing this as an opportunity.

Erza had glanced over, taking note how Lucy still kept her distance when it concerned that man. She didn't like him, especially now that she knew from via Gajeel that Shuu Sakamaki was not human and it was likely the others in that house were not either.

Lucy merely glanced at Shuu silently, already knowing they had to go but she was okay with that. She missed them, and as much as she was mad or hurt, she loved them. Fairy Tail was her home after all, and they are her family. Getting up, she left Shuu to take a seat next to Juvia and that left Shuu to sit next to Erza. Wendy was sitting next to Carla and Natsu, while the rest sat in a circle around the fire and Dragon Cry.

"What else has Love Rival been up too besides moving in with her cousin and taking missions?" Juvia asks, being overly inquisitive of her life that it took Lucy and the others a little by surprise. Juvia wasn't always so curious about Lucy, she'd always been more focused on Gray. Gajeel knew Juvia, and so did Gray, and they were both sure she possibly knew something that no one else did and was now fishing.

Lucy had suspicion growing on her from Juvia's question. Hell she had been a reporter for a short time and did interviews to get personal information out of people. Lucy knew how this worked. How the tension felt when trying to exploit the other party of personal information or secrets, how nerves wafted off at first before you could hide you weren't nervous. Juvia wasn't to skilled at hiding that nerve.

"Exactly that. I've been spending time with my cousin and his family. Taking missions-"

"Why take missions if they have money to own the Estate? Stella is limited on guilds, which means you were in Fiore before." Juvia pressed, and Lucy was positive Juvia knew something.

Lucy turned to look at Juvia, thinking of her words carefully. Out of everyone, Lucy didn't think the water mage would piece much together to form a speculation, to find some loophole of the story Lucy was hoping to put off a bit longer. Lucy thought Gajeel, then Erza, and maybe Gray or Levy. Not Juvia. Certainly never Natsu, maybe Carla.

"Are you accusing me of something here?" Lucy asked, offended but knowing Juvia's idea and loophole was flawed and misplaced by luck.

Juvia wasn't sure yet if she could take the jump and expose the blonde. Couldn't admit that she'd seen her and Shuu outside that tavern, how she knew that the man who sat with them was not of this world, and maybe even this cousin of Lucy's wasn't. Was Lucy even from here? She wasn't sure what the brothers were, and she couldn't risk Lucy leaving because she was upset. Who knows if Lucy would disappear again, this time maybe from this world.

"Maybe Zash had a reason to leave the staff with you." Juvia decided not to blow that cover yet, but it was too late, the damage was done.

Erza felt dumb, missing that piece of information about the mission, then was surprised of Juvia accusing Lucy of working with Zash. It was a mess honestly, because did Lucy have motive? No, she wouldn't betray Fiore, her homeland, because she was mad. The man with them was not human, he had something to do with this. Yet Erza now knew she would have to talk with Juvia, who clearly knew something.

"She has a point." Gray stepped in. "If you spent the year doing missions, it wasn't here. You'd be using your Fairy Tail guild mark and this is a rival country, they wouldn't want your help or anyone of ours."

Lucy looked them in disbelief and then she laughed. She laughed hysterically, and looked at Gray with a serious look. "You sound stupid. I already told you were moved here three months ago, so yes I was in Fiore-"

"You were, maybe." Natsu had a calm aura around him, too calm. He had been listening, watching. "Stop lying to us, Lucy. You said your cousin and his brothers were here. I saw the redhead before in Fiore, his scent was different than most and so was Shuu's and they were in Fiore with you. I knew I wasn't crazy when I caught your scent on them."

Lucy looked at Natsu, a frown forming on her lips as she looked around her former guild. A hum left her lips as she gave a nod, then let out a little sigh. "Maybe this was a bad idea after all. Maybe Reiji was right."

"Do you even hear yourself?" Gray asked in disbelief. "Since when do you let others dictate your choices on being somewhere or not? That's everything you went against with your father-"

"Don't." Lucy cut him off sharply, her brown eyes hardening at the mention of her father as she stood from her spot. "You know nothing."

Erza decided to stand then as well, "Then maybe it's time you explain to us what had been going on with you, because the Lucy that's here now, she'd not our Lucy. She's not Lucy of Fairy Tail."

Lucy felt a wave of emotions suddenly at those words, and it was because it was true. She wasn't the same person they knew, and even trying to act like she was felt difficult enough. Of course this was Fairy Tail, they weren't good with change and bounced back the same person but with harder motivations and physical strength due to training. Lucy wasn't like that.

She was emotionally driven, and she was brought up a different way. She lost her mother at a very young age, her father was distant and almost nonexistent in her childhood. Jude Heartfilia never allowed Lucy around other children and all she had were the workers of the house and Aquarius.

As selfish as it was, she was still hurt about them all leaving after Aquarius's sacrifice. Grudges were new to her, and she had the brothers to blame. She allowed their ways to affect her, and how could she not? She was bitten, sometimes pushed around, and she experienced violence with them.

Yet she also had a very dysfunctional family with the Sakamaki's and Mukami's, a family she was glad to have at the end of the day. A family she needed, and one she had because of her father. The irony, it was because of the very thing she ran away to Fairy Tail for that she now had. It was with that realization that Lucy accepted her own emotions and herself, and she let go of why she was mad with Fairy Tail. This, her current situation, was not their faults and in was inevitable. There was no one to blame from Fairy Tail.

Erza saw the shift in Lucy's eyes, frowning when she saw Lucy's sad smile. She didn't like that look on the blonde's face, or knowing she caused it. "Lucy, I didn't mean it. I'm sorry."

"You're right though, Erza." Lucy says softly. "I'm not Lucy of Fairy Tail, not entirely. She's a part of me, just like the heiress I was raised to be is a part of me, and just like how Shuu, his brothers and my cousin are a part of me. Fairy Tail will always be a home, and I love you all dearly, but my home is wherever Shuu is."

It was surprising to hear Lucy admit this, and when Wendy glanced at Shuu with Levy, both females saw that this was news to him as well. Lucy had basically said she was with Shuu, that she most likely loved him and if he wasn't in Fairy Tail, then she wouldn't be there either.

Natsu's eyes narrowed, not liking it at all. He didn't like how Lucy was acting because it wasn't his Luce. Gray frowned, glancing at the blond male with distrust and sizing him up to see how much force it would take to take him down if he harmed Lucy. Erza nodded, understanding now, but it wasn't adding up. Lucy's words were not settling with Erza at all, and the doubt that festered in the redhead, it had her wishing she could just believe Lucy like she had always been able.

Yet Lucy was hiding things now, from them, and she was never one to have secrets. It worried Erza, and no doubtingly the others.

"You don't get to runaway from us with pretty words Bunny Girl." Gajeel stood, which in turn caused Shuu to stand. "You don't get to leave until we understand what the hell is going on, the truth."

Shuu glared hard, "She doesn't have to say shit to any of you."

"Which isn't surprising coming from you, whatever the hell you are." Erza snapped, pointing a sword at Shuu's neck. She just didn't trust him enough, and Lucy's words were not enough to sway her, "What is the truth Lucy? There's more that's happened this past year, that you aren't sharing with us. This man-"

"Is my fiance!" Lucy rushed out, standing to push Shuu back and have the sword aimed at her neck instead. Erza's eyes widen, as did the others at this. "The truth is we lived at the Heartfilia Estate first, before I knew my cousin was back. Shuu's father lived in Stella, they came here while my cousin and some others went to Stella."

"Then why lie about it?" Carla asks, causing Lucy to bite her tongue. "Why not admit he's not human?"

"Carla." Wendy called, biting her lip knowing what was coming.

"No child, if Gajeel says he's not human then my vision had to be right." Carla called her own magic, her wings appearing as she floated over to Lucy as Erza lowered her sword.

"What?" Lucy questioned with surprise that Carla had another bision concerning her. Yet instead of answering,Carla narrowed her eyes and used a paw to push Lucy's hair back and tilt her head to the side, causing Shuu to growl lowly. "Hey! Don't-"

"I had a vision of you getting bitten in this very spot." Carla whispered, low enough the dragon slayers and Shuu heard. "There's a small scar, a few actually, on your neck. Why are you hiding this from us?"

Lucy pushed Carla's paw away, taking a step back into Shuu's chest and shook her head. Gajeel's eyes narrowed on Shuu, as did Natsu's. Lucy felt Shuu tense at the threat, and silently she reached back and grabbed his hand. They knew too much, and Lucy knew now it wasn't an if they found out, it was a when. Like right now.

"You can't take me away by force." Lucy's voice was shaky, and she looked up at Natsu. "Once you know the truth, you have one of two choices. You live with it, or you go to the council, and if that's the case, I can assure you that you will never see me again."

In the distance there was rustling of the trees that wasn't caused by wind that each dragon slayer's hearing picked up on it. Giving Lucy a look, as if to say this conversation was not over, Gajeel stood in front of Levy, who had been quiet through the whole ordeal and Natsu, who made a move to stand in front of Lucy- which was purely instinct, kept his ears listening.

"Quiet!" Gajeel hissed at everyone while Erza threw dirt onto the fire to snuffle it out.

"Followers?" Gray muttered out loud in a whisper that was heard amongst the group.

Carla's eyes set into a determined look, "How did they find us here?"

Which was a reasonable question since they had come out far enough away from people in the woods.

"Get ready." Erza says, taking a stance as she faced the way the three dragon slayers were looking.

Shuu's hand gripped Lucy's wrist, ready to pull her away. Instead of allowing that, Lucy looked over her shoulder at him and shook her head. She wouldn't run away from her problems anymore, and she would not leave her beloved guild family to face this without her.

Quicker than the human eye could catch, a woman with pale white hair and fox like ears from the top of her head jumped through the air, flipped and put her sights on Erza as a target as she got ready to strike.

"Taste my beautiful legs!" With that, purple magic began to emit from her as she sent magic that no one wanted to find out what it did exactly.

Grabbing Lucy, Shuu was quick to pull her away fast as everyone else dodged in other directions. In that single moment, Natsu Dragneel made eye contact with Shuu Sakamaki, and the statement in his onyx eyes was clear. Protect her. Even if he didn't want to trust Shuu with Lucy, Natsu had no choice if he wanted to protect her. Shuu only gave a brief nod as Natsu focused on the battle coming.

Meanwhile as smoke filled the area of the magic attack, the woman was descending from the sky quickly, and by then Erza had already equipped into her armour and broke through the smoke with her sword at hand and a determined look, colliding with the armour on the woman's leg and spinning magic. The impact itself caused spark to fly off metal hitting metal.

"Here, my wonderful kick!" She was quick to hit Erza with another attack that she was able to block, and it was then and there that Erza realized what metal the woman wore as she held her sword there.

"Stellanium?" Erza muttered in surprise to herself, trying to figure out away she was going to be victorious in this battle.

One the other part of the clearing they were in, another man that was well built fell from the sky and held his hands out for two dolls to float there. "Get to work, Francis, Catherine." He says, and on command the two dolls went to work sending magical scorching beams out that Gray barely had time to dodge.

"Hot!" Gray yelled, and Juvia grew furious and this as she glared down the two dolls.

"No one hurts Gray-sama!" Juvia yelled, calling on her magic to hit the two dolls that dared to hurt her beloved

"Alright, Francis, Catherine!"

Once again the two dolls who possessed the hot beam magic shot more streams out, this time causing Wendy to dodge and Lucy, who Shuu had let go of seeing her ready to call out one of her spirits. Fighting wise, Shuu knew Lucy was strong enough to hold her ground, it was his turn to figure out how he'd hold his against people who were up to parr, if not more strong.

Which was something he, nor his brothers, were yet used to.

"What are these guys?" Natsu muttered to himself, looking over at the people who were now challenging them, no doubt sent from Zash himself.

Above in the air, a young man on a floating metal orb with blue hair came closer and closer to Natsu, smirking at the pink haired dragon slayer. The kid himself moved at incredible speed, where Natsu's eyes had trouble keeping up as he kept moving around. Yet, before Natsu could react, the kid ran him over with his metal orb.

"To slow!" The man cackled, rolling away and quickly setting his sights onto Gray, who had jumped into the air to prepare his ice magic for an attack, leaving him completely open to get hit with the metal orb as well. "Fast! Fast!"

Wendy called on her air magic, pulling the air around her fist to launch her attack and help her struggling comrades, making a move to punch the two dolls Catherine and Francis. Yet the two dolls moved away from the impact, quickly rebounding to attack Wendy with one on their magical beams.

Seeing the sky dragon slayer about to get hit, Carla made her way and scooped Wendy away from the hot beams.

"Catherine, you're so wonderful." The brute of a man praised his two dolls on their attack. "So are you Francis."

Went on the other side, Lucy herself had to face the other doll with Levy, who's script magic was doing nothing good for them and while Lucy was trying to form a plan in her head, a strategy that would work. Gajeel had been there to grab Levy when the doll, Francis, shot a beam, and Lucy herself went to move away to avoid getting hit. Only Shuu was quicker than the beam and grabbed her to teleport Lucy a bit away from the fight.

"This is too dangerous, Lucy." Shuu muttered, now understanding why Lucy and her guild faced so much hardships- they put themselves there.

"I'm not leaving if you're suggesting that." Lucy snapped, frustrated about the whole night and how it got worse. "They are my family too at the end of the day, through thick and thin."

Back with Erza, she was still in battle with the steel legged woman who she hadn't discovered a weak point. For a brief moment, she had the idea of having Gajeel come over, and he had on his own accord. Only both Fairy Tail mages were surprised that not even the iron dragon slayer was unable to break the metal around her leg. Then again it was Stellanium, one of the strongest metals around.

"And how do you like my pretty legs?" The woman kept asking the same question, and too Erza they honestly were nothing special other than the metal around them and the magic produced as she dodged and attacked with her own futile attacks.

Happy had one single job, two really. The first was to keep Dragon Cry safe, and the second was not to get captures or hit. Both were difficult for the small exceed to do, seeing as he was scared out of his mind as he hugged the scepter closely and tightly to himself, but it didn't matter how tight he held Dragon Cry in the end.

Natsu was the first to notice him, Zash standing with a woman next to him. The man held Dragon Cry in his hand, looking as if he won the war, while Happy laid on his stomach, knocked out. That pissed Natsu off, knowing that the bastard in front of him laid his hands on Happy.

"I have the staff again." Zash proclaimed, holding it a bit higher and catching Natsu's eye.

"Bastard!" Natsu yelled, standing straighter and facing Zash completely now.

Zash merely smirked at the idiotic pink haired dragon slayer, having him right where he wanted him. In fact, his smirk never left his face as Zash used his magic, watching in satisfaction as Natsu's eyes took on a red hue, easily falling into Zash's control.

Natsu on the other hand felt his control over his body leave him, and he hated the feeling. He hated the feeling that he couldn't move his body on his own accord, or fight back against Zash. The bastard in front of him had him at his mercy, and Natsu hated it. Never once had he been in this position, not where his body function was not his choice.

Natsu hated it even more when his body slumped, just for a moment, and he wished he could stop. God did he wish he could stop when he turned around and searched for one person in particular that Zash seemed to want taken out. When his onyx eyes land on her, he wanted to yell at her to move away from him, but it was too late because Lucy seemed to sense his eyes on her.

"Natsu?" She questioned, brown eyes widening seeing Zash and seeing Natsu's own eyes. "Natsu!"

She went to grab her key, Loke- Natsu could tell, and before she could even utter the words to summon him, Natsu felt his body lunge forward and his fist igniting with fire that would most definitely hurt her if she didn't move. Which didn't matter because he was naturally fast than her, and he was about to hurt his best friend in a way he would never forgive himself for.

Natsu could see the reflection of himself in her eyes, and for a moment he could see the fear that he would actually strike her. That fear struck him too, but before he could actually land the hit, Gray canceled out his magic with his own while pushing Lucy behind him.

"What's wrong with you Natsu?" Gray questioned, keeping a tight grip on the dragon slayer.

Yet Natsu couldn't speak, only take deep breaths while he got physically agitated and tried his damn best to regain control of his body. Natsu could see Shuu coming over and checking on Lucy, and he just wanted to attack the blond male for touching her.

It didn't matter though, because the two dolls Francis and Catherine had already had an attack ready. With two single beams, the two dolls took out Gray, Lucy, Shuu, Natsu, Wendy, and Carla without a fuss. The young man on the metal orb was tired of playing with Levy and Juvia, running them over with his metal cat and hitting them effectively on the head to put them down for a few hours. It was laughable how easy this was.

Erza and Gajeel stood together facing the woman who used her legs, taking deep breath from their bodies taking a toll of their energy usage. They just couldn't land a hit that caused significant damages on her, yet it didn't matter because when Gajeel heard Levy's cry of pain and then nothing, worry and fear grabbed a hold of him as his red eyes darted her direction.

"You really are slow." The man on the metal orb took Erza by surprise , causing the woman in front of her to be able to land a roundhouse kick into her side. Erza felt the air leave her body, and having no time to recover or react properly, the woman served Erza another kick upward to her chin, causing the redhead equip mage to fly back and hit the ground.

Zash was standing there with Sonya the whole time, smirking victorious as his Three Stars took out the trash that caused so much trouble. For a moment Zash was intrigued by the one studded, glaring at him with hatred when he chuckled. Yet Zash didn't let go of his stare, using his ability to hold him there while Doll used his dolls to take out the last remaining member.

"Excellent job, Three Stars." Zash praised, eyes falling towards the people who made a fool of him. "Eliminate them."

Sonya looked up at Lord Zash, the idea of death not settling well with her. She wasn't for one for death and violence, just wanting a way to say the city.

"H..Hold on." She spoke up softly, unsure. "We already have the staff, killing them would be-" She trailed off.

Zash looked down at the small woman besides him, "Lady Sonya, they are rebelling against our empire. If we do not punish them then we do not give our people a good example."

She understood what he meant, and it caused her to look down because she did not want death. "I do not want the lamentation of the souls."

The Three Stars stood there watching and listening, but the youngest one, Gapri, spoke up, "Hurt her Lady Sonya's feelings, his majesty will be furious at you."

"That's true." Swan added, agreeing with her comrade.

"Francis, Catherine, your work is finished." Doll tells his two dolls, letting them know they were to do nothing else if told by Zash.

Zash knew he couldn't kill them, so when the royal guard came running onto the scene, he merely looked at them before making his choice what to do with the enemy. "Then they will be locked in the Bird's Nest!"

"Yes sir!" The guards reply in commission.

Yet Zash's eyes fell onto the unconscious Lucy, how her blonde pigtails fell and her hand on her stomach. Her other hand laid a few inches apart from the blond man , whose hands was laid close, as if they were holding hands when they were hit into their unconscious state.

"Except this woman, she belongs to someone else." Zash says, eyes narrowing and a dark smirk appeared on his face.

Zash looked at the blonde on the floor where he kept the other woman he took, kneeling on one knee. He didn't dare to look up at the man who paid him in advance to secure the woman he had wanted to kill, who had seduced him and made him a fool, but he didn't ask any questions on why this man wanted her. All he knew was the powerful male's name, that he could kill him, and that he wanted the celestial spirit mage for his own unknown reasons.

"You did good, Lord Zash." The man's voice was low, calculating, and with each step he took closer Zash had to force himself to stay put. "Your payment awaits behind you."

Zash looked up, ready to thank the man for his payment but his eyes widen seeing the blood all over the grayish-black haired male who's lips curled into a blood stained feral smirk. He couldn't help but look over behind him and see that all the woman he had imprisoned were either bleeding in there cells holding their necks or dead a few feet behind him, necks snapped at an unnatural angle and some with their hearts ripped from their chest and tossed to the side carelessly.

"You killed my woman!?" Zash stood, shaking as he turned to look at the other man. "You promised me something greater! Not taking my slaves-"

The man stood in front of Zash within a blind of an eye, growling dangerously close to his face. "I will let you leave here with your life, which is payment enough. This place and everyone inside of it is now mine. I advise you leave now if you wish to keep breathing."

Zash took a deep breath, but he could see that this man held no mercy and the luster in his copper rose eyes that he would kill him. "Yes, Lord Kino."

Dropping his eyes, Zash left the his hide out quickly, not bothering to look back. Knowing that Zash had left with his tail between his legs, Kino's eyes fell to the blonde on the floor. Kneeling down to brush the dirty hair from her angelic face he admired the beauty she had. He was a selfish man, with no room in his heart for another but he would do whatever needed to be done to secure what he desired.

"You shall marry me, Eve." Kino muttered softly, caressing her cheek. "Then we shall over throw my father and end the vampire race for good. With you by my side, nothing will stop me."

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