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WARNING: DO NOT FLIP YOUR TABLE!
The food court, night time;
It was crowded and people are gathering in one restaurant. Nozomi and Eli tried their best to get through the crowds. It used to be easy for Nozomi, though without her police badge, she had to get some yelling from some people, even after the words "excuse me" came out from them,
They keep going through the crowds until they could see Kotori and Niko standing next to each other— looks like watching something very intensely, just like how the other crowds are.
"Kotori…" Eli called.
"Ah! Eli-chan! Thank goodness…." Kotori said in relieve.
"What's happeni—Ah!" Nozomi surprised to see what she sees.
Eli turned to see what she is looking at. She turned to the side a bit to see Umi, her eyes glaring and her fist clenched very tightly. Her face tells that she will soon explode her anger.
"Niko-chan! Kotori-chan! Eli-chan! Nozomi-chan!" Rin came by along with Maki— already in human form next to her.
"What's happening…?" Maki said as she arrived to where they are along with Rin.
They didn't get a respond— but they know because the view they're looking at right now is just…..
"W-What the….." Maki lost her words.
The mess on the ground, the plates, the tables, the chairs, and bodies all over the floor,
"Sooo! Who will win this eating contest?! The Duo or the Big Dude?!" the host shouted,
Empty bowls all over the place,
"H…harasho…." Eli said in awe.
Honoka and Hanayo sitting next to each other as they keep eating from the giant bowl filled with fried rice while a gigantic man sitting on the opposite of them. Looks like they're on a very intense competition….
"Remember, people! If you can't win this, you will have to pay everything you ate!" the host said again.
Umi is glaring deeper at Honoka and Hanayo. Honoka and Hanayo noticed it and they quickly tried their best. The gigantic man tried his best too.
"C-Come on, Honoka-chan! Kayo-chan! Show him what Printemps can do!" Kotori cheered.
"You can do it, Honoka-chan! Hanayo-chan!" Nozomi cheered too.
"Do you best, Kayochin!" Rin cheered.
"W-why this feels like a very serious thing…" Maki said.
"I don't want to pay for them if I'm you…." Eli said.
"N-no one want to pay for them!" Maki said.
"You hear that?! No one wants to pay for you two!" Niko shouted.
Honoka and Hanayo eat faster. The gigantic man tried to do it as well…
Umi tap her feet and crossed her arms, it didn't go unnoticed by Honoka who fasten her pace.
A few minutes passed and a finished big bowl placed on the table….
"Oh! We have a winner!" said the host.
The crowds cheered,
"Congratulations for the Duo!" he said as he gestured to Honoka and Hanayo. The gigantic man fall to the ground— he is too full to move.
"Now, other than you won't need to pay for the meal, you will also win— five million yen!" the host said.
"F-Five million yen?!" Rin, Maki, Niko, Nozomi, Eli, and Kotori said in surprise.
Umi sighed in relieve, but she is still frowning at Honoka and Hanayo.
"Now—now! Let us all celebrate for our champion! Discount 50% for all meals tonight!"
The crowds cheered again.
The town's park, night time;
They once again gathered there to discuss today's event.
"Uwaaahhh! I'm so full!" Honoka said happily as she stretched here and there.
"I can't believe we won though… really…." Hanayo said,
"Yup! It's very exciting to see it too!" Kotori said.
"I would disagree but I'm relieved that the panic was just because if they lost, we will have to pay for their bills…." Maki said.
"It's a big deal for us…. We don't have much money…." Umi said.
"He-he, I just believe I'll win so don't worry about it, Umi-chan!" Honoka said.
"Why are you not accepting our calls-nya?" Rin asked.
"Ah, we can't accept calls during competition, we had to eat as fast as we can…" Hanayo said.
"I see…. you're all really makes me worried-nya!" Rin said.
"It's still worry me because you're also a target of the blackmail…" Umi said.
"Eh? I don't remember receiving a blackmail…" Honoka said.
"The fax, Honoka…. The fax! The fax with frowning emoticon!" Umi said.
"Oh? That's a blackmail?" Honoka asked.
"Yes it is! Silly!" Umi yelled.
The others laughed at them,
"Honoka-chan is always be Honoka-chan!" Hanayo said cheerfully.
"Good side, you all now have some money to spend for upgrades…" Niko said to Kotori.
"Ah, yes— we're planning to upgrade my fashion center with it… I've talked to Honoka-chan and Hanayo-chan about it…." Kotori said.
"Great, now you can hire janitors or something…" Niko said.
"Planning on getting security… then janitors… then maybe some amateur photographers… I had enough with the professional one… they still expect high wage even when their work is so-so…" Umi said.
"Huh? So you finally fire them….?" Niko asked.
"Yes… I sent them texts… they don't deserve the job…" Umi said.
"Good thing we have Nozomi-chan for now, so we won't be worried much about it yet…" Kotori said.
"You hire Nozomi….?!" Niko said.
"Nikocchi got a problem with it?" Nozomi said.
"Of course there's problem! You don't even have your own camera! Kotori don't have a single professional camera, you know! Digital camera won't work!" Niko said.
"If that's the only problem, then I'll buy for her…" Eli said.
"W-what?! That's not fair!" Niko protested.
Nozomi sticks out her tongue at Niko.
"See?! You're spoiling her!"
"Why would you protest about other's fortune anyway…" Maki said.
"Maybe it because Niko-chan also want a camera-nya?" Rin said.
"N-no! That's not it! Look at her, she was— what? A homeless, a jobless, and smell like a dog— then just in a few weeks she got a lot of things back to her— and even better?" Niko said.
"Wheel of fortune, Nikocchi, wheel of fortune…" Nozomi giggled,
"Ahh… I know where that protest coming from, you're just jealous that you are still poor after working so hard in a few years…. Even after you made name too…." Maki said mockingly.
"W-what?!" Niko yelled.
Maki chuckled,
"You could've just told us that… we can always help you with your…. Economy…." Maki said with a teasing smirk.
"So basically, Maki want to be a sugar momma for Niko…?" Eli said teasingly.
"Aha-ha, no way, not a chance…" Maki replied calmly.
"Wow- she resist that…" Eli said.
"Told you Maki-chan is good at it-nya…" Rin said.
"Of course, who do you think I am…" Maki said proudly.
"But… she won't resist this-nya!" Rin said as she took out her laser pointer.
"Laser pointer…?" Everyone wondered.
"A-aaa! No! Rin! Don't even—…"
Before Maki could finish, Rin shot the laser pointer somewhere. Maki quickly tried to look away, but Rin tried to take her attention with it. Maki eventually followed the laser pointer and running to catch them.
"W-whoaa! She acts like a cat!" Honoka said.
"Aaaa! Turn it off!" Maki protested— yet she is still trying to catch it.
Rin laughed and keep on playing it
"Waa! Let me play with it too!" Hanayo said.
"Yup-nya! Here you go, Kayochin!" Rin said cheerfully.
They started to play with Maki.
"What with that sudden stupidity…." Umi mumbled.
"Not sure… I wonder what with her…." Kotori replied.
Right… they didn't know about what happen to Maki yet….
Eli thought.
"Wow… never knew that possible." Niko smirked in awe as she watches Maki running around to catch the red dot.
Umi sighed,
"Either way, I'm going now… I can't stick around here for too long…" Umi said as she stood up and walk away.
Eli and Nozomi just remained quiet as they watch Umi getting further.
"Ah, wait… Umi-chan!" Kotori ran to follow her.
Eli and Nozomi sighed.
"What with that attitude…" Eli said.
"She really wants to put some thought on what I said to her before…" Nozomi said.
"Hmmm... can't she just do it when we're not having fun like this…" Eli said.
"People are different, Ericchi. But at least she still has Kotori to talk with… perhaps she is the only one that can…" Nozomi said.
Eli sighed heavily.
"Ah well…"
Nozomi giggled,
"Meanwhile Ericchi, we can just play tug-of-war…you and me…" Nozomi said.
"Huh? What? Why so sudden…" Eli asked.
Nozomi approached her closer,
"So we can make a use of the plenty fruity condom…" she whispered.
"WHAT?!"
Nozomi laughed as she made a distance.
"I'm pretty sure it will be fun since it's fruity…" Nozomi said teasingly.
"N-Nozomiiii! You're buying them for that?!" Eli began to chase her.
"Aaahh! I'm going to be caught by Ericchi!" Nozomi quickly run around.
Niko still staying on her place, watching her friends playing around like kids…
"….and here I thought my day of babysitting is over….." Niko said.
She sighed heavily.
"But at least we're together again…." She said again with a smile.
She tried to look around,
"Hmm… where's Umi and Kotori though?"
Meanwhile,
Kotori and Umi walks next to each other. Umi is still carrying her katana with her. It was all quiet until Kotori decided to break the silence,
"Umi-chan… maybe Nozomi-chan is right…" Kotori said.
"She is not just maybe right, she is absolutely right…" Umi replied.
Kotori smiled at her,
"It was just me. I couldn't think of anything else… there's so much mystery that I didn't get to finish and people just make it like it's going to be alright to let things go away like it never happen. Just like the case with Maki…." Umi said.
"Maki looks alright… I suppose she really isn't attacked…" Kotori said.
"That's true, but… what about the evidences? Even though it's proved that they manipulate the evidences, there are still a lot of things missing in the puzzles such as… why we found the matching bullet in Maki's clinic? Then why there's an actual report of Maki's attack there? We even tested DNA from the blood splatter, we found 2 person's DNA, one belongs to a police member, one belongs to Maki… there must be an explanation to that, right?" Umi said.
"True, but perhaps Maki does have a blood packed for donor and they took it?" Kotori said.
"Maki is AB, even though it's possible, it seems very pointless for her to donate her blood. She has plenty of people willing to donate blood in her clinic too… she doesn't need to donate her own…" Umi said.
"Hmm.. maybe she is just being nice?" Kotori replied.
Umi sighed again,
"That's possible…" Umi said.
"There are a lot of possibilities… so don't overthink it, Umi-chan… there are so many things you can't figure out on your own too…. if it's truly be a big question mark for you, why not try asking? We have Nozomi-chan, she is already involved in the serial murder so we can work together…" Kotori said.
"True… hmm…. Maybe she also knows about the slaughter case on the beach? I still don't believe a police like that person we caught can actually kill his companion brutally like that. We found only 3 bodies, but the report said there supposed to be at least 30 polices in that area last night. I also confirmed it from the law enforcement department— they are truly lost around that much since that night…. Don't you just wonder where the rest of bodies are…?" Umi asked.
"Washed by the sea?" Kotori replied.
"T-That's…. possible…." Umi said.
"They're at the beach after all, maybe that police has been throwing his companion bodies to the sea and exhausted so he went to rest and left 3 bodies…" Kotori said.
"He didn't say anything about that…" Umi said.
"He is acting weird, if I have to say. Maybe he really regrets what he did… give him some time…" Kotori said.
"True…." Umi replied.
They went quiet again as they walks before a police officer approached them,
"Excuse me, may I have a talk with Minami Kotori…?" he asked.
"For what reason…?" Umi asked politely.
"I'm sorry, but we can't share that information, it is only belongs to Minami-san herself…" the police officer replied.
"Very well… I'll wait here, Kotori…" Umi replied.
"Ok, I'll be back here once I finished…" Kotori said.
The police took Kotori deep into the alley way,
At first Kotori feel like it will be fine to be taken here for a private talk, yet something feels really off as they keep getting deeper and deeper. She began to wonder, what kind of talk he wanted until he had to take her deeper in the alleyway? Then what kind of business they have in the night like this?
The deeper they walk into, the dimmer the light becomes. Kotori began to feel anxious.
"Uhm… sorry, can we just stop here and get into business?" Kotori asked politely.
"We're close, Minami-san…" said the police.
They keep moving on until they reached a parking lot surrounded by abandoned buildings. A group of polices gathered in the very place.
"Good Evening, Minami-san…" said a man with black coat. He covered his face with a gasmask— it's impossible to know his identity with it.
"Good evening, sir… what can I help you?" Kotori asked.
He chuckled,
"You're very polite… like your mother, I hope you're more negotiable than her…." he said.
Kotori surprised to hear it. Though she tried to keep calm,
"Then, please tell me more about your business…." Kotori said.
The man nodded,
"Well, Minami-san. We're an organization that requires a lot of money and allies, I've heard that your family is the fourth richest family around this town. Even though the business you're starting right now isn't going as smooth as the other business your family own, we're still interested to make alliance…" he said.
"Can you be more specific about this deal…?" Kotori asked.
"If you agreed to make alliance with us, we will provide a security and a freedom to choose how your life going to be from now on…." He said.
"A freedom to choose how my life going to be? That's not quite a right, isn't it?" Kotori said.
"We're serious, Minami-san. We can destroy your life with just one blood injection into your neck… and turn you into a chimera…" he said.
Kotori remained quiet,
"We're gathering Chimeras in our organization. They're like a pet and a war machine. A trained Chimera can be a quite useful asset, in the other side, an untrained chimera will just be a nuisance and danger— and people may kill them at sight, or perhaps, they just kill people at sight… including family…" He said.
"What my mother say about this?" Kotori asked.
"She said she will think about it… a month ago…. And she blacklisted us from her list…. A week ago… so I take that as a no….or perhaps— talk to my daughter…." He said.
"Then I'll say the same with her, I refuse to make any deal, we never met and we never want to meet each other…" Kotori said clearly as she turned around— but when she was about to walk away, her wrist pulled and her handcuffed, the police that guided her grabbing her roughly.
"Not so fast, Minami-san…. We still have two options…" he said
"Unhand me!" Kotori struggled
"Sadly that's not the options, there's only one…. be a chimera and kill your own family… or two… die…." He said.
"I'm not choosing any!" Kotori kicked the police, slips her wrist away from the handcuff and started to run.
"Catch her, dead or alive!" the man said before one of the police turned into a giant panther and jumping toward her. Kotori quickly tackle the giant panther and run again. She doesn't really remember the alley way she got through before, she began to feel confused yet she tried to keep on running.
She turned around and she could see a few panther chasing her along with a goat-like creature, horn growing from the forehead and a pair of goat legs replaced their human feet— and they are running very quickly.
"E-Eh?!" Kotori said in panic, she tried to run faster.
She could see a few paths and it's still too confusing for her. She decided to pick a random path— heading to the brightest light with a few poor apartment building nearby, hoping that even if she took a wrong path, she will still able to scream for help.
As she ran there, she noticed a very unfamiliar decoration— that's where she know she took the wrong path, so the only way now is to scream for help.
"Someone! Please helppp!" she screamed.
Of course, no response and perhaps it's still too far from any crowd.
As she keep running, she figured out that the path she took was absolutely a very wrong path. She could see a dead end and the chimeras are getting very close to her. The man rode on one of the giant panther and he stopped as he sees Kotori cornered.
"Aha… dead end, now what will you do… Minami-san?" He said.
"I do not wish to form alliance to such organization… for whatever the goal is, I do not wish to ally and do any corrupted action…" Kotori said.
"Our goal is to make the earth a better place to live. For everyone… but such kind of goal requires a lot of people to be sacrificed as well… just like those incompetent polices. It's an honorable goal, you should be happy to be offered for alliance in the making. One day, all the entire town will beg to join…" he replied.
"No… that's not how you make a peace…"
"Hmph, enough talking… you made me sick…" he said.
"Men, grab her and inject the blood in. Her entire family needs to taste our power…" He continued as he signaled to his men. The goat-like creature walks in and grabs her.
"No! I'm not going to give up!" Kotori tried to kick, but the creature doesn't looks harmed from it.
"You're pretty strong, you'll make a good chimera…" he said as he took out an injection gun with a long needle on its tip, climbing down from his mount and walk to Kotori.
"No!" Kotori struggled.
Before the man could inject the needle in— a very fast swords slashing through the chimeras and an elbow smacked to the man's stomach— then one quick hit that recoiled him away from Kotori, one quick bash to the creature that grab Kotori and kicking him away from Kotori.
"U…Umi-chan….?" Kotori said as she saw the woman who just saved her.
"She said no, can't you be nicer?" Umi said as she pointed her katana to the man.
"Ah… here it is our greatest nuisance, we had to do this because you keep staying around her, you know…" the man said as he woke up.
Umi remained quiet,
"We're trying to approach her peacefully…. Like what we just did… but since you did this to us…." The man said before all the previous chimeras also wake up as well. Umi surprised to see it.
"We have no choice…" he said.
The goat-like creature bashed Umi away to where the other chimeras are. It was a very powerful bash until it paralyzes Umi.
"Umi-chan!" Kotori worried,
Umi tried to wake up— though her feet bitten by one of the chimera. Seeing Kotori's agitation, the man turned to the chimeras.
"Men! Don't kill her…" he said.
Kotori surprised to hear it.
"Torture her …" he said.
"No! Don't!" Kotori began to panic. The man shoved her to the wall.
"Just enjoy the view.. Minami-san…. This is what you will do to your family…" he said.
The chimeras began to scratch, throw, and slamming Umi all over the places. Even though Umi tried to fight back— they're all still too strong for her. Even after her Katana slashed to them, they regained themselves very quickly.
"Please stop!" Kotori screamed.
The man laughed,
"If you want us to stop, you just need to agree to our alliance… we need your money… and you need our protection… as simple as that…" he said.
"Stop this! I'll do it…" Kotori said.
He signaled to his men. They dropped the weakened Umi, who couldn't even stand as her legs bleeding greatly along with a few other part of her body. Her clothes ragged and she had to hold her clothes to cover her skin. Her Katana fell on the ground, she couldn't even hold anything in her other hand.
"Good…" he said before he took out a paper.
"Sign here, Minami-san… we will leave you alone after you did it… I hope you will enjoy the protection from us…" he said again as he offered the pen to Kotori.
"K-Kotori…. Don't…. don't give up…" Umi said in her pain.
The giant panther steps on her. Umi moaned painfully.
"Umi-chan! Stop!" Kotori said.
The man chuckled. Kotori signed the paper.
"We're glad that we don't have to send your dead body to your mother…" he said as he tidy up the paper and place it in his pocket, then placed the injection gun near Kotori's feet.
"This could've been a lot easier if you just agreed with us in the first place…" he continued.
Kotori bit her lip as she sees Umi covered in blood.
The man released Kotori and started to walk away.
"Until next time, Minami-san…." He said as he waved to her and walk along with his chimeras, leaving Umi's body on the ground. Kotori quickly took out her cellphone— but before she was able to make any call, the man shot a gun at the phone.
"A-a-a…. Minami-san. We can guarantee that our loyalty to you is limitless, so don't ever think of betraying us…." He said.
"I'm about to call ambulance!" Kotori said.
"For what? You're not harmed…" he said.
"For Umi-chan!" Kotori said angrily.
"You don't need her, our security is—…." Before he finished talking, someone grabs his head from above.
"Hello darling, nice to meet you, want to taste some happiness?" a familiar cheeky voice.
"L…Lilith-chan?" Kotori said as she saw a dark purple haired woman with a pair of curved horn, giant dark wings and glowing violet eyes.
"W-what the hell?! Men! What are you—…" Lilith turned him around. His men are all looking up and somehow their eyes are all blank.
"Your men need to learn to not being too curious when they see a red dot… they meet my eyes and poof….they're all tame like a baby…" Lilith said playfully.
"W-w-what?! Then you are a—…" before he finished, Lilith spin his head very quickly— rotating it around twice and broke his neck.
"Of course I'm a succubus, it's so obvious…" Lilith said as she let his dead body fall. Kotori cringed as she saw it.
"Hmm…. One-two-three-four…." Lilith began to count.
Kotori remained quiet,
"Ah…. twenty… hmm.. not bad, plus one… this is really great…" She giggled before she turned to Umi. Umi didn't make any move. Lilith sighed weakly, then she bent down to reach the dead man and casted a spell on his dead body.
Kotori watched it— and she saw the dead body slowly turning into a small candy-like ball. Then Lilith turned to the charmed chimeras.
"Hmm.. how he did it before… hmm….. maybe like this… men! Kill each other, the last one bring all dead bodies to me…" Lilith said. The Chimeras began to attack each other in instant. Kotori lost her words as she watched it happen.
"Now… let's take care of your friend…" Lilith said with a smile as she turned to her.
Nishikino family's hospital, night time;
They called everyone with Umi's phone. Lilith carried the two into the hospital by flying. Apparently, Lilith works in Nishikino's hospital when she doesn't have any appointment in fashion industry. She said she prefer to have a steady income keep coming and she also proved that her charm is somewhat working very effectively in her career as a nurse.
She took care of Umi's wounds while Kotori tell the others about what happened.
"Sheesh…. That's why you shouldn't go alone… especially after you're getting a blackmail…" Maki said.
"Can't blame them, they're being approached very politely…" Hanayo said.
"… and they're a member of police too…. it's really hard to tell if they are friend of foe-nya…" Rin said.
"True… hmm… now I'm getting more interested to search for this blackmail recipient…" Niko said.
"To be honest, I have a thought about that one…" Nozomi said.
"What kind of thought?" Niko asked.
"About this… why would they need to approach them with trick and why would they whine about Umi staying around Kotori if they already send the warning letter? It's normal to do that, right? Who are not being paranoid if they get a warning letter?" Nozomi said.
"Honoka won't…" Eli said.
"Right….." Everyone said as they turned to Honoka.
"W-what?" Honoka replied confusedly.
"The truth that people wouldn't guess if that's a warning letter is something we need to think of too…" Hanayo said.
"No, to send the warning letter itself is already one point that is off… I'm not saying that the probability of idiot criminal is zero— but still, why send a warning if you want it to be a surprise?" Eli said.
"I know what she means— it might be not a warning letter, Ericchi…" Nozomi said.
"What do you mean?"
"It might be more like— please target this household or something…" Nozomi said.
"Hmm…" Eli remained quiet for a bit.
"That's possible, because they might be trying to send their men to the targeted household and find anyone that lives in there… because after all, their first target is Minami's household, not Kotori…" Eli continued.
"Then, Honoka-chan, you did receive one too, right?" Nozomi said.
"Yeah… but I don't remember anything like that happen…" Honoka said.
"It might be not happening yet…" Maki said.
"Yeah… you better keep your heads up, Honoka…" Niko said.
"Sorry to interrupt…" Lilith said.
"What is it, Lil?" Eli asked.
"Elichika, your friend here… she lost a lot of blood and…. A lot of her body part might need to be amputated…." Lilith said.
Everyone surprised to hear it.
"Oh—No…. Umi-chan…." Kotori began to cry,
"I'm sorry to break the news all so sudden, but… if you want confirmation about it, Maki-chan can do the examination…" Lilith said.
Maki nodded and she began to approach the unconscious Umi. She started to do her examination.
"D-does it really has to be amputated-nya?" Rin asked.
Lilith nodded weakly,
"She won't live if it's not amputated…" she said sadly.
"Can't it be recovered….?" Hanayo asked.
"Medically…no…" Lilith said.
"Medically…." Eli said.
Lilith nodded,
"You know what I mean, Elichika…" Lilith said.
Eli sighed weakly,
"So she has three choices…." Eli said.
"Three choices…?" Kotori asked.
"Yes, three choices…" Eli said.
"What are they?" Kotori asked.
"One, we kill her so she could stop suffering any longer…." Eli said.
"No!" Kotori retorted loudly.
"No-no, no way! That's not a choice!" Honoka said.
"No, we are not going to do that-nya!" Rin said.
"Never….!" Hanayo said.
"Are you insane? We can't do that to our own comrade!" Niko yelled.
"Two, we amputate all the part that requires to be amputated…" Eli said.
"Which mean she will live with only one arm— with a chance of being disabled for a year…" Lilith said.
The others are getting a fear looks on their eyes.
"T…That… that's painful… Umi-chan will really suffer with it…." Kotori said.
The others remained quiet.
"Three…. she lives with perfect body as Chimera…." Eli said.
"Ah….!" they all surprised to hear that,
"Are you going to take my blood, Ericchi?" Nozomi asked.
"I don't mind if you want to take my blood too…" Maki said as she returned.
"Sadly, you two can't donate your blood to turn her into chimera… you need pure blood and both of your blood won't be pure enough, it takes six years for human to become a pure chimera… which is why we won't know if one is alpha or not before that time… unless…. You can tell us that you ate an alpha heart…" Lilith said.
"Well…. I ate them all to hide the evidences… what people will say if they found bodies in the woods near temple? Even though his plan was so he was found and people will stop wondering, I still prefer everything to be hidden until it can be solved somehow…" Nozomi said.
"So you do have a chance to be an alpha… great…." Eli said.
"N…Nozomi-chan…it's scary to know that you ate humans too…" Hanayo said.
"Only bad one… so be a good girl…" Nozomi replied.
"Y-yes!" Hanayo replied nervously.
"Put that aside, the only way to make her lives with complete body is to turn her into chimera… using the injection gun that we got…." Lilith said.
"Umi-chan might not like it…" Kotori said.
"Like it or not, will you prefer her to die or suffer?" Eli asked.
"I vote inject the blood…" Honoka said.
Everyone turned to Honoka.
"We can't let her go. Remember what we used to say back then, µ's is not µ's if it's not us…" Honoka continued.
"Ah, she is right nya! It might be going to be a trouble to control her for a while, but we can't let her die right now… and we can't let her suffer-nya!" Rin said
"I'll have to agree too…" Hanayo said.
"I suppose that's the best way…" Niko said.
"Yeah, I checked on her organ too, she might have a few problem with it… so I vote let's inject it…" Maki said.
"Wait a minute… I remember Ericchi said the body is set once they become a chimera…" Nozomi said.
"Ah, that would be only about the body shape…" Eli said.
"Yes, but they can recover all broken parts…" Lilith said.
"So it will be fine then…" Nozomi said.
"Hmm… is there a way to be cured from being a chimera…?" Kotori asked.
Eli and Lilith surprised to hear it,
"Well…there is…." Lilith said.
"There is…? So what will it be?" Kotori asked.
"We're not going to tell you… not now, at least…" Eli said.
"Y-Yeah…" Lilith replied.
"Please tell us, I believe Umi-chan will refuse to live as Chimera… so perhaps telling her that it can be cured will put her at ease…" Kotori said.
"Just deal with it for a while, ok? I'm not going to tell you…" Eli said.
"Eli-chan…." Kotori begged.
"I said no, not telling you…" Eli said.
"Becoming one is not so bad, I kind of like it, in fact. I can work more than I used to…" Maki said.
"True… it will just be hard to control emotion and energy, but once you're used to it, the power is somewhat coming in handy…" Nozomi said.
"Yes… but… I'm afraid if she will be tormented mentally…" Kotori said.
"She won't, I'll teach her how to do self-control…." Maki said.
"No matter how stubborn she is, we just have to make her believe us and herself… I was tormented too before, but not anymore once I get in control…" Nozomi said.
"Besides, the last time I check the blood, it was a satyr blood, it won't be as hard as the others to control the form…" Lilith said.
"Satyr….?" They wondered.
"Yes, you can say it's a weregoat… but it's called as satyr… the only problem she will have might be just about her behavior since… satyr is…. uh…. well… can't really tell you… but yes… she will just get a few behavior as satyr…." Lilith said.
"Uhm… if I get that right… satyr is—…." Before Eli finished,
"Aaaaa! Elichika! Don't say it!" Lilith said.
"Uh… okay, so, yes, just… find out about satyr yourself in the internet….it's pretty much accurate… almost… actually…" Eli said.
"Now that makes me wondering…" Niko said.
"Well… yes, just find it yourself, but anyway, Kotori-chan, you might want to get a tough wooden plank with ropes tied on it. She will need it for her horns… then also maybe a wire brush to clean her horns and hooves…" Lilith said.
"That remind me, I think I need to brush my horns too…" Eli said.
"Aaa! I want to brushy-brushy Ericchi's horn!" Nozomi said.
"Oh— right, so if Lilith-chan is a succubus, Eli-chan is a succubus too…" Hanayo said.
"Yeah! Succubus are awesome-nya!" Rin said.
"You're awesome too, Rin-chan, you're one of human with a very fast regeneration, I could mistake you for a chimera…" Lilith said.
"Hehe, that's because Maki-chan and Lilith-chan took care of me well! My leg is completely okay now-nya!" Rin said cheerfully.
And after she said that, they could hear someone grunting. They turned to Umi. She looks struggling.
"Oh-damn! As I thought!" Maki quickly ran to Umi along with Lilith. Everyone looks very surprised too as it happen.
"Someone! Call for a help!" Maki said as she held Umi's body that starting to struggle. The blood running out again.
"S-s-someone helllpppp!" Hanayo screamed.
"No! Not that! Ahrghh… how to explain it… T-this is lungs failure! She is trying to breath!" Maki said in panic.
Eli quickly ran to take the injection gun,
"W-wait! Eli-chan! What are you—!" Kotori tried to hold her
Without hesitation, Eli injects the blood into Umi's neck.
Ayase's family bathroom, Night time;
Eli—in her true form resting on the bathtub along with Nozomi sitting on her— with her back resting on Eli's body. Eli is touching her own cheek and looking into the hand mirror. Nozomi snuggled on her as she brushed her hand on Eli's hand that touches her cheek.
"There-there, Ericchi…. it won't leave a mark, don't worry, succubus also heals fast, right?" Nozomi said.
"I know… but sheesh, what with her, I'm trying to save Umi…." She said.
"Maybe she is just really worried about her, she thinks that being tormented mentally is a lot more painful than being tormented physically…" Nozomi said.
"She is dying… she don't have choice. We all also agreed that she will choose that path…" Eli said.
Nozomi giggled,
"Well… maybe what she means is to let her do the injecting…" Nozomi said.
"She didn't have to slap me that hard…" Eli complained.
Nozomi giggled again before she kissed Eli's cheek.
"Ericchi, you're a good hero already… whatever you do, you're my hero…" Nozomi whispered.
Eli smiled at her and kissed her bare shoulder,
"…. And you'll forever be my honey…" she whispered softly as she placed the hand mirror away and began to grope both of Nozomi's breasts. Playing with her little pinks which eventually getting tense as her fingers twist it very gently.
Nozomi couldn't say a word about how much pleasure she get from it, she moaned erotically as Eli started to kiss her neck and shoulder, trailing her hands up and down, licking her skin slowly and eventually….
"Ah!" Nozomi moaned as she could feel Eli's fangs penetrating deep into her neck.
"Ericchi… what do you have in mind…?" Nozomi asked with a soft whisper. Eli didn't reply her— she just started to lick the wound that she made. Nozomi smiled— somewhat really enjoying the poignant sensation.
"Claws…." Nozomi said.
"Hmm…?" Eli responded.
"Claws, scratch me with your claws and feel me…." Nozomi begged,
Eli smiled at her and scratched her thigh,
"Ohh! Ericchi! It hurts!" she moaned,
The blood spreads in the bathtub. The water turning red,
"You're not whining about this, right?" Eli asked.
Nozomi smiled and turned around, she leads Eli's hands to grope on her wounds as she kissed her deeply. Even though the scratches were deep, it recovered within seconds. It gives Eli more confidence to dig her claws deeper— knowing that everything will be alright.
From the shortest to the longest line— from the nearest until the furthest, Eli couldn't help herself to not grope her more and more as Nozomi couldn't stop feeling her tender lips, her warmth and the pain all over her body. She loves it— and she knows Eli loves it too. She can sense the satisfaction from her face, her smile and her behavior.
After it happen for a while, Eli decided to stand up while still holding Nozomi down— facing to her core,
"Nozomi…" she called her softly.
Nozomi peeks up as she kisses Eli's groin, sniffing the scent of her that mixed up with the blood from the water. Eli smiled at her and pushed her to her groin, telling her to start licking her core. Her other hand held into the wet wall. Nozomi started to be more aggressive towards her, she grabs her waist and deepen her mouth.
"C-careful!" Eli said clearly.
Nozomi remained quiet as she keeps on going. The sensation that Eli could feel somewhat made her feel like doing something to Nozomi as well. She grabs her shoulder, pushing her out of the bathtub— pinning her on the ground with her legs hanging on the bathtub. She started to grind her core against hers— one hand holding up her waist and the other one pushing her shoulder on the ground.
Nozomi moaned uncontrollably as she could feel her hardened core rubbed against Eli's. Eli started to grab her breast and squeezing it roughly.
"E-Ericchi! I-isn't this dangerous?! Y….your… your fluid… Ha—you—ha—ha…" Nozomi couldn't talk more than what she did. It was too good for her and Eli doesn't looks like listening. She keeps grinding on Nozomi's core and with her legs locked on Nozomi's leg, she couldn't stop herself from doing so.
"Ericchi! the condoms—Ah—ha—ha—wear me it—ah!" Nozomi tried to struggle,
Eli keeps on going— completely ignoring her.
"Ericchi! Ericchi! Wait! Stop! I can't—….."
Ayase's family dining room, early morning;
Nozomi, Eli and Arisa having their breakfast as usual, they usually had some fun jokes to tell to each other every morning, but for today…
"Uhm… Onee-san…. Nozomi-nee-san…. What happen?" Arisa asked.
"Nothing, it's none of your business…" Nozomi said— she looks upset.
The room becomes awfully quiet. They continued to eat their breakfast for a while. As Arisa finished her plate— she was about to clean it herself but,
"Just place it there, Arisa, I'll clean it up before going to my last appointment…" Eli said.
"but….." Arisa tried to make an excuse,
"Don't be late to your class…" Eli said.
Arisa remained quiet for a while, then she decided to just place it in the sink.
"Good luck…"Eli said.
"Have fun…." Nozomi said.
Arisa smiled faintly before she steps out from the dining room to pick her bag and leave the house. Eli sighed heavily before she took all the empty plates from the table and went to the sink to clean it up. They both are still quiet until Eli finished with her cleaning.
She walks to the table and started to clean up the table as well.
"Don't you have work with Kotori? You better finish that…." Eli said.
Nozomi still quiet…
"You asked the job, you have to be responsible with it…" Eli continued as she pushed the chair in and finished the table cleaning. Nozomi didn't make a response.
"Today will be my last appointment, so if you want to start investigating the case further, you might want to gather up every single clue and lead you have… then you can have all of my time for your business, solve the case and we can do whatever we want after…" Eli continued again as she walks to her room.
"You might want to consider to work for the shrine again, you like it there, right? I'll look for a nearby apartment so you can go there anytime. Don't worry about the pay …. But still, get a better job, will you? Don't work in law enforcement again… it's not your place…" Eli said as she prepared her bag for the appointment.
Nozomi still didn't give a response.
"I'll suggest you to stay with Kotori until you can get a better place— or perhaps, work with her to make a decent fashion center. It's going to be a very good place since I have a feeling that everyone will start working there with her…" Eli said again as she walks out from the room with her bag.
"I'll be going home late, I have to go to about three studios today. I left some money in your wallet, so go buy yourself anything you need for today— and if it's not enough, I also put my credit card there. Use it well, ok? Take care…" Eli said as she turned to the door— about to leave the house, but Nozomi quickly ran and hug her from behind.
She let out some sobs,
"Ericchi…." she cried softly.
Eli remained quiet to listen.
"I'm sorry…." she said.
Eli still quiet,
"I was scared… I really didn't mean it…" she said.
Eli smiled at her,
"It's fine, I'm sorry I snapped at you too, I was also scared because today is my biggest day. Can't let my face getting scars… lucky it healed on time…" Eli said.
"Is your neck ok? I swear I felt like I slapped you too hard too…" Nozomi brushed her hand on Eli's neck.
Eli giggled,
"It's fine…honey…. Don't worry, we're hard to kill too…"
Nozomi smiled,
"Good luck for today, Ericchi, I love you…" she said softly.
Eli turned around at her, she kissed her forehead.
"I love you too, have fun today, ok?" Eli said.
"Will do!" Nozomi replied happily.
Ayase's family backyard, morning;
Nozomi always been doing the chores ever since she moved in with them, she always enjoyed everything she is doing at home. After she finished with everything, she went to the bedroom, taking out the laptop that Kotori borrow her.
She opens her files and checking out the photos that she have in the memory cards. She noticed that everything seems to be fine, but for some reason, she feel like the lighting of the photos aren't lively. It just feels good but not lively. There also things like some sweats and falling hairs, she need to clean that up, just lucky that both Eli and Lilith are flawless, they almost have no acne or body hair, perhaps them being non-human is the cause of that immaculate beauty— but there's a thing that bothers her, the fact that Lilith is posing somewhat seductively towards her beloved one, Eli in every single photos. She began to pouts.
She browses on every photos and finally ended at the photos that made her take the job immediately— one where Lilith posed like a slave of Eli. Nozomi pouts harder as she saw it.
"I'll work on this first…." She mumbled.
And she began to work with it.
For a few hours, everything goes smoothly— even though she forgot a few things, she managed to get it from searching for tutorials in the internet. She is very used with editing and articles making ever since high-school. It was because Eli was so terrible at posing and taking photos but she don't want her to feel so bad about it— the other reason was because they often went to somewhere together and she always wanted to keep some of them in her wallet.
Either way though, she didn't expect Eli to become a model in fashion industry, even if it's true that her body is very tempting— plus her eyes that somewhat mesmerize people around her, she just always remember Eli as the awkward girl that often act strangely towards a situation.
She sighed heavily as she remembers how the days go on back then. She— still in the time when she don't actually have to work for her life, still getting money from parents, and still complained about how she wasn't allowed to join Eli to go to Russia. She remember how selfish she was when that very day when Eli said goodbye to her, she raged on her parents who didn't allow her to go there to follow her— she hated them for confronting her just because she is madly in love with a woman. She remembers how she was humiliated by her parents— or perhaps, just scolded because of it. Yet she insisted a lot that she really wants Eli and doesn't even care if she don't have something they called as "a future" with her.
To begin with, she never liked the way they describe future as having baby and such. Fact is, Eli can provide her a living, Eli can give her a baby, Eli can give her Happiness, and Eli can give her a protection. It made her happy that "the future" they're predicting to not have is actually something that gifted to her. She would call herself a lucky girl, but what about her parents?
She thought again, perhaps, when those bad peoples threaten her to kill her parents, part of her saying that she will be glad if it actually happen— but after it actually happen, she began to realize how she regrets that she let it happen. She wonder how much sin she made for being a seditious kid— and she wonder how could someone like Eli, who just spends 3 years with her can make her a lot more loyal to her than with her parents who took care of her for her entire lifetime back then.
She knows that her parents never spends their time to take care of her and just leave her at home, doing chores and homework, studying and all the other thing by herself, she knows that its partially to be her parent's fault to make her feel that lonely. But of course, she couldn't blame them as she was the one who chose to feel lonely than to feel losing.
She was the one who decide to not make memories with her friends that only spends a short time with her. She was the one who decides to feel the pain. She was the one who insisted herself to have one long-term relationship instead of the short but plenty relationship. She wanted to be a special someone… and she achieved that ever since she met her dearest Eli.
It was a tough journey as Eli was really such a cold one who never intends to get any closer to anyone. She brushed off everyone, literally everyone. Even though it made people more obsessed to her— including herself, Eli never intends to fix herself until she finally willing to open her heart a little.
To think about it again, perhaps, it wasn't new for her to enjoy pain— and it wasn't because of her turning into a werewolf. She has been enjoying it all the time from ever since she struggled to get Eli's heart. She was the first who clear up the thorny path, she was the first who felt all the scars that caused from Eli's sharp and cruel words— or perhaps… she isn't the only one?
What about this girl who somewhat looks so close to Eli? When did she meet her and when did she get that close to her? It is surely something to investigate— and she refuses to lose, even if it just about the attention that she want to seek. She wanted to be as selfish as she can when it's about Eli— not even to a part of family like Lilith or Arisa.
Perhaps, she would like to make some meeting with Lilith? Will it be worth it to investigate further? Or perhaps it will be just something that will cause a fight? She doesn't know how Lilith is and she doesn't know what Eli will say about it if she decides to talk with Lilith on her own.
A sound of home's phone ringing snapped her out of her though as she keeps working on the photo editing. She quickly picks up the phone,
"Hello, Ayase's family here…" Nozomi greeted.
"Uhm…. Nozomi-chan…?" a soft voice.
"Ah— Kotori-chan, what's up?" Nozomi said.
"Is Eli-chan home?" she asked.
"No, she have 3 appointments today, should be going home late… what do you need…?" Nozomi asked,
"Ah– well… Umi-chan wants to talk to her….. she said it's important…" Kotori said.
"Oh…."
A/N : There... and hmm..it's close to 17 Dec... might have to delay this FF if I didn't make it. So please be patient, ok? I'll still continue it later after I got back home. should be able to do 1 more chapter before tho.