A/N: Ooh…a Krad-based chapter! Sweet!
LVT: -listening to her iPod- It was a mad typing spree…"You made a mess, for Christ sake this rotten world…"
Mire: LVT, not. NOW.
Disclaimer: Once again I state that Sugisaki-sama has the rights to D.N.Angel. Once again I state that I have no rights, I fear the lawyers, and I am a lowly worm...Come to think of it I don't own the rights to Lowly Worm either. I am missing out on soooo much.
Disclaimer 2: Once again, I stole the disclaimer from PenumbraChey. What can I say? She's has great disclaimers…and she knows that if she sues me, I can come after her with a yaoi paddle. And then she will attack me with a tessen. Violently.
Kyuuketsuki Koibito
Chapter 9: Vampiric Slayer
The Hikari Slayer was furious. That damn Kyuuketsuki that killed his mother and saved him years later had kissed him, and his younger brother slept with that useless changed vampire! It's true that in basic training, they learn to seduce vampires to be able to kill them, but to go with one and not kill it…!
'Satoshi, it's true that she might be a classmate, or possibly a former lover, but she is a vampire now, one of Kyuuketsuki's own. She should have died the minute she walked into the house.'
Krad sighed, a minute part of his anger leaving him. He could forgive his younger half-brother this once. After all, he had seduced many a vampire before, all resulting in their deaths, and it was the first time that he had lied to him. After all, Satoshi had been through worst…
The young bluenet, still wheelchair-bound, rolled over to where his older brother was reading a complex novel, more than one thousand pages long.
"Um…Krad-niisama?" the azure boy started apprehensively.
The flaxen-haired boy looked up, and smiled, "What is it, Satoshi?"
'What if I say something stupid? Kei-sama might have been just screwing with my head, and I'll be embarrassed in front of Krad-niisama. I want to please him, and make him proud of me, but…'
"Are we not truly related?"
The smile left Krad's face, "What are you talking about?"
"Well…when Kei-sama picked me up from the hospital, he said that we weren't related by mother, and that I'm also related to him because of my mother."
Anger crept into Krad's face in place of the smile. "That bastard," Krad whispered, walking out of the room, "that bastard! Kei! Get your ass out here!" Krad's voice reverberated throughout the entire mansion. The maids, butlers, and lower members all shook in fear. The sense of "kill" was present, and no one wanted to get in the way of the true Head of the Hikari Clan.
"My, my, such language, Krad-kun. You are, after all, only eight. Your birthday won't be for a few more months," Kei said as he walked down the staircase. It was like he couldn't feel Krad's angered state at all.
"And in a few years, you will be calling me 'Krad-sama'! Listen to me! What the hell did you say to Satoshi!?" Krad's golden eyes were livid. He cared so much for his younger brother, considering that both of them had been through so much lately: The death of their father, Satoshi's injuries, Kyuuketsuki saving them…
"Nothing. I have no clue what you're talking about, Krad-kun."
"Don't fuck with me! You told Satoshi the truth about his mother!"
The brown-haired man looked down at the boy in front of him, "My, this is some rebellious phase you are going through, isn't it?"
"Dammit, Kei! Just because you're the head of the Hikari Clan now doesn't mean that your reign will last. In fact, it won't, because you are temporary until I turn eighteen! And the first thing I'll do as the head of the Hikari clan is expel you from here!"
That's when the man began to take things seriously: "Now listen here, brat. As I am the current head now, I could have you expelled at any time I see fit. I'm just waiting for the senior members to die off so I won't have them against my decision. The only reason why I keep you around is so I can stay on their good side. Not to mention that Tomoe and I have married, and removing me also causes her to leave the clan as well. Both you and Satoshi care about poor 'Tomoe-neechan', but if she loses me, she'll lose everything."
"Kei, you do understand that I'd only expel you and allow Tomoe-neechan to stay, right?"
"Who'd take care of her?"
"She's a true Hikari, unlike you. We would take care of her, you stupid git."
That was the last straw for the brown-haired man. He took his hand, and sharply slapped the eight-year-old on the cheek, "If you use such a disgraceful insult again, you will be expelled, even without the higher-ups backing you."
No tears fell from Krad's eyes, "Go to Hell, Kei." He walked away, back to the study where Satoshi was waiting.
"Niisama?"
"Satoshi, I…" the blond hesitated, looking for the right words, "…you didn't need to know that. What Kei said was true, but Otousama forbade any of us to tell you. Believe me, I wanted to tell you, so that you wouldn't have to have dealt with this later, like now. I was going to tell you when I took over, but that jerk told you instead. I'm…sorry that you were the last one to know, but I had no control over it. Could you…could you at least forgive me?"
The blue-eyed boy sat in his chair calmly, looking down at his hands. He looked up at his older brother, "Of course I forgive you, Niisama. I could never hate you."
Eight years later, the two boys were considered professionals in their jobs. Many of the older members wanted the older brother to take over already, but Kei continually forbade them, saying that they would have to wait for him to become eighteen.
Unfortunately, some of the older members who supported Krad's leading had died off, and the new ones supported Kei's leading. The elders were split almost in half, but there were still more for Krad. However, a lot could happen in two years, and Krad could lose his advantage. Time would tell.
Satoshi had recovered easily, with no real side effects. The only problem was, because of his knee dislocation and being under eighteen, he was still at a high risk to dislocate it again. Therefore, he was permitted lenience when it came to sports and gym class. He wore a knee brace for major missions, like chasing a vampire fairly long distances, but he really didn't need it after six months of his injury. He had completed his Hunter training, and had already lost his virginity on the first major mission he had after his twelfth birthday.
"Krad-niisama, that vampire was a little too rough…" Satoshi said as he put his clothes back on. They had just finished a mission, and were performing clean up in the room.
"It's the job of the Hunter to give to and take from the vampire. If I was the Hunter, I'd deal with it."
"Yeah, but he wanted me to do it cowboy style…do you know how peculiar that would be? He took me, and, regrettably for him, it was missionary. I've been with some female vampires, them on top, but…it was like reversing positions!"
"When you start sleeping with more male vampires, you'll take it as they want it. You lucked out that he was able to compromise, but if you're not careful, they'll kill you for that. How do you think my mother died?" Krad made a slight hiccup as he took deep breaths, "Okaasama was like you. She tried to seduce Kyuuketsuki, and succeeded. However, because she failed to compromise with how he'd take her, he killed her."
"That's not the way I," the boys looked at the window, "remember it."
A glare came into Krad's face, "Kyuuketsuki!"
"I remember her; she had long, blonde hair, much like yours. Even though I knew that she would kill me, I felt sorry for her. She would be used to seduce me, have sex with me, and then the Slayer would kill me. The Hunter would have to sleep with one who they do not love, and then have that person be killed. It's truly a tragic role. Oh, and did I mention that she was one of the best I've been with?"
That last line was it for Krad. He grabbed his gun, and aimed at the violet-eyed vampire. He fired a couple of shots, all missing. The vampire jumped out the window, his eyes having turned golden.
"Get your ass back here!" Krad shouted, following Kyuuketsuki, "Satoshi! Get back to the mansion! I'll be back soon!"
The running ended in a dead end for both of them, Krad standing at the only way out. The vampire slowly turned around, "Looks like I'm cornered."
"Damn straight, Kyuuketsuki. Surrender yourself over to the Hikaris for your execution," Krad held his gun up towards the vampire.
"Are you aiming in the right direction?" a voice whispered in Krad's ear. He turned, and saw a set golden eyes, matching his own. The vampire that was before him slowly dissolved into nothing, 'A shadow?'
"You really do look like your mother. I wonder…if you're as trained as she is." Kyuuketsuki began to walk forward, causing the younger teen to move backwards. When he came to the wall, he slowly started to slide down the wall. The older moved with him, gently playing with Krad's blond hair, and staring into his eyes.
'Shit! It's going to happen, isn't it? I'll suffer the same fate as my mother! Wait, if I do what he says…Fine! I'll take it how you want to give it: missionary, doggy, cowboy, you name it, I'll fucking humiliate myself by performing what you want!' Krad thought to himself. For probably this first true time in his life, he felt that he was in true danger. The incident with his father and Satoshi would have nothing on what would happen. However, he refused to show such fright on the outside.
"However, because you are a male, you're probably the Slayer, aren't you? Considering that you told your little brother to go back home, he might be the Hunter. Is he as good as your mother was?"
"I don't know; he's twelve, yet he's pretty good, I guess."
"And, let me guess, a handsome boy like you is still a virgin?"
Krad blushed despite his frightened state. He'd gone out with a couple girls (and guys) in his life so far, but none of them wanted to do too far. He didn't break up with any of them because of he abstaining from such actions, but because he agreed with his girl/boyfriend at the time that they weren't right for each other. Of course he'd kiss them, and at dances would dance a little more aggressively, but they never went much further.
"What a shame. You're very beautiful for a boy your age, and such beauty might change into handsomeness later on." The vampire brought the blond's hair to his lips, and then moved towards the pale skin of the blond's cheek. He began to kiss down his jaw, and then stole a kiss from the young teen's lips.
Krad had no clue how to react to the kiss. This kiss was forceful and demanding (or so he thought). As he kept his eyes on the human creature, the vampire opened his eyes, still golden, and looked back. Krad could feel his body becoming heavy, and he had the urge to sleep.
When Krad woke up later, he was laying in a bed. He recognized the room as the one where, mere hours ago, he had killed the vampire he and his half-brother were assigned to. As he sat up, he flinched from the pain coming from below his waist.
"What…" he thought aloud. He felt like he was missing a piece of his memory, and, based on the current situation, he'd rather not remember…
"That fucking vampire."
'…and I did not need to remember what happened almost three years ago. I know what that vampire did to me. I bet that he enjoyed it. It took a lot of explaining when I got back. And then, two years after that, I told Kei to get his ass out of here. Tomoe-neechan's still works hard, as if she's making up for the ten years that she wasn't allowed to work. Kei's a selfish bastard; he'd send Satoshi out to do work that she could have done, but he didn't want a vampire to touch her.
'I wonder…is that bastard still alive?'
"…But what does it mean?!" Risa asked for the hundredth time at school Tuesday morning, during break.
"You do have someone who is good with languages living with you, don't you? If you show that to Kyuuketsuki, he'll know what it is, and not give it to you," Satoshi said, "but, if I remember correctly, he's chosen his 'bride', right?"
"Bride? What…?"
"Nevertheless, I've provided the steps that you'll need to do to perform this spell properly. They're clear about what you'll have to do, but if you still have questions, you can ask me," Satoshi stated as he left the roof.
"Hikari-kun," Risa said slowly, "Dark-san has a bride?"
"I thought that you would have figured it out by now. Kyuuketsuki's bride," the bluenet paused as he turned to look at the girl, "is Niwa Daisuke."
Risa's eyes went wide, "Niwa-kun…is Dark-san's bride?"
"Hee-hee! I totally can't believe that you've come crawling back here after all that time!"
"Shut up, brat!"
"Nuh-uh-uh! While I look fourteen, I'm, like, actually ten times your age!"
"Ojousama, please calm-"
"You may be ten times my age, but at least I had some use!"
"Quiet! Both of you! You, I hope that you were able to collect the information from the Hikari clan?"
"Yes. I have been able to."
A/N: Sorry I couldn't give out the spell yet. LVT's busy figuring it out for me.
LVT: …aeternum…
Mire: Are you sure you translated that right?
LVT: Shut up. I'm still learning.
Mire: Oh, and that thing at the end? Hm…I wonder what it is…
Mire (and LVT) out!