Staring at the "The Story of Scheherazade", I came to a realization, then gasped.
Sitting up, my heart all of a sudden began to hurt and I grunted, accidentally falling from the bed...
But where I fell was familiar.
I was in that place again, with the tall tree and circular contraption around it.
The tree was blooming with flowers and premature fruit.
"Wh-what?"
My heart kept beating, too fast for a vampire...
A series of faces flashed through my mind: Shu...Reiji...Laito...Kanato...Ayato...Hiroshi...Subaru...Ruki...Kou...Yuma...Azusa...Kino...
A scream echoed around me...and I realized it was mine.
I blinked, then I found myself back in the room...I looked outside to see it was night time.
Getting up from the bed, I walked out my door...only to walk in a black space and be faced with four brown doors. From left to right, the black name tags in red said: Ruki, Kou, Edgar, and Azusa.
Recognizing the other names except for "Edgar", I went to that door and opened it...I'm unsure what I saw, but I saw it all in the blink of an eye..and I was there before the remaining three doors.
A tear slipped down my left cheek.
Looking to Ruki's door, I reluctantly pulled the handle down and walked inside...yet again, the same thing happened.
...Another tear slipped down my right cheek...
Doing the same with Kou's and Yuma's doors...it repeated, two tears slipped down both cheeks.
I fell to my knees...only to fall deeper in this black space.
I thought I was screaming, but I couldn't hear myself. Blinking my eyes once again, I was staring at a aquamarine ceiling instead of black...
Sitting up once more, I saw I was in a different room.
"You seem very befuddled, little sister~."
Staying still, I felt my heart beating faster.
"Do not get too close to her, Shin. Her body and soul have to adjust to this place after the spell I put her through."
I remained still...in fact, I couldn't move, only tremble every time I tried to.
The two people appeared in my vision...By their aura, I could feel the darkness and power they held.
"My apologies on how you arrived here, little sister Amaya. That vampire was trying to keep you away from us; though, I broke his spell."
'Wait...is he saying that the times I appeared in that place, that was Tougo's doing?'
"You know who we are, but we shall introduce ourselves, little sis~. I'm Shin Tsukinami, your second older brother. It's nice to...see you and those beautiful eyes I haven't seen in nineteen years~."
"I am your eldest brother, Carla Tsukinami."
"C-Carla..Sh-Shin..."
"I know you've had your share of fun~," Shin mused with an amused smirk.
"...L-let..me go..."
"Will you comply with us if I do?" Carla questioned.
"...Ye...yes..."
Immediately, my upper body fell backwards, but on reflex, my hands caught myself.
I tried to steady my breathing, "Where..wh-where am I?"
"You're home..for now, Amaya," Carla told me.
"...Amaya..."
"Oh, how I love that~, it's as if the "night rain" is filled with blood. I prefer it over what that bastard named you. Miyami? I get the "beautiful" part, but seriously, what kind of power does "temple" hold?"
I stood up, glaring at Shin. "Don't you dare disrespect what my mother named me. Tougo took no part in that. She named me that because she was the first one to take refuge..then there were my brothers...and Miss Christa as well..."
A sting is what I felt against my right cheek...along with thick liquid dribbling down.
"Your name is Amaya. That's what Father named you and that's final," Shin said in a trembling―possibly fury―tone.
I rubbed my cheek with my left hand, seeing red on my fingertips.
I licked it, then recoiled slightly, "...No matter what, it always smell and taste the same."
Turning to Shin, I shadowed my face. "Apologize."
"What was that? I must've heard yo-"
"And I must've not made myself clear. Since you want to play damn games, get down on your knees and apologize to me."
"What the fu-"
I kicked him between his legs with my left leg, instantly making him falling down to his knees. I grabbed his chin with my right hand, making him look up at me and holding him down like that.
A crazed grin spread on my lips as my eyes widened, "For someone who should be a little bit powerful than me, you sure fell for that easily, Shin."
"Sh-shut up! Brother, you're just gonna stand there?!"
"I am actually enjoying this."
(Reader: "Damn...pft, lol.")
I pushed my left foot on his crotch and slowly applied pressured, "Carla won't help you now, Shin. Now, hurry up with that apology before I crush the thing you so badly want to impregnate me with~."
"Okay, okay! I'm sorry! I'm sorry, Miyami!"
I took three steps away from him, "Good, good. You even said my true name, but...you shall keep referring to me as Amaya, for only those who are strangers to me use that name."
Feeling a presence behind me, a hand wrapped around my waist and tilted my head to the left by my chin.
"With mere physical strength, you took down a First Blood and could've easily killed him; although, I cannot allow that, little sister. Now...after centuries of waiting, let's see what I've been missing out on," he said as he got closer to my neck.
"...You say I'm your sister, and yet you treat me like an object."
Pushing Carla into a wall by brute force, then I turned around, revealing the hurt in my eyes.
"I am not your sister. My cousins have more...more of something...more of..."humanism" than you both. That's what I prefer to be around. Now, this spell, as the Queen of the First Bloods, break."
The surreal reality around me shattered like glass and I found myself back in the room at the Mukami mansion.
"...I was right to think it was a spell, and that they really didn't break the spell Tougo is trying to keep up..."
Looking to the nightstand, I saw "The Story of Scheherazade".
"...Marriage. Why do I need such a thing? If I marry...my 1,000 nights would come to an end...would my 1,000 rainy nights really come to an end if I marry? And if I decide yes, then whom? Who do I love mo-...I love...I'm in love...? Is this what that hot, warm, blood-pumping in my heart is?..It's for all of them, isn't it? Though I haven't known the Mukamis long enough...what I saw behind those doors were enough."
I slowly moved to the mirror connected to the white wardrobe as tears slipped down my eyes, "Ah..it feels so nice..."
Staring into the mirror, I saw that my eyes were those of a human's...in my eyes, are those fuzzy, yet clear black dots that dilate in light: pupils. Vampires have them of course, but they're not exactly emphasized to show emotion, like humans.
"*Gasp*...But what does this mean? Am I...half human? Despite that..I still feel all my power."
"Yes. After so many years of experimenting...The Adam and Eve project has been completed, but it's one-sided..."
Looking in the mirror to see Tougo not far behind me, I turned around to face him.
"What do you mean..."one-sided"?"
"Simply put and as you might already know, I wanted to create a new race―by having the person with Cordelia's heart make one of my sons or step sons fall in love―that will not be effected by the Endzeit disease. You have not only made yourself half human, but your power grew greater."
"...So..what now...?" I hesitantly asked.
"You've always charmed me, Miyami," he said as he got closer and I backed into the wardrobe. "From the time I saw your innocent eyes to even now." He caged me in between the wardrobe and stared into my eyes, "You were the only "so-called" child that I love..more than how a father is supposed to love..."
"You're incapable of loving, Tougo," I retorted.
"Yes, I know...That's why I want you to kill me."
*Silence*
I inhaled in a shaky breath...
"...No."
(WHOOO! ALL OF THAT IN ONE CHAPTER FEELS LIKE I'M RUSHING IT! WELL...I kinda am on purpose, but I don't want to end this too quickly. Besides, it's just the eighth chapter in this sequel. Don't worry, Miyami still has to worry about Kino, remember? And she's reawakened as a half vampire and half human, let's not forget Ancient and First Blood. I will not spoil anything, you'll just have to wait~. Now, off to go apply differences in my story thanks to the update of Takaya Kagami's "Seraph of the End"...
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