~~ and this is finally done. I thought i would finally update the conclusion of RyuRin's story but unfortunately I had to divide the chapter one more time, but next chapter it is, for real, the last part of RyuRin's story and then *confetti* RenMasa until the very end of it \\(*w*)/ yay!

Etto, the chap is boring, then kakkoii (in my opinion of course xV) and then it's meh ~ xD

Anyways, enjoy it (?) x]

Chapter IX

"Sayuri, have you killed that mage?" A tall and charming man with dark grey eyes, short dark brown hair and a moustache asked, smoking his cigar and observing the orange haired vampire carefully, as if he was trying to find out the answer for his own question.

"I apologize your highness, but I did not have the opportunity." Sayuri apologized bowing.

"What?" The older man yelled unsatisfied. "You didn't have the opportunity? How do you dare to lie to me? You are with that damn mage every single day, why haven't you killed him yet?" The older vampire's rage grew more and stronger.

On the other hand, Sayuri was starting to panic. He hated to see the noble vampire angry. The brown haired man just couldn't control his rage too well, which had serious consequences for all vampires.

"Forgive me your highness, I'll kill that mage as soon as-"

Sayuri was abruptly silenced with an angry yell, "I want him killed until tomorrow night!"

Sayuri gritted his teeth, his face lowered, "Yes, your highness." He answered respectfully.

"Papa, papa…!" A feminine voice sounded in the large and dark room.

"Ah Elena, the cutest baby of papa, what is it?" The brunet vampire asked replacing his annoyed expression by one of pure excitement.

The female walked, slowly, towards her father whispering unknown words in his ear. The man smirked looking at Sayuri.

"Hum, you are right, as usual Elena…" He muttered clearly satisfied. Sayuri shuddered in fear.

"Tsk, that fucking bastard…" Sayuri muttered to himself remembering the terrible moment he passed with the noble vampire and his daughter. He hated them with all his heart and soul, yet he was forced to follow their orders, especially the noble man's. If only vampires didn't have the stupid hierarchy then he could be free.

"Oh, look who is here! Did you come here to visit your dear fiancée, Sayuri? I bet you missed her while taking care of that mage. It is always hard when a man cannot take care of his own carnal desires."

The orange haired vampire looked behind at the young dark green haired man. "Nanael…" His lips muttered softly with a distasteful tone of voice. Nanael was one of the worst vampires he had ever known. He considered himself superior to everyone because of his own blood lineage. He had been part of the old noble vampire family and so he thought that everyone had to obey him; although he didn't obey to others. He followed one simple rule: sucking people's blood whenever and however he wanted, not caring about their lives. Although not many cared about that, there existed some vampires like Sayuri who hated such a way of living.

Nanael moved closer to Sayuri and whispered, smirking mischievously, "But here between the two of us, he can be a mage and a man but he is very erotic and pretty, so why don't you take advantage of that and fuck him? I bet that he feels amazing... If you want I will do him first-"

Sayuri's hands grabbed the vampire's neck suddenly; harshly as his body obeyed to its owner by flash-stepping towards the wall in the end of the long corridor. Nanael's back hit the light pink wall painfully in a few fractions of a second. His mouth spit a fair amount of blood; a few of his red liquid fell over the orange haired vampire's cheeks. Sayuri's hands squeezed Nanael's neck stronger and stronger. Nanael winced with the sharp pain his body had suffered however he felt the need to keep provoking the orange haired male, who stared at him with an intense rage boiling throughout his body and showed it by letting his sharp fangs appear threateningly.

"E-Eeh… So it is like that huh? You fell for that disgusting mage. You are a disgrace to our race-ugh" Saiyuri tightened his grip on the man's neck; his fingertips dug his flesh harder and harder and harder making the green haired man choke. Sayuri was completely consumed by rage. It was the first time in his long years of life that he had ever felt such strong rage boiling inside him. He was uncontrolled he knew it, but he wouldn't stop. It wasn't as if people would miss the bastard anyways. Everybody hated him and his behavior. Besides, Sayuri wouldn't let anyone who disrespected Ran live. Nanael would have what he deserved.

The orange haired vampire kept digging his fingers on the man's neck, his blue eyes changing their blue color to a piercing golden one, which meant that there was nothing that could stop Sayuri from killing the other vampire. Or maybe there was some hope...

"SAYURI!" A shout and an intense presence made the orange haired man shiver and hesitate for moments.

"Don't interrupt me, Camus." He growled in rage without releasing Nanael's neck. Camus was one of the noble vampires but he was different from them all. Sayuri respected and supported him. He knew that if someday the long haired vampire was nominated the king things would be different for everyone. Yet, right now, nor Camus nor anyone else could make him stop.

"Sayuri" The blond vampire started slowly, "You know that I do not like to repeat myself, so I will say this once: let him go, now." His imperative and serious tone of voice irritated Sayuri the most. There was something in Camus's tone of voice that made him falter somehow. The long haired vampire didn't utter any more words; instead he kept observing the orange haired male carefully, letting Sayuri know that he was ready to enter in action at any time. Sayuri gritted his teeth and tightened once again his grip on Nanael's neck for moments; and at that same instant Sayuri was pondering about his two options: kill the man and get satisfied; or obey to Camus, the noble vampire who deserved his respect above all.

"Tsk" In the end, Sayuri opted by the second choice and obeyed to Camus, letting Nanael fall on the floor unconscious.

His golden orbs recovered their original light blue color and his fangs disappeared inside his mouth. He was mad, but somehow he was relieved. How frustrating. The orange haired man passed by the long haired vampire's side and uttered, "This was the last time."

He stepped away until Camus's voice interrupted his walk, "Sayuri…" Camus didn't move, his back continued facing the other vampire's. He didn't utter another single word because he knew that the orange haired male would understand his silence; after all they knew each other for a long time already.

"I know." Without more words Saiyuri left the mansion he hated; if possible he wouldn't return to that hateful place ever again.

"Where is he? It's getting late already. Not that he needs protection, but he never left me alone for this long. Not that I'm worried! But… what if something happened?" Ran stood up at the entry of the cavern where he had been living for the past months. He looked at all the possible directions hoping to see the vampire soon, but for the past hours that hadn't happened. In truth Ran was sick worried with Sayuri, but he wouldn't ever admit it. He couldn't let the other man know how shaken he got because of his simple actions. Honestly, Ran didn't know how he could have developed such strange feelings for the vampire he hated so much. But with time and with all the stories that Sayuri told him, he came to understand the man more. Besides, his cold behavior from before had changed too. Sayuri was a kind person to Ran now. The way he acted; the way he spoke; the way he smiled… Sayuri was so kind that the pink haired mage didn't know if that was something good or not.

"Ran?" The voice of the man he had been waiting for sounded concerned in his ears. The pink haired man faced him quickly, feeling all his negative thoughts vanish as Sayuri's serious expression was reflected in his light blue eyes. "What are you doing there? Did something happen? Are you feeling unwell? Do you want-"

Ran abruptly ran towards the other vampire and hugged him tightly, interrupting and surprising him. He hadn't even realized what he had just done, only when he felt the other man's arms hugging him back did he notice the embarrassing way he had acted. Yet he couldn't help it; he was so relieved after seeing the older vampire back and well. He knew that worrying about him was useless because he knew how strong Sayuri was, but he felt so, so insecure and so shaken when the orange haired male wasn't near him; it was as if an important piece was missing inside of him, and without that irreplaceable piece he felt like a doll: completely empty. Ran wasn't sure why that happened nor when it had begun happening, but the more things he discovered about the vampire; the more sides of Sayuri he discovered, the more that sensation of emptiness grew inside his heart whenever the orange haired vampire was far away from him.

The pink haired mage squeezed the taller vampire's clothes pulling him closer. He had been so afraid that now he just wanted to push those negative feelings away; and being in the older man's arms felt too good; too peaceful and relaxing. If only they could stay like this for all eternity...

"Ryuuya... Ryuuya... Ryuuya..."

Ran's voice sounded inside his head so trembling and insecure, that Sayuri felt the urge to tighten the mage between his arms. It was strange. Ran wasn't acting normally, something bad happened; Sayuri concluded.

"Ran, what happened?"

Silence. The pink haired mage refused to open his mouth. He just kept pulling Sayuri closer and lightly trembling between their embrace. The older man was frustrated. He couldn't stand seeing Ran in such a strange way and be unable to help him. If possible, Sayuri wanted him to smile always. But even if he kept wishing that without transmitting his true feelings to the mage, nothing would change for sure.

"R-Ran, would you come with me for a while?" At his words the pink haired mage finally reacted. Ran distanced himself from Sayuri and faced him, still looking too concerned and increasing Sayuri's frustration.

"Where?"

"Hum, let's see... It's a surprise." The older vampire winked teasingly and more amused with the cute small pout on Ran's mouth.

"I see. I have no choice then; take me with you." The mage extended his hand to Sayuri, whom grabbed it gently right away. A faint blush was formed in Ran's cheeks with the contact of Sayuri's skin against his own. He felt goose bumps spreading all over his flesh. Lately, Ran had been reacting and feeling too strangely around the vampire. Whenever their bodies made contact with each other, Ran felt throughout his entire core intense and countless shivers like electric shocks. Whenever Sayuri's voice sounded too near to his ears, Ran would flush and feel the need to force the orange haired man to keep whispering in his ear. Whenever he felt Sayuri's breathe against his body, Ran just felt the urge to attack the innocent vampire erotically. And then there was that sweet and addictive scent of his blood. Ran just wanted to drink Sayuri's blood unstoppably. He wanted it so badly that he even almost felt the need to beg for it to the other male. Ran couldn't understand himself. All this was too new and unknown to him.

"Ran, are you listening to what I'm saying?" Sayuri asked looking even more concerned. He pulled the younger male by the hand closer to him and leaned his forehead to Ran's. "You're a little warm and flushed, but I don't think you have a fever. Are you sure you're feeling well to go with me?"

The pink haired mage pushed the older vampire away all of a sudden. Ran looked alarmed at the other man; his widened azure eyes met Sayuri's and Ran realized the way he had rejected Sayuri's touch. His body was shaking; Ran was afraid. He didn't want to be hated or avoided by the vampire again. He wouldn't stand it.

The pink haired man opened his mouth ready to break the uncomfortable silence, yet before he could do it Sayuri spoke turning his back to him; the orange haired man didn't want him to witness his hurt expression.

"If you're feeling unwell you should lie down and rest. We can go to that place at any other time."

"No!" Ran shouted wrapping his arms around the man's body from behind. "I want to go there now. I-I'm sorry, I... You surprised me before." Ran's fingers squeezed Sayuri's clothes tightly as he began to shake fiercely.

Sayuri's surprised expression softened as he heard the insecure thoughts of the mage inside his head.

"What can I do? What should I do? I just want to be with him. I can't understand these feelings. Ryuuya..."

Sayuri sighed feeling relieved. For moments he thought that the pink haired man hated him yet, but listening to his thoughts he was able to confirm the contrary; just like him Ran was also afraid of being hated. Sayuri had to really be thankful to his most recent powers. The first time he had heard Ran's voice inside his head he dismissed the idea of a new power since he had them all, but the more it happened the more that idea of a gifted power came to his mind. And then it all clicked inside him and he understood that this was his gifted power as Ran's soulmate. He had heard already a few stories of vampires sharing special powers with their soulmates, but he always thought it was just a story, seeing it happening in reality was astonishing and amazing. He wondered if Ran had his already and if so, what kind of power was it. Yet then he remembered that Ran was yet unable to use his vampire supernatural powers in his normal state, so he had never asked him anything nor told him about his own power. He decided to wait patiently for now.

Sayuri's hands traveled to Ran's thighs pulling him up on his back. The pink haired male gasped in surprise with the older man's unexpected action but said nothing.

"I'll take you there. Do you think you can take it until we arrive? You can't use your powers unless you're angry right? And I don't really feel like angering you." Sayuri chuckled softly as a way to let the pink haired male know that he wasn't upset nor hated him.

Ran's fingers twitched against the older man's shoulders. He felt so relieved in knowing that Sayuri was not mad for his rude rejection. Ran smiled softly and hugged the orange haired vampire's neck gently as a way to support himself on top of his back.

"It's okay, you can take me there like this." Sayuri shivered with Ran's soft breath against his skin and his sweet voice sounding so near to his ear.

"Control yourself Sayuri."

The orange haired male felt Ran's arms lightly tightening his grip around his neck and flushed lightly with his thoughts.

"It feels so comfortable."

"What a troublesome creature you are, Ringo" Sayuri thought as he flash-stepped away from the cavern.

Sayuri placed the other man down and Ran stood up on his feet. He thanked the older vampire with a gentle smile, and before he could utter a single word, a soft and kind melody sounded in his ears.

"Eh? W-What's this?" The pink haired mage looked at the other male curiously, who simply grinned with his question. Ran pouted and smacked Sayuri softly on the shoulder. "I asked you something."

"Do you want to know?"

"Of course, if I didn't I wouldn't have asked you so. Stupid."

"Sorry, sorry I couldn't help it, you're so cute when you pout."

Ran flushed and walked away towards the place where the melody was coming from. "If you're not going to tell me, then I will find out alone, hmph." He complained and Sayuri chuckled at his childish like reaction. In truth, they both were more than relieved with the way they were acting around each other. Although their strange behavior from before was something they both hadn't been able to control, they felt comfortable together again; that was more than enough.

"Hey, wait..." The orange haired man stepped quickly towards the other male and grabbed him by the wrist softly, "I'll show you what this is okay? Sorry."

"It's... fine." Even though he didn't want to do it, Ran was pouting again. Sayuri couldn't help but chuckle hard; though when the pink haired male faced him furiously and flustered he tried to disguise his laughter by looking away and covering his mouth with one of his hands.

"L-Let's go, shall we?" He pulled Ran by the wrist and headed then towards the peaceful melody.

They were getting closer and closer to the song, and different feminine and masculine voices could be heard singing unknown words to Ran's ears. He tried to perceive them, but he had never heard such a language in his whole life. Even his spells were muttered in a different language; something that only descendants of mages knew and understood. Perhaps this song was similar to his spells. Were the people whom sang it descendants of mages as well? Perhaps a different lineage of wizards. All of a sudden Ran was excited to discover what that song meant and who was singing it. He couldn't wait to find out, and unwittingly his feet stepped faster almost passing the orange haired vampire who was pulling him lightly by the wrist walking ahead of him.

Sayuri stared at the eager man by the corner of his eyes, getting surprised and clearly amused with Ran's reaction to the song. It seemed that the pink haired man wasn't acting strangely anymore, which relieved the orange haired vampire. His frustrations and concerns from before were vanishing bit by bit. Coming to this place had clearly been the best idea he could have had.

The sound of the different instruments increased their tune and the feminine voices sang all together in a high, clear and gentle tone, being followed by the masculine voices a few seconds after. The goose bumps formed in Ran's skin made him walk even faster, breaking free from Sayuri's kind grip over his wrist, running curiously; eagerly to the place where the song was being played and sung. The pink haired vampire turned to right, disappearing behind a small house. Sayuri followed right behind him and in less than a minute they both had finally arrived at the desired place.

In the middle of tall and vivid almond trees was a large and magnificent fountain, splashing the transparent liquid towards the big statue of three angels that was placed right in the middle of it. Around the whole fountain, outside on the floor and inside under water, were lights pale blue colored. The pale pink and pale cream colored petals of the almond trees danced in the air at the sound of the kind melody, with the soft breeze like snow. Surrounding the fountain were a fair amount of people, men; women; children, singing and playing instruments, running and laughing as if that was the most peaceful place ever on earth's face. To Ran that seemed paradise. It made him feel nostalgic remembering his days of peace with all the people of his kind.

The feminine and masculine voices sounded yet again in his ears, bringing the pink haired man back to reality.

"W-What's this? What are they singing?" Ran asked staring at the singers amazed.

"It's a pray." At this, the pink haired vampire faced Sayuri who continued, "They're thanking the gods for living in this world all together. Well, to put it simple, they're singing the prays of life."

"The prays of life... And what about the language? I had never heard such a language before. Some of the words resemble to the spells my kind of wizards used, but even if I try to understand them I cannot do it. Their way of speaking is totally different." Ran explained lightly frowning staring at Sayuri and the group of singers and people around the fountain curiously.

"You make too many questions."

"Huh?"

"Hard questions. But, I'll bring you someone whom will explain you everything."

"Who?" Ran was eager once again.

"Wait right here."

Sayuri left the pink haired mage standing alone in the entry of the large street, who took the opportunity to observe and listen to the singers more carefully. Those unknown words sounded so familiar to him, yet they were different. He missed his own language; the spells and the other mages. He missed his parents; his friends and the kind old Grand Mage, who were in truth his grandfather. Ran missed his peaceful life and this song made him remember all the good things he had once forgotten and replaced for bad memories instead. In a way, Ran was thankful to this song for making him remember what should be the most important thing to him. Replacing the good memories of his past by all the bad ones just brought him rage and sadness. However, now Ran could feel a gentle and warm feeling overflowing through his entire being. The pink haired man was feeling happy and alive once again after so many years. It was all thanks to Sayuri and this unknown kind song.

"Ran?" Said male looked at the other man who called him and saw, standing next to him, a short female with long blonde hair braided, and piercing green eyes. "This is Melina. And Melina, this is Ran."

"Good night, Ran-san." She said sweetly, smiling softly.

"G-Good night, Melina-san." Ran greeted nervously.

"Mel, Ran wants to know more about this song." Sayuri explained smiling at the woman who smiled and directed her vision to the pink haired male.

"It's good to know that there are people outside of our village interested in it. What would you like to know exactly, Ran-san?"

"I... Uhm, the language... What language is it? Once I heard something similar but even though I try to comprehend the words of your people I cannot understand a single thing." The younger vampire explained not totally comfortable in the presence of the mature woman. She was too beautiful and her smile was too sweet and hypnotizing. However, what was really uncomfortable to Ran was how near to Sayuri she was and the intimate way the orange haired vampire treated her. Ran didn't like it.

"Oh that... Well, it's not a language per say. It is, but we don't really name it. It's the language of gods. Only people who live here and our gods understand what we sing. But if you're really curious, I can tell you that we are just praying to let the gods know how thankful to live in this place we are. We do this once a month. By the end of every single month, under the last full moon of it, we sing this song and enjoy life with each others. It's like a festival just for the people of this small village. But..." The woman looked at Sayuri and clung to his arm tightly, pouting and bemoaning, "Other people are welcomed to visit us and this special day, and you used to come here every single month but you haven't been coming here at all Sa~chan!~"

The vampire chuckled, lightly embarrassed. "I'm sorry Mel, I've been busy you know. But I am here today with my... friend, and I want to know if you guys will sing the other version of this pray. You see, I wanted to make my friend dance."

"Ah, we will! We will! Will you dance with me?" She asked cheerfully.

Ran clenched his fists tightly. He could feel rage growing inside him. Who did this woman think she was to cling to Sayuri in such a way? And why wasn't that idiot pushing her away? It was frustrating and maddening seeing them so close and ignoring him as if he was just part of the nature. Hadn't Sayuri called her to tell Ran more about this unknown song in first place? But he was being clearly ignored. Melina... Mel... This woman was no one to him. She didn't deserve to be so close to Sayuri. She didn't deserve to touch him. Sayuri belonged to Ran and no one else.

"Mine… Mine… Ryuuya is mine!"

Writing this chapter, including the next one that is the rest of this, was a pain in the butt -_-'' it was hard to write the beginning, it was harder to write the middle and it's being even harder to write the end of it TvT [I'm already writing the last pages of it ;w; just bear with me for a bit longer né?] and I even had to search for names v latin~ish like names! Jesus Christ xD I even bothered my dear husbando to help me with them haha so kudos for her for helping me with one of the names u3u (Melina was the name she helped me with)

Anyways, the song in this chap belongs to Akiko Shikata and the name of it is "Pantalea ~ Sanyoru Hana Kage" yet if you youtube it you won't find it (I love when this happens lol) so to find this song, of course whoever is interested in doing so, just go to soundcloud and search for what I've typed before: "Pantalea ~ Sanyoru Hana Kage" and the song will appear =D yay! lmao
I had wanted to write a few parts of the song in the fic but then I thought it would be useless because if you go listen to it you won't understand anything lol. However, there exists another version of that song, which is by Akiko Shikata as well, obviously, and named simply "Pantalea" this song is on youtube and with English lyrics so if you're too curious to know what it says youtube it ;D and also [minor spoiler] it's the song that will be part of next chapter.

And finally, sorry for the light cliffhanger ~v~ that part was the only one where I could divide the chapter.

Sorry for all the mistakes, I can never get rid of them completely ~v~

Jaa, bye~bye ❤⌒ヽ(*'､^*)chuu*