YUI – 16 YEARS OLD

(Sakamaki Mansion Located in Tokyo)

It was late Tuesday evening and most of the Sakamaki siblings were in the library. They had received a call just before they left for school informing them that school had been cancelled for the day. No reason was provided, only that they didn't need to show up. Yui, with up coming finals, decided it would be the perfect opportunity to study more for her exams. Laito and Ayato were playing the world's loudest game of chess while Shu and Subaru were playing a silent game of darts. Yui frowned when the two had brought the dartboard into the library but didn't make a fuss about it when the two started just throwing darts and didn't say a word. Despite Shu and Subaru having one of the better relationships out of all the siblings, it was still rare for them to hang out.

"I think you should make me this one next," Kanato muttered under his breath as he dog-eared a page in the dessert cookbook. Yui looked up from her notes to the youngest Sakamaki brother who was sitting opposite her.

"What type of dessert is it?", Yui smiled as Kanato's eyes lit up with excitement.

Kanato kept flipping through the cookbook but answered her none the less, "Black forest cake".

"Sounds yum-," Yui was cut off when Reiji threw the library doors opened.

"Damn it Reiji! You broke my concentration!" Subaru growled as his dart missed the board.

"I know why school was cancelled," Reiji glanced between Ayato, Laito and Yui, "Your home room teacher was killed". The library went completely silent, even Kanato had stopped turning pages in his precious sweets book.

"Not that I'm complaining," Shu began, "Why cancel school though? A death of a teacher isn't enough to stop a whole day of school right before it was meant to start".

Reiji readjusted his glasses, "It's how he died. Police discovered his body, what was left of his body, in Sumida River. According to the first officers on site, approximately 80% of his muscles and skin was missing off his body. Apparently, it was so cleanly done that they could see their reflect in the bones. Police are currently at the school trying to find any evidence of what might have happened".

Yui was about to say something when Laito beat her to it, "How can they be sure it's our dear teacher?".

"Identification found on his body," Reiji scoffed at what he deemed a stupid question.

Yui sat in disbelief, "What can do that to a body?".

"It's not a vampire that's for sure," Kanato commented as he closed the book in his hands, "The body would look like a dried sultana if it was".

"I know there are other creatures out there. What can rip flesh off a human bone so spotlessly that police could see their reflection in the bones?" Yui asked as she mentally went through all the supernatural creatures she could think of in her head. No one answered though.

When it became clear to Yui that her brothers didn't know or weren't going to answer, she stood up, "I'm going to call Airi to let her know".

Reiji grabbed her arm as she walked passed him, "Not yet. The school will be sending out a message later tonight. I would rather your friend not know in advance". Yui slowly nodded in understanding and mentally slapped herself for not thinking about it first. Reiji had many, many connections and those connections could only be utilised if they remained as hidden as possible. Yui alerting Airi about their deceased teacher could make Airi question how Yui knew in advance and potentially screw up Reiji's connections. Something Yui wanted to avoid at all cost. All Yui could think about was who would want to kill her teacher? He was an outstanding member of the teacher staff and would be the first one to volunteer his time if teacher supervision was needed for school events or sports activities. What would a supernatural creature gain from killing him? While Yui wished it was a case of her teacher being in the wrong place at the wrong time, a little voice in the back of her head said otherwise.

"What's wrong Yui?" Shu asked when he saw the concerned look on Yui's face.

Yui looked at her brothers, "I have a bad feeling about this".

YUI – 4 YEARS OLD

(Sakamaki Main House Located in -Unknown-)

Christa stared out the window of her new prison. After 4 human years, the repairs to the main house had finally been completed. What Christa thought would be a joyous occuasion was quickly smoothered when she realised it was another glorified prison. Christa would give credit when credit was due. Her room was a lot nicer then the one she had previously been staying at. A memory flashed through her head as she looked around the room.

"You're always so sad mummy so I decided to draw a pretty picture on the wall for you," Yui smiled proudly as she showed Christa her artwork. Christa laughed softly as she pulled Yui into a hug to admire the work her daughter had done. Her pearl white wall had three stick figures whom she was able to identify as herself, Subaru and Yui.

"It's beautiful my darling," she hugged Yui tighter, "It will always make me happy".

Karl's face when he saw it had made it so much better. She always knew he could be a bit of a drama queen.

"Why on the white walls? The ink of those silly pens have stained the wall because you didn't clean it up straight away," Karl growled as he watched a maid try once again to remove the drawing from the wall.

Christa was very impressed with herself that she managed not to laugh in his face, "Silly me".

Her heart arched as she thought of her missing daughter. Christa had made the mistake in thinking that Karl would never spilt her and Yui up but she was clearly wrong. Damn that bastard. Damn her native younger self who believed that Karl loved her. Damn him for taking her children away from her.

"Mum!" Christa spun around just in time for Subaru to pull her into a hug.

"Subaru," Christa sighed in relief as she hugged him back, "You're here". The two stayed like that for several minutes before Christa reluctantly pulled away.

She quickly surveyed the room before she looked at her son, "Where's your sister?".

Subaru didn't response immediately, "She's back at the other house".

Her eyes widened, "With your brothers? Unprotected?". Christa felt a wave of panic wash over her. Her sweet, beautiful, innocent daughter was left alone, unprotected in a house full of mentally screwed up male vampires.

"Mum," Christa snapped out of her thoughts, "What's the problem?".

Christa frowned at her son's cold behaviour, "What's the problem? The problem is your bastard of a father left you come alone and left Yui in a house full of vampires unprotected. Who knows what your brothers are going to do to her without either of us watching out for her!". Subaru sighed as he ran his fingers through his hair and took a seat in a nearby chair.

"Is it such a bad thing though?" Subaru didn't make eye contact with his mother, "After all, she was the reason why the man took you away from me". Christa stared at her son in horror as she slowly proceed what he was saying.

"I'm going to pretend I just didn't hear you say that about your sister," Christa said in a disturbing calm voice.

"But she's not!" Subaru snapped, "She's not my sister! She's just some human girl that-," He was cut off when Christa slapped him hard across the face. Subaru placed a hand on his swollen cheek and went to say something when he saw that his mother had tears streaming down her face.

"I swore I would never hit one of my children but even you have to be aware that you crossed a huge line," Christa choked back a sob but that didn't stop the tears that continued to fall down her face. Subaru quickly jumped to his feet and pulled his crying mother into a hug. Christa clung onto as she tried to get herself under control.

"I'm sorry my sweet. I'm so, so, so sorry," Christa whispered as she gently touched Subaru's swollen cheek, "I hit you. I'm so sorry".

"It's okay. It's okay," Subaru smiled softly, trying to ease his mother's sorrow, "I know you didn't mean it".

Christa pulled herself away and looked away in shame, "But I did it".

"Mum," Subaru began before Christa held her hand up to silence him. She sighed deeply as she dropped into a nearby plush chair.

"How I hate that man," she whispered softly. Subaru sat down opposite his mother and the two remained silent for several minutes.

"Yui wasn't the reason he took me away from you," Christa eventually said, "In fact...it's probably why I was able to stay so long".

Subaru eye's widened in shock, "I don't understand".

"We are the only one mother and child of his to have a strong relationship. He would never be able to pin us against each other like he could with Cordelia and her three demons or like Beatrix and her two sons. He was intending to separate us long ago but when Yui came along...I was deemed the only sane wife to take care of her. By her being with us, Karl delayed separating us," tears started streaming down Christa's face, "I think he was starting to realise that we, as a family, were becoming so unbreakable that he had to do something. I thought I would be with you and Yui until she turned 18. I thought we still had so much time together". Christa finally broke and started sobbing.

"She delayed it?" Subaru whispered in horror. All he could think about was Yui's terror filled face as he punched the wall above her head and said such horrible things to her.

Christa tried to get herself under control as she wiped the tears away from her face, "Before Yui came to us, he was in the final stages of moving me into a temporary house until the main house was complete. On the night he bought Yui to me...something had...something had happened".

"What happened?"

"I don't know," Christa stood up and started pacing, "I honestly don't". Christa was aware that Yui had Cordelia's heart inside her but she didn't know how that came to be. With Richter and Karl involved though...it couldn't be good.

"So he gave you Yui and that was enough to stop him from taking you away," Subaru dropped his head into his hands. He had royalty screwed up. In his rage filled mind, he had left his precious sister in a house full of vampires unprotected.

Christa stopped pacing and looked at her son, "He needed someone to raise her. He knew I wouldn't do it unless I had support from you...he also knew that Yui needed to be exposed to as many vampires as possible to be able to live among us-"

"Right you are my dear," a voice cut her off. Christa and Subaru froze as Karl scrolled into the room.

Christa cleared her throat, "Darling, I wasn't aware you were here".

"Sit down Christa," Karl ordered as he stood behind Subaru and placed his hands on Subaru's shoulders. Subaru, despite his best efforts not to, tensed up.

"Please don't," Christa whispered as she stared at Karl's hand, a little too close to Subaru's throat for her likings.

Karl ignored her, "Sit". Christa clenched her teeth as she sat down.

"Yui needed some motherly guidance for her first few years but she'll be fine from now on. Her brothers, including you Subaru, will help mould her into a lovely vampire," Karl smiled. While he thought it may look charming, both Christa and Karl were inwardly terrified of it.

Christa protective instinct won out, "You're going to turn her into a vampire?". Christa was horrified. The process of changing a human into a vampire was an initiate process only typically done by lovers.

"Don't look at me like that. I won't do it...but it will be done," Karl removed his hands from Subaru's shoulders but his smile took on a whole new light, "As entertaining as seeing your terrified faces has been, I must be off. So much to do, so little time". Karl sent his wife a look over Subaru's head before he turned and left. The mother and son sat frozen in place. Karl was in the room for less then two minutes but it was enough that both thought they were going to die then and there.

"Promise me you'll take care of her," Christa finally broke the silence. Subaru ran his hand through his hair as he tried to calm his racing heart. That man...his "father" was so unpredictable that Subaru wouldn't put it passed his "father" to kill him if it made his grand scheming easier...whatever that was. His attention shifted to his absence sister. He was so cruel to her. Would she ever forgive him?

'If she's even still alive', he thought darkly.

"Of course I will," Subaru said as he studied his mother's expression, "Why does it sound like you think you're never going to see her again. That man...father can't keep you away from us forever". Christa smiled softly at her son. She didn't believe in God but in that moment she thanked whoever was out there for giving her a son that was nothing like his bastard of a father. Christa knew what that look from Karl meant. She very much doubted whether she would survive the next few days. Karl didn't tolerate disobedience...and speaking ill of him was just about as disobedient as one could get.

"Don't be silly," Christa tried to ease her son's worries, "I'll see her eventually...just not for a while. Enough of that though, how long will you be staying?".

Subaru looked inconvenienced by what his mother said but mention his doubts, "Three vampire months. After I arrived, that man said he would be travelling back with me to the mansion in Tokyo".

Christa stood up and walked behind Subaru before she wrapped her arms around him, "Then let's enjoy our time together".

As a vampire, Christa didn't believe in God or a being that protected the weak. However, Christa found herself for the first time ever praying to a God. Praying that Yui would survive the three vampire months, one whole human year, without the guidance and support of herself and Subaru. She prayed that Yui would survive whatever Karl had planned for her. She prayed that Subaru would continue to grow into a man that was nothing like his bastard of a sperm donor. She prayed that, if there was indeed a God, they would look past her bloody sins and protect the two lights of her life.

The mother and son duo spent the three months together in their own little world of pure happiness. Every second was treasured, even when it came time to leave, Christa and Subaru made it a moment to remember. Both would never know that the three months was the last time they would ever spend it together as truly themselves. Subaru would never know that in the minutes after he left, while he was waiting in the car for his father to come, Karl had confronted Christa and told her everything. He told her what happened to Cordelia and what he had planned for Yui. Subaru and Yui would never know that Christa's motherly instincts won out and in her blind rage to protect her children, she did something that no one such ever do...she attacked Karl.

"You took a while," Subaru commented as his father climbed into the car, "I'm surprised you wanted to come back with me".

Karl's smile was chilling, if only Subaru knew what his father had done in the minutes before, "I wanted to see my daughter. Is that so wrong?".

YUI – 5 YEARS OLD

(Sakamaki Mansion Located in Tokyo)

"I don't understand," Yui pouted, "Why do I have to get all dressed up?" Shu ignored her whining as he finished brushing her hair. Yui frowned at her brother's lack of response as she stared at herself in the mirror. She was wearing a dark pink kimono with a pearl coloured sash wrapped around her waist.

"I already told you. You are meeting a very important man and you have to look presentable," Shu explained as he gave her a once over.

"Is that why you're all dressed up as well?" Yui asked as she studied her brother's flawless black suit. Not a speck of fluff on it anywhere. Benefits of advanced sight she supposed. Shu nodded as he gave Yui a once over before he held his hand out for her to take. Yui placed her hand in his and the two started walking towards the main foyer.

"Who is this person?" Yui asked innocently. Shu, in typical Shu fashion, didn't responded. Yui sighed but didn't push her brother. After Subaru left, Shu had become her protector and Yui didn't want to push him away like she had with Subaru.

Shu immediately noticed her change in behaviour before he sighed deeply, "My father".

Yui looked at Shu in surprise, "Your father?".

Shu suddenly stopped and bent down in front of Yui, "Promise me you'll stay silent. He is not a man to be trifled with". Yui had never seen Shu act so serious before. He was always so laid back and lazy that this change of character slightly scared her.

"I promise," Yui whispered. Shu gently took her hand once more before the two continued walking towards the foyer. Yui 's heart started beating faster as they got closer to the foyer. She couldn't explain the feeling she was expressing but something was telling her to flee in the other direction. Shu squeezed her hand softly, trying to help her relax but it didn't help her much.

"Ah, there you are", a voice called out as the two entered the main foyer. Yui gasped. It wasn't because of the strange looking man with gold eyes and long white hair but because Subaru was standing beside him. Her grip on Shu's hand tightened.

"Shu," Karl strolled towards the two, "And this must be my darling daughter Yui". Yui looked at Shu for confirmation. Shu didn't react for a few moments but he eventually nodded.

"Now, now," Karl's hand wrapped lightly underneath Yui's chin and tugged her head towards him, "Don't you know it's rude not to look at people when they're talking to you". Every fibre in Yui's small body was telling her to run away from this...evil man...far, far away.

"Why don't you introduce yourself," even Yui could tell it was an order.

Yui, remembering her mother's etiquette lessons, quickly bowed, "My name is Yui Sakamaki. Pleased to meet you".

Karl placed a hand on Yui's head, "No...it's my pleasure to meet you". Shu and Subaru shared a concerned look.

YUI – 16 YEARS OLD

(Sakamaki Mansion Located in Tokyo)

The Sakamaki siblings had spent several hours researching what type of supernatural creature could do this to a human body but they came up empty handed. Yui eventually decided to call it a night and said her good nights before she left to go to bed. As Yui made her way towards her bedroom, her mind racing with so many unanswered questions, she stopped when something out the window caught her eye. Standing in the court yard was a woman. Her back was turned to Yui but her long purple hair and ankle length black dress that had a slit on the right side with white ruffles underneath was a dead give away it was a woman.

Thump

Thump

Thump

Yui's heart started pounding. Yui slowly raised her hand to her chest and tried clutching her heart to ease the growing pressure. It was becoming harder for her to breath. Yui watched in silent horror as the woman slowly starting turning around. Her heart felt like it was going to explode out of her chest.

"Yui?" Kanato called out. Yui whipped around to face him. She hadn't even heard him approach her.

"Teddy wants to know if you're okay?" Kanato observed his sister. Yui's breathing was ragged, her shirt was screwed tightly in her fist and her eyes were wide in terror.

Yui looked out the window from the corner of her eye and saw that the woman was gone, "Nothing". Yui could see instantly that Kanato didn't believe her. She released her shirt and nervously ran her hand through her hair as she forced herself to smile.

"I...I'm just a little stressed with exams," Yui laughed nervously as she straightened her shirt, "I just need some more sleep-".

Yui was cut off by Kanato, "You said you wouldn't lie to me ever again".

YUI – 6 YEARS OLD

(Tokyo)

Yui raced home as tears continued to stream down her cheeks. The girls at school had once again called her mean names and had held her down while one of them cut her hair. She slowed to a walk when she saw the steel Sakamaki gates come into view. She hastily wiped the tears away from her eyes as she pushed the gate open and started walked towards the house. She knew she was meant to always close the door behind her but all she wanted to do was see her Shu or Subaru or even Laito would do. Yui approached the main door and to her great horror, discovered the door was locked.

"Damn it," she cursed before making her way around the mansion in hopes of finding an unlocked door or window that she could enter. To make matters worst, her legs had started throbbing from all the running she had done earlier and she nervously kept running her hand through her hair trying to figure out how much those bullies had cut off.

"Do you want some tea teddy?" a voice asked. Yui paused and directed her attention towards the hedge maze that her brothers had warned her against ever going in by herself.

"How about a piece of cake?" the voice said again. Yui felt herself slowly walking towards the maze against her better judgement. Maybe this person would share their cake with her and tell her how to get into the mansion. Yui paused at the archway leading into the maze as the warnings both brothers had given her flashed in her mind.

"Can we go into the green walls?" Yui asked excitedly as she pointed towards a large wall of neatly maintained brushes.

Shu looked at where she was pointing, not quite understanding what she meant by green walls, "It's called a maze and no".

Yui pouted, "Why not?".

"A demon lives in there," Shu responded.

Yui's eyes widened in horror, "A d-demon?".

Shu nodded, "A demon who will steal all your sweets".

"Would you like another piece of cake teddy?" the voice said.

"Big brother, is it true that a demon lives in the maze and would steal all my sweets?" Yui asked Subaru as she stared at the row of hedges from the window. Despite her best efforts, Yui wasn't able to see into the maze from her position. Even standing on her tippy toes didn't help.

Subaru studied his sister for a few moments before he answered, "Yes. There is a…demon…that will...eat all the chocolate...you own?".

Yui shook her head quickly to rid the thoughts out of her head. Maybe it was a nice demon? After all, if it only ate sweets, shouldn't it only be nice then? She took a deep breath before she entered the maze and started walking towards the direction the voice was coming from. The voice would occasionally ask a question but would always never receive a reply. Yui rounded the corner and was surprised to see a young male with light purple hair at a table full of sweets and a teddy bear seating opposite him.

"Any more Teddy?" the boy asked as he picked up a tea pot. Yui frowned slightly as she watched the scene play out in front of her. He didn't seem like a demon. Suddenly, Yui was forced to jump out of the way as the tea pot came flying towards her. Yui's attention snapped back to the young male standing at the table. Her eyes locked with a shade of light purple coloured eyes. She could see that the young man was wearing a black jacket with a blue shirt underneath and a pair of faded dark coloured pants.

"Who the hell are you?" his eyes did a once over of her and his eyes flashed to the teddy, an ugly looking thing in Yui's opinion, sitting opposite him at the tea before looking back at her, "Teddy says you're ugly". Yui flinched at his harsh words.

"I'm not ugly," her eyes started to sting with unshed tears. Why was everyone so mean to her?

The young man scoffed, "With hair like that, I agree with Teddy".

"It's not my fault," Yui muttered under her breath.

"What was that? I didn't hear anything but white noise," the male served himself a piece of cake, "Move along scum".

Yui clenched her fists and stood a little straighter, "It's not my fault". The male ignored her and continued eating his cake.

"It's not my fault," Yui said louder.

"Don't lie to me," the male looked away from the cake he was eating, "Did you attack them? Did you fight with every fibre in your body".

Yui was a little thrown off by his questions, "N-No".

The male scoffed, "Then it's your fault".

"It's not! My teacher says that if you're ever bullied, to tell a responsible adult," Yui defended her actions. She asked the girls to stop, she had begged the girls to stop but she didn't physically fight back. She was smaller then the other girls and last time she had tried to fight back, she ended up with more damage then the bullies.

"What are they going to do?" the male asked as he passed a piece of cake to the teddy bear sitting opposite him, "Let you cry on their shoulder as they nurse your wounds. Won't stop them from coming back again weakling".

"My name isn't weakling!" Yui snapped, "It's Yui! Yui Sakamaki!".

The male paused and looked at Yui, "Don't insult my name".

"W-What?" Yui asked in confusion.

"My name is Kanato Sakamaki," Kanato growled, "Get out of my sight. A weakling like you doesn't deserve the Sakamaki name". Yui tried not to let his words hurt her but once again, she could feel the sting of tears coming to her eyes. Maybe she was weak. Maybe she didn't deserve the Sakamaki name...she had never seen Shu or Subaru cry. She turned around and ran out the maze.

"If you lie to me again...I'll eat you," she heard as she raced away from the demon in the maze.

YUI – 16 YEARS OLD

(Sakamaki Mansion Located in Tokyo)

"I never promised that...and you technically threated me," Yui smiled softly.

Kanato watched her carefully, "Same thing". The two stood in silence for several moments.

"What's wrong?" Kanato asked again. Yui looked at the window once again and the woman still wasn't there. Was she a figment of Yui's imagination?

'No, she couldn't be' Yui thought, 'The pain I just experienced was far too real'.

Kanato followed her gaze but didn't see anything noteworthy, "Am I meant to be looking for something?".

Yui sighed and rubbed her eyes, "It's nothing Kanato. I haven't been sleeping well the last few nights because of exams and with everything that's happened tonight...I think it just pushed me over the edge. Nothing that a good night's sleep won't fix". Kanato didn't look impressed but didn't argue with her as she started walking towards her room.

The thoughts about the unknown creature had killed her teacher gone from her mind...instead...they had been replaced with questions about the mysterious woman in the garden.

Sorry for the delay! I wanted to get this out before I went on holidays but I just didn't quite get it done. However, I'm back now :D

I'll be honest, this is a bit of a filler chapter and not my favourite one by any means but it's starting to get the ball rolling!

I just want to check with everyone as well, the storyline keeps bouncing between years and I just wanted to make sure it's not to confusing/easy to read :] ~~~~~~~~~~~ signals a change in setting back still in the same time period while a page break represents a change in time period. Hopefully not to confusing. If it is, please send me a PM or leave a review and I'll think of a new way to split it up.

On a complete side note, it was interesting to read which Hogwarts House you thought the brothers would be in. I myself am a proud Slytherin :)

Question of the chapter: What is your favourite supernatural creature?