*Rejet solely owns Diabolik Lovers. Given a chance, I would love to be part of their team.
Guide to Readers:
"Yui Komori." = talking
'Yui Komori.' = thinking
"YUI KOMORI!" = shouting
"Yui Komori." = singing
"Yui Komori." = calling
'YUI KOMORI.' = writing
'BAM!' = denotes sounds
Previous Chapter Summary:
Yui found herself entangled with Laito and Reiji due to the wound inflicted on her tongue, and the main cause of that said wound was nowhere to be found.
Night 6
"Tonight's Visitor"
- The Vampire King's Castle (Underworld) -
Earlier this evening, Ayato was quite surprised to receive a call from that person- his father. The person had required him to come to the castle after his classes were over, after which, he immediately hung up so that his son wouldn't have any time to reject him.
That is Karl Heinz. A person with remarkable selfishness, yet having a powerful aura which no one would dare defy.
Ayato hated that part of his father, yet ironically, he manifests the same amount of selfishness in his being. He was nowhere near as powerful as Karl but his self-centeredness was indeed at par with his father.
'This better be important.' He cursed silently, pissed at the fact that his acting by his father's will. He had come to the castle just as his father told him to, without even being informed of the reason why he had to be there when he had other things better to do.
In addition, he had left his food to the fancy of his brothers. He pondered whether it was better for him to have taken Yui along with him to the castle, or if she was safer back at the manor. He closed his eyes and accepted the second option. He had convinced himself that Yui was better off treated under the the blood lusts of his five brothers than being violated by a great number of night creatures that lived in the darkness of the Underworld.
Furthermore, Yui's blood was his intoxication. It would be a problem if more creatures knew of its rare quality. It's hard enough keeping his brothers away from her. It would be more of a pain if additional others would begin to target her blood.
'That girl better not do anything reckless.' He added, as he quietly followed the butler towards the Receiving Room.
It had been awhile since he last came to this place. The castle was pretty much the same as when he had left. It was full of grandeur and lively music to the eyes of most unknowing creatures living outside its walls, but to him and to the rest of the castle's residents, it was filled with deathly silence and unbearable desolation.
It was no different than it was tonight.
"Sir." The butler called out to him, noticing that Ayato was spacing out in his pool of thoughts.
"Hn?"
"Please utilize this room to spend the time waiting. The Lord of the Castle will be with you shortly."
The butler had opened the large doors and led Ayato inside, before he excused himself and left for his regular duties.
"Shit!" The boy cursed loudly, as soon as the doors were closed. He then heavily threw himself on the chaise just beside the window.
He was irritated. His father summoned him with such urgency, and yet he's making him wait when he so obediently complied to his call.
To make things worse, it usually takes more than an hour before Karl Heinz appears himself, or in some cases, one of his servants would come and represent him. That's how he was with his family members. He was bad at being the head of the family but was great at ruling over his domain.
"This will take longer than expected." Ayato uttered, now regretting the fact that he had left Yui. He wouldn't be this bored if she were here. She was, in his opinion, great at being his play thing.
She was rather obedient. But the occasional back talks and petty fights made it all the more thrilling to bully her. Or, sometimes, when he's not in the mood for her resistance, she simply was an annoyance in need of punishment.
A sudden chill traveled down his spine when he realized he was probably missing her.
He quickly looked outside the window to find something to distract him from his thoughts, and from there, he found himself looking down at the courtyard.
The red roses were blooming as usual, but not as beautifully during a full moon's night.
Not farther across the courtyard was his former room. He spent a lot of his childhood within the vicinity of that place. It wasn't due to his own volition, of course. For most of his childhood days, the only thing he wanted to do was to play just like his brothers were freely to do. But by his mother's undying desire to gain the recognition of his father, he was locked up inside his room, brutally trained to be the next successor of the House.
He narrowed his eyes, recalling those days that had long passed. Those bitter memories with his mother, and the pity he felt for her the night he had finally killed her.
Cordelia's painful yet grateful smile when she was slowly dying was permanently imprinted on Ayato's mind. That woman had drowned in her one-sided love. Somehow, it held the hope that finally, Karl would come see her and hold her in his arms.
In her last moments, she was still thinking of him. Yet sadly, even in her death, Karl Heinz never came to visit her.
'A fool.' He thought bitterly as he closed his eyes. 'Nothing good comes out with treasuring someone. She should have thought of that before she went obsessed about it.'
Somehow, he empathized with his mother's unrequited affection, for he had done the same thing towards her. Regardless, he had tried to become the best, not wanting to be disowned by Cordelia. He wished for even the slightest bit of recognition from her.
Regretfully, she was the first person who ever came close to being special to him. He felt grateful that he had recognized it sooner- that she only looked at him as an object to gain Karl's attention. She was never a mother to him.
Thus, he finally froze his heart, swearing to only love himself and kill anyone that he cared about- starting with his mother.
That is how he came to be- self-centered with the desire to monopolize everything that caught his attention. He saw everything and everyone as mere objects to satisfy his boredom. They weren't special, just toys to keep him company until he finds no use for them any longer.
Everything and everyone was beneath him, except for his father.
"Fuck! I'm getting out of here." He declared, moving towards the door.
'KA-CHAK!'
"What the?"
'KA-CHAK! KA-CHAK! KA-CHAK!'
"It's locked."
Ayato, once again in a long time, was caged inside a room within the castle. He hated being stuck in one place, especially in here. He had enough of it from his childhood. No way was he staying put.
"Fine. Let's destroy this door." He said.
Subaru was the one who was good at destroying things, but Ayato could at least force open a large door.
'BAM!' The doors flew open with just a kick, leaving a triumphant smirk on his face.
Ayato then proceeded to exit the room but quickly stepped back when he felt a sudden shock before he could even pass the doorway.
"A barrier?"
He attempted to escape through the windows but debated against it, thinking that a barrier might also be set up there so he couldn't get out.
"Tch!" He clicked his tongue as he crossed his arms in frustration. "Why is he desperately keeping me in this room?"
The thought of it irritated him for the moment, up until he realized something else. "Hahaha... No, it's not like that. It's more like he's keeping something away from me, and I'm assuming that it's in this castle."
He grinned at the thought that he wouldn't get bored from waiting for his father's arrival after all. It's roughly enough time to search for what was hidden here.
And no barrier would keep him from finding it.
He was in a similar situation before, way back when he was a child. Among the many other extreme disciplinary actions applied on him, Cordelia would sometimes surround his room with a force field when she's gone away to one of her notorious rendezvous. It was an effective way to keep him from wasting his time playing outside when she expected him to study. The barrier was powerful enough to keep him inside even if he used his ability of teleportation. Any attempt of escape from him would lead to a painful shock to his entire body. Often times the sudden blow would knock him out for hours and leave his body in a state of inanimateness.
On one of those days when he finally gave up trying to get out, he unexpectedly found an old parch of paper hidden under the false cover of a book, which his mother ironically required him to read. Within its page contained the secret that would help him get through his ordeal. It's a skill he could do since he was partly of demonic descent. One that could grant him freedom... even if it was only temporary.
A demon's back door.
Teleportation. All vampires can practice this skill. It's an effective tool to travel at a much less time. It allows the user to move instantaneously from one location to another without physically occupying the space in between, but sadly, it cannot penetrate through barriers.
Needless to say, it's useless in Ayato's current situation.
A demon's back door, however, was needed to cross this ordeal. It allows the user to penetrate through any bewitched layer by creating some kind of rift on it- a passageway that was wide enough so one could get through. It's a useful tool for escape, but then, the effectiveness of a back door varies with the user's mastery of the skill.
If a user was powerful enough, he could penetrate through barriers without any harm inflicted on his body, otherwise, it could only lessen the impact received from forcing one's way out of a barrier.
Unlike teleportation, a demon's back door is quite uncommon among the creatures of the Underworld, even among demons.
"You really are underestimating me. I'll take that challenge. I'll find what you're desperately hiding. I'll snatch it from you while I'm at it." he announced, addressing it to his father.
Carefully, Ayato neared the doorway, stretching out his right hand to touch the barrier. Truthfully, he hasn't yet fully grasped this ability, so it was quite necessary for him to touch the barrier before he could produce a back door. He simply needed to have a physical contact with it- a touch of the fingertip would suffice.
Ayato flinched when he felt a weak current touch the tip of his extremity. He grinned at how inferior the barrier was comparing to that woman's. But he urgently dismissed the thought and finally opened a back door.
"There we go." He smiled, shaking his hand in the process. It had gone numb after opening the rift. It's a side effect for not yet mastering the skill.
"So where should I start looking?" he asked himself, as he finally was freely able to teleport himself to the courtyard now that there's an opening on the barrier.
"Perhaps the dungeons? The graveyard? The attic would be a good start. Or maybe the North Eastern Wing? Hehe... It doesn't really matter, does it? As long as I have these abilities, searching would be an easy task."
Ayato had then decided to start his self-proclaimed activity at the Northern most part of the castle, but before he could even switch places, he noticed a familiar presence nearby. He slowly turned towards the Southern Castle Towers, sensing that it strongly came from that direction.
He seemed hesitant to go check it out at first, feeling that it was quite too easy for him to find what he was looking for.
He nearly laughed realizing how this could be just a trap, but decided to go see it anyway.
He had felt this familiar presence before. It was weak. Nothing too dangerous but indeed a priceless treasure for his father. It's something Karl would definitely keep from the outside world.
Ayato instantly translocated himself to the said location, finally finding himself standing outside the Central Southern Castle Tower.
"So it's in there, huh?" he eyed the top most part.
It was during this time that Ayato was definitely certain that something was amiss. If he proceeded further, would something bad happen?
Certainly, there was bound to be.
But even that wouldn't stop him. He had to make sure he was right. He had to see it himself, and take it away from his father.
He began to walk towards the door that leads to the stairwell up the tower. But as he walked nearer, he felt his body get a lot heavier. It's as if an invisible weight was pressing down on him as he attempted to advance further.
"Gah!" He fell down on one knee. "Haha... So that's how it is. Even if I could find it, I wouldn't be able to reach it."
He started panting, as he stared up at the tower. 'A spell has been made, and it's surrounding this place. Even if I could fly to reach the top, the increased gravity around the tower would eventually pull me back down. Furthermore, I could feel a thick barrier surrounding it as well. Even if I use my ability to penetrate through, it does not guarantee that my body would be left unharmed like the last time.'
He held another gush of heavy breathing.
'Shit! Is this how far I could go?'
He held his breath this time and heaved a sigh.
'No, calm down.'
Once again, the same process...
'Yes, it's simple as that. Just a touch and I can get through.'
He lifted his right hand once again to reach for the barrier, and as soon as he had done that, he vanished.
"Hahaha... I got in. But crap! I feel like shit!" Ayato felt triumphant, though his body told otherwise.
He had earned himself a few deep cuts, third degree burns, fatigue and a completely numb right arm by forcing himself through the thick barrier and subsequently translocating himself up the tower. A complete mastery of the skill could have protected him from receiving such injuries, but at his current level, it could only do as much to lessen the impact to this degree.
At the very least, he didn't die.
"Guess I still lack practice. It's been awhile since I had to use this."
He leaned his tired body against the tower wall as he took his time to look around. The top most part of the tower seemed like a normal room within the castle- just remove the added securities that surrounded this place.
"Ayato-san?"
Quickly, he shifted his gaze towards the origin of the voice that called out to him. Not later did a grin carve his lips at what he saw.
'Looks like I found it. That person's Little White Rose.'
- Back at the Sakamaki Manor (Kitchen) -
In contrast to her body structure, Yui loved to eat, but this was the first time she ever felt that she hated it.
"Ouch!" She dropped her spoon, her face contorted in pain.
She had prepared food to sate her human necessities, but it seems that she had trouble consuming it.
"I guess it's useless after all." She sighed, as she moved towards the sink to clean her plate.
Her tongue had started bothering her as soon as she arrived home. She had taken a pain killer before she left the infirmary but the effects of the medicine had began to wear off. She felt troubled since the medicine were now gone. All thanks to Reiji.
'I know! I should finish all my homework tonight. If I get too busy, I'd probably even forget this wound or fall asleep without trouble.'
With that in mind, she quickly finished up her cleaning and decided to head back to her room.
'However...' She suddenly stopped as soon as she passed by the fridge. 'If that doesn't work, I could always put ice on it. It might slightly numb the senses.'
She shuffled through the drawers and cabinets, looking for a container for the ice cubes. When she finally found an ice bucket, she opened the fridge and took some ice out. She was about to close the fridge when her eyes got distracted by something inside.
A box of Strawberry Shortcake to be exact.
'Too bad. I can't eat it right now.' She sighed. 'Although I'm pretty sure Kanato-kun would love to eat a slice.'
...
'Ah! I almost forgot about Kanato!'
Halfway before she reached her room, Yui found Kanato standing in front of the door. It's as if he's been waiting for her for quite some time now.
"Komori-san." Kanato looked as if he was about to cry the moment she stood beside him. "Didn't Teddy and I tell you we'd be visiting tonight? You were supposed to fix Teddy's arm. Did you forget?"
Yui gave him an apologetic smile.
"I knew it. You didn't forget, did you? You hate Teddy, don't you? That's why you weren't here. You don't want to fix Teddy."
'Y-You're mistaken! I just went downstairs and- Ah! I should properly explain things to him. Where's my note?'
Hurriedly, Yui opened the door to her room and dashed inside. She carefully placed the ice bucket and cake box on top of the cupboard just beside her bed. She then pulled out a pen and notebook inside her school bag, before she went back to face Kanato.
She sincerely bowed a few times in front of him before she wrote down her apology.
'I'M SORRY. I WAS DOWNSTAIRS. EATING.'
Her answer must have been satisfactory since her visitor had calmed down a bit. Although, Kanato began to give her a curious look.
"I see. Humans do need to eat regularly in order to sustain themselves."
Yui smiled at the response. 'He understood!'
...
...
"Won't you invite us in? You're being quite rude making us stand out here."
'Oh, yes.' Yui pushed the door widely, so Kanato could enter.
'FEEL COMFORTABLE TO SIT ANYWHERE WHILE I FIX TEDDY.' She jotted down.
"Ok. Thank you." Kanato carefully handed Teddy over to Yui before he went and sat on the bed.
'WOULD YOU WANT TO EAT?'
Kanato stared up at her in silence, his face still has that curious look as when he stood by the door. Yui was getting bothered by this as well.
"If it's something sweet, then I don't mind." He politely told her.
Yui then nodded her head in comprehension before she moved to get the cake.
'Oops! I forgot to get a plate and a fork.' She realized.
'KANATO-KUN, CAN I GO DOWNSTAIRS? I FORGOT SOMETHING.'
"Well, if you must. But be quick about it. Teddy doesn't like waiting as much as I do."
She nodded yet again and placed her notebook and Teddy on the bed. She quickly dashed back to the kitchen and shuffled to get some tableware, careful enough that she won't break anything otherwise Reiji would be quite furious at her.
By the time she had returned to her room, she found Kanato still sitting on her bed the way she had left him, except that this time, he was skimming through her notebook.
"Do tell me what this is for, Komori-san. I am quite curious." He said.
Yui in turn settled the tableware on top of the cupboard before she went and took the notebook from Kanato's hands.
'IT'S FOR COMMUNICATING.' She responded, also thinking about how many times she had explained this matter to her housemates.
"Why?" He continued to ask.
'I CAN'T SPEAK.'
"Why?"
'MY TONGUE'S HURT PRETTY BADLY.'
"...Why?"
'IT'S AYATO-KUN'S FAULT.'
...
...
"Can you let me see it?"
Yui was a bit startled with his request. 'Alright. But I don't think it's gonna be pretty.'
She obediently complied to her visitor's request and placed her tongue out.
Kanato moved closer so he could observe the wound clearly. "Kufufu~ it is Ayato's work."
His sudden statement made Yui flinch in fear. She swiftly turned away from him and walked towards the cupboard so she could prepare a slice of cake for Kanato.
'Sweet things often distract Kanato-kun from taking my blood. That's the reason why I took this cake in the first place. However, I don't really know who this belongs to. I should replace it tomorrow morning so that the owner wouldn't know it had been missing.'
Yui then offered the cake to Kanato who had gone back to sitting on the bed and humming his favorite song- most probably the only one he knew.
"Thank you." Kanato told her.
She watched heartily as he ate the treat she had given him. 'Aww... when Kanato-kun is in this state, he's actually very cute.'
"Komori-san, are you always so rude?" The boy darted a glare at her, reminding her that despite his looks, he's actually scarier than the others. "How long are going to stand there? Teddy needs some serious mending. Please don't let him wait any longer than this."
'O-Ok.' Yui muttered silently, realizing that he was right.
She picked up Teddy in her arms, repeatedly reminding herself to handle him with care. Otherwise, if she so much dropped Kanato's favorite companion, she'd end up being killed to compensate for it.
She subsequently looked for a needle and thread inside the drawers of the vanity before she sat comfortably on the couch and started sewing Teddy's arm.
'The stitches doesn't look bad as I thought. I could finish this in a jiff.'
The room stayed quite for the next few minutes, up until Yui decided to break the ice.
'I'M DONE. TEDDY'S ALRIGHT NOW.'
"Ah, that's good. May I see how finely you did his arm?" Kanato demanded for her to hand back Teddy, which Yui obediently followed.
She watched in silence as Kanato scrutinized her sewing skills.
"It's adequate." Kanato looked up at her. "Thank you."
'Oh...' Yui strangely felt flattered from deep within. 'YOU'RE WELCOME. I COULD TEACH YOU HOW TO DO IT IF YOU'D LIKE.'
Kanato suddenly narrowed his eyes at her. "If I did want to learn. I would have asked you to."
'Ah, right.' She stood still in front of him, deciding not to respond to his statement. She didn't want to make things worse for her since she knew how badly it would end on her part.
Yui only relaxed when Kanato began to snuggle Teddy. He had a satisfied grin on his face which eventually assured Yui that he'd finally calmed down. But also, this left Yui to wonder how long he'd be staying in her room now that Teddy was all fixed up.
Of course, she didn't want to ask about it since she found it very rude.
'WOULD YOU WANT TO EAT MORE CAKE?' She ended up asking.
"Yes please."
Yui took the empty plate from him. She considered Teddy's presence so she placed two slices on it before handing it over to Kanato.
"Why are there two slices?" Kanato sounded interestingly curious.
'THE OTHER ONE'S FOR TEDDY.' Yui wrote on her note.
To which Kanato glared in response. "Teddy, didn't ask for a cake!"
His voice went so low that it scared Yui.
"Hehe... You've become quite conceited, haven't you? I simply let you hold Teddy and you start acting as if you know him!"
'No, I didn't intend such a thing.'
"You're the worst, Komori-san. I hate you. Teddy hates you too."
'H-He's upset. At this rate, Kanato might-' Yui desperately dug through her mind to find a way to calm him down. 'The cake!'
"K-Kanato-kun. The cake. You must eat it before it starts to taste bad." Yui spoke, surprising Kanato in the process.
"I thought you said you can't speak?" He told her.
Yui flinched at that too. She was too scared that she even forgot about the wound on her tongue. Surprisingly, it wasn't hurting her anymore.
Adrenaline.
"Were you lying to me?"
"No! It's just that..."
"Fufu... I really hate you."
"...K-Kanato-kun?"
"Say, Komori-san, do you like cakes?"
Yui was slightly startled at the question but she nodded yes.
"Very well. I'll feed you." Kanato held the fork and scooped a piece of cake. "Now open your mouth for me, please?"
For the first time since Kanato came to see her tonight, she refused to do what she was told. She knew that she's beyond forgiveness with Kanato's current state. She had to escape no matter what the circumstance so she reached for the door.
"Komori-san, it saddens me that you keep forgetting." Kanato snapped his fingers and Yui's body eventually stopped on its own.
'W-What's happening? I can't move!'
'TAP. TAP. TAP.' Yui's heart raised as she heard his footsteps coming near her.
"I can easily manipulate your body like this, see?" He snapped his fingers again, and Yui's body automatically turned to face him. "It's useless to try and escape me. Don't you remember?"
And that she did. She vividly remembered how he used the same trick on her when he attempted to turn her into one of his precious wax dolls.
"Now open your mouth so Teddy and I could feed you properly." A third snap and Yui's jaw fell instantly.
'Kanato-kun! Please stop!' Yui screamed desperately inside her head. Tragically, Kanato had stripped her completely off her ability to move and speak.
"Here you go. This cake is deliciously sweet, so please enjoy it as I have. I am quite kind, wouldn't you agree?"
Kanato inserted the fork inside her mouth. Yui could feel that he had placed it too deep since its tip was violently poking her tongue inside. She couldn't save herself from this situation. The only thing she could do was to wince in utter pain.
"Ah... The scent of your blood has been tickling my nose. Perhaps it's because of that open wound?" Kanato laughed darkly at her miserable state. "Say... If I probe your tongue out with this fork, will it split into two? You won't be able to speak for the rest of your life if it was so. Yes, perhaps you won't lie to me anymore."
Yui felt her heart stop for a second. Kanato was dead serious about this. She could see nothing but danger reflecting on his mauve eyes.
'Stop! Just stop! Father! Please save me!'
"Yui Komori!" Someone suddenly knocked at the door. "Didn't I specifically instruct you to come to my room and- What in the...?"
Reiji was a bit startled with the scene before his eyes as he entered the room, but quickly composed himself and stared at the two. "I see. So that's why you were late."
'Reiji-san!' The girl almost cried at the sight of the older Sakamaki.
"Kanato. Please release the girl at once. I believe I have arranged an important appointment with her tonight." Reiji had calmly requested this from his brother- to which Kanato reluctantly obeyed, leaving Yui to instantly fall on her knees.
"Reiji... You always know the best time to bully me, don't you? You often interfere when I'm enjoying the best part." Kanato sharpened a glare at him. "I hate you. Both of you!"
"Good grief! You're one grudging fellow, aren't you?" Reiji only kept his cool. "In that case, please abruptly finish your business with that girl. And as for you..." He darted his attention towards Yui. "Come to my room as soon as you're done here."
Reiji left as soon as he ended his sentence, allowing Yui to well up in panic due to his short appearance.
There was no doubt that Yui could already move her body, but in fear, she was stuck in place. In her mind, she debated whether it was best to run away or not. Or to be more precise, would it even make a difference if she did try, knowing that Kanato could easily stop her?
"Don't look at me that way!" He snarled at her. "You disgust me. Leave already!"
Yui took this chance to get out of her room, believing that it would be better if she left him alone.
'Father, please ask God for my safety.' She earnestly prayed, as she rushed towards Reiji's domain.
- - - End of Night 6 - - -
Author's Blabbering Nonsense... More Than an Author's Note:
Happy New Year! I am sorry for the delay. I guess I spent a lot of my time enjoying the academic break (and also Christmas). Plus, I'm having trouble with the Internet Connection. Hahahaha... But anyway, your reviews and support inspired me to write one long chapter. Woohoo! We're getting deeper to the dramatic part of the story. Expect more OCs and shocking secrets to be revealed (Like who's this person in the tower? Feel free to guess).
Honestly speaking, the original plot of the story is about Yui's Swimming Lessons with Ayato-sama, consisting of three chapters in total. But as you may have noticed, the plot went towards a much deeper and darker direction. I wonder how it ended up being... Sadistic?
I'm still thinking on how to add the Mukami Brothers in the picture, but surely enough, I won't leave them out. I hope you enjoyed this one.
Ok, we're done with Ayato, Kanato, Shu, Laito, and Reiji's special scenes with Yui (even though it's simply scenarios in which they're tormenting her for most of the part). Now all that's left is Subaru-kun. Personally, he's my second favorite Sakamaki. He's really very smexy. But I'm having trouble with his character. However, he's special appearance shall be contained somewhere in the later chapters (After some Ayato x Yui scenes... *wink*).
Let's all have a prosperous year ahead of us, ne?
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* Ms./Mr. Sarina: But... But... But... Alright, I'll try not to kill our heroine if it's not necessary. But I assure you that she won't die as early as now since Ayato-sama hasn't confessed his special feelings towards her... if ever there was any. Anyhow, thank you for loving this story.
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