APH: …I have nothing to say right now, so don't even bother trying to do anything with this part of the story.
MX: Meaning he's suffering from a major headache after typing this up.
Sarah: And that's the good news. Less crap, more story.
APH: WAIT! I just remember. Please welcome Locke Whitby! The next villain to be tortured in the story!
Locke: …Tsutomu Teruko… why do you leave me with them! WHY!
Eva: (sign and pat his arm) I feel sorry for you…
MX: …Err, I guess we better start the story.
Narutaki Twin: THEN LETS BEGIN!
Disclaimer: DON'T OWN A SINGLE THING BUT SARAH AND YUKI! Locke belongs to TSUTOMU TERUKO!
APH: Sorry for the delay…
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Heavy foot steps echo off the empty ally as a girl finds herself running for her dear life… well, un-life more specifically. Having just finished a party celebrating her friend's 240 year old birthday, she decides that she wants to just go home and put off other activities.
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To simply puts it, her plan was however, intercepted when a man about 6 foot 1 suddenly appeared out of nowhere with a large wooden cross strapped onto his back. Being not as powerful as Sarah, who from rumor says that she's in Mahora, she feared the icon of God. Of course, when you're about 1000 years old like Lady Sarah; you don't really need to fear anything.
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'Kami-sama… what did I do to deserve this!' The girl asks herself, not daring to speak out loud in case her pursuer manages to catch it. However, in her panicking state, she had completely forgotten about the foot steps that sounded with every step she took.
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"Come out, come out… you can't run forever…" A deep voice sang as the owner casually walks deeper into the ally. He smirks as he follows the heavy foot steps and decides to give her a few more seconds of un-life.
Tap-tap-tap-tap-tap-tap
Or maybe not…
"Hmm… time is up!" The man says as a sadistic grin appears on his face and he promptly 'vanished' in thin air, only to appear a few feet right in front of the startled girl, who in her frightened state, gives a yelp of surprise and ran right into him. Losing her balance, she flails her arms around to try to regain balance, but is having little to no success what so ever.
"Here… let me help you." The man says and the next thing the girl knows she's pinned down into the wall with the largest blade she'd ever see sticking out of her stomach. Also, the girl noticed one more very bad thing…
The blade comes from the cross. So naturally, there is only one sensation that can be described:
Extreme pain!
"W-WHA!"
"Aw, does little vampy have a cramp?" The man cooed with an awfully sweet voice before an evil light enters his eyes. "Let me help you with that." Without warning, he pushed the blade deeper into the girl, emitting a bloody scream as the poor vampire arch her body in pain. "Oops, I guess that didn't help ne?"
"W-why are y-you…?" The girl asks with teary asks as she gives a few cough, spitting blood in the process. "W-what did I e-ever do? I don't hunt f-for humans! I d-drink donated blood! I DIDN'T E-EVEN HURT A-ANYONE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS!"
"…Because you're a vampire …" The man says coldly, loosing his entire giddy demeanor to reveal cold fire inside his eyes. "…Because you exist. Say hi to Santa for me…"
With that, he shove the blade completely into the poor girl, who didn't even have time to scream as she burn to ash in a matter of seconds. A small drift picked up as it scattered the ashes into the air. The man stare blankly at the place where the girl used to be before signing, pick up his giant cross, retract the blade, and starts to walk away.
"…I need some coffee. Wonder how much they'll pay me if I wipe out one or two of the vampire factions here…?"
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Sarah stare at the direction where she felt a vampire had just being slain. Lately, vampires had being 'vanishing' rapidly. She thought that's it's only a gang war between two vampire factions, but as the 'feeling' approaches the school, Sarah thought so other wise.
"What is it Sarah-nee-sama?" Yuki asks as she glances up as her 'big sister' with a confused face.
Shaking her head with a sign, Sarah smile down at the small elf and says, "Nothing to worry about. Still, why aren't you asleep?"
Yuki blushed crimson as she pokes her index fingers together. "…I guess I'd fell asleep this afternoon again… The sun is just so comfortable and… MOU! KAMO-SAN IS A VERY NICE PILLOW YOU KNOW!" Yuki exclaims in frustration as she blush redder… if that's even possible.
"Hehe, seems like you two are getting alone quite well no?" Sarah says with a teasing smile on her face as she pokes Yuki on the stomach.
"Um… err… w-who wants to get f-friendly with that pervert!" Yuki exclaims as her face continues to break the many types of red ever known to man. "B-besides… I don't think I'm thinking clearly at that moment…"
"Mm… right." Sarah says and snickers as Yuki just huffed and turn away with a pout. "Still, you might as well go to sleep. It's close to midnight already."
"But-"
"No but!" Sarah says as she snapped into her 'mother mode' that she had unconsciously created taking care of Nekane and now Negi. "Off to bed with you young lady!"
"Fine ka-san!" Yuki says with another pout before she paled at her rude manner and starts to bow and apologize frantically. "G-g-g-gomen!"
"Oh for Konoemon's sake, OFF. TO. BED!" Sarah says as the corner of her lips twitched a few times as she fights off her smile. The small elf quickly float onto Negi's desk and dunked into a drawer-turned-bedroom with a yelp, not wanting to inquire the wrath of her sister/mother, who from what she heard, is not pretty.
Sarah chuckles a bit as she glance around at the dorm and can't help but feel very… giddy. Asuna had somehow become a rebellious sister as Konoka become a somewhat air-headed one. Negi is still her little brother, but she doubts that'll last if he keeps getting more handsome like his father. Kamo is her little 'agent' in information gathering. He has links that many would die to just obtain… and finally Yuki. Yuki is like a cousin who had manner beaten into her skull the day she can talk. However, she does apologize a little too much for Sarah's taste. But nether the less, she had somehow becomes the big sister to some of the 2-A soon to be 3-A…
Then there's the problem with Chizuru… Sarah has no idea what to think of the official 'onee-chan' of the class who seems slightly mental psychotic…
But heck, who's complaining?
It is the fifth day since vacation started… and life is keeping its peaceful pace.
Well, as long as you ignore the whole issue with Chisame/Chui, she guesses it can be called peaceful.
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This is what he had dreaded… he; a 'free-lance' vampire slayer hates many things. However, one thing that Locke Whitby hates the most is…
Unbelievably, girls… especially loud ones like the few college girls that CAN'T SEEM TO LEAVE HIM ALONE!
"So, what would a handsome man like you doing in our humble school?" A girl asks as she bats her eye lashes at him. Locke feels a shiver going down his spin as he fights his urge to just impale them onto his giant cross and be done with it.
"Sorry ladies, but I'm here on business…" Locke says with a forced smile on his face as his forehead starts to sweat a little. While doing so, he unconsciously starts to fidget with the strap that holds the cross on his back. To his horror, the college girl only seems to find this… well, cute.
The college girl pout and huff a bit playfully. "Fine… but if you're ever around the area again, come and find me. My name is Nami by the way." With that, the girl waves and skips away to join her group of giggling (oh, the horror) friends, who are not so far from him.
'…Wish I could just kill them all… Need some coffee…' Locke thought as he shake his head slowly before adjusting his cross and marched for the principal's office in Mahora.
Locke Whitby, current physical age is 23, but he's much older than that. He is 6 foot 1, a good enough height in his standard. He has black hair with, oddly enough, brown in his eye while gold in his left. He is wearing a grey cloak with a hood that looks like they were once white. A giant cross was strapped onto his back as Locke try to remember the map of Mahora that he's studied a few hours ago. "Now where did the map say it is again?"
"But master, the headmaster wishes to see you." A somewhat emotionless tone says not far away from him, instantly drawing Locke's attention. What he sees is a robot following a grumpy blonde girl of about 10 in a dress. This causes one of his eye brows to life as he look at the duo.
"Chachamaru, for the last time! I, Evangeline AK McDowell, WILL. NOT. SEE HIM!" The blonde girl, who called herself Evangeline bellowed as she grab a fist full of her own hair. "GAAH! I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I BOTHER WITH THAT OLD GEEZER!"
' Evangeline AK McDowell… the Undying Mage… this is my lucky day. She can worth quite a few million, no, billion even.' Locke thought to himself as he decides to follow his new target and simply observe. 'After all… one can never tell with someone at her… capacity.'
"But master, Sarah-san insisted that you attend. It's about the slaying of vampires in large number recently." The robot girl called Chachamaru says as she continues to follow Evangeline around.
"Garr… it's probably just some gang war going on. Why do they even bother?" The blonde girl mumbled something that sounded like 'stupid old geezer' and 'old hag' to Locke before turning with a defeated look on her face. "Oh fine… I'll go."
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"Oh fine… I'll go." Evangeline says with a sign as Chachamaru gives a satisfied nod before she becomes rigid. Eva instantly noticed that something isn't right. "Huh? Chachamaru?"
"Danger… danger… Vampire slayer in the immediate area. Please leave this place immediately master." Chachamaru says as she turns her head to register a man with black hair and bi-color eyes.
"Eh? What could he want with me?" Evangeline asks before she remembers something. "Wait a minute… I'M HUMAN IN THIS SCHOOL FOR GOD'S SAKE!"
"That doesn't matter. Still you're a vampire and according to my book, vampires are not meant to be." The man says before he shrugs off his cross and did a mock bow. "Locke Whitby… at your service." And without warning, he launches himself at the surprised girl.
"Master!" Chachamaru exclaimed as she pushed Evangeline out of the want and stopped the descending cross, which was used as a club. "Please leave this area immediately."
"I can't have her do that." The vampire slayer says with a grimace as he tries to pull his cross free, only to be stunned by the robot's strength. 'Quite strong… but not good enough.' With one mighty yank, he lifts the cross alone with Chachamaru before slamming it back into the ground behind him.
Not expecting to lose her balance, Chachamaru's joints give a jot as she was slammed into the cement ground. Having the system non-responsive for a few second, the robot girl can't help be feel worry. "Master! RUN!"
"Like hell I will!" Evangeline snapped as she reached behind her, where a small waist bag was attached, and produce two bottles of potion. Her eyes dart around the clearing, making sure that no innocent people are around before tossing the potions at Locke.
'Huh? Why is she using potions?' Locke thought with confusion, which soon vanished and was replaced by surprised as the bottles exploded and the fluid mixed in midair. Soon, Locke finds several ice missiles zooming towards him. 'SHIT! DIDN'T EXPECT THAT!' Slamming his cross onto the ground, he hide his body behind the giant piece of hard wood and felt somewhat satisfied when he heard the ice missiles hitting it instead of him. Peeking over the cross, he cursed as his target is no where in sight. In fact, even the robot girl was gone. "Damn… they got away. But don't worry… you can run, but you can't hide…"
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"T-that is not how I want to start my summer vacation!" Evangeline gasped out between pants as Chachamaru scan the area around them with her radar. "And you didn't have to pull me by the arm like that!"
"I apologize master, but that's what the situation calls for." Chachamaru replies only to get smacked by a paper fan, courtesy of Eva-chan of course.
"YOU COULD HAVE CARRIED ME!"
"My most sincere apology."
"There you are!" A familiar voice exclaimed from behind them. Wiping around, Evangeline comes face to face with a rather not so happy Sarah. "WHAT TOOK YOU?"
"What! It's not like I leaped off a cliff or something!" The younger vampire bellowed as her face flushed in anger.
"Well, if you did, you'll easily survive it. So I'm not really worry about that." Sarah says before taking a deep breath in calming herself. "Anyway, we'd decided to make a decision without you."
"Oh?"
"We'd decided that I'm not going with Negi-sama to the school trip."
"Ah… so that… WAIT JUST A MINUTE!" Eva exclaimed as the information sinks in. "WHY THE HELL NOT!"
Both Sarah and Chachamaru wince at the volume of the voice, one because her ear drums are hurting and the other because she knows another argument is about to begin.
And sure enough, she's not disappointed.
…15 minutes later…
Fifteen minutes of none stop arguments. Fifteen minutes of none sense being swapped back and forth. Fifteen minutes of playing tennis game of insults… Basically, it's a fifteen minutes of completely, extremely, confusing, and don't forget, down right laughable fifteen minutes. And our favorite robot girl, Chachamaru, had just experience the full length of this stupid argument… But hey, she's not complaining.
"HAG!"
"DRAWF!"
Actually… there really isn't anything to complain about…
"CARROT!"
"BUCKET!"
…Because you don't really have a chance to complain at all.
"SLUT!"
"MIDGET!"
Chachamaru can only blink at the continuous insults that flow from the duo's mouth. What really frighten her are the insane grins that mark both Sarah and her master's face. She has a feeling that if she doesn't stop it soon, blood will be spilled. And what scared her CPU the most is that they look as if they'll… dare she say, enjoy it.
Just as it reaches a very… dangerous level, Chachamaru decides whether to jump in or not before they start using the so-call 'Giant Fan of Doom' (…which, in her opinion, is just a giant folded paper fan. But in the hands of someone like Sarah or her master, the damage can be devastating.), her savior arrived.
"SARAH-NEE-SAMA!" A tiny voice squeaked out from the sky. The trio looks up at once and spots the distinct shape of Yuki floating towards them. "SARAH-NEE-SAMA! WE GOT TROUBLE!"
"Eh? Yuki, what's up?" Sarah asks as she blinks at the elf, which landed rather ungracefully on her head with a small 'oof'.
"I-itai…" Yuki wince as she mumbles about something that sounded like practice. "AH! THAT'S RIGHT!" Crawling forward, Yuki bend down so that Sarah comes face to face with her… or rather the upside-down version of her. "Kamo had just spots a vampire slayer in Mahora. He done some research and found out that he's called Locke Whitby."
"NANI!" Evangeline exclaim, which results in Sarah snapping her head that way, which in turns cause Yuki to yelp as she tumble off. However, she finds herself save in Sarah's hand, which unconsciously reach out and caught the –relatively and literally- small girl. "LOCKE WHITBY! THAT'S THE GUY THAT WANTS TO BASH ME INTO PIECES A WHILE AGO!"
"And what's more. Kamo found that he's from an organization of professional vampire slayers." Yuki says before she blinks, just realizing the importance of her words. "EEK! THAT'S NOT GOOD! SARAH-NEE-SAMA COULD BE IN DANGER!"
"…Yes, that won't do." Sarah says before she gesture to Chachamaru, who instantly snapped into a ready stance. "You, go inform the principal about this. I'll take Eva-chan with me. She's safer with me… no offense."
"None taken." Chachamaru says, though it's hard to tell if she meant it rather than just simply saying it. "As you wish." The robot says before she opens her jet pack and blast off towards the direction of the principal's office.
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It's a lovely street, full of lovely houses and lovely people. Around every corner, more surprises await you there… but that's not what a certain vampire slayer is looking for.
"Why me…?"
No, this particular vampire slayer is utterly and completely…
"Oh no… no, no, no…!"
Lost…
Despite being a nature in slaying creatures of the darkness, despite having superhuman strength if not reflexes, and despite being smarter than other people… Locke Whitby is not, and I repeat, NOT the guy you want to ask directions from.
How did he end up in that place you ask? Well, to put it simple: he just turns here, and then there, and there, and here, then there, and here, and here again, and around that corner, then straight through that alley, and around that tree, through that alley again, right, left, up, left, down, right… and… while, you get the picture.
"Hmm… this can't be it. I think I'd passed that shop like for the fifth time…"
Err… yup; Locke is definitely, hopelessly, lost.
"DAMN IT! I knew I should have asks for direction…" Locke says as he sign in frustration. "I need some coffee…"
"COME BACK HERE!" A girl's voice shriek as heavy foot steps approaches him from the alley to his left. Looking over there, he decides that taking a closer look won't hurt… right?
"OH C'MON! WE DIDN'T MEAN IT!" Another voice shrieks in panic. Now Locke is really interested.
"PLEASE SAKURAKO-CHAN! DON'T KILL US! AHH!" Another, deeper voice yelp as whoever is chasing them almost got a piece of her… almost.
'Hmm… wonder what's happening.' Locke thought to himself with an eye brow raised. As if to answer his question, two girls, one with purple hair and brown eyes and another short blue hair and light blue eyes dash around the corner. Without warning, they charge right pass a surprised Locke, leaving him spinning like a top. It was because of this that he didn't have time to react to the third girl, who bumps into him with a loud 'eep' and drag him onto the ground. Not wanting her to get hurt, Locke quickly grabs her and shift them so he's on the bottom. He hugs his arms around the girl and brace for impact…
THUD!
"I-itai-yo… Mou! Those two… they'll wish they were never born when I'M DONE WITH THEM!" The girl shouts as she shakes a fist at the two figures that are rapidly getting smaller. However, due to her anger, she'd completely ignore her… rather intimating position.
'…That's strange…' Locke thought to himself as he felt the usual pain that signal that his back connect with the cement… but… 'What is this? Round, soft… s-squishy? Crap…' Without another moment, Locke felt the heat rise up to his face, and due to his rather… special condition, once he gets to a certain temperature, he'll drop off to the land of nods… Which is exactly what he did, he, as many would find it odd considering how powerful he is as a vampire slayer, become unconscious in a matter of seconds.
From this moment on, let the world knows that Locke Whitby, one of the most dangerous men around… was defeated by a little girl. How? Suffocation by bosom.
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Sakurako is not having a good day. To say the least, she is having the BEST DAY OF HER LIFE! But first… let's retract everything that'd happen a few minutes ago.
First off, Misa and Madoka had promptly admit that they been peeking into her dairy. To say Sakurako is pissed is an understatement. Still, after chasing the two around with a homicidal aura, she had some how crashed herself into what felt like a brick wall… a warm brick wall that hug her and took the blunt of the fall.
THUD!
"I-itai-yo… Mou! Those two… they'll wish they were never born when I'M DONE WITH THEM!" Shiina yelled as she shakes her fist at her two best friends, who are probably giggling their heads off by now.
Just then, she'd notice something about her… or rather, their position. 'Eh? Why does my chest felt… like they're burning?' Looking down, Sakurako finds herself going crimson as she is straddling a man's chest as well as pressing her breasts unceremoniously into his face. 'Ah… that explained…' "EEP!"
Leaping off with a surprising strength, Sakurako folds her arms protectively at her breasts as she shot a glare at the man. "T-THAT IS NOT AN N-NICE THING TO DO Y-YOU… Eh?" Sakurako stops her ranting to goggle at the man, who is quite handsome, that lay on the ground unconscious as to the world around him. "Why that's rude! …But he is cute."
Just then, a problem registered into her mind. "What should I do with him? I can't just simply leave him here! SOME STUPID COLLEGE GIRLS WILL SURLEY RAPES HIM! AND HOW AM I GOING TO CARRY THAT MONSTROSITY OF A CROSS!" Gasping, Shiina starts to pace around as she tries to produce a solution… which comes to her in a minutes.
"I GOT IT! I'LL CALL SARAH-SAN! With that freakish strength of hers, she'll have no problem carrying him!" With that, the cheerleader fished from her pocket her cell phone, flip it open, and deal Sarah's dorm number… or Konoka's anyway.
"…click… Hai, this is Kono-chan! What can I do for you?" A sing song voice called from the other end, which cause Sakurako to perk up immediately.
"Ah! Konoka-chan! Is Sarah-san there?"
Oh, the irony…
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MX: …You're evil.
APH: I know, hehehe.
Locke: HAVE MERCY!
MX, APH, and Sarah: HELL NO!
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"Oh Sarah!" A somewhat timid voice called from behind a ten years old Sarah, who looks over her shoulder and grin like a manic.
"SIS!" Sarah exclaims as she rush over and envelopes the other girl, who looks remarkably like her, into a hug. "Now what wind blows you over?"
"What? C-can't I just visit my dear sister?" The timid girl asks with a shy smile as she brushes some raven black hair behind her left ear. Her yellow eyes with elliptic pupils smiled at the grinning girl in front of her.
"Oh c'mon! You know I didn't mean it!" Sarah pouts as she playfully huff and turn her face into mocked hurt.
"I'm just k-kidding with you." The almost-mirror image of Sarah says before her smile slips off her face. "S-Sarah, father wants to 'see' you…"
At the word 'see', Sarah's grin also slips off her face as her eyes lost their sparkle of joy. Her almost-mirror image sign sadly before she pull Sarah into a hug.
"You know I'll never let them hurt you…"
"I know Diane… I know…"
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A blood chilling scream filled the hallway as a fifteen year old Sarah cringe in fear. Body lay around her, some missing a limps while others completely unrecognizable… exactly what could have done that? Those looks like sword wounds… but who?
"…Okay… I better hide…" Turning around, Sarah suddenly finds herself bumps into the hard chest of her father. Sarah is already six foot (which is a lot at that timeline), then her father is simply a giant. "F-FATHER!"
"Ah… there you are." The man says with a nasty smirk. The only thing Sarah saw as a blur of something and then… nothing.
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Sarah shot awake with a gasp as she glances around the unfamiliar room. However, that soon was replaced by memories of what recently occurred. She signs as she takes multiple deep breaths to calm her rapid heart beat. It's enough to 'dream' about that almost-mirror image of her in the deep library. But now…
'I don't remember that ever happening… Diane… is that her name now?'
Looking around the room, Sarah's eyes moved from Yuki, who's sleeping next to her make-shift pillow (which is really just a piece of sweater) to the man now lying on the bed… still unconscious.
'Locke Whitby… A vampire slayer, rank S, easily one of the most dangerous men. Wanted by several vampire communities as well as werewolves too… However, due to his rather… special condition, he'll drop just like how he did when he reaches a certain temperature… Or at least what Sakurako say he did anyway.' Sarah thought as she reviewed the data found by Kamo, who didn't even bother trying as he typed away on his laptop. 'Still, that brings me back to the original situation… what does he wants?'
"Ah… that is not what I expected… I need some coffee…" A voice says from the bed that rest just next to the room's window. Locke moans as he robs his head with a hand. One of those 'episodes' leaves quite a nasty headache. "Where in the… YOU!"
"Me?" Sarah asks pointing an innocent finger at herself. The loud 'you' however jot the sleeping elf on the table awake, who goggling look at the duo before letting a huge yawn out. "What about me?"
"Sarah D McDocland… one of the strongest vampires in existence… damn it… what are you doing here." Locke sneered at the reddish-blonde 'girl' sitting not far away from him. After a quick scan, he finds his cross leaning against the far wall, meaning that combat right now is impossible. Yes, he prides himself on his rather inhuman strength, but against someone as fast and strong as the vampire sitting in front of him, that's hardly anything. With just his bare fist however, he can still hold her off for a few minutes, but that again won't matter as she can easily overpower him once his stamina starts to decrease.
So basically, he's at her mercy.
'Damn… if only it's a full moon…'
"What am I doing here? WHAT AM I DOING HERE?" Sarah asks as if that's the most ridiculous question that she'd ever heard… which, it actually is. "I am here because I'm supposed to keep an eye on you until Konoemon arrives… which I doubt he will now seems he probably forgot again." Pausing for a second, Sarah shakes the thought from her head before she lean forward a bit. "That's beside the point… Why are you here? And judging from the emblem on the back of your coat, you're from the 'Guardian'…"
"And what's it to you?"
"What do they want with me?"
"Now that you mentioned it… nothing. It's just me with that cross I have. But then the head did say something about not having received his money from something…"
"…That damn old goat! What did he expect! If it weren't for those damn oversize cockroaches I'd won!"
Locke blinks a few times and sweat dropped at the current of curses that flew out of Sarah's mouth as she fumes on her chair. Shaking his head, he decides to elaborate. "That's not what I mean… You know what I mean."
"…Fine." Sarah says after staring into Locke's bi-color eyes for a few minutes. "I'm here because I'm supposed to look after my charge, Negi-sama."
"So, you're just a pretty little slave now are you?" Locke marked with a smirk only to find himself pinned onto the wall with a hand on his throat a second later. 'Okay… I forgot that she has issue with slavery… bad choice.'
"AH! S-S-S-SARAH-NEE-SAMA!" Yuki bellowed as she finally register the full situation after a few minutes to blinking away sleeps. "D-D-DON'T! IT'S NOT NICE!"
"Don't worry Yuki… I won't kill him… not unless he crosses a line anyway." Sarah says in an uncharacteristic cold voice that even send shiver down Locke's spine as her eyes seems to turn… yellow for a second, but only for a second.
Normally, Sarah is quite a happy going person. She may be close to strangers, but she's quite open with friends. Yet despites being that nearly-perfect girl that everyone loves, she still has her flaws: her glares.
If you're on the receiving end of a playful glare, then you're safe from anything. If you're receiving a simple yet non-aggressive glare, you're fine. If you're receiving an angry glare, don't push any more bottoms… unless you're people like Eva-chan, who, ignoring her size, can take quite a bit of punishments. However, if you're on the end of a murderous glare… then may God have mercy on your soul.
And that is the glare that Locke finds himself subjected to, not because he deserved it, but because he called her a slave.
And oh, how Sarah hates to be anyone's slave… even when she enjoy being tormented by Nekane sometimes… Wait… I didn't say that.
Anyway, back to the story.
"S-S-S-Sarah-nee-sama…" Yuki stammered out as she felt the huge amount of killer intent radiating off of the vampire as cold sweat also starts to form on Locke's head. The sheer intensity of it is so hard that normal human being would be on the ground choking by now.
'T-this is certainly v-very bad… w-whoever is up there that still care about me better help me soon…' Locke thought desperately as Sarah's hand seems to tighten just ever so slightly, but as if on cue, his rescue comes in the form of the person that he least expected from.
"EEK! S-S-SARAH-CHAN! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" A voice that sounds strangely familiar says as the owner rush forwards and latches onto Sarah's free arm. It reveals to be a girl with orange hair in two top pony tails and two lower braids near her back of her head. A hair clip secured her rather long bangs from her eyes, which are a lovely shade of red brown. "C-c'mon Sarah-chan… relaxes and for Kami's sake… LET HIM GO!"
The new girl continues to pull at Sarah's unmovable arm as Locke starts to turn a shade of blue. With each shade of blue that Locke's face was replaced, the new girl becomes more frantic. He suspects that she'll simply die of a panic attack if Sarah doesn't drop him soon. But apparently, the caretaker also noticed that too.
"…Fine…" Sarah says as she loosens her hand until it felt limply by her side. The newly arrived girl sign in relief before she pad Sarah's arm soft. Locke having no more support for him to stay on the wall crumbles onto the floor and starts to cough.
"N-now just calm d-d-down, it won't do t-to be angry at w-whatever he'd said to you. Now go home. K-Konoka-chan, Asuna, and Negi-kun are worrying sick." The new girl says as she stirs Sarah towards the table where the heap of sweater was kept.
"…You're right… Are you sure you'll be fine by yourself?" Sarah asks as she picks up her sweater, which has Yuki in it as she had darted right into it in fear of being discovered. Receiving a reassuring nod, Sarah signs before giving a small, soft smile to the girl and walk towards the door. However, before completely walking out, she turns around and sent a look to Locke that clearly says 'don't-do-a-thing-to-her-or-else'. With that, Sarah walks out of the room and vanish for the night.
"Ha… haha… g-gomen… Sarah-chan can be scary sometimes." The girl says before turning to the baffled man sitting on the bed. It's one thing to slay a vampire… but it's another to talk to one that can snap your neck like a twig… something strange is going on here. "Mou, d-don't look at me like that… I-it's e-embarrassing…"
"AH! G-gomen…" Locke says apologetically before he smiles softly at her. "I'm Locke Whitby…"
"S-Sakurako Shiina… Y-yoroshiku…" The girl, now known as Sakurako, says with a small blush on her face. "Oh… and sorry about Sarah-chan… I'm not sure what you'd say to her, but please don't be offended by her action. I know that she's usually not like this, but if she gets frustrated, she tents to let her action speaks rather then her words… and, and, and…!"
Locke watches with amusement as the girl continues to rambles on and on in a rather annoying yet cute manner as her face continues to sport a cute blush as well. 'Hmm… cute, but too young.'
"…Well I'm not really sure how she even requires such strength, but carrying you and that giant cross must require a lot of muscle. And I mean a lot! Some times I wonder if she's some super human or something!" Sakurako laughed a bit as she scratches the back of her head. "For all I know, she can be a Martian, if not a superhuman. But then again, she can be a werewolf… but she doesn't change during a full moon, so that's not it. Hmm, could she be an escaped experiment? –Locke raises an eye brow at that as Shiina just shake her head violently- That can't be right. She doesn't have strange tattoo on her… so what can she be?"
"Oh the contrary… she's a vampire." Locke says rather honestly, cutting Sakurako's rent off as she stare at him like he's crazy… yet there seems to be a hint of fear in them.
"V-vampire? Locke, sir… please don't joke. You see, we have this vampire rumor that was connected to an incident a few months ago. And as you can see it's rather scary as stuff. Besides, Sarah-chan can't be a vampire… right?" Sakurako asks with a hint of desperation as well as her eyes search Locke's for any trace of lies. "I mean… she doesn't suck our blood, she can walk in the sun, she can swim, eat garlic, touch a cross, and she has reflections in the mirror for all we know! S-so, she can't be a vampire right?"
'No… she isn't just a vampire… she's more than a vampire… she's really one of the first.' Locke thought as he has a small smirk on his face that causes the girl to tense a bit.
Not wanting to scare the girl, Locke smile warmly and promptly says what's best at the moment. "No, I'm just joking. But I got to admit, she is one freaking strong girl!" At that, he and Shiina burst into laughter/giggles that lasted for quite a few minutes. The vampire slayer finds himself drawn to the laughter like metal to magnet… but that can't be right… and besides, that's just plain wrong.
'I'm old enough to be her father… there's no way that can happen… WAIT! What am I thinking…? I can't afford a relationship just yet.' Locke thought as he studies the fidgeting girl. 'But you have to admit… she is pretty cute.'
The two continue to chat about various things, like today's fashion, news, and even the most popular anime and manga. To say the cheerleader was surprised was an understatement. Still, it continues like that for several minutes before she forced her courage together to ask the one question that she thought rude… but she just HAVE to know!
"Mm… Mr. Locke, sir?" Sakurako asks rather meekly, completely throw Locke off at the suddenly change of attitude. He blames it on that time of the month.
"Huh?" Locke blinks, coughing a bit; he schools his face into a neutral face before asking, "Yes?"
"Um… I was wondering… um… that is… whyareyouhere?" Shiina breathe out in one breath and squeeze her eyes shut as if waiting for a punishment.
The man just blinks once, twice, before bursting into laughter again. The girl, however, finds it to be quite disturbing. "S-sir… p-please, I'm serious!"
"So-sorry!" The vampire slayer gasped out between laughter before he managed to calm himself down. "It's just that you're so cute." Shiina blushed even redder at that. "Still, you answer your question: I'm a traveler."
"Eh?"
"That's right, I travel around the world searching for… things." Locke says with a twinkle in his eyes. "Oh, and do you happens to know where a coffer shop or vending machine is? I have this urge you see…"
"Oh! No problem! Just leave it to me, I'll be right back!" Shiina says as she dashes out the room with a wave to the nearest coffee machine. Closing the door behind her with a click, she left a rather amused Locke inside the room.
'Yup… she's quite cute indeed…' Locke mused before he turned completely sober and glance out the window. '…that's that the problem, back to the vampire… or rather vampires. Why would the headmaster allow two vampires of that level wondering around the school like this…?'
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'Oh my gosh! I can't believe it! Why am I acting like an idiot!" Sakurako chide herself as she rocks back and forth on the ball of her heels. 'Mou… why is my heart beating so fast?'
"Enjoying yourselves I see." A voice says from behind her, causing the cheerleader to yelp and turn around to meet a pair of empty red eyes.
"S-Sarah-chan! Don't do that!" Shiina whined with a pout as the caretaker just giggles a bit before her eyes traveled to the finished coffee in the vending machine. "Oh that? It's for Locke-san." The cheerleader says with a small blush as she claps her hands behind her and sways a little.
"Ah… soka. Tell me, what do you think of him?" Sarah asks and her eye brows raised as the other girl's face become crimson. "Oh? Do I see a crush coming alone?"
"S-S-SARAH-CHAN!" The cheerleader shouts as she tries to hide her blush with her hands. "B-but I guess you're right… I mean, when I'm around him, my heart is all doki, doki… mou! But he looks like he is at least 20 something… It's felt so wrong, yet… so right… IYAN! WHAT AM I SAYING!"
"Fufufu, I think someone is in love!" Sarah tease as she watches Sakurako's face burns even redder than before. Oh, how she loves to tease them. All of them have different reactions to different topics. Like Chisame's completely denial on many things and Asuna's rather violent actions to certain things… and then there are Konoka's rather air-headed responses sometimes, but that's what makes it fun. "Ma, I'm just teasing you. Still, you have yet answered me."
"Oh… mm, how should I say. I only talked to him for a few minutes… but from what I can guess, he's a warm and caring person. He's sweet, gentle, loving… while, at least I think so anyway. But most likely he is just doing that because of you." At that, Sakurako shot a playful glare at Sarah, who just snickers evilly a bit before she continues. "Still, he doesn't talk as much as I would like… mostly it's because I probably don't give him a chance anyway. He is somewhat cold, but for some reason I think that he's just acting that way. Oh, and he's sleepy somehow… I guess that's why he wants the coffee?"
"…Curious…" Sarah says before she reaches towards the vending machine, pick up the coffee, and held it towards Sakurako, who blinks in confusion at her. "Sounds like a decent guy… Go have fun if you want (At that, Shiina blushed once again), but if he ever did something to you, come to me and I'll beat the stuffing out of him."
"A-arigatou!" The cheerleader says as she wraps her hands around the warm cup of coffee before she starts to walk back towards the room.
'…Ma, even thought it still feels wrong, I like him anyway.'
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"So… how is it?" Asuna asks with concern as Sarah walks into their dorm with a small smile on her face. Negi also looks at his caretaker with confusion as Sarah just wave their worry away with a casual hand.
"Don't worry, he sounds like a good guy. Besides, Kamo, I still want you to do some history research on him." Sarah says as she tilts her head a little. "I have this sense of déjà vu… as if I know him somewhere."
"Consider it done!" Kamo says as he once again starts to type away at his laptop.
Yuki float over to Sarah as she circles her a few times before nodding in satisfaction that her onee-chan wasn't hurt in the slightest. That episode in the room really did scare her. It's hard to imagine Sarah, who's usually open, warm, and generally friendly, can cast such frightening aura, that once again, any normal human being would simply chock on it. "So… are you okay now?"
Sarah looks at her confused before realization drawn on her. Reaching out with a palm, she allows Yuki to rest on it as she smiles sheepishly. "Gomen ne Yuki-chan… I don't know what come over me. It's just that have bad experience with slavery." Although she refuses to elaborate more, Yuki seems to take her explanation for now.
"Sarah-san, what happened?" Negi asks as he continues to be lost in the conversation that had just occurred. Asuna isn't far off either… although she has a general idea. How thought, she has no idea.
"No need to worry… although why are you three still out of bed!" Sarah suddenly snapped into 'mother mode' after glancing at the clock on the desk. "You should be in bed! Off with all of you or I'll be giving you the pancake of doom tomorrow for breakfast!"
"EEK! S-S-SARAH-NEE-SAMA!"
"GAH! NOT THAT!"
"SARAH-SAN! HAVE MERCY!"
"SARAH-NEE-CHAN IS SO CREUL!"
"You better believe it, nyhahahaha!"
"Ma? You three look so happy for some reason." Konoka, who's in bed just a few minutes ago, says with a sleepy smile as the others jumped five feet into the air, literally. "Aycha? Sugoi!"
"KONOKA/KONOKA-SAN! GO TO SLEEP!" Everyone excluding Yuki and Kamo yelled as they shake a fist at a giggling Konoka. What all of them don't know, is that another life-uttering adventure awaits them…
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Locke watch as the girl sleeps on the bed next to his. He signs as he looks at the clock… 2 AM. He considers leaving without saying anything. Someone like him being with a girl of such innocent is dangerous. Vampire factions had hired mercenaries to hunt him before, why wouldn't they do so again?
But then… they'll somehow get words of the girl having a small relationship with him. It's not as deep as friend… more like accomplice… yet that word just feels wrong.
'I can't fall for her…' Locke thought to himself as he seep his now cold coffee. An eye brow raised into his hair line as he noticed a small lip stick mark… '…strawberries huh…?' "…I guess I'll stay for now…"
"Mm… you better…" Sakurako mumbles as she shifts so her back is turned to him. Locke considers just letting it pass off as sleep talking. Besides, he had done a share of that himself before.
"Sakurako Shiina… a friend of Sarah D McDocland… caretaker of Negi Springfield as well as old friend with Evangeline AK McDowell… Maybe even protector of Mahora? Interesting…"
Just then, a thought pops into his head as he remembers what Sarah is grumbling about early and sweat dropped. 'Ah… I guess I found the reason why head master is so grumpy after he wins a bet with us… this is interesting.'
XXXXX In another dimension… sort of… XXXXX
Inside a cage sits a girl with raven black hair and yellow cat-like eyes as she stare sadly at the door which separates her and the rest of the world… or whatever is in her mind at least.
Crack!
"Eh?" The girl blinks as she looks at the giant lock that secure the door in. A crack had just appeared on it…It adds to the one that already is near the keyhole. "A-ah… t-that's not good…" The girl says with a worry frown as she gets up and pokes at the lock. "…The seal isn't s-supposed to crack… why n-now?"
Who are you…? Sarah's voice echoes inside her head as the girl's head drop in sorrow. "…I guess it really is the best if she doesn't remember… remember what I'd done… remember what he done…" Signing, the girl walks back to her original position and crawl into a ball. "…but I m-missed her so much…so, so much… I wish I can just hold her, even if it's just a few seconds…"
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WARNING: COMPLETE RANDOMNESS!
Albireo Imma hums to himself as he drives around the street in the mid night. Looking at the rare-center mirror, he smiles to himself as he sees a very pissed looking Sarah and a sleeping Nagi leaning on her shoulder. 'Hmm… it should be the other way around ne?' Of course, he doesn't dear to voice that unless he wants to die early.
It just won't do if he was taken out of the war before it can be finished ne?
Still, as we were saying, he was driving the car towards their meeting point with the other members or the 'Red Wind' after their last hide out was exposed. However, things aren't going their way.
"Ah! An alcohol test… what do we do?" Al asks as he sees a police waving for him to pull over.
"Just pull over and do something about it…" Sarah says before she sighs, "Besides, I can't exactly seduce our way out of it this time…"
"Hmm… you're quite right." The 'historian' says as he slowed down as pull over. He soon finds a line of car behind him as the road was sealed off with another police making people pull over. "But that's such a disappointment. You have such a good skill you can send any man flying by a nosebleed if you ever wanted to." Al joked with a smile, but then again, he's speaking from personal experience.
"…Shut up…" Sarah growled with a huge blush on her face wishing to whoever is up there that she can just disappear at the moment.
"Well, well, what do we have here?" A voice asks as Al looks over to see the police looking into the car's window. "Two men and one teenager driving on the road this late at night… what were you guys thinking, eh?"
"Ah, sorry to cause the trouble, but we were from a circus and we'd pull a late shift today." Al half-lied as he smiled at the police, besides, the best way to make someone drop their guard is to smile, no?
"Hmm… really? Do you have proof for that?"
"Oh proof? No problem. I'm a juggler. I juggle many things, including knife." As if on cue, he pulls his cloak open to reveal several knifes/daggers. "If you'll allow me…?"
"Sure, why not? Besides, it's a good way to test if you're drunk." The police says as he steps back to allow the 'historian' out.
'Nice… Al's always good in thinking.' Sarah thought with a smile before she sweat dropped, 'but then again… he's a complete idiot at times.' With nothing better to do, the vampire looks out the window to see Al juggling a few knifes and daggers in the air with a innocent smile on his face. 'Ah… he can actually do that?'
Meanwhile, at the back of the line, a few drivers saw knifes and daggers flying in the air and paled. One of them sums out the thoughts of everyone in a sentence: "Shit… when alcohol test became so hard!"
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APH: If no question asks… no lies will be made…
MX: And I can't really answer anything. Besides, I don't read minds…
Sarah: And for some reason I have this gap in my memory… so I can't answer a thing too… (Glare at APH) and I bet it has something to do with you…
APH: Now why would you say that? (Smile VERY innocently)
Sarah and MX: (look at each other) That's the 'evil smile'…
Sayo: Ne, ne. Would Locke-san be able to see me?
APH: Hmm… we'll see…
Locke: Teruko-sama… (sniff) so cruel… (sniff)
APH: Still, either people are too lazy… or they don't like us… THERE'S NO REVIEW COMING!
MX: If you don't at least write a review… I'll make Sarah so sic you.
APH: E-xac-tly!
Sarah: (Glare at MX and APH) …What was that?
APH and MX: EEP! NOTHING! (Start to back away) HAVE MERCY!
Eva: Anyway… (Ignoring the screaming) The author and editor are desperate for reviews. It is very funny how many people actually read it but how little people leaves reviews.
A few minutes later…
APH: MXY! OH MXY! …Where did he go?
Sarah: Don't know… don't care.
APH: … (Eyes widen) OH NO! HE HAS DISAPPEARED! (Background music: DON DON DON!
Note: meaning that I have no way of getting MX… either he's really too busy or he's waiting for me to sent him more chapters… other than that, I'll say he's MIA… partially why this take so long. Sorry again (BOW REAL DEEP!)
Oh and Teruko-chan, if I got Locke's character wrong, plz contact me ASAP and tell me how to fix it.