Love in Dark Realm
By AngeL From Chaos
This is a plain story about a secret vampire clan, the Lamias, who were believed that they are just one of those myths. The folk tellers often describe them in three words: Immortal, brutal and lethal. Despite of these characteristics, there are capital laws that are strictly prohibited when dealing with humans: Limit their blood lust and don't dare to fall in love with humans. But what are the consequences for rule breakers like the princess of the dark realm, herself, Sakura Kinomoto?
However, there is this mystical book of the Legendary King Lacudra that possesses an ancient power to bring the dead to life… in exchange of someone's soul.
A/N: Love in dark realm is actually a comic strip of mine that's why I decided to publish it on the net, too. Yeah, right! I sketch this on my sketchpad! Anyway, this is just my 1st fanfiction to be submitted on this site so. Please pardon me for having some grammatical errors. I am not that expert in English grammar but I'll try my best not to have errors. It will be my pleasure if you'll review / post a comment.
Chapter 5: MysteriesThe desperate emerald-eyed lass dragged her self to nowhere. With swirling and twisting mind, she kept on talking to herself, having a debate with her other mind. "This isn't right," one voice swept through her mind. "But you can't control what you feel," came one inner vice. "You cannot dictate with your feelings!," the voice spoke aloud inside of her.
Sakura Kinomoto was totally frustrated and confused. "What is happening to me? Am I breaking one cardinal rule already?," she kept on debating to herself. Just by then, a shadow appeared before her. "Huh?," she tilted her head so she could see that person. And a handsome jet black-haired guy with sharp piercing gaze was there, staring coldly to Sakura. To her surprise, that steady guy was wearing their school uniform.
"Is it your break time?" came his cool question.
Sakura barely couldn't believe her eyes. "Touya, Onii-chan?!" she froze. "I… I thought you were having a vacation with mom and dad?" she asked puzzled.
A/N: Onii-chan/Onii-san/brother/KUYA!(In tagalog)"They told me to guide you in this city of Aegis," Touya answered bitterly. "It seemed that you're just playing with your simple mission, huh?" he crossed his arms over his chest. "Searching for that book isn't a sweat dropping task, isn't it?" he added.
Sakura breathe deeply. "Well, I…," she thought of Syaoran. "Should I tell Onni-chan that Syaoran actually had it?"
Touya cut her speech. "That damned task is just a piece of cake. And how come you still don't have it?!," he scolded his petit sister.
Sakura wailed like a kid. "Onii-chan… Please don't be mad at me…," she hardly looked at him. Those eyes of his protective brother, they were flaring. Sakura gulped. "I promise I'll have it soon!"
But Touya was doing this because he had to. "One more thing why I was here is… You are the princess and it is my duty to protect you…," he explained. "…especially with humans. They may be really dangerous so don't give your whole trust to them," came his warning. "Remember the cardinal rules, they are not supposed to be broken as much as possible or else… the chief vampires will put punishment to us."
Sakura pouted and wasn't really listening. Instead, she shifted the topic, "But I want to be independent, 'ya know? I want to be alone in the mansion if ever it is possible," she averted her gaze to her brother. "But now you're here, it looks like I'll lose some of what they call as privacy. Hmph!"
"Ofcourse I'll respect your privacy..," Touya paused. "..but not always.," he smirked and made a evil grin.
Meanwhile at the tennis court… "Meilin, I have to go now. Sakura might be probably waiting for me in the library," Syaoran said carrying his bag.
Meilin nodded. "Hmm, okay then. See you at the horror house!," she smiled kindly and watched him go. Her feeling of rejection was still inside her. Pain, resentment and disappointment were joining forces in her mind. But then, he calmed herself. "I'll just accept the fact that I can't have him…," she uttered with her head low. "I can't have him with Kinomoto in her heart," she added silently. Meilin kept on thinking of Sakura. "I'll never ever forgive Kinomoto the moment she hurt Syaoran!," she thought never knowing that Sakura already rejected him…
Let's go back to Sakura and Touya. "Speaking of the ancient book, the maker of it is still unknown for us. But strangely, Hiiragisawa knows the maker." Touya uttered silently.
"Oh, Eriol…," the thought of Eriol made her creepy. "That guy is a creepy freak!," Sakura uttered furiously. She could remember the way he gazed at her at the disco bar, so evil and seductive.
"Exactly," Touya said with hatred in his eyes. "That azure-eyed lad is a loyal descendant of King Lacudra. Well, he was loyal not for a long time," he began to state a brief background about Eriol.
"How can you say so?" Sakura asked interested.
"Because of lust for power, he betrayed his master and dethroned King Lacudra as the new leader. Hiiragisawa snatched the opportunity to murder King Lacudra when he was sleeping. With one swift and professional move, Hiiragisawa grabbed Lacudra's heart and tore it to pieces," Touya sat on a nearby rock as he tells Sakura whose lips are slightly parted. "You really can picture how brutal he was… and how cold-hearted he was until now."
"So Eriol became the second ruler of the vamps…," Sakura confirmed to herself.
"Yes, he was the second ruler of our secret society for months. When the officers of King Lacudra knew that it was Hiiragisawa who slew him, they chained him with the mightiest metal and put him to prison," Touya continued. "As time passed, our society elected a new leader, and he's no other than our father, Fujitaka."
Sakura questioned with wonder, "If that's the case, what's his reason for wanting the book?"
"Hiiragisawa asked one of his followers to make the book. And his follower was said to be an expert in making dark rituals. As the folks say, the Ancient book of King Lacudra contains the secret chants to call forth any soul from the graveyard," Touya told her.
"But who's that person Eriol wanted to reborn from the dead?!," Sakura asked.
"Her name is Tomoyo, a village girl in the past times whom Hiiragisawa fell inlove with. He had broken the cardinal rules before he was prisoned."
"I never heard of Tomoyo," Sakura uttered thinking deeply while rubbing her chin. "Is she a vampire?," she accidentally asked aloud.
"SsSh!," Touya hushed her putting his point finger against her mouth. "You're really careless at all times! That would be my very first reason why I must guide your actions," he started to sermon forgetting their topic about Tomoyo. "How many times did I tell you to lessen your voice when talking topics like that? As much as possible you use your telepathy!," he sighed. "If you continue that behavior of yours, you might break one rule…," came his warning speaking to her mind.
Sakura pouted. "Onii-chan, I'm so sorry," she shrugged childishly and was about to speak up when a sudden voice called her name.
"Sakura!," called the voice. It was Syaoran as expected who focused his glare on that weird-looking lad.
Touya could read Syaoran's crystallized thoughts, picturing them with himself being crushed by that brat. "So this brat is thinking of me as a rival on my sister… hmm, let's see…," he thought and patted her shoulder. "Sakura, who's that brat?" he asked glaring at Syaoran coldly.
Syaoran's head puffed like a smoke like some train with its engine steaming so hard. "You.. you..," Syaoran clenched his teeth. "Did I just hear you call me a brat?!," thundered his voice. He got a nerve and tightened his blazing fists that seemed ready to strike Touya. Syaoran averted his gaze to Sakura who was somewhat shocked with his fiery look. "And you, Sakura…," he began with a cool voice.
Sakura gulped waiting for his words. "Ehh? What?" she asked with her hands holding together against her chest.
"If he's your suitor, I absolutely won't let him to be your boyfriend!," Syaoran said through his teeth. "You can be the girlfriend of any of the guys at school but not with that black haired ape!," he added making Touya rage with fury.
Sakura was astonished, jaws dropped. "It's not like what you think, Syaoran," she said with confusion. "He's Touya, meet my brother," Sakura introduced them to each other. "Onii-chan, he's Li Syaoran, my classmate," she explained with closed eyes.
"Ouch! Just a classmate! So that's what she thinks of me, just a classmate…," Syaoran thought with bitterness. Remembering the words she said, "Huh? What? Your brother?" he asked with assurance. "You don't look alike!" he commented comparing their faces simultaneously.
Touya stiffened and narrowed his eyes. "You don't care whether we look alike or not, you brat!," he snapped. Electric dislike sparked between the two flaring lads just like two thunders fighting with their bolts. Each of them is checking their own measures eagerly.
"I'm not a brat, black-haired ape!," Syaoran snapped in return. He wanted to hit him with his knuckles but what can he do? Touya's Sakura's brother. He can't just hit him immediately even if he wanted to do so.
Their fierce glare ended up with the school bell. It rang. "Oh, great! It's time!," Syaoran looked at Sakura's tired face. "Let's go now, Sakura," he held her arm.
Touya fixed his glare on his hand. "Keep away from my sister," he warned him. "I don't want you to be with my sister. You understand, little brat?," he never remove his glare on Syaoran.
Syaoran's eyes blistered with frustration and just ignored Touya's warning as he dragged Sakura away from his brother.
Sakura at that moment was just staring to his brother as she walks away. "Man, our conversation is not yet finished. Perhaps we'll continue it later," she thought.
"Sorry if I bother your moment with your brother. I over reacted," Syaoran excused his self. "I really thought he was some kind of intruder to you. Pardon me, Sakura," he let go of her arm and stared at her in the stairway. "And as for the book, I'm so sorry, too. I..," he was about to explain that he spoke up with Meilin but Sakura blocked it.
"No, it's okay. It's not that urgent to read it, anyway," Sakura said ignoring his excuse as she remembered the scenes she saw a while ago. Just a while ago, those scenes she witnessed, Syaoran and Meilin hugging each other, it hurts her. Strangely… They looked so peaceful together. No hindrances. No boundaries. No impediments. "Here I am again, thinking of that damn thing…," she thought wistfully.
"It's kinda surprising to see you lose your interest with the book," Syaoran said with curiosity.
Sakura walked ahead of him. "Let's go now. We're gonna be late for classes," she uttered with bitterness as Syaoran followed her.
Math class… This would not be a good time for Sakura. "Arrgh, I always hate Math…," came her murmur. She was not really listening at all. There were lots of stuffs floating in her mind including that Eriol crap. "Tomoyo? Hmm… I have so much things to learn about our clan… Full of mysteries and secrets," her thoughts made her sleepy. All of a sudden, her head was knocked down, having a sound sleep on her desk.
Ofcourse Syaoran tried to wake her up. "Hey! Sakura, wake up. It's not nice to sleep in Mr. Bore's classes, if you know what I mean," his princess remained sleeping. He saw Mr. Bore pacing towards their seats looking very angry. Syaoran gulped and tried to make an excuse. "Uh, Mr. Bore, uhm… If you're here to scold Sakura, it is because she didn't have enough sleep last night," he uttered.
Mr. Bore ignored his explanation. "Kinomoto!," he shouted enough to make his class tremble with fear. "Is this your special way to let me know that my class is boring?!," he thundered. "Answer me, Kinomoto!"
Sakura's eyes fluttered and saw Mr. Bore. Then it closed again. "Uh, monster," she thought childishly. Then her eyes opened this time, "Mr. Bore, don't you ever do that to me next time. I don't want anybody to bother me when I'm sleeping…," she raised her head so she could look at Mr. Bore directly. Her classmates were shocked from her dialogue.
Yamazaki and Meilin exchanged glances to each other. "Hey, Meilin. Is this some kind of play, huh?," he asked his seatmate. "How can Sakura manage to say that to our teacher?"
Meilin just stared at the scene and kept quiet for a while. "Hmph! Kinomoto just wanted to get attention…," she said with a smirk.
Yamazaki sweatdropped. "Jeez, you're really mean to Sakura…" he said. "She's a nice damsel somehow…"
"Oh yeah?" Meilin snapped. "Then marry her…"
"?" Yamazaki could feel Syaoran's fiery glare.
Mr. Bore was not pleased with Sakura's gesture. "Kinomoto… You make my blood boil!," he said raising his voice. Just by then, his rage was cooled down. "Huh? Oh! Kinomoto! Your eyes were droopy! Are you not feeling well?," Mr. Bore asked with a sudden caring voice. "You can sleep in my class if you like," he smiled warmly.
The class was merely shocked of what was happening. "What is all this crap?" asked one student. "I don't know! Mr. Bore's mood changed all of a sudden. Look at his face! So merry and calm, unlike just a while ago," the other one said. Almost everyone were having a puzzled look.
Sakura's favorite trick just worked. "It's really good to control one's mind. Haha!," she thought happily and went to sleep again.
Meilin was not happy at all. "This Kinomoto is something…" she was raging until her pencil was cracked into two with her fingers.
Syaoran was a little confused, too. "Sakura…," he watched her sleep while Mr. Bore continued his lessons. "That's cool…"
At last it was already dismissal time, Sakura's favorite time. "I have to see my brother," she rushed through the corridor and searched for his brother. Then she bumped on someone. "Huh?! Sorry!," she apologized to that person.
A longhaired lady came to her sight. She was a very elegant woman at the age of twenty. "It's okay, Sakura." She smiled and walked away, swaying her orange wavy hair.
Sakura was astounded. "Ehh? She knows my name? I don't even know her!," she pouted and continued to run.
Syaoran in the meantime was looking for Sakura. "She's so fast. I should've walked her home." He sighed and saw the longhaired lady, too. "Huh?"
"Li Syaoran. How are you?" she asked with a cool voice.
Syaoran stepped back. "Who are you, huh?" he doesn't like the way she looked at him.
"You can call me as Ms. Mizuki," she introduced herself. That was all she say and walked away. "The time will come that your true identity will be unleashed, Li Syaoran…," she thought.
"What does she wants?" Syaoran wondered.
End of the fifth chapter
AngeLfromChaos
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