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 7: Welcome back and GoodbyeThe princess of the dark realm was lying on her bed peacefully. Sakura was lying on a bed with pink bed sheets over it. They were the only pink – colored things inside her room, the bed and pillows. The walls and curtains were all hued black to lessen her irritation to the sun. Pink and black, as you can imagine, Sakura's room was truly like a territory of a girl rocker! How's that uh?!
Lot of things was inside her mind. "Hm.. If Eriol wants the book for bringing back Tomoyo's life," Sakura stared at the black ceiling. "Then there's nothing wrong if ever he gets the book before I get it." She slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep.
The horror castle was not that peaceful like Sakura's sound sleep. It was still smuggled with chaos. "You were the one who killed my father!," Syaoran repeated to his mind.
He spoke it aloud in his mind enough for the Grim Reaper to read what he's thinking. The Grim Reaper saw crystallized pictures of Syaoran's father inside Syaoran's thoughts. He smirked. "So you are the son of a traitor…," he hissed. "Your damned father is a traitor!"
Meilin and Yamazaki were puzzled. "I don't get it…," Yamazaki murmured with his sweat flowing on the side of his face. "It seemed that these guys are closely related to each other. "Hey Syaoran! What is this all about? Do you know that freak?"
Syaoran shook his head and narrowed his eyes with surprise. "He knew it?," he asked to himself. "Who the hell are you, uh?!," the raging lad yelled at the Grim Reaper. "You show up your face!"
Meilin was shivering badly. "I just pray that everything will be alright…," she thought with her heart beating so fast. "I want to go home…," she cried to Yamazaki's chest.
"Don't worry, Meilin…," he rubbed her back and felt her shivering body. "Everything will be fine…," he tried to comfort her. "Hopefully…," he thought. "This must be some part of the show…"
But the Grim Reaper didn't react at all. "This is not the time to introduce myself, yet," he uttered taking a step forward. "I'm here infront of you to slay you all!," he snickered crazily. "I always love to kill humans because I hate 'em! I always hate humans!" The Grim Reaper positioned his long scythe and began to make rapid paces towards the trio. "More killing, more fun!," he said laughing out loud(LOL ). "Welcome to my death lair, you frenzied humans!"
The trio didn't hesitate to run. "This is just a joke! We're just in a horror castle! Is this real?" Meilin asked terrified holding Yamazaki's hand.
"It doesn't matter if this is real! What matter is how to get out of this cursed dungeon!," Yamazaki went crazy. "Syaoran! You are the leader here! Tell us what to do!"
Syaoran didn't know what to say. "C'mon, Yamazaki, please, I'm not in a good condition to think! All we have to do is run for a while. Gather all the required stamina if possible."
Yamazaki frowned. "Darn it! There must be an emergency exit in a situation like this!," he calmed down shortly noticing Meilin's tight grip on his hand.
The Grim Reaper was amazingly fast. "You can't run away from me, pathetic creatures!," he aimed his shining curved scythe ready to slice off Meilin. "You're finished!"
"Meilin!!!!" Yamazaki quickly pulled her to Syaoran.
SLASH!!! "AaAaAhh!!" Blood was splattered on the rough floor.
Sakura suddenly woke up. "Huh? A nightmare…," she said with a weak voice. "I hear screams… terrible screams!," she thought dizzily and looked at her wall clock to see what time it is. "11:30 in the evening? Oh, I really have to sleep," Sakura embraced her pink fluffy pillow and closed her two orbs. But it suddenly opened. "OoOps! Onii-chan! I have to check him out!," she quickly jumped out from her bed and paced barefooted to Touya's bedroom.
It was empty. "Ehh? Onii-chan is not here, yet?," Sakura turned around and sighed with close eyes. "Maybe he stayed at Yukito's house…," she mumbled making a shrug.
"I'm home…," Touya uttered with a low voice making Sakura's heart jump.
"AaAaHh! Onii-chan?!," Sakura shouted like a kid. "You scared me!" She pouted and crossed her arms against her chest.
"Ah, shut up! You're really slow with sensing other's presence. A vampire won't be scare of that," Touya said looking downstairs. He knew that his sister wanted to stomp his face. "Stop what you're planning, Sakura," he said glancing at her sideways. "Hey Yuki!!," he called downstairs.
Sakura's fiery feeling faded. "Yukito's here?," she peered from the side rail of the stairs and took a peek. "Yukito!" she called happily and smiled.
Yukito smiled back and greeted her. "Hi Sakura! I'm so sorry to bother your sleep," he apologized. "Your brother invited me to stay in your mansion because we have so much things to talk about…" He was the same guy with pale-coated skin and grayish hair.
Sakura stared at him for a while. "Yukito-san is still the gorgeous guy I met before!," she thought remembering the time she first met him.
Flashback: It was one hot and resplendent morning when little Sakura was only seven years old to be exact. With her not still that big brother Touya who's still eleven years old, they strode the silent empty street for school, La Vampiere. It had a logo of a black cross with sharp split ends and Mr. Kinomoto was the founder. La Vampiere was an exclusive and secret school for young vampires because they were required to learn the basic skills they needed as well as the cardinal rules.
"You're going to introduce me to your bestfriend?" little Sakura with pigtails asked while holding her brother's protective hand.
Touya's cold face just nodded without saying words. Well, they were always contradicting to each other with regards to their personalities. Sakura was the vocal type of lass, Touya's not like that. Sakura got F grades while Touya got straight A's. Sakura was prankish or sort of a pixie, Touya's not. But despite of all these certain comparisons, they have one thing in common obviously. They were both lamia or so called vampires.
A/N: Uhm, are you guys wondering where I got that stupid word? Well, I got the word lamia from the mythology book. Lamias are female blood-sucking creatures, actually. But as I read the definition in the Webster's dictionary, it is also considered as other term for vampires. Check it out!"What is his name?" Sakura questioned Touya with innocent eyes.
"Yukito," Touya answered shortly until they came to the junction of the street, just a few meters away from the school. There stood a young lean guy holding his Speedo bag. He was just the same age as Touya. He was waving his hand and marking a friendly smile on his face.
"Hi there, Touya!," Yukito greeted him as he noticed Sakura hiding on Touya's back. "Oh! Look who we have here! It's you, Sakura, the cutest girl on earth! Hello!," he smiled and waved a hand.
Sakura became shy at once. "H-Hi! Yukito-san…," he greeted back having a pinkish shade on her cheeks. "He's so cute!," she thought dreamily.
Yukito looked at Sakura. "Ah, that's so flattering to hear! But I think there are so much cuter guys out there than me. Haha!," he laughed. "I'm so sorry for reading your mind uninvited, hehe!," he scratched his head.
Sakura was startled. "Huh? Well…," she was even more bashful.
Touya snapped, "Yukito is one of our kin so don't you be surprise if he can read minds. He's a vamp…". Yukito was a vampire, a gentle vampire.
End of Flashback…"My first and former crush…," Sakura said to herself. So there it shows! Her ex-crush! And who on earth is her crush in the present time? "My ex-crush?," she repeated in her mind as a brown-haired guy entered her shuffling thoughts instantly. "Arrgh! That stupid guy again! Stop bugging me!," Sakura started to debate on herself again.
"Now, go to sleep, Sakura. It's late!," Touya interrupted her messy thinking. He glanced at Yukito who stood at the corner. "C'mon, Yuki," he gestured a 'let's go to my room' sign.
The confused lady arched one brow. "What are these guys planning, uh?"
Yukito read her mind immediately. "We'll drink and watch DVD's," he smiled and before he enters his bestfriend's room, he looked at Sakura. "Good night, Sakura. Go to sleep 'cos it's not nice for pretty girls like you to have a lack of sleep."
"Good night, too, Yukito-san," Sakura watched the door close. She tiptoed quickly to her room and dived on her pink bed. "Hmm," she hugged her pillow tight remembering Yukito gave it on her fourteenth birthday. "I'm glad I saw Yukito-san okay…," Sakura thought and rolled herself until she faced the dark ceiling.
"Syaoran…," having a thought of that stupid guy made her incapable to sleep. Sakura blushed and hit her forehead with her right palm. "Forget that name you idiot!," a voice spoke from her head. The warm on her cheeks was still there. "Why I am like this? Just the thought of you makes me…," she was still gazing at the dark ceiling but a picture of Syaoran appeared. "… makes me blush this bad…" Sakura couldn't believe herself.
Yamazaki's right triceps was badly wounded. "Aaahh! This is not funny! My arm!!!"
Syaoran and Meilin were totally in a panic. "Yamazaki!" they yelled. Before they could ever make a move to rescue Yamazaki the cloaked man seized the wounded lad in his arms.
Yamazaki was hardly breathing. "Get away from here, guys! I.. I'll take care of this monster…," he still had the guts to smirk with that condition.
"Shut up! You can't do that with yourself! And I won't leave my buddy no matter what happens!," Syaoran uttered dangerously as he pulled out a spear from a soldier statue's hand. "Let go of my friend, you bastard! If you don't, I'll really kill you!," his voice was ironically cold.
But the Grim Reaper held Yamazaki tighter. "I won't 'cos I'm not a fool to do that…," he laughed. "You mortals are doomed!"
Just hearing of the word mortal made Syaoran wonder. "Mortals uh? So you wanna prove to us that you're some kind of immortal? Is that it? We will see!," rage was spreading through his body. Syaoran took a step forward. "You won't let go of my friend?" he dared. "I said let go of him!," Yamazaki might lose blood if he stayed in that position.
"No…," the Grim Reaper said abruptly.
Meilin at that moment grabbed Syaoran's iron hand. "Syaoran… Stop this… I don't want you to get hurt, too!," Meilin was still crying.
Syaoran glanced at her coldly. "I'll save Yamazaki, Meilin. You must leave this place, now. There's the exit!," he quickly pointed the backdoor then returned his attention to the hooded reaper. "I'll take care of this creep…"
Meilin nodded. She squeezed Syaoran's hand. "Please, take care…," she uttered and rushed to the backdoor. But a sudden noise in the air was heard. She turned and saw the Grim Reaper's scythe swirling towards her like a boomerang hurling its target. Meilin narrowed her eyes and scream. "No…"
Syaoran saw it and helplessly watch the scene. "Nooo!!!! Meilin!!! Evade!!!!," he yelled at the top of his voice. "Meilin!!!!"
Takashi Yamazaki saw it, too. "Darn it!!! Meilin!!!," his heart was pounding so hard. "Nooooo!!!"
The poor lady was too late to evade the attack. Really late. The deadly scythe was too fast for her. It was really too fast. Nobody could ever save her. Nobody really. A stab from that long scythe will kill her. Really kill her instantly.
And it happened. The scythe lashed her chest, straight through the heart. Meilin froze and fell to the ground in just a second. Her breathing stopped as well as her heart beating. She was just like a swallow that had fallen from a hunter's shotgun. There she was, lying with her arms spread on the rough floor, the scythe is still hooked in her vulnerable chest. Pathetic Meilin.
Anything happened so fast. "Why?… Why?! You killed Meilin!!!," Syaoran shouted at the cold-hearted reaper. Droplets of tears fell from his dark eyes. "Darn.. These tears won't help!," he thought wiping his tears. Syaoran couldn't think of anything but revenge. To avenge his dear friend's unbearable death.
"Haha!," the reaper snickered who's still holding Yamazaki. "You are all going to die here… Nobody was safe in my territory of death…" He was suddenly shocked of Syaoran's glare. "Now what?!!…," something in his glare made him wonder with fear. "Now what are you planning to do, uh?! Avenge?! Haha!," he laughed crazily.
"I'm fed up of your speech… Do you have anything else to say?" Syaoran asked with dark eyes tightening his grip on the spear.
The Grim Reaper narrowed his eyes. "You're too brave to say that, human!!"
"Yes, I am" Syaoran answered bitterly. "Because all I know is I'm going to finish you. I'm going to terminate your cruelty…," he started to pace towards the murderer. "Time to die…" he began his first attack. It missed.
"Make it a little faster and accurate, young boy… then I'll give you a reward for that…" he smiled and the Grim Reaper was suddenly shocked of Syaoran's swift move like a wind. "What the?…"
Syaoran beat him so hard on the head making the reaper flinch, enough to loose his grip on Yamazaki. "You think that blow is enough?," he asked coldly watching him fix his neck. Syaoran aimed his spear. "Now, take this!!! This is for Meilin!!," he successfully struck his sharp spear to the Grim Reaper's abdomen. It passed through his back.
Blood was flowing. "AaAhh! Darn humans!" he stretched out his right arm and tried to scratch Syaoran's face. Unfortunately, the reaper dropped his self to the floor looking dead.
Li Syaoran glared at him harshly. "You're damn dead, now..," he uttered and carried Yamazaki by his shoulder. "Hey, Yamazaki, I killed him already," he smiled and saw Meilin's lifeless body. The scythe is still struck on her chest. "Meilin…," he tried to control his grief. "I shouldn't let her go to the back door! It was my fault… And I didn't save her!"
"Meilin… Why does this have to happen?…," Yamazaki burst in tears. "Buddy, it already happened. Let us not blame ourselves…," he stared at the murderer. "That fucking man did all this hell!"
But before they could get close to Meilin's corpse, an orange-haired lady appeared before them. She was the lady whom Sakura and Syaoran met lately. She was Ms. Mizuki. "I'll take care of her slain body. Anyway, you two must get out of here quietly, now." She pulled out the scythe from Meilin's chest and carried her.
Yamazaki was startled. "Where the hell are you taking her?"
"Don't you worry. I'll take her in a safe place… You better action quick. That cloaked man is not yet dead as you all know," Ms. Mizuki warned with serious glare. "Get outta here! He's very dangerous the moment he woke up!"
"He's not yet dead? How come?" Syaoran asked with unsatisfactory look. "If he's not yet dead, then I'll make him double dead!!!"
Ms. Mizuki frowned. "Don't you dare! I'm begging you to get out of this castle."
Syaoran and Yamazaki exchanged glances. "Okay," Syaoran calmed down. "If that's what you want then." The two guys left.
Ms. Mizuki sighed and took a glance at the lying body. "Eriol… When will you stop this cruel act?" she thought and left the castle.
Outside the castle… The two guys successfully escaped to the dark dungeon. "Yamazaki, I'll send you to the emergency room. Your wound is bad!," Syaoran said to his partner.
"Uh, the hospital is only a few kilometers away! Hmph! Don't you worry, I can handle this," Yamazaki uttered frustrated. "I don't need some ambulance…" They were shocked of the surroundings because the crowded area was gone. "Hey, where did all those people go?"
"They were terrified of the news so they all run away from the horror castle," Syaoran explained. "They were afraid of the cloaked man…" he looked around the empty area. "I think we should atleast find a residence to heal your injury. That is serious 'ya know?"
Yamazaki sighed. "Okay, that's better. I hate hospitals!" So they strolled around until they found a dark mansion.
"See that mansion? C'mon! Let's ask a permission to the owner if we could ask for a treatment," Syaoran said as they went nearer to the spooky mansion. The mansion was made up of black adobe with cypress trees on the sides. It was really enormous and mysterious looking.
"OoOo… No way! Not here! Is this a haunted mansion? This could be the residence of that damned Grim Reaper!," Yamazaki went crazy that seemed to have a trauma of the event. "Syaoran, let's back off!!," he grabbed Syaoran's shoulder making his injury painful. "Awww… It hurts!"
"This mansion is spooky but strangely beautiful. If you looked at it carefully, it's enchantingly beautiful!," Syaoran said with fascination ignoring Yamazaki's cry of protest. "I've never seen a house like this before," he really admired the mansion.
Yamazaki was feeling uncomfortable as he felt his injury hurt. "Stop admiring that dungeon! Keep your attention to my bloody hell arm! It hurts more as you talk and talk!" His injury was really burning in pain. "Hit that damned doorbell! Bullshit!," he pointed.
"Oh, yeah, I forgot your wound." Syaoran pressed the doorbell.
Sakura was surprised of the sound of the doorbell. She was still awake. "What? A doorbell at this very hour? Who the hell could it be?" she jumped out of bed and peered at the window. "Huh?! Syaoran-kun?…," she blushed and quickly went out of her room. Sakura stepped in her pink bunny slippers and rushed to the front door.
It took a long time before the door opens. Yamazaki was wincing on his burning ardency. "Faster please… AaaAww.. FASTER!!!," he uttered.
"Calm down, buddy," Syaoran said coolly.
The sudden opening of the door cut his words "How can I calm down with this…". He sighed, "Thank God, it opened".
Syaoran stood there for a while, mental blocked.
"Syaoran! Yamazaki! Good evening!" Sakura greeted with a polite smile. "It's surprising to see you two come over our house!" She was wearing a silk dress that beamed with the moonlight giving her an aura of a moon goddess.
Yamazaki greeted back, "Good evening, too, Sakura! My friend is just a little shocked here. Perhaps he didn't expect you to be the owner of this gigantic mansion." He tightly held his bloody arm.
Sakura saw the cherry-like fluid flowing on Takashi's arm and gulped. "Why? What happened?," she asked worriedly trying to control the temptation.
Syaoran finally regained his consciousness. "The Grim Reaper… That moron is a monster! He's a demon!," Syaoran exclaimed with anger remembering the way he killed Meilin. "Yamazaki and I were nearly rapped to death but…," he looked sideways. "But Meilin didn't make it. She had fallen from that murderer's hand…"
"Meilin?," Sakura was astounded. "Who on earth would do something this terrible?" she asked with searching eyes. Then she looked at Yamazaki's injury. "Anyway, Yamazaki-kun might lose blood if we won't stop the flow. The wound is deep and serious," she explained and let the guys follow her inside the mansion.
The guys looked around the mansion. "Wow! Sakura! You do have a very large mansion! I'm like a prince with this venue and you're my princess, Sakura! Haha!," Yamazaki joyfully shouted. "Marry me, Sakura!"
Sakura sweatdropped. "Ehh?"
Syaoran frowned and elbowed him on the stomach so hard. "Ah, shut up Yamazaki! Your voice is too loud, 'ya know? The neighborhood might hear you as well as Sakura's parents," he looked at Sakura. "Please pardon Yamazaki. Hmm.. Are you alone?"
Sakura turned slightly. "My brother and his friend were asleep in his room. You stay here while I get the first aid kit, okay?"
They nodded and Sakura left them. "Whoah, Sakura had a brother?" Yamazaki asked Syaoran who narrowed his eyes.
"Yeah, she had a very protective brother… His name is Touya," Syaoran answered as he sat on the sofa, stretching his legs.
Yamazaki shrugged. "Oh! A protective brother, uh? Probably these coming days you'll have a difficulty of getting close to Sakura. Haha!," he teased. "Anyway, Sakura has a nice heart. She's a kind-hearted girl," Yamazaki said making Syaoran frown.
"Hey, you sound odd huh! Now do you like Sakura?" Syaoran was not happy at all.
"Haha! She's a nice girl but it doesn't mean that I like her the way you do," Yamazaki sweatdropped knowing Syaoran was such a dangerous jealous-type guy.
Syaoran glared at him like a wolf protecting his territory. "I don't like her," he said through his teeth. "…but I love her," he continued silently almost a whisper. "You hear that? Well, it's good to hear your answer that you just admire her," he smiled warmly with a sigh.
When Sakura had the first aid kit, she wrapped the bandage around Yamazaki's arm. "Ouch! It hurts!," he complained guiding her small hand. Syaoran wasn't enjoying the view that he felt himself raging with jealousy. Yamazaki winked at Syaoran's furious eyes.
"I wish I was the one injured that bad…," Syaoran thought with crossed arms.
"Sorry, Yamazaki, but I tried to be gentle to you," Sakura apologized smiling. A few minutes passed and the bandage was completely wrapped around Yamazaki's arm. "Does it still hurt?" she asked with caring eyes.
Takashi flexed his arm. "Uh, not that bad!," he smiled at Syaoran.
"Good! You can stay in our residence for a while if you want to," Sakura suggested.
"Is that okay with you?," Syaoran asked excitedly watching Sakura nod. "Well…," his words were cut by Yamazaki.
"Oh, Sakura-chan! You're such a kind-hearted lass! Thank you very much!," Yamazaki thanked her. "Shall we sleep in your room?"
Syaoran gritted his teeth. "Yamazaki?!… When will you stop your crap?!"
"Haha! Just kidding! I know Syaoran wants to sleep with you in your room, Sakura!," Yamazaki teased the two. Syaoran's face went tomato red. Sakura, too.
"Shut up, Yamazaki!," Syaoran beat him up with his own fists. "I told you to shut up your blabbermouth!!!," he continued beating the helpless injured guy.
"Ehh? They looked cute!," Sakura sweatdropped and made no effort to stop their funny scene.
End of the seventh chapter
AngeLfromChaos
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