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 9:
Another bright day came to the not so peaceful city of Aegis. The brilliant sunrays beamed to Sakura's window. She fluttered her eyes showing signs of irritation. "Arrgh! I hate sunlight! Damn it!" Sakura noticed that she hadn't put the black curtains against the windows. "Ah, I see my great foolishness!" she jumped out from her bed and stared at the mirror. "Hmm…" Sakura palpated her face. "I don't look good, I see," she giggled and went to the bathroom to wash her face. And she splashed handful water from the faucet to her face. The petit cute girl grabbed her towel and wiped off the water from her face. She gazed at the mirror again and smiled. "There, I look cute enough!"
Afterwards, Sakura rushed to the guest room to see Yamazaki and Syaoran. She opened the door and took a peek inside. And to her surprise, they were seen nowhere. "Where are they?" she asked herself and gasped. "Oh no! Onii-chan might see them!" she hurriedly roamed around the mansion to search for them. Under the tables, inside every room, she searched everywhere but still couldn't find any trace of them. "Where are those guys?!" she's kinda in a panic. No, calm down, Sakura, she told herself. "There's still one spot I haven't check!" she thought triumphantly. "The roof top!!!"
Somewhere at the rooftop, Syaoran and Yamazaki relaxed. "I'm telling you this, dude. This place is weird and… mysterious! Swear it!" Yamazaki uttered to Syaoran. "All furniture was hued dark. The walls and ceilings are dark! Everything is dark! Waaah! Creepy!"
"Shut up…" was all Syaoran's answer. He seemed to be busily thinking of something… or shall I say… someone. That dream haunted his sleep for the second time. The maze-like palace and the chained lady were there on his dream. The honey-haired lady was still crying for help from him. And worse, there's the hooded man who looked exactly like the Grim Reaper. "What does she want? I'm pretty sure it's Sakura! Oh men, I just pray she's not in danger… If the cloaked man is the Grim Reaper, I won't let him do any harm against Sakura just like what happened to Meilin!" he thought.
Yamazaki waved a hand on Syaoran's face. "You're okay, dude? You looked deep in thoughts!" Their moments were suddenly shattered with Sakura's presence. "Whoah! Hi there, Sakura! Good morning!" he greeted and observed her carefully.
"There you are," Sakura placed her hands on her hips. "I thought you left the mansion without telling me," she frowned and stared at Syaoran. "Hey Syaoran!" she smiled and paced towards him. "Are you okay?" her voice sounded worried.
Syaoran smiled back and gazed at Sakura. "Ofcourse, I am…" he replied. "How did you find us, anyway?" he asked changing the topic.
Sakura rubbed her chin. "Well, I just knew it! I sensed your presence! Haha!" she uttered ignoring their curiosity. "C'mon guys! Let's get outta here" she gestured as they followed her out.
Yamazaki raised his brows and examined her more. "Sense our presence? How weird?" he thought.
As they went to the kitchen, "What breakfast can I prepare for the both of you?" she asked wearing her apron.
Yamazaki sighed. "Ah, you don't have to prepare breakfast for us. We can just eat outside…" Yamazaki interjected. "Right, Syaoran?"
Sakura frowned. "Oh…" she felt disappointed and Syaoran noticed it.
"Don't listen to that freak! We will really appreciate if you'll prepare a breakfast for us…" Syaoran said beating Yamazaki's head. He dragged him away from the kitchen so Sakura wouldn't hear them. "You're such an idiot to say that to her, you know? After all her efforts in letting us stay here…" he murmured to Yamazaki.
Yamazaki pouted and whispered. "I just want to get out of this place… I don't feel good here."
Syaoran deeply frowned. "Darn it! You don't know how to give credits to one person who helped you tend those wounds!" He left Yamazaki. "You can leave if you want to but… it would be better if you'll stay."
Yamazaki looked at the paintings hanging on the wall. "Creepy! Indeed!" and he followed Syaoran to the kitchen. Then, footsteps were heard from the stairs. Yamazaki peered above to see Yukito and Touya. "Weird… That pale guy looks like a zombie… Creepy!"
"What's for breakfast, Sakura?" came Touya's husky voice. His jet black eyes shifted to the young brown-haired lad standing beside his sister. "What the?!… You! You brat!" he pointed his finger to Syaoran. "What the hell are you doing in our territory?!" Touya thundered tightening his jaw.
"Onii-chan? It's a long story to tell…" Sakura blocked Syaoran from behind and smiled. She tried to calm down as Touya glared at her furiously. She gulped.
"Then tell me your long story, Sakura" Touya snapped. He continued to glare at Syaoran. "You are not invited here and did I tell you last time to stay away from my sister?" he gritted his teeth.
Syaoran got a nerve. "This black-haired ape is insane…" he thought sluggishly rubbing his nose. "I'm not doing anything against your sister so what's your problem?" Syaoran shrugged spreading his hands.
"I don't want you to be too attached to Sakura!" Touya blurted aloud.
Then Yukito caught the scene. "I think they are nice companies of Sakura, Touya" he smiled at his best friend.
Sakura nodded. "Yeah, they slept in the guest room because Yamazaki was badly injured in the Horror castle," she explained everything including Meilin's tragedy.
Touya's temper cooled of for a while. "Are you telling me that a Grim Reaper was the murderer?" he asked them. "The Grim Reaper must be Hiiragisawa. He always wear it when making bloody events!" he said mentally to Sakura and Yukito.
"Yeah, the Grim Reaper is Eriol, probably. He acted this way since Tomoyo's death. Eriol hate humans because they killed Tomoyo." Yukito joined Touya's thoughts.
"If that's the case then, we can just give him the Ancient Book to bring Tomoyo to life!" Sakura replied mentally. "He won't stop unless he had the book!"
"No! We can't just give him the book!" Touya and Yukito snapped in chorus making Sakura puzzled. "The Ancient Book rebirths a corpse in change of life! The book needs a tribute to bring forth life of that dead person!" Yukito explained dangerously in mind. "And bad to say, Eriol choose you to be his tribute for Tomoyo's soul! That's the only reason why he wants to abduct you"
Sakura's eyes narrowed. "What? But why?"
Touya answered, "Because you have enough soul to be offered. So after he had the book, he'll get you and offer your soul as a tribute…"
Sakura's heart thudded hard. "No…"
Syaoran cut their communication. "Excuse me, guys. I hate to distract your silent conversations but is there something you know about the Grim Reaper?" he asked.
"We don't…" Touya answered amazed with Syaoran's words. "And what the heck are you saying about that silent communication stuff, huh?!"
Li Syaoran shrugged. "Well, it seemed that your eyes were telling something, if you know what I mean. Sakura's eyes were odd. It's like you're having a… what do we call that term? Hmm.. It's like you're having a telepathy!"
Yukito and Touya exchanged glances. "Ah, shut up, brat! You're just imagining stupid things! We're not psychics or clairvoyants! We're not experts in telepathy!" Touya uttered and sat at the chair beneath the kitchen table. "Let's take our breakfast, now" he changed the topic.
Sakura's seriousness faded and sweatdropped. "Well, I haven't prepare or breakfast, yet"
Afterwards, Syaoran and Yamazaki were about to leave. "Thank you for everything, Sakura" Takashi said blankly.
She shrugged. "You're welcome. You can come here anytime you want."
Touya popped out in an instance. "No, you can't come the next time around." Then Yukito tapped his shoulder. "Why don't you just let them? They're harmless company" he smiled as they left the mansion. "Harmless indeed… That Syaoran has a good keen of sense with regards to mind reading…"
The trio watched Yukito and Touya left the mansion. "By the way, Sakura. Would you like to come to Meilin's funeral?" Syaoran asked.
"Yeah, of course. I want to. Hmm, wait for me as I change for clothes upstairs," she turned around but Syaoran caught her wrist. "Huh?"
"You don't need to change," Syaoran said. "You looked good with that mini dress," he stared at her cotton mini dress that really fits her body curves.
Sakura blushed, her hand still held by Syaoran. "You really think so?"
Syaoran nodded. "You're pulse is racing. Are you scared?" he asked worriedly as he felt her pulse on her wrist and let go of it afterwards.
Sakura blushed more and shook her head. "Anyway, let's go then!" And so they went to Meilin's house. The funeral doesn't sound peaceful. The death of Meilin couldn't just be accepted after being murdered by the Grim Reaper. Meilin's room was surrounded with colorful flowers and people. Meilin was placed in a black casket with silver carvings. As the people looked at her, she seemed like sleeping restlessly.
"Meilin's death was sudden! I can't believe it!" a student from the Vermillion Institute said, wailing. "Yeah, we will never forget her," one of Meilin's friends said, too.
Sakura watched the people coming in and out placing the area with bouquet of flowers. "Meilin…" she felt grief from her heart. "She's no ordinary girl. Many people loved and admired her. But now she's gone, it brings pain to all her family!" she thought. "No… Eriol, what have you done to an innocent victim?" Despite of all irritating words that Meilin said to Sakura, "… I still missed her even though we're not that close". She recalled Meilin saying words such as 'Don't you dare to be with my Syaoran!' or 'What are you doing with my Syaoran?". A sudden unexplainable tear dropped from her moist emerald orbs.
The thought of Eriol flooded her mind. "This is all because of you, Eriol! I won't let you victimize others like Meilin!" she calmed down. "The book… I shall give it to him so he could no longer kill people like Meilin!" she thought for a while. "If Eriol needs my soul as a tribute, then I'll better sacrifice myself for the benefit of others!" Sakura made up her mind that moment.
In an instance, a cold aura just passed through Sakura's body. "Huh?" she shivered and saw Meilin's soul. "Meilin!" she called mentally. It was not surprising to see Meilin's sad look. Her lashed chest was still visible making Sakura imagine what exactly happened to the ruby-eyed lass. Sakura's heart hurt more as if she was the one being lashed with that deadly scythe. "Too painful… So painful… An unbearable pain!" she slowly paced to Meilin and placed one palm on her soul. Immediately, she absorbed every event that happened on that day of murder.
Meilin's face suddenly turned savage and entered Yamazaki's innocent body. "Come with me to the balcony…" Yamazaki uttered with Meilin's voice. Sakura followed Meilin inside Yamazaki's body.
Syaoran saw them. "Huh? Why is Sakura following Yamazaki?" he followed them.
At the balcony, "I heard all what you're thinking a while ago!" Meilin uttered angrily. "Are you a great fool to sacrifice yourself? Think about that, Kinomoto! I have seen so much people mourning for their lost loved ones! I can't stand seeing them like that!" Meilin glared at Sakura. "You know, Kinomoto? You don't know how Syaoran loves you and I just can't imagine him cry because of your death! Please give worth about Syaoran's feelings for you."
Syaoran leaned against the wall and listened. "What is Yamazaki talking about? Sakura? Sacrificing herself?"
Sakura frowned. "He'll understand it! I'm just doing this for the benefit of all people! It is better to sacrifice myself!" she repeated.
Meilin shook her head. "You're… freaking… damn… crazy! There must be some other way to save this humanity from that damned Eriol, whoever he is!" She held Sakura's hand. "You know how I hate you but…" she paused. "I'm begging you not to sacrifice yourself. Syaoran will be sad terribly. I can't stand to see him get hurt."
Syaoran was confused with such discussions. "What sacrifice?" he asked himself. "For what the hell is that damned sacrifice? What humanity?" Syaoran appeared before them and said, "Sakura? Yamazaki? What is this all about? I heard everything…" his face was serious. "And who the hell is Eriol?"
Sakura froze and Meilin's soul left Yamazaki's body. Yamazaki's unconscious body dropped as she caught him in her arms. "Syaoran-kun…" her pupils were constricted. "I… I…"
He walked near Sakura. "Is there something I don't know?" he asked Sakura. "For what are those sacrifices?"
Sakura felt her knees getting weak. "Well, there's nothing wrong with this… And as for that sacrifice… I'm going to sacrifice myself for uhm…" she find difficulty for explaining. Sweat was trickling her face. "Ah, forget about it…"
"You're lying, Sakura. I just want the truth. Are you really going to… sacrifice yourself?"
She was so speechless and mental blocked. "Syaoran-kun…" she gulped and turned her back from him. "Don't mind me…" she said with a cool voice. "This is out from your business… Sorry, Syaoran." She left him from the balcony.
Syaoran watched her. "I thought I have known Sakura that much. But… there's something inside her that seemed out of reach. She's really mysterious."
The next day was another school day. Sakura went to her classroom and saw Syaoran sitting on his chair. Her classmates were already there, too. "I'm glad I'm not that late!" She breathed deeply and paced. "Good morning to you…" she greeted Syaoran. "You're early…" she heard no response from him. Sakura sat on her chair and watched him take down notes. "Hmm… Can I borrow your notes later?" she asked trying to catch his attention.
"Yeah, sure," Syaoran's voice was low and his face was expressionless. He continued his writing and didn't bother to take a look at Sakura.
Sakura sighed and just glanced at the window. "He must be upset with me because of what happened yesterday…" she thought as the door flew open.
Mr. Terada came fixing his hair. "Good morning, guys!" his voice was stammering. "I'm kinda exhausted this morning because of your new classmate…"
The class was surprised to hear the news. "Another classmate will come! I think it would be a girl!" one student said. "Uh, I guess it would be a boy!" another student uttered.
Syaoran didn't react at all and Sakura was observing every mood of him.
"Please welcome, Hiiragisawa Eriol!" Mr. Terada announced. There came a blue-haired lad with piercing eyes who fixed them to Sakura. He was smiling but it's a little dangerous smile. "You can sit behind Kinomoto…"
And so Eriol paced to Sakura's row and stared at her. "Hi there, Sakura…" he greeted as Sakura shivered not from cold but fear. "Don't be scared, yet…" he said signaling some kind of treat.
Syaoran glared at them furiously. "And just who the hell is this guy, uh? I think I met him at the disco bar lately." He thought with a stern look. "Huh? Hiiragisawa Eriol? So he's that guy… the troublemaker…" he glared.
"Eriol… Now, what will happen next?" Sakura uttered softly.
End of the ninth chapter
AngeLfromChaos: And now with Hiiragisawa's presence at Vermilion Institute, a terrible disaster awaits… a treat…
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