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 11:Outside the gate of the Vermillion Institute, a slim lass with long braided hair tiptoed. She was wearing a black uniform and obviously she was from other campus or shall I say… She was from a secret school named as La Vampiere. Her short sleeves revealed her black tattoo: a figure of a cross with split ends, entailing their school logo.
Her name was Chiharu Mihara, a graduate student from La Vampiere. She was just the age of Sakura. If going to describe to her further, Chiharu was one smart student, a scholar student. So then, what the heck is she doing here?
As she walked a little closer to the main gate, she whispered to herself. "I can't just let my best friend, Sakura, to study in this stupid boring Institute," she said with flaring velvet eyes. "Sakura-chan belongs to La Vampiere! She can't study in a human school…" and she entered the school gate decently with her chin up gesture.
The security guard immediately blocked her. "What can we do for you, young lady?" he asked politely, his hands on his hips.
Chiharu stared at the security guard with intense eyes. "I'm just visiting a best friend of mine. I won't take too long," she smiled and left the guard swiftly.
The guard shook his head as if he's been dazed with something. "Oh! I think I've fallen asleep!" He was just hypnotized.
Meanwhile… "I forgot to say thank you for saving me…" Sakura uttered with shimmering emerald eyes.
Syaoran led her near the tennis court as they sat on the grassy area. "I'm so sorry, Sakura," he interjected. "This is all my fault. I didn't do my task to protect you," Syaoran held her both hands and looked at her blank face. "From now on, I'll never leave you… I'll be always by your side. Well, I hope it is okay for you," he frowned slightly. "And I don't want you to be with that cool guy, Hiiragisawa," he continued.
Sakura couldn't meet his eyes. Her mind was full of confusion as she recalled everything that happened this day: Eriol kissing her, Syaoran saving her, and now he swear to himself that he'll protect her. "I… told you last time that you don't have to waste with me," she said quietly. "You really don't have to…" Sakura looked away from him trying to fight the feelings inside her heart. His gaze gave an odd effect on her. Those pair of brown eyes scorching with her own eyes made her feel something she hadn't felt before.
"Sakura, please…" Syaoran pleaded with questing eyes. His eyes were filled with emotions. "Please…" he repeated. "I don't wanna leave you, Sakura, because I… I…" Syaoran's voice trailed off. "Because I… I… Well, you knew what I mean for that," he blushed. "Oh, Sakura, do I need to say this all over again? I love you and I always will…"
Sakura absorbed every line of it. Her heart was pounding really hard. She finally admitted the depressing truth to herself. "Oh no…" she thought confused, trying to struggle with denial to what her heart and mind were telling. It took another couple of seconds of thinking before she faced another irrefutable fact, an illegal fact certainly… Sakura was in love with Syaoran.
The princess of dark realm breathes deeply and faced him shyly. "Syaoran-kun…" she spoke quietly, almost a whisper. Her cheeks were getting warm and red. Is she going to confess her feelings? That she feels the same? Can she do it? Even if it is illegal? The long confusing feeling inside her was slowly emerging from her heart like a new butterfly emerging from a cocoon.
"What is it?" Syaoran stared at her, still holding her hands. It felt good to see her blush that way. "She's so cute," he thought. His heart was beating fast from this moment.
Sakura gulped. "Syaoran-kun… Let me tell you this…" she closed her eyes making Syaoran more excited of what she's going to say.
This time, Syaoran got the feeling that she might felt the same, too. She might. He could sense her trembling sweet voice. Don't be too confident, a voice spoke quietly inside.
"Anone (Well…) I…"
Syaoran was starting to get more nervous. "Come on, Sakura… Say it…" he said to his mind.
"SAKURA-CHAN!" Chiharu Mihara called and hugged her from behind. "I miss you so much!!! You don't know how much I missed you!" she hugged Sakura tighter like a boa constrictor squeezing a guinea pig to death.
Syaoran watched them with a frown on his face. "What the hell? Wrong timing…" he thought irritatingly. Syaoran looked at Chiharu with a disdainful look. "So… A long lost friend, perhaps…" he sighed.
"Ease up, Chiharu-chan!" Sakura said panting. "I knew how much you missed me. I want you to know that I feel the same," she uttered with a warm smile.
The girl in black uniform averted her gaze to the auburn-haired guy sitting beside Sakura. "May I know who he is?" she asked cautiously, shifting her own body.
"He's Li Syaoran, a good friend of mine," replied Sakura. She looked at Syaoran and said, "Syaoran-kun, she's my best friend, Chiharu Mihara"
Syaoran gave a hand to Chiharu. "Nice to meet you, Mihara-san," but Chiharu just stared and ignored him. "Oh," he placed his hand on his back.
Chiharu continued to stare at him with raised eyebrows. "If you don't mind, I want to talk with my best friend alone," she stressed out the last word
Syaoran gulped and obeyed. "Okay then…" he stood. "See you later, Sakura," he waved a nice goodbye.
Sakura smiled and watched him fled.
"That guy is special for you is he?" Chiharu bothered Sakura's attention.
"Huh? Well there's nothing wrong about it." Sakura blushed.
"Getting too close with humans is dangerous, if you know what I mean…" Chiharu hissed. "I hope you're not inloved with him" she whispered behind Sakura's ear. "Falling in love with humans is strictly prohibited in the laws of Dark Realm…" she said and told a story of a vampire who's madly in loved with a human.
"Vampires who break the laws were terribly punished and not a single breath of life escaped from their lips as they were tortured with deadly sharp woods. Rule breakers were chained with the hardest and mightiest metal so they couldn't break it. Then, the torturers stripped their clothes and prepared their arrows with blazing tip" Chiharu explained. "There, in the torture chamber, they shoot the flaming arrows until the vampires were burned to death." She smirked.
Sakura was shocked and frightened as she imagined those scenes. "You perfectly knew what I'm talking about. Vampires were more brutal when they kill fellow vamps," Chiharu uttered. "More brutal and deadly…" she continued. "Now that you've heard how painful it is, don't dare to fall in love with human being. Another thing, they might know that we exist! And when they knew it, they will kill all of us and terminate our clan!" Chiharu said with glimmering eyes.
"I really don't understand…" Sakura interrupted.
"What?"
"Falling in love is just right…" Sakura said abruptly.
"Oh no! Sakura, you've got to be kidding. Doing the forbidden laws would bring punishment to whoever did it even you're the king, queen or princess! No vampires are excluded in breaking the sacred rules because in Dark Realm, everybody is equal," Chiharu explained to Sakura. "Understood?"
Sakura wasn't listening and looking away from her best friend.
Chiharu clasped Sakura's shoulders. "You are precious, Sakura. I don't want you get harm because of this stupid love stuff. Beware of people surrounding you. They are full of temptations sometimes," she warned. "And sometimes friends deceived you so in other words, some, or most of them were traitors…" she hissed.
"You're insane, Chiharu…" Sakura interjected. "Traitors?" she shook her head. "No way! Syaoran-kun and my friends can't betray people. They are my trusted comrades" she said determined.
Chiharu frowned. "You're the one insane, Sakura-chan. Ever since you came in this Institute, you've changed a lot! It seemed that you appreciate the human world more than where you really belong, the vampire world!" she exclaimed. "Oh, Sakura, I'm tired of this… Forget your feelings for that Li Syaoran. Okay, let's just pretend we didn't have this pathetic conversation…" she sighed.
Sakura was in a bad mood and Chiharu noticed it. "Sakura-chan, I'm so sorry. Well, I'm just concerned to you… I don't want you to be in danger that's why I'm explaining all of this."
Sakura didn't respond.
Chiharu pouted and changed the subject, "Anyway, your parents were coming tomorrow, and do you already know that?"
Sakura was stunned. "Are you serious?"
"Did I look like joking around?"
"Oh no, this is going to be a disaster…"
"How can you say so?" Chiharu asked curiously.
"Well, they didn't know that I'm studying here. Only Onii-chan knew. The moment they knew it, they'll surely drag me back to that boring school, La Vampiere!" Sakura answered.
Chiharu chuckled. "They are just doing the right thing. You belong to La Vampiere, not to this human institute."
Meanwhile, Syaoran saw his pal, Yamazaki, who was busily chatting with his buddies. "Yo, Yamazaki! What's up?" Syaoran greeted cheerfully as he joined the group. "I'm going to return this Ancient book to you, I've read a lot last night. Here," he handed over the book.
Yamazaki took it and carried it with his own hands. "Thanks, Syaoran. Well, I'm talking with these guys. They told me that there's this one hottie girl who's wearing a black uniform. And they said that she's incredibly beautiful! Syaoran! I want to meet her! Did you see that girl we were talking about?" Yamazaki asked.
Syaoran laughed. "Ah yeah, I saw her. Actually, Sakura and that girl knew each other. They are best friends," he explained. "Her name is Chiharu Mihara but she's a bit snobbish."
"I don't care if she's snobbish! Where is she?" the other guys wanted to meet Chiharu as well. Yamazaki frowned at them. "No! You guys stay here! Only Syaoran and I will see Chiharu." He winked and left the guys.
"Jeez, that Yamazaki is so selfish with regards to girls…" the guy said.
As Syaoran and Yamazaki walked, "Yamazaki, how can you tell if a girl is inloved?" Syaoran asked.
Yamazaki smiled like a kid. "Ask her," was his brief reply.
Syaoran pouted. "Nice answer uh? I won't tell you where Chiharu is…"
Yamazaki was terrified. "Huh? Okay, okay, uhm… You can notice it when she's blushing, nervous or shy when approaching you… something like that! Why were you asking? Don't tell me that your princess is already falling for…" his words were interrupted.
"I'm not sure if that's me. Well, if that's not me, I'll accept it." Syaoran said. They paced the school campus until they reached the tennis court where Sakura is staying. "Chiharu is here I think." They searched everywhere but they find Sakura alone. "Sakura!" he called.
Sakura turned. "Hm? Syaoran…" she saw Yamazaki and smiled at him. "Hi there, Yamazaki!"
"Hello, Sakura. Hmm.. Where is your best friend, Chiharu?" Yamazaki asked shyly.
"Oh, she just left a while ago," Sakura answered. "Do you need something for her?"
"Nothing really. I just want to see her." Yamazaki blushed.
Sakura gave him a puppy smile. "You two are a cute couple, I guess so."
"Huh? Whoah! Really huh? Haha!" Yamazaki laughed crazily. "That's a nice compliment, Sakura! Thank you!" he looked at Syaoran who was standing still. "And as a reward, you know? You two are a perfect couple! What do you think, Sakura?" he watched her pinkish cheeks making him want to tease more. "I hope you don't mind if I ask you this Sakura…"
Syaoran was blushing hotly, too. "Stop that crap, Yamazaki!"
But Yamazaki ignored him. "Sakura, what exactly do you feel for my buddy?" he asked carefully examining her reaction.
This is the moment of revelation of the truth, Sakura thought. "Well, Syaoran-kun is…" she gulped hard. "…special to me."
Syaoran seriously waited for the next words to come but instead the Ancient Book from Yamazaki's hands glowed from unknown reason. "Huh? It's glowing." He snatched it from Yamazaki. "What's happening with this book?"
Sakura stood from the grassy area and take a glance at the book. "The book…"
"The last page of the book is the one glowing… Let's check it out!" Yamazaki turned the last page of the book and saw the weird words written on it. The words were some kind of Latin. "It's like a chant…"
"Please don't read it Yamazaki!" Sakura said but Yamazaki didn't listen.
He read it aloud. "Oh, graxias vampiere Lacudra, (pronounced as VAM/PI/YE/RE), entimos exiesta ariyestos neo yue." Yamazaki finished the sentence. "Hey, what does it mean?"
"It stated that vampire Lacudra will exist when the new moon arises," Sakura answered immediately. "This is not right!"
"Sakura?" Syaoran was worried. "How did you know King Lacudra?" In an instance, the ground was shaking. Sakura lost her balance and Syaoran caught her. "An earthquake!" he tightened his grip on Sakura. "Let's get out of here."
Yamazaki was confused. "Weird!" They all run to a safe place. Everybody was in a panic. Fortunately, in a split second, the ground shaking stopped. They all calmed down. "Thank God! I thought it would be the end of the world!"
Syaoran beat him so hard. "What the heck are you saying?"
Eriol was watching their group all the while. "So Li Syaoran had that damn book! But they're so damn idiot to read the wrong page resulting to summon Lacudra's soul!" He frowned. "Damn it!" Eriol jumped from the tree branch.
Let's take a peek around the Temple of Void. The construction was still strong. Its cement has cracks but it still has the strength to hold on. Then a shadow came into sight. "The chant of Lacudra had just been spoken… Danger will arise…" Kaho Mizuki said with a cautious voice. "Lacudra's soul must be roaming around!" She watched the sky getting darker. "I just hope that the prophecy will happen: the two great warriors will kill and bury Lacudra in the Sealed Chamber."
Meanwhile, "Hey, Yuki. You're so quiet since then. What's your problem?" Touya asked his shivering friend while walking to their respective residence. His friend didn't say anything as they continue to stroll. Touya frowned. "Yuki, tell me what's bothering you." He noticed Yukito's sudden change of personality. Yukito's gentleness was gone. There was something wrong about reactions. Something like an odd Yukito. He was strange this day. He became easily irritated. Yes, Yukito could be fierce at times when he's hungry seeking for blood, but Touya had never seen this kind of behavior of his best friend before. "Are you hungry?" he asked an optional question.
It took a couple of seconds before Yukito could answer. "I'm not," came his reply. "I just… want to take a rest. I'm so tired." He uttered coldly and walked ahead of Touya.
"Hey," Touya blocked his way. "What really is your problem?" Touya repeated and was beginning to be worried. "Huh?" something about Yukito's eyes made Touya's skin creep.
"Touya…" Yukito said with a husky voice. "Please, leave me alone," he insisted and left Touya standing still. "I'm alright, believe me!"
Touya watched the ash blonde guy left. "Yuki…" he murmured. "I should monitor him…"
Later at Yukito's house, he was getting uneasy. The nightshade appeared. It was full moon. Yukito saw blurry images inside his house. The ceilings seemed to be dancing above him. His knees were getting shaky. "Damn! What's going on with me? I've been like this in the past days… It seemed…" he fell on the floor. "Oh… I'm so… weak…"
Suddenly, his back was aching. "Aahh!! My back! It really hurts!" Yukito was scared until a pair of black wings emerged from his back. A pair of black wings, a pair of bat-like wings to be exact. Yukito was even more horrified. "What's this?!" He rushed to the mirror to view his self. "This is insane!" the black bat wings engulfed him, changing him into a different being. An alter ego.
Then, the wings spread, revealing a long white-haired guy with long black fingernails. His eyes were silvery gray. He's looking deadly and dangerous. "I'm back…" he hissed. He wasn't Yukito anymore. "The beauty of the moon gave me enough power to be rebirth with the help of Yukito's body." He looked around the house and saw Yukito's pet cat.
The cat was frightened and tried to run away but the winged creature caught him. "Hi there, little black cat. I'm not your master anymore…" he smirked.
"Meow!" Yukito's cat was struggling.
"You want to know my name?" he asked. "I am Yue…" he said. "Also known as the immortal Lacudra." With those words, he crushed the cat with his bare hands. Lacudra watched the pathetic cat. "I think I'm strong enough to kill Eriol…" he smirked and flew away.
End of eleventh chapter
AngeLfromChaos
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