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 13:
"Where is my sister?" Touya's scorching black eyes searched every corner of the street. "Answer me, Sakura!" he called in telepathy. No respond. "Shit! She must not be roaming around this time! Not with Lacudra around!" he accidentally said it aloud.
A little punk came strolling with his rocketing skateboard. "Lacudra? Who's Lacudra? Whatta stupid name?" he uttered doing some tricks with the skateboard.
"He's none of your damn business. Now, go home. Go to hell, you little kid!" Touya glared, his eyes were silver.
The little punk screamed in terror as he rushed away from the tall guy. Touya watched him go. "And at the same time, Yuki is missing, too. Where the hell are they?" he was suddenly alarmed of an approaching person as the bushes move. "Who's that?"
The familiar aura was there and a beautiful lady came into sight. She's no other than Kaho. "It's me. Don't be too furious." She said calmly and quick.
Touya's savage look turned somewhat like a tamed wolf. "Oh, Kaho." He gasped as he looked at her from head to toe. "Yes, you are really Kaho. Why… What…" he didn't know what to say or where to start the conversation. "Kaho's striking appearance, her voluptuous figure… After long periods of time, she's still the same appealing Kaho Mizuki. Surprisingly, she's even more beautiful now… Or shall I say, seductive Kaho…" Touya shook his head. "I must go back to reality! Back to reality, you fool! Leave aside your dirty mind. Leave those unforgettable moments with Kaho, my ex-girlfriend…" his thoughts paused. "My first love and the mother of my first daughter…" he cleared his thoughts. "Cut it out… Enough…"
Ms. Mizuki was just waiting for him to calm his thoughts. "It's just me, Touya…" she uttered with a sigh. "You may be still in shock to see me for more than three thousand years…" she smiled prettily.
"The way she says my name gives me an odd effect," Touya couldn't control his bugging mind.I still love her. Still. But he can't see love from her face. "Kaho…"
"Let's get into business, Touya…" her voice sliced through the unbearable silence. "You see? King Lacudra is resurrected from the dead in the name of Yue," Kaho said walking slowly around him as she waited for his reaction. She nodded sensing Touya's assumption. "And I'm afraid to say that your bestfriend's alter ego is Yue."
Touya's eyes narrowed. "You've got to be kidding! What's your explanation?"
"Very simple. Lacudra had chosen Yukito's body."
"Argh! This is stupid! Why him? Why him?"
"Perhaps Lacudra chose because Yukito is a close friend, making it hard to kill Lacudra's sealed soul inside Yukito's body," she answered. "Very vigilant… Lacudra planned all of this very wisely… Would you agree?"
Touya didn't answer. His mind keeps on thinking that this is all a dream. Yukito can't be Lacudra's mascot.
"Anyway, I came here just to mention it to you. I gotta go…" she turned around and stopped.
"Wait…" Touya said. "Do you have a minute? I want to talk to you…"
Kaho took a glance. "For what? You know, I have more important things to do at the Temple of Void… I'm the Temple Keeper as you know." Then, she fled.
Touya frowned. "Darn… Why does she have to be so busy with that fucking temple?"
Sakura was gasping for air. "Stupid! I'm really stupid… This is a basic routine for lamias… to feed regularly on humans but… Why the hell I forget and suffocate like this?" she thought foolishly. She had to admit that… since she met this guy, Li Syaoran, it seemed she always forget to drink blood. She shook her head. "Blood… Where can I get it? Damn!" her vision was beginning to see swirling surroundings. "If I… will not drink sooner… I … I'll die for sure…"
Then, at the midst of the darkness, there was a tap on her shoulder. "Sakura!"
She was startled and attempted to nab the caller. "Atlast…" she thought but stopped immediately. "Syao… Syaoran-kun? What are you…? Why are you here?" she asked muddled while controlling herself. "I can drink from him anytime this moment but… I can't just do it! I can't! Of course I don't want to hurt him!" she cogitated carrying the unbearable pain in her lungs. Sakura was almost crying with frustration.
"You were missing a while ago. So I decided to look at you. Then gladly you're here! I thought you're already home." Even at the darkness, Sakura could sense his happiness for seeing her.
Sakura didn't seem to listen. Her mind was floating and didn't know what's the right thing to do. Ran away from him? Tell Syaoran that Touya is waiting for me? Tell Syaoran that I'm hungry? Presto! That's the precise reason! But hell! Too much thinking made her suffocate more. "Keep in mind that time is running… You can collapse there any moment from now! Think fast!" a voice whispered inside her mind.
She gulped. "You don't have to find me, actually… Now, I must go" she began to walk away but Syaoran held her arm. "Now what?" she asked angrily that she wanted to hit herself why she let out those words.
Instead, Syaoran looked cool. "You really look exhausted. You must come over my house," he suggested.
"What?" she exclaimed, stunned. "Not this time!"
"I said you should come over my house. Your mansion is great too far from here as much as I know," he smiled. "This is just my payback to you for letting us in your residence last time…"
"But…"
"I hate BUT'S! I'd rather hear THEREFORE than BUT. Okay then, let's go…" Syaoran made no effort to listen to Sakura that he dragged her away.
And so the couple went to the Li residence. All the way they walked, Sakura noticed his hand holding hers. It was not like friendship gesture but more of lover's gesture. Their fingers intertwined with each other that she suddenly felt shy but it felt good this way. Strangely, her hard breathing seemed to ease for a while.
After arriving, "My auntie's asleep. Maybe you can relax on the sofa while I prepare you a drink. Oh! What drink do you want?"
"Chocolate… Hot chocolate is fine…" she answered as she sat on the sofa.
"Okay then…"
"Um, where's your restroom?" Sakura asked as her suffocation strikes back forcing her to stand up from the seat. "This is great… he's not alone…" she thought.
"Second floor, beside my auntie's room."
Sakura's heart was overjoyed. "Perfect!" she thought dizzily. "Okay, thanks!" she went upstairs and headed to the room of Ms. Li. "This is it!" she held the doorknob. "Uh-oh, locked!" she's hardly breathing more. "I have to think quick!" she headed to the comfort room, went in and used the window to get out. "Then, I can go to her room this way…" There she was, pulling up the room's window to gain access inside Ms. Li's room.
Then she made it inside only to find Syaoran's auntie standing there, smiling, and waiting for her. "Huh?"
All the while she's doing her mini task, Syaoran was busily preparing hot chocolate and tuna sandwich. "I'm so happy she's here," he murmured cheerfully. "I wonder how will I tell her about the vampire thing… That we have the same heritage…" Syaoran continued to anticipate her reaction later on.
Sakura stood there, motionless. "Ms. Li is awake. And why is she staring at me this way? It makes me immobile! Darn! I should be sucking her blood right now…" she thought and stepped back as Ms. Li stepped forward.
"Come on, don't be shy. I know what you want from me." Ms. Li used a small knife in her drawer to cut her own wrist. Blood flowed there. "You want this…" she smirked.
Sakura's eyes turned silver, her pulse and breathing quickened. Her long fangs finally emerged like retractable claws of a cat. In a split second, her mouth was on the wrist sucking vigorously. "I'm so sorry, Ms.Li…" she apologized in telepathy. Her blood was odd to her. A magical elixir. To her surprise, she heard a reply.
"Don't worry… You can drink all you want…"
So Sakura drank more. A little longer, it hit her! She stopped drinking. Her neck seemed to tighten. "What's this? I… I…" she held her on neck and dropped herself on the floor.
"What's wrong?" Ms. Li asked her with a smirk. "Aren't you suppose to feel relief? So why are you reacting like that?" she caught Sakura's chin and tilted it. "The blood you've just drink is actually… poison…" she whispered.
Sakura narrowed her eyes. "No… Why I am so careless?" tears were already at the corner of her eyes. "Vamp Deceivers… AaAhHh!" she screamed. "Painful! Too painful! AaHh!" her whole body seemed to be constricted by some unknown force.
"You've been just deceived. Your blood craze led you to be trapped…" she laughed evilly. "That is because you're too desperate for my blood…"
Downstairs… Syaoran heard the screams. "Sakura…" he hurried upstairs and headed at the comfort room. He opened it. It was empty. Another scream. The scream came from his auntie's room. "Sakura! Darn it!" It's locked. "What's going on? Hey! Open the door!" he slammed at the door with his fists. "Open it!" Louder screams were heard. They made Syaoran more worried and angry. "Sakura! Sakura!"
Ms. Li watched Sakura roll her body on the floor. "How's the pain?" she insulted laughing out loud. "Vampires like you shall be terminated here…"
Sakura cried out Syaoran's name. "Syaoran… Syaoran! Help me!" her body was burning with heat.
"Oh, my nephew, my dear Syaoran… You're calling your friend? He can't save you of course…"
Upon hearing his name, Syaoran was enraged. His body stiffened as he breaks the doorknob. Inserting his hand through the damaged doorknob, he unlocked it. "Sakura!" he ran to her but Ms. Li blocked him. "Auntie! What have you done to her?"
"Your dear friend is a vampire. We don't need vampires here on earth, of course! They are cursed creatures! They are pests!" she took a glance at Sakura who's still struggling from pain. "She'll be dead in few minutes" she still had the small knife with her hand.
Syaoran's chest tightened as he heard those words. "You're joking! You can't kill her! Sakura is not that bad vampire as you think!" he struggled towards Sakura's body. "Don't worry, princess… I'll…" he gripped her hand and squeezed it.
Sakura didn't stop crying. She grasped on his sleeves and said, "Help me, Syaoran-kun… Please… Stop this pain!"
"Of course I will…" he's crying, too.
"Kill me, Syaoran… I'm begging you to kill me! Now! I don't want to feel this damn pain! AaHh!" she tightened her grip on Syaoran as she arched back from pain. "Syaoran-kun… her poison blood is… slowly… killing me… killing me softly! AaHh! I can't take this any longer! Kill me, oh, Syaoran!"
He shook his head. "I don't want to! I love you! Darn it! Auntie! Please do something!"
Ms. Li handed over the small knife to Syaoran. "Use this… Kill her now. You don't want to see her suffer like that, I know…"
Syaoran just stared at the knife. His tears dropped on its blade. "Sakura…"
Sakura smiled. "Do it, Syaoran…" she's still holding Syaoran. "I love you, too, Syaoran…" then she closed her eyes.
"What are you waiting for, Syaoran? Stab her!" his autie exclaimed.
Syaoran's tears dried up. "Shut up…" his eyes went silver this time. His voice was cool but full of wrath. "I don't want to do this, auntie…" he gently lay Sakura's body on the floor, fainted. "But my mind is telling my body to… kill… you…"
Ms. Li was horrified. "Huh?"
"I don't know why. Perhaps, I just hate anything that hurts my princess! After all what you've done to her, I can't just forgive you…" his voice was monotone and savage. He glared coldly.
"Syaoran! Your teeth! No!" his auntie could see his fangs. "Impossible! It's really impossible for you to inherit your father's gene!"
"It is twenty five percent possible for me…" Syaoran snapped recalling Kaho's words.
"No… Are you going to kill me? I am your auntie, Syaoran! I take care of you since you're a child!"
He looked at his knife. "Well… it leaves me no choice but to kill you…" he stared at Ms. Li innocently. "The only way to destroy the poison inside Sakura's body is to kill its domain…"
"You know about it? How come?"
"On the book of the Ancient King Lacudra…" he paced towards her.
Ms. Li tried to escape but Syaoran strode fast and without any words, he stabbed her on her chest. Her mouth was gaped open. And there, she fell on the floor… dead.
Syaoran gazed at her coldly. "Please forgive me, auntie… For I'll do anything just to save my princess…" His fury awakened his vampire blood and for the first time, Syaoran, in his vampire form, came into scene.
End of the thirteenth chapter
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