Princess: Yippee! I'm engaged to Princey-poo! *squeals while hugging Prince*

Prince: Jealous? *sticks his tongue at everyone*

Mojo and the other male villains: *faces turns green and they all ran out of the room to throw up*

All the female villains except Princess: *gags at the scene and distracts themselves by reading fashion magazines*

Takaaki & Ren: *nearly shivers in disgust*

Haru: *stops hitting his head to prevent himself from getting brain damage* Ignoring what they said, you boys better not do anything reckless at the ball and don't let your jealousy get to you!

Brick: But what would happen if a guy flirts with your mate?

Haru: *eyes turn dark and evil and he says in a menacing tone* I won't hesitate to end their pathetic lives if they come near my mate! *omits a dark killer intent and hugs Hanyuu*

Hanyuu: *blushing from his antics* n-nano desu?

Brick: Which is why the boys and I aren't letting anyone come near our mates as well *puts his arm around Momoko's waist and kisses her cheek*

Boomer: Or they'll meet our wrath *hugs Miyako and kisses her forehead*

Momoko & Miyako: *blushes from what they did*

Kaoru: *rubs her sore neck* Besides going to the ball, which I'm gonna hate, the mating ceremony is definitely painful!

Butch: Gomen if it hurts, Kaoru-chan but the soreness will go away soon. I promise you that! *hugs her*

Yukina: When am I gonna find my brother, Natsuki!?

Me: You will find him real soon, I promise you that! And Adalila will meet him at the ball as well.

Adalila: Y-You mean? *face turns pink*

Momoko: Ooooh! Is it her boyfriend!? *hearts appear on her eyes*

Ren: I bet its her mate! *squeals in delight*

Me: All of you will know soon enough now simmer down.

Momoko & Ren: Hai!

Me: Good! Now, I only own the plot and the O.C.'s belong to their respective owners so I hope you enjoy the story! By the way, I can finally accept some truth or dares for the intro so feel free to leave some ^_^

Ch. 7

Momoko's p.o.v.

I could feel my eyelids trying to open but they were too tired. My neck was really sore and my body almost feels numb. I don't know but it feels like I've been running around for a long time that my body is refusing to move and my neck feels like someone bit me really hard with sharp teeth.

I squeezed my eyes shut to get rid of the drowsiness I was feeling and I slowly start to open them again when I no longer felt sleepy anymore. I managed to open my eyes and all I could see was the red ceiling. Hold on, red? Does that mean that I'm back in Brick's room?

I slowly got up and I rubbed my aching neck as I felt a bit of pain coursing through my veins. I let my eyes wander around the room and my hunch was right when I saw that I'm actually in Brick's room. It looks like the mating ceremony was already over and we were brought back here to rest.

My nose took a small sniff and I realized that I wasn't smelling any blood on me. I looked down and saw that I was changed into a different outfit: a pink t-shirt with white shorts and pink leather sandals.

I sniffed my arms to see if I had any smell of blood on me but all I smelled was peach-scented soap. Hold on, if someone bathed me then who did and did he or she changed me as well? If Brick was the one who did that, I am gonna kill him for looking at my body!

"He didn't bathe and change you, it was me"

I quickly turned my head and saw that Yukina was standing next to my bed. Strange, when did she get here? Oh well, its a good thing it was her who did that otherwise I would've turned red if Brick was the one who bathed and changed me.

"Not just red, you'll be a tomato if it was him and it'll get worse once you see him naked" she covered her mouth while laughing.

"Yukina!" I exclaimed with my face red. I don't think I can handle seeing a naked Brick.

"I'm kidding, I'm kidding!" she waved her right hand up and down while touching her cheek with the palm of her left hand.

"You better" I muttered softly so she wouldn't hear me.

"Now that you're up, its time to prepare you for the ball!"

"Ball? What ball?"

"Oh right, I guess we forgot to tell you and the girls. You see, we're invited to a huge ball at a castle to celebrate the engagement of Prince and Princess"

"Whoa whoa whoa" I said in shock. "Princess got engaged to whom and who's Prince!?"

"Prince is the son of a high-class noble vampire clan in the west and he's like a boy version of Princess. Apparently, the two of them started liking each other when they first met and they decided to get married soon"

"Please tell me this is all a nightmare" I pleaded and clutched my head.

"I'm afraid not, sorry" she shook her head. "Well lets get you ready now because the ball starts in 2 hours and not only do I have to dress you up and give you a makeover but I must make you look really beautiful so Brick can't keep his eyes off of you"

She giggled while giving me a wink when I blushed at what she said and grabbed my hand to drag me off the bed to go inside the closet where mine and Brick's clothes are. She let go of my hand to look over at some of the dresses that looked formal enough for me to go to the ball into. It didn't last that long because I heard her squeal and pulled out a dress that was hanging by the clothes hangar.

"This would look perfect on you!" she squealed in delight.

I looked at the dress and awed at how pretty it was. The dress was colored cherry red that was one shoulder and it reaches to the floor. There were white flowered diamond gems all over them starting from the one shoulder all the way down to the chest area and spread all over above the rib cage area. The bottom part of the dress had a small sweep train so it'll be easy for me to walk in the dress.

"Put this on now before I put this on you myself!" she squealed again.

I nodded quickly and changed out of my outfit and put on the dress. I turned around so she could zip it up and when I turned to face her again, she had small hearts in her eyes.

"This dress is perfect for you! Let me get you some shoes to wear so they could match!"

She crouched down to the floor and opened some shoeboxes to see which ones would work. She brought out a pair of hot pink short heels with pink bows on the sides and put them on my feet so I wouldn't have to do that. She stood up and had a huge smile on her face as she scanned me up and down.

"They definitely match! Time to do your hair and makeup!"

She dragged me out of the closet and made me sit down on a stool as she brought out her makeup bag and hair accessories so she could doll me up. She started fixing my hair and when she was done, she put some makeup on me but not too much or too little. She then finished and ordered me to close my eyes so I did. I felt her put something cool on my neck and I felt a bit of pressure on my ears. She told me to stand up and open my eyes in which I did. I gasped as I saw my reflection on the rearview mirror.

My hair was curled up and put into a ponytail with a small pink ribbon wrapped around my hair to tie into a small bow. I had some pink eyeshadow on my eyes including mascara, blush, and strawberry flavored lipgloss. A beautiful silver necklace was on my neck with pink gems on the petals from the silver shaped flowers and leaves that made a pattern on the necklace. A pair of flower shaped earrings with pink gems on them were pierced on my ears. I could see my mark on my heart muscle but there were red roses on the mark near Brick's name. Wow, is this me?

"What do you think?" I heard Yukina ask me.

"I don't know what to say" I breathed out.

"Its easy, you're beautiful" a male voice said.

I whipped my head in shock to find Brick near the doorway and I gotta say, he looked really handsome in his outfit. He wore a tuxedo which was black except his tie, button up vest, and flower in his pocket were red. He had on a pair of red dress shoes and he wasn't wearing his hat so his hair was brushed and tied into a low ponytail.

"Now that you're here, I'm gonna go ahead and get changed. Don't do anything bad in here" Yukina snickered and left the room while ignoring Brick's glare.

"Ignoring what she said, you look really beautiful in this outfit" he smiled at me.

"Arigato, you look handsome in our outfit as well" I nearly blushed.

"I know, I heard you say that" he smirked and brought his hand out. "Lets go downstairs and see the others. They're probably waiting for us"

I nodded and walked over to him as I took his hand. He took me out of the room before he closed the door and led me out of the hallway towards the downstairs area where everyone else was already there. I noticed that everyone else was dressed up in formal outfits and they looked pretty good in them.

Miyako was wearing a sea blue strapless dress with the fabric see-through thats showing her collarbone, shoulders, and stomach where her mark was that had Boomer's name on it but with sunflowers on them. The dress reached her ankles and small sapphire pendants were all over the upper part of her dress and they made a line on the waist to make it look like a sequin belt. She had on a pair of open toe clear blue 3 inch high heels with small ruffles that outline her feet. Her hair was down and curled up and she had on makeup like I did except her eyeshadow was light blue and she had on blueberry flavored lipgloss. She had on a bubbles aurora necklace around her neck and a pair of earrings that match her necklace.

Kaoru was wearing a lime green thin-strapped dress with her neck shown that shows her mark that had Butch's name on it but with buttercups on them and the fabric clear with no gems but reflects by the light. The dress reaches the floor and she wore a pair of green wedges with ruffled flowers on the top of her shoes. Her hair was straightened and down but tied into a small bun. She only had on light green eyeshadow and pear flavored lipgloss. She wore a necklace with the charm shaped like a clover with emerald gems on them and a pair of clover shaped earrings that matched her necklace. I can't believe she's actually wearing a dress and looks like a girl.

Boomer and Butch were wearing the same tuxedos like Brick but in their own signature colors. All the villains here except Princess since she's probably with her new husband wore the same outfits they wore when we saw them at the ball back in New Townsville.

Hanyuu wore an indigo colored strapless dress that reaches her calves with white rhinestones on the top part and a pair of 3 inch silver high heels with gemstones on the sides. Her hair was put into a bun and she wore makeup like me and Miyako except her eyeshadow was indigo colored and she had on grape flavored lipgloss. She wore a pair of indigo colored pendant shaped earrings and she still had on her indigo flowered necklace that was around her neck.

Haru wore the same tuxedo like the RRBZ except his color was dark indigo.

I saw that Yukina and Adalila were finally here and dressed up. Yukina wore a thin-strapped victorian blood red gothic style dress with many layers and her dress reached the floor. Her hair remained the same but she had a red flower tucked near the side of her hair. She had on a pair of red pumps to match the dress and she only wore some red eyeshadow, blush, and cherry flavored lipgloss. She wore the same necklace and earrings she had on when the girls and I met her again. Adalila wore a one shoulder turquoise short dress that reaches her knees with sparkles all over the dress and layers. She wore a pair of 2 inch white high heels with flowers on the sides. Her hair remained the same including her headband but there were some sparkles in her hair. She still had her hoop earrings but she also had a necklace with the charm shaped like her earrings. She had the same makeup like Yukina but her eyeshadow was blue and she had on coconut flavored lipgloss.

I looked around and noticed that Takaaki and Ren weren't here. I'm guessing they went home to change for the ball but I wonder what kinds of creatures are gonna be there besides the werewolf pack. Lets hope some of them are friendly.

"Okay, is everyone here!?" Haru shouted.

We all looked at each other and nodded. Yup, everyone is here so we aren't missing anybody.

"Good! Now lets get going!"

He brought out a huge dark staff that appeared out of nowhere and tapped the edge on the ground, making the whole area be covered in smoke and it went away revealing a new area we were now in.

"Everyone, welcome to the castle of Lord Hashiji! He is Prince's father and one of the upper-class vampire noblemen in the West!"

I looked at the castle and nearly awed at how big it is. It was nearly big like the dark castle the boys and Haru lived in but this castle had so many decorations put up probably for the ball. I saw many guests going inside ranging from either a fairy, werewolf, goblin, troll, or devil. I realized that we were standing near the front lawn of the castle because our feet were touching the grass and some of the guests were giving us weird looks.

We were quickly led inside and when we got there, the inside of the castle was enormous and not only there were traditional decorations for a party but there were some gothic style decorations as well to fit the theme. Everyone was chatting happily with one another but we were given a few glances by every creature since we're new here.

"Now that we're here, please go enjoy yourselves but stay together so you won't be lost or get separated otherwise all of the creatures here will think you're food!" Haru exclaimed.

We all nearly gulped and nodded except for him, Hanyuu, Yukina, and Adalila. I felt Brick grab my hand and I then felt him taking me somewhere with my feet catching up to him as they make small noises on the solid floor. We arrived near a table where they served many delicious foods and drinks that nearly made my mouth water but I quickly reigned my composure so he won't think I eat like a pig.

"Momoko-koi, make sure you stay near me so no one else would come near you" he said in a serious tone. "I don't want any of those boys flirting with you"

"Don't worry, Brick-kun. I'll stay by your side for all eternity" I kissed his cheek.

"Good" he smiled at me.

"Yo Brick!"

He turned his head to see where the voice was coming from and suddenly, a red blur pounced on him making him nearly fall but he managed to prevent himself from falling down. The red blur that was hugging Brick looked like a boy around his age. He had dark orange spiky hair that reaches his neck, amber eyes that ranged from red to brown, a tuxedo that was colored amber, black dress shoes, and he had this necklace around his neck thats shaped like a werewolf but colored red.

"Damn it Kohaku! Get off of me!" Brick growled as a tick mark appeared on his head.

"You're no fun" the boy named Kohaku nearly pouted as he stopped hugging him but it slowly turned into a small grin. "Look at you, Brick! You've changed a lot the last time I saw you! How're you doing, man!?"

"I'm doing good now. I see that you haven't changed a bit" Brick said.

"You got that right!" Kohaku gave him a peace sign but then noticed me. "Who's this lovely young lady?"

"Momoko Akatsutsumi, its a pleasure to meet you" I bowed down to hide my face from being pink when he complimented me.

"She's also my soulmate" Brick put his arm around my shoulders. "You can see that I marked her since my name is on her"

"I can see the mark and you're so lucky! You finally got yourself a beauty while I'm still searching for my mate" Kohaku laughed. "So when do you plan on having kids with her?"

My mouth was wide open in shock as a small blush appeared on my face. Did he just say that!? There's no way I'm gonna lose my virginity yet because if that happens, my family but mostly my dad would kill Brick if he got me pregnant! I saw Brick bopping Kohaku's head making him wince in pain as a tick mark appeared on Brick's head.

"You baka! Don't ever say that in front of my mate and F.Y.I., we're gonna wait until we're adults and once I get her family's blessings because I would never make my mate do something she doesn't want to do unless its okay with her!" he yelled at him.

My cheeks turned red when he said. I never knew that Brick can be so sensitive and that was really sweet of him to say that. I'm glad that Brick isn't that much of a pervert and he respects me so much. I'm so lucky to be with him.

"Okay, okay! Sheesh! I was just messing with you" Kohaku rubbed his aching head. "By the way, you haven't introduced me to her"

"Oh yeah, right" Brick replied. "Momoko-koi, this is my annoying friend Kohaku. He's a werewolf and is good friends with Takaaki. He's part of the Bloody Howler Clan who specialize in healing the injured since his clan can easily smell the blood of another creature whether they are good or bad and check to see if they're fully healed or not by checking their blood"

"Thats pretty impressive" I awed.

"You got that right!" Kohaku smiled to show his pearly white teeth. "Not only do my clan has healers but awesome fighters as well. Sometimes, we even drink blood for food or to heal ourselves but its only for emergencies so don't worry!"

"Okay good" I sighed in relief. I was worried that they could drink blood everyday but its a good thing they don't.

"Since you're here, are any of the other werewolf clans here as well?" Brick asked him.

"Not a lot. Only a few members of my clan came here, a couple of the Blue Moon members including Takaaki and his mate and her members are here, some Evergreen Woodland clan members are here, and a few others from noble clans are here as well. The rest didn't come because they said that they'd rather die than go to an engagement party hosted by the vampire clan's snobbiest brat in all the universe" Kohaku answered.

"They're lucky that they didn't come"

"I couldn't agree more! Well, I better go see how Takaaki and Norio are doing. See ya Brick and Momoko!"

He walked away and into the crowd where its impossible for us to see him. Kohaku seemed pretty nice minus him saying a perverted comment to us but he looks like a pretty okay guy. I wonder how he and Brick first met?

"I'll tell you later on how I first met him but for now, lets go dance" he said and took me to the dance floor. He needs to stop reading my thoughts!