Me: Hey everyone! I'm really sorry for the long wait but I was busy with school and homework so thats why I haven't been updating in quite a while!
Yukina: Why was I a total girly girl last chapter!?
Adalila: I believe it was your time of the month which is why you acted like a total girly girl
Yukina: That'll explain why *grumbles*
Me: Anyways, I wanna thank ghadahalsaad for leaving in some dares since she was the only one who did that so if you're reading this, you rock girl! *gives her the peace sign* Well, here are her dares
I dare Momoko and Brick to go to the mall dancing like idiots and saying i love dancing, do you love dancing, if you don't then you're an idiot.
I dare Kaoru and Butch to play 30 minutes in heaven.
I dare Miyako and Boomer to go out on a date
The rest they get free ice cream (gives the ice cream)
Momoko & Brick: Do we have to!?
Me: Yes you do, now go!
Momoko & Brick: Fine *they leave the room and go to the mall where they started dancing like idiots* I love dancing, do you love dancing? If you don't, then you're an idiot!
Random stranger: Are those 2 insane?
Old lady: I love dancing! *starts dancing around*
Momoko & Brick: *they quickly leave the mall and come back inside the room with their faces flushed and filled with embarrassment*
Me: Now that was a bit funny, now its Kaoru and Butch's turn!
Kaoru: You'll never take me alive! *runs away*
Butch: Oh no you don't! *grabs her and drags her inside the closet. 30 minutes later, they came out with their faces red and clothes wrinkled*
Me: Since that happened, now its Miyako and Boomer's turn! Time for you two to go on a date!
Miyako & Boomer: Okay! We'll see you all in an hour! *leaves the room while they hold hands*
Me: Last one, all of us get free ice cream!
Everyone: Yay! *we all get ice cream*
Me: So I only own the plot and the O.C.'s belong to their respective owners so I hope you enjoy the chapter and feel free to leave some dares!
Ch. 8
Kaoru's p.o.v.
I kept on glaring at some male creatures who kept on ogling me. Ever since the others and I came to this ball, some of them looked at me and my friends thinking that we're fresh meat or if we're models. Even a few wolf-whistled at me and Butch nearly killed them when they did that but luckily, his werewolf friend Norio managed to restrain him from killing them more. Since the floor was covered with some blood, the janitor came over and cleaned the place up so none of the other guests would have some blood-lust in them.
After that, I was introduced to Norio and learned that he was one of Takaaki's close friends and a werewolf who's part of the Evergreen Woodland Clan whom specialized in making powerful weapons from the strongest minerals and are pretty strong which makes them famous for combat. He had short spiky jet-black hair(styled like N from Pokemon), yellow-green eyes, a black tuxedo with a green rose in the pocket, black dress shoes, and he had this necklace around his neck with the charm shaped like a wolf but in green.
He wasn't that bad at all except he's a bit of a pervert when he told Butch that I was a total hottie which made me punch him in the gut and Butch bonked his head for calling me that since he's the only one who can say that so I punched his arm as my temper rose. Why must I be paired with this pervert!?
After learning more about Norio, he vanished into the crowd and right now Butch is talking with a red devil that reminds of a cartoon devil except this one looked like he could be related to Him because of the horns, claws, and the skin color.
"Your mate is very pretty. You made an excellent choice on choosing her" he smirked as he looked at me.
"Thank you. I knew that she was the one for me when I first saw her" Butch put his arm around my waist, making me roll my eyes at him.
"So when do you plan on impregnating her?"
My mouth was wide open in shock when he said that. Nuh-uh. There's no way I'm gonna get pregnant because one, I'm only 16 and 2, I'm not letting Butch steal my virginity! Why the heck did that devil even say that!? Are all male creatures perverts!? I felt Butch pull me closer to him and he had this huge smirk on his face.
"Soon, real soon" he grinned to reveal his fangs.
I had to suppress a loud growl as my face nearly turned red. If you dare come near me Butch, I'll feed your manhood and dignity to the pigs and have you get eaten by a grizzly bear! There's no way I'm letting you touch my body!
"Pardon me but I must use the ladies room" I said while trying to calm down. "I'll be right back"
I got out of his grip and quickly ran to the bathroom where it was near the entrance of the castle. I went inside the bathroom where it said ladies on it and went over to the sink to take some deep breaths. I breathed in and out until my anger went away and I had to stop my fists from clenching so much since a bit of anger is still inside me. Calm down Kaoru, just calm down and ignore what Butch said.
I looked at my reflection and saw a pair of jade green eyes staring at me. Besides the eyeshadow and lipgloss, I could still see my own face on the reflection and what I looked like as a tomboy before I was dressed up. This dress made me look like a total girl and I wish that I didn't have to wear it but sadly, I must since I had to come to this ball.
I looked around in the bathroom and saw how fancy this place was. There was a lounge area connected here with some seats and tables including gigantic mirrors where women could powder themselves or put on their make-up. The walls were pure white and everything here was made out of marble. The mirrors even had some gems around them that looked to be real diamonds and there was a clock on top of the wall that looked to be made out of pure gold.
I noticed that there were only a few women in here and they're mostly just putting on their make-up or pampering themselves to make themselves look more beautiful. I spotted Sedusa near the corner putting on some lipstick while chatting with a female devil. Looks like those 2 are getting along well.
"Stupid ball, stupid Prince" I heard someone mutter.
I turned my head and found a girl washing her hands as a tick mark appeared on her head. She had dark green wavy hair that reaches her armpits, sea-green eyes, pale skin, a sea-green silky off the shoulder ball gown that reaches her ankles with ruffles around her waist, dark green flats, a gold chain around her neck, and some lipstick. Her knuckles were red which indicated that she must've punched someone or something.
"I know you're looking at me" she said.
I snapped out of my thoughts when I realized that I was staring at her for so long. Oh great, she must think that I'm some sort of creep for doing that.
"Sorry but I heard you mutter about the ball and Prince being stupid" I replied. "I'm guessing you hated coming here, huh?"
"You got that right. I never wanted to come here but I was forced to by my friend who was coming here with her mate. I don't know how many times Prince would always hold an engagement party here since he does that all time with any pretty girl he sees which disgusts me how they could fall for his charms and ugly face" she grimaced.
"Wait a minute, Prince holds a lot of engagement party balls!?"
"Yeah he does. He's known as one of the most biggest playboys who would date any pretty girl he sees and promises to marry them but right after he holds an engagement ball for them, he dumps them in the end and moves on to the next one in which he repeats his cycle over and over again"
My eyes widened in shock when she said that. Hold on, Himeko has just got engaged with Prince and once the party is over, he's gonna dump her. Oh man, I can't believe that Prince is not only a snob but a huge playboy!? No wonder everyone doesn't like him. Himeko is so gonna get heartbroken once she realizes that Prince is toying with her heart. But should I be concerned for her or not? Either way, its wrong to toy with someone's emotions and dump them in the end.
"So you hate Prince because of how he's a huge snob and playboy?" I asked her.
"Yes but mostly because he tried to flirt with me while his new victim wasn't looking so I gave him a good punch to the nose and I'm now cleaning my hands to get rid of the blood that stained my knuckles" she answered.
"Nice one" I snickered.
"Thanks" she grinned. "Names Hanako, you?"
"Kaoru. Nice to meet someone who hates Prince" I brought my fist out.
"Likewise" she smirked and bumped my fist with hers. "So what type of creature are you?"
"Creature? I'm actually a human"
"A human!?" she exclaimed in shock but then laughed. "That explains why you don't smell like a creature. Well, I'm an earth fairy who can control earth but I'm not a girly fairy though. I'm a tomboyish fairy who isn't afraid to kick anyone's butt! And no, we don't sparkle. Those are for water sprites"
"Aren't fairies and sprites the same thing?" I asked.
"Kinda but they're more elfish though" she answered.
"I see" I said. "Well it was nice meeting you but I gotta go see my soulmate before he gets all panicky and stuff"
"Want me to come with you? Its best if you stick with another creature so none of the creatures from outside could get you. Trust me, a human such as yourself mustn't be out in an area all alone"
"I can totally take care of myself"
"Against a bunch of creatures who lust for blood?"
"… I guess I have no other choice then. Please escort me out the bathroom and to my soulmate"
"No problem" she laughed as she placed her hand on my back and led me out the bathroom towards near the banquet where Butch was. Just when we were about to get close to Butch, Hanako suddenly screeched and I quickly turned around to find Norio holding her by the waist who's growling with his canines shown and his eyes were glowing yellow-green as his necklace started to glow.
"Hey! Whats the big idea!?" Hanako yelled at him and tried to get out of his grip. Her yell attracted some attention.
"My mate!" Norio tightened his grip on her. Hanako is Norio's mate!?
"What do you mean, your mate!?" she yelled in shock. "Thats impossible!"
"You're mine!"
He sank his canines onto her neck and she let out a huge scream. What is he doing to her!? I ran over to stop Norio but I was suddenly held back by someone. I recognized that person's scent and I struggled to get out of his grip.
"Butch! Let me go! I have to save Hanako!" I yelled at him. "Why isn't anyone helping her!?"
"I can't let you do that, cupcake" he answered in a firm tone. "Werewolves get aggressive if anyone tries to stop them from coming near their mates and they won't hesitate to rip you to shreds even if you're a friend of them"
"But Hanako's in pain! Can't Norio see he's hurting her!?"
"Thats because Hanako is Norio's soulmate. Norio is marking her as his mate so she wouldn't leave his side for all eternity. Male werewolves are possessive of their female mates so if anyone comes near their luna, they face the wrath of the werewolves and I can't let you get killed by Norio's aggressiveness"
I heard Hanako's screaming had stopped and I gasped when she passed out in Norio's arms. Some of the guests had looks of pity and there were a few werewolves who were nodding towards Norio whom nodded back. He picked her up bridal style and raced out the castle with wolf speed as the guests parted back to give them some space.
After that event, the guests went back to what they were doing and I could feel my legs wobbling as they gave out if not for Butch who was holding me. Hanako has been marked as Norio's soulmate and she was in so much pain when he bit her. I couldn't stop him because Butch had me in his grip and no one stopped him because they were afraid of getting killed by Norio. Even the werewolves didn't stop Norio from marking Hanako.
I could feel myself shaking as Hanako's screams were in my mind. I couldn't stop him. I couldn't save her. I'm supposed to be Buttercup of the PPGZ but I couldn't save her because I wasn't strong enough to get out of Butch's grip. Tears leaked from the corner of my eyes but I quickly wiped them away. This isn't time to cry, Kaoru. Crying won't get you nowhere.
I felt Butch pick me up and take me to a table where my friends and their mates are. He put me down and I looked up to see the girls were giving me sad looks. They stood up from their chairs and went over to hug me as I wrapped my arms around their shoulders and buried my face onto their shoulders to hide my tears. I couldn't save Hanako. I couldn't save my friend.
Adalila's p.o.v.
I took a sip of my tea as I flipped the next page of my book. I was at a small table near the corner of the ballroom and I was sitting down on the chair reading my favorite book, Clarity, which is about this girl who's a medium that can see the past, present, and future while solving murder mysteries.
Anyways, Yukina was sitting across from me but she went outside to get some fresh air after what happened to that earth fairy and werewolf. We were both kinda worried for that girl since she's a fairy who's a close relative to the sprites. We even saw Ren sobbing uncontrollably from that event while Takaaki was comforting her. I wonder if Ren knew that fairy?
While I processed my thoughts, my book was suddenly snatched out of my hands by someone. I looked up to glare at that person but my eyes suddenly widened and my cheeks turned pink when I saw who had my book.
"Mikhail Ravencrest" I whispered.
His dark brown hair nearly covers his right eye and his sea-foam green eyes twinkled with mischief as he smirked at me. He was 5'7 while I was 5'2 and he was wearing a black blazer outfit with a pair of black pants, dress shoes, and a silver chain necklace around his neck with the charm shaped like an eagle.
"Adalila-koi, why are you reading this book?" he asked with a bored look on his face.
"Because I wanted to, thats why now please give it back" I politely asked him.
"Let me think… nope" he threw the book behind him that made the book land on someone's head. "Instead of reading, why don't you spend time with your mate?"
I nearly yelped when he picked me up bridal style and his dark angel wings came out of his back as they started flapping and he flew me out the open window and onto the roof of the castle where he sat down on a huge flat boulder thats part of the castle and placed me on his lap. He wrapped his arms around my waist while I laid my head against his chest.
"I missed you so much, Adalila-koi. I've been so lonely without you" he whispered.
"I-I missed you too, Mikhail-kun" I whispered back. "I didn't know that the Nephilim Clan would be here"
"Me neither but I'm glad I managed to see you here. Now, we can have some alone time together. Just the two of us"
"Me too. So how's Morgana?"
"Good but she missed you like crazy and would keep asking me on when we could visit you again" he chuckled.
"Well once the party is over, I won't mind visiting her then"
"She'll definitely love it"
I felt his lips pressed against my forehead and he rested his head against mine. "Hey, Adalila-koi?"
"Yes?"
"Once everything is actually in peace, do you wanna start a family real soon?"
My eyes nearly widened and I looked up to see that he was telling the truth. A family? Mikhail wants to start a family with me? Is he serious?
"You wanna start a family?"
"Yes I do. I thought that maybe once we're ready, we can start a family of our own. We can do that real soon and when you're ready to have one. We're already mated so we don't have to worry about anything else"
"I guess you're right" I said. "Okay, I'll start a family with you real soon but only when I'm ready"
"Glad to hear that you agreed" he smirked and hugged me. Looks like Morgana is going to be an aunt sometime in the future.