Finally got Ch. 8 done!! Man this took a while! Enjoy it!!
Chapter 8
Another day is present at the Mukami mansion and everything is downhill for the brides. Sayori, Aina, Luna, and Yui are stricken with sadness and heartbreak while Selena and Rena are unable to get out of bed, due to Selena's pregnancy and Rena's blood loss still.
Selena hasn't been well enough to move at all again and she rarely gets any visits from the brides since she's still capable of subconsciously attacking them. She's been getting blood from the supplies the brothers gave her but her thirst for blood is getting worse and it's making her very antsy and dangerous to be around.
The only people who could go check up on her was the brothers since they're strong enough to restrain her. Well all except Yuma since she literally tries to tear him apart for everything that he's done that night at school. Not only did he violate her and her trust, he made Shu believe that he was the one that got her pregnant.
Rena lost a lot of her blood to Selena since she gave it to her in order to keep her and the child alive. And because of that, she has been unable to get out of bed as well.
She was too weak and she was afraid that she would lose control of her thirst and unknowingly attack someone. Including her sisters and everyone knows that she cannot and will not allow that to happen. So she as well has been keeping her distance from everyone.
Aina had just brought Rena some food and since her sister is resting, she sets the plate on the nightstand next to her bed. She quietly exits the room and closes the door softly so she won't disturb her rest.
"Ms. Aina?"
Aina jumps and whips around, sort of relieved that it was only Azusa. Even though he was a creepy masochist, Aina actually got used to him and found him to be quite harmless.
"Oh. Hi Azusa-kun. Is there... something I can do for you?" She asks.
His gaze adverts to Rena's door then back at Aina.
"What were you... doing just now?" He asks.
Aina looks at the door the back at Azusa. "Oh. I was just bringing dinner up to my sister. I figured that she might be hungry if she ever woke up anytime soon. It's... been a while since she's eaten anything." She looks down sadly.
Silence hits the two until Aina sighs and looks back up at the bandaged vampire.
"So... what are you up to? Are you going to join us and your brothers for dinner?"
He nods. "Are you... joining us... too?" She nods too and he gently grabs her hand.
"We can... go together... if you'd like." He offers.
Aina looks down at their hands and slightly blushes at his gentle touch. If anything it sort of reminds her of Kanato. He would always hold her hand like this and thinking about him brought sadness to her heart. But she decides to push the pain away this time and smile softly at Azusa.
"Thank you Azusa-kun." She loops her arm with his. "I'd like that."
He smiles softly and the pair starts walking down the hallway towards the dining room. When they enter, they already find the other brides at the table with Yuma and Kou, who are once again arguing over the proportion of the food.
"Come on dude, I totally called that one!!" Kou protests.
"Man I don't give a shit if you called it or not!!" Yuma yells. "Everyone gets three and this would've been your fourth, you ass!!!"
"Well... I wasn't counting!" He looks away and Sayori just rolls her eyes at them.
"Oh for the love of God you two!! There's more on the table!!" She gestures to the plate.
"Yes, there's enough for everybody." Luna adds as both Aina and Azusa take their seats at the table.
Yuma grunts and Kou looks at Ruki's open seat.
"Hey, where's Ruki-kun?"
Yuma looks at Azusa. "Did you tell him dinner was ready?"
Azusa stays quiet for a minute. "I told him we were eating. He doesn't want any."
Everyone looks and stares at him before looking at each other in confusion.
"Do you guys think... that Ruki-kun seemed kinda down lately?" Kou asks.
"Yeah. I noticed that." Yuma agrees.
"Me too." Azusa agrees as well.
Yui looks down as she remembers something that Ruki-kun did that night her, Rena, and Selena came back from school that night. After he got Rena out to bed to rest, he attempted to bite her and suck her blood. But then he stopped himself. Like he just figured something out. Something shocking.
She softly hums in confusion and looks at the open seat that Ruki normally sits in.
"I wonder what happened." She says.
Sayori sighs and crosses her arms. "Ah who knows. Maybe he's just tired or something. Hell I would if I were dealing with all of this chaos. Speaking of which, Aina, did you bring Rena some food?"
Aina nods. "Yes but she was still asleep so I put it next to her on the nightstand."
She sighs. "And Selena-san?"
Aina says nothing since she hasn't been able to check up on her since that night. So Sayori looks at Kou and Yuma.
"You guys checked up on her recently, how's she feeling?"
They both exchange glances before taking a seat. "She's still the same. Only she's been a bit more moody lately." Kou says.
"And more... thirsty." Azusa adds.
Yuma scoffs. "At least she doesn't try to rip you to shreds every time she sees ya."
"Well you were the one who bit her in front of Shu-san and completely violated her trust in the first place you jackass." Sayori scolds him.
"Hey, I was only tryin' to teach that lazy ass that he can't get everything that he wants. Hell he already lost Peaches."
She shoots up from her seat. "He lost her because of you!! If you hadn't interfered, then maybe she and Shu-san could've worked something out and he could take care of her!! You think it's easy trying to restrain her from killing us?! Look at her!! She's suffering!! And I'd rather she be with that lazy piece of shit than to lie here in pain!! She's pregnant with his kid for God sakes!!"
She huffs out and storms out of the room when everyone is staring after her.
"I'm going up to my room." She growls and slams the door shut when she leaves.
"Man. Neko-chan's been pretty pissy with everything that's been going on." Kou states before he goes back to eating. "You think she's gotta point? About Selena-san?"
"She is... getting a bit... restless. And we can't... give her much blood... because of the others." Azusa says. "They... need it too."
"Well it's not like we can just give her away or somethin'. Hell she'd be on a hunting spree, killin' whatever's got blood in 'em." Yuma crosses his arms.
"So... what are we to do?" Azusa asks.
They both sigh. "Beats me dude. I got nothing." Kou leans back in his chair
"Guess there's nothin' we can do 'cept just wait it out." Yuma shrugs.
"I guess we'll just have to keep on giving her more blood whenever she needs it the most." Kou decides.
Yui, Aina, and Luna look at each other worriedly. They're all deeply worried about Selena since she hasn't gotten any better. In fact she's gotten a lot worst. Without the large amounts blood she needs, she won't be able to recover.
As Yui starts to think about Selena, she tries to come up with a solution that can possibly help her friend recover from her pain. But what could she possibly do? She knew nothing of vampire pregnancies and the only way Selena could feel better again is to drink as much blood for her and the baby.
She then remembers something. Her blood. It was the blood of Eve and from what the brothers told her during her stay here, it was very special. Maybe if Selena drank some of her blood then maybe she could recover from the severe pain and thirst she's suffering from.
When everyone starts to leave the table, Yui quickly retrieves a syringe needle and goes up to her room. She rolls up her sleeve and pricks her arm with the needle before pumping it with some of her blood. She pumped her blood out into a cup when the syringe was full. She does this a few more times before she felt a little dizzy.
When she was finished, she quietly sneaks out of her room all the way to Selena's room. She takes a deep breath before going in. Her heart aches when she sees Selena in bed, breathing heavily like she can't breathe.
She has the urge to wake her up and tell her to drink the blood she's giving her now but even she knows that that's a dangerous move. So she sets the cup with her blood down on the nightstand and quickly walks out before Selena could sense the blood and wake up.
Yui leans back against the door and sighs. Now since that's done, she's going to go get dressed for school now. She pushes herself away from the door and goes to her room, where Ruki was waiting for her.
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The delicious and intoxicating scent of Yui's nearby blood hits Selena's nose and once it did, her blood red eyes snap open. She jerks herself up in a sitting position and whips her head to look at the cup of blood.
Without the slightest hesitation, the blonde snatches the cup and gulps the blood down in a millisecond. The sweet taste of her blood coated her dry throat and her whole body, it made her feel strange.
Instead of wanting more, which she does, she ends up feeling dizzy and exhausted. It was like the blood she drank was a sweet sedative that calmed her pain and hunger down and it just made her feel very tired.
She lays back down and places her hand on her stomach when she feels a slight pain.
"I know, I know you're still thirsty darling. But mommy's too tired right now and I need you to be a little more patient. Please." She rubs her stomach fondly.
Even though the baby wasn't big yet, she could still sense it's little presence within her. And she couldn't help but smile fondly when she felt the pain subside a little.
"Thank you sweetie. I promise I'll make it up to you when I wake up. I promise." She whispers before closing her eyes and falling asleep.
Ruki, who had just thrown Yui in a storage room, watched Selena fall asleep until he closes and locks the door. She won't be a burden on them any longer.
He can't focus on taking care of these women anymore. He must fulfill his promise to his Father that saved him from death. And that means only focusing on drinking Eve's blood now. And nothing is going to stand in his way of becoming Adam. Not even them.
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"What the fuck are you doing you fucking psychopath?!? Let me go!!!" Sayori hollers and struggles with Ruki as he forcefully drags her and Aina down to the storage room and throws them in there with Yui and Luna, whom he had thrown in there earlier.
And once he had gotten them in there, he remembers that there was one more woman left to claim. Rena.
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Ruki stares down at the sleeping huntress until he reaches forward to pick her up. But once he made his move, Rena's hand shoots up and catches his wrist.
She now awake and she's staring at him with those death written eyes. He stares back with the same intensity until the two starting struggling violently with each other.
Rena kicks him away and whips out her knife from underneath her pillow. She swipes it at him until the tip slashes his cheek. He stumbles back and she tries her best to stay on her feet since she's still weak.
Ruki then growls lowly and before she even knew it, he drives the knife up on her lower stomach and it stabs her. She yells in pain and then Ruki bites her neck, draining her of what remaining blood she has.
"I won't let you stop us from becoming Adam." He growls.
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Rena grunts painfully when Ruki throws her in the storage room with the others.
"Rena!!" Everyone yells in fear and horror.
"Holy shit, Rena what the hell did he do to you?!" Sayori exclaims, staring down at her bleeding wound.
Sayori quickly yanks the knife in her stomach out and rips out a shred of fabric from a blanket nearby. She sets it in the wound, putting pressure on it and lays her eldest sister on her back.
"Is Rena-san going to be okay?!" Luna asks worriedly as she holds Aina close to her since she's close to tears.
"She's not going to die is she?!" Aina cries.
"Rena!" Sayori shakes her. "Rena talk to me damn it!! Wake up!!!" She yells shaking the huntress more violently.
"He..." she hears her sister murmur. "He's gone... insane."
"Rena!!" Aina and Luna run to her side.
"It... has to do something... with Yui-chan." She says softly and weakly.
They all advert their gaze at Yui, who's unconscious in the only bed there.
"Yui-chan?" Luna asks.
"Remember what they said... about her? They said that she... has the blood of Eve... running through her veins. And that they must... use it to become... Adam."
"Rena, you are not making any goddamn sense right now!! What are you trying to say?!" Sayori asks impatiently.
"They... They need her. They're going to... drink her blood until they become Adam. Her blood... is special to them. And they will not stop drinking from her until they get what they want."
She looks up at Sayori now. "They don't need us. We're nothing but distractions or unwanted weight. It's possible that... they could... get rid of us soon."
"What? No, no, they wouldn't do that!" Luna exclaims.
"We don't belong to the Sakamki's anymore. And they know that we have nowhere else to go. And Ruki-kun knows that we won't let him or his brothers touch Yui-chan. And because of that... I believe that he will end us."
She winces and touches her wound. "We... cannot stay here any longer. We have to find a way to escape."
"How Rena?! You're not even capable of moving right now!! You lost a lot of blood and we sure as hell can't fight these guys when we're locked up in here!! Hell we might just go crazy with hunger and kill Yui-chan ourselves!!"
"Don't ever say that Sayori!!" Rena hisses.
"It's true Rena!! Yui-chan is the only bride that hasn't become a vampire like us!! She doesn't feed, she doesn't have fangs, she's still human!!! And we're vampires!! We can't control ourselves if we get thirsty!!"
"If that's true then you'll have to drink my blood." She replies.
Sayori's beyond pissed and horrified right now.
She shakes her head violently. "No! No, we are not doing that!! Have you lost your fucking mind?!?"
"You don't have a choice Sayori."
"Bullshit I don't!!! Rena we're not going to feed off of you!!! You're my sister and I won't even think of killing you!!! Damn it why do you always do this to us?!? Why do you always have to risk your life for us?!?"
"...Because it's my job." She answers/
Sayori stares down at her and Rena grabs her hand in her bloody one's
"You know that I can't... and I will not let you die. You and Aina are everything to me and I'm going to protect you until all of you live a life full of peace and happiness. And if I have to die to get that for you... then I will die. I'd do anything to keep you all safe from harms way and that's what I'm going to do until I am no longer alive."
Sayori stares down at her for the longest time and she sniffles when her tears surfaced.
"You're such a stupid idiot, you know that?" She whimpers. "For 10 years, you've been protecting me and Aina from danger. 10 fucking years Rena. And recently, you died protecting me. You died Rena. You were going to abandon us when you promised that you wouldn't!!"
She cries and squeezes her hands. "Don't you see that we need you in our lives Rena?!? We can't be happy if you sacrificed your life for us!!! We need you more than you need us!!!"
Tears drip from her eyes and she sniffles. "For once in your life Rena, I wish you would stop worrying about us and think about yourself. I want you to stay alive so you can always be there to protect us!! Because I can't live without you being by my side! I look up to you and I love you!! Family sticks together no matter what, that's what you said!! Don't you remember?!"
Rena stares at her. "Sayori I..."
This whole time she believed that the only way to protect her sisters was by putting herself in death's way whenever it came for them. But she was wrong. She wasn't protecting them. She's was hurting them.
"Oh my God. How... How could I do that to them?" She hugs her sister tightly. "Sayori. Sayori, forgive me. I'm... I'm such a fool. I'm so sorry."
The redhead weeps on her sister's shoulders and now Aina starts to weep as well. Everyone is hugging each other while crying. They were all scared for what's to come soon and what's worse, is that no one can help them.
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It's been about a week since Ruki has thrown the brides in the storage room and each day the brides grew thirsty for blood. The brothers always came in day and night to feed on Yui and the brides hopelessly try to stop them.
Now the brothers are gathered in the living room as they're already dressed for school.
"Hey Ruki-kun, how long are we planning on keeping them locked up in there? It's been a whole week dude and those girls are at the worst of their thirst." Kou says.
"We need more of Eve's blood if there going to be an Awakening. Our food doesn't need freedom and so do our prisoners." Ruki replies bluntly.
"Okay we get it. But we can't just keep them locked up in there forever. And what about Peaches? She's been locked in her room without having anything to drink." Yuma says with annoyance and concern.
"We made a promise. Or have you all forgotten about it?" He asks grimly before standing up.
"We can't fail. We must become Adam." He walks away.
"Okay but what about Yui! She's getting weaker and those girls are bound to lose control of their hunger. What if they attack her and kill her for her blood?"
Ruki stops walking.
"If we lose Eve Ruki-kun... then we will have failed him." Azusa says.
Ruki stays silent and then resumes walking away. "If they kill her, then we'll have to kill them as well."
That makes each brother stiffen. When he's gone Yuma speaks up.
"Alright. What the hell is his deal?"
"Seriously man he's always been moody but I've never seen him like this." Kou says concernly.
Azusa nods in agreement.
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Rena groans and growls lowly as she coughs and holds her dry throat. She's getting restless as well as the others, who are trying their best to keep their distance away from Yui.
"Rena!" Aina holds her shoulders.
"It's been a week." She whispers shakily. "My thirst is getting to me. It's getting worse."
Yui stares at her with worry and concern. "Rena-san are you-" she steps forward.
"No Yui-chan please!" She puts her hand out and squeezes her eyes shut. "Don't come... any closer."
Yui steps back, nervous and unsure of what to do. Her friends are suffering from their lack of blood and they can't allow themselves to drink from her.
Luna and Aina both whimpers as they both hold their throat while Sayori is trying damnedest to kick the door open.
"Sons of bitches!!! Let us out now!!! You're endangering Yui-chan for fucks sakes!!! Her life is on the line!!!!" She screams.
All of the brides eyes are flickering to the color red and Rena holds her head.
"Damn it!!!!" Sayori hollers before falling on her knees and holding her head as well like she's in pain.
"Yui-chan." Rena whispers. "I... I'm so sorry for all of this."
Yui stares at everyone. They're all dying and Yui is the only one who can keep them alive. She whimpers as she debates what to do. She doesn't have enough blood to give them all. But she really wants to help them like she did with Selena.
She closes her eyes and sighs fearfully. She can't let them die like this. She needs to help them. She looks around and sees a silverware knife next to a plate of food she's been given earlier. She grabs it and cuts open her wrist.
The girls whip their head up in shock and horror as they see her blood dripping from her wrist.
"Yui-chan, what are you doing?!?" Luna yells.
"Are you fucking insane?!?" Sayori adds.
"Put that away now!!!" Rena warns in horrification.
"We don't want to lose control of ourselves and kill you Yui-chan!!" Aina cries.
Yui stands there and walks forward to them. "You all are my best friends. You treated me like family and that's what we are. You all protected me and you've been there for me whenever I needed help. And because of that... I'm willing to do the same for you all. So please. Take my blood." She extends her wrist to them.
"Yui-chan, you cannot do this!!! Do you realize that you're risking your life by doing this?!?" Rena asks.
She nods. "I do Rena-san. Just like before. I'm doing this so one else gets hurt. So please. Take as much as you can."
"Yui-chan..." Aina whimpers as she and Luna unknowingly creeps forward towards her.
"Aina no!!" Sayori yells and reaches for her sister.
"Luna-chan!!" Rena calls at the white maiden.
Tears roll down their cheeks and they take both of her wrists in their hands.
"I'm so sorry Yui-chan." Aina whispers before sinking her fangs in.
"Me too." Luna whimpers before doing the same with her other wrist.
Yui gasps and trembles as they start to suck her blood. She feels herself getting weaker by the second
"No!!" Both Sayori and Rena lunge forward and grab ahold of Aina and Luna.
They yank them away and for some strange reason they both went unconscious. The two sisters stare down at them and back up at Yui, who's struggling to sit up and offering her wrists to them.
"Yui-chan stop this now!! You can't do this!! We won't forgive ourselves!!" Rena yells.
"Please. Rena-san. " She whispers. "Please let me help you. Just this once. Please."
She falls forward and Rena and Sayori catch her. They hold her and stare at her wrists. They stare until they sigh in defeat and sadness. They both pick up her wrists and bring it to their mouths.
"Forgive us Yui-chan." Rena whispers.
They bite down and suck her blood little by little until they subconsciously start gulping down mouthfuls. They drink until their bodies start to feel strange. They both pull away and struggle to stay conscious. Something was happening to them.
"What's... what's going on?!" Sayori exclaims. "What's... happening?"
She falls on the floor and Rena falls on her hands and knees. She stays like that until she finally looses complete consciousness.
After a short while, Yui wakes up and drags herself to the bed. She wraps herself in a blanket and sits on the bed, unsure of why this is happening.
"I finally found you Pancake."
She looks up and gasps when she sees someone in front of her. Ayato.
"Ayato-kun! H-How did you-"
"Man you've been a real pain in my ass. C'mon let's go!!" He grabs her wrist and yanks her forward.
"No! Please wait!" She can't leave without the others!
"What did you get used to being their pet or something?" He asks before pulling her up fully. "This little Pancake belongs to me!"
With that he teleports out of the room, just as soon as Ruki and his brothers appeared. Yuma picks up the blanket Yui just had on and Kou whips to Ruki.
"Ruki-kun! The Sakamaki's took our little Masokitty!! What do we do?!"
Ruki says nothing and Yuma grabs a fistful of his collar.
"What the hell has gotten into you damn it?! You're just gonna let them take her?!" He yells.
"We gotta go! We gotta get her back!" Kou declares.
"It's useless." Ruki says, causing great shock for the brothers.
"The hell does that mean?!" Yuma asks before scoffing and releasing him. "You're not makin' sense."
"Where are you man?" Kou questions.
Azusa looks down sadly. "What are we to do Ruki? Without Eve... what... are we?"
Ruki knew exactly what they were. Nothing. They've been wasting their time. The likes of them could never become Adam and it doesn't matter how much of Eve's blood they consume. They will forevermore be just half-breeds. Ruki places his hand on his face and squeezes his eyes shut.
Azusa stares down at his feet until he the others turn to look at the brides.
"They can't stay here anymore." Ruki says catching their attention. "We no longer have Eve so they're not our prisoners anymore."
"So we're... going to take them back? To them?" Azusa asks.
"It's not like we have a choice. Once they awaken and find out that Eve has been taken back then the huntress will without a doubt fulfill her promise to end us."
"Yeah but-"
"But what? Don't tell me that you all want them to actually stay here?" He questions Kou.
"Listen, those assholes don't want nothin' to do with 'em. They have nowhere to go!" Yuma counters.
"And you think that they would want to stay here? After what I've done to them?" He asks and they all stay silent. "We've all ruined their relationships with the Sakamaki's and because of that they would never consider being near us. What they're going through with them is heartbreak and I'm sure that their relationships can be mended."
Azusa looks over at Aina and holds himself like he's cold.
"I don't... want them to go." He says. "I like them. I like... Aina-chan."
They all stare at him until they look at the brides.
"Yeah. They're actually pretty cool. I mean Neko-chan is a feisty babe and Angel is a real cutie." Kou looks down at the two women. "I'd hate not to have them around."
"Yeah. I haven't met anyone as tough and stubborn as Peaches. She got some guts and I like that about her." Yuma adds.
"And let's not forget about her." Kou nods to Rena. "That one's the real deal. I mean she's beautiful, intelligent, fierce, and not to mention dangerous. She could be a guardian for us if she considered not to kill us." Kou says. "Maybe keeping them is not such a bad idea."
Ruki closes his eyes. "You're forgetting one thing. They still love them after everything they said and did to them. And they all hate us. They would never want to be near us for everything that's happened. And if know them well, they wouldn't let Eve be alone with the Sakamaki's."
They all stay silent. "We can't keep them here anymore. They need to go back to where they belong. And it doesn't matter if they're not on good terms with them. They cannot stay here. That's final."
He looks at Yuma. "Get Ms. Nai and meet us downstairs. We're taking them back. Now."
He stares at him until he walks away.
"The rest of you are going to help me get the others." He says to Kou and Azusa before he walks in and picks up Rena.
When he walks out with her, the other two eventually do the same with the others.
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Once they all were ready to go, they teleport to the Sakamaki mansion. Each brother goes their separate ways until they enter the brides room. Ruki wastes no time on laying Rena down on her bed and teleporting back outside.
Azusa lays Aina down on her bed as well and kisses her hand softly.
"Goodbye... Ms. Aina." He whispers before leaving her.
Kou sighs as Luna lays there peacefully on her bed.
"See ya around Angel."
He teleports to Sayori's room and lifts the redhead off his shoulder. Her lays her down and covers her up.
"You too Neko-chan. It was fun while it lasted."
He leaves her room.
Yuma sighs as he lays Selena's limp body down on her bed. He covers her up and takes a seat next to her. He stares down at her and places his hand on her stomach.
"See ya 'round Peaches."
He's going to leave but then he stops himself as he need to say more. He sighs deeply and leans down near her face.
"He doesn't deserve you. I know that much. But then again I'm no better. But if I find out you're not happy with 'im... I'll come and take care of ya myself. That's a promise Peaches."
He kisses her forehead and presses his own against hers.
"Sorry for hurtin' ya. Hope you can forgive me or somethin'. See ya."
Now he gets up to take his leave and he takes one last look at her before leaping out of her window.
All of the brothers meet up and Ruki stares at them and nods before walking away. The rest glance back at the mansion and then follow Ruki as they head on back home.
That was interesting huh? Well! I hope you've enjoyed this chapter! I will see y'all on the next one!!