This is it. The final chapter of my story. Chapter 12. Read and enjoy.
Chapter 12
Selena flutters her eyes open slowly and lifts her head up from her pillow. She adjusts her vision from her deep slumber and looks at the other side of the bed where Shu is sleeping. She stares down at him and smiles softly when she remembers everything. He's actually going to take care of her. He still loves her and he's going to take care of her and the baby. Their baby boy, Shin.
Suddenly realizing that Shu is going to actually be a part of their lives now, she starts to think about her future. They're not even married yet and they're having a baby together!! What kind of relationship is this?! He didn't even propose to her yet!!
And what about the other girls? What are they gonna say about this? Will they understand her situation, that she wants to stay here? Are they going to hate her or think she's crazy?!
"I doubt that they will." Shu says randomly, nearly startling Selena.
"Oh. You're awake." She says as she sits up more and brings the blankets up to her chest. "What did you say again?" She asks when his words replayed in her head.
"They won't think you're crazy for wanting to stay here with me." He says and she blinks in confusion and surprise.
"H-How did you-"
"We vampires are telepathic when it comes to mates, we can read the minds of our significant others. It's quite common for engaged couples like us."
"E-Engaged?" She asks before noticing an engagement ring on her ring finger.
She gasps softly and brings her hand closer to inspect the diamond ring. How did she get this? Did Shu put this on her finger when they were making love? She looks at him and sees a ring on his ring finger.
"Shu-san, did you-"
"I knew that you were gonna freak out about not getting married once the baby is born so I decided to take a step forward."
She looks down at her ring and stares at it. It's beautiful and it's real. And it means that she's going to be married to him soon. She's not only going to be a mother to Shu's child but she's also going to be his wife.
Thinking about this brings tears to her eyes. Happy tears. She chuckles and covers her mouth as Shu opens one eye to glance at her. A small smile of his own form on his lips when he sees her crying with joy.
"So I'm going to guess that you love the ring?"
She laughs and hugs him tightly. "You idiot, I don't care what kind of ring you got me! All I care about is having you as my husband and the wonderful father of our son! That's all I ever wanted. Thank you."
He cups the back of her head and plants a kiss in her soft hair.
"I know it was."
They share a long kiss until she pulls away to ask him something.
"Shu-san, how do you know that the others won't mind me staying here with you? I mean they're still-"
"No they're not."
"Huh?"
"They all made up with my brothers as we speak."
She gasps. "They have?! B-But Rena-san and the others! They all wanted to leave so badly and they all hated-"
"Let's just say that my brothers persuaded them to change their minds."
She stares at him and looks away, blushing.
"You mean they... they did what you did to me?"
He pulls her in closer. "It worked didn't it?" She stiffens and blushes when he licks her neck.
"Shu-san!" She pulls away and holds his shoulders. "I think we already established that I'm not going anywhere so there's no need for you to seduce me."
He chuckles softly and pulls her close again, rubbing her bare back, which sends shivers down her spine.
"Even so, I'm still going to make you mine every chance I get." He kisses her neck and she sighs in frustration. And he calls her lewd.
She pulls away again and glares at him. "I already have one baby inside me, I have no need for another until the near future. Besides..." she rubs her stomach. "I think he should stop going through with us torturing him like this. He already likes you as it is."
Shu sighs and she lays down on top of him.
"What a buzzkill." She heard him think.
"Oh stop it. We'll have plenty of time for that some other day." She kisses his chest and snuggles her head closer to his.
"Yes we will. Especially during our honeymoon." He thinks purposely and she blushes red.
She smiles at the thought of her own wedding and Shu putting a ring on her finger. Oh the joy of being married to the man you love!
"Could you keep it down in there? You're thinking too much." He says tiredly and she giggles.
"I'm sorry, I can't help it. I'm too happy to not think about it."
They lay there in silence until she lifts up her head up to look at him.
"If we ever get a girl, what will her name be?"
Shu sighs and brings her head back down to his chest.
~(XXX)~
Laito and Sayori collapse on the bed, moaning and laughing once they both released. The pair starts panting heavily and lay on their backs.
"Oh God. I didn't think I would miss doing this so much." She pants and slides her hand to her forehead. "Shit."
Laito chuckles and wraps his arm around her waist, bringing her closer to him.
"Well compared to how we usually make love." He slides his hand down her hip. "I'd say that you were holding it all in. My poor Little Bitch." He coos while kissing her neck.
"Like you didn't do the same thing you ass?" She rolls her eyes, blushing. "You yourself, were pretty wild. I'm surprised you didn't replace me with some other skank."
His arm tightens around her. "To be perfectly honest with you Little Bitch. I would have."
She turns her head to look at him. "But I wouldn't. I couldn't. Because you were and still are to this day, my beloved vampire bride. There isn't any other woman that could ever make me as happy like you could. Not even my mother if she ever came back to life."
She stares at him until she turns her body around to face him. She places her hand on his cheek and caresses it with her thumb.
"As much as I hate to admit it... the same goes for you. I don't think I could ever fall for another guy because of you. Even if he was perverted and rich like you, it still wouldn't be the same."
He places his hand on top of hers and brings it to his lips. "Tell me something Little Bitch and be perfectly honest with me. Would you join me in hell if I were to die first?"
She stares at him for the longest time until she finally opens her mouth to speak. "Without a doubt."
He smiles and kisses her softly but deeply. "Marry me Sayori."
She blinks a few times until she props herself up on her elbow with confusion and slight surprise on her face.
"What?"
He props himself up too. "You heard me. Marry me. Become one of us, a Sakamaki. Become my beloved wife."
She stares at him and sighs heavily before plopping back down on the bed.
"Shit." She covers her face with her hands. "It's a little too soon for that, don't you think?"
"How could it? I think it's the perfect time."
She sits up quickly. "Laito-kun, I'm underage, I'm a fucking minor for god sakes! I can't get married to you, it's way too soon! Plus... what will everyone else say?" She murmurs and crosses her arms, thinking of Rena and the others. "I doubt they'll approve of this."
"Oh come on baby." He rubs her thigh. "You should know by now that here it doesn't matter what you do. We have all the money we need, my father is a powerful man, so he can easily arrange a marriage approval for us, and I doubt that Rena-san would disapprove of us getting hitched. If anything she'll respect your decision and help support us, including the others."
She says nothing for a while and sighs rubbing her temple. "I don't know Laito-kun. This is all going so fast. I mean if you would have maybe waited at least a year from now, then I'd definitely say yes. But now? This is just a whole new ball game."
His two fingers walk up her arm as a devious grin forms upon his lips. "Maybe some 'persuasion' will make you say yes to my proposal."
"Shit."
Sensing that she's going to try to escape, Laito already grabs ahold of her and pins her down underneath him.
"Laito!! I swear to fucking God that if you try to-"
"Whether you like it or not, I'm not letting you get out of this bed until you say yes to my proposal Little Bitch. And I'll make you say that one little word in as many ways as I can."
"Oh you are just one selfish little bastard, y'know that?! You can't force me to marry you!"
"Oh but I can and I will. You see Little Bitch, the last thing I would ever want to see is another male eyeing you. Without a ring and a husband at your disposal, they'd be all over you like raging wild animals."
He captures her lips and bite down on her bottom lip.
"I won't let any of that happen. And none of it will happen if you just say yes."
She stares at him and blinks a few times.
"So." He intertwined his hands and fingers with hers and presses his forehead against hers. "What will it be Little Bitch?"
~(XXX)~
Subaru shrugs his blazer on and then his white boots before gazing at Luna, who is sound asleep. He never really knew just how beautiful she looked when she was sleeping. His hand reaches over and touches her cheek.
She moans softly and leans into his touch, smiling which brought warmth to his heart. He leans down and kisses her before leaving the room.
~(XXX)~
Rena is sound asleep and Reiji had just finished getting himself dressed. He straightens his blazer and puts his glasses back on.
He kneels down to Rena and places a soft kiss on her head and takes one last look at his radiant fiancée, who stirred awake the second he kissed her.
"Reiji-san?" She asks softly and tiredly.
He kisses her on the lips softly and caresses her side.
"Go back to sleep. I have some things I need to take care of right now."
She cups his neck with her hands and peck his lips with a kiss of her own.
"Don't be gone too long."
A faint blush flushes his cheeks when she speaks like that and kisses her one last time before separating himself from her. If he had stayed any longer, he would've never left the room.
When he left, he goes to his lab to do some research. He reaches in his pocket and draws out a small vial of Rena's blood he had obtained a while back. He needed to know if she had truly become what he assumed she is: a pureblood.
Once he had gotten her blood under a microscope and observed it, his eyes slightly widen. Her blood cells. They're just like the one's of a full blooded vampire.
"How is this possible?"
His thoughts go back to when Ayato had brought Yui back. Her body was covered in bite marks. Most of them on her neck and shoulders were from the Mukami's but the ones on her wrists were were not.
Reiji straightens up with a firm but confused look on his face.
"Could it... really be?"
~(XXX)~
Ayato kicks the front entrance doors open and walks in.
"Man, I'm thirsty as hell. I better go find Pancake."
"Well, well. Look who finally showed up."
Ayato looks over and sees Laito leaning up against the wall. He notices how happy or pleased he looks and he found it odd.
"The hell are you so happy about?" He peeves.
"Oh wouldn't you love to know my dear brother." He chuckles and Ayato rolls his eyes.
"Ugh whatever! Where's Pancake?"
"Beats me. She might be in her room." Laito shrugs still smiling and Ayato eyes him.
"So what were you up to? You know you missed a lot while you were out." Laito states.
"Huh? I just went out for bit, what exactly did I miss?" He questions irritated that Laito is still smiling like he's hiding something from him.
"Christ man, would you spill it already?! Why are you acting so weird?! And stop smiling, it's freaking me out! What did you finally convince the skank to stay or somethin'?"
"Even better." Laito says while lifting up his left hand.
Ayato looks at it and his eyes widen at the engagement ring on his ring finger.
"Oh my God." He looks at him. "You gotta be kidding me."
"Little Bitch is part of the family now. It was difficult to persuade her but I eventually got her to say yes to becoming my wife."
"Rena-san's gonna kick your ass for this y'know! There's no way she would agree to this! I betcha that Reiji hasn't even gotten to her yet."
"I wouldn't make such assumptions if I were you Ayato."
Reiji appears from the shadows and removes his glove, revealing his own engagement ring.
"What?" Ayato gapes at him while Laito chuckles in amusement.
"As you can see, I have decided to make Rena mine once and for all through marriage as well."
"Well wouldya look at that. Now we have two of us getting hitched. I wonder who else has proposed." Laito looks behind him where he finds Shu resting on a recliner.
"That wouldn't be such a surprise since he is going to become a father no less." Reiji pushes his glasses up in a comfortable position.
"Don't you all think that this marriage crap is too soon for them?" Subaru leans against the wall with his arms crossed.
"Not for me my dear little brother." Laito gestures to himself. "I've always loved my Little Bitch and I don't want anyone else wanting to take her away from me. I'm surprised that you haven't proposed to Snowflake yet."
"It's too soon for that, she needs more time to heal. Besides I'm not what you call husband material just yet."
"What the hell makes you all think that they're ready?" Ayato snaps.
"Like you all said, I'm marrying because I'm going to be a father. And because I love Selena." Shu says tiredly.
"Rena and I are quite capable of many things and I do believe that we both are entitled on becoming spouses. She became mine from the beginning and she will always be mine to the end." Reiji states firmly.
"Little Bitch is the only woman for me. Why not make her mine fully by marriage?" Laito shrugs.
"God, you all are fucking crazy." Ayato shakes his head and storms off into the living room, where they find Kanato at the fireplace, staring down at it with wide and heartbroken eyes.
"What the hell?" Ayato asks while staring at his brother. "Oi! Kanato!"
He didn't answer. All he did was just sit there emotionless, still staring at the fire.
The others stare at him as well with slight confusion.
"What the hell is up with him? Why is he staring at the fire like that?" Ayato asks.
"That's odd. I don't see his bear anywhere either." Laito states when he noticed Kanato's missing bear.
Ayato storms up to Kanato. "Hey. What's up with you man?"
Kanato suddenly shoves him away and is on his feet with muderous eyes.
"He killed Teddy. He took Aina-chan away from me. HE'S TAKEN EVERYTHING FROM ME!!!!!!" He screams.
He throws a chair at the wall and a lot of other things until Ayato tries to stop him.
"Hey fucking cool it man!! You're not making any goddamn sense!!"
Everyone freezes when they heard howling just outside. Just then, something bursts through their glass windows. The brothers gasps and come face to face with a pack of huge black and red wolves.
They all surround the brothers, snarling and growling viscously. One already leaps at Subaru and he punches it away.
"What the hell is going on here?!?" He yells before dodging another wolf.
Three wolves surround Shu and Reiji while four surround the triplets and Ayato looks up at the moon. While he was distracted, a wolf comes lunging down towards him with its jaws ready to slay. Ayato gasps when the wolf is almost close to attacking but prepares for the attack to happen.
But as soon as the wolf nearly got to him, a gunshot was heard and the wolf flew off to the side with a bloody bullet wound to the head.
Ayato and others, including the wolves, look over and see Rena with her hunting gun. She's in a different attire, an all black outfit that vampire hunters would wear. Even Sayori was with her and she has her own gun and the sword.
"Sayori!" Rena yells.
"Got it!" Sayori charges and shoots the wolves that surrounded the triplets and Rena does the same with the ones that Reiji and Shu had.
The wild animals snarl and charge at them but little did they know, that they would soon be tossed and punched away by their strength. Rena kicks one out the window and Sayori punches one away.
The brothers soon join them in the fight and used whatever strength they have to fight them off. Two wolves lunge at Rena from front to back and Sayori catches that.
"Rena!!!" She throws her sword to her and Rena catches it, slicing and stabbing the wolves.
Subaru throws one off of him and whips his head up once he sees a wolf running down the hall. Near Luna's room.
"Luna!!!" He teleports away and runs as fast as he could when he heard Luna scream.
Luna falls off the bed, whiling holding the sheets to her naked body, shaking with fear and horror. This wolf just came bursting in her room!! She screams and raises her arms once the wolf lunges at her viscously. Subaru appeared in front of Luna and throws the wolf out the window.
"Subaru-kun!!" Luna yells fearfully while Subaru helps her up and grabs her shoulders.
"Are you okay?! Are you hurt?!"
"I'm fine! What was that wolf doing here?!? Subaru-kun what's happening?!?"
"Go to Selena's room and stay there!! I'll make sure that they won't hurt you!! Go now!!" He demands before running off.
Meanwhile the brothers were dodging and defending themselves from more wolves while Rena and Sayori shoots at them.
"Where the hell did these wolves come from?!?" Sayori yells.
Rena pulls the trigger on her gun and it clicks.
"Shit." She curses. It's empty!
The huntress is suddenly tackled down by a wolf and she holds onto its jaw, trying her damnedest to stop him from slaughtering her.
"Rena!!!!" Sayori screams and Reiji whips his head over to her.
Anger courses through him when he saw Rena being attacked and instantly teleports to punch through its side, killing it instantly. Rena kicks the wolf off of her and is up on her feet.
The wolves finally stop attacking and sprint out to the windows. Rena and Sayori run over and shoot at them until they were out of sight. Everyone pants heavily from the attack they just experienced and some of them are battered or bloodied up from the wolves.
Once everything is quiet, Selena and Luna both emerge out from the room they were hiding in and run out to the living room, gaping in shock at the wrecked room.
"Oh my God. Shu-san!!" Selena calls.
"Subaru-kun!!" Luna calls as well.
They both run down the stairs and into the arms of their lovers. Rena and Sayori lower their guns finally and join the others.
"Are you alright Shu-san?! Are you hurt?!" Selena grabs his face.
Ayato sighs and plops down on the stair step.
"Damn. So what was this all about?" He asks.
"Yeah this whole thing was a huge fucking surprise for us all." Sayori crosses her arms while sitting next to Laito
Reiji bends down to pick up his lensless glasses and Rena walks up beside him.
"Considering that this attack was clearly timed to coincide with the lunar eclipse, it's as I feared."
"What do you mean by that Reiji-san?" Rena asks.
"You know something about this?" Subaru questions.
"The surviving founders." Shu states and every bride there is confused.
"Founders?" Rena asks.
"Yes. There are two of them left alive." Reiji says.
"So what the hell are these two founders doing here now?" Kanato asks.
"They here for us?" Ayato asks.
"This was neither a demonstration of their full power nor an effective test of ours. Which leads me to believe that they are after something else entirely." Reiji concludes and Laito narrows his eyes.
"Something? Or do you really mean someone?"
Ayato's eyes widen along with Rena's.
"Pancake?"
"It's possible. She is the only one who wasn't here." Reiji states.
"What do they want with her?" Subaru asks.
"I imagine they want her blood. If it's her that they're after, then it's only a matter of time before they find her."
Sayori stands up on her feet. "You mean this whole time that Yui-chan has been missing?! Why isn't she here?!"
Rena looks around when she noticed another missing person and her heart sped up when she realized that Aina is nowhere to be seen.
"Aina's missing too."
She looks at Kanato. "Kanato-kun. You were the last one to see her, where is she?"
He doesn't answer. Instead a grim and emotionless look comes across his face.
"Hey! Answer the damn question Kanato-kun! Where's Aina?!" Sayori yells.
"Where do you think she is?!? She went back to them!!!" He hollers back and the two sisters stiffen.
"Them? You mean the Mukami brothers? Is that where they are?" Rena asks.
Ayato pushes the doors open. "Then that's where I'll go! I'll find her!"
"You know better." Shu says. "This is a lunar eclipse. They are at the peak of their power. You'll do nothing but die."
"Then I'll die!! But they will not have her!!" He yells
"Wait. I'm coming with you." Rena walks up to him. "I have some unfinished business with those mongrels. They made the mistake of taking Yui-chan and Aina away from us again. They will not go unpunished this time!"
"Yeah same here!!" Sayori joins them. "I'm not letting those bastards get away this time!! You're gonna need all the help you can get."
"But Rena-san, you heard what Shu-san said! Those wolves are connected with these two founders! They're very powerful, you go and face them on your own and you'll die!!" Selena states frantically.
"I won't face them if I ever do encounter them again. My goal for right now is to finished off the Mukami's, find Yui-chan and Aina, and bring them back here where we all can protect Yui-chan. I know I can beat them because this time I'm stronger than I used to be. Stronger than them."
"Have you ever wondered why you are?" Reiji states and everyone looks at him.
"What?" Subaru asks.
"The reason why you all have obtained such strength and speed is because you all have become Purebloods."
The brides stare at him in shock and Rena shakes her head. "What? No. No, that can't be right Reiji-san." She walks up to him. "We were once human. You all turned us into vampires which made us half-breeds. We cannot be Purebloods unless our parents were vampires and they were not. It's just not possible."
"You drank her blood. Did you not?" He questions and she stays silent.
"What you don't know about Ms. Komori is that she bears the heart of one of the survivors of the First Blood clan. Her blood contains the ability of creating a new race of vampires and demons and many more. I don't know how exactly you all changed, but because you all drank from Ms. Komori, I have no doubt that's why you have become Purebloods."
Shock and disbelief strikes almost everyone in the room and Luna looks down at her hands.
"So that's why... we..." she remembers throwing Subaru through a wall.
"That's... that's impossible." Rena states in shock. "We can't possibly be-"
"I have done some tests on your blood and sure enough your blood cells are those of a pureblood now. There's no other logical explanations for this. You are one of us now. All of you."
Sayori shakes her head and rubs her temple.
"Wait, wait. Hold up a minute here!" She holds up her hand. "You mean to tell us that because we drank Yui-chan's blood, which is very powerful obviously, we became Purebloods? What about Yui-chan? She's the vessel of that bitch's heart and her blood's hers too! Why hasn't she become a vampire?! It doesn't make any sense!"
"I cannot be too sure of why she hasn't turned yet but I do know that somewhere along the line, she will slowly transform into a vampire." Reiji says while stuffing his glasses in his pocket.
Rena stands there speechless until she shakes her head and looks at him.
"As vital as this information is for us, I'm afraid that we'll have to continue this discussion some other time. Right now we need to find Aina and Yui-chan before these founders do."
"Couldn't agree with you more Rena!" She elbows Ayato. "Let's get going!" She runs off along with Ayato.
Rena turns to Reiji. "I promise that we'll be back in no time Reiji-san."
He grabs her hand with her ring. "For your sake I hope you will. I still intend on making your dreams become a reality so you better not die."
She smiles softly and gives him a long goodbye kiss before running off to catch up with the others.
"I hope they'll be okay out there." Luna says.
"I'm sure that they'll be fine. My main concern is both Yui-chan and Aina-chan. I mean they're with them again. I sure hope nothing bad's happening to them!"
Kanato stands there with a deadly glare on his face until he teleports away. Laito notices him teleport away and narrows his eyes.
~(XXX)~
It didn't take them long to find the Mukami mansion since Ayato knew where they lived. The three appear in front of the mansion and Rena looks at Ayato and Sayori.
"Ayato-kun, I'm trusting you to retrieve Yui-chan yourself while Sayori and I find Aina and finish off the Mukami's once and for all."
"Yeah, yeah, I know that! Just let me do what I need to do! God!" He snaps and rolls his eyes in annoyance.
"Hey watch it jackass!!" Sayori points her knife at him. "I'm already pissed off and I sure as hell don't need to hear your bullshit coming from your mouth! That's the last thing anyone wants to hear from a little shit like you!!"
"Why don't you shut up and mind your own fucking business for once you bitch?!" He growls.
"You shut up you little bastard!!" She hisses. "If you weren't such a fucking dickhead, I wouldn't be keeping tabs on you!! You're such like a fucking child!!"
The two start grabbing and punching each other while cursing.
"Knock it off, both of you!!" Rena snaps and the two separate from each other. "We're here to do what we came here to do. So stop fighting and get your heads straight on! This is serious so start acting like adults!!"
Rena teleports inside and Sayori whips her head to Ayato.
"You hurt her, I'm cutting your fucking head off. So keep your fangs to yourself!"
"Like you fucking did?" He snaps at her and she stares at him and sighs, shaking her head.
"Look. I know it's hard to resist. Believe me, I would know. But Yui-chan chose to give us her blood. And if it weren't for her, we'd all be dead. I owe her my fucking life Ayato-kun." She crosses her arms and closes her eyes. "I don't know what she is to you, but to me she's like a sister and I'll be damned if I let anything happen to her."
She sighs and looks over at him again. "Actually I do know that you care about her. But you sure as hell don't act like you do. So maybe for once, drop this whole, 'I can't feel love' shit and actually take care of her. Everyone else is with someone. Hell I'm getting married to your brother. Why don't you want to be with her? Why can't you accept the fact that you love Yui-chan?"
He glares at her and she glares back until she scoffs.
"Oh yeah, that's right. I forgot that you don't know what love is. You never experienced it before and because of that you're too pussy to even give it a shot. All you want is her blood, am I right?"
She scoffs and walks closer to the mansion doors. "God you're such a fucking idiot. I can't believe she actually fell for you." She teleports away and Ayato widens his eyes at her last sentence.
He stands there for awhile until he growls and teleports inside too.
~(XXX)~
When Yui had gone back to Ruki's room to give him some refreshments, Aina goes outside to think to herself. The brothers have decided to help her and the Sakamki's out to protect Yui and she was grateful for that. She only hopes that they're okay now.
Kou sighs and gets up from his seat. "Alright, I'm gonna go check up on Ruki-kun to see if he's awake. We gotta tell him what's up."
Yuma and Azusa nod in agreement and Kou walks towards the stairs. But he stops when the doors suddenly burst open by a powerful kick by Sayori and Rena, who already has her guns aimed at them.
"Oh shit!!" Kou yells in fear.
"You have exactly five seconds to tell us where Aina is." Rena speaks.
"Otherwise you fuckers are gonna be nothing but piled ashes!!! So talk!!!" Sayori demands enraged.
"Now h-hold on ladies! We can explain ourselves!!" Kou holds up his hands in surrender.
Rena pulls the trigger and the bullet just grazes his head.
"Jesus Christ!!" He yells holding onto his grazed wound.
"About an inch to the left and you wouldn't be breathing still. Now. I'm going to ask you all one more time and you better answer me. Where. Is. Our sister?" She enunciates firmly.
"Christ man!! Put the gun down and we'll tell you where she is!!" Yuma yells.
"Wrong answer shithead!" Sayori says with venom and shoots his leg.
He yells in pain and falls on the ground, holding his injured leg.
"Shit!!" He roars.
"Yuma!" Azusa exclaims and Sayori grabs ahold of his collar, slamming him against the wall.
"You better not of done something to her you freak!!" She snarls.
"Hey!!" Kou is about to run over to defend his youngest brother but doesn't when Rena puts the tip of the gun to his head.
"Move and you die." She growls lowly.
"Please would you just listen to us?!? We didn't do anything to your sister!!! I swear!!" Kou insists while holding his hands up.
"Bullshit!! Why should we believe you?!?" Sayori snarls at him.
"Believe it or not, we actually wanna help you protect Eve! There's no point on hurting her or your sister when we knew that you'd come and finish us off for it! God!!" Yuma winces fiercely at his stinging leg.
"If you knew the consequences then why are we here?" Rena questions not believing a word he says.
"Azusa came and took Eve and your sister away because he wanted to save them!!" Kou replies and Rena looks at Sayori before pressing the gun into his head more.
"Save them from what?" She asks.
"The wolves! The founders!!"
Their eyes widen and just then Aina walks in. She gasps when she sees her two sisters here and they look over at her.
"Aina!" Rena calls and Sayori releases Azusa immediately as she and Rena run over to their little sister.
"Sayori!! Rena!! You're alive!!" She hugs them tightly and Rena holds her face.
"Are you alright? Did they hurt you?"
"Huh? N-No! No, they didn't do anything to me!"
She looks over at the three brothers and sees Kou's bleeding head, Yuma's leg, and Azusa on the ground. She gapes at them and at her sisters.
"What did you do?!" She runs over to Azusa and helps him up to his feet.
"Azusa-kun, are you okay?" She asks the half breed worriedly.
"Aina! Why are you treating them with kindness?! Don't you remember what they did to us?!? And Yui-chan?!" Sayori yells.
Now Aina is helping Yuma sit on a couch to give his leg a rest.
"Yes. I do remember." She firmly says. "But you have to understand that they didn't mean for any of us to get hurt!"
"I say that's false." Rena says drawing out and cocking her gun.
Aina shields the brothers with herself. "No Rena!! Please listen to me!!"
"These men have caused us a great deal of pain and trouble Aina. They put Yui-chan's life at risk and we would've been the ones at fault if her blood hadn't changed us. They cannot go unpunished this time. They need to die."
"No!!! You don't understand, they didn't mean for any of that to happen. It was all Ruki-kun!!! When he couldn't become Adam, he lost it! He became so obsessed with the plan, he didn't care to know what he was doing wrong!! They all realize that it's pointless and they're truly sorry for everything that's happened to us!!"
"An apology isn't enough Aina. I swore to myself that I'd get rid of them the minute I get the chance." Rena says.
"Azusa-kun saved me!!!" She yells. "If it weren't for him, Kanato-kun would've killed me for sure!!"
Her sisters stare at her with concern and shock. "What? Kanato-kun tried to kill you?" Sayori asks and Aina's tears escape her eyes.
"He thought that I was leaving him for Azusa-kun again when all he wanted was to get me away from the upcoming wolf attack. So he tried to kill me but Azusa-kun stopped him. He saved my life you guys! You owe them their lives in return!!"
Rena and Sayori both look at Azusa and the other two. Rena then stares at Aina and sighs before lowering her gun down. The brothers sigh in relief and Rena crosses her arms.
"You saved our sister's life and because of that, I am willing to spare your lives in return."
"Unfortunately." Sayori rolls her eyes and crosses her arms.
Aina runs over to them and hugs them, crying softly. They hug their little sister back with love and comfort and stroke her head.
"Okay. Now that we're good, I think it's best to tell you that we want to help." Kou says.
"Help with what?" Rena asks.
"Help protect Eve." Azusa answers.
"You do know that she's the one they're after right?" Yuma asks.
"We figured that out after we were attacked. Which is another reason why we came here. We need to find Yui-chan and bring her back home with us." Rena says while handing Aina to Sayori. "Where is she?"
~(XXX)~
Finding Ruki's room wasn't any trouble at all, in fact was Rena teleports in front of his door and kicks it open. She found both Ruki and Ayato feeding off of her and they did pull away from her the minute Rena had entered. Rena looks at Ayato for a second before slapping him hard across the face and punching Ruki in the jaw.
"Rena-san!!" Yui exclaims after she was pulled behind the huntress.
"Your brothers and I have come to agreement. We will allow you all to help us protect Yui-chan from these two founders." She informs Ruki. "But she will not stay here."
She glares at Ayato. "Go back home and tell everyone what the plan is. We'll be there shortly."
With that she walks out of the room pulling Yui along with her. When they're far away from the room, Rena takes out a handkerchief and dabs her bite marks.
"Yui-chan, I don't know how you manage to get into so much trouble." Rena says.
"I'm sorry. It's just that... Ruki-kun was hurt and I was very worried."
"How could you care about that man's well being after everything he's done to you? He doesn't deserve your kind heart Yui-chan." She says firmly and Yui looks down. "Just what is it you see in him Yui-chan?"
"... Well... R-Ruki-kun isn't like Ayato-kun." Rena stops dabbing her bite mark and stares at Yui. "He... He's really not that bad a guy. If anything he reminds me of you Rena-san. After he lost his family, he looked after his brothers and he kept him safe no matter what happened. And he still protects them which is why he got hurt today. He's not as cruel as you think he is."
Rena stares at Yui until she notices Ruki standing in the hallway far behind her. Then the huntress hands the cloth to Yui.
"Why don't you go downstairs and see the others. I'll be down in a minute."
"O-okay." Yui says before walking away.
Once she's out of sight, Rena looks at Ruki and turns to him. "You've fallen for her, haven't you?" She asks and he says nothing. "Well judging on how she told me about you, I'd say that she's quite fond of you as well.
"It's not my place to decide who's best for Yui-chan, but given the fact that you nearly cost her life along with ours, I am pretty damn sure that I disapprove of your love for her." She crosses her arms and closes her eyes. "However, I am good on putting the past behind me and because you are willing to help protect her, I will not choose to interfere. But just so you know, Ayato-kun is dead set on keeping Yui-chan to himself so you better fight hard and prove that you're the one for her."
"It's her choice to make." He says when she's about to walk away. "In order to become Adam, she has to choose someone. Someone she truly loves. Her blood has the ability to make those, who are close to her, powerful."
"And I suppose that you intend on capturing her heart in order to fulfill your father's plan? Is that it?" She asks lowly.
"No. I want her because of her. She will always be my one and only Eve. Even if she chooses someone else, I will still be her Adam."
Rena stays quiet until she reaches in her coat pocket to grab a small vial with blue liquid. She tosses it to him and he catches it.
"Take this. I used it all the time when I was injured during my hunts but now that I'm no longer a half-breed, I don't need it anymore. It will help you heal faster since we need you all to be strong."
Ruki stares down at it and she walks away. "I wish you luck Ruki-kun."
~(XXX)~
"Ow!! Son of a bitch!!" Yuma hisses when Sayori puts a drop of the same healing liquid Rena had on his leg.
"Quit your whining you big baby." Sayori rolls her eyes while wrapping up his leg with bandages. "It's only a bullet wound."
"You try gettin' shot in the leg with a silver bullet!! It hurts like hell!!" he yells wincing painfully.
"Well it serves you right! Consider it punishment for what you did to Selena-san." She plops down next to him and crosses her arms.
Yuma sits up in a more comfortable position with slight guilt on his face. "How is Peaches doin' anyway?"
"She's doing a lot better than before. The lazy bastard finally decided to act up and take care of her like he's supposed to."
"And the kid?" He asks.
"Still growing." She answers and Yuma leans forward on his good leg.
"Y'know I regret what I did." Sayori looks at him. "If I could go back in time, I would've taken better care of her. I was such a dumbass and... I hope that she'll forgive me when I see her again."
He rubs his face with his hand while Sayori stares at him and sighs.
"You really regret what you did?" She questions.
"Every god damn minute of my life." He replies and she sighs.
"Then I don't see why she wouldn't forgive you." She says reluctantly before getting up and walking away with Yuma staring after her.
~(XXX)~
In a different room somewhere, Aina is sitting with Azusa, wrapping some bandages around his waist where he was injured.
"Are you that you'll be okay Azusa-kun?" Aina asks concernly and he nods.
"What about you... Aina-chan?" He asks and she tilts her head in confusion.
"Huh?"
"Is your heart... still broken? Are you still hurting?" He asks and she looks down sadly.
"A little bit. And to tell you the truth, I'm terrified to go back there. I don't think I can face Kanato-kun again after what happened. And I doubt that he will be happy to see the two of us together. I mean you did throw Teddy in the fireplace." She plays with her skirt.
"I did it to save you Aina-chan." He places his hand on her shoulder and she places hers on top of his.
"I know you did Azusa-kun. And I appreciate you looking out for me. You're such a sweet boy." She smiles and chuckles. "You know if I hadn't met Kanato-kun first, I think would've fallen for you instead."
Azusa stares at her for the longest time until his hand cups her cheek. Aina gasps softly when he brought his face closer to hers and tenses up with his lips are on hers. Her eyes are wide with shock and uncertainty. He's kissing her and she doesn't know what to do! Should she push him away? But he feels so warm and he's so sweet to her. He even saved her life from Kanato, who she knows is over her.
Aina's eyes soften and her body relaxes when she kisses him back. She wraps her arms around his neck and his around her waist, holding her close. Rena is staring at them before hiding herself behind the wall. She's not sure what to do about this. All she knows is that Kanato has lost Aina to Azusa. Rena sighs softly and walks away, leaving her sister Aina to be alone with Azusa, who she know will make Aina happy and safe for the time being.
~(XXX)~
Sayori walks into the kitchen to get a drink and there she finds Kou observing his head wound at the cupboard glass. She rolls her eyes and digs in her pocket.
"I don't see what you're so worried about." She says and he looks at her a bit startled. "You're a vampire. Your wounds can heal."
"Not fast enough! If anything this could last for a few more hours or worse for days! I got a reputation to keep you know!"
"Yeah that's what I was afraid of you saying." She tosses him a small vial. "Take this, you'll heal your baby gash in at least half an hour. So stop complaining."
"Hey thanks a lot Neko-chan!" She glares at him and he holds his hands up. "I mean... Sayori-san."
She rolls her eyes and looks in the fridge for something to drink and then Kou notices her ring on her finger when her hand is on the door. His eyes widen and he jumps off the counter.
"Whoa!!"
Sayori jumps in alarm. "Jesus what?!"
He points to her hand. "You're getting married?!?"
Her hand slaps down on his mouth and she looks around. "Shut up you idiot! No one's supposed to know yet! God damn it!" she growls harshly.
"So I guess that means that you and the others made up with them?"
"Oh no I'm just marrying him because of his money." She sarcastically says as she holds up her hand. "Of course we made up! It's like whatever I do, he finds a way to make me love him again."
"So I guess I'm not invited to the wedding?" He teases and she glares.
"I'm starting to regret Rena missing your head now." She says.
Kou snickers and stretches out his arms. "Oh man. Laito sure is a lucky guy! You're one of a kind Neko-chan!"
She cringed at him and crosses her arms. "What? The hell is that supposed to mean? You never had an interest in me before!"
"Oh I did! In fact I still do! I mean every girl I've ever met, they're always flocking themselves at me because of my good looks and stuff. Always so prim and proper! You however! You're strong and feisty and you don't take any shit from anyone. That's what I like in a woman!"
She stares at him like he's stupid. "So what your saying is, is that you're interested in me because I'm not like other girls? That I hate your guts?"
He points to her and winks. "Bingo!"
She sighs and roll her eyes in exasperation. "Oh my God. You are a fucking idiot you know that?"
"What, there's no shame on liking someone!" He shrugs and she puts her hands on her hips.
"It is if that someone is already taken and getting engaged to another!! You do realize that this is gonna cause a whole bunch of problems for me right?!"
"It's not like I'm gonna hit on you or anything! Unless you want me to?" He grins and she punches his face before storming out.
"Fucking twerp." She hisses under her breath while Kou holds his jaw.
"Good talkin' with ya Neko-chan! And congratulations!" He waves.
~(XXX)~
After a awhile, everyone had finally gathered up in the den room, all ready to go. Of course Ruki had to talk to Yui about her choice and that if she chose him, he would make her happy.
The Tanaka sisters all gather up beside Yui with the others.
"No matter what happens Yui-chan. We will always be there at your side. We will all be there to protect you." Rena says.
"Yes. We're a family." Aina says holding Azusa's hand.
"And family doesn't get left behind." Sayori adds.
Yui smiles at them and they all look up at the moon that's now blood red. Everyone back at the Sakamaki mansion does the same thing. They stare at the blood red moon and hope for the best. The time has finally come. Soon, all hell will break loose and everyone must be prepared for the worst has yet to come.
I. Have. Done it again!!!! I know, I know! Ya'll are probably thinking, "What!!? No, she can't end it like this!!!" I'm sure there some questions like, Will Kanato and Aina get back together, will Ayato finally confess his feelings for Yui? Well I hope you all know that I do plan on continuing this series.
However the next continuation of it will skip all the war stuff and all and it will be about the rest of the brides getting married and having kids. Not to mention the starting relationship of Ayato and Yui!! Who is also (little spoiler here) going to become a vampire herself!!! I know finally!
I would like to thank my readers for favoriting, following, and reviewing my story. I would also like to thank AstarteLuna for helping me finish this story. She has helped me a whole bunch and I couldn't be anymore grateful to her and her creative ideas! Alas! This is where I end here. Farewell and thank you all again for supporting me! Until next time!!