I promised the kinky stuff in this lovely chapter, and I'm gonna bring it head-on with the many things that I have planned for our little Bruno! Plus, I really hope that other people are reading this as well as reviewing; it puts me in a great mood and helps me write a whole lot faster. Now, here's the tenth chapter of Synchro Beast, Crimson Rose!
Chapter 10-Secret Passion, Hidden Story
Summer has arrived for the village, with the sun's rays intensifying the potency of some potions and kept many of the demons that hid in the shadows away from the town. However, it also meant that many of the females were desperate to find new clothes to deal with the scorching heat, and left a lot of males to make the daunting trip to get the materials needed, which left only a handful to protect the township at night. Also, it was the examination season, which meant that all the vampire hunters would have to give up a few nights of observation to reaffirm their status.
Aki hated summer due to the examinations; it cuts her off from hunting down the fanged beasts, but mostly she's been working on her Synchro spells so when the next chance arises towards a confrontation with Yusei, she'll be ready to put him down for good. She let her guard down not once, but twice during the times he caught he off guard. Aki learned about Sherry, and wasn't going to let the same vampire that clawed his way into her heart take the red-headed woman that easily. Even back then when she was in the Hunter's Academy, many men looked at Aki in a seductive way but ultimately met refusal from her very mouth. Her father even had the nerve to try and set her up on arranged marriages, but Aki told him that her own job as a hunter will always be her top priority.
The female hunter wanted to make up for the weakness that she had back when she was a child; the very little, but oblivious girl that let her two own best friends meet death in the worst possible way. Aki didn't want to be that girl anymore and having a guy was a distraction to her, she decided. If only there was a way to turn back time...no, she thought. Even if she did save them, they would still be in danger regardless of how many hunters protected them. Strapping on her brown chastity belt around her waist, loading her weapons into their sockets, Aki stepped out of her home and headed straight for the Hunter's Academy for her exams to begin.
'Ugh, fucking summer had to come and now I have to deal with these moronic exams just to recertify my status as a vampire hunter!' Aki thought bitterly. 'Amy hasn't given me any new missions since that day...I wonder what's going on inside that mind of hers. No matter...once I finish these damn exams, I'll concentrate every day to sharpening my skills to destroy that Yusei Fudo!'
~At the Wheeler Residence...~
"Man, this weather's insane for this time of the year! It's times like these I wish I could go bathe in the cool waters of the lake." Serenity sighed, fanning herself with a paper fan to keep her cool. "Stupid Legion! Why did they have to go and restrict every form of traveling just to protect us? There hasn't been any sort of major conflict after the war; not to mention that it's almost near the season of weddings too. I don't want be forced to marry someone that I don't like! Maybe a nice refreshing bath might help me calm down today."
Days after physically meeting her brother for the first time in fifteen years, Serenity was still trying to figure out a plan on how to meet with her brother without the Legion catching onto her movements. It was absolute relief to find that Joey didn't leave the world as she thought, but now he became part of the enemy that everyone has been fighting for generations and she wanted out of such a pattern. Her mother's condition hasn't gotten any better, and the savings that the family had stored for years was almost out. Serenity couldn't do any jobs since women were prohibited from taking on any sort of hand-on jobs unless they were graduates of the Hunter's Academy. The laws of the town were completely unfair, she thought furiously. Her mother needed shelter from anymore dangers of the night; to take any chances of reentering the academy were far out of reach since the required amount of funds was absent from her grasp.
Heading downstairs into their bathing area in the basement, where it was her only safe haven from both of her admirers and from unsuspecting peeping toms, Serenity turned on the faucet while undressing out of her russet dress, preparing the towels and candles for her relaxing cleansing of her body. She poured the soothing rose oil that she made a couple years ago into the searing water inside the bathtub, stirring with her right hand to spread it evenly. Tying her hair in a braid to ensure equal coverage at her ends, Serenity stepped into the bathtub and let the scent of roses close her eyes and enter into a peaceful state, but someone hidden in the shadows of the basement was about to get a little close to his interest. Enveloping the room in a blue mist, Serenity started to become sleepy and her mind entered into a fantasy dream.
'Odd, I don't remember ever putting any extra oils in the water...-yawn- I'm getting sleepy...' Serenity thought.
'Perfect, she's asleep. Time to enter her mind and persuade her to see me in person. Heh, I'll be sure to give her something she'll never be able to forget.' the unknown person thought seductively.
-Illusion Scene-
Her head was pounding so heavily, she thought that a headache had placed itself on her brain.
Her vision was a bit blurry, and yet she could see the silhouette of a person hovering above her. Blinking her eyes once, then twice, the sight she saw of the person made her truly crimson on her face. The brunette vampire that she was looking at a few weeks ago was inside the bathtub, completely immersed in the water with his bare body lingering close to her own, making her heart flutter wildly and her emotions spinning out of control. His seductive smirk was making her stomach tense up; as she lost herself to seeing those cobalt, yet more sapphire eyes draw her soul into a state of ecstasy.
"Too much for your mind to handle, my auburn angel?" Seto asked.
"W-W-What are y-you doing h-here?" Serenity stammered. "Vampires aren't supposed to be present during the day!"
"Maybe I was here way before daybreak approached, my dear." Seto suggested. "Besides, your body is becoming very tense from being this close to me, am I wrong?"
His fingers caressed across her drenched body, and then his left hand grasped her right breast, jerking her body with water splashing out of the tub from the reaction to his touch. To think that such a vampire would be gentle not to even take her right there made her heartbeat increase with every second his finger strolled against her porcelain skin.
"Ah..." Serenity gasped.
"Such tenderly, silky skin...I've never expected a gorgeous woman like yourself to possess such a smooth texture." Seto said, seductively. "I wonder what will happen if my hands were to go even lower..."
"W-W-Wait a minute!" Serenity stuttered.
"You're upsetting the water; do you want your hands to wander around my body to ease the tension in the room?" Seto suggested, teasingly.
"I-I..." Serenity panted.
"Go on; I won't shy away from your touch." Seto whispered in her ear. "Let your emotions carry your way into this moment."
She was hesitant about wandering around such a body, but her mind let it do its' own as her fingers traced around his upper torso, slowly indulging in such details of his muscular body. Her lips parted halfway to catch her breath, but were caught by the lips of the brunette, slowly closing her eyes and savoring each stroke of the tongue. The rumors were indeed true about the brunette; the moment your lips touched his, you were bound to become enraptured in his arms. Her arms were wrapped around his neck, with her fingers running through his hair and his hands stroking down her back, as if it was their time to become one with each other's body. They parted to catch their breaths, with the brunette sparking another smirk on his face.
"Do you want meet me in person?" Seto asked.
"Yes, I do." Serenity said.
"Then, it's time for you to wake up from this lovely fantasy. Though, I wished such a dream shouldn't be over this quick." Seto said, playfully.
-Illusion Scene End-
Bubbles were coming from her mouth, as Serenity opened her eyes and quickly stood up from the bathtub, breathing heavily after taking in what she just experienced. The dream that she had in her mind was still fresh as her body unconsciously got out of the cream-colored bathtub, only to have someone grab her from behind while her womanly body was still dripping wet with water. Serenity's whole body was sending waves of fear; what if whoever this person was tries to take advantage of her while she was in his arms? The voice of the individual widen her eyes with shock; it was like time itself actually froze when her breath instantly stopped to sink in the man within the room.
Seto was waiting in the shadows after sending his precious doll that seductive dream, which will surely antagonize her older brother, but what did he care of anyway? The brunette-haired vampire was fascinated by Serenity since meeting her on that fateful day when Yami met the woman that became his obsession into obtaining. Though, it did not stop him from turning his attention to what Joey said about Solirais's imminent release. Yugi's response to the new information received by Rafael was truly troubling; if Solirais was released, the first thing he would do is to hunt down any Purebloods who will become a threat to him, then savagely destroy every village until he finds the descendants of the very people that sealed him centuries ago. The problem was that they already knew who the descendants to the vampire sages are, but the main one was finding Sethos's generation within the mortals. Since the powerful vamporant was the one that wrote the sealing spell, Solirais will have much more malice against his family than the sages' offspring.
"W-Who's there?" Serenity stuttered.
"What, no hello for your charming visitor? How rude." Seto whispered.
"Y-Y-You! Why are you here?" Serenity asked. "My mother could be hearing us right now and might send a few hunters here to take care of you!"
"Relax, my beautiful princess. No one can hear us; I put this room under a soundproof spell to make sure our conversation isn't being interrupted." Seto spoke softly in her ear.
Taking a second look around her surroundings, a sapphire aura was covering every inch of the stone walls holding the cottage above. Serenity felt her skin being caressed as her emotions became unwind from the movement of the brunette's fingers, and her breath becoming more shallow the more his body held hers within his grasp. Seto wanted to make Serenity his own, but if that happens...one certain blond man will have his head for getting his little sister involved. But, it'll happen sooner or later.
"What...what do you see in me that makes you so interested with the woman in your arms?" Serenity asked.
"I like them fierce, but showing that fire with pure, tender elegance." Seto enlightened Serenity, placing a few of her hair strands close to his lips. "I could change you into one of us right now, but considering your brother's antics, I'll hold my bite for when the time is right."
"You know Joey? Is he alright?" Serenity asked again.
"Your brother's fine; though, he's been getting under my skin every time he breaks out on his own and disobeying my fucking orders to stay low." Seto said stoically.
"Well, Joey's not one to listen to anybody who he thinks is on his bad side." Serenity chuckled.
"I'll take note on that; but, your brother has provided us damaging information that'll lead into a war not even the next generation will be able to survive." Seto said.
"A war...after thirty years of peace?" Serenity said.
"Yes, but we do not know when it'll begin. All we can do now is finding the descendants from ancient times since the person who we are about to face will track them down for his revenge." Seto answered.
"Really? Can we actually handle this individual by ourselves?" Serenity asked.
"...This person is from the ancient era before the long war, so his spells are completely unfamiliar to our blood generation." Seto said. "If he is allowed to take this world into hell itself, then no one is safe. The only way to preserve our way of culture is to seal him away for good."
"Um, I know that you're enjoying holding me in your arms, but can I please get dressed?" Serenity asked. "I'm shivering without any sort of clothing on."
"I'm about to leave anyway. I have important business to attend to, but we'll meet again, my auburn princess." Seto smirked.
Enveloping his body in a blue mist, Seto's grasp on Serenity completely vanished as the brunette departed following their extensive conversation, leaving the undressed woman clutching her body for support. What did she experienced just now with the brunette vampire embracing her in his arms? Her mind was cloudy with confusion, but also with regret of not even kissing his lips again as in her fantasy. Seto's tender fingers gliding slowly and lovingly made her insides become all knotted, wanting him to stroke her body again to feel her alive once more. But his words of what was about to happen was still frightening to Serenity; another war will after nearly thirty years of peace and the enemy was unknown except by the small reality that this person was from ancient times.
The banging on the wooden door snapped her out of her stupor as Serenity can hear her mother's voice shouting at her, words coated with concern. Serenity had forgotten that Seto placed the barrier to keep anyone from hearing them; she knew her mother was absolutely full of anxiety about her only remaining child left in her world.
"Serenity, dear! Are you alright, sweetie? You haven't said anything in half an hour!" her mother shouted.
"I'm fine, mom! I just fell asleep while cleansing myself!" Serenity lied.
"Just please don't make me worry like that! I can't lose you like I did with your brother." her mother said.
'But, I want to be with Joey, mother. I feel like going over to that side of the universe; I don't want to leave you, but when the time comes for me to choose my own path...I want to be with the person that captures my heart. To bring me into a state of rapture that I have never felt before, I want that sensation coursing through my body. I hope that you'll understand when I say the truth to you, mother.' Serenity thought.
~Several hours later into the night, at the village church...~
BONG! DONG! BONG!
"Ah, the ringing of the night bell soothes my soul to settle down in relief." Bruno sighed. "Amy's been coming less to the church for prayers, yet she talks to me almost every day. If only the priest Ryou haven't left the church to me, he would have this place packed to the brim for service."
"If that's how you feel about your position, Friar Bruno, I would have come home sooner than I had planned." a soft, yet manly voice said from behind him.
"Priest Ryou! You've returned from your journey!" Bruno said. His eyes turned towards two teenage children standing behind the priest. "Who are these two youngsters that you have brought here?"
"They're twins, but they have no recollection about who they are." Ryou said. "I found these two three years following that dreadful siege in the eastern territory. Clothes all bloody and torn, so I had them accompanied with me on my journey. Purifying the land is becoming harder than expected since all of the bloodshed that the war has left in this world."
"Do they at least know their names?" Bruno asked.
"I'm afraid not." Ryou answered, with a sigh escaping his lips. "I've been trying my best to see if these two can open up, but to no avail have any memories of their past at all."
"Do you think that someone in the village might be able to recognize them?" Bruno inquired.
"It'll be a miracle, but for now...I think it's best to get these teenagers bathed and ready for bed." Ryou said. "Can you prepare the bath water while I bring back them some robes?"
"Certainly." Bruno complied.
Well into the night as the church rang its' bell signaling the shift of the hunters, the church's pastor Ryou returned after nearly two and a half decades on the road to his homeland, bringing with him two teenage twins with teal-colored hair. Shortly after his departure from the northern village in hopes of finding survivors, the white-haired priest discovered the twins feasting off food that they stolen from a traveling group of bandits and taking them with him for them to seek refuge in the northern village. However, Ryou started to notice something bizarre when the twins stopped aging physically and conducted his own inquiry about this strange phenomenon; to his findings, the two were already dead but were brought back to life using a resurrection spell. However, the major side effects to the spell were already present when the peaceful priest tried to identify the teenagers.
Bruno wanted to find the words to tell the priest that gave him asylum from his past about the decision that the Legion presented to him months ago, following the mishap of his female regular, Amy Rivers. Glancing up into the moonlight, he wondered if he should go back into the person that was sealed away centuries ago as well as obtaining back the blood that was held back inside his body. The blue-haired man wasn't always like the peaceful person he was; there was a time when he was out of control and literally lost his mind. Would Bruno really want to return to being the individual that even made vampires hunters of his time afraid of him?
After cleaning the twins and placing them into their beds, Ryou and Bruno stepped outside into the church garden to breath in the air.
"Ryou, there is something urgent that I want to discuss with you." Bruno said.
"Although I am weary from my travels, I shall listen to what you have to say, Bruno." Ryou said.
"It's the Legion; they want me to return to being the person that Solirais hunted down before I was sealed of my true form." Bruno said.
"Revive your vampire blood into being the vampire slayer Antinomy?" Ryou questioned. "Haven't they forgotten that you literally lost control when the blood of your original kin ran for the lust of blood?"
"I was absolutely frightened to the core; I wanted to stray away from the violent person that I was and start life anew to atone for what I've done to my kinship." Bruno said. "To even return to being the very individual that wanted the bloodlust coursing through his body...I can't bare to imagine what should happen if I lose control again."
"Hunters of generations old and new admired you, but they also feared you because of who you were." Ryou said. "Is the Legion also looking into bringing back Aporia?"
"It can't be done; Aporia's messenger, Z-ONE, was killed by Solirais. When Aporia tried to avenge him, the vampire dictator used a molecular separation infused with a incantation spell to prevent him from becoming one again." Bruno explained. "I have learned that the secondary component of Aporia was killed by the western queen twenty years ago, so it's impossible to call upon him for assistance."
"What about his son? Could he be able to perform the union ritual?" Ryou inquired.
"Aporia wasn't a vampire, and since Placido was transformed into one...Aporia is gone for good." Bruno clarified.
"I see..." Ryou said. "Well, ultimately, it is your decision whether or not you wish to return to being Antinomy. But, you are always welcome to seek asylum here should things become too difficult for you to handle."
"Thank you, Ryou." Bruno said.
"Well, now. I must turn in for the night; you should turn in as well, Bruno. Church service will be lively tomorrow morning, and many will be coming for prayers for the years to come." Ryou said.
"I would like to stay outside for a few more minutes. I shall retreat to bed soon." Bruno said.
"Very well." Ryou smiled.
As Ryou departed from the garden and straight towards the cabin northeast, Bruno sat down on the stone bench, taking out what appears to be a silver-chained necklace with a ruby embedded into the center. Glancing at the jewel, there was a hint of regret inside the blue-haired man's eyes; is it perhaps that there was someone he loved deeply that he never had the chance of telling her of how he truly feels for her? The thoughts running throughout his mind was racing so many questions and uncertainty; to think that the time of becoming that part of him that he never want to go back into was conflicting him from the inside of his soul.
Being one of the several, last living beings of the past was kind of lonely; there was no one that lived through so many dark times can retell the stories of what they experienced through their eyes. Bruno never wanted his memories of being the world's top vampire slayer come back to him; the change in his life made him very docile and resentful against violence since entering the priesthood. What would become of the person that he is now if Bruno returned to being Antinomy?
'Almost two hundred and fifty years since I've been here, and now something has come up that requires every skilled person to report to the Legion for briefing of the situation.' Bruno thought. 'I only wished that my feelings for Sherry were given to her before the incident; but becoming Antinomy might be a major risk to the current hunters of this generation. What should I do? The Legion gave me until the end of this week to give my answer, but I do really wished to leave the only place that gave me asylum? I wish I knew what they were thinking about...'
Finally done! Man, trying to find the right words for a kinky scene is really hard.
It's a mystery as to how Luna and Leo came back from the dead; who revived them and what will be Bruno's decision? Who knows, but for now, we'll see about the next part of this story!
Next chapter: Journey into the western lands as we divulge into the plans of the western queen Tèa and find out the true reason as to why she bounded Yami to the Eternal Tree of Life.
R&R, people!