Though Bathory said we were going to where the world's end happened, I knew it was not where we were going.

'He lied. It doesn't surprise me, but where is he taking us exactly for this presentation? Maybe if I demand it from him as the First Second Female Progenitor, he'll answ-'

'It's Osaka Bay.'

My straight face went deadpanned, 'Or I could've just asked you...'

"My dear Queen Lumina, I suggest you get some sleep," Ferid's annoying voice reached my ears.

I glared at him, "Why should I?"

"Well, if I remember correctly, you did announce your father was human in Shinjuku, no?" He recalled with a smirk.

I scoffed, "I did say that...but I never said he was completely human. Besides, vampires don't need sleep and I, especially, will not sleep if me or my friends are within your distance."

He seemed delighted by my words, "You speak so graceful, Queen Lumina. One of the reasons why I love you."

That threw off my calm posture.

'Love?...The hell?'

'Don't fall for his deceit.'

I crossed my arms, "Love? You and I both know that you feel no love towards anything or one, so stop babbling foolish words."

"I do not jest when it comes to that, my Queen," he stated, almost too seriously.

Sensing a presence sitting next to me, I looked to the left and slightly revealed surprise.

"Yuichiro? I thought you were asleep..." I said lowly.

He glanced at me, "Well, I can't sleep, knowing that my friend is trying to be seduced by the guy who killed almost my whole family. You got a problem with it?" He whispered.

I stared at him for a while, "...No."

I heard Shinoa chuckle, "Yu is possessive as ever..." She listened in to our conversation.

I sighed aloud, 'Anyway...any other information you have for me to get an advantage in my situation, Dante?'

'No, but...I do have advice for you.'

'And that is?'

'...You may not realize it now since it's been masked by the two, but soon you will. Yuichirou and Mikaela have-...no, it's not my place to say it. Know that I will not see what you see since I am not a demon. By the way...say hello to sweet Mika for me? Until then, Sayomi~.'

'Wait a mi-' Before I could say anymore, I could sense that Dante was no longer within my thoughts.

I stared at the palm of my hands where the symbols were located. They both glowed a pale pink color and outlined the symbols with gold slices of light.

'Yu...Mika...something tells me both of your fates were sealed from the moment you were born. For better or worse...I'll protect you both and our friends.'

"Something wrong?"

I looked to Yu, "Hm? Oh...it's nothing."

Yu kept his gaze on me to which I did the same thing. I wasn't planning on revealing my true emotions to him or the others too much.

That's when an unexpected memory popped into my mind.

I knew my cheeks turned pink, "Yuichiro, if you're concerned about me, I'm fine, really."

He blinked a couple times...and slowly smirked, "Okay~."

I narrowed my eyes and looked away, 'What is he planning? Whatever it is, I just hope...it doesn't have to do with...'

Staring at my reflection in the window near me, I raised my right hand to my lips and grazed them softly.

Soon, my pink blush turned red and I could hear Yu trying to hold back his chuckles and snickers as he laid his head on my left shoulder.

'When the time is right, he's planning to use our kiss against me! No matter, I'll ruin every opportunity he tries to get!' I said with clenched fists.

"Crowley, why does Angel look so determined?"

"I don't know. That could mean anything. By the way...are you doing all this just to get back at him?"

Ferid didn't reply, he only kept that idiotic closed eyed smile and hummed to himself.

"If you don't tell me...I'll decide it's you who I want my revenge on instead of him," Crowley said while glaring at Ferid.

"Ahaha! If you must, make it something spectacular!" Ferid said, obviously amused, and pat Crowley's shoulder.

He sighed, "Sheesh..."

As I kept thinking to myself, I didn't realize the conversation Mikaela and Bathory were holding.

'Something's becoming clear now that I think about it. Guren isn't the only cause of the world ending. It's something else and it's amiss before me, but I can't figure it out. Perhaps when we get to-'

The bus swerved and was stopped, nearly sending me over the seat Narumi was sitting next to.

"Aaaaooowch!" Yu shouted.

It was clear he had fallen asleep next to me and was awoken by hitting his head on the seat in front of him.

"Yu! Are you okay?" Mika quickly asked him.

"No...oww, I'm not okay..."

I chuckled at that, but soon realized that the front window was broken through.

I got out of my seat and with heightened eye senses, I could see a body laying out in the middle of the road.

I got excited and walked to the front of the bus, laughing.

"Hahahaha! H-he went flying thro-! Hahahahaha!" I shouted as I jumped off the ledge of the window onto the road.

I approached his body. He snapped his head back into place with his hands and faced the sky.

"Hey, get up. You're not dead...yet," I said with a blank expression.

Bathory kept staring at the sky with a distant expression, seeming not to hear my words at all.

I slightly frowned, 'What could this guy be possibly thinking? Did the sky turn a different color or something?'

"Gold...it matches with the sky..."

I lifted an eyebrow, "Um..."

"I've seen the sky many times, but gold just made it better...I think I have a new favorite color...and it's your eyes, Sayomi..."

I had no idea what was happening as of the moment and I didn't know what to say either.

As if nothing happened, he sat up and got up off the ground, walking pass me towards the bus.

I stood there with widened eyes, 'Wh..what...what was th-that?'

I was taken out of my thoughts by hearing his laughing, which seemed real, but I knew better.

"Hey, Ferid! You got some explaining to do! Where the heck are we doing here-"

"Ferid Bathory! Why did you not arrive to greet your betters promptly?" The voice spoke again.

Everyone turned to where the source of the voice was coming from, including me.

'...Oh, great...' I thought sarcastically, 'We call a truce with Bathory and now he has taken us to a bay full of a vampire army who are from... Russia, I'm assuming by their accent.'

"You bastard! This was a trap, wasn't-"

Bathory cut off Yu by putting a hand on his chest from keeping to proceed any closer.

From a good hearing distance, I could hear what he said.

"Quiet. Screw this up and even I will get killed in an instant."

On the outside, I remained calm, but on the inside, I was surprised and amused simultaneously.

'Oh, wow. Not only has he brought us to a Russian army of vampires and...hn, two or more progenitors, but he got us in a situation where if one word is said wrong, we're dead.'

"My, my~! Lords and Ladies of the Progenitor Council, welcome. I have been awaiting your arrival."

'...This...this is the Council my mother used to run?'

(It took me some time to organize this chapter since I had to keep reference to the manga. I didn't want to use all their conversations since it's copyright, and it would take too long; Seraph of the End belongs to Takaya Kagami. Though this is similar to the story, remember that this is if a girl named Sayomi Kiiro was in it and the story will have different outcomes.)