"Thank you very much, my lords...for making a graciously trip from Russia."

'It's best if we don't do or say anything right now. I've gained the ability to take most of them on, but not all.'

"I hope the trip wasn't too boring-"

Before Bathory could finish his sentence, the short progenitor stabbed through his chest, obtaining his heart.

Bathory fell to the ground, clutching where the blood was pouring from. I noticed Yu was about to take action, but Crowley stopped him.

"Don't move. This is just a game to him," he spoke in a quiet tone.

'A game?! Not feeling pity or happiness about this, but pulling someone's heart out their body is not the most fun or wise thing to do.'

"Why, look, Ferid Bathory...this is your heart. Just look at all the blood pouring from it. In a few minutes, you'll become a demon."

His last sentence caught my attention, 'He'll become a demon if he does have his heart? This could be new information to the blood samples back at the lab. Dante, do you have info on those two progenitors?'

'The one with Ferid's heart is Lest Karr, third progenitor of the vampires in Germany, and the other is Urd Gealas, second progenitor of the vampires in Russia.'

'This is really bad. I've only had experience with a thirteenth, seventh, and third progenitor, which all were halfway predictable. I'm unsure of a second progenitor.'

'You needn't fight now, but rather take flight. This here is not your fight or your demise.'

Dante was right. I wasn't going allow myself to die because of a foolish move I made on instinct.

"Return his heart, Lest Karr. He's becoming a demon," Gealas spoke.

As he had said, Karr plunged Bathory's heart back into his chest. I could imagine it was just as painful as it being torn out.

A few milliseconds later, Bathory made a beeline for Kimizuki and sunk his fangs into him.

At that moment, Yu was about to move. Once again, Crowley stopped him, but Yu glanced to me as if saying 'Can you do something about it?'.

I nodded and looked down, 'Dante...'

My body became limp, but I kept standing, and I let my conscious slip into Dante's body, which could not be seen by those who are living.

I walked forward in Dante's body towards Bathory and tugged on his cape since her body was like a child's.

Bathory must've felt the tugging and pulled away from Kimizuki. He glanced to the ground a little, probably a small fuzzy outline, which was me.

Running back to my body, I opened my eyes and uncovered my face with my hair, 'I would be petty and tell Kimizuki to thank me for saving him, but I won't because he's my friend,' I thought with a smirk.

"But it still isn't enough. I need more," Bathory said and glanced to me.

I made a closed smiled, but it turned into 'I'll rip off your face if you touch me' face for two seconds, and turned back into a closed eyed smile.

"Now, who wants me to drink their blood first? No pushing, now!" He turned to the others with that idioticsmile.

"What are those?" Gealas questioned.

"Oh, them? Those are my current favorite toys, my lord," Bathory covered for them.

'As much as I hate to think this, I thank him for taking the risk of covering for th-'

"It is made to believe-...Who is she?" He stopped mid-sentence, and questioned again, gesturing to me.

"...Is there something interesting about her, my lord?" Bathory asked, still keeping up the facade.

"I advise you to not play dumb. Who is she."

'Dante, what now?'

'It's best to state who you really are. If they even suspect you once, you're dead. Your identity will be known eventually since Urd Gealas has noticed something is off about you.'

I took three steps forward, "I'm unsure of how greetings work in your council, but since you're so eager to know me..."

"Go on," Karr said, seemingly interested.

"I'm Sayomi Seraphina Lumina Kiiro, the second First Female Progenitor. It's...nice to meet you," I introduced, bowed, then leaned up.

"...Estelle had a child and didn't even tell us?...That woman was always a mystery," Karr spoke. "May I ask why you are cascading yourself as a human?"

"..." I placed my right index finger on my lips.

He narrowed his eyes at me and was about to say something, but noticed Gealas was staring somewhere specifically.

"Is something the matter?"

I looked at him before turning my head the same direction, 'What could be so important that-….'

I frowned at the scent. I started off in that direction by jumping to the other side of the street, and running further.

A couple minutes later, I heard footsteps not too far behind me. I quickly recognized the vampire by scent as Urd Gealas.

"So...she just ditched us like that?" Kimizuki asked no one in particular in a hushed tone.

"Apparently so. What made them run off like that?" Mitsuba asked Shinoa.

"I don't kn-" Mikaela cut her off.

"Krul."

Yuichiro glanced to Mikaela with question, "...hm."

I kicked down a door in a mansion and entered, seeing Krul stuck in a wall and...that man from before...

The same man who guided me to Hyakuya Orphanage when I accepted his help.

He smiled, "Oh, it's you, Sayo. It's only natural you got here first because you're faster than them."

I wasn't able to respond because Gealas rushed in, immediately attacking the man, but he dodged it.

As they fought, I silently made my way to Krul and looked at the state she was in.

I slightly smirked since her weak self was a little amusing, "You look horrible."

She glared at me, "Oh, shut up and get me free."

As I tried to find a way to get her out of wall, I listened in to the conversation that was going on between the two, glancing sometimes.

"Isn't it amusing? It is a curse...that I've been working on for centuries, with human help," he said as chainsconnected from his torn off arm and shoulder.

"Even when I cut off your arm, I could not smell your blood. You're not a vampire anymore, are you?"

"Me? How long do you continue to bumbling about as one? This is why the first progenitor abandoned you, you know."

"He abandoned you, too."

'Well, my mother didn't abandon me,' I thought with a quick poker face.

"Haha! Quite true. Then, I guess we're both orphans...brother."

Krul looked as if she couldn't believe what she was hearing.

"What do you want?"

His arm reattached, "What do you want, living pointless century after century...faithfully upholding the rules set down by a father who carelessly abandoned us both?"

"...I-"

"Oh, I don't need you to tell me. We are both brothers born of the blood of the same first progenitor, after all."

I felt his stare on me to which I already gotten one of Krul's arms out the wall.

"I can't say the same for you, Sayo. I admit, I envy you for having such a caring parent."

I glared at him, "She was caring because she actually understood the human heart."

He chuckled, "Amusing. So, what, say we stop interfering with each other? Okay? Okay. Now, leave Japan. This is my playground."

'Oh, I'm not having that,' I thought as I got Krul's other arm free.

"Sorry, Rigr. I am not listening to no request from you," Gealas spoke, avoiding a chain that was supposedly thrown at him.

Thinking it was coming for me, I back flipped a couple times, but the chain swung around her neck and pulled the rest of her body out.

She was a distraction for this 'Rigr's' escape by throwing her at Gealas. I summoned Himezuru-sa and threw her at him only for it to stab him in the back.

"Lord Gealas!" Karr finally showed.

"Lest Karr! Stop Rigr!"

Before Karr could make any movement, Rigr sliced him into two with two fingers.

'He's something way beyond a vampire...maybe even a seraph. No, I can't think negatively...not now, not until this nightmare is over.'

When I came out of my thoughts, Rigr was nowhere to be found...nor Himezuru-sa.

I noticed Karr's body was regenerating and I looked away, making my way to Krul, who held her throat from pain.

"You alright?"

She 'hmph'ed at me, "As if you'll ever care what happens to me..."

"I won't lie about it," I didn't deny.

"Mrrg...Krul Tepes, tell us what happened," Karr spoke.

She explained to us what Rigr told her and that only made me more confused on the situation at hand.

Half of her explanation left me with one question, 'Who's actually pulling the strings? Now that I know it's not the Japanese Imperial Demon Army, could it be someone who set this up? All of it?'

~Small Time Skip~

Since I'm faster than all progenitors, I made it back in a few minutes.

When I returned, most of the progenitors bowed towards me to which I walked faster and covered my face with my left hand.

'Too much attention. Not to mention, too much 'special' attention.'

"You're back," I heard Mika's voice in front of me.

I didn't respond as I hugged him and turned a bit, so I wasn't facing the progenitor council.

"Their staring is too much."

His back is shaking a little, probably from trying not to chuckle, "Is that so...my Queen?"

I frowned, "I'm not a Queen...not yet. For now, I am a Princess trying to take back what's rightfully mine."

(Kinda sounds like Yona of the Dawn.)

"Yo, Mika. So you're still alive? What's up?" A voice said, which was approaching with someone else.

I looked to see the two vampires that I accidentally bumped into in Sanguinem when I visited Mika.

Since I was undercover and my scent was similar to a servants' at the time, there was no need to be uptight around the two.

"Lacus. Rene."

The one named Lacus was about to speak until he noticed me slightly behind Mikaela. I didn't intend on hiding behind him from them.

I placed my hands on Mikaela's shoulders, "I'm gonna go rest, Mika."

'...I don't like what I'm sensing from Yoichi. He's reacting to one of their presences. If he lets Gekkouin take control, we're all screwed...'

Once I got on and made my way to sit next to Kimizuki, who seemed to be hyperventilating a little, I watched he and Yoichi to make sure nothing went wrong.

"You're hungry, right?"

Kimizuki glanced to my concentrated eyes on Yoichi and didn't respond verbally, but he only nodded.

I reached into my uniform jacket's right pocket and pulled out a rolled up, medium sized bag and toss it to him, landing in his left hand.

"...Beef jerky?"

"It's for when I'm in desperate need of animal blood. You can say it's a hiatus on my thirst until I satisfy it fully."

From my long range peripheral vision, I could see he nodded in a understanding manner.

Kimizuki began to eat the beef jerky as if he were a wild animal, which kinda surprised me. Then again, he did lose a lot of blood.

"Yoichi? Hello?"

Yoichi seemed fine when he came back to reality, "Oh...I'm fine..."

"Well, you should rest up," Yu told him and he agreed.

When Yoichi passed me, I grabbed his left arm, making him stop. He seemed surprised at my gesture as I glanced up to him.

Understanding what I did, he made a closed eyed smile and nodded. I returned it, but I didn't mean for it to come with a little sadness expressed.

I let him go; unfortunately, Shinoa noticed and stared at me as if wanting some type of answer for my actions.

'Distraction. I need a distraction.' My eyes landed on Yu and I got up, kinda startling a now calming down Kimizuki.

"Yu, I need to talk to you."

"Why? We can just talk right here."

I sighed and closed my eyes, "I see we're going to have to do this the hard way," I spoke and cracked my knuckles.

"What-! Hey! Put me down!" He pounded on my back.

"S-Sayo! What are you doing to Yu?!" Mitsuba whisper-shouted at me with panic etched on her face.

I ignored there questions and complaints as I opened the latch atop the bus again, jumping up with Yu still over my left shoulder.

Once I got on top of the bus, I set Yu down, closed the latch, and sat down, then motioned for him to sit down with me.

He glared at me before doing so, "Why did you do that?"

"Hmm, because I wanted to talk to you alone," I simply replied.

He sweat dropped, "Why do I feel like you just came up with that answer..."

I smiled, "Maybe I did, maybe I didn't. Despite the situation we're in, are you okay?"

He lifted an eyebrow in confusion, "Uh, yeah? I'm alive, aren't I?"

A small smile etched its way on my lips, "Yep. I'm glad you are...or I wouldn't know what to do with myself," I said and looked down.

"Keep living," he suddenly said.

I looked up at him, "Keep living? What do you mean?"

"Exactly as I said. You wouldn't want to leave Mika on his own in this forsaken world if I was gone, do you?"

"Of course not! I wouldn't even want you to die, Yu-"

He gave me his famous idiotic smile, "Then, keep living...for me, for Mika, and the others."

I blinked a few times before lightly blushing, "S-sure, I'll do what I can..."

"That's the Sayomi I know. I swear, ever since you disappeared that night when I manifested Asuramaru, you've been so uptight," he sighed out.

I twitched at that, "Disappeared?"

He was about to explain, but a gleam in his eyes appeared and he chuckled, "I'll tell you about that another time."

I pouted, "Aww, Yuichiro~."

Suddenly, he seemed surprised and widened his eyes as if hearing me-or anyone, pout for the first time.

"What's wrong?" I questioned, more serious than I thought.

He looked away, blushing slightly, "It's the way...you said my name..."

I was confused, "Yuichiro...Doesn't Yu mean 'gentle' or 'gentleness' in kanji spelling? What about it?"

He nodded, "That's not the case. You tend to say my full name more than the others. What's with that?"

I smiled at him, "I like your name. You may not be the expected type of gentle, but you are in your own way...Yuichiro."

He stared at me before smirking, "Is that so? Shall I show my Seraph gentleness since she's been through many hardships?" He asked and leaned closer.

My eyes widened and I was freaking out on the inside, but I remained calm and still on the outside.

Luckily, no one could see on top of the bus if they paid close attention because it would be a disaster watching a human kiss the future vampire queen.

We were already all over each other in a couple seconds.

Yu had his right hand around my waist and the other holding my chin, positioning my head and his a certain angle. My right hand was tangled in his fluffy hair and the other on his right shoulder.

His breath fanned my face as our foreheads touched, noses brushing at the close proximity.

I won't lie...I was excited by this and yearning for him to kiss me.

(Hey, just because she's very different, doesn't mean she can't have love. Everyone needs some type of love.)

Our lips brushed against each other, but they didn't connect because Yu was teasing me, which made me frown a bit.

Feeling four nearing presences approaching, I quickly pulled away from Yu, opened the latch once again, and picked him up, carefully sliding him back in the city bus.

"What?! I thought we were having a m-"

I shut the latch and walked to the front of the bus, letting my legs dangle from the left corner.

A couple minutes passed by and I saw the four progenitors approaching. Gealas carried Krul by the throat and Karr dragged Bathory by his ponytail.

I smirked a little at the site, 'Ouu, being put in your place you two? It's about time...'

Bathory looked to where the bus was and waved with a closed eyed smile.

I didn't know how to respond to that since it was...him, but I heard Narumi saying something about 'you better not wave back' to Yu.

"Both traitors have been captured! I hereby sentence them to torture by exposure! Begin the preparations!" Gealas announced.

'Torture by exposure? Does that mean vampires really can burn in sunlight? I thought that was just a myth along with the garlic, stakes, and holy water. Perhaps not. They may have something protecting their skin that'll be unnoticeable. Huh...I just figured out a weak spot. Whatever the small object is, I don't have or need it because I'm half human.'

Gealas turned to someone, "Ky Luc. I'm putting you in charge of their punishment."

I glanced at this 'Ky Luc', 'Hnn...his aura gives off...sixth...no, fifth rank. Yeah, he's definitely a fifth progenitor and...maybe deranged.'

"Queen Lumina," Karr called out to me and I looked his way.

My left eyebrow twitched from being called that, "Yes?"

"I obtained your blade. Apparently, 'he' dropped it," he explained and held it towards me.

I jumped down from where I sat to the ground and walked forward to Karr, wanting to get back Himezuru-sa as quickly as possible.

I smiled when I held her in my hands and looked to Karr, "Thank you very much."

He nodded, "You're welcome, my Queen."

I turned around, making my way back to the bus until I felt a sharp wisp of wind behind me.

I revealed no emotion as I stopped. I looked down and saw most of my hair on the ground, which meant my half of my hair was cut short.

I turned around, "Mind telling me why you did that?"

"You look better with short hair," he replied with a bored expression.

I made a closed eyed smile, "Aw, how thoughtful, but if you do that again...I will lock you in a basement, sentence you to death by one thousand cuts, and for my entertainment, I'll add lemon juice and bleach to the cuts."

With that being said, I walked back to the bus.

"My lady, care to speak on my behalf for my actions?" I heard Bathory ask of me.

I stopped and glanced to him and Krul, then quickly glanced to Crowley to see him with that ridiculous smile of his...but it said something.

I turned to Bathory to see his eyes gleam as if trying to tell me something as well...and he was.

Glancing over to Yu and the others, who are staring at me with unbelieving wide eyes because my hair was sliced off moments ago.

My eyes returned to Bathory, "...Burn," I said while walking.

"Oh, wow..." Luc spoke sarcastically and enthusiastically.

When I made it back, Crowley stopped me by slightly getting in my walkway.

"Glad you got the signal," he whispered.

I crossed my arms and quietly huffed, "Whatever. I was going to go with that answer in the first place."

~Tiny Time Skip~

"Sayomi...did you say 'Burn'?" Mikaela asked me.

I looked to him, "Yeah. Why do you-...don't tell me you actually care about what happens to them?!"

He looked away, "No..."

I was going to say more, but I stopped, '*Chuckle* You half liar. You don't care for Bathory, but you're concerned about Krul. I can see it in your eyes. Perhaps he's been with her so long, he's taken a liking to her...'

Pain surged through my chest.

'No, that's not possible. Mika wouldn't...and if he did, what did that kiss we shared meant? Mika and Yu are the ones I love. Love...do I honestly love them like family, like people to protect or...romantically?'

"Well, what do we do, Yu?" I heard Mika ask him.

I noticed he looked to the two burning crosses...that wouldn't be burning if I said otherwise, but I did it because of my own selfish reasons.

"We rescue them," he spoke with determination and confidence. "Crowley, is there a way?"

"If you really want to, first...we'll have to tame the Seraph of the End inside of you. To do that, we'll have to go to Ferid's mansion."

'What? Tame the Seraph of the End inside of him? I disagree with it, then again, I don't. At the least for my selfish reasons...I should help if it'll save those two. Besides...they can't die just yet. I need more answers.'

"Are you on board with us, Sayomi?" I heard Yu question me.

I looked up to his eyes gleaming with hope. That was my job, I'm supposed to give people hope, but somehow he and the others gives me the strength to do so.

After all, I am the "Angel of Salvation"...

But Dante is the one who gave me that name because she said I really do restore hope and faith into ones who's lost that.

I smiled genuinely, "...It's the least I can do, for I am your seraph."

(This is the end of I Am Your Angel of Salvation, Next chapter is where I Am Your Savior begins.)