Once I made it outside, I looked around for a peculiar animal and partner in battle.
"Kitsu! Kitsu-chan!" I shouted, listening in for a sound.
Hearing a soft mewl, I ran over to a unnoticeable divot and saw Kitsu-chan laying there, blood covering her white coat as she took in quick breaths.
I scooped her up in my arms, "Kitsu-chan! What happened?!" I worried.
The marks on the back of my hand began to glow a rosey pink while a small dome covered her body and she began to heal.
Her multicolored eyes stared up at me, then closed them.
Feeling my eyes turn that plum color again, I saw Kitsu scoping out the area and she was observing Yu fighting the sixth seraph.
Seeing the trumpet about to land on Yu, Mika came to his aid, Kitsu held down the seraph's wings with her claws since she can transform into a bigger kitsune.
(Like Kirara from Inuyasha.)
The seraph's wings somehow shot out its feathers at Kitsu...
And the vision ended.
I held Kitsu to my left cheek, rubbing her softly against it, "Aww, I'm so sorry, Kitsu-chan, but I thank you for trying to help Yu and Mika. You may rest now.."
She whimpered as her body went up in flame, becoming one with my soul again.
(What does the fox say?)
"You are quite the kind lady..and a stubborn one since you refuse to rest, Sayomi," spoke a voice to my right.
I glanced to him, "...Bathory, I have to ask you something. It's about the battle in Nagoya."
He glanced down at me with a smug look, "Oh? What may that be?"
I stared down at my marked hands, "Did you..see me anywhere else besides at the airport?"
"Forgive me, my Queen, but I hadn't. I was on my way to Nagoya Airport along with Krul."
"We saw you," said a voice on my left.
Looking to Crowley and—surprisingly—Mikaela on my left, I blinked multiple times and all of a sudden, my eyes turned light plum again.
"*Sigh* I need to control this power better," I mumbled to myself.
In this vision, I saw..her hopping from building to building while giggling hysterically.
"Ahahaha! Free at last! Hahaha! Free at last! Thanks to Uncle, I'm free! Hahahaha! No one can stop me now~!"
It was the other part of me.
My eyes narrowed, 'I see..so Uncle got the best of me when I was trying to restrain Yu with the others and I made contact with Asuramaru accidentally.'
"My, carelessly entering vampire territory is seemingly reckless for someone like you to do!" she heard Crowley's voice yell.
Looking in the direction to where he is, she saw him standing in a hallway of an old building that has a wide hole with Belle and Skuld, waving at her foolishly.
"Hey! It's that girl who claims to be the next Queen! Don't worry, Lord Crowley, we'll take care of her," Belle spoke, quick to unsheathe her blade.
"Chess, do you remember the last time you tried to fight her?" Skuld questioned her with annoyed look.
"I-I don't care! She hurt Lord Crowley!" she kept yelling and was about to jump through the enormous hole.
"Wait," Crowley spoke, holding out an arm in front of her. His eyes narrowed, "It's best if we let her go. She..seems too dangerous to handle right now."
She grinned crazily, "Good that you follow your instincts, vampire! Bye-bye now~!"
(She gave one of those Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez grins. I'll give you a cookie if you know who that is!)
Going back to jumping on different buildings again, she twirled, danced the waltz, and did twirls in midair when she jumped to another building.
"I may be free, but I must go somewhere very important..? I wonder why...?"
Stopping on the ground, she looked as if she smelled the scent of blood.
Turning to a broken down market, she heard talking and was about to walk to it, but it came towards her...
It was Yu and Mika.
A sinister grin, and her red and black eyes were replaced with a nice smile and golden brown eyes.
"Yuichiro! Mikaela! You're okay!"
They seemed to stop whatever serious conversation they were having and looked at her approaching figure.
Yu smiled brightly, "Sayomi! Thank goodness you're okay! What the hell happened after you disappeared?!" he yelled, about to run towards me, but..
Mika held him back by the back of his collar.
"Yu, don't go near her."
He looked at him, "Wait, why?! Sayomi's our friend! Don't tell me the instant you drink a human's blood, you turn cold!"
"That's not it. You told me not too long ago that Sayomi suddenly disappeared after this manifestation process with your demon. Why would she appear now? How would she find us? Does she even know what's going on? Or where those human friends of yours are?"
Her eyes turned red and black again, "Wow~! You're really observant, Mika-kun~. Sayomi always did admire that about you~."
He glared at me, "You're bold, you're not even going to try to act innocent. What did you do with the actual Sayomi?"
She blinked twice, "Ahahahaha! I am her, sweety~! Well..the sadistic version of her if you want to say that~. Sayo is so happy to see you inside me that she's trying to take over. I can't afford for that to ha-..."
Strangely, she looked up towards the sky..
She sighed, "The Queen and the J.I.D.A are coming soon. It won't be long before Sayo awakens..."
She looked back to them.
"Better head to Nagoya Airport~. Things are about to get interesting~, Yu-kun~, Mika-kun~."
With that being said, she jumped on to another building as Yu kept trying to call me back, but she ignored him.
She was seemingly heading near the airport, and all of a sudden, she was falling towards the ground.
"Damn it...She's free. Well..at least I'm near the airport now."
Blinking my eyes back to the golden brown color, I sighed aloud.
I let my head down, "So...you two met her during the battle in Nagoya..and you weren't going to plan on telling me?"
"If we told you, we wouldn't be sure if that would've triggered something," Crowley told me.
"We came upon an agreement not to tell you while you were unconscious on the way to Osaka Bay," Bathory told me.
Clenching my palms shut, I drew blood by digging my nails in the skin, "I see..." I spoke, holding my right fist over my open mouth to drink the blood.
"My blood should've satisfied you, my Queen," Bathory told me with a smirk.
I looked at him and deadpanned, "Yours is too bitter."
He placed his right hand hand over his heart dramatically, "I'm hurt!"
"*Sigh*...Question. Do you know why..Rigr helped me find Hyakuya Orphanage? Or if he knows anything about me other than being Estelle's child?"
He stopped his dramatic act and smirked, "I know nothing of it, but I am kinda grateful for him doing that..or I would've never met the sweet, adorable Sayomi~."
"Don't deceive yourself. At any given moment, I could've abandoned my family eight years ago. I wasn't with them when the catastrophe happened; instead, I was sealing Shigama Dōji. I could've ran away, I could've lived a peaceful life somewhere out there in the unknown..but no...*smile* I couldn't forget the person that made me feel human for the very first time.."
"...My Queen..my apologies if I've upset you," I heard Mikaela speak up, then I looked to my left to see him kneeling down at me.
I stared at him with wide eyes, blinking multiple times in confusion..
Quickly, I pulled him up by his shoulders with a sweat drop on the back of my head and a sheepish smile.
"Don't...don't do that. It's strange.."
He nodded.
"I swear, you two are really close..so close that it seems you're more than childhood friends. I'm getting curious~," Bathory spoke, wrapping his arms around our shoulders.
"Ferid..." Mikaela spoke his name in a warning tone.
I narrowed my eyes, "Curiosity killed the cat."
"But cats have nine lives, my Queen~."
I slapped his arm away from my shoulder and walked away, "Hmph, I'm going to go check on the others."
Name: Kaia Clarabelle.
"Hm.."
~Small Time Skip~
"Who the hell are these people in my head.." I quietly asked Carmen.
"You're supposed to be resting, and what do you mean?" she spoke sternly.
"I'm fine now, I've recovered. The only ones who know is you, Mika, Crowley, and Bathory. Since you know how this power works, I assumed you would know who these names are in my head."
She crossed her arms as thought clouded her eyes, "Names of people, hm..List them to me."
"Solana Molina, Nicole Dupre, and Kaia Clarabelle," I told her.
"...I never heard of them," she gave me an answer to which I sighed. "Forgive me, Miss Sayomi. I wish I could be of more help to figure out who these people are."
I shook my head, "No, no, it's okay. I'm pretty sure it's nothing too serious. All I have to do is control this power, and I assume these names will stop popping up in my head."
"How will you transport, Miss Sayomi?" Carmen asked me, leaning off the wall of of the large tatami house.
"You needn't worry, I'll keep up with you all," I said, then walked inside the forest.
'...Multa Nomina...that means 'Multiple Names' in Latin...and Shigama called me that...Are the names in my head and I related somehow?'
I held my hands out together, "Kitsu-chan, are you fully healed?" I asked as a flame went up in my hands.
She closed her eyes, then nodded her head.
"Good, I may you need you to help me later, so get on my shoulder," I said, lowering my right shoulder to her.
Kitsu-chan jumped on my shoulder, 'She is no ordinary animal, so I wouldn't have expected her wounds to be serious.'
"I sense the others scents moving farther away. Carmen must've told them what I said. Let's get moving!"
I ran off.
-Yu's P.O.V-
"Mika, Mika," I called to him.
He looked at me with frustration, "What?"
"Our friends are increasing," I said with a sly smile, making room for Shinoa and Mitsuba on top off the car's roof.
His eyes narrowed, "Shut up.." he grumbled and I laughed.
Suddenly, the car we were on top of swerved, resulting in me nearly falling off and Mika catching me by my arms.
"AAAAAAAA!" I screamed as he tried to pull me back on the roof of the car.
"My, what a sight," I heard a familiar voice threw the rushing wind.
Looking behind me once Mika pulled me back up, I saw it was Sayomi..running at such a high speed on her own two feet?!
"What the hell?!"
"Ahahahaha! If I simply couldn't do this, what kind of savior would I be?" she asked, seemingly rhetorical.
"A slow one," Mitsuba told her.
"*Chuckle* Hey, Narumi! Keep your eyes on the road! That's how people get into car accidents!" she told him, probably noticing him stare at her with shock.
"You do know you can just get in the car, right? You'll lose your energy like that," Mika told her.
"Running is fun, it helps with the body, too. Also.." she looked at him with a grin, "I was replenished with energy earlier, so thank you~."
Mika face palmed, "You've become more bold..."
I lifted an eyebrow, "Just what the hell did you two do anyway?" I asked either of them.
Mika turned his face away from me as Sayo laughed, they both didn't want to seem to answer my question, which made me all the more suspicious.
"Uh-oh~," Shinoa mused smugly, "Mika-san, you're so sneaky~."
"Why is everyone beating around the bush?! Tell me!" I shouted, starting to get annoyed.
-Sayo's P.O.V-
I looked at the field that I ran next to, 'There is no horsemen...It's such a strange sight because that's what I've been used to seeing for nearly five years. Though the other me helped Yu a bit, it was thanks to him for taking down that seraph.'
"*Sigh* Serendipity.."
"You've been running for a good few minutes now. Are you not tired yet, Sayo?" I heard Yoichi asked me.
I looked to him, "Far from it, I'll be fine!"
Looking to Kitsu-chan on my shoulder, she seemed to be enjoying the wind blowing her fur.
'How cute.'
A sudden, delicious scent hit my nose and my eyes turned red.
"Oh, my goodness..What's that wonderful smell?" I asked myself with a crazed grin spreading on my lips, knowing my eyes turned red.
"Sayomi," Mika called out.
"...Right..." I sighed out, then I looked to my pet fox, "Kitsu, I'll be back."
She opened her eyes and nodded before leaping off my shoulder and on to Yoichi's head to which he was startled and the others laughed at him...except Mika.
I turned to the left into the field and saw a pig running away. I was about to hunt it down until I saw who it was running from.
Bathory was attacking to humans, but I knew he was after the child.
"Bathory," I spoke in a commanding tone.
Immediately, he let go of the child and looked at me. Glancing to the child's father, I narrowed my eyes in a way of telling him to 'go'.
The father obviously spent no second thought because he had already picked up his child and ran off.
"Yes, my Queen?" he asked.
I moved my eyes back to Bathory, "I don't approve of what you just did."
"Forgive me, my Queen, but I'm a little desperate..You see, I haven't had a sip of blood since Osaka Bay," he explained.
Walking towards him, I held out my right hand, "I rather you take some from me than a helpless child."
His eyes widened, which is a new look from him to me since he hardly ever seemed surprised.
A grin replaced his expression, "Well, this is quite the gracious offer. I should be grateful that you would do such a thing for someone like me."
He pulled me closer by my right hand with his left and his right hand held my shoulder.
"You should be because you may never get this opportunity again," I said with a displeased frown.
Bathory took no time sinking his fangs into my neck.
'I'm guessing no one in Sanguinem would withdraw or attempt to forcefully drink from me because of the law and he ordered them not to. If Bathory was selfish, why wouldn't he drink blood from me back then?'
Suddenly, his hands slid from my hand and shoulder to my waist, resulting in me gritting my teeth.
'Oh, that's why.'
Trying to push him away from me, he kept his firm grip on me, but not enough to crush me.
"B-Bathory!"
He pulled away from neck, "No need to be so formal, Sayo. We're alone~," he said, planting kisses on my neck.
My cheeks unwillingly turned pink, "Let m-me go! You've had enough!" I said, struggling more.
His lips sucked on the punctures, drawing more blood. The problem wasn't blood loss, the problem is the increasing arousal in my body.
"I sensed something off about Mika earlier and I realized it was your scent that covered his body. It seems he wasn't just 'watching over you in your slumber'. Now, I became a little curious and wanted to see who can pleasure you more~."
Gasping at his words as his face came closer to mine. His lips brushed against mine while he kept staring into my widened eyes.
"It should be obvious..I've been alive for a long time, I am more experienced."
His hands moved to my hips, then squeezed and jerked them forward.
"Mnn..ah.." a low moan erupted from my lips.
"That's what I wanted to hear and see for eight years. Give me more of that delightful noise, sweet Sayo," he whispered in my left ear, making my body shiver.
"Ngh...F-Ferid, hah~.."
"That's right~. Say my name~.." he said, coming closer to my face again.
Before his lips could connect with mine, I kneed him where the sun don't shine and ran off.
"NOPE! NOPE! NOPE!" I screamed.
Next thing I know, I found myself in the car Narumi is driving, holding my knees close to my chest, and rocking back and forth.
"Whoa, you okay there, Sayomi?" Narumi asked me.
"No! No, I'm not okay! I was almost seduced by the perverted pedo vam-"
I saw Yu knock on the window, "Are you okay?" he asked through the glass.
A smile stretched on my lips, "Oh, I'm perfectly fine! There's nothing wrong!"
He shrugged his shoulders and leaned back up on the car.
"You shouldn't lie to him," Narumi said to me. "He doesn't look like the type to easily buy a lie nor does he take it easy when he knows the truth."
"I..I know. I just don't want him to worry. Though I haven't known you long, you seem like a trustworthy person, Narumi, so you won't tell him?" I asked with a smile.
He looked at me in the rearview mirror, "No, I won't. I really don't want that guy blowing a fuse at me or going berserk," Narumi replied.
"Thanks for that. So...I heard you and your squad were paired with Shinoa's Squad at the battle in Nagoya. How did they operate while I was gone?"
A ghost of a smile crossed his lips, "Pretty damn good for some rookies," he replied and I chuckled.
-Mika's P.O.V-
My body felt like it was on fire after listening in on Sayomi and that other human's conversation with my intense hearing.
My eyes darkened, 'Ferid..tried to touch her? He tried..to touch Sayomi? My Sayomi? That bastard tried to touch what's mine?..Calm down, Mikaela. Sayomi isn't an object, she's your..well, what is she to me now...?'
"I have a feeling she was lying," Yu spoke with a contemplative look.
"If that wasn't a look of fear, I don't know what was," the blond girl spoke.
"I read it as panic..or human instincts to get away from something that may be dangerous," the brunette boy spoke.
"Fear? Panic? It's hard to imagine such am emotion on her fierce face, at least, in my opinion," the girl known as 'Shinoa' spoke.
"Now that I think about it, I don't think I've ever seen Sayomi with a scared look. She either looks happy, at peace, serious, sometimes sad...and scary-don't tell her I said that!" Yu quickly added the last part.
"Ahahahaah! Does Sayomi hate when she hears that?" Shinoa asked.
"Yes, so don't call her that," I spoke.
"Trust me, we won't. We've known Sayo long enough to know she doesn't want to be identified as a threat," the one with glasses spoke.
I narrowed my eyes, 'Not longer than me..'
"Have you ever seen her scared, Mika?" Yu asked me.
I glanced to him, "...Once...I rather not talk about it..."
Seemingly, he understood where I was coming from and nodded in understanding.
"Compared to the younger me, the younger Sayo was still stronger than me..." Yu mumbled.
It was quiet for a while.
"Hey, Yu.." the brunette spoke.
"Hm?"
"Believe it or not...I think I saw Sayomi twelve years ago.."
He blinked, "Wait, what?! That's impossible! She said so herself that she was born in August of 2012 and she can grow entirely faster than a human in age!"
"My memory is a little hazy, but..when my sister took me to kindergarten...my teacher looked exactly like her..but older, maybe in her mid twenties?"
"You sure it wasn't Miss Kuribayashi...or as you know already, Estelle?" I asked the brunette boy.
He shook his head, "Mm-mm..this woman had the same golden eyes Sayomi has. Her name was..Solana Molina, I think..she was a foreign woman.."
"That's strange...Did she have any similar attributes to Sayomi?" Yu asked him.
He smiled, "Well, she was kind..smart, and really pretty-"
"My~, my~. It seems you admired your teacher a lot, Yoichi~..or should I say Ms. Molina~?" Shinoa mused.
His cheeks turned pink, "Sh-she was just a really nice person, okay?!"
Yu and his friends laughed at the guy's flustered state.
-Sayomi's P.O.V-
I opened my eyes, done with listening in on their conversation, 'Hmmm? I used to be a kindergarten teacher in my past life? I have no recollection of that memory. If I were, I'm older than I appear to be and what I claim...Dante..'
'Yes?'
'You wouldn't happen to know about me living past lives, would you...'
'To be honest, no, I don't know anything about you having past lives..and I gave birth to you, like any female can, I didn't use any spells, dark magic, or anything. I just wanted you to be a normal child and try to make this messed up world a better place. But...we do have a lead on this. It's what 'brother' said earlier...'
'Multa Nomina"..it means "Multiple Names" in Latin. I'm assuming what he meant by that was the names I kept seeing..they may all be me...but how?'
'I am unsure..I really wish I knew how. Sayomi, this is a very odd question for me, as your Mother and Father combined into a supernatural being, to ask you..but...what are you?'
My eyes widened as my eyes turned the pinkish plum color and I felt a tear slide from my right eye.
It felt and looked as if I was being sucked into my eyes, descending into darkness, and in that darkness...
Was Ashera staring at me with a smile.
I blinked my eyes, then clicked my tongue against my teeth in annoyance while shadowing my face with my bangs.
"...So...that's who I need to go to for answers?" I asked myself aloud.
"Hm? What do you mean, Sayo?" asked Shinoa to which I noticed the others were back in the car.
Ignoring her question, I turned around on my knees and steadily held the seat under my palms, staring at Asuramaru with annoyance.
(Imagine the 'staaaare' sound. :3)
"Um..Sayomi?" I heard Yu question.
Ignoring him, too, I kept staring at Asuramaru with annoyance and menace.
"Does she even realize what she's doing?" Mitsuba asked the others, waving a hand in front of me, but I still kept my stare.
"*Sigh* This calls for drastic measures," I heard Shinoa sigh out, "Oh, my goodness! Mika had went bat $#;t crazy and is drinking Yu's blood!"
My eyes moved to Yu, looking over him to see if he's fine...but his hand was bleeding. My now glaring eyes moved to Mika, to see blood sliding down his lips.
He flinched in response as I growled, "Thought you had enough earlier, liar.." I grumbled, then returned my stare to Asuramaru.
"Shinoa! In every sense, that was the wrong way to get her attention!" Yu scolded her.
"Well, at least she paid attention," Shinoa responded with a smirk
Glancing back to Mika, I made apologetic eyes and formed a pout on my lips before closing my eyes and turning back around to sit normally.
'That was rude of me..but now I know for sure Mika drinks Yu's blood with reluctance...Hm..drink...blood...I wonder, when did those beautiful blue eyes turn such a brilliant red? All vampires have red eyes, but Mika's..his have life to them..'
I giggled, "Pretty~.." I mused aloud, resulting in the others looking at me oddly.
(I think this is my favorite story..well, maybe because Seraph of the End is my favorite anime? If I had to say my second favorite..it'll be my new, recent story: Big Sister's Home.)