I entered my room.
Scrutinizing it, I noticed that the piano—that surprisingly fit in here—was still here with a few history books, magic spell books, and manga in a bookshelf I collected to pass time by was still here along with my bed and nightstand.
'It's best if I do not say or do anything. They may have bugged the room, and possibly, searched through it to find any valuable...as if I would really leave anything here of great importance to give them an advantage..'
Sitting on the edge of the bed, I closed my eyes, then fell back.
'Sayomi.'
Opening my eyes, I stared into two endless orbs of bloody lakes that had small black wormhole looking tints in the middle...just like the bloody lake I was currently laying in.
"Ah..it's you again." What do you want?"
"...I desire what you desire, Sayomi."
"...What may that be?"
"Don't play dumb. You admitted it to yourself and to Ferid Bathory."
"...Why must it be..."
She titled her head, "Hm?"
"..be so complicated? I want it...I want it all...that makes me selfish, yes? I want it all, not as in everything and everyone, I mean I want to be Queen, I want peace, I want love...I want Yu and Mika...I want to be accepted as a human being by all...Hey, Hantei Soushite Batsu...is it okay to want?"
I expected a grin of greed...but instead...I received pitiful grin. She placed her left hand on my head and gently rubbed it.
"Yes. Yes, it is okay to want."
"Hey...what's your real name? What are you really? Who were you? What was your purpose? I would like to say "why did I choose you that day?", but I know it's..."why did you choose me that day?""
"...Do you really wish to know?"
I nodded, "Yes."
She inhaled, then exhaled. He hands cupped my cheeks and she smiled. Her eyes turned a plum pink color, like mine, as a series of events played on a moving screen.
"My real name is Suri, it means "Red rose" in Persian. I am what you humans call a "genie", or "djinn" in Arabic language. Who I used to be so many times was you, I am you, all of the past yous'—your ancestors, but your mother wanted a child with your father. I, she, and you are Gypsies, there is your answer for why you're able to speak and understand many foreign languages. I think it's a beautiful word despite it's meaning, I thought we could make it into something more. Besides that, I saw potential in their relationship for a better future, so I let my lover reluctantly kill me. Before I died, I told him to tell the people who knew me that my death was accidental. Luckily, you picked the guns, it was like a game of "I Declare War", a game of chance."
"...Your status?"
She smiled, "I used to be a Queen of Persia..but for a short time after being killed by him—to which my spirit was turned into a genie's because I had unfinished business. For thousands of years, I've been waiting for your arrival."
I blinked as a tear slid down from my right eye, "...And your lover..."
She let go of my cheeks, leaned away from me, and gave a gentle closed eyed smile.
"I am surprised that he is here in this time, but he doesn't know who he used to be. My heart soars with happiness..."
"How...how could you have..a heart? You are a demonic vampire..."
She nodded, "That is true. I am your Cursed Gear, Hantei Soushite Batsu, but don't forget, my soul has unfinished business. I shall explain thoroughly. Listen up..."
Leaning up from the bloody lake, I nodded, letting her know she can proceed with her explanation.
"Since you are the daughter of Estelle, I let her use my power as well. I was Shinsetsuna Chimamere no Joō, your mother found me along the way of going to Japan to be physically announced Queen. After she died by the hands of Shigama Dōji, my spirit was released and quickly diminishing. I had to find another host, so I chose the guns while they were still in the making of your time attempting to find Hyakuya Orphanage. I could not enter your body because you were a child—though a bit inhuman, but still a child—your body wouldn't have been able to take that amount of processed power. I may be a demonic vampire, but I used to be human, which is why I still have a heart. The Imperial Demon Army scientists put a demon in Hantei Soushite Batsu with me because they thought I wasn't strong enough—despite not knowing where I, an entity, came from. I had to fight the demon. There was no way of killing it, so I consumed it and had to fight it from the inside for eight years; that's why you've seen me act unreasonable, though I have control of it now. Forgive me of my actions," she explained, then bowed her head.
"...No need to apologize. I understand."
She lifted her head up, and nodded. "Oh, yes. I almost forgot...About that trumpet..I am also your Seraph, the unknown one: the Seraph of Song. It is a honor to serve you."
My eyes widened, "H-how can you be so many beings? C-could y-you explain that to me, please?"
"Yes. I used to be your father's Seraph when Rigr took him away to experiment on him more, eventually nearly breaking him, but Mahiru saved his sanity. Unfortunately, he perished, and I knew he would. Because I am a djinn, I have supernatural powers, including the one that can see into the future and turning into sand; it has been running the Ruby family line since. My apologies for making you panic earlier. Estelle knew he would die because of her, so she told him and they both prepared herself for it...but forgot about preparing you for it. That was a sin Ryota and Estelle dreaded on for so long. When Estelle rejoined Ryota, I transferred half of my spirit to Chimei-tekina, whom's demon I got along with. I was two of one in both Ohime-sama-tachi and Chimei-tekina."
I stared at her with wide eyes as morw tears slid down from them.
Her eyes widened, "M-my Queen, what is the matter?!"
I sniffled and tried to wipe the tears away with my hands, "I-It's nothing..I-I just wanna..th-thank yo-u..f-or..everything y-you've done.."
She floated over to me and wrapped her arms around my back.
"No..thank you, my Queen. Speaking of Queen...you were one from the beginning. Now, it's time I let you go. Apparently, I sense my lover and..his friend going to make a move."
"Wait, what?"
Blinking my eyes, I found myself still laying back on my bed. Sitting up, I looked at my my piano.
"Sorry, I wish I could play you, but seemingly, my "brothers" are about to do something stupid.."
Dispersing into sand once more, my particle solid body slid under the small cracks of the window and travelled from the female's dormitory to the male's dormitory.
After my body restored itself, I carefully stood on the ledge and side stepped to the window where I could smell Yu and Mika's scent.
When I got to the window next to it, I saw them jump out from the window. Groaning in frustration, I decided to fall from the ledge...
...only to have my world upside down.
I made my way down carefully.
My groan from earlier wasn't because I couldn't catch up to them, but because I know they're about to do something rash.
'Should I really follow them?...No. Well, if they get in trouble, they'll be brought to me somehow...'
Jumping down from the second story on to the ground, I looked around, knowing the layout of the school, but not knowing where to go.
"What are you doing?" I heard a voice ask behind me.
I turned around to see a soldier approaching me.
A gentle closed eyed smile appeared on my face.
"Well, I honestly do not know, sir. I just..wanted some fresh air...?"
"Get back to your ro-"
"Stand down, soldier. She is with me. Now, get back to your post," said a voice behind me.
The soldier tensed up, nodded, and ran off to wherever is post is.
Looking behind me, I saw Kureto Hiragi.
"If I may ask, what are you doing here, sir?" I questioned politely.
"I happen to be on my way to one of the labs here..until I saw you looking around cluelessly. Were you lost?"
"No, I was not, sir. I was wondering where to go after sensing that two of my comrades were going to do something foolish," I summarized.
"And why did you not stop them?" he questioned suspiciously.
"I know they will not be killed. To you and your Army, they're too valuable. Why chase after them when they will be brought to me?" I asked him.
He slightly grinned, "You have a point. Let's talk more as we take a walk down to the lab."
"Yes, sir," I agreed as we began walking.
"We met on a wrong step the first time. My apologies to you for harming your friends, it was necessary precautions taken to make sure Yuichiro Hyakuya was not associated with the vampires. Speaking of that, the Hiragis deemed him of that..but I want to know more."
"Yuichiro is associated with a limited amount of vampires: Ferid Bathory, Crowley Eusford, Mikaela Hyakuya, and myself. That is all. About that first meeting..let's reintroduce ourselves. My name is Sayomi Seraphina Lumina Kiiro, it's nice to meet you, Lt. Gen. Hiragi."
"My name is Kureto Hiragi, I am no longer of the position Lt. Gen.; my Father recently died, so it's Gen. Hiragi, Queen..Lumina, is what they call you, right?"
"I see...and yes, they say Lumina for reasons unbeknownst to me."
"Like I assumed, you are an interesting woman," he spoke.
"I'll take that as a compliment," I said with a genuine smile.
We made it to this labratory and entered.
"Queen Lumina."
"Um..I don't really do well with such formal titles. Sayomi or Kiiro is fine enough."
"My mistake. Kiiro, what do you think about having..a King?"
"...Hell no. Men are..vicious. They like to start war, conflict. Once they get themselves into a dilemma, they don't know how to get themselves out of it. It's a pity that a 6;tc# has to make the sire from chasing his own tail."
Noticing that I was staring at the markings on my hands for a long time, I moved them away from my sight to see his eyes stared at me with bewilderment.
I made a small smile, "Unfortunately, you are that sire, sir."
"Damn, the disrespect, Sayomi," I heard a voice behind me.
Turning around, I saw Maj. Gen. Hiragi approaching us with a smile.
"I call it like I see it, that is all there is to it, sir," I responded.
"Straight to the point, I see." He took a step to the side, "Wow! I've never seen you look this weak and defeated before, Kureto."
"Are you going to laugh at me?"
"Do you want me to? Sure, I'll laugh. Ha ha ha!"
Gen. Hiragi glared at him, "You asked. Don't glare at me."
"Maj. Gen. Hiragi, you're being cruelly petty," I said with a slight frown.
"Well, he was asking for it. By the way, since I'm a traitor and ally, call me Shinya," he told me.
I sighed, "But sir, you're my elder and you're a Hir-"
'No, he's not. He wasn't one to begin with. Shinya was only used to have a arranged marriage with Mahiru to reproduce and continue the Hiragi family,' Dante informed.
My eyes widened, "...On second thought, I'll do as you request, Shinya."
He made a closed eyed smile, "What did that demonic and angelic information broker tell you just now?"
I stiffened, but it wasn't to the point the human eye could spot.
"Something that may be of concern to you."
"Hmm.." he said, then he opened his eyes, "She told me something that may be of concern to you, too~."
I looked at him with surprise, "What did she tell you?"
"I guess Mahiru wasn't the only one who had a "reverse harem", hahaha!" he spoke with silliness in his tone.
Blinking out of confusion three times, I understood what he meant a few seconds later and I cupped my red cheeks from embarrassment.
"A-As if I asked for this! H-how much?!"
"...To the point of your obliviousness," he said and I dramatically fell to the floor, then he laughed at me.
While he and Kureto were discussing something about his condition, I wallowed in worry, wondering if Shinya is the type to slip a secret.
'W-well, it's not really a secret. People can tell that I li-..I-I mean, l-love Mika and Yu. People can tell by me being overprotective of them, right? They notice the awkward tension between us, right? They would definitely know if Shinoa joked about it, right?'
I kept asking myself those 'right?' questions, attempting to reassure myself, and I thought they would react negatively to my love for them.
"Yo, Sayo. What are you doing on the fl-" I cut Guren off.
"S-SO WHAT IF THEY KNEW I HOLD ROMANTIC FEELINGS?!" I shouted aloud after becoming too flustered.
*Silence*
I looked up from the floor and up to the three males, who stared at me weirdly..except for Shinya, he was grinning behind his hands that covered his lips.
"...What?" Guren questioned.
"What?" I mimicked.
*Silence*
"Sayomi, you're a hopeless, cute little angel," Shinya spoke.
I slumped to the floor, "I failed at being Queen...I failed at being Sayomi...I failed at being me..."
(NEGIMA!? reference.)
"...I wouldn't have imagined she was humorous," Gen. Kureto spoke.
"Trust me, this is a real struggle," Shinya spoke nonchalantly. "Speaking of struggle, Sayomi, do you know anything about Mahiru?"
I tried remembering...
"From what I know, I only met her in the past while in my mother's body. You can say I was looking through her eyes. I never met her before; like said at the conference, she was associated with my Mother and Father. I do know she set him free from confinement of the One Thousands Nights, she taught him how to fight, and that attack on Shibuya High School was to retrieve Mahiru, but simultaneously, I think it was a diversion for my Mother to take away my Father. *Chuckle* How funny, sounds very similar..."
"Is there anything else connected through your parents that you know?" Gen. Hiragi rephrased the question.
"Due to her teaching my Father how to read and decipher those spell craft tomes, I know how to as well."
"Huh, there were reasons for why he was such an introvert," Kureto spoke, then looked up at me, "And it seems to have transferred to you."
I made an indifferent expression, "Oh, yeah? Well, it's none of your concern". I changed my expression back into a genuine one, "That's something he would've said. I'm going to assume you suspected of my Father of some reason, yes?"
"He was shady, didn't really speak too much unless necessary, had grades and skills that were spectacular like mine, hers and Sayoko's." Kureto's eyes widened, "Did he or she say anything about the Hiragis?"
"..."Never trust a Hiragi" is what my Father told me."
"Oh, how encouraging. Makes me me wonder if I was included," Shinya spoke with a joking tone.
"Of course you were," Guren replied with unremorseful express.
"You wound me, dear Guren," Shinya said in a false sad tone while holding his right hand over his heart dramatically.
"I don't know about that or not trusting a Hiragi now. The Hiragi I know is..different. She's funny, smart, a good fighter, sarcastic as hell..and has no desire to gain power. I want to be a person who has no desire for power, but somehow, it keeps popping up in my body..I'm starting to think I was never half human to begin with..."
"Sounds like you're in a similar situation as me...Aha, then there is some means of preventing it taking over its host?" Gen. Hiragi said to me, then looked down.
"Who knows? Even if there isn't, I'll still save you. I said I would, so I will," Guren said.
"Hah. How very reassuring," Kureto responded. "Though it seems like you won't have very much time."
"Kureto Hiragi; personally, I don't like you, but I won't let you die. I can't ignore a person who is in need of help. I'm not that cruel," I said my opinion.
"Being too nice can get you killed," Kureto warned.
"I defied that logic so many times that I ignore it," I responded, resulting in Shinya chuckling at my unintended joke.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing?! Let us go, damn it! Now!"
Shinya looked back, "Now there's someone who is too full of energy."
I glanced behind me to see Yu and Mika tied in ropes, then I glanced back at Kureto with a smirk.
"What I told you?" I asked rhetorically before approaching Yu and Mika.
"C'mon, Mika! Let's say it together, real loud!" Yu said enthusiastically with a closed eyed smile.
"What?! Heck no! Can't you catch a clue? Now really doesn't seem like the time to-"
"Hey, everybody! Me an' Mika want to go back to being human again, so we came here to let'cha experiment on us! How can we help out first?!" Yu opened his eyes and looked around, "Hey, you're here, too, Sayo!"
I stopped in the midst of my sneaking away due to embarrassment; reluctantly, I turned around with a closed eyed—crooked—smile as my left eyebrow twitched.
"Wh-what is it?"
"Since you're smart and a scientist, you can help, too! There must be enough equipment here for you to work with since you couldn't really do that when you were in hiding, right?"
"W-well-"
"Plus, you can become fully human, too!"
My stomach painfully flipped and my heart beat increased as my fists clenched.
My eyes opened and shined brightly, I smiled, "Y-yeah..." my mouth spoke...
Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
..but my heart did not...
(I'm glad that I can update anything. A couple hours in school, a couple hours doing homework at home—if I don't finish it in two of my classes where I finish my work early, and a very little hours I have to myself [either resting, reading, watching as much little anime I can, listening to music while doing so or typing up my stories when I feel like it] is so stressful. Teachers/Professors, we [kids, teenagers, young adults] have outside lives, ya know?! By the way, reader-chan/kun, I have short story of Blue Exorcist called "Guardian Demon?". Check it out if you'd like to.)