When Krystal was heading back to Hoshi, she noticed that Isaka had fallen asleep in
the hallway. She set down the plate with the sandwich and the glass of water down before
examining her girlfriend. It made sense - Isaka was probably exhausted from everything. She
lovingly stroked her brown hair before giving her a chaste kiss on the lips.
As she got up, she figured Isaka must be really tired to not awaken at the touch of
her lips... Krystal opened the door to Hoshi's room and was greeted with the sight of the
woman staring at the ceiling. She sat up as Krystal approached and took the plate.
"Thank you," she whispered as she bit in. Krystal only watched as the tears began to
stream down her cheeks. "It's delicious," she sobbed.
Krystal sat down on the bed as Hoshi continued. "What am I going to do? How can I face
them? I was supposed to protect them and treat them well and make sure they found nice boys
to settle down with and have a family, yet I... yet I ruined it all. All of it was my fault!
The Demon Lord... if I hadn't of been so self absorbed in my impure thoughts than we would
have been able to kill him and seal him away all those years ago... then everything..."
"Hoshi... if you stay fixated on the past, nothing is ever going to change-"
"I know, you just don't understand," Hoshi screeched out. "I'm not like you, I'm not a
saint, I can't do it! I can't... just... I can't just lie and say it wasn't me, because it
was all me when I touched my sisters and it was all I ever wanted."
"Then don't lie," Krystal suddenly shouted, louder than she meant to. "You're sitting
here, talking about how you need to be honest, but you're still hiding. A... an infection
doesn't get better by covering it up. You have to cut it open, expose it and clean it before
it heals."
"...but it will still leave a scar, won't it?" Hoshi avoided Krystal's annoyed gaze.
"I'm sorry. I'm just terrified because the girls I love more than myself hate me."
"That's not true," Krystal said, her voice becoming softer. "Hina was asking to come
see you. Tsuki seemed reluctant because I think she has a clue, but if you talk to them..."
Hoshi began to eat her sandwich again. "Tomorrow," she whispered out. "Tomorrow I will
have to face up to everything..."
*****
Just as Abby and Eveon were setting down platters of food on the table, Tsuru came
into the dining room, trying to brush off Carmilla. "Really, I thought you said you weren't
going to cling to me...!"
"This isn't clinging," Carmilla whispered out. "It's cuddling."
At that moment the two women caught the eye of the two sisters. Hina and Tsuki
exchanged awkward glances before getting up from their seats.
"We're so sorry," Tsuki started.
"We never meant to be so horrible!"
Carmilla froze and glared at them. "Ah, it's the little devils... you nearly starved
me to death when you made me your little shadow beast factory!"
Tsuki cringed. "We... we really do feel bad, so if there's anything we can do to make
it up to you...!"
Carmilla let out a sigh before a great idea popped into her head. "Actually... I know
a great way for you to make it up to me."
"Really?" Hina said, happy to find a way to be forgiven. That is... until the vampire
grabbed her by the shoulders and sunk her fangs into her neck.
The blonde's cry of surprise caused everyone to cringe and Eveon to immediately excuse
herself back into the kitchen to check on the pasta. Carmilla took a single gulp before
letting go. Hina struggled to stay on her feet, but Tsuki caught her and set her down in the
chair.
"Hina, are you alright?" The brunette asked her sister. She only gave a dazed nod,
holding a hand to her neck. It was then that Tsuki felt the stare of the vampire upon her
own neck.
She turned hesitantly to see Tsuru looking quite shocked at Carmilla's aggressiveness
and the vampire herself wiping her lips with a single finger. "Hmm," the blue haired woman
said. "Hina's a nice, light taste... very... I dunno, it's very nice... I wonder how you
taste?"
Tsuki racked her brain for some kind of excuse but it didn't take long for Carmilla to
taste her as well. The brunette plopped down next to her sister, just as stunned at the lack
of blood. "My, you're taste is nice and robust... it's a lot different, but just as good,"
the vampire said, as though discussing the intricacies of wine rather than blood.
Tsuru went over to the two girls. "Are you alright?"
"Oh, it's okay, master," Hina said. "I'm fine."
Tsuru tensed up. "M-master...?"
The blonde gave her a confused look. "Oh... I guess even though the curse is gone I
still think of you that way." She started giggling. "How weird, huh Tsuki?"
Her sister laughed as well. "At least Tsuru is a kind master."
"D-don't call me that! You aren't my servants - we're equals."
Hina pouted and exchanged looks with Tsuki. "If master isn't the good," the young girl
started... "How about mistress instead?"
Tsuru turned bright red and felt the jealous glare of Carmilla permeate the room.
Tsuki joined in as well. "I suppose mistress would technically be better. Tsuru is the one
whose going to take care of us, right?" The brunette asked with a bit of uncertainty.
Tsuru let out a sigh. "That's true... I will be taking care of you guys..."
"What do you mean?"
The question came from Tycara. Tsuru nearly forgot they had an audience at the table.
"Oh well... they're obviously in no shape to assimilate back into a normal life so I'm
probably going to stay with them at the shrine so all of us can train. It seems only
appropriate."
Carmilla, however, was still in one of her moods. "Mistress?" She asked Tsuru.
"I-I..." The ebony haired woman tried to dodge the question as everyone else continued
eating what had been brought out.
Mina looked around. "Where's Erin and Faye?"
Abby, who had been setting out a salad, let out a slight laugh. "Why eat dinner when
you can just have each other?"
Seth just covered his face in embarrassment of having to hear such a joke and thinking
that was probably what Bakra and Josh were doing as well. The two sisters flushed a bright
red as Mina just tried to pretend nothing happened by eating her mashed potatoes. Tycara
looked around, missing the double entendre. "...but why would Faye and Erin want to eat each
other...?"
Sakura tilted her head. "I guess... that would be a good idea for... dessert..."
Abby almost dropped her salad bowl at the look Sakura was giving her. "You... you
really need to stop hanging around Isaka and Faye."
Mina let out a laugh. "Maybe it's because she spends so much time with you."
Abby scoffed. "Whatever, bondage queen."
Mina started reddening with anger. "Hey! Just because my mom reads my diary and shares
it with you whenever you come over for coffee doesn't mean you have to go shouting that
stuff out to the world!"
Abby just smiled at getting back at the girl. "Please - I have the safety of my
daughter to worry about."
Hina and Tsuki exchanged looks. "Even... even we never did that kind of stuff with big
sister," Hina murmured.
Tsuki just shook her head. "Please, let's not talk about that right now..."
Hina peered over at her sister. "...are you ashamed?"
Tsuki just nodded. "I'm ashamed of my traitorous body." She let out a bitter laugh.
"Big sister was right about me always being trouble... I was the first to fall and the first
to disobey and the first to be free."
Hina pursed her lips in thought. "Hmm... but I'm sure everything will be okay now,
right?"
Her sister didn't react. "Hina, let's eat."
"So," Tsuru said suddenly, finding a way to distract Carmilla. "You aren't killing
people anymore?"
The vampire laughed, forgetting her earlier bad mood. "No, not since I started chasing
you. I knew you'd be upset. Now I just take little sips as often as I can instead of gorging
on one person every once in a while..." She absently put a hand on her stomach. "But I'm
still hungry..."
She gave Tsuru a searing look and the Demon Lord knew exactly what she was asking. She
let out another long sigh of defeat and looked away. "Uh... I guess you can drink mine..."
Carmilla almost immediately pounced on her.
"Oh, thank you!" Tsuru started to figure that it was a bad idea seeing how Carmilla
was giving her neck open mouthed kisses instead of biting.
Seth turned away from the scene as her pierced a piece of lettuce with his fork. "If I
were a more perverted man..." he murmured. "I would be very happy right now... talk about
dinner and a show."
Carmilla finally bit in and after only a second, she pulled away with a stunned gasp.
Tsuru watched in surprise as the vampire grimaced and put a hand over her mouth. Tears were
springing to her eyes as she let out a girly moan.
"Tsu... Tsuru!" The vampire wailed. "You taste... you taste disgusting!"
Everyone at the table was stunned as the vampire continued lamenting. "This is
terrible! I chased you for so long with the hope that I could feed off your blood so you
wouldn't get jealous of me biting other girls... but your blood is absolutely repulsive!"
The vampire cried out, heading towards the kitchen.
"Eveon!" She called as she entered. "Please! I need your blood to wash my mouth out!"
"Oh, hell no!" The young girl said, running around the other side of the counter.
"Just use water!"
"But the taste won't go away," Carmilla moaned. "I need to taste something yummy
instead."
The fork in Tsuki's hand dropped as everyone at the table heard the signature sound of
Eveon scream from getting bitten. Mina immediately raced into the kitchen. "Ugh, you nasty
vampire! Stay away from my girlfriend!"
Tsuru sat down, rubbing her neck. "I wonder... if I should feel this offended..."
Sakura spoke up. "Carmilla... likes human virgin girl blood... and considering you're
none of those except for the female part... it's probably disgusting."
Tsuru sunk down deeper into a chair. For a beautiful angel, Sakura could be pretty
damn blunt...
*****
"I must say... that was a tricky little plan you pulled," Bakra said looking over at
Tsuru. It was now later in the evening and the demon was eating some of the leftovers
reserved for the people too busy with each other to come to dinner.
The Demon Lord was currently in the dining room to stave off having to deal with
Carmilla. "I know. I wasn't sure if it would actually work and I almost messed up by
underestimating the power sealed in that pit..." She took a drink from her glass of water.
"By the way, where's Josh?"
Bakra let out a slight laugh. "He's dead tired from using all his holy energy." Tsuru
rolled her eyes, thinking there was something else behind it, but she didn't say anything.
"Why couldn't you have told us what you were doing?"
"Well, I was being watched. While I'm now the greatest embodiment of dark power, it
doesn't mean I'm completely in control. That thing that was sealed up could see everything I
was doing so I didn't have a chance to tell anyone except Krystal right before we broke the
seal."
Bakra shoveled some more food down his throat before thinking. "Yeah, but somebody
must have noticed what was going on. I'm surprised that no one was sent after you, like
angels or some kind of army of peace keepers, you know?"
Tsuru frowned. "That bothered me too... so I guess whoever is in charge of keeping the
world order was using you guys as bait. I suspect that if we'd all been taken over by dark
power inside the pit, there would have been a standing army right outside to defeat us."
Bakra still didn't look too pleased. "It shouldn't be our responsibility for this kind
of stuff. I overheard Sakura freaking out a bit over how they hadn't found a replacement for
the Living Inferno or just... how they didn't send some kind of agent or something."
Tsuru shrugged. "I'm not going to worry about it. The last thing I want to do is try
to wrap my head around all the stuff that happens behind the scenes. Sakura is supposed to
be under oath to not speak of those things us earth dwellers shouldn't know. We may be
demons and angels and everything in between, but we're all really human."
He let out a slight laugh and leaned against his chair. "I know, I know. I'm just
worried."
"It's odd, isn't it? In the public, this is simply a world filled with humans - yet we
exist in a secondary secrecy where there are demons living perfectly among the humans. Then
there's a third layer of Heaven's Gate - the name of the secret place of angels. Finally...
there's everything else we don't even know about," Tsuru muttered, crossing her arms. "I
just hope being the new Demon Lord doesn't mean I have to take on responsibilities."
Bakra sighed and started on his apple pie. "I guess it is a lot to think about. Wanna
split this with me?"
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