Author's Note: Yes yes, the dorky bad guy is named and modeled after some one from Revolutionary Girl Utena. But when reading this you have to admit that he fits the part quite well. Kira grinned as the smoke around her disappeared. It was a neat little trick, one that she'd learned at least 400 years ago, and it came in handy for dramatic effect. As the air cleared, the smoky view around her and the girls gave way to a medium sized living room of sorts. Decorated with reds, maroons, and black of course, it was plush and comfortable. A perfect littl e place to relax. She set Ami down and swung Rei from her shoulder to put her beside the other startled girl. She couldn't help the small smile at their looks of shock and anger, mixed in a very interesting way. Being a demon , she couldn't help but delight in the little bit of fear that they gave off, and her vampiric side's penchant for blood detection was going crazy over the innocence and power they exuded. But, she had wanted some permanent friends, even before she'd known they were both senshi and Setsuna's friends, and biting them right off the bat wouldn't help relations. As Rei and Ami looked around in wide-eyed wonder at the lavish room before them, Kira took the opportunity to close her eyes and do her best to push the image of Setsuna from her mind. Nearly a thousand years later and the sight of her still made her heart flutter. And to find out who she was... Well, she could deal with all of that later. Right now, she had guests to entertain. "You like? I hope so. It used to be a bit dreary but I spruced it up when I decided to go get company. Please, make yourselves at home." Rei and Ami turned to her and Kira was rewarded with Rei's evil face as she had come to call it in the month or so of watching her. It was rare to piss her off to that extent, but she did look incredibly beautiful. And Ami, as mad as she had to be in the situation, just stared with an annoyed blush. "What do you mean make ourselves at home? This isn't home! Take us back there right now or else I'll..." Kira sighed interrupting her. "Or else you'll what my little Senshi of fire? Without your wand you can't transform and you don't really think you have a chance at beating a thousand year old vampire as a human do you?" Rei fumed but obviously couldn't think of a smart comeback. It was not in her nature to be out argued, even by Ami, and being outdone by someone who just kidnapped her definitely didn't help her mood. Ami just stood there her head cocked to the side. "Yes?" Kira asked her, sensing the question before Ami had a chance to voice it. Caught off guard she blushed a bit then cleared her throat. "Why us?" "What?" "Why us? If you've been around for a thousand years you must have met th ousands of people full of unrequited love. Why did you pick us?" Kira grinned again. Trust Ami to ask a hard and completely unexpected question. Ami stared as Kira grinned. She really did want to know. If she was talking about what they each felt for Usagi that was one thing, but then she did call both Makoto and Minako idiots. * Funny. I knew Rei-chan was in love with Usagi-chan, but with Minako-chan? * "Honestly, I've been looking for someone or a few someones to share life with for a while now. But I haven't found anyone really special. Most of the ones I talked to were eager to go off with a vampire and forget their worries but, I don't know, they just didn't hold my interest. The one or two that I took back with me ended up going with Akio-san willingly so I just kept looking. "Akio-san?" Ami asked quietly, interested in the story. Rei still stood with her arms crossed, glaring. Kira sighed and sat down. "He's another vampire. I met him not too long after I first became one. He's as old as me as far as vampire years go. He's not really a friend, but we're not enemies. The two of us are the strongest, oldest vampires that we know about. He hangs around to make sure I won't threaten him. I'm the only one strong enough to take him down. And likewise, he's the only one I know who poses a serious threat to me. He still has hopes that I'll bond with him so we can rule the underworld or living world because we're so powerful. I don't really have any interest in him so he settles for annoying me and trying to bring out my inner demon. You know, my full evil power." Seeing Ami's confused look she grinned. "I haven't given in which is why I don't kill when I feed or force anyone. I've seen what it can do to you to embrace your evil side and I'm not all that keen to do so. Anyway, so here I am searching for a playmate or two to pass the boring nights with when I stumble on your little group of friends. You two give off this aura of loneliness that's just staggering. So, I look a little closer and find not only are you two lonely, you're in love and it's unrequited. Being in a state of unrequited love myself, I decided to give you two a break and offer up living in peace for a while. Now, knowing who you truly are, I feel even better about my choice. You can live a long time so turning you won't be an issue for a while, if at all, and, I've saved you both from a lot of unhappiness." "How exactly is kidnapping us against our will saving us from unhappiness?" Rei interjected and Kira leaned back into the couch. "You think that living for the past few years with unrequited love for several different people is pain? If your lives follow the trend from your last lives, you guys are gonna be alone for quite a while. Setsuna-ch....san told me about her friends though at the time I didn't know you were senshi . About how you were each in love with her for a long time, and then were turned down." "I am not in love with Setsuna-san!" Rei yelled at her, dropping her hands to her sides in fists and Kira grinned. "You may not be in love with her yet but how long have you known her huh? A year or so? And you can't deny having at least a crush on her. Do you really think it'd stay that harmless over the course of 1000 plus years?" Rei flushed and crossed her arms again. "Would you like to deny your crush Ami-chan?" Ami blushed a few shades deeper than Rei but shook her head. "Crushes aren't exactly unrequited love you know." Rei snorted and Kira smiled softly. "I said you were in love with her in the last life, not this one. No, in this one, you're in love with the same people you were completely in love with in the last one. You, my little ice queen, have once again fallen hard for your best friend, the green-eyed goddess of thunder herself. Right?" Kira asked Ami, leaning forward from her sitting position on the couch. Ami was absolutely adorable when she blushed and now was no exception. She didn't confirm Kira's statement, only ducked her head and clasped her hands together. Kira smiled a bit wider when she noticed Rei's small smile at the girls blush. * With a little help, maybe they could help each other... * Kira triumphed inwardly at the thought and almost immediately used her powers to fill the air with little wisps of lust and love and need that would latch onto the girls' subconciousness's without them even realizing it. Ami, who was still too embarrassed to notice Kira's smile, just concentrated on her shoes. *Was I really in love with Makoto in the last life too? Oh dear* Deciding that poor Ami had blushed enough, Kira turned on Rei who almost jumped in shock. "And you fire princess, you seem to have repeated your last life, just not in the same order. Let's see. First, a brief crush on someone named Mamoru, the Crown Prince I believe? Which is almost immediately if not overlapped by a very, very intense love for Usagi who is the princess? One quite different from the other girls' love I might add. Then, added to that permanent love which you and I know has no hope of coming to be, and apparently will stay with you for most of if not all of your life comes the crush on Setsuna, though yours is less intense than Ami-chan's. Followed by, and I'm not entirely sure how far into this one you are, a slow, growing love for Minako which will turn into a permanent love just as strong as your love for Usagi." Rei, who had started to blush as soon as Kira had mentioned Mamoru, had by now turned a dark red that surpassed even Ami. "I...I....I am not in love with Minako." Rei sputtered in her defense and tightened her fists. Sure Minako was beautiful and kind and sweet. Sure her eyes were a gorgeous blue and being with her made her about as happy as being with Usagi. And sure she had a great body but... Kira just cocked her head. "Yet?" Rei blushed again but sighed and dropped her hands to her sides. "Yet." She confirmed and Kira stood to walk in front of her. The little wisps were already taking effect which is why when she tilted Rei's head up to meet her eyes, only sadness and longing stared back, and not the venomous hatred of just a few minutes ago. "I can take that pain away you know. Lessen it at the very least. Wouldn't you like to go at least one day without crying Rei-chan? Wouldn't it feel good to be loved?" As she spoke she'd stepped closer to Rei, allowing one hand to cup the shorter girl's cheek. Rei opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out so she just settled for staring into the mesmerizing eyes of the girl before her. "How?" Came Ami's voice from behind her breaking the spell. Shaking it off, Rei realized how close she was and stepped back. Unfazed Kira stepped a way giving her space and turned to Ami. "It's very easy actually. With a bite." "A bite?" "Mmhmm. Vampires have a very unique talent. Much like the mosquito we can induce a feeling of numbness when we feed. But we can do so much more considering that we are more advanced than an insect. We can induce happiness, joy, love, lust. Anything they want. Since I would be taking from you, I'd be all too happy to give back." "Like a drug? Just a temporary high?" Rei demanded. "It can be as temporary or as long term as you want." "I really don't feel like living as an emotional zombie. Even if it means escaping heartache for a while." Rei snorted and Ami nodded in agreement. Kira laughed a bit. "For a while? You really don't know do you? I'm not talking a few years here. You are both destined for decades of pain. Setsuna turned you both down even though she told me she knew your true love wouldn't be returned for decades, if at all. You are truly lucky in this life. You went through all of your crushes in the same short period. Can you imagine the hope of falling in love different times over the course of your lifetimes and never having anyone love you back? Besides, you wouldn't be zombies. Along with giving feeling, we can take it away. I can lessen your attachment to your unrequited loves. How would it feel to be free of your attachment?" "You can do that? I... I've read about vampires, but I didn't know that was a power too." Rei asked and Kira smiled at her softly. She'd break first. She could feel it. The small bit of hope in her eyes told the story. And the lust in the very back of her eyes was also a sign. *Thank you horny doujinshi writers for showing the world the wonders of being seduced by a vampire* "I can do many things with my powers Rei-chan." Kira responded, dropping her voice an octave or two and stepping back up to her. "I can make you feel soo good. Even if just for a while. Would you like to feel what it's like Rei-chan? Just a trial run of sorts? Would you like me to show you what it feels like to be loved?" She cupped Rei's cheek and again and stared into the raven-haired girls eyes. Rei swallowed hard but didn't look away. "I don't think so." Kira raised an eyebrow at Rei's tenacity but smiled and shrugged her shoulders, stepping back and releasing her hold on the girl. "Suit yourself. But I'm in no hurry. I can afford to wait for you." Rei growled lightly. "Wait my ass, take us back now." Kira just grinned and crossed her arms. "Do you really think I would go through all the trouble of finding and bringing you here if I was just going to let you go like that?" Now Ami spoke up. "And how long do you expect to keep us here?" She asked angrily and Kira tilted her head, a thoughtful expression on her face. "Hmm, as long as it takes I guess." Ami looked at her in shock and Rei nearly stomped her foot. "It won't matter how long you keep us here. We're not just going to give in to the person who just kidnapped us." Rei fumed and Kira quirked a grin . "So what are you going to do? Stay angry at me forever? Think of ways to escape? I told you that you don't have any hope of beating me." Rei clenched her fists and Kira sighed. "Fine, you don't believe me?" She stepped back and spread her arms out. "Go ahead, try and take me." Ami looked suspiciously at her but Rei immediately steepled her fingers and began chanting. Then she pulled a ward out and flung it, striking Kira on the forehead. Kira was actually shocked to feel a small jolt from the paper. *She's stronger than I thought.* Kira smiled and, almost relishing the look of shock in Rei' s eyes, slowly peeled the ward from her forehead and let in flutter to the ground, harmless. "I told you." She said to Rei's shocked face and Ami shook her head. Sensing a weakness Kira moved to her. "You've been in love with Makoto-san for quite a while haven't Ami-chan?" Ami nodded slowly, looking down. "Wouldn't it feel good to have someone hold you close, whisper into your ear, look into your eyes and tell you how much they care?" Ami shivered but nodded again slowly, enveloped by her fantasy of Makoto holding her. Kira stepped up to her as she had done with Rei and leaned over, whispering softly into her ear. "Wouldn't it be nice to simply be loved?" Ami looked up into Kira's eyes, caught by the gleam in them and the feeling of someone close. * To be loved...* She thought, shivering again. Rei was still standing off to the side, fingering her now useless ward, too shocked to notice Ami's predicament and come to her rescue. Kira smiled softly at Ami. "I could make you feel that way Ami. I could make you feel loved. I could hold you like you want to be held. Love you like you need to be loved." She moved closer, slipping an arm around the blue-haired girl. Still entranced Ami only moved into the embrace sighing softly, feeling the warmth from Kira radiate into her. Kira bent slightly and nuzzled Ami's cheek gently, whispering into her ear. "I could tell you what you want to hear Ami-chan. Look at you the way you want to be looked at, touch you the way you want to be touched." As she spoke she slipped her other arm around Ami and pulled her tight, letting one of her hands lightly trace up and down Ami's back. Ami whimpered softly and closed her eyes, overwhelmed by the feeling of being this close to someone. Her noise snapped Rei out of her trance and seeing the slightly glazed look in her eyes marched over and pulled Ami from Kira's hold. Ami looked dazed and shook her head to clear it, flushing and getting an annoyed look as she realized what Kira had been doing. Kira meerly smiled and stepped back, an only somewhat innocent look on her face. "Knock that off." Rei commanded and Kira cocked her head to the side, grinning as an idea popped up. "I'll tell you what. I'll go easy on you both if you promise to at least try this." Ami raised her eyebrows and Rei frowned. "What do you mean?" Kira leaned against a wall and crossed her arms. "Stay here for a week or two. Give what I'm telling you a chance. Relax, take it easy, you could both use a vacation anyway right? Actually try to enjoy staying here with me. And if you actually give it a shot instead of fighting me the whole time, and after a while you still wanna go home, I'll let you." Both girls looked shocked and Rei regarded the vampire curiously. "You'll just let us go?" Kira shrugged lightly and smiled. "I wanted the two of you because I thought you'd like it here. I wanted people I could get along with. If you're going to hate me for eternity, it's not going to be much fun for any of us. And I know how stubborn you can both be. If you make up your minds not to like me, you won't. This way, I get a shot at getting you to relax and actually trying to enjoy it here, you get to relax and take a vacation, and if that still doesn't work, it'd be better for all of us if I did let you go." She frowned lightly. "But, I'll only let you go if you've honestly given me and my offer a fighting chance. If you snub it off the bat, I'll keep you here until you give in. So, you might as well now, right?" Rei looked over at Ami who only shrugged helplessly. "We'll have to discuss it for a moment." Rei said carefully and Kira nodded. "But of course. I'll go bring some food okay?" She smiled and walked through the sliding door to the kitchen, shutting it behind her as she went. Quietly she leaned up against the door and sharpened her vampire hearing, latching onto their conversation. She could hear them talking to each other about how long they'd each loved so and so. How much a vacation would be nice, and how they really didn't seem to have a choice anyway. A tingling sensation pricked the back of Kira's mind and she pulled away from the door, cursing at the rotten sense of timing. A few moments later, what could be called her front door opened and Kira watched with an annoyed sigh as the tall man walked in. His long white ponytail flapped behind him and his lean frame walked with a slant, as if he was continuously poising. "Kira-chan, my darling. I've missed you so." He declared and Kira rolled her eyes as he sauntered over to her, his cape flowing out behind him. "What do you want Akio-san?" She asked as he leaned against the counter near her, his top hat leaning to the side. "Can't I just want to see you my dear? It's been so long, how can you treat me this coldly?" She just sighed and shook her head. "I'm really not in the mood Akio-san." She said and he sighed dramatically, putting his hand over his heart. "You wound me so deeply my lovely Kira-chan. You never want to see me anymore, you never want to talk like we used to." He leaned forward and did his best to smile seductively at her. A certain scent caught him and he grinned slyly at Kira. "Well, no wonder you seem busy, you have company." He said sing-song and moved to look out the door. In a flash Kira was in front of it, glaring. He frowned disapprovingly. "Come now dearest, if you don't at least let me look I'm not leaving." Sighing in frustration she opened the door just a little and looked out with him. Ami and Rei were sitting down on the couch, leaning to each other and talking seriously. "So cute." He said and she shut the door. "There, you've seen now go. As you can tell I'm quite occupied at the moment." He huffed lightly at her. "Come now Kira-chan. There are two of them, why not share one? They seem so innocent, it couldn't hurt." She growled lightly. "They are innocent Akio-san. And, at least for the moment, I'd like them to stay that way." He sighed and stepped back from her. "Fine, keep your little toys to yourself. I can get my own. Till another day my Dear." He said and swirled his cape around him, poofing away in the same flash of smoke she'd used just a few hours ago. Rolling her eyes at his dramatics but breathing a sigh of relief that he had gone without too many problems, she finished making the sandwiches and carried them into the living room. Rei and Ami were regarding her curiously and she smiled, setting the try in front of them. "Well? Has a decision been made?" She asked. Ami shifted and sat forward in her seat. "We talked it over." She said carefully." And we decided..." "That since we don't seem to have much of a choice anyway." Rei added annoyed. "And since a vacation really would be quite nice." Ami said. "That we will stay here for a while." Kira grinned and opened her mouth to speak but got no further as Rei continued. "On several conditions." Kira raised her eyebrows curiously. *Conditions? Well, don't they have gusto.* Putting on a serious face she leaned back. "Very well. State your conditions." Ami smiled and leaned forward, taking a sandwich. "Condition one. You have to let us talk to our friends and at least let us tell them we're okay." Rei nodded and tilted her head, regarding Kira with a frown. "Two. No more of this...seductivey stuff okay?" Kira tried hard not to smile at that. "Seductivey stuff?" She asked curiously, teasing Rei. "I'm not sure what you mean by that. Could you clarify for me please?" Rei turned red as did Ami and shifted in her seat, "No more trying to, you know, um...." She mumbled something and ducked her head, flushing lightly. Ami fidgeted and sighed. "No more trying to get us to like you and trying to uh, well...." "Turn us on." Rei said, turning a brilliant red that matched Ami. Kira grinned and nodded her head. "Ah, I see. Please continue." "And three," Ami added, recovering form her flush, "you have to let us go in no more than two weeks if that is what we choose." Kira smiled at them and nodded her head slightly. "Very well. I'm sure I can arrange for some way for you to speak with the others. I can see why doing that would be high on your list. And, if after two weeks you still don't want to be here, I promise to return you, no harm done." Ami and Rei smiled and settled back until the same thing occurred to both of them. "What about condition number two?" Rei asked and Kira closed her eyes for a moment then opened them again and smiled at them both with a feral grin. "I can try but, with two girls like you around, no promises on that one." Ami and Rei both shivered slightly and Kira kept grinning at them until Rei leaned forward and picked up a sandwich, biting into it and swallowing a fter a few chews. "Good. We agree then." Ami munched on her sandwich as well and Kira couldn't help the pleased grin on her face. *They agree with me huh? Boy did I pick the right girls.* She thought and watched them smile at each other.* Hopefully they'll keep me from even thinking about Setsuna-san. Not ever again*
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