“Jeez everyone swallows his crap from the meeting,” Said Nao while pacing back and front angrily.
Reito still reeling from his allies joining with Nagi and Mikoto was worry about her brother. “Aniue, Nagi truly manipulated everybody at the meeting with promise of some vampire utopia,” Mikoto wanting the reason why Nagi pulling a stunt like that.
“Master Reito you’re seems upset a glass of blood will cheer you up,” The blonde maid hand him the wine glass.
“Thanks Elliot I need it more than I wanting it,” Reito gulp all the blood like alcohol. “Now we need to call the remaining families still loyal to me to formulate a plan to warn every one of Nagi’s schemes,” Reito was going back be the confidence leader.
“Reito-sama I have been thinking Nagi may possibly being shrewd to seek help and gaining some measure to destroying you for his fail attempt usurp the position from you,” Shiho thoughtfully thinking any possibilities of Nagi gaining revenge against Reito.
“I have consider it Shiho since it didn’t add up he know where the meeting held at and may there an insider feeding him information concern about us,” Reito closes his eyes briefly before continue. “I feel it a game of go where Nagi playing to take the borders and surrounding himself of clever allies to take over plus Searrs giving him some financial backing to his operation,” The room was silence before Nao spoke up. “The bastard wrap around about thirty-six different vampire clans his finger and I said take the fight to him and rally some fringe clans to help us,”
“I’m very appreciating your passion Nao but we have to think rationally and investigate Searrs of their activities to study the enemy.” Reito carefully muse his options.
Mikoto knowing her brother carry the burden being a leader to their clan and his decision may alter the course of everything including Mai.
“Aniue how you proposal to counter Nagi and his plans,” Mikoto talking to her brother through their telepathic link.
“Mikoto isn’t easy to recover the shock of my former advisor blatantly telling us about his plans as we were casual acquaintances,” Reito was stoking his hair. The fact is he may use them as pawns to further his goals,” Reito thought about everything have transpired past couple hours.
Mikoto was feeding her cats while thinking about Mai. She finally reunion her love but she ending up pissing Mai off and now adding Nagi’s machinations making dangerous power keg for a vampire civil war and endanger themselves to exposure to the world.
“Mistress I hope you’re a good mood tonight you need to see your princess,” Miroku revert back from his cat form to his human one. “One of the remedy to forget Nagi and his schemes,”
“Miroku you using an excuse to peek Mai in the shower you have forget that I have your collar force you of absolute obedience.” Mikoto talked while having her back away from him.”
“No, no not that one mistress it cruel and unusual punishment even for me,” Miroku was begging.
“So don’t make any stupid or sexual comments please and finally don’t making me hitting your head with my weapon gotta it,” Miroku started to shiver to the threat. “Now be a good boy and fetch me some milk for the cats,”
The sun was rising through the window of her apartment where Mai woke up to smell of breakfast came from the kitchen. She grabs her red bathroom robe from the chair next to the bed. Mai head toward kitchen she heard some profanity.
“Good morning Mai I just cooking breakfast don’t mind the burn toast,” Yuuichi was laughing sheepishly. “You don’t have to be a superwoman to help around here relax and enjoy your day off,” Yuuichi was pulling the chair in gentlemanly fashion. After Mai sat down, he putting plates of sausage, bacon, scrambled eggs (Luckily for Yuuichi it wasn’t burn and still have some taste), glass of orange juice and finally a bagel.
“Yuuichi I’m surprise you can cook since usually I am cooking for everyone. Who taught you to cook?” Mai asks.
“My mother before her death since then just me and my dad,” Yuuichi have a nostalgic look. “Anyway you a great woman whom very passion and very caring I am glad having for a girlfriend.” Mai started to cry.
“I missing my parents even I can’t take back the past but I’m looking toward the future,” Mai was barely controlling herself to not breaking down crying.
The police are in the morgue to checking the victims but do the circumstance that can’t be ID due most of their bodies are burn into unrecognized mess. “This beyond unbelievable and who ever took their heads off is one sick individual. We probably are dealing a serial killer running around in Fuka and may causing mass hysteria if he/she isn’t caught. The NPA won’t be happy if the murder victims identities revel to public and the pressure from the mayor solving this case making me stress,” Said of the detective.
Both Hakura and Yukino drop by morgue and start talk to their fellow officers and detectives.
“Detective Suzushiro, Detective Kikukawa I glad you two have arrive four days ago the bodies found in the alleyway of the area where couple either hanging around together or dating. The person found the baldly burned couple in the alleyway when he walked the dog with him. He smelled very strong cologne from the taller one but we couldn’t find from anything from smaller one. Even weirder the heads are gone from possibility of deceptions.” The detective was droning on.
Yukino decide to start to examine the first victim next to Haruka. Yukino was caution not tampering with the body and looking for any signs of evidence. Everyone in morgue observing were Yukino especially Haruka of her examination of the body. After she inspected the first body she went to the next one and repeating the same ritual of finding something for the case.
“The bodies have any autopsy before sending here? Yukino asks. “Nothing is out of the ordinary beside the bodies severely burned that we can’t find IDs on the victims.” Yukino conclude her statement. The mood of the room felt some frustration and sitting on a dead end. “Have be something some type of evidence we can find?”
“Detective Takei I understand we’re under pressure solve this case quickly before public found out that a killer running free terrorizing Fuka,” Yukino spoke calmly.
“Don’t be zoom this isn’t far from over you have only need guts to smash through the case,” Haruka was doing her best impersonation of a hot-blooded speech.
Both the detectives and the officers in the room they have been inspire from Haruka’s speech. “She makes a good motivation speaker if she wasn’t a cop,” One of the police officers compliments her. Yukino smiled for Haruka (And mentally correcting her for misusing the word zoom.)
Nagi was in his office enjoying his victory against Reito. “Mr. Smith all my planning came fruitful and simultaneous weaken my enemy. You able gather any positive results for your experiments?” Nagi was anxious since he invested Searrs to carrying out their end of the bargain.
“Mr. Homura I realize that you’re a very impatient man wanting the forbidden apple out of your reach but patient is a virtue and Searrs are master of the waiting game. I have visited Ms. Searrs on count that she willfully engaging a dangerous game with me since I made the first move and making her rethinking her strategy we’ve more in common than you ever thought. You have your enemy, I have mine. You scratch my back, I scratch yours.” Smith spoke his usual arrogance.
“Human I admire your way of thinking since I consider this Searrs person a dangerous adversity in my way of achieving my ultimate goal.”
“Nice hearing you thought about Ms. Searrs she quite…like a huntress stalking the prey and have the resources to stop my operations and experiments since her group decimal my men. It is not a lost that Searrs can replace them with money and influence plus having US government in our pocket,” Nagi was looking disinterest on the other side of the phone.
“What point you try to make I only hearing noise,” Nagi is visible annoyed. “I’m not interest your company bribing corrupt politicians along you bring any results,” Nagi cut off John Smith from the phone.
A woman entered his office wearing midnight blue flower pattern yukata. “Nagi-sama you like has a drink?” The woman was sticking her own neck off and offering to Nagi. His eyes turned red, his fangs extended and pierce her neck. He drank some of her blood before finish his drink. “Aya-san I never finish with you yet,” He got hold of her obi and started to untie it…
Takumi and Akira were in the park doing illustrations for Art Club. “Akira-kun you’re a better artist than me I’m feeling an auteur at best,” Takumi felt gloomy of his lack of art skills.
“Geez Takumi don’t downing yourself because I am better of art than you,” Akira was trying to make Takumi comfortable and boosting his ego. “Beside you’re better at cooking than me and I can’t cook a decent meal before messing up the ingredients badly,” Both Takumi and Akira started laughing before hearing some ruffling sounds from the brush.
“What was that Akira-kun? It a squirrel or some pervert trying to peek at innocent girls? Takumi worried that some random guy ogling high school girls. “With these murders happened all over town and everyone starting to be afraid,” Takumi was smoothing out his reddish-brown hair. “Akira-kun you can checking it out for me,”
Akira stared at her boyfriend briefly before she can compliant. “What an adoration dork,” Akira walks toward the brush seeing if any squirrels or creepy perverts are hiding. She was by the brush before throwing a kunai. Then Takumi and Akira didn’t expect a blood-curling scream. “That definitely not a squirrel,” A woman fell from her hiding place, seeing Akira standing over her.
“Ma’am what your reason to hide in the park or we’ll going call the police,” Akira was threaten the woman.
“I am investigating the murders and strange circumstance people of disappearing. Also I check on the internet to see new leads and plenty theories surrounding the killer and the missing people,” Akira was skeptic of the woman.
“So tell me you just stalking people for fun in name of journalism investigation?” Akira was wary of the inquiring reporter.
“No, no I am seeking justice for the victims and closure of the families. My intuition telling me that these murders involving something…supernatural and not human,” Akira felt both logic and reason got Galactic Punt to another dimension. Takumi was polite not telling the reporter at her face that she a few cans short of a beer keg.
“Or some crazy Conspiracy Theorists thinking Japan constantly giving invade by aliens or delusional people with god complexes making Tokyo Tower giant fireballs or don’t get me start with rumors of brigade of magical girls befriending people through violence or capable nuking Japan ten times over.” Then she calm down. “Oh I forgot to introduce myself I’m Hinomoto Rie and here my card,” Both Takumi and Akira were looking at the reporter strangely. “She’s definitely a weirdo…” Both thought.
Nao was alone during her nightly hunt (Since Tomoe currently staying at the mansion when Reito brainstorming any ideas to counter of Nagi’s influence.) while everything else was silence she hears something to her left. Nao knows that a simple ambush won’t work since she has the experience and willing using dirty tricks to win.
“Okay show yourself or suffer the consequence,” Nao was inching for a fighting.
“Yuuki Nao part of the Kanzaki clan here by being execution for treason and a threat to Homura-sama.” The oldest member of the vampire group walks toward Nao. “We pledge an alliance with him to order reap the benefits at the end,”
Nao narrowed her eyes and smiling sinisterly. “Oh lousy tricks I’m heard every one of them. You just hanging on his coat’s tail and your way of showing it since he treat you as losers and your elder vampire won’t help you this one,” She then licking her own nails in provocation matter.
“We’re prepared to die for our cause and given that you are an obstacle of our goal you need to be exterminated,” The leader was threatening Nao.
“Boys I’m giving you a free chance to hit me once and then I surrender to you,” Nao was tempting them. “Beside you have whatever the take to capture me I think all males are stupid,”
The first ones attempt an attack but Nao simply evading it. She’s sensing one of them sneaking up at her back and back elbows the guy. The largest one grabbed Nao in bear hug and try to crushing her to death but Nao wiggling her way off from him and kicking the vampire in groin causing him to whine in pain.
The others are summoning their weapons to fight Nao as her Spider Tattoo starting to shimmer and her nails growing into claws. “Jeez you seriously think you can beat me? This is your lucky night,” Nao was bobbing and weaving to avoid their swords and score some hits in the progress. Another one joins in the fray with his mace trying to decapitate her head off but he was slow and Nao duck under the spike club.
The group leader observing the battle and calculating their chances of killing Nao for their comrade are getting worse end for them. The realization that the head group knowing they’re overmatch and outclass by Nao are purely baffling.
Nao begins her counterattack by start slashing randomly making difficult for them to defend themselves against her. “I guess you’re too weak for a challenge for me evened a fly stronger than you,” Nao was mocking them. “Guess I underestimate your ability to perform now your self-confidence and your self-worth went down the drain oh well at least I’m sending a lovely parting gift for this occasion,” Suddenly Nao dashing at sub-sonic speed and cutting down her attackers.
Finding out that they fought against an experience vampire with years at razor-sharp training and surviving on the streets of Japan, the main person whom brought his men so tried winning a favor for Nagi slowly losing his courage facing a red-haired fatal beauty. “P-Please don’t kill me I just following orders I didn’t mean to harassing you tonight just believe me. We only doing so ensure our liege to Horuma-sama in near future. He was on hands and knees begging for mercy.
“Don’t make me laugh your groveling making you pathetic you are not my worth to kill before going back to your mommy and suck on her tits tell Nagi that we’ll fight back and destroy whatever plans he have on deck.” The timid vampire kept tripping while getting up from the ground and Nao boot his on the ass. He ran away fast as he can.
“I don’t know why Kanzaki was thinking ally with them,” Nao starting head back to the mansion.
Mai was late for work after spending time with Tate (It was the best two days of her life and she still amidst of euphoric high.) Her memory was still fresh with blissful event. “I don’t know Yuuichi was good with his hands I guess he’s lot better than his kendo skill inculcate,” Her mind was too busy to notice someone bump into her. “Excuse me-You again!” Mikoto was last person Mai wanting to see. “Minagi-san I don’t want you pull any stunts around here as you do last time.” Mai felt exasperate.
“Jeez you still mad at me because I kiss you on the hand last week well what you want Mai-hime?” Mikoto sarcastically spoke.
“I don’t have time to argue with you so get out of my way,” Mai left Mikoto in a huff and headed toward her job.
“I have still to protect her even grinding my teeth,” Mikoto decide change into her cat form and trailing Mai. After walking a few blocks toward her destination Mikoto came to a restaurant. Looking if anybody was in the area she went to the back way and change back. After find a best hiding spot she look through Mai’s place of employment seeing her love talking to customers and few other people. “This is the first time I’m seeing her working at her job,” With her vampire vision she’s watching Mai from hundred-fifty feet away and on alert in case Nagi’s allies plan to attack. Since her familiar isn’t here that huge relief for Mikoto. Miroku will try to make any pervert comments to any female human or demon within a fifty mile radius.
The place was very busy and Mai working her hardest to keep pace. About four familiar people entering the place and seeing Mai was busy.
“I see this establishment busy right now and Mai-chan too busy to ignoring us,” Chie was commenting as Aoi rolling her eyes.
“It seems that Tokiha-san currently taking orders from the customers so we’ve be patient,” Shizuru with her usual charm explaining the situation to everyone.
“Where’s your better half Mayo-chan? I don’t see her umm…” Chie was stoking her chin.
“Well Shion said she was busy her classes so she can’t attend with us.” Mayo felt a little disappointed Shion not being there with her.
“Chie stop playing the girl Shion-chan can’t be with Mayo-chan all the time beside the poor girl already suffer enough through merciless teasing by her so-called cousin,” Aoi is scolding at Chie.
“But, but Aoi I only joking with her beside she isn’t here to defend herself now,” Chie tried to talk her out of trouble. If looks can kill Chie would be dead right now by way Aoi was staring at her girlfriend.
At her field of vision Mikoto currently watching everybody talking about Mai and some girl name Shion. Mikoto still have stayed vigilant and incoming war is looming so she make sure that Mai was safe.
Almost everyone was animate at the table until Mai arrive and start taking orders. “Hello guys nice seeing you all here. Fujino-san how is Natsuki doing? I haven’t seen her after my birthday party couple days ago,” Mai was asking.
“Well she left our apartment at least about few hours attending some business to take care of,” Shizuru was rubbing her chin full of mischief.
“I bet that Kuga was too tired to-“Chie felt a sharp pain at her ribs and Aoi smiles politely but in reality she going punish Chie for her mouth.
“Mayo-chan I don’t see Shion anywhere you two usually join at the hip.” Mai was speaking cheerfully. “May I taking your please.” Mai was starting writing down orders.
Mikoto still spying/looking out for Mai suddenly her vampire hearing picking some subtle sounds to her left and turning around. “Something distinct and oddly familiar that I can’t remember as something I neglect,” Mikoto can’t shake this feeling that she made a critical error not making sure that anyone isn’t following her. Her first instinct was to investigate the source of the sound and nip it in the bud. Her another options was to formulate a plan to stop her would be assailant and keeping tab on Mai.
The first one is to contact her familiar to trail and eliminate the person. “As if he tries being serious for once and not attempting to offend any female,” Mikoto thought Mikoru of running loose in the Fuka area causing her to shudder the unfortunate implication of him causing mayhem and bed anything having a skirt. Mikoto ridding that thought and file in possibility of too much information.
Second option was to observe the enemy in silence without drawing attention to herself. Also Mikoto have to aware her surroundings in case of an ambush and possibilities of having multiply enemies licking their chops and gaining favors from Nagi.
Mikoto consider of lesser vampire clans lobbying an alliance with Nagi and undermining the current peace treaty. (There some blatantly ignoring it and attacking their rivals in centuries-long feud. That is nature of vampires) Added Reito have burden to gather some loose allies and form some coalition against possible back tide. “I must keep my focus and not be distract by every little details,” She now turning back to her attention to Mai and seeing her doing well with her friends.
After talking her friends at her job Mai finish her shift and headed back to her place when she felt something or someone stalking her. “I hope isn’t that Minagi-san again that woman kind annoying,” Mai was continuing way back to her apartment and start quicken her pace to evade the mystery person. “This isn’t funny just show yourself,” Said Mai with trepidation in her voice. Her heartbeat started getting louder of each passing moment. “I-I have spay of mace and I not afraid to use it,” Her voice came out if it was cracking. “Why I’m suddenly having repress feeling bubbling in the surface,” Mai realize she’s shaking.
“Get a grip Mai this not some American horror movie where a killer going to butchering you to death,” She tried to reassure herself but fail miserly. Mai turn her head to see anyone following behind her but only find nobody there. “I don’t know I’m starting getting paranoid,” She tried to laughing off but Mai felt a sinking feel that someone from her past coming back to haunt her.
Author’s Note: This is the shortest chapter I ever wrote in a while. I start it write kind on a whim since this originally going be chapter eight but doing an aftermath of chapter six. Honestly this not my best chapter and I felt it need be a little better but I still tried improving as a writer. Thank you to readers to continue follow my story see you next chapter.
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