Disclaimer: Standard disclaimer applies.

Forewords: OMG… Smothered by a pillow… OMG Big mistakes! Hayashi dies…XP Well I’ll explain my absence in my bio… I apologize.

Title: Bloodlust – Chapter 19

By: Uchiha-chan aka. Hayashi11

The little interruption by Haruka made Chie give up her chance of a romantic makeup. She gave Aoi a peck on her forehead, wishing that it would have been a passionate make out session that she had dreamt of every night. She left Aoi with her personal guards and diverted her attention to the other business at hand. One such task was to get the men to carry their sleeping comrades away that were littered along the forest tracks all around the country side due to unknown reasons.

“Come on lazy asses! Move them out of my way!”

Chie ordered some random soldier around her and went on to check the progress of all the arrests and prisoners.

“Hmm… Where did she go?

Aoi looked around then up the trees for the Hunter. The girl with a mane of extraordinary blue hair dropped and landed gracefully onto the ground not far from her.

“Looking for me?”

The Princess gave her a flying tackle which made Chie look on with a pang of jealousy.

“D! Thank you so much! Despite your scary aura, I knew you are a nice girl!…”

D went into a desperate fit to break free from the girl’s hold. ‘Too close!’ She mind screamed.

“Where’s Nao-chan? Is she alright?”

“Stop! Wait!”

D pushed her away so that they have an arm’s length of distance between them.

“I think the Vampire cured her… She should be fine…”

“Of course she’s fined!”

The walking loud speaker in weird green garb cut in.

“And you should take this as well.”

Haruka threw a bottle of pills to Aoi but a hand intercepted the item in mid-air.

“Before she tries to feed herself with something potentially dangerous, may I ask your name?”

Chie inquired as she walked back to the group. Haruka thought for a while and bowed politely.

“Seriously, our difference in status does not require me to, but I guess you dissolve the honor. Haruka Armitage; I’m a member of the Viola household and sister of Hiroshi Armitage.”

The blond bowed with much respect.

“Viola?”

D went up to the prince and explained in a whisper.

“Some great Vampire family living not far from here…”

“Oh…Ohh! Ahhh! Oh yes!…”

Chie nodded. Superb acting skills made up for her bad memory.

“The medicine had been tested. No worries.”

D added in assurance not knowing the effects of the pills actually.

“And speaking of that, Mistress Viola wants to arrange a meeting with you; preferably after sunset.”

“I’m sure my schedule allows that. Very well… …Ahh-Aoi!”

Aoi suddenly tackled Chie from behind and felt around the inside of her uniform coat with one hand, the other went for the trousers pocket. Those hands accidentally brushed against some sensitive parts of the woman’s anatomy.

“Aoi! What are you DOING!”

The Prince squealed uncharacteristically as that pair of hands continued to assault her. The owner of those hands whispered into the other’s ears.

“Shhh… You have something that I want…”

Chie looked a little flushed along with a weird expression of unsatisfied desire and a I’m-super-cool-please-don’t-embarrass-me look.

“Hey you two… Get a room…”

Haruka grumbled while D nodded, both spotting a faint blush on their faces.

“Ah ha! Found them!”

Aoi announced triumphantly holding the object that she was looking for; a pen.

“D! Come here.”

Aoi smiled widely and beckoned the young girl to come to her side. D pulled on an innocent face and shook her head violently. God knows if Aoi has a groping fetish…

“D… come to me please?... You’re gonna make me cry…”

The blue eye Princess rubbed a fake tear off her face and put on the best pitiful face. D’s heart did some violent flips.

“Okay Okay! Don’t do that!”

D waved at Aoi and desperately looked around for help but the others didn’t come to her rescue.

‘Curse those crying women… I know they are faking it! Yet I fall for that every time!’

“Give me your license booklet thing.”

The hunter dug into her left inner coat pocket and fished out the item while the princess whispered to her prince.

“What do you want it for?”

After a surprised smile and a nod, Prince Chie took the book and found some empty pages where she proceeded to write some very long and hard to understand Yurish. (Official language of the Yurikuni) D’s eyes went wide open and exclaimed.

“What have you done to my book!”

“As the Crown Princess of Yurikuni, I hereby give you authorization for all things stated in here.”

Chie answered only after she finished writing and emphasized it by tapping the opened page with her pen.

“From now on, you will be in my service and you can choose to leave your Organization whenever you please. I’ve given you some privileges as well to aid your journey across this land.”

D was once again wide eyed and bewildered. Aoi laughed at her expression and teased.

“And child, what must you say when you received a present?”

“T-thankyou…”

D managed to reply.

“yoshi yoshi!”

The couple smiled at each other. Aoi rubbed the blue hair girl’s head while Chie took off her signet ring and stamped the book.

Vampire Hunter D took one of the Prince’s horses and returned to the Castle in late afternoon. Haruka declared that she needs to return home to pay a visit and thus they parted ways.

Robin was already at the gates waiting for her. No words were exchanged but the hug that the maid gave was enough to let D know that she had been on her mind while she was away. It was heart warming.

D allowed herself to be led away into one of the many rooms in the castle. The room was relatively smaller than the others that she had been to but it still has plenty of room despite having a medium size dining table, a couch and a fireplace.

The hunter headed for the couch and was about to take a seat when she noticed another lump is on it. She pulled the covers back and revealed a young girl with hair in a stunning shade of red. The annoyed red head opened her sleepy eyes and glared at her. D had originally planned to leave her alone but since she’s awake, she decided that it didn’t matter anymore if she was going to disturb her.

“You’re well enough to get up…”

D’s comment was met with silence.

“Move your legs, I wanna sit.”

“Go away…”

“Not gonna happen.”

D replied coolly and took Nao’s legs by the ankle. She swung them off the seat and made Nao switch into sitting position in an instant.

“Moron…”

D leaned into the back of the seat and shut her eyes for a short nap and at the same time heightened her alert. She sensed a change of mood from the girl beside her but she kept her eyes closed.

Nao contemplated on weather she should get her revenge there and then. Her mind counted the reasons for doing that and the pros and cons of her actions. The more she thought, the angrier she got. Finally after much of that great mental debate, she gave in to those seething thoughts of revenge and made her move. She crawled over to the napping girl very quietly and slowly and got beside her.

All this time, D had notice that little movements but yet she stayed still. The difference in airflow in the room told her that Nao made a sudden movement and it was aiming at her head. With her eyes still closed, she raised a hand to block the on coming hand but due to a slight miscalculation on her part, Nao’s palm made contact with D’s face.

“Ouch!”

D leapt off her seat and glared daggers at the girl.

“What’s that for crazy bitch!”

Nao walked took another swing and the punch landed on the Hunter’s shoulder. D was too shocked to dodge.

“That was for taking my first kiss…”

The red head with hair color that matches her temper stomped on D’s soft leather shoes and kicked her shin as she got off the couch.

“That’s for the pitiful face you showed me!”

When D finally came to her senses, her shoulder and leg was already smarting with a little burning sensation. She blocked the next blow that came for her stomach and pushed Nao back onto the couch with a hand gripping her throat and the other restraining the hands of the girl.

“That hurts brat!”

D growled to show her displeasure and glared at the redhead. The two pairs of bright green eyes continued their little staring competition until Nao grumbled in a low voice and looked away. The resistance that the red head showed a moment ago ceased.

“That was making me go through Hell on earth…”

“What the hell?”

In just a brief second, Nao was caught off guard by D’s sudden confused and blur look and her anger melted into something of shy putty. No doubt D was a beautiful girl with the right complexion, smooth long hair, pretty face and a killer body. Heat traveled to her cheeks rapidly giving her an unwanted blush. Nao mumbled again.

“Oh hell…”

“Mou, seriously D, do you do that to all the girls you see when you’re hungry?”

A different voice entered the room and all eyes turned to that direction. Robin had returned to the room pushing a silver trolley which was stacked full of plates and bowls of various kinds of food.

“Do what?”

D was beginning to ask herself why she didn’t understand everything that the others said today. Was she dumb? Nah…

“The way you treat girls is not exactly correct but I bet they don’t mind…”

“Stupid masochist!”

Nao wriggled her pinned hands to let the Hunter know that she was still trapped under her. D came back to her senses and looked at Nao’s unhappy face. That stare was piercing enough for D to let go instantly and move away from the couch quickly. From behind came little giggles from Robin, D turned red and snapped at her.

“No I don’t!... No! I don’t do that!”

D’s personal attendant placed her palm to her cheek and shifted herself to a rather distressed pose.

“Arara…But you did... to me and her…”

‘And that vampire…’ D suddenly remembered the time where she pinned Shizuru to the floor of the inn. ‘Oh Hell no!’

D hugged her head in shame to hide her tomato face. If only she could dig a hole right there and then and throw all those tormenting feelings into it, a trench would be a better idea so she could hide her entire body in it.

“Stay five meters away from me you perverted moron! Next time you come near, I’ll throw more that just a punch!”

Nao yelled from across the room. How she got there in such a short time was a mystery.

“AM NOT!”

D yelled back with equal strength. Where did her cool and calm composure go? Robin thought as she watch the two of them duel verbally. Robin came to the rescue after a while and separated the two contestants apart. She set them down at two separate ends of the dining table and watched their silent glare-o-war as they ate. The only thing that cheered D up was the abundance supply of her favorite thick creamy white sauce.

“Mayonnaise!”

D squealed, Nao rolled her eyes while Robin giggled.

D had bottle beside her and squirts a large amount of that deadly/unhealthy substance on whatever that was on her fork. Nao turned to her side to fake gagging and pulled on a disgusted face. This made D want to disturb her further by chewing slowly and carefully tasting the creamy delight on her tongue. In order to shut that disturbing image out of her mind, Nao declared that she was done and huffed as she left the table. The green hair attendant that D saw once came and led Nao back to her room shortly after. D pulled on her best smug look as the red head left.

“Come on, finish up and let’s tuck you in for a nap!”

Robin nudged D with an ever present smile. D got up and exited the room while asking in a quiet voice, not understanding her.

“Why should I take a nap?”

“Well…. Mistress Viola told me to prepare you for a long night ahead which may be very… erm….exhausting….”

Robin walked ahead of D and led the way. Those last words spoken by her got D’s attention.

“What did she say we are doing?”

Secretly hoping that it won’t be the promised night, D crossed her fingers behind her back and continued walking.

“Sorry…I’ve no idea…I’m only told to dress you up.”

The older girl shrugged and took out a key from her pocket to unlock D’s room.

“Shall I prepare the bath for you D?”

Tired as she was, D nodded as she wanted a good bath fast but when she suddenly remembered her experience the previous night she quickly shook her head.

“No, thanks… I can do that myself…”

“Why?”

Robin suddenly stuck her face right in front of D, went teary and gave her pitiful eyes.

“You don’t like me?”

D frowned causing the other to laugh.

“Alright… I’ll not mess with you this time. Have a good nap!”

With a final well wishing, Robin left D alone and softly closed the door. D had second thoughts about weather she should lock her door and decided to do as her instincts told her to.

She went over to the couch where she left her backpack and flopped unceremoniously onto it. Kicking her boots off in a well practiced manner, she then flipped the pages of her hunter’s logbook out and read.

Those were some really good privileges that she got. For example, she can get supplies cheap at the general stores ran by the trade unions of Yurikuni, buy transport at half price and so on… Her path to vengeance just became smoother.

She let a rare smile creep upon her face and fell asleep soon after. The bath was left forgotten for now.

The next time D opened her eyes, she jumped in shocked and yelped. Robin’s face was just a palm’s length away from her.

“Was the scream necessary? I thought I should wake you up because you didn’t answer the door…”

D sat up, yawned and stretched like a cat to wake her body up. Robin smiled and placed several sets of clothes on the bed.

“Sorry Robin… What time is it?”

“Half-past Seven. Mistress Viola wishes that you could dine with her.”

“More like she wants to dine on me…”

D mumbled as she got off the couch and headed for the bathroom.

“I told you before; the Mistress does not feed on humans.”

The Hunter was a little surprised that she was heard but on second thought, she shouldn’t be because this is a strange place full of strange people.

“Don’t come in while I’m in the shower.”

“Well no… I don’t intend to. I was here to send you fresh clothes.”

Somehow, D felt a little edgy about Robin’s grin.

“Shizuru-sama, what would you like to drink?”

Tomoe, the green hair girl with ordinary beauty, bowed slightly at her mistress who was seated at the dining table.

“Ehh… How do you manage to change your face from a scrunch to a smiling innocent one within seconds?”

The red head seated on the right hand side of Shizuru mused. Tomoe growled at the red head and resumed her task in taking orders.

“Ara… Tomoe seemed to have caught your attention. Did something happen between the two of you?”

Shizuru had her ever smiling façade and smiled at them.

“She was a little feisty because she was tasked to bring me around where she would rather stay by your side. I taught her a little something… ”

“Ohhh…”

This time it was Shizuru’s turn to be amused. Tomoe stammered as she tried to save herself.

“No… I-It’s not like that… Nothing h-happened! Please do not listen to her…”

“Pink and white stripes rule!”

Nao cheered at the expense of Tomoe’s embarrassment. Tomoe didn’t think she would want to appear to be sobbing but she did. This made Shizuru soften up and beckoned the young girl to go to her. But just as she was about to run into Shizuru’s open arms, D entered the room followed by Robin. Shizuru stopped her current action, did a hundred and eighty degrees turn and walked over to the blue haired Hunter and hugged her instead.

After a quick inspection on D’s clothes she found that they were really fitting. A dark grey long sleeve shirt was worn under a black sleeveless sweater which came with matching black pants. The simplicity of it made her extra dashing.

Shizuru smiled sweetly and smoothed out D’s collar. Nao tried to ignore that public display of affection but found it hard to do so. Tomoe was definitely on the brink of tears.

“You still want a hug?”

Nao smirked as she curled a finger at Tomoe making the other fume.

At the other side of the room, D awkwardly pushed her away and grumbled.

“What’s wrong D? Are you hurt?”

The vampire checked D’s hands for any injuries but D shook her head and took her hands back.

“No… It’s not like that…”

“Not like that? Then like this you mean?”

Shizuru quickly circled behind D and patted down her waist.

“No! That’s not it!”

“You’re treating me as an ‘it’? Aww D that hurts.”

Shizuru pressed her hand to her heart and gripped the fabric of her dress.

“No! I mean… Noo!”

“It’s alright. You can compensate me later… tonight…”

Shizuru whispered with a smile and gently led D to the table.

“Wah… That red light bulb coming my way is really glaring…Ahh… so bright…”

Nao mocked and held her hands up to shield the imaginary light and also used this opportunity to hide the little bit of jealousy that was written on her face.

“Shut up red chatterbox. You’re noisy!”

And indeed D was glaring at her through all those blushing. Tomoe clutched the front of her uniform with a bit on unnecessary force and tried to remain calm. There’s a limit to how much she can take her Shizuru-sama’s flirtatious behavior towards other girls. Anymore than that, she’s sure she would cry herself to sleep later that day.

“Ara Tomoe… are you feeling unwell?”

“No… Please excuse me for a second...”

Tomoe turned away from them for a while and started to sulk. Nao spotted Tomoe’s look on intense jealousy and hurt and smirked inwardly. D sat down opposite from Nao and admired the tableware for a while before being snapped out of her daze.

“So… Great hunter, did you get pawned?”

“Pawned? Who do you think you are talking to?”

D crossed her arms before her chest proudly and laughed off her silly question. The two of them were served with a plate of some kind of meat and potatoes and a glass of juice. Shizuru had a bottle beside her and a tall wine glass with something red inside. D could guess what’s in it.

“And what ‘bout you? I bet sleeping all day was reeeally exciting…”

D picked up the conversation from where they left of and asked with sarcasm.

“Oh yea you’re right, it was reeeally fun because it included puking all my blood and guts out.”

Nao retorted with equal sarcasm. That shut the hunter up for a while.

“You what!”

“Now now the both of you… Stop arguing and eat or I’ll kiss you!”

Shizuru clapped her hands together merrily and smiled at them.

“I bet she’ll love it…”

Nao retorted with a smirk and to her surprise, she suddenly found the vampire’s face just inches apart from hers. Shizuru quickly gave her a quick peck on her lips and returned to her seat as if nothing happened. D mouthed a ‘Haha!’ and pointed a finger at her. Shizuru quickly silenced D’s actions with a look that says ‘you’re next!’ Nao covered her mouth in shock and let out a string of muffled profanities while pointing to her.

“DAMN YOU! Damn ya all and ya love of stealing kisses. Curse you all! One day I’ll throw garlic at you! Just watch!”

“Shizuru-sama!”

Tomoe moaned her misfortune, wishing that the lips were hers. Shizuru and Robin smiled teasingly and the rest, meaning D and Nao, blushed tomato red. D recovered from the tomato attack and laughed at the red head which earned her a kick from under the table.

“It’s not you that’s why!”

Nao growled and stabbed a piece of meat with her fork.

“Ara…, If you are worried about unfairness, then you shouldn’t… I’ll give her all the loving tonight…”

The last of the words are said teasingly and without warning tomato attack level two was underway. Tomoe went moodier by the second until she went over her limits of her mental threshold and stomped out of the room, swearing under her breath that one day the two of them will pay.

“Oii! Stop that…”

The hunter pushed away her carrots in her plate with a grumbled.

“D agreed to be my cuddly huggable bolster tonight!”

“I DID NOT!”

Tomato attack lever three.

“B-But you promised!”

The red eye vampire pouted and tugged D’s sleeve with teary eyes. How she managed to make D explode into a ripe tomato thrice in such a short time was beyond the understanding of normal beings.

“Not tonight! I’m still tired from the marathon!”

“B-But… but…”

“Ahhh… Seems like hunting is not the only thing you do, you cheap excuse of a hunter… Well excuse me… I’m done.”

Nao snapped at D and left the room hurriedly. D didn’t know what to make of it. ‘Why the hell was she angry with me?’ D won’t know until a week later.

“Araa… It’s just you and me now…”

D looked quizzically at Shizuru and asked while picking up a piece of meat with her fork. She knew that the vampire did it on purpose.

“So?”

D asked before feeding herself.

“Let’s skip dinner and head to your room…”

“What are you suggesting?”

“I just said it a minute ago! D didn’t pay attention to me… I’m hurt…”

The Vampire launched her teary attack level two.

“Okay! Fine! What do you want?”

D started to sound flustered. There goes tomato counterattack level two.

“Obey me…”

Shizuru’s tone went from bubbly to ice cold in less than a second but the charming smile never left her face. Her words seemed to be said along with a hypnotizing effect. She took D’s hand and led them out of the room and surprisingly the Hunter made no objection.

“Why my room?”

D asked after she recovered from the shocking display of emotions by the Vampire who was still holding her hand.

“I thought D would feel a little more comfortable with her belongings…”

Shizuru had noticed that D didn’t carry her sword or any other secondary arms with her when she went for dinner.

“Why tonight?”

“……”

Her question was left unanswered. They reached their door; D broke away their contact and looked at the Vampire who was a little taller than she is. Shizuru now had a pleasant smile on her face.

“I won’t be around after tonight…”

“Hmm?”

Shizuru smiled a little and shook her head.

“Never mind…”

“Is something wrong?”

She shook her head yet again. The two of them went inside; Shizuru went directly to the tall glass windows and threw the curtains apart. The near full moon shone its soft white light into the room.

“What do you wanna do?”

D threw herself onto the couch and pushed away her backpack.

“I want get to know D better…”

D frowned a little. She’s not comfortable with talks about herself because the last time she did, she’ll end up teary and bitter. Her childhood pained her too much and her longing for her parents simply can’t be forgotten.

“Why…”

D mumbled softly knowing very well that she was still audible.

“You’re an interesting individual and besides, I’m captivated by you.”

A warm smile and a twinkle in her eye, Shizuru looked charmingly at D. The other gave a grumble and pulled on a glum face.

“Was that supposed to mean something?”

“I want to know you…”

Shizuru had every ounce of seriousness in her eyes as she spoke. Her voice drew D’s attention to search her face for a clue regarding the seriousness. Her head tilted slightly with a look of unrest.

“B-But…You know me already…”

Not understanding her statement, the slight confusion in her voice made D sound like a lost puppy. Shizuru’s heart churned with excitement. ‘Adorable!’ Shizuru squealed internally.

“I want to know the real you…”

Shizuru’s request was met with silence. D was trying not to get upset by her intrusive command.

“Talk to me, tell me your name…”

“Natsuki.. Code name Duran, License number VH-9576…”

The moment her name rolled off her tongue a nostalgic feeling welled up in her. Her real name had been left unused for a long long time.

“Natsuki… woods of the summer… It’s a pretty name.”

“You know what it means?”

The hunter was surprised and at the same time disturbed. Her name was not exactly easy to understand because her grandmother named her with the ancient eastern language that was lost after the great Vampire War.

“How old do you think I am?”

Shizuru laughed lightly. Unable to answer that, Natsuki kept quiet.

“However… Your name brought up many memories… One summer a lifetime ago, in the woods, I met a girl and we were quick to become friends. When summer ended, we parted with a promise to name our daughters Natsuki if we had one…”

The Vampire gazed at the moon forlornly with a tint of longing in her eyes. However complicated her problems were, Shizuru was never one who spoke deeply about it.

“Am I supposed to think that grandma knows you?”

“Strangely, although we shared lots of good moments together, we never brought up our names. We’ll never know...”

Unsure if this was a courting gimmick, D kept her lips sealed and looked away. She sensed the Vampire move over and took the other single seat armchair that was perpendicular to hers.

“To be fair, I think I should introduce myself as well. I’m Countess Shizuru Viola; a member of the high council, head of Public Relations and Security.”

“I didn’t think the vampires would be so organized to have councils of this sort…”

D stored this into her memory and thought for a while.

“It’s rather unfair don’t you think? To leave all the talking to me, tell me more about vampires.”

“Does Natsuki want to know me better as well? I’m overjoyed!”

The Vampire purred seductively and leaned on the handle of the arm chair, closer to D. Nothing could have countered this tomato attack that was rapidly spreading across her face.

“No! I mean I wanna know more about you all in general.”

“Us all? Not me?”

Shizuru faked a sad look and continued after rubbing an imaginary tear away.

“You sure know how to manipulate my feelings…”

“Don’t start!”

“Meanie.”

“Oh… Look who’s talking…”

The hunter replied sarcastically.

“What do you want to know? Or rather… What do you not know?”

Shizuru skillfully steered the conversation back on track without much haste.

“We were only taught to hunt when we were given orders. I want to know why we have to hunt certain targets instead of every one that we see. And on top of that I wanna know your organization’s structure.”

“Infiltrating our ranks are you?”

Shizuru laughed lightly and shook her head. Natsuki knitted her brows but nodded firmly, expecting her request to be turned down. But still, she patiently waited for her answer.

“Hmm… Before I answer, would you like some tea?”

“Err…”

“I’ll take that as a yes then.”

The Vampire got off her seat and gracefully strolled over to the mini-bar at the corner of the room which the Hunter failed to notice until now. Assuming that she was out of hearing range, Natsuki sighed and observed the other from the corner of her eyes. A question flashed across her mind. ‘How did she manage to kick my ass so elegantly back there?’

“Ara… Natsuki’s making me shy from that intense gaze she’s giving me…”

Shizuru said without turning her head. D panicked.

“How did you know I was staring? I mean I-I wasn’t staring! I didn’t!”

“Natsuki thinks that I’m not pretty enough for her eyes to rest on? I feel hurt…”

Shizuru turned around, a hand clutching the fabric that’s near her heart. She frowned a little and there were droplets at the corner of her eyes. Fake tears. Oh those accursed fake tears! Natsuki screamed internally. ‘Don’t fall for it don’t fall for it don’t fall for it…’

“No no… You’re damn beautiful. I’m sorry! Don’t cry!.”

As soon as that left her mouth, she went all shy and blushy all over again.

‘Hahaa Sucker!’ Natsuki’s internal voice chided her.

“Shut up!”

“Hmm? Did Natsuki ask me to keep quiet?”

“No! It’s me! I mean I was asking diabolical self to shut up but she won’t listen and …and…. Grahh! Nevermind!”

Shizuru returned with two tall antique looking tea cups, smiling.

“This is green tea from the Far East. Please try it.”

Natsuki took her cup and peered into the liquid. ‘It looks green…looks rather poisonous…’ She thought.

She sniffed the cup. ‘It smells like grass…and a little metallic flavour…’

She dipped a finger into the hot fluid and tasted it. ‘It taste like grass…’

“Natsuki don’t trust the tea that I make?”

“Sorry… old habits… ”

D stared at cup for another good minute before bringing it to her lips for a sip. Hot, mildly bitter liquid left a funny aftertaste which vaguely reminds her that she’s drinking grass juice. After a second and third sip, she grew accustomed to it and a tiny smile crept upon her face. It warmed her body up tremendously. The solemn taste had a calming effect on her.

“Firstly, I’m surprised that you were told so little… The Vampires your organization hunts are usually convicted or rogue Vampires; guilty of killing innocent humans or those who’ve broken our laws. Instead of hunting them down with our own, we engage the human Hunters to do it. Just like how convicted prisoners that were on death toll were sent to us. We take care of the lowest of each other’s society so that we would not be accused of being inhumane to our own kind.”

It made sense. Natsuki found herself absorbing the information faster than usual.

“To answer the second part of your question. We have our own monarchy as well as governing system. Our status solely depends on our bloodlines.”

Shizuru paused to make sure her audience is paying attention to her. After seeing that eager look on the Hunter’s face, she gave a satisfied smile and continued.

“The nobles have the purest bloodlines and tend to be the most powerful in our society. The social class that comes next would be elite class followed by the normal Vampires. As you know, the purity of blood degrades every time a bitten victim turns into one of us. Any vampire with bloodlines less than one eighth of vampire blood has a high chance of going berserk. “

“And so we hunt those berserk Vampires…”

“That’s right.”

The Vampire took a long sip at her drink. A satisfied sigh escaped from her lips.

“Oii… Are you sure it’s alright to drink tea?... I mean…”

“Ara, Natsuki is worried about me? I’m touched.”

Heads down. Blush.

“But really, it’s alright. I dissolved some blood tablets in it.”

“Blood tables?”

“Arara… Clueless Natsuki looks cute as well!”

Shizuru placed a hand on her cheek to cover the light blush and sank into her fantasy. The Vampire hunter was entirely helpless with the constant teasing.

“Don’t hide from me Natsuki… Girls should look cute. But I’m sure you’re by far the cutest one I’ve ever meet.”

“I’m NOT CUTE!”

D exclaimed with much desperateness in her voice. Shizuru, surprised by the little out burst, stopped for a second before smiling coyly at her.

“Don’t tell me… you think; pink, cute and fluffiness makes a person weak…”

“YES!”

“Oh dear… Natsuki would surely be upset with me this time…”

“….What have you done? ” D gulped.

“…Must I?”

The atmosphere was getting on her nerves.

“YES!”

“I asked Robin to prepare a pink frilly silk nightdress for you…”

“Oh god…”

D threw her head back and mourned.

End of chapter

…I hope you guys won’t stone me… for my…erm… disappearance…

Once again, I wish to apologize for my dissapearence, for leaving the story hanging there and for making you all wait… I’ll talk more on my bio…

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