The demon howled inside the human shell as a red headed girl thrust a wooden stake into its heart. The body disintegrated into dust, and Lina sighed, rotating her neck.
Five days, she thought, looking down at her stake. Gods, Zel, where are you?
A whisper of sound made her lips twitch into a mocking smile. Of course there's more vamps! Lina turned around suddenly, only to...
The eyes.
Color shifted around in lazy loops in her Mazoku slitted eyes...
"Are you Lina Inverse?" the girl asked. Surprisingly, there was a set of rapidly healing claw marks on her cheek.
The redhead blinked, shaking her head. "Why do you want to know?" Lina demanded. "Who are you?"
The Mazoku blinked, snow locks falling into her strange eyes. "Who... What the... How the..." she babbled, surprised. "Y-you..." Then, she smiled. "How interesting. Someone who can resist my eyes. Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, Inverse, but you're boyfriend isn't exactly alive."
Lina took a step back. "No... Uso! Uso yo! Zel couldn't have died!"
A smile crossed her pretty face as the snow haired girl shrugged. "Oh, I forgot. That's the future. Well, Inverse, how much do you love your Zel?"
Enraged, the Slayer grabbed her arm. "Who the hell are you?!" she snarled, squeezing the limb.
The girl smiled, and placed a finger to her lips. "Shh. You'll learn later... Slayer." With that, she phased out, leaving a confused sorceress behind.
"...how?"
Yuki landed next to Kirne, her face carefully schooled to show no emotion. Her eyes closed tightly. "It's done."
He smiled at her, and ran a hand through her locks. "Of course, Yuki-chan. I wouldn't expect any less from you."
The girl kept from making fists, using all her will. "Yes, Kirne-sama. You wouldn't." Yuki turned her face to the nearest tree, and opened her eyes. Then, she closed them again, as something happened to her. Something that she didn't know Mazoku did.
Wetness rolled down her cheek.
I-I'm crying... For the Slayer? She remembered the words she overhead the one night...
"Zel... Please, I... I love you..."
"I know the Slayer's weakness," she said huskily, her voice betraying her emotions. "Zel. I believe his full name is Zelgadis. The one that fought you off when you almost killed the Slayer. If that is the case, he is already a vampire."
"Hm... that's true. So, if he's already one of us, why is he siding with the Slayer?" Kirne mused, green eyes flashing.
"They love each other," Yuki whispered.
The vampire blinked. "Really." An evil smile crossed his face. "Well, this is good. This... is very good. Yuki-chan, tomorrow, we have a meeting with a vampire."
Yuki felt another tear run down her face. I know. I'm sorry, Lina.
"Of course, Kirne-sama."
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