Chapter 3
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“It’s nice to meet all of you. My name is Kashiwagi Yuki. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu,” Yuki bowed in front of the group of hunters.
Just then, Rena quickly pointed her gun in Yuki’s direction. Everyone backed away, shocked.
“Eh?!”
“Rena, what’s wrong?”
“Sayaka, get away from her!” Rena yelled. “That girl’s Black! She’s a vampire!”
The woman furrowed her eyebrows, confused. “What? No, she’s not. Yuki’s a human, just like all of us.”
“No! She’s lying, whatever she told you, it’s a façade! I know it, she’s Black!”
Yuki thought in the back of her mind,
“The hypnosis didn’t work..? She still remembers me…”Takamina pulled Rena back. “Rena, you must be a bit stressed since a few days ago. Yuki may look like her, but me and Sayaka can assure you, she’s human.”
“But…”
“Don’t worry. We’ll take care of Black when we can. For now, your new mission is to help Yuki-chan train.”
“Haa?!” Rena’s jaw dropped. “No way in HELL am I--”
Takamina silenced her and leaned in her ear.
“Behave and be nice to Yuki-chan, and if you don’t try to kill her, I’ll treat you to a limited edition gourmet melonpan.”
Rena felt weak at that statement. Not because of the melonpan (because she loved melonpan), but because now that everyone saw her make a scene, she was going to have to hide her hatred towards the now human-disguised vampire girl.
“Okay…”
“Good!” Takamina smiled and slapped Rena’s back. “Now, go apologize and make nice! Just play along, play along~”
Rena saw Takamina wink as she said one of her many catchphrases. She walked up to Yuki, giving her a glare before faking a smile.
“Please forgive me. I mistook you for someone.”
“No problem,” Yuki said sweetly. “I hope we can get along.”
“Me too.”
They bowed to each other, and when Rena looked up, she saw Yuki give a slight glare. She then heard her voice inside her head.
“How disappointing, you still remember everything. You’re much stronger than I thought.”Rena scowled, not showing the others however as they smiled and Rena started to walk back. She heard Black speak in her mind again.
“Meet me in private later.”After that, they took a short break from training. As Rena left the room and walked down the hall, she saw a shadow flash by her and Black herself appeared in front of her.
“Well, aren’t you a sight for sore eyes?” Rena said sarcastically, then she got serious. “What the hell are you doing here?”
“I was going to try and make peace,” Black said. “But that scene you just made is gonna cause some trouble. Why did you fake being hypnotized? More importantly, how are you able to resist? No one’s been able to do that.”
The hunter smirked. “We hunters have been trained to block your mind control. You can’t get anything through me.”
“Oh really?”
“Yup.”
“Then… how come Akimoto and Takahashi weren’t able to?”
Rena’s eyes widened. “What..?!”
Flashback, yesterdayBlack entered the hunter base while Sayaka and Takamina were practicing one-on-one late at night. When the two saw her, they immediately took action.
“Vampire!”
Sayaka was the first to approach her and threw a punch. Black caught her fist and twisted her arm behind her back, locking her gaze.
“You won’t fight,” Black tried to hypnotize her, but Sayaka wasn’t cracking. She flipped the vampire over and pinned her down. Black coughed as she fell hard. “So… there are some who can resist. I see…”
“Takamina, get the silver bullets!”
Before Takamina could head to the armory, Black held out her arm and made Takamina stop in her tracks, unable to move her legs.
“Argh..! Sayaka, I can’t move..!”
Black took her chance to escape while Sayaka was distracted. She grabbed Sayaka and pulled her down, staring into her eyes.
“No..!”
“You won’t fight.” She held Sayaka’s head in place as she put her under. Sayaka’s body fell weak and she stared blankly into the vampire’s eyes. “You won’t remember me. You can’t see me. Not until tomorrow.”
“Not until tomorrow…”
Black then looked at Takamina straight in the eyes. Takamina immediately tried to look away, but Black appeared in front of her and held her chin, making her look at her eyes and hypnotizing her.
“Same for you, Takahashi. You won’t remember that I’m Black.”
“Won’t remember…”
“The both of you will let me join this agency, as human Kashiwagi Yuki.”
“Kashiwagi Yuki.. join hunters…” both spoke in unison while under trance.
End of Flashback“As I expected it wouldn’t be easy, once I got them where I wanted them, they became so easy to bend and mold to my liking. Just like clay.”
Rena growled in anger, grabbing Black’s collar. “Don’t you dare call them clay!”
Black chuckled. “You’re either really brave or really stupid to face me.”
“Why you..!” Rena was about to punch her when Black vanished and reappeared behind her.
“I told you, I’m not going to fight. But I will if I have to,” she warned the hunter. “For now, let’s try to get along. If someone catches us fighting, it could be bad on your part.”
Black started to leave and Rena scowled at her before turning to leave as well.
As the vampire was walking down the hall, she was searching for a certain room.
“Where do they keep all the information around here..?” she mumbled silently.
As she was looking around, she ran into a certain hunter she recognized as Sashihara. She saw her with Minegishi Minami before when they were training, and she seemed to have a bit of trouble with training because she was jumpy. Minegishi kept calling her “hetare” because of it.
“Kashiwagi-san, I’m so sorry!” she bowed, but then realized something. “Are? What are you doing back here? You aren’t supposed to go this way.”
“Oh really…” Black smiled inside.
“Yeah, only people with special permission can go back this way. I’m only going because I have to see Acchan about the whereabouts of Black. Now that Rena mentioned it, I became curious and--”
Black stopped the hunter’s ranting as she stared into her eyes and she was hypnotized almost immediately.
“You’ll do as I say. You didn’t see me come through here.”
“I didn’t see you…”
“You will also forget about Black.”
“Forget Black…”
“Now knock yourself out.”
Sashihara then turned to the wall and slammed her head into it, falling unconscious.
Black was actually surprised. She knew that there were humans who were weak toward her hypnosis, but this is a first.
Then, the vampire realized…
“Damn! I should’ve asked her where that Acchan girl was. I have to find her to erase her memories of me.”
She then heard someone humming and saw Minegishi coming this was. When she saw the situation, she nearly screamed.
“W-what happened?!”
“Minegishi-san, right?”
“Uh, Miichan is fine. But, what’s going on? Why is Sasshi unconscious? Er, more importantly, why are you back here?”
“I’m looking for Acchan. Sasshi told me about her… then, she ran into a wall and passed out.”
“Just like her, that hetare. Acchan works in the tech room, along with Mayuyu, who works intel. But, you can’t go back here, it’s only for--”
Black didn’t wanna hear this same lecture so she looked at Miichan’s eyes and she was entranced in a matter of seconds. She smiled like an idiot with empty eyes.
“Pretty eyes~...”
“You didn’t see me go through here, also you will forget about Black.”
“Okay, I’ll forget…”
“Also, how can I get to where Acchan and Mayuyu are? Who can help?”
“That’s… Sae knows.”
“Sae..?” Black repeated. She didn’t remember seeing someone who went by that name. Yet, it felt familiar...
“Sae has special permission. She knows every room of the building. She can show you where Acchan and Mayuyu are…”
“Where is she right now?”
“Today’s her day off… she’s at her home.. she lives in an apartment in Tokyo; ask Sayaka or Yuko, they know where she lives...”
“Good. Now, knock yourself out.”
Miichan did the same thing as Sasshi and smacked her head against the wall. She was out like a light, landing on top of Sasshi.
“Well, that went well,” the vampire smirked.
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Matsui Rena was furious.
No… “Furious” is just an understatement. Rena was beyond pissed to an extent that there was nothing she could do to cease her own anger.
Well, it’s not that she wanted to anyway.
She kept punching the bag in front of her hard as she kept thinking about that vampire Black. The thought of her only riled her anger more. She kicked, punched, she did everything to just get her anger out completely.
Jurina happened to notice her sister seemed rather stressed and approached her.
“Rena-chan?”
As if she didn’t hear her sister, Rena kept on punching the bag.
“RENA-CHAN!”
The next thing Jurina saw was a fist flying her way, thanks to her fast reflexes, she dodged it.
“Jurina..!” Rena calmed down a bit, realizing it was only her little sister. “What’s wrong?”
“I got worried. You seemed really stressed about something.”
“I-it’s nothing, really! I just feel a little bit tired, that’s all.”
“Are you still thinking about Black? Because of your mission?”
“I…”
“Is that why you thought Yuki-san was Black?”
“Jurina, just LEAVE ME ALONE!” Rena raised her voice, causing everyone to look. Rena immediately felt guilty when she saw Jurina’s sad eyes. “I… I’m sorry, I didn’t--”
“Rena,” Sayaka walked over to the two sisters. “Maybe you should take Jurina home and take a break for today.”
“What? But I--”
“Please. You’re obviously still worked up about what happened a few nights ago. You deserve some rest.”
Rena saw Sayaka’s eyes were sincere. She sighed. “...Fine. Let’s go, Jurina.” She went out without waiting for her sister.
Jurina looked at the taller girl. “Will Rena be okay?”
Sayaka patted her head.
“Just take care of her, okay? When Rena gets like this, she needs someone to reassure her things will be okay. I’m sure she’d do the same for you, right?”
The younger girl nodded. “Okay. I’ll take care of Rena-chan.”
She quickly went to catch up with her older sister, who was already outside the building waiting for her.
“C’mon, I’m hungry~.” Jurina chirped as she clinged to Rena’s arm.
Rena let her sister cling onto her, because she felt guilty for her sudden outburst.
“Jurina…”
“Hm?”
“..I’m sorry.”
Jurina hugged Rena tight.
“Don’t worry about it, nee-chan! We all have these kind of moments.”
“What do you mean?”
Jurina paused as if she was reminded of something. But then she smiled and answered, “Oh, y’know, being stressed out and stuff like that. It’s nothing.”
“Oh. Well, if that’s all.”
“Come on Rena-chan~ You owe me some ice cream!”
“Hai, hai. I know. I’ll get you your favorite, choco-vanilla swirl. The good kind they sell near the train station.”
“Yay! I love you, nee-chan~ Chuu~~~”
“Oi, no kisses, kissing monster!”
“Oh come on, just one! Hahaha!”
“IYAA!!!”
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Later that evening, Yuki was finishing up a long day of training when she saw Sayaka getting ready to leave.
“Sayaka-san,” she approached her with a sweet smile. “Hey, Miichan told me about this hunter named Sae.”
“Oh yeah. I forgot, today was her day off.”
“I wanted to meet her. She told me she knew about every room in the building; maybe she could give me a tour.”
“Great idea. Here, I’ll give you her address,” Sayaka quickly wrote down Sae’s apartment address on a scrap of paper and handed it to Yuki. “There you go.”
“Thanks.”
Yuki bowed to her senpai as she grabbed her things and left the agency building. She followed the address Sayaka had given her until she reached the apartment building Sae lived in.
Standing outside, Yuki counted the windows until she found the ones that belonged to Sae’s flat. She walked up the stairs to the floor where her apartment was.
The lights were on, that means Sae’s at home. She walked up to the apartment door and knocked.
“Coming~” A voice answered from the other side.
When the door opened, she came face-to-face with a person she hadn’t seen in quite some time. A familiar face, of someone who, like Rena, had tried to killed her. When she met the girl’s gaze, she saw the spark in her eyes that showed she recognized her as well.
“You…!”
“Well, well. I was right then, I thought something seemed familiar,” Black chuckled. “You look as handsome as ever, Sae.. although you’re a girl.”
“Why are you here?!”
Black immediately sped into Sae’s apartment. “How rude~. Is that any way to treat someone you haven’t seen in so long?”
“You tried to kill me, you murderous vampire,” Sae growled lowly as she shut the door.
“I could say the same.”
The boyish girl grabbed a kitchen knife and held it in front of her.
“Oh, how cute,” Black taunted. “Something like that won’t kill me… but it’d be amusing to see you try.”
“Don’t underestimate me!”
Gripping the knife tightly in her hands, Sae charged.
She either forgot about their previous encounter, or she just didn’t care. The hunter was bent on killing Black. Wanting to end it once and for all.
Either way, Black wasn’t going to let this hunter get in her way. Sae was just a human, after all.
As Sae charged, she spun around and dodged the oncoming attack. As she turned, she thrust her elbow into the hunter’s back, knocking her down from the strong force.
Black smirked. The expression of Sae’s angered face was priceless.
“Still doesn’t compare to Rena’s angered expression, though,” she thought back in her mind.
She held up one finger and taunted Sae.
“Come and get me.”
“Why you..!”
Recovering from her fall, Sae advanced again. That spot on her back where the vampire hit was still throbbing painfully.
“You really haven’t changed from back then,” Black smirked.
“Same as you.”
“How’s that scar?”
“Just a scar. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, right?”
“For me, that’s many things.”
Black’s face turned serious. As Sae was about to charge with the knife again, she pushed her back and sent her flying to the other side of the room, hitting the wall.
The vampire slowly approached Sae, looking down on her as she was unable to get back up from the pain. She knelt down and held Sae’s shoulder, pushing her against the wall.
“Poor thing… does it hurt?”
“Stay away from me,” Sae tried to push her away, but Black got closer.
“Now, now, relax,” the vampire held Sae’s cheek, caressing it. “Let me kiss you and make it better.”
The vampire leaned in and kissed Sae’s lips. She was frozen as her lips pressed against Black’s, unable to move as if some poison had gotten into her. And without her knowing, she found herself staring straight into Black’s eyes and falling under her spell.
The knife dropped to the floor and Sae’s eyes closed. She started responding to the kisses and her whole body was heating up from the sensation.
Seeing that the hunter was getting into it, Black swiped her tongue against Sae’s lower lip and proceeded to deepen the kiss. The latter’s arms wrapped around Black’s neck and pulled her in further as they indulged further, their tongues intertwining.
Black gave a little teasing nibble at Sae’s bottom lip before pulling away, seeing Sae’s glazed eyes and a pleased expression.
“You like that?”
Sae nodded in reply.
“You want more?”
“Yes..!”
“Then, you have to do me a favor. I need to get inside Intel to do a few important things. Can you make sure no one tries to interfere? I would hate for something to happen~.”
“Of course.. I’ll do that..”
“Especially, that Rena girl. Perhaps you can distract her for me until my job is finished,” Black tapped her chin before she thought of the perfect plan. “I know. Tomorrow, when I give the signal, I want you to find her and keep her distracted by seducing her. You’ll be so head over heels for her, all you want is her, just for yourself. Just keep her away long enough for me to finish. You can do that, right?”
“Yes.. keep Rena away…”
“And, lastly, you’ll completely forget that I’m Black. You only recognize me as Kashiwagi Yuki. Understood?”
Sae nodded with empty eyes. “Understood.”
“Good~.” Black kissed Sae’s lips shortly before moving down to her neck. “Now, a little reward. Itadakimasu~”
She bit into Sae’s neck and drank her blood, a small yelp escaping the hunter. The pain was soon replaced with pleasure and Sae clutched onto Black’s shirt, her heart racing.
Black licked her lips as she separated from her. She held up Sae’s chin and smiled.
“Let’s continue this somewhere more private.” She then picked her up on her feet and dragged her into the bedroom. Their long night was about to continue…
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To Be Continued
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