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Sort of a crossover between Slightly Damned, Vampire: the Requiem, and Hellsing. Still not quite sure it works.\n\n@@@@\n\n\tIn the darkness of a hidden underground complex, buried beneath the Great Tree of St. Curtis, a young secretary ran. Tesh Earthshade was a young Jakkai, and he was currently trying to avoid the Demons' pursuit – but he knew they were hot on his tail. He could hear them laugh as they ran after him.\n\n\tThe mayor had sent him to this complex with the instructions to find the sarcophagus in the room in the back and cut his finger. There lay the salvation of St. Curtis, and Fragaria. Perhaps even Medius itself. He stormed through the door and slammed the heavy thing shut, locking it and hurrying to the sarcophagus. It almost looked more like an altar than a sarcophagus, but it clearly was meant to move. He hesitated to draw the knife, barely even able to see, but he managed to do so and place it on his hand.\n\n\tHe couldn't force himself to do it. The fear of the Demons rattled him too much to hurt himself, until the door was rattled by an impact. He yelped, and hissed a half-second later when he realized he'd cut himself. Grumbling, he hoped it was enough.\n\n\tThe door was bashed wide open, revealing his pursuers in the torchlight behind them. The two Demons – one wolf-like with wings and an eye patch, one fox-like with red and yellow markings – stormed in, leering. The winged one made Lingo hand signs to the other Demon, stating, \"We're gonna take our time killing you.\"\n\n\t\"Oh, fuck me,\" someone groaned from behind Tesh. Tesh turned to stare in the direction of the voice, but only saw the sarcophagus. In shock and horror, he realized that someone was [i]in[/i] there. Confirming his thoughts, the lid slid off with a grind of stone on stone, then a great [i]crash[/i], and a Jakkai girl sat upright. She had purple eyes, a dark red shirt with a black vest, and a short lavender dress – or was it a long skirt? She glared at the two Demons, stating as she clambered out, \"You'd better have a good explanation for this, you dicks.\"\n\n\t\"What the hell?\" the Wind Demon snarled. \"Why do you smell half-dead...?!\"\n\n\tThe Jakkai smirked, exposing fangs that seemed just a tad too long to be right. They then extended another inch. \"Take a guess,\" she chuckled darkly, and in an instant she was on the Wind Demon's back, her teeth in the monster's neck.\n\n\tIt was at this point that Tesh realized what he was witnessing, and stumbled back in horror. The Wind Demon screamed and desperately tried to fight off the Jakkai, but to no avail – the [i]vampire[/i] had latched on tightly, and soon she fell to the ground, gurgling weakly. The Fire Demon had been looking around wildly, as if she couldn't hear the fight – was she deaf?\n\n\tIt didn't matter to the vampire – she was soon draining the last Demon.\n\n\tTesh shivered, backing away, whimpering as the vampire let go of the Demon. She then turned her eyes, glowing and violet, to Tesh, and quietly, slowly approached, her hands up slightly. \"I mean you no harm, boy,\" she told him.\n\n\t\"No, no, no!\" he whimpered, trying to scramble away and bumping against the sarcophagus. He began to whimper a prayer to Gaia as he cringed, begging Her for his salvation from this monster's evil in the Angelic language.\n\n\tFinally, a hand rest on his head, and he dared to open an eye. She spoke a short prayer in Angelic, then gently took his hand and licked up the wound, causing him to shiver at the contact. She smacked her lips a few times, before smiling, \"You're tasty. I [i]definitely[/i] want to keep you around, so you make more.\"\n\n\tTesh's jaw dropped. \"U-uh...wh-what?\" he managed.\n\n\t\"I can flirt later,\" she sighed, pinching her sinuses. \"Tell me what's going on, and the date. I want to know how long it's been since I went into torpor.\"\n\n\t\"...i-it's March 22nd, 784 AC,\" the young man replied.\n\n\t\"Okay, so not that long,\" she sighed. \"You'd think they'd learn to not need to call me every fifty or so years...but then, if the Great War is the problem, I can't blame 'em,\" she muttered. \"I'm Osia Shadeeyes, by the way.\" She turned around and pat her shoulders. \"Come on, get on my back and I'll get you around.\"\n\n\tThe young man had to wonder why he followed her instructions. Had she already dominated him with her dark powers? If so, she was being remarkably kind about it. Ignoring his fears, Tesh told her what he knew of the situation before they even reached the top of the stairwell out: Demons had attacked, they and some Angels were in the city, and everything was on fire after Melli blew up in a fight with Moku. Meeros apparently showed up afterwards to fight him, but things had only been chaotic since then.\n\n\tOsia took the young man to an alley not far from the complex's entrance, where she told him, \"I'll get you back to the mayor's offices. Once we're there, I'll let you off and I can fight the Demon menace.\"\n\n\t\"Alright,\" Tesh murmured. \"...thank you, miss Osia.\"\n\n\t\"No trouble,\" she smiled back. \"C'mon, let's go.\"\n\n@@@@\n\n\tBuwaro, Kieri, and Rhea were wrapped up in their thoughts as they were led by Azurai and Lazuli to the Gathering. Once Kieri was thrown to the other captured Angels, however, Iratu piped up. \"Buwaro, what are you and your [i]pet[/i] doing here on Medius?\"\n\n\t\"Wait, you know these guys?\" Azurai asked Iratu.\n\n\t\"I've met 'em before, yeah,\" Iratu growled. \"They're just some [i]losers[/i] from the Ring of the Slightly Damned.\"\n\n\tRhea scowled, but before anyone could say anything, the doors opened again. Another Jakkai walked in – in a strangely outdated mode of dress, yet with the anachronism of a black vest over her dark red dress shirt and the short lavender dress. Her purple eyes were full of disdain for the Demons gathered there – she locked eyes on Buwaro, and he hesitantly stepped away from her. Rhea did the same before she could even lay eyes on her.\n\n\tFinally, she stepped into the center of the room. She glanced at the traitorous Angel, then at Iratu, then Azurai and the scaled Wind Demon that had confronted the trio yesterday. \"May I speak to whomever is in charge?\"\n\n\t\"You fuckin' nuts, bitch?\" Azurai snapped, standing up. \"You even touch Iratu an' I'll gut you like the cunt you are.\"\n\n\tShe locked her eyes on his, and snarled, [b]\"Kneel.\"[/b] Her words held a weight that made everyone shiver from the sound.\n\n\tTo everyone's shock, Azurai knelt, his eyes glassy and unfocused, as if he weren't quite there anymore. [b]\"Bare your neck.\"[/b] He did, and the Jakkai stalked up to him.\n\n\t\"What the hell are you – \" Iratu began.\n\n\t[b]\"Bash your head against the wall five times,\"[/b] she told the Earth Demon, and he stood up jerkily. As he followed her unusual order to the letter, cracking the wall on the fourth whack, the Jakkai bit Azurai on the neck.\n\n\tRhea noted that there was only the slightest dribble of blood, and she felt her veins turn to ice. \"Oh holy fuck she's a vampire,\" she breathed.\n\n\tA moment later, Azurai was dropped to the floor, drained, eyes wide from shock. Then, the Jakkai vampire told Iratu, [b]\"Watch.\"[/b] The Demon turned to stare at the Jakkai as she –\n\n\t...kissed Azurai? [i]No,[/i] Rhea realized, seeing the slight dribble of blood out of the corner of Azurai's mouth, [i]she's feeding him...she's feeding him her stolen blood! What the hell is that all about?![/i]\n\n\tWith that, she backed away, looking somewhat fatigued. Azurai's breathing began to slow, then stopped entirely, before he jerked awake. \"What the fuck?!\" he yelped, grabbing his neck.\n\n\t[b]\"Bite me, and drink,\"[/b] she told him, offering her arm. He once again became glassy-eyed, and obliged.\n\n\tIratu, having finally come to his senses, yelped, \"What the hell did you do to him?!\"\n\n\tThe Jakkai only held up a finger, as if to say, \"Wait a minute.\" The General grew angry at the casual dismissal, and he stormed up to her, before she withdrew her arm from Azurai. \"Are you going to fight me?\" she asked him, stroking Azurai's head like one might a dog.\n\n\t\"I'm gonna kill you,\" Iratu snarled.\n\n\t\"I don't think my new slave would like that,\" she smiled. \"Toy, what is your name?\"\n\n\t\"My name is Azurai, mistress,\" the Fire Demon murmured, staring at her in adoration. Rhea shivered, and Iratu's jaw dropped.\n\n\t\"Beat this Iratu black and blue for me, would you?\" she asked – oddly, her voice didn't hold the same power it had echoed with before.\n\n\tAnd yet, Azurai struck Iratu with a sucker punch as if it were nothing. \"What the – Azurai!\" the Wind Demon snarled.\n\n\t\"Shaddap!\" Azurai snarled back, before smacking Iratu twice across the face, [i]hard.[/i] The stunned Earth Demon didn't stand a chance as Azurai picked him up and threw him into a wall. \"Anything else?\" he asked the vampire with a reverent tone.\n\n\t\"Not for now,\" she smiled, scratching him under his chin, to his apparent delight. All eyes were on the undead Jakkai and her new slave, the sheer shock and terror tangible in the air – one could nearly taste it. She'd even [i]called him a slave[/i], and he didn't seem to mind at all. Buwaro gulped audibly, backing into a corner in fear. The Fire Demon next to Verammi slowly stood up, as if ready to try and sneak away. \"There are only a few Demons left in the city,\" the vampire told him casually, not taking her eyes off of Azurai, \"and the entirety of the St. Curtis town guard is about to surround the building. Even if you made it outside, past me, you'd be peppered with arrows. So, I'm going to make my ultimatum now. Got it, you retarded freaks of nature?\"\n\n\tIt was at this point that she lifted her dress, pulling her panties off, and walked straight towards the bar that Iratu and Azurai had been sitting upon. Once there, she hopped up onto it and lifted her dress again, exposing her naked groin. \"Azurai, dear? Lick,\" she said, ignoring the stares. Azurai approached, knelt, and hesitantly began to do so. After a moment, she blinked. \"You're not putting in much effort,\" she frowned down at him. \"Not into girls?\n\n\t\"S-sorry, mistress,\" he murmured.\n\n\t\"It's alright, dear,\" she said, rubbing one of his ears, causing his tail to wag \"Figures, you were probably that big oaf's boyfriend.\"\n\n\t\"Yes mistress.\" The oaf in question groaned weakly as he sat up, obviously still woozy.\n\n\t\"Poor thing,\" she cooed. \"Putting up with that brute...\n\n\t\"Alright, you twits, listen up and listen good, 'cuz I'm only saying this once,\" she told the Demons. \"Your General has no power. I could just tear his throat out with my teeth if I were a crazy enough bitch, but I'm not in the mood to slaughter any more Demons today. I've already killed...oh, seven? They all tasted like shit, by the way – must be the sin they were laden with, or something.\" The crowd shivered – she'd killed seven Demons [i]by herself[/i]? That was terrifying, considering that no one else seemed to have managed [i]one[/i].\n\n\tIgnoring their terror, she continued, \"So, from what I can tell, you're trying to commit genocide and conquer Medius in the same breath with your ritual. Well, your mission is over; you've lost. Go home to Hell as the conquered. And before you do, you will each free two Angels. If you do not, I will drain you dry, or have Azurai do so for me,\" she smirked, \"and I won't revive you into vampires like I did my new pet. Understand?\"\n\n\tBuwaro whimpered for a moment, glancing at the Angels. \"K-Kieri Suizahn, Kazai Suizahn,\" he muttered. The cuffs came off with a trio of snaps per Angel.\n\n\t{Okay, Kieri, what is going [i]on[/i]?!} Kazai yelped at his sister.\n\n\t{Vampire Jakkai is fighting the Demons, succeeding handily, she wants us free, and she wants them to go home,} Kieri summarized quickly. Every single Angel that didn't understand Lingo jerked at that.\n\n\t{Indeed,} the vampire in question replied in Angelic. All eyes turned to her in shock. {I'm not the best with it,} she yawned, {but I'm fluent enough. I do have two centuries under my belt, after all.} She turned her glare to the Demons, scowling, \"Now then, follow the boy's example. Normally I'm not such a bitch, but considering the mess you made of a city composed almost entirely of hippies, I shouldn't have even made the fucking offer, you disgusting little shits.\"\n\n\t\"How dare you,\" Lazuli snarled. \"That bitch killed Talus!\" she shouted, pointing at Kieri. \"She killed my [i]friend[/i]!\"\n\n\t\"And you were about to kill [i]children[/i] and entire [i]families[/i],\" the vampire snorted. \"So honestly, that's fair, since you get stopped and she probably killed him in self de-fuckin'-fense, considering your attitude right now. Am I wrong?\" she asked. \"Did she attack you without provocation?\" Lazuli glared at the vampire, but didn't respond. \"I thought so,\" she snorted at the Water Demon's impotent rage. \"If anyone is at fault, it's your dumbass general.\"\n\n\tAs Lazuli looked away, now shamed, Kieri approached Buwaro and hugged him tightly. \"I'm glad you're safe, Kieri,\" he murmured, hugging her back.\n\n\t\"Oh?\" the vampire asked. \"This is a treat to see,\" she smiled finally. She then glared at Verammi as she muttered something. \"'Unnatural', huh? This from an Angel, a [i]Seraph[/i], who was literally willing to sacrifice her own people in a ritual designed to kill more Angels. I'd call you a hypocrite and scum, but that last part would be an insult to pond algae, and that stuff actually serves a purpose in nature. You don't.\" Verammi winced at the words. \"Unless you'd rather be munching my rug, instead of Azurai?\" she asked the Angel, who paled considerably and backed away rapidly. \"Then you'd better start unlocking these cuffs with the rest of your fellow idiots, [i]bitch[/i].\"\n\n@@@@\n\n\tIn the end, the fires were put out, and the Angels were freed at the vampire's request. The surviving Demons went back to Hell – or, most of them did. The exceptions were Buwaro, Sahne, Lakritz, and Zuma, a purple-feathered Wind Demon who seemed to be just as reluctant as the other three. The vampire introduced herself as Osia to these four, along with their friends, in a surprisingly civil manner.\n\n\tAlso staying on Medius was Azurai, who, after being traced to a few murders in town, was ordered to tie himself up to a tree and wait for the sunrise. Upon being touched by the sun's rays, Azurai [i]burned[/i] with blue, holy fire. On the other hand, his master stayed up long after the sun had climbed over the mountains, and was completely fine. \"That psycho's screams were music to my ears,\" she sighed happily, remembering Azurai's agony.\n\n\t\"Says the literal blood-drinker,\" Rhea muttered.\n\n\t\"Oh, I don't deny that,\" Osia replied. \"There's a reason I go into hibernation so often – I don't want to get too hungry some night or another and kill one of the people I'm sworn to protect.\"\n\n\tRhea's eyes widened. \"You know,\" she said slowly, \"I'd heard the Council of Fragaria had a secret weapon that they hesitated to use...a 'bio-weapon' of great power. I guess it's a 'necro-weapon' then?\"\n\n\t\"Yes ma'am,\" Osia smiled, almost bubbling at the other Jakkai's shock.\n\n\tBuwaro hesitantly turned to Osia, before saying, \"Thank you. You saved Kieri's – [i]Snowy's[/i] life. And mine, and Rhea's, and a whole lotta others.\"\n\n\t\"You're welcome, Buwaro,\" the vampire grinned. \"Glad to have met you. But, I gotta get back into torpor until next time,\" she sighed, stretching a bit. \"It's a damn shame, I wanted to help rebuild a bit. But, orders are orders, no matter how old they are.\"\n\n\tA throat cleared. \"M-miss Shadeeyes?\" All eyes turned to see a young Jakkai male with a pair of glasses and a nice-looking outfit that was a little sooty. \"I...on that note,\" he said hesitantly. \"I...managed to get the mayor to hold off on that order, for the time being.\"\n\n\t\"Oh?\" she asked, surprised. \"Why?\"\n\n\t\"W-well,\" he blushed, \"I felt it would be best that you get some semblance of knowledge of the changes in the past forty-five years. And, uh...\"\n\n\tShe smirked. \"Get over the fear, then, huh?\" He nodded slowly. \"Sure, I can hang around for a while,\" she giggled. \"Just one thing, Casanova: don't think I'm going to let you in as easy as I did that Azurai punk. I was just making a point there, it was to throw 'em off their game.\" The young man blushed brighter at her words, chuckling nervously. His laughter was infectious, and despite the rather grim morning, it seemed as if things would finally be okay.", "writing_bbcode_parsed": "A story about a Jakkai vampire, which takes place during the attack on St. Curtis.  Sort of a crossover between Slightly Damned, Vampire: the Requiem, and Hellsing.  Still not quite sure it works.

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\tIn the darkness of a hidden underground complex, buried beneath the Great Tree of St. Curtis, a young secretary ran.  Tesh Earthshade was a young Jakkai, and he was currently trying to avoid the Demons' pursuit – but he knew they were hot on his tail.  He could hear them laugh as they ran after him.

\tThe mayor had sent him to this complex with the instructions to find the sarcophagus in the room in the back and cut his finger.  There lay the salvation of St. Curtis, and Fragaria.  Perhaps even Medius itself.  He stormed through the door and slammed the heavy thing shut, locking it and hurrying to the sarcophagus.  It almost looked more like an altar than a sarcophagus, but it clearly was meant to move.  He hesitated to draw the knife, barely even able to see, but he managed to do so and place it on his hand.

\tHe couldn't force himself to do it.  The fear of the Demons rattled him too much to hurt himself, until the door was rattled by an impact.  He yelped, and hissed a half-second later when he realized he'd cut himself.  Grumbling, he hoped it was enough.

\tThe door was bashed wide open, revealing his pursuers in the torchlight behind them.  The two Demons – one wolf-like with wings and an eye patch, one fox-like with red and yellow markings – stormed in, leering.  The winged one made Lingo hand signs to the other Demon, stating, "We're gonna take our time killing you."

\t"Oh, fuck me," someone groaned from behind Tesh.  Tesh turned to stare in the direction of the voice, but only saw the sarcophagus.  In shock and horror, he realized that someone was in there.  Confirming his thoughts, the lid slid off with a grind of stone on stone, then a great crash, and a Jakkai girl sat upright.  She had purple eyes, a dark red shirt with a black vest, and a short lavender dress – or was it a long skirt?  She glared at the two Demons, stating as she clambered out, "You'd better have a good explanation for this, you dicks."

\t"What the hell?" the Wind Demon snarled.  "Why do you smell half-dead...?!"

\tThe Jakkai smirked, exposing fangs that seemed just a tad too long to be right.  They then extended another inch.  "Take a guess," she chuckled darkly, and in an instant she was on the Wind Demon's back, her teeth in the monster's neck.

\tIt was at this point that Tesh realized what he was witnessing, and stumbled back in horror.  The Wind Demon screamed and desperately tried to fight off the Jakkai, but to no avail – the vampire had latched on tightly, and soon she fell to the ground, gurgling weakly.  The Fire Demon had been looking around wildly, as if she couldn't hear the fight – was she deaf?

\tIt didn't matter to the vampire – she was soon draining the last Demon.

\tTesh shivered, backing away, whimpering as the vampire let go of the Demon.  She then turned her eyes, glowing and violet, to Tesh, and quietly, slowly approached, her hands up slightly.  "I mean you no harm, boy," she told him.

\t"No, no, no!" he whimpered, trying to scramble away and bumping against the sarcophagus.  He began to whimper a prayer to Gaia as he cringed, begging Her for his salvation from this monster's evil in the Angelic language.

\tFinally, a hand rest on his head, and he dared to open an eye.  She spoke a short prayer in Angelic, then gently took his hand and licked up the wound, causing him to shiver at the contact.  She smacked her lips a few times, before smiling, "You're tasty.  I definitely want to keep you around, so you make more."

\tTesh's jaw dropped.  "U-uh...wh-what?" he managed.

\t"I can flirt later," she sighed, pinching her sinuses.  "Tell me what's going on, and the date.  I want to know how long it's been since I went into torpor."

\t"...i-it's March 22nd, 784 AC," the young man replied.

\t"Okay, so not that long," she sighed.  "You'd think they'd learn to not need to call me every fifty or so years...but then, if the Great War is the problem, I can't blame 'em," she muttered.  "I'm Osia Shadeeyes, by the way."  She turned around and pat her shoulders.  "Come on, get on my back and I'll get you around."

\tThe young man had to wonder why he followed her instructions.  Had she already dominated him with her dark powers?  If so, she was being remarkably kind about it.  Ignoring his fears, Tesh told her what he knew of the situation before they even reached the top of the stairwell out: Demons had attacked, they and some Angels were in the city, and everything was on fire after Melli blew up in a fight with Moku.  Meeros apparently showed up afterwards to fight him, but things had only been chaotic since then.

\tOsia took the young man to an alley not far from the complex's entrance, where she told him, "I'll get you back to the mayor's offices.  Once we're there, I'll let you off and I can fight the Demon menace."

\t"Alright," Tesh murmured.  "...thank you, miss Osia."

\t"No trouble," she smiled back.  "C'mon, let's go."

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\tBuwaro, Kieri, and Rhea were wrapped up in their thoughts as they were led by Azurai and Lazuli to the Gathering.  Once Kieri was thrown to the other captured Angels, however, Iratu piped up.  "Buwaro, what are you and your pet doing here on Medius?"

\t"Wait, you know these guys?" Azurai asked Iratu.

\t"I've met 'em before, yeah," Iratu growled.  "They're just some losers from the Ring of the Slightly Damned."

\tRhea scowled, but before anyone could say anything, the doors opened again.  Another Jakkai walked in – in a strangely outdated mode of dress, yet with the anachronism of a black vest over her dark red dress shirt and the short lavender dress.  Her purple eyes were full of disdain for the Demons gathered there – she locked eyes on Buwaro, and he hesitantly stepped away from her.  Rhea did the same before she could even lay eyes on her.

\tFinally, she stepped into the center of the room.  She glanced at the traitorous Angel, then at Iratu, then Azurai and the scaled Wind Demon that had confronted the trio yesterday.  "May I speak to whomever is in charge?"

\t"You fuckin' nuts, bitch?" Azurai snapped, standing up.  "You even touch Iratu an' I'll gut you like the cunt you are."

\tShe locked her eyes on his, and snarled, "Kneel."  Her words held a weight that made everyone shiver from the sound.

\tTo everyone's shock, Azurai knelt, his eyes glassy and unfocused, as if he weren't quite there anymore.  "Bare your neck."  He did, and the Jakkai stalked up to him.

\t"What the hell are you – " Iratu began.

\t"Bash your head against the wall five times," she told the Earth Demon, and he stood up jerkily.  As he followed her unusual order to the letter, cracking the wall on the fourth whack, the Jakkai bit Azurai on the neck.

\tRhea noted that there was only the slightest dribble of blood, and she felt her veins turn to ice.  "Oh holy fuck she's a vampire," she breathed.

\tA moment later, Azurai was dropped to the floor, drained, eyes wide from shock.  Then, the Jakkai vampire told Iratu, "Watch."  The Demon turned to stare at the Jakkai as she –

\t...kissed Azurai?  No, Rhea realized, seeing the slight dribble of blood out of the corner of Azurai's mouth, she's feeding him...she's feeding him her stolen blood!  What the hell is that all about?!

\tWith that, she backed away, looking somewhat fatigued.  Azurai's breathing began to slow, then stopped entirely, before he jerked awake.  "What the fuck?!" he yelped, grabbing his neck.

\t"Bite me, and drink," she told him, offering her arm.  He once again became glassy-eyed, and obliged.

\tIratu, having finally come to his senses, yelped, "What the hell did you do to him?!"

\tThe Jakkai only held up a finger, as if to say, "Wait a minute."  The General grew angry at the casual dismissal, and he stormed up to her, before she withdrew her arm from Azurai.  "Are you going to fight me?" she asked him, stroking Azurai's head like one might a dog.

\t"I'm gonna kill you," Iratu snarled.

\t"I don't think my new slave would like that," she smiled.  "Toy, what is your name?"

\t"My name is Azurai, mistress," the Fire Demon murmured, staring at her in adoration.  Rhea shivered, and Iratu's jaw dropped.

\t"Beat this Iratu black and blue for me, would you?" she asked – oddly, her voice didn't hold the same power it had echoed with before.

\tAnd yet, Azurai struck Iratu with a sucker punch as if it were nothing.  "What the – Azurai!" the Wind Demon snarled.

\t"Shaddap!" Azurai snarled back, before smacking Iratu twice across the face, hard.  The stunned Earth Demon didn't stand a chance as Azurai picked him up and threw him into a wall.  "Anything else?" he asked the vampire with a reverent tone.

\t"Not for now," she smiled, scratching him under his chin, to his apparent delight.  All eyes were on the undead Jakkai and her new slave, the sheer shock and terror tangible in the air – one could nearly taste it.  She'd even called him a slave, and he didn't seem to mind at all.  Buwaro gulped audibly, backing into a corner in fear.  The Fire Demon next to Verammi slowly stood up, as if ready to try and sneak away.  "There are only a few Demons left in the city," the vampire told him casually, not taking her eyes off of Azurai, "and the entirety of the St. Curtis town guard is about to surround the building.  Even if you made it outside, past me, you'd be peppered with arrows.  So, I'm going to make my ultimatum now.  Got it, you retarded freaks of nature?"

\tIt was at this point that she lifted her dress, pulling her panties off, and walked straight towards the bar that Iratu and Azurai had been sitting upon.  Once there, she hopped up onto it and lifted her dress again, exposing her naked groin.  "Azurai, dear?  Lick," she said, ignoring the stares.  Azurai approached, knelt, and hesitantly began to do so.  After a moment, she blinked.  "You're not putting in much effort," she frowned down at him.  "Not into girls?

\t"S-sorry, mistress," he murmured.

\t"It's alright, dear," she said, rubbing one of his ears, causing his tail to wag  "Figures, you were probably that big oaf's boyfriend."

\t"Yes mistress."  The oaf in question groaned weakly as he sat up, obviously still woozy.

\t"Poor thing," she cooed.  "Putting up with that brute...

\t"Alright, you twits, listen up and listen good, 'cuz I'm only saying this once," she told the Demons.  "Your General has no power.  I could just tear his throat out with my teeth if I were a crazy enough bitch, but I'm not in the mood to slaughter any more Demons today.  I've already killed...oh, seven?  They all tasted like shit, by the way – must be the sin they were laden with, or something."  The crowd shivered – she'd killed seven Demons by herself?  That was terrifying, considering that no one else seemed to have managed one.

\tIgnoring their terror, she continued, "So, from what I can tell, you're trying to commit genocide and conquer Medius in the same breath with your ritual.  Well, your mission is over; you've lost.  Go home to Hell as the conquered.  And before you do, you will each free two Angels.  If you do not, I will drain you dry, or have Azurai do so for me," she smirked, "and I won't revive you into vampires like I did my new pet.  Understand?"

\tBuwaro whimpered for a moment, glancing at the Angels.  "K-Kieri Suizahn, Kazai Suizahn," he muttered.  The cuffs came off with a trio of snaps per Angel.

\t{Okay, Kieri, what is going on?!} Kazai yelped at his sister.

\t{Vampire Jakkai is fighting the Demons, succeeding handily, she wants us free, and she wants them to go home,} Kieri summarized quickly.  Every single Angel that didn't understand Lingo jerked at that.

\t{Indeed,} the vampire in question replied in Angelic.  All eyes turned to her in shock.  {I'm not the best with it,} she yawned, {but I'm fluent enough.  I do have two centuries under my belt, after all.}  She turned her glare to the Demons, scowling, "Now then, follow the boy's example.  Normally I'm not such a bitch, but considering the mess you made of a city composed almost entirely of hippies, I shouldn't have even made the fucking offer, you disgusting little shits."

\t"How dare you," Lazuli snarled.  "That bitch killed Talus!" she shouted, pointing at Kieri.  "She killed my friend!"

\t"And you were about to kill children and entire families," the vampire snorted.  "So honestly, that's fair, since you get stopped and she probably killed him in self de-fuckin'-fense, considering your attitude right now.  Am I wrong?" she asked.  "Did she attack you without provocation?"  Lazuli glared at the vampire, but didn't respond.  "I thought so," she snorted at the Water Demon's impotent rage.  "If anyone is at fault, it's your dumbass general."

\tAs Lazuli looked away, now shamed, Kieri approached Buwaro and hugged him tightly.  "I'm glad you're safe, Kieri," he murmured, hugging her back.

\t"Oh?" the vampire asked.  "This is a treat to see," she smiled finally.  She then glared at Verammi as she muttered something.  "'Unnatural', huh?  This from an Angel, a Seraph, who was literally willing to sacrifice her own people in a ritual designed to kill more Angels.  I'd call you a hypocrite and scum, but that last part would be an insult to pond algae, and that stuff actually serves a purpose in nature.  You don't."  Verammi winced at the words.  "Unless you'd rather be munching my rug, instead of Azurai?" she asked the Angel, who paled considerably and backed away rapidly.  "Then you'd better start unlocking these cuffs with the rest of your fellow idiots, bitch."

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\tIn the end, the fires were put out, and the Angels were freed at the vampire's request.  The surviving Demons went back to Hell – or, most of them did.  The exceptions were Buwaro, Sahne, Lakritz, and Zuma, a purple-feathered Wind Demon who seemed to be just as reluctant as the other three.  The vampire introduced herself as Osia to these four, along with their friends, in a surprisingly civil manner.

\tAlso staying on Medius was Azurai, who, after being traced to a few murders in town, was ordered to tie himself up to a tree and wait for the sunrise.  Upon being touched by the sun's rays, Azurai burned with blue, holy fire.  On the other hand, his master stayed up long after the sun had climbed over the mountains, and was completely fine.  "That psycho's screams were music to my ears," she sighed happily, remembering Azurai's agony.

\t"Says the literal blood-drinker," Rhea muttered.

\t"Oh, I don't deny that," Osia replied.  "There's a reason I go into hibernation so often – I don't want to get too hungry some night or another and kill one of the people I'm sworn to protect."

\tRhea's eyes widened.  "You know," she said slowly, "I'd heard the Council of Fragaria had a secret weapon that they hesitated to use...a 'bio-weapon' of great power.  I guess it's a 'necro-weapon' then?"

\t"Yes ma'am," Osia smiled, almost bubbling at the other Jakkai's shock.

\tBuwaro hesitantly turned to Osia, before saying, "Thank you.  You saved Kieri's – Snowy's life.  And mine, and Rhea's, and a whole lotta others."

\t"You're welcome, Buwaro," the vampire grinned.  "Glad to have met you.  But, I gotta get back into torpor until next time," she sighed, stretching a bit.  "It's a damn shame, I wanted to help rebuild a bit.  But, orders are orders, no matter how old they are."

\tA throat cleared.  "M-miss Shadeeyes?"  All eyes turned to see a young Jakkai male with a pair of glasses and a nice-looking outfit that was a little sooty.  "I...on that note," he said hesitantly.  "I...managed to get the mayor to hold off on that order, for the time being."

\t"Oh?" she asked, surprised.  "Why?"

\t"W-well," he blushed, "I felt it would be best that you get some semblance of knowledge of the changes in the past forty-five years.  And, uh..."

\tShe smirked.  "Get over the fear, then, huh?"  He nodded slowly.  "Sure, I can hang around for a while," she giggled.  "Just one thing, Casanova: don't think I'm going to let you in as easy as I did that Azurai punk.  I was just making a point there, it was to throw 'em off their game."  The young man blushed brighter at her words, chuckling nervously.  His laughter was infectious, and despite the rather grim morning, it seemed as if things would finally be okay.", "pools_count": 0, "title": "Fangs for the Wakeup Call", "deleted": "f", "public": "t", "mimetype": "application/msword", "pagecount": "1", "rating_id": "2", "rating_name": "Adult", "ratings": [ { "content_tag_id": "4", "name": "Sexual Themes", "description": "Erotic imagery, sexual activity or arousal", "rating_id": "2" }, { "content_tag_id": "5", "name": "Strong Violence", "description": "Strong violence, blood, serious injury or death", "rating_id": "2" } ], "submission_type_id": "12", "type_name": "Writing - Document", "guest_block": "t", "friends_only": "f", "comments_count": "0", "views": "225" }