Under the Blood Moon

Selfish Request

Third person: Sion ran to the Tonho estate, not knowing how long until sunrise. She barely made it before the sun rose and she sighed in relief.

Sion pov- as I entered the estate I was met by two red-haired maids. They introduced themselves as Hisui and Kohaku. They told me that Master Shiki and Akiha wouldn't be able to see me today, so Arcuied would show me around.

"Hello Eltnum, how's your day so far!!" Yelled Arcuied as she jumped down the banister and landed on the ground below.

"You know it's fine. I really appreciate you helping me. I honestly thought you would say no", I laughed. She just glared at me.

"I can't say no to a cutie like you" she mockingly said as she gently caressed my face.

I grabbed her arm and squeezed it, making her let out a laugh "so cold Sion, and here I thought we were such good friends" she said, rolling her eyes and walking away.

"Arcueid I know this isn't my place to ask you about this, but I have one last selfish request" I said, bowing.

She just glared at me "go on..." She said, sitting down on the ground.

"Please help me take out Wallachia" I pleaded as I groveled in front of the White Princess of the True Ancestors.

She pondered it for a second before giving her answer "sure why not?" She sighed, letting out a giggle.

I looked up at her in confusion. "Wait... just like that your going to help me?"

"Yeah, sure. I mean I'm sure we have the strength to do it. Three dead apostles and a shield knight is a good enough team" she said as she stood up.

"As long as Shiki doesn't get involved, I'm fine" Arcueid stated as she stood up.

Arcuied stared off into space pondering something despite me trying to get her attention. I couldn't that's how deep her thought was. I could tell she wanted to tell me something, but she finally spoke

"There is an actual reason why I want to help you, Eltnum..."

I felt the air grow cold as the tension grew. The silence killed me as every second went by feeling like an eternity. She thought about it for a while longer but then she finally spoke again.

"Just forget about it. Let me take you on the tour" Arcueid said, grabbing my arm and pulling me up the stairs.

The Tohno estate was huge, bigger than the mansion I lived in back at home. I noticed the two maids following close behind us, making sure that Arcuied and I didn't get into a fight. Not much happened after that. We went around the manor. She showed me every room besides Akiha's room. She was most excited about going to the kitchen, though we made it back to the main lobby and suddenly the door burst open.

"Sion I found you!!" Panted Satsuki

"Saachin, what are you doing here?" I asked, waiting for her to catch her breath.

"Wallachia has made his move. He's looking for you..." She said as she started to steady her breathing

A girl appeared behind her. "I knew you'd lead me her" She growled as she went to kick Satsuki, who barely managed to dodge by ducking under her leg.

Satsuki pov: Damnit I shouldn't have used depletion garden twice. I thought barley managed to block the incoming assault.

"Your starting to get worn out..." the girl mocked as she kicked me in the stomach, sending me flying into the manor.

I quickly recovered as the girl ran towards me. I saw Arcuied try to jump in to help but Sion stopped her, knowing that I wanted to do this on my own. I wanted to prove my strength.

She started sending a flurry of punches as she ran towards me, so as soon as she was in range I did the same. Our fists connected and continuously kept hitting each other with each punch. Our knuckles started to bleed. We punched so much that the skin on our hand was torn to shreds.

She immediately kicked her in the stomach but I let her hit me in order to grab her leg. " Let's go for a spin!!!" I yelled, spinning her around by the leg as I suddenly let go, throwing her through one of the windows glass peirced into her body as she was sent tumbling down the steps and crashing into the pathway below

It took almost a minute to stand again. She slowly pulled the glass out of her arm, torso, leg, and head as she ran towards me.

Shit, I'm at my limit.... I thought to myself as she inched closer and my vision started to blur.

"You are strong but alone, you are nothing to the Tatari!!!" Miyako screeched as she was about to kick me in the face.

"That's why she isn't alone!!!" Sion screamed as she wrapped a wire around Miyako's leg, pulling her away, sending her crashing into the nearby wall. She then followed up by pulling her towards Arcueid, who hit her with a heavy kick. I watched as she was sent flying, barely managing to recover before smashing into another wall.

"Master Arcuried and Master Eltnum, a woman like you shouldn't be fighting, let us fight" the two red-haired maids said, stepping in front of the two girls.

"I'm not sure if you two can handle this" Sion said, trying to walk forward, but she was held back by Arcuied.

"Just watch" she said calmly. Sion decided to let her guard down and do as told.

Third person: The two girls quickly jumped into the Frey. Hisui started off using a dark jade fist, proving to be effective as Miyako got hit, causing her to be stunned long enough to get swept by Kohaku who was using simple martial arts while swinging the broom around.

The two maids were toying with Miyako. They could block everything thrown at them but she couldn't block their attacks. Kohaku started to reveal a hidden blade in her broom before stopping. She didn't want to kill the girl, so she swiftly slammed the end of the broom back down and whacked her with it instead.

"You are just two maids. Why are you this strong!?!" Miyako screamed as Wallachia got angrier and angrier at all these disturbances.

"Oh, are you worried that you will fail Mr. Vampire lord?" Kohaku mockingly said, pushing Wallachia's buttons.

"No, I must succeed in killing Archetype Earth. I must get rid of the possibility of the crimson moon, and I need to capture Osiris" Miyako screamed as her voice got more and more distorted.

Eltnum glared at Arcuied, asking her what he meant by the crimson moon, but she quickly defused the situation by changing the subject.

"I assume if nothing is done by tonight she will fully be under Wallachia's control. We must beat her today" Arcuied said, so the two maids understood to stop playing around.

Kohaki immediately got Miyako in a headlock and ordered her sister to attack her. With everything she had, Hisui did just that. She slammed into her using a dark jade fist. She then grabbed a nearby chair and prepared to hit her with it.

Their fight was cut short, as Akiha and Shiki came out of the room to see what all the noise was. Akiha looked over the banister and saw Miyako.

"Miyako Armia huh... I'll get rid of this nuisance" Akiha growled as her black hair started to glow red.

Akiha was stopped by Shiki. "I have a request. I want to fight Miyako"

Akiha glared at Shiki like he'd just told her the dumbest thing she'd ever heard. She pondered for a second before letting out an annoyed sigh.

"Fine, but if you get hurt I'll kill that girl where she stands, Nii-chan" she snarled.

Shiki looked over and saw Satsuki standing there. Sion got defensive over her, shielding her from his sight. Even Arcuied gave him a look of disapproval as he tried to stare at the girl. Satsuki's words still haunt him to this day. He still regrets what happened that day.

"Miyako, don't worry, I'll save you" Shiki said softly as she jumped into battle.