Dance Of Night (A Diabolik Lovers Fanfiction)

Chapter 16 Full Disclosure

"What are you doing here?" I asked, anger filling my voice.

"Ayame, calm down," said Edgar, standing between Shu and I.

"I was not talking to you Edgar, I was talking to that liar," I spat out.

"Let me explain Ayame, please," said Shu in a very calm voice, as if the tone itself could make me less angered. It could not.

"You have nothing to explain to me," I said. "I do not need to know why you did it, I only care that you did."

Shu's blue eyes fell to the ground, saddened and somewhat desperate.

"Ayame, maybe he has a good explanation for all of this," said Edgar.

"Edgar how can you defend him? Did you even know what he did or did he just lie to you again?" Shu seemed hurt by this comment, as his face scrunched. I did not care if I hurt him at the moment. A part of me even wanted to hurt him. I was no longer in control of my emotions, it was like it had been at the ball earlier that night.

"Edgar he lied to us!! He lied about who he was!! He said he waited at the party, but he is actually Shu Sakamaki!! THE ELDEST SON OF THE MAN THAT I TOLD YOU HAS ME IN HIW POWER!!!!" I yelled, full of rage.

At this Edgar only lifted his arms as if to calm me down. He did not seem surprised at all.

"Let him explain himself Ayame!" he yelled back at me.

"Explain? Why are you even def-" I stopped myself as realization dawned on me. I could not believe it. "You... You knew... Edgar, did you know?"

"I... It- it is difficul-" he tried to say.

"EDGAR DID YOU KNOW?" I demanded.

At the lack of response, I knew it was true. Hurt dwelled within me, knowing that my best friends had been lying to me from the beginning of our relationship. But what was even more prominent was the anger. My skin began to glow red once more, as it had some hours before, and I knew my eyes were becoming a deep shade of red. Edgar stared at me with eyes wide open now, while Shu, who had already seen this, remained calm, but grabbed Edgar by the shoulders and pulled him farther away from me. I glared at both of them with the most life-threatening look I had ever given.

"How could you?" I asked. My voice was distorted, it was as if three people were talking in chorus with me, but they were all me. "I believed in you... I never doubted you..."

The ground started to shake lightly under me, the soli moving slightly. But I did not ponder on it at all, rage consumed me.

"Ayame, please, you have to calm down," Shu pleaded, still calm.

"You have no right to talk to me, Shu," I said, almost spitting out his name.

"This is exactly what I was trying to avoid!!" he yelled now, finally losing his collected demeanor.

"You could have avoided this by simply being honest from the start!" I countered.

"You do not know that... If you had know who I am... what I am..." he trailed.

"What you are?" asked Edgar, finally able to speak again.

"Oh... so he did not tell you?" I asked, turning to Edgar. "Let me fill you in on our little secret. You know all those stories adults tell children about terrible beasts to frighten them into staying out of dangerous places? About vampires, and werewolves, and demons? They are all true Edgar. They were always true. Shu and I both come from the demon realm where we live amongst these creatures. We cross into your realm, the human realm, every time we meet," Shu kept silent, looking at the ground all the time while I ranted. He had let go of Edgar, who was looking at his friend in disbelief. "And what is more, not only did Shu not tell you about these facts, but he also kept to himself the most important one. He is not human. He is a vampire himself. And not just any vampire... He is the son of the Vampire King, whom I now have to marry in less than three years!!!!!" Edgar's head snapped to me, shock in his face, mouth wide open, while Shu clenched his fists tight. "The reason why the Vampire King, Karl Heinz, is so interested in me is because my blood is extremely rare, apparently the best there is. More than that, he finds me intriguing because I have special abilities. I thought I was human, but I cannot assert that anymore. I can regenerate myself if cut in any way, and tonight I found out that I glow red while things close to me begin to tremble when I am extremely angry ... As I am right now." I finished, glaring at both of them still. The earth beneath me moved and from it tips of vines began to emerge, surrounding my feet. It was a rose bush. What was going on?

"Is this all true?" Edgar asked in a very low voice, facing Shu. He was extremely pale.

"It is," Shu answered, not being able to look at any of us anymore. Edgar walked away from him, and closer to me.

"So that is how it is, Edgar. We have both been keeping things from each other, but Shu was the one keeping things from both of us, he always had the upper hand," I snarled, the roses at my feet beginning to bloom. The thorns brushed my feet.

Shu finally lifted his face, his eyes screaming in pain. He began walking towards me. My anger slowly receded upon looking into those eyes.

"Ayame... you must understand... At first I did it because I wanted to see how you would treat me not knowing who I was... But then I feared that if I told you, you would hate me forever and would never again speak to me. I cherish you so much... I did not want to loose you."

"Shu..." I said, my anger all gone. Instead, there was just pain; a tremendous amount of pain. I fell to the ground then, kneeling, but did not faint as I had before. The rose thorns cut my skin but as sun as the cuts were made they were gone. Droplets of blood began to fall from my deepest cuts as I looked at an approaching Shu. He was close to me now, extending his hand to me. He was about to touch my cheek, to hold it, when I spoke again.

"You already did," I whispered.

His hand froze centimetres away from my face. His eyes, widened as never before, looked into mine, searching desperately for a sign that what I had just said was not true. He found none.

In an instant, his whole face became unreadable. He straightened up, for he had bent over to be near my level. He bowed slightly, and then disappeared.

Edgar, who had not moved that whole time, seemed to be still processing everything. He looked at me finally, noticing my tears, and seemed to be about to head in my direction, but decided not to, turning around and heading towards his village.

And so, I was alone, near a village in the human realm, destined to become Karl Heinz's bride, my two best friends not even being my friends any longer, every other friend I had the son of the terrible man I was supposed to marry. My Father had sold me, my Mother was withheld by him. I was... alone.

I wanted to cry. Kneeling as I was, I wanted to cry like a little girl, like the little girl I was still. But I could not... I had not for the past 8 years, since that day I had cut myself when I was five. I stayed like that for many minutes.

When I calmed down, I looked at the roses I was kneeling on. They were beautiful red roses. I had made them come out of the ground. Could I do it again? I did not want to try at the moment, but told myself I should try some other time. I plucked one of the roses, a reminder of the night, and hooked it to my dress.

I then stood and slowly returned to the demon realm. The party was already over, and no one I knew was left. I could not find my parents anywhere.

"There is a cab waiting for you, my lady," said a servant whom I had never seen before. "I have been told to tell you upon your return that your Father has arranged for you to live away from them, in a separate house, only to be visited by your tutors and dressers. You will live with a few maids who will take care of you, but there is to be no unnecessary interaction with them."

"What?" I asked, in disbelief. "For how long?"

"Until you come to live with my Master, Karl Heinz-sama, my lady."

"I see," I commented, concealing every single one of my feelings. "Thank you for letting me know."

The servant led me to the cab and bowed, going away. I got into the carriage, and away it went, taking me to the new home where I would be spending my next few years.