Twisted Wonderland x Yui Komori: Justice
They realized too late what had happened.
In their defense, they only went to her when they needed to eat, and when they couldn't find her, the first thing each of them assumed was that one of their brothers must be "busy" with her, so they just had to endure their hunger (or give in to the common blood, which by this point tasted repulsive). It wasn't until the triplets realized that none of the three knew where she was that they knew something was wrong. Yui had disappeared, and no one had noticed.
What followed was mostly anger, blaming each other, confusion, among other strange feelings. How could Yui have slipped through their fingers without them noticing? Laito had been able to intercept her every time she tried to run away. What was different this time? They couldn't even say WHEN Yui had disappeared for sure, only that they had last seen her at school, but that she had fallen behind because she was "tired." Could that have been it? Will she somehow continue at the school?
Kanato was so angry he was trembling, muttering to himself the ways he was going to make Yui suffer for this. Subaru wasn't even holding back his strength, destroying wall after wall of the mansion in pure rage. Laito, Ayato, and Shuu just watched the chaos unfold, lost in their own dark thoughts and violent fantasies. Reiji had to calm everyone down (and prevent them from killing each other) and hope that Karlheinz had the answer, only to find that his father was just as perplexed as they were, not understanding what had happened, but frantic to discover what had changed. This couldn't be left like this; they had to get Eva back as soon as possible.
Apparently, Yui had been selected by an entity from another dimension ("the black carriage") that took her out of Karlheinz's reach. He couldn't bring her back, but he could send his sons to retrieve her.
Several NRC students were chatting in the cafeteria about everyday things, gossip, new trends—things Yui had grown accustomed to and desensitized to, since they didn't appeal to her. However, her ears perked up at a familiar description.
Recent attacks had become common on the shores of Sage Island: people were turning up dead, mostly women, with fang marks on their necks (or other parts of their bodies), and they appeared to have died from massive blood loss—the same word repeated over and over. “Vampires” “Vampires” “VAMPIRES”
Yui instinctively covered her neck with both hands as her breathing became more ragged, feeling something like needles pricking her skin again, always hungry, always wanting more, hurting her, insulting her, with no way out—unaware that she was on the floor, crying, screaming for help, with people around her trying to assist her as she repeated the same thing over and over: “They’re coming for me.”
The students at NRC were no strangers to paranormal things; in fact, they were more exposed to the paranormal than anyone else their age, so hearing Yui’s “anecdotes” about vampires wasn’t anything out of the ordinary. If anything, it was strange to learn about a version of the vampire species that was so…cruel.
For that reason, they always made sure to provide Yui with safety, to give her a new home at NRC for the one she had lost in her world. Yui was happy here, with fiercely loyal new friends, teachers and adults who genuinely looked out for her (except for Crowley, but at least he offered moral support…sometimes), and an overall sense of belonging and security that Yui had never experienced in her own world.
That feeling was brutally crushed when she learned that the Sakamaki boys were searching for her in TWST. It only confirmed her worst fears and nightmares, Cordelia's poisonous words: "Don't get too comfortable, one day they'll come for you."
Yui lay limp, clutching a blanket Lilia had brought her, still unable to breathe properly, her teeth chattering with fear. Her only comfort was that Malleus and Leona were nearby, reassuring her that no one would come for her while they were close. And yet, she couldn't sleep peacefully.
Seeing someone suffer in NRC is one thing—no one there is innocent—but with Yui, it felt…bad. Wrong. Because they knew she hadn't done anything to deserve this fear, this feeling of helplessness. Something had to be done.
Let's just say the Sakamaki brothers were FED UP by the time they reached the gates of NRC. This should be the last place Yui could hide; there was no way out this time. They wanted to make her pay for making them eat pure garbage (because that's what that blood was, GARBAGE) for WEEKS. But as they walked through the academy's hallways, they noticed it was strangely…empty, until they reached the dorm doors. Clearly, Yui had to be in one of them, so they went into the first one they saw, adorned with rose bushes and cards.
Only, the first thing they saw wasn't Yui, but a strange formation of humans in clothes as colorful and bizarre as the rest of the landscape before them: white and red rose bushes, a castle-like building, and so on. In the center of the formation, a boy (whom Ayato almost mistook for a girl) in more elaborate clothing, wearing a crown and carrying a scepter, stared at them with a hard, cold expression as he recited what sounded like a declaration of war.
-"You have invaded Night Raven campus territory, and you have disrespected the Queen of Hearts with your mere presence. If you withdraw peacefully, you will leave this school unharmed, but if you do not, you will face the wrath of every dormitory in this academy."- Riddle alternated between looking at each brother and sister as he delivered the speech he had prepared with the other dorm leaders ("one last show of diplomacy before the massacre"), but he didn't need to see their faces to know what they did next…
Laugh like hyenas, no, like maniacs. Clutching their stomachs as tears began to stream from their eyes. Pure, painful laughter.
Who did these kids think they were? What, just because they had magic, could they stand against the children of the Vampire King? What, could they hurt them? That was ridiculous! Hilarious--
Until they felt something on their necks, something that made it hard to breathe, something heavy on them. Not just their necks, their whole bodies suddenly felt heavier, like something had been ripped out. What the hell had that dwarf done to them?!
Cater was the first to make a move with his clones, taking advantage of the vampires' distraction to immobilize them (with some extra help from Trey's magic to ensure they were completely still on the floor). Finally, Ace and Deuce stepped forward, each facing one of the vampires. No matter how immortal they were, they had to be able to die somehow…
Ace threw the first punch, a direct hit to Ayato's stomach, followed by Deuce, who delivered a right hook to Reiji's face, sending his glasses flying. What followed was at least two hours of them taking turns hitting the vampires, alternating between the brothers, striking them in the stomach, chest, face, groin—it was all fair play with them, this was the right thing to do, the bare minimum.
Deuce had to be stopped by Trey to let the Sakamaki brothers go to the next dorm, not only because they needed them ALIVE (for now) but because, in his rage, Deuce hadn't even noticed how his knuckles were bleeding, how exhausted he was…
Fine, they could leave this to the next dorm.
The Sakamaki brothers thought they were just angry before, but now they were FURIOUS. They didn't even know what had happened after those kids—those BRATS!—somehow managed to knock them out. Now they were in what? A desert? They were thankful it was nighttime at least, otherwise, they would have been a real nuisance, still reeling from what had happened in Heartslabyul. They still had those stupid collars, but at least their regeneration wasn't as severely impaired.
At least this dormitory looked completely empty, which, even if none of the vampires were willing to admit it, gave them some peace of mind. It just meant they wouldn't run into any more freaks in their search for Yui. Ideally, anyway.
However, the fragile peace that had settled between the brothers shattered when, for no apparent reason, Laito hit Shuu on the back of the head. Hard.
A fight broke out between them. And what was that all for? Laito tried to hit him again, completely bewildered. Normally, he wouldn't pass up the chance to annoy his brothers, but this wasn't even him in a way, and Shuu was getting angry—very angry. It was already a pain in the ass having to come to this world for Yui, and now he wanted to mess with him? Laito could only respond by forcing a smile onto his face with both hands, which was the trigger for Shuu to finally lunge at him.
Ayato didn't even want to defend his brother; instead, he egged on the fight. Reiji and Subaru tried to separate them without much success. Meanwhile, Kanato kept walking, trying to ignore all the commotion. The dry air and the whole "primitive" atmosphere of this dormitory were unpleasant enough; he didn't need to hear his brothers fighting like savages to add to it.
However, he could hear something, something lurking nearby. A mouse? No, it was too big. A dog, maybe? But why would a dog be so…close---
Kanato didn't even have time to scream before a giant white wolf bit his face, dragging him further away from his brothers, shaking him, pressing its jaws harder against his face. Kanato tried to fight, to dig his nails into the wolf's fur, but its coat was thick. He tried to find its eyes to squeeze them shut, but it shook him so violently that he couldn't locate them. Kanato could only feel the blood gushing from his face, staining his clothes. He screamed, no longer even for his brothers' help, screaming from pure horror and rage.
Finally, Ayato grabbed his feet and pulled him out of the wolf's mouth. He was almost breathless, with teeth marks still bleeding around his face, but he was alive, barely, but alive. Kanato continued screaming and crying as his brothers tried to deal with the wolf—well, except for Laito, who was now, for some reason, beating himself in the face and stomach with a stick, reopening the wounds he'd suffered in Heartslabyul…
What the hell was going on?!
Well…that thing wasn't a wolf; it was too intelligent for that, and incredibly ferocious as well. It managed to chase them all until they entered the "Octavinelle" dormitory, which was just as empty, but there seemed to be a water leak somewhere. There was at least a meter of water in what must have been the common room. Most of the Sakamaki brothers had no problem wading through the water, which only reached their waists at most, but Ayato lagged behind at some point, certain memories resurfacing in his mind, distracting him long enough for what was to come.
His brothers didn't notice Ayato had fallen behind until they heard him almost shout, saying he'd seen something moving underwater. Laito, in his own way, tried to distract Ayato from the water and get them moving, but he could see out of the corner of his eye how the water rippled unevenly. Laito tried to urge Ayato to move, but realized neither of them could; something strange—sticky and strong—had grabbed their feet. In less than a second, it submerged them underwater, the water suddenly much deeper.
The remaining brothers panicked, trying to reach higher ground, but were stopped by two long, snake-like bodies that circled them like sharks. The twins didn't usually eat junk, but this stuff could make good chew toys. Hopefully, it would last long enough for the next group.
Ayato had experienced the sensation of drowning before, and this was far worse. Being underwater for HOURS only intensified his aversion to water. Laito wasn't any better, but he tried to mask it with humor, which somehow only made him look worse. The rest of his brothers weren't doing well either, covered in bite marks and scratches on their legs and torsos. Reiji even seemed to be missing an ear.
And now they had to walk through the desert again, one much hotter than Savanaclaw's, and much larger too. They couldn't find the gate they might have entered through; they didn't even remember how they'd ended up there in the first place! This whole place was giving them headaches!
Then they saw it in the distance, a grand Arabian palace. This must be their dormitory in the desert; there they could find someone to help them regain their strength (after all this mess, any blood would be a delicacy). So, without thinking much (whether it was because of all the physical pain they had already endured, the heat, the hunger, or all of the above), they ran as fast as they could toward the palace, unaware of the trap they were about to fall into.
Almost simultaneously, the Sakamaki brothers slipped down a steep, sandy ravine, a place where water once flowed, now just a large pit. They screamed in frustration, tried to climb out, but with nothing but sand to grip, they only ended up with sand under their fingernails.
Jamil had to admit he had his reservations about the plan, but he was relieved it had worked. Kalim was strangely quiet and serious, but what Jamil hadn't expected was for Kalim to move close to the edge, wanting to see the vampires' faces before asking them one last question.
-"You… do you regret everything you did to Yui?"- The words came out trembling but audible.
There was a second of silence, then two, and… laughter, again, perhaps even louder than before. So that's what this is all about? this brats want Yui's attention, so they hurt them in her name? They hadn't done anything to her that that bitch didn't deserve. Yui is pathetic, much more pathetic than they thought. If she really needed all her little boyfriends to come and defend her, then she deserved everything they were going to do to her as soon as they returned to their world—
Ayato would have continued speaking, but out of nowhere he felt something on his face, a drop of water, two, three, and out of nowhere a downpour fell on the Sakamaki brothers' heads, slowly filling what would become the hole where they'd been left, their feet sinking into the sand. No, no, no, no, no—
They screamed, they cursed, they almost begged, but not really. Kalim thought he would feel worse for doing this, but he couldn't feel anything anymore, not for them.
Finally, they reached solid ground again, but sadly, the same couldn't be said for the group's morale. What had started as something easy was now proving difficult, more difficult than it should be, and all because of children? That was pathetic. Not that anyone would say it out loud, but the silence was louder than any excuse they could offer as they walked toward the Pomefiore dormitory.
Subaru was the first to sense that something was wrong, but honestly, he was already anticipating what the dormitory's new torment would be, what the trap would be. What he didn't expect was the arrow that pierced his leg.
Subaru howled in pain, but it wasn't long before his siblings were also struck by arrows. They all seemed to come from different directions, landing in different spots, but each one hit them only once. They didn't have time to think about how strange it was until they felt it: burning, unbearable pain where the arrow landed, itching, their eyes burning, their skin scorched, they were cold and sweating. What was this?
Vil approached the neutralized vampires with Epel, pleased that his years of preparing potent poisons for his position as housewarder had finally paid off. He'd always wanted to know what those poisons would do to someone, and now he could see for himself. Epel also seemed pleased with himself, but he was particularly focused on one of the Sakamaki brothers, one with an uncanny resemblance to him: Kanato, who appeared to be writhing away from them.
Epel didn't dwell on it much. Vil had already assured him that "for every vampire he strikes, he won't have a single class on his etiquette." But there was also the catharsis, the satisfaction of seeing someone who enjoyed torturing the weak actually BE the weak one, be the one who was afraid, be the one who begged for mercy and had it denied him. This was a fraction of the pain these boys had inflicted, and Epel hoped it would hurt.
The Sakamaki brothers lost all track of time while poisoned, only knowing they had crawled away from Pomefiore to a new area of the academy until the poison left their systems. They were lucky that at least the dormitory was fairly dark, as it seemed like dawn had broken outside. They felt weak, dejected, wounded.
They could no longer feel much beyond their own bodies, or pay attention to their surroundings; it had been too much already. To hell with what Karlheinz said, they had to get out of there. It was no longer a question of if they would run into something in this dormitory, it was a question of when.
And, sure enough, that fear materialized when all the doors, exits, and entrances slammed shut. Great. And now what were they going to do to them? Give them poison gas? Feed them to the dogs? What else did they want from them?
The answer: a powerful electric shock, something quick, painful, but quick that left the vampires completely unconscious. Idia relaxed in his room. Everything was going according to plan; it was almost over. He just needed Ortho to take the trash to Diasomnia. Maybe he should go with Yui now that he'd done his part. It must be boring being alone in Ramshackle. Maybe they could play on the console he'd given her, something to take their minds off all this. They were almost finished…
It's almost comical. When the Sakamaki brothers woke up in Diasomnia, their first thought was that Karlheinz had transported them back to their world, but that thought was quickly crushed when, once again, a group of flamboyant students appeared in their field of vision. By this time, the Sakamaki brothers were all so exhausted they could barely stand. They just stared from the floor at a horned boy and a group of strange humans approaching, hoping it wasn't as bad as the electric shock.
However, unlike in the other dormitories, none of the other students, aside from the horned one, stepped forward to approach the Sakamaki brothers. In fact, they weren't even looking at them. They were just staring at the horned boy, either as if they were waiting for something, or as if they were searching…oh no. They weren't there to accompany him or hurt them; they were there to RETAIN HIM.
Malleus stood with his large staff and spinning wheel, ready to enact the scene he had imagined hundreds and hundreds of times since Yui had come to him for comfort. This wasn't even satisfactory; if it had been up to him, these excuses for living beings would have suffered a much slower, much more agonizing, more humiliating death, making them feel an ounce of the pain they had inflicted not only on Yui, but on all the other girls they had harmed throughout these centuries.
But he would have to settle for this, because as he unleashed the lightning bolt that would be the final blow to the Sakamaki family vampires, it was no longer a matter of his desires, it was a matter of justice.
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