Butterfly: Chapter 15 Changes
Akira had returned to her room and was slipping out of her dress when she heard the knock at her door.
“Coming!” Akira called out as she grabbed a nearby robe to cover herself since she was still in nothing but her bra and panties.
Akira walked over to the door and opened it to see Nino standing there. She really didn’t want to see him, but it was too late now to close the door. She coldly looked at him with an expression that asked what he wanted with her tonight.
“I want to talk about the seal,” Nino explained to her.
“Hurry and get in then,” Akira sighed before walking away and letting him in.
She went over to the bed, sitting on the edge while pulling her robe tighter around her body to stop any chance of Nino getting a peek. Nino shut the door behind himself and stayed standing as his eyes trailed from her feet up to her face.
“Did I come at a bad time?” Nino asked teasingly.
“I just got out of my dress when you came knocking,” Akira answered him.
“I don’t get why you’re being so conservative, you’re a model, you should be used to people staring at your body even in your underwear…unless you’re completely naked under there,” Nino teased her again before catching the pillow she threw at him.
Akira was blushing and glaring at him as she reached to grab another pillow off her bed to throw at him. She turned around when she heard the creaking of her bed and saw Nino crawling onto the bed towards her.
“Get off my bed you perverted vampire!” Akira hissed at him as she barred her fangs at him.
Nino just smirked at her as he played around and responded, “N-o~w-a-y~!”
Akira watched as his eyes started to glow and his pupils turned into slits as he came closer. She felt like his vampire powers were working on her human side though her vampire side was trying to keep herself from being completely controlled by his powers. Her body felt so heavy and she couldn’t move quickly enough as he pushed her down and hovered over her body. He ran his hand over the edge of the collar of her robe before pushing it down to expose her shoulder with the butterfly tattoo.
“If I unseal your powers then I want something in return my dear,” Nino started as he smiled down like an angel at her.
“What do you want in return?” Akira asked.
Nino smiled at her being so cooperative while lying so helpless and vulnerable beneath him, “Be my wife and I’ll set you free from this curse that’s been laid on you.”
“You really want me to be your wife don’t you? I don’t understand why you’re so persistent,” Akira calmly commented as she moved her arms along the bed to run her fingers through her hair.
Nino brought a gentle hand to her face, admiring her beauty as he responded softly, “I don’t want anyone else but you. If I have to have a wife then I want you to be her.”
“Do I have to marry you first before you break my seal?” Akira asked.
“Yes, I don’t want to set you free and then have you completely disappear without fulfilling your duty,” Nino answered her.
“Fine, you have a deal. I’ll marry you and then have you release my seal, but do vampires believe in divorce?” Akira asked curiously.
“Good and yes, if things don’t work out you can always divorce me but I’m sure only death will part us,” Nino chuckled at her question before answering her.
“Well you better treat me right then or I’ll divorce your ass,” Akira joked with him.
“Well I can start right now,” Nino whispered as he leaned down, “Why don’t I let you have a taste of blood of the man you’ll be marrying?”
Akira felt his hands running down the front of her robe, untying the rope around her waist, “I’m not in the mood for it.”
Akira denied him flatly before she gained control of her body and gently pushed Nino off of her so she could sit up in bed. He eyed her curiously before smiling and just running a cold finger down the side of her face.
“Alright, I’ll leave then, but I’ll be sure to get things ready for a wedding in the near future. Be prepared my dear, it won’t be all easy being the queen of the vampires,” Nino said before getting up and going to the door.
Akira watched as he left, pulling the robe over her body and trying to get her head around the idea that she just agreed to marry some vampire.
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The next morning the girls rolled out of their beds and wrapped in fancy robes before being escorted to the dining room for breakfast. Everyone was gathered except Yori which everyone thought was off since she was such an early riser.
“Has anyone seen Yori this morning?” Noriko asked as she watched the maid place the plate of food in front of her.
Noriko looked across from her and saw Mizumi turned towards the door with her mouth hanging open. They all turned their eyes to the doors and saw Aiba walking in with a glowing beautiful woman on his arm. She was wearing a flowing night gown that hugged her in all the right places and she was smiling so brightly at Aiba, her fangs showing and her dark red eyes fixed on him.
“Yori?!” the girls shouted as they stood up.
Yori turned her head and looked at the girls, pushing some of her hair behind her ear, “Good morning girls.”
“What happened to you?!” Rin asked as she watched Aiba escort Yori to her seat.
“I helped Yori tap into her vampire side, isn’t she absolutely beautiful? I can’t wait to bring her to my family’s home,” Aiba explained as he cupped her face and admired her lovingly.
Yori leaned her face in his hand and batted her eyelashes before answering, “I hope your family doesn’t suspect of my half-blood origins.”
“Whoa whoa whoa! How did you change her?!” Noriko demanded to know.
“I let Yori feast on my own blood last night when we were together. Having the taste of a full blood like myself was able to activate her vampire side without letting it go crazy as you can tell. Though I know it’s not permanent but it will work long enough to show my parents that their son hasn’t been fooling around with some human,” Aiba explained further.
“You make it sound like you’re ashamed that she’s not a full blooded vampire,” Akira spouted off without thinking.
Everyone turned to look at Akira before looking back at Aiba who was thrown off by her statement. Yori suddenly frowned as she thought that maybe Aiba really didn’t love her since he convinced her to change into her vampire form to meet his parents.
“I love everything about Yori, I have nothing to be ashamed about, but my parents are high class and very strict about who will marry into our family. I only want to please my parents once so I never have to hear from them again,” Aiba tried to explain his reasoning.
“Masaki-kun, I never said I’d marry you…” Yori spoke up in her delicate voice.
Everyone went silent as Aiba froze up. He started to laugh it off, rubbing his head as he shook his head.
“You’re right, I never did actually ask you to marry me and you never did say you’d stay with me forever, I guess I was getting ahead of myself,” Aiba chuckled bitterly.
Akira looked down, ashamed for even speaking up and Nino observed it while enjoying what an atmosphere Akira’s careless word created. She’ll definitely make this more interesting… Nino thought to himself before he stood up.
“Well even though those two may not be getting married any time soon, I have to announce that I will be marrying the lovely Akira in the near future,” Nino announced with a proud smile.
There was loud clanging of silverware as everyone was once again taken off guard by the sudden news. Akira covered her face before looking at everyone like she had been caught doing something bad.
“Congratulations, your highness,” Ohno spoke up first with a forced smile.
“Thank you Satoshi,” Nino smiled back at him before eyeing the rest.
The guys courteously smiled and applauded for Nino though they wondered exactly how Nino got Akira to agree to this marriage.
“When are you going to be married?” Mizumi asked with a bright smile.
“I plan on marrying my young beautiful bride,” Nino started while sneaking his hand over and placing it on Akira’s hand, “when I’ve gotten everything settled but I hope to have married her in a couple months.”
“That’s really short, are you really ok with that Akira?” Rin asked as she eyed Nino’s hand on her friend’s.
“I know it seems unbelievable but I’ve agreed to it all,” Akira answered her before hesitating to grip Nino’s hand in hers.
Nino couldn’t hold back his smirk as he looked at Akira holding his hand. The two of them smiled at each other, faking to assure the others that this was really what they wanted. Mizumi couldn’t hold back her smile as she thought that this was absolutely perfect now that there was no one to worry about when it came to Ohno now. I guess last night Nino asked her to marry him, I should be happy that he’s getting what he wanted, but I still feel uneasy about this all Ohno thought to himself.
“So when are you going to announce to the kingdom that you’ll be getting married?” Jun asked.
“As soon as possible, I want our kingdom to rejoice and prepare for the day,” Nino answered him before turning to one of the maids, “You go tell whoever his name was to make the announcement and right away.”
The maid bowed her head before swiftly making her way out of the door. The girls exchanged worried looks before setting their eyes on Akira who couldn’t bring herself to look them in the eyes. Nino just smiled at how uncomfortable Akira was now after this announcement, he was looking forward to the many faces he’d make her make before and after their wedding.
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“Saotshi I want you to come with me for a moment,” Nino motioned Ohno to follow him as everyone left breakfast to get ready in their rooms for the day.
Ohno nodded his head before walking beside Nino who led him in the opposite direction of the others. Ohno wasn’t quite sure exactly where Nino was taking him since they hadn’t come to that side of the palace in a long time. In a moment the further they went the older the scenery seemed to get, showing off how old the palace really was. Nino then led them to a wooden door, pushing it open to reveal stone steps leading downwards into darkness. Ohno hesitantly followed after Nino who walked down confidently like he had done this many a time before. When they reached the bottom of the stairs Ohno noticed a couple guards standing at attention at these locked gate doors.
“Do you wish to know what’s down here Satoshi?” Nino asked as the guards swiftly opened the door for Nino and allowed them in.
Ohno followed after Nino before answering, “There’s something down here you want to show me?”
“Yes, I told everyone that our king died and that’s why I am king now, but that’s not all the truth. I know I can trust you Satoshi with this secret. Our king is still alive; he’s been trapped down here since I’ve usurped him in pursuit of the throne,” Nino explained as he came to stand in front of the familiar cell.
“Why did you do that? Our king always saw you as his son and it’s not like you wouldn’t have become King anyways since there are no other heirs and no one else knows you’re not the King’s son,” Ohno questioned him before stopping next to Nino.
“But there is a true heir to the throne. Our lovely king here went and had a child with a human woman, isn’t that right?” Nino explained before talking into the dark cell.
Ohno turned his eyes to the cell and watched as the old beloved king stepped out of the darkness with the chains around his limbs. Ohno couldn’t help but take a step forward to the cell, grabbing onto the bars as he took in the sight of his king looking so tired and worn out like he was being drained of his strength.
“That’s right, I went behind your mother’s back and had a child, but the story isn’t as simple as that…good to see you again Satoshi-kun,” the king explained himself.
“Your highness, so you have another heir?” Satoshi asked before whipping his head around to Nino and asking, “Is that why she’s here?”
A smirk sneaked its way across Nino’s face as the King’s face dropped hearing about a she being here.
“That’s right, I have found the true heir to the throne. Akira is going to be my bride dear father, and there’s nothing you can do about it,” Nino couldn’t hold back his laughter at seeing the King’s facial expression.
The king’s fallen face turned into a glare as he growled, “What did you do to her?! You better have not laid a hand on her!”
“Calm down father, she’s willingly agreed to marry me. I haven’t even laid a hand on her…well not yet at least, your daughter wasn’t willing quite yet to be with me more intimately,” Nino sneered at the last part when he saw the change in the King’s face.
The king charged at the bars with fangs barred as he hissed, “Don’t you dare hurt my daughter!”
“I won’t hurt her; I need her to become the rightful king to the throne. I’ll be sure to treat her well till that day,” Nino chuckled when the King fell back onto the ground from his weakness.
Ohno couldn’t hide the worry on his face as he gripped to the cell’s bars and looked onto the fallen King. Nino frowned at the worry on Ohno’s face and grabbed Ohno’s wrist and pulled him from the cell.
“Don’t worry about that old fool, his chains drain him of his vampire powers that’s all. Now come, I only came to warn him that I’ll be wedding his daughter here soon,” Nino told Ohno before letting him go and turning around quickly to walk away.
Ohno looked back over his shoulder at the King who was sitting on the ground with his face in his hands. His shoulders were low as you could tell the grief and worry he was feeling now. My King…what has become of this world? Ohno thought to himself as she turned away and followed after Nino.
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