FY Fic: Cardinal Sins -Chapter Two: Socordia (sloth)-
Title: Cardinal Sins
Fandom: Fushigi Yuugi
Pairings: Nakago/Yui
Warnings: Violence, gore, blood, dark/adult themes, angst, sexual content, and grapefruit.
Setting: Alternate Universe
Rating: M/R
Chapter: Two
Beta readers: kurodo_isaki and nutzco
Disclaimer: Fushigi Yuugi is owned by Yuu Watase. All the copyrights associated with Fushigi Yuugi belong to her. Only the ideas contained within this story are the property of the author. No profit is being earned by the writer of this story.
Cardinal Sins
by princess-of-doctors
British Empire, Hampshire, Woolmer Forest - Julian Calendar October 15th, 1348 -
The next morning the knight told his fellows everything. The story sounded unbelievable to them but they took the woman’s warning anyway. The knights then decided to pack their things and clean away the remnants of their stay the night before.
Some soldiers captured a roe deer and rabbits for breakfast and the other prepared for the cooking. Later the knights and some soldiers enjoyed roasted venison; while the others took the roasted rabbit. The soldiers chattered about their journey, home, or else. The conversation made them missed their home more and wanted to rejoin their family immediately. Along the journey they learned that a plague had entered their country. It’s naturally came to their mind about the wellbeing of their families.
After the knights told the soldier to move quickly in order to leave the forest immediately, they didn’t complain, in fact that’s what they wanted. They just wanted to see their family without further delay.
-OO-
So far, the journey had been going smoothly. Every few hours the group stopped to have a short rest and find water spring nearby to replenish their canteen. The soldiers were lucky enough to capture two fallow deers after starving for quite long time and almost missed their dinner, The group had quite a feast. The atmosphere was so good that the blond knight almost forgot the last night’s strange encounter.
After some times, one of the knights reminded them to make a haste since the nightfall was closely approaching. Judging at the rate of their move, they would reach Winchester next mid-morning.
The blond knight remembered according to what the woman said, tonight was the night the Harvest Moon would make its appearance. Though, he still couldn’t get the meaning of “they are hungry” she mentioned.
Like in a slow motion, the moon emerged. Oddly, the color was red, almost as red as blood. It was almost magical that the forest creatures seemed like reacted to the red moon. It was suddenly silent, then the wolves howled together, such sound made the napes stand and end except one particular person. He observed the red moon, shadowed emotion reflected from his azure blue eyes .
The soldiers were unease and their eyes wandered to the surroundings. One of the knights ordered them to quicken their paces. Panic had stricken their faces as unexpectedly a thick mist with alarming speed hindered them from clear vision.
-OO-
It had been approximately one hour for them walking in the mist ‘labyrinth’. They walked at a snail’s pace and mingled together, afraid of getting separated and lost. It was getting darker, whence, torches were lit. From distances, the flames appeared as if had been floating in the air, dancing in the mist.
Small commotion came from the back front. The blond knight went to check the cause and approached them.
“What’s going on here, soldier?” He cut in the soldiers’ mutter.
“J-Jonathan is mi-missing, Sir! He was walking be-behind me, and then in few minutes later when I turned around he…he had gone!” Panic-stricken were on his face.
“Compose yourself, soldier-”
Before the knight could finish his sentence, a bloody-teared limb was thrown to them. Shocked, the group could only watch helplessly and couldn’t do anything as more of their fellows, now they aware of, were mutilated. It seemed that the attacker, or attackers, were extremely wild or at the edge of starvation; judging from the brutally ripped human parts. Screams of terror and flesh being shredded sounds and greedily gulping sounds broke the silence that night. Like being awaken from a spell, the previously dazed group immediately aware of the danger they were dealing with. More and more flesh was thrown. The strong scent of blood permeated through the air. And the most terrible that happened to them was when the head of one of the soldiers finally came into sight.
The group without more ado knew then no human strength could do such brutality in mere seconds. They forgot they have to be in group in fear. They broke apart and flee, caring about their own safety. The blond knight called the soldiers to remain in group but his order was interrupted as his eyes caught a glimpse of movement.
The moonlight was hindered by thick clouds, shadows befalled, covering them in a blanket of darkness. Out of nowhere, bloody bony-pale fingers with long sharp nails gripped the shoulder of a soldier standing close to the knight and by inhuman speed dragged the said victim, who only managed to shriek before disappearing. When the moon re-emerged and the mist was quite cleared, few meters from where they stood, the remaining survivors saw something they would never forget in their lives; some gorgeous young men and women, with smooth pale skins, bloody red eyes, long sharp nail fingers. One of them was biting the soldier’s bloodied neck with their sharp fangs while sucking her prey, the previous bony fingers slowly turned into smooth one; the other was licking his bloodied fingers, while another three were busy with something that might be a remaining of human torso.
The woman continued to suck the soldier dry, tearing apart the jugular vein and finally ripping out the throat. One of the remaining soldiers screamed, and then he became the next target. Those creatures were vampires, and the realization was too late, they were not prepared, and would become the meal anyway.
Some soldiers with enough courage tried to defend themselves, but as predicted the second later they were already dead. Those vampires, two females and three males, were too strong. There was almost no hope. Only a miracle could help them.
After satisfied with the human torso, the female from the three shot a glance to the knight. A pair of bloody red eyes met azure blue ones. The female vampire frowned as if she realized something and took a deep inhale. One second later she moved so fast in a blink she was in front of the blond knight. Her straight black hair tresses, blown by the wind, touched his cheek when the female vampire narrowed their gap studying his face.
She smirked wickedly before seductively said, “Oh… so you are the one whom our princess got interested in. My, my, what a handsome one, for a human.” She licked her bloody scarlet lips and her fingers trailed suggestively along his chest. The knight’s jaw clenched at her lascivious action; he budged and tried to shove her daring hands but the vampire blocked him from doing so.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk you naughty boy!” She drew her face close to his neck to inhale his blood scent. He froze at the sudden contact but before he could think anything to get rid of her, the vampire already spoke.
“Oh my! Your blood…smells extremely intoxicating! I can’t imagine what kind of taste I will have when I bite you.” She observed the pulsating of a particular blood vessel and about to lick the skin on the surface when a sudden force threw her far back, back bumping against a tree, breaking the stem to half.
The savior was her, the woman the knight met last night. Her eyes were golden again, and that time he was sure fury was flickering through her eyes. The vampires’ eyes widened in realization seeing her face and immediately kneeled in her direction. One of them, a male and seemed their leader, came in front of her and followed their fellow’s action before finally speak.
The vampire trembled in fear and submitted to his fate, “P-Princess! We-we are terribly sorry! We, your servants, deserve any punishment you desire!”
The female vampire who teased the blond knight encouraged herself to speak to their princess.
“I was tempted to play with him. I have nothing to say, Your Highness.” She choked, her body felt as about to faint from the intense atmosphere.
Despite the bloody surroundings, which should have made any women, even men screamed before fainted, the woman being called “Princess” was calm, even unaffected by it. She threw dark glances to all of the vampires which shuddered.
“Do I even need to remind you to control your blood-thirsty actions? Why did all of you go berserk? You all do know well that this is against my father and the Council member’s rules. We don’t want to attract human attentions. I was quite sure my statement the night before was clear enough,” Her voice send more chill to anyone who hear it but she continued ignoring them, “Get out of my sight before I do something I might regret.” All those vampires disappeared as she commanded. The woman was indeed no human; she was a vampire, a vampire princess to be exact.
The remaining survivors were five soldiers and the blond knight. They couldn’t, or didn’t want to, comprehend what’s going on. It was a really terrible nightmare they wish could be erased from their memories forever. But the knight was not as afraid as the others. He couldn’t understand it either.
Fandom: Fushigi Yuugi
Pairings: Nakago/Yui
Warnings: Violence, gore, blood, dark/adult themes, angst, sexual content, and grapefruit.
Setting: Alternate Universe
Rating: M/R
Chapter: Two
Beta readers: kurodo_isaki and nutzco
Disclaimer: Fushigi Yuugi is owned by Yuu Watase. All the copyrights associated with Fushigi Yuugi belong to her. Only the ideas contained within this story are the property of the author. No profit is being earned by the writer of this story.
Cardinal Sins
by princess-of-doctors
British Empire, Hampshire, Woolmer Forest - Julian Calendar October 15th, 1348 -
The next morning the knight told his fellows everything. The story sounded unbelievable to them but they took the woman’s warning anyway. The knights then decided to pack their things and clean away the remnants of their stay the night before.
Some soldiers captured a roe deer and rabbits for breakfast and the other prepared for the cooking. Later the knights and some soldiers enjoyed roasted venison; while the others took the roasted rabbit. The soldiers chattered about their journey, home, or else. The conversation made them missed their home more and wanted to rejoin their family immediately. Along the journey they learned that a plague had entered their country. It’s naturally came to their mind about the wellbeing of their families.
After the knights told the soldier to move quickly in order to leave the forest immediately, they didn’t complain, in fact that’s what they wanted. They just wanted to see their family without further delay.
-OO-
So far, the journey had been going smoothly. Every few hours the group stopped to have a short rest and find water spring nearby to replenish their canteen. The soldiers were lucky enough to capture two fallow deers after starving for quite long time and almost missed their dinner, The group had quite a feast. The atmosphere was so good that the blond knight almost forgot the last night’s strange encounter.
After some times, one of the knights reminded them to make a haste since the nightfall was closely approaching. Judging at the rate of their move, they would reach Winchester next mid-morning.
The blond knight remembered according to what the woman said, tonight was the night the Harvest Moon would make its appearance. Though, he still couldn’t get the meaning of “they are hungry” she mentioned.
Like in a slow motion, the moon emerged. Oddly, the color was red, almost as red as blood. It was almost magical that the forest creatures seemed like reacted to the red moon. It was suddenly silent, then the wolves howled together, such sound made the napes stand and end except one particular person. He observed the red moon, shadowed emotion reflected from his azure blue eyes .
The soldiers were unease and their eyes wandered to the surroundings. One of the knights ordered them to quicken their paces. Panic had stricken their faces as unexpectedly a thick mist with alarming speed hindered them from clear vision.
-OO-
It had been approximately one hour for them walking in the mist ‘labyrinth’. They walked at a snail’s pace and mingled together, afraid of getting separated and lost. It was getting darker, whence, torches were lit. From distances, the flames appeared as if had been floating in the air, dancing in the mist.
Small commotion came from the back front. The blond knight went to check the cause and approached them.
“What’s going on here, soldier?” He cut in the soldiers’ mutter.
“J-Jonathan is mi-missing, Sir! He was walking be-behind me, and then in few minutes later when I turned around he…he had gone!” Panic-stricken were on his face.
“Compose yourself, soldier-”
Before the knight could finish his sentence, a bloody-teared limb was thrown to them. Shocked, the group could only watch helplessly and couldn’t do anything as more of their fellows, now they aware of, were mutilated. It seemed that the attacker, or attackers, were extremely wild or at the edge of starvation; judging from the brutally ripped human parts. Screams of terror and flesh being shredded sounds and greedily gulping sounds broke the silence that night. Like being awaken from a spell, the previously dazed group immediately aware of the danger they were dealing with. More and more flesh was thrown. The strong scent of blood permeated through the air. And the most terrible that happened to them was when the head of one of the soldiers finally came into sight.
The group without more ado knew then no human strength could do such brutality in mere seconds. They forgot they have to be in group in fear. They broke apart and flee, caring about their own safety. The blond knight called the soldiers to remain in group but his order was interrupted as his eyes caught a glimpse of movement.
The moonlight was hindered by thick clouds, shadows befalled, covering them in a blanket of darkness. Out of nowhere, bloody bony-pale fingers with long sharp nails gripped the shoulder of a soldier standing close to the knight and by inhuman speed dragged the said victim, who only managed to shriek before disappearing. When the moon re-emerged and the mist was quite cleared, few meters from where they stood, the remaining survivors saw something they would never forget in their lives; some gorgeous young men and women, with smooth pale skins, bloody red eyes, long sharp nail fingers. One of them was biting the soldier’s bloodied neck with their sharp fangs while sucking her prey, the previous bony fingers slowly turned into smooth one; the other was licking his bloodied fingers, while another three were busy with something that might be a remaining of human torso.
The woman continued to suck the soldier dry, tearing apart the jugular vein and finally ripping out the throat. One of the remaining soldiers screamed, and then he became the next target. Those creatures were vampires, and the realization was too late, they were not prepared, and would become the meal anyway.
Some soldiers with enough courage tried to defend themselves, but as predicted the second later they were already dead. Those vampires, two females and three males, were too strong. There was almost no hope. Only a miracle could help them.
After satisfied with the human torso, the female from the three shot a glance to the knight. A pair of bloody red eyes met azure blue ones. The female vampire frowned as if she realized something and took a deep inhale. One second later she moved so fast in a blink she was in front of the blond knight. Her straight black hair tresses, blown by the wind, touched his cheek when the female vampire narrowed their gap studying his face.
She smirked wickedly before seductively said, “Oh… so you are the one whom our princess got interested in. My, my, what a handsome one, for a human.” She licked her bloody scarlet lips and her fingers trailed suggestively along his chest. The knight’s jaw clenched at her lascivious action; he budged and tried to shove her daring hands but the vampire blocked him from doing so.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk you naughty boy!” She drew her face close to his neck to inhale his blood scent. He froze at the sudden contact but before he could think anything to get rid of her, the vampire already spoke.
“Oh my! Your blood…smells extremely intoxicating! I can’t imagine what kind of taste I will have when I bite you.” She observed the pulsating of a particular blood vessel and about to lick the skin on the surface when a sudden force threw her far back, back bumping against a tree, breaking the stem to half.
The savior was her, the woman the knight met last night. Her eyes were golden again, and that time he was sure fury was flickering through her eyes. The vampires’ eyes widened in realization seeing her face and immediately kneeled in her direction. One of them, a male and seemed their leader, came in front of her and followed their fellow’s action before finally speak.
The vampire trembled in fear and submitted to his fate, “P-Princess! We-we are terribly sorry! We, your servants, deserve any punishment you desire!”
The female vampire who teased the blond knight encouraged herself to speak to their princess.
“I was tempted to play with him. I have nothing to say, Your Highness.” She choked, her body felt as about to faint from the intense atmosphere.
Despite the bloody surroundings, which should have made any women, even men screamed before fainted, the woman being called “Princess” was calm, even unaffected by it. She threw dark glances to all of the vampires which shuddered.
“Do I even need to remind you to control your blood-thirsty actions? Why did all of you go berserk? You all do know well that this is against my father and the Council member’s rules. We don’t want to attract human attentions. I was quite sure my statement the night before was clear enough,” Her voice send more chill to anyone who hear it but she continued ignoring them, “Get out of my sight before I do something I might regret.” All those vampires disappeared as she commanded. The woman was indeed no human; she was a vampire, a vampire princess to be exact.
The remaining survivors were five soldiers and the blond knight. They couldn’t, or didn’t want to, comprehend what’s going on. It was a really terrible nightmare they wish could be erased from their memories forever. But the knight was not as afraid as the others. He couldn’t understand it either.