Smoke swallowed the battlefield or to be specific a whole basement due to the flames and sparks. Kira barely able to see through it.
His vision blurred as dizziness washed over him. Every breath felt heavy, and the heat around him seemed to grow stronger with every passing second. His naked upper body was covered with bruises and red crimson blood. He struggled to remain standing. His fist clenched to a broken sword.
In front of him, a women dressed in crimson stood at front of him at a quite distance. Her eyes were as ruby. Though she had a short hair, her red attire truly makes her beautiful align with it.
"Poor boy~" The lady looked towards him and for some reason, she was holding her cheeks which were bright as red. It was kind of a way of her to show sympathy.
BOOM!
Flames spread through her eyes and at the background door from where she entered a massive chunk of woods fall blocking the exit for those two.
The lady in red glanced at it and then shifted her gaze at Kira as if she was making fun of his luck and timing. She then pulled her dragger from her back which was pretty much covered with blood, not Her.
"You...Agh!"
Kira tried to speak but before he could finish his sentence, she struck him with a kick and Kira slammed onto the wall. He felt hot due to the flames increasing as time passed. He also noticed the smoke which was filling the room, and it will be only matter of time that those flames will reach in the room burning both of them alive.
Kira's mind was distracted into the future but to think about it, he needs to get out of here and seeing the demon in front of him he was overwhelmed with fear which overlapped his thinking.
The lady in red smiled softly and moved forward slowly gazing towards Leo with her crimson eyes. She then put her dragger on the Kira neck and spoke "Still trying." Her tone was not angry nor rather it was pity. It was something else.
"GO AWAY!" Kira lashed out and used his broken sword to drive her dragger back and he tried to strike her with a kick with a last amount of his strength but failed as she immediately goes backward.
Kira then charged forward with little amount of energy; he tried to use mana possession on his sword but failed due to the high use of "emergency kick" but it doesn't stop him as he still surged forward.
The lady stroked him once again and this time it was at his torso. Kira bounced back and a pain immediately spread by that part alongside his blood, which flowed like a fountain. He fell to his one knee and the women walked around him.
"Hk-"
Come on," she said with a mocking smile. "You were supposed to be the famous curse child." She said as if she was mocking him again.
Kira vision was becoming more and more dizzy as the time was passing. He can also feel the temperature which was increasing rapidly. It was very hardly for him to remain conscious for one to two minutes.
Kira eyes once again hovered to all over his injuries. He was hardly able to hear or see anything. His vision was becoming blurry, and he was feeling like his mind was falling down. His back was also broken alongside his fingers. His voice trembled and every breath felt like he was going to die anytime.
"Will you please die already." A voice came from the corners from the door. Kira followed its gaze but to his surprise there was no one. "Here" Kira once again followed the path of the voice through his eyes and once again he found no one.
Where is she...
"Here" Another voice came through the window. "I am here" Another voice came from the ceiling. "You have to find me..." Another came from his behind and as he didn't realize, the room was already filled with the numerous voices passing through his eardrums.
Here! Here! Find me I am here! Find me! Find me! Find me! Find me! Find me! Find me! Find me! I am here! I am here! I am here! Here!
The voice spread alongside a madness which was holding the limit for him and then as he spread his widened eyes, the room changes, as if the time had returned back and then a massive gray fog covered it. The room was quite dark, and the only source of light was the candle at few steps ahead.
Kira walk towards it thinking that it is just an illusion and then as Kira touches the candle, a faint glow appears and then " Please help me." a voice of a child echoes through the whole room and then as Kira lifts the candle and hovers it, he saw something at front of him which he shouldn't have seen.
A massive giant like women who seemed to be pregnant was looking towards him with another child. Their women face was not visible as she was hiding it under a black veil and as Kira goes towards them, he got startled back by the child face.
"What are..."
The boy face was swollen like a rotted flesh. His mouth was ripped apart, and his left eye were popped out. The faint blood was covered all over his cheeks and a disgusting smell of a flesh was spreading.
Kira was disgusted by the sight. His stomach was on the verge of vomiting, but he decides to calm himself as this is nothing but a mere illusion.
"This is a just illusion." He exhaled and as he tried to calm.
"Mister, do you love me?" A voice echoed from nearby and Kira unconsciously drifted his eyes towards it. The voice belongs to the women.
"Wha..." As Kira tried to spoke, he saw the glimpses of the women face even though it was under the veil.
Her face was covered with bruises and black cracks were present. Through the black cracks, her red flesh was exposed. Her eyes did not contain any pupils rather they were black like a void. The blood was spreading towards her cheeks through her eyes and for a moment it felt like she was crying but instead of tears there was blood.
"Will you adopt me?" The boy spoke and caught Kira left knee. This cautious Kira and he bluntly left out his resistance words. "Hey!"
"Love me" The women stepped forwards towards Kira which made him get back.
As he tried to step back few inches, many hands erupted through the ground and caught Kira both legs. This didn't stop there as the hands climbed up his shoulders and caught his back, both of his hands.
"Hk-" Kira resisted but his actions were all in vain. The women directed her hands towards Kira cheeks and with a soft touch, she moved her face forwards and within a second, their faces were close. It was very likely that the woman was trying to kiss him but as their lips were going to touch. Kira moved his hands and stabbed the woman with the broken sword he held. The women stopped for a second and spoke:
"Why!" The woman spoke as the blood spread through the cracks and then she pulls Kira down and kiss him.
Kira knew that all of this was just an illusion, but his mind was not accepting it. He somehow forgot about all the pain and was overwhelmed with the sense of that kiss. He was not feeling anything but still his brain was accepting it like it was real.
The women slip her blood and pull her face away from Kira who expressions were unimaginable. The boy caught her clothes and then looked at Kira and smiles.
'....'
Kira was expressionless and as he looks towards him, his head burst and millions of flies, insects flew from him like a hurricane. They surrounded Kira and the woman with a buzzing voice. The woman once again caught Kira cheeks and then directed left hand at Kira horn.
"Hk-" She then pulls the horn outside and slams Kira on the ground.
Kira who was not understanding the situation widened his eyes as the woman then proceed to place that ripped horn towards her neck and cut it. The head of her flew in the air before falling on the ground. The blood sprayed on the ground.
"W....W"
The head directly flew towards Kira legs and last thing Kira saw before realizing that the dragger was into his shoulder, was the smile.
Kira was horrified, and more than that disgusted but he can't do anything. Even if he wants to scream, run play dead he can't do it due to the situation.
The bugs and the insects scattered around before going through Kira mouths and every hole they can found to get inside. Kira was unable to speak or give expression. He felt like his body was melting and for a few heartbeats, his vision goes blank and the only thing he heard was just someone slamming.
"Hey, wake up!"
Kira vision returned and the first thing he saw the lady in red face, which he despises or rather feared most. Kira eyes were in tears and the pain of getting stabbed in the shoulder was nowhere to be felt. He was horrified, So, much that he remembered the days when he was captured under Ryuen.
The pain was different. The place was different but the only thing which was common was the devil standing before him and the fear he felt that day. The day when the RNC was destroyed.
He felt it before also. At the lockers, where he was hiding. The same face erupted at that time also. The horrifying fear returned back which overwhelmed his mind.
Kira widened his eyes as if he accepts his death like that time. His both mental and physical body gave up, and he was willing to obey her.
"Get up!"
"Ye...." He shuttered or most likely, his body didn't allow him to speak.
The crispy flames were spreading through the outside. It was only blocked by the chunk which fell at the door, but it seems like, it also couldn't hold it as the flames started reaching inside the room also.
The lady in red leaned closer. "Get up! I said"
"Ye....N...." Kira mind was gone and the only thing he was saw through his one white pupil at his left eye and the right eye was the crimson red like a pupil which can be compared to the crimson moon.
The lady in red smiled as if she was entertained and directed her finger towards his chin. She then pulls his chin closer to her and licks his sweat before slamming him on the ground.
Kira who was sweating due to the rapid increase in flames, drank his own spit and looked towards the lady with his widened eyes which were filled with fear. Even though a horn was ripped through his forehead and the pain was spreading, he didn't feel anything due to devil at front of him.
"How long can you keep resisting." The lady in red stared at pitiful Kira and lunged forward.
CRACK!
A small crack erupted through the damaged section of the wall, someone came.
He was a tall man dressed formally, carrying a leather folder beneath one arm. He calmly looked around at the burning surroundings, seemingly more annoyed by the destruction than frightened by it. He held a crane with him.
Then his eyes settled on the Lady in Red.
"Hmm."
He adjusted his glasses.
"You seem to possess a rather unique bloodlust."
The Lady in Red slowly turned toward him.
The man continued, almost casually,
"Enough to catch my attention."
His gaze moved toward Kira before returning to her.
"So vampires really do still exist in this era?"
The Lady in Red smiled faintly.
"No."
The man raised an eyebrow.
She calmly pulled the dagger away and stepped back.
"You're mistaken."
Her crimson attire shifted as she turned toward him.
"The existence of vampires was erased ten years ago."
The man became silent.
She continued:
"And I am nothing more than a puppet."
A strange stillness settled over the burning hall.
The flames crackled around them.
The man studied her for a moment before sighing.
"Interesting."
He looked down at the folder in his hand.
"Well, I didn't come here looking for vampires."
He glanced toward the destroyed corridor.
"I came to retrieve some documents."
The Lady in Red stared at him.
"Documents?"
"Yes."
He adjusted his glasses again.
"I am the principal of this academy."
His calm expression finally broke into mild irritation as another section of the ceiling began to burn.
"And judging by the state of this place..."
He looked around.
"...I'm going to have considerably more paperwork than I expected."