"The hunting game is the fascination of a demon who is on his deep slumber waiting for the excitement of his return."
A burning heat is trying to unleash within my body, it feels like I'm on fire but there is no fire, when the feeling faded away an illuminating light surround me, it faded little by little like a heartbeat trying to pump blood to ensure that all the nutrition is delivered to its right place. And at last it covers the right side of my chest and a mark suddenly showed its existence. It has a crescent moon at the center there's a root and seven diamond surrounded the moon.
"What is this?" I asked, trying to remain my composure despite of what's happening, because I know that if I panic it will just make the matter much worse and I don't want that.
"It's the crest of the official start of the hunting game." Sebastian remarked.
"You always talk about the hunting game but you can't explain it to me? What is that light? And what will happen?" I asked this time I'm both confuse, afraid and angry.
"Is all of it real? I mean it's really is?" I asked. I want reassurance that I'm not dreaming.
"It's all real, you now just witness a strange phenomenon and it all matches what we've said, so there's only one answer it is all true. You have to be prepared Beatrice Mary Victoria." Sister Kate said with an eyes of someone I don't even know about. The tenderness on her voice suddenly disappear as if I'm talking to another soul inhabiting its body.
"Sister Kate? Or should I called you that?" I asked with braveness to show that I'm not frightened.
"I just use different tone and you can recognize I'm not her. Well, Sister Kate is my human name but they also called me the Demon of the east." Sis Kate said with coldness in her tone.
"Of course I can recognize you, I grow up with you for 16 years and the warmth you show me all those years. With the thing with Sir Sebastian I have my suspicious that you are not Sister Kate." I asked, this time I realize my question started to betray me. A heavy feeling weight on my chest, so heavy I tried to gasp for air.
"Yes, I am I concealed my form in this rotten body I found lying on the street. I think you really do have brains you have suspicious with just one event. Well, well all my effort to take care of you bear a satisfying result. But I think I don't need to say it fast, after all the problem is only just starting." She said.
"Rotten body? Wait is Sister Kate dead? When?" I asked, partially shaking. I tried to stop the sob that may escape from my voice and suppress the tears that may fall.
"All this time the sister Kate that are always at your side is just a rotten body that are inhabited by a demon. For all those 16 years the warmth I show you is just a show. You can just call me a demon of the east, a name given by the people of the land." She said with conviction.
I almost fainted when I found out that my life is just a false lie as I was trying to live my life with a demon and rotten body at my side. Thinking it all did I deserve such a life, is being an orphan considered as bad luck or is there much worse than this feelings I have right now.
"Do I have something I have to know?" I asked, trying to have a direct eye contact with them and utterances in my voice as I try to hide the sadness in my tone.
"As a matter of fact there is." Sis Kate said, this time I'm sure that she is not sis Kate, the tenderness and warm I felt just by hearing her voice is now gone like a smoke that suddenly fade in the air.
I can't take it anymore, tears will start falling from my cheeks as I try to stop them. But I heard a very tender voice, a very familiar word actually. And suddenly I observe that Sebastian is staring at me. Wait did he see me trying to stop my tears from falling.
"You are not allowed to cry, because if you do it means you lost from your fate." Sebastian said with a straightforward personality but careful of his words.
"I'm not a fragile girl who only do is complaint from her own fate without fighting back. I wanted to know everything, about this hunting game, reincarnation etc." I said with courage as I recall all those weakling protagonist on every novel I usually encounter I hated them because they can do something but they didn't. They just waited for another person to save them, even though in reality it is most likely impossible to happen.
"Of course you have to, the fate of the world is in your hands." He said with a warm smile.
Seeing him smile give me easiness and sense of assurance that there's warm in his voice and there's kindness in his heart. But such words really weight so much? Like the world is in my hands? I'm just a fragile pretty girl that just turn 16 you know? Talk about expectation is really suffocating.
"And you demon, I know that Sister Kate is dead but the memories I have with her will always remind me that she existed in my life. And.nothing.will.ever.change." I said trying to emphasis my point with a hoarse voice.
"Haha, you are indeed a very unique girl among the other 14 reincarnation you are the one who win my favor and concern I swore that I will protect you and be the one who will get you heart." She said with giggle in her tone.
"If you could that is." Sebastian remarked.
"I look forward to it. May I ask who the seven hunters are?" I said.
We talk about the seven hunters while walking our way down the road.
"The seven hunters are the seven faction, there existence arise from the sin of the people of the land. The vampires sin of lust, the wolf sin of greed, the elf sin of pride, the demon sin of wrath, the siren sin of gluttony, the witch sin of sloth and the serpent sin of envy. I can't discuss it yet because any minute by now they will be here. " Sebastian remarked, and now he's widening his point of vision as I observe that he always look around us, as if he's waiting for someone to come.
"They will be here? They know my location?" I asked.
"I already told you the illuminating light is the signal of the official start of the hunting game. When they see the light they will start hunting you and it only takes a matter of time for them to come here." Sebastian said.
"Do I have the ability to fight?" I asked, figuring out if I could do something, all my life I never rely on someone, you can say I'm very independent since I grow up with no parents to support me but only people who have kindness to stay with me.
"I don't know because among the reincarnation you are the only one who can participate the game." Sebastian said.
"What???!!!" I said with a sudden disappointment, I thought I have superpowers since I'm their prey and since this is a game there should be equal equivalent I'm they're prey they're not normal and should I be also not normal?
"hahaha you will realize you have the strength sooner I guess" the Demon of the east said.
"Will you go back to your demon form?" I asked with curiosity.
"Wait, it only just means that you will use Sister Kate body, so I know it's out of the blue to ask this but are you a man?" I added with a chuckle in my voice.
"I'm afraid I can't princess because I will be roaming the land and I can't do it with my demon form. And about your question whether I'm a man, I'm neither of the two. Demon's don't have a particular gender we can take form of a human female if we desire but it's convenient to use male." The Demon of the east said.
"You have a point, but can a demon still fight without their original form?" I asked assuring that a demon should have a tremendous power.
"I can, but I can only use 40% percent of my power." The demon of the east said with a slight disappointment.
"Then I can count on you? Is Mr. Sebastian a demon also?" I asked.
"He is a human but I assure you he's much stronger than me in my human form." The Demon of the east remarked.
"That's great I can count on you two." I said with positivity.
"Are you good in running?" Sebastian said.
"You can count on me, I'm really good at sports." I said with proudness.
"Then that's good. We need to run every time we encountered them. But for now pack up your things we have to make haste, they will be here soon." Sebastian asked.
"Do we have to always run? You know we can't run forever." I said.
"Sometimes your only choice is running, because you know that you are still too weak." Sebastian said looking from a distant.
"What about the children of the orphanage? What will happen to them?" I asked.
"You don't have to worry about them I will deal with that matter." Sebastian remarked trying to assure that everything will be fine.
"Alright then I will do as you say." I said, well I don't really have much choice haven't I? I have to stay alive.
"The princess trusted people so easily huh? Sebastian." The Demon of the east said with a crooked smile, it's the first time I see it, sis Kate smiling but with viciousness.
"Because it's her nature." Sebastian said, making an eye contact with me, and as if he knows me more than I know myself.
"You really know her." The Demon of the East said with teasing in his voice.
"I spend my life roaming the earth for hundreds of years just to meet her." Sebastian said.
"You sure are a persistent man." The demon of the east said with a chuckle in his voice.
"Are you ready?" Sebastian asked, as I was trying to regain my consciousness.
"Yes I am, just a minute." I said.
I walk back to the path I use to pass when I was a kid, the garden we use to harvest, the backdoor we use to play at, the place I use to live in and the people I cherish. Thinking that I will leave all of it bring a sudden sadness in my heart, and now I can't control my tears. Flowing like the water in a falls trying to unleash from the current and always go with the path it use to make. Running down through my cheeks, making my face wet and making me realize that humans are not strong as they use to be. I try to wipe my tears when a sudden event broke my moment.
"Oh leaving already? The game has just started?" a distant voice asked.
"Huh? Who are you?" I asked, wiping my tears.
A men in black suddenly appeared behind me he had a very beautiful ivory eyes, slender body and he has the charm that can melt the heart of all the maidens in the land.
"It was rude of me to not introduce myself to a fine lady, I am Thanatos the king of the Vampire clan-Tremere and it's my duty to kill you."
What the heck? I didn't notice his presence just a minute ago and he was here to kill me, that blood thirsty eyes he had while he look at me is so piercing to the point it draws chill in every part of my body.
"What do you want from me?" I asked while stepping away from him.
"Are you deaf? I didn't expect the last reincarnation to be dumb." He said with an insulting voice.
"What the heck? You blood thirsty animal how dare you called me dumb?" I said and now I try to confront him because of what he said.
"Bloody thirsty animal? You really sure have a very sharp tongue, did someone taught you good manners?" He said and now he's getting closer to me with a smile in his face.
"Why would a vampire like you know about good manners?" I asked in my whole deep voice trying to sound insulting.
"Oh! The princess need to be tamed, and I think I'm the only one who can." He said, he reach his hand in my arms as I entangled by his strong grip.
Suddenly I realize... Did I just dig my own grave???