Everyone gathered in the clan hall to talk about the new leader of the Himura Clan.
"Lord Himura, you can't be serious about letting your daughter become the next leader. I won't allow it, she's way too selfish and she's always causing trouble and breaking the rules. She doesn't deserve to be the next clan leader", said Lord Gazeem, one of the clan members stating his opinion on Lord Himura's daughter.
As Lord Gazeem finishes talking, a kid runs into the clan hall yelling, "There's a guard from the capital and he's covered in blood". They run outside to see the man.
"The king is no longer in power and his son took the throne!", the guard announces as he falls to his knees, coughing up blood. The man then dies and falls to the ground.
"Lord Himura, what does this mean? Are we in trouble?" Lord Gazeem asked Lord Himura.
Lord Himura replies, "This changes nothing, we may have a new king but our rules and laws still stand in this village, and that doesn't change our plans to pick a new clan leader."
"Give this man a burial and get back into the clan hall to talk", Lord Himura says as he starts walking to the hall.
Meanwhile
"Lady Aiko, did you hear the news? Your father is picking you to be the next clan leader and we have a new king." Ms. Hana said as she ran forward to her.
"What! I don't want to be the new clan leader, I don't even want to be here in this stupid village!," Lady Aiko said as she ran to the hall room.
Lady Aiko ran into the hall, slapping the doors open and yelled at her father. "I don't want to the damn leader of this stupid clan!"
"You don't have a choice in the matter. I'm your father, and what I say goes and that's final!" Lord Himura yelled back at her.
"You can't tell me what to do if I'm not here in this village." Lady Aiko said as she ran to her room to pack her stuff.
As Aiko enters her room she sees her mom with her things already packed. "Mom, what is this?" Aiko asked her mom. "I'm not going to stop you, you're a grown woman. You can do whatever you want, but if you're leaving I suggest going straight to the capital. I heard that a lot of stuff has changed there. The rules and laws here don't matter in the capital now because of the new king. So go and be free, and find yourself." Aiko's mom said to her as she picked up her stuff running outside to leave the village.
"Ms Hana, go with her, and be there for her. She'll need your help and please take care of her", Aiko's mom asked Ms Hana.
Aiko reaches the edge of the village and the guards try to stop her but as they try to push her back she jumps up and kicks both of them in the head and keeps running. As she runs she notices someone following her and she turns around to see Hana running towards her.
"Hana! Why are you following me?", Aiko asked as she stopped running.
"Lady Himura asked me to join you in your adventure to the capital. It's a few hours on foot, so let's get moving before the monsters come out." Ms Hana said, as she continued running.
Few Hours later
Aiko and Hana finally reach the capital gate. "Finally! We're here Hana, let's hurry up and head inside." Aiko said, relieved.
They head inside the capital and they see all types of demons. As they're walking they bump into a guy with white hair. "Sorry Miss, are you ok?" the guy inquired. "I'm fine thanks, but since I got you here, can you tell me where is a good inn? We just got here and are looking for a place to stay." Aiko asked. The guy directs Aiko and Hana to an inn.
"Hope y'all have a fun time here, but I gotta go. Bye ladies", the guy said as he walked away.
"This place is beautiful and amazing, what do you think, Hana?,"said Aiko as they headed to the inn to get a room.
"It is Lady Aiko, but what's your plan now since we're here?," Hana asked.
While Aiko and Hana talk about the capital and plan what to do next.
Meanwhile
"I should be next in line to be the heir, not that little brat, why would Lord Himura pick her?," Lord Gazeem yammered with anger in his eyes and voice.
"Lord, is there anything we can do to help?," one of his attendants asked.
As the attendant spoke an idea pops into Gazeem's head. "I have an idea. Tell my assassins to hunt down Aiko and Hana and kill them and kill anyone that stands in they're way." Lord Gazeem commanded his attendant.
After the attendant told the assassins they're mission, they head out immediately.
The next day
Aiko and Hana headed out with they're new plan to talk to the new king about changing the rules and laws of the Himura Clan. "Hana, let's go and talk to the king." Aiko said with joy in her voice.
They start walking through the streets seeing stores full of beautiful artifacts, weapons, and armor. They finally reach the king's gates.
"Halt, you two can't go any farther unless you have permission that allows you to enter," one of the guards said as they blocked the gate with they're weapons.
"Come on, I really need to talk to the king, it's important." Aiko said to the guards that don't move or say anything. "Fine, how do you get permission to visit the king?," Aiko asked the guards.
"The king himself has to give it to you,'' the guard said.
Aiko and Hana start walking away in disappointment. "We will just have to find another way to see the king," Aiko broadcasted as she turned and stuck her tongue out at the guards.
The Next Morning
"You're majesty, I have bad news. A guard found a body drained of most of its blood in a nearby alley." a squire told the king with fear in his voice.
Yusei puts his hands together and starts thinking. "I think I know who did this. I ran into some vampire girls yesterday, they had eyes of blood. There's no doubt they're vampires, find them and bring them to me, so I can ask some questions," Yusei told the squire.
The squire tells the guards what the girls look like and to bring them to the king. A group of guards go out into the streets of the capital to find them.
Aiko and Hana sat on the fountain in the main square. One guard noticed them and yelled at them. "Hey, you two stay right there! Y'all are under arrest!" Before Aiko and Hana could react, they were surrounded by multiple guards pointing swords and spears at them. The guards escort Aiko and Hana to the castle's throne room. As they reach the throne room the guards put them to their knees. Aiko looks up and notices the guy sitting on the throne. "You're the guy that bumped into us yesterday, so you're the king," Aiko announced.
Yusei stands up and approaches Aiko and Hana. He kneels down to Aiko and grabs her face and examines her. "What the hell are you doing?"Aiko demanded.
"I know you're both very high level vampires. So explain to me why two vampires are in my capital feeding on my people?" Yusei challenged with anger in his voice.
"I don't know what you mean! We haven't fed on anyone.", Aiko said with a brassy tone in her voice. Yusei gets mad and stands her up with his index finger under her chin, demanding her to tell the truth.
A guard runs into the throneroom blaring, "We found more dead bodies and they're fresh!!"
Yusei turns from Aiko and asks the guard, "How long have they been dead?"
"About ten minutes or less, your majesty," the guard answered Yusei. The doors of the castle break open and standing there, is a group of people covered in blood and ready to kill.
"We are the Himura assassins. Move aside or die, we're here for those girls." the leader of the group ordered, running everyone in the throne room out.
"What are they doing here, in the capital?", Aiko asked herself.
The pressure suddenly gets heavier as Yusei stands in front of Aiko and Hana with a pissed off look on his face. "What is this pressure? It's getting harder to breathe," Aiko said.
"What's this? Are you trying to be a hero or are you wishing for death," the leader of the group said.
"What are the Himura assassins doing here? Who sent you?"Aiko inquired of the leader.
"Lord Gazeem, sent us to kill you Lady Aiko and Ms. Hana So you don't become the next heir of the Himura Clan." the leader responded.
As Aiko heard that she went into shock. "Why? Why? Why would he send y'all to kill me? I never even wanted to be the damn heir anyway," Aiko expressed with tears running down her face.
She hears a voice,"Aiko do you want me to help you or not, or do you want me to give you to them?" Yusei asked with a devil face.
With a defeated voice. "Yes, Please help." Aiko asked Yusei.
In an instant, Yusei appears next to the assassins and stabs his hand through one vampire's chest. Then with his other hand snaps his fingers making the rest of the group explode, except the leader.
Yusei pulls his hand out of the dead vampire's chest and he starts walking towards the leader. Yusei unleashes pressure that makes the leader kneel to the ground.
The leader looks up and sees Yusei standing above him with eyes full of black and a figure standing behind him. As Yusei throws the leader into the wall and knees him, making him cough up blood. Before he falls to the ground, Yusei grabs his arm, ripping it off his body and the rest of his limbs. Leaving only his body and head laying on the ground.
"Damn you! You fucking demon. You'll pay in the most painful way. Lord Gazeem shows no mercy to anyone," the leader says as Yusei lifts his foot and crashes the leader's head into the ground.
Covered in blood, Yusei walks up to Aiko and with his loosely folded hand softly lifts her face by her chin to look into her eyes, still filled with tears. "You both can stay here in the castle, as long as you like. What's mine is yours," Yusei tells Aiko and Hana as he releases them, monopolized by Aiko's beauty and allure. Then he walks away, directing someone to clean up the mess and fix the door.
Chapter 5 END.