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"I'm really going to enjoy fucking you up, Ciel." The White Princess truly hated the executor from the bottom of her heart.

She didn't hate her because Ciel loved Yuta or anything of the sort, even though she was jealous of how much Yuta relied on the member of the Burial Agency.

After all, Arcueid quite enjoyed the company of Rika, Aoko, Kohaku and Hisui, and all of these people loved Yuta too. Honestly, just the thought of hurting these people made Arcueid sick.

And she didn't hate Ciel because she was a member of the Holy Church either. The most she would feel towards those people were mild dislike, mostly because Arcueid had never cared too much about her own life until now.

The reason why Arcueid hated Ciel was simple.

She just hated Ciel because Ciel existed.

Sometimes people will meet one another and simply hate each other. There was no rhyme or reason, they just did. And since Arcueid was a simple and honest woman, she didn't bother thinking too hard about this. She was totally happy with hating Ciel for no reason.

The executor tensed her body. "I won't deny you're stronger than me, but I'll be the person winning this duel. Bitch." Ciel felt a bit embarrassed.

She normally would not be the type of person who swore like that, and if her friends caught her on the act she would explode. Arcueid always brought the worst in her however.

Because she hated Arcueid. And it wasn't because Arcueid was a vampire, Ciel rarely hated the monsters she hunted, for the most part she understood that their nature was not their fault.

She mildly disliked Arcueid for being the idiot who let Roa become the menace he is, but even then, she also understood the True Ancestor had been tricked, and that she had been trying to fix her mistake for centuries.

So the reason why Ciel hated Arcueid was simple... for the same reason Arcueid hated her. Simple and pure natural hatred, like oil meeting water.

Arcueid snorted. "Hah? How are you going to win!? You don't even have that special little weapon of yours!"

Ciel grit her teeth. "Indeed." If she had come specially prepared, then everything would have become far too obvious. "But you are always lacking a brain, so in the end it wasn't a big loss."

Arcueid dashed forward like a rocket.

With an open hand, she grabbed Ciel's face. "Let me crack your skull open and see yours then!" She squeezed as hard as she could.

Ciel's head naturally exploded.

Arcueid blushed at the sight. In her previous "play" fights with Ciel, she had never gone this far, but now she could go as wild as she wanted too. It felt like she was finally cumming after being teased for long.

Still, Arcueid would try to contain herself to a certain extent. Giving in to her bloodlust was no good... She had to hold it in, and then leave this town once she had finally put that snake down. Even if it would be sad.

And then reality glitched. Ciel had a head again.

"Ah, that really is impressive!" She couldn't help, but whistle in awe. No wonder the executor had put down so many members of the Dead Apostle Ancestors. Her immortality was even more impressive than theirs!

Ciel grit her teeth. "I really don't care for your praise!" She was happy though.

Having her head popped like a grape didn't hurt at all, it was like one moment she was awake, and then in the next she wasn't. As far as deaths went, it was the most pleasant type Ciel could think of.

It didn't look that way to other people however, so later she could use this leverage to have Yuta scold Arcueid, and more importantly... to have Yuta pamper herself!

Ciel jumped backward and drew Five black Keys. She threw them with amazing skill at the vampire, and that wasn't all, these Black Keys were infused with enough Magical Energy to destroy a building.

Arcueid batted them all aside without breaking a single sweat.

Which Ciel expected of course, but it was still a scary sight to see... specially since the vampire hadn't actually moved out of the way to bat them aside.

Magical Energy exploded from Arcueid in waves... and so the True Ancestor had almost become a living star, gravity itself was shaping and changing around her. Gravity itself had deflected Ciel's blows.

Ciel grinned. "Where was this when we were fighting Vlov!?" This was going great. Nobody would notice a disarmed atom bomb when another was going off.

The executor shouldn't have said that.

Arcueid's eyes were enough to kill a low-ranking Dead Apostle. "Shut up."

She would really become a star at this rate. "You're gonna pay for that. He didn't need you, and you weren't enough to protect him...! If you didn't lead him to danger, then he would never have gotten hurt!"

But Ciel did. Ciel showed the entire world that Yuta Okkotsu had too much potential to remain a normal boy, and so Arcueid would not be able to have him all for herself.

Most of all, Ciel's comment made Arcueid angry at herself.

Because it was true. Where was she when Vlov was rampaging around? Being useless.

Arcueid's claws shined purple as she swung towards Ciel.

The executor braced herself. "Isn't she taking this a bit too seriously...? Don't tell me she forgot what we are supposed to be doing!" She had no tools to defend herself beyond some weak Black Keys and magecraft.

Ciel truly hoped that would be enough. Five magical circles formed in front of her, they were made solely to protect her, being akin to magic shields. They were Roa's favorite protection.

She also pumped mana through her Black Keys and stuck them on the ground. Immediately the weapons expanded, essentially becoming a wall of metal.

Nonetheless, even aftet all that the executor couldn't help, but be nervous. "Did she forget we are in the Financial District? We can't be too flashy..." That vampire truly was stupid.

And truly powerful.

The purple energy... the Breath of the Planet, ate through all her defenses in less than a second. After it, Ciel would be swallowed up too.

But she needed less than a second to jump up, away from the claw. "Tsk!" It still annoyed her however, to see how weak she was when compared to the vampire.

"Gotcha!" Jumping up was a mistake.

As soon as Ciel did, Arcueid followed suit and grabbed her by the leg.

The vampire spun her in the air. "The only impressive thing about you really is your immortality! How the hell are you the one leeching of Roa!? He's normally the supreme leech!"

Ciel wanted to vomit. Both because what Arcueid said made her sick to her stomach, and because Arcueid was spinning her so fast that Ciel's skin was beginning to be removed with the force of the wind.

Eventually however, Arcueid threw her away.

Ciel flew through the air with the speed of a modern day jet, or perhaps even faster. Not that she recognized any of what had happened however, for Ciel was dead.

The sheer force exuded against her body when Arcueid had spun her around had been enough to kill her. This was the power of a monster that made Vlov look like a toothless child.

Midway through her fight Ciel regained consciousness, regained life. "W-what was that!?"

Perhaps Arcueid wasn't the best person for something like this, they should have planned this with Aoko instead, or perhaps even Rika. Actually the more she thought about it, those options seemed even scarier.

Not that Ciel had any time to think about that.

The True Ancestor was already upon her. "Enjoyed your nap!? Wanna do it again!?" She landed a punch on Ciel's gut. That simple punch could have caused an earthquake.

Ciel's flight was just extended. This time however, she did not die, and so she put her mind to work.

With gravitational magecraft, she landed atop of a building more or less fine. "What a..." Nonetheless she needed to catch her breath. "Bitch." The girl was already exhausted.

Her reserves of energy were still plentiful of course, that was the one thing Ciel rarely ever ran out of, even if she could never dream of rivaling Yuta either.

The problem was her mental state. She was getting tired of fighting a war she could not possibly win... but she also knew she just had to though this out.

She looked around, scanning to see where exactly she had landed. And she was glad to see that even in her emotional state, Arcuied had not forgotten what they were supposed to be doing. They were getting closer to the objective zone.

Arcueid appeared in front of her in a blink. "So Ciel, are you going to take back what you said? If you do I won't punch your head into the stratosphere."

Ciel clicked her tongue in response.

Apologizing to Arcueid? She would rather die a thousand times more than even think about doing that. In fact, just the fact that Arcueid had suggested such a thing made her angry enough to lift Ciel's spirits.

The executor grimaced. "Sure, feel free to do that, Arcueid. Just know that it will be futile, a waste of time and energy. Just like your existence."

Arcueid started to laugh. "Yeah, stratosphere it is!"

Both women entered into a fighting stance, they were fighting for something very important, so they couldn't afford to back down.

A blush appeared on Ciel's face as her mind ran with infinite possibilities.

(A date! Me and Yuta are going to go in a amazing date, just the two of us! It won't be like the beach, it will be just him and me! A-and then... I might propose! G-getting married early is nice, right?)

Yuta Okkotsu would probably have a heart attack if that happened, considering the speed of it, but Ciel wasn't the type to do things halfway through. There was a good chance her embarrassment would stop her however, she could be a bit shy.

And as for Arcueid's resolve...?

(SEX! YUTA AND I WILL HAVE SO MUCH SEX! WITH NOTHING TO INTERRUPT US! WITH CIEL WATCHING TIED UP AND CRYING! SEX! SEX! SEX! NO MORE VIRGIN ARCUEID JOKES!)

With their resolves made, the two clashed yet again... Or more accurately, Arcueid kept throwing Ciel across the town like a pinball.



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"Ah, let's cross out this place from the list Akiha. It isn't the best." It wasn't the worst either, but Shiki had better before.

Akiha nodded. "Yes, let's not order takeout from this place anymore."

Miyako pouted. "I thought it was good..." The young girl had been the one to convince her two older siblings that that place had interesting food.

Shiki thought it was interestingly bad. Effort was definitely put, he couldn't judge them for that, however the only thing they managed to make was a bad that was never seen in human history.

The glasses wearing boy involuntarily let a sigh escape him. He missed Kohaku. He was tired of eating takeout...

Yuta must have been living in heaven. Not only did he probably eat Kohaku's food everyday, but he also... Actually that was enough to constitute as living in heaven.

Shiki however, lived in hell.

"Why are you sighing big brother? Care to share with the two of us?" Akiha was sending Shiki a glare strong enough to melt someone.

She probably didn't mean it however. At this point, the image of a fine and elegant lady that Shiki used to think of his sister as, had died. She was just kind of a angry brat, a more developed Miyako even.

Shiki loved the fact that he could think that of his sister without hesitation. He didn't know why, but he loved it.

So he ended up laughing a bit. "Sorry, just thinking of some troublesome people."

Akiha huffed. "Whatever you say, big brother." And so they returned to silently dining.

There were technically no rules about talking during dinner in the Tohno household, but Akiha was personally against it. In fact, the Akiha of a few days ago would have probably kicked Shiki to his room for doing it.

(She really calmed down recently... still a cute, angry brat, but there's something different about her.)

Maybe that visit to the beach had soothed her nerves? Shiki knew his sister loved to spend time with his closest friend, even if she would seldom admit it.

Well, he had enjoyed that time at the beach too. It was certainly a better atmosphere that being in this creepy mansion.

Even now, as they ate, they had to do so under the watchful eye of Toji, because he was technically doing his job as a bodyguard. Shiki hated it, he missed eating in a normal household, like with the Arimas.

Just thinking about it ma-.

He could feel it coming.

Kill. Kill. Kill.

Those words endlessly repeated on his head.

Shiki got up and put a hand on his forehead. "S-sorry, I'll be retiring early Akiha. It's that... again." At this point the two didn't need to hide anything from each other.

Akiha knew about Shiki's murderous impulses, and she knew he felt them towards her sometimes. So when it struck him, he would excuse himself and go to him room until he felt better.

Miyako pouted. "That what...?" She didn't know about it.

Mostly because Shiki didn't know how to tell her that he sometimes felt the urge to murder Akiha in cold blood. He felt like a coward...

However, to his surprise Akiha shook her head. "I don't think this is what you think it is, big brother." She put a hand on her chin. "There is something in the air. Something disgusting."

She looked to their supposed bodyguard. "Fushiguro, take Miyako to her room. And keep good watch on her." Shiki didn't know how to feel about how his sister clearly trusted Toji a decent amount.

Without any complaining the supposed bodyguard took the little girl away.

Shiki crossed his arms. "So, what's that all about...?" He could still feel it, his body demanding that he take the life of someone. The life of his own damn sister.

Akiha got up from her chair, and walked to the window. "You can't feel it big brother...? You're definitely not aiming to kill me at current moment."

Akiha felt like she was about to throw up. Something had appeared on Souya, something with enough magical energy to imitate a nuclear plant. And whoever they were, they weren't trying to hide it either.

She took a deeep breath. She hadn't gotten involved in the fight against that Dead Apostle Ancestor, but she wouldn't ignore this one. She couldn't affort this one.

Shiki meanwhile, could feel what she was talking about. The more he focused, the more he realized his murderous instinct was aimed somewhere else. His target of ire was quickly approaching however.

And then his mind broke.

A broken body flew through the mansion's window, crashing against the table, and sending the things that were atop of it flying everywhere.

Shiki's first thought was as thus. Wow, it's raining women.

Shiki's second thought was... "Senpai!? Are you okay!?"

That's right, Ciel had just been flunged by something through a window and crash landed against their table. She looked bloody all over, as if some beast had been playing with her body.

Even Akiha was completely shocked. "W-what...?" The girl had met the executor at this point, seen her fight even. So she knew no common thing could have put her in this state.

Since Ciel did not respond, Shiki rushed to her side, and helped the girl to get up. "Seriously, what's happening!?" He knew she should theoretically be fine, since she was immortal and all, but still...

A weak smile appeared on Ciel's face. "Just trouble in paradise, don't worry."

"Eh?"

Shiki didn't know what to think. Was she fighting Yuta...? Nah, no way. He was sure Yuta would rather die than lay his hands on one of his own girlfriends. But then what the hell was she talking about?

And then it happened.

That walking calamity that both Shiki and Akiha had been feeling, suddenly appeared behind Ciel. It didn't teleport however, it was just so absurdly fast that Shiki hadn't noticed it moving.

Arcueid Brunestud had a bright smile on her face. "So, do you give up, Ciel?" She was covered in blood, but it definitely wasn't her.

Honestly, she disliked it. She hated it. The temptation to lick it was really strong, and so she would make Ciel for being such a dumb, absurdly good punching bag.

Ciel meanwhile took a deep breath. "Screw you." And prepared herself for more combat.

They had finally made it to the objective, so now she had to buy as much time as possible.

Well, Yuta would probably be horrified once he saw the state his senpai was in, but Ciel considered this whole thing a plus. Not only would he pamper her, but he also would be pissed off at Arcueid for taking things too far.

And as for Shiki, things finally clicked in his head.

Yuta would never approve of this, which meant these two idiots were fighting for his attention beneath his nose. Like a dump pair of olden and younger siblings.

"You two idiots...!" He had to put a stop to this, or at least contain the disaster until Yuta showed up.

As soon as he thought that however, Arcueid picked Ciel by the neck, and tossed her through a wall. The executor went flying to the Tohno's Mansion's garden, and the True Ancestor gave chase.

For a moment, for Shiki and Akiha stared at the hole in shock.

Eventually Shiki regained his bearings, and raised a hand to his glasses. "Akiha, stay here! I'll go calm down these two." He expected this type of shit from Rika, not from his reliable Senpai!

Though then again, the bigger culprit here might be Arcueid.

Leaving that aside, did he really have the strength to take his glasses off? Sensei had imparted the wisdom in his that he should only accept seeing death if it was to fight for something as important as life.

Furthermore, he recently had met that other Shiki girl... the one who used her eyes with zero hesitation. He didn't like her, not one bit, and he certainly didn't want to become like her.

However, what Shiki didn't notice, is that as he grappled with his resolve, Akiha had been making hers.

The girl had been clenching her fist so tightly that it might genuinely break. "Come in my house... break my things... fighting over my man... the nerve."

If this had happened a few days prior, Akiha Tohno would have most definitely become an oni and slaughtered these two invading whores.

Thankfully this is happening right now so...!

Ah, nevermind. Akiha rushed towards where their fight went, fully intending on killing them all and throwing their bodies in the trash. A fate worthy of their station, she thought.

Shiki seeing such a scene, could do only one thing... he followed her. "Seriously, Akiha!?"

He abandoned the idea of taking off his glasses however, simply drawning his knife. Hopefully that would be enough, he didn't want to kill anybody after all. Specially since Yuta would definitely kill him in return if he did.

Surprisingly enough, Shiki found that he could actually more or less keep up with Akiha when it came to speed.

The reason for that was his lineage as Nanaya of course, though Shiki was a prodigy even amongst that clan. If he discarded the limitations he placed on himself, the limitations of being a normal human, he could have surpassed his sister when it came to speed.

But he didn't, so eventually Akiha built enough speed and became a blur to his eyes.

When Shiki arrived at the "battlefield", Akiha had already joined in...

Though she wasn't doing much battling. Instead, it was more like she was being bullied by a upperclassmen. Some type of green vine had suspended her onto the air, and so Ciel and Arcueid continued their fight uninterrupted.

His sister tried her best to struggle against. "Hey! What the hell is this!? Take me seriously!" But the might of a oni certainly couldn't challenge the might of the planet.

These vines had been created by Arcueid Brunestud after all, they were part of her Principle. In some way one could even call them an authority capable of challenging the Chains of Heaven.

At least when Arcueid was serious.

The vampire giggled. "Take you seriously? I don't even know why you jumped in!" It was insane how she was casually parrying everything Ciel did while she talked trash.

A mumble of despair left Shiki's lips. "How am I supposed to stop her?" It felt like he was watching a more controlled and experienced Rika fight.

So this battle was way beyond his skill level.

Ciel awkwardly looked to the side, which wasn't exactly smart in a fight, but she couldn't help it. "I'll admit, I don't understand why you tried to interject either, Akiha..."

That was enough for the oni princess. "Because this is my house!?"

After such a reasonable response, Ciel and Arcueid could only blush. Even if they didn't stop fighting for a single second.

And Akiha then proceeded to ruin any level of reason she could have had. "Besides, if you two are fighting for that idiot, shouldn't I be the main target here!?" Her face was equally red as the other two.

Shiki wondered if he would be excused for killing Yuta in the future. I mean, the guy corrupted his sister, he deserved it.

A smug grin appeared on Arcueid's face. "You? The main target? You aren't even in the competi-."

A cellphone rang out. Arcueid's cellphone, apparently.

The vampire took it to her ear, and started to nod along. "I'm so sorry! But she started it! No, I'm totally serious here!" Her face had slowly been morphed into a pout. "Fine. Fine. You know I can't resist you." With a sigh she put the cellphone back into her skirt pocket.

"Welp, Yuta scolded me, so I'm going back to Ciel's house and begging him for forgiveness!"

"Eh?"

Shiki couldn't help, but feel like he was missing something.



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AN: For this one I tried adapting that new style I have been working with. If I feel like it doesn't work out I will probably go back to the old one.

Anyways, next chapter we will most definitely have a flashback to explain why the big fight was happening.