Destiny and Fate – A Dietrich and Esther Story
By: Krunsik
Chapter 3 - Onshuu (Love and Hate)
"Somewhere in the distance, the bold hunter walked in peace as the skull of the dead vampire lay dusty in the crimson dawn."
Esther froze and blinked a few times. What did she just hear? She was getting married to this guy she hadn't even met before? Hey! What happened to her own free will?! Didn't she get any say in this matter?
Her eyes darted quickly to Dietrich's. He smiled and nodded reassuringly, "You will be his wife," he told her again.
Without any control, everyone started spinning around her. The whole world was going blurry and black. The last thing she saw was a pair of brown eyes looking at her worryingly.
"Is my wife to be, alright Dietrich?" Cain loomed over him.
Why on earth did he get such a weak wife? If he was going to be the master of the universe he needed to create a strong family. Maybe once she discovers her powers she will be able to be strong.
"I believe she is shocked by the matter of you marrying her. Maybe when she wakes up, she and I will take a walk to discuss some matters," he said unblinkingly
Dietrich normally didn't take care of people like this. He would leave it up to Helga to do it. But more some reason he wanted to do it this time. He replaced the damp cloth on her forehead with a new fresh one.
"Report to me when she has recovered," Cain left immediately.
Dietrich sighed. If was going to have a wife, he sure needed to know how to take care of one. Right now, he was in all ice mode like Helga instead of being warm hearted to the new girl.
"Is he gone?" a voice whispered. She cracked an eye open, "Oh my lord, thank goodness," she sat up and looked at the slightly confused and surprised man sitting beside her. Lying back down on the mattress she sighed.
"I don't want to marry that guy," she stately firmly. Dietrich inched closer and looked at her eye to eye.
"Is there another person you like? Maybe you should get to know him first," His pale face showed no emotion. Not even a slight smile of happiness. It seemed like all the Rosenkreuz members were like this.
She remembered when Father Nightroad told her about Isaak. He had killed Noelle-san and he was distressed for a few days. It was painstakingly hard for him to tell her what happened. But everything seemed to get better from then on.
"Well then, now you're up, let's take a walk, since you listened to our whole conversation," Standing up before her, he pulled her hand up with him. Esther followed him quickly. She was a lady, not a slave. She wasn't going to be dragged along the floor by this man.
Cain stood by his office window. How long would it take before the girl's power would awaken? He needed a drug of some kind. Something that would speed up the process, but would her tiny frame be able to take the pressure of the drug's contents? He would need Isaak to do some further research on her.
He pressed a button on the side of the wall. It had the name Isaak's code name stuck onto it. The sound would buzz in his room, and he would report to him immediately.
Maybe, Isaak could secretly follow Dietrich and Esther around. Then he would be able to see how everything works about her. Cain was positive that Dietrich wouldn't tell him that much information. It was like history was repeating itself. He still remembered what happened to his previous wife. How she had fallen in love with Dietrich first and then an AX member, after that she had decided to desert him. Of course, after a couple of months he sent Isaak to do some handy work for him.
Cain, I'm truly sorry but living this kind of life with you, was not pleasant at all. I'm leaving to join the AX members. I have met one of them recently, and their cause is better than yours. I hope you can forgive me,
Noelle
He read the note with absolute disgust. How dare this wrench just leave him like this? Dietrich was on post that night, he must have seen something he thought. Unless he helped her escape, maybe that's why, she and Dietrich were talking so close lately. He scrunched up the note tightly and held it in his hand.
Stomping out into the hallway, he shouted loudly like some crazy maniac,
"DIETRICH!!" he bellowed. A brown haired man, popped out of a room immediately. He walked towards his boss swiftly, with a small smirk on his face, "What is the meaning of this?!" He threw the piece of paper at his face. Dietrich caught it in between his fingers. Emotionlessly he read it. Cain watched his eyes with suspicious, looking for any flaw in his web of lies. Looking up, he glanced at his leader.
"So what, she left. Not like you loved her or took care of her," he replied with a slight anger to his voice. He eyes sent a small 'challenge' to him. Waiting for his response, Dietrich slowly tore apart the paper, filling up the silence which paper shredding. He let go of each piece and watched it float down to the ground. Cain growled at him,
"You are not permitted to go on any errands and I won't let you leave your personal quarters until next week!!" he shouted on the top of his lungs like some mother scolding a child.
Dietrich smiled at him, "Oh, that's fine. I have plenty of interesting things to do in my room, than stare at your horrible fake face," he turned around and walked back to his room, shutting it gently. Cain groaned in utter frustration, damn that smart ass! Striding back to his office, he slammed the door on Helga's face. She had watched the whole fight and was waiting to talk to him.
"I'm going to make that son of a bitch regret what he did," Leaning back in his chair, he thought of some possible situations to get that man killed in action.
Every single part of his plan was working accordingly, all his Rosenkreuz members were like puppets on a string. He was going to use Dietrich to make sure this new girl would not leave. He needed her power……a power which he was not going to tell anyone. The information to active her power was very crucial, he himself was still trying to figure it out……
Cain looked out his office window. He spotted Dietrich and Esther walking together! What the hell?! He told Dietrich to report to him when she was awake! Cain growled quietly,
"What does he think he's doing?!" he whispered harshly.
Dietrich felt some odd. The hairs on his neck stood on end. Turning his head, he looked up towards the office window. He could clearly see Cain's fiery eyes glaring at him. He smirked. He realised that Cain was looking at the girl beside him. The corners of his mouth tugged up a little when he decided to make use of this moment.
Taking the Esther's hand, he pulled her roughly towards his open arms. He wrapped them tightly around her. Her eyes widened like saucers when she felt him do this. Esther's face was turning redder by the minute. Her back was facing the way Cain was looking, so while they were 'hugging' Dietrich glanced at Cain with an evil smirk. Just when she was about to lift her hands and hug him back, Dietrich released his hold on her,
"Come on," Dietrich kept walking as if nothing happened. His face showing no emotion to what he just did to the poor girl.
Esther was still frozen when he left. Her right hand was placed over her heart. She could feel the pulse of it beating faster and faster. Her face was feeling warm and a weird sensation was growing in her stomach. She had never experienced these feelings before,
"What's happening to me…?" she mumbled to herself. Still looking at the ground she spotted a pair of black shoes in her gaze. A small cough was heard. Esther quickly lifted her head and saw the ever so emotionless, smiling, brown haired man in front of her. Her pulse rate was beating faster again. Just his presence before her would send it wild. Dietrich's cold staring eyes didn't blink as he watched her. Was there something wrong with the girl? Why is her hand over her heart? Does she have heart problems? His heart stopped beating for a millisecond and then he felt it pound against his rib cage again. Why was he worrying over the girl?
Ignoring these thoughts, he pushed them down into the deepest corner of his mind. He wouldn't let anything get in the way of his work…..not even love. Grabbing her arms with both hands he shook her gently. Moving his head towards hers, Esther's heart beat felt like her heart was about to explode. Was he going to kiss her? But instead his head moved towards the side of his face.
She could feel his hot breath on the shell of her ear, "Let's go, you spaced out,"
All she could do was nod. Her breath had slightly run dry and no words were coming out of her lips. She followed obediently after him staring at the ground, watching his footsteps.
Cain smashed his glass at the wall which had a picture of Dietrich. Damn that fucker! Dietrich was definitely toying with him. What was this little 'love' scene he just watched for a couple of minutes? Was he acting or was he for real? Cain practically screamed out Helga's name. Immediately the blue haired girl came inside his office,
"Get me Dietrich and Esther!" he growled.
She nodded without retorting to the order. Helga didn't want to disturb him in his anger mode. Hurriedly she rushed out of his room and ran down the hallway.
Cain's mind raged and the only thing that could stop his madness was to have Dietrich's head on a sliver plate……..
I apologize for the long update! But school exams are coming up, time to study!