Chapter 3: 'Party'

"Ohayou!" Ayame shouted. Kotarou and Mimiko woke up immediately and were surprised to see the prepared food on the dining table.

"You cooked all this?" Mimiko asked her.

Ayame just nodded. She noticed Jirou wasn't on the table so she searched for him and ended in front of a coffin. She heard someone snoring inside it. "Onii-chan?"

He replied with a snore.

She smiled with a bad intention. She smacked the coffin in the middle which created a hole but he was not disturbed by it and continued snoring. Ayame thought of something to awake him.

"You could pour water on him Ayame-san if you want to." Mimiko suggested while peeking on the door.

"Thanks." Ayame replied.

And minutes later...

"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!" The scream was heard on every corner of the house.

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"Isn't it too harsh to be woke up using water on 2 consecutive days." Jirou mumbled as he was sitting on the floor. His hair was being dried up by Ayame with a towel and she was sitting on the chair.

"I'm sorry Onii-chan. I never thought that what Mimiko-san suggested would be more effective than what I expected." Ayame apologized with a hint of sarcasm.

"By the way, where is Mimiko-san?" Jirou asked.

"She left already to work." Ayame said.

And then Kotarou came running, "Onii-chan*, Onee-chan*!" He was yelling.

(*Onii means older brother while Onee means older sister, please do correct me this if it was written incorrectly.)

"What is it Kotarou?" Jirou asked.

"A man came and gave me this envelope while I was wandering around the house." He said as he gave the envelope to Jirou.

There was written 'Invitation' in front of the envelope. Jirou immediately opened it and read it loudly, "To the Mochizuki Brothers, I'm inviting you to a small celebration in my mansion tomorrow night at 11pm. It will be a celebration about your official residence here in the Special Zone. You can invite anyone you like to join. Sei."

"So Sei-chan sent that!" Kotarou said.

"Sei? The Dragon King of East?" Ayame asked.

"Yeah, he's a good friend." Kotarou told her.

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"Do I really need to go with you?" Ayame asked as she was struggling to get out from Jirou's tight hold on her arm.

"Yeah," Jirou replied. Kotarou and Mimiko were following them while they were walking toward a gigantic wooden gate, "And perhaps you can meet high ranked officials in there. Sei, or the Dragon King of East, is one of the most powerful vampires in here."

"I know that fact for so long, okay." Ayame blurted.

Jirou looked at her, "I want them to know that you're my sister."

"You don't need to. Vampires and humans knew me simply as a historian who collects information and shares it to everyone. They give respect due to the time I have been alive and I don't need your name to tag to mine so it would sound beautiful to anyone's ears." Ayame explained.

"I need to. If they would knew that I'm your brother, they won't have the confidence to mess up with you since you will become an old blood next year." Jirou insisted.

"Yeah right, as if I can do something to stop you." Ayame murmured.

"Konbanwa!!!" Jirou heard Mimiko and Kotarou's voice in unison. The door opened and Sei met them.

"I'm very glad to see you." Sei greeted.

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Jirou and Kotarou were surrounded by the people who went to the party Sei held. Due to this, Ayame was being left behind since Mimiko was still on the comfort room. Sei, together with Cain, noticed and approached her. They had a light conversation when Mimiko arrived from the comfort room. She searched for them and found Ayame entertained with the two vampire legends.

"So you are his sister," Cain said. "We never knew that Jirou has a sister."

"My brother thought I died because of an incident and forget my existence already so he never mentioned about me." Ayame told them.

"Really, we're sorry for that Ayame-san." Sei shared his sympathy.

Ayame smiled, "You don't need to Sei-sama. You invited me personally in the Special Zone without knowing that fact and it's already more than the pleasure I can take."

"You were the representative of the Organization who will be helping the Special Zone so it is just proper for me to invite you." Sei said.

"Thank you for trusting us Sei-sama." Ayame replied with a small bow.

Mimiko approached them, "Good evening."

"Good evening to you too Mimiko-san." Sei replied.

But suddenly, the crowd became silent. Everyone was surprised to see who was coming.

"Zelman Clock," Mimiko murmured.

Ayame, who was not paying attention immediately, looked at the source of attention seeking scene. "Him?"

The red eye Murderer and the descendant of the bloodline of the war god Asura approached where Sei and Cain were and smiled at them, "Thanks for the invitation Sei." He said. Behind him was a tall woman wearing eyeglasses.

"It's a pleasure for you to be here Zelman." Sei replied.

Kotarou came rushing in front of Zelman, "How are you Zelman? I miss you a lot."

Zelman lookad at him with glee, "I miss you too kid. Where's your brother?" He asked.

Jirou came, "I'm here. What can I do for you?"

"Just nothing, I just want you to listen to me." Zelman smirked at him, "So you finally decided to stay under the Company's sleeves. Well, good for you. I would like to extend my joy for your official stay in here."

"Thank you. It's a pleasure to hear like that from you Zelman Clock." Jirou replied with a slight bow.

"Well, I need to go now. See you later Silver Blade." And he turned around to bid his farewell but Ayame interrupted.

"Wait." Ayame yelled.

With an involuntary reaction, Zelman turned to the speaker. "Huh..?"

"Forgive my interruption but I just want to remind you, Zelman Clock, about the call you got last week." Ayame told as she was bowing to show her respect to the old blood in front of her.

"Call? What call?" Zelman thought as he looked at the woman behind him, Sayuka, his loyal assistant.

"The call from the Organization I guess Zelman-sama." Sayuka said.

"Oh, so?" He shifted his vision to Ayame.

"I'm the representative and I hope I could have an appointment with you in anytime you want to." Ayame said.

"Okay." Zelman said and turned around again, "Drop by tomorrow at 6 in the afternoon." He said while walking away.

"I'll be glad to Zelman Clock." Ayame replied as she straightened her body, 'Step 1, accomplished!' She thought while smiling.

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End of Chapter.
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