Chapter 15:This little one's flowers look good on you

Lumiere went on the top of some big stone and he summoned his violin using his yang energy on the top of it.

As soon as he got it, he immediately begins to play it. He rested the violin on his shoulders and chin.

The beautiful notes started to fly. Everyone in the mountain could clearly hear it.

They couldn't help but to pause with the new sound they're hearing.

It's very beautiful and sound soothing,but in the notes of the player, there's a hint of sorrow.

As soon as the notes flew all over them, the cursed vampires all froze for a moment and started to walk where is the tone coming from.

Stance was very elegant and beautiful.The pale moon's light is shining perfectly on Lumiere. every strokes that he makes,his dark and inky hair would follow.

As usual, the dark mana and energy started to surround Lumiere. Like a fiery moth illuminating with the pale moonlight while sipping a poisonous flower of higanbana, Lumiere still look so beautiful and elegant while playing his violin.

After a while, almost hundreds of cursed vampires surrounds him. The more he plays his violin,the more the vampire came closer to him. But the longer he play,the sorrowful his notes become.

The dark mana and yang energy keeps growing and growing. The two opposite energy are fighting. Soon enough, Lumiere spat out mouthful of blood. Yet like a feiry moth, he remained sucking the poisonous flower till his light is totally vanished.

If he stop, the cursed vampires will kill him.one wrong move,one wrong note and he's dead.

Lumiere's notes became more rashly and rashly.he spat out mouthful of blood again yet continue playing.

He made another stroke and the string of his violin snapped. The sound of his string snapping is very clear and echoing to his ears. It was very clear like a droplet falling to a dead calm Ocean.

Lumiere fell on his knees and so the cursed vampires started to charge at him all at once.

Head was spinning, vision is blurring. Lumiere couldn't react anymore. He thought that this would be the end of him. As soon as his bow fell, all of the cursed vampires got into him, but none of their attacks landed.

A strong swoosh of wind struck into the stone. A feature of a tall and elegant man was standing before him. Hair was pitch black and swaying along with the wind. The man was holding a long and silver katana.

The sharp edge of his katana is illuminating amethyst. It was tainted with blood.

As soon as the man landed, the cursed vampires were pushed back because of the force.

The man is about to sway his katana for a sword slash but Lumiere spoke.

"Stop." With that single word,the man stopped.

Lumiere's eyes is illuminating red. The disguise of his eyes were taken off.

He took his sword and point it at the man.

"You're doing it again? Why everytime we meet, you would always point something on my throat?" Kurayami said. "Earlier, you were smiling at me warmly. Where did that smile go?" He added.

The clouds formed darker. Air was thin cold. A drop of water fell on lumiere's sword. The drop become drips and turned into pour. It started raining. With a single sway,All of the heads of cursed vampires flew.

The dark and cloudy sky illuminated with hundred of crimson fireworks at once. Lumiere's score ranked immidiately into number 1.

Not a single blood splashed to Lumiere. The man Kurayami grabbed his waist and covered his body so that Lumiere won't get dirty. His hand illuminated amethyst and an umbrella formed.

The two men embracing each other under the cold blood rain and loud hanabi.

Red thread of faith showed up again in Kurayami's eyes, wrapping both of them around.

His eyes lit up amethyst as his pupils widen.

The channels of water slowly turned into crimson blood.

Lumiere tried to pull away from the man but his embrace remained.

Kurayami's illuminating amethyst eyes were locked into Lumiere's.

"Rain will make you sick, so as blood." Kurayami said. His voice laced with softness and so as his eyes.

Seeing that, Lumiere's eyes softened.

The blood rain finally stopped. Slowly, Kurayami's grip loosened. He took Lumiere's hand and handed the umbrella.

Kurayami glowed amethyst as he slowly pulled away. His body shattering into hyacinth petals.

Footsteps came as soon as Kurayami fully disappeared.

Standing on the top of the stone with a bloody sword and umbrella, the disciples from other empires pointed their swords to Lumiere.

"You! just what did you do! You probably cheated!" One of the disciple said.

" Blood moon's empire plays dirty huh?" Another one said.

Lumiere didn't respond. He remained silent and continue to be dazed on a slowly fading illuminating hyacinth petal on his hand.

A bow then suddenly shot towards him. It scratched his face. Crimson blood drips from his cheeks.

Lumiere sheathed his sword and slowly lifts his hand to touch his face. He looked at the blood as if he was still in daze.

"Idiot... Who shoot that?" One of the disciples murmured.

Soon enough,Eir and his friends arrived.

They looked at the scene. All they could see and feel is cold silence. Lumiere's eyes came back to blue. It was illuminating ocean beneath the moonlight.

"What's happening here?" Eir murmured.

Suddenly a spear was shot towards Lumiere. It's not an ordinary spear. It was the Orion spear. Orion spear is a sacred spear. It was made to kill high rank demons. It was said that Orion spear was smithed by the Goddess of light and was gave as a gift to Elf empire.

Shooting it on a human would be fatal. Seeing that, Eir immidiately used his strongest wind spell to deflect the spear but it wasn't enough. The spear passed through his spell. All of the disciples' face grew dark as the spear was about to hit Lumiere.

But suddenly, when it's about to hit him, the Orion spear froze in the middle. It's as if there's some invincible barrier preventing it to hit Lumiere.

A sound of metal clang. Lumiere faced towards them. His mysterious crimson amulet showed up again. It clanged to the ring pendant that Kurayami gave him.

Lumiere then looked at the Orion spear coldly. His eyes illuminated red and so the Orion spear broke. It was shattered into small pieces.

Everyone went shocked. The legendary Orion spear that is a gift from a Goddess was broke with just a single glance.

All of their faces turned pale.

"Y...You... "

Lumiere remained expressionless while holding the umbrella that Kurayami gave him.

The elders of each empire then came down to the mt.natagumo. Everyone surrounds Lumiere.

"Lumiere Cecil, You broke the Orion Spear that is a gift From the God of Light!"

" You must be punished!what doctrine is blood moon's empire even teaching!" One of the elf elder said.

The queen of the blood moon's empire was just calm despite of the situation. As if she was looking at them in disdain.

After a few silence,Lumiere finally spoke up.

" Who shoot the spear?" He said. His tone was jaded yet cold. The umbrella remained open above his head.

All of the disciples look at each other.

" Orion spear is a gift from the Goddess of light to elf empire. Why would elves use Orion spear to shoot a fellow participants? What kind of doctrine is the elf empire is even teaching?!"Lumiere said succinctly.

Hearing that, the elf elders went pissed.

" You disrespectful brat!" One of the elders said.

" Who's disrespectful? Who's the one who doesn't know how to follow rules? First, your disciple brought a devine item. Second, they used it to harm a fellow participants.Third, they tried to lay a hand on a blood moon royal! How unforgivable!"

Lumiere's tone is calm and jaded as ever yet his aura is cold as ice. At the end of his sentence he raised his voice. His crimson eyes illuminated under his umbrella.

All of the person's face turned pale. There was a small grin formed on the queen's lips.

The elf empire elders could not speak. Their teeth are gnashing in anger and the veins in their forehead almost pop out.

The queen finally spoke up. "Orion spear is sacred, it was destroyed by the second Lord Cecil so I will punish him."

Hearing that, wicked grin formed on the lips of the elves elder.

"But, anyone who dares to lay a hand on a blood moon royal, specially on blood moon's empire shall be punished according to our rule!" The queen added.

The mischivous grins on the elves elder became twisted. Their face became sour.

A beautiful elf elder then stepped up. She wears a white clothing. Hair was long and quite curly. it was a smooth and silky golden brown. Eyes were emerald and so of course ears was long.

"If so then, why don't you punish the second Lord Cecil right now in front of us?" The beautiful elder said.

Hearing that,the queen immediately summoned her lightning whip. The mana it was producing was immense. Of a fly were to pass by, it would immediately die.

All of the disciples begins to murmur like mosquitoes. They re buzzling that you couldn't understand them anymore. But sure one thing is clear, they seem to be mocking the second Lord Cecil.

Lumiere was used to this so he doesn't mind.infact, he seemed to be happy because he's not the only one who will be punished. He's feeling but proud and joy that his mother stepped up for him. Though he knows that she only did it as a queen not as a mother, he couldn't help but to feel empathy.

Despite of knowing that he'll get whipped, he remained standing firm with his dignity holding his umbrella, not bowing down to anyone among them.

He submitted yes,but he'll choose to be on his knees by the whip than be ordered by someone else aside from his mother.

The queen raised her hand with the whip. A merciless and powerful slash is about to hit Lumiere.

A sound of drop of water echoed on his ear. Petals of illuminating hyacinth flower flew towards him and slowly formed as a human. Everything turned into a stop. The droplets of water from the rain, the blood that is dripping from Lumiere's umbrella, everything went slowmo as the man gently held the powerful thunder whip.

All of their eyes shifted.they all turned their guards up and raised their weapons to point at Lumiere and the man.

Lumiere's eyes narrowed and looked at the handsome man besides him. His hair was black with a mixed white in edges eyes were blue as ocean.his skin is so pale almost whiter than snow.

"Lumi didn't do anything wrong. He didn't broke the Orion spear. It was me who broke it. "

That word alone made shivers run onto Lumiere's spine.

This man isn't helping! Lumiere thought.

All of the disciples started to mutter again. Lumiere put his hands on his temples.

Oh to be so unlucky... He sighed on his thoughts.

Lumiere then gathered himself and stepped forward. He closed the umbrella and bowed to his mother.

"Your highness please forgive this person. He doesn't know what he's saying nor I know him. Just forgive him because he seemed to have a few loose screws on his head" Lumiere said nonchalantly as he bowed down again .

"He has a few loose screws on his head" that last sentence echoed on Kurayami's head like a Crow ringing on a rural and dark forest.

Kurayami tried to step up again but Lumiere covered his mouth and tried to push him back.

Kurayami gasped under his breath. This man! This venerable one is already trying to help him yet he dares to insist! Kurayami yelled on his thoughts.

This man is making things worse! Lumiere yelled on his thoughts.

But... He might solve my problem... Everyone saw how my eyes changed... I guess it'll be okay if I let him be. Thought Luimere.

He then let go of Kurayami's mouth. Kurayami was dumbfounded for a moment but then he finally stepped up.

"I am the one who broke the Orion spear. Lumiere didn't do anything wrong."Kurayami said but before he could even finished his words, Lumiere intervene.

"This person is a servant of mine. He is just new here. He is trying to protect me. Forgive him if he is ignorant with policies. He is acting without thinking. I shall accept my punishment so give those person who hit me tgeir punishment."Lumiere said succintly as he kneeled down.

His mother looked at him with approval as she saw him kneeling down.

Kurayami is dumbfounded again. The queen started to slash him her whip. Each whip was ten times strong than usual. If it is a normal person, one would immediately die with a single whip.

As the first whip slashed Lumiere, Kurayami's heart sank. Lumiere spat out mouthful of blood. Lumiere still maintained his composure despite of the pain.

Kurayami didn't interevene anymore. The words that Lumiere said alone is very clear that interefering would make things worse. He could only watch Lumiere being strike repeatedly.

Each whip was causing a turmoil on his heart that he doesn't know the reason. The seventh strike of whip hits Lumiere again. Without thinking, Kurayami shield himself so Lumiere won't be hit.

He embraced him tightly. The rain continue to pour heavily as the lightning strikes. The queen retracted her whip.

Lumiere was surprised by the gesture. He immediately tried to push him away but he was gripping tightly.

The queen lit up her lightning whip again. It was stronger than earlier. Not even the drop of rain could land on the whip.

All of the disciples stepped back upon seeing that. The queen swayed her hand and with a single whip, Kurayami spat out mouthful blood.

He feel like his soul was being pull apart from his body. The pain was spreading from his back to his whole body. His haori and Kimono was ripped apart

The queen strike again and yet Kurayami stayed still and keep embracing Lumiere. He felt so numb and he doesn't know what he was doing anymore.

The queen was quite amused. No one have ever withstand her most powerful strike. She have been fighting demons and mortals for many years and this is the first time that someone have withstand her power.

"What's your name?"she asked to the man.

Kurayami didn't bother to waste his energy to reply. He just used his remaining energy to embrace Lumiere. With the final and third strike,Kurayami feel like his spinal cord has cracked. A sound of bone break echoed to the whole place.

The elders and the disciples of different clans were too stunned and quite horrified.

Lumiere feel his heart sinking as he felt Kurayami fainting and his bone cracking. The queen was about to strike again when Lumiere spoked up.

"Stop!" He pleaded. "You're killing him!" He said as he rested Kurayami on his arms.

Although they don't know each other that much and Kurayami might be an enemy, Lumiere is the type of person who will forgive anyone even if they're the most wicked and twisted person as long as you show him little gesture of kindness and affection.

Perhaps it's also because of the lack of love that he seeks it with anyone. A little kindness then a flower will bloom into the abyss.

the Lumiere is a kind person.

Lumiere continue to held

Everything went dark. Kurayami's head was spinning. A flash of light illuminated in front his eyes.

"Little doll... Little doll..." A tiny hands poked on a cheeks of a beautiful man.

The ray of the sun was warm and bright as ever. petals of cherry blossoms falling along with the cold breeze. The smell of grass spreads into the surrounding along with the sounds of chirping birds and flying butterflies.

The grassy field was so Serene.

The beautiful man remained asleep despite of the child's call.

Purple and white kimono with a hair that is silver as the moon.

The little child was about to age five years old.

The child couldn't help but to pout. He then crossed his arms and paced back in Fourth for a minute.

After a while he came back sitting close to the sleeping man.

"Little doll... beautiful...." the child said above whisper.

The man under the Sakura tree remained sleeping. His face is so beautiful. His lips is perfect curved like the bow of cupid. Its color is crimson as blood. His skin tone is porcelain. His long and inky hair are so elegant. His features were slender and slim. His white and long wavy kimono and hagoromo made him look even better. He look like a goddess who came down from celestial realm.

The child couldn't help but to be mesmerized by his beauty. He leaned closer to take a better look at his features, when suddenly a person shouts his name.

"Kurayami!"

The child lost his balance and about to fall off to the man,but a slender and soft arms catched him.

"Little doll..." The child muttered.

The man cradled him softly.

"Be careful" the man said. His voice was so soft as a feather almost ethereal as heavens.

His eyes was flickering like a star. The soft and long eyelashes are like floating in the air. His smell is very similar to higanbana.

The child Kurayami chuckled. He gathered his mana on his hands and formed a beautiful and illuminating amethyst hyacinth flower. He formed it into a crown and put it on the head of the person.

"A gift?" The person said.

The child was giggling as he nods.

"Little doll look so beautiful with my flowers." He said.

The beautiful man then chuckled. "Sure I am." he said. His smile is so pure and warm. It was full of innocence and serenity.

A young beautiful and white haired woman then came towards the grassy field under the Sakura tree with a tall and handsome man. The woman spoke up again

"Kurayami, what are you doing there? Let's go , we're going to eat" the woman said.

"Wait Mom, I'm playing with Little doll." The child Kurayami said.

The parents looked at each other before they shook their head.

"Little doll, My mom seems to not heard me. I'll go talk to her."The child Kurayami said.

And so he pulled away from the cradle of the beautiful man and made a few steps towards his parents.

"I'm just playing with Little doll." he shouted again.

Flickering white dust of magic then showed in front of him. His parents teleported right in front of Him.

"Mom, Dad, I was just playing with Little doll. He is right there." The child turned around but before he could finish his words,

The cold wind blows towards them. When he opened his eyes, all that could be found were crimson fiery moths. There are many of them.

The mother knelt down and put a hand on the child's shoulders.

"There's no little doll." She said.

The child looked around to check one more time. His eyes forming crystals.

"He's here..." His voice went low.

"Alright. We believe you. Let's go home shall we?" His parents said.

"Mm!" The child affirmed.

Magic circle appeared in front of them. The magic dust flickered around them. The father beckoned his hand and so his wife and son followed.

They entered the magic circle and so they got teleported to their house.

Their house wasn't a house. It was an entire palace.

A banquet was being held. Everything in the palace was coated with hyacinth flowers and jadeite.

Many foods and accessories everywhere. There are big tables inside the hall. Everyone gathered and celebrating like a family.

People around has pale skin and long ears. Guards and maids, they all have the similarities. Each one of them greeted the family as they walk.

"Greetings your highness."

"Greetings your majesty."

Greets from each person said.

The parents also greeted back. Formality was there but they also seem to treat each other with respect despite of different status.

Each one has a happy and polite face.

The whole palace was filled with hyacinth flowers and wisteria trees.

The child Kurayami was also smiley as he was being carried by his father. His eyes flickering with joy and contentment.

Slowly the place turns into a dust. Everything crumbles. Yells of agony. The entire place was on fire.

Kurayami who was riding on his father's back fell on the ground. Everything went dark behind him. In front of him, the agony of the people and the castle burning.

"Mother? Father?" The little Kurayami said, but no one answered.

He then saw a a shadow behind the blinding light in front of him.

"Little doll?" The child stood up and came close to the person. When he managed to get close, his face went pale.

Blood was scattered everywhere. A sword was thrusted on his father's chest. His mother was being held on throat by the person who wears an akuma mask.

Everything crumbles in front of him. The child Kurayami stepped back and stumbled. The ground he was standing suddenly turned into a dark mud. It was slowly devouring him down.

His legs sank and so continuously every step till his whole body sank in. He gasped and reach his hand into nothingness.

The abyss fully devoured him. He tried to wake up on the nightmare but it continue over and over.

Cold sweat drips on Kurayami's forehead. It's been a week and he's still stuck on that nightmare. Same dream after another without waking up.

All his energy have been used up. He feel like dying on his dream. The tatame mat already became wet from being attached for a long time.

Another night came.