Heirot

Thread started by Taki on March 18th, 2005

Taki:

Yoshia wondered how closely the vampire was following her as she took the back exit from the cave, crawling through a tight hole that let out on the top of the cave. Yoshia froze and her eyes went wide when she saw the back of Kron.

She held her breath as she stealthily dove off of the top of the cave into a small lake at the end of a waterfall behind the cave. The waterfall was large and it was a long dive, she didn't make much sound over the rushing water. The ninja knew an underwater path she used to take when she was little to get away from bullies. She was fighting on her territory now, the tables swapped. She inhaled a deep breath and swam as fast as she could through the submerged tunnel, popping up on the other side in weedy water. "Hmm.. I guess things change.." she though sadly remembering how it used to look. She was now closer to the town of Armara and away from the cave. If she could dash through the town in time she could make her way to the old alchemist she knew at the outskirts of town.

Kyosuke:

Kron knew exactly where she was when she stepped out of the cave, and that she had jumped into the water before he could react. He stood up and started leaping up the waterfall, deciding to catch her before she reached the nearby town he knew she was headed towards. He ran as fast as she swam and sat down over the water she surfaced in. "Hey," he said, almost cheerfully, but with a demeaning smirk on his face. "Before you head to town, maybe you should know something." He tossed the severed head into the water and watched it float up.

Taki:

Yoshia screamed and pushed the decaying head of a young woman away from her. There was no blood left inside, just stains on the skin washing into her water. The eyes were empty and glassed over. She looked from the head to him.

"Monster!" She screamed and dove back under, tears springing forth but mixing in with the water unnoticeably. 'Oh please help me help me help me gods!' she prayed and begged.

Kyosuke:

The vampire dove into the water after hesitating from her tears, taking a breath only because it would make it easier to him to float up later. He didn't need to breathe, after all, he was already dead. He took his time following the girl, wanting to prolong the chace. Something was... different about this girl. Instead of just hearing her cry and scream he wanted her to lose her will to live. By then she would have lossed the will to cry and scream as he did whatever he wanted to her.

Maybe it had to do with the hesitation he felt when he saw an Ongoreth girl cry or scream. It would make it easier to kill her in the end if she no longer wanted to live. Then her blood would be just as tasty as ever.

Taki:

Yoshia turned and saw him following her and the tears came harder. She swerved to the right into a tunnel that led back into the cave. She scrambled out of the water and tripped on her way out of the cave. She was out of breath for holding it so long so she was gasping for air, deep breaths filling her lungs and making her heart beat faster. Her blood rushed through her veins.

She layed on her stomache, crying into her folded arms. Her sopping wet clothes clung to her and wet the ground around her. She had to move soon but it hurt her ankle.

Kyosuke:

Kron idly noted the turn Yoshia made and made the same turn when he came up to it. He surfaced in the same place the kunoichi had and watched her laying on the ground. He licked his lips when he saw that her clothing clung to her in interesting places. "So, have you given up?" he asked.

Taki:

When she heard his voice she just cried harder into her arm and shook her head. "No!" she cried and dug her fingers into the ground, trying to push herself up and sending a sharp pain through her ankle. Since she hadn't stayed off it at all she figured it was more than just a sprain now.

She choked and sputtered as she sat up to face him, hugging her arms around herself and shivered. Her cheeks and eyes were puffy and red and her lower lip quivered. Her black and red locks were plastered to her face. "H-how do I get rid of the crest. I'll do anything but die for you.. just take it off.." She stuttered and looked at him with new determination.

Kyosuke:

Kron smirked. "Really? You'd do anything huh?" the vampire asked. "How about serving me? Things'd be more entertaining that way, then I don't even need to take off the crest because you don't have to worry about me hunting you." The vampire's smirk became even more twisted. "So how about it?" He had thought about it for days. The girl was rather attractive after all, and she had amazing abilities.

Taki:

Yoshia sat in thought for a moment. 'What could serving him do for me besides save my life..' she thought. She drew her knees to her chest and hugged her arms around them, resting her chin on her knees.

"Elaborate. What do you intend for me as 'serving you'." her voice was becoming almost icy. "And how would it benefit me. And will it protect my loved ones, my family and friends and hometown." Her glare was cold and yet... enchanting.

Kyosuke:

'I've got her,' Kron though. "I'll leave your whole town, family, and friends alone. And as for how you can serve me..." He looked her body up and down again, once again admiring her body as her clothing clung to it. "I mean you'd let me do almost anything I want to you and have you do almost anything. Of course, I won't cause you any pain, but I may have you lure people to me as my prey."

Taki:

Yoshia's heart must of skipped eight and a half beats when his eyes scanned her. She quickly readjusted her clothes and pulled them around her, covering herself better. She coughed and thought over what it would mean for her to be his servant. By his lusty looked she guessed what the one half would be while the other half was to lure victims to him. 'It's better than your death.. and you could get the bad women, ones who beat their children and are conviced for crimes!' she thought.

"A-alright.." she stammered, closing her eyes and hanging her head. "Can you heal my ankle..."

Kyosuke:

Kron's smile actually went back to the one he had when he first met her, an almost kind smile. However he shook his hand, "I don't know any healing magic, but show me your ankle." The vampire sat down in front of her and motioned for her to put her leg on his lap.

Taki:

Yoshia hesitated and eyed him before daintily perching her ankle on his knee. She was confused why he was treating her so kindly now that she was under his services. She winced as a pain shot through her from moving it.

"Ow.." she muttered, sounding almost like a two year old. "Can we go see someone who does.. please?" She pleaded, she highly doubted it was a sprain anymore.

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled, noting that the girl now trusted him to a certain extent. He looked at it and sighed. "This sprain has gotten a lot worse now because of the lack of rest it has," he said, stating the obvious. Then he smirked, "Not that you had another choice." He tore off a long strip of his cloak and wrapped the ankle up carefully as Demitrius had a few days ago. "It's not broken, but you should rest here for a bit."

The vampire stood up and gently carried her to the mattress nearby. "Stay here, I'll go find some food for you he said, I can't have my new servant starving can I?"

Taki:

Yoshia only offered a weak smile and a mumbled 'Thanks' as he went off to search for food. She knew there was the apple orchard only an eigth of a mile from her cave. She layed on the matress and fell asleep, dreaming that Demitrius and Kron were almost one in the same, to an extent. They were in the same body but a split personality, Kron by night and Demitrius by day. Kron was wrapping her ankle with Demitrius' hands and face. Yoshia was screaming in the dream as hot tears soaked her pillow.


Kyosuke:

Kron caught the scene of apples as he stepped out of the cave. 'Why am I being so nice to this girl?' he thought to himself. 'Maybe because she reminds me of her...' The vampire shook his thoughts off and smiled. He knew what he would have her do with her first act as his servant.

He reached the apple orchard and picked a few dozen apples and brought them back in his cloak. He reached the cave and froze as he saw the girl crying her sleep. He sat down next to her and waited for to awaken.

Taki:

Yoshia woke from her dream, her eyes opening slowly to see the knees of her new master inches from her face. She jumped and fell off the matress on the other side.

"GYAH!!" She screamed as she fell-though it wasn't a large distance. "You scared me, why were you sitting so close!" She scolded and snatched a green apple, her favorite. Her voice softened. "Thank you.. for getting me something to eat. My snacks here are from when I was young and ran away for a few days.. very stale now. I haven't had a good meal since I met you.." She half smirked half almost cried again as she bit into the apple.

Kyosuke:

Kron just waited for the girl to finish eating. He would enjoy the girl's body more slowly this time. There had to be something special about this girl. He had decided to let her live after all. If she defied him, he would return to hunting her and maybe even go after the ones dear to her if he could ever find out who they were.

Taki:

Yoshia finished her apple and grabbed another, splitting it in half with a dagger. ((OOC: wow.. all those times she 'fought' him i forgot I had daggers and ninja stars!!!)) Her green eyes were wide and innocent, sparkling in the setting sun. They had spent the whole day there in the cave. She offered him half of the apple while she nibbled on the other half. She still didn't trust him completely but for right now he was helping her heal her ankle.

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled cooly at the girl. "I believe you know very well that I do not need to eat these and that I feed on something else," he stated. "But the gesture is appreciated and thank you." The vampire wondered exactly how much of her trust had been won over. It must be strange having the person who had been chasing you to torture you suddenly taking care of you after all. However, the complete test of her loyalty would come after she finished eating.

Taki:

"Suit yourself.." Yoshia shrugged and threw his half to the bugs. She finished the last tiny bite of her own half and hobbled over to the pond to rinse her hands of the sticky juices from the apple. She drank from the pond, cupping the water in her hands and bringing it to her mouth to sip. She wiped her hands on her drying clothes and hobbled back to the matress, falling onto it. Her eyelids were heavy. She hadn't slept well the past week at all-and when she did her dreams were troubled, thanks to Kron. The ninja girl yawned and stretched.

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled, seeing that the girl had finished her meal. "Now that you're finished, there's no time to sleep just yet," the vampire said. "I'd like for you to take off your clothes." The vampire knew that Yoshia knew what he wanted to do, after all, he had already done it before.

Taki:

Yoshia's eyes went glassy and bright pink, her cheeks following suit and blushing a deep shade of red. She was so naive when it came to these things. Work for her worst fear, ok. Have to have an intimate relationship with her worst fear? Yoshia sputtered nervously. "B-but.. W-w-what? I-.." As she stuttered Kron's smile grew into a lusty look as he crawled on hands and knees towards her. Her vice shrilled and her hands went up. "Wait! Wait, please! Before you go and rape me again.." He didn't stop, but got closer and pushed her onto her back, now looming over her. "I.. I was raped a few years ago by a vampire-the first one I'd ever encountered. It's why Im so afraid of your kind.. please don't hurt me.. be gentle" She pleaded with him and shrank further and further into the matress as he grinned down at her.

Kyosuke:

Kron smirked again. "Well, I did promise I wouldn't hurt you didn't I? I may enjoy torturing and raping women, but I still keep my word." The vampire got off Yoshia. "Now take off your clothes."

Taki:

Yoshia felt like she was frozen. Her movements now all felt mechanical and forced. She could feel Kron's eyes on her back as she turned from him and took off her kimono, only in her ninja garb. Her chest rose and fell with each uneven and shaky breath.

The ninja felt like she was betraying some sacred ritual as she forced herself to not think and just do as he says to protect herself and her family. She painfully and slowly removed her garb and immidiately dove under the blanket of her matress.

Kyosuke:

Kron licked his lips lustfully as he saw all of her naked features again. This time he also stripped down naked, having time to actually enjoy it instead of completely forcing it upon the girl. He slipped under the covers with her, and this time he was gentler with the girl, not aiming to cause her pain anymore. She had proved enough of her loyalty by obeying him for this, had she not obeyed him he would have taken her forcefully again, and caused as much pain as possible before killing her.

Taki:

Yoshia sounded like a mouse as she clung to him the entire time, her eyes clamped shut. He was gentler than he had been a few days before. When it was over she was still clinging to him for dear life. Her face was burried in his chest and she was shaking. Yoshia tried to hold back her tears but a few defiant ones slipped out. The ninja kept repeating to herself in her head 'For my family. For my friends. For my town. I am the sacrifice.'

Kyosuke:

Kron wiped her tears away, knowing that she didn't entirely want it but would listen to him. He got up and dressed again. "I'm going to go out again," he said. "Get some rest." He walked outside, planning on finding a piece of wood large enough to make crutches out of, and gathering some more food for her.

Taki:

Yoshia turned her back to the opening of the cave and towards the practically dead fire she had made from the night before. She curled into a small ball under the covers and shivered. She was confused as to how he could go from hunting her to playing doctor and hinted lover disguised as her boss in just a day. It wasn't all that bad... what he'd done with her. The first two times it felt like she was being wripped inside out. This time it was different.

Yoshia fell asleep and for the first time in days got a good nights sleep with a happy dream of her whole town safe and sound.

Kyosuke:

As Kron searched around for a piece of wood, he managed to stumble upon a town, he licked his lips out of hunger this time. He managed to found a stray hooker in town, and from the lessons in the Ongoreth languages he had learned a century ago, he convinced her to go to the outskirts of town with him.

There his fun began as he shackled her down, telling her he enjoyed that kind of play. Then his knife came out and the torture began, a thick wad of his cloak stuffed into her mouth to staunch the cries of pain. After finishing with her, he buried the body to hide the evidence, it was better not to let the locals know that such a person was there. He took the whore's money and managed to buy a block of wood large enough and also some meat and vegetables and a pot before heading back to the cave.

Taki:

When the vampire returned he found his servant sleeping peacefully with her back faced to him and wrapped up in the blanket. Her clothes her still in a crumpled heap by the matress and still damp from earlier in the day.

Kyosuke:

Kron put the supplies down and rekindled the fire with some spare firewood he quickly ran out to get. He then picked up the block of wood and took out his knife. He started to carve a crutch for Yoshia to use. It would serve a double purpose. It may help her lead women to him that would pity her and try to help her.

Taki:

Yoshia remained asleep. She dreamed of her family and growing up and the cave and her first kiss and the man she was to marry if she hadn't left and all the wonderful people in her town. Then she saw Kron and her body visibly tensed, but he was...could it be possible? Yoshia saw Kron playing with a little boy and teaching him how to widdle. Yoshia's head tilted on her pillow and she stirred slightly before starting into another dream.

"Mmrr.." She made mumbling sounds when she stirred.

Kyosuke:

Kron continued to carve into the night. It would take quite a while to change the block of wood into a useable crutch. Every once in a while, he uncovered Yoshia slightly to compare the length of the soon to be crutch to her body. He also took that time to admire his new servant.

Emora:

Laya brought her bow up quietly, closing one eye and aiming. It was hard to see her prey from where she was, but she would have to make do... She had to eat after all. She pulled the bowstring back with two fingers and let it go. The arrow flew forward and caught the rabbit in the stomach.

She felt a bit sorry for the poor creature, but she was very hungry. She walked forward and grabbed the rabbit and arrow, then turned to walk back to her camp.

In the clearing there was a small fire. She cleaned her rabbit and began to cook him over the fire. She sat cross-legged, her skirt flared around her on the ground. She ran hands through her long brown hair and sighed... It was very lonely... all this traveling... She missed her happy family, but that was long ago.

Laya ate with out a word; after all there was no one to talk to. After that she crawled into her bed role and fell a sleep.

Taki:

Yoshia shivered and stirred every time the vampire pulled the blanket away from her. Her eyebrows scrunched together and her mouth formed into a pout. Sometimes the ninja girl would roll over when she felt the wood, subconsciously thinking it was Kron trying to have his way with her again. The ninja was still afraid of him.

Kyosuke:

The vampire put his project down. He was feeling somewhat tired now and closed his eyes. Leaning against the cave wall the vampire slept. He doubted that Yoshia would try to do anything, she was too hurt to run and probably didn't know how to kill a vampire. Besides, if he sensed that she felt any malicious intent towards him he would wake himself up.

Taki:

Somewhere in the late night, Yoshia woke up. She had been asleep since the aftenoon and was now awake. The fire was small and in the dim light she could see Kron asleep next to the matress. She first dressed, blushing that she had slept in the nude. Her kimono was finally dry but the whole front and into the leg of her ninja garb was ruined, thanks to him from days ago. She thought she could just tie it but she was wrong. She threw the garb into the flames after removing her weapons and the flame rekindled. Now she could see to the mouth of the cave and deeper into the cave.

The vampire was heavy but he looked uncomfortable. Yoshia focused her strength on lifting him and moved him onto the matress. Now there was now where for her to sleep. She looked around for a moment and felt faint, having put some weight on her ankle again. She decided since she was small, she would fit and he wouldn't complain. The ninja crawled back onto the matress and pulled the blankets over them. He was on his side and faced the mouth of the cave and she faced her back to him, also sleeping in her side. She stiffened when his arm fell over her shoulder and acrossed her breasts. she pushed his arm so it draped over her waist and fell back asleep.

Kyosuke:

The vampire slept soundly throughout the night. He didn't really even notice that he was moved onto the mattress to sleep.

When the sun rose, Kron opened his eyes and noted that he was moved and assumed that Yoshia had done it. He would scold her for putting weight on her ankle again when she woke up.

Emora:

The morning sun broke over the horizon and Laya woke, gathering her things. She put out the fire and began to make her way through the wood. She hummed lightly, a tune from her childhood. It was light and beautiful. Laya was glad she didn't talk to herself... Some people after being alone and traveling alone talked to themselves for company.... Laya knew she wasn't that far gone.

She knelt down a while later in front of a brook and cupped her hands in the water, pulling it up to her face and washing it. She then cupped her hands again and brought cool water to her soft lips. It was going to be a long day... because she had no idea where she was going.

Taki:

Yoshia yawned and stretched, refusing to open her eyes to the sunlight. She rolled away from the cave entrance and pulled the blankets back over her head. The ninja girl felt like she was 8 again, running away from home and living in the cave for 2 days.

Kyosuke:

Kron got up and got the fire started again. This time he set up a stand over the fire to hold the pot and started cooking a stew for Yoshia using the meat and vegetables he had bought earlier. When she was allowed to stand again, he would do this for her, but for now, he wanted his servant to heal as quickly as possible so she would be of more use for him. Of course, she already was very useful. He licked his lips at the memory of last night.

Taki:

The scent of the stew snuck under the covers and Yoshia licked her lips, her stomach rumbling. 'Apples still aren't a meal..' she thought and smiled to herself. She poked her head out from under the covers and eyed the new pot and Kron stirring in vegetables while the meat cooked. Her eyes were a bright green and large..innocent in a sense. She still hold the blanket over her mouth, her face was uncovered enough so that her eyes and nose could be seen.

Kyosuke:

Kron turned around. "You're awake I see," he said. His face got a little annoyed. "Didn't I tell you before not to put any weight on your foot?" he scolded. Then he smirked. "But if you wanted to sleep with me that badly again you should have just told me." He licked his lips as he smirked.

"Anyway, here's your breakfast. "You'll be making your own when you're well again. I just want you to heal faster so you'll have more... uses to me," he explained. Then he added with his smirk wider than ever, "Slave."

Taki:

Yoshia's expression changed from hungry to a mix of shock and hurt. She was so naive about boys that she didn't know of her natural instinct as a girl to have a slight liking to how he treated her last night.

"So Im really just your toy..." her voice was meek and her eyes dropped to her lap as she sat up and nibbled at her breakfast. When she looked back up she had a hard expression on her face. "I have a name. It's Yoshia. Don't call me slave again."

Kyosuke:

Kron's eyes narrowed a bit. "So when does the slave have the authority to order the master around?" he asked. "But if it's really that big of a deal for you then I'll call you by your name."

The vampire walked back over to the block of wood he was carving into a crutch. The crutch still hadn't taken form but he had the proper length of it down and was slowly starting to carve his way through the wood. "The stew's ready for you to eat by the way."

Taki:

Yoshia picked at the food. The meat was still too hot and the vegetables were soggy. 'Not that good of a cook, eh? Well.... he only drinks blood stupid!' She thought to herself. She pushed herself up on one foot to hop to the water, tripping and tumbling into the water face first.

"GYAH!!!" She screamed as she hit the water. She folded her arms and scowled under water for a moment before her head bobbed to the surface. She spit out the mouthfull of water she had taken in when she hit the water. "Plegh..." The ninja lifted herself out of the water and crawled out into the sun, laying on her back to dry off. "Im not hungry, you make a bad stew anyway.. Can we go to the apple orchards again? I like apples." She called into him.

The vampire's words echoed in her head. 'If you really wanted to sleep with me that bad...' he'd said. 'I don't want that, what am I thinking? I just moved the bastard so he was comfortable-isn't that one of my duties as his skanky little slave?' she grumbled to herself, arguing in her head. 'And he's the one who put his arm on me! I was merely trying to go back to sleep...'

Kyosuke:

Kron glared slightly. "Eat the stew, it has more nutrition than just apples. I want you to heal faster, not slower, so get more of the nutrition you need. And if you don't like my stew that much at all, there's still some more ingredients for it over there." He motioned towards the pile of meat and vegetables near the water.

Taki:

Yoshia shot her darkening green eyes into the cave. 'Hmph!' She thought. 'Fine, I'll make my own stew you ingrate!'

"When Im done drying off.. you obviously have a lot of work to do, dearest so I'll take my time." She drawled, emphasizing the 'dearest' cynically. "I hope you choke and die." she muttered annoyed to herself.

Kyosuke:

Kron heard what she mumbled to herself. "It would be somewhat hard for me to choke on blood," he said. "But if you're willing to offer it then we can always see if it could happen." His face started returning to the cruel and sadistic one he had on while he was chasing her. If she wanted him to die then it would be better if she died first, since that might mean she might try and kill him in his sleep, or find some other way to kill him.

Taki:

Yoshia growled and stared into the sky. The sun was being covered by clouds and she heard thunder in the distance from dark clouds. 'Great... oh well..' She thought and got up and hopped back inside. 'Hmm.. needs to be rewrapped..' She thought, looking down to her ankle.

"Im not offering. Im just hoping." She growled at him, kneeling by the pot and poking the fire so it rekindled again. She dumped out his stew and started over. The ninja was a surprisingly good cook, she took the ingredients she had and made them into different things-like turned the potatoes and meat into stuffed potatoes. She prefered her stew her way. The ninja tested it and it was much tastier.

Kyosuke:

Kron smirked and walked behind the ninja opening his mouth and running a single fang along her neck. "Yes, and if you hope I die then I can't trust you to do your duties correctly can I?" He licked her neck. "I can't trust you to stay loyal to me, so maybe I should finish it right now." He applied pressure with his two fangs on the girl's jugular.

Taki:

Yoshia froze, dropping the carrot she was skinning into the pot, splashing hot water onto her hand. She gasped in pain and leaned back into him, the very tip of his fang cutting her skin. She quickly pulled away and froze. Her eyes were wide and pale pale blue. She could hear her heart beat in her ears and could feel the blood rushing through her. She was sure he could practically taste what was going through her jugular at practically 90 miles a minute. Yoshia felt faint, like she would black out. Her voice was frail as she wobbled.

"I-Im... s-sorry.." Her eyes closed as she fell forward, her cheek landing on a jagged rock that cut the flesh. She had knocked over her stew when she fell and the water spilled back onto the vampire along with all the other ingredients. There goes the stew.

Kyosuke:

Kron smirked again. "Apology accepted." He sighed as he saw the mess and picked Yoshia up. Her clothes were still wet from when she fell in earlier and he stripped her down before putting her in bed. He put the kimono by the fire so it would dry and put the ninja girl on the mattress and covered her with the blanket. He also licked the blood off her face, savoring the taste, and cleaned off the mess on the floor. There were still enough ingredients for her to make another stew, he would let her do it when she woke up, seeing as she didn't like his.

Taki:

Yoshia's face still had the gash in it with some dirt mixed in. It would need to be cleaned properly. Her head fell to the side, her eyes strained slightly. The ninja's face was flushed and she was sweating. She was getting a fever. She would need to be taken into town for medicine and proper examination to her ankle.

Kyosuke:

Kron noted that the ninja's face was starting to get flushed and noted that her blood had a gritty taste in it. He checked it out and saw that there was dirt in it, causing an infection that must have started the fever. Sighing he uncovered her and walked her over to the water. He cleaned out the wound properly with the water and some soap he had on him. Then he carried her back to the bed and covered her again.

He admired the girl's body as he carried her, glad that she would still serve him for a while longer. It would be a shame to let her die. He rechecked the girl's ankle and took off the makeshift bandage he had wrapped it in last night. It would be better to let the muscles and tendons get some air while she was resting. He also tore off another piece of his cloak and soaked it in water before putting it on her forehead to cool it down.

Taki:

Yoshia opened her eyes slightly. 'What.. why is there a cold cloth on my head? Oh.. I must of fainted.' She thought as she looked over to see her vampire boss sitting next to the matress and looking at her, not noticing she had awoken. 'Makes a good doctor.. wish he wasn't so sadistic all the time..' She thought glumly. 'What a waist of a mind.'

The ninja looked up at Kron and coughed. "Y'know... when you aren't being a totally sadistic freak... you make a good doctor and an almost nice guy... but considering how you're only treating me like this til I get better..." She trailed off and looked past him to the outside where it had started to rain harder, thundering every now and then. Yoshia sighed and closed her eyes again. 'Ow... my head hurts.. I must of fell hard..' She thought.


Emora:

OOC: and I thought I posted fast…<br>
It gave little warning, but came quickly. With a single bolt of lightening and a role of thunder rain pored from the sky.

Laya pulled her soaked hood back over her head. It had fallen off when she slid down a rocky, muddy hill, having lost her footing. It was poring rain hard, thunder and lightening roaring through the black clouds that had darkened the sky.

Laya trudged through the muddy pools of water, slipping and sliding at some spots… Laya knew she needed to find a place to stay. She’d catch her death out in the weather she was traveling through. But, Laya was new to Ongoreth and had no idea where anything was. She didn’t know where a place to stay could be…<br>
Laya saw a light up a head through the poring rain… Maybe they’d take her in for the night….

Kyosuke:

Kron shrugged. "You have a bit of a fever," he said. "The cut you got when you fell got infected from dirt. I'm not up for making you some bad stew so I'm just going to go out and grab some apples for you." The vampire walked out of the cave in the pouring rain and towards the apple orchards.

Taki:

OOC: hehe we tell each other on AIM when we post.. and you could say you find the cave and stay with us -blink blink-

IC:
Yoshia rolled onto her side. Her stomach lurched at the thought that she could of complimented him. That disgusting, sleazy, petty, vile, vampire.... who was now her boss.

Yoshia's eyes watered and glassed over a pale green mixed with bluish purple. 'What would father say... all those years of training.. Pride... family honor.' She thought to herself as hot tears rolled down her cheeks and she curled into a ball, wrapping the blanket around her and over her head.

Emora:

OOC: I planned on it

Laya shivered as the wind blew. She saw that the light was coming from a cave... Well, some one had to be home for a light to be there... She just hoped they were friendly. She was tired of running into psychos...

Laya made her way to the cave, pausing at the entrance and looking in. "Hello? Excuse me... is anyone home? Hello?"

Laya took a step inside out the rain.

Kyosuke:

Kron ran over to the apple orchards, cursing his new servant slightly. He was being way too nice to her. He would have her service him nicely tonight. He grinned at the thought. He quickly gathered the apples in his cloak and headed back to the cave.

Taki:

Yoshia gasped and wiped at her tears when she heard the voice of a woman at the cave entrance. 'Oh damn' She thought as she caught a glimpse of her kimono by the fire. She grumbled and put on a weak smile as she turned towards the girl.

"Hello! Did you get caught in the rain? Come in.. I don't live here this is just a hide out from when I was a kid in a town not far from here. My names Yoshia Sakakida." The ninja held out her hand and hugged the blanket to her. "Sorry, I'd make you some stew but Im a bit under the weather.."

Emora:

Laya looked at the woman and smiled softly. "Yes... it seems the rain snuck up on me..." she said looking around the cave. "Oh! You don't have to fix me anything at all... I was just looking for a place to stay through the night... It doesn't seem as though the rain will let up. Is that alright? If I seek shelter here, that is?"

Lay lowered her heavy wet hood, her cloths clung to her body, and so did the cloak. Her brown hair looked black because it was wet and was formed into thin dreadlocks. Her smoky eyes looked to the kind woman. "You wonder alone?"

Taki:

Yoshia smiled and nodded to the woman, motioning for her to put her cloak by the fire to dry. She had forgotten all about Kron after he'd stepped out. The ninja sat up a little, wincing about her ankle not being wrapped. 'What the hell was he trying to accomplish not wrapping it again!' She thought angrily.

"Ah.. I fell in the water earlier so I layed my kimono out to dry..." She flushed and pulled the blanket tighter. "It's fine for you to stay the night."

The ninja smiled and made small talk with the woman for an hour or so before the vampire finally returned. She had honestly forgotten about him.

"Oh.. Uh.." She looked frantically from the girl to Kron, her eyes pleading not to eat the girl or kill her.

Kyosuke:

Kron had stopped off at town for a bit, feeling a bit hungry on his trip out to the orchards and fed quickly on a random bar wench. He didn't have time to fully enjoy himself but sated his hunger. He noted the new woman that had joined them and he almost felt disappointed that he had done so. Here was a lady that would be perfect for him to enjoy, but he had already filled himself. However, he put on a pleasant face, figuring that maybe she'd stick around until he got hungry again.

"Well, pleased to meet you," he said. "I'm Kron Bloodfang." He turned to Yoshia. "Here are your apples Yoshia." He put down his cloak and placed the apples down next to her. "And I should rewrap your ankle know. You should take it off before going to bed by the way, it gives the muscles and tendons some air to heal." He ripped off a strip of his cloak and rewrapped the ninja girl's ankle.

Emora:

Laya put her cloak by the fire and rung out her long hair. She ran a hand through it and looked at the woman. "Thank you," she said and sat down to chat with her. The woman’s eyes turned strange and she was staring off behind Laya…<br>
Laya turned her head to look behind her to find a man standing there. The woman seemed a bit… frightened? Laya didn’t know how to react and then the man spoke kindly and began to tend to the lady.

“I’m Laya…” she said, looking at him with narrowed curious eyes. He did look very pale… Laya had grown up in the Ashgrown Forest…. She knew very well how to tell who was a demon and who wasn’t. Who was a beast and who wasn’t…. Laya observed him and finally figured out why the lady seemed so afraid… He was a vampire. Laya decided to keep this information to herself and acted as if she didn’t know anything at all. A very good actress she was….

Taki:

Yoshia coughed and thanked him, motioning for her kimono with pale green eyes. She watched him intently, the blanket pulled tight around her so she practically couldn't breathe. 'What the hell is up with his act.. oh wait a damn minute!!' She thought as she remembered the first time she met him. 'Oh no you don't, you beast! Just let her be on her damn way after morning.. I smell beer on you..' She scowled at his back and pulled at his clothing roughly to draw his face closer to hers when he was wrapping her ankle. She grumbled under her breath. "Have you been drinking? You can smell the whiskey and ale on you from a mile away. Heavens, Kron! What do you think you're doing with that act of yours." The ninja scolded him and let go of his clothing. She didn't let too much slip about the vampire, Laya seemed clueless-for which the ninja was both thankful and not. 'Please don't try anything.' The girl pleaded to Kron with her eyes.

Kyosuke:

(OOC: Eh, if you look at my profile, Kron is a strange vampire, he doesn't have pale features so he looks normal)

Kron shrugged. "I'm assuming if you think I've been drinking alcohol, I suppose it was close to that." He leaned in to her ear "Just the usual with a tinge of alcohol because of what she was drinking, that's all," he whispered. The vampire finished wrapping up the girl's ankle. He ignored the pleading look in her eyes, if she was still here when he was still hungry, Laya would be fair game.

Emora:

OOC:… sorry…. *sighs* I keep messing up at things today… Just forget she ever noticed. She is now completely oblivious!

Laya rung out her shirt and her skirt. Her boots were filled with water, she found out as she pulled them off. She sat them next to her cloak. Laya wished she could have found a cave to herself where she could strip down and dry her close like the lady… But, she would deal with what she had.

Laya looked to the man and woman as they whispered between each other. She brought her knees up and wrapped her arms around them. She then rested her chin on the tops of her knees and stared into the fire in thought. Her stomach growled slightly and she smirked, continuing to stare into the fire. The glow lighting her face nicely, causing her smoky eyes to look very hollow and rather creepy.

Kyosuke:

The vampire smiled as he turned to Laya. "Would you like some apples?" he asked. "I brought back quite a few and if we run out I don't mind running out to grab some more." He pointed to the edge of the water. "There's also some ingredients to make some stew over there. If you want to use it, I'd appreciate if you made some for my... friend here too. I had my meal when I ran into town so I'm not hungry, and anything I brought back would have been cold by the time I returned." He hesitated for a moment, nearly calling her his slave in front of the woman.

Emora:

Laya smiled at Kron and rose from her seat, taking the ingredients to make stew and beginning to do so. It wasn’t long before the pot she used was filled and steaming. The smell began to fill the cave. She pored herself a bowl and the lady and carried her bowl to her. She set it beside the bed. “For when your ready to eat it…”

She the returned to her place by the fire. Her hair was almost dry. Her white shirt as well. She had totally forgotten about the fact it was white… But, Kron didn’t seem to be staring or even having noticed so she didn’t mind. He seemed like an alright person. Though at first she wasn’t sure. Her skirt would take more time, since it was many layers of fabric.

She ate quietly, keeping to herself and not saying much. Laya was usually a spunky person… Maybe it was just the weather. That was it. The weather.

Kyosuke:

Kron had actually been sneaking peeks at Laya with her soaked white blouse while she wasn't paying attention to him. She had a wonderful body and Kron pondered about making a move on her. It would be easier to wait for her to sleep first. It didn't look like the rain was going to let up anytime soon so there was a good chance that she would end up sleeping in the cave. He smirked inwardly, still keeping his composure outwardly. From his guess, it was still only noon. "So what are you doing in this area?" he asked.

Emora:

Laya looked to him and smiled softly as she set the bowl aside. It was empty. She looked back at him. “Just wondering around, a sort of free spirit thing…” she replied and ran a hand over her cloak to see if it was dry. It wasn’t and she hadn’t expected it to be. She ran a hand absentmindedly through her long brown hair.

“I hardly ever stay in one place any more…” She rested her arms on her knees once more, taking a more comfortable position on the floor. She looked to the mouth of the cave. “I was hoping the rain would let up so I could make it into town with out getting lost. But, it seems I’m stuck. I hope I’m not imposing on you two…. I’m terribly sorry if I am…”

Taki:

Yoshia thanked the girl for the stew, which taste much better than Kron's. She was very kind to the girl, assuring her that it was ok for her to stay but soon as the rain cleared she'd better get a move on-not to be rude. It was Kron's kind act and sneaky glances at the woman's clingy wet clothes that urked her and made her want to just punch him. He disgusted her.

"How long were you out in the rain for, Laya? You could catch a fever or a serious cold if you were out there too long-even if you dry off now. Soon as the rain clears you'd better go to town. We'll take you there." Yoshia smiled at the girl and turned a cold glare at Kron. Her eyes saying 'Hah, checkmate you rat bastard.'

Kyosuke:

Kron went over to Yoshia and touched his forehead to hers to check on her fever. At that time he whispered to her, "Wonderful, trying to plot against me like that, I can sense your ill will towards me. But I doubt the rain will clear anytime soon."

He moved back and put on a pleasant smile again. "It looks like your fever is better at least. That's good."

Emora:

Laya smiled at the kind woman. “I’ve been in it since it started. It just came out of no where. I’d be happy if you would take me into town when it has passed, though I wouldn’t want to bother you… since your injured… I can find my way, ma’am, thank you any way.” Her smile was soft and kind.

Just then a flash of lightening and a loud “boom” sounded it sounded as though the lightening had hit something close by. It caused Laya to jump involuntarily and her head jerked to the mouth of the cave. She didn’t like bad weather all that much. But, it was just weather…<br>
She scooted a bit close to the fire until she felt its sting slightly on her skin. She waved her shirt slightly to try and dry it. It was much better now and was just a bit damp. “I really do hope it lets up… After all it did come on quickly.” Laya walked to the edge of the cave, to its mouth and looked out. She didn’t see any blue sky behind the deep black…. She might very well be stuck with them.

Kyosuke:

Kron decided to thwart Yoshia's plans to thwart him even more. "Don't worry about it, I'll take you to town when the storm lets up," he offered kindly. He walked back over to the block of wood he was carving and started slicing away pieces of wood again, he had bought a piece that was much too large for his purposes, but it didn't matter that much. Yoshia should rest for a few more days anyway.

Taki:

Yoshia scowled at his back. If anything, his ways of playing chess with her were annoying at best. Yoshia looked down at her ankle and poked it. Stung a bit, but not too much. She'd been off it almost 24 hours already.

"I'll come too, by then you should be done my crutch, dearest. I do so hate being holed up in this cave." She smiled sweetly at the girl and turned to Kron with an innocent grin. 'Your move, bastard.' She thought.

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled. "If you wish to accompany us then you may," he said. "But we should see how your ankle is by then, we also need to see how your fever is. If you're still sick when the rain dies, then you may have to stay here." His smile didn't waver as he continued to plot the things he would do to the attractive new woman. He also decided that when the woman left, Yoshia would need to be punished for her impudence.

Taki:

Yoshia narrowed her eyes at him and folded her arms, nodding her head. She was getting hot, sitting in one place under the covers for so long so she got up-minding her ankle, and hopped over to the mouth of the cave, using the wall as support.

"I've been off my ankle for almost a day now, more than I can say for when you chased me here..." The ninja paused and smiled evilly into the rain, not looking back into the cave. "You big lover boy, he chased me all the way here- I thought he was out to kill me since I noticed someone was following me but nooo no no, he couldn't just come up to me by day and profess himself to me." Yoshia giggled as she turned to Laya and completely changed the story of how her and Kron came to be staying at the cave. When she finished embellishing her story she turned to Kron. "Besides, love, my fever should be fine-you just said so yourself when I was still in bed." She smiled innocently at him, almost childlike and naive.

Kyosuke:

Kron shrugged. "Well, if you don't take care of yourself the fever may return. Let me help you over there," he said. When he got to Yoshia he helped support her, supporting her with his body. He also gave the girl a peck on the lips and smiled. He also nibbled on her ear a little, but whispered in her ear. "Thanks, you're helping me a lot by making her think that." He pulled his face back and smiled a genuine smile. He knew she didn't mean to help him, but she did anyway.

Taki:

Yoshia tensed and blushed. 'W-what?!' she thought as he whispered in her ear. 'Damn!'

"Thanks, you're helping me a lot by making her think that." He pulled his face back and smiled a genuine smile. Yoshia frowned up at him and wanted to slap the smile right off his face but feared that he might do something else like grab her hand and do something else young-loverish to convince Laya more. "Damnit." She muttered under her breath. "Well, I feel better from fever after I rest a while and stand in some fresh air, but since it's raining just by the door should be fine." she smiled, her airy voice returning.

Emora:

Laya smiled at the two. It was sweet. She wished she had someone like Kron to love her. But, she never stayed around in one place long enough. It was really too sweet. Laya walked back to the inside of the cave and inspected her bow and arrows to make sure nothing was a miss since all the slipping and sliding in the rain. She then leaned her back against the cave wall to get more comfortable.

“You fight like a married couple, but he is right. If you get sicker you could catch pneumonia in the rain or the damp air. In fact… I wouldn’t stand to close to the mouth, you could get damp. My little brother was bad about playing outside when he was sick, many a night I tended to him. But, of course you don’t have to pay any attention to what I say.” She smiled kindly to the woman and the man.

Laya yawned. The ran always made her sleepy. She remember when she was little and the rain caused them not to be able to work she would lie on her bed and look out the window at it, falling a sleep after some time…<br>

Taki:

“You fight like a married couple, but he is right." Laya had said. Yoshia blushed more and elbowed Kron, who was still supporting her. She narrowed a glare at him. 'Just freakin' great.' She thought. 'You stupid girl, of all the caves around here! You had to stumbled upon this one!?' She yelled at the girl in her head. 'He's going to eat you!!' Yoshia felt near defeat and slumped against Kron with a heavy sigh.

"Perhaps when the rain clears up we could visit my parents. I haven't seen them in a few years, Kron. It would be nice to see them again.." Yoshia's green eyes were glassy and sparkling, spacing out into the rain.

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled at Yoshia. "We'll visit them someday then," he replied, still acting like her significant other. "But it's starting to get cold here so let's get you back to the bed." He noted that Laya was getting sleepy and smiled inwardly at that. He would start his plan once she fell asleep.

Taki:

Yoshia realized what she was doing and tensed again. He started pulling her back towards the bed. 'Oh well.. atleast I was up for a while..' Yoshia yawned in thought. 'It's getting pretty late..'

"Fine, fine.." Her voice trailed off as she was pulled back towards the lumpy old matress. "But promise me Kron I'll get to go see my parents." Yoshia looked up at him with dark green serious eyes. She wasn't playing a game, she was being honest.

Emora:

Laya yawned once more and shook her head. She rested her head gently on her knees as she wrapped her arms around them. She pulled her skirt down so that it covered her feet and was descent. She was a modest person, and a bit shy about her body… There was nothing wrong with it, in fact it was beautiful, she was just shy about herself. She made sure the slits in her skirt were closed and not revealing anything.

She closed her eyes for a moment. She planned to rest them. But, after a while the sound of the steady rain and light rolling of thunder caused her to begin to drift into darkness. Her head turned slightly to the side and her face became relaxed. She had been traveling for a long time and hadn’t had much sleep….

Kyosuke:

Kron kissed Yoshia on the forehead in an almost loving manner and said, "We will, don't worry" and set her down on the mattress. He waited for a little bit for Laya to fall into a slightly deeper sleep before sneaking up to her, he glared back at Yoshia in case the girl tried to warn the sleeping woman.

He removed the chains from within the pocket dimension in his armguards again and shackled her hands and feet together with the shackles, the four cuffs ending up centering in the same length. He then waited for Laya to wake up before he would do anything else.

Emora:

A loud thunder clap after a large flash of lightening shook Laya from her slumber. At first she didn't notice anything... She just sat there.... And then she razed her hand up to brush her hair from her face....

Chains. Shackles. Her head snapped up and she looked around the cave to find Kron. "What the hell do you think your doing! Take these off me!" she said angrily and looked around for her bow and arrows... They would be useless with chains on. "I said let me go!"

What was going on? How... how did things change so quickly? He was just... How foolish she had been to trust strangers. How stupid. She grabbed an arrow and waited for him. If he came towards her she would stab him....

Kyosuke:

Kron smirked as he walked towards the girl, exposing his fangs now. He noted that she grabbed an arrow, but wasn't worried, with the way she was chained up, to get any distance to stab she'd have to move all of her limbs at the same time, and her legs in a particular way also, her arms and legs were chained behind her for the most part and if she tried it the chains would dig painfully into her back. "Good, you're awake," he said, the sadistic smirk returning.

Emora:

Laya cursed her stupidity over and over. How dare she trust these people... this man in particular. She remembered the woman's eyes when she had fist met the man. Why hadn't she realized it then! WHY!

"Stay away from me! No, better yet, unchain me and let me go! I haven't got any money or valuables. There's no reason for you to keep me here. I probably don't taste to well either. Let... me.... go...."

Her smoky eyes glowed with rage and light from the fire. She couldn't get him... She couldn't stab him. Laya felt helpless... But, it didn't mean she gave up so easily. She'd find a way.... Some how.

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled as he neared the struggling girl and he put his face near hers, ready to catch her arm if she tried stabbing at him, he was in her range of motion now but it didn't matter much to him. "You do have one thing I'd want though," he said and licked her face. "And you do taste pretty good you know."

Emora:

Laya made a disgusted face and turned her head away. “Well, you can have my damn bow and arrows if you want it so badly. You could have held me at knife point for that… You don’t have to go and eat me…” she looked at him, her smoky eyes defiant. “Now, if you don’t mind, let me go.”<br>
She moved her hands and legs franticly, trying to find some weakness in the chains or some way to slip free. Panic slowly began to settle in when she realized she wasn’t getting away so easily. She looked at him with her clouded eyes, much like the storm clouds outside. They both held fire in them. She tried her best to get at him with her arrow, but it was mighty hard with the chains.

Kyosuke:

His smirk got more and more dangerous, with a flick of his wrist, his knife appeared in his hands. He pressed it against her face, not cutting anything and then moved it down to her skirt, starting to slice down it. "Your weapons aren't what I want," he said.

Emora:

Laya glared at him as he pressed the blade to her face. Then he moved it down to her skirt. "Your weapons aren't what I want," he said.

Laya's eyes went from glaring and narrowed... to wide and panicked. Her mouth opened in a gasp of realization. She truly began to struggle to get away now. She jerked and wiggled, her wrists and bare ankles scraping against the hard metal of the shackles. "Don't!" she yelled and looked at him with pleading eyes. She jerked even more. "DON'T!"

She brought both her legs around at him to try and kick him away... anything... Anything to by time.

"Help!" But, it was raining.... She knew no one would hear her.

Taki:

Yoshia's eyes had shot open when she heard the sound of shredding cloth. She thought Kron was ripping at her clothes but when she sat up the scene she saw almost made her sick. Her eyes immidiately clouded a dark gray. Now she would be a dangerous oponent for him. Since the vampire was so focused on his treat infront of him he hadn't noticed the ninja wake and dive for him. Her heel was tilted so when she slammed it into the back of his head he flew into the girl in front of him. Yoshia quickly grabbed him by the back of his coat collar and threw him off the girl, kneeling down quickly to help with the shackles.

"I tried to warn you, Laya! Damnit!" She yelled.

Kyosuke:

Kron smirked darkly as Yoshia tried helping the woman on the floor. "I see you're betraying me then Yoshia," he said. "That's fine, but I'm guessing you don't care about the people in town anymore." He grins. "And all the other towns. I will one by one raze every town I come across, would you like that?"

Taki:

Yoshia froze, her hands tightly gripping Laya's shackled wrists. Her eyes were wide and returning to their normal state, her focus thrown off. 'Shit.' she thought. Her heart skipped a beat as she thought of what she should do.

"H-how can you expect me to just stand by and watch while you rape and kill her!" She screamed, tears springing to her eyes. "Why do you have to use my own family against me?"

Emora:

Laya looked at the both of them in confusion. She found the shackles wouldn’t come off… They needed something… A key? Something… She worked her wrists frantically, sores beginning to form on her wrists and ankles. “Yes, one fine job of warning my. I never would have guessed he was a psycho when you and him were so ‘in love’. Real help. Next time the way to warn someone is to shot the warning!”<br>
She pulled at them growing aggravated and glancing at the vampire fearfully. “I can’t get them off!”

She listen to the woman’s words…. Images of her dead family came to her and her heart wrenched. She knew what it was like to lose a family…. It hurt more than anything in the world. Though this woman hadn’t been any help at all, she couldn’t let that happen. “Because he’s a monster…” she whispered, her eyes closing for a moment. “Don’t touch her family.”<br>

Kyosuke:

The vampire smirked again. "Maybe I won't kill her. She is very... pleasing to the eyes as well and I'm not hungry. For now it will stay only as rape. If you do interfere then I may kill her," he said. Of course, he wouldn't mind having another slave to do his biddings. And this one wasn't Ongoreth, she was attractive in different ways. "Or maybe I'll do what I did to you when I first met you and hunt her for a while. Who knows? Now get away and stop interfering."

Taki:

Yoshia laughed in panic as she shook Laya by the shoulders.

"Oh yea, like that rat bastard will listen to you. Im not 'in love', I sold my soul to him to protect my family. It was that or die. He was hunting me to kill me. And I couldn't of just flat out told you because he would of hurt me for it. I was trying to get you out of here! OF ALL THE GODDAMNED CAVES AROUND HERE LAYA!!!" She screamed at the girl in her panic. She didn't want her town dead. She didn't want Laya to die. She didn't want to die.

Emora:

"Well thanks for bloody inviting me in! You could have told me to stay the hell away!" Laya was so caught up screaming at Yoshia that for a split second the words that Kron were saying didn't make it to her ears. Then she heard them.

Her head snapped towards Kron and her eyes darkened fear fully. She began to try her best to back away from him with the shackles. To hide behind anything... as if it would protect her any way.

No... this can't be happening....

Taki:

Yoshia heard Kron dismiss her. She instinctively reached for one of her weapons hidden at her waist but she was only in her kimono, her other clothing destroyed and her weapons still in it. 'Crap!' She thought. Out of the corner of her eye she saw the water hole where she had come into the cave after being chased by Kron. It led outside. Yoshia quickly took one of the arrows from Laya and found a weaker point in the shackles. She couldn't get them off but she could separate them. She focused all her strength and broke the chains connecting the shackles on the girl's ankles and pushed her roughly close to the water hole and glared at her, her eyes screaming 'Go, fast.'

The ninja curled into a ball by the fire and closed her eyes, hands covering her face. She hoped she'd done enough to help Laya get away. 'Good luck..' She thought as she cried by the small fire.

Kyosuke:

Kron glared at his slave. He walked up to her and grabbed her by the face and brought his own close to hers. "I hope you know, I will now raze the town that is nearest to us, and I will let you watch as I kill everyone," he smirked. "I don't know if that town is the one your family lives in, but it doesn't matter because you've disobeyed me. And I'm going to make Laya suffer more when I catch her." With that he smacked her aside with the backside of his hand and lept at Laya.

Taki:

More tears sprung to the girl's eyes. Her heart felt like it was wripped out of her chest and thrown into the fire. She lay on the ground, her face stung and dirt was in her eyes. She thought she felt another cut on her cheek. 'Now I'll get sick again..' She thought absently, trying to keep her mind off of innocent people that were going to die because she was trying to be noble. 'Hell... that's where you'll burn... right alongside the devil himself...Kron..' She thought, tears staining her cheeks and making her eyes swollen.

Emora:

OOC: I'm on my sis's file and she left the room for the moment!

Laya looked at the hurt woman lying ground as the vampire leaped at her. She dove to the side, barely missing him and standing. She looked to the woman, listening to the words he had said run over her mind.

She couldn't let the whole town suffer because of this girl... and because of herself. But, she didn't want to... to... Laya hesitated, not knowing what to do. She couldn't let this girl stay with this monster... and she couldn't let the town suffer. But, Laya couldn't bring herself away.... She didn't know what to do.

Taki:

Yoshia saw Laya still standing there out of the corner of her eye. She sat up quickly, her vision blurred.

"What the hell do you think you're doing, get the hell out! Go save yourself!" She screamed.

Kyosuke:

Kron grinned at the girl. "I'll make a deal with you," he said. "If you surrender yourself to me, I'll promise that you'll live through this experience. I also won't punish Yoshia or anything. Frankly, I'm pretty sure that I'll eventually catch you one way or the other, you running away will just make it take longer and cause more deaths, so how about it?"

Taki:

Yoshia's eyes went wide. She knew the torturous ways of Kron longer than Laya had. She knew what Kron... required as services. Yoshia struggled to stand up and pushed the vampire from behind.

"Don't do it Laya! Call the bluff and get the hell out if you know what the hell is good for you!" She screamed as she pushed and punched at Kron's back, though not making much damage due to her emotions being so high strung at the moment-she couldn't focus.

Kyosuke:

Kron turned around and slapped the struggling girl away from himself. "She actually knows very well that as long as she obeyed me I would hold true to my word that I would not hurt or kill her or the ones dear to her. It's just that she's disobeying me now that I'm this way. So I will be true to my word if you surrender to me," he said.

Emora:

Laya looked back and forth to them. She contemplated all the ideas. She just… she just couldn’t seem to will herself to give this vampire… everything. It was her body she was taking about. All she owned. Everything that was hers.

She looked to him and then to the woman lying on the floor. She backed away slightly. “I…” she couldn’t find any words to come after that and she hesitated longer. She didn’t know what to do.

If you could go back, would you have given you life to save your family? a man had once asked her. Yes…

Laya didn’t know what to do. She stood there frozen. Why was he taking the time to ask her to give herself up… She thought about all those people in the town he’d kill and this nice lady who was trying to help her and how she would be treated. And he was right. If he truly wanted to come after her, he would catch her. It could be worst on her.

She bowed her head in defeat. But, continued to back away towards the water.

Kyosuke:

Kron noted the movement towards the water. "Walk towards me now," he said. "Not the water. If you take one step into the water then I will consider that as attempting to run away." He smirked coldly again. "And you know what that means to the town and Yoshia. Well, Yoshia won't die, but she may wish she was."

Taki:

Yoshia cried as she dove at him again, screaming 'I hate you' and tugging at his hair and anywhere she might be able to kick bite or scratch. She figured she was beyond being just punished anymore but she didn't care.

Kyosuke:

"I'll even forgive everything she's trying to do me now if you comply," he said, smiling. However, he then turned around and smacked her away again, this time making sure to knock her out with it.

Taki:

The air was knocked out of Yoshia with Kron's force to throw her off of him. Her head hit the ground hard when she fell and she blacked out, her limp form laying in the flickering light of the fire. Lightning flashed outside.

Emora:

Laya's head came up and her foot froze. Her eyes were lowered and they raised. The smoky gray was swirling with pools of black. She wondered what he would do... What would happen when she walked towards him.

But, the town... the people. Yoshia....

Laya took a small step forward, hesitantly. And then Yoshia lashed out at Kron. He hit her again and Laya winced. She couldn’t allow this woman to go through it. She swallowed hard. She took another step and then another, until she was standing in front of him, just out of arms reach. She didn’t have anything to say. She just looked up at him with defiant eyes. Strong. But, still filled with fear.

Kyosuke:

Kron smirked. "Very good, I see you made a good choice. As I said before, Yoshia will be forgiven and you will survive the night." Saying that he grabbed Laya by the shoulders and smirked. "And you are mine for now." He licked her face again, he would enjoy this night, though Laya most likely wouldn't.


Emora:

Laya closed her eyes tightly, her arms at her sides, her fists clenched. She was trembling from both anger and fear. Why? She lost her entire family... and now she was being tortured mentally and physically by a monster. Was her entire existence doomed to be ruled by demons' will?

She bit her bottom lip so hard she busted. Her wrists and ankles burned from being torn by the metal shackles. How long would the night last? It wasn't even night, she remembered suddenly. It was around noon when she had come into the cave. She knew it could be almost dawn and the night would still feel like forever.

Kyosuke:

Kron took Laya as he did when he first took Yoshia, as roughly as possible. Even her clothing was ruined beyond any proper decency when he was ripping them off. He raped her over and over again throughout the whole night. He now aimed to cause her as much pain as possible. When he was done, he slicced the same crest that Yoshia had on her stomach on the woman's arm and sucked the blood that flowed from it to complete the crest, in case he ever wanted to go after her again after that night.

Emora:

Laya sobbed most of the night and after it was all over she crawled into a corner with her cloak. She felt weak, used, tired, sore... broken. She covered her whole body with it and knelt down.

If you could go back, would you have given you life to save your family?

Laya pulled the cloak tightly around her. She took her fist and planted into the wall hard, taking the skin from her knuckles and probably cracking them. But, she was numb. Totally numb.

Kyosuke:

Kron unshackled the woman and licked the blood caused by the chaffing of her wrists on them off. Then he went to check on the damage he did to Yoshia the night before. After confirming that nothing serious happened, except for her putting weight on her bad ankle again, he went back to carving the crutch.

Emora:

Laya watched him with a dark expression. Once there had been a sparkle to her eyes. A shine of inosence. The shine was gone, the sparkle dimmed.

She looked at him wondering how he could act so... normal after being so cruel. "Basterd..." she muttered and looked at her bleeding nuckles.

She wanted to go to the pool of water and bathe. But, refused to do it while he was around. She wished he would leave. Would he? Would he go to find some other poor person to hurt. Why did he like hurting people so much.

"What made you this way..." she whipsered more to herself.

Kyosuke:

Kron idly made a note that they were out of supplies. He stood up calmly and walked out to town, he didn't need to say anything, feeling no obligation to tell Laya where he was going and Yoshia was still out cold. Then he left the cave and would probably bring back apples on his way back.

Emora:

Laya walked to the pool of water and crawled into it. It was cold… Laya shivered and went under water to wash her hair. She rubbed her limbs and body down over and over until she was practically raw. She then sat in the water, hoping to… “catch her death”… as her mother would have said.

She stared into the water, her arms wrapped around herself. What would she use for clothing? All she had was her cloak. She liked her old clothes. They were comfortable. They fit her well. She looked to the pile of shreds on the ground and back to her own self. Her eyes welled with tears and she slipped under the water. Under it she let out a loud scream that only caused bubbles to come up.

Taki:

Yoshia was starting to come-to. Her head was pounding and her whole body ached. She rolled onto her back and groaned in pain. She opened her eyes slowly, but her vision was still blurred by tears. The fire had died down-a long time had passed. Yoshia rubbed her face into the palm of her hand, gasping at a sting. Another cut on her cheek. 'Good job, do you never want me to get better...?' She thought.

Yoshia stared with an empty feeling at the cave's ceiling. The night's events flooded her memories. She slowly sat up, her hand rushing to her head. "Oowww.." She mumbled as she looked around. 'What..?' She thought, a glimmer of hope piercing her. 'No Kron.. but also.. no Laya..'

Emora:

Laya came up, gasping for air and from a sob. You couldn’t tell she was crying from the tears on her face. Her body was bruised and she had cuts… and the symbol on her arm. She rose out of the water for a split second and her legs buckled underneath her. She pushed herself to her knees, and pulled the cloak around her.

She laid on her side, half her body in the water, and half lying in dirt. She stared at a spot on the wall. Wondering what in the world she would do now. What was left for her if she felt so horribly shamed and empty inside. What?

“I’ll kill him,” she muttered.

Taki:

Yoshia gasped when she heard a splash come from the water hole. She turned startled eyes to see Laya crawl halfway out of the water. She took one look at the state of the girl and didn't need to think hard to know what the vile bastard had done to Laya.

"I felt that empty when he did it to me.." She said quietly, her voice cracking as memories came back to her. "He can sense what you're feeling and where you are from the crest.." Fresh tears fell to the dirt and moistened it. The rain had finally stopped but it was far past midnight. Yoshia adjusted her kimono so her stomache with the crest could be seen. It was healed somewhat now, with just a red scar of the crest.

Kyosuke:

Kron thanked the man as he was handed his supplies. He felt the boiling of emotions coming from Laya next to the emptiness she felt after being violated. He made a note that he would need a new chain, but decided against buying it just yet. He walked out of the store and towards the apple orchards, it would still be a while before he returned.

Emora:

Laya looked at Yoshia for a moment. "I hope he feels how much pain he causes... Because if he doesn't... he's groin will when he gets back..." she said in a crackling voice as she tried once more to stand. Her legs hurt... and so she didn't make it far again. She pulled the cloak around her tighter. She was tired... but afraid to sleep.

She was afraid of waking up and seeing Kron again. "Only once right? Well... after... he never does it again... does he?" she asked weakly. What had she done? Gods... what had she done.

Taki:

Yoshia closed her eyes and grimmaced at the girl's question.

"N-no... he raped me when he was hunting me.. but he'll take you when he pleases.. it hurts less if you accept it-" Yoshia broke off into sobs again. By the time she died in this life she would be cried out. 'What have I done to diserve this life.. Im young yet...' She thought bitterly.

Emora:
Laya looked at her and a cold chill run down her spine. When ever he wants… thought and grew sick. She pushed it away. No, I won’t let fear guide me. “I won’t let him… I’ll die first,” she said and crawled slowly and painfully towards her bow and arrows, passing her torn clothing. She had nothing anymore. Nothing.

“Why… why would he treat you any different?” she asked, leaning against the wall. “Why?!” Her eyes were so empty, yet filled with some defiance. “Trust me, I won’t except it and I will do anything in my power to make sure his balls are disconnected from his body.”

Kyosuke:

Kron walked in as Laya spoke her last line, "Well that's a lovely sentiment isn't it Laya?" he asked. "But I treat Yoshia differently because of the deal I made with her when she became my slave." He set the supplies down. "In return for doing my biddings, I will not hurt or kill her or her family." He smirked. "I have no such deal with you yet. I only agreed not to kill you after that session, so unless you decide you want to strike that same deal with me, you may want to run."

Taki:

Yoshia shot a cold, teary glare up at the vampire and crawled back to the matress. He had broken her, beaten her, and disgusted her. She pulled the blanket over her head and cried herself to sleep.

Emora:

Laya stood up and aimed her bow and arrow. The cloak was hung around her losely and she didn't care. She fired it, aiming it for his heart. "How about you kiss my-" she would have finished if her legs woudn't have given out on her. He must have done something. She shouldn't keep falling... should she?

She pulled another arrow and took aim. Not even knowing if the first hit.

Kyosuke:

Kron deflected the first shot to his heart with his forearm bracer. When he was transformed into a vampire, he didn't confirm whether the myths about wood through the heart being true or not, and he didn't care for testing it out. Before the second arrow was fired, he flicked his wrist in a certain way and popped a throwing star out of the pocket dimension they were stored in and flicked it at the bow, aiming to break the bow in two and for the star to hit the ground without hurting Laya.

Emora:

Laya watched in shock as her bow was snapped in half. She sat there a moment and wished with all her might that her legs had some strength to carry her. She would plunge an arrow into his black heart.

She sat there on her knees looking at him. Her expression was one of full anger. Her eyes were dark, yet strong, despite the emptiness. Strands of brown hair hung in front of her face slightly. She wished she had some magical ability. But, all she had was her bow... and she didn't even have that any more.

"So will you kill me or just stand there?" It was almost as if she was asking him to do it for her.

Kyosuke:

"I think I'll just stand here thank you," Kron said mockingly. "I'm not hungry yet, so you're safe for now." The vampire sat down and started carving again at his block of wood. It was now distinctly taking the shape of a crutch and would seen be able to be used. He then remembered something and sighed, walking over to Yoshia, who was sleep and uncovered her foot.

He started to unwrap the bandages. 'I'll have to scold you for this when you wake up,' he thought to himself. 'You forgot that you need to let your foot breathe sometimes, and sleep is the best time for that.'

Taki:

Yoshia rolled over in her sleep. Her kimono had some tears in it from when he threw her to the ground and she never washed the dirt from her face and the new cut. In her subconscious she sensed it was him touching her and kicked him in the jaw with her good foot.

Emora:

Laya growled and stood up for a second, gripping the side of the wall. She used it to make it closer to the mouth of the cave. She stumbled, catching herself. Her legs hurt... her stomach hurt. Her arms hurt. Her back hurt. Her head hurt. She hurt all over.

She reached the mouth of the cave and noticed there was a lot of space in between the mouth and the town... A lot of walking.

Maybe she could find help. Clothes... Food. A damn doctor. They owed her. She had given everything up so that they may be spared. The least they could do was give her that. She wouldn't make it there... She was to weak and tired. But, she refused to sleep.

Kyosuke:

Kron threw up his arm to block the incoming kick. She wasn't awake at the time and he already knew she had a hidden distaste for him so he decided to forgive her for it. He finished unwrapping her ankle and placed the strip of cloth off to the side. Then he walked over to the crutch.

He tracked Laya's movements as she walked along. He knew she was stumbling around the whole time. He would confront her again if she collapsed on the road. She was still very defiant, and he found it amusing to break them, as he had broken Yoshia.

Taki:

Yoshia tossed and turned in prolonged, disturbing dreams of what had been happening to her in the past few days. She landed uncomfortably on her ankle a few times and cried in pain in her sleep. After a while her tossing settled down to mouse-like whimpers, her eyes scrunched closed.

Emora:

Laya would walk a ways and fall, walk a ways and fall. An old couple passing on a cart had to stop because she was sitting in the middle of road sobbing. They saw the state she was in and immediately could guess what possibly had happened.

They gave her a ride into town and found a nice old healer for her. It wasn’t long before she was dressed in a soft kimono and lying on a comfortable mat. She would stare up at the ceiling for a while, trying her best not to fall a sleep. She thought she would always be afraid to sleep. If it would have not been for the fact she had fallen a sleep she would have been fine… If she would have ignored her noble brave heart.

Laya found herself fading off. She fought it hard, but her body and mind were weak. She faded off into sleep to have nightmares of Kron…

Kyosuke:

Kron felt the terror radiating off of both Yoshia and Laya and smirked. However, he did tire of seeing Yoshia aggrivate her injury again and again and slipped into bed with her, pinning her movements down by wrapping his arms around her torso and his legs around her legs. Then he decided to take a small nap as well, he was up all night enjoying himself.

Taki:

Yoshia's naive tendencies kicked in, even in sleep, when Kron crawled into bed with her. She settled down when his arm hugged her waist and his leg wrapped around hers. She shivered in her sleep, her kimono was thin due to the outfit she used to wear under it. Perhaps when she woke she would be able to sew something new herself or buy new garb. For the rest of the late night and through the sunrise Yoshia slept more peacefully.

Emora:

Laya woke screaming, jerking to awareness fearing she’d only wake to see Kron above her. But all she found was the face of a kind old lady. She helped Laya sit up and handed her a cup of tea. Laya took it and drank it slowly. Her hands were shaking from dark memories that would haunt her for the rest of her life.

How could anyone be so cruel… so thoughtless as to what the other person was feeling. She finished the cup of tea and laid down. The old healer hovered over her a moment. “Miss… I don’t mean to… to bring things up… but is there any chance you might be… um… er, with child?” the old woman said.

Laya’s eyes snapped open, her face growing very pale. Could vampires have children? She had heard of many who were half vampires… And she had heard of pure bloods… Laya would refuse to believe such a notion. “No,” she said darkly.

“Are you sure miss?”<br>
Laya swallowed, a tear rolling down her cheek. “No.”<br>
OOC: Don't worry, she's not... just had to come up with something to post...

Kyosuke:

Kron smirked as Yoshia settled down in his arms. Wouldn't she be surprised when she woke up that the man who had her in his arms was actually him? He closed his eyes and let sleep take him. He would need to take Yoshia again sometime he decided as he fell asleep.


Taki:

OOC: that would of been interesting lol

IC:
Yoshia slowly opened her eyes. A man's arm was around her torso, hugging her small form to him. Through her thin kimono she could feel his stomach and chest against her back. His heavy, strong leg was also twisted with hers. He was sleeping. She smiled, a soft blush painting her cheeks. The ninja carefully shifted under the weight of his arm and leg to turn around and look up to see the face of her boss, the vampire. A loud instinctive scream escaped her and she covered her mouth, shrinking off of the matress and away from him before curling into a ball. She felt scuzzy now.

Kyosuke:

The scream woke Kron up and he grumbled a bit. "You don't have to scream that loud you know," he said. "You practically put us in this position yesterday night remember? Except I didn't wrap my legs around you that time." The vampire's demeaning smirk once again graced his face. "Besides, I had to do it this time, you kept moving around and hurting your ankle."

Taki:

Yoshia's face twisted in disgust and she spoke up in protest.

"Oh I beg to differ, you monstrous pervert! The other night you looked uncomfortable so I put you on the matress but you took up all the room and I still wanted to sleep so I had to sleep on my side and then your arm, uninvited, drapes over my breasts so I pushed it out of the way and it landed over my waist!" She said annoyed."And I don't give a damn if I hurt my ankle more!"

Kyosuke:

"Really? You don't care? Well I do, and you serve me," Kron said. His smirk became a sneer. "And unless you just want to be a bedpartner for me, then you'll need to get better so that you can drag in more prey for me, or I may choose the wrong person to torture one day." The monsterous vampire smirked. "I don't recognize your family to be able to keep that promise to you about not hurting them you know."

Taki:

Yoshia's stomach lurched and she felt sick again. She shivered and curled into a tighter ball, resting her head on the floor. She sneezed and coughed. 'Oh..' she thought, a hand absently brushing the now scabbed dirty cut from the night before. It stung a little still. 'Never got a chance to wash it..'

Kyosuke:

Kron for the first time noted the cut. He had checked her over for concussions when he looked her over earlier. He sighed and took hold of the pot. He walked over to the water and filled it with water before bringing it back. He then set to cleaning the new cut with soap and water. He dumped the excess water out and brought back over some apples. "I figure you're hungry now," he said.

Taki:

Yoshia coughed again before mumbling a 'thanks' and took a fresh green apple. She nibbled on it and sucked on the sour juice, savoring the taste in her mouth. Her eyes were a blueish-green and they were staring into space again.

"I need new ninja garb.." she said absently.

Kyosuke:

Kron shrugged. "Really? Why? I doubt I'll be using you for your ninja skills," he said. To emphasize the point, he groped her chest. "I think you'd be more useful for other things." He smiled lecherously. "Especially since you can't really walk just yet."

Taki:

A sound between disgust and a cry escaped Yoshia's hoarse throat. The ninja slapped him across the face, leaving a red handprint. She rolled away from him and started to cry again. 'For the ones I love so dearly...' she thought bitterly.

Kyosuke:

Kron ignored the slap he took. He walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her almost in a loving manner. "Now, I could punish you for that slap, but i think I won't this time," he said. "I'm in a rather good mood from last night." He nibbled on Yoshia's ear lightly.

Taki:

Yoshia didn't want to but she leaned into him, his embrace. Everything in her screamed to deny him and move away, something-anything. However, she still betrayed herself and collapsed against him, tears watering her eyes once again. It almost was becoming unnatural for her to not be crying at one thing or another.

Emora:

Laya found herself yet again coming awake at nightmares of Kron. She couldn’t get it out of her head. It was horrible that she thought about it, but she relived it over and over in her head…. In her dreams. Laya had cried to a point where she couldn’t cry any more. She would sob every now and then, just taking in air quickly and letting it out in one shuttering breath.

Laya buried her face in her hands, and slowly her hands moved to the side of her head and made fists in her long beautiful brown hair. Laya didn’t feel beautiful anymore. Well, she never truly thought herself to be beautiful. So she guessed that wasn’t the word she was looking for.

Laya stood up, finding her legs had strength in them, but were completely sore. The muscles in her abdomen were sore as well, though do to the trauma or something… she didn’t know. All she knew was that she wanted him to pay… She wanted to make sure he couldn’t hurt another woman or child or man. Who ever it was he hunted.

“Miss! You shouldn’t be walking around!” the old healer tried to plead with her. Laya just through her a dark glare, where once would have been a confident smile. She’d gain it back surely one day. It wouldn’t be soon, but one day when the day before wasn’t fresh on her mind…<br>
She ignored the woman and walked out in her new cotton feeling kimono. Laya wandered around town and since she had no money she had to still the things she would need. She stole a bow off a mans cart, and his arrows and a dagger from a mans pocket. She hoped that if she failed he’d kill her and not take her again…. She’d do anything to make him mad enough to kill her or what ever he did to make it so different with Yoshia.

Why would he take her again and again... and not Yoshia? So she made her way back towards the cave.

Kyosuke:

Kron kissed Yoshia's neck and was about to remove her kimono when he noted that Laya was heading back in their direction and smirked. He decided that he would give her a show when she arrived and stripped the ninja girl down before starting to pleasure her gently as Yoshia cried about betraying herself to him. He smirked and wondered how the archer would react to this.

Taki:

Yoshia clung to the one she worked for. Thoughts were blurred by tears and quiet sobs into the vampire's neck. The ninja figured it was bad that the two had started their "buisness relationship" off this way, him taking care of her and her girlish instinct openly and far too willingly trusting him in the bed. It almost scared her and made her sick to think of her naive ways.

Emora:


Laya had stumbled most of the way, but her walking was much better than the day before. Laya walked back to the entrance to the cave and in to find a sight that caused Laya to freeze for a moment. She saw Kron… and she saw Yoshia. Laya looked at Yoshia’s face and saw tears. She looked back at Kron. “You said you wouldn’t hurt her!”<br>
She ran to the vampire and grabbed his hands. She jerked them up and pushed him off of Yoshia at the same time kneeing him in the stomach as she fell with him to the other side. She sat on him to pin him down as best she could. She reached for her dagger and pulled it free, about to bring it down on him.

She had given herself to this beast so that Yoshia wouldn’t be punished for trying to help her and he had lied. It wasn’t fair for him to treat innocent women like they were his pets. It wasn’t fair for him to hurt them. It wasn’t fair to make Yoshia suffer. “If you want to punish some one make it me because I won’t give in that easily!”

Taki:

Yoshia was clinging to Kron when she heard a shout. Yoshia opened her half closed eyes wider when she felt Kron's weight pushed off of her. She heard a familiar voice... Laya's voice. Laya was trying to protect her like the ninja had failed the night before. Yoshia quickly put her kimono back on, now wide-eyed and aware of her surroundings, and hid in a niche in the wall and watched the fight.

Kyosuke:

"Hurt her?" he asked. "I wasn't hurting her, I was trying to bring her pleasure that time." The vampire grabbed the hand that had the knife in it. "What I do with her now is different than what I did to you last night, or what I did to her the first time." He grinned at her, exposing his fangs. "I'm much more gentle with her now, after all, there's not much of a point to harm a slave that's obeying you."

Emora:

Laya looked at him darkly and leaned forward. "When some one is crying and you're touching them its not pleasure!" she yelled to him, fearlessly... She was driven by anger. She hated him. Looking at him brought back those horrible memories. She hated him!

"You haven't the right to touch her or me or any other woman!"

Kyosuke:

Kron just smirked. "I think her crying wasn't because of pain but because of sorrow," he said. Then he bucked his hips upwards and to the left, sending her flying in that direction. He then moved on top of her in the same way she was on top of him earlier, except he held her arms above her head. He brought his face in closer to hers and licked her face.

Smiling, he said "I see you haven't lost your spunk after yesterday, that's good, maybe I should do it again then." The vampire exposed his fangs as his smile got wider.

Emora:

Laya looked at him for a moment, her eyes registering. She shrunk back in fear for a moment. No… she didn’t want that to happen again. No! Laya raised her hips to the side quickly, nailing him in the groin. She raised her head and hit him in the forehead with her own. She’d do anything to keep him from doing that to her again.

“No!”

Kyosuke:

The hip movement wasn't really a very solid way to strike him in the crotch and it didn't hurt all that much, the headbutt just cracked his head back a bit and made him smirk more. He dropped his head down towards hers again. "Don't worry, I'll but much gentler this time," he said. With that he licked her face again.

Emora:

Laya looked at him horrified. It hadn’t worked. She moved her hands in his grasp violently. She struggled frantic. Not again! No! Not again! Please! She pleaded with who ever watched over them… what ever gods up there that some people worshiped. Take this monster of me!

“No! Please!” she found her voice yelling out. She looked at him. “Please.” She whispered as the memories of the pain he gave her came to her. He would hurt her even more she knew. He lied. He wouldn’t be gentle…

Kyosuke:

Kron turned to Yoshia. "Don't interfere," he ordered. "What I promised to do last night if she didn't surrender will happen if you do." He wasn't sure if she would listen to him this time and prepared to brace himself for impact if he felt the slightest bit of rebellion coming from the ninja.

Taki:

Yoshia felt like a mouse, hiding in a crevice of a cave wall. If she had her focus and he wasn't just doing... whatever that thing it was that he was doing to her that put her so off balance... if she was focused she would of been able to help Laya. The ninja felt like a coward, hiding from the fight.

Emora:

Laya looked up at him completely terrified. She had been stupid to come back. She had let her bravery and vengeance get to her. She tried to control herself, tried to keep from showing just how much she was afraid. She was betrayed by her body though, and she trembled involuntarily.

“No…” she pleaded and wiggled and squirmed. “Please. Please don’t.”

She was stupid. Why… why was she so stupid? Would he listen to her please? Would he have some spot in his heart that had some goodness? Though she was fearful her eyes held some bravery… But, she was afraid he’d hurt her again.

Kyosuke:

First Kron forced the dagger from her hands and threw it off into the water in the back, then he dropped his hands down and opened up Laya's kimono, not damaging it this time. He didn't need to damage something like a kimono anyway. They didn't really get in the way much.

Emora:

Laya looked up at him as he wrenched the knife from her hands. He opened her kimono and Laya made a squeak. She grabbed his hands and held them way from her as she tried to squirm away.

Tears filled her eyes and trailed down her cheeks as she wiggled around on the hard floor. "No!" Not again! Not again! It wasn't fair. She was only trying to do good! She was only trying help Yoshia.

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled almost kindly at the squirming woman and took her again. This time he was gentle with his ministrations. He tried to bring her pleasure instead of pain. Every movement was not that of sadism but almost loving patience. As he had said before, he truly didn't aim to bring the girl pain this time.

Taki:

Yoshia screamed inside. Her eyes closed shut as her whole body jerked towards the dark corner of the niche she was hiding in. Her hands shot up and covered her ears and she curled into a tight ball. 'What is wrong with me!? GO HELP HER!!!' She screamed at herself, remembering the conversation that she'd had the night before while Kron had left and then again remembering the first time she was ever raped by a vampire... and then the times Kron had done those things to her.. and then Kron.. and then her eyes squeezed closed tighter as she remembered that she actually liked what he was just doing to her before Laya came.

Emora:

Laya was so confused by him now. She had expected him to be truly hell bent of trying to cause her pain. Though, it was slightly uncomfortable at first because of the many problems he had cause because of the night before… It was much better. As if he wanted her to enjoy it. It was sad that at one point Laya actually had to remind herself that this man was evil and had hurt her many times the night before.

After it was over she didn’t cry. She was a bit… Well, besides exhausted… She was a bit numb still… But, she couldn’t really tell how she felt or what she was thinking. She just pulled her kimono back on and moved to the bed where she leaned against it, pulling her legs under her. She looked at him with a strange expression… it did have a bit of confusion in it, but something else.

Why had he been nice to me?


Kyosuke:

Kron wondered exactly how much the change in events had affected Laya. The crest didn't quite convey what she was feeling right now, however, he did feel somewhat of an enjoyment for his actions from Yoshia. He walked back over to her and continued from where he was interrupted.

Taki:

Yoshia's whole body tensed when she felt a masculine form come at her and take her in the niche. She pummeled his chest, tears falling from her cheeks, in futile attempts to make him stop.

Emora:

Laya crawled up onto the bed and pulled the covers over her. She didn’t want to hear any sounds or anything. She just wanted to be sucked into a hole. She felt ashamed of herself for what she had become. It almost felt like she was a whore or something.

Was she his slave as well now? Did he own her? Was she some sort of consort? Would he be gentler for now own? Or was he just toying with her? If she was a slave how much freedom did she have? Or was she just something for him to get off on and he was going to leave her as soon as they were ready to go?

Laya was confused still and afraid. She curled up under the covers and cried softly. She covered her ears even more at the sounds. And cried until she was to tired to.

It felt as if a part of her had been ripped from her and he held it in his posession.

Kyosuke:

Just as before, he concentrated more on pleasuring Yoshia than he did himself. He dragged it on for a while and when he was finished, he just calmly walked over the crutches and tried to finish carving them. Every once in a while he took a look at Laya, who was under the covers, and decided to offer her the same deal he had offered Yoshia. "So how would you like to serve me in exchange for not hurting you?" he asked.

Taki:

Once again the ninja found herself curled into a ball, her kimono half off, sobbing. She hoped her family and her town and all the towns appreciated what they never knew she was doing for them. "I.." she said through her sobs, particularly to the wall. Maybe she was going crazy thanks to the vampire. "I don't care about them anymore." At that moment from Kron's doing Yoshia's eyes turned misty gray and her blood ran cold as her heart was encased in stone.

After a while the ninja hobbled out to the main part of the cave and sat on the end of the matress with newfound grace, unlike her clumsy disposition. She looked at Kron with a piercing gaze of misty gray.

"I don't care for them anymore. They'll never know how I suffer. Master, I'll bring you your prey so they can feel my tortured pain." Her voice wasn't like it was before. She wasn't naive and clumsy now. Kron had pushed her to the point where her heart was turned to stone and her soft gaze hard.

Emora:

Laya looked at him and sat up slightly as Yoshia sat on the edge of the bed. She listened and her mouth fell open… But, what scared her the most was that Laya actually understood how she felt. Laya placed a hand on Yoshia’s shoulder. She looked about eighteen… still young. Laya was twenty for so in a way she felt responsible for something…

"If I refuse... will... will you let me go?" she asked and because he had been so gentle that a part of her did believe he'd let her go free. The other part thought he'd eat her for dinner. “I don’t want to give you my soul… it’s the only thing I have left…. I want to keep that.”

Kyosuke:

"If you refused, I think I may keep you around anyway, except then there's no guarantees that I won't hurt you... or feed on you," he said. Then he turned to Yoshia and smiled widely. "And as for you Yoshia, I'd still prefer if you waited a bit so that you don't aggrivate that ankle of yours."

Emora:

Laya shivered at the thought of him keeping her around and if she didn’t make the deal he’d hurt her again. She didn’t wan to be hurt again. She didn’t want him to touch her again. Why did he do it anyway. He could probably go to Shea if he wanted a woman. Laya wasn’t as pretty as Shea… When Laya thought of herself she didn’t think she was pretty at all. Growing up around a bunch of boys who liked to pick on you didn’t help. So why did the vampire whish to keep her around.

“But, I don’t want to give you my soul. Yoshia said something about giving my soul. I don’t want to do that. I don’t want to be your slave either. But… I don’t want you to be hurt by you anymore…” she whispered and looked down. “Is there a way I could be your… slave… and not give me soul?” She didn’t want to be his slave… she didn’t want to give her soul. Laya wanted to die, but a bigger part wanted to live more than anything.

Kyosuke:

Kron smirked. "You don't need to sell your soul to me at all," he assured her. "All you need to do is follow my orders and you'll be safe. Yoshia didn't really sell her soul either, it was a figure of speech when she said that to serve me she had to sell her soul."

Emora:

Laya looked at him, pulling the covers tighter around her. She shifted uncomfortably under his gaze, a big weight lifted from her shoulders at hearing she didn’t have to give him her soul. “And you… you won’t hurt me? Not like the other night?” she asked softly.

What would happen? How would he treat her? How often would he… How long would she be his slave? Until she was old and crumpled. Until she was fat or something and didn’t want her anymore. Was that the only reason he took her? Why? Why? Why? “Why do you do it?” she asked him. “Why did you do this to me?”<br>
Laya shook her head and put her hands to her face. “I will, if you mean what you say about not hurting me… But, why? Why couldn’t you let me go when the rain passed? Why!”

Kyosuke:

"I did let you leave when the rain passed, you left. And then you came back here," Kron replied. "And I won't hurt you as long as you serve me." His smirk got wide again. "Unless you want me to of course." The vampire sat back againt the wall and finished up the crutch he was carving. A bit more and it would be done.

Emora:

Laya looked at him with a disgusted expression. Why would she ever want him to hurt her? And he didn’t even answer her question right! She looked at him her anger boiling. He was so evil it made her sick. To look at him made her sick. “I meant… I meant with out hurting me. Why couldn’t you just let me go without… without laying a hand on me….” it was a whisper almost.

“And I left because I was hurt! I came back to help Yoshia! You twist your words wrongly,” she muttered the last part and looked down. He was nice and then he was mean.

Laya stood up and walked to the edge of the cave looking out. She wrapped her arms around herself tightly. She felt so self-conscious and so used. It made her sick. She put a hand to her belly as the nausea grew to the point it made her dizzy. She sank to her knees slowly and stared off into the forest.

“If I am your slave… all I have to do is serve you? What must I do?” she asked hollowly. Though, she knew she would fight his control. She always would fight. At least she told herself that.

Kyosuke:

"You will do whatever I order," Kron explained. "Of course, there are limitations on what I will order. Nothing that will directly cause you pain or death will be ordered. Of course, one of your services will involve your body." He licked his lips and grinned, scanning her body up and down again.

Taki:

Yoshia noted that there definately wasn't enough room for the three of them in the single matress from her childhood and she didn't have any spares just lying around.

"Kron, we need beds. It's going to be dark soon. We also need firewood, and more apples. I'll go, if you're done with that." Still, her voice was piercing the air like sharp icicles.

Emora:

Laya didn’t see his eyes roaming over her, but it was almost like she could feel them and they caused her to shiver. It felt like a knot was in her throat. The thought of his hands touching her and him looking at her, it made her feel all hollow inside. It made her feel sicker.

“Why can’t you find a whore? They could please you more,” she muttered and stared harder at the trees, trying to keep from looking at him. From meeting his eyes. “At least they have experience…”

Laya held herself tighter. “I won’t be… be willing to give myself to you,” she told him and finally look towards him. Her smoky eyes bored into him.

Then Taki mentioned something about beds and the thought of sleeping with him in the same bed almost sent her over the edge with the nausea.

Kyosuke:

Kron pointed to the pile of supplies that he had purchased earlier. "We have food there," he said. "They aren't apples, but they'll give you two better nutrition than just apples will."

Kron then turned his attention back to Laya and ran his tongue over his lips. "Well, I am getting kind of hungry now also. So if you don't agree to it, then I may just not need to look for someone to feed on," he said. There was a hungry look in his eyes.

Emora:

Laya looked at him as he mentioned something about eating her. She closed her eyes as her shoulders slumped slightly. She didn’t want to die. But, she did in a way. Laya thought that maybe since there were two of them and he favored Yoshia the most it seemed that he wouldn’t take her that often. It was a cruel though that caused Laya to hate herself over it.

She finally nodded softly. “Alright… I’ll be your servant.” Her voice was a whispered.

“But… I won’t be able to give you my body willingly…” she whispered even softer, not knowing if he had heard her. How could he require he to just give it up to him. She wouldn’t. But, down inside something told her she would break like Yoshia did… maybe not as soon, but she would.

Taki:

Yoshia crossed her arms and shifted so she was sitting crosslegged on the small matress. Her chin was raised somewhat, an air of aloofness about her.

"Very well, however I don't plan on squeezing the three of us onto the single matress. It's getting dark, Kron. I don't plan on sleeping on the floor either..." She narrowed her eyes at him. "It would disturb my ankle. So can we please go get some new ones."

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled and said, "You made a good choice if you wanted to live. I'll test your complete loyalty out later, but for now go help by preparing the food to be cooked while I run out and grab some firewood. And Yoshia, since when does the servant order the master? Well, no matter, I'll also go purchase a larger mattress"

The master of two women ran outside and quickly ran to town. There he quickly fed on another stray whore and purchased some firewood and a large mattress from an import store. There would be no dry wood for miles. He made his way back as quickly as possible.

Taki:

Yoshia growled and unwrapped her ankle. She hobbled over to the water hole and dipped her ankle in up to her knee, sitting on the edge of the water. She scoffed and crossed her arms again.

"He makes me so damn sick. The rat bastard..." She muttered in Laya's direction. She understood how the girl was feeling, she herself went through it.

Emora:

Laya stood up and looked to Yoshia. She wanted to help her cook dinner and quickly get a bath before Kron got back. She looked at Yoshia with sympathetic eyes, knowing how she felt. She gathered the ingredients for the stew and pored them into the pot. She stirred it up and set it over the fire.

“How long do you think he’ll be gone?” she asked and looked at Yoshia and came towards her. “I’d like to get a bath before he does…”

Taki:

Yoshia moved away from the water, hobbling towards the pot and taking over making the stew. She shrugged at Laya's question and took a guestimate.

"Hmm.. who knows, the bastard's fast on foot. Just take a quick one now and I'll cook." Yoshia's voice had softenend almost back to 'normal' as she tossed the soap from Kron's things to Laya.

Emora:

Laya nodded and took the soap. She slipped out of her kimono and walked into the water. It was cold and she shivered, but Yoshia was right… He could come back and the last thing she wanted was to give him any ideas. She dipped her head into the water and washed her long brown hair clean.

What a horrible fate… she thought and closed her eyes, sinking under the water to rinse her hair. Why must Yoshia and I suffer as we have and will? To be slaves to a monster… a perverse monster…

Laya went to washing her body. She scrubbed herself clean, as if every place he had touched was tainted. To her it was. She dipped under the water one last time and rose up, reaching for something to dry off with.

"I wish he'd stay gone..." she said to Yoshia. "But, I guess wishes don't come true in this world..."

Kyosuke:

Kron walked in as Laya was getting out of the water, and smiled at the clear view he got of her whole body. "Nice view I've got here huh?" he asked rhetorically. He was definitely glad he convinced this one to be his slave as well.

He decided not to do anything to her yet. Instead he moved the old mattress over, figuring he could use it for his activities so the larger one didn't get dirty. He then set down the larger mattress and the firewood he bought. "There, a larger mattress and some more wood for the fire."

Taki:

Yoshia watched the vampire regenerate the fire as she finished cooking the stew. She arched a brow at the matress he set down. It was not large at all. The vampire had bought a double bed-and he was rather large and could take up most of the space on it.

"I see you still expect us to squeeze in with you and sleep uncomfortably-probably not the best for servants who have to hunt for you. It could also cause us to sleep horribly, thus sending us into bitchy moods." Yoshia laughed as she poured a bowl oh stew for Laya and herself. "I'd say you're insecure if you need to sleep with us that close to you, knowing full well where we are all the time with your branding crest."

Emora:

Laya gasped and a screech escaped her lips. She grabbed up her kimono, not bothering to take the time and dry off. She quickly put it on and made sure it was good and tight. She moved to sit closer to the fire so her hair would dry quickly and to be closer to Yoshia and further from Kron.

She didn’t thank him for bringing the mattress and she didn’t thank him for bringing the fire wood. She didn’t say anything. She just sat there. Laya realized that if she got sleepy she wouldn’t want to go to sleep. She would be to afraid to sleep. Afraid he’d chain her up again. Afraid he’d hurt her.

Laya listened to Yoshia and her head came up. He really would be sleeping with them? Laya shivered. Couldn't he sleep on the old bed?

Kyosuke:


Kron just smiled as his servant's impudence. "Well, I was planning on sleeping against the wall, but since you brought up the idea, maybe it would be nice to sleep in the same bed as you two." The vampire smirked some more. "But there's no need to, I prefer sleeping against the wall anyway. Now, I'm going to go grab some extra firewood to dry by the fire so we don't have to buy more." The vampire walked back out again, looking for firewood.

Emora:

Laya sighed in relief when he said he would much rather sleep against the wall. It relieved her to the point where she didn’t seem as tense as the moment before. Laya looked at Yoshia. She was younger than her, yet Yoshia acted older than Laya. Maybe it was because Kron finally broke her spirit. Laya still held on to hers, though it was faint.

She prayed that Kron wouldn’t want any of there services for the rest of the night. She didn’t know if she could handle him again… She didn’t want him to touch her ever. It made her skin crawl and made her sick to think of him touching her or looking at her.

Laya’s eyes were weary as she ate the stew. She was tired. She had little sleep do to nightmares and was still weak from the mental and physical torture he used on her. She wanted sleep, her body and mind craved it. But, she was afraid of it.

Taki:

Yoshia sneered at the vampire. It was dark now, getting late. Maybe it was around nine at night already. Yoshia hadn't bathed properly since her 'swim' the other day when Kron was still chasing her. The ninja made sure Laya was safely into their bed before hopping over to the water hole. She was getting used to Kron, his eyes on her and whatnot. She could feel his eyes.

The ninja dropped her kimono to her ankles and slid herself into the water. The soap was still there from earlier and she used it to wash her hair and body. She folded her arms on the edge of the water and rested her chin there. Strands of red-tipped black hair clung to her face and neck.

"Why didn't you answer her questions, she doesn't understand you as much as I do. I've heard your story..." Yoshia inquired to her master. 'Master...' she thought. The word sounded sour now.

Kyosuke:

Kron quickly returned with an a load of wet branches and limbs of trees that he had found on the ground. They were completely soaked from the rain yesterday. He placed them near the fire, letting them dry off. He turned to the ninja and watched her as she bathed. "So is your ankle feeling any better?" he asked.

Taki:

Yoshia nodded absently. She had been asking herself questions that she wanted to ask him while he was out. Some people call it talking to themselves, others call it crazy talk... but the ninja was just reciting some quiestions outloud. She shrugged and turned her gray eyes to him

"Say... why didn't you just tell Laya why. Why didn't you just answer her questions. She doesn't understand you know... she doesn't know your story." Yoshia's voice was still icy, but not as much.

Emora:

Laya curled up on the bed as far away from the edges as possible. She pilled the covers over her and closed her eyes. She would only rest her eyes, she’d stay alert… Laya pulled the covers over her shoulder and buried her face in them. A single tear trailed down her face and onto them.

She stayed awake listening to them. She could see Kron standing there, but she couldn’t see Yoshia. All she could was hear he voice. She stared at Kron from the bed, her head half hidden because of covers. What made him tick? What made him want to hurt them? Why did he enjoy raping so much?

Laya sobbed once softly as an image came to her mind. She wiped her eyes and curled into a tighter ball. She drew her knees to her chest. She wished she could turn into a bird or something…. Anything that would keep him away from her.

Kyosuke:

Kron noted that Laya seemed to be very tired and decided to put off any tests he may do to her til tomorrow. She had enough that night. "It's alright, you can sleep soundly," he told her. "I won't do anything tonight."

He then turned back to Yoshia and her question. "And I don't tell her because there's no point in answering them, you can answer them for her if you evern want to." He shrugged.

Taki:

Yoshia grumbled and pulled herself out of the water. She rung her hair out as she sat with her legs still in the water. She ripped a piece of the cloth Kron had used to wrap her ankle to lift the hair off of the back of her neck in a sloppy bun. Short black wisps matted themselves to the back of her neck. She was still pretty wet when she stood to don her kimono and water droplets dropped to the ground as she hobbled towards the bed.

"You make me want to slap you so hard.. but it would come with reprocussions." She said with a smirk.

Emora:

Laya looked at him with watery eyes. She didn’t know whether to trust him or not. But, she was so tired… The last thing she saw was him standing there talking to Yoshia. She didn’t fall a sleep because he told her she could. It was because she was exhausted.

She faded off into sleep with nightmares of him again. She would often cry in her sleep or plead with him, talking incoherently. It was softly, barely able to be heard. And the most disturbing dream of all was one where she was actually enjoying him. Would she become just like Yoshia? Would she break under him and submit as easily?

Kyosuke:

Kron smirked again. "Yes, slapping me would come with reprocussions," he said. "But it doesn't matter much. Just go to sleep for now." The vampire walked over to the crutch, it would be finished in an hour he guessed. Then Yoshia would be able to walk easier, and do her duties better.

Taki:

Yoshia narrowed a cold glare at him as she tripped while hopping back to the bed. She, of course, fell right into him and cursed as she pushed off of him and hopped the rest of the way to the bed. The ninja kneeled first on her good leg and then crawled under the covers with the now sleeping Laya.

Kyosuke:

Kron quickly finished the crutch up, he threw all the extra wood pieces from carving the wood the last few days into the fire to help it keep going. Then he closed his eyes and fell asleep while sitting against the wall.

Emora:

Laya woke to see the sun filling half of the cave. It was shinning brightly. Laya wondered if she would ever get to wonder around freely or would she just stay in the cave or under her “masters” watchful eye. Would she ever get to meet someone who could help her? Take her away and protect her? Laya always had thought she could protect herself. She had always been head strong. Until now.

Laya didn’t want to get out of bed, but she was hungry. She crawled off the bed and grabbed one of the apples and took a bite, trying to make it quiet. She crawled back onto the bed and sat there, pulling the covers into her lap.

Kyosuke:

Kron woke soon after Laya had woken. He smiled as he noted that she was finally completely rested and ready for his little test of loyalty. "Good morning," he said pleasantly to the woman. "Did you sleep well? Come over here for a bit would you?"

Emora:

"Did you sleep well? Come over here for a bit would you?" Laya looked at him fear fully. What did he want? For a moment she didn’t move, but she thought about what he would do if she didn’t obey. She just nodded to his question and crawled off the bed again. She slowly walked towards him and stood there. Her arms were wrapped around herself again and she hugged herself absentmindedly. Her eyes wouldn’t look at him, they just stared at the floor. She was already trembling afraid of what he’d ask her to do.

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled. "Good, you're obeying me for that much at least," he said, praising her. "Now, take of your clothing," he ordered. His voice offered no room for disobedience. She would be punished if she didn't obey his order. Maybe not punished, but she would be forced to, whether he had to do it himself or not.

Emora:

Laya’s eyes moved to him quickly and her face grew worried. No! NO! NO!NOOOO! A voice screamed in her head. She didn’t want him to touch her again. She took an involuntary step back and shook her head. She stared at him afraid, her eyes already beginning to water. “No…” Her gripped her clothes. “Please, no…” A tear ran down her cheek.

Kyosuke:

Kron's eyes hardened into a glare as Laya disobeyed him. He would have to break her spirit even more. "Do it," he ordered and stretched his arms out towards the edges of the kimono. If she didn't do it, he would force it off of her.

Emora:

Laya looked at him shaking her head as tears streamed down her cheeks. Her eyes pleading. "Please! Please don't do it again!" She looked to his hands fear fully. "Please. Oh, please, oh please...." She was sobbing and shaking.

She looked at his eyes and saw no pity or remorse. He didn't care if she took it off herself or if he did it... He was still going to do it.

She shuddered with a sob as her hands moved to the kimono's edges and she gripped them then slid it off her shoulders. It slid to the ground and she wrapped her arms around herself like a shield. She couldn't look at him. She stared at the ground.

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled. "Good, if you didn't listen to me, I may have made this session a little painful for you," he said. He took her in his arms and kissed her forehead. Then he lowered her to the smaller mattress and began to rape her again. Once again, it was a gentle one, meant pleasure to both of them. It would have been much more different had she resisted it further.

Emora:

Laya pulled the covers on that bed over her. She didn't bother to get off to get her clothes. She laid there and stared at the wall with a blank sort of look. He had been gentle again and if anything she hated it more because at one point or another she would find herself forgetting it was him. She saw him and couldn't imagine anyone being so gentle.

Laya sighed, but before it could be finished she began to cry again. She shook violently with every sob. Why?

"Why?" she asked in the middle of a sob. "Why won't you stop it? I'm serving you... isn't that enough?" She sat up and lashed out at him with her hands, her eyes red and her face wet with tears. "How would you feel if it was happening to you! Or your daughter or your wife! Don't you care? Don't you know how much it hurts?!"

Kyosuke:

Kron ignored her tears. "I know exactly how it feels, that's why I do it," he said. "But you've proven your loyalty to me for now, I just wanted that for now." The vampire sit down. "Would you honestly prefer it if I fed on you instead?" he asked. "Or if I sliced you open to hear your screams of pain?"

Emora:

Laya looked at him and narrowed her eyes. "You know how it feels... so you like doing it?! Did your mother drop you to hard on your head or something? Are you saying that you'd enjoy hearing your wife or your daughter was being brutally raped by a man because he himself enjoyed it?" She looked at him in disbelief.

She closed her eyes and turned away from him. She reached over off the bed as far as she could for her clothes and pulled them to her. "I was hoping you wouldn't do it so often..." she whispered. "Don't you tire of the same person? Or the same two people? Won’t I ever bore you to the point you won’t force me anymore?”

Kyosuke:

Kron sneered. "I don't have a wife or daughter to worry about them getting raped, so the point is moot isn't it?" he said. "And you were the one who chose to be my slave over death, and you knew very well what I was going to do." He then smiled. "And I won't get tired, especially not when the two women are as attractive as you two are." It was a compliment, sort of, but it sounded twisted coming out of his mouth.

Emora:

Laya slipped her clothes on slowly. She stood up and looked down at him with cold eyes. She wiped her tears. “I trust your finished with me for the moment?” she asked.

A thought had hit her while she was listening to him talk. She felt sick from his compliment. Too her it was a lie. He just wanted something to screw. He probably didn’t care what she looked like. Yes, she did choose to be his slave because she didn’t want him to kill her. But, Laya was thinking it was better of to be dead than to have him rape her whenever he was in the mood. As a matter of fact he didn’t seem to ever get out of the mood. Didn’t he get tired?

Laya began to think she would die… Soon. But, she wouldn’t give him the satisfaction for killing her.

Taki:

"Not anymore... but you used to. You had a beautiful fiance who was murdered by the people of that town you burned Demitrius in." Yoshia's voice was cold and aloof again. Her back was turned to them. She had been awakened from Laya's protests and drowned out all sound with her thought. Yoshia sat up slowly and turned towards Laya and Kron with a hard glare.

Kyosuke:

Kron glared at his other servant, not liking the memories she brought up. "Be quiet," he said. He then recalled that it has also been a while since he had taken a bath and decided to take one. He walked over to the water hole and stripped off his clothing then slipped in, not being fazed by the cold water at all.

Taki:

Yoshia sneered at his back as he walked away.

"Be quiet." he said. Yoshia didn't know if Laya noticed, but she had. Kron's eyes glistened with the pains the memories of his wife-to-be were reminded to him.

The ninja looked at Laya and muttered that she'd tell her the rest of the story later and layed back down, falling back asleep.

Emora:

Laya walked to the edge of the cave. “Don’t worry, I’m not running away… I just want to go for a walk.” Laya left the cave and entered the warm morning sunlight. She walked down to an open clearing next to a small stream.

Laya sat in the grass and laid back, warmed by the sun. She looked at the clouds and sighed heavily. She wanted to stop crying, to be cold like Yoshia… But, she couldn’t stop feeling like she could possibly do something. Could she make him see? No, she could never make him see how much he hurt her or Yoshia or any other woman he touched. Did he rape every woman he killed? What was so special about Yoshia and herself?

Kyosuke:

Kron took his time washing himself off. He hadn't really taken a good bath in a long time, and he figured that he should at least make it a bit more pleasant for the two women to be around him. It didn't matter all that much but maybe Laya would stop complaining as much, and maybe it would make Yoshia less impudent with her words. He got out of the water hole and redressed.

Then he remembered the crutch he finally finished. He took his cloak off and ripped large strips off of it and bound the part that would go under the armpit as well as the grip so it wouldn't hurt as much to use.

Emora:

Laya got up and pulled up her kimono to her knees. She walked across the small river until she reached a large rock and she climbed on top and sat there.

She stared off into the water as it passed by. Leaves and other things floated atop it. Lay sighed heavily and ran her feet back and forth through the cool water, reciting a poem her mother had written. “Forgotten are the sands of time, forgotten are my ways divine. Forgotten is my souls duress… forgotten is my holy quest.”<br>
In a way those words seemed to describe her slightly. The more she thought about it the more it seemed her mother had predicted the fate that had befallen her.

Kyosuke:

Kron placed the now finished crutch next to the sleeping Yoshia. He then decided to take a walk outside, they were running out of apples again so he made another trip to the orchard and picked more. He always made a note about where Laya was, making sure she didn't run off.

Taki:

Yoshia's eyes opened slowly an hour or so later. She rolled over and onto the crutch Kron had made for her. She grumbled at the uncomfortable object she was laying on, as if it was it's fault for being there. She rolled back onto her back and rubbed her face and sat up.

The ninja looked down at the crutch and ran a hand over it. It was nicely made, quality wood... he'd even padded the parts for her armpit and hand.

"Ouch-!" She gasped as she pulled her finger back to see a large splinter of wood sticking out of it. 'Hmm... big splinters.. damn wood.' She thought and smirked to herself. The small piece of splintered wood was too deep for her to get out. "Guess I'll have to wait for him.." She thought outloud.

Kyosuke:

Kron returned to the cave a while later, once again using his cloak to carry apples. He noted that Yoshia seemed to be in pain and quickly set them down next to the rest of their supplies. "Is there anything wrong?" he asked.

Taki:

Yoshia, though her eyes still clouded a misty gray, had the expression of a small child with a scratch as she held up her finger with the large splinter in it-she even pouted.

"You made me a crutch, and that was kind of you.. but look what you still did to my poor poor, defenseless finger!" She snickered and returned to her pouty look.

Kyosuke:

Kron sighed and took out his knife. When he did so, Yoshia winced and look worried. The vampire noticed this, "Don't worry, I'm only getting the splinter out," he reassured her. He then lower the point and lightly dug it in and flicked the splinter out using the point, managing to not do too much damage to her finger.

Taki:

Yoshia winced as the dagger went into her skin but sighed in relief when it was out. She pulled her hand away from his and flipped her hair over her shoulder. She smiled at him-actually smiled for the first time since they'd met and he was putting on his act.

"Thanks." she said, her eyes soft but her voice hard.

Emora:

Laya wondered around the forest trying to kill as much time as possible before having to go back to that wretched cave. She wanted to run as far away as possible, but new that if he caught her the punishment would be grueling. She didn’t want to even think about what he would do to her…<br>
Laya pushed back a thick wall of bush limbs and stepped through into a steam filled clearing. She saw what looked to be a hot spring surrounded by large rocks. The hot water looked inviting and she walked closer. Her muscles sure did need a good soaking in something warm… But, Laya didn’t feel like it was smart to undress in the middle of a forest… Especially with someone like Kron near by.

Laya thought for a moment. Yoshia’s ankle really could use the warm water. Maybe she could talk her into coming back with her that way they could keep each other company and Laya wouldn’t be so scared. She just hoped when she got back to the cave that Kron wasn’t there. She walked back to the cave to ask Yoshia if she would like to come to the hot spring she found…

Kyosuke:

Kron smirked again, as he always does. "I can't let my slaves feel too much unpleasantness now can I?" he just said. He licked the side of Yoshia's face. "I've been neglecting you recently in favor for Laya haven't I? Maybe I should be giving you some more attention."

Taki:

Yoshia's cheeks flushed a deep rose color as she turned her face away from him. A sweat formed on her neck and she tried to shrug him off.

"Eh..heh, heh actually no-no it's fine. Im ok... I-" Her voice was cut off when he covered her mouth with his. "Mmgnn!" She gently pushed against his chest for him to stop. She pulled away from his kiss. "I-Im really ok, you don't have to give me attention."

Emora:

Laya walked into the cave to hear Kron’s last words. She pretended not to hear. “Yoshia!” she called and stepped into the cave and looked at her. “I found a hot spring… it’s very nice and secluded. I was wondering if you would like to go soak in it. It would help your ankle… and your muscles. I didn’t want to go alone so I decided to come back for you. Would you like to?”<br>
Laya looked at her with her smoky eyes and tilted her head. Laya’s face held little emotion and she new that if Kron had not done such horrible things to her she would probably be smiling at Yoshia at the moment… but she didn’t feel like smiling.

Kyosuke:

Kron continued smirking. "Go ahead Yoshia, if it'll make your ankle better then it'd be better if you go, don't worry, I don't need to go with you. If I wanted to see you two naked I'd just give the order," he said. He then took out his knife again and played with it for a bit.

Taki:

Yoshia nodded, pushing away from Kron and lifting herself and using the crutch for support. She was thankful for the interruption.

"Yes that would be nice. Heaven knows my ankle could use it. I'd be glad to keep you company." She smiled and looked back to Kron. "Don't worry, we won't be running off. Besides, you'd know from the crest."

Kyosuke:

Kron flicked the knife up and down, catching it by the tip or the hilt each time. "Yes, I would know if you were running away, so as I said, feel free to go." The knife was a very useful tool to him. It had an enchantment on it so it would never break or lose it's sharpness. He decided the next time he purchased chains he would get the enchantment placed on them.

Emora:

Laya led Yoshia to the clearing where the nice hot spring was. She smirked slightly at the sight of the warm water and she sat on the top of a rock and put her feet in for a moment. It was hot, but not painfully, in fact it was just a bit over just right.

She looked to Yoshia. “I’m glad I got there as soon as I could… but I know we can avoid him like that all the time. I’m afraid of tonight…” she whispered. “I’m afraid of him…” She looked down at the steaming water.

Taki:

The ninja grimmaced at Laya's words. Laya still was attatched to the world that now Yoshia had turned her heart cold to. The ninja nodded as she unwrapped her swollen ankle and dipped it into the water.

"Ah.. that feels so nice. I wish we found this place earlier." Yoshia sighed as she smiled to Laya. "I know like you think Im crazy and like it's the stupidest thing in the world.. but it really is better to just give in. I don't believe in the world anymore.." The ninja's voice trailed off. She decided her whole body needed a soak and slipped out of her kimono and into the warm water. "Mmm... warm water is so relaxing, I could fall asleep." Yoshia closed her eyes after pinning her hair up in a messy bun and leaning her head back against the edge of the ground.

Emora:

Laya slipped out of her own kimono, but before doing so she looked over her shoulder to see if Kron was any where around. She didn't see him so she slipped it off and slipped into the water. She didn't have anything to pull her long brown hair up with so she just let it float around the water.

"I can't just give up like that..." she said softly and wrapped her arms around herself, looking around nervously. "I just wish it would have never happened... If that storm wouldn't have come... If you would have told me to leave. If he wouldn't have come back... But, wishes don't come true. I know. I just don't want him to force himself on me again." She slipped under the water until her mouth was covered up.


Taki:

Yoshia sank into the spring so the water skimmed her chin. The heat of the water was relaxing her muscles and the steam helped a lot. The ninja was both glad and unhappy that Laya had joined her and Kron. Happy that she had someone to pal around with and someone to bond with and listen, and look up to since Laya was older. However, the ninja was disappointed and depressed that Laya had to go through this.

Yoshia layed her head back all the way in thought, her breasts emerging somewhat from the water. Little did the pair of girls know but they were being watched.

Over in the bushes Tetly, the butcher's son and Amos, the dairy's apprentice, watched the two women in the hot spring. They were drooling all over themselves and they were around Yoshia's age, maybe a little older. Tetly was the wiser of the two and pulled on the shirt collar of his friend to duck deeper into the bushes and whisper to him.

"Will you take a look at those two lasses?! They are prime meat, damn fine meat if I might say so myself. I get the black haired one you can have the brunette." The devilish boy was grinning ear to ear with a plan hatching in his head.

Emora:

Laya closed her eyes and sighed as the warm water soothed her aching muscles. She rubbed her limbs massaging them. Mostly the inside of her legs and her arms. Her wrists and ankles stung, still hurt from the night with the shackles. She rolled her neck from side to side, the bones making popping sounds, but it felt much better afterwards.

Laya feared the coming of night and she looked to sky to find that it was almost sunset. No more than an hour away probably. She wanted to stay in the warm water and not go back. But, she’d have to or he’d come after her… Laya sunk lower in the water. This girl was younger than her… and seemed to handle it so much better. Why? Wasn’t Laya supposed to be the fearless one because she was older? Laya felt much younger than the girl all of the sudden and had no idea why.

“When ever your ready to go back just tell me,” she said softly.

Taki:

Yoshia enjoyed a short laugh. If she could stay she would stay for forever.. right here in the hot spring. It was so relaxing. But it wasn;t up to her...

"Trust me.. if we could I'd stay here for forever. I love it here.. We're coming back tomorrow." Yoshia smiled again. She could hate the world and turn a cold heart on them but she still kept her heart open for kindness and friendliness to Laya.

Emora:

Laya smiled and climbed out of the hot spring. She slipped back into her kimono, which slightly clung to her because she didn’t dry off. They didn’t have any towels to use so she would make do with that she had. She pulled her hair around over onto one shoulder.

“Yes… tomorrow…” Laya found she could smile to Yoshia and she did, very softly. “Will we be staying in the cave for a long time? Or will we move around?”<br>
Or will I just find a high cliff and plunge myself off it…

Kyosuke:

Kron had gotten bored of sitting around the cave while the women were out at the hot spring. He made his usual trip to town and fed on another whore. He would have one of them bring one to him tomorrow, but for now he would let them relax. The whores were also getting wary, hearing that a few of them had already gone missing. Then he started wandering around, he could have peeped at them but decided against it. He could tell from the fact that their emotions were now tensing that they were probably returning.

Emora:

Laya began to walk back with Yoshia. Her steps were slow and she was taking her time. But, she kept getting the disturbing feeling that they were being followed or watched. She kept thinking it was Kron and he was going to spring on them at any moment… but at the same time it didn’t feel like Kron. Something else.

Laya glanced behind her every now and then, expecting to see him… yet still not knowing what to think. She shrugged it off and sighed as she noted they were close to the cave. Her stomach twisted and doubled over at the thought. She looked to the sun as it sank steadily.

Taki:

Yoshia felt that they were being followed too, and assumed that is why Laya was so tense. Such a shame that she couldn't relax after the lovely hot spring. Yoshia wasn't worried, she had her fighting skills and if it was Kron.. no, it couldn't be Kron. He would of come out. Yoshia shrugged.

"You seem tense, Lay." Yoshia patted her on the back. "Such a waste to sit in the spring for a few hours and relax to have to be so tense over someone following us." Yoshia's crutch got stuck in the mud and she stumbled.

The two young men followed closely enough so they could just about hear what they were saying but they wouldn't be seen. One boy turned to the brains of the stake out with a worried look on his face.

"They know we're following them!!!" He said in a hushed voice. The other gave him a cold glare that said 'shut up and keep following.'

Emora:

Laya looked at her and reached a hand out to grab her arm as she stumbled, so she wouldn’t fall in the mud. She helped Yoshia get her balance. Laya’s face held little emotion besides the one she was feeling, rather… paranoid. Laya looked around her as they continued to walk. She just couldn’t believe how Yoshia was so at ease with everything. Was it because she was used to having Kron do such horrible things to her? Or had she truly made herself detached from the world?

Laya didn’t think she could do that. For one she planned on either trying to escape for good, maybe running to the Queen of Ighten for help… or killing herself. But, she refused to be forever a play thing to a monster such as Kron.

“I just don’t want to have another thing like Kron attack me…” she said more to herself than anything. “One is surely enough…”

Laya glanced behind her once more, wondering when they would pop out. “Should we stop and invite them out?” Then again that was a bad idea… It could be enough, a demon, monster, or just a human… but still it could be anything.

Taki:

The ninja shrugged and thanked Laya for helping her balance herself. The cave was just over the next hill and was coming into view as they exited the forest.

"Nah.. if it's any real threat, which I doubt, why fatigue ourselves? Kron will dipose of the problem." Yoshia smirked. "And I doubt there is anyone more evil and twisted than Kron.."

They were getting closer to the cave and the boys continued to follow. The butcher's son looked faint, but knew this was a golden opprotunity not to miss. His target seemed emotional and paranoid. She looked tasty to him, he grinned at the thought. The one with the brain's looked unmoved by the fact that the pair they were following already had a man.

Emora:

Laya was shaking slightly as they neared the cave and the sun was steadily setting. She was about to walk back into hell and Kron was the Demon. Maybe he wouldn’t take them tonight. Maybe he would just want to relax, get some rest. She didn’t see how he could do it so much with out getting tired.

“Kron? Stop them? What for? If there rapist he might ask for pointers…” she muttered and walked closer to the cave… She was waiting for them to show themselves. Or it to show itself. “That or he’d teach them a few things….” Laya shuddered at the horrible thought.

Kyosuke:

Kron had sensed the paranoia that Laya was feeling and immediately realized that it wasn't towards him. Towards him she always felt a sense of dread or fear, not paranoia. He hid on top of the cave and waited to see what would develop from the events that followed.

He sensed the presence of two males that were stalking them and narrowed his eyes. He continued to watch until the two were in his sight but was hidden well enough for anybody untrained to not see.

Taki:

Yoshia shrugged as she leaned on her crutch and sat outside the cave, leaning her back against the stone. She sighed, sounding almost annoyed.

"Well if he doesn't and there's something dangerous I'll just have to tune into my ninja focus and kick their asses, eh?" She smiled reassuringly up to Laya, her only friend.

Amos and Tetly were ducking behind a bush. The ladies they were tracking were standing outside a cave that they assumed the girls were staying in.

"We'll wait til they get inside and the sun sets..." Tetly's voice was husky and he dug his feet into the ground, ready to pounce on the raven haired injured woman at any moment. The sight of her at the hotspring had him ready to go. Amos nodded nervously, eyeing the brunette every now and then.

Emora:

Laya walked into the cave and grabbed her bow she had flung to the ground the other day when she tried to rescue Yoshia from Kron but only succeeded in letting him have her again. She picked up her bows and walked back to Yoshia and sat down. “I could go hunting tomorrow,” she offered and looked to Yoshia. “And kill us some rabbits or fowl for dinner.”<br>
Anything that would get her away from the cave for a long period of time she would do. She could go hunting everyday if she had enough arrows. Laya looked towards the bushes and trees surrounding the cave and back inside, noticing she had totally forgotten about Kron for a split second. Where was he? Could he have been the one following them the whole time.

“Where do you think he went?” Laya asked, a bit of relief in her worried voice.

Taki:

Yoshia realized when Laya said something that Kron wasn't around. She looked around inside and then looked around the outside.

"Hmm... I dunno, probably another trip to town to feed himself.. or maybe to the orchard since he knows we like the apples." She shrugged and leaned back against the cave again. "No matter... he's gone and we're free for a while longer.."

Tetly smirked. 'They'll have no idea what hit em.. or rather' He thought, smiling wider in a twisted grin. 'What pinned them and raped them til they bled. Never know what..' The dairy's apprentice sat on the ground to try and relax himself. He looked down and noticed a growing problem in his lap and snuck back into the forest a bit.

"I've got something I have to take care of, I'll be right back Amos." Tetly said as he passed his friend who was drooling over the brunnette he was going to snag later in the night. Amos just nodded, not really hearing what he'd said.

Kyosuke:

Kron narrowed his eyes as he saw one of them two walk off. He continued to watch the situation unfold. When the two made their move, he would make his. They would pay for laying eyes on what was his and his alone.

Emora:

The sunset was beautiful. It was sinking slowly behind the trees a head of them, causing them to look black and slightly creepy to Laya. You couldn’t really see any definite detail because of the brightness of the sun behind the tall trees and the bushes. But, slowly the sun faded until you could only see a soft glow from behind the forest.

“Should we go back in and cook dinner?” Laya asked sighing as she knew night was upon them and Kron would be back from where ever he was. She was still very worried about the eyes she felt on her… they were burning into her. But, not as horrible as what Kron made her feel.

Taki:

Yoshia nodded and stood, leaning her weight on the crutch to steady herself. She paused before going inside the cave to admire the sunset. It was eerily pretty. She smiled slightly and a flicker of green shone in her gray eyes before they clouded with gray again. She turned and went inside the cave.

"You want me to cook since you cooked last time and I was still bed ridden?" She smiled to Laya and made her way to the pot and saw that Kron had bought a few more ingredients.

Tetly returned to Amos, zipping up his pants again and stretching. Amos grinned knowingly at his friend.

"Aah... damn, that bitch can make a guy ready to go, if ya know what I mean, bud." Tetly grinned down at his friend with desire shining in his eyes. Now that the girls had gone inside the cave they were moving towards a closer bush, more in sight for Kron-and in ear shot so he could hear what Tetly had just said about Yoshia.

Kyosuke:

Kron's glare got more and more intense, not that anybody noticed it, as the two got nearer to the cave entrance. Oh, he would make the two pay dearly for setting eye on what was his. He would rend them limb from limb before killing them. Of course he wouldn't drink their blood, he wasn't interested in a male's blood, nor did he really care for hearing a male's screams. However, they would pay for their actions.

Emora:

Laya sat her bow and arrows down. She gathered some wood in her arms and placed it on the fire, glancing to the darkness outside the cave. When would he return? What would he do?

Laya glanced up at Yoshia as she cooked away. She felt sorry for the woman, who was no so cold in so many ways. Yet, she didn’t offer her coldness to Laya and Laya was glad for that. It was nice to know she had at least on friend, one person to offer her some company through this torture. One person to offer Laya some companionship thought this horrible turmoil.

“Do you think who ever followed us is still outside?”

Taki:

Yoshia thought over the question and looked to the mouth of the cave. She stirred in the potatoes she peeled with a ninja star and tested a piece of meat to see if it was done.

"Hmm... if it's rapist, yes." She grinned in her sarcasm. "However.. Im sure they're gone by now." She smiled to reassure Laya.

Tetly and Amos inched closer and closer until they were on either side of the mouth to the cave. Tetly looked in and saw Yoshia stirring food into a pot and Laya sitting close by her. He was so ready to pounce on his prey.

Kyosuke:

Kron noted that the two finally got near to the entrance. It was much darker now, but it mattered very little to him. Vampire's were meant to hunt in the dark more anyway. He jumped off his hiding spot on the roof of the cave and made an audible thump that was sure to attract the girl's attention when he hit the ground.

He reached out to both his sides and grabbed the two men by their necks and pulled them to him. He glared darkly at them, "What do you think you're doing?" he asked menacingly. Every word was strained and his voice sounded like death.

Emora:

Laya’s head turned quickly to the mouth of the cave to see Kron holding to men by there necks. Where these the ones who had followed them. Well of course, who else could it be. She stood up quickly, but had no idea what to do. Kron could surely kill them easily… But, why would he in the first place care if they were going to attack them? They were nothing to him but his slaves Was that it? Because there were his slaves?

Laya looked to Yoshia and then back to Kron. He really would protect them? Yet, he raped them. Was that some sort of payment for having his protection. Well if it was she would rather protect herself and risk death than have to sleep with him one more time.

Taki:

Yoshia's head snapped up when she heard a loud thump at the cave's entrance. Her eye's widened when she saw him holding two young men by their necks and questioning them menacingly.

"What the.." Her voice trailed off as she stood slowly.

Tetly's eyes went wide and he gasped when he was pulled to a tall and strong man by the neck. He flailed his arms helplessly and could hear his spineless friend in tears.

"We didn't mean no harm by it mister! Honest!" Amos sniffled. "We didn't know they were spoken for, please don't hurt us!!" He cried, his hands tightly grippping Kron's arm. Tetly, being the smart ass he was, grinned at the monster of a man. His voice was low and husky.

"Y'know, I don't only go for the ladies.. I wouldn't mind trading places with one of yer ladies... or if it would save my ass from the likes of what you look like you're about to do I would gladly sacrafice myself for you.. Im a submissive guy.." Tetly eyed the vampire up and down, his eyes pausing to toy with thoughts of what he had under his pants.

Kyosuke:

Kron smirked dangerously at the two boys, he threw Tetly against the wall hard, making sure that he would be out for a few hours. He would take his time making that one pay. "So you were planning on raping what's mine," he growled at the one that was still held up by his hand. "I'll teach you to try and take what's mine." The vampire removed his rapier from his armguards. The thin bladed sword just shooting out blade first and he closed his hand around the hilt when it reached.

Taki:

Yoshia jumped and gasped from inside when Kron threw one of the men against the cave and knocked him out.

"So we were being followed.." Her voice trailed off and her eyes grew a darker gray, her hate for the twisted world growing.

Amos looked frantically to Tetly, who had been knocked out when he was thrown roughly against the stone. Amos shot his glance back at Kron when he pulled out the sword. A faint gasp escaped him and he looked faint.

Emora:

Laya watched with intent eyes as Kron through the bravest boy against the wall. She eased close to the mouth of the cave, listening as he spoke to the coward boy. "So you were planning on raping what's mine," he growled at the one that was still held up by his hand. "I'll teach you to try and take what's mine."

So he would protect them? Because, they were “his” and they “belonged” to him. He spoke of them as if they were pets or belongings.

She inched ever closer to watch what he would do. “Kron…” she said and looked at him. “Will you please kill them quickly…”

She didn’t want him to torture them. She couldn’t bare to watch or hear there screams of pain. It would sicken her.

Kyosuke:

Kron looked almost kindly at her. "Sorry, but I'm going to teach them otherwise, what I will do is I'll take them far away from here so you can't hear it then," the vampire offered. With that said he picked the other man up and dragged the two away. He would torture them when he got far enough away so the sounds of their screams would not be heard by anybody.

Taki:

Amos started to scream for help as they got farther and farther away from the cave.

"HELP!!! OH GOD, PLEASE SOMEONE HEEELPP!!!!!" he screamed frantically. He tried everything to get away, pulled, scratching, flailing, punching-anything to get away. Tetly was still out cold.

Emora:

Laya’s head came back as if she had been struck. She was shocked by him…. That he would be kind. That he would do something she asked. It shocked her even more than when he had been gentle while taking her. She watched as he dragged them away, not knowing where he was going to take them. She had asked him to kill them quickly… but instead he would drag them so she would not hear there screams? Just why would he do this?

Laya turned to Yoshia with a confused expression when Kron disappeared. “He… he was nice…” she said. Laya walked back to the fire and poked it with a stick to keep it going. “He actually cared that I didn’t want to hear there screams… But, why does he insist on torturing them? Why can’t he just kill them….”

Taki:

Yoshia sighed and kneeled again, finishing up with the stew.

"He was nice because he doesn't want us to hate him entirely, I guess. I suppose he'd rather win us over to trust him.. and maybe so we'd be more willing in bed. And as for the torture? Isn't it obvious, you heard him.. he's overprotective of us. Those guys have been following us all afternoon...and they were targeting us for latenight bedpartners." She sighed again as she poured their dinner into two bowls and handed Laya hers while Yoshia ate her bowl.

Emora:

Laya looked at the fire. Why was it that all of the sudden men wanted to bed with her so desperately that they would lower themselves to rape? And Kron… being overprotective of them… She almost wanted to laugh… if she didn’t feel so horrible inside.

Laya thought that if Kron hadn’t have been around she would have been able to take the man out with her bow… or at least one of them. Yoshia could have surely got the other one.

“I don’t know if saving me from a pair of farm boys with an itch for sex will make me bed with him any better. To me, I think, it will always be rape and I think he likes it like that. I think he likes it that I am afraid of him and what he will do. I wish that just for spite I could be stronger and braver just to annoy him, but I can’t.”<br>
Laya looked to Yoshia. “Will you start to willingly give yourself it him?” she asked softly, wondering if Yoshia would now sleep with him, instead of letting it just be rape.

Taki:

Yoshia wore a pained expresion on her face at the question Laya asked. She dropped her gaze to her bowl and spoke quietly.

"I..well, it hasn't been rape since the first time.. after that, after I pledged myself in his service I understood it would be better to give in. Im not in love with him or anything, if that's what you're talking about and I don't trust him much more than you do..however Im willing when he is.. he makes it... nice.." The ninja sighed and finished her stew. "Im sorry if Im a dissapointment to you.."

Emora:

Laya looked to her and then she got up and walked to Yoshia. She knelt down and gave her a soft hug. “You’re not a disappointment at all,” Laya said and looked at her with a soft smile. She wanted to comfort Yoshia. “In fact, if anything, your probably the smarter out of the two of us when it comes to this….” her voice was low and gentle.

She got up from her kneeling position and went back to her bowl of stew.

Kyosuke:

While the women were chatting, Kron was busy inflicting pain on the first man. He first ran each of his limbs through with the rapier slowly. The man just cried the whole time when he wasn't screaming. After he sawed off each of the man's limbs with individual stabs to the joint connections of the man's arms and legs, he gave the man death. He started a fire also, using wood he found and also the now dead man's body parts.

Taki:

Yoshia smiled to Laya and felt better. In fact, since she turned a cold shoulder to the world she felt more free, like she could breathe better because she didn't have to protect it.

"I wonder how badly they're getting tortured.." Yoshia shuddered and hugged her legs to her chest, minding her ankle.

Emora:

Laya looked to her and was wondering the same thing to. Though, when Laya thought of torture it made her sick, she still felt the need to see just how truly cruel he was… To see if she should really watch what she did around him, so that she may not encounter the same fate.

Laya stood up, setting her bowl down and looking to Yoshia. “I’ll be back,” she said and walked to the mouth of the cave. She walked off into the woods, wondering around in the darkness, catching bits and pieces of the sounds of tortured screams.

She drew closer and the grew louder. She could see a light glow coming from behind some brush and she walked towards it, trying not to make any sound. She peered over the brush and saw him… burning the body of a now dead man… Laya covered her mouth, growing sick at the site. The man was in pieces….

The other one was coming too…. She was breathing hard, and when she realized it she tried to control herself to keep from making too much noise. Horrible…

Kyosuke:

Kron slapped the other man awake and before the man could even say anything, he jammed his knife into one of the man's fingers and parted it from the rest of his hand. He repeated that with the rest of the man's digits and threw each one into the fire. Then he picked up a branch from the fire and cauterized each wound shut so he would not bleed to death. "It's too bad you weren't repentent when I first caught you," he said coldly. He knew Laya was watching, he would talk to her about it later.

The vampire sliced the man apart slowly, making sure always to burn the wounds shut when he made them. After a while of it, he gripped what remained of the man's limbs and started ripping them from his body limb by limb. Then he finished the dying man off by throwing him into the fire while he was still alive.

Emora:

Laya covered her mouth and closed her eyes, unable to watch any more. She backed up, growing paler with each scream she heard. She backed into a tree and slid down it to the ground, the nausea she felt from hearing the screams and watching little of the torture causing her head to swim.

What a horrible creature he was. How could he be so cruel not to end there death quickly? Why torture them?

Laya saw the fire grow she knew he was throwing more of the body on the fire. She felt like retching, the smell of burning flesh feeling her nose. It was a horrible smell...

Laya knew she needed to get up and get back to the cave before Kron found her. She pulled herself up, using the tree as a brace.

Taki:

Yoshia nodded as she watched Laya walk out of the cave. Now she was alone... The ninja hugged her knees closer and listened to the crackling of the fire.

Kyosuke:

Kron turned to the retreating Laya and felt a twinge of annoyance. "You know Laya, if you were so curious about what I was doing you could have just had me stay by the cave. It would have saved me the trouble of coming all the way out here," he called out, his voice somewhat annoyed. The vampire walked towards her, not really intending to do anything. Annoying him wasn't serious enough for him to want to do anything to her.

Emora:

Laya stopped by a tree, putting her hand on it and she turned around, she could actually seem to feel him walk toward her. She turned around slowly, expecting him to unleash his wrath upon her. She backed against the tree. “I just hand to see what sort of monster you were…” she said and glanced up. “I didn’t think about it until a few moments ago.” She swallowed hard.

The moon shown to give some light to help her find her way back. So if he attacked her she could run back to the cave with some help from the moon. As if that would do any good though, he would just catch her at the cave when he returned. She didn’t apologies for what she had did, however, because what he had done was much worst than anything she did.

She did, however, ask to go back. Laya didn’t want to be away from Yoshia for to long… “Can I go back?” She had seen what a monster he was and she was finished watching him for a very long time.

Kyosuke:

Kron sighed. "It's fine, I'm heading back right now anyway, don't worry, I won't punish you or anything this time," he assured her. He walked in the direction of the cave. He pondered upon whether or not he should let them rest tonight or if he should take Yoshia again. He knew she was beginning to enjoy it, unlike the one who had just been spying on him.

Emora:

Laya let out a sigh of relief, slumping her shoulders against the tree. She hurried a head of him, walking passed him and into the forest to get back to the cave before him. She wanted to get back to Yoshia.

She didn’t like the knowledge of walking in the forest at night alone with Kron either, especially after seeing what he did to those people. It made her sick. Laya practically ran back, though it was a fast walk… really fast.

Upon reaching the cave she proclaimed. "He's a sadistic monster!"

Taki:

Yoshia looked up quickly when Laya came back in.

"He's a sadistic monster!" she had said. Yoshia had a puzzled expression on her face. She stood slowly and leaned on her crutch.

"Who i-oh.." Her voice trailed off in realization. She looked to the entrance of the cave behind Laya and saw Kron enter shortly after her. "I don't want to know how you proved to those two men how overprotective you are... so don't tell me Kron, or you Laya. I don't want to hear." She slowly walked towards the new matress and got into bed, still sitting up to unwrap her ankle. "And Kron... Laya and I are going to be going to the hot springs for a few hours each day until my ankle heals up."

Kyosuke:

Kron shrugged. "Go ahead, if it's good for your ankle. But don't mind if I go watch you one time," he said with a lecherous grin on his face. "Or join you two." The vampire smirked and walked over to Yoshia. "Now let me take a look at your ankle," he said.

Taki:

Yoshia closed her eyes and sighed heavily at his mischievious comment. He bend and gently examined her ankle. The ninja watched quietly.

"Can I go visit my family in a day or two..?" Her voice was faint and soft, almost like her old self again.

Emora:

Laya sat down by the fire again and began to eat her stew that she had not finished in order to go see Kron. She ate it quickly and took the bowls to wash them in water. She set them away and stood back looking at the walls of the cave. If they were going to stay here they needed a shelf for the food and dishes and such…<br>
"Or join you two."

Laya shivered slightly and swallowed, pretending she hadn’t heard him. She went around the cave trying to keep herself busy. She was afraid if she sat down long enough he would try and take her. So she went around straightening up a little, setting things out in the open in corners or something like that. She placed her bow and arrows beside the bed just encase she ever needed them.

"Can I go visit my family in a day or two..?" Laya looked over at her as she talked to Kron. I thought she didn’t care about them any more.. Maybe she hasn’t given up on life…

Kyosuke:

Kron nodded. "Sure, but I'll go with you when you do," he said. "Now this may hurt a bit, but it'll make it feel better a bit sooner." The vampire started massaging Yoshia's ankles. "I didn't do this a few days ago because it hurts a lot when the sprain is still serious." (OOC: Trust me, I know ^^;;; ) The vampire continued to massage the ankle.

Taki:

The ninja winced and pulled away slightly, but relaxed after a few minutes. It didn't sting so much, she was a big girl and she could handle it. She watched Laya busy herself while Kron checked out her ankle.

"Why do you want to come with me.." Her voice was still quiet, she was still kind of stunned that Kron had killed two men because they desired her and Laya..

Kyosuke:

Kron smirked. "Why not?" he asked while massaging her ankle. "Your ankle won't be healed in two days anyway and I can help you get there." Of course, that wasn't the only reason. If he knew where her home was he may have an even strong leverage to use against her should she turn on him. She may seem not to care about them right now, but the fact that she asked to go meant that somewhere inside she still cared for them. If he knew where they were, he then knew where to threaten.

Taki:

Yoshia shrugged, grimmacing every now and again from the vampire's massaging. She hated the world.. but he didn't know that she didn't exactly love her parents. Little did Kron know that her father taught her as a child to be honorable and everything that she was... however her father never held true to his word. In secret, the vampire that first raped her and caused her to fear vampires so greatly.. payed her father to rape Yoshia when she was a child so that her father could pay for the school.

Yoshia was brought to tears by the memories that suddenly came flooding back. Her hands shot up to her face as she returned from her dream-like state.

Kyosuke:

Kron noted that Yoshia's emotion was suddenly thrown into turmoil for a little while. He didn't ask her anything about it. Instead he just continued massaging her ankles. After a while of that, he started to massage up her leg, with a lecherous grin on his face so Yoshia would be able to guess what he was up to.

Taki:

Yoshia was so caught up in her thoughts that she didn't notice his grin or what he was doing with his hands. She felt the stinging stop in her ankle and thought he went to go bother Laya again. Yoshia looked up and gasped when she saw what Kron was really doing and the look on his face.

Emora:

Laya saw what Kron was doing and her eyes widened for a second. She had to control all her urges to throw him off of her. She knew that she couldn’t, because if he wanted Yoshia he would take her anyway. Part of Laya was glad that it wouldn’t be her, and that part made her angry because Yoshia would be the one suffering. Though, Yoshia had come to except it, where Laya had not.

She decided she didn’t want to stay around and listen or watch what would happen next so she wondered outside and wondered off into the forest. She didn’t know when she should come back, so she thought she’d stay as long as possible in the forest until it felt as if they had enough time to do what they were doing.

She walked to the clearing where the nice stream was and sat in the dew covered grass, which was as soft as bed. She stared at the stars and the moon in thought, feeling so sorry for Yoshia.

Kyosuke:

Kron drew his face towards her for a kiss on her lips, then he slipped his hands under her kimono and began having his fun. Soon after he opened up the kunoichi's clothing and admired it fully. He really hadn't taken enough time to do it beforehand.

Taki:

Yoshia returned his kiss softly. She clung to him while he touched her and opened her kimono, closing her eyes and blushing a deep shade of red. She bit down on her lower lip and averted her eyes from his.

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled at Yoshia's complete cooperation and also response to it. He was quite surprised that she responded to him by kissing him back. He let his hands roam her body freely before stripping down himself. Then he took her as his own again, and Kron thought that this time to Yoshia, it was no longer rape.

Taki:

Yoshia closed her eyes tighter and bit on her lip harder as he took her. Her breath was heavy and she clung tightly to him, exploring the muscles in his arms and shoulders. She gasped at the end and clung tighter to him, shaking.

"Kron.." her voice was almost inaudible and very light.

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled and looked at his slave. "Yes?" he asked. As he continued indulging both of them in pleasure. He remained gentle with her, seeing as this is the first time she accepted it so well. Every other time she seemed somewhat reluctant to do any of it, even when all she had to do was sit there and accept the pleasure that he was providing her.

Taki:

Yoshia hugged herself tighter to him, burrying her face in his chest. She shook the whole time and kept her eyes closed. She planted small, gently kisses on his shoulder. It had never been like this for her before.. before she was still untrusting of him, was she trusting him more now? Or was it that because Laya wasn't there having to sit and watch or ignore it that Yoshia could accept more willingly. How could a monster be so gentle...

Kyosuke:

Kron kissed Yoshia one more time and finished that night's activity with her. He grinned and figured that Yoshia would want a bath now to clean herself off so the mattress wouldn't get dirty. He was glad they had left the old mattress there. He wondered if either Laya or Yoshia would be willing to sleep in the part of the new one that they had just occupied. "Want a bath now?" he asked.

Taki:

"Want a bath now?" he asked. He was smiling down at her, almost lovingly. Her face was still burried in his chest. She didn't even realize how tightly she was still holding onto him. Yoshia shook her head after pausing a moment. She hugged him tighter.

"N..no, not yet.. I just... want to savor this... the moment..you were nice." She could feel her cheeks burning. Her voice was so quiet while her face was hidden from view.

Emora:

Laya looked at the stars for a long time. She was so glad to be out of that cave while Yoshia and Kron were having there moment and maybe she would stifle any other urges he had for the night. Slowly her eyes began to droop and the stars blurred together. She yawned and rolled her hips to the side slightly to where half of her body was lying on her side and her head could still face the stars.

After a while she began to slip from the world into unconsciousness. She knew she should go back to the cave if she was sleepy, but she was afraid of interrupting. So she stayed there and not long afterwards she fell a sleep under the moon and the stars with a soft breeze blowing.

Kyosuke:

Kron just continued to hold Yoshia. He also idly noted at the back of his mind that Laya was falling asleep out there. He would have to go carry her back sometime soon lest she get a cold and cause trouble for him. However, for now he let the kunoichi do as she wish and held onto her. It would help her develop more trust with him if he did so. And there was a good chance that her good faith in him would eventually rub off on their other companion.

Taki:

Yoshia clung to him for a while longer. She was dazed from what he'd done with her and her head was swimming in thoughts. After a while she realized what she was still doing and quickly let go and layed her head back against the pillow. She looked up at him with bright red cheeks.

"Uhhmm... y-you better go find Laya.. I'll take a bath.." She stuttered as she rand her fingers through her hair.

Kyosuke:

Kron smirked again, "Since when does the servant order the master around hmm?" he asked as he had before. Of course, he didn't have any sort of a severe face on. "I was planning on doing that anyway," he added.

After that Kron walked out of the cave and walked in a straight line towards the sleeping Laya. When he found her he quickly bent down and picked her up easily. Then he started walking back towards the cave.

Taki:

When he returned he would find that Yoshia had already bathed and was snuggled into bed already, though not sleeping. Her back was turned to the mouth of the cave and her wet strands of hair was strewn across her pillow. The fire was dying down again. Yoshia shivered, not noticing Kron's return with Laya.

Emora:

Laya’s head shifted around. She groaned, feeling her body being moved around subtly, as if on a horse or being… carried! Laya’s eyes came open slowly and she looked up and saw Kron’s face staring a neck, chin, and some of his face. Her heart grew fearful and her eyes widened. What was he doing? Laya remembered the stars and she guessed she fell a sleep. But, how did he find her? She detested being in his arms and having him carry her and feeling his body against hers.

Laya began to wiggle abruptly until she managed to fall ungracefully out of his arms and to the ground. She stared up at him for a moment, the light of the moon causing her face to look pale and glow. She stood up quickly and backed away. He might get mad at her for being so rude… but he just didn’t understand.

Kyosuke:

Kron sensed the panic build up within Laya before she started struggling in his arms. Eventually he wasn't able to hold on to her anymore and she dropped to the ground. He looked a little annoyed and then sighed. He offered his hand for her to take. "C'mon, get up," he said to her. "You fell asleep out here and I was carrying you back so you didn't catch a cold."

Emora:

Laya didn’t take his hand she pushed her own self up and made sure she was a distance from his reach. She didn’t think him either. She just turned around and began to walk again. The thought of him being behind her and looking at her. The thought of him possibly pouncing on her caused a hollow feeling run through her. It caused her to want to run as fast as she could to get away from him.

She was afraid of him so much… She still couldn’t see how Yoshia could just give up. She just couldn’t think of giving herself over to Kron and giving in. She didn’t think she could do it. She had to much pride…

Kyosuke:

Kron just shrugged and walked with Laya. He felt the fear that was building up within her and decided to address it. "You know, if you just gave in like Yoshia has, you'd enjoy it more," he said. "And you don't have to fear me unless you disobey me. Even then I have a bit of leniency depending on the situation. I can't be too harsh with my slaves you know." He smirked.

Emora:

Laya slowly came to a stop and turned her head slightly to the side to address him in a low voice. “It’s hard not to fear you,” she said slowly. Her voice cracked slightly with emotion. “You scare me, even if I were to give in you would scare me…”

She walked a few steps and stopped again. Her eyes watered and the moon caused them to glisten and shine like the stars. “I can’t help it. I’m not like Yoshia. I can’t give in so easily. I can’t just hand over everything. I can’t suppress what I feel. Sorry to disappoint you, master, but Yoshia and I are very different when it comes to that. You raped me, and that is all I can seem to think about when I see or think about you.”<br>
Laya turned to him slightly. “But, you don’t understand that do you?” She looked down at the ground sadly. “Just forget about and leave me alone…” She turned around and walked away. He probably doesn’t like how much I complain… I wouldn’t want to make him angery

Kyosuke:

Kron grinned and just hugged Laya from behind in a caring manner. It actually amused him more if she was scared of him, but it made it difficult to get her to follow orders sometimes. "You really don't have to fear me, I really won't be that bad to you anymore you know," he assured her. Kron wondered if not raping her anymore for a few days would do her any good.

Emora:

Laya stiffened as he hugged her, her back and limbs going rigged. She was so afraid he'd tear her close from her. But, then he spoke and assured her he wouldn't hurt her any more. But, she couldn't believe him. "Whether you take me easily or harshly it is still rape, Kron... and I will think of it as such. You could get me to enjoy the way it feels, but it will still be rape!"

She moved quickly out of his arms and walked away towards the cave. Was she being stupid? Should she give in? Was she annoying him to much? Would he punish her for defying him? Laya could only role with the punches....

Kyosuke:

Kron just shrugged. He figured Laya'd give in eventually and just accept it. After all, Yoshia had done it already. Instead of dwelling on it, he just returned to the cave. He saw that Yoshia appeared to be sleeping, but was actually still awake, and cold. He went over to the fire and threw some of the firewood in. He had also earlier cleaned up the mattress so that one would be able to sleep on the place where Yoshia and Kron were having their fun.

Emora:

Laya washed her feet in the cool water and dried them off. Then she walked to the bed where Yoshia was sleeping and crawled onto it. She pulled the covers over herself and closed her eyes. It wasn't long before she was sleeping and her chest rose slowly with her even breathing.

She had no dreams that night, no nightmares of Kron or his torturous ways. She just slept peacefully as if nothing horrible had ever happened in her life.

Taki:

Yoshia curled into a tight ball and tried to fall asleep but her head was still swimming. She was still in a daze from earlier. 'I forgot it was him..' She thought glumly, rubbing her face into the pillow. 'and... I liked it...' She squeezed her eyes closed tighter and pulled the blanket over her head.

Kyosuke:

Kron walked over to the mattress the two women were sleeping in and sat down next to it against the cave wall. He noted that Yoshia was still awake, and her emotions were being disturbed by the enjoyment she experienced while he was having sex with her. He wondered how much longer it would be before she completely gave herself to him. He put his hand on her, though she was under the blanket and squeezed her arm lightly, almost assuringly. "Don't worry, as long as you serve me I'll continue to give you those loving sensations," he said with a grin on his face. "Because you're mine."

Taki:

Yoshia's eyes popped open. Her heart rate picked up and she shook slightly when she heard what he said.

"Don't worry, as long as you serve me I'll continue to give you those loving sensations," he said with a grin on his face. "Because you're mine." Yoshia peeked her head out from under the blanket and looked at him like a scared, gray-eyed rabbit. A flicker of green showed in her eyes. She almost looked like she would cry.

"I-it's not loving sensations.." Her voice trailed off and was barely audible. "I don't want to be yours.." Her voice was even quieter. She ducked back under the blanket. Soft sounds of her quiet sobs could be heard.

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled as he noticed the flicker of green. Even if she was obedient while in the gray, she was more amusing to be with when it was green. He would just have to "train" her more for the next few days, especially since he was planning on letting Laya relax on those duties. He leaned against the wall more and closed his eyes, intending to fall asleep soon.

Taki:

Yoshia hadn't cried in a few days. She realized while she was in tears that she needed the emotion to let out her stress. She curled into a ball again and eventually cried herself to sleep, not waking til mid morning the next morning.

Emora:

Laya woke the next morning slowly, she remembered yesterdays morning and didn’t want that to happen again. But, she saw that no one seemed to be getting up. Maybe she could get out of the cave with out anyone noticing… Maybe she could make a run for it…. Just maybe she could escape.

But, Laya knew it was all lies. She wouldn’t be able to make it, Kron would stop her…. And Laya couldn’t leave Yoshia. So Laya decided maybe she should just start excepting the way things were. She didn’t have to except what Kron did to her, but she could except the fact that it might not last forever and that just maybe one day she would be free to live her life.

Laya climbed out of bed and began to stoke the fire so that she could make them something for breakfast. Maybe she could raid someone’s chicken house for eggs one morning. She always liked eggs in the morning… it had been so long since she could stop and cook instead of just wondering around.

Laya noted that Kron and Yoshia were still sleeping. She enjoyed the silence of the morning, listening to the birds and the wind blow outside there “home.”

Kyosuke:

Kron awoke from his place against the wall and saw that Laya was now awake. The next thing that struck him was a craving for blood. He had forgotten to feed last night and was now working slightly off of a lack of the substance. He stared at Laya with hungry eyes and pondered using her to feed before deciding against it. "I'm going into town now," he said. "Is there anything you want?"

Taki:

It could have been light out, but Yoshia didn't check. To her, in this place, it was always night.

She stumbled upward forgetting temporarily the condition of her ankle. After cursing the bloody vampire to the hottest furnace in hell, she limped her way to the water pool.

Yoshia reached down into the dark water and felt the wet sands dance around her fingers. It was her hands, then her head, then the rest of her body, creating a splash as she let herself fall limp into the seemingly depthless pool.

Yoshia remembered it said, in dream oracles, that water symbolizes the state of mind, the pysche. She almost smirked in the bitter irony of the cold dark blinding water around her.

Her grey eyes closed. Yoshia much perfered the darkness under her eyelids then the darkness of the water. She felt so weak, almost as if the pressure of the water was going to penetrate her skin...

~The water flew through her, almost giving her life, but just missing her, she felt as if... the water was not giving life to her...but from someone else...~

'W-what?!' She thought frantically, flailing in the water. Something was trying to take over her mindscape, pushing into her thoughts. 'H-HELP!!!' She thought. On instinct she called out. "Help! Kron! Laya HEELP!!!" She screamed, practically drowning while her mind was being taken over. And then it stopped.

OOC: by the way, my friend posted this and came up with the idea but im going with it mwuaahaha kron, payback!!!

Kyosuke:

Having gotten a negative response from Laya regarding anything she wanted from town, Kron walked off to the town, fully intent on capturing another woman and taking her time torturing her. This time he just kidnapped one of the random whores, all of them being too scared to want to walk off with a man out of town. He dragged her off to where he had tortured the two men the day before so he could fully enjoy her screams of tortured pain.

(OOC: Er, if you feel squeamish don't read this next part, I'm feeling sorta sadistic myself right now and I also wanna see if I could disturb Emora)

Just as he had done yesterday, he lopped off the woman's fingers one by one. When he finished that he made a slice down the woman's forearm and stabbed the knife about halfway into the opposite side of her arm, then started twisting the knife around. The skin started pulling towards it, and the whore's screams were getting louder and more painfilled. Finally at the end of that one the skin around her forearm just fell off completely, leaving behind the flesh under the skin, muscle, and bone. He then took his rapier out and sliced the arm off. With each scream from the Ongoreth woman he was slowly desensitizing himself from that weakness of his, he started hesitating less and less.

After drinking the blood from the arm he threw it off to the side and started a fire. He jammed the stump that remained of the woman's arm into the fire to seal off the blood flow and then repeated the process on the other forearm. Every time the woman fell unconscious from the pain the vampire just waited for her to wake up. After finishing with her arms, he opened the girl's clothing up. She had a better figure than Yoshia did, but he didn't care for sex at this point. He ran the knife across her breasts lightly, though he didn't slice in, just created fear within the woman, then he suddenly lopped them off, illiciting another scream of pain from the woman. After all this was done he decided to end the woman's suffering, he was getting hungrier anyway.

He sank his fangs intot he artery along the side of the flank and drank from that one, deciding to use a different one than the one on the neck usually used. After he finished feeding, he disposed of the dried body in the fire. It burned more easily than the men had yesterday, since they still had blood in them. Then the vampire headed home.

Emora:

Laya left sometime after Kron did with her bow in her hand and her arrows on her back. She headed off into the forest surrounding the cave to find a suitable place to hunt. She wondered the forest feeling a bit more happier… but not the point of actually being happy. She thought she heard screaming… but she figured it was a bird of some sort.

She stood close to a tree with her bow strung and an arrow being held by to fingers that had pulled back the string. She eyed a nice round rabbit up a head as she focused in. She opened her fingers and the arrow flew forward, connecting with the rabbit and killing it on spot.

She walked towards it and pulled the arrow out which could be reused since it was not damaged. She slipped it back in the arrow holder and lifted the rabbit. She righted the legs to her hip with a string and the rabbit dangled, dripping blood onto her kimono.

She moved through the forest until she found another rabbit. She killed it as well and tied it to her so she didn’t have to carry them in her hands and they could be free encase she needed them. She guessed that two rabbits would hold herself and Yoshia.

Laya turned and began to go back to the cave. She strayed slightly, falling into thought. Kron hadn’t asked any services of her. Did that mean that he was bored of her, like she had said. Did this mean he would only now sleep with Yoshia and all she had to do was cook. Laya felt deeply sorry for Yoshia and would gladly do anything to help… even if it meant having to sleep with Kron to give her some peace.

Laya thought about it. She could suffer through it if it meant that some of the weight would be lifted off of Yoshia. Kron was gentle… Laya stopped dead in her tracks and slammed her fist into a tree. How the hell could she start thinking that. She would let Kron take her if it would help Yoshia… but Yoshia ENJOYED it. She wouldn’t do it if it was for no good.

Laya sat down on a log by a tree. Did this mean, because Yoshia seemed to enjoy Kron and seemed to not mind that Laya was out of a job on that department. Laya smiled faintly, though it was barely there at all.

Taki:

Yoshia was in utter shock. She had calmed her body and regained control once the intrusive feeling had stopped. She had a deathgrip on the edge of the waterhole, barely having the strength to pull herself out of the water. The ninja concentrated all her strength and pulled herself out of the water halfway before collapsing on the hard ground of the cave. Her breathing was raspy and her eyes stung. 'Where are they..? Why aren't they helping me?' She thought in dismay.

"H-help..." she coughed and closed her eyes, blacking out from the shock that still had a hold on her. The ninja was consumed into the darkness.


OOC: there I finally posted, you happy now? yeesh I was busy!

Kyosuke:

Kron froze up for a bit as he sensed the shock his servant went in to. He broke from his walk into a run back to the cave. He knew it was Yoshia who was experiencing this and he would prefer to save her. She was getting very loyal to him and he liked it quite a bit. Plus she was beginning to respond in their nighttime activities, something that he would need to break Laya more before she would even remotely start to do it.

Emora:

Laya stood up and began to make her way back to the cave with the rabbits she would cook for supper that night. She guessed she shouldn’t have killed them so early, but she needed some excuse to get out of that cave. She trudged her way along, taking her time as she walked, not caring to get back to the cave early. Besides, what was happening? Either Kron was there and he and Yoshia were having another intimate moment or Yoshia was sitting alone and Kron would surely return.

She saw the cave in view, so the mouth of it and the looming dread it brought her. She ignored it, finding comfort in the fact that Kron didn’t seemed to be interested in her body anymore. He hadn’t made any advances towards her and she felt that she was at least safe from that. She walked towards the cave, the dreaded feeling going away. He didn’t want her any more and she could serve him as whatever else he thought she should be.

Taki:

Yoshia felt dark all around her. She was floating in darkness. Somewhere inside the darkness someone was crying, a young girl.. Yoshia tried to call out to the hurt girl but her voice wouldn't work. 'Am I dreaming?' she thought. ~'No.'~ A woman around the age of Yoshia replied in a cold tone causing the ninja to shiver. Yoshia couldn't see anything but pitch black. ~'Lend me your body and I'll help you kill him.'~ the cold voice said. Yoshia shivered again at the thought. 'Killing him hasn't crossed my mind since he started to care..' She thought, almost smiling at some fond memories she already had-though they were few in number. ~'That's because you are weak. You can only focus your strength when it pisses you off.'~ the voice was scolding her and the ninja felt hurt. Yoshia couldn't think in peace with this woman's voice inside her. ...Inside her... was that where it was coming from? 'Perhaps it's an inner me..' She thought idly, falling deeper into unconciousness to reality. ~'Heh.. think what you want right now.. I'll just keep fighting til you're mind is mine.'~ the voice was almost insane.

Yoshia had mud on half her face and her breath was weak and raspy. Something was trying to take her over.

Kyosuke:

Kron ran into the cave at full speeds and quickly looked around for Yoshia. He quickly found her lying face down on the ground by the water hole in the back. He rushed over to her and found that she was semi conscious.

For once, he ignored the girl's nudity and used his cloak to dry her off. Then he carried her over to the mattress and lay her down and covered her, wondering what was wrong with the ninja. He shook her shoulder a few times. "Hey! Are you alright?" he asked.

Emora:

Laya saw Kron run into the cave as if something was wrong. She ran in behind him, dropping her bow and arrows and the two dead rabbits slapped against her as she ran. She slid to a stop beside him as he tried it seemed to shake the life into Yoshia. What was wrong with her? Had she almost drowned in the water? She was wet and naked… and not awake…<br>
Laya watched as Kron asked if Yoshia was alright and he shook his shoulders. Laya was confused. It was almost as if Kron was worried for her! Laya shook her head. That was impossible, they were only property. But, that could be why he was worried for her. He didn’t want to lose his slave.

Taki:

From the darkness Yoshia could hear a familiar voice call out to her. She still couldn't see anything but black, but she reached her hand out to the voice. 'Who's that? Who's calling me?' she thought, almost as if she was asking the voice. The voice responded with a low growl. Yoshia felt for a fleeting moment that the darkness was lifting and her eyes opened to reality again. Kron was shaking her violently and asking if she was ok. She was almost confused by the genuine look of worried concern on his face.

"K-kron.." She coughed and looked to her friend Laya next to him. "Laya.. I heard a very strange voice in my dream." She smiled wearily. She coughed violently and her eyes rolled back into her head, returning her to the darkness. "Aaahhh!!" The ninja screamed when she felt surrounded by the pitch black again. ~'Not so fast..'~ the voice warned. Yoshia saw the image of a girl's face who didn't look much different from hers with shorter hair. However, there was something different about the girl she was seeing.. Her look was heard but the lonely emptiness shone in her eyes. Yoshia cried in pain as she felt the voice sucking itself into her brain.

The ninja's eyes opened again and they were a dark gray. She didn't look at Laya, only at Kron. There was a cold glare on the girl's face. She shot a hand up and grabbed Kron by the neck. Yoshia's face returned to normal again and she passed out once again. ~'Damn!'~ the voice cursed angrily. ~'Why did you interfere, you brat!'~

Kyosuke:

Kron looked confused. He had no idea what was going on at all. First Yoshia was out, then she woke up, then she screamed and was out again. He wondered if she was hallucinating from a fever, but couldn't really tell if she did have one. He didn't produce any body heat so even a normal person's temperature would feel warm to him. He decided to ask Laya. "Do you think she has a fever?"

Emora:

Laya looked at Kron just as confused as he was. She had no idea what was wrong with Yoshia. It could be the effects from almost drowning…. “Let’s get her to the bed and covered up… She might be in shock from whatever happened. When a person is in shock they need warmth….” Lay walked to the bed and quickly pulled down the covers to it to put Yoshia under them.

Kyosuke:

Kron nodded back to Laya, deciding to listen to her. She would probably no more about these situations than he did anyway. He covered Yoshia with the blanket and worked on making the fire larger. He saw that they were low on wood now and ran out to grab some more. "I'm going to grab more firewood!" he said as he ran out. "I'll be back soon!"

Taki:

Yoshia drifted in the darkness, floating. The cold voice talked to her every now and again but Yoshia stopped answering. 'This is such a strange dream..' She thought and sighed. She could hear voices calling to her.

After what seemed hours Yoshia's eyes finally fluttered open. She looked around the cave slowly, not moving. The feeling of her mind trying to be taken over had stopped. She opened her mouth and coughed, her raspy voice asking for some water to no one in particular.

Emora:

Laya was stoking the fire when she heard coughing from behind her. She turned quickly to here poor Yoshia asking for water. Laya quickly got her some in a wooden cup and nelt by the bed. She slid her hand under Yoshia's head and lifted it slightly, putting the cup to her lips...

"Yoshia... are you alright? What happened?" she asked softly, looking at Yoshia with worried eyes.

Taki:

Yoshia nodded and sat up, but felt dizzy and fell to her pillow halfway up. She sipped the water and thanked Laya.

"I.. I don't really know, I was taking a bath and then it felt like the water was consuming me and then it felt like something was trying to take over my mind, it was very strange.." She twisted her face in confusion then smiled to her worried friend. "But Im okay now I think..Where's Kron? Still feeding?"

Emora:

Laya smiled softly and took the cup back when Yoshia was finished with it. She set it beside the bed and stood up. "He went to get more fire wood. I told him to keep you warm would help with the shock. You might have almost drowned and the 'invasion of your mind' could have been the fact you were passing out and your or the lack of oxogen to your brain."

Laya pulled the covers up to Yoshia's shoulders and smiled kindly.

Kyosuke:

Kron wandered back in a while after finding enough firewood to last for a while. When he got back to the cave, he noted that Yoshia was awake again. "So are you okay?" he asked as he set the wood down to the fire. "What happened?"

Taki:

Yoshia smiled and nodded to Laya. When Kron returned he was questioning her if she was ok. She nodded slowly and thought about what Laya said.

"I was taking a bath and then it felt like the water was consuming me and then it felt like something was trying to take over my mind, it was very strange.." Yoshia smiled softly. "Laya says I might have almost drowned and the 'invasion of my mind' could have been the fact I was passing out or the lack of oxogen to your brain. But Im ok now..."

Kyosuke:

"That's good then," Kron responded. He walked over to the ninja and smirked. "I'd hate to have to retrain another slave like you," he added, reminding her that she was his property, and that was why he cared so much for her. He wondered if he should change his mind about letting Laya relax for a few days, after all, it may not be so good to do something to a woman who almost drowned.

Taki:

Yoshia's light gray eyes immidiately averted to the fire and she felt a coldness welling inside of her. The coldness was also pushing it's way into her mind and before she could cry for help she felt gone. She was floating in the darkness again. She had no control of what was going on in the outside world.

The ninja's eyes turned a dark, almost black, gray and turned back to glare at Kron. Her face was twisted into a snarl and her hands were rigged claws. She sat up, the blanket falling to her lap. She didn't even care that she was still naked. The ninja dove at Kron and glued herself to his form, scratching and thrashing at him.

Emora:

Laya turned around quickly when she heard commotion. What was Yoshia doing? Was she crazy! He would kill her for attacking him. "Yoshia no!" Laya ran forward to pull Yoshia off. She didn't want Kron getting angry with her and killing her. It would mean she would be alone. "No! Yoshia, he'll kill you!"

Kyosuke:

Kron wondered what was happening. First he was making sure that Yoshia was alright, then he was being attacked by the kunoichi. There was also an insanely quick emotion change from calm to furious. He figured that she wasn't quite in control of herself. However, he managed to grab her arms as she thrashed on him and smirked. "If you're trying to tear my clothing off that badly, you could just ask you know," he said. "Of course, I think you'd be aware of what you'd need to do in return."

Taki:

In the darkness Yoshia felt pressure on her wrists and felt like she was getting pulled this way and that. 'What's going on.. why am I dreaming again?' She thought. ~'Shut Up and give up already!'~ the cold woman's voice from earlier replied. Yoshia felt like she was slapped across the face but when her eye's shot open, she was being held back by Laya who was yelling that Kron would kill her and Kron was smirking at her with that lecherous look in his eyes. Her eyes had returned to a pale gray and she relaxed in Laya's arms, looking very confused. She looked from Laya to Kron and then back to her friend.

"Kill me? He'll kill me because I almost drowned..?" Her voice sounded hurt and like a small child's, innocent and naive.

Emora:

Laya held her friend in a hug protectivly to keep her away from Kron as he eyed over. She grabbed a blanket off the bed and wrapped it around Yoshia. "You're still in shock I guess... you just attacked him Yoshia..." Laya practically pulled Yoshia back to the bed, and stood in front of her.

She looked to Kron. "You will not lay a hand on her, she needs her rest. I don't care what sick ideas are going through your head about her, she needs it or your going to have one sick slave on your hands. Now leave her be."

Laya turned around and sighed, her knees trembling slightly. She was afriad he was mad... and she was afriad she just made it worst...

"Lie here and I will fix us something to eat. It might be good if you ate something..."

Laya looked down and realized she still had the rabbits attached the her. She also realized she didn't have anything to clean the skin off with. She walked to the mouth of the cave and took her bow and arrows and laid it in a corner.

She turned to Kron an image from memory flashing through her of Kron cutting her skirt the first night she had met him. He had a knife... dragging it along her skirt cutting it open... Laya could feel the fear from the memory and she shook her head. He didn't want her anymore. He cared more for Yoshia, he proved it with the worry he had.

She walked up to him and held out her hand. "I need you knife," she said and looked up into his eyes.

Kyosuke:

Kron shrugged, once again deciding just to listen to his slave for now and left Yoshia alone. He sat down over at a corner of the cave and just contemplated about which girl he should spend the night with. That was when Laya came over and asked for his knife. Feeling that she had no malicious intent, he just got it out and handed it to her, "Here," he said.

Taki:

Yoshia was still wearing a look of confusion. Her stomache grumbled and she realized she hadn't eaten since the night before. She smirked at being in bed yet again. For almost the past week she'd been bed ridden.

"I.. attacked him?" Yoshia's voice was incredulous. She didn't believe or remember what had happened. "When? Just now when I blacked out again? I was having that same strange dream and the cold woman told me to shut up!" She still had the naivety of a child

OOC: .. is naivety a word? oh well, is now ^_^

Emora:

Laya looked at Yoshia as she spoke. Her face was confused for a moment. “I have no idea what’s wrong with her… I don’t know if its shock any more… Just don’t get near her. It’s most likely your fault any way…. She might be fine soon….”<br>
Laya took the knife and walked back to the edge of the cave with the rabbits. She knelt on the ground and pulled the rope out, untying them. She took the rope and set it to the side and leaned over the rabbits. She pulled her hair over onto one shoulder and began to skin the rabbits. The whole time she did she wondered what was wrong with Yoshia. Laya worked fiercely on the rabbits until they were skinned and ready for washing, then cooking. She stood and walked back into the cave after throwing the skins away.

Kyosuke:

Kron just stayed where he was. 'She told me not to touch Yoshia when she's like this,' he thought. 'However, she's still not off limits. Who cares if I wanted to give her a break?' With that, his decision for the night's bed partner was made and Laya was his choice.

Taki:

Yoshia sat up on the matress and pulled the blanket around her, covering herself. She cast a confused look in Kron's direction. Laya had gone to skin the rabbits she caught for dinner.

"Kron? Did I attack you? I really don't remember.. just the cold woman's voice saying 'Shut up! Give up already!'. Are you mad at me? Im sorry, I thought I blacked out because I was having that dream again.." Yoshia's questions and explanations trailed off as she drew her knees to her chest, wrapping her arms around her legs and resting her chin on her knees. The ninja looked in Laya's direction and then back to Kron. "Kron.. Please don't hurt Laya...She's more fragile than I am.." Yoshia glanced up at her master, not knowing if he knew what she was implying.

Emora:

Laya put the rabbits over the open fire She turned them slowly, sitting close to the fire, so close it burned her skin slightly, but it made it easier to cook the rabbits. She stared at the flames as they licked the rabbits and burned them. She glanced at Yoshia and then back to Kron. Yes, his rape possibly had caused Yoshia to finally snap and lose her mind. Now she would have to watch out for her more often… Kron would be able to take advantage of her easier than usual.

"Kron.. Please don't hurt Laya...She's more fragile than I am.."

Laya looked up at Yoshia. More fragile? Laya didn’t think she was more fragile at all. She wasn’t the one who had given into the monster and become his sex slave. She hadn’t lost her mind and was hearing voices. Laya shook her head. She would ignore it. It was Yoshia’s insanity talking. Kron liked Yoshia more anyway.

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled reassuringly at Yoshia, but didn't go near her like he would have prefered to. "Don't worry, I won't hurt either of you," he said. "Something strage just must be going on with you, that's all." Kron actually had no idea what he was doing. In all his time on this planet, he had never really once encountered such an intense sudden change in emotions.

Taki:

Yoshia gasped as her eyes rolled back in her head. She opened them and they had turned to the blackish gray again. She crawled rigidly on her hands and knees, her hands formed into claws. She crawled closer to Kron but didn't leave the bed.

"You heard her, don't you touch that little girl. Don't you touch her, cheri. Bad things will happen." Her voice was dark and cold, almost raspy. Yoshia choked after a few moments of crawling to the edge of the matress. Her hands were clasped around her throat and she was gasping for air. Her voice was weak and normal again. "W-what's happening to me?"

Emora:

Laya put the rabbits when they were done on a plate and pored a glass of what for Yoshia then carried it to her so she could eat in bed. “Well… you might not be in enough stability to go to the hot spring to day, so I won’t go either.” Laya smiled softly at her friend, though she wasn’t sure what was wrong with her it still made her worried. It could pass, she told herself, it could just be shock… yes… that’s it.

Then, she saw Yoshia’s eyes role back in her head and she got on her knees and began to speak in a strange voice. She was crawling across the bed towards Kron. Laya took Yoshia by the shoulders as she finished speaking. Something about hurting a little girl… Was Laya supposed to be the “little” girl? What was wrong with Yoshia? Her voice was different.

Then it hit Laya. She had lived around and in the Ashgrown Forest most of her life. She had come to many towns where they spoke of it. Many times she had even slain a person who was afflicted with it. Yoshia as either possessed by a ghost… or a demon.

Laya had never dealt with someone possessed by a ghost, but demons were another story. You had to be bad outright to have a demon invade you mind. This had to be something besides a demon… Yoshia couldn’t be evil could she?

“Yoshia, could you do something for me?” Laya asked as she knelt beside the bed and held her friends hand. “Could you ask the woman her name?”<br>

Taki:

Yoshia turned to Laya and leaned into her friend. When she had regained control of her breath she wept softly on Laya's shoulder.

“Yoshia, could you do something for me?” Laya asked as she knelt beside the bed and held her friends hand. “Could you ask the woman her name?” Yoshia stopped weeping and leaned back, recovering herself with the blanket. She sniffled and wiped her eyes, nodding.

"Tonight.. when I go to sleep.. If I have that dream again I can ask her. She... she sounded like she knows Kron.."

Kyosuke:

Kron observed the conversation that was taking place before him and didn't quite understand what was going on. "Have you figured out what's wrong with her?" Kron asked Laya. "I mean there must be a point in asking her name if you know what's wrong right?"

Emora:

Laya smiled to her friend and squeezed her hand. Then she took the food and sat it in Yoshia’s lap and the water beside the bed for her. “Here, eat… everything’s going to be alright, I promise….”<br>
Laya stood up and turned around just as Kron spoke to her. She glared at him, because he most definitely was the cause if the woman knew him. “I think Yoshia is under possession…” she said and walked back to the fire, taking her plate into her lap. “And the possession seems to know you.”<br>
She spoke as she stared into the fire going over her memory. Laya didn’t know a cure for the possession short of killing Yoshia and she wouldn’t do that. They would probably have to see a priest or monk of some sort who could help with it. “I wouldn’t go near her, you might set it off and I don’t know what to do if the possession takes over completely…”

“I will wait until morning, by then we should know something…” Laya finished her meal quickly. She had thought about going to the hot spring alone, but now it wasn’t good to leave Yoshia alone. Maybe she could talk Kron into leaving so she could take her bath for the night.

Taki:

Yoshia thanked Laya for the rabbit and nibbled on it, commenting on the good quality. When she finished she yawned. It was only late afternoon but she was tired. She layed back on the matress, resting her head on the pillow. Before she drifted to sleep she looked to Laya.

"I'll ask." Shortly after Yoshia fell asleep. It took a while before she was drifting in the darkness, but she got there. It was colder this time. 'Hello?' She thought, in her dream she was calling out. ~'Yes. What is it.~' the cold woman replied. 'What.. what's your name?' Yoshia called with her thoughts. ~'...Saline. He won't remember me if you tell him.'~ The woman's voice was less harsh.

Emora:

Laya took Yoshia’s dishes and washed them and stacked them again, noting that they truly needed shelves if they were to stay in such a dirty place. She glanced at Kron wondering what he was thinking and just how worried he truly was for Yoshia. She washed his knife, careful not to cut herself on it and she walked towards him, drying it on the edge of her kimono.

She held the handle end towards him and looked down at his hands and then looked to meet his eyes. “Here…”

She turned and walked to the fire, poking it. She was about to burn up, it was hot to her in the cave, but Yoshia would need the warmth if it was shock and not possession. She needed it both cases she guessed. Laya brushed her fingers through her long hair, since she didn’t have a brush it was the best she could do. It had tangles that were painful, but she got them out easily. She really wanted that bath. But, Kron might not want to leave Yoshia alone in her state… And Laya didn’t want to leave Yoshia alone with Kron… But…<br>
“Kron… if I go to the hot spring will you promise not to touch Yoshia, she needs her rest.”

Kyosuke:

Kron nodded. "I promise I won't touch her while I'm away," he said. 'Of course I won't, I'm going to go after you while you're bathing,' he thought to himself. "So feel free to get going." He planned on following her as soon as she got out of view from the cave, he would follow her and them jump into the hot spring with her when she got in.

Emora:

Laya nodded and stood. She left the cave with just the clothes on her back, since that was all she owned. She walked through the quiet forest until she reached hot spring.

Laya looked around, feeling so self-conscious about stripping naked in the middle of the woods with out someone to be there with her and make her feel safer. She bit her bottom lip as the breeze stirred her hair around her face, tickling her nose.

Laya slipped the kimono off her shoulders and let it fall to the ground and she climbed gracefully into the hot water. She turned and grabbed her kimono to wash it as well and when she was finished she laid it on the large rock to dry while she bathed herself. After a while she even forgot she was out in the middle of no where alone and naked. She just got used to it she guessed.

Kyosuke:

Kron followed through with his plan. As soon as Laya was out of sight, he started following after her. He made a beeline right for her location, following the crest he had planted on her arm. When he had found her, she had her now damp Kimono on the rock drying. That meant she would have to be there for a while unless she wanted to leave with a damp kimono, or naked.

He quickly stripped off his own clothing and hung it on a branch and then snuck up to the spring, then jumped in behind her. Following that he quickly took advantage of the situation and grabbed Laya's breasts and kissed her neck. "My, you're quite lovely today," he said.

Emora:

Laya screamed when she turned around to see an unidentifiable flying naked man land in the water with her. She jumped back, cracking the back of her head against the rock. She felt hands on her and the person kissing her neck. She was dazed and didn’t know who the person was at first and she brought her fist around to the side of the person’s head. She hit the person so hard her hand hurt. About the time her hand connected with the head she recognized the voice and froze in fear.

Laya began to push against him and trying to get out of the water or turn around to do so. She was so frantic that her feet refused to stay stable and she was slipping in the water.

Kyosuke:

Kron ignored the hit he took, it wasn't her fault he didn't know who it was. Instead he grabbed her under her breasts as she lost her footing on the water. "Y'see? Even if you don't want me, your body does, that's why you're slipping. Tt doesn't want to let you get away," he said, turned her around, and pulled the archer in for a kiss.

Emora:

"Y'see? Even if you don't want me, your body does, that's why you're slipping. It doesn't want to let you get away," he said.

Laya looked at him in shock, for a moment totally ignoring where his hands were. "Like hell it does." she spat at him and pushed on his shoulders as he tried to kiss her, but he was to strong. She began to hit his shoulders as hard as she could, wanting him off of her. She squirmed and kicked in the water. Not again! No! Not again. Was it because Yoshia was sick? Did he need someone so badly?

Laya reared back with her fist and aimed it for his face.

Kyosuke:

Kron caught the simple punch in the palm of his hand and brought it down, his other hand went to her other shoulder and held it in place, then he placed another kiss on her mouth and said, "Just let it go, you'd enjoy it more" with a smile on his face. Saying that he lower his face to her chest and nippled lightly on it, smiling the whole time.

Emora:

Laya slipped back against the rock as Kron placed kisses on her. He had her hand in one of his and was holding her shoulder still. She pushed on him with her free hand trying to get him off of her. He wouldn't hurt her... She told herself. He would be gentle....

But, even telling herself that she couldn't bring herself to just give in. He'll be gentle. She told herself she'd enjoy it, like Yoshia did... Laya stopped after a moment and looked to Kron as he placed kisses on her chest.

She'd try...

But, Laya couldn't she just couldn't. She knew then that if he took her any more she would finally give in. She wouldn't fight any more. If she gave up now it would only give him the satisfaction that he won. She would not give him that! Not after he had taken everything away!

She would not be obedient.

Kyosuke:

Kron sighed as he felt the bit of acceptance he knew she felt fade away back into her old rebellion. He didn't care for now, he would eventually win, especially if he made it a point to bring her more pleasure than he was bringing himself. He brought his fingers into play now, releasing her fist and dropping them between her legs and started rubbing.

Emora:

Laya looked at him in shock, her mouth fell open at what he was doing. He was actually trying to make her… happy? But, Laya wouldn’t. No, she couldn’t. Laya looked into his eyes, it was easy to read her eyes. It was easy to see the emotional turmoil. Laya paused, only for a moment. For a moment she actually contemplated giving up.

But, she couldn’t she wanted him gone. She wanted him dead. She didn’t want him to lay another hand on her. He was vile. He was evil. She hated him. He had taken EVERYTHING away and now he thought he could make her happy with this? The thing that had done it all?

“Kron,” Laya said and looked into his eyes. The strength in her own made her smoky colored orbs almost glow. “No matter what you do to me, I won’t give up. I won’t give into you. You may make me enjoy this some what. But, I won’t. I told you that. I won’t.” She repeated that same phrase over and over in her head. It was hard to tell because of the water, but a tear rolled down her cheek.

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled and just continued rubbing, making sure to bring her over the edge with it before advancing any further. He kissed her again and smiled, "If you want to be that way then it's fine. But I just want you to enjoy this as much as I will," he said. His smile looked very genuine and Kron himself wasn't sure whether he was lying about it. Even if it had only been a few days, the two had become his precious slaves, and he had actually started to care for them, though only as his possessions.

Emora:

Laya refused to cry. She forced herself not to. She bit her bottom lip and concentrated on trying to separate herself from her body for a while. But, she couldn’t. No matter what she did she couldn’t get her mind to ignore what was happening to her body. And finally she broke down. She tried to be strong, but she couldn’t. She just went slack and gave up.

She knew she couldn’t fight him off. He would win over again. But, that didn’t mean she had to enjoy it. She could hate it just as she always did. But, she didn’t have to waste her energy trying to fight something that wouldn’t go away. She looked at him with total hate in her eyes. Did he intend to take her in the hot spring? They’d surely drown…

Kyosuke:

Kron walked over to a part of the spring where it was actually shallow enough for him to stand comfortable in. He leaned Laya against the wall and began to take her there. After a bit later, he leaned in to her ear and nibbled on it. He asked, "So are you enjoying this?" He was quite well aware of her emotional turmoil at this point and wanted to push it a bit further.

Emora:

Laya bit her bottom lip and closed her eyes tightly as he took her. She tried her best to ignore the sensations flooding through her, but he couldn’t. She felt him nibble on her ear and ask her that most vile question. Laya didn’t answer until she thought her voice was strong enough to not come out as a faint squeak. “Never,” she growled and her head slipped forward for a moment. “Never…” She faded off into soft cries as she lied to herself.

Kyosuke:

Kron finished with Laya and then sat onto the side to relax. Spending time in the hot spring actually made him feel warm, something he didn't normally feel. He forced the lightly crying Laya to sit down next to him and put an arm around her shoulder. He kissed her on the cheek and said, "I know you enjoyed that" with a very caring smile on his face.

Emora:

Laya let him pull her to sit next to him. She let him put his arm around her, and she let him kiss her cheek. "I know you enjoyed that.” Laya’s head turned towards him and she looked into his eyes. She pushed away from him and grabbed her clothing and ran from the clearing, pulling on her clothing as she did so. She wasn’t even fully dressed, she was just running to get away from him. She couldn’t stand to be near him when he knew he was right. He would rub it in her face.

She ran as fast as she could, tying the kimono as she ran. She ran, not knowing where she was going, not knowing which direction. She just ran. She ran until she couldn’t breath and it hurt. She ran until her legs were weak and tired, but she pushed them to go on. Ran until she tripped over a log and fell to the ground.

Kyosuke:


Kron quickly dressed as well, knowing that she was starting to break under the truth. She did enjoy it. She just didn't want to admit it. He took his time dressing and then took off after her, following her by her crest location. She made very good distance while she was so distressed. She actually ran in the opposite direction of the cave and Kron didn't want her getting lost. He soon found Laya sprawled on the ground, kimono still slightly open, and a log on the ground behind her.

He kneeled down next to her. "Are you alright?" he asked. "Did you hurt anything in the fall?" He held genuine concern in his eyes now. Though it was much like a concern a child would have towards a damaged toy.

Emora:

Laya pulled her kimono tightly around her and pushed herself to her feet. She backed away from him slowly until she hit a tree and she went around it. “Stay away from me, I don’t ant to talk to you. Leave me alone,” she growled, her voice cracking with emotion. Laya turned around and put a hand on the tree, staring at the ground.

Would she ever be the same again? She wondered if years after this, if she ever became free, would she be able to trust anyone ever again. Laya bit her bottom lip, trying not to cry. “Can’t you leave alone for while?” she asked softly and sadly. “Can’t you.” She slowly sank to her knees and leaned the side of her head against the tree.

Kyosuke:

Kron nodded. "I'll leave you alone for now, but did you hurt yourself in that fall? And do you know your way back?" he asked. He really wanted to know the answer to those questions. Once again, he was concerned about his slave. He didn't want to have to go looking for her while his other one was in questionable condition.

Emora:

Laya looked down at her scent up knees that had skidded across the dirt and leaves when she fell. She covered them with her lose kimono that hung sloppily around her body. She leaned against the tree and closed her eyes. A tear ran down her cheek. She wiped it away. “I’m.. I’m fine…” she whispered shakily. “I’ll try and find my way back.”

Laya took deep breaths, regaining her breath from running. Her legs felt weak from straining the muscles from pushing herself to her limits. She couldn’t look at him, so she just stared at the ground. She didn’t want to see his smiling face. She didn’t want to know how pleased he was with the fact she…

And she stopped… she wouldn’t admit it. She wouldn’t!

Kyosuke:

Kron nodded. "Alright then," he said, and headed off. In reality he would stay nearby, in case she got into trouble. She had left all of her weapons in the cave and he didn't trust her not to get lost in her current state of mind. After he got out of view, he walked into the trees and snuck back to her location by jumping from branch to branch and watched over her from above.

Emora:

Laya waited until she didn’t hear his feet anymore and she buried her face in her hands and sobbed. Her whole body heaved with ever sob she made. “Why!” she cried and bent forward until her hands were sandwiched between her knees and face. Her knees burned and would need to clean out the cuts. Her hands were scent as well.

Laya wished she had a sharp object because her wrists were looking very inviting. “I don’t want to go back,” she said to herself. “I want to stay here. I don’t want to go back…”

Laya closed her eyes as she shuddered with a small sob. “I’ll stay here…” Laya curled up beside the tree and laid her head on her hands and stared off at nothing really. She felt like Kron had taken her soul that time. As if enjoying it had given him the key to her soul. Her eyes were empty and didn’t hold the strength she usually had.

Kyosuke:

Kron watched Laya's distress from on top of the tree. He was prepared to jump in in case she did something stupid, but otherwise left her alone to sort it out. He wondered if she would resolve it the way he wanted this to and just obey him from then on. These events would probably become less frequent for her then, seeing as he could trust her by then to get his food for him without risking her trying anything. They would also become much much more enjoyable for her.

Emora:

Laya wiped her face and stood up. She didn’t want to go back, but they had spent a lot of time at the hot spring and she spent almost an hour just lying there and staring at nothing. She sighed and pushed herself to her feet and untied her kimono. She fixed it until it was decent and tied it back.

She began to wonder through the forest until it was slightly dark, everything was getting foggy. Laya turned in circles in one spot wondering if she was even going the right direction. She sighed and kept going, hoping a rabid animal or man would come and claim her life.

Laya put her back against a tree and sighed. “I’m lost…”

Kyosuke:

Kron smirked as the distinct words of "I'm lost" floated to his ears. He dropped down to the ground and walked back over to Laya. "Y'see? That's why I stayed here, I knew you couldn't find your way back," he said. He waited for her response. The vampire wondered if she would run off further into the woods or accept his help and return to the cave where Yoshia was waiting.

Emora:

Laya jumped slightly when Kron dropped out of no where. She fell back against the tree, cracking her head for the third time that day, and for a split second hoped what ever it was would end her pain quickly. She felt dazed again and half didn’t understand what he was saying, but she knew he was there for something, most likely to bring her back to the cave.

She took a dizzy stepped towards him, wishing she had some magical ability so she could cast a spell upon him. But, she had nothing. She was a mortal. A weakling. Even he knew she was an idiot. I knew you couldn’t find your way back… She had been stupid to stop that day in the rain and she was stupid to walk towards him and get his aid now. She was only doing it for Yoshia, she told herself. But, in reality could it be her fear of death. She never thought she was afraid of it. But, now she feared it and welcomed it all at once.

“I’m sorry,” she said and looked down at the ground. Had she given up? Or was she just biding her time until she could find a way to escape.

Laya’s head was swimming from dizziness and from the fact her emotions were running wild. She didn’t even look like she was all the way in the world at the moment. Maybe because her old self, the happy self, was off locked away in memories she tried to bury herself in.


Kyosuke:

Kron watched his slave crack her head against a tree trunk and sighed, hoping she didn't hurt herself too much. When she started approaching him, he smiled. He remembered that her legs and the rest of her body was all scraped up from her fall and he decided that it may be better if he carried her back. He kneeled down with his back facing her. "C'mon, get on my back, I'll carry you back," he offered. "Then I'll take a look at your scrapes and make sure you didn't hurt yourself worse than that."

Emora:

Laya looked at his back as he kneeled down. She was afraid to get on his back. She was afraid more to disobey him. Laya eased forward, trembling at getting any closer to him. When she went to put her arms around his neck they were practically shaking uncontrollably. Why was she so afraid of him? Why was she so afraid. She was afraid of doing something wrong. She was just afraid. She managed, however, though it seemed like an eternity, to make it onto his back.

Taki:

When the sun had set the ninja was startled awake by the sudden feeling of loneliness. She sat up and grabbed her kimono, tying it around her in bed. She shivered and picked up a stick. She didn't want to get out of bed so she just threw it at the fire from where she was sitting. Yoshia looked around the room sadly. She had grown to find company in her companions. She figured Laya had gone to the hotspring and Kron either went to eat or hunt Laya even though she asked him not to.

"S-saline.." Yoshia said the name and remembered it from her dream. "Her name is Saline and Kron won't remember her.." The ninja's voice was soft and quiet. She drew her legs up to her chest and locked her arms around her legs and rested her chin on her knees.

Kyosuke:

Kron stood once Laya was on his back. He put his hands behind him and supported the girl's weight on them. He started on the way back to the cave. The whole time he had been watching over Laya he had also been keeping track of Yoshia's emotional state and he found that she had just woken up. He decided to speed up his pace a little, sensing the loneliness that she felt.


Taki:

Yoshia felt the coldness of the woman's voice moving inside of her. 'What is happening to me..' She thought as she rubbed her face into her knees. ~'Give up.'~ the woman's voice replied. Yoshia shook her head and put her fists to her temple. She shook her head violently and screamed.

"Get out of my head!" Yoshia broke down in tears.

Emora:

Laya held on to Kron tightly though she didn't want to really. She rested her head on his shoulder because she was getting a crick in it by trying to stay as far away as possible...

Laya began to wonder things, like if she could choke the life out of him from the position she was in. She could tighten her grip around his neck, tighten it and choke him. But, he would surely punish her if she failed and he escaped her lock. He would hurt her.

Laya pushed the thought of killing him from her mind. She wondered why he was going so fast. What was wrong?

Laya felt herself slipping away. She was exhausted from what Kron had done, from running until the point of unconsciousness and emotionally being brutalized.

Kyosuke:

Kron noticed that Laya had fallen asleep on his back and continued to rush back to the cave. When he got back, he had seen that Yoshia had broken down in tears on the floor and wondered what was going on. "Is there anything wrong Yoshia? You should be in bed, trying to stay warm," he said as he carried Laya over to the water. He set her down and began to wash her cuts and scrapes.

Taki:

The ninja jumped when she head the vampire's voice. She hand't noticed when they entered from being so wrapped up in her turmoil. Her gray eyes were swollen from tears when she looked up. She saw the state of Laya and freaked out.

"What did you do to her you monster! I told you not to hurt her!! Look what you did! How could you be such a monster!!" Yoshia yelled at him as she got up too quickly from the bed and her feet got caught in the covers. She tripped and fell forward.

Emora:

Laya started when she felt the cold water sting her scrapes. She jerked slightly when she came awake and looked up through tired eyes to see Kron. She sat up upon hearing Yoshia’s outburst. "What did you do to her you monster! I told you not to hurt her!! Look what you did! How could you be such a monster!!" Laya looked at Yoshia for a moment as she fell forward. Laya’s eyes didn’t have that usual sympathetic look. They were just a pair of empty orbs. For a moment it stayed like that.

Laya gave a reassuring look after that, her eyes giving some emotion. Laya wasn’t feeling to hot at the moment, but as soon as she returned to her usual self… if she ever did… she would smile again to Yoshia.

“He did not hurt me,” Laya said softly. “Not physically, at least.” Her eyes looked to Kron. “I did this to myself by accident.”<br>

Kyosuke:

Kron nodded and smirks at Yoshia. "Like she said, I didn't do this to her. On the contrary, I think she enjoyed what I DID do to her though," he said. He took the soap and started washing out the wounds, learning from past experience that if he didn't, it may lead to a fever that he'd have to help Laya get over. "So how are you feeling?" he asked the ninja.

Taki:

"Do I friggen look okay to you!? Im face first in the dirt, Im making an idiot of myself, Im half naked from my kimono not being on properly, Im the slave of a monster and I evjoy it, and to friggen top it all off I have a voice named Saline in my head who knows you but you don't remember her. So no, Im not okay!" The ninja growled at Kron as she sat up and wiped herself off and adjusted her kimono so it was on properly. She wiped at her eyes and pushed her hair back behind her shoulders, taking a deep breath to calm herself.

Kyosuke:

Kron finished washing out Laya's wounds and dried off her leg with his cloak. Then he went over to Yoshia and pulled her in to a hug and kissed her in an almost loving manner. The name Saline didn't quite click in his head yet, but it sounded familiar. He tried to reassure the ninja, "It's not that bad to be my slave is it Yoshia? I take good enough care of you and I know you enjoy what I do to you," he smiled. "So don't fret about it too much."

Taki:

Yoshia didn't want to, but instinctively leaned into her master's welcoming and comforting arms. 'Comforting and welcoming.. not in the least.' She thought with a smirk. ~'Not at all.'~ Saline said cooly. Yoshia screamed and pushed away from Kron and fell to the bed again. She cried into her pillow. That sensation of her mind being taken over was happening again. She put her hands to her throat, she couldn't breath.

"H-help!" She choked.

Emora:

"Like she said, I didn't do this to her. On the contrary, I think she enjoyed what I DID do to her though," he said.

Laya’s heart stopped for a moment and her eyes fell in shame. He just had to rub it in her face… But Laya refused to except the fact she had become such a horrible thing. She pulled her legs closer to her and examined her scrapes. She washed her hands in the water, hissing at the sting that was felt.

A scream and someone yelling for help. Laya turned around and looked down at Yoshia. She sat there not knowing what to do. Laya finally sighed. “I guess we should find a priest now… If she is possessed I think they are the only ones who can get it out.” Laya spoke with out looking at Kron.

Kyosuke:

Kron kneeled down next to Yoshia and held her by the shoulders. "Are you alright Yoshia?" he asked. He was getting nervous about what was happening to his first slave.

Taki:

The ninja snapped her head up and leaned back, looking the vampire up and down with disgust. Her eyes were dark gray again. Saline had taken over Yoshia's mindscape and could feel the little imp of a ninja screaming inside to be let out again. She smirked and looked from Laya to Kron.

"Yoshia's not here anymore, cheri." It was Saline's voice this time, instead of Yoshia's. She looked again to Laya. "Picking up two slaves at a time these days? Tsk tsk tsk.. I've watched you over the years my dear cheri. How blind I was when I loved you."

Kyosuke:

Kron froze for a bit when he heard the voice and the nickname cheri. Both were oddly familiar, and he started trying to match the name Saline to the two other factors, he figured he might as well ask and see if he can get a quicker explanation for what was going on. "Who are you?" he asked first. "And why did you possess Yoshia?"

Taki:

Saline smirked in Yoshia's body. She controlled the ninja and it was her voice that came out. She moved closer to the vampire and sat in his lap, slipping her arms around his neck. She tilted her head and leaned up to kiss him. She pulled away and looked up at him innocently with a big grin on Yoshia's face.

"Revenge." She whispered in his ear. "A lover's revenge, plus tenfold for each and every girl I watched you mutilate. With each one my love for you died, cheri." Saline's voice was cold. She slapped Kron hard across the face.

Emora:

Laya ran forward and grabbed Yoshia to pull her off of Kron. “Saline,” Laya said, no longer speaking to Yoshia. “If you do this you will only serve in getting another girl mutilated. He will kill Yoshia in self defense if you try and kill him. You can’t you will fail. He has the strength of an undead vampire and you have the strength of a mere mortal woman. Your revenge will only get the only friend I have killed and I won’t let that happen. So to get to Kron I’m afraid you’ll have to go through me. It’s not because I’m protecting him… it’s because I’m protecting Yoshia.”<br>
And you’re a ninja Yoshia. Kill me. Please….

Taki:

Saline turned a cold, dark gray glare at the girl holding her arm. She smirked.

"Just through you? Fine." Her voice was cold as her hand shot to Laya's throat and easily picked her up off the ground. "Mere mortal woman? I don't think so, I've been watching Kron since he mutilated me. First off, Yoshia isn't a mere mortal. Secondly, Kron likes her and you more than any of the other's he's ever had. And third, don't ever stand in my way again." Saline growled as she tightened her grip on Laya's throat and flung her against the cave wall. She turned back to Kron. "Now. Back to buisness."

Kyosuke:

Kron glared darkly at the now posessed Yoshia. "How dare you harm what is mine!" he said, snarling at the woman. He withdrew several throwing stars from his bracers and flicked them at her. "I know I promised I wouldn't hurt you Yoshia, but I don't think you're quite aware enough to feel it," he said.

Taki:


Saline ducked away swiftly, tuning into Yoshia's true ninja skills. She smirked at her old lover and jumped easily up to a high ledge on the cave wall.

"Haha, how easily you crumble once you let your emotions form into care for others. She'll live and I don't think you want to kill me because that would kill your prescious Yoshia." Saline laughed darkly and jumped to a higher ledge.

Kyosuke:

Kron used the returning enchantment on his throwing stars to retrieve them, then jumped onto the ledge that Saline was now on. He tried to tackle her, all the while still wondering exactly who she was. He had killed too many women in his lifetime for him to figure it out.

Emora:

Laya shook her head and pushed herself to her feet. She looked to Yoshia. Saline would get Yoshia killed. Yoshia might have been a ninja, but if she was any good she would have kicked Kron’s ass long ago. Saline would be Yoshia’s downfall.

“No!” Laya walked dizzily, shaking the feeling off and standing on front of Kron. She looked to Kron. “Unless you want to HAVE to kill Yoshia I suggest you go and get a priest. NOW!”<br>
“First off,” Laya growled, mocking Saline as she stepped forward. “I’m not in a very good mood. Secondly, I DON’T give up.” Laya took another step forward. “And third, your just pissing me off.”

Laya was exactly those things. She didn’t give up when it come to someone she cared for and Yoshia was her friend. “Go Kron, or your going to have to kill her.”

Taki:

Saline glanced down to the girl she had thrown against the wall. She smirked at Kron and leapt off the ledge, landing square behind laya. She took out a ninja star that was in Yoshia's kimono and held Laya, pressing just the tip into her neck and drawing blood.

"Don't make me hurt her more than I have to, cheri. And girl, perhaps next time you should listen. Yoshia is not a mere mortal, she is a ninja and a very high class one. She has skills beyond your puny belief. You are like a twig in my hands. With one sudden movement I could end your disgusting, pathetic life." Saline growled into Laya's ear, twisting the star slightly to cause some pain.

Kyosuke:

Kron narrowed his eyes. He didn't fancy losing both of his slaves in the same day at all. "What do you want me to do then?" he asked. At this point he was desperately struggling to figure out who this Saline was. He didn't want to lose either Yoshia or Laya to her.

Emora:

Laya smiled and was relaxed in Saline’s grip. She felt the star, and welcomed the release it would bring. Laya was a strong woman, and though Kron had done everything he could to break her, she was still strong in many ways. When it came to him she was probably weak, but when it came to this, Laya was almost a totally different person.

“A ninja?” Laya asked and gripped the wrist that held the pointed star. She held it with both hands and pushed the star away a from her neck as she bent forward and slung Yoshia over herself sending her crashing to the ground. Laya felt the pointed star rip into the side of her neck and up to her ear. Laya didn’t stop, she twisted the arm until Yoshia was on her back and she could force her arms behind her.

“Well, I grew up with four brothers…" Laya looked to Kron, she was bleeding badly from the neck wound, but ignoring it. She was protecting Yoshia, not Kron. "Go get the damned preist."

Taki:

Saline smirked up at the girl. Her eyes grew a darker gray and her smirk grew into a wide grin.

"Bravo. However.." Saline's legs were free and she kicked up, knocking Laya in the head and sending her off balance. "Never leave one weapon unnoticed." Saline picked herself up and brushed off. She walked over to the fire and poked at it idly. "Now.. Kron I want to watch Laya kill and torture you the way I've watched you do to so many and the very same way you mutilated my own body as your very.. first... kill." Saline looked up to Kron to see if she had struck a memory.

Kyosuke:

Kron jumped down from the ledge, narrowing his eyes at her as the facts and memories finally clicked together. "So you're that one huh?" he said. "I remember you now, you used to love me so." His expression turned to a dark sneer. "Then I finally got the urges to feed and to make people suffer."

Taki:

Saline grinned wide as she sat down and leaned against the cave wall.

"Ah so you do remember, cheri. Good.. good. Now die. Oh-and I wouldn't try and come after me, I won't feel it.. but Yoshia will when she wakes up. And if you kill me, you kill her. And you love her more than you ever loved me, cheri." Her voice was cold with a hint of cheshire cat in it. She was playing games with Kron.

((OOC: ... I didn't really know how to put it other than cheshire cat lol))

Emora:

Laay almost lost consciousness if it wasn’t for the fact that she told herself over and over that Yoshia needed her. She stood up and shook her head, blood running down her neck and chest and soaking into her kimono. She fell to her knees and then pushed upwards again. Laya walked while they were talking. She grabbed her arrows and her bow.

She pulled an arrow out and took aim. Laya was an excellent archer, like Yoshia was an excellent ninja. She had often been known to almost guide the arrow into her target magically. She took aim and pulled the bow string out, then let go. The arrow flew towards Yoshia’s thigh. “I’m sorry…” she whispered and closed her eyes. Not knowing if it hit or not.

Kyosuke:

Kron saw Laya's movement out of the corner of his eye and stuck his foot out to intercept the arrow. It drove itself through his calf and out the other side and lodged in there. He winced in pain and clenched his jaw from crying out. "Laya, get that wound looked at," he commanded. "Don't worry about Yoshia, I won't kill her."

Kron turned back to the possessed Yoshia. "Of course I would love Yoshia more than I would love you," he said. "You loved me, but I never loved you. You tried to force me to love you." The vampire glared at the woman. "And you now come back to get your revenge, how nice." Kron gave Saline a demeaning sneer.

Taki:

Saline looked down at Kron's leg and the protruding arrow. She smiled up at Laya.

"Bravo. And yes, cheri, I chose now for my revenge because it's the strangest thing that you care for them when you havent cared for any of your food in so so long. Hmm this is a nasty cut.." Saline's fingers glided over the arrow and swiftly snapped off the point. She took the arrow head and dug it into Kron's leg, dragging it slowly down and looking up to him. "Does this hurt you as much as it hurt me so many years ago?"

Emora:

Laya looked at him not wanting to leave leaned against the wall for support, and refused to black out. The darkness was clouding in but she refused to. She couldn’t leave Yoshia. What if she made Kron truly mad and he forgot about it being Yoshia. What if he killed her? That would mean she was the only one… His only slave. And he would take her more than he would if Yoshia was around.

The blood was no soaking through the shoulder, some of the back, and the front of her kimono and her face was losing all its color as her life was being bleed slowly away. Running to town would only cause her blood to pump more and for it to run faster. She would most likely die trying to run to town.

Laya thought she’d hold on to life a little while longer. She would live, just to make sure Yoshia was safe. Laya slowly sank to the ground. Hopefully Kron would listen to her please and get the priest… He could exercise the ghost and set Yoshia free… Maybe he could even do it in time to save her as well…<br>
She could only watch....

Kyosuke:

Kron winced and cried out in pain when she snapped off the arrow tip. The following cut she gave him he managed to endure without saying anything, but he lashed out at his own torturer with a slap across the face and hoped that Yoshia couldn't feel it. He figured that this was a case where he couldn't avoid hurting her.

Taki:

Saline closed her eyes before Kron's hand made contact with her face. A loud crack sounded in the cave and Yoshia's soft yelp followed. When she looked back up at Kron she still held the arrow head in her hand and there were tears in her pale gray eyes. She looked from Kron and then over at Laya.

"No!! Laya! No! Oh my god, what happened!" Yoshia cried as she struggled to stand and fell back against the wall, her hand with the sharp arrow head shooting up to her dizzy head. "M-my head..."

Emora:

Laya’s legs were bent in an awkward position. She looked up at Yoshia trying to control everything. Her eyes kept going cross on her and she would often have her head loll around. She tried to focus on Yoshia, and she smiled softly at her friend. “I’m fine, you just concentrate on fighting Saline’s hold on you…”

Laya’s eyes fluttered closed for a moment and she forced them open again. She needed to stay awake.

Kyosuke:

"Yoshia, go take care of Laya," he ordered. Meanwhile, he pulled the arrow shaft out of his leg and stiffled a cry of pain. After sitting there for a few minutes, the wounds he had accumulated from Saline began to heal and fade away.

Taki:

Yoshia shook her head of the dizzy feeling and rushed over to her friend. She ripped off a large amound of her kimono and applied pressure to the wound that was her cause. Hot tears ran down her cheeks as she aided her friend.

"Im so sorry, it's all my fault! I did this! Im so sorry Laya!" Yoshia choked down her sobs as she tended to Laya's wound and when the bleeding had subsided enough she cleaned the wound and wrapped it with another piece of cloth from her kimono.

Emora:

Laya looked up at Yoshia as her friend tended to the wound. Her eyes would role back in her head and her head would fall to the side every now and then, but she would fight it and try to stay awake. She had lost a good deal of blood, which was evident since her kimono was practically soaked in it at the top.

She was so numbed by the loss of blood she didn’t feel any pain from the pressure being applied. Laya looked at Yoshia as her eyes became half closed and she couldn’t seem to fight the coming blackness of unconsciousness. She had been thrown into a wall, hit in the head, and cut badly and the whole time she could only worry about the only family she had left…<br>
“It’s alright…” she said faintly and closed her eyes with a sigh. “It’s not your fault… Just..” Laya faded off and she slipped further. But, she had to tell Yoshia this. “Fight it….” Once again it took her and after a long moment she whispered, “You’re strong… have the will power… Either that or run to a priest while your still yourself…” And Laya went limp. The only sign that she wasn’t dead was her shallow breathing. She was so pale and still, however, a person not paying close attention would think her dead.

Kyosuke:

Kron walked over to the two women. "Is she going to be okay?" he asked Yoshia. "Should I bring her to town to try and get help for you two? Heck, is there even a priest in that town who knows excorisms?" Kron for once was filled with questions. He really wondered what he would do about the vengeful Saline. He wondered if he should let Laya torture her, a slong as the girl didn't cut his head off or drive a wooden stake through his heart he would be fine.

Taki:

Yoshia was shaking as she sat by Laya after wrapping her wound. She looked up at Kron when he came over. Her eyes were swollen again. And they were green. A bright, pale green. All she could do was shrug helplessly to him.

Kyosuke:

"I'll go into town," Kron said. He walked over to Laya and picked her up. "If you wanna come with, you can ride on my back, I still don't want you on that ankle." The vampire looked quizzically at the ninja, wondering if she did want to go with him or not, and wondering whether he should trust her in such a place with Saline invading her head.

Taki:

Yoshia looked up at him with her pale green eyes glassed over. She looked more like she was two rather than eighteen. She nodded slowly when he asked if she wanted to go with him. She stood slowly and walked over to him with her head hanging in defeat.

"I don't want to be alone.." She whispered.

Kyosuke:

Kron nodded, "Alright," he said and bent down as he had earlier to carry Laya. He waited for her to get on and said. "Remember, you'll have to hold onto me, my arms are full with Laya." Kron wouldn't fully admit it, but he truly was developing a soft spot for the two women. He was still evil to everyone else but he really started liking these two.

Taki:

Yoshia clung to his back like glue, minding her arms so she didn't choke him. She rested her dizzy head on his back and closed her eyes.

"H-how could I let this happen.." Her voice trailed off in a whisper.

Kyosuke:

"Don't worry about it," he assured Yoshia. "It's not your fault, it was that bitch Saline's." Kron started running to town. His progress was much slower now because he had the additional weight of two girls with him, but it didn't tire him any.

Taki:

Yoshia clung tight to the vampire as he ran them towards Armara. When they arrived Kron quickly navigated his way to the doctor's house. It wasn't that late, nine o'clock maybe. The whores that were spread randomly among the streets recognized him and darted away. Kron let Yoshia off his back and knocked roughly on the doctor's door. When the door creaked open a small old woman appeared.

"Yes..? Can I help you children?" the little old woman inquired.

Kyosuke:


"My friend needs help," he said, showing her Laya who was in his arms. "We were training near her and she dodged one of my strikes and into a throwing star by accident." The lie rolled effortlessly off his tongue as if it was true. He was actually making it up on the spot.

Taki:

Yoshia kept her head down and clasped her hands behind her. The little old woman looked incredulously from Laya to Kron.

"My, that was some mishappen dodge. I'll fetch my husband, come in. Wait in here." The little old woman looked suspiscious. She had been the wife of a doctor and watched lies walk in all the time. She directed the trio into a doctor's office and shortly after an old man came in who was slightly taller than the woman.

"Ah, here you are. Hmm now let's seee, what do we have here??" The old doctor was looking at Yoshia as if she was the near-death patient. Yoshia looked at him coldly and pointed him in the direction of her friend. "OH! Oh I see now. Hmm now let's seeee." He fumbled with his glasses and unwrapped Laya's wound. The bleeding was almost stopped. The old man gaped at the cut for a moment before turning back to the ninja and the vampire. "My now, that is some cut. Dear, could you bring in my stitches!!" The doctor called to his wife. "Mind tellin' me how this happened?"

Kyosuke:

Kron nodded and repeated the same story he had told the doctor's wife. Kron was careful in his lies, he made sure to remember everything he said so he would never give contradicting information. He knew the existence of a murderer was known throughout town, spread by the whores, who no longer trusted suspicious looking men like himself. However, what wasn't know was that the murderer was a vampire. He decided that after Laya recovered and Yoshia was somehow unpossessed, they should move on to the next town.

Taki:

The old doctor shrugged. His wife brought him his stitching kit and he cleaned Laya's cut again. The old man threaded a sterilized needle and stitched up her neck. He rewrapped her wound in new cloth and threw out the dirty cloth it had been wrapped with.

"Ah well, accidents happen. You're lucky she didn't snag the jugular!" The old man chuckled and checked the unconscious girl for fever. Her breathing was better now and she was showing better signs than she was a half hour ago in the cave. Yoshia shivered as she felt that pressure again on her head.. in her mind. She stepped forward and grabbed Kron's hand, leaning into him. When he looked down to her she shook her head and smiled weakly, saying she was fine- but her eyes told a different story.

Kyosuke:

Kron sighed in relief when he heard that the jugular was fine. It was the artery he was the most familiar with, being a vampire after all. He saw the telltale signs that Yoshia was being taken over again and rose to his feet with her. "My friend was deeply disturbed by the incident, I need to go back to our camp now so she can rest. We'll come by tomorrow and check on her." Kron had not seen any signs of a priest in town and had to deal with the possession in his own way.

Taki:

The doctor nodded and turned back to Laya. He readjusted the girl on the bedslab and covered her with a blanket to stay overnight. The doctor idly waved a hand over his head as a farewell to the travelers.

"Alright, no problem. She should be fine by morning with some rest and medicine. Off ye go, then! Get yer rest." The doctor called behind him as they left.

Kyosuke:

Kron picked Yoshia up in his arms and carried her the way he had carried Laya here. He didn't quite trust her around his neck anymore. Though choking him wouldn't work, seeing that he didn't need to breathe except to form his words, he didn't want her at such a vital area on him. "C'mon Yoshia, let's go back," he said and walked back towards the cave.

Taki:

Yoshia closed her eyes and kept quiet most of the way, making small groaning sounds every now and again. She clung tightly to the vampire again, tighter at times when she was fighting with Saline inside her. Saline wanted out again now that Laya was out of the way. Yoshia didn't want to be lost in the darkness again.

Kyosuke:

Kron rushed back to the cave, figuring that if Saline was to be released somewhere, it might as well be at the cave. He didn't want to lose his prey to her if she went on some sort of a rampage on town. If that happened he would be very irritated. "How are you feeling Yoshia?" he asked as he ran.

Taki:

The ninja rubbed her face against his chest. She mumbled that she was ok. Yoshia finally felt like the pressure on her mind was going away. She sighed in relief and relaxed in Kron's arms.

Kyosuke:

Kron sighed in relief and the two managed to get back to the cave. He set her down on the mattress when they got there and Kron walked over to the food stores and grabbed a few apples. "Here, you haven't eaten all day," he said. "I'll bring over some ingredients and you can cook what you want with them." Kron started working on bring a few items of food over.

Emora:

Laya was swimming in a pool of blackness. She wanted out of that blackness… She wanted to be awake to make sure her friend was alright. But, Laya was to tired from the loss of blood. It would take her a day or so, with the right nutriment, to regain the amount of blood loss. She would be weak, but she didn’t care. Laya would rather of died trying to save Yoshia than died making her master angry.

Laya mumbled in her sleep, her body moving in slight ways, barely visible. She was trying to force herself away… but it would not happen. Not until the morning.

Taki:

Yoshia kneeled on the bed, relaxing for a moment. Her head stopped feeling dizzy and Saline had settled down for the night. Yoshia put a hand to her stomach and realized she hadn't eaten all day. The ninja hungrily bit into an apple and savored the taste. She decided to cook the rest of the rabbit with some gravy.

"Kron... who is she?" Yoshia asked about Saline in a childish voice.

Kyosuke:

"Well, Saline was my first victim," he said. "As you know, I first became a vampire to protect my village and I stopped caring about them once I realized it really was their fault that they took that murderer in. But before that happened, she was with me for a while. She was in love with me but I didn't return it. She also tried forcing me to love her back. It was just her misfortune that she was around when my feeding urges came about and I decided to make her suffer as well."

Taki:

Yoshia shivered slightly at the tale from Kron. She stirred the gravy in the pot and turned the rabbit over the fire. The ninja looked down at her kimono. It was so ruined from the past week and a half. Now the whole right side of the kimono up to her naval was gone. Since Kron had ruined Yoshia's underwear the first time he took her generous parts could be seen if she moved in a certain angle. When her dinner was done she nibbled at it.

"Oh.." Her voice was faint. When she saw the state of her kimono she nearly passed out. "I.. need a new kimono.."

Kyosuke:

Kron nodded. "Yes, I can't have everybody see what's mine can I?" he said. "When we go to pick Laya up tomorrow I'll go buy you a knew one." Kron had plenty of money. The whores he killed always looked like the ones who were the best off and he always took their money after he killed them.

Taki:

Yoshia nodded and nibbled more at the rabbit. It wasn't the best meal she ever cooked but it was descent enough. If she had had more spices and herbs the gravy would of tasted very good.

"Why did Saline choose me..?" Yoshia still maintained her pale green eyes as she looked up at Kron.

Kyosuke:

Kron shrugged. "Maybe it's because it seems like I like you more than I like Laya," he said. "Or maybe it's because you're stronger than her, I don't know really." Kron sat down against the wall of the cave. "The main thing is getting her out of you and preventing her from possessing anybody else."

Taki:

Yoshia finished with her dinner and placed the plates aside. She drew her knees up to her chest and rested her chin on them, wrapping her arms around her legs.

"I wish she'd go away peacefully.. I.. I've really grown to like your company Kron.. You don't understand the feeling of someone trying to take over your mind and you're trying your hardest to fight it..." Yoshia's voice cracked when she said she liked Kron's company and she kept her eyes down.

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled at her admission. "You're right, I don't at all and I'm sorry," he said genuinely and hugged her. Then he kissed her on the lips and smiled. "Don't worry about Saline, we'll deal with her soon."

Taki:

Yoshia looked up at him before burrying her head in his chest to cry softly for a few minutes. Her hands gripped his cloak and she leaned into him.

"I'll..I'll try not to worry.." Yoshia assured the vampire when she caught her breath and was under control again.

Kyosuke:

Kron kissed Yoshia again, this time deeper than the first. "Maybe a display of love will drive her out of your body hm?" he asked. Kron wasn't sure if it was sex he wanted this time or if the reason he gave was valid.

Taki:

Yoshia relaxed more when he kissed her. She leaned gently into his form and closed her eyes. She was willing to do anything short of killing herself to get the nasty and vengeful spirit out.

"I hope..." She whispered and closed her eyes.

Kyosuke:

Kron slid Yoshia's tattered kimono off of her body and held her close to him, if his heart was still beating she would have heard it, but it unfortuneately didn't. However, he quickly removed his own clothing and sank down to the mattress with her, still holding her warm body close to his own.

Taki:

Yoshia nested her head in the nape of his neck and slipped her arms around his neck. She kept her eyes closed and imagined that this was under better circumstances. She had a sad thought that Kron was only taking her tonight because Laya was in town and she was emotionally unstable. She almost felt like he was taking advantage of her instability.

"Kron.." Her voice was soft and faint.

Kyosuke:

"Yes?" he responded. He started pleasuring the girl again, as he had before and kissed her on the lips. "What do you want?" he asked. He dropped his head to her breasts just as he had with Laya earlier.

Taki:

"Nng... n-nothing.." She trailed off softly, her body tensing slightly with the thrill of his pleasures. She arched her back up and bit her bottom lip, enjoying what he did to her.

Kyosuke:

Kron quickly took her and had his way with her, but brought her pleasure in the process. Again he was tender with her, as he had promised. He was never cruel to her like he had been the very first time. He finished with her after a while and laid down next to her. "So are you enjoying it more now?" he asked.

Taki:

Yoshia nodded softly and nestled her head between his chest and under his chin. She felt like she had pushed Saline away even more with every thrust she enjoyed more and more. The ninja smiled softly and whispered before falling into a light sleep.

"I think it worked somewhat.."

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled and for once gladly decided he would go to sleep with the girl. However, he pulled the old blanket over them first. He closed his eyes and went to bed, letting Yoshia snuggle closer to him since they were on the small mattress, having not wanted to soil the larger one meant for the two girls.

Taki:

Yoshia opened her eyes after she had started to see the sun shine into the cave. She was staring at a chest, a man's chest. Her head hurt a little and she didn't remember a lot of what happened the night before. When she sat up and saw Kron naked and realized she was naked as well the memories shot through her. She put her hands to her mouth to cover a gasp and curled into a ball, crying softly.

Kyosuke:

Kron woke to the sounds of crying. He didn't need to use the crest to tell that it was Yoshia. He opened his eyes and pulled her into a hug, trying to comfort her. "What's wrong Yoshia?" he asked. "Scared that you're actually getting to like a monster like me?"

Taki:

Yoshia leaned into the vampire yet again. She got control of herself again and wiped her eyes. The ninja sniffled and leaned her forehead against his bare chest.

"No.. Im okay.. I just remembered what happened last night.." She said quietly.

Kyosuke:

Kron continued to hold the girl close to himself. "Can you tell if Saline is still in you?" he asked. He wasn't sure, maybe overloading the host body with sensations would be enough to drive her away, but he truley wondered if it would.

Taki:

Yoshia shook her head against his chest. She closed her eyes tight and tried to sense the possesive spirit. She shook her head again and rolled onto her back and looked up at the cave ceiling.

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled. "Alright, if you can't sense it, then maybe she's not in you anymore," he said. He stood up, and decided to take a bath. He jumped into the water and waved to Yoshia, "C'mon! We're still kinda dirty after last night," he said. "Come wash up so we can pick Laya up."

Taki:

Yoshia sat up on the matress, the blanket falling to her lap. She stretched her arms above her head and stood. The ninja sat on the edge of the water hole and dangled her feet in the water, tying her hair up in a bun.

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled and swam over to Yoshia. Then he grabbed her waist and pulled her into the water before she finished tying her hair up. He laughed, for once a genuine amused laugh instead of his usual sadistic one. He waited for the ninja to surface.

Taki:

Yoshia yelped as she was pulled into the water. When she resurfaced she caught her breath and actually laughed for the first time since she had met Kron. She pushed him playfully and pushed her hair out of her face.

"That was naughty." She said in a playful tone.

Kyosuke:

Kron smirked and grabbed the soap. First he got out of the water and soaped himself up before jumping back in. Then he looked to Yoshia. "Let me soap you up Yoshia," he said.

Taki:

"Is that implying something?" A grin tugged at the corners of the ninja's mouth. She laughed again and swam a few feet away from him. Before swimming away she touched his arm.

"Tag."

Kyosuke:

Kron shrugged and swam after the girl, figuring he might as well indulge her. The more fun his slave had with him, the less she would be likely to rebel. When he finally caught up with her he grabbed her around the waste and hugged her to him. "I win, now let me soap you up," he said.

Taki:

Yoshia sighed dramatically and shrugged. She turned around in his arms to face him.

"Well, fair's fair." She smiled and stuck her tongue out at him.

Kyosuke:

Kron swam back to the edge of the water with Yoshia in his arms. He idly wished that Laya would be willing to do this as well, but put the thought off. He liked how Yoshia was also no longer in her serious state with him and still enjoyed herself. He set her down on the cave floor and got out before starting to soap her up, making sure to pay special attention to certain parts of her.


Taki:

Yoshia smiled up at him and leaned against him. She held her breath and closed her eyes when he payed more attention to certain spots than others.

"H-heh, Kron.." She stuttered softly "We're supposed to be washing up before we go back into town.." The ninja looked back up at him with pale green eyes and bright red cheeks.

Kyosuke:

Kron shrugged and stopped the special attention. "Fine," he said and finished soaping the ninja up. Then he slid her back into the water and got out. "Finish washing up then and we'll go over to pick Laya up." Kron was relieved, Saline might really have left Yoshia's body. She hadn't made a move since last night.

Taki:

Yoshia sat in the water and pouted for all of twenty seconds before remembering. 'Cool it, love bird. You're just his slave. He only does this to make you trust him.' She thought. ~'That is exactly right my pet...'~ Saline's voice and cold laughter pierced Yoshia and she gasped, her hand shooting to her mouth.

"Uh oh..." She squeaked, looking quickly to Kron. Just when they all thought it was over.

Kyosuke:

Kron heard the "uh oh" that Yoshia said and turned to her. "What?" he asked, though he had a feeling of dread come over him. He could hope that it was actually something, maybe her ankle hurting a bit again, or something else, but he had a strong feeling that it was Saline.

Taki:

Yoshia felt dizzy as she looked down at the water again. As her eyes started to close she saw the water coming for her again, rushing at her. She opened her mouth to scream, but couldn't hear any sound coming out.

"S...S.." She tried to choke out before closing her eyes. When her eyes reopened they were almost pitch black. "Heeeere's Saline." Saline's voice was cold and her laughter colder. "Cheri, did you think your silly little love acts would push me away? If I loved you, think, they would only make me want to stay longer. Yoshia and Laya might not know how to kill you, but I do. Remember that, cheri." Saline glared at Kron before closing her eyes and reopening them a pale green. Yoshia was gasping for air as she clung to the edge of the water hole.

Kyosuke:

Kron sighed as Yoshia returned to her normal self. "Guess she didn't go away then," he said and sighed. Kron actually pondered giving the spirit what she wanted. That was how much he hated having other people owning his stuff. However, he quickly shook that thought off. If he gave her what she wanted, he wouldn't be around to enjoy his slaves. "Anyway, for now let's go into town."


Taki:

Yoshia nodded and pulled herself out of the water hole. She dried off and put on her kimono, looking down at the tattered garment. She forgot that she needed a new one. The ninja tried to hold it closed best she could so nothing would be seen.

"I need a new kimono, don't forget... Gosh, I wonder how many people saw last night..." Yoshia's cheeks flushed a deep pink.

Kyosuke:

"Alright, we'll go pick up a kimono first then get Laya alright?" he asked. "That way less people will see what's mine to see." Kron smirked. "Do you want me to carry you again?"

Taki:

Yoshia smiled softly and shook her head. She was walking a lot better now after laying in bed for a good while.

"I think I can manage." Yoshia held her kimono closed with a death grip and walked ahead of Kron towards the town.

Kyosuke:

Kron nodded and walked with the ninja, letting her lead the way. He watched her ankle to make sure she didn't strain it too much and let her hurt her ankle again. He saw her stumble a bit and he quickly walked alongside of her. "Put your arm around me a bit and use me to walk a little," he offered.

Taki:

Yoshia nodded and thanked him, holding on to his arm. She leaned her head gently against his arm and walked on, trying her best to mind the obstacles at her feet. Atleast when she had gray eyes and was serious she wasn't clumsy.

"Will Laya be okay?" She asked in a childish tone.

Kyosuke:

Kron nodded. "The doctor said that she should be," he replied. "And I hope he wasn't lying to us." He growled. "For his sake as well as for Laya's." Kron continued to lead Yoshia towards town.

Taki:

Yoshia stayed quiet for the rest of their journey, save the occasional gasp or yelp when she tripped or fell. She didn't want to look up at Kron in fear that he would have an annoyed expression on his face that the lightweight ninja was clinging to his arm to steady herself.

Kyosuke:

Kron didn't mind that she was using him as support. He would rather her start strengthening the ankle now than wait a long time before she did it. He just didn't want her to resprain it.

When he saw the town, he immediately started looking around for a clothing store. "Do you know where we'd be able to find you a new kimono?" he asked. He snarled at a male who passed by and tried taking a look under the tattered kimono and scared him away. He made a note to remember his face.

Taki:

When a man tried lifting her kimono discreetly and taking a peek as he past Yoshia gasped and burried herself in Kron's cloak while he growled at the man. She hid her face for a few minutes and held her tattered garment closed tighter before looking around to check for safety again.

Kyosuke:

"C'mon," he said as soon as he spotted a new clothing store. There would be another person missing sometime soon, Kron would make sure of it. He quickly went into the store with Yoshia and waited for her to pick out a new kimono.

Taki:

Yoshia picked out the first one she saw, it was white and green with a golden bow. She tried it on and bundled her old kimono up in her hands. The ninja quickly returned to Kron's side and modeled it for him.

"Is this one okay? Look, it matches my eyes.." She smiled softly, almost forgetting about Laya for a moment. When she realized her friend, the smile disappeared from her face and she grabbed Kron's hand and pulled him to pay.

Kyosuke:

"It looks nice on you," Kron replied as he was dragged to the cash register. He quickly payed the lady at the counter the money for the kimono and walked off to the doctors to pick up Laya.

Taki:

Yoshia was the one banging roughly on the door this time. When the same old woman from the night before appeared the ninja almost grabbed her by the colar and threw her against the wall to ask if Laya was ok.

"Yees?" The old woman asked as she answered the door. She saw a furious and worried Yoshia standing in a new kimono with her fist halfway to the door to knock again. Kron was standing not far behind her with his hands in his pockets.

"Laya." Yoshia said.

Emora:

Laya had woken late in the morning tiredly to the doctor changing the bandage around her neck. She looked up at him and for a long moment her his was nothing but a big blurry blob to her. She groaned and tried to sit up but the doctor pushed her shoulder down gently.

“Nope, ye needs to stay down for a while. You lost quite a lot of blood and your body will need time to make up for it… It won’t take long, but you will be weak. Hmmm…. Those close are very dirty and torn… I’ll see what I can find…”

It wasn’t long before the doctor returned and gave Laya a pale blue kimono with white flowers trailing down the sleeves. She changed into it. Her neck was wrapped in a white bandage and her hair was pulled loosely into a braid. Her skin was pale and her eyes tired.

She returned to the slab with the blanket and curled up on it. She nodded off into sleep just as the woman opened up the door to look in. She left the room and returned to the door. “She’s fine… come in….”

Kyosuke:

Kron walked in and saw Laya half asleep. He had opened his mouth to ask how she was but wasn't sure whether he should disturb her while she was resting. Shrugging, he decided to ask it anyway, "How are you feeling Laya?"

Taki:

Yoshia followed Kron in and sat in a chair near the slab where Laya was sleeping. She almost kicked the vampire when he asked Laya if she was feeling better.

"Kron, let her sleep..She needs rest." Yoshia said in a hushed voice.

Emora:


Laya opened her eyes and looked to Kron. She sat up slowly and looked to Yoshia. She smiled very softly. “I’m fine, how are you? Is everything all right? Is Saline gone? What happened after I faded out…” Laya moved and draped her legs over the side of the slab.



Kyosuke:

Kron sighed and put his hands on her shoulder and pushed her lightly down back to the bed. "Rest a bit more," he said. "We'll explain when you've recovered better. I'm sorry for waking you up." Kron's apology was genuine and he had concern in his eyes.

Emora:

Laya obeyed and laid back gently on the hard slab table, pulling the covers over her again and resting her head on her hands. She stared at them for a long moment, her eyes drooping slightly as her body yearned for my sleep.

"I'm fine really," Laya said almost in mid of a yawn. She didn't know why she was reassuring them of her health, well... she justified it by only reassuring Yoshia. Her eyes fell further until they were closed again. "I'm not a sleep..." she told them.

But, how long would it last?

Taki:

Yoshia smiled to Laya who was not dozing off and sighed in relief that her friend was okay. She relaxed in the chair and leaned her head back, wondering if they would find a priest and if they didnt..

"If she doesn't go away.. will her attacks be more violent?" Yoshia wondered outloud as she cast a worried look from Kron to Laya.

Kyosuke:

Kron sighed, figuring that Laya wouldn't get to sleep anyway. "Well, I think the only one she intends to get more violent towards is me," he said. "If Laya didn't fight her, she would have gotten hurt. I also think they don't have a priest in this town to excorcise the spirit, and even if they do, it may be a different technique than the one that would properly excorcise her. She did come from the mainland after all." Kron made sure that he wasn't talking loud enough for the doctor to hear. He didn't want too much information getting out.

Taki:

The ninja tilted her head at the vampire curiously. Yoshia tried not to think so much in her head because when she did that, Saline replied.

"The mainland?" Yoshia asked.

Emora:

Laya nodded in agreement, but didn’t say a word. She just listened to the talk as there voices grew more distant to her years as if she were running farther away. She could imagine Kron talking to Yoshia. She could feel a change in the air… As if Kron and Yoshia had become the best of friends. It was strange to Laya to feel comfortable with Kron in the room and herself falling a sleep.

“She does speak like someone from Ighten or Arken…” she mumbled groggily. “She’s not friendly…” Laya was almost beginning to speak out of her head… as if what ever medication she was on at the moment was causing her to talk about things she was thinking…. “I wouldn’t torture Kron…” she muttered. “I think she wanted me to torture him…” Pause. “Are kimono’s supposed to feel so… chilly? I feel like I’m wearing a bath robe all the time. Bet, Kron would like that….” Her voice was getting lower and lower as she faded further and further away. “I’m never… going… to….” She paused for a long moment and yawned. “that hot spring again… Almost drowned….” She pulled the blanket closer. Laya didn't evne notice she was speaking her thoughts....

Kyosuke:

Kron sat by her bedside and smiled as he heard that she didn't want to torture him. He wondered whether he should have apologized for treating her so harshly the first time he took her, but decided to just let the subject remain unsaid. He would wait for Laya to wake up again before he would carry her back to the cave.

Taki:

"Kron.. the cave is no place for anyone to heal properly, look my ankle hasn't even regained heal yet... Perhaps we should move on to the next town and try to find a priest or priestess once Laya is well again..." Yoshia suggested as she watched Laya fall asleep.

Kyosuke:

Kron nodded. "Maybe it'd be a good idea just to head back to the mainland. That way it'd be more likely the excorcisms there would work better," he suggested. "It may be rougher for you two, but it'll be better than risking it here and then finding out that we need to go to the mainland anyway." Kron's eyes widened for a moment as he remembered something. "Oh wait, you wanted to see your parents again didn't you?"

Emora:

Laya mumbled in her sleep, still trying to stay awake. She opened her eyes slightly to look at them and she saw Kron sitting beside her. She closed her eyes again… “If we go to the… mainland… can I have some clothes… and a house… a nice little house…” She was speaking out of her head again…. “With a comfy bed… and bath room… no hot springs…”

“If I get clothes like my old ones will Kron tear them up again…” she mumbled and rolled over in her sleep.


Taki:

Yoshia shook her head.

"I don't want them to see me like.. this. You couldn't put on a good enough act if you tried, they're like blood hounds. Plus.. Saline. Maybe after things settle down I could come back alone... maybe.. you have the crest on me so I'll come back.." Yoshia was idly playing with the silky flowers on her kimono.

Kyosuke:

Kron shrugged. "We'll see," he replied. He didn't know what else to say. He decided to let the silence drag on until either Laya said something in her sleep again or Yoshia said something to him.

Taki:

Yoshia sighed. What now? The doctor had taken his wife out to lunch and ordered that Laya stayed another night. That means another night alone with Kron... The ninja shivered at the thought.

"Umm. why don't we let her rest.. We should go find someone to point us in the right direction for a cheap boat to the mainland.. Wanna go for a walk?" Yoshia suggested in a whisper so she didn't wake her friend.

Kyosuke:

Kron nodded and walks out of the room with Yoshia. "We'll be going for a walk," he told the doctor. "We'll come back a bit later." Kron walked out the door with his arm around Yoshia, serving to make the two look like a couple as well as giving her support for her injured ankle.

Taki:

Yoshia sighed in relief, just the thought of Laya being ok made her feel better. She was getting kind of hungry and wondered if there was any resturants in the town.

"You hungry" She asked, looking up to the vampire.

Kyosuke:

Kron nodded, he hadn't fed since the day before yesterday because of the Saline incident. However, he figured that Yoshia had forgotten exactly what he fed on. "I expect you'll lead some woman to me for feeding then," he said, deciding to finally give Yoshia an assignment doing that. "Use whichever method you want to."

Taki:

"Oh... um..ugh.." Yoshia stuttered with her words, completely forgetting he was a vampire. She had meant go find a resturaunt but he wanted fresh delivery. The ninja sighed. "Go to the outskirts of town.."

The ninja walked away from him, minding her step with a slight limp. She would act well and lure a dirty whore to her master.

Kyosuke:

Kron did as Yoshia asked him to and waited at the outskirts of town, in the pile of trees and bushes that he had tortured the first whore in. He sat on a tree branch and waited for his delivery to come, wondering what kind of woman Yoshia would bring him.

Taki:

Yoshia ducked behind a house that had a well next to it. She frowned as she hid her new kimono in a bush and put o her old one. She girmmaced as she scrapped up her face, arms, and legs with a rock and snuck behind the houses until she was near the forest. She limped emphatically as she screamed for help. She dramatically tripped and dragged herself towards a woman carrying a basket of apples.

"Help! Please Help! Oh god, pleas, help me! The forest madman is after me! He sprained my ankle! Oh please help me back to my home!!!" The ninja cried as she frantically looked back towards the forest. The woman was startled and kneeled down next to Yoshia.

"Oh my god! Are you alright? Here, I'll help you!" The woman offered as she helped the ninja to her feet. "Where is your home?" The ninja sighed and thanked her and pointed her in the direction of Kron. 'I hope this is good enough for him..' She thought as she leaned on the woman for support.

Kyosuke:

Kron licked his lips as he watched Yoshia bring the woman she had lured in his direction. It didn't look like she was one of the whores she had been feeding off of recently either, she looked like a woman that didn't have to sell her body. He would enjoy drinking her blood, it would be much cleaner than the blood he had been drinking for the last few days.

He waited until Yoshia and the woman got near and he jumped out of the bushes and covered the woman's mouth, smothering any screams she may have let out. He smiled at Yoshia as he dragged her off. "Thank you, you brought a lovely one to me," he said. "If you want to go into town for a bit to eat, I'll give you some money. Or you can wait until I'm done feeding, I'm too hungry to feel like torturing someone today."

Taki:

The woman was flailing in Kron's arms and her apple basket had fallen to the ground. Yoshia uncomfortably held out her hand for money and took a green apple in her hands for the way back into town. She would have to wash up at the well first.

"Ehhm.. I'll go eat by myself then.." She said uneasily.

Kyosuke:

Kron nodded and handed Yoshia some money he fished out of his pockets. Then he dragged the struggling and now crying woman off deeper into the woods. He hesitated every once in a while because of her Ongoreth origin, but he quickly got over it and continued. When he got far enough from the town, he smirked and lept onto the woman, pinning her down.

Taki:

Yoshia took the money and hurried back into town. She snuck back behind the houses until she reached the well agian. She quickly changed back into her new kimono after washing off and fixed her hair. The ninja counted the money she was given. Enough to buy lunch and some sewing supplies to make her old kimono decent but still good enough of a costume to hunt in.

Kyosuke:

Kron decided that he could spend some time on torture and sat on the woman's midsection. He took out his knife and proceeded to start inflicting like cut wounds all over the woman, reveling in her screams the whole time. After a while longer of that, he buried the knife into her hand and dropped his mouth down. He fed on her then, giving her the sweet release of death.

Taki:

Yoshia bought a small lunch of eggroll and rice with some dumplings. She sat at a fountain in the main square and happily munched away at the food. She hadn't had a good meal like that in the longest time.

Kyosuke:

Kron used the crest and walked back into town. He saw Yoshia sitting by the fountain and waited for her to finish eating, then snuck up behind her and wrapped her up in her hug. "That was a delicious meal you provided me with," he whispered into her ear.

Taki:

Yoshia jumped and screamed as she felt arms pull her close and a whisper in her ear. She didn't have to turn around to know it was Kron.

"Gyah! Don't scare me like that! Yeesh.." She pouted and turned to him. "Hey, I've still got some money left, I want to get some sewing supplies to fix the tear in my old kimono."

Kyosuke:

Kron nodded and said "C'mon then, let's go get those supplies. Where's the store?" he asked. The vampire didn't really pay attention to the store signs before other than the ones for clothing, doctor, and priest, the last of which they didn't find.

Taki:

"Uhhmmm" The ninja stood and spun in a slow circle. "I.. dunno." She walked up to a man dressed in white and tugged on his shirt sleeve. "Umm excuse me, could you point me in the right direction of a store that sells sewing supplies?" She asked in a polite tone. The man turned around and looked the ninja up and down, grinning evilly with a lecherous look similar to Kron's. "Umm... I'll go ask someone else then.." Yoshia was creeped out and started to walk over to someone else but the man grabbed her arm.

"What's the matter, sugar plum? Don't you like me?" Even the man's voice was creepy.

Emora:

Laya woke some time later to find they were gone. She sighed and climbed off the slab and put her feet on the floor. She slipped into some sandals that were a little too small for her, but it was better than no shoes. She wondered out of the room and into the house… There didn’t seem to be anyone home and frankly Laya didn’t actually feel like being cooped up in a small room.

The place spun inside her head and sometimes she got many images of the same thing in the same place. She stupidly wondered out of the doctors house and into the streets. Well, she knew what she was doing, even if the images were blurry and her movements were sometimes uncoordinated, she knew what she was doing.

Kyosuke:

Kron growled and grabbed the man's hand, the one that was holding on to Yoshia's arm. Before the man could react, he wrenched it in a way that his forearm popped out of its socket. "Leave her alone," he growled. "She's mine." His eyes were filled with bloodlust and he added a second name to the list of people he would have to kill later.

Taki:

Yoshia hid behind Kron and clung to his cloak as he wrenched the man's arm. She hid her face in his cloak and shook like a scared mouse.

"Urmm... let's ask someone else about where we can find a store that sells sewing supplies.. maybe a clothing store will have some extra supplies they're willing to sell?" Yoshia suggested.

Kyosuke:

Kron nodded and gave one last glare at the man, then put his arm around Yoshia's shoulders and walked towards the clothing store with her. He was going to make sure that everyone knew that Yoshia was his and no one else's. Too many people going missing would be troublesome to him anyway.

Taki:

The ninja was still skeeved about the man that grabbed her arm and looked at her like he did. She rubbed her arm and leaned into Kron. They entered the clothing store and asked about some extra cloth and a needle and thread. It was surprisingly cheap for the supplies. Yoshia had enough to get plenty of cloth to fix her kimono and then still have enough left over to make a bow or something. The ninja thanks the woman and took Kron's hand and led him out.

"Maybe Laya's awake by now." She turned back to the vampire and smiled to him.

Kyosuke:

Kron nodded. "Yeah," he responded and headed back to the doctor's. When he got there, he knocked on the door and waited for the doctor to come answer it.

Emora:

The doctor came to the door and opened it poking his head out. “Oh! Your back!” he said and ushered them in. “Let’s go see if your friend is any better shall we?” He smiled to them and led them to the door to the room. The old kind doctor opened up the door to let them in, but as soon as he opened it up and peeked in he found the room empty of any life. He turned around and looked at Kron. “The last time I saw her she was in here… I don’t know where she could have gone…”

The poor old man seemed baffled by Laya’s disappearance, after all… he had only sat down for a nap moments ago.

Taki:

Yoshia was startled and her heart skipped a beat. 'Gone?' she thought as she pushed the old doctor out of the way to see for herself-Laya wasn't there.

"Weren't you watching her?" Yoshia's voice was harsh and her glare was cold as she stared down at the old man.

Kyosuke:

Kron decided to use his crest and figure out where Laya was. He quickly discerned her position and turned to Yoshia. "Wait here for a bit, I'm going to go looking for her," he said and ran out the door, pretending like he would be looking around for the lost archer. Instead, he ran directly towards the woman.

Taki:

Yoshia nodded and cast another harsh look at the doctor who shriveled away in fear. She walked into the waiting room and plopped down on the sofa, deciding to start sewing a bow for her hair.

Emora:

Laya looked into a shop that held many colorful kimonos. The colors in her vision all swirled together like a kaleidoscope. It was beautiful, but Laya knew it really wasn’t supposed to look like that. It must have been the pain killer or something that the doctor had given her. She guessed it was pretty useless to look for a priest when you couldn’t even see correctly.

Laya sighed and turned around, taking a step forward and running directly into someone, whose face remind blurry for a long moment as she stumbled back.

Kyosuke:

Kron felt Laya run into him and he reached out to grab her arm before she fell. "Where are you going!?" he asked. "You should be back with the doctor resting, not out here wandering around." Kron had a scolding tone in his voice as he talked to Laya.

Emora:

Laya cringed back in fear and though the face was still blurry, but clearing, just by the voice she new who it was. The look in her eyes gave knowledge to the fact that she was afraid. Laya looked up at him with her smoky eyes as she pulled away slightly. “I-I’m sorry…” she whispered.

“I thought I’d look for a priest… for Yoshia… I…” she faded off and looked down.

Kyosuke:

Kron sighed. "It's fine," he said and bent down. He lifted Laya up in his arms and started heading back towards the clinic. "We've already looked for one, it looks like they don't have one in this town. We'll probably end up going back to the mainland for a priest."

Emora:

“Oh,” she replied faintly, but inside a glimmer of happiness grew. She was going back to Ighten… the Queen could surely save her. She could keep Kron from her….

Laya looked up at him and then he lifted her into his arms and around them people stared. She looked around at them while sighing herself and holding onto him so she wouldn’t fall. She didn’t like being so closed to him or being carried by him. But, she didn’t seem to have such choices any more. Maybe she was getting used to him. Or maybe it was the drugs.

Kyosuke:

Kron ignored the hope that rose up within Laya. She didn't know about the burning pain he could inflict upon her with the crest yet, and she would experience it if she tried running from him. He wondered if the doctor had noticed the crest in his checkup and wondered what he thought of it. Then again, by now there would only be the black lines left behind and he probably figured it a tattoo.

Emora:

Laya looked at Kron, studying his facial features and trying to see if his expressions changed, that would help her in trying to figure out what he was thinking. “Kron…” Laya said and swallowed hard. She was about to do something she never thought she would do. Thank him for something. “Thank you… for not killing Yoshia…”

Laya figured that if he had killed Yoshia, the one person she could talk to about things such as this, that she would have gone insane.

Laya wondered many things about her future, but at the moment it all seemed so desolate and bleak. She wondered if when they got to the mainland would Kron slaughter some poor family and take there home or would they live in yet another cave. Laya was getting tired of her dirty feet because of the caves sand floor.

Laya was looking down for a long moment and then her head came up to see what his reaction would be… her beautiful face remained placid and still people stared at them as they pressed on.

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled and kissed Laya on the forehead. "Of course I didn't kill her. I wouldn't have killed you either," he said. "After all, you're both precious to me." The vampire gave Laya an almost friendly smile. "We'll figure out a way to get rid of the ghost, don't worry."

Emora:

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Laya seemed surprise by his tender kiss to her forehead. She was still trying to decipher her feelings. She wanted so badly to hate Kron, and she did. She hated him. All she could think about every time he took her was that first horrible night or torment. All she could think about was how painfully he had taken her and how he had tried to break her. How horribly exposed, broken, and defeated he had made her feel. He had ripped her heart and soul to pieces without ever laying a hand on it.

Kyosuke:

Kron looked down at the woman in his arms. He was taking his time walking back to the clinic, wanting to spend a little more time with Laya. "What are you thinking about Laya?" he asked. He was genuinely curious about it.

Emora:

Laya looked up quickly as if she had been caught in the act of doing something wrong. Her eyes scanned over his face for a moment, her mouth opened to speak and for a second nothing came out. She looked away, to the sand on the ground. "What you would do if I ever refused to..." Laya closed her eyes for a split second and looked back at him. "What you would do if I ever refused to undress and I ran away from you."

She spoke the truth, because in a way she wanted to here the answer from him and wondered if he would lie and when the time came he would punish her so or would he tell the truth?

Kyosuke:

Kron thought about it for a moment. "I would probably be irritated that it happened," he responded. "However, I don't think I would really punish something like that, not anymore at least. Now I would punish you only if you betrayed me. Of course, I would probably go to Yoshia after you ran away and take you the next time I felt like it." The vampire responded honestly to her question.

Emora:

Laya nodded and looked at her lap again. Her dizziness had faded now that she wasn't moving around. Kron was carrying her and she guessed that was the reason.

"Yoshia likes you... doesn't she?" Laya asked and with one hand she fiddled with a part of her kimono.

Yoshia seemed to like him. She was more comfortable around him than Laya was. She told to him more. She argued with him, where Laya was afraid of being punished. But, maybe she shouldn't be afraid of Kron? After raping her he just seemed like a tame little kitten who just liked sex a whole lot... He didn't seem to want to punish her. She had done plenty wrong that she thought he would punish her for... But, he was kind.

Laya was getting confused by herself again and decided to stop pondering it and let everything settle itself out. But, Laya didn't want to like Kron. No matter how nice he was she couldn't bring herself to like him. He had raped her, and that was all she wanted to think about. She didn't want to come to like the man who had hurt her so much. She refused to.

Kyosuke:

Kron decided to leave the question unanswered. He still sensed distrust coming from Laya and sighed a little. He noted that they had finally reached the clinic again and knocked on the door, waiting for it to open so he could re-enter and put Laya back to rest on the bed. Judging from her question, he decided against taking Laya as a bedpartner again soon. He wondered if he would eventually get Yoshia to take the initiative about things.

Emora:

Laya looked to Kron and before they reached the clinic she sighed and decided if she thanked him for something else he would continue to be kind to her. So with a deep shaky breath she said, "Kron..." A long pause and she looked up, trying to meet his eyes. "Thank you for... for being.... for being gentle now..."

She wanted him to know that even though she still thought of it as rape, she was glad he didn't hurt her when he took her. She was glad he at least thought of that when it came to using her.

Laya didn't know if she could take both physical and emotional pain. And the more he took her the less she felt the emotional pain. She wondered if a part of herself was dying away and another part was replacing it. But, was it good or bad?

Taki:

Yoshia heard the knocking from the waiting room. She decided to get up and answer the door herself when the knocking got impatient. She figured the doctor had gone back to sleep. The ninja had finished sewing her new bow to match her new kimono and she had it in her hair, making her look pretty cute with the whole outfit put togethere. She jumped slightly when she saw Kron holding Laya outside the clinic and opened the wooden door wider so he could get in without hurting her. The ninja followed him back to the room Laya was staying in.

"Where was she?" Yoshia asked curiously.

Kyosuke:

"She was wandering town around looking for a priest to excorscise the demon," he said, muttering the last part to her when he noticed the doctor was at the back of the room. "Let's get her back to her bed now shall we?"

He walked past Yoshia and the doctor and set her down on the bed. He had sensed that her spirit was breaking towards his will more now that he was being kinder to her. He decided that later on he would apologize to her for their initial meeting.

Emora:

“No.. I’m fine… I really don’t need any more rest…” Laya protested. That was one thing she hated when she was little. It was having to stay in one room in a bed while she was sick. Laya liked being able to do things, something to keep her busy.

She knew she really shouldn’t, but it got on her nerves to be totally useless and lately she was feeling just that. Kron laid her on the bed and she sat up slowly and looked at them. “I really am alright…”

Kyosuke:

Kron sighed. "Go to sleep Laya," he said and leaned over her and kissed her forehead again. "When I found you, you weren't even seeing straight so rest a little." While he was leaning in, he decided to play around a little. "Unless you'd rather have some more... fun with me, then you can stay up and moving."

Emora:

Laya looked at him for a moment and she really couldn't tell whether he was joking or not. She arched an eye brow and felt her hands going to her throat. "Um... it depends on what your idea of fun is at the moment..." Laya said softly and looked at him suspiciously. He really was a horny man...

"And I was seeing fine, just... a little off..." she muttered more to herself....

Kyosuke:

Kron tapped Laya on the head and smiled. "I think you know what I mean by fun," he said. "Go to sleep, you lost a lotta blood yesterday, when you wake up again we'll take you back," he assured her. "If you're that insistent on not staying here though, we'll bring you back now."

Emora:

Laya looked at him. "Whats the difference between being here and being there, either way your going to make me rest..." Laya muttered and moved to swing her legs over the side of the bed. She sat there and looked at him.

She ignored his first saying because she really didn't know how to reply to it. She knew she didn't want to, but if he wanted to and she said something he might go for it... But, she didn't think he wanted to take her in the doctors office with the doctor right outside the door. Was that why he asked if she wanted to go home?

Kyosuke:

Kron smirked. "Well, if I take you home you get to see some of the scenery along the way," he explained. "And it'll let the blood loss catch up with you so you can sleep better." His next line confirmed her thoughts. "And if you don't feel like going to sleep when we get back then I can have my fun." He whispered.

Emora:

Laya looked at him as if his last line had not affected her. She smirked slightly. "And what if I want to sleep when we get back?" she asked him and her eyes met his.

Her beautiful face had some of its color return to it and her cheeks were once again rosey instead of pale as death.

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled. "Then I'd let you sleep of course," he responded. "If you don't feel like sleeping then it probably means you've managed to recover from yesterday and you're fine. If you feel like sleeping then you're probably not fine and I'd rather not take you like that." Kron stroked Laya's hair. "And if you want to, we can stop off at the hot spring and the three of us can take a bath," he said.

Emora:

Laya looked at him in a thoughtful manner as he explained he would leave her alone if she were tired. She was tired, but she didn't feel like staying in the small room for so long and if she was going back to the cave it meant she was at least doing SOMETHING.

"And if you want to, we can stop off at the hot spring and the three of us can take a bath," he said.

Laya's eyes grew wide for a moment and she looked at him. She looked at him for a second and then asked with hesitation. "Just a bath right?"

Kyosuke:

Kron smirked. "Just a bath," he responded. "Unless you two want something... more than that." The vampire looked cheerful, as if she and Yoshia had already both agreed to be with him at the same time. He knew of course that they most likely wouldn't do it, and it would be too hard to force it upon two women anyway.

Emora:

Laya shook her head quickly in a signal that no, she didn’t want anything other than a bath and she didn’t even want to get one there at all… It was just the other day that he had taken her there and now they were going to bath in it? It seemed sort of disgusting to her, but then again it probably was fresh water and what ever was in the water had been burned out from the steam .

She looked at him. “Just a bath…” She would surely drown in her condition. She was weak as could be, tired and worn out from mental and physical strain. “and sleep.”

Taki:

Yoshia was listening quietly to their conversation. She had bathed with Kron that morning. He should just let Laya take her own bath or let Yoshia go in to hold her head above the water.

"Unless you two want something... more than that." The vampire looked cheerful, as if she and Yoshia had already both agreed to be with him at the same time. Yoshia's head shot up and her eyes grew hard. She took two steps to walk up to him and when he looked down at her with that grin on his face she wiped it right off with a slap across the face. A loud crack sounded in the room that caused the doctor to come in.

"Is everything all right in here?" He said curiously.

"Yes fine." Yoshia said in a cheerful voice as she turned around to the doctor. When he left she turned back to Kron. "Don't ever.. ever imply that again. And she needs to rest before she takes a bath or she'll drown." She was glaring at him again and her voice was cold.

Kyosuke:

Kron sighed. "Yes yes," he said. "I suppose you prefer to have me all to myself than with sharing me." The vampire grinned at Yoshia. "But it'll be fine if she just takes a bath. We'll make sure she doesn't drown in it. We'll just sit next to her and make sure she doesn't sink under the surface for too long."

Taki:

Yoshia growled at his sly remark and kicked his shin, smothering a yelp that showed she stubbed her toe. The ninja sat back in her chair and folded her arms protectively across her small chest.

"You wish.." She muttered.

Emora:

Laya looked at him and shook her head woozily. She went to stand but stopped herself. "Are we leaving now..." she asked solemnly and looked up to Kron and then Taki.

Laya really, really hoped he kept his promise about letting her just take a bath. She really didn't think she could handle him in her condition and if he did try and take her she would likely pass out during it.

Kyosuke:

Kron nodded. "Yeah sure," he said. "Just let me pay the doctor first," he said and walked out of the room. He quickly found the doctor and paid him with a thanks. The man had saved the life of one of his dear slaves, why shouldn't he have been thankful?

Returning to the room he smiled and asked, "Shall we return home now? Do you need to be carried Laya?"

Emora:

Laya shook her head “no” and stood from where she was. She was standing fine, clutching the bed slightly for support when dizziness and blood rushing to too many places at once took over. She held on to the table and smiled kindly to Yoshia. She wondered if Yoshia blamed herself for what happened to Laya or did she just not mind? Laya thought she would mind, but hoped she didn’t blame herself.

Laya took several steps forward. I can do this, she said, remembering how she had stumbled around town like a drunk or mad woman. I really don’t have to be in Kron’s arms any more than I will be…

But, he had become kind and for the life of her she couldn’t think why. It was almost as if he truly, truly cared for her. But, didn’t he care of Yoshia more? He seemed to, but Laya was so unsure about everything.

Taki:

Laya was slowly walking across the room and Yoshia stood from her chair and had her hands ready incase her friend needed her assistance. She kept one eye on Laya and one on Kron. She was sure, as kind as he was becoming, that the bastard would eventually start to try for feels or something if he was going to be carrying Laya the whole time, which if he had to be carrying her was a sure sign that she wasn't well enough to travel.

"You can do it, Laya." Yoshia smiled to her friend encouragingly.

Kyosuke:


Kron shrugged and decided to let Laya travel on her own. He kept an eye on both women, Laya with the possibility of passing out again because of her blood loss the day before, and Yoshia because her ankle still wasn't up to snuff. However, he decided to respect Laya's wish for now and left her to walk on her own.

Emora:

Laya left with them and the whole way she told herself she could do it on her own. But the more she walked, the more the scenery became blurry and the more she felt light headed. Finally she stopped and looked to Kron and Yoshia. "Can we rest?"

A walk from town to the hot spring wasn't really something you would have to rest on. But, Laya really didn't think she would go on much longer with out seeing black spots if she didn't rest. Plus, Yoshia's ankle could still be hurt.

Taki:

Yoshia looked around the pathway and saw a clearing on the other side of some bushes with a large flat rock for Laya to sit on. She pointed through the bushes to the clearing.

"Sure, we can rest over here. Rest as much as you need." She pulled away the branches for Laya to get through and followed behind her, forgetting to hold the bushes for Kron.

Kyosuke:

Kron followed the two, ignoring the lack of aid on Yoshia's part. "You know, I can still carry you the rest of the way if you want," Kron offered. "And it's also starting to look like Yoshia's ankle is starting to act up on her, so I think she may need some help too." Kron had a grin on his face and hoped she would take his offer, just so they could get to their destination faster.

Taki:

"My ankle is not acting up. It's fine. You just want an excuse to have my small breasts pressed against your back, you horny oaf." She said stubbornly as she turned to him with a scowl. Her eyes showed that she was laughing on the inside, she didn't want to be laughing at such a thing.

Emora:

Laya sat down on the bushes and leaned her back against a tree with a tired sigh. She looked to Yoshia and Kron, who seemed to be having a conversation about breasts.. but Laya wasn't for sure. She was just a little bit dizzy and couldn't truly concentrate on the conversation they were having.

She took a shaky breath, feeling as though bile was rising in her throat. She closed her eyes for a second. Then opened them and wondered if she would be able to stand on her own and walk again with out getting one of those awful head rushes.

Kyosuke:

Kron ignored Yoshia poking fun with him and sat down next to Laya with a concerned look on his face and put his hand on her shoulder. "Are you sure you're okay?" he asked. "I really think that I should carry you the rest of the way. You don't look that great at all."

Emora:

Laya looked at Kron and concentrated on making definition to his blurry face. It was him, it was as if she could feel his presence and she knew his touch. She couldn’t truly see him and it was almost as if she could hear concern in his voice.

She just nodded tiredly, which didn’t really answer anything. But, Kron could take it however he wanted because at the moment she thought if she opened her mouth it wouldn’t be anything pretty or vocal that would come out.

Taki:

Yoshia sighed and pushed the bushes aside again. It was getting dark and she wasn't the biggest fan of nights in the forest, even if Kron was there to 'protect' his slaves.

"Kron, it's getting dark." She said, turning back to him and her friend.

Kyosuke:

Kron nodded. "I'll carry her to the hot spring then," he said, taking her nod as assent to it. He lifted the archer up in his arms and walked through the bushes that Yoshia had pushed aside. "C'mon, we should get to the springs soon."

Emora:

Laya felt herself being lifted up into Kron's arms once again. The swift motion sent her head rushing. She placed her hands on her belly and held them there closing her eyes. They were still heading for the hot spring? Laya thought she'd just sit in the grass and wait for them to get finished... but she really did need a bath.

Maybe by the time they reached the hotspring her head would be cleared.

Taki:

Yoshia huffed, almost jogging to keep up with Kron. He wanted to get there in a hurry, she guessed. 'Better not think he's getting what he wanted earlier..' She thought, her face twisted in disgust. 'I'll give the bastard my body, I'll even enjoy it-but I will never.. ever succumb to being so defaced. And what he said!' She had a look of frustration on her face. 'Was he right..? Am I jealous of sharing him..?' She was lost in her turmoil.

Kyosuke:

Kron maintained his pace and the three soon reached the hot spring. "We're here," he said, and set Laya down on a rock. He idly wondered why Saline hadn't taken control of Yoshia again, but shoved the thought aside, just being glad about it.

Emora:

Laya sat up on the rock and looked at the water. Memories of what she and Kron had done came flooding back to her. She stared at the water a long time, remember the feelings. She looked back to Kron. But, didn’t know what she should do. She didn’t want to undress in front of him… She didn’t want to get into that water. But, she did need a bath and either way he’d probably watch, whether it was there or back at the cave. And the cave had cold water….

Taki:

Yoshia got the hint from Laya that she was still uneasy with Kron there. The ninja offered her hand to her friend.

"Want my help?" She smiled to Laya and then turned to Kron. "I know you'd normally want to watch or help her yourself... could you just go wait over there... I'll even give you what you want double time..." She added the last bit with an almost pained, begging expression.

Kyosuke:

Kron rolled his eyes. "Does it really matter if I see her undress now?" he asked. "I've seen her naked before and I will again when we're all soaking, so what does it matter?" However, the vampire decided to listen to her, figuring he'll get something from Yoshia later, and walked a bit off to wait.

Emora:

She sighed deeply, it was true. She decided she needed to stop being so foolish about such things. Kron had seen her many times naked so it really didn’t matter. Laya untied the kimono and slipped it off then did her best to slide into the water, gripping the rock tightly as her knees didn’t catch her the first time her feet touched the bottom of the hot spring. She was barely half way in, but didn’t choose to go any further.

Taki:

Yoshia growled, knowing that Kron was more than right and now she had agreed to give him whatever he wanted. 'What if it's what he mentioned earlier...' She thought hatefully, taking off her new kimono and tying her hair back in her new bow. She got into the hot spring herself, not fully relaxing with the knowing thought that Kron was probably watching anyway and might joing them soon.

Kyosuke:

Kron waited for a bit, until the sounds of two bodies entering the water ended and also stripped off his cloak and armor. He slipped in with the two women and smiled as he gazed at their exposed chests. If it wasn't for the promise he made with Laya, he probably would have lept on her then, but he instead sat on a rock and relaxed himself.

Emora:

Laya glanced at Kron as she clung to the rock to keep from slipping under the water. She felt so tired and weak that even that was an effort. She held the rock with on hand and dipped her head in to wash her hair. Her hand slipped from the rock and she almost went under, but caught herself.

Taki:

Yoshia narrowed a glare at Kron and folded her arms protectively over her chest and sank to her chin. When Laya almost fell from the rock she was holding onto, Yoshia helped by holding her arm.

"Want me to wash your hair for you so you can keep your balance?" She asked with a smile and then cast another cold look at kron that said 'try anything and you're dead'.

OOC: oh my god, it's like a perv's wet dream come true haha ^_^;;;;

Kyosuke:

Kron smirked, noting the cold glare. Yoshia seemed much colder whenever Laya was with them. He thought about threatening to kill the archer if Yoshia didn't act warmer to him, but decided against it. It would be difficult for him to build her trust again. He would just content himself tonight with the fact that the ninja would be doing more tonight for him.

Emora:

Laya looked to Kron and then Yoshia. She thought for a moment. "No... its fine... I'll get it..." she said and held the rock for a while longer. She thought of an excuse for not trying again after waiting a while.

"I just want to... relax for a while..." she said.

Maybe she could just sit here until it was dark and they were ready to go. Then Yoshia wouldn't have to wash her hair for her. It seemed like something Kron would enjoy... and frankly it would make Laya uncomfortable.

Taki:

Yoshia leaned her head back against a rock and stared up at the stars. She wished she could be one of the stars that shined brightly. They were beautiful. She wished upon a shooting star she saw to be free. Yoshia sighed and sank deeper into the water so only her nose and above was veiwable.

Kyosuke:

Kron grinned and moved in between the two women. He put his arms around their shoulders and sat there relaxing in the hot water. He was also quite warm, probably a first for Yoshia to feel. He was like a cold blooded creature and his temperature changed with the temperature around him. The main difference is that it didn't effect his behavior in any way if he was too hot or too cold.

Emora:

Laya jumped slightly at Kron’s movement, but relaxed as he moved between them. She held the rock and shifted away so she could try and wash her hair again. She sunk under the water for a second to finish wetting it and came up again and held the rock and tried washing her hair with one hand. It was tangled with dried blood. She eyed Kron to see if he would make any moves on Yoshia… she thought he seemed to know better than to try on her…

Taki:

Yoshia glared at Kron as he moved between her and Laya and disturbed her start gazing. "Hmph." She folded her arms over her chest and turned her head away from him, leaning her back against the edge of the spring.

Kyosuke:

Kron sighed, wondering why Yoshia was so cold to him. He thought back to her reaction when he suggested having both of them at once and decided to apologize for it. He kissed her on the cheek, "If you're still mad about me bringing up the possibility of a threesome then I'm sorry," he told her. "It was only a half serious idea." He kept part of his attention focused on Laya, making sure to support her if she fell under the water.

Emora:

It was getting dark and it would be night by the time they got back. She wanted to leave soon, but truly needed to get the blood out of her hair. Her hair was matted across her shoulders and face when she came up from rinsing it off. She made sure that nothing below her shoulders showed. She brushed her hair from her face and out of her eyes so she could see. Kron kissed Yoshia and apologized and that rocked Laya even more. He was nice so suddenly. He had hurt her and now it was as if sometimes he were someone totally different. Laya couldn’t understand him.

Taki:

Yoshia tensed when he kissed her. Couldn't he let her relax for ten minutes? He was appologizing for earlier. Yoshia snorted at his lame appology.

"It was only a half serious idea." he said. She looked up at him, hurt that he was still half serious. She curled into a ball and turned away from him.

Kyosuke:

Kron sighed. "When I said half serious, I meant if you two liked the idea it would have worked. I didn't know it would make you react like this," he said. He turned to Laya, who was watching him pay attention to Yoshia and pondered apologizing for the rape he had done to her in the beginning.

Emora:

Laya was watching them and Kron looked at her. She met his eyes and stared into them for a long moment, her hair stuck to her face. She wondered what he was thinking now that he all of the sudden looked to her. Half of her was afraid to know what he was thinking and the other half thought it was best.

Taki:

"Well then maybe you should of thought about the consequences of your actions before you said anything." Yoshia huffed. The ninja moved away from him and Laya and sat on the other side so she could relax in the spring and enjoy it.

Kyosuke:

Kron sighed, but he had a feeling that Yoshia would warm up to him again. She would have to, especially if she planned on fulfilling her agreement with him that she made when he gave them the privacy to undress without him watching. Instead he turned to Laya again. "Feeling okay?" he asked.

Emora:

Laya looked at him and nodded quickly. "I'm fine, just tired..." she said and shifted uncomfortably in the water. She was talking to a man, having a conversation with him, with no clothes on.

She wanted to wash her body, but that seemed to make her even more uncomfortable. Running her hands over her body with Kron watching just made her feel sleazy. Even if it was because she was bathing.

Taki:

Yoshia looked up to the stars again, trying to block Kron's voice out of her thoughts. She didn't want to cry, but she was hurt that he would drop her so easily after she pushed away like that. She sighed. 'Doesn't every man know when he asks 'whats wrong' and she replies 'nothing', then more times than not it means something is up..' She frowned at her thoughts.

Kyosuke:

Kron leaned over to her and had his arm around her still. He kissed her on the cheek affectionately, like he had with Yoshia. "I know I shouldn't have been so brutal with you the first time I took you," he started saying. "And I'm sorry." He earnestly now, mainly because she was his. He wasn't able to predict back then that Laya would become a second slave for him and did it as if she would walk out and never come back, or as if she would jump off a cliff.

Emora:

Laya's eyes had fallen when he kissed her cheek, her body involuntarly trembled. She knew she couldn't handle it if he took her.... But, apparently it wasn't what he wanted and she was thankful.

"I know I shouldn't have been so brutal with you the first time I took you," he started saying. "And I'm sorry."

Her eyes came up to meet his as she looked at him confused. She totally didn't understand him. She thought he was some evil creature... but now it was as if he were turning into something else. She wanted to believe he was evil and ruthless and only wished to hurt her. But, the truth was he hadn't hurt her since that first night.

Taki:

'Hmph' Yoshia thought. 'Bastard never apologized to me for that.' The raven haired girl closed her eyes and lost herself in thought. 'What am I thinking? I sound like a jealous girlfriend or a worried bride or something. What's the matter with me?' She slumped in the hot spring, just her head above water.

Kyosuke:

Kron noticed the fall in Yoshia's emotions when she heard his apology. He didn't find it necessary before, seeing as she didn't go into the same emotional turmoil from it that Laya had, but he thought it would be nice on his part to do it for her as well. "Yoshia, I'm sorry for the same thing," he repeated, this time in fewer words.

Taki:

Yoshia slowly turned a cold glare from the sky to Kron.

"Yoshia, I'm sorry for the same thing," he repeated, this time in fewer words. She growled low enough so he wouldn't hear and slumped lower into the water so only her eyes were seen, a cold green glare.

Emora:

Laya looked from Kron to Yoshia, feeling the tension. She wondered why Yoshia was so cold all of the sudden. Even Laya was beginning to be effected by Yoshia's coldness. At one point Laya even felt as if Yoshia's coldness was directed right at her.

Laya looked to Yoshia was a confused expression. She then turned and tried to pull herself out of the water, but her arms shook violently and she couldn't manage it. She slid back into the water with a sigh.

Kyosuke:

Kron sighed again. Pleasing these two lovely ladies was going to get tough. He walked over to where Yoshia sat and wrapped the ninja up in a hug again. "I really am sorry," he said to her, trying to get her cheerful mood back again.

Emora:

Laya turned her back to them and put both her hands on the rock and pushed off the bottom with her feet to pull herself from the nice hot water. Her arms shook with the exertion, but she managed to get out this time. She pulled her kimono to her as her legs dangled off in the water. She pulled it on over her shoulders, slipping her arms through the sleeves. She tied it around her wet form, and the kimono clung to her.

“Can we leave soon?” she asked hesitantly, feeling on her bandage, which was soaked and needed changing.

Taki:

"Don't touch me." Yoshia growled and pushed the vampire away. She sighed as she climbed out of the water and used her old kimono to dry herself and put on her newer kimono. She offered her old kimono to Laya to dry off better. She looked down at her friend with a weak smile.

"Sorry for the cold shoulder...He just really really urks me all of a sudden.. every little thing he does... I wonder if.." She appologized and then trailed off in thought, seemingly counting in her head. "It's been almost two weeks that I've met Kron... Uh oh.. I think it'll be that time again soon..." She was whispering to Laya so Kron couldn't hear.

Kyosuke:

Kron's vampiric senses picked up on her whispering anyway and an eyebrow rose. However, he didn't say much more and got out of the water as well, walking over to his clothing and using his cloak to dry off. He then pulled his armor and clothing on. "C'mon," he said. "If we wanna get back to the cave soon then we should leave now."

Emora:

Laya pushed herself off the rock, her knees buckling slightly and she reached out, putting a hand on Yoshia’s shoulder to steady herself. She gave a soft smile the was reassuring. “Well, at least it will keep him away from you,” she said softly and her smile grew slightly.

She walked off towards the brush the surrounded the small clearing. Her steps were slow and calculated. She wanted to be stronger…. And she didn’t want to need to be carried.

Taki:

The ninja sighed and balled up the old kimono in her hands. If she was to get her period soon then that would only leave Laya as fair game for Kron. While Laya was calculating her steps, the ninja walked with Kron.

"Im due soon." She stated, bluntly. "And don't touch Laya until she is completely better." She looked up at him with cold green eyes, which flickered for a moment. She thought she felt Saline pushing at her again but it was a fleeting thing. The ninja didn't wait for Kron to answer and went to stand by Laya incase she wanted help.

Kyosuke:

Kron smirked. He didn't say anything in reply to it, that way the option to go after Laya would still be open. However, he was already likely not to do it. He would rather not do anything to hamper the healing process. He walked up behind the two ladies and followed them, ready to catch either of them if they fell, one from blood loss and the other from a sprained ankle.

Emora:

Laya used the branches and trees to walk. When she felt herself grow light headed at some point she would grab onto them and stop until her head was cleared. Thankfully she made it back to the cave with out getting any sicker and as soon as she was inside she sat down on the mattress with a heavy sigh. Her skin was pale, but was getting color back into it.

She reached up and pulled lightly on the bandage that was wrapped around her neck to loosen it. She pulled it free to find that a little bit of blood had leaked from the stitches, but nothing major. She decided she would rewrap it as soon as she found some extra cloth around the cave some where.

Taki:

Yoshia's head was throbbing by the time they reached the cave. She took out the new cloth she bought in town today and sat next to Laya.

"Here, I've got this. I'll wrap it." She said as she took the bloodied cloth from her. The ninja sat next to her friend and gently rewrapped her friends wound. "Im still so.. so sorry about this, it's all my fault.. if only I was stronger- I could of fought her off..." She trailed off and gently hugged Laya. "Im sorry.. Im a terrible friend."


OOC: outake: Kron licked his lips. 'YES! Some girl on girl action! MMMM' He thought, wiping drool off his chin.


haha

Emora:

Laya smiled and returned the hug. "Its alright, it wasn't your fault. It was Saline's. She's blinded by revenge... and I've learned quickly with my time here with Kron that revenge only brings more pain. She doesn't understand that. If I wouldn't have come back seeking revenge I might not be slave. I might be in Ighten again... where I was happy. Besides, I couldn't call you a horrible friend... your the only one I have."

She smiled kindly and looked to Kron, then returned her eyes to Yoshia. "So... what are you going to do about your cycle? I mean, you'll have to take it easy... we don't have meany of the supplies a woman would need."

Kyosuke:

Kron decided to stay silent for this conversation, he had nothing to say on the subject. Instead he sat down against the wall and got the fire going again. He would have started making some food for the two, but he knew at least Yoshia would have complained and not eaten so he left it to them.

Taki:

Yoshia went to make fried apple sauce of the leftover apples and sighed.

"I don't know... I wasn't thinking about it at all, and we were in town today too. Damn!" She gasped and looked down at her finger. She had taken Kron's knife to peel the apples and she had cut her finger. "Ouch.." She craddled her finger in her hand. "Im so damn clumsy.."

Emora:

Laya laid down on her side of the bed and pulled the covers over her. She didn’t feel like getting up any more and felt like resting. She propped up on the pillows and looked at Yoshia. “Well, Kron could pick things up for you when he goes to feed,” Laya pointed out, finding it humorous that Kron would have to pick up lady’s supplies.

Her eyes drooped slightly as sleep threatened to take her. Her stomach growled, since she hadn’t eaten anything all day. “I’m sure he’s hungry….”

Kyosuke:

Kron walked over to Yoshia when he heard her say ouch and looked at her finger. It was a somewhat deep cut and Kron took her finger into his mouth and sucked on it a bit. He then tore off yet another piece of his cloak and wrapped it around her finger, then sat back down and let her cook.

Taki:

When Kron sucked on her finger to stop the bleeding her heart stopped. She let out a small sigh of relief when he wrapped it in some cloth, thinking instead that he was going to say to hell with having slaves-even if Laya and Yoshia were very good slaves. She felt jumpy now that he had tasted her blood and was afraid it might be like giving candy to a child and he'd want more. She thanked him quietly and went back to cooking the fried applesauce. She notcied Laya dozing off.

"You can eat when you wake up if you like."

Emora:

Laya nodded numbly and rolled over on her side. One arm was draped over her small waist and the other one was positioned beside her head. She watched them for a while longer before her eyes closed and her chest moved with her even breathing. She was sleeping peacefully, her face clear of emotion and so innocent looking.

Kyosuke:

Kron walked over to Laya and covered her with the blanket. Then he smiled and walked over to Yoshia, wrapping her up in a hug from behind. "I recall you made a promise to me earlier," he said, nibbling on her ear. "I think I should hold you to your word now."

Taki:

Despite the raging hormones that are included with a woman's cycle, Yoshia tensed in Kron's arms. She had promised him..but he had also not completely complied to what she asked of him. She may have said go over there and he may have taken that as just for them to get undressed, but she meant for him to wait until they were done in the spring.

"I-I.. uumm.. heh, but y-you didn't comply to what I asked.." She stammered, her hands squeazing around his wrists and tugging gently.

Kyosuke:

Kron nibbled down her neck and slipped his hands into her kimono. "Well, if I didn't then you just didn't make your instructions clear enough," he replied. "Besides, I'll be doing most of the work again anyway."

Taki:

Yoshia's heart was pounding. Why was she so nervous? It's not like she hated doing things with Kron, he made them nice. Yet still she held onto his wrists and her pale cheeks flushed a deep red. She tried to turn around to him in his arms.

"I-I.. er.. W-what about Laya, if she wakes up?" She stuttered, looking around the cave quickly for excuses. "And Im n-not done cooking dinner.. a-and.. uh er.."

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled. "Fine, I'll let you eat dinner first," he replied. The vampire released her and sat back. "So we'll do it right after dinner. And I don't think it would matter that much to Laya if she woke up, she knows it happens." He was tempted to say that maybe she would join in, knowing it was a sore spot for the ninja.

Taki:

"You don't have to put it so bluntly, I know you're more eloquent than that" Yoshia let out a frustrated sigh as she finished making her fried apple sauce. She wasn't really hungry, but she ate it-slowly to stall. She wouldn't make eye contact with him, much less look at him. She was suddenly fascinated by the food she made and stared down, transfixed by her plates.

Kyosuke:

Kron just smirked in response. He waited for his slave to finish eating, he knew she was stalling. He wondered why, his suspicion that it was because Laya was there was strengthened. She didn't mind the day before when the archer was in the clinic. He ignored the implications and just waited patiently. Having a second slave around made it more fun anyway

Taki:

Yoshia's cheeks flushed darker from his stare. His eyes were burning holes in her. It was undenyable that she was down to the last itty bitty bite of her dinner and she grimmaced as she swallowed it, raising her nervouse green eyes slowly to look at him.

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled, seeing that Yoshia was finished with her meal. He patted his lap and motioned for her to come over. "Sit down here," he said, grinning. He wondered whether the ninja would listen to him.

Taki:

Yoshia's eyes shifted left and right before she looked at him with hesitation before slowly crawling over and stopping in front of him.

Kyosuke:

Kron lifted Yoshia onto his lap, as if she was a little girl. What he did next of course was something that he wouldn't have done to a little girl. He wrapped his arms around her and trapped her in a loving kiss. He wondered if Yoshia would respond today as she had yesterday.

Taki:

Yoshia was stunned for a moment and pushed away gently at his chest but Kron's grip tightened on her, pulling her closer and he deepened the kiss. She had no choice but to melt against him.

Kyosuke:

He was slightly disappointed when she didn't kiss him back, but was satisfied with the response she did give. He released the embrace on her and slid her kimono off her shoulders and lowered her down to the old mattress they were sitting on.

Taki:

Yoshia looked up at him with her big innocent green eyes. They were glassy and she almost looked as if she might cry. She looked slightly to her left and whimpered when she saw Laya's sleeping form.

Kyosuke:

Kron looked into her eyes and saw that she looked like she was going to cry. "What's wrong?" he asked, not quite sure why she seemed so reluctant to do it with him again that day. She was so willing the day before. He was getting more tempted to threaten Laya to get her back.

Taki:

Yoshia jumped and looked back up at him when he asked what was wrong. She had the sudden sickening feeling in her stomach that he might hurt her if she isn't obedient.

"N-nothing! Im fine! Look, see? Im okay!" She said quickly, wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling him to her.

Kyosuke:

Kron sighed, knowing that threats would not be an effective way to trap her. It would distance Laya from him further as well. He decided to take the opposite approach to it. "If you don't want to have sex tonight then I'll let you off. But I was under the impression that you were starting to enjoy it," he grinned as he mentioned that she enjoyed it. "But if I was to do it, I'd like a reason.

Taki:

"I...er... well it's not that I don't like it...I just.. ur..." She stuttered, a deep blush painting her cheeks. She twirled her finger in the cloth of his shirt idly as she tried to think of a good reason not to succumb to her master.

Kyosuke:

"Well?" Kron asked. He leaned in and nibbled on Yoshia's earlobe playfully. "Do you have a reason you don't want to? Or are you just playing hard to get again?" He planted another kiss on the ninja's lips.

Taki:

"I-I... I uh... er..MMFF!!" She stammered as he nibbled on her ear and was cut off when he kissed her. This time she kissed him back, parting her lips slowly and sucking on his bottom lip.

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled as she kissed back, finally getting the response he wanted. He finished slipping Yoshia's kimono off as he deepened the kiss and started to work on getting his own clothing off.

Taki:

Yoshia tightened her grip around him and responded again with a kiss and pressed her hips into his. She saw a flash and closed her eyes. Yoshia felt like she was floating outside of her body and watching the scene unravel. Wait. She was floating outside of her body! Could anyone see her? What was going on? Yoshia floated closer to her body and gray eyes pierced her soul. 'Saline.' She thought.


OOC: Kron, you don't know what's happening yet

Kyosuke:

Kron broke the kiss and finished taking off his own clothing, then he returned to it, not suspecting the change that had taken place within Yoshia. He dropped a hand between her legs and started pleasuring the girl.

Taki:

Saline leaned her head back and let out a soft moan. She leaned into him and sucked on his neck, nipping at it sometimes. From outside her body, Yoshia's soul watched and screamed. 'KRON!!! Wake UP!!! Kron!!!' She screamed, her mouth open but nothing coming out. Saline heard though, she looked at the soul with dark gray eyes and smirked.

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled at the ninja. "You're awfully responsive now, nice change from before," he said. He still didn't suspect the change that had taken place. He just figured that the ninja completely gave in to him. He moved his hands to her chest.

Taki:

Saline grinned and bit his neck. She laughed, forgetting to immitate the ninja's laugh, and laughed as herself. She looked up at Kron innocently.

"Aw baby, you don't recognize me in bed anymore." She grinned up at him. It was her voice she was using, not Yoshia's. Yoshia was screaming and had built up enough spiritual energy to pull at Kron from behind.

Kyosuke:

Kron's eyes widened in surprise and backed off. "You!" he said. "I was wondering why she was getting so much more aggressive. What do you want?" he asked. He ignored the fact that he and Saline were still naked.

Taki:

Saline sat up, grinning like a cat and draped her arm over one knee. She had a lusty look in her eye.

"Tsk. Aw, cheri. I was hoping I would share a lovely night with you before I watched your pets torture you. Yoshia is so easy to maniplulate, and I can tell you like her so much so it was the obvious choice to go with this body. But I didn't mean to blow my cover, damn. Pretend that never happened and let's play again." Sh grinned and crawled into his lap.

Kyosuke:

Kron growled and pushed the girl off. "No thanks," he said. "It's more amusing with Yoshia there than you anyway." The vampire was at a complete loss at what to do though. He didn't want to attack his slave, but he couldn't let her attack him either.

Taki:

"Tsk.. Aw, okay then cheri. But should I tell you where she is? Only I can see her since this is her body." Saline grinned and stretched, donning Yoshia's new Kimono. "I completely have her body in my power. I've pushed out her soul. You'd better find a way to keep her in a jar or something, otherwise she's gone." Saline smirked and pointed to a small light on a ledge near the cave ceiling, a soft sound of crying was heard. "That light is her soul. Listen-can you hear her tears?"

Kyosuke:

Kron growled and grabbed Saline. "What did you do to her!?" he asked. Anger shown brightly in his eyes. He knew she had always suppressed Yoshia's spirit before that, but apparently this time she completely removed it.

Taki:

"Oh, Cheri. I like it rough." She grinned evilly and rubbed her leg against his. "I simply pushed while her guard was down. She saw a white light, that was me rejecting her from the body. And I must have misjudged you, I thought you were smarter than revolting to anger at a panic point. I told you you'd better trap that crying soul up there and fast."

Kyosuke:

Kron looked around for something to use. He eyed his cloak and hoped that it would be enough to trap a soal. Picking it up, he threw it over the light and hoped it didn't pass through it.

Taki:

Yoshia looked up when she saw Kron's cloak coming at her and she curled into a ball. She felt sick when it passed through her. 'I wonder if I can communicate with his mind..' She thought and concentrated on Kron. 'Water..' was all she could manage to say through her concentration and hope it got to him. Saline was laughing when she saw the cloak go through the soul.

"Fool! Think of where I came from, I won't give you any more help than that." She said with a cold laugh.

Kyosuke:

Kron heard the faint whispers of Yoshia's voice. 'Water?' he thought, he had no idea what to do with the water, but decided to try something. He lept to the side and towards the water in the back. Cupping a handful, he flung it in the direction of the removed soul.

Taki:

Yoshia felt her being being pulled towards the waterhole. It was cool and flowed through her. She could move around under the water and she didn't need to breathe since she was a soul, but she couldn't get past the surface of the water either. She was a traped soul. Saline was having fun watching the scene unravel.

"HAH! You stupid fool! I was only half honest with you, while a soul needs to be kept somewhere-water is the last place you want to put a soul! Now she is trapt as I was. You threw my body in a lake when you were done with me and that is where my soul remained until it gained enough strength to get out-and that took years." She grinned evilly at the vampire. "Touche."

Kyosuke:

Kron growled angrily at the woman in Yoshia's body. He lept forward and grabbed her by her shoulders and grappled her. He was intending to throw her into the water and hoped that Yoshia would have enough strength to reposess her body. He was still naked at the time, so anybody who would have walked into this scene unaware would think he was trying to do something else.

Taki:

Saline just moaned, sickening to anyone else's ear, and laughed louder. Her voice was sickeningly shrill.

"AHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! You stupid stupid fool! You really are just a lowly demon after all! With human instincts, none the less. What have your slaves done to you, but warmed your cold heart." She laughed again.


Kyosuke:

Kron grunted and continued glaring at Saline. He managed to get her into position so that with his vampiric strength, he threw her into the water hole where Yoshia's soul was trapped. He wondered who it would come up as, Yoshia, or the bitch that had possessed her.

Taki:

OOC: Saline... holy crap what a freak lmao.

IC:
Saline spurted for a moment and saw the small, weak light of Yoshia. Not much longer until she fades either into hell or heaven. Saline smirked and stayed under for a few moments. When she put her head up she had to act like Yoshia. Before she came up, she found a jar at the bottom of the water hole from when Yoshia had stolen her mother's jelly as a girl. She closed the light in the glass and hid it in a hole in the waterhole.

She floated in the water, her head hanging. She waited a long time before whispering in Yoshia's voice "Kron.."

Kyosuke:

Kron sighed in relief when he heard Yoshia's voice. However, he wasn't quite willing to let his guard down, knowing that she was fully capable of acting like Yoshia. "Yoshia?" he asked, as if her response would confirm that it was her again.

Taki:

Saline smirked before looking up. She changed Yoshia's eyes back to green and looked up at the vampire shakily with tears in her eyes. The kimono was loosely on her body. 'This'll be fun cake..' Saline thought as she threw herself at the vampire and wrapped her self in his arms.

Kyosuke:

Kron wrapped his arms around Yoshia lovingly. He ran his fingers through her hair a few times. "So how are you feeling?" he asked. He was still cautious, and now even more so. Yoshia didn't seem like she would have thrown herself in his arms, no matter how distressed she was.

Taki:

Saline grinned as she cried into Kron's chest, not minding the loving attention. Yoshia was so easy to play. She clung to Kron and tried to catch her breath.

"I..Im scared.." She said timidly.

Taki:

"I... I don't know..." She shook her head and went weak at the knees, holding onto Kron for support. "Ah!"

Kyosuke:

Kron held Yoshia to him and patted her on the back a few times. "Here, sit down," he said and helped her over to the mattress. He was still naked and put his clothing back on, no longer in the mood for that kind of business.

Taki:

Saline sat there a moment before laying down next to Laya and turning away from Kron. She smiled wide. 'He doesn't sense me at all, good.' She thought. Saline closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.

Kyosuke:

Kron decided to open his mind to the crest link between himself and Yoshia when the ninja fell asleep. What he found was definitely not the emotional state of someone who was asleep, meaning she was just feining it. Instead of letting on that he knew, he decided to lay down next to her and also pretend to fall asleep. Keeping a fake steady breath going was no problem since he didn't need to breathe.

Taki:

Yoshia was trapped in the water and in the jar. There was no way for her soul to push out. She decided to concentrate on communicating to Kron through mind, since it had worked before. She concentrated very hard like she had before. "Kron...help.." She whispered, no words coming from her being.

Kyosuke:

Kron sensed Yoshia's cry for help, but wasn't sure what to do. He decided he would probably need to do something about Saline first. However, that was easier said than done. There was no way for him to convince her to leave without damaging his property.

Taki:

Saline could hear Yoshia trying to reach out to Kron and she growled. She forced herself to cry again and tossed and turned in a 'bad dream'. She shot up in bed, panting.

"Ah! I.." She blushed when she saw Kron laying down and 'sleeping'. She sighed and got up. 'Finally, we're alone Yoshia my dear...' She thought with an evil grin on her face. She walked over to the water hole and dove in, not bothering to take off the kimono. She searched for where she had hid the jar.

Yoshia's soul curled into a small clouded form at the bottom of the jar. She didn't like being a spirit, she wanted her body back. She never broke her concentration with communicating and said a little stronger this time. 'Kron.. help, please.'

Emora Deen:

Laya sighed in her sleep and rolled over her arm came up beside her head. She curled up on her side in the middle of the bed with the covers draped loosely over her legs. One of her arms was outstretched across the bed as if she were reaching for something.

She felt like she was sleeping right over a fire. In her sleep, subconsciously, she through the covers off until only the sheet was draped over her. Her breath was quick as if something was sitting on her chest. It was really just the fact it was soo hot to her.

Laya's eyes opened tiredly and she blinked once or twice to clear her vision. She could hear faintly the sound of water splashing. She shrugged it off and through the sheet off her legs and noticed Kron sleeping. She opened her kimono where her legs were as she lied on her side so that it would make her at least some what cooler. She laid her head on her hands and closed her eyes once more, lying on the bed with one from her thigh down exposed to the cool air.

Kyosuke:

Kron heard the sound of the water splashing as Saline jumped into the water. He got up ani d waited for the woman to surface with the jar in her hands. When she did, he grabbed her and wrapped her in a tight bear hug, not letting her escape. He noted the jar with the soul in it. "So that's what happened to her soul, huh Saline?" he said.

Taki:

Saline gasped and instinctively squirmed when she was crushed in Kron's arms. Kron noticed the jar that she was keeping Yoshia's soul in. She gripped the jar tighter.

"I-uh..What? Kron! I.. I think this is saline here, in the jar! Destroy it! You have to make her go away so she stops haunting me-PLEASE!!" She stuttered and then begged.

Emora Deen:

Laya heard the splashing and voices and she pushed herself up lazily. When she heard the name Saline she became more aware. She roled to the end of the bed and stood up, the kimono wraping back around her legs once more. She was persperating on her face from feeling so hot. Hot flashes she guessed.

Laya looked at Kron and Yoshia/Saline with tired eyes but became more aware every second she was awake.

"What's going on?" she asked and her eyes narrowed.

Kyosuke:

Kron sneered at the woman possessing his slave. "So you'd like me to believe Saline," he said. He turned to his slave that still had her own mind. "Laya, Saline took over Yoshia's body again."

His attention turned back to Saline. "If that was really Saline in that jar, you would have surfaced with her when I threw you in it before, so I know you're lying."

Taki:

"But Kron! I didn't want you to be rational and think it wasn't me! I didn't want you to suspect that I was still in the jar and kill my body to get Saline out!" Saline cried, getting worried now and dizzy from him crushing her to him.

Emora Deen:

Laya looked from Kron to Saline. She stepped forward towards them in the water and walked down the slope until she stood in it hip deep. Her kimono floating up around her. The rest had done her well, like Kron said it would. She felt much better, but still a little funny. She reached out. "Let me see the jar." She looked to Kron wondering if he would trust her enough to go along with this next idea. She wondered if he could tell that she wasn't about to do what she was going to say she would do. He knew many things about her he shouldn't... hopefully he would know this....

"I'll destroy it Yoshia," Laya said and looked into Yoshia's eyes with a look of total truth. At times Laya could be an exceptional liar. "I hate her just as you do."

Kyosuke:

Kron sensed her intention from the dishonesty radiating from her. However, he had to figure out how to word his next phrase so it wouldn't look as if he could tell her true intentions. "Do you really think that it's Saline in that jar?" he asked. Laya nodded. "Alright then Yoshia, give it to Laya and she'll do it," he said, releasing the ninja.

Taki:

"Ok...thank you Laya for trusting in me..." Saline grinned as she went to go to hand the jar to laya, accidentally letting it slip from her fingers when it was just out of reach of Laya. "Oops, Silly me. I just want to make sure the job gets done." She grinned evilly.

Emora Deen:

Being an archer Laya had quick reflexes. She had to be if she was to pull arrow after arrow and take aim in a split second. She leaned forward and tried to catch the jar, she fell as she did so, but managed to have the jar fall into her hands. She let out a groan when her body hit the ground, still being sore from being thrown into walls and kicked around by Saline the night before. Not to mention the pull on her stitches at her neck.

She scurried to her feet quickly, making a better grip on the jar. Laya had watched exorcisms somewhat... It seemed it would be the only way. She didn't remember the exact words, except that it involved giving an order that involved the name of the God of Light. She held the jar and her mind raced.

Saline... Would it work? Saline was from the mainland.

"Saline, in the name of the God of Light I order you to leave Yoshia's body at once!" It was worth a try. It was the phrase many priests had used. Though, she had killed the person possessed because he was worshiping the God of Darkness and it was a demon, not a ghost

Taki:

"Nice catch." Saline scoffed and crossed her arms. "But if you think Im not going to just get that jar away from you and banish her soul to the darkest, deepest chamber of pergatory-think again." Saline grinned and came at Laya, stopping when she heard what she said.

"Saline, in the name of the God of Light I order you to leave Yoshia's body at once!" Laya had a serious face on. She buckled over and held her stomach, laughing hysterically. "Only priests can perform excorcisms of spirits you foolish girl ahahahahaaa!"

Kyosuke:

Kron had hoped that the banishing spell would work, but had a sinking feeling in his stomach that it would require a priest. However, Saline's doubling over laughing provided quite a useful measure to trap her in another powerful bear hug. "Maybe we should start our trip to the mainland soon," he said.

Emora Deen:

Laya looked to Saline. "All a priest is is a title. Normal men and women are priests, and that is there title. No special powers are given to them. The ability is in all believers..." Laya said and she smiled. "I just can't seem to remember the exact words. But, trust me, if I knew, you'd be floating back the the Demon and his gates to the underworld."

Laya held the jar tighter. "How do you plan on getting her to the mainland? Tie her up? I second that motion."

Taki:

"You stupid idiot! Of course they have powers, I've possesed people before and I've watched exorcisms. I have been dead for almost one hundred years. You don't think I don't know? Because of their training and devotion their symbols of warship are backed by the gods, yes- their symbols have power." Saline corrected the over-confident Laya.

Kyosuke:

Kron nodded and agreed with Saline... for once. "I've never heard of a normal person doing an excorcism before, always a trained person," he said. "And yeah, I think we should just tie her up and drag her to the mainland." He released one of his arms around her, loosening the grip somewhat, then brought it up to her neck and applies pressure on the arteries on both sides of her neck, essentially applying a sleeper hold on the possessed ninja. In a few minutes she would pass out from the lack of blood flowing to her brain.

Emora Deen:

Laya looked at her wondering if she thought calling someone an idiot would make that person feel any less of what they were. As for Laya it didn't effect her. She knew the power of belief. It was strong.

Laya nodded and grabbed the rope she had used to tie the rabits to her. When Yoshia was passed out they could tie her up easily and take her aboard the ship.

Taki:

Saline squirmed in protest when Kron loosened his grip on her and froze when he put his arm around her neck. 'Not again.. I don't want to die again..' She thought, her eyes for the first time feeling emotion. She felt dizzy and felt the world slipping away. While she thought she was dying, she was just passing out. Saline fell limp in Kron's arms with an exhale.

Kyosuke:

Kron nodded when her squirming stopped that Saline had passed out. "Tie her up quickly," he ordered Laya. "She's going to wake up soon." The sleeper hold was the quickest way to make her pass out, and the way that would cause the least damage.

Emora Deen:

Laya tied Saline up quickly and made sure the ropes were tight and the knott was good. She nodded to Kron to let him know that she had done her job. "When do we leave?" she asked.

Kyosuke:

Kron gestured to the food that Yoshia had made before being taken over by Saline. "Right after you eat up," he said. "I'll keep Saline restrained when she wakes up so you can take your time if you want to."

Emora Deen:

Laya looked to Kron and then Yoshia. She didn't feel like eating much. "No, I'm fine," she said and grabbed up what ever they would need for there tip and packed it in a her cloak. She tied the ends of her cloak to make a bag and when she was finished she stood up, holding it in her arms. "The sooner we get help for Yoshia the better it'll be."

Laya stopped to unwrap the bundle and she put the jar with Yoshia's soul in it. "I'm sorry, but this way you won't be broken and no one will want to steal you..."

She tied the bundle up and rose once more. "I'm ready to leave if you are, Kron..." her voice was humble. "It would be easier to get her to the ships while she's a sleep. She might struggle to much and you could drop her and hurt Yoshia's body badly. I wouldn't want to hinder it."

Taki:

Yoshia floated in the water that condemned her to the jar. She understood why Laya had to put the jar in her bag, she didn't care the means just so long as she got her body back.

Saline was beginning to regain consciousness, but she would be out for a few minutes longer.

Kyosuke:

Kron nodded. "Alright," he said. "But if you start feeling weak, we're going to take a rest and you'll eat something. It'd just be irritating if you pass out on me and I have to carry you as well as a struggling bundle." The vampire knelt down and picked the tied up Saline in his arms.

Emora Deen:

Laya looked at Kron for a long moment... "I won't, don't worry about it," she said and walked towards the mouth of the cave. She stopped and looked back at him. The sooner Yoshia was back the better everything would be...

Kyosuke:

Kron scrutinized his healthy slave for a bit, then nodded, hoping that she wasn't bluffing. He opened his crest link to Laya and found only determination there. Her own problems didn't matter much right now. He wondered if she realized that that same determination to help people is what made her into his slave in the first place. Instead of voicing it, he just nodded and carried the still unconscious Saline as he followed Laya.

Emora Deen:

Laya walked in the direction towards town, but was that the direction she needed to go? Laya didn't know. She stopped with a sigh and turned to look at Kron. "Um... Kron, I'm not familiar with this place... Which way is it to... to the docks?"

She was lost in a foreign country so to speak. She was on her way home at that and she was happy. She wanted to go home, even if she was a slave she was still going home.

Kyosuke:

Kron freed a hand and pointed in a direction with his hand still supporting Yoshia's body. "That way," he said and walked in the direction. "That's the way that we took when we first arrived on this island." Kron paused for a moment.

"Are you sure you're okay right now?" he asked. "Are you recovered from the blood loss yet?"

Emora Deen:

Laya looked at him and began to head off in the direction he had pointed. "Are you sure you're okay right now?" he asked. "Are you recovered from the blood loss yet?"

Laya paused for a moment in her steps. She felt her strength waining she pushed herself on. "I'm fine," she said softly and continued to walk. She guessed her strength would fully be back to her by the next day. By then her blood should have been back.

She continued on a head of him, holding the bag in her hands. She glanced back at him everyonce and a while with her gray eyes sparkling. She knew Kron would handle Yoshia's body with care, even if Saline's soul was in there at the moment.

Laya wondered how long it would take to get to the docks. She didn't remember it taking long for her to go from the docks to where her life had become someone elses. To where Kron had become her master.
Taki:

Saline was starting to come to. She felt dizzy and dazed and the world was spinning around her. She was going to put her hand to her head but, to her surprise, they were bound together behind her back. She made incoherent sounds and opened and closed her eyes a few times. The sleeper effect had put her out of her crazy mood. Her body was tingling and she was looking around slowly.

"Eeehhrrr?" She mumbled and looked up, trying to focus on who was carrying her.

Kyosuke:

Kron made a tch sound when he noticed the woman stirring in his arms. He was tempted to knock her out again, but didn't want to risk doing it again. After all, it was still Yoshia's body, and even if the soul was not in it, who knows what would happen when it returned with damage done to it.

"She's coming to," he called to Laya, making sure he gripped her more firmly. He wouldn't want to lose his grip on her if she started squirming.

Emora Deen:

Laya looked back at him and then looked to his eyes. "We should hurry shouldn't we?" she asked and turned around to look at him better.

"I mean, the sooner we get to a boat the sooner you can set her down and we can tie her down so she can't hurt herself..."

Taki:

Saline made more incoherent sounds when Kron focused in her sight and he tightened his grip on her. Since she wasn't so stark crazy, she sat still for the time being and yawned. She didn't bother listening to them. She was in a rather calm state, for being tied up. She aquired the mindstate of a prissy, lazy feline.

Kyosuke:

Kron nodded to Laya. "Yeah, we should," he said. He sped up his pace and hoped that a boat would be at the docks when they arrived. "Can you keep up with me?" he asked the archer. He wasn't quite sure if she had healed from her injuries yet.

Emora Deen:

Laya looked at him, before she knew it he was far a head of her. She jogged to keep up. "I'll do my best..." she said, holding the pack tightly.

She did keep up very well, but by the time they were close to the docks her head was swimming. She pushed herself to keep going, that way Kron wouldn't have to carry her. It's not that she didn't want to burden him, but he needed to have a good hold on Saline.

Taki:

Saline oddly hissed when she smelled salty water in the air and saw the docks coming into view. She struggled slightly, but nothing of a match for Kron's hold. She wanted to fold her arms and sulk but her hands were bound behind her back and it was no use.

Kyosuke:

Kron sighed in relief when he noticed that there was a boat docked. (OOC: I was going to have it not be there, but then it would have just gone a few rounds of pointless posts) He walked up to the boat and noticed that there was a man sitting on the deck. "Hey!" he called out. "Are you taking passengers?"

Emora Deen:

Laya missed a step and stumbled, almost losing her hold on the bag with the soul inside. A burly pirate looking sailor came walking by her carrying a crate with a chicken on the inside. He walked up the gange plank and on board the ship.

"Aye, we are if ya got the right price that is!" the captain said with a large grin.

Laya stood just behind Kron, waiting patiently for orders.

Kyosuke:

Kron glared and was tempted to bare his fangs. However, he still didn't have much of a taste for killing men, it was still much more enjoyable to kill women. If he revealed that he was a vampire to these men, he would be obliged to do so so word about him wouldn't get out. He might end up killing them anyway, but for now he didn't feel like doing it.

He released Saline's legs and let her stand on her own, though they were bound so it wouldn't cause as much of a problem for him. He withdrew the rapier from his bracer and held it against the captain's neck. Snarling, he asked "Is this enough of a payment for you?"

Taki:

Saline nearly fell over when Kron placed her down and instead swayed forward and onto the ship's deck, hitting the deck with a loud "OOF!". When she heard the rapier drawn she curled up into a ball, afraid Kron was going to stab her to set her soul free.

Meanwhile Yoshia's soul was curled up in the jar and praying to the gods that she could have her body back. She cursed Saline to hell for all of eternity.

Emora Deen:

The captain stiffened and glanced worriedly at Kron, his eyes hardened however. "Aye," he said and glared. "That be enough."

Laya looked around the ship noting it was in good shape, the sails weren't matted and torn. The deck was sturdy. Laya looked back at Kron. She bet if he wanted he could probably take the captains quaters like that. But, she was happy sleeping any where. They'd probably just find a small crew quaters... though usually the crew all slept in one large room filled with bunk beds. Laya wondered if it was the same here.

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled pleasantly to the captain and returned his rapier into his alternate armguard dimension space. "Good," he replied. "I trust you have a few guest quarters on this boat."

"The captain nodded. "Aye," he said. "We have a few, with only one bed in each."

Kron nodded. "We'll only require one then," he said.

Emora Deen:

A cabin boy came forward and tugged on Laya's kimono sleeve. She looked down at him with her gray eyes. He seemed startled by something, but shook it off. "Um... I'll show you to your room miss."

With that Laya looked up at Kron for a second and turned to follow the cabin boy down bellow the decks.

He led her to the middle room down a hall on the second deck. The room was small, with one single bed in it tucked into an alcove made of book shelves and a closet.

Laya sighed and thanked the cabin boy who left. She sat her bag down in the closet so it would be safe and since Saline wasn't in the room yet, she would have no idea where she put it.

Laya looked at the bed... Surely Kron would want to sleep standing up? And the bed looked hardly big enough to fit herself and Yoshia on... though Laya didn't want to sleep beside someone who would choke her in her sleep...

Kyosuke:

Kron followed Laya and the cabin boy into the room. When he entered, he just dumped Saline on the floor. "You can sleep there," he said. "If you're well behaved then maybe we'll give you a blanket or something." Kron of course had no intention of doing so. He doubted that Yoshia's body would die based on those kinds of conditions. Of course, he planned to take the bed with Laya.

Emora Deen:

Laya sat down on the bed and looked at Saline for a moment and then at Kron. What were they going to do on a ship until the got to Ighten? Laya thought she would be bored to tears just sitting in a small room doing nothing. Well, she wouldn't always stay in the room, she'd go to the top deck every once and a while.

"Um..." she said and ran a hand over the covers absentmindedly, they weren't that soft. "What do we do until we get to Ighten?"

Oh coarse she had been doing nothing since she met Kron, she didn't expect to anything now.

Taki:

When Saline was tossed to the floor, her head was knocked against the wall and she was rendered dizzy and loosing consciousness for the time being. The ship had departed from the dock and they were rocking in the ocean waters. Saline felt sick and closed her eyes.

"Euuurgghh" She curled into a ball and lost consciousness with an upset stomache.

Kyosuke:

Kron smirked and made sure the door was locked. "I'm sure I can think of something," he said and sat down on the bed next to Laya. He wondered exactly how willing the archer would be this time. He was glad that Saline had knocked herself out, it would give the two some privacy.

Emora Deen:

Laya looked at him and her eyes widened. "The whole trip?" she breathed the question in amazment. She shook her head, surely he didn't mean that. Then it click. He probably meant now...

Laya looked up at him. If there was one thing she had come to learn from Kron is if he wanted it he'd get it.

She looked into his eyes for a long moment. The sounds of the see could be heard through the port hole.

She looked down at the floor. "Shall I undress now then?" she asked hollowly.

Kyosuke:

Kron blinked in surprise. He didn't expect that reaction from the archer. However, his surprise quickly turned to delight. It seems that she was at least somewhat more willing to the idea now. "Yes, please," he requested. He wondered how much longer before she completely admitted that she enjoyed what he did to some extent.

Emora Deen:

Laya looked at him and nodded, swallowing hard. She sighed heavily and rose from her seat on the bed. She turned her back to him and untied the kimono and slipped it off, shivering at her exposed feel. She hated him so much. But, even if she didn't want it, he would take her any way. He proved that to her over and over.

If she didn't undress he would take her clothes off any way. Whats the point of having another pair of cloths ruined? She doubted he would rip them off, since he was gentle with her. But, there didn't seem to be any point in fighting anymore.

She turned, not looking at him, her cheeks flushed to a bright red, and lied flat on the small bed in the alcove.

OOC: Have I ever mentioned I hate Kron? lol

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled at the site of Laya's nude body. It was nice not having to take it off of her for once. He drew the woman into a kiss and nipped her lightly on the lip a few times. His hands went down to her chest and squeezed lightly a few times, he intended to trap her in pleasure again until she finally accepted him.

Emora Deen:

Laya layed there staring at the ceiling and only looking at him when he was blocking her view of it with his face. Her breathing was shaky... nervous. She was always nervous when it came to this. Why did he have to tease her so? Why couldn't he just get it overwith quickly...

"What if they hear?" she asked all of the sudden, thinking maybe that would stop him.

Kyosuke:

Kron didn't care, and he expressed it with those words. "I don't care," he said aloud. "Let em hear." With those words he returned to ravishing the beauty under him. He continued to tease her for a bit, not actually getting down to bringing her completely into a realm of pleasure. The vampire wondered if the archer would eventually break down and beg for it.

Emora Deen:

Laya swalled hard, trying to force her mind in a state where it was easy to ignore what was happening. She found it very hard, thanks to Kron. Her breath was quickening, more of panic that she might lose control. She didn't want to lose control... not to Kron. It wasn't right and it wasn't fair. The more he was kind and gentle to her, the more she found it hard to believe him to be a horrible monster. Sure, she knew deep down inside he was. But, he didn't act like it anymore... as if that wasn't even him the first night... as if it was his evil twin.

Laya stared up at him, her eyes searching over his face. I won't give in... she told herself. She squirmed under his touch, though it wasn't like her usual squirms of panic. It was rather of denial...

How she hated him. He was turning her against everything she used to believe in. He was brainwashing her....

Kyosuke:

Kron felt Laya breaking under him and continued to tease her lightly. He pulled her in for a gentle kiss on the mouth and continued his ministrations. He would break her slowly, he was even fully clothed right now. He would make it clear to Laya that her pleasure came before his own right now. If she didn't give in then he wouldn't go much further.

Emora Deen:

Laya's breath was quickening more. Why wouldn't he just get it over with! Please... just do it! She just wanted it over and done with. He seemed to be waiting on something, but what?

She stared at him with a look of mixed expressions. Her head turned away and looked to Yoshia's body, she was still unconcious. Where's an interuption when you need one...

Her eyes returned to Kron. They were almost pleading in a way, for all she wanted was him to get through with it... So the horrible feelings would stop flooding through her... She didn't want to feel it. She didn't want her body to react to it. Because it was reacting no matter how much she didn't want it to...

Kyosuke:

He continued to bring her teasing pleasure for a few more minutes. Then out of nowhere, he abruptley stopped and just sat down next to her, admiring her chest as it rose and fell with each breath. He opened his mind to her emotions to see what she was experiencing.






Emora Deen:

Laya was almost overjoyed when he stopped. But, he just stared at her now... She reached down off the bed and grabbed her kimono. She pulled it over herself, clutching it to her chest. She looked at him, leaning her back against the pillow. What the hell was he doing now?

Laya's head jerked in the direction of the door when she heard foot steps in the hall. She swallowed and hugged her clothes to her. The footsteps passed and there was silence once more.

Laya remembered a time when she had been afriad of very little...

Kyosuke:

Kron was slightly disappointed in Laya's lack of a reaction, however, he didn't push it. It was still day and he would slowly brainwash her during the rest of the trip. Instead he just lay down on the bed, putting his arm around her still bare midsection.

Emora Deen:

Laya was surprised, so surprised she turned under his arm and looked at him with wide eyes. "Are you through?" she asked in an astonished voice.

"I mean... thats all?"

She had expected him to go all the way... Why was he just stopping? Then, again... why was she asking?! She stared into his eyes, searching...

Kyosuke:

Kron nodded. "Yeah, you don't seem to be enjoying it that much so I'm stopping for now," he replied, sounding honest. In all honesty, it was partially true. If she enjoyed it more she would ask him to continue, not be so glad that he stopped.

Emora Deen:

It wasn't that she was glad he had stopped. Her body was very angry, but her mind was just confused. Half wanted to hate him, the other half wanted to pounce on him and to her that was just...

She looked at him. He seem disappointed... Why did she feel so strangely? Why did he confuse her so? He was disappointed in her.... He didn't want her like he wanted Yoshia...

For some reason, maybe it was the fact she was alone now... Maybe it was the fact she felt as if no man would ever want her again after she back a whore... She didn't know what it was... But, her hands absentmindedly lowered her kimono from her chest. What am I doing!!

Maybe just once... He had been gentle with her... He continued to be gentle. He hadn't broken any of his promises... I'll never willingly give in to you! she had said what seemed a long time ago. But, that girl was dead and gone... She was a totally different person. She had to except the fact there was no hope and this was her life. So why not enjoy what hell she was in?

Laya looked at Kron and nodded softly, dropping the kimono off the bed...

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled, delighted. He pulled the naked Laya in for another kiss and dropped his hand between her legs. Now he was no longer teasing her. Being gently with her, he quickly brought her as much pleasure as he could without being rough with her. He would soon get his own chance.

Emora Deen:

Laya gasped. This wasn't so bad... It wasn't as if he was being rough... painful. He seemed to be consentrating more on her... then himself. It confused Laya... Though, everything about him confused her...

She shivered involuntarily, getting cold just lying exposed on a bed in a ship on the ocean...

Kyosuke:

Kron felt Laya shiver on top of him and wished that he produced some body heat so she would warm up. Instead, he chose to increase her body heat with his actions. He continued to stroke her, making sure her body warmed more and more with each rub he made. When she finally reached her climax, he took off his own clothing and got back onto the bed.

Emora Deen:

Laya rolled onto her side, pulled the covers over her, though she was warm now... she still wanted something. It was a habit. She just like something covering her legs unless she was way to hot. She heard feet walk by the door and stop... but they continued and she sighed again.

She just felt very... well she couldn't think of the word... But, sailors had always been a bit of a mystery to her. She had heard to many pirate tales...

Kyosuke:

Kron took Laya again and made sure she remained in a world of pleasure. He continued his actions for quite a while until he finally had his own release. When that happened he slid over to the side and lay Laya on top of him, draping the blanket over both of them. He kissed her lightly on the cheek and held her to him.

Emora Deen:

Laya felt uncomfortable at first, just lying naked on top of him. She finally ignored it, she had just done something far worst than lay on top of him...

She rested her head on his chest and her arms close to her chest and her hands on her shoulders. He was rather cold feeling. But, it was like touching something cold. Once your hand was there for a while that part warmed up. Where she laid on him that part of his body warmed.

Laya would have rathered sleep on the bed, but he was holding her to him. She couldn't go anywhere and she was tired. So she closed her eyes and feel a sleep.

Kyosuke:

Kron just held the archer close to him. He had finally managed to break her to his will. The vampire let the woman's body warm his own, making it more comfortable for her. His body wasn't exactly cold most of the time. It was more room temperature. However, that would generally be under human body temperature so it would still be somewhat chilly to lie on.

Kron smirked as he pondered what other pleasured he could make Laya experience. He would definitely make her not regret giving herself up to him.

Emora Deen:

Laya was sleeping rather peacefully. Her long brown hair cascaded over her shoulder and onto Kron's chest on which her head laid. Her breath was even as she slept. It was surprising really that she was sleeping so well, not being haunted by nightmares. But, maybe that part of her had died as well? Who knows.

Kyosuke:

Kron let the sleeping Laya down on the bed without disturbing her from her sleep. It had been a while since they had caught Saline, and Kron knew that his newly submitting slave hadn't eaten since they left town in the afternoon. She would be hungry when they woke up.

He checked the fried apple sauce that Yoshia had made before being possessed and found that it was cold now and they had no way to heat it up. He covered the sleeping and naked Laya with a blanket and redressed himself.

He quickly made a trip to the mess deck and grabbed a meal for two, Laya's being larger than the unconscious Saline's. He then made his way back to their room.

Emora Deen:

"So... I take it ya had a good time?" a sailor propped up on a stack of sacked food said with a smile. She was smoking a pipe and seemed to be of a brute nature... but almost gentle at the same time...

Laya's sighed in her sleep and rolled over onto her back. Her eyes fluttered open and she turned her head to the side, finding Kron was gone. She wondered where he went. She was too lazy to get up and get dressed and she was quite comfortable where she was... So she pulled the covers over her shoulders and closed her eyes again.

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled in reply. "Of course I did," he added. He ignored any question that the sailor may have had and continued walking back to the room. He struggled a bit to balance the trays and open the door, but eventually managed to get it down and put it onto the table they had in the small room.

Taki:

Saline started to wake up, unpleasantly to the fact that she was getting sea sick. 'Fuck.' she thought as she doubled over in pain. 'What was my brilliant plan in escaping hell again?' she thought bitterly to herself. Kron walked back in the room and she glared up at him.

"Unless you and your whore want to be smelling what Yoshia had for breakfast, I suggest you take me to the deck to lean over the side." Her tone was sharper than her glare and her hands gripped tighter at her stomach, her face paling more and taking on a slight greenish color. Saline wiped a cold sweat from her brow. "Eeuurrgh.."

Kyosuke:

Kron glared at the now conscious Saline. He bent down and picked her up, not saying a word to her. He then proceeded to run upwards to the upper deck, hoping that she wouldn't lose her breakfast before they reached it. He managed to reach it and leaned the still bound woman's head over the railing.

Taki:

Saline closed her eyes as, what seemed like, the entire contents of Yoshia's digestive track spilled overboard and into the sloshing sea. The water got particularly rough, causing Saline to spill more of what she thought was already gone. She felt dizzy and skeeved out.

"Blegh..fucking sea" She cursed as she was pulled back over. "S..sorry..." She appologized to the vampire.

Emora Deen:

Laya woke to the sound of quick movement. She sat up to see the door to there room was open. Kron must have left in a hurry and forgot to close it back... Laya wrapped her blanket around her and quickly got to the door, which didn't take long since the room was small. She closed it quickly, almost losing her blanket. She locked it... and planned to unlock it when he got back. He noticed Saline was gone...

Laya quickly got dressed and put the blanket back on the bed. She sat there and waited on them....

Kyosuke:

Kron narrowed his eyes, wondering why the woman would even bother apologizing to him for anything. "Why are you apologising, I doubt you were sincere about it after all," he said, carrying Saline back to the cabin where they were staying. On the way he grabbed an empty bucket for her to use.

Taki:

Saline winced and gripped at her stomache again. 'Why ARE you appologizing? Why are you even in this body? You know very well he never did love you and still doesn't and yet you are still hanging desperately onto that once or twice he looked at you in lust. Ugh. You make me sick' She argued with herself in her head.

"I.. don't know." She replied quietly, but honestly. She had no clue what the hell she was doing anymore. "Hell was better than being sea sick.. Do you know why I was sent to hell? Because I was in heaven...after you killed me." She hesitated before looking up to him.

Kyosuke:

Kron didn't quite get it. "You were in heaven and then sent to hell only after I killed you?" he asked. "That doesn't make sense at all, nor do I care for it to." The vampire continued walking back to the room and found the door locked when he got there. He figured Laya did it and knocked a few times on the door. "Oi Laya, open up!"

Taki:

"No!" Saline shouted, determined now to make him hear her out. "I was sent to hell because after I was reincarnated I commited crimes similar to yours in hopes I'd find you! And when I didn't and I killed myself, I was sent to hell for my misdemeanors!" She cried, squirming in his arms.

Emora Deen:

Laya got up quickly and unlocked the door, opening it for them. She moved away from the door to allow them to enter.

"What happened?" she asked, moving to sit down on the bed once more

Kyosuke:

Kron sneered coldly at Saline before the door openned. "So? That's none of my business that you did that to get to me," he replied. He changed his expression to a kinder smile as the door was openned.

"Oh, Saline was just feeling a little seasick so I brought her to the deck," he replied. "She should be fine now." Kron idly tossed the bound woman to the ground again and placed the bucket near her. "There's some food for you two over there," he said and pointed to the small table they had.

Taki:

"Oh and as if I could reach it, how kind of you to put on kind smiles for your whore." She sneered right back at him and was cursed with getting sick in the bucked after hitting another patch of rough waves. She actually prayed for the trip to be over.

Emora Deen:

Laya nodded and took the food, giving the one with the largest amount to Saline. She wanted to keep Yoshia's body healthy...

She took her own plate and sat down on the bed to eat it. She ignored the fact that Saline called her a whore, though she did feel it was probably true.

Kyosuke:

Kron shrugged, guessing he would have to feed the bound woman. He wasn't willing to untie Saline's hands for that task so he picked the spoon up and put it to her mouth, guessing there was no other option other than having her eat like a dog, which would be just as amusing to him, but cruel to Yoshia's body

Taki:

Saline felt bad after calling Laya such a thing because she gave her the tray with more food. Food that was suddenly being pushed at her mouth by that vile monster. She growled at Kron and spit the food back in his face.

"I'd rather starve. Atleast then there's no way you can get your other prescious whore back in her body- once a body dies naturally, the occupying soul closes it off when it leaves." She sneered.

Emora Deen:

Laya finished eating and put the plate on the tray again. She sat on the bed with her hands in her lap, looking around. It was very boring now... being cooped up in a small room with nothing to do.

"Erm... Kron... can I go up on deck in a few minutes... For some fresh air," she asked softly, looking up with her gray eyes.

Kyosuke:

Kron wiped the piece of food off of his face and dropped it back onto her plate. "Fine, feed yourself then," he snarled. He then turned his attention back to Laya.

"Sure, I'll go with you," he said. "I'd rather not be in the same room as her."

Emora Deen:

Laya stood up and made sure her kimono was all straight and tied. She couldn't wait to get back to the mainland where she could by some clothes that didn't remind her of a bath robe...

She walked to the door, unlocking it and opening it up. She stood in the door way waiting on Kron. Was this toleration? She asked herself. She didn't feel as much hate anymore... as if she was tired of hating. Maybe her soul even found it tiresome... She wanted to hate him... but for some reason she couldn't hate him very much. It was annoying... but hopeless.

Kyosuke:

Kron walked out of the room without another word to Saline and shut the door behind him. He followed Laya onto the deck and sat over to the side, watching her enjoy the fresh air. He himself found fresh air more enjoyable also. Even though he didn't need to breathe, fresh air was more pleasing to the nose.

Emora Deen:

Laya leaned on the railing, the breeze of the fast moving ship catching her long hair and tossing it about. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She loved the sea really. It was peaceful and calming.

She turned her head and looked back at Kron for a second. Her eyes looked him over and then returned to the sea. A few of the sailors gave them winks and nods. It only made her flush a deep crimson.

Kyosuke:

Kron smirked and ignored the gestures the sailors passed on to her. He was feeling quite hungry, but decided not to act upon his cravings just yet, he could hold off for a while. Besides, there was nothing except disgusting male blood on this boat and the only source of good blood would be from his slaves' bodies, which just wouldn't do.

He stood up and approached Laya, who was still blushing crimson, and put his arms around her. "Up for another round in a bit?" he asked.

Emora Deen:

Laya looked at him when he wrapped his arms around her. "Up for another round in a bit?" Her eyes widened a bit and then she bit her bottom lip lightly and turned her head away, her cheeks flushing more. She didn't expect him to be romantic... but maybe just a little more subtle?

The sun set to the west, just on the seas horizon. She stared at it for a second. He was absolutely the most horny person she had ever met in her life. But, he did ask her. She didn't want to say no. In fact he had told her once, something to the degree that it didn't matter he'd still take her, but it wouldn't be as pleasurable. But, Kron had promised to be gentle... and she hadn't done anything to disobey him yet. She didn't say anything so he could take it as he wanted. She looked up quickly. "Um... Saline..." she pointed out the fact that Saline was wide awake now.

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled pleasantly. "She can't stay awake forever you know," he replied. "Or we don't have to go back to the room. I'm pretty sure we can find some unused storage room somewhere on this boat." He kissed Laya on the cheek.

Emora Deen:

Laya stared at the sunset a moment longer. He was right. She wouldn't stay awake for a long. One of her hands absentmindedly went to the stitches at her kneck. They were itching. She didn't want to scratch it. The wound had only been closed up last night.

Laya weighed her options. A room with Saline or a possibly quiet storage room, hopefully with a lock.

She just shrugged. Honestly! Didn't he get tired! She was about to say, "It doesn't matter...." But, the moment she opened her mouth she stopped. She realized for the first time that she was totally his. Not exactly for the first time, but it was just strange to say.... "It doesn't matter." to the man who had raped you and now wanted to find a nice quiet place to have sex with you.

She left it as a shrug, which meant the same thing any way.

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled and walked off, leading Laya. He would go find a storage room, he still didn't want to deal with the bound Saline spitting curses at him from Yoshia's body. The two wandered around the hallways, ignoring the knowing grins many sailors were giving them.

He checked from room to room until he finally found a storage room filled with barrels with a door and a lock on it. The two entered and the vampire locked the door and latched it. He then turned and read a barrel, "Ale huh?" he commented.

Emora Deen:

Laya looked around the room. Well when he meant "in a bit" he meant in a bit! She looked at one of the barrels. She sure could use a drink... something to deaden her nerves. Not to mention she was thirsty.

She then looked for a comfortable spot. Lying on a wooden deck wasn't exactly her idea of comfort. She found a stack of sacks and such...

Laya spotted a mug on a barrel. She wondered if any one had drank out of it....

Kyosuke:

Kron seemed to guess what she was thinking when Laya looked at the mug. He picked it up and used his cloak to wipe out the inside the rim of it before handing it to his slave. "Sorry, that's the best I can do to wash it," he said.

Emora Deen:

Laya looked at him and a soft smile came to her lips. He appologized for the mug... She popped one of the corks of the side of the barrel and and filled the mug, then replaced the cork. She took a big swig, sitting on her knees on the floor. She looked up at Kron while she drank. It wasn't long before more than half of the mug was empty.

"Do vampires drink?" she asked.

Kyosuke:

"We could," Kron replied. "And it has the same effect on us as it does humans. We still have blood flowing through us unlike some other forms of the undead." The vampire sat back and watched Laya drink. He wonder if she would be even funner when she was drunk. Maybe the woman would even take the initiative instead of Kron.

Emora Deen:

Laya wanted to get drunk. It was like when the guys go to the bar after a fight with there wife and they drink there worries away. Laya wanted to get drunk so bad that she didn't care anymore.

Laya nodded and kept drinking. She drank and drank and drank... she just kept drinking... She finally stopped when she almost fell over reaching for the barrel again. "Well," she said, pushing herself to her feet awquardly. "I think I'm full..." She lost her balance and caught herself on a barrel. She had drank until she wasn't totally aware of what she was doing.

She looked at Kron, the drunkeness distorting her vision slightly. She grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the sacks.

Kyosuke:

Kron smirked. Perhaps Laya was going to take the initiative due to her drunkedness. He would make a note to get some ale when they reached the mainland. It may even convince Yoshia, when she recovered, to do some things she wouldn't normally do. He also made a note to get Laya to drink a lot of water so she wouldn't get a hangover, or at as intense of one. Other than thoughts, he let the archer guide him.

Emora Deen:

Laya was walking backwards, not paying attention to where she was going and she fell back on the sacks, pulling Kron with her. She yelped, thinking he would crush her or something. But, he didn't he fell to the side of her. "You know..." she said and turned on her side. "You are very, very, very..." and she paused for a long moment as if she couldn't remember the word. "Is it normal for a vampire to be as... active... as you?"

Kyosuke:

Kron started getting impatient. Perhaps the woman wouldn't start things. In that case he would, and maybe Laya would respond instead of lying there. "Maybe," he responded, then lowers his face down to kiss her again.

Emora Deen:

"Interesting," Laya said, her head swimming. Her hands fumbled on his shoulders. She really didn't know what to do. "I'm supposed to hate you..." she whispered and involuntarely kissed him back. It wasn't that she wanted to. It was... well she couldn't explain it. Maybe she turly didn't care anymore? She truly just didn't care anymore.

"But, your not the same man..." And she got lost in some sort of carnal instinct. She just let it all go. If she was to sleep with him, she might as well have a good time....

Kyosuke:

Kron enjoyed the sex more this time. Laya was no longer just lying their and suffering, nor was she just lying their and enjoying it like their last time. This time she was actively participating. And she was quite a passionate lover as well. He, as Laya did, lost himself in the carnal pleasures that the two shared.

Emora Deen:

Laya had her kimono draped over them because she had the habbit of getting cold. She was lying in his arms with her eyes closed, resting. She wasn't a sleep, just resting.

"Happy?" she asked with a yawn, curling up slightly.

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled widely. "Very," he replied and held Laya close. When he got Yoshia back, it would make it very fun for him, with two willing lovers. He wondered if getting Yoshia drunk would drop her inhibitions on having a threesome, and wondered how Laya felt about the idea. However, for now he just held the archer close and waited a while before they had to go.

Emora Deen:

Laya sighed, it was almost a sigh of contempt... Or maybe it was the ale talking. she reached down and pulled the kimono closer to her shoulders.

Her mind wondered of into thought. Yes, that experience had been better than the countless others. Was it because she wasn't so... resistant? Laya knew that if she had been able to see the future she would have never thought that the person lying in Kron's arms at the moment was herself.

But, it was. She was Kron's concort. His whore. To be a lover would mean there had to be some amount of love in the relationship. One day Laya could possibly come to... love him. But, she didn't think Kron had that compasitiy. "When will we go back?" she asked quietly, thankful that no one had disturbed them.

Kyosuke:

Kron stroked Laya's hair lightly, running his fingers through them. "In a bit," he replied. "We'll relax here for a bit first." He brought Laya into a slightly tighter embrace. His body was warmer now from them sharing her body heat for a while, so it wouldn't be too uncomfortable for her.

Emora Deen:

"Rellax," she whispered, closing her eyes again and resting her head against his shoulder. If she rellaxed she might fall a sleep. "I'm falling a sleep," she whispered, half way there. Maybe it was the blood loss, though she was doing just fine. It must have been the fact she was just tired. She wasn't about to fall a sleep right that second.

She paused for a long moment, strangly feeling protected in Kron's arms. Maybe because he did protect her and Yoshia?

"Kron... did you enjoy... raping me that first time?" she asked quietly, half her face buried in his chest. "I won't get mad or sad at your answer.... its in the past... I just was wondering..."

Kyosuke:

Kron nodded. "Yes, I did enjoy raping you brutally that first time," he replied. That answer would be too sensitive to be a joke, so it couldn't have been one. "However, back then you were only another woman to me. I didn't care about you back then." He hugged his slave closer to him. "Now is much different."

Emora Deen:

Laya moved slightly so her face was in front of his... just centimeters away. Her pale gray eyes looked at him. "Different?" she asked and tilted her head slightly, her brown hair falling from her shoulder. "How is it different? Because... I'm submissive now?"

Maybe it was the ale still affecting her. After had drank a lot and hadn't gone a while since. She found her head leaning closer to his, maybe because she still felt like she was swimming? Or was it because some part of her actually had grown more submissive.

Its not supposed to be like this... I'm supposed to utterly hate you... But, your not the same...

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled. "It's different because you're mine now. It's been different ever since you became mine hasn't it? I haven't hurt you on purpose again since that first time." The vampire continued to hold the slave to him, enjoying the feel of her figure pressed against his.

Emora Deen:

Laya looked at him. "And that did hurt..." she said and looked into his eyes again. "Very much, but I guess that was the idea. You had to break me right? And you did... You know that don't you?" She didn't mind telling him that he did because he already knew. There was nothing she could do about it. She had tried and tried to resist, but she was a weak person she guessed.

"And now... now I'm confused on what to do. Part of me wants to hate you... and the other part enjoys being your whore... What a emotional delima you have created for me..." A smile came to her lips, brought on by the drunkeness.

"Er... do you plan on this being our form of exersize for the rest of the trip?"

Kyosuke:

Kron smiled and stroked Laya's cheek with his thumb before kissing her. "If you want this to be, then of course this will be," he replied. He was delighted to hear that he had finally broken this one. She proved to last much longer than Yoshia had. Of course, Yoshia had gone through more emotional trauma with the chasing. He isolated Yoshia, whereas Laya still had Yoshia.

Emora Deen:

Laya blushed, but said nothing. She wasn't the type to go out and say, "Sure! Why not?!" to that sort of statement. Even if Kron had broken her, it wasn't as if she had forgotten all her values.

Surprising to Laya the sacks were quite comfortable, though just a little hard. They sort of formed the shape of there bodies as the seed inside moved around. It must be rice or something. Why would sailors have seed?

Laya was looking around the room again when she saw a rat scurry into a corner and a muffled yelp. She looked to Kron with her eyes narrowed, wondering what that was. From behind a barrel the teenage cabin boy peered out.

Taki:

OOC: She must hold her drink amazingly well to be able to actually process thoughts and speak without slur after drinking so much to the point where she doesn't know what she's doing ^_^;;;;

IC:
Saline sulked as she layed on her back and tried to calm herself and take her focus off her stomach. The waters had finally calmed down enough for her stomach to settle. She was slightly wiggling until finally she got her arms around her legs so they were in front of her and she could eat the now cold food Kron had brought.

"Such a shame she's so goddamned nice...I like her but, he has to know Im serious about dragging him back to hell with me now. I don't want to see him tortured, it's not enough. I want to watch him burn with me. Payback's a bitch." She snickered to herself as plans started to hatch in her head. After she finished eating she curled up to nap so she could wake in the middle of the night.

Kyosuke:

Kron growled as he noticed the cabin boy that was hiding. He got up and draped the kimono over his slave's body and approached the boy, still naked. (OOC: I have a feeling I'm going to have a series of outtakes regarding this) He grabbed the boy by the top of his head and with a grip that dug his fingers into his skull, pulled him up and snarled in his face. "How much did you see?" It wasn't that the vampire was shy about it, no, it was more the fact that the boy had seen something that was the vampire's property.

Emora Deen:

OOC: I've done it before. I can actually speak better drunk I think. Although I've only been drunk once and I tried to borrow a muslims AK47, he was staying across the street from a friend of mine in a trailer park.

IC: Laya held her kimono to her tightly, flushing. That was something a teenager shouldn't see.

The teenager looked at Kron fearfully and lied as best he could, "N-nothing!" His face was a bright red with emberassment. "I-I didn't see anything... honest!"

Laya pulled her knees up, to make herself smaller. Well, this was just lovely. She felt truly ashamed at the moment and hung her head low. Then it snapped back up. If he had been there the whole time it meant he had heard everything they had talked about. He now knew Kron was a rapist.

Kyosuke:

Kron grinned sadistically. He didn't have much time left, so he would finish the business with the boy quickly. With a quick jerk he snapped the boy's neck cleanly. He then left the body in the corner where he found them, with him upside down. He hoped the sailors that found them would assume that the boy was messing around, climbing the barrels, and ended up falling and snapping his neck. He quickly redressed. "C'mon, we should get going," he said.

Emora Deen:

Laya yelped and covered her mouth when she wittnessed Kron snap the teens neck. She looked at him in shock, but nodded quickly, moving to stand up, but stumbling slightly. She quickly slipped her kimono on and tied it. She headed towards the door to unlock it. It was best if they got going anyway... Saline shouldn't be left in a room alone.

Laya felt sorry for the poor boy. Sure, he shouldn't have done what he did, but maybe it was because they had gone in there while he had been hiding and they locked him in with them. Then, it wasn't his fault...

Kyosuke:

Kron sensed Laya's emotional turmoil as he redressed. "It was his problem. He could have snuck out, the door locks from the inside after all," the vampire explained. "Or he could have even just told us that he was there and excused himself. He made the choice to stay." The vampire went to open the door. "C'mon."

Emora Deen:

Laya nodded and followed him out of the room. She understood his ergency to leave. They were outnumbered on the ship, and didn't need to be blamed for the cabin boys death. She headed back to there room, stumbling down the hall slightly, but catching herself on the walls.

She entered there room quickly and almost fell on the bed. She laid there in an awkuard position for a moment staring at the wall. "I've been lying down a lot these past few days..." She roled over onto her back, closer to the wall.

Kyosuke:

Kron paused outside the door, getting an idea. "Hold on," he said and went out to find a sailor. He quickly found one and explained that he and his 'friend' were looking for a place with privacy. The sailor grinned and laughed at that, knowing what he was talking about. He then lied to the sailor, telling him that he had found the dead cabin boy in the storage room after he walked around for a bit

Emora Deen:

The man looked stunned at first and then his eyes narrowed. He turned to look at a burly man. "Go check one of the storage rooms... Look for Will."

"Broke his neck..." One whispered. "Poor kid. I told him not to go tryin' to catch rats... He probably got a real mean one and hopped up there on them barrels again. Stupid kid..."

The burlly man returned and nodded quietly. "Well, throw it overboard and we'll explain to his parents once we reach Arken..."


Kyosuke:

Kron thought about it. He realized that he never asked about their destination and sighed. He didn't quite feel like taking over the boat anymore. Instead, he just headed back to his room.

"Laya, I just found out that this boat is headed to Arken," he said, closing the door. He didn't have that much of a problem with it, but he doubted that there would be any useful priests there.

Emora Deen:

Laya rolled over on the bed. "Arken?" she asked hesitantly. "Is there some way we could talk them into going to Ighten?" She sat up, the drunkeness faded with the fear of having to go to the land of horrors and the home of the unholy Witch Queen.

"Can we ask them or something?"

Kyosuke:

Kron shrugged. "I don't know, and to be honest, I don't feel like taking over this ship, as much fun as it would be to do so. Besides, none of us know exactly where we are right now and we'd probably get lost at sea," he explained. For the most part, Kron also wanted to keep his existence a secret from as many people as possible. The less people that know about him, the easier it would be for him to move around. If he forced the sailors to go where he wanted to, then it may cause troubles for him later on if one got away from the slaughter that would take place afterwards.

Emora Deen:

Laya looked at him and pulled her knees until she sat cross legged with the covers over her lap. "I can talk to him in the morning if you'd like..." she said softly, listening to the sound of the waves as the ship pushed through the open sea.

"I used to be a very good lier and actress, I could probably come up with something..." She looked to Yoshia's sleeping body. She wanted Saline gone and would say almost anything to get to Ighten.

Kyosuke:

Kron shrugged. "If you want to, then go ahead and try," he said. "It'd be really great if you succeeded. I wanna get rid of that ghoul Saline as quickly as possible." He looked over to the woman and saw that she was once again asleep on the floor, probably trying to avoid getting seasick.

Emora Deen:

Laya nodded and slipped downwards until she was lying on her side, her head resting on her hand and her other arm draped over her elegant hip. She yawned and blinked quickly to clear her watering eyes. "I'll do it in the morning..." she whispered tiredly.

A sigh escaped her lips as the soft waves and the easy rocking of the ship made her sleepy. She pulled the covers up to her chest. "I think I'm going to sleep..." she said and opened her eyes to look at him. "You don't have anything you'd like me to do?"

She was a slave, yet he seemed to do everything. It was almost as if she was just his love slave and nothing more...

Kyosuke:

Kron licked his lips. "Not really. I only need you two for two things, sex and food," he said. Kron practically represented the idea of Frued's ID, seeing that for the most part, he only acted on his base instincts. (OOC: Hey, it made my post longer, as does this ) "Seeing as there are no females other than you two, I don't suppose you'd be willing to let me have some of your blood then would you?"

Emora Deen:

Laya looked at him and sort of pushed her back against the wall that the bed had been set against. "Drink... drink my blood?"

Her eyes were a bit fearful. "Eh..." she tried to think of something. Maybe she should refuse? But, if he wanted it he would take it... and if she refused he would probably hurt her in the process...

"Will it hurt?" she asked softly and looked up at him with her gray eyes.

Kyosuke:

Kron shrugged. "I'd assume it would. I have to make a puncture wound for it. I won't use an artery that would close though," he said. "Of course, I also won't force you to if you don't want to." Just because Laya was no submitting to him didn't mean he should treat her badly again.

Emora Deen:

Laya swallowed. If Yoshia and herself needed protection from these pirates Kron would be no good to them. Being a slave to Kron had become tolarable. Being a slave to a bunch of sailors would be a fate worst than death.

Laya pushed the kimono off the shoulder on one side, the side where her neck wasn't hurt. She pushed her hair out of the way and sat up in the bed, tilting her head for him to have access to her neck. "You need to... We might need you for protection..."

Kyosuke:

Kron put his hand on her head and smiled. "I appreciate the gesture, but it's not completely vital for me to drink blood every day. If it was then I would be willing to drink the sailors'," he said. "If you don't want me to do it, I won't drink your blood." Kron carressed the side of her face lovingly.

Emora Deen:

Laya looked at him as he caressed her face. "I don't mind..." she lied and looked into his eyes. "Just as long as you don't hurt me... and don't turn me into a vampire... and don't kill me...."

Her long brown hair cascaded down her back onto the pillow over which it hovered. Kron didn't seem to want to hurt her any more. He seemed to care about her. Maybe he felt guilt for hurting her? Maybe he was truly sorry for taking away everything. Maybe he would let her go if she asked?

Kyosuke:

Kron nodded and took her arm instead. "Not the neck, it's too hard to bind up," he explained. Picking it up, he put the wrist in front of his teeth and bit down almost tenderly. He sucked a bit of blood from her, enough to sate him for a while but not too much.

Emora Deen:

Laya's hand trembled when he reached for her wrist and drew it towards his lips. He opened his mouth and when she felt the puncture of his teeth she winced and almost drew back, but possibly would have made the wound worst so she kept her wrist as still as possible. It felt very strange to feel Kron's teeth puncture her arm and to feel the sort of sucking sensation. Her blood ran cold, or maybe it was just because it was being drawn away from parts of her body. Her hand went numb like it had fallen a sleep. Then he finished and she drew her wrist to her to examine it with interest.

“It didn’t hurt that much….” she said as if she were amazed by it and her gray eyes looked up at him. She tore a peace of the blanket off and tried to tie it around her wrist, but found it very hard since she didn’t have both hands to do it with. It was a sloppy job by the time she was finished and it possibly wouldn’t hold through the night with all her tossing and turning.

Kyosuke:

Kron took her wrist again and unwrapped the blanket, letting the blood flow for a bit. He then retied it so that the blanket was less likely to fall off while they were sleeping. It would also stop the blood flow much better than before, seeing as it was tighter now. "There," he said. "That should be better."

Emora Deen:

Laya nodded and moved to the side of the bed closest to the wall. She pulled the blanket over her and slipped downwards so her head would be on one half of the pillow. She gazed up at him for a moment and then closed her eyes...

Taki:

OOC: Sorry I was neglecting my threads for so long :3 me and my friend have been writing a fic.. annnd I was reading a 40-chapter fic so..yea

IC:
Saline was just starting to come to and her head felt a little clearer than it had before. She groaned as she went to sit up but hit her head on the table instead. She absently stretched her arms as much as could be allowed with her wrists still tied together, though she had a little more freedom after working her arms from her behind her back to the front so she could eat her dinner.

"Humans.." She spat with a frustrated sigh at the pain in her wrists and the bump on her head. "So easily fucking bruised. No wonder the mortality bit was such a problem..Ugh." She complained to herself as she tripped, trying to stand, when the boat rocked. Finally she stood and backed against the wall, leaning heavily on it for support.

Meanwhile, Yoshia's soul was quiet and stirring in small circles in the jar she was being kept in. She could feel Saline's intent and it made her want out of that jar and as far away from saline as possible.

Kyosuke:

Kron stayed awake when Laya went to sleep. He watched Saline get to her feet weakly and maintain her balance. "Awake I see," he said, almost hissing it out. He'd much rather the woman stay out for the whole ride. In fact, he was tempted to knock her out again.

Kyosuke:

Seeing that Saline was now ignoring him, he lay back next to his now willing slave. Soon the ship entered rough waters and it rocked back and forth. Without Kron noticing, the jar that contained Yoshia's soul moved back and forth slightly, until it fell onto his side and rolled until it fell to the ground, shattering and releasing Yoshia's soul to the afterlife.

Kron sprang up as the jar hit the ground and he saw Saline's victorious smile. "Ha! Now you'll never get her back," she sneered. The vampire growled dangerously.

Emora Deen:

Laya was sleeping peacefully when she heard a crash that caused her to jolt in her sleep and rise up quickly. She turned her head towards Kron and Saline and looked down at the jar on the wooden floor. "Oh no!" She said and looked to Kron. "What happened!"

Kyosuke:

Kron growled in anger, knowing that Saline had won. He let the rise and fall of the ship answer Laya's question as he charged forward in anger at Saline. He grabbed her by the neck and lifted her up. He was going to kill her like that, but decided it would be more useful to use her as food. Before Saline could say anything else, or try to seeing that she was being choked, he twisted her head roughly to the side and sank his fangs into the neck that used to be Yoshia's.

Emora Deen:

Laya screamed and ran to Kron and pulled on his shoulder. "Kron! No! You'll kill her!" Laya said and tugged on his shoulder. She knew that Kron hated Saline, and she didn't too much care for her either... But, to kill her so horrible.

"Kron please!" Laya pulled on his shoulder as hard as she could. But, she figured it was useless. Kron had much more strength than she did. Plus, deep inside Laya didn't want to be left alone... It would mean she was the only one Kron had...

Kyosuke:

Kron dropped the body, now cold and lifeless, to the ground. He turned and looked at the woman that had been struggling to stop him. "Yoshia was already gone," he said, seeing that she didn't seem to understand the whole situation. "The ship rocked too much and knocked the jar down. I didn't want to let that bitch Saline gloat any longer so I killed her."

Emora Deen:

Laya looked at Kron and then back at Yoshia's dead body. She swallowed hard and then looked back at Kron with her eyes watering slightly. She never got to tell Yoshia thank you for being such a good friend. She didn't even get to say good bye. Laya went back to sitting on the bed. She looked at her bare feet. "Oh," she said softly and swallowed hard again. Strangely she found she felt very sad... but couldn't cry.

Kyosuke:

"I'm going to dispose of the body," Kron said. He also picked up the pieces of glass on the ground that were from the jar. He opened the door and looked around to make sure that nobody was there, then slung the dead body over his shoulder and dashed out towards the deck. Before any turns he made he always checked to make sure nobody saw him and he quickly made it to the deck. WIthout further ado, he heaved the body into the ocean. It was a lucky thing that it was so late and stormy. The crew was either asleep or struggling to keep the boat from going off course.

Emora Deen:

Laya laid back down on the bed with her back to the wall and the covers pulled over her legs. She waited for Kron to get back as her mind wondered about what would be different with out Yoshia now. What was the point of going to Ighten? What would happen?

She guessed she would ask Kron all her questions. She pulled the covers up and held them to her chest and waited patiently for Kron to return to her. She paused. She actually didn't care that he would be coming back... And she wasn't that sad that her only friend had died? What was wrong with her? What had she become?

Kyosuke:

Kron made his way back to his and Laya's room fairly quickly. When he entered, he closed his eyes and sighed. "Ah, that was a waste of a good slave," he said. He grinned at Laya, who was in bed, "Good thing I still have you."

Emora Deen:

Laya looked up from what she had been staring at found Kron looking at her. "Yea," Laya said and arched an eyebrow. She couldn't tell if he was hinting to something dodgy or was he actually thankful that he still had her. She sat up in the bed more. "Has the plan changed? Are we going to try and get Ighten or are we going on to Arken with them?" If he was implying something she thought to change the subject. Her friend had just died!

... Yet... she hadn't shed a tear yet....

Kyosuke:

"It doesn't matter much anymore," Kron replied. "The only reason we were heading to Ighten before was to get an excorcist of some sort. Now that we no longer have Yoshia to worry about, we no longer need to go there." Kron latched the door and sat down on the bed next to Laya. "How's your wrist?" he asked, genuinely wondering whether or not he had hurt her too much when he took some of her blood.

Emora Deen:

Laya looked at him questioningly and then snapped out of her stare. "Oh," she said and looked down at her wrist. "I don't even feel it any more." She looked at the two puncture marks. "Though I bet you have been biting people for while..."

She looked up with her gray eyes and tilted her head. "Erm... aren't you tired?" she asked, wondering if he wanted to go to sleep. He never seemed to run out of energy. The boat was rocking so much from the storm outside, but Laya had never been afraid of storms. She rocked back and forth along with the boat, having found long ago that it was easier on your stomach if you didn't try and fight the swaying. Well... it was easier on her stomach.

Kyosuke:

Kron nodded. "Actually, I am a bit tired," he replied. The vampire yawned and lay back, an arm around Laya still. He closed his eyes and went to sleep. He hadn't noticed it, but when he killed Yoshia it messed up his sense for the crests that he had kept on both of his slaves. He was no longer able to sense Laya's as well. So while he was sleeping his guard was down

Emora Deen:

Laya fell a sleep with Kron's arm around her. She was thankful he hadn't tried to sleep with her again... She fell into nightmares of him on the first night they met. Of how he had hurt her so much... of how he still hurt her by degrading her to nothing but a whore.

She groaned in her sleep and her head turned from side to side as the nightmare turn horrific and realistic as if she were back in that cave reliving it all over again. A tear rolled down her cheek. She clutched the covers. "No!"

Laya rose up quickly, gasping in a cold sweat. She let herself calm, trembling and wiping her brow. She looked down next to her at the monster who had taken everything from her. He was sleeping... He was peaceful while he was sleeping... He didn't look like the sadistic rapist who had tormented her this last month.

She could kill him... so easily. And be free...

Laya crawled cautiously off the small bed and stood over him as he slept. It was stange... she had expected him to stop her from moving away from him. To pull her closer so she couldn't get away...

Laya reached down towards a chair that was in the room. It was rickety and old looking. She began to try and brake off a leg and finally managed. She winced at the loud noise she made when it finally happened. She rose up and looked down at Kron.

She couldn't hesitate... if she hesitated it would be to late. He would wake up... and punish her for what she was trying to do. She must not hesitate. Laya held the sharp edge of the wood pointing down and the stake like object with both hands pointing towards his heart. As she stared at him the pain he had caused her flooded back and she plunged the stake downwards into his heart.

She drove it as far as she cold hitting it with her fist. She stared in wonder as his body slowly turned to dust and made his shape into the covers a dusty outline. She gasped, feeling relief for the first time since that fateful night. A tear rolled down her cheek.

In the storm Laya lowered a row boat off the side of the ship and climbed down the ladder to it. She brought with her a bag of food and water that she would need and compass. Laya had a bit of knowledge, but it didn't matter where she ended up. She was free and that was all that mattered. As she rowed away from the large ship and the rain beat down on her. She smiled.

"I'm free..."