--a silent night[Kyo]

[Eri]

I shouldn't do this...I really shouldn't, it's not fair to her. Kyo was waiting for her reaction calmly. Everything about him was calm, until he started fighting, then things tended to get a little hairy pretty quickly. Mercy was not something he practiced often. So why was Sakon still alive? He didn't feel like having an entire clan dogging his every move when he'd rather live in peace and hope that one day Sakon would realize that he was over-matched, likely as not that would be the day that Sakon would push him too far and he would snap. He sighed softly at his inner musings, they would get him nowhere right now.
He smiled slightly at her first comment. "Vampires can be unpredictable." He said calmly, shrugging slightly, almost joking with her, and at least he had seen fit to make sure she didn't get hurt. "At least I was gentle." He muttered, almost as if she had accused him of harming her.
He stiffened slightly feeling her hands roaming over his chest, he wasn't used to people touching him after all but he relaxed after a few seconds since it just seemed that she was trying to explore his body, to what purpose he didn't know.
He smiled slightly when she mentioned that she wasn't like many humans. "I know darling, but there could be similarities between you and the rest of the population besides your species." He said with a soft smile. He was smiling a lot, or at least a lot that someone could see.
He chuckled slightly at her comment about food. "People need to eat meat to stay healthly just like vampires need blood to stay healthy." He said calmly. The rest of his idea was wafted away when he felt her kissing him. After she retreated it seemed he saw her licking her lips and he eyed her calmly. "This really isn't the place for anything like that." He said with a grin. Hello, there's a new side to Kyo that nobody has seen. His eyes flickered red, yet it wasn't a dangerous shade of red like most of the time. One could only guess what was causing some sort of emotion within the elder vampire. He knew, but he wasn't going to share, but let's put one thing to rest. He was not a vulgar being.[/color]

[!!elise[the cannibal]]

Ashe
Friends will keep you sane, Love could fill your heart. . .
A lover can warm your bed, But lonely is the soul without a mate. . .

[/size]

My eyes traveled about, looking anywhere, but at him. I wasn't sure what was running through my head. Yes, I'd heard every word he had spoken and yet I had played the brave doll here. For all I knew he could tear me limb from freaking limb and I was acting like he was a cute puppy. Okay, not totally, but still. My hands dropped to the ground and I tried to move from the position I was in. My chocolate colored eyes flickered up to his face before flipping away once more. My lips parted as if I was about to speak, but I closed it once more and tried to think of something that wouldn't sound stupid as it left my vocal cords.

"I like unpredictable. It makes life more exciting less black and white. It adds. . ." I paused and closed my eyes thinking what I had almost said would have been silly and child like. "Never mind that train of thought." I spoke low, under my breath in hopes that he may not have heard me. I laughed softly and reached up without much thought as to what I was doing, still not looking at him, and patted his cheek lightly. "Yes, you were a gentle beasty." I giggled once more at my own words and gave him a side long glance before looking away once more. Ugh, was I really five on the inside? Really a shy, small child? Probably.

I shrugged a slim shoulder and closed my eyes, trying to clear my mind. "We don't NEED meat to stay healthy. We have other means, but I could care less what someone has to do to stay healthy. Just because they do one thing that someone else doesn't doesn't mean that they are odd or anything. Personality it what makes the being." I sighed and opened my eyes to glance back at him. That's when I realized what he'd said last and that his eyes were a red now. I didn't flinch, just stared at him with a bit of open wonder and sudden speech slipped passed my lips. "Wow. It was a breath more than anything else. A sigh on the breeze to be positive.

[Eri]

This really is a bad idea...a very bad idea...Sakon will find her, torture her....It'd be all my fault..... Kyo grumbled inwardly at his inner thoughts, they were the main reason he had stayed celibate for the longest time. Actually for his entire life. He blinked in surprise as that realization hit him. And he was how old? He growled softly yet still deep in his chest so that he rumbled slightly. Damn Sakon, damn him to the fiery pits of hell.
He glanced at the girl curiously, noting that she was trying not to look at him. Well why wasn't she? The thought prodded at him for a little before he pushed it away. It couldn't be any less awkward for her than it was for him.
One brow rose when she spoke, stating that she liked the unpredictable but stopped her sentence short and said to disregard that train of thought. "Adds more spice?" He asked calmly, a slight smile twisting one corner of his mouth upwards a centimeter or two. What was it about this girl that made him so....giddy? No that wasn't the right word. Happy wasn't exactly the right word either. What would could convey it? It was slipping his mind right now.
His attention snapped back to the girl when he felt her hand on his cheek then her almost teasing, perhaps mocking, that he had been a gentle beast. Beast? He blinked slightly, that was perhaps the best way to put his species. He glanced around briefly thinking to himself, something he really needed to stop doing at times too.
His attention returned again when she started saying that there where other things that people could do to stay healthy. He shruged slightly. "I suppose, but there's never any truly good subsitute for the real deal." He said calmly. "Not all vampires are kind at heart." He said easily, shifting his position slightly.
He barely heard her next remark of wow and it puzzled him slightly. "Wow what?" He asked curiously. What was about her anyways? He rather wanted to protect the girl but yet he wanted to keep his distance. Ah well. Come to the hurdle when it came.

[!!elise[the cannibal]]

Ashe
Friends will keep you sane, Love could fill your heart. . .
A lover can warm your bed, But lonely is the soul without a mate. . .

[/size]

I felt the rumble of his chest, the feeling traveled through my bones and made me want to close my eyes. Somehow, the feeling tickled and I was forced to hold back a bubble of laughter. I worked hard to keep it a bay and soon the feeling passed without a second glance. The cold Earth against my back was really starting to get to me. I almost wished for a warm bed, but who knew where all this would go with the privacy of a bedroom. I wasn't sure I really wanted to think about it. No matter how much I liked the idea. I didn't turn my gaze away from him as my lips parted to speak, but all I could do was nod my head slowly in a agreement to what he said. Then I glanced down and a pleased smile colored my features. "Yeah, the unpredictable does add more spice to life." I glanced back up at him and smiled as brightly as I could.

He made me feel like I was almost normal. Like I wasn't a total freak of nature. Like the heart that beat in my chest was real and that I could deal with life a step at a time for as long as I needed to do so. I shrugged slowly in response to his next set of words. "Maybe there is no truly good substitute and maybe not all of your kind are good, but I think you have a good heart and I've been known to be a good judge of character." I sighed and made sure I had eye contact with him. He was good, though I was sure he didn't want to believe that. Maybe it would take a little time to make him see what I saw when I was looking at him, but that was how it would have to be then and I could deal with that.

A blushed colored my cheeks when I realized he'd heard my little wowing bit and I put my bottom lip between my teeth, biting lightly. "Oh, it's nothing." I said quickly releasing my lip for a single moment, then pulling it back again and chewing at it a bit harder. That's when I tasted it though. That salt and copper flavor that made me want to gag, but caused hunger in this male poised over me. I ran my tongue over the shallow wound I'd given myself, trying to cover up the fact that I'd made myself bleed. That happened often though. When I was nervous I always chewed on my lip. Why was I nervous around him though? It wasn't because he was a vampire, I knew that much, but what was it? What made me want to blush and turn away like a shy school girl? What made me want to act the modest maiden when it was clear I wasn't one? I sighed inwardly and shoved those thoughts away, burying those thoughts under a mountain of other unanswered ones.

[Eri]

Why do I keep doing this? Why? It's not fair to her, but I suppose I'm being selfish...for once..... Kyo watched her calmly, not really sure what he should do anymore, if anything. He chuckled slightly when she agreed that life could be better with spice. Depended on how much and what kind of spice, but for now he would keep his comments to himself, no need to get into a fight now was there? He didn't think so, at least not at this time.
She spoke again saying how maybe none of his kind was good but that he had a kind heart. If only she knew. If only she knew what he could become on a moments notice. He glanced away, almost ashamed to meet her gaze now because of his inner thoughts. His gaze snapped back though when she mentioned that she was a good judge of character. He laughed dryly. "You don't know what I can really be like." He said calmly.
Nothing? His lips twitched slightly even as she chewed on her's. That's when the smell of blood hit him. His eyes widened slightly as they flashed a bright red. He launched backwards, using his arms and hand to propel him away from her. What he didn't count on was a couple of trash cans that he collided with, back first with a loud clatter. He winced slightly at the contact but paid no other mind to it. "That's another thing to worry about. I can't always control the blood-lust that vampires have." He said coldly, mostly in anger at himself.
He stood up and dusted himself off, glancing around himself, wondering if anyone had heard the ruckus. He grumbled inwardly, this was wrong, entirely wrong. What had he been thinking? He hadn't been of course. Anger, pure anger flowed through him. His fist clenched as his eyes flashed to a pure blood red color. He brought his fist down on one trash can, not even caring as some of the metal sliced his hand open. He looked at her calmly though the red of his eyes remained. "This is a mere parlor trick too. Vampires like me aren't to be trifled with. That trash can could have been you." He said, almost snarling in his anger at himself.[/size]

[!!elise[the cannibal]]

Ashe
Friends will keep you sane, Love could fill your heart. . .
A lover can warm your bed, But lonely is the soul without a mate. . .

[/size]

Everything was fine for the moment. I didn't mind what he was saying. He could act this way all he wanted to. Not believing me if he so wished it, but when he launched away from me and took out the poor trash can, I got mad and I mean really mad. I shot up from the ground. I glared at him with dark eyes. They were narrowed in such a way that you might think a human size cat was glaring at you. I'd never been afraid of anything, but alien movies in my whole life and maybe the dark when I was younger, but I sure as well didn't fear him. My foot beat against the ground for the moment, while my arms crossed my chest. I was thinking of a way to deal with him. Thinking of what I could do and I sighed in fury. I lifted a hand and ran it through my bangs, shoving them away from my eyes. I pointed at him as soon as my fingers were free. "You are being an idiot. I mean it." I snapped at him.I was not scared. Not in the least.

That wasn't enough for my temper though and I marched toward him, intent on what I needed to show him. I stopped and look up at him. "You are not a mean and nasty as you keep trying to make yourself out to be. I mean, come on! No one would normally let a girl just tackle them to the ground and deal with it. Most guys would have dumped her off of them and walked away. You however, flipped me onto my back and remained there like that. What does that say about you. You have a god damn heart that is good!" I snapped at him, hands on my hips now, "Damn you! Damn you and all your oh I am such a monster act!" Without thought, I reached up and cuffed his ear, hitting him in the side of the head hard enough to say I wasn't happy, not in the least with how he was acting and still I wasn't done with what all I needed to say to his foolish actions.

"If you wanted me for my freaking blood, if you wanted to hurt me and damage me to the point of no return you would have done it already!" I tried to think of something else to day before I threw my hands in the air with a grown, "UGH!" The word came out before I thought better of it. My arms crossed over my chest and I turned my face away from him sharply. I really didn't want to be this angry, but I couldn't help it. My fury was so high and tears rolled from my eyes. I was pretty sure he would think the tears were for another reason, but they weren't. I was just so pissed that tears were the only way for me to show my emotions right now. I would let him take my words and my actions as he pleased. I wanted to kick him in the shin, but I would hold back for the moment. If I could that is.

[Eri]

Looks like that made her mad....not the reaction I was hoping for..... It seemed the girl was just as stubborn as he was, and it mildly ticked him off but it pleased him more than anything in some wierd way. He eyed her calmly even as his eyes flashed though they were starting to fade back to the eerie mix of brown and red, albeit it was a slow process. He watched as she lurched to her feet and seemed utterly pissed at him. What did he do? Oh yeah, destroyed a trash can. Oops.
She started to yell at him and he merely stood there watching her through his gaze, fighting the urge to let his anger have a full reign, but it wasn't her fault, it was his fault. She walked towards him then and boxed him in the ear. He winced slightly even though it hadn't even really hurt him. "If I'm such a good guy then why did I stand by and watch as a my little brother murdered out entire family when I could have stopped him?" He said calmly as she turned around. He took in her stance and sighed heavily before moving after her though stopped when he was right behind her. Then he saw the slight glistening of tears and knew he was the cause. He sighed lightly before taking his thumb and wiping them away gently before walking around her so that he was facing her and crouched slightly.
"It's not fair to you if you were to be with me. I couldn't bear the thought if you were to be hurt because of me either. Hell, Sakon will probably try to hunt you down and harm you to get to me simply because you're likely to smell like me." He said calmly gesturing to his cloak. "It's not that I don't want to be with you, but while Sakon still exists it's too dangerous." He said calmly.
And that's when a completely random idea hit him. With his blood she would be a powerful fledgling, not as powerful as him but damn near close, and once she started aging she might become as powerful as he was when his blood-rage controlled him. He looked at her calmly. No, it wouldn't be fair for her to lose her humanity, something he rather cherished in mortals since he had never expirenced, even though many tried to assure him it was nothing, it was still something, something than many other vampires would try to steal, hence why so many where roaming around at times.[/size]

[!!elise[the cannibal]]

Ashe
Friends will keep you sane, Love could fill your heart. . .
A lover can warm your bed, But lonely is the soul without a mate. . .

[/size]

I was in a frenzy. Simply losing my mind with that dull thrum of anger that boiled just under the surface. I glanced over my shoulder at him as he spoke, about his brother and all that stuff. I shrugged, not really minding what he said. "I never had a family that actually loved me, so I wouldn't know what its like to be unable to do anything for them." I glanced away from him now, staring at the ground and wishing my tears would just stop, wishing time would just stop all together. I wanted to go back to the moments before I bit my lip and sent him into this mood. I flipped a stray strand of hair over my shoulder as he came up behind me. I kept my eyes on the ground until I felt the brush of his thumb over my face. I wanted to flinch away. I wanted to stay angry, but it was a tender move.

Then he just had to come stand in front of me. I glared at him, though there was no heat to the look anymore. I really didn't want to hear his words for this or that. I knew it would only anger me once more and he would not be getting up if I had my way with things. I turned my face away from his and stared away from him, eyes intent on nothing at all, though it was unlikely he would figure that out. I hated the way I was acting. It was petty and stupid, but I had no control over this rolling emotion. I knew if I went home like this my fury would only rise and my poor pillow would face my anger and I started crying again. I reached up quickly and dashed them away, tossing a glare his way once more. He had spoken and as I thought, I didn't like what he was saying to me.

"You're an idiot. A baboon. A fool and any other word that means any of those." I snapped at him, holding my head high, dark eyes blazing as I looked at him once more. "You make me so mad and yet, I can't just walk away from you." My hands balled into fists and without thinking, one of them launched out, aimed for his chest, "God damn you!" I snapped the words as my eyes closed and I looked down. "I can take care of myself." I growled out at him before I put my other hand over my mouth, trying to silence my angry words. They were killing me. I was never this way.

[Eri]

I should go...cut my loses....I can't though. She'd probably follow me....like a little lost puppy dog. Kyo sighed and shook his head slightly at his thoughts as he watched the girl calmly. She wasn't listening to him though it seemed. He sighed slightly, not wanting to have to come this far in trying to prove that his crowd was dangerous.
He noted her harsh looks but paid it no mind, at least outwardly, inwardly it hurt him, he hated ticking others off, except for Sakon but that was another story in the long run. What had started the rivalry between him and Sakon? He had no clue anymore. Not that it mattered anyways, one of them had to die for the other to be at peace, and the way things where looking out Kyo would be going on a hunting trip after a lovely silver-haired vampire that belonged to his brother's new clan.
He sighed slightly as Ashe started to insult him, calling him an idiot but he stood passively. "I don't think you truly understand what Sakon will do to you if he was to catch you." He said calmly, his golden gloved hand clenching and then unclenching as he reached to take it off before holding his hand towards her. The hand had a curious mark on it that almost look sickly but still relatively healed due to sheer age. "I've had this mark from the bastard for nigh on ten years, and that's with drinking blood almost every night to help me heal." He said calmly. "You think you can handle yourself against a creature that lives to torture others? Not as a human, and I won't let you get in harms way, even if that means I have to either tie you to my back or lock you away in a place only I know of." He said calmly watching her.
He took a step backwards in surprise when she had punched him and he rubbed his chest with his bad hand absent-mindedly before shaking his head.
He peered at her calmly. "I don't want you hurt. Don't you understand?" He asked calmly, blinking his eyes furiously for a couple moments. "I don't like hurting people. It's a wonder I don't kidnap my brother and sister and keep them in a safe place so they won't get harmed." He said uneasily. He was having trouble putting exactly what he wanted into words and it was bugging him. Almost to the point of pissing him off, which wasn't exactly a good thing in the end. How could he make her undertand that he would do just about anything so that she wouldn't get hurt by Sakon? His mind drew a blank.[/size]

[!!elise[the cannibal]]

Ashe
Friends will keep you sane, Love could fill your heart. . .
A lover can warm your bed, But lonely is the soul without a mate. . .

[/size]

I turned my back on him once more. Yes, I'd seen his hand and his point had gotten acrossed to me, but did it really me he couldn't be around me? I thought not, but that was his choice. "I get that he's dangerous and I guess I'm being an idiot too, but I don't like being alone and your the first anything to stick around at all." I said the words slowly and glanced at the ground, before lowering my self down and bring my knees to my chest. "Whatever do you what you have to, Kyo. I don't wanna fight anymore." It wore me down to get upset like this, and I lost my bright spirit. My arms came around my legs, holding them so that I didn't fall back wards. I would probably be out here all night and nothing would happen to me. Kyo would have been the most exciting part of my night you could say. I sighed inwardly and wondered what would happen now. Would he really just leave? I guessed he would since he seemed so, I dunno. Words just wouldn't form.

I lifted a hand and pulled my long hair over my shoulder, before yanking the tie out of it. Sometimes when it was up, it would just start bugging me and all I could do was take it down and let it pool down to my waist, like it normally would if it was always down. I shoved it back once more and tried to look over at him without being noticed, but I was sure that was impossible for me to do. I was surprised though that he was still there and he was speaking once more. I didn't want to hear any of it, but I was compelled to listen, like always. Something pulled at me until my head turned and I could see him for the most part. My tongue ran over my battered bottom lip and I winced in discomfort as a dull throb began to form. I hated it when I bit my lip to the point of hurting myself. It would pain me for few days now that the mark was there.

"I understand that you don't want me to get hurt, but I'm going to manage that anyways on my own. I hurt myself nearly everyday. Not because I want to, but because it just happens." The words came out coolly and I shrugged as if injuring myself was an everyday thing. I thought maybe I should just tell him about the cut I'd placed acrossed my palm just a few months ago. Now wouldn't that just be exciting? I thought not. I sighed and pushed up off the ground once more, turning to face him. I walked forward, slow in my motions, or slower than normal. I came and stood with but an inch between us and looked up at him. "You can lock something away, but it would be like taking the wings from a bird or the wild range from a mustang. It's much worse than being hurt, because than all you'd wish for is death." I was sure those words my set him off, but I couldn't help it. I lifted a hand slowly and placed it lightly on his chest, right on the spot I had punched him. "Sorry about hitting you, both times." I wasn't sure if I would be forgiven for my actions, but saying those words make me feel a little better.

[Eri]

I'm a fool....I'm a bloody fool. I do know that Sakon is dieing soon though.....I don't care if Sai is upset with me, he'd find out about it sooner or later anyways. Kyo sighed heavily. It was hard to tell if it was from frustration or perhaps giving up. He watched her as she noticed his hand as he noticed her actions of releasing her hair and then it seemed to be probing her lip.
She stood up then and had closed the distance between them and he opened his mouth every so slightly so that he wouldn't be smelling any blood. She seemed to have a death wish. Most people tended to avoid vampires if they had cuts. Most that is, and she wasn't most. He hadn't decided if that was a good or bad thing.
He blinked slowly a few times, his eyes a dull red almost his usual color. What he wouldn't have given to have his eyes that he had been born with. Such beauty they had held and now they showed every emotion without him even thinking.
"Sometimes a cage is needed to keep something safe until the prey has been taken away." He said calmly as a plan formed to him. After this he would simply sneak into the Tau Ceti, slay Sakon and then deal with the clan coming after him. Wait a second....Didn't Sai have some influence with the clan leader? Even an elder had to obey the leader! He could merely convince Sai to convince the girl to make Sakon leave him alone. That would solve all of the problems right there.
"How do you think I would feel if I was the cause of your pain?" He said lowly, watching her calmly. "Do you think I like being alone either? I had my family but what good is that when they're all so scared of you that only your little brother will stay around? And even he left me when our little sister was born!" He said, almost vehemently. He was a monster, why didn't she see that?
A small flicker of a smile twisted his lips at her last commet. Why the hell should she be sorry about hitting him? "I probably deserved it anyways." He said calmly. Was he bi-polar? No, he was just getting to the point of exhaustion. He was a loner, didn't abide much company, after all who would want him? Ok, besides some girls that thought he was the sexiest thing on the face of the world. He'd gotten that a lot actually for his age, still bugged him.
"Do you want me to help you heal that lip? It means you'll have to taste my blood. A small amount and it might make you a little stronger or faster, or have more sensitive senses. You won't be turned though." He said calmly, looking down at her calmly, waiting patiently for her answer. She wouldn't have to drink the blood, just let a little cover the cut and swollen areas. The blood of vampires was a curious thing. But it was her choice.

[!!elise[the cannibal]]

Ashe
Friends will keep you sane, Love could fill your heart. . .
A lover can warm your bed, But lonely is the soul without a mate. . .

[/size]

I was bold. Overly bold. I needed to take a step back or just walk away all together. Most people would run from him, run and never look back, but that wasn't me. I was probably giving them all the reason to kill me. I had to think that my behavior was a good thing for me. You could say I was stupid at times and that I wasn't very careful with how I should behave, but that was just how I was. Nothing could really stop me from acting out the way I did. For a moment, I wondered what he might be thinking about, but before I could even ask he was talking and I turned my head to listen.

My head bowed and I looked at the ground with slightly closed eyes, deep in thought. I rolled my eyes before I looked up and glared at him with all the fury that I could muster. "Cages are not safe. It would be like a trap for them. While someone thinks they are protecting them something terrible might happen. You can't always protect yourself when you are locked away in a cage." My head tilted to the side and I raised an eyebrow at him, daring him to try and remark on that one.

Really, I could have hit him. Again. I could have whacked him so hard right now because of how he was acting. No one else cared if they caused me pain, so why did he and I was damn well going to ask him about it. "Why do you care? NO one else gives a rat's ass about hurting me. Why you? Of all. . . creatures." A sad ting touched my voice as I stared at him with wide, bright eyes. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. "Then why push away someone willing to be with you? If you don't want to be alone, why push them off?" I demanded and leaned forward.

I listened to what he was saying and was about to say something when he brought up his blood and healing my wound. I glanced away, thinking of how that might make him feel. Even if he was offering, it didn't mean that he wanted to. It was just a good gesture. I looked up at him and sighed. "Only if you want to." I said with a shrug.

[Eri]

Kyo sighed slightly watching her through his dark red eyes. "But who says I'm innocent? I'm a horrible vampire, I ditched my family when they needed me the most, simply because I figured Sai killing them was what they deserved since they ignored me." He said calmly still looking at her. "I'm one of those things you need to be protected from. If you were to stay around me one day things might just pile up and I would snap and something horrible would happen. I don't like hurting those close to me, it's a pain I can never really live down." He said, almost sadly.
He looked down, the corner of his mouth twitching. What was wrong with him to be with this girl? This girl that by rights should be fleeing from him, screaming her head off. This girl that he should want to feed from, taste her blood flowing over his tongue and quenching the ever demanding thirst that controlled every vampire. And yet, the desire that was starting to consume him wasn't for her death, but for something else, something he'd never felt before. It bothered him though, to think a human girl could get under his skin so easily. His mouth twitched again, almost in amusement, but of course that was the irony. He, a beast of vampires, should find a fragile human girl to tame him. He fidgeted slightly, nothing more than a couple flicks of his fingers before settling down and looking at her.
He sighed slightly, as if in defeat, and threw his hands up in surrender. "Fine, if you think you can handle me then you'll have to accept the problems when they come. I'm a vampire, I'm a beast, and yet it seems every beast has a tamer." He said, though for the last bit his voice had drifted towards a thoughtful mumble.
He sighed again looking at her when she said he could heal her if he wanted. "Well I do want to, who knows how badly you'll get hurt next time." He muttered. Now how was he going to do this? He could bite his finger or something and then wipe the blood on her mouth. He frowned slightly at that thought, no he didn't like that thought. Aha! He had it.
"Remember, I won't change you, and don't be scared." He said calmly, moving towards her as he used his teeth to rip a lip open, wincing at the minute pain. He'd be sore for a little, but it wasn't horrible pain at least. He could feel the blood oozing down his lip before he bent down and kissed her, trying to be gentle though knowing he was probably failing as he tried to push a little of the blood over her cut before pulling back. Something within in fought to go further, to take the girl, what resistance could she put up anyways? He shuddered slightly as he fought to remain still and closed his darkening eyes.
After a couple moments of fighting himself he opened his eyes and looked at her calmly. "Feel better?" He said with a wry smirk, wondering about the beast that had tried to push further than what he intended. It must not have been strong if he could fight it down like that, but what about next time? Or the time after that? No, he was always in control and he would remain in control, simple as that. Amazing what the sheer force of will can do at times.[/size]

[!!elise[the cannibal]]

Ashe
Friends will keep you sane, Love could fill your heart. . .
A lover can warm your bed, But lonely is the soul without a mate. . .

[/size]

Again, he was fighting what I was saying and I rolled my eyes with the slight annoyance that bloomed. This big beasty wasn't scary at all and I didn't know why he thought he was so terrifying when all he had caused me to do was whack him a bit. I ran my fingers though my hair and glared up at him with chocolate colored eyes. A brow rose in a perfect arch as I let out a huge breath ready to go on a rampage of words, but those harsh words didn't come, only a soft murmer of deepest truth, "We'll get to that when it comes around. It won't be easy, but we can manage." I looked down then, knowing I had spoken exactly what I was feeling, exactly what I thought of each passing day.

I heard the sigh that came from him and expected more words to try and push me away from him, but they didn't come. The sigh was of defeat almost and that nearly made me want to turn and walk away, but his words made my heart soar. I beamed up at him, "Well, I'm glad we both think alike. Because, you're the first real thing I've been around and I'll accepted you exactly the way you are." I giggled at his words, knowing that he probably would be taking care of a lot of injuries that I would be getting. I was the kind of girl who fell down often and ended up with skinned knees and bruised palms. I pressed my lips for a moment as I thought about that. Oh how interesting a pair we would make.

My head nodded to his words and I looked at him waiting and nearly pulled backward when he moved toward me, but then, like magnaites, my head moved toward his and our lips touched. My lips parted slightly and the electric shot of his blood was something I had not expected. My hands lifted and I hesitated, but a moment before placing them on his chest. It was over all too soon and I looked up at him with a slightly dazed face. I had to clear my throat and lick my lips before I could even respond to his question. "Yes. Thank you." I didn't even realize I was leaning into him at that moment, and neither did I care. I was soaring right now. Flying on a wave of bliss.

[Eri]

Kyo growled inwardly at himself. What was he thinking? He wouldn't be able to even protect her if he wasn't close by, or even during the day. He frowned slightly even though he resisted the urge to smile slightly at her comments. "Nice knowing I've finally found someone that can't be so easily dissuaded from something." He said quietly. Had it all been a test that he wasn't even aware he was giving? Perhaps.
He smiled slightly and chuckled slightly. "That was just a small thing though m'dear. I can do other things for you." He said, still in his strangely quiet tone. With one hand he dug into a pocket until he found a small glass vial that he had swiped off Sakon not too long ago. He lifted his gaze to watch her calmly. "You must promise me that you'll only use when your life is in danger, and never when a silver haired vampire is around otherwise he will kill you." He said calmly but his tone was as serious as death. He reopened the wound on his lip before holding the vial up to the cut and letting some blood pour into it before replace the stopper. He fished in his pocket, wondering if he managed to have some string or something in it and he did. He smiled slightly as he knotted the string around the neck of the vial and looked at her.
"If you break this vial when vampires are threatening you they should back off, most know I'm not someone they want to trifle with, or if need be you can also use the blood to heal yourself, you just need to smear a little over any wound and it should heal quicker than before." He said with a small smile, almost daring her to comment about the kiss but another look at her and he figured she was too far out to even care.
His smile shifted into something a little softer. "I'll try to find a chain that'll hold that better, but for now this'll have to do I suppose." He said, a bit of bitterness edging into his voice before raising the string to her neck and tying it loosely enough it wouldn't take much pulling or prodding from human or vampire hands to undo but tight enough that no activity would be able to dislodge it easily.
"Now my dear, does it scare you or exhilarate you knowing you have a powerful vampire that is quite willing to protect you from any harm he can?" He asked curiously, looking into her eyes calmly though a mischievous grin was slowly working it's way over his face. He fought back to urge to ravage her with little kisses, knowing that just one too many and he knew something bad would happen, but well.....he almost wanted to tempt fate and give in just once. Perhaps he should, he knew his limits, though that was normally with bickering and fighting, never with something like this. His dark red eyes blinked slowly a couple times. What the hell was he doing? Enjoying himself a little it seemed since life seemed to have thrown him a curve ball that he could actually hit and be pleased with.[/size]