Requiem of the Night: Crimson Moon (Private +18)

[Arekushisu]

Akihiko stood close to yuki but let him have his space. He looked around as he heard the music and he turned as hemisphere ears flattened he was on edge and he relaxed hearing it was just piano. He didn't expect the other sounds tho. Or the snow that started to fall. He smiled brightly as he looked up into the ceiling seeing the snow falling from no where. He looked back at yuki who seemed to be glowing as his white hair moved by The wind that seemed to only be around him. He looked up at the balcony as he turned looking around at the ice and white covered room as the music played in the background. He laughed softly as he saw the people start to form with instrauments as they played with perfection.

 

He didnt notice the dancers till theywere dancing around him and Yuki. His cheeks were red from the slight chill in the room yet he didnt care he loved it. All of it it was all so beautiful. He blushed as a woman came up to him her long white dress flowing behind her and she did a small bow to him and he did the same before straightening out and taking her hand in his. He smiled as the song changed to a lively toon which he liked and he smiled letting his hand on the small of the womans back as he easily moved his body to the music using his strength to move the lady around. He smiled as he let her do a small spin before he pulled her back to him a smile on his face the entire time. He felt out of place with the clothes he had on and the way he looked but he didnt care. He was smiling and that was all that matters.

 

He laughed softly kissing the womans knuckles as he bowed to her at the end of the song. She smiled brightly and twirled off with another male that came after him. Akihiko smiled as he leaned up all of his childish ways left him as he walked to Yuki. "Ah...yet the person in charge of the party gets to have no fun?" he leaned down taking Yuki's hand in his as he kissed the mans knuckles looking up at him as his ears twitched. "Dance with me Yuki." he said as he pulled the male against him the height differece unable to be told as it was by an inch and he smiled as his hands found there place on Yuki's small body one on his lower back and the other grasping his hand as the songchanged once more into another lively toon as he pulled Yuki with him into the swarm of dancing bodies. He laughed softly as he looked at Yuki. "Smile...Yuki lets have fun come on!"

 

He usually acted like a child when he really wasnt. He was anything but. He was a grown man and was handsome and charming when he wnted to be. His eyes glowed softly as he was happy and content dancing and laughing with Yuki. It was the first time he had spent time with anyone other than at work or after work just breifly. He loved it and he didnt mind the small flakes of snow that landed in his hair and on his ears. They looked beautiful next to the black fur and hair in which they landed on.

[~*~FaLlEn*SnOw~*~]

A small smile played upon Kuroi's lips as he watched Aki dance, the music around them so beautiful and lively. He was content with just sitting there and observing, he wasn't expecting Aki to come up to him and ask him to dance. He lets the other lead him to the middle of the floor, and he blinks in surprise as they actually started to dance. Kuroi sighs, and lets the music flow through him, and as they danced, the floor beneath them, with each step Kuroi took, a trail of sparkling snow flakes was left. His clothing changed as well as they danced, becoming pure silvery white, and a design of snowflakes coated it.

 

Kuroi couldn't help but smile, and laugh as they twirled around, the other dancing figures forming a circle around them, so they were in the center of the dance. After the song was finished, Kuroi bows low to Aki, a large smile on his face, that brought a charming light to his whole appearance. "Thank you for the dance." Kuroi says softly. Nobody had ever seen him dance before, but it wasn't because he was a bad dancer. In fact, he was an amazing dancer, he just didn't like others seeing him dance. Even when the king had invited him to the many balls and such he threw, Kuroi would politely decline, saying he had things to do.

 

Retreating once more to the piano, he sits back down, and turns to face the keys. His fingers reach out the icy clear piano keys, and rests upon them, a serene look upon his face. He closes his eyes, and takes a deep breath, before beginning to play, the figures, hearing the music, stop dancing, and the woman who had danced with Aki earlier steps forward, her dress becoming a beautiful snow white tutu, with a tiara of ice. Everything about her was beautiful. She begins to dance, a slow, and calming dance. Her eyes were closed, and she had a look of pure happiness and calm.

 

After a few moments, the orchestra joins him, and a few of the dancers begin to add a chorus. It was amazing. The snow fell gently, and the whole ceiling began to shimmer, the stars and such dancing to the music as well. It seemed as if time had stopped, the music was so amazing. When it was over, one by one, the room slowly turns to normal, the last thing that remained being the dancer, who walks over to Aki and bows low, before disappearing in gentle shower of snow. Kuroi remains where he was, his hands resting on the keys, and a line of tears falling from his cheeks. "I'm sorry...for upsetting you earlier...Aki..." He says softly, his voice carrying in the now empty ballroom.

 

(Song played)

[Arekushisu]

Aki smiled as he bowed formally to yuki as the song they had danced to came to a close. He walked with yuki as he stood off to the side not wanting to dance again. Instead he watched am yuki as he started to play a beautiful song in which everyone stopped to listen. A dancer started to twirl and jump to the music in time to perfection. Akihiko blushes as he saw everything changing and moving as the beautiful scene and room seemed to leave then and he watched as the woman came up go him before turning to snow.

 

Akihiko looked to yuki as he stopped the piano and tears ran down his cheeks. He heard him speak and he tested up feeling bad. He walked to the other male and hugged him tightly from behind over the shoulders. "It's okay silly. You did all of this so I could see it. And I thank you it was fun. I forgive you." He said softly as he squeezed yuki tightly as his tail wrapped around Yukis waist not wanting to let go of the crying male. "Dont cry..." He said softly wanting him to be okay and not worried it upset over anything. He wanted to see the bright smile on his face not this sad look. His ears flattened as he sighed softly tears falling from his eyes as well.

[~*~FaLlEn*SnOw~*~]

When Akihiko came up and hugged Kuroi from behind, Kuroi couldn't help but jump slightly, it was the first time in a very long time since someone had embraced him like this. He could only barely remember being held so close, and the person's face was just a blur. He sighs softly, listening to what Aki said to him, glad that the other was willing to forgive him for the pain that he had caused. "Thank you..." Kuroi whispers softly, sitting there for a few more moments, allowing Aki to hug him for just a bit longer.

 

After a while though, he stands up, loosening the grip that Akihiko had on him, and turns to face the other male. He tilts his head to the side, once again studying Aki's face with curiosity. The tears that had fallen down Kuroi's face had finally stopped, and he could see that Akihiko had been crying as well. Why was that... He sighs softly, before smiling a small smile. Even though he had liked being hugged, Kuroi had his boundaries. "Whenever you're going to hug me...please tell me first. Especially when it's from behind, I just might end up attacking you instead of letting you hug me. Sorry, but it's just how I am. I normally don't like people getting too close and touching me like that."

 

He reaches out and pats Aki's shoulder, a soft smile on his lips. "Well, it's getting late. Maybe it's time we get to bed. I'll show you to your room." With that, he turns away, after pushing the bench back under the piano, and heads out of the ballroom. Pausing by the door, he motions for Aki to follow, and waits for the other to follow.

[Arekushisu]

Akihiko blushes softly seeing yuki turn to dace him. He wipes his eyes before wrapping his tail around him his ears flat as if he was sorry, "I didn't mean to...I didn't know about that you just looked like you needed a hug. So I decided to give you one." He said softly as he started to follow yuki out of the ballroom. He followed him down the hall to a newer hallway which had doors on each side if them as they walked through.

 

"So...I can't hug you?" He asked lightly as he was brought to a room which was larger than anyone he had ever seen it was larger than his old home put together. He walked in and ran and jumped on the bed and he laughed softly. "Is this my room?" He asked as he looked up at the ceiling the small couched and chairs in the room completing the larger space. He smiled at the soft reds and yellow around the room mixed with black as well. He liked the colors and hoped he would stay long. The bed was huge a queen more than big enough for himself. He sighed softly and closed his eyes thinking as he let his mind wander hearing around the home and waiting for yuki.

[~*~FaLlEn*SnOw~*~]

They had arrived to the room that Akihiko was going to use, and by the look on Aki's face, it seemed the male liked what he saw. It was done in a bit brighter colors than Kuroi normally used, reds and yellows, some blues and greens along with black as well. When Aki asked if it was to be his room, Kuroi nodded. "Yeah, it is. Make yourself at home." He smiles, before leaning against the open doorway, staring around the room. It had been a while since the room had been of any use, but even so it had no traces of dust anywhere. He had a special spell all around the house that kept it spotless, it came in handy for the rooms he hardly ever used.

 

After a moment, he pushes off the door, and stretches his arms over his head and yawns. "Well, I'm going to bed. It's late, and that bit of magic drained what energy I had left. If you need me, my room is three doors down the hall, with the snow symbol on it." With that, he bids Aki good night, before turning around and leaving the room, heading to his own. Once inside his room, he takes off his clothing and shoes, putting on a plain white shirt that opened in the front, showing the snowflake that was around his belly button, with a pair of loose fitting black pants, that hung quite low on his hips. His own room was even bigger than Aki's, with a huge bed, and lots of other things.

 

He lays down on the bed, staring at the ceiling for a moment before clicking his fingers, the white flames in all the candles within his room except for one tiny one go out, the small candle that stayed lit turns to a soft bluish color. This particular candle sat on a stand by the door, so that if one came in or out they could see just enough to know where they were going. As he lay there, he sighs softly. It sure had been one heck of a night, and now he had another person living in his house. This was a new turn of events, as he never let others live with him. Closing his eyes, but not sleeping just yet, he wondered if Aki would come to him, knowing that such a large house, in the night with all the lights out could be frightening, even to someone as tough as Aki.

[Arekushisu]

Aki pouted softly wanting to stop yuki from leaving but couldn't as he left without a word. "Three doors down huh?" He said as he stood taking off the skin right shirt be still wore. He went to the closet and didn't find anything to his liking. He just shrugged and left his chest bare. The tattoo on his side along with the scar next to it was noticeable. It had a meaning to it yet Aki hadn't ever had to voice it. It was apart of his past he hated.

 

He jumped lightly as he heard a noise then all the lights in his room shut off. He sighed and smiled at the last light by the door. He shook his head taking off the last of his clothing finding a pair of loose pants that were black and to his liking. His ears flattened as he turned seeing the huge room. He would have another nightmare tonight as well. He looked from the door to the bed and back again. He had two choices. He could sleep here alone. Or he could crawl in with a stranger. He sighed and walked to the door his ears flat.

 

He entered the hall and looked both ways seeing to his left was dark but to his right was three lights going to another large set of doors. He walked to the right and he counted the doors. "One...two...three..." He looked up seeing a snowflake on the doors and he smiled lightly his ears twitching slightly before flattening when he heard something. He quickly opened the door yet he cloaked himself on stealth as he crouched walking to the large bed he pawed softly on Yukis cheek as he looked up at him.

 

"Yuki...I can't sleep." He said softly as he looked down the nightmares that plagued him already in his thoughts. "Can I sleep in here with you? My room is too big to have alone. And I'm afraid of the dark..." He said softly his fear if the dark crept on him. He rested his head on the bed next to Yukis arm as he nuzzled it softly. "Please?" He asked softly tears in his eyes as he jumped softly from the wind touching his bare back.

[~*~FaLlEn*SnOw~*~]

Kuroi was just about to drift off to sleep when he hears his door open, and footsteps quietly enter his room. His eyes open slightly, glowing gently in the darkness. The snowflakes that were by the corners of his eyes, as well as around his bellybutton shimmer as well. When Akihiko touches his cheek, he flinches slightly, but does not do anything, except for sigh softly, and listen to what Aki said, about not being able to sleep and being afraid of the dark.

 

When Aki asked if he could sleep there, Kuroi sighs again, and turns to face the other male. A frown was on his lips, and it was obvious he was tired by the dullness in his eyes, even with them glowing. "Fine...just don't lay too close to me..." He moves from his spot near the middle of the large bed, moving towards the side, before looking at Aki once more. "Now then...go to sleep..." He lays his head back down, his eyes closing. He was laying on his back, so it was easy for Aki to see Kuroi's face.

 

"And we're going to have to do something about your fright of that room...Because I'm not going to share my bed every night with you..." Kuroi mumbles, his eyes opening slightly, and looking over at Aki. "This is just a one time thing...got me?" He wasn't used to sharing a bed with anyone, it made him feel awkward and uncomfortable. Especially since Aki was a guy as well...He wasn't too sure on what sex he liked, but at the moment...he really wasn't up for a relationship. Not with what all was going on at that particular moment.

[Arekushisu]

Aki smiled softly as he jumped into bed with yuki. "Thank you. I needed someone. I..I understand how this is the only time." He said softly as he looked down but he snuggled up closer to yuki as he get the glowing and dark room sound him. He touched Yukis cheek. "Yuki. Thank you." He said softly as he wasn't sleepy at all. He just wanted to curl up next to yuki and sleep for once. He looked away and sighed softly tears in his eyes. He knew that yuki didn't want him here but he needed someone. He sighed and looked over at yuki and saw the males eyes closed. He hoped he was asleep. He sat up and let his legs down. He was scared but he didn't want to be here if yuki didn't want him.

 

He sighed lightly his ears flattening as he let his feet touch the floor. He pulled the covers back over yuki before he wrapped his arms around his waist as he walked slowly to the door. He didn't want to leave but he knew he had to. He opened the door and looked back at yuki before a tear fell down his cheek as he slipped out of the room. He walked back down to his room and looked up at the door. He touched it softly as he wished he was in his own bed. How he wished he was with someone that cared about him. He walked into the room mad sighed as he say down on the empty bed. He rubbed his eyes and sighed lightly as he curled up in a little ball his body shaking as he began to weep.

 

He pulled the covers over his body as the sheets were soft yet the bed itself was cold. He closed his eyes and he finally drifted off to sleep. The dream he knew he would have at the back of his mind yet the other half o his mind was thinking about yuki. The sweet male that lay in the other room. The small light snowflakes that were beside his eyes and he just he wanted to touch the male. He wanted to feel a warm hug from him. But he knew that he would never get one. He was just a stranger. One that yuki didn't even want in the house. He sighed softly in his sleep.

[~*~FaLlEn*SnOw~*~]

Silence filled the room, a quiet stillness surrounding them. His eyes were still closed, but Kuroi was far from falling asleep, and he could feel the weight lift from the bed as Aki got up, not moving when the other pulled the covers up around him, tucking him in. He only slightly opened his eyes when he hears Aki move across the room, opening and then closing the door. His eyes glowed, and a frown forms on his face, sighing softly. "What did I do?" He murmurs, his brows press together, a slight worried expression on his face.

 

He had a slight idea as to why Aki had left...but it wasn't his fault he was so uncomfortable with someone new around the house. Sitting up slowly, he stares at the snowflake on his stomach, watching it shimmer and glow gently in the darkness. Sighing softly, he gets up off the bed, and leaves his room, moving quietly along the dark hallway, and towards Aki's room. He could hear sobbing, and the frown deepens.

 

With next to no noise at all, he opens the door, to see that Aki was asleep, but he was crying. As quietly as a shadow, Kuroi moves over to the bed, and looks down upon Aki's face, the tears glistening in the light made by his markings. He sighs softly again, and, even though every fiber of his being was telling him to go back to his room, he carefully climbs into the bed next to Aki, laying on his side, his back to Aki. He felt bad for the fact that Aki was crying. He hoped that the sense of his warmth next to Aki would make the tears stop, and that the other would feel a bit happier. His eyes begin to drift closed, and soon he was fast asleep, the snowflakes upon his skin shimmering a little bit lighter as he falls asleep.

[Arekushisu]

Aki could feel the bed move as he woke from the dream he had been having. He looked over feeling another warmth in the bed. A sleeping yuki lay next to him as he seemed to have moved in his sleep. He sighed softly and wiped his eyes as a small smile covered his face as his ears flattened in happiness. He scooted over to the other male looking up at his face making sure he is asleep before he slipped his arms around Yukis waist laying his head on his chest. "Thank you..." He said softly as the tears silently fell into Yukis bare chest as he slowly fell asleep once more. He didn't know if yuki would get angry with him but he just needed someone at the moment and yuki was the only one closest to him at the moment. He had no family...no one as a friend either. He needed only one person at the moment and it seemed yuki was that person. He fell into a deep sleep as his tears dried.

[~*~FaLlEn*SnOw~*~]

By the next morning, Kuroi had awoken to find himself wrapped in Aki's arms, and a slight frown forms on his lips. He sighs softly, before gently pulling away from the others grip, and once that had been done, he quietly and carefully gets up from the bed, tiptoeing across the room, and leaving it, returning to his own room. He sighs, his back against the closed door, his eyes shut, and he takes a deep breath. That had been a little too close for his comfort...He opens his eyes again, and goes to his closet, ruffling through the clothes before pulling out an outfit that he wore most often, it was a very regal looking black, white and red outfit. It was what he called his "trademark" outfit.

 

After putting it on, he fixes his hair, and then puts on the collar like necklace that went with it, the dark red ruby that hung from it glowing gently in the light from the candles that were now lit. He stares into the mirror that was set on the wall, running his fingers through his hair again, and then smiling gently. "Done..." He murmurs, before making up his bed and then leaving his room, making his way to the kitchen. He wasn't all that hungry, but he bet that Aki might be.

 

 

 

[Arekushisu]

Aki didn't wake when the other moved yet he felt the lose if warmth as soo as he left the room. He curled in on himself as soon after he awoke. He looked around not seeing yuki and he sniffles lightly as he pulled the covers up over his head. He hoped he hadn't scared the other male off. That was the last thing he wanted. He wanted yuki to like him. He just felt weird acting like a child. He sighed as his ears moved hearing movement down the hall.

 

He stood and went to the closet which was filled with his clothes somehow. He pulled out a pair of black pants skinny as usual and a white vneck slipping on his black choker he usually wore. He pulled on his fingerless gloves and smiled happily messing up his hair some letting it fall naturally. He felt his ears move and he winked happily before he left the room walking down the hall to the kitchen. He looked around leaning against the doorway. "Good morning." He said to yuki who was moving around the room it what looked like a wonderful outfit fit for a king.

 

Aki smiled softly at yuki before he looked away from the other male, "I'm sorry about last night. I shouldn't ask that of you. I am a complete stranger after all. I didn't mean to make you feel like you had to come and let me in. Just I don't like being alone..." He said softly as his ears flattened yet he seemed fine. "I don't like being in the dark either. I'm still sorry I could tell you did t want to be there." He said and looked back at yuki pushing his hair into his face without meaning to.

[~*~FaLlEn*SnOw~*~]

Kuroi was just making some bacon and sausages when Aki comes into the kitchen, and he looks up at the other male, and nods to him, muttering a "good morning" as well, before returning his attention to the food that was sizzling, and giving off an amazing aroma. He doesn't look up when Aki begins to talk, apologizing for the other night, and saying a few other things, about being afraid of the dark, and not having anywhere to go. Kuroi stares at the food, turning it over with a lazy wave of his wrist, not even needing any utensils to do so. He shrugs at the apology, not really seeing the need for Aki to do so.

 

"It's fine. Don't worry about it. Just...maybe tonight I'll put more lights in your room. I'm sorry, I'm just not comfortable sharing a bed with other people...not yet anyways." He glances over at Aki, before pulling out two fine china plates, and placing two pieces of toast, a few strips of bacon, some sausages, and two fried eggs on each, and hands one of the plates to Aki, as well as some silver ware. He then puts on the kettle, letting the water heat up while they ate, and picks up his own plate, moving to the dining room, and sits down.

 

Once Aki had joined him, Kuroi looks up, and doesn't say anything at first, taking a few bites of his food first. After a moment he clears his throat, and then speaks. "So...other than the other things that happened last night, did you end up sleeping well?" He avoided Aki's eyes, picking absently at the food on his plate, poking a piece of bacon with his fork.

[Arekushisu]

Aki noticed the way Yukis behavior had changed and it pissed him off slightly. He frowned as he looked at the other male as he shrugged if his apology. He stood and took the plate from the other male before he sat down at the table and started to eat in silence. He sighed and pushed the plate away as he nodded. "What the hell is your problem? You haven't looked me in the eyes all morning. Your standoffish and you barely are talking to me! What the fuck did I do to you! I asked you to stay with me a night you didn't have too! Hell I moved out of the room for you cause I could sense it! I'm not stupid yuki something is wrong what did I do!"

 

The small child aura that he had been appearing as fell away as the ticked off man he was started to take over. He was mad. If yuki didn't want to do it then he should have left it wasn't like they had slept together in that way he just slept next to him. They did nothing but sleep. "I need to go. I have something to do today. Maybe I'll find a place to stay." He said as he stood and left the room the uneaten food still sat on the table. He want to his room and strapped on his thigh holder slipping the knife into the sheath.

 

He pulled his swords from the closet setting them on the bed as he put on the shoulder holsters for his guns to rest right under his armpits. After doing that he pulled his leather coat over his shoulders as his hair covered his face the pain he felt unable to be seen for he was numb. He pulled the straps over his shoulders clipping them around his chest as the familiar feeling of two blades rested between his shoulder blades. He sighed softly as his ears flattened his tail curling in on itself pulling up into the coat. He would be going around other people most likely. He left the room and walked around finding the entrance the had entered before. He looked around and sighed seeming he didn't have a house key.

[~*~FaLlEn*SnOw~*~]

Kuroi winces slightly as Aki began to yell at him, accusing him of something being wrong. The words that were thrown at him felt like a stinging slap, his eyes watering slightly, but he says nothing, not allowing his words that he wanted to say exit his mouth. He could feel his darker side trying to take over, but he fights it back, now was not the time to start something...if he did, he might end up pushing Aki away even further. However, his darker side's will was too strong at that point, and he finally looks up at Aki, his eyes burning red, and a nasty grin on his face.

 

He begins to laugh, his voice cold and cruel, echoing around the room, bouncing off the walls and making the sound louder and louder. "You really are a fucking fool aren't you?! You are weak!! How can you call yourself an assassin when you're afraid of the dark? How can you call yourself a killer when you feel the need to be near others?! That's just confusing! If you want to go, I'm not stopping you, but I can bet that you're blood will soon pour in the streets if you go there now. Remember, you helped a wanted criminal...It's your head kid, not mine. Go, have fun! And don't come back!! I'll make sure to send you flowers...for your grave that is!!!" He began to laugh again, his voice following after Aki as he left the room.

 

He stands up, and stretches, before pointing at the plate of food and setting it on fire, incinerating it to nothing more than a pile of ashes in mere seconds. "Ah, it's been too long since I've taken control for a while...I don't think I'm giving poor 'Yuki' his body back just yet...this is too fun..." He leaves the room, smoke swirling to the sky from the pile of ashes, a feral grin on his face, sharp teeth glinting. He hits the wall of the hallway, and with a crunch, the door would open, allowing Aki to leave, and once he did, Kuroi would wait a few moments before following after him.

[Arekushisu]

Aki smiled as the door opened, he knew that something was really upset with Yuki...or it wasnt even yuki anymore. Aki wished he could have slammed yuki against the wall holding him by his throat cutting of the words that had stabbed him so painfully. He wished he had done it but doing so would have hurt one of the only people he seemed to need at the moment. He sighed as he pulled his sword from his back leaving the cave thing as his walk became a run. He needed to take up some business with his old comrades.

 

He jumped into the trees lifting his hood above his head covering his ears making it so they couldnt see him. He stopped at the last tree looking over the city and he noticed the black figures running back and forth from building to building as he smiled. He was wearing the same uniform as them so he would blind fine with them. He looked up into the sky seeing the dimming of the daylight going into the dark night in which would overcome the city in about an hour. He looked at the male closest to him identifying him easily as he jumped from the tree branch to the rooftop in which the man was on.

 

He sighed softly as he landed on the male pushing his face into the ground. "Hello. Long time no see." He said into his ear softly as he slit the mans throat as his other hand covered his mouth and nose keeping him from screaming. He looked up his ears twitching under the hood as he felt his hand down on the males face watching his body burst into flames. The flames devoured the mans body quickly leaving nothing but teeth in the ashes. He sighed and moved his shoulders wiping his hands off on the rag he had on his belt. "You disgust me." he said as he simply left the roof going onto the next one. He stealthly elimanated each and every one of the men in black uniforms like his own. He smiled softly as his hand left the last mans cheek as the flames enveloped his friend.

 

He turned as he smiled his feet now placed next to the burning embers of the last man yet his feet were on the one building he needed to get to, Headquarters. Where he would take out his own squad leader, captain, and best friend. All in one go, he rushed to the side of the building letting his legs dangle a moment before he fell onto the ledge of the window. "Time to die." he said softly as he broke the window stopping the shards of glace a moment before they hit the ground with the softest of sounds. He nodded to himself stepping easily around them having moved them with his mind alone. He had been able to perfect his skills hiding them all from his leaders and friends. No one was aware of the actual strength he had within his mind. He simply put his swords up reverting to his dagger on his thigh unsheathing it as he walked up behind a lonely male as he grabbed his mouth pressing the weapon to his throat. "Hello...lets have a chat." he said as he shut the door to the room with his foot lightly.

[~*~FaLlEn*SnOw~*~]

From a distance, Kuroi follows, smirking each time Aki made a kill. He wasn't even aware that he was following, how naive of the guy. Not that he would be able to see him, Kuroi was invisible at that moment, using a spell to keep anyone from sensing or seeing him. It didn't take long for Kuroi to guess where the other was headed, and he quietly slips into the building after Aki, and at the last moment enters the room moments before Aki closed the door. He was still smirking, wondering what Aki would do to the man that he had at dagger point. This was getting interesting. Was this all result of something he had said? Maybe, maybe not, but it intrigued Kuroi.

 

Along the streets, litters of human remains could be seen, not only the handiwork of Aki, but damage done by Kuroi as well. Some looked like they had been fried, others exploded from the inside. Some even looked as if they had been turned into stone, and others were nothing more than a pile of blood without any evidence a human body had once existed. But it wasn't just soldiers that had been attacked. Citizens as well, women and children. And because the people who were witnesses had only seen one figure...it was all being blamed on Aki.

 

The silence grew in the room, but Kuroi wasn't showing himself just yet. He wanted to hear what was going to happen, as the sounds outside grew louder and louder, as screams of horror filled the air. He smirks, such a wonderful sound. 'And it's Aki who will take the blame. Such joy.' Kuroi thinks to himself, leaning quietly against the wall of the room. Who was this man that Aki was about to talk to? Why was it so important? Why not just slit his throat and be done with it? And then a thought hits him. Maybe he wanted to find out why the men were after the real Kuroi...the one Aki called Yuki. Maybe that was it.

 

And if that was the case...he didn't want them to get interrupted, so, as silently as a shadow, he walks over to the door, and with a quiet touch of the wood, he seals it off, making it so that no one could enter or leave the room. The seal continues on to the window that looked out onto the street, this whole procession not even noticeable. This was a particular bit of magic that only Kuroi could perform. It definitely came in handy.

[Arekushisu]

Aki sighed softly as he sat the male down hearing sounds as he knew he was being followed since he had left his home. He looked up at the man and he sighed softly the revealing clothing showing off his flawless body. He looked at the male. "Will you tell me what had been happening around here? Why the soldiers are looking for shadow?" He pushed the man further into his seat as he sat his blades on the table taking off his jacket.

 

He had a form of persuading people. He looked at him as he fixed his gloves making sure it was over his knuckles. His arm muscles showed as he did so the firm look making the other male glance at him. Tho the other male was running his eyes down Aki not just his arms. Aki was more appealing to the same sex rather than women. The man laughed softly as he looked away his face contorted, "why would I tell you Akihiko? You left us! You went after that pretty boy all because you felt it was wrong!" He said yelling at Aki. Aki smiled flipping the knife in his hands before letting it drop to his thighs.

 

"Yea...haha I guess so..." He said as he looked at the male. "Tell me why." He said his voice losing the calm edge it had to it and was hard and demanding. The male looked up at him and smirked, "what do I get in return? I know you were sleeping with the boss for the longest time just so you could get good on the table. Maybe I could give you a round?" He asked and Aki froze before relaxing slightly but the tension still in his shoulders.

 

Aki looked at him pushing away from the table walking swiftly to him and quickly ramming his fist I to the others gut. "I'm not a piece of property. You can't just do me. I'm the one asking for the info. I don't have to pay anything. " he said as the male spit blood. Aki smiled and pulled the males hair back making his face turn up to the ceiling. "The information." He said in the males ear as he bit it softly blood seeping into his mouth.

[~*~FaLlEn*SnOw~*~]

Kuroi watched as Aki started talking to the man, and sure enough, Kuroi had guessed right. It WAS about information on why the men were after him...and by the sound of it, Aki had apparently...slept with the leader? So Aki was gay huh? Interesting... Though by the way he dressed, there was no denying that fact. Through narrow eyes he watched as Aki got all in the man's face, and eventually bites the man's ear, but it seemed the man was enjoying it, even though blood was pouring from his flesh.

 

"Oh yeah, is this what you did to the leader before you guys got it in?" The man said, a smirk on his face, totally oblivious that he was going to die. He didn't realized that the words he had said not only infuriated Aki...but Kuroi as well. 'Be damned with this invisibility! I'll show him who should be the one to cower in fear!' Kuroi thinks to himself, as he lifts his invisibility, and was now visible. "Back off Akihiko...this fucker is mine..." Kuroi growls, and shoves Aki aside, and as he did, black flames form in his left hand, while he holds a katana in the other.

 

He moves at such a speed that the man didn't even have time to bat an eyelash, before he had a sword pressed against his neck, and flames crackling by his ear. "Now then, tell me why you ass hats are trying to kill me. Give me the wrong answer and I'll burn you useless heap of shit to a pile of ashes..." He makes the fire flare in his hand, and adds a little electricity. "Now then...start talking."

 

It was obvious this wasn't the Yuki that Aki knew, it was the evil side of Kuroi, his eyes were blazing red, his teeth were sharp, and there was a crazy vibe of psychopathy and blood lust wavering all around him, like a malevolent force of pure evil. "Oh...and you..." His eyes flit over to Aki. "Don't interfere, or you might just get burned as well...sometimes fire can be so hard to control...especially when it's cursed fire..."

[Arekushisu]

Aki sighed as he watched the man they call shadow take his prey. He walked to the male his ears flat slightly his tail disingenuous it's way around the mans thigh. "Now...I know yuki is on there. This is my prey you back off I had it first. I could have gotten him to spill it." He moved infront of the violent man as his own fireade a ring around the other man. He has his hands on shadows chest as he slowly pushed him back. "Please let me do this...you always have interfered you haven't seen what I can do. You think I'm a child unable to do anything like you but your wrong. I can take car of him." He said in a calm voice as his lips moved only slightly.

 

He didn't like the fact the man had said what he did and he was finally able to tell who was following him. "I need to go look after something. Can you WATCH him. That doesn't mean kill him. Just watch the man as I go look for the leader. He has all the right answers. I'll one back whatever this man says that isn't true he loses all the valuables he owns." He turned to the other man in the chair and winked his fire backing off. "That's the only way I'm getting in your pants. To cut off that small dick of yours. It couldn't pleasure me anyway." He said as he turned back to yuki. "Stay calm. Don't kill him we need him." He said as he kissed his cheek softly hoping the tender actions would get yuki to come back. He knew that he didn't like physical touching but at the moment he was trying to calm this man down. And he never knew maybe shadow liked him in some way making it easier. He knew that yuki didn't like him. So maybe he did. He withdrew his tail from around shadow thigh and smiles lightly no matter what this man did to him he didn't care. He would always make it through it. Even if it was a burn here and there.

[~*~FaLlEn*SnOw~*~]

Kuroi looks at Aki, and frowns, but backs away, though the flame in his hand remained. "I can't make any promises...but I can try...though I really wanted to turn this guy into barbeque..." He totally ignored the fact that Aki's tail was wrapped around his leg, and that he was ruining his fun. But truth be told, this side of Kuroi was in fact into Aki, while the "Yuki" side of him was a little less sure. Before Aki could kiss his cheek, Kuroi smirks, and turns so that instead of his cheek that Aki kisses, it was his lips instead. He pulls away, a sexy smirk on his face, his eyes flashing with mischief.

 

"Fine, I'll watch the fucker, but when we're done I'm toasting him. There is no way you can stop me." And before Aki could leave, he reaches out, and presses his fire covered hand across the side of Aki's neck, burning his flesh, and marking him with what appeared to be a black flame. It would hurt like hell, even for a fire handler like Aki, as Kuroi had said before...it was cursed fire. And that mark would now be there forever. He looks at his handiwork, and smiles, nodding. "Perfect." He lets Aki go, and then goes over to a seat, sitting down. "For now I'll watch him, you go do what you need to okay? But hurry back..."

[Arekushisu]

Aki blushed darkly as his lips pressed firmly against shadows. He didnt kow what to call this man but it made him blush as his body became hyper aware of the other male. He stepped back nodding before he started to move. He felt the pain in his neck as his ears instantly fell back his body racking against the wall, his hands imediatly finding their way to his neck as he felt skin raising up. His eyes prickled with tears as he looked back at Shadow. "What do I call you?" he asked before he walked to the door his hands leaving his bleeding flesh. He liked the pain yet he liked this man even more. He loved the fact this male wasnt afriad to hurt him. He smiled softly as his ears lightened up.

 

He sighed softly his back against the door. "You can fry the man after you get the information you know we need. Find that out then come find me." he winked at the man before he left the room not waiting for Shadows answer. He made his way up the stairs swiftly dropping men as he went. He sighed as he knocked on the door to the bosses office. "Enter." a deep voice came from the other side and Aki took a deep breath opening the door. He looked across the other side of the room and walked in, the man standing behind the desk sighed "Hello Aki." he said softly not even looking at aki to notice it was him. Aki frowned, "Hello James" Aki said as he walked to the desk putting his dagger under his clothes.

[~*~FaLlEn*SnOw~*~]

"You can call me Shadow...didn't you know that already?" He smirks, his eyes glinting with amusement, and nods at what Aki told him, about burning the man after getting information, and once he had, to go to where Aki was headed. He says nothing, and once Aki had left, a huge sadistic grin forms on his face when he turns to the man in the chair, making him squirm by the intense insanity that filled the room, the need to spill blood that could be seen in Shadow's eyes. "Now that Cat boy is gone...it's time to deal with you...my way."

 

The grin on his face grows even wider, so that his sharp teeth could be seen in full, and the fire in his hand flares up even more. "Start talking, or things will get...ugly." He reaches out, placing the crackling fire by the man's ear, and burning the ends of his hair, also the side of the man's face began to dry up, the fire practically rid the air of moisture from around the man. "AAHH P-please st-stop!! I'll tell you a-anything, just don't hurt me!!!" Shadow began to laugh, loud, his voice echoing around them. "Ah, but I can't make that promise! See...I don't make promises I can't keep..."

 

The man squirms, and tries to get up, but Shadow smirks, and creates ropes of a shadowy material, binding the man in his chair. "I can make this as painless as possible if you cooperate...but if you struggle I can't guarantee that it won't hurt..." The man began to quiver, and Shadow chuckles. "Come on...start talking!" He presses the fire against the man's face, burning his skin, the scent of scorched flesh filling the air. "FINE!! STOP!!!" The man screams, and Shadow removes the fire, blood now pouring down the side of the man's face.

 

"I don't know every detail, but what I do know is that there is a bigger boss, someone who is even above our boss James. And this guy, well he is afraid of your powers, of the fact you have some power that no one has ever seen, and he fears the influence you have over the king...And because of this, he wants you dead. He doesn't like the fact that the king is so close to a demon...well, at least part demon...And that's why we were sent to kill you. Please, that's all I know! Let me go!" The man says this in a rushed voice, it was obvious he was desperate to live.

 

"I don't know...I mean really? The fucker wants to kill me because he's SCARED?! What the fuck kinda coward is this bastard, sending out others to do is damn dirty work?! People like him make me sick..." He narrows his eyes, and without any warning, slashes out at the man, right across the chest, but the cut was not deep enough to kill, but it was enough to coat the edge of the blade with blood. "Fine, you can go...Just don't try anything stupid." The shadow ropes disappear, and the man jumps to his feet, dashing from the room.

 

Shadow sighs, and licks the blade, consuming a bit of the blood. He had a feeling the man would do something dumb. Once he had licked his blade clean, he puts it back in it's case, and leaves the room, heading towards where Aki was. The man was running there as well, and the door bursts open, he had literally broken the door down. Shadow was not far behind, and sighed. The man opens his mouth to talk when all of a sudden...the man bursts into flames, the flames were jet black, and within seconds the man was toasted, all that was left was a pile of charred ashes, smoldering black smoke. Shadow steps into the doorway and stares at the pile, and sighs. "I warned him..." He looked up at Aki and smirked. "So?"

 

What Shadow had done was a forbidden type of death fire magic, and only he knew of it. See, when Shadow consumed the blood of someone, he can simply think of their deaths and the target in question would burst into flames and die instantly. However, the blood of his target had to have been consumed a few seconds before, or it wouldn't work. For some, Shadow had vials of blood of many targets he had yet to deem death worthy, some being quite important...he even had some with the kings blood, as well as many nobles, important people throughout the royal guard like high ranking officers, as well as many other influential people. Most of the time blood doesn't keep, but the vials that the blood was held has a spell, and keeps the blood fresh. And, if he finds he needs to kill a person, he simply opens the vial, drinks the blood, and thinks their death...and it is so.

[Arekushisu]

Aki smiled ligtly as James finally turned to look at him. He walked to Aki and he pulled his small body to his kissing aki roughly. Aki blushed a dark color kissing him back a moment before biting his lip, He could tell his body still liked this man. He was one of the only partners he had had that wasnt afriad to love him roughly. He sighed as James parted his lips from his own, he could feel James's thigh between his legs and he looked up at him. "Well that is a welcome James." he said softly as he pushed on the man slightly. "Please would you not touch me." he said softly.

 

James scoffed and he let go of Aki pushing him away from him Aki sighed and wiped off his pants, James laughed, "Wow...After how many years Aki! How many times Have i made love to you over and over you loved it!" James yelled pushing Aki agaist the wall. Aki was unable to push on him James had his arms in his hands keeping him against the wall. James crashed his lips to Aki's the kiss was hot James and aki having not shcared a kiss with one another in two years now. He sighed under his breath his fight giving up. "James...please get off of me." he said his head moving up when James started to rain small kisses down his neck.

 

Aki shivered a small moan escapng his moughas he bit down hard onto his lips not wanting to do this not wanting to have James touch him. The strain on his arms as he tried to push James off of him. He didnt want this he made that up when he left two years ago. He hated this man. He felt James's hands move down his body as he touched the dagger. "ah...Aki were you planning on killing me?" he said softly against Aki's ear. Aki shivered and laughed softly, "Yes. I was going to end your life. I hate you...of course I want you dead." he said softly as James put both of Aki's wrists into his one hand his free hand now moving down aki's body.

 

Aki sighed and a tear fell down his cheek. "James let me go. Its your time to die I can feel it i know you will be happier." he said as he gasped feeling a sharp pain going through his stomach. He looked down at James only to hear a crash as the door to the office was busted in and Shadow entered the room. Aki lifted his head as james kissed his lips once more blood now on his lips able to be seen, "S-shadow..." he said the name softly when his lips were finally free as he took the knife out of his stomach dropping it to the floor. This plus the pain in his neck was too much for him to bare at the moment.