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Post by [ H ] oshi on Aug 13, 2005 22:45:20 GMT -5
Prologue
You're my man, my mighty king, And I'm the jewel in your crown, You're the sun so hot and bright, I'm your light-rays shining down,
You're the sky so vast and blue, And I'm the white clouds in your chest, I'm a river clean and pure, Who in your ocean finds her rest,
You're the mountain huge and high, I'm the valley green and wide, You're the body firm and strong, And I'm a rib bone on your side,
You're an eagle flying high, I'm your feathers light and brown, You're my man, my king of kings, And I'm the jewel in your crown...
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Post by [ H ] oshi on Aug 13, 2005 22:46:03 GMT -5
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“Bloodlust”
Author: FullofWar
Chapter 1: “I Met Her.”
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Kyu sat in a tree, his eyes closed. It almost looked as if he wasn’t breathing though he really was. He sighed, not a breathe of air escaping his lips. The Night embraced him, telling him what he was. A demon. He then heard the smashing and crashing of garbage cans in a nearby alley. A flash of pink hair raced by.
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" Someone screamed, and a girl flipped over another fallen garbage can, then fell. There was a meow, followed by another one, and she looked up, twitching.
"I DON'T CARE IF YOU UNDERSTAND ME! LEAVE ME ALONE YOU FREAKIN HORNY NEIGHBORHOOD CATS!" She kicked one, and ran again.
Kyu suddenly blinked, "I hate cats.." He mumbled out of hatred and hopped out the tree, walking towards the town, going to yell 'SHUT UP!' in the offenders face.
She blinked, looking up, her hat falling off her head and her ears twitching. "Oro?"
He blinked again, "Ears.." He poked them, then folded his arms over his chest, "Oh yeah, i forgot to add...SHUT UP!" he scowled walking off towards the tree again.
She blinked, her ears folding back, then growling and running after him. "Wait up!" She demanded, shaking her arms and tackling him. "Don't you tell me to shut up!"
He pushed her off and got to his feet, "Don't touch me!? And I can too tell you to shut up!"
He found himself being glared at by the Cat demon, "You shouldn't yell at a lady you know." She growled.
He rolled his eyes, hopping back into the tree, and asked her, “Why are you here..?”
"I should ask you the same thing weirdo," she glared at him, her claws retracting. "I've lived here my entire life and it wasn't until recently that I've come to look like..." she sounded sad, "this!"
"So?" He paused pointing to his ears, "Just be glad your not an elf. You may have people pointing at you and laughing at you. But still, you don’t have pointy ears that people can stop, look at and be like, ‘Nah nah’.”
She gave him a weird glance. "Look here, I'm going to go home if you like it or not. But if these damn cats don't stop following me," she pointed, "I'm seriously going to jump into a river and die." She stomped off, and crossed the street, approaching a small house across from the cross-walk.
"Fine! Go! Like I care.." He mumbled, folding his arms over his chest and closing his eyes. It would have been nice if he actually owned a home, but no, he got to sleep outside in the damned cold.
She pouted, hearing his shouts, and fumbled through her pockets, then pulled out a small, silver key, looking up at the lock on the door. She glanced back to where the demon was, then push the key into the lock, and tried to turn it.
The key wouldn't fit.
Her eyes widened, and she tried again, frantically. She reached into her other pocket, pulling out another key, and trying it. The same thing happened. She searched for the backup key that was hidden in the light, but it was gone. She pounded on the door, rang the doorbell. The light was one, she knew they were home, but the more she pounded, all she got was;
the lights turned off, leaving her in darkness.
Horror overcame her, and she turned around, her ears folding over, and sinking to her butt, her back pressed to the door. They've locked me out....
He opened his eyes and looked over at her. He felt pity for the poor girl, Guess she doesn't have a home anymore..
Slowly, she clenched her hands into fists, and screamed at the top of her lungs, "GOD DAMN YOU GUYS! I HATE YOU!" She stood up, and stormed off, her tail puffed from the energy she exerted. She picked up a rock, and heaved it at the house, smashing through a window. She heard screaming inside, her mother's screaming, and could hear her father's pleads 'Don't hurt us!"
She stared at the top window in awe. I'm their daughter and...they think I'll...hurt them........?
He hopped off the branch and landed on the roof of the building next to her home. A sly smirk crossed his face as he watched. He then saw her look up at him and heard her quiet voice say, "Leave me alone." And he watched her walk off.
He looked back to the window and grinned devilishly, “Slaughter…”
She looked back, and glared darkly. "Leave them alone."
From inside, her mother shrieked, and fainted.
His claws extended, "Make me!" He grinned, jumped off the roof and into the home, gripping her father by the collar of his shirt.
Aeris climbed to the window, and grabbed him, pulling him back. "Let him go," she hissed.
He refused and shook her off, watching his demonic claws extended and he smiled, "Say goodbye to your father!" He yelled, stabbing him straight through the chest, leaving little pierce marks in Aeris' shirt. He dug his arm out of the body and jumped backwards, licking the blood off his claw's.
She felt sick as she stood there, staring at her dead father "W-Why did you....?" She glared at him, and attacked, sinking her teeth into his shoulder, "YOU BASTARD! YOU JUST KILLED MY FATHER!?”
"Bitch!" He yelled and smacked her away, holding his shoulder. He growled, eyed her mother then fled, killing her mother in the process.
She continued to hiss. "GET BACK HERE!?" She screamed, angry tears appearing in her eyes. Oh god. What if the police showed up? No doubt they'd experiment on her or do other scary stuff. She quickly fled from the house, trailing after Kyu. I'll get you...
He held his shoulder tightly, blood trickling down his arm, "Damn..." He whispered, hopping on the rooftops to look for safety. He suddenly found his way to a dark alley, a place where he could hide and rest.
She sniffed the air, and swore, finding he was gone now. "God damnit!?" She said, punching the tree. The tears boiled over and streamed down her face.
He closed his eyes and let out a sigh of relief. He looked at his bloodstained hands, "Innocent blood..."
She clawed the tree, then turned, walking into the street. She watched lights go by, then saw one light up her instead. The car nearly hit her, and she leapt into the air, avoiding it.
Meanwhile, inside of the car, one of the men yelped. "Did you see that?!"
The other one stirred. "No. I was sleeping."
"BUT YOU'RE DRIVING!!!!!!!"
She landed on the ground, blinking quickly. "Talk about lightning reflexes. Mrow."
He hopped up on a roof, near the forest, looking back, to the forest, then back again. He sighed, “God I have a guilty conscience.”
Aeris growled, ten heard a car horn blare. She turned her head sharply, then felt the dull and overwhelming pain blast into her side. She flew through the air, her eyes widening. Oh My God, I just got hit by a car… She thought to herself as she started to come back down to earth.
WHAM
Cats don't always land on their feet. She was a perfect example. Letting out a pitiful mew-like cry, she started to stand, and flopped over again, fainting.
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Post by [ H ] oshi on Aug 13, 2005 22:46:29 GMT -5
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“Bloodlust”
Author: FullOfWar
Chapter 2: “Bloodlust”
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Aeris felt dizzy. How long had she been unconscious? Oh yeah. She got hit by a car.
"Ow..." she complained, sitting up, and twitching. "That smarts." She touched her side where the impact occurred. There was a long deep blue bruise, and a slice right above it.
"Maybe I shouldn't be playing in the road anymore..." she muttered, slowly hobbling off, but not before her sensitive ears heard the voice of someone familiar.
She looked up at the roof, and sneered. "Oh so there you are...." she growled, then forced herself to get on the roof, glaring at the demon. "You killed my dad. Why?"
He looked up at her, then away, and said plainly, “Bloodlust…”
She felt herself getting choked up, but held it back, grabbing him and clenching her hands into fists around his shirt. "Bloodlust? That's all you have to say is bloodlust! My parents are all I have and I don't need people going around killing them I don't give a damn if they hate me or not!?" She punched him as hard as she could in the shoulder, then again, and again. Her blows were weakening, and eventually she broke down and stopped, falling forward, her face pressed against his chest.
He looked down at her and sighed, “I’m sorry…”
A few hours passed and Aeris opened her eyes, finding the demon was gone. She then got to her feet, hopping off the roof. Her stomach grumbled, and she lifted her head slowly. It hurt. She couldn't understand why. When was the last time she had eaten? Few days? A week?
"Ugh," she scowled.
Kyushu suddenly appeared in front of her. A slight smiled peeked across his face and he said, "I'm sorry..."
He hadn't mean to cause her any pain and suffering from her parents demise.
"We got off on the wrong foot so..." He held out his hand, "I'm Kyushu..."
She stared up at him, then forced herself to rise, starting to turn, then scolding herself, and taking his hand, shaking it. "I'm Aeris. And yes, my retarded parents named me after that stupid video game character."
She eyed him wearily, then pulled her hand back, glancing down at her hands. Retractable claws. How awesome was that? Too bad it scared everyone, or else she'd be in heaven.
He scoffed. She made fun of her own name. Too bad he couldn't do that. His name was retarded too. He looked at her, "Hungry?"
She didn't mean to sound so eager, but she did. "Yes!"
He laughed, "Hey, calm down! It just so happens that I have a few hundred bucks on me that we can blow on food."
"Hundred?" Her eyes turned into dollar signs. "Tell me more," she said, standing beside him, her tail twitching. Suddenly, she remembered her appearance, and pulled out an old fashioned hat, slipping it over the ears and grinning.
"I look like a dork but it works," she added, tucking her tail so it looked like a belt.
He eyed his ears and shrugged, "No use in hiding them." He smiled, looking at her. He stared at her noticing that she was a little too close.
She quickly walked ahead of him. "Where to?," She asked, looking back, looking just absolutely adorable in the hat of hers.
He pointed over to the left. They both entered the building. Though people gave them dirty looks, they were seated in a timely manner.
"You're not liked much either...eh?" She glanced at his ears. "Are there others like us? I mean...this just happened a few weeks ago. I thought it was puberty or something.”
He laughed enthusiastically, "I could care less about what they think." He paused, looking at her, "Yes there are other demons like us, and no, the cat gene must have been in your bloodline."
"I don't think so. My dad or mom wouldn't have flipped out then..." she glanced out the window, her eyes glazing. "Maybe it's a good thing you killed my dad."
Her tail twitched, and she glanced out the window again. "Hmph," she said quietly, then looked at him, her stomach rumbling. "Hey Kyu?" She asked.
He tilted his head to the side, "Yes?"
"Have you ever had a girlfriend?" Where did that question come from? Now she wanted to slap herself, her face turning red, and she pulled back, looking down.
He shook his head, “No. I have yet to know the feeling of love.”
"That was a weird question. Sorry. Maybe I should ask what your interests are instead."
The waiter brought their appetizers, and he munched on the fried shrimp, "Interests...Besides Bloodlust…uh...Music?"
She scarfed down the shrimp, and blinked. "Music? What kind?"
"Almost every kind besides Classical and Jazz, oh yeah and Elevator music" He sulked.
She blinked. "Honestly? You don't like elevator music? It's all that I can dance to," she joked, laughing.
She realized that the conversation was going nowhere, and she fixed her hat. "Uh..." she said quietly, starting to add something else, then thinking twice and stopping. She glanced outside again, seeing the low moving thunderclouds. "It's going to rain."
He looked at the window and nodded.
They were soon finished with their meal, and it was already down pouring when they came under the canopy. He looked to her, then to the sky, "Hm..."
Ears twitching, she walked out into the rain, and was instantly wet, her white and red outfit clinging to her skin. " No big deal. Just water from the sky," she looked over at Kyushu, and started walking.
"Come on!" She called back to him, flicking her ears.
He nodded and followed her.
They soon entered the forest, after a few hours, still soaked. He sighed in discontent, "We should stop and rest..."
She glanced at him. 'Tired already? I thought demons had endless amounts of energy." She grinned smugly, then folded her arms across her chest and leaned against the tree. The bark was cool against her skin, and above, droplets of rain fell from the leaves, hitting her face.
He shrugged off her comment. "We still need sleep..." He reminded her.
He looked to his hand. Blood.
He let his hand fall back to his side and he closed his eyes, letting the scalp of his head touch the bark of the tree. He let out a long, much need sigh.
She glanced down at him. "I never sleep. I can go for days without sleep. Besides, what makes me feel safe sleeping next to you eh? Mr. Bloodlust," she commented, picking at her bangs.
He glared at her, casting his eyes down, "I suppose you have a good reason not to trust me..." He mumbled, putting his arms behind his head.
"I don't really care anymore," she said quietly, her eyes glazing. Really, she didn't care. "May I ramble...?" She asked softly, sounding almost like a scared child, yet trying to be brave and keep her voice from wavering as she said it.
She wanted to tell someone, even if it was the person who had killed her father. Even if he was a demon.
“Go ahead,” He yawned.
"I hated them." She said quietly, looking away. "I hated my mother, hated my father, hated them for everything they did for me. But I mean...even though my dad is dead, I just feel like such crap...they raised me and like, kept me alive...."
"Now that they're dead...I don’t know what to do.....it's really scary, but for the past week I've had horrible images and ideas, things that I'd never think before all of this happened.....The terror is squeezing. 'Let go,' it says. 'Wouldn't it be nice not to think anymore? Don't you want to end your life now rather than live a facade for someone else,' it whispers.
"Your breathing - don't you want it to go away? No more pain, no more doubt, no more fear. Just plain death…'" She quickly turned away from him .Why was she telling him all of this. Why? Why was it so easy to tell a complete stranger your deepest darkest secrets and not know what to say to them that wouldn't be a secret?
It's as plain as the knife under your pillow, he says to me. You have the power to end your life and no one will stop you.
"My thoughts are very real to me. I see them, I know them, I can track them and predict them. I feel them as if they were in my hand. They are alive. Are yours? Are you...?"
She quickly coughed, and stopped. "Sorry..." Her face instantly went red
He got to his feet, "Death..." He paused, "Dieing isn't what people make it out to be. They think they'll be happier in the next life."
"They make themselves suffer on the onside and never let it out. They let it eat them away. Death is nothing that you want to wish on anyone...even yourself..."
He looked at her, "Thoughts are myths. They only exist to you, and no one else. What you feel and desire is in your head and then..." He pointed to her heart, then at his own, "It travels here..."
"You can never truly end your life..."
"Well if I don't die myself then someone else will kill me." She glanced at her nails, and sank down beside him, closing her eyes and tilting her hat over her face. "Discussion over. I want to sleep." She said flatly.
He closed his eyes, "Whatever..."
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Post by [ H ] oshi on Aug 13, 2005 22:47:02 GMT -5
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“Bloodlust”
Author: FullOfWar
Chapter 3: “Jail Time Demon”
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She woke up with a start. At first, she thought it was a gunshot, and lowered her ears when she realized it was nothing more than lightning. "...." slowly she turned her head and glanced at Kyushu, then stood up, her tail twitching with interest.
She crouched in front of him, and waved. No response. He's asleep. Good. She stood up again, turned, and walked off to find a place to go relieve herself.
In his dream he found himself standing before a village. He was onyly14 then.
Fire scorched the huts and Men, women and children were fleeing from the site. A dead body fell before him. He killed a woman.
He stood there with tears in his eyes, a young woman suddenly grabbed him. She smacked him across the face, "Wretched Demon!" She screamed at him.
He backed away from her and ran as far as he could just to get away.
He suddenly opened his eyes, finding himself back in reality. He closed his eyes and sighed, "It was only a dream..."
She had returned, seeing the look in his eyes. "Did you have a nightmare?"
"Sorta.." He mumbled.
"Tell me about it," she said, holding out her hand to him.
"It's too complicated to explain. Sorry." He took her hand and pulled himself up, then...locked eyes with her.
She stared into his eyes for a few moments. His eyes......they're...sad...he almost reminds me... she pulled away suddenly. "Let's get going. By the way, where are we headed?" She asked
He shook his head, "Right...Uh..." He paused, "Not...really sure..."
She laughed, wiping her bangs so that the water stopped dripping into her eyes, and started to walk again, her tail swishing behind her. "So, anything else you feel like telling me? Anything new?" She asked.
He sweatdropped, "N-No…"
She grinned. "You almost sound embarrassed. What's on your mind huh?"
"Nothing..." He paused, his cheeks flushing a light pink.
"You're blushing," she smirked.
"No I'm not!" He growled.
She stopped, and approached him. "I told you my deepest darkest secret and now you won't even tell me what's on your mind. What's wrong with this picture here?" She asked, tilting her head to the side, her ears twitching.
She was way too close. He blinked dumbly at her, "Eh..."
Slowly, she pulled back, feeling rejected. "Whatever."
"..." He looked down, then back up to her, pulled her close and kissed her.
She gasped in silence, tensing up quickly, then slowly relaxing, staring up at him. Kyushu....
He quietly pulled back and cast his eyes down, releasing her, Damn hormones… He then looked down to see her hug him and for the first time in a long time he smiled.
She pulled back, hearing a gunshot. "What was that?" Her ears perked up.
"Police...they are after me..." He said, looking at her and then ahead, "Go, Run!"
He watched her run then yelled, “Don’t worry about me!”
She heard another gunshot, then ran faster, hiding.
He held the wound that they reopened in pain.
He quickly dipped his nails in his blood and yelled, "Blades of blood!?"
4 out of the five officers fell to their knees. Suddenly another gunshot went off, ripping right through his chest. He screamed in agony and fell to his knees, "Dammit..."
The officer grinned.
She glanced back, then clung to a tree, shocked. She had to do something, she didn't know what to do had to do something...
"KYUSHUUUU!"
He growled, staggering to his feet, "Bastard..." he coughed. He reached up and grabbed the mans throat, crushing it, then letting him fall.
He sighed then fell backwards in pain.
"Kyushu! No!?" She ran out towards him, but the police held her back, unable to see her ears hidden under the hat.
Deputies crowed around him, shrouding him in darkness. They cuffed him, and tossed him to the ground, dragging him by the cuffs, into the town to be taken to jail for his punishment.
"Aeris..." He whispered.
She watched him in utter horror, then felt the men holding her back release her. In her rage, she spun around, snarling, and trying to bite them, but they fought her off, and left.
"GET YOUR ASSES BACK HERE! YOU HAVE TO GIVE HIM BACK! HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING! HE'S INNOCENT!!!" She screamed, then fell to her knees, sobbing.
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Post by [ H ] oshi on Aug 13, 2005 22:47:25 GMT -5
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“Bloodlust”
Author: Fullofwar
Chapter 4: “The Escape”
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Once they led him to the jail he was stripped of all his personal belongings and a large cuff with chain hanging down around his neck.
They threw him in a cell, encased in plastic glass that had and electric shield around it. To them, he was an animal. They had cameras monitoring his every move.
The chain around his neck would electrify him if he even tried anything.
Aeris firmly planted her feet on the ground, her eyes watering. her head was spinning, but she had to get him out. They couldn't do this. They couldn't take him away. What had he done that was wrong besides the slaughtering of her parents?
"Kyushu," she said, starting to run after the direction the police went, "I'm going to find you. And I swear on my life I'll get you out buddy."
Darting through the streets, she leapt over a fence, and into a yard...where she was met by a pit bull. She growled, and hissed at the dog, then ran past it. Kyu...
Almost...there.... she could see the jail-house. He had to be there...almost...she was almost there...
A car horn screeched, and she gasped, feeling the front of something hard hit her. Not again... she thought, flying through the air, her body feeling like it was being pounded on in all sides. She felt herself hit the ground, roll across the cement.
Her body refused to obey her commands. The hat was off now… Her ears! Her tail! People would see her! She could hear voices, and she squeezed her eyes shut.
She could feel someone shaking her and asking if she was okay. Like hell she was okay. She just got hit by a car. Uh... Slowly, she looked up at the person, seeing their eyes widen, and the person yelled for help....
"K-Kyushu..."
She continued to lay there, then placed her hands on the ground, and slowly pushed herself up. "Ugh..." The person tried to keep her down, but she ignored him, dragging herself slowly across the pavement, her blood seeping behind her. I look like a wounded animal...Besides the fact that I am an animal…
She crawled up and reached up for the prison window. Her ribs hurt. Her back hurt. Her whole body hurt. She clutched the bars, then pulled herself up, peeking in. "....Kyushu....?"
She saw a door labeled 'demon', and managed to slip between the bars with her slender body, falling on the ground with a loud thud. She flinched, and pulled herself down the hall, peering inside, and knocking on the window.
He lifted his head and looked out. She did come. He actually smiled and ran to the window, careful not to touch it, "Aeris..."
She smiled weakly, wiping the blood off her lip, then sank again, looking around. She managed to stand on her good leg, and hobbled to find the keys.
A guard was asleep at the desk, snoring loudly, and she crouched, and snuck over under the desk. The keys were attached to his belt. Damn. Slowly, she reached out. Closer...just a little closer....
He suddenly woke up, his eyes glazed with sleep. She gasped silently, and hid under the desk. The officer looked around, then pulled up to the desk, his leg inches from her face. Oh God... he pulled out a doughnut, and a coffee, then began to eat while ready a porno magazine.
She growled, reaching for the keys. Slowly, she started to touch the keys, when he turned and her hand ended up in his lap. Eww... she felt like throwing up, drawing her hand back. I have to burn my hand off! She thought.
Aeris sulked. Have to think... she quickly snatched the keys, and slinked out from under the desk. The guard sat back down, going back to his magazine, while she unlocked the door, and slipped into the cell. "Kyushu..." she whispered, smiling weakly.
He smiled, and hugged her, "Aeris...I'm sorry..." He paused, looking at his human like clothes, "Before we go, we have to get my regular clothes from that guard..."
She continued to smile, although the blood seeped through her clothes from her wounds. "Yeah...I'd better climb out the window......" she looked to it, then collapsed against him, flinching
"Stay here."
He first blew out the cameras, and made his way to the guard. "Hello." He paused, stabbed him through the throat, retorting, "Goodbye."
He grabbed his clothes and ran back to the cell, "Let's go."
She smiled weakly, then started to stand, stumbling forward, and collapsing on the ground. "Poop, It's just overwhelming shock that you're not dead."
"Oh yeah..." He paused, looking down at his chest, "They forgot to look at my wounds."
He could feel himself getting lightheaded from blood loss, "Besides the fact that I’m not feeling to good..." He retorted once they were outside and far away from the jail.
She laughed quietly. "Hey, I got hit by a car trying to save your ass."
He looked at her and closed his eyes, falling over, "Medic...”
She fell on top of him and winced, as he did also, “Ditto…” Closing her eyes, she said quietly, "I don't want to move..." she said, opening her eyes and looking at his face, which was an inch from hers.
His eyes were closed. His ears witched to hear footsteps approaching them. Townspeople.
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Post by [ H ] oshi on Aug 13, 2005 22:48:18 GMT -5
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“Bloodlust”
Author: Fullofwar
Chapter 5: “First and Foremost”
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Kyushu slowly opened his eyes and found himself in a strange looking room, "..." He paused, looking around, "A...Hospital?"
Aeris couldn't open her eyes. It was too bright. Where was she? Where was Kyushu? She whispered his name, “Kyushu…”
He looked to her bed and winced, whispering to her, “I’m right here..”
"Couldn't they turn down the lights?" She complained, opening her eyes a little, flinching. Her arm was loaded with IV needles. What the hell?
"Guess not..." He mumbled. A Nurse finally came in and turned down the lights. He sat up, feeling a little breezy. He was naked...
His eyes widened and he flushed different shades of red. The Nurse laughed. "We had to remove your clothes to tend to the wounds. Don't Worry."
Aeris couldn't help but stare. Thank god she was still clothed to say the least. "Nice." She joked.
He sighed, "Great..." He then pulled up the covers, hiding himself.
The Nurse smiled doing a checkup.
Aeris smiled, feeling awkward. Why weren't they being hoisted away for being non-human?
The Nurse set his folded clothes on the table next to his bed, "All done."
He looked at the nurse, then away, still sitting up but looking out the window.
The nurse looked at Aeris, carefully removing the IV's. She whispered something in her ear about Kyushu being cute and a perfect mate for her. She then giggled, and exited the room.
"Excuse me?" She blushed. Wait did she say male or 'mate'?? She flushed quickly, touching her cheeks. "Oh my..."
Kyushu still cast his eye away, seeming to still be gazing out the window.
She slowly stood, walking over and sitting beside his little bed thing, touching his forehead. She saw him jump, and look at her. She blinked slowly, pointing to the three gems on his forehead, “What are these?”
He snorted, “Gems?”
She frowned, “Well pardon me for asking…” She felt him pat her on the head. She growled and pouted, “Hey.”
"Hey, I can't help the cuteness." He stuck out his tongue then kissed her on the cheek.
She swatted at him, then smiled weakly, leaning down and hugging him. "I'm glad you aren't dead."
His smile faded, and his eyes glazed, “I’m sorry...”
“For what?” She asked, confused.
“For worrying you...” He whispered, looking back to her, and put his arms around her, hugging her.
She hugged him back, burying her face in his shoulder. "I swear if you had died, I would've killed you..."
He quickly got dressed, while she was turned after he confronted her and smiled. It felt a lot better to be in clothes. He looked at her then put his arms around her neck, kissing it.
Instantly her face turned red. "Oh!" She looked back at him, ears flickering, “Hello.”
He laughed, sticking out his tongue, "Nee." He paused and released her, getting off the bed, "Let's get out of here."
She reached into her pocket, pulling out a ribbon from her pocket and tying her hair back. "Let's go," she said, slipping on her shoes then turning and sashaying towards the door.
He followed her and he say her glance back at him, “Shouldn’t we say something, or do we just sneak?” She asked.
“Just sneak,” He replied.
They slithered down the many halls of the hospital and soon made their way outside, “That wasn’t so hard,” He laughed, smiling sheepishly.
She snorted, “Oh! that was so hard I just about died!”
He rolled his eyes at her and headed towards the forest again. He heard her following her and her tail swish with every footstep, “Why haven't people noticed us yet?" Her ears twitched and she fixed her boy-hat.
“Maybe because we always hide?” He said plainly, stealing her boys cap from her.
"Hey!" She pouted, leaping to get her hat back, but failing due to her height. "Give it." She pouted, then swatted at him. She really was cute in her child-like manner.
He sighed and gently placed it back on her head, jumping into a tree, “There.”
She looked up at him and gonked. "I can't climb tr--" then she remembered the cat genes, and scrambled up the tree, sitting one branch away from him. "I can climb now!"
He kept his eyes closed and sarcastically said, "Cool"
He noticed that it was beginning to rain and it looked as if a storm system was coming their way.
He rears flattened, and she frowned. "I hate storms," she said quietly, then stealthily moved to his branch, sitting a few inches away and watching the sky. This feels so strange…
He kept his eyes closed, If your afraid...then...
"I'm such a chicken." She laughed, then arched her back, stretching and yawning loudly, then laying down on the branch, crossing her arms and legs and closing her arms. "Now I know how real cats feel I guess..." her ears flicked and she listened to the low rumble of approaching thunder, her eyes glazing.
"Rain, rain go away, come again another day…" she sang quietly, then glanced at Kyushu from the corner of her eye.
She looked at him fully, turned around and approached, hesitating, then curling up against him and closing her eyes.
He opened his eyes and smiled down at her.
She kept her face pressed against his chest, I love you...
He sighed closing his eyes, I love you also...
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Post by [ H ] oshi on Aug 13, 2005 22:48:51 GMT -5
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“Bloodlust”
Author: Fullofwar
Chapter 6: “Farewell”
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There was a crash, and Aeris’ eyes flashed open. She clung to Kyushu tightly, then looked around, and sighed, leaning against him again. It's just the stupid storm...
Kyushu woke startled as well and looked down at her, putting a hand on her back to calm her.
“I always..." she said quietly, her eyes glazing, "think I'm going to get hit and freeze...that I'll melt...like sand-glass..." her ears twitched under her hat, and the rain pelted the trees lightly, then poured again, filling the area with the scent of wet forest and the sound of ringing raindrops.
He looked down at her, scotching up a little. He laughed lightly at her, then smiled, "Nothing like that will happen. So as long as I'm here..." He whispered.
She nodded, looking out at the lightning-streaked sky. She watched in silence, then suddenly felt something was wrong. Without meaning to, she grabbed Kyushu, and forced them both off the branch, just as there was a gunshot. The blast ricocheted off the tree branch and then away. They both hit the ground hard, Kyushu landing on top of her. "Uh…” She flinched.
“Well this is an awkward position,” He mumbled painfully.
She quickly leapt off of him, and glared into the forest. "We're being hunted...or stalked or something one way or the other..." she said quietly, crouching on her hind-quarters, trying to sense anything.
She heard another gunshot, and her hat was blasted off. She gasped, and grabbed it, looking at it, her hands shivering, “M-My Hat...”
He growled slowly and looked around, his eyes darting from one tree to another, to the ground and then stopped. He spotted the offender whom had ruined such a cute hat.
He propelled himself at the man and suddenly his arm, up to his elbow was through the mans throat. He silently allowed the man to slowly make his way off his arm and into the pool of crimson delight below.
He quickly cleaned his claws of the blood, quietly looking to the ground.
She cowered a little then made her way to him, toughing his hand hen looking at the man whom was now dead.
He looked at her, then away, slipping his hand from her and silently walking down the path.
“Oh Kyushu...” She whispered, placing her hands over her heart, and following him.
It was only her hat...
She ran after him, her eyes watering but it was hard to tell with the falling rain. "Please Kyushu wait for me!" She pleaded, catching up to him. "What's wrong?”
“Nothing.”
She frowned, “Why are you lying?” She asked, stopping a few feet away.
He stopped as well, looking back at her and saying not a word.
"Kyushu if you're going to lie then....." she didn't know what to say. Turning her back, she just left without saying a word, eyes shadowed.
It ended just like that.
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Post by [ H ] oshi on Aug 13, 2005 22:49:58 GMT -5
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“Bloodlust”
Author: Fullofwar
Chapter 7: “Reunion”
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Kyushu sat with his eyes closed behind the dark sunglasses, hands in his pockets. He popped a squat on a curb and sighed. Things seemed to be slowing down and he needed to get away. He pondered for a moment about Aeris, and cleared her from his mind. She was a dead memory to him...
Tail swishing, Aeris fixed the hat on her head, then spun slightly, tucking her tail into her shorts, and hiding her ears. Her blue eyes shimmered brightly, and she walked away from her temporary home, and into the daylight.
People noticed her slum-ish style of clothing, but nobody cared. No one ever cares. She whistled innocently, looking around, then swiping an apple from one of the market stands and chomping it.
Kyushu kept his hands in his pockets when he got up and walked down towards the market to get something to eat. He sighed and accidentally bumped into Aeris, knocking her hat out of place. He kept on walking.
"Hey!" She fixed the hat, then spun and glared at him. "Get back here and apologize! I'm talking to you! Get back here! Can't you even say excuse me!" She flailed.
He quietly stopped and looked back at her from behind his sunglasses and plainly said, "No."
She twitched, and yanked off her hat, running to him, and clobbering him on the head. "Jerk!" She yelled in his face.
He gripped her by the collar of her shirt and growled, "Touch me again and we will see if you live to see another sunrise..." He then threw her on the ground, turned and began to walk off yet again.
She snarled, then lunged at him, tackling him from behind and clinging to him. "Don't make me scratch your eyes out," she threatened, baring her claws. She stopped when she noticed his ears...and his scent.
Her mouth opened a little, and she gasped. "K....Kyu...?"
There was a gunshot, and she jumped down, spinning around and putting her hat on her head quickly. The police were coming, running as fast as their chubby legs would let them. She growled, then took off. They stopped when they reached Kyushu, already panting. "Which way did she go?" They asked
He eyed the police, and closed his eyes, “That is none of my concern.”
They scowled, then ran in the complete opposite direction that Aeris had run. She peered out from behind a crate, then stealthily ran up beside Kyushu. ".........are you.....?" She didn't really know what to say. He'd just left that day without saying anything to her. What was she suppose to do?
He looked down at her from the corner of his eye and smiled, “Probably.”
She smiled slyly, then slipped a piece of paper into his hand and ran off. On the paper was a note, and an address. At the bottom she had signed her name ,and the words 'you'd better show up'
He blinked slowly, "Found her."
He silently took off his sunglasses, folded them up and placed them away, heading for her home.
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Post by [ H ] oshi on Aug 13, 2005 22:50:32 GMT -5
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“Bloodlust”
Author: Fullofwar
Chapter 8: “Time Together”
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She was waiting in the tree out back of the apartment. She'd left a note on the front door for him, telling him to find her back there.
Her tail swished, and she fixed her hat, and looked up at the sky. It was going to rain.
He took the note from the door and sighed, "Like a scavenger hunt..." He whispered, making his way to the back.
He stopped a few feet away and said, "Hey Aeris."
She looked at him. "Why did you leave?" She asked, hopping down, and walking a few feet away, staring at him.
He sweatdropped. Words fumbled in his mind and all that came out was, "I was...afraid to show emotion..."
She studied him, and sighed, "What's to be ashamed of? Emotions exist. Did you think you could just walk away and I'd be gone? I didn't stop thinking about you. I thought you died or something. It worried me."
He closed his eyes, looked down and sighed, making his way to her. He stopped and gently put his arms around her, hugging her, “Like I would go down with a fight.”
She hugged him back, clinging to his shoulders, all she could really reach. "It still worried me...you just left..." she wanted to cry, but couldn't.
“I’m sorry.” He said softly.
She smiled a little bit, “It’s alright.”
He smiled down at her, lifting the tip of her hat and kissing her.
She closed her eyes, kissing him back. "You honestly didn't think I'd just disappear off the face of the earth, did you?" She smiled, then took his hand and led him to her apartment. it was horribly messy on the inside, clothes strewn across the floor, food and items of all sorts laid on the table and what-not. "Welcome to my humble abode," she joked.
He laughed, “Oh yeah, and so clean too.”
"Shut up. I'm never home. I'm always out and about. Looking for This is my third home."
He rolled his eyes, "That's why you get a maid..." he mumbled, picking up random things. Shirts, pizza boxes, etc. He paused, picking up a pair of pink panties. He grinned sheepishly, “Rawr.”
"Shut up," she yanked them away, and started to pick up others. White panties, black panties and hey look a thong!
After about 30 minutes her apartment was clean, "That wasn't so hard, right?" He smiled, hopping on her bed.
“Oh yeah, so hard,” She snorted.
She whapped him, then jumped onto the bed, not realizing the forcefulness of the springs and flew right off the other side. "Yipe!"
She looked up, and smiled weakly at him. "Eheh..."
She looked at him, then frowned, and climbed up onto the bed next to him, and rubbed her head on his shoulder like a cat would to be comforting. "I'm sorry..."
He blinked then snapped his fingers, rubbing her ears and making her purr, "Always works."
She meowed repeatedly, purring loudly, then flopped over, exposing her tummy. "Scratch!" She writhed.
He smiled and did so with his dull claws, "Hum..."
She purred and writhed more. "Nyah" She mewed blissfully.
He kissed her, and smiled.
Her eyes immediately glazed, and her tail slinked up beside her, then smacked the side of his head. She grinned evilly, and hugged him. "Nyaha," She smiled innocently, rubbing her face on his, and knocking them both to the floor. "I really did Miss you..." she said quietly, looking away.
“And I you,” He smiled, putting a hand on her cheek so she would look at him.
She looked at him, her blue eyes glimmering. She had matured in the six months since they had last time they had seen. There were small scars on her left cheek, from who knows where, and she smiled a little.
He ran his hands over the scars and got to his feet, "I'm sorry...I've staid here too long..." He whispered, turning his back to her.
She frowned, her eyes glazing sadly. "...You're just going to leave again..?" She sat up, her ears folding back.
He shook his head, "I can't stay here..." He replied, looking at her. He had not meant to hurt her again.
"But why...?" she asked, folding her hands over her heart.
He looked at her sadly, "I can't put you in danger. Dangerous people are after me and...if you get killed...I don't know what I'd do without you..."
"Well next time you try and find me...I won't be here..." she said softly.
He looked down and nodded, "I see..."
He turned his back to her again and stopped in the doorway, looked back at her, then left.
She ran to the porch, looking down at where he was walking away. "Kyushu! Wait! Take this" She reached back, then threw something.
A necklace.
He looked down at it and smiled, looked up at her, then walked onward and into the town, now being lost in the crowd
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Post by [ H ] oshi on Aug 13, 2005 22:51:06 GMT -5
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“Bloodlust”
Author: Fullofwar
Chapter 9: “Attacked”
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An unknown voice whispered, "We've located her. We shall take her hostage immediately. That will set him off..."
Kyu suddenly looked up to see droids destroying everything. They grabbed women, and their children. He looked back at Aeris' home only to see a droid hop through the now broken window. His eyes widened and he screamed her name, running for the apartment, "AERIS!?"
Aeris growled, staring down the druid that attacked her, then lunged and bit it, fighting it viciously. She back flipped, only to be struck by it's claws, and sliced in the side. She flew a few feet, clutching the wound, then snarling and trying to attack him again.
The druid fought back, hitting its wrist, making a series of blades come out, revealing wolverine like claws, then slicing her. She ran through the apartment, trying to avoid him, then pulling out her sword. Sparks flew as her blade came in contact with the claws.
He spun her around, and threw her through the doorway. She crashed through the door, then onto the porch where she collapsed, panting, then back flipping, landing smoothly on her feet. Bastard... she thought to herself, seeing the man come closer. He sliced through her shirt, shredding it in half, and cutting her chest.
He shoved her off the porch, and she fell to the ground. Flinching, she looked at the blood running down her chest, and looked at the druid. "No way....am I going down without a fight..."
I'm not going down without a fight, she remembered he had told her, and her eyes watered. She lunged one last time only to feel the plunge of the blade through her stomach, and she cried out, falling unconscious and into the druid. It wrapped her in its cloak, then glared at Kyushu, and ran off.
He growled, his eyes fading to a blood red, "Get back here!?"
He found himself chasing the droid, killing anyone that got in his way. He would get her back, event if he died.
The unknown voice whispered again, "He took the bait well...Yes master...Yes...Right away..."
Droids surrounded him, coming at him with Mach-Saws and blades that could slice a man in one strike. He growled viciously at them, and growled, "Come at me then..."
They screeched and did so. He grinned, slashing, clawing and stabbing at them. A droid hopped on him, slicing him on the face. He screeched and slashed, the droid withering on the ground. He touched his wound and slashed at them all in anger.
They fell in dismay, and he continued on.
Please Kyushu... it wasn't that hard to follow them. Her blood was leaking onto the ground and leaving a trail for him to follow. Her eyes opened, and she looked up weakly. The druid said nothing, then clutched her tighter, and more blood fell. She yelped a little as his claws sank into her flesh, tearing her more. Kyushu!!
He followed the trail and hopped up behind the droid, "DIE!" He yelled, slashing at it.
The droid dropped Aeris and looked at Kyushu. It looked at him up and down and attacked him.
He grabbed the droids arm and tore it right of and threw it to the ground. He did the same with the other then stabbed the droid right through, pulled out his processor and crushed it. The droid fell to the ground.
He closed his eyes, his pupils returning to normal. He looked at her worriedly and ran over to her aid, "Are you...alright?"
Aeris said nothing at first, and looked to him, smiling weakly, holding her side. "It's nothing...."
"Don't lie..." He whispered, helping her to her feet. He guided her through the forest and to a small home. He took her inside and laid her on the couch, going to the Medicine cabinet to look for a first aid kit.
She frowned. "I'm really okay..." she looked at the wounds, and closed her eyes, "Were they after me again?" she wondered out loud.
He shook his head, "No. They thought if they could get to you, they could get to me."
She looked up at him. "Then they've been chasing me for a long time now....either that or they've been a different group..." she averted her gaze, looking to her wound. The bleeding had slowed to a stop now.
When he finished wrapping her wound he kissed her on the forehead, "Get some sleep..." He whispered and headed to his own room, closing the door behind him.
She looked up at him, smiled, and watched him leave. Once alone, she looked at the window, seeing the rain that fell. She closed her eyes slowly, and sighed.
He silently kicked off his shoes and took off his jacket and slipped into his bed. He looked up at he ceiling and sighed, "Aeris..."
Is he always going to be like this...? She wondered, closing her eyes. Will he always be so cold to me...? She thought, turning over.
He closed his eyes and soon drifted off.
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