Yo! NoahofBond18 here! This is my first yaoi story... I'm not sure if people ship this but... whatever. I need to thank my awesome friend Jasdevi's Secret Sissy for the help on this chapter and story in general. Go check out her story, Seperation's Pain, I think that's what it's called. It's really good so far. :D Thanks a ton Sissy-chan! Jasdevi? Will you do the honors?

Jasdevi: NoahofBond18 does not own DGM or any of its characters.

Krory: Though she wishes she did.

No one asked for your input Krory. Let's just... get on with this...


I actually edited the chapter this time. So there shouldn't be too many errors. If there are, please tell me. I'll also have another Chapter posted today.


Chapter 1- The Lonely Flower

It was cold inside the stone prison cell, under the paper thin fabric that was supposed to be a blanket. A tall, lanky child, looking about 10, trembled from the cold. The boy had grey skin, ankle length two toned hair, and wore torn crimson clothes. Cat ears were sticking out of his head and a long cat tail grew right above his ass. His golden tail had black stripes, it was two toned, as were his ears. Much like a tiger like pattern, except it was blonde and black instead of rusty orange and black. Various wounds covered the boy's flesh. He trembled with silent sobs, curled up on the worn mattress that was supposed to serve as a bed. How had it come to this? Captured by exorcists and used to test out their stupid potions. The boy flinched in terror as the door opened and an exorcist walked into the cell.

"Jasdevi?" A familiar voice asked. "Are you awake?" The exorcist kneeled down next to the boy named Jasdevi.

"The hell do you want vampire?" Jasdevi snarled. He knew the exorcists real name, it was Arystar Krory, but Jasdevi felt nothing but hatred towards the man so he didn't care what his name was. Krory sighed at the word 'vampire' but said nothing.

"I'm here to take you out of the cell." he replied. The Noah's eyes widened in fear.

"No, no more potions." The child moved away from the exorcist, the chain around his neck limiting his movements. "You people have already made me a neko and turned me into a child!"

"I'm getting you out of here." Krory said before Jasdevi could continue ranting. The neko froze and blinked up at the taller male.

"Wh-what?"

"No time to explain right now." The vampire pulled out a bottle of blood and downed it in a few gulps, his innocence activating. "It's time to go." A squeak of fear escaped Jasdevi's throat when Krory smashed the chain around his neck, lifting him up into his arms gently. As the man ran through the Black Order, the Noah child pressed himself against his chest, burying his face in the vampire's neck. He could hear the sounds of shouting, breaking objects, and the wind rushing past them. Finally, the vampire made it outside the Order and ran through the town to the train station. He jumped onto the departing train, still tightly holding onto the Noah in his arms.

"Y-you're c-crazy!" Jasdevi panted once everything had calmed down and the vampire had sat down in with him.

"I know," Krory laughed. "but we got out didn't we?" Jasdevi nodded, leaning his head against the exorcist's chest, still trying to calm down his heart beat from whatever had just happened. He was exhausted, the cat ears flat against his head. "You can sleep if you want." Krory said softly, tightening his hold on Jasdevi. Jasdevi nodded, curling up on Krory's lap.

"Thank you...kyuketsuki...-kun..." Jasdevi whispered softly, before he fell asleep.

Jasdevi awoke still lying on Krory's lap, his head leaning on the exorcist's chest. He looked up sleepily, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. Krory, seeing that the child was awake, smiled slightly and pet the Noah's hair, eliciting a purr from his throat. Jasdevi felt affection for the exorcist flood through him, thankful that he had gotten him out of that awful place.

"Hello Jasdevi," Krory said gently. "did you enjoy your nap?"

"Yes, because you kept me warm vampire." Jasdevi purred, licking the vampire's palm. The man's smile widened. Just then, he noticed that the other people in the train were giving him and Jasdevi strange looks. He realized how odd he must look, a man wearing a strange cloak, with a battered and bloody neko child on his lap. He stopped and thought for a moment, finally coming up with an idea. He takes out a flask of akuma blood and drinks it, before turning to the onlookers.

"Excuse me, but can't a father play with his child without your persecuting looks?" he growls, giving off an air of royal authoritativeness that the akuma blood gives him. The other passengers looked away at once, going back to their own activities. Jasdevi looked up at Krory's pale features curiously, his cat ears twitching.

"So...you're my father now?" He asked. The exorcist's smile returned, petting the young child.

"If you'll allow me to be for the time being." He laughed softly, secretly happy about this situation as he had always wondered what being a parent was like. Jasdevi looked up at Krory, memories of his parents flashing through his mind. The memories of the hatred, torment, and beatings he had to endure from the humans, of how his own mother had thrown him out of the house at the young age of four as she blamed him for committing a crime he did not do. He gulped back the tears that threatened to well up in his eyes.

"Sure." He whispered, leaning his head on his savior's chest. "I-I've never had a parent before." he added. At least...not one that actually cared about me... Jasdevi thought miserably. Krory stiffened for a moment, his heart breaking slightly, before rubbing soothing circles into the neko's back,

"Well," Krory said softly. "you do now." Jasdevi hid his face in Krory's cloak.

"Thank you." the boy muttered. Krory simply wrapped his arms around the little boy and began to rock, humming, a slow, almost sadish tune. As the exorcist hummed softly Jasdevi felt himself get tired once more, he yawned sleepily, curling up like a kitten against Krory's chest and purring quietly. Krory smiles down at the boy, till he feels the stares again, but when he looks up, they were soft, appraising looks one gives a sweet child. He looked down at the little one resting upon him, secretly surprised that this was the same person he had battled in the crumbling Ark, before pushing the thought from his mind, and beginning to gently use his fingers to untangle the child's hair. As the man's fingers moved to untangle a large knot in the long golden locks Jasdevi winced. Seeing this, Krory sighed, but before he could do anything, a girl stepped forward, with a small soft bristled brush.

"It's not much,seeing how it's for babies,but it'll hurt less." she said softly and handed him the brush and once again took her seat across the aisle. Jasdevi looked up at the girl then back at Krory, putting his head on his chest to allow him to brush out his hair. The exorcist smiled down at the child as he finished, he reached over, and started moving his hands like Eliade had taught him to, and braided the child's hair, using a snapped lace from his boot to tie it.

"There, no more tangles!" he laughed in that way that only he can, causing Jasdevi's heart to skip a beat. Jasdevi feels the braid curiously, his tail swaying happily.

"It's pretty." he smiled, the affection for the man that was his savior growing. Krory laughed merrily, until he heard hushed whispers coming down the aisle as the train came to a screeching halt, causing him to have to clasp Jasdevi to his chest so the child didn't fall. Jasdevi wondered why the train had suddenly stopped until one old woman called down the aisle,

"It appears exorcists have boarded, they said they are looking for child,and his kidnapper!" The passengers talked to each other many expressing dismay at the thought of an abducted child. Terror filled Jasdevi when he heard this. Exorcists? And they were looking for an abducted child? That could only be him. But how had they figured what train they had boarded? He clutched Krory tightly, beginning to tremble in fear. He didn't want to go back to the Black Order, to the place where he would once again be treated like a monster and used for experiments.

"No more..." he whimpered softly. "...no more experiments... don't let them...please don't let them find me..." A new found resolve seemed to enter Krory, making him rise from his seat, and, using the ruckus from the train as a distraction, rushing to one of the back train cars. He dug through people's trucks for disguises. He tore off his exorcist coat, and quickly replaced it with a long hooded cloak and, finding a child coat and hat for Jasdevi, quickly put those on the child. Thank god for the speed that akuma blood gave him! For at the moment that he leapt from the car, Jasdevi in his grasp, did crow agents smash into the now exorcist free cart.

Jasdevi clutched Krory tightly as he ran, fear still coursing through him. He balled his hands into fists, wishing that he could use his powers to help. But in this form he was helpless, his Noah powers much weaker than they should be. After 30 minutes, Arystar's powers were extinguished, but he had been able to make it 50 miles away because of the blood as he whispered soothing words to the young one in his arms, he walked another hour, before reaching a small town. An old couple, seeing what looked to be a man and his child down on their luck, invited them to stay at their inn, being kind enough to spare the charge. Tears began welling up in the child's eyes for some reason and then stream down his cheeks. He buries his face in Krory's shirt, hoping to hide his tears. The old woman stepped forward, knowing that those tears were from her own experience, discovering that people were willing to help you, out of generosity. She smiled at Krory, before saying,

"May I?" At his slightly hesitant nod, she rubbed the little one's back, her husband clasping Krory's shoulder in a fatherly way.

"Now son, you and that youngun' can stay as like as ya need, just help us with some house work, and we'll be ripe as rain!" the man laughed, showing a few missing teeth, as he smiled at Krory. Jasdevi stiffened in fear at the woman's touch, not wanting any humans but Krory to touch him. It felt unfamiliar to him and he didn't like it.

"K-Krory..." he whimpered softly. Krory quickly hugged the child.

"Now Jasdevi, they are simply helping us, now say hello." he said gently, trying to soothe the child's fears.

"He calls you by your name?" the woman asked, confused. The exorcist quickly picked up on the mistake, racking his brains for something to say before a clever lie came into his mind.

"Yes, I recently adopted him yesterday." he started, using every ounce of acting skill he had. "His village was attacked and the populace was wiped out." The couple gasped, tears welled in the woman's eyes as the man choked out.

"We apologize for the intrusion then, please sit down by the fire, and we'll grab you some food..." Krory nodded thankfully and sat by the fire, Jasdevi still in his arms. Jasdevi smiled slightly, happy that humans could be so gullible, and nuzzled his cheek against the crook of Krory's neck.

"Thank you..." he whispered softly. "...for protecting me. Even though I tried to kill you."

"...Don't bring that up, it's the past, I no longer care about that." the exorcist whispered, petting the boy's head.

"Yeah...okay." Jasdevi agreed, thinking of how the Earl would react if he knew that he was allowing an exorcist to protect him. But at the moment he didn't care. All that mattered was that Krory stay with him. "So...do I have to call you father to keep the humans in the dark about who I really am?" he asked curiously, tilting his head slightly.

"For now ,or you can change it, like say you're my apprentice, my nephew, little brother, anything will do." he laughed softly. "It'll will help us escape as well, we can change it with each town, so the order can't track us!" Krory explained his new idea, having it just popped up in his head.

"What happens if...they do track us down?" Jasdevi asked fearfully, the question pressing on his mind for quite a while. The man became serious, and lifted the boy's chin, he stared right in his eyes and said,

"Then... I'll fight, I'll fight tooth and nail, and make sure they couldn't touch you, do you understand me?" he said lowly, staring determined into the large eyes of the child. Jasdevi looked up into Krory's determined eyes his cheeks lighting up in a blush, his heart speeding up in his chest.

"Yes." He breathed with a small nod. The older male smiled before saying,

"Come along, we should help with dinner, it's the least we can do to repay them after all." He chuckled, having mistaken the boy's blush as nothing but his cheeks heating because of the fire.

"Actually..." Jasdevi started softly. "...I have a problem I probably should have told you about before." He looked down slightly. Now this made Krory stop, and then excused the both of them, by saying to the old woman,

"He'd like to get ready for bed early, we'll be down soon." as he picked up Jasdevi and carried him upstairs to the room they had offered them."What is it Jasdevi,are you not feeling well?" he asked once they reached the room. Jasdevi placed a hand on one of his legs, not feeling his own touch.

"Something like that..." he muttered. What Krory did next surprised and frustrated the little shounen. He pressed their foreheads together, making Jasdevi's heart race.

"You don't feel feverish, although you are warm." the elder man said, "What is the matter Jasdevi?" he asked. The boy's blush deepened.

"I-I can't feel my legs..." He whispered.

"What?!" the man said fear creeping into his voice"do you know why?or at least when you lost the feeling in them?" he said hurriedly, about ready to run downstairs and ask for the innkeepers to call a medic.

"K-Krory! It's alright!" Jasdevi cried desperately. "I'm a Noah." he said simply, expecting him to understand. The poor vampire just looked more confused than ever.

"What has that to do with anything?" Jasdevi looked at him for a moment, smiled slightly, and laughed.

"I'm a Noah. It means my wounds will heal quicker than a normal humans. Give me a few hours minimum, a day maximum and my legs will be just fine." He explained and nuzzled against Krory's cheek. Krory looked at the child, relaxing.

"...very well,then be careful,and stay in here for a moment, I'll bring your food up." the man sighed, gently undoing the now extremely messy braid in the child's hair.

"Okay." Jasdevi agreed, sitting obediently on the bed, running his fingers through his long hair. Afraid to leave the boy too long, he simply said that Jasdevi wasn't feeling well, and that he was just going to eat upstairs with him, and turn in for the night. After collecting the food he returned with the pasta and drinks,and set them on the nightstand by the bed.

Jasdevi was curled up on the bed, already fast asleep. Smiling softly,Krory took a extra blanket and pillow, about to sleep on the floor to give the child room, when he heard him say something.

"Sleep next to me..." the child whispered. "...please..." he added, a pleading gaze in his large luminescent eyes that matched the color of a sunset. After a moment to get over his shock, he said

"Very well, but move over a tad, I am a bit bulky compared to you." he said honestly, before sliding in next to the boy, and curled up facing the child. Jasdevi curled up, pressing himself against Krory's chest, enveloped in the vampire's warmth. He sighed again,before wrapping his arms around the small boy,seemingly shielding him from the world.

"Kuketsuki?" Jasdevi muttered, embarrassed at what he wanted to ask.

"Hm?" he asked tiredly. "What is it Jasdevi?" Now looking down at the boy with exhausted eyes, he had had to use his abilities to the max at least three times in one day after all. Seeing the exhaustion in the exorcist's eyes, Jasdevi shook his head.

"Nevermind." He said softly.

"No, tell me." Krory insisted,keeping his eyes open. "If you brought it up in the first place, knowing you, it must be important, meaning I would not be able to sleep till I know what it is!" he explained, barely stopping the pout that tried to form on his lips. Jasdevi giggled softly.

"I just wanted to ask...if you'd tell me a story." he muttered, embarrassed at the childish request.

"Of course, my dear..." he said tiredly, and slowly began to spin his tale. Jasdevi blushes at the word, 'dear', having never been dear to anyone and listened silently to the story.

"Once upon a time there was a grand flower and, because it was unique, it was feared and kept in a fancy pot with a glass dome." Krory stared. "The dome was beautiful with a view outside, and it was able to have sun at all sides, but the flower was lonely. It longed to leave its beautiful prison,and often thought to itself, 'Why, for I, one who has hurt no one, be trapped here? Untended as my leaves wither, and this pot gives little water! I am so parched!' it says woefully as it watched the other flowers bloom." Jasdevi felt a bit sad for the flower. It reminded him a bit of his childhood. Hated, tortured, and almost killed for the sole reason of being alive and different. As Krory continued, Jasdevi pulled himself out of his musings to listen. "But, one day, a small child, with hair as wild as a stallion's heart, came running into the greenhouse!" Krory's voice filling with a tone of wonder as he told this part. "Upon seeing the flower in its dome and said, 'Little flower thy are so much luckier than I! Safe from the world, getting to watch, and not having to try! I'd switch with you if I could.'" Now the exorcist's voice became serious, "The flower did not wish to hear her say this, for he would not with this loneliness upon others, especially a child! Now, do you remember? This flower is unique, now you shall now what makes it so~" Jasdevi looked up at Krory, waiting for him to continue. "Crash! The plant, having wished to comfort the girl, moved to her, not knowing of the edge so close! The dome, pot, soil, and flower were shattered and the little girl rushed forwards, tears in her eyes. 'What have I done? Was it I who knocked you from the counter so high?' but to the girl's astonishment, the flower's leaves move with no wind to guide them, and wiped her tears as a deep voice came from within the flower, 'Twas not you who brought this upon me, now quick fetch me new pot with soil and water, unless you'd like to see me whither!" Krory's voice changed with every character, little Jasdevi was amazed. "So, doing as she was told, the girl rushed and got what was called for, returning to the flower. 'I shall gift you with something we both wish to possess.' the said as the girl settled it back into a new pot, a smaller ordinary one. 'Place me at your window this night so I may grow with the moon, and you shall see what I speak of.' That night, a magical event took place, right in the room of the sleeping girl. When she awoke, she could not find the flower. She searched and when she looked outside she nothing and began to weep dolefully as she believed her flower stolen, till she heard a voice. 'Why are you weeping? For I have kept my promise.' Whipping around, she saw a little boy of her age, with leggings of green, and a shirt purple and red, the same as the flower.' He said in a calming voice. It was when she knew what had become of the flower when she saw that one sleeve on the boy's clothes was wrinkled and brown, just as the dying leaf that brushed her tears the other day. From that day on they became friend. Their bond was unbreakable, even as the grew into adults they spent the rest of their lives together. And, even in death, they were forever together." Krory finished wistfully as he stroked the child's hair. When no answer came, the exorcist looked down seeing that Jasdevi had fallen asleep, his head leaning on Krory's chest. Arystar smiled down at the boy in his arms, also drifting to sleep.


I am aware that Jasdevi and Krory are both acting OOC! I don't give a damn! Anywho... I hopw you guys enjoyed the first chapter. Thanks again to Jasdevi's Secret Sissy for the help! :D Jasdero! Devit! Do your thing!

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