Itaki sat in a damp cell. The smell of dried blood and sweat. There was only a small window more out of reach then any prisoner could ever go.

The moonlight shined on Itaki. His messy dark blue hair was now covered in dirt. His spear-like tail, usually so full of life, swaying back and forth now was seemingly lifeless. The bat-like skinny wings on his head, now were ripped.

The wings he had coveted were now ruined. Broken. Gone. Unable to fly. Useless. His clothes were torn. His wounds almost healed, dried blood all over him. He himself had no idea what happened. If Itaki could remember. He was just a Bounty Hunter. He and his partner, Maik.

She was his best friend, even though the two never acted like it. Maik and him recently quit hunting when their reputation spread to a large organization of Demon Hunters. The organization offered the two a job. Both were reluctant, as being demons themselves but the pay was high, they were powerful, they agreed.

Then one day they had reached an excellent rank, Maik overheard a conversation over their employers. This was when their lives went down the drain.

"Maik, I've questioned some elves. They say the rogue is in the town next over. Itaki sent a mental message to Maik, he knew that Maik could easily pick it up. He was stuck in a forest, by a small haven of elves. They had accepted him, despite his devil like features. He held his head up high, sniffing into the air. Maik's scent was too far away. She was heading to the city. ANo fair! She's gonna take this whole thing and get all the cash for herself. Well, let's just see what she has to say when I cut down her peach tree.

Itaki took off in the direction, Maik's scent was strongest. The scenery of the forest whizzed past him, the sound of birds chirping gone. The sunlight beaming on him, wishing he had worn his shorts, instead of his pants. Maik had lectured him not to wear anything that revealed too much of your own body. AShorts are revealing? Maik is so stupid sometimes. But the woman is scary. Disobey one rule and she'll place a collar on you and force you to lick her feet. She can be sadistic and masochistic at the same time! Itaki thought all this while remembering all that Maik did to him when he didn't listen to her orders.

Itaki suddenly skid to a stop. His body trembled. The city in ruins. He felt his knees go weak and dropped down on them. The scent of blood everywhere, not a single living body in sight. Even so the stench of blood would cover the living=s scent.

Where was Maik? She was nowhere in sight. This brought back so much for Itaki. He had taken the cover of a rare Devil Demon. Which is impossible; for that type of demon does not exist. Itaki was a Shadow Kin. A savage kin they were. It was a large clan, filled with different types of kin.

Some of the kin were there to make humans into Kin. The type of kin they became was depending on how much the Leader Kin needed the human's soul. Kin in position as high as Itaki were given respect. When Itaki was with his Kin, he didn't hate the blood and the fact that his Kin didn't care if they ate women or children, he; himself ate women and children without hesitation.

Then one day just as he had been dining on a young child, something just strung in his mind. Like someone had taken all the bloodlust out of his mind, dumped it out replacing it with fear. His eyes widened, mouth dropped open, trying to let out a scream anything, but nothing. After that he never went back to his Kin.

Of course, if he went back, he'd be killed on the spot, but he soon fell in love with a maiden named Nina. She was a little nervous about his past, but soon got over it. She didn't care anymore. She rather liked his spear-like tail and bat like ears on top of his head. Nina and Itaki had lived together in a Merchant village for about 3 months. The two had only gotten far as boyfriend and girlfriend.

One day, Itaki had come home, Nina had her face buried into a newspaper, sipping a cup of tea. "So whatcha reading, Love?" He had said, taking a seat on the kitchen table, yawning.

"Last night in a bar near here a man died. But it's strange. His heart stopped after his blood had been completely drained. At least that's what the autopsies showed. The only sign of attack was a bite mark on his neck." Nina looked up at Itaki, her eyes filled with disbelief. Itaki had told her how he attacked humans, because she wanted to know everything about him, before they could have a relationship.

"Nina…Are you accusing, I killed him?"