"Kagura," I huffed out, in annoyance at being ignored. "What are you doing?"

"Thinking. What does it look like?" He huffed out as he walked across the room again.

"Pacing," I remarked sassily, hands on my hips. "What's the issue?"

"I have to find out how to get that wench. She's mine." He sniffed lightly at the air. "I can still smell her."

"Wench?" I snorted, "How endearing. She must love that nickname."

"Shut up. You wouldn't understand."

"Oh, you're quite right about that." I hopped down from my space on the second floor, landing softly beside him. "I'm at a loss. Then again, being raised on Vega and then being brought here will do that for a girl." I lightly ruffled his bright red hair, trying to get him to lighten up. His hand grabbed my wrist tightly, and his golden eyes glared at me.

"Don't touch me." He growled out, tossing me backwards. "You're useless. Leave."

"Well," I huffed out, straightening my back, "I can see you're in an even more foul mood than normal." I flipped my wavy black hair over my shoulder. "Do me a favor. Stop acting so brutish. Maybe she'd like you better if you acted less like an animal and more like the boy she was with." I sent him an equally scorching look with my icy blue eyes before walking away.

Being one of the few females in Altairhad its benefits. I only had to bat my eyes to get whatever I wanted, unless it involved Kagura. In order to get something from him, I had to fight tooth and nail. Then again, it did keep things interesting.

I had on a black dress that clung to my upper half before billowing out at my hips. It went down to two inches above my knees in the front, and scraped against the floor in the back. My feet were bare at the moment, but were generally strapped into the slightly heeled black shoes that were strapped to my hip as I walked to my destination. My hair was left down except for the two braids that wrapped around my head from my temples in order to meet in the middle and overlap lightly, and the bangs that almost covered my left eye in a swoop.

My hips swung as I stomped away, chin raised. There were a few cat whistles that I readily ignored as I moved towards my destination. My temper had already been pricked by the red headed boy obsessed with his wench.

"Izumo!" I roared while stomping my way up to him. "That boy is hopeless! How on earth did you expect the two of us to click? You and Mykage are insane! I demand to be let go now!"

"Now, now." He practically cooed in order to cool me off. "Let's not make any hasty decisions."

"Hasty?" I snorted. "He hasn't liked me one tidbit the entire time I've been here. How in the hell could you believe we were even slightly compatible for one another?" I plopped down angrily in the chair he'd been occupying before I waltzed angrily in the room. My legs splayed at the knees, keeping me as decent as I could be."I've been here for the last five years, waiting for the fool to "open his eyes," as you say, and it hasn't happened. We had a deal dammit!"

"Which is exactly why you should be more level headed about this entire thing." Izumo had a touch of warning in his voice. "Otherwise, we'll be forced to dispose of you." A sound of indignation left my throat as I took in his words. "Understand?"

"Perfectly," I hissed out before jumping to my feet. "I'm supposed to play the part of willing whore, and get with the boy, otherwise I die. Thanks for reminding me. However, the part where I'm allowed to leave when he decides he doesn't want me gets dropped." I began shoving my shoes to my feet.

"That's not it. It's an honor to be chosen for Kagura-"

"An honor for who?" I bit out. "I'm just waiting to die at this rate."

"He's interested. You just haven't noticed. Give him time. He's still young, as are you." His hand clamped down on my shoulder in a touch I'm sure was meant to be comforting, but somehow didn't help me any. Then, it hit me. He didn't know about Kagura's precious wench.

"Of course," I responded, shaking lightly. I was doomed. I could feel it. "I'm probably overreacting. Please, excuse me."

"As you wish, my dear." He squeezed my arm once more before letting me leave. My heels clicked nosily on the floor as I made my escape.