AN: Here you go, wrote this yesterday but then was writing the other fic.. which was a crackfic cause I got distracted.. so here you go now! Not much to say. Photonshipping, Sharkbaitshipping, Provokeshipping, Royalshipping, Keyshipping


Yuma decided to skip the idea of sleep and make a run for it, he had to get away from Astral though. "Astral, I have to use the bathroom. " he muttered out and the pixie just stared blindly "Okay so do so? " did the pixie not understand privacy?

"You can't watch! " he hissed, the pixie blinked a little scared by Yuma "But if I do not then you will likely run off, is that not true? " he smiled, darn.. Astral could see right through his plan. "I-If.. I give you a kiss will you look away for three minutes? " just three minutes that was all he needed just.. three.

He could make it in three.. he had too. "Well.. okay. " Astral leaned in closely and peppered Yuma's lips with his tiny sprite kisses, he winked and sat on a branch and turned his back.

Yuma had three minutes.. he could make it, he took off running.

He had to get away just anywhere.. he had to find his grandma's home. Haru would help him right? He tripped and fell forward into the mud; he felt nothing was damaged aside from his clothes. He kept running.

Astral chimed "Okay three minutes up Yuma- " he didn't see the boy, how could he have been fooled so easily..? He would get so much anger from Ryoga and Kaito and he didn't even want to think about what Thomas would do, he had to find Yuma before Thomas.. he might kill him.. no, no he hoped not.

He fluttered off to search. Kaito was hovering around the trees of the forest when he spotted Yuma 'well I do like a good game of chase' and so.. the hunt began.

Yuma thought he was out of sight and stopped behind a tree when he felt a cold hand on his shoulder. He turned and saw the vampire, damn.. he thought he had made it, he was so close to freedom.. yet so far now.

"Where do you think you're even going? " Kaito leaned in closely to Yuma watching his eyes shift completely, he must have been nervous or something.

"Nothing I was just taking a walk. " Yuma lied, he hoped vampires couldn't see through lies, I mean that'd be weird right? But what did he know?

"Oh then where is Astral? " Kaito said eyeing the boy's shoulder he could see the boy's fear rising.

"I.. uh.. lost him. " Yuma glanced around, he'd believe that right? He looked around, he saw Kaito's hard gaze breaking through his mask of lies.

"I can smell the lies on you. " Kaito said as he leaned in closer and sniffed Yuma's face, he saw the boy backing away, no he wouldn't get away.. he pulled him in closer. "Now how about a little taste of your blood, before I send you to Ryoga? " he chuckled as he leaned in and went to sink his fangs into Yuma's neck, who just screamed hoping that someone would hear.

"Akari!? Grandma? Anyybodyy! " Yuma shrieked, he looked Kaito in the eyes as he saw the uncaring expression of the vampire as he moved closer as he tried to run away, he backed up into a tree. Kaito pinned Yuma to the tree, he looked so unfazed by the boy's expression as he leaned in and kissed the boy's neck as he slowly drank the blood coursing through his veins.

It still tasted warm but that was natural because it was coming directly from his veins. It was very fresh tasting as he savored the blood as it sloshed around in his mouth; he finally swallowed. He looked at Yuma's expression, he still looked afraid. Kaito pulled his fangs out; he tried to comfort Yuma but the boy only shivered out of fear. "Come now.. lets take you to Ryoga. " he said grabbing the boy's hand as he continued walking.

Yuma didn't even try to run, he knew Kaito was faster and more cunning than Astral and wouldn't let him get away after all, Kaito didn't have a reason to let him go, he didn't trust him like Astral did. He looked up at Kaito. "Okay.. " he muttered out it sounded hushed and almost hurt but the vampire ignored it and continued walking till they arrived to a river.

"Is this where Shark lives? " Yuma asked as he saw the merman's tail coming out of the water, he backed away a bit, Kaito caught him in his arms and presented Yuma to Ryoga. "Here your little crab here tried to escape, " he said pushing Yuma forward towards Ryoga. "Keep better tabs on your pets, please. " He said as he went to walk away, he whipped the blood still remaining on his lips.

Ryoga just smirked "Yeah, and you make sure not to engorge my lovers blood too much, I mean you might kill him, two in one day, really that greedy Kaito? " he said as he sprung out of the water with a triumphant 'meero' as he landed, his fish tail was replaced by human legs once again for land walking.

"Oh I was just helping you, Ryoga. I mean do you see him trying to run now? That's because of me, I made him low on blood so now he's weaker, and honestly you should be thanking me. " Kaito said smirking as he licked his lips remembering the taste the blood.

"Next time you put your greedy little lips on him without my permission, we might just have a problem. " Ryoga said as he scowled and took Yuma's hand "Come, let's go to my underwater sea Den. " he saw Yuma shaking his head "No! No way, I can't breath underwater. "

Ryoga chuckled as he leaned over and kissed Yuma square on the lips. "There my merman breath should allow you breathe long enough to get to my underwater den, " he took Yuma by the hand as they both swept into the water not before giving Kaito a hard glare though. He quickly grew back his mermaid tail and tugged Yuma along until they reached a crevice in the water; it looked like a cave.

They finally arrived inside, Ryoga shook himself as he regained his human legs again and stared at Yuma. "Yeah, what? You thought it'd be underwater too? No, it's just to protect myself from Thomas or Kaito incase they try something, I mean we do get on each other's nerves.. " and even more so now that they had to share Yuma.

"No way, I think this place is pretty cool.. " Yuma said with a smile as he looked around, he was still pretty down about not being able to make his escape, he wished he hadn't got caught.. he was so close too.

"Where is Astral? " Yuma asked, he wanted to know if the fairy was still out there looking for him, he felt just a little bad for hurting Astral but he didn't want to live here with these creatures, they were treating him like a slave and not a person.

A person would be allowed to leave; he wanted to leave. Why couldn't they just accept that? He might come back if they'd just let him leave, he liked them but they were keeping him hostage and that was in no way right.

Ryoga leaned over and shrugged "I don't know, I thought the pixie was with you? Or did you trick him when you tried to escape? Don't even try that with me, I'm not so easily fooled. " He said as he caressed Yuma in his embrace, he kissed him softly. "I mean why would you even want to leave? " He looked at the boy, looking for an answer He wanted to know why Yuma just couldn't accept that this was his home now; That they were all apart of his life.

Yuma shook his head "I want to leave because I have a sister back home and I'm sure she is worried about me, and so are my friends. I mean don't you think my sister will come and find me if you don't let me go? And she might attack this forest; you don't want that do you? People discovering your existence and- " he would have went on and he saw Ryoga's caring expression fade to disapproval, he had never seen that in Ryoga.

"If I let you go see your grandmother, do you promise you'll come back? If I let you go see your sister too, to make sure you're okay.. will you come back and visit? I won't keep you here if you don't want to be.. " Ryoga hissed as much as he didn't want to, he didn't want their forest to be destroyed or them found more.

Yuma's eyes widened, he never expected Ryoga to so understand. "Do you mean it? " he said with hope in his eyes, Ryoga just nodded reluctantly to see his lover leave him for even just a few days. "Yeah.. but you better come back, or I'll send Thomas after you. " he grinned knowing far to well that Yuma was afraid of Thomas after all, he had seen what Thomas did to Yuma from Astral.

Yuma shivered at the thought but quickly ran over and kissed Ryoga on the cheek "Thank you.. I'll come back in two days and if I don't.. then you can come after me yourself, how about that? " He smiled and waited for Ryoga to take him back to the surface, he grabbed onto Ryoga's back as he swam them both back up to the surface of the river. "Get going before I change my mind. " Ryoga sneered and dove back into the water, Yuma was grateful for Ryoga's understanding. He wished the others were more like him.

Yuma trotted off, he would first visit his grandmother and drop off the well-awaited treats he had made, even if they had gone cold. He did still make the effort to bring them here, she still at least deserved them, and he did come all the way out here after all.

Thomas stopped Yuma as the wolf man in front of him flicked his tail back and forth in a swishing motion. "Where do you think your going Yuma? " he saw the boy's non-afraid expression, what gives?

"Back off, Thomas.. Shark said I was allowed to leave for two days; you have no right to stop me. " Yuma said not feeling afraid anymore, what could be done anyway? So he'd hurt him.. yeah big deal, but then Thomas would get in trouble for it right?

"And just who made Ryoga in charge? Last I checked he didn't rule us, he wasn't king of this forest. " Thomas chuckled, he pounced on Yuma knocking the teen to the ground.

"Hey get off of me! " Yuma hissed at having the weight of the werewolf on him, he felt fluffy; he could the werewolf's tail brushing against his legs as it swished back and forth. Thomas just howled threateningly "Make me. " he pawed at Yuma's face, he surprisingly wasn't scratching or hurting him.

Yuma kicked Thomas off of him with his legs, he saw the werewolf regain composure as he hit a tree from Yuma's kicks.

"Wow, you're pretty strong for a human huh? " he chuckled as he flicked his back legs up to his ear and scratched them.

"Go on carry on your merry way then, I won't stop you. I mean you did actually fight me off pretty well, so I got to give you credit. " He smirked one last time and took off on all fours, probably off to make out with Kaito or something.

Yuma sighed; he was finally out of everyone's line of fire. 'I promise I'll be there soon Grandma..' he treaded on into the forest, he knew his grandmother's house was around here, he felt he was close, he saw a light, he knew he was going down the right path.