Yao introduced the strange man to Kiku. Though Kiku did not say anything, he still remained wary. After sometime Yao dismissed Kiku and said he should go to rest. It was obvious that Yao was trying to get rid of him but Kiku could feel the heavy tension in the air so he did as he was told.
Finally alone with Ivan in the light where he could see him. Yao turned around to get a good look at him. His breath caught in his throat. He was staring at a living image of his painting. Unless he had actually seen this foreign man elsewhere, it was as if his painting had come to life.
Yao's eyes wandered around the place till he caught sight of what he was looking for, his wok. He made dash for it. He grabed it and brandished it like a weapon expertly. However, Ivan did not looked surprised rather the contrary, his innocent smile plastered on his face grew. Slowly he reached into his jacket pulled out a pipe. Yao swore he could see a dark menacing purple aura come about him as he started to faintly chant "Kol kol kol kol."
Yao however, held his ground as he asked in a slightly wavering voice"Wh-What are you and where on Earth did you come from aru?" The other man stop his kol-koling and replied "Not from here or 'Earth' really." If Yao was confused before, he was now entirely stumped.
"What is that supposed to mean aru?" he asked, not entirely sure he wanted to know.
"Exactly as it is," came the smooth reply.
"Alright fine aru, at least tell me more about yourself, like what you are?" If Yao was going to put up this with this man then he should at least know more about his background and such. Suddenly he noticed he that the pipe that Ivan was holding was gone. Ivan didn't look the least fazed by this and replied, "I am the Czar, or the emperor of the entire world. Or so I thought but it seems there are more places that have yet to become one with me."
There it was again, more of this 'One with me' business. But what really held his attention was the fact that he said he ruled the world. Was he mentally deranged or something? Also he recognized the word 'Czar' as Russian...So was that where this man was from?So many questions aroused by one question.
He decided to play along in case the Ivan proved hostile. From the clues he already guessed that he was though. But before he could say anything, the other man spoke up, "Since you are a woman, I will give you another chance. So become on with me."
"Woman,aru?...Oh no I'm not a woman! I get mistaken for that sometimes but I'm not aru!" he replied then realized the rest of the request,"And NO!aru Who would want to become one with you aru? What does that even mean?"
A mixture of confusion and disappointment marked Ivan's face as he cocked it to on side and said,"Your not? That is no bad you would have been better of that way." Suddenly he was holding his pipe once again and he was upon Yao in flash. Up close he could see that there were brown stains on the pipe and he desperately hoped that it was just rust. All Yao had to defend himself against the taller man was his old wok. Ivan raised his pipe to finish the poor Chinese man.
This chapter was intended to be longer but I accidently deleted the last part and with horrible storm outside I'm afraid the power's gonna go out so I'll cut it here. Oh and also as I get more busy with stuff I might not be able to update daily, Oh well~. But I will do it regularly so, Till then See ya~!