A/N: Sorry it took so long… I got lazy. --;
By the way, stupid you tube no longer has the Japanese version of the episodes, so I can't use the subtitles for what the characters say. Any suggestions?
Disclaimer: Don't own, if I did there would be an entire series based on Moses, Karman, and Irene.
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Trying to get by.
It was harder then we thought, living on our own I mean. We had to hunt for our own blood instead of it being brought to us each day. Usually it would just be the general human who had chosen that night to walk alone. We never attacked a group, sinceit was easier that way.
Our main problem was the sun; we had to be careful when ever the sun was rising or setting, andwe would usually find some abandoned house or cave to stay in but the moment the sun was safely behind the hills we were out and moving;we never stayed in one place for too long. We had to find this Saya before it was too late.
We found out that first night that the world was a lot more complex then the humans in Kerbed had led us to believe.
We had traveled a while and weresearching the woods for a place to stay for the day. We had just entered a clearing when we heard something in the bushes; no one moved. Slowly and cautiously a brown creature came hopping out,its long ears held up.
Silence and then a whispered: "What is it?"
Lulu sniffed the air.
"It smells kinda' funny, but I don't know what it is."
Karman shifted, causing the whatever-it-was to go completely still, its eyes wide and pink nose twitching.
"What if it's dangerous?"
Irene was the first to move slowly she lowered herself to the ground, and reached a hand out to it; the thing looked ready to bolt. And it did, when Irene's hand was only six inches away it turned and ran back into the safety of the bushes.
We learned later that the creature was called a rabbit, and… it was completely harmless. We learned a lot of things when we were not traveling. The daylight hours were long and sleeping only to pass time could get really boring, so to satisfy our growing curiosity we would read books we stole from shops.
Books were not the only thing that we stole; we also took clothes. We couldn't stay in the short pants and sleeveless shirts that we had in Kerbed, not when we were traveling in the cold of night. So we found and took some outfits, boots, and cloaks, so that we'd be protected from the sunrays we had to briefly endure at sunrise and sunset.
We didn't spend all our time hiding from the sun, sleeping, and reading during the sunlight hours. We found that when wearing our cloaks and keeping to the shadows we could manage in the daylight,it wasn't easy though, so we didn't do it often. When we did, we studied these creatures we had grown to see as destructors, torturers, and killers. These humans were different from the ones we had known but they were still harsh and loud. There was one exception though, and that would bethe young ones. They were untainted and innocent, at least, for now.
One thing that we couldn't make sense of was a human invention called the 'car'. We just couldn't understand why humans would want to move around in something made completely of metal. It seemed dangerous and impossible.
Overall, we adjusted well, and even made a sort of routine. Until one night we got our first lead.
I had been observing the humans and decided to head to the abandoned building we were using as shelter. A flashing box that sat in a shop window, which always seemed to captivate humans, caught my eye as I passed it. I stopped and watched the moving pictures as a human was talking about some company called Cinq Flèches. A face flashed on the screen with the letters CEO next to it. The person seemed so familiar, yet I couldn't place where I had seen it. I continued to watch as they described one of the facilities that was near where we were now.
I continued my journey 'home',all the while thinking about that face.
I entered the one roomed building to see that everyone was back from whatever they had been doing. Guy must have seen that I was lost in thought because she came over and laid a hand on my shoulder, pulling me back to reality.
"Is there something wrong, Moses?"
I contemplated brushing it off but the question continued to nag me.
"Do you remember a man with blonde hair and blue eyes… maybe someone from Kerbed?"
"There are a lot of blonde and blue-eyed people in the world."
"Yes, but…"
I didn't know how else to explain it. If only I could show them the picture. Irene came over as well and led me over to the others, sitting me down between herself and Karman.
"Why don't you tell us what this is about and maybe we can figure it out."
I nodded and told them about the flashing box and what it said, and about the man they were talking about. When I finished, no one else seemed to know either.
"Wait! That company's name, what was it? Cinq Flèches? It sounds familiar. Wasn't it on one of those papers about Diva?"
Guy's revelation made me remember as well; that was where I had seen him.
"He's one of Diva's chevaliers."
No one said anything for a moment; they were still trying to absorb the fact that this was our first real lead since we escaped. However, I had already thought of a sort of plan.
"Someone needs to go and see if the regular chiropteran blood will work to rid us of the thorn."
Karman looked at me, a strange expression on his face.
"How would we know if it worked? The person would have to be effected by the thorn."
There was more silence then Gestas cleared his throat and stepped forward.
"Dismas and I will go."
"But, that means…you don't have it do you?" Karman asked.
They merely nodded, andthen they looked at me, as if asking if it was all right to do this. I considered them for a moment. This could very well be a suicide mission, especially if they turned around and went after the chevalier directly.
In the end I agreed. They left soon after.
As I watched them disappear into the night, I had to wonder.
Am I doing the right thing?
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A/N: Well, there's that. I liked parts of this chapter, but all in all, it didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped.
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