SORRY IT TOOK ME A WHILE! MANY COMP PROBLEMS AND CAMPS! ENJOY!
Ayame slept deep into the night, and the early bit of the morning. She woke to a sort of grunting noise coming near her.
She opened her eyes lazily and saw Xavior doubled over in pain and agony. Ayame rose form her bed and walked over to him,
there, she saw Xavior's stomach bleeding badly all over the carpet.
"N-no, Ayame" he gasped weakily. "You are ill, go back to sleep."
"Did Dracula do this to you? " she asked.
"It doesnt matter...go rest." He grunted.
"If you dont get treatment soon, you'll bleed to death" she said holding his shoulder and examining the wound closer.
"I need Ryoko..."
Then, suddenly, as if on que, Ryoko came stridding in the room.
"Did m'lady call?"
"Yes, I need some Hawthorn leaves for him. He's bleeding bad"
"Oh mighty, Buddha!" Ryoko exclaimed, noticing Xavior and his bleeding stomach .
"Yes of course right away."
She left the room right away, and Ayame went over to the drawers to find some sort of dressing for his wound.
Finally, she found a long, white, stripe of cloth, and then started to wrap it around his stomach.
"Why do you do this, Lady Ayame? Lord Dracula might kill you if he finds you tending to me."
"I dont care. You're my friend, and no one hurts my friends. When I find Dracula I'm gonna-" she started, but Xavior held up
his hand to silence her.
"Please...I am nothing more than a prisoner to him. You are atleast free in more than I am. He cares for you..."
"Heh. Dont make me laugh. Dracula is a cold, mean, spoiled, jerk." She said angrily.
"That is not true. If it is, then why did he save you yesterday from the drunken man? You would have ben raped and maybe even killed
if he didnt come to your rescue."
Ayame was lost for words by what Xavior just said. He was right. Dracula saved her from a awfull fate.
And that was why Ayame cried yesterday, she was so close to being voilated, and that scared her.
Yet, he saved her. Dracula. The cruel, sadistic, lord that Ayame disrespected so many times.
She felt a deep feeling of guilt inside her. She was so rude to him, but he recued her.
This made Ayame feel bad, and gulty.
"Yeah, you should feel bad. You must apologize to him later" Xavior hissed.
"How did you-"
"You forget. Im part animal, I can sense your emotions easily."
Ayame fell silent, and tied the cloth to Xavior's big, deep, cut.
"You should lay in the floor." She sighed sadly. "Your wound will heal faster if you lay down."
"Yeah." He agreed, moving to a corner of the room and laying on his back.
Just then, Ryoko came back into the room with the Hawthorn leaves, an empty silver goblet, a jug of water and a stirring spoon. "Thank you" said Ayame crushing the leaves into the goblet.
"I still do not understand your motive for saving me" said Xavior.
"I suppose you wouldnt scence you've ben around Dracula too long" she responded, then pouring water into the goblet.
"Here. This will help"
"No"
"Come on"
"No way"
"Drink iitt"
"No chance in he-" but before Xavior could say anothing mroe, Ryoko forced the mixture down his throat.
"What the!" Xacio exclaimed with a mouthfull of water which was slapshing everywhere.
"Drink it or else"hissed Ryoko at him.
Xavior glared at her for a moment, and then swallowed it angrily.
"There now Xavior. You must be gratefull we have such a resorcefull, and kind priestess"
"Oh, erm- It was nothing really" Ayame spoke modestly.
"No, Ayame. Take credit where credit is due. I may look only the tender age of Twenty one, but the widedom of me true age reveal itself."
"True age? What do you mean?"
"Well, Dracula put me under a spell keeps me looking young. You see, shocking as this may sound, I am really 63 years old."
"S-sixty three!"
"Yes, I warned you it may sound shocking."
"I would have never guessed that in a million years."
"Feh. Stupid old hag" murmured Xavior.
"Xavior, Im warning you."
"Uhm, can we have sometging to eat maybe?" said Ayame trying to keep the peace between them.
"Oh, are you hungry m'lady? You must be getting better..."
"Y-yeah" she said sheepishly. The truth was that Ayame really wasnt hungry, she just wanted to distract Xavior and Ryoko from fighting agansit each other.
"Yeah, go and eat. You need your strength" said Xavior pulling a dark green blanket over himself.
"So what would you like m'lady?" asked Ryoko.
"Oh um...just some soup I guess" she reponded heading out the door.
"Oh, dont get up m'lady! You can eat in here scence youre still recovering."
"Ok." she said pulling the covers of her bed and going under them.
Ryoko silently opened the door and walked out quietly as if she were a ghost in Ayame's presense.
"So, is Lord Vlad gonna make you his bride?" Xavior said lazily.
"Um, yes as a matter of fact." She said sadly, because it was the depressing truth.
"You would think after 200 years of having three brides he would just give up, but no. He never does. But I'm gonna let you in a little fact, ok?"
"Ok, what is it?"
"Well, there was this rumor a few years ago that one of Dracula's filthy children flew away to the moutains before Van Helsing came and killed the rest of them."
"But...Van Helsing was killed 16 years ago..." said Ayame confused.
"Yes, thats true, but this little rumor poped up because of many killings that happened over there. And it wasnt Lord Vlad, because he only kills one person a night, and these killings ranged from 30 to 50 people a week. It couldnt be him at all. Also, Dracula's children are infamous for over killing and taking more than they need. But this happened over 4 years ago, so no one really knows. It was just a rumor."
"Well if it was one of Dracula's horrible expirements, then how come it happened only in the recent years? If an experment did get away, then it wouldnt be a child anymore." "Yes its very confusing. Some people think the child was hiding and couldnt stand his hunger long enough, some people think it's another vampire out of controll, but personally I think it's a sadistic human that likes to kill."
"What a grim thing to say..." muttered Ayame.
Just then, Ryoko came strolling back in with a steaming bowl of chicken soup in her hand, and a little silver trey.
"Here you are..." Ryoko said laying out the trey and putting the bowl on it.
"Thanks" said Ayame taking the spoon and looking down at her soup.
Ayame quickly ate the soup and finished it all, which suprised even herself. She wasnt feeling hungry, but she had just eaten the entire bowl.
"Would you like some more?"
"N-no thanks" she said holding her stomach.
"Yes, the sun is setting right now, prehaps you would like to spend time with m'lord? I know he would definatly like to spend time with you"
"I bet he would..."
"You bet right" rang out the familar voice of Vlad Dracula. And sure enough, he stood there in the door way with his back leaning aganist the wood.
"AHHH! YOU! D-dont do that!" Yelled Ayame in suprize.
"I cannot help it. I truly cant" he said examining the room. "What is he doing in here?" he said pointing at Xavior.
"Feh. She insisted on helping me. I dont need help from anyone, but you my lord."
"That's right" he said looking back at Ayame."Some people just need to learn that I am in controll here."
"And some poeple need to learn that a bird in a cage wont sing, no matter how much you command it to" she snapped at him.
Dracula glared at her for a moment then swooped over to her side.
"How are you feeling by the way?" He asked placing his hand on her forehead.
"Dont touch me" she scowled at him, but he only smirked in response.
"I wonder...what would happen of a priestess became a vampire?" He asked staring at her neck.
"I say look for another priestess to be your experiment." She hissed.
"I am a man of science, I work with what I am given." He said rubbing her neck.
"D-dont." However, it was too late, before Ayame could even say or do anything, Dracula peirced her flesh with his sharp, white fangs.
Ayame felt a great sense of pain, which is why she then screamed loudly. Then, with no energy left in her, she passed out.
Ayame awaked in a cramped, dark, space which she tried to escape from, but it was no use.
"What the- Let me out!" she screamed banging on the door, which then swung wide open in front of her, and then, tumbling down into the ground.
"Ow..."
"Didnt like the coffin?" came Dracula's voice form behind her.
"As a matter of fact, no. And just so you know, I dont appricate being bitten by someone without my permission" she said raising her arms to strike him.
However, he stoped her wrist in mid-air and pulled her towards him with her arm.
Ayame looked deeply into his eyes which resembled were icy and grey like the clouds on a winter storm. For once, Ayame didnt sense anger
or demanding within him. Instead she sensed a sort of caring emotion within, as if he really had human-like feelings for her.
"Vlad..why..."
"What did you call me?"
"Vlad...it's youre real name right?"
"Yes, I just never thought it would sound so good when you say it."
Ayame blushed a brick red color.
