Black*star and Tsubaki entered his room. He plopped on his bed and sprawled out as Tsubaki quietly closed the door. They just sat there, quietly, for the first few minutes.
"What did you mean earlier?" Black*star suddenly asked, not removing his eyes from staring at the ceiling.
Tsubaki sat down on the desk chair. "I meant that Wolf girl, Kurai, and a few other things…" she trailed off and the room became quiet again. Tsubaki took this as an invite to start talking. "In the meeting, Shinigami-sama was talking about how we are all going to go and see him sign a peace treaty with the Wolfs King."
Black*star stayed quiet as Tsubaki paused.
"It's going to happen tomorrow," she added.
He sat up with a sigh. "What does this have to do with me?" he asked.
"Because, if we see Kurai there, I want you to know something…" she trailed off again, going silent.
Black*star was suddenly sick of the silence. "Stop beating around the bush and just tell me!" he shouted, a bit harsher than he meant.
She took a breath. "I know you love her, Black*star."
Silence.
"I also love a Wolf."
Vamps: Death the Kid and Shinigami-sama
"You wanted to see me, Kiddo?" Shinigami-sama's voice seemed to bounce around whenever he talked.
Kid nodded. "You see, father, it's about a certain girl—"
"Isn't it a good thing we've decided to do a truce?" Shinigami-sama suddenly asked, cutting off Kid.
Kid was dumbfounded at his father's sudden question. "Of course it is, father. It means that we don't have to fight—"
"That's not why, Kiddo!" his father suddenly cut in once more. "It's a good thing because now we can hang out with the Wolfs more," he stated.
Kid realized this and gave his father a small smile. Shinigami-sama never missed a detail and had noticed his son and a certain pink-haired Wolf holding hands. "You are right."
"Now, let's go to bed! We have a big day tomorrow!" Shinigami-sama stated in his childish voice.
Vamps: Black*star
After having a long and awkward talk about two certain Wolfs with Tsubaki, she finally left to get some shut eye. Black*star, however, could not get any sleep as he replayed their conversation in their mind.
Tsubaki had feelings for Hikari, it seemed. Oddly, Black*star didn't find that hardly surprising. It was more the fact that she admitted it that surprised him. He realized some time ago that he had certain feelings for Kurai, but didn't dig deeper.
In Tsubaki's case, she had dug deeper and found out her true feelings for Hikari. She had realized that she wanted to spend more time with him, to get to know him. She had said that she slowly wanted to see him more and more, until it was practically unbearable.
Black*star shifted uncomfortably in his bed. Kurai's face appeared when he closed his eyes. He groaned and sat up; he just couldn't seem to fall asleep at all. One question kept coming back to his mind:
Was Kurai still alive?
The next day
"Black*star!" a voice shouted in his ear. He woke with a start, falling off of his bed. Looking up, he saw the familiar face of his best friend, Soul. "Time to get up." Soul flashed him a toothy grin before leaving him alone in his room.
Black*star gave a deep sigh. He had guessed he only had got a few hours of sleep, and a big god like him definitely needed more sleep than that. Slowly, he got dressed.
He trudged his way out of his bedroom, grumbling along the way to the common room, where breakfast was held. Once he walked in, he immediately found where his friends were sitting, thanks to Kid. Kid was on the floor in horror because his food was asymmetrical.
Black*star grinned and jumped on their table. "No need to fear, your god Black*star is here!" he shouted, his thumb pointing at his self. He heard his friends give small groans, but smile.
"Sit down, Black*star," Maka ordered, flashing a dictionary. "Tsubaki brought you breakfast too."
"I'll only sit because of the food, not because I'm scared of you!" he insisted, landing on his seat in front of Soul. When Tsubaki slid his food in front of him, he smiled at her. "Thanks!" he then proceeded to stuff his face with his breakfast.
He talked amongst his friends and eventually Kid joined them. They just talked about whatever came up. They started telling small jokes, seeing who could make everyone laugh the loudest, when Soul cracked a good joke. After everyone stopped laughing, silence washed over the group.
"So, what do you guys think about the meeting today?" Maka asked, breaking the silence.
Soul shrugged. "Shinigami-sama and their King might start fighting," Soul joked, giving his toothy grin.
"Father would never do that unless provoked," Kid blindly defended.
Tsubaki and Maka giggled. "Soul was just joking Kid, right Soul?" Maka looked at Soul, who nodded in agreement.
"If they do fight, then don't worry! Your god will—" Black*star started but was cut short when Maka 'MAKA-CHOPPED' him. Everyone laughed as he fell onto the table, knocked out.
The Wolfs
Crona took a nibble out of her large piece of meat as Ragnarok devoured his in a matter of minutes. All the Wolfs were eating the delicious meat that their King had brought over. Ragnarok slung his arm around Crona, spitting the bone from the meat out. "Wanna give me your food?" he asked rhetorically, grinning.
Crona stared defiantly at him as she tried to squirm out of his grip. "I-I'd rather not," she told him.
Ragnarok scowled at her sudden defiance and tried to snag the meat from her hands. Sadly, she moved the meat just out of his reach. "Just give it to me—" he started to say until he and Crona fell over, causing the meat to fall to the ground. They both just laid on the ground for a long moment, staring at the piece of meat. Then, they began to argue about it, causing everyone to stare at them.
"Just because Kurai isn't around, he decides to mess with Crona. Unbelievable…" Hikari grumbled under his breath, taking another bite out of his own meat. Patty giggled at this while Liz sighed.
Finally, Crona and Ragnarok stopped fighting and returned back to their seats; Crona next to Hikari and Ragnarok next to Patty. "Do you guys think that Kurai will be alright?" Crona asked timidly, glancing at Stein's door. Ever since he started to operate on Kurai, it hadn't been open.
Hikari gave her a reassuring smile. "Of course she will be. It's Kurai we're talking about, after all," he said.
Crona nodded and picked up a new piece of meat, glaring a Ragnarok. He just stuck his tongue out at her, already stuffing his face with a new piece of meat. "Hey, what do you guys think of our King?" Liz suddenly asked, glancing at the King, who was pacing by Stein's door.
Hikari narrowed his eyes at him but shrugged. "He claims that he's our King, and Stein believes him, so what can we do—" Hikari began.
"No, not about that," Liz interrupted. "I meant in general, what do you think of him as our King?" she asked.
Hikari perused his lips, taking a moment to think. "I think that he's mysterious. We know nothing about him—not to mention we just found out he was our King. Plus, how does he know Kurai?"
Everyone shrugged at that one. "Crona, do you know?" Liz asked, a bit hopefully. Crona had been with Kurai the longest out of everyone else.
She shook her head. "Not at all. I've never seen our King before," she answered, glancing at the still pacing King.
"Maybe they never met before yesterday," Hikari piped in.
Liz frowned. "Now that I think about it, why was he there yesterday? In the Humans castle?" she wondered out loud. Everyone became silent, thinking about the same thing now.
Before they had a chance to further question the King, Stein's door cracked opened and out popped Stein. The kids watched as he talked to their King.
"What do you think they're talking about?" Crona asked quietly, her eyes following the King as he paced around Stein.
"No idea, can't read lips," Hikari murmured. Soon after, Stein reopened his door and allowed the King to walk inside. Stein then shut his door and walked towards the other Wolfs, practically drooling at the smell of meat. "Hey, Stein," Hikari called out, waving a starving Stein over.
Stein slowly walked over, eyeing the kids' meat. "What?" he asked as soon as he came within ear reach. He plopped down between Crona and Ragnarok, snatching a piece of meat in the process.
"How's Kurai?" Hikari asked worriedly.
Stein rolled his neck, trying to relax. "She's fine. Heavily wounded, but fine."
"Will she be able to come to the big meeting today?"
"Of course. She'd come even if she had to crawl."
The group laughed at Stein's comment.
Wolfs: Kurai
Kurai sat up as best she could, wincing from the pain coming from her stomach. The King sat down beside her bed on Stein's chair. Kurai's whole body was covered in bandages up until her neck. The bed was soaked in her blood along with a few spots on the chair. Kurai felt her hair and ruffled it.
"Want to tell me what happened to my hair?" she asked nonchalantly.
The King chuckled. "Stein said it was getting in the way so he cut it off," he answered with a shrug. There was silence as neither made a move to talk. Finally, after a few minutes, the King started to talk again. "How are you feeling, Crow?" he asked, staring at her bandages.
She gave a small shrug, wincing afterwards. "Feeling better than before. Especially since I didn't die after returning to my human form."
The King chuckled again. "Are you feeling well enough to be my second in-command for the meeting today?" he asked, seriously.
Kurai took a deep breath, looking at the King in the eyes. "Naturally, Your Majesty."
The King broke out into laughter, slapping his knee. "Back to formalities already, eh, Crow?" Kurai gave a small smile to the King. He got up and began to leave, but stopped as he grabbed the door knob. "Oh, I almost forgot," he said as he turned to face Kurai again. "I have the armor that you used to wear when you'd meet with me. In a bit, I'll send someone in to help you change into it," he told her, grinning.
Kurai's smile turned into a frown. "I don't need anyone to help me change, Your Majesty, and are you sure you want me to wear it? If we break out fighting, it'll be hard for me to protect you—"
The King raised his hand, stopping Kurai from continuing to talk. "I've changed it since the last time you wore it. It's lighter now, less metal." He glanced at her bandages on the stomach, noticing the blood seeping through it. "I ordered it like that so it'd be easier for you when we went to the meeting."
Kurai raised an eyebrow. "I could've said no when you asked me, Your Majesty," she pointed out, placing a hand on her stomach, feeling the blood.
The King grinned. "Crow, I've known you since you came to me with that young pink haired girl, you'd never deny serving me." He opened the door and stepped out. "I'll send Stein in to fix that," he said, glancing at her wound.
Kurai couldn't suppress her grin at his truer than true words as the King shut the door. It was a few minutes before the door reopened, showing a smoking Stein. He strolled in and sat on his chair, all the while never taking his gaze from her stomach.
He puffed out smoke. "I didn't think that it'd reopen after all that stitching I did," he said with a sigh.
Kurai gave him a sheepish smile. "Sorry, I guess, Stein."
He gave her a dull look, before breathing out some more smoke. "Crona, you can come in now and visit," he called.
Kurai perked up when she heard Crona's name. Crona hesitantly walked inside the cramped room, glancing nervously around the room before her eyes landed on Kurai. She broke out into a smile, seeing Kurai sitting up and looking fine.
Quickly, Crona walked to Kurai's side. "How are you? Are you okay?" she asked quietly, noticing the large batch of blood on the bed, though it was dry.
Kurai gave her a reassuring smile. "Yes, I'm good. Stein here patched me up," she stated, grinning.
Crona gave a relieved smile. Then she seemed to remember something as she gave a short glance at Stein. "Hey, Kurai, how do you know the King? How'd you two meet?" she asked suddenly, curious.
Kurai blinked a few times, taking in the question, before she broke out into a small fit of laughter. Crona looked at Stein and then Kurai, unsure of how to deal with this. Kurai forcefully stopped her laughter to talk. "I guess you really didn't remember then," she said, calming down. Crona gave her a confused stare. "When we escaped from Medusa, we ran into His Maj—I mean, the King," she quickly corrected her little slip up. No one called the King 'His Majesty' but his personal subjects. "He took us in and introduced us to other Wolfs, who then welcomed us. If we hadn't met him, I doubt we'd of survived long," she told Crona, honestly.
Crona stared at Kurai for a long moment, taking everything in. Before she could finish taking everything in though, Stein spoke up. "It's time for you to go, Crona, and no more laughing for you, Kurai. You'll just worsen your wound," he said, dropping his used cigarette and squishing it underneath his shoe.
Crona nodded slowly, giving a worried glance to Kurai, before she shuffled out of the room. Once the door closed, Stein started to take off the bandages. "Only the stomach area, where the wounds bleeding, not anywhere else. I'd rather not repeat you seeing my naked body," Kurai grumbled, a light blush tinted on her cheeks.
Stein chuckled at her modesty. "Don't worry, seeing an underdeveloped child doesn't excite—" he stopped talking when his cheek was being tugged at by Kurai. After she was satisfied with torturing his cheek, he continued to unwrap her bandages and then started to stich the open wound. "So, tell me, was that really how you met the King?" he asked, suddenly curious.
Kurai took her eyes off of the ceiling and glanced at Stein with a raised eyebrow. "More or less."
Stein grinned. "Why does he insist on calling you Crow?" he asked.
Kurai started to shrug, but stopped when it caused pain. "It's his favorite pet, and I'm his second in-command for a reason," she answered.
"I'm surprised Crona and Hikari don't notice that. They are, after all, always with you," Stein admitted as he finished stitching her.
Kurai grunted as she sat back up. "We're not always together, you know. I disappear quite often, I just happen to come back before they really realize it," she admitted.
Stein grinned. "Well, I'll go get you some food," he said as he lifted his feet and kicked the bed with them. The kick pushed his wheelchair back until it suddenly fell over, just before it reached the door. Stein hit the ground and began to laugh carelessly.
Kurai shook her head, smiling. That was her supposed leader, after all, how hard would it be not to find it funny that his chair tripped on nothing?
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Did you guys enjoy this chappy? I hope you did~! Sorry it took so long to update, I've been working on all of my old stories to try and finish them all before summer ended and I was back to working my butt off ^^'
Anyways, thanks for readin' and reviewin'! Can't wait to hear your guys' opinion on the story! Also, what do you guys think Kurai's armor will be like? Plus, how excited will the Vamps be to see their Wolf sweethearts? I think very excited :D
