What? Another update? I'm scaring my own self...
While they were running around the house, Jehu and Leon were taking a bubble bath together. Leon played with the small yellow rubber duckie to keep himself preoccupied. "Jehu," Leon started, "I'm worried about them."
Jehu looked at the boy. "About who and why?"
Leon stared at the bubbles now, not meeting Jehu's gaze. "Judai and Johan...the Vampire Council isn't happy with them and Icee."
Jehu raised a brow at him when he leaned against the edge of the bathtub. "Leon, gonna happen to them. Your mom won't let anything happen to them."
"But that's what I'm afraid of!" Leon shouted, staring angerly back at Jehu. "I might sound selfish but please forgive me when I say this: I want them to be together. And if it causes my mom to be hurt in the process, then I don't want them together at all. I love my family and I want to keep it together. After Percy died I-"
Leon blushed when he felt Jehu wrap his arms around him. "It's gonna be okay, Leon. Nothing bad is ever gonna happen to those three. I promise."
"You have to swear to me that it won't," Leon stated quietly, wrapping his arms around Jehu's neck. "You have to swear it on your life, Jehu. Please." Leon needed to hear it from him, from anybody at this point.
Jehu sighed and let go of the boy. "I swear on my life, Leon. I swear that they'll be OK."
Leon smiled happily. "Thank you."
The two faced the door when they heard it start to rattle. Icee poked her head inside and stared at the two in confusion. "What the hell are you doing?" she asked bluntly, slightly annoyed from the events that had occured earlier that morning.
"Taking a bath mommy," Leon replied cheerfully like nothing had happened between him and Jehu.
Icee rasied a brow at the two and shut the door to head down to the den. Jehu had sighed and gently pushed Leon to the side. "We need to get out. I don't want to look like a raisin and be laughed at by your cousin."
Leon nodded and hopped out of the tub, running to the door and opening it. He stared up at his mother. "I need help," he said.
"Running out of the bathroom naked? Yeah, you do need help," Icee said, chuckling half hearted.
Meanwhile, Judai and Johan sat by the cozy fire. Judai stared at it quietly. "Johan, do you think anything bad is going to happen?"
Johan tilted his head. "Like what?"
"Just something in general. Maybe to me or you or Icee or Leon. Hell even Jehu. Do you think something bad is going to happen to one of us?"
"Nope. I think luck is on our side now," he aswered honestly.
Before Judai was going to respond, he watched a silver wolf pup plop beside him. It stared up at him in pretty ocean-blue eyes. Judai rubbed his hand over it's head. "Percy..."
Johan glanced at him in wonder before noticing the pup. "Oh my God..."
"Percy! Come here boy," Icee shouted from upstairs. Perseus' ears perked up before he scrambled to find the woman. Icee descended the stairs with Leon wrapped tightly in her arms. Leon stared down at the wolf. "Look, it's your brother," Icee murmured before putting Leon down on the ground.
Percy sat on his hind legs. He howled lightly before rubbing his face with Leon's. "Percy," Leon said quietly. "You're really here. You're with me again."
Icee smiled gently at her son's words. Her face darkened slightly before she crept back up the stairs to her room. Judai watched her leave and stared down at Leon. "Leon," he started, "what's wrong with mommy?"
Johan stared at Judai. "What do you think it is?" he whispered to him.
"Something bad is gonna happen to her," Leon murmered as an answer. "And she accepted whatever it was." Leon let a few tears trickle down his cheeks. "Jehu lied to me. He swore that my mom wouldn't be hurt. Humans can't be trusted."
"Leon, Jehu kept his promise," Johan stated, looking around at their new surroundings.
They stood on a circular platform in the middle of a scortching fire. Leon stared down at his feet. Judai crinkled his nose in disgust at the people surround them in giant chairs. "Loke, Kendle, Hashe, Darren, and little miss Donna. What a pleasure to be in your prescence," Judai said dangerously low.
The five people stared down at them, fire bruning where their eyes should be. Loke raised his left hand at them. "Yuki Judai, you are betraying us. What have we ever done to you?"
"You laid out a path that I didn't want to follow," he answered honestly. He shrugged at the five. "Any other questions."
"So, you leave Drew to date a human?" Donna asked in digust. "Yuki, you're ruining yourself for him? Have you lost your mind?"
Judai glared at her. "I guess I have," he stated simply and rather blunt. "You do realize he is dead in the Human World. If he was gone, I was free from him."
"All because of Perseus' jealousy," Hashe said angerly. "We should have killed him but his father wasn't having that."
"Wait," Johan started.
"I think maybe you're over-reacting on this whole thing," he stated.
Loke raised a brow at him. "I don't think we are, Johan. You're relationship with him is going to cause him trouble in both worlds. It may cause him his own death."
"What are you saying? That my choice in dating him is a bad one?" Johan shouted. "You don't even understand us and how we feel about each other. We are not the damn modern 'Romeo and Juliet' story. No dammit. I don't want us to be like that."
The five exchange glances. "So, Johan, are you saying your up to any challenge to prove us wrongin our decision?" Kendle asked, grinning from ear to ear.
"I don't even think you loveJudai," Darren stated, smirking.
"Don't tell me how the hell I feel about him, you sick bastards," Johan snapped.
"Your relationship with him is fake," Darren chimmed. "It's not right and you seem to be moving too fast."
"You don't even know the feelings that we have," Johan spat. "I'm becoming sick of all of your shit."
"Johan," Leon said quietly. "Be careful. They don't like humans too well."
"Johan, you didn't answer my question," Kendle stated.
Johan pondered this for a few moments. "I accept anything you have to throw at me."
The five vampires grinned deviously at his answer. "Well, Johan, you have balls for accepting that," Hashe said. "But to make this fun..." He snapped hs fingers and two people on crosses floated around him. "You have to save them in order to pass this test."
Leon's eyes widened. "Mom!" he screeched.
"You have fourty-eight hours to find both of them, otherwise every one of you will be frozen in time for eternity," Loke stated. He snapped his fingers. Icee and Jehu disappeared.
"But before you go off onto this little adventure, did Judai tell you everything about his relationship with Drew?" Hashe asked in amusement.
Johan frowned and turned to Judai. "No, he did not. What is it?"
"Johan," Judai started to explain.
"Wait, so he didn't tell you he was engaged to Drew and that he had to bear children with him?" Donna asked shocked. "My oh my, Judai you are such a coward."
Judai paled and Johan flinched at the words spoken.
The five vampires rose from the giant chairs. They all raised their hands high into the air. The four below watched in wonder. Lightning had crackled in the room, making it hotter than before. A strong wind rustled around Leon and Perseus.
"To make this somewhat fair, we will grant Leon another body to thrive in," Donna stated, her voice shaking the room they were in. "And Perseus will be human once more."
The wind stopped and Leon stared at the vampires curiously. Judai and Johan looked at him. He looked the same, only his eyes were a dark shade of red and he was two feet taller with black hair. Perseus stared at himself. He was human again. Not a wolf; not a ghost but human. He smiled warmly at the other three. "I'm human," he said happily. "I'm human!"
"You time starts now," Loke said, disappearing with the other vampires.
"Your relationship with Judai is on a thin line now, Johan," the five said at the same time.
The four teleported somewhere else. They stood back to back in a small circle, facing the primary directions. "So, do we split or stay together?" Perseus asked.
"Wouldn't it be easier if we split? We'll cover more ground," Leon suggested.
"Ever watch those scary movies when the people split up and then they all just died? Yeah, that's what they want us to do. We'll be more vulnerable that way," Judai stated, folding his arms over his chest.
Johan sighed. "But, we are wasting time if we don't figure something out. How about you go with Percy and I'll go with Leon," Johan suggested.
"Alright, let's hurry then," Leon urged, pushing Johan south. "Meet here if you find one of the two." The four move away from each other, going in different directions. When Leon was out of the ear shot, he said, "Don't be too mad at Judai. He didn't want to hurt you."
Johan didn't respond back to Leon. Leon sighed and continued to look around for anything out of the ordinary. Johan stopped when he heard something move around in the bushes. "Leon, do you hear that?"
Leon listened to whatever the sound was. He frowned deeply. "I don't like what I'm hearing."
"What is it?"
"Yunie..."
Johan raised a brow at him. "Yunie? What is that?"
"A demon that stalks boys like me and you. She likes to eat them since Drew pulled a prank on her way back whenever." When he finished his sentence, a rabbit came out of the bushes.
"A rabbit? Really?" he asked in an amused tone of voice. Johan went to go pet it but Leon stopped him.
"Don't fall for that shit. That's what most people fall for." The rabbit hopped over to them and roared. Leon and Johan took off like bullets with the now giant human with nasty teeth chasing them. "I told you! That thing is nasty!"
"What are we going to do?"
"I'll fight it off while you look for the other two. I'll be fine." Leon tossed a bracelet to Johan. "Use that. It's a barrier so demons and vamps can't see you. Nothing can break that barrier."
Leon stopped running and turned to face Yunie. Johan kept running until he found a cave. He breathed in short breaths. Johan laid his head down and drilled his eyes shut to try and sleep. He activated the bracelet Leon had tossed him before he drifted into a deep sleep.
xXx
Perseus and Judai laid next to each other. They had located Jehu but they had no idea how to get him out of there without being seen by all the demons inside. So they thought long and hard about this problem they had. "Anything?" Judai asked quietly.
"Nope," Perseus muttered, sitting up. "We could just charge in there and kill all of them."
Judai sat up with him. "No, we gotta use our heads."
"I am usin' my head. It's saying 'Go and kill all of them'."
Judai stood up, staring down at his accomplice. "Alright. I hope you can hold your own then." Perseus held his hand up to Judai, who helped him up. "And try to keep up, too. You slack off when it comes to fighting demons."
"Alright, mother," Percy teased before walking back to the edge of the cliff where Jehu was currently at. "Ready to jump?"
Judai grinned wickedly. "Hell yeah." The two jumped of the cliff, diving towards the demons. They were falling quickly so the two flip so their feet were facing the ground. When they landed an electrical shock spread through the ground, instantly killing the demons. Judai frowned. "We over-did it again, huh?"
"Yeah, just a little," Perseus answered, staring at all the dead bodies. The two continued walking until they reached the cross Jehu was bound to. Perseus slammed his foot on the side of it and Jehu fell down into his arms. Judai slapped him a few times to get him to wake up.
Jehu opened his eyes and stared into Judai's chocolate ones. "Where the hell are we?"
"We don't even know. All I know is that we aren't in Jericho City," Perseus responded.
"Ok...and I swear if you hit me in my face again, I think I'll punch the shit out of you," Jehu hissed, getting out of Perseus' hold.
"How much time do you think we have left?" Perseus asked.
"You have fifteen hours remaining. Good luck," a voice boomed in the sky.
"Does that answer your question?" Judai asked, smirking a little at his own question.
Perseus shot Judai a glare. "Yes dumbass." He began walking through the trench with the others behind him. "Anyway, where do you think Leon and Johan are? I think soemthing went wrong."
"This place is too big. I told you we shouldn't have split like that. It makes it one hell of a lot harder to relocate everyone else," Judai sighed.
Perseus stopped and stared at a sprawled out body. He ran over to him when he realized it was Leon. "Leon, are you okay?"
Leon opened his eyes. "I'm fine..."
Jehu stared down at him. "Weren't you just a kiddie yesterday?"
Leon's eyes widened at the familiar voice. He scrambled to his feet before hugging Jehu tightly. He was still shorter than him by a few inches. "You didn't keep your promise," he whispered. Jehu simply sighed in response. Leon let him go but kissed his cheek gently. "But thank you for trying."
"No problem."
"Now, what happen to you?" Judai asked him, looking him over. "You have a few cuts."
"Yunie."
Perseus paled. "Then what happened to Johan?"
They all froze when they heard a frantic scream.