Binding:Chapter 12
"Duck, gaurd, gaurd duck." Rayvn gasped, only half-aware she was voicing her thoughts as she ducked and guarded his cronic seris of lighting attacks.
Would they slow?
"Gaurd." He chuckled, and immediately, she ducked and brought her foot up to slam into his chest, "Fall." He said nuetrally, grabbing it and pushing her away.
Rayvn cursed, quickly jumping and backing away to catch her breath. She eyed the whip she had dropped earlier. She knew it was a Crimson traditional weapon, along with the sword, for he had used both.
Swiftly, she dropped to the floor, did a backflip, grabbed it, and sent it for his cheek. He caught it after it grazed harshly across his face, for the necklace truly allowed speed to compete with a vampires.
"You wish this over." He sighed, and pulled the whip tight, bringing her shocked form with it, and fell neatly to the floor, tripping her.
"But to win!" Rayvn snapped, scrambling to catch her footing and immediately ducking as he swung.
~Rayvn, Rayvn.~ He sighed comtemplativly, ~Why is it you wish to become a hunter? Tell me.~
Rayvn side-stepped away as his wound began to rapidly heal, and grabbed the sword's hilt. ~Why do you want to know?~ She asked, swiftly slicing the sword through the air were he had stood seconds before.
~Because, if you have not noticed, I am fond of you.~ He laughed in her mind, before moving swiftly behind her and wrenching the sword from her grasp.
"Damn!" Rayvn cursed, slamming the heel of her palm into his cheek so he winced, then grunted.
~The thing won't do you any good, you are too slow with it!~ He growled in her mind, sighing and throwing the sword, sending it to imbed deeply into the far wall.
Rayvn punched at him swiftly, but he caught it gently, staring at her solemnly. Annoyed to have guilt for the attack, Rayvn drops to the floor, kicks to try and falter his standing, and quickly slams her foot into his chest.
Roughly, Jaguar picks her up and slams her to the floor, pinning her arms behind her and holding her down.
"Get off me," Rayvn hissed, and he closed his eyes, shaking his head.
"This is a battle for you, I can not lose it. Trust me, it is easier this way, for you have made a good standing enough to still become a hunter, and have the respect you deserve from any on-lookers remaining." Jaguar whispered apologetically.
~Liar!~ Rayvn roared at him with her mind, and he winced.
"I do not lie when words matter." He snapped, trailing his fingers over her face before pulling away to hold her down as she fought his hold.
"Another lie!" Rayvn snapped, and pulled up her knee, slamming it into his gut.
Jaguar calmly held his place, looking to William, whom held up three fingers. "Three minutes."
Rayvn leaned to her left, bring up her knees repeatedly, and trying to shove her elbows at his face. He abrubtly let go of her, whispering, "Zero."
The single word sounded so cruel from his lips, so apologetic it burned Rayvn with blazing anger, and she shoved herself up immediately, clenching her jaw, unwilling to show emotion of any kind. Blankly, she strided over to the binders, not waiting for him to act as if leading the way.
"Tilt your neck." One, the dark-eyed, ordered, for she was not sure if he was Salone or Jakal.
Rayvn tilted her neck very slightly, before feeling a powerful force push her off balance. She looked down: Raylet. Fiercely, she pulled herself up, hissing at him in anger.
"You make a fool of me!" She roared, glaring, "I have lost, and I will not back down from the price!"
Raylet growled deep in his throat at her, "You will be bound to this...this theif! By blood, so he will know your thoughts, and influence them! You can do nothing agianst him!"
Rayvn made a sweeping gesture towards the area of Brujaa. "It is my consequence! I bargained for this, knowing I might not rise victorious! I will not back down, and you will say nothing."
"Say nothing?" Raylet asked flatly, coldly, "You will wither in this binding, and you know nothing! Do you perhaps fool yourself? So he is fond of you, sister, and you think your thoughts are yours. You know nothing!
"How many do you think a vampire of hundreds of years to be fond of? You I tell you, are not the only one! Do you not understand what will happen? You will die in his hands, ither by his enimies or his fangs and anger, and he will find another. Do not be such a ready fool!"
"I have had no other binding. I consider it a waste of blood and useless." Jaguar said calmly, adding, "And likewise of the women. There has been one, but yes, she died in the hands of the enemy. Because of that I have found myself unwilling to love truly, until now."
Rayvn cast a cat-like gaze at him fiercely. "You will not use me as a prize. I am myself, no matter what you think you can do."
Jaguar lifted a bow fleetingly, saying: "I have said nothing to imply that. I only restate feelings to answer Raylet."
Raylet grabbed the whip, which was at his feet, and it swiftly passed through the air, though when it fell agianst flesh, he was the one of the cold floor, groaning painfully. Immediately, Rayvn fell faithfully to her brothers trembling side, her eyes wide.
"Raylet..." She gasped, searching for a wound, but she found none, "Raylet, what is hurting?"
He shook his head, swallowing thickly, his words too slurred to understand. Fiercely, she turned to Jaguar, who's face was tight with rage.
"What did you do to him?" Rayvn hissed, clenching her jaw and turning back to her brother.
"Defend myself agianst a rebell, nothing more." Jaguar whispered, and when she glanced up, his eyes where closed.
Rayvn shook her head, placing a hand on Raylet's head. "Raylet, hush. It is fine, all will be fine."
Raylet's eyes closed tiredly, and his trembling slightened. "I- I am... fine." He gasped.
She laughed painfully, shaking her head at him, "No, don't lie- you know how I hate it. What is it that hurts? Do you wish me to help you up?"
Raylet nodded in his pride, saying, "My head", and Rayvn carefully helped him stand, steading him until he could stand enough on his own.
"Do you wish to go home now?" Rayvn begged him, afraid he would hurt himself in his condition, or cause himself to be harmed.
"No!" Raylet hissed, opening his eyes to glare at Jaguar.
Jaguar looked to me. "Do you want him to go home? I agree he would be better off."
She slid her eyes away, nodding stiffly. "Yes, but if you hurt him..." She trailed softly, meeting his eyes fiercely.
Jaguar nodded mutely, and touched Raylet's arm as he tried to stumble away. He was gone.
I blinked, shivering. He was so strong...
"Go on with the binding." Jaguar sighed, turning back to Salone and Jakal, whom nodded.
"Binding was originally taken into practice between vampires as a wedding custom, but later was used for prisoners. It is rarely used," The blue-eyes explained, and the dark-eyed nodded.
"I must have two droplets of your blood, so I will pierce your flesh lightly, not enough to drink," The dark-eyed said, taking my arm and lifting my pale wrist to his fangs.
I only felt his cool lips touch my wrist before he pulled away, touching his finger to teh two droplets of crimson blood, and smearing them on Jaguars' lips, which opened as his rangs retracted.
"I must have two droplets of the blood running in your veins," The dark-eyed continued, turning to Jaguar, whom held out his arm quickly, almost placidly.
Rayvn watched and grimaced as he smeared the blood on her face. For goodness sakes, she better get a bottle of water to wash it off.
"Can I-" She began and the light-eyed waved his hand at her, hushing her.
"Soul to mind, and will to thought, bound by emotions, you are brought as one by the pierced will of another." With that, he produced a knife from the folds of his black robe, and cut swiftly across my arm before I realized it.
Fiercely, I started to retaliate, but the dark-eyed grabbed my upper arm firmly and pushed me to Jaguar, who waited paciently while the light-eyed cut the tip of his finger, and touched his blood to mine. It healed.
"Duck, gaurd, gaurd duck." Rayvn gasped, only half-aware she was voicing her thoughts as she ducked and guarded his cronic seris of lighting attacks.
Would they slow?
"Gaurd." He chuckled, and immediately, she ducked and brought her foot up to slam into his chest, "Fall." He said nuetrally, grabbing it and pushing her away.
Rayvn cursed, quickly jumping and backing away to catch her breath. She eyed the whip she had dropped earlier. She knew it was a Crimson traditional weapon, along with the sword, for he had used both.
Swiftly, she dropped to the floor, did a backflip, grabbed it, and sent it for his cheek. He caught it after it grazed harshly across his face, for the necklace truly allowed speed to compete with a vampires.
"You wish this over." He sighed, and pulled the whip tight, bringing her shocked form with it, and fell neatly to the floor, tripping her.
"But to win!" Rayvn snapped, scrambling to catch her footing and immediately ducking as he swung.
~Rayvn, Rayvn.~ He sighed comtemplativly, ~Why is it you wish to become a hunter? Tell me.~
Rayvn side-stepped away as his wound began to rapidly heal, and grabbed the sword's hilt. ~Why do you want to know?~ She asked, swiftly slicing the sword through the air were he had stood seconds before.
~Because, if you have not noticed, I am fond of you.~ He laughed in her mind, before moving swiftly behind her and wrenching the sword from her grasp.
"Damn!" Rayvn cursed, slamming the heel of her palm into his cheek so he winced, then grunted.
~The thing won't do you any good, you are too slow with it!~ He growled in her mind, sighing and throwing the sword, sending it to imbed deeply into the far wall.
Rayvn punched at him swiftly, but he caught it gently, staring at her solemnly. Annoyed to have guilt for the attack, Rayvn drops to the floor, kicks to try and falter his standing, and quickly slams her foot into his chest.
Roughly, Jaguar picks her up and slams her to the floor, pinning her arms behind her and holding her down.
"Get off me," Rayvn hissed, and he closed his eyes, shaking his head.
"This is a battle for you, I can not lose it. Trust me, it is easier this way, for you have made a good standing enough to still become a hunter, and have the respect you deserve from any on-lookers remaining." Jaguar whispered apologetically.
~Liar!~ Rayvn roared at him with her mind, and he winced.
"I do not lie when words matter." He snapped, trailing his fingers over her face before pulling away to hold her down as she fought his hold.
"Another lie!" Rayvn snapped, and pulled up her knee, slamming it into his gut.
Jaguar calmly held his place, looking to William, whom held up three fingers. "Three minutes."
Rayvn leaned to her left, bring up her knees repeatedly, and trying to shove her elbows at his face. He abrubtly let go of her, whispering, "Zero."
The single word sounded so cruel from his lips, so apologetic it burned Rayvn with blazing anger, and she shoved herself up immediately, clenching her jaw, unwilling to show emotion of any kind. Blankly, she strided over to the binders, not waiting for him to act as if leading the way.
"Tilt your neck." One, the dark-eyed, ordered, for she was not sure if he was Salone or Jakal.
Rayvn tilted her neck very slightly, before feeling a powerful force push her off balance. She looked down: Raylet. Fiercely, she pulled herself up, hissing at him in anger.
"You make a fool of me!" She roared, glaring, "I have lost, and I will not back down from the price!"
Raylet growled deep in his throat at her, "You will be bound to this...this theif! By blood, so he will know your thoughts, and influence them! You can do nothing agianst him!"
Rayvn made a sweeping gesture towards the area of Brujaa. "It is my consequence! I bargained for this, knowing I might not rise victorious! I will not back down, and you will say nothing."
"Say nothing?" Raylet asked flatly, coldly, "You will wither in this binding, and you know nothing! Do you perhaps fool yourself? So he is fond of you, sister, and you think your thoughts are yours. You know nothing!
"How many do you think a vampire of hundreds of years to be fond of? You I tell you, are not the only one! Do you not understand what will happen? You will die in his hands, ither by his enimies or his fangs and anger, and he will find another. Do not be such a ready fool!"
"I have had no other binding. I consider it a waste of blood and useless." Jaguar said calmly, adding, "And likewise of the women. There has been one, but yes, she died in the hands of the enemy. Because of that I have found myself unwilling to love truly, until now."
Rayvn cast a cat-like gaze at him fiercely. "You will not use me as a prize. I am myself, no matter what you think you can do."
Jaguar lifted a bow fleetingly, saying: "I have said nothing to imply that. I only restate feelings to answer Raylet."
Raylet grabbed the whip, which was at his feet, and it swiftly passed through the air, though when it fell agianst flesh, he was the one of the cold floor, groaning painfully. Immediately, Rayvn fell faithfully to her brothers trembling side, her eyes wide.
"Raylet..." She gasped, searching for a wound, but she found none, "Raylet, what is hurting?"
He shook his head, swallowing thickly, his words too slurred to understand. Fiercely, she turned to Jaguar, who's face was tight with rage.
"What did you do to him?" Rayvn hissed, clenching her jaw and turning back to her brother.
"Defend myself agianst a rebell, nothing more." Jaguar whispered, and when she glanced up, his eyes where closed.
Rayvn shook her head, placing a hand on Raylet's head. "Raylet, hush. It is fine, all will be fine."
Raylet's eyes closed tiredly, and his trembling slightened. "I- I am... fine." He gasped.
She laughed painfully, shaking her head at him, "No, don't lie- you know how I hate it. What is it that hurts? Do you wish me to help you up?"
Raylet nodded in his pride, saying, "My head", and Rayvn carefully helped him stand, steading him until he could stand enough on his own.
"Do you wish to go home now?" Rayvn begged him, afraid he would hurt himself in his condition, or cause himself to be harmed.
"No!" Raylet hissed, opening his eyes to glare at Jaguar.
Jaguar looked to me. "Do you want him to go home? I agree he would be better off."
She slid her eyes away, nodding stiffly. "Yes, but if you hurt him..." She trailed softly, meeting his eyes fiercely.
Jaguar nodded mutely, and touched Raylet's arm as he tried to stumble away. He was gone.
I blinked, shivering. He was so strong...
"Go on with the binding." Jaguar sighed, turning back to Salone and Jakal, whom nodded.
"Binding was originally taken into practice between vampires as a wedding custom, but later was used for prisoners. It is rarely used," The blue-eyes explained, and the dark-eyed nodded.
"I must have two droplets of your blood, so I will pierce your flesh lightly, not enough to drink," The dark-eyed said, taking my arm and lifting my pale wrist to his fangs.
I only felt his cool lips touch my wrist before he pulled away, touching his finger to teh two droplets of crimson blood, and smearing them on Jaguars' lips, which opened as his rangs retracted.
"I must have two droplets of the blood running in your veins," The dark-eyed continued, turning to Jaguar, whom held out his arm quickly, almost placidly.
Rayvn watched and grimaced as he smeared the blood on her face. For goodness sakes, she better get a bottle of water to wash it off.
"Can I-" She began and the light-eyed waved his hand at her, hushing her.
"Soul to mind, and will to thought, bound by emotions, you are brought as one by the pierced will of another." With that, he produced a knife from the folds of his black robe, and cut swiftly across my arm before I realized it.
Fiercely, I started to retaliate, but the dark-eyed grabbed my upper arm firmly and pushed me to Jaguar, who waited paciently while the light-eyed cut the tip of his finger, and touched his blood to mine. It healed.