**
Shido looked at Miyu, at the same time casual yet guarded.
"So let me get this straight..You're a vampire that works to return demon/gods to their dimension of darkness?"
Miyu nodded. The man annoyed her, yet something about him urged her to linger, to treasure the information he gave her, and even to ask of his help.
"And you want to know what I know about Cain."
"Yes."
The answer was quiet, but at the mention of Cain's name, the spark of anger in her eyes was easy to detect. Shido leaned back in his chair, lacing his hands together behind his head.
"All right, I'll tell you what I know."
Miyu listened.
"Cain is an old and powerful vampire. He stops at nothing to get what he wants, and if he's after you, tough luck. He and I were consorts in Transylvania at one time, but I realized how his extravagant lifestyle was evil, and I turned away form him. Since then, he has been obsessed with two things. Getting me to return to him, and the Golden Dawn.
"The Golden Dawn?"
This is what Miyu had been afraid of. She thought it was just a legend, which had been whispered through the ranks of the world of darkness, and formed into something almost tangible, a story, a rumor. The Golden Dawn, the permanent creep of demons into the human world. The destruction of the rules, the black and white solidity of her eternal duty. If demons could love, and produce half breed offspring with humans, eventually they would all be contaminated. Too human to kill, or return to the dark, and too demon to be considered human enough to live in this world.
"Yeah, the Golden Dawn. You know anything about it?"
Miyu paused.
"No. Just heard of it perhaps. Thank you for your time, Shido."
He smiled at her.
"Sure. See you around, maybe."
She looked back, truly intending to say 'Probably not.'
"Maybe."
She turned and walked out, tossing her light brown braid over her shoulder.
**
Larva winced, and looked up at Cain from the floor. He was bleeding from multiple injuries, but he still managed to get to his feet. He gripped his scythe tighter, and glared at Cain through the red haze of sharp pain. Cain was still standing, and though he had also suffered injuries, seemed to heal much quicker then the shinma. His red shimmering whip, made from the magic of his vampiric blood, was coiled at the moment, around his fist.
Then, quicker then a human could imagine, the whip lashed out, and coiled around Larva, pinning his arms to his sides, and rendering him rather helpless. However, this also meant that Cain's weapon could not be used as an offense. He pulled the end of the whip a little tightening it uncomfortably around Larva, and causing the shinma to grimace. He laughed and came close to him, keeping the tension in the whip, so that he could not break loose.
Larva strained against the bonds, but stopped as Cain approached him.
"You are not a bad fighter, Larva."
Larva did not grace him with an answer.
"But, I think it is a shame to continue to injure one as beautiful as yourself."
Cain touched Larva's cheek gently, where a dark bruise had been rapidly forming. Larva tried to pull away, but did not succeed because of the limits of his imprisonment. His long cloak had been ripped in several places, and it was showing glimpses of pale white skin, and the second layer of clothing that Larva wore beneath it. Cain looked into his eyes, the gold almost glowing in the near darkness. The golden orbs seemed to transfix the shinma, rendering him unable to resist when Cain moved toward him and kissed him.
It did not surprise Larva as it might have, and though he tried not to respond to the kiss, he found that his body did not seem to care about his wishes. Then Cain broke the kiss and moved his lips down to Larva's pale neck. Larva realized a few seconds too late what he was planning to do.
"No!"
Before he could struggle, he felt the little burning pain of fangs biting into his flesh. But after only a moment, the pain was gone, and a sleepy, warm, numbing sensation crept through his body. Cain caught him, as he collapsed, and sank to the floor with him, sitting and holding the blue haired shinma to him, drinking deeply.
The blood of a shinma was different, powerful. It gave Cain an unbelievable rush, made him a little dizzy. After a while, he pulled away. Larva's eyes were half closed, though it was evident he was trying to open them. He lifted a hand a little, and then dropped it again. His head fell to the side, he was weak from losing so much blood. Cain thought that perhaps he had overdone himself.
Larva was looking at his mask, which was lying carelessly on the floor, beside his scythe, which had been dropped. Miyu. He had lost the fight, but the thought of her suddenly gave him enough strength to pull away from Cain, to collapse on his hands and knees on the floor. He sat back on his heels, and looked at Cain.
"I...Let me leave here, I have to find Miyu.."
Cain smiled. His devotion to the little one was touching. Almost.
"Forget about that girl, Larva. Like I said, she left you here to me. It is fate."
Suddenly Larva's head cleared, and he realized the extent of what had just happened. Miyu...he was free of her. At Cain's words, he felt no compulsion to help her whatsoever. She was just another vampire now. However...
"Cain. Do you realize..."
The golden haired vampire frowned slightly.
"Realize what, pet?"
Pet. Starting with that already, was he? Larva hung his head, causing his blue hair to fall into his eyes, and hide his expression.
"I am a shinma. When a vampire makes a blood bond with me..."
Cain looked completely serious, for the first time since in Larva's presence.
**
Shido looked at Miyu, at the same time casual yet guarded.
"So let me get this straight..You're a vampire that works to return demon/gods to their dimension of darkness?"
Miyu nodded. The man annoyed her, yet something about him urged her to linger, to treasure the information he gave her, and even to ask of his help.
"And you want to know what I know about Cain."
"Yes."
The answer was quiet, but at the mention of Cain's name, the spark of anger in her eyes was easy to detect. Shido leaned back in his chair, lacing his hands together behind his head.
"All right, I'll tell you what I know."
Miyu listened.
"Cain is an old and powerful vampire. He stops at nothing to get what he wants, and if he's after you, tough luck. He and I were consorts in Transylvania at one time, but I realized how his extravagant lifestyle was evil, and I turned away form him. Since then, he has been obsessed with two things. Getting me to return to him, and the Golden Dawn.
"The Golden Dawn?"
This is what Miyu had been afraid of. She thought it was just a legend, which had been whispered through the ranks of the world of darkness, and formed into something almost tangible, a story, a rumor. The Golden Dawn, the permanent creep of demons into the human world. The destruction of the rules, the black and white solidity of her eternal duty. If demons could love, and produce half breed offspring with humans, eventually they would all be contaminated. Too human to kill, or return to the dark, and too demon to be considered human enough to live in this world.
"Yeah, the Golden Dawn. You know anything about it?"
Miyu paused.
"No. Just heard of it perhaps. Thank you for your time, Shido."
He smiled at her.
"Sure. See you around, maybe."
She looked back, truly intending to say 'Probably not.'
"Maybe."
She turned and walked out, tossing her light brown braid over her shoulder.
**
Larva winced, and looked up at Cain from the floor. He was bleeding from multiple injuries, but he still managed to get to his feet. He gripped his scythe tighter, and glared at Cain through the red haze of sharp pain. Cain was still standing, and though he had also suffered injuries, seemed to heal much quicker then the shinma. His red shimmering whip, made from the magic of his vampiric blood, was coiled at the moment, around his fist.
Then, quicker then a human could imagine, the whip lashed out, and coiled around Larva, pinning his arms to his sides, and rendering him rather helpless. However, this also meant that Cain's weapon could not be used as an offense. He pulled the end of the whip a little tightening it uncomfortably around Larva, and causing the shinma to grimace. He laughed and came close to him, keeping the tension in the whip, so that he could not break loose.
Larva strained against the bonds, but stopped as Cain approached him.
"You are not a bad fighter, Larva."
Larva did not grace him with an answer.
"But, I think it is a shame to continue to injure one as beautiful as yourself."
Cain touched Larva's cheek gently, where a dark bruise had been rapidly forming. Larva tried to pull away, but did not succeed because of the limits of his imprisonment. His long cloak had been ripped in several places, and it was showing glimpses of pale white skin, and the second layer of clothing that Larva wore beneath it. Cain looked into his eyes, the gold almost glowing in the near darkness. The golden orbs seemed to transfix the shinma, rendering him unable to resist when Cain moved toward him and kissed him.
It did not surprise Larva as it might have, and though he tried not to respond to the kiss, he found that his body did not seem to care about his wishes. Then Cain broke the kiss and moved his lips down to Larva's pale neck. Larva realized a few seconds too late what he was planning to do.
"No!"
Before he could struggle, he felt the little burning pain of fangs biting into his flesh. But after only a moment, the pain was gone, and a sleepy, warm, numbing sensation crept through his body. Cain caught him, as he collapsed, and sank to the floor with him, sitting and holding the blue haired shinma to him, drinking deeply.
The blood of a shinma was different, powerful. It gave Cain an unbelievable rush, made him a little dizzy. After a while, he pulled away. Larva's eyes were half closed, though it was evident he was trying to open them. He lifted a hand a little, and then dropped it again. His head fell to the side, he was weak from losing so much blood. Cain thought that perhaps he had overdone himself.
Larva was looking at his mask, which was lying carelessly on the floor, beside his scythe, which had been dropped. Miyu. He had lost the fight, but the thought of her suddenly gave him enough strength to pull away from Cain, to collapse on his hands and knees on the floor. He sat back on his heels, and looked at Cain.
"I...Let me leave here, I have to find Miyu.."
Cain smiled. His devotion to the little one was touching. Almost.
"Forget about that girl, Larva. Like I said, she left you here to me. It is fate."
Suddenly Larva's head cleared, and he realized the extent of what had just happened. Miyu...he was free of her. At Cain's words, he felt no compulsion to help her whatsoever. She was just another vampire now. However...
"Cain. Do you realize..."
The golden haired vampire frowned slightly.
"Realize what, pet?"
Pet. Starting with that already, was he? Larva hung his head, causing his blue hair to fall into his eyes, and hide his expression.
"I am a shinma. When a vampire makes a blood bond with me..."
Cain looked completely serious, for the first time since in Larva's presence.
**