me / fatalisstille- Quite gladly- And yes, yes they are fast- SKANKS! Hears screaming as author once again runs from Dark and Krad

Yuki-chu- Grin More updates for all!

Mimiru-12- Sunglasses huh? I shoulda thoughta that! (puts on shades)

Silvertears- Your reviews are always so fun to read- especially that wonderful song! I got to be on top! I got to be on top! Dark: Stop trying to steal my song! Me-Eeep! Sowy! Krad made me do it! Krad:Did not! DIE!

Spencerblaze- No, no it does not, XD

Kloudy Reignfall- I'm Soooo genuinely glad you liked it, I didn't think this chap had enough to it, not to mention it was sooo short!

Fireandflames- I'm glad of that. Yeah, there'll definitely be more action soon and as for chapters I'm undecided,

xXLil Yu JahXx-…Ehem GLOMPS! I was actually hoping someone would notice that! That's just the way I wanted it to show up. I mean, Daisuke is obviously uke. If you can find a way to realistically write Daisuke as seme then I commend you, but I can't see it. But with Dark and Krad it's a toss up as to who's uke or seme. But I always saw Dark as the dominant one.

Kelbora- Yeah everyone's wondering about Cadell, this chappy is almost exclusively about her and her host so here ya go!

Meetima Maranwe - Hehe, here's Daisuke ##

Vampire-Plushie- "Oh No!" grips side "I've been poked!" keels over, dies, and never writes again Krad walks up and pokes her with stick. "Dramatic isn't she?"

CH4 Hostess of the Void

Cadell shifted out of the hospital room leaving yet another potential host dead. It was unfortunate that her host had to be such a strong creature- yet by nature weak. She was hard to find. Cadell stuck her hands in her pockets, a gesture that reminded her so much of Dark that she had to yank them out again.

She frowned. She might be in an astral form but this was getting tiring. Her host had to be strong enough to survive gaining such an immense energy as she would provide. But her host had to be ultimately, just as lonely as she. And it was hard to find such a combination. Strong enough to store the energy of the void, but lonely as the only creature that could survive living there. Cadell herself.

Every time she found a creature so lonely- and surprisingly enough there were a few, she would attempt to see how much energy they could handle. When she found they couldn't the handle energy, she would remove their souls as an act of mercy. And continue her search.

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Eriko walked on the stage with her face as stoic as usual. She didn't leave the house often, she was home schooled in a rich family, she didn't have a reason to. But one day when she'd heard a band practicing at the house next-door she'd grown curious and left the house.

Her pale face had been unfamiliar to the boys of the band though she'd lived one house over for her entire life. They invited her in. She quietly accepted the invitation. She'd looked at their instruments, drums, electric guitars, keyboards. So close yet so different from her grand piano, her violin, her cello. It reminded her of something she knew well. So she'd taken up the guitar and fiddled with it until she could imitate the sound that the boys were making with it.

They'd watched in awe as she made the guitar whine and sing almost like a woman being made love to. For some reason the dips of the sound with the diversity of a human voice made her smile. The leader of the band, apparently the boy who actually lived in the house next door and the lead singer was named Reizo Drem. Drem was handsome to say the least.

He had dark brown hair with long bangs and dark green cat-like eyes and a slender beautiful body. And on the day he met her he held out his hand to her and said, "Welcome to the band,"

She blushed but took his hand none the less and lowered her eyes. When he asked her name she replied quietly, "Yukiko Eriko."

And that's why, for the first time in years she was over one mile from her house, in a dirty auditorium, hiding behind Drem and holding her guitar with shaking hands.

"Calm down Yukiko-chan," he said in his smooth voice. She calmed at this. Drem always made her feel so at peace. She blushed, a tone of red gracing her pale cheeks.

He looked out to the audience and she had to wonder if he'd noticed, though she doubted he did. Not that she wasn't considered beautiful. On the contrary, she was considered very beautiful. She had long curly black hair that went down to her tiny waist. Her small heart shaped face was graced with pale delicate skin, pale pink lips, and dark, dark, dark eyes. She was at most five foot four with small pert breasts and perfectly proportioned curves. She was in all truth like a little doll.

But Drem didn't seem to notice. No. Drem wouldn't. She looked over to the other side of the stage with blank eyes as Drem helped a girl up onto the stage. His girlfriend Nori, a beautiful blonde girl with a tendency to dress in all black and a bad attitude. She looked away quickly as the two kissed. She couldn't stand Nori personally, even if she said nothing, but then, no one expected her to say anything. She said on average ten to twenty words a month. And most of them were to Drem.

"Yukiko-chan, it's almost show time," he said as Nori went and stood by the speakers, he took up the mike, and the other musicians stepped to their instruments.

"Hai." she said quietly.

Soon he stepped to the mike and began to speak with the charismatic nature that she envied and admired taking the crowd into a frenzy before they began playing a cover song and his beautiful voice rang out while she began playing her guitar.

See all those people on the ground

wasting time

I try to hold it all inside

But just for tonight

The top of the world

sitting here wishing

the things I've become

that something is missing

maybe I...

But what do I know?

She'd always liked his smooth voice, the way his fiery eyes cooled and calmed when he sung and his slim hands as he played his own guitar in a harmony with her own. His hands moved in smooth complete motions where hers always seemed so jerky and desperate to please. She couldn't help but think her cool unsmiling face was nothing in comparison.

And now it seems that I have found

nothing at all

I want to hear your voice out loud

slow it down

Slow it down

Without it all

I'm choking on nothing

it's clear in my head

and I'm screaming for something

knowing nothing is better than knowing it all

He shot her a curious look as she uncharacteristically hit a wrong note though unnoticeable. She righted herself quickly as they went into the last verse of the last song. Her heart shot into her throat. She'd never made a mistake at practice, but it was different when all these people were watching her…Even Drem was watching her. She went back into her mechanical playing.

On My Own

On my own,

On my own.

As their song came to a close and another band was up for competition they cleared off the stage to the sound of cheering she lowered her head, put her guitar on the rack, and began walking off stage quickly, her face flushed dark red. Naturally, Drem couldn't let her leave to handle her embarrassment. He caught her by the wrist before she went out the back door.

"Woah! Woah! Woah! Why are you leaving so fast? The band was planning to go out afterwards," Drem said. It was then that he noticed her face. "Are you okay?"

She nodded without looking at his face, her curls bouncing around her shoulders. It occurred to her that he was one of the few people that talked her like a normal person, even if she didn't talk back. "I have to go," she said trying to pull away, but he continued to hold her wrist.

"You're walking home? It's two miles and it's dark out, I'll walk you home." he stated calmly. Immediately Eriko shook her head and opened her mouth to protest. He put two of his fingers to her lips to stop her oncoming objection. "Eriko it's too dangerous out there at night. Either you call your parents and ask for a ride, or you let me walk you home."

He of course didn't notice her face color in the dim lighting of the studio but she simply lowered her head ready to accept his terms. That's when Nori walked in.

"Baby, we need to get going, I reserved a table for us at that new restaurant and Tory is driving," she said clinging to his waist. It was then she noticed Eriko and gave her what could only be described as an intimidatingly indifferent look. It was almost as if she were looking at an inanimate object. A doll. "Are you coming?"

She quickly shook her head, her curls bouncing about her face as she flushed under the scrutiny wishing, not for the first time in her life that her face was darker, dark enough at least to conceal her constant colorings caused by her social phobia.

"I was going to walk her back unless her parents gave her a ride-"

"I'll get a ride!" she said in her quiet voice.

He looked to her surprised. She didn't normally speak up in front of people unless you cornered her. "Are you absolutely sure?" he asked skeptically despite her nodding and lack in change of expressions he had the distinct feeling she was upset- not that he had any way of proving it that is.

She turned away and nodded preventing him from looking into those deep pitch black eyes. He let out a "Hai, I'm coming," before looking to her a last time. She was so out of place here…And anywhere for that matter. A perfect doll against a grungy but life filled gray background. And against his better judgment he turned away and left her alone.

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Eriko walked down the street kicking a stone down five feet each time she got to it. She pursed her lips slightly taking them in her mouth to moisten them as she looked to the large three story mansion that some people called her home. But she never saw it as thus.

Eriko sighed and walked around the globes of light presented by the street lights. She avoided each one taking five seconds to avoid the inevitable.

Eventually however, she came to that long tree lined drive way. She walked up to the door and opened it with her key quietly. She peered about before entering and walking up the stairs quietly.

"Eriko!" said a sharp voice.

She flinched as she turned around to see her parents standing in the doorway to the downstairs parlor. "Yes, father, mother,"

"Your scores came in the mail today, for the practice college entrance exams," continued her mother coolly walking closer and motioning for her to come down the stairs. Eriko tensed before obeying.

"Yes mother,"

"You scored unreasonably low in your Mathematics. Why is that?"

She froze. "I- I was having trouble with the trigonometry."

"Why is that Eriko?" asked her father. "You were out awfully late tonight. It seems that band practice has been interfering with your studies."

Her eyes shot open. "But- They aren't! I swear it-"

'Slap!'

"Enough! I don't know when you started thinking that it was okay to talk back but it won't be accepted under this roof." said her father furiously.

"Ha- Hai father."

"The next time you get such low scores this…band practice, will end."

"…Hai."

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Cadell flew wondering what she'd do about transportation when she did gain a physical form. She, unlike Dark and Krad, had to use a lot of energy to fly and the more she flew the more her host would feel the consequences considering they had to share energy, she drew her energy from around her, and even doing that took energy.

It was then that she sensed something so familiar, an energy so like her own, that she was forced to veer towards it. What she found was a mansion and walking towards it a beautiful young girl with an energy signature so like her own that she sped up and looked at her face.

"Well, aren't you a pretty creature?" she murmured.

The girl simply walked on until she reached the door. She paused before opening it, peering about inside. Though her face showed no outwardly signs of change, her body was tense and her aura frizzled about her as her fear heightened.

She walked inside closing the door quietly behind her, and curiously Cadell flew through the door in astral form to catch up with her. When she got in the girl's parents were yelling at her about something stupid like test scores and stopping her from joining a band.

The girl spoke up- though even in her astral form Cadell hardly heard it. And she was slapped. Immediately Cadell could feel this girl's loneliness was strong enough to rival her own. The girl obediently listened to her parents and continued up the stairs to her room.

"What a miserable existence," she murmured, following the girl. She went into her room and almost withdrew hardly believing that a human mind could survive where so much cold energy surrounded all things. It was a sparsely furnished room, Spartan to be honest with only the necessities.

A small desk, a lamp, a bed, and medals. Medals and awards lined the wall like small reminders of the perfection this girl was meant to uphold. And the horrible energy that came from this room…it even sent shivers through her astral form. "…I pity you," she murmured. "You certainly have the loneliness required of my host, but you can't possibly be strong enough," she said. With that she flew towards the window for some reason not wanting to take this pathetic creature's soul.

"Why are you leaving? I've waited for you this whole time."

Cadell spun around in shock wondering if the girl had spoken to her. When she saw the girl, perfect little figure in white pajamas with black curls spread about her body, she had to wonder if the doll was capable of speaking at all.

"Girl, are you talking to me?" she demanded feeling foolish.

"Who else would I speak to?" she asked turning pitch black eyes straight on her. "You're the angel of death aren't you?"

"…I could be."

The girl sighed before turning away. "Then you're not. You can continue on then,"

Cadell glared at the impudence of the shy girl. "How do you know I'm not a murderer or something?"

"You've taken other lives recently I think. Why else would you claim to be capable of being the angel of death? But I'm not afraid…If you want to…"

Cadell narrowed her eyes. "I don't kill the weak on purpose." she said. With that she turned to walk away- until she was jerked back. The girl had a firm hold on her wrist. Something that should have been utterly impossible. "N- Nani? What the hell are you?"

Eriko shot her hand back as if burned. "You're not human!" she said in shock.

"Neither are you!" accused Cadell.

"You really are the angel of death! Please!" she said falling to her knees. "Please take me away! I can't take it any more!" she said clinging to Cadell's knees.

Cadell looked down on her with blank eyes. "…I can give you the power for you to take yourself away from here. But I must ask something in return."

The girl looked up to her with teary eyes. "Really? You can give me the power to escape them?"

"I can give you the power to escape the world, if you'll give me the power to hold the balance between light and dark."

"What does that mean?" asked Eriko pulling back a bit.

"Nothing's expected of you, but use of your physical form,"

"…Anything." replied Eriko. "I'll do anything."

"…So be it." replied Cadell. With that she took Eriko's hand, and accepted her host.