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"What happens to people who get bitten and not embraced?" Ckat demanded once they were in the parking garage.
"You don't need to worry about it," Arucard said rather nonchalantly.
"Tell me before I shoot you again," Ckat spat, reaching for her weapon.
"Fine then, if you were going to change, though, you would have done so by now," he said, trying to get the woman to calm down.
"Just tell me!" she growled, pointing the barrel of her gun down at his groin.
"All right! If I were to have bitten you deeply, you'd have turned into a ghoul by now."
"A ghoul?" She asked, almost dropping her gun.
"I told you that you wouldn't like the answer."
"Then why didn't I...?" she started to ask.
"For starters, I didn't feed on you."
Ckat turned on her heel and went to her car. She found Andy there waiting for her. She snapped about then. She rushed forward and slammed his face into a near-by support-beam.
"Listen up and listen good! If you ever pull a stunt like that again, you'll find yourself inside whatever construction project happens to be going down at the time! Comprende?"
"Like you could!" Andy said with considerable bravado for someone whose face was pressed against a concrete pillar. "Who'll fix your car? Who'll take your shit? Well?"
Ckat let go of Andy and got into her car. Andy stood there, idly rubbing his nose as Arucard gets into the car and they drive off.
"Was that really necessary?" Arucard asked, noticing how agitated Ckat was.
"Yes!" she snapped. "That paradise rejected bastard to learn his lesson!"
"And where are we going now?"
"Anywhere but here!" she said, gripping the steering wheel hard enough to turn her knuckles white.
"Maybe you should pull over and rest for a while."
She pulls into a nearby park, jumps out of the car and stormed away. Arucard gets out and follows her shortly after.
He finds her sitting under a blooming cherry tree, already asleep. He sat himself down next to her and looked her over. She actually looked at peace when she was asleep, very different from how wild and untamable she was when awake. He reached over and undid the beret that held her hair in place. He grinned at the sight. That was when she stirred from her nap.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Ckat demanded, whipping out her gun.
"Just indulging a little curiosity," he said calmly, ignoring the gun that was pointed directly in his face.
"Well indulge it with someone else!" she snarled.
"Why? When I have you here to entertain me?"
He let a small grin pass over his lips when the barrel of Ckat's gun disappeared from his line of sight. He let that grin slip a little when he heard a small clicking sound followed by a tiny whistling sound and a sharp pain right through his neck. Once he could lift his head again, he turned and glared up at her down the barrel of her gun.
"You just had to do that? Didn't you?"
"And why not? You just had to undo my hair didn't you?" she asked, effectively ending the conversation. She then looked up at the blooms with a sad look on her face, "Papa always loved this time of the year, the cherry trees always reminded him of when he was young, back home in Japan. That's where he was born, you know. He planted a bunch of them in the cathedral's garden, nearly a dozen as a matter of fact. My birth mother even gained her name from these trees."
Arucard sat there, taking in what the half-asleep shape-shifter was saying.
"You shouldn't go around imitating human characteristics just to get your job done," he said off-handed.
"It's just something I picked up, all right?" Ckat snapped, now wide- awake, thoroughly miffed.
"I didn't mean anything by it," he grumbled before looking up at her again.
He had to hold back his laughter at the sight of the Ckat before him. Her face was flushed red and her ears were sticking straight up, there probably was no funnier sight to be seen by his book. A small chuckle escaped his lips and Ckat stormed away with a huff. A few moments later, Arucard picked himself up from where he was sitting and followed his companion back to her car. When he reached his destination, he was surprised to find her nowhere around. Then he heard a soft mewing sound coming from the front seat. He looked over at the leather interior and found a black cat with a red head sitting in the driver's seat.
"Did I upset you that much?" he asked, a satisfied grin on his face that said he knew what he'd done.
Ckat growled at him before trying to claw at him for all that she was worth.
"You can stop anytime now," he said flatly, dropping her back into the car and walking over to his side.
A few minutes later, Ckat was back in her human form and is driving them around the city. She looked over at her travel companion. He was slumped in the seat next to her. Now that she thought about it, he did look as though he were dead right then.
"Don't you go dieing on my for real," she whispered, turning back to the road.
"How can I? I did that over five-hundred years ago, though there are ways of getting rid of me for good," he purred, opening his eyes at her.
"Just what I need, you're being an ass once again," She growled, swerving the car intentionally into the other lane for a moment.
"Are you trying to get yourself killed?!" he demanded, grabbing hold of the armrest.
"What are you? Afraid?" Ckat prodded, swerving again.
"You might well be even crazier then I am," he growled at her, fixing himself in the seat, "And that, my lady, is not easy!"
"Nothing is ever easy," Ckat said, staring off into the distance.
"Why do you say that?" Arucard asked, he asked prodding her for a reaction from her the way he would his master.
"You don't remember being a child, do you?" she asked him.
"Time has a way of taking one's memories from them," he said rather nonchalantly.
"Well let me just remind you of one thing, children are the cruelest of creatures that were ever created," she said sadly.
"Just where do you stand on who's running this world?" Arucard asked looking back over at her with considerable interest.
"Well, as far as who's looking after us, I'm of the impression that it is our ancestors wanting to take care of us."
"Then why are you wearing that cross around your neck?" he asked, reaching over to touch the necklace.
Ckat quickly whipped out her gun and pointed it at him. Arucard placed his hand back on the armrest and shut his mouth until they came to a stop around sunset.
"What are we doing?" he asked, looking over at her quizzically.
"We're waiting," she hissed, wanting silence.
They sat there several minutes before something started moving around.
"What the hell...?" Arucard began.
"Our prey for the evening," Ckat purred, licking her lips.
The creature that they were watching came stumbling out into the open. Ckat slipped her gun out from under her coat and aimed at the creature, and waiting for her companion to do the same. She watched as he aimed his own large, silver-colored pistol at the target.
"Aim for the head," she said calmly, squeezing her gun's trigger slightly, "They seem to go down faster if you get them between the eyes, at least if you get them where those eyes are supposed to be," she mused before firing off a round as if to demonstrate her point.
They got out of the car and walked over to the still twitching body. Arucard was dumbstruck by what he was seeing. The creature was a mash together of human and machine parts, one arm even ended with a chain saw that had rust starting to form.
"What is that?" he asked, looking back up at the female he was with.
"That is called an inanimate. Literally nothing more then something that used to be human that had metal parts shoved on. Our sources tell us that they break them down bit by bit until there is nothing but husks without even a hint of soul," she said, "And I almost became one of them, not by choice, mind you."
They heard more movement around them and tensed up. Looking around, they found that they were surrounded by about a dozen more of the monsters. They open fire on them, one by one bringing them down. Once they were left with only one, Arucard boosted Ckat into the air were she back-flips over the thing and empties her gun. She lands just as thing hits the ground.
"That was certainly interesting," Arucard grumbled, slipping his pistol back into his coat.
"Yep, now help me move this thing into the back seat!" Ckat growled while trying to lift the monster herself.
"You seem to have everything under control," he said coolly, looking at the other bodies.
"And they wonder why I don't trust men," she hissed, finally dragging the body into the car, "Let's get going," she growled, getting back into the car and waiting for Arucard.
"What did you mean by almost becoming one of those inanimates?" Arucard asked, looking over at the car's driver.
"My first life, if you will, ended one day when I was about nineteen during the plane incident. A group of terrorists decided that they were going to grab the plane I had been flying on, and need I mention that I hate heights? So, they start making this giant ruckus about how we're going to be part of a new world order and there I am, already nervous beyond all belief, they aren't helping any and I've got my throwing knives tucked under my jacket collar. So, I stood up and when they started yelling at me for causing trouble, I threw my smallest into his neck."
"What happened then?" Arucard asked, more then a little interested in the story he was being told.
"The other two came after me, wanting to make an example out of this devil-courting American woman. I had other plans. Before either of them could get very close to me, I had already thrown my other knives into them. The plane landed back in the states and the feds scooped me right up before I could even get both my feet back on the ground. They threw me in a room and refused to let me leave until I agreed to work for them. That's how our little organization got started. And now they want me to become one of your kind. Problem for them is that in making me on of there own, they gave me access to all of their secrets. And if I am so inclined to do so, I could sell out to the highest bidder. And don't think that I wouldn't either!" she spat after.
"I don't doubt it," he mumble, surprised to find himself amused by the story. "What would you think you'll do if you sell out? They will be after you once they figure it out."
"I'm not worried. I could kill anyone or anything that they send after me without even breaking a sweat!" she announced, throwing her head back and laughing.
Arucard grinned at her, contented that he'd found a suitable companion for the time being.
How's everyone liking this so far? It's not even half over, so flamers, just get lost right now before I dunk all of yous in my pool. We clear? Ja for nyo!
"What happens to people who get bitten and not embraced?" Ckat demanded once they were in the parking garage.
"You don't need to worry about it," Arucard said rather nonchalantly.
"Tell me before I shoot you again," Ckat spat, reaching for her weapon.
"Fine then, if you were going to change, though, you would have done so by now," he said, trying to get the woman to calm down.
"Just tell me!" she growled, pointing the barrel of her gun down at his groin.
"All right! If I were to have bitten you deeply, you'd have turned into a ghoul by now."
"A ghoul?" She asked, almost dropping her gun.
"I told you that you wouldn't like the answer."
"Then why didn't I...?" she started to ask.
"For starters, I didn't feed on you."
Ckat turned on her heel and went to her car. She found Andy there waiting for her. She snapped about then. She rushed forward and slammed his face into a near-by support-beam.
"Listen up and listen good! If you ever pull a stunt like that again, you'll find yourself inside whatever construction project happens to be going down at the time! Comprende?"
"Like you could!" Andy said with considerable bravado for someone whose face was pressed against a concrete pillar. "Who'll fix your car? Who'll take your shit? Well?"
Ckat let go of Andy and got into her car. Andy stood there, idly rubbing his nose as Arucard gets into the car and they drive off.
"Was that really necessary?" Arucard asked, noticing how agitated Ckat was.
"Yes!" she snapped. "That paradise rejected bastard to learn his lesson!"
"And where are we going now?"
"Anywhere but here!" she said, gripping the steering wheel hard enough to turn her knuckles white.
"Maybe you should pull over and rest for a while."
She pulls into a nearby park, jumps out of the car and stormed away. Arucard gets out and follows her shortly after.
He finds her sitting under a blooming cherry tree, already asleep. He sat himself down next to her and looked her over. She actually looked at peace when she was asleep, very different from how wild and untamable she was when awake. He reached over and undid the beret that held her hair in place. He grinned at the sight. That was when she stirred from her nap.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Ckat demanded, whipping out her gun.
"Just indulging a little curiosity," he said calmly, ignoring the gun that was pointed directly in his face.
"Well indulge it with someone else!" she snarled.
"Why? When I have you here to entertain me?"
He let a small grin pass over his lips when the barrel of Ckat's gun disappeared from his line of sight. He let that grin slip a little when he heard a small clicking sound followed by a tiny whistling sound and a sharp pain right through his neck. Once he could lift his head again, he turned and glared up at her down the barrel of her gun.
"You just had to do that? Didn't you?"
"And why not? You just had to undo my hair didn't you?" she asked, effectively ending the conversation. She then looked up at the blooms with a sad look on her face, "Papa always loved this time of the year, the cherry trees always reminded him of when he was young, back home in Japan. That's where he was born, you know. He planted a bunch of them in the cathedral's garden, nearly a dozen as a matter of fact. My birth mother even gained her name from these trees."
Arucard sat there, taking in what the half-asleep shape-shifter was saying.
"You shouldn't go around imitating human characteristics just to get your job done," he said off-handed.
"It's just something I picked up, all right?" Ckat snapped, now wide- awake, thoroughly miffed.
"I didn't mean anything by it," he grumbled before looking up at her again.
He had to hold back his laughter at the sight of the Ckat before him. Her face was flushed red and her ears were sticking straight up, there probably was no funnier sight to be seen by his book. A small chuckle escaped his lips and Ckat stormed away with a huff. A few moments later, Arucard picked himself up from where he was sitting and followed his companion back to her car. When he reached his destination, he was surprised to find her nowhere around. Then he heard a soft mewing sound coming from the front seat. He looked over at the leather interior and found a black cat with a red head sitting in the driver's seat.
"Did I upset you that much?" he asked, a satisfied grin on his face that said he knew what he'd done.
Ckat growled at him before trying to claw at him for all that she was worth.
"You can stop anytime now," he said flatly, dropping her back into the car and walking over to his side.
A few minutes later, Ckat was back in her human form and is driving them around the city. She looked over at her travel companion. He was slumped in the seat next to her. Now that she thought about it, he did look as though he were dead right then.
"Don't you go dieing on my for real," she whispered, turning back to the road.
"How can I? I did that over five-hundred years ago, though there are ways of getting rid of me for good," he purred, opening his eyes at her.
"Just what I need, you're being an ass once again," She growled, swerving the car intentionally into the other lane for a moment.
"Are you trying to get yourself killed?!" he demanded, grabbing hold of the armrest.
"What are you? Afraid?" Ckat prodded, swerving again.
"You might well be even crazier then I am," he growled at her, fixing himself in the seat, "And that, my lady, is not easy!"
"Nothing is ever easy," Ckat said, staring off into the distance.
"Why do you say that?" Arucard asked, he asked prodding her for a reaction from her the way he would his master.
"You don't remember being a child, do you?" she asked him.
"Time has a way of taking one's memories from them," he said rather nonchalantly.
"Well let me just remind you of one thing, children are the cruelest of creatures that were ever created," she said sadly.
"Just where do you stand on who's running this world?" Arucard asked looking back over at her with considerable interest.
"Well, as far as who's looking after us, I'm of the impression that it is our ancestors wanting to take care of us."
"Then why are you wearing that cross around your neck?" he asked, reaching over to touch the necklace.
Ckat quickly whipped out her gun and pointed it at him. Arucard placed his hand back on the armrest and shut his mouth until they came to a stop around sunset.
"What are we doing?" he asked, looking over at her quizzically.
"We're waiting," she hissed, wanting silence.
They sat there several minutes before something started moving around.
"What the hell...?" Arucard began.
"Our prey for the evening," Ckat purred, licking her lips.
The creature that they were watching came stumbling out into the open. Ckat slipped her gun out from under her coat and aimed at the creature, and waiting for her companion to do the same. She watched as he aimed his own large, silver-colored pistol at the target.
"Aim for the head," she said calmly, squeezing her gun's trigger slightly, "They seem to go down faster if you get them between the eyes, at least if you get them where those eyes are supposed to be," she mused before firing off a round as if to demonstrate her point.
They got out of the car and walked over to the still twitching body. Arucard was dumbstruck by what he was seeing. The creature was a mash together of human and machine parts, one arm even ended with a chain saw that had rust starting to form.
"What is that?" he asked, looking back up at the female he was with.
"That is called an inanimate. Literally nothing more then something that used to be human that had metal parts shoved on. Our sources tell us that they break them down bit by bit until there is nothing but husks without even a hint of soul," she said, "And I almost became one of them, not by choice, mind you."
They heard more movement around them and tensed up. Looking around, they found that they were surrounded by about a dozen more of the monsters. They open fire on them, one by one bringing them down. Once they were left with only one, Arucard boosted Ckat into the air were she back-flips over the thing and empties her gun. She lands just as thing hits the ground.
"That was certainly interesting," Arucard grumbled, slipping his pistol back into his coat.
"Yep, now help me move this thing into the back seat!" Ckat growled while trying to lift the monster herself.
"You seem to have everything under control," he said coolly, looking at the other bodies.
"And they wonder why I don't trust men," she hissed, finally dragging the body into the car, "Let's get going," she growled, getting back into the car and waiting for Arucard.
"What did you mean by almost becoming one of those inanimates?" Arucard asked, looking over at the car's driver.
"My first life, if you will, ended one day when I was about nineteen during the plane incident. A group of terrorists decided that they were going to grab the plane I had been flying on, and need I mention that I hate heights? So, they start making this giant ruckus about how we're going to be part of a new world order and there I am, already nervous beyond all belief, they aren't helping any and I've got my throwing knives tucked under my jacket collar. So, I stood up and when they started yelling at me for causing trouble, I threw my smallest into his neck."
"What happened then?" Arucard asked, more then a little interested in the story he was being told.
"The other two came after me, wanting to make an example out of this devil-courting American woman. I had other plans. Before either of them could get very close to me, I had already thrown my other knives into them. The plane landed back in the states and the feds scooped me right up before I could even get both my feet back on the ground. They threw me in a room and refused to let me leave until I agreed to work for them. That's how our little organization got started. And now they want me to become one of your kind. Problem for them is that in making me on of there own, they gave me access to all of their secrets. And if I am so inclined to do so, I could sell out to the highest bidder. And don't think that I wouldn't either!" she spat after.
"I don't doubt it," he mumble, surprised to find himself amused by the story. "What would you think you'll do if you sell out? They will be after you once they figure it out."
"I'm not worried. I could kill anyone or anything that they send after me without even breaking a sweat!" she announced, throwing her head back and laughing.
Arucard grinned at her, contented that he'd found a suitable companion for the time being.
How's everyone liking this so far? It's not even half over, so flamers, just get lost right now before I dunk all of yous in my pool. We clear? Ja for nyo!