Disclaimer: I don't own Nightwalker, look on previous chapters for complete disclaimer.
Authoress Note: Well, I seem to have lost some readers ::tear:: I have failed you, because of my darn writer's block, you have abandoned me. ::sniffle sniffle:: Maybe I'll just stop writing it then. ::goes off to a corner to sulk::
A few days later, on one of those rare occasions where Cain would leave the house without Kitani, Shido sat alone on the sofa watching her through her cracked door. She sat in front of the mirror running an ivory comb through her blue hair. She was wearing a lovely violet winter gown that exposed the old scars on her back. Standing up, she walked out of her room and into Cain's study then back out into the parlor.
"Lord Shido, where is Master?" she asked with her small, delicate voice. He sighed and hung his head, then stood. Walking up to her, he placed a hand on her shoulder.
"He's not here, but he wanted me to tell you something." Gently, she took his hand and looked up into his eyes with her chocolate brown ones. Oh how he remembered those childish eyes and how they had changed into that of a demon only a few nights ago. The whole instance came back to him and he shuddered with a new wave of hatred for her. She was Cain's new little angel. But he'd give her up if she were to leave him and Shido was still around. It was certain that Cain would come running to him for comfort if she left. He chuckled inwardly.
"Yes?" She was growing impatient, her small smile fading.
"He says that he hates you and he wants you to leave." Shido stated as calmly as he could. There was a soft giggle in response.
"Oh you kid, Master would never say anything like that, he wouldn't want any of us to leave him." There was a confidence in her voice when she said this that made the detective furious.
"Don't you understand!?" he shouted and she drew back instantly. "He doesn't need you anymore, he only used you to fill the gap in his heart until I came back! Now that I'm back both he and I want you gone! We want you out of our lives and as far away from us as you can get! He doesn't need you! He has me now and I'm more important to him than you ever were and ever could be!!!"
Tears filled her eyes as she tore away from his grip and escaped through the window. Shido smiled in satisfaction. Doing that was easier than he had thought it would be. Sighing and relishing his victory, he sank back down onto the sofa.
She leapt from roof to roof not caring where she was going or how far from home she was. She had never gone too far without someone but that didn't matter right now. All she knew now was that her Master was a liar and that she'd never come back to him. Her burning desire to end her own life grew stronger but she didn't mind it. All she felt now was the whistling of the wind, the nipping pain it gave her on her face, the stinging of the tears in her eyes, and the demon burning with a black flame inside her.
Cain chuckled as Hex's long rattail whipped over his face as he tried to flee. Speeding up, the ancient vampire wrapped his fledgling in a tight bear hug. Hex struggled, then fell limp and out of breath and his master released him.
"You mustn't use all your energy in running, save it for when they catch you. Now let's try it again." But just as they were about to begin again, Sakashima appeared.
"Master! Master!" he called, hunching over from lack of breath.
"What's wrong Sakashima?" the other two said in unison as they went to aid the darker copy.
"It's Shido. He's run Kitani off. She's gone. She left us because Shido told her that you were using her until he came back." Cain's eyebrows furrowed and his eyes narrowed.
"I shall speak to him. And I shall go alone, you will stay on the roof until I tell you you can come in." With that, the three of them left for the apartment in a rage. Cain sped blindly ahead of them in some useless attempt to keep it from happening. As they arrived, the Master settled first on the roof, then disappeared into the house. Hex landed next then burst into tears and latched himself to his brother's form.
Inside, Cain stood just inside the window, glaring venom at his first fledgling, who didn't seem to notice, or care. Shido rose from his seat and began to walk toward his Master, when Cain shoved him aside roughly and shut himself in his study. The detective was shocked to have thought to have seen a trickle running from the ancient vampire's eye.
Another Authoress Note: ::from the corner:: There, it may be the last chapter I ever put up so I hope you don't have any questions.