Catching Up (Or More on the Characters and Plot So Far)
Lady Krimson here. I noticed that my loyal reader was wondering what was going on after Kaun's devious side showed itself.
Well, Kaun is a sorcerer of time, justice (although he kinda sucks at it), and storms and one of the trusted sorcerer/priests in Shainto.
His biological mother was Kuryama Anata, a sorceress/high priestess of the shrine who had more than a few "admirers". Though Kaun was adopted by Narazu Gengoro, the rumors concerning his biological father still fly - and everyone on Kounoshima has a theory to go along with the rumors.
To put it mildly, Kaun's pale skin, icy-white hair and cold gray eyes match his personality quite well. At least externally. The truth of the matter is that Kaun's emotions are quite volatile if left to themselves. However, his powers tend to respond to his emotions. A lifetime of too much discipline and control has made him seem very cold and uncaring. Which is why Sakura has made him single, yet he pursues her with a ring in his pocket.
Highwayman is a three hundred-year-old Immortal who doesn't look a day over thirty. There's only one way to kill him - cut off his head. (Not recommended- even Kaun's a bit nervous when our favorite Irishman gets pissed off.) He tends to be the loremaster of the group and can order anything from take-out to plane tickets online- and in twelve different languages.
Utamaru is a werewolf of unknown parentage (he got dropped off on the orphanage doorstep when he was a day old) and the rowdy one. He and Kaun are friendly rivals and when they aren't giving each other half their paycheck because they lost a bet, they're usually hammering each other on a video game of their choice (they've been playing Socom II lately).
Tachibana Sasame absolutely idolizes his older sister and is a lot like she was at age fifteen- hot-headed, hot-blooded, and eager to prove himself to anyone who thinks he isn't worthy of his surname.
As for Tachibana Ukyo, he hasn't changed much in the twenty-three years since (relative) peace descended on Japan. Although if you want to see him lose his temper, go after his wife and children. Although going after a vampire kensai is usually considered suicide.
And Kaun, through his desire to protect and propose to Sakura, has dragged them all into this. If things go one, at least one of them will wind up dead. (If it does, you - dear readers- decide who I whack and (possibly) how they die. And I assure you; at least one character isn't leaving Mallet Island.)
