Chapter Four

I do not own MP but I do own Kage and my plot

I slowly looked up at the vampire that was standing next to Jeshickah, half of me expected Kile, but the other half of me knew better. Kile was not a trainer and if he was he was probably not a good one. The man that stood in front of me was a man that I had not seen before, but, like all vampires, he was beautiful. His golden hair was pulled back in a fancy braid, his face looked as if it was carved from marble and his eyes, even though they were black, seemed to be sinking pools of water.

I stared into those eyes for a moment, until I was greeted with pain, I gasped and my chained hands went to my head. As soon as my eyes were torn away from him the pain stopped. So he played by the rule that pets were not to look at their master, that is one of the hardest to get used to. I held my head in my hands for a few moments and then slowly lifted it once more, but this time I did not look at him, "With all respect lady Jeshickah, "I am free blood, Lord Jaguar freed me when Lady Paris was killed." Once again I was greeted with pain, I had no idea what for.

"You are wrong little pet." She stroked my pounding head gently, "Now listen to your trainer."

The pain still came, I mentally scolded myself for not remembering how to use my mind shields. I whimpered and that seemed to satisfy my trainer, the pain stopped leaving me in a small heap on the ground. I felt him take my hands and place different chains on them, connecting them, before taking the other ones off. He forced me to stand up, and it was then when I remembered a conversation with Akari.

"I always seem to be helpless all the time," I was trying wrapping my wrist after falling down Akari's porch stairs, and was doing a poor job.

Akari took my wrist gently, "Give it time Kage," He started to show me how to wrap it properly.

"But the nightmares, the memories and the scars never seem to go away." I looked away, true, I hadn't given it much time only two months, but still something should have been getting better.

"Don't give in to the nightmares Kage, don't give into anything." He rubbed my head when he finished, "If you give into those things now, if something, God forbid, ever happened and you ended back up with those leeches, it will just make it easier for them to hurt you."

I looked at him, "Never give in, right."

My new trainer tugged hard on the chain almost forcing me to fall, it brought me back to reality. My eyes had finally adjusted back to the harsh light and I started to cast glances around me, I caught a familiar blur of black hair and tan skin.

"Jaguar!" I turned to go to him, he stopped as he heard my voice. I screamed as pain found its way into my head again, but this time with a voice, You are to be silent and if you do talk you are to us titles. The voice was not as harsh as it should have been, but almost a soft caress that showed signs of turning ugly.

I had collapsed to my knees by the time Jaguar had made it over to us. I could only hear his voice not see him.

"Leave her be Mikhal." Jaguar's voice was comforting for me, but for some reason I wanted him to pet me on the head like Jeshickah did, to promise me thoughts of comfort. I shook my head in panic, no, those could not be my thoughts, even when I was a pet I never wanted Jaguar to touch me.

"Ah Kitty, how nice of you to try to recover your pet." Jeshickah's voice cut through my pain clearly.

"Jeshickah, you know that Kage is free blood, let her be!" Jaguar's voice was becoming lost in my whimpering, why hadn't Mikhal stop the pain yet?

"Actually, my pet, you freed the girl that came in under the name of Kage Cod, this girl here, her papers state her as Kage Koris of the original Midnight. So you didn't actually free her. Mikhal will bring Ms. Koris here to a dinner after she has been properly broken." Jeshickah's voice seemed to make my pain worse.

Have you learned your lesson yet, pet? The voice was back, I nodded and whimpered wanting the pain to stop. He finally ended it, and I slowly stood up. I glanced at Jaguar my eyes clearly asking him to help me. Mikhal pulled the chain again and I almost fell, "Come Kage."

"No." Never give in, Akari's words played in my head as I resisted Jaguar watched as I tried to pull against Mikhal. Kage, don't he'll just hurt you more, I'll find a way to get you out of here. Jaguar's voice was full of despair, he honestly felt bad about this.

I shook my head, "Akari told me never to give in." I pulled harder, but Mikhal had more strength than me. He yanked the chain hard enough that I fell forward and at his feet. "Bad girl." His voice was calm but full of disappointment. My heart sank, why did I care so much about what he thought? Why was it that the comment he made bothered me?

He didn't give me time to stand up before he started walking down another hall. As I staggered down the hall, in attempt not to be dragged, I caught my last glimpse of Jaguar.

Mikhal threw me into another empty room, but didn't chain me there, he only left the chains on me.

"Now dear little Kage, what is your weakness? Hm? Is it pain? Abandonment?" Pain and Abandonment echoed in my mind, it was then that I realized that he was shifting through my thoughts.

I shook my head and backed up from him, "Stay away from me leech!" My voice was strong but I was shaking, I hated pain, even more so I feared being abandoned because it had happened so many times, mostly by force: when my brother died, when my mother was taken from me, oddly enough, when I was separated from Jaguar, when Yuri died and I am sure there are more that I just couldn't think of. Along with that thought, Akari would have to stay with me, always in the room, when he first took me to his place because I hated being alone.

"Being alone," Mikhal laughed at me, I cursed myself.

He stood up and left the room shutting the door and leaving me in the dark once more. I curled up as much as I could, what in did I do to deserve this? A few minutes after sulking I started to try and unwrap the chains from my wrist all in vain.

Time passed before the door opened and let the callous light in. Mikhal sat in front of me, shielding my eyes from the light.

"Hello, Pet." He stared at me, "time for you lessons. Titles, you seem to have a problem with those. You are not to use anyone's actual name, unless it is your master and then the title Master must be in front of that. Understand?"

Never give in there were those words again. "Yes, but I will not follow, I am not a pet, I am a human." Once again my voice was strong but I was shaking. Like a good trainer he had found my weakness, and knew how to break me, but I was not going to make it easy for him.

Pain came to me again, this time feeling as if I had been slugged in gut a few times followed by someone trying to strangle me. I was struggling to breath as I saw him stand, he shook his head at me, "Now Pet. When will you realize that you are nothing compared to us? You are something that belongs at our feet if not killed!"

I could finally breath again, but I was shaking as if I was a scared little cat and the rest of the pain was still there. "Milord," I choked out. There goes Akari's good work, it took at least a week to keep me from using Mr. in front of his name and then another couple off weeks to get me to stop calling him Sir.

"There we go, now I'm going to leave you in here until you are able to hold your tongue and behave enough to work with me." He stood up and left again. I was all alone, no one was there to keep me company, no voices nothing.

Yuki: alright, I know once again it's kind of short, but a short up date is better than no up date at all. R+R please!