Chapter 3: Obsession
What a goes on in the head of one obsessed with his job…and maybe obsessed with something more…
I stared at the girls in the room almost hungrily. The redheads' hair reminds me of blood. Mmm…I wonder...what one of them would taste like. How I long for the taste of fresh blood.
I licked my lips in anticipation as we walked closer to the females, starting our examination of them. Enrique gave me a strange look then also pointed to the brainless idiot who was currently quarrelling with one of the girls. Perhaps cupid was staring at me oddly because of my new…attraction…to the humans. I sent him a death glare despite of this and he clearly backed off of what he was thinking and concentrated on the fight again.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M STUCK WITH YOU FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR!!!"
I couldn't really tell from whom this comment came from, but from the looks on their faces it could have come from either.
"I don't understand what the hell I ever did to you woman...all I did was mistake you for a--"
I watched in amusement as two of the girl's friends came and restrained her from attacking Takao. One of them being a girl with charcoal colored hair the other being, one of my redheaded beauties...it's a shame she covers her head with that monstrosity of a hat. I would go for the other one...but it seems Tala is quite taken with her, so I'll respect the Ice Prince's desire. I glanced at the girl again, she's attractive enough...I smirked...in fact she's very attractive.
"Kyo!!! Stop!!! You're pulling my arms off!!!"
"Enough Kyo! Stop fighting a pointless battle...it's been decided get over it..."
"WAIT TILL I GET MY HANDS ON YOU!!! I'LL RIP YOU APPART!!!" screamed the yin-yang like girl.
"Hey!!! You know...'Kemi-sensei said you're living with us ne? So we should at least get to know each other by name right?" asked Max.
"You go first..." snorted Tala's girl.
"That's Max, Rei, Takao, Kai, Tala, Bryan, and Enrique," I answered smoothly, keeping my gaze locked intently on my redhead. We locked eyes for a moment and then she quickly looked away.
"I'm Naoko Koshiba, that's Shura Mikawatsu, Kyoko Hinomei, Nikita Balkov, Rumi—I mean Loretta Mizuyah, Xylia Shiteru, and Kao-ri Nakedashi. It's nice to meet you all..."
Kao-ri...Kao-ri...Kao-ri. I repeated her name in my head, burning it into my mind. I like to know the names of my victims before I drain them of their life force that is. "Like wise..." I said with a mysterious grin.
Kyo had finally managed to calm down, after much coaxing from the other girls. As I stared at their necks I pointed out all the muscles and where the best place to feast would be...and then I started to realize how long these 'teachers' have denied me of my true nature, and how my hatred of them grows with each class. No…they are gone for now...so I can do whatever I want right?
Someone's elbow in my side snapped me out of my thoughts. "What?" I hissed at the person...it just happened to be Kao-ri. "Sorry there...but you were startin' to drool," she gave a smirk as some of the occupants of the room began to laugh. I'm starting to like this girl already...
"Oh really? Hasn't anyone told you that it's dangerous to linger in the darkness," I flashed one of my infamous fanged smirks as the sound of her heartbeat became faster.
"I'm not afraid…"
"Ok enough talk, stop playing with your food Brooklyn..." Tala chided me. I gave a mock pout then snorted, my ever-present smirk returning.
"Whatever Tala..." I answered back.
"Why don't we show the girls around ne?" Max said walking towards the door. As normal as Max seems...trust me...he's not.
"Good idea Max...let's start with our house ne?" Rei is one of the more responsible beings in our house. He's too uptight if you ask me...and his goody-goody act gets on my nerves.
"Yeah...I guess we should get settled ne?" Shura sent another glare at Tala before turning to the other humans. I've never seen such a bold human before. No one...no one has ever talked to the Prince of the Ice Demon Clan like that. Stuck up brat...
Rei took one of the girls' hands...Kyoko's? Hah! He's a dead man...
She snatched her hand back from the tiger demon "Back off buddy!!!"
"Kyo-san...calm down...he doesn't seem like an idiot..." Naoko's eyes...strangely remind me of Kinomiya-sensei's...weird.
"Sorry...guess you're not really used to being around us yet...I shouldn't have been so forward..." Idiot. Showing pity to the humans.
"Feh...whatever...just show us to our rooms kitty-boy," Kao-ri looked around the room and found a blue suitcase that appeared to be hers. I sniggered at my prey's new nickname for the Tiger.
To my astonishment Rei cast me a harsh glare, but his look changed to one of shock as Kao-ri's hand now stood in place of Kyo's. "Come on..."
Rei smiled, "Ok then lets go..." He and Kao-ri walked to the window.
"W-W-Wait!!! What do you think you're doing!?!?!" Kao-ri asked nervously. I growled and took a step closer to Rei and the girl, but a hand held me back.
"Take it easy...we're only going back to the castle..." I stared into Enrique's concerned blue eyes.
"Shut up...and don't tell me what to do...cupid...do your own fuckin' job...and I'll do mine..." I growled and pushed Enrique back.
Rei gave Kao-ri a cheeky grin before tossing her over his shoulder and jumping out the window.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"
I growled furiously. Tala had an amused look on his face. I jumped out of the window after the Tiger stealing my prey.
Soon I heard screams and the sound of clothes flapping in the wind behind me. I watched as Rei put down a windswept Kao-ri on the bridge that led to our castle.
The others released their captives as well. They remained motionless for a moment, catching their breath. Nikita was the first to stand; she was the one who seemed the least effected by the drop.
Rei held out a hand to help up Kao-ri. "Sorry 'bout not warning you all...but going out the window of Starry Tower is faster..."
"It's fine...none of us are injured..." Nikita's voice sent shivers down my spine. Cold and soft...almost like how Kai's was...when I fought him.
"Let's just go inside, they can choose where they want to sleep and rest...traveling through the darkness isn't so easy you know..." Max spoke up again.
"Human's must truly be weak...if they can't handle a one way trip through darkness..." Tala...always is pretty sensible and what he says is probably the truth.
"I'll show you weak!!!" Loretta charged at Tala and gave a roundhouse kick to his side. But Tala having to be a show off...and the best at "everything" simply caught her leg and flung her at Bryan, who shoved her away from him crudely.
"You wanna try that again wench?" Tala asked with a cocky grin. I watched the blunette rise to her feet, ready to charge at him again. Yet before she could even take a step towards him, a gloved hand reached out and grabbed her shoulder.
"You are staying in our castle...nothing more...now get the fuck inside..." Kai's eyes flashed dangerously, I could see the girl wince from the heat emitting from the phoenix hanyou's hands.
"Make us..." growled Kyo.
"With pleasure...Takao...she seems to like you best...wanna do the honors?" I nearly chuckled at Tala's question. That dragon-winged idiot is going to get himself killed by that woman.
Takao grinned, "Yeah sure!" he said almost excitedly. I swear I'll never figure out this guy.
He spread his wings and flew...straight into Kyo... knocking them both into the castle. I take back anything good I said about Takao...if I've ever said anything good about him that is.
"Right then...any one else need an escort inside?" Tala asked walking towards the entryway himself.
I watched as Nikita...probably the most sagacious of the humans...walked inside to go check on her friend; some of the others followed her.
"Why should we trust you? You could just be luring us into a trap of some sort..." Kao-ri grumbled.
I walked over to the redhead and stood close to her, bending down to whisper in her ear. "You shouldn't trust us...in fact...you should be scared right now," I said huskily. Then moved my head down a little burying my face in her neck. Gods...how can someone smell so good? I could hear her pulse racing, so...close...
"We're going inside...now...if the teachers catch you...I'm not saving your ass again Kingston," I spun around and snarled at the intruder who interrupted me. Tala...how much I despise you right now is indescribable. He gave a small glare and walked inside.
I took this time to glance down at my captive...only to see that she had slipped away while I wasn't looking.
"You've gotta stop this...you're only scaring her you know..." Enrique...
"I told you before 'Rique...you do your job...and I'll do mine..." I said my rage slowly dying down.
He shrugged and walked to the archway, I, myself following him slowly.
Yes...our jobs...his is to make sure all beings find mates before their end...and mine is to limit the life given to the unworthy ones by the gods.
I know my purpose in life…and being what I am…I couldn't have asked for a better one.
When we reached the common room it was empty which was no surprise. There are eight staircases leading upstairs to different rooms from this area. Each guy has his own room…each room had two beds...that meant seven of us would be sharing quarters with one of the girls.
I bid Enrique good-bye and walked up to my room. To my surprise...the familiar smell of a rainy day filled my senses.
And there she was...her suitcase rested on top of the other bed in my room, her hat and goggles; also her hair ties lay there as well. She was observing my bird that I kept in a golden cage. She smiled picking up the small creature on her finger and spun around. Her shoulder length hair floating around her in waves.
From this moment...I vow that she will be mine...only mine...
I watched as her eyes lit up in fear at the sight of me and my name escaped from her lips.
"Brooklyn..."