Chapter Eleven: Rogueblade; Too Old for Romance?

Although they didn't know it, rather close by in the same forest, Rogueblade had made herself a home in one of the trees. She didn't realize how close by the other Sohmas were at the moment, but she did know about the uncomfortable close proximity of Shigure's house to her own.

Sorry, Daisuke about taking over so much. You okay? Dark asked as he flew high over the forest, sensing her aura.

It's fine...I'm just surprised that you haven't been spotted by a reporter or one of the Harada twins yet. Daisuke answered.

Rogueblade sat in the fork of her tree home sulking. It wasn't fair; she was too old to have to deal with this romance crap.

Yeah, surprising. Dark said as he sensed her aura growing stronger. He reached her and walked around until he saw her tree and was looking up at her from the ground. "Yo."

She was jerked out of her half-sleeping state and looked down in shock. He'd followed her aura trail again. She really needed to do something about that...
"What are you doing here!" she said, standing up.

He smiled, "Well hello to you too," he waved a bit. "Just came to say hello."

Rogueblade leaned against a nearby branch. At least she wasn't talking to him face to face. That downscaled the amount of brain activity she was losing.
"How did you find me?" she said, already knowing the answer but wanting to make sure.

"Aura, my dear," he said as he jumped up and sat on the same branch she was leaning on.

CRAP. She thought before backing away slightly.
"I really need to do something about that," she muttered to herself. She looked at him and her face got red as she remembered him kissing her the night before.

"Actually," he said as he smiled, "I came to apologize," he said, sitting Indian-style on the branch.

"You'll fall if you're not careful," she said in a worried tone immediately before actually paying attention to his words. (it was instinctive.)
"Wait...apologize?" she asked.

"Aww, you're worried about me, "he said, "Back on what I was saying. I came to apologize, about what happened yesterday," he said, rubbing the back of his neck, his face going even redder than hers.

"It's...I mean, that...you don't have to." she said at last. As soon as she said it she knew it sounded strange, and she cursed her inoperative brain.

His face was still burning. "I acted without asking you or even asking myself," he said.

She looked away, attempting to regain some semblance of a thought process.
"If that's what you're worried about...I didn't quite ask myself either." she sat back down in the fork of the tree, where she'd been when he first came over.

He didn't say anything as he blinked a few times but said nothing. He just watched her for a minute.

She sat there in the silence and knew that he was looking at her. She hesitantly turned her head back to look at him, now that her head had cleared up a little.

Dark smiled and stuck his tongue out at her and laughed a little as he fell backward some then caught himself.

Despite herself, Rogueblade burst out laughing. She hastily silenced herself, however.

"Hey, girly girl, that's not funny," Dark said, but was laughing a bit himself.

She felt a slight flash of anger at being called that again, but it seemed to be translating into more of a nickname for her...
"I told you to be careful. It's your own fault." she teased.

"So what girly," Dark said as he just sat in the same position as before.

Rogueblade's face grew angry and she stood up. I am getting sick of that nickname!
"Look, Dark," she said slowly, "I think we've established that I don't like that nickname."

"Okay, Okay, girl," he said as he laughed a bit throwing his hands into the air, "I give up."

"Good." She said, leaning against the trunk of the tree, visibly relaxing again. She looked at Dark once more.

He looked at her and tilted his had to the side, "What ya looking at?"

"...you." she said bluntly.

"Why... oh, I know. I'm so good looking that you can't take your eyes off of me," he said laughing a bit.

Rogueblade snorted and tossed her hair.
"Yeah, sure..."

Dark laughed as he stood up, jumping branches and landing next to her. "I know I'm right."

"And how exactly do you know?" she said, looking at him again, trying not to show a sign of nervousness.

"Because you like me," he smiled and looked at her and put his chin in his palm and put his elbow on his legs.

"Oh, really." She said. "Even if I did, why would that mean you were good-looking?" she shot back.

"Ha you just said it. You just said I'm looking good," he smiled and blew her a kiss. "Thanks so much."

She blushed. "Hey, no fair!" she cried. "You know perfectly well that's not what I meant."

Dark smiled, "So what? You said it. You said it." he smiled.

"Rrrrrrr..." she growled, just like a frustrated little kid. Finally she conceded defeat with a small sigh and sat down next to Dark. "Fine. You win. For now."

"Oh yeah I win," he smiled as usual. "I think you're cute too." he said as he rocked back and forth on the branch but if you noticed he was gloating over it.

Rogueblade rolled her eyes but inside she glowed from the compliment. She gave a slight sigh and leaned against the tree, closing her eyes. She was rather tired; it was daytime, after all.

"Are you even supposed to be outside in the day time Miss Vampire?" Dark said, coming closer to her so when she opened her eyes she would be looking right into his eyes.

Rogueblade sighed again, annoyed, having no idea that he was right in front of her face. She opened her eyes and was about to turn to look at where she thought he was when she froze. Dark was right in front of her.
"...I can be out in daytime if I need to...I just get really tired and my powers are diminished..." she said, her voice trailing off. She was staring directly into his eyes at this point.

He smiled, "So I can do this?" he said as he kissed her softly, again, his right hand coming up and stroking her face softly. As he pulled away he said, "You can't hurt me."

Her heart began racing and she felt her face grow red. She'd really been caught off guard.
"...no...I can't..." she whispered in reply.

You came over to apologize...and look what happened. What are you thinking, Dark? Daisuke asked.

Dark smiled. "I win." he said as he laughed a little but his face was also a bit red.

Oh, Daisuke, I'm just having fun with her. Besides, I wanted to kiss her.

She tried to regain some kind of composure and actually spoke in a full sentence this time.
"If I'd been at full strength you wouldn't have had a prayer." she said in a slightly teasing manner.

"You think so?" he said as he laughed a bit, "Well I guess we'll never know," he smiled and kissed her forehead.

"Oh, I think you'll find out soon enough..." she said after a pause. She looked off to the side before speaking again. "I do so hate not being able to fly or run really fast during the daytime...and everything else...it just makes me feel so weak."

He smiled a bit, "But would you really want to hurt your precious Dark?" Dark said, laughing a bit.

She looked at him sidelong with a strange expression. "It's not like I was going to kill you or something...and why exactly are you 'precious', again?" she said with a smile.

"Because you like me," he smiled and put his right elbow on his knee and put his chin in his palm.

"Hmm..." she said thoughtfully. "You may have a point. A slight point. Perhaps." She tilted her head to one side. "I suppose you could be considered precious, then..." She looked at the sky through the trees. "It looks like there's still hours to go before I get my powers back...grrr, this sucks! And no, it's not because I want to beat you up, so don't even say that."

Dark smiled, "So you do like me. Oh yeah!" he laughed, "And I never said that you wanted to beat me up so ha," he said, sticking his tongue out at her.

(is he going to take her flying soon?)
Rogueblade snorted. "You know, that was the whole reason I said not to say it anyway. I knew you would have if I hadn't told you not to. Anyway..." she sighed again and leaned back against the tree. "Just you wait. At dusk...I'll be awake, and I'll get my wings back, too. I can show you the place I came from before Akito caught me."

(Yup right now)

"Okay, but…I can't wait that long," he smiled as he picked her up before she could say anything and took off into the sky, flying high over the trees, shielding her from the sun with his body.

I remember this. I liked it then too.

"What the--Dark!" Rogueblade yelled, holding onto him tightly for fear of falling. She was used to flying, but without her own wings she felt so helpless. "If you drop me you are SO DEAD!"

"Why would I drop a woman that I like?" he said, laughing a bit and flew higher, "Maybe I'll let you go? Just kidding," he smiled.

She looked up at his face before turning her gaze to the ground. "...well, if you're serious about going to that place I told you about, then you need to hang a sharp left."

"Okay. Well I think I'll just stay up here for a minute, with you," he smiled.

"Just what I was thinking." She said with a small smile. She looked back at him and this time she was the one who kissed him.

He blushed a deep red as he stopped flying for a minute, caught off guard, but continued flying once again.

Rogueblade lost her breath for a moment when they dropped slightly as he stopped flying, but recovered quickly. "You know, if that happens every time I kiss you, I'll really have to get used to falling."

He laughed a bit, "Sorry. I was just caught off guard for a minute," he said. "Didn't think you would do that."

"And why not? Do you think you're the only one who's allowed to kiss people around here?" she said in a teasing manner.

"Yup," he smiled and laughed a bit, "but oh well. I don't mind." he said.

"Feh." she said, closing her eyes and just resting her head against him for a moment as they flew above the forest. "You really are a 'womanizer', then, aren't you? Just like it said on your forehead?" she teased him again.

"No I am not. Well maybe a little," he said as he laughed a bit, "So what?" he said as he shrugged, "Stop teasing me, girly." he smiled.

"Once more, be glad I don't have much power right now," she said, "and, you should know that you aren't going to be able to get away with anything while I'm around. Just a warning." she said, and with this final statement she closed her eyes and fell asleep in his arms.

He sighed, "Fine, Fine," he said as he looked down at her and smiled a bit as he kissed her head softly, "Good night," he said as he flew down to the ground and put her down softly. He had a jacket on and put it over her.

(more like good afternoon, that is, lol.)
Rogueblade stirred restlessly in her sleep as he put her down but she didn't awaken. She needed to sleep at least a few hours before night came; otherwise, her powers would only be at half their strength. As a result, once she was out, she was out. Nothing would wake her up except mortal danger.

Dark smiled and leaned against the tree, just watching her sleep.

Time passed, and in a few hours a dark aura began to surround Rogueblade's body, invisible to all but those who could see such things. The moment she awakened it was absorbed into her body.
She opened her eyes slowly and blinked a few times before sitting up.
"...ow. Sore...all over...this is why I hate sleeping on the ground..." she muttered before she saw Dark and froze. "Hey...you stayed here? I would have thought you'd have taken me back to my tree or something...where are we, anyway?" she asked.

"Yup stayed here all day and watched you," he said and yawned, "I didn't want you to fall out of the tree or anything."

"So we are back at my 'house'?" she said. "Okay...hey, now I can show you that place! Come on, let's go!" she said as her wings appeared. She pulled him to his feet. "No time for being tired when there are places to go! Come on!" she said, excited like a little kid.

"Okay," he smiled as he flew into the sky, "I would race you but I don't know where I'm going."

"Exactly," she said, rising into the air above the trees, "so for once I get to lead you." She rose higher until she got her bearings and swiveled to face the setting sun. "Okay...this way!" she started to fly at a rather quick pace.

He laughed and followed right behind her. He felt a little tired since he had stayed up but didn't ay anything about it.

After a few minutes, she without warning dove straight down into the woods below them, looking like she was about to crash into the trees at any moment--when suddenly she disappeared.
"Come on!" her voice called from somewhere down below. "It's just an illusion to keep out 'visitors'."

Dark followed her and was right behind her once again.

Rogueblade was standing in the middle of a worn dirt path through the forest that began right where she had landed.
"I'm afraid there's no other way to enter the Black Village than by using this pathway. It's another safety precaution. I'll explain more along the way." she said, suddenly serious.

"Alright," he said as he followed behind her, looking around at every thing around them.

"In a few minutes we'll reach the first guardians of the Village, so until then I can give you some background information." she said, starting to walk along the path. "The Black Village is the ancestral home of the vampires. It is the place where, long ago, our entire race was once created by a miscast spell. Yes, that does mean there are going to be a lot more vampires here. But the queen of our kind lives far from here, in her citadel on the edge of the sea."

"Really?" he said, "Will I get to meet her as well?" he asked, looking at her back and watching her hips but suddenly blushed and looked away.

Rogueblade paused before she answered him, sensing some sort of agitation from his mind and easily guessing what it was from.
That pervert... she thought exasperatedly before continuing.
"If you'd really like to, I suppose I could arrange that. I'm sort of related to her, anyways." She glanced back to check and see if her guess was correct and narrowed her eyes when she saw that he was indeed blushing. You'd think someone with his kind of experience would be over blushing about something like this... she thought to herself.

"Its fine if I don't meet her." he smiled a bit but he was still blushing as he watched her walk once again but said nothing, "You walk nice," he said, laughing a bit.

You've got to be--
"I walk nice?" she said turning her head slightly. "Thank you for the compliment..."
I think the dark atmosphere around here is sobering me up some...I can actually look at him without losing my thought process now.
"To continue on what I was saying...long ago the Black Village wasn't considered our ancestral home. It wasn't until certain events occurred...you see, I...was once what you could call evil. I created and enslaved thousands of vampires and built my own citadel...I wanted to defeat our queen...but I was stopped by a Daemon of fire. Once that all ended, a large concentration of vampires were left here and they established the village. Later on we discovered that this was ironically enough also the site of our species' creation.
Now that you know a bit of our history, you can ask me some questions if you'd like? We've got about two minutes before we reach the first guardian."

"I really don't have any questions. And yes your walk is hypnotizing. (sp? lol)"he laughed a bit as he put his hands in his pockets.

"Only for guys, I would guess." she said with a small laugh, winking at him over her shoulder. (and yeah you did spell it wrong lol...it's hypnotizing)

He laughed a bit and walked up to her, putting his hands on her waist, "Much better."

"Oh no, you're flirting with me again," she said in a mock distraught voice. She turned to face him and reached a hand up to touch his face softly. "Whatever shall I do?" she said in a quiet voice.

"What ever you want," he said as he laughed a bit and kissed her softly.

She kissed him back, putting her arms around him. I don't know why I feel this way about him...it's unlike anything I've felt before.

He smiled softly as he pulled away, "Wow that was wonderful," he smiled.

"That's one way of putting it," she said, resting her head against his chest again. She closed her eyes for a moment before opening them again quickly. She could hear whispers filtering through the trees...whispers that only vampire ears could hear. She stiffened and pulled away suddenly, drawing one of her swords.
"The storm approaches!" She cried into the forest. It was the code phrase that would let the guardian know she was allowed into the Village, and also keep it from attacking her. "Following is a zephyr!" This would make the guardian leave Dark alone as well.

Dark blinked a few times and looked at her and scratched his head, "okay then." he said.

The whispers died away slowly and Rogueblade turned around with a sheepish look on her face. "Sorry...I forgot how close we were to the guardian. Only vampires can sense it...I had to call out the 'code words'."

"Aww okay," he laughed a bit and smiled, "So are we going?" he asked as he walked up to her and put his hand on her shoulder.

"Oh, yeah, sure." she said, remembering their original purpose. "The only thing left is for you to convince the vampire guards at the entrance to the village that you should be able to come in. Can't help you with that, sorry." She took his hand and started to pull him along. "Come on, we're almost there!"

"Wait, you mean I have to reason with vampires! You're crazy, girl," he said as he laughed a bit but it was more than a nervous laugh than a humor laugh.

"Come on, you'll be fine. It's not all that bad." she said dismissively, but she did note the slight nervous undertone to his laugh. "It's not like they'll bite your head off...just into your neck." She started laughing at her own joke. "Seriously, though, all you've got to do is give them a good reason. And I won't leave your side until you're allowed in." she assured him.

"But what reason do I have to give to get in here?" he asked, still being held and running after her. I really don't feel too well. He thought.

"Um...I don't really know. I've never seen anyone allowed into the Village besides immortals. By the way, how old are you?" she asked, all in one breath.

"Why do you want to know that?" he asked, feeling a bit dizzy and that he would fall over any minute but kept on walking.

"Curiosity." she answered with a broad smile. "By the way, I'm 814 years old. Hey, are you okay? You look a little woozy."

"I'm 600 years old and I'm okay," he said as he smiled a bit but felt like he was going to faint any minute now. As she kept on walking he sighed and put a hand on her shoulder and sighed a bit as he fell forward, putting his head on her shoulder and closed his eyes and sighed a bit as he felt his face go fully red.

"...Dark? Dark!" Rogueblade said, panicking. "You're not okay, are you?" She turned and tried to support his body weight with her arms instead of just one shoulder. Then she closed her eyes and switched to her mental 'aura-vision'.
I thought so...he's exhausted. But that's easy enough to fix. she thought to herself. She was fully energized, of course, so she poured enough energy from her body into his for him both to wake up and be alert as well.

Dark jolted up, "No more cookies mommy!" he shouted before he looked around for a minute, "What happened? You knocked me out didn't you? Evil." he said a she laughed a bit.

"...Cookies?" she said, starting to laugh. "I think someone has a guilty conscience. And anyway, you fell asleep. I didn't do anything. Besides wake you up."

"Okay," he said as he laughed a bit, "I always took all the cookies out of the cookie jar," he said as he laughed a bit.

"Idiot..." she said in a teasing tone before leaning close to him."By the way," she whispered, "You're cute when you're sleeping."

Dark felt his face go a bit red as he laughed a bit. "Whatever." he said as he rolled his eyes, "I knew you couldn't keep your eyes off of me."

"Aw, you're still tired." she said with a laugh. "If you'd been all the way awake you would have kissed me or something." she turned and started pulling him along again. "Come on, let's get going!"

"Alright," he said as he laughed a bit and followed her.

As they began entering what seemed like an empty clearing in the middle of the forest, a voice called down to them.
(You take some of the vampires, K? Otherwise I'll be writing lots and lots.)
"Rogueblade? Is that you?"
She looked in the direction of the voice and smiled. "Yup! I'm back!"
"Who's that with you?"
"A friend." she said.
"You know the rules, Rogueblade...even if he's spoken for by a member of the Village, he has to state his reasons for entering."
"I know." she said. "Well?" Rogueblade turned and looked at Dark expectantly. "Just say why you want to go in."

"I want to go in," Dark said, "I want to see the ground that Rogueblade grew up on, "Dark said.

A few of the vampires whispered something, "Show us. Show us that you are not a slayer to our kind."

"I'm not sure how to," Dark said.

Rogueblade shrugged and looked at him sidelong. "I don't have any experience in this sort of thing, so I guess you should just go with your gut instinct on this one."

Dark thought for a moment, "Hey, I have an idea!" he smiled, "I'll give you a ring that holds me to my word. If I hurt your people in any way then I die." he smiled

They looked at each other and nodded, "Alright."

Rogueblade blinked, surprised, but then started to laugh evilly. "That means I can hurt you, but you can't hurt me. Yes, I very much like this arrangement."

Dark laughed a bit. "I guess so," he said as he shrugged as the gates started to open.

She turned and pulled him along once more. "Come on, I'll introduce you to Sensei Moonfang! I tried to kill him a few times." she said cheerily, as though this was ordinary news. They continued walking until they reached a cobblestone house in the center of the village. Standing on the porch was a girl who looked rather similar to Rogueblade, as though they were related...
(Let's have this be her sister, and you play her okay? Make up a name, she doesn't have one yet.)

"Okay," Dark said as he smiled and followed her and saw the girl.

"Rogueblade, who is this?" Oshun said as she raised an eyebrow.

"Aaan? What?" Rogueblade said, snapping to attention. She looked in the direction of the voice and flinched. "Oh, sister...how have you been?" she said nervously, avoiding the question.

Oshun flew over to them, "I said 'who is this?'" she said as she poked her sister in the forehead.

Rogueblade stepped back. It was funny how being several centuries old didn't stop you from being afraid of your older sister.
"His name is Dark...Oshun, please don't interrogate him like you did the others!" she pleaded.

"All those others were wimps. But him, he's hot!" she smiled as she stroked his face.

"Nice to meet you," Dark said.

"Oshun, don't hit on him!" Rogueblade protested weakly. She knew that if her sister had her mind set on something that not much could stop her.

Oshun laughed, "I'm not. This is," she said as he came closer to kissing Dark.

he stepped back, "It's nice to meet you," he repeated.

Rogueblade decided finally to take action and she took full advantage of her abilities as a vampire.
OSHUN! she yelled mentally, so that Dark wouldn't be able to hear their conversation. Will you quit it! Stop before I have to fight you!
As she did this her face started to get a rather furious look.

Oshun laughed a bit at this. Do you really want to go there? You know I can take you down in one shot. I'm just testing him, relax. She said back and smiled at Dark. "So how do you feel about my sister?" she asked. Dark smiled and hugged her.

"She's so adorable," he smiled and laughed a bit.

Rogueblade growled at her sister mentally in a quite threatening manner, warning her off. I think I could take you on if you took this 'testing' too far, trust me. She said.

She laughed. That's what you think, baby sister she said as she smiled.

Dark laughed a bit and rubbed his cheek against hers.

(I'm assuming Dark is hugging Rogueblade, right?)
Rogueblade calmed down a little and turned towards Dark. "Thanks..." she said enigmatically, probably confusing him as to what she meant. She hugged him back and gave him a soft kiss.

(yup) He kissed her back and started to creep his hands toward her butt and began to feel on it.

That little... she thought to herself exasperatedly. He'll forever be a pervert...
She pulled away and had a Sango fit, AKA slapping him on the cheek. "Pervert!"

Dark laughed and rubbed his cheek, "Oh no fair," he said as he laughed a bit, "I want another hug," he smiled and opened his arms.

Oshun fell into his arms, "okay." she smiled.

Oshun! Don't tell me you're still 'testing' him! Rogueblade said angrily as she rolled her eyes in exasperation.

I just want a hug, she smiled as Dark stepped away and stuck out his tongue. "Not from you." He said.

You know, if you'd just marry, you wouldn't have to be desperate and go after your little sister's boyfriend.
Rogueblade uncrossed her arms with a small laugh. "Okay, okay." she walked back over and hugged Dark again.

Dark smiled but this time when he pulled away he grabbed her chest, "squishy..." he said as he laughed a bit.

(Total Yusuke Urameshi moment there...what are we doing, visiting other anime series'? Miroku, Yusuke... )

Rogueblade took the opportunity to kick him in the balls and stepped on his back when he fell over. "Have a nice rest, dear." she said cheerily.

Dark fell on the ground but got up quickly and smiled. "Whatever." he said.

"Recovers quickly, doesn't he?" she commented to her sister as she made him float into the air absent-mindedly, preparing to punish him a bit more.

"Let me down," he said as he laughed a bit. "If I wasn't under oath then I would hurt you."

"Aw, don't say that darling, you wouldn't want to get hurt too badly." she said sweetly as she turned him upside down and started spinning him around and around like a top.

"I'm not supposed to spin this way..." he said as he laughed a bit."Wheee."

"Hmmm..." she said to herself thoughtfully. "Now what...oh, I've got it!"
Now she made him float even higher into the sky and maneuvered him so he was above a tree, still upside down and spinning.
"Rogueblade! Is that you?" a male voice called from nearby. She lost her concentration and dropped Dark into the tree headfirst.
"Sensei Moonfang!" She cried, ignoring Dark for the moment. Approaching them was a young man who looked like he was in his twenties, but since Rogueblade called him 'sensei' he was likely even older than she was.

Dark was in a tree laughing a bit.

Oshun laughed as well as she started to fly off to Dark.

"Did you just drop that young man into a tree?" Moonfang asked, laughing. Rogueblade laughed as well.
"Trust me, he more than deserved it." she said a little vengefully. She stepped forward and gave the other vampire a hug. "How have you been while I was away?"
"Oh, just fine," Moonfang said, hugging her back and then stepping back a little. "Is it just me, or have you grown?"

Dark was still in the tree but just sat there for a minute before he sighed a bit as well.

"Don't be silly, that's not possible!" Rogueblade said with another laugh. "Come meet Dark. I think he's gotten depressed because I'm ignoring him." she said, winking.
Both vampires flew up to where the neglected Dark was sitting on a high branch.

Dark had fallen asleep on the branch before Oshun came and smiled, "Well, well," she said as she came closer to him, about to kiss him.

Rogueblade noticed her sister preparing to kiss Dark and halted Moonfang. "Hold on...I think I'll get a bit more revenge and see how he reacts to this."
"What'll you do if he kisses her back?" he asked worriedly.
"Then I'll kiss you and make him jealous so he gets how I feel." she replied bluntly. "You don't mind, do you?"
"Of course not!" Moonfang said, laughing. "Just be sure and tell me when you need my help again. This is fun."

Dark's head rolled to the side, a sign that he was asleep as he just breathed in and out. Oshun smiled and came a bit closer to him.

Rogueblade pulled Moonfang back down to the forest floor so they wouldn't seem conspicuous and they both prepared to watch the drama.

Dark felt something come closer to him as he woke up and saw her and flapped his wings and flew out from under her, "Whoa there." he said.

Oshun smiled.

"Ooooh, it's getting good." Rogueblade whispered to Moonfang, still watching the scene above. "Let's see if she chases him and makes him kiss her!"

Dark just flew over his head as he sighed a bit, "I think I'm going to go," he said as he waved to Oshun, "Bye," he said as he flew over the trees.

"Aw, he did the right thing." Rogueblade said, almost disappointed before she remembered what that meant. "Hey, I'll see you guys later, I've got to go and kiss him to death or something for being honorable." she said, laughing as she flew off in pursuit of Dark.
"Bye!" Moonfang called.

It wasn't long before she caught up to him, and she tackled him from the side before he realized she was there.
"Hi." she said.

"WAAAAA Oh Hey," he smiled, "I thought you were going to stick around there for a minute?" Dark said as he kissed her head.

"Nope," she said, "But I did decide to follow you. And compensate you for having to deal with my sister." She punctuated this remark with a long kiss.

He didn't blush and he didn't grope her either, but held her and kissed her back softly.

He may never know that I was watching...but regardless, now I know that I can trust him. I wasn't sure before now...
Rogueblade suddenly remembered that they were in the air and looked down at the ground to make sure they weren't falling.
"Um...Dark? Maybe we should land or something."

He laughed a bit and nodded, "That might be a good idea," he said as he started to fly down. He landed on the top of a tree.

Rogueblade perched herself on the top of a nearby tree as well and looked around.
"You know, I'm not actually sure where we are...Add to that the fact that you can't see well at night, and I'd say we're lost. Not that it matters."

"It matters a little but…Daisuke has school tomorrow." he sighed a bit as he looked at her. "You idiot!" he yelled suddenly, "You dropped me in that tree!" He started to laugh.

"Come on, don't even try to tell me you didn't deserve that," she said, also laughing. "You were being a total perv!"'

"Hey they were squishy! What are you going to do about that? And they're just so far out there. They do stick out ya know?" Dark said as he laughed a bit.

"Oh, really. Is that your opinion?" Rogueblade said with a strange look on her face. She flew over to the tree he was sitting on and pushed him over.
"And just how much longer are you going to keep repeating stupid things like that?" she asked.

"Not long," he said as he kissed her softly and stroked her face and pulled away and looked up to the sky.

Rogueblade leaned against him and sighed.
"Are you okay? I know you were having problems earlier..."

"What are you talking about silly?" Dark said as he stroked her head softly.

"It's because you were so tired, you know? I'm just a little worried that you're still dizzy or something. I don't need you passing out on me again." She said, turning to face him with a mildly concerned look as she reached up a hand to touch his face.

He took his hand off her head and kissed her hand softly, "Don't worry about me. I'm fine." he smiled as he stuck out his tongue at her.

"Hm." She said with a relieved look. "All right then, if you're sure." She kissed him again and leaned against his chest.

He nodded as he kissed her back softly and kept his gaze on the sky.

I wish I could stay like this forever... Rogueblade thought to herself as she looked up at the moon. I don't know what I'd do if I suddenly lost him. It's strange how attached I've gotten in only a day or two.
She sighed with melancholy. "You should probably head home so Daisuke can get some sleep before school tomorrow."

"Aww you're worried about Daisuke. No sweat." he smiled and kissed her nose and stood up, stretching, "That would be smart." he sighed a bit. "I'll see you tomorrow right?" he smiled.

"Definitely." She said, her eyes glowing with a violet light. "And if I'm asleep, you'd better not try anything before waking me up." she said warningly.

He laughed a bit and shook his head, "Not till you're awake. Promise. You look even cuter when you're mad." he smiled and kissed her softly.

Rogueblade laughed and made a fake growling noise before flapping her wings and rising into the sky.
"Do you need any help getting home?" she asked.

"I think I'll be fine," he said as he did the same and started to fly home but he came back and stroked her face softly, "Good night."

"Good night," she said back, kissing him goodbye.

He kissed her back softly but didn't break the kiss. he put his hands on her waist gently and squeezed a bit.

Knowing that he wouldn't let her go, Rogueblade put her arms around him and kissed him back, for longer than she'd ever kissed him before.

He smiled softly before he pulled away softly, "I'd better go before I go too far," he said as he laughed a bit and pulled away.

"You have a point..." she answered wryly before she pulled away, however reluctantly, and began to fly slowly away and to her tree.

He smiled, "G' bye girly!" he yelled out and waved as he also flew off.

"You just had to throw that in there, didn't you!" she yelled back with a real growl this time, but she continued heading home.

"Yup!" he yelled back before he was home.