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Chapter 6: Conversations and Leaving Axum

"Mia, I'm sorry but we have to move on now. I took care of the servants so the village people are free to enjoy their town again." Jack's voice said from the other room as D stirred from sleep. "But Jack, why is it so important? I want you to stay." Mia's voice crooned. "No Mia, we have a job and now that D is healed we can leave." Jack growled out, frustration lacing his tone.

Mia continued to beg as Jack left the room to walk to D's current bedroom location. D blinked a bit when he saw Jack. Apparently the upper part of the rare-blood's armor was removable since he was currently shirtless, a towel around his shoulders, hair still loose and damp. His long bangs hung in front of his face. Then he noticed it, the long jagged scar running across his chest and many smaller scars running over his arms. D couldn't help staring, Jack suddenly noticed it and smiled at him. "Good to see you awake D. Are you feeling better?" Jack asked sitting in the chair beside the bed. "Yes I am." D said calmly. Jack leaned over D's torso to examine the bloody bandages. He undid them slowly, as not to rip off any scabs. Only after he undid the bandage to see the unmarred skin where the wound had been did he feel a hand on his chest.

D couldn't help his curiosity when he touched that long, painful looking scar on Jack's chest. Jack leaned back a bit, seeing curiosity in D's eyes. Others would not have noticed it, but Jack was definitely more in-tune to the looks in people's eyes.

"Curious about it?" Jack asked quietly, lightly touching D's hand. D was lightly surprised that Jack could tell but he nodded. "I got it a very, very long time ago. It's more then just a scar on my body it goes so much deeper. Somehow I know when I kill the vampire that gave it to me, that turned me into the monster I am today, one scar will be gone." Jack said softly, eyes almost betraying his inner turmoil. D saw the brief flash of sadness on his face before Jack suddenly shot up and grinned. "Don't wanna go down that road, sorry for getting all broody on ya. You can get a few more minuets sleep, I'll go get dressed." Jack said, waving as he walked into another room.

"Ya know D, he seemed kinda down talkin' about that stuff. What the hell made you touch that scar anyway!" The symbiot asked as D stared at the ceiling, trying to regain his composure. "Curiosity." He stated coolly. "Yeah right. Admit it D, you cared." "What?" "You wanted to know more about him. Admit it, you like him, A lot. Got a little giggly school-girl crush on him." The symbiot laughed and D clenched his fist angrily. "I like him as a partner and as a fighter, nothing more nothing less." D muttered angrily, looking at the hand he had brazenly touched that scar with. He was glaring at it, as if it had done that on it's own. Of course he couldn't explain the warm feeling in his chest on this hand. 'Maybe it's the thought of him trusting me enough to tell me that.' The small, more emotional part, of his mind said. D blinked suddenly, why should he care how much Jack trusted him?

The sad thing is, he did care, he cared a lot more then he let on. "Damn." D muttered, closing his eyes to rest a few more minuets before Jack's return.

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"Jack please reconsider!" Mia yelled as Jack and D, returned to their normal appearances, started reloading their horses. Jack sighed in a frustrated way. He hated having people chasing after him. The centuries were not kind to a guy like Jack, who's appearance made him the object of affection by both genders. "I have a job to do Mia. Sorry but a village like this isn't meant for me." Jack said, a fake grin plastered on his pale face as he finished loading his horse. "But Jack…" Mia pleaded, an honest to God look of infatuation on her face. Jack shook his head at her. "You'll meet a nice normal guy who isn't centuries older then you kiddo." Jack said waving over his shoulder as he walked away. Mia had tears in her eyes and D just had the urge to just drag Jack off.

"Damn Jack, ya get a pretty girl practically throwing herself at ya and you turn her down! And I thought you were different then mister tall dark and broody here!" The symbiot said surprised as D rode and Jack walked leading his horse. Jack just laughed lightly. He stayed quiet though, unnervingly so. He was looking at the map. D was still thinking about earlier that day, the look in Jack's dark golden eyes as he spoke of his scars, spoke of being a monster. D couldn't say anything; he didn't have the time before Jack sped off. He knew what he wanted to say, what he wanted to do. He wanted to tell him he was not a monster. He wanted to wrap his arms around him to tell him it was okay. It was odd, he had never felt like that before, he never felt like he wanted or needed to reassure someone. D shook his head to clear it. It was obviously a fluke, a one-time thing brought on by blood-loss and exhaustion. Nothing more.

A separate road! Jack noticed the separate road on the map with glee. They could cut five days off of travel if they took it. "Hey D, I found a road that'll cut days off of our travel time if we take it." Jack said happily. "Let's take it then." "Alright!" Jack said a smirk. 'I'm coming for you Count, get ready to pay!'

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Shadow: It was short AND it sucked
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