Notes: An entire story in one-shot. That is true boredom lol. Koukuya (hahah, of course) with yet again another vampire theme! As a warning, you will see me talking to Takuya and Kouji is ((these)) through the entire thing because... I'm a dork and... yeah... yeah. That one summer I was having this disturbing vampire obsession, wasn't I? As a random factoid, somehow or another I've ceased being a pervert and actually am not fond of lemons anymore. Is that... normal? I mean, hentai humor is always good but... wow... people DO change a lot in only two years. Weird. O.o
Title: None, but the filename was 'Oh My' Rating: M Written: Summer of 2004
It was one fiery instant after another, and by the time it occurred to Kouji what he was doing it no longer truly mattered. Takuya didn't fight it, and there was nothing to stop them. Well, to be truthful there was something that could stop them and did. One of the many servants that kept the vampire aware of all the problems existing outside of his hidden home walked through the door, not really expecting much of anything. After all, he was but a mere servant who knew not what Kouji did in his free time, nor of that new companion Kouji had recently acquired. ((Takuya: …you make me sound like an object. HP: Don't worry, Kouji doesn't see it that way. Takuya: It's not him I question… HP: What's THAT supposed to mean? Takuya: -Rolls eyes- Get back to your stupid writing.)) What the servant stumbled upon was rather a startling scene, for he wasn't really expecting it. On the silken bed was Takuya beneath Kouji, his arms wrapped around the black-haired enigma's neck, his legs spread out and Kouji between them. The two were fully clothed by the way you hentais… ((Kouji: I see… I see… HP! Stop imaging yaoi damnit! HP: Aww… you are no fun! Takuya: Kouji, she is a Chibi Saga. 0.0 Kouji: …so this means I can kill her? Takuya: Hey! I called dibs a looong time ago there buddy! HP: o0; I still find it amazing I lived past my fifteenth birthday, and confused why no one understands. Takuya: -Reves up a chainsaw- Heeheeheee…))
Kouji had been placing gentle kisses, licks, and nips all over Takuya's neck, while the brunette held his eyes closed in sheer pleasure, letting Kouji do as he pleased. Kouji's arms went under Takuya's back, and felt the smooth skin beneath the fabric with his hands, roaming about. The dumbfounded servant realized neither noticeded he had come in, and looked from left to right. He wasn't honestly sure if he should interrupt, mostly because he didn't want to burst into flame… ((Kouji: -Sweat dropping as HP runs in fear of Takuya's wrath- Sometimes I wonder what ever gave that girl the notion I was the seme… not that I'm complaining, but the more I watch the more I wonder…)) Mustering up his courage, and swallowing a large amount of saliva, and took a deep breath.
"S…s… sir Kouji?" He asked carefully, trying to not shake. Slowly, Kouji's blue eyes opened and he ceased what he was doing, and Takuya opened his eyes. They looked at eachother for a moment, then Kouji's gaze traveled to the servant.
"Yes?" Kouji asked, not holding any intention to harm the servant at all. Why should he? Never before did anyone know they had to knock… in fact, they never did in the past. Why get mad at someone who didn't know?
"Uh, sorry to intrude sir, but there's a problem and I was sent to get you. Are you too busy to… come?" The servant asked, and he glanced quickly at Takuya then to the one he served. Kouji then looked at Takuya, and almost chuckled.
"No, wait for me outside." Kouji replied, and the servant nodded his head before walking outside. The black-haired one then looked back at Takuya, who was raising a brow at him. Kouji gave a small smile then pecked Takuya on the lips, before getting up, the brunette following. ((Kouji: Nooo! Takuya: Why? Why'd you make us stop? TT HP: Missing an arm, where blood is spurting out Oh, I don't know… Kouji: Demonic fiend, die! Kouji starts chasing HP Takuya: Sweat drops as HP is crying as she runs away I'd feel bad for her if I didn't hate her so damned much…)) Personally, if Kouji had the choice he'd give up every last thing he had to be with Takuya for all eternity. Whatever it was that made Kouji love the boy so much, he didn't know, and he didn't really care.
To be truthful, Takuya coming to him was not merely an accident, but something of fault. Who knew bad things could bring something so perfect and needed? For years the village he had guarded said he needed someone to be with him, so that he would no longer be alone. He brushed this off, believing he was perfectly fine alone. The times when he'd wish someone was there to hear him, he hid inside his mind, and ignored the nagging it brought when it resurfaced. One day, someone in the village was kidnapped, it was his servant's son. The servant's, 'precious gem', if you will. Something so priceless, something you need more than anything else. Kouji, felt compelled to help, after all the servant only gave loyal services for who knows how long. Out he set, to find this child that brought happiness into his old servant's life. A many time had the servant told great stories about his beloved child, and Kouji had listened, even though the servant thought he was asleep. In reality, Kouji barely slept an hour, it didn't bother him one bit. He marveled at the simplicity that mortal humans lived, and at what so simple could bring them such joy.
His searching and questioning took him far beyond the village territory, and the neighbors territory. Along his way, Kouji learned a few very important things about the people who had kidnapped the son. One was that they were slave traders. Two was that the slaves they sold, was generally to people who treated the slaves like objects and things to be… 'played' with if you will. The third thing was, supposedly the gang of slave-traders were protected by a supernatural creature, something so powerful not even an enraged poltergeist could stand up against it. If the creature did exist, Kouji wished to know more about it and forget about his village. Speak with the creature, and wander around for a few centuries again. To be honest, Kouji was around four-thousand years old, but time did not truly matter to him, and his own kind most likely had forgotten he ever existed. After all, the last any of them even heard a whisper of him was from his brother, who had died many years ago. Was it one or two thousand years ago? The vampires thought Kouji had burnt up too, but it was not so,
No matter, either way Kouji was going to have something interesting occur to him, and whatever it was did not matter. If he died, well he did and that really did not matter. ((Kouji: -Holding a bloody knife- Can we get back to me and Takuya's quality time now? HP: xX …give me… a bit… blood… whoeeeoeooe… -Passes out from bloodloss- Takuya: Way to go Kouji…)) One day, he was following their trail when he smelt the blood of mortals nearby. He smelled soiled blood, innocent blood, and the rare nuetral blood. The blood that wasn't really evil, but it wasn't good either. Soiled blood was that of blood that did cruel, and hateful things, while innocent was well… self-explainitory. Walking around the forest carefully and silently, it was when he had first seen Takuya. Two men were holding him down on the forest floor, while one hovered over him like a starving vulture. The brunette, seemingly was not taking any sort of liking to this situation, and was fighting them as hard as one could.
Yes, to Kouji the brunette was a beautiful human, and it made sense why someone would want him. But Kouji really didn't give a damn if you were the fucking prettiest thing on earth, if your personality sucks stay the hell away from him. Back to the story, Kouji wasn't really hungry, and it wasn't his business. He was about to move on, but something about the brunette made him stay around. Perhaps it was the fiery temperment that caught Kouji's eye, generally humans would give in and cry, or scream. No, the brunette was twisting and swearing, and letting out threats. The three men merely laughed him off, knowing well they had a full advantage and that no matter what filthy words came out of such a pretty mouth it was no true threat. Brown eyes with a red tint to them, creating a surreal resemblence to flames preparing to destroy acres of trees and life. Whenever the man hovering over him though tried to get to close, he would snap out at him, as if trying to bite his head out. This constantly made the vulture-like mad move quickly away from the snarling boy.
If he tried to touch him anywhere, the brunette's legs would just spontaneously flail out and hope to hit something, no they HIT something alright. Be it the mans legs, stomach, or jaw. After awhile of the three men fighting with him, the brunette finally managed to get the right spot: Vulture man's hardening erection. The high-pitched scream of pain that echoed throughout the forest pierced everywhere, and Kouji nearly had to cover his ears. Nearly. Holding his crotch in his pain, the man stumbled backwards, eyes crossing in the throbbing pain created by an enraged teen who didn't want to be touched by them in any way. A victorious smirk came on the brunettes face, and at the other two's momentary shock, he tried to escape. That is, try. When feeling the sudden movement, the two snapped back to the 'prize' that was trying to run away, and grabbed him by the waist before slamming his body into the ground, thoroughly knocking the wind out of the boy. Lost in a short daze from the breath having forcefully left his lungs, the brunette lay staring with confusion around him. He shook his head and the situation returned, before he again tried to get away from them.
By now, the two men were determined to not let the brunette get away. The one suffering in the pain, slowly came over, his steps tender and careful. He had a cruel, and hateful look which didn't hold the slightest effect on the brunette. It seemed the teen wasn't going to regret ever that he did that, and only hoped the guy got nuetured by some random chance. The vulture man wasn't at all pleased at what occurred, and it must've angered him to no end at all. His eyes glared down at the cussing boy, threatening a very painful, and very horrible fate before him. Still, the brunette did not heed, and Kouji was finding this personality very alluring. Maybe it was the fact the brunette refused to bend to anyone's will. Maybe it was the flare this boy had that Kouji never seen in anything; alive or dead. Maybe it was merely how something was attractive was matched only by the violence radiating from the teen. Whatever it was, Kouji wanted to see it last longer than until these men ensured having their way with him. If anything, a mortal with so much spirit should not be broken no matter what the dangers it may cause.
"Listen boy, you are going to behave…" Vulture man said venomously, but the brunette continued his best struggle, despite the odds. "Or else I'll ensure this will be more painful than pleasurable on your part." He growled, continued.
"Go fuck your dog, at least it won't bite back." The brunette snarled back at him, and vulture man got so red in the face Kouji nearly attacked the guy merely for the fact of looking the color of blood. "Hey, it might even be nicer because you look like a damn lobster and the dog would want to eat you!" He continued, merely enraging vulture man further. Fuming, he began to shake, holding back his rage to rip the brunette limb from limb. Again, such filth was coming from something so pure and lovely… this most likely was what was alluring Kouji the most.
"You little…! Fine, have it your way. After we get done to you, the traders will happily take you and sell you to the damn whorehouse!" He scowled, and here he had a gleam in his eye. The traders? Well, this most likely meant the slave traders Kouji was looking for, so why not? Getting up from the bushes, the two men holding the brunette down looked up when seeing someone approach. "What do you want?" Vulture man sneered. Kouji's eyes flickered to the brunette, then back to him.
"Your clothes, money, and directions to where I may find these traders." He responded simply enough. The brunette wasn't paying attention to this new person, but he was fidgeting and still uselessly trying to get away. Such spirit…
"What? You miserable little…!" Vulture man hissed, angered at his honesty and how he said it as if Kouji really thought he'd give it to the black-haired one. Kouji stood there calmly, not truly fearing him. Humans are dangerous, but this one was pretty stupid. You never rape someone in the open, it just made no sense. Sure, they were in a forest but still… He approached Kouji and took out a knife, and as he lowered it with all his force the vampire stepped aside and allowed it to miss and vulture man stumble forward. He whirled around to watch Kouji, and when he came again, with speed Kouji grabbed the hand he used to attack with the knife, and twisted it behind his back before pushing him ahead. A small smile on the vampiric face as if this were a fun little game, mostly to tick him off. He glowered at Kouji, and tried again, except this time the black-haired one rammed him into the tree. He slumped forward, dizzied and probably seeing swirling black spots appearing all over his vision. He wasn't hit it hard enough to cause permanent damage or knock him out, merely daze him.
Figuring he might as well help out the brunette, and use the excuse he didn't want the two lumberjacks to cause him any problems, Kouji grabbed one and tossed him maybe forty yards away. The other, with the brunette in tow tried to run off, but with a swift kick in the shin the man dropped the brunette and hopped holding the injured leg. The man then hobbled away, and the brunette then turned on Kouji with a mixture of distrust and curiousity.
"I could have handled them." Takuya muttered to himself.
"Don't flatter yourself, I came to ask where the traders were." Kouji replied simply, and walked over to the vulture man.
"I'm not. Merely referring to if you waited I would have taken them down." The brunette shot back, and Kouji nearly smiled at how much pride the brunette had.
"If I did, you would have been raped and they would have been gone." Kouji responded to his words calmly, and from his eye's corner he saw the brunette turn red slightly, obviously hoping Kouji didn't know what they were trying to do. When the brunette said no more, Kouji shook the shoulders of the dazed vulture man. He shook his head, then tried to shrink back away from Kouji.
"Fine, a-anything you want!" Vulture man stammered, feeling helpless without his two large lumberjacks to protect him. He started to undress himself when Kouji motioned for him to stop.
"I was not serious about the clothing part, by all things holy do keep that on. I prefer to not see what you do not have." Kouji sighed, and at the insulted and enraged look, all it took was a glare to make it go away into fear.
"Fine, my money!" He wailed ,and threw it all on the ground. Kouji absentmindly picked it up, his eyes locked on the vulture man.
"And the location of the traders…?" Kouji asked, trailing his sentence.
"I don't know, it was just an empty threat I said to the boy!" Vulture man cried, and Kouji almost looked away in disgust. Kouji had a feeling if he looked at the brunette, he would either be fuming or be standing there blushing. He still smelt the innocent blood, which was belonging to the brunette, so he was still standing there. The man Kouji had flung was neutral, while the one who ran away was soiled, just as was this vulture man before him.
"I don't believe you; now you tell me or you'll see just how easily I can rip your arms out of their beloved sockets!" Kouji said in a cold whisper, so that only the vulture man could hear. He then burst in tears, blubbering nonsense with the tear so far Kouji was amazed he didn't drown in them.
"They are at the edge of the forest. Tonight's an auction night and if you bring in anyone before then you'll get paid good tomorrow." He wailed, causing Kouji to sigh and shake his head. This was disgusting, and now after seeing this Kouji wouldn't be the least bit surprised if vulture man did drag the almost broken spirited brunette there just to be sold off to some other lecherous person.
"Ah, then let's be thankful you didn't meet me there." The black-haired vampire said with a cruel smile and got up, leaving the weeping man to himself. He then proceeded back into the thicket of the trees, before he heard the brunettes voice.
"Hey! Wait up!" He called, but Kouji did not yield to it. He didn't walk faster either. The brunette caught up and was giving him something similar to the third eye in a way. "What concerns you and the traders?" He asked.
"Why do you want to know? Want to be given to them or something?" Kouji asked, his voice monotonic, and intentionally trying to enrage the brunette. Personally he found that most interesting and particulairly nice to watch his body's movements when angered. The brunette'es eyes narrowed, and his mind was trying to find something to snap back at him with.
"No thanks, what do you take me for? I just want to know what concerns a foreigner like you in this region looking for traders?" The brunette responded to Kouji bitterly.
"A rapists-target. And why does my interest in the traders concern you?" Kouji asked, his voice perfectly unreadable like his blank expression. His words though caused Takuya to turn red, but not as badly as vulture man. Rather his face was a mixture of rising anger and embarrasment. It was such an adorable expression on his face…
"You…! I am not!" Takuya responded to him hotly. "And I merely want to know because we've been getting a lot of foreigners lately looking for missing family the traders took!" He scolded. "You helped me, and I just wanted to help you! But I don't think that'd be a good idea anymore." He continued, eyes ablaze. His eyes didn't hold as much hatred though as they did with the three men, which partly saddened Kouji, and partly made him giddy. Giddy?
"You asked, I gave my honest thought. Would you rather me lie?" Kouji asked, and Takuya's face became priceless, but then was covered by annoyance. "And I thought you didn't need help."
"…! I'm not stupid, it doesn't take a genius to know two men holding you down and third there isn't going to be easy as pie to escape from! You weren't pinned or jumped so it's no surprise you kicked their asses!" The brunette replied hotly, a part of him annoyed at Kouji's answers and questions.
"No, been there, and still did that." Kouji said, as if in thought. This merely annoyed the brunette again to no end, and Kouji found himself loving the predictable flares from this lovely brunette. "And I really doubt your help will be of any actual use to me." He continued. Rather get angry, he noticed brunette's hurt look instead. Kouji wasn't entirely sure how this came about, but it seemed the more he made this boy feel inferior made him feel worse on the inside. He should have known that would happen, but he was too caught up in watching the movements and hearing the angry words from such an animated mortal.
"…fine, you know what, BE that way…" The brunette said, and with a glare, he started to walk slowly past Kouji. Watching him leave, Kouji shook his head and put his hands in his pockets. All the money was gone. Somehow, that damned brunette just pickpocketed him without his noticing. What a crafty little luscious thief… if that brunette kept up like this, he might just find himself kidnapped. Smelling the air for the innocent blood the brunette had, Kouji instantly took off in search for him,
"Where are you, you little son of a bitch?" Kouji growled, mostly to himself. Sniffing around, he eventually came upon and tree and looked up. The brunette had obviously clambered up it knowing Kouji would find his money gone, and instantly rush off to find him. What the brunette didn't know, was that Kouji would find him no matter where he went. Yes, even in water. Going up the tree in a slow, and silent way as to not be noticed, he went up. He saw the brunette looking down at the forest floor, thinking Kouji had gone away. Kouji could hear the pounding of the brunette's heart, beat after beat, and smell a slight scent of prespiration in fear of getting caught. If only he knew Kouji was behind him, how would he act then?
Going more silent than lethal predator, Kouji then jumped him. Thoroughly surprising the brunette who released a gasp as Kouji's took his right arm and wrapped it around the brunette's arm immobolizing them from scratching, grabbing, that sort of thing. While his left hand swirved around to lightly grab one of the brunette's hips merely to hopefully frighten him enough he would stop fidgeting. Almost instantly the brunette really did stop moving, eyes bulging and looking fearfully at Kouji, not wanting today's nightmare continue even more so with someone who had just threw one, scared another, and reduced a third to a ball of tears. He shouldn't worry though, Kouji wouldn't do anything like that to anyone. No matter how alluring they may be. Kidnapping on the other hand, Kouji might accidently find himself doing if this damned boy kept doing things that grabbed so much of his attention, when he himself didn't even know how this boy was doing it!
"Listen very carefully you little thief, I'm not going to hurt you. Settle down, and I'll let you go so long as you give back my money damnit." Kouji whispered into the brunette's ear, and feeling the warm body shiver beneath his words. The brunette had such a warm body, Kouji had almost forgotten how soft and warm living human flesh felt. The brunette nodded his head, and Kouji carefully let him go and when seeing he wouldn't take off, Kouji held his hand out. "Now give it back." Reluctantly, the brunette gave back some of Kouji's money, but not all. Rather than pester him to give it ALL back, he asked. "And what, exactly do you need all that money for?" He sighed.
"They have my brother. And I'm lost."The brunette admitted softly, this catching Kouji a bit off his guard. So not only was this boy lost, he too came into the forest to find the traders. He was pick-pocketing everyone in hopes of buying his brother back. Made sense. Then a question suddenly came to Kouji's mind, and he was unsure as to why.
"…you pick-pocketed those rapists too didn't you?" Kouji asked. The brunette gave a small smile and nodded his head.
"Well, there were two possible outcomes. They take something from me, I take something from them. They take nothing from me, I take something from them." He explained with a shrug.
"That almost sounds like prostitution, if it weren't for the fact you didn't choose what was happening." Kouji sighed and shook his had at this boy's thought process. In a strange way, it made it's own sense. That didn't mean that he was going to approve of this train of thought though."All right, let's say that I'll accept your offer of help. What exactly is it?" Kouji sighed. Takuya gave a large proud grin.
"Well, while wandering aimlessly hoping to find someone to steal from or the traders, I found fellow lost people! They are looking for the traders too, they want either their wives, or their children back. You still haven't told me what business they have with you though." The brunette explained.
"Someone I know lost his son, and I felt it was my obligation to bring him back." Kouji shrugged. "Besides, I heard rumors of a strange creature and it sounds rather interesting. I merely should know if it truly exists or not." He explained further. The brunette's eyes glazed over momentarily then went to normal.
"It exists, but some rumors are exagerrated. It's stronger than any human, but it wouldn't surprise me it some other supernatural being defeated with ease. By the way, I'm Takuya, what's your name?" The brunette asked. Ah, so now the black-haired on knew his name. For whatever reason, it fitted him perfectly, and though part of him wished to say this out loud, he refrained knowing he may not be as trusting of himself as he is now. He either trusted Kouji or was trying to lie to him and steal the money again. He sure didn't have Kouji's trust after the pick-pocketing incident. He could be the intoxicating creature all he wanted, but damnit if Kouji's life was in his hands he'd be petrified.
"It's of no importance, and if you need to call me by something, 'hey you' works." Kouji said brushing away the question. Before Takuya could argue he jumped down from the tree and looked up at Takuya to come down. The brunette gave a look of slight confusion, as Kouji had done something very humans could do. Then it occurred to Kouji that this boy, the one in so short a time captured his attention thought he was a normal human with a life span. It was a nice illusion, but it was not true and by now Kouji he'd have to be careful to keep this belief. Takuya was unpredictable in his own way, and it was the last thing Kouji wanted to scare him away.
"Right. Any ways, most likely if we continue our aimless wandering we'll find them. Uh, by the way… how'd you do that?" Takuya asked shyly, in reference to Kouji's jump.
"Practice from getting stuck in trees too often." Kouji lied easily. Takuya almost laughed, and the smile on his face suited him better than the angered looks. The black-haired vampire was no longer sure what he liked more, this brunette happy or angry. After climbing down, the two set out in search or either the band of traders of the others like themselves seeking their lost ones. Along the way Takuya told Kouji a lot about the area and his family, and very often would try to pry any information out of Kouji. The black-haired one never revealed anything, but rather gave one-word answers that were either lies of half-truths. Such as did he have any siblings; well he used to. After awhile it got through Takuya's stubborn attitude that Kouji wasn't revealing any personal information and everything he was saying Kouji was listening to, but only because he had to.
When Takuya went into a short lapse of silence, Kouji wasn't sure what to do. He enjoyed hearing the sweet tone of Takuya's voice, and hearing everything about him and know all these things. What caused him to become one so easily enflamed, and so utterly interesting in every thing he did. It seemed though Takuya couldn't keep himself quiet, no matter how hard he tried. There was another human being in his mind, and he was tired of being quiet and well… whatever other excuse his mind could come up with, either way the brunette proceeded to talking again like some rambler. Kouji did not mind, he listened to the boy talk, and this went on for hours. Takuya could talk about anything and everything – and he most certainly did without care. What Kouji's personal thoughts were did not bother him in the least bit, and rather loathe him for being inconsiderate Kouji respected him for being such a splendid individual with such a mind!
"…it's amazing! Just think about it, an animal that can replace missing parts!" Takuya said exitedly. He was speaking of how from a fisherman who was forced to retire and go to a less heated enviroment spoke of a thing called a starfish. The starfish would regenerate its missing limbs over a period of time, and Takuya was finding this very interesting. A non-supernatural creature doing such a feat, why would it not amaze him? Really, Kouji found this a very interesting bit of knowledge. Like so many other things, he kept this to himself in the end. After awhile though what Takuya had said Kouji couldn't tell, he was listening to the tones, rise and fall of Takuya's voice, and watching his motions; eyes half-lidded. Suddenly Takuya stopped in his tracks and he stared ahead. Seeing this, Kouji looked ahead and was baffled. There stood a person, but it most certainly was not a mortal human. Kouji's eyes narrowed dangerously, this was another vampire. "And there is your supernatural being." Takuya said darkly.
"That's it?" Kouji asked incrudeously. This one vampire may have been one for perhaps fifty years, really it wasn't that old. Then again, even one a week old could take down a human easily if it knew its powers well enough. Quite understandable, and an especially good reason why Takuya had said any other supernatural being could take him down. The other was looking Takuya up and down carefully, tracing his body lines and every curve he had. Kouji held his own powers inside, unsure if the other knew or not he was another like him. The staring was making Takuya rather uncomfortable, and he made a small step closer to Kouji out of this. The other vampire's lips curved upwards into a horrible smile.
"Ahh.. lovely lovely little human… you would sell well." He said, then nodded his head and looked over at Kouji's cold gaze. He looked the black-haired one up and down, and while he didn't seem quite as satisfied by what he saw with Takuya, he still had that dark smile. "You might sell nicely too… but not as well." He said. With the swiftness of a normal creature he flashed by before Kouji could react properly, and grabbed Takuya throwing him over his shoulder. Instantly the brunette kicked and punched to be let go, not really one to be controlled again in the same day. Didn't he have such luck?
"Put him down." Kouji said calmly. "If you don't want to get hurt." He added on. The vampire laughed at him, not seeing how this was threatening.
"You humans, mortals are so foolish." The vampire laughed. He stopped when Kouji gave him a dark smile flashing the vampiric fangs he too had.
"No, you are one so young… so stupid." Kouji said simply, and before the other could react as he moved with agility he didn't expect just like Kouji, the black-haired vampire elbowed the other. In the process Takuya was knocked out of the vampire's clutches, who was holding his gut. Takuya rubbed his head, and looked over to see Kouji tilting his head at the vampire.
"You know it's rude to intrude on another's territory." The vampire hissed angrily.
"I know. But you intruded on mine long before I entered your forest, and you stole too. It was curious as to why so many humans in the area were found dead." Kouji sighed then shook his head. Reaching over, he grabbed the fearful vampires head, then snapped it to the side breaking it instantly. To say the least Takuya was a bit horrified really, and backed up some. The vampire fell to the ground. "When that heals I would hope you choose more carefully whose territory you intrude on. I've had enough with you foolish young ones, and…" He trailed, then grabbed the hair of the vampire roughly. "Because you really pissed me off messing with things you shouldn't I'm going to rip your little humans limbs from damned limb so they'll see the hell you temporarily escaped." He hissed, then threw the vampire head down into the moist soil. He then looked at Takuya, who wasn't sure if he bothered to run if he'd actually get very far before Kouji caught him.
"I said I won't hurt you, and I don't plan on it." Kouji sighed, waving the silly thoughts away. It didn't help Takuya very much, he was shaking lightly.
"Y… you're a vampire…" Takuya said weakly, as if he didn't really want to believe it. Annoyed, Kouji gestured that yes, he really was. "W… why didn't…" His eyes were getting a little watery, and Kouji found himself really not wanting him to cry. It just didn't suit him in any aspect whatsoever.
"Didn't I tell you?" Kouji asked, and received a nod in response. Kouji turned around to look at the still form of the vampire, making sure he wasn't jumped. "You never asked, you assumed. And why would I carelessly tell every mortal I see what I am? To get burned? No thanks." He explained, and Takuya went into quiet contemplation. His silence was driving Kouji slightly insane, so he looked down at the still motionless vampire.
"…I trusted you." Takuya whispered, obviously hurt by this newly acquired information.
"When a person doesn't give you their name, generally they are giving away hints to not trust them." Kouji sighed. Takuya looked at him, teary-eyed and all with a small bit of hope glimmering that Kouji would just laugh and say 'I'm jokin!' Kouji did not. And Takuya knew he wouldn't, but Kouji knew he was still hoping. Perhaps because Kouji tolerated his endless talks did Takuya see him as someone to trust and the fact he was helping the brunette.
"Hahahahah…" The vampire chuckled. The two then looked at him. "I remember you now… my creator spoke of you, but you're supposed to be DEAD. Hahahah… you survived the damned sun. Kouji, right? My creator said Kouichi had short hair… beyond that and he was nicer and more trusting you two were mirror images. Hahah… supposedly dead, it turns out the vampire Kouji exists, breathes, lives, and feeds maybe. Or I'm hallucinating… imagine that. I intrude on your territory and here you come to eliminate everything I worked so hard on. Hahahah… if I heal before the rising sun and somehow manage to live, think of the tales! Everyone will think mad… but think of it!" More insane laughter from the vampire. He was conscious, but he was raving and immobilized. Takuya looked from him, to Kouji.
"So, that's your name?" Takuya questioned, his voice a bit hoarse, trying to hold down everything he was feeling inside.
"You're mad already." Kouji sighed, and kicked the vampire in the head knocking him out. "And perhaps it is. You can stay here if you like, but I'm going to the traders with or without you." He said as he walked past the saddened form of Takuya. The brunette was less of interest to him in such a way, and to add on to that the vampire was the cause of it. Well, actually it was Kouji's own fault but currently he was too angry to think about it logically. All he knew was somehow he developed an object in which he wanted to direct his affection, but he couldn't, and that because of that stupid vampire it was probably impossible to ever look Takuya directly in the eye again because the other either feared him or hated him for what he was. Again though, Takuya proved to him more unpredictable than he realized. The brunette ran over to catch up with him.
"You think I'm going to let you have my little brother look up to you? Nuh-uh, sorry buddy you are not getting away with that one." Takuya said, walking next to Kouji, who almost smiled. He knew what the brunette was saying though, he was saying he wanted to go with him. Even if it was because the brunette was scared to be alone, he still had Takuya's trust. Or at least enough of it that Takuya would walk with him without any fear inside.
"Who said I was going to help him?" Kouji asked.
"Never said you wouldn't either." Takuya countered. Kouji gave a light chuckle, surprising Takuya, who then got a strange look in his eye. "And here I thought you couldn't laugh…" He said and smiled softly. Then he went back to his ranting about these starfish again, as if nothing had happened. Unbelievable how fast he could recover when he had seemed so hurt. Maybe he wasn't that hurt, more of dealing with too much in one day. A sudden warning went through every vein Kouji possessed and he stopped walking immediately. Takuya turned around to see what caused the black-haired vampire to stop and raised an eyebrow.
"In an hour the sun will rise." Kouji whispered. Takuya looked at him quizzically.
"Didn't you survive in the sun?" Takuya asked.
"No, in all reality that was an unusual occurrence. Some humans had been going by, when they saw me and my brother burning like leaves under a magnifying glass by the suns light. They were very open-hearted humans, and the vampires that had dug deep into the earth before the sun rose were sound asleep and knew not of this. They covered me up first, as I was closest. When they reached my brother he didn't even have ashes left afterwards. From the experience I have SOME resistance, but no matter how much I gain it still burns like the flames from hell, so to speak. Really, I never been there." Kouji said waving it all away. Takuya gave a small smile.
"So you are the Kouji that vampire spoke of." Takuya said slyly. Kouji was startled at first, then it occurred to him what he had just done. He just told someone he recently met more about his life than his most trusted and loyal servants ever knew about him these past few centuries. Curious… Instead of thinking on it, Kouji dismissed what Takuya said.
"Whatever, travel on I'm going to sleep." Kouji said ignoring it, then walked carefully to a large tree, examined it, then began digging furiously.
"You're sleeping in the ground?" Takuya asked, giving him a strange look.
"Do you have a coffin?" Kouji asked, not stopping. Takuya was silent, then he spoke.
"No…" He said softly. "So when will you wake up?" Takuya continued, asking a question this round.
"Technically, I'll wake up in an hour or two, then I just lay there until the sun is completely down. You know when it is because it's instinctive." Kouji explained, and then tilted his head. "I've seen better. Much better, but whatever, it works." He sighed, then crawled into the crudely made hole.
"You are going to have aches later." Takuya said, shaking his head in shame at the sight. Giving him a quick glare, Kouji closed his eyes and slowly the dirt covered over his body almost as if of its own will, surprising Takuya. Soon the earth looked undisturbed and a few moments later, the first rays of the sun leaked inside the forest. Feeling a bit alone, Takuya laid down on the earth next to where Kouji laid. Well, if he was sleeping, why not? Soon the two were in a darkness lacking dreams, a world of nothingness.
Night fell, and Kouji found himself slowly digging out of the crudely made area for him to sleep. Getting out and looking around the darkness, his eyes landed on Takuya's innocent sleeping form. Before he hadn't let his eyes wander, for courtesy, not wanting to alarm Takuya, and because he really didn't care. Though now he found himself following every line, curve… everything that made Takuya what he was on the outside. It felt so wrong to be looking at the brunette like this as he slept, but it was almost as if Kouji's eyes were moving of their own violation. The truth was though, they weren't. Shaking his head to rid himself free of thoughts and silly fantasies, he shook the brunette to wake him up.
"Takuya, get up." Kouji said, and after a moment and a few incoherent words, the brunette got up. Rubbing the sleep out of them Takuya looked around. Then Kouji felt it, the slow feeling that someone was watching you. Takuya must have felt it too, because he was wide awake and looking around with some alarm. Slowly humans formed a circle everywhere around them, knives and swords gleaming in the firelight and the moonlight.
"You killed our vampire." One said, a malevolent smirk on his face.
"Only another could do that…" A second said, with a dark hallow laugh.
"Let's get this new one to do our dirty deeds…" A third.
"But how?" A fourth.
"Easy." A fifth.
"The brunette." A sixth, and on sheer instinct did Kouji find him self moving a bit closer to Takuya, who was on the edge of panic, but luckily he knew well enough not too.
"When he'd next to him?" A seventh.
"No, stupid." An eighth.
"That's suicide." A ninth.
"So how?" A tenth.
"We have what the brunette wants." An eleventh.
"Let's kill him." A twelvth. Takuya and Kouji knew full well who they were talking about, it was Takuya's brother.
"Only if the brunette doesn't come." The first.
"Yes yes…" A thirteenth.
"We'll have our vampire then." The fifth.
"Get him." The ninth. A few disappeared from the circle. What Kouji disliked the most about the situation was the fact that if they tried to escape, he wouldn't put it past them to heartlessly massacre Takuya's brother. He felt the brunette's fear, and he moved a bit closer to Takuya to try and comfort him in some way. It didn't do any more good than adding oil to a fire. It made him start to shake, then he moved closer to Kouji.
"Here he is." The seventh. There stood a small boy with short brown hair and brown eyes, and bruises on his arms and face, dressed in rags.
"Shinya?" Takuya asked in a hoarse whisper. The little boy looked up and saw Takuya.
"Onii-chan?" He asked, then looked at the men around him. "You shouldn't be here! Go home!" Shinya said, a hint of worry in his tone.
"How sentimental. So what do you say brunette? I have an idea, if you can get your brother from me, we'll let you go. And your little vampiric friend can't help, deal?" The first. Shinya gave Takuya a confused look at the reference to Kouji, but the boy didn't pay attention. Shakily Takuya stood up and Kouji for once felt helpless. He couldn't help Takuya, and if he did he'd ruin all chances of helping them. Save Shinya they'd kill Takuya, save Takuya they'd kill Shinya. Damnit brunette, he just had to appear before Kouji didn't he?
"Fine." Takuya said icily, and it took him a moment to steady himself. The man grinned, and waved him to come on. The brunette's eyes looked him up and down, and he slowly walked right up to him, but far away enough that if he was grabbed at he could dodge easily. Takuya held out his right hand, and his eyes narrowed into slits almost. "Fire 3." He said simply, and in a moments time the mind blew instantly into flames, swirling around him. In his screaming terror he threw Shinya away and Takuya caught him before he fell. The light, having been so bright thoroughly frightened Kouji away, he couldn't stand at how bright it was. He flew. It couldn't be helped, while the men that surrounded them fled. As the fire died down, Takuya's body felt very light and weak, and he swayed on his feet. Shinya clung to his brothers legs in fear, seeing the remaining cinders of the man.
"Onii-chan, you shouldn't have done that!" Shinya scowled his older brother. Takuya meekly nodded his head in agreement, everything spinning so quickly. Before he blacked out though he felt a pair of arms catch him as he fell backwards. It was Kouji, but the brunette didn't know this, he only knew darkness now.
"What was that?" Kouji asked calmly.
"I'll answer that after you tell me what you are. I've never in my life seen a human flee so quickly at the sight of fire." Shinya said, glaring at Kouji.
"If you were listening, then you would well know I'm not exactly human." Kouji sighed, and gently placed Takuya's unconscious form on the ground.
"Then what are you?" Shinya sighed.
"A vampire, what the hell else would run from light?" Kouji growled. Shinya was slightly taken aback, then gave Kouji the once-over.
"You can't be, Takuya hates vampires. They killed mom and dad, why would he want to be anywhere near you?" Shinya asked coldly. Kouji blinked, then looked at Shinya with confusion. Was that why Takuya had looked so hurt when he found out what Kouji really was? Because the person he had been traveling with was something he despised so much? And why did he continue afterwards with Kouji? Truly, this brunette was very confusing. For some strange reason Kouji liked him even more now, even as absurd as it seemed.
"How would I know? Now that I answered you questions, why don't you answer mine? What was that?" Kouji pressed, not in the mood for twenty questions from some runt. Shinya didn't seem too keen on answering this because he shook his head.
"If he himself didn't tell you, why should I?" Shinya asked Kouji, who glared at him.
"Because he's out cold and along the way he was too busy jabbering about starfish." Kouji sighed. Shinya blinked and then shook his head with a smile.
"He really likes starfish… anyways, that's still no reason!" Shinya growled, then looked around. "We're going. Without you." Shinya declared. Kouji raised his eyebrow at this, then looked around.
"And how exactly are you carrying your brother?" Kouji asked him. Shinya was dumbfounded, and scratched the top of his head.
"Err… minor details! Besides, when he wakes up, he'll be set to go and we'll leave and never see your cursed face again!" Shinya spat. Kouji took this all rather calmly, as humans said such things to him many centuries ago, and a small child saying this made no difference to him.
"And you're positive he'll leave without me?" Kouji asked, and received a nod. "You know, he's proven to be rather unpredictable. When he learned I was a vampire, I thought he either feared me or hated me, and yet for some reason he came along anyways. That was something I had not anticipated." He said, and looked up at the stars in the skies. Shinya scrunched his nose up, then rolled his eyes at Kouji.
"While that much is true, I suppose, I know for a fact he will come with me. And not go with you. He can't be with you, even if you want him too and you can't force him either! He'll burn you like a dried log!" Shinya hissed. Kouji raised a brow at this; he wasn't plotting on kidnapping Takuya. Sure, yesterday kidnapped was exactly what he had wanted to do. Tonight though, was different. Kouji knew that Takuya would always be where he wanted to be, and forcing him to go somewhere he did not want to be was the same as raping him in a way. Beyond all of that, Kouji said no matter what he would never hurt Takuya. Everything Shinya had said was true, that much Kouji would not argue with. Though there was one thing Kouji had to know…
"How do you know if I even want him to come with me?" Kouji asked, giving Shinya a blank and annoyed look. While that made little sense, he did. The boy rolled his eyes as if it was some sort of stupid question.
"Few people bother to tolerate listening for him to talk for that long, and you seemed to have tolerated it to the starfish level. Come on, the only people I've seen do that wanted my brother in one way or another." He said shaking his head. "Of course, he never listens to me and then when bad things happens he wonders why! Luckily nothing too serious has happened, because he either accidently sent them in flame or someone found him before anything could occur." Shinya sighed, shaking his head as if recalling all his brothers little incidents from merely not thinking. Kouji was bit apalled by this information, more or less because when Kouji grabbed Takuya from behind Kouji would have been one very dead vampire… very dead. "Changing your intentions now huh, vampire?" He asked with some supremecy. Right.
"Actually, I'm thinking about when he might've burnt me to less than ashes. Luckily he didn't, otherwise I wouldn't have gotten my money back…" Kouji answered, not bothering to tell Shinya his name. What did it matter anyway? He didn't like the kid, the kid didn't like him… no harm.
"That's the other reason also… a person either wants his body or the money he stole from them." Shinya again shook his head. ((HP: Speaking of which… -Has been revived- Takuya: What? -A giant mount of anime and manga behind him- HP: Oh, I wonder…))
"…and how do you know about this stuff? How old are you? Ten?" Kouji asked him, carefully eyeing the boy in wariness.
"My parents, like any other abnormal child! And so what if I'm ten!" Shinya shot at him. The warning of the oncoming sun, Kouji looked over in the east.
"Nothing, whatever. Bye." Kouji shook his head, then got up as if in a daze and wandered away.
"And where are you going?" Shinya growled.
"Where I belong by your standards." Kouji growled back. Shinya said nothing, but he knew what Kouji had meant. The black-haired vampire was going into the forest floor like a corpse, but unlike one at night he would rise again. Shinya glanced back at his brother's unconscious form and shook his head.
"You know whenever you do that… well you know." Shinya sighed, and ran his fingers through his brother's hair. As luck would have it, a week later after Kouji had retrieved the missing child and a few others from the traders, Takuya was looking for him. The brunette apologized for his brother, and Kouji had the little boy play in the sand while he spoke to Takuya alone.
"Gomen about my brother, he's a little… discriminate sometimes." Takuya said, as if this would improve Kouji's opinion of the little imp. ((Takuya: You bitch… my brother is not an imp! HP: IS TOO! Kouji: This coming from a Shinya/Tomoki supporter? HP: YES! Takuya: …I hate you even more now… -Sweat drops when HP starts bawling-))
"Right… so a vampire killed your parents?" Kouji didn't like to talk about Shinya, and right now he wanted answers and leave forgetting about this place and the brunette. Why dwell on something you couldn't have? Takuya made a small noise, and looked away from Kouji's face for a moment in contemplation, then he looked back, his eyes a bit different.
"Yeah. I think her name was Kairi." Takuya said quietly, then brightened some. "But I wasn't looking everywhere for you to talk about my past! So when are you leaving?" He asked, changing the subject quickly. It was one of those things that was painful to think about, Kouji understood. He was like that with his brother for maybe four hundred years, and even then the subject was somewhat painful.
"Tonight." Kouji said simply. Takuya's bright was gone very quickly, and he tilted his head at Kouji. The other sighed heavily, then glanced over at the boy. The boy was fine, and not even playing the smallest attention to what was happening.
"Why?" Takuya asked, such a simple question and such a hard thing to answer…
"I have reasons. It was nice meeting you though, come on Tomoki." Kouji called out, and the boy looked up at the mention of his name. ((Takuya: Tomoki? Kouji: Tomoki? HP: Hey, the kid needed a name, and well… Kouji you mentioned Shinya/Tomoki… T.T … Takuya & Kouji: " BAKA!)) Tomoki ran over to Kouji, and they started along their way to leaving. Takuya watched, confused and wondering why of all the times Kouji wished to be so enigmatic. The brunette didn't want him to leave, he liked having Kouji around. Sure, the vampire pressed his buttons constantly at first, and then wouldn't tell him anything but… he listened. And he never asked anything of Takuya like everyone else.
"Wait!" Takuya cried out and ran over to Kouji, who turned around and glanced behind to see Takuya standing behind him. Tentively Takuya moved forward and hugged Kouji from behind, startling him.
"Uh… Takuya?" Kouji asked, not entirely sure why this was occurring.
"Don't leave me." Takuya whispered. Whatever it was that was compelling Takuya to refuse to let Kouji go, it was truly a curious thing to them both.
"I got a home to, I can't never go back merely because you'll miss my company." Kouji sighed, and patted Takuya's hand. The brunette shook his head, then held on tighter.
"Can I go with you then?" Takuya asked softly, and this both confused and caught Kouji's attention.
"Why?" Kouji asked.
"You don't ask me to do anything, you don't tell me to shut up…" Takuya gave a small laugh when he said that. "You listen to what I say even though it's nonsense… everyone else who did, in one way or another wanted to hurt me in some way… and you said you never will." Kouji listened carefully to what Takuya had just said, entranced by the fact where his affection laid was asking him to not leave. The warmth of something that lived and breathed and was not harmed by light didn't help in this strange trance the brunette was unknowingly putting Kouji in.
"Those are good reasons… but they are not good enough." Kouji answered, and felt a small shake go through Takuya's body. He didn't want to say that, but he couldn't bring Takuya along merely because the brunette didn't want to not have someone who listened and not hurt him around. Gently, Kouji tried to move the warm arms and entwined hands, but they refused to be moved at all.
"You said you wouldn't hurt me…" Takuya said softly again, and held on tighter. "And yet you're doing that now." He said with an even more gentle voice. Oh, how when Kouji first met him he would merely be annoyed by it…! Now all it did though was make it seem as though Kouji was breaking on the inside.
"What can I do then, to make you not hurt and still leave with just Tomoki?" Kouji asked, and waited for Takuya to respond.
"You can't. You either stay or I go with you." Takuya answered. Kouji sighed and shook his head, before seeing Tomoki play in the sand.
"What about Shinya?" Kouji sighed., and heard a bitter laugh from Takuya.
"He told me you were going away, and when I said you couldn't he got pretty mad at me. He said your kind destroyed our parents, and I told him if your kind did then all of them did. Only one did, and like humans you can't judge an entire species on one individual. That made him so mad he left with a family to the seas. Nothing is keeping me here really." Takuya answered. Kouji was not sure what appalled him more, the fact Shinya abandoned Takuya or of all the possible things that could be done to Takuya without someone there to stop it. Kouji shuddered when he thought about it, and realized his final answer was not what he thought it was in the beginning.
"Fine, come along." Kouji sighed, and he felt Takuya press himself closer to Kouji in his own way of saying thanks. When they had gotten there, it was only a month later when everything had become like a dream…
Takuya had been looking at Kouji in a curious manner for the longest time, when finally Kouji had asked him why. The response was not expected, and Takuya came over and gave Kouji a light kiss. This little this, something some unpredictable had fired something inside Kouji he had been hiding, and the vampire had instantly turn something so innocent into something much deeper. And what he found most amazing was the fact Takuya let him… Kouji asked, and Takuya had consented. It was the mere fact that Takuya would more than willingly let Kouji do as he pleased that made the vampire love the boy all over again. Such an honorous thing to something as horrible as he was. Mind you, Kouji never took advantage of the priviledge the brunette given him. Really, the thought actually hadn't crossed his mind. And it only made Takuya trust him more…
They were having one of their sessions when the slave came in, the first one disrupted, and likely not the last. Kouji looked at Takuya, who was leaned against the black pole that was apart of the darkly-colored canopy bed. The brunette looked thoughtful as he watched Kouji arrange himself so that he was presentable, and then he raised an eyebrow. Takuya came over and wrapped his arms around Kouji's waist and rested his head on Kouji's shoulder. "A week and we have our first interruption. We've doing good huh?" He asked with a grin. Kouji chuckled, and kissed the top of Takuya's head.
"You'd think that, wouldn't you?" Kouji asked with a smile. The brunette gave him a sly smile.
Tender lips
Warm embrace
Loving kiss
Eyes that trace
Endless bliss
Bodies encase.