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Chapter 3
After a while I began losing track of how much time had passed. How long... how long had I been here... Years could have gone by for all I've known... I used to keep track... But due to my short attention span, I lost track...There were no windows in my cell.. the only reason I even knew what time of the day it was, were the daily visits from the vampire... He brought me food each and every day. I began looking forward to his visits. Not only did he bring me food, but he actually talked with me... We talked to each other and he fed me while we talked. Sometimes, I simply liked to listen to him talk... I'd remain silent while he fed me and the vampire told me random stories... Most of them were pretty amusing, but more so than that, his stories were something for me to look forward to. They made me... happy... just a break from the living hell I'd been put into... Both the twins and I looked forward to his visits. The days where the Exorcists made it so he couldn't come were torture to me...
The past few days had been terrible... The vampire hadn't been coming... I was being tortured... As I waited with my back against the wall... I started to lose hope that my Vampire would come... Wait... MY vampire? My eyes shot open. The hell? When had I started calling him that? WHY had I started calling him that?! Maybe I thought that like a dog would his master? You know like the dog would call whoever fed him and treated him kindly his master? Right... Yeah... that had to be it... Footsteps made me look up. Was that him...? Or was it other exorcists... When I saw the door open and my vampire stepped through, I couldn't help but grin happily, excitement and happiness exploded in my chest.
"Kuketsuki! You're back!" I blurted out before I could stop myself. He blinked in surprise. A deep blush peppered my cheeks and I quickly covered my mouth. "W-We mean... um..." Dammit! A small smile pulled across his thin lips. He chuckled.
"So you did miss me?" He asked with a chuckle. "If you must know, I was on a mission."
"L-Like we care!" I tried to pretend. But the vampire exorcist saw right through it.
"Alright, I'll go along with that to save you from embarrassment," he snorted, rolling his eyes... For such a shy being, he could be quite sassy and well, quite the opposite as shy. My blush seemed to deepen and I looked away. The sound of him walking into the cell sounded in my ears. He walked towards me and sat down in front of me with the plate of food. "It seems they gave your hands a bit of freedom, would you like to feed yourself?" He asked. I shrugged softly, honestly wanting him to do it. Like hell I was gonna admit that though. "Or do you want me to feed you?" He asked, his eyebrow arching.
"We don't care either way..." I murmured. He nodded, I was surprised when he took the fork and pushed food past my painted lips. I blushed deeply and looked at him in surprise as I swallowed. He laughed "worth it!" He laughed "your face is so priceless right now!"
"Sh-Shut up!" I cried in embarrassment. He chuckled.
"By the way, got you a few things while I was on the mission." He chuckled.
"Wh-What? For me...?" I asked in confusion. Why had he got me something...?
"You're the first person who's ever really listened to me, so... I got you some chocolate." He said, taking out a bag of chocolate from his jacket. My eyes widened slightly. Chocolate. Oh my god. He opened the bag and popped a yummy chocolate into my mouth. I happily ate the chocolate. The wonderful taste melted in my mouth.
It was just so wonderful, and he kept feeding me them and feeding me them, I was in heaven... Why was he so nice to me...? I didn't understand... But... I wouldn't say anything... I may want to know, but I don't want to ruin it, I was gonna accept it for all it's worth. When he finished feeding me, he stood. I didn't want him to leave!
"W-wait!" I said quickly.
"What is it?" He asked, looking at me curiously. I swallowed my pride and looked down.
"w-will you stay a b-bit longer?" I asked softly, my voice barely audible.
"I suppose I could." He chuckled and sat down in front of me again.
"H-how much longer are they going to keep me here?" I asked softly.
"I'm afraid I don't know that..." the vampire sighed softly. I looked down slightly. There was a long silence before I spoke what I had even fearing.
"They're... Going to kill me... Aren't they?" It was most likely going to happen... I didn't want to die... "Your silence is very convincing..." I muttered. The exorcist sighed softly.
"I... I don't know..." He murmured. I hugged my knees to my chest.
"I j-just want t-to go home..." I whispered. "I...I don't w-want to die..." I breathed, hugging my knees tightly.
"If you give them the information they'll set you free," vampire pointed out.
"You don't understand... If we give you the information... The Earl will kill us... Literally..." I whispered. "So.. we're dead either way..." Wow... I was in such a sucky situation... It was awful... There was suddenly a gentle hand on shoulder.
"You'll be fine..." He said softly.
"H-How do y-you kn-know...?"
"I just do," he said softly, his hand reaching and giving my two toned hair a gentle pet. I looked up at him, blushing deeply. He smiled slightly, his fingers playing with my hair "curious." He chuckled.
"Wh-what's curious...?"
"How your hair is a living thing all on it's own, yet it's inanimate at the same time..." Krory chuckled.
"Where did this come from all of a sudden...?" I asked in surprise. He shrugged.
"dunno... I was just looking at your hair and then that popped into my mind." He said. I looked at him curiously. He was such a curious human... He chuckled and gently set down my hair... Usually people yanked it... It felt... nice actually... a small smile curved my black painted lips. He smiled as well and began to tell me stories, he told me what happened on his mission and even APOLOGIZED for leaving me alone like that! No one has ever apologized to me... not even the Noah Clan... I blinked in surprise.
"Well... I've got to go... Do you want anything?" He asked. Yes. I wanted him to stay... but I didn't say that... I simply shook my head... "You sure?" He asked. "I could get you more chocolate." He offered.
"A-Alright..." I nodded slightly. He waved and then walked out.. And the loneliness descended. I was alone again... all alone... I sighed... Id have to wait til tomorrow... I closed my eyes and tried to sleep.
Eventually I did... All I could dream about was Krory... I was awoken in the middle of the night by a crash. What? What happened? Was it after me? Wh-what was going on...? Then the door was slammed open and there was a flash so quick I barely could catch it, the chains were off... I felt my Noah powers rush back. A wide grin stretched my lips as I stood. I didn't know who was there, but someone grabbed my hand and brought me out of this awful place. I ran after them, not protesting what so ever. Who cared who this was? I was out! The person used lightning speed to yank me out, though it was too hard to keep up, so he picked me up bridal style and ran faster. Okay. This was getting really weird. Who was this? They ran and ran for god knows how long until skidding to a stop in a forest, panting heavily. There was a huge dark mysterious mansion and I still couldn't see the person who guided me inside, that is, until he took his mask off... My vampire?
"V-vampire!" I cried in shock.
"The one and only," he smirked.
"B-But how? And why?"
"Because nobody deserves to be tortured for who they are," vampire smiled, leading me through the mansion. I blushed deeply. He actually cared... the vampire actually cared... why... why did he... This... This was confusing to me... How was this possible? I'd tried to kill him... I called him so many bad things and I hurt his friends... How could he possibly give two shits about someone like me? This was just so confusing... I couldn't wrap my head around this... God dammit... this was... ahh... I looked up at him slightly.
"Um... you... you can put me down now." I stammered, blushing deeply.
"Oh... o-of course." He coughed awkwardly dropping me, not even putting me down gently. But dropping me. Okay... so maybe he didn't care as much as I thought...
"Ow!" I cried as my butt hit the floor. "I said 'put me down'. Not 'drop me'." I grumbled.
"S-Sorry!" He said with a blush of embarrassment.
"It's fine... We guess..." I stood, brushing myself off and looking around. "So where are we anyway?" I asked, crossing my arms over my chest.
"My old mansion!" He grinned. "You know... before I became an exorcist." He added, rubbing the back of his neck. I couldn't help rolling my eyes slightly.
"And you don't think they'll look for you here...?"
"Nah, this old place blew up a long time ago." The exorcist laughed. "But I got it fixed up without telling them... after I regained the trust of the villagers. It's... a long story." He mused. "The Order didn't need to know."
"Right... Fair enough..." I rubbed the back of my neck. This was doomed to fail... He lead me up the marble stairs of his mansion. It was actually quite nice here...
"It's always been a nice place..." He said. "But... very lonely..." Lonely? What did he mean?
"Didn't you have... I don't know... Family or something?" I asked him. Surely if he grew up in such a big place, he must have had a really rich family or something. Definitely more that I ever had, that's for damn sure.
"Not really... I had my grandfather... and after he died I only had Eliade... But she was an Akuma..." He sighed softly, lowering his head slightly. "Oh Eliade..." Akuma? Seriously? An Akuma was living with an exorcist? Why would an Akuma ever do that?
"An Akuma?" I asked in confusion.
"Yeah... She was a level two... She was lovely... She loved me, I was the only human she couldn't kill on contact," he smiled a bit sadly. "She loved me, and then I had to kill her... She was going to kill Allen and Lavi..." He choked out, a lot of hurt in his was at that moment that I realized I'd struck a nerve. Though I didn't exactly know why I was feeling bad about it... Normally I wouldn't care... "She was all I had... She loved me, took care of me..." He whispered. "Kept me company... She was all I knew..."
"W-We're sorry... We didn't mean to upset you..." I muttered softly. It didn't seem right to make him sad... After all, he had saved me...He looked up slightly and smiled.
"Thank you," he murmured, he then continued to lead me up the stairs, then he walked down the hallway and lead me to a bedroom. "You can sleep here." he said. I slowly entered the room. It was really nice actually... Almost as nice as my room at Noah's Ark. Almost. "I know it's not much, but It's my only guest room." He shrugged. What exactly was this man's definition of 'not much'?
"Not much? This is enough. For us at least." I gave him a small smile.
"Why do you speak in third person so much?" He asked curiously.
"Huh?" I looked at him. "Oh... Because of Jasdero and Devit. We're all together all the time. So it's always 'us'... Never just me." I sat on the bed. "Not anymore anyway. And that's how I prefer it. I hate being alone." A small laugh escaped me. "I guess in a way... You could say I'm never alone... Even when I am."
"So they're still present even though they've transformed into you?" Krory asked curiously. I nodded slightly.
"They're in here." I tapped the side of my head with a gloved finger.
"Can they still talk in there?" He asked softly.
"Course they can." I shrugged. "They talk in my head and they can talk through me if they want to." Why does he want to know anyway? Devit asked suspiciously. Why? Why? Hii! Krory laughed in amusement. Huh? Why was he laughing? D-Did I say something? "Wh-what's funny?"
"Sorry, that just explains why you suddenly get odd looks on your face when you're all alone." Krory chuckled. I frowned slightly at him. What exactly was funny about that? Well... Whatever. I gave a small shrug and lay back on the bed. "It just explains a lot." He said. "anyways." he coughed awkwardly "I'll have food ready in an hour." My only reply was a nod. The moment he'd left and the door closed, I let out a sigh. I was out... Now I just needed to get home... Somehow...Maybe he'd let me out... He took me out of there for a reason, it probably wasn't to help the Exorcists so maybe Krory would let me just go... After I had food and good nights sleep that is. I say we use him for a bit, eat his food, sleep in this bed, get our strength. Then kill him. And return to Master Millennium with his innocence Devitto chuckled sadistically, an image formed in my mind of him smirking widely and leaning against a wall. An image of Jasdero tilting his head formed next. But Devi, that's mean. Vampire's so nice to Jasdevi. Hii! Well we can't go back to the Earl empty handed! Devit growled.
"Please don't start fighting." I groaned. 'And besides, he's just an exorcist' Devitto added. Besides, won't it be a blast to just CRUSH his hopes and dreams, Devitto laughed sadistically. "I'll consider it..." I sighed softly. 'How come none of the Noah came to save us...?' Jasdero asked after a moment of complete silence. "It was too risky Jasdero, it could have endangered the clan" I sighed. 'But Earl-tama's strong... He could've-' 'let it go Jasdero.' Devit cut his twin off. Jasdero giggled 'let it go! Let it go!' He began singing, adding a /hii/ /hii/ in it. Both Devit and I let out soft groans as I facepalmed. Jasdero burst out into hysterical giggles and after a while I laughed slightly as well. Jasdero's childish behavior always made me laugh. 'Seriously Dero? You can remember that whole song but you can't remember which shoe goes on the right foot?' Devitto sighed. 'Meh!' Jasdero pouted. I laughed a bit louder. God I loved these two.
"Jasdevi! Dinner!" Krory called. At the call, I hopped to my feet.
"We can finish this discussion later." I said as I walked out. 'Fine...' Devitto groaned. I practically skipped down the hallway, sliding down on the rail I felt happiness flood through me at the sight of my vampire. 'Jasdevi you're doing it again' Devitto groaned. "Doing what?" I asked curiously, lowering my voice so the exorcist couldn't hear me. 'Getting all giddy and calling him your vampire' Devit said boredly. I blushed deeply. Jasdero let out a soft giggle. "Shut up..." I muttered under my breath. Both twins snickered softly in amusement. I sat down at the table.
"Here ya go," Krory grinned, he handed me a bowl of ramen soup. "I hope you like it, Eliade always said it was my best dish... Probably because it was the only thing I couldn't burn," he said bashfully.
"Thanks." I said, taking a fork and beginning to eat. Woah... This... This wasn't bad. This was better than the Akuma chefs food! I ate eagerly. I hadn't had actual food in god knows how long...
"I take it you like it?" He chuckled, looking up from his food. I gave the man a nod.
"It's better than the food at the Ark."
"That's good," he smiled, obviously pleased with himself. Maybe this wouldn't be so bad to stay here for a bit... I could get used to this... It felt like a safe zone... Soon enough, I'd finished my food and gave a small yawn. "Do you need anything? Water? A warm fire? More food?" He asked, collecting my plate. 'See? He's worried about us. Hii!' Jasdero said with a giggle.
"No. We're fine." I told Krory, not responding to Jasdero. "We're just gonna go back to sleep..." After all, it was like the middle of the night still...
"Alright, and by the way, are pancakes fine to you for breakfast?" He asked softly. I nodded, standing.
"Honestly anything that's real food is fine."
"Alright," he smiled. "goodnight."
"Goodnight Vampire." I waved slightly as I made my way back to the guest room. I felt my heart flutter when he said.
"sweet dreams Jasdevi." Once I was alone in the room, I placed a hand on my heart. What... Was that...? 'Dear god Jasdevi, don't tell me you're falling for that sad sap?' Devitto groaned. 'If you're gonna fall for a guy, let him be an attractive Noah,' Devit said boredly.
"Of course I haven't fallen for him idiot!" I blushed deeply. "He's an exorcist. There's no way." 'And the only attract male Noah are us and Tyki. Hii!' Jasdero added thoughtfully. 'True... But we're much better looking than Tyki' Devitto said smugly. 'Wait a minute, since when were we gay?' Jasdero asked, making Devit realize what exactly he'd said earlier. 'I said YOU I never said anything about Jasdero as I,' Devitto said 'we're both entitled to our own opinions too ya know' he said, rolling his eyes. "Since when was I gay?" I raised an eyebrow as I materialized a hair brush and brushed out my long hair. 'Since you started going all gaga over Vampire,' Devitto groaned. "For the last time, I am not! I'm just... Grateful that he helped us." I denied, putting the brush down. 'If it helps you sleep at night' Devitto snorted. 'Helps you sleep! Helps you sleep hii!' Jasdero chanted with a giggled. I chose not to reply, instead plopping down on the bed and climbing under the blankets. It felt really good to lay in a bed again instead of leaning against a cold stone wall... It beat it by a mile... I yawned and fell asleep... My dreams were indeed sweet.