I know that it's pretty soon to be updating on this fic, but I'd thought the last chapter to be a bit rushed. So, to clear up any misunderstandings, Kish ran off to the outside world of the humans for three years. After those three years of poverty, he was taken back to the castle, willingly, by his blood brothers Tart and Pai. After this, he spent three years in the castle, and had ventured out into the human world for a walk. That's when those two thugs appeared and beat him up for his past mistakes and they were then beaten by Ichigo, who he'd thought to be human. Over time, his heart has grown fond of her, and he is unwilling to let her go. RxR!
It was chilly, quiet, and cloudy that morning, as the prince's carriage could be seen rolling through the quiet back roads, leading to the woods. The air about them was filled with silence and warmth, while outside the carriage was some what dark and cold.
"Well, here it is..." Kish, the vampiric prince who owned the simple wooden carriage, smirked fondly out the window towards the large, rot iron gate before them.
"Kish...I wasn't expecting any of this..." she had obviously lost the ability that had allowed her to speak, because she simply stood there, her eyes widened in silent shock, and her lips set in a blank straight line of confusion and awe.
"Well, my princess, it seems as though you have more to behold, other than the front gate." turning to the girl beside him, Kish wore a content smirk as he opened the door. "Wait here and I'll go talk with my gate keeper, Bob. Yes, his name is Bob! He doesn't like it either." chuckling lightly at the look of pure astonishment that had found its way to her face, he stepped swiftly from the halted carriage and onto the leafy path that ended at the gate.
"Alright...Thank you, Kish. You're sweet." giggling lightly at his deep blush, she watched calmly as he silently shut the door to the carriage and walked over to the gate house, knocking on the door twice.
Soon, she could clearly see the large wooden door peak open slightly and watched as a shadowed figure stepped forth. The figure who resided in the open doorway was clad in rough work boots as well as flannel and fur. He wasn't really pudgy, more or so he was burly and bear-like, having a messy black beard and a round, slightly pink, nose.
Minutes later, she observed intently that the bear-like man had begun to laugh heartily and warmly. His shinning green eyes set on Kish as his hand rested upon his gut. Soon after, she watched as the two continued to chat as well as when Kish extended his arm towards the carriage. She knew they were speaking of her now, because she'd found herself gazing in awe at the warm green eyes of the man outside.
He was clearly of Russian decent, and was probably in or around his mid forties. Her guess was that he'd been accustomed to living in the mountains, and was strong enough to defend the gate.
By the time he'd come back, Ichigo was sitting there contently, a bemused grin about her. The man's booming, deep throated voice could be heard from inside the carriage as she'd sat, listening to the two catch up and joke around with one another.
She observed as Kish's eyes brimmed with warm tears of joy as he re-entered the carriage and the gate was lifted. The two were, most likely, very close, very good friends. It put a pleasant smile on her face, having seen such a strong friendship.
Kish, having noticed the odd look upon her face, smirked contently back and their eyes met. His were deep and golden, holding love and passion for the girl beside him. Hers, in turn, were a rich chocolate hazel mix, and glistened lightly with happiness. It had seemed that this place held such warmth and such a close connection within, that it had no where else to go, but to reach out from the core of the castle beyond the gates, and onto herself.
"Well, shall we then enter? I really want you to meet my brothers! I just hope that they will accept you warmly, and that Kei won't try anything sneaky while you are yet only half of a vampire. Don't fear though, because tomorrow night will be the night that you become whole and are entered into the court as my bride." his eyes beamed pride and love towards the girl as she sat, silent and content, beside him.
With every turn of the carriage wheels, it brought them ever closer to the looming castle that she would soon come to know as her home.
Strangely, she felt not a tad bit of fear. More or less, she was excited to be facing another adventure, and was ready to meet and befriend many people. She swore that morning that good things would appear as she made her way through this. Everything would be fine, and every danger, or toilsome trial she would face as just another test. She was intent on passing every one of them.
More than that, however, she was looking forward to spending time with the man beside her, who held many a mystery within his life. She was like a cat, curious and quick, clever and cunning. Yet, she was warm to the core, and would show him that, no matter what.
Needless to say, Kish had grown on her some. She could no longer deny the warm fluttering of her heart as it beat for the man beside her. The strange thing was, however, that it had happened so abruptly, the day she'd found him in the ally. At first she'd thought him to be a fallen angel, when, in fact, he was a prince of the night. Something about him made her wonder.
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