Oh my I haven't updated since last year xD I really should get back to writing.Disclaimer: I sadly still don't own Oban Star-Racers.

Nooo, this story is not based on Twilight or anything, because when I started to write this story I had never even heard of it. (I love it though, I'm reading Eclipse now ^^)

Chapter 9

Eva said goodbye to Nathan and walked into her house. It had been a fun day, but she was thinking about Aikka all the time since she saw him. How annoying.

She lied down on the couch and stared at the television, which she hadn't turned on yet.

She wondered if Stan and co already knew about Russia and South-Africa. Probably not, but maybe Jordan's group found out and told them.

She huffed and blocked her thoughts from those subjects. Maybe she should take a pet, they'd keep her busy. Her face turned to soft when she thought of a little G'dar running around.

Sadly she stared at the ground. No matter how much she hated to admit, she didn't liked to be alone.

Not at all.

"I don't like him."

Eva looked up from the grass she was playing with. "Huh?" She was surprised Aikka suddenly said something during his meditation, he was always very concentrated.

"I don't like him." He repeated. Eva thought. "Who?"

He glared at her, even though he was not mad at her and Eva sighed in understanding. "So? It's not like you can choose who I can talk with."

His hands landed on his knees, so he wasn't in his meditate state anymore. "I don't care who you hang out with, I'm just saying I don't like him. He looks suspicious."

She glared back at him. "He does not! You know what looks suspicious? A human hanging out with a Nourasion!"

He smirked. "And yet you do hang out with me. How irresponsible."

Eva opened her mouth to say some smart remark, but she closed it while in thought again.

Suddenly she playfully smirked.
"I get it. You're jealous!"

Eva mentally laughed when she saw his eyes widen a bit. "I am not!" He said back in defence.

She grinned at him. "Oh yes you are. There's nothing suspicious about Nathan, he's just an ordinary human."

"So it has a name."

She shook her head. "Don't be all stupid over my friends Aikka! I'm not doing that to you either!"

He glared at her, probably thinking of some iron-strong defence and Eva sat on her knees and leaned forward.

"If you'll admit you're jealous I wont make a further fight."

"I'm not jealous, I told you that before. I don't mind who you hang out with, but don't come crying to me when he has done something bad to you." He shot back at her and Eva glared harder, shuffling closer to him as a response. He didn't really notice, still glaring at her hard.

"If you don't care about me and my friends, why did you start the whole freaking subject anyway! It's not like it's any of your business, and you knew that! You just want to interfere again, because you're such a bush buddy when it comes to my life!"

She took a breath and he opened his mouth to say something. "I'm only-.."

Eva interrupted him sharply. "I'm sure you wouldn't be happy when I drop by at you palace saying I'm looking for you! What would you do when I'd interfere with your life! And you can't say I'm always searching attention from you Aikka, I just hang out with you like any normal friend. You do the same! Except you just come barging in my life!" She almost shouted the last sentence and he bowed his head a little lower, so they were on eye level.

"If you don't want to spend time with me, then I suggest we'll stop seeing each other."

With that he stood up, and Eva hoisted herself up immediately. "OH NO YOU DON'T MISTER!" She said accusingly, yanking him back with her hand.

It would've probably looked comical, and Eva would've laughed, had she not been angry.

"You don't run out of a fight! You finish it, even if you're about to lose!" He yanked his shirt free of her hand and did a step forward, so Eva had to look up at him.

Yet, Eva immediately did a step back when she looked into his black-rimmed eyes and bare fangs, but he pulled her back, sniffing her neck.

"Stop that!" She whimpered. "That's not fair at all."

"Vampires don't play fair. Just like humans don't play nicely." He pushed her back, not too hard though, and walked back to G'dar calmly.

Eva gritted her teeth and hugged herself.

Darn it.

Nathan looked at her worriedly. "Did something happen?"

Eva spilled some water and cursed softly. "No. Why would you think that?"

"With the fact you just spilled boiling hot water on your hand and didn't even noticed the pain it's obvious you're mind is kilometres away from here."

Eva, in response to his remark, looked down at her hand, which was indeed very red.

And just then, when she looked at it, she yelped at the stinging pain and Nathan chuckled next to her, guiding her hand to the cold crane.

"Be more careful, okay?"

She nodded and stared at her hand under his. "Nothing of concern happened. Just something personal."

"You're ex-group?"

She shook her head and pulled her hand from the crane and from his hand, hiding it behind her back. "Something with a friend. But it's all right, okay? Now, green tea or English breakfast?"

He smiled and picked the green tea, warming his hands while rubbing over the cup slowly.

Eva sat down with her cup and stared into the tea.

"You've.. ever met a Nourasion?" She asked. "Not as in a fight, but just in normal life?"

He looked up. "Actually, yes I have."

Eva's head spun up from her tea. She'd actually thought he would say no or ask her why. She looked at him and he smiled at her curiosity.

"A little girl though. She was.. 6 at that time. It's about 3 years ago." He said, smiling at the memory. "She was very sweet. Maybe she didn't even knew there was a war going on, maybe she just thought Nourasions and Croggs lived with the humans. That maybe the Croggs were just violent sometimes. Anyway, I was walking around with my pet – Perro died 2 years ago - , and she was sitting in the grass playing with a doll. Perro was a bit wild, so he barked at her and she got afraid. After I calmed her down a bit – imagine her parents would come running – she randomly started talking to me about all kinds of things. I believe her name was.. Meg… Megumi? Something like that. I've never seen her after she left. I'll never forget her though. It felt so new, a Nourasion – child or not – talking normally with a human. I'm certain that was the case before this war.." He trailed off and sipped his tea.

She nodded and sipped hers too. "Do you still believe in peace between Earth and Nourasia?"

His lips pursed a bit together which was signalling he was thinking.
"I don't know.. so much has happened. Surely it is not the Nourasions fault of what happened between the humans and Croggs.

But I wonder what'll happen with them as soon as Earth wins this war. Maybe they've got armies on Nourasia and, that if they lose, they'd whip out that planet completely.

I do believe, that if we would both try, that maybe it'll turn out okay. The bad thing is, Nourasia is not willing to stand up against the Croggs. So it must mean they got something on their planet that is ready to exterminate them all." He paused. "I've read about the royal family in a hidden bookstore once. It's said that King Lao and Queen Nori are very honourable, and that they probably don't agree with the war nor the alliance. Maybe we'll just have to wait until that prince becomes King."

He looked at her while she was progressing what he had just told. "Was that of some help?"

Eva nodded and smiled thankfully. "Great help. I understand Nourasia wouldn't fight the Croggs if they're doomed anyway.. And even so, they'd have to be in great numbers. One Nourasion with magic is not enough against all the Croggs or their machines."

She pouted and thought, while Nathan nodded and finished his tea.

Maybe she shouldn't be so mean to Aikka all the time. She'd always knew there was little he could do against the Croggs, but she could never get rid of the idea it was partially his fault. Of all what happened to Earth, the humans, her dad..

She finished her tea too and placed the cups in the sink. "If I am correct," She started while pointing to the clock. "You're job begins in 3 hours. Which means you have.. 2 hours free?" She said sweetly and Nathan laughed. True, Nathan worked at the little bakery that was left in town. It didn't paid well, but it paid.

"Yup. So we have 2 hours to do what you like to do."

She beamed at him playfully. "Yay, I feel like a child in wonderland."

They laughed and headed to the living room. "Well, I could always check if we still have one of those old fashion games. I'm sure, that if you still have them I should have them too."

"Did you like monopoly that much?" He chuckled and Eva slapped his arm softly. "Shut up, it's a game which kills time. And for you're information, I LOVED IT." She joked and dashed to the closet in the hall.

Nathan laughed warmly in the living room when Eva shouted that they didn't had monopoly.

"Mmmhmm… We could always play hide and seek in the forest!" She shouted playfully. Eventually, Eva had managed to found a child's game named Popstars -1- and they had good fun for the remaining hours.

She was just about to open the door for him when it was opened and she yelped in shock, not concentrated at all.

"JORDAN!" She shouted to him, and Jordan grinned cheekily at her. "I couldn't tell you were there, Eve."

"You could've knocked!"

"I don't do that, you know that."

She huffed and tried to push him out. "I don't have time for visitors."

Just then, Jordan noticed the boy behind Eva, smiling lightly and he glared at him.

Eva sighed. "Jordan, that's Nathan. A good friend. Nathan, this is Jordan, I told you about him." She said. "And now out!" Jordan didn't budge. Neither did Nathan, they just stared at each other with that knowing glance in both their eyes. Eva grabbed Nathan by his shirt and pushed him closer to the door to. "Both of you out!"

Nathan smiled sweetly at her and said his goodbye to her, walking of to his house. Eva sighed, but Jordan turned back to her.
"I don't like him."

"You're jealous!"

"I am not!"

She groaned. "OUT! NOW! OUT OUT OUT OUT!" She pushed and pulled and finally managed to get him out of the house, and even though he was still protesting, she slammed the door shut. Oh great. Now they both didn't like Nathan.

Maybe she should get more female friends..

Just as expected, Eva thought, when she saw Aikka sitting against G'dar in the valley's behind the forest.

But today, Eva would try to keep her temper in control. She hated fights, but she was awfully good in making one.

Walking over to him she sat before him, and he opened his eyes to her slowly. "What?" He asked, and Eva almost cringed at it. No mean remark, no mean remark, DON'T DO IT EVA!

"I.. I am sorry." She said and he stood up. Eva did the same. She wasn't going to let him get away until she was done with talking.

"I mean, you weren't meaning anything rude.. I was just overreacting. I'm really so-.." He pulled her closer to him to make her silent and Eva wanted to question why until she heard shuffling in the bushes, and Aikka pushed her back to G'dar.

She smacked against his shell – damn vampire didn't knew his own strength – and rubbed her cheek.

"Your majesty."

Oh crap.

Slowly, like in a slow motion scene in a movie, Eva turned around and found at least 4 other Nourasions now looking at her, fangs bare for attack.

That was, until Aikka made some noise – he probably bared his fangs too and started vamping towards them – that they returned their gaze towards him.

"Is she of trouble to you Sire? We could take her out for you if you wish for that. I mean, she sure smells tasty."

She pushed herself against G'dar's shell when the one who spoke advanced closer to her, but Aikka put a step left, so he was blocking half of her sight.

"Get out. She's mine, I found her." He said menacingly. "Don't even touch or look at her, she's my dinner for this night. Mine. Now be gone."

She sighed when they left, lowering until she was squatted down, still pressed against G'dar.

If she'd run those freaks would find her, but she didn't really felt comfortable with a Vampire before her in his vamping minute.

When nothing happened, Eva looked up and met Aikka on eyelevel, also squatted down but with a reasonable distance, staring at her with black eyes. He had closed his mouth though, so she couldn't see his fangs.

His eyebrows were slightly down, signalling he was trying to get control of his blood lust and Eva leaned her head on her knees, locking her eyes with his and he lowered his gaze.

"Sorry about that. You'll have to be more careful." He hissed softly. "If they'd see you again they'll know I haven't killed you, and then they will."

She blinked. "So you want me to leave you alone?"

Metal slap. God, how she hated her own mind.

Aikka shook his head and closed his eyes. "Of course not Eva."

She stood up and leaned against G'dar when he stood up too, still looking at her with black eyes.

She casually looked back and watched him go.. angry?

"Why does it not scare you I'm vamping?" He asked, angry and maybe a little desperate.

Eva raised her eyebrows.

"It should scare the living days out of you!"

She shook her head slowly. "No, I know you wont hurt me."

"And what if I would bite you?"

Darn speed Eva thought when he was suddenly right before her, pressing her between himself and G'dar, who was still calmly eating grass.

"Because Eva, I can. In a surge of anger, hate, thirst, vengeance, maybe even happiness or.." He stopped and pressed his face into Eva's hair while closing his eyes tightly and Eva let lose a nervous breath. "Betrayal?" She tried for him and shivered uneasily when he placed his hands on both her sides. The cold of his skin vibrated right through her jacket and she instinctively put her hands on his chest, though with no intention of pushing him of her.

"Lust." He said back, pressing himself closer to Eva and inhaling her scent deeply. "Passion."

Eva had to admit, it felt so good to have him so close and hear him say that, that she moaned, even though she didn't wanted too.

She didn't regret much of it – or had time to regret it – because as soon as the sound escaped her lips, his cold lips covered hers and he kissed her so hard that Eva's knees started to buckle, and she hold on to him tightly.

In her dizzy state she barely notice him pushing her up, or that she herself locked her legs around him, her fingers tangled in his hairs while his hands kept her firmly against G'dar (who was still eating calmly.).

She didn't really think she needed to apologize more to him, she thought. This surely would mean he wasn't so angry at her anymore.. right?

She hoped so.

Everything seemed to be in control with him, she reasoned, he didn't minded it at all. And she had to admit, she didn't even felt a tingle of fear when he started to give butterfly kisses on her neck.

Only when she grinded against him, did he stop immediately and jumped back. He even jumped back so suddenly Eva felt to the ground in heap and she yelped in surprise and pain, before looking up at him.

She realised she had gone a little overboard with making out when she saw him biting his own hand – hard enough to open his vampire skin and draw blood – to probably keep himself from feeding off her blood.

"I need to go." He said quickly, and he ran off without bothering to leave on G'dar.

"Okay." She said , even though he wasn't there anymore.

He probably needed to feed.

-1- I don't know if it's in America or anywhere else, but it's a game where you have to put something on your head with a name and then you have to guess who it is with questions.

Sorry for my stupid mistakes and R&R! ^^