<< Heru Mitsukai
<<Gaide's Reign

Episode Two: On Bullets and Bloodshed

Kaine glared down at Dimitri, and struck him across the face,"Not a chance." he muttured.

Dimitri glared daggers at Kaine, ignoring the now stinging pain due to his strike. "Well then stay out of my way," he threw the gun behind him and walked past them, shoving Kaine with his shoulder as he went.

Kaine cocked an eyebrow, and flipped his head to Dimitri,"Who, wait, you think you can just walk away?!"

Melody laughed, and walked past Kaine, flicking his nose,"Yeah. That's basically it." she said, pushing him away with one hand.

Morgan's brows furrowed and she turned, grabbing Melody by the hair swiftly. She tugged down her head, and placed her gun against her neck, pressing dangerously. "You want to try that again?"

Melody winced, and shot a glare at her, as the cold barrel of the gun pressed against her skin,"Get off me, you whore..."

"Oh, now I feel offended...." she smirked as lonmg claws extended from her fingers.

Melody growled inwardly, as she remained still,"Fuck..."

Kaine laughed coldly.

Morgan smirked and with a violent wench of Melody's hair sent her sprawling to the ground, dirt setting around her. She stepped back and glared down at her "You can have her Kaine,"

Melody whailed out as her form hit the ground. She swore darkly, getting on her hands and knees.

Kaine smirked,"Gladly, my dear." he unsheathed his bastard sword, and bent beside Melody. He put the blade to her neck, and ran it gently along it,"Tell me, how many different ways would you like to die...?"

Dimitri had stopped walking, and was now looked back on the scene in mild interest. Whichever one's fastest...

Melody glared back to Kaine,"None..."

He only kept smirked,"Ah, I-" Kaine stopped, as blood slowly came seeping out of Melody's skin. He tried his best to resist his vampiric desires, but to no avail, as his eyes turned a bloody red, and bloodlust took over. As if in a trance, he lowered his weapon, and went in for the bite..

Melody shook slightly, but then smirked, realising she could take this to her advantage. As he was off guard, her own dog claws extended, and struck Kaine back,"FUCK OFF!!"

Kaine flew back, crying in pain, holding his now bleeding cheek. He drew his hand back, seeing his blood, and growled, looking up at Melody,"You little bitch..."

She smirked, getting up,"It seems our situations have changed." she drew her blade, and pointed to towards Kaine,"Haven't they?"

"Well, we've forgotten someone. Haven't we?" Morgan stood behind Melody, cold gun pressed to the back of her head.

Melody froze, keeping her blade upwards.

Kaine smirked up at Melody,"You're just fallen into one bloody death trap..."

She swore darkly under her breath, lowering her sword.

"That's a good girl," Morgan smirked evilly watching the blade fall.

Melody sighed, as the tip of her blade gently hit the ground. She remained silent, until after a few moments. She whizzed around, and knocked Morgan's gun away with her claws.

Morgan watched the gun fly out of the corner of her eye "Nice trick," her arm shot out and caught the other hanyou by the throat. "Don't try it, again," she squeezed her fingers tighter watching as blood seeped out in small beads. "Sorry Kaine,"

Kaine sighed, getting up and brushing himself off. He smiled from behind her,"It's fine."

Melody gagged , as her neck bled violently,"Damn..." she winced,"...you..."

Kaine walked over to beside Morgan,"Ah, is that all you can say now?" as another drop of blood hit the ground, his eyes flashed red. He looked away, resisting the bloodlust,"Kill her before I do something I'll regret..."

Morgan turned her eyes toward Kaine for a moment before reverteing them back to Melody's incresingly pale face. "Quick or slow?" she asked blankly.

Melody opened an eye at her, and growled inwardly. She tried to say something, but her vocal chords were too roused to let any words escape.

"What was that?" she squeezed tighter.

Fleance desided to take action and kicked Morgan in the chin(sp)

Morgan's eye twicthed and she relased hold of Melody to slash Fleance across the cheek.

"ARG bitch!!that bloody hurt....not that it's not happened before..."fleance said but atleast she let go of Melody fleance smirked grabbed melody in his arms took 3 steps back and dissapered into THE DARKNESS!

Kaine looked to where Fleance once stood, and growled,"Damn, they got away..."

Fleance set Melody down in THE DARKNESS!

He came back grabbed Dimitri's arm adn pulled him into THE DARKNESS!

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Melody winced, and rubbed he bleeding throat, looking around into 'THE DARKNESS!'. The endless black seemed strange,'...what the hell?' she tried speaking again, but no avail.

Dimitri looked around stupidly. "Fleance, where are we?"

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Morgan growled when they dissapeared and she cracked her knuckles angrily. "Damn.."

Kaine sighed, beginning to walk ahead,"Ah, we'll get 'em next time...let's keep moving and see if we can find some more."

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"were in THE DARKNESS!"fleance said "well.....acually.....were up in a tree in a forest under a large heavy black blanket....."

Melody cocked her head at Fleance, giving him a look that read 'what the hell?!'.

Dimitri growled "Get me out of here!" he immediately throught the blanket off of them and hopped out of the tree, storming away.

Melody gave what seemed to be a distorted sigh, as she coughed dryly. She stared at the blood she coughed up, and gave a sickened look,'Screw this!!'

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Moragn followed him suite, "There aren't very many of them,"

Kaine nodded, swinging his sword over his shoulder,"I know...but we can only do our best."

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"umm...well that doesn't look so good...."fleance said looking at her neck "I....I could heal it for you....but I don't think you'd like it......"

Melody blinked at him, cocking her head,'...you idiot, just do SOMETHING, anything!!' she thought hopelessly.

"ummmm....."Fleacne's mind raced on what to do "fine"He grabbed Melody so that she was lying down and put his mouth over teh cut on ehr neck

Melody winced slightly, looking upwards. She wnated to slap him back, but she was desperate for anything right now. poor Melody wouldn't wanna live the rest of her life without a voice to bitch at people with. Her eyes darted from the sky to Fleance, and gave him a look.

"WHAT!?"fleance yelled "This is the only way I know how!What I could jsut leave you hear with no voice!"

Melody's eyes narrowed at him, as she said, laying her head back,"Fine." she mouthed at him.

"thats what I thought"Fleance said and continued with what he was doing before and teh wound becane to heal slowly also training some of his energy

Melody winced again,"G-Ge..." she coughed,"...I-I think you're done...NOW GET OFF OF ME!" Melody purposely pushed him away, sighing, and putting her hand to the healed wound. She coughed again, and sat up, looking to Fleance,"....Thank you." she replied bluntly.

"your welcome....."

She sighed, and got up. Melody looked to Fleance, and cocked at eyebrow,"I just hit you back, and 'your welcome''s all you have to say? You're one weird guy..."

"ya..."

Melody gave an awkward smile, and began to walk,"Well, get up."

"oh...right"Fleance stood up snd followed Melody "umm...what about Kira?mabye we could ask some people in the town and see if tehy know where Kutsiko is."

She yawned in reply,"Sounds good...it's getting pretty late though." she looked to the sky,"At least, I think it's night..."

"ya I think it is too.....well we should go get some sleep...."Fleance said "well bye let's meet here tomorow I guess"Fleance waved goodbye sna started to walk down the road

Melody waved gravely back to him, and started to walk around. She sighed, as her lonely footsteps corrupted the silence of the forest,Gack...I forgot. I Can't just go marching back into the asylum and yell out,"HEY, GUESS WHO'S BACK!!" she thought gravely, settling by a tree.

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Kaine looked around the streets of looming fog, and sighed,"Screw this!!" he said, kicking a stray can.

"Calm down boy," Morgan said from behind him. Rather hypcritical of her considering she was thinking the same thing. "They'll come out tommorrow, they can't hide forever,"

Kaine sighed, looking around,"You're right..." he mumbled, continuing to walk,"Forgive my lack of patience."

"I could care less," she said trailing along behind him , eyes flicking in every direction making sure no one was following them.

Kaine stretched and yawned, placing his hands behind his head, looking to the blackened sky and the dark moon,"So, whatcha been up to lately?"

"I had to sleep with an old ugly fat ass..." she graoned reflecting with great displesure on the event.

Kaine grimaced,"Aww, nasty...that had got to suck..." he looked upwards with disdain- the thought of Morgan with some fat ass in bed disturbed him greatly.

"It did," she shuddered involuntarily "But he paid good and they way things are today, buisiness is low."

Kaine nodded gravely,"Aye, that's true." he replied, kicking another can gently aside. He snarled,"Stupid humans and their cash..."

Morgan smirked. "Oh, I understand the 'stupid humans' part, but stupid cash?" she laughed lowly "Who are you working for again?"

He looked to her,"Anyone what gives me mulah...but my boss is Kuroi Gaide."

"I already knew that," she walked beside him rather than behind him.

Kaine looked over to his side, and smiled to her,"Oh." he said buntly. He cocke dhis head at him,"Then why the hell did you ask...?"

"It was a retorical question," Morgan replied, wiping blood off on her pants.

Kaine blinked, and nodded,"Oh." he said again.

"You sound depressed," Morgan said, looking at him intently.

Kaine looked up ahead,"Feh, I don't know. Nothing just seems to interest me any more..." he said distantly, his dark red eyes looking up at the dark moon,"I mean, hell's practically already won this battle, and all I can do is wait until heaven start conquering over our damned king- only then will the real fun start..."

Morgan slinged an arm around his shoulders "I'm sure you'll find something to do,"

Kaine blinked, and looked to Morgan. He gave off a charming grin, and tussled back his hair,"Hope I do, Morgan."

Morgan stuck her tongue out at him and spun away. "Hope you do," she turned on her heel and walked away.

He sighed, watching her walk away,"Bye." Kaine said bluntly,beginning to walk again,"And thus, I'm alone...again..." he muttured to himself.

"You can come if you want," she called back to him "I'm going to find that angel,"

Kaine turned to Morgan, and smiled,"Hell, why not." he followed her quickly, catching up to her,"That guy has a lot of nerve..."

"Go figure," she growled cracking her knuckles dangerously.

He stretched, yawning,"He pushed right past me like I was some...half ass." Kaine said as he walked.

"Which you most certainly are not," she agreed.

Kaine laughed,"Damn straight." he said.

"More like no ass, but that's just my opinion," Dimitri sat perched in a tree behind them. He knew the joke was bad, but didn't really care.

"Hm...?" Kaine whizzed around to see Dimitri. His eyes narrowed,"Agh, it's you."

"No, it's the easter bunny..." he grumbled sarcastically.

Kaine snarled,"Don't be a wise ass with me..."

Dimitri rolled his eyes "What're you gonna do about it?"

Kaine unlatched a sniper from one of his bags,"I dunno,maybe blast you're angelic wonder back down to deepest pits of hell..."

"Hell doesn't scare me," Dimitri growled at him.

Kaine's eyebrows raised,"Oh?" he blinked,"You are one fucked up angel..."

"Yes, I'v been told that many times before. Of course it could be the fact that I've had Hallelujiah stuck in my head for years on end," Dimitri smirked evilly.

Kaine snickered,"Maybe I'll whack it outta your head. It'll save your soul..." he sighed,"And mine from Gaide's wrath..." he added lowly.

"Go ahead and try," Dimitri taunted leaning lazily against the trunk of the tree.

Kaine walked up to him slowly,"You little fucker..."

"If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, riddle them insults..."

Kaine growled inwardly, and pointed the sniper at his head,"Or you can always blast their head off."

"Go ahead and try," he repeated.

Kaine smirked, and laid a finger on the trigger,"My pleasure..."

Morgan snickered evilly "Put a nice hole in that pretty face of his,"

Kaine licked his lips,"Three...two..." he pulled his finger back to the trigger to the sniper...

Morgan cracked her knuckles again "...One."

Kaine laughed snidely, and fired at Dimitri.

Seconds before the bullet caught with Dimitri's head his body vanished in a wisp of white smoke.

"You really need to work on your observation skills,"

Kaine growled, lowering his sniper, head whizzing around,"Shit, where'd he go...?!"

"Kaine...!" Morgan squeaked from where she was in a head lock. Dimitri smirked sadistically as he gripped her with one arm and held his revolver to her head with the other. "Hiya,"

Kaine's eyes widened as he turned around to see the both of them. He growled inwardly,"Don't you fucking touch her..."

"Seems I already am," Dimitri drummed his fingers slightly on Morgan's neck as a gesture to where his arm was.

Kaine clenched his fist,"Let go of her, now, bastard..."

"Watch what you say, vampy," he clicked the gun dangerously and pressed it harder into Morgan's temple causing her to squeak again.

Kaine looked to Morgan worridly,'Shit...' he thought. He concluded to dropping his sniper,"...please let her go." he said calmly, tyring to cover up all the disdain he had for Dimitri.

Dimitri laughed lowly. He stroked Morgan's cheek with his free thumb "She's a very pretty girl," he said "You wouldn't want any scars on this sweet face of hers, would you?"

Kaine growled, but knew he had to stay calm in order for Morgan to remain unharmed- or at least alive,"...No, I wouldn't."

"That's what I thought..." Dimitri tilted his head slightly so that it was leaning on top of Morgan's "Now ask your pretty girl to remove her fancy beads from me,"

Kaine's fist shook, and he looked to Morgan,"Can you please take your spell beads off of him...?" he asked firmly.

Morgan smirked evilly, even in her precaution "..I can't," she choked out "They're permenant... You will never- fly again,"

Dimitri glared at her "...What?"

Kaine tried his best to supress laughter.

Dimitri clicked the gun again as a warning for Kaine to shut up. "Sorry, but you've been grounded," Dimitri growled lowly and slashed Morgan across the face as he threw her to the ground.

Morgan fumbled to her feet, rubbing her bruised neck.

Kaine sprung towards Morgan, and knelt beside her,"Morgan..."

"...I'm fine," she coughed slightly and grabbed her own gun and stood quickly. In two quick steps she had her gun pressed right bewteen Dimitri's eyes "Burn in HELL!" she let the bullet fire with a loud bang.

Only to find in great shock her own gun pressed between her own eyes. "How did you...?" she whimpered slightly.

Dimitri smirked "I'm an angel,"

Kaine blinked, looking up at the two, basically in the same position again. He sighed, getting up, looking to Dimitri,'He's right...how the hell does that bastard expect me to kill an angel?' he thought. He hesitantly put his handgun to Dimitri's head,"Aye, one big string of death..."

Dimitri did not move, but turned his eyes to look at Kaine, he smirked. "No wonder you two hang around eachother, you're both so good looking," he snickered.

Kaine grinned evily,"Heh, at least you get one thing right..."

Dimitri smirked again "Ah, and now I fall," he threw the gun down at Morgan's feet and raised his hands.

Kaine cocked an eyebrow,'This isn't right....not at all...' he thought, clicking his gun,"Damn, you are one weird kid..."

Dimitri ignored his comment "What're you gonna do with me?"

Kaine shrugged, pressing the gun into Dimitri's head,"Might drag you down to the boss...or may waste your soul right here."

"Not the boss," he requested feebly.

Kaine smirked,"Why the fuck not? Are you scared he'll sell your soul to the one that rules as all...Hades...?" he pulled on Dimitri's wings,"And anyways- it'd be fun to see him chop your pretty wings off..."

"They are pretty aren't they?" Dimitri said ignoring the comment of Hades. "Though they're kind of useless now..." he reced his arm and plucked one feather off of his wing and held it to his face.

Kaine blinked, looking to the feather. He cocked his head, and snatched it away frim Dimitri with his free hand,"Yeah..."

"You can keep it if you want, people say angel feathers are good luck," he crossed his arms, the feeling of cold steel pressed to his temple grating on his nerves.

Kaine sighed, and pocketed it,"Then I think I will..." he gave Dimitri a look, and pushed the gun even further into his temple,"Can I get a name from you? I don't wanna call you 'angel' for the rest of the time you're alive..."

"Aww, you care that much?" Dimitri said sarcastically "Dimitri,"

Kaine nodded,"Dimitri..." he repeated, lodging it into his mind,"Aye, I'm Kaine." he smirked,"I'd thought you'd might want to know the name of the last person you'll ever see here in purgatory..."

"Mm.." Dimitri would've nodded, buseeing his incapabaility to do so, remained still. "Any other reason?"

Kaine shugged,"Perhaps. But I guess that's just for me to know..." he sighed.

"Gonna kill me any time soon," Dimitri let his eyes fall on the gun "Or are you going to drag it out?"

Kaine laughed sadistically,"I'm a vampire, what the hell do you expect?"

"How do drag death out with a gun?" Dimitri cocked an eyebrow.

Kaine smirked,"Like this," he fired at Dimitri's abdomen.

Dimitri cried out and gripped his stomach in pain, though he stayed standing. "... Ah," he hunched over slghtly as blood seeped in between his fingers.

Kaine gave a shrill laughter,"Not so wise ass now..." he said, bending beside him, and pushing the gun into his head again.

"You try... being bitchy... with a hole in your gut!" Dimitri hissed between breaths.

"Aye...must be hard." Kaine said,"I think-" he blinked, as he watched dark beads of red seep through Dimitri's stomach. Kaine gasped slightly, staring at the gaping wound for a while, bloodlust slowly seeping into his brain again. He looked away, and got up, his eyes flashing a brighter red. Kaine put away his gun, and turned to Morgan,"...Let's go." he said,"We can leave him there...for now." he walked over to her, and picked up Dimitri's revolver that fell at her feet earlier,"I can't kill him..." he sighed, taking a quick glance to Dimitri, then soon looking away,"You're lucky, kid...that my urge for blood is my greatest strength, yet my greatest weakness...'till we meet again." he smirked, then started off, gesturing for Morgan to come.

Morgan stopped by Dimitri and leaned down so that she was right up in his face "Have fun, Dimitri," she blew him a kiss before following after Kaine.

Dimitri stood his ground and once the two were out of sight, collapsed to his knees.

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Kaine growled, kicking a random rock,"Fuck...we almost had him..." he hissed, storming along,"Me and my stupid bloodlust..."

"I could've killed him," Morgan said, holding her cheek wound trying to keep the blood inside her body for Kaine's sake.

Kaine sighed, and looked to Morgan,"Yeah, you probably would've...sorry."

She shrugged "I like the idea of him bleeding on the ground in pain, rather than just plain dead anyways,"

A smile crooked onto his face,"Yeah."

"Aww! Don't feel so bad," she wrapped her arms around him from behind in a school-girl like hug.

Kaine laughed lowly,"It's hard not to, Morgan. Especially around such a pretty face like yourself."

Morgan smirked "Why thank-you," she hugged him tighter "You're pretty nice for a vampire,"

Kaine nodded,"Ugh, I know. It pains me so sometimes...aye, no matter. I like the way I am."

Morgan looked up at him "Me too,"

Kaine smiled,"Then I suppose that's good."

"I never knew my opnion counted so much," she twirled around so she was now standing in front of him, "When's the last time you fed?"

Kaine scratched his head,"Ugh, it's been a week now...not so good."

"Hmm... why didn't you just feed from the angel?" she twirled a strand of his dark hair around her finger idly.

Kaine smiled at her,"I can't drink angel's blood...or harpie's either. It's like poison to me..."

"So what was wrong with the little wench we found before?" she asked, concern making it's way into her eyes.

Kaine looked down at her, then looked away,"I-I don't know, to be honest with you. Something about the bitch seemed kinda weird...anyways, I wouldn't want to feed so rudely in your presence..." he explained,"I get mildly violent when I drink."

Morgan watched his face a few moments silently. "Is that the whole truth?" she asked quietly.

Kaine looked to her, and sighed,"Yes..." he lied.

Morgan sighed as well "Alright," she continued walking in front of him.

Kaine spat on the ground, and walked behind Morgan,'Glory...' he thought.

Morgan turned her head to look at him while she walked. "Where are we going anyways?"

He looked up to her,"...um...I don't know." Kaine sighed in aggrivation,"Screw the world..." he mumbled.

Morgan mumbled something and looked down at Kaine's pocket. She reached over and plucked the feather out and eyed it. "Hm..." she sighed "Pretty,"

Kaine nodded,"Yeah, it is..." he poked at it,"You can keep it- this thing has some holy aura..."

"It's from an angel, what d'you expect?" she looked up at him "I thought you wanted it, it's good luck,"

He shrugged,"Not anymore...if I keep that thing any longer it could sear through my skin."

Morgan sighed and twirled the glowing feather between her fingers. "Ah...."

Kaine ran his tongue over his front row of teeth, and kept walking.

Morgan walked beside him and hooked her arm through his "Kaine... he scared me,"

He looked down to her, his face reflecting sympathy,"I know, Morgan... he scared me too."

Morgan nodded and lokked at the feather disdainfully before pocketing it. "Never again..."

Kaine lazily leaned his head slightly on Morgan's,"I'm sorry he hurt you, dearest." he said softly.

"I'm fine," she said whistfully fingering the feather in her pocket "It was his eyes though... they were so... black," she shuddered "I can't believe he's an angel,"

Kaine nodded,"I know." he said,"Everything about that guy...plays opposite to what he is."

Morgan shuddered again at the thought of the sadistic angel's face.

Kaine sighed, and stroked her head,"Don't worry...I'll kill him. I'll send him to the deepest pit of hell..."

"He doesn't fear Hell,"

"I just want him to get the hell away from us...I don't care if he enjoys it or not."

"... ..."

Kaine's ears rung at her silence,"What's wrong?"

"Do you think he was always an angel?"

He shrugged,"I doubt it."

Morgan's brows furrowed in htought, but she shoved the subject to the back of her mind.

Kaine sighed, and then remained silent. The chirping of crickets rung annoyingly in his ear.

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"That's it...I never wanna see another tree...again..." Melody panted, walking through the damp forest, shoving her hair out of her eyes, twitching her dog ears in annoyance. She sighed, and looked ahead, seeing a clearing,"...I'll rest there..." she said, trudging towards it. She leaned against a tree, and looked to her feet. Once she looked up, her eyes widened to see Dimitri and his bleeding gut. She gasped, and ran over beside him,"Dimitri...!!"

Dimitri raised his eyes to Melody and groaned inwardly. "Hi..." he dropped his eyes back to his gut and growled falling over entirely from his knees to the ground.

Melody bit her lip, and kneeled beside him, looking at his wound,"Dimitri, what happened...?"

Dimitri laughed lowly, causing some blood to seep out his mouth. "Heh... I said some of.. the wrong... things..." he grinned deviously.

Melody sighed, looking over him,"You should watch that attidude of yours...it could lead to your end." she said,"We need to dress those wounds...could be fatal in the end." she looked around, and sighed, turning her back to him,"Try your best to get on...we'll find a place to stay in town."

Dimitri looked up at her and laughed again, "Don't bother..." he took his other arm to push himself up off the ground and he slowly got to his feet. "I can walk..." he took a few steps before falling back and ironcially his wings caught him pushing him back "Heh..." he continued walking "see?"

Melody looked up to him, and stood up, walking beside him,"Soon your wings are gonna start aching and you won't be able to walk anymore..."

"Then you can carry me," Dimitri cursed when tears made their way to his eyes.

Melody looked at him sympathetically,"You're in pain...I'll carry you now before you burst out into tears. I don't think you're one to cry very much..."

Dimitri grinned "I'm not crying, I'm tearing. There's a difference," he lifted a hand to wipe his face "I can't help it. It hurts,"

"Of course it does." Melody said, walking slowly, in case Dimitri fell back,"I wouldn't expect less from a wound like that...who inflicted it?"

"Kaine," he responded, weather it was bitterness or amusment in his voice was unevident.

Melody grimaced,"That half ass vampire," she said,"Little bastard..." she looked to Dimitri every once in a while to see if he was okay.

"Cursing him won't help..."

Melody sighed,"I know, but I just wanna..." she twitched, and balled her hands together, "Mmm...nmm...fmmmggg...GAHH!"

Dimitri laughed lowly "You can go find him if you want,"

She snarled,"Are you kidding me? I'd probably end up worse off than you!" Melody said, looking to him,"And anyways, I can't just leave you here right now...some hell demon might come and eat your guts."

He looked at her "Why are you doing this anyways?"

Melody cocked an eyebrow, and smiled,"Um, because I care?"

Dimitri smirked "Heh heh,"

She gave him a weird looked,"What?"

"Would you care if I was on Hell's side?"

Melody sighed,"Meh, it depends...if you weren't trying to kick my ass, maybe." she smirked.

Dimitri watched her a while then turned his eyes back to the horizon.

Melody yawned, and looked up at the dark moon. She blew stray strands of hair out of her face,"Yep. Hell's gonna have us all for dinner at this rate..." she said. She looked back to Dimitri,"You still okay?"

Dimitri looked down at his open abdomen disdainfully "Yup."

Melody stared at him for a few seconds, then looked to her feet,"Alright, if you say so."

Dimitri eyed the wound a while then lifted the hand that was holding it. He stared at the blood stained skin an dthen the beads wrapped around his wrist. He growled deeply flexing his wings as he did.

Melody grimaced at the sight of the blood covered beads,"Still cursed with them, huh...God, that's gotta suck..."

Dimitri waved his arm furiously making blood splatter on his face. His expression fell "I... hate... her..."

Melody gave him a look,"Agh, you must...feh, I do too. She like, killed my throat..."

Dimitri looked to Melody's neck and eyed the pierced skin. "Ah..." he reache dout his none-bloody hand to touch her wounds gently. After a few seonds his hand glowed and the wounds slowly faded. He smiled and let his hand fall to his side "There we go,"

Melody blinked, and touched her neck. She didn't even realise her wounds were still there- Fleance's healing process must've not been complete, since she whacked him away from her throat too soon. She turned slightly pink, and turned to him again,"Um, Thank you."

"There was only one or two, but they looked like they were infected so, tada," Dimitri shrugged "Suppose that Fleance kid already did some stuff right?"

Melody nodded,"Yeah, he did." she replied," 'Cept it was a bit weird...he put his mouth over my wound." she cringed,"He did say I woudn't like it very much...anyways."

Dimitri raised his hand and twiddled his fingers "My hand goes no where else, promise,"

Melody smiled," 'Kay. Heh, don't worry about it...you never seemed like that type, anyways."

Dimitri nodded and went back to pulling at the beads on his bloody wrist, assorted curses making their way from his lips.

She looked to him,"You should rest a while...before you loose too much blood."

Dimitri grinned "Good idea," he fell backwards suddenly, though his fall was broken by his wings. He lay one the ground, looking much more content then he did walking.

Melody plopped down beside him, and sighed, twitching her dog ears again. She turned to Dimitri's wings, and poked at them.

"Kaine has one of my feathers," Dimitri said looking at his left wing which he twitched contently.

Melody growled slightly at the name,"Kaine...he doesn't deserve to lay a finger on something so beautiful..." she poked at his wings again,"I'll laugh when it burns through his skin..."

"You think they're pretty too?" he ran a hand through his feathers "That's what he said,"

She snarled,"At least the bastard has some taste, then." she muttured, bringing her knees up to her chest. Melody yawned.

"Too bad they don't work..." he flapped the wings and rose about three feet in the air before slamming back down. He cried out in pain and his hand rushed to his wound. "Won't... do that... again..."

Melody winced as he hit the ground,"Yeah, better not to..." she looked to his still bleeding gut,"I can dress your wounds for you, if you want...I brought bandages and gauze in my travel bag." she sighed,"I was prepeared for anything when I left my asylum..."

Dimitri cocked an eyebrow at her comment but lifted his shirt anyways "Yeah go ahead,"

Melody peered over to see his wound, but soon turned away and gagged,"AW GOD!!" she sighed, and stared for it for a while, getting used to it's morbid appearance. When she calmed herself, she reached for gauze and bandages in her sack, and began to wrap them gently around Dimitri's gut,"Nasty..."

"Yeah, and I'm the one who has to walk around with it..." he grumbled then flicked his eyes to her "Don't use God's name in vain,"

Melody blinked from her work to Dimitri's face. She stared at him for a while, and sighed,"Oh...Sorry..." she said, returning to fixing up his wound.

"S'okay," Dimitri looked up at the sky and examined the moon idly. (is it night? >.<)

(^^; Yes, it is)

Melody yawned, cutting off the access gauze off of him with her claw,"There." she wiped her forehead, and sighed,"That's the best I can do..."

Dimitri sat up and looked at the bandages. "Thank-you," he said sincerely rolling down his shirt.

Melody sighed, and flipped her long hair over her shoulder,"Meh, it's no problem."

Dimitri looked back to the sky and narrowed his eyes spitefully.

Melody stretched, and twitched her ears as well. She plopped backwards onto her back, eyes boring over the dark sky.

"Hey Melody..." he looked down at her "Weren't we going somewhere?"

Melody blinked over to him,"Huh? Oh, yes!" she smiled,"Down into inner town... with that kind of wound, you need better care."

Dimitri shifted slightly "Yeah, okay,"

She cocked her head,"You okay to walk again?"

Dimitri loked down at his wound then back to her "Yeah," he got up wobbily, moving unnaturally like an old man.

Melody grabbed him by the arms, and helped him stand. She heaved a sigh,"This all must be really weird for a kinda moody guy like you..."

"Heh..." Dimitri grinned weakly "I'm fine. Just get me a stick of something,"

Melody nodded, and looked around, finding a stray lone stick by an old tree. She stretched, and picked it up, walking back over to him and handing him the stick,"There ya go."

"Ah," he grasped the stick and leaned heavily on it and started to walk at a much better pace then before.

Melody walked beside him, twitching her dog ears, and flipped her her behind her back again. She breathed out heavily.

"So... you're a hanyou, eh?"

She nodded,"Yeah." she twitched her ears again,"Loads of fun..."

"Can you do anything other than twitch your ears?" he cocked an eyebrow.

Melody laughed lowly,"Yeah. I got claws..." she held out a hand, as her dog claws extended slightly, flexing her fingers,"Um...and I can run-" she spat on the ground,"Well, more like jump around really fast."

Dimitri nodded "Ah..." it was seemingly becoming a phrase for him.

Melody cocked her head at him,"You're very weird, you know that?"

"You're like the third person's that's told me that today,"

Her face turned a light shade of red,"Oh...sorry..." Melody looked up at the sky again, and sniffed.

He shrugged "S'okay. I know I'm fucked up,"

Melody sighed,"You're not the only one..."

"At least you have an excuse,"

She looked to him again,"What do you mean?"

"Well, you're half demon right? No offense but demons aren't the most pleasent creatures in the world," he shrugged "And I'm an angel. I almost have to be nice and holy,"

"Oh ..." she said. Melody twidled her fingers around,"That's true... but at least it gives you something to seperate yourself from other stereotypical angels."

"Suppose..."

Melody rubbed her left eye with the back of her hand, and sighed. She reached into her pocket, and pulled out a small container with held some of her pills. She popped the cap open, and popped two in her mouth. Melody swallowed them dry, then stuck out her tongue is disgust,"Agh..."

Dimitri cocked an eyebrow at her "What're the pills for?"

She sniffed,"Mental illness." Melody sighed again,"I'm obviously insane..."

"I hadn't guessed it. But the pills are kind of a giveaway..."

Melody's lips crooked into a smile,"Yep...that's me. The insane bitchy dog hanyou..." her eyes peered out to a clearing, lights were seen seeping through spaces between the trees,"Good, we're almost there..."

"Yay..." he cheered weakly.

"You sure you're okay? You've been awfully quiet...it's either that or I've been talking to much..." she blinked, and turned red again,"Okay, I'll shut up now..."

"It's okay, I was never a very big talker..." he leaned more heavily against the stick and winced when he felt his wound throb.

Melody bit her lip,"You alright?"

"Mmhm,"

She shook her head,"Fine. The minute you cry out in pain,I'm carrying you..."

Dimitri sealed his lips. Again another painful throb erupted from the inflict and he stopped walking, taking a deep breath. After a few seconds he continued walking.

Melody watched him for a while, and heaved a sigh, walking on after Dimitri.

Dimitri flexed his wings,"This would be so much easier if I could fly..."

"Can't you just convince Morgan to take them off?" she said, unaware of what the sad truth was.

"They're permanent..." he said bitterly.

Melody's eyes widened,"...what? Shit, that sucks..."

"Yeah it does..."

She took a look at his feathery wings,"It's a shame you won't be able to use them... they're beautiful."

Dimitri smirked weakly and looked back at the feathered limbs. "Yeah..."

Fleance was walking when he saw Melody and Dimitri, hr walke dover to them "uh hello"

Melody blinked, and turned to Fleance,"Oh, hey."

Dimitri glanced at him "Hey kid,"

"...kid eh? I'm one year older than you so really I should be calling you Kid"fleance said

Dimitri laughed lowly "Phisically... but I've been around much longer than you can fathom,"

"oh really?I'm a vampire I'v been here for over a thousand years I live forever"

"I'm an angel," he retorted poking at the air "I was around long before Hell came about,"

"hmp"he replied "I'm still older than you...kid"

"How so?"

Melody sighed, walking ahead,"So much debate over one lousy comment, my goodness..." she tried her best to keep her profanity low, for Dimitri's sake.

Dimitri rolled his eyes "Whatever..."

Melody stopped, as she saw an old dirt road leading into the inner capital of Gaide. Her ears twitched, as she saw the empty and damp raods, a few marketers outside, and heard drunk men from inside the keg. She heaved a sigh of relief,"Here we are,"

"Joy..." Dimitri turned his head and spat acidly.