Vampire Heart 27

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Scroll 28: Bat Vampire
Naoko skipped along the path through the woods swinging some of the bags with her as she continued along her way.
"Just tell her..." Claude whispered.
Vicente blushed, "There's nothing to tell. It's the necklaces."
"You're not convinced of that," Claude countered.
"Okay, come up with my romantic speech for me. I can't wait to share a bed with you--wait. Can't use that one. Let's see...I don't want to be away from you--wait that causes us to be zapped. Obviously, only a masochist would want to be away from her in my situation. Scratch that... Let's see...I have super strength when you get endangered. I'm kinda like a knight who can rescue you, except I'm a vampire, something that a knight would slay. Let's see, you can order me around for your own benefit. That sounds just lovely. Any ideas other than that where to start?" Vicente ranted.
"Your situation is hard to work in, but that doesn't mean it's impossible," Dameon muttered.
"I thought you lusted her," Vicente commented.
"I do, but I also have the need to give her what she wants," Dameon replied.
"Yes, because the princess always falls in love with the dragon who imprisoned her," Vicente crossed his arms a bit his lower lip.
"But I think the dragon loves the princess," Dameon whispered.
"Why are you the dragon who imprisoned the princess?" Claude asked.
"You can read my mind," Vicente replied coldly.
"Only if you're thinking about it," Claude explained.
"Well, Naoko didn't know how the necklace worked and I told her what to do and now she's trapped here with me," Vicente replied. "And she's the perfect woman, a princess and I'm just a monster."
"You're not a dragon. More like a cuddly lizard," Dameon mussed Vicente’s hair but stopped when Vicente seized his wrist. "Just because Naoko musses your hair affectionately doesn't mean you've got to be so touchy. Don't touch me," Vicente hissed. Vicente threw Dameon's arm down before he was flung toward Naoko with a jolt of electricity coursing through his body. "Why the hell am I flying?" Vicente turned around to see Naoko struggling against a caramel skinned vampire with short brown hair and deep green eyes. "How are you flying?"
Jaden glanced down at Vicente, "Who are you and why are you flying beside me?"
"I'm going to ask you the same thing," Vicente hissed.
"I'm going to be the mistress's pet. All she has to do is give me an order!" Jaden announced.
"I already have a pet," Naoko said simply. "I tried telling you that."
"And that's why he's flying beside us, huh?" Jaden asked.
"Yeah, so if you'll do us the kindness of setting us down..." Vicente growled.
"I'm terribly sorry. My name is Jaden Crawl," the vampire apologized, "I'm a vampire bat."
"Then where are your wings?" Naoko asked.
"Folded away," Jaden replied. "Allow me to apologize truthfully and take you home..."
"Take us back to where you snagged me," Naoko insisted. "Dameon and Claude are still there."
"If he's your pet, then who are they?" Jaden asked.
"They're volunteer pets," Naoko replied. "They live with me and Vicente."
"Then, I volunteer my services to you," Jaden grinned happily.
"You're a very perky vampire," Vicente commented.
"Mistress!" Dameon called in surprise when Jaden set Naoko on the ground.
"I'm alright, Dameon," Naoko assured him. "Jaden wanted to be my pet, so he volunteered himself."
"Hello," Jaden shook Claude's hand, then Dameon's hand.
"Don't touch me," Vicente said before Jaden could offer his hand. "Only the mistress is allowed."
"Why is he so touchy?" Jaden whispered to Dameon.
"He likes being a hard ass," Dameon explained.
"He is tough looking," Jaden remarked.
"So, can I see your wings?" Naoko asked.
Jaden removed his shirt and unfolded his large bat-like wings, "They change size with my body."
"Are you a general shape shifter or are you just a bat vampire?" Claude asked.
"Don't you mean a vampire bat?" Vicente asked.
"No, that would be the animal that sucks blood, not necessarily suffering from hemophilic poropheria," Dameon explained.
"Just a vampire bat," Jaden replied.
"How does that happen? I thought that vampires coming from bats was mere fiction," Naoko poked Dameon's wing curiously.
"I was bitten by a vampire bat that was somehow infected with hemophilic poropheria and therefore became a bat vampire due to a vampire bat," Jaden explained. "I've never heard of anybody else changing like that."
"Me either," Vicente muttered.
"Look, if you're jealous of somebody, than why don't you just confront them. It's perfectly normal to feel human emotions as a vampire," Jaden commented.
"I'm just thirsty," Vicente crossed his arms over his chest.
"You should quench that thirst. Not doing so is self-destructive," Jaden said simply as he stared at Vicente.
Vicente stared back in silence, "What?"
"Oh, nothing. I was just thinking of how lucky you are to have such a wonderful mistress who will take in me, a mere stray," Jaden rubbed the back of his head modestly.
"I'm willing to accept help and help whenever the need arises," Naoko shrugged. "Come on, I want to put everything away soon."

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