The easily amused orange haired girl ran just keeping ahead of the slate haired boy she had all but just threatened. The boy seemed ready to give chase which only made Aeirin more ready to have fun. She continued running always staying a fraction a head of him. Looking behind her after a bit, Aeirin smiled lightly and then grinned somewhat devilishly.
“Lets play in the castle," the air demon laughed suddenly raising a hand and forming a door to which she took and opened. Running inside, Aeirin found herself in the Central Castle. The area linked all of the demon areas together and was often the point at which many left to go to the human world when needed. Running across the tiled floor, Aeirin looked back to find Ryuu jumping as if ready to pounce. The orange haired girl's eyes grew for a minute before she jumped back and used the air currents to get away. Hovering above Ryuu and smiling down at him, the light haired girl waved down as he tried to jump up to get her. However, Aeirin wasn't finished and suddenly spend off towards the stairs.
“Aeirin slow down.” Ryuu's voice echoed on the walls as Aeirin heard them. Turning her head a bit, she grinned back.
“Why would I do that then you would be able to catch me.” Aeirin answered back turning around fully again and continuing to go down the stairs. She didn't even hear Ryuu's last complaint to make her stop. Instead, she just continued running. However, she didn't even notice when Ryuu was no longer running behind her.
~*~
“MATSU!” echoed in the dungeon causing Hiawai's head to turn sharply. Matsu breathed out wishing every single second that she wouldn't take his other eye. “What the hell did you do?” Ryuu's voice sounded angry if nothing else. Hiawai stared blankly into the nothingness in front of her for a minute. She had never even seen Ryuu's face, and she blamed Shi for it.
“He destroyed my eye sight the first time I attempted to suck out his soul so I took his eye in exchange.” the white haired woman answered back with a calm but dark grin. Matsu's head was down, but he could feel the blood continuing to coarse down the right side of his face. It was sticky, and all the white haired man found that he wanted to do at that point was wipe it away... the blood.... make it stop.....
“Well that’s your own damn fault for attempting such a stupid stunt. Matsu has done nothing to you.” Ryuu shot back. Hiawai's white eyes grew, and suddenly the motion of her arm had taken all of her emotion with it bringing it solely across Ryuu's face. The sound of smacking was all that echoed after that. Hiawai breathed outwards sharply feeling the eyeball she had coveted in the palm of her other hand.
“Don’t you ever mouth off to me again.” the white haired woman all but hissed back at the boy before turning sharply and walking out of the room. It was not like Ryuu could break the bonds that held the boy anyways, as far as Hiawai was concerned, and she had taken what she had wanted. With that, she simply continued out.
Walking down the hallway easily, Hiawai changed the scenery around her and was soon enough in her own room standing before the large mirror that she could not see. You took my sight as a different man, Shi... but you are the same... and this is your punishment... Raising the yellow eyeball upwards, the white haired woman held it towards her right eye and allowed demonic light to explode out from her palm and consume the eyeball. White twisted light ripped through the area and died seconds later. Hiawai breathed out and then opened one white eye.. and one yellow eye. Staring into the mirror and seeing her reflection after more than fifteen years, the white haired woman felt a calm grin move on her face. Her head turned a fraction as she viewed everything around in her own room. Noiren had been right... all I needed was my own sealer's eye... to return my sight.... she grinned to herself.
~*~
Matsu was having a hard time focusing on anything let alone where he was, who he was, and why he was there. Questions moved through his mind, and he wondered why he couldn't find the answers. It irritated him to not have the answers that were supposed to be so clear to him. Feeling the blood move down his face, Matsu looked at Ryuu with his one eye. However, all he saw was fuzz. It was nothing like it should have been.
"Matsu!" Ryuu's voice was loud in the air.
"Nino....." Matsu answered back closing his eye again.
"Matsu! It's Ryuu! Matsu! I'm going to get you out!"
~*~
"What..." Aiba's voice broke out again. "What do you mean, Nino's dead..."
"Wha-..." Emiko said looking suddenly extremely startled. "Is... the fate of a vessel...." she took a sudden step back as if unsure of what to do. Seizing her head again, Emiko began to back up even more. Aiba's head turned with his eyes watching Emiko, yet he couldn't say a word. He had no idea... It was not supposed to be... was it? Suddenly, Emiko stopped again, and her face changed completely. Asa looked over and suddenly reflected a look of what could only be described as a mild form of terror. Aoi was staring straight through Emiko.
"Asa...." Aoi's voice hissed from Emiko's own throat. Elle's face paled as a look of surprise overtook her. Aiba, stunned by it all, and backed up to the point his back was on the wall itself. "She couldn't ignore me forever..."
"Well hello, Aoi.. what happened to Aiyoku?" Doki's laugh rolled up into the air as if he were not surprised by the transformation at all. "Or have you become the new spirit vessel as your ploy to keep a body?"
"Silence, Doki," Aoi's voice shot out of Emiko.
"Shameless as ever..." Doki grinned back. Aoi said nothing but turned Emiko's head and stared at Asa.
"Asa, leave," she said caustically.
Asa stared for a minute and said nothing. Finally he looked over the face of Doki who just grinned back. The demon stared a fraction longer before looking away completely. "You realize I am trying to..."
"I forgive you," Aoi's voice answered back. "But leave. This is not your place at the moment... especially with a little bird watching."
Suddenly all eyes had moved outside to stare and find that a black raven was watching from outside. No one moved. Asa's eye slid over to Emiko's face. Aoi just stared back through Emiko. "Die demon!" Aoi shouted suddenly forming a staff in hand and making a move to slam it straight at Asa. Asa, understanding the ploy of the moment, sighed outwards and disappeared instantly. Elle breathed out again as if in a complete state of shock, and Doki just broke out into another fit of laughter. Aiba's eye moved to the black bird who continued to stare for a moment before flying off as if satisfied with what it had saw.
Suddenly, Doki's screaming suddenly broke out in the room causing everyone in it to stare and shiver with the cold of the scream. No one moved except for the suddenly extremely perturbed dark haired man. "THAT WITCH!" Doki roared. "THAT WHITE DEMON! THAT WOMAN! THAT WITCH!" Doki's voice cracked, and suddenly Nino's own voice was back for a split second before it was overtaken by Doki's again. "I'LL KILL HER! I'LL KILL HER! I'LL KILL HER FOR WHAT SHE HAS DONE TO MATSU!"
Aiba stared in confusion and looked at Elle who just reflected a face of confusion back. However, Emiko's body simply let a breath out. "Doki... stop mixing with Nino's emotions," Aoi commanded with a calm voice. "Or I will seal you to the point you will never be able to come out again."
Doki froze and turned pale for a moment as his eyes shifted to slits. "Hiawai has harmed my Yin," he hissed. "And I will kill her for it."
"That is not your job, Doki," Aoi sighed suddenly paling even more. "Nor... is it min-" Suddenly Emiko's body seemed to go completely limp. Aiba's eyes grew, and his body dived to catch Emiko before she hit the ground. Only managing to act more as a cushion, Aiba found himself smashed between a body and the floor.
"Matsu! Matsu!!!" Doki's voice scream and suddenly became Nino's. Nino stared up from the couch in utter horror now completely unable to breathe. She's.... taken his eye.... as what came to the dark haired man's mind.
"Well isn't this quite the drama party," Sho Sakurai's voice echoed in the room, yet only a few heads turned to find the brown haired man now walking in the doorway inwards.
~*~
Ohno yawned and stretched somewhat obscurely. I feel like eating corn bread.... he thought to himself somewhat complacently. And maybe some jam with it.... Yawning a bit, the red haired man stretched and rolled his shoulders a bit. Oh my and it's nearly ten.... Ohno yawned as his eye caught the clock. "Guess I better get ready for today, then," Ohno sighed to himself. "Now then... off to get some actual intel...." he sighed and then smiled. "Instead of talking my way into giving all the information out like before heh..." he smiled lightly, yet there was a strangely dark look in his eye.
Mei Rin... Are you an angel in Heaven? the red haired man looked up out his window and towards the sky. and if so.. are you happy up there? Breathing out again, Ohno took up the coffee pot and began to pour it easily.
