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The Aftermath
Topic Started: Sep 9 2004, 12:03 PM (261 Views)
Vampiric_Kiss
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*Kiara had left the field. What was once a ragin battle had died down, the particpants dispersing. Kiara was holding her ribs, her free hand dangling loosely at her side. She had managed to get injured several times during the course of the spar and was slightly maf at herselff or it. Small bruises decorated her arms and a few small almost invisible scrathes were on her legs. None of the scrathes really hurt, and the few bruises that had retained their color were already numb. What hurt most was her ribs.*

It must have been that blast by Relen.

*Kiara turned to look back at the area where the trees once stood proud and how some of them had been destoryed. She shook her head and continued to walk. She would find a calmer place in the meadow. Since the sun had began to go down, and the ground was already dark Kiara found herself releasing her hurt side, alowing the nigths calm breeze to ebvelope her and soothe her aches.*

"It's so different here at night, "Kiara said slowly.

*A slope appeared before her and se sat at the foot off it and looked down at the swaying grass which began to look like the rippling waves of the ocean. Kiara closed her eyes and then laid on her back, She was tired from had just went on.*

"And who was that guy...."

*Small images flahed in her head of Lucian, she had seen Relen and Maeko before but not him, with his emerald eyes and unique ways Kiara knew she would have rememebred him had she spotted him on school grounds.*

But then again I didn't get to much of a good look at his face either.

*The days events began playing like a movie in her mind and the serene sounds of night creatures and swaying grass made her thoughts more vivd.*
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LucianShadow
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Standing in night the figure that watched over the area look like nothing but a shadow, it moved like a out stretched hand of darkness as it moved along the grassy field slowly, though his arm still hurt from the little fight it was healed, though the pain was there by his request.

"That battle did little to be my training for the day...that foolish boy and his toys were nothing...and that girl trying to refuse to fight such a waste of time...though...that ice girl seemed to have some small skill...but they way she tried to get closer to me was very...different...especially in the middle of a battle...be as small as it was..."

Lucian thought to himself as he moved through the clearing that Kiara was overlooking, his shadows moved with the motion of the waves of grass seeming to fade the rich color of the grass somewhat as they were caressed by darkness, it would be hard to see him even under the full moon as it was.

He sense something not far off from where he was, or was it someone, he would be near impossible to see...if he had not turned his head slightly in the direction of Kiara, his eyes burned like to emerald suns in the darkness as the light they gave off seemed to cut through night and be right upon her, the effect only lasted for a moment before he decided the girl in her current state may need the rest she seemed to be trying to get, so with a slow motion the lights were gone as he turned away from her and started to make his way across the field which was about 30 feet from where Kiara was trying to rest.
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Vampiric_Kiss
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*Kiara's eyes flew open, she wasn't alone. Familiar auras echoed against the walls of her mind. As she opened her eyes a light faded and she laid perfectly still careful to keep her sudden alertness hidden. She slowly rolled over onto her stomach and began surveying the land. She knew she had felt someone. She squinted her eyes but the darkness of the night even under the full moons light made it hard for her to see.*

That's odd.

*Kiara stood up. She looked around. Chances where if there was another wild animal out there she would have time to either fight it or escape before she got wounded. She turned in circles and sighed. THe night had darkened a great deal and the meadow seemed to streth on forever, shadows from trees played tricks on her mind.*

My imagination...

*Another spark of aura blinded her and Kiara found hersel ffocusing harder then ever ont he dancing shadows along the trees and the grass. After about 5 minutes of intensive focus Kiara managed to pinpoint a direction...and the exact location of the aura. The color, black emmintaed form that area more then any other in the meadow...*

"No wonder why I couldn't see it...the aura is as dark as the shadows casted by the trees, and the seemingly black blades of grass."

*Kiara made a slow advancement towards the aura, one she was about 15 feet away she kneeled down into the grass. Luckily the grass was tall their and Kiara good lay flat and be almost completely invisible. Slowly she made her way through the grass, each move delicate and precise as to not make a sound.*

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LucianShadow
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Lucian moved slowly through the trees that surrounded the meadow, the moon light cut through small patches of the trees as the shadow that was Lucian seemed to walk through the pale light with it failing to pierce the darkness that surrounded him.

He finally came to a stop and he was very aware of the girl following him, after all she wasn't the most stealthiest of people, especially with her wounds effecting her movements somewhat, though Lucian didn't seem all that worried about the ice child.

Coming to a stop in the middle of what seem like nowhere, the light was no where to be seen as Lucian shifted slightly to moved to a near by tree and looked it over slowly, with a flash of black light Lucian had withdrew the shadow sword and sliced clean through the tree, after a silent moment the tree came rushing down quickly to fall where the girl was trying to hide, and hit with a hard thud right in front of her sending any life to a roar of fright before all became dead once again as a slight chill of wind rolled into the darken area.

Lucian was no where to be seen where he once was, in that instance of confusion Lucian had dashed with incredible speed behind Kiaras location and was now standing over the laying girl, the cold black blade of the shadow sword ran slowly across the right side of the girls neck so close that if she turned to try and face him it would bite into her smooth flesh, as the blade rested against her the shadows around the blade seemed to motion slowly like a thick mist and caressed around the girls neck and cheek, then the voice of the night itself seemed to pour from behind the shadows that hide Lucians face.

"It is dangerous to follow a shadow into darkness...girl...what business do you have trying to sneak around on me..."

He lifted the blade away from her slightly enough for her to be able to move around slightly, though the watchful burning emerald eyes behind the shadows were ever watching her.
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Vampiric_Kiss
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*The silence was broken and so was Kiara's concentration. Just as Kiara was about to inch closer a tree crashed down in front of her. Kiara stared at the leaves of the fallen tree and pictured what would have happened had she been there. Just as the images began to get gorey a deep chill ran up the back of her neck.*

*The sensation of a blade running across the right side of her neck casued her to shudder and she went to turn her head but realized that the blade would peirce her skin. She wanted to see her intruder despite the fact that she had a good idea who was standing behind her. A odd dark mist caressed her cheek and face and Kiara closed her eyes, it was a odd sensation.*

*Kiara felt the blade retreat slightly and she turned on to her back and slightly propped herself up using one of her elbows. The familiar shadowy figure towered over her and Kiara stared at the emerald shaped eyes that peirced out from the darkness.*

"You...."

"It is dangerous to follow a shadow into darkness...girl...what business do you have trying to sneak around on me..."

*His voice was smooth and calm yet somethign dark penetrated it. His voice mixed with his eyes was enough to make Kiara slightly uneasy but she knew, at that very moment that she didn't feel uneasy or scared or anyything of that nature. After a few seconds she began to laugh quietly. It was more of a giggle, but less girlish.*

"I...following you...Your aura called out to me, and I wanted to see if it was the same person from earlier, nothing more, nothing less."

*Kiara's eyes went blank as she stared at the emeralds that rested upon her. His blade was still extremely close to her neck and she placed her hand gently over it.*

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LucianShadow
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Lucians cloak flowed around the laying girl like black water, surrounding her in darkness from all sides all said for her face, the shadows were all around Kiara embracing her in the night and seemed to lick softly along her smooth skin.

"You have found that it is me...now what will you do..."

His voice was like echoes that have lost everything but the very sound it carried, no emotion, no warmth, just air that cooly brushed against her ears like whispers, his eyes burned down at the girl and danced with such light of a fire flowing against the night it was almost rhythmic, the laces of light intertwine with one another and swirled around in the darkness to spread their emerald glow, though they towered over her, the light they put off seemed to be right against her own gazing deeply into them.

"Or maybe you are thinking what I might do to you...after all you said I was calling to you...maybe this was all a trap to lure you here..."

As his eyes were locked lidless onto her own, he ran the deadly tip of the shadow sword across her cheek and gently slide it up to her forehead and pushed the few strands of her hair out of her face, he slowly withdrew the black blade from her face and placed it at his side as it seemed to disappeared under the flowing black cloak, he kneeled down slowly seemingly between her legs as he leaned his face in closer to hers so that his emerald eyes really did burn next to her and she could see the delicate motions of the lights within, like fire and water their motions were every changing.
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Vampiric_Kiss
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*It was a sif all light from the moon had abandoned the area surrounding Kiara. She felt small but not afraid, the darkness despite its aura calmed her. She blinked slowly and looked from her left to the right at the odd shadows the danced and swayed with the nature around her. Despite its almost weightless appearance she could feel it, gliding across her skin. The feeling was almost like liquid,*

*She just lisented to him speak. Her mouth remained closed as he spke his next few words, his emerald gaze perring down on her. Kiara sensed the tension between the two. Both gazes set on not moving. Other then Kiara's occasional blinking, she managed to hold her ground, atleast in that way.

"Or maybe you are thinking what I might do to you...after all you said I was calling to you...maybe this was all a trap to lure you here..."

*As she was ready to speak, she felt his blade dance around her face and then brush her head off of her forehead. To Kiara it felt as if he was taunting her. He soon moved his blade to what appeared to be his side. The motions were fluid and Kiara found his eyes close to her in a few seconds. She stopped breathing, her heart slowed dramatically. His eyes were right in front of hers, and she felt his closeness like her own cloak, it unraveled her thoughts, blurred her focus..but didn't rupture ehr staring into the emeral pools that lay before her, or perhaps she couldn't turn away.*

"If...this was a trap...I doubt I would have lived this long."

*Kiara said her words slowly. She remembered earlier and how she tried to touch his cheek and how he had reacted. She slowly brought up her right hand and went to graze his cheek, he was almost completely shadowed in some sort of demonic darkness...she could barely see any of his features despite his closeness...so she questioned his existance.*

"You are just as real as anyone here, yet you conceal yourself so much...your existance is seemingly fading."

*Kiaras words held a since of compassion as they normally held when she spoke in poetic expression. She wasn't sure if she had touche dhim or not, but her hand stopped around where the shadows were, if she had touched him her hands were like ice...and so she expected a reaction.*
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LucianShadow
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Her words did little but be absorbed into the shadows that were around her, as her hand drew near to his cheek his eyes flashed brightly burning with the light of emerald suns, the shadows drew along her fingers like a thick mist feeling every curve of her smooth hand, as her hand was about to reach the darkness her wrist was grasp tightly in a grip almost snapping her bones, Lucians gloved hand held her in wrist but was not trying to break her wrist holding it at bay from his unseen face, as close as he was to her only the eyes of neon light could be seen as if the rest of his face was so distance and unreachable.

A second hand shot out from under the flowing cloak of shadows and the black glove of his right hand took hold of her throat in almost a death grip as for a moment all air was lost to her, the touch of her skin was as cold as ice but living in the shadows for so long Lucian was no stranger to the cold feel of the endless darkness and so didn't give the feeling a second thought.

"Why would you seek to reach out to the shadows...is it you wish to feel the dark embrace of a endless night..."

Holding her throat in his hand he finally loosen it enough for her to breath freely once again, yet still held her tightly enough to return it if he wish, tugging her arm towards him he forced the girl to him bringing her almost into the shadows of his hood as the rest of his cloak poured around her increasing in darkness upon darkness.

His eyes burned closer than ever now and seemed the light itself would stretch out and lick at her eyes and pull them into there never ending dance of emerald fire, the shadows of his face seemed to flow out softly and caress against her cheeks a slight tug might be felt on her flesh as if the very shadows were trying to pull her into the darkness...if not her soul.

"Or perhaps....perhaps you seek something else...tell me what it is you hope to gain by getting close to me...what could you possibly wish for that I could give you..."

His voice though so close was still nothing more than whispers as the rolled out of the darkness like very shadows that licked across the girls face, snaking gently around her ears so that each sound was heard as clear as the night brings shadows, so empty, so void of emotion did they fall into her ears as the emerald light dance for her eyes.
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Vampiric_Kiss
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*Kiara made sure not to move and despite the searing pain in her lungs and the now dying pain in her wrist Kiara kept her composure. She wanted to scream, to lash out but she had trained herself better then that. He spoke to her in whispers as he gripped her, rendering her almost helpless...she could always attack but it wouldn't be wise not in her position. As Kiara thought over her chances, she felt his grip begin to loosen. Kiara unknowingly took in a deep breath. Her lungs burned with the sensation of cool air and she almost started coughing.*

"Why would you seek to reach out to the shadows...is it you wish to feel the dark embrace of a endless night..."


"You may be seemingly be nothingmore then shadows but I know there's more there..."

*As she ended her sentence and went to continue she felt him tug her arm. The tug was a firm one and Kiara found herself unnervingly close to the emeral eyes which had caught her attention in the first place. Kiara could feel the shadows envelope her almost completely.*

*Suddenly an odd senation began to run down her spine. Other then the basic darkness, she felt something pulling on her, drawing her in. She could feel whats he thought to be hands ulling on her, as well as something deeper peering intot he depths of her soul, luring her in to a shadowed abyss. Kiara closed her eyes, the emerald glre faded from her sight and Kiara began to focus on her soul. She could see the shadowy figures amongst it, lulling it with their dance.**

*Kiara kept her eyes closed and listened to im speak. This whispers in which he spoke swept across her cheek and made themseleves heard. Kiara's lips parted and she stayed silent for a moment.*

"I don't hope to gain anything from you as of now...I just wish to fulfill my own intrigue...ofcourse, I don't think your the type for a friendship...but I'd strive for it despite that."


*As Kiara spoke her last audible words before breaking off into whispers, she opened her eyes. The bright blue light had faded, its tint of icy emotion gone. A slight darkness shown through, her eyes were reflecting the beings that tugged at her very essence.*
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LucianShadow
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The darkness caressed and danced around the girls lips like a soft wind yet almost liquid in texture, his hand finally release her hand and brought the gloved fingers to the side of her cheek, the black leather felt like a gloveless hand as his fingers rolled down against her cheek.

"Why do those like you try so hard to have what you can not...such foolishness indeed..."

His words seemed to beat with a slight warmth against her lips, her face now pressed dangerously close to the shadows now and seemed as though the emerald fires would devour her eyes in there neon light, the words played along her lips as the air to form them seemed to roll into her mouth for a moment before slipping back over her smooth lips back to find her ears like whispers in a endless night.

Lucians touch ended suddenly as his grip around her throat tensed for a moment before he shoved her back, pushing her onto her back to the soft grass, as she lay there for the short moment, it was all the shadows needed to flow in on either side of her and embrace her openly into the darkness in a bed of black, the cloak to the shape of her body perfectly as it washed around her completely basking her in a void of nothingness, though it only lasted a few moments the effect would seem to last forever before the shadows broke and her face was release back into the night, a ray of white moon light broke through and filled her face in its beauty and glow, after a moment it faded casting the two once again in darkness.

"Do you still strive for the..friendship of shadows..."

He almost seemed to be floating over the girl as he was now on top of her, his cloak covered ever inch of her all said for her face as his gloved hands pinned her down and some unseen action kept her legs from moving, the two would be unseen in this darkness, as the neon emerald light was fixed on the girls eyes catching the dimness in them he knew it wouldn't be long before she would give up this little game of hers, this was more of a means to stop her attempts to find some light within him, to frighten her as to accept what he was, though until then Lucians gazed burned into her eyes like a vortex of light spinning and moving endlessly absorbing any light that would dare oppose it.
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Vampiric_Kiss
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*As the grip removed itself from her hand, Kiara rested her arm next to her and shfted her weight slightly. It was uncomfortable being held up by her neck and her neck alone, her own careful shifting the only thing keeping her from cutting off her breathing.*

"Why do those like you try so hard to have what you can not...such foolishness indeed..."

*Kiara's body jerked slightly as he spoke those words, simply because they hit a nerve. She brough up her free hand to scratch at the shadows above her, she cared whether she hit him or not, but she was hoping she landed it Simpley to make her feel accomplished. Her eyes hardened. After her attack, Kiara felt his hand tense cutting off her breathing once again, then he pushed her back slightly, so she landed back in the grass, free of his steady hold.*

*Kiara was just about to sit up when she felt a heavy darkness surround her. The shadows shaped to her body but seemed to go far beyond that. She was entombed in darkness. She figured it was probably his cloak, it held such odd properties...it felt like it held a slightl weightlessness but at the same time managed to consumer her. The only thing visible were the two glowing emerald eyes. Kiara blinked just as a strip of moonlight shown through. The light struck her face, coloring her features, shining into her eyes erasing that dimness.

"Do you still strive for the..friendship of shadows..."

*As Kiara tried to move, the light went out and she found herself immobile. But this time it was different. His darkness still loomed aorund her, and the eyes towered over her, but there were no visible hands retraining her except for just his.*

*Kiara closed her eyes and took a deep breath. As she breathed out, her breath appeared puffy and white. She was cold again, and so was the immediate area. It tende to happen when Kiara's body felt overwhelmed by either a situation or a emotion. In this case it was both.*

"Strive...."

*Kiara's eyes glowed a bright blue. She allowed them to intensify, resisting against the clouds of darkness surrounding her.*

"It's more like a struggle at this point..."

*Kiara stpushed slightly against his grip, contemplating what he would do, push her back down or allow her to rise.*
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LucianShadow
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Feeling the slight chill in the air did little but cause his cloak roll out quickly and snap off the lines of ice that formed, his cloak seemed to shimmer slightly like ripples of water and continued to flick away the ice trying to take shape over it.

His eyes burned down on hers mixing with the sapphire light of the girls, the emerald flames licking at her own and pushing its way into her eyes, her struggle did little as Lucians grip didn't tighten or loosen, it wasn't needed as he held the girl in place as though she didn't struggle at all.

"A struggle...so you admit then you are only willing to go so far to obtain what you desire..."

Lucian leaned his close and she could feel his body press down against her own though it felt lighter than expected, almost like a thick mist pushing down on her though warmer, his face leaned down close to her own once again, so close that the neon emerald glow actually seemed to lash out from the shadows and trace the outer rims of her eyes, and once again the shadows played along her cheeks and face.

He was closer than ever now so close in fact that she could feel the slight vibrations his lips made as sound of empty emotionless words rolled off them like a old forgotten wind of time, they breezed out from the shadows and played along the girls lips in a mix of warm and cool sensations before finding her ears and calling out like whispers from afar.

"As I said before girl...why do fools such as you always wish to obtain what they can not have...even at their own fault or will it would seem..."
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Vampiric_Kiss
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*Kiara looked from his eyes to his lips as he spoke. His words although they held no emotion seemed to taunt her very being. It made her flinch but she eventually brought her eyes back up to his. His words held alot of power, something that Kiara found pretty amazing, most people had to put emotion into their words to give it meaning...he did not.*

"Willing to go as far...are you implying that I would cross limits to get what I want or that I would stop when I felt defeated. If you mean, that I would stop...then your wrong..."

*Kiara stared at him, she didn't care what he thought of her at this point. But if he was saying that she was indeed someone who gave up then she would make it painfully clear that he was wrong, and if he meant that she would not, then he was complimenting her whether or not he realized it.*

"Something about you called to me, I refuse to give up before I..."

*As Kiara spoke, Lucian pressed his body closer to hers, his face so close that Kiara could almost feel the heat burning in his eyes. This made her trail off. His closeness would always make her quiet, the fact that his face was so close to hers made her close her eyes. The nearness alarmed her, as Kiara disliked being close to people under such odd circumstances.*

"As I said before girl...why do fools such as you always wish to obtain what they can not have...even at their own fault or will it would seem..."

*The words that annoyed her in the first place rolled of his tongue and danced across her cheeks before gliding into her ears, filling her mind with random thoughts of anger and confusion. This time, Kiara kept her eyes closed and took a deep breath in and then calmed her breathing before speaking.*

"I follow my heart, my mind, my soul and my senses. When they split in different directions is the only time I will ever be indecisive. Since they brought me here, and since I was drawn to you, I will remain here until I figure out why."

*Kiara opened her eyes to stare at the gleaming emeralds above her. She wanted desperately to see what lay beyond the shadowy cloak, what lay under the mask. As she spoke her next words a hint of a smile spread across her lips.*

"You can't say what I won't have...I am perfectly capable of getting what I am out to find, even if the only clue I have are the ones that I can not describe. I can't tell what your feelings, or what your thinking, but I do know you weren't always like this...a being of the shadows...atleast to not such an extreme"

*Kiara paused, her body relaxed. She had calmed herself down, something told her she had nothing to fear and she believed it.*

"But I'm sure you don't remember who you were, and if you do...your will is so broken you can't return to that...or maybe you have become so consumed by thee shadows which seem to embrace you...that you simply don't want to."

*The smile that Kiara had was more of a smirk then anything, she had spoken what was on her mind and felt happy she had...but she just wondered what his reaction would be.*
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LucianShadow
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The words of the girl did little but fall into the shadows of the night, and those that loomed around her alive in their fluid movements, the darkness of which cast Lucians face in a endless night were once again trailing around the lines of the girls smooth face, licking around the curves of her ear and neck as part of her face was shadowed in the same night as Lucians.

"You do not seem to understand...as all you seem to hold to you is your false ideals that you can change ones path...I know for a fact that your thoughts of me not always being this way are indeed true...but you see my dear innocent friend...I have chose this path and if you stay on this course to try and turn me....well...you may find your own path begin to darken...are you willing to go that far in order to try and reach me..."

Coolness seemed to flow over her cheek and dance around the edges of her ear as it went from cool to warm and back again mixing the two feelings into one as the whisper of voices played out with no emotion entering her ear, so close yet seeming so far far away like a call from deep in the night, yet as close as though he were right behind her.

"I do not think you are ready to cross such lines...as you are to weak in will and power to dare start down that path...and turn away from its dark embrace letting it consume you with its power...unlike you however I am not so weak to allow it to control me...as you suggest...but I will temper the shadows into my own and my will become its...so you see I am the shadows you think me to be controlled by...and I assure you it is quite the other way around..."

Lucian could feel the girl become slightly more afraid as she pulled away from him slightly, her smile was nothing but a fake means to try and make Lucian question what he was, but Lucian had no misdirection when it came to his path, he drew himself even closer her to her now, his cloak seeming to part to allow their bodies to touch as it wrapped along the sides of the girl as Lucians eyes remained on hers even though she kept closing them his own were lid less in a never ending dance of emerald light.
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Vampiric_Kiss
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"You do not seem to understand...as all you seem to hold to you is your false ideals that you can change ones path...I know for a fact that your thoughts of me not always being this way are indeed true...but you see my dear innocent friend...I have chose this path and if you stay on this course to try and turn me....well...you may find your own path begin to darken...are you willing to go that far in order to try and reach me..."

*Kiara's smirk faded as she listened to him speak. His words seem to lose their taunting touch instantly. She tossed the thoughts over in her head, it seemed logical that Kiara would end up getting negative vibes as well as beings mixed into her life if she involved herself with him in such ways.*

"It's very possible, that what you say is true, in fact it is very likely that somehow I would get some negative effect from attempting to reach you as you choose to say."

*Kiara thought of more words to say, but as she opened her mouth to speak, Lucian had at the same time and she quieted herself to listen*

"I do not think you are ready to cross such lines...as you are to weak in will and power to dare start down that path...and turn away from its dark embrace letting it consume you with its power...unlike you however I am not so weak to allow it to control me...as you suggest...but I will temper the shadows into my own and my will become its...so you see I am the shadows you think me to be controlled by...and I assure you it is quite the other way around..."


"I would not say I am weak in will...in power, I am not the strongest...compared to you I am no match. Im very aware of reality."

*She paused, "So you chose your path".

*Kiara turned her head to the side. She wanted to know why, she wanted to know alot of things at that. Lucian had managed to get his cloak to move from between them, and Kiara could feel his body touching hers, he had also managed to get his face closer. Kiara pulled away but found she could not.*

"Could you stop that!"

*Kiara said the words alot louder then she had been speaking since they had run into each other.*

"There is no need for you to restrain me, what is it that you worried about so much that you have to hold me down!"
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LucianShadow
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Lucians eyes flashed with a bright pulse of energy that seemed to even light up the girls face as he could feel her struggle a bit feeling the embrace of shadows was something she did not care for, and yet Lucian did not move...but in due time.

"Such request from one who seeks to know the shadows...and what awaits withing them...the caress of the darkness is much more than this my dear little friend...do you not care to learn more of the feel of shadows...always upon you knowing everything you do...nothing hidden from their unseen eyes..."

The shadows grew darker now as the night was growing late, and the moon had given up trying to bring light to where there was none, shadows seemed to move upon shadows as the cloak flowed around the pair, casting them in a sea of perpetual darkness, her shouts of request seemed to melt into the shadows and were muffled to a large extent so that they came off no more than whispers even to the ears of the person yelling...the shadows after all were part of what made Lucian sound as though he was so distance, only able to speak in whispers that always found the ears of those near. such was now the case with Kiara as she yelled right into the shadows causing the same effect no one around able to hear her.

"I merely restrain you only to show you that if you choose to stay on this path of yours...seeking to turn me while shadows escape into your own path...then you will find that their grasp is not so easily broken...but perhaps there is another reason for your request...I can sense a great chill to you that most would find uncomfortable to be near for to long...bug as you can see the shadows and cold walk hand and hand...and so the cold is a welcome to me...tell me...how long as it been since you felt any touch for more than a few moments...it must have been very hard to grow up in life...never to feel the warm touch of another or their embrace..."

Lucian was not just going for darkness now, he was now going for fear as well, he wanted to make sure this girl knew what she was getting into if she tried to sway his path, his eyes burning emerald light would never leave hers as they danced in a slow rhythmic motion, as if trying to mix with her own and see within her things she hide even from herself, and thus that is what he used to find out what she feared and what might make her give up this little path to save him, for if she was truly strong in will to fight the urge that most would to run away from the darkness...then maybe...just maybe he could use this girl in things to come, but for now the shadows danced around him consuming them both as Lucian watched the girl, and the darkness that masked his face seemed to pull at the girl as they had before.
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Vampiric_Kiss
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*Kiara said nothing to his statement, she couldn't say anything. Kiara knew he would not move away from her, and had every intention on staying there until he had gotten what he wanted. She also knew that he wanted her to be afraid. His reason was a good one, he wanted her to know what she was getting in to.*

*The intensity of his eyes glowing upon her face and into her own, began to cause her to feel as if he was peering into her soul. Kiara could only look at people in the eyes when she wanted to probe their thoughts, she had done so with him but now it felt as if he probed hers, invading her mind. Kiara tried to pull away but to no avail. She eventually stopped moving. She realized every time she shouted, her voice came out the same a his, whispers. She began to wonder why that was...it preoccupied her mind until he spoke.*

"I merely restrain you only to show you that if you choose to stay on this path of yours...seeking to turn me while shadows escape into your own path...then you will find that their grasp is not so easily broken...but perhaps there is another reason for your request...I can sense a great chill to you that most would find uncomfortable to be near for to long...bug as you can see the shadows and cold walk hand and hand...and so the cold is a welcome to me...tell me...how long as it been since you felt any touch for more than a few moments...it must have been very hard to grow up in life...never to feel the warm touch of another or their embrace..."

"It's not the shadows that bother me, its you!, Kiara shouted since she knew her words would come out low anyway.

*She opened her eyes and stared at him as he spoke, his words were so low she could barely hear them. When he finished she opened her mouth to speak, he had figured something out...something she didn't want anyone to know. She could feel tears pool in her eyes.*

"The shadows don't scare me...I do not get to have many people close to me...some are afraid and other who do bond with me can't be enar me for to long..."

*Kiaras eyes shifted so she could look to her right, she noticed that there was absolutely no light getting through, it seemed as if she was floating in an empty void. The only thing keeping her in reality was the solid ground beneath her. Since the light of the moon was no longer tryign to fight its way beyond Lucians cloak she was beginning to lose track of time.*

"It was hard to grow up...but here I am. Your closeness scares me, to have someone so close to me, being able to hold onto me this long is unnerving...I'm not use to it."

*Kiara looked back up at the emerald eyes, her eyes were soft...He had brought up something that would always stir sadness in her. For now she was broken, her will was still very much alive, but the thoughts began to flood her mind and Kiara felt herself began to drift away from where she was. No longer could she see the shadowy figure above her, but she was back in her childhood. Her eyes were empty now, similar to those who have died.*
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"Such a tragic thing it must have been for you...one so beautiful and flows with light...never to be touched or accept by those you sought so hard to be...so cold were you that those around you could never know you only meant to befriend them..."

The warmth of their bodies was slight as Lucian wasn't himself as warm as a normal human, but their was a noticeable change as his body was pressed to hers slightly, as the tears slowly escaped her eyes the shadows around his face seemed to pour around the icy tears licking them back into the darkness , his eyes were lidless as they burned into hers never breaking away, never blinking, they were always upon her as the shadows shifted slightly caressing the details of her body unseen but felt.

"Maybe I was mistaken...perhaps you should be in the shadows...as the darkness will accept you for what you are as your cold aura would be embraced fully...after so long of trying to hide what you are...avoiding human touch...tell me how one must feel as you are now...your chill of life would be most welcome to walk hand in hand with one such as myself...the cold is little more than a old friend to one such as I...but still I can sense that you wish to remain hidden...to hide in the light and from what you are...do you really wish to return to that life..."

Lucian at first thought this girl was nothing but a arrogant child who didn't know what she was getting herself into, but now it seemed like she might be suited for the shadows...what she said next might make Lucian decided just what would happen next.
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"Such a tragic thing it must have been for you...one so beautiful and flows with light...never to be touched or accept by those you sought so hard to be...so cold were you that those around you could never know you only meant to befriend them..."

*Kiara was trying to fight back the tears that were pooling her eyes. His words stung like the feeling of a whip against her bare flesh. It was as if her parents were speaking to her, scolding her for being different...depsite the difference in words...it always managed to hurt.*

"I have been accepted..."

*Kiara said the words slowly, she was thinking about her friends...hew two well acquainted friends. One of which she had met at AHS and another she had manage to make and keep from her childhood. Thoughts and pictures of Go and Suzuka played through her head like a broken film Everything was and black and white and Kiara stared as if she was actually watchign the movie before snappuing back into full reality.*

"Two friends...two people who I would get injured for...and...who would do the same for me. Those are the only two people who have accepted me for who I am...with no second thoughts or doubts in their minds."

*Tears began to fall from her cheeks and Kiara fought to think of other thigns to help stop them. Her tears were icy cold against her cheeks but before they could completely fall, she felt something wipe them away. She had also successfully figured out something whilst trying to preoccupy her mind, to stop thinking aboutt he past. It had been quite a while now and she had just came to the realization that Lucian did not blink. She had wondered if he had blinked when she had...or maybe it was when she looked away..but she realized at that moment that that was very unlikely. *

"Why is it that you don't blink?"

*Kiara asked the question but it seemed as if Lucian had more he wanted to say. He spoke his words in whispers his eyes steadily set on her own. The words he hsaid was enough to erase everything she had just done to preoccupy herself, to change her train of thought.*

"Maybe I was mistaken...perhaps you should be in the shadows...as the darkness will accept you for what you are as your cold aura would be embraced fully...after so long of trying to hide what you are...avoiding human touch...tell me how one must feel as you are now...your chill of life would be most welcome to walk hand in hand with one such as myself...the cold is little more than a old friend to one such as I...but still I can sense that you wish to remain hidden...to hide in the light and from what you are...do you really wish to return to that life..."

*Kiara stared at him silently. She was absorbing all he had just said, allowing ti to sink in before opening her mouth to speak.*

"I have been here with you for a endless night and I still don't know the consequences of being as you are. Even if the darkness will accept me...I could not accept it until I knew what it wanted in return."

"I know that you know I feel alone. When I am not with either of the two people who make me feel as if I can go on with no problem I feel as if I don't belong and it brings me back to the days where I always had no one to turn to..or to talk to. But I do know, that I am not hiding in any light...you say I am hiding from what I really am...What is that?"

*Kiara questioned him now. She questioned his statement, she questioned what he saw in her thats he did not see in herself. She questioned his sudden change of heart. She wanted to know why things played out as they had....and how this choice but itself before her.*
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The warmth between the two was getting to the point of where it was almost to much for Lucian, it was sure to be more so for the girl as it might be that this was the fist time that someone was able to bring warmth to her in such a way for very long, as for Lucian he had only known it once such a very long time ago.

"You ask why my eyes burn the way they do...they are gates to what resides within me...they allow the endless ancient power within me to see out against my enemies and to those that would call themselves my allies...but though they are open they also guard my thoughts and mind against those like you that would seek to look where you should not..."

The shadows moved around the girl like unseen hands, lightly caressing the outline of her body with a almost wind like touch, the warmth made Lucians eyes pulse with a sudden rush of emerald light that seemed to trickle down to her eyes and lick slowly around ever detail of her icy blue gaze.

"Two...two people are all that keep you from thinking that you are normal...but tell me...how many...how many have turned away and threaten you for what you are in their fear and arrogance...how many had caused you harm one way or the other because you were not like them...in the shadows we would accept you for who you are and ask not that you change your ways...only that you accept yourself...and ask nothing in return..."

A cool yet warm breath rolled along her cheek as Lucian breathed deeply for the fist time, not used to all of this warmth as he wanted to shift back into the coolness of shadows but did not as he was not done here, his actions showed none of his wanting to return to the cool feeling of darkness, and the same was said for his eyes as they burned in a never ending gaze with the girls, the shadows of the cloak ripped at the night pulling back with it a coldness that washed between the two, though it wouldn't last long.

"You ask how I know you hide in the light...I know this as you allow those that wish to harm you and shun you go on with it...even at the cost of your own well being...their words cute into like blades and their actions are even worse...you could end it all and enclose them in a icy tomb with just a thought...and yet you do not...you hide it because you fear it...when you should not...embrace what you are as in the shadows you would be respected for who you are...and would be one to be proud of as such a thing of beauty could only be found hidden in the night..."
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*Kiara's mind began to trail. There was a very odd warmth between the two. She began to wonder if Lucian felt it as well, how odd the closeness of another person felt. If he had indeed suffered the same past as she did, was he also uncomfortable, even if not as much as she.*

For someone to be in the shadows for so long...I wonder if he feels just as uncomfortable as me.

*As Kiara thought about it, she could feel her unnaturally cold temperature rise to something above even a normal humans temperature was at...it was almost like she had a fever, but her whole body was affected. Kiara could feel a bit of perspiration form on her back and her forehead. A odd warmth encircled her body threatening to close in and suffocate her.Kiara shuddered, the clash of her naturally cold body with the outside heat...as well as her own body shifting, caused several shudders in Kiara's still body.*

"You ask why my eyes burn the way they do...they are gates to what resides within me...they allow the endless ancient power within me to see out against my enemies and to those that would call themselves my allies...but though they are open they also guard my thoughts and mind against those like you that would seek to look where you should not..."


"Why your eyes burn the way they do...is a interesting way to put it. But if it does protect you and aid you in such ways then I guess it is worth it...but...somethings been bothering me...You have shadows who are like your underlings...so all of this is nothing but manipulation of shadows...which means...there is a very..."normal" person beneath all of this, even the oddest of beings close their eyes...How is it that you can keep them open, even with amnipulation, it seems like it should be impossible."

*Kiara's logic was coming back to her. But as every second past she could feel herself overheating. A simple touch did nothing to her except provide a touch of warmth to her body, it didn't make her uncomfortable at all...but this was insane. As a child Kiara ha donly hugged Suzuka twice, both times the two could not hold it...the twos energyc contradicted each other and therefore such contact caused a very extreme uncomfortableness and sometimes even pain.*

*She listened closely to Lucians second statement. Despite the since it made...Kiara did not wnt to judge the measure of those who hurt her versus those who cared for her.*

"All those people who hurt me...are irrelevant. They mean nothing to me...now, but then I wished to be their friends...being turned down meant i would be hurt...but I would nonetheless move on."

*As Kiaras sentenced end she could feel a strong gus tof wind blow in. The coldness made Kiara closer her eyes and sigh. She was relieved. Had she gone on any longer that way somethign bad may have happened...either she would have passed out her body would have triggered something to go against the immense heat. Kiara was hoping thw idn would keep blowing through...she needed the coldness.*


"You ask how I know you hide in the light...I know this as you allow those that wish to harm you and shun you go on with it...even at the cost of your own well being...their words cute into like blades and their actions are even worse...you could end it all and enclose them in a icy tomb with just a thought...and yet you do not...you hide it because you fear it...when you should not...embrace what you are as in the shadows you would be respected for who you are...and would be one to be proud of as such a thing of beauty could only be found hidden in the night..."

*Kiara was taking lsightly deeper bretahs no, trying to preserve as much of the cold air as possible. Kiara turned her head to the side, she could see the slit where the air was coming in.*

"I don't hate the people who hated me...I had no need to kill them or harm them in anyway even though they hurt me...I only hate my family...they are where I left them...much better off without me, Im sure."

"What would it mean for me to embrace the shadows, how would it change me...what would happen?"

*Kiara said turning to look back into Lucians eyes.*
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"Sooo many questions for one who was just so open to do anything to reach me...but if you must ask my dear ice girl then you will find nothing will change...well not at first...but nothing that will effect who you really are..."

Lucians eyes melted into her own as she risked gazing back within the firy pools of emerald fires, their glow pulled in all life and light that drew to near or looked to deeply into their endless flow of neon flames.

He shifted slightly ontop of the girl the heat returning for a moment as his body arcked slightly against hers as he seemed to almost lifted off her like a breeze, yet the warmth of his body pressed so long would linger for a moment, he stood next to the girl his cloak flowing like water around him as if he was waiting for her to stand.

"Come with me..."

Not waiting for her to fully get up he turn into the darkness and slowly started to walk off into the night, all shadows of the night seemed to draw to him as he moved slowly along the grassy floor making no sound as he moved. he stopped a few feet away and turned slowly to face the girl with one of his glowing eyes peering along the edges of the hood.

"Do you need me to ask again...or do you wish me to carry you if your still to weak from earlier..."
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"Sooo many questions for one who was just so open to do anything to reach me...but if you must ask my dear ice girl then you will find nothing will change...well not at first...but nothing that will effect who you really are..."


*Kiara kept silent, if she would remain the same then what was the harm in it would make things easier for her...perhaps it would help her forget. Kiara shifted uner Lucin and closed her eyes again focusing on keeping herself calm.*

*She felt a rush of cool air as Lucian stood. The cool air bathed her, embracing her and brathing its life into her. Kiara sat up relieved as her body temperature stabilized and her skin became normal again. She looked up at Lucian. He was kind of blurry, she was going through temperature shock. The heat followed by this cool yet refershing breeze caused her to ghave dizzy spells.*

Come with me...

*Kiara stood up, she was having trouble focusing. She swayed as she stood up, as if she was entranced. Her swaying went from a slight sway to a dangerous tilt as she went to move towards him. Kiara felt this odd light headed feeling intensify as she collapsed back to the floor. Her beathing was fine, and she could feel the cool grass tickle her skin, before her vision went completely black.*

I knew this was going to happen....

*Kiara blinked but it didn't make much of a differene, she felt as if she was spinning and she could hear Lucian's voice becoming quieter until it was nothing. She could feel him standing over her.*
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Lucian faced away from her for a moment as he heard the soft thud of her light body hit the grass, it seemed that they would have to take their walk another time...no matter most of what needed to be said was, and the night was now drawing towards dawn.

Without a sound he turned and shifted slowly back towards the girl, and was soon standing over her seemingly asleep body, his cloak shifted around the edges of her body seeming to bring a more cooling effect around her.

"Perhaps you have answered enough for the night..."

Leaning down his arms shifted under the girls back his body now cool like the night once again, his scooped the girl up in his arms with ease and drew her to rest against his chest and shoulder, his body held none of the warmth it had once they were close.

"You may rest now...you have nothing to fear from me...so rest..."

Turning back to the shadows he started to walk once again, his moments so soft that they were not noticeable at all as the girl stay motionless in his arms, the cloak flowed around the girl like a blanket of darkness leaving only her face to catch the cool breeze of the night, he didn't look down at her as he moved along entering the darkness drawing closer and closer to the forest, though he did stop for a moment to look around the area before he moved again, he knew his place was closer than the dorms and he didn't wish to wake the girl in order to ask her where she was staying, it mattered not to Lucian as soon where he stood would be home to others like her that wished to join the shadows...
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*Kiara could feel the coolness arund her become stronger. Had Lucian actually turned around. Kiaras mind was functioning yet she couldn't see, couldn't move much, and couldn't really talk. The sound of nature began fading in and out and Kiara managed to catch a fragment of Lucians first sentence.

"...enough for the night..."

*Kiara wished she could understand everything was saying. She tossed possible ideas around in her head, to many of them seemed a logical possibility so she stopped thinking about it. Suddenly Kiara was no longer on the ground, her mind had skipped ahead. It felt as if she was in his arm. Hands were scooped under her and her head lay against his chest.*

"You may rest...nothing to fear..."

*Kiara blinked slowly, wondering if Lucian had felt that or possibly saw that. He had said she had nothing to fear, and she believed him. Kiara closed her eyes and slowly drfted off. Right before she fell asleep she could feel his cloack moving over her, sliding over her skin, almost like a blanket. Surprising enough no warmth had come from any of this, and for the first time in years Kiara felt completelty at ease.*
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