RPG Hold Tight, Drink Deep [M-LVS]

[Kairi]

Zoku was about to draw his scimitars...but suddenly he stopped himself...a un-nerving pulse shot through his entire being...

''I'm sorry Kyu...Dracula. I cannot spar with you two tonight...''

''What's wrong Zoku... just a moment ago you were so full of spark to fight with us.''

''I'm sorry, please forgive me my friends...but maybe under another moonlight...right now I need my rest. Kyu, we can spare together tomorrow night if that is ok with you.''

''Yea...sure Zoku...'' trailing off his words, Kyu sounded concerned...as was Dracula.

''We will continue our conversation tomorrow then Dracula...sleep well.''

''Same to the both of you...and Kyu. To unlock the power of gems...use those emotions.''

''What do you mean Zoku?'' Kyu asked...

''Those emotions you felt for your fallin commrads; and for those of Beth...use them. For they are your strength. Learn to control that power within you, from the source of your emotions, and then you will be able to stand against Kuroichi...and to have the strength to unite your clans. I have faith in you my friend.''

Zoku left the courtyard and started his way up too his room...
In the distance...your could hear from underneath Kyu's breathe as he began to wage battle against Dracula...

''Thank you...''

***

Moments later...as Zoku climbed the stairs to his quarters...his strength began to leave him again.

''No...not...now......why now?''

The thirst was coming back. Thoughts were entering his mind...evil thoughts; he desire for blood, he wanted death. Sweat streaked down his face as he dragged his way up the stairs. From time to time the images got worse...thrusting himself into the walls. Trying to lesson the pain...[I]one pain...can lessen another[/I].

His breathing became very rapid...it felt like he was about to hyperventilate.

''Someone...help me...please!''

But no one came...he was all alone. Walking down the hallway...he saw his room, which gave him a rush of hope.
He opened the door and locked it in back of him. Throwing off his trench coat and weaponary. He feel to the floor which was covered in a red colored rug. In fact that entire room looked that of the color of blood. One after another...terrible images flooded into his mine. Of death, chaos, the lust for the kill...he couldn't control himself. It was as if he was having convusions. Twitching, twisting and turning on the floor...it took all of his strength not to loss control. This kind of episode hadn't happened for years. Usually he was able to meditate and control the rage. But tonight was different....somehow...

''Someone...please.....help me'' all he could manage was a whisper...

Then with all of his strength he cried out...

''NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!''

[demonchild781]

Elizabeth's florual prefume floated across the gentle breeze and wrapt itself gently around Kietha. Taking in the scent, Kietha proceeded to prance through the trees until she found her target. Both vampires were amazingly dressed, their outfits appealing to the opposite sex.

[I]Looks like the children were trying to seduce each other[/I]. Kietha said to herself. They strolled together as if ancient lovers together for the first time, but the submissive behavior Elizabeth was showing was sickening. If Kuroichi went for such easy bait, then there was going to be some big issues arising.

Suddenly both vampires came to a stop. Kietha smiled. Kuroichi knew she was there, but he could not figure out where she was hiding. Having the power of shadows was a handy little trick.

Kietha slid from her tree perch and slid through the shadows. Elizabeth kept close to Kuroichi, but not close enough. Kietha slid behind the vampriss and grapped a hold of her neck. She made a slight noise as Kietha brought a small dagger to her heart.

"Gyshram Assassin." Kuroichi muttered as he turned his attention to his date.

"Hello, Kuroichi. It has been a long while and I see your taste in company is just as poor as before." Kietha smiled at him.

He kept his distance, smiling slightly. "You should be kinder to the lovely lady."

"I always forget that you like them to submite to you." Kietha smiled, throwing Elizabeth towards him. He caught her with grace as he slid her next to him.

Kietha braced herself as Kuroichi rushed at her. Kuoichi snatched the dagger from her grasp as he slammed her against the metal fence by her neck. Kietha struggled none as Kuroichi tighten his grip and brought the dagger up.

"You dare to defy me?" Kuriochi's sweet voice stung with bitter needles.

"I have always defied you, Kuriochi, or don't you remember?" Kietha chuckled at him.

"How could I forgot, Kietha. The one thing that stopped me before." Kuroichi sneered at her. "But now you put a whole clan at risk. What are you up to Shadow Assassin?"

"I'm waiting for you to take the throne." Keitha said shortly and Kuroichi dropped her. Kietha slid to the sidewalk and looked up at him. "Surprised, Kuroichi?"

"You have something up your sleeve and I want to know what it is." Kuroichi demanded.

"I am the least of your concerns now." Kietha glanced over at Elizabeth. Kuroichi turned to look at her. "Before careful, Kuroichi. They're rallying against you and if you want to unite the clans and become their king, you're going to have to do a little better than this."

When Kuroichi turned around, Kietha was gone. She had disappeared into the shadows again. [I]Let's see what you're made of Kuroichi. Stop with these pointless games. And take what is yours.[/I]

[Onix]

[COLOR=SlateGray][SIZE=1]Kuroichi spat on the ground as Keitha made her...retreat. He felt a muscle near his eye twitch. The assassin had rubbed him the wrong way since the first time he met her...so long ago...

With a quick shake of his head, he dismissed the thoughts. What's past is past, and he would not let it cloud his judgement. He needed to focus on his mission in London...the girl would have to wait.

His eyes flickered to Elizabeth.

[I]Correction, the GIRLS will have to wait.[/I]

He turned an smiled winningly at his companion. A faint blush crossed her cheeks.

"My dearest Elizabeth," he said, bowing eloquently. "I wish I could spend the rest of time with you, but alas, as leader of the Krilat Zmaj, there are things I must do, duties to attend to...My servants will tend to your every whim back in town. I should be back by the next moon."

With a quick nod, Elizabeth strolled down the path, back towards the hotel. Kuroichi looked away from one last longing glance, and snapped his fingers curtly.

"Ao-Chin, we move."

The glowing red Vampire stepped out from behind a tree, looking as bored as usual. He smirked at Kuroichi.

"Finally done flirtin', eh? 'Bout bloody time. I was gettin' a right good crick in me neck just standin' 'ere, waitin'."

"My most sincere apologies," Kuroichi growled. "Shall we go then? I believe you know the way to the Fang Boss' palace."

"Right you are, Sir," Ao-Chin said. "You want the quick way er the fun way?"

"Oh, fun is always best," Kuroichi grinned.[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[CENTER]****[/CENTER]

[COLOR=SlateGray][SIZE=1]Acrid, painful, burning...the horrid smell of burning flesh filled the air as Kuroichi and Ao-Chin strode through the corridors of the Fang Boss's castle. Warriors, dressed as medieval knights, stood barring their path, but Ao-Chin batted them aside with his blazing sword. The iron plating around their bodies began to glow a fierce red, and their screams echoed in the stone tunnels.

"Yes, this definately is fun," Kuroichi sneered, blood drenching his shirt. It shot out like a spear, impaling three guards and jamming them against a wall. The corpses rose up behind him, forming a deadly entorage.

"Quite a trick yeh got there, making those dumb sods into yer private army," Ao-Chin said, flames spiraling around more guards.

"Well, my army won't be very big if you keep torching them," Kuroichi snarled, his hand burrying through steel and flesh to tear out a guards heart. "I need them intact if they're going to be useful."

"Aw, piss on that," Ao-Chin sneered. "We can take on the Fang Boss ourselves. Bloody git won't know what fucking hit 'im."

"I know I can take him, Chin. Call it...insurance."[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[Danethol]

[size=1][b]OOC:[/b] Hey guys, sorry I've been inactive as of late. I'm up to my neck in what feels like five different things at once, and you guys are certainly getting along fine without me. I'll definately be able to get back in the loop over break, but I'll still be busy for the next few days. Sorry!

[b]OOC v.2:[/b] Damn, ULX, Kuroichi's turned into a friggin' [u]tank[/u] since I left. I got some catch-up to do...lol.[/size]

[demonchild781]

"Temtation has gathered the better of you, has it not young Zoku." A strange voice filled Zoku's burning ears.

Zoku's sight caught between clearity and blurring, he could not tell who the stranger in his room was. The red crimson room seemed to flood is sense of sight and the stranger's form was lost in the blur of red.

The stranger reached down and took a hold of Zoku by the throat. Zoku gasped for breath as he raked his nails into the stranger's wrist. The stranger smiled at him as he tightened his grasp.

"You can feel it, in the very depths of your human soul, can't you Zoku?" The voice echoed through the room, through Zoku's tender ears. "She could set you free, take this pain from you and teach you control. Teach the true power and nature of vampires, but you refuse her touch." As the man spoke, Zoku began to notice the deep masculine tone.

"Lord....Lord Gyshram..." Zoku gasped, the rage filling his body even stronger.

David through Zoku across the room, the human's body crashing into a stand. Zoku's body smashed through the wooden stand as he crumbled to the ground,fighting not to rush back at the vampire Lord.

"You disappoint me, Zoku. I was hoping for something greater. For my Shadow Assassin to take such an interest in a mere mortal without strength to face what he truly is." David growled across the room as Zoku stayed on the blood red floor. David shook his head in disgust.

The vampire lord rushed forward and took a hold of Zoku's shoulers. The vampire wasn't much larger than the human, but being fully transformed allowed his body to be far more powerful than what it appeared to be. David slammed the man against the wall, his fangs exposed. Zoku fought within himself not to fight back.

"She would change you in a heart beat, especially now." David paused, taking in a hissed gasp, pleasure sliding from his mouth. "Your body yearns to be freed from its prision you have put it in. And if I can feel it, then she would wallow in its glory."

When Zoku still stayed silent, David thrusted him harder against the wall. "You stay away from [I]my[/I] Shadow Assassin! You hear me human!" David threw him into the wall again.

Zoku moaned as he threw his head back, his body feeling none of the torcher the Gyshram lord was putting it through. Not pleased with his response, David threw the man across the room again and watched his body slam into yet another wall.

"Good luck with your lust. She won't come to save you this evening and don't put your faith into an assassin. She may lose her loyality to me, but you will never change her heart. She loves to play games with the weak and to destroy them at the end." David chuckled his wicked laugh as he neared the tower's window. "Oh, just to let you know, Zoku. Kietha hasn't drank from a victim since the death of Serio. Imagine what that would do to her? You think that your lust is bad?" David smiled wickedly as the human cried out again. "Fair well to you Zoku." And with his final words, David leapt from the building.

OCC: Figured I would get the rp going again.

[Kairi]

Zoku had heard the Grysham lords words, but he didn't feel any of it. He just knelt there in his bedroom, thinking of the words that were spoken. His bitterness was so enveloped within him...he didn't feel anything.

[I][B]What am I...why is this happening now? It must be from the Moonstone...its bringing out the evil within me. But why did the master of darkness tell me to keep it with me...?[/B][/I]

[I][B]Do I not know who I am...am I too weak to accept the fact that I am...one of them?
All I wanted was a friend...I didn't want to change her. She offered to help me, she showed me kindness. Was that all a lie?[/B][/I]

[I][B]What does he know...he doesn't know me. She said she could help me...but I guess I was nothing to her. They way she treated me...as if I was nothing. Another poor, weak mortal for her to arouse and seduce. To play with; to manipulate.[/B][/I]

[I][B]Or was she truly what she seemed to be. Was she warming up to me...was she indeed a friend...someone for me to trust?[/B][/I]

At this point...all logic and reason escaped him. He was tired of it all, tired of being left alone...tired of being looked down upon.

[I][B]Maybe I should be with Kuroichi, maybe I should tell him the secret in which has been given to me by the Master of Darkness...I don't know who to believe anymore. Do these vampires believe in me...or am I like I am too David, and...even Keitha...just another mere mortal. What does it matter anymore?[/B] [/I]

All that he could do was weep, his head thrust into his palms as he cried.

[I][B]No one will come to save me...no one will come to help me...[/B][/I]

With that his eyes turned a bright red ''they know nothing of pain and lust''...
''I'm sorry mother, I'm sorry...Maria...I've failed''...and with tremendous force he shot his way through the roof of his bedroom and decended to the ground with ease and ran off into the distance.

*** about an hour later ***

In one of the neighboring cities of Dracula's castle. There was dead silence. Not sound, no movement...nothing. Only death hung in the air as countless bodies lay slain in the streets. Nothing was left alive...not man nor woman, no child nor housepet was left sturring. It happened so fast that no one was able to react. No signs of struggle nor gunshots could be seen.

It was like a river of blood had been created in the center of the city. Destruction everywhere; buildings destroyed, countless bodies butchered and mangled with that of a blade. And in the darkness of an ally...you could hear the heavy heaving of breathing from Zoku. His eyes still burning with rage...no sense of concience nor understand. It was if he was another creature...not a human, nor a vampire. All that could be said...was that he was a killer, who's thurst for not blood, but death had still not been satisfied.

[DragonBlood]

OOC: Just a note, the only people who know Aarons true name are Kuroichi and the leaders (mostly dead) of my former clan. Every one else knows him as Knight Rider...


IC: Aaron was coming up on Draculas castle slowly, he was in no hurry, at that moment he knew exactly what every leading player was doing or attempting to do. True that may change in an instant, but he was in no mind to hurry himself.

The castle grew as he walked up to the gate, knocked three times, and waited for a gaurd.

"Yes...Who are you and what do you want?"

"I am here to see Dracula."

"No one sees his highness without his telling me of them first."

The door begain to close.
Aaron reached up and grabbed the man by the shirt,

"I am the Knight Rider, Master of Deamons-" Aarons eyes began to glow deep red "-You will inform Dracula that I am here to see him, and that I will be waiting for him in the parlor." The Man coward befor him and nodded his head, "And I want wine."

Aaron threw the guard to the floor to run off down the hall. He walked into the parlor and sat in a high backed red padded chair.
A servent came with a glass of red wine. Off to the side was a large pool table, carved of polished oak.

"Always the entertainer."
Aaron stood at the table and began to play,
"Do you play?" He asked casually to the servent.
"Ah, no my lord."
"Pitty."

Tag: Dracula and Party.

[demonchild781]

The moon slowly slide behind down below the horizon as the sun began to crest the opposite side. Watching its splended glory as the lights of darkness and of day collided was the Shadow Assassin, Kietha. She smiled at the simple bliss of it all wondering to herself what it would be like to walk among the lights of day again. She sheilded her eyes as the sun began to rise above the moon. She knew that before long the sun was going to reach the entrance she stood at and burn her. She took one last look at the beautiful landscape covered in bright sunlight before ducking into the cover of the Gyshram City tunnels.

The city was unusually busy, but that was to be expected during such times. Few of the people rushing to and frow within the tunnels noticed or said anything to the Shadow Assassin. Not that she much minded the lack of attention. She had no business this day and was looking forward to a peaceful rest in her quaters. But we all know that a story would be rather dull if it ended here.

"I am sorry to disturb you, Shadow Assassin." A well-mannered vampire came to stand in Kietha's way.

"What would you like, my fair prince?" Kietha spoke calm and smoothly, knowing that his Lady mother was soon to beckon her.

"My mother ask for you to come to her chamber at this very moment." The Prince bowed lightly before the much older assassin. He took great pride in being sent to talk to Kietha. He looked up to her as a mentor and just being in her presence was reward enough for his efforts.

"Why does she want me to come to her chamber?" Kietha cocked her head slightly, giving the prince a puzzled look.

"I'm not sure, Shadow Assassin." The Prince motioned to start towards the Lord and Lady's chamber.

Kietha followed behind him, continuing to question him on what he knew. "Is your father there?"

"No, he has gone out tonight." The Prince said over his shoulder.

"Out? Where could he have gone?"

"I do not know. He said he had something about you and loose ends."

Kietha creased her brows and looked towards the stone walk-way. None of this made any sense to her, or it did, but she didn't want to assume what either Lord or Lady were trying to accomplish.

"We are here, Shadow Assassin." The Prince stepped to one side and extended his arm towards the Lady's chamber door. Two guards stood on either side. The prince told them that she was here to see Liltha and they opened the large wooden door.

"Kietha, come in." Liltha was on the other end of the massive room, fiddling with something on one of their many dressers.

Kietha nodded towards the prince and smiled at him, and he returned the gesture. Kietha entered the room, carefully taking in all the small details as the guards sealed the door behind her. The master bed was on her right, strung up in decorative fabrics of purple and moron, and covered with pillows in black and blood red. There were mulitpule decorations on the walls, shelves and stands that would natural catch one's eyes. On the left was the door to the large bath and before her stood an extremely elebrate closet.

"Please, take a seat," Liltha extended her arm towards a large cushioned chair.

"Thank you, my Lady, but I would rather stand." Kietha replied courtyly.

"Fine," Liltha replied shortly. She began to fiddle with things in her room. Kietha wasn't truly she of what she was doing, but it was beginning to her annoy her.

Kietha was loyal to Gyshram, but more so to David then anything else. But one thing she had learned was to respect David's lovely wife, Liltha. She had a wicked temper and her personality was great, for any one other than Kietha. The vampriss had an extreme distaste towards Kietha, formed from jealousy mostly. David had always shown great favoritism towards HIS Shadow Assassin. She had served him for 500 years and he was a brother to Serio. Liltha had only been alive about 300 years.

OOC: hey kiddies, I'll write the rest of this post tomorrow or sunday since its getting really late. Night.