Demon Seed
8
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and its characters don't belong to me but to Sunrise/SOTSU Agency
Bandai,
etc. etc.
Chapter
8 of Demon Seed. No big cliffhanger just some mild gore
and a
really evil Treize, but there is more development of
relationships
between characters.
Enjoy
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They
ran their horses for a few miles until they were sure that they
were
out of reach of any of the townspeople who might take it upon
themselves
to follow. Heero kept his horse with the pace of Wufei's.
"Trowa
was supposed to meet you here?"
"That's
what he said to me, but he's rarely on time. The horses need
a rest
anyway so we may as well dismount and do the same. Remember,
we do
have two human cren ren with us."
Heero
agreed and they signaled the three orphans to the side of the
road
and began to set up camp. Once they had settled, the Stalker
approached
Relena and grabbed her arm.
"We
need to talk." He spoke sternly, as he drug her a little deeper
into
the woods away from the ears of the rest of the group.
She
wrenched her wrist free and spat angrily at him. "Let me go! You
have
no right!"
"Like
hell I don't! You almost cost us our lives back there! What
you thinking? Don't you understand anything?"
Relena
frowned and furrowed her brow. "I only just learned of what I
am.
How am I to know yet how to control it?"
He
ruffled his dark brown hair with his hands in frustration
irritated
that she had made a valid point against his argument. He
turned
from her and placed his hands on his hips.
"Being
a vampire, even half vampire, gives you a certain, beauty,
magnetism
that most humans cannot resist. They can be drawn to you,
enamored
with you, if you want you can make them your very slaves.
Yet,
at the same time it can also make humans scared of you,
threatened
by you to the point where they would take your very life.
I
thought you of all people would be smarthanthan that."
"So
I must learn how to use my powers without drawing attention to
myself.
I understand. I apologize, I should have never accepted the
bottle
of sweet ale he gave me."
Heero
spun back around to face her and threw her a look of
surprise.
"He drugged you? Well hat hat case he deserves what he got.
But
that doesn't let you off the hook completely."
She
nodded her head and raised her eyes that had been staring at her
hands,
which were clenched together. "I shall remember what you've
told
me." She then, threw her arms around his waist and held him in a
tight
hug, her ear resting to his mid chest. "I am so happy that I
found
you to help guide me through my ignorance."
His
lips parted slightly and for a moment he lost his thoughts, his
entire
will, wanting not mor more then to return her embrace, yet he
did
not. He would not let himself feel for this girl anymore. He
pushed
her away and looked down at her noticing how the black of her
irises
and the blue of her eyes sparkled somewhat; it was if he was
looking
at the moonlight reflected on the sea.
"Heero,
something is troubling you I can tell. What is it you need to
tell me,
or should I say what is it you don't want to tell me?"
"I
just want you to be all right. Despite myself, I've kinda grown to
tolerate
you, sorta like if you were a little sister."
Relena's
lips thinned and he could see her expression change from
soft
to edgy. "You're lying to me. Tell me the truth. Why did you
kiss
me as you did?"
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It was
getting late in the afternoon when Treize and Milliardo
decided
to make camp. The prince had killed a couple of hares and had
begun
roasting them on a fire, ignoring the best he could the
disapproving
glare of his "cousin."
"It's
a shame that by being a half-breed, it means you still must
consume
human food as well as blood."
"Even
if I didn't need it, the girl over there still does, or are you
wanting
her to starve to death."
"She's
as good as dead anyway, the weak willed woman. Human females
disgust
me really, that is why I use them only for food and not for
pleasurable
sport."
"Then
why are you so eager to bed my sister? She is half-human after
all."
"Her
vampire-half makes her superior, besides, what led you to
believe
I had any such intentions towards your sister?"
"I
know how you are, Treize and if my sister still resembles my
mother
in any way, I figured you would have ulterior motives planned
for
her. But still, how will your wife react when she finds that
you've
taken an interest in another woman?"
Treize
waved his hand as if Milliardo's comment was nothing. "It is a
common
practice among vampire couples, dear cousin. She is well aware
of my
infidelities and she has had many of her own, in fact it does
surprise
me that my daughter is actually from my blood. At least she
was
wise in that aspect of our relationship."
"Does
it upset you that your one chance at having a child ended up
being
a girl? Sons do carry our line do they not?"
"Dorothy
is more aggressive and cunning than any son I could ever
have.
She's fierce and strong and a well trained warrior in her own
right.
I have no regret, though, a son would bring me completion I
could
never have."
'Father
and sons relationships are not all they appear to be,
cousin'.
Milliardo thought to himself briefly before continuing his
queries.
"Being half human, my sister has more than just one cycle in
her
life. So I assume that, you think my sister can give you that
which
you do not have?"
Treize's
deep chuckle carried somewhat through the trees, though it
ended
briefly, dying down to a sigh. "Making your sister my own will
bring
me pleasure on many levels, I am sure, and, if one of the
actions
would end up providing me with a son, then that would be all
the
better. The quarter human that will run through his veins can be
easily
purged."
Milliardo
wanted to laugh himself at Treize's arrogance, but he chose
to
remain silent as memories of his own childhood resurfaced. 'That
is no
doubt what my own father thought about me'.
He saw
Treize motion to Lucrezia. She stepped over to where he was
sitting
and knelt down before him. He rose on his own knees and
pulled
her body back against him. She automatically tilted her head
back
and to the side opposite of where Treize had positioned his. The
regal
vampire began stroking the pale softness that laid over her
jugular.
"Hush now my pretty one, it is time to serve your master."
The
words were whispered softly against her ear, though their sounds
could
not escape the range of Milliardo's senses. The blonde prince
found
his sight transfixed onto that of the human.
Her
stature was long and tall, though painfully thin and brittle due
to the
weeks she had spent under Treize's hand. He could tell,
however,
by the elegant slopes and straightness of her bone structure
where
there was once, the tender fleshiness and alluring curves that
graced
that of every female, human and vampire alike. His gaze then
fell
back onto that of her face, which he still found lovely despite
its
sunken cheeks and dark circles brought on by the weight loss,
fatigue
and abuse of her body.
Milliardo
felt himself literally jump as he saw her eyes that were
just
closed, their long dark lashes resting lazily against her smooth
ashen
cheek, spring wide open. They held a look of wildness and fear;
a
twisted pain the young half breed had never felt before, sparked
briefly
in his gut and he fought the instinct to run to her and pull
her to
him and away from his cousin.
Then,
it was over. Treize had finished his feeding, pushing the girl
away
from him as if she was nothing, watching with cruel amusement,
as she
half dragged, half crawled away from him, sitting up once
again
to rest a few feet away.
"I
left plenty if you wish to indulge your bloodlust, cousin. I only
pick
the strongest humans to be my pets."
"Maybe
later." A now confused Milliardo replied as he busied himself
checking
the meat he was cooking. Satisfied that it was done, he took
one of
the spits away from the fire and walked over to the girl who
had
still remained silent.
"You
must be quite hungry. Take this." Her raven head raised from
her
knees and her pale face looked up at him, her mid-night eyes
locked
with his but before any emotion could be conveyed, Lucrezia
snatched
the skewer and began devouring the rabbit as if she was a
rabid
dog. Milliardo turned around and glared at Treize. "Don't you
ever
feed this girl?"
"Enough
to keep her breathing. But I grow tired of her, and she's
getting
rather weak. A few more days, then her pain will be over. You
can
even soil her for all I care and I'll simply take a new human
pet.
Why, dear cousin, do you suddenly have a soft, spot for a human?
Remember
your mother and what a bitch she turned out to be?"
"How
dare you!" Milliardo drew his sword before Trieze could react,
halting
his blow right at his cousin's Adam's apple. The aristocratic
vampire
didn't even flinch, but merely smirked and raised his
sapphire
eyes up to the standing man's view.
"Well,
aren't you going to continue? Chop of my head, leave my body
for
the buzzards and insects?" He raised his hand and pushed the
blade
of the sword away when Milliardo took no further action. "I
didn't
think so." He then, stood up himself and stretched his
body.
"The feeding has given me a bit of a second wind, a
restlessness
it seems and I feel the need to brave the night. I
shan't
be gone long, though do bother yourself with waiting up for me
and
I'm sure if you get lonely for company, Lucrezia here can tell
you of
her droll, pathetic life before she had the good fortune to
meet
me." Treize then chuckled slightly at his own joke before
evaporating
into a cloud of mist and dissipating from Milliardo's
sights.
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"It's
good to see you, old friend." Trowa greeted Wufei and the two
men
drew each other into a friendly embrace.
"We
could have very well not made it here." Replied Wufei as he
released
his hold on the other man.
Trowa
smiled and snorted a laugh. "Boredom is certainly one thing you
do not
have to worry about with Heero. And speaking of, where is our
half
breed brother?"
"In
the deeper woods somewhere with some girl he picked up."
"That's
nothing new."
"It's
not what you think, Trowa. She's actually going to be my next
student
it seems."
"Really?"
The tall, green-eyed man looked past him and noticed the
two
forms that were lying curled up under some heavy blankets. "And
those
two?"
"Friends
of hers. I suppose I'll find some use for them. Why don't
come over and warm yourself by the fire and I'll explain a little
more
to you."
Shaking
his head, Trowa followed the Chinese man, sitting down next
to him.
His eyes briefly looked over the faces of the two human
youths
and fixated onto the face of the boy. He was lying on his side
and
from the collar of his shirt he saw the glint of sliver. The arch
of the
pendent looked very familiar to him, as did the young man's
face.
His eyes suddenly grew wide. "No, it can't be."
Wufei
threw his friend a confused look. "What is it?"
"The
boy over there, what is his name?"
"He
calls himself Duo...why?"
Trowa
did not answer him but instead rose to his feet and stumbled
over
the sleeping male.
"Boy!
Boy! Wake up! I beg you please!"
"Wha...what...ah!"
Duo yelped and struggled under the strange man's
grip.
Seeing
the medallion clearly now, Trowa wiped a few stray tears from
his
eyes and drew the boy into his arms.
"My
lord, my prince, you are alive!"
TBC...