Mike and Kumori

[Danielle]

Thanks to his vampire speed, Kuragari just barely managed to move back enough that Mike's attack wouldn't be fatal. However, he was cut deep in his left arm. He hissed in pain and glared at Mike. "I'd be careful if I were you. I can have her kill herself." he told Mike, keeping his distance. "All I have to do is tell her."

Kumori, meanwhile, was struggling against Ayaka. But, even as she struggled to get free, she was practically crying. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry..." she kept repeating. She hated that she was forced to try and hurt her friends, but she had no choice. She wasn't strong enough to fight him.

[soulknight18]

half way into the vampire's sentence, the short barrel of Mike's uzi jammed straight into his mouth, breaking a few of his teeth as the Razor Demon pinned him to the ground, his finger itchy on the trigger.

"You just try, you piece shit. See what happens!" He growled visciously as animosity poored from his eyes into kurugari's. It was made clear that this vampire had underestimated this Demon's speed. it practically rivaled his own.

Crohn shouted from the roof top as he witnessed the scene and said, "Mike dont! We need him alive!" he then hopped down through the fire escape and helped restrain kurugari. As Gor caught up, Cohn glanced at him and said, "Gor, please go help Ayaka and Kumori, Make sure Kumori is restrained."

Gor nodded without hesitation and carried out the order as he ran off to aid Ayaka.

Meanwhile, just before his arrival, Ayaka, while pinning her down, kept trying to comfort her as much as she could as she said, "Its alright, its alright Kumori-san. Its not your fault, just keeping fighting it as much as you can."

[Danielle]

The master vampire hissed at him, not struggling very much. He knew there was no point. "Get off of me. You're getting my suit dirty."

Kumori opened her mouth to say something, but didn't. She wanted to tell Ayaka what she was being told to do, but she couldn't. She got one hand free, reaching into her boot. She pulled out the dagger and pushed it into Ayaka's side, controlling herself just enough that she wouldn't hit anything vital. "I'm sorry." she said, kicking Ayaka off her and pulling the dagger out. Seeing Gor, she held the dagger to her own throat. She looked at Gor, frightened, but it wasn't really her doing it. "Please..." she sobbed. She didn't want it to end like this.

[soulknight18]

Fortunetly, before Kumori could even press the point of her blade against her skin, it was instantly knocked out of her hands by another blade; a single kunai. Before her possessed body could try to recover it, Gor snatched her up in his meaty claws and gripped firmly to prevent her from moving any more. To ensure any more issues, Gor, with a breif apology, steadily increases his grip just enough to the point it left her unconcious.

"I'm sure I'll never hear the end f this from Mike..." he muttered as he glanced at ayaka.

Meanwhile, Crohn saw the scene in the distance and then turned back to Kurugari where he helped Mike, slam him up against the brick wall firmly.

"Im surprised that this bastard can still talk with his teeth knocked in." mike said with a growl.

"He better get alot more shattier if he doesnt want his fangs to be next." Crohn added, pulling out Oniriouikatachi, then transforming the sword into a spiked chain, lassoing it around the vampire with puncturing constriction. it was a torture method he disaproved, but knowing him and Kumori's history, he was willing to make an exception. "Tell us why youre here?"

"Start by explaining how the hell you survived that explosion!" Mike added in the demands.

[Danielle]

"So you're the one who blew up my place..." he growled, struggling just a bit. "Lucky I wasn't there. Anyway, I'm here for a wedding. Not what you were expecting, I'm sure. But it's a pretty big deal." Somehow, despite being captured and injured, he kept a calm demeanor. Inside, however, he was frantic to think of a way out. With Kumori unconscious, she wouldn't be of any help anymore.

[soulknight18]

Mike laughed coldly, "Ta think a pile of shit like this guy would even give a rats ass about stuff like that!"

Crohn continued the interrogation as he pulled on the chain tighter, "What kind of a wedding would invite a foul creature like you to attend?"

[Danielle]

Kuragari winced. "A vampire wedding." he said. "Don't tell me you never heard of the Bloodshade family." He chuckled, then winced. "You lot must be dumber than I thought... Or really oblivious."

[soulknight18]

"Wait...Bloodshade? Ive heard that name before in my mercenary days a few times." Mike uttered in remembrance.

"Nots surprising that you would hear such a name in that line of work." Gor said, joining in on the interrogation as he gently held kumori in his claws.

Mike gave him a quick glance that expressed "I hope you didnt kill her" before Ayaka, standing next to Gor, said in agreement, "Ive heard of them too, being a former DITK agent, It was required of me to know that kind of information."

Crohn, being the only one ignorant of the name, he says, "Any one care to fill me in then?"

Gor explains first, "The Bloodshade family is a powerful criminal organization that deals in the affairs and...illegal activities of vampire interests.

Ayaka then adds in, "They are one of the highest blood-seeker clans in the entire world, and they continue to grow in power by holding weddings every so often to expand their prophits and power they have been one of the most notorious crime sindicates not just for the DITK but law enforcement in general. theyve been a bigger pain in our ass than the Blade-head gangs."

"Ineed, even Galtoos affiliated with the family on one or two occasions. And they have asked him a few favors in the past as well." Gor glanced at kurugari for a moment in cold disdain as he finished by saying, "If Galtoss is indeed still alive, I'm sure he may still have connections with Bloodshade."

Crohn, keeping a firm grip on his chain, pondered for a moment and assest the information that he had received and finally decided and demanded the vampire one more bit of information, "Where is the wedding taking place?"

"

[Danielle]

Kuragari told them, frowning. "I doubt you'd get in, though. Vampires only. And invitation only. So, even she couldn't get in." he motioned to Kumori as best he could. "Doubt they'd invite.. a whore like her..." He looked at Mike and grinned. "You ever notice how eager she is to sleep with a man? Or a woman, doesn't matter to her. I'd be surprised if she hasn't cheated yet. Maybe you should ask her."

[soulknight18]

Mike, surprisingly enough, smirked at his comment towards his wife. in any other situation, the bastard wouldve gotten his rib caged sliced open let him drown in his own spilled guts. But such an animal as this one, diserve a much more...darkside of mike, a side that he was thankful Kumori would not be able to see. He slowly crouches down to look him straight in the eye as he wrapped his arm around the back of his neck, as if he were making casual talk to a friend as he would with Crohn. but infact, he was actually pressing down on some of the spikes further into his body.

He says in a very calm and casual voice, "You know... I mentioned that I was once a mercenary right? See, in that paticular line of work, I got to kill many things...including vampires, especially ones, like you, who sucked more cock than blood-"

Crohn was sensing that Mike was about to do something that they may all regret and tried to restore his friends composure, "Mike..."

Mike raises his claw at Crohn, "Hold on boss, I know what im doing...."

In this state, all of his friends stared at mike with worry and concern, even Gor found the look in his eyes unerving, but understandable; it was a gaze that he himself once wore long ago.

Mike continued as he said with venom in his words, "But let me tell ya, I'll admit first off, that i wasnt aware until that woman over there that you so...idiotically called a whore, told me that the neck was the most sensitive spot on the body..."he demonstrated his example by having the tip of his claw from the arm that was wrapped around kurugari poke irritativle ino his tender neck muscles. causing him to wince or even lock up. "But...there was something, from my line of work that showed how to REALLY hurt a vampire...by taking its pride and joy away-" and with out warning, he uses his other index finger, extending it into a scalpil blade, slicing straight through both his lip and gumsbetween his right fang, then knocks it out only to jam it right into the side of his neck, barely missing the jugular, as he finished saying, "And use it against him!"

[Danielle]

Kuragari cried out in pain. It was almost unbearable, but he was fortunate enough that the pain was making him slip into unconsciousness. "You're.. a fool..." he struggled to say, just before he passed out.

[soulknight18]

Crohn shouted at Mike and said, "Mike! I still needed to know where the wedding was going to take place! Youve comprimised the mission!"

Mike, first the first time, ignored him and was ready to walk away, his claws clentching tightly with rage. But Placed his giant hoof in his path. mike glared up at him, expecting to get yet another lecture from him, but instaed, Gor only said, as he handed his wife slowly to him, " When kumori wakes, Id imagine she would want to see her husband's face..."

Mike's expression slowly melted from anger, to greif as he walked away with her, cradling her in his arms.

Ayaka, after watching him leave, suddenly steps in to help as she pulls out a small cylindrical device.

Crohn notices the pen-sized tool in her hand and said, "Ayaka-chan, whats that?"

"A solution to fragile captives, curtesy of the Interogation officers of the DITK." Ayaka explained breifly before suddenly jabbing the device right in the center of Kurugari's chest, sending a powerful jolt of electricity through his body, instantly reactivating his neural nerves and snapping him back into consiousness.

"You didnt think youd get out of that easily, did you?" She then suddenly grabbed kurucari by his suit collar and slams him against the wall once more, surprising both crohn and Gor by her strength and intimidation.

"Now listen here, blood guzzler. You made my friend stab me in the side, and right now, it hurts like bitch."

"Wait, he did what!?" crohn questioned in shock.

Ayaka ignored him as she continued her statement, "So unless you want me in an even more bad mood and make me tear out your other fang with the rest of your rotten teeth, yer gonna tell us exactly where the wedding is gonna take place and when. If you do...we'll promise to let you crawl back home. Deal?"

[Danielle]

"Sure..." he said. "But there's no way you bunch will ever.. get even close..." He smirked, though it hurt to do so. "East of here, there's a mansion(or was it castle?)... Surrounded by woods on three sides... Can't miss it... Just follow any vampires... If you can.. manage to do that..."

Meanwhile, Kumori was just starting to open her eyes. "I'm sorry..." she muttered, nuzzling into Mike's chest. She was still a little out of it and a little confused, but she remembered what she'd done. "Gor stopped me... I'm not dead..."

[soulknight18]

(yeah, a mansion)

"we tracked you down didnt we?" ayaka said back, shutting the vampire up, she then dropped him like a brick and pulled out one of her kunais, and was about to stick it right into his forehead before her arm got caught by Crohn.

Ayaka glanced at him with a minor glare that wasnt directed in him. "you promised him, ayaka-chan...dont do it." Crohn said in a low voice

ayaka then yanked her arm out of his grip and says in face, "He was violating Kumori! he made her fight us, and then insulted her infron of all of her loved ones. I cant let that go unpunish-"

"You can, and you will!" he said sternly making Ayaka step back a little, she knew Crohn since they were little and he was never this assertive. But she quickly retaliated by saying back in his face, "You really havnt changed, still dont have the spine to do get dirty!" and then walked away in a stomping rage, hiding her face before a single tear trickled from the corner of her eye.

Gor glanced back at crohn, looking down at him with concern.

"go ahead, Gor, i got this..." Crohn said, his voice low and quiet.

When Gor nodded, he followed after Ayaka leaving him alone with kurugari.

the draco demon hunshed down and looked kurugari straight in the eye and asked one last question, "Why did you do it...? Do those terrible things to Kumori and her sister, after they gave their trust to you...?"

[Danielle]

"Because it's what I did back then." he said. "What I'd still be doing if it weren't for you guys. They were foolish to trust me. Their parents were just as foolish." He half-smiled with the uninjured side of his mouth. "Their parent's death wasn't my call, though. That was an order from somewhere higher up. I just took advantage of the situation. How do you think I had enough money to move out here, to a nice house? Don't tell me you thought it was all from whoring out some girls for a few years..."

Kumori looked up at Mike, happy to see him but still sad. "Where's Ayaka..?" she asked. "I need to say sorry for.. for hurting her..."

[soulknight18]

Crohn pursed his lips on his snout, nodding silently. He could tell that this man meant what he said. "And now look at where you are..." he suddenly gripped firmly on kurugari's neck, paralyzing him temporarly as he undid his chain and transforming it back into a sword. He forced the vampire onto his knees and said one last thing, "I know Ayaka promised that you could go...but i can see it in your eyes. Youve been consumed by your own twisted pride for too long to retain any decent morals...you wont stop tormenting Kumori...So, as i said, my friend made a promise to spare your life, but I did not." and without warning, he plunged the blade through kurugari's heart and out his back. forcing him down to the ground slowly as he stared into his dying eyes.

[Danielle]

(why is Mike not responding to Kumori? I'm just going to repost her part in case you forgot.)

Kuragari looked into Crohn's eyes, looking almost relieved as the life faded from him and he went limp.

Kumori looked up at Mike, happy to see him but still sad. "Where's Ayaka..?" she asked. "I need to say sorry for.. for hurting her..."

[soulknight18]

(i just ddnt want to respond until after Kurugari died)

Mike gave his wife a warm deserving kiss, long and sweet before he said, "whatever you did, its alright, everyone is just fine..."

And just as mike explained, Ayaka, followed by Gor came back, the woman quickly rushed to Kumori's side and checked to see if she was mentally stable. "Hey, kumori." she smiled, "How are you feeling?"

[Danielle]

"I should be asking you that..." Kumori said, feeling strangely -and thankfully- alone in her head. She reached out and gently touched the stab wound. "Do you.. want me to take care of that..?" she asked quietly.

[soulknight18]

Ayaka looked surprised, back when she used to work for the DITK, she would mend her own wounds...but she figured it wouldnt hurt to let a friend help her out, "Sure, once we get back to the others."

Mike was the next to ask a questions and said, "Wheres Crohn? is he..."

Ayaka snorted with a vague pout, "Probably making friends with Kumori's worse enemy. I swear, him and that bleeding heart of his. Does he always show his foes mercy?"

"You fail to realize how rewarding such a trait can be. But even then, Crohn has..." Gor was about to finish until he noticed that Crohn had returned with a grim look on his face.

Ayaka was about to look away and ignore him but then she noticed something different about oniriouikatachi. Just before Crohn slid his sword back into his sheeth, Ayaka got up and said, "Stop..." and as she looked closer, she noticed traces of fresh blood still smeered on the blade. At that moment she realized and almost gasped, "C-Crohn...you...you hipocrit! Why did you do it after lecturing me like that!?" she demanded to know, but she wasnt angry, but more concerned.

Crohn continued to slid his sword back into his sheeth and said, "I...I didnt want you, or mike to kill him out of vengeance."

"what the hell does that suppose to mean?!"

"My...Father, Shingo Koyama, once told me and my brother that vengeance is like a curse, it never grants you peace, only more anguish. Even if you did kill him, or mike, or even kumori...all it would show is that you were just as bad as he was..."

"Yeah? so what, your the exception because?"

"because...I feel responsible."

"R-Responsible?"

Crohn nods, "Kumori is part of our family now...and, as much as ive denied the role, im recognised as the leader...realizing what had happened to Kumori...I..I dont know...all i could think about was keeping her safe, because she's family...just like, how I wuldve done the same for you...If, we did spare him, the chance of him tormenting her again was great...thats why I did it. Not for revenge, but for the sake of my family!"

Ayaka looked up at Crohn, all anger drained from her face. She then punched Crohn in the chest, using only half her strength, but it still knocked some wind out of the big demon, "Yer such a baka! You dont think I felt the same way! I wanted to take that bastard out for Kumori's sake too! I swear Crohn...you..you never...never change! And...And I..." she then burried herself in his chest as she gave him a huge hug as tight as she could as she continued to say, muffled, "and I hope you never do..."

Crohn didnt respond and merely wrapped his arms around her, returning the embrace.