Child of the night

I’ve thought about it, and I am likely to move my four boys to my multimuse blog.

I don’t feel like I’ll close this blog, because I’m very attached to my mixedblood sons, but I’m also not likely to often have interactions going, and so I figured moving them to the multi, which is my gathering place for muse that are only half active, is better.

     Tyki… he was usually neutral towards many people. Didn’t befriend them, but didn’t make enemies out of them either. Unless they were of the Order. But he’s willing to give anyone a chance at friendship. Of course if you tested his patience and annoyed him, that was a good way to die.

     “That they are~,” he hummed happily. Tyki has grown attached to his Teez. Of course if half of them die, he wouldn’t shed a tear, if all of them were gone? Then he’d be upset. All he needed was one to make thousands more. Though at the word, Tyki lifted and brow and cocked his head. “Symbiosis? What’s that?” he asked. Tyki didn’t exactly have a giant vocabulary. He only learned some bigger words through his books he read. But most books he read were for young adults late teens.

    “Uh.. what now? What are you?” he finally asked. “It’s obvious to me you’re not human… now at least.”

Yuki tilted his head, blinking. “Let’s see... You can say it’s a relationship between two beings, and that relationship is good for both. Your Teez are good for you, and you are good for them.”

“I, uh, well, obviously I’m not human... In fact I’m pretty sure human is the only thing I’m not...” Though Yuki willed his ears and tail to vanish, returning to a full human form. Well, human looking. He scratched the back of his head.

Most people would call Allen an idiot, if only for the simple fact that he had a nasty habit of seeing any canine as a dog, including wolves and other creatures likely to tear him to pieces.

So when he sees the wolf, he’s not deterred from crouching down and holding out his hand so they can catch a whiff of him, cooing, “Hi, there… Look at you, your coat is so pretty…”

When he opens light gold eyes and sees the young man crouch close, Yuki feels a mix of amusement and worry. He has no doubt the other likes canines. And he has no doubts that had he been a real wolf, it might not have ended well. Especially as not all canines might be regular animals.

As it is, this is himself, and Yuki’s ears perk. He lifts his head, sniffs once toward the hand. And oh, what a nice compliment!

His tail wags more, and Yuki wiggles forward a bit, muzzle bumping against the extanded hand. Then, he licks at the fingers. His nostrils flare, taking into the scent and the sign that there is something about the other. But Yuki likes the scent, the sense of goodness from this white haired young one.

While Yuki wasn’t always in a wolf form, the hybrid did like to go around with one. And today was the case, though right now?

     “I guess we are. I travel on my own though. I don’t get attached to anyone that I meet really. And it makes things easier if I’m by myself. When other people get involved, it gets… annoying,” he sighed. Though there were times Nea wished to have company, he prided himself on being a loner. But even loners wanted another to talk to. To keep their sanity.

      “I guess you can say that. I am hunted..” Golden eyes narrowed at the tone of the voice when he spoke of being hunted. Was this guy some sort of wanted man? He didn’t ask about it, because, well, he didn’t really care.

      “Non human?” he scoffed, “Oh no, I AM human so to speak. That’s all I’m going to say. I’m not going to tell you anything else about myself really, asides from little things like hobbies or any of that.. Small talk stuff. But I have to decline. Do you expect me to trust some stranger who claims to know of safe places? For all I know it’s a trap. For all I know you’re working for one of the other’s. I do not trust you in the least,” Nea explained.

    The Noah took a sip from his glass and finished it off. But he didn’t ask for another. He was debating on leaving. But for now, no Akuma were nearby. So he would take this time to relax. Maybe find a nearby inn to stay at, listen to the radio on the alarm clock they provide and fall asleep.

Rei smiled a little bit, amused at the similarity and yet differences. “It is easier to travel around when you don’t have attachements.” Except, for Rei, it was that it didn’t feel safe getting attached. He kept distances with others, not always interested, but even if he felt like he wanted to befriend someone... It was hard to do, when your body wasn’t your own. Rei was, after all, the one who most felt that he was only borrowing Kameron’s body, and so, who also didn’t stay out long. He was also one who didn’t come out as often as the others, so really, it was too hard to get attachements.

“Human?” Rei seemed surprised, in truth what Rei called non-humans, were any being that was even a little bit something else. Because that was how the Organization had sought out all these beings. Rei’s lips curled up into a small smile. “Those like me tend to call non-human anyone who isn’t a regular human, but maybe there are nuances. You could say I’m closer to humans that other non-humans.” Well, he was an hybrid, but his main bloodlines were modified humans. The grumpy guy, on the other hand, was fully not human. Or even Kameron.

Fait redness showed on Rei’s cheeks, now that Nea rejected the offer, it caught up with Rei. What the hell was he doing? He was the first one who wouldn’t trust a stranger, and here he was, trying to get this one to spend more time with him. Opening up to him, almost admitting what he was.

“Fair enough. I can understand that.” Rei replied, little frown as he directed his gaze back to his drink, finishing it. He felt his fangs again, and it occured to him why he was so... open. It was as he said, Nea’s blood had an amazing scent, and if Nea was indeed human, if different, then to a vampire it felt like such an aamzing mix.

It was getting harder to not cave in and get his fangs in Nea’s neck. Rei put down his glass, and rested his crossed arms on the counter, putting his head on them. It helped hide his mouth, and to be honest, Rei was so close to bite into his own arm to get a grip on himself.

     “Glad to know you won’t be a creep. I really do not like dealing with such things. I really don’t like dealing with humans period. But since they’re the dominate species of this world, I am bound to converse with humans.” Indicating, Nea mistook the hybrid as a human.

      Nea listened quietly. Placing his cheek into his palm as his elbow rested on the table. His other hand occupied the little umbrella and twirled it between his fingers. “Ah, I suppose we are a like. I travel all the time. I don’t really take jobs, I can’t settle. And how I get my money is a secret~.” Nea murdered people for his money. Just stripped them clean of their wallet and took all their money they had. That’s how he lived.

    Nea noticed that the other seemed a bit bothered for a moment. But didn’t ask about it. He took another sip from his glass and sighed. “Sometimes I do wish to settle for maybe a week, but I have people after my tail. Wanting me to ‘join their side.’

Rei choked a little bit on his drink, when he heard Nea casually speak like a non-human. Here he was, trying not to betray he wasn’t human-and apparently succeeding-and Nea just, called other humans.Showing he wasn’t one. Rei actually took a glance around, tensing for a second, because even if he had free for so many years and the Organization was no more, there was still the instinctive need to keep hidden.

Maybe that was why the non-humans specie were hard to find now. All feared too much a repeat of the Organization.

Rei soon relaxed though, bringing back his attention to Nea. For now he chose to not comment on this, replying to Nea’s question about being a regular, but Rei could feel his instincts wanting to know. And to taste. Damnit, he hoped he wouldn’t experience bloodlust.

“We’re both wanderers, then?” Rei half joked, though it sounded true. Rei didn’t seem bothered either, by how Nea could get the money. After all, be it Rei or the others, not all their jobs were all casual and lawful.

    Nea placed his arms onto the table, studying his glove that was stained with some black. The blood of Akuma. He sighed lightly and overheard what the bartender said about him.

     “I’m flattered that you’ve taken an interest in me. But don’t get your hopes up. I have no interest in you. I only accepted your offer for a free drink and I didn’t want you to keep pestering me if I declined… As for interest, it would be in your true best interests to not over step your boundaries… But you seem like you have MANNERS. That you won’t try to pull anything.”

     “It’s Nea… my full name is Nea D. Campbell.. Just call me Nea,” he replied. When the drinks were placed down, he plucked out the umbrella and took a sip from his drink. “You a regular here?”

Something confused Rei, his vampiric senses were telling him there was easy blood close by, but at the same time, he didn’t feel like drinking. He could almost say his vampire side did not want the blood it was sensing. But then it could not be the man’s, because on the other hand, Rei realized he would need to keep a grip on himself. His vampire side wanted to taste the blood from a being that was unique and unknown. Not that Rei minded, but he felt like it would be dangerous.

“I am not vain enough to believe your acceptance meant anything more. You are an attractive man, but don’t misunderstand my interest, it is chatting that I desire right now.” Rei placed his chin on his palm, a curious tilt of the head given as he grinned. “Your warning is noted. I like myself as a charming gentleman anyway, so I would hate to be a creep.”

Rei took a sip of his own drink, then chuckled. “Over the past few weeks, yes. I don’t really settle anywhere, so I take whatever job I find when I need. I was a waiter here. I actually mean to leave town tomorrow.” The hybrid offered a little, amused smile. “So the bartender was my boss until yesterday, and he’s well aware I play my charms to bring back customers.” But never meant anything.

      Nea had entered a bar, it was a rather annoying day. Akuma after him, trying to drag him back to the Ark. Of course, he killed them all. But he was a bit sore from running, he was still getting used to his own body. So why not buy a few drinks and unwind?

    Head turned to look at who spoke to him. This was not the first time he has had one offer him a drink at previous bars. People were attracted to him, and would flirt. Though some made the mistake to stalk him after a visit, at least two. And well, they no longer walked on this realm.

     “If you want to, I feel like it’d be rude if I denied,” Nea replied with a soft shrug. He raised a brow at the words of ‘someone like you.’ But he remained silent on it.

     “I’ll just get a fruity cocktail…”

Rei had his own fair share of people flirting with him, half because it seemed people find him attractive, and half because Rei himself would act charming. He would not be surpirsed, in truth, if this man also had to deal with flirts. He certainly looked rather nice.

“Great! Thank you~” The hybrid felt glad that his offer had been taken. He gestured for the bartender, who seemed to know Rei, and who also seemed to be surprised at the bright mood.

In fact the bartender even commented, “First time I’m seeing you genuinely interested in someone, Rei.” before going to make the drink. Rei’s expression shifted to a glare at that, and before he could control himself, he made a middle finger at the back of the bartender.

Sitting at the counter of a bar, Rei’s attention got captured by the unique scent that hit his nose. Golden eyes glanced to the side at the source, the young man that arrived in the bar, and for the first time in a long, long while, Rei could not identify the scent.

Interesting. 

“May I offer you a drink?” Rei flashed a charming smile, though his gaze was bright with genuine interest. “I would hate myself letting slip without a word someone like you.”

A line that sounded flirty and might be, indeed, a little flirty. But in this case, it was also an implicit, maybe too implicit to be picked, show of his knowledge the man was not as human as he looked.

Ending up in Hell, or at least one kind of Hell, was not so uncommon to Ryuuma, if something he tried to avoid. Sometimes it was where he woke after the mysterious fourth mind stopped being in charge, a fact that told Ryuuma this mind had demonic bloodline too, since neither Rei nor Kameron could land in Hell. Sometimes the hybrid ended up there because some imbecile tried to exorcise him. It was always painful as hell, pun maybe intended, though at least it couldn’t kill him.

Today was the second case, and Ryuuma was still a bit sore. But what really bothered him was the white haired male he could see from his high place on a cliff. His nose twitched and his brows furrowed, because the scent was almost human, but not quite. However, whoever he was, he had no place in Hell. Black eyes lifted, and he could tell in the distance that he was not the only one who sensed the strange presence.

This guy is going to be a target soon, Ryuuma realized. Now the real question: was he going to help?

His fingers tapped on his arms, and then he let out a sigh. A long sigh. Then he jumped, he could have climbed down but he would rather not waste time. Though black feathered wings showed for a few seconds, giving a beat then two, so that his landing wasn’t too harsh. The thump that echoed wasn’t loud, but the earth under his feet cracked a bit.

His wings already vanished, Ryuuma walked off right away, though slowed down when he reached close to the stranger.

“I don’t know how you ended up here, but I can tell you we should get you out as soon as possible. Just give me an hour or two and I can do that.” He pointed a thumb in a direction. “I’m not the only one who caught your scent, but the ones coming other there? You’re a feast for them. They try to get my own ass whenever I end up here.”

So maybe Ryuuma would take dark pleasure in removing from all those annoying demons the occasion of a nice meal. Maybe even with a nice middle finger. But he wasn’t heartless either, and he knew all too well how unpleasant it would be, alone here and hunted.

      “Well I mean, it’s more of a sentient being placed into an organic being. So a little of both,” Tyki explained to the other. “And sure, I don’t see the arm in you seeing one… Maybe I will… But then again, maybe I won’t. They have better things to do then gab at a complete stranger. Maybe if you some how befriend me, I will have you see one,” the man stated with a shrug. Only friends had the privilege of seeing such things and not being harmed by akuma.

      Tyki already knew Yuki wasn’t human. But he didn’t ask WHAT he was. Just that he was some weirdo. “Nah, I don’t need to see one. So no need to go through the hassle of trying to track one down.”

      A large wing extended from Tyki’s body. It fluttered out like no one was there. Tyki reached out with his hand for the purple and white striped butterfly to land on his hand. It had a skull on his back that jittered and clacked. “This is a more evolved form of a Teez. And I would imagine they have the same aura as mine. To this point, they are a part of me.” Tyki brought a wing tip to his lips and gave it a peck. The Teez sunk back into his body. And the butterfly that was on Yuki’s hand fluttered over to its master and went inside the body. “But yeah, they wouldn’t eat me. Even if I didn’t have absolute command over them. We can communicate.”

      The flirting went right over his head. Just believing his was talking about the Teez. “That they are,” he agreed.

    Tyki waved a hand in dismissal. “You’re all good. I sometimes ramble as well when I get excited about something. But most times I’m pretty relaxed and don’t do all the talking. So it’s nice when someone rambles to me.”

Yuki’s mouth formed a Oh, those Akumas sounded really unique beings. Then the silver haired chuckled. “That’s fine by me. We’ll just see what happens.” He shrugged himself, though with an easy smile. Maybe he would befriend Tyki, maybe not, but at the very least this was a nice conversation.

Yuki nodded. If anyone asked what he was, now Yuki would have some trouble. Then again, he could easily settle with the truth, hybrid, even if it wasn’t giving the whole truth. He tended to not quite reveal easily, that he had the blood of pretty much all species. Or at least, those that existed when the Organization had Kameron born. But as far as Yuki knew, the Noahs and Akumas were the only specie he didn’t have blood of.

Pale golden eyes lit up at the larger Teez, following its movement with slight amazement. “They’re so pretty!” He blurted out, not even paying attention that he did. He smiled at the skull, watching at the two went back to Tyki. “It’s such an interesting symbiosis.” He commented softly, and his mind drifed to his own case. The form of symbiosis that was the existence of four minds in one body. Though even their body, shifted and changed depending who was in control. Each one a specific mix of genes and bloodlines.

“It’s nice to find a fellow rambler.” Yuki commented with amusement. He felt so content though, he could just picture his metaphorical tail wag. Wait, hold on, the sensation was a bit too real now...

     “Well firstly, they obey us, no matter what. We can tell them to self detonate and they will be forced to against their will,” he explained. “So they don’t exactly have freedom always. And they’re more like mechanical. And there’s different levels of Akuma.”

      “That they do not. Most people don’t believe it when I say I can phase through nearly anything. And not everyone has seen ghosts, so they don’t know what it’s like. I’ve never seen them, but I believe in them.”

     Tyki watched as the other lifted a finger, trying to get the butterfly on his finger. Silently, the Noah gave a command to the Teez to land on the finger. Which is slowly fluttered down and landed on the index finger. It wasn’t one of his big Teez with a skull on it, but one of the simple ones.

     “Yes, my ability. And no, they don’t eat anything out of my body. When they get hungry, I just release the hungry ones so they may feast on something. But as I said, they obey me no matter what. I wouldn’t have them eat parts of me.”

     The male grinned and shook his head, “It’s quite alright. Feel free to ramble away. I don’t mind at all~.”

Yuki hummed at the informations, nodding then blinking. “So they are sentient machines rather than organics? That’s interesting, I haven’t seen before this kind of being. If that’s alright with you, I would be curious to see one, at some point.”

The hybrid smiled at Tyki, even chuckling. “Most don’t know beings like us exist, alongside magic.” His words were also a casual confirmation Yuki wasn’t human, but he also guessed Tyki had realized. “Well, if you ever want to see one, I can track them.” His head tilted to the side, though he chose to not extend too much his senses. “It doesn’t feel like there’s any nearby, though.”

The hybrid’s smile turned softer when the Teez landed on his finger, feeling his aura react to the presence of the living being. Yuki could sense the golem’s own aura, could already tell they were evolving in death’s domain, in the way that they felt like feeding from it. That, and, “They’ve grown to share your aura. They’re yours as much as they are like you.” Slow blink, golden eyes drew back to Tyki. “I don’t think they would quite want to eat you. You’re their progenitors, kind of.”

A soft smile showed then. “They are beautiful. Deadly, but beautiful.” Was this an indirect compliment to Tyki? Maybe, but Yuki didn’t quite realize, as he was also honest. Enough to flirt accidentally. Not that he seemed to realize.

     “Some DO call them demons. But they’re mostly known as Akuma. Of course if you’re friends and bare the card of friendship with Noah, you don’t have to worry about them.” One had to possess a certain anti body or gene to not get killed by the spread of the virus. Though, who knew if it would work on a different being. Best not to test it out unless you want to miss a limb or two if you manage to sever the limb.

    Tyki could feel the racing of the heart. His own glowing eyes staring at the slited pair. He wondered what it really felt like, to have a hand plunged through your chest, even a hand on your still beating heart. Just one motion would have been the end of him. The grip and yanking of the heart. Or smashing it.

     “That you did~ Ask and you will receive. And I did like your startled face. It was quite amusing~,” he chuckled. “It just means don’t get on my bad side. I do have Teez. Which I sometimes secretly implant into someone and they become a host and turn into even more Teez~.”

    He opened his palm upwards and a large black wings formed in his hand. Then fluttered into the air. It was black with a purple glow and markings on the wings that you’d see with cards.

     “This is a Teez, I have thousands in my body and get more everyday. They’re cannibal golems. But they’ll only eat when I order them too. I am their master and they obey my mindlessly.”

“I see. I wonder how different they are from demons, though...” Yuki didn’t really pause to consider that Tyki might not have known demons did exist, and in a part of his mind he added Akuma and Noah to the list of species he knew.

The sensation was an interesting one in Yuki’s mind, he would describe it as a tingle where Tyki’s hand was, and he could definitely feel a small constriction around his heart. Yet he couldn’t say it hurt, or if it did it was too faint. Yuki had a high pain tolerance, after all.

Yuki laughed a little bit. “I have to admit, I can see why it is tempting to startle like this. People don’t expect a hand to just... go through. Except with ghosts. The sensation is definitely colder with one though. I could still feel your warmth.”

Oh, pale golden eyes lit up at the butterfly like creature was shown. The hybrid took a careful step forward, one hand lifting, fingers curled except the index, a gesture that showed a wish to let the Teez rest on his finger.

“Golems? They look like butterflies.” Yuki gazed up. “How do you keep them in-oh. Your ability? They could phase through everything but your skin, making you a perfect host. Unless you... Unless they eat parts of you too? But then you would need to be healed...”

What in heaven and hell was this... being. It looked human, but that didn’t blind Yuki. He had to shut down his shinigami blood boiling at the sensation of a chained soul, while his light based bloodlines recoiled at the taint. Not a pleasant feeling, since he was in his light form, but he could deal with it.

Now, the real question was, should he approach this being? Should he discreetly cut the chain? Then again, the hybrid had no idea where he was. Last he knew, his body had collapsed in China. Apparently, whoever woke up first hightailed out of there, and the bloodlust he had faintly felt upon reawakening suggested it had been Rei.

Not Spain then at least, since the vampire didn’t know how he would deal with being seen with that one coven. Yuki glanced up at the sky. England? It was a somehow familiar weather, the way the air felt, and if he recalled well, poor Ryuuma had to play the part of a dragon after beeing seen, back in medieval time.

Pale golden eyes lowered again, then blinked. The silver haired male tilted his head at the being of before now stood in front of him, staring. Seemed like whatever it was, it had finally caught the strong aura of both life and death coming from Yuki.

“... Whatever you are thinking, don’t.” Yuki warned in a soft voice, knowing that while there weren’t that many humans around, there were still a few innocents that could get harmed if the being grew hostile.

The being grinned. Then there was a canon coming out of their mouth. Yuki widened his eyes.

He never realized the sudden pulse of a new power, similar to divine. Because with little to no time to react, his instincts took over. He dropped to the ground on his knees, a little flash of light bright as a white serpentine tail formed from down his back. Just as fast, the tail shot to slam against the being’s legs, forcing the knee to bend and the being to aim skyward.

     “I guess you could say that..” Tyki assumed this man was human. He seemed like it, well.. looked like it. But these days, out of everyone he’s met, one could be anything. A devil in human flesh… sort of like akuma.

     “Hmm.. more like because I can control them. They’re akuma… But be warned, one hit from one of those guys will send you into dust– dead.. Oh, my ability? Sure~.” Tyki closed what little distance between them, and without warning, suddenly plunged his hand through his chest.  There was no damage done to the body though, just a hole for Tyki’s arm.

     “I am the Noah of pleasure. I can chose what I want to touch and what I don’t want to touch. And those connected to me as well. If I wanted to, I would rip out you spine.. or perhaps your heart. And there would be not a single mark on your body… But don’t worry, you’re interesting and I don’t want to get my gloves dirty. It’s bad enough I go through pairs a day.”

     Tyki slowly withdrew his hand and took a few steps back. The male took a few steps back to survey his reaction.

Ironically, Yuki realized that out of all the species his blood carried, human had long been buried under them all. Some ancestors used back there probably had human blood at some point, but with all the non-human species... It got overwritten rather easily. At least he did have a human form-among others.

“Akuma? You mean demons?” A part of Yuki wondered if his non human blood would protect him, especially the divine parts, or maybe his links to death, but he wasn’t about to test and risk it. Then his thoughts came to a halt.

He had looked confused as Tyki approached, although aware the man had confirmed he would show his ability. Yuki’s body went rigid as the hand went through him, pale golden eyes wide as they turned to slits while he gazed down at his chest. His hands lifted as if he had been about to grip Tyki’s arm, but that was also when Yuki realized he didn’t feel pain from the hand in his chest. Only the one he was used to feeling at every second of his existence.

His hand hovered not far from Tyki’s arms, frame still frozen as he listened. Some part of his mind felt like the man could probably feel the rapid beating of his heart, and he even wondered if Tyki could feel the magic sparking to life in his body, ready to defend himself if needed.

But Yuki only stared, watching with still slitted eyes as Tyki stepped back. His arms had fallen back to his sides, and little sparks of light vanished as he clenched and unclenched his hands. Then, he offered a shaky smile.

“That’s... certainly interesting. I kind of... asked for it didn’t I?” He did ask to see after all, even if he hadn’t known what would happen. He let out a chuckle. “I bet you love doing that; was I startled enough for you?”

Teasing that little bit seemed to soothe away the tension in his body, his eyes finally going back normal, but it hang between them, the little signs that Yuki was not as human as he seems.

    “Nah, these are nothing special.. And everyone in this world that was born by humans, are a decedent of Noah– having the Noah genes in them. There’s only fourteen Noah though. When one dies, someone’s genes activate and they become Noah.. We’re like supermen. We have unique abilities, all of us.”

    Tyki shook his head. “What dangers are out there won’t bother me,” he said with a smirk. The dangers being Akuma. He was in command of them, so he needn’t worry about them bother him.

     “Pleasure to meet you Yuki~.”

“I see... So even humans have potential to become more.” Yuki couldn’t help how his mind compared what Tyki explained to his own situation. While different, Yuki knew something about genes and bloodlines affecting what you are. And now, the hybrid could also store the special scent that was the Noah one.