Kari's Story

Kari let out a yawn as he tried to pay attention to his class, he had been up all night worrying...today was the exam, and not the paper kind... today was the day they checked each student to see if they were human or not. The wind blew wildly outside causing him to smile, it seemed to give him some comfort in his time of panic. His green thin ponytail fell over his shoulder as he looked at his notes and sighed, he had done it again it seemed, he had taken notes in Chinese...he just shrugged and he continued writing.

The loud speaker came on with a soft whine, "attention students will all the males head to the gym, their exam is about to begin, this is mandatory!" the voice told them. Kari sighed and got up as he packed his notebook, praying the group got his message. He saw his friends nudging each other and laughing, "Hey whatever gets out of this dumb class right?" they said before they noticed Kari, "Heh Kari do you think they will find any creatures here?" they asked him. He shrugged, and prayed they didn't.

They reached the room and formed into three lines where at the end were hunters and doctors in a seculded room. When it was his turn Kari wanted to throw up, his heart in his throat. "Kari Zephyr?" an old man with grey hair asked him. Kari walked up and entered the room, stripping out of his school uniform and to his boxers. The man smiled at him as he check his weight height, blood pressure and then took out a needl, "I need some blood. " he told him. Kari just nodded, and held out his arm. The man drew blood and placed it in a small handheld device. Kari wanted to faint, after several minutes, the hunter behind the doctor grew antsy. "Well what is the result?" he growled out loud. Kari wanted to run. "He is clean not a Being." the doctor told him rubbing one eye, almost like something was in it. Kari was relieved and almost sighed, but he held it in as he got dressed and ran out of the room and waited for his friend. He heard a girl scream as she was being dragged out of the school and looked away clenching his fists. His friends soon came back and headed home...they had no class afterwards and the class they were in had just finished.

Kari walked home after he left his friends waving good bye to them. He sighed and looked around as if he was looking to see if he was being followed. Seeing he wasn't he went into an a coffee shop and nodded at the owner before he went into the back room, once there he concentrated and turned into a wisp of wind and slipped through a crack in the wall, he arrived in another room and changed into an oriental outfit and a coat lined with feathers, while it would look silly on another person he pulled it off as he climbed down a ladder and then once again turned into wind following a winding trail before he reached a circular room underground...he hated the fact it was underground, but it was safe down here. He waved at an earth elemental and an angel talking before he continued on. He bumped into an Angel called Ash, “Ah Ash! Is Ruby here?” he asked. Ash shook his head. “Haven’t seen her Windborn. Probably not in yet… she does have that meeting remember?” Ash replied.

Kari nodded, “Right, right! Wasn’t an envoy supposed to come from one of the other cities?” he asked. Ash nodded, “No sign of em.” He remarked. Kari nodded, “Welp I will be back later than….” He replied as he headed back the way he came waving bye to Ash as he did so. Near the entrance he changed back into his uniform and stuffed the other clothing into his bag as he again changed into wisps of wind. He exited the way he came and wandered the streets the wind blowing making him smile as he heard the comforting sound of a wind chime close by. He saw the sight of a burned house along with fire trucks putting out the remains, he shook his head having a feeling none survived. He held his bag close to him as a motorcycle whizzed by him whipping his long green hair around. He shook his head in annoyance as he looked up at the night sky frowning at the sight of so few stars… He sighed a bit, “Wish there were more in this city…” he muttered softly as the wind blew his hair, his eyes flashed a light purple as he quickly looked down.

Kai was heading to one of his usual 'haunts': a busy club near the middle of the city. It was easier to feed there, and there was more choice. Not to mention it was easier to hide from Hunters, since it was a goth club, and vampires generally suited that look. Ironic really...it reminded him of a line from a book he'd read.
"Vampires pretending to be humans, pretending to be vampires...", he muttered under his breath, then let out a soft chuckle. That quote always made him laugh, and it was from one of the more accurate works of vampire fiction. 'Interview with the Vampire', by Anne Rice. He had bought it as soon as it came out, and had it practically memorised, though he hadn't liked the other books from the series as much. The films were okay though, and he liked the soundtrack from 'Queen of the Damned'. It suited the mood of the film, and he felt like a lot of the songs were written especially for him. Then again, he supposed most vampires had felt that way. Not that there were many left now.
Those kinds of thoughts made him sad, he missed those that were now gone. Tomas...Abigail...Rachel...

Rachel...that name hasn't come up in a while...Damn I miss her..., he thought, unconsciously rubbing at the burn scar on the inside of his wrist. A permanent reminder of that day. Of how much of a coward he was. How weak he was. And it had cost him the woman he had loved more than his own existence.

That's the past. Rachel is gone. It may have been my fault, but it can't be changed now., he scolded himself as he rounded the corner. Maybe he didn't need to go to the club...there was already a nice looking male here. The green hair was a bit odd, but that didn't really matter to Kai. It just made things more interesting after all...

Kari looked around the street, an almost tired look on his face. It seemed the stress from today had finally caught up with him. He let out a soft yawn as a strong gust of wind blew by him making his long hair whip around. He covered his eyes from the dust debris it kicked up as his eyes flashed an amethyst purple, but just like that they were back to being green. He continued walking, not really paying any attention to where he was going, which would explain why he bumped into a tall man with pale skin, pale hair not really blond, almost white. He quickly offered him a little bow. “Sorry! I should pay more attention to where I am walking instead of day dreaming... well night dreaming I suppose.” he said as he rubbed the back of his head as he blushed in embarrassment. He couldn't help but look at the man, he was... well handsome and more, he seemed to have an air of mystery about him. He quickly turned his eyes downcast as his face turned brighter even in this dark night.

Kai was more than a little surprised when the green-haired boy bumped into him, normally he would have avoided the male. It just proved how much he needed blood, his balance was off, and he was a little dizzy. he supposed this was what it was like for humans, when their blood sugar level was too low. Except in his case, it was more the amount of blood..

"It's quite alright. I wasn't paying much attention myself. I tend to do that a lot.", he said, mainly to cover the fact he was feeling ill. He almost smiled at the boy, then remembered about his fangs. He didn't want to reveal himself yet. That part would come later. He paused a little as he took in the boy's scent...it was...different. Human enough, he supposed, but...something more than human, in a way. It was nice though, albeit in a strange way.

Hang on...is he? Yes, he must be. His movements are too fluid...like air...And his scent..., he mused as he stepped back a little, a slight frown crossing his features.

"Hold on a sec...you can't be...are you?", he asked uncertainly, more to himself than to the boy. he ran through the different types of beings in his head, trying to put a name to the scent. All he could come up with was a Sylph, an air elemental. That was close enough he supposed, though not exact. For one thing, Sylphs were generally female. And they tended not to live in cities. Too polluted for them, and too dangerous. So what was this boy?

Kari laughed, "same here I was spacing out a bad habit I have... specially on breezy days... the wind calms me. he said as he rubbed the back of his head. "It is err a bad habit..." he admitted with a grin. He looked at the man, he looked kinda sick, "You okay? Do you need to sit down?" he asked him in concern, he was always like that. Caring about others when they looked ill, even if they were strangers. He stiffened a bit as the man began to speaking asking him what he could be, though he sounded uncertain. He took a slight step back. "Am I what?" he asked normally trying to hid his fear, his worry.. and he tried to control his beating heart. "Damn it... if he knows what I am.... though he might not mind..." he thought cautiously hopeful. the wind blew past his face and he quickly looked down as his eyes seemed to gleam a bit brighter green.

Kai continued to run theories through his mind, tryin gto figure this kid out.
"Well, you're certainly not human, that's for sure...your movements are too fluid, and I noticed your eyes when you crashed into me. Human eyes don't change color, kid. I would think you would know that already.", he stated, perhaps sounding a bit harsher than he had intended, but he was anxious to get away and get some 'food', since the longer he waited, the worse he would be.
"And do not worry about me, this sort of thing is normal.", he continued, refering to the boy's worry after his condition.