The PetShop

V.C.
I glared at the idiot DK. "You're pathetic." I stared at the slash in my hand, then quickly cleaned it out with a piece of cloth ripped from my shirt. I ripped more of my shirt to tie up my hair, keeping it out of my way. I grabbed the knives in my boots, and faced the DK, letting my anger build up by thinking of scenes of the past. Painful scenes that made me furious, but still let me retain my reason. A bad opponent is one who is ruled by anger, for they are reckless, and easy to beat.
I had wanted to tie him, gag him, and force him to feel excruciating pain without the armor on. And he had gone and slashed me. I smiled ruefully, realizing I should have tied him up first and searched him for his weapons. Well, I was an idiot, but if I was going to die, then the DK had to, at the very least, be unable to escape at all.
"Who was the owner to you? Doesn't it hurt you at all to have angered her, and hurt her, so much?" I asked, thinking that he may have a soft spot for her. Maybe she's a close friend. After all, she had used to hunt demons, once upon a time.

Draco stood in combat position ready to lunge at any moment. "Shut up." He said emotionless. Draco smile, maliciously. "Ten minute. You have ten minutes." He was talking to her about her arm. How foolish of her to think that sort of cleansing trick worked on this kind of poison. It came directly from demons themselves. Draco took out a sack, and put it in front of him. This was the antidote to the poison. "Come and get it."

V.C.
I smiled, a razor thin, humorless smile. I was thinking about the fight that was just about to start. I was ready, and I knew I was probably going to die. To tell you the truth, it would be a miracle if I managed to survive. "Well, I don't want to bleed all over my blades. After all, it will make them slippery." I ripped out yet another piece of my shirt, laughing hollowly. At this rate, I wasn't going to have a shirt left. Not that it would matter if I died. But then, what does matter if I die?
I continued talking. "But see, Mr. DK Idiot, I am most definitely not a normal person. I'm not even an abnormal person. I don't care if I die."
Saying it out loud made me realize the truth. I was so bent on protecting this shop and the demons seeking protection that I actually did not care even a bit if I died, as long as I took this idiotic man with me, so I could protect this place. And people always say that the ruler of the streets, the Invisible Spy, V.C. Shadows, has no compassion. I had plenty of it.
"So, on to the fight, now that I've told you that I'm like nothing with a brain in this world?" I asked, somewhat cheerfully, knowing that the poison was a time limit.

Coal had just finishing his nap he woken up with a startle. He had a nightmare just before he woken up. It was always the same nightmare never different one. Feeling a very painful and familiar burn on his chest and on his back. Reaching into his shirt he felt the tattoo that was burned into his skin burn hot like hell's fire. Groaning in pain as he pulled his hand back, Coal got up from the comfort of the bed, pulling of his shirt to look at the mark. The mark glowed like a lit fire until it died down another two minutes later.

Gasping for breathe Coal sat on the edge of the bed his mind was dizzy and his head clouded. For a moment he smelled the sulfur and brimstone that clogged his nose. He could feel the raging fires across his skin burning him from inside and out. What seem like hours of re-living the terrible past was only about fifteen minutes before it past. Soon his senses returned to him as he realized where he was, in PetShop, a safe place for demons like himself. Lifting himself from the bed he walked to a mirror that was in the room. Carefully he button up his shirt so the scar was covered, and decided he would leave his room to go sit at the bar.

Draco's face cracked with a smile, "Die? Who said I was going to kill you?" He took the sac and walked over to her. He grabbed her by the arms and disarmed her. Still grabbing her arms he pushed her against the tree with force. "No, I am not going to kill, you. That's too much of a reward." He smiled maliciously. "I am going to play with you until your body is useless. Then I'll make you live, live on and remember, Draco the DK!" He ripped off the binding in her hands and put some of the powder on it. Then he ripped off the rest of V.C.'s shirt. He used half of it to bind the hand, and half of it to bind V.C. to the tree. "Now is where the fun begins. Ten minutes." With one hand holding V.C's two back to the tree and one hand on V.C.'s breasts, Draco started to kiss her forcibly.

''Ah...'' Sky, composed as ever, still couldn't help but stare at the lady who came to greet him. Well...apart from the blood, she was certainly beautiful. ''A-Are you alright, Miss?'' he asked, still taking the hand offered to him. '' Are you hurt?'' he was trying his best to stop himself from checking for injuries. The smell of blood started to cling to him, making his pale eyes glow softly as his instincts as a grow yokai kicked in. The blood didn't rouse him but , it still got a reaction from his senses. Sky peeked over the girl's shoulders, narrowing his eyes at the hallway behind her. Maybe this place wasn't as safe as he had thought...

Sayu

Sayu's looked completely defeated, her eyes lacked fire or will in them and the gun in her hand fell to the ground, her hands were too weak, too shaky to even hold onto a weapon. "I'm so sorry... This place is no longer safe... I can't protect anyone." Her voice was just as shaky as the rest of her but she was no longer crying, no tears would come. Her silk kimono was messily draped over her weak body and the blood was still wet against her skin. She turned to her brother and slapped him, using the last of her energy. "You were once an angel... Now look what you've done." She had to watch her best friend and the boy she loved touching some other girl... and by force... "How disgusting." she whispered.

Dante

Dante didn't have any smart remarks to give Sayu. She was right he was once an angel and now he was worse than the devil himself. Dante grabbed his blades and let his wings unfold, he ran out to where Draco was and pulled him away from the girl. He didn't want to stab Draco, so instead he punched him with full force just to slow him down "Stop this! Maybe demons don't deserve to live, but my sister deserves to be happy!" He shouted at Draco, his golden eyes peering into Draco's soul.

V.C.
I realized that right now, the best thing to do was to try to slip out of this cage, because the DK, Drake or whatever his name was, was much stronger than me. I was trying to escape his grip, but it was impossible. The drug was making me really weak, and I was struggling to keep the black from taking over anymore of my vision than it had already. Luckily, I was furious. I don't like being touched in any circumstances. Not even the nice ones. But then, who actually tries to touch me. Most people are put off by my eyes.
As I finally gave up, my fury not strong enough with the poison running through my veins. It just deterred him for a minute. Finally I felt something shove him back. It was a relief. However, I sounded like I was drunk. My voice was slurred and my original voice was back-the uncultured one and I didn't realize it was mine for a long, long while. "Don' forgeh ta lock up da d*mn b****** and disahm. He goht fight in 'im still." The last thing I remember was the ground rushing up to meet my face, or maybe it was my face that was rushing up to meet the ground. I was too tired of everything and nothing to care anymore as I sank into oblivion.

Draco recovered from Dante's punch, and turned his face slowly to him. "Dante," he said in a quiet whisper trying to contain his anger "you know quite well an angel is not suppose to kill humans right?" He asked trembling in anger. "They are protectors of humanity and slayers of demons," he said his voice getting louder. "But then again," he said glaring straight into Dante's eyes "you are a fallen, so I expect that from you. Siding with these pathetic little demons, just like your so called sister!" Draco was hissing now "She's a traitor! A damn traitor! And you, you good for nothing fallen piece of trash, are going to join her! You guys will rot in hell!" Draco took out a fresh dagger, but instead of using it on others he stabbed his right arm. Blood dripped down. on the ground he drew a symbol. Draco looked up. "Seems familiar?" He asked Dante. It was the symbol of the gods, the legionnaire's divine symbol. "Dante, the fallen, you are charged today of defying orders and hurting a human, and having thoughts about killing a human. Having done these actions, you have defied the order of the gods above, and for that I Draco, the DK condemn you in front of the gods." As Draco was saying this a symbol appeared on Dante's forehead, the same symbol of that on the ground. "From this day forth, you will stay in that form for the rest of your life, and every moment in that form you will burn, burn like nothing you ever experienced, until you learn your lesson and ask for forgiveness." As soon as Draco finished his sentence, the seal grew thicker and he could see that Dante was suffering greatly. He walked over casually, and looked at him in the eyes. Draco gave a mere kick, and Dante fell to the ground in pain.
Then he walked over to where Sayu was knocking sky over with a stab to the back. He grabbed Sayu and forced her to look into his eyes. "I loved you, I loved you so much," he said tearing up, "but then you returned the love with bullets through my back!" He threw her to the ground. "It is quite obvious to me that you love these trash more than me." He smirked. "You made your decision, but mark my words, I will return. And the next time I return, this place will be no more." Draco, went over to where Kero was. He took his dagger out of his back, and made him drink a potion. "You would have wished to die now, halfing. For life is a curse." Then with that he grabbed his great sword and cut V.C.'s bindings off. He gently picked her up and carried her on his back. With that he took off to the forest, disappearing from the Pet Shop.
He escaped the pet shop and was far off, where nobody could track him. He put V.C. on a log and sat down himself. "I never said you are going to die." He said to her quietly. He had one more potion left. He had no clue why he wasted such a valuable thing on that halfling, and now he was going to waste it again on a life that didn't care whether she lived or not. He took off his armor and put it on her, then opened her mouth. They were filled with blood. He took out an antidote and quickly put it on her hands, then with his own shirt tied her hand once again, to stop them from bleeding. Then he fed her the potion. "Value your life, girl. For every human life is precious." He coughed and gagged. Draco was at his limits now, only two more miles left. He picked V.C. up again and carried her on his back, dragging himself to the NDHA.

LT coughed coldly, feeling the wound in the side of her neck. Not too deep. But that *sshole had made her more mad then she had ever felt. Looking up, her eyes glowed full white, and she began to levitate. Touching her forehead, she sent out a tiny, blue orb, similar to the one that she had used to keep Mizu alive during her "surgery". The wound that she couldn't see near her rear had stopped bleeding. Clutching her fist, she winced as the scorpion tail grew in painfully again. Screaming like she had never felt anger in life before, she burst out the door, her feet never touching the ground. She ran as fast as she could on a thin layer of white air, zipping through humans like they were merely pieces of air. Which in their eyes, she was a bit of air. Each human or manmade thing she touched went right through her, giving her the ability to run into people as much as she wanted, and dash across streets without getting hurt. Eventually, she ran straight past Draco's hiding location in the forest, sprinting on water which barely made a drip noise as she touched it with the tips of her toes. A strong scent of blood barely missed her as she slowed to a stop, walking back over to the direction that the blood scent was coming from. Coughing and putting her hands on her thighs, she took a few deep breaths.

"I...I'm gonna f-find you now...j-just you wait..." LT wheezed in between breaths. Then she took off again at over a few hundred miles an hour, reaching a tree a few yards from where he was heading towards. There she downgraded herself into her normal self, her eyes fading back to bright orange and the thin white layer around her dissappearing. She coughed, her blue orb with a black Scorpio sign on it fading. Now about to faint, LT crawled as fast as she could, catching up to Draco in a few minutes, and grabbing onto his leg. "P-please don't kill me."

"C-can...
Can I c-come with you?"

Dante

Dante in all his pain managed to smirk "This pain? This is nothing." He stood up allowing himself to feel the full force of the burning. "I am going to slaughter him... In the most unheavenly way." He growled walking slowly, he walked past Sayu and tears fell from his eyes. "Why is everything you love taken from you?" his voice was lower than a whisper.

Sayu

Sayu didn't care about Draco's words. Not anymore. She thought she loved him, but she could never love anyone like that. "There's no such thing as love." This time tears never came, She pulled herself to her feet and grabbed Dante's glowing hand. "Not everything I love is taken from me... I got you back from heaven." she smiled.

Draco turned around, to see LT on the floor. "And if you could, come with me. Would you?" He stared at her, with pity and disgust. "I am going back to my headquarters, where only humans are. They will hate you. They will isolate you, and probably try to kill you." He said with a bitter smile. "and still you want to come with me? If you value your life, go far away from here, and do not return." He shook LT off his feet and continued to walk towards the head quarters.

Coughing and now on her hands and knees, still shaking, LT looked up at Draco.

"NO ONE. Values my life. Anymore." She coughed hard, blue blood escaping the side of her mouth. Putting her hood on and using the little magic that she could at the moment, LT put on her human disguise and stood up. "Look. Look at me now." No one would be able to tell whether she was human or not now. Putting on her full-eye contacts, she covered her entire orange eye with normal blue irises and white eyes.

Draco looked at the pitiful scene emotionless. "If no one value's your life, what makes you think I will value yours?" He asked. "If you can't value your own life, than how can you expect others to?" He turned his back on LT. "Go back to the Petshop, Sayu will treat you nicely. You will be safe there for now." As he mentioned Sayu's name, he felt his heart ache, but nevertheless he kept a straight face.

In her entire five months of living as a dog, LT had forgotten about her "wicked side". This side she only let out when she was extremely angry or depressed, which was incredibly rare. Taking out her contacts, her entire eyeballs seemed to disappear completely as a pitch black fog filled their place. Her skin took on an even grayer tone as she stared straight at Draco. She wasn't in her right mind anymore, which meant she would help and kill anyone.

"I want to HELP you."

The little LT left inside of her was banging against her mental cage, screaming "No! What are you doing?! Think about Mizu and the reporter girl!"

Sayu

Sayu didn't know why but she needed to see Draco one more time, she took of running at full speed, stumbling due to fatigue. "There you are..." He breathed heavily from running so fast. "Draco, Please... Just talk to me... It's Sayu, we've known each other forever! I don't want us to leave on these terms." Tears stung her eyes but she fought them, casting a glare at LT She grabbed Draco's arm and pulled him away where they could speak alone "Talk to me please." She gave the best smile she could, letting him know she still cared.

Oh, yeah. One more thing too. LT's "wicked side" was usually suicidal, or emo. Falling back a bit, she scraped her nails across the sides of her face, drawing blood. Her normal self returned, and she picked herself up, wiping the blood from her face. Seeing Draco again and now Sayu, she ran over to Sayu, hugged her too, wrenched V.C. off of Draco's back, and took off running at full speed, now only with pure adrenaline coursing through her veins. The little white bits of air that she could conjure up appeared, giving her extreme boosts as she dashed all the way back to the PetShop. But she didn't stop there. Instead, LT took off into the woods, and slowing down a bit, she pointed her head and her horns at a large tree with a small, white piece of bark on its side. Charging straight at it, she actually went straight into it and dropped down into a secret, magical burrow, where she had set up a small light, clay and wood furniture, and a bed. It was about 6"2 high, and about 500 square feet wide and long. Setting V.C. down and slapping her awake, she looked straight at her, kneeling down, not bothering to put on her makeup.

"Wake up, reporter girl."

V.C
I felt the odd sensation of being slapped. And it sounded like someone was calling me... a reporter? Why a reporter? Hmm... maybe someone was attempting to wake me up. I tried to open my eyes, but my eyelids felt so heavy. So very, very heavy. Or maybe they were glued shut. I struggled to open my eyes, trying to figure out who was talking to me. The voice sounded just the slightest bit familiar, but I had no idea where from. I shook my head, trying to clear the cobwebs.
I opened my eyes, finally, blinking to focus the things around me. My memory came back slowly, but I had no idea where I was, or why I wasn't in the shop. "Where am I?" I asked, noticing LT for the first time. "And I'm not a reporter. I think even calling me a spy is more accurate than calling me a reporter, though I hate being called a spy. Reporters are annoying, chatty, and way too much like vultures."
I realized that LT and I were the only ones, wherever we were. So she must have been the voice. "I thought I was fighting the DK, the annoying brat. He fights dirty. Do you have soap?" I wanted to wash out my mouth. I also wanted to be clean.

LT turned her back and snapped her fingers. She turned around and shoved a full bar of edible (ew) soap in V.C.'s mouth, nervous as hell. Her horns barely grazed the ceiling, so she sat down next to V.C. on the floor.

"Drink? Food? I-I have a lot of stuff..."

Draco drew his great sword, then put it back fastened. He wanted to chase after her. He wanted to talk to her. Sayu. But that little troll had to ruin everything. He went on to walk towards the entrance of the headquarters which was secluded and very secure; no one, not even a troll could find this place, and even if someone did happen to run into it, they would mistake the place with a rock, and passing that only people authorized could enter with finger detection and voice command, which could not be replicated. But if a person passed even that. They would have to be ready to face thousands of guards who are armed and ready to fire at will, to whom they do not know. In other words the headquarters were fully secure.
The troll girl was very foolish in taking V.C. back, having not fully recovered, Draco was about to get her treated here, but now, well it's too late now. He entered the rock entrance and put his fingerprint on the scanner and said "Open" to the mic. The door slid open and Draco entered. As soon as he entered the door immediately closed. He was greeted by hundreds of guards, and a soldier came to him and saluted him.
"Get me Connel immedeately!" He said "We have a demon shop to raid."
With that he went over to the hospital room where he was to spend the night. Tomorrow, will be the end. He thought.

((Oh, sure. Now you're ready to GODMOD at will.))

((Looks who's talking. Seriously Sprinting back and fourth for good twenty miles, even though you had vital injuries not to mention that you are carrying twice your weight? [2ppl]))

((Derp. Well, ok, but don't go blowing up the whole petshop, please.))

((I wasn't intending to :p))

((No drama >_< this place is dead enough without it :P))