Vampyre's have feelings20:50 Aug 11 2007
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I cringed backwards away from Ryu's gaze, I did not want him to know what exactly was under my long sleeve shirt. He didn't know that I had suffered anything more than the injury on my neck. There was also the fact, that I didn't want him to suspect that I had been getting abused at home. It wasn't the case at all, I had just caused some of the injuries myself.
"Taloa."
He said the name calmly, but I could tell that he wasn't happy with me at all. I looked up at him, his eyes were still a gold tint. I was happy just because it meant he wasn't hungry. I should of remembered from the feeding he had done the night before.
"Yes?"
I felt as if some sort of power was settling over me, Ryu had a very powerful aura around him. He had so much about him, that I had not begun to unravel or even try to capture.
"What is wrong with your arms?"
I felt pressure on my mind, as if someone was going through it. I blinked feeling alittle dizzy.
"Nothing..."
The word sounded empty as I said it.
"Don't lie to me Taloa, what is wrong with your arms?"
I had to close my eyes to fight off some of the dizzyness, and as I did so some of the pressure on my head let up. I took a deep breath then opened my eyes again.
"They're just some scratches on my arms...nothing too bad."
Ryu, frowned not seeming statisfyed with my answer at all. The pressure on my mind increased, and it seemed as if there were imagines being forced to the front of my mind. I brought my hands up to my head, feeling a head ache coming on. Just as I did so, the pressure was completely gone.
"Why did you have such a nasty fight with your parents?"
I froze, looking up once more.
"How could you possibly know that?"
He smiled weakily.
"because all that pressure you felt, was me reading your mind."
Suddenly, I felt as if I had been exposed and I hated that feeling all together.
"Why did you do that?"
He stared off for a moment, then looked back to me.
"Because I needed to know if you were telling the turth."
I felt anger starting to rise within me.
"Well, my word is good enough. Don't go looking through my mind for answers Ryu."
He blinked alittle realizing he had invaded my personal space, but then at the sametime feeling as if he had a right to know the truth.
"I don't mean to prey Taloa, I just don't want you to be some victim of abuse that goes on unnoticed until it's too late. You don't realize what I've done to people that are abusers..."
I stopped myself, before I could defensive about it. Ryu was after all trying to help...After the weeks we had been around each other, there was a sort of affection we had formed for each other.
"What would that be?"
Ryu looked down, then up toward a sword that was on the wall.
"I've killed people that have done things like that Taloa."
I blinked, not believing it. One reason was because people that killed didn't get away with it, and the other reason was because he was still subjected to human laws.
"I know you might not believe me Taloa, but I have done alot of things that you would probably think horrible."
I didn't nod or say anything at that moment. What had Ryu done? Was he going to confess things to me that were obviously very personal? I didn't think I was the right person for this. I couldn't be the right person for this, yet at the sametime I felt as if I needed this to complete the essay.
I needed all the information I could get, was it wrong to use this information against him? Could I be setting it up to drift apart from vampyres that I had come to enjoy. My mind slowly turned to Shadow...what would happen to us?
I ripped my mind away from my thoughts, I needed to listen to what Ryu was saying.
"What exactly could be so horrible?"
"There are things that I can do, that sets me apart Taloa. Remember, I'm not human and you can't think of me in a human way."
It wasn't the answer to my question that I was looking for, but it brought chills up my back. I turned away from him unusre of the rest of it. I couldn't necessarily make myself think of him as a vampyre completely. He had human emotions too, and he didn't look so different from the rest of us.
"When I was younger, I had alot of anger toward the world."
I turned my head slightly to see what was going on. Ryu was looking at the floor now, trying to remember what exactly he wanted to tell me.
"I was mad, because of what I was."
I couldn't believe that Ryu, could have the touble he spoke of. He was a mand that had so much pride in what he was. How could he of gone through anything like that?
"Taloa?"
I was forced from my thoughts.
"Yes?"
I smiled weakily, showing that I had been listening.
"Have you ever taken justice into your own hands?"
I shook my head in disbelief, this wasn't the shift in the conversation that I was expecting.
"There's never been...a need to do so..."
"Well there is a need sometimes, and I believed it. This is why there are things about me that aren't exactly great."
I held my tongue, it was not the time to explain his greatness to him. He was trying to help me understand.
"There are advantages to being a vampyre Taloa, like I've explained before. There is speed..."
He broke off moving to my face, with speed that you knew he was moving and then he was there. Looking me in the face, staring me down. I bit my lip trying not to scream or choke.
"Strength..."
He reached over picking the chair and me up in it with ease, that made me shudder. I instinctively I grasped to the arms of the chair. He set me down gently walking toward the swords that he had put over his couch. He took one out, the steel glistening in the light. I felt my stomach knot, and my throat suddenly felt dry.
"Power and depending on how well you've fed...regenerating quicker than a human."
He moved the sword against his skin, but didn't make a cut. I took a deep breath, realizing as I felt dizzy that I had been holding it. I ungripped my hands from the chair and relaxed myself.
"Ryu.."
I said weakly trying to get him to stop. He turned looking at me, but he didn't seem to see me.
"These abilities make it easy to harm and kill. There has been many people that have suffered such fates, that are hard to describe."
I felt pressure building in the back of my brain. My vision starting to swirl as if Ryu's power he had was overwhelming.
"Ryu..."
I put my head in my hands, trying to clear my head.
"Taloa, I don't think I ever meant to tell you so much."
I looked up as my vision cleared slowly, to see him staring down at me intently. Almost as if he was questioning himself on why he had been so open with me. Which scared me, because it made me feel like I was being pulled into one of those movies where when someone knew too much they didn't live to tell.
I cleared my throat, and forced myself to speak without any fear.
"I don't think anyone ever means to, it just happens..."
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LordOfNoctemAeternus
18:58 Jan 27 2008
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