An Eagle Without Wings (Pinger)

[guoping]

Natayla licked her lips and let out a shuddered breath. She eyed him as if she had never seen food and he was a 20 course buffet. Her fangs extended to their full length and she straddled his lap, making it easier for herself and Riku. Before biting into his neck Natayla whispered into his ear. "Don't worry, some say being bitten is better than sex."

And she sunk her teeth into his pale neck. His warm blood flooded into her mouth and Natayla had to stop herself from moaning. He was absolutely delicious. She had never tasted anything so good in her whole life. Her tongue darted out of her mouth and lapped at the blood while one hand pressed agaist his chest and the other fisted his silver hair. As more and more blood poured down her throat the more her blood-lust increased. Now her whole body was pressed against his, her eyes rolling back.

[sora]

Riku gasped as her fangs pierced his neck and understood why being bitten was so pleasurable. His teeth clenched a little as he held back a moan. He barely felt her hand fist his hair before his head started to feel a bit light. But there was no pain, only pleasure as he grabbed the back of her neck, almost begging her to take more.

He was sure humans probably enjoyed it more but he was half-god, the god of vampires no less, so he still retained some of his sanity throughout it. He could tell Natayla had more than enough to sate her and grabbed her chin, pulling her fangs out of his neck. He didn't even hesitate as he kissed her, tasting his own blood at the same time.

[guoping]

Natayla gasped a little when Riku kissed her. Truth be told this was her first kiss. She had fed on countless humans, sometimes out of necessity sometimes for money, but she had never experienced anything like this. A jolt of surprise and pleasure went through her, almost as good as his blood. Natayla lost herself in the kiss, both hands now sprawled across his muscled chest. Her parents walking in on them was a worry so far in the back of her mind it didn't even register.

She didn't want to but after a moment she had to surface for air. She looked deeply into his eyes, her cat like pupils dilated and the gold of her eyes shimmering. Natayla blushed darker than the blood on her lips. She was frozen solid, her hands on his chest and her face no more than an inch away from his,

[sora]

Riku didn't hesitate and captured her lips once more but it was far more gentle. He pulled away, his hand falling from the back of her neck. "Sorry," he said, not looking at her. He sighed, noticing that she was still sitting on his lap. He ran a hand through his silver hair, unsure of what exactly just happened. His mind was so confused that he didn't even notice as the blood dripped from his neck that it vanished into small wisps of black smoke, leaving the puncture wounds visible.

[guoping]

"I-I'm not," she said, she had meant to sound bold and confident but it was ruined by her shy stammer. To drive it home that she had thoroughly enjoyed and didn't regret what had happened she kissed him, softly and innocently.

But much to Natayla's mortification someone walked into the room, completely ruining their moment.

"Looks like someone's been necking," a jeering voice said.

"A-Alphonse!" Natayla gasped, nearly falling off of Riku's lap.

A young vampire with wavy shoulder length blond hair and the same golden cat eyes as Natayla walked into the living room and plopped down in the blood red chair Derek had previously occupied. "I see you're having fun sis', all this time I thought you were out working and here I see you neck-"

"Oh shut it Al," she glared with a growl. Although she no longer sat on Riku's lap she made it clear that Al was not to touch the silver haired demi-god. She sat beside Riku, close and gripping his arm but gently. "Riku, this is, unfortunately, my brother Alphonse.."

"Love you too sis'," Alphonse smirked. "But it looks like Riku has that department covered. You can rest at ease my silver haired friend, you've got nothing to worry about from me.... that is unless you hurt my dear sister in which case I will break every bone in your body and drain every drop of blood in you body."

"Al!" Natayla hissed, her face blushing inhumanly dark. "... Riku's requested an audience with the coven... he's the son of Hades."

Al's gold eyes widened. "Well that changes things"

[sora]

Riku glared at him, long since used to threats. He pulled his arm out of Natayla's grip. "I can take care of my own battles," he said the feeling of pleasure long since gone. He didn't want Natayla to get the wrong idea at all. To him, their relationship ended at friendship. She had earned that much but not the whole package yet. "And it's a pleasure to meet you, Alphonse," he said, inclining his head slightly before snapping his eyes back to Natayla.

[guoping]

Natayla lowered her eyes to her hands. Her black nail polish was chipped she noticed. Alphonse nodded his head in agreement as Derek came back into the room. He looked paler than usual and reached for what remained of Natayla's bottled blood.

"There will be a meeting in two days," he said, taking a long drink of the bottle. "All of us will have to be there."

"Two days?" Alphose said, although it wasn't much of a question. "That's pretty quick, but I've got a date with this really hot-"

"You're going," Derek snapped sternly. "And traditional dress is required."

"Thank's daddy," Natayla smiled at him.

Hades, who had been abnormally quiet for the past little while spoke up. "... At least the meeting will go relatively smoothly now that Riku seems to be making a mends." the cat swung his tail around Riku's neck to point out the bite marks.

"Where did you.." Derek started and then saw the guilty look on his daughters face.

There was a long silence and then Derek erupted. Alphose held him back from behind and Natayla stood in front of Riku, trying to calm Derek.

"Dad! Please stop!" she yelled, flinching a little at his growls. "Riku was a hunter, if he has bite marks it looks like he's making up for it! It was a logical decision... and he's tasty."

"Stop. Right. There." Nina was suddenly in the room and Derek was pinned to the far wall by glowing purple tendrils. "Dear, shut up. Hades, you have a big mouth Natayla, your grounded. Alphonse escort your sister home."

[sora]

Riku sighed, expecting the reaction. The ominous feeling boiled in his stomach and he knew he was going to get chewed out by his own parent. He looked at Derek, genuinely sorry for what had happened. But still, he couldn't form the words.

We'll be having a talk later, Riku. The words rang in his mind and he mentally gulped.

"Yes, father," he muttered, knowing it probably sounded ridiculous. He turned to Nina, knowing she was at least sane enough to answer him. "I didn't mean to cause any problems. I'm still...new to this," he said, somewhat hesitantly. "I'll be here in two days," he said, using his powers to vanish into the darkness. Meian sighed, turning in the sky and heading back to Riku's house where the demi-god collapsed onto his bed.

[guoping]

"Oh it's fine Riku," Nina said with a dismissive wave of her hand. "We'll see you then."

Once Riku vanished Natayla asked. ".... Am really grounded?"

"Yes." Nina said sternly. "That boy is a demi-god and now that you've drank his blood you'll become highly addicted to it," she turned and grabbed a vile of green liquid from the shelf. "Now drink this once you get back to the shop if you don't want to have withdraw symptoms."

"Yes mummy," Natayla sighed, taking the vile. "C'mon Al."

The walk back to the shop didn't seem as long as it was normally. Al and Natayla talked lightly, Al occasionally teasing Natayla about Riku.

"Alright, just shut up now," Natayla glared. "I don't even think I like him that much... he's just.... really good looking and tastes fucking amazing!"

"Yeah yeah, and I didn't score with that lycn," Alphonse laughed, giving his little sister a nudge.

"Whatever, ya whore," Natayla laughed back.

They were entering the store now and the siblings said a quick goodbye. Natayla took down the closed sign and quickly ran upstairs to change into something more appropriate for her night customers.

"Welcome to Curses and Charms," she smiled brightly to her first customer.

[sora]

Riku sighed as he went into his kitchen, grabbing the jug of milk and pouring himself a glass. He was going to get so chewed out and he knew it to as the whole room got surprisingly cold. He mentally groaned as he turned to look back into the living room and there sat Hades, lord of the dead, gazing at him like he was going to rip his head off and feed it to his dog.

Riku set the glass down, walking into the living room and sitting across from his father. He personally would rather get yelled at then this cold silence. "Well?" Hades cold voice rang through like some kind of echo.

Riku sighed, running a hand through his silver hair. "I'm sorry, father. I didn't-"

"I did not come for your apologies, Riku." The teen winced slightly at the tone. "I want to hear an explanation first."

Riku nodded. "I wanted to gain the trust of the vampires. I used to be a hunter so..."

"So you thought the best way was to offer yourself up to them like some livestock?" Hades snapped.

Riku knew he was right. "I didn't..." He started but didn't have an excuse.

Hades tone turned calmer, knowing Riku was only a child, even as far as demi-gods went. "Riku, you must realize who you are. You are not some human that should be ordered about by them and they are not your pets or your prey."

Riku looked at him, slightly surprised. "I don't think-"

The god held up a hand, stopping him. "But you did. Not even a week ago, you only thought about how to effectively drive a stake into them." Riku looked down at his hands. "It's fine. Anyone else would have done the same thing. Next time, consider your decisions as they affect not only yourself, but the Underworld as well."

Riku nodded, looking back up. "Yes, Father," he said, his confidence back.

Hades gave a ghost of a smile. "Very well. I'll follow through with this plan of yours and appear at the coven in two days time. Try to behave yourself," he said but his tone was one of amusement.

"Try not to be late then," Riku countered, as though by instinct. Hades faded into black smoke, his laugh echoing in Riku's home.

[guoping]

"That'll be 500 dollars." Natayla said wearily as she dragged herself out of the back room and to the front.

"Don't you think that's a lot?" the vampire said, taking out the money.

"Well you took a lot," Natayla sighed, counting the money. On the side of her neck were several bite marks, the most recent still bleeding slightly.

"Haha, fair enough," he said turning to go. "Take care and I'll back next week."

"See you then."

With that Natayla closed the shop and collapsed into her coffin. The next two days went by without indecent. Natayla managed to make up for her lost time, which entailed selling a lot of her blood but she had plenty of bottled blood in her cellar to replenish herself. As the sunset on the night of the meeting Natayla covered the bite marks with make up and zipped herself into a black dress.

"You look like you're going on a date." Hades commented, as she put a ruby choker on her neck.

"Well we have to dress traditionally so I don't have much choice." Natayla snapped. She wasn't exactly fond of the tight black dress with its mesh-lace sleeves and low neckline. "You know how picky the Old Man is about this kinda thing."

"Fine fine," he said. "But do I really have to wear the silver collar? It's heavy."

"Yes," Natayla said, exasperated as they began to walk down the street, her stilettos clicking on the pavement. "Now keep up and stay close."

[sora]

Riku sighed as he got ready. "Dress traditionally," he scoffed under his breath. As far as he was concerned, the vampires and their traditions could go suck it. Still, he wanted to impress them while at the same time showing them he meant business.

Meian stood on the window sill, watching him. "Having issues?" Glare. "You could just use your magic. It's what Hades does all the time," he suggested.

Riku almost sighed in relief and concentrated on his magic, feeling the cold feeling encircle him. He felt it go away and looked into the mirror, impressed. He was wearing some casual black pants and his usual sleeveless tight black turtleneck. Over top he wore a red coat with buckles that went all the way down but only two were actually buckled on his chest. He rose an eyebrow, noticing his silver hair had been neatly spiked, giving him a bit more of an intimidating appearance.

Meian nodded, appreciatively. "Nicely done. Well, if you want to start walking, Natayla is down there," he said, looking out the window. Riku nodded and decided to try something out. Without a second thought, he jumped out the window, falling four stories down. To his surprise, his body almost seemed to slow down as he landed right next to Natayla. "You look dressed to impress," he remarked.

[guoping]

Natayla nearly jumped when Riku landed beside her. She also almost tackled him to the ground and sunk her fangs into his neck. She had taken the vile of green, which had helped, but with Riku standing beside her now it was an effort not to drain him where he stood.

"The same could be said for you," she said after a notable pause. Clearing her throat she continued. "We should get a move on."

Hades was perched on the young vampires shoulders and glared at Riku. "Best keep your hands to yourself there p-"

"Quiet Hades," Natayla reached around and smacked the cat in his little head.

The group approached Natayla's parents home for the second time that week. This time Nina opened the door wearing an outfit traditional for a witch, right down to the pointed hat.

"Hurry on in, we're getting ready to go." she said, ushering them in towards the fire place.

Derek and Alphonse were already standing there, dressed in black with little traces of red. Nina joined them with a spell book in one hand and a bucket of sand in the other which she threw into the fire. The fire burned black and she began to chant a spell. The fire began to engulf them and within a matter of moments they all stood in an extremely large room made of garnet and limestone.

This was the place where the coven meeting would be held. There were already about 200 vampires present standing behind a large throne made of stone and more were filtering in threw doorways and windows. Sitting on the stone chair was a very old vampire, obviously the coven leader, and his son Erik stood beside him.

"Welcome Von der Zee's and Riku Yuumei." he smiled toothily.

"Pleasure to see you again." Erik agreed, but his eyes were trained on Natayla, who shivered and wrapped her arms around her stomach.

Under normal circumstances Derek would have said something but he held his tongue. It wasn't long before the whole room was completely filled. A few of the vampires recognized Riku as a hunter and brought this to the attention of their leader.

"Yes, yes I know I know," the old man brushed them off. "But can't you see he's made a mends for that? Look at the bite marks on his neck. Were these consensual?"

"Y-yes m'lord," Natayla nodded sheepishly.

"See!" the old vampire laughed. "No harm done. Now Riku, I believe it was you who requested this meeting, you have the floor."

[sora]

Riku nodded to the coven leader, mentally grateful that the coven leader was so understanding. He took a step towards the coven leader, withdrawing his black sword and setting it at the feet of the coven leader. He wasn't sure what the other vampires knew but he was sure this vampire was aware that it was a hunter tradition to relinquish their weapon to show respect. "You have my respect, coven leader," he said in a quiet tone, bowing his head.

He stood up straight, looking at the vampires. He had seen some of them before, even hunted some of them as they glared back. "I know I am quite possibly the last person any of you would like to see. I've killed many of your kin and have even hunted some that are present today." There was a tense air in the entire room. "I did not come here to stir up trouble but instead make a pact between us. You should know that I pledge my full support to your coven."

"Ha!" A vampire stood out from the crowd. Riku recognized him as one of the vampires he hunted and got very close to killing. "You think you can come here and suddenly be friendly to us, hunter?" There seemed to almost be a murmur of agreement.

Riku's eyes narrowed and he was about to retort when he felt a firm hand on his head. The room suddenly got the usual cold chill to it but Riku barely felt it. Standing behind him was Hades, practically dressed for battle. The god was wearing pure black armor that had a blue sheen in a certain light. Under his arm was a black helmet that Riku recognized as the Helm of Darkness. "I am the one who will hold his vow. You need not worry about that, child," he said, his voice much more intimidating than Riku remembered. The very air seemed to waver at his presence even. "My son is trying to make amends. I believe you should hear him out," he snapped to the vampire who looked ready to pass out.

[guoping]

There was a collective gasp as Hades, lord of the Underworld, appeared in the room. Almost instantly every vampire in the room bowed, some even fainted. Now that they knew that Riku was the son of Hades they would not give him trouble. That is unless they wanted to die and suffer for eternity.

Natayla was one of those who bowed, she was on her knees and she trembled, not daring to look up. This was a god, and the god who ruled over vampires no less. There were no words to describe how intimidated, and even frightened she felt. Alphonse and Derek were in the same boat, but they did a much better job of concealing their fright. Nina, the only non-vampire there, bowed like the rest but Hades didn't have the same effect on her. She was frightened of course, but not as much as the vampires.

"Great Hades," the coven leader spoke on behalf of the coven. "Your son is welcome here and we shall obey him as we obey you."