The Fox and the Doll [Cloud]

[Ri]

They were back on track, hand in hand, with smiles--whether forced or natural--towards Central Town, a site bustling with action. Ri cannot pinpoint any site where there was no one. From one corner to another, there were both students and adults either buying or selling things magically stuffed with Alice.

She saw familiar faces whose names she had not yet encountered so she kept her "hi" to herself.

Where are we going first? Ri thought, being reminded by Cloud's previous question. There were a lot of cafe's and shops. The amusement parks looked nice. She obviously did not know where to go first. However, something else decided for her...

"Meow..."

Ri stared. It's the cat who took her bonnet!

"Wait!" Forgetting that she was holding Cloud, she dashed, following the cat who ran to keep the bonnet to herself. The feline ran to a narrow alley where there was apparently no one and jumped up the wall--a dead end.

Ri bit her lower lip and before she could turn, three large men blocked their way.

"Hey little kids." The tallest man snarled. "You have time to play?" The other two snickered as they inched closer to Ri and Cloud.

[Cloud Tetsuya]

Cloud was happy as he held Ri's hand and he looks around for places to go eat at. Just then he is running behind Ri as she runs after a cat. Cloud still holding Ri's hand and not wanting to let go. The little feline led them both into a ally way and dissappered from sigh. Cloud sighed and he smiles and says to Ri. "Don't wory....." Just then he heard a voice from behind them and he turns around and sees three guys standing at the entrence way of the ally. Cloud turns around and he takes a defence stance and stands infront of Ri. He was planing on protecting her from the three men. And he says as his sences stay sharp

"Sorry my teacher banned me from playtime. Because she said I play to rough!" And Cloud grabs a trash can and tosses it at the tall guy. He then runs and jumps off the wall and does a spinning round house kick to the outher two. Even though Cloud was small he was one of the most feared fighters in Alice Academy. Even with out his alice he gave people hard times in fighting. And Cloud knew one thing three large men and one small boy fighting in a tight allyway. Equals advantage for him. After the round house kick he would push away from then and do a flip in the air and land next to Ri and smile.

[Ri]

Cloud did a pretty nice stunt when he made contact with the wall and then made a spinning kick. The two men dropped instantly, however, the other guy who had trash thrown to him stood up and then smiled evilly.

"We're not easy, you know." With a snap, his body mass multiplied and a low growling sound came from his throat. His other two companions made their way up and their bodies strengthened as well. "And besides...we're more than you know." From a different direction came five more men who held knives in hand. Another two came from up the wall where the cat escaped to.

"I've wanted a fox as a slave-pet." The leader smiled at Cloud as he inched closer. "And a girl for my bed...if you know what I mean."

Ri tensed behind Cloud because they were surrounded. She could not expect Cloud to defeat everyone.

The ten men came closer and in a flash, a battle was held.

The men with knives tried to cut Cloud while the leader punched wherever Cloud was, leaving crack marks on the wall. Ri, on the other hand, was not experienced in battle so she kept her distance from the men. But it was no sooner when a man caught her by the wrist and pointed a knife to her.

"You a virgin, baby?" He laughed.

"LET ME GO!" She yelled, pulling herself from his magically strong hold. Tears were in her eyes. "Cloud-kun!" She yelled but he was busy himself. She continued to tug until the man held onto her restrictor and with one more forceful tug, the restrictor slipped from her wrist.

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In no time, a vampire was already biting the man down.

[Cloud Tetsuya]

Cloud looked at Ri and back to the leader as he transformed and he growls and his nails become longer. And he says as he starts to step on the beast side and he looks at the guy. "You want a slave? How about I give you a new hole to bleed from!"

And he rushes forward and jumps up and kicks the man in the face while his nails ride along the guys arm. He then sees the guys go towards Ri and he tries try to go back to her. But is stopped by the giant as he is flown across the ally and hits the wall. He hears and his heart skips a beat as he tries to get up. "LEAve her alone!" He gets up with a grunt only to be pinned down by the leader and he moves around clawing at anything around him and he says.
"Ri! Run!"

Tears falling down his cheeks and pain in his heart

[Ri]

It was a familiar feeling...like she was floating, resting on an invisible cloud...drifting over her corporeal body that she had no control of. She could only watch with drowsy eyes what was happening to the alley.

Ri bit hard on the guy who accidentally pulled her restrictor off her. She could hear a faint cry from somewhere but everything seemed oblivious to her. She was free, at last. She was once more the ruthless vampire that fed on no fear. She had that wild, lustful look that swept over the number of men who were running either towards her or her companion.

But care for her companion, she did not.

Ri pulled hard on the neck of the man, tearing away his skin from his neck. Blood gushed from his artery as he struggled against the wall, barely able to shout.

She laughed with a tone of a woman and then sprinted towards a couple of men with knives. She kicked one and then clawed the face of another before evading a third guy who tried to cut her arm--which resulted to a light gash. She growled and then leaped onto the guy, pinning him hard against the wall and sinking her fangs into him.

Blood was her only love at that time.

Her gray eyes moved to one direction to the next, hoping for the next prey. That was when she saw Cloud under the man whose Alice made him a giant.

Ri's eyes widened. "No, Cloud-kun..."

Risha felt a slight head ache, she knew her other consciousness was watching her. The softer Ri's emotions were almost ruling her--something she would never want.

"...Cloud." She muttered almost emotionlessly, taking a step forward towards the giant and the beast beneath him.

"DIE BITCH!" From behind, a knife went through her abdomen.

Ri shouted and then turned to thrust her sharp nails into the man's neck. With the knife still in her, she leaned against the wall, spreading blood on the bricks as if it was a graffiti of pain.

This Alice...This Alice will kill me. The softer Ri mused. In no time...my blood heme will lose its number...my oxygen level will go below sixteen percent...and I will die.

"Now, enough for the show, DOG!" The giant turned to Cloud and raised his fist, ready to strike.

[Cloud Tetsuya]

Cloud watches in shock at the sight before him. Just then he felt some weight relese him and he looks up and he sees the leader lift up his palm and goes for a strike. Cloud just grins and he rolls out of the way and grabs a fallen knife and jumps up running on the guys arm and stabs the knife in the frontal lobe of the Gaints head. He jumps off and lands on the ground and rushes to Ri's aid.

Once next to Ri he looks at her with tears in his eyes. And he grabs his top of his robe and he holds it againt her stomich and he says as he tries to perform frist aid. "Your going to be alright Ri..." And he holds her closer as he tries to pull out the knife and lay her down.

[Ri]

"...Cloud-kun." Ri muttered in her heavenly drowse.

"...Tetsuya." Risha parted her lips and then looked down on the robe against her stomach. Her gray eyes turned to the right and then left. The sun was high, casting shadows on the two who were against the wall. The blonde fox was right before her, stained by blood...her blood.

"We're dying, Risha." She mumbled.

"Don't..." Ri pleaded helplessly. "Spare Cloud-kun..."

"Cloud," Ri extended her arms and embraced him around his neck, "Cloud..." She repeated with a smile feigning innocence. She pulled him closer, keeping him pressed against her bloody dress that once was a shade of yellow. She pressed her lips against his neck and spoke, her pale flesh brushing against his. "...blood."

Ri parted her lips and sunk her teeth into his neck, embracing him tighter, hunger overtaking her.

OOC: My deepest apologies to Rei.

[Cloud Tetsuya]

Cloud whinces and he whimpers in a high sound voice. His tail stands up and he cries a bit. He started to feel cold and he looks at Ri out of his prifialvision. His hands fall to his side and he feels something by them. He looks over slighty and sees the restictior and he figures it out in his head. Blood started gushing out at a faster rate and he feels his body becomming colder. He smiles slighty and he grabs the bracelet and grabs Ri's hand and holds it and he says
"You know....besides the whole neck bitting thing...your a good friend. And today was...fun..." Cloud then slips the bracelet around her hand and hopes that it would go back on and stop her alice and at the same time he gives her a kiss on the cheeks near her lips. Right after he closes his eyes and starts to fall asleep only wanting to rest. Only wanting to be held in Ri's arms. Only wanted to say its alright for what happend and he wasn't mad.

[Ri]

The blood that touched her tongue was pure ecstasy. Not only did it consume her thirst but her utter lust for it. Her body was to die, if not because of that blood. The blood heme supply Cloud was either involuntarily or voluntarily giving her was refreshing her oxygen supply...and finally, her sanity.

With an almost unfelt snap, the restrictor was back around her wrist. It was no longer pure black, but it was a band of mixed red and raven. It was in that same instant when Risha's eyes widened and her head moved. The fangs receded...and so did...

Cloud-kun. Before she could even speak, Ri could feel Cloud's tender lips press against her cheek, almost at the corner of her cat lips. She almost choked a cry when she felt him go limp in her arms. "Cloud-kun!" Her tears welled up as she embraced the pale body still. "C-C-Cloud-kun...!" Her voice trailed off as she slowly slid against the wall.

She was there, sitting, with her arms around Cloud as she cried softly, burying her face in his blonde hair. She looked up and saw the thugs they eliminated and there they were, lying down on the cold cement with blood all over them.

Ri's face and body was splashed with blood as well so she didn't know how to go about but setting her shame aside, she lifted Cloud and placed him against the wall. She thought going out to ask for help would be not the best for surely, the people would panic seeing her bloody state. Ri bit her lip and finally deciding, she bent and lifted Cloud against her back, placing him on a piggy ride.

Risha was weary, almost wanting to faint. But the blood supply was enough. She gulped and escaped the Central Town, praying no one saw her. She trudged on, sweat on her face and blood still on her lips. "Stay with me..." Ri mumbled, feeling Cloud's body against her back. "...stay...with..."

It rained. Lightning and thunder gave thrill to the gray sky.

"I can't..." Ri grimaced as she stumbled on her knees and accidentally let Cloud slide from her back. She hastily responded and pulled the blonde close to her in an embrace. With a little heave, she pulled herself and Cloud against a tree trunk, under its shade. She sat and stretched her legs and after which, she laid his head against her thigh.

Risha's eyes watched the rain cry with her.

"...stay..." She whispered before closing her eyes.

[Cloud Tetsuya]

Cloud stands there in the limbo of life and death. And he hears the cries of Ri. He looks around lost wondering what to do and he sees a red fox before him. And then he hears someone or something speaking to him in a female voice.
"Do you want to live?"

Cloud just stood there blinking. In his short time in in Alice Academy Cloud has seen many things. He's seen people come back to life from the dead. Seen demon alices used as weapons of mass destruction. But this was the first time he has ever seen anything like this. He laughs to him self for a second remember someone once warning him not to sleep in the North woods because of spirts. Cloud then hears Ri's voice once again and he looks at the red fox and says
" You retared or just fucked in the head. Of course I want to live. After all Hero's deaths always have to be cool!" He laughs a bit and opens his arms and smiles from ear to ear " I dont care what the price is. Lets just go." He fox shakes her head a bit and runs into Cloud's arms. Back in the real world Cloud hand reaches up and touches Ri's cheek and he smiles as he says in a weak voice. "Didn't I say you look cute when you smile?" He smiles and moves his hand to the back of her neck and leaves it there just holding on and he says in a stronger voice then before. "I'll stay with you for as long as you need me. " And he smiles as the rain starts to let up and the sun starts to shine

[Ri]

"...What is more to this life Risha?" Ri could feel the rise of warm blood in her body. "Nothing's here for you." It was definitely the voice of the vampire in her--the viscious vampire that wanted freedom.

The rain that seeped through the spaces of the leaves dropped on her pale face and they woke her from the weakness.

"..." Ri's pursed lips did not move for her eyes were staring far into the gloomy road leading away from the fateful Central Town. What was indeed there for her in the academy?

"You were left alone here to be exiled from your family, Risha. There's nothing left there or here for you." The voice continued in a low, sure tone.

She might have succumbed to the terror in her, the fear that she was indeed a lifeless being with no future if she didn't feel Cloud stir on her lap. His hand stretched, touching her saline cheek with the gentlest hold his bloody fingers could.

"Didn't I say you look cute when you smile?"

Ri's gray eyes widened as she smiled upon seeing Cloud's beaming face.

"I'll stay with you for as long as you need me. " Cloud held her neck as he said those words with a more assuring voice than the vampire in her had.

Risha never had so much life and eagerness in her. With a little gesture of overwhelming care and anxiety, she bent slightly just to brush her lips against his cheek. She had never done it before.

The moment she lifted her head, the rain was giving way to the shy sun. "Let's go, Cloud-kun." Ri moved to place her friend back against her back. With renewed strength, she trudged on, aiming for the infirmary as soon as possible.

OOC: Sorry for the lateness and the blockness. Glad to be back!

[Cloud Tetsuya]

Cloud smiles as he gets up with Ri both tired and out of strenth didnt stop Cloud from standing up and leaning slighty againt Ri.
"Guy's aint sappouse to show weakness infront of girls" He smiles and holds her close as he leans againt her and starts walking.
As they walked Cloud looked more mature and happy now. He had finaly found something or rather someone to make smile. His fox ears hanging low showed that he was tired yet his fox tail was wagging like a puppys tail when he sees his master.

OoC:GAHHH RP BLOCK! *Shoots around at the RP block*

[Ri]

[OOC: Post continued at Infirmary.]