Wait... You're a What Now? [Myself & Maitreyia]

[Lithiah]

Ishio Ayuri

Ishio kept a careful eye on the vampire as Kodi passed by her, before hearing the offer of dancing being given to Kodi. Ishio didn't like the vampire even talking to Kodi, but it was more for care over Kodi. Still, Ishio didn't say anything. She might have just been acting a little too overprotective. As Kodi left the changing room, Ishio stopped and turned to the vampire.

"L.." Ishio spoke, trying to remember the girls name.
"Lia..." Ishio said, as it sprang back, though it would probably be gone before she even left the store.
"Keep yourself safe. There's an organisation that hunt our kind... No matter what Type you are, if your spending your time on the streets it'll be dangerous. Keep your guard up and don't trust anyone too easily, human or vampire... Because it may just be blood lust, but I've known other vampires hunt and kill their own just to be rewarded with more blood... And if the organisation gets you... You'll wish I had killed you today" Ishio spoke gently.

It wasn't like she hated the vampire, but she had to build the trust to protect Kodi, who she feared was becoming more interested in the vampires. But no matter how little she trusted the vampire, she didn't want her to go through what herself had gone through.

Ishio left the the changing room, seeing Ethan stand by Kodi.
"It's fine. I don't think she's going to be trouble." Ishio said to Ethan, who took a few breaths to calm down.

[Maitreyia]

"I don't think she's going to be a problem at all. She seemed like she didn't know much of anything, but I wouldn't have been able to pick her out if she hadn't been staring at us."

Kodi bit her lip after her babbling speech, then turned on her heel and walked back toward the rack of costumes. They'd come here in search of costumes, they'd run into a vampire, but no one was worse for ware because of it. Pushing aside a few packaged costumes that were obviously too large for either her or Ishio, Kodi noticed Lia slip out of the changing room. Her gaze drifted away from the costumes almost involuntarily, and she stood with half the rack held back while she watched Lia.

As she stood there, distracted by the fluid movement that was Lia in motion, Kodi let her hand drop from the rack of costumes. She watched as Lia returned the dress she'd carried into the changing room, and browsed through the dresses for a moment before picking one that was her size. Kodi tore her eyes away from the tall brunette as she drifted over to the cashier to buy the dress, turning her attnetion back to the costumes with almost a glare set on her usually cherrful face. Pulling a pair of costumes off of the rack she held them up for Ishio to look at, one was a pirate costume, the other a black fairy costume.

"Which do you think would look better on me?"

[Lithiah]

Ishio Ayuri

Ethan nodded.
"I'll wait in the van then. I'll only be in the way if I stand around here" Ethan said with a smile, walking out as he kept an eye on the woman whom he presumed was the vampire.

Ishio wrapped her arms around herself, looking at Kodi as she began to stare at the vampire. Her chest was beginning to feel funny, a sensation she hadn't quite felt before, like something was lightly pushing down on her stomach.
"Urgh, I shouldn't have had that 4th pastry for dinner" Ishio spoke quietly to herself, seeing the vampire leave, wondering how the situation had seemed to return to normal so quickly.

Ishio then turned to Kodi who was holding two costumes out infront of her, asking which she would look better in.
"Hmmm... I'd say fairy..." Ishio said, before being struck with an idea.
"Wait! How about this" Ishio said, taking the pirate costume and swapping it for another fairy costume, but a white fairy one this time.
"Okay, what do you think about this" Ishio said with a smile, taking the two fairy costumes and swapping them over, so Ishio had the black fairy costume and Kodi had the white one.

Kodi, who had dark hair, now had the whiter costume, and Ishio, who had white hair, now had the darker costume.
"We could wear some black and white stripey tights or something with them, matching shoes in different colours as well?" Ishio said, before biting her lip.
"Though... It's up to you, I'm happy to do what you want to" Ishio said quietly, starting to feel she may have been forcing the idea on Kodi.

It seemed the confrontation had actually taken a knock at Ishio. No matter how strong she had acted, how ready she had been to kill the vamprie if needed... Ishio was still very scared and very self-conscious...

In the end, Ishio was afraid she wouldn't pull through for Kodi.

[Maitreyia]

"No way, that is totally brilliant! Will be like yin and yang. I totally have a pair of black heels that would go with this too. You know...I don't think we've compared shoe sizes before...I don't think I have white shoes that would match though. Let's go look for some."

Kodi took the black fairy costume back from Ishio, and grabbed her hand to pull her over to the cashier. She produced her credit card again, paying for both costumes before Ishio had a chance to object. With the costumes now in a giant bag, Kodi grasped Ishio's hand again, trotting out of Hot Topic in search of a good pair of white heels. With Lia gone, Kodi seemed to be unphased by the conflict that had taken place only moments ago, though she was still slightly shaken she evinced the same demeanor as when they'd set out from the school.

"Oh hey, I got my new heels from that place, maybe they'll have to some ones."

Kodi smiled over at Ishio whom she could see looked somewhat queasy after the confrontation with Lia. Giving Ishio's hand a squeeze, Kodi dragged her into the shop and down several isles before plopping down on a seat to pull the black costume out of the bag to compare heels to. Plucking a few white shoes off the shelves she held them against the costume, comparing them and rejecting them in turn. Finally she found two pairs that looked like they'd be a good match, and held them out to Ishio to decide which she liked better.

"The best part is you'll be able to wear them afterwards too."

[Lithiah]

Ishio Ayuri

Ishio smiled lightly as Kodi seemed happy with Ishio's idea. But Ishio knew it thought, Kodi had already paid for the costumes as Ishio trailed along after her.
"B.. I.. I have Ethan's card. We could have paid for both of them on that" Ishio said, producing out Ethans card. It seemed though Kodi had been set on buying the outfits.

"Thank you" Ishio spoke gently and smiled as Kodi took her hand again. Ishio was still feeling hung up after the confrontation, before feeling Kodui squeeze her hand and give her a smile, as Ishio smiled back, trying not to think about it. Ishio gazed at all the shoes, never having properly gone shoe shopping like this. Due to her size and body shape, she didn't normally go out and buy shoes like this. She had her mary janes for school, her ugg boots for winter and some flats for summer, but that was more or less it. This was the first time she was looking at heels.

"Hmmm... That pair" Ishio said with a smile, choosing the cuter pair that had a small bow on the front, remembering the ones that that Kodi had were quite similar to them.
"Promise you won't laugh... I don't really know how to walk in heels" Ishio spoke gently with a light blush. She had about until the end of the week to find out how before the dance, and wasn't sure if she could learn in time.

[Maitreyia]

"Don't worry, it's not that hard, and you can practice walking int hem in our room. You'll need to break these in anyway if you want to keep them on during the dance."

Kodi waved down a shopkeeper and had them measure Ishio's feet to get the right size heel for her before dragging her over to pay for the heels. She allowed Ishio to pay for the heels this time, and when they both had a mostly put together costume she dragged Ishio back out of the shop and toward the elevator back to the parking lot. She bounced on her toes for the minute it took to reach parking level three, and then she pulled Ishio along by the hand again toward the van.

"I'm totally craving cheesecake. We should hit up a coffee sho...p"

Kodi paused momentarily on the last word as an engine revved, and Lia rolled passed the pair as they exited the elevator. Lia waved languidly to the pair, and Kodi raised her free hand to wave back, bags dangling from her wrist as she did. The moment Lia and her sports bike were out of sight, Kodi shook her head as if to clear it, and pulled Ishio toward the van. Hopping into her previous seat in the van, Kodi dumped the bags on the floor by her feet and leaned forward to talk to Ethan.

"So I'm thinking froofy coffee and sweet pastires. Know any places?"

[Lithiah]

Ishio Ayuri

Ishio nodded when Kodi said she would be able to practise in the room. Ishio was more about learning stuff, not learning to do stuff, and so this challenge may prove harder that Kodi was thinking, but Ishio would still do her best... Afterall, in the past three months, Kodi had done so much for Ishio, and Ishio felt she had done nothing as thanks... So if Kodi wanted to go with Ishio to the dance, then Ishio would make it the best dance she could.

Ishio kept giggling as the clerk tried to measure her feet, and at one point it looked like the clerk was just about to give up, but Ishio managed to keep it together for long enough to have her feet mesure and an appropriate heel size chosen. Ishio managed to pay for her shoes this time, as she did with Ethan's card, before getting pulled out of the store by Kodi taking her hand.

Kodi was midsentence before being distracted, as Ishio saw what, or who... or what, had distracted her. It was the vampire from earlier, waving at the both of them. Ishio still didn't know how she felt about the vampire, and though she didn't trust her, she had no reason to dislike her, and so gave a small wave back with her free hand.

"Cheesecake sounds scrumptious" Ishio said with a smile, as kodi once again pulled her towards the van where Ethan awaited them. Ethan was also keeping an eye on the vampire until the sport bike was out of sight, before seeing Ishio and Kodi coming his way. He figured he wouldn't say anything about the vampire encounter, unsure how Ishio was processing it.

Ethan was good at reading people, even better if he got to speak to them... But Ishio didn't seem to have a set pattern. Her reactions would be different each time the same thing happened. Ishio had very little contact with vampires, so todays meeting had probably envoked one reaction for another, but Ethan was critical as to whether he would be able to work out just what it would be.

"Moonbucks isn't too far away, they do nice coffee and sweets" Ethan said, before looking in the bag that Ishio had as he put it in the back, seeing the shoes.
"So how much of my money did you spend on those?" Ethan asked, as Ishio blushed slightly.
"$300something" Ishio whispered, as Ethan eyed Ishio out, before sighing.
"Fine, but for that price, you better make a damn cute fairy." Ethan gave a grin before driving out the car park, with Ishio giggling to herself.

[Maitreyia]

"Come on Ishio-chan. You've been practicing for a week. You've been getting better at it."

Kodi sighed as Ishio voiced another objection to her ability to walk in the heels they'd gotten for her. She'd watched Ishio manage to walk three times across the room without falling on her face a couple days before. She was still rather wobbly, but Kodi could easily keep her on her feet while they walked intot he dance. The heels that she was going to wear made her taller than Ishio even in the white heels they'd gotten for her. As long as she walked along beside her, Ishio could lean on her the entire trip from their dorm to the gym.

"Look, heels are killer on the feet to dance in. I almost always take a pair of flats to dances so I can change into them after getting pictures taken. We can take a pair of white flats for you too."

Kodi was already in her costume already, her heels sittingbeside her bed waiting to be put on, her bag with flats concealed inside sitting on the side table. She'd spent hours doing her makeup, flat ironing her hair to make it wispy, pinning little lace roses into the short tresses, and then working on weaving black ribbons into Ishio's hair and applying makeup to her. The dance was in thirty minutes, and they were both ready except for Ishio's distrust of her ability to walk in the heels. Kodi's knees hit the ground as she hugged Ishio about her legs, looking up at her with big sparkly puppy dog eyes.

"Please! I know you can do it! We'll be the most fabulous people there!"

{{O.stentatious o.rdered C.haos: I was going to ask if a time skip would be alright, but you went poof so I went ahead and jumped us tot he night of the dance. I hope you don't mind the little liberties I took...}}

[Lithiah]

Ishio Ayuri

Ishio feet was already starting to hurt her, but Kodi was still supporting her to walk in the heels. She was still more or less useless at it. She was able to walk the short distance across the room, but going down hallways or stairs might end up as a problem.

Ishio got up one more time, trying to walk in the heels. She managed to do it again without falling over, though did have to stop once to twice to actually stop herself from doing so.
"I don't want to be holding you back though... And what if I fall and take you down with me?" Ishio spoke gently.

Ishio was beginning to think this whole thing was a bad idea, but then saw Kodi drop to her knees, hugging Ishio around her legs. Ishio felt that deep plunge in her chest again, like something was resting on her stomach. She didn't know what it was but it didn't hurt, but certainly felt funny.

"Okay" Ishio whispered, blushing as she bit her lip, as she gently bent down and reached her hand to Kodi, but instead fell in her heels and hit the floor instead, as the blush intensified.
"Heheheh" Ishio giggled softly, sitting up next to where she fell over, sorting out the dress of her [outfit]

Ishio hadn't yet told Kodi that her birthday was the day after the dance. Ishio saw the clock, and saw that in just 2 more hours, she would be 17, and just 1 year away from loosing what made herself... herself. She shook the thought out of her head and smiled to Kodi, the blush on her face staying around an awkwardly long time. Ishio had decided this night would be for Kodi.

That is, if Ishio hadn't killed herself from falling in the heels before the night was over.

((Not a problem =D My internet is acting a little funny though (computer has bee running straight for a few days now, so I may randomly disappear but I'll post as much as I can. I'm just going to move Ishio's birthday then, think it will work better this way anyhow.).

[Maitreyia]

Kodi giggled as Ishio ended up sitting on the floor beside her, and got to her feet holding out a hand to help Ishio to her feet. For a very small human, she was surprisingly strong, pulling Ishio to her feet with little effort. Once Ishio was on her feet again, Kodi slipped her own heels on and walked over to wrap an arm around Ishio's waste. With her bag hanging from her shoulder, a pair of flats for both of them hidden within it, Kodi led the way to the dorm door. Her grip on Ishio's waste tightened a little every time she felt Ishio wobble slightly, and they walked out of their room together, wings interlocked with eachother.

"I don't have anyone else to see at the dance, and I won't let you fall. If I do, I promise I'll go down with you and we can both laugh about it."

With her arm wrapped firmly around Ishio's waste the pair got quite a few glances, the rumors reigniting as their peers mistook the contact for something sexual. Kodi ignored their classmates as she and Ishio made somewhat slow progress toward the gym, her fingers pressing against Ishio's stomach. Once she felt Ishio stumble, and lifted most of her weight off the heels to keep her from falling down, letting the weight down slowly once she was sure that Ishio had control of her feet again. Kodi smiled at Ishio every time she stabalized her, even waggling her eyebrows at her as she held most of her weight aloft with one arm, making a joke out of the near tumble.

"We'll let Ethan take a few pictures of us in our costumes, then we'll switch to the flats and dance the night away....Lia?"

Standing at the DJ table was Lia, almost unrecognizeable in her catwoman costume save for the tell tale inhuman grace that she evinced. Kodi blinked in confusion at the sight, and gasped as Lia looked up and directly at her. Had she heard her name across the crowded dance floor? Could she smell them? Maybe she was just able to sense Ishio like they'd sensed eachother in the mall, but why hadn't Ishio noticed her presence? Kodi watched Lia grin and give a flourished bow in their direction, standing with her arm around Ishio's waste, a dazed expression on her face.

[Lithiah]

Ishio Ayuri

Ishio tumbled once to twice on their way down to the gym, though Kodi managed to hold her back from falling on her face. Ishio was obviously feeling nervous, shaking every now and then before she realised and stopped herself. A normal dance would be bad enough, but this one was just about to get a whole lot worse... Because that's when she saw her... And from the sound of it, Kodi had seen her too.

There was another reason that Ishio had been trying to avoid the two of them going, and that was because she had sensed Lia. Ishio bit her lip, unsure what to say.
"I sensed her enter the building earlier. Vampires can't enter a building unless they're invited in, meaning she's not here by accident. I wasn't sure how to deal with it so I didn't say anything. I didn't know she would be the DJ though" Ishio spoke quietly, the tone of her voice showing the guilt she felt for staying so quiet about it..

She hadn't mean to keep Kodi in the dark or anything, but since her last meeting with the vampire, Ishio had been a little bit off. It wasn't a massive change or anything, but just small differences were noticable. The main thing was she had slowly stopped feeding as much. Before the encounter, Ishio was feeding once every two days. It had now become once every 3 days, sometimes 4 days... And when she had gone that long, the negative health effects began to show.

When it was brought up, Ishio waved it off as though it was nothing.

"Do you want to go say hi?" Ishio asked, in almost nothing but a whisper, barely audible over the music.

[Maitreyia]

Kodi's gaze shifted to Ishio, and she noted the uneasy expression on her faceas she asked the question. Kodi smiled and shook her head, turning away from the sight of Lia, and half carrying Ishio over to where Ethan sat with a camera in his lap, watching Lia as well. Kodi released her grip around Ishio's waist, trusting that she would be able to stand still in the heels without much trouble, and disentangled their wings from eachother. Kodi looked over at Ethan and saw him still watching Lia warily, and waved a hand in front of his face to get his attention as she pointed at the camera in his lap.

"Earth to Ethan, look these heels are killing us. Let's snap a few pictures for memories sake so we can take them off."

Kodi pulled Ishio to her, making a pose in which Ishio's head was against Kodi's collarbone, and Kodi's cheek was leaned against the top of Ishio's head. Kodi had one arm wrapped around Ishio's shoulders, and her free hand held Ishio's in front of them, on of her legs kicked up to showcase her heels with the rest of her costume. With the hand resting on Ishio's shoulder she gave Ethan the hurry up gesture, feeling slightly off balance trying to stand on one leg and keep Ishio in the right pose.

Across the room, Lia stood behind the DJ booth, some background music playing while people filed into the gym at irregular intervals. She winked at a few girls that had strayed over to look at her, and as the group grew slightly she blew a kiss to the girls. After she'd given her little bow to Kodi and Ishio, she'd watched as the girls crossed the room to talk to 'Blondie', and had chuckled as Kodi pulled Ishio into a cute but almost provacative pose. Turning her attention back to what she was doing, Lia pulled a CD from a black case, and twirled it between her fingers, the shiny side catching the strobe lights set up around the gym like a miniature disco ball.

"Oy! I see some fantastic costumes out there. Vampires, werewolves, elves, and sprites abound. Let's get this party started and see how many monsters are left at the end of the night!"

Lia switched the music to something more upbeat, the bass booming out of the 7 ft. tall speakers all around the dance floor. With her attention now fully on her work, Lia had put on headphones and seemed to have forgotten, or at least be ignoring the other vampire in the room. A big toothy white grin was spread across her face as she watched the bodies closest to the speakers begin to move, the dancing rolling in like a wave from the corners of the room to the center. With one hand on the mix table and the other in the air, Lia began jumping up on the DJ stage, leading the rest of the crowd to the beat of the music.

[Lithiah]

Ishio Ayuri

Ishio smiled and walked over to Ethan with Kodi, who was acting as a photographer for the night. Of course, he had gotten the job after finding out who would be DJing the night, a little fact he neglected to tell Kodi or even Ishio.

Ishio blushed deeply as Kodi pulled Ishio's head near her collarbone, as Kodi worked them both into a cute position. Ishio wasn't sure what to do with her free hand, not knowing a good place to place it around Kodi, and so instead made the peace sign with it as she smiled.

Ethan had been watching Lia, and it was only when Kodi interrupted that he realised the two girls infront of him.
"Best looking couple here" Ethan grinned and took the snap shot.
"I wonder how much damage I can cause by throwing my heels at your head" Ishio said with a side thought before grinning, with Ethan taking a few more photos.
"Lets leave that to ponder, but seriously, you girls look great" Ethan said with a smile, before looking back at Lia as she mentioned the monsters that were in tonight.
"I wonder if Elves do exist" Ishio thought with a giggle. Vampires existed, but as far as werewolves, elves and sprites were concerned, Ishio really did not have a clue.

Ishio managed to move them both into another couple positions, where they were standing side by side, holding the others hand out infront of them, but it wasn't long until there were a small line to get photographs, with groups of 4 or more girls, considerably a few more people than just Ishio and Kodi.
"Sorry girls, have to see to the others. Come find me in a while if you want a few more doing" Ethan said with a smile as Ishio nodded, walking with Kodi over to some seats. This time, she only held Kodi's hand and was walking a bit of distance away from Kodi.
"Kodi, I'm doing it!" Ishio said happily, but fate was cruel and she soon ended up falling to the floor, with Kodi landing on top of her... Just as Ethan turned to see what had happened, his camera had also gone off, capturing the moment forever.

Ishio blushed deeper again as she scrambled into a sitting position, before going over to Kodi and helping her into a sitting position to.
"I'm Sorry!" Ishio said with a deep red face...
Baka baka baka Ishio thought to herself, feeling like a clumsy idiot.

[Maitreyia]

Kodi was laughing hysterically as Ishio helped her up into a sitting position, she'd been doing well until she'd jinxed herself. Her giggle fit slowly subsided as she sat there shaking her head at Ishio's apology for pulling them both to the ground. She got to her feet, and held out a hand to help Ishio to hers as well, pulling her up with just as much ease as before.

"Don't worry about it, neither of us got hurt...although i can't say as much for your wings...."

Kodi reached over Ishio's shoulder and held up a twisted and bent wing between her pointer finger and thumb. Taking hold of Ishio's elbows she steered Ishio into the seats they'd almost reached, then stopped and pulled the heels off of Ishio's feet, kicking her own off in the process. Pulling their flats out of her bag, Kodi pulled her own on before putting Ishio's on as well. Standing atraight again, Kodi grinned at Ishio who's head came to her chin seated as she was.

"There, much better. Now let's see about those wings...ack, and your hair!"

Kodi went around behind Ishio, beginning to pull, tug, and bend the wings back into the generally right shape. Once the wings looked more or less like they were supposed to again, she turned her attention to Ishio's intricate hairstyle which had become flattened in the fall. Bits of ribbon and hair hung loosely from the weave, and Kodi frowned and tisked as she moved her head from side to side trying to figure out the best way to fix the hair without taking it all down and starting over again. Her hands were gentle as she worked on Ishio's hair, fingers gently pressing hair into place as she rewove ribbons into place. Tying the last ribbon firmly into place, Kodi took a step back to observe her handiwork, and satisfied that Ishio looked just as good as before she stepped around to sit in the seat beside Ishio.

"There, now we both look as fabulous as we did when we left our room. No harm done."

[Lithiah]

Ishio Ayuri

Ishio smiled gently when Kodi began to laugh. She was glad her clumsiness hadn't hurt either of them, or she would have felt even more guilt than she had already done.
"I was doing so well aswell" Ishio spoke, before being helped to her feet again by Kodi, who sat her down on a chair before helping Ishio with her shoes.

Ishio looked down at her smallish feet, wriggling her toes until Kodi came back and helped her put the shoes on. Ishio blushed gently, not even noticing that the two was getting a fair few looks by other girls as Kodi went to work fixing Ishio's hair and wings. Ishio looked up as the clock struck 11pm.

In one hours time, Ishio would be officially 17 years old. Her time as she was would be numbered, and she had to keep herself together to not break down.... This night was for Kodi, and Ishio wanted to give her the best time she could... Kodi had done so much in these past few months, and Ishio could not have been so thankful.

Once Kodi was done, Ishio turned to look at the two of them in the mirror. Most of the school thought they were in a relationship, even the blonde one made jokes about it now and then. Although Kodi's stance was more or less stated, Ishio didn't know herself what she felt.

Ishio's emotions were going everywhere. She was happy, sad, excited and afraid. Her stomach felt heavy but like it was floating, and the only thing she could think to do was take Kodi's hand.
"We do look pretty damn fine" Ishio said, though her lingo not really suiting her general personality. When you stripped away the vampire part, and her past, Ishio was basically a bit of a geek. She was obsessed with games and reading. She watched anime and played boardgames (albeit having no one to play with in the pre-kodi era). Ishio's music taste was even odd, being a mix of 70s glam rock, 80s/90 cheesy rock and soundtrack music.

This was the Ishio nobody really saw. The one who had locked herself away. Ethan didn't really know much about this Ishio, only that she loved reading. It was infact Kodi who knew this Ishio the most.

"Lets go dance" Ishio said gently, still holding Kodi's hand. At first, it was always Kodi going to hold Ishio's hand. But as the months passed, Ishio started to take Kodi's hand first and more often. In fact, Ishio had been doing a lot more lately. She was confiding in Kodi more, about what she liked and what she didn't like... That she didn't know her own sexuality, and that in a world full of evil humans and vampires, the thing she was most scared of was not knowing what was going to happen... Who she might lose... Or how she might lose herself.

Ishio pulled Kodi to the dance floor as she started dancing... Or at least as close to dancing as Ishio actually could, which amounted to moving her body side to side and once in a while moving her arms randomly.
"I can't really dance either. Probably should have mention that with the heels thing." Ishio said with a light giggle.
"Probably just as likely to hurt someone doing it as well" Ishio said with another giggle, a light blush spreading across her face, but it was obvious she was more accepting of the fate of showing off her bad dance skills.