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His lip twitched slightly. "Do you not care for my name?" His voice carried through the mist. Barely paying attention to the smooth fingers that pulled just ever so slightly at the fur of his tail. If he were so preoccupied with walking then, then he might have enjoyed the soothing touch. "It's Senshi." He noted slightly the scent of the air, as the mists were slowly began to fade behind them. It would be a while yet but soon he would be able to smell her scent more clearly.



"You will remember your name, if you cannot then she will give you one to take it's place for a time." He sat and waited for a while, his eyes never leaving hers. Not willing to speak until the tears had slowed. "Maria led the charge, it appears that... yes, you are the only one left. The floating city is no more." His tone carried no hint of caring but his ears twitched slightly. "Calm yourself, take the pills and rest. Maria will return in time and wish to speak with you." He didn't move from his place near the door, "it has been many years since she has had a companion other then the men her father forces upon her."

"You smell of humans and have fey blood, why would I not. Humans, are less then accepting of your kind, let alone my own. A spirit of nature born into a physical body, a demon." The two tails still wrapped around him uncurled and stretched out towards her, "these are simply pieces that are harder to hide." They seemed to flicker and fade for an instant before they became solid again.

"I thought that perhaps one like yourself might know one, fey or human that wouldn't think less of a creature like myself. Lifting his hand to peer at the sharp talons. Coming to a halt when the air filled with the scent of burnt out cook fires and human filth. "Your... destination, I assume."



"General, you've returned." Rising quickly and bowing at his waist. "She is currently asleep, she appears to be healing well. The edges of her bruises have lightened in color and with a day or so she should be capable of rising without help."



"You're dismissed," her eyes never falling on Edward. The pale color focusing on the winged woman, scowling. She truly hated being human, this woman would be healed in a day. Two at the most and she herself would be in pain for the next week. Her overtaxed muscles and fractured bones would take days upon days to heal. As soon as the door closed her face softened before she dropped in a pile on the floor. A muffle groan escaping her throat.

Tipping his head to one side then the other, his face not changing as he thought about the options that would be presented to him. Finally seeming to settle on a choice he nodded his head slightly, letting the three thick masses of fur return to his waist. Curling them tightly, his whole body beginning to glow once more. Once it had subsided, the boy remained in his place.

"It would be best, if I appear young. One who looks human holding power over a demon is not rare," if only he could hide his tails when he looked like this. He could have passed for human, if only around those who didn't have power. Scenting the air again, "there are many fey in this city. However, I doubt they are free to do as they wish." His words carried strong implications, "this city is under control of the emperor."



When Maria woke her hands trembled and her face twisted in anger. Curling her fingers over she crushed down the feelings, she should have been happy. She wasn't in pain, it was obvious that her bones had been mended. The anger came though, turning to glare at the creature that seemed to be asleep. "Why," her word snapped.

His eyes never turned from some spot in front of them that he stared absently at. It would pay nothing to ignore her but his ability to scent anything in this festering city was... hindered. Nodding softly, he waited for her to walk. To take the first step, uncurling his tails and letting the long masses wave in the air behind them. "There are many watching."

As he fell into place behind her, his ears twitching slightly at the whispers and chatter from those walking the streets even this late and night and those behind the walls of the bars. "They plan to do terrible things to you. It seems even the slaves are thinking of you as a prize." Chuckling, "be... glad. As the only reason I can be in this city without being hunted is because of you, you will be protected."



"I didn't ask you to do this," her voice was quiet a cold. Pushing herself up and casting the armor aside. "Now they'll want even more, they'll want me to lead their marches on even the smallest of villages." Hissing under her breath, "do you know what you've done?" The side of her fist slammed into the floor, stilling herself and taking several deep breaths.

Maria felt them, tears she'd not let free no matter the pain she was in. Tears that she refused to let spill because she wouldn't show her weakness to her father, to her brother. Finally calming slightly, "it would be better if you hated me."

He followed her without a word, his ears never really focused on her. Each whisper, silent movement of lips that would be missed by anything other then the beasts was another spike of accusation. Finally once she settled down onto the bed, he dropped near the door. Sitting with his back towards the thick piece of wood. Eyeing her, "there are three other demons nearby. They are weak, however they would have informed their masters that I've arrived."

"If you wish to leave in the morning then it's of no concern, however, I must wonder at what you intend to do by staying away from all the towns. This region has already been taken over by great General." Turning his head, pressing his ear closer to the door when the footsteps stopped just outside before continuing down the hall.



"Neither of us can run," she said turning her head away. Dropping to sit near the same wall she had before. "I have a duty, and they'll kill you before you make it to the top deck." There was an emptiness to her voice that hadn't been there before. When her eyes turned back, they were devoid of life. As they had been when she'd left before, "I'm sure Edward told you, I'm that man's daughter."

"I as the inheritor of my mother's great will, am to lead our people to victory. Only once he rules this world will he let me free of my obligations to him and his people." Closing her eyes, "I would have died tomorrow if you didn't heal me. I would have been free."

Senshi didn't close his eyes, he simple stared at the window. His body slowly growing in size until the floor boards creaked and whined under the weight of a massive tiger. Black and striped white and three tails which wrapped under the bed and across it's top. The ears on his head twisting one way and the other. Through the night he heard nothing, all the humans seemed to silence their tongues.

When the sun creaked through the window, when the day was just starting he finally rested his eyes for just a moment. A hind leg pressing against the window, his shoulder butted against the door. It would be enough, he would sleep once they left this place. His ear twitching as a small glowing light whispered soft words to him.



She said nothing, just curled tighter into herself. After several moments, "they would have just killed you. They don't take prisoners. The only reason you're here is because of Edward." He words were rough, thick and raw with unshed tears. "Don't you have a duty as well?" Maria hoped she would understand the words but didn't expect it.

"Do you really think they'd ever let me leave. Their General, their great power. The one who guides their army even if her brother is the one that commands it." Finally her eyes turned up, and in them was a broken woman. Strength and determination that filled them before was gone. "I don't know anything else. Just war."

His ear twitched, a low grumble escaping him. "They can't get in." One of his tails wrapped around her waist, lifting her slowly from his neck. "We will leave in an hour. Give me a few minutes to rest," setting her feet down on the only bit of floor left that wasn't covered by his massive body. His ears twitched again, listening to the footsteps in the hall. "There isn't anyone close at the moment."



She just stared, closing her eyes. "You won't just stay here with me?" Her jaw clenched, the muscles in her neck pulling tight at the tension that filled her. "You would heal me, then ask me to run away? Turn my back on my family, to turn an try and kill them?" Almost mechanically she rose to her feet. There were no swift motions in her steps, just short and jerky motions.

Stepping up behind the woman, "if you can save me, if you can take me away from them," leaning her forehead down onto the other woman's shoulder, "I'll kill them all for you. Alone if I have to."