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"Alright then, damned one." Hissed Darius as the lunging beast came forward, the furry bulk thundering the earth beneath him. "May the gods have no mercy on thy soul. Althino Sezingto Ishimonsa!" The prayer complete the hunter growled and redirected the arm with the cackling lightning directly at the wolf. The sparks flashed and snapped, twisting and writhing as they danced. The golden eye blazed brighter and the crippled hunter spat as with a simple effort, tongues of cracking blue lept from his hands and toward the oncoming beast.

The large half-demon male had moved in front of Kaori, he was becoming so protective, something he didnt understand, especially of her. . . His snarls started up not too terribly long after, it frustrated him not helping as much as he could, but he didnt want to be hurt. This hunter would surely be the first of many.

During this whole time he had kept the younger female in check. She had darted around behind the scences flinging things, rocks he soon found, at the hunter. He found this interesting. . . at least she was helping without being wreckless and getting herself hurt.

As this dispicable excuse for a man stated his reasonings, Abel roared in fury "KILL HIM! There is no room left for this man anymore," He glanced over his shoulder at Kaori, hesitant before he finished. "I'm sorry, Kaori. . . " He lifted his bow again, taking aim. Get out of the way. He thought irratably as Taria moved in for another attack. She had been so much of a help, and he was so grateful, and relieved none of them had been seriously hurt yet.

((ok, i think im done for now))

Jumping at the sound of Abel’s voice so suddenly, Selyna backed off a bit thinking that if they had to kill the guy, she didn’t want to be the one to do it. Though looking at Taria, Abel, and now Kaori, she was sure she wouldn’t be asked to give the final blow. Her nerves were worst than they’d been a bit ago now as she watched unfold exactly how dangerous this “church” was, she was happy she’d yet to morph and decided she’d stay as she was until it was absolutely necessary to change. She looked at everyone’s faces and tried to guess at how often any of them had killed. To her surprise only Kaori’s face showed any sign of sadness or regret.

Kaori stared at the place that the hunter had landed. Letting the energy that had been swirling between her hands dissipate, she sank to her knees, her whole body shaking. Slowly, tears filled her eyes and trickled down her face. She made no move to wipe them away, knowing that it was good for her to cry. Her eyes remained rivited on the spot where the other men had appeared before taking the hunters body. "Why can't they leave us alone..." she whispered to herself, thinking of her parents and wishing that they were here. Looking behind her, she stared at her house, not really seeing it.

In the back of her mind, she knew that she would have to leave the place that had been her home since birth. Looking around to the others, a frown creased her forehead. "I am sorry, I invited you all here so that you would be safe, and yet it seems that even my home is no longer a haven from the church. If you do not wish to stay here, I would understand. I am not sure where you can go but... it is obvious that to stay here would not be wise."

((Sweet, I look forward to getting those smile ))

Taria stared at where the three church men had disappeared for a long time, flanks heaving as blood dripped down her forepaw from a deep gash on her shoulder. It was only as Talia came forward and laid a gentle hand on her sister's back, did Taria finally shudder and revert back to human form. Clothes ripped, torn and smoke-blackened, shiny burned skin and small abrasions showing through, she nonetheless radiated an air of steel-hard hatred for the church-men, a silent promise in her eyes saying that this wasn't over.

However, then she turned back to the group, and her manner grew hesitant and unsure, yet striving to conceal that hesitancy since it sat ill with her normal garrulous personality. Her younger sister was a slight presence just beside her, yet supporting her.

"Look, uh..." she paused and seemed to rally herself. "I know you haven't known us that long or anything, but I seriously swear, if that creep was following us, we had no idea and we'd never have approached you guys if we'd known he was following us."

Talia nudged her sister sharply in the ribs and Taria barely kept from wincing. "Still, I guess if we did, we're really sorry for it and making you leave this place and all.... but, umm... to sorta make up for it, we'd kinda like to hang around.... only if you'll have us of course." she hastened to add, and received another sharp poke. She concealed her wince better this time and continued talking, "Also, uh... guess that's not the only reason we want to join up, but, well... you lot are the only other non-humans I've ever met. So... yeah, we don't mind, uh, I mean, we'd like to hang around if we could. But then if you'd prefer not to have us, we can be on our way no problem. We've got supplies and everything and we wouldn't want to inconvenience any of you."

Selyna stood there bewildered by the recent events, unsure of how to react or what to say, but her attention was taken away from her thoughts when she heard Abel drop to his knees besides Kaori. Selyna made to move towards her hostess as well, but stopped abruptly when she saw the exchange between her and Abel. Frozen in her spot she didn’t know what to do or say, but she felt as if a knot had just formed in her throat and she didn’t know why. These feelings, thoughts, and random ideas were still very new to her and she decided this wasn’t the best place to decipher them. This anger is greatly misplaced, it would’ve been better a moment ago during the battle….. Continuing to stare in the direction of them, she was more so looking through the two than at them, Selyna half listened to Taria as she spoke, her eyes never moving from the spot even after everyone began heading for the house. Snapped out of her thoughts when her name was called, she looked startled at the fact that everyone had moved and she hadn’t noticed. Smiling at everyone, though for a noticeably shorter amount of time at Abel, she nodded vigorously before speaking, her voice cracking only for a moment. I’d love to stay with you guys, I’m honored you’d ask. Bowing her head a bit, she quickly made her way to the porch, careful to not look at or get to close to Abel as it seemed that caused the knot in her throat to grow. I know a bit of first aid if it will help.

Abel slid easily to his feet, following moments after Kaori had stood up and regained her composure. He turned slightly, listening as each had proffessed, just as he, their willingness to stay, and protect if need so be. His eyes clouded over once more, a stone wall blocking out the rest of the world. What he had just done, he still didnt quite understand himself.

He turned, finally, toward the house, wondering briefly if they would get on the move as soon as everyone was attendeed to. Possibly it was too early for that. . . He'd find out soon enough. Though soon he changed his mind, he turned with one wary glance toward Selyna, he couldnt help but about if her views on him had changed yet, toward Taria. It took few strides as he took advantage of his long limbs. In one quick movement, he bent slightly at the knees and gingerly lifted her, though his body was rigid, not at all comforting, but the sooner Kaori cleaned the wound and dressed it the better.

Was he actually worried about this perfect stranger? It did look bad though. . . Maybe they were right, it seemed possible that he was going back to that pack mentality.

Her admission of knowing first aid appeared to go unheard as she clenched her teeth and flushed a bright red, watching Abel pick Taria up caused Selyna to feel the same feeling she’d felt when she saw his interaction with Kaori. Even though she knew he was being helpful because she was injured, Selyna couldn’t help but be upset that she hadn’t been injured as well. Moving out of the way as Talia came running up to seemingly tease her sister, Selyna walked a little slower as she went deep into thought again. Maybe it’s because they’re all wolves…. Well Kaori isn’t, but she’s obviously a dog lover….. Perhaps she only extended the offer to be polite… Where would I go? Eyes glazed over from not blinking, she closed her eyes and shook her head as she made it through the door behind Abel and Taria. So many thoughts were running through her head she didn’t know how to deal with them or even what most of them were, the blood draining from her face just as quickly as it had appeared, Selyna made her way towards Kaori and quietly asked to be excused as she made her way into a random bedroom, closed the door, morphed into a cat, and began to vomit; hoping that in this form it would be easier to clean and not as noisy, making a mental note to herself, that obviously this would be her room. It wasn’t large by any means, but it was certainly nicer than what she’d had back home. As she finished regurgitating her food, she sat back on her hind legs and began cleaning herself, wondering how the others were fairing and how far her room was from everyone else’s. Looking around she spotted a face towel and decided once she was done cleaning herself up, she’d use that to clean up the mess she’d just made.