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Its A Date...?: Part One

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Kuyoja was wearing his traditional Japanese robes, and he had dressed Saedah in a more form fitting girls kimono for the occasion. He had promised the woman he would...'date'. And this was the best he could do with short notice. Dinner at his place, he had prepared a traditional dinner and Sae was a bit excited for once.

She got to dress up, her father paying special attention to her hair and her clothes before he went off to make sure everything else was ready. She was expecting Kliken to be coming...which made her a bit shy..she hoped he didn't brink his dragon.

Kliken was... unimpressed by the idea of having to leave home and head to the D-Corp building to meet up with his teacher because his mother had decided that she wanted to date the guy. It was less the teacher and more his fear of running across any of those frightening, violent older kids that he'd run across on the streets a while back. He hoped that he didn't have to see any of them between the front door of the place and where they were going. He lifted a hand to fiddle with his hair which was pulled back and looking neat... something his mother had done along with picking out a nice, matching outfit that didn't show his stomach like his favored ones did. At least she let his wear the pants that went only a little passed his knees and let him talk his way out of shoes. They were so uncomfortable...

He looked over at her, giving her a once over. She'd dressed herself up too, a nice dress that was sleeveless and a pair of something she'd called 'suicide heels' though she seemed to walk on them as easily as he walked barefoot. Lots of practice she'd told him...

The last one he glanced at was Tural and he gave a soft, sighing sound... he didn't understand why she insisted he wear a ribbon around his tail, something about it making him look cuter but it made him seem more girly then anything... that and from time to time he started to chase his tail in a valiant attempt to catch hold of the ribbon.

He lifted a hand to the item hanging around his neck then smiled a bit, glad that he was able to bring it along.

"Now remember Kliken, Tural, we are going to be guests in their house so let's all get along alright? And try not to scare his daughter, alright?" This was said to the dragon who looked almost like he was pouting at the order. Lucrecia gave a smile before she turned to knock on the door lightly.

Kuyoja had been observing the last of his preparations when he heard the door knock he straightened and then moved over to answer it. His hair was combed and he was wearing contacts...normally he didn't care for such things but he felt the need for some reason. When he opened the door he looked over the trio...it didn't seem like he lingered on any of them ...too long though he opened the door far enough and back up bowing to his guests.

"Welcome to my home." He murmured, Saedah wasn't too far behind him and she was smiling nervously though she bowed as well mimicking her father.

"W..welcome." She peeped, her hair was done up in a bun the blue ribbon was used to keep it tied. She hadn't noticed Tural....

Lucrecia looked the two over before giving a bright smile, "You look very handsome Kuyoja and your daughter looks quite adorable too." She said, stepping to the side so that Kliken could step into the room next to her with Tural shuffling in to stand next to him. He looked up at Saedah as though he wanted to go over to her, his tail started to wag wildly but as though he recalled what he was told by the woman he flopped down next to Kliken and waited for his opportunity.

Kliken knelt down to pat the Cruzoor on the head before he smiled at his dragon, remaining silent. He was here because his mother wanted to be but wasn't exactly feeling that social himself.

Kuyoja noted her high heels and her formal attired and nodded his head. They may of thought it was weird what they were wearing but it didn't matter to him...he was a very traditional man.

"You look very nice." He managed to say though his rather...stern face made it hard to tell it he was impressed he then gestured for the pair to come further inside of the house.

"Dinner isn't ready yet... hope you don't have any allergies." He mentioned as he half turned away to lead them into the small apartment.

Saedah tried to give Kliken a shy smile but as soon as she saw Tural her face paled and she swallowed a peeping sound as she felt her body start to shake. No no no he brought that thing here.... fearfully she found herself staring at the floor. What should she do? Flee? Say hello?

Lucrecia seemed to be quite delightedly with the compliment despite the fact that Kuyoja seemed to remain quite stern even while saying it. Traditional men... that they were still in existence in this day and age had her rather delighted, it had been a long while since she'd seen one like this. She stepped inside and out of her shoes so as not to scuff up the floor of his nice place though it did leave her a few inches shorter.

Kliken glanced over at the girl when he heard the sound she made and felt... sympathetic and some sort of kinship with her given his own fears of things, "He's been told not to scare you." He murmured, patting a hand against Tural's head and the dragon gave a chirp and a nod as though to agree.

Kuyoja paused as he heard her take off her shoes, luckily he still had some slippers for quests use. He moved to the closet and pulled out a pair that probably would be a bit big for her but would do. He knelt as he then offered to put the slipper on her feet.

Sae swallowed trying to hide her shaking hands behind her back when Kliken spoke to her . She looked up at him as if trying to avoid looking at Tural directly.

"...a....t...thanks." she murmured quickly though it was easy to tell she was still nervous about the idea of the dragon even being near her, "Uh..d..did..you ..w..want...to..see..m....my room?"

"That is quite kind of you, Kuyoja." The woman murmured when he knelt down to offer her a pair to slippers to wear over her stockings. She lifted her foot to slid it into teh one he was holding, "Kinda feel like Cinderella." She chuckled as she said, winking at the man before looking over at her son and his dragon.

"If your going to play you behave alright?" She told them.

Kliken looked up at his mother before nodding, "Sure, Saedah. Let's go see your room." He fiddled with the pouch around his neck as he waited for the snake girl to lead the way.

Kuyoja didn't reply to her Cinderella comment as he then stood back up as she now had some slippers on.

"Can I get you anything to drink?" he inquired to her before nodding his consent to his daughter to allow her to take Kliken to her room.

Saedah nodded her head in response to her fathers nod ad then...hurriedly moved off to show Kliken her room. She ...thought maybe in the presence of her room she could feel more brave.

"U...h..t..this..s..is th..the bathr..room." She motioned with a shakey wave of her hand as they moved down the hallway.

When the came to her room it was ...neat and tidy..not a thing out of place. All her stuffies sat on her bed, a small tea set, Japanese in style; on a small table beside her bed.

"h..here w...we..are.." She murmured as she quickly moved into her room and to the furthest wall possible.

Lucrecia starred at Kuyoja for a long moment, eyes flittering to his throat and the strong pulse there before she lifted a hand to smother a little giggle, "I doubt you know how tempting it is but we should wait until longer then our first date before we share a drink, Kuyoja Darling." She said with a grin.

Kliken nodded the followed along after her, looking over to Tural who shuffled along after them two of them. His little eyes went to the girl's tail and his tongue lolled out as he considered catching hold of it to taste it... he had to resist and be good!

The leech boy gave him a glance before he looked at all the of things that she pointed out, looking into her room. It was pretty he thought to himself, "Its... a nice room." He told her quietly.

Kuyoja nodded his head simply accepting her claim though he meant...like juice not alcoholic beverages.

"I have tea if you would prefer...though I was saving that til after dinner." He replied as he then gestured for Lucrecia to follow him into the dining room.

"so tell me about yourself. Outside of the classroom I don't see many of my students." The biggest exception being Orpheus and his crew of children.

Saedah coiled her body around herself as if she had mentally anticipated that Tural wanted to pounce her. She hugged her body as if she was unsure what to say at this point. What would she do if Tural wasn't here? She questioned herself.

Moving..hesitantly her gaze flicking to Tural and then her goal she went to gather her favorite stuffed animal, she then held it out to Kliken.

"T..th..this is..Mizuri." She murmured softly, the doll was of..a spotted owl plush.

She smiled and followed along after him, thinking on it. She wondered on how she was supposed to brooch the subject of her diet with him or more over the fact that her son was similar. She had brought him something to eat though and it was tucked away into her purse that was hung over one shoulder, "If your saving it we can wait." She wasn't sure if it were among his traditions and didn't want to upset such a thing.

She followed after him, looking around his place as they went, "You have a very nice place here." She murmured before looking at him, "It suits you. My place is a bit of an eclectic mess, things from every age gathered up and sitting on various flat surfaces."

"I am glad to see that I special in getting to see you outside of the classroom then." She gave a smile before tilting her head to the side, "Hmmm, about me? Let's see here... I am the matriarch of my family if you would believe that, though its a rather small group. Only five of us, my servant Than, my son, and Tural."

"Mizuri." Kliken murmured, looking the doll over. Seemed like a girl thing to have he thought and then seemed to think it over before he opened his pouch and showed off the item inside, a ceramic instrument that he carried with him everywhere he went. Since she was showing off her things he figured he should do the same, sharing might make things easier between them.

Kuyoja didn't comment about the having her see him outside of work. He felt more out of place now than he did teaching his students, not that he would ever admit that out loud. He wondered if she wanted anything at all and though he wasn't about to make her sit on the floor there was some pillows to sit on that were on the floor. He offered her a chair as he then sat down on the floor feeling more comfortable there. He sat his posture rigidly straight. One would think he had an iron rode strapped to his back.

"You consider your servant apart of your family?" He questioned making sure he wasn't getting the information mixed up.

Saedah tilted her head her curiosity getting the best of her as she looked at the instrument in his hand.

"w...what is that?" she asked quietly her gaze continued to flicker in Tural's direction as if she expected him to suddenly pounce.

Lucrecia took a seat on the chair, crossing her legs and let her hands rest on them before she leaned forward so that she could watch the man who was in front of her, sitting on the floor, "He is... more like a confidant and someone who does things for me when I can't do them myself. There are often times I am unable to go out and he will go out in my stead." She explained to Kuyoja, giving a smile.

He gave a smile as he ran his hand over it, "Its called an ocarina, its a time of instrument." He said, taking a seat on the ground. He patted the floor and Tural moved to lay down behind him so he could lean against the dragon, "Here listen."

Kliken lifted the item up to his lips, his eyes sank closed, and he set to playing a song for her, it didn't take long for Tural to chime in, singing along in his chirping, frog like voice.

Its A Date...?: Part Three

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Kuyoja had by now dished out soup in two bowls for his daughter and himself before he...out of habit set out tea cups for Lucrecia and Kliken and he poured the ..contents of the blood bag into the cup as well the bowl so he could feel more ...like a normal kid. Plus this way Saedah wouldn't get as freaked out if he treated it all normal.

Saedah looked towards her door and nodded her head slowly clasping her hands in front of her body she tried not to fidget but it was easy to see she wanted to leave the room but didn't want to go past Tural.

Kliken looked back and forth between the girl and Tural before he pushed up to his feet, stretched out before he motioned to the Cruzoor, "Come on Tural, you lead the way alright? Show us where Mom and her Dad are at?"

Tural gave a nod of his head, sniffed at the floor, then started on his way to find the woman and man... he caught their scents pretty quickly and hurried off to find them first.

The leech boy gave a little chuckle before he looked over at Sae, "He's still pretty young so hes easy to trick." He whispered, not wanting to Tural to hear him and have his feelings hurt.

Saedah relaxed visibly as soon as Tural left the room, she even gave a bit of a giggle raising a hand to her mouth as she then slithered up to Kliken's side and took his hand in hers and gave it a squeeze.

"T..thanks for that." She murmured happily, she was a very cute child but when nervous she tended to clam up with the dragon she suddenly had a world of things she wanted to ask and show Kliken, but it was dinner time so...if she was lucky maybe she could show him after dinner.

"Hehehe..lets head for dinner." She said with another giggle.

Kliken smiled as he looked down at her then started down the hall, "If he gets a lot to eat at dinner there is a chance he will falls asleep. He does a lot when hes full." He told her, he would see about feeding Tural a few of his algae blocks and maybe if there were left overs of dinner they could give the dragon some of that... well so long as the man was alright with it.

Lucrecia lifted her gaze when she heard the distinct sound of Tural's shuffling walk and exciting, huffing sounds as he reached her side and lifted up to lay his hands on her legs and his head on top of them. He looked up at her in a happy manner at finding her first before looking in the direction that he'd come from, waiting for Kliken and the nice, pretty girl to join them.

Saedah nodded her head slowly, it would be nice to have some alone time with the boy, to show him her toys and her favorite books, suddenly her mind was a buzz of all the things she could do with Kliken.

Kuyoja looked as the little dragon shuffled into the dining room and then basically 'claimed' Lucrecia. His gaze was dragged over to where Kliken and Saedah were coming and his eyes narrowed ever so slightly as he spotted them holding hands.

"Come we have dinner already on the table." He said with a nod of his head.

Kliken walked over to the table, making sure to keep himself between Saedah and the dragon so that she wouldn't get scared of him again. When he reached the table he reached a hand out to pat Tural on the head before he let go of Sae so that she could sit down.
He then moved around the table to take up the seat that his mother motioned for him to sit down in.

"Are you two getting along then? Isn't that nice." She murmured, not really all to bothered by the holding hands thing since she was just happy to see her son socializing again.

Saedah looked to Lucrecia and gave her a shy smile, she still thought the woman was so pretty, and she liked how she smiled. She looked to her father in a hopeful manner that the 'date' was going well. She would love to have a mother around. She clambered onto the chair and looked eagerly at the bowl of soup, though she wondered why her father hadn't put out more.

Kuyoja didn't comment as he sat down himself and then gestured for the rest to start the meal. He then went about pouring tea for himself and his daughter and poured Lucrecia a cup without asking as he still felt that he needed to give her...something.

Kliken looked down into the bowl and cup before him and his eyes widened at what he saw there, then smiled in a happy manner. They had set out his normal meal but in the dishes that they were eating out of. He couldn't help but feel rather happy at the fact that he got to be a part of the meal.

Lucrecia looked over at her son, ruffling his hair before she turned to look at the tea that was set out for her, "Thank you, Kuyoja Darling." She murmured, taking the tea though she wouldn't be able to drink it. It at least gave her something to hold onto while the others ate their meal.

Saedah waited with a small smile as she watched her father take his spoon and then as if giving her some sot of silent signal she went to gather her spoon and ladled some of the liquid into it. She hadn't noticed that Kliken's 'soup' was rather different from theirs.

Kuyoja wasn't exactly sure what they were going to do after dinner, other than talk. He supposed though if Lucrecia got bored they could end their..'date' there. But at least Saedah was getting some time with children close to her age. He often felt like it was his fault with his busy schedule that she didn't get to meet a lot of kids her age.

"Yum." Saedah said with a giggle as she attempted to NOT slurp her soup.

Kliken watched the manner that the two across from his mother and himself set to eating and he followed suit, eating his own meal without worry and without his normal fear that they might think badly of him because of what he ate. Normally the only ones that saw him eat were his family, Than, and Tural all of which didn't seem to mind at all.

"Good stuff Kliken?" She murmured to him, smiling when he nodded in a happy manner. She seemed quite delighted, on hand petting over the dragon who's head was resting on her lap. He was such a good boy though he looked a bit sleepy didn't he? Much be all the excitement and walking about.

Saedah continued to eat her own soup gleefully as she came to the last spoonful she politely put her spoon down beside the bowl and then looked at her father who was still slowly eating away.

So she looked to Lucrecia and gave her a happy smile trying to avoid looking at the sleepy Tural just so she could keep her calm state.
"How goes the date?" She asked hopefully.

There was a slight chocking sound that came in Kuyoja's direction as he lowered his spoon and then took another sip of his soup as if nothing had happened at all.

Lucrecia glanced over at the man, lifting an eyebrow before giving a soft laugh. So he did have reactions like that, huh? She couldn't help but find some delight in that, "I think its going quite well so far for a first date." She said to Saedah, smiling at her.

Kliken looked between the man and his mother, not sure what he thought about his mother dating one of his teachers. It seemed kind of strange to him but... if it made her happy he shouldn't complain.

Saedah nodded her head and then she leaned forward slightly using a hand to cup the side of her mouth as if thinking that could...prevent her father from hearing.

"Have you kissed again?" She asked hopefully, though she winced as she heard her dad clearing his throat.

"Saedah..." Came Kuyoja's firm tone, "Let Lucrecia enjoy herself. Don't pester her with questions like that." He stated plainly as he placed his spoon down beside his bowl signaling he was finished as well.

Saedah looked a bit crestfallen and then sat back in her chair still casing a look between the woman and her dad before she settled on looking at Kliken.

"Enjoying yourself?" She inquired trying to make pleasant conversation.

Lucrecia lifted her hand up to hide a giggle before she 'shielded' her mouth from Kuyoja and mouth the words, 'Not yet' to Saedah before giving her wink and lowered her hand back to petting Tural. She wondered if Kuyoja were embarrassed over the idea of anyone knowing he was kissing someone? What a cute thought.

Kliken finished his meal before nodding, "Yes, its been nice." He murmured.

Lucrecia looked over at her son before smiling, "I am glad that your having fun." The boy spent far to much time with just him and Tural hanging out in his room. He wasn't old enough to do that yet... he needed to be a teenager before he started to do such things if you asked her.

Saedah puffed one cheek out at the response that Lucrecia gave her, what were they waiting for? Why didn't they kiss more? Maybe she was just being impatient...cause she really liked Lucrecia...and so desperately wanted her to be her mother. Kliken was so lucky to have her as a mother.

"When your done I can show you my favorite game and books." She chimed as she tried not to look impatient as she tossed her father a look of 'get a move on' before she slid from her chair eagerly wanting to play with Kliken though she wanted to desperately talk to Lucrecia...but...Tural was in the way.

Kuyoja sighed only slightly as he then went about gathering the empty bowls.

"Saedah you need to wait for your guest to finish before rushing him off to show him your things." He scolded her lightly and the pink hair girl cringed and nodded her head mumbling sorry to Kliken.

Kliken was about to answer her that he would like to see her things when the man spoke up and he went quiet, looking over at him. He gave Kuyoja a momentary look before he turned his attention back to his food, eating quietly though working on finishing off what was left so that he and Saedah could go and talk some more.

Lucrecia watched her date, the poor guy seemed to have been raised to be so stiff... she wondered what he would seem like if he were to relax in the manner that regular people did. She decided to really get him to relax he would probably need to get drunk... the idea of the red head drunk caused her to chuckle to herself because she couldn't quite see something like that happening. He didn't seem the sort to get rip roaring drunk in the least, "You can always talk with me while he finishes up if you like." Her hands stroked gently over Tural and seemed to be causing the dragon to doze off as she did so. She looked up at Kuyoja, "Unless you need help clearing the table, Kuyoja Darling." She offered so as not to be a bad guest.

Kuyoja was raised to be polite to his guests, though his frigid nature was do to perhaps a bit too much training to gain a firm control on his emotions. He was nearly impossible to anger but he continued to clean he tucked his hair behind an ear and motioned that Saedah was to help him.

"No you are our guest, Saedah and I will finish cleaning up." He stated as Saedah knowing this moved to help her father clean up. SHe wondered why the meal was ...so short. Lucrecia didn't even eat anything.

"Bu...t..papa...a...are we..stil..l...g..getting d..dessert?" she asked a bit nervously.

He looked to her briefly before nodding his head.

"Yes Pumpkin." He replied and Saedah gave him a smile. Pumpkin was her special nickname that he only used on occasion. Feeling better she moved about cleaning up with no further questions though she gave Tural a wide birth before she reappeared from the kitchen and moved over to sit back down whilst she waited for Kliken to finish.

Kuyoja noted that Lucrecia had...merely held her cup of tea but he didn't comment on it. Perhaps she didn't like tea. It had been rude of him to assume she enjoyed it as much as he did.

"Perhaps later I can interest you in something else." He murmured as he took her cup gently.

Lucrecia watched the pair quietly and worried that perhaps this was a bad idea. It seemed as though the fact that she and Kliken couldn't eat normal food had ruined the meal for Kuyoja and his daughter. She leaned back in her seat quietly, her smile fading as she took on a more thoughtful look. She allowed the cup she had been hoping to be taken and she nodded, "Ahh, perhaps." She murmured.

The Leech boy was feeling a bit uncomfortable all of a sudden, looking over at his mother for some sort of direction but even she seemed to be a bit quieter then normal.

Kuyoja's expression never seemed to change as he continued to clean up, noting the sudden discomfort in the room though he wasn't exactly sure how it had occurred.

"Saedah, " he spoke then he looked a tad thoughtful as he tried to formulate the ...appropriate words.

"If Kliken is done eating you can go play. I will clean up the rest." He stated finally with a slight nod of his head. His contacts were bothering him. He shouldn't of bothered with them.

Saedah looked up to him and then nodding her head she looked to Kliken offering him a small smile.

The woman looked over at Kliken and motioned for him to go and play with his friend, "Go ahead." She murmured, rising her feet.

The boy looked at his mother then pushed to his feet so that he could go with Saedah, glad that the two of them would be able to go and play, to escape from the tense room, "Let's go and see that stuff you were talking about." He said with a smile.

When the kids were heading out the woman looked over at Kuyoja, giving him a little smile, "I am sorry if I ruined your dinner, Kuyoja Darling." She murmured.

Saedah wasn't exactly sure why the dinner got so tense she felt a bit sick in her stomach wondering if she accidentally ruined it. She didn't want to think on it. So instead she let out a sigh and folded her hands in front of her.

"Your so lucky....your mother is so pretty...and nice." She lamented as they headed to her room.

Kuyoja only looked to Lucrecia before giving a small shrug in response to her apology.

"It cannot be helped. Though if you had told me your dietary needs I am sure I could of accommodated for you." He replied simple as he half turned and gestured for Lucrecia to follow him.

"Come..we can take a small walk around...I have a nice view from our balcony." He continued waiting for her to follow.

Kliken looked over at her then back over his shoulder before he nodded in agreement. He was somewhat glad to see that the dragon had stayed behind, probably asleep at the moment... but it would let Saedah relax some. He relaxed when they headed into her room once more.

Lucrecia felt as though she were being reprimanded by the man, something that hadn't happened in a very, very long time. She followed after him toward the balcony with a thoughtful look on her face.

Saedah puffed out a cheek before giggling some as they entered her room again.

"Oh!" she stated the one thought in her mind suddenly flying out the window as she moved over to find her favorite books and games. She didn't have much electronic stuff so for board games it was a simple one. Snakes and ladders. She showed the boy it as she laughed.

"Papa gave this to me. Its cute...there are little drawings of snakes on the board and ladders too." she said with a smile and tilt of her head. She...was a much more different person when she wasn't nervous.

Kuyoja lead the woman to the balcony it was small, but large enough to fit two adults comfortably. The night air was a bit cool but he merely slipped his hands into his sleeves as he looked about and then into the night sky.

"When it is late enough you can see the stars from here." He commented.

Kliken gave a little laugh as he looked over the game, "Heh, nice. It has snakes on it." He murmured, she must love having a game with a snake on it. He looked over at the girl and smiled, "Do you want to play?" He asked, not really sure how to play the game but willing to learn.

Lucrecia turned around to lean against the railing on the balcony, looking over at Kuyoja for a moment before giving him a smile, "You know... maybe I was a little nervous." She told him, "Its been eons since I have been on a date and I didn't want to start off explaining my dietary needs to someone, especially someone that is so hard for even me to read."

Saedah looked very pleased at this idea. She had never played with anyone close to her age before. Kuyoja had...tried to play it with her, but...he...just...couldn't get into the game. She loved her papa but ...sometimes he could really ruin a fun game.

"okay I will set it up." she chirped as she moved to settle the game down on the floor and then began unpacking the pieces.

"what color you want to be?" She asked her reddish eyes looking at him with delight.
Kuyoja didn't seem to notice that he was being looked over and he only glanced at her before looking back out into the night air.

"Well it seems we have something in common then. I never really dated when I was younger." He replied simply though he suppose given how she said she was nervous he felt a bit in agreement on that.

"I am that hard to read?" he inquired softly as if he never really thought on that before.

"Food, is what it is. Regardless of its form...I am sure it couldn't be so weird that I wouldn't of understood." He continued with a nod of his head.

Kliken looked rather excited as well, he didn't get to play with people nearly enough. In fact he just had been hiding out of late hanging out with Tural and a lot of grown ups... this was going to be a delightful change of pace compared to what it was that he was used to doing for entertainment, "If there is blue I would like to be blue." It was one of his favorite colors.

Lucrecia gave him a little smile, "A little hard to read, yes." She murmured before he gave a little smile at his comment about food, "I see, well its tough. Not everyone can understand and some have even hunted my family, killed members of it just because we are different."

She gave a soft sigh, "Its become a lot easier when Than came on, hes an understanding sort and helps us out greatly... though I am sure many wouldn't quite understand his lot in life or why he does it willingly." Than was a good boy, so willing to serve her family in any way needed of him. In return they took care good care of him for his faithful service.

Get Out of the House!

Kliken and Tural head to the pool after being banished from the house for their own good. They meet up with an old friend while they are out named Drez.

Self Defense Level 2

Another self defense class with Kuyoja, requested by his mother for Kliken to help better make him able to take care of himself.

A Class with the New Teacher

Meeting Mariel

If You Dare...