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Arriving at Home

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Reumiae was, needless to say, a bit worried and miffed. He'd come home to find his hunting knife missing (it tended to be in an obvious place), Flan bouncing about (upset about being left alone), and his sons no where in sight. While it was normal for Deimos to be out these days, his bag was still there and that had him on edge. Where the hell could they be?

Jiang came down from where their room was when Reu got home and a smile touched his lips when he saw him, "Reu?" He murmured, walking toward him though as he got close he could tell something was bothering the giant of a man. He reached a little hand to lay it against once of his arms before stepping closer to rest his cheek against it as well, "Are you alright?" He asked, worried that perhaps something hadn't gone well while he was away.

"The boys are missing and so is my hunting knife." Reumiae grumbled, carefully wrapping his arm around his little mate. Jiang had a calming effect on him.

"AND WILL YOU SHUT UP?!" he briefly shouted at the loudly babbling and crying Flan. That thing was really starting to get on his nerves. He winced a bit, glancing down at Jiang again - probably startled the little Kirin with his yelling.

About then, the door opened and Wynn came in carrying a sleeping Deimos. "Mama, Dad, Dei needs some help."

Jiang's eyes widened with surprise, the boys were off playing with a knife?! The idea was mind boggling to him, surely they knew better then to play with such a... his thoughts went dead as Reumiae yelled, causing Jiang to give a squealing sound as well as a jump, luckily the man had an arm around him which kept his legs from going out. He clung to him tightly and opened his mouth as though he were about to say something when he heard Wynn's voice, drawing his gaze over to him, "Ah! Wynn? Dei?" He gasped out, moving forward quickly, looking the pair over in a very worried and motherly fashion.

Reumiae walked over and helped to carefully lift his presently elder son up and carry him to the couch nearby. With Gigantes in view behind Wynn, Flan had suddenly shut up and started stammering apologies, shrinking back towards the attic - for some reason, the one-eyed cat terrified the nutbarthing beyond belief.

"Deimos got captured by a dragon, but I saved him!" the boy said proudly.

Jiang looked surprised before he found himself wondering if it were some sort of game that they were playing, thinking so until he scented blood. It wasn't much but it was there which worried him, "Are you alright? This dragon didn't hurt either of you to badly?" Jiang asked of Wynn, taking the boy's hand in his before he followed after Reu to check on Deimos as well.

As though sensing that he wasn't needed Gigan decided that he was going to play chase the nutbar while the others did their family bonding thing.

"He hurt Deimos." Wynn said, shaking his head and pouting. He was fine though, really. Hissy snake hadn't hurt him!

"We'll need to get you bandaged up." Reumiae told the dark skinned boy, nodding to Jiang to go and fetch some bandages. "What exactly were you doing to get met with a dragon?"

Jiang looked a bit worried, one hand stroking over Wynn's hair before he hurried off to do as asked, to fetch the first aid kit so that Reu would be able to fix up whatever wound their son had gotten. He was shaking by the time he got back, seeming to be such an easily stressed out creature, "Here you go." He said, holding up the kit, ears laying back, face worried. That Wynn had to fight a dragon to save Deimos nearly had him falling over from the mere idea of it.

Deimos seemed to come slowly out of his nap when he heard the voices of his parents, starring up at them a little dazed, then tried to sit up at mention of the dragon, "Daddy Reu... Huh?" What had he been doing? He gave a shake of his head, "N-Nothing... Gigan and I were just walking when he stumbled across him." He told his larger parent, sounding worried as well, not as bad as Jiang but still there.

"Mhm. And what were you doing anywhere that there would be dragons? They're rather large creature,s hard to miss." Reumiae commented as he bandaged up Deimos a bit.

"it was a small dragon! My size with a long tail!" Wynn added with a nod, walking over to hug his Mama around the middle since Jiang was all shaky.

"I-I didn't know... it wasn't that big a forest, I didn't know dragons lived there." He told Reu, glancing over toward Wynn for a moment then looked back to his Daddy and nodded, "He wasn't a big dragon, just... scary dragon." Then again everything was scary in his mind so to be labeled scary by Dei didn't really mean all to terribly much. His eyes lowered and he looked a the bandage on his chest, "It is bad?" He asked, worried.

The hug from Wynn seemed greatly appreciated as the Kirin was shaking like a leaf as he thought about what had almost happened without him even being aware. How scary!

"Which? your chest or the fact that you went out somewhere and got captured by a dragon?" Reumiae inquired, raising a brow.

"Does Gigan get extra treats tonight? He was a good kitty - he helped me find Dei." Wynn said proudly, though he noticed the cat was not in sight. Probably chasing Flan - AGAIN!

Deimos looked up at Reu before he got a bit teary eyed, "Ahh... b-both...?" He asked, sounding more then a little uncertain since his Daddy didn't seem to be to happy at all. Not as though him getting stolen by a dragon should make him happy but still.

Jiang glanced around the room, wondering where the cat had gone before shrugging, likely of causing trouble he thought to himself, "I think he deserve it." He murmured in agreement. The cat had seemed to of done well so yes, he should get a treat so long as Jiang didn't have to feed him by hand since the cat was to big and intimidating for that in the Kirin's opinion.

"Well, you're a bit scraped up but it's not life threatening. You are, however, grounded. And so is your brother." Reumiae said sharply, though he wasn't pissed off to the point of yelling. Deimos had done wrong, but not enough to deserve being scolded or yelled at too much.

"Whaaaaaaaa, why'm'I grounded?" the pink boy whined, looking up at Jiang for support. "Mamaaaa, why's he grounding me?"

Deimos looked very confused as he tilted his head to one side, looking at him then over to Momma for help. Why was... he grounded? He didn't understand, shouldn't it be the dragon getting in trouble? He wasn't the one that was going around kidnapping people he thought to himself.

Jiang looked at the boys for a moment then gave each a bit of a smile, "How about you two head up to your rooms, Deimos looks like he needs a nap and I will talk with your Dad." He wanted to get a good idea for why he was grounding them, he would say the knife was reason enough, but it might be more then that so he needed to know the reasoning as well, "I will call you down for dinner when its ready."

Dei gave a slight nod, going to fetch his bag which he saw on the floor before he looked at his family again. He was in trouble but he wasn't to upset... after all at least he was no longer kidnapped he thought as he headed for his room.

Wynn pouted but followed his brother upstairs. "I should go save Flan. Gigan's prolly chasin him again." he laughed as he saw the nutbar run up and grab him, hiding from the cat. "See?"

Reumiae sighed, "Those two need to not grow up so fast." he grumbled, sitting on the couch.

Jiang watched the pair head up to their rooms before he moved to sit down with Reu, curling up next to him, and held onto his arm so he could nuzzle against it. He was glad to be able to rest against him like. What a terrible thing, to think that their sons had run into a dragon. Something that was much worse then playing with a knife though that wasn't a thing he much liked either. He was in a way glad they were grounded, at least this way they wouldn't be able to wander around for at least a few days and he would know they were safe he thought to himself. At least there was a good side to all of this he decided as he hugged Reu.

Dragon Dreams

It was terrible... and it was one of those days where his imagination seemed to be running away with him in a manner that he didn't like. Things seemed worse, instead of day time it was night time, instead of being clear it was was storming, and the ocean's waves were roiling and rising up high and splashing down on him. His cage, which was nothing more then lines in the sand was more cage like in his dream as well complete with shackles and chains that he'd onto his ankles and wrists and seemed to be trying to pull him from where he was standing toward the dark ocean. He could see it... see the dragon but it looked different as well, bigger, more feral, and it had hold of the chains... it was going to drag him into the water and drown him to get back at him for escaping the first time he realized.

"N-No! No! Let me go!" He cried out, trying to dig his heels into the sand, but the rain was making it so slippery, he was skidding and struggling, and he was trying his best to escape. He needed... needed... help. Wynn...? His brother might come for him but he couldn't spot him. What about Gera...? Could he come out into such a storm or would be hit by lightning? Gigan... no, he wouldn't be out where because cats didn't like water. What about Kay or Anon...? He didn't know, Anon was very far away from here at the graveyard and Kay was just as far off at the store... he struggled harder, the shackles seemed to dig into his wrists, causing him pain.

The dragon rose up over the water, seeming to be two stories tall and he was all gleaming scales, claws, horns, and a mouthful of sharp, jagged teeth... he let out a shriek as the chain were given a violent pull that yanked up off off of the ground and then he was suddenly falling down toward the violently churning waters and he hit then with a dull thud...

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Deimos opened his eyes, looking around in a startled manner, his breathing coming in rapid, shallow gasps. Where... where was he? Where was the dragon monster?! He rolled over onto his hands and wisp, finding himself on the hard floor, having lost his legs sometime in his struggles and pushed himself up, looking around before he fled from the darkness of the room that he was inside of... and he didn't stop his head long rush until he had found the one he was looking for, his rainbow haired Mom, "M-Momma..." He murmured, hurrying over to him and a moment later he was in his arms being soothed.

"Ahh... Deimos?" He murmured, holding his baby close, hand stroking over his hair in a soothing manner. He seemed a little more scared then normal, had rushed to him and clung to him. He snuggled him tightly, nuzzling against his hair, "Its going to be alright Deimos, I promise it will be alright. Shh... shh..." He whispered. It took some time and a whole lot of convincing on the part of the Kirin but after a time he was finally able to get him to first relax and then to fall asleep again. He gave a worried sort of look, wondering what had happened while Deimos was with that dragon if it were going to leave him in such a state when he should be resting. He soothed his hair and then let his eyes close, he would do his best to keep him home he thought to himself. He didn't want Deimos to go out again and only end up once more in peril.

He wasn't sure how he would accomplish it but it was his new goal, keeping his dear son home and keeping him safe from everything that might try to hurt him.

Finding Mrrh!

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Deimos found himself wondering if he should bring the animal that he'd found to a vet or something, it had draped itself around his shoulders before passing out and hadn't woke up. The thing snored a lot, twitched, and growled in its sleep but aside from that it mostly just sort of laid there like an ornate sort of necklace, "I wonder if we should go to the animal doctor... do you know where one is, Gigan?" Gigan was a cat so surely he would know where they should be going?

The cat looked up at him, tail lashing, and looked a little on the jealous side. He didn't much care for the fact that his Deimos had gone off and gotten himself another pet. A small, pathetic, and strange sort of beast that trailed a cloud of stars behind them as they walked which confused him, something about the scent the thing gave off as well. He gave a sighing sound then mewed at Deimos, tail swishing. He didn't know where one of the hospitals was but he figured they could find one if they tried hard enough.

"No?" Perhaps he was spending to much time with his cat as he was starting to understand a bit to much of what the cat told him... Deimos lifted a hand to pat the little dragon on the head, "We will figure it out." He assured him.

Mrrh was wandering, it wasn't unusual that he was doing this. Perhaps cause he was so fidgety. He didn't like staying still in one place long..it tended to get on his nerves. SO it wasn't terrible surprising that he was meandering down the streets looking bored and annoyed at the same time. God. He liked the girl, but she could never talk about anything but Kay this and Kay that..would Kay like this? Ug...sometimes he just had to leave to escape the world that seemed to revolve around Kay.

He growled a bit rubbing an eye as something got into it, his dagger was tucked neatly into a secret pocket in his furry cape. He hadn't changed his clothing much since he had arrived to this place...oh well.

The little dragon opened his dark eyes, glancing around the area, and then gave a little yawn. It took it him some time to realize that he didn't know exactly where he was and that he was... moving? He gave a sort of confused sound and then rose up a little bit as he tried to figure out what had happened. He'd been... napping in that alleyway that he'd found his way back to because it had started to get dark during his exploration. Now he was with someone else? He didn't know this person, just saw that he had pretty, flower colored hair. He gave a yawn and then a little chirp at the one carrying him, then his cocked his head to one side.

Deimos looked down at the little dragon for a long moment then smiled, "How are you doing?" He asked, no longer paying much attention to where he was going, "You were laying in an alley, thought that you needed a hand." He explained to the one that he was carrying.

Mrrh continued walking, having no goal or aim in his mission to just keep moving. He rounded a corner looked at a boy with rather PINK hair and then did a double take. Was that Ryuusei? It was...he had wondered where that little dragon had gone off to. "Hey Ryuu!" he called out from the across the street giving a bit of a wave to the pair. He had to wonder..maybe the dragon played helpless to get free foood...

Ryuusei lunged up to his feet on Deimos's shoulder at the sound of the voice, looking around rapidly before giving a little chirp of delight, "Mrrh!" He called out, seeing the way that the boy started to come across the street toward them.

Deimos gave a jump of surprise when the dragon on his shoulder spoke, more so the name that he'd used. Mrrh...? He knew that name? Deimos turned quickly to face the one coming toward him then took a couple of quick steps back. Oh no, no... what were the odds of this? That he would accidentally run across the one that Gera had warned him about? The same one that he said even Kay didn't trust? How scary... though as he seemed to be readying to flee the dragon seemed to want to go to the other guy. He took a lunging jump off of his shoulder... and Deimos gasped and caught him before he could hurt himself doing such a crazy jump.

Mrrh laughed watching as the dragon seemed to be trying VERY hard to get to him. He was glad the boy he was on had common enough sense to grab him.

"Keep doing that and your going to break something one day.." He stated as he then noticed the boy backing up from him. Strange..."stop pretending as if you can fly Ryuu." He continued as he noticed the giant cat as well. Did this guy just collect strays?

Deimos looked down at the squirming dragon that he'd caught before hugging it to his chest and took another step back, "Ahh..." He seemed to be trying to find his voice, to find the right words to deal with this situation, "Y-You... are Mrrh...?" He asked, he seemed... scary to look at, his red eyes and the way his mouth looked. It seemed odd to him that the little animal was so happy to see him. Maybe... maybe, "This is... your pet?"

Ryuu gave a slight pout, squirming ceasing as he looked up at Deimos, he wasn't a pet! His tail ceased its swishing and he looked over to Mrrh again, hands flailing in his direction, reaching out toward him, "Mrrh! Hungry, go and get food?" He asked, his stomach giving a little rumble. The only thing really wrong with him aside from the fact that he looked in desperate need of a bath was the fact that he was soooo hungry! He'd only eaten once since he'd left the shop and now he was about die from the hunger!

He cocked his head to the side when he was addressed, "Yeah..." He replied slowly, "Do...or rather should I know you?" He inquired as he took another step towards the pair. Without even trying he seemed to give off a rather hostile aura which quickly dissolved at the dragon's question.

Turning to look at him he sighed his shoulders sagging in a mocking gesture.

"What are you a dragon or a pig? You eat a lot.." He stated looking away, obviously teasing the poor thing.

The pink haired boy took another step back away from Mrrh, "Ahh... I-I... see." He said, looking him over, he was a frightening person wasn't he? Was that why Kay and Gera didn't like him? Or at least Kay, Gera didn't like him because he was always hanging out with Roxy... which was a little odd he didn't seem the sort that would hang around with someone like the blond girl and the fact that the little dragon seemed to like him was odd as well.

Ryuu wiggled and squirmed until he was able to escape from Deimos's grasp and slipped down to the ground and quickly shuffled over to Mrrh, seeming as though he wasn't at all bothered by the teasing. He lifted up on his back feet to rest his forefeet on Mrrh's leg, gazing up at him in a hopeful manner, as though Mrrh could magically summon food out of no where or something...

Mrrh looked to his nails, still making fun of the dragons plight it seemed, he then looked down at the dragon when he seemed to be begging for attention or food. He wasn't sure which.

"What?" He asked as he knelt down to pick the dragon up and let him crawl onto his shoulder, "Do you think burgers grow on trees?" He sighed and then looked to Deimos. "Don't suppose you have any money on you?"

Ryuusei gave a happy crooning sound when Mrrh finally picked him up and he happily wrapped himself around the dark skinned boy before settling down on him, nuzzling against him happily. He tilted his head to one side, looking thoughtful, "Do... burgers come from the same place as deers?" He asked, he'd gone hunting for one of those with someone named Tireu recently and he wondered if they were the same thing. He had no idea what burger was made of...

Dei watched, confused, as the little dragon wrapped itself around the one called Mrrh and he decided that the little thing had to be his pet. There was no other way to explain how it was acting around him, he must have gotten lost... poor thing, he knew what that was like and it was no fun at all, "Ahh... huh?" He gave a quick nod of his head, not wanting to upset Mrrh. He dug into his bag, deciding that it was better to give him the money then risk getting beat up for it.

Gigan gave a sighing sound and shook his head, watching as Deimos held his money out to the scary look boy. That was supposed to buy lunch for all of them not just that silver snake that belonged to this kid that was insisting upon scaring his Deimos...

Mrrh looked over to his offered hand quickly estimating the amount there, "Good good you think you can buy this runt something to eat? I don't have any cash on me..and i doubt he'd want to gnaw on my fingers..." He stated with a sigh and another shrug as if deliberately trying to off balance the nuzzling thing. He wasn't quite use to attention of that sort.

"I don't eat by the way...and what's your name? Don't believe I caught it..." hes stated his red eyes baring onto the pink haired boy.

He nodded rapidly, "I-I can buy him food... W-Was gonna get some soon for G-Gigan and myself too." He said when he found himself pinned by the guy's gaze, he was so scary! He was just a little unsure if he was scary because everything was scary to Deimos or if he scary for real... not something he was good at figuring out, "D-Deimos... I'm Deimos and that is Gigantes." He motioned with his hand toward his cat who was glaring at Mrrh currently with his good eye.

The star ended tail started to swish rapidly at the mention that he was going to get food! Hurray!

Mrrh nodded his head wondering what the boy's problem was stuttering like that. Maybe it was a condition...he hoped he didn't catch it. He gazed down at the cat and wondered how he got that name..even if it fit him very well.

"Gigantes? Good name.." He stated with a nod, "Hey you Ryuusei...you can stop nuzzling me now...you can thank him for the food when you get it.."

Deimos lowered his hand that was holding the money when it seemed that the other guy wasn't going to take it away from him, so he wanted him to... what? To go and get the food to bring it to the dragon? Or was he supposed to go with them to where the food was? Neither idea was one that he found to be ones he wanted to go along with but... he supposed he could if he had to. Better then making this person into an enemy of his, "Where... are we g-getting the food?" He asked.

"Ok, Mrrh." Ryuu said, ceasing his loving on of his friend. He settled down on his shoulder to watch Deimos in an eager manner, "Get burgers! Oh! Fries too?" He asked, excited over the thought of getting more of that tasty stuff he had last time.

Mrrh rolled his eyes and then looked around and spotting a fast food place just around the corner...the sign was a big yellow COME BUY ME sort of sign. "There is as good as any," he stated as he reached forward to take the guys shoulder to turn him to see the spot he was then pointing to.

"yeah yeah Ryuu just don't choke on them again okay?" He warned the small dragon.

Dei seemed to stumble for a moment as though his knees were about to give out under him, it took everything in the boy to keep from passing out right then and there on the sidewalk... he gave a little whimper and pulled in a deep, shaking breath. This was so scary! Why did the guy insist upon suddenly have to be so hands on?! He found himself wishing that Gera were here... this was almost as bad as when he had to deal with that scary dragon... the big one at least. The little silver one wasn't so bad aside from the company he kept.

The way that Dei wobbled had Gigan moving, he gave a hissing sound and he lunged, taking a couple swipes at Mrrh with his sharp claws before hissing again... and his hissing had Ryuu upon is feet, eyes wide, body puffed up in shock, "No! No, bad kitty no eat Mrrh!" He told it grabbing on of his stars out of his cloud and spat it at Gigan. The colorful star bounced off the cat causing it to look up at the dragon with a wide gold eye before Gigan set to growling at the silver animal that he already had little love for.

Mrrh felt the cat scratch him..it was a good thing he liked pain..it stung though and drew a little blood. Hissing back as the cat he was trying to support the kid who seemed ready to pass out on him.

"Hey hey wopooah there..."He tried to shoulder him and half drag him...he looked around AHA a bench. He supported him to the bench best he could.

"Hey Ryuu it's okay, it ..only stings a little bit...help ******** I wish I had some water...maybe he is dehydrated.."

Deimos would likely be upset with the fact that he was leaning so heavily on the guy that he'd been warned about were it not for the fact that he was so dizzy... at least he hadn't just dropped him... and he hadn't stolen his money before leaving either. He wasn't... so bad, he couldn't trust him though he told himself as he sat down heavily on the bench. If Gera and Kay didn't trust him Deimos couldn't bring himself to do so either.

Ryuusei seemed to debate on that one before nodding, water... water he could do! He reached back into his star cloud, looking through them before he picked out a blue on. He took it in his mouth before he crawled his way down Mrrh's arm so he could press the item into his hand. Then when he did that he grabbed another star to spit it at Gigan who had followed after them as they moved toward the bench. He didn't like that kitty! It was mean and made Mrrh bleed, "Bad kitty!" He scolded him.

Mrrh blinked as suddenly a star was pressed into his hand, what the ...********!" he stated alarmed as suddenly the star bubbled like it was being filled with water and then popped. WATER WAS EVERYWHERE. He sputtered and coughed as some hit his eye and the rest seemed to get on the both of them. Great...just...great.

"Ah.....Ryyuuuu..." he siiighed as he shook his hand trying to get the excess water off of him.

"Hey sorry there Deimos...you.." He looked down at the soaked boy..jeeze this looked all so very wrong.

Deimos gave a squealing sound of shock, coming out of his dazed state as he got soaked from head to toe with water. He looked down at himself then up at Mrrh and his only consolation in it all was the fact that at least he wasn't the only one who'd gotten soaked. He looked between the others in the group that were soaked... and then lifted his hands up and set to trying to squeeze the water out of his sopping wet hair.

Ryuusei seemed a little uncertain as he looked up at Mrrh then his tail set to swishing a bit and gave a bit of a grin, looking a little embarrassed that he'd accidentally soaked everyone but that hadn't been his fault! Mrrh had wished for water, he wasn't specific about it... He looked up at him before he set to crawling up his friend's arm and back onto his shoulder. He tilted his head to the side then settled down there, "Oops... But... got water." He said, smiling.

Mrrh shook his head a bit giving a sigh and then took a couple steps backwards as he looked to his soggy wet cape. He undid the clasp the kept it on his shoulders and then went to wring the water out of the fur.

"Yes well....yeah your right, got water all right...didn't know you could do that Ryuu...I'll need to be more careful.." he sighed as suddenly there was a clatter. Something metallic hit the ground. It was his ceremonial dagger. Oops.

Everything seemed to go quiet when the metal knife clattered to the ground, Deimos's eyes went wide, he gave a sort of gasping sound... and then he was gone as his involuntary reaction to extreme fear clicked into play. He didn't like scary things and most certainly didn't like that this scary guy was carrying a knife with him! He pushed to his feet and moved quickly around Mrrh, rushing over to where Gigan was and he scooped up his cat who seemed to float there in mid air for a moment before vanishing as well.

Ryuu starred as he watched the pink haired guy as he vanished from the bench and he gave a pathetic sound, "Ah! W-Wait! Your were buying food!" He called out after Deimos, his eyes wide with shock.

Mrrh sighed....he leaned over to pick the blade up nicking himself as he did so. Dammit. Not that he was sure that Deimos...wasn't ...sacred it was just very very inconvenient. He sucked on the small cut on his thumb as he then watched..or rather spotted the floating cat before it too disappeared. Though he could still see the water marks where they dropped off of the boy's body.

"don't suppose you could wish him visible? or at least back here could you?" He asked tonelessly as he stared as the vacant space before them.

"I can't make wishes." Ryuusei said, nuzzling against Mrrh in an apologetic manner. He wished he could do something like that but his power didn't work in such a manner that he could use it for himself. It was a power meant to make other people happy which in turn would make him happy... aside from this water debacle... that had been a little oopsie on his part. He glanced over where he saw the drops of water as they were trying to escape from Mrrh which confused him a bit.

He gave a sigh...trying to figure out if it was really worth following after him. If anything just to explain to him...that the dagger was...just for show. He could lie and say it was his item...

"Ehh.....so I have to wish for it?" He stated with a sigh, that felt like cheating. He idly took a couple of steps forward i the direction the water drops were headed. Deimos did have the money... he was ...broke at the moment..and couldn't cook. He was sure if he dragged the dragon back to the shop Roxy would attempt to feed him...

Ryuu merely gazed up at him, he wasn't allowed to explain it in detail and he hoped that Mrrh could figure it out. The two of them started forward toward where Deimos was going and his tail set to swishing, he wanted them to go after the pink haired boy so that they could get their lunch! He was ready to give chase like what Arlen had done with those animals the other day!

Deimos rushed forward, to slid around the corner of the nearest building and leaned against the wall, hugging Gigan to his chest as he came back into existence, "Oh... t-that was scary..." He murmured to his cat, lowering him down to the ground and shook his hair free of some of the water that clung to it. That was awful... to think that scary guy had a knife on him! They were safe to get away as quickly as they had, before that guy could use that knife on them.

"HEY? DEIMOS? COME OUT?" Mrrh called out knowing perfectly well that the boy was either A.) Still invisible or B.) MUCH further away than he though or C.) No way in hell will come out ...but hey it was worth a shot. "Come on Deimos! There isn't anything to be scared of. I am not going to hurt you or your cat or anyone else..." he stated though the last part was a BIT of lie. He did want to hurt Kay.

Ryuusei looked up at Mrrh for a long moment then gave a little shake of his head, "Yelling will not help." He murmured, nuzzling against him before he lifted up on his back feet on his shoulder, one of the front one resting on Mrrh's head as he looked around to try to spot the boy with the pink hair. He didn't seem to be ready to come out but he did see the cat peeking out from around a building ahead of them. He patted his hand against Mrrh, "I see the mean kitty." He told his friend.

Mrrh sighed again, he seriously wasn't sure if all of this was worth it...he should just go back to the shop and get him some food. SOooooo much simpler that way.
"Deimos...you don't have to be scared okay?" He stated in a softer tone, a trying to be patient tone. "Come on out i see your cat.." he continued.

Deimos gave a jump, looking down at Gigan who was lookout of the alleyway, glaring at the one that was following him and he gave a little sighing sound, "Gigan..." He murmured, giving a little sigh before he peeked out from behind the wall toward where Mrrh was. He didn't like the idea of giving away where he was, allowing the guy to see him again but it would seem as though Gigan was going to give away their spot... he would have to do his best to try to look brave even if he was anything but...

There was a purring sound from Ryuu when he saw the other boy standing there, good good! The one with the money for lunch had made a reappearance! His tail started to wag wildly, the blue star becoming a blue blur in his excitement.

Back at the Shop

They walked in silence, Mrrh didn't really have anything to say to Deimos after all. It wasn't like they hit it off...after all..Dei had run..not screaming..but he may as well had been after he had seen the blade...he made a note to never let the guy see his scars. He may just pass dead away then...

They came upon the shop, and when he opened the door he could hear the THUD THUD THUD of running feet upstairs and then the THUD THUD THUD as they bounded down the stairs.

"KAY?" Came a rather loud rather bouncy and excited voice, the blond named Roxy skidded to a halt, wearing a very interesting outfit made entirely out of stars. She was blindingly glittery and shiny.

"OH HI MRRH! OOOH YOU FOUND SILVER!" She squeead as she noticed the sleeping dragon in the crutch of his arm. She then sharply turned her head, her eyes focusing on Dei a moment...trying to pinpoint how she knew him..then broke out into a larger smile (if that was even possible) and then went to glomp the pink haired boy.

"DEEEEEEIIIIII!"

Ryuusei came away at all the noise, looking around with wide eyes, then his attention went to Roxy and his eyes got wide. Stars! Oh! Roxy had stars too! He lifted himself up best he could, glad to see his stomach had diminished a bit, and his tail set to wagging rapidly. He then watched, eyes wide, as the girl turned to glomp onto Deimos. He tilted his head then gave a giggle, "Glad she doesn't do that to me." He told Mrrh, certain that he would be crushed if she tried.

Deimos let out a squeal of surprise when the girl suddenly attacked, latching onto him, and the pair of the vanished from sight due to his reaction to being in any way startled always being the same...

Gigan sighed in a cat like manner, shaking his head before he trotted inside the shop leaving the kids to play as they would like.

Mrrh looked shocked and a bit worried taking a step as the pair vanished suddenly. It was like before...but..this time he had taken Roxy with him.

"Gaaah.....Deimos you bring her back! Her brother will MURDER Me if you lose her!" He knew he'd be blamed somehow.

"EEEEE DEI IT'S BEEN SO LONG!!" The blond squealed more as she rubbed her cheek against him in a an affectionate manner. She blinked wondering what Mrrh was talking about and finally let go to Deimos popping back into view.

"SILVER!" she squeaked again as she reached out to pick up the small dragon hugging him to her chest. "Who is soooo cute!? You are! YES YOU ARE!" She babbled in a baby talk sort of way.

Mrrh rolled his eyes...not a pet his a**...

Deimos himself came back into view as Roxy released him and after he'd gotten his heart rate back to a normal one. He lifted a hand to rest it against his chest, drew in a deep breath, and then let it out slowly. He really needed to figure out a better way of dealing with stress then disappearing he thought to himself idly before looking over toward the trio as Roxy set to loving on Mrrh's pet. He gave a little smile before looking to Roxy, "Is your brother home?" He asked, half guessing that if she were here he probably was waiting and watching somewhere since he seemed so hellbent on guarding her all the time. Something he wouldn't admit to being jealous of...

Ryuu couldn't help it, as much as he wanted to claim that he wasn't a pet the moment he was in Roxy's arms he was purring like a happy kitty, his tail was wagging, and he was nuzzling against her in a happy fashion.

Roxy paused in her attention to Ryuu and paused to speak though the TROMP TROMP TROMP that echoed from above was enough to announce that..yes..Gera was home. She gave an expression that looked like a sour pickle and then nodded her head.

"Yeaaaaaaah...he is..." she drawled as she then nuzzled Ryuu and then perked up immensely. "You like my dress Silver? DO you? I make you a little outfit too! So we can match! I am so glad you came home I missed having you sleep in my room, " she chattered aimlessly as she then went to plop down on the couch rummaging in ...a pocket and trying to find the small thing she had tried to sew.

Gera came down the steps more slowly that the energetic Roxy had...he paused when he accessed the room, noting each figure silently, and slowly before coming over, Mrrh of course took an involuntary step back.

Deimos lifted his gaze upward toward the sound of Gera's footsteps which were quite familiar to him due to the sound that they made. He gave a bit of a smile before he waited for him, walking toward him when he started over to the group. He'd seen the manner in which Mrrh stepped back and he sort of felt for the guy, mostly because he knew what it was like to be afraid of things, "Hello Gera." He greeted the Golem. Gera was one of the few people he was friends with and oddly one of those you think he'd be afraid of given his look.

Ryuusei was nodding rapidly, "Roxy has pretty stars too!" He said in a happy manner, scrambling up onto her shoulder and set to inspecting her starry dress that much closer, rather liking it himself. It might be total biased on his part since he had many stars of his own but he couldn't help it, "Ahh...? One for me?" He sounded quite in awe and excited over that idea, even more so then he'd been over the idea of free food. This was awesome! He couldn't wait to see his outfit and to wear it and match Roxy!

Roxy nodded her head gladly ignoring her annoying brother as she finally pulled out...a not quite so well made neck...ruffle thing. It was silver and it was cut in the shape of a star with little bells attached at each star tip. It jingled as she pulled it out and showed it to him.

"Seeee? " She proclaimed proudly.

Gera noted Mrrh's reaction to back up and glared at him, the other boy only giving an awkward smile in return.

"Hey Gera.."

". . ." There wasn't a response though he focused his attention to Deimos when he was spoken too.

"Hello Deimos, " He greeted as it was custom for him to respond in such a manner.

Ryuu's tail set to wagging that much faster, the blue star becoming a blue blur as he looked at the interesting collar that she had made him. A part of him thought that it would get him teased more about being a pet if he wore a collar but the majority of him didn't care, "Oooo." He murmured, smiling in delight over the item before he hopped down onto her lap, lifting his head up so that she could put it on him.

Deimos looked between the pair as the situation seemed to get a bit... awkward at best. He shifted in an uncertain manner. Well now this was tough, wasn't it? He lifted a hand to scratch it against the back of his head and did his best to keep his breathing even. Last thing he wanted to do was vanish for a third time today, he wasn't so much of a wimp that an tense situation could scare him that much... well no... he probably was, wasn't he? He shifted in place again, "Ahhh... so how are you?" He asked, hoping to get Gera to perk up at least a little since at the moment he seemed a bit on the robotic and unhappy side.

Roxy giggled a entire bunch as she saw how happy Silver was at the present. She undid the silver string and she went to put it around his neck and did a big bow in the back. The...collar seemed to wilt...it wasn't even...and ..there was a jingle and a clink as one badly sewn on bell fell off. She pouted looking about ready to cry,

"Nooooo..." She started as she went to gather the bell only to see a seem was coming undone already.."No no no...ooh I wish it would ...just ...stop falling apart...can't it just...look like it had in my head." She lamented going to poke at a loose thread.

Gera stared at Deimos as if processing the question and pondering the value in responding.

Mrrh sighed and then shrugged, "I'm going to go visit Anon, Gera Roxy...Deimos...I'll see you peeps later I guess." The dark skinned boy stated feeling rather unwanted and thus didn't want to interfere with buddy buddy time.

Gera didn't seem to relax as Mrrh left...but finally returned his gaze to Deimos,
"Busy." He replied finally.

Ryuusei looked quite worried when the bell fell off, starring at it then watched as the blond girl picked it up. That she was about to cry worried him greatly and he stepped closer to her, snuggling against her, and gave a little wag of his tail. When she spoke his eyes went a little wide and he turned to stare at his stars for a moment, watching them closely before he picked one of them out of the group. It was a yellow star that was offered up to the girl this time. He wanted to fix the collar for her, it would make her happy and she had wished for it so he was eager to do as she wished. He wanted his friend to be happy and not just because it was a collar for him. In fact what was more important was that she didn't cry!

The little dragon turned as Mrrh said his goodbyes, pouting a little when he was left out then waved a hand rapidly, "Bye Mrrh!" He called, he half wanted to go with him but decided that he was needed here at the moment.

Deimos watched as Mrrh turned to go, "Ahh... tell Anon I said 'hi' if you would, Mrrh." He said to the other boy, feeling a little bad that he was leaving, sure he felt as uncomfortable as Deimos did in this situation if not more so. He turned to look at Gera, watching him for a long moment, "Are you... alright?" He asked, Gera seemed really stiff at the moment and given it was Gera that was saying something...

Gera's gaze trailed after Mrrh and then once he was safely 'gone' the other looked to Deimos. His blue gaze staring him down a moment before glancing at Roxy who seemed upset.
No danger present.

"I have been busy.." He replied again reconfirming that he had..been really busy. Busy trying to keep an eye on Roxy...and keep tabs on Kay and Mrrh.

Roxy sniffled giving a vague wave in Mrrh's exciting direction before she took the star in her hand. She looked at it a bit...and then it glimmered and burst into sparkles in her hand. The sparkles flew towards the collar and much like something you'd see in a magic fairy wand it went about sewing the loose ends the frayed and reattached the bell and generally making the neck ruffle look professionally done. She blinked...staring at it...gave it a poke and then squealed again.

"EEEEEEEEEEEE IT LOOKS SO CUTE ON YOU SILVER!"

"Ahh... I see." He murmured, head tilting to one side as he watched him. Busy? He wondered what Gera did to keep himself so busy... he glanced over at Roxy and the dragon for a moment before looking back at his friend, "So... I was thinking we should go out again sometime, Gera. It was fun." He told him, deciding that he would need to be the talkative one even though normally he did his best to keep from being noticed. When one was noticed bad things tended to happen like that big, blue dragon nabbing him... He shook that thought off quickly, not wanting to give it another moment worth of time in his head.

Ryuusei's tail set to wagging in a happy manner, pleased to see that the girl's good mood had returned, "I am glad you are happy, Roxy." He murmured, giving her a happy smile before he snuggled against her, "Can be starry together now." He all but purred.

Finding Ryuusei

Deimos and Gigan were out for another of their walks, heading toward the restaurant that they often went to. There was a sale on fish sandwiches and Gigan just had to have several of them as soon as was possible. He'd been meowing and pawing at the television screen each and every time the commercial for them until Deimos had finally given in and decided he could use what pocket money he had to make sure that the cat got the treats that he wanted.

There were nearing their destination, Deimos doing his best not to giggle over how loudly the cat was purring, when something pegged him in the side of his neck. He turned to look down at the item that had landed on the ground and he knelt down to pick it up, "Huh? A star?" He murmured, it looked familiar from somewhere...? But where had he seen something like this before? He glanced down at Gigan when he heard a little hissing sound from him, an unamused sort of sound as he instantly recognized the stars since he had been pummeled with the damn things just because he had scratched that dark skinned brat that had been being mean to his Deimos! His tail started to lash in a displeased manner as he looked around for both that pain in the backside Mrrh and his scaly little bodyguard...

His golden eye got a bit wide as he spotted the gleam of silver that went along with the dragon and saw it laying there on the side walk looking as though it were... dead? He gave a mewling sound, lifting a paw to tag it against Deimos before he went racing forward across the street, dodging traffic and other people to move to where the dragon was laying. He lowered his head to nudge at the creature before looking around at all the gathered people. They were all talking really aloud, all to one man with large glasses who was trying to calm down a woman who seemed to be unable to speak... there was the sound of sirens on their way, voices getting loud, the crowd getting bigger and bigger as more people seemed to be wanting to get a look at the drama unfolding.

Gigan gave a low growl as they were gathering around the woman and her man but seemed to not even notice the dragon, almost stepping on both Ryuu and Gigan a couple times. The cat hissed taking a couple swipe at a couple people here and there before he sighed, lowering his head down to grab the dragon by his scruff and went racing off with Ryuu hanging out of his mouth and back over to where Deimos was standing and waiting for him to return.

"Ah! What the... Gigan! What did you do?" He squeaked, kneeling down to pick up both of the animals then looked the dragon over and realized he was being glared at, "What? Ah! Sorry... not involved I take it? You can't blame me for thinking so I know you don't like him or his Master." He said as he shifted Gigan into one arm and tucked the dragon into his messenger back carefully, "Come on, lets go to the shop and see if we can find Mrrh. He sounded a bit cross, while normally he didn't like confrontation... like at all... Mrrh really should be taking better care of his pet instead of leaving him out in the middle of town ill in such a manner!

"Come on, Gigantes." He said, hugging his kitty close before hurrying off, not even giving the other people a second thought as he had no idea that Ryuu was even with them. The ambulance arrived and it wasn't even until Darcy was being loaded into it that vehicle that he noticed, much to his shock, that Ryuu was gone...

Its a Deimos Ghost: Part Two

Keep him company? Did this mean that this girl and him were going to be stuck here forever? He couldn't say he liked that idea, if he were going to be stuck somewhere for an eternity he rather hoped that it was someplace more scenic. He looked from side to side, up and down the road that he was sitting here against the cold wall just outside the graveyard, looking at the street. He could see cars driving by, take in the people that were walking by, and he found it to be a little boring and very lonely... he gave a little jump where was a flicker and buzz as one after another the street lights had started to come on, lighting up the street. Of the three of them sitting there on the street only Gigan was throwing a shadow at the moment.

He glanced over at Gigan for a moment before his eyes sank closed, leaning back against the wall as he tried to decide what he should do from here. He didn't want to be stuck here, if he could haunt a place he wondered if he could haunt his own home. He was sure that if his Momma ended up sensing his presence that he would likely end up as scared as Deimos had been when he'd stumbled across a ghost... he really didn't want to give his softhearted mother the same sort of fit. He found himself wondering if like Gigan his Daddy would be able to see him, he did seem to have animal side to him so it was possible. As for Wynn... he didn't know if there would be any way that he could tal with his brother when he was lie this.

"Yooooou are awfully quiet... are yooooou scared, pretty boy...?" The girl next to him asked, scooting closer to him, "Its alright... No need to beeeee scared... I am your friend now..." Her voice seemed so drawn out and slow going, making it feel as though she thought they had all the time in the world. Her arms wrapped around him and she snuggled against the trembling boy, her lips turning up into a somewhat twisted version of a smile as she held onto Deimos, "We can be friends... I will keep you company... forever..."

Gigan turned to look at the girl more closely, then to Deimos before his long ears laid back against his skull and his gave a low yowling sound in his throat. There was something about the girl that the cat didn't like in the least and further more there was something about the situation that he didn't like. He could see Deimos, he could tell that Deimos wasn't dead as the girl had him convinced that he was... but something about her, the way that she was clinging to him, telling him that they would be together forever, be friends forever. The cat started to hiss that much more at her but she seemed to be ignoring the cat completely. After all what could a one eyed cat do?

Deimos seemed to be pretty out of it at the moment lulled by the girl and the reassuring voice, his fears had died down and he seemed almost as though he were dozing off at the moment in her grasp. He was rather tired, everything from the day had just seemed to be... exhausting to his young mind and he wanted nothing more at the moment then to sleep. It might be easier to sleep away the days then to just watch the world go by he thought to himself.

"Sooooo tired... poor pretty boy... yooooou should sleep..." She said in a gentle manner, her voice seeming far to soothing and her hold tightened on him, her own cold form seeming to be trying to draw the warmth from Deimos's very blood.

Gigan's ears twitched and he seemed to suddenly get an idea... one that he hoped that Deimos would forgive him for later as he suddenly lunged forward, one paw full of claws were brought down on Deimos's arm and the boy gave a howl of pain as he was jerked out of his half sleeping state, looking at the cat in a startled manner, "Gigan! That hurt! Look at my arm you made me..." He trailed off as he looked down at his arm, watching as blood welled up in his wounds and dripped down onto the ground. Blood... he was bleeding? He couldn't bleed if he were dead he thought to himself in surprise that gave way to delight, "I-I'm not dead?" He whispered, his lips turning up into a smile.

A moment later though he realized that while he wasn't dead he was still currently being haunted....