krystalkatzficz | The War part 53

“You are disgusting!” Nino’s voice echoed around the dilapidated building and Satoshi watched the way the king’s guard tensed. They seemed to be ready to go and attack the werewolf at a moments notice but Satoshi wouldn’t allow that even with his wife’s hand holding him firmly around the wrist hissing at him softly;

“Calm down...”
“I am as calm as I can be” Satoshi growled back as his breath came out sharply through his nose. A tang of human reached his nostrils and he turned and saw a thin, extremely pale looking human with pitch black unkempt hair. His neck was covered with three dozen marks from teeth and his eyes were shadowed with dark bags. His skin looked as though it was hanging on by a thread. He might have been considered attractive at one point but now he was half dead, it didn’t seem that he would last another feeding. “You what is your name?”

“I have no name” The human mumbled with a weak bob to the head that almost had him falling over. Satoshi found himself moving forward supporting the thin man. The human flinched away from his touch his face twisting in pain. The king’s guards snorted at him and Satoshi shot them a glare his eyes flashing a darkened blue. “What can I do for you?”

“Nothing, you came with the king?” He asked treating the human with kindness that he doubted he had experienced before. The young man looked bemused under his large impressive eyebrows. He nodded again and then lightly whispered;

“I am his servant”

“I see...You look dead on your feet, you should sit down” Satoshi hummed using the human as a distraction from what was going on the room out of his reach. Nino had gone silent but so had the king and Satoshi didn’t think that that was a good thing. The guard closest to him snapped loudly;

“He is to stand until the king dismisses him”

“I am sure the king wouldn’t want his servant falling down the stairs, I am sure he brought him for his blood” Satoshi replied shooting the man a glare that had him quickly falling silent and shuffling his feet. The human pulled away from him, only as far as the wall however, and Satoshi saw that blood was coming from one of the wounds on his neck. He pulled out a handkerchief from the depths of his pocket and placed it over the open wound. He looked over at his wife who gave him a nod. They had always been close, even if it hadn’t been a love match, and she had always been able to read his thoughts.

“I am fine, sir, thank you for your kindness” The human said gently taking the handkerchief from his hand and holding it against his neck. Satoshi gave him a nod the door of the bedroom being thrown open with a loud clatter. Plaster and brick fell with a loud thump and Satoshi spun around to see the king standing with Nino pressed against him. There was bruising around his eyes and mouth and a hand shaped bruise on his neck. Satoshi felt anger flare its way through him and he would have attacked the man right then and there without Nino giving him a small shake of the head.

“Your majesty?”

“Father what are you doing? Where are you taking the prisoner?”

“I’m taking him for a walk. He said that he has not taken air for awhile” The king, Shu, said softly his hands surprisingly gentle on Nino. Satoshi knew that he must look as confused as he felt and looking at Nino didn’t help. The werewolf seemed to be oddly happy as he was taken passed the guard and down the rickety stairs. Satoshi followed softly behind almost sure that the king was taking him to his death. The guard came swiftly behind them leaving his wife and the human alone. “Your father will not be an easy man to deal with. Are you certain that you will be able to do it?”

“I am hoping so. Are you sure that you are agreeable to the plan?” Nino asked confusing him and the guards even further. The king nodded his hand resting on the small of Nino’s back guiding him out of the apartment block and into the courtyard.

“If your father is as damaged as you claim than it is unlikely that I would be able to change that” The king grunted and Nino let out a sigh, stopping and breathing in deep. Satoshi watched the action with a careful smile on his face. Although the sky was still dark with the effects of the war but somehow Nino’s face still tilted upward as though searching for the sun. A breeze ruffled his hair and ghosted over his skin. Satoshi pictured his werewolf basking in sun on the beach and not the dirty ruin they were in.

“I would rather try this way first, your majesty, killing their father isn’t something that one dreams of. Even if their father has been taken by madness” Nino hummed and Satoshi blinked in surprise. Although it felt as though he was missing part of the conversation, seemingly the important part of the conversation, it appeared that Nino had managed to reason with the vampire king.

“No, and who do you suppose will challenge me? My son is an intelligent man but fighting is not his forte and I would never give up power to somebody that truly didn’t deserve it...”

“You were never meant to be king, your majesty, it was given to you when your father died, but there is somebody else...Somebody close who deserves the title of king”

“You mean Ohno?” The king said looking over his shoulder at him and Satoshi found himself straightening his back and staring at the king with a fixed expression. Shu lifted an eyebrow and then bit on the corner of one of his plump lower lip. “He was the rightful king until he coward away from power. He is the finest of my generals but I doubt that he is a match for me...”

“The only way you could test that is by fighting him, your majesty” Nino smirked paying no attention to the bruises around his mouth and eyes. The king laughed almost fondly at the werewolf before asking;

“And then what? When you have taken power and Satoshi is king...You will what?”

“Rebuild the world. It will take many years but we are thankfully long lived, your majesty, and we have the skill and ability to do it...”

“Your father...He once spoke of ending the war. Naively we hoped that our...Alliance would go someway in doing that...We didn’t start the war, we were just puppets to it...The same as everyone else...It is time we bowed out...Perhaps you will be able to succeed where we failed...” Shu sighed surprising Satoshi even more “Ohno...Prince Kazunari is to be given a better room, that prison he was in will no longer do, he is an honoured guest...Settle him in your apartment with your wife, my daughter and then come find me...There is much we need to talk about...”

TBC

A/N: I promise that the switch in the king will be explained >.< I wrote this with a huge stomach bug that had me sleeping for most of the day and throwing up the other >.< I hope that it’s okay >.<