The Tree Shade

[Kiamii (Yuri)]

A Place widely Known for holding the best comfort in the school. A nice place to relax.

Amy sat under that very tree, peacefully reading a book on Border Collies... She wanted to learn about her best friend's personality when she shifted...

Suddenly a wave, not her own, of guilt and happiness burst in to her chest. She looked up to see Yuri panting.

"Ah! Hey Amy-chan!" Yuri cheered, plopping down on the ground next to her friend. She peeked at Amy's book and promptly snorted, "A book about my kind... how delightful that you want to get to know me Amy-chan!"

"Well... Where is Professor Mehi?" questioned Amy, avoiding Yuri's outburst.

"Akil?" Yuri said, she turned away and Amy felt guilt and a mixture of bizarre feelings coming from her, "He's somewhere... Alright never mind since I know you can feel what I am feeling. I am hiding from Akil again. The headmaster is looking for me too," Yuri said, biting her lower lip, "I snuck out of Kurohyou to go see a movie... made in Germany." She looked away even more.

"Really?" Amy asked in stunned awe, "How did you get there?"

"I... stole the headmaster's phone and used one of the students to fake his voice so I could get first class tickets. I'm not worried about being in trouble for the flight and all, It's just... I got in to a huge fight with a few werewolves on my way back. There's only hope that Akil and my guardian don't discover the real extent to that.." she drawled. Yuri Sighed.

[Demon Kit]

A lovely day. At least, that what Thresh thought. His silver eyes stroked the moving students with his gaze, it was a lovely day. But his eyes found two girls, one in specific a good friend had asked him to keep an eye on, sitting beneath a tree. He walked over with grace, almost like a glide and leaned on the tree, overshadowing the two girls. "Hello there ladies, and what goes on with you two?" He asked, a smile on his face, crinkling the edges of his eyes in a nice way. He tugged the cords around his neck lightly and waited for their answer. He was just waiting for Akil to get here, of course the bird said he'd meet him later, so he was planning on it.

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[Kiamii (Yuri)]

Amy looked at the man, startled. She had never seen him around before, but she was new to the place anyways. Amy bit her lower lip, struggling with her shy persona that threatened to make her gasp and hide behind Yuri. She looked to her friend.

"Hello there... Thresh is it? I'm just relaxing with Amy over here." Yuri said politely. She had to of course, it was how she was taught by the headmaster, though she got the feeling Akil was near... Yuri, eager to escape, stood up. No need to let any one know that she had actually received a rather... large... scar on her right leg from the fiesty werewolves. Nope.

"I think I'll go... do some paperwork or something. It was a pleasure meeting you Thresh." Yuri said, giving a strained smile and turning to take off for the school, even though she would soon fail to notice that she limped.

[Demon Kit]

And then there he was. Akil was towering over Yuri, and instead of the loving, over protective eyes he always had when around her, his eyes were lit with fury. In his hands, a ragged looking book was being gripped tightly, screaming to be released from the pressure. "Yuri," His voice was strained, as if he were having trouble controling... something.

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Threshold looked to his friend and felt sorry. Yes, he felt sorry for Akil. He knew how hard it was to control instincts, they harmed a lot of koutai and konketsu. Very few had them completely under control. Akil did at one point, but upon his meeting with Yuri, they changed. He could control them when he was not around Yuri, but with the border collie around, it would be hard until he had what he needed. Threshold shook his head and jumped up into the tree, his tail hanging over the edge, the chain wrapped around it hanging slightly.

He took a deep breath in, trying to hold himself down. "Why did you do this?" He asked, flipping to the most recent page and showing it to her. It was her diary, and on that page was what she had done while he'd been gone. He wasn't about to mention the other entries, claiming her love for him, he couldn't deal with that at the moment. "Actually, I don't care why you did this. Why didn't you tell me?" He was hurt. Why couldn't she trust him.[/color][/blockquote]

[Kiamii (Yuri)]

Yuri stiffened when Akil had loomed over her. When he said her name, he sounded strained. That was when she noticed the diary in his clutches. She gulped and paled. She wasn't too worried about her previous entries, but the one she wrote before she came out here. Yuri inwardly groaned. When Akil asked her why and then how come she didn't trust him, Yuri felt undoubtedly guilty about not telling him.

"I do trust you..." murmured Yuri, "it's not that big of a deal though... just a few scratches." Yuri looked up at Akil's expression. She didn't want to hurt him like this. She was just so used to... hiding her injuries before Akil Mehi showed up in her life. Yuri looked away, biting her lower lip. The pain in Akil's eyes were unbearable to her.

"I'm sorry Akil." Yuri whispered, looking down at her feet. She was thankful she was in her human form, otherwise she would, no doubt, have her tail between her legs. Yuri inwardly thought about her border collie form. Weren't dogs the symbol of obediance and loyalty?

'some loyalty I have.' growled Yuri to herself, snorting inwardly at her thoughts. She was afraid to look up and see Akil's pained eyes, so she continued staring at her feet.

[Demon Kit]

The rage was building up, and unfotunately, Yuri was probably going to get the brunt of it all. "Just a few scratches, huh? Just a few scratches!?! Yuri, you were fucking attacked by wolves! You're limping and you just call it a few scratches!?! Do you not understand that- that... that you could have not come home at all!?! What do you think would have happened to Amy if her best friend hadn't returned? What do you think the headmaster would have done? What would it have done to me? You were not thinking clearly. I would have gone with you, and those wolves would be in their graves, seven feet under, an extra foot for trying to hurt you!" He was shouting, and he knew it, but he needed to get his point across. Why was she being so reckless, it was killing him to not know where she was. Though he wrapped his hands around her arms lightly, he pulled her close to him so that their faces were only centimeters apart and he growled at her, his eyes narrowing. "I will not tell the headmaster about this, but do not do something like this again, take me with you."

[/b] It was a low plead, and his eyes scanned her face for anything to indicate what to do next. Why could she do this to him? A cool, collected, and calm person, how could she make him not?[/color]

Ah, pure love in it's truest form, anger. He knew both the feelings well. He was still sorry for Akil, but understood how Kymera could cheat on him. They didn't have that instinct, that wild drive to be closer than reality allowed, the tiny, but powerful magnets all over their bodies, attracting and never pushing. He smiled another crinkled smile at how obvious it was to everyone but Akil that he loved her. Such an oblivious bird. That Yuri though, stupid, stupid fool. She'd better do something to show Akil, before his instincts made him go off the deep end.[/blockquote]

[Kiamii (Yuri)]

Yuri had attempted backing away when Akil yelled at her. It sort of frightened her, to see the 21-year-old yelling at her for the first time. Not even her guardians yelled at her before. When Akil pulled her to his face, Yuri struggled slightly. She stiffened when the growl came from the older representative. Yuri tried to look away from the angry eyes, but found she couldn't.

"I-I'm sorry." she stammered, losing what courage and stubborn streaks she had. Yuri stared in to his eyes and stopped fighting. Something in her seemed to have changed, because she no longer felt her reckless streak, whining to just break from Akil and run off. How was it that Akil could make her feelings change so much... it felt strange to become from reckless to frightened just by the loud voice of the man.

"I promise I won't leave you again..." Yuri murmured, her eyes shining in fright. Because she was having a strong emotions, her eyes immediately changed in to the strange emerald orbs. The blue eye turned green to match it's other self. It wasn't physical pain to cause the change, but she was feeling hurt from having not told Akil what she had done while he was gone. Yuri felt a lump in her throat, unable to speak now.

Amy, usually very quiet and shy as anything, bit her lower lip and became angry with that... that... bird brain man that was causing Yuri so much pain. Yuri's emotions swelled inside Amy and she also felt amusement, probably from Thresh, as well as other various emotions. Concern. Anger from Akil. Amy rose to do her best to stop Akil from biting Yuri's head off, but froze, her shy persona creeping back in to her and she found she couldn't move. It was a scary thought, the bird koutai biting her head off instead. Amy leaned against the tree, fidgeting.

[Demon Kit]

The fright in her eyes made his extreme anger die down imidiately. Her whimper and her futile struggle washed away the red hot boiling anger from his body. His eyes seemed to set themselves straight. And he lossened his grip around the border collie's arms and with sad eyes pulled her flush to his chest. He listened to her promise, and he would certainly hold it to her. He needed her like air, and wanted to protect her with everything he was. "I'm sorry too."

[/b] He mumbled, closing his eyes and placing his nose in her hair, a common sign of affection, inhaling her addicting (to him) scent. "I shouldn't have yelled at you like that... I just need to know you're safe."[/color] He finished his apology and tightened his hold on her, pressing her closer, but he was careful not to snap her in half.[/color]

Thresh watched the interaction and smiled, his friend was so oblivious. And then with watching Amy scurry about, it added to his amusement. He really was a nice guy when it came down to it, but watching these two was like watching a soap opera... live. This thought drew a chuckle from him... yes... it was very amusing.[/blockquote]

[Kiamii (Yuri)]

Yuri relaxed in the loose grip Akil had her in. She stood still as he pulled her in to an embrace. The feelings for him returned and Yuri wrapped her arms around his waist, burying her face in to his chest. Akil tightened his hold on her and Yuri felt the same sense of safety and breathed in his scent.

Amy watched the scene with curious eyes with Yuri's sudden melt in safety. Amy smiled shyly. Before she felt an unknown emotion flicker in her stomach and turned to see an unknown student. Wait.. wasn't that the new member at Kurhyou?

Alice walked gracefully to the tree shade, curious to see what was going on.

"Hello..." she said, smiling brightly in her angelic like self as she looked at the group of people. She recognized her Representative holding the Inu Representative and youngest person ever at Kurohyou, Yuri. There was also Thresh and the girl Alice knew was named Amy.

[Demon Kit]

Akil enjoyed the closeness of his Princess and hugged her tightly, closing his eyes and acting as if no one else was there. This was purely his safe haven, his place of comfort and serenity. He wouldn't trade this for anything else in the world... not even to make Thresh stop stalking him. He contained his chuckles to himself. The appearance of Alice didn't phase him in the least bit and he continued to hug the border collie close.

Thresh stumbled in his thoughts as Alice appeared on the scene. His lovely, perfect, porcelain Alice. He jumped down with grace and swiftly circled the genet koutai. His instincts were wild, and he knew that Akil's weren't any better. He stopped in front of her and gently took her hand, pressing his lips to them. "So we meet again, fair Alice?"

[/b] He whispered against her skin. He glanced up to gage the reaction that he'd caused from her. He knew he would meet her again.[/color][/blockquote]

[Kiamii (Yuri)]

Yuri smiled, buried in Akil's shirt. She heard Alice and inwardly snorted at Threshy's comment.

"A little obsessive much, Threshy?" she murmured, knowing that any koutai was capable of hearing her. She ignored that in favor of grasping the front of Akil's shirt with her hands, and laying her head on Akil's chest. He was warm.

Amy watched Yuri with a mixture of happiness. Amy slid down to sit under the shadey tree and relaxed, smiling in the warmth. Everyone was preoccupied with themselves and thankfully did not have their attention on her. With that in mind, Amy opened up her border collie book and continued reading.. 'border collies are known to be distracted easily if given something they absolutely love.' she read. Amy inwardly snorted. That sounded like Yuri.

Alice raised an eyebrow at Yuri and Akil before he attention was drawn to Thresh.

"How are you Thresh?" Alice asked kindly, ignoring Yuri's small obsessive comment. Thresh was smiling and Alice couldn't help but smile back at him. Alice looked at Amy Tillery and laughed at something she could see in the future about what Amy was reading.

"Distracted indeed Amy." she murmured. Amy did not hear it thankfully.

[Demon Kit]

Akil chuckled loudly, his chest rumbling with the noise. He patted Yuri's head, a smile lit on his face as she spoke to Alice and Alice spoke to her. "Behave now, Princess."

[/b] He warned her playfully, ruffling her hair slightly. He was pleased with her closeness and enjoyed how she was just inching closer and closer to him. He knew how precious of a person she was, and was one who could appriciate it well. He was glad to have her tucked in his arms, and only wished he never had to release her.[/color]

Thresh growled at the comment and in a flash, was standing directly behind Alice. He draped his arms over her shoulders, crossing them in front of her chest and resting his head on top of hers. He growled and narrowed his eyes at Yuri. Sure, they were friends, but something was ticking inside him that thought of every insult towards Alice was a threat to himself. He could blame it on his instincts, but that didn't quite cover this. "Don't start fights you can't finish."[/b] He warned, a sudden hostility in his voice. He didn't mean this, he didn't want to upset his good friends, but there was that little ticking again, telling him to, and he hated it.

He clenched his eyes shut and breathed in deeply before releasing the air that was trapped inside his lungs. Bad move, the smell of Alice's hair was simply intoxicating. With another flurry over movements, he was back in the tree, safely away from everyone, his tail hanging over the edge of the branch and flicking back and forth.[/color][/blockquote]

[Kiamii (Yuri)]

Yuri pouted playfully back at Akil, but then stiffened at the hostil voice of Threshy. Yuri shivered involuntarily, but abruptly stopped. She was with Akil, and she knew he would protect her. She turned around, her back resting on Akil's chest as she smiled warmly at Amy who was looking scared silly.

"I've got a killer after me." Yuri joked, unable to help her comments. She winked at Alice before resting her back on Akil's chest. He was warm...

Alice had stood perfectly still when Thresh had touched her and then spoke so... dangerous. Something in his tone did not scare Alice away like it did Yuri. Alice cocked her head to the side, her ear length blonde hair flowing around her head. Her golden eyes looked at Thresh in a curious manner. Thresh was different than the other men... that she could tell.

[Demon Kit]

Now was no time to joke around. He growled subtly and pulled Yuri closer to himself, and with the potential threat of Thresh, he was upset by the joke. "Yuri, I'd be careful. Thresh is... stronger than I am in certain departments. He's tried to kill someone before."

[/b] He whispered lowly into her ear. His eyes were glued to Thresh, assessing the threat. What was with that damn snow leopard? What the hell was he playing at?[/color]

His eyes were glazed over as he watched his crowd silently. His tail flicked back and forth. His eyes glanced to Akil, his friend, to Yuri, his friend and other friend's object of affection, to Amy, the small but lovelable human, and then to Alice... his doll. Yes, as of this moment, Thresh was staking claims on the delicate woman, even if it would be mentally, and never aloud. But he was startled by his own reactions to her. He hadn't even felt that way with Kymera, never wanted to protect her even from words. His eyes lowered to half mast, an apologetic look on his face. His gaze tore from his friend in the silent plea, to Alice, searching for her eyes, something to ground him.[/blockquote]

[Kiamii (Yuri)]

Amy was thankfully blissfully unaware of the threats and actions, though she was tense as the emotions overwhelmed her body. Emotions of Anger, Fear, Curiosity, Protectiveness, and ... jealously? Where the hell did that one come from?

Yuri did as was told of the man she loved. She could recognize that Akil meant it and it would do her no good to try to get in to a fight... again... Yuri couldn't help but wince at the soon to come scolding her guardians would give her... just for sneaking off. Yuri was thankful the headmaster knew nothing of the consequences of a fight she had in Germany. Yuri eyed her lone diary laying on the floor... Hm... Now that Akil wasn't mad at her, Yuri blushed as she remembered the words from her... other... entries. Erm...

Alice was watching the scenes unfold in amusement, especially from the two girls. Before Alice could speak, she had a small vision about something. She frowned.

"I think I better be going." she said softly, turning around elegantly to head for her dorm. She'd come back later... eventually. But she could tell... a phoenix... would be popping in to tell Yuri something she'd rather not be around when it happened.