Zoruna<br/><br/>~"As you wish." He said. "Christaphin Vanturi...a man of cruelity, sadistic measures, violence, ice cold heart, hatred, evil, and mercilessness. Christaphin Vanturi was born into the royal family that joined Romania with Transylvania. The oldest of four siblings, two of which were girls, and heir to the royal throne. His father being an evil man raised and taught Christaphin from a young age to be evil and cold. Without mercy and at times...without emotion. His mother was a sweet woman but died when Christaphin was very young. When she was alive Christaphin while undergoing the training from his father still stayed with emotion and mercy. He had compassion and caring. when she died he changed completely. he become a hundred percent the prince his father wanted and then some.â€<br/><br/>Pause for air. â€œWhen Christaphin was a hundred years old his younger brother Fredrick challenged him to a fight to the death for the right to the throne. It was a blood and brutal battle. Christaphin used his two lethal whips, the bladed whip and the chained one, and piece by piece shredded his younger brother to pieces. Not a quick death mind you. He made sure his brother felt agony and despair and extreme pain before he ended it. It was a bloody battlefield in which Christaphin felt no remorse. His comment was something along the lines of idiot...you walked into death from the moment you came to challenge me at your skill level. Then walked off. He was known to terrorize and kill any who betrayed the kingdom or were viewed as a threat to the kingdom. anyone who hurt his little sisters faced a fate worse than death before finally being given death.â€<br/><br/>Another pause for air. â€œAnother eighty-five years later he and his father got into a fight that will be remembered through all ages as the Blood Wars. It was a ten year long fight between father and son in which anyone caught in the crossfires was slain without a second thought. Eventually they came to a draw...Christaphin having established if he was really trying to kill his father...the most powerful vampire in all of history...he could and would have already done so. Nearing his second hundredth birthday his sister Marima was born. She and Christaphin clicked instantly. He fawned over her and treated her better than anyone in the entire world. She was his ray of shining light.â€<br/><br/>Slight pause. â€œBy his second hundredth birthday Christaphin was refered to not only in Romania and Transylvania but anywhere that had to deal with him as...The Nightmare Prince. For that is what he was...your worst nightmares embodied within the form of a man of looks beyond comparision. Seventy-five years later Marima contracted a vampire cancer that causes anything injested such as blood to become toxic and acidic. Five years later the only person he truly cared about and had slowly started to become less the monster he was known as passed away. He quickly became worse than ever.â€<br/><br/>Pause and sounds of keys. â€œBefore and after his three hundredth birthday people came in and out of his life. Some of the interactions good. A notable set of interactions was twenty years before his three hundredth birthday when a little girl who reminded him of the sister who had died and he had been attached to came into his life. The little human girl even closely resembled Marima. He quickly attached to the little girl and took care of her as if she was his own sister. The little girls name was Haria. For ten years he took care of Haria until one day she left and married. He later came to learn she died in childbirth.â€<br/><br/>Typing heard. â€œAfter that no one is sure what happened. For shortly after his three hundred and fifth birthday Christaphin just vanished off the face of the planet." There was a pause. "We have found information that tells us that your Chris Vanturi came to be fifty to a hundred years after Christaphin was assumed dead. A man completely unlike Christaphin. His exact polar opposite. He had married and matted to a beautiful woman named Jiana. Jiana and him were mates for almost two hundred years. During that time they had children. Sometime during the time between the twins and his meeting you sir...his entire life was destroyed. His children murdered. His mate raped and murdered. After Christaphin disappeared it became clear from what he learned that during his time of disappearance he had left and moved to Japan. Learned Japanese and treated it as if it was his native tongue instead of Romanian. I'm pretty sure you know the history up until then."<br/><br/>A long pause. "I am not sure what you mean as lore other than to tell you Christaphin is still spoke of amongst our race as the Nightmare Prince as the Vampires Devil. Everyone in Romania and Transylvania...know of him." He paused for a moment. "Christaphin had no true allies at all that we knew of except for a woman named Esmeralda. We do not know much about this mysterious psychic gyspy woman. In fact the only one who knew where to find her and when he could find her there was Christaphin."<br/><br/>He paused. "As for enemies...there is probably only one or two perhaps three who had been brave enough to be his enemies and remain alive. Most were beyond terrified to be his enemy. One of those enemies was a woman name Elevia...a serpant woman who hated Christaphin for spurning her and did everything she could to be a thorn in his side.  One of them was known as Mynx. Unfortunately we do not have any information on Mynx. Not even what gender Mynx is. We only know of Mynx's identity due to a letter found stained in the blood of the messenger who brought it. The other...I'm sure you know of his connection to Christaphin...he killed his mate and twins after all. The only knowledge we have of him is that he is refered to as...The Wraith.â€<br/><br/>Silence. â€œNobody knows the whereabouts of The Wraith, Elevia,  Mynx or this ally of his Esmeralda. They all seemed to vanish around the same time as Christaphin. However, this Chris Vanturi...we strongly feel they are one in the same except not. For Chris Vanturi...seems to have buried his darker side away. You may have seen glimpses of it over the years. FLickerings here and there. The years in which Christaphin evolved into Chris made Christaphin a changed man. It is of no surprise to me that the prince completely reworked his identity and became just Chris Vanturi instead of Prince Christaphin Vanturi. These two men...they are the same person and yet...they are completely different people at the same time. I hope that makes sense. I assume I have answered all of your questions.â€<br/><br/>Tenshi<br/><br/>Akihiko stared in front of him blankly at the two look-a-like pictures. /â€˜Was it true? Was this Chris?â€™/ Flashes of Chris coming back from killing his exes and others who had come after them went past his minds eye. Had he just missed it all this time? Magarish huffed and blew smoke and ash out of his nostrils.<br/><br/>Akihiko didnâ€™t respond to the informant, he was analyzing everything he knew about Chris and this new information. Some of it made sense, some of it didnâ€™t. He could see how this could have been Chris, and not. This could be Chris. Magarish blew fire, but otherwise didnâ€™t comment.<br/><br/>/â€˜So if this was Chris, why is he afraid?â€™/ Akiâ€™s brow furrowed and his right hand was holding his chin, his left holding his rightâ€™s elbow. /â€˜Could it be because he made himself into two people in his mind? That he doesnâ€™t want to revert to that state because he might hurt us? That there is a threat that may bring him out and Chris doesnâ€™t want us to leave him because of how he is or was?â€™/<br/><br/>Aki started pacing the length of the room, his hands still in the same position. Along with the recent information that came his way, he was sure all of his answers were â€œYes.â€ or at least most of them.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Report A56<br/>     Recent events have been brought to our attention as it was happening in out territory. People disappearing. Some would be found dead, others were raped, others were dead and raped, and some had their minds broken to beyond that of an infant...<br/>     ... many operations compromised...<br/>     ... The word on the street, the word that everyone fears, is Wraith...<br/><br/>Report F34<br/>     Other territories have reported the same as in report A56...<br/>     ... dead and raped...<br/>     ... Wraith...<br/>     ... operations compromised...<br/><br/>Report P89<br/>     Intelligence within Marloâ€™s men has stated that the hit on Bossâ€™s life was an inside job. Coordinated by none of Marloâ€™s relatives, but by a lower ranking person... managed to manipulate them into doing a hit...<br/>     ... When asked to give the name of their leader, the only thing they said was â€œWraith.â€...<br/>     ... Other intelligence from Marloâ€™s men states that the only thing the family is doing is building up their forces and power again...<br/><br/>Report W67<br/>     Intelligence from several posts has word from the streets... The words are â€œWraithâ€ and â€œEmerald Gypsyâ€...<br/>     ... â€œWraithâ€ is feared by all... â€œEmerald Gypsyâ€ is a codename...<br/>     ... Some intelligence was killed after relaying... a few were raped before death...<br/></span><br/><br/><br/>And his list of reports go on and on about the â€œWraithâ€ and â€œEmerald Gypsyâ€. Chrisâ€™s Wraith and Esmeralda. Esmeralda without the â€™sâ€™ and ending â€˜aâ€™ spells Emerald. Esmeralda is a gypsy. She is Chrisâ€™s ally and is most likely hunting Wraith. Wraith might be in town because of Chris. He organized the hit to set us on guard, hopefully to kill us despite his M.O. /'Wraith wanted to break Chris, and he might succeed if he kills me, Vince, and or Jethro...â€™/<br/><br/>Akiâ€™s eyes snapped over to Brivariithâ€™s. â€œHow far does your network go and have any of your operations been compromised on the streets lately? If so, put all of the people involved under surveillance without their knowing. You most likely have a mole. We need silent protection on little one, Lizzy, and hoorah besides us. Iâ€™ll get mine on that. You fix your loopholes.â€<br/><br/>Akiâ€™s phone had been going off, so he pulled it out and checked his mail. He replied, /â€œBe very cautious. Moles.â€/ Then he snapped his phone shut. One of those texts going to Chris, Jethro, and Alrich. He and Alrich have movie debates a lot.<br/><br/>Zoruna<br/><br/>Brivariith blinked and just processed all this information. He just...had a hard time picturing...that. He had a hard time connecting flirty, easy going, loving, playful at times, funny, sometimes cocky, protective and caring Chris...with a man... WIth a man like Christaphin. Yet...they were the same person. They were....it just was...surreal. He walked over to Akihiko. "Akihiko...do you have more questions for him?" He looked at the pictures. He looked to Akihiko. "What are you thinking right now Akihiko?" He looked at him. "We are quite deep and quite far. Not at all. None of our operations have been compromised. We are aware of several instances of others being compromised but not ours. We work outside the loop and beyond the spectrum most do. In fact we work nearly invisibly as we are almost everywhere and anywhere." He frowned a bit. Thinking a bit. "Hmmm? I will just set the Nega's to search out any moles. That is one of their specialties. I doubt there is a mole amongst us unless they are fearful for more than just their own life." He and Drivarii let out a violetn growl about there being danger towards his mate. His eyes went coal black and black smoke. He narrowed his eyes. "I will personally be helping the Nega's with this." He looked to the screen. "You are dismissed. All contacts search for moles amongst your quadrents.â€<br/><br/>Chris tossed and turned and sat up rapidly. His heart racing. No images...just feelings. He clawed at the air and then found Jethro. Burying his face in his mates hair and inhaling. Clinging to the man and holding him almost painfully tight to him. Feelings...of darkness being near. It wasn't possible. There was few men who could give off such an overwhelming aura of darkness. He shook his head against Jethro's hair. It was the next day. A few hours later. It didn't matter. He didn't move. in fact he almost looked like he turned to stone. A voice in the back of his head was trying to speak and he bitchslapped it mentally into silence. A mentally hisses silence! I never want to hear your voice again! He let out an almost an inaudible hiss. Then laid back down and went to sleep for a bit longer. He jerked up and grabbed his phone. His eyes narrowed. Images flashed before his eyes. ~Darkness approaches Aki...it approaches and it brings with it a wave of pain and death...~ His text wouldn't make much sense but it is what he sent in response to Aki's text. He shook Jethro. "Wake up. Wake up now." He said. "We must check into things." He said softly. Kissing and nipping on Jethro's neck.<br/><br/><br/>Tenshi<br/><br/>Aki nodded, "Let's get back to the safe house after you give out orders. I want to be near little one and have brother and hoorah with us when I tell all I know. Plus I need to talk to brother before I speak about it all too." Aki looked at his phone and read Chris's text. He replied, /"Safe house. You. Hoorah. Now. Suite."/ He snapped his phone shut. "Brother thinks something bad is about to happen."<br/><br/>Jethro woke up when Chris started to move, as if in a bad dream. When Chris hugged him tightly and started breathing deeply, he got even more worried. This was too many nightmares in one night to be good. Heâ€™d know. Chris became still again, but Jethro wasnâ€™t sure if it was for sleep or lost in thought. /â€˜Iâ€™m just glad it wasnâ€™t a dream... that I would wake up and all of this... just be gone...â€™/ Chrisâ€™s phone went off and Chris jerked. Jethro almost squeaked in surprise. He moaned, â€œIf you want t- Nnnn... check on things. Do- Ahhh... not do that...â€<br/><br/>Jethro pushed himself up, despite the fact he didnâ€™t want to, and winced slightly. /'The pain makes me want to glare at Chris... Yet, it also assures me Iâ€™m still not in a dream...â€™/ He didnâ€™t and got up slowly. He stretched his arms above his head after his feet were on the ground. â€œDo we have time for a shower?â€ He looked back at Chris with a small smile.<br/><br/>Zoruna<br/><br/>Brivariith looked at him. Nodding his head. He touched various buttons and began speaking in various languages ranging from griffing to serpantine. Then he stopped. "Negarians...now." He said over the intercome. The shadoews bent and moved and up rose shadowy figures before becoming men in almost robe like garbs. All you could see of them was glowing white eyes. "Find out if there is any moles. If you find one...do as you will. Then...go and help the others one by one. You will be paid. Not to worry." He tossed a bag at them. "Give it to your leader. Now begone." The shadows warped and some shrunk down and others swirled out in a shrinking spiral of shadows. He looked to Aki and got into the car. Once Aki was in he drove the car and upon the headlights nearing the end of the path the secret entrance rose up. Once they were out it once again vanished. He pushed the cars speed limit and skidded to a stop inside the warehouse. He had not even turned off the car before he had flown out and up the stairs. Following Elizabeth's scent and pulled her into his arms. Nuzzling her and held her close.<br/><br/>Chris shook him. "Wake up and I will stop." he said with a smirk. He stopped when he did. Looking at him. He waited until the man was off of him. "No...well...maybe..." He groaned. The image of Jethro's naked body and the shower made him hang his head. The water trailing down that body...outlining every inch of it. Shifting a bit as it quickly aroused him. He grumbled a bit and glared at Jethro like it was his fault he was so sexy. He grabbed Jethro and carried him into the bathroom. A somewhat painful walk in his slightly constricting pants. He set Jethro on the toilet and turned the shower on hot but nowhere near as hot as when Aki took a shower. He stripped Jethro and threw the clohtes aside. He then took his own clothes off. He grinned a bit. "See what you do to me. This is all your fault. You just had to mention us taking a shower." He said in a sexual tease. Picking him up and set him on his feet in the shower. Closing the door behind them.<br/><br/>Tenshi<br/><br/>Aki followed Brivariith, staying on his heels, but went to Vince instead. He kissed Vinceâ€™s forehead and ran his fingers through Vinceâ€™s hair. Looking at Brivariith and Elizabeth for a second, he left the bedroom and went to talk to Aspen, Tamaki, and Beliar.<br/><br/>Jethro let himself be manhandled, he didnâ€™t mind because it was Chris. When he saw Chrisâ€™s erection, he himself got hard. He wrapped his arms around Chrisâ€™s neck and kissed him passionately, their erections rubbing against each other. He pulled back slightly, â€œSee what you do to me...â€ He whispered huskily. The hot water felt good on his slightly sore muscles, but he didnâ€™t mind if they got more sore because of Chris.<br/><br/>Tamaki looked up as Aki and Brian entered quickly, straight for the bedroom. Aki came out not long after and over to them.<br/><br/>â€œHow are things?â€ Aki asked.<br/><br/>â€œSilent.â€ Aspen answered.<br/><br/>â€œToo silent?â€ Aki questioned.<br/><br/>â€œHi-chan didnâ€™t say anything.â€ Tamaki stated.<br/><br/>â€œBesides â€˜Riche list min to itte haruâ€™.â€ Aki confessed.<br/><br/>â€œExplain to me why you left here then?â€ Beliar snapped.<br/><br/>â€œI had to.â€ Aki sighed.<br/><br/>â€œAki-sama!â€ Beliar hissed at Aki, a little mad.<br/><br/>â€œBeliar... calm down. Please. We got important information and are just waiting on Chris and Jethro to get here... They might have gotten in the shower... or just woke up...â€ Aki groaned, â€œThey will be a while... Cook something if you want to.â€ Aki turned and left for the bedroom. He got into the bed and wrapped himself around Vince, nuzzling lightly into Vinceâ€™s hair.<br/><br/><br/>Zoruna<br/><br/>Vince flushed even as he slept. Nuzzling the hand in his hair with his head. Then curled up into a small cat like ball when the warmth touching him left.<br/><br/>Chris licked Jethro's earlobe. Sucking on it lightly. He wrapped his arms around Jethros neck and dove his hands into the man's hair. Kissing him back just as passionately. Feeling their erections rubbing against each other made him moan some. He twisted and move. Backing Jethro up towards the far wall. The shower touching his back. He let out a light happy hiss. "Mhmm...I like it." He said in a husky voice. He lifted Jethro's lower half by his butt. Holding him up and wrapped his legs around his waist. Rubbing against Jethro's butt. "Mmmm..." He said. He wanted entrance but he was going to let Jethro say yes or no...this time. "I need you to give me a yes or a no." he said in a slight growl against the man's flesh.<br/><br/>Vince felt the bed move. Feeling warmth he uncurled and instead attached and curled around the warmth which had wrapped around him. Mumbling a somewhat hello that really was just he---Aki. Before going entiely quiet. Nuzzling the warmth as his arms wrapped around Aki's neck and clung to that warmth.<br/><br/>Tenshi<br/><br/>Aki smiled and just tightened his hold on Vince slightly. He ran his fingers through Vinceâ€™s hair in slow, even strokes. His eyes closing to nap for a while. He didnâ€™t sleep the past night.<br/><br/>Jethro moaned and wrapped his legs tightly around Chrisâ€™s waist. â€œYesssss...â€ He hissed before kissing Chris again. His fingers ran through Chrisâ€™s hair, gripping it tightly when he felt pleasure from Chris. He pulled back and kissed down Chrisâ€™s jaw to his neck, then he nipped and sucked on that one sensitive spot of Chrisâ€™s. He left his neck, with the mark from yesterday, bare for Chris. He rocked his hips into Chrisâ€™s trying to get him to move.<br/><br/>Zoruna<br/><br/>Chris held onto Jethro and rubbed against him some more. That yes was all he needed to grab ahold of Jethro's ass and thrust himself into it. Moaning into the kiss as he began to thrust in and out. Painfully and teasingly slow. To the both of them he was sure. He moaned and enjoyed the gripping o his hair. He kissed and sucked upon Jethro's flesh. Anywhere and everywhere he could reach from this slightly more restricting position. He slowly began to speed up in his thrusts intensity and hardness. He let out a hiss of pleasure. He moved and began kissing and nipped his way to Jethro's neck. He then pulled out to the tip and oh so slowly pushed back in. Slowly pulling out and pushing back in.<br/><br/>Tenshi<br/><br/>Jethro moaned and writhed in pleasure, his back arching off of the shower wall. He bit sharply on Chrisâ€™s neck when the intensity changed to harder and faster. He whimpered when Chris pulled his member out almost all the way and pushed it back in slowly. It was so agonizingly slow. His nails clawed down Chrisâ€™s back and he thrust his hips slightly, looking for more tension. Sucking and nipping on Chrisâ€™s now bleeding neck.