As we stare at the moon (private)

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Ayame woke up sitting upright in the what she realized a bed. She rubbed the sleepiness out of her eyes and looked around for Jonah, "Oniisanisn't here I can't detect his scent either" the little yokai thought as she began to panic what if the mercenary left her like everybody did she got out of the bed and ran down the hall to the diner part of the inn she didn't see Oniisan at all in the crowd of people there, She ran though the inn checking everywhere she thought the older man would be but still no Oniisan. Ayame walked to the front of the inn tears feeling abandoned her nose twitched that was Oniisan's scent. Her cotton candy eyes found him in the tavern part of the inn. "Oniisan!" Ayame cried running into the tavern and clutching the man's cloak in a death grip large tears ran down her face.

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Jonah was rather surprised that Ayame was crying into his coat. He'd only been gone for barely a half-hour and already she missed him? Maybe she thought he abandoned her? True, he didn't tell her he'd be massacring slave traffickers, but she should be old enough to know the difference, right? No...she's only a kid. And Jonah couldn't get away from her for some odd reason.

"It's okay. I just went out for a walk, that's all," he said, patting the girl's head. "What, you thought I abandoned you?"

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"Y-yes" the wolf hanyou sniffed she had been abandoned and left alone by so many people it was hard to know the difference. She liftend herself onto a bar stool "I thought you didn't like me anymore and left like other people did" Ayame said wiping her tears away with the sleeve of her dress. "Oniichan you still like me right?" she asked her tall companion.

ooc: Hanyou is Japanese for "Half-demon or half-breed"

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For the first time in his long life, Jonah was amazed at that question. Did he like her? Well, no doubt that when Ayame grew up...if she grew up...she would be a stunningly attractive woman. But now...he just didn't know. He had always been alone...maybe too long to know the difference anymore.

"Y-yes...I do," he said. A lie, but he made it sound genuine. "C'mon, let's get you to bed." He escorted the little wolf-demon to his room.

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"Yay Oniichan likes me!" she exclaimed as she trotted behind him her wide grin showing her tiny fangs but she couldn't escape the nagging feeling in her stomach that he was lying. Ayame yawned "where are we going next Oniichan?" she asked.


ooc: can we post in another city or town I'm getting kinda bored with this one.

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((OOC--A couple more posts in here and we can post in another town.--))

Jonah stared at her. He really didn't know where to go next. He was just a drifting mercenary with no certain destination. He then gave a small smirk at her as they entered his room. "I'll decide on that tomorrow," he said. "Now get some sleep. We've got a long trip ahead of us tomorrow."

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As Ayame climbed into the bed and felll asleep a gunmen sat on the roof of the building across from it he had perfect aim of the mercenary his gun had special bullets that even a monster like him couldn't withstand because it was made from a substance that acted like poisen to his kind.

"Time for you to die Jonah Azrael!"  the guman said smiling as he fired the gun three of the 7 shots hit the mercenary in the shoulder side and leg. "Dammit I missed!" the gunman cursed as he quickly sprinted away "Oh well doesn't matter he'll be dead in a few hours".

ooc: hope you don't mind the plot twist it just came to me.

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Jonah heard gunshots and since his reflexes were no match for a gun, he had three shots pierce him in the shoulder, side, and leg. "Dammit!" he cursed as he got up and reached for his scythe and looked out the window. Sure enough, he caught sight of a man with a gun running away. He hurled his scythe with great force at the man. It flew until it struck the man in the leg and embedded itself deep into the ground. Not the exact result Jonah had expected, but at least the guy wouldn't be getting away without ripping his leg off.

Jonah then doubled over in pain as black blood began to ooze out of the bullet wounds. He stubbornly pried a bullet out of his shoulder and sniffed it. No, it wasn't lead...it was orichalcum, a metal that demons hated and feared, for it had holy properties infused in it that acted as a poison if it wounds a demon. Jonah knew that he couldn't die from something like that, but those wounds still hurt like hell. He collapsed in pain.

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Ayame woke up to the sound of gunshots she sat up in the bed she rubbed her eyes wondering if she was dreaming, she then saw Jonah collapsed his face twisting in pain. "ONIICHAN" she yelled and scrambled to him his black blood was oozing from three bullet wounds one of them was out but the other two were still lodged deep in his flesh. "Oniichan I have to get the other bullets out kay but just hold on please" the wolf girl said gently knowing this was going to cause the mercenary great pain immortal or not but she had to do it or else they would get infected. Biting her lip she put two fingers into one of the wound holes and pulled the bullet out she then started on the other it was deeper than the first she had to dig deeper until she finally found it and pulled it out. She than ran to the bathroom and got a large basin of warm water cloth and bandages. And she began to gently clean the entrance holes.

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Jonah gritted his teeth and growled in pain as Ayame went to work on the other two bullets. Man, those things hurt! He still felt pain coursing through his body; maybe the presence of the holy properties of the bullets had already begun to work their way through his bloodstream. If that were the case, then he would be experiencing an hour of excruciating agony before his infinite amount of demon blood can ease it.

He then noticed his wounds weren't closing at the fast rate they usually do. Those damn bullets...they hindered his regenerative ability. Now the bleeding would take a longer time to stop. He hoped that man would die a slow, painful death.

"Damn," he grumbled in pain.

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The little wolf girl finished cleaning the entrance holes and began to wrap the cloth bandages around the mercenary's chest and leg. "Come on Oniichan the bed will be a lot more confortable than the floor" Ayame said helping the man over to the bed and pulling the covers over him. "I'm gonna go get some painkillers kay Oniichan don't move and stay here alright" she said quitely as she opened the door and shut it behind her.

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Jonah felt like a complete fool. He wanted to protest, saying that he would be fine and have Ayame not worry about him, but instead, he let her put him to bed. Why? He was in too much pain to think about the reason. So, there he sat, sweating and clenching his teeth while muttering curses under his breath. He squirmed slightly as the pain continued coursing through his body.

((OOC--sorry about the delay...school's a bitch...--))

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Ayame walked down to the store next to the inn and purchased some painkillers that she thought would work and walked back to the inn stopping outside the room door, the even had scared her she had thought she had lost another person she was close to tears were running down her face but she wiped them away with the sleeve of her dress why must she cry all the time? she didn't know but she wiped at her eyes making sure the saline droplets swere gone and entered the room. " Here Oniichan these will help" she said getting the man a glass of water and holding out the recommended dose.

ooc: Don't worry about it.