Returning With Wings....[Tomo;open][Finished]

[Sanada Tomo]

Tomoyo sighed as the two companions of hers decidedly took flight in sight of her husband. Tomoyo herself shrugged off his glare, not even phazed by the pseudo-threat that he was trying to filter into her guests.

"I don't appreciate you spoiling my fun," she said with a pout, "I had friends over, and your incessant whining has scared them away. I don't appreciate it. Symphony," she said softly, and she knew that the servant would be waiting for her behind Ren outside of the door.

She was displeased at his behavior at the conference, and his barging into a meeting with individuals whom she was discussing information and planning on distributing some of her own was not welcomed kindly.

Not caring about her husband's reaction, she said to Arashi, "Do not worry about Symphony; I will guide you to your room myself."

With that statement, she rose, water cascading down her body as she stepped out of the tub, not bothering to shield her naked form from the view of any of the men in the room. She had wanted to share some words with Migoto, but with his departure had gone her opportunity to do so.

Still dripping water and soap she walked past Arashi, she turned, her long hair stuck to her skin as she said, "Come," taking steps toward Ren and walking past him into the near empty hallway, where, as she thought, Symphony was waiting with both a towel and a robe.

Taking her time to dry herself off and don her robe, she caught Arashi's eye one more time and beckoning him further into the hallway.

"If you are coming, Ren, then follow, please," she said, trying to keep her tone level and polite.

[Mishiranu Arashi]

Arashi chuckled lightly at Tomoyo's indignation. It wasn't expected actually, nor was Migoto leaving faster then he himself. Arashi didn't mind the sight of her passing body as he might have if he had cared of Ren's opinion. But, since Ren seemed so unmoved by her actions, it was almost second nature to gaze at her glistening body. He looked up after slowly taking his eyes down her frame and looked at her stoic husband. He shrugged his thoughts away and looked to Tomoyo as she donned her robe.

"Okay then, I'll follow you to my room. Thank you for acting as my guide Tomoyo, I think your company is much more pleasant then Symphony."

He walked behind her as she headed down the hall. He hadn't argued her comment on scaring them away even though he was actually looking to rest. Ren's appearance in the bathroom hadn't been a very commanding one, not to mention his demeanor wasn't very affluent.

[Sanada Tomo]

Tomoyo paced down the halls and through the lobby that doubled as a throne room and through the set of halls on the other side. Without turning to yet another hallway, though, Tomoyo stopped at the the third room on the right. Of course, this wasn't where the room had been the first time, and the Yami-ou turned back and said, "This is where the room will be from now on...sorry about the change--sometimes the rooms move; they get uncomfortable with where they are...and with the Elves here...they've...been pulling pranks lately...ha ha..."

However, when the room was opened, it was just the same as where it had been when Arashi had left it, looking out over a Chinese style balcony overseeing a small town of farmers.

"I hope you enjoy it. Let me know if something has to change..."

[Mishiranu Arashi]

Arashi looked back to the husband of his host just in case before following Tomoyo. He looked around with curiosity at the throne room, pausing momentarily to glance around.
Your pretty well liked Arashi, I guess anyone can fall in love with you. Something about you sweet little eyes...

Arashi chuckled hearing Ramnyaku's words and watched Tomoyo open a door to a room he expected was hers. He at first thought she needed to get something until she mentioned that the rooms feel uncomfortable. And elves in the building play pranks by moving rooms.

"Well I guess it was smart to ask for a guide then..."

He smiled and entered the room, the furnishing all as beautiful as it was before. He was happy to have a place to rest again, he had almost expected to be turned away for vanishing so unexpectedly. He turned back to Tomoyo without the smile he had a moment ago.

"Thank you for allowing me to return here. I know I left you in the dark before. And I want you to know that in the future I'll at least leave you a note."

He smiled and bowed lightly in respect before sitting on the bed.

[Sanada Tomo]

Tomoyo followed Arashi to his bed, sitting next to him and pulling her robes around her.

"I have to say, your entrance has caused quite a stir to say the least," she said, folding her arms. Extending her hand in a motion to the door, the shadow of hers on the floor reached and reached, rising up the wood that formed the door, grabbing the knob and closing it gently.

Leaning back on Arashi's very comfortable sheets, Tomoyo now ran her fingers through her hair, which was still damp and partially clinging to her skin.

"Now," she said with a seductive smile, "where does your tale begin?"

[Mishiranu Arashi]

Taking Tomyo's informality as a norm in her realm Arashi smiled at the relaxing king and rose from the bed calmly and moved to the side opposite of Tomyo and removed his cloak. He wasn't very modest, and she'd already seen this much so Arashi had no qualms disrobing halfway to slide into the bed. Ranmyaku for some reason uttered indignations.

So quick to strip aren't you little Arashi..hmph

Arashi mentally ignored the comment and waited at the side of the bed. He looked to his hazed wings and pondered how they would effect the sheets in their current form, he sat on the bed again to avoid the effect of the chaos infused smoke.

"Well I guess by this point you've noticed my wings? I left you and went to the mountains, to vent. It got a little interesting from there."

He began and smirked remembering his playful day in the mountain village.

[Ongaku Migoto]

Still walking around Tomo's castle, nearly naked and damp, Migoto sauntered through the halls of the Yami-ou's dwelling, coming upon Symphony in a darkened corner, near one of the many guest rooms of the palace. "Hey there small, dark and sexy, how you doing?" Migoto asked playfully as he leaned against the wall where Symphony stood. His damp and matted hair clinging to his face like his still wet underwear clung to his slender frame, his guitar still in hand as he dropped the clothes he was holding.

[Sanada Tomo]

Tomoyo nodded as Arashi began his tale and stopped for a word from her. He was teasing her with the information; and in addition to that, he was quite apprehensive about the bed--he seemed to want to lay down on it, look at the sheets and think better of it. Either she intimidated him, or there was something that he was trying to hide from her until the end of his story.

"You know that I want to hear about your travels. So just tell me rather than stringing me along. I don't like being led on, you know..." she trailed off, "...as you can see by my irritation at my husband..." she grumbled.

---

Not too far from the room that her Mistress was in, Symphony found herself sitting in a corner, indian style and meditating, when a demon that she identified from magical signature as a Djinni approached her. It was the same Djinni whom her Mistress had allowed to stay in the castle, and so she was not alarmed. Knowing his signature alerted her to who he was and thus she did not start when he said to her,

"Hey there small, dark and sexy, how you doing?"

She did not typically get welcomes such as this; however, even this fact was lost on her, as she did not bother to discern the meanings of words aside from instruction or request.

"Is it my Master that you wish to find?" she asked, her monotone the same as always.

[Mishiranu Arashi]

Arashi still looked indecisive about the bed, and Tomoyo hoped that he would tell her why.

Then he said, "For some reason..I've begun to feel as if I should keep secrets. It's weird. I have no reason to keep secrets from you at all. Especially since the things I choose to hide are so small."

To that piece of cheek, Tomoyo said, "I don't know whether or not you're really keeping secrets from me, actually. I'll never be able to tell. All that I can do is take what you do give to me. However, if you get yourself into a predicament about something I don't know about, don't be upset if you don't get the help from me that you desire. I advise you to be wise in what you choose not to tell me, because I don't take lack of integrity lightly, and believe it or not I do hold grudges, even against those that I like," she added with a bit of an edge.

Arashi then made a face that Tomoyo wasn't sure about, but she said nothing and allowed him to continue his tale. He began to speak about his journey to the mountains, where he discovered that he had been fused with a sprite, probably not long after he was born, Tomoyo assumed. He gave the sprite a name, and the sprite apparently knew about the whereabouts of his family and how things had occurred to him--the things that Arashi had claimed to have not known when they met.

Tomoyo started at the information that he wasn't classified as a fallen. She supposed that it would make sense, but he was pushing it if he had already begun taking souls. However, becoming a fallen was his decision, and she would not interfere. It was clear that he was young and still had much to learn despite his abilties, and Tomoyo wouldn't be teaching him any of those unless there was an agreement of some sort between them. It was because of this that she wasn't surprised to see his wings change to a white color as he lay on the bed.

"Ahhh..soft." Arashi said as he slid into the bed. He then spoke of how he was beginning to see new things and old things in a new light.

Then there was the sudden outburst, "Shut up Ranmyaku!..." Then he said, "Oh..um..Ranmyaku's a bit of a bother from time to time..soo..yeah."

He blushed and looked away.

[Sanada Tomo]

Arashi still looked indecisive about the bed, and Tomoyo hoped that he would tell her why.

Then he said, "For some reason..I've begun to feel as if I should keep secrets. It's weird. I have no reason to keep secrets from you at all. Especially since the things I choose to hide are so small."

To that piece of cheek, Tomoyo said, "I don't know whether or not you're really keeping secrets from me, actually. I'll never be able to tell. All that I can do is take what you do give to me. However, if you get yourself into a predicament about something I don't know about, don't be upset if you don't get the help from me that you desire. I advise you to be wise in what you choose not to tell me, because I don't take lack of integrity lightly, and believe it or not I do hold grudges, even against those that I like," she added with a bit of an edge.

Arashi then made a face that Tomoyo wasn't sure about, but she said nothing and allowed him to continue his tale. He began to speak about his journey to the mountains, where he discovered that he had been fused with a sprite, probably not long after he was born, Tomoyo assumed. He gave the sprite a name, and the sprite apparently knew about the whereabouts of his family and how things had occurred to him--the things that Arashi had claimed to have not known when they met.

Tomoyo started at the information that he wasn't classified as a fallen. She supposed that it would make sense, but he was pushing it if he had already begun taking souls. However, becoming a fallen was his decision, and she would not interfere. It was clear that he was young and still had much to learn despite his abilties, and Tomoyo wouldn't be teaching him any of those unless there was an agreement of some sort between them. It was because of this that she wasn't surprised to see his wings change to a white color as he lay on the bed.

"Ahhh..soft." Arashi said as he slid into the bed. He then spoke of how he was beginning to see new things and old things in a new light.

Then there was the sudden outburst, "Shut up Ranmyaku!..." Then he said, "Oh..um..Ranmyaku's a bit of a bother from time to time..soo..yeah."

He blushed and looked away.

Even Tomoyo couldn't help her smile. He was rather cute after all. However, his appearance wasn't going to fool any hazards that stood as issues now because of his new found Celestial origins. He may be young and naive, but Tomoyo was not, and there were more than one problem that could surface here.

However, Tomoyo was still interested in more information. "What did you discover about your parents?" Of all things, as a subject of hers by birth Tomoyo wanted to know what circumstance could have created him.

[Mishiranu Arashi]

Although she smiled Arashi thought it seemed short lived. She wanted to know more...Arashi of course thought nothing of it. He knew nothing more then the races and a select few details anyway.

You truly feel she should know so much Arashi? Is she really that trustworthy?

She took me in when I was lost and wandering. She has only the intent to help. She is a very soft hearted person it seems, unlike you.

"Ranmyaku said my father is an old Djinni named Toll whom holds with him lillum slaves. One of which was my mother, my father shunned me and left me to die in the mortal realm. That's about all I know."

Arashi smiled and stretched his left wing out over the edge of the bed. He didn't do this with the other because did not want to knock Tomoyo from the bed...or did he. He suddenly stretched the other large white wing, pushing Tomoyo playfully to the edge of the bed and then laying the feathery wing atop her so she didn't actually fall. He hoped maybe to double his game and tickle her by accident.

[Sanada Tomo]

Arashi seemed t have gotten past his initial shyness with her, and he seemed more open to telling her about his own father, a Djinni who had slaves, not only one. Tomoyo remembered him briefly. She herself had threatened to kill for breaking the law; there had been rumors of him stealing already free Lillum. However, he was able to prove that his comrades had sold him the extra slaves that he had, desperate for money to buy things in the Mortal Realm. Tomoyo had never liked Toll--he was greedy and vicious.

It was then that Tomoyo heard the bit about his mother being a Lillite. At this she started, but not before Arashi chose to stretch his wings, nudging her playfully but covering her with his wing so that she wouldn't fall. The wing in front of her hid the look of horror on her face, which distorted her usually beautiful features in an expression of fear.

She sat up, frowning. "You are the son of a Lillite?" her voice was in a curious tone, one that would tell Arashi that such a detail was very important, and yet...somehow wrong. As the creator of the Lillum, Tomoyo was very devastated indeed. How could this have happened? Really! How? It was biologically impossible for Lillum to spawn male offspring.

She began to massage her temples with her fingers, and she said harshly, "...he is dead, is he not?" personally, if she had possessed a father like that, he would indeed be dead. And while there were issues betwixt Tomoyo and her own parents, she still knew the portion of Arashi that she had seen that night in her castle, when he had gone berserk. Now she was sure that it was the work of that Ranmyaku he was speaking to in his mind, but she was also sure that it was now a portion of his personality. Attributes like that did't just go away when the problem was resolved.

"...I was going to have to kill him for allowing this to happen. Where is your mother? Have you killed her as well?"

Tomoyo hoped not, because now that Toll was dead, she was a free Lillite. Tomoyo would personally give her a nice home in the third of Hell, under her personal protection. This was the matter at hand now. There was nothing that he could do about Arashi's existence, and to kill such a young boy who had done nothing to the world...yet...was not something that Tomoyo was willing to do. His death would do nothing for Hell, and would just be more blood stained on her hands.

"You will have to be careful...there are somethings about you that cannot be explained...a Djinn and Lillum mix?...It is possible that there is a woman who has the same attributes...I could try to train you to have more control of your power if needed..."

But that was the most that she could do for him. However, in the back of her mind, the viciousness that she expressed on that day loomed like a bad omen. She would have to send someone to watch him when he left the castle...

[Mishiranu Arashi]

A few thoughts ran through Arashi's mind. He knew she was even more interested in him now. He voice held a peculiar tone that told him he'd said something rather stunning.

umm..I forgot to tell you that you not exactly supposed to exist...

"Well it's nice to know your interested in my abomination of an existence Tomyo."

Arashi pulled his wing away knowing she wouldn't be playing with him any time soon. It wasn't a time for jokes..training was something he would be seeking, but not from her..not just yet.

"Yet, I think I'll do my own training, I'll search out people that can aid me and learn on my own. You helping me so soon...I don't really know myself yet. Just wait..."

He frowned hoping it didn't seem as though he was ignoring her questions about killing his mother and father.

"In actuallity..I've never met either of them..well..my mother attacked me in the mortal realm..but never my father. I've only killed around..eight people or so recently. And that was all within reason."

He made a face and wondered whether or not his thoughts were as normal as he felt they were. He'd become a bit less...human as of late.

[Sanada Tomo]

Arashi pulled his wing away from Tomoyo, and she almost felt bad about not being able to take this lightly. When he said that he would be doing his own training, Tomoyo's frown deepened.

"I am not sure if I want you to seek outside training," she said. "There are many influences in the world, and I would rather you not fall under one that would pit you against me. I like you, and I would rather not kill you."

She sighed. "As for your parents, I would rather give them a call. I have to do something about Toll--he knows that his life is on the line now. He'll be coming after you soon, and I would prefer you to not leave the castle because of it. I know how he is and he'll probably even order your mother again to kill you in cold blood...it would hurt that much more, and as a Djinn he'll sense your desire to know your parents..."

Tomoyo was nonetheless unhappy about his killing eight people recently. She preferred if those in the Mortal Realm--because she assumed that's what he was referring to--weren't attacked at random, but Tomoyo couldn't do anything about it. For all general purposes, Arashi had not yet chosen a side and the white wing that he had pulled away from her had been proof.

"Watch who you kill," She advised. "You do not want to have to deal with those whom you cannot defeat. Especially anyone from Heaven or their allies. Beware, for some of their allies are disguised as Humans in the Mortal Reallm--one or two are Human, actually. I cannot protect you from something like that. Heaven has been trying to get itself together according to the Conference..."

[Mishiranu Arashi]

Arashi waited and listened to her words of advice without a single expression. He knew the topic would be likely to matter to her, she's been curious as to his origins for the entire time he'd known her. He rolled on his side to face her and perked himself up on his elbow and nodded to each little piece of advice. When she was finished he paused and thought a moment.

"Well..No matter what I do..I don't plan to become heavily influence by any single person. I am already under the influence of the souls that I've collected so adding more would be strange. My training will be done at my discresion...by myself. This I have decided and this I won't altar. I mean no disrespect but it is my choice to make. Either you'll have to trust me...or you won't, but my choice is made"

He hadn't wanted to be so stern, he was not the authority here but he needed to be sure she understood his position. He wasn't looking for help, he didn't want her help. It was like...it was like cheating to him.

"Let me say that your care for my wellbeing is very much felt. It is for this reason that I have come to trust you so easily. And as such I feel you should at least trust me to take care of myself. As for my parents, they are likely the only people who can successfully trace me. Seeing as how I don't have the presence of either side of the celestial table. But I am not afraid. I do not want your help on this Tomoyo-sama. Understand that I have no thoughts of being able to order you...but your assistance would insult me. I want to discover ALL of my abilities. I want to become what I will be my own power."

He had kept his face as stoic as possible throughout the response and was sure he looked too serious. He just felt that if he let her..Tomoyo would become as a parent to Arashi. And this wasn't to be allowed. And though he was a bit apprehensive to admit it, she was someone he wished to stand at an equal ground with at some point.

"And I will be careful from now on. I know my recklessness was blessed with luck thus far but rest assured I've become the wiser."

Again..this is what you get for absorbing the mind of a ninja

"I'm sure my progress will not be slow. As a matter of fact..I'll be leaving soon to find a new source of information."

He smiled and hoped she recognized he said soon and not immediately . He would probably be here a while first.

[Sanada Tomo]

She listened to his words and was disheartened. She did not want him to do exactly what he was telling her that he would do: go off on his own without help and discover things on his own.

She could practically see the ambition in his eyes as he spoke about becoming his own power.

Tomoyo opened her mouth to say something, but closed it. This scenario was too intimate already; she had tried to take him in, young mind and body...and that was exactly the problem. He was too young. Seventeen, he had told her he was in the bar, too young to even have alcohol unsupervised. The words about to come from the Yami-ou's mouth would have been too motherly, and he had made it clear in his small speech alone that she was not nor ever would be even remotely seen as a parent. And as such, Tomoyo kept her words to herself.

She did not like this. This ambition for power was the same was that the Ishii Shoko had begun, as a Human in his shop in the Mortal Realm.

Almost without her realizing it, Tomoyo felt herself beginning to untangle herself from Arashi emotionally. She could feel herself pulling away, still acknowledging his existence, still understanding how he felt, but not going far beyond that.

He made it clear that he was no longer hers to protect or guide. She would give him what he wanted. She had given him advice for his journey. It was now up to him to choose whether or not to follow those pieces of advice.

When he said that he was going off to find a piece of information, she shrugged a bit; the dealings of Djinni were not her business, so long as it didn't involve Heaven or the Lillum...she hoped that he wasn't biting off more than he could chew, because it would be a shame to lose such an interesting young man to curiosity or ignorance.

She paid no heed to his statement about leaving, waving him off with a hand and a smile, adjusting the robes that were beginning to slip from her shoulders. "Don't bother. Stay as long as you like," she said.

[Mishiranu Arashi]

Arashi sighed as he saw the effect of his words. He knew he may not ever be able to take back what he said to her but he was sure what he said was right. He was beyond young to a being like her, and he knew well he had no choice but to go off and learn. He didn't want to completely remove himself from her, but he couldn't live under someones wing.
Good going you ass. Get in good with her then tell her to back off. Way ta go
I can't have a mother. If I was meant for one I wouldn't have been born a lillite. The son of a slave and a heartless man is not exactly one to have found a loving family.

Arashi had no reason to be so cold to Tomoyo, but he couldn't allow her mollycoddle him. He couldn't allow it..just as he couldn't help looking at her bare shoulder when she moved to cover it.
He laughed lightly and dropped back to the bed from his shoulder looking at the ceiling.

"Well...are we done with the serious conversation Tomoyo-sama. I hadn't intended to bring such a heavy mood with me in coming back here."

[Sanada Tomo]

"I suppose that we are done," Tomoyo said, keeping a smile on her face. She moved away from the bed, however, standing above Arashi and leaving a damp imprint on the bed. Her skin and hair were still wet, and she let the thin fabric of the robe fall off of her shoulders, only to wrap it around her body as though it was a towel.



"I assume that there's something that you want to do before you leave," she said with a mischevious smile. "Any ideas? Any places you want to go? Any activity that you never got to do as a child? Anything! I'm limitless!"

[Mishiranu Arashi]

Arashi smiled as she rose believing she was about to leave but when she stood over him he was a good bit surprised. He thought a moment as she let her towel drop and suppressed a malicious grin to replace it with a lustful one. He was unsure what he should do in this situation.
It's not like you don't wanna say it. I can't believe your hesitating.

"Well...I think there are a few things I wouldn't mind doing..."

He grinned wider and looked down her body slowly.

[Sanada Tomo]

Tomoyo's grinned at the expression of lust on Arashi's face.

"Well...I think there are a few things I wouldn't mind doing..."

However, she turned and headed towards the door. She hoped he wasn't being serious.

"You're underage, and rather scrawny," she said, wrinkling her nose. "I don't want to break you, after all." She winked at him, and added, "Did you want to eat with me? I can have Avalon set up the table...what do you want to eat?"