There was nothing quite like the taste of blood after having ignored the urges for the sake of finding her husband faster. She had went through many feastless nights, and she deserved what he had to offer; A meal fit for the next Evil Lord. Her eyes were closed, she was enjoying every last drop she could get, as this would be the last time she was able to fully enjoy his blood in it's purest form.

Eyes opening, A small gasp escaped her as Ein grabbed her and yanked her away, a small spat of his own blood gracing his chest. She plopped on top of his legs, blood dripping down her chin, and onto her dress. She smiled widely, slowly licking the blood from below her lips. "So you're telling me they can't be one and the same? Are you some sort of expert?" She questioned, though she noticed she was getting rude, and stopped. Crossing one leg over the other, she pressed her elbow down on her leg and rested her head atop her fist.

"Don't worry, dearest Ein. I don't expect you to be. I am a natural vampire; Born as a demon. You're thinking of Vampires that are humans who have been bitten; By us." She grinned, as she could tell he was putting the pieces together. "Don't fret. You aren't inferior, at least in race, anyways. A human vampire is seen just as royally when met with a natural one such as myself~"

She stared at him, affectionately, or at least it seemed. She was at least amused, and that was more than most people could do for her. She seemed more lively than ever, and literally was, due to the blood intake. Her eyes were extremely focused, not letting even Ein's breaths escape her notice. She considered diving in for another taste, but knew it'd be garbage compared to the first go. So there was, shamefully, no point. However, this all had one positive side-effect, at least Sinata thought so:

Ein would be granted her race, partially. Vampires had various improvements over humans; including a much longer life span. One that was necessary for dear Ein to ever consider 'getting old together' with her. Not that he probably even thought about that, she didn't think the marriage thing set in yet. But she'd make sure to enlighten him more tonight. She would be without him most of the day tomorrow, after all; She wanted as much of her husband as she could get.

"Human Vampire...? So, you did turn me after all," he noticed, removing his hand from the bite. The wounds themselves were only tooth-sized, but there was still a good deal of blood. Ein sighed, turning to look at the demon-vampire sitting on his legs. She was smiling uncannily, staring and observing him. There was a silence this time; he wasn't being overloaded with information, so he actually took the time to observe her; admire her, even. He didn't think about it too much before, but she was technically his wife.

There was a stare that housed some kind of affection, at least. He couldn't feel that she was looking at him like a piece of meat, but that didn't bother him. He was too caught up by Sinata's appearance, the way the moon reflected onto her and all of that nonsense.

Ein looked away, flustered now. He was overloading on information again, but this was the embarrassing kind. For him, anyways. Was it wrong to find her... cute? No, that wasn't the word. This was a rising problem, and Ein had to break the silence quickly. "How did you even get in here, anyway...? I don't wanna asume you turned into a bat, in case that's just a myth or something."

"Well, it's not a myth," Sinata replied, calmly. "But it's not like how you humans make it appear. Transformation requires focus, and a bit of magic, as well." She glances to the side, towards the window. "I flew in through your window. I'd suggest locking them next ti-" She paused, looking back at him. "Well, there won't be a next time. Here, anyways. But it's not smart to leave yourself so vulnerable~"

Noticing he was getting increasingly nervous, she brought herself forward. Planting her hands firmly on bed, she looked him in the eyes. Her key to the throne; to being the lord of the evil forces of this world; below her, now. "You know, a human has never been a part of the Royal Family before. You'll be the first." She said, thinking back to the Netherworld princes that tried to marry her. She had refused a few of them, and had killed one because he was just so irritating. If Ein was worth her time, she'd see. If this all ended up being for nothing, she was going to be very, very upset.

Hair falling in front of one of her eyes, she continued to look at him for a moment, before rolling to the side; and off the bed. Landing on her feet, she began wandering around. Not caring for his privacy, she began digging around. Through wardrobes, under rugs, and anywhere else she thought something could be hidden. She was curious if the boy had anything.. Scandalous. She'd not exactly be pleased if he did, though she couldn't blame him; He hadn't had her before now.

"I see..." Ein responded, kind of surprised for once. Would it be a skill that he could learn, or was it just something reserved for full-blooded vampires. He certainly didn't feel much different yet. The transformation probably wasn't instant, but he still wasn't sure how long it'd take until the vampiric tendencies began to arise. He was lost in thought about this, not noticing how close she was creeping up. He barely heard her speak after that, to be completely honest. It was nothing he found too surprising.

By the time he thought it was something he should ask her about, she'd rolled off of his bed and began digging through his stuff. Ein just sighed. He didn't have anything to hide, and he'd be leaving this place anyway. He didn't really care if she tore the place up.

"So... Tell me more about vampirism. When will I start needing blood? Will I get to transform as well? Is there anything else to worry about?" Ein asked, bombarding her with questions. Maybe it was a bit much, and he figured she was sure to get annoyed, but now was as good of a time as ever to ask them.

'Wow! This guy has nothing... I'm stunned.' Sinata thought, searching for some sort of hidden compartment; a safe, perhaps? But no, there was nothing. Ein's clothes were all over the floor now, however, along with whatever else he had put away. She decided that since he was asking questions, she'd give up for the moment and answer.

Turning, she threw a pair of his underpants on the floor. "Well, you see, we don't really need blood. Well, not a lot of it, anyways. We're only at full strength when we drink human blood; but we can get away with using animals if necessary. You don't have to eat regular food anymore, and it probably won't help you, anyways. Blood is your only needed substance." Maybe a lack of milk was why this girl was so short, though nobody could say for sure. Thin, too. "And let me tell you; NO. We don't burn in sunlight. That was just one guy with a really bad case of albinism on a hot day. And some people have really bad garlic allergies. So unless either of those apply to you, you'd be surprised how easy it is to get the upperhand on people who think they know how to fight us. However, holy water? That stuff burns. And the stake-through-the-heart thing will paralyze you. Or kill you if you aren't strong enough. Not great."

Shrugging, she continued. "If you'll turn into a bat... Well, I don't sense much magic in you. But I don't give a crap about it, so maybe it's just me. Once we return to the castle, my court wizard can help you figure that out. But for now, assume no."

It turned out being a vampire would only do more good than harm. 'No wonder she was so eager to turn me,' Ein thought to himself, nodding at her answers as he stared at the mess on his floor. "Making yourself at home? Or just looking for a memento?" Ein joked, laying back down in his bed. Oh well. If he had to give up part of his humanity to endure this trip with Sinata, it was worth it. That's what he thought, anyway.

"No. Not allergic to Garlic. I'm pale, but not Albino. But... He actually caught on fire? The guy with Albinism?" Ein asked as he looked at her, curious. "That's actually kind of amazing."

"And I've been interested in magic. I've just never had the chance to study or practice, because of you-know-who down there," he admitted. Blasting fools into the N'th dimension seemed fun, but would take a lot of time to actually get there. Oh well. If Vampires had an elongated lifespan, he'd have a lot of time to learn & get strong, if he had any magic inside of him. Surely he wasn't THAT talent-less, though... right?

"Oh yes, your stained underwear are VERY impressive." She retorts, rolling her eyes as she approached the bed, looking over her prize. He was the only thing she cared about in this town; There was nothing else of worth to her. In fact, since that Hero was here, she was certain she'd be back to burn the damn place down. Just so he could suffer. But she didn't want to plan too far ahead, so she focused on the current point of time she was in.

"It has it's own story in our culture. It figures you humans would screw that up, like most of everything else." She added, providing an example: "You humans think reincarnation is a simple task, for example. When really it's community service, but in the Netherworld." She bet he didn't know that. "You slave away down there; Cleaning, cooking, killing... Until you have repented for all of your sins. Then you are allowed back on Earth as a new being. It's the same for us demons, too. Except our reincarnations take much longer, due to being much more... What's the word?" She thought for a moment. "Well, let's just say, "bad"."

"If you want to learn, you probably can. I'd leave magic to the professionals for the most part, though. I knew this one guy who engulfed himself in his own fireball spell and died." She giggled, putting a hand to her mouth. "It was hilarious. But as you can tell, dangerous."

"Wow," Ein said, looking up at the ceiling. "Humans really are pathetic, aren't they..." Maybe he didn't have as much of an understanding on that as his partner did, but just from the stories she told him alone, he really did start to feel ashamed. Maybe purging part of his humanity was even better than he had thought. "I'd like to hear more of these stories- when we have the time, of course."

"Was he albino, too?" Ein chuckled, looking back at her. "I'm kidding. And, of course Magic's dangerous. But, I still guess I'm better off asking your court wizard. If I'm going to do anything stupid, I at least want it to fit my character," he explained, looking her over again. All of his life, Ein grew up with the notion of Demons being nothing but bloodthirsty warlords and cruel taskmasters. It was still too early to do a 180 on his assumptions, but at least Sinata seemed nice when getting past the Princess facade. Even if she were using him, he didn't care. It was more than what anyone else did for him, at least.

He'd do his best to make himself useful to her. Neither the village, nor his family mattered to him. Making it through this journey in one piece and pleasing her were all that mattered to him. All the humiliation and shame from before was unjustified, but he'd put up with anything for her.

"Yeah, but what can you do?" Sinata responded, finding his acceptance funny. "Oh, probably a bit more, since I've given you such a blessing." She added, charmingly. The faster he lost that human weakness, the better. Though it'd probably remain forever, at least partially. Nothing could help just how pathetic humanity was; You couldn't even fix them. It was sad; She almost wanted to pity him, but she had too much to do.

"No, he was just an idiot." She answered flatly. Though she listened to him for a moment, and nodded. "Alfonz will aid you however he can. Just don't expect him to give you a very high mark on his list..." She began grumbling towards the end; Seeming a little mad. Magic wasn't her thing; She just didn't have much of a grasp on it. And she knew that wasn't really able to be changed, but if Ein managed to surpass her in such a talent, he might start getting ideas. She noted to plan this out more at a future date.

"Well, dearest Ein... You should rest." She said, walking up to the bed with a smile. "If you are to be worth much tomorrow, that is. It will be a long day for us all; But draining, I'd think, for you especially as you start your new life." She winks at him, before retreating to the window. Climbing up, She looks out at the empty town, before giving Ein one last glance. "Farewell until tomorrow night~" She said, falling out the window.

One would expect she'd turn into a bat and fly away; But instead, she ended up crashing into some crates on the side of the house. Quickly, she scampered away, into the darkness.

Right. Vampires did live a lot longer than humans. That'd give him the necessary time to master magic, if he even had the aptitude. Again, it wasn't worth thinking about right now.

When he heard the crashing sounds outside of his window, Ein flung out of bed and ran to the window just in time to see a small dwarf of a shadow run off into the nearby woods. The boy shook his head. "Jeez... even if it'd be for a few seconds, can you really not transform well enough?" he muttered to himself, shutting his window- locking it this time- before kicking all of the clothes on the floor back into his closet. While he was up, he figured he'd also clean the blood that'd just been sitting on his neck and chest, so he went into the restroom to do that before heading back to bed.



NOW, Ein was in the woods, laying down next to a sack of stuff. In it was everything he needed; to hunt a creature, anyway. Not so much stuff to last two people for a month. These were just things his father bought him; basic supplies for a few days.

It was funny, really. He just slapped him with a bunch of stuff and sent him on his way. He didn't even have to spend a dime of Sinata's money. Oh well. She'd just have to get over it. There were always other towns. Whatever the situation was, he was just laying in wait for her at this point. At least, that's what it seemed like.

'There's my prize.'

Slipping through the trees, Sinata calmly progressed overhead; A town Scout had been sent to keep watch on Ein for the few days he was out here, to make sure he didn't bring back something he found, or have any assistance. Little did they know Ein had more help than they'd ever realize. As the man stopped in a bush south of Ein's position, he peeked out and noticed Ein just... Laying there with his equipment.

Sinata, however, was taking position above. Pulling out her knife, she licked her lips slowly, glaring downwards.

"What the hell is he doing...?" The man pondered, as a sudden sound of a branch's movements caught his attention. He looked up; The tree empty, but the branch shifting. Eyes narrowing, he was skeptical, but turned back to watch Ein.

That's when Sinata's knife drifted it's course; Right around his head and across his throat. A short gasp was all that was managed as the man dropped; Falling out of the bush, and into Ein's vision. Sinata stepped over him, like the trash he was, but leaned down to clean her knife on his shirt. "Such a shame. Seems daddy doesn't trust Junior as much as he thought." She said, somewhat coldly as she stood up, walking over to Ein with a smile as she sheathed her knife.

"But, I suppose that's why you'll be accompanying me, isn't it, love?"

Ein's eyes opened as the noise from Sinata's kill polluted his ears. She was good, but her cockiness was starting to piss him off. Maybe that's only to be expected with the daughter of an Evil Lord, but she seemed to be talking way beyond her capabilities. Naturally, he'd still have to see if that was true or not, but he had a feeling. Man, did he have a feeling.

Ein opened his mouth to speak. Instead of the softspoken and almost fearful voice, one that was much more deep and confident came out. "It took you long enough," Ein...? Spoke blankly before getting up and dusting himself. Before she had a chance to react, he spoke again. "And don't get your panties in a bunch. I'm still Ein, just the other side of his coin, so to speak."

When he finished that sentence, Ein(?) stepped over to her and knelt down, cupping her chin into his hand. "I really oughta thank you for this blessing, my love," he acknowledged, adding a weight to the word "love" as if he were taunting her. "That scrawny rat created me years ago as a coping mechanism, but I had no way to truly manifest until I felt your sweet blood pouring through his pitiful veins. Sadly for you, though, it appears I don't have complete control over this weak body yet. The other one could re-manifest at any time, so try and play nice with your new husband, okay?" he chuckled, with a cold air settling in. "But before that happens, allow me to offer the boy's virgin kiss as a symbol of my... appreciation. Surely demons don't value such pitiful things, but the boy does," Ein explained, leaning in. "And that's the WONDERFUL, part, dearest Sinata." Their lips met, briefly, before he quickly stood up and backpedaled to the bag of supplies.

"So. The old man just dumped a bunch of supplies on me and sent me on my way; WITHOUT any interference, thanks to you. The other one wasn't used to seeing that much money in a pouch, but I double-checked it this afternoon. The supplies here are roughly what we would have gotten if I had paid for them, so we appear to be fine either way," Ein explained, taking the pouch out of his pocket and tossing it back to his wife. "You can hold onto that. It's not like I'd get anything you wouldn't intend to."