SIXTEEN

It had been a little over eight hours and Soji was still asleep. We had gotten three rooms so Soji could have his own to rest in. Emiko and Rai were in another and for now Fang had the room we were meant to share by himself.

I laid in the bed Soji was in. He looked so peaceful in his slumber. Still I was worried about him. How much longer was he going to be sleep? How much longer were we suppose to wait before we worried? I guess it was too late for that. I was already worried about Soji.

Had I failed once again? Squeezing my eyes shut I rolled off the bed walking towards the window. I could see the world that was spread out under us. No matter what town, what city we were in it all looked the same. There was always the drunks that stumbled down the street. There was always the working girl that looked for her John. Always the junkies looking for their next high.

Demons walked the earth. Magic was no longer just in books; it was something real, something tangible. Yet some things never change. I guess it was a testament to human nature. This was what I was clinging to. These people were who I so desperately wanted to be.

Pressing my forehead against the cool glass I could feel a weariness pressing down on me. My day of sleep had come and pass. I couldn't remember the last time I slept. Before Shu was lost to us. Before we went hunting for the Blood Demon Kenji. That felt like a lifetime ago. Look at how much changed in a matter of months. How much more will change in the months to come.

I failed again. I was supposed to protect Soji the same way I was supposed to protect Shu. The same way I was supposed to protect Rai. It seemed like lately I was incapable of doing the things I was once good at. I couldn't beat Kenji and Ban. I could have beaten Azul, but Soji wanted to fight him. He did a wonderful job but now he was paying for it.

Was this really my fault this time? I shouldn't have let Soji fight. He was a mage though;when you are on a team of Demon Hunters every member countered. Our other members couldn't fight and I had to get them out of the car. Soji was all we had. I didn't know that his powers would use so much energy. So now what?

Now we wait.

"Zero," a soft voice spoke and I turned around to see Soji behind me. He looked tired. How could someone sleep for so long and still look completely drained when they rose?

Reaching out I yanked him forward. I pressed him against my chest holding onto him. I was . . . happy he was okay. I didn't want to lose another person that I cared about.

Soji's arms wrapped around me. Bending down, I pressed my face into his neck. He smelled so sweet. His scent should have made the hunger press down on me, but I felt no desire to eat Soji. I just wanted to hold him, to welcome him back to the land of the living.

"How are you feeling?" I asked as I pulled back from him long enough to look down into his blue eyes. My hand cupped his cheek and he reached up grabbing my wrist holding my fingers against his flesh.

"A little tired. I didn't realize I used so much energy. It was a careless mistake. I'm sorry for making you worry." I shook my head. Even if I had been worried, it was all okay now that I knew he was fine.

"I'm just glad you're okay." It was the truth. I wasn't even sure why it meant so much to me for him to be doing okay. I just hated seeing him so . . . weak. I hated seeing him in that bad. It pulled at something in the corner of my mind and threaten to rip a hole in my memories.

"You watched over me the whole time?" Soji asked his blue eyes seemed to be searching mine for something. What was it that he was trying to see? He reached up his fingers brushing under my eyes. I felt as if he was looking through me. Why? What was it that he wanted from me?

"Soji . . ." I started, but his fingers moved down my face. He pressed them against my lips halting my words. His eyes burned into mine. His fingers slowly lowering from my mouth. What was he doing? Why did this feel so . . . intense?

"I see you. I see your soul. I see the thin thread that links you and me together. In this life and the next one and every life we ever had and ever will have. I see you. And I love your darkness, and I love your light. But most importantly I love you, Zero."

He . . . saw me. He loved me. We only knew each other for a few weeks now. How could he love me? Why did when he say the words it felt different from when Ban says them? What was I suppose to say to him? Telling him that I loved him seemed . . . fake.

I wanted to do something. I wanted him to know that I felt something towards him. His fingers were tracing over my face. I could feel them moving over my eyes, my nose, my mouth. His touch was gentle. It was so much different than the way Ban touched me. Yet it made me want in the same way Ban seemed to.

Leaning down, I pressed my lips into Soji's. His mouth opened for me and my tongue slipped inside. Twisting them together I pushed my fingers into his hair. Backing him up towards the bed I could feel his fingers running up my chest. I paused long enough for him to pull my shirt over my head.

Tossing his shirt away I lifted him up so that we could move farther onto the bed. Pressing my mouth to his neck I flicked my tongue out. Tracing patterning on his skin, his fingers pushed up my chest. I could hear his heart racing from my licking. His bulge pressed against me and it made me growl deeply in the back of my throat.

I hooked my fingers into the band of his pajamas and pulled them down his hips. I could see his pale skin taint red as his underwear followed. Leaning down, I pressed my mouth to his again. His mouth yielded to mine once more.

Reaching down I started to stroke him as his back arched. Reaching up he tangled his fingers in my hair. Deepening our kiss I moved my hand faster. Was this really a smart move? Soji was a white mage. He was supposed to remind pure. He didn't seem to have a problem with me tainting him right now. His back arched as I pumped my hand over him faster.

There was the sweet sound of a moan that I could almost swear I heard before. Soji's hips jerked as I felt the warm liquid shoot from his body and coat my fingers. Moving my hand away, I smiled at him before I took him in my mouth.

Moving his hips as I licked and sucked; he was moaning as I bobbed my head. I moved my hand under him so I could slip a finger inside of him. Testing how tight a fit it was going to be. He let out a cry as I twisted my finger inside. Soji moaned more and more lasting a good ten minutes before I tasted his load in my mouth.

Quickly undressing myself I held up Soji's legs. I pressed my tip to Soji's hole teasing him with myself. Closing his eyes, he reached down and started to stroke himself. I slowly pushed in and he gasped with pain and pleasure. He was so tight. I sat still enjoy the feel of how he squeezed around me.

"Move," he demanded, "Please, Zero." It was a beg and I found that I liked the way it sounded on his lips. He loved me right? That meant that this was okay. Maybe it wouldn't taint him because he loved me. Sex with love was more than just sex. He loved me, but I didn't know if I loved him back. I was a demon and I didn't know if I could love him.

His arms wrapped around my neck as I bounced him up and down on my length. Leaning down, he started to kiss me. His kissing made me move faster and harder. He was moaning into my mouth and I needed more. I had to remember that Soji was only human. He was also the first person I had sex with that wasn't Ban.

By this point, Ban and I could either be fighting or he would have tied my hands up by now. He always tied me up so I couldn't fight back. Not that I thought of fighting when Ban was inside of me. There was only the burning need to make him give me more. Now that need was for Soji. It was to take him harder, faster. It was to please him in every way that I knew how.

Soji moaned my name into my ear. His soft voice sounded heavenly and I could feel the built up deep within. Pulling away I tossed Soji on the bed turning him around so I could be behind him. Entering him again he was grabbing the covers tightly in his hands as he moaned my name loudly. I gave his ass a slap and he reached down and started to pump himself. Holding his waist in one hand I grabbed a fist full of his long hair in the other.

He was begging for more. Feeling my release, I slammed into him a few more time before I shot my load inside of him. At the same time, he release himself on the sheets and fell away from me. I laid down beside him looking over at him as he was breathing hard.

"That was amazing," Soji was panting as I laughed turning on my side so I could trace my fingers down his back. He was beautiful. Once again, I found myself thinking that. Even as I compared him to Ban, he didn't look less beautiful to me. It was just in a different way. I wanted him all the same.

"Are you okay?" I asked. I wanted to make sure he was fine. I wanted to make sure that he was still . . . pure.

"Don't worry about it," Soji told me. He reached up pressing his fingers against my cheek. I smiled at him grabbing his wrist and pressing a kiss into his arm. Rolling away from him Soji moaned and I sitting up. "Where are you going?" He asked me.

"To check on Rai," I told him. Rai was still my responsibility. Moreover, I didn't trust Emiko. I didn't like the spell that she had over Rai. I didn't know if Shu would have approved of this friendship. I didn't think Amy did. She watched Emiko just like I did. I wanted Rai to be the same little girl that she had been. The death of a father can change anyone. It changed me.

Pulling my clothes back on I moved out of the room that Soji had been resting in the next door. Without knocking, I opened the door to the other room. I could hear the soft sound of someone moaning. I froze in my steps before rounding the corner.

Looking towards the mirror that was on the opposite wall of the bed I could see Emiko. Tilting my head to the side I could see Emiko in all of her naked glory. She was on the bed closest to the wall as she kneel before some unseen woman.

The other woman's legs were spread apart and Emiko's face was buried between them. I could see fingers tangled in Emiko's hair as the woman she was with rocked her hips towards her. I didn't know who the woman was. Where was Rai?

I didn't mind seeing a little girl on girl action. If one of the girls weren't Emiko, I would have probably enjoyed it even more. Before I decided, I liked boys I have been with girls. Honestly what man didn't want to see two girls touching each other? What person period didn't like a nice pair of boobs?

I thought about just standing there and watching for a moment but if Emiko put Rai out of the room so she could get her freak on I wanted to know where Rai went. Moving farther into the room both parties were now in clear view. Frowning I slammed my hand down on the dresser making both women turn around to look at me.

"What the fuck?!"