14th Inversion - Video

[ritsu_kouyou]

[The Vine opens a mirror to anyone passing by it to show the inside of an empty building. A place of finery, there was no movement. No sound. Nothing...

The mirror closes and a few moments later, it opens again, to show the inside of the same building, but a different place. A room untouched. A bed unmade. Trinkets around, but there was a thin layer of dust on them.

Again, the mirror closes and reopens a bit later to show the outside of this building. The gardens. They were untended, but finally there was so movement. Barely visible was a distressed looking Hoppip waving its fronds at something with cries of 'Hoppip! Hoppip!'

A voice responds, quiet but with a cruel edge to it, finally identifying the seemingly abandoned building as the Tohno Mansion.]

Your cries mean nothing to me. She's gone. They're all gone. You should leave, too, before I eat you.

[The Hoppip continues to cry out and draw close until it screams as one frond catches on fire. It flails about, putting the fire out before retreating. To the viewers of the mirror, it was hiding in the garden out of sight of Akiha.]

Go... leave.

[There's movement then as Akiha passes by the mirror, heavy streaks of vermillion running through her black hair. When she glances over at it, there is something distinctly non-human in her eyes. She narrows them, but says nothing, continuing on her way. A few seconds later, the mirror closes.]

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[ritsu_kouyou]

I want to taste you.

[AKIHA slowly circled Katina.]

Maybe if I drain you dry, I'll finally move to claim this Garden as my own. Bleed it dry until there is nothing left to kill. Maybe then... then... [Her gaze faltered for a second and she shook her head just a bit to clear it.]

[grandtheftmecha]

Do you really want to hurt me, Akiha?

[ No and yes. AKIHA wants to kill her and everyone and everything here, and she can understand it. God knows she wants to throttle the Queen on a good day sometimes.

Akiha... would be horrified. ]

I'm here for you, but I know I can't actually do much...

[ritsu_kouyou]

[AKIHA smirks.]

It only hurts when you resist. But I like it when you resist. It makes your blood run hot and I long to have it upon my tongue.

[Her hand reaches out, but again she stops herself short without actually touching Katina.]

She's denied me that for so long... I should punish her for that and make you scream when I take your blood.

[grandtheftmecha]

[ There's a knot in her stomach when AKIHA reaches out, but she doesn't flinch or back away - though her worry is evident in her eyes. ]

It's been a while, too. Since either side of you has tasted me... I dunno. Maybe it's what you need at this point, and maybe there's no point to not giving in...

[ She also sounds sad. ]

[ritsu_kouyou]

[AKIHA cocks her head.] You aren't afraid? I could kill you. I might kill you. Then no one else could have you. Ever. You'd be mine and only mine...

[grandtheftmecha]

That monster killed me and look how that panned out. [ Maybe the Queen won't bring her back this time?

Of course, everyone she cares for except for Akiha is gone, and if she can't get her inversion under control... ]

Akiha, you know that... no matter what happens to you or me I love you. You staying like this won't change it. Even being killed by you won't change that.

[ritsu_kouyou]

I have ways to kill you so you can't come back. I take you into me. All of you... And then you really would be mine. I wouldn't have to let her have you, too.

[AKIHA finally put her hand on Katina's shoulder and put pressure on it to tell Katina she wanted the pilot on her knees. But her hand was shaking.]

But if you love me... you won't leave me...

[grandtheftmecha]

Taking in my very essence... [ That sends a chill up her spine. Something like absorbing her soul?

It's easier on both of them if she drops to a knee, looking up at Akiha. AKIHA. Akiha. ]

I really do love you, and if you want me to stay by your side...

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Worse - her very concept.]

Even when I bathe this Garden in blood?

[AKIHA pushes Katina's hair out of the way and runs her nails along her neck, feeling the blood rushing beneath the skin.]

Hm?

[grandtheftmecha]

[ She's at AKIHA's mercy, those razor nails against her throat. But she's at Akiha's mercy as well - hurting her was one of the worst things she'd ever done. ]

...I can't leave you. No matter what you do.

[ritsu_kouyou]

No... You can't...

[Those words were whispered, breath on Katina's neck, just before Akiha bit. Her small fangs cut in and blood welled up to fill AKIHA's mouth. She shuddered a bit in the intensity of pleasure, having hot, fresh delicious blood again.]

[grandtheftmecha]

[ As the fangs cut her neck, Katina shuddered as well. She'd forgotten what it felt like - Akiha's small, sharp fangs cutting her, letting her blood flow free, taking it into her mouth.

A hand reached up to tangle into her love's red hair. ]

And I wouldn't want to...

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Arms going about Katina, AKIHA held her tightly as she drank her blood. Her cold body warmed up and the muscles of her back even relaxed. But that predatory air about her did not change. A lack of blood wasn't what had caused this inversion. It was deeper than that.

It was like Akiha was curled up inside, letting the demon protect her from more hurt. More loss. She'd retreated and relinquished control.

She lifted her head enough to talk, blood sliding down Katina's neck.]

If you try to leave me, I will kill you... and enjoy it.

[Her tongue lapped at the blood.] Because I love you, and killing you would be so intimate...

[grandtheftmecha]

[ Her warmth flowed into Akiha, her lover drinking the blood that kept her alive, growing warmer and stronger from it, and Katina couldn't do anything but lose herself in the sensation for a long moment.

She felt warmth running down her neck, head lolling to the side as she looked at AKIHA. How long would she be like this? No... it didn't matter. Katina could stay with her regardless. ]

...you won't... ever have to worry about being intimate like that. Just... if the Queen takes me away from you...

...do exactly what comes naturally to you. [ To hell with you Queenie. ]

[ritsu_kouyou]

I'll kill her before she can take you from me. [She lapped more blood up.] I'll be the one to rule this Garden. Make them kneal before me.

[Her teeth sunk in again, biting once more into Katina's neck. She drank a few more mouthfuls before speaking again.]

You know... she used to write stories. In them you were a warlord. Dark, powerful, strong...

[grandtheftmecha]

[ A tyrant. With Katina by her side. She could do that, too, especially with the many people who had disappeared since then.

Katina groaned as Akiha drank from her, but what she said caught her attention. ]

...me? And... what did that make her, in those stories?

[ritsu_kouyou]

She was a noble woman. The warlord was trying to claim her land through many means.

[She paused to drink more blood.]

She resisted so much.

[grandtheftmecha]

[ Katina's heart beat more loudly at that. Akiha, resisting the irresistible - as Katina claimed her.

At the same time, Katina felt like she was the one being pulled in by Akiha. Was this inevitable? ]

She... didn't have to.

[ritsu_kouyou]

Yes, she did. In her own mind.

[AKIHA paused again, drinking more and pressing her tongue hard against the bite to help slow the blood flow to something manageable. When she raised her head, she licked her lips, though some blood still clung to them.]

Because of me. Because the last one she loved... I tried to kill him. [She drew close to Katina's lips, her breath easily felt as she spoke.] Because he loved another and tried to leave us.

So she did have to resist the warlord.

[grandtheftmecha]

I know. She told me... all about it, you know. How dangerous she is, when she's jealous.

[ Katina ached for those lips, so close to hers, even if it wasn't the Akiha she wanted to kiss. AKIHA wasn't... the same person, and yet she was an integral part of Akiha as well. ]

But she didn't kill me when I two-timed her, and then played it up for as much drama as possible. I trust Akiha... I trust you.

[ritsu_kouyou]

Oh, I wanted to kill you. So much I could practically taste it. But she wouldn't let me. [AKIHA chuckled darkly.] I consumed half her will as consolation.

But now you're mine, only mine... and I'm not a noble. [And that was when the demon took Katina's lips in a possessive kiss.]

[grandtheftmecha]

She's... [ Her Akiha is in there. That is the Akiha she wants to kiss, and possess and be possessed by, not this violent, dark side of her, but if she has to have both of them in equal measures?

Katina can with that. While her thoughts are of who she wants, she's easily swept away into kissing the demon, restraint utterly gone. ]

[ritsu_kouyou]

[The taste of Katina's blood was there on AKIHA's tongue, on her lips, as she kissed her deeply. Somewhere in there was love, though unless Katina was looking for it, it wasn't easy to pick up underneath all the possessiveness and the dominance. AKIHA was -claiming- Katina with the kiss and that was quite clear.

When she pulled back, her hair was black again, but that inhuman glint was still in her eyes.]

[grandtheftmecha]

[ Katina's tasted her own blood before. This is nothing new - being dominated is nothing new - but there's such a strong, possessive presence coming from AKIHA that Katina can do nothing but reciprocate.

Her eyes opened as she pulled away, to black hair. Akiha. ]

...is that you?

[ritsu_kouyou]

Y-- no. Maybe. I don't know.

[Both sides were there, but Akiha didn't have the will... or the desire to try to suppress her blood. It made it hard to find a balance. She was liable to have violent mood swings like this.]