#💎 Assassin Treasure (Asaka Narumi)

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@blasterdiablo (Yet another Club drabble for an idea I had to get out that you do not have to respond to but tagging you anyway LOL)

Dreams were a weird thing. At times, you could wake up remembering every thing in vivid detail as if it really happened to you. Others, you could recall nothing at all what you saw. Though, surely the dream Asaka was having right now would fall into the former category, a dream that seemed so intense and real it was as if it was a memory.

The college student finds herself in an unfamiliar location, one where silver weapons decorated the walls and It was a dark space that's only light came from the few candles from fixtures on the walls. She shifts her head to further examine the place, quickly realizing she wasn't alone in this strange room. Yes, with her right now was...

"Ren...? What are you doing here? And where is here?" She questions, being unable to get a good look at him. Much of his body, other than his red locks, were being concealed by the darkness that surrounded them, after all. Slowly, she approaches him, being careful where she steps, but eventually stops once she makes it in front of him and is able to see him clearly as the room suddenly becomes brighter with the addition of more candles being lit.

And what she sees before her icey blue hues is an image she never wished to see. It was a sight that can only be best described as her worst fear brought to life. What she sees is her love, the person she most treasured in this world, covered in blood from head to toe. His eyes were wide, his body covered in bruises and slash marks that could be seen through unfamiliar clothes, and most shockingly of all, his stomach had been peirced with a black sword, one that resembled the one Ren had hung up over their bed in their bedroom.

Worst yet...that sword wasn't stuck in there. No, it was being held there by something. As soon as Asaka's gazes follows the end blade to the handle...she realizes just what or rather who was holding it. The one who had presumably stabbed Ren, who presumably caused him great suffering was...was...

Herself.

"W-What?! This...This can't...This can't be! I wouldn't...! I couldn't...! I'd never...!"

It's then that his body finally limps and falls on her, bringing both her and him down to the cold stone ground. His blood now stains her own body, both now covered in the red substance that to vampires symbolized life and to humans symbolized death. A hand is swiftly placed on his neck, checking it for the sign of a pulse. However, it just as quickly goes limp as soon as she feels nothing coming from it, a coldness now surging through her body like it had just been hit with a winter breeze.

Ren was...dead because of her.

Ren had been killed...because of her.

Ren had been killed...by her.

Just as she always feared might happen to him one day...

"No..."

"No..."

"Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Her cries of agony echo throughout the dark room and back in her shared dorm room with Ren. They were so loud that they were probably heard by those in the floors below them, such as Aichi and Kai. Her eyes then shoot open, sweat dropping down her face as she quickly sits up and breaths in and out heavily trying to process everything. Though, her concern quickly switched from her own well being to search around her room, looking for the person who she had just witnessed being killed by her own hands.

However, Ren wasn't...in the room with her. She checked the closet. She checked their balcony. She even checked under the bed to see if he was trying to prank her or something. He wasn't there. He wasn't anywhere she looked. And that fact...made her body start to shake, Asaka's knees buckling as she sinks to the floor in the center of their shared space.

Asaka had a reputation of being strong and beautiful, the person who knew how to hold it together and get things done. She was the one who started the Pale Moon Club in the first place. If it wasn't for her efforts, her kind wouldn't have a sanctuary in this human-run university. The club president she prided herself on being was far from the horrified woman who was on the floor now, the one who was slowly starting to cry as panic and worry took over regarding the current fate of her beloved human.

"Ren...Ren you can't be...You can't be...dead... All because of me...Because of a miserable creature like me...A creature who doesn't deserve you...or the love you've given me..."

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If I had a Nickle for every time Asaka in an AU has tamed and stolen someone’s trusted doggo, then I’d have two Nickles. 

Which..isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.  

#MissStealYourDoggo

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Inuyasha Verse Info For Aichi, Misaki, and Asaka! 

(This will no doubt be expanded upon with interactions/whatnot, but these are just my initial ideas! Also, as stated in an earlier post, interactions where the story of Cardfight Vanguard and Inuyasha take place in the same world can also happen! This is just my ideas for if these muses were from this world!)

Aichi

Aichi Sendou is a student in Kagome Higurashi’s ( @archeracrosstime​​ aka my Kagome) class in the modern era, but he is hardly ever noticed by his classmates during class time. He is shy, quiet, lacks social skills, is easily embarrassed, and has very high grades. In fact, he’s very near the top of the class. In addition, he is a huge fan of the Shining Swordsmen series, a fantasy manga/anime series about the adventures of a king of a kingdom in the holy nation of United Sanctuary and his ever faithful knight, the heroic warrior Blaster Blade (Who he has an action figure of he carries around with him that he got as a gift from a young brunnete boy named Toshiki Kai who he met as a child). 

Unfortunately, he is often the target for bullying, coming home more often than not with several scrapes or bruises much to the dismay of his mother and younger sister Emi. Kagome, being the heroic girl we all know she is, stands up for Aichi against his bullies, and quickly becomes his only real friend.

Naturally, he is no doubt concerned when he hears about how often Kagome is ‘sick’ and doesn’t show up to school for long periods of time. This concern leads him to one day try to drop off a care package for her, similar to Hojo. In the process, he is led to the Bone Eaters Well after hearing a mysterious voice call out to him. He doesn’t know where the voice came from, but as if by fate, he trips over Buyo and falls right into the well and suddenly disappears into a world beyond his imagination...

Misaki

Misaki, much like she is in my Nobles of Nature AU (Cause this base concept just WORKS for this world so I’m yoinking it, but obviously with diff lore/whatnot to fit Inuyasha), is the daughter of a human priestess and a fox demon in the Feudal Era, making her a fox half-demon. Her demonic form manifests in the form of red markings on her face, claws, sharp teeth, and ears that are on the top of her head. However, these traits hardly ever show due to her expert use of fox magic and holy talismans, allowing her to mask them completely with the use of a special mirror necklace she created with the help of her fox demon Uncle Shin who she lives with in a mountain shrine far away from any human village. 

Her parents died when she was at a young age, both dying to protect the shrine from demons seeking to take over their territory and purge the half-demon child who resided within the walls of the place. Naturally, such a traumatic experience scarred Misaki, causing her to have to grow up quickly and became much more reserved, mistrusting of others, and colder in the process. 

Her ‘New Moon Night’ funny enough occurs during a Full Moon. Her appearance does not shift dramatically, other than the loss of the demonic features due to her physical likeness resembling her human mother (Inherited her light purple hair and teal eyes). She does lose access to her fox magic, making her rely on her spiritual powerless she harnesses through magical talismans to defend herself on these nights. 

Asaka 

Asaka Narumi, also known by her title as the Crimson Beast Tamer, is a full-blooded ‘tamer’ demon from the Feudal Era, a race of demons who specialize in controlling and well taming smaller weaker demons to do their bidding (similar to what Naraku can do but no where near on as large a scale as him). Such types of demons are very rare and often come from noble families, with her being no exception. In fact, the Narumi family is well known for it’s use of their tamed demons for entertainment purposes, putting on grad performances akin to what would later in history as a Circus.

Her main demon she commands and star of her show is a huge manticore demon she tamed when she was merely a child as a test of her strength. It obeys her without question, and is extremely loyal to her, even if she did not have her powers. Some other smaller demons, such as imps, rabbits, and ones who can possesses dolls and other objects fill out her roster.

Despite being a performer, Asaka is also quite deadly in terms of battle capabilities. In fact, she’s even taken on assassin related jobs, assassinating noble demon lords for high amounts of pay. She’s all out for herself and her own glory, no doubt probably making her a good target for Naruku to try and convince to attack Inuyasha and the gang.

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💙💜

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@blasterdiablo​​ Sent: An 𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐀 Sentence Starter (Accepting!) 

❝  i’m  feeling  a  little …  dizzy.  ❞ [Ren @ Asaka

Drinking blood from another. To vampires, this sacred act meant many things, with the meaning different depending on who you asked. To some it was simply is an act of survival, one done out of necessity so they could survive. To others, it’s an act of vengeance, one meant to cause harm to their enemies. But for the president of the Pale Moon Club of Keter University, she saw it was an act of necessity but also one of passion. At least...when she as drinking Ren’s blood that is, which she had been doing exclusively ever since he found out here true nature and offered to be her main source of blood. 

Vampire couples showed their affections for their romantic partners, who in the olden days were sometimes referred to as called ‘mates’, by drinking from one another almost as much as they did other acts like kissing or cuddles. It was a sign of trust between two individuals, an act that allowed them to be able to taste and feel one another on a deeper level. That’s why the mark of possession, the deepest form of love and care a vampire could give to one another, could only be given after a feeding. 

Vampire and human couples, on the other hand, had different circumstances. Humans couldn’t feed from a vampire. Well...they technically could, but the taste of vampire blood on a human’s tongue would surely cause them to be sick. Some people theorized that fact is a biological defensive trait that came about as vampires evolved and humans became the only real creatures who could stand up to them, as powerless and weak as they could be in comparison. So, they couldn’t exactly do that equal passionate exchange like two vampire's could.

Though, that didn’t mean passion could not be found between a vampire and a human. Oh it surely could! Asaka and Ren’s relationship was proof of that, especially when it came to feeding times like what the two were doing now. They were inside of their own shared bedroom in the penthouse of the Pale Moon Club, the nicest and largest room in the entire dorm that was down the hall from Asaka’s office. It was so nice and spacious some people often thought it was like a hotel, but that’s only because Ren loved to spoil Asaka and buy her all sorts of expensive things to make the place feel that comfortable and luxurious. At least her boyfriend’s awful and abusive father she wanted to strangle to death was good for supply funds, making him have some sort of use if nothing else.

Her fangs had sunken deep down into his neck as she laid next to him, Asaka being sure to do in such a way to please both her and Ren’s preferences. For some strange reason, he liked it when she bit down hard, the surge of pain feeling pleasurable to the human. She isn’t quite sure why, but as long as she is careful about it, he shouldn’t be hurt by the intensity. So, she indulges him. Ren indulged her plenty enough. It’s only right she do the same back, right? 

It’s only after what felt like an eternity (but in reality was a few minutes) does she release her hold on Ren, his blood dripping from her lips and onto his neck as the vampire was now pleased with her blood intake.Thankfully they both had worn older clothes during this feeding session and the bed was covered in a protective black sheet, fabrics they didn’t mind getting stained or dirty. She couldn’t let even Ren’s fruity blood stain the nice covers and sheets he had gotten her, especially not when they had planned to cuddle up and watch another romantic comedy on their giant TV that was hanging up on the wall after this.

❝  i’m  feeling  a  little …  dizzy.  ❞

“R-Ren!” The words make the vampire jump straight into action, Asaka sitting up and gently placing her hands on Ren’s shoulders. Slowly, she adjusts to have him sit up, thinking a change in position might be good when dealing with the after effects of a feeding. She did take a bit more blood than usual with this one, but that couldn’t be helped. Asaka had been so focused on studying as of late that she had grown rather hungry, and even with her trying to play it off that she was fine, Ren wouldn’t let her do anything else until she fed.

 Seems like she and Ren had more in common with Toshiki Kai and Aichi Sendou than she might have realized.

“I’m...I’m sorry. I should have...I should have stopped sooner, but I was just so...” Her head shakes, not wanting to make excuses for herself. Ren didn’t need to hear them. “Nevermind...Do you want me to get you anything, Ren? Like something to eat or a cup of tea? Just say the word and I’ll get it for you.”

Thankfully, her dorm room had a full kitchen that was stocked with all of Ren’s favorite things, from tea flavors to snacks. She was prepared for any situation. It was how she liked to be, and why the other vampires here liked having her as a leader.

Though, not even Asaka herself could be prepared for what was to come in a few months, the beginning of the end and the start of a new era for all...when the ones with eyes of ruby and sapphire will return to this world to enact their revenge and begin the life they were promised..

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What brand of stupid are you?

Smart until infected with stupid

You think you're safe don't you? You are probably the responsible one in the group, perhaps even the mom friend. You are relatively smart but all it takes is one little thing to suck all your braincells out. It could be hanging around your fellow stupid friends, it could be being left alone, it could be having a bit too much fun. The stupid lives inside you and it just takes the right environment for it to show.

Tagged By: No one but yoinked from @halfghcst 

Tagging: @blasterdiablo​ @thcsevoices (Mikia!) @scarlxtleaves (Sinbad!) @tcthinecwnself (Luz!) @tophatz (Anzu!) @dorakonia @fragmentedimensions (Miwa!) @adversitybloomed (Mulan!) @chxmpionofjustice and anyone else who wants to do this

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It's their month this month as the June B-Day babus.

(Aichi's B-Day is the 6th and Asaka's is the 11th)

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@blasterdiablo Sent: FOR THE “YOU CAN KILL ME BUT DON’T YOU DARE TOUCH THEM” DYNAMICS (Accepting) 

[ THIRTEEN ] sender was kidnapped, receiver shows up to save them. [Club: Junos @ Luquier & Fullbau loloolol

Luquier isn't the only vampire hunter in the area. If you knew where to look, you'd find a slew of people in the same business of killing bloodsuckers. It's not surprising at all considering how many people on both sides hated those in powers, humans hating the subjugation and prejudice and fellow vampires hating how despite their people's power there were still those among their ranks who were struggling for food to survive. Indeed their world was a messed up place, one truly needing change.

Although, changing the world was far from her mind. No, what her mind was focused on today was the fact a rival huntress, the songstress named Farah who used her voice to lure her targets in, had taken the very person she staked a claim on. It was a rule that hunters wouldn't seek other's targets, but since Luquier has failed in killing this one several times now, it seems like Farah thought it was fair game. Big mistake if you asked Luquier. For everyone should know never take the prey the silver-throned assassin has claimed.

"Oh, that siren is going to pay for this...No one is going to kill that idiot but me!"

She quickly leaves her seat at the local bar she often visits to gather information about her targets to be on her way, leaving the bartender a nice tip for telling her about the trouble lord idiot had gotten himself into this time. With a whistle, Fullbau appears in a flash from where she had left him, the woman gently stroking his head and praising him before jumping on his back. Her whip crack to the ground signals the High Beast to charge forth, knowing he can track his former master's location from his scent, even if it was faint. That idiot's smell was one of a kind, so fruity and sweet like candy, perfectly unfitting for a vampire like him.

Then again, she saw him unfit to be a vampire anyway. He was more like an impudent child than anything else. And here she was, coming to his rescue, like she was his knight in shining armor or something. Ridiculous...She's only doing this because he's her claim to kill, and she wasn't about to lose to a rival vampire hunter, especially not that singing bitch. That's all.

Right...?

The trek takes her up through the local mountain pass, a remote location that seemed to have either humans or vampires living there. It was the perfect place for any hunter to have as a home base. Luquier preferred having hers in an underground bunker in one of the major cities. It was easier to get jobs and resources, after all. Though, even she can't deny the appeal of being so far away from everything. The peace and quiet would at least assist in her beauty sleep, at the very least.

Eventually, ice-blue hues find themselves glancing upon a rather nice home. From what she could tell by the architecture, it probably belonged to a vampire noble and their family, who Farah killed. Not a bad place, not bad at all. Guess Luquier will have to put it to good use after she's done with the one who dared to take her claim.

Using all of his strength, her beast breaks open the door to the place, and within sight, she finds her target. Looks like he found himself being strapped to a table and about to be cut into by the songstress. Looks like she was just in time to spoil the fun. At least Lord Idiot hadn't found himself dead just yet, despite her nose instantly smelling his blood from some bleeding wounds he probably got during his capture. He was going to die at her hands and her hands alone. That was a promise.

"Hey, bitch! He's mine! As in, he's my prey to kill! You got that?! Now, hands off!"

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@blasterdiablo​ (Cause we need Luquier Junos hours too)

Luquier was on the move, the huntress moving swiftly through the trees of the forest that surrounded the vampire’s palace to seek out her next target. In truth, her hunting work these days was as much a thrilling spectacle as much it was an act of survival. The vampires had turned their world upside down, causing humans to turn against their own kind to save their own skins. It almost made the way supernatural creatures of the night view humans, that being one of savagery like any other animal, have some merit. The key word being almost. 

The only reason the dark side of humanity had come out was because the situation forced them to. Tough choices were being, ones that were not fair to anyone involved. Luquier had been subjected to this as a victim of the vampires for most of her childhood after her parents sold her off to save her own skins. If it wasn’t for some luck and patience on her point, she would have remained a walking blood bank forever. And that wasn’t a fate she’d wish upon anyone. 

Though, her actions are far from heroic. Luquier wasn’t hunting down vampires to liberate humanity. Oh, no. She was doing it for her own reasons, for she had no one to fight for but herself for she cared about no one but herself. Her clients always paid her rather handsomely bringing back the heads of those vampires they wished to be taken out of the picture. Oh yes, she was motivated by vengeance as well as wealth. With the world in complete shambles and  Luquier knowing her efforts alone can’t change it, why not at least be comfortable, right? 

Her target tonight was another noble, one around the same age as herself. Honestly, she lost count of how many noble bratts she’s killed over the years. They were always so prideful, so haughty as they underestimated her. It made seeing the look of true agony on their faces that much sweeter as she tore them limb from limb with her array of silver-throned weapons, ones enchanted with poisons that would counteract a vampire’s natural expedited healing. 

The huntress stops at the top of a tree to surveillance the area, and much to her surprise, she sees her target...taking a stroll without a care in the world? Sure, this forest was supposed to be protected grounds. It was rather close to the palace and the surrounding noble manors and vampire town, after all. But surely one, vampire or otherwise, wouldn’t be just walking like this at this hour so casually. Guess this one was going to be rather simple.

Cold blue eyes lock onto her target, Luquier moving to pull out her favorite weapon being her whip in one hand and a dagger in another. Swiftly and without hesitation, she gracefully jumps from the branch and instantly flicks her wrist. With precision, the whip wraps itself around the the red-haired noble, Luquier landing in such a way where one of her feet pressed into the other’s stomach to pin them there. Her dragger, scarp and ready, was in her other hand ready to end this quickly. 

“You really should know better than to walk alone in the dark, little bloodsucker. I was hoping this would be a grand spectacle of an evening, but I guess the curtain is going to come down just as soon as it went up. What a pity.” She taunts, her dagger right over his throat. “Any last words before I send you to Hell where demons like you belong?” 

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I love how Asaka & Kai’s first instincts in signs of danger is to protecc their husbandos.

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She could hear the shouting coming from the Hatter’s room even from the kitchen, Asaka looking up from stirring her stew pot to soften her eyes in concern. The outbursts from the Mad Hatter were becoming more and more frequent as of late. He was known for being well...’mad’, but that usually was more in the weird and whimsical kind of way. Currently, all she could hear and feel was his anger, an antagonistic anger towards his one and only son.

Asaka didn’t understand why he was always so hard on him. They all had pressure placed on them to live up to the roles they were to inherit from their predecessors, a pressure she felt as well, but no pressure as as large as the one place on Ren. Ren’s father wanted perfection out of him, an odd aspiration considering his role. He wanted it so much he resorted to locking his son inside the studio until his unrealistic expectations were met, and she couldn’t take any more of it.

Putting herself on the line for the young Hatter to be, she sneaks out of the kitchen with a small box in hand that hid some food she managed to gather. It sadly was not enough by any means to be a proper meal, but it would have to do. Something was better than nothing. Her brown ears twitched as she then jumps up to the balcony of the Hatter’s room from the castle garden, the girl making good use of the incredible jumping power that came with being the March Hare.

“Pssst...Ren. Ren, it’s me.” The girl whispers after slowly cracking the door, making sure her voice isn’t too loud as to not get the attention of the Cards who were walking the gardens. “I...I have some food for you. It’s not much, but I hope it will be enough to last you until I can get more.”

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@blasterdiablo​ Sent: A Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Starter (Accepting!)  

“If you wanted to hold my hand, all you had to do was ask.” [@ Asaka]

The night is quiet, a rarity for the house of the Pale Moon Club that usually is filled with avid parties each and every night since it’s opening. One couldn’t blame the members for their constant celebrations. Vampires were not exactly allowed to...fully express themselves in the world in which they lived very often, especially on a large college campus like this one. It was that need for a safe haven for them that inspired the young women to pull together enough resources to create such a space, all the while keeping it’s true intentions secret from the even the top staff at the university. 

Tonight, however, all was peaceful and calm. Why? Simple. Midterms were right around the corner, and well, everyone needed to study. The last thing they needed was to get kicked out of school. Not only that, having a large number of their students fail classes could see them evicted from the club’s space as well. No way that was going to happen under Asaka’s watch, and that is why she enforced strict quiet hours that thankfully everyone was following, herself included.

Her face had been stuffed into her textbooks, scanning and absorbing all of the knowledge on each and every page of her biology textbook. While being a Theatre major, she still had to take some general education classes that required a more traditional study approach. Normally she doesn’t have too much trouble with school, but she’s definitely feeling the pressure and stressed as she looks over the book and her notes for what seemed like hours on end.

 “If you wanted to hold my hand, all you had to do was ask.”

The voice of her human boyfriend then breaks her out of her study trance, icey blue hues glancing towards Ren. He was a rather odd human, to put it simply, but it was that oddness that Asaka found to be very charming. Even right now, as he offered her his hand, he is doing it to try and help calm her anxiety in his own way. 

It was...sweet. Simple, but sweet nonetheless and a gesture she very much appreciated. She, of course, accepts it and feels a lot more relaxed as soon as she feels his soft warmth of his skin make contact with her own.

“Ren, I...” She starts, but is having trouble finding the words. Despite the two having been in a relationship for a while now, Asaka is still blown away by his kindness and handsomeness, one that never changed even after he learned what she really was. What a lucky gal she was, huh? “Thank you. I...I needed that. I know with your support, I’ll be able to do well enough on this exam to score high in this course. The future of the club is riding on this, and I...I won’t let anyone down.”

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@crimsonkaiser​​ 

Toshiki Kai...The name of that beast made her blood boil, icy blue hues sharp as she glares at him from across the room. Ever since he joined the Pale Moon Circus, he’s been taken all of Ren’s focus away from her. Not even her best performances can entertain him the way they had done before, Asaka only managing to get scraps of his praise as he always gave it to the flame dragon. What made him so special anyway? What drew Ren to him and not her?

Jealousy fueled the rage deep inside her heart. She had devoted her life to Ren after he gave her a home when no one else would, that devotion growing into a love that she one day hoped he would reciprocate. After all, assassins and circus performers like Asaka were societal outcasts only to be seen as criminals and or lunatics. Not Ren though. He was different. He saw something in her, so much so that he decided to create a circus with her and Tetsu as a way to gain stability in a world that tossed him from his promised life. 

He was everything to Asaka, and she wasn’t going to let some lizard steal him away from her. Despite Ren being the director, she was the Ringmistress of the Pale Moon Circus. She was the one to call the shots when it came to who was to shine on stage, and in her eyes, Toshiki Kai needed to remain backstage. Getting rid of him all together would surely upset, so that option was off the table. 

But Asaka was quite the crafty young lady. She would just have to...find an alternate method of shoving him to the side without anyone noticing, and she think she has a way of doing just that.

“You know, you could really pull your weight around here more, Toshiki Kai. When was the last time you helped with any of the preparations for the show or for the crew? I’ve never recalled seeing you contribute once to them since we saved you that day. How rude.” 

Not that she herself contributed much in the chores, but she was a star of the circus. She didn’t have time to do such trivial things. Kai on the other hand was another story, giving her the chance to give him some busy work so he would miss being able to perform in tonight’s performance. 

“Guess it’s true about what they said about you dragons. You’re ungrateful and useless creatures only good for creating mediocre light shows and having your blood and scales harvested.” Is she trying to provoke him? Oh yeah she is. Men like him with big egos and a desire to prove people wrong were so easily manipulated, and if there was one thing she was good at, it was twisting things to make them go her way.  

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Pale Moon Club AU Vampire Huntress Luquier (Past Asaka) & Vampire Noble Junos’ (Past Ren) first meeting be like:

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@blasterdiablo Sent: FOR THE “YOU CAN KILL ME BUT DON’T YOU DARE TOUCH THEM” DYNAMICS (Accepting) 

❝ can you make everyone else just go away? i know they mean well but i just want to be alone— alone with you i mean. ❞ [Ren @ Asaka, nobles or club or any verse lets be real lolol

Things had been hectic as of late around the Pale Moon Circus, ever since Asaka had decided to do a revamp of the entire show. After all, what was being performed prior had not been good enough for Ren. She could see from the brief glimpses she would get as she dazzled the stage with her beauty and tricks that he was becoming bored with the acts they'd perform each night. So, she had decided to incorporate changes, a lot of changes, to hopefully draw his attention back to her show and not the thoughts he'd continue to have about that runaway dragon.

Constantly competing with someone who was more like a ghost at this point was beyond irritating. Ren has told her that he hasn't seen Kai in his visions in years. On top of that, their group had not yet managed to capture that beast despite several attempts over the years. It was clear Kai didn't want to return to the circus, and while he was certainly powerful, Asaka had managed to acquire many powerful dragons to suit the circus' needs. They no longer needed him.

At least, she thought that. The director disagreed with that statement, saying Kai was needed to fulfill the visions he had been seeing. Asaka wasn't the type to doubt or disagree with Ren. She was devoted to him and had been since he saved her when they were younger. But this? She thinks his obsession with a dragon who abandoned him is doing more harm than good, especially when she sees the negative effects of his gifted eyes late into the night, when no one else can see.

There was no stopping him at this point, though. Ren would only stop this hunt once Kai was captured. As much as she doesn't want that lizard to return and once again take the spotlight from her, she cares more about Ren's own happiness. If having Kai under their thumb and performing alongside herself made the man she loved happy, then she'd do her best to try and make that image a reality, even if it's not what she wants.

Until that day came, she'd just have to continue working hard to satisfy him with what she had available to her. The Ringmistress had been putting together new acts for the show, putting people in different arrangements, incorporating the new beasts that were captured, and even changing the order of performances. She was trying something fresh, something to catch Ren's eye this time. Asaka couldn't bear to see him fall asleep again during one of her shows. It hurt too much...

With all the changes, however, came commotion in the form of everyone coming up to Ren to see if he approved of everything. Asaka had explicitly instructed everyone to bother her, and not him, for Ren was recovering from yet another spell from the lights which gave him visions of the future. He was in no place to be giving feedback right now. She also wanted the changes to be a surprise for the show tomorrow night. Looks like she was going to have to have a little talk with everyone for not listening to her instructions.

Before she can even go and arrange such a meeting, the voice of Ren grabs her attention completely. He was seeking a break from everything around him, just as he often had done, by seeking sanctuary with her and her alone. Who was she to deny his request?

"Consider it done. Please, give me a few minutes."

Asaka then gives a quick bow at her waist before leaving, slipping into that formal routine she's used to displaying when they're anywhere but the safety of her room. Out here, they both had roles to play. She was the tough and elegant Ringmistress and he was the charismatic Director. Only could they truly be Asaka and Ren when alone in their dark, dimly lit sanctuary, the place she intends to bring him to in order to relax.

The crowds of performers and staff all disperse at Asaka's command. They had all been practicing for hours and taking breaks was necessary to ensure everyone would be in peak condition for the upcoming show. Though, she was more concerned with following Ren's request. He was always her first priority, even over herself.

After returning to his side upon completing his request, the Ringmistress slips her hand to grab his own gently. Carefully, she leads him back to their shared room, far away from the prying eyes of the circus. The only people who had clearance to enter this area of their camp were Tetsu or that Psyqualia know-it-all Rekka, but Asaka is certain her pets guarding the door will do a good job keeping anyone from bothering them.

She closes the curtains, dims the lights, and then finally rests her head on his chest while wrapping her arms around him. They were alone together at long last. Even though it's only been a few hours since they were last in this room, to her it's felt like an eternity. That's how it always feels when she's apart from him, the very man she loved more than anything in this world or any other.

"You can stay with me, like this, for as long as you like. My chambers are always open to you, Ren."

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@thcsevoices​ (Koga!) 

“Haha...Guess your wolves know an alpha when they see one, huh Koga?” Asaka smirks, gently petting the heads of the multiple wolves from the wolf demon’s pack remnants who left their leader’s side to walk up to her instead. It was moments like this, when she showed off her supreme prowess and ability, that the tamer lived for. Thankfully, her manticore wasn’t envious when new demons flocked to his mistress’ side, evident as he stood behind the one he served, for he knows he will always be the lead star in Asaka’s eyes. 

“I wonder just how I can incorporate them into my shows. After all, they’ll do better serving a demon of worth instead of a pathetic one who allowed his own pack to be all be wiped out.” 

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