For the Sake of Love CH: 1

A Young Dreamkeeper, barely an adult, dashes through the dark alleyways of Anduruna… Behind him, a smaller splotch of shadow follows closely behind… The Dreamkeeper is momentarily caught in a ray of moonlight: He's a blue Dragon, wings tucked tightly into his body, a long, agile tail flowing gracefully behind him. The second figure, a winged Dark Ryuu-Neko, eyes glowing a menacing red.

The Dreamkeeper stops in behind a beautiful, two-story house. "Alright, Alerio… C'mon…" He shrugs a shoulder and the animal zips up his body and perches on his left.

"Mreh…" Alerio ruffles his wings before settling down. "Rrr…"

The Dragon ignores him as an extremely faint halo, barely noticeable as a glowing mist, appears above his head. "Go time…"

He touches the shadowy wall and begins to quietly scale it; the places his hands touch, the shadow sticking to his hands like adhesive. As he climbs, he flicks the end of his tail. "Where is her room?" As a result of his carelessness, he hits his head on a balcony just above his head.

Backing down, he rubs his horns and forehead. "Oww…" He frowns and touches the balcony. His halo glows stronger; as if it were a glow stick ring. He then starts to ooze into the balcony above him as he continues to climb. Moments later, he phases up and out of the floor of the balcony.

Shaking his head, he closes his eyes. "Ugh… Too much power use…"

Alerio paws at the Dragon's left temple, pushing at a Yang birthmark. "Mrowr…"

The Dragon smiles as he slowly opens his eyes. "Don't worry. It'll take more than that to make me lose it…"

He stands quietly and walks to the door. Opening it slowly, he slides in and quickly ducks into the darkness behind a dresser. Looking out, he sees two beds next to each other. In one bed, a wolf-like Dreamkeeper sleeps soundly. In the other, a cat with small angel wings.

"Hmm…" He looks at his Ryuu-Neko. "What do you think, Al…?"

The small animal says nothing and zips back out the door.

The Dragon sighs. "Gee, buddy… Thanks." He slowly makes his way over to the cat. Suddenly, he steps on a loose plank and it squeaks loudly.

He freezes. Looking at the two beds, he watches with bated breath. The wolf turns over and mumbles something about Kojikian boy bands. The cat, however, sighs and continues to sleep soundly.

The Dragon lets out a sigh of relief. "Good…" He continues over to the cat and stands over her sleeping form. He quickly pulls out a handkerchief and stuffs her mouth with it.

She wakes with a start and almost starts to scream before he stuffs the handkerchief in her mouth. The Dragon, lighting his halo up, now the likes of a neon bulb, quickly tears shadow-matter off the wall behind him and binds her arms and legs. He then takes one last piece of matter and covers her eyes.

"MURFFMMMPHH!!" She struggles against her binds, but to no avail. "MMPPH!!!"

"Quiet," He hisses, "You're gonna wake your sister…"

His halo keeps glowing a dark, midnight blue as he quickly runs off to the balcony. He spreads his wings and flies off for the Talocan district. As he flies, his strength starts to fade. Blood starts to trickle from his nose.

"Urk… Damn shadow-matter…" He releases his halo and the binds on the cat fade.

She spits out the handkerchief and takes a deep breath. "KIIIIAAAAARRRAAAAANNNNNN!!!"

The sudden scream startles the Dragon and he seizes up. Both of them start plummeting toward the ocean's surface.

"HOLY SERAPIS, WOMAN!!" Kiaran struggles desperately to find his balance as he tumbles through the air. "CAN'T YOU LET ME FLY IN PEACE!?"

The cat dreamkeeper manages to find her balance and uses her small wings to glide over to the Dragon and grabs him with both hands around the throat, shaking him as much as she can.  "WHY!? THE!? HELL!? COULDN'T!? YOU!? JUST!? LET!? ME!? SLEEP!?"

"GACK!! R-RAN!!" He grabs her wrists and spreads his wings. He gets her on his back and struggles to keep his wings open. He grimaces as his altitude starts to even out. But that doesn't stop him from hitting the water.

"OOF!! OWW!! AGH!!" Kiaran skips and tumbles along the water's surface as Ran jumps off and glides down toward the shoreline.

She lands and crosses her arms, an angry look on her face as she taps her paw. "Hmph… Serves you right." She turns her nose up and closes her eyes angrily.

Kiaran washes ashore and coughs up some water. A pile of seaweed tangled up in his horns. "I hate you… So much right now…" He stands and tears the seaweed away. "Let's go…"

Ran, still turning her nose up, follows behind him. "You are as stubborn as your Ryuu-Neko."

Kiaran turns around and grabs Ran's face, turning her to look him straight in the eye. "Shut. Up. Now. You're lucky that I don't kill you. Then again, if I did, I'd have to pay the apartment by myself."

She slaps him hard across the face and continues forward. "C'mon. Let's go home. You're in so much trouble when we get there."

He rubs his cheek as Alerio lands in between his horns. "Mrowr..."

Ki sighs. "Yeah yeah... I'll feed you after we get back to the apartment..." He follows Ran off the beach and into Talocan as the sun begins to rise over the ocean.