under the blue moon (1x1)

[Jump.Jump.Fall.]

Pandora's eyes widened when Natsume tossed a bottle of beer at her, her left eye twitching slightly. She snapped out her hand, catching it just before it hit the floor. Pandora nodded a thanks to Natsume, a grin spreading across her face. She smirked slightly, prying the lid off with her sharp claw. Pandora smirked slightly and then swung her legs over an arm of the chair, so her thighs were resting against the arm of the chair. She lifted the beer bottle to her lips, chugging down the alcoholic liquid as if were water. Pandora crossed her legs and then placed her elbows on the arm rest behind her, lowering the bottle of beer.

[Mayiamaru]

Shikyo was in quite the sour mood. "Nat, do you really have to have that around here? You know how much I hate that stuff." He said, beginning an arguement over yet another stupid little thing. Natsume shrugged as his response, taking another sip of his beer quietly, and this only aggrivated Shikyo even more. Shikyo began yelling at Natsume, his arms flailing here and there while Natsume averted his eyes with a bored expression on his face, but from his slight smirk, you could tell he was enjoy this. In the middle of the chaos, Knight's eyes opened slowly. His vision was blurry and his head in pain. He couldn't see anything at all. Where... am I?... He thought, the words unable to come out of his mouth. Who... Who is there?.... He wasn't even aware that he wasn't speaking.

[Jump.Jump.Fall.]

Pandora watched the two boy's, having to bite into her lower lip to keep herself from bursting out into laughter. She raised an eyebrow and then took another, long sip at her beer. Pandora closed her eyes for a moment, her head beginning to ache from the alcohol. She rubbed the temple of her forehead and then turned her head away, back towards Knight. Pandora opened her eyes, noticing that Knight had awaken. She let out a sign of relief and then her eyes softened, the bright blue color of her hair slowly seeping back into her light gray hair.

[Mayiamaru]

Knight's eyes focused to his new setting and quietly turned his head towards Pandora. Y-You're... alright... He thought, still unaware that he wasn't speaking. He smiled very blissfully. He had been worried that he hurt her or something had happened. Getting lost in this dimension was almost certain for newcomers. Knight barely got out on his own the first time he came here by accident. It was only because of his parnter, he made it out with his sanity. Shikyo had finally given up at his attempt to reason with Natsume and stormed out in a huff. Natsume just continued to smirk, taking a final gulp of his drink. He was very satisfied and his smirk seemed to be plastered in place. "So he's awake, is he?" Natsume said, looking over at Pandora and Knight. If he didn't know better he would have thought them to be married. Knight caught the sound of Natsume's voice and tensed, drawing a gun from his side quickly, but poorly beause of his state. He fumbled witthe gun, but in the end, he was able to aim it with an angry look on his face that was quite weak.

[Jump.Jump.Fall.]

Pandora stared at Knight with soft eyes, having been deeply worried about him. She set her beer bottle down on the ground, her claws retracting into her long fingers. "How are you do-" Pandora's sentence was cut off when she saw Knight reached for the gun at his side. She drew in a deep breath, her muscles tensing and her eyes widening with fear. Pandora leaped up out of the chair, rushing over to Knight's side, despite the danger of the gun in his hands. She gently placed her hands on Knight's forearm, biting into her lower lip softly. "Knight," Pandora said softly, her voice calm and soothing. "Calm down... They helped us..." she said, gently pushing Knight's arm down, causing him to lower the gun.

[Mayiamaru]

Knight relaxed a bit, looking at Pandora innocently and lowering his gun. Natsume was smiling and had pulled out his gun as well with much more speed and skill than Knight. "Aww. I would have enjoyed a battle with a murderer's brother. It might have been fun." Natsume sighed, putting his gun into his pocket and tossing his empty bottle into a bin, the glass breaking on impact. Natsume had taken anothe bottle of beer an took swig of it. Knight gritted his teeth in anger that Natsume knew who his brother was. It was something he just din't want to let go. He was too tired to fight though, and he had to think of Pandora. If he offended these Devils, they might hurt Pandora and night wouldn't be able to do anything, as usual.

[Jump.Jump.Fall.]

Pandora gently rested her hand over Knight's, trying to keep him from reaching for his gun again. "Are you feeling okay?" she asked, her eyes full of fear and worry as she spoke; she was trying to distract Knight, to keep him from fighting with Natsume. Pandora knew that Knight was probably weak and she didn't want him to be in any sort of danger in his weakened state. She gently rubbed the back of Knight's hand with her thumb, but honestly the soft touch was meant to sooth herself; Pandora was very nervous, and thhe fact that Natsume and Knight had nearly gotten into a gun fight didn't help her uneasiness at all. Pandora tilted her head slightly, slowly moving her hand back to the deep gashes in her shoulder. She turned her head back to Natsume, her eyes fierce and a corner of her lip pulling back to reveal her rows of sharp teeth, flashing him a threatening display as she warned him to not upset Knight. Pandora wondered how long it would take before Knight to gather enough energy to leave, she didn't want to be there any longer than she had to be.

[Mayiamaru]

Knight let a feral sound escape his throat, but that was all he did before he lay back, breathing deeply. His eyes were distant while he stared into spaced and his anger was boiling, but less than it would if he were at full strength. He couldn't feel most of his own body. He had little strength, but it wasn't enough to let him stand on his own two feet without a crutch. He didn't seem to have heard Pandora at all since he didn't dare to look at her. Natsume just smirked at Pandora's warning and took it more as a challenge than a threat, but before he could make anything of it, Shikyo came back into the room and smiled at Knight. "He's finally awake huh? Black, could you close down the store for now? I don't think we should have any loud noises. They might disrupt our guests." He said kindly. Natsume rolled his eyes. He was definately not happy about having to help in anyway. Shikyo was just more hospitable. Shuffling out of the room, Natsume left, and Shikyo took a seat by Knight. "Would you two want anything to eat or drink?" Shikyo asked out of his unnatural kindness.

[Jump.Jump.Fall.]

Pandora tensed with fright when she heard Knight's growling-like sound, cautiously scooting back from him. She bit into her lower lip, confused on why Knight was acting so hostilly towards Natsume and Shikyo. Pandora took a good look at Shikyo, searching for anything that would make Knight respond to them in such a manor. She let out a sigh and then turned her gaze down to her lap, giving up her attempt to figure out why Knight was on edge. "I'm good..." Pandora said in reply to Shikyo's question, picking up her beer bottle. She ran her thumb over the cold glass of the bottle before she raised it to her lips.

[Mayiamaru]

Shikyo nodded and straightened up, crossing his arms casually. "Alright then. I have something I should take care of. If you need anything, just call." He said in a friendly tone that made Knight even more angry and uncomfortable. Knight was pushing against the backrest of the chair with his arm to sit himself up, but he was having trouble. Shikyo didn't say another word before he left, and the second he did, Knight was pushing even harder. Being here made Knight tense, and he couldn't help but feel like something was brewing underneath Shikyo's smile.