Demons and Angels (Lastinginthenight X Eldarwen)

Kono chuckled, "I bet you've never tried grabbing it with your feet." he remarked before heading tothe edgeof the woods to beggin gathering wood. As he reached the trees he growled at a few stray squirrels grabbing at one and missing as it jabbered angrily in his face.

He broke of some of the bare lower branches with lots of little twigs that would catch on fire easily. He turned back to watch selene chop at the deer, though she seemed distracted. He surveyed their surroundings but didn't spot anything out of the ordinary. He guessed Selene was just paranoid and turned back to gathering a few more logs so that he had a decent pile that could last them a few hours.

He gathered the logs in his mouth and started heading back observing that Selene was still hacking at the meat on the leg of the deer. He hoped she had a satchel to put all the extra meat in cause she was definately not finishing even a decent amount of deer at that pace. he hurred quietly in slight amuzement.

Kono reached Selene a dropped the logs and moved them in a relatively neat pile for not having apossable thumbs. He chuckled and let a small jet of flame pour out of his mouth until the wood had caught enough for his satisfaction. He settled down next to her and grabbed one of the deer from his pile with his fore-paw.

He pondered her question for a few seconds, "I guess you could consider me like you. A traveler... but much better at getting my own food." He chuckled. "I have been all over Dragon's cove but this forest always seems to draw me back every now and then. I used to live up in the mountains but I decided I wanted to explore my surroundings and so I set out flying where the winds took me." He looked to the sky silently for a few seconds reminising with a small smile on his face then turned to Selene, "That was 20,000 years ago... your time I think." He chuckled and bent down to tear a good sized portion of the deer's side meat from it's body.

Kono laughed, "Thats not counting my time in the mountains before I left, I was three then I'm 23 now in dragon years..." He paused to let it sink in with a smirk, "Lets just say thing have changed a lot since I started roaming our land, though watching your human towns change and grow was quite amuzeing." He added and checked to make sure she wasn't going to choke an something again before taking another large bite of a leg pulling the meat off like you would a kabob, but keeping the bone between his paws for later use even though he could crush it easily between his teeth.

"Why did you seem so distracted while I was gone?" He felt he would at least be able to pry that far with the amount he had shared with her, and if it had to do with possible trouble he felt the need to be aware.

Kono shook his head, "No. Even as the land developed the beleif in dragons remained, so I always felt welcomed." He smiled. He remembered how he used to feel watching the humans work. How they would occasionally look to the sky and their reactions when they saw him. Some had shuddered in fear while others had raised their hands from their work to greet him. He remebered the conversations he would have with the younger humans as they avoided work or were too young to work. He was brought back to reality by the sound of Selene digging in.


His smile vanished as she answered his question, "If I know anything, It's to trust you instincts. Do you still feel it? Even if only occasionally?"He questioned his voice dropping into a whisper as he bent down to finish his first deer. Eyes alert, searching the trees for anything.

Kono's eyes flicked from glaring around the clearing to looking straight at Selene then behind her and a bone he had been chewing on absently crunched between his teeth. He flicked his tail onto his back and spread his wings making himself look larger. There was an obviouse protective aura around him and without looking at her he said, "Behind you right?" He lifted his head his eyes focusing on the trees generally behind her and growled a deep gutteral growl, "Show yourself coward. I'm no fool." He shot a puff of smoke from his nostrils in anger.

He knew that instincts were a basic part of any living things being and his was telling him to trust hers. His mind had an ever so slight doubt that anything was really in the woods worth caring about, but he pushed it to the back of his mind. Better safe than sorry.

Kono narrowed his eyes. He had seen the movement of the brush as well and that served as his point of reference. He thought he spotted scals in the dark and huffed, a plum of smoke escapeing his nose.

He raised his head as the voice answered him he raised his lip and tucked his wings back into a comfortable position stepping fowards towards the voice a few paces. "I told you to show yourself. I don't trust faceless voices." The voice did not sound threatening at all, but he had learned not to trust anyones voice. The voice of a slayer could be just as sweet with a blade in his hand. Kono snorted again in frustration and shook the thought from his head. Now was not the time to put himself even more on edge than he already was.

As if in answer to Selenes unspoken question Kono blew out a last puff of smoke and plopped down grabbing the deer he had and offering the new dragon half. "It is nice to meet you. I am Kono may I inquire as to what your name is?" He asked kindly. The tense atmosphere around him seemed to drop suddenyl though there was still the slightest trace of caution around him.

He looked to Selene and cocked hid head and made a light coughing chuckle. He smiled, "You look striken." He said calmly refering to the rather suprised look on her face as she caught a look at the dragon. But he had to admit the female was rather elegant and smooth in appearence.

Kono rolled onto his side slightly relaxing his legs. And pushed the deer closer to Abraxas "It is very nice to finally know your name." He stated kindley.he cocked his head watching the dragon, then watching Selene. He flicked his tail supressing a chuckle. "Your faces are identical." He laughed then settled down and started munching on the head of the deer.

Kono stopped as Abraxas questioned why they were here in the forest. He swallowed and raised his head, "I have visited this place many times. I just come here to relax. I do not quite know the reason for Selens adventure into this forest, But I doubt any harm could be brought by it. She can't find her way around a meal." He chuckled teasingly.

Kono took the deer back, "My appologies, please pardon me." He pushed it back between him and selene, but not before grabbing another bite for himself.

He laughed at selene's response, "From my perspective, not quite the woodsperson is an understatement. Your not at all the woodsperson.

He cocked his head confused, "I have heard no rumors, but i have not been around these parts in at least a decade, I just came back, and have met no one other Selene until now." He motioned to Abraxas as he finished. "What rumors have been going around?" He shifted looking about, the forest did seem different now that he looked at it, and his tail curled more instictivly and his shoulders tensed expecting some monster to burs out of the trees, but the woods seemed to have changed no more than he would have expected them to in ten years.

Kono's eyes narrowed. "And just where is this shade. There seemed to be plenty fo deer here. Also, have any dragons dissapeared?" He almost couldn't beleive her story, and yet stranger things had happened. a hundred years ago an entire city of people had all vanished in one night, taking nothing with them. Even the clothes that had been on their backs remained after them.

He turned to slene to see how she was doing. Her eyes looked horrified. He flicked his tail so that his body almost made a full circle arouns selene and what remained of the deer. Turning back to Abarax he looked her straight in the eye. "Where did you hear this rumor from anyway?" He questioned seriously.

Kono nodded quietly, he did know that most rumors had a grain of truth to them even if the travellers tails were ridiculous. "I understand. I'm sorry if i made you feel mistursted. It's just hard to beleive." He relaxed slightly though his tail didn't move. "where was this shade last spotted. Maybe it's just a creature that likes to feast on such things."

Kono looked down to Selene, "are you alright? Your as pale as a ghost." He lowered his head down to Selene's level, uncurling his tail so he wasn't resting his head on his own spikes and looked her right in the eyes with one of his, curiously letting out a puff of smoke from his nostrils. Though at the same time hat he was looking at Selene he kept his ears open to what Abarax had to say.

Kono nearly jumpped himself when Selene screamed. He straightened up in a flash, his eyes wide a dumb expression plastered on his face. He had sat up during his slight jump and now his forelegs were resting between his slpayed hind legs. He flicked his tail around himself and let out another puff of smoke from his nose, "I didn't know humans could be so loud." He grunted ragining his compaser and putting his hind legs back under his butt. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to frighten you." He looked off towards the mountains in the distance, "Of course I've been listening, but I guess I just don't scare as easily...probably because- never mind" he chuckled the last bit. Laughing at his own personal joke then returned his gaze to Abarax, " Why havn't you left? There may be no rumors so far of the shade effectign dragons, but as you've pointed out. Many dragons live very isolated lives. Whatever this is could be going after Dragons as well."

Kono snorted, "I may be widely travled, but I tend not to stay around human villages." He defended himself making a pouty face. The way he was holding himself, someone could have sworn his scales puffed up defensively. (but he didn't have control over them in any way, so of course that person would have been mistaken)

Konon shook his head when Selene asked, "Absolutely nothing. Don't worry about it." He ooked towards the mountains then back across the forest, "I may follow you, but I want to check out the areas where the shade has been as well. I want to see the extent of whats happened." Kono lifted his gaze towards the tree tops and her narrowed his gaze trying see something far beyond his actual eyesight.
(sorry it's so short)