"Really even more people? well i guess ill have to meet them then." Balthazar said looking around where they were. "Raito you look tired, need anything?" Balthazar finished his switching of weapons and tricks, before lieing back on his backpack.

Raito shook his head and clambered over to the mattress on the floor before falling onto it, "I'm going to sleep...if you want to explore, try not to get lost...if worse comes to worse, I'll come get you. 'Kay?" He doubted that the other male would want to stay stuck in a room with a sleeping individual for a couple of hours anyway.

Balthazar closed his eyes barely hearing Raito's words, he'd been on the run for a whille. His mind went over everything that went on earlier that day, how last night night he was alone but now he had meet 3 new people in 1 day.

lilith ran south. no werewolves ever ventured south. she picked up the pace, seeing the moon and smiled. "my time to play." she stopped right in time to stop being knocked head first into a wall. "damn, i thought they took it down." shrugging she turned back around and headed north. wall. she headed east. wall. west. wall. she kicked the wall and realized, they had the entire city quarentined. "back to plan A then." she walked to her house which wasnt that far from her little disgussion with tawny and she stretched sitting down on a chair outside. "now. i wait."

Sirius stuffed his hands into his pockets and strolled over by Raito. He whispered quietly, "What do you think is keeping Aruna? The last time I saw here was before I fell through the damn manhole in the streets above." The truth was he had a soft spot for girl. He didn't care if Raito knew, but it was of the utmost importance that the girls didn't find out. They would probably have a field day knowing he liked one of their friends. "I'm kinda worried about her right now. What do you think we should do?"

"We'll have to look for them then..." Raito murmured, his eyes staring blankly up at the ceiling, alright then, rest would have to wait. He climbed to his feet gracefully and then winced internally, dangit the effects of the vampire venom were already showing. "Where was this manhole?" He asked, hoping that Sirius didn't notice his suddenly more fluid movements.

Sirius dismissed Raito's agility as a sign of him getting better, "The manhole was down south of the entrance. It reeks and I can't believe I lost her up there. This is the dumbest thing I've ever done and I can't forgive myself if something happens to her." He ran through the Catacombs without a second thought until he reached the opening for the manhole. He whispered sharply, "Aruna, Aruna are you still up there?"

Raito had followed behind Sirius, his own steps light, even as Sirius' echoed down the empty cavers and tunnels. When Sirius called upwards, towards the manhole, Raito looked up as well. The smeel was overwhelming and he had a hand, covered with a sleeve, pressed to his nose and mouth, his senses were slightly sharper now and so the foulness had been extra foul. His eyes peered through the darkness and he lowered his hand a bit so that his words wouldn't be muffled, "It's nighttime Sirius. I doubt she'll still be up there. She's probably roaming around somewhere in the Catacombs by now."

lilith looked around and sighed, not realy knowing why. she stood up and stretched and jogged down and into the streets. "take it easy there lilith, you might pull something if you dont exersize." she smirked. continuing down the street she kept on talking to herself. at least someone was talking to her. if it had to be herself, she do it anyways.

((I'm soooo sorry I haven't posted in forever. I've been really busy with school and I haven't gotten a chance. I really hope this RP hasn't died...))

Adrien quickly followed after Belle, but could not smell the humans anymore. He reached out and grabbed her wrist, making them both come to a stop. "The humans are no longer here. They must be hiding somewhere. And there is no point in attempting to follow something we can no longer smell." He smiled at her. "We could always try to hunt down some more rodents, but I think I can wait until the humans return." He let go of her wrist and shook her hand. "It was very nice meeting you, Belle. I truly hope we can meet again." He bowed once before walking past her into one of the abandoned storage facility's.

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Aruna looked down at the manhole when she heard someone call her name. She had been calling Ruby's name for the past hour but it seemed she had either left or had fallen asleep. Though Aruna couldn't understand why she would fall asleep in a sewer. She covered her nose again and peered over the edge of the hole. "Yeah, but I think I will find a different way to get down there. I don't want to smell like crap for the next two weeks." She said, trying not to gag at the disgusting smell.

Raito's eyes darted back to the manhole cover, so maybe he was wrong, "I doubt that's a good idea Aruna. It's nighttime." he called out, but if she really didn't want to come down the manhole...Raito cast his eyes around and then found a set of rungs leading up to the manhole hidden in grime and muck. He placed his hands on those and quickly climbed up. He hoisted his upper half out of the hole and looked up at Aruna, his one visible eye still darting about wearily.

Aruna sighed. "I know." She sat back when she saw half of Raito emerge from the manhole. "Well I guess I have to go through this opening after all." Aruna grimaced at the idea but didn't want to get attacked by another one of those beasts. She looked over her shoulder and realized just how dark it really was. She shivered when she felt a huge gust of wind whip her hair around her face.

Raito nodded and then heaved himself out of the hole, then motioned to the hole itself. While he'd been climbing he'd pretty much wiped off all the gunk and the rungs were now as clean as he could get them, that way she couldn't slip and fall. He would follow her down, to try and cover up their tracks. The gust of wind pushed his bangs away from his face and both his eyes were visible for a moment, clear sharp eyes that were half lidded to give off the impression that he didn't care much about things. Which wasn't true at all.

Aruna stood up to Raito room to climb out of the hole. She studied his face for a few moments and thought she saw something she couldn't quite place. She shook her head and crouched down in front of the hole and slipped through the small opening. Once she was safely on the ground, she covered her nose and coughed. "Ok, come on Raito. It smells horrible down here." She said, hoping Raito could hear her muffled voice.

Raito's eyes darted to the manhole for a moment and then he stuck his head over the side so that he could see Aruna, "Alright." he murmured and then stood back up. he saw a nearby pail of sewer water and approached it. The smell emanating from it was enough to make him vomit but it should do the job of hiding their scent. He poured half of it over the area before hopping into the manhole and landing gracefully next to Aruna with the bucket. He dumped the rest of the contents on the ladder and the opening before discarding of the bucket. He decided holding his breath would be for the best until he could get his hands cleaned of their reek. Then he motioned with his head for Aruna to continue walking.

Aruna turned to walk down the tunnel and noticed Sirius standing a few feet behind her. She walked up to him and poked him in the ribs. "Thanks a lot for leaving me up there." She said jokingly and smiled. "It's a good thing I wasn't eaten, because than I would have had to haunt you for the rest of your life." She took a few steps backwards and looked him over with worried eyes. "Are you alright?" She asked him, chewing on her bottom lip.

Sirius's heart lightened up a bit as he saw that Aruna was unharmed. With a downcasted look and rubbing his neck, he spoke with a low tone. "Yeah I'm glad you're fine. I'm really sorry that I left you up there, I thought you were right behind me." An unconscious reaction came over him and he latched onto the girl, squeezing her tightly, but relinquished her quickly. The rebel took a large step back to put distance beteen themselves and pretended nothing happened. "I'm fine Runi, just don't pull that shit again. I'm not going to always be able to save you. I'm not Superman, you know." His callous remark was backed by compassion.

Aruna smiled sheepishly and stopped biting her bottom lip to say, "Don't worry about it. I really should have followed you down." Her eyes widened a bit when he hugged her, but she really didn't mind. It felt good to finally have someone care, but just as quickly as he latched onto her, he was gone. She shivered, missing his warmth. Aruna felt her cheeks warm when he used her old nickname and hoped he wouldn't notice. "I know, I'm sorry that I made you worry." She cast her gaze down to the muck covered ground and tucked a loose hair behind her ear.

Sirius shook his head defiantly as he looked at the ceiling of the sewers. The look on Aruna's face sort of made him die a little on the inside. With a false reluctant action, he hugged her again, but lingered for a bit. "You happy now, Runi? I don't need a sad sack of flesh and bones walking around with me, that's what we have Raito for." He saw the glow of her cheeks, but made it seem as though the darkness impaired his vision even though his eyes had adjusted to the bleakness months some time ago. There was longing feeling that he was afraid to let her go, but he knew they would have to separate eventually. Looking back with a flash of inspiration he said calmly, "How about this, I'll carry your short ass to the catacombs, but once we get to the entrance, you are gonna have to get off." Sirius glared at Raito with a look that said 'I'll kill you if you tell the others about this.'

Aruna felt her cheeks heat up and she squeezed Sirius back. She gave him a light punch in the arm. "Don't be so mean." Squinting into the darkness, she spotted Raito lingering by the manhole. "Come one Raito, you don't want to get left behind, do you?" She glared up at Sirius. "Hey, I'm not that short! And watch your language, mister." She walked up behind him and took a running leap to get onto his back. Grinning, she said, "I haven't had a piggy back ride in a while. Not since..." Aruna trailed off and wrapped her arms tightly around his neck, shaking off the thought. "Can we please we go now? I'm getting a bit hungry."

Sirius grinned at his joke, but chuckled when Aruna tapped him on the arm. "Don't take things so seriously. I don't always want you trying to hurt me. Also, you are that short compared to me." He turned back to Raito and nodded his head in the opposite direction, letting him know that he could take the lead. "Why are you choking me Runi? I actually prefer to breathe, so can you loosen your vicegrip?" He chuckled laxly as he held onto her legs, to make sure she wouldn't fall. "Raito, get the lead out. The munchkin is hungry and I don't want her to start chomping on my neck." Sirius laughed again at his joke he made about his crush.

Aruna smiled, loosening her grip a bit. "Oh come on, you don't need to breathe." She said yawning. Resting her head on his shoulder, she closed her eyes. "I'm tired..." She mumbled into his neck and felt her body relax. "Wake me when we get there please..." She yawned once more before dozing off.

((Sorry for the short post, I wasn't sure what else to say.))

Raito averted his eyes at all the jokes the other two were making, they didn't seem funny to him anymore. One of his hands clenched into a fist, hiding it on his other side so that Aruna and Sirius wouldn't see it. It wasn't their fault. They didn't know. He sighed and then loosened his hand, laughing slightly at the fact that Sirius thought that he could take Raito on. Raito shook his head and then started off, "Stay close." He doubted that any of the werewolves or vampires would follow them down here, he wasn't a full...whatever he was, but the scent was doing horrors to his sense of smell. He rubbed his nose lightly and then walked down in the direction Sirius had indicated, his footsteps light.

(( hey i would jump ion with my character lol who is still asleep but atm i dont have much computer time after a family death so im in places with liottle to no internety sry :( )

((no problem, I've been away with little to no excuse whatsoever, take care of your personal life first, I was doing that as well...and I have to go now. Night.))