“Eh?”

Chiyo felt something soft and small collide with her back. Turning around, she raised her eyebrows to see a small girl with blonde hair cowering in the corner. No, not just a girl. A vampire….and more specifically, a fledging. Her grin coiling just an inch higher, Chiyo scanned over the small vampire slowly that looked about on the edge of crying. 

Yes…yes, she would do nicely. 

However, before she could act on her impulses, someone else had reached the girl from beyond the shadows. Sighing in slight annoyance, Chiyo watched from a fair distance before striding up to the third newcomer, the smile never wavering from her lips. What was with all these fresh blood gathering so late at night? 

Seriously…

[i]"Hello, child.”[/i]

The male vampire spoke in a heavy accent, most likely Russian, and Chiyo had to resist giving herself a slapping face palm in public. Here she was badmouthing Russia’s crappy weather…and then this happens.

 Figures. 

Still, she couldn’t allow this hotshot to consume the child now. And to her, that’s all he was. A youngling hotshot who probably thought he was a badass human-slaying machine. She could tell just from the way his body moved that he was fairly young, albeit older than the girl.

“Hey there new guy! I hope you weren’t planning on eating a fellow vampire, hmm?” 

Chiyo reached out and placed a casual hand on his shoulder in good will.

“You…do know that girl’s a vampire, right? You also know that this building is a Black Sword stronghold….right?”

She kept the snicker to herself on an internal level, wondering if the newcomer would have the brains to figure out the truth. Turning towards the hiding girl, Chiyo crouched down to her and focused her red eyes directly into hers. Shining in the dark, Chiyo used minor hypnosis in an attempt to calm the blonde girl down.

“Heh, you’re pretty jittery over there. You realize that you bumped into me, right?”