Krov brushed the leaves hastily off of his shoulders. And gave himself a quick brush down with his hands before turning round to look for his book. He walked for a few seconds, and then saw it resting against a nearby tree. Krov picked it up and brushed it down. The cover was fine, but some of the pages had dirt on them. Krov scowled at the dirt. He hated dirt. It reminded him of trudging through thick mud, gun in hand, the only sound being the squelching of the boots, and the occasional person falling down. Those people were just left. No help came to them. 

After making sure that all the dirt was off the book, he pocketed it. He turned to walk back to the shack, but then he heard something coming towards him out of the distance. What if it was a black sword. Krov backed away, nervous. Then he had a worse thought. What if it was Priscilla? Krov had interrupted her talk with Kuro. She was probably going to behead him, or stake him through the heart, or force him out into the sunlight. But Krov let out a deep sigh of relief when he realized it was only the quick and agile form of Kuro sprinting out of the darkness. Kuro wasn't one who Krov thought had the guts to kill a fellow vampire, even though he had threatened to behead Krov, Greyson and Karina. But anyone would say that in crisis.

 [i]"Krov-kun... It seems that you're really burdened with something. If we would like to live and work together, we'd need to know one another. Just express your wounds in anyway you can. Hit me, fight me, or, preferably, we talk. We might be vampires, but it doesn't mean we don't have emotions. We can still experience rage, sadness, and bitterness, and when we pile those darky things in our kokoro... we can't see the forest beyond the trees. So, what burdens you, Krov-kun?"[/i]

"For the record, I tripped. I was yelling in shock and surprise, not in rage or anger. But yes, I guess there is something that is burdening me." Krov's brick red eyes narrowed in the darkness. "That.... Chiyo back at the shack... She is the... " Krov let everything loose. "She is the most disrespectful person I have ever met in my entire life! She took my story of pain and torture, and made it into a laughing stock. She only cares about herself! I'll bet she will abandon Karina at the first chance that she gets!".

Krov's body was beginning to tense up. Krov took a few deep breaths and then relaxed.