I Can't Lie to You [Mami]

[Ikuto]

(So I'm not sure if this thread can be here, but I wanted Ikuto to see Mami at the castle after all he is a rule breaking demon. This takes place July 3rd. Others can come in to ruin their moment later )

He missed her, they hadn't been able to see each other since the war started. It was pissing him off, he couldn't even get very close to the castle to try and talk to her. Looking around he tried to find a spot to play without a swarm of witches attacking him. That's when he saw her in a window. Pulling his violin case off his back he opened it and took out his instrument, playing the song he'd played when they first met.

[Mami]

Mami having heard the violin walked outside, rubbing her eyes for a moment, she turned to Ikuto with a smile. "You know you really aren't supposed to be here." she said quietly. "If Lady Gothel finds out she will be pissed!" in fact she had missed him too but could never tell him that, the war was hard on everyone and she was sure that if her master caught a demon here, things would turn ugly

[Ikuto]

Ikuto placed the violin back in it's case before looking at Mami. The fact that she even came outside surprised him. Smirking he shrugged, "I have a problem with authority. Besides, I'm not actually on her property." He placed a hand on her shoulder and leaned in close to her face, "Besides what fun would it be if there wasn't a little danger involved?"

[Mami]

Mami shook her head but gave a smile. "I never knew you were one for living dangerously." she replied. Since the meeting, her attention to most of who she could trust had wavered but something about Ikuto, despite being a demon was kind of interesting. Besides, he seemed more human than the others.

"Are you afraid of what will happen?" she asked

[Ikuto]

Ikuto paused for a moment. Scared of what might happen? He didn't really see a reason to be, it was a hard question all the same. He wasn't worried about what would happen to him, but what would happen to Mami was a different story. If something happened to her, well he wouldn't be a very "happy" demon. "Yes," he said, "But not for everyone..."

[Mami]

Confusion filled her golden eyes. "Why not? Aren't you afraid of all the bloodshed that could happen here on the ground, all the lives that could be easily spared if someone would just come to admit what they did was wrong?" she asked. It was a simple reason why she thought this, she never had many friends, yet she cared for everyone

It was just her nature

[Ikuto]

"No," he said releasing her shoulder and stepping back, "I'm a demon. I feed off of it. I can't lie Mami, things wont go well. People will die anyways, its how things work. There's only one person that I worry about." He could have said himself, but like all demons though they couldn't lie, they could evade the truth.

[Mami]

"But that's not fair!" Mami said, a little too loudly then she meant to. "Why do you have to feed off of it, why can't you demons just let things be?" she asked. "We were fine, all of us were fine until this happened." The blonde haired girl just stared up at him her eyes narrowed. "Why?"

[Ikuto]

"I feed off it because that's how it is for me," Ikuto said, "Its not like I had a choice in this Mami. The meteor decided to make me a demon, decided to kill my mother and sister, and frankly I wouldn't wish it on anyone else. I don't like being what I am anymore than others like my kind. We can't all be light and good Mami, its a balance."

He closed off after that, he'd yelled at her. Putting a hand over his face her sighed and crossed his arms. He was a monster, he knew that, she knew, and yet here he was. A creature of darkness coming to a being of light.

[Mami]

"That still doesn't make it right. Just because a meteor makes you a demon doesn't mean you can't choose what to fight for." she said crossing her arms over her chest. "Sure, nature affects who we are and what our lives will be like but we still have choices."

She touched his arm. "If your choice is darkness then i am going to stand against you. I will have regrets doing so but i will still go on fighting."

[Ikuto]

Ikuto looked at her hand and then at the golden haired girl in front of him. That wasn't what he wanted but that was what was going to happen anyway. That or Eris was going to kill him for insubordination. Looking at Mami all his fears were gone, he wouldn't fight her in this war he knew that.

"I cant turn my back on my race Mami," he said, "But I wont fight you."

[Mami]

She shook her head. "Not fighting me would cause tons of problems, the last thing you need is for your race to turn on you." she said giving him a smile. "Fight for them Ikuto, if we do meet on the battlefield, then i suppose it would have been fate that brought us to that choice."

There had to be a way to keep this from happening. She would do anything to keep it. "Have you..have you tried asking the Spirits?" she asked

[Ikuto]

"No," he said with a scowl, "The spirits are the last beings I will go to for anything." He blamed them for everything that had happened to this world, for making him what he was. He looked at Mami and shook his head, "There's nothing they can do. I'd...lose you either way to this war." He'd do anything to keep her close, but going to the spirits was out of the question.

[Mami]

Confusion was still in her eyes but she didn't ask about his past. That was too personal. "Then prehaps it is better if we just stay friends?" she asked. Who was she kidding, there was no way she could stay friends with a demon, especially not with a group of witches and wizards like Gothel

[Ikuto]

Ouch, that one hurt. All he could do was shake his head though, he didn't let people get close and in this war it would get them both killed. He looked at her and gave a dark smirk, "You know that a demon like me would just be target practice for your kind. We aren't friends Miss Tomoe." We couldn't be, he added in his thoughts, God dammit I've been friend zoned.