Demon's Blood

Demon's Blood

Blinking himself from the sleep of his people, Byakuya sat up in the soft bed that he often slept in, the need to feel human strong in his mind. He scoffed as he grabbed a bottle from the night stand, life in this era was so much easier, blood came in bottles instead of the Lords of the Night having to go out and hunt for food.

"Byakuya, there's trouble, vampires and demons are close to waging war upon the other." Nnoitra informed entering the room without so much as a knock.

"That's impossible, find the beginning of this rumor, bring the ones that have started it. How are the plans coming along?"

"Word has been sent to the King and Queen of demons, they have agreed to a Court Meeting between Demons and Vampires. If you were referring to your plans with the Demon Prince, then everything is arranged for tomorrow night." Nnoitra smiled as he threw himself down on the bed, exhausted from all the errands he had had to run before dawn.

"How are things going between you and the Prince's guard?" Byakuya asked as he began to dress for the evening, he caught sight of the calender that his little sister thought he should have. "Do you know what tomorrow is Nnoitra?"

"Halloween?" Nnoitra asked uncertainly.

"I'm sorry to ask this of you."

"You want me to cancel the reservations I had set up don't you?"

"Yes, send messengers to all demons and vampires, there's going to be a Halloween Party tomorrow night." Byakuya turned to see Nnoitra smiling.

"A mask and costume type party?"

"Nothing less." Nnoitra got up and left the room to make the necessary arrangements.

"A costume party? I had thought you'd outgrown such things." Turning he was a bit surprised to see Ukitake standing in the doorway.

"Quite the contrary." Byakuya smiled at the elder vampire. "I expect you to be there, it wouldn't be the same without my mentor there watching over the event."

"I'll be there, I promise. The question that's on my mind is this: Is there a particular reason for this event?"

"I want him... The Demon Prince."

"I thought so."

"Is that why you were so adamant upon us meeting?"

"Not in the least, I explained the reason for my wanting the two of you to meet, I never would have expected you to fall in love with the prince."

"I see... Thank you Jyuushiro." Byakuya turned and smiled.

"You are most welcome Lord Kuchiki." Ukitake bowed out of the room closing the doors behind him. Byakuya stared at the door for a long time, there was no way for him to sway the Demon Prince under normal circumstances, the issue of heirs kept coming up no matter how he thought of it.

"There's no point in dwelling upon it any longer." Byakuya murmured.

"Lord Kuchiki, a messenger from the Demon Manor is here, he wishes to speak with you."

"Thank you Illforte." Byakuya said opening the door to the blonde, with a nod of his head Illforte lead the way to where the demon messenger was waiting.

"Master Renji, this is Lord Kuchiki." Illforte introduced them, at the raised eyebrow he received from the vampire lord Illforte nodded.

"My King and Queen have sent me to invite you to Demon Manor tonight, to discuss the Peace Negotiations between our two races." Renji bowed his head towards the vampires. "My King had told the demons of the court that this had been your idea."

"Indeed it was my idea, King Isshin has agreed that the Court Meeting will take place in Demon Manor?"

"Yes sir, my King said that he will not take no for an answer."

"Very well, tell King Isshin that I will be there shortly, for now I must go feed." Byakuya nodded as the demon straightened looked one last time at the blonde and left. "Illforte, is there something between you and this demon?"

"I want there to be something between us, but unfortunately my brother will not allow it."

"I will, I want all vampires to be happy, if that means being with a demon then so be it." Byakuya nodded at the young vampire.

"Thank you Lord Kuchiki..." Illforte bowed and turned to finish preparations for the departure for Demon Manor.

"Byakuya." The lord turned towards the sound of Nnoitra's voice. "The arrangements have been made, messengers are being sent to the nobles across the city."

"Good, I think we should leave for Demon Manor before it gets too late into the evening and they begin to think I abandoned the idea of peace." The two vampires made their way towards a black limo waiting in the front.

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Nothing worse than a bunch of old demons and vampires talking about peace, remembering the old times when peace reigned without the need for negotiations, Ichigo supressed the need to sigh a small breath of air passing his lips anyway. Turning he glanced at the only real reason he was there, Lord Kuchiki had pulled into the drive way just before the meeting, causing a thrill of excitement to course the Demon Prince's veins. He saw that the vampire was looking straight at him then smiled and nodded, the demon blushed as he remembered the dream he had before waking that day.

"That concludes our meeting." The Demon King said nodding to the room in general, now all the old men and women would stay and continue talking about the times before all this technology came out of the works. Ichigo smiled when he needed to, being introduced to all of the nobles of the city, looking around he was disappointed when he didn't see the vampire that he wanted to see. "Ichigo? Are you okay?"

"Huh? Oh yea, I'm fine dad, just a little tired." The King looked at his son, waving over the two guards he pushed his chosen heir towards the stair case.

"Go rest." Ichigo was surprised by the emotion he saw in his father's eyes, he nodded and let Ikkaku and Grimmjow lead him upstairs to his bedroom.