Their Ball And Chain

Adell smiled a bit as well. "Yeah..just don't take it easy on me because of this." He was of course teasing.

This, he was pretty sure was a turning point in their relationship.

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Two weeks had passed since that day, Adell was doing much better in his training and was coming along rather nicely. He also wasn't dropping or anything, so that was another sign. Samantha was a lot more kind to Ariana from that point on, not that she wasn't before. Yulina rarely left Ariana and Adell alone for too long, but neither Adell or Ariana minded too much.

However, Adell had a bad feeling about something. He couldn't put his finger on it but it bugged him. Maybe he was just being paranoid, he didn't really know.

Adell thought that was a good idea. "Sure. I was thinking of picking up something's anyway." Maybe during their trip that odd feeling would go away. He convinced himself he was just being a bit on the cautious side because as of recent, he had gotten even more protective of Ariana even though she was stronger then him.

The feeling Adell was steadily getting worse, but since he couldn't exactly prove it was anything he settled for ignoring it for now, but keeping on guard. In particular, keeping his Ki Sense active around their general area for anything that stood out.

"So what are we out of, mostly milk and stuff?" He asked Ariana, still keeping his Ki sense out. Maybe once he felt nobody out of the ordinary around.

"Ariana!" Adell was restrained from doing anything, though they could barely hold in place. The only reason he relented was because of the threat. "You fucking coward." He spat, he normally didn't curse much but he was pissed to put an understatement. "Ariana, fight! Don't just let him win!"

Adell fought against it, and to his credit lasted a bit longer then a normal person thanks to his strong will power. The only problem was that only went so far and he had never experienced an attack like this so he wasn't prepared for it. Still, he felt a bit of disgust well within himself at being disabled this easily when he was badly needed.

He felt his consciousness begin to slip, and fighting against became increasingly useless. "Sorry.." He said to Ariana before he fell unconscious, face first on the ground.

When Adell slowly came too and began witnessing what was happening before him, he couldn't believe what he was seeing. Horrified didn't even begin to describe what he was feeling, nothing, no word he could come up could describe this kind of inhuman cruelty.

And the worse part of it was Karia's tone and face, he was talking and going on casually like about the weather.

"Why do you keep crying, eh, Ariana? Why pretend you don't like it? You know you enjoy it, you little slut! You know you missed having me inside you! Don't worry though, I'll take you back to the village and you can play with everyone again. Of course, we'll have to punish you for leaving." Karia's cum was leaking from Ariana around his member, giving evidence that he'd already done this a couple times...him or his guards. Ariana said nothing, just continued to sob.

Hate was an almost alien emotion in Adell but it grew, coming from his chest and spreading through his body he could feel it clouding his mind and..changing something..

"Ah, Adell. I must thank you for not having some fun with Ariana. SHe was nice and tight due to inactivity, so I am greatly enjoying myself. I owe you one. Maybe you can have a go later. I'll have to bring you along, and I'm sure some of the women would like to have some fun with you, so I'm sure you'll enjoy your stay." During this, Ariana's eyes seemed to focus on Adell, causing fresh tears to well up. Then she forced a smile, mouthing something to him.

'It's not your fault.' Then her eyes unfocused, as she seemed to be trying to withdraw into herself as a form of escape.

As Ariana looked at him and mouthed those words, something snapped deep within Adell. A bone chilling and in inhuman cry came from Adell that had absolutely no business coming from the boy. The energy around him turned pitch back, exploding around and instantly killing the two guards. Adell's form changed, becoming taller, more muscled. His face had twisted as well, it was no longer the same as he was before, he was notably..different.

The large creature that had been Adell then 'focused' on Karia, and quicker then its size would suggest, grabbed him and lifted him by the throat. Their grip was impossibly strong as it pulled Karia towards him so it could look at him in the eye, that were probably by now filled with terror as they looked at Adell's one, glowing eye, the other covered by bangs. Judging by the fact he easily over powered Karia, they could have killed them then and there but were taking their time.

'Adell' or rather the creature he had become lifted the vampire up higher with one hand, and used the other hand to grab both legs. After that, it brought Karia down and over knee, and literally broke the man in half.

After that, the creature let out the same inhuman roar, as if of victory before it seemed to notice Ariana. The strange black aura was still around him, but it wasn't making any hostile moves towards her. It seemed at least subconsciously, Adell was still in there and wouldn't hurt anyone he cared about. The creature approached Ariana, then it broke the chains binding her.

Once Ariana was free, it seemed to relax, not making any hostile moves towards her. Instead it seemed to watch Ariana curiously, it was unknown.

"You..hurt?" It said in a deep, garbled voice but there was small hints of the normal Adell in there. It seemed they were capable of speech, but their mind might not have been working as it should and had become more primal.

"..Ariana.." "That seemed to trigger something in the transformation to cause Adell to 'reel' his normal self back in, or at least regain his senses somewhat. Whatever the case may have been, the form began to shrink as Adell turned back into his normal self. His clothes were shredded but still use-bale and he seemed visibly tired, though not nearly as much as Ariana.

"I'm going to get us back home." Adell hadn't even noticed he had referred to his home as Ariana's home as well. From there, he worked on cleaning Ariana up and clothing her. He was very gentle with her and careful even though she was far more subdued then normal. Once he was done, he headed back to their home, carrying Ariana the entire way there.

Once they got there, he tucked Ariana in the bed to allow her some rest. He himself couldn't really sleep or relax that much. Not after..that. The thing was, he couldn't remember exactly what happened. He knew he had killed Karia, but the exact details were fuzzy. Killing him didn't bother him, but the fact he couldn't remember all the way was worrying

Adell smiled softly at that. "Yeah, no problem.." He went and gently took her hand, noticing that much like his it was warmer then normal. As long as it was within his power, he was never going to let anyone hurt Ariana like that again. Not if he could help it. He was going to get stronger and push his body to their limits that way when the time came, he wouldn't be cast aside again.

"Good night Ariana.." Adell then went to his own pallet on the ground before getting some sleep himself, it took a while but eventually it did catch up to him. There was no telling however what the next day would bring.

Adell woke up the next morning in for quite the surprise. He didn't notice it at first but it quickly became apparent someone was sleeping near him, and Ariana's bed where she normally slept was empty. It was easy to put two and two together, though it surprised him. Ariana must of slept in the same area as him for the rest of the night.

He relaxed soon though, allowing Ariana to sleep. She needed all the rest she could get after..what happened the other night. Maybe she just felt safer with him around now? That did make sense after he killed that bastard.

Still don't remember the exact details, but that can wait later.

"Good morning.." Adell answered, getting up himself. He wasn't really sure of what to say or do..after what happened. It felt strange just going on as if nothing happened but mostly he just wanted Ariana comfortable. The other thing he wasn't looking forward too explaining this to his mom..