The Pheonix Returns [jj]

Sighing, the young female walked up the long stairway towards the entrance of iramasha island. Many thoughts ran through her head, worries about what would happen. Would she even be allowed to return to the iramasha? Would they be angry for her leaving all those years ago? Shaking her head, the young looking devil iramasha tried to put these thoughts from her mind. She couldn’t afford to worry about these things for now. Her red hair had been tied up in a ponytail in back, her red eyes focused on the gateway in the distance. She was wearing a white tee shirt with a black sports jacket and tight fitting blue jeans to complete the look. Putting her hand in to the jacket pocket, she pulled out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter. Putting one of the cigarettes in her mouth, she lit it and inhaled. The feeling put her at ease, a sigh of relief slipping from her mouth. Making her way up the stairs, she thought back to the old times. Smiling, she wondered how her old friend Aso was doing, it had been a while since the two had seen each other. Ever since that duel with Alucard Iramsha, Aish had been spending her time in the living world. Now she had finally decided to take a look at her old home, to return to the Iramasha island. Sighing, she took the cigarette from her mouth as she reached the last of the steps.

“Looks like I’m back… this should be interesting.”

"...Interesting."

The male known as Aso Gaiden's eyes slowly blinked, stirring underneath the blankets of his bed. He saw the same sight that he'd observed for some days now, looking at Aki's smiling face next to himself, nuzzling her as he slowly looked up from bed, rubbing his eyes, his chest bare... and looking straight at a red haired girl. That wasn't quite what he was expecting to see first thing in the morning, and slowly rubbed ihs eyes to see if the vision went away.

"Huh... I left the d... ..." He slowly opened his eyes wider, as without warning a wind suddenly stirred through the area, leaving the brown haired male with green hair and purple clothes, and making sure that Aki was fully decent, his eyes rapidly blinking. "Halo I'm such an idiot..." He muttered, burying his face in one hand, before looking up. "Can I help you?" He called out from the bed... not moving.

After all... It was nice and comfortable in bed with Aki. In addition, it looked like the stranger had some business with him.

But still, bed warm.

Aish

Aish Iramasha sighed as she walked through the streets of iramasha island, heading towards the only one she felt she could trust in this situation. It had been a pain getting past the guards at the front and she didn’t wish for any other issues to arise with her return. As she approached the house she was looking for, the young female sighed softly. Aso had left his door open, and although that would make her life easier she didn’t like that Aso had done something so careless. Putting out the cigarette in her hand, she tossed in to the ground as Fawkes crawled out from inside her jacket. Aish smiled as the beautiful phoenix perched itself on her shoulder, the young woman lifting a hand to pet the red and orange bird softly. With that, as the sun started to rise, Aish softly stepped in to the house before her. Slowly and carefully she made her way to Aso’s bedroom, and her eyes widened in shock. Laying next to Aso on his bed was a girl with long white hair. At that moment Aso chose to look up and spot Aish standing there. He seemed to realize what had happened after a few moments, but did not seem to recognize Aish. She figured that was how it was going to be, and blinked, finally coming out of shock as suddenly Aso and the girl were dressed. With that she broke in to a sly grin and let out a laugh, grinning as she looked at the two of them.

“Wow… Aso, where did you find this one? I’m surprised, I never thought you could actually succeed. I mean, seriously, I’ve never seen you even go out on a date, and here I come back and find you’re with a woman? Also, if you’re gonna make sweet love to each other, you probably should close the front door.”

Aki

Aki smiled as she felt Aso’s warmth against her, keeping her eyes closed for a moment. It was nice in bed, there with the love of her life, and she didn’t want to miss any of it. However, when she suddenly felt clothes around her body, her eyes snapped open in an instant. Something was going on, and Aki wasn’t sure she liked it. She could feel someone else in the room, someone she did not know at all. However, when the being started to laugh, and then talk, Aki’s eyes narrowed. The voice was obviously from a female, though the way they were talking seemed to be more the way a man would talk. In addition, the person seemed to be under the impression that they knew Aso, whether this was true or not Aki did not know. When the person finished talking, Aki sighed softly, using her power of telekinesis to club the person in the back of the knee, effectively bringing them to one knee. With that she shifted, smiling sadly at Aso, and rose from the bed. Looking at the newcomer, she saw that it was a female with red hair, red eyes, and a sly grin on their face. Smiling back, she asked the question that was on her mind.

“Who are you and what do you want from Aso?”

Aish

Suddenly Aish felt a force smash in to the back of his knee, causing it to collapse and force him on to one knee. As the woman rose from the bed Aish could tell she was fairly pretty, and from what she could tell of her personality, Aso’s lover was kind hearted. Aish looked up at her, and when she asked, he simply smiled back and answered.

“I’m Aish Iramasha and I just wanted to see my old friend Aso. I found his front door open and decided to take a look.”

He merely blinked, tilting his head at the stranger, before blinking as he looked over at Aki, having heard her sigh softly. Well, it's not like they weren't invading our privacy or anything… He thought to himself, tilting his head. "Aish…"Aso muttered softly, as suddenly within his mind flashed iages, memories of a red-haired youth. However, that red-haired youth… He was male. This wasn't male, at least fro appearances. "First of all, Aish is a male… He's a guy…." Aso muttered, though he could sense the energy of the being before them, and recognized it clearly. Whatever else, this person definitely felt like Aish.

"It's more like she found me." He stated simply in reply to the male's earlier question, glancing up on the ceiling, embarrassed. "And we weren't… um… that is… I know I screwed up. Again." He muttered very quickly after his speech had dragged a bit, leaning his head on Aki's shoulder for a moment, before sliding out of bed and standing up straight. "Anyway, what is it that you want?" He asked the girl before him with the phoenix, rather curious to figure out exactly what Aish, if its who this was, wanted from him. … He really, really didn't want to think about the last time that one of his friends from his past had randomly come to see him again after being gone from the island for so long.

He didn't think he could go through all that again.

Aki looked over at Aso when the female before them said that they were an old friend of Aso. However, when her lover stated that Aish was a male, her eyes swiveled back to the female before her, glaring down at them. Despite the glare though, she gave off an aura of kindness.

“So, will you explain why Aso remembers Aish as a male, yet you are a female? I hope this isn’t some form of trickery, I dislike those who lie to have their way with another.”

Aso seemed to start apologizing for something, and Aki quickly swooped down, kissing him lightly on the cheek. When she spoke, her voice was soft and caring, full of kindness.

“It’s alright Aso, you didn’t do anything wrong. This girl shouldn’t have walked in to your home, you don’t have anything to apologize for.”

Hugging Aso, she then looked back at the girl, not an ounce of anger or hatred could be seen in how she acted or how she spoke.

“So, Miss, why don’t you answer his question? Perhaps you could also explain why come to Aso in the first place? I haven’t ever seen you before, nor have I ever heard of this ‘Aish Iramasha’ person before. Given that Aso knows them, that means that likely they met after I left here. So, why don’t you tell me what’s going through your head young woman?”

Aish smirked as he listened to the two of them, sitting down casually on the floor as she waited for them to finish up with their questions. Once they were done she sighed, looking up at the two of them before that sly smile of hers returned to her face. She seemed to act more like a guy then a girl in almost every aspect, but her body was definitely female. When she talked, her tone was relaxed and carefree, but also had a hint of sarcasm and playful teasing.

“Aw, I thought Aso at least would remember, considering it was him that help me out after my first death.”

Sighing, she stopped talking for a few moments before continuing.

“I was a male Aso, and every other lifetime I am a male. My lifespan is exactly fifty years and one day, making my fiftieth birthday also my last day of a lifetime. So how is it I am still alive for over three hundred years? Well, that’s obvious, I get reborn. I burn up, reborn from the ashes of my former body. However, I am cursed to change my gender every time I am reborn. Don’t you remember Aso, my fiftieth birthday? I begged you for days to come party with me, didn’t I? Well, I still remember the look on you face as you entered the door. It was priceless, one for the books.”

Aish giggled, she couldn’t help it. She hadn’t had much company during her time in the living world, only Fawkes and that old man, Noroshi or whatever his name was, that had trained her in hand to hand combat. Once she had calmed down, she continued, answering the other question Aso had asked.

“Why am I here? Can I not just come visit an old friend, or am I forbidden from that now? Well, to be honest, I was just passing through, I was hoping to find out some information about my parents…”

Aish trailed off, her mind lost in thought. She wondered what it would have been like to grow up with her parents, with a real family. Alas, her mother had died giving birth to her and her father had disappeared right afterwards. Aish wished she could locate her father, perhaps that had been part of her reason for going to the living world. However, nothing had come of that, she had found nothing of him there. It should have been obvious that she wouldn’t find anything, she knew next to nothing about her father. So now, finished with her training in the human world, she had decided to come back to iramasha island to find out what she could about her father. Then she would once again leave, going to wherever her father was to find him. Bringing herself back, Aish decided that a change of topic would be best for things right now, she didn’t need this girl asking about her parents. Pointing to the bird on her shoulder, she smiled and spoke again.

“Oh, by the way, this is Fawkes. He’s quite the nifty fellow, and is usually fairly nice about things. Anyways, Aso, I’d rather you not tell people I’m back. I doubt I’ll stay long, the only thing that could keep me here is one of those bastards like Alucard trying to mess with me. Please, I’ll try to keep a low profile and be gone as soon as I can, but I don’t want anything to happen.”