To avoid squabbling with monsters, there were only so many routes to take, and it seemed retreating back the way he'd come was the easiest. There was little chance of meeting his dinner face-to-face, but that didn't mean Aidou liked the idea. He'd just be going around in circles.

Aidou couldn't help rolling his eyes at D's proclamation. How self-sacrificing. "Thanks for the concern, but your presence is unnecessary. I'll follow at my own leisure."

What was D thinking? If he knew of vampires - any kind of vampire - then he shouldn't have felt the need to hover like a nursemaid. Not to mention the longer D hesitated, the more he let Indra block off Aidou's escape by letting it progress forward.

Picking up a piece of shattered stone that had come to rest in the grass, he hurled it, dead center, at the back of Indra's head. "Ugly bastard. Come this way, why don't you?"