I told them they couldn't keep me from seeing him Emerald thought to herself as she walked down the street towards Johnny's apartment. She allowed her tail to wag back and forth freely underneath her jacket, which was a nice change of pace. The wolf girl walked up to Johnny's door and knocked 3 times.

"Oh Johnny your favorite wolf girl is here to see you." Emerald said in a sing song voice.

The door opened right at the third knock... apparently, Johnny was already on his way to the door to open it when she knocked. "My my, aren't you a sight for sore eyes?" he grinned, holding the door wide for her to enter.

"Indeed," Emerald grinned back entering the apartment. She took in the scents of the apartment again and felt all the pressence of Bloodfang where gone and releaxed a bit more. "Yea...your brother's girlfriend and I had a little incident, well more like a all out brawl and she got pissy at me for meeting you. She thinks Im betraying the Institute by assocaiting with you." Emerald sighed flopping onto the couch.

"And I assume that she didn't take too kindly when you tried to set her straight?" Johnny smirked. Then, almost unbidden, he added, "Can't say I'm surprised."

"To state it simply, Kitty got claws," Emerald replied, rolling her eyes. "I also sort of lost control of my wolf side and accidently slashed my baby sister across the face when she tried to pry me off of Daria. I didnt realize what I was doing untill I heard Ruby yell. Now the whole pouncing thing Daria deserved but I should have kept better control of my actions."

Emerald stared down at her shoes with guilty eyes.

"Baby, we all do things we regret sometimes. You'd need to worry if you didn't feel bad, but as it is, your conscience is intact."

"Besides, somehow I doubt my dear brother's girlfriend was exactly being rational with you."

"Yea she was being pretty hard on me, and when Ruby said she was scared of me Daria said that she wouldnt let me hurt her...I would never hurt Ruby intentionally! Personally I think Daria was acting like a moody cat and she can't keep me away from you. No matter how hard she trys." Emerald stated stubbornly, tail flopping on the couch irritably.

((when he gonna go in her mind?))

(He already did. Set 'em up and knock 'em down.)

"Well, you might want to lay kind of low about it, if that's the mindset she's going to take. Those two can be... scarey when they're angry."

((Ill do my best!)

"Yea really," Emerald sighed shifting unconfortably in her seat. "So what have you been up to lately?"

"Eh... found out that a bigger apartment being rented by a minor is too conspicuous. Should've expected that, really," Johnny shrugged. "Aside from that, not a whole lot."

Emerald looked at Johnny for a moment before deciding what she was going to ask him.

"Johnny, Mike said you violated Daria's mind by making her relive her rape....why would you do something like that?" Emerald asked, trying her best to keep any confusion out of her voice.

"Because I hate my brother, and that was the best way I could think of to hurt him," Johnny answered without hesitation, though he looked stunned at his own answer after he said it. So stunned, frankly, that he didn't even try to speak, he just stood there in shock.

Emerald's mouth drooped open before closing slowly. She couldn't believe Johnny had just said that, and from what she was seeing it looked like he couldn't ether.

"So you hurt an innocent person in order to get back at your brother? Fabulous," Emerald growled in a slightly sarcastic tone. Her anger meter was rising slightly. "I want you to answer this in all honesty, have you been messing with my head at all since I have met you?"

This time, Johnny didn't have any trouble, as the answer he wanted to say was the truth. "No. Never."

Her expression darkneded slightly, "You know Niether Daria or Mike like me seeing you because they where afraid that you where just using me. Daria thinks I am putting everyone in Mortal danger by seeing you and Mike was starting to get me to believe that you manipulated people to get what you wanted," Emerald stated, tone without emotion.

"But my little sister just wants me to be happy and to follow my heart. She doesnt care who I date...as long as Im happy she is happy," Emerald responded with her normal wolfish eagerness in her tone. She wrapped her arms around Johnny's neck and kissed him on the lips. "And the answer you just gave me was what I needed to hear. Just do me a favor and not piss anymore of my friends off." Emerald mumbled in Johnnys lips