Hello my fellow followers of . I know it's been a while since I have updated anything, oh the pains of real life right? Anyway I decided to make this story have an alternate ending and this is the first time I ever done it and I hope you all like it.

I am planning on updating Love at Ouran Academy and Welcome to the Forbidden world when I can and sorry for the long wait. I have been working with VesLuvAnime for The Mystery Girl and The Dark Side of the Moon so go ahead to her profile and read it, you will enjoy it very much. Anyway please enjoy this alternate ending.

Oh one more thing I am considering editing my first Fanfiction on here Murderous Stalker for all the people who have read that story at the beginning to end, if you haven't read it, please do and I hope you enjoy it.

Arthur panted as he ran through the forest, not caring that his green jacket and green pants was being torn apart by the branches cutting into his skin drawing only small amounts of blood. He furrowed his bushy eyebrows as he saw something down on the ground near a cliff edge and much to his horror when he got closer to it and saw it was his best friend, Alfred.

"ALFRED" he screamed, his voice heavily think with a british accent as he ran to him. He gasped when he saw Alfred was holding a gaping hole in his abdomen as he futilely tried to stop the bleeding. He had blood coming out of his mouth and a thin line of it was running down his head stopping at his left temple. Arthur fell to his knees tears welling in his emerald green eyes and he crawled over to his dying friend. Alfred heard someone coming over and he opened his blue eyes and he turned his head and he smiled weakly.

"A-Arthur" he said with a whimper of pain as he shifted disturbing his gaping wound. Arthur wanted to cry right then and there and held his friend's hand, which were covered by his leather glove as usual when he wasn't wearing their school uniform.

"Y-You are going to be ok, j-just hold on" Arthur said and Alfred smile which looked more like a grimace.

"Y-y -you and I both know...that w w-wont b be h-happening A Artie" he said calling him by that awful nickname, but right now he didn't care and he felt his heart tightened with sadness as he knew Alfred was right but in that moment he realized that he could do something to help him survive and knew just where to take his wounded friend. He carefully picked up Alfred who was shocked and in pain.

"A-Artie w wha-" Alfred tried to ask but was coughed off by a wet could some blood coming out of his mouth. Arthur didn't cringe when he saw the blood ended in his own person. He ran for a nearby river that he and Alfred would sometimes go to from time to time weather it was to hangout or fish. He laid Alfred and tore at his jacket until it was almost completely gone and he balled it all up in a tight ball and looked at Alfred.

"I need you to hold this to your wound tightly to stop the bleeding. You better not die on me you bloody wanker" Arthur said and Alfred gave a weak smile and did so wincing in the process. Arthur stood up and went to the river. He pulled out a medium flask he had in his back pocket. It had a eagle on it taking flight, Arthur smiled at it; the flask was the very first gift he ever got from Alfred. He opened it and filled it with water. As soon the flask was filled, he collected some dry twigs and shattered branches. He pulled out a lighter from his pocket and looked at it. It had a american eagle on it taking flight in front of the American Flag. Arthur chuckled as he looked at it and use the lighter for the first time since he got it from Alfred for his birthday a couple months back.

Once the fire had started, he took a small piece of metal from the basket that held the handle together and held it in the fire. As he watched the first heat up the metal he thought about the first time he ever met his best friend.

FLASHBACK

It was a brand new day and all the students were walking towards Hetalian High School, a sea of blues and whites covered the courtyard all except one person. This person had on a green jack that was a shade darker than his eyes, which were a beautiful emerald color. He had the matching pants and under the jacket was a white blouse and a black tie. He had beautiful blond locks that shaped his head and face perfectly, his pale skin shining off the sun. Some of the students stared at him with confusion as a male walked up to him.

He surprised the man and he looked at him and took in his appearance. He had short blond hair with a cowlick and he had beautiful blue eyes that was covered by red glasses. He was wearing a blue vest shirt that shaped his chest which was on top of a white collar blouse. He had matching blue pants and had black boots. He grinned at him brightly.

"Hello my name is Alfred F. Jones" he said loudly. The male blinked and smiled a little.

"Hello my name is Arthur Kirkland' He said and Alfred smiled more.

"You must be the new student from Britain" he said and Arthur nodded surprised that he knew that.

"I am part of the student council here so we get the memo of everything before everyone else" Alfred informed him as if reading his mind. Arthur, now understanding, nodded.

"I can show you around if you want, all my classes are mostly in the afternoon, so I have nothing but study halls" he offered.

"Sure I would love that" He said and Alfred held out his hand to shake his. Arthur took his hand and shook it. Little did they know that this was the beginning of a very close friendship.

END OF FLASHBACK

He gave a small smile at the memory popped into his head. He noticed the metal had turned a bright red color meaning that it was hot enough to use. He stood with it and walked back to his pale best friend and noted he was barely hanging in there.

"Alfred remove her hand, I am going to have burn seal it" he said as he knelt down to him. Alfred slowly opened his blue eyes and looked at him. He nodded weakly and removed his blood soaked hand and hissed when the air hit his wound. Arthur gently unbuttoned his shirt and opened it. He wanted to be sick seeing all the red liquid gushing from his best friend's stomach, but he resisted the urge to and dug his fingers into the wound ignoring his friend's weak cries of pain pulling out the bullet that missed his major arteries. Arthur gagged and placed the hot end of the metal on the wound.

The smell of burning flesh and boiling blood filled the air as Alfred withered a little in pain, but kept his mouth shut as the wound was forcefully closed enough. Arthur quickly removed it and threw it.

""I'm going to have to lift you up so we can get you to the hospital" he said and Alfred nodded letting his best friend lift him and as they walked through the forest in silence, a memory popped into their heads. A memory that settled their future.

FLASHBACK

It's been almost an entire year since Arthur had came to Hetalian High School and him and Alfred became the best of friend. Sure he made friends with Feliciano Vargo, his twin brother Romano Vargos, Ludwig and his older brother Gilbert, Kiku Honda, Francis Bonnefoy, Yao Wang, Ivan Braginsky, and Alfred's twin brother Matthew, but Alfred was his first friend there and was always going to be his best friend.

"Hey Al" Arthur said suddenly making Alfred look at him with curiosity in his blue eyes. The two were sitting in the park that was near their school.

"Yes Arthur, what is it" he asked.

"I was wondering since I know I don't want to go back to my country after we graduate from this school, we could maybe move into an apartment together, that way we aren't lonely and we won't have to separate" Arthur suggested and Alfred smiled and nodded.

"I would love to do that Arthur, I was thinking the same thing and since we both work at the same place and earn the same amount of money, we won't have to worry about money" Alfred said with a soft smile. Arthur smiled and held up his hand and Alfred slapped his against his his with a brighter smile.

END OF FLASHBACK

"If I don't make it, promise me you will go through with some of our plans" Alfred said suddenly making Arthur jump slightly as the sound of his weak voice and looked at him sharply with those beautiful emerald eyes.

"Shut up you bloody wanker I swear you will make it even if I have to do it myself" he said and Alfred smile weakly at his best friend's determination. Arthur stopped and put his other arm around him.

"I can't lose you..you were my first friend here...I was scared to death when I first heard the gunshot" he said.

FLASHBACK

Arthur and the others laughed as they were heading into the forest to meet with Alfred to go to the cabin he had up there for their weekend trip in the woods. The smiles and laughter went away when they suddenly heard two gun shots. Arthur felt his blood run cold when this happened and he knew that Alfred was in trouble since no one but them came into this part of the woods.

"ALFRED" everyone screamed, but the loudest to scream was Arthur as he made a mad dash into the woods off the usual trail that led them to the cabin. The others ran after him hoping to keep up with him but he vanished as quickly as he ran away.

END OF FLASHBACK

"I am so sorry Artie" Alfred said as Arthur held to him obviously close to tears as he wrapped his arms around his small friend carefully wincing as he jostled his wound.

"Let's just get you to the hospital and get you stitched up" he said and the two began their journey again. After a couple minutes they heard the sound of rushing footsteps as Alfred's twin brother came into view with a worried look on his face, but it changed to relief when he saw the two friend.

"Matthew get the car he needs a hospital right now" he heard Arthur said and he nodded running back the way he came. After ten more minutes Alfred was taken to the hospital and his wound was treated.

A year later after the shooting, Alfred's shooter had yet to be found , but that didn't matter to Arthur. He was currently walking down the street to the apartment him and Alfred own together with a couple bags and a smile on his face. He got to the door and unlocked it walking in.

"Alfred I am back" he called out closing the door and his excited best friend came flying out of his bedroom with just a towel around his waist.

"Hey Artie did you get everything" he asked as he walked over, the sun gleaming on the scar Alfred would forever had in memory of the day he almost died. Arthur smiled and nodded.

"I got you something" he said and pulled out a bouquet of sunflowers, which was Alfred's favorite chuckled with he saw his eyes light up and he his hands take them.

"Wow...thank you so much" he said with a smile before hugging him carefully. Arthur smiled and hugged bim back.

"I thought i would get you a gift every year of the anniversary of your near death experience so we don't think of it as a terrifying time each year, but as the day we got lucky" he said and Alfred smile nodding. Arthur watched as Alfred walked to the kitchen to put them in the looked out the window with a smile and whispered very quietly to the sky.

"Thank you for giving him another chance"