This fanfic is one of my absolute favourites of all time. It was really hard to write, but I think the outcome wasn`t bad. I rated it M in case, and its by far the longest. My thoughts were a little better though, I think. Also, for all of you that are curious about what songs I`m using next, they`re:

I can hear the bells- Hairspray

Time warp- Rocky horror picture show

1000 words- Final Fantasy X-2

Power of love- Back to the future

When you`re good to mama- Chicago

Everytime we touch- Cascada

Enjoy this fic!

PS: Sorry about not being a frequent poster. Too much time on youtube!! T.T

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Keep Holding On- Avril Lavigne

"There you go," Rima said, placing a plate of pasta salad in front of Ruka and Aido. Ichijo and Kain already had theirs, and but they had the common sense to wait for the others`.

"Mmm... this looks good...." Aido exclaimed, staring with hopeful eyes at the plate in front of him. He immediately dug in, not waiting for anyone else.

"Hehe... glad you like it..." Rima giggled, happy that everyone liked her food. Her cooking skills were new to her, since she always had someone else cooking for her, but miraculously, they were extremely advanced. She could cook anything and it would taste divine.

The night class had decided to take a trip to the beach around the sparkling ocean for their summer vacation celebration. Thinking that they could all use the fresh air, everyone agreed, and since Shiki and Rima had no photo shoots coming up, they decided to visit their summer beach house for a week or two.

Shiki and Rima shared a room, Kain and Ruka shared a room, and Ichijo and Aido were supposed to share a room, but Aido had gotten so fed up with him that he decided to camp out on the couch.

"Aren`t we going to wait for Shiki?" Ichijo asked when Rima went back to the counter to grab her meal. Usually, Rima wouldn`t do anything without Shiki at her side, but tonight seemed to be different.

"Not tonight," she sighed, grabbing her plate and pulling out a chair for herself to sit on. Shiki had been called last minute to a photo shoot, and he couldn`t refuse, no matter how hard he tried. Neither Ayako, their manager, or Rima would let him ditch it. Shiki`s excuse was that Rima was "in a fragile state", but Rima insisted she would be fine and nothing would happen to her.

She placed her plate on the table and tried desperately to sit down, but she just couldn`t do it without help from someone else to hold her chair.

Kain jumped from his seat and held the chair still while Rima sat down. Her stomach was so large that she couldn`t see her lap anymore, and it was so big that she had to lean over it to eat her food.

Rima was pregnant with Shiki`s child, and she had about three more weeks until her nine months were up. Shiki knew of course, and they were both ecstatic to be parents, especially with each other. She decided to take advantage of the time left before the baby came, and quickly agreed to the week of beach fun with the other students.

Also, when Shiki had found out about Rima being pregnant, he had proposed to her like he had wanted to for a couple weeks before he did. Of course Rima accepted, and quite happily as well, but since they were only at the age of 16 vampire years, the human world would not allow it.

But, having connections with Kaname and Yuki-sama, the two had gotten married and the Vampire Council couldn`t do anything about it. Rima and Shiki`s lives were perfect- at least in each others eyes.

"He said to call him if anything happens and he`d be home around 9:00," Rima continued, taking a bite of her pasta salad, with some effort of bending over herself. Some of the noodles on her fork fell off, and left stains on her black blouse.

"You want me to feed you like Shiki does?" Ichijo asked, chuckling a bit when he saw Rima struggling to get the food in her mouth. It felt awkward for him to ask her that, but he knew that she needed help with it.

"That might help," Rima laughed, placing down her fork and waiting for Ichijo to give her a bite.

Once everyone saw that Rima was good and she could eat, they started eating too, and their spirits rose almost instantly from the delicious food. It was like a summer fiesta in their mouths- exploding with fresh, citrus bursts.

"How do you make this?!" Ruka exclaimed with her mouth full. Rima had only started cooking a couple months sgo, yet her food tasted like she was a gourmet cook.

"A little inspiration, lemons, and hungry friends," Rima replied happily, a smile spread right across her face. She seemed happy- a little too happy for Rima. Ruka found it.... creepy.

Ruka shook it off and began eating again. Rima found it odd that Ruka looked a little wierded out, but by now she was used to it and she signaled for Ichijo to feed her some again.

Someone`s inhaled a bit too much sea air for her own good.... Ruka thought after she started to much on another fork full of pasta. Rima was never this happy, and since she was usually so mellow and calm, everyone except for Shiki had been frightened by her somewhat.

Just then, the phone rang loudly from the charger on the table, and Rima reached desperately for it. Not being able to lean over her stomach, her hand came only three inches away from it. Ichijo aslo reached for it, but he got it and handed it over to Rima.

Rima smiled in thanks to him and quickly pressed the "talk" button. Holding it up to her ear, the voice of a raspy old woman was on the other line.

"Is this the Shiki residence?" the woman asked with a bored tone. It was obvious she didn`t want to be talking right now.

"Yes, it is," Rima replied, wondering why this unknown woman was calling her. "This is Shiki Rima."

She blushed when she said that, thinking of what her dream was when she was a mere child. To inherit the name Shiki Rima from her best friend.

Ruka saw her blush, and it made her a little happier. Rima seemed happy in life since she married Shiki, so as long as Rima was happy, Ruka was too.

"Well," the woman began after shuffling around on the other line and picking papers off of something. "I`m sorry to inform you Mrs. Shiki, but your husband has been shot."

Rima`s world froze. She couldn`t move, almost like Aido had encased her in ice. Her Senri? The father of her baby? Rima kept trying to deny it in her mind- but the woman`s calm voice rang in her head over and over again.

Yet somehow, Rima managed to speak quite clearly to the woman to get the details. "Where is he at the moment?" Rima asked somewhat urgently, trying to get the information as quickly as possible before she broke into tears.

Ichijo shifted his gaze to Rima, and he saw that tears were forming in her eyes. They quickly became red and puffy, and Ichijo immediately knew that something was wrong.

He reached out to hug Rima, but she moved her hand to his arm, telling him to back off. Being the nice person he was, he didn`t push his luck, but kept close to her, knowing she`d need comforting.

"At the hospital? Great, thanks," Rima said sadly before ending the conversation and clicking the "end" button. She looked up at the rest of the group, letting a single tear roll down her cheek.

Ruka noticed straight away, and gave her friend a tight hug. Rima let her tears flow in a steady stream, staining the shoulder of Ruka`s shirt, and Ichijo was now also at her side. Aido didn`t really care, and Kain didn`t know how to comfort someone, so he didn`t try.

"Rima, what`s wrong?" Ruka asked, still hugging her and rubbing her back in attempt to calm her down. Never in her life had she seen Rima act like this; crying her eyes out and barely able to breathe.

Finally, Rima was calmed down enough to talk to the others. She was still crying of course, but she could talk through the tears now.

"S-Senri...H-he got sh-shot on his way b-back from the shoot," she managed to gasp between the streams of tears. "H-he`s alive, but j-just barely. We have to go."

"Rima, c`mon, don`t worry," Ruka cooed, embracing her friend and rubbing her back. "You`re not alone... We`ll help you through this, ok?"

Ichijo didn`t need to think twice about his response. Both of his best friends were in pain and suffering, and the thing they needed most was each other. He could bring them together. He quickly nodded yes and grabbed the car keys from the counter.

All of the teens went with Rima and Ichijo, knowing that Rima would need some comfort, especially when she saw Shiki in the hospital. They all knew that he wouldn`t look too pleasant after a gunshot wound. Rima was definutely going to start to cry again, and there wasn`t going to be an easy way to stop her.

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Walking into the lobby of the hospital was extremely difficult for Rima to do. It took roughly an hour to get there, and she knew that there was only a small distance between her and Shiki, lying with no one to comfort him through his pain. Just the thought of it made Rima tear up. She couldn`t imagine what it would be like when she went to see him.

Ruka wrapped her arm around Rima`s shoulders and held her close. Usually it was Shiki who would do that to Rima, either for the sheer joy of it or, like Ruka did, to calm her neveres a bit. Ruka knew Rima`s heart was racing fast and that she dreaded what waited her beyond the plain white doors.

After Ichijo asked the receptionist where Shiki`s room was, Ruka established who was going to see him. Obviously Rima was, Ruka tagged along so that she could help keep Rima from crying her eyes out, and Ichijo came along to see his childhood friend and help his newer one.

The walk down the hallway was the longest wait for Rima in her life. The door seemed as if it was further and further away with every step she took. So badly she wanted to open the door and rush into Shiki`s arms, but she was also afraid that what awaited her wouldn`t be her Senri anymore.

When Ruka reached out for the brass door handle, she tightened her grip on Rima, sensing her emotions about to come out. She had to reassure her, and this was her way of showing it.

As the light from the brightly lit white room flooded the open doorway, Rima`s heart skipped a beat. On the left side of the room, along with some monitors and chairs for the guests, was Shiki on the stiff white hospital bed. Wires and tubes were attached everywhere on his body, and bloody bandages covered almost all of his arms and torso. He seemed to not notice them- either that or he was asleep.

Rima stood still for a couple seconds, immobilized by shock. She hadn`t expected him to be this badly injured, and definutely not with this many needles and tubes inside him. No matter how much she didn`t want to think about it, she sincerely doubted that Shiki would make it through the night.

Then, as quickly as she froze, Rima darted over to Shiki`s bedside and gave him a needy hug. "Senri, Senri please....! Talk to me!" she exclaimed tearily while shoving her face into his bandaged chest. "Senri, please! Just keep holding on, don`t give up. Please..."

She started to lose hope in herself that she could wake up Shiki from his unconsciousness. It seemed that he had body heat still radiating off of him, which meant he was alive, and Rima breathed a sigh of relief. At least his heart was still beating.

Right before Rima was about to give up on waking Shiki, a small sound escaped his mouth.

"Rima..." The faint whisper was barely louder than that, a whisper, and it was the most relieving thing Rima had heard in her life. Shiki managed to lift his arms around Rima and hug her lightly, causing Rima to cry even harder.

"Senri! Senri, you`re okay...I`m so happy!" Rima cried, making teary eye contact with suffering Shiki`s. He could only open his eyes halfway, and the stunning silvery blue colour they usually were was now a dull blue, clouded over and fogged.

"Riri...calm down..." Shiki cooed, getting some of the firmness back in his voice. He was strong, and wouldn`t give into a bullet that easily. His petname for her was sure to calm her tears a bit.

Rima ran her fingers though his messy brown hair and needily kissed his lips. It felt so nice to feel him on her, to know her Senri was going to be there for her and their baby. His lips` coldness against hers felt refreshing, as if they were quenching her thirst.

"I`m never going to leave you, ever," Rima cried softly, taking a seat at Shiki`s bedside and grasping his hand. Her makeup began to run, and now thick black streaks were on her face.

Ruka walked slowly over to Rima and took a tissue from the box on her seat. She pulled the chair beside Rima`s, and carefully wiped away the makeup. Ichijo sat on the bed on the opposite side of the girls, and he began chatting with the almost healthy Shiki.

"Rima, you know I wouldn`t leave you..." Shiki said quite convincingly to Rima, turning his head sideways on the pillow. He smiled shyly to her and closed his eyes, not wanting to see Rima`s saddened face.

Shiki sat up and let his legs hang off the bed. "They already got the bullet, so I don`t need to have another surgery. I have to recover and that`s it," he sighed while rubbing his hand on the side of his face. The pants he was wearing didn`t suit his tastes seeing as they were hospital pants, and he immediately found his clothes, somehow fully clean, and motioned for Ichijo to grab them for him.

He did of course, and Shiki pulled all the wires and tubes that were hooked up to him out. "I was on those for like two minutes," he announced after seeing Rima`s horror stricken face. He pointed to the I.V.s and pulse machines, all to whom he was attached to before.

Rima sighed in relief. Wow, a lot can happen in an hour, Rima thought in amazement. She was overflowing with joy for Shiki to know he was alive, for him to always be there to stand beside her. It felt great to have his presence around in the room again.

Just then, a jolt of pain erupted from Rima`s stomach and made her fall off of her chair, and onto the floor in front of Ruka`s feet. She grasped her stomach tightly with her arms, and she was curled into a ball, attempting to protect herself from impact.

Once Ruka heard the thump that was Rima hitting the floor, she rushed onto the floor beside a nervous looking Shiki, who was also on the floor beside her. The two looked at each other, and they both had the same look in their eyes, telling them that they had the same idea.

Since Shiki was closer to Rima than Ruka, he decided to take the floor first and get Rima back up. He reached out to her and gently caressed her arm, causing her to look up at him and gave him and oppertunity to talk to her.

"Rima, are you okay?" Shiki asked, his eyes slowly turning back to their original silvery blue. He seemed terribly concerned for her, and so Rima immediately chose to cooperate with him.

She looked up at him with a hopeful look in her eye instead of a painful one. They glinted under the bright hospital lights, making Rima seem almost happy to have fallen on the floor and gotten hurt.

Rima reached out to Shiki`s hand and grabbed it lightly before placing it on her round stomach and holding it there.

"I... I might be wrong, but.... I think my water just broke," Rima gasped, looking Shiki caringly in the eyes.

Ichijo rushed into the hallway while both Ruka and Shiki helped Rima to stand up off the ground. She was a little wobbly, but she could still stand.

"Someone, quick!" Ichijo yelled a little too urgently into the hall. About four nurses came running, but once he explained the situation to them, two left for their other patients. One of the nurses seemed to be Shiki`s, because she looked annoyed when she saw him out of bed and trying to support his wife.

"Shiki-san, you should be resting!" the nurse exclaimed angrily, pushing him backwards onto the bed. Rima fell half beside him and half on top of him, and her eyes seemed to bulge a bit when the other nurse came over and started to feel her stomach.

Ruka helped her off the bed and back into the chair, while the nurse Rikku started to tend to Rima`s needs. Ayano, Shiki`s nurse, forced him to lie down and relax.

"Ayano, you said that if I was fine I could go," Shiki breathed, unimpressed with the nurse. Trying to keep him away from Rima. Pffssh, like that was going to happen.

"I need to make sure you`re okay first," Ayano said strictly, finally releasing Shiki and letting him sit up on the bed. He sighed, realizing that if he didn`t let her make sure she probably wouldn`t him leave. He got up hesitantly from the bed, and made his way over to Rima, Ruka and Rikku, the three Rs if you will.

"Is Rima ok?" he asked Rikku after she finished her brief examination of Rima. Rima seemed a little frightened, but Ruka was already on the job of calming her.

"Well," Rikku sighed while turning her head to Shiki. "She`s definuttely gone into labour, but she`s perfectly all right."

Shiki smiled and gently touched Rima`s shoulders. He smiled shyly to her, and looked her firmly yet caringly into her eyes like he had done so many times before.

"Rima, I won`t be able to be with you right away, but I promise I`ll come," he swore to her, stroking her hair and patting her stomach lightly. Rima`s face turned into a sad frown, like a child who is longing for a toy but can`t have it.

"W-wait! Senri, why aren`t you coming?!" Rima exclaimed unhappily as Ichijo scooped her up into his arms and made his way out of the room with her dangling out of them.

"I`m not allowed to go until I`ve been checked over," he replied what seemed like emotionlessly, but was far from it. He felt like he was abandoning his Riri in her time of need. Sure he would still arrive and stay, but not being there from the start made Shiki feel a little guilty.

Rima winced when she heard the words come out of his mouth so effortlessly. She knew that he cared for her, but at the moment he wasn`t acting like it. The baby picked the perfect time to hurt Rima, and her faced scrunched up in contortion.

"It`s probably just another contraction," Rikku said when she saw Shiki`s once again worried face. Walking up to Rima, she grasped her hand and looked at her with a caring smile.

"Don`t worry, I`ll take care of you," Rikku breathed happily while the four walked- well, three walked- out of the room.

"Just stay strong Rima! Everything`ll be okay!" Shiki yelled out desperately to Rima before catching the last glimpse of her azure eyes from around the doorframe. Motioning to Ayano to start the "exam", Shiki felt a pain at his heart and knew he had to hurry to help his Rima.

"Ok," Ayano breathed while grabbing a stethescope from the side of the bed and placing it over Shiki`s lung. "Deep breath in, then out...."

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Gulping in a fresh lung full of air, Rima slammed her head backwards on the not so soft pillow behind her and breathed in relief. It was over. All over. She had successfully had the baby with Shiki at her side like he had promised, and now Rikku was wiping off their precious baby with a towel.

"See Rima," Shiki cooed by her ear, and rubbing his nose along the side of her jaw. "It wasn`t that bad... And now we`re a family..."

"Yeah, to you it wasn`t that bad," Rima remarked, turning to Shiki and lightly kissing him on the lips. She did what he told her- keep holding on and brave through it until he got there. And sure enough he came, and Rima was ecstatic for it.

"You both have a beautiful baby boy," Rikku anounced, walking over to the bed and cradling the delicate bundle in her arms. He was still crying softly, but obviously he wasn`t wailing like when he was born.

In Shiki`s mind, he was praying for a boy that could carry on the family`s name, but he wasn`t about to favor over a boy or girl. Either or would be a blessing for him to raise with Rima.

Rikku gently placed the baby into Rima`s arms, and Rima held the baby as close to her chest as she could. Tears of joy began to roll down her face, and Shiki got up, sat on the bed beside Rima and gazed at their beautiful baby, who had stopped crying once he was in her arms.

"What`s his name going to be?" Rikku asked, not wanting to ruin the moment of the two. But, unfortunately, she had to.

Rima looked up lovingly from her baby, and responded quietly to Rikku. "Kitto. Shiki Kitto, that`s his name."

Shiki smiled and looked down at Rima, happy to see her so happy. "I think that`s a perfect name."

Rima shifted her gaze back to her baby, who now`d been named Kitto, and began to admire him while he was asleep.

"He`s got your beautiful chestnut hair," she said quietly to Shiki while stroking the thin strands that were already on Kitto`s head.

Shiki smiled and put his hand on Rima`s shoulder. Kitto began to squirm a little, waking up from his 5 minute nap, and started to squirm around in his blanket.

"Wow, he`s energetic," Shiki chuckled while reaching out and letting Kitto play wiith his finger. He was so attentive and active, not to mention adorable when he giggled. He had Rima`s stunning azure eyes, along with Shiki`s facial features.

When Kitto decided to giggle a bit more and kick his arms and legs, both Shiki and Rima caught a glimpse of his little bitty fangs in his mouth. They weren`t permanent, but they could still do some damage if they wanted to.

"Should I go and tell the others?" Shiki asked, rememering the four others who he saw waiting in the lobby when he passed by.

"Yeah, and let them come in," she sighed, laying her head back onto the pillow. "They must be worried, so it`ll relieve them."

Shiki got up from the bed and made his way to the door, turning back to wave goodbye at his wife and son. They smiled back, well, Rima did, and he quietly closed the door behind him before making his way to the waiting room.

Once there, Shiki told everyone about what happened, and everyone- except for Aido who didn`t care less- breathed a sigh of relief. They followed Shiki back to her room, and they hoped to find Rima was in a good mood this time.

As Shiki opened the door, he caught sight of Rima, who was apparently feeding Kitto at the moment. She smiled when she saw him and motioned for him to come in, but he felt like he was invading her privacy by doing so.

Even so, the others pushed him inside to see Rima and their son, so they ended up going inside anyways. Aido screamed when he saw what Rima was doing, and he needed a book to cover his eyes. The three others just ignored it, like any mature person would, seeing as the baby needed it.

When Kitto had had his full, he pushed himself away and immediately began to fall asleep. Rima pulled the sheets over her chest and quickly nipped her wrist, causing it to bleed.

"Open up, little one," she cooed to Kitto, who was quickly falling asleep. So much like his parents, yet so different...

Kitto had smelt the blood and his eyes opened up slowly. He looked really tired, but his bloodlust was stronger. He quickly lapped up the blood until he was full, and again pushed himself away from it.

The only difference; Kitto had noticed that there were others in the room, and he immediately began to giggle and blow bubbles with his mouth.

And that ended it; the large family was together again. Even though they were just friends, well, except for Shiki, Kitto and Rima, they still had a great bond that they could always share with each other.

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Soo... what`d you think? Good? Bad? Horrible? Please rate and review!

Either leave a comment or PM me if you want to see an addition to this fic typed out. And trust me, it`s a lot less sappy. Anyways, thanks for reading!