The name of this chapter came from Apocalyptica ft. Adam G. of Three Days Grace's I don't care. Enjoy!

Kazuya entered the office, carrying the results of the vial. He had also taken Lars down to the infirmary to be evaluated.

"So far all I know is that Lars was injected with the same vial as well," He said. "But now that we have the results, we can finally find out why he was carrying it."

"He was injected with one of those vials?" Asuka asked. "But by whom?"

"I…don't know that part. As long as he's stable, that's all that matters. But, it'll take a while before the contents of the vial leave his body."

"So he's still dangerous…"

Kazuya nodded; the medical team used restraints if he ever awakened. Just in case, of course.

"We have to wait for Xiaoyu and Hwoarang to come back before we can announce the findings."

Jin stood up and looked out the window; it was approaching dusk, and it was almost time for them to get the other hunters assembled.

"Hey guys."

Hwoarang and Xiaoyu both walked into the office, greeting everyone with a hello. "What's the result?"

"Well, there are a lot of unknown substances inside of it," Kazuya began. "Most of them vampires like us can't really adjust to. There's also something else in here, something I've never seen before…"

"What is it?" Xiaoyu asked.

Kazuya held up a tube filled with a substance. "It looks yellowish…I can't really make out the substance, but it's no doubt that this yellow substance was the cause of Lars' actions."

"I still don't wanna see him," Xiaoyu snapped. "If he touches me again, I'm slitting his throat."

"Xiao, you can't bear hatred against him now that you know that it wasn't his fault," Asuka said. "You know how he is towards you."

"I used to know how he was; I'm not taking another chance with him."

"Xiao, you can't-"

She walked out of the office and slammed the door shut.

"Ah shit," Hwoarang said, holding his head in annoyance. "Now what are we gonna do?"

"It's gonna take some time for her to regain his trust," Kazuya said. "He did leave major bruises around her neck, didn't he?"

"Yeah, but…he didn't mean it. He wouldn't hurt Xiao intentionally."

"Let her blow off steam for a while," Jin said. "She'll come to her senses sooner or later."

Asuka ignored their arguing and stepped outside. She followed Xiaoyu and took the elevator to the top floor.

"Xiao, wait!"

Xiaoyu didn't listen; she continued walking ahead of her.

"Where are you going?"

"I just wanna think alone," She said. "I…I need some time to sort all of this out…"

"Xiao, there's nothing to sort out. Lars would've killed you if he meant it!"

"I don't care…"

"You say w-what?"

"I said I don't care; you weren't there when it happened. I looked into his eyes and I saw pure insanity; you can't say anything about that. His eyes looked like he wanted to kill."

Asuka couldn't believe what she was hearing; Xiaoyu began to resent the hell out of Lars, and nothing could change her mind. She wanted to say something, but no words came…

"Xiao, he…okay, I'll leave. But I really want you think this out…"

She walked out and headed down to the evaluation rooms, where Lars was being held. She was cautious as she entered his room, because she didn't want to alarm him.

"Lars, are you awake?"

Lars was perched on the window ceil, looking ahead. Asuka just sat down in the chair next to the door as quietly as she could.

"She's hates the shit outta me now, doesn't she?" He asked.

"She said she would slit your throat if you came near her again," Asuka said. "I didn't think she would take it that hard…"

"She still hasn't let go of her past…and neither have I…"

"Huh?"

Asuka stood up and approached him. "What do you mean?"

"I saved her from that vampire, but I was never able to help her mentally…I feel kinda guilty behind it, but she had to heal herself."

"You tried; that's all that matters."

Lars was already at the door, jacket in hand. He hugged Asuka before leaving. "I'm gonna go talk to her. If I come back in pieces…"

He chuckled a little. "You know what happened."

Asuka couldn't help but smile at his comment as he left.

(Ling Xiaoyu)

Xiaoyu continued to allow the rain to pelt down on her body as she thought to herself in silence.

I can't believe him, she thought. But if they found traces of the vial's contents in his body, then he really was out of his mind. I can't fault him for that then…but Heihachi Mishima…was my mom really telling the truth about him?

She didn't know what to think; nothing made sense to her at the moment. She didn't believe that everything could turn upside down like that; but she was wrong.

"What are you doing out here like this?"

Xiaoyu snapped her head around and drew out her sword in an instant. "What do you want?"

"Xiao, please, just listen…"

She continued to hold her sword in an unrelenting grip. "I don't feel like listening to you!"

"Well, you're gonna listen anyway."

She turned around, looking for him; before she knew it, he was already holding her from behind. She struggled to get free, but to no avail.

"Let me go," She yelled. "Let me go now!"

She tried to stab him by turning the sword towards her, but he grabbed her hand and threw the sword to the ground. "Listen to me."

"No!"

She grabbed a silver knife and tried to the same thing; he yanked it out of her hands and held them behind her.

"Stop trying to stab me and just listen for one damn minute!"

Xiaoyu stopped her movement and stayed limp in his arms. "What…?"

"Look, I…they gave you the results, right?"

She nodded. "What about it?"

"You heard everything about it. I can still feel the pain in my neck…"

On the inside, he knew who did this to him. He didn't want to reveal that much yet to them; especially to Xiaoyu.

"Anyways, you know that I was carrying the vial to give to you all. But…you know I didn't mean to hurt you. I'm sorry…"

Xiaoyu fought to keep her temper under control. She believed that it wasn't his fault that he did what he did; but her trust with him has been shattered. Can they restore it?

"Sorry can't fix everything Lars," She said through gritted teeth. "And you know it. So let me go so I can leave."

"Not gonna happen."

The rain started to come down harder around them; it was cool, but nothing could sooth Xiaoyu's growing temper.

"Let. Me. Go," She said. "I don't wanna be here."

"You have no other choice," He said in equal tone. "Whether you know it or not, you're a target to many people. You can't just roam around like there's nothing wrong."

"I can, and I will. Now let go."

He let her go, but she turned around and whacked him a good one. He hissed in pain as he held his face.

"Ouch!"

"Go to hell."

Xiaoyu picked up her sword and stormed onto the elevator. Lars just stood in place in awe, unable to believe what has taken place.

"Xiao, I…"

He sighed to himself; how is he gonna restore trust between them now?

Argh, I keep writing so boringly! I deserved to get slapped a little. But, I want you guys to review and I'll keep posting! Later peeps!