Me: Okay, guys this is the sad ending so prepare to cry buckets. But don't worry, it has nothing to do with the main story. I just wanted to do this for funsies

I DON'T own Vampire Knight or Shugo Chara or Ib, got it? Okay, good


Alternate Ending: Forgotten Portrait

Ikuto's POV

In the toy box...

I woke up with a pounding headache. It took a while for my vision to re-focus and look at my surroundings. I was in a huge room with crayon doodles everywhere. There were also broken toys, mannaquin heads, creepy blue dolls, and power ranger suits. I checked my pockets. I don't have my rose. Well, shit.

I was able to find Zero, though. His silver hair sticks out like a sore thumb. I poked him a few times and he began to move.

"Hmm? Ikuto?" He groaned.

I smiled. "Rise and shine, Snowcap."

Zero sat up and scanned his surroundings. "Looks like Yuuki pushed us down here." He turned to me. "Are you alright, Ikuto?"

"A little sore here and there, but I'll be able to walk it off." I replied. "By the way, I lost my rose."

"What!? Well we gotta find it before something happens to it."

We looked around the toy box. My rose was no where to be seen, but I did find a pink key.

"Oh, what's this? A present for me?"

We turned around to see Yuuki with a creepy blue doll holding a red rose. Yuuki takes it. "Thank you."

"Hey, Yuuki!" I called.

"Oh, Ikuto." She said oh-so-innocently. "This is your rose?"

"Yes. Give it back!"

"Well...hmm...Wanna trade Zero's rose?" Yuuki giggled.

"What?"

"I like red and all, but I love blue even moooore~" She said. Yuuki pointed to the creepy doll next to her. "See? This doll is blue too! Isn't it cute?"

Hell no.

I looked up at Zero. I could sense the fear in his eyes and some other emotion I couldn't put my finger on.

"So wanna trade?" Yuuki asked.

I tugged on Zero's jacket for comfort. "Zero..."

Zero smiled at me and pat my head. "Don't worry...I'll be fine. Just leave it to me." His expression changes as he turns to Yuuki. "Understood. Ikuto's rose for mine."

He takes the blue rose out of his pocket and gives it to Yuuki, who gave Zero my red rose in return. "Yay! Pretty, pretty flower~" Yuuki giggled, running away.

Zero walks over to me and gives me my rose. "Be careful with it."

I hung my head. "Sorry..."

"Why are you apoligizing? You didn't do anything wrong." Zero said. "As for my rose, we can chase Yuuki and get it back."

I nodded. I wonder, how can he act like nothing happened?

The room suddenly felt cold and dark. I looked around the room. The artwork started to move. Zero grabbed my hand and made a run for it. We went up the flight of stairs, which led to a corridor. I noticed blue petals were on the ground.

'Loves me not...'

'Loves me...'

I turned to Zero who was lagging behind. He was slumped against the wall, breathing heavily. "Umm, sorry, Ikuto...but could you go ahead?"

'Loves me not...'

Zero let out a cry of pain and clutched his chest tightly. "I'm sorry...I really don't know what to say...Ah! I don't...want to lie to you...but I don't...want to tell you the truth either...So if you need help...I'll come running."

I nodded and went ahead. 'Don't worry, I'll get your rose back'

I ran up a flight of stairs, which lead to the room we were in before Yuuki pushed us into the toy box. Yuuki was there, plucking the petals off of Zero's rose one by one. She didn't seem to notice me.

"Loves me not." She said, plucking off the last petal. she drops the stem. "Loves me!" She giggled and left the room.

I walked over to the mess of blue petals and just stared at what was left of Zero's rose.

This can't be happening.

No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. NO!

I went back down the stairs to check on Zero. He was sitting against the wall, eyes closed as if he were sleeping.

"Zero?" I reached out a hand to touch him. He felt cold. "Zero, please, don't die on me. We promised we'd get out together, so please wake up." I begged, on the verge of crying. But I knew in the back of my head, Zero was never going to wake up.

He was dead.

"ZERO!" I cried, hugging his body tightly. I just stayed like that for god knows how long. After a while, I finally managed to stop my tears. "That bitch, I'll fucking kill her!"

I noticed that Zero had a lighter in his hand. I picked it up, but realized I was carrying too many things. I took out the candy Zero gave me and popped it in my mouth. It tasted sour (it's lemon what do you expect) and it had a bitter aftertaste, but it wasn't sweet, despite the fact that it was candy. I took the lighter and went back upstairs. The room looked different. The toy box was gone. It was replaced with a flight of stairs blocked by vines. I used the lighter to burn the vines, allowing me to go upstairs.

Upstairs was a room with a broken painting on the wall. I was about to approach the painting for a closer look, until I heard footsteps. I turned around to see Yuuki, palette knife in hand.

"Ikuto?" she said. "How did you get into this room?" Her expression changes from shock to anger. "Leave now. Now. Now. NOW!"

I ran up to the painting and held up the lighter next to it.

Yuuki's expression changes again. Fear. "Ikuto, please stop."

I glared at her. "Why should I? Give me one good reason why I should light this painting up right now."

"What would Zero think?"

"Don't you dare use Zero like that! You were the one that killed him! It's all your fault!" I screamed, not hesitating to set the painting on fire.

"NOOOOOOO!" Yuuki shrieked, as the flames engulfed her and turned her into nothing but ashes.

I just stood there, completely shocked. Not because I just burned Yuuki to death. I would never forgive her for Zero's death, so I felt like she deserved it. I guess I'm going to have to get out of here without Zero, but there was something I would like to do first.

I looked around the room and found just what I needed. Paper and a few crayons. I went back to Zero and began drawing roses on the wall and floor around him with the blue crayon. They probably looked like blue blobs to someone else, but hey, I'm not the best artist, cut me some slack. When I was satisfied with what I drew, I drew a blue rose on the paper and placed it in Zero's hands.

"Rest in peace, Zero"

I went back upstairs and left the house. I unlocked the door to the pink house and went down a very long flight of stairs. At the bottom, there was a corridor that led to a very familiar place. It looked exactly like the art museum, but everything was black. I went up to the second floor, where the Fabricated World painting was.

I read the name plate. 'Fabricated World. Once you go in, there's no going back. All your time here will be lost. Will you still jump in?'

The painting looked an awful lot like the gallery in the real world. So I guess if I jump in I would go back there. But how am I going to jump in a painting?

Suddenly the frame disappears. Yes! Now's my chance. I was about to jump in until...

"Ikuto!"

I turned around to see Zero, alive and well. But something felt off about him.

"I think I found an exit, but it's not here." Zero said. "Come with me."

"No, you're not Zero."

The Zero clone's eye's turned red and he ran to grab me, but I jumped into the painting before he could.


Huh? What was I doing before? What the hell happened?

I shrugged and went to look the artwork for the millionth fucking time. I saw Utau and Amu actually being excited about the artwork. I decided to leave them to have their fun.

I went up to a painting that I was sure wasn't there before. It was a portrait of a sliver-haired man, sleeping peacefully in a bed of blue roses. In his hands was a blue rose. I looked at the name plate.

'Forgotten Portrait.'

I felt my eyes begin to water. I didn't know why though.

"Ikuto!" I heard Utau call.

"You seem to really like this painting." Amu commented.

"Hey, look, Ikuto's crying." Ran pointed out.

"What's wrong, I wonder?" Su asked.

I wiped up the tears from my eyes. "Nothing, it's just that when I look at this painting, I feel like crying."

"It really is pretty though, I wonder why it's called the Forgotten Portrait." Amu said. "I wonder if this person was real."

"Amu, Guertena never painted any real people." Miki replied.

"It doesn't matter. Can we go now?"

"Okay, Let's go for taiyaki! My treat!" Amu exclaimed.

"Yeah!" her charas cheered.

I looked at the painting one last time and left.

END: Forgotten Portrait


Me: *Hands all of you tissues* Think about this, it's said in the game the Guertena never painted any real people, so if you get the forgotten portrait ending, Garry becomes an imaginary person, he never existed. Since Zero is Garry here, he becomes imaginary and never existed. Let that sink in for a bit. *hand you all more tissues.*

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