"It's okay," Yuki said kneeling up. "Love makes you do stupid things."

"It was a snog Yuki," She said hiding her true feelings. "Get over it!"

She stood up ready to walk out the room. But she felt an icy fear shoot through her body. She had to wait a few seconds before realising it wasn't her fear. It was Amys'. The dozen or so screams that followed seconds later proved it.

*

The guests of the party were no longer having fun. Kate jumped down the staircase, not even caring that she made a very loud bang. Amy was stood near the front door. Her face was china white again and her blue eyes were like saucers. Tears were running down her face.

Everyone was looking outside. Momiji was outside on the front lawn lying face down. A tall man was leaning over him. The strangers black hair was covering Momijis' neck and only Kate and Amy knew what was going on. Yuki and Haru could probably guess as well.

The tall man looked up at the guests, an evil smile on his pale face. Blood was dripping from his lips and when his lips parted his large fangs were visible. He seemed to have noticed the royal blood. Momiji had been a distraction. To get Amy and Kate closer to the Strigoi than they should have been.

The Strigoi moved incredibly fast but Kate was prepared. Everyone except Haru, Amy, Yuki and herself had moved back into the house. Kate threw herself in front of the other three.

"Amy," Kate said as she dodged an attack from the Strigoi, "Call Lenechka. Get him here. Once one is dead the others will come looking."

Amy reached into her pocket and pulled out her phone with shaking hands.

"Hurry up," Kate yelled as she kicked the attacker. Kate knew this would take a long time without a stake, but she could do it.

"Hello?" A low, male voice answered the phone. "Amy?"

"Guardian Lenechka," Amy said. "We need help. Kate is fighting a Strigoi on her own and thinks more are on the way."

"I'll be there in a few minutes." The phone line went dead.

Kate kept on fighting the Strigoi but it was no use. The Strigoi was much stronger than the others she had fought. And as the Guardians came, so did more Strigoi.

Soon it was a battle like in any other war. The Sohmas were still in the lounge until Kyo, Yuki and Haru decided to fight. Others joined in and soon it was fighting to the death. Tohru cuddled Momiji and tried to take him back into the house.

Kate, who had been handed a stake when the guardians arrived, noticed this and hurriedly took him off her.

"Let go!" Tohru was crying, still holding on to Momiji. "He's like a brother to me!"

"Tohru," Kate yelled back. "He isn't the same anymore. He lost everything when that Strigoi bit him. He's no longer the boy you know."

Momiji woke up and the glint in his eyes was visible, even to Tohru. His hair was almost black and his skin was as white as paper.

"Momiji, NO!" Tohru cried as Kate tried to take him off her.

"I know how you feel Tohru, but you need to let me put him out of his misery."

Momiji didn't like the look of the silver stake and started struggling in Tohrus' arms. He tried scratching her and were millimetres away from him biting her.

At that point Kate held the stake above his chest. The others were still fighting behind her.

"I'm so sorry, Momiji," Kate said as she pushed the silver into his chest, leaving Tohru with a still Momiji.

"NO!" Tohru began crying again but it wasn't her that shouted. Yuki and Haru stood in front of Amy. My heart sunk as a Strigoi threw Haru against the nearest tree. Haru lay there unconscious. Kate ran towards the two others blocking them from the Strigoi, dropping the stake in the process.

This is it Kate thought. It's my job to save Amy. But I love Yuki. I can only choose one, cant I? Then she made the most difficult choice of her life as the Strigoi walked forward.

She lunged at the Strigoi. Hitting and kicking it everywhere possible. She kicked it four times in each leg. Two cracks made her smile as the Strigoi fell to the floor. She picked up her stake and stabbed it in the heart before joining her friends at Harus' side. Most of the Strigoi had either fled or been killed. The Sohmas' weren't too hurt. But some of her guardian friends had also fallen. Refusing to look at the dead she helped pick Haru up and take him inside.

The sun was rising and so most of the guardians left. Only guardian Lenechka and Guardian Alice stayed. They buried the dead out in the woods, Strigoi or not. Most Strigoi had been Dhampyres or Moroii or even human before turning. They deserved to be buried. However Hatori took Momiji to the main estate to be buried properly. The Sohmas went home after the shocking experience but didn't dare tell anyone. Shigure, Yuki, Kyo, Tohru, Amy and the guardians returned to the house.

"It must have been planned," Kate said for the seventh time. "It's a human area so why would they know we're here? We're on the other side of the world as well."

"I agree," said Guardian Alice. "But we have no proof."

Guardian Lenechka took out a book. He read a certain page then nodded.

"What are you nodding at?" Kate tried to look at the book.

"Molnija marks are only permitted to over eighteens as that's who normally fight Strigoi. However I think you should be able to have them as you are eighteen this year. How many Strigoi have you killed, truthfully?"

"Four the night dad died, but I think they were weaker ones. 3 when me and Amy were being followed in London. And 3 tonight."

Before Kate could ask why, she had something hot pressed onto the back of her neck. It was dark blue and was in the shape of a star. She smiled gratefully at the two guardians.

"Um, I don't mean to interrupt but what jus happened in the last 4 hours?"

"Man Shigure you are oblivious," Kate said. But she explained it to him anyway.