Aidou didn't know what to think, Takara was gone because of him. He turned towards the door that Ichijo had stormed out of and quickly raced out determined to catch him and find out where she had gone. He had made a huge mistake and he needed to fix it, he needed to get her back. He caught up to Ichijo and grabbed his shoulder quickly spinning him around and slamming him up against the wall.

"Were you telling truth, Takara never cheated on me with Zero?"

Ichijo nodded a little dazed. He couldn't quite understand why Aidou found it so hard to believe that she had been faithful to him. She wasn't the kind of girl to do such a terrible thing.

"Of course she didn't, where did you even come up with that idea anyway? Zero and Takara were best friends of course they were going to spend time with each other."

"Yeah but Zero was constantly flirting with her…" As soon as the sentence left his lips Aidou realized how pathetic the argument sounded.

"Did you ever see her flirt back?"

"Well no, but she didn't stop him either!" Ichijo let out an exasperated sigh, Aidou was being a complete fool.

"She probably didn't even realize that he was flirting with her, it's not like she had much time to make a romantic connection while she was on the run now did she."

Aidou suddenly felt like a complete idiot. He had acted rashly and let his suspicion and jealousy determine his actions and because of that he had driven her away.

"Ichijo you have to tell me where she went, I have to apologize to her, I have to make this right."

Ichijo desperately wanted to tell him where she had run off to, he seemed to be sincere about fixing his mistakes but he had no idea where she had gone.

"I would, if I could, but she didn't tell me where she was going. I asked but all she did was tell me to buy her as much time as I could."

Aidou stared into Ichijo's eyes searching for even a sliver of falsehood but found none. He nodded and let him go quickly heading back towards the dorms. Hopefully she had left a clue as to where she was heading. He was shocked at how bare the room was. Almost every aspect of what had made the room Takara's was gone. The wall was stripped bare of all the pictures she had put up and the standard comforter that the school provided every student when they started school at the academy had replaced the grey striped one that she had bought and all her clothes were gone from the closet. He searched the entire room, looking under the bed and going through the trash. He found a crumple piece of paper at the bottom of the trash can, he pulled it out and unfolded it, it was a letter addressed to him.

'Dear Aidou,

I don't know what I did that caused you to hate me so much but I sincerely apologize for it. I understand that you can't stand to be in my presence any longer so I'm leaving the school. I was going to end my life but Ichijo asked me not to. I know that I am a coward for not telling you or anyone else that I am leaving but I don't think I could bring myself to face you or any of the others. Please don't be mad at Ichijo for not telling you that I left he was just being a good friend and doing as I ask, if you wish to be angry with anyone be angry at me for being too much of a weakling to face my problems. I hope that the rest of your life is everything you could ever hope for. Please tell Zero that I wish him well and that I am grateful to him for being my friend.

Love Sincerely,

Takara'

There were tear stains at the bottom of the letter and the hand writing became a little messy at the end as if her hand was shaking. He looked closer and realized some of the tear stains were fresh, he tentatively reached up to touch his face, without realizing it he had started to cry while reading the letter. A hand suddenly landed on his shoulder and he jumped slightly, he turned his head and found that Kain had followed him to see what was wrong.

"I have to get her back; I have to make this up to her."

His cousin didn't say anything to him; he simply nodded and let his arm fall away from his shoulder and back to his side, stepping aside as Aidou hastily made his way out the door and down the stairs intent on finding Zero.

Takara came to regret running off without any sort of plan. Even when she was being hunted she had a general idea of where she was headed next. This time however she had just grabbed he things and taken off and it was coming back to bite her in the ass. She ran out of money after the first week, even after selling all of her belongings. She now only had a few pairs of clothes to her name and spent her nights in an ally way. Sometimes a kind Samaritan would take pity on her and give her a few dollars but never enough for more than a single pitiful meal. She soon lost all the weight she had gained while at the academy and then some. She had also fallen slightly ill. It was nothing terribly bad but she still worried about what would happen if it got any worse. She would often find herself thinking back on the times she spent with Zero and Aidou and she always tried to find where everything went wrong, however no matter how hard she tried she couldn't figure out where she had gone wrong, not that it mattered either way, she would never see either of them again and soon enough both of them would move on with their lives and forget all about her. She let out a few light coughs as she huddled down for the night and hoped that maybe tomorrow would be better.

Aidou had found Zero without much trouble. At first he wanted nothing to do with the blonde haired vampire but had quickly changed his mind when Aidou mentioned Takara. While Zero mostly blamed Aidou for Takara's disappearance he knew that he hadn't been there for her when she needed him the most. They went to the headmaster and got permission to search the surrounding towns for any sign of her. It took them a few days but eventually they came across a man who had seen someone who matched her description in one of the town's alleyways. They quickly got directions from him and took off after thanking him profusely.

The sight that they found tore at both of their hearts. Takara was a mere shell of what she used to be. It was obvious that she hadn't eaten a proper meal in some time and her skin had a sickly quality to it. Aidou was the first to snap out of his shock slowly reaching forward to touch her. As soon as his hand made contact with her shoulder her eyes snapped open causing him to quickly withdraw his hand in surprise.

"Aidou, Zero, are you really here? No you can't be I left you behind to live your lives, I must be seeing things." She nodded clearly convinced that they were just figments of her imagination. Her voice was frail and raspy from lack of use and it saddened both of them greatly to see her in such a state.

"No Takara, we aren't hallucinations, we're really here. We've come to take you home." Zero's voice was soft as he spoke almost as if she would break at any moment. She let out a harsh barking laugh.

"Home what home? You avoided me at all costs and you took every chance you got to insult me and put me down." The second part of her sentence was directed at Aidou and it tore into him deeply.

"Look Takara, we know that we made some huge mistakes but we want to make it up to you. Please just let us take you back to the academy; you're obviously sick let us get you help."

"You're right you did make some huge mistakes, I don't even know what I did to make you hate me so much, why should I go back with you when all you've done is abuse me?"

"I was only ignoring you because I thought you were cheating on me with Zero, I was acting the way I was because I was trying to get back at you."

"How could you think I was cheating on you with Zero, he's my best friend! You know if you didn't have enough faith in me to trust me around other guys I don't know if I want to go back with you."

His obvious lack of trust had obviously made her angry and apparently her body wasn't able to deal with the sudden flood of emotions in its weakened state, she started to breathe heavily and suddenly slumped over. Aidou cried out in distress and leapt forward to catch her before her body could hit the floor. He shook her gently trying to get her to wake up but he wasn't successful. He looked to Zero for help but found that the silver haired boy was just as distraught as him. He slowly picked her up in his arms and motioned for Zero to grab her backpack. They were taking her back to the academy whether she liked it or not, she was sick and need medical attention quick. If she still wanted to leave after she was healthy he would let her but he wanted to be completely sure that she wasn't going to starve to death first…

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