Author's note: Alright time for part 11. Thanks for sticking with this story…

Oh and this is going to be a nice special chapter. Since it took so long to get this one out I am going to make it a long chapter. I know what your thinking Giliras write a long chapter yeah right. Well so was I before I wrote this hehehe.

Btw just a pleasant reminder I do not, and I repeat do not own Blood+ cause if I did….. well again I don't have a witty comments to put here so yeah.

Oh right on to the fan fiction ^_^

As we waited outside for the train, there was an old lady "waiting" for us. Now I say waiting because she seemed to be staring at us a great deal. (But hey what did I care I was just a kid along for the ride.) She seemed to be struggling with her bags. So Riku went over to assist her. On his walk over to her he slipped with a "WAOOHHH" and almost fell. Moving at inhuman speeds, both Haji and myself were there to catch him. It was Haji that actually caught him because my body was so small I could do nothing.

"Thank you Haji," Riku said with a smile on his face.

He then continued to help the lady with her things. We soon boarded our train and went to our rooms. Saya was with Eliza, Kai was bunked with Haji, David and Lewis were in a "room" (if you could call them that) and finally Riku and myself would share a room. So once we got what little we had into our rooms, we met in the dining car. We found a table and sat down. Haji sat beside Saya (naturally), Kai sat across from Riku who was right by the window, I sat beside Riku with Lewis beside me and David sat across from Lewis with Eliza pulling up a chair to sit at the head of the table. Once we were all set, we ate our food and each of us ended up in our own conversation. Saya and Eliza were talking about some kind of clothing line or something else. I really can't blame them. It just made it seem like it was a normal trip. Haji just sat there not saying much kinda like normal. Kai, David, and Lewis were talking about our mission. I ended up setting in Riku's lap. I would tilt my head back against his chest if we said anything to one another, but there really wasn't much chatter between us. I don't know why, but I just wanted to set in his lap with his arms around my belly.

Sitting like that made it so incredibly easy to fall asleep, and right as I felt the warmth of sleep pulling at my mind that same old lady ended up walking up to our table. Now I don't really know how, considering the fact that she had gotten on another train, but there she was; standing there and giving her greeting to the other people at our table. Riku immediately got up to go say hi which left me setting in the chair.

As they talked I just got more and more tired. I sat there feeling my face flush, and I started to feel kind of lightheaded. Riku pulled up a chair and sat it beside the one I had been setting in before I moved. He helped the lady to sit down in my chair and took the seat he pulled up beside her. He was involved in some conversation with her and seemed content. Kai on the other hand must have noticed my sleepiness because I felt his hand grip my armpits and picked me up before setting me down on the floor.

"I am going to go take Barrick to bed guys," he told everyone.

"Good night little buddy, and sleep tight," Saya said

"Don't let the bed bugs bite," Eliza added with a smile and a chuckle.

"I will try to sleep tight," I told Saya with a childish giggle, and through almost gritted teeth I added, "I will make sure there are no bed bugs" and with that Kai took my hand and we went to mine and Riku's room.

He laid me down on one of the seats with what seemed like practiced motions. He took my jacked that was hanging up and put it over top of me. Then he did something I never expected him to do, he leaned down and kissed me on the forehead.

"Good night Barrick," he said walking out closing the door behind him.

He had never done anything like that before, and it made me feel, well...happy. It was not much later that Riku came and laid down on his side of the train compartment. I wanted to ask why he had just left me like that but I didn't. I just fell asleep keeping to myself. The rest of the trip was pretty much uneventful. The only weird thing was seeing that old lady again.

Once we reached our destination we said good bye to the woman and that earned me and Riku that old lady 'cheek pinch'. But I digress. Once we said our goodbyes, our group headed for the hotel we would be staying at. Once we got there the men (which excluded Haji, Riku and I) took their stuff up to the room and left right away...well after Kai and Riku had an argument over why he was not allowed to go with them. Saya and Haji would leave later after the Red Shield guys and Kai found out where the factory was and would help them destroy it.

So after Saya, Eliza, Haji, Riku and myself saw off the guys, we all went back into the hotel to head back up to our rooms and take baths. Well, when we reached the elevator Eliza got up behind Riku and put her hands on his shoulder and his face got kinda red.

"Hey Riku, do you want to bathe with me," she asked all nonchalantly like asking a teenage boy to bath with her, a full grown woman, was perfectly fine.

"I am perfectly capable of bathing myself," Riku answered his face getting even redder,

"Aw, Riku are you getting embarrassed," Saya asked playfully which only made his face that much redder.

"If you don't want to take a bath with her, I will bathe with you," I told Riku with a smile on my face

"That's okay Barrick I will just bathe by myself," he announced hastily as we got on the elevator.

"Well, then why don't I bathe with you Barrick," Eliza told me.

"No, it is okay I will just take a quick bath by myself too," I told her brooding.

So Riku and I went to our room and Saya and Eliza both went to their separate rooms. All clean, we met ten minuets later at the elevator. We went down to the Café and walked to the counter before sitting down at the table. We all ordered drinks, well except Saya she did get some food. Eliza bought us a pot of tea to share between all of us. Once we'd sat down Eliza began pouring the tea. I was watching her pour mine and Riku's my cups. When she went to hand Riku his cup her arm jerked slightly like there was something up her sleeve. But it was kinda cold in there so I thought she just got a chill because she was wearing only a short sleeve shirt. Well, she handed me my cup of tea and we all began talking. Well Saya and Eliza did. I kinda just sat there. I also noticed that Riku's face was starting to get red, and he seemed like he was getting weaker, almost like he was really tired. I could see why though, because those train seats were not the most comfortable seats to sleep on. As they talked, I started to get lightheaded again. I began to space out but I could see that Saya was getting flustered. I was wondering why but then bigger problems came about. Riku passed out right there at the table. What bothered me was that Eliza reached out and, like a mother would, put her hand on Riku's forehead.

"He has a horrible fever," Eliza said taking her hand off his head.

I was wondering how she knew that he would have a fever; since sickness is not the only thing that can make a person pass out.

Haji picked up Riku in his arms without much effort and took him back to our room. I followed. Once we'd reached the room, I hopped up on the bed and pulled down the covers. Haji laid Riku down while Saya got an ice pack from the bathroom. She ended up having to go down the hall to an ice and machine. When she came back, we had Riku tucked in nice and tight. When Saya put the ice pack on his head he let out a groan. As I sat beside Riku I noticed Eliza leave the room. She came back some time later, probably 10 min. By that time I was starting to feel lightheaded again. Eliza gave Riku some pill for whatever was ailing him. When she did, it dawned on me with the motion of her arm that she had put something in his tea. After that thought my head started pounding and my vision got all blurry.

Now, if I had not been feeling like somebody was hitting me in the head with a baseball bat I would have, of course, approached her or done something to her but instead I passed out on the bed beside Riku.

When I woke up I felt warm. I was under the blankets as well. I felt a nice cold ice pack on my head too. My vision was cleared up and I noticed nobody was in the room. My head still hurt but it no longer felt like a baseball bat had struck me. I heard Riku groan beside me but there was nothing I could do. Since we were both on our backs, I picked up his arm, took the ice pack off my head and put my head on his shoulder. I then replaced the icepack to it's place on my forehead and fell right back to sleep.

The next time I woke up I heard Eliza and Saya still talking. It was more like arguing but I still heard them. By then my head had cleared up a little more and I was able to focus on what they were saying.

"Since I gave the boy the medicine to counteract the poison I slipped him," Eliza was saying "I guess stabbing him through the heart would do just as good as any poison. since you are still here Saya I would probably guess that the others are having a fun time destroying the factory.

See I just needed to stop you from going to the factory, I really did not want to kill the boy but you probably won't be able to help destroy the factory if you can't move, so there is no need for him to be alive." Eliza said eyeballing Riku.

Now if I had my eyes open they would have been like grapefruits in my head.

"You won't touch him" Saya said. "Haji don't let her get near the bed" she commanded.

I heard her pull her sword from its sheath.

"Hahahaha do you really think you can keep me from doing what I want," Eliza said.

I somehow found the strength to open my eyes.. Haji had by some means managed to sneak up on Eliza. He pushed her from the foot of the bed towards the window.

"Ha nice try" she said pulling a switchblade from her long sleeved shirt.

She was looking right at Riku with a look that was just the wrong look to use. I don't know where it came from but I was able to find the strength to roll off the bed. With her diagonal to Riku it made it quicker to get to her. I ran across the floor as fast as I could while still being quite. When I was almost to her I jumped on the bed and used it as a spring board and hit her with my head square in the chest. She went flying out the window with a priceless look.

"Nice one Barrick, are you okay" Saya said as I hit the floor.

"Yeah," I told her, "Always knew my hard head would come in handy" I said with a look of victory on my face.

"Okay" she started saying as she got onto Haji's back "we are going to kill her okay" she said as Haji jumped out the window.

When they landed, Eliza--if that was her real name--was pissed off. She charged them the instant they hit the ground. Haji jumped back with Saya still on his back, but that only bought some time as Eliza started to bound towards them, aiming the knife at Haji's head. Haji was barely able to block the blow as Saya jumped off his back over his head. She landed behind Eliza and was aiming at her arm. Then Eliza's arm turned into a red spike; she faced Saya and blocked her attack easily. She then attacked with both the knife and her spike. Saya blocked it, but was sent skidding back probably ten feet away. Eliza then turned her attention back to Haji who was attempting to stab her stomach. She caught his arm in-between her abdomen and her arm. She then proceeded to literally--and I do mean she actually pulled his arm right out of his body. Blood was spurting all over the ground.

"HAJI" Saya screamed running at Eliza.

In her rage she got careless and was easily disarmed.

"Do you see how pathetic your attempts to kill me are. Think about this, if you can't kill me, what do you think you will do when you fight Diva?" Eliza told her.

While she was still I talking I went to my bag and pulled out a dirk. It was a simple stainless steel blade, that was the size of a person's hand, from the tip of the middle finger to the wrist. It had a black leather handle, with a sheath that was black besides where the tip of the blade would rest on the inside.

I started to climb down the windows and balconies with agility and strength I had forgotten I possessed. When I was on the third floor balcony I jumped off and landed on Eliza's back and stabbed it right in-between her shoulder blades.

"AHHHHHH" she screamed grabbing me from her back "YOU AGAIN YOU DAMN BRAT?" she yelled looking me in the eyes. "I WILL JUST FUCKING KILL YOU HERE!!"

She threw me at the building. When I hit, I hit hard. My chest hit first, and I felt and heard ribs breaking. I did not know how many it was at the time, but it turned out to be three. (and luckily none of them punctured my lungs or heart.) I saw her run into the woods. When she did I noticed three other people running away as well.

But I hit the snow and was coughing so hard it hurt. I could barley breath, my head was hurting again, and I blacked out in the snow. Next time I woke up, I was beside Riku again. We were both on our sides, and I had my head against his chest. I could hear his heart beating so I nuzzled my head against the beating of his heart.

"Good to see your awake" Riku said startling me "how do you feel" he asked.

"Mmmmmmmn I feel like poop," I told him. then I remembered he had been sick "how do you feel" I asked him weakly.

"I feel a lot better actually he answered "now why don't you go back to sleep?" He suggested.

So I did. It was hard to go back to sleep considering how much I was coughing. But with his arms wrapped around me; my head against his chest, I finally fell back asleep.

When I woke up the next time, I noticed my pants were down at my ankles. My undies were at my knees and my thighs were sticky. Now, I was going to look down to see why but I heard a familiar sound; Riku crying. It was then that I noticed he no longer had his arms around me. He had rolled over and had his back towards me.

So I rolled over and asked him, "Hey, Riku, why are you crying?" as I put my head against his back, "I don't like it when you cry..." I told him not even worrying about being naked from the waist down.

"I...I...I..." Riku stuttered not even bothering to roll over. "I did something bad to you Barrick...I...I , u-used you for my own sexual desires" he said crying even harder.

"Riku, roll over and look at me" I commanded with no authority behind it.

He did but he would still not look at me.

"Riku look at me please" I begged until he finally looked my in the eyes. "I don't know what you mean by using me but if you're talking about my legs I don't care. I am not in pain, Riku. So it doesn't matter what you did. And even if it did cause me pain I would let you do anything you wanted to me because I...I...I " now my turn to stutter " I love you Riku...I care about you so much..."

I finally told him...My face was now just as red as his. I could feel tears streaking down my face.

"I want to spend as much time as I can with you, and I am willing to do anything that makes you happy if you want to do something with me or even to me...Just ask I could never ever say no to you." I told him now fully crying.

"Barrick, why would you say that to me? It hurts me so much to know what I did to you. Yet you just shrug it off like it was nothing when it was something so extreme..." He reached under the covers and pulled up my underwear and then my pants. "I am soo sorry..." he said hugging me.

We both laid there crying for the next five minuets. It was good we stopped when we did cause not a minuet later Kai burst in the room.

"Are ya'll okay?" he almost yelled.

"We are okay!" we both said in unison

"That's great." He told us.

While he was walking over to the bed David walked in, "we are leaving tomorrow" he told us.

"But Barrick isn't well enough to go," Riku argued.

"It's okay. I am feeling a lot better," I told him even though it was a lie.

"Good, then we leave on schedule," David said walking out the room.

"Are you really okay Barrick?" Riku asked.

"Yeah, don't worry I will just get some more sleep and I will be good to go. "But you know some food would be nice," I told no one in particular.

As if on cue Lewis came in with some soup from the kitchen in the hotel.

"Did somebody order some food" he asked.

So Riku and I chowed down. As we ate I heard David and Saya talking. "where were you." David asked Saya " Do you know how hard it was to get into that factory. There had to be at least fifty chiropteran." He told her with anger in his voice. "and once we got through them by some miracle we almost blew ourselves up trying to destroy the factory" he finished.

"well I am sorry but I had to stay here with Haji and Riku and Barrick. You know that Eliza women tried to kill us right" she told him. Though I don't think she got the desired effect cause she came back into our room and sat down in a chair. She looked really tired and I think she nodded off in the chair.

I was just as tired as her and when I was stuffed I laid back down and fell asleep. When I woke up everybody was all packed, even me thanks to Kai and Riku, and we headed for the train. Haji's arm had grown back which I guess is a crazy Chevalier power. When we were boarding I could have sworn I saw the old lady from the train ride there but I just shrugged it off as a delusion from my fever and continued to try and keep myself from coughing as I followed everyone else. Once we'd finished boarding the train, it was late; so we all decided to go to bed. We all had the same bunking partners besides Eliza of course. This time I slept in Riku's arms. I woke up in the middle of the night because he was squeezing me too tight and was hurting my ribs. I struggled and managed to get out of his grip. I glanced out the door because I heard a noise and saw the old lady looking in the window. I screamed at the top of my lungs. I knew it was no coincidence that she was there. I heard David and Lewis both screaming something, and at their voices the woman bolted to the end of the hall. Saya opened our door and pulled me and the now very awake Riku out of the room.

Saya, Haji, Riku, and I ran down the hallway away from the lady. As we ran I couldn't stop coughing. I was practicly being dragged down the hallway. We ran until we got to the cargo part of the train. Then BOOM the old lady was not so old. She was turning into a chiropteran.

Her skin was now a horrible green color. Her mouth had grown ragged teeth that were jutting out every which way. Her eyes turned orange and her hair disappeared. Her finger nails grew a foot in length and look sharp enough to cut through just about anything.

She jumped at our group. I felt Riku's hand grab mine, and then I felt a pull on my arm keeping me from being mauled by the thing's claws. Saya began to fight it but it was set on getting Riku and I. We kept trying to keep away from it but it ended up separating Riku and me. He screamed as it jumped at him. He moved out of the way hiding behind some crates. I tried to get to him but the chiropteran was in my way. It started hitting the crates; smacking them everywhere. It hit the group of crates Riku was hiding behind and knocked him off the train.

"RIKUUU!!!!" I screamed through coughs and pain.

I ran and slid under the chiropterans legs and jumped off the train after him. (kinda stupid I know but I was going to be with him from now on no matter what)

As I hit the ground I rolled to keep the damage to a minimum. It worked but there was still a lot of pain from my ribs and sickness. As the pain began to lessen I heard a groan and jumped up as fast as I could to find Riku. It took a few minuets to find him but I did. I ran over to him and woke him up.

"Barrick you jumped off...why?" he asked me.

"Well, I thought hey I would rather know that your okay and be stuck in the snow with you then not know what had happened." I told him my face red from my fever.

"since your okay.." I said unable to finish my sentence, I fell into his arms ready to just sleep. Then we heard screaming.

"RIKU BARRICK WHERE ARE YOU?!" Saya yelled

"Saya nee-chan we are over here." Riku yelled back.

When they got over to us I asked her "what happened with the chiropteran?"

"I killed it, so don't worry" she told me, of course Haji was with her..

I really was not worried about the creature. I was more worried about us surviving in the snow like we were. Since we had no blankets on the train we just slept with our jackets on so we were as best prepared as we could have been.

We all knew we needed to find shelter. As we walked through snow, snow, and more snow there came a sharp POW sound in the air. It was a gunshot. I heard Riku inhale and I knew what had happened.

But it really did not matter. I had nothing left. My chest was killing me, my vision was pretty much gone and my body was cold all over. I have never been afraid to die. But now was different. I was afraid that, now that I was Riku's if I died I would be letting him down, I could not just leave him. I had to pull through, and if not for me then to pull through for him. Since I told him that I loved him I could feel the bond we shared grow stronger. I knew he felt it to. Maybe the strengthened bond was how I knew what had happened. Maybe it was why I lost my strength, lost my will, my reason to live. My light, my will, died with that bullet that went through Riku's heart. All I could see was darkness and all I could feel was an icy cold surrounding me. But that did not matter any more. If it was mine and Riku's time to go, I would follow him, even to the grave.

To Be Continued…..

Well that took a while ^_^ I am sorry but with school and all it has become a hassle to find time to write. I will try and keep writing though so yeah. I hope to see you in the next chapter.