Zoe didn't feel safe anymore. A fear that had long been lost returned to her, hitting yher with full force. She stood quickly, fear making her shake violently. Zoe still clutched the phone tightly in her hand, and jumped when it rang again. She absentmindedly answered it.

"...Hello?" Zoe whispered cautiously.

"Hehe...I can see you perfectly from where I'm standing...you haven't changed a bit in the past year..."

Zoe dropped the phone and, without a second thought, ran out the door. She ran down the stairs and then right out of the apartment complex. When she got to her car, she realized that she had left the keys to it in her apartment. She cursed under her breath, but decided that there was no way in hell she would be going back in. She stood by her car for a moment, thinking. She decided to walk to Rei's apartment. Well, Rei and Kai's apartment. They lived together. But, as soon as she started walking down the street, she stopped. She didn't want Rei to know about Lee. She hadn't even told him about the threat Lee had made a year earlier. She just didn't want to make her problem his...Zoe didn't want to get him involved in any of this.

But, then again, she had nowhere else to go. And, plus...Lee did threaten both of them. So, she continued to walk in the direction of Rei's place. She knew he'd be a little grumpy about her showing up at his front door at such an early hour.

After walking for quite some time, Rei's house came into view. She ran the rest of the way to the house, jogged across the yard, and got to the front door. Zoe took a moment to catch her breath before knocking on the door. There was the sound of something moving around on the other side of the door, then the sound of footsteps, before the door opened to reveal a half-awake, half-asleep Rei.

"Zoe..." he asked tiredly. "What are you doing here...? It's only..." he glanced back at the clock in the small living room, "4:00 A.M."

Zoe adverted her gaze down to the ground.

"Yeah...I know...I'm real sorry. It's just that something...weird...happened back at my apartment." Zoe gave her mumbled explanation.

"Really...?" Rei yawned. "How weird?"

Zoe shivered, remembering the phone call.

"Eh...just weird." Zoe replied softly. "I'm sorry if I woke you. I didn't know where else to go. I'll just leave-"

"No, no. It's alright. Come in." Rei said quickly, stepping aside to let her inside the house.

Zoe nodded and walked into the dark house. She gazed around, seeing that the living room was a complete mess. Rei walked over to the couch and sat down on it, pushing a couple of beer bottles off of it, onto the floor.

"Sorry about the messiness." Rei apologized with a sleep smile as she came and sat down next to him.

Zoe wished she could smile back at him, but just couldn't. The thought of Lee now stalking her and Rei scared him senseless. Rei's sleepy smile turned into a frown as he saw the fear etched into her facial expression.

"What's wrong...?" he asked softly, putting an arm around her.

"...I can't say...I just don't want you to worry..." Zoe murmured.

"Come on...it's my job to worry about you. Just tell me." Rei pleaded.

Zoe sighed heavily. He wanted to know, and she didn't like keeping secrets from him, so she had no choice but to tell him.

Zoe was about to start explaining, when there was a loud crash upstairs, followed by hysteric laughter.

"What was that?"

Rei sighed.

"Kai, Tyson, Max, and Kenny. They've been drinking all night. They probably just broke something..." Rei sighed.

There was another crash, followed by more laughter, before Max and Tyson came bounding down the stairs.

"TO THE PIRATE SHIIIP!" Max laughed drunkly.

"AYE, AYE!" Tyson shouted, sounding even drunker than Max.

Zoe stared in confusion as the two staggered off into the kitchen.

"How about we go somewhere else to talk?" Rei asked.

"Sounds like a good idea...but why in the hell were they all drinking anyways?"

"Oh, they were actually giving me a really early bachelor's party. I drank a little, but those four seriously overdid it. After an hour of watching them all laugh for no reason and run around, I got bored and just came down here to sleep on the couch."

"Ah, I see." Zoe nodded.

Rei threw on his leather jacket and slipped some shoes on. The two of them walked out the front door just as Kai and Kenny came downstairs, laughing like idiots.

The two of them got into Rei's car.

"Where to?" he asked.

"...The cemetery." Zoe replied somewhat distantly, looking out the car door window.

"Okay then." Rei said and then started the car up.

The drive to the cemetery was a very quiet one. Zoe was lost deep in thought and Rei seemed to just be focusing on the road before him. Zoe snapped out of her thoughts just as the car started driving down the winding cemetery path. Zoe noticed how eerily quiet it was in the cemetery. She glanced over at Rei, who was still staring hard at the dirt path as he drove. When she looked back out the car door window and stared at the passing tombstones, the nightmare yshe had had so very many nights before flashed in her mind. She felt her heart jump as she realized she was pretty much living that nightmare.

The car stopped right beside her father and sister's grave. Slightly shaking with fear, she got out of the warm car, into the cold night. She slowly walked over to the tombstone and leaned against it, crossing her arms and closing her eyes tightly.

"Okay...so what happened back at your apartment?" Rei asked, standing next to her.

She took a deep, shaky breath and started to explain.

"Well...I got a phone call from Lee-"

"Talking about me behind my back, dear Zoe...?"

Zoe jumped and scanned the darkness before her, heart racing. Rei's eyes narrowed as he looked around as well. Zoe's eyes finally fell upon him. He stood beside Rei's car, a lit cigarette between his lips, which were currently forming a scary, evil smirk. Lee took a step forward, out of the darkness. She was completely frozen with fear when she saw a gun clutched tightly in his right hand...

Her eyes widened at the sight of the gun and she felt fear greater than she had ever felt it before.

"You both are like fucking mouses..." Lee said, taking the cigarette out of his mouth.

He blew smoke into the air before tossing the cigarette.

"You're the fucking mouses...and I'm the fucking cat, witch is ironic if you ask me, NEKO-JIN!" he said, grinning evilly.

"Lee...just put the gun down..." Rei pleaded softly.

"Shut the fuck up, or else I'll blow your fucking head off." Lee threatened, pointing the gun at Rei. "I'm the fucking cat...and this fucking cat has been neglected for too fucking long!" (Lee is saying fuck too much ')

"Just calm down Lee!" Zoe shouted. "Think about what you're doing!"

"Oh, I've thought about it already. I've thought about it for a whole year." Lee said coldly. "And I know exactly what I'm going to do. I'm going to kill Rei..."

Then, Zoe just snapped.

"Just stop your bullshit!" Zoe shouted angrily.

Lee pointed the gun at her, eyes full of anger, and then pulled the trigger.

The bullet ripped through her shoulder and she fell to the side, landing on her stomach. Zoe lay motionless, eyes shut tight.

"ZOE!!!!" Rei screamed.

"Don't you fucking move! I swear to God if you move, I'll kill her instead!" Lee growled. Then, he started talking to Zoe. "See what you've done?! I have only two bullets, and you just made me waste one on you. Hmm...I suppose I should make the last one count, then..."

Zoe opened one of her large golden eyes and saw Lee point the gun back at Rei. Rei's face held an expression of pure horror. Both of them were so concentrated on the other, that they didn't notice Zoe standing up. Her shoulder hurt terribly, but it didn't matter to Zoe at the moment. Zoe knew what all her dreams meant now...she knew what her father had been meaning when he would ask her that eerie question in her dreams...

"Won't you die tonight for love...?"

Zoe closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and then reopened them.

"Yes."

Then, there was a loud bang...

Rei shut his eyes as tightly as he could, waiting for the bullet to hit him...

...But it never did.

He didn't open his eyes immediately, but he heard something hit the ground, and then the sound of someone running off. Rei guessed it was Lee...

When he did reopen his eyes, though, tears escaped from them at the horrific sight he saw. There Zoe lay, on her back on the ground, staring blankly up at the night sky. There was a gunshot wound on her chest and blood was draining from it fast.

"God no...no...NO!" Rei cried, falling to his knees beside Zoe.

Zoe were still alive...but just barely. Rei sat her up and wrapped his arms around her.

"Please...please don't die..." he pleaded.

Zoe closed her eyes and grinned. After a moment of silence, she placed a shaky hand on the side of Rei's face.

"I did the right thing." Zoe mumbled. "Tell everyone...that I died for love..."

Her hand fell limply to her side, but before darkness completely engulfed her, she whispered some final words to Rei, "I fucking love you, Rei...and I always will..."

And then everything...was gone...

"WAKE UP, DAMN IT!" Rei screamed at her, crying even harder now.

He shook her, trying in vain to wake her up.

"No...I love you...you can't die..." he sobbed.

Rei refused to believe that she were gone. He picked her up and ran to his car. He had convinced himself that the hospital could bring Zoe back...

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Rei's P.O.V

I sat beside Kai in the church as the preacher talked on. I wasn't paying attention to a word he was saying, though. I was still having a hard time accepting the reason I was at the church in the first place. I glanced over to Zoe's parents. Her mother was crying harder than I had ever seen her cry before. Chris was even letting tears fall from his eyes. I then glanced over to Kai and my parents. Kai was staring blankly at the ground, he never was one for showing much emotion. My mom was crying, but my dad just stared up at the preacher. His face was expressionless. There were a lot of people in the church, including Tyson, Max and Kenny, who all sat behind us, they were all crying silently.

"You all may now come up and say your final farewells," the preacher announced.

I stayed seated as everyone got up and walked up to the open casket, where Zoe rested...looking as perfect as she always use to. She was very pale, showing that there was no longer a soul nor any life living within her. She was dressed in her favorite (and most likely only) dress...the one she wore to the prom.

I watched as people muttered goodbyes to her, put flowers and other cherished items into the casket, and then left the church. After everyone was done with their farewells, Zoe's casket would be loaded into a hearse and taken to the cemetery to be buried. I wasn't planning on going to the cemetery, though. I couldn't even pass by that place without cringing or even crying anymore. The church was pretty much empty when I finally stood and walked over to the casket. It hurt me so badly to just look at her. I wanted her to just suddenly get up and do something...I just wanted her to be alive again...

A single tear escaped down my cheek as I grabbed her cold hand. I saw the engagement ring still on her ring finger. I reached a hand into my jacket pocket and pulled out the wedding ring itself...which was the other half of the engagement ring. I slipped it onto her finger. It fit in perfectly with the other ring, forming a heart with a diamond in the middle. I then let her hand fall back onto her chest. I leaned down and kissed Zoe one last time, her lips cold and dead. I sighed heavily as I closed the casket completely...knowing that I'd never see my angel's face again...

The steps were pretty slippery from the rain as the five of us walked outside, holding the casket up. It felt like it took an eternity to walk down those steps, but we finally got over to the hearse. We gently slid the casket in and stepped back. I shut the door and placed my hand on the window, staring at the casket for a moment, before I turned and walked away from my one true love. I was never going to turn around...I was never going to think of Zoe again...

...And I knew how fucking hard that would be when all I could think of was her.

9 Years Later...

Rei walked silently through the cemetery. He glanced around, seeing familiar sights. He was finally back home after two years. Along with the Bladebreakers, they were quite famous now infact they were world champions , there was extensive touring on the way...again. Rei sighed as he stopped in front of a tombstone. The name "Elena Kon" (His grandma) was inscribed on it. She had died the day Rei came home. He knelt down and ran his fingers along the name, sighing once again. Rei then pulled a rose out of his coat pocket and put it on top of the tombstone, before he stood up.

...But he was stopped as soon as he turned around to start walking out of the cemetery. His eyes fell upon two graves that were side-by-side. One grave had an angel statue on the tombstone, and the other was just a regular tombstone. Though, there was a crow perched on top of it. Rei found himself wandering over to the grave, even if his mind was telling him not to. Rei knelt down in front of it and looked at the name inscribed on it. It was a name that he hadn't forgotten, and never would forget..."Zoe Jin".

"It was just like all of those fucked up drama movies..." Rei mumbled to himself. "Why the fuck did she have to be so stupid that night? She shouldn't have jumped in front of me, damn it!"

"But she did."

Rei jumped to his feet and spun around to face Kai.

"Stop popping up behind me like that!" Rei sighed.

Kai looked serious, though. (but when didnt he?)

"Rei, you need to fucking get over the fact that she did what she did. You know that you would've done the same exact thing if it had been her in your situation. She died for you, okay? I don't know anyone who would die for me. So, Rei, stop beating yourself up for her choice." Kai stopped for a moment, before continuing on. "She only made that choice because she loved you, anyways."

And then Kai turned around and walked off, leaving Rei looking amazed. Kai rarely ever spoke. But...all of his Kai's words had been true. Rei turned back around to face the grave. He stared at it for a moment, before smiling weakly. The crow atop of tombstone cawed loudly and then took flight. Rei followed the crow with his eyes and watched as it flew to practically the other side of the cemetery and perched itself on a girl's shoulder. The girl was walking around, staring at graves with intense eyes.

But Rei stared at this girl for a while, before he shook his head and started to walk out of the cemetery.

'It couldn't be...' he thought to himself.

...But that girl just looked so much like Zoe...

The End