Duo blinked his eyes and sat up, only to fall back down with a splitting headache. "Why does my head hurt?! Oh, the human food, that's right." He mumbled as he opened his eyes and to his terror found Hilde sitting on the bed across from him, looking at him confused.

"Human Food? What does that mean?" He thought up an excuse quickly.

"Um....It was the.....Brand of food. Human Food. Heh, kind of a stupid name for a brand huh? Yea, I ate some when I was out shopping for food for you. Terrible Stuff, gave me a stomach ache AND a migraine. They should ban that stuff. Yuck."

"Then why'd you eat it if it was terrible?"

"Uh......" She didn't wait for an answer, and tried to stand up, only to fall down again. He caught her and lightly laid her on the bed and looked at her ankle. It was still badly bruised, but it wasn't very swollen anymore. It was, however, twisted at a strange angle still.

"Hold on, ok? This is goanna hurt a lot. I'm going to put your ankle back in place cause its dislocated. Hold your breath and concentrate on something other than your ankle. Ok? One, Two....

A loud crack and a scream could be heard from outside, then a loud thud and some cursing.

"Why the fuck did you KICK me?! I can understand the scream, but to kick me?! Sheesh!!!" Duo yelled as he lay on the floor holding his nose, his hands quickly turning red from the blood coming out of it. He quickly got a towel and covered his nose with it, trying to quit the blood flow. He then reached over and touched her ankle, and she didn't flinch. It was healed. It was rapidly forming a sickening color of bruise (again), but it was ok. He got up and walked angrily into the bathroom, leaving a almost terrified Hilde behind.

He had snapped at her. It wasn't scary, but the way he looked when he yelled, he looked almost not human. And when she had kicked him, (she didn't mean to) it was almost as if she had seen a flash of red in his eyes. There was something strange about him, but all she cared about right now was that he was alright. She awkwardly limped her way into the bathroom, where Duo was washing the still flowing blood off of his face.

"Duo...Listen...I didn't mean...."

"It's ok. Don't worry about it."

"But..."

" I SAID it was ok!" He growled, turning around and glaring, his vampire side getting the best of him. It didn't put up with annoyance very well.

Hilde took a step back. She had only met him last night, but she still felt as if something was wrong. Like there was something missing from him that a normal person would have, but she couldn't place it. What in the world was it? She was probably just imagining things.

Duo sighed and looked at her, his eyes looking kind, but she could tell he was still angry at her for hitting him and then constantly talking, not even thinking it was something else.

"Come on, I'm going to Drakken, you can come with me until we get to your town. I'll drop you off there.

Hilde's eyes widened. "How...how did you know my town was between here and Drakken? And why are you going to Drakken?? That place is really really dangerous! I've heard stories from there!

Duo Smirked. "Thanks for caring, but trust me, I'll be fine and I have a reason for going there and it ain't a death wish." 'Yeah, the person that bit me is there. Damn him. And don't worry, I'm a vampire, and vampire's don't kill other vampires. All Vampires except me, that is' He thought laughing inwardly as he threw her bag to her and began laughing.

"Oh, and how did I know? You talk in your sleep. You say lots of....interesting things." He said laughing and running out of the room before she could process what he had just said and come after him.


~End Chapter 3~

I am SOOO sorry guys! I didn't mean to put this off so much. But, between essays, school, homework, all that stuff that is made only to annoy and piss you off, I didn't have time. But, I want to that EVERYONE that sent me an email or reviewed and asked where the hell I was. Thanks, and if it wasn't for you, you wouldn't be reading this right now. Oh, I want to give a special shout out and thanks to Jason Ray, cause he kept reviewing and telling me how much he liked the story, so this chapter is completely because of you guys! Thanks a lot again and sorries! Oh yeah, don't expect the next one for like a week probably, I'm REALLY SORRY!!! (And this chapter is to set up the next one, so that's why not much important stuff happened in it)