Supernova
A/N: Well, here it is. The epilogue. This is the most fanfiction I've written in this period of time, and I'm really quite happy
with the way it turned out. Still don't own Nightwalker, I'm just mucking around with the characters for a bit. ^-^
Notes from previous chapters apply.
I'd like to give a big thanks to everyone who read and/or reviewed this story!
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As it turned out, Shido, Cain, and Guni stayed in Transylvania. It just seemed safer there- after all, the war on vampires
wasn't over even though Riho had been killed. Emily left after about a week, to go find some other family to live with.
One day about a month after Riho died, Cain turned on the radio in the bedroom and got some fantastic news: the war on
vampires was officially over.
"Shido! It's safe now!," Cain said, nearly laughing from sheer glee. "We can go back to the city!"
"Why?," Shido asked, getting up from where he'd been sitting on the bed.
"The war on vampires is over, worldwide."
"Oh."
"Don't you want to go back to that city? So many of your beloved mortals are there."
"I don't want to. So many awful things happened there..."
"Shido, we all know that you'll be back there within a year."
"Hm?"
"You're a city-dweller. Living in that city has really brought out the best in you."
Shido sighed, and flopped back down onto their bed. He hadn't been the same after Riho died, and Emily left. It was just
like when Shido's sister had decided that she no longer wanted to be a vampire, and killed herself, all those years ago. He
didn't take any blood, he'd tried to kill himself once, and he was just generally despondent.
Cain sat down on the bed next to Shido and kissed him on the cheek.
"Cain?," Shido asked softly.
"What is it, lovely Shido?," Cain replied.
"Riho's death just...well...it feels, I don't know, like losing a child or something. She could have been saved, I know it!"
"No, she couldn't have been saved. She would have killed you, Shido."
"It's what I deserve."
"No it's not. This is what you deserve."
And with that sentiment, Cain kissed Shido full on the lips, and, although a tiny, quickly ignored part of Shido didn't want
to, he and Cain forgot about Riho for the next hour or so.
The next night, Cain woke up in an empty bed and thus decided to figure out the whereabouts of his lover. He found Shido
in the parlor with a bouquet of white roses and a doll in his arms.
"What are you doing, Shido?," Cain asked, afraid that all of the sadness in Shido's life had caused him to go truly,
permanently mad.
"Follow me," Shido instructed, and walked out into the night.
It was a warm, late summer night, and rain fell from a fairly clear sky. Guided only by the light of the moon, Shido made his
way to the edge of the nearby forest, and stopped at a small, grey headstone. Cain followed him.
"What's this?," he asked, indicating the stone.
"Riho's grave," Shido replied.
Even though Riho's body was in Japan in the offices of the NOS somewhere, Shido had found time to make a grave for the
little vampire girl. Kneeling at the grave, he placed the doll and the roses against the headstone, murmured a few words, and
left. He was crying.
The next night, the two vampires returned to the city.
"You know, Shido," Cain said as Shido went around dusting off everything in the office, "those things you left at Riho's
grave probably won't be there the next time we go to Transylvania."
"I know," Shido answered quietly.
"Nothing is permanent."
"Not even us. Not even this world."
Shido smiled sadly and rested his head on Cain's shoulder. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. It was probably
Yayoi's husband with a new case.
"Well," he said, sighing, "I suppose we should get back to work. Somebody's got to show those Nightbreeds who's boss."
Cain nodded his head in agreement, and Guni flew over to them.
"Alright," she said in her little high voice, "Now that Riho's gone, who's gonna make the coffee?"
THE END
...or is it?
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Well, as much as I hate to say it, that's the end of this story. Sorry if the ending sucked, the coffee thing seemed funny at the
time. I'll probably look at this a week later and go "huh?", but that's the best thing I can think of. Hopefully, I'll be writing
another Nightwalker story soon.
Bye, and thanks again for reading and reviewing!
-Meowiegirl
