Hilde smiled, leaning against his warm embrace. "Hey Duo, where ya been?"

Duo grinned. "Places. Told you I'd come back, it just took me a lot longer than I thought it would. Sorry babe." He turned her to face him, leaning down for a kiss. But, before he locked their lips, the door burst open.

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON IN HERE??" Hilde's mother screamed, looking from Hilde to Duo, to Jack and April, who were hanging from the windowsill trying to get inside, and glared.

Hilde tured pale and tried to make up a quick excuse as to why a former vampire and (she guessed) his friends were doing in her room. "Uhm…secret party?" she said quietly, looking down in mock sadness. "Damn, I guess its over..sorry guys, but I told you we were going to get caught.."

Her mother scoffed. "Hilde, first of all, you having a secret party after locking yourself in your room for a year? Uh huh…and secondly…I wasn't born yesterday. I saw that man.." She looked at Duo, "With you when you came home, and if your talking in your sleep doesn't lie…" she smiled, "Then this is the former vampire that you ran away from your father's to."

"Into." Hilde corrected, " Ran INTO when I was running away from dads.."



Her mother sighed. "Same thing…" She turned to Duo and crossed her arms. "Well, Mr. Duo, I don't know if I should kill you, or thank you." Duo looked confused. "Thank you for protecting my daughter from evil, or kill you for bringing it to her in the first place."

Duo laughed, than said playfully, "No thanks is necessary, but if your going to kill me, please do it quick." He put his hands behind his head, grinning.

Hilde's mom laughed, then looked serious. "So, what brings you back here for Hilde?"

Duo's smile faded, and he frowned. "We need her help. Well…actually…she need ours."

"Huh?" Hilde and her mother said in unison. Duo walked to her mother and lowered his voice, whispering quietly in her ear. Her mother pulled back after a few minutes, staring at Hilde, alarmed. She coughed lightly. "Well…you three…"

"Four." Said Deigo, walking in the door.

"Ok…four then…y..ou four should stay th..e night here"

"But, its day time mom…" Hilde said, looking out the window at the bright day.

Duo sighed and put an arm around her, guiding her slowly to the window. He pointed up. "Hil…it's night time…" He said, pointing to the moon, he squeezed her shoulder sadly.

"What?? But…it's…It's..light outside…" Yelled Hilde, looking around the brightness, looking to point out the sun to Duo and show that he was merely not seeing something as obvious as it, but the realization was slowly sinking in…Only one human-like creature could see in the dark…

She turned to Duo, tears forming in her eyes. "D..Duo..does this mean…that…that…I'm…a…a…" She trailed off.

Duo closed his eyes, nodding slowly.

~End of chapter 2~

Tee Hee ^^;; Don't you just hate me…*gets killed* o.o I was joking…anyways, this chapter is dedicated to Mama-Sama, because she's reviewed every one of my stories first, and every single chapter…and… she's been long overdue for some credit here ^^;; Also, you might want to check out her stories (they're good o.o) This is also dedicated to everyone else that has reviewed thus far…^^; I'll write all your names down in the note eventually..I swear…This is also dedicated to Jason for being my muse. (Though he's not very patient .)