Dark Love

By: Padfoot-chan

Yukito…I am not even going to comment on that, but I will say this, sweetie, watch out when school starts. Watch your back and your feet 3 I got new high heels this year.

Maniac-Miko: Don't worry, it isn't too graphic. This is the first I wrote so…:3 I'm still easing into it myself XD

Disclaimer: I do not own the Golden Sun characters, they belong to Camelot.

Warning: Still shonen-ai. Don't like, don't read. ::gasp:: sex in this chapter! What a shocker

Read and Review please. No flames please. Constructive criticism is always welcome.


Chapter 9: What we Lose…

Part 2

I smile down at him to try to reassure him. I could tell that he was not willing to let this drop without a fight. I shake my head and lift him off the ground, throwing him over my shoulder and carrying him to his bed, throwing him down gently and climbing on top of him, leaning forward and brining out lips together briefly before pulling away and beginning to undo the laces on his shirt. "R-Robin, wait. You don't think that you can use this as an excuse to not talk to me. Something…mm…something is bothering you and I want to help in…ah! A-anyway I c-can." I smirk as he moans softly through his protests. I free him of his shirt, throwing it behind me before kissing his neck. He tries to push me away at first but I feel him begin to weaken as I kiss my way up to his ear, nibbling along the edge, drawing more soft moans from him. "You…really should…mm…sto-stop this. What if the others hear us?"

"I am pretty fast, Ivan. If they do hear us, I could just run out the window before they get here." He rests his hands on my shoulders, pulling me back down to his neck. I shift slightly, the bed creaking as I move my weight from one knee to the other. I unbutton and unzip Ivan's pants in one fluid motion before dipping my hand inside the constraining fabric.

"I-if you are…haa…just doing this to get out of talking to me, I am going to be very mad at you later, Robin." I smile up at him, pausing in my movements. His cheeks are flushed and his eyes half-lidded with passion. His mouth is slightly open, hot puffs of breath passing his lips to tickling my face. "Y-you're stopping? Do you want to talk now?"

"Of course not, I was just thinking about what you said. You would be mad later if I was doing this to just get out of talking to you, but right now…you are not mad at me?" He shook his head slowly. "Ivan, please do not persist to ask me why I was crying just then. Each time you ask, I will refuse to tell you. There are something that I am ashamed of about myself and I do not want them burdening you." I bring my free hand to his and pull one of his hands from my shoulder, lacing my fingers through his, giving his hand a reassuring squeeze before I tear my eyes away from his and plant a kiss on his collarbone. He moans again, shaking his head from side to side, tightening his grip on my shoulders.

"It would not burden me, honestly. I really…un…want to know everything about you. I was not…ah…lying to you when I said that to you, Robin." I let out a sigh, pausing again and lifting my head up to look at him. "I just want you to believe that. I do not need this, you do not have to do this to try to get out of talking to me. It hurts that you think you would have to do this to get me to back off. If you really cannot talk to me about it, if it bothers you that much to tell me then you do not have to, but do not insult me by doing this."

"I do believe you when you say that you wanted to know everything about me. There are just things that I am not ready for even you to know about. Besides, I am not making love to you to just to get you to shut up or to get your mind off whatever was bothering me." I lift his hand up to my lips and kiss his fingertips lightly. "You asked me when we were going to do this again, so I thought that this was as good a time as any. Try not to cry out my name, of course, or we will both be in big trouble."

"You just worry about yourself." He breathes, pulling me away from his chest and back to his lips. He wraps his arm around my neck, pulling me closer and I part his lips, sliding my tongue into his mouth only to pull it out teasingly. He moans into the kiss as I pull my hand out of his pants, hooking my thumb on the edge of his pants and pulling them down, leaving him only in his boxers now. I break the kiss and lean back, looking down at him. "Are you sure we really should be doing this here?" I roll my eyes and laugh.

"Now you want to stop. Sorry, I can't stop now, Ivan." He hisses slightly as I bring my lips to his chest, kissing my way down to his stomach I stop at his navel. I nibble lightly around the edge before dipping my tongue inside. I pull back again; glancing at the door to make sure it is locked before pulling his boxers off and tossing them behind me. I move back up to his face, covering his lips with my own. He breaks the kiss and reaches for my jacket, pushing it off my shoulders where it slides down my back and onto the ground.

"It's…too hot in here for that." I nod briefly before capturing his lips with my own. He releases me for a moment, his hands traveling down my chest until his fingers reach my pants. He unbuttons my jeans and then zips them down before pushing them slowly over my hips and down my thighs.

"Taking your sweet time, aren't you?" I whisper, huskily, breaking the kiss for a moment. "Such a tease."

"You're one to talk. I noticed that you were not wearing any underwear. Were you planning this from the start, Robin?" I shrug my shoulders, smirking as I kiss his neck. He wraps his legs around my waist and pulls me away from his neck, "Hurry, I don't think I will be able to stand much more of this." I cover his mouth with my own again and slowly push into him, waiting for him to adjust before I push in deeper.  He moans deeply into the kiss, placing his hands on my shoulders again and gripping onto them tightly.

I pull away from a moment, "Are you okay?" He nods and pulls me back down, kissing me passionately. We fall into a rhythmic pattern as I pull out and push into him again, slowly at first but then picking up speed, our moans muffled by our mouths over each other's. We continue this erotic dance for what seems like an eternity and yet not long enough, both of us lost in a burning passion. Then Ivan tenses up under me and tries to pull out of the kiss but I grab the back of his head, lacing my fingers through his hair to keep him bound to the kiss as he reaches his climax. I push into him two more times before I reach my climax, Ivan bringing his hands up into my hair.

I finally break the kiss, rolling over onto his bed next to him, my breath coming out in labored gasps. "I swear, you are going to be the death of me, Ivan. I only get this exhausted when I am with you." He smiles as he turns onto his side, moving closer to me and resting his head on my chest. I slip my arm around his shoulder, leaning down slightly to kiss to top of his head.

"Does this mean you will stay for the night."

"In a house with two vampire hunters, two retired hunters and one vampire turned hunter. I think I would rather take my chances locked up in a room with my maker after he drank from the neck of a drunken whore." Ivan giggles and then yawns. "As much as I would love to stay with you tonight, Ivan, you know that I cannot."

"But this could be your only chance. The others are coming back soon and then there will be more hunters in the mansion to sense you." I poke his nose lightly, smiling down at him before sitting up and tripping slightly over the edge of my pants.

"You have to train a little harder to detect me." I pull my pants up and button them before looking around the ground for my jacket. He sits up, watching me before speaking up.

"Why is that? I thought that it did not matter, a tracker could sense a vampire no matter how old they are." I shake my head, bending down to pick my jacket up from the ground.

"It is not as simple as that. A tracker could sense an older vampire only if they were either very strong, or had the blood of the vampire's recent victim. If they had the blood, then they could use the blood of the human to track down the vampire that way. If they were not strong enough, the vampire would become more of a undetectable shadow to the tracker." I shrug my jacket on and sit on the bed next to him again, "I do not think you should have to worry about that, of course. You want to become a slayer, right." He nods, throwing his arms around my neck and kissing my cheek. "Only trackers have to worry about sensing a vampire, some slayers are able to sense vampires, but they are the stronger slayers." I kiss him before ruffling his hair and glancing at the clock. "Get some sleep, this visit lasted a little too long."

He looks at the clock and frowns, "Will you be able to make it to your house before the sun comes up?" I nod and move to the window, pulling it open and shivering slightly as the cold air rushes into the room. He shivers on his bed as well, quickly bringing his covers up around him to fight off the cold. "You will be back tomorrow night, right?"

"You mean tonight. It is a little past one in the morning. Yes, I will return to visit tonight. Get some rest and try your best at training." I jump out of the window and onto the tree branch, shutting the window in the same manner I had done before. I look around at the landscape. The white snow had already covered the ground in a thick, wintry blanket. It really did look beautiful. I lean forward slightly and jump onto the roof of the academy, running along the shingles silently before leaping onto the next building, quickly making my way back to my house.

Our night's come and go like this for two weeks before Ivan tells me he has finally completed his training. I am sitting on Ivan's bed with him in my arms, "I finally mastered all of the spells and all of the physical techniques that I need to know to become a hunter. Tomorrow night, the academy is going to hold a masquerade ball in honor of me becoming a hunter. Since it is a masquerade ball and no one it going to be able to see your face, I think you should be my date."

"What is the dress, aside from the mask, or do you want me to come wearing only a mask?" He punches my arm lightly.

"It won't be anything too fancy, just a black tuxedo, I suppose. Please tell me you will come. If I do not dance with anyone, Sheba will surely ask me to dance with her and I hate turning people down." I nod, smiling as he leans against me, "Thank you, Robin. She has really been bugging me ever since she came back from Nagasaki. Almost makes me wish she had been killed by a vampire there."

"Ivan, I certainly am surprised. How could you say such a thing about a fellow hunter?"

"I was just kidding." He mutters before yawning and tuning in my arms, lifting the covers up around us. "I am just glad that my training is over and now that I know you will be my date to the masquerade ball tomorrow night, it makes everything better. You said that you wanted to try to reward me for all my hard work to become a hunter, right?" I smile, laughing softly.

"Ah, so you remembered that, did you? Very well, but tomorrow after the ball. What time is it going to be? Do you want me to come to the front door or sneak in through your window?"

"You better come through the front door or else Garcia and the others might start to ask questions on how you got inside the academy without them seeing you." I nod and shift my weight slightly.

"You should go to sleep now. Don't worry, I'll stay for as long as I can." He blinks up at me.

"What do you do when I go to sleep? You don't just watch me, do you?" I smile at me and he blushes slightly, "That has to be boring for you…"

"Not at all, I enjoy watching you sleep. You make the cutest faces while you are dreaming, not to mention whispering my name in your sleep." He blushes more, lowering his head to avoid my gaze. I lift his chin up and smile at him brightly, "What do you dream about?" His eyes widen and he tries to turn away, his entire face bright red now.

"I-it's really embarrassing, I can't tell you…you might laugh at me." He fiddles with my shirt for a moment before pausing and locking his eyes with mine. "It is just that I…" He stops again, breaking away from my hand and turning to look out the window.

"What is it?" For a long moment, he just stares out the window, watching as the snowflakes drift down from the sky. It had been snowing every night since it first started two weeks ago and now there was a healthy blanket of snow on the ground that nearly came up to my knees.

"I…really want to spend the rest of my life with you, Robin…I want to spend…forever with you." He turns back to me, his eyes burning, "I want you to…" In a second, I grab the back of his neck with my hand and cover with mouth with the other.

"Don't you dare say that of me. Do not ask me to do that to you, because I will not. You do not know what you are asking, Ivan. This is not what you want, as much as you want to be with me, as much as you love me, you do not want this. I do not want to do this to you. It will change you and I do not want to lose you to this." I shake my head and release my hold on his mouth, slipping my arms around him and holding him close to me. "Please, do not ask me to do that. I…do not want to force this upon you. I have never created a vampire and I never want to. Please do not ask me to break my vow."

I feel him tremble as he slowly wraps his arms around me, "But I do not…want to hurt you, Robin. You told me that you would have to watch me grow old. You said that you loved me. Would it hurt you to see me grow old and then die?" I bit down on my bottom lip, fighting against the tears that threaten to run down my cheeks. "I don't want to leave you alone. I refuse to do that."

"Ivan…I refuse to kill you." I would die for you, Ivan, but I would not allow you to die for me.

The next night, I wake up early, running around my house looking for my old tuxedo. I find it in the attic under a dresser. I frown as I dust it off and hold it out to study it. "I am just glad that I do not grow anymore or I would not be able to fit into this thing. Now for a mask." After I slip on the tuxedo and search around the attic for a mask, I head out the door, hopping in my sports car before heading to the academy.

I pull through the gates and into the driveway where many other cars are pulling in and parking. The front doors are open and Ivan is waiting for me in front of them, leaning against the right door, which is closed. He waves to me as I walk towards to door. "You came! I am so glad. Heh, Sheba is still getting ready so you saved me from even having to talk with her before the dancing starts!" He loops his arm through mine and drags me into the mansion.

"What makes you think she is not even going to try to cut in?" He shrugs his shoulders.

"Even if she does try to, I can say that I am dancing with you and that I promised you all the dances." I shake my head but cannot fight the smile that touches my lips.

Once we reach the ballroom, which surprised me for a moment until I remembered that the academy was quite old, I should have been surprised if there had not been a ballroom, we dance for hours, a live orchestral band playing in the background. Ivan runs off to talk to his cousin, Susa, who turned out to be a hunter as well, and leaves me by myself, leaning against the wall and staring up at the chandelier hanging from the ceiling.

"So, you are Ivan's date." I blink and turn to see the man from before, Garcia, standing next to me, arms folded over his chest. He is wearing a mask over his face but there is no mistaking his russet eyes and long, warm chocolate hair, pulled back in a ponytail and thrown over his shoulder. I sigh and smirk at him.

"Yes I am, does it bug you?" Something about this guy makes me feel the desire to be snide to him, maybe the way he talks or how he looks at me, as if I am inferior to him. He glares at me.

"I know who you are, do not think that that mask and tuxedo can fool me." He reaches forward to yank off my mask but I tense up and turn away from him, my eyes searching the ballroom through the crowd of people. What was that surge of energy just now?

"Did you feel that?" I whisper, turning back to him. He turns away well, ripping off his mask and throwing it to the ground.

"Get down!" He yells and everyone but six people duck, him, Picard, Ivan, myself, and two more people. One I do not know, but he is standing close to Ivan, and behind Ivan, reaching out towards him is…

"Alex! Don't you dare touch him!" I gasp, running forward. Alex smiles at me and snatches Ivan from the ground, running to the window. "Alex! Damn you!"

"If you want him, Robin, you know where to go!" With that, he disappears out the window with Ivan in his arms, Ivan's violet eyes wide with fear. I feel as if time has stopped, the air around me losing all texture and feel to it. I drop to my knees, staring at the window they had vanished through.

"…Ivan…"

"Who was that?" asked the boy who had been speaking with Ivan, he was looking from Picard to Garcia, who turned to look at me. I smile bitterly, looking down at the marble floor, crimson teardrops falling to the ground before me.

"My master, Alex. He did this because Ivan was important to me. This is all my fault." I pull my mask from my face, letting it drop to the ground as I stand up, my knees shaking slightly. "I need to go after him, I need to save Ivan." Garcia moves towards me, jabbing his finger into my chest.

"No, if you are going anywhere, we are going with you. Susa, make sure the others are know what happened. Picard and I will accompany Robin here to wherever that bastard took Ivan." The boy called Susa goes to protest but Picard silences him with a shake of his head.

I narrow my eyes as I look at them. I want to say no, I want to tell them that it is my job to save Ivan but deep down, there is still that fear of Alex that drives me to beg for their help. I spin on my heel and walk toward the window Alex left through. "Follow me, and try not to fall behind. I am not waiting for you."

How could this have happened? I should have known that Alex would try something. I should have known that he would go after Ivan. That bastard was always after my loved ones, he just never wanted me to be happy. I clench my teeth and speed up the pursuit. Alex is going to regret this. He better not lay a finger on Ivan or I swear…

"Where are we now?" I glance behind me, stopping on a steep cliff. Picard and Garcia land next to me, stumbling slightly as they try to regain their balance.

"Not too far from Yamagata, it is pretty close to Sendai. This is were Alex lives for the moment." I point out across the field at a large, stone castle. "A dark cloud hangs over that castle, it is just perfect for Alex. I am sure that he has his vampire followers in the castle with him. They may not be powerful but they are great in number. I suggest that be on guard while we are there. Ignore them if you can. I am going after Alex no matter what."

They nod and I drop off the edge of the cliff, landing on the ground as if I had only jumped down from a small table. I run along the ground, weaving in and out of the trees. Soon I come to the front of castle. Not wanting to waste anymore time, I wave my hand at the heavy metal door that blocks the entrance to the castle. It flies off the hinges, crushing ten or so trees as it lands on the ground.

I slow to a walk once I enter the confines of the castle, allowing my eyes to adjust to the darkness as I inch in further into the castle. I feel something brush against my arm and I turn to glare at Garcia. "Please refrain from touching me." He goes to say something but footsteps in front of us stop him. "There are two of them. You two take care of them, I'm going to go save Ivan."

"Wait right there—" I run past the two vampires before anyone can stop me. The stairs are old and steep but I manage to run up them with ease. There is a bright flash of light behind me followed by two loud screams. Seems like Garcia is not a very patience person. I smirk and continue through the castle.

"You are unwelcome here. Turn back." Two more vampires appear before me, twin girls with long flowing silvery hair. I smile at them and bow before spinning around and sending two sharp daggers flying at them. They scream and burst into flames, their ashes falling to the ground. I straighten up and take a deep breath and gagging slightly, the smell of burning flesh heavy in the air. I cover my nose with my sleeve and frown at the ground.

"Damn…they were old." I shake it off and walk past their ashes. The castle is quiet now, slight movement around me here and there but nothing has attacked me yet. I should have gone with Ivan when he went to speak with his cousin. I should have been there at his side, at least then Alex would never have gotten his hands on him in the first place. It was not supposed to happen this way. Tonight was supposed to be a special night. "Damn you Alex."

The corridor I am walking down ends suddenly, a large door standing before me with strange engravings carved into the golden metal. I tilt my head slightly and take a step forward, touching the metal and pulling away quickly, almost as if I had been burned. The metal was cold to the touch, almost too cold. It was unnatural. I push against the doors in spite of the cold and freeze at the sight that meets my eyes as the doors slide open.

Alex is sitting in a throne with Ivan kneeling on the floor before him, a mixture of fright and anger in his eyes. Alex smirks at me as I step into the room, glaring at him. "Why have you done this, Alex? What gives you the right to do something like this? If you have a problem with me, then take it up with me and leave Ivan out of this. He has nothing to do with this." He smiles and rises from his throne, moving toward me slowly.

"You are wrong, Robin. Ivan has everything to do with this. He is a part of your life. He makes you happy and he is the only reason you fight to live now. If I take that away from you…what would you have left?" I pull out my dagger but he sends it flying across the room with a simple glance. "You would want to come after me again, you would wish to kill me again. When you are with him, your thoughts are on him and him alone, I cannot have that."

"You are a selfish bastard, Alex and you need to die."

"Then come kill me, Robin, if you can." I charge forward, dropping to the ground before I reach him and kicking out at his leg. He jumps backwards, flipping out of the way. I run after him, throwing a small knife at him but he catches it in his hand and throws it to the ground. "Stop with the parlor tricks, Robin and fight me like a man."

"Stop running." I hiss and manage to kick his arm, sending him stumbling. He quickly regains his balance and launches a punch at me. I duck and grab his neck with my feet, spinning around quickly; I toss him across the room. I smirk and inch towards Ivan. He sees this and smirks himself.

"Is that how you want to play? Then, how will you like this?"

What happens next seems like a dream happening in slow motion. It was as if I was watching a tape on the television screen and it was of someone else's life, not my own. How surreal. I did it all on instinct rather than conscious thought. Of course, with Ivan…that was how everything was. I could laugh now…at how many times I said to him…that he would be the death of me…

Alex charges towards Ivan, hand outstretched to plunge it through his heart. I move forward after this, knocking Ivan out of the way just before Alex can reach him. Ivan calls out a second before his head bumps into the wall, knocking him unconscious. Alex's hand slams into my chest, running straight through. I kneel before him, holding onto his arm and leaning my forehead onto his chest, coughing out blood from the impact of the blow.

"Y-you idiot. Why the hell did you do that?" He stutters. I look up at him, my vision fading more with each passing second. It was growing colder and it was becoming harder to draw breath into my lungs. I smile up at him weakly. I know that look…why is he so sad to see me die? Is it because I am all he has left in this world? I am the only one he knows and he just killed me.

"You should know, Alex…it is because I love him with all my being. I could not allow you to kill him. I will make sure you never touch him either." I gather the last of my strength and slowly place my hand under his chin. "I will see you in Hell, Alex." I narrow my eyes and push sharply against his chin. He flies back into the wall, breaking through it and falling out of the castle.

I fall forward and look over where Ivan is lying against the wall unconscious. Strange…even though I am dying, I am still happy. As long as he is safe, I could never be sad. Would this be fair to him? To let him live on without me? I never knew love before him so I do not know. If my parents had loved each other…they were lucky, they were able to die together.

I do not want to die. Not yet, I have so much that I still want to do…

My vision grows darker, no matter how hard I try to fight against it, my eyes being to lull but my last sight is of Ivan…

It is cold…

…This is the coldest I have ever felt. I feel as if I am slipping into an eternal abyss…

"…I-Ivan…I love…you…"

No matter where you go, no matter what changes, I wish for you to always remember that.

-TBC-

I did say that something bad was going to happen. I may need to go back and fix this up since I think I went a little too fast. XD To think, I do this for my one year anniversary of Yes! It has been one year since I have been on Heh, I'm pretty proud of myself. I do want to do a sequel to this but I have no idea what it would be about. Wait until the next and last chapter to see if you still want a sequel, though, I pretty much take care of everything then.

Alex: Link, you suck.

Oh-ho! Using my name, eh? Alex must be mad about that whole battle with Robin. Poor baby, need a hug? Heh hee, read and review please! Next chapter coming up…soon hopefully!