(PoV 1st - Yuna)

'Yuna? Yuna, can you hear me? Please, wake up...'

I slowly open my eyes, staring into a blinding light, I close them again turn on my side.

"Holy Zaon, she's awake..."

"Yunie!"

"Turn off the overhead light, Rikku."

"Alrighty."

I sigh and open my eyes again, staring at the wall.

'I have no damn clue where I'm at.' I thought, trying to sit up.

As soon as I was upright, my head started pounding, as if someone was hitting it with a hammer, making me lay back down instantly.

"You're gonna have to stay in bed for a while, Yuna. When you fell, you hit both your head and jaw pretty hard. You have a slight concussion and your jaw has a rather large gash in it. I know your fear of hospitals, Yuna, but this was the first place we could think of."

'I know that voice...' At first I wasn't sure but now I should've known.

"How... What happened?" I asked Lenne, keeping my eyes closed as I spoke.

"I'll explain everything to you later. Right now, you need your rest."

I sigh, Lenne always was like a sister to me. Without her being here to guide and help me through the years, I would've been lost long ago.

"Alright." I say, trying to act like I could wait. "But don't leave me here alone to damn long, 'kay?"

Lenne laughs, "Course not." She then stands, grabbing my cousin's arm as they walk out of the room.

As soon as the door clicks shut, I sit up again, ignoring the searing pain in my head. I look at my surroundings.

White walls, white sheets, white chairs, white tables...

'What the hell...' I ask myself. 'Dumbasses are obsessed with white.'

I look at what I'm wearing, next. White hospital coat...

'Oh my fucking Yevon, I swear, if they touched or screwed up any of my shit, they'll be my next damn victim.'

Rather pissed, I lay back down and try to fall asleep before I start breaking shit.

About two hours later, I finally wake up. The pain in my head had subsided, and my jaw wasn't as sore.

"I told her not to leave me in here long..." I mumble.

Sitting up once more, I start to wonder how in the hell I got here, and how long I've been unconscious.

"Well, well, well. I see we've finally decided to get up."

I roll my eyes, instantly knowing who it was.

"Yeah, I know, damn. I'm sure you were just dying to see me." I say, looking at the young, blonde Al Bhed man who was leaning on the doorframe.

"Nah, not really."

"Fuck you, too, Gipp." I smirk at him, letting him know I was just messing around.

He laughs, "Damn, you've changed. Gone feisty on me, have you."

"Hmph."

He smirks, walking over to me while crossing his arms.

"So..." I start. "How'd I get here?"

Gippal pulls up one of the chairs closer to the bed and sits down.

"Well, I'm not quite sure, but from what Lenne told me, she had walked out in front of my bar, looking down the street for you. Then, out of the corner of her eye, she saw a man carrying something. He was looking straight at her, then he turned and disappeared down a alley.

She followed him, don't ask me why. Claiming whatever he was holding looked 'unusual'. When she turned the corner, she saw him laying down whatever he was carrying. Well, as it turns out, guy was carryin' you. And... wasn't really a guy, more like a damn vamp.

Before she could kill the damned thing, it ran up the left wall, did a back flip onto the right wall, kept running, then jumped onto the roof."

I smile inwardly, knowing exactly who he was talking about.

"Well, now. That is a story."

Gippal nods, giving me a weird look, which makes me laugh.

"I gotta get goin'. Have a bar to tend to." Gippal says, standing up and not worrying to put the chair back in it's proper place.

"'Kay. Later, Gipp."

"Later." He walked out the door, not bothering to close it.

I laugh, 'You always were a cocky bitch, Gipp.'

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(PoV 1st - Tidus)

"Where've you been? You've been gone all damn day."

"I told you," I say, looking at the trees that surrounded me and overlooked Bevelle's empty streets. "I've been at 'The Darkstone'."

My father shakes his head, crossing his arms, "No way in hell you've been at that vamp bar all damn day. Besides, your friend Vanish tells otherwise.

I clench my fists, changing my gaze to my father, "What'd he tell you...?"

"Ask him yourself." Throwing Vanish onto his knees in front of me, he backed away.

I kneel beside the young vampire, "You didn't... did you?"

He looked up at me, blood trickling down his chin from his lips. I look away, trying to ignore it. He made a low growling sound in his throat, digging his hands into the dirt ground.

I look ahead at my father, "What'd you do to him?" I asked in a low voice.

He stepped forward slightly, "Nothing much. I found him hanging around with a mortal, so I locked his ass up in the Rammvena without anything to drink."

"How long?" I question.

"'Bout... two weeks."

I sigh and shake my head, "Did you put the mortal in there, as well?"

"Take a guess. Son of a bitch couldn't take it. Ended up bittin' her. She's one of us, now." He then walked away, toward the cave in which was the only home I've ever known.

"Vanish... who was she..." I could tell he extremely upset about it.

"She didn't deserve it..."

"Who was she?"

"A friend."

"That's all?"

"No, sir."

I sigh, "What's her name?"

"She only told me her last name, Nocturne"

I stand, walking past the cave entrance to the right, and entering a different kind of cave.

The red light of the huge flame in the center of the room reflected off the walls; making the figure lying by the fire appear almost devilish.

It's deep blonde hair accompanied with black streaks and dressed in black leather moved slightly as I walked into the room.

"Rise, miss Nocturne. Your future awaits you." I raise my left hand in the air, motioning for her to stand. "I mean you no harm."

Moments pass as I stand in wait. I always hated doing this part of the transaction. But I figured it was better than the first part.

During my train of thought, the new vampire had jumped up and grabbed her old weapons that should have been removed from the cave.

Pointing her .177 Cal. out in front of her, she gave me a low, approving look as she looked me up and down.

Not appreciating her gesture, I start, "Drop the weapon, I mean you no --"

The sound of a loud bang erupted throughout the cave and I ducked, purely out of instinct.

"You can't take me that easily." I heard her say as she neared me.

I laugh, "We're way ahead of you on that."

She gives a low 'hmph' and places the barrel of her gun to my forehead, slowly pulling down the trigger.

"Say 'good-night', vampire."

"No, don't hurt him!"

I slightly smirk and silently thank Vanish for coming forth at the appropriate time, for once.

She lowers her weapon, tossing it off to the side at the first sight of Vanish.

I stand, Vanish coming up to stand beside me. "What's your name?" I ask her.

"Anika." She states simply. "Anika Raven Nocturne, to be thoroughly exact."

I see Vanish smile out of the corner of my eye, making me, in turn, lightly smile, as well.

"Well, young Anika Nocturne, welcome to the Necrome vampire clan." I say, pointing to the tattoo she received once she got here of two roses wrapped around each other, blood dripping off every other thorn. It was encircled with a drawing of a barbed wire.

Looking at the tattoo on her arm, she sighed, then looked back at Vanish.

I look between Vanish and Anika. Deciding to leave the two alone, I walk out of the cave.

Shaking my head out of disbelief and worry, I look up at the stars.

"It's been two weeks since I've seen her. Two weeks since I left her in the care of her friends." I start, talking to no one but myself. "Seeing Anika and Vanish together reminded me so much of us. It... hurt seeing it."

I sigh, remembering the woman who took Yuna into her care. Her name, I forget.

'Come back to me.' I look ahead of me again. 'Be safe, and bring her back to me.'