Hello my fellow readers! Yes I am back from the dead! Well not really the dead, but yes I am back! Computer was down until a few days ago, and now we have internet and all is right in the world again. Yeah I am really sorry about the long wait. I had the story finished and ready to go, but I lost it. So now to scratch…yay!

Disclaimer: I don't own Nightwalker, I only own my own characters ;;

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'What a night, first I go check on Yayoi to make sure she is okay, then Shido sees me, now I am running from him, and to top it all off, I am being helped by this person right here. Should I trust him? What do I have to lose? Why don't I just tell Shido what happened? I am sure that he will believe me…or not.'

Lethargy could tell that the young one behind him was thinking about a million things. But what to do? He had to make sure that this one would trust him fully and not just a small percentage. Once he got her to trust him fully then the game would be on. His plan was working but not as well as he had hoped, catching her in her weakest moment was what he needed, now he could play her like a toy.

"You seem troubled, care to tell me what's on your mind?" Lethargy said leaning over.

Shi was still deep in thought about a lot of things. She didn't even bother to respond. She had to get help, there was no one to turn to. Only Tao would know what to do, but her long time friend was no where to be seen. If only she didn't do that to Yayoi she knew that she would be able to turn to her for advise. But she couldn't go back in time and fix this all. She felt a tap on her knee, looking over she saw Lethargy trying to get her attention.

"Huh?"

"I said are you okay? There seems to be a million things running through your beautiful mind." Lethargy said smiling.

'Something is telling me not to trust him, what was it that Tao always said? Never trust a vampire, especially nice ones. They always want something, or they are going to trick you into something. Or, something like that. But something is telling me that I can trust him. What other choice do I have at this point?'

Lethargy leaned back into his seat. The carriage was on the way to his little mansion that was on the other side of town. He knew once he got her there that everything would fall into place. Because inside every vampires heart lies a darker version of themselves. And that was what he needed to do, once he got that version out. She would bow down to every wish of his, no question asked. He would be able to kill Shido along with Cain. Then the city would be his for the taking, once she got all of his dirty work done, there would be no need for her anymore. He would take care of her personally.

But taking down Shido and Cain would be a difficult task alone. These were not amateur vampires. These were strong, wise vampires…that knew how to survive. After all how else would they know how to make it this far? Smiling he couldn't wait to hear the screams of pain and death from those two. He couldn't wait, he gave a little chuckle to himself. She would do all the dirty work, and he would go in for the final blow, it was the perfect plan.

Shi heard him laughing about something, all she could wonder about was. What could be going through his head? She wasn't the type to wait around and find out. All she wanted was shelter for the day and by tomorrow night she would be long gone. Because something in her gut told her not to trust this one. No matter what he promised it could lead to nothing but disaster.

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On the other side of town in a lonely little hospital room, Shido sat there holding his friends hand. She was still cold as ice, all he could do was wait…hope. Cain's words were still going through his head "The one you look for is back at the hospital. All questions will be answered." he came back and saw Shi. Or at least he thought he did. Glancing at the clock it was three o'clock in the morning. Glancing at the machines everything appeared to be normal. Glancing at Yayoi's face…she looked so peaceful. It seemed like nothing was wrong, she was just in a deep sleep. But reality hit him, she was on life support. And there was nothing he could do, the only thing he could do was wait and hope that she would wake up.

The door opened, the nurse came in checked everything, gave her a new fluid bag along with a blood one as well. Leaving the room, there was silence once again. The door opened once again, glancing over his shoulder a familiar girl walked in.

"This is where I thought I would find you. Any changes?"

"Not a single one Tao. Doctors don't think she will pull through this one. But if I know Yayoi as the stubborn person she is. She will wake up and demand to leave immediately because she hates being in place for to long. And then look at me and tell me to pull myself together. But as the minutes tick away it becomes less likely that it will happen." Shido gave a deep sigh of concern.

"She will pull through because she is a strong person. I know she will, I just blame myself for splitting up from her. We should have gone together." Tao took a seat on the other side of Yayoi and looked at her.

Looking at the bite mark on her neck, it was still red and the skin was still irritated from it. Taking a hold of the other hand, it felt like she was holding something. Opening it up it revealed…

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Shi went to twist the ring she wore on her finger, but it wasn't there. Glancing down at her hands it wasn't there. She tried to remember if she had it before. She must have because she never takes it off. It was the only thing in the world that she loved very much. Lethargy saw that his guest was uneasy about something. He tried to read her mind but it was blocked off. Either she was blocking it off or someone was blocking it off from him. He had to go to the human way.

"You lose something?" He asked.

"My ring its gone, I cant find it." Shi replied.

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Taking a hold of the ring Tao examined it. It didn't look like something that Yayoi would just have lying around. What she couldn't figure out was how she got it or how she was holding on to it. Then it hit her determination. Glancing over at Shido, his head was laid down on the bed. Poking him he didn't even move. Poking again he didn't move. Grabbing her gun she hit him on the head with it.

"OW! Damnit why did you do that?" Shido yelled rubbing his head.

"Because you didn't reply to the poking, here I found this in Yayoi's hand." She handed him the ring.

"In her hand?" The question in his voice seemed like he couldn't believe it. Taking a look at it, it seemed like a normal ring. White gold with a black onyx jewel in the center of it. But there was a name engraved on the other side of it. He couldn't make it out. Squinting his eyes he still got nothing. "we should head back to the office, I cant make out the writing in this light."

Shido gathered his things along with Tao, they both left for the office. Glancing back at his partner he swore that he would find the person who did this to her and kill them for it. Because no one hurts his friends and lives to tell the tale.

"You don't understand, that's the ring my father gave me for my 4th birthday and now its gone…oh god if I left it there…death." Shi panicked.

"Death? Don't worry your pretty little head about it. I will make sure that no one hurts you and I guarantee it alright?" Lethargy was working hard trying to earn her trust, so far so good he hoped.

"I don't know, ring, Shido, guns." Shi wasn't making any sense and to Lethargy this is what he wanted.

"I am one of the strongest vampires living. I swear that nothing will happen to you. You have my word." he placed his hand on Shi's and looked up at her. There eyes met, but something wasn't right…unless.

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"How is Yayoi? Is she gonna make it? Any changes? Did she wake up? And what do you have there?" Guni started asking questions the moment she heard the key in the hole of the door.

"Shut up will you, demonic Barbie doll? Cant you see that we don't know anything?" Tao said the moment she heard Guni talk.

Shido immediately went to his desk and turned on the light, there was something indeed engraved in it, but the words were worn and weren't easy to read. The only thing he could make out was 'to my dearest' and the rest of the words were to worn to read. But he wasn't going to give up. If this meant a clue to who did this to Yayoi he wasn't going to give up. He didn't care if this was going to be an all nighter. He was going to find out what it said.

Guni flew over to her partners shoulder and looked at what he was looking at. She saw the words, here eyes opened wide. And her jaw dropped to the floor. Tugging at her partners hair, he tried to brush her off. But no such luck, she continued to pull, and he continued to try to brush her off. Till finally she bit him on the ear to get his attention.

"OW! God damnit, do you both had to do something irrational to get my attention?" Shido yelled.

"Well if it means getting your attention then yes." Tao replied without even thinking.

"What do you want Guni? Cant you see that I am busy with this? This better be important or I will let Tao put you in the microwave!"

Guni glanced at Tao, who had the worlds largest smile on her face. Giving a wink she glanced at the microwave and then over to the little demon. Guni almost losing her track of thought remember why she had done that in the first place.

"Well? I am waiting…"

"I know what is says! It says…"

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"To my darling daughter Tsukia on her 4th birthday. If they figure that out they will be looking for me, and ready to strike me down." Shi placed her face into her hands, she didn't know what to do.

"You seem to have quite a little problem, but I told you before no one will harm you, you can count on that." Lethargy replied.

The room went silent. Shido got up so quickly he knocked Guni off his shoulder. Yes, the ring did say that. But what could that mean? No, it couldn't be. Shi was dead, he saw her die. It had to be a cruel prank, maybe someone planted it there. Maybe Guni read it wrong. Checking it again, it was still the same writing.

"It cant be…" Shido's voice faded. His arms dropped to his side…no one knew what to say or think.

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And that's where I leave you off :)