NOTES:

YaoiKitty: YES YOU DO NEED TO UPDATE. And I'd end up doing that to Kei, too. But him and Sho give me good fantasies, so I'll let him be for now…

Ecchigo: They love to flirt with each other. It's in their nature to do so…? XD; I don't know, they write this themselves.

Shin: Ti-san? xD; And I love Kurisu, too. She's based off of my best friend Kristal, whom I've known for nearly 12 years, and she's even more amazing than Kurisu!

Anne: I've done that before. Read something in class and started laughing and everyone gives you weird looks. It's fun to do at random times. And of course Kei gets a VCR player when he leaves! He's Kei!

Gackt-fangirl: I'm glad you guys love my fic! And read to find out what happens to Kurisu, although I'm sure you –won't- be pleasantly surprised.

Essenity: I like frogs. But not the one you keep hitting your head on. ;-; Hitting your head hurts a lot. I hope you feel better!

LYRICS THIS CHAPTER! And an important note at the end of the chapter concerning updates within the next few weeks…


Part One - Chapter Two – Rescue Missions and Murders!

"She said she was trapped in the park," Kei said as they casually made their way down the deserted street. They didn't want to look like they were in too much of a rush; it would have looked suspicious if people were watching them.

"I know what she said, Kei. I did hear her message," Sho told him, nonchalantly walking faster.

"I'm just thinking out loud…" Kei muttered, suddenly turning down a dark alley.

"…Why are we going this way?"

"It's a shortcut."

"I've never known this to be a shortcut," Sho said as he followed Kei down the narrow alley.

"Really? It's a pretty obvious shortcut," Kei replied as they reached the end of it and found that the park was right in front of them. "Can you see anything?"

"…There's some dark figures down that way," Sho whispered, pointing to the other end of the park.

"That would be them," Kei said, knowing Sho's night vision still had not progressed enough to see the people clearly. Snaking an arm around Sho's waist, Kei grabbed a gun out of one of the many gun holsters.

"Kei, do you ever bring your own guns?"

"Nope."

"You're hopeless."

"I'm the hopeless one?" Kei asked, cocking an eyebrow.

"Let's not start another fight and let's go save Kurisu," Sho said with a sigh. Silently, they made their way to the entrance of the park without being noticed by the rather large group of people directly in front of them.

"Shall we charge?" Kei asked quietly. Sho turned and grinned brightly.

"I thought you'd never ask," Sho replied in an excited whisper. "Kiss for good luck?"

"Sho-kun, when have we ever needed good luck?" Kei said with a smile.

Sometimes I get to thinking
About the times we used to have
But now you've gone away and left me so alone

"You're right…" And with that, Sho fired the first shot at the nearest figure, killing him. There was a loud outburst of people yelling in shock. They finally figured out who fired and began to shoot at the two vampires, who dodged the bullets easily.

"Damn, this is easy," Kei shouted to Sho over the sound of raging bullets. One of the men was charging at him with a sword, but Kei simply shot him in the chest and he was dead almost instantly.

"You're telling me," Sho replied, suddenly punching a guy in the face. "Hey, Kei! It's fun to punch them in the face!"

"…It's easier to shoot them! AND WATCH OUT!" Kei yelled as he realized a man was charging Sho from behind. Sho simply put out his arm, jabbing the end of the gun into the man's stomach. The enemy stared at Sho for a moment, who was shaking his head at the man as if to say his attempt was pitiful, and suddenly screamed—Sho had shot him several times. "DON'T scare me like that, Sho!"

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to," Sho said back as they advanced forward, seeing Kurisu not too far ahead. She was barely surrounded by anyone at all. "Kei—doesn't that look a little suspicious?" Sho asked quietly, assuming Kei was behind him. But when the vampire didn't answer, only then did he turn around. "KEI!"

Kei was surrounded by a group of men—more that half of who remained. When several of the men drew away, Sho shot them immediately, clearly pissed off because he knew they had harmed Kei in some way. When they all finally cleared, he found that the man behind Kei was holding him in place. The man had an arm wrapped tightly around Kei's neck; he had pulled Kei's shirt and jacket up slightly so Kei's stomach was exposed and a rough hand was tracing down to his pants. There was another person standing a few feet away with a gun pointed to Kei's head.

"Let him go," Sho growled through clenched teeth.

"Why?" The man who was holding Kei asked. "Is he your lover?"

"I said let him go!" Sho yelled, ready to fire at any moment.

"I'd rather have a little—fun with him first," the man said. Sho watched as his hand slowly made it to the waistline of the leather pants Kei was wearing, his eyes widening in rage and fear. Angrily, he shot the man who was holding the gun to Kei's head, killing him immediately.

"Let him go," Sho said again, small tears welling in his eyes, beginning to shakein rage.

Although my back is aching
I'll work the whole day through
Although you hear that I've been wasting
All my time

"Mmm…I don't think so," the man said, the tips of his fingers edging below the waistline of Kei's pants. Kei jumped slightly in shock but the man tightened his grip on his neck.

"He said—" A feminine voice said from behind Sho. Moments later, she shot the man directly in the face. "—Let Kei go."

"Kurisu…" Sho whispered to her. She simply smiled and watched as Sho ran and embraced Kei tightly. "Oh god, don't ever, ever, ever, ever, ever do that again!"

"It wasn't my fault, but I promise I'll try not to get into that kind of situation again…" Kei whispered. "I hate that feeling of hands on me when they're not yours." Sho grinned broadly into Kei's neck.

"I love when you say things like that," Sho told him, kissing his nose.

"Oh really? Should I say more—"

"Ahem," Kurisu said loudly, catching their attention. "You're still the same…always ignorant to my presence." They smiled brightly and decided to walk over to her.

"Who were those guys anyway?" Sho asked.

"They were what remained of Chan's men. They decided to rebel against you two, knowing you're still alive and they managed to steal your medical file and find out that I know you two…so this was basically a ploy."

"Little did they know that none of us can die by gunshot," Kei said. "But Sho was happy to bring his guns out of the closet." Sho snickered, thinking something completely different. "Shut up, Sho."

"Sorry," Sho tried to say through a laugh, but it didn't work too well.

There was a sudden shot from overhead and when the three of them glanced backwards, the figure that had shot at them disappeared down an alleyway. "Good thing he missed," Kurisu commented.

"Yeah…" Kei said softly. "Why don't we grab a cup of coffee somewhere and catch up?"

"Sure! That sounds delicious!" Kurisu said.

"Okay," Sho said with a smile. "I'll pick!"

And with that, he ran off into the darkness with Kei and Kurisu yelling after him...

Taking the sun from the sky
Lifting our hearts to the day


When Kei crawled into bed that night and pulled the covers up over him, he stopped and sniffed the air slowly. It smelled faintly of blood. "Sho-kun, you did throw your clothes from tonight into the hamper in the bathroom, right?"

"Mm hmm," Sho replied, suddenly pulling the covers around him tighter as he turned over so he wasn't facing Kei. Kei took this as a sign that something was wrong and he slowly moved towards Sho.

"So why do I still smell blood in the air?" He whispered softly. Sho decided that he should turn around and face Kei so he didn't look so suspicious.

"Maybe it's drifting in from the bathroom?"

"The door is closed, Sho," Kei replied. He leaned forward and sniffed Sho's neck, trying to find where the scent of blood was coming from. It was Sho's blood, he could tell by the sweet scent, and it wasn't on any of his dirty clothes. After a few minutes of sniffing around Sho's neck, he found the source of the scent—it was coming from Sho's left shoulder. "Sho, take off your shirt." When he looked up at Sho, he realized that the vampire was averting his gaze. Something was obviously wrong. Sighing softly, Kei managed to pull Sho's shirt off and stifle a gasp. It was definitely the source—

A bullet hole.

"Sho—why didn't you tell me?" Kei asked, gently tracing a finger over the slow-healing hole.

"I…I didn't want you to think I was weak," Sho whispered as he stared intently at his pillow. Kei placed a hand on either side of Sho's face and forced the vampire to look at him.

"Sho, I'd never, never think of you as being weak!" Kei said. "You do this all of the time—trying to make yourself look tough, but in the end you just look childish."

"Real—"

"But I love when you look childish," Kei whispered. "You always look so adorable—but that's off the subject. Why—why would you think a bullet hole in your shoulder would make you look weak? Sho-chan, you're the strongest person I've ever known—"

"You must not have known a lot of people," Sho muttered, but Kei ignored his comment.

Thinking of new revelations
Talking with nothing to say

"I'm serious. Who else would have gone through a harsh beating by Son's men and not wince or scream out once?" Kei whispered furiously. After Sho had given minor details about his death to Kurisu, he had told it in full detail to Kei, knowing he owed the older vampire his life. "Who else would have seen a complete stranger he's known for only five minutes feeding off of a criminal's blood and not be afraid for his life?"

"But Kei—"

"So don't try to tell me that you're weak. Because you're not. I didn't fall in love with someone who's weak—I fell in love with the strongest person I've ever met. I fell in love with you." There was a moment of silence between them until Sho buried his face in Kei's shoulder and Kei wrapped his arms around him lovingly.

"I think too childishly sometimes," Sho confessed. "But—this was our first battle in such a long time, I guess I wanted to impress you." He lifted his head up to look at Kei, who was laughing.

"You're so adorable, Sho-chan," Kei said before he pulled Sho into a warm kiss.

"Mmm…" Sho whimpered as Kei slipped his tongue into his mouth slowly. He traced a hand down Kei's bare back as Kei ran a hand through his hair. "I love you…you can forgive me no matter what I do."

"That's my amazing talent," Kei whispered into his hair. "Wait. How'd you get shot in the first place?"

"When we were talking with Kurisu and you two thought the bullet missed us…it didn't."

"See? You didn't even grunt in pain or anything when you were just shot!"

"Kei-chan, can you stop proving your point?"

"Sure," Kei said softly, kissing the top of Sho's head. "Now, go to sleep. We can talk more tomorrow…"

"'Night, Kei-chan."

"Love you, Sho," Kei whispered.

"Love you more," Sho whispered back, closing his eyes and falling asleep in Kei's arms…

Talking with nothing to say…



Lyrics are Sometimes by Fleetwood Mac. I love that song a lot. So does my brother.

Oh and while I'm thinking of it: I edited the third chapter of Dakishimete and it's a bit different, but basically still the same.

Ummm…not much else to say. Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Kei's little line about Sho being childish is something Anne told me online that I just had to steal, so credit goes to her. ;D

IMPORTANT NOTE: And I think this may be the last chapter you get until after the new year begins because exams are starting in two days and then I'm going to Disney World from December 26 to January 3, and then right back to school, so huzzah…?

Please review because I love you all and I worked hard at this chapter even when I was supposed to be doing my history book report!