Rose could see a very familiar building in the distance and growled under her breath. The place she had seen numerous times but never was allowed to enter. This was the place where the majority of Carson's followers lived.

She continued forward with one goal in mind, to murder them all. Her mind was foggy and could feel Rido's presence scream in her ear, begging for her to break the wall down between them, except this time she was actually going to listen.

Truthfully, she didn't know if she could hold him in back for much longer. She just felt so much seething anger towards those monsters who used her old friend as a pawn. They deserved what they were about to get.

Hanabusa eyed her and Rose could feel his fear, fear for her. Of course she understood it was justified from what she was about to do.

He moved forward but chose his words carefully to bring up the topic, knowing that she was in a very fragile state. "Rose, what is your plan?"

She turned to him and then back at the building before putting one hand to her stomach. Rido's screaming was slamming into her chest. "I'm going to break down the wall between me and him. It's what they want after all. Might as well give it to them.."

At those words Hanabusa raced forward and grabbed her hand in fear, dreading what that could mean. "You can't! What if you lose yourself again? What if, you never come back?"

She looked at him sadly and nodded her head. "That is a possibility. I might not be able to fight him. If that happens, I want you kill me."

Hanabusa gasped at her words and squeezed her hand tightly. What was she even saying?! "What? No I can't do that to you. Not now, not ever."

She narrowed her eyes and knew where he was coming from but this was no time to be sentimental. "Hanabusa, we can't allow any part of Rido to be in this world. If I don't come back, you have to."

Rose opened her mouth again and started to speak sometime that sounded like a order when Hanabusa raced forward and covered her mouth his hand. "Please, please don't order me to do something like that. I will do anything for you but not that. I'm sorry."

Widening her eyes he removed his hand and his cheek grew in embarrassment at what he had just done. It was an impulse. "Ahh I'm sorry Rose. I didn't mean it like that I.."

Rose looked at her before smiling sadly which brought a sharp pain in his chest. Why did she look so sad? "No, I'm sorry. I won't do that to you."

After that matter was settled they were close to the entrance of the building. Hanabusa stepped behind her in quiet when she suddenly stopped and he bumped into her.

Stepping away he saw her face, it looked so serious. "Hanabusa, one last thing. Keep your distance from me. I don't want to hurt you. Please."

He nodded his head once although not liking her request and they moved together through the front door.

Wandering through the halls they both saw a light through one of the cracks in the door and moved towards in. Thousands of men's voice could be overheard through the door and Rose clutched her bow at the topic they were discussing, it was her.

Hanabusa watched Rose as the conversation flew into their ears. "It seems Lady Adelaide is reaching the point of compliance. Our Lord is simply amazing."

Another man spoke up in an assertive tone. "Soon we will topple the vampire society at it's feet. We just need that little defect to give in."

Rose hissed under her breath and suddenly an arrow flew through the meeting room, striking one of the men in the chest, him falling to the ground in a heavy thud.

Everyone around stood and looked in the direction of the shot only to find Lady Adelaide standing in the darkness, her bow lifted up as if she just fired one.

They connected the pieces as she stepped forward into the room, the warm light covering her features and a dark shadow following behind her, a shadow with an intent to kill.

One of the men took a step forward and shouted at her. "Lady Adelaide, what.."

There eyes widened when she smiled just then, her voice ring out in an authoritative tone. "I heard you were looking for me. Well, here I am."

Closing her eyes, she kicked down the wall between Rido and her before looking up. Everyone could feel the shifted atmosphere and gasped when they looked into her eyes and found the same one's as Lord Rido.

Rose gave a low laugh at their fear and raced forward, her mind blurry from being shoved aside by Rido

One of the man ran at her to grab her but Rose was too fast for his own good. She felt his attack coming and stepped to the left, before appearing behind him and with one swift motion she grab his neck and twisted it until a loud crack resounded and he turned to dust at her feet.

The other member shivered under her gaze as she looked up and smirked, her eyes still remaining unchanged. "You see, I don't have much patience today."

Looking around, one of the men turned and quickly yelled to his friends. "Quick, call Lord Ackerman! She's gone rouge!"

At his words Rose turned her head and chuckled before running and shooting an arrow at the man who was about to pick up the phone. It hit the wall behind her, pinning the man's sleeve.

Then she lifted her hand up at thorned vines snaked up out of the ground and grabbed his legs, forcefully pulling him down to the ground, the thorns pressing into his skin.

The leader hissed in anger and turned to everyone before shouting. "It's too late. Restrain her!"

Everyone then came barreling towards the pureblood which was exactly what Rose wanted. In her hazy state she survived the group and lifted her hand.

One of her vines wrapped around an attacker's arm and twisted it in an unnatural way, causing it to break as he crumbled to the ground.

Ten more attackers appeared and were able to grab her arms as the others pressed on her back. Rose hissed in pain before it was suddenly lifted by a blast of Ice, knocking them off of her.

Hanabusa stood a few feet away as promised and tried to limit the men one by one, carefully looking over to Rose in the process.

The way she was fighting was something he had never seen before, it was way more aggressive than usual and he silently hoped that she was still herself.

He saw her turn and rip her hand through one man's heart before crushing it very slowly until he turned to dust and shivered. Someone inside him knew something was wrong.

Hanabusa ignored her previous warnings and shouted loudly, pleading he was just imagining things. "Rose!"

She froze and dropped her newest victim before slowly turning, causing Hanabusa to step back in fear. This wasn't Rose, he could feel it.

Laughing at his reaction she turned her head and smirked. "Rose? I hate to break it to you but she's gone. I have already devoured her."

He gasped and fear and threw off another attacker, hissing. "Give her back!"

She narrowed her eyes and placed a hand to her throat before responding. "Didn't you hear me boy? She's gone. Good thing too, she was way too weak for her own good. I think you'll find this upgrade far more interesting."

Not knowing what to do he clutched his hands by his side at watched her dig her claws into another victim before slowing licking her bloody hand. "So, what are you going to do? Are you going to kill me, Hanabusa?"

Hanabusa felt a sickening chill when that person spoke his name, it wasn't how Rose would have said it, instead it sounded hollow and cold.

He knew what he had to do but there was no way he could do through with it. Rose had to be in there somewhere, he just knew it.

Rose gasped and sat up, looking into a pool of darkness. Where the hell was she?

Slowly standing up she tried to remember the events that lend up to this and quickly remembered.

She turned around and shouted loudly. "Hanabusa?"

Hearing a low chuckle behind her, she felt a long cold hand grab her from behind, holding her captive.

Rose screamed at the action and tried to break free when a very familiar voice hissed in her ear, causing her to remain frozen and her hairs on her neck to stand up. "I missed you, my flower."

Using all the power she had, she ripped her body away, the force causing her to fall to the ground in pain.

She quickly looked up and saw the source of her nightmares. He was supposed to be dead, why wasn't he dead?!

Rido Kuran smiled softly and her shaking form and took a step closer. "You don't seem to happy to see me. I'm disappointed."

Rose breath caught in her throat as she shuttered. "Y-you, you should be dead…"

He laughed a pointed her her chest in amusement. "Oh my flower, you can never get rid of me. Not as long as you remain alive.."

Shaking her head in confusion she quickly stood and reaching for her bow, only finding that it was missing. "What are you talking about?"

Rido took another dangerous step closer which caused Rose to take a step back, suddenly feeling her back hid a wall. "Don't you remember? I gave you my blood, we made a blood bond. That means we are bound together for eternity. I made you who you are, I am your master."

Rose shook her head and hissed angrily. "You are not my master and I do not answer to you."

Narrowing his eyes in frustration he also shook his head. "See, this is your problem. You've kept your true identity bottled for years, that's why you've given me such control now."

Putting a hand out in defense she replied carefully. "Control? What nonsense are you speaking? I already told her, I don't answer to you."

Rido nodded his head in response. "So naive, you've already given me control after you broke down the wall, now this part of you can waste away here while you live up to the potential, of being my successor."

Rose frowned and suddenly felt a loud screaming her ear, it sounded like it was coming from Hanabusa but it was extremely far away. She crumpled down in pain at his words. He sounded so afraid, afraid of who she wondered?

The pieces started to click together as Rose realized that Rido's influence must have made her lose herself, of course it had never gone this far before.

She knew she had to break free and get back to reality so in one swift movement she brought her hand forward and narrowed her eyes, willing her vines to grab Rido's body

After a few moments of silence, nothing happened and Rose looked at her hand in fear. Why could she use her powers?

Rido saw this and laughed at her pain, disappearing from her sight. "Silly girl, you can't use your powers on me here.."

Suddenly a large force knocked her over as something pinned her to ground forcefully, his hot breath hissing in her ear and causing her to freeze. "Because this is my domain."

The scenery around them began to change into something Rose knew very well, all around her was a snowy wooded area, the same area she was turned in.

Panic started to raise in her throat as his face moved closer to hers in pleasure. "You like it? I picked this out just for you."

His fingers slowly ran down her collarbone which caused her to cringe and a small sob escaped her throat.

All of those horrible memories came rushing back to her as Rido's body crushed against hers. Years and years of nightmares were being a reality as she realized she couldn't break free.

Rido gazed upon her in interest and twisted a couple fingers around her loose hair, running it through his palm. "You act as if you detest me but I know the truth. You are actually really excited right now, right? Your fangs ich for my blood to satisfy you, but don't worry I'll grant your wish."

At the sound of his words Rose could feel her fangs start to retract from his request. She couldn't fight his words, not anymore. It seemed almost impossible to ignore his orders now, maybe it was better to just comply.

Yes, that's right. It was better to just let Rido control her after all. What exactly has she done to deserve to live freely? Nothing. Claiming to protect Zero was all just a lie when Rose really thought about it. It seemed that no matter what she did, she always ended up being a disappointment.

She felt her vision start to blur as Rido's fingertips ran across her body, his lips touching her cold skin in anticipation as she stopped struggling. It really was pointless.

Blinking a few times she let her eyes start to close as the pool of darkness engulfed her for one last time. Everything in her grew numb and for the first time Rose couldn't feel anything anymore, just an empty void of emotion.

Using her last amount of strength Rose reached her hand up and clutched something she wasn't exactly sure of in instinct. What was that?

The object felt hot in her fingers, burning on her collarbone as drowned whispers started to fill her ears. She couldn't recall where they coming from but something inside her wanted to get closer.

Loud booming words she couldn't comprehend whisked around her head as a small dull pain turned into a sharp fury of fire. Who was that? Who was speaking to her?

Quickly she found a newfound strength and in one swift motion, pulled the object off its chain, hissing at the metals contact with the skin.

Looking down Rose ran the object in her hands and recognized it as a part of a necklace.

The voices became clearer and clearer as she started to understand the words, no. They felt more like memories, filling her up and making the emptiness disappear.

"I could never hate you"

"I'm not going anymore, not anymore. It's okay to depend on me."

"Rose, I love you."

Tears started to form in her eyes as she struggled to remember who said those kind words to her, who made her feel whole again?

No matter how hard she tried, then name refused to materialize in her mind.

Feeling herself start to fade again, Rose gripped onto the necklace for dear life and held it close to her lips. "I know you, you helped me. But who are you?! Please, I need to remember! The one who accepts me, the one who loves me is...is….."

Suddenly a flash of memories appeared of the silver haired stranger and everything became clear. She couldn't die, she needed to be there for him. The boy she loved more than anything. "...Zero."

The memories disappeared as Rido's voice returned, his fingers still on her body and hot breath on her neck. She slowly opened her eyes and gripped onto the necklace for support.

Then with a strong gust of power she shoved Rido off of her, knocking him a few feet away from her.

Rido blinked a few times in disbelief and shouted. "How..That's not possible! I am your master and you are my slave. Now obey me!"

Feeling herself move forward she tossed his words aside and held onto this emotion inside of her, the feeling of being loved.

More shouts echoed in her ears as she recognized Hanabusa's words. "Rose! Rose please tell me you're still in there. You can't die yet! Zero needs you! I...I..need you. Please."

This words sunk into her skin and she realized that it wasn't just Zero that she wanted to protect, it was Hanabusa, Kaname, Yuki and everyone else that understood her. Maybe she wasn't a perfect pureblood but she was something else, something new.

Rido coughed at the pain and watched Rose approach him with a new aura, something he had never seen before.

She looked up and him and lifted her hand forward, dozens of vines wrapping around his body and bringing him to his knees. "You're wrong Rido."

Struggling was fruitless as the thorns pressed into his skin causing him to remain still. "What?"

Rose looked upon her tormentor in his prison and slowly let her lips curve into a small smirk. "Now you are my slave."

Hanabusa watched as Rose ripped apart her enemies one by one and knew he had to do something to stop it. This wasn't what she wanted.

He quickly moved forward and ran in front of her before blocking one of her attacks. "Rose, please come back to me."

She paused for a moment before smiling and slapping him across to the other side of the room, laughing at the pleasure. "You don't give up, do you?"

Groaning in pain, he slowly stood up and reached forward again, in another attempt. "I can't kill you Rose. You're my friend."

Rose turned her head at the concept of the word "friend" and smiled, ripping her claws through his chest and causing three large gashes.

Hanabusa gasped and hunched down in pain at the blood loss. Was this how he was going to die?

Struggling to stand, he collapsed under his own weight and watched Rose move over to him in amusement. "Interesting, you are about to die and you still wish to protect her? How honorable."

Knowing this was his last chance, Hanabusa used the rest of his strength to call out for her one last time. "Rose! Rose please tell me you're still in there. You can't die yet! Zero needs you! I...I..need you. Please."

Chuckling at his words she brought her hand up and Hanabusa closed his eyes, waiting for the end to come when everything stopped.

Slowly opening his eyes he saw Rose remaining frozen, her hand still raised in attack but not making any action. Something was very wrong.

He watched as her eyes started to brim with tears and they slowly cascaded down her face.

Afraid to make a move he looked up and whispered quietly. "Rose?"

Her eyes casted down and him before her voice rang out quietly, the sound of sandpaper in her tone. "Hanabu-."

Suddenly Rose slumped to the ground in intense pain as her terrified screams of agony rang out. She seemed to be clutching her face.

Hanabusa raced forward while still in pain and tried to reach out for her. "Rose?! What's happening?!

Another scream ran out as the last of Carson's followers took their chance to try and restrain her.

They ran towards her and Hanabusa was about to hit them when a large blast of energy tore through the room, breaking everything apart in the process.

When the smoke cleared all everyone could see was Rose huddled on the ground and no one made a move.

They watched as she slowly stood, no longer screaming and lifted her hand out.

The earth began to crack around them as thousands of vines wrapped around her hand creating a very familiar shape, a bow.

Slowly turning around everyone around her gasped and what exactly they were seeing.

Her aura was unmistakable, a powerful force that whisked through your entire body as she gazed upon them with not red and blue eyes, but instead green and blue.

Rose lifted her bow and an arrow appeared from nowhere, ready to strike. She turned her head to Hanabusa before speaking. "Hanabusa, stand aside."

He quickly complied and once his was safe Rose fired the arrow straight and Carson's followers.

A bright light filled the space and the distant sound of screams were gone in a second, leaving only the small dust remains.

Once the threat was gone Rose's bow disappeared back into the earth as she fell to her knees.

Hanabusa saw this and raced forward towards her and still careful incase this Rose wasn't the real one.

He lightly tapped her on the shoulder only to have her look at him with the same blue and green eyes as before. "Rose? Is that really you?"

Rose blinked a few times before smiling and placing a warm hand on his cheek in reassurance. "Hanabusa, I'm here. Sorry it took so long."

Feeling a strong sense of relief his smiled and without thinking raced forward and hugged her extremely tight. "I thought I lost you. I couldn't feel you anymore and I thought…"

She smiled under his scent and patted his head like a child in need of comfort. "Shh It's okay. I'm back."

Just then Rose noticed her reflection in a discard broken piece of glass and broke away before carefully picking it up. "My eyes. What happened to me?"

Hanabusa eyes her with confusion and answered. "I don't know. This is something I've never seen before. What do you remember?"

She looked down and gripped the glass in her hands. "Rido, he was there. At first he was controlling me but then, I was able to control him."

Looking at her Hanabusa narrowed his eyes before pushing a strand of her from her face. "I'm not sure but, maybe you've learned how to control his power now?"

Rose pictured Rido chained in the back of her mind and thought about the possibility, but then that brought a new worry into her mind. "But now my eyes, they are like his. Does that mean I've become like him?"

He felt her fear and responded with a small smile before stating. "No, I think it means that you have finally awakened who you truly are inside, even if it may seem a bit different. Somehow, I feel a bit closer to you now…"

Rose put down the glass and turned to Hanabusa before returning the smile and reached out her hand. "Well, are you ready to go back?"

Hanabusa looked down at her hand and carefully grasped it, his lips grazing her skin in respect. "Of course, Lady Adelaide."