Have hope

Chapter 4: The choice

"Kain take Elli and go to Onii-sama's room now" Yuuki ordered. Kain nodded and lifted Elli bridal style before going to Kaname's room as fast as he could.

"Hello Yuuki" Sara greeted with a smirk on her face.

"What do you want?"Yuuki asked with a bit of venom coming out.

"Is that a way to greet your friend Yuuki?"Sara asked. Yuuki knew she was doing this intentionally, just to piss her of. Rima held onto Yuuki's arm trying to calm her down.

"Rima let's go" Yuuki said, her hand was in a fist and her teeth were clenched. Rima nodded and followed Yuuki. She took a quick glance towards Shiki and couldn't help but feel sad, her heart was aching but she didn't let it show. They left Sara there with Takuma and Shiki and made their way to Kaname's room. When they finally approached the door Rima knocked first before opening the door for Yuuki and closing it behind her. Everyone was already there in the room. Kaname was siting in center of the room on the coach. Kain and Ruka standing behind him while Aidou was standing by the wall. Yuuki waltz in and sat next to Kaname while Rima stood beside Aidou.

"Onii-Sama where's Elli?" Yuuki asked after placing a kiss on Kaname's cheek.

"Laying down" Kaname replied. Yuuki stood up and went towards Elli with Rima following her.

"Elli it time to wake up" Yuuki said shacking her lightly. Elli moved a little before sitting up with the help of Rima.

"Where am I?" Elli asked while rubbing her eyes.

"In my room. Kain brought you here " Yuuki answered. Elli nodded and stood up. She was still a bit weak so she ended up falling but was caught by Rima and Yuuki.

"Elli be careful" Yuuki said. Elli slowly stood up again and just smiled at Yuuki. Rima held her hand and helped her go to where everyone was. She sat down beside Yuuki, while Rima stood beside Elli. Once everyone was settled down it was time to begin the discussion.

"Elli you'll be leaving school" Kaname said. Yuuki looked at her onii-sama like he was joking.

"...Onii-sama?..." Yuuki asked a bit frightened to question her onii-sama's decision.

"Don't worry Yuuki, we're going to fake Elli's death. So I need to hide her in the Kuran mansion" Kaname replied and gave Yuuki a small smile.

"But Kaname how are you going to do that?" Elli asked. Everyone agreed with Elli this time.

"Rima will dress up like you and act the same way then I will kill her while Kain and Aidou bring you to the Kuran mansion. Ruka will be the one to hold Rima while I kill her. But Elli I need a little of your blood for this to work" Kaname said. Everyone was speechless with Kaname's plan. Yuuki then began wondering where does she come in all of this.

"What about me Onii-sama?" Yuuki asked.

"You need to cry and start saying awful things to me and hate me" Kaname answered her. Yuuki could never do that. Even she knew that was hard.

"But Onii-sama..." Yuuki said.

"I know it's hard Yuuki but you need to do it" Kaname answered back immediately. Elli looked at Yuuki and saw the sadness if her eyes. She held Yuuki's hand and gave it a light squeeze. Yuuki looked up to Elli who smiled at her.

"Yuuki if you don't want to do it, it's ok" Elli said. Yuuki knew that she didn't want to loose Elli but she also couldn't bring herself to hate Kaname, even Kaname knew this was a challenge as well.

"I'll try" Yuuki said. Everyone couldn't help but feel relieved with what Yuuki said. Elli squeezed Yuuki's hand one more time and smiled at her Yuuki also smiled back.

"I'll go back to my room now" Elli said while standing up.

"Take Rima with you" Kaname said. Elli nodded and left with Rima following right behind her.

Sara went back to her room after her little encounter with Yuuki, she was once again furious. Takuma and Shiki just stood behind her but Shiki's mind was wondering a bit. He never drank Sara's blood and only ate one pack of tablets. Even he knew it was impossible to be controlled in an instant, he was just doing this because he wanted to help Takuma. But Shiki felt like it was impossible to help him already. He was like a puppet controlled by Sara and didn't have a mind at all. Shiki wanted to go Elli for help but he didn't want anything bad to happen to Takuma. He knew Sara is capable of cruel things since she is a pureblood.

"Shiki go and rest" Takuma said. He looked at Sara and she just nodded in reply before leaving. Ever since he joined Sara he had his own room now.

"Rima do you still have bottles?" Elli asked as she sat down on her bed.

"Yes I do" Rima replied sitting beside her. She pulled out the pouch and gave it to Elli. Elli opened it and looked at each bottle, both bottles still had enough blood in them but she had a feeling that the bottle of Takuma might not be enough. If Takuma will drink her blood then he might be able to regain a bit of control, but if he drank a lot of blood from Sara it might be useless. Elli placed the bottle back into the pouch and handed it to Rima.

"Rima go to Shiki's new room and leave the bottle under his pillow" Elli instructed her.

"But Elli-" Rima was about to object but Elli didn't let her.

"He will drink the blood I promise. Shiki doesn't like anything under his pillow so he will notice that pouch" Elli continued.

"Place this note next to the pouch once you put it" Elli handed Rima a piece of paper that was folded properly. Rima took the paper and looked at it. She wanted to open it but she knew it was confidential.

"Ok. I'll do it now" Rima said before standing up. Elli stood up and gave her a hug before she left. Rima was careful with her actions. So once she was in front of Shiki's new room she looked first if anyone saw her before opening the door carefully. She noticed Shiki's room was as plain as usual. Everything still looked the same when he was still sharing a room with Takuma. Rima couldn't help but sigh when she saw discarded clothes on the floor, that was one thing that didn't seem to change. She approached his bed and lifted his pillow up before putting the pouch and Elli's letter under the pillow. She took out another note that she wrote and placed it under the pillow as well. Rima misses him a lot, he was always there by her side even in fights. They were always together no matter what happened . Rima picked up some of the clothes scattered on the floor and folded them into a neat pile and placed it on the chair. Rima looked around one more time before deciding to leave a box of Pocky before leaving.

Shiki went to his room after discussing things with Takuma and Sara. Sara seems to be trusting him a lot already which was a good thing and a bad thing the same time. The good thing is he will be able to know when to stop her, by going back to Elli but the bad thing is he can be killed easily for betraying her trust. When he entered his room he was surprised to see his clothes folded neatly on the chair and a box of Pocky on the table next to it. He went to the table and took the box of Pocky and started eating. He couldn't help but remember all the times he was with Rima enjoying Pocky. No matter what people said the two of them will always eat Pocky. Before a photo shoot, after a photo shoot, when they hang out or when just really had nothing to do at all. He miss holding Rima in his arms but he can't do anything with the decision he made to help Takuma. He didn't bother finishing the Pocky so he will still have some to eat tomorrow. Shiki approached his bed but removed his jacket, neck tie and vest then unbuttoned his shirt. He fell on the bed and closed his eyes, he was so close to falling asleep but couldn't because of his pillow. He tried fluffing it and moving it but no luck finally he decided to lift it up and look whats underneath it. He picked up the letter and the pouch the same time and examined it. He placed the pouch down and opened the letter and it read

' Shiki,

In the pouch is two bottles of my blood. Let Takuma drink one and you get the other. Don't let Sara find out though. If one isn't enough just leave a note in the trash. Rima misses you a lot already. She doesn't know whether she could hurt you or not when it's time. I don't want any of the two of you to get hurt because of Sara or me. Please come back to us soon.

Love,

Elli Yukimoto'

Shiki was shocked with what he read. He immediately opened the pouch and saw the two small bottles filled with Elli's blood. He kept it back on the pouch and sighed, Elli will really do anything just to save him and Takuma.

Rima went back to Elli's room after doing her task. Elli was still awake laying down on the bed reading some manga like she always does.

"Did you do it?" Elli asked sitting up. Rima approached the bed and sat next to her.

"Ya I did" Rima replied with a sigh. Elli held Rima's hand and squeezed it.

"I'm sorry" Elli said, looking down.

"Its ok Elli, don't worry" Rima replied with a small smile and hugged her back. Elli could only hope her plan would work, she didn't bother telling Yuuki anymore since she will get mad at her.