Love lies bleeding

Love lies bleeding.

OK Rikku part 4 or chapter 10 how ever you say it by now you probably know this is the chapter where I reveal who the vampire is but there's a chapter to get through first. So I will get on with it.

Disclaimer: Same as I said last chapter.

Recommended music to listen to: Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me by Elton john. Plus this chapter includes I'm Still Standing.

I looked back down at Buddy's body. Yuna couldn't of? I keep looking at Buddy and Yuna. But surely Yuna? I focus on his neck wound. It looks like a Bite with two long canines, fangs even. I notice Yuna still has her hand at her mouth. No Fucking Way!

"Yuna lower your hand." I ask genuinely terrified that Yuna will have a bloody mouth with two fangs.

She lowers her hand and she has a perfectly ordinary mouth. No sign of blood. "You don't really think?" Yuna replies pointing to herself. I sigh heavily seeing no fangs when she speaks.

"Your you." I reply as if I had only just got my breath back. I stepped forwards and hugged my cousin.

"Of course I am. Who else would I be?" Yuna reassured sounding slightly confused.

"I thought you might be a vampire or something Yunie." I replied.

"Don't be silly vampires don't exist they are just a myth." Yuna said and then laughed a bit before continuing "Rikku I got worried when you stopped calling me Yunie." Yeah I got worried to. Well at least we are laughing about this whole thing.

Oh wait Buddy. I look back down at his body. I kick him as hard as I can. "You Bastard!" I go to kick him again. Yuna stops me.

"Whoa Rikku!" Yuna protests.

"He killed Brother." I argue to keep kicking. Paine walks up behind me.

"Rikku!" Paine yells to stop me.

"But Brother." I argue again. I get one more kick in and a note falls out onto the floor.

"What's this?" Yuna bends down and picks up the note. She looks at it then hands it to me. "Its in al bhed."

I take the note. And read it through aloud so Yuna and Paine could hear. "If you should find me." I pause "It's a suicide note."

Yuna cuts in "So he did this to himself?"

I continue. "Please bury me with Shinra on the Meihen highroad I spent most of my life travelling and would like to be there." I stop again "Why would he want to be buried with Shinra he killed the guy?"

"Unless." Paine buts in but doesn't say any more.

"Rikku I would like to admit I loved your." I stop before I read too much. "I might want to keep that bit to myself." I look around smiling. I skip ahead to Yuna's bit. "Yuna I hope you find."

Yuna stops me. "Hey what if I want to keep that bit to myself?"

I return with the obvious reason why not. "Because you can't read al bhed and anyway it's nothing that isn't already public."

Yuna looks at the floor and submits. "Fine go on."

I begin again "Yuna I hope you find Tidus some day and it is a shame I won't be able to help you." I smile at Yuna as if to say 'told ya' I move on to Paine "Paine" I give her a glance to check she doesn't want me to stop. "I hope you find what ever it is you are looking for one day what ever it is."

"Well that was expected." Paine said in her low voice.

I read on "The Girls I hope you get who ever did this to Brother and Shinra. What? So he didn't kill them?" I look down "Sorry for kicking ya Buddy."

"Then who did?" Yuna questioned.

"Paine did you kill Brother, Shinra and Buddy?" I ask casually.

"What? No." She answers in a surprised tone.

It hit me. "We must of. I mean the al bhed must have done it." It made sense. The al bhed roam the Thunder plains and Bikenal Island. We are the majority of the population here. I have to get out of here before anyone else dies. "Paine grab Buddy." I ask her.

"Yes captain." Paine responds efficiently like a member of the military. I smile at her little joke.

"Captain?" Yuna mutters and raise an eyebrow then shakes her head. "Where are we going?" Yuna asks.

"Meihen Highroad." I reply. Well duh we have to bury Buddy and Shinra.

Later on the way to the highroad.

I stand in the bridge on my own. I wander over to Shinra's computer. I wonder what Shinra did on here all day. I look at the bottom of the screen. "Music?" Shinra didn't listen to much music. I open the folder. "Whoa." Shinra has the whole ships archive on here. Anyway what did Shinra listen to? I click on recently played. I'm Still Standing starts playing. I wonder how loud this goes? Ohh that would be so evil. I send it to max. It made the ship shake and I start dancing to it.

38.4 seconds later

"RIKKU!" Paine storms into the bridge and ploughs her sword into the speakers. She turns to me thinking up a verbal punishment. I giver her an innocent smile. "You do realise we need to." She looks at my smile and thinks again. "You know." She keeps looking "Don't do that Ok." She says as she rubs my head then walks out again.

I sigh. I got away with it. Brother would have exploded at me. I sigh again. I miss Brothers reaction to when I do something like that. It used to be so much fun winding him up.

At the highroad.

Well let's take a look around. I walk out of the airship which was easier to park than Brother ever made it out to be. First stop Rin's Travel agents. We (Me and Paine. Yuna was left to watch the ship.) walk down the path and look around. It seems so peaceful. A fiend jumps out and tries to take out Paine it hits her full on. She is thrown to the floor. It is just about to tare her open when I jump over and stab it before it gets a chance. She gets back up and has blood going down her legs but she doesn't seem too bothered. Seems so peaceful. That was a big mistake.

"Thank you. That was close." She says.

"Paine what about you leg!" I Point out.

"It's the fiend's blood. Look no cut." She shows me the area and there were no cuts she must be the luckiest girl in the world.

"You worried me." I replied.

"Me? It was the fiend." She argued.

"Well you know. I Care." I explain.

"I know." Paine said as she takes my hand and we continue to the travel agents.

She knows I care. She just seems to live behind armour plate. The way she always has. I feel like she can show herself to me when she wants to it's just not natural for her to act natural I suppose.

We reach the travel agency and walk in. there aren't many people in at the moment. But I'm sure it will still be hard to get a double funeral booked. "Hello." I walk up and say. Paine stands behind me probably not wanting to take part in a conversation.

"Welcome to rin's. How can I help you." The girl behind the desk replies in a friendly manor.

"Well. Uh. When can I get the soonest funeral for two people on the highroad?" I ask.

The girl looks at me and Paine as if we were planning to commit double suicide. "Well uh that's an odd request." The employee checks a list and replies "How about… five days time." They continue.

I agree to it. "Sure that will be good." I suppose.

We walk back out. "What now?" Paine asks.

"We take in the sights." I reply "Why not the sun is setting I'm sure that it will be lovely." We walk along the out crop in front of the travel agency and look out into the ocean. "What ya thinking about?" I ask with curiosity.

"What you said. How beautiful it is." She answers.

I put an arm over her shoulders. "Aww you romantic." I tease her.

She smirks slightly. Then she looks over to me. She looks over each bit of my face and neck.

"Well looking at you I have good reason to be." That's so sweet. I lean into her and she leans in to and we kiss again. This time I make sure I'm the submissive. I don't want her to back off again. Not when it is this good anyway. I feel so happy and pleased and well perfect. Like her kissing me makes the world go away. It takes away my worries of the crew being killed and life seems to become better because someone loves me. She breaks the kiss and looks back at my face. Still looking like she won't ever want to turn away again. She kisses down my cheek and down my neck to my shoulder. Each of the kisses making my day more perfect. She stops.

"Rikku lets get some privacy." She suggests. I only nod then she takes my hand. We run off to the ruins along the road. Once inside Paine starts stroking my hair. She looks into my eyes again. I stair back into her wonderful red ones. God I love her eyes. She leans in and starts kissing my neck line again. I feel like I could enjoy this forever and never want it to end.

Ahh that wasn't kiss? That really kills. Shit that went deep into my neck. Oh my god Paine. So it was her. No it can't be? How could she?

Rikku passes out through blood loss.

There you go Rikku part 4 and yes Paine was the vampire so congratulations all who guessed correctly and no you can't place you bet as to whom it was now. Oh half of the poll was correct. Well done to those who got it correct and hard luck to those who got it wrong but its OK I was writing it to be suggestive of almost everyone and no one at the same time so no wonder some people got it wrong.

I know I did the cruel thing and leave it to the end of the chapter for you to find out. Hope you are not too shocked with it.

No it is not the end there is more to come. Please go back to reviewing like normal. No pressure just good old fashioned opinions are wanted from here on in.

Thank you so much to Darkana arez, Ice wind1, Rezuvious And Yuna of Besaid and/or the 4 people who entered the poll.

Again Special congratulations to Darkana, Ice, Rezuvious and Y O B who all commented to me on how they thought it was Paine.

Sorry Ice it wasn't Yuna.

Thank you for reading.