Somewhere We Belong.
A/n: last chapter! Hope you like it. By the way, I don't know why the italics didn't come up in the previous chapter, so if it doesn't work in this chapter things that are in italics will be between '---'
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Amelda clutched his hand to his hip. The pain was nearly unbearable, while the wound would heal it'll take time and he would need rest. And now wasn't the time for rest.
"Really Amelda, you can't defeat me. You're too weak." Raphael crowed.
Amelda reached and gripped the knife's hilt; his hand was slippery with his own blood. With a fast burst of energy and strength that came from pain, anger and fear, he tackled Raphael too the ground while yanking out the knife.
Amelda pressed the already bloody blade on the centre of Raphael's heart.
"I should kill you here, right now. For everything you have done. You deserve to die."
Amelda glanced up at the front door of Kaiba manor. Seto was walking out calmly, in his arms Valon was in a semi consciousness. Serenity was hurrying after them.
"And you will but not by me." He told the blonde vampire. Drawing his hand back Amelda promptly sank the knife in to Raphael's neck. Seto levered Valon up so the youngster was sitting behind Raphael.
Amelda withdrew the blade and Raphael's blood poured out, Seto forced Valon's mouth onto the wound. "Drink, Valon. You have to drink." Seto murmured.
"You can't do this! You'll damn yourself." Raphael protested, and then gave a scream of agony and rage as Valon sank his fangs into his neck and took back the blood that was stolen from him.
And Amelda watched his family's murderer die at another's hand. 'Or mouth' he thought with dry humour.
The police stared, fear was telling them to run, while their legs couldn't seem to be able to move. Marty pushed forward and was about to fire a round from his gun, when he heard a voice in his head. ' Don't do that. We are not hurting you.' The voice was commanding but it seemed to have some sort of plea in it. Spinning around looking for the source of the voice his eyes fell on the red head that was fighting the blonde. He was looking straight at Marty with a strong cold look.
Marty lowered his gun and stared. Serenity was still standing behind the two brunettes. She didn't look scared. Actually she looked…relieved.
After what seemed like an eternity of Raphael's screaming, Valon lifted his head and slipped in to the comfortable semi consciousness he had found. Seto picked him up and carried him back towards the house; Amelda had an arm draped over Seto's shoulder to support him, as his hip was likely to give way if he tried to walk on it without help.
As they passed the group of police, Marty caught snippets of their conversation.
"Only you would go and get stabbed in the ass…"
"It was my hip…"
"Whatever…"
"You know guys I really fancy some French toast." The brunette in Seto's arms piped up. All three men laughed.
When they reached Serenity, Seto stopped and studied her for a moment.
"Go to your family. That's where you belong." He told her.
Serenity wanted to call him back, to tell him…to tell him what exactly? There wasn't anything to tell. They were too different.
Seto continued into the house with his surrogate brothers. He didn't look back. He couldn't. If he did he would hold her close and ask her to…ask her to what? There wasn't anything he could ask her. They were too different.
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Serenity was silent when her family gathered her in hugs and kisses and told her they were glad she was okay. She was silent when the police cruiser took her home, Mai, Joey and Margaret had protested at Marty's suggestion that Serenity might want to give her statement at the police station.
It wasn't until she was safe in her room; with the door locked and her music blaring out did she let herself weep out the rest of her shattered heart.
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Mai was worried about Serenity. It had been three days since she had come home. Her mother had gone home, they had all agreed that Serenity should stay with her brother for a while. Except Serenity, she hadn't agreed or protested. She hadn't said anything.
She had given her statement to the detective and had refused to name the four strangers she had stayed with despite the detective's questioning and accusations.
Flashback' "So are you telling me that they never told you their names?" Marty asked, disbelief in his tone obvious.
"Yes they told me." Serenity answered.
"Well?"
"I'm not telling you."
"Why?"
" They asked me not to."
"They didn't want to be named? Sounds suspicious to me."
"Really? It sounds more like they want tot protect their privacy to me." Serenity retorted. She had then gotten up and locked herself in her room again.'
Flashback endMai sighed as she knocked on Serenity's door again. Serenity hadn't even come out to eat. Mai and Joey had left food outside her door but the food was always left to go cold.
"C'mon honey. Open the door." Mai pleaded. Knocking again.
"No." came the only answer.
"Please? I have food."
"I'm not hungry."
"You'll feel better if you eat."
"Okay." The door opened. Serenity was standing there in her oversized tie-dye t-shirt looking pale and drawn. Mai walked in and set the food on the bed. Sitting next to it Mai looked at Serenity with a piercing look.
"Okay hon. I'm going to cut the crap, what the hells wrong with you."
"Well that was cutting the crap wasn't it?" Serenity muttered, she closed the door again and leaned against it.
"Why are you acting like you wanted to go back?" Mai asked.
"I…I love him." Serenity whispered.
"Who?" Mai asked looking confused.
"Him." Serenity said simply.
"One of the guys who helped you?" Mai asked.
Serenity nodded glumly. Then before she could stop herself, she spilled everything to Mai. How they were vampires, how they had helped her and how she fell in love with Seto.
Mai looked awed at Serenity. She thought of what she had with Joey. Would she give up her life for him? The answer was simple: yes, without a moments hesitation.
"Okay Serenity, this is what we're going to do."
"You'll help me?" Serenity pleaded hopefully.
Mai nodded. Then pulled the smaller girl into a hug and burst into tears.
"Oh, baby girl, I'll miss you. Leave Joey and your mother to me." Mai wiped her eyes, leaving black smudges from her make-up.
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Seto stared out to the back garden of the house from the balcony in his room. His long trench coat billowed out behind him with the wind. Shortly after The Incident the police had come knocking, none of them had opened the door and the police had come to the conclusion that they had abandoned the house.
It reminded him when he had watched an episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, just to see what the mortals thought of vampires, he remembered the librarian, whatever the old mans name had been, said in the second episode of the first season. He had said humans rationalised what they can and forget what they can't. It was true.
Seto turned away from the balcony. Amelda and Valon were still bed stricken and Seto had his hands full tending to both of them. But it wasn't his housemates that kept him up when he should have been asleep.
It was Her. He had no right to think about her. Or that one kiss they shared.
Seto heard the small gasp and spun around, it was as if it was a dream. She was standing there; she was wearing a pair of khaki combat trousers and a matching vest over a sleeveless turtleneck army print top. She had a matching bandanna in her hair.
"What are you doing her?" Seto asked in shock.
Serenity started fidgeting with one of her auburn locks, Mai had told Joey and although her brother had been set against it he understood how she felt. Serenity's mother had left her without a word when they told her; Mai later found out that Margaret had left for America.
"I came back." She whispered. She kept her head down, as she was afraid to look at him.
"I can see that for myself. Why?" his voice came out cold, it was his only defence against her.
"Because I wanted to." She still wouldn't look at him.
"That's not a answer. What's the truth Serenity?" annoyed that she wasn't looking at him in the eye Seto reached out and forced her chin up with one finger.
"I love you." She whispered sadly.
"Serenity, I can't give you what you want."
"Oh and you know what I want?" she snapped angrily. She jerked her chin out of his hold and glared up at him. She looked just like she did when they first met.
"Serenity I'm 5000 years old... you should be doing things girls your age normally do." Seto murmured he stroked a hand through her hair.
" Well that takes liking older men to a whole new level." Serenity made an attempt to lighten the mood.
"This isn't a joke. I not for you." Seto gripped her upper arms painfully. "Do you think we're all going liver happily ever after?"
"Don't push me away. Seto I love you, I know I shouldn't and that it means I'll die to be with you and I'll do that."
"You'll die for me?" Seto asked he looked scared.
"Yes." Serenity whispered. She didn't flinch when she felt his teeth on her neck, although she couldn't stop herself from giving a quiet scream when they pierced her neck. Seto slashed a deep cut on his wrist and Serenity drank his blood without hesitation.
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Amelda smiled. 'Finally' he mused. Valon looked up at his friend, Amelda was well enough to walk now but he ran out of energy quicker than when he was at full strength. While Valon was still too weak to get out of bed yet and had convinced the redhead to stay and keep him company.
"What are you smiling at?" Valon asked.
"Seto just found something important. Looks like that girl's gonna be a permanent fixture around here."
"Yeah? That's great." Valon cried his face lit up with pleasure.
'It was great' Amelda thought softly. Seto finally found where he belonged just like Serenity. 'And it all happened when the rain fell…'
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A/N: I hope you all liked this chapter and the whole story! Please review.