A/N: And so here is the third chapter! yay!!! this one is the end of Kei and Sho's deal! You remember from Ch. 1 ?! How will it end? just read to find out! btw sry it took so long to update but i'm in the middle of finals.

review responce:

ILoveMyAttitudeProblem: You're absolutely right...you'll just have to wait and read the damned fic! - jk I'd never say that so mean unless u pissed me off. which u didn't. good luck on mid-terms!!!

CelestialNomad: Yes a chapter just for you! and thx for the compliment. compliments motivate me to write faster! or at leadt try!!!

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Camui-Alexa: common! onging fics are fun cause the chapters are sooo much better when yoyu have to wait for them. It's sorta the same concept as saving your fav. food for last at dinner. and like i said before Kitsu is a mystery wrapped in a cloudy unclear shroud that no one but I can see through... cause i desighned her background story. And CONGRATS ON WINNING THE DEDICATION THIS CHAPTER!!!!!!!! yes those lines were from the Matrix. I had a Matrix marathon like two days before I STARTED writing this (that was January 2nd) so I just HAD to use those lines.

This chapter is dedicated to Camui-Alexa who got the lines, is a new reviewer and HAS A REALLY COOL-ASS SCREENNAME!!!! to u!

Chapter 3: Closure and Some Weird Behavior.

And so life continued. The next day Sho and Kai were amazed to discover that Kitsu could cook. She had made them breakfast. Also to solve the problem of communication (with her not wanting to talk and all) the vampires gave her post-it notes to write on.

The days seemed to fly by. Everyday the two vampires played games with the little girl. Those little kid games that never seem to get old. Games like tag and hide and seek. Kitsu really liked playing hide and seek, and she was really good at it. Kei in general was not a good seeker, and there were even times Sho couldn't find her.

One day while playing hide and seek (Kei was it and had already found Sho in the living room) while they looked for Kitsu, Kei heard Sho mummble, "Where could she be this time?"

To this Kei said, "I dunno Sho. She could be anywhere. Remember last week when she was hiding in the air vent?"

Sho chukled, "Yeah. I still don't know how she got in there."

The two laughed, but Sho could tell Kei was worried about something, his laugh was forced and half-hearted. Two hours later the vampires had searched the house top to bottom (even all the random places) and Kitsu was still nowhere to be seen. "Ne, Sho." Kei said quietly. Sho turned to look and could see clearly that something was seriously bothering Kei. Kei turned his head so Sho couldn't see his face and continued, "The month's almost up Sho. There are only two days left." Kei stopped again, almost too scared to continue. Too scared of what Sho might say.

Sho knew exactly what Kei was trying to say. It was their deal. One month to think things through. One month more to decide if he really wanted to live of die. Unfortunately he didn't have enough time to respond. At that moment Kei had noticed something dangling out of the window (btw they're on the second floor). It was just barely there at the edge. What is that? Kei thought. No it couldn't be could it!? But it was. Dangling there was Kitsu's foot. She was sitting on the edge of the roof. Being a townhouse the roof was flat but still sitting on the rim was VERY dangerous (kids never try this unless... just never try this). Kei starred dumbfounded.

Sho followed Kei line of sight and realized what Kei had seen. He started to laugh as he walked to the window. Still chukling slightly he opened the window, looked up to Kistu, and asked, "How's the view up there?" Kitsu jumped a little at being discovered. She gave Sho a scarredish look, but quickly smiled and pointed to the sky. "The moon?" Kitsu nodded yes. Sho went out the window and jumped up to the ledge. He sat down next to Kitsu and said, "It's really pretty isn't it?" She nodded again. "You know, Kei's really worried that you're up here. Why don't we go back inside?" She nodded her head a third time and dropped from her seat on the ledge to the windowsil below. Then she went inside.

When Sho made it back inside he saw Kei had sat Kitsu down on the spare bed, and was calmly telling her she should have never done that in the first place. Kitsu's expression, you know the ones kids use when they've been caught doing something they didn't know they weren't suposed to do, made Sho's heart twinge. He knew he would feel terrible if Kei was repremanding him. That's when Sho got an idea. "Ne, Kitsu-chan would you go make something for me and Kei to eat and bring it up here?" Kitsu's head shot up, a new sparkle in her halfling eyes. She smile and nodded furiously before springing past a confused and slightly irritated Kei, to the kitchen.

"Sho-kun why did you do that? She'll never learn if we don't tell her when she's wrong." Kei said exasperated.

"But Kei-kun, If it weren't for her we'd have never known of this view." Sho said with a smile as he pulled Kei towards the window. His childish glint in his eyes for the moment.

"Is it really that good Sho?" Kei asked as Sho went out the window to hook his knees on the ledge to turn around and help Kei up (yes he is hanging upside-down to help Kei up).

"Kei-kun it's to DIE for!" Sho said as he pulled Kei up next to him.

meanwhile

Kitsu was busy in the kitchen. The moon's REALLY pretty tonight. I'm glad I got to see it. I'm glad Sho-san got Kei-san to stop repremanding me. I hate it when people sclod me. It reminds me of school at my home village. I wonder what's going on there. It must be really quiet with Suku, Mine(Mi-ne), and Kazuki being all grown up now. They must be all grown up by NOW. Wow I haven't been home in such a long time. Kitsu thought as she gathered a bowl, a baking tin, a mesuring cup, the ingredients for a chocolate cake, and a knife.

As she mixed and mesured, she thought of many times in the past. I miss Xiasera (ji-ah-zjur-ah) and Rex. Why'd they have to go away like that. I the other Rex is okay. I wonder what the council is up to? If I ever do go home they'll probably have some sort of punishment for me for being gone so long.

She stired all the ingrediants up until it was a fine paste. Then she reached for the knife. If Kei-san and Sho-san are vampires then they need to drink blood, but neither has done so in weeks. Now how many weeks??? I've been here one so maybe about two? Yeah let's say two. And with that she put the point of the knife into her finger, but not very deep. Just deep enough for two drops of her richly colored blood to fall into the cake. She put the knife down and mixed the two drops in. There since vampires have to eat and Sho-san asked me to make something for them to eat this should be enough for a feeding for both of them! She poured the concoction into the baking tin and put it in the oven to cook. She then rummaged through the kitchen looking for some icing.

back to Kei and Sho

"It's so... peaceful up here. You could almost forget all your troubles and be absorbed by the moon." Kei said whimsically.

"Yeah. Wouldn't that be nice. If the moon absorbed you, you'd never have to worry about nything ever again." Sho replied.

"Yeah..." Kei said with just a hint of sadness. "Ne, Sho... Well I mean, like I was saying earlier, there are only two days left in the month... so..." Kei cut off, unable to continue.

Sho felt his heart crumble at the sadness and timidity in Kei's voice. Kei was almost never like this. Why was he so sacrred to finish asking about the deal? Sho spoke up before Kei had time to pose the question, "Don't worry Kei, I'm not going anywhere. At least not yet anyway." Sho flashed Kei with a hypnotyzing grin and all Kei's douts and fears were gone in that instant. Sho thought he saw a warm flicker in Kei's eyes but he had turned away again, too soon for Sho to be sure. Sho was about to ask Kei about it when a chocolate cake came over the edge of the roof (they were sitting in the middle by now), closely followed by a Kitsu who was positively beaming with pride as she set the cake between Kei and Sho. As Kei and Sho marveled at just how stunning the cake was Kitsu went back into the room below and grabbed her post-it notes and pen, the other dishes, some silverware, and the knife she had pricked her finger with, which was now clean.

When she appeared again her smile brighten even more if possible at the look of appreciation on the two vampires' faces.

She walked over and cut a peice of cake for each of them.

after an uneventful conversation on cooking and the consumation of the eitire cake

"That was amazing Kitsu! The second best cake I've ever had." Sho provlaimed after his third and final peice of cake.

'Second? Which was the first?' Kitsu posted on his sleeve.

"Well, a really long time ago, when I was about eleven, Kei made a cake for my birthday. I can't say I've ever had as good a cake as that one." Sho said with a smile.

"Oh, Sho, that was so long ago how do you even remember what that tasted like?" Kei said with a lot of emotion. This is weird. I feel like I just fed but I haven't been out in weeks. Kei thought as he gentily pushed Sho's shoulder for being so unbelievable.

"It's like I said Kei-kuuun. That was the best cake I've evver had." Sho said beginning to sound like he had just fed.

This cakey conversation continued between the three of them (but mostly Sho and Kei cause Kitsu couldn't write that fast) until the moon was just begining to set.

'I'm sleepy I'm gonna go to bed now. Oyasuminasai.' Kitsu stuck on Kei's forehead as she stood and walked over to the window.

"Oyasuminasai!" The two men called after her as she went inside.

"Ya know what Kei, it's gonna sound weird but I feel like I've just fed." Sho shot over at Kei.

"Well then either we're both nuts or she put something in that cake." Kei said looking over at Sho who was 'sobering up'.

"Ya think she killed a rat and poured it's blood in there?" Sho asked.

Kei just gave him a look that said 'Sho... you're crazy' and said' "Well since when has she known that we need to drink blood? I sure as hell didn't tell her. Did you?"

"Iie. Maybe it was just Really good cake." Sho said as he got up. "She's got the right idea I'm wiped! I'm gonna go to bed. Night Kei." Sho said as he walked away.

"Night Sho." Kei called back to him. "I'm glad your childish spark is reignighted. I love you too much to just sit there while you die. Even if I AM going with you." Kei mummbled to himself as he got up and headed inside to bed as well.

A/N: again sry it took so long to update and yes I know this chapter is a little on the short side but hey, I got a lot of the plot line done in this short amount of words! I have acomplished my goal...for now. Til Next Time!!!

-Tanto-chan