Listen close as we wait for a sound to go

It's true
We are, we are destined to fail
It's true
We are, we are destined to fail

There is a problem here with our society
The absence of my tears is my sobriety
I have a growing fear and you're not helping me
Am I the only one who realizes it's true?

Beat but I'm not broken
Guide me through with your hand
Lead with your words spoken
Show me how to listen

You're prosecuting me, showing hypocrisy
I have a remedy for your insecurity
It's all the same, sadly, nobody works for free
Am I the only one who realizes it's true?

Beat but I'm not broken
Guide me through with your hand
Lead with your words spoken
Show me how to listen

Let your light shine through me
Take this hate I can't release
Help me make the blood see
Misery loves its company

When I dream, I see dawn turn into dusk, into dusk

Beat but I'm not broken
Guide me through with your hand
Lead with your words spoken
Show me how to listen

Let your light shine through me
Take this hate I can't release
Help me make the blood see
Misery loves its company

It's true
We are, we are destined to fail
It's true
We are, we are destined to fail

(Misery Loves its Company – The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus)

Chapter 6

Part 1

Yakuza is the best of Japanese Cuisine

Corruption. Talon was tired of it. Why did the business men of Japan have to worry about a group like the Yakuza? Well…there was one good thing about the Yakuza, they tasted marvelous!

It was on one night of Yakuza feasting that Talon met Ryuu. The man had been left near death. He had killed Ryuu's attackers and taken the man with him to his home outside of Tokyo. He had turned Ryuu, and Ryuu was glad for it.

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"Smoking gives you cancer you know."

Ryuu laughed and turned to his sire. "But I am already dead. I can smoke as much as I want, drive as fast as I want, do whatever I want and I will not die from it."

Talon sighed. "That is false. If you are in danger of revealing our secrets…then the Volturi will come and kill you. Your older brother and sister will more than likely be sent to torture you into submission first."

"Brother and sister? I am an only child."

"Perhaps your human parents only had you, but you are not the first I have sired."

Talon stole the cigarette from Ryuu and took in a deep drag.

"Alec and Jane were being burned at the stake. They were just teens at the time. I turned Jane to save her life, and Alec to make sure she always had her brother. Jane can cause the illusion of pain in someone…and Alec can take away all of your senses. I would rather be tortured by Jane than Alec."

Talon laughed softly. "I believe Alec's power may have been my fault though. He watched the agony his sister was in while she was turning, and wanted nothing more than to take that pain away. Perhaps that led to his ability. And perhaps wishing to cause the same pain on others that she had suffered is what gave Jane hers." Talon took one last drag on the cigarette before handing it back to Ryuu.

"Will I ever meet them?"

Talon closed his eyes. "In about ten minutes. They are here in Tokyo. They will be here soon. I believe they have something to ask me."

True to his word, Jane and Alec entered the apartment ten minutes later. The two of them hugged Talon before handing him a letter from Aro.

Talon read the letter slowly and sighed.

"I am sorry Ryuu. I will have to leave. It would seem that I have a mission that needs taking care off. I will come back when I have finished."

Ryuu frowned. "How long will that take?"

Talon shrugged slowly. "Not sure."

If only he had known that the mission would last for the rest of his life…and that Jane and Alec would lose their lives in the process. Perhaps if he had known he would not have taken the mission…but he was happier for it.

END

Author's Note: Ryuu will make another appearance in Harry Potter and the Knights of the Round Table.