Things I had never seen before began to flash through my mind. I tried to focus on them but they were blurry and yet I understood they were memories of a different time. I saw myself as a child with Kaname smiling together as though nothing mattered because back then it didn't.

Soon the faces changed and I saw two adults who looked like Kaname and I but seemed different. I realized that they were our parents. Juri and Haruka both sat holding each other, smiling like they were the happiest people ever. Maybe they were.

The most prominent memory I have is one of me in a room with Kaname who was reading to me. There were only us and a smile tugged at my lips. But the scene changed and no longer were there two happy children but a blood stained mother crying over her confused child as she gave her life to protect her only daughter. 'Mommy.' I thought.

"Yuuki, open your eyes. I'm here." A deep voce came and I recognized it immediately.

'Kaname,' I thought wanting to say it out loud but my mouth wouldn't move. 'I can't.'

"Yuuki…" soft fingertips touched my cheek. I struggled to open my eyes, to obey the one I love, but they were stuck and I was left blind.

I struggled as everything grew deathly still. "Hello little Yuuki, do you know who I am?" a deep, sadistic, and downright evil voice said.

'Rido…' I thought distastefully as I find myself in a garden. There stood a man with red and blue eyes; I'd be lying if I said I was scared.

He grinned and then he bowed. "My Yuuki I'm honored that you know who I am. I truly am grateful." He took a step toward me and I backwards.

"Now now you don't need to be afraid. I won't hurt you." He continued onward and I backwards… that is, until my back hit a brick wall. I froze terrified because I had no way to escape.

His grin widened as he cupped my face. I flinched at his touch. "Little one I really am honored, yet you are afraid. Why is that?" he leaned closer.

"Y-you killed my parents, and want to kill the man I love!" I say swallowing my fear. I glared at him. "And I won't let you take him from me!"

My head snapped to the left and a sharp pain erupted on my cheek. I froze as he growled. "You will submit to me like you submitted to him. I will not allow you to slip from my hands like Juri did!"

"No! You can't make me do something I don't want to!" I yell at him. His face grew dark.

"Little girl you will submit!" he raised his hand and I screamed at the top of my lungs.

I sat straight up in the bed my eyes wide, my mouth open as a scream ripped through my throat. Arms wrapped around me. "Yuuki, it's alright now. I'm here." Kaname's soft voice came. Tears streamed down my face.

"K-Kaname!" I cry into his shirt.

"Shhh… it's alright now. I'm here, I'll always be here." He said gently petting my head. I sobbed into his shirt as I told him what I had seen, what had happened.

"Yuuki, look at me." he said after a moment of silent contemplation.

I looked up at his face as tears still poured down my face. "Y-yes Kaname?"

"You can do it, you can kill him. I will be there to help you, but I can't do much. I can act as the defense, you will have to be your own offense… forgive me little one."

I stared into his regretful eyes his sadness leaking through like there was a hole and I was the only one who could patch it. I reached up to touch his soft cheek and smiled. "Oh Kaname, don't apologize. I love you, no matter the baggage that comes with it, if only to be with you." I say and reach up shakily to kiss him on the lips.

He leans in and holds me tight. "I will not let him get his hands on you. You are mine." He says between our lips. I smile more because I believe him...

Sorry that this chapter was so short, its just that well this one was kind of special, dear to my heart because it embodied true love. Well I think.