Okay, so here is the next chapter. Hope that you like it! Remember, if you have questions or a suggestion, or if you just want to tell us how you like the story, drop a review! -All spelling errors shall be blamed on tiredness-

Also, we no own! Like BV says: "I own everything." Is to be followed or preceded by, "I wish."

Where… am I…?

Dark… Dark! You need to wake up!

Who… Who are you…?

You'd think you'd recognize my voice by now. No matter, there isn't time to explain. Wake up, NOW!

The first thing the weak vampire noticed was the somewhat heavy weight strewn across his lap.

The second thing he noticed was the warm liquid flowing down his throat… and the fact that his canines were currently attached to…

"DAISUKE!!" Releasing the wrist haphazardly and shot strait up in a fit of panic, panting heavily at the strain on his body, Dark's worried eyes glanced over that of the unconscious redhead he held carefully in his lap.

"Damn-it…" The vampire cursed before he quickly got up, cuddling the boy close to his own body as he carried him to the kitchen. The boy twitched in his grasp and Dark quickly looked down, seeing the boy's face contorted in pain. Whispering another curse to himself, the elder picked up his speed, ignoring his own healing wounds.

-x-

Satoshi placed down his cup elegantly on the small table before him. Krad's own cup remained untouched as he moodily sulked in his seat next to him. Across from them sat the pair from the village, both smiling at the two hunters expectantly.

Honestly, he thought them just as unpredictable and scary as any demon, at least that was his thoughts on the girl.

"So…?" The young girl started, deciding to focus on Satoshi after noticing Krad's current composure.

"I must say that your tea is very refined… it's unexpected considering the… circumstances." Satoshi chose his words carefully, fully aware of how quickly this girl has changed moods in the past. Not wanting to anger his hosts, he gave an uneasy smile back, a small attempt at reassuring his answer.

The blonde girl beamed at him happily before she slowly laid her head down on Elliot's shoulder. Stifling a yawn, she closed her eyes as Elliot wrapped his arm around her shoulders, gazing down on her fondly.

Always one for ruining moments, Krad cleared his throat none-too-kindly; effectively bringing the two out of their lovey-dovey daze.

Satoshi would have glared at Krad for his rudeness, but he too was getting uncomfortable in the silence...well at least he got uncomfortable when it came to a romantic silence.

"So… about Dark…" Satoshi began. Freedert managed a weak glare in his general direction.

"Master Dark…"

Satoshi fought the urge to roll his eyes. He really fought.

"Right. Master Dark. I feel I must ask… how is it exactly… that your village came to this alliance…?"

Elliot smiled wearily as Freedert looked up to him, expecting him to answer the question.

"Well, stories say that a long, long time ago, back in the days of our great grandfathers…"

-x-

"Daisuke… please, I can't…" Dark held the boy closely to his chest, trying to prevent himself from breaking into hysterics. The boy's breathing was weak and raspy, and Dark's clinging was doing little to remedy it. Gently laying the prone form onto the dining room table, Dark ruffled his own mussed hair before speedily searching cabinets for anything that might help.

"Damnit! Where are our reserves?!" Slamming the last cabinet door of the kitchen closed, the vampire failed to notice the newer presence in the room, hunched over the unconscious body.

Riku carefully inspected Daisuke's wrist, wincing at the gaping wound left there from Dark's canines. Not realizing that part of the wound was self inflicted, she turned her body sharply to face her 'Master'.

"Dark…" She growled, "What… did you DO!?" The end of her sentence echoed throughout the empty mansion. Dark looked at the floor in a refusal to meet her reprimanding gaze.

"I… I don't know… I just-"

A growl cut him off as Riku turned back to her newest patient. Seeing the conversation was over, Dark numbly leaned against the counter and sunk to the floor, his pained eyes watching Riku carefully.

"He's going to need blood, you know…"

Dark nodded weakly in response. "I … I was looking for the reserves… but…" Riku turned to face the defeated figure slumped on the floor.

"I used them all on you this morning." She turned her back to Dark, facing the table again. "Stupid Daisuke… I told you not to do anything stupid! By doing something stupid when I told you not to just shows how stupid you really are!"

Dark stood up, stumbling over his feet as he walked towards the table. Raising his hand, he cut a small opening in his palm. Riku felt a small twinge at the smell of the new blood, but refuse to look towards Dark, afraid of actually seeing the blood.

"Hold his head…"

Riku scowled. "You know this is probably how he got so weak in the first place. You two are both idiots. Truly made for each-other…"

Dark smiled weakly in response, not saying anything. Riku grabbed Daisuke's chin and the top of his head and prepared for his violent reaction to the new blood.

Dark carefully tipped his wounded palm over the boy's head, strategically placing it so the path of the dripping blood would enter the redhead's mouth.

Daisuke's body twitched in reaction to the first drop, his leg kicking weakly at nothing. Dark hefted himself onto the table, straddling the boy to prevent further onslaught in preparation for further reactions.

Riku rolled her eyes. "Hurry up already, he hasn't got all night."

Dark nodded at the girl before leaning forward and letting more blood flow into the awaiting mouth. The boy began to shake and thrash, instincts kicking in. Trying to latch onto the source, Riku braced herself, refusing to let go of the boys head. Dark licked his hand to encourage the healing process then held down Daisuke's wrists to restrain the rest of the boy while avoiding his mouth.

A wail of desperation escaped the unconscious individual as his body shuddered and flayed erratically.

Dark tucked his head into the boy's chest, his arms preoccupied with holding Daisuke's wrists and his legs preventing Daisuke's from lashing out at him or Riku.

"I'm sorry Dai… I'm so sorry…"

Riku remained quiet as she listened to the elder, a small twang of sympathy tugging at her heart. She knew how hard this was for Dark, she has been with him longer then any other, with the exception of Wiz. Turning her head away, she focused on keeping the vicious elongated canines from reaching her master.

One last spasm wracked the boy's body before he fell limp, head lolling to the side when Riku released her grasp. Shaking out her wrists, the girl quickly retreated, going to prepare the boy's room so he could rest.

Dark lifted his head, slowly raising his uninjured hand to gently pet the side of Daisuke's face, his expression relaxed, in a complete contrast to what had just transpired.

Lifting himself off the table, Dark placed an arm under the boy's knees, the other holding his shoulders. Making sure to keep his wounded hand closed, he carefully carried the resting boy towards his room, thoughts darkened with realizations of what could have happened.

"I'm so sorry…"

Somewhere in the back of his mind, another voice echoed his response.

I'm so sorry…

So sorry…

"I'm s-so sorry…" Rika said shakily, a small trickle of blood making its way from the corner of her mouth.

They were supposed to have met in their clearing today, suppose to have talked about sweet-nothings and then everything…

"What-what are you talking about? What could possibly you be sorry for?" Dark inquired, his voice shaking for another reason, knowing that her time was drawing near. After all, can immortality truly be attainable?

"I-I tried, love…I truly tried to-to-Uhh!" Rika tried to say, but was cut off as another strong pang of all consuming pain clouded her senses, making her eyes squeeze shut and her hand clench the wound in her chest.

Dark only held her tighter, helpless as to what he could possibly do. His blood wasn't strong enough to heal a wound like this…his master was too far from them to be able to help, but he had to try.

"Please, don't speak anymore! I'll-I'll try to get you to my master, everything will be fine." Said Dark as he prepared to lift her off of the ground and take flight.

"No, love." Rika rasped, placing her frail shaky hand on his shoulder. "It's too late, let us just stay like this…Hm…?"

"But-" Rika silence him with a finger on his lips, lightly shaking her head and looking at him with such love in her eyes that it made his own heart break, knowing he will never see such love again.

He simply held her, rocking her gently in his arms as her light faded.

"Tell me who did this." Dark stated, a pleading tone etched deep within in his voice.

"Argentine…"

Dark's eyes widened, feeling as if he had been punched in the stomach. His master?! How could that be?! What reason would his sire have to kill his reason for being?

"I tried so hard…" She said in nearly a whisper, drawing him out of his thoughts, bringing his attention to her nearly limp body.

"To what? You tried so hard to what, Beloved?"

She focused dim eyes on him, and he knew that she was about to leave him, leave him in a cold world without life. She took his hand, putting her golden locket in his palm and enclosing his fingers around it.

"I tried so hard to free you…"

Before he had time to ponder her words, she was gone.

-x-

Satoshi and Krad looked at the couple in astounded silence.

"So…you are saying that this Rika was not only once a healer, but was also a vampire?"

"Yes," Said Elliot. "It was said that she fled her own village after her coven was destroyed. She traveled all this way in hopes of escaping, but once the villagers here found out what she was, they also pursued her."

"And then she met Dar-" -Glare from Freedert- "Master Dark?" Satoshi said, trying to clarify the situation while trying to simultaneously ignore Freedert's self-satisfied smirk.

"Well, that is how the story goes. For the longest time the villagers pursued them, but they were no where to be found. That was why we were so surprised that you found the Master so easily." Elliot stated.

Satoshi "Hmm,"- ed in response. "What happened then?"

"Well, nothing much for the longest time. Back then there had been the occasional killing by whom we assumed to be Dark and his sire, but when Lady Rika came along the killings all stopped. The village was in a time of peace for many years, but then the plague came."

"Plague?"

"Yes, there was a plague that where the victim would start to have chest pains, night chills, they would also pale until they looked like a ghost. The most obvious thing that showed you had the sickness was that you would start to cough up blood. Eventually you would die in your sleep after months of suffering."

Satoshi didn't really like the sounds of that, glancing over at Krad to see if the blond shared his dislike for the sickness. He wasn't too surprised that Krad was trying to hide a smirk behind his hand.

Satoshi made a mental note to kick the blond later.

"What happened then?" Satoshi questioned, ignoring his partner.

"Lady Rika came and she somehow eradicated the sickness. No one knows how she did it, but she had these plans that she would always carry with her. Many were reluctant to get help from her, knowing what she was and thinking that she used the black arts, but loved ones were desperate."

"In that case why isn't the alliance with Lady Rika?" Satoshi inquired.

"Lady Rika is no longer in this world." Freedert stated sadly, speaking up for the first time in a while. "She was killed when we were but children. Master Dark decided to keep up the kindness to us in her memory."

"Why would he do that?!" Krad questioned in his rude tone incredulously.

Satoshi decided that he was going to have to kick Krad twice now.

"Well, it was rumored that Lady Rika and Master Dark were in love."

-x-

Daisuke woke slowly, carefully opening his eyes and glancing around. He smiled a bit when he saw Riku looking at him worriedly from her chair next to his bed.

"You are an idiot." Riku stated bluntly, giving him a pointed look.

Said smile faded.

"What did I say? I said, 'Don't do anything stupid.', didn't I?!"

Daisuke nodded reluctantly, his head pounding a bit.

"When I say don't do anything stupid, I mean don't do anything STUPID!" Riku yelled, making his headache worse.

"Did it work?" Daisuke inquired weakly.

Riku sighed exasperatedly, crossing her arms. "Yes, but Dark took so much blood he had to give you some back."

Daisuke nodded, "Where is he?"

"He's resting in his chambers. Now, get up." Riku commanded now looking very scary.

Daisuke looked at her like she had lost her mind. "Why?"

"We're going to get you something to eat and then we're going to teach you what being a vampire is all about." Riku stated matter-o-factly.

Daisuke had the sense to be afraid.

A/N:

DMM: Anyhow, be nice and drop us a review since we worked hard to give this to you. We really don't have to keep this going ya know, it's a choice and a little appreciation would be nice. Throw us a bone! Hope that you like this chappie.

BV: Mwahahahahahahaha Sap!! FEEL THE SAP!! –shakes fist- Feel IT!!! Ahem. Aww… Poor Dark… And Rika… and Dai… and… um… Oh! Krad! Sato is mean when he kicks! Please review! Reviewers win at life!

To our lovely reviewers!

Special thanks to for reviewing chapie 6/7, you keep us going!

Damron Girl

dnangel648

Blue Rose of the Full Moon

D.N.Angel lover

Estrella85

Daisuke Kazamatsuri