A//N: I lied, I'm sorry I lied, but I lied...this chapter isn't from anyone's first person POV, it's normal...the next ones will though. And I'm sure some people will hate me for them...oh well, they're necessary. Okay, enjoy this chapter!

"You're hungry...no I take that back, you're starving."

"No I'm not."

There was a pause in which Kurogane crossed his arms and sighed, "Mage, you're eating real food."

Fai looked down at the cookie in his hand that had a couple bite marks where you could clearly see the fangs he now processed, he stared at it for a moment as if he had never seen it before and then looked up at Kurogane. "You consider this to be real food and not junk foo--"

"Mage!" The ninja whaped Fai's head and took the cookie away from him. "The last time you touched real food was when you forgot that you didn't need it anymore and that was months ago!"

"Um...I got a taste?" Kurogane shook his head saying that would not work. "Fine... I really am hungry. 'Real' food delays it a little bit." Fai folded his arms across his chest and looked away from his prey.

"Come on then, you can't avoid it forever." Kurogane grabbed Fai's wrist and dragged the vampire along, "You've got the fangs, you have to use them sooner or later." The ninja half expected Fai to complain that he was 'playing the game,' but wasn't, he was just trying to ensure that Fai would live.

He opened the door to his bedroom and pulled Fai in with him. "Isn't it supposed to be the vampire that hunts the prey, not the prey that forces himself onto the vampire?"

Kurogane rolled his eyes, "Shut up." Kurogane closed the door and sat on his bed, pulling Fai roughly into his lap, his hand holding Fai's head to his neck. "Drink."

"Can't we do this the normal way?"

"This is the normal way."

"Normal for us." Fai's voice was begging, but Kurogane did not give in.

"Fai, you have to learn." A sigh came from Fai's lips as he placed one of his hands on both of Kurogane's shoulders and pushed back against the hand that held his head so close, after a moment the ninja removed the hand trusting Fai to not run away. He didn't, he just stayed there. Minutes passed and every few seconds Kurogane could feel Fai's cool breath hit his neck, but no bite came. After about five minutes he realized that Fai's entire body was shaking uncontrollably. "You're afraid."

"Of course I'm afraid." The mage seemed to give up and rested his forehead against his prey's shoulder.

"Why are you afraid? According to lore it's vamprism's purest state."

Fai shook his head, his hands gripping to Kurogane's shoulders tighter. "Can't you see it? Me biting in the wrong place and you just bleeding out in front of me? Or I hit the right nerve and you become paralyzed as a result? Or I bite too hard and I go right into your windpipe? Any number of things could happen." There was a moment of silence before Kurogane's laugh could be heard throughout the room. "Why are you laughing at me?!"

"Because you are so insane. Mage, you obviously don't want to harm me, therefore you won't."

"Kurogane, you have way too much confidence in me..."

"That's what you think, I think you don't have enough in yourself. Come now, be reasonable, you're starving, I'm here, drink."

Kurogane could hear Fai take deep breaths as he tried to stabilize himself enough to get it over with. He felt one of Fai's hands move from his shoulder to the side of his head, pushing it to one side and then he finally felt fangs bite into his neck. It didn't hurt. In fact Kurogane had to stop himself from moaning out in a sensation quite similar to pleasure, only better. It was if the fangs Fai now had gave off a poison that made the bite seem to be the most wonderful thing in the world rather than something that would probably ache later. He felt Fai pulling blood from his body, but it didn't even seem to matter.

Everything felt okay, it was like he was floating. On cloud nine, whatever you wanted to call it. It made everything seem okay, like nothing in the world was wrong, like nothing would ever be wrong. Ever again...

Fai pulled away. It took almost everything he had to not pull the blond back to his neck so that he would take more blood from him. He wanted Fai to drink him dry... "Kurogane." As if the glass that was the illusion had shattered, everything was slowly going back to normal. "Kurogane, are you okay?"

Slowly Kurogane put his hand to Fai's cheek, his thumb hesitantly caressing it. Even though he knew it wasn't true, as the illusion faded it felt like Fai had somehow broken his heart by not drinking all the blood he had to offer. "I'm fine."

"Does it hurt?"

"No...not at all." As if on cue, the two small holes in the side of his neck began to ache.

"Ohhh." Fai's voice moaned in displeasure and his face became unhappy as he leaned forward to where he'd been moments before and the ninja felt Fai's tongue against it, "It's still bleeding, it usually stops before now." Fai's hand gripped to Kurogane's and moved his hand so that his palm covered the spot. "Keep your hand there until I come back. You can't afford to lose any more blood."

Before Kurogane could reply Fai felt the room and was quickly back in the room again, "Move." The man obeyed, moving his hand back to his side as Fai quickly put a bandage over the spot, making sure it was secure before pulling back again, smiling smally. "There."

"Are you going to kiss it and make it better now?"

Fai scowled at how Kurogane reacted to his showing the man how much he really did care, "If you want."

"I don't. How did it taste?"

Fai looked away and rubbed one of his arms, "It doesn't matter. It fed me."

"It does matter."

"Why?" Fai's harsh voice would turn most people away, he obviously disliked the topic.

"Because to me, it felt different."

Fai's hand fell to his side as his eye got wide for a moment before looking apologetic. "Oh...um, tell me how it felt, and I'll tell you how it tasted."

The man shrugged, "Fair enough. It felt ethereal. It felt like you were a god who was giving me a treat. It felt like you were the only thing that mattered. I couldn't move, not that I wanted to."

Fai looked worried by knowing this fact. "It was...similar for me in taste. Before when I drank from your wrist it was good, the fact I loved you made it taste bitter because I was hurting you, but my instincts made it taste good enough that I would keep going. This time it was so good I literally had to pull myself away before I drank too much and you..." His voice drifted as he knew Kurogane knew the next and last word.

"A spell?"

"A poison?"

They both shook their heads slightly, "It doesn't matter. It happened."

"I don't like it."

"You wouldn't, but it is a good thing to have, even more so when your prey isn't the willing kind." Not that it would ever happen for Fai, he would always be willing to give Fai his blood.

Fai nodded rubbing his arm again. "I can't argue, but even so I only want to use it if we absolutely have to."

"Fine. After all it's your meal."

"Yes it is." Fai's arms fell limply to his side and stared at Kurogane for a minute as if Kurogane would say something else to him. When this didn't happen after a few long moments Fai turned and walked to the door. "The final chess match is in three days. I'll drink again before then." When no response to this came the blond went on through the door and closed it behind him.

"I'm going out." Fai pulled his jacket over his long arms gracefully as Kurogane shook his head, as if Kurogane were a parent rearing an unruly child.

"It's late."

"We need a few things for breakfast tomorrow. I can see fine in the dark."

Fai looked to Kurogane waiting for the reply to come, at last it did. "Fine, but I want you back in an hour."

Like the unruly child he appeared to be, Fai shook his head, "I'll come back when I please." The young vampire turned on his heel, causing his pitch black jacket to swish slightly as he walked out the door. Kurogane had better not come after him if he hadn't come back within that hour. Fai would be livid, he was an adult, he could take care of himself...

Click, clack. Click, clack. Fai's boots were easily heard as he walked down the street. His shoes and the occasionally chattering of a passing couple was all that could be heard after Infinity's sun set and the street lights came on. Only the brave, foolish, and night shift workers came out here at night. After all anything could happen to them.

Fai placed himself between the brave and foolish people. He was brave because he dared to come out here at night. He was foolish because he dared to come out here at night alone.

Click, clack. The sound continued. On this stretch of street there seemed to be no one other than him. No talking, no walking sounds. Even so Fai was sure that someone was following him. Was he paranoid? Was it paranoia if you were right?

Suddenly, Fai swung his arm out. Another arm hit against it. He was right, someone had been following, and now they were attacking him. The blond spun around to see bright gold eyes. These eyes searched over his face before Fai felt his arm aim another attack. Fai dodged. He found it very easy to do, this man appeared to be very slow.

Something glinted on his right side and Fai had to raise his arm to block an attack from another person, a woman this time. "He has good reflexes."

"At least for a half blind man he does." The man chuckled and his hand came forward to attack while both of Fai's hands were occupied with blocking both the other hand, and one of the woman's hands. Before the attack reached him the blonds foot kicked the man away and a similar maneuver moved the woman away from him before he stood straight and then took on a defensive stance in case they tried to attack again.

"Defensive fighter."

"Unusual for a youngling. He must've been a fighter before."

"He's impressive. Well worth it." The man and woman laughed. Fai stared at them.

The woman had brown hair. She wore a suit, like a business woman would. Very formal and strict despite her laugh and lax tone while talking to the man. The man had black hair. He looked as relaxed as the tone he spoke with was. They both had golden eyes and as they laughed Fai could clearly see fangs just like his own.

"Vampires?" The mage breathed out the word as if they were something he'd never dreamed of existing, let alone that he was one of them.

"Correct youngling." The man continued to laugh as he came forward, one second only seeming to be stepping forward and then the next second he was right in front of Fai. His hands shoved him roughly into a building wall proving that Fai had been wrong about him being slow. "We are just like you."

Fai groaned a bit sliding to the ground and then pushing himself up again. As he turned his head he felt long nailed fingers grab his chin and hold his head very still. The woman's golden eyes stared at his single blue one. "Such a pretty blue color. Almost like crystal. Can you make it gold for me? Most of us change it to fight..."

He had never learned how to do it on command... "No. I can't." Fai's voice was strained as if she held his throat as opposed to his chin.

Her hand left his chin and went to his hand. Lifting it up and she examined his nails. "He's really perfect..." This comment was obviously directed at the man as she ran her thumb over Fai's nails. "Can you make these into lethal weapons?"

"I'm not old enough."

The pair of them laughed again. "You are old enough to be sensed by other vampires as a fellow vampire. You are old enough have to fangs to drink with. You are old enough to do anything other vampires can." The woman's hand ran down the left side of the Mage's face, not at all careful of where his eye had once been. Fai tried to move his head away but found that he could not move an inch, no, not even a millimeter. He was stuck.

The realization must've shown on his face for the woman smirked and leaned forward, her fingers brushing his long, messy hair away from his ear as she spoke into it. "Come with us youngling. Learn from us. As perfect as you may be, a youngling who knows nothing is a danger to himself and to other vampires."

Fai's entire body gave an involuntary shiver as she pulled back. He knew he had no choice.

"Good luck to you Youngling Fai. Say hello to your prey. Be careful. Remember what we taught you. You are on your own now..."

Fai would not forget. The memory would be etched in his memory forever, just as the memory of his turning was forever fresh in his mind, just like Fai's death was... He would forever be able to close his eyes and bring these memories to him in an instant. He would never forget how to be a vampire...

It felt like the title of mage had been stripped away and now he was just a vampire... The 'youngling' looked into the shiny glass of a shoppe window and looked at his reflection. Blue eye...all last night it had been gold...so he was still a mage, he had begun to wonder.

His long fingers reached up to his face and traced along a couple of the various scratches his face now possessed. Punishments from when he had gotten something wrong. The woman had considered his face his best asset so it was what she tried to take away when he did something incorrectly during their 'lessons.'

The morning sun shone through the clouds at last as Fai turned away from the window and kept on walking. He had been gone for far more than hour. Kurogane would not be happy, but he was so tired it didn't even seem to matter. With every step he seemed closer to just collapsing...

"Where have you been?! What happened to your face?! Where did you go?!" As soon as the front door closed Kurogane reached out and roughly grabbed at Fai's face, pulling him forward, "Your hair is filthy! It's almost brown with dirt! What happened?!"

Fai seemed to not be paying attention as his hands came up to Kurogane's. The blonds hands were as cold as ice against his. "So warm..." His voice was not much higher than a whisper.

"You're freezing, you look exhausted, are you okay?" Fai smiled and nodded his head in Kurogane's hands.

"Were you worried for me Kurogane?"

"Yes. Extremely so...I didn't expect you to come back for a couple hours, but you were gone for thirteen hours Mage!"

Fai chuckled, "Hmmm, Mage...you can call me that forever...I'll never tire of it." Fai turned his head to Kurogane's palm and kissed it. "I love you. I missed you. I'm tired...may I go to sleep? I promise you can yell at me later. Hell, I'd yell at me too."

"I'm...not angry anymore...I'm worried." Kurogane picked Fai up in his arms, no protests, no yells, no kicking, no insults. Fai didn't care that Kurogane was going to help him to his room. This above all else worried Kurogane. "What changed?"

"Hmm?"

"No matter how tired you were you never let me carry you before..."

"Oh...that." Fai reached up and stroked the ninja's face. "I...don't want to be alone forever. I don't want to be on my own...like she said I would be. I want someone with me...even if the feelings behind it are not real...Stay with me? Even though it's not real?"

"Can I stay if it is real?"

"I guess...but it's not. Will you stay?" Kurogane opened the door and set Fai down on the bed making the blond sit up as he removed the jacket...there were several small holes in it. It needed to be fixed again.

"I will."

Fai smiled and lay on his back, looking up at Kurogane, his hand reaching up again as if to grab the other's hand. "Promise?"

Kurogane took the hand, but before any words got out of his lips Fai was already asleep. He was sure Fai would deny any of this when he woke, but even so he wanted to answer. The black haired man shook his head smiling as he brought Fai's hand to his lips. "I promise to stay with you. Forever."

A//N: Thus I end this entire arch. The next two chapters are transition chapters that I feel I have to post or else no one will get the shift between archs...well not no one...but some.

I feel sad, soon the story will end...but I love it so much.

Anyway, review please.