ok, i'm sorry that this chapter is kinda shorter than i wanted it to be but... then i got stumped, and i figured you guys would want an update before i leave (yeah, i'm leavin tue. be back sat.) so... here ya go

frogger666: i'm happy you find it so amusing:D hope you find this chapter just as funny :)

angel-yuripa: here's more story for you! and as for how Sora will eat... i'll let you read and find out

xcloudx: glad you liked the last chapter :) here's the next one

Arika-of-the-Demons: i like honey, i love you too! i suck at it though... i cannot keep a straight face at all. and horny gay vampires at church camp... -snickers- i don't think anyone can read that without laughing

i love bon bon: you're half right! thanks for guessing :)

ArosxIrukxOxarsxLeax: whew... you got a long name. and well, i guess you'll find out what's gonna happen when you read the chapter, huh? and vampire Riku/Sora fics are love (though i'll admit, i haven't read any other fics that have Sora as the vampire, usually its Riku...)

Yu Mutou: yeah, Riku's a little... slow in the relationships department. and your ice cream is being delivered as we speak (type/read?) by Sora! he's so cute :)

Koneko-Aishiru: poor Riku... but he's so cute when he blushes :) and don't worry! they'll get happier this chapter

TomiSama04: you've never played honey i love you? you should! its so much fun! (i'm not very good at it though...) so, are you still inschool:P that sucks, but when do you go back? i go back in the middle of August (which really sucks cuz our school doesn't have A/C in some of the rooms)

AngelicOrguiel: O.O you've got confidence but... sorry, its not Larxene (though she was mentioned earlier in the story sometime...) sorry!

Once outside, Sora allowed himself to breathe. He was getting so hungry! He wouldn't allow himself to bite Riku or any of Riku's friends, but then what was he going to do? For the last twenty minutes he'd found himself salivating if he looked at any of the humans too long.

Sora hadn't put up with temptation like this for a while, and now he wasn't sure if he'd be able to resist.

It would be so easy, to slip behind them and ever so gently puncture their skin pulsing with life. Life that would be so easy to steal away.

"Agh! I don't know if I can handle this!" Sora yelled at the night sky.

"Handle what?"

Sora spun around. There, behind him, was Tidus. Why hadn't he noticed the human's presence earlier? Wait . . . human . . . He has blood, too . . .

Giving a shaky laugh, Sora replied, "Oh, nothin' really, just stupid stuff."

"Like what?" Tidus asked, walking up to Sora.

"Well, for starters . . . I'm hungry," the brunet stated. More like starving!

Tidus laughed. "Didn't anyone bring snacks? Rikku is always sure to bring food for our group."

"I dunno, I didn't ask," Sora answered.

His neck, if only I could touch it . . . if only he'd get close enough for me to surprise him. Close enough for me to–

"Sora!" Riku called.

Sora looked behind Tidus, startled. "Riku?"

What's he doing? I can't bite Tidus right in front of him! Riku, I'm sending you telepathic waves. Go . . . away . . . go . . . away . . .

"Yeah?" the teen asked once standing next to the two.

"Well, um . . . I'm gonna go take a walk. You can join me if you like," Tidus offered.

"I–" Sora began, but was cut off abruptly.

"Sorry, Tidus, I kinda wanted to talk to Sora for a minute. Do you mind?" Riku said, his arm blindly reaching for Sora.

Tidus shrugged. "Go ahead, see you guys tomorrow at breakfast," he said, walking away.

Tidus, you idiot! I was sending those waves to Riku! Not you! Why'd Riku come out here anyway?

When Tidus had vanished from sight, Sora asked, "So what's up, Riku? Why'd you follow

me?"

"To be blunt, why were you getting so uptight back there?"

"Uptight? What're you talkin' about? I just needed some air," Sora lied.

"Don't lie to me, you were fidgeting and your eyes were narrowing and your mood was worsening with every passing minute. Don't tell me you just needed some air," Riku said sternly, crossing his arms over his chest.

"You noticed all that? What, were you watching my every move or something?" Sora asked, not realizing his snappy change in tone.

"I just–"

"You're not my mother, Riku! It's none of your business!" Sora yelled.

"What's up with you, anyway? What'd I do to you in the first place?" Riku shouted back.

Nothing! Everything!

"I– I just–"

"What? You just what?" Riku asked, softer this time. "I can't do anything, if you don't tell me anything," he said quietly.

". . . I don't mean to hurt you, Riku. But . . . you don't know."

"Don't know what?"

"Riku, you don't know what it's like to fight between your nature and yourself! You don't know temptation like I do! You just . . . you just don't know . . ."

Sora broke down. He couldn't help himself. He was so, so hungry, but he didn't–couldn't hurt Riku! He didn't know why, but when it came to Riku . . . he just didn't want to hurt him.

Gently, Riku wrapped his arms around Sora. Seeing the vampire like this–it pained him. His eyes and ears burned with each of Sora's sobs.

"Bite me."

Sora paused from his weeping and looked up. "Riku . . . I can't do that."

"Why not? Not enough to kill me or anything, just . . . enough for you to be ok again."

Sora looked Riku over. The teen looked so trusting, so . . . believing that Sora wouldn't lose control. And when he looked in Riku's eyes, he saw pure generosity. Purity. Exactly what Sora didn't have. But Riku genuinely wanted Sora to be himself again.

Hesitantly, the vampire nodded.

"Ok, so um . . . where will you bite me?" Riku asked.

"Not your neck. Um . . . can I see your hand?"

"Which one?"

"Doesn't matter."

Clumsily, Riku held his left hand out for the brunet to see. He gave an involuntary shiver when Sora grasped his hand. Sora's hands were so cool. So cold.

"Riku . . . are you sure?"

"Yeah, would I offer if I didn't mean it?"

Sora didn't answer. He just raised the human's hand up to his face. Singling out the index finger, he tentatively pricked the skin with gleaming fangs. A drop of blood gushed forth, and Sora was quick to lap it up. Riku shuddered at the feel of Sora's tongue. But suddenly, that feel was gone and a sound worse than nails on a chalkboard rang in his ears.

Sora was hacking uncontrollably. Loud, rasping noises screeched from his throat as he crumpled to his knees–his body shaking.

Though just a single drop, the liquid tore at his throat. Searing intensity scorched his insides as the drop sunk into the rest of his body.

Painburningscorchingpainstingingtearingrippingpainhurtingwoundinginjuringpainachingbruisingbleedingpainharmingruininghurtingstingingpaingonesuddensatisfaction

"Sora! What's wrong? Are you ok?" Riku asked, crouching down beside him.

When his flow of convulsions slowed down to a halt, Sora coughed out in a hoarse voice, "Riku, no offense, but your blood tastes revolting."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, your blood has to be the most disgusting, foul liquid ever brought into this world."

"Oh."

"But on the bright side, it ruined my appetite," Sora said with a smile.

Riku's blood is like . . . like medicine. Tastes terrible but . . . for some reason, I'm not hungry anymore . . .

Relief flooded Riku's senses. Sora was ok.

"You um . . . wanna go back inside now? I don't want those guys to worry," Riku asked.

Sora nodded. He didn't particularly want to go back inside, but Riku had a point.

-

She watched them head back inside. Once the door shut behind them, she jumped off her perch in the maple tree–her companion close behind her.

"So . . . think we should tell Yuna?" Paine asked.

"We prob'ly should, but Yunie won't be very happy," Rikku replied, putting her hands behind her head.

"Hmph. It's not like it's that vampire's fault that Tidus is bi, nor is it his fault that Tidus is falling for him."

"Yeah, I know . . . but what clan does he belong to, anyway?"

"Organization XIII by the looks of it. All that black . . ."

"Wait . . . wasn't that the clan we agreed to help out with something? Or was that their rival clan?"

"I don't remember, we've made so many deals it's not even funny anymore," Paine said, raising a hand to flick some hair out of her face.

"Yeah, guess we should look through those contracts when we get back, huh?"

"Hmph."

"Aw, Paine! Why do you always have to be so antisocial?" Rikku whined.

"I'm not antisocial, I'm a woman of few words."

"Same thing!"

"Whatever," Paine said, heading towards the building.

Rikku just pouted and followed the older girl inside.

-

"I can't believe you talked me into this," the brunet murmured, running a hand through his hair.

"I was talking?" his companion asked.

The brunet grinned. "Only when you screamed 'take me now, Leon! Oh God! Leon!'" he mocked.

Cloud punched him lightly in the shoulder, blushing slightly. "So what're we supposed to do again?"

"You forgot already?"

"I have a short attention span."

Leon rolled his eyes. "We're supposed to kidnap some girl," he informed Cloud lazily.

Cloud's blue eyes widened. "Leon . . . we're gonna kidnap somebody!"

"Cloud, according to various reports, she's homeless and addicted to magic mushrooms."

"Oh . . . but . . . what's gonna happen to her when we kidnap her?"

"I dunno, the Queen wants her, but I haven't been informed why."

"Really? But I thought you knew everything that went on in Organization XIII."

"I'm not that important. I'm not dispensable, but I'm not the Queen's right hand man or whatever either."

"Oh . . . so . . . what's her name?"

"Alice. Apparently, she hangs around the park near here. This is a picture of her," Leon said, holding out said picture for Cloud to see. In the dim streetlights, Cloud could just make out her long blonde hair and very innocent face. And a little girl like her was supposed to be on drugs? Just what was society coming to?

But Cloud brushed his thoughts off as Leon pointed out to him a small figure in the distance.

-

Alice was, more or less, high on some magic mushrooms she'd recently received. She was practically skipping her way through the park. She didn't know why, but she loved this park. Something about it's tall hedges and multi-colored roses drew her in–like a trap waiting to be sprung. But nothing bad had ever happened to her, so she assumed it was alright.

Well, nothing too bad. Sure, she'd been beaten up a few times when she couldn't pay her dealer, but Chester was forgiving. Tricky to deal with and constantly speaking in riddles, but merciful. And he was always wearing that odd purple suit and that creepy (literally ear-to-ear) smile.

Tripping over a little bush, Alice giggled and could've sworn she'd seen something that resembled a smoking caterpillar. But when she kneeled down for a closer inspection, she saw only grass.

That's too bad, she thought to herself. I was hoping he'd share some.

Getting back up, Alice continued to skip her merry way on (what she saw as) a yellow brick

road. In fact, the road was quite cheery and appeared to dance with little elves and fairies. Or was that Alice's imagination? No matter, two of the taller elves were coming towards her, anyway.

"Excuse me, are you Alice?" the taller one with shoulder-length brown hair asked politely.

Alice nodded vigorously.

"I see. Would you come with us, then? My Queen wishes to meet you," he invited.

"Wow! The Queen of Elves and Fairies wants to meet me? I feel honored! Of course I'll come with you!" Alice said in between short spurts of giggling.

". . . Right, anyway, hold my hand," he said, offering his hand. The shorter man with gravity-defying blonde hair scowled as Alice took said hand. They walked down (well, Alice skipped) the "yellow brick road" until, a few seconds later, Alice felt drowsy.

"Hey, guys . . . hold up," she yawned before completely collapsing onto the ground.

-

"Why'd she fall unconscious like that, Leon? Was it those drugs?" Cloud asked as Leon picked Alice up.

"That might've had something to do with it, but in general, all humans become unconscious when they've been in contact with vampires too long," Leon answered as they walked on what was actually a paved sidewalk. (Not that "yellow brick road" that Alice was going on.)

"Oh! So is that why you asked her to hold your hand?"

Leon nodded.

"Ok! But . . . then why didn't I go unconscious . . . all those times when . . . you know . . ." the blonde trailed off.

"Your body's gotten used to it. It has something to do with humans' immune systems getting stronger every time a vampire touches them or something. And given all the touching we've been doing . . ." Cloud blushed at this remark. "You're immune system is much stronger against the effects of a vampire's presence than it was when we first met."

"Oh . . . that makes sense."

"Good, because I don't want to explain it again."

Cloud crossed his arms and Leon just grinned. Leon knew Cloud was pouting without even having to look at him. Just as well, Cloud was aware that Leon was inwardly chuckling at his childish behavior.

"C'mon, I'll take you home before I take Alice to the Queen," said Leon as he stretched out his arm in front of him. A few seconds later, a black portal spiraled into being.

"Alright," Cloud agreed. "But you know, I really don't like this method of transportation."

"If you want to walk across the entire town to get home, you can do that. But I don't have that kind of time, so I'm going this way," Leon said in a matter-of-fact tone.

Cloud mumbled something under his breath as Leon led them into the splotch of darkness ahead.

-

Axel nearly fainted. Of all the places for Sora to be . . . this had to take the cake. Axel was expecting Sora to be at some club or something, but at a church camp? If they could, vampires tried to stay clear of all religious activity, so why was Sora here?

Well, if they knew what Sora was, then it could be for an experiment. Or maybe a religious sacrifice. Or what if it was a trap? But, if they didn't know that Sora was a vampire, then what was going on? Were they psycho kidnappers or something? And now . . . Axel was probably thinking about it too much. Maybe he should just go and ask Sora himself.

Besides, Roxas was in there. His scent touched the air like a sweet perfume, but not that kind that girls always sprayed way too much of around. Roxas's smell was a naturalaroma that stuck in the air.

Axel felt he might never grow tired of smelling it.

Wait . . . what? Aw, forget it. I gotta get Sora. With those last thoughts, Axel approached the religious sanctuary.

for those of you guessing who the Queen is, there is 1 hint in the 4th chapter if you look closely (word for word)

and updates will probably get faster. my brother is being a slavedriver (every hour "write more of yourstory!" ugh... but it does get me to get some work done so, guess i can't complain TOO much)

oh, and Alice being addicted to magic mushrooms is an inside joke between me and one of my friends. (we have a theory that Alice got that weird dream by either eating magic mushrooms or getting wasted and passing out)

and for you lovely reviewers, i have Cloud and Leon plushies:)