Sorry I've been taking more time but with school and all I'm trying my best :) To those of you wondering for some reason if Shiki has a son, the answer is defiantly no. I re-read his last chapter and even fixed it up but I was still wondering where people got the idea he had a son.....which he doesn't I don't know maybe I'm really just slow or something. Anyway enjoy :)

SHIKI

Chapter 16: Rima

Just as I had thought, to get to the wedding's location was far, even for a vampire. Whatever had happened between us, it seemed that she planned to make sure that no one could easily find her.

And she would have succeeded.

I wasn't familiar with the area but I knew that there were definitely more vampires around here. I wasn't sure why I was buying a suit, I was going to crash and destroy a wedding, and with any hope I would succeed. I didn't care how I got her back as long as she was with me by the end of the day.

Judging by the stores elegance and color scheme as well as display of suits at the large glass store front display it seemed they did well with business, but I was glad I was the only one there today.

"You must also be attending the wedding." commented the human girl who was taking my measurements with a yellow tape.

"Who's side are you from? The groom or brides?"

I looked at her. It seemed that the wedding had become the talk of the town. Looking at her I knew she was bored with her life and needed some excitement , and I wasn't going to disappoint. Morgan was young and beautiful for a human with bright hazel eyes and curly long honey brown hair and light clear skin.

"I'm going to take the bride for myself" I told her matter-of-a-factly.

I had been right. Her eyes went wide with surprise and mischief.

"Did you have an affair with her?" she asked looking at me hopeful.

"I was her best friend, but something I can't comprehend happened and now I'm here to take her back."

"You were in love with her for a while, weren't you?" her eyes gleamed.

"More than a while" I said hinting at her that what she and I were, were worlds apart.

We stood facing each other, her with the tape in her hands and me willing her with my eyes. It took her two minutes to finally break away from my gaze.

"I....I always knew that there was something different from you .....beings" she said looking for the right words.

"You aren't human.....are you?"

I could see the fear and hope in her eyes. For a change in her life.

If anything she would serve as a good tool in case I needed her if anything went wrong at the wedding.

Gently placing my hand on her shoulder and bringing her closer to me I asked her what she wanted to hear.

"Do you want to be like me? A monster who lives forever? Who kills to live?"

I felt her start to shake.

"Will it hurt?" she asked trembling.

"Not if I don't want it to. But I will, just so that you know that I am only using you to get what I want."

She looked at me scared and excited at the same time. Her eyes shining in anticipation and fear.

She swallowed hard before speaking.

"Do as you please" she said closing her eyes.

Making sure that I hadn't given her too much blood so that she stayed painfully hungry I had brought her back to the villa that I was staying in. It belonged to a family member who was away and had been more than happy to let me stay there.

"Senri-sama, the girl has awoken and she's in pain." informed me one of the house maids.

"Are you sure we shouldn't feed her, I mean-"

Putting a hand up to silence her I got up and made my way to her room.

It was dark with all the shades drawn down. The longer she spent in the darkness the more the light would hurt her later.

"It...hurts...sooooooooo much" she sobbed holding her chest breathing in heavy.

"For what I need you for, you must be ready to kill so I can not feed you" I told her as I stood over her.

"The hungrier you are now, the better"

"You're........you're going...to..to..to use ....me...t-...to..kill....?" she asked in pain.

"Yes. If it comes down to it. I told you why I was making you didn't I? Don't forget that. After this you will no longer be in pain and you will be able to have any life you want and live it however you wish"

With tears running down her face she nodded.

She was grateful that I had given her this new way of life, even if it meant that she would suffer for some time.

"It will be only for a few more hours. The wedding will be soon. The maids will come and help to dress you so that you do not look suspicious once there. You are to listen to them" I ordered before leaving the dark room.

I had made it into the hall where the wedding would take place in less than fifteen minutes. At best I would need ten minutes to go through the whole building. I had left Morgan with two of the maids hidden waiting for my call in case I needed her.

It was much much bigger than I had imagined it to be and with so many vampires all over, it made it hard to just go around looking from room to room, but I didn't have any other choice.

Since I couldn't remember her scent it made my situation much worse.

As I went from floor to floor room to room, I realized that there was less than six minutes until the ceremony would be starting and I still hadn't found her. The place was like a maze and my time was running out.

I had looked in all the rooms and nothing.

Five minutes.......

Four minutes......

Three minutes.....

Two.......

The garden I thought to myself desperately hoping I had not been to late.

As I rounded the corner to the tall glass doors that led to the garden I saw her.

I saw her standing feet away from the door where her new future, a future without me was. She looked beautiful in her ruffled pale blue dress. With her eyes closed and holding on to her flowers she looked like an angel, something so beautiful I couldn't take it. Love and serenity overcame me as I watched her. She seemed so calm one would have thought she was praying. But I knew better, were were condemned beings with no god.

And then it happened.

A pain so hard and sharp swept over me. Like being burned and stabbed through the heart repeatedly.

I shut my eyes tight wishing it to go away, but then the pain only increased and before I knew it I was watching a fast paced movie of the things I couldn't remember. Of the things that I had been trying so hard to remember for the past months. I relived everything, even the pain of what it felt like slowly losing her to the new guy, Rokoru.

My life with Rima. Our past, together.

But more importantly the love I had for her came back so strong I felt my body go stiff. I knew that I had loved her, but this made me see just how much.

And just like that, the pain went away. When I opened my eyes again, nothing had changed. She was still there.

I saw as she straightened up and opening her eyes started to make her way closer to the doors on Que as the song signaled for her appearance.

I didn't think. I felt my body move with great speed quickly stopping her as I wrapped my arms around her from behind. The agony of being so close to losing her made my chest tighten.

"Rima, don't go. Don't do it." I said holding her, afraid she would disappear.

"I love you" I whispered.

"I love you, stay with me" I repeated.

"Shi-..." she turned to look at me, almost sounding as if she couldn't believe that I was right there holding her from behind, stopping her from getting married. She looked at me tears shining in her eyes.

"Shiki.......Shiki" she cried as she wrapped her arms around my neck with full force. I felt her body trembling in my arms as she cried it out.

Had she been that scared to go through this? How lonely had she been this whole time?

"I didn't think you were going to come" she cried into my chest. I felt her fingers grip the back of my suit tighter, not wanting to let go.

"Touya-sama, what's going on?" came a females voice probably the wedding planner.

Before either one of us could have answered, there came another voice.

"She might need some time, Lisa." came his voice sounding all calm. He was leaning against the wall opposite from where I came through dressed in an all white luxurious suit. The only color on him was his light blue tie and matching rose in his breast pocket.

Rima turned to look in his direction, releasing her hold and mine.

"R-....Rokoru" she whispered, hurt in her voice.

She stood there for a minute seeming to debate something in her mind before she ran to him. With every step she took toward him, I felt my heart ache and tighten more and more. The pain was agonizing.

"Rokoru ...I I'm ready now- " lifting a hand to her face and caressing her cheek he silenced her with a warm serene smile, his eyes gentle.

Nodding his head slowly ,"Do what you feel is right in here..." he said placing his hand over her heart.

"If you're decision makes you happy, then that's all I need" he went on.

"I'll always love you, and I'll be here as long as you need and want me."

"But, the ceremony has started already" Lisa said trying to keep order as she gave commands over the small ear piece.

"Then make sure that everything is calm" Rokoru ordered.

"Take your time" he said looking back at Rima. Leaning over to kiss her forehead he walked the other way.

"I don't know what happened the last time we saw each other. Not for sure I don't." I explained to her wrapping my arms around her frail figure.

"I love you, I do. Stay with me.....forever" I pleaded.

"I can't lose you a second time"

"Shiki.......I've loved you for so long, I have... Thinking that you weren't going to be here killed me inside" she cried, tears over flowing from her beautiful eyes.

The eyes I had longed to see for so long but not like this. Not sad and in pain.

"Since the last time we saw each other , I've tried to forget you, but I couldn't. I love you so much, it hurt to the point where I cried myself to sleep all the time, feeling my heart being ripped open, but I was also moving on. I found a peace of mind and happiness in him that I thought I would never find again. I promised him that I would stay with him, love him.......and start a family with him when I was ready. He said that he would wait however long it took" she cried as she faced me.

"For......for so long, I would dream.......dream what it would have been like to be by your side as the one you love.... but .....but it's too late for that"

I knew what she was trying to tell me, but at the same time I didn't. I wouldn't accept it.

"I realized that if I could have you here with me....like this.....it would be to have you as my best friend......" she broke off into more tears and cried more.

"..to....to ....have you...here....as my best friend...wishing me happiness...." she finished.

Covering her mouth with her hand I watched as she slowly fell to the floor, crying her pain out.

"I've made up....my mind.....I'm going to marry him" she said through her cries, killing any and all hope I had of getting her back.

~End of a sweet dream, but I'll show you another one~