*****VERY IMPOTRTANT****** : this chapter for some will be the end until the sequel to this called Angels smile, Devils heart . For others there will be a few more chapter coming, this was my way of letting everyone 'pick their own poison' as one of you said ;) but if you want, you can read both endings and you can pick which one you like better. So enjoy and thanxs ^^

SHIKI

Chapter 19: Gone

Love.

Thats was all I could think of as I made my way back to her. All the love I had for her.

After all these years she and I were so close to being together. But it turned out horribly wrong. We had been so close to attaining happiness together forever.

But I wasn't going to give up. There had to be something that could save her.

Anything. I would do anything to save her.

Walking back over to where she lay it seemed more like she was asleep. She looked so beautiful and peaceful. Sitting beside her I cradled her body in my arms fully able to smell her blood that had been shed.

Cutting open a vein in my neck I brought her lips to it and made her drink.

But nothing happened.

She remained still. I stayed like that for a while, waiting.

It hadn't worked.

My blood had not been enough to save her I realized as it killed me on the inside.

"Wake up" I whispered in her ear.

"Please, wake up." I urged as I held her hand in mine, kissing the side of her face.

"Wake up..."

I Don't know how long she had been standing there with him as I looked up to see Yuuki and Kaname by the doorway. Yuuki was crying silently as she witnessed this.

"Kaname-sama, please! You have to save her!" she cried to him.

"You can't let her die!" she went on gripping his shirt and crying into his chest.

Of course. If anything could save Rima, it was the Kuran's blood line.

I watched as he gently held her back and stroked her hair. She was to him, what Rima was to me.

Our most precious person.

"You can do it, right Kaname-sama?" she asked.

He remained silent as he started to walk over to me and Rima.

He would help her. She would be saved. I would have her back.

As he stood near me, I handed her over and watched as he too cut an artery in his neck.

I saw his blood flow in a stream down his neck and into her mouth.

RIMA

I knew that there was no way I was alive anymore. I could tell because I was no longer hurt or bleeding.

Instead I felt like I was floating, my body feeling better than ever. When I looked down, I noticed that I had been floating.

I saw myself laying all alone. Dead.

I was about to try to leave when I saw Shiki come in.

Shiki, the love of my existence.

The love we were so close to having.

The love, that I now knew we could never have.

It broke my heart as I watched him hold me in his embrace.

As he cut his neck to feed me his blood.

Blood that I would have given anything to have now and for the rest of eternity.

I tired to go make my way to him but it was as if something invisible was holding me back.

"Wake up" came his whisper in my ear though I was not close to him, I heard it as if I was in his arms.

"Please wake up..." he went on all the while I felt a huge pain inside my chest as I saw him kiss my face.

"Wake up..."

He was trying to bring me back to life I realized as I now cried openly letting my tears spill one after another non stop.

"Shiki, shiki please... I love you...I love you!" I shouted at him, but it didn't do any good.

He couldn't hear me.

I watched in painful agony as he held me there.

I was dead.

"He cant hear you" came a gentle voice with an English accent.

I looked to see a girl my age with pale blue eyes and dark red hair with flawless skin. She was wearing a whit wedding dress. She looked beautiful.

"It seems that we both suffered the same fate." Her voice was filled with agony.

"I died on the day that was to be the happiest day of my life" she smiled a very sad smile.

I could still feel the tears in my eyes falling as her story was similar to mine. Her agony making mine worse.

Not knowing what to say I looked back down to Shiki and felt hope start to raise in me as I saw the hope in his eyes. Kaname was bent over my body and I watched as his blood was flowing in a red stream from his neck to my lips.

The strongest and purest of the Kuran blood was flowing through me.

"D-Don't get your hopes up...it'll only hurt more" she said making me turn around to face her.

"You were stabbed through the heart. For us vampires, thats a lethal and mortal wound, nothing can fix that since she used the gun powder of a hunters weapon." she explained, agony still clear in her voice.

"I'm sorry" she added.

"It seems that she knew that the hunters weapon would take away any and all chances you had."

I had heard her perfectly, but I wish I hadn't because something was telling me that what she said was nothing but the truth.

Realizing that I began to cry again. There was no way that I could be with him now.

"There's only one way."

Turning to look at her I made sure I heard right.

"He must find a witch. One who knows the ritual for the soul exchange. The female who will be sacrificed must be willing to do so with all her heart. But.."

She stopped looking unsure if she should continue.

"But...what?' I asked desperate.

"He must love her like she loves him and they have to have slept together. The bond formed through that will make the ritual possible and their love will make it stronger. But he must find all this out on his own." She seemed to regret telling me this.

"You can see why this would be a problem."

And she was right. Once a vampire found a love, they didn't give up. We are selfish creatures and a sacrifice like that was not in our nature.

There was no way we would be together and the thought of him finding another ripped me apart.

With that I felt my legs give out. Falling to my knees I wrapped my arms around my body and cried my heart out.

Our love had not made it.

We could never be together.

Why? Why? I thought over and over.

The love of my life, and it was over to quick. I had left him behind.

Our love that would never be.

I felt her arms wrap around me, letting me know that it was ok to cry it all out, that if anyone understood what I felt, it was her.

With my falling tears and broken heavy heart, I said goodbye to Shiki, the love of my life knowing we could never again be.

SHIKI

I watched as the blood ran down his neck and through her lips.

But nothing happened. She was still in his arms, lifeless.

The blood wasn't helping her.

Kaname too realized as he pulled away.

"Im very sorry" he said in a gentle soft voice as he gently put her back into my arms. I could hear the cries of Yuuki close by as she witnessed this unfold, and as she wrapped her arms around him in need of comfort. He gently led her out of the room, leaving me in peace with my grief as I held on to her small frail body.

"Rima...I'm sorry.." I said touching our faces together as I felt myself start to crumble knowing that we could now never be.

I felt the cool dew on my face before I realized that the tears were escaping my eyes and gently landing on her cheek. I couldn't think straight. The loss was unbearable and soon the tears wouldn't stop falling. In the end I couldn't save her.

All around me I was filled with her. Every breath I took lingered with her sweet smell of blood. When I closed my eyes, I was still able to remember her sweet smile filling in more the void I now felt knowing I would never again see it.

I looked at her face clearly, feeling every flawless contour of it, memorizing every aspect of it with my finger tips.

Never would I forget the soft smooth surface of her lips, the sparking sensation I felt touching the sides of her face, the way her eyes pierced my heart, even when closed or the feeling of the smooth plane as I traced my finger down her perfect nose.

"Wait for me" I whispered in her ear holding her closer to me.

I decided that there was no way I could live without her. If she didn't exist, than neither would I.

With a final kiss, I got up and carried her body out of the room. I didn't know where I was going, but I knew that by now everyone knew about Rima, and someone might help me.

Silently I thought what a sick and twisted world it was, one where even time wasn't enough for a vampire, an immortal being, but that would change soon.

Like Rima, I was going to be free soon with her in peace.

~ The sweet Dream will go on~

***Ok so this is the end for those who voted for the sequel. Im now going to work on the happy ending for those who wanted it and look forward to it ^^