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Chapter 33: Gratitude

RIMA

"Someone help!" I cried out trying to be strong despite the pain, despite the hunger I felt as I smelled his sweet blood everywhere around me.

I wanted to be strong, I HAD to be strong for Shiki.

He was wounded really bad and I was more scared now than I had ever been in my life.

He wasn't responding to me anymore and was limp in my arms.

"RIMA-SAN!" called a voice.

A voice I hadn't heard in a while.

A voice that until now, I didn't know how much I needed to hear.

A voice that was now coming to my rescue.

"Rokouro-san! Please...Shiki, help him!" I begged as he made his way beside me.

He took off his jacket and piled it into a small ball and laid Shiki's head gently on it.

"First you," he said grabbing my hand. His soft eyes begged me not to resist.

Quickly he drew his nail across his skin where blood elegantly flowed out.

"Please forgive me, but I must," he said as he gently peeled away the soft fabric of the now ruined dress out of his way.

He pressed his bloody palm against the wound on my bare chest.

My body quickly reacted to the flow of blood and was slowly starting to heal.

The pain subsided and once I could feel no more pain from it, I pushed his hand away.

"Please, help Shki now," I begged holding the dress as close to me as possible.

Doing the same for Shiki, we removed his shirt to expose the wound but because the blow had come from a hunters weapon, it was much worse than what I had thought. Tears overflowed as I looked upon his once flawless toned chest to see a terrible wound that looked as if it had also been set ablaze. All around it, his skin was turning a deathly color.

Rokouro's blood was barely healing it and he still lay without a single movement, his blood was starting to lose his scent, his core scent.

"Shit," he cursed under his breath. He licked his palm and it soon closed.

Reaching into his pocket he pulled out a small silver box.

"This was given to me by Hirato. Aidou said it was supposed to be given to you as soon as possible," he explained lifting the metal lid. Inside was a single syringe filled with a blood I had grown accustomed to.

"Give it all to Shiki," I asked pulling away from him.

His eyes pleaded me to think otherwise.

"I feel a lot better thanks to you," I said softly touching the side of his face.

"Please," I begged.

With a simple nod and regretful expression he took the tool out. He dropped a few drops of blood on the open wound directly and injected a few more around it.

Hand in hand we waited.

It seemed to be working as his veins turned from a blue to a red. The blood flow was being returned to normal.

The skin and cells were starting to pull themselves together.

"Thank you! Thank you!" I wrapped my arms around him.

"It was Kaname-sama's blood," he said with a light smile.

"This isn't the first time you've saved me," I said feeling another tear fall.

"I'll save you anytime you need me to," he softly promised wiping the tear away with his thumb.

Gently he ran his hand through my hair.

I didn't deserve his kindness, his love. He was too pure and good for me.

Pressing my palm on top of his as he held the side of me face, I began to cry again. This time for a different reason.

"Rokouro I-"

"I know. You love me," he smiled cutting me off. He leaned his forhead against mine and closed his eyes.

"But it's not the same love you have for him."

Feeling my heart break at doing this to him, I simply nodded as I continued to cry.

"I'm sorry," I whispered.

He pulled back to look at me, nothing but sincerity in his eyes.

"Don't be. I love you Rima, You've taught me a lot. Things I won't soon forget. But please, don't be sorry," he asked of me.

I tried to smile for him.

"It's always been him, hasn't it?"

To answer him, I removed my hand from his and took Shiki's.

"I know," he lamented slowly getting up.

"I'll see you around," he said bending down to place a kiss on my lips one last time.

I looked at Shiki, his chest was almost all closed up, but there was sure to be a big scare left I noticed as I lightly traced his chest contours.

I was still crying, heartbroken over Rokouro, but I knew who I was in love with, who I couldn't live without.

"You think It'll leave a scar?" came Shiki's voice.

It was light and strained.

I couldn't help but laugh.

"Guess my career as a model is done with," he sighed as our fingers entwined.

"You've always got me," I said biting my lip trying to stop the tears in vain.

"I'll make a full recovery," he smiled pulling on my arm.

Leaning down our lips met.

Somehow the hallway had turned into a makeshift infirmary.

Injured vampires and hunters were being healed and helped. Shiki was almost completely healed and the fighting had almost come to a complete end.

Sensing a powerful presence everyone become quiet.

Out walked Kaname followed by Yuuki and Zero.

Everyone looked, waiting.

"The hunters association now has a new president. With him, we have agreed to a new and more effective treaty that will bring true peace to vampires and hunters alike. Under the new supervision, no vampire will go UN-wrongly killed or harmed. Just as well, no hunter will be attacked unjustly. We have both made this our priority to create a safer world for humans to live in. They need not know about our existence, but as long as I am alive and Kiryu is president, they should not have to deal with our recklessness or selfishness," Kaname announced.

Everyone clapped and as I looked around me, I realized that there was no way two other beings could have pulled this off.

Vampires and hunters were side by side agreeing openly with one another, helping one another. This was the beginning to a truer peace.

"Today was not only a day for new, but we also made a very important discovery while one of the groups was on the western end of the building underground. The previous president kept a grave old secrete," Kaname went on. He stepped aside and there appeared Kain on cue.

"As Kuran-sama has said, one of the groups discovered something of extreme importance that even the hunters did not know about," at once, walked over Aidou carrying a female.

She was really frail and i couldn't tell if she was vampire or human. She certainly wasn't a hunter.

Her long autumn hair fell in curles all around her hiding her face. She wasn't dead but she wasn't conscious either.

"The previous president kept Lilian, a vampire hidden and locked away underground for years now. She is the daughter of Natsumi, a vampire who's death was ruled a suicide years ago. We have suspicion to believe that her death was not accidental and the ashes left behind at the her home were not actually hers. It is also believed that her daughter was taken to supply the president with blood. Everyone knows the potential that a vampires blood carries and we believe that she was used as his 'fountain of youth'," Kain explained.

I didn't know who she was and it was clear others didn't until Rokouro walked up to Aidou.

"She was my fiance, before I was told she killed herself," he announced.

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

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