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Here's the next chapter of Anyone But Me. ENJOY!

Judai sat on the couch staring at Haou as he tried to hide the pain he was feeling but he saw right through him. He could practically feel the fear that was radiating off of him. It was so strong, it made a shudder run down his spine.

"You ok?"

A velvet voice brought the brunette out of his thoughts. He looked over and saw a pair of green eyes looking at him.

Judai nodded. "Yeah, I'm ok."

Johan cocked a brow. "Are you sure?" His green eyes looked as if they were staring into his soul. So mesmerizing…so beautiful…

Judai sighed, knowing he couldn't hide anything from him. "I'm scared for him."

The bluenette pulled him into his lap and tucked his head under his chin. "Don't worry. Haou's fine." He sent a look to Haou so he knew to pull it together for his little brother. "We're gonna fix this."

Judai looked over to Haou. His jaw was tight and gold eyes shimmered with bravery and adrenaline. He looked at Judai and nodded curtly.

The boy smiled lightly and curled back up into Johan. "I love you, Jo-kun," he mumbled.

The European chuckled lightly. "I love you too, Ju-chan."

"So, what's the plan?" Yohan asked.

All heads turned toward him.

"I have no idea," Johan grumbled.

"Well, let's state the obvious," Yohan started. "Our number one priority right now is to get Haou out of the spotlight."

"Right," his brother agreed.

"Ok, well, we have multiple options. One being we could confront them and try to reason with them, which is highly dangerous."

Haou scoffed at that comment.

"Another being we could try to distract them or something."

"And how would we do that?" Haou challenged.

It was silent.

"Exactly. We have no options."

"Yes we do," Judai spoke up. "We have to confront them."

"Did you not hear Yohan when he said that it was highly dangerous?"

"Do we have any other choice?"

More silence.

"We have to train. When we get there, we're gonna have to be ready for any attacks they give."

"Judai, they're vampires," Haou cut in, "Even if we do train, they're ten thousand times stronger than us."

"True, but as long as we can dodge them long enough to explain then maybe there'll be the slightest chance of us getting off easy."

"Wait, the slightest chance? What if there isn't! We'll be dead!" Yohan yelled.

"Would you rather die running away and wallowing in your own self pity or would you rather die knowing that you tried your hardest and would always be remembered?"

Everyone stared with their jaw on the floor. Who knew Judai could be so deep?

"I don't know about you guys, but I'm gonna go with the second choice."

"Me too," Johan said as he stood with Judai.

Haou smirked and stood up as well. "Ditto." He looked at Yohan and held out his hand. "Whattaya say?"

Yohan took his hand was pulled to his feet. "Yeah, I guess I'm in."

Everyone smiled.

"Ok, so what's first?" Haou asked.

"Well," Johan started, "we could start by learning how to block."

They all followed Johan's rules and soon, they were ready to dodge bullets.

Without the help of Hunter's Runes.

When they decided to take a break, it was nearing midnight.

"We should rest," Johan said. "We'll start again tomorrow morning."

But of course, no one really slept. Sure, they got maybe an hour or two, three at the most. But everyone was too on edge to rest.

When the sun started tainting the sky, they started up again.

But while they were training, Judai had another vision, as his clairvoyant sight rune was still intact.

The clan was about to send someone after them so they all decided to start heading toward wherever they were hiding.

Haou held an extra set of clothes as Yohan turned into a wolf so they could ride him.

They ran for hours not knowing if they were in the right direction or not. They only stopped for bathroom breaks and napping since no one was really up for sleep.

It was a little after two in the morning when they stood in front of a cave.

"This is it," Haou said.

"But…it's just a cave," Judai said.

"It looks like a cave but it's not."

The three of them hopped off of Yohan and Haou gave him an extra set of clothes to change into.

He trotted behind a tree and changed form easily. Then he stepped out wearing his clothes.

"Ready?" Haou asked.

"As I'll ever be."

As they began to step toward the cave they heard footsteps and soon Damien stepped into the moonlight.

"Damien," said Haou, "what are you doing here?" One look at him and that's all it took for him to fall under the spell.

"I am so sorry, my child. I had no other choice. The council ordered me to."

Haou wanted to be angry, but he couldn't. All he could feel was love. He hated that his Maker had this affect on him. And as much as he hated to admit it, it made him feel like a human. He wanted to be immortal again.

They had no choice but to follow Damien.

Deeper into the cave, they entered a room and Judai recognized it immediately.

This was the room where it would all end. The room where they would die.

He closed his eyes and told himself that either way, he could die knowing he tried to protect Haou and his promise to himself wouldn't have been broken because of his selfishness.

He stood next to Johan and he wrapped him in his arms and kissed his forehead. "I love you, Ju-chan."

"I love you too."

They turned toward the vampires.

"Well done, Damien. We asked for one and you bring back four," one of them said.

"Thank you, Master," Damien answered.

The one who was sitting in the biggest chair, the King, spoke first. "Haou, that is your name, correct?"

The brunette swallowed. "Yes."

"You're human."

"Yes."

Before anyone could react, he sprinted toward Haou and grabbed him in a choke hold. He slowly tilted his neck so it exposed a great amount of skin.

His fangs extended. "You smell delicious." He stuck his nose close to the skin and inhaled his scent as he moaned in pleasure.

Haou stood still and tried to act as if he weren't afraid. He looked over to his brother who had tears in his eyes and was currently being held back by Johan.

"You know, as a punishment, we could turn you back." He traced the outline of his neck with his index finger. "Plus, we could use the extra vampire. We've already lost too many, thanks to you." He quickly moved behind Johan and tried to hit him but he was too quick and dodged his attack.

The vampire chuckled. "I guess I should've expected that from you, considering you are a Shadow Hunter."

Johan glared at him and pushed Judai partially behind him.

"Let's not play around," the vampire said. "I'll make this quick. Because I'm feeling a bit nice today."

He moved so all of them could see him. "One of you has to become a vampire in exchange for the one we lost."

"I will," Judai said as he took a step forward.

"Judai, no," Johan whispered.

Haou didn't bother trying to keep his voice down. "Judai, you will not! I will!"

"No, you won't. Change me. Not him."

"No!" Johan screamed. "If you become a vampire I won't have a choice, I'll be forced to kill you!"

Judai allowed his tears to fall as he turned around. "I know," he whispered. "But it's the only way."

"Ju-chan, please. Don't do this."

He bit back a sob as he turned back around. "Make me your vampire."

"JUDAI!" Johan and Haou screamed in unison.

"You're wish is my command." He roughly turned Judai's head and shoved his fangs deep into his skin.

Judai cried out in pain and took one last look at Johan who was now on his knees with tears staining his cheeks. "I love you," he whispered. And then everything went black.

Sorry for the cliffy! I hoped you enjoyed it anyway. Review plz!

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