Tsukune woke up under the large Oak tree and it was now daylight outside. He sat up and turned towards the voice of a crying little girl. Not to far away sitting in the shade of a tree sat a little girl with blue hair, crying. It made Tsukune feel sad and he looked but no one was around.

"Are you okay?" Tsukune asked quietly.

The little girl didn't seem to hear him and just kept on crying, holding her knees to her chest huddled up into a little ball. Her face was hidden from view behind her hair.

"Hello? Is anyone here?" Tsukune called out but no one was around.

He walked over and squatted down in front of her.

"My name is Tsukune, what's yours?" he asked her softly.

"Is that you mommy?" the little girl cried in her hands.

"No, I'm a friend. Let's go find your mom." Tsukune said and held out his hand.

The little girl lifted her head up and Tsukune was stricken with fear. The little girl looked so much like Kurumu. She looked straight through him as if he wasn't even there.

"Mommy!" she cried happily.

She bolted straight towards Tsukune and ran through him as if he were a ghost. He turned around only to end up speechless. The little girl had ran and jumped into the arms of. . .Kurumu.

"Kurumu!" he called out and ran towards them.

He went to hug her but he passed through them just like the little girl had.

"Kurumu!" he yelled again but they could not see or hear him.

"What is going on? Am I dead?" he asked himself.

"I so glad I found you. I was so worried." the Kurumu said as she hugged the little girl.

Then Kurumu put down the little girl and placed her hands on her shoulders.

"Why did you run off like that? What were you thinking?" she asked the little girl slightly angry.

The little girl started to cry under her mothers gaze.

"I'm sorry mommy. You said daddy was lost, so I was just trying to find him." she cried and Kurumu wrapped her up in her arms.

Years began to well in Kurumu's eyes, and her body began to shake at the painful memories. Kurumu hugged the little girl tighter, not afraid to she'd her tears.

"He's gone honey. He's gone and he is never coming back!" Kurumu cried with her daughter.

Tsukune was so heart broken he collapsed to his knees and cried with them.

"Can you tell me about daddy again." the little girl asked.

"Of course honey." Kurumu said and wiped her tears away.

"You dad was a great man. He was always so selfless and pure of heart. He always saw the good in people, including me. When we first met he was so weak, but he would always put his life on the line to protect his friends. He became stronger to protect the ones he cared for. He was my destined one, my mate of fate, the only person I will ever love. . .Tsukune Aono." Kurumu told her daughter.

Tsukune only had one thought going through his head, his hands and body shaking violently.

"She's my daughter?" he said looking into the face of the little girl.

At first he was happy, so happy that he had a little girl he could call his daughter, but then he couldn't stop the overflow of sadness that infected his heart like a poison. He fell to his hands and knees and begged for their forgiveness.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. Please forgive me Kurumu, please forgive me. . ." he cried and begged them, but he didn't even know his own daughter's name.

He tried to call out to them, he tried to touch them but it was like he didn't even exist. He stopped when he heard Kurumu speak again.

"Then one day something terrible happened. Your fathers heart was taken from him and he would never be able to love again. I tried to give him my heart but it was to late. He got lost in the void where his heart used to be and. . .he died. . .hes dead." Kurumu told her and they both cried in each others arms.

"Don't cry baby, mommy will always be here for you and I know daddy wishes he could be here too. He may not have known it, but I know that he loved me and I know that he loves you too." Kurumu cried trying her best to comfort there daughter.

"Kurumu! You promised me everything was going to be alright! Please. . .please just tell me her name. . .please." he begged them but they couldn't hear him.

Their images began to fade along with everything else around him. Soon everything was swallowed up by a bright light again.

Tsukune woke up with the sun in his eyes and figure siting over him.

"Kurumu?" he asked when he saw a sea of blue hair.

"No, I'm her mother." she said sternly.

"What's going on?" he asked her and sat up.

He was still in the park under the tree.

"Kurumu's condition was getting critical and there was only one thing that could have saved, that can still save her." she told him.

He looked at her and he could plainly see that she had been crying for hours.

"What do you mean? Is Kurumu alright?" Tsukune asked her.

He was still worried about Kurumu's condition and he hated himself for causing it.

"A succubus only needs three things, three things to live and be happy. Sex, to love and to be loved." she told him counting on her fingers.

Tsukune just sat there in silence, he already knew where this conversation was going.

"To bring her back I had to bring you back, I had to make you care for her." she told Tsukune.

"So you gave me that dream, that lie!?" he asked her with the anger building in his voice.

"I showed you what you needed to see. I showed you what would happen if you gave up, if you would have left her." she told him.

"All I have left is my strength. All I wanted to do was protect her from harm and yet I was the one who hurt her the most! She doesn't need me anymore!" Tsukune told her.

She slapped him hard across the face and grabbed him by the front of his shirt.

"Dammit Tsukune! It's not your protection that she wants, it is your love!" she yelled at him.

"She needs you! There is nothing more I can do for her. Her bound with you is unbreakable. There is not a doubt in my mind that you are her destined one, her mate of fate. But a mate of fate that doesn't love her back is unheard of. Tsukune, you are killing her, you have to give your heart to her and love her or she will die." she told him sternly.

"I will give her whatever she needs from me. My life, body and soul. My kindness or my sanity. I will give her anything she wants but I can't give her something I don't have and if I take back the pieces of my heart it would shatter theirs." Tsukune said sadly.

"THERE DEAD TSUKUNE! THERE DEAD! EVERYBODY LOOSES SOMEONE, GET OVER IT! YOU CAN APOLOGIZE TO THEM IN THE NEXT LIFE! RIGHT NOW KURUMU NEEDS YOU! YOUR DAUGHTER NEEDS YOU!" she screamed at him and her brought back the happiness he had felt earlier.

Ageha Kurono looked Tsukune in the eyes and smiled.

"She is pregnant Tsukune. You are going to be a father!" she said happily and hugged him.

"I. . .I'm going to be a dad?" he said barley in a whisper.

She nodded slowly with a smile on her face.

"Come on Tsukune, let's go back." she said and held out her hand.

He took her hand and she helped him up and together they went back to Fong-Fong's mansion.

His elation and joy couldn't have gotten any better as he walked up to the mansion, only that it did. Under the magnificent archway of the doors stood a very beautiful woman. A joyous and mesmerizing beauty that would surely captivate the hearts of many. As Tsukune looked up at Kurumu at the top of the stairs she did something very unexpected. Something she hadn't done for a very long time and something that he did not realize how much he missed it until now. She was crying tears of happiness as she flew through the air and latched onto the upper half of his body.

"I heard you Tsukune! I heard you both!" she cried happily as she press his head deeper into the valley of her breasts.

She leaned back to give him air and they smiled as they gazed into each others eyes. There was no need for apologies for they had never been happier. Tsukune looked down at her stomach and could only imagine the beautiful life growing inside Kurumu.

"Kurumu, I. . ." he began and looked back up to her eyes.

"Please just say those three words!" Kurumu thought, hopping for the final key that would unlock their happy life together.

". . .I want to be with you for the rest of my life, with both of you." Kurumu's heart felt a sharp pain of disappointment only to quickly be covered up by there recent happiness and hope. . .always hope.

"That's good enough for me,. . .for now anyways." she thought happily as she returned to her previous assault on the man she loved.

Ageha Kurono watched happily from the sidelines, her hand on her breasts and tears in her eyes. Only did Tsukune begin to sway did Kurumu release her grip from him and slide back down to the ground. Her arms were wrapped around his shoulders and his around her waist. He leaned down and gave her a heartfelt kiss, one that showed more passion than ever before. The embers of hope in Kurumu's heart had flared into almost greater fire than the one that had caused her so much pain. . .almost.

Inside the mansion Tsukune was greeted by some unexpected guests. Ling-Ling of course was there to greet them and right behind her was Sun and Haiji. Tsukune was overwhelmed from seeing his friends again. It was like the good days that they used to have. Ling-Ling and Haiji's behavior where as he remembered as hey greeted them, but Sun's was different. She no longer seemed as cheerful, she seemed more, mature, in her demeanor and her body. When their eyes meet Tsukune had understood. She had the same eyes that Tsukune had, the cold lifeless eyes. A side-effect from having you heart forcefully ripped out of your chest. Sun did not greet him as the others had, she merely walked away. Tsukune also noticed that Haiji's cheerful expression quickly changed to one of sorrow as he watched her walk away.

"Sorry Tsukune, she's. . ." Haiji tried to explain.

"It's okay, I understand." Tsukune told him.

Haiji nodded in thanks face still full of sadness.

"She's never been the same since." Tsukune nodded, but that was the same for every one.

"Don't worry, I know she greatly appreciates you being there for her. I know it was like that for me with Kurumu." Kurumu grasped his hand tightly and Haiji turned towards them.

"Thanks Tsukune, that gives me hope."

Kurumu walked up to Haiji and hugged him.

"You can't give up. You can't ever give up." Kurumu told him full of emotion.

"How about we retire to dinning room. You all must be hungry." Ling-Ling suggested and Kurumu and Haiji parted.

"You guys go ahead, I'll be right there." Ling-Ling lead Haiji and Kurumu away while Tsukune followed the direction Sun had gone.

Tsukune found her out in the garden behind the mansion. He kept his distance as he waited for her to notice him. She was standing on a small bridge that crossed over a pond. He could tell she was shaking and he noticed that she gripped the rail of the bridge tightly.

"You understand don't you?" Sun spoke out loud and tremendous power and pressure emanated from her.

Power so great that Tsukune had to fight to stay standing. The pressure was so great that Tsukune did not even have the ability to talk.

"I can see it in your eyes. You have felt the same pain as I have. I was blind to everyone's pain but my own, until now."

The power of her voice had forced him onto his knee and the sky seemed to darken. It was full of her pain, pain that she now shared with him.

"You really loved her that much?" Tsukune pulled on his strength to regain control of his voice.

"Yes." Sun was a little taken aback from the pain in his own voice.

"And yet. . .you let her die. You let them all die and you let him die!" The ground around Sun began to shake and the pressure in the air began crushing the rocks and trees around them.

Tsukune did not deny her words, he knew he had let everyone down.

"Now you have moved on! How can you have thrown away that love just to be happy!" Anger began to build inside of Tsukune and her forced himself to stand drawing on his strength he hadn't used in three years.

"Yes I loved Moka! I loved her more than anything in the whole world! I loved all of them and I still do! I betrayed all them when I let them die in front of me!" Tsukune's vampire eyes glared at her, having no sympathy for her pain for he had his own to deal with.

"Do you want to know how he died, how Gin 'the pervert' and one of my best friends died!?"

The silence grew and the pressure built and Sun's anger grew.

"Tell me!" Sun had screamed at him as she was now facing him.

"He died in vain trying to save his friends. . ."

"You liar! Gin never would have done that! He wouldn't have left me all alone!" Sun screamed, the furry in her voice shattering the very ground.

". . .his last thoughts were of you." he said clearly.

Sun stared at him and his eyes now showed sympathy. Tsukune had hurt her but he wasn't sorry, but he wasn't happy either. She needed to move on, to learn love again, like he was trying too.

"After I heard that he was dead, I hunted down and killed. . .hundreds of them and anyone who was unlucky enough to get in my way. None of them stood a chance, I never. . ."

"Found the answers you were looking for?"

Sun glanced sideways and nodded.

"After a while I gave up and I haven't spoken till today. I heard the rumors, of the Silent Reaper, and I knew it was you and that you hadn't given up. You found the answer and now I have to kill you, so that I can find my own answers."

"Killing me wont give you what you want."

Sun walked up to him without breaking eye contact.

"I know, but you can still give me the answer that no one else could."

Tsukune knew what she meant, it had been what he had been searching for, for so long.

"I will not give you what you want." Tsukune told her firmly.

Sun got closer and glared at him menacingly.

"Then perhaps I will have a little 'chat' with Kurumu." Sun threatened, very seriously.

"You leave her out of this!" he demanded.

Sun gave a slight and vicious chuckle.

"Then meet me after the funeral tomorrow."

With that said she roughly pushed past him and both of their powers began to dissipate.

Tsukune followed after her a minute later, only to be stopped by the door by Kurumu, Haiji and Fong-Fong.

"Tsukune, what the hell is going on!" Haiji asked him accusingly.

"Nothing we were just talking." he told them.

Haiji seemed surprised and ran after Sun.

"What was with all that power!?" Kurumu yelled at him.

"Oh you could feel that?" he asked.

"Of course we could feel it. The entire city could feel it!" Kurumu still yelling at him.

"Well it works for me. They will fear that strength and know it was us." Fong-Fong said emotionless.

Kurumu looked at Fong-Fong in disbelief.

"What the hell were you two doing? Why would you need to do that and destroy their beautiful garden!?" she said.

Tsukune looked over his shoulder at the ruined garden.

"Let's just call that a warm up and. . .sorry about the garden." Tsukune said.

Fong-Fong waved it off and departed, but Kurumu wasn't done with him.

"A warm up? What are you talking about?"

"I don't want to worry about it. Can we just focus on whats important right now?"

Tsukune took a step closer and held her in her arms. Tsukune gave her a kiss to settle the matter, she still wanted to understand but she trusted him.

For the rest of the day Tsukune and Kurumu spent the rest of the morning visiting with Ling-Ling and Fong-Fong. Sun and Haiji had remained in their room for the time being. It wasn't until lunch that Haiji had come down. He sat next to Tsukune at the counter in the kitchen.

"How is she?" Tsukune asked.

Haiji put his hands together on the counter.

"It took a while to calm her down, but she is good now."

Tsukune nodded and the two went silent for a minute.

"Even though she doesn't tell me. I know what went on last night, I have been with her long enough to understand, even if she doesn't want to tell me. Promise me you won't do it." Haiji begged.

Tsukune didn't want to harm his friends, but no one was going to lay a finger Kurumu or his daughter.

"I can't make that promise, I'm sorry." Tsukune told him remorsefully.

"Then I am sorry too."

Haiji retreated back up stairs with some food for Sun. Fong-Fong was the next one to join Tsukune.

"So. . .not quite the happy reunion I thought it was going to be." Fong-Fong mused.

Tsukune ignored him as he played with his food.

"When I saw her I knew that she was in pain, the same pain as you. You could see it in her eyes, in both of you. I hoped that when she saw you and Kurumu that she would. . .that it would help." Fong-Fong said as he watched him still play with his food and ignored him.

"What are you thinking about?" Fong-Fong asked him.

Tsukune was examining a strawberry on the end of his fork.

"Names." Tsukune said simply.

"Names?"

"Girl names."

"Oh. You have nine months to think of names, why now?"

"How about Haru?" Tsukune asked seriously.

Fong-Fong let out a deep sigh.

"I'm not the one you should be asking."

"Well Ling-Ling took Kurumu away to do. . .whatever it is they are doing."

Fong-Fong put his hand to his chin and thought about it.

"No, it is to much like a guys name."

"Your right, no unisex names." Tsukune said as he concentrated hard trying to think of the perfect name for his soon to be daughter.

In all his effort all of the names he thought of just didn't seem good enough.

"Your right, I can't do this without Kurumu." Tsukune gave up and resumed eating.

There it is, the turning point of my entire story. I bet there was a lot of unexpected parts in there right? Well I already have the whole story in my head, I just need to write it down, which I am doing every day. Those of you who have hung on to this story this long, thank you. I would also have to say that this story is only about a third of the way done, or less. As for the hard part I mentioned in the last chapter, this really was the hardest part, especially the beginning (so far). You also might have noticed that there are these underlying "themes" that I have been keeping up and they have and will emerge at certain parts of the story and come together at the end.

This story is like my masterpiece and I am doing my best to make it perfect. I hope you enjoy it as much as I like writing and posting it. I wish I could tell you more about the story. . .but I can't.

Thanks for reading and reviewing I really appreciate it!