"TSUKI! TSUKI!" Pounding the door, Vidka shouted his name. "Let me in! Why did you just throw me out? Tsuki? Tsuki!"

It was useless. He wasn't going to open. What has gotten into him. First, he hugs her, then he just drags her out the door, put a shield so she won't teleport back, and expects her to be quiet? What did he think would happen?

"Tsuki! Please, c'mon out! Please... Please..." She slid down to her knees, dragging the hands that were already on the door with her. "Please..."

"Eh? Vidka, is that you?"

That annoying voice. That annoying voice where men would hear it as an angel's where she found it to be the devil's.

Shira... the girl that stole Crésho away from her.

"What do you want?" Vidka snapped, turning her face away from her. The least she wanted the most was a conversation with her. "Are you going to take Tsuki away from me?"

"Tsu- Oh... You love Tsuki now?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Little conversation... Little conversation!

"But, don't you think it's strange?" Shira clacked her heels toward her. Vidka could see her ears and tails, knowing what type of animal she represented: an Arctic fox. Still a fox, but she was sly enough to take her beau away from her. Was she planning to do it again? "Why would he suddenly switch from Keiko... to you? Don't you think that's a bit odd?"

"What do you mean?" Small footsteps made its way behind the door. Tsuki was planning to open the door.

"Maybe you're just a replacement in his heart. Since you already love him, it would be easy for you to say "yes" to him." She leaned into Vidka's ear, letting her feel a shiver coursing through her veins. Was it just her, or did her blood just freeze? "Maybe he doesn't love you at all."

And then, the door opened. "That's enough, Shira! Haven't you ruined Vidka enough before?" Tsuki yelled. He bent down and offered his hand. "Here, let me he-"

Without warning, Vidka's hand slapped his. She gasped at her actions, but soon hardened her face. "You... She's right." She lowered her head, letting her bangs cover her eyes. Soon, she went out into a rage. "I can't believe I was so stupid enough to not wonder why you loved me after you told me you still loved Keiko. I can't believe it!"

"Vidka... it's not tr-"

"It's not true? Well, forget it! I knew that it was too good to be true!" She cupped her mouth. Tears trickled down silently. "I... I don't want a one-sided love." She was starting to fade away.

"Vidka... NO!"

"I want to be loved!" With that... she was gone.

This seemed to be accomplishment for Shira, as she chuckled at the stardust Vidka left behind. "My, my, did she just teleport, or did she just disappear? Maybe she died, as a shinigami's love is enough to kill themselves."

"You..." Tsuki went and grabbed her wrist. He tightened his grip and was beginning to see red. "What do you have to say for this?"

"Crésho told me to do it," was all she said. She was starting to fade away too, except you can tell she was just teleporting. With Vidka, you couldn't even tell.

"Cr-crésho?"

"Yes." She whipped his hand away from her wrist. She was beginning to become transparent. "Although he doesn't love her anymore, he still cares for her. He finds you two a match, but he doesn't want her confused." She narrowed her eyes. "Tell her why you love her. Tell her why you thought you were in love with Keiko. Tell her, and forget about the past that is dragging you down." She smiled. "Crésho... knew she needed someone better than him. He cared so much until now. Don't let his efforts be in vain."

With that, she was already gone.

"Don't let... ARGH!" Tsuki slammed the wall, creating a huge crater in it. "That... guy! He didn't bother saying why he broke up with her, and just made her think it was because of... Shira? Why did he do that?"

*Flashback*

"I just told her that I loved someone else and-" He leaned forward and whispered something. "*I already knew I wasn't worthy for her love. I already knew that one day, she would fall in love with someone like you.*"

*End of Flashback*

"D-damn him!"

Another crater in the wall was soon made.

"We... made you wait an an hour already?" Julie yelled at her phone, and over the noise of the desperate shoppers. Really, was a fight necessary for one tiny trinket? "Okay, we'll be there in 10 minutes!" She shut off the phone and turned to the frightened girl that was holding her hand. She never saw so many people in her life (more like this was her first) and couldn't believe that there would be so much pushing!

"Keiko, let's get out of here. We'll probably never find what we're looking for—even when it's Boxing Day!"

"We won't?" Her frightened look vanished and was replaced with sadness. If she had her animal ears and her tail, her ears would flatten and her tail would go down. Oh, that would make Julie feel like she was hurting the girl's feelings.

"Um!" She stiffened, looking away from the face that was changing rapidly into despair and... was there a hole under Keiko? Was she going to get sucked in?

She lifted the girl away from the imaginary hole that appeared in front of her eyes. Even if it was here imagination, better safe than sorry. "Dear, maybe today isn't the day to find it. Let's just meet our so-call "tough men" before they complain any longer!"

Keiko nodded, but she still wanted to know what "the one" was suppose to look like.

"There you are! Why did you shut off the alarm I set?" Kuu scolded his wife as she was in his vision. "It was meant to get out of your fantasy world of-" he stopped himself when he only saw one bag in Julie's hand. He expected a heaping amount to tumble now and then, like it usually was, but seeing none was a first. Where were those shoe boxes that she made him suddenly take when it was too much for her?

"I was concentrating so much on what to get Keiko, so don't look too surprised!" she snapped, growling at her husband's expression. "I have a lot of clothes already."

"So... what's in the bag?" Ren asked, grimacing at his mother's glare. It was soon replaced with a smile.

"It's a dress your sister picked out for me!" she gushed. Her cheeks were coloured red as she bragged how Keiko picked it for her. "She's so nice! Why couldn't you do something like that for me when you were a kid?"

Ren suddenly felt himself shrink. How was he suppose to know? Were boys suppose to pick out outfits for their parents? "Uh... I..."

"No need for apologies; it's too late now." She turned her head, but not enough so Ren couldn't see her laughing.

"Mother..." he grumbled.

"Sorry, I just couldn't resist. Should we be off now?"

Ren sighed. "Sure."

Kuu immediately took Julie by the waist and walked her toward the door. He soon shouted out to Ren to bring his sister with him.

Ren stared down at Keiko as she slowly lifted her hand. She looked like she want to link it with his, but wasn't so sure how. Or maybe wasn't so sure if he wanted her to.

To answer her thoughts, he soon grabbed her hand and strode to the door. "I bought you something you might like. I'll show it to you when we get home, okay?"

She was still walking with him, but he could tell she was in thought. Finally, when they reached the car, she quietly said, "But... I didn't buy anything for you. I don't deserve a gift from you."

Ren opened the car, and let Keiko in first. When he went in with her, he silently whispered, "You don't have to buy anything for me. I just need for you to smile when you open your present."

Cheesy lines from a cheesy Ren. Even Keiko knew cliché lines when she heard them, as her victims have usually done that a lot that to her when they were men.

She just nodded.

That just left Ren to silently smile as his parents drove to the President's mansion.

"We're staying here for the rest of the week; you can stay too if you want," explained Kuu. "I'm sure the Boss wouldn't mind."

"Well, it's almost night time, so I guess we can stay here."

They all went to the towering doors, and were surprised to see Vidka open them.

"You have got to hide me from Tsuki, Keiko!" she exclaimed. She thrusted the girl forward, into the house, and let the others come in without any ease. She was glaring at them, especially Ren, but soon turned her attention to Keiko. "Please, you have got to help me!"

"Wh-why? What did you do?" she asked. She was just as confused as the other three were.

"I... I argued with him, and I accidentally made him *think I was dead*," she whispered. "I didn't mean to, but my glow went all wrong, and gave him the wrong signals. Now, he's probably going to ki-"

"I'm not going to kill you, you idiot!"

She turned around, and saw the man she was trying to escape from. It was no use, but she had to try.

Then, she saw him panting, sweat dripping down his neck. "I was looking all over for you, and you shutting off your aura wasn't very helpful!"

"I didn't want you to find me!" she yelled. "Do you think I want the man I love to only use me as a replacement?"

"I wasn't using you!"

"Then what? Why did you switch from Keiko to me?"

"What do you mean?" The two looked at the girl that spoke. She was trembling. "What do you mean by that? Did Tsuki love me before...?"

"I... I guess since I was the one with you the most, I wanted to be the one you loved."

Yes... I remember Tsuki saying that, but what was the reason for him to suddenly say that? Was it...

Keiko went down on her knees, holding her head. Why? Why was it that every time she tried to remember, it was always a blank? Every single one of those blanks always meant they were for Ren; she was sure of it. Why was it like that. Why?

"Keiko, are you alright?" Vidka bent down toward the girl. Her eyes suddenly widened as she saw Keiko faint in front of her.

"Ke... Keiko?" Tsuki gasped, he reached down, shaking her slightly. "Keiko, don't faint again... don't. Just... KEIKO!"

Ren stood there, just as frightened as Tsuki was, but he noticed his father staring at something. When he guided his eyes toward what it could be, he suddenly saw Tsuki wearing that necklace he gave him. The one that his father was talking about.

*Flashback*

"Well, you weren't really an only child. You had... you had a twin brother, but he died for some unknown reason. It was before you were born that something was wrong with him. Your mother kept yelling that she felt something dragging her down. I thought it was because she was giving birth to you two, but she saw someone reaching out toward her stomach." Kuu sighed. "I don't know if that's just hallucinations, but it was a man in his 20's she said with wings..."

*End of Flashback*