I ran from the fangs, running as fast as I can, the tiled floor felt cold and hurt each time my foot made contact. I didn't look back, but I could feel, sense, that the fangs to were approaching closer and closer. I saw a door ahead, and using a spurt of hidden energy, I sprinted, quickly letting myself in and locking the door after me.

The scenery here was a complete contrast to where I had been. The ground was white, just like the day I met the Kiryuus. I wandered around, watching as small snowflakes fell from the sky. I turned to look around me. The area was flat, I could see out for a long way and there wasn't a tree in sight. As I turned around, I saw a mass of brown, floating in the air to my left. It was the girl from before.

I ran out to try to stop her and this time I made it. I reached out to grab her hand. It was cold, deathly cold. I quickly spun her by her hand and what I saw shocked me, forcing me to let go and to take a few steps back.

From her neck, a river of blood streamed from two points on her neck. The shimmery liquid stained the pure whiteness of her night dress and the loosened bandages that wrapped around her left hand. Her wavy brown hair was damp, and I could hear the blood dripping from the ends of her hair. At her feet, a pool surrounded her, and as she took a step towards me, I could feel a sickly nauseating feeling develop in my stomach as I heard the slapping noise between her feet and her own blood.

But what horrified me the most were her eyes. No longer were there eyeballs in their rightful place. Glassy, crimson orbs filled the socket, not blinking, not moving, just staring straight out at me.

Her bandaged hand reached out, a finger pointed to a place on my chest. I tried to lift my hand to see what she was pointing to but what I saw made my breath stop somewhere in my throat. My left hand was covered with the bloody bandages, the burnt flesh peeking out where the bandage had fallen away. Blood splashed around my feet and when I touched my neck with my fingers, there were 2 holes. My gaze was diverted when her hand waved in front of her chest, revealing an empty cavity where her heart was meant to be.

"Give me it. Let me drink all your blood and eat your heart. I will gain control over this body once again."

Her voice. The sound of the words that came from her mouth was the same as the sound of my own. Then the horrible realisation hit me. She was me. The same night dress, the same wounds, everything was almost the same. But she was powerful, a lot more powerful than I could possibly be.

I was scared, and had all the right to be. I backed away, ignoring the squidgy feeling of my blood between my toes. She came closer, sneering at my fear, her long white pointed fangs poking over her lips. Suddenly, she stepped forward but there was something that was in the way. She couldn't come any closer.

For now.

A thin layer of glass now stood between her and me. I looked to the left and right of the glass and I couldn't see where it started or ended. But I could tell that the glass was weakening. Even though the length wasn't shrinking, I could see the top of the glass start to disintegrate into small snowflakes. The glass won't be able to hold her back for long. And it didn't help that she was also pounding her fist on the glass, I could see the glass shake with every hit it took.

I looked around, tears streaming from my eyes. It wouldn't be long before she would get her hands on me and that's what scared me the most. I desperately searched for an exit, anything that would get me away from her. I looked back at the glass and I could see the glass was starting to fracture.

"Tsuki! Tsuki!"

I heard my name floating on the wind. It was Takashi's voice. I looked around for the source, but I couldn't find him anywhere. Then, another door appeared, and without looking back, I ran towards the door, hoping that this was all just a dream.

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"Tsuki!"

My eyes fluttered open and I found myself in Takashi's arms. Bouncing off the walls, I could hear the ghost of my screams.

My body was suffering. I was shaking uncontrollably and I felt cold. My breath kept getting stuck in my throat, but maybe that was because I was crying. I felt weak and tired, like I had used up all the energy in that place in my mind. My left hand was still in pain, hidden by a white cloth bandage. Everything back there felt so real, and I was still felt the fear spreading through my body with every beat of my heart.

With the little strength I had, I wrapped my arms around him, trying to calm myself down. But I don't think it was working.

"Please make it stop. Make it all stop. I can't take it anymore."

Soothingly, he stroked my hair. "Shh, it's alright. Don't think about it anymore." I took a deep breath and I tried to stop the tears. Finally, I was well enough to sit by myself, but the shaking didn't stop.

I found myself in a bed in the cottage that I had trained in. Takashi sat at the end of the bed and Kaname was leaning on one of the walls in the room. I could see the Chairman holding his head in his hand on the dining table through the doorway. He looked really stressed. I felt guilty, knowing I was the cause of his anxiety.

Takashi looked at Kaname and he nodded, before walking out the door and taking the Chairman out of the cottage with him. Before the Chairman left, he turned, and I could see his sad face. I was alone, with Takashi.

He held me close again, whispering, "I'll make it all stop. Trust me." I forced out a small nod, before my eyelids closed over my eyes. I felt the neckline of my nightdress move and the familiar wetness on my neck before the pain of fangs biting into my neck. My eyes snapped open as I tried to resist, but it was hopeless.

I sat there as I felt my blood being drained from me. My eyes closed again as tiredness took over, sending me to the world of white once more. On the other side of the glass, I could see the crimson from the orbs were disappearing, revealing lush green eyes. She smiled at me, and I could see, she could be trusted.

Finally, all my blood had been drained and the glass disappeared. But it also caused me and the other girl to collapse on the snow. I couldn't reach her. Then, I felt new energy throbbing through me and I could taste a new blood in my mouth. I stretched and grabbed her hand. I saw a shining light as she disappeared and her strength surged through my body. It was such an exciting feeling.

Then, something went wrong. In my world of snow, I couldn't tell what was happening on the outside. Her strength surged out of me and she rematerialised in front of me, my confusion echoed on her face. Then the white snow began to disappear around us, falling into a dark hole below. Our world of white had turned into a world of darkness.

XxXxXxXxX Takashi's POV

As I drank her blood, she tried to put up some resistance, but after a short while, she gave up, trusting her fragile body to my care. When I was done, I laid her down in my lap, using my fingers to wipe away the dew stray tears. I bit into my hand, filling my mouth with all the blood that it could hold. And then, gently, I placed my lips over hers and let the blood trickle into her mouth. I felt relief as I heard her begin to swallow the blood.

When I was done, I looked down at her, hoping that it had gone as planned. But something had gone wrong. Her eyes were still closed, her face was pale, her breathing was shallow and her heartbeat was irregular. I stroked her hair as I was checking what I had done wrong. I could hear Kaname and the Chairman rush in from the doorway behind me.

"What's wrong with her?"

I shook my head. "I don't know. I did what you told me to do, Kaname, but it seemed like it didn't work."

I lowered my head so it was covering hers and gently kissed her cheek, letting the tears of guilt I had go. I whispered, "And I don't know when Tsuki- no, Aiko, will ever awaken."

Hihi everyone!

Since there has been a new development, and Aiko is unable to um… have a point of view, the following chapters will be based on Takashi's viewpoint, okay?

yuki973~~