Bet you all hate us for stopping the chapter there last time, don't ya? XD

You know what I hate? Band Camp. It sucks and it lasts to long. Stupid band... And this week is only PRE-Band Camp! I have to go even longer next week!

Lovino ran around the store for about thirty minutes but he still had yet to find his twin. "Dammit…. I'd smell for him but all the damn scents are too damn jumbled to be able to tell them apart! Now what the hell do I do?!"

After another thirty minutes, panic was beginning to set in. Where the hell was his brother?

"N-No! No! No! No! No! NO!" Lovino exclaimed as he stopped and grabbed his head with his hands, trembling as he squeezed his eyes shut and nails and teeth started to sharpen and grow.

"Lovino?" a familiar voice called. "Lovi, what- Lovi!" Two hands grabbed either side up his face and titled his head up. "Lovino, look at me. Look at me, querido, it's okay. It's okay, calm down."

Lovino gasped and blinked his bright golden eyes rapidly before grabbing onto the other person's shirt with his clawed hands and burying his face in the fabric. "F-Feliciano's f-fucking gone! I-I can't find him! I-I don't know where he is!" He exclaimed as fur started growing along his arms and he started hunching over as his form started changing.

Strong, well tanned arms were around him instantly, holding the wolf against the other's chest. "Lovi, it's okay. We'll find him okay? I promise. We'll find him and everything will be alright," a soft Spanish voice murmured comfortingly.

"I-I can't… I can't….. F-Feliciano…. I... I should have watched him better... I-It's all my damn fault…." Lovino panted as his face started elongating into a muzzle and his hands started turning into paws. Then he went to say something else but it was lost to growls and whines while his clothes were starting to be torn at the seams as Lovino continued to change.

Quickly, Antonio pulled Lovino into a secluded section of the store. His grip on the Italian never loosened. "Lovino, you have to calm down. You can't change here. We won't be able to look for your brother if you do, okay? Breath deeply. I promise we'll find him. We will. Calm down, okay?" he said, brushing his finger's through Lovino's hair.

Lovino growled something and panted in pain as he squeezed his eyes shut and clenched his teeth together while the changing stopped for the moment, keeping him stuck in-between the two forms and looking like a humanoid wolf.

Gently, Antonio lowered them both to the ground, pulling the wolf boy into his lap and rocking him gently. "Come on, Lovi. You can do it, querido," he whispered encouragingly.

Lovino trembled and whined as he squeezed his eyes tighter, but then slowly started turning human again.

Antonio continued to give soft comfort and encouragement until Lovino has able to bring himself completely back to human form.

When he finally was able to change back completely, Lovino still refused to move and only kept his face buried in Antonio's shirt.

The Spaniard kept him close. "Lovi," he said gently, running hid fingers through the other's hair. "Tell me what happened. When was the last time you saw your brother? I can help you find him."

"A-At the damn store…." Lovino panted and trembled, still with his eyes squeezed shut. "H-He was babbling about some random shit and I tuned him out…. T-Then, when I went to talk to him again, he was gone… J-Just like that….."

Antonio nodded. "We'll find him Lovi. I promise we will."

Lovino nodded and slowly pulled away while looking down and wiping at his face. "S-Sorry about that bastard… A-And your damn shirt's full of holes now…."

Antonio looked down at his clothes then shrugged. "That doesn't matter." He stood up and helped the Italian to his feet. "Let's go back to that department and see if we can't find anything that could led us back to him, okay?"

Lovino nodded again and glanced away. "O-Okay… But I can't smell him at all in this damn place… Everything too jumbled and screwed up to be able to... and we're near the damn food court so that's even worse…."

After making their way back to the spot Feliciano had disappeared from, Antonio began to look around, searching for anything that would led them to the youngest Vargas. He spotted something shinny in the pocket of a shirt and pulled it out. It was a golden coin. On one side was some kind of crest and on the other a saying in Latin. "Lovi, do you know what this is?" he asked, holding out the coin for inspection.

Lovino took it then shook his head. "No… I've never seen this damn thing before…." He muttered then did a quick glance around to make sure there was no on there to see them before holding it up to his nose and taking a quick sniff then started gagging. "UGH! This damn thing smells disgusting!"

Antonio took the coin back. "Do you think maybe it might have something to do with Feli disappearing?" he asked, turning it over in his hand.

"Maybe….." Lovino said to himself then yanked the coin back and started looking it over. "I never saw something like this before….. and that smell….. I think we need to look at somewhere that's near where they sell cleaning products…."

"Alright. Let's go then." The two left the store and moved off towards a different section of the mall. "All the cleaning supplies are sold over here," Antonio said, motioning to the stores.

Lovino's eyes glanced between all of them. "It's not one of them though…. It was only close enough to pick up the scent… The damn thing looks old so it has to be either a pawnshop or a coin store…." He muttered and now had a look in his eyes like when he was in wolf form and hunting something down.

Unconsciously, Antonio took a step back. "I think there's a pawn shop down that hall," he said, pointing.

Lovino nodded and headed towards it before he stopped and glanced back at Antonio confused. "What the hell is wrong with you bastard?"

"What?" Antonio asked. He hadn't noticed his own movement.

"You just took a step back for some damn reason…" Lovino answered with a confused glare on his face. "And you looked nervous about something too…."

Antonio thought a moment then his eyes widened in realization. "Oh. It was probably because you had a look on your face I've only seen when you're in wolf form and hunting. I guess I just naturally moved out of your way," he said.

Lovino glanced away at that. "O-Oh… I see….." He muttered.

"Come on Lovi," Antonio said, taking his hand. "Let's go check out that shop."

Lovino nodded and quickened his pace. "Let's go….. And don't let those bastards know we suspect them either."

They arrived at the shop and entered. It was a small store and filled with curious little items. A man was sitting behind the counter, reading a book. He hadn't spotted either boy yet.

"How should we do this, Lovi?" Antonio whispered, pretending to look at the rack next to him. "Do we ask if he's sold that coin or what?"

Lovino shook his head no and watched the man in front of them. "No…. We'll tell the bastard we found it but don't know what the damn thing is. Then watch his reaction and I'll try to see if his scent changes at all."

Antonio nodded and took the coin. "Excuse me? Sir?" he called, moving towards the desk. The man looked up, curiosity in his eyes. "We found this in another store and were wondering what it is." The vampire placed the coin on the desk so the man could inspect it.

Lovino hung back and watched until an idea popped into his head. Walking over to the counter he added, "We can't read it either. It's in Latin. You know anything about it?"

The man's face didn't change. He shook his head and pushed the coin back towards them. "Sorry guys. I can't help you. I actually meant to close up already. Got something special in earlier. I'm gonna take it to a dealer and get it appraised."

Lovino then pretended to look curious, although he couldn't help the small gold-ish tint appearing in his eyes. "Really? Something special? Can you tell us about it? My grandfather's always looking for new things to add in at our house. It's one of those huge old ones so he'll probably have plenty of space for whatever it is."

The man smiled. "Sorry, mister. I've already got some willing to buy it. We just have to settle on a price."

"You really can't just tell us?" Lovino asked as he tried to keep calm. "We promise not to tell anyone. We only want to know what the thing is. It sounds really interesting."

After a moment, the man nodded. "Alright. It's allegedly a kind of very rare hybrid."

"A hybrid? What's that?" Antonio asked.

"It means it's half one thing and half another. This one is supposedly half human and half wolf. I can't be sure but I have it on good faith from the one who brought it to me it's true," the man explained.

Lovino growled as his eyes glowed bright gold and his teeth and nails started sharpening. "A hybrid…..? Half wolf….? The one who brought it to you….? Want to explain more about that, bastard….? Like maybe if this 'hybrid' has a damn NAME?" He growled while baring his sharp teeth at the man.

The man's eyes widened and he backed away only to be yanked forward by Antonio who smiled broadly, giving the clerk a nice view of his fangs. "Please, sir. It's rude to leave just like that. Keep telling us about this item."

"I-I swear I don't know! It w-was just given to me earlier! Oh god! Please don't kill me! It's in the back room!" he shrieked in terror.

Lovino shot the man a dark glare and a snarl before he ran to the back room and completely changed into a wolf along the way as he slammed into the door and knocked it off its hinges.

Feliciano was there. He was laying on the ground, unconscious, with his arms tied up behind his back. There was a small streak of blood running down the side of his head from the blow that had knocked him out.

Lovino let out a small whimper as he ran over and nudged his brother with his nose. Then he bit down and severed the rope tying Feliciano up before going back to nudging and licking Feliciano's cheek.

Feliciano groaned softly and shifted, his head slowly rolling towards Lovino. "Fratello...?"

Lovino softly growled and started licking Feliciano's wound to try to stop the bleeding.

Feliciano pushed himself into a sitting position, holding his head in one hand and grasping Lovino's coat in his other. "What happened...? I thought we were in that store..." he murmured, swaying slightly.

Moving closer, Lovino used his body to hold Feliciano up as he sadly growled and shook his head no to say he wasn't sure what happened. Then his ears perked up at the sound of someone coming to the room causing him to crouch down and growl threateningly while making sure Feliciano was safety behind him.

Antonio stood in the doorway, his hands up to show he didn't have a weapon. "It's okay, Lovi. I'm not going to hurt either of you," he said as calmly as he could. Feliciano tugged lightly on Lovino's fur, his grip weak.

"It's okay, fratello. It's just Toni. He won't hurt us," he said as quickly as he could.

Lovino slowly stopped growling and pulled himself out of the crouch while staring at the vampire with his eyes narrowed into confusion. Checking to make sure Feliciano was alright, Lovino turned back to Antonio and slowly started inching up towards him.

Both vampire and werewolf froze and held their breath as they waited for Lovino's decision.

When he was close enough, instead of attacking, Lovino slowly started to circle and smell the vampire before him. Then, got up on his hind legs while using Antonio to hold himself up and he started smelling the vampire's face and hair, causing it to ruffle when the wolf's hot breath hit it.

Antonio remained frozen and didn't move.

Seemingly satisfied, Lovino stopped smelling the vampire and just stared into Antonio's eyes, then he tilted his head to the side a little, trying to figure out who the man in front of him was.

"Antonio," Feliciano said softly. "That's Antonio, fratello. He's our friend." His voice was slowly gaining strength and he managed to push himself onto his feet, teetering for a moment before catching his balance by grabbing onto a stack of boxes next to him.

Lovino blinked and glanced at Feliciano before going back to staring at Antonio and smelling him again, still looking confused.

Feliciano stumbled to him and put a hand on his twin's back. He smiled at Lovino and said, "He's a good friend of ours, fratellone."

Lovino glanced back at Feliciano and growled questioningly before suddenly squeezing his eyes shut and starting to tremble.

Realizing what was happening, Feliciano shoved a startled Antonio from the room and closed the door. He looked around and discovered a long coat. He picked it up and quickly moved to Lovino's side.

Lovino trembled even more as the fur on him started retracting along with the nails and claws and he started turning human once more.

"Fratello..." Feliciano murmured. Now that he was calming down from the brief scare, his head was beginning to pound as the adrenaline left his body. He ignored it as best he could and busied himself in worrying about his twin. When Lovino had changed back enough, he draped the coat over him.

"What…. What the hell was that just now…..?" Lovino panted as he pulled the coat around him better and shakingly opened his eyes to look at his twin. "Why… Why didn't I attack him…..? I still didn't have any damn clue who the hell he was….. So why didn't I attack….?"

"Dunno..." Feliciano said tiredly, slumping against his brother's shoulder. "Maybe some part of you remembered him..."

Lovino shook his head no as he held Feliciano. "I didn't at all….. My damn head was fuzzy as always…. He was some stranger… But some part of me was telling me not to attack him… That's why I was smelling the bastard before. To find out why I was being told that…"

Feliciano hummed softly.

"….? Feliciano….? You awake….?" Lovino tentatively asked as he poked his twin's shoulder.

"Yeah... Yeah, I'm awake..." Feliciano mumbled. "My head hurts..."

"Then you need to get back home, dammit…" Lovino retorted then called out the door to Antonio. "Hey! Bastard! Get your ass in here!"

"But we didn't finish shopping..." Feliciano protested weakly.

Antonio opened the door and stepped back into the room. "Si, Lovi?" he asked.

Lovino ignored Feliciano's comment as he pointed down at his twin. "This dumbass is about ready to pass out again. I need you to help me haul his ass back to the house."

The vampire nodded and scooped the younger Italian into his arms.

"No..." Feliciano said, shaking his head to wake himself up and pushing lightly on Antonio's arms. "Lovi, you gotta..." He trailed off, seeming to forget mid sentence what he had been talking about.

Lovino slowly got to his feet and secured the coat better. "We'll need to hurry up bastard. I don't want people asking about Feliciano or why I'm walking around with just a damn coat on."

Antonio nodded. Then a sudden idea struck him. "Lovi, if you hold Feli, I can pick you both up and run us back to your house. No one will see us," he suggested, glancing worriedly down at the barely-coherent Italian in his arms.

Lovino glanced at his brother before slowly taking Feliciano from the vampire. "How the hell can you carry both of us bastard…?"

With a smile, Antonio easily lifted the two of them. "Like this~. Hold onto him tightly. I won't drop you," he advised. He got ready to run, checking with Lovino to be sure the brothers were ready. Satisfied they were, he burst forward and ran from the shop and into the crowed mall. No one looked their way or seemed to notice that they were even there.

Feliciano reached up and grabbed the lapel of Lovino's coat. "Fratello..." he managed to say softly. "I'm so... so tired..."

"I-I know Feli… We'll be back soon. Okay, dumbass?" Lovino quietly said and brushed Feliciano's hair back while still making sure to hold on to his brother. "Just hold on."

"I can't... stay awake..." Feliciano went limp as the words left his mouth.

"! N-NO dammit! Stay awake!" Lovino exclaimed as he shook his twin.

Feliciano didn't answer. He body flopped from the shaking but not from anything else.

Hearing the cry, Antonio wordlessly picked up speed, rocketing out of the mall entirely and down the road towards the twins' home.

Lovino started shaking Feliciano harder. "DAMMIT FELICIANO! WAKE UP RIGHT THIS DAMN SECOND! YOU HEAR ME?!"

No answer.

Romulus opened the door just as Antonio arrived. The vampire rushed past the elder Italian and into the house. He set the twins down on Feliciano's bed and went back to Romulus, only to see his friends standing in the doorway looking confused along with the human. They appeared to have gone and picked up Ludwig as well, as the younger German was also present.

"Toni, we saw you running out of the mall holding those two. What happened?" Gilbert asked.

"Not totally sure. All I know if that Feli got kidnapped and when we got him back, he'd be knocked out. I think he has a concussion," Antonio reported.

"W-What?!" Ludwig exclaimed, Then, without waiting for a reply, he raced into the house to where Lovino was with Feliciano in Feliciano's room, still trying to wake his twin up and being completely uncaring at the moment of the fact he was only clothed in the large coat.

The rest of them quickly followed after him, watching nervously, unsure what they could do. Romulus went to Lovino's room to get him clothes.

Lovino immediately rounded on Romulus when he came back into the room. "What the hell are you doing, you old bastard?! Help Feliciano already! Don't worry about some fucking clothes!" He exclaimed with his eyes glowing gold at the same time.

Before Romulus could answer, a soft voice froze them all. "No fratello... Don't yell at Nonno... just wants... help..." Feliciano mumbled, his head turning slightly towards his twin. His eyes slowly cracked open, reveling a soft, honey amber color.

"F-Feliciano! Y-You're awake!" Lovino exclaimed in surprised as his eyes turned back to normal and he went back over to his twin. "D-Don't fucking scare me like that again! E-Ever! You hear me?!"

Feliciano stared at him for a full minute. "Wait... What did you say...?" he asked.

Lovino stopped and blinked, confused. "Huh….? What the hell do you mean by 'what did you say'…..?"

"You... just told me something... I can't remember what it was..." Feliciano said, pushing himself up. He looked around his room in confusion. "Where are we...?"

"Home," Lovino replied and helped to hold Feliciano up. "The tomato bastard brought us back here after you fucking passed out."

"How did a tomato bring us here...?" Feliciano asked, his eyes wide, slightly unfocused, and confused.

"I didn't say a damn tomato did, dumbass….. I said the tomato BASTARD did…" Lovino groaned and pointed over at Antonio.

Feliciano stared at the vampire a moment before smiling in a way that informed everyone that he wasn't fully there with them. "He seems like a nice tomato... You guys should be friends..." he said, his eye-lids beginning to sink shut once more.

They all stood there and stared at him, confused, until Ludwig was the first to speak up. "Er…. I think we should take him to the hospital. Right now."

"Well I don't give a DAMN what this bastard says, but if Feliciano needs help, then we need to get our asses moving!" Lovino said then started making his way to the door.

Romulus silently slid the clothes into his eldest grandson's arms and smiled. "Might want these first," he whispered. Then he went to the bed and gently shook Feliciano. "Bambino. Come on. You have to wake up now."

Feliciano forced his eyes open once more and he stared blearily up at his grandfather. He muttered something that wasn't actually words.

"Ludwig, make sure he doesn't fall asleep, okay?"

Ludwig nodded and moved closer to the bed. "Ja. Of course sir. I'll make sure to keep watch."

"Damn potato…" Lovino muttered and glared at Ludwig while clutching the clothes and heading out the door. "Probably going to fucking rape him and nonno just stands there like an idiota…."

Romulus chuckled softly as went to start his car.

Feliciano's head dropped onto Ludwig's shoulder. "Veh... Why was fratello wearing a dress...?" he asked.

Ludwig blinked, confused, until he figured out what Feliciano was talking about. "Oh… Um... It wasn't a dress… It was a coat…. I… don't think he'll appreciate if you called it a dress…."

"Pre-tape... What needs tape...?" Feliciano's eyes closed as his voice dropped off.

"Er… Nothing…" Ludwig answered as he gently shook Feliciano. "But you need to stay awake Feliciano."

"Wake... Boring... Sleep sounds better..." he mumbled, forcing his eyes open none the less.

"It's an ORDER, Feliciano. Now stay awake," Ludwig gently said as he continued to shake him.

"Trying..." Feliciano answered, turning to the vampire. His gentle eyes were glazing and loosing focus quickly. They heard an engine revved downstairs and Gilbert helped Feliciano onto his feet.

"Come on, Feli-kins. You have to take a little trip," he said.

Lovino appeared right behind Gilbert and snatched Feliciano away. "Come on, dammit. Nonno's waiting in the damn car," He gently said and started helping Feliciano along out of the room.

"Veh..." Feliciano rubbed at his eyes with his free hand as he stumbled down the hall towards the stairs.

Lovino kept a gentle but firm grip on Feliciano as he led him down the stairs and to the front door. "Don't worry… We'll be there soon. Okay, dumbass? You can sleep as much as you want tonight, just not yet."

"Okay..." Feliciano said airily.

Finally, Lovino was able to get Feliciano to the car… However… Due to both hands holding onto his twin, he couldn't open the car door. "Hey! One of you bastards open this damn door!" Lovino yelled back at the vampires.

Antonio did so and as soon as the two where in, the door was shut and Romulus started off towards the hospital, the vampires running after them.

"Hurry up, you old bastard!" Lovino said and he glared up front at Romulus. "Get to the damn hospital as fast as you fucking can!"