"Damn it let me go Ace! My ribs hurt you low life scum!" Lillian yells in to the sky. Ace isn't listening and no one else can since they have distanced themselves from everyone else.

Ace shows no sympathy and continues to drag Lillian by her arm to a more secluded spot. He doesn't like what he has to do, but he knows deep within him that it's the right thing to do. They finally arrive in the Nishio Burial Grounds. Ace then lets go of Lillian.

"Why did you bring me here?!" She demands to know. She even tries to grip Ace's shirt, but he grips both her wrists instead. She tries to pry free, but she was weakened from the earlier battle with Alondra. Ace takes a deep breath in. He then lets it out slowly. He closes his eyes and envelopes Lillian in needle sharp vines with thorns. She winces in pain. Then she cringes as it gets tighter around her.

"W-what are you-?!" Is all she says before she is interrupted. 

"What does it look like I'm doing? I have to kill you to protect Alondra. I don't care anymore if I become the only Nishio left in this world." He says with pure coldness in his gaze. Lillian's eyes open wide in pure terror and anger. She is trembling, but the vines surrounding her make it less noticeable. Then she smiles coldly at Ace.

"All this for a girl who will never love you back. Pathetic." Are her final words before the vines cover her body completely and crush her to death. She doesn't even yell. Well, even if she did the vines blocked out any noise. Ace doesn't even watch. He begins to walk away from everything and everyone. Taking the memory of the only girl he has ever loved.

Alondra's P.O.V.

"Alondra, you okay?" I see the identical concerned faces of Zero and Ichiru. I look up at them and smile up at them.

"Couldn't be better!" I say as I stand up. Okay so maybe I lied. Once I stood I had no strength what so ever in my legs. I would have fallen down hard on my knees, but Zero and Ichiru grabbed on to my elbows.

""Couldn't be better", huh?" They both say with glares at my direction. I give a nervous laugh after that.

"Okay, so maybe I'm a little tired, but this is no big deal." I lie once more. Zero and Ichiru aren't convinced though and shake their heads simultaneously. Then Aido and Takuma are right up in my face. If my legs weren't weak I probably would have stepped back and or smacked them both on reflex, but sadly my reflexes are slow right now.

"I was so worried! I thought you got hurt! I would die if I lost you!" They both say at the same time. I arch an eyebrow.

"Wow did you two rehearse that?" I say as I give them a smile trying to convince everyone that I may look pretty beat up, but I actually feel better than I look. They both sigh in relief at my joking mood. Then they hug me and I wince in pain. They step back apologizing. I then start giggling.

"I was just kidding." I say as they then glare at me, but I start laughing hysterically. They don't stay mad at me for long and start laughing too. It's contagious so everyone else except the serious ones laugh. Everyone begins to sober up from the laughing hysteria.

"Man I'm beat! Who wants to carry me back to the academy?" I say looking for volunteers. I see that Aido and Takuma want to, but they don't even dare raise their hands considering the dark glare I feel right behind me. It's not directed at me, but I can still feel it. I turn with an innocent smile to Zero.

I put my arms out so he can carry me. He continues to glare at Takuma and Aido, but he picks me up and carries me. Oh and out of this adventure I realize that I haven't been fed yet. I hide my face on Zero's shoulder. He whispers if something was wrong with me. Then he clears his throat. I guess he figured it out.

"Just do it." He says into my ear. I flinch a little at his warm breath on my ear, but that doesn't stop me from wanting to bite him. I move some of his hair and I put the collar of his shirt a little lower. I numb the area I'm going to bite by licking it.

Turns out that's why vampires lick the neck first and then bite. That's exactly what I do I bite, and drink slowly, but greedily. Every swallow of his blood is just as tasty as the last maybe even more. I finally get my fill and slowly take a peek at everyone watching us. But, before I can take the proper look at everyone Zero plunges right in and bites my neck.

He forgot to lick it first so I yelped a bit at the sudden bite. I already blush enough when he bites me, but now with everyone here I was hotter than fire. I'm pretty sure he was getting a huge amount of blood considering how quickly my heart was racing. He got his fill too, and then held on to me tightly.

"I'm glad you're okay. I don't know what would become of me if you died." He says out loud to me. All the blood I lost is being replenished by his words which are causing my heart to beat beyond the normal limits. If the Nishio's didn't kill me his sweet words would. 

"Well, I'd die right after you if I ever lost you." I say out loud to him too as I wrap my arms around his neck. I can't see his face, but I can feel him smiling. I hear two sniffles.

"Isn't that just cute?" I hear Maria Kurenai say. Ichiru agrees with her. That causes Zero and I to glare at both of them. They just smile at us like it didn't bother them that we could kill them any minute now. I sigh after that.

"Can we go now? I'm pretty sure my family is worried sick and has probably called the FBI, Military, Navy, S.W.A.T-." I was saying until I was rudely interrupted by everyone saying. 

"Okay we get it!" I wince and then relax on Zero's shoulder.

"Fine, lets head back then." Zero walks ahead and footsteps of the other members follow suit. I'm so glad this is over. For their sake, I hope things stay calm and peaceful. No more battling for a long while. Hopefully forever. I'm so exhausted. 

I'm startled as I look to the Nishio lair. No one looks back, but I see Ace. He watches us go, looks like he's going on his own way. 

I mouth a thanks to him, he only smiles and turns away, getting lost in the shadows of the trees. Hopefully we shall meet again and can be friends. He'll probably be lonely since his entire clan. . . his family was killed. He helped kill someone close to him too. I'm sure of it, even if I didn't see it, he probably took care of Lillian himself. He did this for me. . . what strong dedication.

Goodbye, Ace.

Later:

"Mom! Dad! Look they're back!" The younger sister of Alondra exclaims in delight to her exhausted and dry teared parents. They both practically jump off their seats and run to the group of vampires returning with one of their most treasured items. Their first born little girl now a young woman.

She is limping slightly, but she seems to be healed by the most part. They finally reach the group and hold on to their daughter in a deep embrace. She holds them back fighting off tears. It's no use though they come down in rivers. They are about to walk off with their daughter when Abel turns back to look at Zero. He sighs heavily.

"Thank you for saving my daughter." Abel tells Zero. Zero sighs in relief in the fact that he could see in Abel's eyes that he had accepted him a lot more than before. Alondra smiles at the sight of her grateful dad. He walks back with them. They walk off, headed back into the dorm rooms.

Alondra's P.O.V.

"Wait, why are these suitcases here?" I ask them as I walk into my room. My little sister takes on a sad look and looks away from me. I had a feeling where this was going, and really didn't feel like knowing the answer. I was really hoping I was wrong, but the look on my dad's face said it all.

"We're leaving now. It's too dangerous here for you. You'll be safer back home." He says. I was afraid to hear those words. I shake my head furiously and clench my fists. I clenched them so hard that I started to bleed.

"But, I don't want to leave! Haven't any of you realized it yet?! Back home I was nothing but sad, lonely and always quiet! Here I'm not afraid to be myself around everyone. They all treat me like no one back home ever did! I was miserable there! I couldn't even love! Here I can finally say that word and mean it! It's not fair! I wish I was eighteen just so I could make my own decisions! I'm not weak! I can take care of myself!" I yell with all my might as tears once more pour down my face. I want to be alone so I take the only exit that isn't blocked. I jump out of the open window.

Once I hit the ground in a safe landing I run to the only place I can cry my heart out.

I run quickly to the stables. Instead of being alone I see Zero standing in front of the stable doors. I stop before I get any closer. I don't want him to see me like this so I turn back and try to run off, but apparently his new found pureblood abilities increased his speed. He grabbed my arm and then held on to me tightly. I try to pry free, but I'm too weakened to really fight him off.

"What happened? Why are you crying like this? You were fine just a while ago." He says as he takes my face in his hands and makes me face him. I want to close my eyes, but I know that if I do my tears will run down harder than earlier.

"They want me to go home! They want me to go back to that Hell! I don't want to be there!" I yell not caring anymore that I'm confessing my deepest darkest secrets and feelings I've held inside of me for so long. I can see a look in his eyes that his suspicions were confirmed.

"I knew it. That's why your eyes always looked so sad for a long while." He whispers as he wipes tears away from my face. I remove his hands and kiss him with all my might. He is shocked at first, but he kisses me back with the same intensity.

"I don't want to go. I want to stay here with everyone. With you." I whisper into his lips. He mouths something, but I don't know what. He kisses me again.