Fan Fiction ❯ The Goddess Sagas ❯ Pack ( Chapter 33 )

Chapter 33; Pack

Squall opened his gray eyes, blinking puzzled. He was standing in an thick woods, in the night. The sky was so dark, that the blackness seemed to be endless. It was windy, and gusts sent his thin and fine brown hair blowing across his face.

`This is an dream?' he thought, looking around himself.

He was all alone, not even a single owl or bat could be seen nesting in the trees. It had to be a dream, because he remembered him and his friends stopping for the night, and going to sleep inside of one of Genki's capsule houses. He remembered Lemon laying down next to him on the floor(there was not enough beds) and cuddling up to him for warmth. Unless he was sleep walking, there was no way he could be out in the woods.

He wondered around, searching. Searching for what? He really didn't know, but something about this, did not feel like an dream, and it filled him with the need to know why he was hear. He felt as though he was walking for hours, but he always seemed to stay in the same place....never moving from the spot he was in, no matter how much he walked. Finally, finding his first course of action useless he stopped, with an sigh.

`That was pointless....If there is an reason as to why I am hear, then I wish it would become clear soon, instead of toying with me.'

His wish came threw all to soon, but it was not the kind of revelation he desired. It was an scream, a loud, blood curling yelp. The knowledge of whose voice it was, gripped it's icy fingers around his heart.

"Lemon!!"

The image of his lover, laying sprawled out on the ground appeared before his eyes. His clothes were torn, and his flesh scared and ripped at by what seemed to be massive jaws. His eyes stared blankly at him, empty.....dead. Feeling tears threaten to fall Squall tried to run to his side, but it was fruitless, like before he could not move from his place, no matter how quickly he tried to run. Closing his eyes to block Lemon's image his view, he breathed heavily unable to breath properly because of the great sorrow he felt within his heart.

"This is all an dream....It's not real, It's not real, It's not real, Lemon is not really dead....he's sleeping right beside me right now, and in the morning he will be his cheerful and sweet.....yet sometimes annoying self."

The man beast opened his eyes, but the body was still laying before him, eyes staring off into entirety.

"Stop looking at me like that....." Squall turned away, squeezing his eyes shut vainly.

"You really shouldn't care if he's dead or not."

Terror and shock gripped at Squall's heart as two strong arms wrapped around his shoulders and he turned to see Ganderdof, smiling back at him.

".....Ganderdof? What?"

"......Remember Squall, when you and I were together?"

"........."

"Don't you hold those memories dear to you in your heart? Did you really love me back then?"

"Of course I did....But, you wanted to continue to kill humans....I could no longer stand living an life like that. You just could not understand....And it ended up killing you and Angie in the end."

"Squall." Ganderdof said, sounding hurt. " How could you have become so cold to me? It's because of Lounaru's little * toy * that you no longer feel for me. That accursed Dampire. He even managed to give you an child. Something I could never give you, but Squall, don't let his sweetness fool you! It is I that loves you, not him! He is only using you!"

Squall pulled himself away from his once lover, with an deep, low growl. " Liar..."

Ganderdof stared at him, face so hurt and betrayed it could bring an tear to even the strongest mans eyes.

"Squall....I would never lie to you. Don't you remember, vampires and man-beast are natural enemies. Besides, he was on the side of your enemy. What makes you think he didn't toy around with Lounaru? Just search his heart, he is still loyal to him. Why would he fight on only one mans side? He himself said, he did not fight for Taromeicka, but for Lounaru. Why is that? Can you answer me that, Squall? Why was...or should I say, is, Lounaru so important to him?"

"........."

"As I thought. Can you really trust him? Can you read his mind, like he had yours?"

".....No, but I trust him anyway. You know nothing about him Ganderdof!"

"Have you forgotten that we both were on the same side? I saw how Lemon and Lounaru worked together. Lemon would suckle up to him, like a baby would suckle at their mother, as they drank milk from the breast. He did so, so lovingly and pure when he drank blood from Lounaru. The two of them....They loved each other."

"It's a lie!" Squall growled, this time more desperately.

"Your in denial. Just look."

Before his eyes Squall could see images of when Lemon still worked for Lounaru. He saw his Lemon smiling at the enemy as he was held within the mad mans arms. The Dampire yawned tiredly, resting his head on the other mans chest. Lounaru stroked his hair, like a child's, smiling down at him tenderly.

Lemon looked up at him an smiled, speaking a few words which Squall was unable to hear. Lounaru paused in stroking the boys hair, and his smile widened, taking the boys chin in his hands and tilting his head upwards. Squall gasped, a tear running down his cheek as he watched the mad man and his Lemon share a tender kiss.

The image vanished from his eyes, and Squall fell to his knees, shaking his head mournfully. Ganderdof placed an hand on his shoulder to comfort him.

"I'm sorry, but that is the truth."

"No....no! You trying to trick me!" Squall yelled back, still refusing to believe what he just saw.

"It is no trick, Squall. You will see for yourself that it is no trick!"

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"Squall! Good morning!!"

The man-beast jumped startled as the cheerful voice awakened him and found himself staring into Lemon's lively violet eyes.

"Hn?" Squall blinked confused.

"Panny daddy is awake! He'll change your diaper!"

"What!?"

Giggling Lemon handed him the baby and tip toed hurriedly out of the room, and in a sing-song voice added. "Have fun!"

He sighed, shaking his head. " How does he manage to make me change the diaper everything time?"

"Nawww...." The baby teased, sweetly.

Squall smiled. " So your going to tease me about it to, just like your Mommy?"

"Yawwwww."

The man-beast just shook his head, a small smile plastered on his face.

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"We are going to run out of chances if you two keep failing!!" Lexy hissed. " Why did you let them defeat you!?"

"Be quite, woman." Tommy frowned. " Stop bitching. I'll destroy them when I want to."

"You!" Lexy sent an slap to his face, but it was blocked and a slap was sent to hers by Tommy instead.

"You don't control Rose's or my fate! For that we both refuse to help you on this mission. Your on your own for this one, so you try and destroy them on your own for today."

"WHAT!?" Lexy growled but her rebellious follower had already left.

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"Tommy, was that wise?" Rose asked, nervously.

"Don't worry. I'm not scared of her. Are you?"

"No, not as long as I have you, Tommy."

"Then relax, I know what I am doing."

"Ok, Tommy."

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"Damn! What do I do now!?" Lexy cursed, retouching the makeup that covered her face.

"Why not, I take the place of your two students for today?"

Lexy gasped, turning around. " Lord Lounaru! Of course you may!"

"Excellent." Lounaru grinned crazily.

"May I ask why? Not to be rude....but...." Lexy trailed off nervously.

"I have a score to settle with Ryan, plus I have an friend I want to see."

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The group had been wondering threw the field for nearly an hour. Ryan had to stop and rest for about fifteen minuets, still not fully recovered. He felt like a total weakling and very useless, Mara tried her best to cheer him up, as did some of the others, but he was still quite depressed.

"Genki...." Alex began, startling the long haired boy.

"Huh?"

"Your computer, can it run on batteries?"

"Yeah. Don't tell me you can't wait until we get to an city or something!"

"Give it." Alex snatched the computer from the other boys pack sack, before Genki could even blink.

"HEY!! DIDN'T YOU EVER HEAR OF PLEASE OR SAYING THANK YOU!?" He growled at the solider.

"Batteries." Alex put his hand out expectantly.

Genki growled, and got prepared to smash him over the head with the big heavy batteries instead of putting them in his hand. Mimi shook her head, taking them from the fighters hand and placing them in the soldiers.

"Genki, don't start a fight." She said half scolding but was also smiling in amusement as she did so.

The fighter blushed shyly, laughing nervously, standing behind Mimi, Carrie made an `Oh your blushing!' sign to Genki with her hands, causing him to blush even more, and put him hands behind his back, whistling innocently as Mimi turned to see what she had done to cause Genki to get so red in the face. The group chuckled, finding Genki getting beyond embarrassed comical.

Squall had his mind focused on other things however. No matter how much he tried to forget about it, his dream kept of resurfacing into his mind. Mainly the image of Lemon and Lounaru locked in embrace.

"Squall...?" Lemon's voice broke threw his thoughts, and he stared down at the young looking boy, who blinked at him confused.

"Hn?"

"Didn't you hear Pan crying?"

Squall blinked and looked down in his arms surprised to see his daughter held in them, crying and hiccuping loudly. Lemon reached over and took the baby from his arms, and began to try and quite her down.

"Squall, you should pay more attention, our poor daughter would stave to death if I wasn't around." Lemon smiled cheerfully, as he took the baby bag Genki had capsulized for them, and began to fill up an bottle.

Squall just stared at him. ` The dream had to have been lying to me....Lemon is to sweet, to kind, to merry, to ever love someone as destructive and mad as Lounaru.'

`He was flirting with you, Squall, when you both met on the battle field in Angelo. You really think he would not love some destructive? After all, he read your mind and saw all the people you killed, heck you were trying to kill him at the time and he still flirted. He's just that...a flirt.' Ganderdof's voice entered his ears.

Startled Squall turned to face the voice and gasped, infront of an huge woods, the ghost of an black wolf flickered out of existence. But it wasn't just the wolf that caused him to gasp aloud.

"Squall?" Lemon asked, concerned, looking up at him from where he fed Pan.

"These woods, I know them! This is where my old pack lived...."

"Ohh....Squall. It must bring bad memories back for you....Genki do we really have to go this way?" Lemon asked with pity.

"Afraid so." Genki frowned sadly.

"It's all right." Squall brushed it off, hating the attention he was receiving.

"But, Squall...." Lemon began.

"Don't worry about him, Mally. People can regret and fear their past, but only cowards will run away from it. I know well enough to know that you would never fall in love with an coward, so let him face up to his mistakes. He'll get threw it all right." Alex interrupted, never removing his eyes from the computer screen.

"Hmmmm...." Lemon frowned.

"He's right, I'll be fine." Squall reassured. " Come on, let's go."

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"Lounaru!!" Hikari gasped, shocked. " Your not suppose to be out of bed yet!!"

"Oh come on!" Lounaru laughed. " You think I can actually rest when their is someone left to kill out there?"

"Lounaru...." Hikari trailed off, biting her lip.

FLASHBACK

"Ryan.....Par.....Parfait.....Osia.....Oisa will come....turn.......go....go back." Lounaru mumbled weakly.

"Ryan? .....Parfait....? What the?" She leaned forward, gazing into the slumbering face, twisted in agony and pain from nightmares and images so horrible she could not begin to imagine them.

The eyes of the mad man snapped open a stared at her, but it did not really seem to be seeing her, as one hand reached up to touch her cheek.

"You can't let Saiyoua get her hands on the orb.....Stop Ryan from coming hear....please....."

"W...What?" Hikari blinked confused. Lounaru's eyes closed against as he drifted back into his nightmare world.

END FLASHBACK

"What's wrong with you?" Lounaru demanded.

Hikari laughed, that annoying giggle of hers. "Oh nothing!"

"Well then, hurry up and tell me where Ryan and the others are!" Lounaru growled, looking close to striking her.

You can't let Saiyoua get her hands on the orb.....Stop Ryan from coming hear....please.....

Hikari shook her head. "Forgive Lounaru, but right now....I can't."

"Why not?" The mad man was beginning to lose patients with her.

"Um...Lexy has been taxing my powers as of late. I need a day at the very least to rest, so, I'm sorry." The demon woman quickly turned and hurriedly walked away, not even once looking back.

"Lounaru....who are you, really? And....who am I?"

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The group were traveling threw the thick woods for hours. By estimate it would take them two days to get out of the forest. Squall was silent, as he always was, but this time his quietness seemed to be brought on by something other then anti-social behavior.

"Ohh!" Mara fell to her knees with a whine. "Can we rest now? PLEASE!!"

"Well, we were traveling a lot, so I guess I rest is an good idea." Ryan nodded.

"GOODIE!!" Mara cheered happily.

"Thank the gods." Carrie sighed, falling on to the ground. "My feet feels like their going to fall off."

"And I am starving!!" Genki exclaimed, rubbing his empty belly which rumbled in response.

Mimi giggled. "I'm a little hungry to, I'll make some dinner for us to eat."

"Yeah! Can it be your chicken stir-fry? I LOVE THAT STUFF!!" Lima pleaded.

"All right." Mimi smiled.

"What's the recipe for it, anyway? When I get back to my village, I would like to make it for my parents."

"Ok, Lima, I'll tell you, the recipe for Chicken Stir-fry for a serving of four is

1/2 cup orange juice

1 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch

1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into strips.

3/4 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth

1 1/2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce

2 1/2 teaspoons vegetable oil

1 clove garlic, minced

1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger or 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger.

1 1/2 cup snow peas or green beans

1 medium red bell pepper, cut into thin strips (about one cup)

3/4 cup sliced green onion

1 cup frozen broccoli, thawed

1 medium carrot, thinly sliced

2 cups cooked white rice

Step one; In a shallow glass bowl, combine orange juice and cornstarch; mix well. Stir in chicken. Cover and chill for 2 hours.

Step two; Drain chicken; discard juice mixture. In small bowl, combine broth and soy sauce. Set aside.

Step 3; in a wok or large nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add garlic and ginger; stir-fry for 30 seconds. Add chicken; stir-fry for 3 minuets. Add vegetables; stir-fry until crisp-tender, about 5 minuets. Stir in broth mixture.

Step 4; place 1/2 cup of rice on each serving plate. Top with the chicken mixture, dividing evenly.

If you want to use a short cut in making this recipe, use precut vegetables from the produce or salad bar section of the supermarket. Also, in recipes calling for soy sauce choose a reduced-sodium or low-sodium version. You will save 145 to 212 milligrams of sodium per teaspoon. By the way, to prepare fresh ginger, use a paring knife to remove the skin. Thinly slice the peeled ginger, then cut into matchstick pieces. Chop or mince as is directed in the recipe you are using. Do you understand all of that, Lima?"

"Hmmm, do you think you could explain one more time?"

"....All right."

"Mimi really loves to cook." Carrie smiled, whispering to Genki.

"Yeah....." Genki smiled, not really focusing on Carrie's words but was staring at Mimi with an dreamy expression on his face.

"Genki?" Carrie blinked puzzled, waving an hand infront of his face.

"She's so beautiful in the moonlight...."

The young sorceress shook her head, pulling him by the pony-tail until her was close enough for her to whisper into his ear without getting on her tiptoe toes.

"Get your act together" She whispered bluntly. " Go and tell her you like her already!"

"NO WAY!!" Genki exclaimed pulling away.

The group looked at them confused. Genki laughed nervously.

"Um...eh...Ha,ha...She told me that I should um.....cut my hair! That it gets in my way when I fight but....I....Ha,ha,ha....don't want to cut my hair so.....ha, ha, um....yeah, so, never mind!" Genki sat down, looking away from the group, red as a tomato in the face.

Carrie shook her head, sighing disappointedly.

Lemon giggled. " I know how you feel about that Genki, I hate to have to cut any of my hair at all. If it wasn't for the fact it would get to much in my way in battle if I let grow to long, I would allow it to grow down to my feet."

"Really? Hmmm....I don't really care about my hair to much, but I guess I keep it long out of habit...."

"Let me guess." Lemon grinned. " You only had one brother, who was WAY older then you, and the rest of you family were girls, and they would always braid your hair, put it in pony-tails, play dress up with you, and refuse to let you cut it or else they threatened to tie you to the bed and tickle you to death."

Genki blinked, amazed. " How did you know that? Did you read my mind?"

"No. My sisters did that to me when I was really young. But I didn't really mind because I was born feminine." Lemon smiled happily.

Squall looked at him shocked. " Your sisters!? Lemon, you told me you couldn't remember your family and much of your past before you met Ruto because of that time you became part devil."

The Dampire blushed, eyes darting back and forth nervously. " Well....My memory is coming back a little as of lately. I can remember the faces of my family...but I can also remember that my father was the one that abandoned me. I was lost for such a long time afterwards, that was until Lo....." Lemon stopped in half sentence, and seemed to mentally kick himself to shut up.

The start of the name was enough for Squall to know who Lemon was beginning to refer to. After, who else was there whose name started Lo, besides Lounaru? Once again Squall could feel jealousy, mistrust and hurt bubble within him, once again, but kept quite. He just did not want to say anything right now...hopeing that MAYBE he was just jumping to conclusions because of that stupid dream he just wanted to forget about it. Unlucky for him though, Ryan had an big mouth that night.

"Lo...? Lounaru was the one you were about to refer to, right?" Ryan questioned. "You never did tell us what you relationship with him is."

Lemon seemed to turn even more pale, and started to fidget underneath the stares of his friends. "Um...well.....please don't talk to me about that! I don't want to say anything about..." Lemon seemed to pause when it came to speaking the mad mans name, before sighing. "I don't want to talk about... Lounaru..."

Rage replaced the hurt feelings, and Squall clenched his fists tightly, closing his eyes with an sigh.

"Why is he so special to you, Lemon?"

Lemon drew back surprised, not so much by the question by the tone it was asked in.

"Squall....?"

"Forget it, I'm going to bed."

The group watched concerned as Squall walked away from the group and settled down on the grass, closing his eyes. Lemon whimpered, holding Pan close to himself, staring at his feet sadly.

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"I smell the scent of an man-beast in the woods." An dark figure spoke to another.

"....Hmmm.....I smell an Vampire and humans...."

"Shall we kill them?"

"......Yes....."

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Most of the group had fallen asleep, leaving only Lemon and Ryan left awake.

"Hey, are you going to be all right?" The demon-half asked concerned.

".....Ryan, do you think Squall really mistrusts me that much?"

"I don't think he mistrusts you. Besides, it shouldn't really matter if you had relationships before him. Afterall, you did live for over tousands of years. You must have had many people over that large amount of time."

".....No, actually. After my family abandoned me, I spent much of my life alone. In the first goddess wars...I tried to fight....and because of some terrible mistakes I made, I allowed the darkness to take over me and it transformed my human-side into an devil. I still looked much like I do now when I fist became part devil...."

"Then why when we first met you, you were around 30 or 40, you hair was white and....your just seemed twisted. Not ugly, but creepy, like an...."

"An monster." Lemon growled, darkly.

"Lemon?" Ryan blinked worriedly.

"She was the only one that was kind to me, and how did I repay her." Lemon shook his head. " I only had one love relationship before Squall....and it was with....her....I will never forget her."

"Her!?" Ryan gasped confused. " Ruto...?"

"No, not Maya."

"But...um, Lemon, don't get mad at me for saying this but....um....'her' as in a girl? The only love relationship you had before was with...a girl?"

"Yes."

"But aren't you...um, well, aren't you gay?"

"That's rather blunt, Ryan." The Dampire raised his eyes brows, frowning.

"Sorry, but, it is true, isn't it? Or...Lemon....are you bisexual?"

"You catch on fast. Yes, I do like girls to. But don't get me wrong, I love Squall with all my heart."

"Well, at least is explains about why you were stareing at the girls so much in that Amazon village and that time we entered the beauty contest, but who is this, her, you mentioned anyway?"

"Ryan....."

"Yes?"

"Of all people, please, your the one I want very least to ask me that question."

"Huh?"

"So....um.....I am going to take Pan for a walk around the woods, children need to see nature while they are young..." The boy got to his feet and began to walk away.

"Hey, Lemon!" Ryan called underneath his breath. "I'll come with you."

"Why?"

"Well...I don't know. Something just doesn't feel safe, besides...um....I got to eat."

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"Not to be rude, Mimi can cook great, but...."

Lemon laughed. " I knew it! You are more demon then you pretend to be. Like me you need to drink blood and devour bones to remain strong. Hmmm....you were acting sickly lately it'll be good for you to get some nutrients...and....hey! We never did rob that blood bank. Next town we come to, alight?"

Ryan smiled. " Yeah, alight."

"Ok! So, let's go have a bed time treat, then hit the hay!"

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"Tommy..." Rose sighed, setting on his bed, cross legged.

"Hm?"

"Do you think it's wise for us to do this? To obey Saiyoua like this?"

"I don't care if it's right or wrong. I always liked having power, but what about you Rose?"

The red head smiled, blushing. " Whatever make you happy, makes me happy, Tommy...."

The green haired boy, knelt next to the small bed, running an hand threw her ruby hair.

"I love you." He whispered before planting an kiss on her flower shaped lips, which she returned lustfully.

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Squall moaned in his sleep, rolling over on his side, fingers clawing at the dirt.

DREAM

He was standing in the darkness, no sky above his head, and no ground beneath his feet, just darkness. Infront of him, stood Lemon whom stared at him blankly, and loveless.

"Lemon!" He called out, but the beautiful boy just turned away, pale golden hair floating in the darkness.

Squall watched painfully as his sweet little boy walked into the arms of Lounaru who had appeared behind him. The Dampire glanced back at him, sadly, tears shimmering in his eyes, and spoke muted words, that he could not make out what they were. Lounaru disappeared, leaving Lemon standing alone, then suddenly something struck him from behind and he fell to the ground in an heap, an dagger pierced his back, blood pouring out from the wound.

"....Lemon!!" Squall gasped in horror, wanting to race towards the boys side, but was held back by an strong grip on his shoulder. He closed his eyes thightly together, whispering underneath his breath.

"Ganderdof, let go of me."

"Squall." The other man-beast whispered, taking Squall's chin in his index fingers, forcing the other to look at him.

"Forget about him, he does not really care about you. Remember, you and I...."

Squall lost all thought as Ganderdof pulled his face closer to his, lips brushing against his, and began pressing against them in an bruising and powerful grip.

"Squall!"

He gasped, and pulled away from Ganderdof, staring in disbelief at the figure that stood to their right.

"Angie!!"

"Do not listen to him Squall! Your aren't his anymore!!"

"She does not know what she is talking about." Ganderdof said calmly. "Squall....Lemon is not that one that loves you, I am."

"......"

"Squall!! Wake up!" Angie cried, desperately

END DREAM

Squall's eyes snapped open, and he sat up, looking around himself startled. He spotted the figures of his friends sleeping....wait. Where was Lemon, and Ryan and Pan?

He got to his feet, sniffing the air, and gasping.

"That scent....oh god no!"

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Lemon clapped in amazement as Ryan dispatched a Egg-Bear with his hands alone, ripping threw it's flesh with his teeth.

"Wow, you are hungry! Don't choke on the bones!" Lemon warned and began to search around for his own meal, and grinned as he spotted an young fawn. Using all the charm and grace as a little girl he approached it. Fooled by the kind and trustful appearance of this child the fawn ventured closer out of curiosity. Gently Lemon stroked it's fur, and got it calmed down and playful before finally striking.

The fawn's playful noises soon turned to cries of pain as Lemon sunk his fangs into it's neck, drinking hungrily of it's sweet nourishing blood. He was far from his fill as he pulled away from the baby animal, letting it drop to the ground. The Dampire knelt down beside it, looking into it's sad brown eyes, which were crying softly.

"Shhh....don't cry." Lemon rubbed it's neck where he had bit it. "Your not going to die. I'm sorry I had to do that to you, but you see, I can't let myself stave to death. But, because of the venom I decided to leave on you when I bit you, it will stop you from ever dying, or aging. So see, don't be sad, you will stay, young, strong, and alive forever!!"

As he spoke he healed the wound, and allowed the fawn to run away, fully restored back to full health from where it was near death. Lemon turned to Ryan who had already devoured all of the egg-bears flesh and half of it's skeleton.

"Ewwww...."

The demon-half looked up at him, puzzled.

"You are a messy eater Ryan! Yuck...you've got blood all over your face. Did you eat it's guts to?"

"....Well....Yeah. I don't feed off others emotions, so when I do feed, I have to make sure I get lots of nutrients when I feed this way. More flesh I consume, the healthier it is for me."

"Why don't you feed off emotions?' Lemon questioned.

"It makes me feel to much like an demon....I hate my demon side....I always hated it, even before meeting Taromecika."

"But, Ryan! That could be why you are so sick all the time!!"

".....Well, I guess I'm just to stubborn. Besides....robbing people of their emotions, feelings...it just is not right. Such things is what allows us to have souls."

"?"

"I have this theory, that our souls is made up of our thoughts, our feelings, every single emotion that we feel is part of our soul. So when someone steals another feelings, and devours it, we steal part of their soul as well. I just can't bring myself to do that, even if it means death or an forever weakened state for myself. I can just never bring myself to steal an part of someone else's soul."

".......Ryan....."

The demon-half wiped the blood away from his mouth with his arm, and glanced up at the Dampire, but an movement behind him caught his eyes instead.

"Lemon, watch out!"

The two of them avoid the attack by a few mere inches. They backed away from the would be killer, which was an large red wolf. Lemon held Pan protectively in his arms, moving behind Ryan for added protection. He just could not let Pan get hurt!

The red wolf moved in closer, uttering an low growl.

"Lemon, let's get ready to run." Ryan whispered, but before either could make their escape four more wolves surrounded them, blocking off all areas of escape.

"Lemon, fly away and get help!" Ryan exclaimed.

Before the Dampire could even get a few inches off the ground, an golden wolf leapt on him, knocking him out of the air. Lemon shield Pan in his arms, taking all the blow of the impact.

"Damn!" Ryan exclaimed, drawing his sword. " Do you think we can fight them?"

"I don't know....I hope so...." Lemon painfully sat up, Pan was crying loudly but he was not really focusing on calming her down.

The wolves began to move in closer....

Suddenly a howl filled the sky, and the group gasped, looking towards one of the tall hillsides that surrounded them.

"Squall!!" Lemon exclaimed happily as the shining white wolf leapt down the steep hill side and towards them. The other wolves backed off in confusion. Squall growled, low in the throat.

An golden colored wolf, the one that had leapt at Lemon, took an step forward and attacked him, biting into his neck. Squall fought back just as violently and after a few minuets of battle they moved apart from each other. Squall closed his eyes, changing back into human form, and to the would be victims shock, the other five wolves shifted into human.

The red wolf changed into a child, around the age of fourteen with red hair that reached an little pass his neck, tied into a thick pony-tail, and bright golden eyes that shimmered with curiosity. There were two males that seemed to be twins, except one had long gray hair and the other had brown hair, both seemed to be in their twenties. They had been the gray and brown wolves. The next one, a sliver wolf had turned into an beautiful woman, no older then twenty-two. She had sliver hair that went as long as to the knees on he long and slim legs, sliver orbs that were her eyes brushed over them with such grace they were left almost transfixed, but the golden wolf was the one that drew their eyes and captured their gaze.

He seemed to be only an year or so older then the woman, but was much taller. His skin was an golden brown, as was his shoulder length, curly sunshine hair. Deep and dark eyes stared at them, he looked like a vision of the sun god Ra.

"Squall, so you came back to us....but only to save an Dampire and an demon-half." His voice was as deep as an endless pit and as clear as hot spring water.

"................."

"You have some nerve coming back hear, after you betrayed us for humans. And what have you done to Ganderdof? He disappeared right after you left with that human baby."

"He's dead. I killed him."

The other members of the group whispered to each other quietly and in shock.

"We thought when you betrayed us for humans it was bad, but why now do you save this...this, vampire breed?"

"Quzecolt." Squall growled. " Mind your own business."

The golden man-beast, struck him across the face with an hiss.

"Squall!!" Lemon exclaimed, worriedly as he watched him get struck.

"Lemon, stay back." He ordered, not removing his gaze from the golden one, known as Quzecolt.

"Your foolish! Your protect an Vampire breed? Vampires and were wolves are sworn enemies."

"Shut up, Quzecolt...."

The sliver haired woman hummed thoughtfully and walked towards were Lemon and Ryan were standing, peering at the bundle in Lemon's arms. She cocked her head to the right, and with amazing speed, that only an beast-woman could posses, she snatched the baby into her arms.

"PAN!!!" Lemon screamed, panicked.

Squall's attention snapped towards the woman. "Coltia!! Don't!!"

The woman Coltia smiled, as the baby stopped crying and began to giggle.

"Hmmm....how interesting. This baby holds the scent of the dampire's human and vampire blood.....but also....that of an man-beast."

The group of men-beasts gazed at Squall in shock and in disgust.

"Do you dare tell us that you had a child with an vampire? That you mixed our breeds with taht of our two swron enimes, vampires and humans!?" Quzecolt said, repulsively.

"What I do is none of your business Quzecolt!"

"You know what the punishment is for such treason....the punishment is DEATH!!"

"SQUALL NO!!!" Lemon cried as Quzecolt lunged at him with an dagger made of bones that he had held, hidden in his hands all this time.

"ORB!!!"

The golden wolf staggered backward as the magical attack struck him.

"Whose there!?" he demanded.

"I'm no going to let you hurt my friends!" Carrie exclaimed jumping down from the top of the hills.

The red head wolf child peered at her and suddenly blushed, eyes dawning an dreamy look. "Wow....."

"A human..." Quzecolt snarled.

"Squall you will not go unpunished. You will pay for your crimes, tomorrow night, meet us at the village square and your final fate will be decided." Colita hissed.

"What makes you think I'll come?"

The sliver haired woman smiled. " If you want to save your child, you will have to."

Squall gasped. " PAN!!!"

"NO PAN!!" Lemon cried, trying to rush forward but was held back by the brown and gray man-beasts.

"The life of you for the life of your child, bye for now." The gold and sliver beasts turned back into wolves and dashed off with Pan, while the two elder wolf men held the rest of the group off and raced off after them. The red head stayed, still transfixed by Carrie.

"Where did he take her!?" The Fernandez demanded him.

"...T....T...To....the village." The boy stuttered.

"Village?"

"Um...I....I....I GOTTA GO!!" The boy exclaimed, turning into an wolf and dashing off.

"W...Wait!"

"It's no use Carrie....they are gone...." Squall sighed, defeated.

"PAN!!!" Lemon sobbed loudly, pounding the earth with his fists.

".......God....why?" Ryan shook his head weakly.

"I woke up because I sensed something terrible was going on....I was to late......damn it!" Carrie swore, smashing her fist into a tree in anger.

".....Lemon, what were you doing on hear in the first place!?" Squall demanded, anger finally consuming him.

"I was out taking a walk, I was hungry....I just wanted to get a little something to eat..." Lemon sobbed quietly and helplessly.

"Our child is gone, because you got hungry? What in the hell were you thinking!? The woods are dangerous, you knew that! Did it ever cross your mind for even a second!?"

"..........."

"Hey, Squall. Come on, relax, it's not like he went alone, I was with him...."

"Yeah, but what help did you do? Was Lemon to busy flirting with you for you to notice the attack?"

"Squall..." Lemon whispered in hurt and shock.

"Lemon, I know all about your relationship with Lounaru. Don't try and hide it away from me anymore. You never did love me did you....?"

Lemon gasped, eyes growing wide. " You know about Lounaru....? Oh, Squall! You misunderstand!! Just....Please---!!!"

"Shut up, Lemon!! I don't want to lesson to your lies anymore!"

"Squall...." Carrie began.

"No, he has to hear this!!"

"Squall!" Ryan exclaimed, seeing the distraught state Lemon was in.

"Lemon, why you had the orb of truth, I will never know, I bet everything you said was an lie, about how much you loved me, about how much you cared for Pan, and about how your no longer loyal to Lounaru! LEMON YOUR NOTHING BUT A GODDAMN LIRE!!!"

In a movement so quick, almost as fast as light, Lemon sprung forward, using his claws as he slashed Squall across the cheek. Leaving give moist red trails across his face, that they already knew would leave an scar.

"IS THAT ALL YOUR THINK OF ME!? I...I thought you thought of me, better then that....But I guess I was wrong....to believe that anyone could truly care about an freak like me! Well Squall, if that is what you really think of me, then goodbye forever!!"

The man-beast watched in numb shock as Lemon ran away from him, tears falling from his red and swollen violet eyes.

"YOU IDIOT!!" Ryan exclaimed, harshly.

"What on earth were you thinking, Squall!? Go after him!!"

"Leave me alone..." Squall sighed, turning away from them.

Ryan gripped his by the shoulder, turning around and raised his hand into the air ready to slap him, but Carrie jumped infront of Ryan before he could deliver the blow.

"If you would excuse me, Ryan!" She spoke threw anger before sending her own strike to Squall's face.

"Squall, your so foolish! Don't you love him, your such an....an.....YOUR A STUPID, FUCKING FOOL!!! DON'T YOU EVEN CARE HOW POOR LEMON IS FEELING RICK NOW YOU DAMN ASS-HOLE, YOU FREAKING---"

Ryan clapped an hand over her mouth, whistling in amazement. " Where do little girls hear these words...god! Mimi would take a fit if she heard you saying those words..."

"I TOLD YOU BEFORE, DON'T SPEAK OF MATTERS THAT DO NOT CONCERN YOU! LEAVE ME ALONE!!" Squall yelled at them, before turning into an wolf and dashing away.

"YOU'LL REGRET THIS, SQUALL!!!!" Carrie screamed to him as he disappeared.

**********************************

The red head wolf boy, frowned as he laid on his bed, sighing. He could not get that blue haired girl out of his mind....Carrie they called her....

`Ah....what a beautiful name....*sigh*......'

"Colt!" Colita exclaimed, walking into his small hut.

"Yes mother!" the red head gasped, setting upward.

"Son, have you been all right? Since that little encounter in the woods, you've been acting strange."

"I am fine. Say, what are you going to do with that baby, if Squall don't show up?"

"It's part vampire and human, it's not fit to live."

"But it's also part man-beast..." Colt added shyly.

"What is it you mean by that?"

"Nothing....If Squall does show up...?"

"We capture him, kill his baby before his eyes and then him."

"But!! You said you was going to free the child!" Colt gasped.

"Yeah, so we did, that does not mean we have to keep our word. We will kill Squall, that baby, the demon-half, that vampire breed, and whoever that little sorceress girl was. We know where they are camping, we will kill them off easily."

"Mother...why....why do we hate humans....and vampires?"

"Colt.....They are different from us."

"..........."

"Colita!" The gray man-beast exclaimed, poking his head into the hut.

"Lunga, what is it?"

"We captured the vampire. She was trying to get the child back."

"Oh, really?" Colita frowned, then smiled. "It will be fun, torturing her until Squall arrives hear, tomorrow night."

Colt watched as they left, and frown confused and sad.

"Because they are different...? So.....why is that a big deal?"

The boy closed his eyes and slowly fell asleep, he was wakened a few hours later when a anguished scream filled his ears, panicked he ran out side and gasped. The vampire was tied to an metal rod with barb-wire that ripped into his flesh, causing him to bleed. Below his feet was a burning hot fire...Colt gasped, the fire was turning the rod that the victim was tied to burning hot.

"How terrible!" The boy sobbed.

"Look at that creature scream, heck, it's not even a full vampire, it's a Dampire freak." Lunga laughed as he spoke to the brown wolf, named Runga.

"We'll have fun torturing them all this way, I can't wait to do this to that little girl. I would love to see how much a set of young girlie lungs like that can scream."

`No....I can't let them do that to her....not even to this vampire girl either.' Colt looked over at the screaming boy, whom he thought was a girl.

`She is almost my age...hell, she even seems younger...and that other girl....I can't let them go threw this much agony. No!! This is wrong! Just because they are different is no reason to make them suffer!! I got to help them....I GOT TO!!' Turning into a wolf he raced off, Lemon's screams echoing after him.

************************************

Carrie laid on the grass, staring up at the moon sadly.

`...I never really felt love before, like Genki and Mimi....Ryan and Ruto...or Squall and Lemon, but I know it's a thing to be treasured. Squall how can you let go of it so easily, and Lemon, what is going to happen to you? Also....poor little Pan, to young to know what is happening. What if you never see your parents again...? Will you not remember them...? Oh, please, ISIS, mother of mercy and kindness, you who let the weary and the helpless cry on your shoulder, PLEASE, help us.....Please.'

"Pssst!"

Carrie sat up startled, everyone else was asleep....who could have whispered?

"Pssst!! Hey, over hear!"

Slowly she crept towards the bushes were the whisper was coming from and gasped.

"Hey, your that boy from the pack....."

"You remembered me..." He blushed goofy before turning serious. "We need to help your friend, they are torturing him in the village! And they are planning on killing the baby before Squall's eyes when he comes tomorrow."

"What!?"

"Shhh....don't wake your friends. They are also planning to kill them and you to."

"Why are you telling me this?"

"Because I...I don't like what they are doing and um.....well....ah...."

"Yes?"

"I think your cute." He mumbled, turning red.

Carrie blushed. "Ah...Thanks? My name is Carrie, Carrie Fernandez."

"And my name is, Colt, Colt Quzgag!"

Carrie smiled, he was kind of cute. He was a head taller then her, and was small in mass, slim and small for a boy. He wore a pair of simple gray pants, made of an heavy cloth and red vest over an no sleeved black shirt, his skin was the color of an melon, all nice and pink. But...she really couldn't trust him, what if this was an trap? She glanced at the twin curvy daggers which hung on his side. Slowly she glanced up at him, spotting a beautiful necklace that hung around his neck. It was sliver, and was in the shape of the full moon, in the moon was the picture of an wolf howling. Colt noticed her looking at it and blushed.

"My father...ah, the village chief gave it to me. It's suppose to be an symbol handed down from generation to generation. It is only passed onto someone outside of the family as an marriage token."

"Oh....That nice. Um, but we really should get to work. Should we bring the others?"

"No, we don't want to catch to much attention. First we have to fine Squall!"

"All right! Do you have any idea were he is?"

"Yeah, his scent is unmistakable! I'll take you there quickly, jump onto my back!" Colt transformed into an wolf. Blushing shyly Carrie gently got on top of him and he began to run.

Never before in her life did she feel such wonder, racing threw the lush woods at such an amazing speed. She hung on tighter afraid of falling, but, as much as she shyly admitted to herself, she also just wanted to get closer to Colt.

Squall sat on the largest hill side, it over looked the village from a great and far distance, making everything in it seem like a little speck. His eyes were closed, as he allowed his memories to taunt him as they brought back now painful memories of Lemon.

FLASH

"Hey!" Lemon grinned, staring at Squall, who was partly transformed. While partly transformed he did not look the much

different but had a wolf tail, claws, sharp teeth, and some patches of fur hear and there.

"You're a wolf boy huh? On Ryan's team, my name is Lemon, I'm a vampire part devil, you know vampires and were-wolves

are natural enemies right? So why not take me on? I promise, I'll be good." Lemon giggled.

FLASH

"Hey...Your one of Taromecika's followers aren't you?" Carrie asked, confused.

"He is, I fought him, thought he was dead." Squalled frowned.

Lemon grinned weakly. "Not yet....*cough! cough!* "

FLASH

"Wow, don't you have pleasant thoughts."

Squall jumped turning around he was Lemon standing behind him, his black eyes and white hair shimmering in the moonlight.

"What are you doing hear?" Squall demanded icily. Sighing Lemon smiled, setting next to him on the bed stretching his legs.

"Well...I was suppose to kill you guys, but I find your mind rather interesting, and if I killed you, your thoughts would end."

"How dare you read my thoughts!"

Lemon giggled. "Sorry, it's force of habit, anyway, you can find out a lot of interesting things about a person by reading their

minds.....Like, who they really are inside. You and me are a lot alike, you once killed and now you regret it, I kill, not because I

want to, but I'm forced to, you know, being on the side of evil and all, but....I would rather just, play games, have fun, pull

some pranks, but I have a mission to accomplish....And I can't stop killing, can't stop being the 'God Of Death' until I complete

that mission."

FLASH

"Please, don't let me kill anyone else."

FLASH

"Lemon!!"

All movement stopped as Squall slowly stumbled towards them. blood trickling down his forehead and mouth as he looked up

to face Lemon.

"Stop this...you don't have to do this!"

"....I do....It is the only way I can complete my mission....the only way I can be close to her, is to obey her!"

"Obey who, Lemon? Who is it that is worth so many deaths?"

The vampire/devil lowered his eyes sadly...beginning to tremble.

"You're a slave, a servant....you have no will of your own. Your told an order and you go threw with it...never thinking

twice....you're a coward...." Squall finished.

Lemon turned to him his eyes burning. "No!!! I'm not a coward!"

Squall stumbled backwards as he was smashed with an dark energy blast, blood poured out of his mouth from the impact and

he fell to the ground. Lemon watched trembling all over as the man-best slowly raised himself upward, staring at Lemon threw

intense eyes.

"How many more people must you kill Lemon?"

Lemon's eyes widened shocked.

How many more times must you kill that girl and her dog?"

Slowly tears began to fold Lemon's eyes and slowly he let his scythe drop to the ground, smashing as it made contact with the

rocks.

FLASH

"Finally......no more...." Lemon muttered before passing out.

"Lemon!" Squall exclaimed, diving underneath the boy, catching the limp body in his arms.

FLASH

Slowly the other members of the group approached Squall and the still passed out Lemon. Everyone was silent as Ryan's

talisman began to glow, and the group watched in awe as the light engulfed Lemon's body, his white hair turned into long golden

locks, and his pale skin became a normal peach color, his tail disappeared and instead of devil wings a pair of sliver bat wings

took their place. He also became shorter and his face became a lot younger as well. Slowly with a groan he opened his once

black eyes which now were a shining violet.

"Hmmm....oh....What happened? I feel so weird...." He muttered.

FLASH

The group stared at him in surprise. He turned to them, tears falling down his cheeks as he looked back at them, a happy smile

plastered on his face.

"I never thought I would be normal again....When the goddess wars started so many years ago, I was corrupted by darkness

and henceforth became part devil, the only change was the tail and wings...some new powers....then I joined Taromecika....or

rather Lounaru....and they....they used machines to alter me....transforming me into the beast you once saw before....All that

time I was really an 15th year old Dampier....that's a vampire/human....I can't believe I almost forgot who I was.....I'm Mauls

Yamerasa....but Mauls is still dead....that innocent child can never return....so I shall keep the name Lemon...but now I

remember why Lounaru accepted me....I hold...I hold the orb of truth."

FLASH

"....Gee...you don't talk much out of battle..." Lemon frowned. "But,....I'll break your shell someday...and this time...without

reading your mind."

Squall turned bright pink as Lemon pecked him on the cheek and ran back to Ruto twirling her around.

"Well everyone! Let's go!!!"

FLASH

"Hey, Squall!!" Lemon exclaimed, a grin on his face. "The tour is going to be start-----" the vampire trailed off as he saw the

man-beast setting on the bed, his head lowered, his face hidden in the shadows of his bangs.

"Squall...?" Lemon gasped as he saw that small water stains on the floor, and his face softened, and slowly he approached the

other boy, laying a caring hand on his shoulder.

"Squall...."

The boy looked up at Lemon, his eyes shimmering with held back tears.

".....I understand....you don't have to hide your sadness from me, I'm your friend.....I was left alone to....."

Squall sobbed, throwing his arms around the boys waist as he began to cry into his red robes. Lemon gazed down at him sadly,

rubbing the boys back comforting.

FLASH

Squall paused, turning around he spotted Lemon slowly following along behind the group, sweat rolling off of his skin, as he

wiped his hands on his crimson robe his pale face drained and his eyes drawn.

".....You ok?"

"Huh?" Lemon asked looking up at him slightly startled.

"....Y...Yeah, I ---" Lemon stopped talking as he erupted with violent coughing, bending over he gasped for breath.

"Hey....Lemon!" Squall exclaimed, kneeling next to the young boy, who seemed to be shivering.

FLASH

"Awww, you really care." Lemon grinned, causing Squall to turn away with a blush.

FLASH

"Uhhh...Hey, don't look so grim, I'm....fine..." Lemon groaned, forcing himself to walk towards them, hanging on the wall for

support.

"Lemon!" Squall exclaimed, quickly jumping forward, catching the Dampier in his arms as he almost collapsed.

FLASH

Lemon blushed nervously. " Well...Lounaru always made sure to feed me...he always made sure I was asleep at the time

though, because despite being a vampire and after everything I did....I still have a *slight* fear of blood....Except of course

when I go into bloodlust, but when I do, it has some strange...rather passionate effects on me...That I prefer to avoid."

FLASH

"No! No! No! No!" Lemon shook his head quickly, waving his hands in protest. "Lounaru and I were not involved with each

other like that, but we did have a...sort of a relationship, but not the same kind your thinking of...look, I don't feel like talking

about him right now...I'm getting tired, I think I'm going to sleep."

FLASH

Lemon cried out again, tears running down his face, but the tears stopped when he felt someone take hold of his hand, opening

his eyes weakly, he stared at the person with a surprised expression. Squall gazed back at him, giving his hand a small squeeze,

he weakly smiled.

"I could hear you screaming from my motel room...I couldn't bear leaving you hear alone to suffer like that...wear does it hurt?"

Lemon shook off his surprised expression after a few moments and managed a small smile.

"Squall...thank you...I needed....I needed someone to be with me...I...I get so lonely..."

"...Don't talk, Lemon, it's causing you pain, relax...now tell me, where does it hurt?"

FLASH

"... I can only feed off someone who loves me...after all the things I've done...the whole world...probably hates

me...maybe...after all I've done...I deserve to die...."

Squall gazed at the boy in horror and watched as two tears of blood fell down the boys pale cheeks, leaving a crimson trail

down his skin.

"Lemon...I don't hate you..."

FLASH

Squall was finished cleaning off Lemon's body from the blood and began to help the boy back into his robes, being careful not

to injure one of the frail sliver wings.

"Thanks Squall..." Lemon wheezed weakly. " Thanks for your friendship...."

FLASH

"....Can you please stay with me...I don't like being alone...it may sound funny to you, I'm over thousands of years old but I feel

like crying and I get scared when I'm left all alone."

FLASH

"Thanks Squall, I really needed that, I'm happy now."

FLASH

"Good night, Lemon, try and rest peacefully."

"...Thanks...Hmmm...Squall?"

"Hn?"

"I....Well....I..." Lemon paused in mid sentence eyes widening. " Squall, look out!!"

The man beast grunted in surprise as he suddenly found himself being pushed to the floor by Lemon's frail form, the next thing

he knew was aloud cry of agony...it came from Lemon. He hit the floor, Lemon laying limply in his arms, a whole around the

size of a quarter in his chest, dark blood oozing threw it.

"LEMON!!!" Squall cried, pressing his hand against the boys wound in a desperate attempt to stop the bleeding.

".....Squall....."

FLASH

"Nooooo!!!"

The scream suddenly pierced the air , and slowly in terror Squall's eyes widened as Lemon dashed in front of him, holding his

hands out in a protective manner. The attack hit the boy right in the chest and with a short cry Lemon fell to the ground, his soul

crystal floating as it glowed in the air.

It all seemed to happen in slow motion, as Squall watched Lemon fall, the soul crystal leave his body and appear in Lena's

hand, before he knew it, he was knelt down, cradling Lemon's body in his arms.

"....Squall....I'm going to miss you...please get out of hear while you can....."

"Lemon!!" Squall screamed, shaking the boy as he attempted to keep him from closing his eyes.

"....Goodbye...."

Squall choked back a sob as Lemon's breathing stopped and his head slowly fell to the side, unshed tears rolling down his

dead cheeks, leaving stains of water apon his deathly pale-gray face.

FLASH

"Lemon, don't die on me yet." Squall swallowed removing his jacket and pulling his shirt, wet with sweat over his head, he

quickly removed his pants and proceeded to undress Lemon, the boys body felt like glass, that if he were to bend it to much it

would crack. He gently laid on top of the boy, measuring his angels up with Lemons, which was pretty hard considering their

difference in height. But he did his best to redo the processes as Lemon had explained to them before. Closing his eyes he

allowed his bodies energy to flow threw Lemon's pours. But he knew that it would take more then that to save the boys life,

taking his wrist into his mouth, Squall bit down hard on the vein, bursting it, blood running down his arm, as he opened Lemon's

mouth with his fingers, letting his warm life's blood flow into the boys mouth. As if by magic Lemon began to breath again, and

slowly color returned to his face and his health seemed to restore by the second. Slowly his eyes opened, his violet gaze

staring into him with a mixture of weakness, confusion, sadness, and happiness.

"Squall...." The Dampier whispered reaching his hand up to touch the others cheek.

"Shhhh, don't talk, rest..." Squall said smoothly, his own voice small and weak.

"Squall? "

"I'm all right...but..."

"But?"

"I used to much of my energy, I can't move."

Something like a cross between an sincere smile and a naughty grin appeared on Lemon's face.

"I don't mind, I like it like this, it's so warm..." The boy shut his eyes peacefully.

Squall could not help but smile and stroke a strain of blonde hair away from the boys eyes. ' Lemon....'

FLASH

Squall moaned softly, feeling a surge of passion flow threw his body but in his half-sleeping state did not know what it was,

slowly he opened his eyes, but gave a cry of surprise , setting up throwing the figure that had been setting on top of him off the

bed.

"Owww..." Lemon groaned, looking dizzy as he rubbed his head.

"What were you doing-oww..." Squall rubbed his neck, feeling to little teeth marks and a little trickle of blood.

"Sorry...I got a little hungry, and I needed a small, bedtime snack." Lemon apologized innocently.

"Ask first... But why feed off me? I know enough about vampires to know that you don't have to drink the blood of a person

the loves you, you only have to do that in your main meals, not your snacks."

"...Well..." Lemon blushed slightly. "I...I find it easier to drink blood off of someone I care about..."

"....?"

"It's nothing...but...."

"What?"

"I keep on having nightmares about how I acted when I worked for Taromecika...can I sleep in the bed with you....please?"

"Ehhh, I feel like a little funny sleeping in a bed together with a thirteen year old."

"Really? Hmmm, I can fix that." Lemon shut his eyes and in a flash, he transformed. Squall gasped as he stared at a seventeen

year old Lemon. He did not look that much different except he was taller, more stronger looking and his face showed a bit more

maturity. He was a very handsome young man, and not the child version he was so use to.

"Ah...ah...ah...."

Lemon smiled. " At lost for words, aw, I'm that cute? Heh-heh!"

The Dampier jumped into the bed, snuggling up to him, happily, pinning him down onto the bed.

"Lemon..."

"Can I just eat a little bit more, please? It wont hurt, actually, it feels kind of good, dreamy like if you drank a little to much

scotch. "

"Fine...just don't kill me by accident."

"Thanks."

Squall hissed slightly pained as Lemon sank his teeth back into the holes he had already done in his need, and began to tenderly

suck the blood from his body. No matter how much he fought against it the man-beast could not help but moan as the feeling of

passion filled him again.

The same affects seemed to be happening to Lemon as the boy began kissing his neck as he drank, lost in a frenzy of bloodlust

and passion, he continued to drink and kiss. Squall titled his head upward, kissing Lemon's lips, tasting his own blood on them,

it tasted good, reminding him of the time he use to hunt his prey. Lemon noticed this and taking his claw, he cut his arm,

allowing Squall to taste of his blood. Neither of them fully realized what was happening, until the kisses had slowed down and

both gasped for breath, shivering even though they weren't cold.

FLASH

Squall yawned opening his eyes, instantly he felt flesh against his and looked down to see the still adult Lemon snuggled up to

him, dressed only in a pair of boxers, using his chest for a pillow, looking down he noticed that he was only wearing his jeans

and that his shirt and jacket had been discarded onto the floor along with Lemons robes.

FLASH

Lemon leaned over next to Squall, whispering. " You and the others stay hear, we'll get you in tonight."

"What? How are you suppose to get---" Squall didn't finish his sentence as he backed away with a smile.

"Bye, bye guys! See ya!!"

The group growled at Lemon as he along with the girls in their group entered the village.

"....Are you SURE he's not really a girl?" Genki asked.

Squall sighed. " If he's not, then he must really want to be one..."

FLASH

Lemon sighed drearily as Squall refused to even look at him, in was so bad, that Squall slept on the floor on the one huge bed,

room. It was lonely laying hear all alone, it reminded him to much of the days before he met Marie-Maya, or rather Ruto, and

of the days he had been corrupted and had worked for Lounaru. Of the days he was known as the `God of death.' He did not

want to be alone anymore…

"Squall….why wont you even talk to me?"

"……"

"What did I do?"

"………"

"Whatever it was I'm sorry…"

"Shut up Lemon, go share a room with Ryan or something." Squall replied harshly.

Lemon felt tears sting his eyes.

"Squall…."

"Don't speak to me."

Lemon bit his lip and quietly cried in his pillow.

Squall glanced at the boy, feeling remorse, but quickly looked away from him. He could not bare to look at him, he did not

know why…it was not that he cared about him….was it? Then why was he so angry every time Lemon clung to Ryan?

"….Squall….There is nothing between Ryan and I…." Lemon protested softly, threw his sobs. Squall knew that Lemon had

not meant for him to hear, but the Dampier had forgotten about Squall's wolf like hearing.

FLASH

"Lemon? Why is it, you feel for me?"

The Dampier hunched his shoulders. " I don't really know, there is just something about you Squall, something about you that I

just can't help but love…"

FLASH

" Squall, remember when I almost died because I did not feed?"

"Yes."

"And I said, that only someone who loves me, I could feed from. They had to love me in somewhere, any kind of love. And

Squall, you feed me…when I was about to die, you feed me and saved my life…meaning…"

Squall's eyes widened in disbelief. " That since you was able to feed from me, I had to have been in love with you some way…"

Lemon nodded, staring at his feet. "Yes…I wanted to find out which way…which way you loved me. Ruto had loved me as a

friend, Lounaru loved me like a brother…believe it or not, he often said I was almost like a brother to him…and You….how do you

love me, Squall?"

FLASH

"….That's, a secret. But anyway, tell me how you feel, Squall. Right now, tell me what your thinking."

"……Hn…..Lemon, this is stupid, I can't tell you everything that I'm thinking right now. Everything in my head is mixed into

one."

FLASH

Squall's eyes widened shocked as Lemon pushed himself forward, his soft, rosy lips closing around his. He was frozen and

couldn't move, as Lemon's closed his eyes, savoring the taste of his mouth. The man-beast could feel the others thoung enter

into his mouth, not forcefully, but searching and gentle.

For the life of him Squall could not understand everything he was feeling, only a few emotions was actually namable.

Surprised, exposed, nervous, but most of all longing. The longing to return the kiss. It was then he realized his emotions. He

was in love with Lemon.

Slowly Squall closed his eyes, and turned the searching kiss into a passionate one. Warping his arms around Lemons slim waist,

he slowly entered his thoung into Lemon's musky moth, brushing against Lemon perfect white and sharp little teeth. The kiss

lasted only a minuet or so, but to the two that were kissing it seemed to last forever. Slowly the two of them pulled away,

opening their eyes at the same time. Lemon smiled at him tearfully.

FLASH

" In our war, we never know what's going to happen….we never know if one of us is going to die….can I give myself to you?

Incase that one of us dies, and we are never able to express our feelings?"

"Lemon, I will protect you, I promise, but, I agree, we never know what will happen."

"Squall." Lemon smiled, holding his hand, softly in his.

FLASH

Lemon moaned as Squall licked his chest, leaving a smooth wet trail among his skin with his ruff thoung. Warm hands wrapped

underneath his back, while the other one rested on his cheek. Lemon had never felt this way before, it was painful yet beautiful

and comforting at the same time. Titling his neck to the side, he playfully nipped Squall's neck and began to suck out a little

blood. He was delighted when he heard Squall moan and felt him shiver, as he held him close.

The feeling of Lemon suckling at his neck was wonderful. It was hard to describe but the mere feelings of it made him go hard.

Slowly Lemon removed himself from the man-beasts neck, and kissed his lips. Squall savored the taste of his own blood on

Lemons lips, and slowly licked them clean, while Lemon's hand brushed it's self against his flesh.

Lemon moaned loudly, it was so painful, yet he did not want it to stop. He felt his nipples had gone hard, as did other parts of

his body, but he did not care as he threw his head back as Squall pushed himself forward, their bodies rubbing against each

other.

Squall, bent down to taste of Lemon's body, it was a sweet taste, like strawberries and cream, his lips was covered with the

sticky substance as was his hands as he leaned forward, placing a deep kiss on lemons lips. He could feel Lemon lick the

substance clean from his mouth, much like he had done with the blood on Lemon's lips. He looked down at the boys face, to

see him smiling, face blushed, and sweat running down his face, but still smiling. Eyes twinkling with life and love. A warmth he

never had directed at him before, not even by his first love, Ganderdof.

Lemon sighed passionately, as Squall's lifted him up in his strong hands into a setting position, and his sticky hands began to

massage the warm sticky substance into his skin that laid always red and sore between his wings. The feeling was so smoothing that Lemon could not help but lean his head tiredly against Squall chest closing his eyes, sighing softly in approval.

Squall smiled as he watched Lemon's reaction. Nuzzling his head on the side of Lemon's neck, he whispered softly in the

others ear.

"….Do you like that Lemon?"

"Yes…"

Squall kissed the boys neck, tenderly, yet rapidly, hands still massaging the boys skin.

"Oh…Squall…I'll love you forever."

"Me to, my Sweet N' Sour, little lemon."

Lemon turned his head, slightly, to look into Squall's eyes and tenderly kissed him, both of them, wrapping their arms around

each other, never wanting to end this embrace. In each other they had both found someone, someone they knew would love

them forever, and never, ever leave them for another. It was funny how faith worked. When they first meet it was on the battle

field, fighting each other, the second time they meet, they spoke, one looking for understanding, warning the other the he would

have to kill him, if he stayed in the village. The third time, it was on another battle field, and they tried to kill each other. But

after the battle because of Squall, Lemon lived and returned to his true state, and slowly love blossomed between the two. Two

that were suppose to be enemies since the day they were born, had fallen in love. Never before had a vampire and a were wolf

cared for each other, they were the first of a love that they wished others of their race could feel.

FLASH

" I just dream about not being alone…I just want to be with someone who I love. I would be happy to cook for that person,

and do stuff for that person…I know it sounds kind of like a home-maker, but being with someone I love, would be what truly

made me happy."

Lemon closed his eyes as Squall played with his long blonde hair, brushing his bangs back as if he were petting a cat. It was a smoothing and comforting feeling, that caused the Dampier to swoon.

"Squall, what's you dream?"

The man-beast smiled.

" I don't really know, but I would love to be able to have a little house in the woods, and be able to come home to a

family…and have someone, I really love, like you, waiting there for me."

"Squall….we can grant each others dreams."

"We can…And someday we will…"

"Do you really mean that Squall!?" Lemon Exclaimed excitedly, face beaming happily.

"Yes I do….After this war is over…our dreams will come true."

"Squall….I can't wait…now I have another reason to want this war to end."

FLASH

"I'll tell everybody about…'chic, chic! Meoowww!!' " Lemon whimpered teasingly, getting only a strange, confused look from

Squall in returned. Lemon rolled his eyes, knowing that Squall had no idea in the nine hells what he had meant.

"I'll tell everyone we had sex, get it now?" The Dampier grumbled dully.

"……….Lima didn't tell everyone?"

"Nope…..I told her I would cut her hair off in the night if she did."

"…..oh."

"So?"

"…………What was the question?"

Lemon opened his mouth, then shut it, blinking confused. " I forgot."

FLASH

"Squall, how long do man-beasts live?"

"A little bit longer then humans, we stay looking younger for a while longer."

"Oh...."

"What about you?"

"I can.... live forever. The only things that can kill me is thirst, dying an elemental death, or getting a wound to my heart or

brain...It's sad....I'm not the kind to kill myself....never....but since I may never die....."

"You can never see those you loved again after they die..."

"That's right....If only.....*sigh* if only I could be fully human."

"Isn't there a way?"

"Yes...but if I were to use that spell to become a full human now, I would die. Remember, I am a few thousand years old."

" Don't worry Lemon, I'll always be by your side."

"Squall...."

FLASH

"You have to admit though, you are very much like a girl...."

Lemon was about to defend himself when he saw the playful look in Squall's eyes, and gave him a playful nudge, knowing to

what he was referring to.

"Squall, I never knew you had such a dirty mind."

" I don't. I'm just stating the facts."

FLASH

"Lemon!" Squall exclaimed, running into the room where they had left the boy.

The Dampire looked back at him, with a smile, a hand placed on his stomach.

"Lemon, are you feeling better now?" Squall asked concerned, puzzled by the strange smile on his lovers face.

"Well, it's kind of strange to explain but...well....are his...um.....boyfriend?" Taichi ran his hand threw his hair, blushing.

"Um....Yeah...." He was just confused now.

"Squall." Lemon placed a hand on his shoulder. "I'm pregnant."

".......!!!"

FLASH

"So....um...Squall....What do you think?' Lemon asked nervously.

The man-beast just stared at him for a moment, blinking in confusion, before putting his hand on Lemon's stomach.

"There really is a baby in there?"

"Yes....At least it explains why I am getting chubby."

"....It's been around three months since we....?"

"Yes?"

"How long does it take Dampire's to have children?"

" Around six months...."

"So in three months around.....?"

"Yes....."

" It's really my child....?"

Lemon frowned bitterly. " Yes! Of course it is!"

"....Ha....Ha...Ha...."

The group blinked at Squall confused.

"I'm going to be a father....I don't believe it...."

"Are you happy, Squall?" lemon sounded almost nervously.

"Yes." He smiled, leaning forward, placing a kiss on Lemon's lips. " I'm happy."

FLASH

The Dampire smiled weakly. " Ah.....My water broke..."

The whole group practically jumped into the air in shock. Squall was panicking. It was the first time any of them saw Squall loose his cool, but right now they all were to panicked themselves to look at the comedy in the situation.

Lemon sighed irritably. " Gee....Am I going to end up having this baby in the field or what?"

FLASH

The Dampire gazed up at Squall weakly as he came into the room to set down beside him.

"Squall.....I could not hear what the doctors were saying....Is our baby going to be all right.....?"

The innocence and ignorance in the boys voice was so pure that Squall could no longer contain his tears. Lemon starred at him in shock, and then in horror, turning pale, beginning to tremble.

"Squall? What's going on!? Tell me!!"

The man-beast slowly took the Dampire's hand within his own, brushing the pale golden locks of hair away from the boys eyes with his other.

"....The doctors says that if you have this baby your going to die.....your body wont be able to take it...Lemon.....I don't want you to die."

"So.....they want to kill my baby....?" Lemon asked, emotionlessly, staring up at the ceiling, not even blinking.

FLASH

"I'll never kill my own child....."

FLASH

"...I could never bring myself to do it, Squall...." The Dampire looked up at him with tears shimmering in his eyes. " If I die....then that is what faith has in store for me. It was a miracle....for us to be able to have a child together. I wont return this gift, no matter what."

FLASH

" Squall.....You wont be able to understand what I'm telling you....because you never experienced it. But I have a child growing inside of me....it feels so magical.....Do you think that after all this time I could kill it? That I could just throw it away and forget about....Squall, I would just die of grief if I have to do that. Sure.....I know that this may weaken my body down so much that, even my, `almost' immortally may not help me to allow me to live....but....I don't care. I don't want to give up my child. Children are everyone's right to true immortality. Long after we are both gone we will continue living on in our children and our grandchildren, and their children...." Lemon's voice trailed off as he began to grow tired.

"Lemon...." Squall sobbed, allowing the tears to spill down his face.

The Dampire closed his eyes, and mumbled in a sleepy voice before slipping into sleep.

"Let me have this baby, please Squall....."

FLASH

He quickly transformed back into human form as he reached outside the hospital, slowly he forced his feet to move forward, body trembling. He opened the doors, walking inside, his feet ringing on the hard floor.

`Lemon, oh please god, don't let me be to late....Don't be dead already...I don't want to not be able to say goodbye....Lemon.....Be alive....be alive....' He opened the doors to Lemon's room, heart in his throat.

Lemon laid unmoving on the bed, the Nurse waited for him. Closing her eyes, she shook her head sadly. " I'm sorry....but, at least you have a very healthy and beautiful baby...." she left the room to leave Squall alone with his lost love.

The man-beast could feel his whole world crash down on his shoulders.

`No...no....it can't be.....' he whispered, shaking his head, slowly approaching the bed. He was no longer aware of anything, not even the tears the rolled down his cheeks.

`Lemon.....' Squall took hold of the Dampire's hand, it was cold and limp. Slowly the tears began to fall harder.

"Lemon....oh, no, god please no....." He squeezed his eyes shut in an vain attempt to stop the tears, but as was stated it was vain, and he broke out into a sob, pulling Lemon close to his body.

"Lemon, you meant so much to me, you can't leave me behind yet. We didn't start out on the right foot when we first met, but as time went on, love grew between us, to races that were meant to hate each other. I still don't know what brought us together, you like the day and I'm the night, but there is just something about you that I love more then this whole world. Lemon, you mean everything to me. Even we you do act like a spoiled little child. Please, let me see you smile again...let me see your eyes twinkle like the sun....let me hear you laugh, let me see you play games. Let me hold you in my arms, let me hear you voice, let me be able to feel you breath come and leave your body as you soundly sleep beside me. Lemon...please just come to life....I'll never ask you for another favor...just....come to life....come to life..." Squall's voice broke and he began to cry, body shaking.

"I'll never ask for anything else....just, please Lemon....please.....OPEN YOU EYES!!!"

FLASH

The Dampire's eyes slowly opened and he gazed up at Squall weakly. " Squall.....I'm alive...?"

The man beast, unable to contain himself began to sob, and held him closely to himself, running an hand threw his hair, never wanting to let him go.

"Lemon, I thought you were dead!"

The Dampire smiled and weakly returned the hug. " Squall, I could never leave you....and besides, do you think I could die without never being able to see my baby....or hold her in my arms?"

"Her?"

"Just before I passed out, I heard the doctor say it was a girl....a little girl...Did you see her Squall? Is she all right?"

"I didn't see her, but the nurse says she is healthy and beautiful."

Lemon smiled tiredly. " Squall, can you go get her...I want to see our baby."

FLASH

The baby was passed back to Squall and Lemon. Sleepily the child yawned, closing her eyes and snuggling up close to her mother. The video camera was turned to the new family.

"I've never been so happy in my life! It looked like hell to have, but it's the greatest thing to ever happen to me!" Lemon smiled happily.

"And I have never been so proud...and I promise I will always be there for my family...always."

Pan laughed, gazing up into his eyes.

`Always...'

FLASH

"Squall....I would never lie to you. Don't you remember, vampires and man-beast are natural enemies. Besides, he was on the side of your enemy. What makes you think he didn't toy around with Lounaru? Just search his heart, he is still loyal to him. Why would he fight on only one mans side? He himself said, he did not fight for Taromeicka, but for Lounaru. Why is that? Can you answer me that, Squall? Why was...or should I say, is, Lounaru so important to him?"

"........."

"As I thought. Can you really trust him? Can you read his mind, like he had yours?"

".....No, but I trust him anyway. You know nothing about him Ganderdof!"

"Have you forgotten that we both were on the same side? I saw how Lemon and Lounaru worked together. Lemon would suckle up to him, like a baby would suckle at their mother, as they drank milk from the breast. He did so, so lovingly and pure when he drank blood from Lounaru. The two of them....They loved each other."

"It's a lie!" Squall growled, this time more desperately.

"Your in denial. Just look."

Before his eyes Squall could see images of when Lemon still worked for Lounaru. He saw his Lemon smiling at the enemy as he was held within the mad mans arms. The Dampire yawned tiredly, resting his head on the other mans chest. Lounaru stroked his hair, like a child's, smiling down at him tenderly.

Lemon looked up at him an smiled, speaking a few words which Squall was unable to hear. Lounaru paused in stroking the boys hair, and his smile widened, taking the boys chin in his hands and tilting his head upwards. Squall gasped tear running down his cheek as he watched the mad man and his Lemon share a tender kiss.

FLASH

He was standing in the darkness, no sky above his head, and no ground beneath his feet, just darkness. Infront of him, stood Lemon whom stared at him blankly, and loveless.

"Lemon!" He called out, but the beautiful boy just turned away, golden hair floating in the darkness.

Squall watched painfully as his sweet little boy walked into the arms of Lounaru who had appeared behind him. The Dampire glanced back at him, sadly, tears shimmering in his eyes, and spoke muted words, that he could not make out what they were.

FLASH

"Shut up, Lemon!! I don't want to lesson to your lies anymore!"

"Squall...." Carrie began.

"No, he has to hear this!!"

"Squall!" Ryan exclaimed, seeing the distraught state Lemon was in.

"Lemon, why you had the orb of truth, I will never know, I bet everything you said was an lie, about how much you loved me, about how much you cared for Pan, and about how your no longer loyal to Lounaru! LEMON YOUR NOTHING BUT A GODDAMN LIRE!!!"

In a movement so quick, almost as fast as light, Lemon sprung forward, using his claws as he slashed Squall across the cheek. Leaving five moist red trails across his face, that they already knew would leave an scar.

"IS THAT ALL YOUR THINK OF ME!? I...I thought you thought of me, better then that....But I guess I was wrong....to believe that anyone could truly care about an freak like me! Well Squall, if that is what you really think of me, then goodbye forever!!"

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Squall allowed tears to run down his cheeks, the memories were just to painful....just too mocking and painful. He could not understand why he just blew up all of a sudden at Lemon....maybe it was because he believed what the dreams were saying....

"Squall!"

Carrie....How did she find him hear? It doesn't matter.....he did not care, let her yell at him all she wanted, it would not make an difference.

"Squall, you got to go help Lemon!"

`What trouble did he get himself into now?'

"He was trying to sneak into the village and rescue that baby." An male voice informed.

`Whose that? Doesn't matter....What was Lemon going to do? Get Pan and run off, never allowing me to see my own child ever again?'

"Squall are you lessening!?" It was Carrie again.

`Yes, now shut up, shut up!'

"DON'T YOU CARE!?"

`Do I care?..ha,ha,ha, what kind of stupid question is that, of course I care....of course I do. Would I be setting hear in the middle of the night, crying if I didn't?'

"Go away....." He mumbled, not even turning to look back at Carrie and whoever it was that was with her.

"Fine, we will go, but we wont let our friend suffer and die. Squall, I thought of you as family, I think as everyone in this group as a family. You all are the only one's I have left, after my family was all killed in a sea of fire and blood. I wont let any of my family die on me again! Squall if you don't want to be a part of this family anymore then, fine! But I'm going to go save Lemon and Pan with or without your help!"

Squall listened as Carrie and whoever was accompanying her left, and sighed drearily.

"Since when have I become so stubborn?"

*********************************

Lemon gazed up at the sky from where he was still tied to the burning hot pole, his eyes dimming, throat to sore to even cry out in pain. Tears fell from his eyes, and he put his head down defeated.

`What have I done.....? What is it I do wrong all the time, to get myself into these situations? I know I am a freak, but is it really a reason to hate me so much, everyone? What did I do to them for them to want to see me burn? What did Pan do to them? What did I do to Squall....? Nothing.....Nothing! Life is always like this, hate fills people's hearts and allows it to rule them, and control them. Existence was always bitter, I lived thousands of years and this always happened. I was called a freak, I was betrayed, I was pushed in the mud and spat on. Everyone always hated me, my father most of all and people I did not even know the names of, I am now even hated by Squall....I was always hated, except for * her * and Maya. She was the only one that was ever kind to me....even when I was on the side different then her. But she always did love another, and he ordered her death....and I carried itout....what a fool I am......Maybe I should burn.....I wont be missed.'

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Hikari laid on her bed, eyes closed.

`What does it mean? Who is Lounaru, and who am I? What is going on....? I don't get it. Are we fighting for the right cause? Are we? I don't know.....I'll just fallow and obey what my lord, Taromecika commands of me. It's all I know, who am I to question it. Perhaps this is my fate.'

Her door burst open with such force it almost sent it off it's hinges, frightened, Hikari sat up and stared at Lounaru who stood in the door way, slashing a sword in the air, impatiently.

"Come on! Come on! Tell me where they are! Tell me where they are so I can kill them!!"

"All right...." Hikari groaned, closing her eyes.

"....Ok, I sense that...hmmmm.....they seem to be spilt apart."

"Where is Ryan!?"

"At an camping ground in the woods, but---"

Lounaru paused half way out the door, and repeated. " But?"

"Lemon seems to be in an village, and from what I see he is in lots of pain."

"Lemon...?" Lounaru's voice softened.

"What is your relationship with him, anyway?" Hikari frowned.

"My little brother...Heh-heh. Yeah, he was always like a little brother to me." Lounaru's voice became double, part of it was his crazy voice, but the other was softer and more quite, more caring....more feminine.

"Lounaru...?" The demon woman stuttered confused.

"Just a little brother though, never cared about him more then that. I think that perhaps he felt something more for me, maybe at one time, but no....we are like brothers. Yes Mauls Yamerasa, my little brother. His past is so mixed up and confused, he's regaining his memories though, and soon he well tell them the truth."

"Mauls Yamerasa? Who...? Is that Lemon? Lemon's real name?"

"Mauls, Lemon...." Lounaru gripped his head, painfully.

Hikari watched the struggle in amazement, before Lounaru finally regained compositor.

"I will kill those who hurt Lemon, I can always kill Ryan another time." The softness in his voice had disappeared and was once again swallowed entirely by madness.

Hikari watched trembling as he left.

"What in the hell is going on....? Oh god.....I just don't understand......"

**************************************

"Kim....Should we do something?" Amy questioned, glancing over at her partner, as both of them watched hidden in the tress as Lemon was tortured to the point he was to weak to hardly cry.

"This has nothing to do with us. Our mission is to find the goddess stones."

"........Yes, your right, I guess."

"Amy, we don't have time to waste on others problems. Come on."

The two of them began to leave, Amy paused, turning her head around to see Lemon one last time. His tears glistened in the moon light, running down his pale face.

"Fate is a really cruel thing, but all what you can do is keep walking forward, it's either that or allow yourself to die. Don't give them the satisfaction of seeing you give up."

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"Do you have anything you want to say, Dampire?" Quzecolt laughed, mockingly.

Lemon slowly raised his head, and spat bitterly at him. " Just let me die....."

The man-beasts began to laugh at this as if it was some kind of joke.

"Oh, we will! Don't worry about that, but not yet, we want you to suffer some more." The golden man took a knife out of his pocket and aimed it towards Lemon's face.

"I will first peel you like an apple and make you unfit to look at."

"NO!! MAGICAL ORBS!!!" Carrie exclaimed, blasting the Quzecolt with dozen's of magical blasts.

"YOU!!" He snarled.

Lunga and Runga dashed at her, ready to strike. The last Fernandez raised her arms infront of her face as a pitfall shield to try and protect herself. Suddenly Colt, in his wolf form jumped infront of her and snarled at the approaching twins.

The village froze in shock, as Colt returned to his human form, glaring at his family intensely.

"COLT!!" Colita growled. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING CHILD!?"

"SON, YOU DARE PROTECT A...A....A....HUMAN!?" Quzecolt gasped.

"....Mother, father, you always told me, humans and vampires, and every other kind of species different then our own were bad. I never understood why, because they were different? That never made sense to me. We are all man-beast, but each one of us is different from the other. Why should it matter if a human, or say, vampire is different from us? After all everyone is different from the other. So we all look a little different. So what? I have red hair, mom has sliver, dad has gold. See we are different from each other in looks to, but we don't hate each other. So why does it matter so much is other species appear different then we do? Look at him?" Colt gestured towards Lemon. " What did he do wrong? I trusted in what you thought at first, that is why I attacked....but now I see, your all wrong! Your even turning against one of our own kind!! STOP THIS STUPID NONSENSE, THERE IS NO NEED TO HATE EACH OTHER!!!"

"Colt...." Quzecolt sighed. " I guess there is only one way to settle this. Kill the girl and Colt. We can't let anyone who are allies with humans and vampires to live."

Carrie and Colt gasped in horror.

"Father...."

"He's you son!" Carrie exclaimed in disbelief.

"Quezacolt!! No, not our son!" Colita cried, dashing infront of the pair in panic.

"Lunga..."The golden wolf spoke.

the sliver wolf struck the woman with a knife, piercing her heart. In shock and pain she fell to the ground, blood pouring from the wound.

"MOTHER!!" Colt screamed, tears springing to his eyes as he caught the woman's limp form in his arms.

"....Colt......Don't....ever let go.....of you belief's....or you ideals......" Colt's body went limp as her breathing stopped.

"MOTHER!!!!!!!!!!"

"Oh god....." Carrie shook her head. " Colt.....I'm so sorry."

"FATHER HOW COULD YOU!?!?" The sobbing boy demanded.

The man did not answer, but made a motion with his hand for Lunga and Runga to kill them off.

Both of the children backed away frightened, trembling.

"BURN!!!!"

Carrie and Colt looked up in shock as Lounaru appeared in the village, sending an blast of fire striking Runga, burning him to an crisp.

The boy gasped in horror, and Carrie drew back in fear.

"Lounaru....oh god, what is he doing hear? I thought he was gone for good....."

"Who is that man?"

"He works for Taromecika....and Saiyoua. He is a terrible man!" Carrie warned.

Lounaru sent another blast of fire, striking random buildings, and then he blasted Lunga as the gray wolf charged at him.

"NO, MY HOME!!! DON'T!!!!" Colt cried.

Lounaru ignored him, laughing at the flame and fire the danced around them. He dashed towards Quzecolt, sword drawn.

"NO, DON'T!!!" Lemon screamed, causing the mad man to look at him in shock, then growl.

"Lemon! What did these beasts do to you!?" Lounaru pressed the sword closer to Quzecolt's neck.

"No, don't....please, for me. Don't kill him."

"But....But....Why?" The man stuttered confused.

"Please....just go.....don't kill him. Please...."

Lounaru nodded, slashing the bardwire from Lemon's body with his sword and gently laid Lemon's body down next to Carrie and Colt.

"You changed over the years Lemon, I see your no longer a god of death..."

"....Yeah...Lo...you took over that idenity haven't you..."

Squall ran into the village, panicked after seeing the fire, he froze as he spotted Lounaru lay Lemon down, and slowly lessened to his words.

"This will be my last favor to you, little brother, next time we meet, we will be enemy's."

Squall blinked in shock, letting the words fully sink in.

`Little brother? That's their relationship?....."

FLASH

Squall watched painfully as his sweet little boy walked into the arms of Lounaru who had appeared behind him. The Dampire glanced back at him, sadly, tears shimmering in his eyes, and spoke muted words, that he could not make out what they were.

FLASH

and spoke and spoke muted words, that he could not make out what they were.

"What was it did Lemon say in that dream....?"

FLASH

spoke muted words....

FLASH

he could not make out ...

"Wait a minuet....what he said....." Before his eyes he could see an image from his dream, when Lemon walked into Lounaru's arms, pulled away and spoke those muted words. Slowly he followed along with Lemon, trying to lip read what he was saying.

"We....." Squall began. "Are not.....This....way....."

The man-beast gasped. " We are not this way. Lounaru and I are not this way! He and Lounaru is not together, that is why he pulled away from him in the dream!! STUPID SQUALL!!!! Why didn't I see that before!! I'm such an idiot!!"

"Oh!! The baby!!!" Colt exclaimed. "It's in that burning house!!!!!!!"

"WHAT!?" Carrie gasped.

"PAN!!!!!" Lemon cried.

"I'll get her!" Squall exclaimed, making his appearance known, surpassing the group.

"Squall.....?" Lemon whimpered weakly.

"Lemon, please forgive me. I was an idiot. We'll talk later, ok?"

Lemon watched smiling weakly as Squall ran into the house, seeing him coming out a few moments later with Pan, whom he handed to him, carefully.

"Pan." Lemon cried in relief, holding the crying baby in his arms. "It's over now, your safe."

Squall looked away from the pair, guiltily. `Was I really going to let them go the easily, just because of some foolish mistrust.'

Colt stared at the burning village. " My home.....My family....."

"Colt....I lost my family to, if it makes you feel a little better. I know the pain you must be in..." Carrie whispered, laying a hand on his shoulder.

"................Thanks, Carrie."

"Colt, I think your father is ok. He's just in a little bit of shock, I'll got check on him." Squall said, walking towards the village chief who sat numbly on the scorched sand.

"Hey, you ok?"

"...................." Quzecolt was mumbling something underneath his breath.

"What...?" Squall repeated confused as the man stood to his feet.

"Everyone who is allied with humans, or vampires...or anything else besides our kind must die...."

"SQUALL!!!" Lemon exclaimed as Quzecolt stabbed the unsuspecting man-beast into the chest.

"ARGHHHHHH!!!!" Colt screamed a warrior's cry, dashing forward, stabbing one of his curved twin daggers into the back of her father's head, killing him instantly.

"You fool!! You just could not let go of your hate, could you? Well, I wont allow you to live to spread your meaningless hate to others, and I wont allow you to become more soiled by taking more lives. Goodbye....ex-father."

Squall slumped to the ground painfully, slowly blacking out, the last thing he was aware of was Lemon crying his name.

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DREAM

Squall looked around himself, he was in the a ocean full of white and glowing water, it looked like a brighter version of the dark ocean, and held a sort of peaceful feeling to it. Angie stood infront of him smiling.

"Squall....you made the right choice. You did not leave him, I am happy. Ganderdof's soul was restless all this time...because he thought that, you still loved him, and that Lemon was just taking advantage of your pain trying to force you to place him in your heart instead. He wanted you to believe that Lemon loved another, so he came up with that lie about Lounaru. He wanted it to be true so much, he lost sense of what was true and what was lies, making him think that Lemon really did love Lounaru. But he saw....we both saw how much you truly cared for him, you went back for him, believing that he loved Lounaru. Seeing that he no longer was the one in your heart, Ganderdof could finally become part of the life-stream, having no more connection to hold him down to the earth, now I can go rest to, brother. Goodbye Squall, we well meet again someday."

Angie disappeared leaving him all alone in the dark and the cold.

"Angie! Don't go....! I'm all alone hear..."

"Squall!!" Lemon called out cheerfully, standing before him, with an bright smile on his face.

"Lemon!!" Squall ran forward, afraid that maybe he would not be able to go forward like all the other times, but this time he had no problem racing into the other's arms. He wrapped his hand's around the smaller boy, holding him close, tears of joy and relief falling from his eyes.

"Lemon! I'll never let you go again, I am so sorry!!"

The area around them suddenly became bright with sunshine as they stood in an beautiful field of flowers and life. Warmth flooded threw him, and he slowly gazed up at the sky, were sliver butterflies were passing over head. Lemon reached up, turning his head back towards him, and smiled as sweetly as the area around them.

"No need for apologizes."

The two of them locked in embrace, kissed each under tenderly on the lips, a kiss more beautiful then that piece of heaven in which they stood.

END DREAM

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Squall groaned, opening his eyes, spotting Lemon staring down at him, a worried look on his face.

"What happened....?" He mumbled, setting upward and looking around himself. He was back at camp, all of his friends, except for Carrie and that boy Colt, staring down at him in the same worried expression that Lemon had dawned.

"SQUALL!!!" Lemon cried out in relief, throwing his arms around him, weeping with joy.

"Lemon...! I'm so sorry, I..."

Lemon smiled sweetly, putting a finger to his lips silencing him.

"No need for apologizes."

"Lemon...." Squall smiled weakly, throwing his arms around him, never wanting to let go of him ever again.

"I never thought I would say this...you know, me having a crush on Squall at one time but.....They make such an sweet couple." Lima commented, an small sad smile on her face.

"Hey, wait..." Mimi looked around startled. " Were is Carrie?"

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Carrie ran threw the woods. "COLT!! COLT, WHERE ARE YOU!?"

The young wolf boy had ran off before they had gotten to the camp and she had gone in search of him. She did not know why, but...she had to find him. She continued to run until she came to the bottom of the huge hill that Squall had been on, the one that watched over the village. She gazed upward and saw Colt in his wolf form howling up at the moon, a mournful cry.

"Colt....Let me stay by your side."

The wolf looked down at him startled, and quickly made it's way down the hill towards her, turning back into human form.

"Carrie...?"

"Colt, I....Will.....Oh boy...I'm babbling....Is this what falling in love feels like?" Carrie blushed shyly, looking at the ground.

The wolf boy blushed also. " Carrie, you mean that?"

"Yes."

He reached forward, stroking her hair.

"Father always said, man-beasts and other species getting together was very sinful, but I don't think I care if I'm a sinner or not anymore."

Leaning forward the two young teenagers locked in embrace, sharing there first kiss, an forbidden kiss, but one that they would hold in their hearts forever, and that made it all the more sweeter.