[Q_Q]

The blond was quite pleased this evening, not only had he finished with all of his chores but ever since his little pet had figured out the truth he was finally able to come to life and feel the world that everyone else so selfishly had been feeling. Of course the knowledge that was passed down from his pet to him was a bit unnerving and for the most part he rather not think upon it. He was quite happy where he was the town was mainly ghostly which fitted the way he felt at that particular time of his life. The blood turned his head the bright blue eyes looked down at a rather pale Kanashi. How long?

"How long as it been Kanashi, since we made this our home?"

Kanashi flinched slightly at the voice above him, holding on to air he looked up at the blond. How long had it been? Truthfully he didn't recall. He had been researching about the none existing town for a while. He also looked into how to resurrect someone from the death in such town, plenty of warlocks had done it and now sadly he had done it too.

"I don't know...perhaps about two, six months?"

Kanashi responded in a rather lifeless tone. The blond sighted, he kind of enjoyed when the male was more, aggressive. The town did have a fairly bad reputation however, it sucked the soul of whoever dared enter it, the ghost of the people they care for would suddenly appear but unlike the person the ghost was quite the opposite. Of course that all depended on the memory they held, Kanashi's last memory of Sashi was that of a snotty mean kid it seemed because now, he looked happy but near death thanks to that memory which was happily sucking the life off him.

"Kioku...."

The blond allowed the name of the town escape his lips, his blue eyes still looking down at Kanashi, sometimes memories seemed to be the safest of places for a broken heart and soul. He had no idea what exactly had changed so much, aside from the fact that no one remembered anything yet.  He shook his head no need to worry about that now. The town was a large mouse trap people were able to come in, but most of the time they died with their memories.

[Blood Brothers]

Triton blinked slowly at the decrepit buildings that surrounded him. This seemed like the sort of place to be named 'Hopeless', but it was not what Tenshi had described. Had he taken a wrong turn somewhere?

His existence and importance had been passed on very quickly through the ranks of Night fans after the concert. Many of them seemed to have a vendetta against him, believing all sorts of crazy theories about him and the attractive lead singer.

The journey this far had not been very pleasant and as much as he would have preferred to just traveled by shadow to the rendezvous point he found that he couldn't. He didn't know the place and the shadows seemed reluctant to let him through. Hiding in the dark was still as easy as it always was, but extended travel was not.

Perhaps he needed to have a discussion with the Darkness Element.

In any case, Triton was lost and in what appeared to be a ghost town. He cursed his luck and for leaving Neo-Tokyo without any of his brothers with him.

[Q_Q]

The blond decided very much against Kanashi's will to go out of the house for a bit, as much as he didn't enjoy watching the blue eyed male be eaten away by his own memory, he really needed some fresh air. The towns people hardly ever left their homes, and the greyness of the town really made it feel ghostly. He placed a dark baseball hat upon his head and walked out into the streets, it was easy to see who was out and soon as he turned his head at the distance he noticed a small dot.

"One of your many victims I presume, you devil little town."

He whispered, moving his hands up behind his head he began to whistle as he walked to one of the shops.

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Night appeared behind Triton his hands wrapping around him red eyes beging him not to go anywhere just yet.

"You've come this far for me?"

[Blood Brothers]

Nearly jumping out of his skin as he felt someone hug him from behind, Triton turned his head, eyes wide, to see the person he was looking for. Had he gone too far or was this really Hopeless? Had he made it?

"Qua!" He couldn't help exclaiming in surprise, his heart thumping thrice before falling still. "I mean, Night and, y-yes, I did." Shaking a bit, Triton took an unnecessary, deep breath in an attempt to calm down. This town was really giving him the creeps.

"I haven't kept you waiting, have I?"

[Q_Q]

He shook his head, arms holing on to him tigher.

"No, you haven't....I was being to feel lonely...without you here....I hate having you near but...I hate being lonely...more"

~~~~~

The blond walked into one of the shops, the shop owner greeted him wholeheartedly.

"No memories yet huh son?"

The blond shook his head slowly.

"None yet mr. Watanabe"

The male laughed.

"So tell me Relic how is your companion doing?"

The blond smiled.

"He is still under...."

[Blood Brothers]

"Wh-what?" Triton sputtered, feeling a stab of ice in his heart. His boyfriend was acting bizarre and he was unsure why. From the man's appearance and sound, it was most definitely Night, but something about how talkative he was threw the vampire off.

Night never spoke so much at once nor did he ever speak of feelings or reasons behind his actions.

Nonetheless, the words wounded him deeply, though some part of him rejected them as nonsense. This was nothing; this was wrong.

[Q_Q]

After obtaining the items the blond needed he walked out of the shop waving at the male shop keeper. Letting out a sigh he glanced forward watching another male acting strange. He chuckled, well it seemed that the other had finally found what this town was about the look of confusion and pain upon his face was what gave it away, well now that he was close enough to see part of his face anyway.

"Excuse me..?"

The blood finally spoke. The Night like male pulled Tirton closer to him nearly hissing at the other who seemed to not see him. Something was strange with that male and the town really didn't like it.

[Blood Brothers]

Triton could feel tears stinging his eyes as he slowly turned to the man who spoke. His mind was still deep in denial of the man clutching him and so it took a long moment before he truly comprehended what he saw.

There was something intensely familiar about the blond standing in front of him and Triton was more than surprised about the sudden surge of emotions from within from just looking at the man. He couldn't even see the blond's face, but the scent was undeniable.

"Q-man?" Triton barely exhaled the word before he was fighting tooth and nail to escape what he was sure was a fake Night. With all the years he had spent studying Qua, there was no way he'd fall for some bogus copy.

Quatre, however, was real.

Before he had met Qua, Triton had spent months envying his big brother for having such a wonderful best friend. Even though he was closer in age and looks to Quatre, Trowa had been the one to hold the blond's attention. Triton couldn't have helped his attraction, however, and that helped him now.

Bending and slipping out of the fake one's arms, Triton zipped over behind the blond and hid behind him with a choked sob. This town was creepy and he had no idea how there came to be a fake Night, but he had no intention of staying with the creepy copy.

"Help me?"

[Q_Q]

The blond's eyes closed for a moment, shaking his head he let out a rather annoyed sigh.

"Sorry, but I think you are confusing me for someone else..."

Relic finally answered, the night copy appeared behind Triton pulling the male slightly to him.

"You leave me....I will make sure you'll never see he light of day again...Triton..."

Looking back at the rather frightened male, he began to walk back to his apartment pulling the male behind him.

"I will help you, but please call me by my name...it's Relic..."

[Blood Brothers]

"Don't touch me, you fake," Triton hissed, turning his head to the side as to address the Night copy, but he did not make eye contact. The vampire couldn't stand to look at the fake, instead he just clung to the person he knew was Quatre and was dragged along behind him.

"Thank you... Relic," Triton murmured, legs feeling a little weak. If this copy was here, then where was the real Night? Was he waiting in Hopeless? Had he been waiting for Triton all this time?

This man who called himself Relic was Quatre, Triton knew from the very core of his being that this was true. However, just like Qua changing his name to Night, Quatre was now insisting that he be called Relic. The vampire could do this, but he also had the strong urge to drag Kokoro in front of the blond just to see what would happen. What would happen if he introduced both Kokoro and Seishin to Relic at the same time?

Triton had a feeling that Relic would be smothered.

[Q_Q]

Relic glanced behind him, the body he now occupied allowed for him to carry large amounts of 'things' thankfully he kept up with keeping his body fit, so pulling the male around and holding him in an almost bridal way was his next answer to the males hiss at the creature behind him.

Taking quick step he manged to opened the door into his home, the blue eyed boy looked up with much work. His lips were try and body was nearly a bunch of sticks.

"Did you too?"

Relic gave him a bitter smile and shook his head.

"No love...I didn't allow myself to fall like you..."

He answered before setting the male down.

"That memory of yours will be waiting for you outside, they don't enter rooms, if you have his memories as well you might end up seeing what he sees...I have no clue what he has been holding on this time..."

The blond glanced at Triton for a moment.

"This town makes you see things that you might never want to see happen in the real world. This town feeds of your memories and off your life stream, He has been like that since i pulled him into this house, but inviting the thing with him caused him to be attached to him, he hasn't moved from that chair since we got this house."

Relic walked to Kanashi and leaned down moving a small piece of cloth.

"The chair is eve staring to grow into him, I haven't been able to move him or get him to talk much, I only got his name off him...and even then I didn't quite understood it... something around Nashi..."

Kanashi made no attempt to fight back what the blond was doing nor how he was speaking instead the blue eyed male closed his eyes and rested for a few seconds.

[Blood Brothers]

"Oh - what - but - Kanashi?!" Triton spluttered, looking around quickly once he was set down. This town was more than just a town, Quatre seemed to have no memory of anything, and Kanashi was a skeleton that was being devoured by his own memories. What hole had he fallen through to end up in this hell?

"Kanashi," he murmured, padding over closer to the youngest of the 'Q' brothers. "Was it really so bad?" The vampire chuckled weakly. "Humans really aren't meant to live that long, are they? Any of your brothers would share what gifts they have to change you and any of my brothers would, too. You know Shimi would be tripping over himself to turn you."

Shaking his head, Triton nudged his favorite brother through their bond. If Kanashi was this bad and Quatre (or what passed as Quatre now) couldn't do anything, then the only one who could and would do whatever the hell needed to be done without regard to that person's will was Shimi.

It was sad that Shimi was exactly what had happened to Sato to get him out of his funk. At least Sato was up and about now.

[Q_Q]

Kanashi looked up at the male that was now mumbling at him his blue eyes were losing the bright coloration of them. Shaking his head he held on to the memory of the young male.

"I cant....leave him"

he finally whispered, Relic sighted and walked up the stairs into his room.

"If you plan on going out again, run as fast as you can south or north and do not stop for anyone or anything even if it holds on to you."

[Blood Brothers]

"I think I'll cheat and take the easy way out, then," Triton snorted, tugging harder on Shimi. Movement in his peripheral vision drew his attention. As he turned his head to look at the thing, he found himself horrified.

Sashi had crawled up onto the chair to perch on Kanashi. The way that this creature that was not his little brother moved was jerky, unnatural. It was too quick and reminded Triton somewhat of a lizard or a spider. Wherever it touched Kanashi, there was a subtle distortion as if the life was being sucked out of him.

"What the hell?!" Triton squawked, jumping back and nearly hissing at the thing that masqueraded as his youngest brother. "That is not Sashi, so what are you doing, letting it devour you?!" Baring his fangs at the thing, his fingers curled into claws as if he were preparing to attack the demonic creature.

[Q_Q]

Kanashi shook his head slowly. Moving his hands around the creature, Relic heard the noises he sighted. Maybe the other male would help Kanashi snap out of the hold that the thing had him under.

"...don't speak that way to him..."

Kanashi finally spoke in a rather tired way. His eyes glanced at Triton.

"....He is mine..."

[Blood Brothers]

"No, he's not. However, you are his," Triton snarled, taking a step forward. However, he went no further because the Sashi demon hissed and moved closer to Kanashi. At that, Triton yanked Shimi and he finally responded.

Bleeding out of the closest shadow, the older vampire growled as he looked around carefully, gaze landing first on Relic before shifting over to Kanashi. That did it. One moment, he was beside Triton and the next he was looming over the chair that held Kanashi. The Sashi creature was forced away from Kanashi, though whether it was from fear, power, shadows, or something else was not clear.

There were leathery wings stretched out from Shimi's back, eyes darkened and focused. Blackened, clawed fingers reached down towards the male with blue and purple hair. A very strange aura seeped out of him, drawing anyone watching into a very calm, warm state.

The moment it materialized, Triton jerked back, grabbed Relic, and whipped around so that they weren't looking at the other two. Shimi had unleashed his thrall to draw Kanashi away from this town.

"He is mine," Shimi growled, picking up his once lover and cradling him to his chest.

[Q_Q]

Kanashi let out a slight grunt feeling the chair being pulled from his skin, his life was near over actually closer to over then it had ever been Lucifer had lost hold of him so he couldn't keep him alive anymore.

"No...I...need him...."

Kanashi whispered, Relic looked away as fast as Triton had pushed his head against the wall. Something was up.

"Looking away, for why? if you don't mind me asking"

[Blood Brothers]

"Kanashi Winner, I offer you immortality and an undying love if you forsake the light. Will you accept me?" Shimi asked, voice dark, low, and as if they were the only people in the world. This was the time that he had waited for since he met the brat who thumbed his nose at everyone, except all things cute. It was inevitable that he should lose to his brother, younger and cuter than any button ever created.

However, it was also unavoidable that this very same human would come to the end of his life and Shimi had sworn to be there.

"My oldest brother just unfurled his thrall, ok? If you or I had just stood there like dingbats, then we would do anything that Shimi wants. We would be slaves to his will. This place seems to have power over those who live here and give in to whatever that power is. As far as I can tell, Shimi is forcing that power's control out of Kanashi with his thrall and offering him a way to continue on in this world." At that, Triton paused with a wince as if remembering something unpleasant.

"There was... uh... only one other person that Shimi's ever offered to turn and, well, that person refused," Triton said quickly and quietly with a little sigh at the end. "Shimi... ate him."

The younger vampire could feel the thrall curling against his back, feeling much like a very warm blanket compared to the cold world outside. If he hadn't had the experience with this before, he might have leaned back into the wondrous feeling that promised comfortable and great everything.

If he gave in, then there would be nothing to worry about ever again. Qua would be there with him and they'd do whatever they wanted to do at any time. They could spend hours together just talking, dancing, walking, or something better.

If he would just give in....

[Q_Q]

Kanashi blinked his blue eyes looked up at the vampire. He moved his hands up as if t accept but at the same time he felt a strong tug at his chest which made his hand fall down. Relic on turn pushed himself against the wall and gently caressed it. Keeping his head occupy with everything else but the warmth behind him.

"...ah..."

[Blood Brothers]

"Yes?" Shimi saw the weakly opened arms and took that as an acceptance. Biting the fleshiest portion of his palm, he nudged his wound into Kanashi's mouth, still staring hypnotically into dull eyes as if to coax some life out of them. "Please."

Triton shuddered, shaking his body as if to rid himself of excess water. Truly, he felt drunk and resisting was so hard.

[Q_Q]

Relic finally drew in a deep breath, and sat down still staring at the wall. He closed his eyes and began to relax all his senses blocking out everything around him. Hopping that whatever it was that was happening behind him would be done with quickly.

Kanashi's lips opened slightly, the male was losing himself to the memory again but fought to stay with the warmth being provided by the blur before him, his blood was also being slightly drain from the chair particles that weren't attached to his skin anymore.

[Blood Brothers]

Once he was sure that Kanashi was receiving his blood, Shimi shifted them slightly and nuzzled the scrawny neck of his love. He would have to be careful with his childe until Kanashi was well again.

Carefully, Shimi slipped his fangs into the human's skin near the jugular and coaxed the blood out of Kanashi and into him. He did so lovingly, almost delicately, so as to not injure his fledgling. The bond was piecing itself together slowly, ever so slowly, just as he was affecting Kanashi's change with utmost care.

Tucking his thrall closer like a cocoon, Shimi nearly purred, furling his wings around them to allow them privacy. His favorite, little brother had done well - in calling him and in resisting his thrall. He would have to find him a very good present as a reward.

[Q_Q]

The blond boy could feel the thing deminishing whatever that thing was. He glanced over at the other male who was also looking away.

"Is it safe yet?"

he asked, Kanashi was holding on to shimi now his heart beat slowing down he was dying but only to his change. He could feel the hold of the young memory slipping way.

"...shi...m"

[Blood Brothers]

"Maybe, but I wouldn't look directly at them until it's completely gone," Triton explained with a great shudder, rubbing his arms afterwards. "The process is still on-going, but it shouldn't take too much longer. Of course, when a vampire makes a fledgling, then thing they want most right after is," the blue-eyed vampire paused as he felt his brother meld with the shadows and disappear, "seclusion."

Turning around, Triton confirmed what he had already sensed. His brother was gone and had taken his first childe with him.

"Well, there you go."

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Shimi was annoyed to find that the shadows only took him to Hopeless instead of White City, but when he tried to find out why, the only response was 'the pull'. After a moment, he noticed that Kanashi was looking stressed. Growling, the vampire flitted through the shadows across town to the edge where there was an assured safe house, both close enough to hell for Kanashi to not feel the pull as strongly and far enough away to keep it at bay.

Curling up on Sato's bed, Shimi had the shadows lock the door as he settled Kanashi against him to complete the change. After a moment of checking his childe's progress, he informed Sato that his room was occupied until further notice. His brother was surprised, mildly alarmed, and quite put-out, but there was very little he could do but grumble.

"Kanashi," Shimi murmured lovingly, lapping at the marks he had made on his fledgling's neck.

[Q_Q]

Relic blinked looking at Triton, then slowly turning around after everything had gone, well there was a chair full of blood, a rather calm feeling and a black mark on his wall. Relic had a feeling that he wasn't going to be seeing Kanashi for a good while.

"So then are you going to go, or sitting around and chat for a minute?"

Relic inquired, not that he was going to miss anyone, well perhaps the idea of having his own dying statue man but that was irrelevant now. Moving from his stop on the ground he walked towards the table and sat on one of the dusty chairs, showed how often he wanted to be around the poor blue eyed boy.