She opened her eyes slowly as she woke from the deep sleep that she was in. She was in Shiki's room but Shiki wasn't there. It was puzzling; he had never left her without giving her some notice of what was going on. She tried to focus onto where he was but she could not find him.

There was a knock at the door; when she opened it Shiki was there but somehow he wasn't there. She hugged him but it seemed like an empty hug because he was half-hearted and didn't give much thought to her hugging him. There was something different in his eyes also; one was silvery blue and one was the darkest of red. "Who are you?" she questioned as she released from the awkward hug.

The man that was standing before her wasn't who it seemed to be, "who are you?" She repeated as she backed away with caution. He wasn't listening to her and pushed her aside; knocking her unconscious.

Rima was right; it wasn't Shiki; it was someone that had taken over his body. While she was unconscious there was something that connected her and Shiki's mind together that helped him to overcome the power of Rido's thoughts. Although he had fallen unconscious also in his dorm his thoughts were drawn to Rima. It was a while before he woke up but when he had the first thought that struck his mind was that of Rima. He ran to her dorm and held onto her hand waiting for her to wake up.

She finally woke up; slowly opening her eyes to a startled Shiki, "Rima; I hope that you're okay. I'm sorry for what I did."

She touched his face to comfort him, "don't worry about it Shiki; I knew that there was some shred of Shiki in that shameless person." He was appreciating of her comments and climbed into the bed and they lay side by side just staring at the ceiling. They didn't say a word to each other; just letting the comforting silence fills the emptiness. "Do you think that they are doing okay fighting Rido?"

"I think that they'll be okay; we must have faith with Kaname and his plans to take out the evil people of our world.

"What do you think about us? Do you think that we'll be able to go on after this commotion has finished?"

"I think that we'll be fine as long as we stay in communication with each other. I'm sure that after we finish our fight with Rido that my cousin will make sure that the Night Class will be abolished.

The sun rose causing them to get out of Rima's bed; "do you think that they are finished?"

He looked out of the window, "yes, they're finished with the fighting. The entire front gate has been demolished; probably by Chairman Cross."

"That's good enough for me." She climbed out of bed and slipped on a proper dress and coat. She also packed her suitcase and got ready to leave Cross Academy, "you should pack also." He left obediently to pack his suitcase. She stared out of her dorm window at the demolished gate.

'Time that I took the chance to appreciate my time here,' she thought as she locked her suitcase and slipped on a coat. She walked seductively to Shiki's dorm in an effort to excite him for what lay ahead of leaving Cross Academy. He knocked her onto his bed and started nuzzling her neck, "I don't think that this is the time or the place for this; can we go now?" He offered his hand to her and lifted her up.

"We should go."

They climbed over the rubble together as Rima shielded the both of them from the blinding sunlight. They took one last look at Cross Academy before they climbed into their car and left Cross Academy forever. It was the end of an era; they both agreed that Kaname would be fine with them being on their own. They both knew that Kaname had used them as his pawns just to protect his precious Yuuki from Rido harming them.

END OF CHAPTER ELEVEN AND END OF THE SERIES

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