Mana moved away from Gackt and swayed across the room into the shadows. All at once the lights came on and across the room Gackt could see the last thing that he wanted to see.

Shinya was strapped down to a chair, his mouth was covered, and so were his eyes.

Gackt looked at himself. He was lying on the couch in Mana’s basement, but the rest of the room was cleared of everything, all the dolls and little frilly things that Mana loved so much. Gackt could only think of one reason why, he didn’t want to get blood on anything.

Mana had a dagger in his hand, long and shiny. The handle was silver, and incrusted with Saphires that glreamed whenever Mana moved.

Standing behind Shinya’s chair, Mana teased Shinya’s cheek with it. Very lightly, just so he could feel the cold steal. Mana smiled when Shinya shivered then whimpered.

"Stop!" Gackt called, tugging against his restraints.

"Why?" Mana asked innocently, he licked Shinya’s ear and then gritted his teeth and pressed harder with the dagger. "Do you love him, Gackt?"

Gackt didn’t answer, he gritted his teeth and jerked, trying to get free. He wanted to kill Mana.

The smiled on Mana’s face was purely evil. "I’ve had him, you know." Mana licked the blood from Shinya’s cheek. "He was better than you…he was pure. I could keep him and have it anytime I want and kill you so you will never get in my way…or I can just kill the both of you and get it over with. I could easily find someone else, and when you’re dead I won’t have anyone trying to get in my-"

Gackt gasped. Shinya felt something warm and thick running down the side of his face and jerked his eyes up. Mana stood erect with a blank look on his face as he stared at his chest. A small trickle of blood oozed out of Mana’s mouth and ran down the side of his chin.

Mana felt the piercing go into his chest before he realized what happened. He stood up and looked down at his chest. A bloody arrow had entered him from behind and was sticking obscenely out of him.

Mana turned quickly, but he was dizzy and fell to his knees. Yuki had a sad look on his face as he stared at his former lover. "You may die now, darling. But I won’t let you die alone." He raised the bow again and shot Gackt where he lay on the couch.

Shinya screamed against his muzzle and jerked in the chair.

Yuki dropped the bow and slowly untied Shinya. "Go, you’re free now."

Shinya stood and stared at Yuki like the crazy person that he had become. Yuki only smiled sadly. "We are both free." He slowly moved down to Mana and placed the lightest of kisses on his lips. He was still alive, sputtering and shocked. Almost dead.

Shinya gasped, Mana was crying. But then he remembered Gackt.

Gackt smiled loosely and placed a hand on Shinya’s face. "No, Shinya."

Shinya looked appauled and looked down at the man he loved. "What do you mean, no?" He grabbed Gackt’s hand and squeezed the fingers. "You have been sad for so long and now you can be happy. I can make you happy."

Gackt chuckled, choking when blood came out of his mouth. He spoke very quietly. "I am happy, Shinya. Everyone has to die eventually. Maybe this is my time…I love you, Shinya…that’s why I’m happy. Tell me…"

Shinya grabbed Gackt’s face in his hands and blurted out, "I love you, Gackt. Please don’t die…"

Gackt was smiling and looking at Shinya, though he couldn’t see him anymore. He felt very warm and peaceful, as if his life finally had meaning. "I’m sorry…" Gackt closed his eyes and his hand went limp on Shinya’s face, falling to the couch.

Shinya screamed, "No!" He grabbed Gackt and held him tightly as he felt his body quivver. Soon he was holding nothing, and the ashes fell loosely out of his arms.

He felt a hand on his shoulder. "Shinya…" He looked up, Ino was standing over him, holding J’s hand behind him. "Come on."

J and Ino helped him to his feet. "We won’t let you be alone…" J and Ino hugged him and they all cried silently, trying not to look over at Gackt’s remains. "Everything will ok now, Shinya."

Ino stroked Shinya’s hair. "Everything will be wonderful someday…"

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