In The Company of a Vampire:

Epilogue

The ocean air seemed cold, brisk against his cool skin. Tonight I die and you shall join me, he thought as he looked at the wretch that was still howling in his arms. This was what had to be done, to put the insane vampire to rest. It would separate the connection between them and the painting. And that was what Dark really wanted now. Not even thinking upon the subject, he closed his eyes and jumped off, taking the other vampire with him as they plummeted towards the ocean bed. The fall would kill them both, he knew that and yet couldn't help but feel regret for leaving Riku in such a manner. This was all his fault, his whole idea. The connection was just a start to many mistakes. And yet the others who were connected to him were going to be separated from each other completely. The ocean was looming into view now causing a scream to come from Krad. This was it. The end.

So this is how I die…And with that, the two disappeared into the ocean.

A few days after that, a finger had been placed over the cliff of where Dark had thrown himself alongside Krad to his death. This was the place where he was told to come, told to look and yet all he knew was the words that were given to him in the dying thoughts of Dark as the connection they shared was severed rather severely.

Contrunum meslace emoinose anglofar Dark…a rite that invoked the goddess of creation and so return people from the dead but you had to say their name otherwise nothing would happen. Since it seemed as if he was the only one that possessed the power to bring him back, Satoshi sat down on the edge of the cliff, thinking about what he should do. It was often best to leave the dead where they were but Dark hadn't long since died and so he wouldn't appear in the form of a zombie when he came back.

Standing up once more, he took a look towards the dark sky. Never before had the moon looked so beautiful. Placing his hands down by his side, he kept his eyes upon the moon as he spoke the words, not feeling an inch of regret as he walked away.

Riku hadn't been exactly feeling great since the day of the incident, where her own boyfriend had to die just to get rid of the vampire that was connected to him. A dark feather was in her hands, its life starting to slowly fade away. She had been crying ever since and now she felt dried up beyond repair, not noticing the feathers that began to fall on her until the last second where she had looked up and for a second thought she saw Dark as if he didn't die. Then she noticed the feathers. Unlike the one in her hand, these were full of life, almost…just almost as if he had come back…

Dark…I love you…