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Takeshio zoomed into the graveyard right by the masoleum. He took a quick look in the mausolium and saw Grimm tending to Edward so he didn't say anything. He noticed the smoke starting to dissapear "..." He picked up some of the 'blown up' dirt. "Bombs..." Takeshio turned and went inside of the Mausolium "Are you okay, Edward?...I can see Ryu was here."

"Grimm!" He exclaimed in a light tone, his eyes widened as that pain shot through him again. "Please...stop...shaking." He begged. "I'm...fine..buddy.." He assured him, desperate to stop him from shaking him. "Ugh." Edward moved out of Grimm's grip, he put his hand up almost as a block. "I'm good." He promised with a sigh, and a slight grin. "it's good to see you again." Edward turned seeing Takeshio, "Hey Wolfie, nothing get's past you huh?" He asked sarcastically in a playful not malice tone. "All goo-OUch Sakura please stop!" Edward begged, wincing. "I'll live. As Grimm had exclaimed 'IT'S ALIVE!!!'." He joked with a low chuckle. "Hey don't do anything stupid Sakura." Edward, after putting down the force field caught a familiar yet strange aura. "X you out there!?" He called from inside the mausolium. He looked back at the others, "You like how we decorated this place?" He joked, obviously keeping light of the situation.

Xagetta was furious at him self, he should have known Ryu would have had a back up plan, regardless he had to help Edward. He came forth from the shadows and entered the now broken mausoleum, and lowered him self to look Edward in the face. "What took you so long?" He asked sarcastically as he looked over Edwards mangled body. "Man he really tore you up huh? This is why I asked you to stay put with Kiara. You never listen do you?" He asked with his hands shaking, unable to decide if he should pick him up or slug deeper into the ground. "Now do you understand why I wanted you out of the way. Damn it Edward, do you know how scared Kiara was? Some times you can be so stupid, but thanks for the cover. You gave me time to get rid of the immediate threat. Still how can you be so foolish to walk into a trap like that? Have you no common sense? Your lucky I came when I did, or this would be a lot worse then it is now." He said with some relief in his voice. It was just then he came to realise that the others were there. "He will be fine guys, all he needs is a few nights to recover and a lot of blood." He told them as he motioned them to move back. Then a thought came to him, vampires are created in darkness, and now the same power runs with in him. So why couldn't he use that power to help Edward. With that, he placed his hand over his chest, and cast forth his aura creating a cocoon of darkness over Edward. After about 20 minutes, the cocoon broke and most of the major wounds were healed, he didn't want him exposed to it for any longer then that. "There that should help, I hope." He said with a smile. "You should be able to walk now, but take it easy just in case." He continued, as he rose to his feet.

"Insane in his own way." Edward stated rolling his eyes. "Who you kidding, I'm not hurt that badly." He said wincing. "No he didn't." Edward said defensively towards Xagetta."And you are right. I don't but Vlad was with her and as much as I hate to say it, he seems to keep a good eye on her. Besides, he challenged me. Why would I back down? I mean jeez, stop acting all maternal. I"m a vampire. I can handle myself perfectly fine." He muttered. Edward stood up straighter now, still having a few slight wounds but nothing bad. Edward touched the end of his hair and unlit an ember. "Nope. It couldn't get worse. He acted as if he was a suicidal bomber, right there? How could have it been worse?" He asked Sakura then he looked down at his jacket. "Hmm...now I have to get a new jacket.." He said to himself, still staring at it.

Edward put his hands up as to calm Xagetta down. "Sorry. I wasn't thinking. I underestimated him. I mean it's Ryu." Edward said with a sigh. "I owe you." He scowled. "Now look on the bright side, I'm as alive as a vampire could be. All I need is blood...lots of blood." He added with a nervous smile. "Kiara...well..like I said, I didn't think that anything bad would happen to me." Edward shrugged. "Alright, I guess I shouldn't have scared Kiara either. I-" Edward hesitated, "Kiara isn't with Vlad anymore."

Grimm put Edward in a bear hug and yelled in his ears "Thought I was going to have to bury you Edward!" He turned to Xagetta "I'm glad some ones been watching him while I was gone."

Xagetta gave a grunted sigh, he wiped his face and brushed his hair back, before staring Edward dead in the eyes. "The Ryu your referring to, was only human a few days ago, now hes a hell bent power mad psychotic elder born lycan who has a grudge on you for killing his little brother. I don't know about you but that spells 'Dangerous' to me. You saw for your self what kind of power hes packing, not to mention what happened back at the Caves, didn't it occur to you that maybe he was a little more of a threat then before?" He asked, trying to get it into Edwards head that Ryu wasn't the same as he knew him. "I told you before, the only reason he held back was because of my armor like demon hide, if not for that who knows what could have happened. Sad to say how ever, you have no such protection, and lets not forget your his prime target. I'm not saying you couldn't handle your self, I'm just saying you should take a little more precaution next time, this time you got lucky how ever I wont be around forever. It was just like the time we first met, you came in head first with out knowing your enemy and the full extent of his power, even then you barely got out alive. You cant keep rushing in like that, there are people who count on you, people who need you." He stopped shortly, placing his hand on Edwards shoulder. "I'm sorry I blew up like that, but you have to understand there are more people to think about then just your self. Okay, well lets go try to find her, shes probably worried about both of us." He gave a kind smile for once, soon after he turned to Takeshio and Sakura and gave them a quick nod. He then turned to Grim with a childish smile. "Well, its nice to see I'm not the only one caring for your welfare Edward." He said with a laugh, now trying to make light of the situation.

"I realize this." Edward sighed in frustration. "But I didn't.." He trailed off. "Fine." He finally answered, "Just give me an hour to clean up and feed. It's been about several days since I last had some blood." He rubbed the back of his neck. "And if I go find Kiara like this, I'm sure she'd get worried." Edward continued, looking over himself, covered with ashes and debris. "Wow Wolfie wait." But it was too late and Takeshio was gone. He looked over at Sakura with a frown. "You said you wouldn't do anything stupid. That includes going after Ryu."