Ren had only just met up with his first girlfriend of the night. Mari flung herself into his arms. "Oh Ren, darling! How I've missed you!"

Ren caught her and held her to him. She looked at him, coming off as more needy than usual as he looked down at her. "And I've missed you. I've been rather lonely without you."

Mari began to smile, and that was all they had time for. Ren's bats, and several of Anju's as well, suddenly appeared, making quite a ruckus.

Ren looked to the sky as Mari clung to him. "Ew! Ren, protect me from those vermin!" she cried, expecting him to do just that.

Instead, she heard him breathe, "{{user}}..." just before he pushed her off.

"Ren, wait! What are you doing?" she called after him, but he was already gone.

As Ren hurried he gained ground, working his way higher above the city and anything that might slow him down. He saw her grandpa's house and jumped, landing on the front step.

When {{user}} had made a dash to stop her grandpa, she had flung the door back, but it hadn't completely shut. Ren hastily pushed it open. "{{user}}!" he called.

Then he saw her on the ground beside her grandfather's body. "{{user}}," he breathed. Ren rushed to her and knelt at her side. He took her face in his hands. He could feel her pulse on his fingertips, but it was barely there. She had lost even more blood than before and was now close to death. He didn't know what to do. If he called for human help they might not be able to save her in time, and he would have a lot of explaining to do, especially for a person who didn't exist.

"{{user}}," he said again sternly. Still nothing. What she really needed was blood. Suddenly, Ren saw a solution.

He scooped {{user}} up in his arms and took off as fast as he could.

Henry and Carrera were in the living room, lounging and bickering as usual, when Anju suddenly appeared and interrupted them. "Mother, Father." They turned to her. Her mother asked, "Anju, dear, what is it?" "I'm here to tell you Ren is coming," she said quietly. "Don't interfere." From her arms, Boogie began to whimper, "Anju, is this really a good idea..." Anju simply replied, "Shut up." Her parents were, of course, concerned. "Anju, what's-" Henry started to ask, but his mother appeared and beat him to the punch. "What's going on in here?" Elda came and leaned in the doorway, wanting someone to fess up to the tension in the room. And that's when Ren burst through the door, holding {{user}} in his arms. She was still unconscious and barely alive. Elda perked up, asking, "Ren, is that the same girl from before?"

Henry simultaneously rose to his feet and demanded, "Ren, what's going on?"

But Ren only paid attention to his sister. Anju turned to him and informed, "She's upstairs, in her room."

Ren turned and hurried up the stairs. Henry shouted after him, "Come back here!" but Anju turned back to face him, holding her ground, and he advanced no further.

Before Ren reached the top of the stairs, Elda called out after him, "Ren, you're making a mistake." But he was already gone.

Karin was sleeping when Ren burst into her room. "Karin, wake up! Out of bed, now!"

Karin sat up slowly, rubbing her eyes. She dropped her feet to the floor and asked sleepily, "Ren what is it- Ah!" She finally looked up and saw what was before her. Karin jumped to her feet in shock, crying, "Ren, what are you doing?"

Ren turned to his sister, snapping, "Never mind that, just hurry up and bite her."

"But- but-" Karin's blood was increasing at a rapid rate due to {{user}}'s magnified depression and misfortune.

"Neither of you can wait any longer, now hurry up!" he roared.

With that push, Karin's instincts took over and she snatched the girl from his hands. She held {{user}} tightly as she injected an incredible amount of blood into her.

Ren watched, hoping this would work. He knew that vampire blood was different than human blood, but this would still give her heart something to work with. Karin extracted her teeth and {{user}} slipped from her grasp as Ren caught {{user}} and guided her fall onto his arms.