"Hello? Hey there… wake up sleepyhead… hey… are you ok? Hey!" a voice said, waking the dark haired boy who opened his eyes. A young girl with long brown hair and garnet eyes sat on a chair beside the bed he was in. He opened his eyes fully, but realised his glasses were missing, feeling around for them.

He felt them being placed in his hand and put them on. He frowned at a small crack in the left lens "I found them beside your body, you were lucky to have survived the attack" the girl said, grabbing a small white tablet and putting it in a glass of water, watching it change from clear to liquid red.

"Where… where am I?" he asked, rubbing his eyes. She smiled "You're in Cross Academy, my name is-"

"Yuki where did you put the… what the… who's he?" a voice asked, sounding peeved. He looked up and saw a tall young man with short silver hair, messy attire and a death-stare to match. Yuki frowned at the silver haired boy "Zero be nice, he's badly wounded. I found him by the woods, he was bleeding to death. I think… I think he was attacked by those vampires…"

Zero gritted his teeth "There wouldn't be anything left of him if they attacked, and you know it's a strict rule that you can't just bring in anybody just because they've got a few scratches". The dark haired boy sat up, feeling sharp pain in his midsection and feeling bandages wrapped around his middle. Lots of bandages. "Listen buddy, I don't know where I am. Where my brother… brother… HUGH! Where is he?! I've got to find him! HUGH!" he cried out.

Yuki looked confused "Hugh? Is that the redhead kid we found a few paces away from you? Oh, we didn't have any more beds…" she sweatdropped "…so he's with Lord Kaname, in his room. Don't worry, Kaname won't lay a finger on your brother… he's nice". Zero turned his head away from both of them upon hearing that name.

"I still need to see him, is he… oh no… what about Kisuka? A-and Dion! Where are they?" the dark haired kid demanded. Zero spoke that time "The girl is with Ruka and the tan kid's with Akatsuke. Don't worry, and that blonde kid"

"Kaisagura?"

"Yeah, he's ok. He's awake actually, in the Headmaster's office. I'll go get him," Zero said, walking from the small room and down the hall. Yuki turned to him "So your friend Kaisagura tells me your name is Sebastian. Is that true?" she asked. He nodded "Yeah, or since I'm guessing we're in Japan now? Heh, back home at last".

"So it is your name?"

"Yep, that or Sebasuchan. Ah, I miss being called that. Ever since I moved to America, father insisted I be called English names. Still, I miss Sebasuchan. Hugh's old name was… Hyuu if I recall… Our little sister kept her Japanese name when she came with us, her name is-"

"Kisuka?"

"Yeah, she's a really sweet girl. Little bit shy but nice all the same. So you're Yuki right?" Sebastian asked, adjusting his glasses. She nodded "Mmm-hmm, and the grumpy sack is Zero. He's a little tired lately, a big investigation's been going on and he's been working his fingers to the bone".

"Investigation?" Sebastian asked, spying the glass of red liquid on the bedside table "I-is that…"

She saw him eyeing the glass curiously "Oh that? That's for you, drink up. It's blood-"

He grabbed the glass from the nightstand and before Yuki could blink, was drinking it. That was until his eyes widened and he spat it out onto the floor "-supplement…"

"EUUUUGH! This is disgusting! I thought it was REAL, ugh… I miss Dion… i-is he ok?" Sebastian asked, putting the glass on the nightstand. Yuki nodded "He's alright, asleep, but alright. I can go check on him for you if you'd like," she offered. He shook his head "No, you won't need to…" he said, closing his eyes. His body jerked and he fell limp.

"Sebastian! What happened? Are you ok? Sebastian!"

"He'll be ok, he's just communicating with Dion via mind link. It kinda drains him, so leave him a blood pack when he wakes up" a voice said from the door. She turned and saw a tall young man with blonde hair brushed over one eye, wearing a black trench-coat over a black dress shirt, black dress pants and black shoes. He wore a silver cross on a thin chain around his neck.

"Kaisagura… he's ok? That's normal for him?" she asked as he walked into the room and sat on the end of the bed. He nodded and brushed a lock of blonde hair behind his ear, showing off two silver earrings "Sebastian is aristocracy. Ever heard of the name Winters?"

Her eyes widened. The dark haired, glasses wearing boy in the bed beside her was a Level B vampire, his father Lord Sugari, was a powerful vampire capable of incredible feats of strength and cunning. "He's a Level B vampire…" she muttered, looking over Sebastian's pale face. He had an almost childlike expression on his face as he slept.

"Mmm-hmm, and Ms Cross" Kaisagura began, eyeing the large bookshelf by the wall "I don't mean to be a bother, but might I be able to have something to eat? I'm rather hungry". She stood "Sure, I mean I'm not the world's best cook… but Zero can cook really yummy food. C'mon, he should be in his room".

The blonde boy smiled lightly "Oh but what about Sebastian?"

"Don't worry Headmaster comes in every so often to check on him. So how do you know Sebastian?" she asked, walking out into the open night air with Kaisagura in tow. "I was assigned to guard the twin brothers a long time ago, then whilst patrolling the halls of the high-school they used to attend this tan kid attacked Sebastian, and that kid turned out to be a young hunter-wannabe".

"Would that be Dion? Who is he anyway?"

"Sebastian's walking blood bank, or consort as many prefer. He feeds off of Dion and in return Sebastian protects Dion from other vampires, harm etcetera" Kaisagura said as he took in the night air, fireflies dotted through the dark sky like stars. She had never heard the term 'blood-bank' used for a vampire's companion before.

"That sounds kinda… weird…" she said.

He shrugged "Mmm, it does but that's what they call it."

They came to Zero's bedroom, Yuki knocked but no answer came "Zero, I need you to cook something for… Zero?" she pushed on the door gently and it swung open. Zero wasn't home. She looked up to the blonde hunter "Where could he be… uh… oh! I know where he'd be. He goes there when he needs…" she air-quoted "… space."

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The tanned boy stirred in his sleep, tossing and turning until staying still when a mental connection was made.

Dion… are you ok? I'm so thirsty and you're really far away… you're on campus I can tell, but you're far away.

Sebastian? Where are we? I'm alright by the way, just a knock to the head. I can sense you, you're close… but still far away…

Dion clutched the sheets tightly, face strained slightly as he tossed again.

I know… we're at some school called Cross Academy, don't worry, they're really nice here. I'm… I think I'm near the Headmaster's Office or something. Stay where you are, I'm coming to get you ok? Stay put… and the connection faded, Dion sitting up with sweat dripping from his forehead. The door opened and a caramel haired boy stepped in.

"Something wrong?"

Dion shook his head and mopped his forehead with the sheets "Just a bad dream". The caramel haired boy nodded and stepped out, closing the door. Dion sighed and got up, putting on his shoes and shrugging on his jacket as he moved to the window. It wasn't far to the ground at all, and he jumped out, grabbing onto a tree branch then swinging down and landing.

Stay where you are…

He shook his head to clear it. He ignored the slight burning pain on his palm from where he had grazed it on the branch, but his senses told him he wasn't alone in the night. He looked around himself franticly, looking to where the strange presence emanated from.

A stable with horses.

He smiled and shook off his silly assumption, walking over to the stable. The horses acknowledged him but didn't stir as he walked inside, smelling horse smells. Hay loosely covered the floor, brooms pitchforks and other implements hung around the place. One white horse by the entrance head-butted him meaningfully.

"Hey, what's wrong? What's up…" he looked to the plate reading the horse's name "… White Lily?"

The horse head-butted him again as he tried to pet its forehead. It whinnied loudly and glared at him. He backed up but heard struggling from over by the hay, wheezing and coughing. He looked over to where sound had come from but the horse nudged him away from the sound.

White Lily reared up in her stall and Dion fell back onto the dirt floor, clutching his grazed hand to his chest "Ouch! Damn horse! What's your problem?! I was only trying to find my friend". Something moved from over by the hay pile, something stood. Someone stood. The figure had short silver hair, wore a black uniform and had a strange red glow on his neck. Dion shuddered.

The figure turned and saw Dion, and he realised two horrifying things. One, he was bleeding from his hand and Two, the figure was a vampire. He tried to get to his feet but the figure was advancing on him, eyes a piercing red with an orange sheen to them. Dion felt his eyes tear up. Sebastian was always around to protect him from these things, but he wasn't.

"W-wait! Stop please! I'm sorry! I'll leave you alone! Don't hurt me! Please!" Dion begged, warm tears running down his cheeks. The silver haired figure halted but clutched the side of his neck and screamed in pain "I can't! I'm sorry…" charging Dion and pulling him up and pinning him to a wooden beam.

Dion struggled but the figure was way stronger, strong as Sebastian when hungry. The figure grabbed Dion's hand and held the palm to his lips, tongue gliding over the burning graze, strangely soothing. Dion stopped struggling but continued when the figure's fangs became visible and pressed against the fleshy pad on Dion's thumb, drawing blood.

Dion yelped as the fangs sunk into him, more hot tears rolling down his cheeks. The smell hit the figure like a ton of bricks, and his burning eyes increased their glow, putting his mouth to where the blood oozed and coaxing more of the sweet liquid from Dion's hand. Dion withheld sobs and stopped his struggling, for he knew that the only way of escape was waiting until the figure was done.

Done.

The word hit Dion like a ton of bricks, and his sobs couldn't be withheld anymore. He began to cry, dark red eyes filled with tears. The figure finished drinking from Dion's hand, and Dion thought it was over, but it wasn't. The figure had a line of red dribbling from his lips to his chin. Dion's blood.

"I need more…" the figure growled lowly, eyeing Dion's neck. Dion shuddered "No! No! No! Please! No!" he begged, the figure tilting Dion's head sharply to the side, bearing the tan skinned boy's neck for the taking. Dion struggled against the figure, but to no avail "Please! Please! No! No! Please! Stop!" Dion cried, clutching the figure's back.

Dion felt the figure's hot breath on his neck and whimpered as the silver haired figure's tongue slid across the smooth, sensitive skin of Dion's neck. He felt the prick of fangs on his neck, and yelped loudly as they sunk into his jugular. Feeling the silver haired figure suck hungrily at his neck, he forced himself to imagine that it was Sebastian drinking from him rather than the silver haired figure.

"Sebastian, Sebastian, Sebastian…" he whispered to himself, tears ceasing but voice still shaking.

"HEY!"

The figure's head snapped up "Oh no… Dion…" the blonde one said with a fearful voice.

"Zero… what have you done?"

Zero's eyes widened and Dion slid from his grip, falling but being caught by the blonde one who had dashed over speedily. The girl with long brown hair looked terrified. Zero looked to his hands, to the two then ran past them and disappeared into the night. The blonde checked Dion for signs of life, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"He's alive, don't worry. Just lost a lot of blood, he'll be fine. Just get him to Sebastian and he'll start healing faster. It's a consort thing" the blonde boy said to the brown haired girl. She nodded "Alright. Let's go".