*I have this fantasy in my head for some time since the Legend of Korra series, and I have finished a trip to New Orleans in January 2014, and it inspired me to write this story. Sorry, it took so long to finish, a lot of stuff came up.

*This is sort of an alternate universe to my Romeo of the night and Juliet of the day story.

*Kaname has had enough of the life of the perfect pureblood prince and he has decided to live an easy life in the big easy, but it's not going to be easy in more ways than one.

* This is sort of based on the Legend of Korra Series.

Down in New Orleans:

A Whole New World:

Cross Academy in the Evening:

It had been a normal day for everyone in Cross academy and for the Pureblood Kaname Kuran. His agenda was full with classes, signing documents and forms, meetings with the vampire council, and meeting aristocrat girls that would be considered to be mistresses for him, not that he cared.

He was dead tired, physically, mentally, and emotionally. His head was aching and he feels that his life was an endless cycle everyday or every night, nothing could move his heart. Sometimes he wondered what life will be like if he wasn't a pureblood.

His spirits lifted when a black wolf came bounding to his master. "Hey Kiba, how's it going? Hope your day was better than mine." Kaname said, as he petted the large animal affectionately. "In fact, this is probably the worst night of my life, Ichio has demanded that I must marry Sara Shirabuki around my twenty-first birthday." I complained to him as I brushed my slicked black hair back, "She has to the worst possible candidate for my wife. She's selfish, materialistic, a tyrantress, and I even heard she has a harem of female Level D vampires in her family's mansion. Even though, she knows that she can't turn humans when they don't know the consequences of being a former human vampire." Kiba whined and grunted as if he was agreeing with him. "I wish all this paperwork, student council work, and school assignments can keep me from attending our engagement party." he sarcastically remarked.

Then suddenly, the door flung opened. "Kaname! We got a problem!" Kaname's childhood friend, Takuma, exclaimed panting like he ran over the world in five minutes. "What's wrong Takuma?" Kaname asked, getting a little worried. "The Headmaster's just got word that there's a band of Vampire hunters that are capturing rare and powerful vampires of both the Aristocrat and Pureblood class, and they have been using their fangs for making trinkets, and their flesh and blood to make drugs and have been selling them for money." Takuma explained, "They're calling them Vampire Poachers, and they can get by any security and bodyguard team. And Yagari-Sensei has gotten word to get the most valuable one of all the purebloods, they're after you!"

Later in Headmaster Cross's Office:

"Kaname-Sama's life is in danger if he stays here, but the engagement party is in three days." Ichio stated, "We cannot ignored his duties to his lineage." "But we can't let him go anywhere until the danger's pass. So, he's staying out of sight of the public eye." Headmaster Cross argued. 'There they go arguing over me without my consent.' Kaname thought to himself in annoyance.

As the Council elder and the headmaster fought over Kaname's duties as a Pureblood against Kaname's safety, Kaname and Takuma left the room. "Well, I'm caught between a rock and a hard place." I stated to Takuma, "I have to attend the engagement party with my fiancé, whom I don't want to have anything to do with, but I have to be safe. On top of that, I either have to be under house arrest, or in this case, dorm-arrest or be followed by an army of bodyguards, which is another thing I don't want."

"What can you do? Go into hiding?" Takuma asked, adding humor into the last part. Then Kaname's eyes lit up. "That's it!" he exclaimed. "What? No I was joking!" Takuma said. "I can hide from the Poachers and the council at the same time. Go somewhere where no one can find me." Kaname said.

"You mean run away? Where will you go anyway?" Takuma asked. Kaname didn't go to that part yet. He thought about it for a while, then for some reason, Kaname thought about his parents and godparents, especially his godfather Hikaru's free spirited sayings. Then he remembered the city, he often talked about. It's down in southern U.S.A., so there won't be many vampires there, so it sound perfect. "New Orleans!" he announced.

Awhile Later:

After the meeting was over, Kaname and Takuma met with the headmaster secretly. "Are you sure, this is a good idea?" Headmaster Cross asked in a concern tone. "I have to do this, I have to follow my own path." Kaname said. "I understand." Headmaster Cross said in approval.

"Ten years have passed since your parents' death, and unfortunately even when they were still alive, you couldn't enjoy the life any child should have. And it just seems that your days of youth will end altogether if you marry a woman you do not love. And besides, you'll just end up dying in a cage if you stay here. One thing I can say for sure, it's no longer safe for you to stay at the academy in these circumstances. You are a man now and you have the right to choose your own path and I know you'll be a great man in your own right." Headmaster Cross said in faith in Kaname's decision, giving him a farewell hug. "Thank you." Kaname said, hugging him back despite the slight awkwardness. "Goodbye Kaname, Take Care!" he said.

The next Morning:

Rima Touya and Senri Shiki managed to sneak Kaname out of the council's prying eyes, and brought him to the office of the modeling agency they work at. They asked the stylists, hair dressers, and make-up artists to make him look less like a nobleman of some sort and more of a regular American teenager. They were reluctant at first to drastically change such a handsome princely man to a common American boy, but with some convincing they were able to accept the challenge.

They have cut Kaname's long hair up to his shoulders and let his bangs fall over his forehead. Then they gave him a bunch of casual clothes, such as t-shirts, hoodies, plaid shirts, jeans, sneakers, hats and caps, denim jackets, and tanks to give him more of a southern Louisiana look to him.

One stylists tried to take Kaname's pendant away, but he grabbed him by the wrist before he could take it off. "The pendant stays!" he insisted, leaving no room for argument. "If that's the way you want it. But all things considered, I think we outdid ourselves with this transformation." the stylist exclaimed, "Maybe we can make that the next theme for our next photo shoot. 'We can transform you from plain and messy to cool and stylish or from stiff and proper to cool and wild'"

While the stylist rambled on, the others were inspecting Kaname's new look. "Wow! You look like an entirely different person." Takuma said in awe. "I suppose you do look like a big city boy." Senri said in his usual deadpan manner. "Now you just have to blend into the southern American city environment." Rima stated bluntly. "Well, I suppose I'll just start learning when I get there and go by trial and error." Kaname said, "Look out New Orleans, here comes average American eighteen year old, Kaname Kuran!"

Later, at the Tokyo International Airport:

Takuma managed to slip Kaname out from under his grandfather and the Council's noses. Everyone hustled everything that they think that he would need for his new life in the states. They got his passport and his plane ticket and he was ready for his flight.

"Well, I guess this is it." Takuma said, getting all teary-eyed and emotional. "Thank you for everything you have done for me. And don't worry, one way or other, I'll be fine." Kaname reassured, trying not to get sympatric, "Just take care of the other Night Class Students as the Night Class Student and Dorm President in my place." "Will do." Takuma said.

Unable to hold it back anymore, Takuma gave his old friend a great big bear hug. After a brief awkward feeling, he gave him a hug back."FINAL BOARDING CALL FOR TOKYO TO NEW ORLEANS. FINAL BOARDING CALL FOR TOKYO TO NEW ORLEANS." the announcement said. "Well take care of yourself." Takuma said. "You too. Bye." Kaname said as he gathered his things and left for his new life.

In New Orleans:

Seventeen hours later, he arrived in the Big Easy. "Wow! So this is New Orleans. I can't believe how warm it is, it's still the middle of winter." Kaname said in awe, embracing the warmth of the sun despite the slight discomfort. Luckily for him, the Headmaster and Takuma gave him extra strength sunscreen and sunglasses. The sunscreen gave him a strong immunity to sunlight on the skin when applied and the sunglasses gave him normal vampire sight that was able in the nighttime.

When he was gathering his luggage, he went outside the airport and then he felt his duffel bag wiggle and he thought he heard a whimper. He opened up the zipper and a familiar furry black mass jumped out, shaking himself off. "Ah looks I have a stowaway." Kaname stated as the black wolf jumped out of the bag, wagging his tail in a dog-like manner. "I'm glad you're here, Kiba. At least I don't have to deal with this new world alone." he said as he ruffled his head.

Soon the two were exploring the city, taking in the sights, sounds, and smells, and learning as much as they can about life here along the way. They looked through several stores, fascinated with the colorful masks and beads. He had attended a few masquerade balls, but these seemed more colorful and festive than elegant and formal. "Like these kid? Find anything you like for the Mardi gras before the rush after the New Year?" The store owner asked. "Mardi Gras?" What's that if I may ask?" he asked perplexed.

"My, that's an accent I've never heard before? You from Europe?" The owner, asked. "No, I'm from Japan." Kaname answered. "Still a foreigner all the way though, if he doesn't know about Mardi gras." He stated, "It's a festival that's a big deal in this city."

Kaname continued looking at bead after bead starting to think that despite the colors, they all look the same. But then he came across a bead necklace with a naked woman on it, it even shown the nipples. He froze in grimace at the erogenous trinket. He quickly inverted his gaze to another necklace, but that one had bare woman breasts with the nipples sticking out. He tried looking at another necklace, but that one had the unmentionable part of men. "What kind of city has this items for sale, you have to be a perverted lunatic to want this stuff." Kaname thought to himself.

"Oh I see you got your eyes on these kid. You can go nuts with your girlfriend with these." The owner said, not realizing the look of horror on Kaname's face, "When the big party comes to town, you and your lady friend can go wild and tear things up with each other have a couple of heavy beers and have some fun." "SIR! I'll have you know that I am not into these unapproriate activities, I would not consider doing such things with a friend or lady, and I am only eighteen!" Kaname exclaimed bolting out of the store. "My bad, I thought he was at least twenty-one. Kids these days sure grown up fast, or maybe that's just Japan's kids." The owner stated, dazed.

As Kaname tried to recover from sights of the disturbingly erotic merchandise in the store, he saw a golden statue in the middle of the street. He looked at the panel below and saw the words "Joan of Arc Maiden of Orleans." Kaname had read Mark Twain's story of the Maiden of Orleans, but he never expected to see a gold statue of her here in an American city. Then he thought to himself, maybe this was named after the French City of Orleans, where Joan was famous. "Maybe there were some more sophisticated parts to this city as well.

Then he felt his throat get dry as a desert and his vision getting red, which can only happen when a vampire gets a thirst attack. He didn't have a blood tablets for half a day now, he was just so busy looking around the city that he forgot. "Hey! That dog should be on a leash!" a policeman yelled, blowing his whistle and running towards him.

This is bad, right now he has features that aren't exactly human. If that policeman got a good look at him, his cover might be blown. So he ran as fast as he could, with Kiba following behind. The policeman tried to follow them, but Kaname was too fast for him.

Later at Audubon Park:

The sun was beating down even hotter than before since it is now the afternoon. The effects of the sunscreen had worn off and Kaname was exhausted from the rays. So, he was just resting underneath a large tree, taking a couple of blood tablets, and reapplying the sunscreen. Kiba laid next to his master while they both reciprocated.

Then they heard sniffling from the other side of the tree. They looked over the other side of the tree and they saw a little girl at least seven or eight years old in dark brown pigtails, crying in her knees. Curious and concerned, Kiba walked up to the girl and nudged her. She was scared at first, but then she warmed up to him.

"Hi there, Doggie! Where did you come from?" she asked giggling from his wet kisses on her face as she pet him. "Kiba and me were about to ask you the same thing." Kaname asked as he approached the girl. She backed away suddenly and stayed quiet. "I'm not supposed to talk to strangers!" She exclaimed worried. "Don't worry, I'm not here to hurt you." he reassured her.

"You pinkie promise?" she asked. "I Pinkie promise." he said. "I'm Izzy, what's your name?" she asked, changing her attitude to a cheerful friendly one. "I'm Kana…" he paused. "Kana? That's a nice name." Izzy said. "What? Oh yes, Kana's my name." Kaname said.

"What are you doing here by yourself?" he asked. "I had a fight with my brother and sister and I stormed off like I usually do and I got lost. And then you found me." she answered. "Well maybe I can help." he offered. "I guess I have to go back eventually." Izzy said reluctantly. Then she hold Kana's hand and they went off to find her siblings.

A Little while Later:

The search was easier said than done, they were searching for an half an hour and still no sign of Izzy's family. Then Kana spotted an elderly woman talking to a younger man. "Excuse me, we're trying to find this girl's family. Can you help us?" Kana asked. "Sure we'll do what we can." The younger man said. "What does your family look like?" the woman asked.

But before Izzy could answer them, there was a loud crash nearby. Some thugs were hassling this elderly man, who was just sitting on a bench listening to his radio. "Hello, Mr. Chan, it's a nice day to be at the park." the leader said, amusingly, "If you're out here, I hope that means you've got the money that you own me, if you have the time to enjoy such a fine day."

"I'm sorry, my business has been really slow, but please take this radio. It's from my store and it's one of best." the elderly man said, trembling with fear as he offered the old fashioned radio. But then, one of the thugs kicked the radio out of the man's hands and broke it into large chunks. "My friend here isn't a music lover." the leader said, "Give me the money, or else…" "Or else what, you low-life?" Kana asked.

The thugs turned around and saw a young man that didn't look like much of a threat to them. They all laughed at the idea that this youngster thought he was tough enough to take them on. "Since your obliviously fresh off the plane, we'll explain things to you." the leader said, "You're in the Moonlit Brethren Territory, and you're about to be put in the hospital."

"You disgraces to our race are the ones that are going to need a hospital or a funeral home, and for your sakes, I hope there's one nearby." Kana threatened, glaring his Pureblood stare on them. Unfortunately, there aren't any Purebloods in the United States, so they didn't recognize the royalty among their race. "Who do you think you are, Punk?" the leader asked, getting angry at the arrogance of this stranger. "You'll find out soon enough." Kana stated.

Then his dark eyes turned blood red and the threesome were frozen still from the aura that the boy gave off. The leader shook it off and attack him with a stream of water from a nearby fountain. But Kana just stood still and the water parted ways as if avoiding hitting him out of respect or fear.

Then the largest of the three created a small but destructive earthquake heading towards him. Fortunately, the earth element was right up Kana's alley, he sent the earthquake right back at him, sending him flying into a nearby lake. "What just happened?" the Lady asked astonished. "Did he just controlled that earthquake?" the young man asked.

Finally, the smallest of the three shot a stream of fire at Kana, but he part the flame and grabbed the shorter man by the wrists. "Fire doesn't harm him either?" the lady asked. "What is he?" the young man asked. "Maybe he's the same as me." Izzy said under her breath.

"Got a better idea of who I am now, scoundrels" Kana asked out of jest. Then he heard a car racing towards them and got the thugs in. "You're not getting away that easily!" Kana stated as he stopped the car with a wall of earth. He erased the bystanders' memories of the event, except for Izzy. "There's no need to erase my memory." Izzy said as a matter-of-factly. "Why's that?" Kana asked.

Before she could answer, there were sirens sounding, policemen came and arrested the crooks. "You're under arrest too." the leader said to Kana. "What do you mean I'm under arrest?" he asked, feeling insulted, "Those are the thugs over there, they were harassing that poor man." "From the looks of things, you did some harassing yourself." the leader said, referring to the unconscious bystanders and the damage. "Let me explain!" Kana exclaimed. "You can explain all you want back at headquarters." he said.

Kiba jumped and bit the man on the arm, protecting his master, giving Kana the chance to escape. He dodged and ran from them at every turn, but eventually, they were cornered. "Alright boy, come along quietly and…" the leader said. "Kana! There you are!" an unfamiliar voice said.

Behind the cops was a man in his fifties, a bald head with a black beard. "I have seen searching all over for you, young man!" he exclaimed, "I'm sorry about that officer, this young man has just come from out of the country and he doesn't know how things are done here. And he only ran away from you because he was scared. So don't be hard on him."

"You know this boy, Councilor, Zenzo?" an officer asked. "Yes, he's the son of a friend of mine , and he was only defending those people from the thugs and they just passed out of the chaos." the man answered, "If you let this slide and drop all the charges against him, I will personality pay for all the damages, and take care of the boy." "Fine, just keep a close eye on him." the officer said. "Let's go, Kana!" he said and Kana followed.

Later that Night:

"I don't get it, why would you help me like that?" Kana asked. "Probably because you were helping my daughter." the man answered. "Your daughter?" Kana stated perplexed. "I said pretty please to my Daddy to help you." Izzy said as she poked out from behind her father and Kiba went up to lick her. That's when he realized that these people and the Ruffians from before were vampires as well.

"Izzy, honey, why don't you wait up at the entrance, while I talk to Mr. Kana?" her father suggested. "Okay!" Izzy agreed, "See later, Kana!" "Bye!" Kana said. She dashed to the entrance to wait as she was told with Kiba following her.

"So, what brings you here, Mr. Kana? Or should I say, Lord Kaname Kuran of the Pureblood Kuran Family." he stated. "You saw through me?" Kaname said surprised. "Even through you are going around looking like that, people who know Purebloods will know you." he answered.

Defeated, Kaname explained his situation to Zenzo. "So you're in America to escape the Vampire Poachers and perhaps live the life of an ordinary human boy." Zenzo said, not completely convince that this was the best idea for the Pureblood. "Kaien Cross agreed that I should come here, it said I have the right to choose my own path." Kaname argued. "Don't try to convince me otherwise, you have important responsibilities back in Japan!" Zenzo snapped.

"Look! I understand that, but I can't do so hiding behind people and pretending everything's okay. I'm going to be nineteen in a matter of months and I still don't anything about the outside world." Kaname said, "I'm just tired of being this perfect prince." Kaname stated, "For once in my life, I just want to forget that I'm a vampire and pureblood prince and just be an ordinary man." Zenzo tried to argue back, but he couldn't find anything to say. Then they heard Izzy complaining what is taking so long, and that Kiba is getting impatient.

Later at the Boarding House:

They had taken the trolley back to the Tori Boarding House, where Zenzo's wife runs. They had talked and decided that Kana would stay there until nightfall and then decided what to do with him. Zenzo had explained the situation to Pama, his pregnant wife, kept it a secret from the other kids, Jennifer and Milo.

When they were ready to turn in for the day, Zenzo's thoughts turned about what would be best for the young pureblood. "Lord Kaname, I have been thinking about your situation and you're right, Japan is not safe for you to be in now. And I suppose that everyone deserves to know what a normal life would be like. "You are welcomed to stay here in the city with my family. I'll just say you're the son of my brother's friend from the navy and you're staying here while in the city." he said. "Thank you!" Kaname said bowing deeply, "And please call me Kana." The kids were excited and hugged their father happily. Kiba jumped up and licked him in the face. Zenzo just sighed in defeat.

In a Random part of New Orleans:

"Sir! We have gotten word that a powerful strong foreign vampire has come to the city." A vampire in a military like uniform explained to a mask figure who was obliviously the boss. "An aristocrat?" the masked man asked. "No, he was in street clothes, so probably just a common tourist." he explained.

"If he was strong enough to fight off three vampires on his own, he has to be an aristocrat." the boss exclaimed, "Perhaps in disguise for a meeting among them." "Want us to take care of him?" the underling asked holding out his weapon. "No, let him be." The boss said, turning around to face him, "If he does end up as trouble, I will deal with him personally.