CH1

Long time ago when Akari Honda was younger Kaname Kuran was her best friend; they used to be inseparable not one without the other. The two families were very close and they used to visit each other every day. Akari and Kaname had so many memories together. Out of all the memories Kaname and Akari made she would always hold onto one especially. It was a warm summer's night and her parents had asked Kaname's family if she could stay the night with them while her parents go on some kind of business trip. When his mother said yes she was overjoyed not only was it her first sleep over but it was also the first time her parents had left her in someone else's care.

Her mother never left the house she had said that there are people that come to the house that she has to take care of. Akari never did see the people her mother talked about. Her mother always said that they came when she was taking a nap. When she did leave the house Akari always went with her.

This was the only time Akari got to leave the house without her parents and she swore she would make the best of it. That evening Kaname and Akari ate all the blood ramen their little tummies could handle and boy was that a lot of ramen.

However the thing that Akari remembers most about that evening was the conversation Kaname, his mother, and she had. Juri had given the two children a warm cup of blood before they went to bed. Akari noticed that Kaname's eyes were all red but when she looked into the mirror her eyes were a bright gold. It was the first time she had ever seen someone with red eyes. At first she thought Kaname was sick but he claimed he felt fine. When she told Juri that there was something wrong with Kaname's eyes she gave Akari a caring look and told her, "Darling there is nothing wrong with Kaname. You see Kaname is a pure blood just like me; our eyes turn red when we drink blood or are hungry. Akari you're a golden one your eyes stay gold your entire life and they don't change when you eat. Our families are two different bloodlines and this is just one of the ways that tells our family's apart."

That night was the last time Akari ever saw Juri. Her and Haruka her husband were murdered a week later. Her family tried to comfort Kaname as much as possible and had offered him to live with them, but he refused. Instead he went to live with some other family friends. Akari wanted to be there for him and show him that she cared but she never got the chance. Her parents decided that Japan wasn't safe anymore. They thought that whoever killed Kaname's family would soon come after them. Not even a week after the funeral Akari and her family moved to the place called Scotland. At first they would write to each other every day but after two years that soon changed; they started to write to each other every week and then month when all together the letters just stopped.

That was twelve years ago and time has changed. Akari was never treated like royalty. Then again everyone in Scotland is human; it used to be that way since the begging of time. For some reason vampires just couldn't live in Scotland. Well that was until her family moved there but the humans don't have to know.

They moved to a large city called Glasgow. The sun wasn't overly bright and Akari managed to go to sleep at night and go to school during the day. She was able to go to a normal private school and make normal human friends. The boys weren't too bad either with their accents and the girls' well they acted like predictable girls always playing the school popularity game. She never felt so happy to be around people who actually liked her.

She still thinks about Kaname and wonders what he's doing now a day, but she never tried to write him. She always thought he would move to some giant home much like the one he used to live in and was married to some other pureblood. She never expected to hear from him ever again.

It was the last week of summer and Akari was getting ready to go shopping with a few friends. Her mother calls for her from down stairs and says, "There is a letter for you on the kitchen table."

Hoping it was the acceptance letter from Oxford University saying that they would love to have her as a student. She quickly runs down the stairs and makes her way to the kitchen. Quickly she grabs the letter off the counter and quickly opens it. Pulling the letter out of the envelope she starts reading. It says.

"Dear, Akari

I'm sorry it's been so long since I have last written you. You see for the past ten years I've been recruiting young vampires to attend a night class at Cross Academe. The headmaster shares the same goals as I; we want to bring together vampires and humans. Our goal is to teach the vampire students to coexist with humans. It would be an honor if you would consider attending Cross Academe for the remainder of your school years…." the letter then said "I really do hope you consider attending. It would be nice to see you again Akari.

Sincerely, Kaname Kuran"

. The friend she thought she'd never hear from ever again has found her. She looked so disappointed and yet so happy. Looking blankly at the letter she thought to herself "oh my god he wrote to me I thought I'd never hear from him, but this letter is just so odd. It's been ten years and now he writes me asking if I could go to a school with him. It is an interesting offer, but how could I just tell my friends that I'm moving back to Japan to go to school with my long lost friend who I haven't seen in ten years. I wonder…"

Snapping out of her deep thought she turned to her mother and said "mom did you read the letter before giving it to me?"

Her face was soft and she gave me a warm smile and said "your father and I both read it and we feel as if you should go we have your things packing its waiting for you at the front door."

Akari's jaw dropped and said "you're making me leave everyone to go back to the place that you deemed unsafe. You even packed my bags for me; look I understand you're excited for me graduating and all but I don't understand why the sudden change of heart? "

Her mother looked at her with pail gold eyes and said "your father and I think it would be best if you go back to Japan. We have taught you as much as we could about controlling your powers and acting like a vampire; we feel like it's not enough and that if you go to this school you can learn so much more than what we could ever teach you."

Akari looked at her father. His face was strait but he gave off a faint worried look. She asked him "dad what do you think about all this?"

He looked at her and his expression changed. A series look wiped across his young face. He said, "Your mother is right; I think that you should go back to japan. You need to learn about our heritage Akari. We aren't from regular family in fact we are considered the kings of the vampire world and you need to understand that. Your friends here are good friends but they aren't going to be able to help you understand you're true from."

"I know my father's right but I can't stand leavening my friend's behind." she thought to herself. She then said, "This is my last year of school and I want to graduate with the people I've grown up with. I want to be able to go to the mall with them on a Friday, and have lunch with them in the café at school. Besides don't you think it's a little late for me to go back to Japan and learn my heritage?"

"You are going to be able to come back and visit on the holidays and with all the technology out there I'm sure you can video chat your friends. Don't forget you will be making new friends as well. Akari you're a big girl sweetie and we are doing what we feel is best for you."

She thought to herself, "I want to make my family happy and if this is what's going to let them be happy then so be it besides there is no winning when mom thinks she's right about something." Looking at her parents' Akari said "all right I'll give it a chance but mom if I get a letter from oxford will you sent it to me in Japan? I would still like to know if I ever was accepted into oxford."

She smiled and said to me "of course darling now go and say good bye to your friends you leave tomorrow. We have exchanged your tickets while you were sleeping."

Her eyes widened and she said "y-y-you did what! It's one thing to send me to Japan for schooling but you could have at least given me time to say good bye to my friends!"