.:Chapter One : The Arrival:.

Sighing softly as she settled herself down into her seat, Yui took out her books from her bag to prepare for the days lesson. She was feeling dejected inside, putting her pencil case on the desk and then her note book, she once again thought of her circumstances.

For when her father had left her due to the summons of a foreign church, she'd been delivered to the house of the Sakamaki family. She'd been told they were old friends to her father in the past, so she expected to be entering into an average family household.

The reality though had been vastly different, for on her very first night of her stay she had discovered and had been exposed to the deadly truth of what they were... a family, of vampires!

From that night onwards she had practically known nothing but terror, never knowing who of the Sakamaki brothers would come and forcibly drink her blood from her... or if each coming night might be her last.

The brothers were all clearly dangerous, Yui knew that one utmost fact about each of them. From the triplets starting with Ayato with his playful yet arrogant childishness, Kanato with his deadly obsession with his stuffed bear, Teddy along with Laito and his whimsical sadistic pervertedness.

Then there were the older siblings, Shuu who was silently lethargic and mysterious, Reiji the manager of the household with his ruthless strictness and finally the youngest Subaru with his unpredictable rage and violence.

Yui did her best to cope with them all, treating them with kindness despite their cruelty. For she was trying her utmost to not provoke them and she tried desperately to keep them from drinking her blood, however it had been practically to no avail. It was terrible and painful every time, no matter who drank from her...

Looking to all her pens and everything that was now ready for her to use, she was further depressed as she remembered the various attacks she'd already had. She wished she could fight back, to make them all stop it... but with her strength alone it was impossible. The power of a mere human could never match that of a vampire. She knew also that she couldn't run away with the threat of them coming to kill her.

She thought to herself as the sad expression still lingered, 'Is this my fate... to be just a sacrificial bride for them?' Then looking back to Ayato who was napping upon the top of his desk behind her, Yui looked in another direction and saw Kanato smiling almost manically at his Teddy as he giggled now and again.

Their usual behaviour was to be expected and seeing them, Yui took the chance to then look about the rest of the classroom and at her other classmates. All of them, though they were human like her just ignored her gaze as they chatted amongst themselves and some that did catch her looking immediately averted their eyes to look at their own work or something else altogether.

This reaction was also something she had sadly got used to, for though she was friendly enough with her classmates. Most... no, practically all of them didn't want anything to do with her. Due to her involvement with the Sakamaki's... for the brother's themselves repelled the students and those others who were drawn to the brothers all shared the same thing. An unspoken fear and uneasiness... this seemed to have been to attached her too.

For in all the time she had been there at the Academy, Yui hadn't made any close friends at all. As she thought of that one fact as she remembered the friends she used to have before she'd been cast away into this situation. It made her heart ache, along with the other things she couldn't see anymore like the sunlight and the blue sky... and the one person who meant so much to her, her father.

It wasn't like her to be so sad like this, but after being stuck in this situation for so long it was probably only natural that it would weigh heavily upon her now... she then couldn't help but ask softly as she picked up her pen as the teacher arrived, "Am I always going to be alone like this?"

Then as she uttered these words, it was finally that the teacher spoke as he gained everyone's attention, "Now! Now! Settle down everyone! I have an announcement for you all!"

Hearing him say this everyone's attention was now directed at the teacher, Ayato stirring awoke from his nap as he asked tiredly, "Huh? What now?"

Even Kanato lifted his gaze away from his teddy for a moment as he looked at the teacher, Yui herself distracted away from her depressed thoughts then asked curiously, "An announcement?"

The teacher then seeing he had caught the gaze of his students coughed into his hand clearing his throat as he proceeded to speak, "Though it may come as a surprise to many of you, due to it being quite late in the year. We have had a new transfer student come to attend our academy and they will be joining our class from this day forth!"

Surprised to hear this the class then all started to whisper to each other, some were a little excited as they started speaking amongst themselves, "A transfer student now?" "We're almost halfway through the year!" "Well I hope they're good looking whoever they are!" "Ha ha ha!"

As these comments all came forth, Yui herself was quiet... for it was unusual for someone to transfer so late she had to admit. Looking to the teacher still she wondered who this student was exactly?

It was then seeing his class become excited from anticipation, that the teacher decided to let her come and make her introductions, "I hope you receive her well," then looking to door to the classroom he asked her, "Tadao-san? Would you like to come in now?"

A sigh was heard outside the classroom as a female voice replied, "Yeah sure..."

Yui hearing the voice noted she didn't sound excited and she looked on as the girl entered the class. The students were quite amazed as they saw the girl who entered, wearing the Ryoutei academy's dark coloured girl's uniform with her sleeves pulled up to her elbows, the transfer student stood before everyone with her book bag slung over her right shoulder.

She had orange short coloured spiked hair that ended above her shoulders, in her right ear she was wearing a single long white beaded earring that ended with a blue jewel that almost looked like a tear drop. In her other ear were a couple of smaller golden piercings and on her left wrist was a single gold bracelet.

Over her uniform she was was wearing a brown belt which held a small plushy of a cute pink jellyfish with blue eyes, looking at her she was an unusual sight to be hold and yet gazing at her there seemed to be an exotic quality in her too. This may have been due to the colour of her skin which had a warmer hue than everyone else who was there.

Looking at her though the one thing that caught Yui's attention the most about the girl, was the colour of her eyes. She had radiant heterochromia coloured eyes, her right one was green and her left was blue, seeing them somehow reminded Yui of the colours of the ocean.

Seeing that his class was impressed with the student, the teacher then asked her, "Well Tadao-san? Would you care to introduce yourself and describe a little bit about yourself too to the rest of the class?"

Hearing this suggestion though the girl was clearly far from ecstatic about doing this, so with another sigh she said, "Well if I have to."

Then turning to the class she spoke aloud as she dropped her bag to her side crudely and put both her hands upon her hips as she started to speak with an almost annoyed tone, "Salutations, my name is Miya Tadao! I'm eighteen years old and have been forced to repeat a year, I want my time here to go along peacefully and quietly... and I'll try my best not to cause problems for everyone if you don't cause problems for me," then finishing with a smile she ended saying, "Thank you!"

That... was an introduction? It sounded more like a threat... everyone in the class was put a little on edge slightly. Even the teacher was the same way, though trying to keep an optimistic attitude he asked her politely, "Uhh, thank you Tadao-san. Would you please take a seat? Your placement is in the centre of the class."

Hearing him say this Miya then replied simply, "Sure," with that she picked up her bag again walked forwards and sat herself down in her seat as she got her books and writing materials out, as she got ready to get to work right away. As she sat down the rest of the class obviously weren't overly impressed with this introduction as they started uttering to each other furiously while turning back to start their own work.

Ayato seeing the girl do this stared for a moment, for he had to admit to himself she had a good figure unlike Chichinashi. But then becoming bored as he saw she had a crappy attitude, he just turned his attentions back to his own work and looking at his papers he smirked as a certain little idea occurred to him of what to do with it.

Kanato though simply turned his attentions back to his Teddy once more and as he did, he giggled as he stared at his beloved companion...as he got an idea too and with that he started to root through his bag for a certain couple of things.

Yui looking at the girl herself as she got her pens and started to write could feel she wasn't in the best of moods, so feeling a little awkward she decided it would be best for her to just concentrate on her own work and try to not bother her so much...

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As the lesson continued on and the teacher pointed to certain key points on the blackboard before them. Miya sighed again, she was annoyed with the situation she was in as she breathed, "How can people study at this time of night?"

For she really didn't like this, having to study in the night school because of her mom's job transfer. Why was this academy the only one that would accept her?! Plus why did she have to repeat a year of all thing's! Sure she had to admit it, her studies weren't at the top of the class but she wasn't at the bottom either! What did they think she was? Stupid!

This bitterly infuriated her inside... but there was no changing it. This was the situation now and she was just going to have to get used to it. For she remembered a particular promise she'd made with her Mom, for if she stuck to the conditions of it she'd get one of the things she'd always wanted! So she just didn't wanna have any trouble and graduate with flying colours! If she did that, then moving on with her life like that would make her happy. Wouldn't it?

Though she knew inside that the intro she made wasn't exactly 'Hospitable,' she just wanted the truth to be said and that was the end of it. For thinking about bitter past experiences it would probably be easier for her to try and not make any too close connections to anyone... even if it was depressing for her. For she couldn't imagine anyone would really want to say a word to her now and that was probably for the best.

As these thoughts drifted around inside of her, Miya then looked away from the teacher for a moment as she turned to see who she was in class with anyway?

Looking around she saw that everyone had practically all their heads bent down and concentrating on their own work. Then as she caught a couple of gazes, they'd done just as she'd predicted. They quickly looked away from her, not wanting to make any contact. That was fine, it was to be expected and it was after all what she wanted, wasn't it?

However as she did continue to look around, a certain character caught her eye. Looking behind her she could see a young man with reddish brown coloured hair and green eyes, he was wearing the Ryoutei's boy's uniform. However his shirt was unbuttoned revealing his chest and around his neck was his red neck tie, tied up crudely.

Seeing him Miya couldn't help but stare at him oddly, 'What's wrong with him? Did he get dressed half asleep?'

Then as this thought came to her, she saw suddenly the young man fold over the paper she'd assumed he'd been writing on, over and over again. As he did this Miya couldn't help but think to himself, 'What the heck is he-?'

Suddenly she was shocked as she saw him turn the paper into a plane! Then with a grin on his face he threw the small paper-craft forwards over the heads of everyone making it go straight through the window! This baffled Miya entirely as she stared on! She then whispered to herself, "What'd he do that for!?"

Quickly she looked to the rest of the students, weren't they bothered by this? However there was no reaction whatsoever! Shocked she looked back as she then saw even the teacher wasn't saying anything about it! Turning to look at the other students again she wondered why no-one was reacting to this? Shouldn't they be-?

Miya though stopped again as she saw another young man in the corner of the room. He looked younger than the other guy and to her he seemed even younger than even the rest of the students there. He had light purple coloured hair and wide eyes that had dark rings under them, unlike the other boy though his uniform was done up nicely with a white ruffled collar shirt and red string tie around his neck.

Looking at him there was something that Miya found troubling, but what? Maybe it was those dark rings and wide eyes, 'Doesn't he get enough sleep or something?' She thought to herself. However looking on at him she saw a bizarre scene play out.

With a small brown pot in front of him on his desk, the purple haired young man then brought out a spoon as he asked paying no mind to the teacher, "Teddy? Are you hungry? Would you like some yummy honey?"

Hearing him say this, it was then that Miya saw the stuffed bear which she hadn't notice before. Looking at the creature the girl saw that it had a pink waistcoat and had a black eyepatch over it's left eye, it looked on with a stitched up smile to it's owner.

Seeing it though, Miya didn't like the look of it. But then she watched with perplexed eyes as the boy started to feed the stuffed animal with a silver spoon as he giggled softly to himself as he stared at it with an almost crazed look saying, "Here Teddy! Have as much as you want! Go on! Have all you want!" With that he started giggling almost hysterically!

This utterly creeped her out! She quickly looked around herself again, perplexed beyond all reason she thought to herself, 'How can no-one notice what the heck is going on!? Are they all really that blind!?'

Then suddenly she stopped for there staring at her from a certain distance across the classroom was another girl. Looking at her as she caught her gaze, Miya was surprised as she looked at her. The girl too was the same as she stared back at her. She had long light blonde coloured hair that finished just upon her shoulders, her eyes were gentle and were a pretty pink colour and in her hair on her left side was a flower clip. It was made of three blossoms, the top one white, then pink and finally the last one was a dark purple colour.

Staring at her Miya was silent as the girl seemed pale to her somehow? But before she could think of anything else, she was surprised as the girl gently with an almost shy smile did a small wave to her as a greeting. Seeing this the new transfer student was surprised as she had not been anticipating this! However inside she couldn't help but feel warmed slightly inside, as this hadn't ever happened to her before. Then quickly before she knew it a little smile came to her face too and following her feelings she returned the gesture to her as she did a small wave too.

For she was sure that with her intro that she'd done before, no-one would do anything like that to her, it was-

"Tadao-san?"

Distracted immediately Miya turned as she saw the teacher was looking at her, quickly she replied, "Uh yes?"

The teacher then seeing that he'd got her attention asked her, "Would you please read from page nine to eleven for us?"

At the teacher's request Miya then stood up as she said, "Oh yes? Of course!" With that she began to read aloud the selected pages. As she continued to read on though, she couldn't help but look to the girl again, as she did she saw her nod to her again with a smile still lingering as she turned back to her own books.

Seeing her do this Miya wondered why that girl had been nice to her like that? However she knew this was no time to question about it, so she continued to read aloud. Though she had to admit it, that was a nice gesture and as that thought came she smiled internally again as she continued on reading aloud as the lesson went on.

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It was now the end of the day and walking through the hallway, Miya was glad about it. Yawning loudly she spoke her thoughts as her bag was slung over her right shoulder again, "Man... working in the middle of the night is not easy..."

But now at least, it was the best time of the day for her. It was time to go home. Once she'd get back she could relax and unwind as well as get some more unpacking done along with-

Quickly she stopped in her thoughts as she heard a loud chatter come from behind her. There she saw a particular pair of individuals being followed by a group of girls who were chatting excitedly to each other, "It's those weird guys again?" She spoke as she saw the two of them walking forwards, seeing them she just continued on towards the school's entrance. Making it there she then stood aside as she lay her back on the wall to let the little parade go through and as they began to, a couple of more thoughts came to her, 'They're probably going home too, though why those girls are following them is something that I-"

Then she stopped in her tracks as she saw the girl who'd given her that wave before walking behind the two boys with her head down. Looking at the girl as she passed her, Miya saw that she looked quite depressed and it might have been her imagination but she seemed to be more pale too. Was something wrong with her?

However she couldn't dwell on those thoughts as she saw the the group of three meet up with another group that was ahead of them, there she saw four other young men. One she saw was quite tall with short blonde hair, though she couldn't see the colour of his eyes since they were closed. He was wearing a black jacket over his shoulders with a beige sweater underneath that was slightly unbuttoned. She could also see he had earphones plugged in his ears. Was he listening to music?

Another taller young man next to him had darker purple-black coloured hair and was wearing a pair of spectacles, he was very neatly dressed and she could tell even from the distance she was standing from that he was a prim and proper... plus a strict individual as he stood with his arms folded.

Then the next individual amongst them looked... cunning? For looking at him she could see he was wearing a black fedora hat on his head that covered his reddish brown hair. His uniform was the same standard attire except for the fact that fur bordered around his shoulders. He was smiling keenly as he saw the girl and two others join their group.

Finally the last person that Miya saw standing amongst the group had white hair, looking at him she thought, 'That's different?' She though noticed that the bottom of his shirt was tattered and ripped. "A rough guy?" She asked curiously.

However as she stared at all these young men, she could feel something from them all as they crowded around the girl who'd waved to her. What was it? It felt ominous somehow as she stood in the middle of them all... it was almost like she was trapped? Shaking this thought away though as it came, Miya then considered that silly for they were just probably a real gloomy bunch. For none of them were really smiling and she couldn't feel any happy relief that she sure most would feel when it's time to go home.

Quiet as she made her observations, she then watched as they all left through the school entrance. As they did this, she saw with surprise a long black limousine come and pull up. As it came and the door was opened, she asked aloud, "A rich family?" Then she heard the large group of girl's chattering to themselves loudly again and as they did, she breathed with a sigh seeing their silly infatuation, "With groupies?"

Then quickly one by one, all of them entered the long sleek dark coloured car and in another moment after the door was shut. The vehicle rounded up and drove away quickly into the distance as a half moon glowed in the night sky. Just as in turn the huge group of girl's that had watched the Sakamaki's then disbanded as they all parted and went in various different directions.

Miya was quiet as she saw the limousine drive away and watched the crowd disperse, so far this day to her had just been just weird! A new school, a different time of day to study and a couple of words beyond bizarre classmates! As these thoughts came to her she then overheard a few girls from the large group go by as they came walking forwards, "Ah! The Sakamaki's! They're always so glamorous leaving in a limousine like that every night!"

Silently listening on, Miya then heard another of the girl's speak as she said, "I know... oh I'm so jealous of Komori Yui-san! She doesn't know how well she's got it!" With that the girls walked off together as they headed home giggling and chattering loudly.

Miya herself hearing these names then said to herself, "Sakamaki's?" For that was clearly the family name of those guys who'd gotten into the limousine, then she realised, "Komori Yui... that must be that girl's name?" Noticing her surname was different to the young men she was curious, obviously that girl must be living with them. But why was that?

However at that moment she couldn't think about it, "Ah! I can't dwell on that now! I gotta get home! Mom's gonna be waiting for me, plus I gotta sort out my room still," with that said she turned on her heel as she went to walk in the direction of the city centre where she would catch the next bus. But as she walked on though she wondered simply about one thing. "I wonder what the next year's gonna have in store for me?" Then thinking about the strange things that had just happened she simply smiled as she said with an air of amusement, "Well we'll just wait and see!" With that she was on her way as she walked on into the darkness of the night.