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Okay. So, funny story. I….kinda…..accidentally deleted Blood of the innocent and now I'll go and repost it, only better (because I only have chapters 9-13. Haha….(cries))

Well, here's Blood of the Innocent redone. Yeah.

Prologue

Politics

If he had one wish, it would be for time to stop

Katsuya moved off of Kyoko panting heavily. He ran a hand through his hair, drenched with sweat, and looked back at her beautiful blanketed form. She was looking at the ceiling, sweat dripping down her body, her hair splayed out over the pillows. Katsuya smiled and took her hand, kissing the back gently before his lips moved towards hers. Kyoko pushed him away, her eyes intent on some goal. Katsuya followed her will and backed away from her, waiting to hear what she had to say.

...

Shigure sat at his desk typed at his typewriter. Three weeks had passed since Katsuya had been pronounced dead by the coven. Chisa seemed to be fuming, he guessed she wanted the pleasure of killing him for herself. Her anger against Katsuya knew no bounds.

There was a knock on the door and Shigure yelled for them to enter. Yuki walked in, an irritated look on his face. "Shishou-san and HIM are here," Yuki said. Shigure smirked and rose from his desk. He descended the stairs and entered the bar. It was packed and another live band was playing. Shigure could hear their music when he was working upstairs, but they sounded much better when he had descended.

He looked around the bar for the two vampires and found them standing by the entrance. "Yo! Isn't it a nice day today?" he asked, taking pride in the look of disgust that flashed across the younger vampire's face. Kazuma, the older, smiled and nodded.

"It's been a pretty wonderful day."

"Yup. So, what brings the two of you here today?"

Kazuma patted the younger vampire, Kyo, on the back and smiled. "Akito has been relocating vampire's around the country and her expressed interest in having Kyo work here in the bar with you and Yuki."

Shigure looked at the bar where Yuki was serving drinks for the patrons. It would be so much more interesting around here if he got Kyo here. The idea of all the 'fun' he could have with the two of them made him giggle with excitement.

"Alright. I have absolutely no problem with Kyo working here!"

...

"I still don't see why you're leaving Katsuya. I mean that coven, Chisa's coven, they believe you are dead don't they?"

"Yes, but if even one of them catches me walking around and reports it to Chisa, then you would be in such danger and I could never forgive myself if anything happened to you. You could come too, if you'd let me turn you."

Kyoko shook her head and kissed him. As they continued, his hand began to slide down her side, pushing the blanket that had been covering her away to exposed her beautiful flesh. His lips moved from hers to go to her neck and kiss the exposed skin. As he kissed her, he could feel his fangs begin to surface and pulled away, afraid of biting her. Kyoko laughed a little and ran a hand through her hair as he struggled to keep his fangs under control.

"Do I have to worry about you giving me a little nip Hun?"

"Shut up. I figured it would be unpleasant if I bit your neck our last night together."

"Tonight…I wouldn't mind."

Katsuya stared at her like she had bugs coming out of her hair. After all, the only other time he had tried to bite her she beat his head against a wall and had launched into a verbal barrage a sailor wouldn't dare touch. After that, the memory had imprinted itself in his mind and kept his fangs at bay. He slowly moved towards her neck and licked his lips. Before he made contact, he looked at her.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah."

"Because you hit really hard."

Kyoko laughed and looked at him.

"Is the big bad vampire afraid of little ol' me?"

Katsuya smiled and leaned in towards her neck.

"Never….."

...

Vlad arrived in front of the apartment complex in a taxi. The vehicle hadn't been his first choice, but a limo would have brought too much attention to himself. That was the last thing her needed, especially since Aria was still in the country. He preferred keeping as much space between the woman that had gotten him kicked out his home country and himself as possible.

Vlad approached the apartment complex and looked the note Katsuya had given him,

"234. Apartment 234."

...

Katsuya drank from Kyoko, his eyes closed as he savored the taste of her blood. She was more delicious then he ever could have guessed. He pulled away before he took too much and caused Kyoko to suffer any ill effects from the feeding. She looked at him and seemed a little alarmed when her eyes went to the blood trickling down his chin. He grabbed a rag and held it to her neck.

"J-just hold that there. It'll stop in a few minutes."

Kyoko just laughed.

"There are people that seriously pay to have you guys do that?"

Katsuya smiled goofily and rubbed the back of his head.

"Yeah….It's actually quite a turn on. So, do you think-"

He was interrupted by a buzzing noise. He sighed and looked back at Kyoko.

"T-that's probably Vlad. He's the only one who'd show up at this time of night. I thought we'd get more time together, I'm sorry Kyoko."

Kyoko sighed and watch Katsuya get dressed. He was afraid she might cry or something, He'd lose it if she cried. He pulled his shoes on and began to head out of the door. She was still lying in the bed, the blanket held up to her chest. There were tears in her eyes as she stared back at him and if he could have, he would have killed himself for the pain he saw.

"Kyoko….I'm so sorry."

"J….Just go. Let's leave it like this, instead of getting into some whole big deal over it. It's better that we part as…..as friends…and lovers…..and…." Tears dripped down Kyoko's face and she swiped them away. "And not start crying and making fools of ourselves."

"I'm so sorry Kyoko." He turned away from her so he would not see those tears. He opened the door and took a deep breath before walking out and shutting it behind him. He leaned against the closed door and tightened his grip on the unfeeling slab. If there was any justice, his heart would explode then and there and he would die. It would be better to die then leave her, but he was selfish and began walking towards the door.

Vlad was waiting outside with an annoyed look on his face. The look softened when he saw Katsuya's depressed demeanor and he opened the door of the taxi. Katsuya cast one last look towards Kyoko's window and saw her standing there, smiling at him with tears still lingering in her eyes. He smiled back and blew her a kiss before he got into the taxi and drove off into the night.