Night was falling, blanketing the world in darkness. Deep within a Victorian mansion, a man sat, looking out, as the last rays of the sun disappeared. Upon first inspection of this man, most people would think that he is as human as the rest of them. But that wasn't true. You see this man was a vampire. The last noble of his ancient race. Not even he could tell you how old he was. Just how many centuries has it been since he last saw color? How many eons has it been since he last felt any emotion what so ever? Yuu Kanda couldn't answer those questions for he himself forgot. He had only one hope to regain what he has lost. To find his soulmate, the other half to his soul. His soulmate would bring color back to his black, white, and grey world. Make him feel and capable of having real emotions once again. Sure, he could mask those feelings but, that's all it was. A mask.

Black hair looked almost navy blue under the moon's gaze. Sharp, silver eyes seemed to glow as they lazily looked over the land. Pale skin popped against his dark clothing. A black coat that reached the floor was lined in red. Under it, a black, long-sleeved shirt and black slacks lay cloacked in shadows. He had his elbow supported by the windowsill, the curve between his forefinger and thumb under his nose, supporting his head.

Now, as I have said before, Yuu Kanda is a vampire. The modern myths about his kind are greatly exaggerated. No he doesn't burn when in sunlight. Holy water doesn't work, neither does garlic, nor crosses. The only way you could even attempt to kill him is if you cut off his head or shoved a stake into his heart. Not that he would even give you the chance. Being a noble and an ancient, Kanda had powers that not even was known to the mortal world. Yeah, he had incredible sight and smell, inhuman strength, agility, and reflexes. His skill with a sword was far beyond what anyone was even remotely capable of. He could move faster than the human eye. He could fly only if he reverted to his true form where he had a pair of large black bat wings. He could also transform into fog, communicate mentally with bats and wolves, and also produce illusions and dark magic spells.

Once night had completely blanketed the land, Kanda set out to hunt for blood. Mostly he survived drinking the blood of animals. He would use their meat to give humans the illusion that he was human like them. Their fur he tended to sell at market along with the bones and antlers that he used to make trinkets and pieces of jewelry with. On occasions, he did feed off of humans; it was mostly the homeless or those whom were evil in nature. Kanda could tell by a simple glance if a person was evil or good in nature. He was getting low on his food source and supplies.

'Guess it's time' he thought to himself as he grabbed his sword and several bags. One was lined to keep the meat cold while the others were used for bones, fur, and antlers. Kanda set off into the massive forest that existed behind his home.

As Kanda was hunting, he could hear a wolf's cries and whimpers. It seemed that it was caught in a hunter's trap. It wasn't the first or the last time that it has happened, but what drew his attention the most was the very sweet smell that was laced with the blood. Kanda could feel his eyes turning red, sparks of hunger in the back of his throat. Kanda went over to where he could hear the cries to find a wolf whose entire front leg was stuck in a trap almost near the shoulder. He also noticed that his back leg was caught in another trap, looking just as painful as the first. The sweet smell was coming from this creature. The wolf seemed aware of Kanda's presence. Before Kanda could even move, the creature suddenly transformed into what looked to be a young man. Without warning, colors and emotions slammed through Kanda forcing the vampire to let out a sharp gasp.

The young man had short, saggy white hair and large, silver eyes. Going through his left eye, was a jagged scar which was bleeding badly. His left arm was caught in the trap as he let out a small whimper. He almost knew that the vampire had caught his sent as was going to kill him. Tears streaked down his face mixing with the blood.

"Please make it quick, vampire. I rather be killed by you than caught by those who are hunting me," stated the young man as he shut his eyes tight preparing to be killed.

Kanda stood there, shocked. This creature, a werewolf it seemed, was his soulmate. He was asking Kanda to kill him and quickly. This sent a painful throb through Kanda's heart. No matter how sweet this boy may smelled, he couldn't dare hurt his soulmate. He has waited for so long for him as he wasn't about to lose him now after finally finding him.

The wolf, had excepted his fate, it seemed. He was ready to die. It was that, or be found by the hunters, who would most likely kill him, or worse, sell him off. The clinking of metal was heard, and the boy's eyes shot open. Instead of leaning in to take the wolf's blood, the vampire had leaned down and started to set him free. A surge of hope ran through the boy's veins as Kanda undid the trap, but then a thought came to mind. Was this man not a vampire? Were their species not mortal enemies?

"What's your name?" Kanda asked softly, trying not to spook the young wolf.

"A-Allen... What's yours?" Allen stammered.

"Kanda," the vampire spoke, finally getting the first trap off, the wolf wincing. "What were you doing around here?"

"I was hunting. I didn't know that this was your- ow!" Allen yelped as the second trap was removed.

"Your hurt pretty badly, how about you come and stay with me until your better?" Kanda offered, picking up the smaller male, who yelped.

"If you wouldn't mind..." Allen mumbled, Kanda already heading toward his home, completely forgetting the reason that he had come out into the night in the first place.