~Last time the young maiden had a run in with the young Vampire. It has seems she had left a good impression for he now seek and claim her for his own.

Chapter One
The beginning

It was morning of the next day and everything was wet from the rain the night before. Ichigo was greeted the bright sunlight when she woke up. After a moment or two she shot up from her bed.

'I wonder if that was a dream.' She thought as she peered out her window, watching some birds flying in the clear morning sky.

She remembers Ryou took her home. He must have gone after her after she told off Mint last night. She also remembers that she walk into someone with green hair and golden cat eyes. But the rest was a blank. She blushes when she remembers how good looking the boy was. 'He was better looking then Ryou.'

"HEY Strawberry, It's time to wake up. You have school today...Remember?" someone shouted from downstairs.

Ichigo got out of her little daydream to glare at her open door.

"Yes, Mint I'm coming down. And by the way it's Sunday so, no I don't have school today. "Ichigo told her as she got up and put on her fuzzy pink bathrobe.

"I was just seeing if you remember?" Mint chuckled while Ichigo came downstairs. Ichigo didn't notice that she still had on her dirty and wet clothing from late night, but Mint did.

"Ichigo before you eat, you may want to wash up and change out of those wet clothes." She stated to Ichigo. 'Shit' Ichigo thought as she went back upstairs to take a shower. Mint just sighed as she went upstairs to get Ichigo's bedding.

Around the same time Kish was hiding in the shadows of a dark room. He couldn't get the red hair girl out of his head. He (almost) believed his dead heart was beating again.

"Maybe I should visit her?" he said out loud. But shook his head for think that. 'But there were a couple problems.'

One: he only knows her name.
Two: he doesn't know where she lives.
Three: he only met her.
Four: she doesn't know him, and he doesn't want to scare her more then she is with a vampire
And five and most important fact: The mistress won't be too happy.

'Then there the sunlight.' he thought. Now it's true that garlic and holy water don't work vampire, and crosses and silver will keep them away. But sunlight will kill a vampire instantly.

Kish sighed as he looked out the dust cover window. He stood in the shadows of the old room for sometime until his stomach started to growl. Kish just sighed again as he turn to walk down to the kitchen. As he enters the kitchen he was greeted by the loud creaking floorboards. The small kitchen was cover in dust and cobwebs, the once bright color paint that was there fade to a draw and gloomy color, the ivory title countertops didn't see the light of day in years.

Kish opens a door to lead to a wine cellar. There he grab a bottle of 'wine' and brought it upstairs in the kitchen. Then he grabs a wine glass from a cabinet and pours the 'wine' into it.

While sipping the deep, dark, red liquid he had a thought.

'I just go around the city and find which house she's live.' and with that he finish up the drink and waited patiently for dark. 'I'll just do that. I'll figure out where she lives, and then from there I think up a plan'

For Ichigo's day, it passed too slowly for her. She was stuck with Ryou all of the morning and half of the afternoon, when she escape with her friends Zakuro and Lettuce to a mall trip. Where they grab lunch at the new café new by.

Now with a new outfit in a 'Hot Topic' bag, Ichigo is walking home. Zakura had to drop her off two block away from her house because Lettuce has to get home at seven and it was a half and hour drive. Ichigo didn't mind, she loves to be out at dark.

As Ichigo was walking, she didn't notice there was a shadow following her.

"I'm home." She shouted out.

"Welcome home Ichigo." Ryou answered as he gave her a small peck on the cheek.

"Ryou! What the…Why are you here? And where is Mint?" she asked him as he smirk at her.

"She went out shopping. Now don't ask me why. I don't know." he replied as he enters the kitchen and Ichigo followed. "Now about why I'm here, Mint had called me to make sure you eat some thing that is actually go for you." Ichigo just glare at him as they had a quite supper.

It was nearly nine and Ichigo had to go to bed. After being killed by Ryou in Super Smash Brother Melee for the last hour and a half or so, Ichigo was tired and she had school tomorrow, and once she said 'good night' to Ryou she was off to bed.

It was only when she entered her room she notices her window was open.

'I thought I had it close. Maybe Mint opens it to get so air in the room. She does, always, claim it was too stuffy in here.' she thought as she close the window. When the window was close and lock, she heard a voice from behind her, startling her to the bone.

"Welcome home Kitten"

Ichigo whip around and saw who was standing there...the boy form before.

"What are you doing here?" She yelled as she point her finger at him "And who in hell are you?"

"I told you." he stated as he walks near her. With every step he took forward she took a step back, 'till her back was to the wall. He stops within mere centimeters of her, his lips just above hers.

"My name is Kish. And as for your other question…this" and with that he put his lips on her.

-TBC-