A.N.: Hi guuiiiisssseeeeee! :3 I don't wanna keep you all waiting. So nearly right after I first published the first chapter, I started working on the second. XD *Epic FAAAAIIILLLL* Anyways. Story's going kinda slow right now. Chapter 3 is what you should anticipate.

Note: A few curse words here and there. :3 A forewarning to those of you who are sensitive to it. And there's no yaoi in this chapter, so you guys can continue safely. c:

Enjoooyyyyyy~!


"Um… where exactly are we going, Master?" Zero said slowly, his wary eyes on the road even though he was not driving. If he was, he would not have been driving as recklessly as his teacher, Toga Yagari. The ride to the event was made worse with the fact that Yagari was smoking a cigar inside his truck, and all the windows were up. So the foul stench lingered within the cramped space, and Zero had to bear through it.

Yagari cast him an amused glance out of the corner of his eye, swerving a little since his attention had gone to the younger hunter, whose eyes were now wide with fear. "To the hunt, remember? It's located near the countryside, where open plain meets a few hotels here and there."

With Yagari having begun to drive in a straight direction again, Zero went back to looking out the window. The sky was still blue, lighter than usual though, and there were pinkish-orange clouds occasionally scattered among it. It was near the point of being dusk, and Zero could see that there were buildings miles and miles ahead, only a few though. To the right and left of the speeding truck was barren land, only a few dried patches of grass sprinkled among the expansive, dusty terrain. The hotels seemed to be in far better condition, even from afar. All of them looked large and exquisite, and the one closest to the vacant land seemed to have several people roaming about towards the back. Yagari seemed to notice them too.

"Ah, that's them, it looks like," he murmured with his cigar still in his mouth. "You got your gun, Kiryu-kun?"

"Yeah," he leaned over and placed a hand on the steering wheel, steadying Yagari's wild driving since the elder hunter had swerved again. Drives like a drunkard, Zero thought flatly. Though he had not a driver's license, he knew damn well what to do to keep a truck from wandering astray. When he sat up straight in the passenger seat again, he reached inside his black leather jacket, patting around the inner lining to feel the cold metal of the Bloody Rose. He removed his hand from his jacket and spared a glance at the backseat of the truck. Yagari's shotgun lay across the seat. Rather surprised, Zero looked at the elder hunter, who could only manage a faint smirk since he had something in his mouth. "You're hunting in this, Master?"

"Hell yeah," Yagari's cigar nearly fell out of his mouth because of how loud he had spoken. "This only happens once a year, Zero-kun. The vampires who are lured into this are like blind mice. Unlike a normal hunt, the bounties here are far more valuable. And if you catch the pureblood, your reputation as a hunter is strengthened exponentially."

"Your reputation and kill streak is already extraordinary as it is though, right, Master?"

"Still fun to kill a pureblood, whether you have the reputation or not," Yagari muttered, shrugging a little. Thankfully his eyes had remained on the road ahead of them when he had said that. "And… it seems as if we're here."

Zero looked out the windshield again. It was now dusk, and there was a turn off of the main road that Yagari was now taking. There was a small parking lot that he was pulling into, a mile or so away from the largest hotel with the people around it. There were other cars, mostly black in color, parked in the small lot. All were hunters, of which most of them Zero knew. When the platinum-haired hunter stepped out of the truck, shortly followed by Yagari, he was greeted with several murmurs of something similar to a "hello".

"A+ for your enthusiasm," Zero muttered beneath his breath sardonically. He stumbled forward when Yagari pressed the barrel of his shotgun into Zero's back, much like a cattle prod.

"Everyone ready?" the elder hunter asked, before walking forward in the direction of the hotel. With a glance back at the motionless hunters, he continued, "Seems as if the hunters in disguise have already led the beasts outside, so we have to hurry." Yagari removed his near finished cigar from his mouth and stomped it out on the ground a couple of times, then continued along his way.

That didn't necessarily motivate the hunters into moving along after Yagari. It was the fact that Zero had was close behind Yagari after the eldest hunter had spoken, that the rest had followed in their tracks, weapons strapped into their holsters or along their backs. Been an awful long while, Kaname, Zero thought, as he could just now make out a tall, slim person in the midst of several others at the hotel, one with wine colored eyes that seemed to be staring directly at him in surprise.

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Kaname, Aido, Kain, Takuma, Shiki, and Ruka had all taken one limousine to the hotel. Seiren and Rima were in the other one, driving behind the one that the former six were in. The limousine in the lead was driving through near empty streets. The countryside, littered with more hotels than anything, was meant for tourists to stay, and most were residing in their rooms considering the time it was.

Shiki was sitting with Takuma, the dark-haired boy's head on the blonde vampire's shoulder. He seemed to be resting, while Takuma sat still with his arms around the sleeping male. The content smile remained on his face as usual.

A certain other blonde vampire was looking at them with his typical icy stare, seemingly jealous as he sat beside Kain, who was fiddling with his earring. "Are we almost there yet?" Aido whined, sounding almost like a child. Kain turned his head to raise a questioning eyebrow at his cousin, very much curious as to why Aido desperately wanted to exit the limousine.

"Oh, shut it, Aido," Kain teased, ruffling the blonde's hair up. Aido quickly patted it back into it's normal style, and Kain continued, "If you don't wanna see Takuma with him, would it make you feel better if I do this?" Just as he said that, Kain embraced Aido within his strong arms, though the underlying meaning behind it was gentle.

Aido immediately blushed. Not only had he realized how strong Kain was - enough to have several visible outlines of his biceps through the black dress shirt the male was wearing - but how warm and comforting his cousin could be. In complete contrast to Kain's wild side that he saw everyday at Cross Academy. For a few seconds the blonde remained quiet, Takuma's now amused green eyed gaze on the two cousins, before he spoke quietly while he squirmed. "Get off me, Kain. You're like a fucking furnace." Afterwards his squirming ceased, because Kain had then loosened his arms from Aido, and the blonde smirked with triumph. Serves him right, Aido thought, To start snuggling me in front of Kaname-sama. Though Kain hadn't actually been that warm. It had actually been a rather pleasant warmth that radiated off of his cousin. If it hadn't been for the gaze Kaname was shooting them, he would've allowed Kain to keep the embrace intact.

Speaking of the pureblood, Kaname was now sitting with his arms folded neatly over his chest, and his legs now crossed as he watched Kain ultimately get rejected. He was wearing a dress shirt of his own, a crimson one in color, with its top few buttons left undone and exposing some of the expansive, flawless plane of his chest. Like Kain and Aido, he wore black dress slacks of a higher quality than the nobles. Ruka, sitting a few feet from Kaname, wore a black dress that fit her form, her hair done up in an elegant style that framed her face and dark eyes.

"Seems as if we have already arrived, Aido. There is no need for fretting, now is there?" Kaname asked, his tone soft, though the way in which he phrased his question made him sound accusing. The limosuine had stopped and for a second all the vampires were quiet. From outside, there was the sound of a car door closing. Followed shortly was another car door opening, this time the one nearest Kaname. Kaname stepped out of the limo and stretched his upper body out afterwards. The rest of the nobles that had ridden with him followed suit. Ruka immediately went over to Rima, who was wearing a simple gown with lacing up the back, and the two began chatting as Kaname led them into the hotel through the revolving doors. Seiren stayed in the back of the group.

At the front desk, two males were waiting with small smiles as they watched Kaname approach. The taller of the two attendants pointed down at a sheet of paper that was in front of them, seemingly covered with reservations. "That's for Kaname Kuran. Looks as if they have a dinner party out back." The shorter one came out from behind the front desk and went deeper into the large lobby of the hotel, brushing past the bar that had several occupants sitting at the stools all focused on a football game that was being displayed on the overhead T.V.. The attendant, closely followed by the group of vampires, opened the glass double doors to the patio-like back of the hotel. Several round tables were orderly situated on the platform, each covered with a crisp, white linen tablecloth. There were only a few seats per table, so Kaname took his seat at one on one table while Takuma took head of another. Aido, Kain, and Seiren seated themselves with the pureblood, while the others sat with the kind blonde-haired noble.

Occupying the other tables were older vampires. Kaname could not figure out why they had all masked their auras and scents, however. Even though the pureblood himself had done that as well... but still, the only reason they would have been doing such a thing was if hunters were within the vicinity. Kaname, as menus were placed in front of them by suited waiters that had arrived, looked about the barren plain by the hotel. He scanned the area briefly, not having to squint since his eyesight was so acute. Even so, his brief scan of the surrounding environment did not give him a forewarning that, to his right, towards the small clump of trees by the road that stretched from miles and miles in each direction, was a group of cars, all parked.

And from the cars... several - no, not several, perhaps dozens - of figures were approaching at a swift walk. Though they still had nearly half a mile to reach the vampire nobles, it seemed. At the head of this group was a tall, thin man with crow black hair waving gently behind him... and a silver haired teen wearing a black leather jacket and a white tank top that defined the contours of the male's chest very well. Said teen was also wearing black jeans that fit to his legs, but were not exactly skinny.

But Kaname had not seen this advancing group or the vehicles in which they had arrived, and nor could he sense their presences. For they were using charms that masked their hunter scents, even the silver-haired teenager.

When the pureblood turned back to his fellow nobles, there was a waiter standing at their table, and the two cousins and Kaname's bodyguard were all looking at him quizzically. There was no waiter at the other tables, just the one where the pureblood sat, since he had not yet ordered. Kaname quickly skimmed the menu for something eat and murmured casually, "A fillet mignon, please. With a glass of chardonnay." The waiter dismissed himself after scribbling down Kaname's order on the pad of paper he had brought out.

"Took you a while, Kaname-sama," Kain said with one of his signature smiles, very popular... for the girls, at least. It merely received an arched eyebrow from Kaname.

Aido, seeing the pureblood's reaction, stepped in defensively. "Leave him alone, Kain! I'm sure he had his reasons!" Followed with that, he slapped his cousin in the arm, using a bit of his ice powers to make sure the strike stung with bitter cold.

Kain hissed and placed a hand on Aido's, instantly warming up the icy hand. Like the time in the car, Aido blushed. In a swift movement he snatched his hand out from beneath Kain's and huffed. "Don't do that. Just wait for your food without touching someone, will you?"He had spoken loud enough for those at the other tables to hear, and cast glances at the blonde, causing his face to flush only further. His cousin chuckled and turned his gaze upward to the waiters that were serving the elder members of the dinner.

"I find it odd why we've been brought to a near vacant location," was all Kaname said in reply to Aido's initial question, his gaze wandering over to the waiters as well. "And why we are the last to be served."

The waiters were carrying in trays with covers over them to the elder guests of the party. In front of their places they opened the dishes' covers. And then what..?

Were the guests picking up their dishes from their plates?Kaname thought, No, they can't be. That would be absurd. Some elders inclined their heads to the waiters, who left to the double doors but remained there, looking at Kaname oddly. The elders were staring at the pureblood too.

The noble vampires were looking from the other guests to Kaname, obviously confused. It was when there was a loud crash that all the nobles - pureblood included - turned their heads to where Ruka sat, now standing with her mouth and eyes wide open at her glass of ice water. It was shattered, directly on the table as if it had been shot, and water was now seeping into the tablecloth and dripping down from the hem onto the stone floor.

"Party time is over, bastards!" A gruff voice called. All turned to the source. A black haired man in a long coat, shotgun held up as if he were about to aim or had just finished doing so, was grinning broadly at them. He was only a dozen or so yards away. When Kaname looked back, the other guests were standing, all holding weapons of some sort. Covers were overturned to reveal that there were no meals on the plates in the first place. Not only the elder guests, but the young waiters were also carrying weapons.

A flurry of curses escaped Kaname beneath his breath, still audible to vampire senses. "Damn, fell straight into this, I suppose?" he said aloud, meant for the hunters to hear. The silver haired male was staring straight at Kaname, and Kaname was staring straight back.

His mask of impassiveness had shattered. Kaname's face now portrayed a sign of recognition upon seeing the silver haired boy. Along with that was a burning hatred in his now crimson colored eyes. The same look was evident in the lavender eyes he was glaring at.

And would you look at who it is... The thought was visible in both the pureblood and Zero Kiryu's eyes before all hell broke loose.


A.N.: Oh my, I left you all at a cliffie! X3 Sorry about that. I think this chapter is rather long, I just finished it without having proofread much. (Place cute snickering here) And yes. I finished a chapter in a day. Hopefully it wasn't too boring towards the beginning. _ I'll do some proofreading tomorrow after school, perhaps.

OH! Thank you all for the awesome amount of views in my first chapter! 65 views in a little over 24 hours! I'm amazed at the figures! ^-^ I only got one review though. ;-; Please review. I would love for you to review. I want you to review. Thank you for reviewing~. ;3 And perhaps favorite the story if you like it! (Only got one fav, too. Dx)