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The Bloody Paths that have become intertwined

Chapter 2: Love at First Sight:

Tokyo, Japan 1979, Late Spring:

About three thousand years have passed, and both Hikaru and Haruka's friendship grew strong. Hikaru became more of a brother to Haruka more than Rido. They repeated childhoods to their extended young adulthoods many times over the years, but their friendship still remained the same.

Haruka had become a skilled and honorable swordsman and spell caster over the centuries. Hikaru in particular was a master marksman in kyudo or Japanese archery and several Japanese martial arts, he was even called the 'Robin Hood' of the Purebloods. However…he wasn't the most talented with spells, in fact he only master a few levels pass the basics and the spells he did cast were pretty sloppy.

They often spar with each other, Haruka became more open and a bit fun loving during his friendship with Hikaru, he even gained a sense of humor. Hikaru gained some maturity over the years, although Haruka acted more like the older brother.

On this particular day, the two boys were sparring with their control over their major elements in a forest near the edge of the city. Hikaru was jumping right and left around Haruka sending gusts of wind and small twisters his way. Haruka on the other hand, was manipulating pieces of the grounds and various sized rocks over to Hikaru, careful not to directly injured him, but to make him lose his balance, which seemed impossible with him jumping all over the place.

Eventually, Haruka managed to get Hikaru off balance as he was tripped by a large tree branch. Haruka caught him by the foot before he hit the ground and then let go, he was actually faking an attempt to rescue him. "Looks like I win again Karu." Haruka stated with a smile on his face. "I was just going easy on you Haru, plus the tree root threw me off." Hikaru teased. Both boys laugh as Haruka helped Hikaru back up. Then they left for the middle of the city to their individual school dorms with the year old Tsume walking along side them.

Their fathers sent them to different schools for the high school years. Haruka attends a long night School and Hikaru attends a regular public school since he seems more energetic during the day. Haruka had school tonight, so he had to get some sleep before then. Hikaru had the day off from classes, so he was just going to explore the city after a judo club meeting, which he captained.

"Anyway Haru, have any fiancées chosen for you and your brother yet?" Hikaru asked. "No, but people are starting to suggest Shizuka Hio for Rido." Haruka answered. "WHAT! OF THE CRAZY HIO FAMILY? THE FAMILY THAT HAS A REPUTATION OF GOING CRAZY?" he asked, "I know Rido can be just be cuckoo as any her ancestors, but why chose a woman with a bad family background?" "Maybe for the blood, perigee, or to prevent her from going crazy while she's still sane." Haruka answered. "That's counting the chickens before they hatch." Hikaru said bluntly, "She seems pretty stable so far. I hope nothing happens to change that."

"However, my brother heard about the rumors and is now pretty upset. Not for having a bride chosen for him, but because he has his eyes on another Pureblood lady. A real beauty I understand since he only goes for the best of the best..." he said. "Really which one?" Hikaru asked very interested. "I don't know he didn't tell me or father let." Haruka answered.

"What about you Haru?" Hikaru asked teasingly, "Did you find a girl yet?" "Well…there's this one girl named Katsumi. She seems like a nice girl." Haruka said shyly. "Oh yeah, she's a regular Snow White in a Pureblood princess way, raven hair, red lips, white skin, and all." Hikaru teased, putting an arm around Haruka's shoulders, "She would be perfect for you." "Enough Karu!" Haruka said embarrassed taking his arm off.

"And what about you?" He asked to get back at him. "Well…my father doesn't want me to feel force to choose any girl for political or family matters; he wants me to find true love like he did." Hikaru answered with a slightly embarrassed blush on his face, slightly thinking about his deceased mother who died a hundred years ago, "But I haven't found any particular girl yet." "Well, I'm sure that she'll come along sooner or later." Haruka said positively. "Yeah, you're right." he said.

"Well see you later!" he said. "Okay, goodnight!" Hikaru said. "Or shall I say good day!" "Alright, just stay out of trouble okay." Haruka said as he walked back to his dorm to turn in. "Yeah, yeah, I'll be fine father." he said in a pout, "I'm not chronically five years old anymore." With that, he ran off to his judo club meeting.

A Few Hours Later:

Hikaru had just finished the meeting and now was just exploring whatever random train stop would stop at a place that looked interesting to him. He already explored the most popular teenage hangouts in the area and he ready to call it a day. "Well it looks like the fun's over. I guess I should head back to the dorm." he said after letting out a loud yawn while stretching his arms.

There was just one problem; he wasn't sure where the nearest train station was. "Okay… what should I do?" he asked himself, "I guess I could find a policeman, a town directory, or maybe a subway, that way I can get out of this hot sun. Not that I mind being out in the sun." Then he started walking randomly until he started to go pass a public high school.

Then he heard beautiful piano music (Similar to "This Love" from Blood +). "What's that?" he asked himself as he continued to listen to the pure sounding piano music. It had such a romantic tone to it, something about it was so captivating, and it lifted his spirits.

"Where's it coming from?" Hikaru asked himself. He listened to the enchanting music, and determined the source. It was coming from the school on his right. "I wonder who's playing it?" he said, "I must find out!" Then he climbed over the school wall and ran to the source of the piano music.

He was sneaky about, trying not to get caught by any students or teachers. Occasionally, a team would pass by doing running exercises. At one point, a soccer team with brutish looking boys, came jogging and Hikaru hid in the bushes. Once they passed, Hikaru popped his head out of the bushes. "That was close." he said in relief.

Then he realized that the music was louder than before, meaning it was very close by, right next to him in fact. So that must mean that it is inside this room. He stood up and looked into the room through the window. What or who he saw next, made Hikaru almost take a gallon of oxygen as he inhaled in awe and lost his sense of words.

In that room, playing an elegant black grand piano was a young girl about fifteen years old or so. She had mid-back length curly auburn hair, a bit messy, but with a certain charm, and big round chocolate eyes that seems to shine like starlight. She was wearing the girl uniform; the white dress shirt, with a canary yellow sweater vest with the school emblem over her heart, a pleated olive green mini-skirt, and matching ribbon on the vest.

"Wow she's the most beautiful girl I have ever seen." Hikaru said his face almost as red a tomato. He was just lost in the sight of her extremely rare beauty and even more beautiful music. But he couldn't steer away from that kind, sincere, and pure glaze of that girl's eyes. Then he sensed something, an aura, and not just any aura, the aura of a female Pureblood.

"I wonder what a Pureblood lady like her is doing here." Hikaru asked myself, "Maybe the same reason me and Haru are attending human schools." his mind drifted back into the music, he closed his eyes, put his arms on the window sill, rested his chin on them, and enjoyed the angelic sounds.

When she was finished, she turned her head to the right in Hikaru's direction. He sensed her line of sight and ducked. He normally wouldn't act skittish, but something about that girl made him ill but in a good way. He decided to head back and come back here to see her tomorrow.

The Next Day:

It was raining hard on this day; Hikaru and Haruka were heading to the school where Hikaru heard the girl play the piano. He really wanted to see her again. Haruka was in his navy blue decorative blazer uniform, with black pants, a red tie, and brown shoes. While Hikaru was wearing a forest green decorative jacket, with a royal blue, tie, light brown pants, and matching shoes. Both of them were holding black umbrellas to protect them from the heavy rain.

"Karu, why on earth did you drag me out here in the middle of the day in a rain storm just to see a girl?" Haruka complained sleepily since he should be in bed. "I just want to see her again." Hikaru answered. "What makes her so special, you didn't even seem interested in any girl until today." he asked even more irritated. "Well I guess it was her music, or her eyes, since they say that eyes are the windows to the soul, and her eyes had a very kind, pure look to them. I don't know I have never felt this way before." Hikaru tried to explain.

"Well, sounds like she's quite the pureblood." Haruka said, "So, what's her name?" "I don't know I didn't talk to her." he admitted pouting. "Who are you and what have you done with Karu?" Haruka asked ruffling his hair teasingly, "You're usually so straight to the point and talkative." "Hey! I'm supposed to do the hair ruffling around here!" Hikaru exclaimed.

Then the school bells of the school the girl went to chimed. It was time for the students to finished their after school activities and go home. "This is it. The minute she comes outside this gate, I'm going to talk to her." Hikaru said excitedly as he ran up to the right side of the entrance and hid for the right moment.

From that spot, Hikaru saw the girl at her locker and talking to some of her human friends. "Ahh! It's raining! No way, give me a break!" one of them complained, "And I didn't bring an umbrella." "Then why don't you call your boyfriend to bring one?" the other one teasingly asked.

"Oh no! You have got to be kidding me!" the pureblood girl exclaimed. "Huh? Juuri? What about you? Don't you always bring an umbrella with you?" one of her friends asked. "That's weird, you normally don't forget things like that." her friend said. "I overslept this morning, and I ran here without thinking about it." she said sulking.

"You never were much of a morning person." Her long-haired friend said, "Anyway, why don't come under our umbrella?" "Thank you, but I'm going in the opposite direction." Juuri said depressed as she walked away to go to her destination.

"So her name's Juuri is it? This is my chance." Hikaru stated confidently as he prepared his umbrella for her. "Hold on…Juuri? Are talking about that girl with the curly hair?" Haruka asked shocked. And then Hikaru went to the other of the entrance to make his move. "Wait a minute, Karu, there's something you should know about that girl." Haruka tried to explain, but Hikaru was already in position, "Oh boy!"

Juuri walked towards the entrance marching through the puddles. Just when Juuri was about leave the grounds, Hikaru held out his umbrella over her head. She looked over her right and saw him standing there with a nervous look in his eyes, standing stiff in stance. Hikaru never had a girl he was interested in before, so he didn't know how to get a girl interest in him.

For what he was hoping for a thank you, was just a push of her small left hand to move the umbrella away from her head. This shocked Hikaru greatly, he was only trying to be friendly. But he wouldn't give up, he ran after her again. "Karu get back here, she's not the girl you should be chasing!" Haruka yelled in a hushed voice. But Hikaru didn't hear him; his yes were only on Juuri.

Hikaru got hear Juuri and held the umbrella over her head again. She noticed this and pushed back again. Hikaru tried again and again, but it came out as the same result. But he wouldn't let up.

A little further down the street and Juuri had it with this strange boy following her. She stopped in her track causing Hikaru to almost bump into her. "WILL YOU STOP FOLLOWING ME? I ALREADY HAVE TO PUT UP WITH ONE STUBBORN ARROGANT JERK I DON'T NEED ANOTHER! AND JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE HANDSOME, DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN WIN ME OVER WITH THE WHOLE LENDING THE UMBRELLA TRICK!" Juuri shouted as she turned around to face him, leaving him dumbfounded blinking his eyes in confusion. That quickly turned into annoyance. "What's that suppose to mean?" he asked. "Oh great, his temper's getting the best of him again." Haruka said sweat dropping.

"Using the oldest trick in the book to get a girl to like you." she said, I "Does thatmean that other boys were after her as well." Hikaru thought to himself. "Whoa, I wasn't trying to do anything slanderous. Plus, I don't know what kind of guys you have been dealing with, but I'm not like them." he tried to explain. "That's right, Karu after tried to flirt with a girl, let alone put the moves on her. He has no experience what so ever." Haruka said from afar. "Actually, those two would make the perfect match since they're so hot tempered."

"I just heard…" Hikaru tried to say. "Like I'm going to buy that line. Anyway, thank you but I'll be just fine." she said as she walked away. "No wait a minute…" Hikaru said, trying to explain. Then he let out a huge groan of defeat and frustration at his temper getting the best of him again and fell backwards into the muddy ground below him. "I guess she's not as kind and pure as I'd originally thought." he said. Haruka came up to him to tell him what he was trying to say.

"This is bad Karu!" Haruka said concerned. "Why?" Hikaru asked, not wanting to talk about it right now. "That was Juuri of the Yamaihisa family." He stated. "That Pureblood family well known for the best female spell casters and as one of the most noble and idealistic Pureblood families in the vampire world? Next to my family and yours? What about her?" Hikaru asked.

"You do know how my brother gets when it comes to competition to something he wants and that he has a girl in mind for his bride?" he said with more prominence in his tone. "Yeah, what of it?" Hikaru asked impatiently as he got up into a sitting cross legged position. "She's the one that Rido is wanting for his lover." he answered in an infuriated whisper emphasizing the importance of the dire situation. "Oh…" Hikaru stated absentmindedly realizing he was in deep water, or as they said in their world, 'in deep blood'.

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