Hanabusa Aido had to get away; it was all just too much for him to take in at the current moment. "I have better things to deal," he muttered to himself as he broke away from the sea of people and out into the fresh air.
Normally, he was great in crowded places full of humans. He could be around them for hours and be completely fine, but tonight it was different. The music was extremely loud, and it hurt his sensitive vampire ears. The day class girls had apparently taken baths in their perfume, and it was overwhelming. On top of the sensory overload, he was being bombarded by girls wanting to dance with him. In normal circumstances, all of this would have been perfectly fine, he didn't want to do anything stupid in front of Kaname. He was not going to be punished again for stupid actions, none of these girls were worth it. He couldn't stand there watching those girls throw themselves at the him. If they knew what he really was, then they would run in terror, not act the way they did.
"Humans," he thought, "They are all the same weak creature." Sure, Aido had some human blood in his line, but that was a drop in a massive ocean. He was a noble: A class B vampire. That meant the human in his blood line was likely a one night stand: a mistake. It might have been as small as one human, but it was enough to set him apart from the pure bloods like Kaname Kuran.
Aido began to walk, he had to get as far away from the hall as possible. Another reason he left was that he could not stand to watch what was going on in there; mostly the problems between his cousins Ruka and Kain. Kain was head over heels for Ruka, and she couldn't care less.
You see, Ruka was madly in love with Kaname, and despite the number of times her rejected her, she still threw herself at him. Everytime, he would break her heart and she would go back for more. And every time, Kain was there to hold her hand through it. Aido could see it tore his cousin up inside to have the woman he loved throwing herself at another man, though Kain would never admit it. The worst part to all of it was that Ruka never seemed to notice what she was doing to Kain.
Aido had watched Kain standing in the corner of the room beside Ruka, who refused to dance with anyone but Kaname. The pain on both of their faces was obvious, and Aido could not stand to watch it. It was then he decided he would never let that happen to him. He would never be caught dead in such a hopeless situation. Aido secretly hoped that his parents would arrange a match for him so he would not have to try and risk having his heart shattered like Kain did. Nevertheless, it wasn't a matter of concern for Aido. All that matter right now was his studies.
The smell of blood interrupted his train of thought. Aido breathed in the scent deeply as he felt the bloodlust taking over. His fangs elongated and his eyes turned crimson. He relished in the moment as he thought of draining a human of all their blood, before he suppressed the urge. He had to admit, it was something he missed, but at Cross Academy, blood drinking was strictly forbidden. Instead, Aido and the rest of the Night Class had to consume artificial blood tablets to stem their bloodlust. Aido pulled out a tablet and quickly munched it. He let out a slight gagging noise as he swallowed the rancid pill. It was an acquired taste, but he still hated them.
The smell of blood continued to fill the air, and actually had begun to grow more pungent. Aido sighed because this was not something he wanted to deal with tonight. Surely, a Night Class student was taking advantage of one of the Day Class girls, and Aido didn't want to have to deal with it. He debated about going back to the ballroom to get one of the prefects, because after all, this was really their job, not his. He tried to think back to remember if he saw Yuki or Zero at the dance, but he drew a blank.
"Only God knows what those two are doing instead of their jobs," Aido muttered, frustrated that he would have to take care of this on his own. Just for safe measure, he threw two more blood tablets into his mouth. It smelled like there was a lot of blood and he didn't want to lose control while handling this mess.
Aido Hanabusa walked toward the smell of the blood thinking to himself, "How the hell do I always find myself in these damn situations?" The scent of the blood was coming from the courtyard near the fountain. Surely, this was some romantic encounter gone horribly array. He continued to walk at a leisurely pace, because there might have been the smell of a lot of blood in the air, but it didn't seem serious.
The silence was suddenly pierced by a high pitched scream. Aido sighed, guessing things had taken a negative turn. "Guess I have to break it up now," he muttered before breaking into a sprint toward the cry.
He didn't want to just come bursting through the trees on to the scene. He wanted to avoid a violent confrontation if possible, but the second cry told him his chances of being subtle were growing slim, and if he wanted to avoid the incident escalating further he had to act quickly. Aido still didn't know the extent of what was going on, but he had a gut feeling it wasn't good, the cries probably were probably the reason why.
Aido quickly came to a hault as he hid behind a tree on the outskirts of the woods that surrounded the fountain. He quickly peered around the wood to assess the situation. He was shocked by what he saw.
Shiki had his fangs sunk into Rima's neck. Aido stared at the two, clearly disturbed for several seconds, before turning around to leave the two.
"Well that was not what I was expecting at all," he thought to himself. As he turned, his body smashed into something. The collision was so hard that it sent Aido off his balance and on to the ground.
Shiki and Rima heard the commotion and broke away instantly, before fleeing the scene. Aido looked up to see what he had crashed into. His eyes met a young Day Class girl, who looked eerily familiar but Aido was not able to place where he knew her. Little did he know he was staring at Sayori Wakaba.