Hello everyone *rubs the sand off her eyes* It's 30 minutes past 1am and I have taken a study break from the gloriously boring French Revolution to write you guys another chapter. This whole chapter is dedicated to BloodySparrow because it was Bloody's excitement that really encouraged me to write another chapter at his hour. Thank you for your encouraging note! :D Before I begin I'd also like to thank my other reviewers: Roseheart11, Clara, Crimson-Midnight-Moon and TESKATLIPOKA. I'll shut my babble now and we shall begin! ^^ If you read and don't review, I will hunt you down. Jk. Loool.

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5th Night: A Beast's Broken Heart

All of the noble vampires stood quietly behind Yuki, the shock of the incident apparent on their pale faces. A very sinister side of Yuki frightened them to the very core— they weren't aware what an upset Yuki is capable of. Kain, without thinking of the consequences, blasted away the remains of the already shattered window with a fire ball, and jumped out of the window after Ruka. None of the others made a move, though all of them felt pity for Ruka.

"S-seiren," Yuki summoned her. The girl possessing pale violet hair and matching eyes appeared instantly before Yuki. "What happened here, in my absence?" Yuki asked in a tone so sadistic that had the ability to terrify even a Pureblood. Seiren hung her head low, and glanced quickly at a frozen Kaname, back to a fuming Yuki. "With whom does your loyalty lie?" questioned Yuki, asked her in a voice that showed that she was shaken, clearly. Seiren bowed respectfully towards Yuki, not raising her head as she spoke in a cautious, low tone. "Kaname-sama came back and asked Ruka-chan where all of the others were. He had lost some blood, and was injured. Ruka-chan tended to his wounds, and later, asked him to drink her blood. He declined at first, but after many attempts from her side gave in. In compensation, she asked him for a kiss," she said before being interrupted by the entire Noble vampire party gasping in disbelief, then she added in a voice so low that each person in the room had to hold their breath to listen, "he obliged." With that Seiren, having done her duty disappeared.

Kaname moved towards Yuki, and though Hanabusa and Shiki moved in a synchronized motion towards her, Shiki got to her first, and put his arm around Yuki's shoulder, who was at the verge of breaking into tears. "Yuki-sama," he said, "please come with us." He added in a tone that was warm, comforting, and genuinely interested in the matter, a complete paradox to the real life Senri. "Senri," Kaname said in a monotonous, stern voice. "I want to speak to Yuki," he said looking straight into Shiki's pale blue eyes. Shiki replied in a cold voice, "No Kaname, I think you've done enough for one night. Come, cousin," He pulled a shivering Yuki close to him and walked out of the room. The Nobles followed them.

Rima did not feel jealous as Shiki comforted Yuki who clutched his hand tightly, listening intently. She knew Shiki cared about the Kurans, even though he never showed it. She knew he did not have romantic feelings for Yuki, and she had found in Yuki a respected and close friend. She sighed and sat on the other side of Yuki stroking her hair, and pulling them away from her face. Aidou paced back and forth about the room, muttering things under his breath that did not make sense. Some of the coherent words included despicable, crazy, what the hell, betrayal, madness. Takuma stood in a corner of Shiki's room, lost in deep thought. "It's very unlikely of Kaname to do such a thing," he finally added, feeling stupid for saying it suddenly as Yuki winced. Aidou shot a death glare at Takuma. "Sorry…" he apologized in a low voice.

A knock was heard at the door, Aidou chickened out, and in the end Takuma was the one who had to open it and see on the other side of the door standing, a very distressed Kain. "Is Yuki-sama in there?" he asked in a tired voice. Takuma only nodded and let him in. Aidou shot Kain one of his don't-say-anything-stupid looks. Kain pulled a chair and sat in front of Yuki. Yuki looked up at Kain, her eyes watery. For once, she looked like a helpless child. Negativity, wrath, angst all of these confused emotions had subsided and with her pale crimson eyes, Yuki stared in a very heart-wrenching way at a very sorrowful Kain. "I just had to say, Yuki-sama, what you did to Ruka was very wrong." He said in a low voice. Aidou began to open his mouth to shout at Kain but he began before Aidou could. "But what she did to you was worse. I wanted to tell you that I… I am by your side, Yuki-sama." He smiled encouragingly at Yuki. She looked into his eyes and noticed the same hurt, the betrayal of someone who you have loved your entire life.

"Welcome to the club," said Takuma, half-smilingly, trying to lighten up the mood. "How is she?" he added, out of concern. "She's alright, not really injured, just a few bruises. I don't think she'll be able to walk tonight though. She'll heal quickly, it's not much. I just left her to lie on her bed, and gave her a good piece of mind to think twice about what she did today." It had been 3 hours and Yuki hadn't said anything. She finally spoke. "I am grateful to you all, for your love, support and concern, but I am afraid I must retire to bed, and so should all of you. It's already late, and sitting here mourning won't change anything." She winced in pain. "I can't go back to my own room," she said, heartbreak apparent in her voice, "so I'll just— I'll," before she could finish, Aidou interrupted. In a polite tone, he said, "Yuki-sama you can have my room. I'll sleep with Kain tonight," he looked at Kain and winked.

The atmosphere became lighter as the Nobles laughed loudly; even Yuki was forced to let out a small chuckle. And so they retired to bed quietly, in their respective rooms. Aidou slept on Kain's bed, who in turn for the fear of looking gay if they slept in the same bed, slept in an armchair, cursing Aidou under his breath. Rima and Shiki fell asleep cuddling in Shiki's room, and Takuma also fell asleep on the black leather couch in Senri's room. Ruka slept quietly in her room after hours and hours of crying. Yet two people in the gigantic mansion lay awake in their beds. Yuki, who simply stared outside Aidou's window, curling her locks with her hands, crying, crying to herself, not hysterically that would wake the others, but softly. The cruelty of the night, the harshness of winter, all of them reflected in her empty body that felt devoid of breath, of warmth, of love. Kaname lay awake too, staring at the ceiling, his mind full of nothing but regrets.

The next morning was a dull one, because of the snow outside. Kaname's opened his crimson orbs and gazed outside his window. Snow was all that he could see. He sighed and changing into more appropriate clothing for the day, stepped out of his chambers and moved to the lounge where the others were busy putting on overcoats and pulling their luggage. Ruka appeared behind him, and whispered, "they are leaving, all of them. They have been packing away like this, since dawn," she stated the painful fact softly. Kaname looked longingly at Yuki, who was the first to leave, her back turned on him. Although she had sensed his presence she did not turn back to allow him one last look. Aidou followed, shouting after Yuki, "Don't run so fast Yuki-same, you might trip in the snow!" Shiki gave Kaname one look of disapproval, and took Rima's hand, stepping out with their luggage. Kain glanced quietly at Kaname and then looked at Ruka, standing behind him; hurt showing clearly in his eyes. She flinched. He followed Shiki out of the room. The last to leave was Takuma, who bowed to Kaname and said before leaving, "Kaname don't worry, things will be fine, I am sure Yuki just needs some time. I'll let you know where we are going, at the moment, I am not sure myself. Please take care and— don't," he added glancing furiously at Ruka, "don't get into any more trouble." He warned Kaname.

2 hours later…

"Where are we going?" Yuki complained loudly as Aidou kept grinning. Kain had fallen asleep in the back of the black Aston Martin, and Takuma was looking at the view passing by, fascinated. Rima fed Shiki pocky to comfort him. All of them were getting tired because they had been in the car since 2 hours. "Yuki-sama, all will be unraveled in a few more minutes." Aidou said triumphantly. "But— where," before Yuki could protest, the airport came into view. "Okay, what's going on?" asked Takuma, now alarmed. "A little present from Kain and me, to all of you," Aidou looked like it was early Christmas. They parked the car and got out one by one. "I don't have a good feeling about this," said a worried Shiki. "Tell me about it," added a monotonous Rima. "Stop agreeing to everything he says," said Aidou and stuck his tongue out at Rima.

Aidou handed all of them their tickets. "What the…" Takuma looked at the location on the tickets. "California, USA…" he said contemplatively. "CALIFORNIA, USA?" He asked in disbelief. Aidou grinned proudly. "So not going," said Senri simply. "Come ON," Aidou whined like a baby. "We NEED a vacation," he cried childishly. "Its too far, no way I am going so far away," said Rima decisively. Aidou waved Pocky in front of their faces as a bait. Rima sweat dropped, stopping a very annoyed Shiki from punching Aidou. "It depends on Yuki-sama," said Takuma. Everyone looked at Yuki, who looked at Aidou, with his puppy dog eyes, bulging with joy— they were shining, about to fall out. Yuki couldn't resist laughing. "We'll go!" she said happily. "Yayyyy!" Aidou was in bliss.

They were on their way, on a plane, to California.

-I'll also show you a sweet dream, next night-

A/N: So the lot is off to Californa, and there's gonna be a lot of partying when they get there. Basically Yuki needs some time off, and Kaname needs to realize how important her presence in his life is. A lot of partying is going to take place, but what will happen as the group realizes they are not alone? Keep reading and PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW. Make my day. Please? Please? T_T *cries waterfall tears* don't be so meaaaaaaaaaaaan. Lol I sound like Cross Kaien.

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