Episode 11

Mirai's class had to work the dance, and she noticed Yuki was dazed. She kicked her friend before the dorm president walked over. Zero came in and Mirai followed him. "Mr. Zero, you do not look well. What happened?" She gently pushed him to sit. Pulling out a small vial, she set it on a crate before going over to the sink and putting a bowl under the steaming water. She walked over to him and pulled out her handkerchief. "Take off your shirt." She began cleaning his abdomen while he told her the story of what happened. She took his shirt, still listening, and began cleaning the blood off it. Her ruby necklace glowed slightly, but it was hardly noticeable.

That night, Kaien asked her to keep an extra sharp eye out.

"I always do," she replied. There was a knock at her door when Kaien left. "Headmaster, what did you forget?" she asked, walking to the door. But when she opened it, there was no one there. There was, however, a box at her feet. She bent and picked it up. Laying it on her bed, she untied the ribbon. When she lifted the lid, a card fell. She squatted and lifted it from the ground, sitting on the mattress.

'My Dear Mirai,
Save me a dance, even if it is hidden.
All my love,
Maria'

She turned to the box and lifted up the beautiful red and black material medieval strap dress matching shrug thing. A black cat walked in just in time to hear her gasp. "Oh, Maria, I can't wear this," she whispered. "But it would be rude not to and gave her no reason." With a sigh, Mirai slid into the dress doing her hair so it looked like a bow. Going out, Mirai noticed something was wrong with Yuki. And something was.

Yuki was reliving the deal Maria had given her. "If you want Zero to live, kill Kaname Kuran or give yourself to me." The deal kept going through her head. "Or, if you wish to do neither, give me Mirai." The confused girl was horrified by ht e fact that she was actually thinking about sacrificing Mirai. She was sure that Mirai could handle her own, but the thought itself was awful. Why would she do something so horrible? How could she consider it? Mirai was innocent! She didn't deserve to be caught up the in Cross Family Drama. The vampires were, sadly, targeting her more than they had Yuki. She felt guilty that she, for a split second, thought that if she gave Maria

Later, Mirai noticed how Maria had asked for her dance, but was nowhere to be found. The girl pulled out the note; the name was blurring. Pulling out a pair of glasses, she positioned them just on front of her eyes. Where Maria was, there was now Shizuka. She watched Yuki leave, and went to follow, but the dorm president stepped in front of her.


Episode 12

While Mirai was dancing with Kaseumi, she had the sudden feeling that her heart was being ripped out. She gasped, clutching the front of her dress as though grabbing her heart and falling forward into Kaseumi's arms. She only just refrained from gasping. Suddenly, the pain intensified. She broke into screams. She fell to her knees, unable to hold her own weight, and Kaseumi just dropped her, totally confused. They were crowded around, but Mirai was unable to focus on anything other than the pain. She had fought through the worst of agony without making a noise before, but this was something that wasn't done to her by another person. It felt like someone was tearing her soul in half and she would never heal from this again. She was lifted up by the headmaster, her lifeless green eyes watching him and he ran through the halls. "W-what is happ-en-ing?"

He glanced down at her. "Vampire Princess Shizuka Hio is dying."

Mirai had hardly even heard the name. She had never met this princess. So what did the woman have to do with her?


The next few chapters will be clearing up what Mirai is and SHIZUKA IS NOT DEAD, I promise. If she were, I would have no plot. Mirai would either be dead or numb... or maybe catatonic. I'll admit, that would be interesting if it were a made up story, but since it isn't, I would just be retelling the story... which you can watch!