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Seran stood just off to the side of the door, watching Kaname as the other Pureblood headed for the large mahogany desk in the far corner of the room. Sitting down Kaname looked closely at the other Pureblood in the room. It didn't appear that there was anything wrong with the man other than the fact that he didn't take the offered blood tablets. Then again that might just be a personal preference of his. Mentally shrugging that thought off Kaname looked at the silverette for another moment before waving to one of the chairs across from his desk. Seran stepped over cautiously, not totally sure of the other's intentions. As soon as he was settled Kaname spoke.

"I noticed that you didn't accept the blood tablets at lunch today. Why not?" he asked, not betraying that the rest of the Night Class had seen him too.

"I don't need them." Seran signed out.

Kaname's eyebrows knit together at the signs but didn't say anything. Sighing the silver haired vampire mimed out writing on a sheet of paper. Smiling at him Seran wrote out what he had said and handed the sheet back to the Dorm Leader. Burgundy eyes scanned over the simple script before flicking back up to the silver haired vampire in front of him. Seran just smiled at him.

"How can that be? All vampires need blood at some point and in some form, be it fresh blood or the blood tablets. How can you not need them?" Kaname asked after a few moments.

"I must be the strangest vampire in the universe because I have absolutely no need of them or fresh blood unless I have had, and please pardon my French, the shit beaten out of me." Seran wrote once he got the paper back.

Kaname stared at him for a few seconds before he finally seemed to find his voice, "That shouldn't happen. You should need blood on a fairly regular basis. Even Purebloods like us need blood occasionally."

"I'm different." Seran wrote, pausing for a few seconds before putting the pen to the paper again, "To be honest I haven't even really had fresh blood. I might have but I don't think so."

Once again the brunette Pureblood just stared at the silver haired vampire, eyes narrowed. Seran was unphased; he just sat back in his chair and crossed his legs. The action and the slightly bored expression on the silverette's face struck Kaname as familiar. Burgundy eyes widened slightly as he remembered. Zero would sit like that when he was calm and trying to distance himself from the world. Sitting up slightly Kaname took a closer look at the other Pureblood. Now that he was actually looking at him Kaname could actually see things that were distinctly Zero and others that were totally foreign. Shaking his head Kaname sighed softly. Zero was dead, everyone knew that. A pale hand appeared in his field of vision. The long fingers waved slowly over the desk and Kaname looked up, just barely managing to hide a startled look.

"Are you alright, Kaname-san?" Seran asked amethyst eyes concerned.

"I am alright. I just had a worrying thought, that's all. Nothing you should concern yourself with." Kaname said as he sat up straighter in his chair.

Seran gave him a disbelieving look but dropped the subject. They stayed and talked for about ten more minutes before Kaname decided they should go back downstairs. Seran followed behind the taller vampire, easily keeping up with the others strides. When they rejoined the others lunch was over and the rest of the Night Class was ready to head back to class. Burgundy eyes surveyed the room, taking in the various looks on everyone's faces. Yuki looked a bit worried but she brightened upon seeing them together and in one piece. Bouncing up from her chair the brunette walked over to them, a bright smile on her face.

"Is everything alright?" she asked looking from Seran to her brother in quick succession.

"Yes, Yuki. Everything is alright," Kaname said with a smile. "There's nothing to worry about."

"Yeah, we're fine. Your brother just wanted to ask me about something is all," Seran signed out with a smile at the petite girl.

"OK. If you guys are sure. I don't want to wonder if you guys are trying to kill each other slowly and I'll have to stop you," Yuki laughed before heading to the front door.

Kaname and Seran glanced at each other before following the shorter vampire. As they got there Aido stepped up to Seran's side with a slightly determined look on his face. The silverette gave him a short nod and signed something that Aido nodded at. Kaname's eyes narrowed slightly but he didn't say anything. It was obvious that the two had things to talk about but he was willing to wait and get the story from Aido later. Shaking his head slightly he headed out the doors and back toward the main school building. He could feel Seran and Yuki next to him, chatting up a storm, when Takuma appeared at his side. Giving the blond noble a raised eyebrow Kaname waited for him to speak. Thankfully he didn't have to wait long.

"Is there something wrong, Kaname?" he asked green eyes showing his worry.

"Nothing is wrong per say. I just don't really like having another Pureblood on campus. That's all," Kaname replied back curtly.

"Then don't think of him as a Pureblood."

Wine red eyes widened slightly as Kaname looked over at his best friend. The blond noble had a slightly odd look on his face but it was obvious that he meant what he said. Kaname gave him another raised eyebrow. At the silent demand to elaborate Takuma sighed.

"Shortly after Aido showed him in Darmoria came over," Takuma began glancing over at the silver haired vampire. "After he apologized Seran proceeded to verbally, um, 'rip him a new one'? I think that's the term anyway. He said it was verbally lashing out or physically lashing out and practically threatened to use Darmoria for target practice."

"How can that make me feel like treating him as something other than a Pureblood?" Kaname asked also shooting a glance at the silver haired vampire.

"Easy; he wasn't talking about using vampire abilities. He was talking about Hunter weapons, Kaname. If he was talking about vampire abilities he would have said something different," the blond said looking his best friend in the eye.

"How can you be sure?"

At that Takuma fell silent. Before he could say anything else though they walked into the classroom. Yagari was standing at the front of the room leaning against the desk. Seran smiled at his teacher before heading to the back of the room. The blue eyed man ignored him in favor of glaring at the rest of the Night Class. Everyone filed in and dispersed around the room. As usual no one sat in specific seats, they all just ranged around the room. Yuki, deciding that she wanted Seran to join her and the rest of Kaname's inner circle bounced over to him. Amethyst eyes looked up from the book he was reading as she plopped down on his desk.

"Come join us, Seran-kun," she said brightly, smiling the whole time.

"Maybe some other day, Yuki-chan. I don't think your brother likes me very much so it might be a good idea for me to keep my distance for a while," Seran signed out after closing his book.

"Aww, but I want you to sit with us!" Yuki pouted crossing her arms.

"Like I said; maybe some other day Yuki-chan," Seran said smiling apologetically.

Sighing the Pureblood Princess got up and headed over to sit beside her brother. There was a second chair next to Kaname's that she flopped (un)gracefully into. Seran chuckled softly and turned back to the front of the room when Yagari started speaking. The lesson seemed to drag by and eventually the silverette got bored, diving back into his book. The others watched as he dropped his head to look down at the book in his lap. Several people flinched when they saw Yagari's eyebrow twitch but kept quiet. Eventually the man snapped and threw the first thing he grabbed at the silver haired Pureblood.

The heavy paperweight flew through the air and would have collided with Seran's head if not for his ridiculously fast reflexes. One second both hands were on his book, on flipping the pages while the other held it and the next he was catching the paperweight centimeters before it would have slammed into his skull. Looking up he gave the one eyed Hunter a raised eyebrow before setting the weight on the desk beside him and going back to his book.

"Seran! You have to pay attention!" Yagari snapped looking for something else to throw at his errant student.

"Why? You're just going to grill me on this when we get home. Besides this is far more interesting," Seran signed out holding up his book.

Again Yagari's eyebrow twitched and he hurled the book he was holding at the silver haired vampire. Seran's reaction was much the same as it was with the paperweight, minus the fact that he caught it with both hands and threw it back at the Hunter. The black haired man caught it mere seconds before it smacked into his face. Looking up at the Pureblood he was met with a triumphant smirk before the man went back to his own book. Suppressing a growl of frustration the Vampire Hunter was aware that the rest of the Night Class was staring at the two of them with varying looks. Sighing he rubbed at his temples in the hopes of stopping the oncoming headache before it started but to no avail.

"Screw it," he mumbled before looking at the class and addressing the room. "Free period. I can't handle this tonight. Seran, we will be talking when we get back to the house. I can assure you of that."

The silver haired vampire merely waved a hand at the statement, totally engrossed in his book. Sighing again Yagari turned and stormed out of the room. As soon as the door closed behind him the Night Class started milling about the room. Aido walked up to Seran and sat beside him.

"You did that on purpose didn't you?" he asked knowing he had the other vampire's full attention.

"I did. Sometimes it's just too easy to piss him off like that and I just can't help it." Seran signed back with a smile.

Aido just stared at him for a moment before speaking again, "I think you owe me a tiny bit of an explanation?"

"I do, don't I?" Seran smiled easily. "Well, for lack of a better word, I have multiple powers. Two of them are strictly mine while the others I "borrowed" from others."

"How does that work? Is it even possible to "borrow" another vampire's powers?" Aido asked clearly intrigued.

"Easy; one of my powers is the ability to copy the powers of another vampire. It only works if there's skin to skin contact though."

"So," the blond began looking down at the desk. "You can use any vampire's abilities as long as you've touched them in the past?"

"Yes. Watch."

With that Seran proceeded to create a small icy patch on the desk between them. Blue eyes widened to almost comical levels as he waved a hand over the patch and it melted away. He demonstrated a couple other powers for the blond, including his shadow powers. They continued talking until the bell rang for their next class. Aido stayed where he was next to Seran even after the next class began. The blond was surprised when Seran actually paid attention to the teacher rather than diving back into his book. When he asked about it the silver haired vampire laughed silently before replying.

"It's because I like messing with Yagari-sensei," he signed out with a smile.

Aido just stared at the other vampire in shock. He was dragged back to reality by something hitting him in the back of the head. Turning he growled at his cousin, who was smirking softly at him. Growling again he spent the rest of the class sulking, totally missing the bell. He only realized class was over when he suddenly realized he was falling (Kain having pushed his cousin to get him back to reality). Flailing out with a shocked cry he grabbed onto the first thing he came in contact with. That thing happened to be Seran's scarf. With a silent shout the silver haired vampire fell, the blonde's weight dragging him down. Then, without any warning, the room was plunged into darkness.