Chapter 10:

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It seemed to take hours until Ashlen was done with her homework. Although, she had Aido to blame for that. He had taken a long time to help her just because he wanted an excuse to skip all his classes.

The two of them were walking side by side down the halls of the school. Ashlen was walking to the exit, holding her things, so she could leave. Aido was only following her.

"Ah, that took longer then I thought. Well, classes should be over soon. No use in going now." Aido said with a grin on his face.

"It's only 11:30pm. Don't your classes go on till about three to four in the morning?" Ashlen asked as she stared at him with a blank face.

Aido looked at her and smiled. Her look reminded him of the one Rima and Shiki always had on their faces. He sweat dropped at her question.

"Um, yes…. but would you like me to walk you back to your dorm? I really don't want to go back to class." Aido answered Ashlen and gave her is best little kid/puppy dog pout stare.

Ashlen couldn't stop her cheeks from heating up as she made the mistake of looking into his eyes. They were so water, so sad, so blue.

'Damn it, why did he have to do that?' Ashlen thought as she finally looked away from the blue eyed stare. A part of her felt really guilty for how she was going to answer; the vampire had looked so sad even if she knew it was fake.

"I'm not even going to my dorm room right now." Ashlen said as she then realized that the two of them stopped walking. She continued her walking and Aido continued to follow her.

"Oh, really? Where are you going then?" Aido asked with a raised eyebrow and a smirk.

"It's none of your business, Aido-Sempia. And you better not follow me." Ashlen added quickly in a somewhat harsh, threatening, toned voice.

Aido's P.O.V

Aido once again raised an eyebrow to the girl. They way Ashlen told him not to follow her made him suspicious. Not only was her voice threatening and harsh, but the vampire also caught a hint of fear in it.

'Where could she be going that she would threaten me not to follow?' Aido thought to himself, stopping his walking for a moment as he thought, watching the girl walk on. 'I guess I'll have to just find out.' He then thought with a grin before running to catch up with Ashlen.

"Alright then, I won't follow." He said before sighing sadly. "I guess I'll go to classes then. Bye, Baker-Chan." Aido said, giving the girl a slight wave before walking away from her, to the classroom.

Normal P.O.V

When Aido was out of her sight, Ashlen turned around and ran back to her dorm room. She didn't really lie about not going there. She was just going to get some things, as well get changed before leaving again.

Ashlen ran into the room, undressing herself from her school uniform and putting on jeans and a soft hot pink sweeter with a midnight blue cloak over top. She did not dare leave where she was going without it. It was a magic cloak that would hid her presences from things like vampires as well as he scent.

She then grabbed a small backpack, like the kind kindergarten kids would use, before leaving her room, pulling the hood of her cloak over her head.

Aido's P.O.V

Aido waited for the girl, hiding behind a tree so she wouldn't be able to see him when she came outside. He really wanted to know where the girl was going. Where ever it was, it had to be better then staying in class, taking notes on things he already knew.

Someone suddenly came out of the Sun Dorm's gate. Although, Aido couldn't see who it is was since, who ever it was, was dressed in midnight blue to blend into the night better.

'Is that Baker-Chan?' Aido thought to himself as he sniffed the air. Although all he smelt was a faint scent of Zero Kiryu, who was probably patrolling the forest, or napping with white Lily.

Aido frowned slightly as he watched the dark figure walk towards the school gates. He had no idea why he couldn't pick up the sent of the person, but he was sure it was Ashlen Baker. Although, even if it wasn't her, Aido still though it would be fun to follow a Day Class student to see where she was going at quarter to midnight.

Normal P.O.V

Ashlen took her time walking to her house; the same one that her parents were killed in. It had been over two weeks she had been home and Ashlen was wanting to get a few things. Ashlen was taking her time since she lived a few hours away from Cross Academy and she didn't want to tire herself out too soon.

Ashlen suddenly head the snap of a twig and she quickly turned around. A dog stood behind her, staring at her before wagging his tail happily.

"Oh, hello there, boy. You startled me." Ashlen said in a low tone, almost whisper, and the dog came over to her. Ashlen knelt down and started to pet the dogs head.

"Woof, woof {Hello. Sorry if I scared you}" The dog greeted Ashlen back, nuzzling his head into Ashlen's hand as she pet him. The girl smiled when the dog talked back.

Taking to animals was one of Ashlen's biggest powers. It was also a power that couldn't be turned on and off. She heard animals talk all the time instead of the sounds they made to other people. Although, there were a few times Ashlen would hear a real woof, meow or tweet without it being a word.

"It's alright but you should get home. You're owner might be worried about you." Ashlen said in that same low, whispery, tone. The dog nodded his head.

"Woof. {Alright, bye.}" The dog barked again before running the way it came.

Ashlen stood up straight again before turning back around and continuing to walk home.

Aido's P.O.V

Aido let out a silent gasp when he had stepped on that tree branch. He felt damned lucky that he was able to hide in time and It felt like a bonus to have that dog there. That way, the girl would think the branch snapping was because of the animal, not him.

Once the girl, who he figure really was Ashlen, she did speak after all, turned around Aido stepped out of his hiding place and continued to follow her.

'Where is she going that can be this far?' he thought to himself with a small frown. He had already been walking over an hour. Maybe over.

If fact, he followed Ashlen so far they were in the outskirts out the town.

Suddenly, Aido watched Ashlen stop walking in front of a big, two story house.

Normal P.O.V

Ashlen gazed at the house she ran away from and frowned. The police at been there a few days after her parents had been murder.

Since the Baker family had no neighbors, no one had heard the screams of the Baker parents. That meant people only noticed that some thing was wrong when Mr. and Mrs. Baker never showed up for work or called in sick.

So the police had come and cleaned out the bodies after tapping up the house. the cops were thinking of boarding up the house, although it now belonged to Ashlen, because of a will her parents made. So they couldn't do that without her say so and no one could find Ashlen for over two weeks.

Ashlen let out a deep slow and soft sigh as she then walked over to the house, opening the door and walking in.

Aido's P.O.V

The vampire boy frowned a little bit in confusion when he sees the girl walk into the house.

'Is this her house? Why did she come home at this time? What time is it?' he kept thinking to himself.

To answer the time question he looked at his watch. It was 4:17 in the morning. He had been walking, following Ashlen, a little over three hours.

'Are her parents home? They should be at this time of night, right?' Aido asked himself before sniffing the air. He could only pick up one scent; Ashlen's. Her parents weren't home. Although to make extra sure, Aido walked up closer to the house and sniffed it.

"Nope, still only Baker-Chan." Aido whispered to himself before looking up at the sky.

The sun would be up in only a few hours and Aido was starting to get tired.

'Baker-Chan won't mind if I stay for the night. I'll just black mail her; say I'll tell on her for sneaking off school grounds. If her parents see me I'll say I'm a friend.' Aido thought to himself before slowly opening the door, peeking into the house.

Aido saw a long hallway, a staircase going upstairs and an archway to the right. Aido guessed that it lead into the living room. He also notice, with his vampire sight, pictures on the walls in the long hallway. There was a side table with a vase of flowers beside the staircase. Aido turned his head to see a coat rack that had a midnight blue cloak hanging on it.

'It has Baker-Chan's scent.' Aido thought before sniffing the air. 'She's upstairs. The I'll go to the living room.' Aido though, walking into the house more and quietly closing the door behind him. The vampire then took off his shoes, placing them beside the pare that were beside the other pair before hanging up his Night Class jacket with the cloak.

Aido then walked through the archway and, as he had thought, he had walked into the living room. Aido took a small glance around until his eyes landed on the over stuffed, really soft looking couch. Hanabusa smiled since the long couch looked really comfy, plus there was a throws blanket on it, which looked really soft.

The young male vampire then yawned before walking over to the couch, laying down in it. It was nothing like the fancy beding he was used to back at the academy and his home, but the couch was still really comfy. He then pulled the throw blanket down to him. It was just log enough to over his entire body. He then rest his head on the couches arm, which was also over stuffed so it worked as a pillow.

Aido closed his eyes before falling asleep, feeling content that the curtains covered the window so the sun wouldn't shin in his face.

Small contest: Hay, I want to have a small contest. I want some random ideas about Rido, Aido or Ashlen that I can use in this story. The first Five people to give me ideas I like will get a prize. They can ether get a Rido or Aido one shot or appear in the story somehow.

I would like some random ideas of Rido/Ashlen flashbacks.

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