Level is skipping, collecting little rocks of various sizes and shapes. She finds a smooth pink one and closes her crimson eyes. This is in the third person, the sight, unlike my other visions of the past. Her medium white hair dangles and her little dress bounces up and down as she runs. She slams into a little boy's back and starts crying. Okay, even I felt that! The boy turns with a slightly confused expression.

"What wrong?" he ask, sneezing in between words.

She just points at her head, blubbering like a baby. Hey, I wouldn't be talking, Kaede. I smirk inside. Yeah, whatever Level. The boy kneels down and places a hand at her forehead, finding it warmer than it should be. "Hey, where are your parents?" Guess who bawls louder? I feel a prick at the back of my neck. Okay, ouch, okay alright! You got me on that one! Happy Level? Very. I roll my eyes in the darkness.

"Hey, I…I didn't mean to be offensive!" he defends. "Um…hey, is there anyone you know? Maybe…"

She hugs him and whispers. "My head hurt!"

Now I know who had the more brain cells. What did I do to you?…I don't know, THAT'S THE PROBLEM! Jeez how old are you?...We're TWINS! Still doesn't explain it. Just pay attention! Alright JEEZ!

The boy pats her back and follows her as she stumbles this way and that. That's when I hear the jingling of bells. I know Level hears it as well, so she goes forward, waving goodbye before stopping. She smirks a smirk to familiar. She hugs the boys and picks him up slightly, causing the boy to…squeak? Yeah, that's it. She drags him into an area, where little me is sitting on a rock, four and wearing the little cap to cover the horns.

"Kaede!" Level calls. "Look what I found!"

Little me stops jingling the bells to turn to Level, who switches her hands from his neck to his jacket hood, him struggling to be freed. She hugs him and Little me raises a brow, giggling out of the mere expression of the boy (which explains a lot).

"Level, put him down," I sigh.

"Oh, can't we keep him?" she begs as she squeezes the living daylights out of him.

He tries to push her arm away, "MOMMY!"

Mrs. Kiryu comes out, smirking. "Ichiru, I think somebody has a fancy for you."

Ichiru stops to blink at his mother in confusion. "What does 'has a fancy' mean?"

I hop off the rock to pry Level off, thinking it was time for quits. Mom comes over, laughing softly. "I'm sorry, but my daughter Level is one for living beings."

"MOMMY!" Level and I scream, running over to hug her calves.

Zero comes out behind Mr. Kiryu. I smile and wave, "Hi, my name's Kaede!"

"Hi…I'm Zero."

Mrs. Kiryu and my mom meet each others gaze. "So, you're also a vampire hunter."

That's when Dad comes out, panting. "Jeez Louise, Janet; can't you just slow down?"

Mr. Kiryu laughs. "Oscar?"

Dad freezes and looks up from his knees, smiling. "Well look here! Is that you Kiryu?"

"The same!" That's when both moms raise a brow of confusion. "Oh, uh, yeah, this is an old college friend, Oscar Jima."

Jima? It's short for Jimenez. But why is there an 'a' there instead of an 'e'? That's how the college records put it, thanks to the spell check. Jeez, that thing alwaysbusts things up!

The scene shifts to both of us in a bath, five by the looks of it. We allow the water to slam into our backs and we giggle as the steam tickles our noses. Level suddenly stands and walks to a medicine cabinet, taking out a red and black container and turning the open bottle upside down. Nothing comes out, triggering her crying. I jump out of the bath and slip, smacking the ground hard with my face. I don't cry, but it hurts I have to admit that much. Mom runs in, yanking me up and checking the bottle over and over. Nothing comes out, and I don't get why she expects anything to. The doorbell rings, and she starts to panic. She throws us clothes and whispers something to Level, which the present Level tunes me into.

"Don't worry sweetie, we'll get more pills, I promise!"

Mom runs out, and we scramble to get our clothes on. I tie ribbon to my horns, tugging at it with annoyance. Can't I just wear the cap with a dress? The scene freezes when I walk over to Level and start patting her back as we walk out.

Hey, what happened? I paused it. For what reason Level? Don't you want to know what the medication is so I can thoroughly explain what is going to happen? I think about it, yeah. You see, you already know I'm half vampire right? Yeah…Well, those pills are like blood tablets, fake blood, except mine were more effective. Once we ran out, nobody could get us anymore, since the creator had died that previous week. I had to suffice on your guys' blood. I blink in my head's darkness. Wait, so you bit us? I'm not a pureblood, and neither was Dad. Last time I checked, only purebloods can change people. But what about those Level Es? Beats me, sis.

The scene thaws out and we walk into the hall. That's when Level freezes, clutching her throat. Little me sighs and cuts her finger, offering the blood to Level. She nods and lightly bites it, sucking out as little blood as possible. She pushes my hand away and I fold my finger in my palm to prevent panic. We walk into a large living room with Dad trying to drown himself in a bucket of water. I can tell because he can project his thoughts like that. We gasp and pull him out, patting his head. He blinks and hugs us, smiling.

"Don't worry, I can't drown," he smiles. "Watch this."

He ducks his head back in and gills grow on his neck. That's awesome I must admit. He picks his head back up and Mom walks in with Ichiru clinging to her hand. "Oscar, are you alright?"

Dad nods. "Hey, where's Kiryu and Lily?"

"They went on business," she decodes. "They asked us to watch Zero and Ichiru a week ago, remember?"

He shakes his head. "If you caught me playing with these two, I definitely didn't hear you."

"I caught you watching football," she crosses her arms.

Level and I are laughing at the amount of trouble Dad's in. "Uh…should I even answer that?"

Mom throws a book at him, making Dad laugh and run away. "Oscar get back here! I want to see if I can knock a few brain cells into that thick skull of yours!"

Level and I are rolling on the ground. Ichiru walks further in, but Zero runs past. "Hey, Kaede!"

I smile and hop up, meeting Zero's hug. "Zero!"

Level jumps up and pats Ichiru on the head. "Good boy!"

He sighs. "I have a name…"

Zero and I laugh, in which I point to a chest of sorts. "Come on, I bet I'll beat you this time!"

"Fat chance, you're a girl!" he challenges, both of us running for the chest.

I notice my hair's not hidden, so that's one off of why he said those things. I, having beaten him to it, open it up and take out wooden swords, tossing one to Zero and then meeting him in a parry. I quickly snatch out a pirate hat, my attention slightly being dragged further, and Zero taking out some other hat, a landlubber? Wait, huh? LEVEL PAUSE IT! She pauses it of course at a point I stab Zero in the arm.

What's going on? What do you mean? You're sword fighting with Zero. Not that, I used the term 'landlubber'. Might want to explain where that came from. Easy, you were interested in pirates back then. And? And that's it. You and Zero, after your second 'play date', decided to make things interesting, so, both of you smarter than your average four year olds, tried looking things up and eventually found American records, so you chose a British side (Zero) and what you thought was most interesting in that, Caribbean pirates. …Okay, got to keep that in mind. You may resume.

She resumes and the scene sort of skips to my sixth birthday. Mom is forcing us to watch old videos, and one is when I'm one, crawling around with my horns revealed. Apparently we didn't get many visitors then. Level kept hitting my back with her tiny fists, her red eyes laughing. I was not. I kept saying 'Nyuu', which would explain a few things with the Nyuu we know today. I kept saying that, because that was…

"Oscar, remember Nyuu?" Mom laughs.

"You mean her first word?"

"Technically it's not a word, dear."

"I can look it up, if you'd like." We wait. "Well, there's NYU: New York University."

"New York? Oscar, that's in America."

"And?"

"Where would a Japanese girl learn an American college name at the age of one?"

"The internet? I wouldn't be able to tell you Janet."

The scene flashes to us at eight, Level coming through a door and me running to greet her, a white shirt with a blue collar outline and a red skirt all fitted to my size. "How was-what the heck happened to you?"

Level has a big black eye. "N-Nothing…"

I cross my arms. "Come on Level, I'm your sister!"

"And?" she snaps. "I'm sorry, but there's something called privacy."

"So what? We share everything don't we?"

"Not always!" Level complains. "Just because you got out of Mom first doesn't mean you have to know everything!"

This is where both present and past me get confused. "I never mentioned anything about having to know everything, Level. I just wanted to know how you got a black eye!"

Level storms past, running to our room and slamming the door. I clutch my fists, grabbing my cap and running out, slamming the front door. I tug the cap on and run down the street, my little red sneakers hitting the ground with a lot of force. I pant, but my face keeps stern. I skid to a stop a few blocks away at Level's school, where there are a few boys laughing with blood on their hands. I don't think it's them, since Level didn't loose any blood. I run back home.

A week later the same thing happened for the forth time, and she was still angry, and I wasn't speaking to her. I called Ichiru up about it, but he reminded me that he was getting sicker, so even if he was up and at them, he wouldn't have a clue where to start. I sigh and slam the phone down, running out the front to catch some air. My cap is low on my head, and only the colors swapped to a navy skirt, a red shirt with a white collar outline. I run a few blocks to the school, seeing the same boys laughing and holding broken glass, crushing it under their palms and onto the ground. I sigh and shake my head, walking the rest of the way to the office. If I can't teach the ones beating her up, might as well report it. I walk in and see Zero, waiting in a row of chairs. That's right, he's in her grade, her school. I'm just homeschooled, yet I know more than Level's learning. I walk to the desk where an ancient woman glares down at me with her thin spectacles and her winkled fingers clutching the edge, pushing her aged body up slightly while leaning towards me. I'm not scared like most kids, she's only human.

"What?" she snaps.

"I'd like to report someone being beaten up," I bravely state, Zero obviously not hearing me.

The woman sits back down and takes out a detention slip. "Who is beating who?"

"I don't know, but I know that my sister, Level, is the one being beaten up," I inform.

The lady scribbles it down. "Do you have suspicions?"

I shake my head and stop. What about those boys I kept seeing outside? "Uh, one, but I'm not positive."

She smiles slightly. "That's the point isn't it?"

I nod. "Those boys outside. Every day she's beaten up I see them outside the school gates."

She nods and writes it down, standing. "Thank you and I hope you have a nice day."

I nod and walk for the nurses office, hopping to get a proper ice pack. Zero follows me, smiling and waving. "Hey, Kaede!"

I stop and wave back, waiting until Zero is next to me to walk in. I see Yaguri, Zero's teacher. I blink at the sight of him pointing a weapon at the nurse, a nurse I've known very well every visit. Zero gasps and runs in front, trying to get Yaguri away. I stare at a child behind her. I look at her face and register that she's a vampire. I gulp and start edging out until I see Yaguri's eye being clawed out. I gasp and back up into a wall, forcing my vectors out. I have to help. I rush them at the nurse and surprisingly, she catches one, flinging me against a wall. I grunt and fall to the cold floor, cursing myself for not seeing that coming. I fling them again and this time rip an arm off. She curses and charges at me, Yaguri shooting her in the back and causing her to scream. I slam her head into a wall, but she charges. I try to duck, but she sinks her fangs into my neck. I don't scream; I'm used to it. I knock her off and end up stretching a vein out to droop outside the skin. I stop, slamming into the floor due to blood loss.

Next thing I know, I'm in the hospital, Level drawing and holding a wrapped present addressed to me. I blink and look to my left to Yaguri. "Mind explaining what you did back there?" he asks, a bandage over his eye.

Level squeaks and starts hugging my waist. "Sis, you're awake!" She takes out her picture that she was making. "I made this for you!"

I gingerly take it with a vector, both of my arms being broken, and see it's a get well soon card with a before and after. I laugh a wheeze. "That's nice, Level. Uh, can I?" I point to him and she nods. I do my best to turn my head. "I'm not human, but not a vampire. I have vectors, they're-"

"Invisible arms, yeah, they use that term in Math," he sighs. "Well, your secret is safe with me."

The scene changes to Zero reading, Level tossing flower petals on the ground. "Kaede, Kaede, Kaede, Kaede."

"Level, Level, Level, Level," I swing my legs to be annoying.

"Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up," Zero turns the page.

All of us laugh, including Ichiru, but Zero just smirks slightly.

The scene flickers to a fair, Zero and I chasing one another with cotton candy in hand. We stop at a carousal; we're nine. I take Zero's wrist. "Zero, come on!"

"That's for girls!" he whines.

"You are one, you gender confused idiot!" I laugh.

That coaxed him to chase me long enough to not notice we're on the ride. "Darn it."

"Come on, it'll be fun!" He sighs and gets on a white horse, while I get on a tiger next to him. The ride starts up and we go up and down, the scene whizzing past us. I sigh and lean against the pole holding up the tiger. "I don't ever want to leave."

"Why?" Zero asks, looking confused.

"Because, this is so fun, you can just forget everything."

"Even your family," he mutters.

I shake my head. "Not if they're with me."

He smiles and nods. "I guess you're right."

I hear Level screaming and we turn to those boys I kept seeing chasing her. They had kept this up for a year, and I decided to end it. I unstrapped myself and ran off, Zero screaming at me to stop before I hurt myself. I jumped the gates and the ride stopped behind me, kids coming off to follow to see if I was alright. I pound my feet against the ground and soon catch up, leaping on a guy and ripping at his flesh. He roars and slams me into a wall, making me jump off before I'm dead. They surround me, forgetting completely about Level who refuses to leave and runs behind me. I sigh. Can't she have common sense?

"New meat!" they laugh, beating pipes and bats against their palms.

Screw it. I push them back with my vectors, seeing everyone is still running to catch up. "Stay away from my sister." I rip them apart and Level sighs, joining to buy us enough time to set it up. Level and I grab things with both types of arms, making it look like someone ran past with a gun or something. Once they come, we're wide eyed, not acting. We're worried that if they catch us…we won't see Mom or Dad again. Zero runs to the front and drags us away, chucking us in the girls' bathroom (following sadly) and starts cleaning our faces.

"Aren't you uncomfortable?" Level cocks her head to the side.

"Don't remind me," he groans, doing his best to avoid the glimpses of stalls.

I laugh and he sighs, smiling. I guess he likes it that I'm alright.