Yoh and Horo exchanged glances as Ren entered the kitchen, wet from the shower he had just taken and with a small smile on his face. He was drying his hair and humming softly to himself.

'You're in good mood this morning.' Horo noted and raised an eyebrow. Ren's smile only grew as he took the bottle of milk Vlad offered him and took a sip of it.

'That's true.' He answered.

'It's also true that you, my dear blueberry, are very dull.' Hao added and chuckled as the Ainu glared at him barely kept himself from attacking him.

'I'm not dull!' Horo insisted.

'Oh, yes, you are, if you don't understand why your vampire friend is in such a good mood.' The pyro smile at him widely almost as if he was telling him some sort of compliment.

'Shut up, Hao, this is none of your busyness.' Ren said although his voice didn't sound as firm and harsh as he hoped. He blushed an adorable shade of pink and concentrated on the bottle of milk.

At that point Destiny entered the room, wearing on of Ren's T-shirts and a pair of his shorts, both way too big for her slim figure. But she didn't seem to mind.

'Good morning.' Destiny greeted, sitting beside Ren and giving him a fast peck on the lips 'Did you sleep well?'

'I slept like a baby! No Anna to bother me!' Yoh grinned happily.

'Same here.' Horo murmured, too busy glaring at Hao.

'What about you, guys? Did you get any sleep? At all?' the pyro asked, then took a big sip of his tea.

'I quite well remember I said this was none of your busyness.' The Tao repeated this time firmer. Hao just shrugged in response.

'Anyway, what are we doing today?' Yoh asked. 'I suggest Ren tells us a little more of the story and then we go sightseeing!'

'That sounds like a great idea!' Vlad agreed, enthusiastically as always 'I shall show you around!'

'I don't feel like I'm on some sort of vacation, but if want it so much, go sightseeing. I still need to find a way to locate Eliot and his group.' Ren answered.

Flashback:

'Are you sure you are not hungry?' Ren swung the mug in front of her nose. Destiny gulped, sniffing the tempting smell of fresh blood, but still shook her head stubbornly.

Ren was sitting on a wooden chair opposite of her and was trying really hard to make her eat for about twenty minutes already. Failing miserably, of course.

'But you're not hungry for two days already!' he insisted 'Come on! It's delicious. Eat it before it gets cold.'

'I don't want to!' she hissed.

'Well, that's a total lie and you know it!' Ren noted and took a sip of the mug he was offering her. 'See? It's not poisoned! Now be a good girl…'

She looked at him very suspiciously.

'Why are you doing this?' Destiny asked.

'Doing what? Not poisoning your food?' he raised an eyebrow 'Does it really bother you that much?'

'No! Not that!' she snorted and rolled her eyes 'Why are you being so nice to me?'

'Why shouldn't it? I'm not some sort of kidnapper, planning to make your family pay to free you. I just tided you so you won't try to kill me with those roots of yours… Don't you like A negative, because I could bring you something else.'

'No, it's all right. Hand it over.' She rolled her eyes.

'So you're going to eat it!' Ren's face lit up.

'Yes, I'm going to eat it.'

'Then I'll free one of your hands…' he looked her in the eyes 'And you're going to behave. I don't want any trouble.'

She thought for a moment, then nodded. Ren then stretched his hand at lightly touched the ropes around her right wrist with his index finger. The moment he did so, they fell on the ground. Destiny looked at them dumbfounded, then moved her now free hand.

'How did you do that?' she asked.

'That's a secret. Now eat your meal.' Ren handed her the cup.

'Who are you anyway?' she asked out of the blue and drank half of the mug in one sip. 'Your aura is… well, strange.'

'My name is Ren. What about you?' he tilted his head to a side.

'Destiny.'

'That's not your real name, now, is it?' he raised an eyebrow.

'No, it isn't. But 'Ren' isn't your full name, right? Why don't you tell me your last name and then I'll think about telling you my real name.'

'You'll "think"?' he laughed dryly 'That's not a good enough offer for me.'

'Oh, well… Then we're stuck.' She shrugged and finished her mug.

'Do you want more?' Ren asked, taking the empty mug. She thought for a moment then shook her head. 'I'd rather continue our chat. I haven't talked with another vampire for… quite some time.'

'Ok… Don't tell me your name, just why you've changed it.' He suggested.

'Well, my former life was a big mess. I was the big daughter of a… wealthy man. They wanted me to marry a man from my class but he was… well, ugly, selfish and… he was a midget. Not to mention that my little sister hated me and my father was always "disappointed".' She explained.

He didn't say anything for a while.

'So, you're Rei Yan, that disappeared without any warning. You were a princess. ( Author's note: I just made that up.) ' He suddenly said and she stared at him dumbfounded. Ren smirked and sat back in his chair. 'It wasn't that hard to figure out. Besides, I bet deep inside you wanted me to find that out. You've been hiding it for too long. Had to share it with someone…'

'Yeah, right. And who're you? The Great Mind Reader? ' she raised an eyebrow and started playing with her hair.

'Not exactly but you're getting close.' He assured her. 'How old are you?'

'Thirty. And you?'

'One hundred. But I look younger, don't you think?'

'Very funny.' Destiny said calmly. She couldn't figure him out yet. He was speaking with her almost as if they were sitting in some restaurant and exchanging interesting thoughts.

'Why did you become a thief?' Ren asked, raising an eyebrow.

'Well, I don't know… Because it's fun.' She answered with a shrug.

'I've got to introduce you to my sister. She's big fan of "fun".' The Tao noted.

'You've got a sister? Is she a vampire as well?'

'Yep. We were turned into vampires in the same night. A big night, I might say.' He explained. 'It seems so long ago now. Almost as if I've never been a human before.'

'Same. Even though I'm much younger.' Destiny nodded.

'Okeeeey…' Ren looked like he was thinking of a new subject ' Do you read books? Because I could find you something so you won't be too bored when I go somewhere.'

'Yeah, sure. That would be nice.' Destiny agreed. Ren got up and made his way to the door. When he opened it intending to walk pot of the room, there stood Hao.

'Oh, hello there. You're early.' The Tao noted.

'I decided to see if you found my girl. I have only a couple of free minutes, so...'

'Yes, come in. I'll leave you two to talk.' And with that Ren let Hao in and went outside looking for something else to do.

End of flashback.

Suddenly the kitchen door opened and Jun stormed inside.

'Ren, you need to come!' she insisted, grabbing his hand and making him stand up. He looked at her with sincere confusion. 'They've found us!'

'Who? I don't sense any vampires around here.' The younger sibling answered, but Jun shook her head immediately.

'Not vampires!' she looked almost annoyed. 'The Tao clan. I don't know how, but they've found us.'

'Are they here?' Ren asked, a frown on his face.

'Yes, down in the yard… waiting.'

'How many?'

'Two shamans. The best ones.'

Ren froze.

'You mean… Ron and Sam? Oh, that idiot Ron!' (Author's note: I know the names are stupid but I can't think of anything else.) the younger Tao sibling winced 'I hate that blond freak. Every time I met him he provoked me and in the end we fought. Then they always said it was my entire fault.'

'Forget about that! We have things to do!' with that she grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the door 'Let's get this over with.'


Chapter twelve! And I haven't read it...

If you like my stries, check out my new RenxAnna fanfic. I've started it yesterday, but that doesn't mean I won't updait this one as well.

By the way, Captain Jones, I'm Bulgarian. На бас, че това не го очаквахте! - But I'm not that bad at English... right?

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