That Summer

"Feels good to finally have some summer relaxation," Hikaru yawned, stretching as he got out of the limo. Kaoru blushed as he realized that Hikaru's shirt shifted when he did this, revealing a toned V on his lower body. Winter ignored the site in front of him. He had gotten used to it and he was still the only one that knew. Hikaru, Kaoru, and Winter only discussed the matter once. Hikaru threatened Winter upon seeing him, but Winter assured him that he simply didn't care enough to tell anyone. He also informed Hikaru that if he threatened him once more, he would tell the whole continent of Asia.

Yes. Kuran men don't take threats very well.

Winter also continued to keep Tamaki and Haruhi a secret, but he did care. Why? Well... you'll see in a couple of minutes.

Slowly, all the members of the limo poured out. There were three separate cars being taken. One was filled with the Host Club, plus Aisu. Another held Yuki and Kaname, Yori and Aido, Ruka and Akatsuki, and Kaien. The third had what Winter called 'the adult children'. In it was Daku, Ivyrose, Ruka and Akatsuki's daughter, and Yori and Aido's twin sons. Winter hardly got to see his older siblings or the others, so he was pleased they would be here.

"So, this is your cousins house?" Haruhi asked. Winter nodded as Senri stepped out of the large building.

"This is their vacation house. They still live in America. Their son, Arata, speaks English much better then he speaks Japanese, so you probably won't get to speak to him very much, but his parents grew up in Japan," he explained.

"I'm confused as to your whole family dynamic. Is he your uncle or a cousin, or what?" Tamaki asked, referring to Senri.

"It's complicated. My parents parents, my grandparents, had a older brother. Senri is their biological cousin, though they were not raised like cousins. Technically Senri is my cousin and so is his son," Winter explained quickly. He didn't like to talk about his great uncle Rido and he knew that Senri didn't like mentioning him either, so that was all he wished to say on the matter. Tamaki nodded and the two of them proceeded to get the bags out of the trunk as the other stood to the side of the limo. Senri walked out to the group of people, welcoming his old friends as Rima slowly followed.

"Where will everyone be sleeping?" Winter wondered out loud. Tamaki looked around to make sure no one was looking before speaking.

"Haruhi and I were thinking of sharing a room," Tamaki admitted. Winter quietly groaned. It was loud enough for Tamaki to hear him, but not loud enough for everyone else. Tamaki rolled his eyes. He knew what Winter thought about the situation. The two of them fought back and forth over it many times.

"Would you stop with the attitude? I know your opinion on it, but even when I offered a solution..." Tamaki started, but Winter interrupted him, already knowing where we was going with it.

"It's not a solution, you idiot. If anything, it would just make things worst. How many times do I need to tell you that doing something like that is out of the question and goes against my family's morals?" Winter asked. The two of them spoke in whispers. Angry whispers, but still, hardly anyone would hear them. Of course, siblings are nosy, and out of Winter's three siblings, two of them were curious as to what was being said. One was already listening in on what they were saying, and she decided to speak up.

"He's right. We aren't allowed to bite humans unless our reasoning makes good enough sense, and biting a human because he is in love with his high school sweetheart isn't a good enough reason," Aisu added, also being quiet. Tamaki grinded his teeth. Winter and Tamaki hadn't noticed that Aisu was so close, so they both were a bit surprised. This is how they also didn't notice Daku creeping up on them, being the typical annoying big brother that he was. Tamaki sighed.

"Still, you don't have any right to comment on my relationship with Haruhi just because you think it's wrong. You don't hear me voicing my opinion on your incest!" Tamaki said. This made all the Purebloods freeze for a second, even Daku. No, especially Daku, since he was expecting a child with his sister and wife. Winter groaned again, frustrated at how the Host Club just didn't seem to understand they way's of Purebloods. Surprisingly though, it wasn't Winter or even Daku who spoke up against Tamaki.

"Hey, you're the one who wants be bitten so badly. If Winter bites you, he'll become your master, and you'll have to show a little more respect," Aisu said. She spoke a bit louder then the other two, so her voice tenderly fell on her mothers, fathers, and cousins ears. They all looked at each other uncomfortably. Thankfully, no one else was paying too much attention to what they were saying. Tamaki thought about it, and he was right. Blowing up in Winter's face wasn't going to do much to help him. He sighed.

"Fine, but I might point out that I am not a vampire. I am not living in a vampire world. You are both living in a human world. I get that as vampires, you two are above the rest, but as people, you are no better then any of the other humans, so it would be wise to treat me with the same respect I treat you," Tamaki said. What an idiot. Technically, at this moment, he was living in a vampire world. There were many more vampires then humans here. Still, Winter saw his point.

"Fine. I won't voice my opinion on the matter anymore. In exchange, you have to stop asking me to bite you. If someday there is a good enough reason, then I will do it, but until then, there is nothing that I can do," Winter said. That's when Daku's ear perked up. Daku was a bit more sly then people gave him credit for. After all, he was Kaname's offspring. Let's not forget the ten years he watched over his sister without anyone knowing. Daku had a bold personality and was a bit of a comedian. It was part of his cover. Now was his chance to put his two cents in on the matter. Mostly because he loved messing around with his younger brother.

"Winter, be careful with your words," he said, walking up silently and joining the conversation. He also whispered along with everyone else.

"What do you mean?" the younger boy asked.

"That's a promise you just made. A promise is a promise. If Tamaki finds a good enough reason to be bitten, you have to keep your word. You have to be the one to bite him," he said. It's a bit of a cliche for the older sibling with a family and home to be imparting wisdom on to a clumsier, more naive younger sibling, but Daku saw the importance in teaching Winter the hard lessons. A word is a word.

"I know, and I will, if and when he finds a good reason," Winter said. Daku hesitantly raised his eyebrows, but seeing the seriousness in both his younger siblings faces, he walked back to his wife to help with the bags.

"Winter, Arata will be back from the supermarket soon. You can put your stuff in his room. There is an extra bed," Senri said. Winter nodded and headed inside.

That Night

"You can't even see anything, what's so special about it?" Hikaru asked Winter. At the top level, Arata showed them the large windows in the unused room. It wasn't a attic, but it might as well of been, since there was no use for the room. Arata tried to think of a purpose, but the strange landing and the odd placing of electrical sockets made it difficult to do anything. Outside the windows was the ocean. There was a lighthouse nearby that shone out into the night, but it didn't do much to show the water. It was dark, so there wasn't much to see at all. Arata was just taking the opportunity to show them around.

"It probably looks good during the day though, after the sun comes up," Winter responded.

"I'm sure you wouldn't want to be a vampire in this room during the day though," Kyoya chuckled. Winter rolled his eyes at the easy joke that literally anyone one Earth could have made, but yet... he had a point. Almost the whole wall was made up of large windows.

"Maybe we could set up a little table and some chairs up here, then we could use it for breakfast!" Aisu suggested. She then translated the sentence into English so that Arata would be able to understand. Arata shook his head.

"No, the sun rises through these windows. It wouldn't be a good idea," Arata explained. Winter and Aisu both blushed slightly.

"What did he say?" Kyoya asked.

"Nothing," they both responded.

"Well, I'm just happy to be able to spend some time here. I haven't been here before and the town looks nice and quaint," Haruhi said. It was a bit random, but the conversation was obviously dying. Tamaki smiled.

"By the way, I meant to thank you and your parents for allowing them to come," Winter said to his cousin. Arata only shrugged.

"Don't mention it," Arata said. Haruhi sort of admired how the two spoke in such a similar fashion. They didn't even look at each other. They were so similar in appearance as well. The only big difference was that Winter had brown eyes and glasses, while Arata had blue eyes. They could easily be mistaken for brothers.

Then, the air shifted a bit. There was gentle change in how all the vampires felt. Arata, never sensing these new people before, questioned it.

"Who is that?" he asked. Haruhi slowly gained goosebumps up her arms. Winter felt a annoyance growing in his abdomen. Aisu felt very uncomfortable. Unfortunately, out of the four vampires in that room, only half were able to tell who all of them were.

"One of them is Dai," Winter said. That was all he knew. Hearing Dai's name, almost all the Host Club members look at him with discomfort. At this point, they all knew who Dai was. Everyone's heart beat quickened except Winter's. He didn't feel excited, just annoyed, even though Dai had really done the most damage to him.

"Who are the other two?" Arata asked. Arata had been warned by his parents about who Dai was, but there were a lot of other people coming. Two of them only Haruhi and and Aisu remembered.

"One of them is Zero," Haruhi said. Winter, since he was nearly dead when Zero and his son were in his house, never got to meet them, so he didn't know the feeling of their presence.

"Katsurou... they actually let him come to chase Dai?" Aisu wondered out loud. She was speaking in English, since she was more used to English then Japanese. Winter looked at her. There was a small ping of jealousy in his stomach. Aisu looked at him.

"Katsurou is my age. Why would they let him chase Dai?" she asked. Winter would have liked to answer her question, but he didn't have an answer. He had no clue as to why they would let a fourteen year old boy chase a Pureblood vampire. Perhaps it was to help track him down, the same reason Zero always joined them? Katsurou had some vampire abilities. Still, Winter shrugged. The door behind them opened.

"Guys, your parents want to talk to you downstairs," Senri said, referring to his younger cousins. They both nodded their heads and followed Senri downstairs, everyone else following them. This house was also built for vampires, which made Haruhi feel much more comfortable despite the very disturbing circumstances.

By the time they reached the kitchen where their parents were, there were already a few vampire hunters with them. The sight made Winter sick to his stomach; Zero standing so close to his mother. He knew that Zero had threatened to kill her. As mentioned, Kuran men don't take threats lightly.

"Winter, I want you to stay here with your friends. Your grandfather will stay with you all. Your brother is coming with us and your sister is staying here. Dai is very close. We're going to try to catch him," Kaname said.

"All of you?" Winter asked. Kaname nodded his head.

"But I thought vampire hunters and vampires don't work together. Who's going to get his head on a silver plate?" Winter asked.

"We'll figure that out after we catch him. For now, just get somewhere safe," he said. With that, Kaname left, Daku following. Yuki grabbed her stick off the counter. It stung her hand a bit, but it finally changed into a scythe, and she too walked out. It wasn't very often that Yuki went out to fight, so Winter knew that she must of had hope. The others followed, leaving Zero and Katsurou in the kitchen.

"Kat, I want you stay here too," Zero said. Aisu giggled very subtly at the boys nickname. He seemed as gentle as cat, so it made sense. Katsurou looked up at his father with confusion and a bit of a bruised ego.

"Why? You said you wanted me to help," he asked.

"Yes, and you did. You helped us track him down, but I don't want you to get near him. You haven't been trained properly and I don't want him to bite you. You'll turn into a full vampire, and I don't want that," Zero said. Katsurou looked to the ground. He didn't really want that either. Disappointed, he nodded his head. Zero placed a kiss on his sons head before leaving.

"Hmmm... he's a cold mean person who hates my family and wants my mother dead... but he does have a heart... somewhere in there," Aisu thought to herself.

With everyone gone, Winter turned to his sister and grandfather.

"Well, where is the safest place?" he asked.

"Well, I guess that would be where it would be harder for him to reach you. Perhaps you should go to one of the very top levels and hide out in there?" she asked.

"Great, so we could have just stayed where we were," Winter said. He sighed, looking at his sister's slightly swollen abdomen.

"What about you? You should come with us," Winter said. It was his urge to protect his sister as well as his unborn niece or nephew. She nodded. Then Winter turned his attention to Katsurou.

"I guess you'll be coming with us also," he said. Katsurou nodded. Aisu dug through her large tote that she had been carrying around with her since she got there. It was the one bag she forgot to put in her room. It had a bunch of travel things in it, and she pulled out a deck of cards.

"Since it will be boring sitting in there until they are done, maybe we can play a few card games," Aisu said. Almost everyone looked at her in confusion. It seemed like a awfully inappropriate time to be suggesting card games. Aisu just smiled. She then started to speak in English so that the Host Club would have a harder time understanding what she was saying.

"No reason to scare the humans even more then they are now. This will keep them occupied." Those who understood her (Winter, Kaien, Ivyrose, and Arata) nodded their heads.

"Well then, let's go," Kaien said. Slowly, the group of humans, vampires, and vampire hunters made their way up to the very top level, the room that they had been in before. They stepped up onto the landing/stage and formed a circle. Kaien decided to leave the room and stay on the lower levels as a form of protection. Winter and Ivyrose both offered to help him, but he refused, saying that Winter was too young and Ivy was too... pregnant. That left them in the room. Katsurou remained quiet throughout the card game.

Aisu noticed.

As she was sitting next to him, she gently leaned in and whispered to him.

"Why are you so quiet? Are you scared?" she asked. She didn't mean to tease him, but it came out like she was. Katsurou frowned, and shook his head.

"No," he replied. He seemed different from when she last saw him. From the other side of the circle, a certain big brother became jealous as his fiance leaned in to ask another question.

"Is it about your father?" Aisu asked. Katsurou blushed a little, and subtly nodded his head. Ivyrose, on his other side, noticed the conversation taking place. Aisu tried comforting him.

"You know, he probably did the right thing. For some reason, I feel like Dai might have gone for you. You're young and basically a very weak vampire. You would have been a easy target... someone he could track down because of your vampire aura, but someone he could still hurt because your a human," Aisu said. Katsurou thought about that notion, and shrugged.

"I just wanted to help catch Dai," Katsurou said.

Light bulbs.

Light bulbs everywhere.

Slowly, all three Purebloods came to same idea and slowly realized they were all thinking the same things. They shared a exchange of glances and Ivyrose gave her classic 'evil genius' smile. The smile gave Winter goosebumps. Ivyrose leaned into Katsurou as well.

"Maybe you can help," she whispered. Katsurou looked at her like she was crazy, but before he had time to contest, Aisu and Ivyrose grabbed both sides of him at the same time and dragged the little boy out. Winter and Arata rose, following them. Arata didn't know what they were thinking, but decided it must have been important. They dragged Katsurou into the hallway and closed the door.

Haruhi sighed.

"Typical. Let's just keep playing," she said.

A little while later, after discussing for a few minutes, all four vampires and one hunter turned as a human walked out of the room. Kyoya looked back at them, slightly amazed at how they all seemed to be in sync with each other.

"I just need to get something from the kitchen. Is that okay?" Kyoya asked. Since he didn't understand the nature of the situation, he didn't understand the danger of something as simple as going to the kitchen. They all looked at each other hesitantly. For the second time that day, everyone was surprised by who it was that finally spoke up.

"Sure, but I'll go with you just in case," Katsurou said. He still had his bag on him which had his tools. Kyoya shrugged and Katsurou joined him. The vampires were a little stunned to see him walk away so courageously, but they tried to shrug it off. They went back into the room and joined.

After only a few seconds though, the sound of a large window crashing could be heard. As the presence made it's way further into the house, even the Purebloods became panicked.

"Okay, now we really need to hide," Ivyrose said. She and Aisu hurried to guide the Host Club to somewhere safer. If there wasn't all these humans, they normally wouldn't have been so worried. Winter instead, left the room, going into the hallway to try to figure out what was going on. As more and more people reentered the house and more and more shouts could be heard, he realized that Aisu and Ivyrose were too late.

Haruhi, inside, felt it too. Aisu and Ivyrose stopped in their tracks, realizing the flaw in what they had done.

Katsurou was not enough to protect Kyoya.


Look at all these families coming together for vacation. :) As you can tell, I stuck to the manga a little bit. Yori and Aido had twin sons (yes, Yori is a Level D vampire in my story), Akatsuki and Ruka had a daughter, and Senri and Rima had a son. In the manga, Akatsuki and Ruka end up together and Senri and Rima end up together, and it's hinted that Yori and Aido had children, but obviously I didn't stick entirely to the manga. I hope this doesn't bother anyone!

Also, don't hate me for what I did with Kyoya... he's personally my favorite host, so trust me on this? Oh... BTW... what do you think happened to Kyoya? Make sure to see the next chapter to see if you are right ^_^

ALSO, WOO HOO for the longest chapter yet :P :)