"Kaname-sama would like to see you."

Zero and I gave each other a look before I turned to Seiren.

"Well you can tell him, I would not like to see him," I replied.

"It is urgent and he wishes to speak with you immediately."

I snorted.

"Immediately?" I drawled then glanced at Zero "He probably wants to turn me back."

Zero shifted, looking a little uncomfortable and I folded my arms.

"I am not interested, I am not meeting with him," I said firmly.

"It won't take very long."

"Not interested."

"He very much wishes to see you."

"You're not going to leave us alone until I go, are you?"

"Affirmative."

Damn it! I sighed before shrugging to Zero.

"OK, you go ahead and make sure Yuki-nee's alright," I said "I'll go and see what the manipulative douche wants."

"Be careful," Zero warned and I smirked, taking Pearl Beauty out and tugging her cord.

"I will be," I promised.

We separated ways, I gave Zero a glance over my shoulder and met his eyes briefly. I felt my cheeks warm up and turned away. He always had such beautiful eyes.

I followed Seiren to the Moon Dorms where she left me with directions to Kuran's room. I followed them, stopping at the door of his room where he was gazing out of his window, putting his coat on. I leaned on the doorframe.

"I want to stay human."

Kuran turned and I folded my arms, glaring at him.

"So we're done?" I said "You and Yuki-nee go off into the sunset while I stay here and help Cross and Zero clear the school up, everyone's happy, good day to you."

"Mana," Kuran chuckled as I began to move away "Mana, wait."

"What?"

I turned to him and flinched when I realised how close he had come. I took a step back, glaring at him.

"What did I leave out?" I asked and he gave me a look, that sort of kicked puppy look before kneeling down before me.

"Mana, will you marry me?"

If the circumstances hadn't been so grim, I would have probably laughed. But instead, I felt creeped out, like some sort of insect had crawled into my clothes.

"Um, no," I said rather promptly as I took another step back "No way, in heaven or hell or if you were the last person in existence."

"Mana…"

I glared at him.

"I've always made it very clear," I said slowly "You're the last person I would ever commit to."

"Mana…"

He was still giving me that pitiful look, as if I would fall for a pitiful looking sight.

"No! And don't say my name so causally like that or in that tone! Why would you want to marry me anyway, aren't I your sister?"

"…It's not uncommon for Purebloods to inbreed for blood purity."

"Well forget it, you want inbred babies? Go to Yuki-nee, we're practically the same person, she's the one who is head over heels in love with you."

Kuran chuckled.

"Mana, you're…" he sighed as he got to his feet and gazed down at me with soft eyes "You and Yuki, you're different, so different."

"Not by looks, if that's what you're into."

"Mana, I love you."

WHAT?! I don't know what kind of look I gave him, but I'm hoping it was something between disgust and horror. Probably a little bit of surprise because that had just come out of nowhere. I shook my head and sighed shortly.

"Of course you do, I'm your sister, supposedly anyway…"

"I love you as a love interest."

Well damn.

"Kuran, do I have to spell this out?!" I began to get really angry "I hate you! I absolutely despise you!"

His face became emotionless as I began to rant about how much I would not be marrying him.

"You're deceitful! You're untrustworthy! You even used me as bait for Rido!"

"Mana, I'm…"

"Not done! You manipulate those around you! You led Yuki-nee on so many times, I was actually close to killing you one time! And what's worse is that you tried to extort me into being your girlfriend so I could find out about our past, whilst you knew very well that Yuki-nee was having violent hallucinations! Forgive me for being shallow, but I don't look for those kinds of things in a husband!"

I took in a deep breath.

"I'll say it again," I snarled as I put as much venom as possible into my glare "You're the last person I would ever commit to."

Kuran…was very silent and still. It began to scare me and I turned my back to leave. Next thing I knew, his arms were wrapped tightly around my body, his breathing in my ear, on my neck…

CRACK!

He hissed as I used Pearl Beauty and I began to run. He was quicker, by the time I reached the stairs, he was on me again and wrestling my weapon from me. He snapped my wrist and I bite my lip hard to stop myself from screaming. The whip fell down the stairs as Kuran towered over me, one hand around my broken wrist, his other arm looped around my back. His breathing was heavy and an ominous shadow was cast over his eyes. I began to thrash and kick.

"Mana…" he breathed as my struggles were futile, he was too strong "Even if you're like this, I still love you."

The tone of his voice when he said that made me feel very afraid. He twisted my arm so that my broken wrist would be in his other hand and brushed the hair out of my face.

"Mana…" he purred rather creepily "My Mana…"

He was beginning to sound very much like Rido and I thrashed about more.

"What do you think you're doing?!" I demanded and he covered my eyes.

"I will take care of you."

It felt like something was inside my brain and it was eating up my memories. I tried to attack, tried to resist but did not scream. Or I might have, it was too uncertain because suddenly, I felt disconnected. I couldn't feel my body, which made me glad and scared because I couldn't feel Kuran anymore. What I did feel, however, was my neck being pierced and I knew I wasn't the same Mana as before. I tried to call for help as I began to struggle remembering names and places where I had been. But there was one name which I clung onto and during the battle, I called and called for him to come and help.

Zero!

"It didn't have to be like this, Mana."

Zero!

"We could have left peacefully."

Zero!

"But this is a good second option."

Zero!

"You don't need anything but me, Mana."

Zero!

"Let…go…"

ZERO!