Chapter 11:

The chapter title contest is still going.


An eight year old Ashlen Baker sat in her bedroom at her desk as she looked over her homework. It was math and math was one of the young girl's worst subjects.

As the girl worked, she gently flipped her pen between her fingers and lightly chewed on a small lock of her hair. It was something she had started to do when she was deep in though. Her parents had told her it was a dirty habit but she couldn't understand why.

"Hay, pipsqueak, if you keep you keep chewing on your hair, you'll become bald and ugly." A male's voice said in a tease tone behind her. Ashlen didn't even need to turn around to tell it was Rido. He was the only one that called her pipsqueak, plus Ashlen recognized his voice.

"I'm not a pipsqueak, Rido-Sama, and I'm not going to go bald; am I?" She asked as she turned in the seat to look at the vampire behind her. He was grinning and let out a chuckle.

"Well, maybe not bald, but you'd be coughing up hair balls." The purblood said back, grinning evilly at Ashlen. The girl only took it as him being playful with her.

"I am not a cat, Rido-Sama. " Ashlen shouted as she crossed her arms and pouted cutely. Rido only laughed at that. A deep, heavy, humorous laugh.

"I never even thought about that, but now that you mention it….." He said, trailing off with another grin.

Ashlen looked up at him with big, soft, puffy eyes. It was her way in asking the purblood vampire to stop it.

Rido's evil grin softened a little as he placed his hand on the top of Ashlen's head to ruffle her hair. Ashlen's pout turned into a smile and she grabbed the hand that was on top of her head, but didn't even try to remove it.

"Rido-Sama? Can you help me with something?" Ashlen asked suddenly, a pout back on her face, hoping he wouldn't say no to it.

Rido stared down at Ashlen's look and sighed. He was immune to the puppy dog look since plenty of younger people, humans and even some vampires, would give him that look before he killed them.

Although, for a reason he didn't understand, Ashlen's look seemed to get to him. Maybe it was the fact that he knew her for five years was a part of it.

"What would you like help with, Ashlen?" He asked with a smile and Ashlen smiled back happily.

"Can you help me with these math problems? I can't understand them." She asked, turning around in her seat again to point to the problems she was having problems with.

Rido frowned a little in confusion and almost burst of laughing at what Ashlen wanted help with. Though he did his best to do show, he couldn't stop himself from giggling. The purblood Kuran even would have expected that question from Ashlen at all.

Ashlen pouted and crossed her arms again when she heard the vampire laugh at her question. She had been being serious after all. Rido soon stopped his laughing, looking over at her small girl and smiling.

"I guess it wouldn't kill me." Rido said with a smirk on his face and as his patted the top of Ashlen's head again.

Ashlen smiled brightly at the vampire. "Thank you, Rido-Sama." She said in a cheery tone before showing him the first problem. '23 + X = 52'

"Try working it backwards." Rido said with a smile after he read the problem over. Ashlen looked at him in confusion.

"What do you mean?" Ashlen asked, her voice showing the same thing as her look.

"Do the problem 52-23 and you'll have your answer." Rido responded with another smirk. Ashlen nodded and did as she was told. For her answer she got 29.

"Thank you, Rido-Sama. The rest should be easy now." Ashlen said happily. The girl then stood up in her chair so she'd be at Rido's level before she softly kissed his cheek to thank him.

Ashlen then sat back down in her seat to finish her home work as Rido touched the part of the cheek that Ashlen kissed.

~Rido's P.O.V~

After about an hour of doing her homework, Ashlen rested her head on her desk and fell asleep, breathing softly through her slightly opened mouth as she did.

Rido gazed down at the now sleeping girl, just watching her. A small smirk then came on his lips soon later as he bent down to gently pick up the sleeping girl in his arms.

Rido Kuran then carried the sleeping Ashlen to her bed. He gently held her in one arm as the other one pulled back the beddings before placing the girl onto the bed. Rido then covered the girl with the blanket before just looking down at her.

Ashlen let out a soft groan/moan in her sleep as she rolled over, facing Rido, to sleep on her side. The purblood saw that when her girl moved some of the blanket came off of her. So now the young Ashlen's shoulders where showing. Rido's blue eye then turned red when he noticed that her neck was also showing through some gaps in the hair that covered it.

The purblood got down on one knee, since he was really tall and bending would just hurt his back, and gently moved the rest of the hair away from Ashlen's neck. He then opened his mouth wide, his fangs long, sharp and dripping with saliva, before bring his face down to the young girl's neck.

Although, Rido stopped as soon as his fangs gently touched Ashlen's neck; not breaking the skin. Although Ashlen seemed to feel it as she shifted to her other side in her sleep.

Rido raised his head and sighed. He couldn't bring himself to bite Ashlen. He stood up straight and headed for the bedroom door, turning off the light before he left.

"Oh, Rido, is Ashlen asleep?" The mother asked as she too walked down the hall. Rido only started at her, his head hung a little as he nodded so she couldn't see his glare.

Rido was really hungry and it made him really angry. He was in a house with three really good blood donors and he couldn't eat any of them. It really pissed him off.

Rido only walked past the Baker woman, and headed down the stairs. His head was still hanging down as he clenched his hand into a fist. Rido was trying to fight off his blood lust as long as he could; until he was out of the house. Though it was a struggle for him since this was the first time he denied himself blood when it was only around him.

"Oh, Rido, are you leaving?" Mr Baker asked before the purblood out the door.

Without turning around to look at the wizard, thinking that he'd lose control and attack the man if he did, Rido glared at the door from holding onto his blood lust. He was also a little annoyed that, throughout the Baker family only Ashlen spoke to him with respect, the Japanese way.

"Yes.... Ashlen is sleeping now and I'm getting really hungry." Rido said with a slight grin, his blue eye turning red for a moment.

"Oh, alright then. Thank you for coming over." Mr. Baker said in a cheery tone voice before walking through the hallway.

Rido then left the house and attacked the first person he saw walking the streets; a middle aged man.

~End Flashback~

Rido grinned as he looked at the noble vampire and his dog; the very same dog that had talked to Ashlen.

"So, she is still in the area?" He asked, pleased to hear this, but asking to make sure he wasn't being lied to.

"Yes. Kaage said he saw her walking down Yelled42nd and Copper51rt Street." (A/N: In real life Japan doesn't name their streets) The vampire answered and Rido chuckled softly.

"I'm glade I could find someone with Ashlen's similar power to help me." Rido said in a pleased tone, looking at the dog as he talked about the power to talk to animals.

"I'm happy to be of servos to you, Rido-Sama." The lower class vampire said with a low boy. The dog imitated his master and stretched out his body, butt in the air so it'd look like he was bowing too.

Rido didn't answer the other vampire, he only smiled to himself. 'She is probably heading home.' He thought to himself. The male purblood then closed his eyes as he snickered to himself at his thoughts.

'Perfect. All I have to do now is go there and erase the memory of me killing her parents. Then everything with be fine again.' He thought to himself with a grin, licking his lips as he suddenly remembered what the Baker mother tasted like.

Rido then looked over to his side to see that the noble and is dog where still there. "You can leave now." Rido said, waving his hand towards the door in a kind of annoyed way. He heard what he wanted now he had nothing else to do with the noble vampire.

"Thank you, Rido-Sama." The vampire said before disappearing in a puff of black smoke, taking his dog with him.

Rido then leaned back in his chair, putting his hands together as he chuckled darkly to himself. 'Ashlen, I'm coming for you; tomorrow.' He thought to himself before standing up from the chair and leaving the room.


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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