The blond boy seemed to hear Aido and turned to look at us. Once he did I saw that he nearly dropped the manga he was holding, staring at surprise at Aido.

"Hanabusa Aido?" The boy, Takuma, asked slowly, like he wasn't sure of himself, and walked closer to get a better look. "Aido, it is you." Takuma said, dropping the manga as he attacked Aido in a hug. I caught the manga before it hit the ground as I saw Aido struggle it this boy's grip.

"Ichijo-San, let go of me!" He snapped, sounding kind of freaked that this boy was hugging him. I chuckled a little as the boy finally let go of him.

"What happened to you and Kain, Aido-San? Everyone is worried about the two of you." The boy asked, sounding happy to she Aido. As Aido told this boy, Takuma Ichijo, what had happened, I began to wonder if he was also a vampire like Aido and Kain. To me he looked way too nice and kind to be a vampire. Finally, when Aido told him everything, both him and the Ichijo boy looked at me.

"So you must be Kelly Waters then." he said and gave me a friendly smile.

"Yes, and you dropped this." I said, showing him the manga.

"Oh, thank-you." He said, and gentle took the book from me. "By the way, I'm Takuma Ichjio. A friend of Aido and Kain's. When they came here we had no idea that they would be kidnapped. I hope you've been taking care of my friends now." Ichijo said with a smile.

"Of course she's been taking care of us, Ichijo. It's her father that's the problem." Aido said for me, and I got a little nervous. I didn't like people talking about my father, even more when those people knew that my father beat me.

"Well I guess it's a good news bad news thing. When are you and Akatsuki coming home?" Ichijo asked talking to Aido. I just went to look for some mangas as they talked.

"We can't leave, Ichijo. A spell disallows us to. Maybe the spell will be broken if the contracted was torn up." I heard Aido say, almost sadly, which made me a little sad since he did want to leave.

"Hmmm. Maybe I should tell Kaname about this once I get back. He might be able to do something about this." Ichjio said, and I was starting to hope that he didn't leave anytime soon. I didn't want Aido and Kain to leave me. They were one of the very few that knew about my father and I was starting to feel a little more safe having them in the house when my father was around.

"Yeah, but I don't feel right about leaving Kelly just yet. You have no idea how bad her father beats her, and he gets away with it. Both me and Akatsuki are thinking that we should protect her from him." Aido whispered but I still heard him. That made my heart hurt with happiness. They weren't going to leave me after all.

"Alright then. I can understand that. I would like to see Kain before I left anyways." He said then smiled at me as if he had just asked a question and was now waiting for the answer.

"Umm, I'll have to call and ask my mother first." I said and hid a blush. This boy was really cute after all. His smile grew a little as I gave all of my manga for Aido to hold, which he grumbled over, then took out my cell phone to call my mom.

"Hello?"

"Hi mom. Is it OK if somebody came over?"

"Hmm. I guess it will be OK. Sure, why not?"

"Thanks, mom. Oh, is dad home?"

"Not yet."

"OK then. I'll see you when I get home then."

"Bye, dear."

"Bye."

"OK, it's OK with my mother if you come over." I said and saw Ichijo smile happily.

"Thank-you. It's going to be nice to see Kain again." He said and we went to pay for ours books before we went out to the car, where Edward was still waiting.

"Are you all done, Mss. Waters?" he asked then looked at Ichijo and Aido, who was still holding my books.

"Yes, Edward. This is Takmua Ichijo and he's going to becoming with us." I said and Edward smiled and nodded. We all then got in the car then drove off to my house. As we did I wondered how my dad was going to react when he saw Ichijo. I shuddered. Better not even think about it.