Here we go ya'll I promised that I would get you an update within a week and I did! It's a little shorter than usual but you will get another chapter by Friday at 3 (central time US). I have decided that I will get an update at least once a week.

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Silence followed the departure of the purebloods and lasted until all present we sure that they would be out of earshot, only then did the conversation resume.

"Are we sure that letting Kaname-sama take the throne is a good idea?" Ruka's father asked. "I mean, he is the one responsible for the annihilation of the senate. This almost seems like we are rewarding him for rash behavior. Is that smart?"

"Well we don't really have a choice now, do we? Since someone told him it was an option," one of the women said cruelly looking at Aidou's father.

"I just said what we had decided we were going to say," Aidou senior said indignantly. "You can't blaime me for doing what we had all agreed on doing."

"Yes but we were unaware that Kaname-sama was unstable when we decided to offer him the throne," said another noble.

That was too much for Hanabusa who decided that the time had come for him to speak up. "Kaname-sama is not unstable!" he interjected. "You have no right to judge him when you have no idea what went on today because of the senate. I would have killed them too if I had been in his position."

The older nobles stood there looking at him in response to his sudden outburst. "Hanabusa," his father said slowly, "what do you know about what happened today?"

"I was there for all of it," Hanabusa said sadly. "And I refuse to relive it again for all of you. Just trust me when I say he was justified in his actions. But I don't believe we will see a repeat of his behavior."

"What makes you so sure," Ruka's father snapped.

"Yuuki-sama," Hanabusa said with certainty. "She will be a taming force if he ever considers anything rash."

"What is her story anyway?" one of the women asked. "Is she actually a Kuran?"

"Why would they lie to you?" Ruka asked sharply. "What would that possibly accomplish for them?"

The nobles pondered that for a moment in silence, and then the headmaster gently cut in and said, "As Kaname-kun said, I do have spare rooms that I would be willing to share with you for the night if you would like to rest. I can take you to them now if you would like." Realizing that there was nothing that they could do until Kaname made his decision, the expressed their gratitude and followed the headmaster to their rooms.

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Yuuki opened her eyes surprised to see that she was back on the roof of the moon dorm. She looked around in confusion and began to panic a little when she realized that there was nothing and no one around her. Where the trees and sky should have been there was only blackness and emptiness.

"Hello!" she yelled as loudly as she could. He panic increasing when she couldn't hear the sound of her own voice though she had felt her vocal cords move. She wondered if she had gone deaf and tried to clap her hands to make a sound and was again met with silence though she felt the sting on her flesh from the impact.

Inside her head she suddenly heard a cruel mocking laugh. She turned looking for the source of the laughter and felt her heart stop at the sight. Standing on the opposite end of the roof was a man that she had never wanted to see again: her uncle.

No! she thought almost desperately he can't be here. He's dead.

"Are you sure about that Yuuki," his voice asked inside her head swirling like a noxious fume. She shut her eyes as though not seeing him would make him unable to speak in her mind. I killed him she thought, trying to reassure herself. I killed him and he is dead and can never hurt anyone again.

"How do you know," he whispered closing the distance between them and stroking her arm, "did you actually see my body?"

I didn't need to! She thought angrily I felt you die. And DON'T touch me. He laughed at her again. And moved behind her, embracing her and restraining her as he had done earlier. Please don't. she begged silently. Please, not again. She felt tears beginning to fall down her face and her throat felt tight in fear.

"Now Yuuki," he asked in a mock sympathetic tone, "Do you really think that will work this time?" his hands began roaming her body and he sighed at the feel of her sobbing form. She struggled against him trying to get free.

You're not real, she kept repeting to herself.

"I'm as real as you are," his voice said deep within her mind. "I'm a part of you now. You can never get rid of me."

NO! she screamed finally breaking the silence around her and suddenly sounds rushed to her ears. His excited panting and her sobbing gasps. The sounds infuriated her. "We are not going to do this again," she snapped turning to face him. "I've killed you once and I can do it again."

He smiled condescendingly at her and said "Dear naïve girl, to kill me you will have to kill yourself." And then he disappeared into the blackness leaving her standing on the site of her worst memory. She felt her strength leave her and she collapsed to her knees and began sobbing to herself. "It can't be true," she whispered over and over again.

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Kaname awoke suddenly to Yuuki twitching against him. He glanced around quickly and was soon satisfied that there was nothing but the two of them in the room. Figuring that she had just spasmed in her sleep, he rolled over and was about to go back to sleep when he heard her mutter, "No" I a pitiful almost plaintive voice.

He hadn't known that she talked in her sleep and was intrigued as to what she was dreaming about. "He's dead," she mumbled softly moving again. Now her breath was speeding up. He was watching her dream and was no longer intrigued by her behavior; he was troubled by it. Who was dead? And what on earth was she dreaming about? He reached out to pat her soothingly to try to ease her out of the dream.

His skin had barely made contact with her when she cried out, "DON'T touch me." It was so much louder and clearer than her other mumblings had been that he figured she had woke up and immediately began to apologize for touching her without permission, but then she went back to her mumbling and twitching. Now she was sobbing and tears were beginning to roll down her pale cheeks. "Please don't" she mumbled tossing her head. "Please not again." Kaname now knew what she was dreaming about and felt rage and sorrow rise in his chest. He may have been unable to stop it the first time, but this time he had the power to help her. All he had to do was wake her up.

Knowing from past experience that she might wake up violently, he held her wrists gently in one of his hand and shook her shoulder gently with the other. "Yuuki," he said gently but firmly and loudly, "You need to wake up now." When she didn't respond, he shook her a little harder attempting to get her to respond.

"You're not real," she mumbled trying to pull her arms away from him.

"I am real Yuuki, and I'm always here for you, now you need to wake up!" he said shaking her again.

"NO," she screamed into his face before descending into sobs and attempting to curl up on herself.

Kaname took his attention from Yuuki's face as he heard the door hit the wall behind him and turned to see an angry Kyriuu standing there a line of blood on the side of his face and breathing heavily. Behind him stood an ashamed Seiren looking a little disheveled herself.

"What the hell is going on here Kuran?" he snapped.

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Well thank you all for reading. I hope you enjoyed it. Tell me what you think about it. (even if you hate it or me).

Thanks,

Stickdonkeys