Setsumi tosses and turns in her sleep as images keep popping into her dreams. She continues to fidget before waking up and gets out of bed. She paces around her small room while taking a few of her pills. 'Why can't I sleep?' She wondered tiredly as she sits down at her desk, her hand in her hands.

"Nee-chan!" Setsumi gasps, her eyes flying open. She stared around her room confused for a moment. 'I must of fallen asleep.' She realized as she stood up and answered the door.

"Yuuki?" Setsumi raised an eyebrow as she spots Zero standing behind her. "What did you need?"

"It's time for class, Nee-chan," Yuuki told her. Setsumi's eyes widen and she glances back at her alarm clock.

"Is it really?" she inquired, shocked.

"Nee-chan, are you okay?" Yuuki questioned in concern. Setsumi gave a small nod and turned back to her.

"I'll be ready in ten," she told them then shuts the door. 'How did I lose all that time?' She asked herself before quickly getting dressed.

~o~

She walked next to Zero as they were lead by the Night Class to their classes. Setsumi suddenly stops walking and turns to look out into the woods.

"Setsumi?" Zero whispered as he watched her. He looks in the direction she was staring at and frowned. Leaning against a tree was Shiki and his brother. 'But why did it make her stop to stare?' Zero wondered before taking her hand.

"Setsumi," he called to her.

"Hm?" she doesn't look away from the two boys. Zero gently tugs on her hand finally gaining her attention.

"Come on, let's go," he said softly.

"Yeah," Setsumi answered in a slight trance and followed after him.

~o~

Zero watched Setsumi from the top of the class. She was still acting a bit dazed from whatever happened earlier. He had noticed the light bags under her eyes and even paler complexion when she opened the door this morning. He had heard the rattling sound of her pill bottle being open before she had left the room to join them. Right now, Setsumi was surrounded by some of the Day class girls and he could tell she was about to blow at any moment.

"Would you all get lost!" Setsumi shouted causing the group to shriek in fright then run off. Zero chuckled quietly to himself before looking over to the door when it open. He narrowed his eyes as his younger brother walks in.

"So, you still finding ways to be involved with the Senate?" Zero asked him.

"That's really none of your business, is it?" Inchiru inquired.

"Listen, if something happens to Setsumi, you'll see a different side of me," he warned Ichiru.

"So scary," he smirked before walking away.

~o~

After classes were over, Setsumi wandered around the grounds with Aidou not too far behind her.

"Setsumi," she glanced over to the swan fountain and found Kuran standing there.

"What? Are you stalking me now?" she snapped.

"It's no fun always meeting up on school grounds," he said, ignoring her comment. "Should we go somewhere tomorrow?"

"Oh for God's sake!" Setsumi exclaimed then stormed over to Kuran. "When will you get it?"

"There is no you and me! There is no us! We aren't dating and we never will!" she shouted at him. "Why can't you understand that? I'm with Zero, who I love very much and I'm never going to leave him!" Setsumi grunts in pain as images of a bloody room flashes in her mind and the little girl's voice returns. She clutches at her head as the pain gets worse.

"What's happening to me?" she asked him. "I don't understand. Who are you to me? Who are you to Yuuki? How are we connected?"

"And why are you trying to hide it?" Setsumi questioned as she looks at him with wild eyes. She grabs his uniform jacket. "Tell me what happened, Kuran. I need to know the truth," she lets out a soft gasp as a woman's face pops into her mind. 'She looks like Yuuki.' Setsumi thought fuzzily before fainting into Kuran's arms.

~o~

Setsumi gasped awake in panic, her breathing was eradicate as she took in her surroundings. She let out a soft cry as she notices all the blood that painted the room and her hands. She pulled her knees to her chest and hid her face in her arms. 'It's not real.' She told herself. 'It's just a trick.' Setsumi tenses when she hears the door open.

"Sumi, are you awake?" the person asked. She quickly launches herself at the person and brought them to the floor, her hands around their neck. Zero noticed how heavily Setsumi was breathing and the wild look in her eyes. 'Out of the two of us, who was really running out of time?' He thought as he closed his eyes.

"Zero?" came a soft whisper from her.

"Are you alright?" he asked her, calmly.

"Why aren't you fighting back?" her voice was still quiet.

"Sumi, I told you, you can do whatever you want with my life," Zero reminded her and opened his eyes.

"Because you believe I'm your victim, Zero?" the smile that graced her face was one Zero had never seen on her before. It looked almost insane. "You're so naive. Can't you see that I'm the one you can never escape from?!"

"I'm the one who's forced you to play along with my selfishness," Setsumi caressed his cheek. "Everything I've done, I was only doing those things for myself."

"Sumi, you're not making any sense," Zero told her when he realized she was lost in a daze. Her eyes widen slightly, so she did hear him and could understand but her replies were jumbled. Zero bites his lip as he finally decided on what to do. 'She needs help and Kuran is the only one who would know how.' He realized as he felt his heart breaking. 'I have to let her go to save her.'

"It sounds as if you're desperately saying that you really do need me. But you're wrong, Setsumi," Zero sat up and her hand fell away from his neck and face. "The only one you really need is Kaname Kuran, and it has been that way from the very beginning."

"Something is wrong with you," he watched as the light in her beautiful eyes quickly disappears. Setsumi slowly shuffles away from him, her long hair hiding her face from view.

"Get out," Zero clenches his eyes shut at the broken reply. He stands up and walks towards the door. He glances one look back at the huddled form on the floor. 'I'm sorry, Setsumi.' He thought before walking out of the room. As soon as Setsumi heard the door closed, she began to cry softly. She looks up when cold wind began to rustle her hair. There standing before her was Kuran.

"What are you going here, Kuran?" she asked him as she stood on shaky legs. He grabbed her hand and pulled her into his arms. "No! Let go! Let me go!" Setsumi shouted weakly before going limp. Kuran looks up as the door to Setsumi's room slams open. He stares at the pale teen.

"Kuran, I want to know what you intend to do with Setsumi," Zero ordered as he watched the Pureblood pick her up and hold her close to his chest. She looked like a china doll in his arms.

"You will not betray her," Kuran replied before disappearing in a strong gust of wind. Zero quickly covers his face against the wind until it stopped. When he turned back to the window, they were gone.

"Damnit!"

~o~

Kuran watched Setsumi as she muttered to herself.

"Red snow," he heard her whisper. "The world is dyed in blood and I can't see anything else."

"Setsumi, stop," he told her gently. "That's enough. It's time that you wake up before you go mad," Her eyes close as he leans down and sinks his fangs into her neck. A few moments later, Kuran begins to feel her start to struggle.

"Kuran, what are you," he quickly tightens his hold around her and covers her mouth with a hand. After another minute passes, Kuran lifts his head.

"Setsumi," he wipes the lone tear from her eye. "Please, only you," he bites his wrist and draws some blood into his mouth. He removes his wrist then kisses Setsumi, pushing the blood into her mouth and forcing her to swallow it. She began to struggle again but Kuran held onto her until every last drop was gone. Kuran pulls away and she stares up at him with wide eyes.

"Have you woken, Setsumi?" he inquired as he wiped some of his blood off her bottom lip. "Do you remember who I am?"

"What have you done?" she asked him in a confused voice. Setsumi sat up and pushed him away gently. "Why? Why did you wake," they both look up at the sound of a gun safely clicking off.

"I know that smell," Zero glared down at the brunet vampire. "It's Setsumi's blood. However, now I sense two vampires! Kuran, you've turned Setsumi!" the brunet pureblood looks up at him smugly.

"Zero, enough!" Zero freezes at the order. It was like that moment with Kurenai again. He looks down to Setsumi and focused in on her. Her eyes were filled with tears as she stared up at him. "He's my younger brother," she managed to say before her world went black once more. Zero stared at the two in shock as Kuran held her close.

"You're. . .siblings?" he questioned confused.

"That's right," Kuran answered. "However, if I were truly born her younger brother, then I would have been much happier."