"I think that does it don't you think so my hunter in crime?" Kaien joked to Yagari.

"you still have the fighting skills Cross"
"I thank you both for protecting not only Cross academy but Mayumi as well"
"don't sweat it Kuran" Yagari said half smiling. He and Kaien walk back to Cross academy. As Kaien and Yagari were walking, Zero stormed out of Cross academy in fury. Kaname wondered why Zero was so angry.

"Zero Chan! What are you doing?" Kaien yelled but Zero ignored him. Zero walks towards Kaname in rage, with a bloody rose in his hand.
"Kuran… You deceived Mayumi and me!"
"Kiryu… What are you saying?"
"Yuuki and you are going to get married after all!" Zero said as he pointed his bloody rose at the pureblood.
"Whoever told you such pitiful lie is just as pitiful themselves. Kiryu… Do you honestly believe such stupidity?"
"Yuuki told us everything"
"us?"
"Mayumi and I"

"Mayumi, she was here?"
"Say your last words Kuran" With his powers Kaname stopped Zero's attack and disappeared. Moments later, he was back at the sanctuary… back to his sanctuary. She had felt his presence but choose to ignore it until he spoke.

"Mayumi" she turns around and looks at him in disgust.

"How dare you say my name Kuran!" he felt great pain in his dead heart when she called him this way.

"What's wrong my love?"

"After what you planned to do and you still wonder why!"
"What did I plan to do?" he asked confused.

"Don't play idiot with me. You were going to marry Yuuki after all… I gave you my all and all you wanted was my blood! You are the definition itself a monster! I hate you Kuran! I never want to see you again!" These words had hurt him immensely. He could not believe that Mayumi could doubt his undying love for her.
"How could you believe such a horrifying story!" he takes her into his arms but she refuses. Hanabusa pulls her away from him.

Forgive me Kuran Senpai but she does not wish to see you"

"Do you honestly believe I would do such a cruel thing Aido?"

"Hanabusa and I overheard you talking with Cross about a plan" Kain said. Kaname was speechless for a moment and finally said.

"We did have a plan… I admit. I was to pretend to marry Yuuki but only to lure them away from you my love. Kyrie's clan was a big one and I just had to take precaution. To have them look somewhere else. I was going to pretend that you did not matter to me .Yuuki and I agreed on that and only that. It is a lie about me wanting only your blood!"

"You lie! You savage beast!" Mayumi runs up to him and hits his chest. He takes her into his arms. She could not help but cry in agony.

"Oh… I cannot help but still love you!" she looks up at him. He looks at her with the most loving eyes. "Why do I love you so?" She yells as she still hits his chest. She struggled to break from his embrace but he was much too strong.

"Mayumi don't ever believe such foul lies… My love for you is true"

"Get away from me! Even though I admit that I love you I don't want you near me Kuran!" She was angry, furious. Why did he not tell her such a plan? Why did he not trust her? Sure, she ran off without telling him but in the end, it was not as if she was going to marry Hanabusa. She felt as if he saw her as a pet he could order around and that was what truly got her angry.

"Senpai… that's enough! Let Mayumi be!" Hanabusa said as he took Mayumi into his arms.

"Stay out of this Aido"
"Hanabusa" Kain said trying to get his attention. As if reminding him that Kuran was the pureblood and not him. Stella had come back from her battle… no victorious. Alexander escaped much to her demise.
"Get me out of here Hana Chan… I never want to see the sight of this monster again. Because of him my life is dambed!" She looked at Kaname with the most resentful eyes he had ever seen. Her mistrust and incomprehension hurt Kaname terribly and what really hurt the most was that she felt repulsed by his presence.

Kaname was angry, furious and was now in search of the one whom was responsible for it all. Yuuki. Yet he thought of it weird for her to be acting in such a way. A way that was not Yuuki is at all… Then it hit him. One of their enemies must still be alive… But who?

"Kuran senpai… I believe you" Stella told him and added. "I am sorry I have failed you. Alexander has escaped" Kaname only listened to the first few words she said.

"But will she?"
"Give her time senpai. She still does not fully understand this new world of hers" He watched in pain as Aido had Mayumi in his arms. He knew that Hanabusa still longed for her, just as he did. Kain was right behind them. Of course he would be. Hanabusa was his cousin after all, so Kaname could not blame him.

"Stella… Stay with Mayumi and them. Do whatever you can to make them believe that you are on their side"
"yes Kuran senpai but May I ask what is wrong?"
"One of our enemies is still alive and he is using Yuuki as a shield"
"but who could it be?" instead of answering he disappears.

"Kuran senpai" she mumbled in astonishment.

He knew where to find this fiend, at the head chairman's office of Cross academy. Kaname walks into the room… He was more than correct.

"I've been expecting you Kuran"
"Veronica"
"it was so easy to take over this pathetic girl's body" she smirks evilly.

"What are you up too?"
"The same thing I did centuries ago. Kill you"
"I'd like to see you try"

"Seeing as in Vivien threw you like yesterday's trash" She giggles and adds, "That shouldn't be to hard"

"So you want to waste your time and avenge your loves death once again. I hope you know all his clan despised him" he smirks.
"I know that very well Kuran," she growled. "They were just part of the entertainment… A waste of time actually"
"You're after something much more I see"

"You see Kyrie's clan… They are nothing but bloodthirsty amateurs that if I yell blood them attack. They act as if they were level E vampires. Those amateurs I on the other hand, have a greater purpose. To make you suffer and have you both pay for Kyrie's death"
"you deserve each other well I see. You are nothing but waste just like he was. No wonder why he never took big interest in you" he chuckled to make Veronica mad.

"You won't be chuckling when Vivien is dead once and for all. I can't wait until I have her blood on my hands!" Threatening Mayumi's life was one thing Kaname would not let pass. Furious Kaname grabs Veronica by her throat, ready to kill her for threatening Mayumi's life. For minute, even forgetting it was not only Veronica he would kill… It would be Yuuki as well.

"You wouldn't dare kill your own sister now would you? You made a promise to Juri and Hakura to protect her remember?" She laughed in a sign of victory. What was Kaname to do now?

Next chapter piece.

"Hana Chan I do believe him… However, I am just so angry that even he treats me like that. All my life nothing but one big mystery after another" Hanabusa hugs Mayumi with much affection and love.

"Mayumi you shouldn't get mad at Kuran senpai… He only did it to protect you"
"I have to stay away from him though… from him and you. I don't want anyone hurt anymore"

"That's something that will be impossible Mayumi. I could never stay away from you" Mayumi cherishes his cheek with the palm of her hand. Hanabusa sweetly kisses her wrist.

"Hana Chan if I ask you to do something… Would you do it?"
"Of coarse you just say the word"

"Kill me when the time is right" Hanabusa would do anything for her… Except that.