"What do you mean?" Zero asked Kuran.

"Setsumi is without a doubt a pureblood daughter of the Kuran family," Kuran explained. "Even a pathetic vampire like you should be able to sense that," he stood up with Setsumi in his arms.

"But then, you're also something that hunts us. What will you do?" Kuran inquired before jumping down from the roof.

~o~

Ten Years ago. . .

Kaname opened the door to the windowless room their family was staying in.

"Onii-sama and Onee-sama are back!" the two pre-teens smiled softly as their younger sister raced towards them. "Welcome home, Kaname onii-sama and Setsumi onee-sama!" the small girl wrapped her arms around their waists. Kaname chuckled as he pats her head.

"It's good to be home, Yuuki-chan," Setsumi told her little sister before looking over to her parents. "We're home, Otou-sama, Okaa-sama." Haruka stood to receive his eldest hug.

"Welcome home, my snowflake," he whispered into her snow white hair. Kaname led Yuuki back to the couch before taking a seat into one of the chairs next to it. Juuri moved over to the other chair so Haruka could sit in-between his daughters on the couch. Both pureblood princesses snuggled into their father's sides while their brother told their parents about the trip he and Setsumi went on.

"We went to see a rare rose that blooms only once every ten years," Kaname explained then turned to Yuuki. "But we couldn't bring it back with us," Yuuki pouted at her brother.

"Why not?" she questioned.

"It withers as soon as you pick it, Yuuki-chan," Yuuki looks at her sister. "But the next time it blooms, we'll have it encased in resin. It'd be prefect for you, our little blossoming rose." Haruka smiled at his eldest words.

"Did you find anything you liked on this trip?" he asked her. Setsumi instantly brightens and quickly pulls something out of her coat pocket.

"We were on our way home when we passed this man's craft's shop, Otou-sama," She held out a small vase that had gold and silver metal work on the ends but the center was made of resin. "Do you see the little white dots?" Setsumi pointed them out for her father.

"Are those snowflakes?" he inquired curious.

"They are! Isn't it amazing?" she gushed like a normal ten year old human girl would do. "Kana-chan bought it for me, isn't he the best little brother ever, Otou-sama?" the eight year old in question blushed a deep red at his sister's words causing his parents to share a knowing smile.

"The man that makes these only makes them every ten years or so," Haruka listened to his daughter happily chat away with a gentle smile but he couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt and regret. The only reason that smile was his was because he took it away from his big brother. He was the reason his brother went truly insane.

"Otou-sama?" Haruka focused back on Setsumi.

"Yes, my snowflake?" he replied.

"I was wondering if I could take Yuuki out to see the freshly fallen snow?" Setsumi asked hesitantly.

"You know she can't go outside, Setsumi," her father told her causing the tween to frown.

"How long does Yuuki have to stay here in this basement like some dirty secret?!" she exclaimed. Juuri stared at her eldest with sad eyes.

"Setsumi," she said softly to calm her.

"It seems nowadays the Senate isn't trying to control the power of our blood," all three Kuran children stare up at their father. "They want to control our very existence as well."

"Yuuki's still young. We don't want her to have anything to do with them," Juuri explain in her motherly voice. "I know we're being selfish, but we want to protect Yuuki."

"I'm fine, I promise," Setsumi turned to her sister, who smiled up at her. "So you don't have to look so scared, Setsumi onee-sama, okay?"

"Okay, Yuuki-chan," she whispered but Kaname noticed the sad look in his older sister's eyes.

~o~

Kaname held onto his sisters as they huddled together on the couch. Yuuki was a quivering mess while Setsumi stared blankly at the doors, her arms holding them tight. He could tell by the look on her face that she was having a vision.

"It's alright," he whispered to Yuuki. She was sitting on Setsumi's lap while he was tucked into her side. "We'll stay with you."

"I can smell lots of blood," Yuuki whimpers. Kaname frowns at the scared tone in his little sister's voice. But he knew that Setsumi was just as scared but better at hiding it.

"It really hurts me to see you scared likes this," he said aloud. "Maybe I have just been reveling in these happy times and avoiding it. But I have made up my mind now."

"I will create a place for you both, where you won't have to live in fear ever again," Kaname vowed to his precious sisters.

"Okaa-sama is coming," Setsumi whispered to them. The door open not a second later after she said that. The children looked over to their mother.

"Setsumi, Kaname, Yuuki," Juuri said softly.

"Okaa-sama!" Yuuki jumped off her sister's lap and ran over to her mother. "Okaa-sama, where's Otou-sama?" Setsumi watched her mother from the couch with sad eyes, already knowing what was to come. Kaname walked over to the brunettes in concern when he didn't see his father.

"I see," he said after a moment of staring at Juuri. "I'm so sorry. I should have taken care of things with Rido myself," Juuri walked over to her son.

"Thank you," she told him. "Please keep taking care of Setsumi and Yuuki for us," then placed a kiss to his cheek. She leans away and grabs Yuuki's hand before turning to Setsumi. "Come along, Setsumi."

"I'll be right behind you, Okaa-sama," Setsumi replied. Juuri nodded then leads Yuuki out of the room. Setsumi stood up from the couch and walks over to her little brother and brings him into her arms, holding him tight.

"Sumi onee-sama?" he whispered.

"Promise me that you'll take care of yourself when we're gone, Kana-chan?" Setsumi requested as she pulled away from him. "Promise me you'll be safe. That'll be happy."

"I promise," Kaname felt tears well in his eyes as she places a kiss on the opposite cheek their mother kissed and placed something in his hand.

"Take care of it for me," Setsumi ruffles his hair before walking into the room her mother and sister were in, ignoring her brother's calls. Juuri opens her arm towards her eldest and Setsumi rushed into her mother's embrace.

"Yuuki, Setsumi, I'm going to seal all your vampire genes and turn you into a human," Juuri explained to her daughters. "Listen to me very closely, girls," the two Kuran sisters focused on their mother. "Once I use this spell, I'm afraid I cannot be with you anymore," Setsumi felt tears roll down her cheeks as blood began to stream down her mother's face.

"But I'm so happy I'm able to do this for you," Juuri told them with a small smile on her lips. "I don't want you to hate me for making this decision for you," Juuri held them close once again.

"Okaa-sama?"

"When you wake up, my darling daughters, you won't remember anything," she said, her voice cracking at the end.

"I will always love you, Okaa-sama," Setsumi whispered to the woman before her world went dark.

~o~

Kuran watches as a single tear rolls down Setsumi's cheek as he took them to the headmaster's house. He stops in front of Aidou and Kain.

"So it turns out that Setsumi Cross is a pureblood vampire," Kain stated. Aidou stares at the unconscious girl in Kuran's arms.

"She's your sister," he said.

"Hanabusa, no other daughters were ever born to the Kuran family. And the only one that was died with Lord and Lady Kuran," Kain told his cousin.

"Actually, there was one other but Setsumi is the true daughter of Haruka and Juuri," Kuran lied. The true parentage of his sister was not ready to be revealed yet. "And she is the child I was born to marry."

"But that depends on Setsumi," he walks towards the house. "If she still wishes it so. Why are you so surprised? It is not uncommon in a pureblood lineage for siblings to marry."

"No, it's not," came Aidou's soft reply.

"So the source of this threatening atmosphere throughout the Academy is coming from the person who's after your sisters," Kain guessed much to Kuran's annoyance.

"You're not going to ask who it is?" he inquired.

"We don't obey you simply because you're a pureblood," Kain said. "We'll keep watch no matter who the enemy is."

"I'm taking advantage of you two," Kuran said before entering the house. He went to Setsumi's room and places her back on her bed. 'My body is burning up. My throat is parched.' Setsumi thought as she slowly woke up. Her vision is blurry for a few moments before clearing up.

"Sumi onee-sama," she stared up at Kuran with wide glowing red eyes.

"Kana-chan," she whispered as she sits up and reaches for him. "Kana, so thirsty."

"It's alright, Onee-sama," he takes her into his arms. "I know what you need to do," Setsumi quickly pushes him down on the bed and straddles him. She licks the column of his throat before gently piercing him with her fangs.

"Sumi, I'm sorry," he told her as she began to drink. "I'm sorry I've brought you back into this hateful spell of blood," Kuran closes his eyes as he wraps his arms around Setsumi. "Setsumi, perhaps I honestly did yearn for this day to come," he said after a few moments of silence. Setsumi pulls away and stars down at him, her eyes wide with shock and fear. Kuran watched as the glowing red faded away to reveal her bluish-silver eyes.

"You see it?" he questioned.

"Yes," she replied. "What was it? That frightening creature?" she moved off him and stood in the middle of the room, her back towards him.

"For ten years I've watched over you and Yuuki in place of our parents, the sisters who'd forgotten everything," Kuran said he stood behind her, his arms wrapping around her waist.

"Kana-chan, stop that," Setsumi took his arms off her.

"Why?" he asked her. "Your still my fiance," she shook her head.

"We're siblings, it's wrong. Only,"

"Beast do it?" she went quiet as he tilts her chin up. "We're not human, Sumi onee-sama. Or will you leave me alone again?"

"Kana," she whispered, sadly before a new smell caught her attention. "That smell," she turns to the window. "I know it from somewhere."

"Stay here, Onee-sama," Kuran told her as he heads to the door. "I'll be back soon," he leaves the room Setsumi stares out the window. 'That blood, whose is it? And where is Zero? I need to see him. I have to explain what's happen.' She mused erratically. 'I have to see him. I have to talk to him.' She opens the window and jumps out.

"Hold on, Setsumi Cross," she narrowed her eyes at the annoying blond vampire. "I mean, Setsumi Kuran-sama. Kaname-sama has given us orders to stay here and protect you, no matter what happens."

"Step aside now, Kain. Aidou," she ordered. Setsumi began to walk away but Kain steps in her path.

"We can't do that," he told her.

"Please, just go back to your room Setsumi," she glares at Aidou.

"Get out of my way," she hissed then moves pass him. "You two, if you want to avoid being reprimanded by Kaname, then I suggest you come along with me," the two vampires groaned before following after the older vampire. Setsumi enters the Sun Dorm and quickly heads to Zero's room. Just as she's about to knock on the door, she could hear the safety to Bloody Rose click off.