A/N: Hey guys its Halloween! I am super pumped I absolutely love Halloween. So I was actually planning on writing a little Halloween exclusive but I can barely write my stories what made me feel like I could do a Halloween special.

Anyway I'm curious did any of you have plans for today? did you guys dress up? Please let me know I'm excited to find out what you all do for this wonderful day. I'm going out and handing out candy with my friends. Super pumped!

Oh and I was going to upload this chapter with the other two I had wrote on Thursday but I really wanted to post something on Halloween.

Enough of me though, onward with the chapter!

Echizen took a moment to process all this information. It was nice to learn more about the mortal world. If he had to be honest with himself he knew next to nothing initially, Echizen mainly involved himself with the werewolves and the fairies. Not because he preferred those races over the others but because it was a political move. Watching the next in line race and other possible races to overcome his race was a necessity for the Royals. Even though Echizen was mainly learning about Fuji's life, it was still very informational.

There was also a selfish reason. Echizen wanted to know more about Fuji. It was strange really, for some reason Fuji intrigued him. The boy was weird, always wearing a mask around other people. Fuji reminded Echizen of himself as well from several years back. Unfortunately, that wasn't a good thing. Revenge and power motivated Echizen; it was how he gained his reputation after all.

"-ma, Ryoma!"

Echizen blinked and noticed Fuji was right in front of his face. Flustered but not one to lose, he moved back a little and stared at Fuji.

Fuji chuckled and moved away looking somewhere else. "Were you even listening to what I was saying Ryoma?"

"Mhm."

Fuji didn't say anything else for a little bit more, but then he got this glint in his eye and smirked. "So are you going to tell me about his royal highness?"

Echizen glared. "Why?"

"I only thought it fair. Seeing as how you went and got yourself involved with everyone else's past, I figured why not tell about your own. Although no one else but me knows your identity so I am the only one you can tell."

Echizen placed his right elbow on the table and rested his chin on his hand. He eyed around the establishment and noticed there was no one else there. "I think this place closed already."

"Saa, don't avoid my question."

"I'll tell you."

Fuji blinked. "That was not the answer I was expecting."

Echizen smirked. "However I will only tell you one thing."

"Do I get to pick what about?"

Echizen leaned back in his seat and shrugged.

Fuji also leaned back and grabbed his chin in thought. "Your reputation? tell me about that."

"There isn't much to say other than I'm known to be a terrifyingly ruthless prince."

"No, I knew that much. I haven't known you for very long, but from what I could tell you don't seem the type to achieve what the rumors say. So I'm asking how, how did you manage to get such a far stretched rep?"

Echizen grinned. "Far stretched? whoever said that?"

Suddenly the room started to get darker and darker. Fuji sat up straight in his seat and looked around the room startled with what was happening. Noticing nothing obviously wrong he looked back towards Ryoma. Fear instantly settled in, and Fuji did not know why. Maybe it was the way Ryoma's hair was shadowing over his face. Or the faint glow of his golden eyes that would shine through the cracks of his hair. Even the grin on his face that seemed to get wider and wider. Everything about the look on Ryoma's face screamed predator.

Fuji has faced several scary things before. Like the time he got cornered by several out of control fledglings, but that would never compare to how he felt at this moment. The suffocating aura and Echizen's appearance, all of it were telling Fuji to run far away from there. Then when he finally decided to shut his eyes tight, he felt a hand grab his wrist and flinched.

"Fuji?"

Fuji opened his eyes and saw that Ryoma looked back to normal.

"Sorry, guess I went a little overboard there."

Fuji took a deep breath and relaxed. Let's just pretend that did not happen, shall we? "Are you going to tell me?"

Echizen raised an eyebrow and let go of Fuji's wrist to lean back in the chair once again. "You still want to know?"

Fuji nodded.

Echizen sighed and looked out the window. "Alright then. You picked a good question."

"Ryoma stop stalling."

Ryoma clicked his tongue in annoyance. "I'm serious. For me to tell you about how and why my reputation is the way it is I have to explain how I became the prince I am today."

Fuji smirked. "I am well aware of how babies are made. I don't need any more detail."

Echizen's cheeks became slightly pink, but it went away just as fast as it appeared. Fuji grinned in triumph, payback for making him experience such fear earlier.

"Baka! not what I meant."

Fuji chuckled, and Echizen just sighed. "It was a tradition to hide the identity of the royal family before their coronation day. It was because of this fact that the Vampire community, as well as any other race, did not know of my identity. It was common knowledge that The Vampire king and queen had a child because of the king's big mouth blabbering to everyone about his genius son. Luckily he never gave out a name or described my physical appearance."

"Was it such a big secret so you would be able to live a normal childhood?" Fuji asked, jokes now aside and getting into the story Echizen was telling.

Echizen shook his head. "No, I was never able to be a regular child from the moment I was born into the Royal family of the Vampires. Being on the top comes with lots of responsibility. I could never slack off and had to be the best at everything. Of course, my parents didn't always agree with the traditional ways and tried to get me to live like a typical boy, but it was difficult to do. There were expectations we had to live up to, not only me but my parents too especially my father."

Fuji nodded to show he understood.

"Anyway, The day my parents died, The Vampire council decided I must have my coronation and announce my claim to the throne to the public as soon as possible. However, I was not old enough according to our laws. In my opinion, I was never happier to follow the laws than at the moment. I was not ready to lead our people. Sure I understood how to rule and could probably do better than my father, I just never liked the publicity that came with being King. The former king loved the attention, but not me. It was because of this dilemma that my cousin Nanako is the current ruler."

Fuji raised an eyebrow. "She is your cousin? I thought she was just a member of the council."

Echizen smiled and shook his head. "No, she is my cousin. I proposed the idea of having a family member become a temporary ruler until I became of age to take the throne. That way they can have their public figurehead, and I can remain in the shadows. A win-win situation that the council quickly agreed to."

"Why would they agree to have anyone other than the original royal family on the throne?"

"For one she wouldn't be the queen only a regent until I can take up the throne. Second, she is a lot easier to control than I am. Even as I was growing up, I was always independent and refused to be controlled or told what to do. I was smart enough to get away with it too."

"Controlled?"

Echizen sighed, he was giving away a lot of information. "The council never liked my family; They always thought us to be weak minded. The council believed that we should be ruling over everyone, not just the Vampires. 'We are superior therefore we must control those that are below us' kind of mindset. My father believed that we should only involve ourselves in our business. We are already having a great time managing our race, why engage ourselves in the affairs of the other races when unnecessary."

Fuji hummed in response. "I see. With her serving as only a regent the council technically has more power, therefore, more say in any decision making. Also because you were not of age, you couldn't overpower the word of the council."

"Smart, but not quite right. Yes, the council has more power than Nanako. However, I still have the most influence despite not being of age to officially take the throne. The law only states I can not publically claim the throne; I am still the king. Even though my current title is a prince, I am King. My word is final. The council still has to follow my decisions. The people know this too."

Fuji looked confused, the inner makings of Vampire politics make no sense to him. "I don't understand. If the people know you are king why bother with a having a regent."

"It's the law, no way around it. I prefer it this way though. I have not been publically crowned; no one knows my face or my name. I can go to the towns and learn about my people naturally without all the fake faces and acts people put up in front of royalty to look good. I get to see everyone's true nature and be able to make more accurate decisions based on that."

"That's very wise of you."

Echizen smiled. "Anyway back to the primary purpose of this conversation. I still had the responsibilities of being king even if my identity was hidden from the public. The first test of my power as King came when the rebellion started; It was also when the rumors of my power spread."