Chapter 31:

Chapter 31, Some Passionate Time Alone

Haruhi stretched and smiled. There were a few more days inside the Vortex before she and the others had to leave for school. The day prior Kyoya had pulled all of them together to inform them about Saichi. It had come as a shock that Saichi was against what was going on and that she did genuinely want to get to know Haruhi as well as give what details she could on what the family had planned for the female host.

It was expected that Hunny and Mori were beyond angry that the Katayama were trying to use Haruhi's friendships against her. Satoshi and Yasuchika were of the same mindset as their brothers and said that they would do everything they could to stop it.

*~* Flashback ( Group ) *~*

"Saichi herself doesn't want to do such but they have a great deal of leverage over her," Kyoya explained.

"What kind of leverage do they have?" Hunny asked.

"She has a younger half brother currently in a coma."

"And they are threatening to either keep him in it or have his life support cut?"

"Only one person is threatening to do so. From what Quin'Derax has been able to pull together, the family thinks that Jin is Saichi's full brother, not half."

"Who are Jin's parents if he is only her half brother?" Haruhi asked.

"Sazuna Kanzaki, formerly Sazuna Katayama, and Akito," Kyoya answered, his void devoid of anything other than disgust.

"Are they siblings?"

"Yes. From what has been relayed to me, Sazuna had been raped by Akito while her husband, Sasuke, was away on an extended business trip a few years back. Quin'Derax theorizes that Akito was intending to do so to Saichi but she was away at a friends house and had school to attend. About three weeks ago, Sazuna and Jin were in a car accident that resulted in him being placed in a coma and the only way for Sazuna to be saved was to have her legs amputated so they could get her out from under the wreckage. Both were comatose when they entered the hospital but Sazuna came out after four days. She remembers nothing about Jin and the child hasn't come out of his coma."

Haruhi lowered her head slightly. "Do they know who caused the accident?"

"They don't," Kyoya answered with a sigh. "But Saichi seems to believe that it was Akito that was behind it. Sasuke likes the child, even claiming Jin as his own despite the truth, although he doesn't like the circumstances of his birth. Sazuna is the eldest child and therefore in charge of the company. Since she has amnesia due to the accident, Sasuke has been in charge of the company in her place. Thus far the Katayama Conglomerate has profited well under his guidance and strategic moves."

"It is beyond low to use a child to force one to hurt others," Hunny growled.

"They made a mistake that ends in our favor though," Kyoya smiled.

"What kind of mistake?"

"The hospital Jin is a current resident of is White Lily. It is owned by Scorpion Industries, one of its medical branches to be accurate."

"Uncle mentioned that hospital to us," Haruhi stated looking at Mori. "They manufacture pseudo-blood to vampires that have a hard time with the packets or are uncomfortable drinking from donors."

Kyoya nodded. "Don't you have an appointment to go there after school today, Mori-senpai?"

"Ah," Mori nodded. "Because of such I won't be at club today."

"Sato-chan, Chika-chan and I will be though," Hunny smiled. "Although it will only be the latter half of hours."

"Ah, yes," Kyoya smiled. "Haruhi you have Kendo after school and before club today as well."

Haruhi nodded and Satoshi gave her a one armed side hug. "It's gonna be fun!"

"Tamaki and the twins will be a ball of stress though," Haruhi stated. "Especially Tamaki. Will you be able to handle that Kyoya-senpai?"

Kyoya simply smiled and Haruhi shuddered.

"I think he can handle it Haru-chan," Hunny giggled.

Haruhi just nodded and moved somewhat closer to Mori. Kyoya's smile was creeping her out. She relaxed slightly when she felt Mori's arm wrap around her waist.

"Uh, Ootori-senpai," Yasuchika smirked. "Mind toning down the "murder at midnight" smile?"

Satoshi burst out laughing as the smile seemed to grow slightly.

"I will have to remember that name for future use," Kyoya chuckled. "But I will agree it is best to not have it at the moment."

Haruhi relaxed further when Kyoya's smile changed to one of his rare genuine smiles. "Back to topic though. I have contacted the president of Scorpion Industries and she has agreed to have some of her people on the medical team look after Jin. She believes there may be more to Jin's coma that first thought and I am inclined to agree since one of her people had done the initial surgery to fix the hemorrhaging he suffered due to his head hitting the dashboard and pavement. Saichi is going to play Akito's game but still play it her way.

"She is well versed in Illusions but she also is a gifted actress. Her acting skills cannot fool me nor any of you, but it will work to some degree on the twins and Tamaki. She is going to try and make Akito think that she is driving a wedge between us and Haruhi. She is going to try and convince you that we are just keeping you around as a novelty, but don't go too far into believing her words. Her friendship will be genuine to you, Haruhi, make no mistake on that front, but she will make it seem like she is trying to get you to join her family. She will offer to bring you over to meet her family but only after she has gained some trust with you.

"As for the rest of us, she will more than likely try and play the "commoners and the elite shouldn't mix" card, or make us think that Haruhi is trying to use us to get into a better style of life. It is all an act to make those watching her think that she is doing what Akito wants her to do. But know that we will never fall to the lies that she spreads, we know what kind of person you are, Haruhi. We have been around you long enough to know that deception isn't one of your strong points, even with the lessons you have been having."

Everyone chuckled lightly at the memories of the times when Haruhi tried to lie or omit the truth to any of them. Each attempt failing miserably. Once they had regained some composure, the conversation continued.

"Qurdox will be able to keep Takashi informed about what's going on," Hunny smiled. "And in turn, we will be too. So Haru-chan won't be in a situation that she can't handle, and if she is placed in one, she won't be defenseless."

Kyoya nodded. "Quin'Derax had also informed me that even when Saichi was right in front of you, she couldn't feel your level of power, nor Qurdox himself. One of Lady Alyona's lessons I assume."

Haruhi nodded with a soft smile. "One of the first lessons she had planned for me when she first came here was how to conceal a large bulk of my energy and aura. She felt it was best to hide the greater portion of my power or as much of it as I could to draw less attention to myself from the Arcane Society before I was ready."

"Good plan. As it stands, Akito is of the assumption that Qurdox belonged to your mother and that he is fulfilling her dying wish to keep you safe. I would like him to keep thinking that way for as long as possible. It would be to our benefit that he does so."

Everyone nodded and the conversations afterwards were more about what to expect once school came to a close the next day as well as how the plans for the Gala were coming along.

*~* Flashback End ( Group )*~*

Haruhi sighed and got out of the warm bed. After that discussion, Trekiva and Asuda had come in and informed Kyoya that his court would be arriving within the next few days. The first to be arriving was his eldest son and his general. His younger sons would be with them but they were stopped in Korea for the moment to take care of some company matters there. The next to arrive would be Kayon, the Arch-Mage of the Arcane Society and Trekiva's daughter. The last to arrive would be Vyen and his brood. The rest of the day was spent with Trekiva explaining each personality within his court and Haruhi was actually excited to meet them, especially Vyen and his family. Vyen was far older then Qurdox and was considered ancient even when Qurdox was still just an egg.

After the long conversations about the coming members, Trekiva stated that the remaining time in the Vortex would be spent relaxing. There was little to do expect practice as Haruhi had finished all of her homework, studied all of the Tomes Alyona had requested as well as her school books, and had a good grasp of what was going to come with Kendo after school thanks to Satoshi and Mori.

She was pulled out of her thoughts by a soft knock on the door to her room. "Come in."

Haruhi smiled when Mori walked in. She walked over to him and hugged him gently, smiling as he wrapped his arms around her in return.

"Kyoya has completed a new expanse of his Vortex," Mori stated, holding her gently to his chest. "He asked for our opinion on it."

Haruhi laughed slightly. "Let me get dressed for outside and then we can take a look around. Though, knowing Kyoya-senpai, it will be perfect."

Mori smiled slightly as he watched Haruhi go into her bathroom. He had actually already seen the expanse that Kyoya had made. The Shadow King had made a small secluded garden for them with a shielding wall made from nature for near perfect privacy, the younger teen's gift to their Union. Kyoya had assured them that, if they so chose, a living replica could be added to the physical world if they so chose. Mori wanted to show it to Haruhi and, with them taking the last few days in the Vortex to relax before returning to school, he wanted to spend them with her. He was pulled back to the present as he heard the water of her bathroom begin running.

With the door shut, Mori sighed softly. Part of him wished to join her but knew that he couldn't as yet. Though there were no solid rules to their courtship, there were traditions that were to be followed exactly. In a typical courtship, the pair would go on outings together and sped time learning about each other, most, if not all were to be supervised by a male member of either family or a trusted guardian. Once the courtship had been going along for around at least a year, the pair would go to a secluded location and live with each other to get a better understanding on how life would go between the two of them. During such, if a member of either family had young children that were prior to the age of seven, the child/children would be there with the pair to see how they could function with a young child. For the child it was like playing a long game of "house" where the pair would be the parents and they were their child/children. Many arranged unions tended to end during those last six months of that phase in courtship.

If the courting pair were able to maintain their connection and love for each other during the six months, they would enter their union and be bound together. Those six month were the greatest test for both entering the union as they would share not only a living space but would sleep side by side. Some would be intimate with each other while others would wait until they were actually in Union. It wasn't frowned upon but most chose not to do anything other than sleep since it was a bit exhausting taking care of not only each other but a child as well. He wondered if Haruhi would prefer one, the other or maybe a blend of the two. He was happy to have either of the three options, just so long as he could be with her during that time. Each night after he had a taste of her blood, there would be the most passionate and pleasurable dreams that he had ever experienced. Many of which he wished he could enact with her but he felt that she may not react well as yet, but he was patient and knew that the moment he could have her would be the best moment of his life.

Although he knew that she shared the dreams he did, sometimes the same exact one, Mori wasn't sure if she wanted them as badly as he did. He was pulled out of his musings as Haruhi opened the bathroom door and walked out. She was dressed in a soft peach shirt with a long open pink over shirt and light blue denim jeans. He smiled and held out his hand to her. Haruhi took it and the both began to walk out towards the area Kyoya had made. Neither of them bothered with their shoes as they walked around the beautiful area.

Kyoya had created a large and extensive garden of different flora and fauna that seemed slightly out of place in the darkness of the Vortex. There were large flowering fruit trees and immaculate flowered shrubs along a well cared for path. As they walked along the trail, they paused at the sight of a small building nestled comfortable in the middle of a clearing. It was a decent sized traditional hut with sliding panel doors and paper windows. Both walked towards it and opened the doors. Inside was a full living space with the floor being covered with tatami mats, a small area of the floor was open to the ground with a hanging cook pot attached to the ceiling and several shelves on the back wall lined with different dried foods and other supplies. There were three rooms off to the side and a peak into each confirmed that they were a large master bedroom, a smaller bedroom fit for a child, and a bathroom. Next to the wooden tub in the bathroom was a couple small bowls full of stones and some jars filled with some kind of liquid.

Haruhi walked over to one of the bowls, pulled out one of the stones and smiled with a chuckle. Mori walked over and looked at it. The stone was a smooth flat river rock with a few runes etched into it.

"It's a Liquid Stone," she explained. "Say the right command spell and it will turn into the liquid it is holding back. I am going to guess that it is warm water. The stone itself is pretty warm."

"Looks like Kyoya made a little retreat inside of another one," Mori smiled as he took another look around.

"This place doesn't feel like Kyoya-senpai. The power behind this place feels like grandfather's. The exterior has Kyoya's power but in here is different."

Mori smiled and wrapped his arms around Haruhi's waist and placed his chin on her shoulder as he pulled her flush to his chest. A quick glance at him from the corner of her eye caught the dark crimson glow of his eyes. With a soft smile, Haruhi gently tilted her head to the side and felt Mori place his mouth over her pulse, kissing and sucking on the area softly. She shivered slightly when he nipped gently and began to move his hands along the hem of her jeans. She gently brought one of her hands up to hold his head at her neck, silently urging him to bite down. Mori smiled against her skin and gave into the silent order, sliding one of his hands up under her shirt.

Haruhi moaned softly as his fangs sank in and he gently began to cup one of her breasts through her bra. She shivered slightly as she felt him suck on the wound he made to draw out her blood as his other hand slowly moved to undo her jeans. When he had them open enough, Mori slid his hand in and gently cupped her sex, sliding his fingers along her clothed core. He slowly pulled his fangs from her neck and licked the small traces of blood left on her skin as he gently continued to stroke her.

Haruhi arched slightly against him, causing her backside to grind against him which allowed her to feel that he was getting pretty hard as he touched her. Tentatively, she began to grind against him, causing Mori to groan slightly and pull her closer. Their bodies began to work in a gently rhythm as he slowly began to bring out a passion that was long asleep inside of her. She had learned rather quickly through books and archive records that vampires used passion of any kind, with the exception of any form of drug, to sweeten the blood of those they fed from. The more passion they were in, the sweeter the blood tasted. That was especially true between bonded pairs. The blood of their pair, when filled with passion, was the single most filling thing they could ever drink and they would never need anything more than a few drops. No words could describe the taste and many didn't even bother to try. Mori wanted to taste that passion from Haruhi and give it to her in return.

Slowly he moved his fingers around the cloth of her panties to touch her heated skin and hissed softly. She was wet, and very much enjoying what he was doing. Although she was still in her jeans, he could faintly smell her arousal and although he wanted to smell it more strongly, he held back on that desire. He doubted he could hold himself back from taking her to the highest peak there was and join her at the precipice. He gently slid one finger along her wet slit before slowly working it inside her.

Haruhi arched again, inadvertently pushing herself against his hand and his aching length at the same time. As he began to move the appendage in and out, she could barely hold back the soft sounds that were coming up her throat. After a few moments, he added another and began to move a little faster. A small strangled cry escaped her throat as she leaned forward and braced herself on the edge of the tub before her as she was brought to her first release and was slowly bring brought back to another peak.

Mori leaned over her slightly, grinding himself against her as she caught herself on the tub. His other hand had abandoned her breast and was now covering one of hers as he caged her smaller form. He began to move his fingers a bit faster, building her to another peak. As he felt her walls ripple slightly around his fingers, he added a third. As her second release came, he gently bit her neck again and groaned at the sweet and heady taste of her ecstasy laced blood. He began to slow his movements, letting her come down from the pleasure high he had given her and ride it out a little longer. He slowly pulled back and licked the blood from her neck and removed his fingers from her.

Haruhi whimpered softly when she felt him pull away. It felt good to have him there and what he had done felt better than what she had been dreaming of. She guessed that it was because he was actually doing so and not her imagination. Now that she knew how part of his actions from the dreams felt, she wondered how the rest would feel.

Our turn, she heard softly from her dormant blood. I will guide your actions and you will know the pleasure of our beloved.

Haruhi turned slightly and saw Mori gently licking the fingers he had been using on her and shivered slightly at the arousing sight. Gently she touched his cheek, causing him to look at her with the same eyes she had seen from her first dream. Passion, lust and desire, her blood cooed. Haruhi smiled softly, a blush forming as she gently pulled him to her and kissed him softly. Mori tensed slightly before pulling her to him. He got on his knees before her, making it so she didn't have to stand on her tiptoes for too long. She gently slid her tongue along his lips, shivering at the slight tang of her release on his lips, asking to enter. Mori gladly let her in and let his tongue play with hers, shivering as she lightly nicked her tongue on his fangs.

Haruhi gently began to run her nails along his scalp and moved them both so that he was leaning against the tub and she was straddling his lap. As their kiss slowly grew in passion, Haruhi began to slide her hips along his. She felt him move his hands to her hips and begin to guide her along a relaxed but quick pace. Every now and then, with a nudge from her blood, she would push a little harder against him, causing Mori to groan slightly and dig his fingers into her hips. Haruhi shivered as she felt heat begin to pool in her core again and could tell that he was in the same state. Pulling back slightly to breath, Haruhi moaned softly and began to move a little faster. Mori held her hips and pushed up slightly to increase the friction between them. His blood was boiling and he could feel that hers was too.

He let his head fall back against the tub rim and groaned as Haruhi began to slowly and softly kiss his neck. He could feel his own release closing in and with the quick glance he had caught of her eyes, he knew that she was listening to her own blood. He tensed as his release came and groaned loudly as he felt Haruhi's fangs slid into his neck. He felt her shiver as her own release came due to the surge of his own blood flowing over her taste buds. When she puled back slightly, he slammed his mouth against hers, kissing her deeply and holding her tightly to him. His blood craved to have their clothing gone, to feel her skin against theirs, to see her writhe in passion below them as they brought her to each peak and to have her sweet blood slide down their throat.

The only thing that stopped him from doing so was the knowledge that soon, so very soon, he would be able to do just that. They just had to wait for their Ceremony. His blood calmed slightly at the promise but made it quite clear that what they had just done would be happening again. With a glance at Haruhi, he could tell that her own blood was demanding the same thing and smiled as her light crimson eyes met his in a silent promise. She kissed him again and reached over into the bowl of water stones, forming the command with her hand. Mori smiled against her lips when he felt the soft pulse of magic that activated to stone and felt the warmth of the water through the wood as the tub filled.

"I will let you bathe first," he stated softly as he smiled. "If I take one with you, then I will take you as many times as I can."

Haruhi blushed bright and felt her blood begin to push for just that but she held it back with a reminder of what was to come. She nodded softly and slowly stood but paused when Mori wrapped his arms around her and softly kissed the area just above her womb. She blushed as her blood told her that such an action was a silent promise that meant when he did have full intercourse with her, she would more than likely have a very pleasurable night with many more to follow and a little one growing inside shortly after. Haruhi gently ran her fingers through his hair and leaned down to kiss him once again. After the soft kiss, Mori stood and held her to him for a moment before stepping out to let her bathe.

A/N: If you are wondering where I got the idea for the title of the smile Kyoya had in the flashback, there is a song called Murder at Midnight by a band called Powerwolf. It is an awesome song and I was listening to it when the scene played out in my head.