Like the night before, he watched the town as he flew above it. Most of the townspeople had gone to bed while the others were at the café. Ensured that the men at the café were not vampires, he flew off to the school grounds. Now perched on one of the branches of a huge tree planted in the school grounds, he gazed upon the bright yellow moon. As he stared at the full moon, he sighed restlessly.

"What's wrong Dark?" he could hear Daisuke asked. Leaning back on the trunk of the huge tree, he sighed again.

"There's absolutely no action here. What happened to all the vampires that are suppose to reside here?" he asked, haphazardly ran his hand through his already messy violet hair. "It has already been a month now and still no sign of the one we're looking for," he continued. Then, with a sudden, he sharply turned his head towards one part of the town.

"What is it?" Daisuke asked.

"I sense the presence of vampires," he said, his amethyst eyes narrowed.


She glared at the blue-haired boy with annoyance and irritation. She could never figure out how he could get under her skin every time. She watched him talked to one of the new guardians, a vampire, who happened to be around. With frustration, she placed her hands on her hips while trying to get his attention.

"Satoshi!" she called out. Again, he ignored her while the other guardian stared nervously at him and then at her. She stamped her feet but again, no reaction. Finally, she saw the newly recruited guardian nodded and walked off. Struggling to keep her anger in check, she watched the blue-haired boy turned slowly towards her and walked past her. She turned and walked in step beside him.

"I wish to go out" she said, her voice trembling with suppressed anger. Satoshi glanced at her and shook his head.

"I'm afraid I cannot allow you to step out of the house," he said. He smiled secretly when he saw her bristled with annoyance.

"Why not?" she demanded. He stopped in his tracks and turned to face her. She followed suit.

"Because I said so," he said.


She could not believe her ears. "What did you say?" she asked. He sighed and leaned closer to her.

"I said no," he repeated.

"Why not!" she nearly screamed. Without waiting for his reply, she turned away from him. After a few minutes of tensed silence, he sighed and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"It is not that I do not allow. I just -" he started. "I just do not want you to get hurt," he said. At this, she turned and frowned.

"Hurt? Why would you say that?" she asked. At that point, he did not know what to say.


"Should I tell her?" he wondered.

"It is better if you did," Krad said. "But it is best that she did not know."

He agreed with his counterpart and was about to speak of an excuse when he saw her looking back at him with woeful toffee eyes. He sighed in resignation. "All right. We may go out," he relented. He saw her eyes widened with joy. A warm feeling spread through his body upon seeing her happy. Then, with a sudden, he felt her grabbed his hand and pulling him towards the entrance door. He looked down at their clasped hands and up at the back of her head.

"You can never say no to her," he heard Krad commented. A smile then appeared on his face, a very rare sight.

"I can never say no to her."