Like a small child, she was exhilarated to be able to smell the night air. She let out a relieved breath upon seeing the moon again. As she strolled down the street, she looked over her shoulder and observed her guardian. His blue hair glinted white under the soft yellow moonlight while his ice-blue eyes were constantly looking around. She pouted but then sighed. Well, at least she was able to get out of the house. She knew she should be thankful for that. With a sudden, she bumped into something hard and nearly fell down. Thankfully her guardian caught her before she fell.

She looked up in an attempt to apologize when she saw a group of teenagers sneering down at them. Their eyes were cat-like, an indication that they were vampires. She noticed that they did not have the familiar mark on their hands which most vampires that stayed here had. Another indication that they were not from around here.

"What do we have here?" one of the boys asked, "Did we catch a secret rendezvous?" he asked, causing several of them to snicker. She felt uneasy as his cat eyes watched her and moved lower. She tightened her hold on Satoshi as he helped her up. With a sudden, they were surrounded.

"And this is why I did not want you to go out," she heard Satoshi whispered.

"Well it's too late now," she hissed back. "Satoshi, allow Krad to take over," she whispered. She felt her guardian shook his head. She frowned. He could be stubborn at times.

"I can take of this," he whispered.

"No. They are vampires for goodness sake," she said. But she could tell that he was still stubborn. She sighed. "All right, But under one condition, if anything goes wrong, allow Krad to take over." She heard him sighed.

"Fine."

She was slammed against the wall, panting hard. She watched as her guardian fought off the vampires. "How can they be so strong? They were recently made," she said, particularly to no one. Thankfully her guardian was much stronger, having practiced nearly every night. Suddenly her eyes narrowed when she saw a glint of silver necklace on one of the pack. "It can't be," she whispered. She tried to call out to Satoshi when a hand was clamped over her mouth.

"Tell your friend to back down. Now," she heard the leader hissed. She stood still. He repeated again. This time, she nodded and she felt the hand slid down to rest on her neck in a harsh clasping motion.

"Satoshi," she called out. At her voice, the blue-haired guardian stopped in his tracks and several of the vampires held him captive. He struggled to break free when he saw her being held by the leader but she shook her head calmly. Suddenly, she felt a wave of rage flowed within her body, shocking her. Her eyes peeked up and saw that the moon was getting shadowed over by the clouds. It was no wonder that she could feel the hunger and rage inside her. She balled her fists tight, her nails digging into the flesh. "A little while longer," she thought desperately.

He nearly growled out loud when he saw the other vampire's hand around Riku's neck. Suddenly, a movement from his mistress caught his attention. He saw her looking up at the sky. Following her gaze, he saw the full moon being overshadowed by dark clouds. Just the sight of the moon being shadowed caused his heart to beat faster.

With quick movement, he whipped his head down to his mistress. His eyes widened when he saw her struggling to control herself. Already her eyes had changed from toffee to cat-like dull golden eyes. Soon, they will be glowing golden.

"Master Satoshi, allow me." He heard Krad's deep voice whispered to him. "The transformation has already begun."

He was about to allow his other self to take over when the leader exclaimed. It was then that he knew that they had figured out who she was.

"Holy shit. We found what we're looking for," he exclaimed when he saw the imperial mark on her neck when her scarf slipped down. All of them looked at one another before turning to their leader and grinned. She watched as he sneered down at her. "It seems that we are going for a little journey. Someone has been dying to see you, Princess," he sneered enigmatically. At that instant, her golden-haired guardian appeared in her mind. His golden eyes were full of urgency and panic.

"Mistress, hold on. I am coming," he said with utmost urgency. Mentally, she shook her head.

"I cannot hold it any longer," she said. But she closed her eyes, trying once more to control herself. In front, she heard unusual sounds but ignored them as she tried desperately to control herself. Above, dark clouds moved and the moon was covered entirely creating a dark canvas of nothingness. With a sudden her eyes shot wide open, revealing glowing sadistic cat-like golden eyes.

He could see his mistress closing her eyes as she struggled to control the wilder side of her, forcing it back into the shadows. "I have to do something," he thought. In that instant, his counterpart made himself appeared in his mind.

"Master Satoshi, please allow me to take over. Riku is trying desperately to control the ancient one," his golden-haired counterpart urged him. Once again, he gazed at his mistress and tried to pull himself free. Suddenly a rain of black feathers appeared out of nowhere, knocking the vampires away. A huge dark shadow swooped down and landed in front of the blue-haired boy.

Satoshi saw that the newcomer had messy violet hair and cocky amethyst eyes when he turned to grin down at him. His eyes widened when he saw that the violet-haired boy had huge black glossy wings.

"Who are you?" he asked his deep voice calm and cool. The newcomer turned to face him.

"Just call me Dark."

"Who are you?" he heard the blue-haired boy asked. Turning fully, he grinned at him and relaxed his stance. As he did that, his black glossy wings disappeared.

"Just call me Dark,' he said cockily.

"I wonder what Satoshi is doing this late at night? Why was he with Ms Harada?'" he could hear his counterpart asked with much fervour. Suddenly, he saw the blue-haired boy looked over his shoulder and his ice-blue eyes were shot wide open with urgency. Behind him, he heard cries of alarm. He turned and his own violet eyes widened with shock.

Satoshi watched in horror when he saw his mistress revealed those glowing golden eyes.

"It's too late. Krad," he called. With that, he felt his body. His blue hair turned long and golden while his ice-blue eyes changed to golden. Just as soon as his transformation was complete, he saw Riku slipping away from the leader with amazing speed. "Stop her. Do not let her take any of their blood. Let out the signal first," he told Krad. He felt Krad nodded and decided to let his golden counterpart handle everything.

"Dark, what is going on here? What is wrong with Ms Harada? " he could hear Daisuke asked frantically in his head.

"I don't know. I just don't know," he managed to say, unable to find a reasonable explanation. All the violet-haired boy could do was just stared at the ethereal auburn-haired girl with those glowing golden eyes as she smiled wickedly at the others. He watched as those cat-like eyes slid to meet his. She extended a hand to him, an invitation. At that moment, he could feel himself getting hazed and light-headed. He began to take small steps towards her.

"Dark! What are you doing!" Daisuke nearly screamed in his head but he took no notice. All he could think of was to get nearer to the auburn-haired girl. Suddenly, a hand clamped tightly on his shoulder, preventing him from moving forward. Growling, he turned and saw golden eyes staring back at him. Anger of not being able to move to the auburn-haired girl raged inside him. He tried to swipe away the hand but found that he could not move his hands either. He looked down and saw himself covered in shimmering dust.

"What are you doing?" he growled at the golden-haired boy.

"Saving you from something worse than death," he heard the boy said just as he walked past. Just as sudden, he saw huge white wings spread out behind the golden-haired boy.

Krad stood still in between his mistress and the violet-haired boy who called himself Dark, his white wings spread out behind him. He stared up into the cold glowing golden eyes while the other vampires stood in their tracks, too afraid to move. "If you want to live, get away from here," he said, without breaking the stare. He could hear the others snapped into reality and running farther away from him. Once all of them were gone, he plucked a long silky white feather from his wings and blew on it.

No one moved as the white feather swayed gently on the breath before falling gracefully towards the ground. Just before it hit the ground, a gust of wind billowed around it. A long trail of white smoke appeared from the tip of the feather just as it disappeared. A white silhouette took shape and flew towards the mansion. Once the signal was given out, Krad narrowed his golden eyes at his mistress.

"Return the mistress back. You are not welcome here," he demanded. The auburn-haired girl smiled at him, an evil glint reflected in those glowing eyes.

"I am Lilith, Ancient One of Darkness. Sister to Lucifer, the Prince of Darkness," she said, her voice intertwined with another deeper one. "No one dares tell me what to do, human,' she continued. A huge blast of dark energy burst from her and towards the golden-haired guardian. His white wings moved on its own, shielding him from the blast. Her smile widened upon seeing the guardian remained standing, uninjured.

"Impressive. You are very interesting, human," she said, placing a hand on her hip. She closed her eyes, still smiling. "Very interesting indeed. Krad of the Damned," she said, opening her eyes silkily. His eyes widened with fear and shock upon hearing that long-forgotten title. "Very well. I will return the young mistress. But be warned. I will return once again," she said.

Suddenly, her eyes stopped glowing as they closed. Snapping himself out of his fear, Krad raced forward and held his mistress before she collapsed. He looked down at Riku's peaceful sleeping face, his eyes still fearful. "How did she know?"