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Amaya had a terrible nightmare once she had finally fallen asleep. Well, to be more precise, it was more of recalling an old memory. She was seven, and she was with her parents and brother once again. They were all happy. They were enjoying the company of each other downstairs in their living room.

The ravenette was playing with her brother and some of her toys on the floor. Her parents were sitting on the couch watching their kids play together. Her black-haired, dark blue-eyed father, Kira Suzuki, stood up from the couch. He could feel something outside and it didn't feel like they were just visiting. His dark blonde, black-eyed wife, Suishou, looked up at him, curious as to why he had stood up.

"Kira, what's wrong," she asked.

Amaya's brother, Tatsuya, looked up at his father, curious as well, "Father?"

"Suishou, get the kids in their room," Kira ordered, "I'll try to see if I can lead them upstairs to our bedroom."

Amaya stood up, dropping her toys at the same moment, and ran over to her father as he walked over to the door. She wrapped her small arms around his leg, stopping him in his tracks. She didn't want him to go. She could feel something bad, no evil, outside of the manor. "Father, please don't go," she requested, "I can feel something bad coming towards the house."

Her father knelt down to look at his little daughter. His dark blue eyes looked at her, slight sorrow filling them. He didn't want to leave her, but he knew that he had to protect his family as long as he could. He kissed the top of her head before standing up. "Amaya, listen to me. I will always love you. Remember that," he told her kindly before leaving the room.

"Father," the small girl screamed. She tried to run after him, but her mother picked her up before she could even make it to the door. She kicked and screamed, trying to get out of her mother's grasp, but the older female didn't even budge from receiving such treatment.

Suishou quickly led her two children to their bedroom, which was connected to the living room. She placed Amaya, who had finally calmed herself down, onto one of the beds while Tatsuya stood next to it. One of his hands reached out to touch his sister, who was shaking with fright by now.

"I want you both to stay here. I have to go and help your father," she told them. She kissed both of them goodbye before running off to the master bedroom upstairs. She had to help Kira in any way that she could, even if she might die trying. She would do what it took to be sure that her kids were safe from harm. That was what a good mother would do for her kids.

Unfortunately, as she was running to where Kira was, she didn't notice that her kids followed her the whole way. The two of them sat outside the bedroom door, making sure they were not seen. Amaya was able to see her mother standing next to her father. They were standing in front of the door, probably wanting to make sure that the intruders didn't get into the rest of the house. The lead vampire was standing just a few feet from them.

"It's nice to see you again, Suishou, my darling," the leader greeted, smirking at the dark blonde pureblood.

Suishou growled, her eyes now glowing a bright red color. "I was never yours to begin with," she yelled.

"I can still recall the day I drank your blood. You tasted so sweet," the leader continued, licking his lips at the thought of the woman's blood. From this action, the leader had to have been hoping that the dark blonde pureblood would react.

And she did.

"Shut up, vermin," growled Suishou.

Kira came up from behind his wife and pulled her behind him; one arm firmly keeping her there. Suishou quickly calmed down as her right hand reached for Kira's left. Their fingers intertwined once their palms had touched.

"What do you want from us," asked Kira, somehow still calm from everything that had happened before him. One would think that he would be more upset that some apparent stranger was saying such things to his wife.

Suishou looked up at her husband. She could feel a deep growl growing in his chest with each passing second that went by. It was obvious that he was not calm, but at least he was trying; much better than she was.

"What else, Suzuki, I want that small daughter of yours. She is the key to ruling all vampires without that Senate," replied the leader, snickering slightly.

"I always thought the Senate was your friend," stated Suishou.

"I'm just using them as a filthy pawn until I get that small girl to remember her past. And when she does…"

"No, you will not. You will never touch our daughter, you vermin," yelled Kira.

Amaya woke up with a scream. She was sweating from the nightmare. Her breathing was irregular. Her dark blue eyes were unfocused and were filled with fear. The nightmare must have really affected her.

What the hell? Why… Why did the leader want me? And what does he want me to remember, thought Amaya. She held her head with her left hand. The same throbbing pain in her head was back and it seemed that it would not stop. It was terrible, continuous, and seemed endless. She only wished that it would stop.

Her grandfather walked in, his black eyes filled with concern. "Amaya," he yelled, running over to her bed.

The ravenette looked up at him, pain quickly filling her beautiful dark blue hues. Her flawless facial features were beginning to do the same, forming a painful expression across her lips.

"What happened," Tayio asked as he placed his hands on her shoulders.

"I had another nightmare," she breathed out just as the pain started to subside, "Actually, it was more of a memory."

"What was it about this time?"

"It was back before my parents were murdered. They were talking to their murderer like they knew him..."

"It will be okay, Amaya," the older vampire finally spoke out.

"No, it isn't. That beast is still out there. He's going to come after me..."

"I promise you that Kuran and I will not let anything happen to you," her grandfather interrupted her quickly.

Amaya looked up at her grandfather before nodding her answer; her gaze going back down to her bed sheets.

Tayio smiled down at her, happy to see that she understood what he was saying, "Now, it's time to get up. Are you going to help me with my class today?" The old man walked over to the bedroom door and glanced over his shoulder, now waiting for the young vampire's answer once again.

"Yeah, Grandfather, I can still do that," the ravenette replied, getting up from the bed. Tayio nodded and walked out of her bedroom, closing the door behind him.

Amaya walked over to her closet. She grabbed one of her several huntress outfits. It was a black pair of shorts, dark blue tank top, tall high-heeled, leather black boots, and a black hoodie. She took out a holster and wrapped it around her waist, just underneath the hoodie. She placed Kuroyoru and a small, black anti-vampire gun into the pockets of the holster. She pulled her long, blonde-streaked, black hair into a messy ponytail. Some of her bangs hung down the side of her face, framing her face just enough. She looked at herself in the mirror. Her dark blue eyes were tired. She looked like she hadn't gotten any sleep in days, which was somewhat true.

She sighed and walked downstairs to her grandfather's class. She didn't want to help him, but she had to demonstrate to his students how to use their opponents' powers against them. You see, her grandfather trains both humans and vampires on how to become a strong vampire hunter. She walked into the same training room from the day before. Her grandfather was already there, standing before his class. The students turned to her and bowed, meaning all of them were aristocratic vampires. She nodded to them, making them stand up straight once again. She helped her grandfather for the full two hour long class.

Once everyone had left, Amaya walked back up to her room. She was leaving tomorrow for Cross Academy and she still had plenty of packing to do. Tayio followed her upstairs to her room.

"I would prefer if you stayed here, Amaya, but…," he began.

Amaya sighed deeply, knowing all too well what he was getting at, "I know, Grandfather, but Kaname thinks it would be best if I stayed near him and if that means I have to go to that academy, then I will go."

She sat down on the bed, now facing her grandfather. One leg had crossed over the other as well as her arms. Tayio sighed, knowing his granddaughter perfectly well she would be stubborn about this. She really did take after her father's stubbornness.

"You know, she'll be going with you," he suddenly spoke.

"I know," she responded to his statement.

Amaya knew who he was talking about. He was talking about Katsu Suzuki, her older cousin. Amaya and Katsu got along pretty well when they were very little. They haven't seen each other as much.

Why?

Good question. It was because Katsu went on so many orders each month. She was only getting time off to go to Cross Academy and watch over her younger cousin, but it was very little. She would still have to do any orders that the Vampire Association gave her in the later months.

She was on her father's side of the family. Her father's brother married a pureblood woman when he was young. That, of course, made Katsu a pureblood vampire as well. Though there was one thing kind of weird about this cousin: she had lost a couple of her pureblood powers when she was little. One of those powers was her power to change humans into vampires. Even though technologically she was like an aristocrat vampire, people treated her like the pureblood she was born to be.

"I hope you understand that she will be helping with the disciplinary committee jobs while you are there," responded Tayio, "Remember that was the deal that had to be made to let you go to the academy with Kuran."

Amaya nodded her reply. Her cousin would be helping with the switch in the afternoons and then patrol the grounds for any signs of the Day Class students breaking any rules. That's all her cousin was supposed to do while Amaya was there at that academy. She didn't have to go to the boring classes at all. She would only be helping with the disciplinary committee work and that was it.

"Good, I'm glad you understand," Tayio said before leaving her room.

Amaya sighed and pushed her long, blonde-streaked, black hair behind her right ear a little. She had to admit though, she didn't like the idea of going to Cross Academy, but she felt like she had to go there for some reason. She wasn't sure what though.

The ravenette laid down on her bed completely and stared up at the ceiling. She sighed deeply as she felt someone at her bedroom door. She smiled to herself. She knew exactly who it was. "Do you really think I didn't notice you were standing there, Katsu," she questioned as the Suzuki pureblood sat up from the bed, looking over to the bedroom door.

Standing in the doorway was a medium height girl with dark black eyes and darkish-brown hair. In her hair, she had some strains that had been dyed bright red. She was wearing a black pair of shorts and a bright red tank top. She looked to be nineteen, maybe even twenty. This was Katsu Suzuki, her cousin. Just like Amaya, she carried an anti-vampire sword around her waist, but unlike Amaya, Katsu was trained by a vampire hunter, not her grandfather for the past several months.

She had chosen to be trained by a hunter instead because the brunette thought Tayio would be tough on her, which wasn't true. He would have treated her exactly the same as he did Amaya with her training, but she still decided to be trained by a hunter no matter what.

Katsu had her arms crossed over her chest. "I still can't believe that you of all people want to go to that damn academy," she growled through clenched teeth, "Well, I'm just going to make sure you don't get into any trouble over there. That would be the last thing anyone would want."

"Me… Get into trouble… No," Amaya teased.

The brunette rolled her eyes and smiled at the younger pureblood. She shook her head, making her hair move off her shoulder as she did so. She undid herself from her leaning position in order to walk over to Amaya's bed. She sat down next to her. Amaya looked away from Katsu and to the carpeted floor.

"Hey, could you tell me who your master is in the first place or who his other student was," Amaya suddenly asked.

"Must I, Amaya," the older vampire protested.

The younger pureblood nodded, making Katsu sigh deeply in response. She shook her head, knowing she was going to regret ever telling her anything about this.

"Well, you know the former human I'll have to work with when we get there?"

Amaya nodded again. She knew that there was a former human on the disciplinary committee at the academy. The Hunter's Association gave the Suzuki family any information they needed and that included vampire hunters that have been turned into vampires.

"I know him. He and I are kind of close, I guess."

"Oh, and what about that hunter you have as a master," she asked.

"Amaya, I really don't want to tell you," Katsu told her again.

"Fine, whatever, I'll have to meet him eventually," Amaya said, giving up on the matter almost completely.

"You better not…," Katsu began.

"What…? Embarrass you," Amaya interrupted her, "I wouldn't do that unless I wanted to destroy my own reputation among the vampires."

Katsu smiled and looked down at the floor. She always could trust Amaya with things like this, "Thank you, Amaya."

They both looked over at the door, finally noticing that their grandfather was standing there, "Even though you two haven't seen each other in three months, you still act like you have seen each other every day of your lives."

The girls smiled at him. They knew perfectly well what he meant.

"Yeah, well, it's not our fault. We just happen to get along, Grandfather," responded Amaya, now acting like her former self.

"Yeah. Seriously, Grandfather, I thought you would have figured that out by now," spoke Katsu, acting just as formal as Amaya.

Tayio shook his head and walked out of the bedroom, leaving the girls alone in Amaya's room once again.

Katsu stood up from the bed, stretching once she had. "Well, then with that over with… I'll be going back to get ready for bed," she stated as she stretched.

"Wait, Katsu," Amaya spoke up.

Katsu turned to her, slightly confused, "Yes?"

"How are Uncle and Aunt Suzuki doing," Amaya asked, "I'm just curious."

"They're doing just fine. They're just worried about you, but I told them not to. They seemed to be convinced right before I left," Katsu replied.

Amaya nodded to her cousin, telling her she could go.

Katsu left her cousin, closing the door behind her. She turned left and headed to her own room. It was one of the many guest rooms in the manor. It had the same layout as Amaya's bedroom, just a bit smaller. She laid down on the bed and pulled out her favorite book.

There was a picture that she kept in that book, or any book for that matter, as a bookmark. The picture had been taken over a month ago before she had finished her training and became a registered vampire hunter. It was a picture of her and the hunter she had as a master. She pushed her hair back. She had to admit there was something about him that caught her attention.

Katsu shook her head. She had to stop thinking about that. He hated vampires. And even if he did like her, they could never be together, but that wasn't completely impossible. Someone then knocked on the door, interrupting Katsu's thoughts.

"Katsu-sama, someone is on the phone wanting to speak to you," a maid told her politely.

"Alright," she thanked.

The maid left as Katsu picked up the black phone that was next to her bed. It was an old-style looking phone, one that was used a while back. She placed the phone on the right side of her face.

"Hello," she said into the phone piece.

"Katsu, is that you," asked a slightly deep voice on the other end. Katsu sat up in bed, shocked from hearing a voice she hadn't heard in such a long time.

"Father," she asked, surprised as ever to hear him on the other side of the phone.

"Yeah, sweety, it's me," the deep voice answered.

"Father, why did you call?"

"I wanted to double check that you were okay."

"I'm fine. I can take care of myself."

"Yeah, I know, but I'm just worried about you working with that former human. You never know when they will…"

"I'll be fine, Father. I know him."

"Alright, if you say so, then I believe you. Could you do me a favor, Katsu? Watch over your cousin for me, will you do that?"

"Yes, I can do that."

"I knew I could count on you."

"Father, could you tell Mother I said hello?"

"I sure can, sweety. I'll see you later," her father told her.

"Okay, see ya, Father," Katsu said before hanging up the phone.

She looked up at the ceiling. All she could think about now was her damn job she was going to have to do when she arrived at the academy. She was going to be so bored, but whatever.

She stood up and decided to get dressed for bed. She was tired as heck. She quickly got dressed in a white nightdress before settling in for the night. She knew she would have to get up early the next day in order to get to the academy in time for her job. She quickly fell into a deep sleep. Well at least she was able to do so.

Amaya was having trouble sleeping. She was having yet another nightmare, but it was different from the last one. It seemed to be showing her something that would happen in the future. She was watching the academy, either around sundown or sunrise. She couldn't quite tell. She could see that the Night Class was out and about, killing former humans now and then. She saw several wolves running towards a huge group of former humans.

The wolves were bigger in both size and muscle than the average wolf. Some of the wolves were silver, dark brown, gray, tan, dark gray, or reddish brown. There was one black wolf with tan paws that caught her attention. She watched as the black wolf attacked several vampires at once. It came out on top, unharmed. Dark red blood dripped from its muzzle and onto the ground, staining it a deep red. Amaya saw that the wolf's teeth were faintly stained with blood. She looked more closely at the wolf. She saw that the wolf had dark blue eyes. They were filled with anger and a little bit of sadness.

It howled up at the orange-colored sky. It looked down at the vampires before it; an angry expression still quite present. It bared its teeth and growled deeply. Its dark eyes were all of a sudden filled with pure hatred, but hatred for what?

Amaya wasn't sure why the wolf hated the former humans so much. Why would a wolf hate vampires?

The wolf howled again, but louder this time. The wolf rushed forward, ahead of the other wolves, at the vampires. Amaya watched as the wolves tore the vampires to pieces. She immediately woke up. She didn't scream, but she felt like she had. She was completely shaken. What kind of monster was that?

It was some kind of new monster, something she hadn't seen before now nor had heard of a legend about them. She shook the thought away. This was something she didn't need to worry so much right. She held her head as the headache came, but no vision. She sighed in relief as the pain went away as quickly as it came. She sighed again as she laid back down. She shifted quite a bit in her bed. She couldn't get the damn thought out of her mind. She sat back up and threw the blankets off her body. She brought her knees up to her chest. She could still feel herself shaking violently from the nightmare or whatever it was she just saw.

What were those wolves, Amaya thought to herself.

This was definitely going to bother her for the next several, or even more, days. Amaya breathed in once before getting up and walking over to her bathroom. She turned on the light. It was a very dim light so that it didn't hurt her sensitive vampire eyes. She looked at herself in the mirror. She had been getting thinner over the last couple of weeks, but she had ignored it.

She ran her right hand through her blonde-streaked hair. She leaned against the counter for a while before finally deciding to get her things together; after all it was around the time she had to get up anyway.

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