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Amaya woke up to a very stiff back and neck. She stretched her arms out, trying to get rid of the tension that was there. She was successful after a few stretches. The ravenette yawned loudly as she looked around the room. She noticed that she was in Katsu's bedroom instead of her own.

I must have fainted again, Amaya thought, why does this keep happening to me?

The ravenette looked over at the couch to see her cousin laying there; the brunette's back facing towards her. She smiled to herself as she stood up from the bed.

I really wish that this would stop so that Katsu doesn't have to sleep on the couch anymore, but I have a feeling that is never going to happen.

She looked over that Katsu when she thought she heard a groan.

She had certainly heard a groan.

The brunette moved a bit as she woke up. She shook her head as she tried to get up from the couch. Once she had gotten herself up into a sitting position, her upper body leaning over her knees, Katsu looked over at the bed. She saw Amaya was awake now.

"Amaya, how are you feeling," she asked her cousin.

"I'm alright," Amaya responded.

A knock came at the door, scaring both girls only a little. It had been quite unexpected.

"Amaya-sama, Katsu-sama… There is a message for you," a voice spoke from the other side of the door. It sounded a lot like a maid's voice.

"And what would that be," Katsu asked.

"Kaname-sama wanted me to remind you that there is a ball this weekend," the maid went on, "He thought that you two would like to go back home and get anything that you needed for it. Or even just to go home to relax. He said that he could excuse you from class for this week."

The ravenette looked over at the older pureblood. She shrugged her shoulders as if to say that it didn't sound like that bad of an idea. Rather it was actually quite a good one.

"Alright, then tell him thank you and we'll take him up on his offer," Katsu replied.

"Yes, Katsu-sama." The maid left without another word.

"A ball? Why is this happening here exactly," Amaya asked.

"Most likely this is to let the Night Class and the Day Class socialize for one night, kind of like the St. Xocolatl's Day event except more formal and organized."

Amaya nodded agreeing with Katsu's guess. "Can I ask you something?"

"Sure, what is it," Katsu responded as she stood up to walk to her bathroom.

"By any chance… Did we have any ancestors that we looked exactly alike to?"

The brunette froze once she had gotten in the bathroom and out of Amaya's sight. Her black eyes were wide with slight fear over the question her cousin asked.

Shit. This is bad, Katsu thought to herself.

"Katsu," called the ravenette, "Are you okay in there?"

"Yeah, just fine," the brunette hesitated.

"Katsu, I'm going to go get packed, okay," the other female explained as she walked over to the bedroom door.

"Alright, I'll probably get started on that as well," Katsu answered. The older pureblood relaxed once her cousin had completely exited her room. For once, she was actually glad that Amaya was not by her side at the moment.

"This is so bad," the brunette whispered to herself, "If she figures out anything else… Who knows how much pain she could be in after that." She closed her black eyes, trying to think things over. She leaned onto the bathroom counter, her head resting on the white linoleum wall.

"There has to be something I can do to slow the process down just a bit," she continued to whisper to herself.

Tora… He may know something, she thought.

Katsu straightened herself up before she finally was able to get herself into her usual hunter: white blouse, black pants, and black, high-heeled, leather boots. She threw her red cloak and hood over her shoulders before grabbing her sword and gun. As she was walking down the hallway, she placed her gun in its holster and tied her sword around her waist. When she was almost to the front doors, someone called for her from the stairs.

The brown-haired pureblood turned to see it was Kaname; he didn't look too happy right now, but that could just be him not showing his emotions.

"What is it, Kaname," she asked.

"May I ask where you are going," he questioned her.

"I need to see someone before I go back to my grandfather's manor."

"And who exactly would that be?"

Katsu smirked, "I believe you know him. He's a very old friend of mine… And my sister's."

Kaname glared at her as she opened the front door.

The brunette pulled her hood over her head as she walked out into the bright sunlight. The brunette was able to walk down the path to the very front gates of the academy and sneak into the woods without anyone noticing her walking out.

Once Katsu was far enough away from the academy, she growled slightly. She knew that Tora was around here somewhere. She turned around when she heard a rustle behind her. She saw the dark gray-haired, golden-eyed man that she had wanted to talk to standing there. He was wearing a long, black jacket over his usual white dress shirt and blue-jeans.

"Tora, I want you to tell me something," Katsu demanded.

"And what would that be, Katsu," Tora asked.

"First, is everyone still very impatient?"

Tora nodded, "Everyone is getting very uneasy if that's what you mean."

"Second… By any chance do you know how to slow the process down that she's going through?" Katsu was a little hesitant about asking him this question. Whether or not he knew was a crucial part.

"No, I don't. I have never done this process before in my life."

The Suzuki pureblood sighed as she leaned against a tree.

"Katsu, are you okay?"

"Yeah, a little," the brunette sighed again.

"If you don't mind, I'm going to go back and patrol around here."

"Alright, report back to me if you find anything strange."

Tora nodded before he left Katsu by herself once again. She sighed deeply as she looked up at the sky, which was a stupid idea for her sensitive vampire eyes. She immediately hissed and looked away from the sky, shielding her eyes from the harmful sun.

Sometimes I wonder what it would be like if I was human. Maybe things would be different if I was, Katsu thought to herself.

As she was thinking this, Toga was walking down the path that leads to the small town nearby. He saw her standing there, relaxing. Her hood was still over her head, just barely showing her black eyes from underneath it. He sighed heavily.

She shouldn't be out here, he thought to himself, Especially with the sun out.

"Katsu," called Toga.

The brunette looked over in his direction. "Toga, what are you doing here," she asked him, shocked a little to see him there.

"I was heading into town. Do you want to join me for a bite to eat maybe?"

Katsu thought about it for a little bit.

I need to get back and pack up for the trip back to the manor, but…

"Sure, I guess." She stood up straight from her leaning position against the tree and walked over to his side.

"Can I ask you why you were here in the first place," Toga asked her as they started to walk towards the town.

"Business, that's all. It was just some business that I needed to take care of," the brunette responded. As they walked, the pureblood could feel a very odd presence nearby. Almost familiar maybe. She looked over to her right and saw a tan coyote. Katsu's black eyes turned red and she bared her fangs slightly. The coyote growled before leaving, retreating into the forest's dark depths.

"Katsu?"

Her eyes changed back and her fangs retracted. She looked over at the hunter. Reading from his expression, he hadn't seen her expression or the coyote, which was good. "It's nothing," the brunette told him, "Let's keep going."

Toga nodded. "Katsu, have you… Have you felt her presence yet?"

"Whose?"

"Shizuka Hio's."

Katsu looked down at the ground as they continued to walk. "Of course, I have. I'm a pureblood. I can sense other purebloods even if they have placed themselves in another vampire's body."

"Don't you think that Cross is taking it a little far letting someone like her come here?"

"Cross doesn't handle anything dealing with the Night Class or any vampires that come here. That is up to Kaname Kuran's decision."

"That's completely ridiculous. He is the headmaster of the academy. He should make the decisions!"

"Toga..."

"Kaname Kuran shouldn't be making decisions that could endanger the whole academy."

"Toga... Kaname Kuran knows what he is doing."

Toga stopped in his tracks, his fists were already balled up. Anger written all over his features. "And how do you know that?"

Halted now, the brunette hesitated with answering, "Because I know him." She started to walk back to the academy, not even thinking that the black-haired man could easily just reach out and grab her.

"Maybe this was a bad idea. I need to start packing. Amaya and I are going away for a week."

As she walked by Toga, the hunter grabbed her right hand, forcing her to stop just like she thought he would want her to do. "Katsu, tell me… Can we really trust this pureblood?"

Katsu once again hesitated. She knew that he meant Kaname.

"I don't know myself. I don't know what he's planning exactly... But I know enough to know it's not all bada." She pulled her arm out of his grasp and continued to walk to the academy, not looking back.

Back at the Moon dormitories, Amaya walked downstairs to the lobby, wondering where Katsu had gotten to now. She sometimes wondered off for a few hours without telling her. At least, nowadays she did just that.

"Amaya-sama," spoke a voice from the bottom of the stairs.

Amaya turned to see Aido standing there. "Aido, what is it," she asked the blonde-haired aristocrat vampire.

"This is not out of disrespect towards you, but may I ask… What kind of relationship do you and Kaname-sama have," he asked her.

"What are you talking about? Why the sudden interest in that topic?" An eyebrow quirked upwards. This attitude was sudden from the aristocrat boy. He had saved her from the small misunderstanding from the Senate man at her grandfather's party not even months ago. What was going on?

"Well, Kaname-sama treats you a little more special… Even more so than anyone in the Senate or any other pureblood."

"I… Don't know… How to explain that." She really didn't have a clue about why Kaname treated her the way he did.

This pissed Aido off even more.

"Amaya-sama."

The ravenette looked down at the floor when she felt something cold touch her left foot. There was ice quickly covering her foot, the floor before her, and the three bottom stairs. This had to the blonde aristocrat's power.

"Aido, what are you doing," she questioned him as she looked up from the floor. Her dark blue eyes went even darker, if that was possible. She was quite furious at him about what he was doing right now. It was unnecessary and downright unpleasant to know that a lower vampire had trapped her in such a way. He had helped her; why the sudden need to do all of this?

"I want to know… What are you to Kaname-sama!?"

Amaya was taken back slightly by his question. She had to admit that even she questioned herself at times of such a topic.

What exactly was she to Kaname?

"Aido, that's enough. Let me go," the ravenette threatened in a very angry tone, "This is completely disrespectful." She was just about to raise her right hand to hit him, but something or someone grabbed her arm. She turned her head to see Kaname standing there, holding her arm in his left hand.

"Aido, that's just about enough," the pureblood prince ordered in a very stern voice.

The blonde aristocrat backed up. His ice was completely gone, freeing Amaya from the trap. "Kaname-sama," Aido exclaimed. He kneeled down quickly without another look at the pureblood prince.

"Did someone tell you to do this or did you do it out of your own accord," Kaname asked, not letting up on his stern voice.

"On my own accord," Aido whispered.

Amaya looked down at the boy. Even among her darkened gaze, there was confusion. She was unsure if that little answer was true or not. Again, there was no way a boy who had helped her not even months ago would suddenly attack her over a topic that could easily be discussed in a kind manner. It was downright odd.

Kaname placed himself between the two before speaking, "Leave now, Aido, before I think of any kind of punishment for you." Not a hint of regret hidden within his words.

Aido nodded and left for his room without another word.

Amaya softly pulled her arm out of Kaname's hand, "Thank you, Kaname, I appreciate the help." The ravenette turned and walked away, but before she could get too far, Maria showed up at the top of the stairs.

The Suzuki pureblood looked up at the small, silver-haired girl.

"Amaya-sama, are you alright? I heard a commotion out here and came to see what happened. I'm sorry to say that I did hear most of the conversation just a few seconds ago," Maria spoke, giggling a little bit underneath her breath.

The ravenette glared at the small girl. "I'm alright, Maria, thank you for your concern," Amaya replied as she walked past the small aristocrat. The ravenette fast walked back to her bedroom, almost slamming the door behind her. She looked down at her right arm. She noticed that it throbbed and some of her blood veins were pulsing through her white skin.

Wha… What is this, Amaya thought to herself, What's going on?

Someone knocked at her bedroom door, surprising her just a bit.

"Who is it," she asked cautiously.

"Amaya, it's me," spoke the very same voice from earlier, Kaname's voice.

"Kaname, what do you need," she asked softly.

"Are you alright?"

Amaya looked down at her arm. It stopped pulsing and the throbbing disappeared into nothing. It was as though it never happened. "I'm fine."

She could hear Kaname give a sigh on the other side of the door. "Alright, if you say so. I'm sorry that you had to see me act that way."

"It's fine. I've seen worse."

"Thank you for forgiving me, Amaya. I hope to see you at the ball."

Amaya heard Kaname walk away from her door. She didn't dare get up from the floor. She was too shocked from the scene earlier. The ravenette placed her head on her knees, not bothering with trying to move from where she was. She sighed as she buried her head into her knees. She really had never seen the more aggressive side of Kaname.

To be more exact, she had never even thought that he could have an aggressive side. He was always so kind to her.

After a couple minutes of sitting on the floor, Amaya finally got up and walked over to the bedroom. She had to make sure she was actually okay. If she was harmed in any way.

Amaya shook her head, not wanting to even think about what Kaname would do to Aido if she actually was hurt. She checked her left foot first. It looked to be okay, nothing too serious at all from when Aido had used his power on her. The black-blonde haired Suzuki leaned against the doorway, relaxing. She knew she had to pack her things for her trip back to her grandfather's manor.

And she did just that.

Once she was done, it was just about time for her and Katsu to leave.

"Katsu, is Akira coming with us," Amaya asked her cousin as she placed her bags down on the ground.

"No, I think she's going home to her own manor. I think her parents just want to make sure that she's okay. You know, they don't exactly approve of her coming here."

Amaya nodded, "Oh, okay."

Their driver placed their suitcases in the back before they got into the car themselves.

Inside of the Moon dormitories, Kaname was watching out of his study window as the car with the two Suzuki girls drove away from the building. He would not see either one until the ball, which was still days away. The brown-haired Kuran sighed.

"What's wrong, Kaname," asked Takuma as he looked at his friend.

"To tell you the truth, I really wished I hadn't told her to go back to her grandfather's," the pureblood replied as he ran his right hand through his dark brown hair.

"Why did you then?"

The Kuran pureblood hesitated, "I honestly don't know."

"Kaname, have you ever thought that maybe Amaya-sama has a special place in your heart?"

Kaname sighed again.

A knock came from the study door, interrupting their conversation. "Come in," the pureblood prince ordered as he picked up a white chess piece from his chess board.

Maria Kurenai walked into the room, closely followed by the same silver-haired man with the white mask covering his eyes.

"Yes, what is it, Maria," Takuma asked.

Maria just looked at Kaname, who nodded and looked over at his blonde-haired friend. He had caught her hint.

"Ichijo, could you leave for a moment?"

Takuma nodded and left the room without a word to his friend or the small girl.

"What is it you want, Shizuka Hio," the Kuran prince asked a few seconds after his friend had left.

Maria smirked. "So, you knew all along, Kaname Kuran," she asked in a completely different voice. This was the voice of Shizuka Hio; a bit deeper and mature than before.

"At first I was puzzled at how I should respond to you being in that body."

"Really? I was trying so hard not to embarrass you."

Kaname placed his head on his right hand, the one that was holding the chess piece of course. "It was certainly offensive. You just wanted to play with us, didn't you?"

"Me… Play a game? When did you grow up and started looking at things so… Conscientiously?" Maria turned to walk out of the room.

The pureblood prince smirked at her question. "That was probably when she was half-awakened."

The silver-haired girl glared at the floor before walking out of Kaname's study.

The pureblood prince looked back outside the window at the exact spot that Amaya's car had been just moments ago. He sighed underneath his breath.

"She will remember, sooner or later," he whispered to himself.

Amaya and Katsu were almost to the Suzuki manor. The ravenette could tell just based on where they were at this point in their car ride. She was quite happy that she was getting away from the dark energy that surrounded the dorms.

"Amaya?"

The blonde-streaked, black-haired girl looked over at her cousin. "What is it, Katsu," she asked.

"Are you okay? You've been staring out the window ever since we got into the car," stated Katsu.

"I'm fine. Just tired, I think."

Katsu sighed, "Is that all? Or is there something else?"

"Nope, nothing else." The ravenette turned to the window once more.

"Amaya… Is everything really okay?"

"It's just that… I saw Kaname's… More aggressive side of him."

Katsu looked down at her lap. "You did, did you? I was afraid that you would eventually see that side of him. What happened that made him show that side of him?"

"Aido… Sort of attacked me, but before he could even do anything harmful, Kaname stopped him."

"You should understand that since he is the more ruling pureblood here, he can do and act as he pleases while still staying within the rules of the academy."

Amaya nodded. She knew all too well that he could do that, but what about her or Katsu? Couldn't they try to do something like that and not get in trouble? Or because of their vampire hunter status, they would be in trouble?

Luckily for Amaya, they arrived at the manor, pulling her out of those thoughts. The driver stopped the car at the front stairs of the manor. Standing there was Lillian, Amaya's head maid, and Tayio Suzuki. Lillian opened the door for the two Suzuki purebloods while the driver went to get their suitcases out of the back.

"Amaya, Katsu, I'm glad that the two of you are okay," Tayio spoke as he embraced Amaya in a huge hug.

Katsu just walked on past, nodding to her grandfather to tell him that she had heard him. Tayio and Amaya watched as the brunette walked into the manor.

"Is everything okay with Katsu," asked Tayio.

"I honestly don't know, Grandfather," Amaya answered.

"Well, I'm just glad that the two of you are home… Safe and sound."

The older pureblood smiled down at his granddaughter before they turned to walk into the manor as well. They both made their way to the living room, where the younger pureblood sat down on a white couch and the older pureblood sat in a black leather chair.

"Amaya, I heard from Kuran that there will be a ball at the academy very soon."

The small pureblood girl nodded, "You heard correctly."

"Do you plan on going?"

"Yes, Grandfather, I do."

Tayio smiled again, "Good, I'm glad."

Amaya looked over at the black-haired man, "And why is that?"

"I want you to have a little fun while you're there."

Amaya nodded.

"Amaya," called a voice from the living room door.

The two Suzuki pureblood looked over at the door to see the brunette had decided to join them once more.

"What's wrong, Katsu," Tayio asked his eldest granddaughter.

"It's nothing. I just thought that Amaya would like to take a small rest before nightfall came."

"That might be a good idea. Amaya…"

Amaya groaned slightly before getting up. "Alright, but are you taking one, Katsu? I think you need it the most," the ravenette commented.

"No, I have some work to take care of at the Hunter's Association. It won't take that long at all." That was the last thing that the brunette said before she left the Suzuki manor. Amaya and Tayio were quite confused why Katsu was going to the Hunter's Association so soon after just arrived at the Suzuki manor. They wouldn't have believed Katsu if she had told them that she was just going there to relax and get away from some stress at the moment.

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