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Rei Sato, the coyote questioned, Is that the current head of the Sato family?
"Most likely," Rido, who was still in Senri's body, answered as he looked over at the coyote.
You know, I'm also after that girl, but maybe it would be better if I went after her sister since she did annoy me the most, the coyote replied, And so I don't get in your way as well.
Rido smirked at the coyote. "Good because I wouldn't want to kill you for doing something as stupid as getting in my way."
The coyote growled loudly at him. You just stay out of my way too, you hear?
"Yeah, whatever."
Rido rolled his eyes before looking at Senri's great uncle. He reached down and picked up the old man by the throat. Senri's uncle struggled in Rido's grasp as he was lifted off of the floor.
"What are you doing, my lord," he choked out.
The dark brown-haired pureblood took his free hand and ran it through the man's stomach. "I have no need for you anymore," Rido told him as he ripped his arm out, which was now almost completely covered in blood. Then, he threw the dead vampire at a wall. The man had done his job and now was needed no more. He was useless to the pureblood as of now.
You are one cruel vampire, yet you had such a kind-hearted lover, the coyote teased.
"Shut up, you idiot coyote, I don't need your mockery," Rido growled out without a second thought. He turned to the door of the basement and quickly left the manor. He had other places to be; one of them was not back there being teased by a coyote.
Back at the academy around five in the afternoon the very next day, Katsu was walking around the school. She wasn't really paying any attention to what she was doing. Her thoughts were on about everything and anything. As she was walking around, she noticed Toga walking towards her. She stopped and was about to turn around when Toga called out.
"Katsu, can't we just talk," he asked as he walked over to her side.
"About what," she asked him, "What is there to talk about?" Katsu started to walk away, but Toga grabbed her right arm and started dragging her to his office.
"Toga, stop it," she yelled.
"I will not. Not until we talk."
The brunette could hear slight anger in his voice, but it didn't seem directed at her. So, she now had to wonder what he was so angry about. The two of them walked into his office; the hunter closing the door behind them once they were in there. There was a wooden desk with a chair behind it, a bookcase to the wall on the right and a lamp near the left wall. There was a round table to her right sitting before a pair of leather chairs.
She was standing near a wall, right before the round table. The hunter was standing before the door, keeping her escape plan to either through him or the window behind the desk.
"What do you want to talk about, Toga," Katsu almost yelled.
Toga sighed. "Please, just tell me what's going on."
The Suzuki pureblood closed her dark-colored eyes. She really honestly could not tell him. It wasn't time yet. She had to wait a bit longer. "I seriously can't right now, Toga. I'm sorry."
"And why not?"
"I... I just can't okay."
"That's not really good enough."
"It's the only answer that I have right now."
As the brunette moved to walk towards the door, all of a sudden Katsu felt the same wave of power from long before rushing over her insides. She pulled herself from the hunter's embrace rather suddenly. She almost fell over a small, round table if she hadn't caught herself in time. Her grasp on the furniture however was not that great.
"Katsu," Toga almost yelled.
Katsu soon leaned herself against the wall to her left. Her black-colored eyes turned bright red. She could feel the strong power run through her body like a huge wave. It was overpowering her with each passing second that went by. Telling her that she had to give in or else it would be a long and painful battle. The brunette wanted to desperately withdraw herself into the power, but with Toga here, she could not. She would be placing him in danger if she allowed it.
"I'm fine, just leave, Toga," she breathed out.
"I'm not going anywhere," Toga told her as he took a few steps closer.
Katsu flinched in pain. A second wave of the power ran through her body. It was fiercer and sharper. Something inside of her was desperate. "Damn it," the Suzuki pureblood whispered. She could feel herself slowly withdraw into the overwhelming power. It was too overbearing for her to handle. She looked up to see the hunter walking towards the small kitchen in the next room.
"Do you have your blood tablets with you," he asked her as he poured a glass of water for her.
"Yeah," Katsu breathed out again as she tried to get control over her own body but failing ever so slightly. She reached into her pocket and withdrew a black and red packet.
Toga walked over to her side and took the packet from her. Placing the glass down, he opened the packet, took a tablet out, and placed it into the water. As it dissolved, he looked back over at the pureblood. It looked like she could barely move at all. Whatever was happening to her must be really strong. The black-haired hunter picked up the glass with his right hand before he went back to Katsu's side. He kneeled down.
"Katsu, lean your head back," he told her.
The brunette did as she was told. Once her head was back, Toga took the glass and placed it near her mouth. He leaned the cup up so that the fake blood would flow into the brown-haired pureblood's mouth.
Katsu swallowed the fake blood easily. She was thirsty, but that wasn't what she wanted. She wanted something else. Something else that would dull the pain from this overwhelming power trying to desperately take over. The brunette stopped drinking the fake blood. She swung her right hand and hit the glass out of Toga's hand. The glass fell onto the floor with a loud crash, breaking into several large and small shards. The carpet turned a darker color from the spilled fake drink. Katsu began to breathe heavily as she brought her right hand to her throat.
"Katsu, what's wrong," Toga asked her.
The pureblood quickly tackled the hunter to the ground without a second thought. His back hit the floor with a loud thud. His hat fell off his head as the two of them fell backwards. Katsu's body was now hovering just inches above his. Her knees were on either side of his waist. A deep growl quickly grew in her chest, vibrating her whole upper body.
Toga could tell she was losing control, which never happened with Katsu and he knew that for a fact. Spending so much time with her on orders and such. So, something was happening to her on the inside and he didn't know what it was. There had to be a way to calm her down. Just a single way.
The pureblood looked down at him as her eyes slowly changed back to their original color. She finally had control over her body once again. Katsu's heavy breathing didn't stop for a long time.
Toga placed his left hand on her right cheek, trying to see if he could calm the pureblood down a bit more. And it worked. Katsu slowly relaxed to the point she could sit herself up, no longer in the hunter's face. Her breathing finally went back to normal.
"I'm sorry, Toga, I don't know what came over me," the brunette told him once her mind had finally come back to reality.
"It's okay. As long as you have it under control now," the vampire hunter responded.
Katsu nodded before she got off of him.
Toga sat up, not taking his eyes off of the pureblood, "Are you okay?"
The brunette nodded in response at first. "I am now. Sorry for tackling you," the brunette replied as her gaze fell to the floor.
"It's fine, Katsu," the hunter replied.
Katsu breathed slowly as she tried to think about what happened. She couldn't really remember everything, but there were some parts she could recall, which still wasn't much at all. "Can you tell me exactly what I did," Katsu asked, "I can't remember."
"You didn't miss much," Toga answered, "You hit the glass out of my hand before tackling me."
"Is that all?"
"Yeah."
Katsu sighed in relief, "Good, I'm glad."
Toga looked at her, confused. "What was that," he asked her, "You have never lost control of your thirst before."
Katsu looked in the opposite direction of Toga. She didn't want to look at him. What was she going to tell him?
"I don't really know," she finally spoke, "I guess it was a lot more powerful than the others."
"Look at me, Katsu," Toga said sternly.
The brunette turned to face the vampire hunter. He didn't look all that happy with the answer she had given him.
"Tell me the truth," he whispered, "What was that?"
Katsu shook her head before standing up to leave the room. Once she had left the room and was walking down the hallway, the brunette leaned against a wall nearby. She had to stop and think about what happened. She had just tackled Toga to the ground without even thinking about it. Yet, she didn't drink from him.
Now that she thought about it, she remembered feeling something warm against her cheek when she lost control. Had he tried to calm her down? And did it work?
Katsu shook her head. That wasn't important. What was important was the fact she had tackled Toga to the floor.
Maybe, just maybe, she thought, I was thirsting for blood. For the first time in a long time.
If she was right in the fact that she was thirsting for blood, did that mean she was thirsting for none other than Toga's blood?
Katsu closed her eyes. She still could not believe that she had lost control over her own body. That's what she gets for trying to withdraw into the overwhelming power. She should have known better than to do that, but she couldn't help it.
The dark brown-haired pureblood opened her eyes again when she felt a very dark presence nearby. She sighed softly to herself. She knew whose presence it was. Who else would be walking around the school building during the day when he should have been in class?
None other than Zero. Katsu walked around the corner just in time to see the former human bend over in a coughing fit. She leaned against the wall and looked at him.
"Zero," she called softly, only trying to gain his attention.
He turned to look at the dark brown-haired pureblood once he had stopped coughing. "What do you want, Katsu," he asked her angrily, "I thought at first you didn't want anything to do with me."
Katsu's black-colored eyes narrowed. She knew what he meant. The brunette hadn't paid too much attention to him in the last couple of weeks because she was more worried about her cousin instead. The ravenette needed her more than ever. "I know it seems like that," Katsu told him, "But you know that I still care about your well-being as well, idiot."
"Really," Zero questioned with a sarcastic tone, "It doesn't seem like it."
"Look, Zero, I know that it doesn't seem like I care because I have been paying attention to Amaya more, but I need to. My grandfather told me to watch over her while we were here."
"I don't care, Katsu. I don't need your help."
Katsu shook her head before grabbing Zero by his shoulder. He was being his stubborn self again. His usual I don't want any help excuse was coming out once again and Katsu was not going to accept that.
"Oh, I think you do."
Katsu quickly dragged Zero to one of the Headmaster's many guest rooms.
"What are you doing," the former human slightly yelled as the pureblood shut the door, locking it as well.
The brunette turned back to the former human.
"What do you think you can help with," Zero asked her, "No one can help me. I'm a monster."
The brown-haired Suzuki pureblood shook her head as she walked over to the other side of the room. "You're no monster," the brunette replied, "If you want a monster then you're looking at one."
Zero narrowed his eyes slightly, "What are you talking about?"
"I am a pureblood vampire. I don't age once I've become an adult. I'm feared by most vampires. How is that not a monster? Sure, my thirst may not be as intense as yours, but trust me, I do thirst for blood." Katsu chuckled under her breath. A small smile crossed her face, "None of those weak humans though, I can definitely tell you that."
"Then who's," Zero asked, anger covering his voice.
Katsu fell silent.
"Katsu, answer me," the silver-haired former snarled.
"I don't know. I'm only guessing from the incident a few moments ago," she finally responded.
"Incident?"
"I kind of tackled Toga to the ground because I lost control over my thirst… I think that's what it was."
Zero ran over to Katsu. He grabbed her by her throat and pushed her against the wall. She hissed slightly in pain as her back hit the wall and at the surprise attack by her friend. "You didn't bite him, did you," the silver-haired hunter snarled.
"No, I didn't bite him," Katsu replied calmly.
The former human let the dark brown-haired pureblood go. The pureblood rubbed her throat softly with her right hand, almost like she was checking for any wounds.
"He was able to calm me down," Katsu continued, "At least, that's what I think he did."
Zero backed away from Katsu, holding his own throat. He knelt down, coughing. His lavender eyes turned a bright red color. He was blood lusting.
"Zero, I want to help you," the brunette told him.
"I don't need your help," the former human growled, "I told you that."
"I know, but that won't stop me from trying." Katsu rolled up the sleeve of her white blouse to her elbow. She took one of her fingernails on her left hand and dragged it across her right wrist. She dug deep enough into her wrist to make it bleed.
Zero's heightened senses immediately picked up on the smell of Katsu's blood. His breathing became irregular just from smelling the scent of blood.
"Come on," she whispered softly as she held her wrist in front of his face, "You need it. I know how it feels to bloodlust as bad as you do, so let me help you."
Zero grabbed Katsu's wrist roughly with his left hand. He leaned forward and brought his mouth next to her wrist. His tongue licked some of her blood away before he leaned forward more, digging his fangs into her wrist without the least bit of hesitation. The Suzuki pureblood flinched from the pain but didn't move away. She watched closely as the silver-haired former human drank her blood in a hurry.
When was the last time he drank from me, Katsu thought to herself before smiling softly, That's right. That was the night he also attacked Amaya.
Zero was amazed that Katsu didn't try to run away from the pain. It had to hurt, yet she still stood there taking the pain as though it was something so simple. His eyes narrowed slightly.
She really does want to help, he thought, But why now?
It wasn't long before Zero stopped drinking. He withdrew his fangs from Katsu's wrist. "What about… Master," he breathed out.
"He doesn't need to know about this, Zero," she told him, "What he doesn't know won't hurt him." The room fell silent as Katsu and Zero stayed in their places, unmoving.
"Tell me," Zero breathed out, "Was it really Kuran who killed Shizuka?"
"What do you think," Katsu huffed out.
"But why would he?"
"You'll have to ask him that yourself."
Inside the Moon dormitories, Amaya was just waking up for the day. She yawned softly before finally getting out of bed. She was definitely tired from last night. Amaya sat herself back down onto the bed. Her mind went back to that memory of seeing Kaname kissing Sara Shirabuki's hand.
The ravenette shook her head. What was she thinking? Was she slightly jealous? Or was it something else?
She sighed softly before getting up again. She didn't need something like this bothering her at the moment, but then again it could just be her imagination. Amaya shook her head once again. She had to stop thinking about it or she wouldn't be able to focus on anything.
As the Suzuki pureblood was walking towards her closet to grab her uniform, someone knocked on her bedroom door. "Amaya-sama," called a maid, "Kaname-sama wanted me to let you know that classes aren't going to happen today."
"Alright," Amaya responded, "Thank you for telling me." Her heightened hearing told her the maid turned around and walked away. She went back to her bed to sit down.
I wonder why the classes aren't going to happen, Amaya thought to herself. As she was sitting there, she felt a very dark presence come into the building. She stood up from her bed and began to run towards the lobby of the building.
As she was running, she realized that she didn't feel anybody else in the dorm rooms. It was like they had all left the Moon dormitories temporarily. This only made Amaya run even faster. Something was up and she had to figure out what it was before something horrible happened.
Once she was at the top of the stairs, she stopped. Standing in front of the door, which was open, was the silver-haired former human himself and he didn't look the least bit happy. Amaya smelled the air. She could smell Katsu's scent on Zero. Her dark blue gaze narrowed. She quickly guessed that he had drunk her cousin's blood and for the second time no less. But why?
The blonde-streaked, black-haired pureblood looked over at the other set of stairs; the ones on the other side of the lobby. She saw Kaname standing there, looking at Zero with a distasteful look. This situation was definitely not going to end well. Not well at all.
Kaname looked over in Amaya's direction when he felt her presence. He smiled softly at her. "Amaya, why don't you go back to your room," he suggested politely, "Zero and I are just going to talk."
"Talk," the ravenette questioned, "Talk about what?"
"It's none of your concern, vampire," Zero yelled.
The Suzuki pureblood looked at the silver-haired former human; distaste in her dark blue gaze only thickened with the words he spoke. "I think it is to my concern," she told him. Zero growled before looking back at the brown-haired pureblood prince.
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