Chapter 3

The night class students filed out of the moon dorm one by one. Fall break had started which meant that all of the students were returning home to their families whereas the entire night class was invited to sent the vacation at the Adiou mansion. Both Kaname and Rose decided this was a good idea because she needed him to get his head back in the game. Maybe some time alone would fix that.

Hanabusa sat on his bed and recalled the events he had witnessed. After days and days of searching Adiou found nothing on the mysterious hunter that appeared at the academy one day. But one thing was for certain, she knew what Kaname was planning.

He stood up at started to take a long walk to clear his head, then he thought of something. Zero seemed pretty close to her at that party so maybe he knows what was going in. He did seem to remain secretive lately.

He made his way other to the sun dorm when he was stopped by Yuki. "Hannabusa! What do you think you're doing?!"

He froze and tried to come up with a logical reason but failed. "Well, umm you see I was….well I totally wasn't going to visit Zero if that's what you mean."

Just then the door opened to reveal Zero in front of him. "What are you doing? In case you didn't remember you can't enter the grounds on the sun dormitories. Go back to you're dorm."

He gazed at the the two of them and pouted. "I don't want to be there, so I am not going back!"

Yuki and Zero hung their heads in frustration.

Hanabusa sat on the sofa with his arms crossed as he watched Zero try to catch his breath. After they insisted him to return he ran away from them which caused Zero to chase after him. Yuki put her hand up and smiled. "I hope the headmaster's private quarters are ok with you."

Adiou was about to give another sarcastic remark when he heard another presence walk into the room. He turned and slowly grew quiet. Standing there was the person he wanted to see the least. She wasn't wearing her uniform but rather a flower sundress. "What's with the noise?"

She turned and found Adiou. "Oh, it's you. Why are you here?"

Hanabusa angrily stood up and pointed her finger at her. "I should be asking you the same question!"

Rose shrugged and lifted up a bunch of plastic bags she was holding. "The Headmaster asked me to do some shopping."

Adiou looked at the bags and stuttered. "Whaa? No I meant what are you doing here? Don't you have a family or something to run back to."

Rose's eyes suddenly grew dark and Zero knew the reason. She didn't have any family to back to. Adiou noticed the change in temperature as Rose seemed to spring back to life, putting on a fake cheesy grin. "I don't have a family so it's kind of hard to run to one."

His cocky demeanor dropped as he realized what she said. Yuki was also surprised by her words. She tightened the bags and smirked. "Now, time to put these groceries away so I can start cooking!"

Hanabusa grew afraid and put his hand out. "NO! Not you."

Rose turned back in confusion as Zero grabbed her bags. "Fine then, I'll do it."

She tilted her head and smirked. "What? It's not like I was gonna try and poison you."

She laughed at her joke but Hanabusa didn't find it funny. What if she actually tried that?

Adiou's worst fear had come true. He was alone, sitting across from the girl who murdered a pureblood. She gazed out the window in boredom as he tried to decipher anything from her.

Her light blue eyes gazed down, letting her hair fall onto her shoulders. WAIT. Why was he thinking about that?! She murdered someone! If he hadn't witnessed it he hardly believed that a human hunter could rip a vampire's heart out. The words Shuzika said rang in his ear. "You have everyone fooled don't you? Only a few know you're a cold hearted killer."

He stopped when he realized that those light blue eyes were now staring at him."What?"

He removed his gaze and turned away. "Whaa? Nothing."

Rose gave a are you kidding me look and turned her head. "Uh huh. Cause you've been staring at me since I got back, I'm not an idiot Adiou."

Hanabusa gulped in response and whispered. "What else have you noticed?"

She put her hand on the table and started to lightly tap it. "That you've been finishing around in my records at the association. Vey rude if you ask me."

His breath caught in his throat as he realized that he was found out. "I'm just trying to figure out why Kaname treats you and Yuki two are just humans."

Rose rolled her eyes and stopped tapping her fingers. "I'm not sure about Yuki but as for me, It's because he's forced to."

Adiou's eyes snapped up to meet her's "Forced to? What does that mean?"

Before she could answer Zero came out with four plates of food. "Here. Hey, Rose can I get you're help with the last plate?"

She slowly stood up and walked out of the interrogation room she was in.

Ten minutes later Yuki walked into the room to find all of the plates empty. Hanabusa whipped is mouth and sighed. "It was okay but there needed to be more."

Yuki hung her head and headed back into the kitchen to find a shocked Rose and Zero. "What?! He eat our positions also?!"

Zero sighed and get back to cooking, but not before throwing a box towards Rose. "Here, give him blood tablets while I make more."

She sighed and re entered the room. He looked up and pouted. "Where is my food?"

She grumbled and slammed the box on the table. "It's coming, eat these while you wait."

Adiou opened the box of blood tablets and smiled. "These are Zero's right?"

He expected her to be shocked that he knew about Zero bein a vampire but instead she just nodded her head. He put on of the tablets into a glass of water and sighed. "Rose, I know you know what Kaname is keeping from us. Tell me."

She ran her fingers through her hair and sighed. Then she sat down across with him and stated. "Listen Hanabusa, I am only going to tell you this once."

She then locked eyes with the vampire and hissed. "Stay out of things you are not involved in."

His eyes stayed entranced with her's. He tried to move but was unable to as she stared at him with a look of murder. "And quit digging into things you don't understand. You may end up hurt."

Just then her gazed removed from his when she looked towards the kitchen. Adiou questioned her until he smelled it, Yuki's blood. He looked back at Rose who tightened her fists and for just a moment, he could see a hurt look in her eyes.

Before he could question what it meant, she stood up and glanced at him "Remember what I said." before leaving the room.

Yuki returned a few minutes later to find Rose was gone. She turned to Hanabusa and accused him of making her run off, which he shrugged about.

She then moved to sit and looked down. "Actually Hanabusa, there is some I would like to ask you about."

Adiou looked at her in confusion as she carried on. "That night at the ball, there was a bird there. Everyone seemed to know what it was. What did it mean?"

Hanabusa turned to Yuki and smiled. He was sure that Kaname would punish him for this but he needed some enjoyment. "That was a familiar. Purebloods use them to travel without actually going anywhere. There soul is placed in an animal and can transport them to situations where things may be dangerous."

Yuki looked around in confusion. She didn't fully understand that Hanabusa ment. "A familiar? So that bird was…..a pureblood vampire?"

Adiou nodded his head in agreement. "Yes. There are rumors, that Lord Kaname was to be engaged to another pureblood but most of it was just gossip, there has been no official announcement and Lord Kaname refuses to speak about it. But….when that bird appeared it seemed to have confirmed the rumors."

Yuki's head was spinning by all of the information she was getting. Kaname was engaged to another pureblood? She felt her heart break. "Kaname is engaged? To whom?"

Adiou plopped another blood tablet in his glass of water and swirled it around. "It's just rumor, but supposably he is engaged to a legacy that even rivals the Kuran line, the Adelaides. Some would say that they are even more powerful than the Kuran line in many respects. But of course no one has seen any member of the clan in years so the idea of an engagement seemed out of the question. Until that bird showed up when my father was trying to sell my sister to Lord Kaname. It was indeed Lady Adelaide's aura."

Yuki felt her heart break once more as she tried to process the information. She couldn't compete with a pureblood vampire for Kaname's heart. Why did he ask her to live the long flow of time with him when he was already engaged?