A/N: I didn't really have a plan for this story's plot-line after the first chapter, so hopefully this doesn't seem to disjointed. Anyway, please review! :D..

It had been two nights since Nagisa's run-in with Karma, and the red-devil still hadn't been caught, not even by the villages best hunters.
The blue-haired boy hadn't told anyone about having his blood drank (especially not his mother, she would loose it!), but for some reason he couldn't escape the memory of Karma. Even in his dreams, those mercury eyes still haunted him.
Nagisa left the hunter academy feeling exhausted- it had been another difficult day. The village of Kunugigaoka had a policy that children had to attend the academy to learn how to kill vampires from the age of eleven; Since hiring out contractors to go and hunt vampires and other supernatural nuisance was the town's main way of making money.

The lessons focused on brute strength and academic knowledge on the supernatural. Nagisa wasn't strong or smart, so he failed miserably at both. He was probably going to be thrown in E-class next year.
They were the lowest of the low- the hunters without any skill. They were usually treated as slaves or cannon fodder. Or worse. A lot of them just went missing unexplainably.
Tiredly, Nagisa walked down the street towards home, not even noticing that the road was no longer-bathed in the orange light of the sun-set, and that it was already dark.

"Hey there Nagisa, what's up?" A voice called. The blue haired boy recognised it instantly and whipped around, pulling up his hands in a defensive position.
"No need to be so uptight!" Karma laughed, showing of his sharp fangs; The vampire was perched on the window ledge of one of the many desolate houses. He pulled out a familiar silver knife. "You had to go so quickly that you left this behind- lodged into my leg, actually. That was quite clumsy of you!"

Nagisa gasped; His knife! The one he'd used to stab Karma with then make his escape. He expected the vampire to try to stab him with it, but instead he tossed him the knife and Nagisa caught it in midair.

"Nice reflexes, I'm impressed." Karma said with a playful smile.

"What do you want, red devil?" Nagisa asked- this whole situation was too weird. The vampire that was terrorizing the town, the stuff of nightmares, was acting all nonchalant like they were two old friends out shopping.

"Red Devil? That hurts. I thought I told you my name's Karma." The vampire said, a dark look crossing his face. He hopped down from the ledge he was perched on, and all of a sudden was right in front of Nagisa's face. Their eyes met, and there was an almost tangible spark of electricity. "You can thank me for giving you back your knife by offering your blood to me now~"

Nagisa stepped back quickly on instinct and drew his knife, but Karma just laughed.
"Hehe- No need to be so frightened I was joking. Your seriously adorable!" The Vampire said. "I wont drink your blood so soon after I already had a taste- I don't want to make you sick."
"

Thank you for your concern." Nagisa said sarcastically, his expression suddenly blank. He could tell the vampire wanted to mess with him.

"Your welcome." Karma said, suddenly he reached out and ripped of the band aid on Nagisa's neck, making the smaller boy flinch.

"I thought you said you weren't- " Nagisa protested, but Karma cut him of by leaning forward and licking his neck.

"You left so suddenly last time you didn't give me a chance to heal you." Karma said, his fangs grazed over Nagisa's neck but didn't break the skin. "Damn.. You really are hard to resist."
Nagisa tried to ignore the way Karma's words made him feel and the sudden rush of heat in his neck even after Karma's touch had left.
Even without his hands restrained he hadn't even tried to stab the vampire. Why? Was is because Karma was being nice to him?

The Vampire jumped away from Nagisa suddenly, licking his lips. "There! All fixed."

Tentatively, Nagisa lifted his fingers to the puncture wound Karma had left last time. The rough damaged skin was gone, and smooth healthy skin had taken it's place.

"How did you do that?" Nagisa asked seriously impressed despite himself.

"What? They don't teach you about the healing properties of vampire saliva at hunter school?" Karma smirked, looking quite proud with himself. "Come on- I'll take you for something to eat!"

"What?" Nagisa deadpanned- did he hear that right?

"Don't worry, no blood- just human food. You provided me with a meal so it's only fair that I do the same, right?" Karma said, as if a predator asking it's prey out for dinner was common sense. "I know a pretty cool place not far from here. And nobody recognises that I'm a wanted man as long as I cover my hair with a hat!"

"You can't be serious!" The blue haired boy cried, Karma laughed.

"Do they not teach you manners either at hunter school, you seem to have problems recognizing basic politeness." Karma said playfully.

"Do you always wine and dine your prey after drinking their blood?" Nagisa asked, raising an eyebrow. For some reason, he wasn't scared of Karma anymore. Well.. At least not as much as before.

"Nope, your just that lucky!" Karma smiled, then his expression suddenly turned serious. "Besides.. You feel it too, right?"
Nagisa looked at him questioningly.
"

For some reason I feel a weird connection to you." Karma admitted. He wasn't teasing anymore. "-When I look into your eyes, when I drank your blood. And that trick you pulled with the knife the other night was impressive. I want to get to know you!"

The smaller boy stared at him, dumbfounded. It was at this point any normal sane person would turn tail and run away, warn the guards the red devil was near. But deep down, Nagisa knew Karma was right- there was a connection. Telling himself he was doing this so he could observe Karma for tactics he could better use to kill him, Nagisa nodded.
"Fine. I'll go for a meal with you," He said, keeping his voice calm and even.
"Great! Follow me!" Karma said, taking Nagisa's hand suddenly and pulling him down the street towards the restaurant.

Just what the hell am I doing?

Asano Gakushu walked into his father, the Chairman of the local hunter's academy's office.
There was always something so cold and impersonal about the room; It was dark and bare besides his grand oak desk, and various awards and trophies dotted about the place.
"Have you slain the red devil yet?" The Chairman asked, before Gakushu had time to speak a word- the boy had been charged with bringing down the town's newest terror, Gakushu had a impeccable record when it came to bringing down his targets, but this one vampire seemed to elude him completely.
"Unfortunately sir, no." Gakushu said, his violet eyes fixed ahead at his father.
"Then I fail to see why your even here." The Chairman said dismissively. "I require results young man, another status report about your continued failure is useless to me."
Gakushu gritted his teeth- his father always knew just how to get under his skin. He just wanted to finally slaughter that damn red vampire to shut his father up!
"This isn't about the red devil." The strawberry blonde said. "There's news of a different threat- something more sinister is coming this way."
"I didn't realise you were naive enough to listen to the hearsay of fools." The Chairman taunted.
Gakushu smirked.
"It's more than just rumours, sir, a Village a few miles from here was completely devastated. They say he's the one behind the destruction of the moon." The boy said, sounding strangely gleeful as he talked about destruction. "A demon with speed faster than the eye can see, and acid yellow appendages. If that were to come here not even you would be able to stop it."
"Oh, you doubt me? Need me to remind you of my power again?" The Chairman said, a sinister look in his violet eyes despite his smile.
"..That wont be necessary." Gakushu said quickly.
"I thought so." His father replied. "Well, you let me take care of this yellow demon rumour, and you just focus on your current mission."
Gakushu nodded stiffly, and turned to leave, when the chairman spoke again.
"Oh, Asano- if you haven't killed the red devil by the next time I see you, there'll be consequences."