"Sushi? I was never really a fan of that even back when I ate human food." Karma commented, as Nagisa ordered his meal. The blue haired boy looked back at him.

"You used to be human?" Nagisa asked, keeping his voice hushed for fear someone would overhear; He felt like he was being far more concerned over being covert than the fugitive himself was being.

"Nah, not exactly. I wasn't turned. I was born into a vampire family, but my powers and bloodlust didn't awaken till I was six. It's the same for all vampires." Karma explained nonchalantly, leaning back in his chair.
This had to be one of the most surreal situations that Nagisa had ever been in; Being treated to dinner by the vampire that drank his blood nights earlier. He definitely hadn't learned how to deal with this sort of situation at the Hunter's academy.
But the strangest thing had to be how normal it felt; despite the undercurrent of danger, Nagisa couldn't help but feel that they were just two friends talking, sat in a otherwise empty caffe.

"So you have a family? A vampire family?" Nagisa asked, never taking his eyes of Karma. He still had to be on his guard.

"Course I do- hey, your trying to gather intel on me, aren't you, Nagisa?" The Red Devil said, an amused look in his eye. Nagisa shrugged- No point in lying.

"If it'll help me bring you down and take the bounty on your head!" He smiled, Karma just laughed.

"You still haven't given that up yet? Even after I bought you a meal?"
Nagisa shot him a look.

"We're natural enemies, aren't we?"

"And who decided that? The bigwigs at the hunting society? You know, we don't have to live by their rules."
Before Nagisa had a chance to think up a response, Karma suddenly stood up and grabbed Nagisa's wrist.

"W- What are you?" He cried out, but the vampire just pulled the hunter out of his chair to his feet.

"We have to get out of here. Now." Karma said, his expression darkening as he pulled Nagisa along to the door.

"Why? What's going on?" The blue haired boy asked, he scanned the Caffe quickly; It was deserted besides from them, he couldn't fathom what it was that had caused Karma's reaction.

"The owner must of recognised me or something- he tipped of the hunters. I can here them approaching. Let's just say vampire senses are crazy good." Karma said, as he pulled Nagisa with him out the door. Nagisa had never seen the vampire so worked up before, the red devil had always seemed permanently playful.
Suddenly Karma pushed him to the floor, and basically crawled on top of him.

"What are you- "
Nagisa was cut of, when suddenly a flaming arrow went flying over their heads, and crashed into the caffe the two had been eating in moments earlier.
The window smashed, and shards of glass showered down from above them, Nagisa's eyes widened as Karma's body shielded him from it. He looked up to see the vampires face inches from his own, for some reason he couldn't explain the blue haired boy felt himself blush.

"Karma are you okay?" He asked without thinking.

"Aw, are you worried about me?"

"You said you wouldn't damage my property!" A adult male voice said,

"Heh- no sacrifice is too great when it comes to fighting vampires." Came the reply. Nagisa recognised it as Seo Tomoya; He was one of the top scoring hunter's at the academy, and probably the meanest bastard in there.

"Do you think we got him?" Araki Teppei asked. He was another top ranked hunter, almost as bad as Seo. Nagisa turned his head and saw both of them approaching, he felt his heart rate rise, and fear coursed through him; Even though he knew they were hunting vampires and not him, he also knew that they wouldn't hesitate to hurt him if he was in the way; he was just trash destined to end up in E class to them.

"Let's go- " Karma said, getting to his feet and pulling Nagisa to his just as quickly as he'd thrown him to the ground. He was grinning again. "I should really teach them a lesson about manners~"

"Karma, don't underestimate these guys they're some of the strongest in our academy. If you want to live I suggest running- " Nagisa said, quickly. He couldn't explain why, but he didn't want Karma to be killed by these guys. He told himself it was because he wanted to be the one to slay Karma.
The red devil laughed. "Then your academy is even more pathetic than I thought it was." Karma replied that evil glint back in his eye. Nagisa could only watch as the vampire strolled forward towards the four elite hunters; Sakikabari Ren, Akari Teppei, Seo Tomoya and Kyoma. The four of them were part of the 'five virtuosos'. The top five hunters in the academy, it looked like their leader wasn't with them though.

"It's time to put you into the ground were you belong, red devil!" Tomoya Seo said, re-loading his bow with another flaming arrow.

"Ashes to Ashes, dust to dust!" Added Ren, pulling out his Katana.

"Wow- those are dangerous weapons for little kids to be playing with- " Karma taunted them, pulling out his own knife; It was tiny in comparison to the weapons the hunters were brandishing.

"You mightn't know this, bloodsucker, but we're the elite." Tomoya Seo said, taking aim.

"If your so good, why're you causing needless destruction- you know that arrow almost hit one of your fellow humans over there." Karma said, indicating to Nagisa who was stood still by the caffe, watching the scene unfold with wide eyes.

"Him? I know him; That's Nagisa's Shiota. He's one of the useless pieces of scum at our school." Seo Tomoya said, a cruel grin on his face. "He's so worthless that if he got hit while we were hunting a vampire it'd probably be the closest thing to making a contribution to society he'll ever make."
The other four hunters laughed amongst themselves, Nagisa told himself that he didn't care what they said, because he'd already accepted that they were right.
The hunter's didn't notice when Karma's expression darkened into something more sinister; He retained his grin, but the look in his eyes were pure malice.

"We'll see about that- "

"Die, vampire!" Seo bellowed; He let go of the string of his bow, and fired his arrow- the projectile went sailing towards Karma at an incredible speed, but somehow, the Vampire managed to not only dodge it, but slice it in half with his knife.

"Is that all you have? Pathetic!" Karma laughed, a mad look in his eye and a wild grin on his face.
Nagisa knew Karma was strong, but he had no idea the vampire was this strong; He was treating the four elite hunters like children, the red devil was impossibly fast, the blue-haired boy watched with a shocked expression as Karma knocked their weapons out of their hands one by one. The hunter's couldn't even scratch him. The way he fought was incredible. Nagisa could only watch as the carnage unfolded.

"This is actually starting to get boring!" Karma yawned, as he knocked Kyoma to the floor with a kick. He was the last one; The other four hunter's were already left groaning on the floor, the fight was over at lightning speed. "Over so soon? That's a pity."

"A- are you going to drink our blood?" Ren asked wide-eyed. Karma shook his head.

"I appreciate the offer, but I can tell from here your blood would taste rotten." The Vampire said. He pulled something out the bag he always kept on his back.

"What is that!?" Kyoma cried. "Some kind of poison? You're going to kill us!"

"This? This is just some wasabi." Karma replied, kneeling in front of the beaten hunters. You could practically see the devil horns protruding from his head. "I hear it's quite a unique feeling if you put it up your nose."
The look on their faces could only be described as pure horror as Karma knelt down besides Seo Tomoya. "I think I'll start with you, kay?" Karma said with a mischievous grin.
'This guy has more wits and strength than any adult I know, but he has the temperament of a naughty child playing pranks' Nagisa thought, Karma wasn't the bloodthirsty monster that the town made him out to be, but he was certainly terrifying in his own way. The blue haired hunter walked over, intent on intervening, somehow, when suddenly Karma stood up.

"It looks like reinforcements are on their way." Karma said, turning to Nagisa and grinning. Nagisa couldn't here anyone approaching, but he didn't have vampire senses.

"I didn't manage to shove wasabi up all of their noses so will you finish it of for me?"

"There's no way I'm gonna do that." Nagisa dead-panned. Karma chuckled.

"See ya!" He melted away into the shadows like he was never there in the first place, seconds later a hoard of hunter's arrived.
The sight that greeted them wasn't what they expected; The four of the best hunter's at the academy passed out on the floor.

"Did the red devil kill them?" One boy asked. A girl with black hair knelt down to check Ren's pulse "They're fine, just knocked out."

"Why is Seo's nose so red?"

Nagisa opted for walking away as the crowd got larger and larger. A strange feeling of hopelessness grew in the pit of his stomach; If Karma could beat four elite hunters so easily, what hope did a failure like Nagisa have of defeating him? The difference in power was just overwhelming, he recalled the feral look in Karma's eyes during the fight, the vampire really did seem like a beast in that moment.

"Were are they?"
Asano Gakushu burst through the doors into the hospital room were Kyoma, Seo, Araki and Ren were sat.
The hunter's injuries weren't all that bad at all, nothing permanent at least. The doctor had just confined them to their hospital beds to be cautious.
Ren flinched when Asano stormed in; He knew that the other boy was going to be pissed.

"We're sorry!" The four of them said in unison. Asano folded his arms, and stood by the door, glaring with ice-cold violet eyes. He was wearing his hunting uniform, it still had blood stains on it- he must of just got back from hunting a vampire.

"What were you thinking? Confronting the red devil by yourselves. Didn't I tell you to inform me if he was sighted?" Asano hissed. His usual facade of politeness was stripped away and what was left was the monster underneath.

"But you were the other side of town!" Seo said, scowling. "Us four are elite hunters, so it makes sense that we should be able to- "
Asano suddenly pulled out a dagger from his pocket, and held it inches from Seo's throat, shutting the other boy up instantly.

"Dead." Asano said, simply, his eyes dark and dangerous. "That's what you would of been if the red devil was an ordinary vampire. He would of drank your blood and killed you, understand?"
Seo inched away from the knife. "Y- yes!"

Asano sheathed his blade and sighed, the anger disappearing from his face, and a look of disappointment replacing it. The others look relieved, but for Ren, disappointment was so much worse.

"Just don't do anything like this again. Your suppose to be the elites, you have the academy's dignity to uphold, and your own." Asano said. "Did anyone actually see the fight?"

"The only witness was some E-class trash, a little runt named Nagisa Shiota." Araki said, "He shouldn't be hard to shut up. He was hanging around the Vampire before we attacked for some reason. The red devil was probably planning on making him his next meal or something."

"..really?" Asano said, he smirked, a devious look flashed in his eyes, he turned on his heel to leave. "Maybe I should speak to this Nagisa Shiota."
Ren watched him go- just what was he plotting?

(A/N): Sorry that Karma and Nagisa's meal was interrupted by a flaming arrow.. I didn't really have any plot when I wrote the first chapter, so I'm kind of just winging it now! Anyway, please review :D