(A/N: Sorry this chapter took so long to write! It kind of.. lacks focus, I guess, and drags a bit. But I shoved a ton of important plot stuff in here, and truth be told, even though it's probably one of the stories weaker chapters, I really enjoyed writing it. There's probably waay too much action for something that is meant to be a romance, but the truth is I find fight scenes easier to write than makeout scenes! D:. Anyway, I'll try cram in a lot more romance in the next chapter.

Also, thank you so much for all the reivews! they were what got me to finally finish this chapter :)

"Did you hear? A kid from the academy went missing?" Sugino said, his voice hushed and his eyes wide, as if he were mentioning something taboo. Nagisa turned to face him.
"Another one?" The boy said, throwing a stone into the pond. He frowned. It was summer and the two of them were eleven. Next year they'd leave the general school and start training to be hunters at the academy "Why do the one's in E class always disappear?"
"Well they say it's because the one's in E class are so weak and stupid that either vampires get them or they get lost outside the village, or they shoot themselves with their own gun." Sugino said, rolling his eyes at the E class's apparent stupidity. "But I know different.. What really get's 'em is the demon dogs."

Nagisa froze in horror, his knife still held across himself in a defensive position. There in front of them, was a growling, snarling monster;It stood on all fours, it's pointed teeth barred and it's crimson red eyes bulging out of it's sockets. It was as big as a horse, but there was something distinctly canine about it's body.

Demon dog.

The word ran through Nagisa's head. This was a demon dog, the thing that kids tell ghost stories about and the adults insisted wasn't real.

The beast lunged at Karma, it's crimson eyes almost luminous- Even the Vampire seemed taken aback by the demon dog's appearance. The red-head raised his dagger and sliced into the dog, but the thing didn't seem to notice, and didn't even falter in it's movements. It knocked Karma to the floor, it's jaw snapping inches from the Vampire's face, the red-head only managed to save himself from being mauled by holding back the dog with sheer strength.

Nagisa sprung into action, charging forward and driving his dagger right into the thing's back.

The demon dog didn't even react, it just continued it's assault on Karma without even glancing at Nagisa. Instead of blood, red vapour steamed out from the stab wound.

"It's- a hunter's dog... They don't react to stab wounds!" Karma managed to choke out as he tried to pry the beast away from himself- The thing was incredibly strong.

"How do I kill it?" Nagisa cried, as he pulled his knife out from the thing's back- It was as if the monster couldn't even feel the wound.

"You can't! Their already dead!" The Vampire said, suddenly, a second beast emerged from the shadows; Just as huge as the first, this dog had the same crimson eyes, and the same knife-like fangs, jagged and sprouting out of the animals gums in a way that looked grotesque.

This one went for Nagisa, it's jaw stretched open, aiming for his neck. He managed to pull out his knife last minuet, narrowly avoiding having his throat ripped out by stabbing the thing through the jaw.

The demon dog snarled vivaciously, flecks of saliva spewed out from it's mouth, mingling with the red vapor.

"Nagisa, run!" Karma yelled as the first dog snapped it's jaws at him, nearly engulfing the Vampire. "I'll hold them off, just run!"

"I'm not leaving you!" Nagisa insisted, his eyes ablaze like blue flames. He managed to dodge the second dog's first attack, but the next time it just came too fast- He raised his arm to protect his neck, but the beast managed to sink it's fangs right into the hunter's arm. He felt a white-hot blinding pain as his flesh was torn. He'd never felt anything so excruciating before in his life.

"Idiot! Don't sacrifice yourself!" Karma yelled, Nagisa felt a searing pain in his arm, more excruciating than anything he'd ever felt before as fangs teared through the flesh of his arm. It felt like being burnt.
But he wanted to be able to help Karma. If only one of them could make it, it had to be Karma. He was the only one strong enough to expose the academy's secrets.

"You know there was no other way." The blue haired boy managed to gasp out. He felt the Vampire pick him up, and kick the demon dog away. Next thing he knew he was being carried away by the red head, the monsters quick on their heels, the sound of their claws clacking against the stone resonated through the labyrinth.
They're faster than Karma!

Nagisa realised with a jolt- they couldn't outrun the beasts, they couldn't escape them. They were trapped.

The vampire seemed to realise that too. He set Nagisa down on the floor, and turned to face the two demon dogs alone.

"Karma! No!" The human cried out as the red-head charged at the demons head on. He was driving them away. The blue haired boy tried to stand, but felt suddenly as if his limbs has turned to jelly. The bite-mark on his arm felt numb now- The Demon dog's fangs were poisonous.

The hunter could only watch as Karma fought the demon dogs- It was like watching feral animals fight. The corridor was misted with red vapour, but the monster's attacks were still relentless despite their injuries.

Just what were those things?

The Vampire managed to drive the battle away from the incapacitated Nagisa, but not without getting injured himself- one of the demon dogs had latched it's fangs around his ankles. Their battle was getting further and further away, the Hunter could no longer see them, he could only hear;
A snarl,

a whine,

a cry of pain.

It pierced his heart realising how useless he was right now, the venom coursing through his veins, weakening his muscles so he couldn't even stand up. He could tell that even Karma was no match for the dogs; They'd tear him apart and maul him to death, then they'd come back for Nagisa.

They were both going to die in this cold dark dungeon, and the secrets of the academy along with them. It was so hopeless.

The hunter's vision darkened, and the sounds of fighting grew distant. He felt cold, so cold.
Just as he was about to resign himself to death, he felt a strong pair of hands wrap around his waist and pick him up.

Nagisa woke up with a start, his head somehow feeling both heavy and light at the same time. He opened his eyes, his vision swimming- A room, he was in a dark circular room somewhere. He could just about make out the figure of a person standing a few meters from him- A tall, slender male with short hair.

"Karma!" He cried out instinctively trying to get to him. He tried to reach out to him only to find his arms wouldn't move. He looked down, and to his horror, there was cold metal wrapped around them-
Hand-cuffs.

"Sorry to disappoint you." The other person said- Nagisa's vision came into focus: Instead of Karma's blood red hair, this person had strawberry blonde that fell into a pair of sharp violet eyes. Instead of Karma's playful smirk on his face, this boy had a cold humourless grin.

"A-Asano!" The blue haired boy cried out, backing into the wall- What was going on? Were was Karma? What happened with the Demon dogs? An icy feeling of dread spread through Nagisa's body.
Karma, please, please be alive.

He tried to sit up and dive off the wooden bench he was lying on, but Asano was there in an instant. The Elite grabbed his cuffed wrists and pulled him back down onto the bench, face-down. The smaller boy tried to struggle to no avail, he was completely outmatched. It was only once he lay still that Asano let go off him- He hadn't said any words, but the message was clear; You can't fight your way out, so don't bother.

"It was far too easy catching you two , you know." The Elite hunter said, triumphantly. "I overheard that you were looking into the secrets of the academy or something stupid like that, so pinning you down was simple. I just had to plant those fake blueprints in the library, and I knew you'd fall straight into my trap!"

"W-what?" Nagisa said. He felt as if the floor was falling out beneath him- Everything was staged? A part of Asano's plan? How could it be?

"Now the hard part- " The Blonde said, still gloating. "Was actually altering part of the Academy's dungeon so it matched the fake blue prints. Making a fake vent that allowed you easy access to the boiler room so you could get to the trap, now that was difficult. Especially since the area is technically out of bounds even for me."
Nagisa was frozen with fear by this point. The sense of dread had evolved to terror- He was petrified;

What about Karma.

"But the most challenging part by far was learning how to create demon dogs." Asano continued, his violet eyes widening with excitement as he re-accounted his plan. "I knew I had to find something stronger to fight that vampire, you see, especially since I knew he'd be feasting off your blood and making himself even more powerful. So I went to the forbidden section in the library and found exactly what I needed."
He seemed like a mixture between a villain monologuing and a little kid proudly telling his parents about his accomplishments.

Nagisa couldn't breath. The tall stone walls of wherever they were seemed to be caving in on him.

"Karma? What happened to him? Is he alive?" He cried.

"Karma?" Asano said, putting his hand on the hilt of his sword, "You mean the red devil?"

"Just tell me!" The blue haired boy all but yelled- his voice laced with desperation.

"He's alive." The Elite said, pursing his lips. "For now."

Nagisa felt a flood of relief, for a moment he didn't even care that he was likely in prison, likely facing treason charges. Karma was alive.
"So he managed to kill your demon dogs then?"

Asano shook his head, laughing slightly. "No. I called them off. They only last as long as I want them to. The Demon's possessing their bodies leave when I say the word. It was so incredibly easy, I can't believe the practice is banned."

"So what's the point of you're plan then?" Nagisa asked, confused. Asano suddenly sat down next to him on the wooden bench, making the smaller boy jump. He was incredibly on edge, he felt as though the Elite could strike at any minute. The blond somehow didn't seem like his usual stoic self. His hands kept twitching towards his sword, his eyes darting around the room. Was this an after-effect of playing around with demons? It was banned for a reason, after all.

"Shiota, do you know why people who get bit by Vampires are stigmatised?" Asano asked, he reached out, his fingers hovering over Naisa's neck, right on the spot were Karma had bitten him. The blue haired boy froze in place. "Because Vampires can track the last prey they drank from. The hungrier they feel, the stronger they are drawn to them- The only way to truly be free from a Vampire who drinks from you, is to kill them."

The Elite added the last part somewhat bitterly.

So Karma could track him? That made sense; It explained how the Vampire always managed to find him when he was in the village. Something about that power made Nagisa feel uneasy though.

"The red devil clearly gets more attached to his prey than he ought to." Asano said. "He'll be coming after his favourite toy as soon as he's thirsty enough to sense your presence and find your location. That's the best part. He'll be weak with thirst by the time he gets here."

"No way..." Nagisa said, his voice low. He had known Gakushu Asano was a dangerous opponent, but he didn't realise quite how dangerous; He'd manipulated them from the start, lead them into a perfectly crafted trap, he'd even managed to master some kind of forbidden dark art for the sake of defeating them. It was hard to believe he was just a boy the same age as Nagisa- Was this guy even human? But there was one thing about his plan that didn't add up;

"Why didn't you just leave us to be killed by the demon dogs? We were no match for them. Why did you have to kidnap me to lure Karma when you had the chance to easily kill us both?"

Asano stood up off the bench, hesitating for a moment before answering.

"Because it isn't enough just to kill the red devil." He said, a grin growing on his face. "Since he's my first target to ever defeat me, I think that we should bring executions back in his honour."
The blue haired boy had a vision of Karma chained in front of a jeering crowd, the executioner ripping of his Lapis-Lazuli necklace and exposing him to the unforgiving glare of the sun. That couldn't happen.

"Karma will know this is a trap! He wont just come sauntering over here, wherever here is!" Nagisa said, glaring at the Elite.

"Oh, he'll know it's a trap, but he'll want you back so badly he'll walk right into it like the arrogant vampire he is." The blonde said. The worst part was, Nagisa knew he was right.

"Maybe it's the other way around, Asano, maybe your the one who's trapped with a powerful vampire after you. Maybe you should run away while you still can. You might've made Karma weaker by cutting of his blood supply, but he still wont be weak enough to loose to you." The blue haired boy hissed, glowering at his captor. Asano's eyes flashed with anger. He took a step forward as if he was about to strike Nagisa, but faltered, and instead just crossed his arms.

"I don't know what else I expected from somebody deluded enough to forsake his own kind and run off with a Vampire." The Elite said, "I almost pity you."

Asano stalked away, going back to look out of the window- It was just a small slit in the wall, too high up for Nagisa to look out of. Pale beams of sunlight streamed in- Just how long had Nagisa been unconscious that it was already day time? He couldn't even tell were they were, just a small circular stone-walled room that was empty apart from the wooden bench he was lying on, a few steel hooks on the wall. A prison cell somewhere? He wracked his brains, trying to think of a plan to defeat Asano before Karma even got here.

"Drink." The Elite commanded, walking over and handing Nagisa a flask. The blue haired boy looked at it skeptically. "It's just water. It'll be a hindrance if you get delusional from dehydration."

"If I can cause you any kind of hindrance, that'd be great." Nagisa said, anger uncharacteristically seeping into his voice. Asano's hand darted forward, grabbing him by the chin and forcing his face up.

"Drink it or I'll force it down your throat. And that wont be pleasant for either of us." The Elite hissed through gritted teeth, his violet eyes boring into Nagisa's blue ones. The smaller boy relented and took the flask. Asano let go of him, walking back to the other side of the room to look out of the window again.
He was clearly expecting Karma at any time now. If Nagisa was going to do something, he had to act fast.

He took tentative sips from the water in the flask (his throat was parched), and noticed that his left arm was wrapped heavily in bandages from were the Demon Dog had bit him.
Asano must of treated his injury while he was unconscious.

He must need me alive for this Vampire tracking thing to work. Nagisa realised.

In that case, the blue haired boy had a plan, even if it would only work to distract Asano for a little. While the Elite was turned looking out the window (he didn't seem to feel the need to directly guard Nagisa- and he called Karma arrogant!) the blue haired boy raised his injured arm, and whacked it against the wall. Hard.

The effect was as he had expected; A shock of sudden pain reverberated throughout his body, the wound reopened and crimson blood seeped through his bandages.

"What the hell do you think you're doing!?" Asano's reaction was quicker than he expected; He charged over, eyes wide and enraged, quickly, he took out a key and pulled the cuffs off, throwing them to the side.

"It'd be bad for your plan if I was to bleed to death, right?" Nagisa said. He had underestimated just how much this would hurt though.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" The Elite demanded, he threw his bag on the floor, searching through it hastily to get to the first aid kit. He bit down on his hand in frustration- He was getting even more pissed off than Nagisa expected. Good.
By the time Asano came at him with fresh bandages, the dressing on Nagisa's wound was blood-soaked. He was starting to feel dizzy.

"What the hell is wrong with you." Asano repeated angrily under his breath as he redressed the wound roughly. He kept turning his head away as if he couldn't stand the sight of it. "Why do you keep trying to sacrifice yourself for that damn bloodsuckers sake! You gave up your life as a hunter to become his personal blood-bag, and you tried to face the demon dogs! Do you just enjoy being a human shield?"

"I'm not doing it just for Karma." Nagisa said, his voice tired now from blood loss. Asano's rough bandaging had managed to staunch the bleeding, at least. "You know the academy's doing something evil, right? I don't mind sacrificing myself to stop them and save everyone. I finally have a purpose."
Nagisa didn't even realise the smile that crept onto his face as he spoke- that's right, he had a purpose. Before he met Karma, he had felt so insignificant, he had nothing to contribute to society, no real reason to exist.

"Idiots like you who lay down their lives for idealistic causes deserve to die, hopefully before they reproduce, so they don't infect the gene pool with their stupidity." Asano hissed harshly. He still had tight hold of Nagisa's wrists. Probably to prevent him from hurting himself again.

"Your a hypocrite." The blue haired boy said, smoothly. "You've broken rules and dabbled in dark arts just to beat us. But why? We're not doing anything that that effects you. If you're only working for yourself, then why're you putting yourself in so much danger? What are you actually gaining from this?"

Asano's eyes widened for a moment, then he scowled, opening his mouth to retort (probably going to saying something along the lines of 'I'm not in any danger from weak opponents.')

But before he had a chance to say anything, there was a loud crash, and the sound of stone crumbling. Nagisa was blinded for a moment, as the air filled with thick debris from the wall being smashed apart. The first thing he saw when his vision cleared was Karma, standing in the space were part of the wall used to be. Brocken brick lay at his feet, and sunlight streamed in from behind him.

His mercury eyes almost seemed to glow with rage, and a savage blood-lust radiated off him.

From outside the broken wall, Nagisa caught a glimpse of were they were; They were in a building high up off the ground, with the endless moorlands underneath. So Asano must of taken him to the abandoned tower on the outskirts of town.

"You're really starting to piss me off, hunter brat." The Vampire growled under his breath. "You don't even realise what you've done, messing around with demons!"
Asano let go of Nagisa's wrists and stood up, drawing his sword, Karma's sudden entrance had taken him by surprise.

"You look pitiful." The Elite said, smirking. It wasn't a lie; Karma looked paler than normal, dark bags under his eyes, he looked weary- An effect of abstaining from drinking blood, especially after being injured by the demon dogs.

"You'll be looking worse in a moment, I assure you." The red-head hissed. The animosity between them was palpable, Nagisa was sure he could literally feel the hate crackling in the air. Karma dived for Asano, but the elite was faster, grabbing Nagisa and pressing the blade of his sword right against the other hunter's jugular. The Vampire froze, and the blue haired boy struggled weakly in his captor's arms.

"It'd be a pity for you to come all this way just for me to break your favourite plaything." Asano said. "Right now, without blood, you're slower than a non-vampire like me. It's so much fun to see how useless you are without your enhanced abilities."

"You're playing with fire." Karma warned, his voice low and dangerous but he didn't make a move. "What exactly do you want? You've already had the chance to kill me."

"My bag, on the floor." The Elite said, still restraining a struggling Nagisa with ease. "There's a pair of handcuffs in them. Put them on."

"Karma, don't!" Nagisa cried. He hated being used as a hostage! "Don't fall into his trap aga- "

Asano clamped a hand over the blue haired boy's mouth, silencing him.

"Do you need me to cut one of his eyes out for you to get the message?" He threatened. Reluctantly, the Vampire walked over, the wooden floor creaking under his feet, he picked the cuffs up out of the bag, and tightened them around his own wrists.
I need to humour him for now, lure him into a false sense of security, and when his guard's down I'll rescue Nagisa' the red head thought as he put cuffs on.

"Tighter, I want to hear them click!" Asano demanded, Karma had no choice but to comply- It was so frustrating, the air was heavy with the smell of Nagisa's delicious blood, and Karma was famished, but he couldn't reach him. His little hunter was right in front of him, but the Vampire couldn't touch him, instead he had to watch this stuck-up elite brat put rough hands all over his Nagisa. A possessive anger bubbled up in Karma's stomach. He wanted to tear Asano apart.

"Happy?" The Vampire growled, holding up his cuffed hands. "Now what?"

"There's a vial with purple liquid in the bag also. I want you to drink that." The Elite commanded, still stifling Nagisa's protests with his hand. The red head went into the bag, and picked up the vial just as instructed. He grimaced, instantly recognising what exactly it was.

"If I drink this, I'll be incapacitated." Karma said, staring at the bottle with the upmost distaste, and a slither of fear. A conflicted expression spread on his face. "Then what's stopping you from killing me and Nagisa?

"Nothing!" Asano said, sounding almost gleeful. "But if you don't comply I'll definitely slit his throat, without a doubt!"

The Vampire gritted his teeth, clearly deliberating about what to do- He wasn't used to being cornered and controlled. And neither of his options looked good. Slowly, he brought the bottle to his mouth as if he were about to drink it.

Nagisa's heart dropped.

But, at last minute, the Vampire pulled the vial away from his mouth, and threw the contents of it at Asano and Nagisa.

The blue haired boy felt the liquid splatter onto him, he half expected it to sting, but it felt just like water. Aasno, however, had a completely different reaction when he was hit. He let out a cry of pain, and brought his hands to his face instinctively, letting go of Nagisa in the process.

Weak from blood-loss, the boy felt his knee's buckle beneath him. But before he could fall to the floor, Karma was there.

"I knew it!" The Vampire said triumphantly. "Vervain works against creatures of darkness like us vampires. But playing around with dark arts has also made you susceptible right now, Mr Elite."

Asano pulled his face out of his hands, his expression one of pure rage. There seemed to be angry red burn marks down one side of his face and neck were the Vervain had hit him. Wordlessly, he pulled out his sword.

"Aw, don't be such a baby." Karma chuckled, although Nagisa could tell he was on edge. (The cuffs were too strong to break, and he needed blood.) "If you were a vampire, those injuries would be a lot worse!-"

The blonde charged at him before the Vampire had even finished speaking, brandishing his sword, Karma managed to block his first swing using the metal of his handcuffs.
"What's the matter? Were's that positive attitude from before? It was fun, you acting like a cliche villain." The red-head taunted. While Asano was distracted, Nagisa dived across the floor to the other hunter's bag, rummaging through it to see if there was any sort of weapon or any more Vervain he could use against him, or even just the key to Karma's cuffs.

"Are you upset, hunter brat? You've gotten quiet. Are you shy?" Karma teased. He kept up his grin, but the Vampire already had a gash across his arm from Asano's sword. It was clear who was going to win if this kept up.

Both of them were fighting more slowly and more sloppily than usual though, the Elite because of the Vervain, the Vampire because of lack of blood.

Nagisa searched the bag, there had to be something. Something.

The blue haired boy pulled out a silver key, and a vial of thick red liquid- blood.
He knew hunter's often used blood vials to lure vampires. Well today, this blood would be used to aid them. He just needed an opening-

The battle between the Vampire and the elite hunter was more savage than the last one; Both of them already looked exhausted, with various shallow wounds. Neither of them were paying much heed to Nagisa, both too absorbed in their battle.

Asano clearly didn't see him as a threat, Nagisa could use that to his advantage.

As quick as a snake darted towards it's prey, the blue haired boy dived past Karma, and towards the Elite, brandishing a sharp piece of broken brick (that used to be part of the wall) as a weapon.

Asano kicked him away easily, Nagisa's intervention not even distracting him for more than a few seconds. But that was enough. The blond hunter didn't notice the smaller boy slipping the Vampire the key and the vial of blood as he charged forwards.

When Asano looked back to Karma, the cuffs had already been dropped to the floor with a metallic 'chink', he drank the blood from the vial down in one gulp, wiping it from his mouth with a disgusted expression.

"It tastes so stale when you don't drink it from the source," The Vampire complained with a theatrical gag. Then he grinned, aiming it at Nagisa. "Still, it's enough to get my strength back~"

"You interfering little- " Asano started to growl, but was cut off when Karma leapt at him. Now it was the Elite's turn to be on the defensive. The red haired Vampire was fighting with such ferocity that he was almost a blur. Nagisa could actually see Karma's injuries heal before his very eyes, the skin resealing at a lightening-quick pace.
He was even more powerful than usual, somehow. Asano didn't stand a chance.
Within minutes, the Vampire had knocked the Elite's sword out of his hands, kicked his gun to the side, and had him pinned to the floor, his knee on top of his chest.

"Hey, hunter brat. That wasn't ordinary blood, was it?" Karma said. Nagisa held back a gasp when he noticed the Vampire's pupils were dilated, and fine tremors were running down his hands. "It had some kind of performance enhanced in it. Now why'd a human be carrying that around."

Asano glared at him, violet eyes brimming with contempt. He didn't answer, just continued his struggle to get out of the Vampire's grip. Karma narrowed his eyes then suddenly, shoved his index finger into the blond's mouth, running it under his teeth.
"Hmm, you're teeth are sharper than the average human, but you're definitely not a vampire!- oh, you better not bite me, if you drink my blood then you really will become a Vampire." The red head said. There is something wrong with Karma- Nagisa realised suddenly, whatever was in that vial of blood had not only made him stronger, but also crueler. His mercury eyes were filled with pure malice, and his grin was too wide, too mean. The Vampire pulled Asano's sword off the floor were it lay discarded, and raised the sleek steel katana above the hunter's face.

"Didn't you threaten to cut Nagisa's eye out? I'd like to return the favour."

He plunged the sword downwards, and Nagisa realised almost too late that he wasn't bluffing, and really intended to to gauge the elite's eye out.
"No- " He cried, running forwards- There was something really wrong with Karma! The Karma he knew would never do this! He wrapped his arms around the Vampire as if his life depended on it. He wasn't sure what was happening, but he had to bring the real Karma back!

He felt the vampire go ridged in his arms. He blinked, his mercury eyes were no longer dilated, instead they looked confused. He looked at Nagisa, then down at the sword imbedded in the floor, millimetres from Asano's face (who was still apparently in shock over being mere inches from loosing an eye).

"What was I...?" The red head breathed, the cruelty from seconds earlier dissipating from his face.

"It's okay. Your back." Nagisa said in relief.

The tower were they had battled with an elite and won was now just a distant figure in the distance. They had left Asano there, handcuffed to one of the steel loops on the wall, they'd given him his sword back so he'd be able to saw his way out in about an hour, which was more than enough time Karma and Nagisa needed to escape, (Nagisa didn't think he'd ever seen the Elite more pissed off than when he was was sat on the floor with his own handcuff around his wrist, he was like a particularly viscous dog on a leash. The smaller hunter had at least enough humanity to leave Asano's falsk of water within reaching distance.)

Currently, The blue haired boy was being carried by the Vampire (who insisted because Nagisa was injured). There was an uncomfortable silence between them, Karma was being uncharacteristically quiet. The blue haired boy wasn't sure if he was still shaken up after the drugged-blood, or if he was lamenting how easily they had walked into Asano's trap in the first place. It was an unspoken truth between the two of them, that if the Elite had been aiming to kill and not capture them, they'd both be dead.

"What was in that blood?" The hunter finally asked. Leaning his chin against Karma's shoulder. The vampire shrugged.

"I don't know, all I know is that it increased my power, and my aggression. Whatever it is, it's dangerous." He said, a grim edge to his voice. He stopped suddenly, then smiled "Oh yeah, I almost forgot!"

"What?" Nagisa questioned. The Vampire stopped in his tracks, and set the hunter down on the floor.

"I still need to heal your injuries!" He said, the usual mischief back in his voice.

"R-right now?" The blue haired boy faltered, Karma leaned close and whispered in his ear.

"Just be a good boy and stay still, okay?" The words sent a shiver down Nagisa's spine, and he felt his face flush instantly. Once again, he had this strange sense of nerves around Karma, somewhere between excitement and fear. He just knew the Vampire was making him feel this way on purpose.
Karma rolled up Nagisa's shirt sleeve (which by now was blood-soaked and dirty), and started unwrapped the thick roll of bandages.

"Wait! What if somebody comes!" He cried.

"Relax." Karma chuckled. "I can hear them coming. Besides. You human's hardly ever come anywhere near the forrest."

"Alright- " The blue haired boy relented. He knew he had no reason to be nervous, The Vampire was only supplying medical assistance. But for some reason, his proximity made his heart race. The red head tossed away the last of the bandages, revealing semi-deep lacerations in the shape of a dog's jaw.

"You really need to stop this whole self-sacrificing thing." Karma said in disapproval. Before Nagisa could retort, however, the vampire leaned forward, and dragged his tongue along the injury. His arm started to tingle- the feeling of skin being repaired.
The blue haired boy flinched, a blush rising to his cheeks. Seeing this, the red head pulled away from his arm, and suddenly kissed him. It was very chaste, and very quick, but it definitely happened.

"K- Karma what are you doing!?" Nagisa spluttered, his eyes wide, and his face-beat res. His heart felt as though it would burst out of his chest. The Vampire just laughed.

"Don't blame me! When you look that cute I can't help myself~ " He said in a singsong voice.

"I am not cute!" Nagisa insisted, putting a hand to his lips. He was embarrassed how worked up he was getting over one little kiss.

"Whatever you say!" Karma teased, that playful look back in his eyes. Then he stopped suddenly. "..I heard something."

Before either of them had a chance to react, there was a sudden blast of air that sent leaves and sticks whirling up into the air. In front of them, out of nowhere, stood a monster;
It was taller than a man, with a acid-yellow globular head, beady black eyes and a wide toothy jack-o-lantern grin. It had several acid-yellow tentecal-like appendages, and appeared to be wearing some sort of black robe and mortarboard.
Human and Vampire both started at it, mouths agape.
"It's nice to meet you, Nagisa Shiota!" The thing said, it's seemingly permanent grin not shifting even as it spoke. "You better have a very good reason for skipping class today!"

(A/N: I FINALLY GOT TO WRITE A KISS SCENE! Although, maybe not as epic as I wanted for their first kiss.. I hope it somewhat makes up for the saturation of action in this chapter. So yeah, Asano is being the ultimate chess-master in this, (Then he kind of shot himself in the foot by over-complicating his own plan) Which is a good thing because it means our protags aren't dead! :D. There will probably be more about him in the next chapter, his motivations and such, ect.

and I FINALLY managed to properly introduce koro-sensei! :D.. After this chapter, more of the class-E cast will be in the story, so yay because I like writing them :)

Anyway, please leave me reviews to tell me what you thought, if you managed to read all of this 3!