A/N: Yosh! Thanks to the last chapter, I came up with an idea for this one!

And, it's a character that I don't think many people like: Risa! In fact, this entire chapter is told in her PoV, so it's a little shorter!

LVT: Y'know, the sad thing is that I'm starting to like her in this story…

Mire: Would you like a noose?

LVT: Hmm…nah, not yet. But…why is there implied SatoRisa in here?

Disclaimer: No own. I would love to steal a disclaimer from a friend of mine, but then I'd have to disclaimer the disclaimer…ew….

Kyuuketsuki Koibito

Chapter 7: Vampiric Crushes

The guy that I would most like to date would be handsome and very famous, no matter what he would be famous for. Unfortunately, there weren't many students like that in school, and celebrities would be a little too hard to get my hands on. I was going through primary school and junior high, looking at different boys, and none of them lived up to my expectations.

That is, until this year.

As I entered the classroom, Riku leading in front of me, my eyes came across a student that stood out almost instantly.

He had short, pale blue hair, and similar eyes hidden behind large glasses that suited him very well. Although he was just sitting there, reading, he seemed extremely…hot.

That was the first time I laid eyes on Hikari Satoshi, the mysterious boy that had finally met my expectations.

He had already cleared the first test: Handsome. None of the boys could match him. That, and he was famous…well, his family was. Supposedly, his family was Vampire Hunters and Slayers, who killed vampires in England many, many years ago. When I asked him about that, and if he still followed that route:

"If I did, what would you do to stop me?"

I didn't know how to respond back then.

Hikari-kun was famous in other ways, too. He was extremely smart, and had competed against college students. His older brother could do the same, as well. (Hmm…I wish that I met his older brother before…he'd meet my expectations too, it seems.)

It was then that I decided to start Operation: Make Hikari Satoshi my boyfriend.

I wish…

I tried everything! It started off simple: "Could you help me with this math problem?" He'd help me, all right, but it was over so fast that I'd have to ask another question just so I could spend another minute with him.

"Harada-san, are you finished?"

"Huh?" I blinked. I'd already asked for help on ten questions, yet I still didn't get any further with him!

"I think I've helped you the best that I can. Now, if you'll excuse me, class is going to start."

"Okay," I replied dejectedly, "thanks, Hikari-kun."

"You're welcome."

He didn't even say it with a smile.

I then started to ask if he'd perform study groups with me: That way, I won't bother him in-between classes with helping me. He initially agreed…but then never arrived at any of the sessions! Does he not know how long it takes for me to get ready? It took me nearly an hour after school to get changed into something appealing to study in!

Hikari-kun was very popular with other girls too. He received love letters every day, either in his shoe locker or personally. He always turned them down, though, and it wasn't very politely. I began to wonder what I started to like about him.

Then, one day in April, it became different.

When Riku came home from lacrosse practice, I saw a very hot man standing at the lamppost near our house. I instantly squealed. This was the kind of man I've been waiting for! Farewell, Hikari-kun! Hello, older man!

I ran down the stairs, and walked up to him. He looked at me, and gave me a smile. I blushed. He told me that his name was Dark, and that he was looking for a date.

"Um…what about me?" I offered.

"Well…I don't know. We've just met, and having a last minute date is doomed to fail. How about…we have a date in a month? Would that be good, Risa?"

I nodded. He gently leaned in, and placed a kiss on my cheek, "I'll return then."

He then walked away, leaving me dumbfounded under the light. I ran back into the house.

However, that was the night when everything changed. When I awoke the next morning, Riku wasn't in our house.

I knew that she had early morning practice, and didn't think about it until I got to school. However, when the captain of the lacrosse team asked me where Riku was, I knew that something had to be wrong.

My entire class and the lacrosse team were in a frenzy. Riku had gone missing. Everyone had their theories, and Saehara-kun even started writing them all down, saying that he's going to post it in the newspaper. The most probable theory was that she up and left with stress from being pressured to be captain of the lacrosse team next year, as well as preparing for high school exams. I seconded that one, as she was constantly complaining about it.

However, a soft voice in the back of the room said something that shook the entire school:

"What if she was taken by a vampire?"

All eyes turned to the azure-eyed boy.

"That's…impossible." One of the girls, Ritsuko-chan, I think, said.

"It's very possible. Like you discovered earlier in the year, my family hunted vampires years ago."

"But a vampire in Azumano?" This time it was a boy, Masahiro-kun.

"Our family records say that there are a few, but they blend in well with humans. It's impossible to tell who is a vampire and who is human nowadays."

Saehara-kun started to write it down, a little slowly at first, but then finished writing it.

My date with Dark in May went remarkably well. It was a beautiful full moon. However, that was the night that he changed me. I discovered something about myself: I'm afraid of blood. When Dark left my neck, and I saw the blood around his lips, I passed out in shock. I'd never be able to look at him the same again.

When I awoke and saw Riku, I was surprised that she was under a spell cast by Dark. I knew that our relationship as twin sisters was going to be strained, but I never thought that it would change so much…

When Riku kissed me, I initially freaked. However, as it went on, I relaxed slightly. I did not consent with what she was doing in any way, shape, matter, or form, but…it was…

…It was probably the most amazing thing I ever experienced in my life. Not that I'd ever confess that to anyone but myself.

I never took myself for the type to go after skirts, hell no! I was all about the bishounen! However, Riku…under Dark's spell…seems to be the only girl that I find myself lusting after. She's beautiful, and very calm and polite. I always looked for those things in guys if they matched my expectations. It's weird, if I have to consider that Riku is someone that I've fallen for, my own twin sister. It's incestuous, I know, but…it seemed so right.

After that, Dark told me to take care of the guest in the bedroom. I was very surprised to see Niwa Daisuke-kun in the bed. He didn't seem to like Dark very much, and when he confessed that Dark raped him, I had no clue how to handle it. However, as I thought about it, Riku did the same thing mere hours before.

Niwa-kun has always been a good friend to me, and I think that Riku had a crush on him. He's not what I was looking for, but if he and Riku ever did get together, I would support them. However, since we were in the same boat, I felt that we had become closer than before.

"You can cry. I won't laugh at you, or tell anyone about this. This will be our secret."

Finding Riku's diary was a shock for me. "Ri…riku…was being stalked? By…?"

However, when Niwa-kun walked in, it broke me away from that. I never would have thought that he would be a stalker, and that he was after Riku. Why, oh why, did I fall for him?

My vampiric sense took control a few minutes later, and ran out and saw Riku, Hikari-kun and his older brother.

Hikari-kun's eyes, they were always cold and icy, but they seemed to contain another emotion…hate? And the scent radiating off him…Oh, I could sense the urge to bite into his neck and drain him dry…Oh, God, no!

"Good evening, Harada-san."

"Hi…hikari-kun?"

"Yes. I have a question for you, Harada-san." He placed his hands behind my head, and brought it towards his neck, "Do you have a sudden urge to bite down on my neck and drink my blood?"

I blushed. I had always imagined being held like this by Hikari-kun when I still liked him, and it seemed I still did. I also imagined myself being held like this by Dark-san as well. However, my vampiric scent for blood was driving me wild, and I wanted to agree with what Hikari-kun aid…however, I tried to push myself away. Hikari-kun held me closer, and my blush became harder.

"That's funny, your eyes say otherwise." Hikari-kun pulled out a mirror from his pocket. I could see myself: my own golden eyes, my pale skin, and my white vampiric fangs.

"What? Why can I see myself...?"

"You've never seen this mirror? That's strange; I always have it with me. It's a reverse mirror that Hunters are given. Only vampires can be seen in this mirror, while humans aren't. To answer your other question, when vampires either lust for blood, feel threatened, or are using their powers, their eyes turn gold. You, Harada-san, are currently using a combination of the three: You lust for blood because of the scent of blood that radiates off of Hunters and Slayers such as myself; you feel threatened because of the power we contain; you want to use your powers to protect yourself. You cannot deny the fact that I am right."

"I…I don't want any blood…especially your blood…"

"Risa, watch out!" Dark's voice came over to me, loud and clear.

The azure-haired teen looked up, and whispered something:

"If you choose to come with me, I can free you from this vampire's clutches that keep you bound here. That way, we can be together. You'd like that, wouldn't you, Harada-san?"

I blushed deeper, about as red as Niwa-kun's hair. Oh, I wanted to take that offer, but "Don't you dare say things like that! That's the past!" I went back to where Dark was, and I knew that I would be safe.

"Hello, Kyuuketsuki."

"What the hell did you say to Risa, Hunter?" Dark glared at the bespectacled teen.

"Nothing. I merely asked her if she knew the effects of holy water on a vampire: How every cell of skin burns together, and slides down, over burning muscles and cracking bones, the scent of burning flesh in the air…"

I shook violently. That had to be the most frightening image I've had forced into my head.

"Bastard…" Dark ran towards the smaller teen, and prepared his hand to stab through. However, Hikari-kun jumped backwards, landing back to where his older brother was.

"Dark-sama, these two are the main Hikari Hunter and Slayer." Riku said at the top of the stairs. Dark nodded, and turned his attention to me, "Go somewhere where you won't get hurt." I walked back towards the grandfather clock against the wall nearest to me, and pressed close to it, trying to keep out of the way.

After Dark and the Hikaris passed taunts back and forth, they finally began fighting. The Hunter and Riku fought, and the Slayer and Dark were fighting.

'Riku…is amazing. Even though she's under Dark-san's control, she's able to fight very well. I feel proud to have her as my older sister. And Dark-san…he's had hundreds of years of experience, yet his moves look so…modern. They're both so amazing, yet here I am, staying out of the way,' I thought to myself, feeling useless.

Riku gradually brought herself closer to me, and quickly turned to press a quick kiss on my lips. I flailed.

"Hmm…I had no clue that you two were…involved with each other." Hikari-kun said.

We parted after probably one of the most amazing kisses (well…it was probably my first kiss that didn't involve sex) I ever had. I blushed harder at Hikari-kun's statement, "No! You see, Hikari-kun--"

"Risa-san belongs to me. I truly love her. It might be an unrequited love, or to her it might be platonic, but that won't change my feelings. I love Risa-san, and would do anything to protect her and Dark-sama." Her golden eyes remained on me.

"Interesting…I assume that you're under a spell, and therefore do not know the truth; oh well. You two sure make some guys' fantasies come true," Hikari-kun said, pushing his glasses up.

"Eh?!" I said.

"Harada-san, I have a question for you. If you had a choice between this Riku and I, which would you choose?"

This was a question that I never wanted to hear. "I…" I sighed, and closed my eyes. I thought about my choices. Hikari-kun was a boy, and said that he could save me. Riku was a girl, but she treats me good. A choice between the two would be impossible. I thought long and hard. When I reopened my eyes, I made my decision, and looked both in the eye, "I would choose…"

When Dark ordered Riku and me to turn off the lights and remain quiet, I decided that that was when I would go to bed. As I changed, I remembered what had happened. I had made my decision, and I would not regret it.

Hikari-kun…why…why did you have to ask me that?

A/N: What, did you think I was going to tell you which one Risa chose? Well, I'm not going to tell you yet! That decision is only known between LVT and me!

LVT: Dude…is Risa 25 percent lesbian? Nice…

Mire: Yeah, I stole that from you.

LVT: EH?! I'm not 25 percent lesbian!

Mire: But…your friends and you at conventions…not to mention how you act at some friends' houses…

LVT: That's called "playing for the fanboys" and/or immense amounts of Pocky, Ramune, and sugar.

Mire- Oh. Okay then.

And something that hasn't been mentioned, but doesn't quite fit is how Risa is able to live with Dark without her parents worrying. It's the same concept as in the anime series: the parents are away, leaving them alone with the butler. Risa merely called him, saying that she was going to be staying with a friend for moral support during "Riku's disappearance" (This, of course, was given to her by Dark.).

Mire (and LVT) out!