I still don't own Yami No Matsuei, No matter how much I wish I did...

-Chapter 4-

"And this is your room..." Natsumi said to Tsuzuki and Hisoka.

She turned the doorknob to reveal a grand room. It was rather large with a four-post king sized bed. The sheets were dark red to contrast the cream colored walls. There weren't any windows, since the place in underground, but there were a huge amount of paintings that covered the walls. There was a sitting area near the farthest wall, with a fireplace. The room was cozy and not cluttered at all. But, the thing that stood out the most was the built in hot-tub that was in the floor. Around it was stones and a small waterfall, which ran into it. Next to the hot-tub was a door that most likely was connected to the shower. Needless to say Tsuzuki was having some interesting thoughts...

"Don't even think about it Asato" Hisoka said.

"But Soka' you know I can't control my thoughts and/or fantasies. And it's not like you mind." Tsuzuki replied.

"Baka..."

"Well, I'll leave you to get settled in, if you need anything just ask and it will be provided." Natsumi said before leaving.

Both of them entered the room. As soon as Tsuzuki closed the door he grabbed hold of Hisoka and kissed him. Tsuzuki quickly deepened the kiss. The blonde moaned into the kiss, before he got his wits back and pushed Tsuzuki away.

"Asato not now!"

"Why not now?" Tsuzuki asked.

"Because we need to figure out what's going on. I say that we go and listen to Ryu and Damian's conversation."

"But that's eavesdropping." Tsuzuki said, trying to sound shocked.

"It's not like you don't eavesdrop when I'm in the shower..."

"Alright! Let's get going. Do you know where Ryu is?" Tsuzuki interrupted.

"Yes. I can sense him; he's heading down the hallway as we speak."

"Alright. We'll go and listen, then we come back and I get to have my fun." Tsuzuki said with a seductive smirk.

"Pervert."

"But I'm your pervert."

"That's not helping."

"Come on Hisoka..."

"No, let's go."

With that said, they slipped out their room to follow Ryu. They stopped before going around a corner because there was Ryu. He entered the room but didn't shut the door completely, which was good for them.

"Come on." Hisoka said.

They quickly took their place next to the door, peeking in just a little.

"Please have a seat." Damian said as he gestured to the leather seat in front of him

"So what did you want to see me about?" Ryu asked.

"How are you really Ryu?" Damian asked.

"I'm fine."

"No you're not. I can see that. Is it your time of the month?"

"You make it sound like I'm a woman about to have her period."

"Seriously Ryu it's almost that time again. Do you need someone?"

"No. I won't be needing anyone."

"Ryu you need to think logically about this. I'm not sure what will happen to you if you don't do it soon. There are plenty of women here who would be willing to…"

"NO! I'll only take Kuri and that's it!" Ryu shouted.

"You can't be serious! Do you know what could happen to you!?!"

"Of course! That's why you need to help us find her!"

Damian sighed. "Please reconsider Ryu. I must insist."

"You know me better than that Damian. I can't."

"Fine, since there's no convincing you other wise, I might as well save my breath. So do you have any idea where she went?"

"No clue. All I was able to find out was that she was last seen holding a folder in the office before teleporting out." Ryu said sadly.

"That's it. Crap, you're not giving me much to work with."

"I know that, but you need to help me. I can't even feel my link with her."

"Are you serious?" Damian asked shocked.

"Yes, or else I wouldn't have to come to you looking for information about where she is, now would I?"

Damian was quiet for a moment. 'Damn it! That's not a good sign. Their link is practically a blood-bind, to be able to disrupt that… And at this time too…Damn it all.' he thought.

"You better get back to your room and get some sleep Ryu, you need it."

"Alright." Ryu replied standing up.

For a moment Tsuzuki and Hisoka panicked. Where they about to be found out that they were listening to the whole thing? He was coming their way, and there wasn't any place to hide.

"Ryu your room is out the other door." Damian said, pointing to door on the opposite side of the room.

"Oh, of course. Goodnight." and with that Ryu left.

"You two can come in now." Damian said.

Tsuzuki and Hisoka froze. How did he know they were there? Well, might as well go in.

Tsuzuki and Hisoka entered the room. It was similar to the main room, but was smaller. It had a cozy feel to the place. There were still lots of books, apparently Damian likes book.

"Have a seat. Now how much did you hear?" Damian said.

"All of it. And I must say trying to force Ryu on another girl is wrong. You're his friend and Kuri's I thought, how can you do something like that" Hisoka said.

"Oh, you thought… No, no, no. That's not it at all." Damian replied.

"Then what's going on?" Hisoka asked.

"How much do you know about Ryu and Kuri?" Damian asked, sitting back in his leather chair.

"I know about Kuri's past, at least a little. But I don't know anything about Ryu." Tsuzuki said.

"I thought so. I guess that that means that I shouldn't tell you. Ryu would probably kill me if I did."

"Great, so you're not going to clear this up at all for us." Tsuzuki said.

"No I'm not. I don't trust you enough yet. Ryu might, but it's a bit harder to earn my trust, vampire habits you know?"

"That's something I wanted to ask you about. I didn't realize that there are vampires still around." Tsuzuki said.

"Of course you wouldn't know. It's hard to find something that's almost impossible to see. I mean look at me. Do I scream vampire to you?" Damian asked.

"No and that's what confuses me." Tsuzuki said.

"Let me guess you were expecting some white guy in a cape with red eyes. One who is afraid of sunlight and hates garlic. Am I right?"

Hisoka and Tsuzuki both nodded their heads.

"Typical. For your information I enjoy the sunlight, I just have to wear sunglasses because my eyes are sensitive. And I don't know any vampires that run around with capes on. Most of us blend right into society. Some of the most powerful and influential people around are vampires, and you would never be able to tell the difference."

"How many of you are left? And how could you survive without being noticed by the guardians?" Hisoka asked.

"There are more of us around than you think. The only thing is that we can't kill anyone. That would draw too much attention to ourselves. And as I said before, the more influential vampires have other ways of getting their blood."

"So you don't kill?" Tsuzuki asked.

"No. At least I haven't in a long time, before I meet Ryu." Damian replied.

"How long have you been around?" Hisoka asked.

"Oh… four hundred years or so. Most of my kind is dead by that point. The longer a vampire lives, the better the chance they have of being driven to insanity. There are only a few ways to kill a vampire. Guardians can of course. Most vampires are driven insane and commit suicide. Also all vampires watch each other. If one was to go insane and make too much commotion, the rest of us could be put in danger. Thankfully that incident in Nagasaki a while back was just a fake." Damian said.

"Wait! Nagasaki, do you remember who was involved?" Hisoka asked.

"Yea. Some bastard named Kazutaka Muraki. The bastard had us worried sick. He's even been up here recently doing god knows what. If it was my choice he would be dead by now, unfortunately he has connections and I wasn't allowed to kill him. Wait. Are you the two guardians that were involved in that case?"

"Actually we are. It was my first case." Hisoka said.

"Ahhh. You sure got a difficult case for it only being your first one." Damian said.

"Yes it was…" Hisoka replied.

"So when did you two get together?" Damian asked, being rather blunt.

"Ummm…" Hisoka trailed off.

"A few months ago, right before the incident that Kuri helped us with." Tsuzuki said quickly. "Do you have a problem with that?" taking hold of Hisoka's hand.

"Obviously not since I'm having you two stay in the same room. I'm old but not old fashion. The most important thing is for people who truly love each other to be together, that's all. Male or female, it doesn't matter. So you don't have to worry about that. Now about when you two got together that makes sense. And Let me guess Kuri confused the hell out of you?" Damian asked, changing to subject.

"Yes, actually she did." Tsuzuki replied.

"Don't worry that's normal, I still get confused by her." Damian replied.

"Speaking of Kuri, what do you know about her disappearing? And don't say nothing, I know that you know something. My question is why didn't you tell Ryu?" Hisoka said to Damian.

"Perceptive aren't you. I was hoping that no one would notice." Damian replied.

"Well I did. So spill it."

"There are only a few people that have the power to cut off a link as strong as the one Ryu and Kuri share. Considering her past I can only assume that it's one person..." Damian trailed off.

"And who's that?" Hisoka asked.

"My leader of my clan Kiyoshi Tokudaiji..."

-End Chapter 4-

So any guesses on what's up with Ryu?

Anyway, Thank you for reading. I'm sorry to say but I'm not sure how often I'm going to be able to update. I have exams coming up along with some trips, but I promise to do my best. Please review! Please let me know if you like where this is going.