POV: Ruka.

It was a short kiss, and he pulled away way too soon.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that." he said, with a sigh.

"You're right." I said, and I stomped into the classroom. I was determined not to let him know how I thought I felt, until I was absolutely sure.

POV: Kain.

I kissed Ruka. I kissed Ruka!

Oh, God, I feel like a girl. I was actually getting flustered over it!

I decided not to go back to class after that. Instead, I'd just go back to my room; have some blood tablets, and plan my next move.

POV: Ruka.

He didn't show up; he decided to ditch class.

Damn, that boy had some fine ideas. Thoughts of Kain ran through my head all the way through class, and I wasn't paying any attention. So I didn't realize when it was over.

"Ruka?" Rima's soft voice interrupted my thought flow. Shiki was lingering at her side, like always. They were always together, Shiki and Rima, but were they together? They had never told anyone that they were... People just assumed. People assumed everything.

I thought like that until I got back to my room, then my inner emo was silenced.

Red and white roses scattered over my bed. In the middle of them, was a note.

I'm never going to stop trying...

I ran my fingers over the messy lettering... pressed it to my lips. I could smell him on it. I could smell him everywhere...

"I mean it." he said.

I cursed for not looking behind the door before I looked at the note.

"Kain... Leave." I ordered, pointing at the door.

Needless to say, he didn't leave. Instead he walked over to me.

"But," He traced the veins down my wrist, moving my sleeve down with his finger. "I'm afraid you might cry if I leave you."

"You're the one that made me cry!" I snarled, snatching my wrist away.

"No, Kaname's the one that made you cry." I watched as his face hardened. "You just don't want to admit it. You'd rather blame anyone than him, wouldn't you?"

"No. Yes. Stop it!" I choked on my own tears, and I fell on the bed.

POV: Kain.

"No. Yes. Stop it!" I watched as she fell down, her frail body landing in a heap on the bed.

I crouched down beside her, moving a few stray strands of hair from her face.

"Ruka, just let me in."

She looked at me, her face so confused. I tilted my head back and laughed. I tapped her head lightly. "In here. In your mind." I smiled at her.

"Leave!" She screamed at me. Her eyes flashed red, and I brushed her cheek and walked out of the door, listening to her echoing sobs, through out the hall.

"Just the person I've been looking for. I need you to help me with something." I turned, after walking away from Ruka, to Kaname – a very sad, very worried Kaname.

POV: Ruka.

I fell asleep almost instantly that day...

And I slept all the way through...

When I woke up, I was late. Half an hour to be precise.

I got ready, and ran out of the Dorm building – only to find, there was no one there.

"Kaname-sama has called a day off." Aidou's voice came from behind me. "He's taken some of the Night Class with him. We're suppost to follow later this evening."

"What? Where's he gone?" I asked. Everything around me was so silent. The trees were still, there was no noise at the gates... There was no Day Class trying to get to us... Something was really wrong.

"Yuuki Cross–" he began, but he was interrupted by a shrill scream. Rima ran out of the dorm, dressed in a plain, pale blue long sleeve top, and a black skirt.

"What was that?" she said, breathless. Her blonde hair wasn't in it's usual bunches, but messy, around her face. Her blue eyes didn't have the usual glimmer either.

I turned to Aidou. "Where is Kaname?" I demanded.

His face tightened, and his brows knitted together, as if trying to figure out how to break some bad news.

"Last night, Kaname awakened Yuuki Kuran, pureblood princess." I blinked trying to clear my vision – Cross Yuuki – pureblood princess?! No. This was a joke – a complete joke! "But, Kuran Yuuki has been kidnapped. The kidnapper's intentions are clear. They are going to drain her."

"So we're just expected to help... Like puppy dogs?" I know my saying that was more than a little disrespectful, but I couldn't help it. Years, I had followed him around, obeyed his every word, and I'd loved him, I would have done anything for him. Yet he never loved me back...

I closed my eyes, and thought hard about what I was about to do. Did I really just want to be proved a slave to someone that couldn't care less about me? Should I prove my loyalty... Am I loyal?

I didn't wait for Aidou or Rima's reply. I just ran to where the scream sounded like it was coming from; jumping over the gates, and into the trees that came off of our dorm.

Only that wasn't the right way. The scent of blood hit me like a rock. There was a trail of it; the sweet substance that could craze any vampire, leading towards the Sun dorm. Just a minor ten meters away from the dorm, lay a pool of blood. But the blood wasn't what made me shiver. Before me, lay the crumpled body of a teenage girl. Blood soaked her clothing; her hair; her skin... She was dead. There was no sign of life in her... Three deep slashes went across – no, through her right hip, and there were fang marks on her throat.

As I took in the scene of the girl, I was so horrified that I didn't notice Aidou and Rima come up behind me.

"We have to go." Aidou said, tugging at my white blazer sleeve – but it was no use, I was still in a trance, trying not to cry at what I was seeing.

"Now!" Rima shouted at me.

We ran, out of Cross Academy, and to where ever Kaname was with the rest of the Night Class, leaving the murder for later.