Yuki woke slowly. Her eyes were blury and her body felt heavy. Her leg burned from the gunshot. It hadn't hit a vital organ or a major vein, thankfully, but she guessed she'd probably lost alot of much needed blood.

"Well now, looks like she's starting to come to" a voice behind her jeered.

"Yeah... she'll be perfect. He won't rest until he finds her. She is our most valuable card." another voice, the former servant, spoke up.

"Eh? Masaru, what do you have planned?"

"Patience... We bring him to us, and if she gets a little banged up in the process, the worse the better"

Yuki shuddered, she didn't like the tone of his voice. Why did they want Kaname so badly? And how far would they go to make him angry? Would they kill her or the baby? She pushed herself up and looked around. She was in a cell, a small barred and netted window ensured sunlight and air entered.. and nothing escaped. Her long hair was tangled from the scuffle and her nightgown was stained with blood.

Gathering her voice and her courage, she addressed the two males hotly "What do you plan to do with me?"

Masaru barked a short laugh from the other side of the cell door "We plan to use you of course... To lure the Kuran King to us. A society without a leader falls into chaos and the remanants are easily picked off"

"But... You.. your a vampire too..." she started. Kaname had only hired other vampires in the house... but here.. here he smelled different.

The teen smirked and clicked his tongue "Careful, 'Queen', you don't want to hurt that pretty little head of yours with so much tedious thinking" he mocked. Some of his shaggy hair fell in his face and he sighed in irritation. "I cannot wait to strip this color from my hair and return it to its natural color." It was then that Yuki noticed his eyebrows, instead of some shade of blond, they were a dark brown, close to black.

"So you.. you dyed your hair?"

He nodded shortly, deciding that it would do no harm to tell her how'd he'd gotten in at least. Carefully, he reached to his eyes, his nail serching for something, until it succeded in pulling out a purple contact lense. "Yes.. Papers and background files are easy enough to forge, however since the Hunters had a photograph of me, I couldn't use my natural features. Thus, I dyed my hair and wore these," he pointed at a contact. His dark wine colored eye bored into her. For a brief moment his eyes were mis-matched until he removed the other lense, exposing another garnet colored eye.

Her breath caught at the matching gems that made up his eyes. They looked just like Kaname's. "W-Why do you want Kaname so bad?"

Another curt laugh escaped his lips. "For his Queen your not very smart are you?" he jeered. "I'll be surprised if he hasn't figured it out already." he said simply, turning away to leave.

"Kaname'll come for me! He'll beat you, no matter what!" she said defiantly.

Masaru stopped at that. His posture tense, and Yuki realized she might have gone to far. After all, who knew exactly how sane he was. "Teach her a lesson" Masaru growled before leaving the room.

The male left in the room with her grinned nasitily. He unlocked the cell door slowly. "Heh... my pleasure Boss" he smirked. Yuki backed against the wall, trapped within the stone cell.

Five minutes later, the man exited the room, pulling the door shut behind him. Yuki was on the floor, blood from smaller cuts splattered on the walls. He'd mostly struck her arms and legs, although one hard blow had hit her side. It burned badly, and she was having trouble breathing. "Kana.. me.." she gasped through clenched teeth "Hurry.."

Kaname was in the study of the Headmaster, his calm exterior carefully hiding the fear, exasperation and anger raging inside him. One thought constantly raidated through his head; Who ever would dare to do this to you, Yuki, will pay with their lives. His eyes hurriedly scanned over information reguarding the Masaru boy. It was every file the Hunters had on the teen. Brief shock crossed his eyes as he read the birth certificate. He stood quickly, slamming the book shut.

The Headmaster, who'd been sitting behind his desk, looked up quickly at the sudden action "Kaname?" he asked seriously "Did you find something?"

Kaien had been doing everything he could to help Kaname, even producing the needed records. Yuki was, after all, his adopted daughter. They'd considered requesting Zero's help, but Kaname had denyed, saying Kiryu would overreact.

Kaname shook his head. He needed to take care of this on his own... as soon as he found where they were hiding Yuki. "No.. I'll return home for the day" he said lowly. His mind was racing, though, slowly, it was making sense. It made sense as to why they took Yuki.

As he headed home, he caught a scent. His mind was half dulled by the thoughts pounding at his head like a drum. His nose, thankfully, identified the scent, bringing his mind to attention. Blood. It was faint though. "Yuki..." he murmured, starting towards the scent.

It didn't take the Pureblood long to find the sorce; an abandoned building. Another step made him stop. He had to be careful in this place. Either old spells were still in place, or the building was not as abandoned as it seemed. The latter seemed more reasonable since the spell prevented vampires from entering without a Hunter, or handcuffs, just like the main building. "Show yourself, Hunter" he said calmly.

"Well, you arrived quicker than expected" Masaru jeered, stepping from behind the door. "So your really as smart as they say, I'm impressed. Perhaps I'll continue this game a little longer" He crossed his arms before leaning carelessly against the wall.

Kaname's form wavered before vanishing into a horde of bats. The bats reassembled in Kaien's office. "I need a pair of handcuffs used by the Hunters" he said firmly. The tone left no room for arguement. Without question, the Headmaster handed it over. Before he could question the Pureblood, he was gone, a pair of keys and all.

Masaru opened the door, alerting the guard outside the cell "Bring the girl, we need her now." he cast a glance at the injured Pureblood. "Its a good thing that the gun prevented her from healing. Take her to the main gate, I'll meet you there." And with that, the blond was gone, leaving the guard to haul Yuki to her feet.

Yuki's side burned with pain, and the heavy hands on her arm hurt the sensitive cuts. Dark bruises had also appeared along her arms after the beating. She stared at the hand of the man dragging her. His blood could help... but she couldn't bite a human... she wouldn't. Her free hand moved to her stomach, attempting to reassure herself that the life within was safe.

Masaru headed for his room, his footsteps slow and calm as could be. It had been planned to perfection, and it would be over soon. Either both Purebloods would be dead, or the Pureblood Queen would be.

He closed the heavy door to his room. It was sparcely fournished, but still looked fit for royalty. He moved to the large wardrobe, pulling one of the brass handles to open it. Alongside a few casual outfits were multiple dark and majestic outifits each fit for a masquerade.

With slow, precise, moves he began to change his clothes, choosing a black suit, hemed blood red. The wardrobe was complete with a black mask that darkened the garnet eyes. His wardrobe complete, he headed for the old wall. It seemed bare except for two holes in the plaster. Hooking his fingers in the holes, he pulled it open. The cracks in the wall yielded, exposing a small refridgerator.

Reaching inside, he pulled out a medium IV package of blood. Closing the fridge, he replaced the cracked drywall and squeezed the crimson contents into a waiting chalice beside the bed. Discarding the plastic package, he raised the chalice to his lips. Yes... soon, it will all be over. Father... I will make sure that the Kuran's are exterminated...