Sigh... My PE teacher made me run and somehow I woke up to find myself in the hospital, a few days later. Turns out I fainted XD

Looks like the moral of the story is to never try to really run :D

Noooo! My bed beckons and I can't really access my email for some reason. Damn you hotmail.

Anyway, sorry for talking so much, but I just felt a random urge to answer reviews. That and the fact that I'm trying to put off taking the horrid medicine *constipated face*

Artemis: Are you reading my mind or something? Cuz I swear that's what you seem to be doing. Really XD

Indecisive Pup: But yup, Project Diva Arcade, not the PSP. The one where you have to stand in front of the machine and press the triangles', squares', X's, O's and the graphics are awesome ^^ Oh, and with the card that you have to scan beforehand for your saved game. Yup, Project Diva Arcade XD

BuyMeABlueLolipop: I will try my best to finish this story, in fact, I have the ending already, just not the middle bits XD

PaperCutVictim: I really didn't dare do anything until I was done with the third chapter, I swear T^T

Kimera Kuroaki: I... Finally updated, so you can keep on reading this ^^ Thanks for the support~

Geo: Updated~~ I feel so relaxed when I saw your review. Random XD

Lukafan: Dance in the Vampire Bund? Haven't heard of that but I'll check it out if I remember~~ XD

Lovecakes98: Ooh, please do write your own Vampire fic too! The world needs more MikuxLuka stories. And you're welcome, hope you didn't faint :D

'She's a vampire.'

Instinctively, Luka's hands flew to her side where her missing katana normally resided.

"I won't try to kill you." Miku repeated as she caught Luka's wineglass just before it hit the floor. "You don't have to be in your Hunter mode."

'She's fast!' Miku's smile seemed a little forced to Luka, and she caught a flash of disappointment and sadness in Miku's eyes before it was covered up by her mask of cheerfulness.

"I-I'm sorry… My hands moved before I could think..."

"It's okay! I would react in the same way if I was you, especially when you're such a seasoned Hunter! Your first instinct when you meet a vampire would probably be to kill." Miku thought back to how she had spent the past five days devouring any information of Luka that she could lay her hands on. It had been surprisingly easy since she had dozens at her disposal to gather information, but there were several large holes in her past that only Luka herself could answer.

"Well, there's nothing much I can do besides that," Luka laughed, slowly starting to relax again.

The door suddenly burst open, setting Luka on edge once more and Kaito appeared before them, bowing deeply.

"Good morning Miku-sama! Or should I say, good night!" His blue eyes twinkling in mischief, his grin grew even wider once he saw who was sitting next to Miku. "Hunter-san! You're finally awake!"

As he moved towards Luka, a hand reached out to grab the scarf hanging around his neck.

"Ack!" Kaito turned around to greet Meiko with a goofy grin. "Mei-chan! You're awake too! That's great!"

"Knock before you enter Kaito!" Meiko reminded as she pulled hard on the scarf. "And don't disturb poor Hunter-san! You're probably scaring her off with your stupidity!"

"They do that all the time," Miku patted Luka's leg reassuringly. "And don't worry, Kaito can't die from the lack of air, he's too stupid for that."

Miku wasn't too happy with Kaito for bursting in unannounced.

"Mei-chan!" Kaito wailed as he threw himself on her. "Miku-sama called me stupid!"

"You're going to be dead as well, if you don't get off me right now." Meiko threatened as she drew her sword, causing Kaito to obey immediately.

"Yes sir! Sorry sir!" Meiko sighed and shook her head, muttering something about idiots and how centuries of existence couldn't change them.

Luka watched their interaction with wide eyes; after all, it was her first time seeing vampires act so… human. But then again, whenever she had come across vampires in the past they had all been trying to kill each other so there hadn't been time for much pleasant conversation and observation.

"So… I'm in a mansion full of vampires right now?" Luka ventured a guess. 'My headache is probably because of my senses going crazy over the presence of so many vampires…'

"Well, to put it more accurately, you're in an estate full of vampires right now!" Kaito beamed. "And without any weapons on you! Wow, you're brave!"

Luka's headache turned into a full-blown migraine.

Miku seemed to notice, for she then said, "Don't worry, I've ordered that no one is to try anything funny on you. If they do, I'll deal with them personally."

Although she was smiling, the cold aura around Miku and the silent promise in her words made all three of them shiver. Then Miku laughed and the spell was broken. "So, any questions Luka? We'll try our best to answer them."

"Yes…" Luka was certain that Miku would literally rip apart any one that dared touch her, even though she couldn't imagine Miku doing that; neither was she sure where the certainty came from. It was just a feeling. "Why were those vampires after you?"

At that question, the room was suddenly filled with a palpable silence.

"Well…" Miku wondered how she should go about explaining the situation. "I may not look like it-" She waved away Kaito's protests. "But I'm the Head of the Hatsune clan of vampires. However… I'm the only Hatsune left."

"The Hatsune clan has influence over a large region and there are others who want a piece too, and the simplest way is by getting rid of Miku-sama." Meiko picked up where Miku left off. "And she has to show herself in the city at times to ensure that the vampires there don't do anything that will reveal our existence to the humans."

"Miku-sama is really powerful! She just requires more training…" Kaito then frowned. "Miku-sama, there's trouble."

"I know." Miku said darkly. "He's coming."

"Let me help." Meiko stepped up to Luka, touching her temples with cool fingers. Luka felt her mind clear and she felt better instantly, her migraine disappearing.

"Thanks." Luka flashed Meiko a grateful smile, and, sensing eyes on her, she turned and saw Miku staring at them with what could only be described as jealousy in her eyes.

'Jealousy? I must be thinking too much.'

'Nope, it's definitely jealousy.' A foreign voice chuckled inside Luka's mind.

Luka looked at Meiko with wide eyes. 'M-Meiko-san?'

'I'm telepathic, and I can read minds,' Meiko winked at Luka. 'And I know that I'm going to get it later, but for now it's fun to mess with her!'

Meiko kissed a stunned Luka on the lips.

'Oh yes, I'm soooo going to get it later! It's the first time I've seen her genuinely interested in someone, and a female Hunter no less! Still,' Meiko's eyes raked over Luka's body. 'You're hot.'

"Kaito, Meiko. Go get things ready for his arrival." Miku fought to keep the scowl off her face when she saw Luka blush, further confirming that Meiko and Luka were having some sort of mental conversation. 'She kissed her! They kissed!'

"Sure!" Meiko still had the cheek to wink at Miku before dragging Kaito away by his scarf. "Bye Luka-chan!"

'L-Luka-chan? She's so getting it later…' Miku clenched her fists as she watched Luka's eyes follow Meiko out. 'Luka… likes Meiko?'

'Don't leave me alone!' Luka panicked when the two left, sensing a murderous aura radiating from Miku. 'Come back Meiko-san!'

'You'll be fine; I should be the one worrying!'

With that, the door to the library slammed shut, leaving Luka alone with a clearly furious Miku in silence.

'Somebody help me.'

"How's it going?"

"She still refuses to leave her room." Gakupo sighed. "I keep telling her that it's not her fault, no one could have predicted anything that happened, but she doesn't listen."

Lily frowned for a moment before she knocked on the door. "Gumi? Hey, open the door. If you stay cooped up in there, I'm going to break the door open and then Ted will hide all the carrots for a week! And I'm really serious about breaking down the door!"

The door slowly opened to reveal a teary-eyed Gumi who threw herself into Lily's arms.

"I'm so sorry!" She sobbed. "She's dead! It's already been five days since she went missing! If she was alive she would have contacted us, Luka's like that!"

"Hey, if it's wailing over Luka's death, then I call dibs." Lily soothed. "She's probably fine, recuperating in some out-of-the-way place where it's difficult to contact us! And she'll probably be worrying about having to get a new uniform; because it's a law of the universe that Megurine Luka gets her uniform burnt, shredded, exploded, or whatever that gets it destroyed whenever she goes out on a mission. That's also contributing to why she hasn't contacted us yet. Remember Ted's five-hour long lecture on the caring and protection of our uniforms?

"Are you sure?" Gumi looked at Lily doubtfully, yet she wanted to believe her.

"Of course! There was that time where it was fine for what, a few hours? Then she fell into a canal that she somehow managed to set on fire after kicking some vampires inside; but she left her coat in the canal. Ted wasn't too happy about the uniform and the canal being set ablaze, but how was we supposed to know that there was oil on the surface of the water?"

"No! I meant about Luka being alive!" Gumi recalled the canal incident. The remnant of the coat was… pitiful, as was the look on Luka's face when Ted had banned her from tuna for three days.

"She's alive, kid. I know that." Lily smiled. "They didn't find her katana anywhere and you know how attached to Luka that piece of metal is!" She patted Gumi's head. "Go get yourself some dinner and we'll talk more, I hear it's carrot soup today."

As Gumi obediently shuffled down the corridor and disappeared around the corner, Gakupo cleared his throat.

"Are you sure that you should be lying to her?"

"There's still a chance that she might be alive. I'm not lying to anyone."

"All traces of Luka disappeared at that street; there was evidence that she was seriously injured and she used that method." He sighed. "No one would have survived under such circumstances."

"How do you explain the missing katana then?"

"Simple. Someone took it."

"For someone who claims to be in love with Luka, you sure seem eager for her to be dead." Lily observed.

"I do not!" Gakupo flushed. "I'm not in love with Luka! I'm just stating facts!"

"Just toying with you Samurai boy," Lily yawned. "And that katana is special. Not just anyone can pick it up, much less use it. Luka was the only one I know who could touch it, and it pulverized any vampires that dared try stealing it."

"That katana has been passed down through the centuries, it's thought to be one of the first Hunter weapons to have been created, but so far, there has been no recorded history of anyone ever using it, until now." Ted popped out from nowhere to rest his hands on their shoulders, smiling.

"And what are two of my captains thinking, to be late for the meeting?" Ted's smile grew dangerous. "Don't tell me… you forgot?"

"O-Of course not!" Lily stammered. "We were just going there, right Gakupo?" She jabbed his stomach so hard that it caused him to stumble.

"R-right!" He said through gritted teeth.

"Good!" Ted beamed. "I'll overlook me having to come get you two personally today, but…"

"Anyway," He patted their heads like they were children. "The katana will find its way back to the Hunters' Headquarters somehow, it always does, and hopefully with it, it's wielder."

Gakupo though back to the last time he had seen Luka.

Flashback

"Luka-chan?" He pushed the door to her office open. "Are you around?"

"Gakkun!" Luka greeted as she buckled on her katana. "I have to go now, can we talk later? There has been a sign of vampire activity and my team has to go check it out. Sorry!"

"Sure!" He faked a smile, the small velvet box in his pocket with its precious content resting against his leg; it would stay there for quite a while longer.

"Be careful!" He leaned forward to kiss her cheek.

"I will, don't worry!" Luka smiled and she left.

'Luka…' Gakupo sighed. 'Where are you?'

As Lily entered the meeting room after Ted, she turned back to Gakupo.

"I really meant what I said earlier. I know that Luka's alive."

'I told Gumi not to worry, but I…' Gakupo recalled the sinking feeling in his gut when Gumi had first told him that Luka was gone. 'Luka doesn't go down that easily; the two of us didn't grow up together for nothing!'

He smiled at Lily. "I believe that Luka's out there somewhere, still alive."

'If I don't believe myself, then I can't expect Gumi to believe me as well.'

"Let's search for her." As Lily grinned at his suggestion, Gakupo had only one thought in his mind, the box in his pocket a constant reminder. 'Luka, I have something very important to tell you…'

"Welcome Tomonori-sama!"

"Thank you, all of you!" Despite the easy-going nature that Tomonori displayed; he was an Ancient, one of the few vampires that had survived throughout the ages, living a considerable amount of years to become one of the most powerful vampires around.

In a way, vampires were like wine; they got better with age.

"To what do we owe the honor of this visit, Tomonori-sama?" Kaito said respectfully, choosing his words with care. If it ever came to a fight, not even Miku could take Tomonori on easily and she was the oldest amongst them all within the vampires living on Hatsune land. Ancients were not people to be offended lightly.

"Ah, it's nothing important actually." Tomonori smiled as he ran a hand through his brown hair, eyes scanning those present. "Where's Miku-chan?"

"Miku-sama will be here shortly, she just woke up." Meiko lied smoothly.

"Well," Tomonori laughed. "You know, I heard the strangest rumor about Miku-chan and a Hunter…"

"Come, we must get you back to my room!" Miku forced down her anger as she dragged Luka out of the library, and into the empty hallway. "Before he comes!"

"He?"

"Another vampire. You'll never know what he might do, and I don't want to risk him trying anything on you, because I don't know if I'll be able to kill him if he does." Miku said seriously, suppressing a snarl. 'No one touches what is mine!'

Luka then realized that Miku really would protect her, and she decided to ask about her missing katana another time.

"Thank you Miku," Luka smiled. 'It's rather sweet, really. Now if only she would stop gripping my wrist so hard…'

They stopped in front of an ornate door that Miku pushed open without hesitation and pulled Luka in, and once her eyes adjusted to the sudden darkness, Luka realized that they were in the room where she had woken up in.

"T-This is your bedroom?"

"Yup!" Miku smiled; her serious mood seemingly over and she walked over to the bedside table to switch on a lamp, Luka following her. "None of us sleep in coffins or in the ground, maybe except those with nowhere to stay."

"So… when I was unconscious…"

"I slept next to you!" Miku beamed. "The bed's big enough, and besides, it's nice to sleep next to someone warm!" She took Luka's hands in her own, bringing them up to her cheek. "See! You're all warm and toasty, unlike me."

'If I didn't know any better, I'd think that she's trying to flirt with me…' Luka didn't know what she should be disturbed by; the fact that a vampire was calling her 'warm and toasty' while holding her hand or the fact that she had been sleeping next to said vampire who had hinted at cuddling up with her while she was unconscious.

'Whatever.' Luka smiled back. 'Miku… She sure is a strange one…'

"Are you thinking about Meiko?"

"Huh? Um, I meant yes!" Caught off guard, Luka hadn't heard the question and agreed with whatever Miku had said. 'She probably asked about whether I liked the room or something…'

To Luka's surprise, Miku suddenly dropped her hands like they were hot coals.

"I'm sorry… I'm probably making you cold by touching you…" Miku looked sad as she turned to leave. "I'll just go."

"Wait!" Luka managed to grab one of Miku's twin tails. Her head started to throb painfully.

"Wait!" A hand reached out to grab hers. "Must you go?"

"I must, my love." Luka heard herself saying as she bent forward to drop a kiss on her lover's palm. "The other Hunters require my help."

There was a short silence in which Luka knew that her love was frowning, toying around with the idea of not letting her go. Then she heard a sigh and she was drawn into a cool embrace, her love hugging her tightly.

"Be careful."

"I will."

"Luka? Are you okay?" Miku peered at her in concern. Luka had suddenly blanked out, leaving Miku wondering if she had really recovered enough from her ordeal. Miku knew that Hunters healed faster than normal humans, but then again Miku wasn't an expert on the topic of Hunters.

"Huh? I-I'm fine…" Luka blushed uncharacteristically as she stared at the vampire before her. Even though the face of her love in that sudden… vision was in shadow, something told Luka that her love might be Miku.

'Wait. What am I thinking? That's complete and utter rubbish! I don't have any secret relationships with anyone! I would know if I did!' Luka scolded herself as she looked back at Miku, meeting her eyes shyly.

"Be… careful."

Miku didn't laugh or make any comments on how weird Luka was behaving, she merely smiled gently.

"I will."

"Wait!" Luka once again caught one of Miku's twin tails as she turned to leave.

"I… I, umm, that is…" Luka didn't know why she had asked Miku to stop yet again. 'Even if Miku doesn't show it, she's probably irritated with me right now…'

Luka wanted to let go of Miku, put something possessed her to hold on.

'I can't let her leave, not now, especially not when she's like this!'

'Like what?' Luka asked herself before she felt her mouth form words. "I… was thinking about you…"

With a sudden growl, Miku had Luka pinned down on the bed, their eyes met for a moment before Luka's lips were captured in a fierce kiss.

Luka closed her eyes as images started to flash by in her mind.

"Your coat would have protected you, if you hadn't given it to me." She looked guilty. "Why?"

"Uhh…" Luka tried to think of a good excuse, coming up with none. "I…"

"You do know that I'm also a vampire, right?" The girl watched her curiously, as though expecting a violent reaction from Luka.

"Of course! I knew from the first moment I spotted you." Luka smiled, but the girl frowned at her.

"Why?"

"Geez, get a vocabulary already, will you?" Luka studied the serious girl for a moment before an idea struck her. "You really know why I saved you?"

"Yes."

"Well…" Luka paused for dramatic effect. "They call me PedoLuka."

The girl stared at Luka.

Luka stared back.

The girl burst into laughter. "I'm probably way, way, way older than you are!"

"That's it," Luka beamed. "Cute young- or at least, young-looking- girls like you shouldn't have to look so serious." A hand reached out to stroke the girl's cheek. "Or even have to force yourself to smile and laugh. It gets tiring, doesn't it?"

The girl froze, wondering how a total stranger could know her so well.

'Maybe not really a total stranger…' Somehow the girl knew that she could trust this person before her.

"I know vampires have special powers, and I can tell that you're a powerful one." Luka continued naturally, as if she wasn't sitting at the side of an abandoned city, stroking the cheek of one of the creatures that she was supposed to kill; with another one of those creatures running blindly around the street trying to kill them.

"Can you suppress my memories?" The girl looked shocked at Luka's request, causing Luka to chuckle and gesture at herself. "I think both you and I know that I'm in no fit condition to move around right now. And neither of us are able to take down that," Luka pointed at the level nine, which was currently tossing cars over in a bid to find them.

"But if you suppress my memories, I should be able to move, seeing as my body will forget how injured it is." Luka finished. "So?"

"But you'll die! It's too dangerous!" The girl protested before Luka tilted her chin up to gaze into her eyes.

"There are… your friends, coming for you too, right?" Luka smiled when the girl slowly nodded. "Good. I promise that I'll try not to die, so you have to promise me that you'll try to stay alive too, okay? It only seems fair."

"But-"

"I want to protect you." Luka stated, earning her a blush from the girl. "And I know that I've probably hit my head really hard just now and I've gone insane, but I also know that I want to see you again. Won't you let me protect you?"

Wordlessly, the girl took Luka's wounded hand and licked at the wound there, tasting Luka's blood, her face a similar shade of red as the blood.

"Forget." She ordered, staring into Luka's eyes.

"Your hand is still bleeding." Luka snapped out of her daze and looked away…

Luka's eyes snapped open as the weight pinning her down lifted, and panting heavily, she sat up to stare at a blushing Miku, her own cheeks flaming red.

"I… should have, uhh, given you back your memories sooner…" Miku fidgeted. "Bye!"

She was gone.

'What…' Luka lied back down, staring at the canopy of the bed, thinking about what just happened. 'I must have gone batshit insane to have said all of those things, especially to someone that I just met! Although…' Luka couldn't shake off the feeling that she had met Miku before.

'I really must be PedoLuka, to have enjoyed that kiss…'

'Stupid!' Miku leaned against the door to her bedroom. Things between Luka and her had been just fine, until Miku had gone and done that. Taking a look in the mirror that was conveniently situated across the hall; she realized that she was blushing.

'I don't blush!' Miku stared, horrified, and she realized that she wasn't supposed to do many other things, either. She wasn't supposed to laugh, she wasn't supposed to get angry, she wasn't supposed to get jealous, she wasn't supposed to kiss a human, and most importantly, she wasn't supposed to feel any sort of attachment to a Hunter.

Miku cursed the possessive inner beast within her; she was a pureblood, one of the vampires who, by the grace of blood, did not sink into the animalistic behavior of the low-levels who always craved blood, but the instinct was still there.

When she saw Meiko kiss Luka, her vision had turned red for a moment and she was filled with the sudden urge to strike down Meiko, who had served her loyally for centuries, for touching what was hers.

'Meiko was just flirting! She always does that!' Miku glared at her reflection as if that could somehow lessen the urge she had to strangle the brunette. 'And Luka isn't mine!'

'Liar.'

"Shut up!" Miku scowled, knowing very well herself that she was indeed lying. "She's not some… some object!"

'But she is yours.'

"That's right." The words were out of her mouth before she could stop herself. Miku looked at the bedroom door guiltily.

"I hope she doesn't find out that I kissed her because I wanted to and not to restore her memories…"

'So what if she finds out? She'll be thinking about you now, and nothing else.'

"True," Miku smirked as her thumb traced her lower lip, pleased that she had erased all trace of Meiko from Luka. "She isn't allowed to think about anybody else."

Luka sneezed repeatedly, wondering why the room had felt so empty all of a sudden without Miku around.

She sneezed again.

'Someone must be talking about me…'

A sudden chill filled her as she felt unseen eyes watching her.

'I'm coming for you, Megurine Luka…'

I was just looking at the first chapter, then I realised that somehow, zombies had appeared in it. Wow. I can't remember how they got there XD

P.s. I think Miku kissed Luka cuz she was pissed with Luka pulling at her hair. Lol. Who am I kidding?

By the way, do me a favor dear readers, and answer this random and pointless question of mine. Left or right?