Oh no! Poor Henry Lasemer, that's the last we'll see of him. Now let's see how Kairi is doing! Here's Chapter 3

Chapter 3- Cold Heart

Kairi was walking to the front door of the Mansion. It was a big dark wooded door that was about 20 feet high. She looked at the knobs and noticed they had skulls. They must worship the dead…she thought. Kairi grabbed the knobs slowly and knocked once. She waited for a moment. There was no sign of anyone coming to get the door. She knocked again. Still no answer, until she heard loud foot steps coming fast. Kairi backed away fast so the door wouldn't hit her.

A young blond girl that looked to be the same age as Kairi opened the door and glared at her. She was wearing a white tank top with a black skirt. Kairi was a little surprised. She remembered the young man saying something about a spoiled daughter. This must be her, Kairi thought with a slight frown. Her voice said however

"Who are you?" she snapped

"My name is Kairi Hamasaki and I'm suppose to meet my foster parents here" She took another approach

"I'm afraid there's been a mistake, I thought you were the new house maid, you see we called you on behalf of a foster parent since there was no other way to take you in, I own this house and…" she was about to say more when a man with long spiked red hair and green emerald eyes touched the blond girl's shoulder holding it with firm pressure.

"It seems that my dear sister forgets her manners" He pressed her shoulder tighter. She gave him one of those your dead look! But she complied by turning to Kairi forcing a smile

"Welcome to Lentric Manor, my name is Namine Sato" Then her brother took a step closer to Kairi saying in a low voice

"I'm Axel Sato" he said "This will be your home from now on and as your guardian there will be rules that you'll have to follow in order to stay here" he said with a hint of evil in his eyes

"And what if I don't?" Kairi said giving him an angry look

"If you don't I'm afraid I'll have to keep you locked up until you obey me" he said with soft laughter "But other than that I'll have my servant take your belongings to your room" Namine gave her brother a smile appreciating the threat he gave to Kairi. Her violet eyes were burning. So much for my foster parents she thought bitterly. Why would they lie? There must be something going on but she couldn't place her foot in the matter. At least not yet as her mind focused on that one question. He allowed her to come inside first as Namine's brows narrowed and remained focused on Kairi. What she saw amazed her. The house was strikingly lovely. There were antiques everywhere she looked. The walls were colored Grey. There was a giant living room with a plasma TV and all those other electronic items. Well they may have a classic like looking house but at least they knew about the latest technology. A grey haired man wearing a servant like uniform that looked like quality clothing came to take Kairi's belongings upstairs. They even have the servant dressed up all fancy Kairi thought with amazement. This people must have a fortune.

"Escort Miss Hamasaki to her room" the servant nodded curtly leaving Namine and Axel alone as Kairi went upstairs looking at all her surroundings.

Axel allowed her to follow the servant to take her to her room. Namine was following her brother to the living room. She closed the door behind them as he sat down on the couch and grabbed a glass and poured brandy. The smell of the brandy relaxed him as he thought to himself. Namine was sitting across from him. She really was pissed off the moment she saw Kairi at first glance. The problem with her was that she was afraid that her brother would care more about her later on. She was the jealous type and even would glare at any other girl who was more beautiful than she was. That was her only problem with Kairi. Axel didn't say a word for a second and Namine was getting annoyed with this awkward silence.

"Now are you going to tell me why you brought her here?" Axel couldn't contain his smile

"I didn't bring here as a house maid though that would be very useful right now…" he paused as her sister smiled "Anyways I'll be keeping her for a few days"

"What good would that do?" she asked unsure of his actions

"On contraire, my dear sister I'll gain a lot from keeping her here a while longer" So he obviously didn't want a house maid Namine frowned as she heard him say he would be keeping her for a few days. So what is he thinking about??? Namine was annoyed and stood there thinking what he would do to this girl. Then an idea occurred to her as she got up abruptly

"Are you going to…?" she said guessing his motive and thought with desperation. He nodded as he sipped the last of his brandy and put it in the table next to the couch.

"You have to stop doing this; you're going to get yourself killed if you keep up what you're doing" she was hurt and he obviously didn't care about what she thought.

"There's nothing I like better than feeding a human girl to an eager hungry vampire" he said as had his eyes closed

"Must you be thinking about money all the time" Namine said as her heart burned with anger.

"That's how we are suppose to live, I feed the vampire an innocent soul, I solve the mystery of Dracula and his lust for blood and I get the credit" Axel's motive was for money all the time. Namine was tired of watching his brother feed hopeless people to vampires and make deals with them. It had to stop now Namine thought with fierceness.

"I've told you so many times but you won't listen to me and someday you are going to pay for your actions whether you're in jail or in the grave." With angry tears on her blue grey eyes she ran off and closed the door with a bang. He didn't care what she had to say.

"If it wasn't for me, she wouldn't be entitled to all the richness and luxurious things I've brought to her" In fact she should be grateful I've been giving her this life he thought with a frown.

Flashback

Destiny City 10 years ago…

The day was showered with lots of sunlight as it reflected through the window. The light would hit everywhere it landed. It was a perfect day for a child to enjoy the bright rich sunshine.

A five year old blond girl wearing a white dress with puffy ruffles was running in the hall to find her brother. She ran out of the hall and went to find her big brother in the library working in his desk. She got up on top of his desk interrupting his work. He cursed and tried picking up his papers

"Big brother, you told me last week we would go out to the beach" he was focused on his work and said a moment later

"Not now Namine, I still have to finish these files" he said stressfully with all the piled work he had. She looked at how frustrated he was. It was then that she grinned and grabbed his papers and took them away from him

"There now you don't have to worry about finishing those silly papers" she skipped to the paper shrewder and threw them in. The papers were broken up into pieces by the time they came out and Axel stood up from his chair. He gave her a malicious glare and then softened a little as he walked to her and said teasingly

"If you weren't so little I would of throttle you by now" He picked her up in the air and placed her down on the ground tickling her to death since it was one of her weaknesses

"Stop it, aaahh!" tears were coming out from her eyelids as she tried attacking him back.

"Now tell me that you're sorry" he grinned as he tickled her a while longer. She laughed and he waited briefly to hear her say

"Oh I'm sorry were those papers that important to you?" she giggled a little but he caught on to her teasing

"Not yet…anyways, I have plenty of copies left over, but I thank you for apologizing" he moved as she got up saying

"You're always so busy that there's hardly any time to spend with me."

"That's because I'm doing all this work to keep you" he said remembering the vow he made to his beloved parents. They were poor and there was barely enough money to keep them in one home. That's when Axel's dad took action by sending him out to look for job. He was very young at the time and people wouldn't hire a little kid. But what they didn't know was that he had a talent for business. They found out right away as folks in Destiny City wanted to hire the boy. There were many options for him in life. But that meant separating away from his little sister while earning money. It's been like that ever since his parents passed away.

"I am grateful but taking a day off won't hurt now will it?" she asked as her brother grabbed the rest of his papers and put them back in his desk. It had been a long time since he took his last break. There was hardly anytime although he had keep up to the deadlines of completing the ledgers for his company. He looked out the window and looked at the sun. It was a great day for her to go outside. He sighed and gave her a warm smile.

"Risking the chances of having my paper work shredded I don't think so, I guess I can take you out for a little while" he said as she stood there smiling at him "Well aren't you going to get ready?" he asked with a friendly tease. She responded to his teasing by running to him as he picked her up in the air. She gave him a wet kiss on the cheek as he hugged her little sister tightly. He placed her down as she ran off to get her things. A few minutes later she came out with her bucket and sand shovel

"Ready" She said as he took her hand and closed the library behind him..

He would always be busy and try to squeeze in time to spend with his sister know matter what the cost was.

End of Flashback

Obviously he had closed down his shipping company because of the time and effort he had to put into it. There's not enough time to keep his sister happy and have all this work. That's when he decided to move out of town and take his sister into another place where he could be stable while keeping Namine satisfied, well as she got older.

Jericho wasn't a town he thought he would live in. It was strange how he got in though. It felt like someone was watching him or expecting him to come in. But he just ignored that feeling and went inside buying a rich mansion since he had all that money from his company.

From going to the beach to getting nice clothes and such was all Axel could give her sister thanks to the negotiating he does with vampires. He's gotten better at it over the years. His first attempt almost got him killed thanks to a misunderstanding that a vampire followed. Now Kairi was his next victim.

"Such a bad waste" he said as he looked at a portrait of a woman dressed in a violet dress while holding a bouquet of flowers. He stood up and walked from the living room wanting to make an important call…

Meanwhile…

The servant had left Kairi's things in the floor as she came in feeling a little weird. Maybe it was because she'd never had a big room to sleep in before. It was beautiful though considering that all the things inside it looked expensive. From the rich mahogany bed with blue linens that matched with the pillows and all the furniture she had. She grabbed her small suitcase and put it on the bed taking out her clothes. There was a closet next to a red door which had a personal bathroom. Her eyes were curious thinking if every bathroom had a room in this house. Grabbing her clothes and deciding to put them in the closet there were a few other clothes in as well. She saw a few garments and a black dress. Her fingertips landed on the clothes as she noticed how filthy they were. Guess they have so many clothes they didn't bother to wear these anymore. The material looked delicate from the black dress as her hands went back and forth to clean it.

There was a giant mirror in the door behind the closet. Kairi put the dress in front of her and looked at herself. It went above her knees and there were sparkles all over the material. There were no straps to it and it looked to be informal since the cut of the neckline was low. But the dress somehow made her feel like it was built for her. She smiled to herself as she looked at her reflection. Sighing hard she put the dress back in the closet since there would never be a time in her life where there would be an event or ball that she would attend to.

She wasn't even looking forward to that school dance Yuna was talking about. At least Tidus had asked her out. No one ever asked Kairi to the dance. She couldn't tell Yuna the truth that no one had asked her out. What was it that guys looked for in a girl? She wondered. Someone who was talkative, smart, beautiful, brainless…? Well it didn't matter, since no one cared. Yuna was the only though that tried showing Kairi to some fun events from going to the beach to introduce some guys to her or shopping to find buy some clothes. But it never worked for her. The guys never encouraged her to talk or listen to them as they had conversations with their peers. Yuna might be good at talking with guys but is there more to it than just knowing how to act with someone of the opposite sex?

Kairi's parents were in her mind remembering the exact words they had always told her: "Always be yourself and people will appreciate you for who you are" It never worked though. She couldn't even talk to her own parents about the things that happened in school daily. Everyday Kairi struggled to attend school just because she couldn't interact with kids her age. She would hear remarks from students like: "Does she know any English?" Why doesn't she talk?" Or rumors like "I heard she talks to witches" or "Guys can't even stand her for one second"

Kairi just wanted to belong somewhere, in a place where kids would go up to her and engage her in conversations, or ask her to go out to places. She wanted everyone to stop saying untrue remarks about her and listen to her.

But the dream was hopeless, unless the people from this town were different. Well that blond guy seemed to be okay with me. It was a start she thought with a weak smile.

There was a knock on her door as her thoughts were interrupted. She got off the bed and opened the door. It was the servant. He bowed to her saying

"Dinner will be served at seven" Then he left her as he closed the door behind him. The thought of eating brought her stomach growling.

"I guess that walk did the job" she said to herself as she was walking with the officer on that deserted road a while back. There was a clock that chimed and said 6 o'clock. One hour till dinner. Guess taking a shower would do me some good she said as she got out her personal items from her suitcase. She went inside the bathroom closing the door behind her.

Namine's Room

She lay on the bed warned out from crying. Namine was really hoping her brother would stop killing people just to feed them to those eager vampires. It's not just the people that died were her main concern. It was Axel. Feeding people for money wasn't something to be proud of. Even if it did get her everything she's always wanted. She knew that her brother was doing this in order to keep her happy throughout the years, but it seems that he's too obsessed with what he's doing now. It appears though as if he doesn't care about her sister and thinks about all the money he is making even if he does buy her what he wants.

All Namine wanted was to have her brother as he was 10 years ago. She missed seeing that smile from him. Ever since they moved in to this town he's been acting cold and selfish. There probably was no love in his heart anymore Namine thought with sadness as she raised herself up from her bed.

She's surprised that those detectives he worked with haven't caught him in the act, even if they do come once in a while to check on him. Axel was committing a crime of murder. Namine wasn't worried about being caught; she was worried about Axel's life. What if those vampires betrayed him and ended up taking him for their dinner. She could almost remembered that one day she went running after him just because of a scream she heard from far away which happened a few years ago

Flashback

The moonlight was shinning with delight. Axel was on his way home as he drove his corvette at a fast speed. Namine wanted to get a new dress for her next date. He was concerned about all the guys that she hanged out with. What if they started pursuing her with desperate measures like forcing her to do something she hasn't ever experienced? He was about to make a right turn when he heard a scream coming from a short distance. Axel was curious as he stopped his car. What happened? He thought as he got out. There was an alley where possibly the scream had echoed from. Axel walked slowly taking a straight trail. There was garbage everywhere. The stink came to him as he pinched his nose.

"It smells worse than my gym socks" he thought to himself as he walked a little further. Then there was the moonlight giving him some light to see which way he was going. I wonder if the scream came from here he thought annoyingly as he decided to go back. But as he was about to walk there was a shadow of a person on the wall. His steps were quick as he saw the body of a man on the ground. Axel ran to the man. He kneeled on the ground looking at him. He grabbed his shoulders and turned his face. What he saw shocked him. The man's face was dead white as his eyes were opened looking straight at Axel. He laid the body back gently as he looked around wondering who or what did that to him? Axel was truly alarmed now when he noticed there were two holes on side of the man's neck. Axel started running off when in seconds something with wings came forth to him dropping him on the ground. Axel grunted as he tried punching what was trying to kill him. The shadow of the creature revealed itself into a silvered haired teenager. His green blue eyes were glowing with pleasure as he looked at Axel. He got closer to Axel's neck until the red head took out a sharp object stabbing the teenager in the arm. He yowled with pain as he backed away looking at the sharp wooded object in his arm

"Placing a piece of wood on my arm won't affect me in any way" he said as he took out it out. There was blood dripping from it as he threw it on the ground getting closer to Axel.

"What are you?" Axel asked as the silver head got closer to him

"I happen to do what most of the creatures of the night need to do, as for what I am…" the teenager revealed sharp pointy teeth as if giving Axel a hint to what he was. Axel's emerald eyes flew open realizing that this handsome devil boy was indeed a vampire.

"Stop don't get any closer, you have no idea who you're about to kill" Axel said sharply

"I feed on who ever I desire" he said with an amused voice "Even if you are a powerful god"

Axel needed to think of something fast before he was devoured by a vampire. For Namine, he thought. She needed to be cared for and couldn't live all by herself in a mansion. What if the vampire went after her? He would never forgive himself if she was in that kind of danger. Then without thinking much an idea came to his head

"You wouldn't want to suck my blood, besides I have plenty of other humans you could feed on" Despite the lie the boy was interested as he said

"You would really feed humans to us?" he asked as he looked closer at Axel. His blue green eyes stayed with his green ones for a moment as if trying to see if he was lying.

"I happened to be the ex-owner of a company, and I had many employees and workers who worked for me"

"Hmm…would you feed us humans for a life time?"

"I wasn't saying that I would do it forever" Axel said with sour voice. The teenager frowned and said with a cold voice

"Because if you don't, I would have to go after your sister instead…" he said as he thought about it for while.

"How do you know her?" he asked getting angry

"I know everyone I want to hunt for at night" he said with a hint of mockery in his eyes

Axel reacted by grabbing the silver head by the collar of his neck

"I swear if you lay a hand on Namine I will kill you"

"You're a fool" The teenage boy said as his hands connected with Axel's head throwing him on the ground.

"You know you hold your sister's life" the vampire said with logic reasoning.

If Axel didn't comply with the vampire he would go after Namine and then possibly kill him after.

"Just don't go anywhere near her, and I'll make this deal with you" he said as if almost begging

"I will for now… but remember you have to live up to your deal forever" He said as his wings appeared and flew away leaving Axel shattered with no hope left in him anymore. He touched his hair and sat on the ground as a few tears gathered in his eyes.

Just for taking a curious walk in the alley he put Namine's life in danger. Now he had to live up to the vampire's promise. He was on the ground until there was a shadow in front of him. It got closer and it resolved itself into a blond girl with blue eyes. Axel's eyes shot wide open

"Namine what are you doing here?" he rushed to her. She was filled with tears in her eyes

"You were gone for more than two hours and I heard a scream…" He got closer to her and hugged her

"Nothing happened" he said comfortingly "It was just a mugger trying to rob me" he lied.

"If you say so" she said agreeing then "I had to leave my friends and run to find you"

"Don't think about it anymore" He said in soft command. She complied and they decided to go back home.

End of flashback

The library

Axel was on his desk working as he had a list of other people to bring to his place. Kairi had that bad fortune of being placed in his home. Too bad Axel thought. Namine was his main concern. Protecting her was all that mattered to him. Why does she think I'm acting cold? He thought as he saw all the money that he had. Sure he was starting to care about all the money. Maybe because I hardly spend any time with her and focus on counting my money all day. He thought with displeasure as he put a finger on his chin. Namine has to understand that I hold her life in jeopardy. One mistake and those Vampires will kill her with no hesitation.

He grabbed his Red Cell phone and started making a call to the ones he dreaded the most right now…

Here's my first cliffy from this story. Axel is really pissed off as you can see. Yes I finally brought one of the characters the fan girls' love. Who could have silver hair? Maybe Sora will come next. Hehehe in time readers, in time. Until next time…