Sunako prepared for her new friends return. They were coming back; she just knew it. She cleaned her room, making everything neat for when her aunt found her missing, wrote a letter to Granny which explained everything (Granny would be so proud of her), and made arrangements to have her best friends donated to the Halloween store a few cities over.

Then she waited, as she had the day before, but this time she knew what she was waiting for. She wasn't going to give up on her true dream just because they bared their fangs at her.

Final deal: If they want the Blood Drop, the owner himself is going to have to take it off her neck…but only if he promises to change her into one of them. That's the only way.

And she was planning on telling them just that, too, but when she looked up from the book she was reading, she saw all three vampires instead of two.

"We thought you might be in need of some…persuasion." Yuki offered lightly, briefly glancing to the others.

Sunako cleared her throat, but only to try to hide the pure giddiness she was feeling inside. "I have considered the options you have presented, and have decided to decline both."

The rehearsal had so paid off.

Ranmaru chuckled, Yuki blinked in confusion, and the other one, Kyohei she remembered, rolled his eyes and growled.

"The option," Ranmaru started, "and I do stress option, as there was only ever one to begin with, is that you give us the Drop, and we leave you alone without killing you."

Sunako shook her head. "Not anymore. I'll offer you a deal, though."

Yuki seemed suspicious of her so-called deal. "What do you supposed?"

"I will give you the Red Drop," she paused, waiting for all of them of perk-up at the easiness of it, "if and only if I can give it to the owner personally and you promise to make me what you are."

Their looks were priceless she had to admit. Sometimes, she loved pulling the rug out from under people.

Simultaneously all three said, "No!" in firm, loud voices.

As if that wasn't expected.

Sunako shrugged. "Then no deal. That's my final offer."

From the back of the group, a growl erupted that seemed to shake the entire room.

"Kyohei!" Yuki shouted, turning to hold the other back. "Stop!"

"The solution is so simple!" he shouted, reaching for her. "Just kill her and let's go!"

One moment, she was sitting on her bed watching the too beautiful creature's raw anger and strength, and the next she was in the furthest corner away with Ranmaru standing in front of her. Looking around him, she could see the tiny blonde boy struggling to hold the other, who was clearly taller and physically powerful, away from her.

"Kyohei," the red head in front of her said, his velvet voice full of urgency, "you need to calm down. Yuki, get him out of here."

Kyohei growled again, pushing away from Yuki. "I don't know why he gave us that stupid order. If it's the only way to get it away from her, then that's what we have to do."

"Because it's his drop, and he doesn't want human blood spilled over it." Yuki responded. "The least we can do is respect the request."

"Well, then he'll just have to deal without it - this girl's crazy!"

Ranmaru looked at her from over his shoulder. "Do you understand the importance of this? Do you even understand your demands?"

Sunako didn't shy away from his annoyed look. "I have…never fit in with people." She said, "but I feel that I could fit in better in your world."

"You don't even know our world." Kyohei called out, anger still evident in his voice. He was glaring at her from across the room. From this fierce look, she had to withdraw. "Look around your room. All this stuff you have in here, all these films and figurines, this darkness is not what we are."

Sunako felt her hopes drop. Vampires were not…

"Then I want to learn." She responded. If she had been wrong this whole time, she was going to find the truth.

"Give us the Drop."

"Take me back with you."

"No." Kyohei shouted back. "Give us the Drop!"

"Not if you don't take me with you!"

Unexpectedly, she found his face two inches from her. "Give me the Drop." He said menacingly.

Sunako would have been scare, if it were not for the fact that when he appeared so close to her she lost her train of thought and fainted.

Voices were weaving in and out of her mind as Sunako tried to remember where she was and what had happened.

"I still think it's funny that this is the second time." Someone laughed.

"Shut up!" Another retorted. "It is not funny."

"Kyohei, maybe you should keep your distance when she wakes up."

There was a softness under her that she couldn't place it. Her head was already pounding.

"If she can't even stare me down, I don't know why she wants to be a vampire. She definitely can't hack it."

Vampire?

"No offence, Kyohei," the soft voice from before comes back, "but you're one of the scariest vampires I've ever met."

"No offence, Yuki," it's the smooth voice now, the one made of velvet, "but your scary level is pretty low."

The other laughed. "Yeah, wimp, I'm not scary, she's just weak."

Sunako sat up slowly. "I heard that."

Ranmaru turned towards her and smirked. "Bonjour, ma princesse. Toute rêves sale?"

Sunako simply looked at him. From the way Yuki and the other rolled their eyes, she had a feeling she didn't want to know what he said.

"So, have you changed your mind?" Yuki asked, walking towards her.

Sunako suddenly remembered what had happened. She focused her most defiant glare on Kyohei. "No, I have not. Either you take me back with you or no Blood Drop for anyone." At this, she crossed her arms over her chest and turned her head away.

"Listen here, you little brat," Kyohei started, but both Ranmaru and Yuki jumped into his path.

"She's stubborn," Ranmaru said.

"I don't think she's going to give in just because of your temper," Yuki added. "In fact, if you keep trying to scare her, we'll be here forever."

Kyohei smirked. "Well, she has to die eventually," he said sarcastically.

The other two exchanged annoyed glances. "Kyohei, I think this is our only option."

"Maybe Takenaga can talk her out of it." Ranmaru whispered quietly, but Sunako was able to piece it together.

Takenaga. Could he be the mysterious owner who couldn't leave his land?

There was a frustrated growl. "Fine. I don't care."

"Of course not," Yuki muttered before turning back to turn.

"Okay," he said when he caught eye contact. "We can take you with us, but we can't promise to change you."

Sunako considered it. She could always make the demand later, but getting there was half the work.

She held out her hand. "Deal."

Yuki gave her a sad smile and shook her hand. "You're looking for the wrong thing."

After Sunako said good-bye to her friends for the final time (at which Kyohei laughed), she grabbed her things and crawled out her bedroom window. The early morning sun was just rising over the horizon and she pointed this out to them, worried that she wouldn't make it back to their house after all.

"It doesn't really hurt us," Yuki told her. "It's not a pleasant feeling at all, but we can live through it for the most part."

"Why isn't it pleasant?"

Yuki furrowed his brow. "It's difficult to explain, really. See, we are so used to all our improved senses, and the sun's light mostly blocks them out completely. In direct sunlight, we are almost utterly blind and hearing becomes extremely hard. We're so used to relying on those extra senses that when we lose them, we're entirely defenseless."

"Why don't you go and give away all our secrets." Kyohei muttered.

Yuki sighed. "She's going to find out anyway."

They all continued walking across the large lawn in silence. When they reached the gate, Sunako stopped and turned around. It was the last time she'd ever seen her "home" and she realized she would miss her aunt and all her antics. But, hopefully, something better waited ahead. She followed the others down the street and around the corner.

"So how are we getting there?" She asked, pushing her one bag of necessities up on her shoulder. Ranmaru gracefully took the luggage from her shoulder and placed it one his own. Sunako wanted to ask for it back just because it was hers', but decided against it. "Can you guys fly? Or maybe there's a secret portal. I know that seems extreme, but it could explain a lot."

The three vampires let her continue brainstorming before coming to a stop. Sunako, looking around for the reason, landed the only thing on the street.

"It's a car." She said deadpanned. "It's a normal, everyday…"

Kyohei smirked and pushed pass her. "Not what you expect, eh, Princess of Darkness?"

Sunako had been let down by their clothes (all of them were wearing tee shirts and jeans – things she'd find on any boy in the city), their annoyingly un-vampireness, and now a plain car. It was even blue.

Well, they were defiantly crushing her dreams. When she became a vampire, she'd show them how it was done!

Ranmaru pulled the keys from his pocket and pushed a button. The car beeped and the truck flipped open. He placed her belongings in the trunk and walked around to the driver's side as Kyohei slid into the passenger's seat.

"It's not even a hearse!"

"Of course not," Ranmaru looked at her as if the idea were totally ridicules, "that would be embarrassing."

Yuki smiled at her. "It's not too late to turn back, you know."

Sunako's hand automatically reached for the red drop around her neck. "No. I'm going. This is what I want."

"Well, okay then." Yuki said. He walked towards the car and held open the door for her. She climbed in behind Kyohei and wasn't surprised to see Yuki already buckled beside her. The windows were tinted darker than she normally saw, and guessed was so they could at least see while driving.

"It has that new car smell." She mumbled grumpily.

"The women who gave it to me had just bought it." Ranmaru answered as he started the car.

Sunako looked at him with skepticism. "Why would she give you her car?"

Ranmaru laughed loudly. "Parce que je suis juste que putain de bon avec ma langue, bébé."

Sunako was starting to get annoyed with his random French, but knew the things he was saying would probably annoy her more.

"Just drive, you dirty old man, nobody wants to hear that and the moron can't even understand what you're saying."

Just as Ranmaru replied with "I prefer sensualist," Sunako kicked the back of his chair.

"I'm not a moron, you ass!"

Kyohei quickly turned around and took a swipe at the girl kicking his seat, hissing as he did so.

"Hey, children!" Ranmaru shouted as Yuki tried to keep them apart, "You keep that up and I'm leaving you both on the side of the road."

"Ha! That's fine with me," Kyohei laughed, still twisted in his spot to glare at the girl who glared back, "I can run home faster than this."

"Kyohei, behave!" Yuki said, trying to get him to face forward.

The vampire stared. "She started it!" he cried with injustice, pointing at the now smirking girl.

"She's sixteen! You should have more maturity than that."

"Should have, but doesn't." Ranmaru offered from the driver's seat.

Kyohei glared one last time, stuck out his tongue, and then turned around, satisfied that he got the last word in.

Yuki sighed and sat back. Looking out the window, he felt that this was going to be the longest ride of his long, long life.

Translations:

Bonjour, ma princesse. Toute rêves sale?"
- Good morning, my princess. Any dirty dreams?

Parce que je Suis juste que putain de bon avec ma langue, bébé.
-Because I'm just that damn good with my tongue.

…eh, what can I say? Ranmaru's dirty.

*I do not know French. Translation from Google search. If they are wrong, please feel free to correct.*

As always, see a mistake, please mention it.

Thank you for reading, now tell me what you think. Horrible? Great? Could use some work? What do you think is going happen next?

So far, who's your favorite?

Like this one, the next couple of chapters will be fillers. Just a way to get to know the charactrs before the story really starts. I actually hate reading stories like that, because it feels like it's moving too slow, but I guess that's how it has to be sometimes. I hope you guys arn't too bored.

Thank you,
K'onix