Chapter three!!! yay!!! i'm on a roll! (this is actually the first time i've uploaded chapters this quickly... gives a sheepish grin)

Kain's eyes widened, taking in the shock of the scene laid before him:

Rin was held by Kaname, her back pushed against his chest, while one of her arms was circled around his shoulders to hold the front of his neck in a threatening grip. Kaname's head was bent, his fangs barely touching Rin's exposed neck. Kaname's cheek appeared red, like the light touch of a cherry blossom's petal upon his skin. In fact, however, it was no gentle touch of a petal that had caused his cheek to come to that color; it was a stinging strike of slender fingers belonging to Rin.

Kaname's head retreated a little, only so he could speak into Rin's ear, the threatening words scratching themselves into arrows as they flew passed his fangs and lips.

"Defy me once more, Rin Kage, and my fangs shall pierce your pretty neck and drink the life from this body of yours; your strength cannot stop me."

Rin's face was expressionless, but her eyes, cold and hard, burned with hate. Kaname's head moved down once more, his fangs lightly grazing her neck, but not wounding. Tentatively, he lightly touched her warm skin with his tongue, before withdrawing and releasing her from his grasp.

Rin did not even turn to face the dorm leader once she was free, but she spoke and her voice was low and menacing.

"You are a fool, Kuran." And with that she left, the circle of vampires breaking before her like a wave on a sea cliff.

Yuuki glared at Rin from across the coffee table, hating the woman who lounged on the opposite sofa with a carefree air. Finally losing patience, Yuuki brought her palm hard on the table, slamming it with all the accumulated frustrations she had.

"Are you paying attention, Kage?!" she yelled, nearly releasing tears of exasperation, if not for Zero- who was sitting beside her on the same sofa- who gently touched her elbow to calm her down. A dark frown marked his face as he too, glared at Rin, who had her arms crossed behind her head and her feet propped on the other end of the sofa.

"I hate vampires well enough, Kage, but it's the kind that are-

"Arrogant, selfish, and superior to an E-Class that always get on your nerves, and that you just want to kill right here and now." finished Rin, cutting him off abruptly without even looking up from her casual fingernail inspection. Zero's hair rose- very much like hackles- as he stood and pulled the Bloody Rose from an inner pocket and aimed it at Rin. Once again, Rin didn't even turn her head to acknowledge that she was about to be shot. In fact, she seemed amused by Zero's actions.

"Go ahead, shoot me. I wonder where that'll get you." she said, her voice cheerful but haughty, a mockery to Zero's actions.

"Zero, sit down, it's not worth it." It was Yuuki who said this, tugging on Zero's sleeve.

"You're not a pureblood." He drawled, as soon as he sat and faced Rin again, barring his fangs as a threat. His words, however, struck a chord deep inside Rin, a chord whose sound bore the danger of death to whoever struck it.

There was a rush of movement as, in a heartbeat, Rin flew from her position, landing atop Zero with her hands to his throat, her fangs barred and eyes glinting.

Her glares were spears that went through Zero's head, befuddling his mind with pain, as her lips moved to speak in a voice so venomous, yet so soft, that it sounded as a wolf's low growl before it struck its prey.

Sorry about the cliffies guys! haha! I'm addicted to them!

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