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Summary: I just recently transferred to Cross Academy. I've never been to a boarding school before and I still haven't adjusted properly. I don't like following rules and could care less of what other people have to say. Listening just was never one of my strong points. Now that I'm at this academy, I can leave my past behind and start a new...sadly old habits die hard. I tried, but my curiosity got the best of me. Cross Academy was hiding something...that I knew for sure. I didn't know what, and I've tried to ignore my gut feeling, but it's not working. No one will answer me properly, so now it's up to me to get my own answers. There was one person who would be able to link everything, that stoic, unsociable, scary, emotionally dysfunctional person was going to be the key to unlocking the secrets of this academy. How would I get him to spill? By befriending him of course. I just never thought I'd end up caring about our relationship until the point of where he became special to me.

Chapter 9

Dakara, dareka ga watashi no te o toru re zu, nani mo osoreru koto da oshiete kudasai?

(So won't someone take my hand and tell me 'there's nothing to be afraid of'?)

Kyousuke Sakai

It was cold.

It was dark.

His whole body felt like it was on fire.

He was numb.

He couldn't move.

Was he even awake?

What was going on? He couldn't remember.

"We're losing his pulse!"

It hurt to breathe.

He was in excruciating pain.

Was this what death was like? He wondered. Noting but pain and emptiness?

He could hear screaming. Lots and lots of screaming.

"He was attacked! By what? A bunch of angry chainsaws!"

Willow? He guessed.

"I'm right here."

He felt two warm hands firmly grasp his cold hand. It was a comforting feeling. It made him feel safe. His sister was right by his side. She wasn't going to leave him, was she? He was scared.

"I'm not going to leave you bro. I'm right here. Everything's gonna be okay. I promise."

Was he speaking out loud? He must, that or his sister was reading his mind. Either way, it made him secure. He was so confused and disorientated. He didn't want to go through this alone.

How had he ended up like this?

Eight hours earlier

"Why don't you check the girls dorm? She could be there. All girls are getting themselves ready for tonight." his sister said before taking off. He threw a glare towards Willow, tempted to chuck his textbook at her.

"Kyousuke, just let her go." Kazuma said, resting a hand on his friend's shoulder. The orange haired second year slowly turned his head around, giving his best friend a pissed off glare. He always defended his sister, no matter what- it seriously annoyed him. Scowling he asked "Do you like my sister?"

Kazuma quickly shook his head in earnest "Of course not like that! I see her as a little sister."

Kyou grunted in approval. It was definitely against the bro code to like your best friend's little sis.

Finding the atmosphere awkward and tense, Kazuma changed the subject back to their other female friend, "Why don't you go into town and see if she isn't there? I'll search the campus. One of us is bound to find her." he suggested, giving his friend an encouraging smile.

"My brat of a sister will think I'm following her." he said.

Kazuma rolled his eyes. "Don't be such an idiot. Just go!"

Kyousuke looked at the sandy blonde haired teen before mumbling something unintelligible under his breath. If his mind hadn't been focusing on a certain white haired, cherry eyed girl, he would have noticed the deceitful smile that was playing on Kazuma's face.

Kyou frowned "I'm not sure."

Kazuma scowled, frustrated at how stubborn he was being, but he quickly forced himself to smile. He was wasting precious time. "Kyousuke." he said in a deep voice "You will go into town and search for Mira." Kazuma's blue orbs flashed a deep crimson as he spoke, and an evil smile formed. This was too easy.

"Yes." Kyou muttered monotonously. It wasn't until he was standing a good five feet from the sun dorm, did he realize that he was outside. He frowned to himself, trying to remember what he was doing outside. Finding Mira... a little voice inside his head whispered. Well he knew that, but he didn't remember walking outside. He began walking down the main path, but stopped short at the sight of his sister. What was she doing talking with Kiryuu? He could feel his older brother protectiveness genes kicking in but decided to keep on walking. He could threaten Kiryuu any day, but asking Mira- he could only do once.

Kyousuke wandered aimlessly through the streets, not sure where to go.

"Hi!"

Kyou stopped short in front of a little girl. She looked up at him with big magenta colored orbs, a bunny rabbit doll laying limp in her arms. For a second he mistook her for Mira. They were the same height. They almost had the same eye color. But this girl had long grey hair and she was too happy. Kyou looked at her with a cold stare, hoping the little girl would go away. His glare didn't seem to affect her. In fact it just seemed to encourage her to continue talking to him.

"Watashi Miyami!" she said, pointing to herself. "Play with Yami!"

Before the boy could protest, he found himself being dragged through town by this stranger. Because he was a gentleman, he couldn't just rip himself away. That would be mean. If only he had ripped himself away from the girl. If only he had known that it hadn't been a coincidence that she had appeared before him.

"Oi" Kyou scowled "I don't have time to play, girl."

"Yami!" replied the grey haired girl, puffing her cheeks out.

"I don't care." he huffed "Go home."

"But Yami wants to play!" she said, her voice escalating to a level that caused other people to stop and stare. At this rate, he was going to mistaken for a pedophile.

"Okay okay okay!" Kyou said quieting the girl down by slapping his hand over her mouth. He let out a mental sigh; why him? Why today of all days did things not go his way? He scanned the crowd, looking for signs of her mother or father or something! He felt the girl grip his hand with extreme force and couldn't help smile at her. She reminded him of when Willow was little and she had had tantrums. It was a nostalgic feeling.

"I can only play with you for a while and then I have to go do something." he said.

"Yay!" she said, clapping her hands together and beaming up at him.

He shouldn't have followed her. Maybe if he hadn't, he wouldn't be in the infirmary on the verge of dying. But then again he hadn't expected to be led into the middle of no where by what appeared an innocent little girl and then viciously attacked by the people he called his friends.

Kyousuke was getting frustrated. The little girl...Yami was that her name?...had dragged him from store to store and she wouldn't stop clinging to him. He was beginning to lose the feeling in his arm. He was tired of 'playing'. Kyou had stuff to do, like look for Mira. What if she had already returned back to the Academy? He had wasted his whole day being dragged around by a little girl! That he didn't even know. The sun was beginning to set. People were locking up. The dance was approaching and he still hadn't asked her.

"Alright enough!" Kyou said, halting in his tracks and yanking his arm from her grip; he had made up his mind. "Go home!" he snapped.

"Shut up." Miyami replied, her voice cold and curt; she didn't sound like a child anymore, but that of a grown adult. "Who do you think you're talking to, human?"

Kyou could feel the chills running down his spine. His instincts were telling to run...run very far away from this girl...no woman...he didn't know. He couldn't run because he was frozen to the spot, unable to move. What the hell had he gotten himself into?

"What's the matter, Kyousuke?" she cooed mockingly. "You scared?"

She knew his name? That was never a good sign.

"Miyami-san, I would appreciate it if you would leave him alone."

Now what was going on? Kyousuke recognized the voice immediately, but he didn't want to believe it. It took all his strength just to move his head a few inches, but he was able to glimpse the person who was approaching from behind.

Miyami narrowed her magenta colored orbs in annoyance. "Sorry." she spoke slowly, not sounding sorry at all "I just wanted to see why this human was so special."

"Rido-sama needs both of them so I must ask you to restrain yourself from killing him. At least not yet."

Rido? Who was that?

A smile formed on Miyami's lips and she took a step forward "What do you have in mind, Mira-san?"

The white haired girl shook her head "Not here. It's not safe here."

Miyami sighed in reluctance and then snapped her fingers causing her prisoner to suddenly stumble forward and crash into the ground.

Kyou winced as he picked himself up all the while glaring at the grey haired female.

"If you even think about running or fighting back, I'll kill your sister."

Kyousuke whipped around to face Mira, his hand curled into a fist. His feelings for her had disappeared the moment he had seen her. All he felt now was rage. "I don't know what the hell is going on, but stay the fuck away from my sister!"

"It seems you've touched a sensitive subject." Miyami chuckled.

Kyousuke could only glare as he was escorted to god knows where. He was still confused, but he had managed to piece what he knew together. Yes, he wasn't as dumb as he looked. It didn't paint a full picture, but it painted something. One: These two girls weren't who they appeared to be. Two: Someone needed him. Three: There seemed to be magical voodoo stuff involved.

"Quit trying to figure things out, fool. You'll find out just soon enough what's going to happen." Mira ordered.

"My sister trusts you." he said "She thinks you're a nice person. She thinks your her friend."

"Mira, what's this human babbling about?" demanded Miyami.

Mira pursed her lips "Nothing important. But we don't have much time before the hunters start patrolling."

"So then why don't we just do it here." suggested Miyami "No one will be able to hear him scream here."

This wasn't good.

"Bitch." Kyousuke spat out when he was shoved painfully down to the ground. Suddenly he felt excruciating pain and looked down to see his blood flowing freely from his body.

This really wasn't good.

"That was a warning." Mira said coldly, her crimson eyes narrowed in anger, "Next time, I really will kill you."

"Do you think I care?" Kyou wheezed, trying to keep his voice steady and strong. His brown eyes shone with determination and defiance. He wouldn't let himself be beaten into submission by two little girls!

Mira chuckled darkly "I told you once, if you try to run away of fight back, I'd kill your sister." she stated "Are you really foolish enough to risk her life for the sake of your own?"

Well when she put it that way, Kyousuke didn't have a choice. As the older sibling, it was his duty to protect her. Even though most of the time, Willow was a pain in his ass, he still loved her and would die for her. And it looked like right now, that's exactly what he would be doing.

"Mira hurry up, I'm getting bored." Miyami said, looking towards Kyou with eyes of a predator stalking its prey. She swiped her tongue across her lips, flashing her teeth at him; fangs exposed.

Kyou let out a yelp of surprise. Fangs! That girl had fangs. Not jut small sharp canine teeth. Actual fangs. He wasn't seeing things.

"V-vampire?" his voice came out in a whisper as he squinted at Miyami. His vision was slightly blurry and his breathing was getting heavier, which compromised his thought process. Weren't vampires just a myth? Something made up to scare little children? They weren't supposed to be real! Maybe his mind was messing around with him. After all he did probably have a concussion. Yes, he must have hallucinated fangs.

Mira let out a 'tsk' of a annoyance. Stupid girl. Now Mira had do something fast before his yells attracted unwanted attention. Mira glared angrily over at the vampire before turning her attention back on Kyousuke. She flicked her white hair out of her face and then walked over swiftly to him, crouching down and poising herself in front of him. In one quick and fluid motion she sank her fangs into the crook of his neck.

It truly felt like his entire body was exploding. An electrifying pain surged throughout his entire body. He screamed in agony, trying to push that thing away from him, but he couldn't move. All he could do was watch. He could see his blood trickling out of the corner of his mouth. But that wasn't all of his blood he could see. His body felt like it had been skewered by many sharp objects. He was surrounded by a pool of his blood. It was sickening. Kyousuke was starting to feel as if all his energy was being drained away. It was extremely hard for him just to keep conscious.

Mira worked quickly and efficiently, making sure to cause extreme pain to her prey as she extracted his blood. She withdrew a small bottle from her person and let some of his blood slowly drip into it. Her master needed only a small portion of this human's blood in order to complete the revival ceremony. So as long as her master had his blood, the boy wasn't needed. No need to waste such a good meal.

"No fair." pouted the other vampire as she watched with envy. She narrowed her pink orbs "We've got company."

Mira released the boy, wiping her mouth on her sleeve; her eyes were narrowed as well. She pocketed the bottle. "Let's go."

"But he's still breathing." Miyami pointed out, staring at the still conscious teen. He was breathing hard and his blood was everywhere, but he was still alive.

"He's beyond the point of help." Mira said apathetically.

Kyousuke could only watch as the two...vampires...walked away. He heard distant footsteps approach him.

"I found him!" he heard someone say with urgency.

He couldn't focus. His gaze was directed at the bright night, the stars twinkling happily down at him. As he drifted off into the world of unconscious, he kept repeating the same word over and over in his head, afraid that he'd forget otherwise.

Vampires.

Vampires.

Vampires.

They were real. Vampires existed.

The girl that he thought he had loved had just tried to kill him. The girl that he thought he had loved wasn't even human. The girl that he thought he had loved was a vampire.

What the hell?

"Kyousuke, wake up!"

Not now, he was tired. 5 more minutes.

"Kyo if you don't wake up right now, I'm going to shove my foot straight up your- hey!"

Willow really needed to learn to shut up.

Kyou felt a hard object jabbing at his side over and over and heard someone mumble stop, only to be yelled at.

"He's my stupid brother, I'll do what I want."

His memory was fuzzy. Where was he again? He couldn't remember.

The jabbing continued, but he couldn't get up. Not just yet. He was still exhausted from...Kyou didn't know. It scared him that he couldn't recall anything.

"Kyousuke wake up." Willow's voice sounded watery and shaky.

I'm sorry, don't cry, he thought, but I'm too tired. Just let me rest for a little while longer. As he fell back into the world of sleep, he could hear hysterical crying and it made him feel like a jerk.

-o-

'Someday Will, you will be the death of me.' He hadn't meant that literally.

Authoress' Corner

Well I finally updated. I know this probably isn't what you expected, but next chapter is back to Willow's pov. As you can tell, this chapter fast forwards and then rewinds. It's a kyou chapter and considered a 'filler'? Is that what you call it? Anyways I don't think I have much to say. My finals are next week, blech. Oh yes, now I remember, I have an interesting story to tell you guys. My date for prom bloody chickened out at last moment. You have no idea how angry I was. I was like wtf, you can't back out at last minute. That jerk. I really hate him. I don't know what his problem was, but that was just so uncool. Pissed me off so badly. On another note I finally found pictures of Kyou and Kazu incase you were interested. Thanks for the reviews guys, made me so happy ^^ I haven't checked for spelling yet, sorry, but I'll fix it when I get back from school today, so bear with it for now. Hope I haven't made any serious mistakes.

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Jezebellix- Yay you reviewed again. I was so happy to see your review, I thought you had stopped liking the story or something. Err well I can't tell you how Will might screw up her friendship with Zero cause that would ruin the 'big climactic' moment lol, but I have thought of a way lol. Um yes I know you're probably right about the reviews and stuff, and I DO write for my own pleasure, I just felt like putting that in my last a/n to see if it made any difference. As you can tell, (hopefully) I've put my heart and soul into this story and I'm definitely going to see this story through to the end. It's the only story that's gotten past 20K and I'm so proud of myself. Anyways I hoped you enjoyed this chapter, even though the plot hasn't progressed lol.

AlinaLotus- I'll try my best to write something interesting for those pairs, but as I stated in the first chapter, they aren't my main concern. Glad you like this.

Nightbreeze of Windclan- You remembered the original post of this story? Kudos to you.

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jestie Kiryuu- Hey you seem to be the only who guessed what he did. Yay ^^

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