Alright I'm back! This time I'm here with chapter 31. I'm trying to get the last few chapters of this story out quickly, that way I can get all of you to the sequel! That's where all the twists and fun stuff happens!


-3rd person pov-

"you have got to be fucking kidding me!" tenma shouted furiously, one hand clutching at the chairman's desk -in an attempt to not hurt the overly giddy man- and rubbing her temple with the other. "you're telling me that aidou can attack the day class and get out of it with it a knuckle sandwich, but I accidentally break a few windows, and I have to clean classrooms!?"

Aidou smugly stuck his tongue out at the infuriated girl. "serves you right, halfbreed."

A dead silence spread throughout the room, and kilo glared dangerously at aidou, causing him to hide behind the chairman. "help me…" he cried once he felt a second glare burning into his skull. He didn't consciously know why he was shying away from tenma's eyes, but given her reactions that usually came when she was in this kind of mood, he didn't really think about it for long.

"this is your punishment from kaname-kun as wall, tenma-san." the chairman piped up suddenly. "besides, I doubt you honestly want kaname-kun to hit you." he added somewhat seriously.

Kilo frowned. "but tenma still needs to have an outfit for the dance!!" she protested childishly.

That made tenma's anger come up short. "whoever said I wanted to go?" tenma asked suspiciously.

"but you have to go with ichi! We all have to go together! I'm with aidou and Seirei's…..oops…" kilo stopped her rant short, remembering her other friend had yet to have a date for herself.

"akatsuki's going with her." aidou chimed in from his spot against the wall.

Tenma stood stock-still in utter disbelief. damn you aidou…now she has no other distractions…. "…don't I have a say in this?" tenma asked hopelessly.

"NO!" kilo, aidou, and mr pretty said in unison.

"…this sucks…." tenma mumbled, stalking angrily out of the chairman's office.

"she loves us…" kilo smiled wryly.

-outside (tenma's pov)-

"this isn't fair got dammit…it wasn't even my fault…" I ranted to myself on my way through the main courtyard. "I can't believe I have to clean classrooms over a damn accident!" I took a deep breath. "I didn't even do it on purpose….how can that not count for something…"

I sat on the edge of the ornately carved fountain in the courtyard's center, trying to reign in my temper. "calm down stupid…..just blow it off and get it over with…"

I felt an unwelcoming atmosphere surround me. "what are you doing out here, vampire?" a venomous voice demanded.

Great….mr sunshine is here… I sighed, noticing how often fate decides to tell me "fuck you". "I needed some fresh air, chairman nut job was driving me up the damn wall…" I answered straight-forwardly. I made a mental note that I'd been doing that quite often lately, I might need a doctor to look at me, I think I'm loosing my mind….

"get fresh air at your dorm, leech." kiryuu retorted scornfully, reaching for the Bloody Rose inside the holster in his uniform jacket.

"tenma."

"What?" he snapped, half-pulling the gun into my line of sight.

"I'm not "leech", or "vampire". I have a name, and it's tenma. I would appreciate it if you used it."

"just get back to your dorm" kiryuu said icily, taking out the gun completely and forcing the cold steel against my chest.

I never took my eyes off his trigger-finger. "are you honestly going to shoot me? I asked, stiffening slightly as he pressed the gun harder into my chest. I was probably going to have a bruise there later if he didn't stop…and then ichijou would freak….wait….why would it matter… I sighed in slight frustration.

"zero! What are you doing!?" yuuki shouted, grabbing his arm, trying to pull the gun away from me. "why are you aiming that at her!?"

I smirked. "because it makes him feel important." the gun pressed stiffer against me, despite yuki's efforts to remove the gun.

"shut up vampire." zero spat venomously.

I glared. "how many times do I have to tell you, my name is Tenma! When will you get it through your thick silver skull?!" I shouted back at him. Yuuki trembled slightly beside him, but he paid her no mind. I sighed and gently tried to move the girl away from us. "you should stand farther away," I told yuuki, trying to make my voice as soft as I could at the current time, "it's dangerous to be around someone like him. Especially when he's mad."

Kiryuu snapped. "keep your damned hands off her!!" he shouted, his finger reflexively pulling back on the trigger, letting a bullet fly freely from it's barrel.

"kiryuu-kun, that's enough." a calm voice said, mingling with one of the most enticing scents I knew. It was kaname's blood.

I stared at him, stunned confusion riddling every bone I had. "what the….hell…?"

"you really shouldn't egg him on. Now you'll have to explain to the others why you have a giant bruise, and how they smelt my blood." kaname said sarcastically.

"tell them yourself." I spat, turning and walking off. how could he say that to me… I stared angrily at the ground as I walked, ignoring everything around me. "if he didn't want his stupid ass hurt he shouldn't have interfered…."

"were you trying to get yourself killed?"

I froze momentarily before spinning around, the edge of my katana pressed ever so slightly against ichijou's throat. The sword dropped from my hands as a fine line of blood traveled the length of his graceful neck. My sword turned back into a small puddle of blood before turning to dust and drifting away. "I'm so sorry…" I mumbled miserably. How could I do that to him….of all the people…

"it's fine, I snuck up on you after all." ichijou said sheepishly, scratching the back of his head. "what could I have honestly expected, other than to at the very least lose a limb for sneaking up on you.."

"you're not helping"

"you can't blame me for trying.." ichijou said, grinning at me with an almost apologetic smile.

I chuckled. "no I guess I can't."

His face was suddenly solemn. "back on the subject, what were you thinking? Did you not realize what he was going to do if you pushed him that far?" he asked.

"you act like I was trying to get that stupid prefect to murder me…" I sighed. "haven't I told you, I'm too much of a coward to purposely have myself murdered and actually go through with it…"

"you really worried kaname…and me tenma…he thought…"

"that I was trying to get kiryuu to end it so ichiou didn't have to?" I finished, glaring at the ground. "I'm glad he thinks so highly of my will."

I guess I just blew my question….

I blinked. I really hate that damn mind reading thing… but I decided to give him his chance, especially seeing as how bad the conversation had already gone. "you wanted to ask me something?"

He stared at me in confusion. "how….nevermind.." I think I just answered my own question…. "well….I was wondering that since kilo was already dragging you there…..if you'd go to the dance with me?" his voice was quiet, and the uncertainty made me stifle a laugh.

But when I looked back up at him, he met my gaze with dejected emerald eyes, not what I was expecting…. he thinks that I'm going to reject him….I sighed. figures…. "don't give me that look." I poked his chest. "I didn't even answer you yet."

His eyes brightened, almost gleamed by my sentences' end. much better….a look so sad would never belong on his face…. "oh…"

I smirked. "you don't sound so pleased…I was even gonna say yes….." I said, turning to walk away from him. "oh well…."

Faster than I could blink I found myself constricted in his hold. "no…" he breathed against my ear. "I'm very happy tenma…."

I shivered slightly. "then act like it."

"why? You don't…" he countered me. Damn…he got me.

"that's not the point…"

"then what is?"

"I don't know, you distracted me…" I mumbled, pulling away from him and crossing my arms over my chest. "let's just get back before mr sunshine shows up again…." I said, grabbing his wrist and pulling him along with me.

"I can walk on my own you know…"

"oh, sorry.." I muttered, letting go of his wrist. I walked ahead of him still, feeling slightly embarrassed. way to go swift… I told myself sarcastically.

-next day(classroom)-

"…I hate cleaning…." I growled irritably as I scrubbed the blackboard. Kilo sat on the teacher's desk, there to keep me company.

"yea, but at least it's all that they gave you to do…it could have been a lot worse…" kilo chided me, reminding me that I had, indeed, got off lucky.

"yea hun. But say….you're little senses wouldn't know where my beloved kaname is hiding….would they?" mr pretty asked from his position leaning against the wall by the board.

I swear one of these days kaname's really gonna kill one of us… "I'm not his guard dog, ask aidou or sieren." I replied, finally finished with the board. "there, almost done with everything…"

I picked up the mop and started finishing off the last of my cleaning duties.

"are you done yet?" kilo asked impatiently, kicking the desk with her feet.

"does it look like it?" I asked sarcastically.

"not really…" kilo answered sheepishly. Her feet stopped kicking the desk.

"then I guess I'm not done, am I?"

-unknown pov-

"ichiou-sama, I have confirmed your request…" said a shadowed figure, bowed on its knees before it's master.

"as I thought. You are dismissed." ichiou said coldly, his eyes gazing at the scenery outside his large window.

"my lord, are you certain it's best to leave them be? He is your grandson after all, he is your heir…." the man reasoned.

"shiraiyuki will have her soon enough, I have no need to feel concern over-"

"ichiou-sama, how can you be so sure?" the man interjected, a deep sense of resentment straining his tone.

Ichiou sighed. "because shiraiyuki wants her before I am able to execute her. It's as simple as a matter of who kills her first. As long as she's dead, I could care less."

"and the effect that will have on takuma-sama?"

"I'll take care of that when the time comes, I will not lose my heir to that halfbreed wretch."