Gomen! My computer wouldn't give me enough of a signal to get onto the internet, so I was kinda late in my updatedness! RxR!

"I'll go find her then..." Ichigo's father had turned back around from staring, bewildered, towards the door his daughter had exited, her father locked his icy glaring gaze on Kish.

"You'd better..." he muttered dangerously, glaring over the table, spoon clutched in his fist. "That girl is the most important thing to me. Her mother died giving birth, and I'm barely able to care for her. Though, I don't trust you, whatsoever, with the care of my daughter."

"Right...I'll go get her then." smiling nervously, Kish scrambled to his feet and dashed out the door with the amazing speed he'd been born with.

'Gotta find her...It's getting dark again...I just hope he doesn't find her before I do. Still, I can't believe the potion didn't last longer. It was meant to make her worries disappear!' dashing towards the familiar scent, he grinned. 'Good, it seems as though he isn't here.'

"Wow, a walk really DOES calm you down! I guess I'd better get going then...It's back to sorting out this whole vampire thing...When I was five, I wished for something interesting to happen. But, like most five year olds, I had meant like going to a party and falling in love. This just goes to show that the Man Upstairs has a sense of humor." giggling to herself as she began to walk once more, she was surprised at what accured next.

In a flash of blue and black, she found herself being held. At first she'd thought it to be Kish, but soon found herself to be wrong.

There, standing tall and darkly handsome, with his ebany locks of hair that came to his shoulders, and those piercing marine pupils, was the man from her dream.

'No,' she began to think, 'dreams are suppost to be happy and light hearted. No, this was more like a romantisized fairytale gone terribly ascue!' shaking her head violently, she opened her eyes to gaze into his own, raising a shaky hand to his cheek.

"You...are real...Kie." whispering the words with an air of fasination and prolonged shock, she made scarce contact with his face.

"Well...I must say, it was quite a pleasant surprise just now, hearing you voice my name. I would have never thought you'd remember me." grinning darkly as he lifted a hand over the one she was brushing his cheek with, he gently gripped it and caused her palm to make full contact with his pale skin.

"W-why were you...in my dream?" with a shaking palm, she pulled her hand away from his cheek and brought it to wrest infront of her chest.

"You're a vampire, I'm a vampire, you don't yet drink blood, I do...Wanna make a deal?" grinning, his shining ivory fangs glistened in the light of the light street lamps.

"I-I'm sorry...I really need to be getting home." smiling nervously, she carefully pulled away from him and began to walk away.

To her great surprise though, Kie didn't make a single move to follow her. Instead, however, he simply called out.

"So, you've decided to be Kish's bride then? He's quite a weak vampire. He has no dignity as one either. You would be much better off if you came with me, you know." grinning as he observed her sudden hault, he continued. "So, would you like to hear me out? Or, are you going to run home and into the arms of a man who's basically forcing you to marry him? I know a way around this whole having to get married thing...All you have to do is let me turn you into a full vampire, or take your vampiric ancestory away from you."

"Huh...You can do that? What, do you have to drink my blood or something?" turning to him hesitantly, Ichigo seemed somewhat nervous and frightened, yet, at the same time, hopefull.

"Yes...I could either drink your blood and turn you into a full vampire...or you could give yourself to me and become human...Which sounds better, hmm?" grinning as if he were a prowling cat who'd just cornered its prey, he advanced further. "I'll leave you with that for now...Think it over carefully though. Either you could give up that one thing you could never get back, or you could let me bight you. Remember, it's a choice you have to make." leaning over, he was about to place a gentle kiss on her forehead when he was interupted.

"Get your filthy hands off of her! She's my princess, so I'll protect her!" quickly turned her head to the side, she could see by the faint glow of the street lamps who the figure was. Kish.

Panting in aggrivation and weariness from running so fast, he advanced forwards.

"Don't you dare touch her!"

"And if I do?" grinning, he tightened his grip on her waist and pulled her closer, wrapping his arm around her neck. Her back rested on his torso.

"Do you honestly want to be killed. It's much different from simply being dead they say." scowling, his eyes flashed crimson and his ivory fangs grew.

"One more step and your dear 'princess' will pay a high price." bending down, he slowly tore the side of her blouse and left it exposed. His fangs now loomed over it, sharp and long. "A hungry vampire will do anything for blood. You should know that though, now shouldn't you? I mean, after all, for three years you lived your life as a begger. That's propably why those thugs wanted to kill you."

"Shut up!" growling threateningly, he advanced towards his apponent and his face paled in rage. All the blood from his face looked like it had gone and filled in his eyes, where there was once gold.

"She smells nice...She'll probably taste even better then..." grinning, he leaned down and his fangs grazed her skin. From the corner of his eye, he watched as Kish ran forwards, ready to attack.

Though, before either one could get what they'd wanted, they found themselves being tossed backwards by someone else.

Daring to glance up at the intruder, they found, to Kish's horror and Kie's annoyance, a small girl blocking Ichigo.

"Both of you...don't touch Onee-Sama..." her tone of voice was flat, depressed, lifeless. Her silken silver locks, flowing down to her waist, were tied back in a half ponytail by a black ribbon, matching her dress.

Turning to Ichigo, she smiled and her face lit up. "Onee-Sama, I protected you...did you see it?!" giggling in an almost oddly gleeful manner, the strange little girl hugged her 'Onee-Sama's' leg.

"S-Serenity...What are you doing here?!" Kie, who had more swiftly regained his previous attitude, was glaring down at the girl.

"Onii-san...please, don't harm Onee-Sama. She'll be one of us soon...And families should never quarrel over such things." lifting her head to adress Kie, her 'Onii-san' she became cold once more.

"Cousin, please don't scare her...Be kind and understand that this is all quite a lot for her to take in." although young, the girl, Serenity, seemed quite wise, and didn't seem to like her brother or cousin too well.

"Is this the one who saved you...?" pointing blankly towards Ichigo, Kie seemed dumbfounded.

"Yes...she did." for a split second, Serenity's face lit up with joy, but soon regained its previous blankness.

"I see...Well, this just got more interesting." he'd stated it so blankly that it was almost hard to believe that he was the same person as before. He simply walked off, not bothering to look back on his sister or Kish, but rather Ichigo. "Be aware though, I'm still going to get your blood."

With this, he disappeared, leaving Kish to run up and embrace Ichigo, while Serenity clung to her leg.

Alright, sorry for the late, short chappy, but I'm freakin' worn out tonight! It's 12:7 AM. Anyways, to sum it all up, Kie is Kish's cousin and Serenity is Kie's sister, also Kish's cousin. Kie and Kish are rivals and things got worse when Kish decided to run off for three years to the human world. In the next chapter, you'll learn about how Ichigo and Serenity met. People, I still need your reviews for me to either make this M or leave it T. God Bless!