Aido slowly walked out of the room, cassette tapes in hand. He looked around three times, then slowly went over to the 'player. He looked at the tapes. Alice Cooper, Iron Maiden, and Cinderella were in his hands. He placed Iron Maiden in the 'player.

Everyone else was asleep, still. It was an hour after the sun had already went down, and Aido thought that some peo—well, vampires, needed to be awoken.

He turned the volume up to 11, then pressed play. Fear of the Darkness started to play loudly.

Yureika was down the stairs, in the living room, slapping Aido in the head, and turning the radio back down before anyone else could get to the top of the stairs.

"Aido, you stupid idiot!" Yureika didn't want to, but pressed the stop button on the 'player. "You could have ruined the speakers! How could you…" Yureika glared at Aido.

Kaname came down the steps carefully. He was chuckling under his breath. "Aido, you know how Yure is with her cassette tapes and cassette player." Kaname whacked Aido in the back of the head as well.

Alexander was at the top of the stairs, staring down at Kaname, Aido, and Yureika.

Yureika sighed. "You're right…hey! Where is Zero?"

Emo-like, Zero came from the guy's room and leaned against the railing. "Yea?"

Yureika nodded. "Never mind…I was kinda hoping you were still asleep…"

Zero glared at the little fox-demon. "Whatever…"

Alexander sighed. "So, you guys seriously planning to stay for Christmas?"

Everyone looked at Alexander, then at each other. Kaname smiled. "Yea. If you don't mind, at least."

"Oh, no. I just was wondering. The last time you said you were gonna stay, you left me in the darkness of the cave, without me knowing."

Kaname's smiled beamed even more at the memory.

A knocking sound came from the door. Akatsuki went to go answer the door.

"Hello?"

Raven stood there with a box. "Hey. I thought…you know…since it's almost Christmas…that…maybe…possibly…" Raven stuttered. She didn't know what to say to a vampire like him.

Akatsuki smiled. "Do you want me to take the box?"

Raven looked up at Akatsuki. "Oh! Yea, that would be helpful!" Raven handed Akatsuki the box and then ran straight for Alexander.

"Oh, I see how it is. Give me the box so you can go have a make-out session with your boyfriend. Yea, I got it…" Akatsuki said, jokingly.

Yureika coughed in, "Haha, you loser."

Akatsuki's gaze went over to Yureika.

Yureika placed an innocent gaze on her face. "Oh, Akatsuki, you know you love me."

Akatsuki slapped his forehead. "Yea…stupid cuteness…" Akatsuki went into the living room and placed the box down. He started to wonder what was in the box.

Kaname turned to see Yureika playing with the cassette player. He went over to her when she bounced up, dramatically, and said loudly, "Oh where, oh where is my music!" She said more than a question.

Kaname pulled a cassette out of his pocket, Guns N Roses, and hands it to Yureika before she went into freak out mode.

Shiki was sitting on the couch when Takuma came and sat down. Takuma looked at Shiki. "Hey Shiki."

Shiki looked at Takuma with a tired face. "Yea…morning…or should I say, moaning…" Shiki glanced at Zero, playing with his game boy. Shiki knew what game he was playing. Harry Potter. He got hooked on that game when Yureika gave it to him last Christmas. Shiki sighed. He doesn't know why Zero liked that game. Maybe it was because it was the only thing that would actually listen to him when he wants to do something.

Shiki turned his gaze back towards Takuma, who just turned the channel to the history channel.

Yureika came over to see what kind of nonsense they were talking about now. Last time they were talking about dimensions. Even though she didn't mind, they way they were explaining it made her angry. Yureika got excited as she noticed, this time, they were talking about the ancient Egyptians.

"Did you know that by about 5500 BC, small tribes living in the Nile valley had developed into a series of cultures demonstrating firm control of agriculture and animal husbandry, and identifiable by their pottery and personal items, such as combs, bracelets, and beads. The largest of these early cultures in upper Egypt, the Badari, was known for its high quality ceramics, stone tools, and its use of copper." Yureika said.

Shiki and Takuma glanced up at her. They shake their heads. They were always surprised by how smart she was compared to her looks.

Yureika smiled. "Yep." Yureika smiled and walked away, leaving Shiki and Takuma in awe, again.

~*~

Alexander looked at Raven as she prepared her special-made meal from home. (The thing that was in the box). Alexander smiled as she got confused, fixed some problems, got even more confused, almost gave up, then realized she forgot the milk. Alexander smirked.

Raven looked up at him. She noticed his smirk and said, jokingly, "If you think it's so easy, come try it, vamp-boy."

Alexander smiled. "No, no. You continue, please. I love watching you." Alexander noticed the odd sentence…then added, "I mean, I love watching you cook." He then hit his head and turned to leave.

Raven laughed, continued to cook, and added, "You don't have to leave. I love your company."

Alexander glanced back at her before leaving, "I kinda have to. Apparently it's my day to look after Ai—"

A loud crash came from above. Alexander ran out of the kitchen, with Raven not so far behind him, to find Aido trying to clean up a picture of Raven on the floor.

Aido gulped. He imagined Alexander turning into the hulk any second from now. Aido started to say things quickly. "I, uh, was trying to see if, um…, going to get this…I wanted…"

Alexander glared down at Aido. He, too, could imagine himself turning into the hulk any second, now.

Kaname came up from behind Alexander. He, also, glared down at Aido.

Everyone else followed up.

Kaname looked at Alexander. "You want the honors?"

Alexander looked at the picture of Raven on the floor. He knew what Kaname meant with "You want the honors?" He would have the chance to slap him…but he wasn't going to. He had better ideas than that…

"How well do you like your arms?" Alexander asked Aido.

Aido looked up at him. "Uh…well?"

Alexander smiled. "My house is getting dirty and needs some cleaning for my girl," Alexander pulled Raven close. "Raven. I would like it to be spotless. If I see any spot of dirt on the floor or anything, I will have Kaname punish you even more. And after that, you can wear a bucket full of water on your head. Good day."

Aido looked at him. He dropped his head and said, "Yes, Alexander…"

Yureika jumped up and exclaimed, "I have an idea!"

~*~

Zero walked down the street, not knowing exactly where he was going. He looked up and saw all the stars in the sky. Well, most of them. He saw more at the academy. He continued walking. The air was brushing against his neck and ears. He loved the sound of nature and the way it felt around him.

Zero decided it was time to go back.

He turned around and started to head back when he saw a shadow move to the side. Zero clenched his gun under his coat, and asked, "Who's there?"

The shadow came back from the side and started to walk towards Zero.

Zero had an advantage. If this thing was human, he wouldn't have to be scared. He could kill it, or just walk away. If it was a vampire, which was doubtful, he could shoot it.

The shadow stopped five feet in front of him. "Hello. You must be new. I've never seen anyone ever leave Alexander's house."

Zero started at the shadow. "Who the hell are you?"

The shadow came into the light. The guy had blonde hair. It was too dark out to see what his eye color was. He could tell this…thing was a human. The guy answered, "My name is Trevor. Tell me yours."

Zero let go of his gun and turned around and continued to walk.

"Hey! You will answer me! Hello? Dude!" Trevor ran up and got in front of Zero. Zero glared at him, which made Trevor flinch.

Trevor got more "manly" and buffed himself up. As if he needs to show that he had muscles. HA!

Trevor spoke again. "What is your name?"

"Does it even matter to you? It's not like I'm a girl and you can get a date. Why don't you go back home and enjoy the evening doing stuff with yourself." Zero thought what he meant, but didn't say it out loud. The word bothered him.

Trevor knew what he meant. "Oh you…"

Zero interrupted, "It's not like you're the type of guy who can get a damn date anyways." Zero walked around the frozen Trevor and continued to walk away.

Trevor shakes his head and goes back in front of Zero.

Zero sighs.

Trevor poked Zero's chest hard. "You better tell me your name or I'll tell the police that your were about to murder me—"

Zero punched the kid. "Oh, and when they get to me, I'll just bite their heads off." Zero didn't mean to say that, but he was getting angry and he would if the kid did bring them to him. No one could stop him if he did.

Trevor looked at Zero in horror. "You're a vampire!"

Zero started to enjoy this, now. He picked up Trevor off the ground, with one hand. Trevor was shaking, and this made Zero happier. The vampire inside of him was coming out. He wanted this boy's blood, more than he wanted that girl, Raven's, blood. Hers smelt sweet, but this guy's blood was booming out as if the vampire of Zero's couldn't avoid.

Trevor tried to get himself free.

Zero spoke with a deeper voice than usual, "If you really want it, I am a vampire…" Zero showed his fangs.

Trevor's eyes got bigger. "Please let me down! Don't eat me! Let me down, let me down!"

Zero knew this type of guys. They act tough, but when they get into something bigger than them, they will run and show their true selves.

Zero's eyes went red. Trevor's blood started to show out more and more. Zero couldn't help himself. He bit into Trevor's neck.

Trevor's scream fell short.

~*~

A knock on the door and Akatsuki went to answer it.

Zero was there all bloody up and with a blonde boy on his shoulders. Zero fell to the floor after handing Blondie to Akatsuki.

"What the hell?" Yureika yelled over the song, I Will Not Bow by Breaking Benjamin.

Raven went over to Blondie. "Trevor?!"

Everyone looked at Raven, and then at the boy named, Trevor.

Raven helped Akatsuki set Trevor onto the couch. Alexander didn't mind because that would just give Aido more to do.

Raven looked at Trevor. "What a…ugh. He's so stupid!"

Zero was being helped by Alexander and Kaname. Kaname looked over at Trevor. "We'll have to erase his memory like we did Ra—" Kaname stopped. He looked away from them.

"Like Ra…" Raven looked over at Alexander. "Who's 'Ra'?" she asked him.

Alexander looked at her. His eyes grew bigger. "Uh, it's no one, Raven."

Raven then got it. "It's me…" Raven stood up. "Why was my memory erased?!"

Kaname looked at Alexander as he started to erase Trevor's memory.

Raven asked again, "Why was my memory erased?"

Aido came in. "I smelled blood so I came as quickly as the floors would shine." Aido looked at Raven, Blondie, Alexander, and then Kaname. "What did I miss?" He looked back at Raven as he remembered the taste of her own blood. He knew the smell must have come from the boy. "Who's the idiot?"

Raven asked, "Why was my memory erased?"

Aido looked at her.

Yureika spoke. "Aido bit you."

Everyone frozed.