~*~Kiyo's POV~*~

I had woken some time ago, but remained in the position I had fallen into. I cursed myself lightly for allowing sleep to overcome me at such an inopportune time. I couldn't afford for it to take any of the precious seconds I needed to track down this Pureblood trash.

As I lay there, I began to think of ways that we could possibly find this Kaname. It was so difficult. I scoffed at myself when I began to believe this. It wasn't difficult; I was just making it so much harder than it had to be. There had to be a way to get him to come to us, but what do vampires want above all else? Blood? Well, he could get that anywhere. He didn't need to come back just for that.

I didn't know what he would risk the jump into our plane for. What could possibly bring him to us? If only I had a way of…

I sat up quickly, eyes wide. I saw Kieko flinch slightly and she reached for her dagger. I knew I could catch this should it be thrown and besides, we had very important matters to discuss.

"Kie, I know how we're getting Kaname back here. I need you to come up with barrier spells to hold him back."

"Kiyo, what are you thinking?" she questioned.

"Not now. Just trust me. Make sure the barriers are up and won't fail. I won't be able to jump after this; I'll need all of my energy."

"I don't know, Kiyo…" she trailed off. I turned a glare in her direction, not even noticing when the vampires walked in.

"Don't question me now! When have I ever led you wrong? I have an idea and all I need for you to do is set up barriers. Do that please. I'll be back later," I told her. Not waiting for a response, I turned to run out and slammed into one of the vampires.

"Gods damn it! Get the hell out of my way, you clingy bastards! This is important!" I growled, pushing past them. I ran out the door and towards the area I always kept a portal to my home plane open. I was going to need some supplies.

If summoning works on demons, I'm going to make it work on vampires.

~*~Kieko's POV~*~

I watched Kiyo run out and shook my head a little before turning to the group of confused vampires.

"Don't mind her, she is always like this once she figures out what we are going to do to win. Now I know you all can fight but I'd rather you not. She's going to drag him here without an army I assume and there's no sense in all of us being worn out. Go on back to bed or whatever it was you were doing before," I told them, earning nods and muttered noises of agreement from each of them present.

Takuma looked at me for a long moment and frowned a bit.

"I don't remember you sneaking out of bed, but I suppose it's a good thing you did," he stated before kissing the top of my head and returning to bed himself.

I simply smiled and quickly made my way to the clearing Kiyo and I had decided on. Settling down in the center of the area we wanted, I began to mutter, easily raising the first of several layers of barriers I would have to place before our battle could begin.

When Kiyo appeared at my side, a triumphant grin on her face, I had finally finished laying all the barriers. I looked up at her with a weak smile and a bit of a sigh.

"So how's this going to work," I asked her, stretching my sore limbs.

"Well we're going to summon us a vampire Kie," she grinned.

She was calling me Kie again which meant she was sure we were going to win and was in good spirits once more, not that I was complaining.

"I've got our vampires staying out of our way, the barriers are finished, let's do this," I told her, pulling my sword free with a flourish.

Kiyo nodded and danced across the field to sketch something against the ground. She quickly scampered back to my side, pulling her own sword free.

"Let's hope this works," she mumbled.

After a few moments Kaname appeared where Kiyo had just been, a very confused look on his face. However his eyes grew wide when he saw Kiyo and I standing just a few feet away. He smirked for a moment and you could tell he was attempting to jump, but my barriers held strong. You could see the confusion flash across his face as he began to scowl.

"Ah, someone has caught on to my abilities. Points for being able to restrain me, yes. And points for being able to even get me here, of course. But how do you plan to defeat me when I summon my army?"

I snorted a little, Kiyo and I easily falling into our usual pattern. We slowly began to move, slightly circling him and keeping him trapped between the two of us.

"Go ahead, try and summon them," I taunted, crouching slightly as I readied myself to strike.

Kaname's face contorted in concentration once more and I simply laughed.

"Not going to happen," I grinned as my body snapped into action.

Kiyo moved at the exact moment I did, her sword leading her towards him just as mine lead me. However it wouldn't be that easy. Kaname managed to dodge just in time, leaving Kiyo and I to dart to either side to avoid hitting each other. When we stopped, he was laughing.

"You will have to be faster than that," he taunted.

I simply smirked, snapping my fingers and sending a barrage of daggers flying through the air towards him. Much to my dismay, he managed to dodge those as well, only to earn a slash across the chest from Kiyo as she charged him again. With a hiss he jumped away from her, a sword appearing in his hand from nowhere that he plunged deep into Kiyo's chest.

~*~Kiyo's POV~*~

I saw my opening and took it, but it wasn't right.

I felt a cold shock run through my chest and heard Kieko gasp. What was her problem? Why wasn't she attacking him? She should be taking her strike, I know I taught her better than this. But that's when the pain hit. I felt this sudden, sharp pain and it knocked my breath from me. I looked down towards my chest as I heard Kaname's laugh, only to see the last two inches of a blade protruding from my chest. I followed the sword to see that it ended in his hand.

My eyes found Kie's, and felt her expression match my own. Shock, dismay, what the fuck just happened?