The following night came, and Arisu was feeling much better. She dressed for class and went down to the foyer to wait like the rest of the class. Only the Nobles came down, but they were dressed up.

"What's going on?" Arisu asked, confused.

"We're going to the soirée at the Aido residence," Ruka explained simply.

"We are? But what about class?"

"They're canceled this evening." Kain was right at Ruka's side.

Kaname finally came down the stairs. Arisu quickly approached him, "Why didn't you tell me that we're going somewhere?"

"Because you are not coming," Kaname answered her in a monotone voice.

"What?" Arisu was shocked. Why was Kaname pushing her away? Was it her recent actions? "But I want to go."

"We can't risk it yet." Kaname said quietly. The others in the room looked at him suspiciously. He sighed, "Fine."

Arisu smiled, "I'll go change quick." She was cut off before she could continue.

"There's no time. Go on ahead with the others." Kaname instructed her. "Aido," he appeared suddenly, "when you get there, take her straight to an empty room."

"What?" Arisu questioned him.

Aido only bowed, "Yes, Lord Kaname."

Kaname ignored her. He stayed back with Takuma as the rest left in the same car towards town. They were led to an abandoned building.

Aido, Kain, and Arisu started walking up to it. Kain stopped suddenly, "Hanabusa."

Aido stopped too, "What is it, Akatsuki?"

"For some reason, the Disciplinary Committee is laying here, unconscious."

"Yuuki?" Arisu asked as she ran to the girl's side. She knelt down as she looked over her twin. Everything seemed alright, so why was she just lying there?

Kain knelt next to her and gently picked Yuuki up. "We'll bring her inside."

"I'll let Lord Kaname know," Aido speed off somewhere.

Kain led Arisu to an empty room, avoiding all the guests downstairs. He put Yuuki down on the couch before leaving the window-less room.

Arisu sat on the only other chair as she watched over her twin. A vampire soiree was the last place she expected to see her twin. The door opened to reveal Kaname. She got up quickly and met him at the door.

"That troublesome girl," Kaname commented as he looked over to the couch.

"Why was she even…" she was cut off.

"Stay in this room. Neither of you two are to leave here. I have contacted the headmaster, so a car should come shortly for Yuuki. You are to go back to the Academy with her."

Arisu wasn't about to fight it, "right." She could hear the tension in his voice. It was dangerous here, for both of them.

"Don't leave this room until I come for you." Kaname instructed once more.

"Kay," Arisu agreed as she watched Kaname shut the door.

She turned just in time to see her twin fall to her knees. She ran to the girl's side, "Yuuki?"

"I'm alright…" her hands were supporting her head as she moved back to the couch. "I don't know what happened. Where are we?"

"In a room at the Aido household. Apparently there's a party going on downstairs for aristocratic vampires."

"Then why aren't you down there?"

"To keep an eye on you. We found you at the entrance way." Arisu was concerned, "what happened?"

"I helped a child find his way home. He kissed my cheek and then…I passed out."

"Vampire children can suck out one's life energy," Arisu recalled. She had read that chapter of her book just a few days ago.

"Who was at the door?"

"Kaname, he wants both of us to stay here and not leave. He's contacted the headmaster and they are sending a car. We're going to go back to school together."

Yuuki looked at her, confused, "why both of us? You could stay."

"Kaname wants me to leave." Arisu answered truthfully.

"Lord Kaname…" Yuuki muttered to herself. "I'm glad I didn't have to see him."

Arisu was shocked. "Why do you say that? I thought you liked Kaname?"

"I'm not talking to him. Not until he admits that Zero didn't kill Shizuka Hio."

Arisu was really confused now, why was Kaname pinning the blame on Zero?

"You could tell Kaname!" Yuuki said, inspired. "You know it couldn't have been Zero who killed her. You were in the room when Zero and Ichiru were fighting!"

"I left; you were too engrossed in their conversation."

"Still, you were there up until she left. You followed her out. Maybe you know who killed her…" Yuuki paused while the situation played out to her, "you…could have done it."

"No!" Arisu responded quickly. "I…I left the building to find Kaname…to tell him what was going on." There had to be a reason why he wasn't taking the blame for his actions.

"Oh," Yuuki looked defeated. She leaned back against the couch.

The room was silent for a while. Yuuki looked around and spoke up. "A windowless room, for some strange reason; this seems familiar…"

Arisu faintly remembered being trapped in a similar room with her twin. They couldn't go outside, or risk being discovered.

The door opened, saving her from having to respond. A little boy with a blue and a brown eye popped his head inside. "I'm sorry, miss human, for earlier." Just as quickly as his head appeared, he disappeared back into the hall.

"Wait!" Yuuki called out as she stood up, "did you ever find your mother?" She headed for the door.

"Yuuki!" Arisu called to her quickly as she followed her twin out into the hallway.

The two girls walked towards the light at the end of the hallway. They were on a balcony over a large room filled with vampires. It seemed Yuuki was shocked to see some of the people who were present.

"There are famous movie actors and the head of a software company…they're all vampires…" she was stunned.

"Yuuki," Arisu tugged lightly at her coat sleeve.

The girl quickly turned around and ducked under the small wall. "What's Zero doing here?"

Arisu knelt next to her, "please, we need to get back to the room."

The two made it back to the room, "he must be working, keeping an eye on them…"

"Did something happen?" Arisu questioned her twin's oddly red face.

Yuuki's face only grew redder. Her hands went up as her fingertips brushed against her lips.

"Zero kissed you?" She picked up on the not-so-sudden hints. A smile cracked on the vampire's face.

"Wha?" Yuuki was shocked at the girl's correct guess.

Arisu stiffened; she should sense Kaname approaching the room. She got up and turned to the doors just before they opened.

Yuuki saw who it was, and childishly turned her back.

Kaname was hurt at Yuuki's action. "I thought I told you not to leave this room."

He was angry, Arisu winced at his tone. "I'm sorry. A strange boy came in and…"

Kaname cut her off, "your ride is here." He led the way down the hall quickly. Yuuki and Arisu got into a car that took them back to the academy.

"Yuuki! You're alright!" The headmaster called out loudly when the car came to a stop. He embarrassed his daughter once she got out.

"I'm alright," she muttered in his chest.

The trio looked to up the falling snow. "Winter break will start soon…"