"M-master? Master Yuu? The party is about to start and your father has requested you in his study." A maid said knocking lightly on the wooden door. Kanda pulled on long-sleeved silk shirt and pulled open the door. The maid squeaked an apology before running away, tripping on her own feet as she ran. He sighed and slammed the door shut to finish getting dressed for the party his father had set up for him.

"Stupid party. Stupid father. Stupid...stupid...stupid." He grumbled as he pulled on his jacket and removed the hair that fell inside. Tying his long hair up with a red ribbon, Kanda examined himself in the long mirror that hung on the far wall. Everything seemed in order, so Kanda snatched his family sword from his bed and reluctantly left his room.

Kanda's footsteps resounded off the high ceilings as he walked down the hallway towards his father's study. The route to the room was burned into his memory and he walked there absent-mindedly. Kanda pounded on the study door until he heard his father's deep voice telling him to enter.

"One of the woman at the party you are to wed. Pick whichever, I don't care which, all will give an advantage to our family. Pick wisely my son, for you cannot go back on your word." His father instructed, standing from his desk and fixing his jacket. Kanda nodded and headed to the party.

The party was boring, and droned on and on. Kanda leaned against the wall and woman in large dresses try to gain his attention. He would mutter a 'no' when asked to dance or move to another wall when they tried to strike up a conversation. The woman all looked the same in Kanda's eyes, all wearing pale dresses that dragged long the floor, and had their hair pinned up in some way. All but one. Kanda watched her as she walked across the ballroom towards him.

"You enjoying yourself?" She smiled looking up at Kanda with big, brown eyes. She pushed back into place loose strands of her long auburn hair with her gloved hand. She wore a long dark red dress that stood out against her pale skin and long black gloves that covered her slender hands.

"This party is boring." Kanda replied pulling his gaze away from the girl before him to scan the crowd once more.

"Fancy parties like this are always dreadfully boring, but if you try to make the most of it, it won't seem so boring. I usually find some other wall flower and try to have a decent conversation with them." She smiled extending a hand towards Kanda, who eyed it a moment before shaking it.

"I'm Sophia, pleasure to meet you mister..?"

"Kanda Yuu." Kanda completed. Sophia quickly released his hand and bowed.

"I'm sorry, I had no idea! Please forgive me!" She squeaked bowing over and over again. Kanda sighed and placed a hand on her shoulder, she stiffened with the sudden gesture.

"What's got you so worked up?" Kanda asked as she shrugged off his hand. Kanda frowned knowing full well what it was.

"I had no idea I was in the presence of someone...like you...I'm so sorry!" Sophia squeaked and bowed once more. Kanda let out a breathless sigh.

"Please stop bowing, it's getting on my nerves."

"I-I'm sorry! Please if you don't want to talk to me, by all means leave...I don't want you being made a mockery because you've been speaking to a commoner!"

Kanda sighed once more "Would you'd like to go somewhere private? Where it won't matter who is who and or what status?"

Sophia smiled "Why yes, that would be wonderful. But won't you be scolded for leaving the party?"

"It doesn't really matter all that much. So,if you'll just follow me we can head over to the library to continue this conversation."

Sophia nodded and followed behind Kanda as he led her out of the ballroom. Their footsteps echoed as Kanda led her down the hall, hers softer than his. The footsteps melted together forming one sound as they stepped in time with another. The the footsteps jumbled together as Sophia slowed her pace then stopped.

"You shouldn't wander off with someone you've just met. You never know what they truly are." She laughed and Kanda tuned around noticing she had stopped following.

"What do you me-" Kanda started, cut of by Sophia's slender hand gripping his throat. Kanda gasped for air as she squeezed his throat with strength that a small woman like her should not have. Sophia smirked as she kicked out his legs and slammed his head into the unforgiving stone ground.

Sophia picked up Kanda's unconscious body and slung him over her shoulder like he was a rag doll. She carried him down the hall and kicked open the door to Kanda's father's study.

"Masters, I've brought the son like you wanted." Sophia said to the two people sitting at the desk. One in the chair and the other sitting cross-legged on the desk. Sophia dropped Kanda onto the small sofa that was pushed against the wall. She bowed to her elders and quickly left the room.

"Tyki? Do you want the first taste of the son? I had the first from the father." The smaller one said running her hand through her spiky hair and kicking the arm of Kanda's father that hung off the side of the desk.

"If you insist." The male shrugged and stood. "Do you think he'll be a good addition to our group?"

"Yeah, he looks good enough." She replied, feeling hunger begin to set in as she watched Kana's chest rise and fall. She wanted to stop the beating of that heart, to drain it of it's warm blood. Tyki noticed her stare and sighed.

"If you're that hungry, Road, just take the first bite I could care less."

Road's eyes widened in delight "Really? Thank you, Tyki! Oh but I'm going to wait for him to wake, I like to heard their cries." Road smiled as she heard the cries of past victims echo in her mind.

Kanda groaned and reached his hand back to feel for the newly formed lump on the back of his head. He hissed when he found it. Kanda sat up quickly and looked around the room. Noticing his dead father slumped over the desk and the two figures standing around the corpse, he quickly stood and tried to run to the door. Road laughed and blocked his path, pushing his into the wall.

"You can't get away." She whispered, a large grin on her face as she ripped away the fabric that blocked her fangs from his neck. Road licked her lips before biting down hard on the flesh, the blood began to flow and she drank it greedily.

Kanda was limp now, Road smiled and removed her fangs from the flesh. She brought her wrist to her mouth and bit it, allowing her blood to bubble over the wound before flowing down her arm a bit. Road opened Kanda's mouth and willed the slowly dying Kanda to drink the blood that was being dripped into his mouth. Kanda took his last breath and slipped into unconsciousness.

"Kanda!" Allen gasped, quickly pickng his head off the table. He looked around his apartment and wiped away his drool.

'Just a dream, huh? If only that were true.'