"Stolen"

"Haruna, let me carry that," her mother snatched the large box of diapers, "you're days away from giving birth, can't you just stay put for a while longer?" She scolded. Haruna was always the type to want to be involved, she didn't want to sit and watch her family do everything for her.

It's been five months since she discovered she was pregnant and slowly, she was showing Isley that she could be a good mother. A satisfied grin drew on her face as she admired the hard work she put into creating the nursery room. In the corner was a crib; the light blue walls were decorated with safari animals; stuffed toys were everywhere to be found - it was baby paradise.

The last time Haruna was this excited was when she was supposed to get married with Aido-... There's not a day that goes by where she doesn't think about him. She was curious if he and Misha were still together. It'd be amazing if she was still keeping up that farce, Haruna thought.

Even though she knew they couldn't be together, she wished she could send him a few words to tell him that she was doing just fine. Some days, she wanted to call him and tell him she was pregnant with his baby, but there was always something holding her back.

"Look Haruna, I'm a baby!" Sakura sucked on a pacifier while Cara wailed like a child. "Diaper me!"

"Quit touching what isn't yours!" Haruna's mother shouted, chasing them.

They laughed, "Here, you can have it mumma!" Sakura threw the pacifier. Grossed out with the thought of Sakura's saliva all over it, her mother let it bounce off the floor and fall down the staircase.

"You're going to get spanked all right!"

Haruna laughed; "So with everything that's happened, you're still able to smile huh?" She didn't let Isley have the pleasure of ruining her day, so she greeted him warmly. He scowled; did she think that showing him kindness would make him less harsh? As if.

His hands grabbed a teddy bear off the shelf, "Don't-"

Her arms fell to her side when the toy ripped in half, it's cotton intestines floated to the floor. That was the fourth bear that fell victim to his hands in that month. She forced herself to keep her eyes from knitting together, "You know, I could easily rip you apart like this. You humans are so fragile," he kissed the decapitated head of the bear.

"Come up with more creative ways to bully me. I won't give my son up."

The confidence she had wavered when he gave a sly smirk, "I have a last resort plan, don't worry."

"And what's that?"

"You think I'm going to tell you? It'll be a surprise, and trust me. It'll blow your mind." She wondered if he meant it literally. She was too occupied in thought to pull away from him as he snaked his arms around her. Gently, he kissed her forehead, "Appreciate your happiness while it lasts."

Haruna didn't like the sound of his words one bit, but he hadn't done anything too terrible to her in the past. She figured it was just his creepy self resurfacing again. "Come downstairs and have dinner with us," she dragged him by the hand.

Isley grimaced to see her unphased. She promised she'd teach him what it was like to love someone; she hoped her positive behavior would rub off on him. "Pathetic..."

Next Day

"Is that for us?" Haruna stole the warm drink out of Isley's hands. He hated how she referred the baby and herself as 'us.' It annoyed him how much she cared for the child. "See, Uncle Isley does like you," she patted her swollen stomach.

"It's for you, not that demon child," he said snarkily.

She sighed, watching her breath become visible in the cold air. "Why don't you like him?" She asked. He hadn't even come into the world yet and Isley already hated him so much! How can a person dislike someone who hasn't even taken their first breath yet?

"You know why-"

"He's kicking!" Even though Isley was a pureblood, he found himself being yanked by a human girl. If some other vampire were to see this, it'd be so humiliating for him. She put his hand on her belly and sure enough, he felt a small thump from inside of her. He could see how much she cherished her beloved child. He was envious. "He says that if you keep picking on him, he'll grow up one day and beat you down," Haruna laughed while Isley was unamused. "Why can't you be happy for me?"

"Were you happy for Misha when she was supposedly pregnant with Aido's baby?" Her smile faded. When she first learned of it, she cried; it was the worst feeling she ever had. He leaned in and hissed into her ear, "Exactly."

"I really am sorry. In this situation, if I could make myself love you..." But she never could and she never would.

With a stoic face, he sternly told her, "I'll make you love me. By force if I have to too." Oddly, it seemed like a foreshadow of something big to come, but Haruna couldn't read his expression, as usual. Most stuff he spewed was never serious anyway.

"Could you at least smile when talking about love? You make it seem like a deadly thing with that face you're making," she teased, "it's like water y'know? It flows and everyone needs it-..."

"What's with the hideous face you're making?"

"Sp-speaking about water..." She looked down to see a trickle of it coming down her leg, "I either urinated myself or my water just broke."

Hours Later - Hospital

"My family, where are they? I need them here," Haruna spoke in between breaths, giving another push at the go. Her midwife scolded her, telling her to just focus on her current situation. She looked to her left, grasping Isley's hand tightly. Even though she was completely worn out, she still managed to utter a simple thank you.

Even though he claimed he was only staying around to watch her life crumble away, she thought that maybe he was just too afraid to admit that he cared. She gave him credit for staying so long; it must be painful to watch the person you love bear another one's child.

"I can see the head! He's uh... blonde," the midwife looked at both Isley and Haruna. None of them were blonde, so why was the kid? Brushing that aside, she gave another order, "Breathe in and out, now give your biggest push." Haruna did so, and when she did, there was a moment of silence and all that was heard was the cry of a baby. "It's a boy!"

Wrapped in a bundle, she could see his little head moving; his arm reached out. It only dawned on her that she was a mother; she reached out to hold him. Even though she carried him in her stomach for an entire nine months, it would be the first time she held him in her arms.

His tears hushed down to a mere whimper when he finally came into her arms. "Your eyes are blue too," Haruna smiled, "you're the spitting image of Aido." For once, she thought, she finally did something right in her life. "I love you..."

Although Haruna knew how much of a tyrant Isley was and how he had little care for babies (since last time he threatened to 'sucker punch' Misha in the gut), she still asked him if he wanted to hold her baby. "You're going to let me hold him? After I've been threatening him the past few months?"

"I believe you'll come to like him."

Hesitantly, he held the little child in his arms. Even for a cool guy like him, he was afraid what'd happen if he touched the baby. It was so fragile and so small compared to Isley. He looked down at the boy, unable to show any emotion towards him. It was like he was looking into Aido Hanabusa's eyes himself. "I'm sorry Haruna," he whispered, "but I can't let this child ruin you."

Haruna laughed, confused. "What - where are you going?" She sat up, knees still trembling though. "Isley!" She called, seeing him greet someone - it was one of the nurses. "What are you doing?" Slowly, the girl removed her hospital mask, revealing a peculiar smirk that ignited Haruna into a frenzy. "Misha?" No, it's a nightmare.. It has to be- "Doctor! Where..." Her vision blurred; she was clinging to the little strength she had left to stay awake.

"Hello Haruna. Please," she walked in front of the bed, "don't think wrong of us. I only want what's best for my son," she took the newborn from Isley's hands. "After today, everything will be the way they were supposed to be. Aido won't remember you and you won't remember any of this."

Won't remember? "You lied to me!" Isley cringed, unable to look her in the eyes as she tugged at his arm, begging him to stop. Misha couldn't steal him - Haruna had a nursery set up for him; she prepared everything for her son; she is his mother! "Give him back- don't walk away!"

Her heart pounded erratically. She didn't even get to hold him for more than a minute and already, he was torn away from her arms. "You should've just given him up to me from the start, then things wouldn't have to get this ugly." And just like a horrible nightmare, Misha disappeared out of the room. Her son's wails become faint as the door realization hit her - he's gone...

She was paralyzed and helpless. "Haruna-"

"Don't touch me! I hate you," she sobbed, throwing any object she could find at Isley. She wanted him dead, she wanted to hurt him... How could she ever believe that he could become a good person? "You're dead to me!"

He closed his eyes at her harsh words. Still, he thought that what he was doing was right anyway. "Stop," he grabbed her arms, pinning them down yet she was thrashing like a madwoman, "you won't remember him anyway when I'm done tampering with your memories."

"You're sick you know that? Get the hell away from me; I want my baby back!"

"When you wake up, you'll have no memories of Aido nor that baby-"

Haruna managed to slap him hard across the face, "I'll never forgive you if you do that... How can you take away the only happy moments I ever had? Do you want me to go mad?"

His heart ached for her, he couldn't lie. He hated what he did and he knew he'd live with it the rest of his life. "With everything that I've already done," he leaned down, kissing the old bitemarks that Aido had left behind, "it's too late for me to have your forgiveness." His fangs tore at her neck for the first time.

Slowly, she could feel the life in her dying away as he bit mercilessly. With one hand covering her eyes, he purged her of all the warm memories that ever existed, leaving nothing but traces of pain. Her heart stopped beating and her eyes fell dark; she was empty.

"I found a new treasure!" Those were the first words Aido ever told her. The image she had of him in her heart became blurry as her memories were destroyed. One last teardrop fell from her eye before she fell into slumber; she could barely remember what it was like to feel joy.

6 Months Later

It was all so strange still... Haruna lay in bed next to her partner, Isley. "Can't sleep?" He quirked an eye open, smirking her way. She shrugged. Months ago, she awoke from a so called 'coma' with a so called 'amnesia.' After that, she was told from this handsome pureblood that they were engaged for two years but she had gotten into an accident, hence why she was in a coma.

Of course, she was skeptical about it all, but her family insisted that it was true and so... She felt like she was being mislead. "What I'm seeing and experiencing feels like an illusion. It's just still hard for me to realize that we're a couple." To reassure him that she was fine, she planted a soft kiss on his lips. It was an empty kiss with no feelings. It didn't feel right at all, everything was so wrong.

She was only following what people told her to believe. "Hungry?"

Haruna whimpered, seeing him reveal his beautiful pale neck for her to sink her fangs into. Any vampire would kill to have a taste of a pureblood's blood, but whenever it was feeding time, she just didn't have an appetite... At least, not for his blood.

Hesitating, she grabbed his hand, caressing against it with her cheek before biting into his wrist. The warm red liquid flowed into her mouth, running down her throat and putting her at ease. It tasted wonderful, but yet so unsatisfying... "I love you Haruna."

She froze at those three words that haunted her so. There was a guilt in her chest, because no matter how many times he confessed his feelings for her, she could never feel the same. Haruna forced herself, trying desperately to return them, "I love you too." Yes, those words were full of empty feelings too.

Deep down, there was a gut wrenching feeling trying to tell her that something was missing... That she was forgetting something important, yet she couldn't pinpoint what it was. "Allow me to calm your thoughts," Isley pulled her beneath him.

His hands roamed across her body, undressing her while he left trails of kisses that burned her skin. She didn't like making love to him one bit but was only able to stay stiff as a board as he violated her body. 'This isn't right,' she thought. Even so, she was unable to make a single movement.

Haruna's Residence

Haruna usually liked to visit her mother's place even though she lived with Isley now. She enjoyed coming here because it was the only time she'd be able to get away from Isley. Of course, she hated how she was avoiding her own fiance, but she rather much preferred being here with her sisters and mother. "Mom, where's Sakura and Cara?"

"They're upstairs!" Her mother bellowed from the basement.

Haruna ran her fingers on the stairwell. Being in this house reminded her of that yearning feeling in her heart she'd been having for a while now... It hurt just trying to remember her past-

Her foot pressed on something soft. She squirmed, praying it wasn't a mouse she stepped on. Shivering, she carefully removed her feet, nearly shrieking but stopped when she saw what it really was. "A pacifier?" She picked it up. Now why would such an odd thing be laying around the house? There wasn't a baby here- "Hello?" Haruna shouted softly across the empty hallway.

She thought she heard a baby crying. "Haruna, you're back! Look what we made!" Both sisters dragged Haruna into the empty room, "It's a castle~"

"This room," she ignored her sister's masterpiece, "has it always been empty?" Before, her mother usually kept the room locked until just recently.

"Geez. Why do you look like you're investigating something? It's not like a crime scene went down in here," Cara remarked, annoyed that their castle received little praise from Haruna. "Though I think Sakura killed a butterfly in here-"

"That was an accident!" She shouted, teary eyed and still quite traumatized from the catastrophe.

Haruna's hands touched the baby blue walls; "Nevermind, it must be my imagination."

Cross Academy

Haruna usually didn't visit Cross Academy; actually, she was forbidden to go anywhere near it. Isley absolutely did not allow her to come to the academy as it was part of their deal. 'Because you're forcing me to enroll here, then you cannot come within a mile of Cross Academy!' That's exactly what he told her. He even flared his nostrils to get the point across.

Yuuki Kuran, now a pureblood, had set up the Night Class again. To boost its success, she needed as much vampires and as she thought, Isley was an important asset to the team. Thus, she had come to Haruna to tell (beg) her to convince Isley into joining forces with her. Thus, Isley made the 'deal' with Haruna.

"I wonder what he's trying to hide from me," she looked all over the place, trying to find the main office. Haruna sighed at the sight of young students; she wished to be like them. "How nostalgic," she whispered. "Kinda seems like deja vu-"

"What are you doing on campus, vampire? Here to borrow more money from me?"

She turned to stone at the voice of Zero Kiryu. "Hunter-san!" She raised her arms, "I'm just visiting. And no, I'm not here to get a loan from you, you loan shark." Ah, she recalled the last time she borrowed money for him... For what reason was it for? She couldn't remember. She could only remember crying over her empty wallet.

He looked at her neck, seeing fresh bite wounds. "Those damn purebloods are turning humans into vampires left and right... I never thought they'd get you too." He sighed, highly annoyed with the rate of increase in vampires, "Anyway, there's no point visiting Aido-senpai; they're busy having conference."

… "Who?" She looked as dumbfounded as a dog that woke up to find no food in his bowl.

Zero frowned. As he last recalled, they were so 'madly' in love. Of course, they weren't together now, but how could she pretend to not know who he was? "Haruna!" Her heart pounded against her ribcage to hear Isley's voice. "What are you doing here? I told you to stay away-..."

Isley glared at the gun pointing to his face. "So you're the one who turned her into a filthy vampire," Zero wouldn't hesitate to blow his brains out. "Get back to your dorms until it hits nightfall."

"Shoot me. I dare you," he whispered, taking a step closer to the gun.

"Quit trying to play cool Isley. You know you're not," Haruna dragged him away from the scene. "Besides, I don't see why I have to stay away from this school. It's not like something dangerous will happen-"

"Open your ears, Haruna, and listen to what I say. Do not come near Cross Academy. Understand?" He calmly spoke, yet his words dripped with a dangerous threat, "If I catch you again, I will not hesitate to punish you."

And just like that, he left like it was no big deal. She let out a sigh, wiping away her sweat. One of these days, he really was going to kill her. Still, she couldn't figure out what he was trying to conceal away from her. Was it a secret weapon? Maybe some sort of conspiracy? Perhaps he was a spy? It irked her interest highly, but she also wanted to know: Who is Aido-senpai?

A/N: Yep... I can already hear you guys sharpening your pitchforks and lighting up your torches to come after me. More angst! Yeah, I'm not really satisfied with this chapter. I don't blame you if you found it lame too .