A/N: Hey guys! I brought you all a new chapter!

Musical-Rainbow-Beats: You think Tsuna is a well balanced character? I'm glad you do, but as for her blood it ticks me off that all the Ocs blood tastes good.

xenocanaan: I think everyone does.

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Reiji refused to call the blue haired girl living within their house a coincidence. In fact he refused to acknowledge her existence with this new found information. "Are you sure about these results?"

"Y-yes Reiji-sama." The maid said, her head still bowed. "I-I asked Owari-sama myself."

The young man leaned back in his chair and stared at the bookshelf behind the trembling maid. If what the facts were stating was true, and science did not lie, then this girl was not simply a bad blooded person that was accidently given. His garnet eyes narrowed as his thoughts went to dark places that could have dire consequences if found true.

"Please have Father O'Malley call me later on today will you?"

The maid bowed. "Y-Yes, Reiji-sama." The girl moved to leave, but stopped when his cold voice called out for her again. "And please have him produce all of the appropriate papers for a...transfer."

The maid squeaked and hurried out of the room, slamming the door on the way out. On any other occasion Reiji would have punished the woman for her lack of upbringing, but at the moment he was busy looking over Tsuna's medical information. It listed everything from her sensitive skin to her chicken pox that she had when she was ten. Every little weakness that she had was placed before him, but it didn't confirm the most important part...

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"This place is so cool!" Outside in the garden Tsuna was staring at a small bird bath that had velvety, white roses climbing up it. The dark green vines held it firmly in place, the grip so tight that there were cracks in the gray stone of the bath. The piece seemed to be rather old, something that an artist would sit down and paint.

The smile slowly faded as she thought of home once again. Digging a hand into her pocket, she pulled out a wallet and stared down at one of the pictures inside. It showed herself and a young man with black hair that was insanely messy and large green eyes. Both of them had their tongues out, showing off the odd colors they were thanks to some popsicles. "You would have loved it, wouldn't you Peter?"

She could imagine her child hood friend grinning at her with a cigarette dangling from the edge of his mouth as he observed his surroundings, 'soaking' it all in before taking out his drawing supplies and going to town on his latest 'master piece'. She would have looked over his shoulder and watched until he finally finished and asked her whether or not it deserved to be set up next to Georgia O'Keeffe, his idol. She would, of course, say yes and tell him to go walk the two miles to the library so that he could laminate it as well as buying her a cookie dough ice cream cone.

Shaking her head she put her wallet back in her jeans before continuing to explore the garden. It was a huge mass of space overrun by white roses and large, drooping trees whose limbs almost touched the ground. A particularly large one was leaning against a crumbling brick wall, a pair of robins nesting in the dark green boughs. From inside the nest you could hear the low and excited peeping of the chicks, either hungary or restless.

Curious, Tsuna went over to the tree and looked up into it's well spread canopy. Most of the Limbs swept close to the ground, but just over the girl's head. The bird's nest was also just out of reach on a limb that was swept up in an almost L shape. Crouching down she tensed her muscles before jumping up, just barely missing the underside of the limb. Trying again she managed to touch the rough, warm bark but had no way to hold onto the limb. Sighing she went over to the brick wall and began to climb it.

This ascent wasn't very difficult. There were ridges where the bricks and mortar had been placed together, as well as small holes created by time. Swinging her left leg over the side of the wall, she straddled it and looked down at the ground. She wasn't that high in the air, perhaps only six feet up, but it still gave her a sense of accomplishment for getting up so high without asking for help. 'Now let's see Peter call me a cute preacher's daughter!'

Throwing her head back she let out a low laugh, all of her worries easing away. Today was going much better than expected! No one had come to take her blood, Ayato's teasing hadn't gone on long thanks to him getting detention, and the Sakamaki fangirls hadn't noticed her existence until the end of school. Opening up her eyes she hummed and admired the stars that danced around a nearly full moon. The sound of a bird chirping brought Tsuna down to earth and reminded her of the mission.

Crouching somewhat, she leaned forward and slid her body across the wall. The dull shuffling noise that sounded like cloth being scrubbed with sandpaper was the only sound Tsuna made as she came closer to the nest. When she was only inches from it, she braced her hands and brought herself up so she could peer into the nest. The small birds were all huddled together, you couldn't tell where one bird began and the other ended. The babies themselves were an ugly shade of brown and rather scruffy looking, but cute none the less.

Having got caught up in her task she didn't notice someone else enter the garden. Blood red eyes watched her with an irritated expression as she cooed over the birds. With the moon almost full his cravings for blood was practically at full force, leaving him hungry and missing his meal from three weeks ago. It wasn't important that he drank every single evening, in reality he could go months, but there was something about the way this girl smelled. It was a warm and wholesome scent with enough sticky sweetness to make his mouth water. It was like smelling an apple pie that was currently baking in the oven and just ready to come out and have a slice taken out of it.

And yet he had heard from the triplets and Shu that the pie he wanted to sink his fangs into was sour.

There was nothing sweet about her blood and tasting it would only leave him feeling unsatisfied and ready to kill something. Subaru sighed and retreated into the shadows when the girl turned to his direction for some unknown reason. This was the first time that a bad blooded girl was sent to them, and having his options crushed and confused like this only made him feel pissed off at the girl. Turning away he was about to go to his room and sleep for the rest of the evening when a startled shriek and the smell of blood filled his nostrils, sending his brain and stomach into over drive.

"I wasn't even touching them!" Tsuna snapped from her place on the ground. She was lying on her side with one leg stretched out and the other under her. Both arms were pressed solidly on the ground, but her right wrist was shaking as if in pain. These details, however, were barely by Subaru. It ws the blood that was changing her faded jeans their pale blue color to a dark red in the knee.

Stalking over to her, the girl didn't even notice as she twisted herself around and properly stood up on her shaky legs. Not only was her knee gashed, but also her hands which now was stained with her dark blood. He smirked when she heard her breath hitch and she turned to look at him with fear flecked eyes that quickly stuffed themselves into a blank expression. It was like a whole new person was standing before him, one that didn't care if he came to take her blood and leave her there to recover on her own.

"Was there something you needed, Subaru?"

Red eyes stared at her for several seconds before he gripped her wrist, a few dot of her blood staining his hand. "Humans shouldn't be so quick to injure themselves in a house full of vampires."

"Thanks for the advice." She said in a quiet monotone. "If you came here to drink my blood then hurry up and do it."

"Do you think you can say things like that so plainly and expect everyone to respect you?" He asked, watching as the girl mearly shrugged. His eyes narrowed and his grip tightened at the flippant action. "Do you have a death wish?"

"Does it matter?" Subaru blinked at her words. "The whole time I live here I'm going to die. The least I can do is not give any of you the satisfaction in screaming like a baby. If I am going to die in this place I'm going to die trying to figure out how to make this as hellish for you as much as it is for me."

He brought her hand up to his lips. "You plan on going head on with a bunch of monsters?"

Head on with a bunch of monsters. Tsuna had never actually thought of it that way. She always saw it as a fight for survival and somewhere within there was a code that would get her out of here. Yet as she stared up at Subaru's cold eyes she knew that he was, in fact, a monster. Someone who wanted her to scream and shout when he took her blood and beg for mercy that would never come.

A cold-blooded

heartless

cruel

monster.

"Yes." She curled her hands into fists, determination leaking through that mask. "I will butt heads with monsters, walk the darkest paths, and make it out alive." She snapped. "Even if it kills me."

Releasing her hand Subaru shook his head, leaning down so his mouth was next to her ear. "Strong words woman, but that's only part of the way to kill a vampire."

Tsuna's eyes widened at his words, but they soon shut as fangs dug themselves into her neck.

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A/N: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter!