Finally, I'm back. AGAIN sorry for the super late upload, but this month has been very hectic. I am surprised that I even got the time to finish this.

Anyway, I hope you'll like this chapter. It contains some flashbacks, mentions a few things I haven't mentioned in my last chapter and well, I just hope it will be worth the wait.

A few things I would like to mention, though:

- It was REALLY nice to read who your favorites are! I find them all so intriguing, and it maybe because of that that they're so hard to write... They are all so complex and it takes a while for me to figure out how they would react to things.

- I have exams next week, so the next upload will be in the week of 15 December. (I promise not to delay things!)

CHAPTER 5 REWRITTEN (28/02/2016)

"Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them."
― Marcus Aurelius

Chapter 5:

Adelise

"Stay awake."

Those words kept drumming in the skull of the young girl. She opened her eyes with great difficulty. Rays of light filtered through the leaves above her, a cold, sticky hand was placed on her own.

The girl felt dizzy and couldn't get a clear vision. Everything was a blur and even though she wanted to say something, she couldn't get her mouth to move. Not even her limbs would move.

Everything felt so heavy. Had breathing always been so difficult?

She didn't know where she was.

She didn't know her name nor her age.

And even so, she didn't feel scared at all.

Wasn't that strange?

The girl tried concentrate on the surroundings, on the sounds in particular. She was still able to hear.

But she couldn't hear anything besides two voices and the sound of the wind against the leaves of the trees. She couldn't make sense out of the words they spoke, but she tried to listen to the rhythm of their voices. It soothed her for some reason.

"Do something. You own me that. This is all your fault."

"Wasn't it you who ran away from your own responsibilities? You shouldn't have been overhearing my conversations."

"I had everything under control. I just didn't expect—"

"This girl to save your life, perhaps? Even though it was not necessary for her to intervene? Vampires don't die like that, humans do."

"…"

"Well, what are you going to do now?"

"I—I don't know. I don't know!"

"You've never been a fool. You know there's only one option, Adelise."

"Turning her is not an option."

"It is a vampire life or the grave. In the end, it's entirely your choice."

"Isn't that the same thing? Both swallow humanity and bury it in darkness."

"Make the choice that's best for you. Isn't that how you've lived your life this whole time? One can only survive by using others. I can make her forget her tragic life and I am willing to grand you my help, but only if you find yourself able to make a choice."

"And what if I make the wrong choice?"

"You are a vampire. There are no wrong choices."

The sound faded away.

Masami closed her eyes.

Sakamaki…

Sakamaki?

Where did I here that before?

"Sakamaki who?"

"You're too forgetful, really," sighed Ayano as she pinched the bridge of her nose, her fingers gently placed above the spot where her scar covered her skin; a thin, red line starting at the bridge of her nose and leaving its trail on her left cheekbone area. It was like sweep of a brush had gone over her freckled face, leaving a permanent mark.

It was a strange sight, especially when you looked at it for a long time. The scar felt so out of place. It ruined the perfect picture, like a large scratch on a painting.

Ayano herself was certainly not ashamed of the irregularity on her face, because in all honesty, Masami could not imagine Ayano to be ashamed of anything at all. She had always been a proud person, who always felt like doing whatever she wanted, rather than limiting herself. Masami admired that ability, that was certain.

But the thing was, how Ayano got the scar was still one big mystery. Masami couldn't remember anything of the past, it was nothing but a blur to her.

Ayano said she had fallen and had scratched her face on a branch or something. Later on, she had said that she wasn't even sure herself. Masami never really dug into it anymore.

The past is the past.

Masami glanced at her sister, who slowly walked beside her, with smooth and elegant steps, as if she was skating on ice. With every step her curly hair, all messily tied up in a ponytail, swung from one side to the other.

"You know me very well then, Tiny," Masami replied, almost forgetting that she had been called forgetful.

Damn you, stream of consciousness.

"Don't use that name, it's beyond annoying. I don't need to be reminded how I lack in length, Masami-chan."

"I think it's quite fitting, though."

"You think too much, dear." Her lips curled into a calm, yet playful smile.

"Can't help it, considering I'm a genius." Masami paused for the dramatic effect. "Obviously."

"Then tell me who the Sakamakis are, oh brilliant ruler."

"…Touché." Masami smiled in defeat. "But seriously, who are they? And vampires? Really? There are more vampires at this school? What is this all about, Ayano?"

"Oh, that… I'll explain it later, I think our little break is almost over." Ayano twirled around Masami, almost making Masami lose her balance. "You don't want to be late, do you?"

And with that, Ayano disappeared as fast as she had appeared, with a smile full of mischief covering her face. She didn't even leave some time to listen to Masami's protests. To be fair, it was not like this surprised Masami in any way. Ayano had the tendency to act all mysterious and to disappear whenever she thought was fit. Masami guessed that that's just how she had always been; strange.

Again, what a crazy child. Glad I'm the normal one here. Okay, no. That's a joke. I'm… very normal… Well… I have my moments, I guess…

Masami didn't want to go back to the classroom, but it being her first day, she really didn't want to stand out by not being there. Getting a bad reputation on her very first day? Definitely not her main goal. She would form and polish her reputation when the time was ripe. Which would be, considering the time and place, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. That would be perfect.

Who says I'm not a genius, pfft.

Walking back to the classroom, the vampire couldn't help thinking about Ass-hat's look on his face when seeing Ayano. It was a strange look, almost as if he was mortified, as if he had seen a ghost.

Whatever, Ayano would explain it later. No worries.

Actually, yes there were a few worries.

Other vampires.

In this school.

Great.

Encountering others of her kind was not part of the plan. Not at all, actually. Masami felt slightly nervous thinking about this. Come on, she hadn't met any other vampires besides Ayano. Masami didn't know how to recognize them. The smell? The fangs? The asshole complexion? What the hell gave it away?

Ayano had told her about other vampires, though. She had said that you had to treat them like you would treat others. She had told Masami that there were all kinds of vampires, but most of them were either savages or snobs and presumptuous assholes. There was also a special category for the berserk and psychotic ones. Staying away from that kind was one of Masami's priorities.

Anyhow, other vampires? Masami figured that acting like she always did would definitely work… Unless someone called her by such a disgusting nickname again.

In that case, she was going to wreck shit up.

Masami continued to make her way back to the classroom and tried to empty her head of stupid things she shouldn't worry about now.

Just relax.

When back, the vampire quickly went back to her desk in the back. She noticed that she was not the first, nor the last to arrive. Good. Very good actually.

More importantly, she noticed that the fedora asshole wasn't here yet.

Enjoy your moment of peace while you can, Masami.

Masami rested her arms on her desk, with her head buried in them.

Wh-what? I'm tired, okay! Sleeping in class is…Oh, give me a rest. I'm still a top-student.

"Eh…H-hello!"

"Hm…"

"S-sorry to disturb you, eh, oh are you sleeping?"

A gentle poke on her shoulder woke Masami. She slowly raised her head and brushed her hair out of her face, a poor attempt to make her hair look less wild and bedhead-ish.

Masami glanced at the one who had disturbed her. It was that girl from earlier, the one with the friendly looking smile. "Hmm, what were you saying?"

"Oh, sorry! Did I wake you?" the girl said a bit panicked.

"No, no, I wasn't sleeping. I was just resting a bit, don't worry," yawned Masami. This girl was pretty nervous. Did Masami look that intimidating? These kind of things didn't really happen to her. It was mostly Ayano who did the whole intimidation act.

Other possibility; Masami currently looked like a homeless person and she was scaring the girl with those fancy bags under her eyes. The make-up Masami had put on this morning wasn't doing its magic, was it?

"Oh, I'm glad!" laughed the girl, now more at ease. "I was told by the teacher to hand you this file. He heard that you missed a lot and this file contains a lot of exercises and explanations that could help you pick everything up."

The girl smiled and handed her a yellow file, not very heavy or thick but it looked like a pain.

"The teacher wanted to hand you these himself, but you ran out of class so quickly that he asked me to hand them to you."

"Oh, okay. Thank you."

"Em… I also wanted to ask you something…" The girl started fiddling with the seam of her skirt. "Do you know Laito from somewhere?"

"…Who?"

"Ah, he's the boy who sits in front of you, em… the one with the hat. Sorry, I just –you two were talking and I was wondering if you knew him from somewhere…"

"Oh, that guy. No, I don't know him. I don't want to know him either," said Masami, her attempts to sound neutral were very poor.

"Ah, yes. Laito can be very… persistent."

"Uhu," said Masami while putting the file in her bag.

"Oh, by the way I'm Yui, Komori Yui! Sorry, I should've introduced myself earlier!"

"Sato Masami," Masami said. Subtly, yet not very subtly, she stared at this random girl, who strangely enough introduced herself even after finishing her business with Masami. There was no reason for her to continue this conversation, and yet she did.

"Where do you know Laito from?" The girl looked like a girlfriend, or no, his babysitter, maybe? A douchebag like him definitely needed one. The way this girl had talked about him, it wasn't a tone a lover would use, if you had to ask Masami. But, who cares, it's not like Masami's a love expert or anything. Everything she knew about love came from her limited amount experiences and, of course her most important source of entertainment: her Spanish soap series.

Masami could hear Ayano laughing at her in a distance when hearing something about her soap series. And even though Ayano laughed at her for watching the overdramatic Spanish novellas, she always ended up watching them with her.

Beautiful, really.

"Ah!" the girl was surprised. Certainly not a reaction Masami had expected. "…I live with him and his family now," continued the girl after regaining her composure.

Masami looked back at her, still having that naturally uninterested expression on her face.

Really, listen, I am not uninterested on purpose, okay? That is just my FACE, for the matter of fact.

"You live… with him?" The vampire raised her eyebrow in doubt. How could this human, this human girl, live with that guy. And speaking of that guy, what was this girl then? A pet? A toy, perhaps? Obviously a source of food. Making the connection between a human girl living with that kind of person, is something that even Masami was capable of doing. "Why?"

"I –" The girl didn't get to finish her sentence, since the teacher had walked in the classroom. She apologized to Masami and walked to her own desk, almost looking relieved that she had been interrupted by the teacher.

Without any other disruptions the lessons continued. And a particular person was not present.

What

A

Joy

Masami truly hoped that he had been hit by a bus.

After class, this Yui girl had offered Masami to give her a tour around the school. Masami was a bit surprised by the offer. Nonetheless, Masami felt a bit better when hearing someone other than Ayano wanted to tag along with her. She decided to accept the girl's offer.

However, just before leaving, Masami was surrounded (read; driven in a corner) by a mass of students from her class. They started asking all these question ranging from her height, to her sister, to her ethnicity.

Masami felt her phone vibrate in the pocket of her skirt. "Sorry, got to take this call," was all she said before leaving the room.

Yes, Masami exited the scene in style. Her 'I'm too cool for you, don't talk to me' mode was spot on. Not that she wanted to be rude, or anything like that, but in all honesty, she just really needed to leave that bombardment of questions.

Aaah, the popularity is overwhelming. But this superstar has to leave.

Yui, that girl from earlier, quickly joined Masami in the hallway. "Oh, that was something! I didn't know you had a sister here, actually!"

"Oh, you didn't? She's in another class." Slowing down, Masami reached for her phone.

From: Best sister in the world

I'm heading towards your classroom, wait for me there ok!

"What was it?" The petit, blonde girl curiously peeped at the screen of the device.

"My sister. She wants me to wait for her here."

"Oh, should I leave then?" The girl looked somewhat disappointed.

"No, it's okay. My sister likes to make new… friends. She's very sociable."

"Really? Thank you, Masami-chan!" the girl beamed. "Oh, can I call you that? Or…?"

"Eh, no problem… eh…" Masami squinted her eyes at the girl, as she tried to remember her name. "What was your name again? I'm not very good with names."

"Oh, that's okay! I'm Yui!"

"Nice to meet you, Yui-chan!"

It wasn't Masami who said that.

When hearing the other voice, Yui let out a scream of surprise and almost fell on Masami. Understandable when someone yells in your ear.

"I'm so happy to see you have made a friend, Masami-chan. And happy to see that you're not as grumpy as earlier this evening. You're so mean when you don't sleep enough."

Ayano looked absolutely delighted to see Masami with someone else. Without further due, Ayano grabbed Yui by her arm and pulled her back up.

"Sorry, haha! I didn't mean to scare you or anything~"

" Oh, no it's oka—" Yui froze when seeing Ayano's face. Her mouth literally fell open, but no sound would come out.

"Are you okay?" With a calm expression, Ayano tilted her head to the left and waved with her hand in front of the girl's face.

Even Masami was surprised by this sudden reaction. Sure, Ayano could look intimidating at times, but it was as if Yui had seen a ghost.

Thinking about it, her reaction was a bit similar to the one of that douchebag.

"Hmm…"

"Ayano just likes to tease people, don't worry, she won't scare you again."

"I can't make such promises, Masami-chan!"

Masami ignored Ayano's tirade. "She might need some fresh air. It might calm her down."

"Fine, fine…" hums Ayano back, her eyes still fixed on the staring girl.

"So, have you calmed down?" Ayano was sitting on a bench with crossed legs.

"Y—yes, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to –"

"Don't worry about it, really!" Ayano gave Yui a friendly and soothing smile.

A soft smile appeared on the girl's face.

"Can I ask you why you suddenly froze like that, though?"

"It's that you reminded me of someone… It was nothing, I suppose I just overreacted a bit," spoke the girl quietly. "I'm really sorry for that."

"Yui-chan, no more apologies. It wasn't your fault~"

"Yeah, it was totally your fault, Ayano." Sitting on the arm rest of the bench, Masami kicked a pebble stone with the tip of her shoe.

"Shush, you! I already made a bad first impression, you're making it w-o-r-s-e."

"I'm not doing anything, all the credit goes to you, Tiny."

Ayano poked Masami in her sides, almost making her fall of the arm rest. "What a mean person you are."

Ayano giggled and both Masami and Ayano then smiled at Yui, who was trying not to laugh at the kibbling of the two sisters.

"Yui-chan, why do you carry the smell of a vampire?" Ayano asked out of nowhere.

Yui choked.

"You haven't noticed that we're vampires? Dear, dear, you are a bit slow-witted, aren't you? A bit like Masami-chan, in that case."

"She lives with that Fedora guy, apparently. And I am, by NO means, slow-witted."

"Are you serious? She lives with Laito-chan?"

It was Masami who had choked this time. "Laito-chan? Are you kidding me?"

Ayano ignored Masami completely and leaned towards Yui, who tried to back away.

"Don't be afraid, I won't do anything to you."

"You're not really helping by showing off those fangs of yours."

"Hmmp."

"Look, we don't want anything from you." Masami tried to give her a reassuring smile, as the girl still looked quite panicky.

"…Okay."

Suddenly, Ayano jumped up, scaring both Masami and Yui. "Oh, I totally forgot! Reiji-chan wanted to meet up with me now. You see, I told him I wanted to get you first and we ended up here instead."

"Reiji-chan… Do I even want to know?"

"Of course, didn't you want to know who the Sakamakis were?" Ayano pulled Masami of the bench with ease. "We're already late and as far as I remember, Reiji does not like unpunctuality."

"Argh… Fedora is going to be there too, isn't he?"

"You mean Laito-chan? What are you talking about, he's wonderful. Well, he used to be. I don't know what he's like now, but I'm sure he's still the same, cute Laito that he used to be."

"I strongly disagree with that statement. And for the hundred time, who are they?"

"I used to live with them a long, long, long time ago. Didn't I tell you that?"

"Oh." Masami remembered that particular conversation now. "Why are they here, then?"

"Now, now, let's go. Questions will be answered, just be patient, dear."

"Fine, but we can't leave this girl like this?"

"Oh, of course!" Ayano turned to a confused Yui. "You want to come along?"

"Ah! Eh, No, I can't. I have to clean the classroom, I promised a girl to take her shift today, so…"

"Okay, then that's settled. Let's go, Masami-chan~"

Masami groaned in revulsion as she left with Ayano.

Masami squirmed her arm out of Ayano's grip.

"What is it? I know being fashionably late is totally my thing, and I do dig it, but honestly, it's a very important meeting, so might as well hurry up a bit, okay?"

"I don't want to come along."

"Are? ~ Why the sudden decision to leave me?"

"How long has it been since you've seen them?"

"Haven't seen them since the day I met you."

"So, then it'd be one big reunion."

"If you say it like that, then yes."

"I would be third wheeling there the whole time. Rather not come at all then."

"Oh, but I wanted them to meet you! I'll buy you a yogurt drink if you come. Strawberry vanilla, your favorite…"

"Even though that sounds extremely tempting, it's still better if you go there alone. I'll wait for you outside."

"Fine, fine." Ayano pouted and pulled the sleeve of Masami's jacket.

"Just take your time, okay?" Masami patted the purple-haired girl's hair and left.

For Masami it just didn't feel right to be there. She wouldn't be able to understand any of their conversations and it would only make her look like a bigger outsider than she already was. It was better to just wait outside and see what would happen.

Besides, Masami would rather avoid being in the same room as that fedora-wearing douchebag.

"Hello~" Ayano opened the door of the classroom where she was supposed to meet up.

"You're late."

"Na, na, don't be so grumpy. I just got hold up by something, that's all. Besides, I came, didn't I? Isn't that the most important thing, Reiji-chan?"

"You didn't change at all, did you?" The tall, dark-haired vampire sighed in irritation, as he pushed his glasses up.

"You didn't either!" Ayano smiled broadly with both her hands behind her back, taking on a relaxed composure.

When turning her head, she saw two other vampires staring at her. Both looked at her in a strange manner.

Looked like she was the only one who was happy to be here… Oh well.

"Oh, not everyone is here yet. Only you, Shu-chan and…"

Ayano walked towards a white-haired male, one with piercing red eyes which obviously did not look at her in an approving way.

"That is Subaru. He's Christa's son."

Subaru clenched his fists when hearing his mother's name. "Just shut up, Megane! And who the fuck is this?! Why are we even here?"

Reiji withheld himself from letting out another sigh. He was quite sure that she was able to explain things herself, so he didn't even bother to react on Subaru's outrage. That boy was just too sensitive when it came to his mother. How troublesome.

"He's quite aggressive, isn't he?" Ayano snickered, much to Subaru's dislike. "I am Ayano."

"So what?"

Ayano came a bit closer to him, making sure she could look him right in the eye. She hated it when people averted their eyes from her when she was about to speak.

She despised it.

"I am the youngest daughter of the Demon Lord, Subaru-chan~"

"What the—"

Reiji immediately interrupted Subaru. "You have changed your name."

"My old one was way too old-fashioned. Didn't suit my taste at all." Ayano shifted away from Subaru, who watched her angrily and a bit confused.

"Hah, does that mean you're related to that crazy hag?"

Ayano tilted her head slightly and sighed. She had expected this. "I will say this once and only once, do not speak of my sister like that in front of me again, got it?"

"Hmmp… Weren't you supposed to be dead?" The blonde sat far in the back of the classroom his arms folded and his head tilted back. He decided to react before Subaru got the chance to get into a discussion with her. It wouldn't end well, Reiji and he knew better than anyone else.

When hearing this, Ayano laughed. "Shu-chan, I never thought you would turn out to be so dry," she said. "Anyway, it's rather hard to kill me. I have no idea who told you this nonsense. I'm very much alive, for a vampire, as you can see~"

Shu averted his gaze and closed his eyes again. When noticing this, Ayano calmly walked towards his seat. She stood behind him and leaned down with her head resting on to the nape of his neck and her arms wrapped around him.

"Awh, not happy to see me, hmm? I thought you would be relieved to see that your ex-fiancé has been save and sound all this time, but I guess I was wrong. How displeasing." She laughed.

"That's not how a lady should behave! Get down immediately!" The servant waved with his fists at the girl, who looked down upon him from out of a tree.

"The sight from up here is lovely," she said amused, ignoring the servant completely.

"Adelise-sama, you are twelve years old! This is not how a lady should behave!"

Twelve? Didn't he know she was a vampire? "You must be new…"

"Mistress, you are going to miss your dancing lessons!"

"Oh, but why didn't you say so?"

Naturally, Shu was surprised by the sudden physical contact –considering no woman ever acted like that in such a shameless way— and was even more surprised when he heard that word. He had almost forgotten about that.

Almost.

"You don't seem to enjoy dancing very much."

"…"

"Doesn't look like your mother approves of me, either."

"That's obvious."

"Good, that's why I'm here. I love to see her wrathful face. I couldn't care less about dancing."

"…Me neither."

Shu smirked, with his eyes still closed. "How bothersome."

"It doesn't really matter to much now, does it? But I'm happy you're doing well all without me~" The girl shot back up and skipped back to the front of the classroom, leaving the blonde behind.

"Well, where are the triplets? I saw Laito-chan earlier, but I didn't have the chance to talk to him."

Before any more remarks could be made, the door slammed open.

What a timing.

Masami sat on the same bench as earlier this evening, listening to her –by most considered to be very shitty—pop tunes. Her head was tilted back, so that she was able to watch the evening night sky.

No stars.

The infinite sky was just there, motionless above her head, pitch black and soulless. Only a fingernail-silver of moon filled the sky with a pathetic amount of light.

Masami didn't like watching the moon. She adored the stars, the light that reached the earth from millions of miles away. The moon seemed so superficial to her, too present and it lacked that feeling of mystery that stars gave her.

"How depressing," mused Masami. "I could see more stars if I closed my eyes than there are in this stupid place."

Masami continued to softly hum to the beat of her music.

"Ayato-chan!"

The red-head stood in the opening of the door, motionless and in shock.

Ayano's face was shining and the second she saw him, she ran towards him for a hug.

"You've grown so handsomely!" she shrieked, pulling the male inside the room and walking around him with an observing eye.

Ayato backed away, his cheeks slightly red and his eyes full of disbelieve.

"See, I was right, she is indeed back, fufu."

Another male entered the classroom, with a broad smile and his arms wide open. "Missed me too, Adeli-chan?"

"Of course I did, how could I not?"

Laito pulled Ayano in for a tight hug. She still smelled the same way. The smell of peaches and petrichor.

"You've grown too… Everyone got taller than me." Ayano let go of Laito and pouted as usual.

"Adeli-chan, you grew a lot too… You look more womanly than ever, fufu."

"Stop calling me that Laito-chan," she wailed. "People call me Ayano these days."

Then, at last, the last brother entered the room. Actually, he had entered the room with Laito, but hadn't decided to speak up until now.

"Neh, Teddy… Why is she here?"

Interrupting her conversation with Laito, Ayano turned to Kanato. "You haven't changed at all, Kanato-chan! You look exactly the same as you did before. How adorable~" Ayano gave him a charming smile.

"Hmm… You look a bit tired, are you getting enough sleep?" She decided not to comment on the bear he carried with him.

"…Teddy… This woman pretends to care after leaving us behind… Disgusting, isn't it?"

A purple-haired girl ran around the fountain, chasing two younger boys, who were guffawing as they ran. Just when they thought they got rid of her, she appeared in front of them, grabbing both boys around their waist.

"Got you~"

The two kids laughed in delight, until they couldn't breathe anymore.

"Can we play hide and seek now, Adeli-chan?"

"Of course we can!"

Ayano just sighed and smiled like she always did.

"Oi… What happened to your face?"

It was Ayato who asked first. Ayano was sure that the others had been wondering the same thing and of course it was Ayato who had asked the million dollar question. The scar was simply not something you could look over.

"Just an accident I had, nothing serious!" Ayano waved the question away with ease. "Neh, Ayato, how is school life so far?" Changing the subject, just to avoid more questions.

"School? Tch… A complete waste of time, that's what it is." He looked at the girl, who seemed to have an honest interest in what he had to say. He had forgotten that laugh and that energetic vibe of hers completely. It had been a long time.

"Ah, there you are! Want to join us? We're about to play hide and seek."

The small boy looked up from the book he was reading. Fresh bruises covered his teary face. Upon seeing the girl, he immediately hid behind the book again.

"I can't. Mother told me to study."

"So you don't want to go and play?"

"…"

"Why are you studying then?"

"Because I need to be the best!"

"I don't think you should, though."

"I… Mother will get angry if I don't!"

"I don't get why she would get angry at you." The girl knelt in front of the boy and took the book out of his hands. She smiled gently and wiped a tear of the child's face with her thumb. "Don't be so silly, you're already the best you can be. You shouldn't believe those woman's words. Never let anyone tell you that you're not good enough."

Masami quietly enjoyed her music, until she heard a familiar high-pitched scream. The sound was faint, but Masami was sure that it had been the voice of that girl… The girl… Sue?

No, no… Damn names… Whatever.

Normally, Masami would've stayed put and would've ignored everything around her that didn't have anything to do with her. But being so fucking bored… It couldn't hurt to stretch your legs for a bit and check things out.

"The sound came from around the corner of the building, I think…" With both hands in her pockets and one earbud plugged in her ear, the vampire sluggishly walked towards the origin of the scream.

Coming closer, she heard not only the girl's voice, but also a few other voices.

Male voices.

"What are you doing?!"

"Finally… we found her… Eve."

"What? You must be mistaken, I'm not Eve. Wait –Hey, let me go!"

"Ne, ne, don't be afraid!"

"Tch… Stop struggling, Sow."

"Hold her back. She seems to expose her claws to her masters."

Well, this was some spectacle. Four against one. How unfair.

In all honesty, Masami just felt like walking away again. And she was. There was no reason for her to get into other people's affairs. Besides, what was she supposed to say? Ayano wasn't here, so kicking their asses was not an option. Masami sure as hell was not able to take out four guys.

Escaping this situation was easy, just walk away, right?

Masami thought it was easy.

And it was.

Until the girl yelled her name.

"Masami-chan!"

Karma was real.

And it was a bitch too.

FINALLY the boys are here!

Man, this was hard to write. I hope I kinda captured their character and that it's not too OOC. Please tell me if I could do better!

SOOOOOOOO I bet I have to explain a few things:

LAST CHAPTERS: Also, I forgot to mention this, but when Masami met Ayano in the orphanage, Ayano was already 14 years old (by looks then). She just looked way younger than she actually was.

1) Fiance: Ayano was originally Shu's future wife. She had been assigned by Karl himself to him, as he is the eldest son.

2) Adelise: Considering Cordelia also has a very European sounding name, I went for something more old-fashioned for Ayano's real name. It's an old, french version of "Alice".

3) Masami: In this chapter I revealed that her memory... isn't one of the best ones out there. You'll see how much she'll be able to remember next time.

4) Ayano: So this chapter was a bit more about Ayano. Thought it would be important to already give you an impression on what her relationship was with some of the Sakamakis. Also, I didn't really show a lot of her thoughts though, I mainly write from Masami's point of view. If you'd like to read from Ayano's point of view too, then ask! I was considering it for a while.

I think I probably forgot to mention a few things, but if anything is unclear to you, then please ask! I would love to help you.

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