Disclaimer: No, I do not own the characters of Gravitation. In fact, I'm not even sure why I do this disclaimer every chapter. I think you all know that they're not mine by now…. I guess it's a legal thing…

A.N. This chapter starts in flashback.

"Lord Kaname…" Sara cooed "Again?"

Kaname chuckled, leaning down to capture her lips.

"Why not?"

This time, it was Sara who chuckled.

"Are you sure you're up for the challenge?" She teased, rolling on top of him

"Are you?" Kaname asked back, rolling again

"Someone is going to catch us." She continued

Kaname shook his head.

"Nah. I snuck you here in my own portal." He began "No one knows but me."

Sara rolled on Kaname's satin sheets, smirking slightly.

"Oh… poor little naïve boy." She said "The Demon Lord sensed by presence, the moment I stepped foot into his dimension."

Kaname cocked his head.

"After all, we are mortal enemies… him and I."

"You?" He asked "But--."

Sara laughed sadly.

"This soul…" She said softly "And his line." She looked up at him, her blue eyes shining with tears "I fear… my Lord Kaname… one day soon… you and I shall become enemies as well."

"I could never hate you, Love."

"I never said you'd hate me. Only that we'd be enemies."

Kaname narrowed his eyes.
"You see this?"

Sara didn't respond.

"Tell me. Tell me what you see."

Sara shook her head, reaching up to touch Kaname.

"I can't."

There was a pause.

"Well." Kaname began "That's of no matter. We have more pressing issues to deal with."

He leaned down in an effort to capture her lips. She turned away.

"No… Kaname." She chuckled when his deferred lips traveled to her neck "I-- I should really--."

"No. Listen to your elders." Kaname ordered, only to moments later let out a yelp of surprise when Sara rolled on top of him "I fear… Lord Kaname." Sara began "That your logic fails. As I am your elder."

Kaname narrowed his eyes.

"Oh really?" Kaname asked "How old?"

"It's not polite to ask a woman her age… Lord Kaname."

"How old?" Kaname pressed

Sara starred at him, her eyes meeting his.

"This mind… this soul… has witnessed the birth of your father. And his father before him. And so on past the beginning of your line and the ones before you." Sara said "With these eyes I've your life, my dear Lord Kaname. Your birth, your childhood. Your youth."

"But…" Kaname began, placing both hands on either side of her face "This form. This body before me. How much has it witnessed. How old is this?"

Sara paused, a smirk crossing her lips.
"Still…" She began "Older than you."

Kaname frowned.
"Decades or centuries?"

"Does it matter?"
"No… but…"

Sara silenced him with a kiss.

"I believed we have some pressing issues to deal with."

Kaname smirked.

"Yeah. We do."

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Shuichi awoke to find himself alone in bed. He frowned, sitting up and looking around the empty room.

Yuki's clothes lay tossed on the floor, evidence that he left in a hurry.

'Probably off to talk to Lord Kaname.' Shuichi thought, sliding out of bed

Yuki pushed open the door to the throne room to find it empty and stagnant.

He narrowed his eyes, scanning the walls for the guards that usually lined them, but instead found none. The throne lay empty.

"Father?" Yuki called out, taking a hesitant step into the room "Fa-- Kaname?"

His voice echoed on the walls.

Mizu woke in the morning to find he couldn't move because of a strange weight on top of him.

Then he blushed, feeling warm breath on his belly.

"K-Kaname?"

"Shut up!" Kaname hissed

Mizu silenced.

"Just… be… still…"

Mizu nodded, not realizing the action would be lost to Kaname under his thick blankets.

The door opened.

"Master Mizu!" A guard shouted, Lord Kaname is not in his chambers, have you seen him?"

"Uh… I--."

Kaname's sharp teeth sank deep into his flesh.

"Ah! No! I haven't seen him!"

The guard raised an eyebrow.

"Have you tried Master Eiri?"

"No. I haven't." He said, "Thank you." The guard then departed as suddenly as he'd come.

Mizu let out a soft breath.

"Okay. They're gone. You can move now."

Kaname let out a chuckle.

"I dunno." He murmured "I-- kinda like it here."

"L-Lord Kaname."

Kaname chuckled, pulling the covers over them both.

"What's up with you two?"

Kaname looked up at Yuki, who sat comfortably lounging in his throne.

"Eh?" Kaname asked, then glancing over to Mizu who was blushing heavily, his eyes downcast. "Oh." He muttered, gently nudging Mizu "Nothing."

Yuki cocked his eyebrow, but didn't press the issue.

"So…" Kaname began "You want to get out of my throne?"

Yuki chuckled, shifting.

"Perhaps."

"Or perhaps you like it up there? Future Demon Lord?"

Yuki cringed and immediately abandoned the spot.

"I promise, Father, that is not a position I covet."

Kaname chuckled.

"I felt the same way, when I was--." He paused "Well… when I looked about your age." He sighed, summoning something to his hands "Especially after I met Sara."

"But, I thought you didn't…"

'Love her…'

Kaname examined the object.

"Hmph. Hina cracked the glass again."

It took Yuki a moment to realize it was a picture frame. Taking it from his father's hands, he glanced at it.

"M-Mother?"

The picture brought back a wave of memories. Her voice. Her smell. The way she hugged and the way her skin felt. She had her arms wrapped lovingly around Kaname, who was placing a gentle kiss on her cheek.

A fleeting pair of amber eyes flashed into his mind.

"That picture, was from our 'wedding'." Kaname chuckled "Father hated me so after that..."

"When…" Yuki began, clutching the picture

"When what?"

"When… did this… stop being a game to you? When did you stop using my mother?!"

Kaname's eyes widened. On the side of him, Mizu tensed.

"Eiri. I loved your mother. Wait. No. That's not right. Eiri. I still love your mother. More than anything in this world or any other. I'll admit it, I did use her love and our relationship to delay me taking the throne… however, I was so… madly in love with her. To this day, I would give anything to see her… even just once more. Our love was never a game. I am ashamed that I used her, but that doesn't mean I loved her any less."

Yuki fell silent.

"She looked… happy here."

"She was." Kaname chuckled "She… was exiled from Heaven by this point… not too long before you were born. So she lived in Hell. We were married on Earth. Everything seemed so simple. That is… until the 'Yuki Family Curse' kicked in."

Mizu tensed, his eyes moving to Kaname.

"Curse?" Yuki asked

Kaname glanced at him.

"Trust me. You'll known soon enough."

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A.N. Alas, the Yuki Family Curse! I'm moving this story along a bit faster than I'd originally anticipated, namely because I realized I forgot about Ryu, Hiro, Fuji and Yuna in the dungeon! Oo. Their part is coming up very soon. I'm trying to cover as much Kaname+Sara and eventually +Mizu history as I can, without leaving any Yuki+Shu things out. Sorry if it's been a little too much OC lately but I'm saving most of my Yuki+Shu things for the sequ-- Um… -cough cough- -clears throat-. What was I saying?

Thanks for reading!