After spending a long time like that, Jason stood up and walked around the room. He mumbled to himself as everyone stared at him, looking as if the hope had been drained from their very souls.

"Jason, do you have any idea how this can happen?" Moka asked cautiously.

"No, I-I don't know." His voice shook as Moka shrank back down to her position under Tsukune's arm. Not seeing her bright and cheery was making me depressed, it wasn't natural for her to be worried or upset. Thinking some more, I looked over to Kurumu who was still sitting at her spot on the wall.

"You doin' okay?" I asked as I sat down next to her. She grunted and I took it as a "no".

"He killed two of our friends." Kurumu's eyes softened as she told me that.

"Wh-Who is he?" A little nervous about asking the question, I got a less than comforting response.

"That was Gale." Jason answered for me, seeing Kurumu bury her eyes in her sleeve. She wasn't crying, but was likely about to.

"You mean-" Jason interrupted me loudly.

"Yes, the one from my story. The vampire that even gave Moka a run for her money. The one we killed." Jason flinched as he hit his hand on his head a few times.

"How could he be alive? From what you said, Moka was right in front of you when she-"

"I don't know, okay? I don't know anything at this point. It's probably some kind of magic or something, but we don't understand it yet so I don't know." Mizore saw the need for him to cool down and stood up.

"Jason, you need to calm down." She put a hand on his cheek as she spoke.

Jason let out a long sigh. "I-I know. Jeremy, I'm sorry." I nodded and waved away the apology. I was able to understand that this entire situation must have been hard for him.

"Come relax for a bit, being worked up and irritated won't get us anywhere." Mizore kissed Jason's cheek and pulled him over to a sofa where they sat down and talked quietly.

Looking over at the other sofa, I saw Tsukune and Moka relaxing too. I was too confused to be worried, but I couldn't relax either. I decided to just sit down and think about nothing in particular.

"What are you doing?" Kurumu's voice said from behind me. I turned to look at her with a smile.

"Just thinking." After I said this, I realized what I was thinking about.

"About what?" She sat down in a chair next to mine and rested her chin in her hand.

"About how Gale could be alive." My response made her sit back up.

"Excuse me?" As she blinked for a bit, I thought about the most logical thing.

"If there was even a second where you guys took your eyes off of him, maybe he could've been switched out with a magic double or something." Kurumu's eyes widened as she took in a deep breath.

"You're a genius!" She grabbed me by the shirt and yanked me in. Then she kissed my cheek.

I sat with a red face as she pulled me by the hand to tell the others. None of them were happy about discussing the topic, but they all knew it was needed.

After I told them my idea, they all seemed to agree.

"That's probably the most realistic answer." Jason's approval was somewhat like a child getting a reward for a chore.

"Now the only questions are... Who saved him and why?" The mood sank back down at realizing we were getting more questions than answers.

We decided to call it a day before we got too worked up again. Also, it was getting late, so we would be going to sleep soon.

The bed issue was being worked out by everyone as I sat alone in a chair and stared at the soda in my hand. I took the last sip before throwing it across the room and watching it land right in the trash.

"Okay, we've worked out the bed issue..." A red faced Kurumu said from beside me. It startled me because I didn't see or hear her walk up.

"Okay... Why's your face all red?" I asked innocently.

"We have to share a bed together." She shrugged away slightly as she looked up at me through her hair.

"Okay so- WHAT?!" I screamed after the words sank in. A dirty fantasy went through my head as Kurumu nodded.

"The couch isn't big enough for one of us to sleep on, and there are only three beds. One for Mizore and Jason, one for Moka and Tsukune, and one for me and you..." When she got to us, her voice got extremely soft and quiet.

I was taking deep breaths, in and out. My brain was completely switched off.

In the end, I couldn't find a way to argue against it because of our situation. The others seemed to get a real kick out of it.

"You two are so cute!" Moka yelled like a child.

"I'll kill you!" Kurumu said in a higher than normal voice.

"Are you two sure you're okay with this? We might be able to work something else out..." Jason was being friendly but... I could tell he was enjoying it too.

"I-I'm okay with it." Kurumu took a step back and pointed at me. "Just as long as those hands aren't feeling up my figure!" She leaned in real close and winked.

"Not that I blame you.~" I cringed at the fact that she was making it worse. At this point, I was betting she was having fun with it too.

"Okay then, lights out." Jason said, he grabbed a small string in the middle of the room and tugged. The room was almost pitch black, but you could see if you tried hard enough.

I crawled into bed next to Kurumu, facing the other way of course. Her soft breathing helped me sleep for some reason.

The next morning...