Chapter 4

"Has anyone seen Haruhi?"

The next afternoon, the Host Club was filled with girls wanting to see Haruhi. They whispered to each other, questioning on why she hasn't shown up. The door opened, letting Hikaru and Kaoru into the room only to be swarmed with girls. The two knew what they were about to ask: Where is Haruhi? Why hasn't he shown up yet? Was he in class today? "Hikaru, Kaoru-"

"We haven't seen him." Hikaru replied as he and his brother sat on a nearby sofa. The girls whined before splitting up, each going to a different host. A few of the girls noticed that Kaoru was a lot more pale than usual, and noticed that Hikaru was paying more attention to him than the girls.

At one point, he lead the younger twin out of the room, ignoring the girls with hearts in their eyes.

Hikaru closed the door behind him and Kaoru leaned against the wall. "I'm alright, Hika. I promise." The older twin wasn't convinced of the smile he gave. He pulled back his sleeve, only so much as to reveal his wrist. "Come on. You need your strength."

"But Hikaru-" He was cut off by a kiss, his brother's tongue brushing across his hidden fangs, making him jump. He pulled back, his eyes glimmering a hint of crimson. "Kaoru please. I don't want to see you like this. Besides. . ." He leaned in closer and whispered in his ear "If you look pale, people will be suspicious about us. They'll probably even find out our secret."

That made Kaoru tense up as he subconsciously grabbed his brother's arm. He stared at his wrist and licked his lips, his eyes changing to crimson. The sight of his brother's skin revealed like this made him drool a bit. Hikaru saw this and smirked. "Go ahead."

Kaoru wasted no time in sinking his fangs into his brother, licking the blood that flowed down his arm before it hit the floor. His eyes glowed as he sucked, Hikaru running a hand through his hair. After a few mouthfuls, Kaoru pulled back for air, licking the blood rolling down his mouth. "Better?" Kaoru nodded and Hikaru grabbed his arm. "Let's go. People would get the wrong idea."

The two entered the club room, unaware of the student holding a camera around the corner.

The girls were about to exit the club room until a student barged into the door, almost falling over as he ran to the middle of the room. "I have terrible news." He panted. "It appears that a student has been killed."

The girls whispered to each other with concerned looks. Some of the girls thought that it was their friend who didn't show up to school the day before. Honey-senpai took a bite out of his cake and turned to the student. "Who was killed?"

The student slowly stood up, clutching the newspaper in his hand tightly. "H-Haruhi Fujioka."

The entire room went dead silent. The girls stared with wide eyes while Tamaki fell to his knees. Honey-senpai's jaw dropped as he dropped his fork with a clatter and Usa-chan slipped out of his hands and to the floor while Mori-senpai stayed silent. Kyouya stopped writing in his black book as his pencil snapped, and Renge dropped her teacup, having it crash to the floor and tea spilling everywhere. "W-What?"

"H-Haruhi is. . . dead?" Kyouya glanced at the twins and saw Kaoru's bangs shielding his eyes, hiding their crimson color.

"N-No that can't be."

"Haruhi j-just missed school. That's all." The girls couldn't believe what they had just heard. They didn't want to believe that the natural type, the most recent member of the Host Club, just died. A few of the girls ran out of the room with tears while some sat down in a chair or on a sofa. Tamaki's bangs shielded his eyes as he exited the room, calling a limo and heading home.

The twins sat in a couple of chairs and stared out of the window, their bangs still hiding the crimson color of their eyes. The room stayed dead silent as students started to exit through the doors, calling their limo drivers to take them home. The only students left in the club room were the twins and Kyouya, who was still writing in his notebook with a new pencil, until he closed it and strode towards the twins. "I know what you two have done."

"What do you mean?" Kaoru asked, still hiding his eyes.

"I know you killed Haruhi, Kaoru."

At that moment, Kaoru slightly gripped the armchair, an irritated look appearing on his face. "I also know why you did, and I know the fact that you two are demons." Both of the twins glared at him with those eyes, and he just smiled. "How long have you known?"

"Since you two joined the Host Club." He stared at Kaoru, whose face gave off a demon-like glare. He pushed up his glasses before grabbing Kaoru's wrist, stopping the younger twin from stabbing him. "Now now, Kaoru, or should I say Kazuo." Kaoru growled when the ravenette said his true name, his eyes glowing. "You wouldn't dare harm the son of the Shadow King, now would you?"

Both twin's eyes widened at the statement. "N-No way."

"Kaoru move!" Hikaru grabbed his younger half from behind and pulled him backwards. He gave a frightened look as his brother pulled him close. "Th-That can't be. He was confirmed dead when he was a baby. You can't be."

"It's true that I was separated from my father when I was an infant, but as you can see, I'm alive."

"Prove that you are the son of the Shadow King."

Kyouya closed his eyes with a smile, dark shadows emitting from his own. Those shadows ran across the walls, covering the windows, turning the room into a complete black void. The ravenette started to grin wildly as he took off his glasses and black arms shot out from behind him, wrapping around Kaoru and threatening to pull him away from his brother.

The younger twin was pulled out of his arms and was being dragged towards a door. Tears flowed down his face as he clawed the floor, trying to break free. "H-Hibiki!"

"Kazuo no!" Tripping over his feet a couple of times, the older twin desperately dashed towards his brother, tears also running down his face. He couldn't imagine a life without him. Black shadows also pulled him back, nearly choking him as he felt something tighten around his neck. Kaoru reached out for his older half. "Hikaru!"

"No! Kaoru!"

At once, everything disappeared, and the room reverted back to normal. Hikaru was on his knees, reaching out for the younger twin with tears, panting hard, while Kaoru was on the floor, panting hard with tears and his arm stretched out the opposite way. Without wasting a second, Hikaru dashed towards his brother and pulled him into his arms. Kaoru didn't hesitate to return the hug, this time, holding on tight enough that nothing would pull him away. "You. . ." Hikaru jerked his head towards Kyouya with a glare. "You monster!"

Kyouya pushed his glasses back onto his face as the grin slowly faded into a smirk. A few shadows appeared into his hand as he stared at the twins. "Just remember, you are also a monster. And Kaoru." The younger Hitachiin tensed up and clutched his brother tighter. "Remember, you can't escape what's to come, even though you are royal blood."

"Shut up." Kyouya jerked his head towards him and gave the most terrifying look, making him shroud into his brother's arms. "Remember, shadows are superior than demons, so what you say now can lead to your grave." The younger twin ignored his words and gave him a glare with those crimson eyes. The ravenette turned away and headed for the door, leaving the twins alone in the room. "Hikaru."

"Shh." The older Hitachiin stroked his hair. "It's alright."

"No it's not." Kaoru replied. "Mother and Father know about my kills. They know I've broken one of the guidelines." Hikaru looked up. "The Death Guidelines, you mean." Kaoru nodded and pulled himself closer to Hikaru. The older twin sighed before a small book appeared beside them. He slowly took the book into his hand and flipped a few pages. "The Guidelines are a few of the most sacred laws all demons must follow." He read. "Anyone who defies these laws is punishable by death."

Kaoru slowly started to lightly draw his tongue across his brother's neck before sucking, gripping a handful of hair in the process. Hikaru ignored him and kept reading aloud. "Demons shall only kill if that person or individual threatens to expose their existence. Demons shall not kill for emotional reasons such as revenge or love. Demons shall not kill without reason."

"Demons shall only kill when necessary." Kaoru continued, leaving a red mark on his brother. "If demons kill, they shall kill in secret. Meaning demons must not be found guilty of the murder by mere humans."

"Demons shall not kill anyone of their race or an individual of another race. Doing so is punishable by death."

"Demons shall kill out of self-defense." Kaoru closed the book and set it beside his twin before kissing him gently. "Say Hikaru, how many people have you killed?"

The older twin kissed his ear with a slight smile. "Not that many. Only about four."

"Four?"

"Well how many have you killed?" Kaoru tightened his hold on his brother as his bangs shielded his eyes, staying silent. Hikaru looked down only to see him pull away. "Come on. You can tell me, Kao." The older twin reached out to cup his brother's cheek, but instead, the younger twin gently nipped a few of his fingers. "Kazuo."

"Including Haruhi, I have ten kills." Hikaru gave him a look. "Ten of my kills involved you or me being threatened. The other few knew too much about our existence. So in total, I have sixteen kills."

In a flash, Hikaru pulled his hand away, wincing when Kaoru's fangs grazed him deep, causing blood to roll down his hand. He gave his brother a surprised look. "Sixteen kills? No wonder you've been so blood thirsty."

"I won't get in trouble." Kaoru replied. "They can't hurt me because I'm royalty."

"That doesn't matter. Father will still punish you." Hikaru pulled him into a hug and held him close. He felt something wet trace up the side of his neck, and yanked his brother's head away by the hair. "Don't even think about it, Kazuo."

"But Hibiki. I'm hungry."

"You've had enough blood for one day."

"Another mouthful won't hurt."

"Kazuo!" The younger twin gazed into his eyes, and Hikaru tensed up. His twin was giving him the most adorable and innocent look that wanted him to give in. He forced himself to look away and get off of the floor, with Kaoru trailing closely behind him. "No blood, alright?"

"Alright."

"Besides, if you have any more, you may kill me."

Kaoru's eyes widened as Hikaru said this, and hugged his brother from behind. "I'm sorry. I didn't realize I was having that much."

"You were too blood thirsty to realize." Hikaru sighed before turning around and patting his brother's head. Kaoru looked up with tears in his eyes as the older Hitachiin smiled at him. "Well just be careful, okay?" Kaoru nodded before jerking his head towards the door with crimson eyes. His brother raised an eyebrow until he said "Someone's watching."

Hikaru also jerked his head towards the door, to see it slam shut and footsteps were hear running down the hall. Kaoru snuggled closer to his brother. "Who was it?" Hikaru asked him.

"One of the idiots from the newspaper club. It seems as though they found out about our race." Hikaru pulled him closer. "If they tell the entire school, our cover is blown."

"Can we kill them?"

The older half stared down at his brother, and smiled at him. "You know we have to, Kaoru." His brother nodded as the two broke apart and headed for the door.

"President, we were right all along!"

"I knew there was something wrong with those twins."

The president of the newspaper club was staring out of the window as his reporters said this. He turned to them with a straight face. "What did you find out?"

"They're vampires." The first reporter said(I'm not gonna bother looking up their names, but you know who I'm talking about.). "We saw the younger one biting his brother with fangs."

"We have to tell the students."

"Tell them what?"

The three heard the door close and whirled around to see the Hitachiin twins behind them. Both twins tilted their heads in opposite directions before the room started to darken around them, despite the sunset lighting up the room. The three students stepped back in fear as the room turned to black around them. "You're not thinking of telling the students about our existence, I hope." Hikaru said calmly.

"Because that'll have you end up dead." Kaoru continued with an innocent smile. Their eyes widened in fear as they backed up to the window. Both twins stepped closer, extracting their fangs while grinning wildly. "S-Stay away, vampires!"

"Oh please." Hikaru replied. "Do you honestly believe we're the same as those narcissistic bloodsuckers?"

"Unlike them, we're more civilized." Kaoru continued. "All they care about is feeding themselves. Us, on the other hand, are nothing like that. But. . ."

"If you tell anyone about us, we will be forced to kill you." Hikaru finished his brother's sentence with crimson eyes glaring right at the students. "We would rip out your hearts and feed them to the crows."

"Not the crows, Hikaru." Kaoru replied to him. "They don't deserve the crows. They deserve Satan's Hound."

"That's even better."

The three students were practically trembling scared in a corner as the twins discussed on what they would do. Once the duo saw their terrified looks, they stopped. "I hope you know what we're saying." Hikaru said to them. "Tell anyone and we will kill you."

"We won't tell anyone. Promise." The president replied in a terrified tone. The twins gave each other a look before reverting the room back to normal, and they retracted their fangs. "Remember our warning." Kaoru said before the two of them left the room.

"Well that takes care of that."

Kaoru started to lick blood off of his hand and he glared at the three students with crimson eyes; the same three students who told the twins that they wouldn't tell anyone about their existence. "It's a good thing we followed them." Hikaru replied. "Or else we would be ruined."

A dark portal opened beside them and a girl with navy blue hair in a maid's outfit bowed to them. "I bring a message." Hikaru stretched out his hand to receive the letter and the girl placed it in his hand. "Thank you, Luna."

"It's for Kaoru-sama." The girl known as Luna bowed again before disappearing through the dark portal. The two stared at the letter before both of their eyes widened. Kaoru quickly dove behind his brother and whimpered.

The letter was from their father.

Me: O_O I wonder what the letter says. Anyway we'll find out next chapter. So until then, my name is Tomaki and I'll see you soon.