Kaname sat in the Kuran Mansion playing with his chessboard, almost like he'd never left. It'd been 3 months since he last stood in his home. When he returned, the first name he was calling for was his sister's. Of course she wasn't home. Yuki was missing and he was completely unmoved by this reoccurring event. Seiren was out looking for her, followed by Ruka and Kain. Kaname had escaped the council's grasp for now. While getting away with several (but not all) murders of individual purebloods, he sat basking in his satisfactory with a glass of wine. If only he had his beloved at his side, he would be able to tell her that he did what he did for her. To keep her safe. However, he was worried at the same time of his triumph. Takuma's words were still on his mind. "Yuki-sama needs to be saved now more than ever and you repay her by being two-faced!"
Kaname closed his eyes. He knew deep down Takuma was right...he often was. But Kaname would never admit to that...not when he had to trust in his own conscience. But deep down he knew since a month ago, when he last saw Takuma, that something was wrong. No one from the academy had shown up on his doorstep. He hadn't heard one word about Yuki...although when he was in town he'd see her skeleton-faced clones roaming around like souls lost in a graveyard. His demons whispered, "You better find her yourself. Here's your last chance to prove yourself better for her."
A fierce knock came at the door. Kaname let the doors burst open as Takuma stood in his dark trench coat with Kaien Cross, Kaname's old colleague. "Kaname, I was giving you a choice before but...now you don't have one. You have to help Yuki-sama with the rest of us. It's at a crucial point." Takuma snapped. Kaname looked at him tediously before standing. "It's false material, Ichijo. You were relating Yuki's dementia to a faked study of parapsychology. She needs a professional-" "Kaname." Kaien said warningly, cutting him off. "We know already. But it would do us all good if you were there so we can determine her illness once and for all."
Kaname stood in silence before he took his trench coat off the coat hanger by the doors. "And do you even know where she is?" he sighed, putting it on. "We have a few ideas. But that's for afterward, there's someone I want both of you to meet. Zero and I found him after some investigating." Takuma explained.
She slept peacefully curled up in a woven blanket in the loft/attic of the church. Verona slowly sat beside her, as she opened her eyes like an infant opening theirs for the first time. Her eyes were bloodshot with dark shadows under her eyes as a result of losing sleep. "I don't want to remember." she said silently. Verona put a hand on her forehead. "You must...and when you do...it will all be over." he said.