Chapter 4 is up and I feel good about this one. I've devised a general plot and feel fairly confident! Reviews always help with writers block. Also I'll be working on a chapter a week or so. School, work and writing! Yeah! Thanks for reading as always,

-Ena

KANAME:

I don't know why I was so annoyed at the sight of him, maybe because I knew what he was thinking. About Yuki was a vague indication of course, but what else did this monster have to do down here? Nothing.

"What do you want?"

"I just want you to know that Yuki will be having the cage moved down here in the next three days. She's going to give you blood a few hours before everyone comes down here. You obviously can't be here for the whole thing though, she wants to move you..."

He looked uncomfortable as hell and a little angry? "Well there's nothing I can do about it so alright" conversation over.

Not that I had wanted to talk to him anyway, I played good boy and went back upstairs for a while to deal with my darling Yuki who loved to be outright disobedient and drive me crazy.

"Yuki" I called calmly from our room sitting on the bed. She came in quickly with her head down as a servant might.

"We need to have a discussion about this whole thing. Surely you can see how this affects us all, not just you and him."

She sat on the bed next to me nodding thoughtfully. "Yes I am aware that my choices affect you as well as myself. I've promised to save him though, every time until there is nothing left. He's still in there, he still needs me."

I sighed because this exasperation was crippling sometimes. "I think he meant when he loses himself the first time. The very first time he could no longer control himself he meant for you to end him. He's miserable and begs for death often Yuki. This is bordering on selfishness."

"So I'll be selfish for a little while longer. If he's in a cage he'll have improved quality of life, we can put some work out equipment in there and a television. He won't be so lonely all the time, he'll have books and hobbies. He'll be normal."

At my wits end I stood up and grabbed her by the shoulders. "No, he will not be normal. He will be a level E locked in a basement feeling himself slowly slipping to madness and watching daytime television! There is nothing normal about that Yuki!"

she growled at me low in her throat. "Touch him and I'll end us both" it was no empty threat. She might actually try to kill both of us. She made a fine vampire, an efficient killing machine when she needed to be. Often times she was was won over by humanity, I had to encourage ruthlessness whenever I could.

Yuki was my queen and the king is only as strong as his queen.

Not very often that she stood for something, but this she was passionate about. Out of everything she could have chosen to adopt, it had to be a level E. Go figure, the Kurans were constantly whispered about by the senate.

"We have a party to attend. Get dressed please" Anger for all the judging everyone liked to do blossomed and I swear I could feel my sanity slipping sometimes. She deflated, her anger vanishing replaced by exhaustion.

I turned her to me and pulled her to my chest, kissing her sweet mouth. Reminding her that through all of this I loved her. I loved her just as much as she loved him.

She melted to me, her soft curves fitting just right against my body as she stood on tip toes to better kiss me.

I played with her hair that fell down her back and wrapped an arm around her waist possessively. She was my mate, my lover, my partner. Soon enough I could call her my wife, we would truly have a handle on the whole vampire community. If we weren't on the same page total anarchy might break out while all the vampires suffered for it.

It was expected for us to be together forever and often times I wondered if she'd rather be with Zero. If she was here with me, kissing me like this, because it was what everyone expected.

A vampire of such high standing should never doubt himself but that's all I was able to do when it came to my future bride and the level E in the basement.

"I'm going to get dressed, I'll meet you down there in just a few minutes." She promised breaking the kiss and then licking and kissing my neck sweetly. My perfectly sweet lover.

"Everyone is waiting, they missed you last time and are expecting us to walk in together. I'll wait for you" she nodded and then headed to the walk in closet stocked full of beautiful designer clothes just for her.

She chose a pale blue gown, long in the back shorter in the front and her hair was pinned up with roses. "Beautiful" I commented offering my arm.

She took a deep breath and held on to me tightly. "Relax, they just want to enjoy our company. We are royalty Yuki, they serve us." She wasn't always aware that what she said and did were under observation constantly.

"It's odd, having so many people want to know about my I wish I was human again, being a guardian was a better job than being royalty" she shook a little, her hands betraying the brave face she'd plastered on.

"Royalty is the only position good enough for you. Ready?" I kissed her cheek and turned down the main hall where everyone was waiting for us.

All the people in the room bowed their heads when we walked in, taking a moment of silence to appreciate the pure bloods. Yuki was nervously scanning the room until she found him.

They all lifted their heads and the party proceeded. Yuki took me right to Aido, he made her feel comfortable.

"Yuki!" He yelled a little loudly. Her full blown smile was breathtaking as she let go of me and hugged him tightly. They'd formed some kind of friendship and it was a mild relief. He was good to have around for her.

"You're finally home!" she was yelling back. "You didn't tell me you were coming, I was expecting just Kain." His cousin who was much more reserved and whose opinion mattered very much to sweet Yuki.

"He didn't want to come alone and I was tired of being on Holiday." Aido smiled back and she turned to me. "Can we go find Kain? I want to tell him hello. I haven't seen him in six months." Still stuck in human time measurements.

Big eyes pleaded at me like a child in a candy store and I could not deny her. "I'll get business out of the way right now and find you shortly. Behave yourselves" Aido nodded seriously, he took her much more seriously now than he had while she was a human. She kissed me one more time before grabbing on to Aidos arm and disappearing in the crowd.

She'd lived with them before coming here. At first for a solid year she'd stayed in the guest bedroom at Kain and Aidos large villa. At that point she didn't know what she wanted or how to be a vampire.

Zero and I had been very confusing for her, she agonized over the choice she was presented with. Aido was her counselor and her confident, she could tell him anything and often did. They'd been gone for six months and she'd been considerably lonely without them to get into any trouble with.

It was clear being someone of royalty wore on her at times.

Drinking blood was especially hard for her. She often rejected vampire blood, it would make her violently ill. Kain had been the one who showed her how to feed on humans and not kill or seriously injure them. She'd been grateful and had clung to them both ever since.

It was a mystery why Yuki did not turn any of the humans she bit, possibly a power she was gifted with or a side effect from being 'human'.

I walked over to the council. The oldest vampire families all sat in a circle drinking brandy and discussing vast amounts of wealth.

"Kaname, please have a seat. We've been meaning to have a discussion with you" I was aware of what they wanted. "I'm all ears gentleman."