I see it coming for me, almost like it is in slow motion. I see my life pass before my eyes, and remember what I am capable of. The bullet is just a few feet away from my chest. I watch it come closer ever so slowly. Then, just as it is six inches away from my heart, I move to my right and completely dodge it. I look at Zero and smile.

Zero is in shock. "How the hell did you dodge it when it was that close?" he asks furiously.

"I told you Zero, I don't die easily. I survived on my own for four years. I lived on anything I could find. I lived in the woods for the longest. I know how to take care of myself. And I know how to dodge things aimed at my heart."

"You really are a vampire," he says.

"No, I'm just forced to be a vampire," I say. I walk a little forward, and he puts his gun up again. "Zero, put your gun down. Stupid, I'm not gonna hurt you. I've got no reason to," I say.

"I tried to kill you and now your being nice? How dumb do I look?" he asks.

I continue to walk towards him, trying to get close enough to put his gun to the side. "Oh, let me remind you I'm not like everyone else. If I wanted you dead, I'm sure you would already be dead."

"A threat?"

"What? No, it isn't a threat Zero. I'm just trying to be friends with you!" I yell.

"Friends? You want to be…friends?"

Zero's gun sways back and forth, as if my words are a foreign language to him. "Isn't that what I've been saying since I first met you? I am not an evil person," I say.

"Person?" It's almost like he isn't sure what I'm saying, or can't make sense of it.

"Uh-huh. I'm more human than I am vampire. Like I said, I would have rather died then know I was a vampire. I'm not the bad guy." I am close enough to push his gun towards the ground. Thankfully he doesn't fight.

"I'm sorry Rose," Zero says.

"Don't be. I don't know your story and you don't know mine. I'm surprised you didn't do this earlier," I say with a smile. He looks at me with sad eyes. "What's up with everyone and sad eyes. It makes me sad when my friends are sad. Except for Kaname. He's just on his own," I say. I am still smiling, hoping he will too.

"I don't understand you. After I tried to kill you, you still want to be friends with me. You really are different than the others." He smiles a half smile. Then he looks behind me and his smile fades. I decide to look as well and see what made him frown. It was just Kaname. Jerk.

"So, can we act like this never happened?" I ask, turning back around.

"If you can that's great, but it is more than likely unforgettable," Cross says looking at Zero. "Maybe you can be buddies and stick together."

"I said I was sorry and we could be friends, but nothing more," Zero says. "Besides, she and I aren't even in the same class. There would really be no point."

Zero leaves and I stand and watch him walk away. I don't know what to do. Kaname and Kaien both leave and go after him. It is getting late and it will be time for the night class to come out. Me, I'd rather be out during the day, but I don't have a choice now.

I start to walk back to the moon dorm. I walk as slowly as possible and decide that I'll just go to my room and go to bed. Maybe no one will bother me and just let me sleep. Hopefully anyway. But I can already tell that I won't get to sleep when I see a bunch of girls screaming for the night class to come out for no reason.

That is when I see Yuki standing there pushing them all back. I decide to go help her since Zero isn't around. Just out of the kindness of my heart, which I do have.

"Hey, could all of you girls please go back to your dorm rooms. We can't get our beauty rest and look our best with all of your pretty faces around. They take all the beauty from our faces and then we look awful. You don't want that to happen, do you?" I ask as sweet and innocent as I possibly can.

They don't even give an answer before they run back towards the day class dorms. I even have to jump out of their way so they didn't kill me. Seeing as how clumsy I am though, I trip and fall. But sweet-hearted Yuki helps me to my feet.

"Thanks Yuki," I say as I dust the dirt off of my dress.

"No problem," Yuki says. "Hey, have you seen Zero? I went to my dorm and I didn't see him go to his. I get worried about him sometimes. But you can't help it. I mean, if I were to let Zero just wonder about by himself he might get into trouble."

"I think he was talking to headmaster Cross. You might check and see if he is there," I say trying to be of some help since I really don't know where he went after he left me.

"Ok, thanks."

We wave goodbye and she runs off. I go into the gate and walk into the building. The first person I see is Hanabusa sitting on the couch drinking tea. I walk over and sit down beside him.

"Hey, Hanabusa. You still mad at me?" I ask as I lay my head on his left shoulder.

Hanabusa sets his tea down and pats my head. "I can't be mad at you for long Rose. You are too sweet to be hated."

We sit here for what seems like forever. I really don't mind though. I love him. But then Kaname walks out of nowhere and I sit up.

"What are you doing here, Kaname?" I ask.

"If you want to make-out, go to your room. And this is the moon dorm. I'm suppose to be here," Kaname says in a bratish tone.

"Maybe we will make-out right here," I say.

Kaname stops walking and looks at me. "I bet you don't even know how."

I am shocked. Not because he guessed right, but because he even bothered.

"I-I do know thank you," I say.

"Then do it."

"Your watching. It's wired if you watch," I say quickly.

"Wait, you really don't know how to kiss, Rose?" Hanabusa asks me.

I can't look at him now. My whole face is a bright shade of red. What am I suppose to say?

"You mean for the whole six months you've been dating-"

"It's been three years jerk," I say.

"Well that's even worse, but my point is you haven't kissed. That is sad. I can't believe you, Hanabusa, hadn't made the first move in the first week."

Kaname walks off and leaves Hanabusa and me alone in an awkward silence. I look at him and he looks at me.

"So, um, what do we, um…"

Without another word, Hanabusa wraps his arms around me and pulls me in close to him. And the next thing I know, we were in kissing. It was nice. It was warm and sweet. A little weird, but I have never kissed anyone before. He lets me go and keeps me close to his face, sort of like in the same way I was just moments ago, just not kissing.

"Well, now you can't say you've never kissed anyone before," Hanabusa says.

I giggle uncontrollably and place my head where his neck meets his left shoulder. "Yeah, I guess you are right."

"Are you blushing?" he asks me as he tries to see my face.

I bury my face in his chest and say, "Nooooo. Maybe…"

We talk for a little while, and kiss a time or two more, before Ichijo suddenly runs down the stairs and stands in front of us.

"What were you two doing?" Ichijo asks in a breathless voice.

We look at each other and say, "Nothing," and giggle once more.

Ichijo looks confused and worried at the same time.

"Ichijo, what's wrong?" I ask him.

"My grandfather is coming and will be here any minute. I think it would be best if the two of you went somewhere else before he gets here," Ichijo says in a hurried tone.

I stand up and start to walk up the stairs when the front doors swing open. I freeze where I am standing. The thing I did not know about Ichijo, other than the fact he and Kaname are friends (YUCK!), was that his grandfather was the one man I actually hated more than I hate Kaname; Ichio.

"Grandfather, how are you?" Ichijo says and bows.

"Hello grandson. Hello to you as well Hanabusa Aido." Ichio glances up at me and I feel afraid. The last time I met him was in a forest at night. He had tried to convince me to live with him, but I refused intently. I wanted to get away from vampires as much as possible. He wanted to make me his little pureblood pet. Just like spoiled Kaname.

"Hello Ichio," I say.

"Hello Rose. How are you?"

I am the only one he has asked that. "Fine." I walk over to Hanabusa and grab his arm because I am not sure what Ichio will do.

"I had been told you were coming to school here and I wanted to see how you were doing," Ichio says.

"I'm still alive if that's what you wanted to know. I can take care of myself. I may have only lived fifteen years, but I can handle any situation I am put through," I say irritably.

"Any situation that doesn't involve humans," he says with a smirk.

"Grandfather, if you want to talk to Rose you will have to come back. She has to talk to Kaname about some rather important things," Ichijo says.

I glare at him for a moment, but I realize that he is only trying to help.

"I came to tell her some news I found out about her family. But if she is busy…"

"Wait! You know about my family?" I ask hysterically.

"Yes. Would you like to hear?"

I don't even answer, instead I lead him into the lounging area, a room that I expect had just been added on, and shut the door. I sit on one side of the room, he on the other. I look at him anxiously to hear about my family.

"As you know, Shizuka Hio is a pureblood vampire. She wants you for something, yet you know not of what. And here you are, still breathing and walking around."

"Please get to the point Ichio," I say bluntly.

Ichio clears his throat and continues. "She needs you for a project you might say. We are not sure what she needs you for, but we think there might be other vampires involved."

I stare at him. "Is that it? That is all you had to tell me?! I could figure that out on my own," I say as I get up.

"That is not all. Your family died except for one. She is still living. Would you like to know where she is?" Ichio asks me tauntingly.

I sit back down and ponder his proposition. "But no one in my so-called family is even my real family. What would be the point of knowing where she is?" I ask.

"Because she is in fact a vampire. A pureblood vampire. Your only sibling in this entire world. I will ask one more time, would you like to know where she is Rose?"

"Yes, I would like to know," I say without any real emotion. I know if I let him see them then he will enjoy the sure fact that his information was of great use to me, and I can NOT allow him to see me like that.

"Good. Now listen carefully. She will be arriving in town at five o'clock tomorrow morning. She will first come here to meet Kaname Kuran, the noblest pureblood known to all vampires. You can either wait 'till then or you can meet her at the airport."

"What is her name?" I ask.

"Her name is Sky. She looks just like you. She is no doubt your twin."

I look at him in shock. A twin? I have a twin? Amazing! "Thank you Ichio, but I will not live with you."

"I suspected as much," he says and starts to get up.

We leave the room and I bow to him in thanks and run over to Hanabusa. When he leaves, I kiss Hanabusa and say, "Guess what Hana, I have a twin sister!" I say with joy.

Hanabusa gives me a shocked expression and says, "You mean there is another you running around the world somewhere?"

"Yep. And I'm am going to sneak out in the morning to see her. Wanna come?"

His look is murder. His words are ice. "You can't sneak out. It is against school rules to leave the grounds."

"Le' me guess, Kaname will kill me if he catches me? Well he won't catch me. Even if you don't go, I will." I give him my best puppy dog face and look him in the eye.

Hanabusa finally sighs in defeat and says, " All right Rose. I'll go with you, but Ichijo," he says looking over his shoulder at him, "Not a word to Kaname-sama."

"I will go with you if that makes it any easier," Ichijo says with a smile.

"No, he will ask too many questions if you are gone." Hanabusa looks at me once more and says, "Get some rest and I will come and get you later."

I run up the stairs and try to find my bedroom. Total failure. I mean how many rooms are there in this stupid building? After at least ten failures, I find my room and I lay down on my bed. I drift off into sleep and dream of my sister that I have never seen…

Sorry it has been so long since I updated. What with Christmas and the New Years and family things I haven't had much time to myself. Especially my computer. I hope you liked this chapter. Things are going to get very exciting. Please continue to read and thanks or the reviews. I now have a better idea of where this story is going to go, and I really think you are going to like it. Ciao until my next chapter!