KURA'S POV

After that little incident with that Richter fella, I could stop wondering why he was looking at Yui like that. In the meantime, I was outside in the daylight while the Sakamaki brothers were still asleep since they can't stand the day light well, except they don't get burnt to a crisp. I knelt down and I placed my hand on the ground because I found some paw prints. I ran my fingers over them and I thought to myself,"They're paw prints all right, but it looks like they don't belong to a dog though they look bigger, possibly a wolf."

I said as I raised my hand to look at my fingers they were covered in dirt as I rubbed my thumb and index finger together. I looked up and I noticed that trail leads on. I followed the paw print trail for a while but then it suddenly ended. I knelt down to look at the paw prints again. I moved bits of grass out of the way and I noticed that there was some boot prints meaning that the 'wolf' actually turned into a person, which could only mean one thing.

"Founders, so they've been here." I mumbled to myself.

I stood up and I looked at the direction where they could have disappeared to and I thought to myself,"From the look of the paw prints they left behind, they could passed through here either a few nights ago or possibly last night either way, the trail has gone cold not much to go on at this point."

I thought that as I looked back at the trial and the boot prints vanish after one of the founders reverted back to his human form. I looked at the tree and I noticed that there was some claw marks on the fallen branches meaning that the founders could have summoned some wolves seeing as how they can use a snake, bat, wolf and a eagle form.

I thought to myself,"I can't tell if these guys know that I'm tracking them down or if they're just covering their tracks on purpose, I better get back to the mansion other wise I'll never hear the end of it from Reji."

I thought to myself as I walked back to the mansion. Once I got back it was quiet meaning that everyone else was asleep, except for Yui. As I was on my way to my room someone said,"You're back early."

"*Gasp!* Oh, Reji!" I shouted as Reji stood there with his arms crossed. I said,"Don't sneak up on me like that! you almost gave me a heart attack." Reji pushed up his glasses and says,"Whatever, I thought you would be gone longer." I shrugged my shoulders and said,"Well it's not easy tracking down the founders, I was able to find a trail of paw prints but the trail's gone cold when I had a look at them, there wasn't much to go on anyway so I came back a bit early than I said I would."

"All right, you may do as you please but do not interrupt everyone else's sleep." Reji warned my and I said,"Don't worry I don't intend to, I know how 'precious' your sleep is to you vampires."

I said as I headed upstairs. Before I left the entryway Reji said,"Tell me something." I came to a halt and he said,"You're a vampire hunter and yet you haven't tried to kill any of us, why is that?"

I turned to look at him and said,"I already told you before, you guys are not my target but there's also another reason why I haven't attempted to kill you guys it's because some of the other vampire hunters are sworn to never hurt or kill a pure-blood vampire because we believe the pure-bloods should be treated with respect and if we did try and kill your type then that would mean certain death or exile from the group."

"I see and I take it you follow that vow." Reji asks me. I then said,"I said 'some' vampire hunters believe we should treat you with respect and that includes me, but there are some hunters out there who refuse to treat the pure-bloods with respect."

"What about you?" Reji asks me again. I then said,"Me on the other hand I too have sworn to never kill you guys but there are one or two vampires who are a little bit annoying." I said as I thought about those two. Reji knew the people I was talking about he says,"You mean Laito and Ayato?"

I nodded my head and said,"Yep, bottom line, the only time when I do kill a vampire it's if and when they deserve punishment even if the job request is from your father we have to obey him whether we like it or not."

"I understand, you really an interesting woman." He mumbled. I looked at him and said,"Pardon?"

"Nothing, you be excused." He said. I said,"Thanks Reji, and by the way." I said as turned to him again. Reji looked at me and said,"Hm?" I said,"You maybe strict but you seem all right I like it when a guy treats a woman with respect." I said with a smile. His cheeks turned red and I left.

REJI'S POV

After that woman left I thought to myself,"Well, that's a first, I never expected to get a compliment from a woman like Kura before."

I thought to myself as I pushed my glasses upwards and I smiled to myself.

KURA'S POV

Once I got into my bedroom I went to my desk drawers and I got my sketchbook and my pencils and I headed outside. Once I was out side I sat down on a bench and I started to sketch a couple of roses from the rose bush (A/N the drawing above isn't mine, in the story that's what the character is drawing.) While I was colouring in the roses I heard someone say,"Wow, that's really good,  didn't know you could draw like that."

I looked up and Yui was standing there smiling. I said,"Thanks Yui, I've been drawing like this since I was little."

I said as I continued to colour in the roses. Yui then said,"Really? Did someone teach you?"

"I guess you could say that, my mother taught me she was the artistic one in the family everyone loved her paintings when I was five I've always wanted to become an artist so I guess you could say I kinda followed her in her footsteps." Yu was surprised at this and said,"Really? she must be really good."

I looked down sadly and said,"Well she WAS once." Yui realised what I meant and she said,"Oh, sorry, I didn't know." I looked back at her and said,"It's OK, I didn't expect a lot of people to know." Yui was a bit confused that I was a vampire hunter and she said,"I don't get it, if you wanted to become an artist then why did you become a vampire hunter?"

"It's a long story, I don't want to talk about it." I said as I looked back my drawing and she said,"Why?" I glared at her said,"I said I don't want to it's complicated." Yui saw the anger in my eyes and said,"Oh, OK."

I sighed and said,"Sorry, to sound harsh there, lets just say I didn't had a really good childhood, my mother died from a disease and my father is a deadbeat like Shu except he doesn't sleep all day he just ignores me." Yui was shocked at this and says,"That's awful."

"I know, I prefer not to talk about my past too much, it just irritates me whenever I think about that good for nothing father of mine." I said as I looked away with a hint of anger in my eyes. Yui then said,"I see, but call me crazy but I get the feeling I've seen you somewhere before."

I was afraid that she might know who I really am but I came with some thing and said,"Maybe that's because you may or may not have seen my mother's photograph some people used to say that I looked a lot like her, in fact they used to think we were twins at point which was scary thought."

"Hehehe." Yui giggled and I said,"Finally you're smiling." Yui looked at me with a smile and said,"Sorry, I didn't mean to laugh, it's funny thinking about your reaction." I said,"Hehe, yeah I know right." I said with a smile.

Yui then said,"Kura, did you say that just to cheer me up?" I looked at the flowers and I thought of the fond memory and said,"Well something like that, my mother used to say that I'm a kind, understanding and a good judge of character at times and when she fell ill I did everything I could to make her smile and make her last moments happy and peaceful as possible."

Yui could tell how much I missed my mother and said"You must have really loved her a lot." I looked at Yui again and said,"Believe me, I did, in some ways my mother was like an idol to me."

"I see, I'm jealous, I don't know who my mother was and as for my father he's gone to work overseas and now I'm stuck here." She said. I looked at her and said,"So that's how you ended up here." I said as I closed my sketchbook and I put my pencils away and I said,"Tell me something, what do you think about the Sakamaki brothers?"

"What do you mean?" She asked me. I said,"I mean, after you came here do still want to be friends with them even though they try and suck your blood? If I were you I would just give them a smack." Yui grimaced at that idea and she said,"Well, I wouldn't exactly say we're friends but, they're sometimes there for me even if it means having my blood sucked."

I rolled my eyes and shook my head and said,"(Sighs) You really are naive." I said as I flicked her forehead. Yui rubbed her forehead and I said,"You may think those brothers are there for you but in my opinion they're just being nice to you just have your blood, take some advice from a hunter, never let your guard around those brothers they're nothing but blood sucking parasites." I said as I walked away from Yui.

YUI'S POV

After Kura walked away from me I thought to myself,"She thinks they're blood sucking parasites? That's a bit harsh, but she is a hunter I can see why she thinks bad about them."

SUBARU'S POV

I watched those two as they talked from the window. I watch Kura and I couldn't help but noticed how pretty she looks. I walked back to my coffin and I fell back asleep.

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