Here's the second chapter! Hope you enjoy! Its dedicated to purplehairr! Read on!!
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The Hooded Woman, Saeko's goal - it was to gather others of her kind to protect the human race from being enslaved by vampires. Mirai, the first pureblood Saeko had met, possessed a weak clairvoyance ability that allowed her to see tiny glimpses of the future - vampires dominating the world had been one of them. This was a future the Hooded Woman greatly wished to alter, so this had been why she had commenced to gather others of her kind -pureblood vampires who loved humans- to change the pitiful fate of them.

Haruhi Maeda was the sixth pureblood vampire Saeko had found and had recruited. All of the vampiress' abilities possessed mainly healing and defensive means, going along with her name 'Haruhi' that meant spring's day. Spring was a season known as or referred as the time period of regrowth, rejuvenation, renewal and resurrection of the Earth.

The vampiress was now heading out of her room with Gin, because they had finished packing what she required for her journey to Arata Village and possible stay as well.

The two saw a Level B, an aristocratic vampire in front of them when they had exited her room. "Haruhi-sama! We have found a large mass of Level Es and need your assistance."

"Lead the way." Haruhi directed.

The trio came to the underground chambers of the palace where the Level Es that were currently being bounded down by the red haired vampiress, Akane's prowess. "Haruhi!" She smiled in delight once she saw her comrade.

"There's about at least twenty of them." The blue eyed pureblood noted.

"Yes." Akane narrowed her eyes, seriously. "The idiot (Kosuke) went to investigate who turned them." She furiously balled her hands. "It was probably another moronic pureblood who only thinks about his or her thirst. Once they have gotten their fill, they won't care about what occurs to their so called food after they've preyed on them."

"Indeed." Haruhi agreed, holding out her right arm. "Earth's Returnal." Nature green transparent spheres enclosed each Level E.

Once the vampires were caught in Haruhi's ability, Akane released her binding spell on them.

As the transparent spheres floated, slowly rotating as if the Earth on it's axis. As the green spheres turned and turned, the Level Es regained more and more of their sanity they had lost, their blood-lust diminishing. The Level Es returned to Level Ds.

Haruhi panted several times, covering her mouth with the back of her hand.

Worried, Gin placed a hand on his mistress' shoulder. "Haruhi-sama."

"Sorry, for letting you do this, especially this large amount." Akane apologized. She knew that Haruhi's spell, Earth Returnal deprived her friend of a massive amount of energy, leaving her thirsting for blood afterwards.

"No need to apologize. It's one of my assigned jobs after all." Haruhi stated with a wry smile.

Earth's Returnal was a spell that returned Level Es back to Level Ds, by healing their minds which returned their sanity and lowered their thirst for blood. After this spell had been casted on them, they would no longer need the blood of the one who had created them (bitten them) to stop them from becoming Level Es again, but Haruhi's so they could stay as Level Ds.

"Saitarou, immediately get their names, put them on the blood exchange program and have them trained so they could do work in the palace." Akane ordered the Level B who had called Haruhi. The redhead looked at the silver head, "And Gin, take care of Haruhi."

Usually all the Level Es they had rescued and had been turned back into Level Ds would be placed in the 'blood program' where they would have a partner who they had picked and exchange blood to feed one another. They would also be tasked to work in the palace after they had received the proper training. It was the same with Levels Cs and the majority of the Level Bs in the palace.

Gin nodded, leading his mistress out of the underground chambers. He led them to one of the palace's lake under the moon. Pressing his back against one of the trees, he gently pulled the brunette in.

Haruhi's azure blue eyes were now glowing crimson red and she whispered, "Gin." Balancing herself on the tip of her toes, the vampiress' white fangs was revealed, nearing the silver head's neck.

But before her fangs could delve into Gin's neck, Miku voiced, "Haruhi-sama, don't drink his blood but mines!"

Miku was another Level B like Gin and they were both the vessels of Haruhi. Haruhi had saved Miku from another pureblood that had awakened her from her slumber (making that pureblood her master) and had made her his blood and sex slave. Haruhi had broken the master and slave contract and that pureblood was currently being detained under twenty-four watch in the palace's dungeon.

"Miku. You have safely returned from your mission. Welcome home." Haruhi greeted.

"I'm home, Haruhi-sama!" She joyfully smiled at her mistress, pulling the brunette over to her side and glared at Gin. "You can go away now, silver lass."

Gin became irked, a vein on his forehead popping into view. "The minute you return, you're always so loud! And you're standing too close to Haruhi-sama!"

"So! We're both females unlike you so it's ok!" Miku retorted. "I even quickly came back, because I heard Haruhi-sama was going on a scouting mission and she rejected you for accompanying her!"

"You're no better! Do you think Haruhi-sama would allow you to go on the scouting missions that might take months when you have a child in this palace to take care of!" Chided Gin.

Haruhi sighed, shaking her head at the both of them. Then she caught sight of Tadamori -another pureblood- who was beckoning her over to him.

The two purebloods came to Tadamori's lab and he set a wine glass filled with blood in front of her and himself.

Haruhi picked up the glass, taking a sip, "thank you."

"Those two are fighting over you as always. I don't know how you manage not to get annoyed with them when they fight like that." Tadamori stated, putting a book that had been in his hand down and picked up his glass of blood.

Setting the empty wine glass down, the vampiress divulged with a smile. "Them two fighting like that just shows how they care for me greatly. And I appreciate that."

"You're soft as always when it comes to your vessels." Pulling out a bottle he filled Haruhi's glass up to the brim.

"If you call me appreciating them as soft, then I don't mind that." She didn't touch the refilled glass that was in front of her. The vampiress' smile dropped and her big blue eyes sharply narrowed, "now tell me why you have called me and offered me blood. There is no such thing as a free meal in your vocabulary."

Tadamori guffawed at this, slipping a wavy brown strand behind her ear. "You truly know me, Haru. Like always I have been researching ways on how to kill pureblood vampires and how vampires can become humans. But have came to a blank again. Saeko's going to criticize me again."

"You aren't sticking me with those needles again." Said the brunette.

Tadamori smirked, knowing how much Haruhi has started to fear needles when he had drew blood from her on several occasions. "Don't worry scaredy cat; I won't poke you with those long big needles anymore." The scientist patted her head.

Haruhi lightly slapped his hand away, sending him a glare. "Hurry up and tell me what you want, Tada."

Haruhi winced and when her eyelids lifted, she saw a wavy brown hair strand from her head between Tadamori's thumb and index finger.

"This is all I need for right now." He sealed the strand in a small reclosable plastic bag and wrote 'Haruhi Maeda's Hair Strand' on the lable. "Hey, Haru when you come back would you let-"

She interrupted him."-For the last time, I will not let you dissect me!"

"What a pity." Tadamori's eyebrows furrowed.

Haruhi got up to leave, but her attention was drawn to several lableless bottles filled with pills she hadn't seen before.

Tadamori got up and stood besides her. "Those are products from my research. The pills of this bottle can instantly kill Level Ds and Es when they consume them." He pointed to the different bottles. "And those can instantly kill Level Bs when they consume them. This set of pills can make all vampires below Level A sick. The symptoms would be a head ache, stomach pain, sore throat, vomiting and a high fever. This is a set of slow reacting poisons for all those who are under level A to feel intense pain for seven days. After a week they'll die unless fed the antidote." The scientist glanced at Haruhi with a smile then went over to his cabinet. He pulled out a black card board box from the top shelf of the wooden cabinet and placed it in her hands. "All of the poisons that are on the shelf that I showed you are in this box labled. You can say this is as another repayment for giving me your hair strand. Oh, and there are some other poisons with other purposes in the box too."

Haruhi eyed the box then the scientist. "Thank you."

It vanished out of his hands and Haruhi made her way to the door.

"Haru, you have to come back early and safe. Oh, and while you're out maybe you can send me some marked Level Es and Ds to do my experiments on. Cs could work too." Said Tadamori.

By 'marked' Level Es and Ds, Tadamori meant those who did heinous crimes and were 'marked' to be exterminated by them.

'As expected. He never gives a free meal.' The vampiress thought and left.

As she turned a corner, Haruhi discovered Kosuke sleeping on the open grassy field of the palace. She trotted to him. Before she could ask the blue haired vampire an interrogative sentence, he asserted with his eyes closed, "they have covered their tracks up well. And even from the memories of those who were turned, all they saw were black figures."

"I understand." Haruhi crouched besides him.

"Arata Village... have fun returning to that place of your memories." He yawned.

Even though Kosuke Ishida looked like he was always in his own world and loved to sleep, he was one of the most sharpest ones of the purebloods that had been recruited. Not only being sagacious, he was a master at any weapon he wielded. He was a pureblood who Haruhi had scouted and had brought in just, simply because he had nothing to do, that he would be provided with a place to live and with food. Kosuke was a pureblood who didn't necessarily love humans, but had neutral feelings towards them.

"Kosuke, I find you even scarier than, Saeko." She commented before journeying to the near-by stables. She went over to her white stallion, Laban.

Once the horse saw it's master, he neighed happily and licked her cheek.

Haruhi giggled at her horse's actions and softly stroked it's mane. "I wonder if I should bring you, Laban."

"It's your choice whether you want to carry him or not. It's not like you need him." Saeko entered the stables.

"That's true. I don't know if there may be dangers. Sorry Laban, but it seems like you won't be coming with me on my recruiting mission this time."

The horse sadly neighed, understanding Haruhi's words.

"Once I come back, we'll go on a trip to that favorite apple tree field you like." She promised with a smile.

A white feathered dove emerged from Haruhi's body and landed on Saeko's shoulder.

"Like always, you can talk to that dove and I'll be able to mentally get your messages." She divulged.

Saeko said, "instead of going tonight you should go tomorrow's night after the large scale spell you casted."

"I will do so."

And quickly the next night came.

Haruhi Maeda on foot commenced her travel to Arata Village, leaving Gin to look after Laban and Miku to clean her room and take care of her small flower and herb garden.

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Trivia:

• Miku's child is not her biological child but the child of her late human friend and the pureblood who awakened her from her slumber.

• Laban means 'white'.