Oh yeah! I got good marks for my lit exam! cheer cheer! Okay okay, back to business...thingy...yeah...
Well...YEAH! CHAPTER 5! THANKS TO Y'ALL WHO REVIEWED! I REALLY APPRECIATE IT!

-Tsuki :P

~Normal POV~

-Day when Kain, Aido, and Ruka landed in other dimension-

'Shiki!' Ichijou called. 'Shiki! Rima! Kain! Aido! Ruka!'

A rustling of leaves behind him signalled that someone was coming. He turned and was nose to nose with Shiki.

'Ah Shiki! There you are! Phew, I was worried for a second there...' Ichijou laughed. Shiki stayed stone-faced and pointed down the hill.

'Rima's down there...' He said softly. Ichijou smiled and jogged down where Shiki was pointing. 'Okay. Is she alright?'

Shiki gave a small nod and followed Ichijou less enthusiastically. Rima sat on the grass, looking out over the lake that was present.

'RIMA-CHAN!' Ichijou cried, flying off the hill and landing on the unsuspecting Rima. 'Oi, Ichijou. Get. Off.' Rima warned, lightning crackling around her.

Ichijou got the message and backed off quickly. 'Ahehe...Sorry. I just got excited seeing that you're okay. Where are the other three?'

'You mean Kain, Aido and Ruka?' Shiki said boredly. 'We can't find them. They're not around here.'

Ichijou turned serious. 'We need to find them. But first, we need to know where we are...' He looked around, scanning the trees and more trees that were around them.

'We're in a forest,' Rima yawned. Ichijou sighed, 'yes I know that Rima. But exactly, where are we?'

'Not in a city,' Shiki suggested innocently. Multiple sweat drops formed over Ichijou's head. '...Nevermind. I'll go look around. You two stay here.'

Shiki nodded and sat down next to Rima while Ichijou ventured deeper into the forest. He knew that something was going to happen when he saw that blue pillar of light.

What did his grandfather, Ichio, tell him before? It was in the chronicles...Ah, that's it! Ichijou scanned through his memory and remembered that when he was around 10, Ichio told him the story. The Divine Mirror...

Ichio had illustrated the story with such overwhelming actions that Ichijou had it implanted in his memory for ages.

'A long time ago, there was a small town near the sea. That small town was entirely populated by vampires...There was this one vampire. He was a very foolish vampire. He was weak too. His power was to control the light that reflected of water when the sun shone down on it. When the sun was blocked by the clouds or it became dark, he was powerless. He was always shunned by his friends, his family, the townsfolk. Even his wife and child betrayed him.

One day, he couldn't take it anymore. He couldn't take the torment. The torture. So he waited until the sun was at its hottest, during noon. Then, he made his way down to the sea and overlooked the ocean, which was gleaming brightly. He knew that his power was at its strongest.

There, he wished. He made a wish worthy of the fool he was. He wished that everyone in the town would disappear. The next day, at the same time he made the wish...A blue pillar of light erupted from the town's bell tower and enveloped the entire town. When the foolish vampire opened his eyes, he realised that he was the only living thing in the town. He enjoyed about a day's worth of hapiness...until he realised the mistake that he made.

There was no one to give him money for his work, no one to make food, no one to do trade, no one to keep him company. He grew angry. "Why? The very people who discriminated me are gone! But why do I feel more frustrated than I did before?"

When that vampire died, he tied his curse to his family. "They will feel the same pain that I have!" But...he didn't realise that his wife and child had fled the town and ran off to the neighbouring town over the mountains. That pillar of blue light was then named by his child...As the Divine Mirror. The Mirror of Death. Heaven's Wrath. The ultimate weapon...

Ichio had finished the story off with a sinister smile. 'That man...Was our ancestor, Takuma. And we...carry his curse.'

Ichijou swam back to reality when an overhead branch happened to land on his head. The Divine Mirror, huh? So does this mean that all this is my fault?...But...It can't be. I mean, I was taken along too right?

But grandfather...You were wrong...The Divine Mirror doesn't kill the people it absorbs...It transports them somewhere else...

Ichijou was too absorbed in his train of thoughts that he didn't notice that he had reached a dead end.

'Aw, crap,' he said aloud. 'How am I supposed to get back now?' He looked around him but none of his surroundings were familiar. Ichijou rushed and ducked under trees, desperately trying to get back.

Suddenly, a commonly heard sound filled his ears. That's when Ichijou started to panic. That sound...The sound of Shiki's blood whip.

He could see it in the distance. A long crimson whip was flying around wildly and slicing trees into bits. Ichijou rushed in the shown direction and arrived at the lake where Shiki and Rima were.

Shiki had Rima behind him, trying to shield her from something. 'Shiki!' Ichijou called out at he rushed down the hill.

That's when he sensed another prescence. He spun around quickly and luckily, managed to dogde a bullet that headed straight for his head.

Ichijou looked into the darkness consuming the trees. He made out a human figure holding a gun. The figure stepped out of the shadows, to reveal a young man with spikey black hair and piercing blue eyes.

'Who are you?' Ichijou growled. The man pointed his gun at Ichijou's head once more and moved his finger over the trigger. 'I am Konno Kakeru, your worst nightmare...vampire.'

Ichijou bared his fangs and reached for his waist, only to realise that his trusty sword wasn't there. He ducked and rolled out of the way just as Konno fired. The vampire hunter fired several more rounds, all of them missing their target. Ichijou launched himself at Shiki and Rima, causing all three of them to plunge into the lake. He heard more shots being fired and he pulled the two of them along as he swam deeper and further away from Konno. He swam downstream and when they finally surfaced, Konno was nowhere to be seen. Ichijo helped Rima and Shiki to the surface and they huddled in small cave.

'It's started to rain...' Rima voiced out nonchalantly. Shiki nodded as he stared at the falling raindrops. 'Ichijou...' He asked the cheery vampire, whose face was all but elated right then. 'What do we do now?'

'I...' Ichijou grabbed his head. He didn't what to do. Where was that vampire hunter? What if he suddenly came back and killed them? He needed to get Rima and Shiki somewhere safer. And he also needed to find his other missing friends, and warn them. He sighed and shook his head dry of water. 'For now...Get some sleep. We'll take shifts, so I'll go first.'

Shiki nodded and ushered Rima towards the back of the cave. Ichijou sat at the entrance and held his head in his hands. Was this really all my fault? Am I the one responsible for putting Rima-chan and Shiki in danger?

Ichijou lifted his head and watched as the rain swayed the leaves of the trees that loomed over the cave. Tomorrow, they'd leave the forest and start searching for Kain, Ruka, and Aido. The plan all seemed good in Ichijo's mind, but he didn't know that getting out of the forest might actually take a lot more...

~Kain's POV~

Classes were boring. That's what I always thought. The only good part about sitting through long lectures at Cross Academy was that I was near Ruka. Now, that we were in separate classes in an unknown school, I didn't see the point of going to class.
"I don't even know anyone in my class...And who knows when I'll get a crazy bloodlust again..." I sighed.

I sat at the window and stared out at the field that stretched out behind the school. Then something caught my eye. I immediately stood up from my seat and swallowed hard.

"Kain-kun, please sit down," the sensei scolded. "Don't interrupt my lesson!"

I sat back down obediently but when I looked back to the field again, he wasn't there. I was sure that he was staring right through my skull.

Konno Kakeru, the vampire hunter...

~Normal POV~

"Akatsuki!" Ruka shouted through the classroom door. "Hurry up! I'm hungry!"

"I'm coming!" Kain replied. When all three were seated at a lunch table, he lowered his voice. "I think...I think I saw Konno Kakeru just now."

Aido nearly spit half of his burger out and Ruka choked on her peach tea. "What?" they chorused.

Kain told them about how the vampire hunter had just disappeared. "Something fishy is definitely going on," Aido rubbed his chin. "Konno is on to us. That's the only reasonable explanation. It's a vampire hunter instinct."

Then the bell rang and they broke up into their different classes. Kain waved a half-hearted goodbye and left for the next half of his boring day.

"Class!" The teacher seemed to be in high spirits. "Guess who's coming back to class after a whole year!"

Some girls whispered excitedly and the guys exchanged looks of mournfulness.

"Let's all welcome back Konno-kun!"

Kain's brain switched on. Konno-kun? Surely...sensei couldn't mean...

He turned his head to the door and he felt as if a cold breeze of menace surrounded him. There he was...Konno Kakeru, the vampire hunter. Standing at the door with his perfect girl-magnet figure.

All the girls squealed in delight that their favourite 'Konno-kun' had returned to school. The boys moaned and one student shouted out that he had hoped to at least get one girl but now all that hope was lost. Kain, of course, didn't feel any of these human expressions. In fact, then, he only felt terror and insecurity.

"Konno-kun, you can have your old seat back. We have been reserving it for you," the teacher smiled. Konno walked down the row of desks and Kain's eyes widened as he stared at the empty desk right next to him. Oh, please no...

It felt like the end of the world when Konno took his seat next to Kain. Kain felt an icy chill crawl up his spine and he felt like running away.

'Slap out of it, Akatsuki!' he told himself. 'You've never felt like this before!'

"Hello, Kain-kun. It's nice to meet you here," Konno smiled. Kain forced back a smile too. "Nice to meet you here too...Konno-kun. What a coincidence."

"No, no Kain-kun," Konno turned to look at Kain. "It isn't a coincidence. It's fate."

Yup. That's the end of chapter 5. Yay, a wave of relief finally washes over...whatever ok. ^^ So SUPER SORRY THAT I TOOK SO LONG TO UPDATE. I WAS WRITING ANOTHER VK FANFIC AND I GOT CARRIED AWAY.

SO SORRY! *does deep traditional japanese bow of awesome respect*

pls stay wif me for the next chapter!

-Tsuki :P