Hey everyone; here's the third installment to my "Twin Thing" series. It really should have a name change, since Arisu and Yuuki are no longer twins biologically, but since it's the same storyline I decided not to change it. Now here's when things get interesting, since I won't be following the original storyline much.

If you're stumbling across this for the first time, then you might want to read the first and second. You can find them off of my profile. It would be easier that way rather than trying to work the links in here.

I hope you all enjoy Arisu's new adventures!

The feeling of silk sheets against her skin was the first sensation Arisu felt. Her head was groggy as she sat up, letting the blankets fall around her. She pushed herself out of bed and left the room as she started wandering the halls. It was only a few moments before the eerie silence was broken.

"Princess Arisu!" Aido commented as he spotted the girl just down the hall. His eyes grew wide as a blush crept across his cheeks. He bowed quickly, "I see that you are finally awake, but you might want to go back to your room and change."

"Hua?" Arisu ran her hands through her messy black hair and looked down. She was shocked awake, finding herself in an off-white nightgown that rested at her knees. She panicked, blasting Aido down with a gust of wind before she turned and ran back into her room, slamming the door loudly.

She made sure that the door was locked before sliding down the back of the door. After controlling her breathing, she was finally able to calm herself down. After picking herself up off the ground, she searched the closet for something proper to wear. Everything inside was frilly and dressy. Not her usual style. She picked out a skirt that brushed the ground, and a matching dust-pink blouse.

After running her hands through her long hair, she opened the door slowly to reveal Aido waiting outside. "Sorry about earlier."

He cut her off quickly, "don't bring it up again. Just make sure you're decent before you leave your room in the future." He turned and started down the hall way.

Her brow crumpled in confusion. Her mind hadn't caught up with the situation yet. 'What is going on here?'

"Are you coming?" the blond paused and looked back. She was still standing in the doorway. "You have lessons."

"Lessons?" She took a few steps out of her door. "What are you talking about? And where's Kaname?" Her mind had fully awakened, catching up the present. "What's going on? The last thing I remember is walking…"

Aido sighed as he joined her, "You fell asleep on our way here. Lord Kaname put you to bed. You have lessons on Vampire history, etiquette, and combat." He turned his back on the girl again as he lead the way down the hall.

She followed him silently. They walked into a large room lined with shelves overflowing with books. A table was set up in the middle with a small pile of books awaiting them. Aido indicated for Arisu to sit down. She took her seat as he grabbed one of the books off the pile.

"Now should we begin our lesson?"

"You're my teacher?" Arisu's blue eyes were wide with shock.

He didn't falter at her tone, "of course I am; who else is there?"

Arisu slinked down in her chair, "I don't know, this is all still pretty new to me you know."

Aido sighed again, "I will be teaching you history, Akatsuki will be your combat teacher, and Ruka will teach you etiquette."

"You still never answered my other question."

"Lord Kaname is out at the moment. He will return as soon as he can." Aido repeated the phrase, as if he was waiting for the cue. Silence followed.

The pupil sorted through the pile of books, "I already know most of this stuff," a small pile of books were neatly stacked in front of her. Aido gave her a quizzical look. She responded to answer his unspoken question. "I read most of these back at the moon dorms during my down time."

"Really?" Aido was surprised at her initiative. "Well that makes things a little easier."

Arisu spoke up before Aido could continue with their lesson. "Do you know what Kaname is up to?"

Aido looked saddened, "he didn't tell us what he was going to do."

"Oh," Arisu's voice dropped as she looked at the tablecloth. A few minutes passed in silence before she spoke up again, "I want to go outside."

"That is the one thing that Lord Kaname wishes you not to do."

"Why?"

"Don't question Lord Kaname's motives." Ruka entered the room now, followed by Akatsuki.

Arisu just glared at her. She didn't like this new feeling; being in a cage. Before, her main concern was the humans finding out about her. She lived a life of fear. She found some security at the Cross Academy, but that ended rather quickly. Now she was to stay in this house, confined for an unknown reason.

"This place," she took the time to look around the library. It looked familiar to her, the bedroom she awoke in seemed familiar as well. "Wait…this is my old house!" it finally dawned on her.

"Yes," Ruka answered, her tone was tight. "Now, if you've completed your history lesson for the day, we should get to your etiquette lessons."

Aido's cool façade cracked, "who said that we were done?" He snapped at Ruka as he stood up quickly, knocking his chair down.

"It's not my fault that your lesson was short. Her lessons with me start at one." Ruka response was snide.

"She needed her rest!" the blond defended Arisu as he stood tall before Ruka.

Akatsuki spoke up to quell the fighting. "It's her first day, let's just keep things light."

"Fine." Both Aido and Ruka agreed.

The beautiful honey-brown haired aristocrat took over, kicking the boys out of the room. Ruka explained what she would be covering in her lessons. How to conduct oneself in public; to be a proper lady. Arisu had the feeling that Ruka would be very strict.

Akatsuki came in an hour or so later, and moved the table with ease. He started off light, showing her basic positions that would be best for using her wind ability. The lesson didn't last long, and he wasn't very talkative; but his tone was kinder than Ruka's.

The four of them ate dinner that Akatsuki had prepared before going their own ways. Arisu walked back to her windowless room and looked around. There was an elegant four-poster bed off in one corner. Near the foot of the bed was a door that lead to her large closet, filled with girly and frilly clothes that she had found earlier. Against the opposite wall was a large couch and table. Near there was a door, which she remembered led to an extravert bathroom.

She walked over to the couch and sat down, looking lazily across her room. Being back in this room, it was so surreal to her. Sitting alone in the silence allowed her mind to play back all that had brought her up to this point.

'I was killed, or so what everyone was lead to believe. An elderly woman had rescued me and started nursing me back to life. I escaped, after realizing my true nature: I was a vampire. Over the following years I moved from city to city; school to school, masquerading as a human. I supplemented myself with my own blood when the time would come now and again. Anytime the humans got suspicious, or another vampire was about to see through my facade; I would move on.'

'Then everything started to change when I moved onto my next school: Cross Academy. That first night when I came in late; I ran into her. Then in less than twenty four hours; my cover as a human had already been blown. At that academy; there was a whole class of vampires. And they were lead by Kaname.'

'He told me that Yuuki Cross was my twin. How our mother had sacrificed herself to suppress Yuuki's vampire genes so she could live a normal life. Everything was quiet for a bit until the night Zero, a vampire hunter-turned vampire bit Yuuki. I snapped, and attempted to attack him. That's when my true nature, and true status; was reveled. I am a Pure-Blood Vampire.'

'After an attack by another Pure-Blood, Shizuka Hio; things really started to heat up. I let Zero drink from me, to save him from falling to Level E; for Yuuki's sake. After that, I was left back at the dorm for a few things. Kaname was protecting me from the rest of the Vampire world; but that wouldn't last forever. The invisible bond between my twin and I grew as Yuuki tried to remember her missing past. I did research, and found a way to absorb Yuuki's emerging vampire genes. I became the true Pure Blood Vampire Princess.'

'Things didn't slow down; a man by the name of Rido threatened the campus. He kidnapped Yuuki, threatening to bite her. Zero and I defeated him just in time. Kaname came back for me after going on his own mission, and we started off on our new lives. But…'

That's where things abruptly stopped. Kaname wasn't there, she was to stay inside the house, and she had lessons with Kaname's friends. Arisu gently closed her eyes, trying to bottle up the emotions that were bubbling to the surface.

'Vampires, especially Pure Bloods, do not show their emotions.' Ruka's lecture from earlier echoed in Arisu's mind.

Arisu pulled her knees up to her chest. Clutching her legs, she rested her chin on her knees. A name brushed past her lips quietly, "Kaname."