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[She's not very sure of what she should say.]

[Kaname notices his kin. Face unmoved. He extends his hands as if reaching for Yuki's cheeks.]

Yuuki~

[And she takes a step back.]

...I wasn't expecting to see you.

[Kaname watched as Yuuki moved away from him. A frown faintly evident on his serene face]

Who were you expecting to see, Yuuki?

I wasn't expecting anyone, but...

[This is uncomfortable.]

[Yuuki didn't need to say anything. Kaname can read her thoughts, emotions and qualms like he always did. He walked slowly towards Yuuki and grazed her forehead with his lips]

but...?

Which movie are you referring to?

[Because there are apparently a great many vampire movies in this day and age, and a majority of them are saturated with misconceptions.]

[Kaname pauses looking at the unfamiliar man for a brief moment]

The movie whose author believes that vampires shine like diamonds.

[The unfamiliar man is actually more of an unfamiliar boy-- fourteen, fifteen years old at most-- and one who gives a rather incredulous look at the description offered.]

That's a new one. [And somehow... quite possibly the most ridiculous mistake he has ever heard.] And a glaring error at that.

[Human age means nothing to Kaname. He has lived for millions of years. And even when he was reborn, he always thought of himself as a man, even with a little boy's body]

[His lips curl at the pun, but not thoroughly amused] An error I look forward to correcting.

I'd best warn you that there are a lot of weaklings out there who think they're hot stuff. And they're more annoying than than the usual bottom-feeders.

They're nothing more than pests then. It's the quiet warmongerers that I think needs attention.

Even pests can pose a great problem, depending on where they're from. That's the downside of having blokes from different realities thrown together in one.

But you'll probably find a sprinkling of the kinds that build bases of thinking followers, too.

No matter how much they glorify themselves, they're still pests. Lowly creatures which need proper instruction.

[He eyes the unfamiliar man]

I suppose you are a thinker, as well as experienced with dealing with such pests.

More than just the pests.

[He'll take on the warmongers, too.

Though, for now, he'll just be paying attention to the stranger's movements. Even if someone addresses you politely, it doesn't mean they won't turn out to be an enemy.]

Interesting.

[Kaname wasn't good with showing his true colours to anyone else aside from his beloved Yuuki. He has trust issues, and people found it difficult to trust him. They loved him and yet ultimately feared him. Kaname wasn't an ordinary vampire. He was the oldest ancestor of his clan. His clan was the most powerful of all vampire families and he was a pureblood. Nobles and all the other vampires know well to fear him]

Are you perhaps a bounty hunter?

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[Walter, on the other hand, virtually telegraphs his intentions. He's the frontlines type-- the sort who relies on how fast he thinks on his feet and adapts to the situation at hand.]

A specialist. But my official title is butler.

[And because he isn't about to one-sidedly give out information even in an environment like this--]

And yourself?

If you don't mind me saying, you don't look like a butler.

[Kaname wasn't really prepared to tell the man that he was a pureblood and the king of all vampires. So he gave a serene smile.]

I am a student of the Night Class of Cross Academy

[The English youth's expression shifts to one of almost macabre amusement, the name of the alleged academy having struck him as ironic given the religious significance of the cross.]

Sounds like an unusual school. Are they aware of your condition?

Of course. It was created by me, for my kind.

A school for vampires.

[At first, he isn't quite sure which part of that statement he finds more amusing; the idea of someone going to the trouble to make a school and then attend it as a student, or the idea of vampires in a group, taking classes together. Or the name of the school for vampires.

The name quickly wins out. After all, his humour does tend to drift towards the darker side.]

Unusual sort, aren't you.

[An instance of the pot calling the kettle black, as Walter happens to be a teenaged butler and a top-notch vampire hunter within his particular setting. He'll let the stranger come to whatever conclusions he reaches on his own, though.]

Not just vampires. We have humans as well in our midst.

[Kaname knew what sort of person this unfamiliar man was. It wasn't easy to take away the scent of a vampires blood from your skin]

I don't find anything unusual about it. Do you?

Yes.

[He's never heard of such a thing before. It definitely qualifies as unusual in his book. Like expecting foxes to live peacefully with chickens.]

I hope someone competent is watching over the students.

I don't see anything wrong with co-existing. Humans have learned to co-exist with many creatures more powerful than them. Why not vampires?

[He glances over the butler and gives him a slight smirk]

If you define competent as the man who never ages, and who is known as the most infamous and powerful vampire hunter around, then yes, I have someone competent watching over the academy.

[Although he must admit, Kurosu acts quite childishly at times]

And how is it that he never ages?

[Because that little detail is important, too. If the person prolonged their life or youth through the consumption of vampire blood, he would take issue with it. But if there were some other means of accomplishing such a feat that didn't have too steep a price attached... he might allow himself to be persuaded into thinking of such a person as competent.]

He's a hunter. A long time ago, his ancestors feasted on a vampire's body. And consequently, they gave birth to humans that don't age.

Disgraceful. [He means it. He looks genuinely disgusted by the idea, especially given that the motives for such actions tend to be the desire for power and longevity-- the same reason some people aspire to become vampires. He's killed his fair share of those types.]

Hopefully the following generations didn't inherit the little catch that comes with such arrangements as well.

Yes. [Kaname did not meet his gaze, but it was evident that there was sadness in his eyes. He remembered his beloved, who sacrificed herself, giving her body and blood to the hunters to help them defend themselves from the purebloods a million years ago]

Hopefully. It was necessary for them at a time. And I think it's still necessary.

[Despite the vampire's strange mannersims, Walter does not hesitate to voice his dissenting opinion.]

By what stretch of the imagination would it be necessary to consume a vampire?

[Kaname's expression was not pleasant, neither did he welcome the question. But he still gave a decent response]

I don't know what vampires you are used to. However, except for a minority of lowly level E vampires, most of the vampires I know have god-like strength and regenerating ability. Petty human weapons don't work on us. This holds especially true for noble bloods and pure bloods. If their ancestors didn't consume that vampire before, the humans as we know it, would have been extinct.

I wouldn't know what to consider God-like, but even the weakest of vampires can tear through a human like rags where I'm from. And their regenerative abilities are far beyond what a human would consider normal. And a few other unpleasant attributes as well-- the ability to turn others and make more of their kind with so much as a single bite, for example.

[Granted, one has to be a virgin to be turned into a vampire in his particular canon. And primarily a virgin of the opposite sex, to boot.]

As for their blood... Partaking of even a lesser vampire's blood would cause trouble. Promoting such a course of action as a means to gain strength is unacceptable. There are other means.

You seem to have a firm understanding of what vampires are. Those attributes you've mentioned are available to most vampires. Special skills such as producing air, ice, water, and fire from nothing are available to the higher kind.

[He on the other hand can convert vampires at will, with no requirement of virginity]

If it was possible, I assure you, I would have suggested it to the humans long ago for their self-preservation.

They'll never learn to walk on their own if someone keeps carrying them.

[It's a fundamental difference in opinion not helped at all by the fact that Walter is a hunter whose body is free in all ways imaginable from the taint of vampirism. It's almost as though his very existence is being denied, and he never did take kindly to being dismissed-- not even when the underestimation came from an ally.]

I won't apologize if you disagree with the method. But I assure you, those humans wouldn't be walking anymore if they did not do it.

[Humans had no special abilities in his world. All of them plain, powerless and would die within a second of being in the midst of any vampire]

I'm not asking for your apology. I'm saying don't be surprised when they're destroyed from the inside thanks to a lot of weak links with a taste for vampire blood.

[Irritable, he pulls out a pack of cigarettes. His eyes never leaving the vampire in front of him, he brings the package up to his mouth, withdrawing a single cigarette from its contents by grasping it between his incisors.

Everyone has their poison. Smoking is his.]

That is a growing concern for the Hunter Association I believe.

[He looks at the man unmoved by his smoking habits]

Do you mean in the same way that those cigars ruin your body?

No. I mean in the way where someone they trust sets them up to be slaughtered for the sake of a little extra power.

[By little, he means potentially considerable-- it's just that his particular disdain towards such types happens to colour his language.]

And how would you propose to do it then?

[Returning the package to his waistcoat, he begins ticking off various suggestions with the finger of his recently-freed hand.]

Better weaponry, for starters. Train them to engage their enemy at a distance first, to navigate as though it were their second nature, and to do it with strength and stamina that would rival and exceed any traditional soldier.

[All fingers extended, he starts over.]

And force them into doing it all while they're absolutely terrified.

While I admire your tactics and creativity. These are no more than futile attempts that will shed human blood and not vampire blood.

And why is it necessary for them to be terrified?

Because even if you train them to be strong and fast, give them the best anti-vampire weapons the world has to offer-- even if you enhance their natural abilities through something as stupid as feeding them the blood of a vampire-- it's all worthless if they freeze up in real combat.

Terror can do that to a person.

The Hunter Association would benefit from your advice. Best give it to them. They will need it.

[Kaname gives him a bored look that was bordering on sarcasm]