Wednesday: October 31, 2007
Who: Logan and Mitsuko
When: Nighttime
Where: Somewhere between the festival and their cottage
What: Walking home and discussing... Certain matters regarding a tiny psychopath.

As the festival was winding down, Logan met up with Mitsuko. Neither of them looked particularly happy with the course of the evening. Logan had his unfortunate run in with Chris and Hayate, which left him with a bad taste in his mouth. Mitsuko, on the otherhand, was upset about lack of run-in. She had looked for Loki and had spied him, getting drunk with Adair. That her boyfriend would rather get smashed with a guy dressed as a dwarf or something wasn't the most thrilling discovery.

"How was your night?" Mitsuko asked Logan as they walked together towards their cottage.

Logan gave a slight shrug, not really sure what he was supposed to say with all of the thoughts going through his head. His thoughts of Kaiya and Chris, usually so separate, were all jumbled together now. Because of him. Hayate. Who was a vampire.

"I ran into Chris and Hayate," Logan finally managed.

Mitsuko's head jerked to the side to look at her half-brother. "I told you to stay away from Hayate, Logan! I know you want to be around your friend, but...."

"Did you know he was a vampire?" Logan asked, ignoring Mitsuko's rant. He thought he knew the answer, based on how serious she was about him not being around Hayate. He looked up at Mitsuko, his eyes full of innocent question.

Mitsuko nodded slowly. "Yeah. I did. And he's dangerous, Logan. You shouldn't be around him. I wish Chris wouldn't be around him, but I'm not her guardian. There's nothing I can do to stop her." There were some thing he could do-- such as talk to Emily-- but she had to take things carefully.

"I guess Irei told you what happened to him." Logan murmured. He knew how close Irei and Mitsuko were and considering how verbal he'd been with Chris and Hayate...

"What happened to Irei?" Mitsuko asked, shocked at this revelation. "Hayate did something to Irei?" It suddenly made sense. The bite marks on his neck. While Mitsuko had wondered idly if it might have been Hayate, she never really entertained it as a reality. Mitsuko sighed. "No... He didn't tell me. But... It makes sense."

Logan frowned deeply, cocking his head. "Why would you think Hayate is dangerous if you didn't know?"

"Logan..." Mitsuko spoke slowly, shaking her head. "I really don't want to tell you..."

"We shouldn't have secrets," Logan said softly. "You're my sister."

Mitsuko nodded slowly. "All right." She took another deep breath. "But you have promise me you won't do anything about this. It's my responsibility, Logan. I'll take care of it."

Logan nodded silently, eyes wide as he looked up at Mitsuko.

"Irei... Isn't the only person Hayate has bitten." She put a hand up to calm Logan when he started to react to this revelation. "Just... Don't. Please. When I went to the Med Pav... It wasn't for exhaustion like I said. It was blood loss. The night before, I met Hayate and... He bit me."

She bit her lip. "Logan, you can't do anything. I'm telling you... It's not safe. I don't know what's going on with him and Chris. But I am going to find out. And I'm going to take care of Hayate. Just do your best to stay out of his way." She turned to him and put her hands on Logan's shoulders. "And don't tell Chris about what Hayate did to me. It's not going to change her mind about him. Girls are stupid when it comes to the guys they like."

She cradled Logan's face, before leaving in and giving him a kiss on the forehead. "It'll be all right. I promise."

So... Hayate had sunk his teeth into Irei. Well, Mitsuko would have to have a talk with him. And with Faye. It seemed they needed to move quickly with that tiny psycho.