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Sometimes, luck comes from nowhere. And sometimes, luck comes from the metro. I was thinking to take the train home from Harajuku when I ran into Kana, Sora and Aito at Meijijingumae Station. Vampires, freedom fighters and so gorgeous they make one week-kneed. So, what can a poor fan-girl do? Beg on her bare knees for an interview, of course. Kana agreed.

 Going to a café nearby, Sora and Aito sat down a bit away so I and Kana could talk. Kana didn't even ask if I wanted anything, ever the gentleman, he just bought. Fine with me. Studying him from a bit away, as he tended to his lovers, two thing hit me. Kana is impeccably dressed every time we meet, and he is thin. Thin, thin, thin. Without being fragile, of course, for he is strong as hell. As he came and sat down with me he asked:

 -What can I do for you?

 Once again, I smiled a little from hearing his voice. Despite 400 years of mostly speaking Common, and 200 years since Japanese, and all other languages, utterly died out, Kana had his Kyoto, Japan accent.

 -Do you promise to be entirely honest, I asked.

 -Of course. For you, anything.

 -Well, then. Tell me just how old you are.

 -427. I was born 2239, the year they came.

 I nodded. It was the year the Eastern Seaboard Alliance had decided to conquer the world, starting with Europe, covering Africa and the northern tundra, on-wards down China and southeast Asia.Kana hadn't been 20 years old when the whole globe was under their laws, banning everything that wasn't their own language and their own culture.

 -I've always been curious about your name. It's a girl's name, isn't it?

 Kana nodded.

 -My parents were... eccentric, I suppose.

 -Did it ever give you grief?

 -No. When I was a kid I always told those who teased me for my name just where my parents got the idea.

 -Which is?

 -I'm named after a Hawaiian deity.

 -I see, I laughed. Must have impressed a lot of your friends.

 Kana smiled. 

-Tell me about your childhood, I went on. You were born in Kyoto, right?

 -Yeah. In Sakyõ-ku.

 -Tell me about your parents.

 Kana paused. I must have poked something painful. But he still smiled when he answered.

 -My mother was a formidable woman. We had a lot of fun together. My father.....

 Kana shook his head. I spared him my curiosity.

 -Ken was more of a father to me, even though we didn't meet til I was 18.

 -Who is Ken, I asked, surprised.

 -My Sire, Kenjiro Nomura. He turned me into a vampire. And knocked some sense into me.

 -Troubled teens?

 -To say the least.

 -So, tell me, what's your earliest memory. Something about your mother?

 -I grew up in a war. My earliest memories are nightmares. But of course, having nightmares as a kid gave me a free ticket to my parents.

 -Of course. Had any nice dreams? Wanted grow up to be something special?

 -I wanted to be a superhero.

 -Isn't that exactly what you're doing? The superhero thing?

 Kana smirked at that thought.

 -Is it? I don't know. At least I'm not a lawyer.

 -Lawyer?

 -That's what my dad wanted me to be.

 -Did you ever consider it?

 -No, of course not. I was much to busy rebelling against him to consider anything he said.

 -What about childhood friends? Anyone in particular you miss?

 I could have bit of my own tongue and swallowed it. Kana's eyes darkened and he seemed for a moment to be very far away.

 -Toru Shimizu... we went to school together. I was in love with him when I was a teenager.

 -What happened to him, I asked tentatively.

 -He died. When we were 15. He was sick. Silly thing, when we were 10, even though we knew he was sick, we buried a tin box with stuff in the park. You know, like a time capsule. We promised each other that we'd dig it up again when we were 50.

 -Did you?

 Kana shook his head.

 -Toru was dead. I had no use for those things.

 -What if it's still there?

 -That feels very unlikely.

 -Don't you want to know?

 Kana didn't answer. I decided to change tracks.

 -So, about Sora and Aito. How long have you been together? Is it 200 years with Sora?

 -Yes. I turned him into a vampire 2442. After a couple of arguments.

 -He didn't want to?

 -Oh, he wanted to. I wasn't so sure. But now, I'm happy I did.

 -And Aito?

 -Aito Sora picked up five years ago, and kept him from me for two years.

 -So he cheated on you?

 -No. They weren't lovers then. When Sora fell in love with Aito, he told me. I was open to a change. Falling in love with Aito was easy. Now it's hard to imagine my life without him.