Hanabusa Aido

"The Proud Right-Hand Man."

Hanabusa Aido (藍堂 英, Aid'ō' Hanabusa), nicknamed "Idol" by the Day Class girls. Hanabusa is a noble vampire and possesses the ability to freeze matter. With the death of his father, Hanabusa has become the head of the Aido family.

Character concept
Hanabusa was the second character design to be completed after Yuki.

Name
"Hanabusa" means "petals of a flower." "Aido" means "indigo temple."

Appearance
Hanabusa's hair color is of golden blonde, and his eyes are an electric blue, matching his flirtatious personality. Due to it being quite an intricate colour, it is quite hard to describe, usually simply called bright blue, turquoise or aqua.

Personality
Hanabusa is very outgoing and charismatic, often flirting with the Day Class girls. He is also careless about keeping the fact that he is a vampire secret, often asking girls what their blood type is, even going so far as to drink Yuki's blood in front of two girls in Volume I. His actions frequently draw Kaname's disapproval, and he is usually punished for his brashness by the Pureblood. He cares very deeply for his friends and is fiercely loyal to Kaname and Akatsuki. Hanabusa has displayed immense curiosity too, delving deep into the Kuran's family history in an attempt to find out what happened to Kaname's parents ten years ago. He is also very observant, realising Zero Kiryu was a vampire and that Kaname did not care to have everyone know. As a child he did not like Kaname Kuran, even telling Kaname he hated him. He also states that this was probably because due to the attention given to him by his older siblings, he thought he was the smartest and most important boy in the entire world.

Background
Hanabusa is the heir of the Aido family, one of the highest lineage of vampire aristocratic families alongside the Ichijo family. Hanabusa has three older sisters who spoiled him as the youngest child. Since he was young, Hanabusa has been playmates with his cousins from the branch families, Akatsuki Kain and Ruka Souen. Hanabusa, along with Akatsuki Kain, are known as Kaname's right hand men.

Plot Summary
Hanabusa first appears when Yuki is at crossing time and we see Aido flirting with a few Day Class girls. Later, when Yuki Cross jumps in to deal with two day class girls violating the curfew, Yuki notes one of them is bleeding, then Hanabusa and Akatsuki arrive. Yuki was afraid of what they might do to those girls but Hanabusa tells her that they came especially to see Yuki. Yuki swung down from a tree and scraped open her hands and the scent of her blood attracted them. Hanabusa bites her hand and drinks her blood. He was going to bite her neck but is stopped by Zero Kiryu, who shoots into a tree trunk with his Bloody Rose, giving him a fright. Luckily, the two girls fainted and were taken to the Headmaster to have their memories modified. He later confronts Yuki, jealous over Kaname's special attention toward a human and after she reveals that she was saved by Kaname, he says that she should ask Kaname to drink all her blood for which Kaname punishes him.

Hanabusa has a crisis of faith when he witnesses Kaname kill Shizuka Hio. Hanabusa runs away and ends up staying with Zero and Yuki at the headmaster's house as Zero refuses to allow him into his room. Zero and Yuki do their best to accomodate the fussy Hanabusa and when Yuki gives Hanabusa some of Zero's blood tablets, Hanabusa reveals he is aware that Zero is a vampire, but promises not to reveal his secret. He talks to Yuki about Kaname and agrees when she says she is ok even if she is betrayed by Kaname. He returns with renewed faith in Kaname after that.

During the Rido Kuran saga, Hanabusa is appointed as Yuki's relunctant protector in the beginning, he fails to see her worth and grumbles about the task until he comes to the conclusion that Kaname has placed a great deal of faith in asking him to do it, but Kaname does not confirm this. When Yuki leaves her room against orders, he fails to convince her to return, when she returns he expresses surprise to see her cry as a pureblood.

Currently riding on a train, he, Ruka, and Akatsuki are on their way home to see their families for a little while, after deciding that they would search for Kaname and Yuki after their short visit.

A year later, Hanabusa is seen to be Yuki's personal teacher and continues as her protector. Hanabusa does his best to ensure Yuki follows the rules, finding that it is he who is punished when she violates them. Hanabusa is forced to accompany Yuki when she leaves the Kuran Mansion and he is unable to convince her to stay. He follows her to the resendence of Isaya Shoto puzzled at her actions and tries to protect her from Isaya's threat. Yuki prevents him from attacking Touma after the pureblood threatens Yuki and she gets injured trying to protect him. When Yuki collapses, Hanabusa is left to follow Zero who shows up and takes Yuki to a hunter headquarters. When Yuki flees the scene, Hanabusa is left to be arrested by Zero to be interrogate. When it becomes apparent he knows nothing, the hunters attempt to return him to the Kuran mansion. Yuki hijacks the paddywagon and they instead are diverted to to the Hanadagi palace. They arrive in time to witness his father acquiesing to being killed by Kaname to Hanabusa's despair. Hanabusa returns with Kaien back to the headquarters of the Hunter's Society. Yuki finds him weeping alone in a room, she attempts to comfort him and tells him he can leave and that she will take responsibility to find out why Kaname killed his father. Hanabusa declines leaving wishing to continue his duty to protect her. Later Zero comes to tell him that Yuki is on the move. Hanabusa thinks that Zero only came to see if he is tormented by hatred for Kaname and responds that he is not like him. Later he joins Yuki proclaiming his loyalty to her.

Kaname Kuran
While Hanabusa did not like Kaname at their first meeting (In the manga's seventh volume, Kaname apologises if he did anything to upset Hanabusa. Hanabusa tells him that it's not his fault, he just hates him), he was Kaname's most loyal follower at the Night Class, also telling Kaname that he loved him (most likely in a non-sexual way).

Akatsuki Kain
Akatsuki is Hanabusa's cousin and best friend. They are room mates together at Cross Academy, where their cousin Ruka Souen also attends.

Yuki Cross
Yuki and Hanabusa begin as classmates in the Day and Night Classes, respectively, at Cross Academy, but later, after Yuki is revealed to be a Pureblood vampire, Hanabusa ends up becoming both her tutor and her companion, attempting to protect Yuki in Kaname's stead.

Powers
Hanabusa possesses standard noble vampire powers, such as accelerated healing. Hanabusa's ability to conjure and control ice is the opposite of his cousin Akatsuki's, which is the ability to conjure and control fire.