Hanabusa Aido

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

Character outline
His height is 177 cm (5'8" 3/4) and has pale skin like most of the vampires. He is very outgoing and charismatic, often playing up in front of 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. 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. Aido 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. Aido, along with Akatsuki Kain, is known as Kaname's right hand men.

Background
Aido first met Kaname Kuran with hostility. He later learns that Kaname was royalty, he refuses to extend friendship to the other boy. Year later, at their next meeting, he confesses that he immediately liked Kaname and pledges his loyalty. Aido becomes a fierce and loyal friend to Kaname.

Plot Summary
Aido's first appears when Yuki Cross jumps in to deal with two day class girls violating the curfew, when Yuki notes one of them bleeding, Aido and Kain arrive. Yuki was afraid of what they might do to those girls but Aido 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. Aido bites her hand, and drinks her blood. He was going to bite her neck but is stopped by Zero Kiryu. Luckily, the two girls fainted and were taken to the chairman to have their memories modified. He later confronts Yuki, jealous over Kaname's special attention toward a human and after she reveals that was saved by Kaname, he says that she should ask Kaname to drink all her blood for which Kaname punishes him.

Aido has a crisis of faith when he witnesses Kaname kill Shizuka Hio. Aido 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 Aido and when Yuki gives Aido some of Zero's blood tablets, Aido 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, Aido 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, Aido is seen to be Yuki's personal teacher and continues as her protector. Aido does his best to ensure Yuki follows the rules, finding that it is he who is punished when she violates them. Aido 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 Shouto 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, Aido is left to follow Zero who shows up and takes Yuki to a hunter headquarters. When Yuki flees the scene, Aido 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 Aido's despair. Aido 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. Aido declines leaving wishing to continue his duty to protect her. Later Zero comes to tell him that yuki is on the move. Aido thinks that Zero only came to see if he is tormented by hatered for Kaname and responds that he is not like him. Later he joins Yuki proclaiming his loyalty to her.

Trivia

 * "Hanabusa" means "petals of a flower". "Aidou" means "indigo temple".
 * He is the roommate and cousin of Akatsuki Kain.
 * Aido's ability to conjure and control ice is the opposite of his cousin Akatsuki's, which is the ability to conjure and control fire.
 * The Aido family is pro-monarchy like the Kain, Souen, and Toya families.
 * Aido got his nickname of "Idol" from Yuuki, when she stated that he was like an idol, causing the Day Class girls to go crazy.