The Bloodied Rose
Chapter 1
Disclaimer~ The story and characters in this Fan Fiction are based from my imagination. The characters other than Fuyuko and Yakumo, are the works of Hino Matsuri and belong to her as well as the base of the story from Vampire Knight
Zero's POV:
The silver haired prefect roamed around the Cross Academy campus, his hands stuffed inside his pant pockets. He carried a stern look on his face as he always did when he patrolled the campus at night. His lavender colored eyes searched every corner and dark shadow for any of the day class students skipping out to see the night class students. His job had gotten harder ever since Yuki had left, but he still continued like he did before. 'No don't think about her. She isn't Yuki Cross anymore, she's a Kuran. A monster." He sighed this silver bangs covering his eyes. He coughed wearily, his one hand rubbing at his throat. His throat burned and a familiar ache began to work its way to his gums. He wanted blood, but he refused to hunt.
He heard a loud crack behind him and then"oof" and he turned around to see someone lying on the ground. He glared, his thirst momentarily forgotten as he walked up to the small figure. It was a girl. No not just a girl, but indeed the girl Kaien Cross, the headmaster from Cross Academy, had assigned to be his new partner and guardian. "Oi!" He glared at the unmoving form in front of him. "Oi…." He stepped forward looking at the pale doll like face that faced him on the ground. 'What was her name again…Ahh yes it was Fuyuko' "Oi Fuyuko, are you alright?" He bent down to check on her when suddenly her eyes flashed open, exposing deep blue eyes. He stared at them for a moment and then stepped back. The girl stood up, brushing grass and twigs down from her uniform. "Sorry about that….I missed a branch.." She looked up at his face and smiled. "You shouldn't be climbing tree's like a kid. You're supposed to be patrolling." He turned his heel from her and walked on.
The girl steadily caught up with him, a small smile on her lips. "Yes sorry, it won't happen again." He increased his pace, hoping to lose her, but she caught up with him easily, her legs moving a grace he didn't know a human could carry. If it weren't for the fact that she was a vampire hunter, he'd suspect her of being one of those pure bloods. Honestly for someone who was blind she was a pretty good hunter and she had even better reflexes, although she was not perfect. To him she was just a partner helping to keep the kids at school in line, but she could never truly replace the girl he had before. She could never replace Yuki. Oh yes, a blind girl was a vampire hunter, well known in fact and came from a much known line of hunters too. The stopped moving and he moved his head back to look at her. Light blonde hair caressed her pale face delicately, blue crystal eyes peering up from long dark lashes; she looked exactly like hand crafted doll. She looked so easy to break, but she wasn't. She was stronger than him even with her blindness and her small size. "Kiryu-san…I wanted to say thank you for accepting me as your new partner…" He averted his eyes and looked ahead as her light voice spoke. "No need to thank me. I merely did as the headmaster suggested. I couldn't have said no even if I wanted to anyway." His voice was cold and distant, a habit he had gotten quite used to doing when trying to avoid any attachments.
"I-I know, but thank you anyways…" She looked down at the ground, her lashes touching her cheekbones. A small wind breeze cut through the air, bringing with it the sweet scent of vanilla and lilacs. He covered his nose and mouth with one hand, quickly rushing off to catch his breath. His throat burned and his vision was suddenly tinted red. He coughed, but it came out muffled due to his hand covering his mouth.
"Kiryu…kun?" A small light voice called out to him and closed his eyes, clenching his mouth shut.
Fuyuko's POV:
Fuyuko Kyoshiro was a 17 year old vampire hunter. Although most hunters frowned at the thought of a blind girl under 5'3 to be a hunter since they considered her to be invalid and only a liability to the association She kept on with her job though and soon made out to be one of the few good hunters. Of course she had needed a special school that would accept her blindness and her absents from school on days that she was called to work, so her family shipped her off with her older brother Yakumo to Cross Academy. For Yuko it was a chance to be normal and maybe even make some friends, but for her brother, it wasn't that simple.
She looked ahead where she heard the coughing noise and figured it was Zero, her prefect partner. "Kiryu…Kun?" She asked and walked up behind him. She could only see blackness, but she knew from her heightened senses something was wrong. "Are you alright?" When he didn't answer she put a hand on his arm, but he yanked away roughly. She looked puzzled for a moment and felt a small sting of rejection and thought it was because of her blindness. "Ahh….I'm sorry…I'd best go to patrolling then…" She walked off leaving the prefect standing there. She sighed and let out breath of air.
Yuko sensed someone standing ahead of her and stopped. "I told you to stay away from him didn't I? I don't like that Kiryu…" She frowned and walked past the person, feeling quite annoyed. "I have to be with him since we work together. Besides I'm not a little girl you can control anymore. I'm 17 and I am entitled to make friends with whomever I wish Yakumo-kun." She walked off, but her brother grabbed her arm tightly. "He is dangerous. He doesn't feel right. He's a vampire for the love of-" She cut him off before he even finished. "I know what he is. I don't need your reminders. I deal with vampires every day, so handling this one isn't a problem. Besides Zero wouldn't hurt me or anyone else and you know it." Yakumo snorted and let go of her arm. "Yes you dealt with vampires by killing them, but not by working with them." Yuko glared angrily at her brother. 'Why is he being so stubborn?' "Alright if you can't handle the fact that I am growing up then ask mother and father to adopt a baby that you can bully around, since that is what your good at." She stomped off in another direction, not caring if she looked like a child or not. "I'm sorry…But that silver haired prefect doesn't seem right no matter how you put it." "Ahh so his hair is silver? Interesting…" She smiled to herself. "Oi don't get such a lovey dovey look on your face!" She giggled at her brother's harsh tone and kept on walking. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were jealous onii-san." She smirked and left her brother alone, feeling his angry glare at her back