Cross Academy was in need of a new Guardian, since Yuki left with Kaname, Zero had to try to do it all on his own, still fighting back the urges of his own vampiric tendencies. He couldn't do it alone, he needed help, he needed…Yuki. At night he'd grab his head in pain, knowing that the girl he loved, was a pureblood vampire, left with Kaname Kuran, her brother and now fiancé. He couldn't make it at Cross without her, he couldn't hold back the screaming Day Class girls from trying to get to the Night Class students, the girls toned down a bit since Kaname Kuran, Hanabusa Aido and Akatsuki Kain had left. Ruka Souen also tagged along. The Day Class still would act wild, waiting for the Night Class, what they thought to be beautiful people, were monsters to Zero, vampires.

"Headmaster, any luck with a new Guardian yet? Maybe one that's not going to turn into a monster and leave?" Zero approached Headmaster Kaien.

"Actually, Zero, I have!" He exclaimed excitedly. Zero shook his head. Kaien Cross always seemed a bit overly excited about, well…everything.

"She's actually going to be here…"

*knock Knock*

"Now!" He ran to the door, flinging it open. "Sayomi!"

"Hello, Headmaster Cross."

"Zero Kiryuu, This is Sayomi Cross, my new adopted daughter!"

"What?" Zero's eyes widened.

"No, My name is Sayomi Kimura, you just found me and assumed that I would allow you to adopt me, which I never said that you could." Kaien's smile quickly turned into a frown. "I didn't come here to replace that vampire as your daughter, I came to replace her as a guardian." Zero was still in shock. "Anyways, hello Zero." She smiled, extending a hand to the boy in front of her. "Nice to meet you, guess from now on we are partners." He shrugged and walked off. Sayomi just stood there, watching curiously after the young man that she knew had much more to him than met the eye. There was something about him, something very strange, she wasn't sure if she liked that.

"You'll have to excuse Zero, he has been through a lot the past few weeks."

"He's all right, we'll get used to each other, He and Yuki were close then?"

"Yeah. Anyways, now for your uniform." He pulled out a Day Class uniform.

"Why can't I wear this?" She pointed at her outfit, which looked like a uniform, just not a Cross Academy uniform, it had the skirt, a blouse, a jacket, and even a tie. It was her usual vampire hunting uniform, it was just a little more grunge, rough and tumble.

"Well you are now a student here, and are required to wear a uniform, Miss Kimura." She sighed. She unstrapped her sword from her back, placing it on the floor, and then grabbing the uniform from Kaien.

"Restroom?" Kaien pointed the way, she finally came back from the bathroom. Kaien then handed her the armband that she was required to wear as a Guardian, what used to be Yuki's armband. She emerged from the office now on a search for Kiryu. As she walked through the courtyard, she noticed the stares, heard the whispers, everyone talking about her taking Yuki's place, comparing her to Yuki. She didn't want to be compared to a monster, a vampire, a pureblood.

Zero was hiding in his usual spot, in the stable. He was trying to organize his thoughts. Now that Kaien found a replacement for Yuki, he wasn't sure if he wanted it, because it wasn't Yuki. It was Sayomi, he barely even knew her, but knew that working with her would be so different. She seemed tougher, maybe it was the red hair, or the clothes, or just the way she talked. Then again working with someone that's not so fragile might be amazing, might make it simple, maybe scare those little Day Class girls, hell she probably could scare the Night Class. He heard footsteps approaching, he quickly stood up and tried sneaking away, but couldn't.

"Kiryu!" Sayomi yelled.

"Hm?" he turned around, there she was, right there, in his face. She was quick.

"Why'd you run away from me?"

"I didn't run away from you, we got introduced and that was it, didn't think we needed to have a conversation."

"It'd be nice to get to know the guy I'm going to be working with, and be around a lot, in a way, Cross did sort of adopt me, took me in, I have nowhere else to go, you both are sort of like my new family, I guess." She looked at the ground. Attempting to show off her more sensitive side, but Zero wasn't buying it, this girl wasn't sensitive.

"Okay…well…lets see…what were you doing before you came here?"

"I was a vampire hunter." That's all she had to say. She had Zero's undivided attention. "Guess you can say still am, but needed something else to do, revenge was getting old, needed a new hobby I guess, thought maybe I should go back to school, and now here I am."

"Yeah now your job will be to keep the crazy ass Day Class girls to away from the vampires."

"Oh joy." Sayomi rolled her eyes.

"Yeah I know, that's technically not the job description, we're supposed to protect the Day Class, but kinda think it's the Night Class that needs protecting."

"I already know what I'm supposed to do, but why in the hell do we have to be body guards for the Night Class? I really don't wanna protect their assets, I'm not going to work as that, I protect humans, I kill vampires, I don't keep the Night class safe from human molestation, that's not what I'm here for."

"That's exactly what I told Headmaster." He smirked a little, he knew that he and Sayomi would get along just fine. "Well it's getting to be that time, guess we should head towards the Night Class dorms."

"All right, let's do this. Partner." She nodded at Zero, and smiling.

ZERO POV

This girl, she's different, she's like me, and she hates vampires. I wonder what caused her hate them so passionately. I want to ask her, but I know she won't tell me, she hardly knows me. Well we're going to be working together for a while, so maybe I'll ask her one day. She has an interesting…aura…about her. I know working with her is going to be totally different from working with Yuki. I knew the moment she walked into the door that I had an interesting year ahead of me. I miss Yuki, but maybe she'll distract me, maybe not in the same ways. What'll happen when she finds out I'm really a vampire…what if she notices the pills. My thirst…her neck, looks so….NO NO NO! I can't have those thoughts. I believe this girl really could kill me, I need not to lose control around her. I wonder if I could ever get to be as close to her as I ever was to Yuki, More than likely not, I grew up with her, we knew everything about each other, she let me get close to her, I highly doubt this girl will let down her guard enough, especially when she finds out what I really am.

"Zero? Hello?"

"Hm? Oh right we're here."

"How did ya not notice with the screaming girls?"

"Sorry, just thinking." She looked over at me, curiously, I hope she doesn't ask what I was thinking.

"Oh…okay, well if you need to talk, I'll listen okay? I won't judge you, no matter what." She smiled at me. What did she mean by she won't judge? She doesn't know me well enough to know that there is really anything to judge…what does she know?

"You going to help? Or just stay in a daze Kiryu?"

"Sorry Sayomi. Back up girls, back up." Sayomi tried pushing some girls back too, one made the mistake of back talking at her, just like they used to do to Yuki.

"Who do you think you are? Coming in taking over Yuki's place, you'll never replace her."

"I know this, and I have no intention of doing so, what's it even to ya? I thought you didn't like her because of the closeness to the Night Class? Thought you were jealous of her? Why the concern, heh?"

"umm..ah..i don't know." She stumped the girl. I chuckled under my breath. How does she know these things? Did Cross tell her? Or what? But she was right, no one really liked Yuki because of her being close to the vampires, especially Kuran. They were always jealous of her, but why? Would they have really been jealous if they knew what they were…what Kuran was? Probably not.

Sayomi did a good job keeping the girls back, they didn't seem to argue with her as much as they did Yuki. Maybe because she meant business, there was no sweet little innocent girl, no, not at all!