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Chapter 1
The sun was just peeking over the horizon of Cross Academy illuminating the grounds, signaling the end of another day for the Vampire nobles in the Moon dorms. Most of the dorm had already bedded down for a good "nights" sleep, all but one. A certain tousle haired, blue eyed blond was staring searchingly out his dorm room window. "Something is coming," the phrase came unbidden to Hanabusa's sleep laden mind. The thought filled his body with a heavy sense of foreboding, but he shook it off, raking his fingers through his gravity defying hair. Hanabusa stifled a yawn while letting the thick curtains fall over the window cutting the harsh rays of the coming sun. Silk pajamas slid easily against satin sheets as he pulled the heavy down comforter up and over his lean body,"I'll worry about it tomorrow." Hanabusa mumbled, yawning one more time before sleep pulled him under.
Meanwhile, across campus outside the main hall… Our favorite honey haired, green eyed blond was huddled in the shadows of the building. The cool morning dew was soaking into the skirt of her uniform sending a shiver through her body as a stiff morning wind blew. Yori quickly scanned the area looking for anyone who might spot her if she moved. Her heart began to race as she slowly stood from her hiding place her hands fisted tightly in the folds of her uniform jacket. Yori started slowly slinking along the wall the rough brick was cool against her back as she headed towards the main hall's entrance. She wore a hastily donned and wrinkly school uniform, complete with leaves and twigs sticking to her.
"I got back late," Yori thought to herself, panicking as the sounds and smells of breakfast in full swing drifted to her sensitive ears and nose.
She jumped suddenly a lump forming in her throat when a rustling from the bushes disturbed her thoughts. Afraid that she had been caught, her keen mind scrambled to come up with a suitable lie for her late morning appearance outside the main hall coupled with her disheveled state. Yori quickly released the breath she had been holding as a rabbit darted out of the bush, running away from her. So before anything else could happen, Yori brushed the remnants of the forest from her body while dashing quickly into the main hall, the door shutting lightly behind her. She leaned against the door for a moment allowing her body to come back down to earth now that she was safely inside and no one had caught or questioned her.
She breathed a sigh of relief as she headed for the cafeteria getting in the end of the line. The cafeteria itself was a mundane place with white tiled flooring and ghastly orange painted walls. Rectangle shaped tables with benches attached lined the walls and actually folded up into the walls like hideaway tables when they weren't in use. This room actually doubled as a gym or could even be used to hold student run events like electing the student body government. Also all the way in the back of the room was a set of three steps that lead up to a stage area as well. As the harsh fluorescent lighting beat down on her, Yori decided that much preferred the spring months when she could eat outside by the lake as opposed to this dismal place. Yori quickly scanned the crowd for Yukki and was dismayed to find her already seated and eating.
"Great,' she thought to herself, "that means she'll question why I was late." Yori's shoulders slumped momentarily but she straightened them with the resolve to deal with the situation at hand. She quickly filled her tray up and headed towards Yukki's table. Yori slowed her pace to take in her friend's presence.
The girl in question had shoulder length dark chocolate colored hair with bangs, large friendly cinnamon eyes and her face was generally open and inviting. Also far too cheery for first thing in the morning, but hey at least it was a Friday morning, which meant no school the next day and much sleeping in. Yori looked her friend over one more time noting that her school uniform was rumpled and wrinkled. Also her prefect badge was hanging lopsided off of her arm and lastly her shiny silver whistle still graced her neck. Translation Yukki hadn't made it to bed last night and would be sleeping in class which also meant Yori would be taking double notes…joy.
"Yori-chan," Yukki cried out upon her best friends approach waving her arms enthusiastically in the air. Yori seated herself calmly beside her energetic friend. Looking around herself she realized that Yukki was completely oblivious to the death stares she was getting from their less conscious classmates for being such a morning person. "Yori-chan," she cried again while giving her friend a playfully stern look, "your late, where were you?'
Before answering, Yori quietly gave a stern look to all the staring students who turned quickly away ashamed, "I'm sorry, I fell asleep studying at the library." She gave Yukki a sheepish smile to bolster the lie, as she was pretty sure that Yukki wouldn't handle the truth very well.
"If you were in the library, then where are your books?" a cold voice said from beside her. Yori looked up only to find herself trapped by Kirryu Zero's piercing amethyst gaze.
Yori feigned surprise, "Silly me I must have left them in my rush to not miss breakfast. Thank you for pointing it out to me Zero-san." Yori's heart lodged itself securely in her throat as she managed to choke out the inane and clearly transparent lie. Mentally she cursed Zero for his observant nature. She knew that if had just been Yukki there she never would have been left unprepared. Let's face it she knew that while she loved her friend dearly that Yukki wasn't known for being the brightest crayon in the box. Yori chided herself for not skipping breakfast all together and just heading for the dorm to dress properly and prepare for class. Her stomach picked that moment to clench and cramp painfully reminding her why she had made a beeline for the cafeteria instead. She had refused to hunt the night before and was now paying the price as she placed a hand subtly against her wildly protesting stomach.
She smiled politely while taking in the form of the boy before her. Zero's silver straight hair that seemed to be forever hanging in his amethyst colored eyes. It was a strange shade not often seen, but Yori knew better than to linger there and averted her eyes. Of course, staring at the prefect's chest wasn't much better. He also wore a rumpled uniform, indicating his lack of sleep as well, which successfully hid his lean muscles from view. He was a tall boy, with well defined shoulders. Yori would probably consider him attractive if it weren't for his constant slouching posture and the perpetual scowl on his too thin lips. Well that and the pungent odor of vampire that cloaked him.
Yes Yori knew what he was, in fact she knew what the entire night class was as well and it disgusted her. It was only for Yukki's sake that she was polite to Zero and also because she knew that he was ever vigilant in protecting her during their nighttime patrols. If it wasn't for that she treat him with the same disdain as she would treat a night class student. That is if one dared approach her.
"On that note, I guess I better be heading back to get my things before class starts," Yori comments preparing to leave.
"Wait," Yukki calls halting Yori's retreat. "You have something in your hair." She reached out pulling an amber orange fall leaf from Yori's slightly tangled honey colored hair. Yori's eyes momentarily grew as she took in the palm sized leaf, but quickly schooled her features as her gaze flicked to the other two before her.
"Hmm must've gotten caught in my hair on the way over," Yori put a hand to her head as if searching for other wayward leaves. At the same time she contemplated how many more lies she may have to spout today.
"It couldn't have." Zero said narrowing his eyes at Yori. "All the leaves were raked up in the night by the groundskeepers."
"Well I suppose they must have missed one." Yori returned his gaze with one of her own refusing to flinch away from him before turning on her heel and walking away with her shoulders back and her head held high. Yori bypassed the library and headed for the co-ed Sun dorms lamenting the morning's events. "I've been deceiving Yukki for a year now," Yori thought to herself as a pang rang through her heart. She walked the rest of the way quietly contemplating her secret life and the lies needed to protect it.
Yori had made it to her and Yukki's dorm room and to class in record time, which meant that she was still five mistunes late. It turned out though that Yori was in luck for once today because as she scanned the large classroom the teacher as well as Zero was nowhere to be seen and Yukki was already sleeping at her desk. The classroom itself was spacious, the students desks were all made of wood built into a set of risers that was four steps tall. The front of the classroom had a sectional chalk board and a teacher's desk was in the middle of the front of the room with a supply closet in the left from corner closest to the door. There was also a bank of windows on the far right wall letting in the morning light from the now fully risen sun.
It seemed most the students in the room were grouped at the front of the classroom by the first row of desks. Considering that they were mostly girls she assumed they were all viewing illegally taken pictures of the night class so Yori merely rolled her eyes and continued past them. She was about to head up to where Yukki was on the third step of the risers to take her seat when she caught sight of the newspaper they were all huddled around. Her curiosity was now peeked so she gently made her way through the group of girls so subtly that they barely noticing her nudging her way to the center of the throng.
As she stared down at the paper in question she felt her body go suddenly cold as her heart started race. The headline simply read "Brutal Animal Attack" in bold black letters beneath that was the picture of a young girl's now unrecognizable grisly corpse when compared to the smiling picture of the same girl next to it. Yori reached out and snatched the newspaper away as a fine tremble starting throughout the whole of her body. Only one word escaped her lips her voice laced with fear and pain. "No," was all she could manage before the world for her went black.
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