Escaping the Academy

by Gasp- Dead Deer

Cross Academy is attacked, and Kaien is forced to send his precious children with his best friend. This is their story.

1. Chapter 1

Cross Academy is attacked, and Kaien is forced to send his precious children with his best friend. This is their story, running all across Japan.

I'm back on , finally! School's over for me, and I've had time to whip this together. I'm sorry if the characters seem a bit OOC, but I tried to get them as best as I could without making them too light and fluffy. Light and fluffy just doesn't work for Vampire Knight.

Disclaimer: I don't own Vampire Knight. I never did and I never will, unfortunatly.

Enjoy!

Xx

The first thing Yagari heard as he walked into the building were squeals. His one blue eye closed and he let out a sigh. He was 29, for Christs sake, and girls ranging from 15 to 18 were asking him if he was single! Hating the fact that he had to teach at all, he wished his day to be over, and it hadn't even started yet.

He walked into his first class and told the students to get in their seats. He began to teach them their first lesson, mathematics, when, once again, a girl asked if he was single. He put his chalk down, and turned around. He leaned against the desk, and glared at everyone. "Let's get this settled once and for all. I am 29, therefore am to old for you girls. Not only that, but any relationships I'd have with you girls would ultimately get me fired. I may not enjoy teaching, but I do like having a job. Now, can we please continue with our lessons?" he asked, irritated.

One girl raised her hand, and he nodded. She poked her fingers together. "So, you are single?"

Xx

Yagari stormed to the Headmaster's office, and slammed his hands on his already battered and abused desk. "Get me out of these day classes" he demanded, and Kaien looked at him bewildered. "Why, Yagari-kun?" he asked, and Yagari, having no patients left, grabbed Kaien's collar. "They all keep asking if I'm single" he said, eye narrowed.

Kaien smiled, obviously amused. "Oh? And here I thought you were looking for a girlfriend" he said, and Yagari roughly let go of his friend and rebroke the crack in the headmaster's abused desk. "I don't want a girlfriend. You know as well as I do that my job isn't the most ideal for it" he said, and collapsed into a chair. He looked at the chairman, and Kaien knew Yagari really did have a good point. "Alright, I'll transfer you to Night Classes only. Better?" "You know I don't like Vampires, but yes" he said, and stood. Kaien pulled out papers, and began to fill them out. Yagari turned and left, leaving the premises until he was needed.

Xx

I had just entered the building to patrol inside when I saw Yagari exiting a classroom. He looked at me, black hair moving with him. "Cross" he greeted, and was about to walk away when I spoke up. "You didn't teach class today" I said, and he nodded. "I am only doing Night Classes now" I nodded, and turned around. "Have a good night, Yagari-sensei" I said, and walked off.

I was in the highest floor of the building when I heard the most beautiful music coming from down the hall. Having never heard any music before, I made my way to the other side of the hallway, and listened to the beautiful orchestra for a few minutes. Once it stopped, I continued on my way.

It wasn't until dawn when I finally made it into bed. I had just laid down when Yori, my room mate, woke up. "Hi Yuki. You can sleep in for about 15 minutes at the latest" she said, and got up. Nodding in thanks, I fell asleep rather quickly.

Xx

I ran to the main building, having overslept again. Yori had been kind enough to take my books for me, knowing I would likely oversleep. I burst into my classroom as the bells started to go off. My teacher walked in behind me and hit me on the head with his books. "Close, Cross." he said, and told everyone to take a seat.

I was almost asleep when the phone in the classroom rang. Spending little time on it, my teacher looked at me. "Cross, Kiryuu, the headmaster wants you two in his office" he said, and I snapped awake. The headmaster never wanted us during class.

I pulled on my guardian badge, and we walked out of the room. Once the door shut behind us, we took off running. 'So Zero finds this unusual too' I mused to myself, and we ran to the first floor to where the Chairman's office was. We stopped to compose ourselves, and then Zero knocked on the door. A scruffy 'come in' was heard, and we opened the doors.

Inside, we saw Kaien sitting at his desk, frazzled, Kaname, who looked tired and his arm looked kinda funny, and Yagari, who's antivampiric gun was on his back.

I knew something was wrong. "What is it, father?" I asked, and my adoptive father perked at hearing me call him father, but it dulled out as fast as it had come. "Yuki, Zero, sit down" he said, and we did, on the other remaining sofa in his office.

Yagari was the first to speak up. "There are intruders in the Academy" he said, and we looked at him sharply. Kaname leaned back against the other sofa. "My class found out last night. Yagari had been in a lecture when Rima said she heard music on the 5th floor."

I shot to attention. "Music? When?" I asked, and all eyes turned to me. Yagari's narrowed, and the headmaster looked worried. "20 minutes after you left me in the hallway" Yagari said, and my eyes widened.

That's when I had been in the 5th floor.

"I heard it too! I was up there when I heard it!" I exclaimed, and Kaname looked troubled. "Yuki, did you listen to it?" "Yes, why?" I asked, and the headmaster lowered his gaze. "Yuki, I want Kaname to examine you" he said, and I frowned. "Ok?"

Kaname rolled up his sleeve, and I saw that his arm was mutilated, purple, and about 3 times it's normal size.

I gasped, and he lowered his arm. "She's affected" he said, and Yagari aimed his gun at me. "What's your name?" he asked, and I gave him a weird look. "Yuki Cross"

Xx

I woke up to yelling, a splitting headache and earache, and a searing pain in my chest. I gasped, and my hands flew to my chest, feeling something begin to burn on my chest. Kaname's hands removed mine from my chest. "Let the mark heal, Yuki" he said, and I groaned, and looked down at my body.

I saw a vibrant and glowing red insignia on my chest, the same pattern on Zero's neck. I gasped, and my adoptive father glowered at Yagari. "Was it really necessary to shoot her like that?" he muttered, and Yagari hit him on the head. "Yes it was, and you know it" he said, and I went to get up. Zero helped me stand, and I looked at the two adults. "Why did you shoot me, Yagari-sensei?" I asked, and Kaien stood as well. "The music is a form of hypnotism. When the caster orders you to do something, you'll think you're somewhere else, when in reality, you'd be doing something completely different. It affects Purebloods differently than others. Depending on how strong the caster is, determines how badly the pureblood is affected." he said, and Kaname rolled up his sleeve.

I saw nothing wrong. "But it was just..." "That was the hypnotism, Yuki. You're alright now. Kaname is fine, too. Only those who are affected can see what was wrong with him. We've given all of our Night Class students a silver laced drug that will cure them. It's a slow working drug that will make them sick, but won't kill them. Zero, I'm going to need you to take this" the headmaster said, and he handed Zero two blood tablets and a plastic coated silver pill. Zero grimaced. "They don't work" he said, and for the first time ever, I saw my adopted father drop the two pills into a glass of water, and Kaname use his powers to pin Zero in place. Kaien poured the contents down Zero's throat, and popped the pill into his mouth, and made Zero swallow.

Kaname let Zero go, and Zero almost immediately shot up to run to the bathroom. Yagari blocked the doors, and pointed his gun at Zero. "Sit down and bear through it like a man, Zero" he said, and I knew he was stabbing Zero in the ego purposefully. I was glad that it was Yagari who said it and not anyone else, otherwise Zero would have brushed them off and said something rude to them.

Zero turned around, and sat back down, looking sick to his stomach. I put a hand on his shoulder, but he brushed me off. He put his head between his knees, and he didn't move.

I looked at my adoptive father. "What now?" "I'm going to send the Night Class home under the disguise that their dorms were not up to inspection protocol, and you two will be leaving with Yagari-kun with the intention that you two are going to a few seminars on patrolling and such. It's sketchy, I know, but it's all we have to work with." he said, and Kaname stood. "If I'm done here, I'll be leaving now" he said, and Kaien nodded, handing him the same silver pill that Zero was forced to take. "Take it with your next meal" he said, and Kaname left.

Yagari looked at his former student, and frowned. "Is this how you always feel after taking those pills?" he asked, and Zero looked up, and we all flinched. Yes, even Yagari-sensei.

Zero's eyes were pale and somewhat bloodshot, like he had been crying for a few hours. His skin was chalky white, and his hair, which he washed this morning, was greasy and flat. All in all, Zero looked absolutely terrible.

Yagari-sensei turned away, looking at me. "And how are you feeling?" "Sore" I said, seeing that the red glowing mark on my chest still hadn't disappeared yet. He turned to Kaien, and nodded. "I'll get them out of here once Zero can manage horseback riding" he said, and I looked at him funny. "horseback riding?" He nodded once. "We're taking a car out of here, for appearances only, and then once we hit a secure spot, three horses are taking us to our destination." he said, and I nodded. It was obvious that he didn't want to disclose anything, for fear of unwanted ears following us.

Zero looked at him, and grimaced at the thought of riding a horse. "I think I'm going to be sick" he said, and this time, when Zero burst forward, Yagari didn't stop him.

Xx.

It was about 3 days later when Zero felt better. We hadn't split up for patrol like we usually do, for fear of hearing that music again. I hadn't known that Zero had heard it until he told me he had been outside patrolling when his heightened senses had heard it. It took him about a day to get over the tablets, and another two days to fully shake off the effects of the silver.

By then, word had spread about the Night class leaving, and Zero and I had just told our teachers today that we were leaving for roughly 6 weeks to go to some training that the headmaster thought we needed. And surprisingly, no one questioned it.

Yagari was at the gates, waiting for us to arrive. He didn't say anything as we left the campus, and he still didn't say anything even as we got out of the car two hours later. None of us had brought anything with us, so I wasn't sure how long we were going to be riding.

The three of us had black horses, probably to blend into the night. Now that I thought about it, Zero and I still had on our uniforms. Yagari was the only one who wasn't in formal attire. He was dressed in that crazy cowboy uniform I saw him in the night he shot Zero in the shoulder.

He led the way for us as we walked off into the forest surrounding the small town we had stopped in. Entering the forest made things a bit darker because of all of the trees, but seeing in front of us wasn't too hard. And at least we were in the shade, being protected from the sun.

We made camp that night up in trees. When I asked why, I got two bored looks from my companions. "Forgive me for not living the life of a Hunter!" I said, offended. Zero lightened up, and said that animals hunt at night, and so do vampires. Since we had traveled via animal, and vampires hunt humans, we would be safer off the ground, keeping our scents higher in the air. Plus, we wouldn't be leaving very many traces of ourselves if someone happened to be stalking us.

Yagari chose to sleep a branch lower than us, and Zero had to help me adjust to sleeping in a narrow space. This meant that he was holding me while he propped himself up against the trunk. I got shuffled around as Zero retrieved his Bloody Rose and crossed his arms over my chest. I stiffened when he laid his gun on my right side. I felt my stomach growl, and I had just noticed that we hadn't eaten anything since that morning. Trying to staunch my stomach's rumbling, my hand went to Artemis, down on my thigh, and that's how I fell asleep.

I was woken up just before dawn, and I saw that Yagari was on his own horse. "Hurry up" he said, and I felt Zero move under me. "Get up. You're heavy" he said, and I growled. "You're no feather pillow either" I said, and hopped down from the tree. I swung up on my horse, and we looked at Zero, who squinted at the sunlight. I saw Yagari frown, and I, myself, felt sad. Zero's body was weaker from taking the blood tablets and the silver pill, and I knew- I don't know how, but I did- that Zero had taken another step towards being a Level E vampire. And I think Yagari knew that too.

I was scared, knowing that if Zero really did fall to being a Level E, it would be either mine or Yagari's responsibility to stop him. I knew that even though I promised Zero to stop him, I wouldn't be able to go through with it. I loved Zero too much to kill him, even if it's what he wished for. It would have to be Yagari to kill Zero.

My gloomy mood seemed to catch their attention, and while Zero knew why I was upset, Yagari looked suspicious at us.

We rode for a long while before I couldn't take it anymore. "I'm hungry" I said, and the two males, who had been in front of me, looked back at me. Yagari sighed. "Kaien spoiled you" he said, and I took offence to that. "Excuse me, once again, as I state that I am not a hunter!" I yelled, and Zero glared at me. "That doesn't mean you can't go another few hours without food" he said, and I gaped at him.

I stopped my horse, and slid off of him. "Goodbye" I said, and began to walk back the way we had come. I heard hoofs thunder towards me, and I saw Yagari pull his horse to a sliding halt right in front of me. With the sun behind him and his ridiculous outfit, he really looked like a cowboy, one that was glaring dangerously down at me. "You will get back on that horse right now" he said, and I glared right back at him. "Or you'll do what? Shoot me?" I taunted, and he didn't think twice as he slung his gun around to aim at my head and shoot me.

This time, I didn't black out, but I did fall over, frozen. I couldn't breath as the powerful effects of a silver bullet formed the seal that's on Zero's neck formed on my forehead. I was struggling to breath in after 2 minutes, and I heard someone curse. I saw Zero drop down besides me, cursing off Yagari, and he covered my mouth with his, and he breathed in for me, filling my lungs with oxygen.

He had to do that for about 2 minutes, until I choked on my own, and started to cough violently. Zero backed away from me, and he began to yell at Yagari again. I didn't make out what they were saying, because I was too focused on breathing.

Once I was breathing again- not normally, but I was ok for the moment, I stood up, and hung off of Zero. "Fuck you, Yagari" I said, and both men looked down at me, absolutely stunned.

The first time I curse, and I throw out one of the strongest there is.

Yagari sneered at me, and he moved his horse to the front of our group. "get back on and shut the hell up" he said, and began to ride away.

Zero helped me on my horse, seeing as how I couldn't move so well on my own. He got on his horse, and we had to move our horses into a short trot to catch up to Yagari.

I didn't dare open my mouth again after that, and no one said a thing until a town came into view around dusk. No one in that town looked at us weird as we rode through town on the horses, they just walked right around us as if we didn't even exist.

Yagari turned down a quieter road, and then from there, down an even quieter road. He got off of his horse, and he led it down the tiny road. Zero and I followed his example, and we strayed down many little roads until the sounds of the bustling of the town quieted down to mere echoes.

He stopped at a door, and he pulled a pair of keys out of his back pocket and stuck one of the many keys into the doorknob, and turned. It opened, and he walked in, still leading the horse. It didn't like the small doorway, but it eventually went into the house.

Zero and I stared at him like he was crazy. Who brings a 1200 lbs horse into a house?!

Hesitantly, Zero led his own horse into the building, and then I did after his horse didn't have his backside to me. Unfortunately, I got the stubborn horse, and he put up a ridiculous fight on getting into the house.

The horse fought with me until I finally gave up, and then it walked in, all on it's own. I glowered at the beast, and led it down the hall where I saw my two companions go. I saw them waiting for me at another door, Yagari holding the two other horses, and Zero waiting to help me. I growled at them, and this time, the horse went easily.

Yagari led us through what seemed like a courtyard, and then he opened another door. We saw that it led to some stables, where we untacked our horses and let them rest for a while. Yagari led us back into the house, and then he locked the doors.

Zero spoke up. "Where are we?" "In a safe place for now. Don't get too comfy, we may need to move again" Yagari said, and went into the little kitchen area. He soon reappeared, folding his wallet back up and slipping it into his pocket. "get showers and get back here. We're going into town." he said, and walked down a small hallway, and shut a door rather firmly.

Zero and I looked at the direction he came from, and we headed towards the other door in that hallway. We opened it, and saw another bedroom. It had a simple double bed, a large dresser, a desk, and another door that led into a small bathroom.

Zero laid down on the bed, and pointed to the bathroom. "You had better save me hot water" he said, and he closed his eyes. I gave him a displeased look. "Only if you're lucky" I muttered, and slammed the door.

I found two towels and washcloths, and I grabbed one of them. I quickly stripped, and hopped into the shower, turning the knob to hot. The water pressure wasn't great, but it didn't suck either. I quickly washed my hair with the basic shampoo and conditioner, and then took a quick look at my body.

Great, I needed to shave.

I looked around for a razor, but I didn't find one. Sighing, I finished my shower, enjoying the ridiculously hot water. Just to get back at Zero for being so rude to me, I let it run at full heat as I got out of the shower, and dried off.

And then I realized that Yagari had to use this water too.

I quickly shut the shower off, and exited the bathroom. I saw Zero get up, and he walked right into the bathroom, and slammed the door shut. I quickly threw on my clothes, and grimaced. I really wish I had clean clothes.

There was a knock on the door, and I saw Yagari barge right in. He had no expression whatsoever on his face as he held out a bunch of clothes. "Change" he said, and slammed the door shut as he left.

Jeez, we're all in a bad mood it seems.

I saw that they must have been Yagari's clothes, for they all were too big to fit either Zero or I. Thankfully, Yagari had lent us belts, because I knew that his pants were going to fall right off of us.

I changed, and felt a bit better. I had on a pair of tan pants and a black t-shirt. Looking at my reflection in the window, I had to admit, that even though I was in Yagari's clothes, I looked kind of cute.

I placed Zero's clothes in the bathroom, and left the room. I headed back to the tiny kitchen, and I saw Yagari smoking, leaning against the counter. I stood in the doorway awkwardly, and he turned his head a bit to look at me. "What?" "Um, do you have a razor I could use?"

He took his cigarette away from his mouth, and exhaled. He looked back in front of him. "We will get some in town" he said, and continued to smoke.

I sighed, and leaned against the wall. Zero breezed past me, and he simply stared at his former mentor. Yagari slid his eye to look at his former pupil, and straightened, pushing away from the counter. "We will be back in 2 hours. If we're not, then and only then may you leave this house. You will find protection in my room, under the pillow" he said, and the two males exited the house just as abruptly as his announcement.

I blinked, and then seethed. They left me here! How dare they?!

But then again, they were the hunters. If anything happened in town, they would be fine.

Me, on the other hand, would be completely defenseless.

I rethought about what Yagari said, and I headed to his bedroom. Opening the door, I saw that his room was just as simple looking as ours was. To be honest, they looked identical.

I headed for his bed, and I slid my hand under his pillows. I almost thought there wasn't anything there until I felt something cold and metallic hit my fingers.

Not daring to just grasp the object, I lifted his pillows, and found myself looking at a small handgun. It was only a .22 caliber, but Yagari probably had silver bullets in the magazine. I picked the gun up, and flipped on the safety. No use shooting myself accidentally.

I was sitting on a small sofa adjacent to the kitchen, when I heard the door jiggle. I froze, and reached for my gun. I clicked off the safety, and held it out in front of me.

I heard the door pop open, and a single set of footsteps walked uneasily down the hall. I gripped the gun, and I saw a Level E round the corner.

The vampire looked at me, and he smiled. "A meal? A meal for me!" he said, and rushed at me.

I began to fire my gun when I realized that there were regular bullets in it.

Praying for a miracle, I shot the gun three more times, and then I saw a purple mark explode in the air, and the vampire disintegrated into dust.

Shaking and scared, I looked at the gun, then back at the mess on the floor. I ran to the door, relocked it, and then shot to Yagari's room. I locked his door too, and then locked his window. I drew the curtains, and began to tear apart his room. I found that he had a silver laced sword in his closet, another rifle under the bed, and a small silver bladed pocket knife in his bathroom. Once I gathered his weapons, I barricaded the door, and curled up in the darkest corner I could, weapons in easy reach if I needed them.

I stayed curled up like that for what felt like forever before I heard the front door open again. Fearing it was another vampire, I readied the little handgun, and waited for the vampire to come.

Partially delirious, I heard gasps, and then there was frantic running around outside of the room. I realized I was hyperventilating, and then the door tried to open. I didn't register the voices at first, but I screamed when the door got ripped off it's hinges and fired blindly at whoever was in the door.

Suddenly realizing that I was out of ammo, I panicked, and reached for the shotgun. I had just aimed it when I realized that Yagari and Zero stood in the doorframe, both pale from being shot at. I noticed that Zero was gripping his side and his thigh, and I realized that I had shot him. Yagari looked at his room, and then at me.

I had just threw the gun down when I launched myself at him, hugging and embracing him like he was the last thing on earth. I started to cry, and my legs gave out on me. I dragged Yagari down with me as I collapsed, and I heard him grunt as our knees hit the wooden floor harshly.

I buried my face in his chest. "I was so scared!" I sobbed, and I heard him give a sigh, and I was brought into the air by two strong arms. "Zero, get a bath going for her" he said, and the teen left, following his orders.

I was vaguely aware that I was being carried somewhere, and I was dropped carefully onto the sofa in the small livingroom. I saw through my tears that there were some bags dropped on the floor, and I saw Yagari pick them up. He picked out a small pack, and he handed it to me. "If you're sane enough, here" he said, and I saw that they had indeed gotten me razors.

I gave a hysterical laugh. "thank you" I said, and stood up. I wobbled, and I saw his arm dart out to hold onto my shoulder. He steadied me, and led me to my shared room where I saw Zero sitting on the bed. "It's ready" he said, and I was pushed into the bathroom, the door shutting firmly behind me.

Xx

Half an hour later, I emerged from the bathroom, relaxed and feeling a bit better. I had taken advantage of the razors that they had picked up for me, and felt a lot better now. I had stayed in the overly large shirt and my underwear, but had the pants and my bra folded up in my arms. I saw Zero laying on the bed, seemingly asleep. I quietly crept around the bed, heading to the door. I had just opened it when I heard a sigh. "Shut the door and lay down, stupid" I heard Zero say, and I flinched. He was still angry.

I reluctantly shut the door, and made my way to the bed, where I saw Zero on one side. He threw the covers back on the unoccupied side, and I sat down, falling into the soft mattress. I laid down, and didn't move until I heard Zero's breathing even out.

I stood, and left the room, heading to the sofa in the livingroom. I grabbed a blanket from the back of the sofa, and I curled up on the furniture.

I felt as if I had just fallen asleep when I woke up to a bright light being turned on. I groaned, and sat up, looking at the kitchen area. I saw Yagari in the doorway, hand on the lightswitch, and his other hand brushing back his black hair from his eyepatch.

He looked at me, and gave a tired sigh. "For Christ's sake, get in the damn bed" he said sharply, and I laid back down. "No. Contrary to popular belief, I don't trust Zero while I'm asleep" I said, and he stared at me with his one blue eye. A brief smile crossed his stern face, and he nodded. "Good girl"

He went to the sink, grabbed a glass, and filled it with water. Taking large swigs from it, Icouldn't help but stare slightly at the sight of him swallowing. Something about such a normal task made the hunter seem less... intimidating.

He looked at me, and I blushed, caught. He set his glass down, and walked over to me. He crouched down to my level, and stared at me with an unemotional expression. "Are you better now?" he asked, and I nodded. "I'm sorry for shooting you guys" I said, and he shook his head, his raven locks moving softly with him. "judging by the mess out here, you must have panicked. You were just lucky that the remainder of the bullets in that gun were silver. Only the top 4 were regular. It's for appearances only." he said, and stood up. "Get some sleep. We're training you tomorrow" he said, and turned around. He shut off the kitchen light, and I was plunged into darkness again.

Xx

So, here's the end of chapter 1. Tell me what you think, and I'll hopefully get the second chapter up soon!

-gdd-