Chapter1: The Night class at Cross Academy
"...It's cold..." 'White snow. What is 'white? What is 'Snow'? It's something that is not red. So then what is red' a little boy of about five years old looks up as he hears someone approaching with wide eyes. The snow crunches as the man walks up to him. 'Vampires' the man kneels down in front of him. "Are you lost, little boy? I want your blood?" he says as his eyes glow red and his fangs show and the boy's eyes widen in fear. They are beasts in human form who drink the blood of living humans. The man grabs the boys head and leans towards his neck and gets ready to bite him. "No!" the boy yells and the boy goes wide eyed as he sees a hand go through the man's neck and the man turns to dust. The boy looks up and sees a girl standing there with blood on her hand. You are a disgrace to all vampires." she says as the body falls to the ground. You must never get close to a vampire. The girl licks the blood from her fingers as she walks over and holds her hand out to the boy and looks at the boy. "Is everything alright?" she asks. The boy notices she has waist length brown hair and red-brown eyes. The boy has short brown hair and brown eyes as he watches her. He notices she's wearing a pink and white dress under her coat and scarf. He reaches up and takes her hand. 'If you do, their gaze will enslave you. My earliest memory begins with that snowy day. Ten years later…at Cross Academy. The day class girls and boys surround the moon dormitory as they all whisper at the wall and they hear someone running past them to the front of the gates. Dusk in front of the Moon Dormitory. "Don't push!" one guy says. "Hurry up and move it!" another guy says. "Okay, Okay! It's way past curfew for all you day class students, so go back to your dorms!" I say. My name is Kaname Kurosu. I'm a first year and a Guardian in the Day Class. Cross Academy is a prestigious school that divides its student body between two groups: The Day Class and the Night Class. "Don't get so bossy just because you're a prefect!" one of the boys say. The day class and the Night Class share the school facilities in Rotation. But when classes change in the evenings, it's always complete chaos. I suddenly hear a loud click. "Ahh!" one of the guys screams. "Look!" one of his friends say. 'Shoot! The gate..!' I think. The reason why students from the day class always crowd around in the evening is because…The Night Class is an elite group of students! And they are all completely gorgeous. The Night Class students walk out from the gate. "Good morning, gentlemen! Still as handsome as ever, I see!" says Hanna Aidou. I sweat drop. "…'morning, she says...' All the guys scream and rush forward as they knock me over. "Ahh!" I fall face first on the ground. "Uff!" I say as I land on the ground. I feel someone put their hand on my arm and I look up. "Are you okay, Kaname?" a girl with long brown hair asks. "They're always so difficult to manage." She says. I blush as I realize who it is. "…Yuki!" I say as I stand up. "Yes…I'm just fine!" I say as I run my fingers through my bangs. She chuckles as she watches me, "You're always so formal with me. It makes me really sad" she says as she stands up and gathers her books and straightens the skirt of her Night Class uniform. I start panicking as she stands up with her books in hand. "Oh… I didn't mean to…It's because you saved my life!" I say. This is Yuki Kuran. She's the Night class representative as well as the Dorm Leader for the Moon dormitory. On that night snowy night ten years ago…she's the one who saved my life. She puts her hand on my head as she smiles at me. "Don't worry about that anymore. It happened so long ago…" She glares at the person who grabbed her wrist and she sees it's my childhood friend and fellow Guardian, Zero Kiryu. Zero is also a day class student like me, but she doesn't go crazy over the Night class because she hates all vampires. She has since the day her family was murdered by one four years ago. She has silver hair that reaches past her shoulders and light purple eyes. She wears the day class uniform but doesn't use the ribbon and keeps the first top buttons unbuttoned. She has a tattoo on her neck and an earring in one of her ears as she glares at Yuki. "Class is starting, Kuran." she says. Yuki takes her wrist out of zero's grasp. "You're so scary, Ms. Disciplinary Committee." She says and walks away. One of the day class boys walks up to Yuki and holds out a rose. "Yuki, will…will you please accept this?" He says. She smiles and takes it. "Thank you." She says and keeps walking. Zero glares at me and I sweat drop. "It's none of my business how much you like Kuran. But you do know, right?" She says. This jerk is Zero Kiryu. She's also a member of the disciplinary committee. I look at her with an annoyed look on my face. "Shut up. Of course I know. They're different from the rest of us." I look at Yuki as she walks with the rest of the night class. Because the Night class isn't just an elite group of beautiful students. The rose Yuki holds withers away. The secret that no one knows about the Night Class…Is that every one of them is a vampire. For that reason… "Listen up brats! Get the hell back to your dorms! Why do I have to deal with you running around screaming every damn day?! Why?!" She yells and they all run away. I start punching her in her side. "You were late again! Useless jerk!" I say. She sweat drops. "That hurts!" Our job as members of the disciplinary committee is just a cover. "I'll get you for that." She says. "As if." I tell her. Our real job is to act as the "School Guardians". To protect the secrets…of the Night Class. Ever since long ago, stretching back into the shadows of history…There has been conflict between humans and vampires. In this country, only a select number of people remember the past. But…The existence of vampires is still a terrifying reality. The reason why students in the day class don't know about the schools secret…is because we deliberately block off all connections between the two classes. We go to the headmistresses' office to report back to her. "This ridiculous", says Zero. 'Not this again" I think as I sweat drop. "How can you possibly expect just the two of us to guard the whole bunch of those blood suckers and deal with the screaming idiots?!" she yells as she leans on the desk. "Headmistress?!" she yells. The headmistress holds her cup of tea. "I admit it is difficult to deal with every night. Thanks for your hard work!" she says. "So find someone else to help me before this whole thing implodes! He's worse than useless!" she says while pointing at me. I become angry and hold my fist up. "I don't have to take that from someone who's late all the time!" The headmistress takes a sip of her tea. "Impossible." She says. "The role of the guardians is critical…If the day class and night class are to successfully co-exist. You two are the only ones I can trust. Besides, it's a thankless job, with long hours, sleepless nights, and no respect. No one else would take it. And…I know my adorable son and loving daughter would never let me down." She says while smiling. Zero punches the desk and it breaks right down the middle. "You might have taken care of me, but I don't remember ever becoming your daughter!" Zero says, mad. "You always obsess over the details. It's such a pain." says the headmistress. Zero looks at me. "Hey, Kaname, you're more his kid than I am. Don't you have anything to say?" I scratch my head. "But…the night class seems to be getting on really well with the others. I'm just happy to help!" I say, smiling. "You're such a good boy, Kaname! I'm proud of you!" The headmistress says while crying. "Kaname is the only one who truly understands my pacifist idealism…!" she clenches her fist. "And me?! I dream that one we will break out of the dark cycle of hatred that haunts the relationship between humans and vampires! I believe that if the youth of today can grow together with open hearts and inquiring minds we can finally build a bridge whereby our two races will be able to live together in harmony! That is the glory of education…! That is the purpose of the Night Class!" she yells. I turn around and see Zero leaving. "I'm going on patrol. This nut is all yours, Kaname." She slams the door behind her. "It's a shame…but I do understand why Kiryu feels the way she does." I turn around and look at her. "Even within the vampire community…there are evil creatures that still prey upon humans. That's why it would be a disaster if the truth of the Night class ever got out…" she says. I slam my hand down on the desk and it goes back to the original shape. "Yuki would never do anything like that! And there are plenty of honest vampires just like him, too! They're pacifists!" I yell. The headmistress looks at me. "Kaname…" she says. I run to the window and open it. "That's why it's going to be okay, headmistress! Just leave it to us Guardians!" I say. "Yes, yes" she says as she cries. "I'm going on patrol!" I say as I jump out the window and kneel on the ground before standing up and running. I don't have any memory prior to age five. On that snowy night, after Yuki saved me, she took me to the Headmistress of Cross Academy. And even though I had nothing, the headmistress took care of me and raised me as her own son. That's why I've always thought of that night ten years ago, as my beginning. So that's why…I've always believed…That humans and vampires can live together as one. The next morning in class. "Kurosu! Kurosu!" the teacher yells as I stay asleep. "Good grief! Nothing wakes that boy up! Alright then…Kiryu!" the teacher says. One of our classmates raises her hand. "Teacher, Kiryu's also asleep." The teacher sweat drops. "The two of them do this all the time! What on earth are they up to!?" The teacher yells. The day class teachers don't know about the true identity of the night class students either. "Detention for the both of them!" I wake up at the end of class and yawn as I put my head on the desk. "Not detention again", I say. My friend and roommate, Shino, gathers his books and puts them in his bag. "It's your own fault for staying out all night and sleeping all day. That's something only a vampire would do." He says and I jump up, scared and shocked that he found out the secret. "Y…you don't really believe in vampires, do you?" I ask, sweating. He looks at me with no emotion. "Of course not. I was kidding." He says. "Hey! Will you come to detention with me today? Please, Shino! It sucks having to do it alone with that jerk!" I beg as I stay in my seat. He stands up and grabs his bag. "No way. Anyway, I thought you guys were good friends." He says. "As if! Zero is flaky, bad tempered, and she's always so gloomy it's depressing!" I say, irritated. "Kaname. I can hear you." She says as she glares at me. "And have you noticed the freaky way she's always so serious? Can't resist fanning the fire." Shino says. "I'm saying it because I know you can hear me!" I say as I stick my tongue out at her. I turn around and see Shino walking out the door. "Wait! Shino!" I say. Shino waves to me. "Now that I think about it, you're perfect for each other. By the way, you're late." He says as he leaves the room. The night class heads to the class room and the teacher stands behind his desk as he is also a vampire. "Look outside. It's getting dark…" one of the students say. The teacher starts talking. "We here in the Night class are the first of our kind in the world to test these newly developed blood tablets. Not only are we the pride of this school, we are the pride of the entire vampire race." He says. One of the male students looks up. "Somehow I rarely doubt that." he says. His friend looks up. "We're just a study group, anyway." She says. One of the female students looks at Yuki. "I don't know about that. Co-existing with humans like this…is a huge step forward. Right, Yuki?" she asks. Yuki turns the page in her book and chuckles. "That's right. After all, we have the headmistress to thank…for everything that we learned here." She says as she looks up and smiles. Me and Zero stand on the roof outside the class room. I look at the window and see Yuki standing in front of it; except she doesn't see me and I blush slightly. "So, how is Yuki Kuran, you're hero, doing tonight?" Zero asks me bluntly. "It-It-It-It-It's not like I was only looking at Yuki or anything! Everyone in the night class is behaving perfectly tonight! And it doesn't look like anyone from the day class is wandering around either!" I say. I smile and cross my arms. "Looks like we're in for a quiet peaceful night! We probably don't even need to be here." I say. "…I know that…the headmistress thinks that the members of the night class are pacifists…but I don't believe it. And there is no way in hell… that I'm going to let my guard down. And that's why I just don't understand how an adult like the headmistress could ever co-operate with them. You said it yourself once. The reason why they look like humans…is so they can hunt us down more efficiently." Zero says as she looks at me. "I'm going on patrol." She says and she goes inside as I stay on the roof. 'I don't understand you, Zero. And that's because when you arrived four years ago'…-FLASH BACK- "This girls name is Zero Kiryu. She'll be living with us from now on. Kaname…her family was killed by a bad vampire." She says. That was the first time I have ever seen pure hatred in someone's eyes. I know… that not all vampires are good and kind…"The parents I no longer remember…were probably also killed by vampires. "…Geez." I sigh as I stand on the edge of the roof. "Looks like some day class students are breaking curfew again…" I say as I jump down and catch my hands on the branch and drop from it as I kneel on the ground. "You two! I want your names and class number!" I say as I look at the day class boys. I grab my arm band. "Wandering around after dark is strictly prohibited under school regulations. It's very dangerous; please return to your dorms immediately!" I say. They both look at me. "We just came to take pictures of the night class students. What the hell is you're problem?" one of the boys asks. I look at the others knee and see that he's bleeding. "You're bleeding?! Quick! Get back to the dorms!" I say as I push them and they look at me. "Huh? Why?!" one of them asks. "Hurry!" I say and I quickly grab my Artemis rod and extend it to its full length. "Who's there?!" I say as someone catches the end of it in her hand. "How scary…I'd expect nothing less from the headmistress's son." Takatsuki says. One of the boys looks shocked as he speaks. "I-It's Takatsuki Kain and Hanna Aidou from the night class! No way…!" he says. Hanna looks at me and moves Artemis out of her way. "We smelt blood and decided to take a look around. You really are mean, Kaname." She says as she chuckles. The wind blows and she smells the air. "After all…we came out here especially to see you." She says. She smells the air. "Ahh…It's such a lovely scent…mmm… the scent of your blood…" she says as she looks at me. "Hanna! If you dare lay a finger on either one of them…I won't…forgive…" I trail off as she grabs my hand with her free one that isn't holding Artemis rod. "Did you fall earlier?" she asks me. "The scent that I was talking about…is of your own blood…Kaname..." She says and her fangs extend and her eyes turn red. "Thanks, but…" I try to pull away. 'Dammit! When I swung down from the tree earlier…' She grabs my wrist. 'I can't pull away from her! She's too strong!' "You really are…" she leans towards my hand. "Hanna!" I say. "Tempting…me…"she says and her fangs bite my palm. The boys scream. "Ah! A vampire! Impossible!" They both yell. 'This is really bad!' She starts drinking my blood from my palm as I keep trying to move away from her. "Stop it, Hanna! Hanna…!" She releases my hand. "I want more..." The day class boys pass out. "Can I take it from your neck?" she smiles. D-D-Don't you dare! Let me go! Hanna!" I yell. Takatsuki sees something appear behind Hanna. "Drinking blood while on school grounds are strictly prohibited." Zero says as she points bloody rose at Hanna's forehead. "Getting drunk on the scent of blood…you finally revealed your true nature, Vampire." She says. "Zero, don't!" I say while still in Hanna's grasp. "Oh…?" Hanna says. "It was just a taste." She says as she licked the blood from her lips. Zero suddenly shoots bloody rose but I grab her arm and lift it up at the last second. Hanna flinches. "That was scary." She says. "Idiot! Why did you shoot?!" I say as I still hold onto Zero's arm. Takatsuki looks up at the tree that was shot. "What the…" she says. "It's called the 'bloody rose'." Someone says as they walk towards us and I look up and see that it's Yuki. "You should be more careful, Hanna. It was made to kill creatures like us." She says as she grabs Hanna's shirt collar. "Well then. I'll take care of these fools. The headmistress will need a full report." She says. Hanna looks at Yuki. "Dorm president Kuran…" she says. Yuki looks at Zero. "Is that okay, Zero?" she asks. I look up at Zero. "Zero…" I say. Zero looks away. "Just get them out my sight, Kuran." She says. "Takatsuki." Yuki says and looks at her, "Me?" she says and points at herself. Why didn't you stop Hanna? You're just as guilty as she is." She says and turns to me. "Kaname… what about the two boys who fainted? Shall we take care of that, too?" she asks. "Y-yes, Yuki?" I say, nervous. "Don't worry, we'll have them taken to the headmistress to have their memories erased." She says. I look at them. "Poor guys…" I say. She turns away. I see. Well then…I'm sorry about all of this. I hope it hasn't awoken any bad memories for you…Kaname." She says and smiles slightly. I hold up my hands. "Oh no! She didn't actually hurt me, so don't worry about it!" I say. She smiles and walks away. I smile and blush slightly. 'I always knew Yuki was different…' I feel Zero grab my wrist and I look up at her and see her tying her ribbon around my hand. "Wh-what?" I ask as she ties it into a knot so it'll stay in place. "Zero…"I say. "Let's go. We still have deal with the boys." She says as she starts walking. Ever since that day when he lost his family… "This place…reeks of blood. It's making me sick. The fact that they actually like this smell…is proof that they're animals." She says as she glares ahead. Zero won't enter a stranger's territory without carrying a weapon. The next morning I'm in the bathroom blow drying my hair. 'Zero…is more talkative now than when she first came here, but still…' I keeps blow drying my hair as I hear the bathroom door open and I listen as Zero walks in the bathroom. I turn around, slightly pissed off. "What are you doing in here?!" I yell. "Bite me! The dorm showers are closed until dawn!" she yells back. "It's like I'd want to look at you anyway." She says and turns around and takes off her shirt. I'm glad she's got a tank top on as I throw a bottle at her head. "Don't just come in and start stripping! I'm still a guy!" I see the look on her face and become annoyed. "You just thought, 'no you're not!' didn't you? I can hear your mind, jerk!" I say as I grab my towel. She comes over and smells me. "Wh-What?!" I say, annoyed. She straightens up and looks at me. "I can't smell the blood anymore." She says. "Oh, shut up! My hand already stopped bleeding. But if it really is like in the old legends, I might still turn into a vampire. Ten years ago, I was also attacked by a stray vampire…maybe my blood's unusually sweet or something," I say as I go back to blow drying my hair. Zero walks towards the shower. "…how should I know?" she says. "Right…" I say. "Oh! But I'll be more careful from now on!" I say as I smile at her. "After all, I'm the day and night guardian at cross academy! I can survive no matter how much of my blood vampires drink, right? Hey!" I say as she walks away. At cross academy…the day and night class live side by side. However… "Ten days suspension?" Hanna asks. "It was still worth it for a taste of Kaname's blood. I don't think I'll be able to endure living off tablets for much longer. His blood was so delicious…"she looks up as Yuki walks up to her. Yuki back hands Hanna as she becomes angry. "Pardon?" says Yuki as she glares at Hanna. There is a secret that is kept from the day class students…It's that every one of the night class students is a vampire. "Sorry." Hanna says as she looks away with a cut on her cheek. But…what I didn't realize…was that there is also another secret. Yuki licks the blood from her finger.