"Kaname-sama didn't leave his room at all tonight." Ruka said to Akatsuki in front of the pureblood's door as light began to filter through the window.
"Yeah, and Hanabusa never woke up." He murmured, disturbed. Something was wrong.
They suddenly heard a scream down the hall. "Hanabusa!" Akatsuki burst through the door and Ruka followed, but they froze at the pair of confused eyes that met them.
"Eh? Why am I in the Moon Dorm? And why do I look like Aido-senpai?"
They were dumbfounded.
"Hanabusa?" Akatsuki said slowly. "What's wrong with you?"
"No!" Aido pointed to himself, his eyes desperately lost. "I'm not Aido-senpai! It's me, Yuuki Cross!"
"What?" both looked at Aido. Has he lost his mind? All of a sudden they heard the shattering of glass. They ran to Kaname's door and hesitantly walked in without permission.
"Kaname-sama?" the girl said quietly and then gasped as she saw the demolished room and the eyes that glared at her.
"This is one fucked up dream."
"Kaname-sama?" she exclaimed in alarm.
"Why the hell am I in Kuran's body?" Kaname yelled at the mirror and Aido took a step forward.
"Zero?"
Kaname whipped around. "Aido? How did you know?"
Akatsuki and the girl were completely lost.
"It's me Yuuki! We both must have switched bodies with Kaname-senpai and Aido-senpai." Yuuki exclaimed, pulling on Zero's sleeve.
"Then that means…" Zero said slowly and then he yelled. "KURAN'S IN MY BODY?" he dashed to the window and went to open it but it exploded and fell from the side of the building when he pushed on it.
There was an awkward silence and Zero cursed under his breath.
"Holy shit."
After another moment, Zero jumped out the window, gasping at how far he flew. He disappeared into the trees, heading for the boy's Sun Dorm. Yuuki jumped out the window and followed him. The other two vampires stood in a daze and then looked at one another.
"Did that just happen?" she asked.
"Yeah."
"So, Yuuki Cross is in Aido's body?"
"Yup."
"Kiryuu is in Kaname-sama's?"
"Yeah."
They were exhausted and returned to their rooms to sleep, not trusting their tired eyes.
Zero went to his dorm room, moving too quickly for the other boys who were getting ready for school to see him. He opened his door slowly to avoid a repeat of the window and stepped into the room, surprised to see his body sleeping in his bed. He yanked his body by the collar.
"Kuran! What is the meaning of this?" he hissed and hesitated as wide eyes looked at him.
"Kaname-sama?"
Zero blinked. "Aido? You're the one in my body?"
"What?" Aido saw a mirror in the corner of his eye and turned his head and screeched. Zero flinched as his body was made to do such a girly thing. Nope. That's not Kuran.
"Wait. So you're not….you're really Zero?" Aido was dropped to the floor.
"Yeah. But that means…" his face twisted in disgust and revulsion.
"Zero did you find Kaname-senpai?" Yuuki walked in and Aido gawked at her.
"Cross is in my body?"
"Aido –senpai?" she said confused, and then gasped and flushed. "That means Kaname-senpai is in my body!" The three looked at one another in disbelief. Zero growled and opened the window and jumped out, followed by the others as they ran to the Sun Dorm. When they got to Yuuki's room they heard Wakaba's imploring and upset voice.
"Yuuki, what's wrong? Yuuki? Are you sick? Why are you so upset? We always sleep together on cold nights. Yuuki!" the door opened and the body of Yuuki stared at them with a pale face. Kaname's eyes stared at his body, expressionless. Without a word he walked down the hall. The strange reaction froze the others for only a moment before they ran down the hall to avoid having to explain to Wakaba why they were there.
"Cross." A dark, but familiar voice made the headmaster jerk his eyes away from his papers. His expression showed surprise.
"Kaname?" he said confused at his dangerously quiet voice and at the assembly in his room. "Yuuki? Zero? Aido? What's going on?"
"I'm in Kuran's body!" Zero hit the desk and it cracked.
"And I'm Yuuki in Aido's body." Yuuki spoke up in order to help clarify the situation.
"We all woke up in different bodies. Do you know what could have happened?" Aido walked up to the desk.
"What?" he cried out, his glasses slipping down his nose and he didn't bother to push them up. "Where's Kaname?" he stammered. "You should get him. I have no idea what this is. I've never heard of anything like this." He stood up.
"I'm right here." Cross looked dumbly at Yuuki's body.
"Kaname…? You're in Yuuki's…?"
"Yes. But I don't know what this could be either. Might I suggest calling Yagari-sensei?"
Cross smiled, getting his emotions and expressions mixed up in the confusion. He picked up the phone. "Sorry to wake you, but could you come here?"
Yagari stared at his pupil's body and then at the pureblood's body, frowning. He turned to Zero. "You're really Zero…?"
"Yeah." He leaned against the wall. "This is screwed up."
Yagari grumbled in agreement as he looked at Aido's body. "Yuuki Cross?" she nodded. "Hanabusa?" he turned to Zero's body and saw it nod also. Then he turned around and stared down at Yuuki's body.
"Yes. It's me." Kaname said as the question failed to come. Yagari glared at him.
"The Kuran pureblood in the body of a human little girl?"
Kaname didn't bat an eye. "I'm guessing you have no idea what this could have been caused by?"
"An effect of vampires living so closely with humans?" he grumbled.
"Kaname-senpai, could that be the case?" Yuuki looked down at him, feeling odd at having to do so to look at him.
"No, vampires coincide with humans around the world. Something like this has never happened before."
No possible explanations arose, and eventually the four left.
"Hey, Zero." Aido walked next to Zero, wincing as he saw Kaname's face respond to the name. "Are you always this…hungry?" he said quietly. Zero glared at him, but then looked down at Kaname, ignoring Yuuki who was surprised to hear what Aido had said. She started asking Aido questions that Zero knew he couldn't prevent him from answering.
"What I'd like to know…" Zero noticed Kaname's eyes give him a look of warning and then indifference as Zero continued. "…is why this pureblood body's thirst is even worse than a level E's?"
Aido was outraged at the comparison, but upset as he looked at Kaname with concern. "Kaname-sama?"
"It's not that bad, Kiryuu." He said quietly. "It only requires a little self control."
"It's driving me insane!" Zero grabbed Kaname's arm viciously and Kaname gasped.
"Zero let go of Yuuki's arm!" Kaname demanded, his eyes unfocused with pain and anger. Zero let go immediately.
Kaname growled at him with disgust. "You almost broke her arm! Control yourself, Kiryuu!" then his eyes widened and his glare returned, tenfold. "Do not bite her, Kiryuu. I swear I'll…"
"Of course not! I know what a bite from a pureblood would mean!" he glared back at the large eyes and grimaced at Yuuki's face. "We need to get back in our own bodies."
"No kidding." Aido said, reminding Zero that he was there. "We just don't know how."
"It could only be temporary."
Yuuki looked at her body with hope. "You really think so, Kaname-senpai?"
Kaname didn't say anything.
"This is ridiculous." Zero growled and jumped on the brick wall they were walking along inside the school's grounds.
"Get down." Kaname commanded.
"Why?" a spiteful grin appeared on Zero's face. "Don't want me to ruin your cool and collective image, Kuran?"
"You shouldn't draw attention to yourself in my body. We don't need this situation to get any more complicated than it already is."
"How so?"
Kaname growled ineffectively in Yuuki's body. "This could become a hundred times worse for us, Kiryuu. Yuuki and Aido's switch would be nothing to the vampire world compared to our switch. A pureblood to a human girl. A hunter and level E to a pureblood vampire." He didn't need to explain further as he saw their faces darken. "And you can't control my powers."
"What?" Zero said in alarm, thinking of the window.
"What did you destroy so far?"
"Your bedroom and the wall and window."
Kaname sighed with relief. "Good, that's something small." He then looked sharply at Zero. "Control your emotions. Do Not get angry."
"Why?"
"You'll destroy a lot more than a room." Kaname said simply. "And do not bite any one."
Zero growled and stopped. "I thought we already went over that! You should just stay away from me and…"
"Then you could be doing anything. I need to supervise you, Zero. And Aido…" he turned to Zero's body. "…try not to bite anyone either."
Aido grimaced. "I really think that'll be hard." Kaname gave him a blood tablet.
"I got these from Cross." Then he paused in thought. "Aido, can you and Yuuki go back to the Moon Dorms to explain our absence to someone?"
"We should tell Akatsuki and Ruka. They already know a little." Yuuki said.
"Good." Kaname smiled at her, but on Yuuki's face it looked especially warm and kind and Zero looked on with disapproval.
Both of them left.
Kaname looked at his body and poured out half of the container, until thirty pills rested in his cupped hands. "Zero…" he looked at the figure that stood on the wall.
"That many?" he said in disbelief.
Kaname didn't say anything and Zero hopped down. "Just swallow them, Kiryuu."
"But the things taste horrible." He grumbled, taking half of them in his hand.
"They won't have much of a taste if you do it quickly."
Zero started when he popped one in his mouth and he spat it out. "It tastes even worse…" he began.
"Eat them." Dark eyes bore into Zero.
Zero stared at Kaname. "You really survive off of these?"
"Yes." Kaname said coolly. "So what? You want me to drink blood from Yuuki, like you?"
Zero scowled and swallowed some of the pills, coughing. "Is it a good idea to eat so many? Aren't you supposed to dissolve them?"
"They're more effective for me when they aren't." Kaname slipped the bottle in his pocket of the pants he was wearing.
"Wait." Zero took notice of his clothes and then the ones he wore. "You sleep in your clothes?"
"Yes."
"And you changed clothes while in Yuuki's body?"
"Yes."
"You….!"
"It's not like I looked at anything, Kiryuu." He was insulted by Zero's accusing glare. "I just wanted to get dressed in something other than a long shirt that Yuuki wore to bed."
Zero took his frustration out on the rest of the pills in his hand and then reached for those that remained in Kaname's hands. "So what was the trouble with Wakaba?"
Kaname didn't respond.
"Kuran?" he said ominously. "Did you do something?"
"What? You expect me to feel inclined to drink her blood in Yuuki's body?" he said crossly. "Yuuki sleeps in the same bed as her friend sometimes. It was just disturbing to wake up on the girl's chest."
Zero choked on a pill and coughed. He laughed. "That's why you were so pale?"
"Shut up, Kiryuu."
Zero finished the pills. "Damn, Kuran. I still have this thirst after all of those?" he stared at Kaname in amazement. Then he stiffened.
"Zero?" Kaname's eyes darted to the area around them, and then moved to his body. "What is it?"
"Someone…is coming?" Zero's face was serious as he concentrated.
"Human or vampire? Or you can't tell…"
"How could I be able to tell, Kuran!"
There was a pause. "I guess…we should go."
"You mean run away?" Zero growled.
"That doesn't matter in this situation, Kiryuu." Kaname started walking, but stopped when he didn't hear Zero follow. He grabbed Zero by the shirt and tried to drag him along. "Get moving."
Zero laughed at Kaname's attempt to move him.
"Kiryuu!" Kaname began, but another voice spoke.