Full Summary: "The brightest lights cast the darkest shadows." Cross Academy is under attack from a force so dark and unknown they don't even know they're under attack. Four stand up to the dark, the only ones who have a semblance of something wrong. Akira, the human with a strong will that exceeds everything she knows. Yui, the girl who was so much like a doll, she couldn't forget what she saw. Tomomi, the Vampire Hunter who wants to know what's going on in the streets. Daisuke, the not so truthful boy in the Night Class who doesn't know where his loyalties lie.
Note: This completely knocks out the Rido arc, which is somewhat explained in Chapter Four with Daisuke. It's placed in December, which is completely different from the anime which is in January/February, so imagine Shizuka and all before that was in August-October/November. Eventually Yuuki will be her Pureblood self once more, but not until later chapters. She barely shows up now in everyone but Tomomi's line. And it's not really... important TBH
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Vampire Knight or it's characters. I do own the plotline involved in this story, and I do own Akira, Tomomi, Yui, Daisuke, and various characters not to be mentioned just yet.
Chapter One- Momamoto Akira
Akira's dreams were soft and plushy and full of happiness. But she learned quickly she needed to lay off the Twilight movies. Not books. The movies. Why, you might ask, haven't you read the books? Because the Bella on screen was enough for her, and Jacob Black was reason enough to watch it at all. What could she say? She's not a vampire fan. And her best friend being a hunter has nothing to do with it, she swears.
However, all dreams of an amazingly hot werewolf are interrupted by the shouts of her best friend, previously mentioned Vampire Hunter, shaking her and shouting at her to "wake the fuck up" as they both put it so delicately. "I am about to tear your ear off and feed it to the dogs if you get up, Akira." More shaking, making Akira dizzy. "THAT'S IT. GIVE ME YOUR EAR." A sharp pain forces her eyes open, and she's dragged from her bed. Honestly, she's not sure how it's still attached either.
Akira lashes out at her. "Fuck you, Tomomi." Suzuki Tomomi, her best friend, her cousin, and her annoying keeper. There are many sides to Akira's girl, Tomomi. You can come across the frantic, loud side, which usually appears in the morning, the quiet and 'don't fuck with me' side, which usually appears when she's tired, the dangerous side, reserved for anytime vampires are around, and many, many more.
Tomomi and Akira met when they were young. Tomomi's parents died on a mission, and as her mother's sister, Akira's mom took her in. Aunt Lil wasn't a born Hunter; she kind of adopted the style when she married Uncle Jiro. Tomomi trained with her dad's brother, but she was ultimately with Akira's family all of the time. Of course, people don't normally guess they're cousins. They think the duo are sisters.
Tomomi and Akira have the same amazingly blonde hair, and they look nearly exactly alike except for Akira's heterochromia iridium, which is basically her having two different eye colors. Akira's nose is slightly smaller than Tomomi's, and Tomomi's lips are a darker shade of pink. They have a pair of contacts for any case where they want to switch places for the day, though it doesn't normally happen. Sadly, they can't switch places where waking up is concerned.
"I don't wanna get up," Akira whines on the floor. Tomomi releases Akira's ear with a smirk, knowing well enough she's awake for the day. Akira growls, glaring at her cousin. "You, my dear, are a bitch in the morning." Akira gets up, pulling off her shirt to change right there. They have shared a room for years, don't judge. They just don't even care anymore. Akira frowns at Tomomi a bit. "How long do we have?"
"Ten minutes." Akira curses her under her breath, changing quickly so they can make it to class on time. 'Did I even do my homework?' Akira asks herself before shaking her head. 'I don't have time.'
They make it to the classroom with one minute to spare. Akira bends over, glaring at Tomomi. "Set. The. Alarm. Earlier." She grins at her cousin, going to her seat. This is normal Tomomi. She giggles, jokes, and doesn't have random outbursts. This happens to change when she goes to town, in the figurative and literal languages. Akira pull out the homework of her first class, breathing a sigh of relief to find it complete.
They sit down, somehow allowed to sit next to each other, on one side of the infamous Zero Kiryuu. Akira is guessing the only reason Akira and Zero get along is because Tomomi respects his family as a Hunter, but not much more than that. He's still a vampire, is what she always says when Akira asks why she doesn't hang out with him as much as she could and should. What? They're not joined at the hip.
"Morning, Zero," Akira says, waving at him. He makes a sound of recognition, the most either usually gets out of him, just as hell- er, class starts.
Tomomi and Akira try to avoid the Night Class. Really, they do. But when Akira get supplementary for not finishing her homework in most of her classes and Tomomi has a job to do, Akira can't always avoid them. When supplementary is over, the blonde finds herself being pushed around in the crowd of fangirls. Akra is an impatient person, and she usually refuses to walk around them... until it's too late anyway.
Akira has nothing against the Night Class, honest. But they are vampires. Besides the fact she's not supposed to know they're vampires, the vampires and she have nothing else between them. The Headmaster doesn't quite know she's aware of them, but Akira is sure he has his suspicions. Zero does, and Yuuki too, have suspicions and tries to make comments about it. Tomomi repels him and the comments, directing all conversation away from Akira where vampires are concerned.
So when she's in the middle of the walkway, on her ass, and the Night Class is walking past and around her, Akira fears for her life. She groans, wanting to hit herself in the head repeatedly as one of the nicer ones, Ichijo Takuma, offers a hand. She has no interest in playing nice with the vampires. Fuck her, she's terrified of them. So she gets up on her own, bowing in apology. "I'm sorry for being in the way." Akira walks off easily, ignoring the glares of all of Ichijo's future lovers.
Another one grabs her, Aido Hanabusa, and she tries so hard not to jerk away from him. Akira's breathing quickens as she makes an effort not to push him and run. "Are you alright?"
'I can play it off. I know I can.' She turns, smiling at him. "I'm a bit tired, and my roommate won't be back for a little while, so I'm trying to get her something to eat. The boys have already stormed the cafeteria, and they'll storm it next." He buys it, and lets go of Akira with a mutter of apology. She bows again, turning and rushing away before any of them can drag her back to ask me how much I know.
How much does she know might be your next question. Yes, I'm breaking the fourth wall in this narration, get over it. Akira knows the Night Class is full of vampires. She knows Hunters kill vampires who do wrong. She knows only Purebloods can change a human into a vampire, and those vampires will eventually fall to Level E. She knows the vampire hierarchy. She doesn't know how to defend herself against them.
Someone catches Akira's arm, but this one isn't a vampire. Kawaguchi Yui, a human and a good friend. If she didn't have Tomomi, Yui would be Akira's best friend. Yui is a small girl with long dark hair and honey colored eyes, and real jewel among the Day Class girls. She has a crush on Shiki, but she isn't open about it like the rest of them are. Akira thinks Yui would honestly like Shiki Senri whether she knew what he was or not, even if he didn't have a fanclub and it wasn't the cool thing at the Academy. "They're going to kill you," she says point blank.
Yeah, she's blunt, no matter how cute she is. Not as much of a doll as Toya Rima, but still a little doll. "I know; Ichijo offered to help me up, and Aido touched me." She sighs, wishing they knew what the Night Class really is. "I'm sure to be dead by morning," Akira says, looking to Yui. "Come to my funeral?"
Yui seems to ponder the idea for a second, making Akira gasp and push her friend a bit. Yui laughs, sounding like a bell. "Of course I will. I'll make sure they don't burn your body or sacrifice you to the vampire gods." Akira doesn't let the comment bother her, playing it cool, and breathing out a sigh of relief as though they would actually do that to her. "You know, I'm pretty sure Aido has never done that for a girl."
Akira rolls her eyes. "Oh, please. He's probably done that for millions of girls, honey." Akira reaches up to fix her ribbon in her hair. Her eyes widen. "Hang on... Where is my ribbon? Where the fuck did my ribbon go?" Yui gasps a bit, looking on the ground for it too. "Yui, it isn't around here! What do I do?" Tears fill Akira's eyes as the ribbon is the only gift she ever got from Aunt Jil. It's important to her.
A hand taps her shoulder, and Akira meets with darling blue eyes. He holds out the blue ribbon that matches almost exactly. "Is this yours?" Akira takes it shyly, and Yui smiles at the vampire. "It came out when you fell, at least I'm assuming. I figured a nice girl like you would have such a pretty accessory!" Warmth fills her cheeks despite how much she hates it. He's a vampire, she reminds herself.
"Thank you," Akira mutters, not making contact with him. "This means a lot to me, and I'll pay you back however I can as long as I don't get hurt or hurt anyone else." The clause she put in is for a reason, and Aido is visibly disappointed. Akira turns back to Yui before panicking. "Oh no! Now they're definitely going to burn my body and sacrifice me to the vampire gods! Yyyyuuuuuiiiiii!"
Yui giggles, patting her back as anime tears roll down her face. "There, there. Remember, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em."
"But they won't let me join them..."
"They'll let me." Yui and Akira walk away from Aido, the duo acting normal for them. Akira cries to Yui, and Yui just bluntly brushes her off until they get to the dorm. Tomomi is sitting with a boy from class they know well, Koizuma Minoru. His golden eyes meet Akira's, and he grins widely. He's a Hunter too, and is over at their dorm often enough people barely notice it anymore.
"Akira, come sit," he says, patting the spot next to him. Akira looks at Yui, who sits down on Tomomi's other side in an obvious statement. Akira takes the spot, and Minoru grins at her. He sneaks a kiss on her cheek, and Akira blushes fiercely. She isn't about PDA of any sort, especially when she doesn't know exactly where she stands with Minoru. "Tomomi was telling me about how you didn't do your homework."
Akira shrugs. "I hardly ever do it. I'm pretty sure the instructors arrive with a zero next to my name." Minoru nods, grabbing her hand under the table as she eats. "Oh, and you two should be nice next time you see Aido. He was nice enough to return my ribbon." She points at the bow in her hair, wrapped around her ponytail elastic. "The girls were pushing me around again."
"Because you walked through the middle again," Tomomi points out. Akira makes a face and shrugs again. Tomomi rolls her eyes, and Minoru tightens his grip on her hand. Akira squeezes back, reassuring him. He doesn't even like Tomomi being around vampires, and she's a better hunter than him. She eats what Tomomi saved for her, somehow managing to get there before she did.
"Soo... Do you want to come over to my dorm tonight? I'll make you do your homework," Minoru offers, being genuine about it. Akira nods, smiling at him. His eyes are kind for a moment, and then Zero sits across from them, making Minoru scowl. Akira knows how Minoru feels. He doesn't believe Zero is a real Hunter because he's a vampire too.
"Suzuki, can you do patrol tonight?" Tomomi nods. He nods back, and it's awkward for Akira as she just kind of sits there. She leans back, looking at Yui, who is also quite awkward.
"These guys are intense," Yui says in a whisper loud enough for Akira to hear. Akira nods her agreement. "Want to go to the movies this weekend?"
Akira thinks for a second. "What's in?" Then she looks at Minoru. "Know what? Doesn't matter. I want to go. I'll get Headmaster's approval tomorrow since we are his favorite students most of the time." Akira flicks her blonde hair over her shoulder arrogantly in mocking. Yui giggles at her, and they return to the table. Minoru is done, so he waits for Akira.
On the way out, Akira hears Yui and Tomomi yell, in perfect sync that freaks pretty much everyone out, "Use protection!" A blush spreads across Akira's cheeks, but Minoru just pokes his head back in, cocking his eyebrow. Sure enough, Akira isn't one to stop Minoru when they go into his room as he pulls her in for a gentle kiss.
Akira opens her eyes to find herself on top of the Sun Dorms. She looks around, unsure why she's standing on the roof. She doesn't even remember going asleep. Shaking her head, Akira tries to remember her dream. She might not remember going to sleep, but she knows she had some type of dream. She knows it for a freaking fact...
Akira shakes it off, closing her mismatched eyes against the cold. She supposes it isn't her brightest idea to stay up here and wonder what it's about when she could get sick right now. So she climbs down, getting inside as fast as she can and sprinting to her room while staying quiet. She finds Yuuki in the halls, trying to cover something up quickly. But she ignores it, walking past Yuuki to her room down the hall.
'Tomomi should be back soon...' So the blonde opened up a book on her desk, deciding to wait for her cousin.