Warning: This fanfic will contain language and smut later

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Chapter 1

The Academy

Ayane walked up to the gates of Cross Academy with her long black hair flowing behind her. This is where that man had sent her. He had told her to run there, to get there as soon as she could. He told her this so she wouldn't become an abomination. That's what he had turned her into. She did not wish it, or want it. She was forced into it and she was furious.

She Strolled past the gates and followed the sound of obsessive screaming. It was dusk and that could only mean one thing. Soon vampires would fill the streets with their unwanted presence. Ayane had become aware of them only a week earlier and she was still shocked.

She could replay the massacre of her family over and over again. She heard their screaming, she could see their panicked faces, and she could feel the coldness of their lifeless bodies. Yet she was still alive, it wasn't fair. Why her of all people. The only reason she was alive was because that man found her interesting.

Ayane saw a small female teenager pushing back girls. She looked like she was struggling, but why was she doing that in the first place? She should let people do what they have to.

"Are you going to stand in my way," a baritone voice behind her asked. Ayane turned around to see a tall boy with silver hair and light violet eyes. She studied his neck and saw a mark much akin to her own.

"You have one of those marks on you too?" Ayane asked. The man gave her a curious look before a squeak was heard from behind her. Both of them turned around to see the brown haired girl almost being trampled on.

Ayane heard the gates creek open and the hoard of girls parted perfectly. Through the gates walked out a group of beautiful people. Ayane stilled before moving clear out of the way. They were vampires she could just tell by the way they held themselves. Vampires have a certain atmosphere about them and all of them definitely had it.

Zero watched the girl as she cowered away from the Night Class. Did she know what they were? She wasn't wearing a uniform but she had gotten inside the school gates. She stayed completely still as the entire night Class passed by avoiding eye contact with any of the members. Even after the day students started leaving she was frozen in place.

Yuki walked over and noticed the girl that stood a few feet away from Zero. She watched the girl as she regained her composure. She had been terrified. Yuki had made it over to the girl whose head was bowed.

"Why are there vampires at this school?" the girl asked quietly. Yuki stared at her surprised. Zero placed a hand on Yuki's shoulder and they shared a look.

"Who are you and what do you want?" Zero asked firmly. He watched as the girl raised her head and her eyes met his.

"I am Ayane Shimizu," she spoke clearly. "It's a pleasure to meet you." She curtseyed at him out of mere habit but it still surprised the two in front of her. "I was sent here to seek refuge, but I must speak with the headmaster of this academy."

Her formal language and natural grace left Yuki stunned. It wasn't often someone saw a teenage girl with such manors. Yuki glanced at what the girl was wearing. She had on a dark pink dress with hints of lighter pink throughout it. It was cute and frilly and it was a contrast to her long midnight hair that went down to her hips. She wasn't quite as short as Yuki was but she wasn't tall. Her proud posture gave her an atmosphere of elegance. No doubt she belonged to a rich family. Yuki could even see the beautiful girl belonging to a family of vampires.

"Sure I can take you to his office," Yuki said cheerfully. Truth be told she was a little happy to get out of her disciplinary duties. She just wasn't in the mood to deal with the screeching Day Class.

Yuki and surprisingly Zero began to lead Ayane to the headmaster's office. She followed behind them but never made a move to try and walk beside them.

"So Ayane-san," Yuki started trying to break the silence. "Why do you want to go to Cross Academy?"

"Someone told me I should wait for him to return here," Ayane answered. She saw Yuki's eyes glitter in response.

"Does that mean you're waiting for you true love to return?" Yuki pressed. "That must be wonderful!"

"Yuki you're babbling," Zero informed. He had noticed how uncomfortable Ayane had been when Yuki said the word love. He doubted that love had anything to do with the reason here.

"Oh am I really?" Yuki scratched the back of her head. She opened the door. "Headmaster someone needs to talk to you."

Ayane vaguely registered her surroundings. A desk, a couple of bookshelves, it wasn't too much. Behind the desk sat a rather feminine man. He had long dull blonde hair pulled into a ponytail and thin wire glasses. He also wore a welcoming smile directed at Ayane.

"What can I do for you miss…" he trailed off.

"Ayane Shimizu," Ayane responded. "I was told this is a school that I must attend by a vampire." She saw the shock written across the faces of everyone in the room. "He told me I would be safe here until he comes for me."

"Is this vampire your umm… lover?" asked the headmaster. For the first time Ayane did something rude and huffed; although just slightly.

"Hardly," she stated coldly. "He decided to attack my family murdering all of them, bite me and ordering me to come here if I didn't want to see anyone else hurt. Worst of all he left this on me."

Ayane brushed back her long hair and slightly pulled down one of the sleeves on her dress. It revealed a mark on her shoulder. It was a cross with additional spikes jutting out; it had an almost blue color to it. Zero understood now what the girl had said to him.

"How did he give that to you?" His serious tone surprising the three teenagers.

"It's mostly a blur actually," Ayane said pressing a hand to her forehead. "All I can remember is the guy's teeth on my neck and candles. Other than that I have no idea."

"Yuki I need you to remove Kaname-Kun from his class," he instructed. "We'll have to have a discussion about this. Zero please start patrolling the grounds. Ayane-San do you mind waiting."

"No thank you for taking the time to see me," Ayane said graciously. She bowed deeply extracting a pleasant smile from the headmaster. She was definitely strong that was for sure.

OO00OO

Ayane froze as she watched someone walk into the room. He was tall had brown eyes and brown hair, most importantly he was a vampire. Ayane could feel that he was different from others she had seen that day. She felt his superiority. He was just like that one vampire.

"Ayane this is Kaname," the headmaster introduced. "He is president of the Night Class dorms."

Ayane gathered up her courage and bowed to the man. He smiled sweetly at her that made her slightly surprised. Kaname noticed the girl's reaction. She was afraid of him. It meant that she was smart or knew what he was.

"Why did you need to see me urgently," Kaname asked.

"Ayane can you show the mark on your shoulder to him," he replied coolly. Ayane did as she was told and revealed her shoulder. She watched as shock, anger, and a few other emotions ran through his eyes. "What do you make of that? I mean it can't be what I think it is."

"It's a vampire bride mark," Kaname answered. "Although I thought that they were impossible to make."

"That's why I needed to ask you." Kaname looked at him and nodded at him.

"What does this mean for me exactly?" Ayane asked. Her onyx eyes held a glint of curiosity and worry in them.

"It means that you now bear the mark of the Kiyomizu family," Kaname stated. "In other words a vampire has claimed you. In a way it's a marriage that allows a vampire to drink your blood without the risk of turning you into one. I'm guessing this was done by the heir Aoi. He's the only one that would mess around with ancient history."

"Is see…" the headmaster glanced at Ayane taking in her blank expression. "So 'Aoi' told you to come here until he picks you up."

"Yes however I hope that I will not have to with him," Ayane said. "I only came here so others would not be involved. He instructed me to go here I think his exact words were 'so no one can even attempt to hurt my property'." Ayane crossed her arms frustrated.

"What will you do when Aoi comes for you?" Kaname asked. He knew full well that this was Aoi, only he would be so smart as to use the peaceful laws of the academy to hide his own property.

"Simple I plan to kill him," Ayane replied. Both men looked shocked at her. "I know I might not look suitable for the job but he is borderline obsessive. He has been watching me from impossibly young age just waiting for the chance. I may not seem hysterical about my family being murdered but I do plan to take revenge. He needs to understand that humans are not below or above vampires in my opinion they're the same."

"You were just terrified of me and now you think you can kill a pureblood so easily. It's rather foolish."

"I'm sorry but I call that natural instincts and I'm sure it's something that vampires follow too. My only question is if you will allow me to stay here. I can leave but right now I have nowhere else to go. Please accept me into your academy." Ayane bowed to the headmaster who quickly agreed.

He instructed her to stay in the headmaster's guest room for tonight and tomorrow they would get everything sorted out. As soon as Ayane's head touched the pillow she was asleep.

OO00OO

"Oni-Chan," a five year old Ayane ran up to her brother. She was crying at the gash on her knee.

"I told you that you shouldn't climb trees," he scolded. He was always thoroughly prepared for his baby sister's recklessness and carried bandages with him everywhere now.

"I just wanted to get the cherry blossoms from the tree like you did," she sobbed out. She clung helplessly to him causing him to give a light hearted smile; one that even lit up his black eyes.

"Ayane you do not have to be like me," he comforted playing with her black hair. "You're a girl you have to behave like one or you'll send mother into a tizzy. Now get off me so I can bandage your knee."

Ayane sat back and stuck her knee out to him. He looked at her as if he touched her she might break, or was that him? He like his sister was considered beautiful but that was only something she could say to him. She was his precious sister no one else was quite as dear to him as she was. He quickly wrapped her knee and kissed it his lips lingering a little longer than necessary.

"Oni-Chan do you love Ayane?" she asked. Her nine year old brother looked at her taken aback.

"I will always love and protect you Ayane," he said running a hand through her black hair. "Your hair is so beautiful never cut it for me?" She nodded at him as he kissed her hair.

"Oni-Chan you have blood on your hand," Ayane said.

He looked down at it. Soon it began oozing blood as his face turned more mature and blood seeped through his throat. Ayane screamed as she saw dark blue eyes standing behind him. She tried to shake her brother stop the bleeding anything. It was useless. She screamed for him to answer her. He couldn't leave her, he promised.

OO00OO

"Kazuo," Ayane gasped sitting up in the bed. She was panicked until she noticed her surroundings. She was at Cross Academy and Kazuo was dead. She noticed a black uniform draped across a chair in the room. It must be for her she concluded coming out of bed. She went into the bathroom connected to her room to shower.

She turned the water so cold that it felt like needles hitting on her skin. She liked frigid things better than warm things. She blamed all those days swimming with Kazuo out in the lake during autumn.

She detangled her long black hair she vaguely wondered if her brother would be mad that she cut it. He had always said that it was her best quality it was always so silky, however she abhorred the fact she could hardly do anything with it.

Ayane stepped out of the shower and dried herself from head to toe. She put on the same underwear and bra noting she'd have to ask where she could buy some more. She slipped one her mew uniform. She would admit that it brought out the slim curve of her hips and subtle feminine features but it also showed how pale her skin was and how dark her hair was. She pulled her back tying it into a high pony-tail; something she hadn't been allowed to do.

She walked out the room and turned down the hallway. Sitting at the table were Zero, Yuki, and an apron wearing headmaster. She noticed how they all seemed slightly more comfortable than yesterday. Yuki was the first to notice her.

"Ayane-Chan!" Yuki greeted cheerfully. "Come eat a late lunch with us. His cooking is really good."

"Thank you Yuki-Chan," Ayane said hesitantly. She took a seat next to her and felt instantly uncomfortable when silence overtook the group. "What time is it?"

"It's almost three," Yuki answered thankful for her breaking the silence. "You slept for quite a while. How long had you been traveling before you got here?"

"About eight days I think," Ayane answered. She'd let them believe that it was by train or something but in truth she had walked all the way here. She wanted to prolong her arrival to give her some time to think.

"I see why you were so exhausted," Yuki said cheerfully. "If you need anyone to talk to I'm sure that if you need anyone to talk to Zero would be glad to listen." Zero elbowed her harshly in the stomach. "Geeze Zero was that necessary?" he shot her a glare.

"I do not wish to involve anyone in my family business," Ayane said breaking the fight. "However I do like talking about other things. For instance what was with all those people you had to fend off yesterday?"

"Oh well those were just the Day Class students," Yuki practically pouted. "It's our job a disciplinary officers to keep the day students safe from the Night Class. You see Cross Academy is divided into two parts humans and vampires. Our goal is to create a place where vampires and humans can coexist." Ayane smiled at her surprising her.

"I admire you I used to just dream of getting along with some of my siblings and you're trying to integrate two different umm…species?" Ayane complemented giggling. Yuki smiled at her pleasantly surprised at her new nature.

In truth Ayane used to be a very carefree person but the incident changed her a little. Before that her mother's intensive lady like training changed the things on the outside.

"Well dig in," the headmaster said placing plates of food on the table. They all began t eat afterwards. Ayane would admit that the food was good.

"Ayane-San there's still the issue of your tuition to settle," Cross said. She looked up at him before wiping her mouth.

"I can pay for it no problem," she replied. "My family left behind a great sum of money."

"I was thinking of giving you a scholarship," he said smiling. "If you join the disciplinary committee than you can attend school for free. We just might have to put you through some training. Can you use any weapons?"

"My brother taught me how to use a katana when he was going through lessons," Ayane answered. "Although that was a while ago and I was never very good. I can try though."

"That will do then," he said. He sighed before looking to Yuki who was glaring at Zero for some reason. "Yuki after we're finished eating take her to her dorm room and then let her participate in the transition time."

"Okay," she said. She tilted her head and smiled Ayane for smiled back although not as bright. Ayane thought that they could at least get along. "I hope you can handle all of the screaming women. They'll eat you alive."

"That or the Night Class will," Zero commented.

OO00OO

"Please stay back!" Ayane ordered. She felt rather helpless in this situation.

It was three people against at least fifty screaming banshees. She had a wooden sword on her hip right now until her brother's sword would arrive. Yuki didn't seem to be doing much better but no one even dared to approach Zero.

Ayane had yet to meet her roommate but she was on a health absence. However she seemed to be from a well off family if the added expensive bed sheets counted as a hint.

The bells chimed and everyone but Ayane and Yuki had moved out of the way. While Yuki stood there awkwardly Ayane moved to stand by Zero. He looked down at her before turning his attention to Yuki who was talking to Kaname. Ayane thought they looked close; she made a mental note that Zero wasn't too happy.

The Night Class strode by looking at her the new "perfect". Some seemed uninterested; Ayane preferred those ones over the ones that stared at her. She liked everyone more than the two that had decided to lick their lips at her. She wondered how no one had made the whole vampire connection yet, she found it obvious. Ayane wasn't stupid but just oblivious at times.

Her body stiffened as a blonde with blue eyes walked by. He looked like the man from that night but she relaxed when she noticed he was shorter and his eyes were a different color; they were more like ice while the guys before was like an ocean abyss and much darker.

Soon they all filed away and the day class dispersed. Now all she had to do was the night rounds and that was it.

OO00OO

Ayane stood wooden sword in hand in a clearing. She battled the air hoping to try and gain a feel for how to use it. She felt a little silly but learning how to use it now would probably be better than not knowing. Ayane was an overly safe person usually and now wouldn't be the time to change it.

Ayane heard a rustle in the bushes she turned around with her sword pointed. A man with blond hair and almost emerald eyes was there. He had his hands up in surrender and a friendly smile on his face. The thing that stood out about him was the white uniform he was wearing in the dark night.

"Don't worry I just came here to meet the new member of the disciplinary committee," he said. "I'm Takuma Ichijou."

"I'm Ayane Shimizu," she replied. She still had her sword raised. "Is that all you want?"

"No I wanted to tell you that you're holding your sword wrong," Takuma said. "You have the 'none dangerous' side pointed towards me."

Ayane blushed slightly before she lowered her sword and muttered an apology. Takuma smiled at her but she missed it.

"It's alright I just have a message from Kaname," he said. "He told you to not let anyone see your mark as some students currently have a grudge with your…husband?" He saw shock flicker across Ayane's onyx eyes. "Yes he told me. I'm the vice president of the moon dorm don't worry I'll look after you. You better get back to your training. See you around."

With a wave and a smile he walked. Ayane watched him and couldn't help but think he was nice. Vampires sure are confusing she thought.

OO00OO

"Are you satisfied now that you met her?" Kaname asked as Ichijou entered the classroom.

"Yes I am," he replied. "She seems so nice although a bit rude maybe."

"Rude?" Kaname asked with a slight chuckle. "The girl was nothing but polite every second she was around people. Maybe you bring out a different side of her."

"Yeah maybe," Takuma replied. He couldn't shake the guilty feeling. The senate had already ordered him to keep a close watch on the pretty girl. He felt it was lying to try and get close to her. Not only that but Aoi wasn't exactly his favorite person either.

OO00OO

Okay this is just a little idea that I have had for a while and I wanted to get out there. I won't be continuing it anytime soon unless I get reviewers asking me to do so. I also was wondering if I should change it to a first person point of view from Ayane. If you think I should let me know and this chapter will be replaced and the next will be in first person. Thanks for reading!