Author's note: I do not own Vampire Knight or any of its characters. I simply borrow them to use in my own sick, twisted fantasies. ^^ I do, however, follow very closely with the plot from the manga. That does not mean, however, that I'm claiming it as my own. -Nira
A Heavier Burden in My Heart
Chapter One
"Yua-chan, will you come help me?" Yuki yelled, trying to ward off the screaming girls of the day class as they tried to catch glimpses of the night class students.
""Sorry, Yuki-chan! Kinda busy!" I called back, warding off another group.
The doors of the Moon dormitory opened and the screams got louder and the pushing and shoving got rougher as the beautiful students of the night class emerged. I watched them walk by with a smile on my face, wishing for them all to enjoy their classes and some smiled back while others glared at me. Not only were the night class students beautiful, they were considered to be geniuses. But they had a dark secret; every single one of them was a vampire. It was my job as one of the three Disciplinary Committee members to protect that secret. Our third member, Zero, was nowhere to be found… as usual.
When I looked over at Yuki to see how she was doing, I saw her standing in front of Kaname with Zero standing next to her, gripping Kaname's wrist and glaring at him. Kaname was the president of the night class and had the air of royalty and Zero hated him more than any of the other vampires of the night class. Yuki was in love with Kaname and I was in love with Zero, but neither of us ever said anything about it. It was a known secret between us as sisters. I ran over to the three of them to try to keep the peace and smiled nervously at Kaname, apologizing for Zero's rudeness before I glared at Zero.
"You're late, Zero-kun!" I scolded, but he ignored me and yelled at the girls of the day class to go back to their dorms, glaring, and they all ran away screaming, thus ending our work for the moment.
"Take care, Yuki, Yua…" Kaname chuckled, walking to class.
As I dragged Zero to the headmaster's office, followed by Yuki, I was mad at Zero for being late and rude to everyone (though he was always like that), but I was glad that he was there none the less. Zero, Yuki and Headmaster were talking, but I was staring out the window absentmindedly, not paying any attention to them. Eventually I got bored and decided to go on patrol around the Sun dormitory where the day class slept. It was a while later when I heard a scream near the Moon dormitory and ran to the source of it. I saw Aido Hanabusa and Kain Akatsuki (two night class students and cousins), and two unconscious day class girls on the ground, and Aido was about to bite Yuki's wrist. Before I could do anything to stop him, Zero was pointing Bloody Rose at Aido's head. I sighed and pushed Zero's hand up just as he was pulling the trigger so he shot the gun into the air and then I turned to the blonde-haired blue-eyed model, Aido with a glare and snatched Yuki back from him.
"Aido, if you ever touch Yuki again, I'll take it as a personal threat and punish you myself," I spat venomously. "… but for now, I leave him to you, Kaname."
"Yua-chan, I'm fine! It was only a little bite, see?" Yuki stated, but I ignored her.
"I take it that I shall leave the rest up to you?" Kaname asked, hinting to the unconscious day class girls.
"Leave it to me," I smiled.
"Very well… Good night."
I untied my necktie and looked at Yuki with a look that said "that was stupid, and you know it," so she blushed as she held her hand out for me to tie it up. Zero and I carried the day class girls to the infirmary and Headmaster cleaned their memories of what had happened, whatever it had been. Zero had had hate in his eyes when he'd pulled the trigger, just like when he'd first come to be in Headmaster Cross's care, and I felt sorry for him. I wanted to comfort him again, but I couldn't. I wasn't in the right position to comfort him.
I decided to take a bath and while I was submerged up to my nose, I was thinking about Zero and how the headmaster always had a way of saying or doing things that deepened or worsened Zero's emotional wounds and how I hated to see Zero so upset. But I agreed with Headmaster. It was a never-ending struggle of mine. Did I love Zero more than I wanted vampires and humans to coexist? Or would I rather sacrifice my love for Zero to be a pacifist?
As I was blow-drying my hair when I'd gotten out, still thinking, Zero stormed in and took his shirt off, getting ready to take a bath, so I blushed and turned the light off so I couldn't see.
"Yua… why did you turn the light off?" Zero asked, not amused.
"Don't do that. I'll be out in a minute so keep your clothes on until then. It's embarrassing..." I mumbled.
"Embarrassing?" he muttered.
"Can I turn the light back on now? You're not taking anything else off?"
"It was just my shirt. What are you thinking, Yua?"
"Shut up, pervert! You're the one who was taking your clothes off in front of a girl!" I protested, throwing a brush at him.
"Hey!"
I finished blow drying my hair and gathered all of my toiletries, but I paused, having a thought: "Hey, Zero-kun?"
"What?" he growled.
"Try not to take what the headmaster says about the night class personally. He's not trying to hurt you… 'kay?" I smiled faintly and left.