-Chapter One-

Junko Watanabe sighed to herself as she took in the grand sight of Cross Academy. She was about to question why she was there when her son squeezed her hand unintentionally. She looked down at her six year old boy and gave him a reassuring smile. He was the sole reason why Junko was there and why she was going to see…him.
Junko leaned down and picked up her son before walking into the Academy and proceeding to get them both lost. She didn't know where the main office was so when she saw a classroom that had a light on she peeked inside. Junko had expected to see maybe just a student and a few teachers considering it was about five o'clock in the evening but she was amazed to see a room full of students dressed in sharp white uniforms. However there was one boy in there who was dressed in the same style of a uniform except his was black and he looked less put together than some of the other students.

Junko looked around for their teacher but when she couldn't see one she shyly stepped into the room. She felt a stream of eyes focus on her and she noticed her son clutched onto her even tighter.

"I'm sorry for intruding but I'm looking for someone and I'm lost," she said.

When Zero heard that voice he could have sworn he would never hear again, he sat up so straight so quickly the sound of his chair scraping against the floor echoed throughout the quiet Night Class study hall. Kaname looked over at Zero who was sitting next to him worriedly.

"Zero…baby what's wrong?" he whispered to his lover.

"She…S-She-" but he was cut off by Junko. She lightly set her son down on the desk in the front of the room and walked over to Zero. He stood up and the rest of the vampires started murmuring to themselves. Zero looked as if he was about to run away from the woman who had come into the room, and those who Zero had become friends with instantly bristled at the sight of the invincible school guardian terrified by this woman.

Junko walked up to him and asked, "Zero? Is that you?"

"Yeah it's me," he answered weakly.

"What? Are you too old to give your Auntie Junko a hug?" she asked pouting.
"Eh?" echoed around the room as every vampire said it at the same time. 'His aunt?' they all thought to themselves.

Hanabusa who had just taken a gulp of his drink swiftly chocked on it while Akatsuki had to repeatedly hit his back to clear his nasal passages. Senri nearly poked Rima in the eye with the pocky he'd been trying to feed her. And Kaname the royal pureblood of the room nearly fell out of his chair and into Takuma when he heard that.

Zero fumed on the inside but knew better than to disrespect this woman. Despite her seemingly sweet nature he knew better. He knew because Zero had seen what she'd done to one of the people that mattered most to Zero. He steeled himself and leaned foreword wrapping his arms around her thin waist before kissing her cheek.

"It's good to see you Aunt Junko," he said softly. When he pulled back he flinched when he felt her cold fingers on his neck. And Zero froze when he realized she was tracing the design of the tattoo on his neck while curiously gazing at it.

"Zero hun when did you get this tattoo? What's it for?" she asked seemingly innocently. The silver haired boy flinched visibly.

"But…you know what it's for," Zero said in a meek and hurt voice. Not matter who he was talking with the subject of his tattoo was a sensitive one.

"No I'm afraid I don't," Junko replied blinking her green eyes.

By that time Kaname had had enough of this pesky woman bothering one of the people he cherished. Working with Zero to accept the fact that he wasn't human anymore was taking a great deal of effort, but they had slowly been making progress. Except now it seemed as if Zero was going to revert back to his hostile disposition for a while. Said silver haired boy jumped when Kaname's arm slithered around his waist and squeezed reassuringly. But Zero knew that was a bad mistake, for Junko was watching the movements of Kaname's arm and looked repulsed as soon as she gathered that Kaname and Zero were an item.

"Junko-san," Kaname said in what he hoped to be a pleasant tone, "I believe you mentioned you were lost. We'd be happy to direct you wherever you need to go."

"Yes," Junko replied snapping out of her daze.

Kaname quickly told Junko how to get to the Headmaster's office although he regretted having to do so. He-and everyone there-would much rather have had Junko leave the campus all together. But with the directions mapped out in her head Junko scooped up her son from his seat on top of the table and headed out the door. On the way out the room Zero's eyes met the little boy's and the child gave Zero a small wave goodbye. Zero's tension eased a little bit and the other female vampires started whispering about how cute the little guy was.

There was a silence that engulfed the room once the large wooden doors had slammed shut. Zero brought Kaname's arm away from his waist and kissed the older boy's knuckles.

"Thank you," he said gently before heading over to the large window unlatching it.
"Where do you think you're going?" Ruka asked once she realized the boy was going to jump from the window to the ceiling below then to the pavement. Really, wasn't the door easier?

"I can't not warn him that she's here," Zero said worriedly.

"But why are going through the window?" the blond haired girl questioned annoyed with how men always seemed to do things the hard way.

"Because then I can get to him before she does," Zero said before he turned and jumped the six foot drop to the roof below. The Night Class stared blankly at the window before muttering to each other about what had just occurred. Ruka noticed Kaname was watching her amusedly.

"Kaname-sama I'm doing my best to get along with Kiryu-kun, but I just don't understand what it is with him and windows," she explained.

"Neither do I," Kaname chuckled.

There was a brief comfort in those light words before Rima said, "Did you see her little boy? He looks just like-"

"Don't say it," Hanabusa cut her off.

"I can't believe what she said to Zero," Akatsuki muttered.

"Hmm, that wasn't fair," Takuma replied honestly.

Kaname furrowed his brow thinking not paying much attention to the talk around him. It didn't seem possible that the father of that little boy could really be…

"I don't know who she is, but I think Juno-san is gonna cause a lot of problems," Senri said softly. The room went still when he said that. Senri wasn't the one to speak all that but when he did most often than not it was something important. And there wasn't a single student who disagreed with him.

-Chapter End-

Lame first chapter is lame. I tried to make this slightly ambiguous but it won't be devastating to me or the story if you're figuring various things out get. And of course I will be adding tons more detail about Junko and her little boy. I want to reveal his name next chapter!

Also for those of you interested in where this could possibly fit into the canon Vampire Knight plot, it takes place AFTER my story A Way Back Home, and BEFORE she Shizuka ark. Now with that out of the way let's see…well in case your confused about pairings and whatnot, in my happy little world Kaname and Zero are together in this story. Please don't flame me for this I have always done this in my stories. I'm trying to make this a pairing friendly piece because after all this is actually a YagarixCross/CrossxYagari fic. =P although that should be obvious.

I hope those of you who read my other stories will continue to give me a chance and keep reading this one because it will be good…I hope. While A Way Back Home was a mix of humor and drama, this story is going to be even more serious so I'm looking foreword to see how this one turns out.

And last but certainly not least, my creativity lives off of your comments/reviews of my work. Please be generous and leave me some feedback. Thank you so very much!