They sat there for what seemed like forever. Her fingers intertwined with his. It was 9:00pm and the day class students were all safely inside, so she had nothing to worry about, nor did he. They sat, both of them, gazing up at the blue-black sky littered with sparkles and a beautiful glowing orb. They both secretly wished that they could stay like that, together on that beautiful spring evening, for the rest of their lives. "Yuki," he sighed "what do you think of when you look at the stars?"
"Hn?" she looked at him, coming round from her day dream "oh! They make me think of...of..." she didn't finish. Instead she turned and looked into Ichijo's eyes; she let out a slight giggle.
"What is it?" Ichijo asked; a little confused.
"Oh, well, your eyes are sparkly, just like the stars." She replied, tipping her head to one side. She smiled. Ichijo loved her smile, it was so sweet, so innocent, and it was cute! He couldn't help but smile too. They were suddenly interrupted by voice from close by, it was Zero. He was calling out for Yuki.
"Um, Takuma, you need to leave or hide or something, otherwise Zero will find us and he'll be-" Ichijo put his finger to her lips.
"It's alright, I realise that, so I shall be leaving now," he pulled her into a close embrace "don't worry; I shall still be here tomorrow! Goodbye." He stood up and walked towards the trees, looking back just as Zero arrived next to Yuki. He smiled before disappearing into the darkness.
"Where have you been?" asked Zero.
"I was right here, I was just sitting, must have started daydreaming. Sorry." Yuki replied in a dazed tone, holding the back of her neck and smiling.
"Whatever," zero mumbled "just don't complain the next time I wander off somewhere."
"It's a deal!" Yuki exclaimed, jumping to her feet.
Takuma wandered back to the moon dormitories. He slowly turned the handle of the door, being careful not to make too much noise. Upon entering the building he heard footsteps on the landing of the stairs. He darted behind a wall and waited for the right time, it was Shiki. Ichijo casually strolled into the foyer, acting as though he had never left the building
"Hello Senri!" beamed Ichijo, trying to make conversation with his roommate.
"Um, hi Takuma...why are you so happy?" Shiki questioned.
"Oh, well there are new Meru Puri Mangas in the library," Ichijo made it sound so believable "I am looking forward to reading them. Although, I can't right now, I need to be somewhere..."
"Ooookay..." Shiki continued walking, he was probably heading back to their room, after all, he had looked tired.
That was close Ichijo thought, heading to Kaname's room. Classes had been cancelled for the night class; the sensei was ill so they couldn't go ahead with the lessons. Kaname had called for Ichijo to accompany him to the senate, so that was where ichijo was heading. Oh, I really have to be careful, Kaname is the one person I really don't want finding out about Yuki and I! He thought. He wasn't watching where he was going and before he knew it, Kaname appeared in front of him. Ichijo realised just as he was about to bump into him and stopped right where he was.
"What's wrong Ichijo?" Kaname questioned.
"Oh, it's nothing, I was just daydreaming!" he replied in a slightly embarrassed tone.
"Alright. Are you ready to leave?"
"Yes, just allow me to collect my satchel from my dorm."
So Ichijo agreed to meet up with Kaname outside the car.
"Hey! Quit daydreaming will ya!" said zero sternly "sheesh!"
"Sorry!" Yuki replied hanging her head down. I keep thinking about Takuma! I can't stop myself, but I have to. I can't have zero finding out because he would just go and tell Kaname...hmm...what should I do...? she thought to herself. Yuki jolted as she heard a noise coming from outside the academy gates. "Uh, Zero, did you hear that?" Yuki asked; a little spooked.
"Hear what?" Zero asked in reply "it was probably just your imagination"
Yuki continued on with her patrols, trying to forget what she knew she'd heard. Then she heard it again. "ok, I know I heard something that time!" she whispered to herself, stopping dead in her tracks.
"It was probably just an animal or something..." zero responded angrily.
Just then, a figure appeared behind Yuki and pulled her arms behind her back, causing her to drop Artemis. She tried to scream, but before she had even opened her mouth, she had been hoisted up and was now being silently carried off into the woods by the dark stranger. Zero turned to check on Yuki and, to his surprise she was no longer there. All that remained was her Artemis rod. Hm, that's strange, Yuki never leaves this anywhere...he thought, slightly puzzled.
Yuki was in shock and didn't know what was happening. She felt a sudden pain in her arm as she was slashed by a tree branch. She winced and looked up, trying to catch a glimpse of the figure, but it was too dark. It began to laugh and that is when she realised that this was no ordinary person, by the sound of his laugh, he was a level E vampire.
Zero began to get worried, he couldn't see Yuki, and he couldn't even smell her this time, until he was overcome with the sweet scent of her blood. He began to sprint.
Yuki didn't know how far her abductor had taken her, but she began to feel slightly anaemic. The wound on her arm was extremely deep and there was no way she could reach it, her captor had her in a postion wherein she couldn't move in the slightest.
Zero was taken aback by the sheer strength of the scent he was following, he knew Yuki must be badly hurt in order for him to smell that much blood. So he kept running, then he caught the scent of something different, the smell of a level E. Oh no! Yuki! It spurred him on even more.
Ichijo was making his way to the car to meet Kaname. Kaname was inside the car, waiting for him. Then Ichijo smelled a familiar smell oh my, that's Yuki's blood! Before Kaname noticed, Ichijo slipped away into the direction of the scent, and began running as fast as possible.
As the realisation, and adrenaline, kicked in, Yuki began punching and screaming with all the strength she had, but the vampire didn't even slow down.
I must be getting close by now...right? Zero thought; almost ready to collapse. But he was sadly mistaken, the Level E had already left the woods and was heading for an abandoned church in which he had taken refuge.
Ichijo was a surprisingly fast runner, when he wanted to be, and he could keep it up for a long time. Running through the woods, dodging all of the branches, he was sure he could see a figure up ahead. It was zero, he was jogging and coughing. Ichijo wasn't surprised, zero must have been tired from is duties, never mind a two mile sprint.
"Zero, do you need anything? Or should I continue" Ichijo asked, wanting to be polite.
"No 'kof' just go on ahead" zero looked at Ichijo then lowered his head, trying to catch his breath "it's a 'kof kof' level E, I...we need to get to her as soon a-" Zero looked up to see that Ichijo had already left. He leaned against the tree before driving his fist into it "how could I let someone take her?" he said out loud in an angry tone of voice before punching the tree again.
