Paradise

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Disclaimer : I do not own Vampire Knight or any of its characters. All rights go to its rightful owner, Matsuri Hino. I, however, do own the plot and the fictional characters in this story. DO NOT PLAGIARIZE. You can post the LINK of the story, crediting me, but cannot CLAIM the story is yours or anything.

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"Hime-sama, are you sure you want to do this?"

The atmosphere was cold and dark. Only dark, damp trees surrounded us.

"This is where the original Cross Academy was founded, why would I not be?"

The person next to me flinched as he heard my voice. His hope seemed to be weakened, but he tried again.

"But Hime-sama, there are only two hunters here from all the information I've considered."

His cold gaze turned to him from the building that was coming to sight.

"If you don't want to face Kaname Kuran, then do as I say."

His head lowered. He feared me, he feared Kaname Kuran.

"As you wish, Hime-sama.."

So this was Japan's Cross Academy. It looked no different from the one in Paris. The same dullness, the same aura. But this seemed to be much more…

"I'm back…"

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[Chapter one]

"Welcome, Nicole-san." The school's headmaster greeted me with much respect. I also politely bowed a little close to ninety degrees.

"Please, call me Nana, Cross-san. Nicole is only my English name." I said. He nodded and looked through his files. "You're…our first student from outside Japan." He observed. I nodded without much emotion. "I'm more than that.." I muttered under my breath, but it seemed as if he heard me.

"Anything else I should know?" he asked. "I should not think so." I replied. But then thought about it.

"Ah, one thing." I quickly said.

"Yes?"

"I would like to meet Kaname Kuran as soon as possible."

His face turned perplexed. "I'm afraid he's not here at the moment." He answered.

"I'm right here." Another voice interrupted.

Kaname Kuran.

Respectfully, I bowed a full ninety degrees. "I'm back, sensei."

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"Arigatgozaimasu, Yuuki-san." I said as she escorted me to my room. She smiled awkwardly. "Is there anything else you need, Nana-san?" she asked. I shook my head no.

"Alright, then. Your roommate's name is Kazuya Aimi. She's a C level." Yuuki informed me. I nodded and walked into my room. "If you need anything, please don't hesitate to ask." Yuuki said. I nodded once again before she left.

The room was huge. It had two neatly done beds with two wardrobes at two sides and a study table right near each bed and a huge empty area.

One table already had some books on it, so I assumed that that was the other girl, Kazuya Aimi's desk. So I walked over to the other table. It was pretty, I guess. The wardrobe was also big.

"Oh. You're here already." A girl said walking out of the bathroom inside the room. I turned to her at once. "Hai. I'm Kain Nana, please treat me well." I smiled and said sweetly. "Kazuya Aimi. Pleasure to meet you." She smiled back.

Her skin was tan compared to a Japanese girl. She had furiously curly brown hair which reached probably few inches down her shoulders. Her eyes were lush green making them stand out a lot more than I expected.

"I was only trying to take a bath before you came. I guess I miscalculated the time." She sheepishly smiled. "It is not a problem, don't worry." I said and continued to look at my half of the room. I could tell she was nervous. "The room is pretty cute." I commented.

"Arigatogozaimasu." She said. "I hope you don't mind me asking this, but, are you related to Kain Akatsuki by any chance?" she asked. I turned to her and smiled.

"He's my aniki."

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"Nana-chan!" Hanabusa greeted me with a welcoming hug. "I missed you, baby princess!" I laughed and hugged back. "I missed you too, Hanabusa nii-tan." I muttered.

I was inside the vice president's room. Everyone else was also there. Ruka-nee, Hanabusa-nii and Akatsuki-nii were all there.

"Nana-chan. You've grown so much! You look even prettier now." Ruka smiled and hugged me this time. "I'm a model, nee-chan. Of coruse, I'd look pretty. "I said and hugged back. "It's not that you weren't pretty, you were more cute and adorable when you were younger. Now you look like a real woman." She said. I blushed a little at her comment, but laughed.

Then it was Akatsuki-nii's turn. I just looked at him without talking. Then hugged him. "I missed you, onii-tan." I muttered. "I missed you too." he muttered. After sometime, we let go of each other feeling awkward. Even though we missed each other a lot, that was awkward for us.

"Na-chan, this is Takuma Ichijou. He's the vice-president of the dorm." Ruka introduced. There was a male probably 6'2 feet tall with cute blonde hair with lush green eyes. "Konichiwa, Nana-chan." He smiled sweetly. "Konichiwa, Ichijou-san." I replied politely.

"And this is Rima, my roommate and Shiki, Takuma's roommate. They're both models." I politely smiled and bowed. "Pleasure to meet you."

"Do you like mulberry tea?" Takuma asked. I hesitated. "I never tried it before." Honestly, I replied. His eyes glittered for a second.

"Here, try, then. I promise you'll like it." he said and handed me a cup. The cup was absolutely white and it emphasized a lot on the blazing color of the tea in it. Once again, I hesitated a little. Takuma must have noticed my hesitance. He took the cu and lifted it up to my lips.

From the corner of my eye, I was able to catch Shiki leaving the room. "Shiki, where are you going?" I heard Rima ask and follow him. I could have rolled my eyes, but I did my best not to.

A moment passed as I drank the mulberry tea. My eyes widened as the cup separated from my lips. I could feel Takuma's worry on my probable comment. As soon as the cup left my lips, I shook my head frivolously, but with a serious look on my face.

Takuma blushed in a light shade of pink, or so I caught and everyone else laughed. I felt Hanabusa's arms around my small wait. "That's our little Nana-chan~." He sang. I knew Ruka-nee and Akatsuki-nii would have been left, feeling awkward.

One thing I really didn't miss was the appreciating look in Takuma's eyes and the shades of pink on his cheeks. I smiled. The vice-president was just adorable.

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"Na-chan, why did you go to Paris? You left without any notice." Hanabusa asked. "I was asked to, nii-tan. I wasn't told why or who knew that I was leaving. If I was, I would have obviously told you." I answered.

"Then who asked you to leave?"

My eyes lowered to the ground focused on the black carpet which my feet was expanded on. "I don't know."

I knew both my brother and cousin was looking at me as if I was nuts. But I couldn't tell them.

We had left Takuma-san's room and were in their room. It had walls of colors which matched their element. Fiery and icy colors.

I almost laughed about it. But I knew Hanabusa-nii would go into a serious and long lecture of how they choose to color the room if I did. So I just sent a look to Akatsuki-nii who rolled his eyes at Hanabusa-nii. Oh, these two…

"Oh! Na-chan! I have a little something for you!" Hanabusa said and ran towards the closet in their room. After digging through it for a while he produced a soft toy. A stuffed white tiger cub.

"Uwa! Nii-tan, this is adorable!" I said and hugged it. "You used to never be able to sleep without that." Akatsuki said. I laughed. "And I wanted one just like this for a pet." I smiled at the memories of my past. Too bad, I was taken away.

"If I start sleeping with this again, I won't be able to sleep without it again!" I pouted. "Then you'll sleep with it! If something happens to it, I'll replace it!" Hanabusa said. "What was that, Hanabusa?" Akatsuki challenged. Hanabusa held up his hands in his defense. I laughed.

I missed these freaks..

Just then we heard a knock on the door and some muffled whispers. "Come in." Akatsuki-nii and I chorused.

At first, all I saw was Yuuki and an uncaring older male near her with silver hair and..

Silver hair…

"Nana-san, the headmaster requests to see you." Yuuki said. I nodded and smiled at her. The older male probably didn't know what was going on since he wasn't even looking at us. But at my name, he flinched and turned towards us. Our eyes met.

Zero Kiryu..

"Na-chan…" I heard Hanabusa mutter in a soft tone. I tried to drag my eyes away from his gaze but I found it impossible. His gaze…it was hurt. Lost. Depressed.

My head began aching a lot. I raised my hand to my head to indicate that it was hurting. At that moment, Akatsuki-nii got protective. "We'll take her there, you can leave now." He said politely but sending a hidden meaning towards Zero.

Oh, Zero…

"A-alright.." Yuuki shuttered by aniki's words before turning away. But Zero stood frozen in his place, staring at me. Still.

"Zero, let's go." I heard Yuuki say. I could tell his eyes were still on me, even though I didn't look at him. "Zero-san, why are you being such a burden to Yuuki-chan?" I heard a familiar voice making me sit up straight.

"I'm fine now." I assured Hanabusa and Akatsuki. "Are you sure?" Akatsuki asked. I nodded at once. Zero had turned his attention from me to the person who had spoken. He was glaring. Then without a word, he glanced at me once more and then left. I felt my heart skip a beat when he looked at me.

Don't do this to me again, Zero…

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Thankfully, when we arrived at the headmaster's office, he wasn't there.

"You asked for me?" I asked.

"Ah, yes. There's been someone who's been insisting to see you, Nana-chan." He said.

The next moment, a more than familiar face was pushed into the room.

"Nicole!"

…argh.