Hey Guys! This is my first Vampire Knight fanfic! I REALLY love Vampire Knight, especially Zero and Aidou! Anyways, hope you guys enjoy Please Review!

Chapter 1: The News

Zero looked up at the dark clouds that were rolling towards the academy. For some reason, he felt that something was waiting to happen, something that was going to disturb the peace at the school. For seven years now, Cross Academy had remained free of disturbances from the Hunter Association or the Vampire Society. Last year was the only exception to this peace, the only disturbance that had nearly destroyed the school. Rido's attack had nearly demolished the Academy, Zero's only home, and had taken away the most important person in his life: Yuuki. At least the attack had done him a favor by taking away the blood-suckers as well. Now, as he lowered his gaze from the thunderclouds, Zero scanned the construction around him. He had to admit, Cross Kaien was doing a pretty good job of fixing the school efficiently. In less than a year, the Moon Dormitory was nearly restored to its original elegance. Only Dorm Leader Kuran's room was left to be repaired. Zero had been assigned to supervise all Moon Dormitory recreation, but he absolutely would NOT go near Kuran's room! Zero shook his head and sauntered back to his own dorm.

As he walked through the courtyard, the trees on either side of him swayed as a gentle breeze blew through the air. He noticed how shadows danced along beside him under the moonlight and the twinkling stars. The silver haired boy stopped in front of the administration office. Everything seemed normal. Cross Kaien's office was empty, which Zero found odd, as the lazy-butt headmaster would always be lounging in his armchair around this time of night, sipping some tea. He wondered what could have gotten the headmaster so excited as to actually get up and moving. Zero sighed and kept walking.

Halfway down the path to the Sun Dormitory, Zero heard footsteps sprinting towards him. His muscles tensed and his hand instantly went for his Bloody Rose. The feet were getting closer, closer, closer, and … BAM! Zero turned just in time to stop the attacker with his gun at the person's forehead. His eyes took a minute to adjust to the strange man. The guy was wearing brown pants, a deep maroon turtleneck, and a green shawl that made him look like a toad.

"NEEEEEEEE! KIRYUU-KUN!" shrieked Cross Kaien in surprise. He looked about ready to cry, but Zero only lowered his gun and sighed in exasperation.

"What do you want, Kaien-sama?" demanded Zero. He didn't have time for the headmaster's childish games.

"First of all, what was that just now?" asked Kaien in a whiny voice. "Don't you recognize my footsteps? I am after all the one who runs after you every day to make sure that you go to your classes, you lazy idiot! You don't even recognize the footsteps of your father! How unfair is that?"

"Just hurry up and tell me what you flipping want!" snapped Zero. "And I am NOT your son!" Immediately, a huge grin spread across Kaien's face and his eyes caught a bright light.

"Hikari-sama is returning!" The chairman waited for the words to settle in, and he soon got the reaction he was looking for. The prefect's eyes grew wide and his normal façade of indifference dissolved. "HAHAHAHA!" screeched Kaien. "I know! That's the same freaking reaction I had!"

"Wh-when?" stuttered Zero as he tried to get his breath back. He could hardly believe his ears.

"In a week," said Kaien, "but we're going to have to call back the vampires from the night-class." A short pause followed these last words, and Zero's normal scowl for the Night Class returned to his face.

"Why them?" he demanded from the headmaster. "Why do they have to come back? What did they do to—"

"Kiryuu-kun!" shouted Kaien angrily. "You know as well as I do that it would be an insult to Hikari-san if we were to not invite the Night Class. It would be an insult to all her efforts to keep the peace between the vampires and humans, wouldn't you agree?" Zero struggled to refute the chairman, but he couldn't muster anything to go against the man's claims.

With an exasperated sigh, Zero asked, "So when do we call the beasts back over here?"

"We begin tomorrow." said the headmaster. "And even though we don't know the location of nearly half of them, we must try to gather up everyone." As soon as the words were out of Kaien's mouth, Zero turned and briskly walked to the Sun Dorms. Kaien turned to walk to his own office after watching to make sure his son had returned to his dorm. He had to make a call to the Kuran Mansion.

Zero opened the door of his dorm and entered the dark room. Outside, the wind had begun to howl, and leaves flew past the window as they were ripped from their branches. Zero slumped onto his bed, listening to his own breathing. He couldn't accept the fact that his long-lost friend was finally returning to Japan!

The chairman had also mentioned something else, right as Zero had been about to enter the Sun Dorm. "Oh, yeah, Kiryuu-kun! I forgot to tell you, but Hikari will only be here for 4 weeks!" He had attempted to yell something else, but Zero had simply left the chairman standing out in the cold. Whatever, Zero thought, at least she's coming back! But Zero felt uneasy at the prospect of Hikari Junsuina's return to Cross Academy. The event that had happened seven years ago, the one that had brought peace between the vampires and vampire hunters for so long until last year, was an event that had nearly broken every relationship that Hikari had had with both the vampires and vampire hunters. It was not a memory that Zero cherished, yet it was something that must have taken a lot of guts to do, especially for a small 8 year old girl to do so. The blond-haired prefect dozed off into a dream-like state as he pondered over the memories, and the dreams that wove in and out of his mind in his sleep taunted him immensely.

Hikari! What are you doing? Why are you standing so rigid out in the cold?

I need to tell you something, Zero, something that you will hate me for. I have already told the vampires the same thing, and I got the reaction I was expecting.

Wh-what is it Hikari? You look really angry and distressed. Is there something wrong?

….Yeah, there is something wrong Zero. It's you. You and your stupid vampire hunters! You guys are just as bad as those blood-

Zero bolted upright from his bed. His heart was pounding, his breath coming out in sharp, ragged pants. He put his hand to his sweaty forehead and looked out the window to the snow that was beginning to steadily fall to the ground.

Anyone confused yet? Good! Explanations to come in the next chapter Please review!