CHAPTER 1

The carriage drew near, Fiora drew her breath, feeling as though she might never see the only thing that held her-Light. She heard the whispers of the people around her, they didn't agree that she would leave. These people she loved, she hated her own kind. The ones who thought of her dearly were friends, family….and him. Fiora, with her scarlet dress took a last glimpse of her home and stepped inside the carriage, it was the last tear she shed that day.

"Are you comfortable Fiora-sama?" Sethora asks in his concerned voice

"Just let this chaos end." She replies coldly.

Akane Shiro, ran swiftly from her Sun Dorm to Cross Academy, she knew she was going to be late "Aargh! How can this be happening?" she muttered. She spotted Yori walking alone in the hallways; she suddenly felt relief despite the situation of getting in trouble by the teacher soon.

"Yori!" she calls out to her, Yori turns around surprised

"Akane-chan, did you just wake up?" she says flatly

"Eh? How did you know?"

"Your comb, it's stuck in your hair."

She was right, as always, Yori is Akane's first and only friend.

Akane and Yori enters class together, one of the girls, Mika waves at the both of them. Mika was a close friend of Yori, Akane acknowledges Mika as well but somehow she feels an eerie feeling towards her as if she smelled mischief. Somehow, she knew awful people and kind people, sometimes she wonders secretly if she was normal.

"Good morning Shiro-san, how was your sleep?" Mika asks

"It's fine." She lies. Truth is, Akane was having a hard time falling asleep but it seems Mika couldn't care less. It's been only three months, she thought, I entered this school but this place somehow holds a secret.

"Do you want to go to the theaters today?" Mika asks both of them

"Sure" Yori replies happily "That would be fun right Akane-chan?"

Akane's light green eyes looks away in doubt, but Yori would be there alone with Mika. And she doesn't trust Mika at all especially those black eyes

"Why not?" she replies uneasily.

"Zero, you have an assignment again" Kaien Cross, the headmaster of Cross Academy says "There's been suspicious vampires' roaming around the streets, keep watch of the humans ; you know what to do afterwards"

Zero Kiryuu, with his Bloody Rose, his heart was cold now that Yuuki Cross has disappeared from the face of the earth. There was no stopping him from now on, mercy was not existent to his heart, the only thing he knew was doing his job as a vampire hunter and disappear. Kaien knew this and wished for the best things to come for Zero's sake.

Akane accompanied the cheerful Yori to the streets; she noticed a group of people rounding up together and then disappeared into the shadows. Her heart pounded, and her fist tightened. Something was not right here.

"Yori, maybe we should head back. It's getting dark" she suggested

"But we're already here Akane, it's a shame to waste our time. It will be fine" Mika interrupts

Akane shot Mika a look, but ignored it "We shouldn't be here." She mutters to herself

Yori didn't seem to notice the worried look of Akane's face. The theater was huge, and there were lots of people inside, suddenly, a swarm of people rushed in pushing Akane outside

"Yori!" she cried, she heard Yori's voice too calling out to her

a surge of panic struck her, that she leapt out of the crowd and back into the streets. The door slammed from behind her, leaving her alone.

Are you afraid of being all by yourself?...

Why am I so afraid of the people around me? Why can't I feel normal?

"You lost little girl?" a voice from behind her asks

Akane turns and sees a tall man, he was so thin and rugged and his eyes were looking directly at her "No, I'm not" she says steadily, while stepping back as he comes near her

"Why are you scared?" he grins, his teeth were sharp, and weren't human teeth at all. Akane was looking at fangs, not teeth "Come here little girl"

"Get away from me…" her whole body shook with fear, she closes her eyes and pray that it would be over quickly "Please, go away…"

Then she heard a strange gunshot, by then her eyes witnessed a horrific scene when the creatures of the dark turn into dust and exist no more. The gun was held by a silver haired guy, wearing the Cross Academy Uniform, she knew him since she sees him at class but barely talks to him. His name was Zero Kiryuu.