hello everyone! this story is before Rido's arc
sorry for the mistakes you'll find. english is not my first language.
hope you'll enjoy! and please let me know what you think :)
Rainclouds covered the night gray sky, shrouding the area in a veil of darkness. Trees danced with the blowing wind, their branches like shadows looking down at the red substance covering the soil, their whistling as a cruel laugher piercing the dead silence of the forest. Heavy rain fell down, washing over the multiple corpses on the ground, creating a river of blood.
"mission completed" a man hunched over one of the corpses smiled sickeningly, blood covering his lips and falling down his chin.
"our master will be pleased" another said, wiping his mouth with his sleeve, doing nothing but dirtying his face further with blood.
Others were hungrily draining the corpses from their remaining blood.
Suddenly a chant could be heard. The level Ds turned their heads towards the trees. Unable to see paste the shadows created by the obscurity, one the vampires approached the direction the sound came from.
'London bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down. London bridge is falling down, my fair lady'
The level D marched further between the trees, disappearing from sight.
'Alice, it's here' the voice sounded overjoyed.
The level D came suddenly flying past the other Ds. A thick trail of blood followed the fallen E.
Shocked, the other vampires slowly followed the trail to their fallen comrade. The D was unmoving, a large puddle of blood Undernet him, and that wasn't all; he was headless.
'Alice, it broke down' the voice whined, sounding closer.
Frightened, the others Ds backed off. A dark figure could be seen, slowly approaching the group, an umbrella in hand covering the face. The figure stopped e few feet from the Ds, it was a girl in a black dress with golden hair falling down to her hips.
'Alice, found them' the voice said in a sickeningly sweet tone, sounding behind the group. They whipped their heads towards the sound.
On the ashes of the once D vampire, stood a white little rabbit, a stuffed animal, with black buttons as eyes and a stitched mouth.
'Rabbit wants to ask' it grinned.
The Ds stared at it.
'the one who fell was Alice' the rabbit disappeared.
The Ds looked frantically around looking for it. one of them gulped. He turned his head to the side and screamed. The ugly rabbit was staring at him, a few inches away from his face. He stumbled and fell.
'but, the one who came out, who was it?' it floated towards him.
"Rabbit" the girl calmly called.
The rabbit flew towards the girl and clanged to her, almost hugging her neck. 'Alice' it chirped.
"who are you?" one of the standing Ds yelled, voice laced with fear.
"I'm the one who asks questions and you answer" the girl, Alice, replied calmly "you came here uninvited"
'uninvited, uninvited' the rabbit chirped.
The Ds straightened up, ready to strike "who the hell are you?" one yelled.
Alice titled her head to the side, strands of golden hair dancing with the wind, some covering with rabbit.
'Alice is angry! Alice is angry!' the rabbit cheerfully said.
The Ds lurched forwards.
"so it was true" Yagari said, glaring at the wall in front of him, as if by doing so the news would be revealed nothing but baseless rumors.
"yes" Cross sighed "I just got informed of their death, reinforcement arrived late" he leaned back on his chair. A war has been declared on the vampire hunter association, the enemy was unknown. Countless of hunters had been murdered, there was no sign as to who might be behind this. All that was known, the enemy was without doubt a vampire. He had asked Kuran to look into it, but the pureblood has found nothing.
"also, a hunter will be dispatched here" Cross continued, gazing at the ceiling "they think I'm likely to be the next victim" he looked at Yagari "as I'm the president"
"who is it?" Yagari light up a cigarette.
"Alice Vernichtung"
"her?"
"the death angel"
Yagari drew on his cigarette and blew out a stream of smoke "well, at least it was a good choice"
Cross sighed deeply "say that after her arrival"
Alice stood at the front gate of Cross Academy. She glanced at the rabbit who took a permanent stay on her head. "we're on a mission, so no more trouble, Rabbit"
'rabbit will behave, rabbit will behave' the rabbit, Rabbit, chirped.
Alice was clad in her black dress with white patterns, bright sky blue eyes searching for a particular person.
"quite early" a voice said "to be expected from a hunter as yourself"
Alice looked at Yagari, the latter slowly making his way towards her, a smirk on his lips.
"better early than late"
"light" Yagari said looking for luggage and finding none.
"no intention of staying longer than needed"
"unfortunate, quite the model student"
'the stuck-up hunter' Rabbit said cheerfully.
"Rabbit" Alice warned.
Yagari glared at it "when you want to get rid of that ugly toy give me a call, I'll be more than happy to oblige"
'rabbit wants to have a look around'
"fine, don't create a commotion"
Rabbit flew up 'rabbit will behave'
Alice nodded.
Yagari watched as the rabbit flew paste the entrance and disappeared behind a corner.
"just seeing it around will create a commotion" he tsked.
"don't worry. He'll stay away from humans" Alice stated.
"you mean 'it'"
Alice stared at him with half lidded eyes.
"I appreciate your coming here but" Cross looked at her, a stern expression on his face "I won't be needing your protection" he resumed to his goofy self "I can't have you follow me everywhere! What about the bathroom" he took his head between his hands and shook it frantically "that's embarrassing!"
"what's he talking about?" Alice's eye twitched.
"don't mind him" Yagari sighed.
Alice looked at him, giving him her full attention.
"I'll be needing your assistance"
She nodded.
"I need you to protect the human students"
"I was sent here to protect the president, not babysit vampires" she protested "it will get in the way of my mission"
"like I said, I don't need protection" Cross calmly said.
"but"
"protecting humans is a hunter's first priority" Yagari said.
"you'll be nearby if I needed assistance"
Alice hesitated before she sighed dejectedly "fine, but" she looked at him "you're not allowed to leave without giving me a notice"
Cross nodded, smiling.
Zero was lazing around the school grounds, skipping classes, trying his best to avoid Yuuki; she would probably drag him to class, he had no intention to get caught. He cursed under his breath; only a few hours till the night class students leave their dormitory.
Zero clenched his fists and punched a tree next to him, the sound resounding through the area.
A heavy weight landed on his head. Alarmed, zero hastily passed his hand above his head, trying to remove the heavy object. When his hand collided with nothing, he ruffled his hair, confused. The second he removed it, the weight resumed its position.
'white! White! Like rabbit!' it hit him repeatedly in the head, chirping cheerfully 'like rabbit! Like rabbit'
"what the?!" zero yelled. When he looked up, the fluffy object landed on his face.
"Rabbit, what did I tell you? Stop bothering him" a girl's voice said.
Rabbit flew towards Alice, landing on her head 'it's white! Like rabbit!'
"yeah" Alice sighed.
Zero looked at the blond girl before he shifted his gaze to his teacher who was standing next to her. The said teacher looked amused at the displayed scene.
'is he rabbit?' rabbit asked. Zero stared at the stuffed animal on the girl's head and wondered how she could act calmly with a talking toy on her head. Last time he checked, stuffed toys didn't talk, nor act alive in that matter.
"no, he's not" Alice said.
'it's not rabbit' Rabbit looked at zero, who fidgeted, 'you're not rabbit. Alice said you're not rabbit'
Just before zero could acquire what was happening, Yagari stepped up "this is Alice, a vampire hunter. She'll be here for a while" Alice slightly bowed her head.
'Rabbit' Rabbit joyfully said.
When zero didn't respond, Rabbit shouted 'impolite, impolite'
"who would talk to a toy" Yagari glared at Rabbit.
'Alice. Alice'
Alice sighed "Rabbit, enough" and Rabbit obeyed.
Yagari cleared his throat "well then, I'll be showing her to her room. she'll be staying in the headmaster's residence"
Zero nodded. He watched as the group headed towards the Sun Dorm's Gates.
Having girls fawning over the night class was a daily occurrence. The girls stayed till the vampires disappeared from sight, giving Yuuki a hard time. After the exchange was over, the prefects would patrol the school ground and then retreat for the day.
It was also a daily occurrence for Zero to confront Kaname for Yuuki.
Zero glared at the pureblood, gripping Yuuki's arm, holding her at arms' length from the vampire. Kaname just stared at him, reminding himself the reason why he left the ungrateful vampire live till now. His musing was interrupted by a new voice.
"sorry, I'm late" Alice announced. Next to her was Yagari "so, that's bloodsucker prince" he said, seeming that he was debriefing her on her new mission.
When Kaname's eyes landed on Alice, they winded slightly in shock before resuming their original form.
"hey, Zero. I see you're quite enjoying yourself" she waved at him.
"Alice" Zero let go of Yuuki's hand.
'white, white' Rabbit repeated from his position on Alice's head.
"that's Yuuki" Yagari motioned towards Yuuki, who smiled at her, rubbing her arm where Zero was gripping.
Alice smiled back. Alice then turned to Kaname "Kaname" she acknowledged him "long time no see" she smirked.
Kaname frowned "do I know you?"
'Liar! Liar!' Rabbit yelled.
"Rabbit, that's enough" Alice said calmly "he might not remember, it was a long time ago after all" she smirked at Kaname.
Losing his composure, Kaname looked at her with shock. 'It can't be!' He thought.
"well then, it appears the job was done perfectly. I'll be retreating to my room. I'll be seeing you tomorrow" she smiled at the prefects. She turned on her heels and started walking away from the two prefects and the pureblood.
Zero nodded, surprised by the exchange between the new hunter and the pureblood.
"you knew each other?" Yagari asked as he followed Alice.
"nothing important" Alice said.
'nothing important, nothing important' Rabbit repeated. Alice smiled. Yagari glared at the stuffed animal.
Without another word, Kaname left the two guardians, walking towards the main building, a frown on his face.
Yuuki sighed worriedly as she watched the pureblood. She wanted to help ease his pain, but there was so much she didn't know about him.