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Night was slowly falling as a young girl with long white hair silently dropped from the tree branch she had been balanced on. She landed on the grassy forest floor with no more sound than a whisper and looked up at the moon. She sighed wistfully as she gazed up at the moon and wished she could have been in bed asleep like the rest of the students. Patrolling the grounds during the night was quite possibly her least favorite part of being on the Disciplinary Committee. However, she didn't hate it as much as Zero did. He was often skipping out on his duties. A bank of clouds moved in front of the moon, blocking it's glow and the girl gave a final wistful sigh before moving on.

Setsumi Cross was by all definition, beautiful. Her long white hair came down to her mid back in glossy curls. She also had bluish silver colored eyes that sometimes seemed to glow when her emotions ran high, or the light hit them just right. There was not a girl in the Day Class that did not envy her beauty, nor was there a boy in the Day Class that had not fought for her attentions at one point in time. Unless you counted Zero, but to Setsumi he never seemed interested in anyone or anything. Setsumi absently fingered the hilt of the weapon wrapped around her left thigh as she walked through the forest. Much like her sister, Yuuki, Setsumi kept her weapon with her at all times, hidden under her uniform skirt. Unlike her sister, Setsumi did not need a harness to keep her weapon on her person.

Years ago she, Yuuki and Zero had all come up with a way to patrol the grounds. Because there were three of them they had divided the grounds up as evenly as possible and each person had a designated place they monitored. Yuuki had been shunted off inside while Setsumi and Zero, being the most athletic had each taken one half of the grounds. Personally, Setsumi thought this idea her father was attempting was foolish. Not everyone would be receptive to the idea, Zero had certainly pitched the fit to end all fits when their father had told them what he was planning. Setsumi hadn't exactly joined in with Zero's fit, but she hadn't supported the idea either.

Setsumi had thought it was possibly the dumbest idea in the entire world to have Zero on the Disciplinary Committee, given her brother's own prejudice against the Night Class, handing him a weapon that could seriously harm them, if not kill them, seemed like an especially poor decision on their father's part and this was a man who was known to his children for making poor decisions. Setsumi heard a rustling that was too loud to belong to anyone from the Night Class and shot towards the sound. 'When will they learn?' She thought to herself as she came upon two Day Class girls.

"You two do realize that you're breaking the rules," she told them. "It's dangerous to be wandering around at night. Go back to your dorms now."

"We just came here to take a picture of the Night Class students," one of the girls told her. Setsumi had to resist the urge to pinch the bridge of her nose in exasperation.

"What's the big deal?" the other one asked as she started to stand up. "It's harmless. Ow!" her knees buckled slightly.

"Are you okay? Can you walk?" her friend asked, worriedly. Setsumi moved closer to the pair and saw the bleeding cut on the girl's knee.

"Shit," she muttered before grabbing the girl's arm and pushed her towards the Sun dorms. "You two need to go back to your dorms, now," Setsumi was no longer asking. She was ordering.

"Huh? What?" the girls exclaimed in surprise as they pushed back.

"Just hurry!" Setsumi's eyes widened slightly as she felt another presence coming from behind. "Who's there?" she demanded sharply as she reached for the weapon wrapped around her thigh and snapped it out at the person sneaking up behind her. Setsumi ground her teeth as her whip was caught and given a sharp tug causing her to nearly lose her balance.

"So scary," Kain replied with a smirk that would have made any other girl swoon, his cousin Aidou was standing behind him. "The Headmaster has trained you well."

"Oh my gosh! Look! It's Akatsuki Kain and Hanabusa Aidou from the Night Class!" The two girls squealed. Setsumi sent them a quick look before turning her attention back to the two vampires standing in front of her.

"No way!" Kain released her whip and brought his wounded hand to his lips. Setsumi bitterly thought that it wasn't as wounded as she would have liked.

"No need for all this fuss. We just came out here because we smelled blood," Aidou said casually, "You're so mean, Cross-chan," his eyes began to glow an eerie red that had Setsumi wanting to curse loudly.

"You know the real reason we came out here tonight," Aidou closed his eyes and sniffed the air while Setsumi watched him warily. "Mmm, you smell so nice."

"Oh, I don't believe it! What do we do?" one of the girls asked her friend.

"He likes our smell!" Setsumi quickly jerked her whip up and crouched in a defensive position in front of the two girls.

"Aidou, I swear if you lay one finger on these girls," Aidou smirks and quickly snatches her hand that the whip was in. She went quiet in anger as he moved towards her.

"Did you fall?" he asked her suddenly as he gripped her wrist tightly causing her to drop her weapon into her other hand. "What smells good, Cross-chan is the smell of your blood," he lifted her hand towards her to show the cut she hadn't noticed. 'Crap! I must have cut my hand when I climbed the tree earlier.' Setsumi thought as Aidou brought her hand to his lips.

"Let go, Aidou, or I will make you," Setsumi warned lowly and tugged at her wrist but he wouldn't budge.

"Really, it is so tempting," he opened his mouth showing off his extended fangs. Setsumi shrieks in surprise as he bites into the meaty part of her palm.

"Are those fangs?!"

"He's a vampire?!" the girls shouted in terror. 'God damnit, can this night get any worse?' Setsumi grumbled to herself as she fought to get her hand free. Setsumi didn't want to get into a real fight with anyone from the Night Class with two of the Day Class students in easy reach of Kian. But if Aidou didn't let her go toot sweet she was going to say screw it and show them just how well trained she really was.

"Aidou, let go!" he pulled her into his arms and held her tight. "I said let go, leech!" Aidou pulled away slightly.

"Oh, but I want more," he growled. The two girls behind them fainted making Setsumi roll her eyes. 'Pathetic,' She thought before tensing as Aidou tugged down the collar of her shirt. "May I partake from your neck?"

"Absolutely not! This is against the rules, so let go of me!" Setsumi shouted. She hoped either Yuuki or Zero could hear her struggles. While she could probably take on both of them, it would be better to have some backup just in case things got out of hand.

"Hanabusa," Kain warned as he finally turned back around. Setsumi'd had enough and snapped her whip so that it was behind Aidou's neck and grabbed the end of it with her hand. Setsumi could hear the crackling of the Anti-Vampire weapon against his skin and he just had time to widen his eyes when Setsumi forced his head down to harshly meet her knee. A sharp crack split the air and Setsumi felt Aidou's nose give.

Unfortunately, Aidou did not let go like Setsumi had hoped he would, but he did let out a truly impressive string of curses against her and her father. Kain was staring at Setsumi with wide, shocked eyes. Setsumi was considering her next move when she was abruptly ripped out of Aidou's hold and against a muscular chest. Setsumi was just about to visit a world of pain upon this new person when she heard the familiar sound of a gun's safety clicking off.

"Drinking blood on school grounds is strictly forbidden," Setsumi sighed in relief at hearing Zero's voice. "Has the smell of blood made you lose control, vampire?"

"Zero," Setsumi called softly as she snapped her whip up to wrap around her arm just in case she was going to quickly need it again. "Don't do anything rash," while she might not overly care much about the Night Class students she still had a job to do and Setsumi wasn't about to let Zero kill any of them, even if she wanted to help at the moment.

"But I already tasted her," Aidou smirked as he licked his lips. Setsumi was already moving as Zero pulled the trigger on Bloody Rose. She shoved his hand up into the air. As the gunshot echoed loudly across the grounds.

"As much as I like it when you protect my honor, Zero. You can't go around shooting at the Night Class, idiot," Setsumi scolded him as the two vampires stared in shock at the tree that was smoking with the tell tale cross from Zero's gun.

"That Bloody Rose, would you please put it away?" a deep voice softly intoned from behind them. Setsumi sighed in both frustration and irritation. 'Of course the world just has to be against me.' Kuran slowly joined the group as Zero slowly lowered the gun. "I'm afraid that weapon you have is rather threatening towards us," Setsumi wanted to scoff at hearing that. She might not know much about Kaname Kuran, but what she did know left her with the feeling that Zero's Bloody Rose was anything but threatening towards him.

"Kuran," Setsumi said shortly as she stepped in front of Zero protectively. Kuran's wine colored eyes narrow slightly at the move before stopping next to Aidou.

"I'll escort these fools to the Headmaster myself to receive their punishment," Kuran tells the two guardians as he grabs Aidou by the scruff of his neck.

"Dorm President Kuran," Aidou whimpered in fear. The scene was even more amusing because of Aidou's broken nose, which was still pouring blood.

"Kiriyuu, is that alright?" Kuran asked Zero causing Setsumi to frown at being looked over. 'Shouldn't he be asking me that? I'm the one who was attacked.' She mused to herself as she started to walk away. She was fuming and the last thing she needed was to be around Kuran, who had a tendency to bring out her more irritable side.

"Just get them out of here, Kuran," Zero grumbled then followed after his friend, leaving the Pureblood to deal with the mess. Zero quickly caught up with Setsumi and grabbed her hand forcing her to a stop on the bridge.

"Zero?" she questioned as he pulled his tie off and wound it around her wounded hand carefully. "Thank you for showing up. Sorry I was a bother."

"Just be more careful next time," he gruffed softly. "The smell is disgusting and they like it. Further proof that they are beasts," Setsumi watched him walk off with a sad look on her face before heading towards the headmaster's house to take care of her hand. She headed straight to the bathroom to clean up and freshen herself for the new day. As she's drying her hair the bathroom door swung open and Zero waltzed in. Setsumi rolled her eyes in amusement as he walks towards the shower room.

"How is it that I'm the only one that follows proper etiquette in this family?" She asked aloud, fighting to keep the amusement out of her voice.

"It isn't my fault that the bath in my dorm closes at dusk," Zero replied. "The headmaster's bath is all I can use," Setsumi blushed slightly as he strips his shirt off revealing his muscled back. She quickly turns back to the mirror to hide her red face. She jolts in shock as Zero suddenly appears out the corner of her eye and sniffs at her. If she hadn't been so taken aback at the action she would have slapped him. As it is Zero was lucky she hadn't slapped him on instinct.

"What?" she asks him as he moves away again.

"The smell of blood is gone," he said. Setsumi looks at her bandaged hand.

"Yeah, it stopped a few moments ago," she informed him. "I guess I'm lucky that Aidou isn't a Pureblood or I would have been in a sticky situation," Setsumi commented with a thoughtful frown as she clicks the hair dryer back on. "You know this isn't the first time I was told my blood smelled nice. Ten years ago, Yuuki and I were attacked by a vampire for the same reason. And of course, Kuran was there to save the day. It's why Yuki all but worships the ground Kuran walks on."

"I'll have to be on constant watch now," she sighed as she turned off the dryer and put it away. Setsumi jumped as the door to the shower room slams shut. "Zero?" when she received no answer, she shrugged and walked out of the bathroom after gathering her items.

"Morning, Nee-chan." Yuuki greeted her tiredly.

"Good morning, Yuuki. Zero is in the bathroom right now," she chuckled as Yuuki groaned. "I'll start on breakfast while you wait."

"Yay! Nee-chan's breakfast!" Yuuki shouted in glee and raced into the kitchen. Out of the family of four, only Zero and Setsumi could actually cook without resulting in a visit from the fire department. Though Zero only cooked when he felt like it while Setsumi loved to cook for her family. Setsumi chuckled softly as she followed after her hyper sister and began to make a light and quick breakfast for them. As she was placing a plate in front of Yuuki, Setsumi could hear retching sounds coming from the bathroom. Setsumi frowned in concern and headed towards the bathroom. She knocked on the door softly.

"Zero, are you alright? Are you feeling sick?" she questioned.

"I'm fine, Sumi," came Zero's soft reply. Setsumi chewed on her bottom lip for a moment.

"Alright, if you're sure. I've made you breakfast. I'll put it in the oven to keep warm," Setsumi told him. She started to walk back to the kitchen when she remembered something. "Oh, Yuuki is waiting to use the shower so don't take too long."

"Yes, mother," was Zero's sarcastic reply. Setsumi glared at the door but a smile came to her lips at Zero's chuckles. "You're pretending to glare, aren't you?"

"No I'm not!" she huffed while her cheeks flushed a light pink at being caught. "I'll see you in class, Zero," Setsumi called and headed back to the kitchen to eat her breakfast. Setsumi grabbed her bag and headed off to class after placing Zero and her father's breakfast in the oven to keep warm. Setsumi was running on less sleep than usual due to last night's events. It was going to be a relationship struggle to keep herself awake today. She sighed tiredly as she entered the classroom. 'I wonder what today will hold in store.'