When you're a child, the world is full of wonder. You're left naïve and confused as you get older. That's why we have parents. Parents help to teach us the horror of real life. They help us through our confusion and push us to strive towards our independency. People take freedom for granted. People take parents for granted. But if you were to walk in the shoes of someone who didn't have freedom or parents, you would understand that you're blessed.
I've lived a life without parents. They left me when I was six. I didn't understand what was happening at the time. I was naïve. All I know is that my parents were killed in front of my eyes. They weren't shot. We didn't get into a car crash. No. My parents were killed by a person. But this person… killed my parents by drinking all of their blood until they were sucked dry.
I was taken in by a kind, slightly weird man named Kaien Cross. A few years later, a vampire named Kaname Kuran brought a ten year old girl to live with Kaien and I. Her name was Yuki. She had no memories, so she was fascinated by everything. A little while after that, Kaien came home one day with a boy named Zero. His parents were killed by a Pureblood vampire. After he got used to his life with Yuki, Kaien and I, we became friends. We understood each other. I was a year older than them.
Kaien soon established a school, Cross Academy, where there was a Day Class and a Night Class. The Day Class consisted of humans, while the Night Class was filled with vampires. It was his way of making vampires and humans live together in harmony.
It's been eleven years since my parents were killed. Sometimes, I still have nightmares of that fateful night. I've figured out vampires exist, but I do not hate them. No. Even though I miss my parents, I don't want to live a life full of hate and revenge. I would die with too many regrets this way.
Zero and Yuki are sixteen and I am seventeen. We all attend Cross Academy. Zero, Yuki and I make up the Discipline Committee to protect the Day Class from finding out the secret of the Night Class being full of vampires.
I guess I should probably say my name right about now. Kira Hayashi is my name. And this is my story.