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Chapter 2

"You think you can run away from me? There is no way I will ever let you go. Just wait and see, I will find you and bring you back to where you belong to."

"Let's promise… that… if… if we are going to meet again in our next life…"

Zero woke up abruptly, panting loudly and roughly. It has been a long since he last had that horrible dream. That hateful man from the Vampire Hunter Organization. He really doesn't want to see him again. Zero sighed. He tries to calm his mind. He needs to remind himself that he is already safe here.

But… the last dream was a little bit… off. Did he make a promise with someone before? No. He never made a promise with anyone before since the only person who was around him before he went to the Vampire Hunter Organization was Ichiru, and during his stay in the organization, he never talked to anyone.

He sighed again. Stupid dreams of the stupid life. It really sucks. Zero glanced at the clock. 6 o'clock in the morning. It was still early; Maybe he should take a bath to relax since he can't sleep anymore. He had school after this.

In the bathroom, Zero looked over his wrist. Before, for the half year since he came to this place, he always cut his wrist. He wanted to feel the pain to make sure this is not a dream. But the wound never lasted because of the vampire ability to heal fast. Therefore, there is no scar left. It has been a long time since he last did that. He was just about to cut his wrist once again when he remembered something.

No. He cannot cut his hand or that man will know. Zero looked at his back, stomach and another part of his body. They were covered with scars. The scars that he got before he became a vampire. That is the only reminder that he was once human and the proof of what he went through in the hell where he stayed for five years.

After he took a long bath, Zero took his medicine. Yeah, medicine since he will get anxiety attack if he does not take it. He needs the medicine to balance and neutralize his system since the drugs he was pumped with were not completely flushed out of his body yet. Zero went downstairs slowly. As usual, he never wears his school uniform properly. He scratches his head lazily and looks around him. This house, it's been three years since he came to live here. He smiles a little. Can he call this place home? He really wants to ask that question to the man who saved him that night. He enters the kitchen and saw said man there. Wearing the pink apron while frying something. Eggs maybe.

"Hey, good morning, Zero," greeted the man happily with a bright smile. Kaien Cross. That is his name.

Zero just smiled in his heart. "Morning," greeted back slowly. He went to take a seat while waiting for his breakfast. He grabbed the glass of milk and drank it. "Where is Yuuki?" asked Zero when he saw that Kaien's only daughter was not there. Maybe that girl did not wake up yet.

Kaien just smiled. "She's still in the bathroom. She woke up late today," say Kaien while he put the bacon and egg into Zero's plate.

"She's always late. Not just today but also the days before," sighed Zero.

Kaien just laughed. He is always happy if his family is happy. Zero and Yuuki really act the same way every morning. It is a good thing that he brought Zero to his house that night. Yeah, it was a good decision.

"Hey, Zero! I heard what you just said!" yelled Yuuki from upstairs. Just a few minutes later, she is behind him. "Good morning, you jerk, Good morning, chairman" greeted Yuuki with a slap Zero's shoulder and took a seat next to him. Zero winced a little.

"Yuuki… how many times should I tell you, call me papa or daddy when we are not at school," whined Kaien with a fake tear.

"I don't see any problem if I call you chairman because you are the chairman of our school," said Yuuki, not paying attention to her father's fake tears. She just ate her breakfast silently.

Zero just smirked. "I'm going now," announced after he finished his breakfast. He does not eat much. Actually, he cannot eat much or he will throw up later.

"Hey, wait for me!" called Yuuki running after Zero when the boy left her behind. "You always leave me," pouted Yuuki while munching on a toast. She could not finish her breakfast fast but still wanted to go to school with Zero.

"It's because you are always late. We have a job, remember," complained Zero. Both of them are the only prefects in this school. Cross Academy. His foster father, Kaien Cross, owns this school. Moreover, he was also the headmaster. At first, he could not believe it. But… he had to deal with the reality. From what he gathered, this school is the most famous one in this region and only carefully selected students can enroll in this establishment. He did not know the reason for that until he became a student and a prefect specifically, that is when he understood.

Zero quickly grabbed his gun, Bloody Rose, turned around, and pointed it. He gritted his teeth "Vampire". This school has two types of students; the day class student is for the human and the night class student is for… vampires.

"What are you doing here?" asked Zero with a sullen face. Damn. He will be late to class again this morning.

"Aidou-senpai, Kain-senpai. You should be in your dorm right now. You do know that it is against the rule for you guys to be out here during the day?" interrupted Yuuki softly. She did not like to deal with people or vampire rudely. It would just make the other party become more aggressive.

Hanabusa Aidou is a level B vampire, a noble class. He has a blond hair, pale skin and blue eyes. The other vampire is Akatsuki Kain, also level B vampire and a noble. He has a burnt-orange hair, a tanned skin compared to the night class students and light-orange eyes. He is also Aidou's cousin. Another important observation… all the vampires are extremely good-looking. Even Yuuki and Zero can't deny that fact. Why is the world so unfair!

"Sorry, Mr. and Miss prefect. I just wanted to take a walk for a while before settling down for the day," said Hanabusa with cheerful and very outgoing smile towards Yuuki and a glare towards Zero.

Akatsuki Kain just scratched the back of his head lazily. He yawn a few times looking sleepy and off.

"Yeah, taking a walk? Aren't you just looking for a chance to peek on day class students? I can believe the others with that excuses but you… no way. Now, get lost," spat Zero with his Bloody Rose still pointed at both vampires in front of him. He would fire it if that's what the vampire want.

Aidou bit his lip. He hated that prefect so much that he wanted to kill him if he had the chance. He was about to say something when his cousin cut him off.

"We will take our leave now. Sorry for the inconvenience," interjected Akatsuki Kain quickly before his careless cousin could say anything stupid. He glared at Aidou and dragged him back.

Aidou just pouted. Unsatisfied with Kain decision but he didn't say anything. It's pointless if his cousin don't want to take his side this time. He glares back at Zero for the last time before he leaving. He will get his revenge next time. Maybe he can plot it with his other cousin, Ruka Souen.

Zero just sighed after he saw Hanabusa Aidou and Akatsuki Kain disappear from his sight. Huh, vampire! They are so proud of their abilities. Can't they just walk normally? Zero just mumbled inwardly. Bored. Without waiting, he just walked away after he made sure no more vampires were around. There was no need to rush because they were already late. Again.

As usual, Zero Kiryuu and Cross Yuuki would sleep during classes. Therefore, Yuuki gets the detention class in the evening, again. Yuuki glared at Zero. "Why Zero never gets held back for detention with me?" asked Yuuki when she saw Zero smirkin at her.

"It's because he wake up and answer all the questions at the white board. However, when the teacher asks YOU to answer it, you just say that you don't know." It is her best friend, Wakaba Sayori who answered her question when the teacher was standing there with the papers in his hand.

Yuuki just sighed. Why? Why it just her who always got the detention? Hmm… if she just got a brain like Zero. She glances at Zero who continued to sleep even after the students already left the class. She glanced at the clock. It's almost 5 in the evening. Just one more hour left before they need to guard the night class students during the exchange hour. Yuuki sighed again. She wanted to go home and rest too!

"Cross Yuuki! Please pay attention in this detention class or you will stay until late at night," the teacher gave her a warning when he saw Yuuki dozing off to sleep again. But when he glanced at Zero, he just sighed. What's wrong will all prefects in this school? Why must the chairman choose them as the prefects?

One hour later, Yuuki saw Zero wake up lazily. As always, Zero will wear his uniform incorrectly. Zero rubs his silver hair a few times. He hated this job. He really does not want to see the night class students. Sadly, he could not let others do this job neither can he let Yuuki deal with it alone because that girl won't be able to control all the day class students by herself.

"Please wait for me, Zero!" yelled Yuuki when Zero just left her alone. She walked quickly in his direction.

At the gate of the Moon Dormitory, the day class students screamed loudly waiting for night class students to walk out of the gate. The two prefects stood in front of the huge doors in order to guard the night class students and control the day class students as they leave for the school building. When the Moon Dormitory gate is open, the screams became louder than before. Especially when the night class students appeared.

"Kyaa~ senpai! Look over here," screamed the fan girls from the day class students when they saw all the night class students walk out from the gate elegantly.

Zero just shrugged his shoulders and rolled his eyes in annoyance, but he quickly got back to his guard duty when he saw that man, a certain pureblood vampire walk toward him. Actually, he walked toward Yuuki who just stood not too far from him.

"We meet again, Zero Kiryuu," spoke the pureblood vampire when he passed by Zero. He smirked when he saw Zero's face. The tall young man with silky silver hair, snowy-white pale skin and lilac eyes. Rare color. Even among vampires, there is no one with those traits.

"Just shut up and go to your class, Kaname Kuran," growled Zero when he saw Kaname's face. He glared at him. Urhhgg… he really hates that pureblood.

Kaname just smiled a little, and then walked towards the other prefect. "Thanks for your hard work, Yuuki," said Kaname smoothly while he patted Yuuki's head softly. He looked at Yuuki with a gentle smile. He knows Yuuki since that girl was just a little baby.

Yuuki's smiled widely and her face flushed a bit when she was with her favorite sempai, Kaname Kuran; The pureblood vampire, leader of night class students and the president of Moon Dormitory. He had a red-brown eyes and brown hair that reached down to his collar with his bangs falling around his face. So handsome!

Zero frowned and glared at Kaname as he stood with Yuuki. He hated that pureblood bastard. Zero walked away from there but not too far. He still needed to guard the night class students. Especially that pureblood. He stared at Yuuki who now had a very red face. What is so good about that vampire anyway? They were an evil creature who can turn a human to a monster, the lowest among the vampire hierarchy. Level E. That was the monster that the pureblood vampire is capable to turn human into. Just like what they did with him.

Zero Kiryuu unconsciously touched his neck where the pureblood woman bit him a few years back. He bit his lips. Will he turn to level E too? He really wanted to know. And if he will really turn to level E, will someone kill him? Yeah, of course someone from the Vampire Hunter Organization will be hunting him. Suddenly he shuddered at the thought that the people from the Vampire Hunter Organization might hunt him down. It is good if they just kill him because he really does not want to go back to that place.

All the night class students were already gone when Zero realized it. He was lost in his thought for a while. He didn't know why but recently, he always had weird dreams. A bad dream and a weird dream. That is why he can't seem to sleep properly at night. He could relax, and sleep properly only when he was in class. He did not know why.

"Zero, are you okay?" asked Yuuki when she noticed that Zero was too silent and dozed off for a while.

"I am okay. Just tired," sighed Zero. "Let's finish the patrol and get back home earlier today," said Zero before he walk away without waiting for Yuuki.

That evening, after he finished his round, Zero did get back to his room at Sun Dormitory. However, after he took a shower, he got out from his room through the window quietly. He is tired but he just could not sleep tonight. Maybe he a walk in town could help. He can buy something to eat too. Zero wore his jacket and run quickly using his vampire speed. He did not want to be seen by anybody. By the time he reached town, it was barely eight p.m. With no prior plan as where to go, he just went for some ramen and coffee before going back. Unfortunately, as sudden downpoor prevented him from leaving the place where he took shelter from the rain. He stood outside the closed market bored when he suddenly heard a sound.

"Meow," he heard it again but this time more clearly as he focused. It is a cat. Zero looked around him for a few times. "Meow." He heard it again, but it was weaker. Zero bit his lips and looks around more franticly, until he saw a white kitten in the box soaked with rain. "Meow," the kitten mewled again. Zero slowly walked toward the box and looked inside.

The kitten looked cold because of the rain and wind. The box was filled with water already. No wonder it was crying so loudly. Zero took the poor thing and put it down in a safer place. Just when he was about to walk away, the kitten followed him slowly. Zero tried to push it away but the kitten just run toward him repeatedly. Zero sighed and picked that kitten up delicately.

"You are so stubborn. I will keep you warm for now. It's cold tonight," murmured Zero while he tucked the kitten tightly under his jacket. While the small animal closed its blue eyes and slept comfortably in Zero's embrace, Zero stared at the kitten. Suddenly he felt a slight pang in his heart. That kitten's fate was just like his; abandoned at a very young age with nobody to care for him or her, left alone in this cruel world. It is a miracle that they were given a chance to continue to live in this world. Zero smiled a little.

"Hey, chibi. Maybe I can take care of you. Even though, I am just a freeloader myself in that house. I am not sure I will be able to take good care of you but… I will keep it as a secret for a while. Everyone has abandoned us, didn't they? Do not worry! I will not abandon you. I won't abandon you…" said Zero as a tears escaped his eyes but he quickly wipe it away. A man does not cry.

It was almost ten p.m. by the time he arrived at the Sun Dormitory. He entered his room through the window as usual. He put the cat on the floor before he changed his clothes. He dried the drenched kitten with hairdryer. For the first time in his life, that night Zero sleep with someone on his side.

The next morning, Zero slowly woke up from his sleep, took a shower, his medicine and walked to Kaien Cross house. He rarely eats his breakfast at the cafeteria. He still does not feel comfortable with all the students around him. He will eat his breakfast there only if Yuuki would go with him. After all, he needs to bring food to his Chibi in his dorm. Yeah, he named the kitten Chibi because it is easy to call and he was too lazy to think of another name. He entered the house using the front door and walk to dining room.

"Morning, Zero," greeted Yuuki with a bright smile. She frowned when she saw Zero enter through the front door. "Didn't you sleep in your room last night?" asked Yuuki while she blinked her eye a few times.

"No. I slept at the dorm last night. I was too lazy to walk back home after finished my round. Why?" asked Zero while he grabbed the toast and started eating it slowly.

"Nothing. Just asking," said Yuuki with a little smile.

Zero just shrugged.

"Good morning, Zero," greeted Kaien Cross with a sing song voice.

"Morning," Zero made an annoyed face. He didn't pay any attention to his foster father.

"Oh, yeah. I want to know, how is the preparation for the party next week? Is everything, okay?" prompted Kaien Cross as He took a seat next to Yuuki.

"Huh, that annoying party? Who knows," say Zero with the indifferent face. He really hates that party even though it was held once a year. Next week, Cross Academy will make a homecoming party that will allowed night class students and day class students to mix together. That's just so troublesome. And he, as the prefect needs to control all the crazy fan girls and the bastards bloodsuckers from doing anything stupid. That's just awesome!

Yuuki kicks Zero's leg under table and glares at him.

"We don't know about the progress. Maybe we will ask the committee about it later," answered Yuuki. Then she looked at Zero. "And you will accompany me to meet the night class student's representatives later too," she added.

Zero's lilac eyes bulged out. "No way!"

"So, you will let me go by myself? In their dormitory? Full of vampires?" asked Yuuki putting on a sad face. She glanced at Zero with teary eyes blinking few times to add to the drama.

Zero just bit his lips. "Okay, fine!" he growled. He hates the fact that Yuuki, just like Kaien Cross, enjoy playing with him too much. Arrrgghhh!

Yuuki smiled widely. Yes, she won!

Zero finished the rest of his breakfast furiously. Going to meet the representatives of the night class students only meant that he needed to meet that pureblood Kaname Kuran bastard. That's for sure!


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