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Empty Promises

Chapter One

Kirai

Another sunset came to Cross Academy today. It was similar to everyday at this school: most of the Day Class girls were breaking the curfew to go to the gates to the Moon Dorms. This little routine happens at this time of day, every day. It's amazing that these girls have such dedication to see a group that would not so much as cast them a second glance. They were a very determined and fantastic bunch despite the level of attention they received in return.

Suzume and I were running to try and settle this group so the Night Class would have at least some peace while they walked to the instruction building. She was going off ahead of me, since she was on the disciplinary committee, and as such she was supposed to already have been with Yuuki. The poor girl was probably fending off the crowd by herself again.

As I ran past the school building, I saw the Night Class students already entering and I couldn't help but laugh cynically.

"Of course she couldn't make it on time." I rolled my eyes as I caught up with the others. The area around the gates was clear, and it seemed like Yuuki had been chastising Zero, another member of our disciplinary committee. I wanted to laugh, but I thought better of it. I really don't fancy sitting through another one of Zero's glares.

"Well hello. How shall we split up today? I'll need at least one of you with me... You know... since I really shouldn't be helping." I said, finally in range for Zero and Yuuki to hear me.

"You know, you should just ask to join. Really, you're basically a member." Suzume stated, surprisingly not out of breath. Then again, she has been doing this job ever since the beginning of the school year.

"That's true!" I saw Yuuki smile after she was done smacking Zero upside the head. "We could really use you too! Besides, Suzume has been bringing you along for the past couple of days now."

"I'll see if I have time or I'm not too tired to talk to the chairman about it. For now I'll just tag along like a lost puppy." I sighed. "Anyway, back to the original question!"

"Hmm. Well how about you and Suzume tackle the balcony and upper areas and Zero and I look around at ground level and the surrounding woods?"

"Oh that should be fun!" I exclaimed.

Suzume gave me a weird look.

"What? I like jumping off the balcony to shoo away Day-Class students." I said.

"Yeah, that is fun!" Yuuki said brightly, with her trademark smile on her face.

"Can we just get this over with?" Zero muttered. "Honestly, we could have been stationed already if you two weren't so late."

"Hypocrite," Suzume said as she crossed her arms.

I was about to start telling them they bicker like an old married couple, but Yuuki almost sensed that I would say something.

To prevent our exchange from progressing, Yuuki gave Zero a shove and started walking towards the woods. "I'll see you guys later!" she said with a wave. The two of them blended into the forest, leaving no trace behind them besides the sounds of their rhythmic walking.

"Well come on! Let's Go Suzume!" I smiled. Both Suzume and I started making our way towards the school's second floor balcony. Suzume ran inside to use the stairs with me following close behind. I hated the idea of using stairs, so I created a high-bar with the shadows and flipped over the highest railing.

"Show off!" Suzume yelled. I could see her smiling.

I walked out onto the balcony. Surveying the surrounding area, I figured no one would be out tonight. It was a new moon, and without moonlight, it would be too easy for us to spot their flashlights. My gaze shifted through the window to peer at the Night Class.

Kaname looked out of the window he usually stood by. I giggled slightly at his very small change of expression as he turned back around to continue reading. His face was always emotionless, but when he was around Yuuki, a trained eye can see the change. Then I noticed Aidou over in the seat that was almost in the center of the room. As per usual, he was having an argument with Ruka.

I wondered if things could ever change for a brief second, until I saw Suzume finally get up onto the balcony. She was breathing a little harder than earlier and put her hands on her knees. Suzume looked up and gave a weak smile.

"What took you so long?" I laughed.

"Oh shut up!" She breathed out as she stuck her tongue out at me.

All joking aside, I actually focused on watching for mischievous Day Class students. I even flipped over the side of the building to meet up with Yuuki to report anything I may have seen. It turned out to be an uneventful night, until I felt a cold breeze rush past me.

"Yes, Hanabusa?" I rolled my eyes as he stepped in front of me. Hanabusa Aidou walked close to me, his face inches from mine. He smiled, showing his sharp fangs.

"Let's continue where we left off last night, shall we?" His eyes grew crimson.

"Well. Someone's thirsty." I teased. I ran off to gage his reaction, laughing. I didn't actually let him drink tonight, and I figured I would pay for that tomorrow.

I got up late the next morning, which wasn't surprising. Given the fact that I am a bit photosensitive and also that Aidou likes to approach me due to thirst, sleeping was highly appealing. Suzume is usually the one who pulls me out of bed in the mornings, and she was still asleep too. I really hated being up during the day.

I got out of bed to pull out my uniform from my dresser and I crossed the room to get Suzume's.

"Hey! Suzume! They're serving fried rice today!" I called as I picked up my uniform again and started changing.

She shot out of bed like a missile with a serious face. "Where's the food?!"

I laughed and replied, "Well I don't really know if they are serving it today, but we are very late so get ready for class!"

10 minutes later

It was not very natural for me to be awake at this time of day, or during the day at all really. I was a vampire, and sometimes the sun made me uncomfortable. If it was my choice, I wouldn't be in Day Class, but I had to be.

Even though Yuuki didn't know it, I was her guardian, as appointed by Kaname. As such, Kaname had suggested that as a half Vampire Hunter, I should be in Day class, since my origins may cause a stir in the Night Class. I knew his real reasons were to keep me closer to Yuuki. I was not entirely forced to be her bodyguard of sorts... I actually wanted to do it. As soon as I met Yuuki, when she was a little girl, I immediately bonded with her and I felt like she could be my little sister. She even knew I was a vampire and a hunter, which few figured out.

I was pulled out of my thoughts by Suzume's voice. "What should we do? The bell's already rung and we're late enough."

"Umm... I guess I can try to cast shadows into the room so we can sneak in? But that might be a little too obvious, huh?"

"Yeah, it probably would," she said with her brow knotted, "Wait! I got it! We could sneak in the Yuuki way!"

"Oh ... umm okay," I stated. "What's that way again?"

"Sneaking in through the second floor back entrance and crawling! It makes sense because our seats are near the back."

"Right … I knew that!"

Suzume just gave me a look that told me I was being a bit ditzy.

"What? It's daytime! I'm a Vampire! It doesn't mix!" I exclaimed quietly, I even formed a shadow made parasol to block out some of the sunlight, which made my point. "Even if it's that easy, we should still hurry it up!"

"Yeah!" her eyes lit up and she started running.

"Haha, you want to race?" I asked mischievously.

"Psh! Like you can beat me at running! I am part of the Disciplinary Committee after all!"

"Vampire." I stated, and winked, sprinting before she could object. I was at the class door in about 45 seconds, seeing Suzume about 5 feet away.

"Cheater!" All Suzume did was stick out her tongue like a little child would, when she finally caught up to me.

"You never said I couldn't use my powers!" I stuck my tongue out back at her. "And you started running first! Anyway, to the stairs!" I grabbed her hand and pulled her with me, using my speed again.

"Now comes the interesting part: Actually getting into the classroom." Suzume sighed in misery.

"Okay, first things first. I'll open the door, you go in first and then I'll follow." So without another word I opened the door cautiously, and Suzume went down to crawl to our bench. I also kneeled down and closed the door behind me quietly. I started to move towards the direction of the desk, but someone's foot was in my path. I looked up to find Zero, with a smirk plastered on his face. I stood up to glare at him.

Moving around the silver haired boy, I went and sat down in my seat next to Yuuki and Suzume. I will surely get him later for that.

When my sense of where I was at finally set in, I noticed the teacher wasn't here yet, and I mentally face palmed. I looked to my side with an exaggerated sigh of relief but noticed that Yuuki was already asleep. Rolling my eyes, I lightly tapped her on her shoulder. She didn't move an inch or even make a sound. There was only one option left. "Yuuki, Kaname's in close proximity!" I whispered in her ear. She immediately shot up, almost knocking herself over.

"Where?" She shrunk in her seat and tried to slip away, worry beginning to lace in her eyes.

"Just kidding! You were sleeping, and you didn't respond to me, so I just knew that would get you up." I giggled quietly.

"You should really stop teasing her so much. One day she might jump out of her seat and run out of the classroom." I heard Suzume mutter next to me.

"Yeah... But it's the only way I can actually get BOTH of you to stay awake. Anyway, What happened to our Teac-" I was cut off by Mr. Takahiro rushing in, with a huge stack of papers in his hands. That could only mean one thing.

"Hello class! I see you're all here. So, can anyone guess what I was planning for today?"

"A Pop Quiz?" The class representative said. Everyone just groaned, excluding Zero, who looked bored and emotionless, as per usual.

Oh Joy. Another quiz I could do in my sleep.

30 minutes later

I hated finishing first. It was one of the worst things waiting for everyone else in the class to complete their work while there was nothing to do but stare. At a wall no less. Needless to say, that gets very old in a little less than a minute. So, my head ended up slipping off my hand with my head falling and hitting my desk. Hard.

"Ow." I whispered with no emotion. I closed my eyes, and hoped that I wouldn't have to wait too much longer. I knew I would fall asleep if I stayed like this, and I really shouldn't. But it was very preferable... daylight hours were so uninviting...

"Kirai, fried chicken's out in the cafeteria." Suzume muttered in my ear.

I lifted my head. "Wha?" I said groggily. But, when I started rubbing my eyes I found Mr. Takahiro glaring up at me.

"Would you care to join us Ms. Nemuri? And please, try to wake up Yuuki as well."

"And Zero?" When I finally sat up straight, I looked around the room to find everyone staring at me...except Zero because I noticed he was dead asleep as well. The teacher then began to walk down the steps towards the front of the classroom.

"Don't bother! I already tried. He won't budge." I heard someone mutter from the seat next to him.

I turned toward Yuuki, and I shook her shoulders. I didn't want her to jolt up again, so when that didn't work out too well, I decided to pick up my feather pen and tickled her nose with it. She stirred, and I tapped her shoulder until her eyes opened. "Come on, he wants us awake." I said rolling my eyes.

"By the way, how many minutes have past?" I asked Suzume.

"One and a half."

"Just a minute?" I was thoroughly surprised.

"No," said the raven haired girl "One and a half hours. You fell asleep sometime during the quiz, and missed today's lessons."

I growled. This year was going to be a long one.

5 hours later

I managed only to fall asleep about twice today. That's a new record for staying awake. I was so happy that the school day was over. Now I have to just get through a walk in the sun to the dorm room and I can finally have an uninterrupted nap until nightfall. That is, if Suzume doesn't want me to help take care of the fangirls at the moon dormitory.

Leaving Suzume behind to finish up a quiz she slept through earlier this week, I finally saw the door to the stairs and looked around as I went in. I didn't see any other students around, so I once again I sprinted with inhuman speed to get up a set of stairs. Really, I just had to get at least another hour of sleep, and nothing can distract me... I was absolutely determined to get sleep before nightfall.

I sprinted to my room, opening and closing the door silently. I moved to my side of the room and plopped onto my bed, not even moving the covers. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, starting to relax. But my reprieve didn't last long.

"Kirai!" I heard the door open. I groaned and pulled my head up.

"WHAT?!" I angrily yelled in reply. Suzume flinched from my outburst, but quickly composed herself.

"W-well I was, um, just wondering if y-you wanted to help with tonight's patrol," she said looking at me, and then shifted her gaze to her shoes. "Y- You did yesterday and seemed to enjoy it, but I guess you'd say no right now, seeing as how you're passed out in the middle of the evening."

"At least let me sleep for another hour. I'll meet you out there."

Suzume started walking out of the room, sliding her shoes against the floor, until I said "And sorry for yelling at you. I'm just really tired right now."

"Oh, okay. It's fine. I'll see you later then?" Suzume gave me a weak smile in return and walked out of the room, quietly shutting the door behind her, and leaving me in solitude once again.

I sighed. "Jeez. It's already sunset." I didn't even realize I closed my eyes. I looked out the window at the slowly fading sun. For the first time today I felt awake. I looked around to find my favorite green dress. It had thin straps, a short skirt, and a few ruffles at the straight neckline. It was much more maneuverable than my school uniform, and it also matched with my favorite pair of knee high black boots.

I quickly changed, then opened my window and climbed out, jumping out onto a tree branch to slide down from. I flipped over, grabbed the branch firmly, and gently slid down to land in a kneeling position. I smiled, knowing that wouldn't have been possible in my stiff uniform, and I still can't grasp how Yuuki does it. I pretty much mastered keeping my skirt in place, but my arm motion had always been very constricted.

Shaking off the thoughts, I got up from my kneeling position and ran to the Moon dormitory to meet up with Suzume and Yuuki.

I was walking along the dirt path, taking in the moon's bright light. It was a normal night as usual, but something felt a bit off. Was it the frigid breeze of the forthcoming winter? Maybe how remarkably lit it was outside? Or possibly the fact I was unaccompanied in the middle of the obscure forest of Cross Academy? I pushed the questions in the back of my head and continued to walk, the gravelly ground crunching beneath my boots. The last thing I needed was to second guess anything.

"I wonder what we might find tonight," I asked myself.

"How about me?" someone questioned. I became stationary and observed the area. I heard a slight rustle and I moved my gaze towards the noise. I started to reach for my rapier.

A dark figure stepped out from the shadows and strolled into the light. I loosened my grip on the rapier when I recognized the figure.

"Hanabusa," I said in a monotone voice, even though my heart began to pound against my chest. I sheathed my thin sword back into its cover and folded my arms.

"Kirai." My name rolled off his tongue like a song; sweet and innocent, yet seductive and enchanting. The way he said it made me shiver, and I shook my head. "You were a bad girl last night, weren't you?" His voice was really having too grand of an effect on me.

"What do you want?" I asked narrowing my eyes, a bit fiercer to show I wasn't fooling around. I was already too late to meet up with Yuuki and the others.

He gazed at me, at first it was with a void expression, and then with a smile. His fangs were exposed in his smile to me, sharp and ghostly white. Aidou crept towards me and I thought about whether standing my ground or not, when Aidou's normally ice blue eyes flashed a deep red, and that was all I needed to see in order to know his answer to my question:

He was thirsty.