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Unlocking the Gate:
Meeting the moon dorm residents.
As Ari walked towards the moon dorms she once again admired the beauty of Cross Academy's campus. The moon was shining down through the trees creating eerie shadows that even her enhanced eyes couldn't see through. She could hear the hooting of owls and rustling of mice and other small creatures in the forest. Eventually she spotted what she was looking for, the moon dorms. When she came closer to the dorms the sounds of animals rooting around in the forest abruptly disappeared. Wary, she glanced around looking for what was disturbing the animals. Then a delicious smell reached her nose… blood. Someone was bleeding close by. She followed her nose to the smell until she came upon two girls kneeling behind some thick bushes. One of them had a small cut on the palm of her hand. When Ari saw the cut and the blood still oozing out of it her eyes turned crimson for a few brief seconds. She could hear them talking to each other, debating on whether they should go back to their dorms or stay to take pictures of the night class. Deciding that it was time to show herself she stepped out of from behind the tree she had been standing behind and startling the girls in the process.
"You're not supposed to be out at night" said Ari quietly and without emotion to the girls.
"W-we just wanted to t-take some pictures, s-sempai." one of the girls stuttered. "G-g-gomen nasai" the said the other one.
'I'm frightening them' thought Ari sadly. 'But better for them to be frightened and listen to me than not and get themselves hurt out here' she thought decidedly while taking out her handkerchief and tearing it into strips.
"Here, let me wrap your hand" said Ari leaning over towards the girl with the cut on her palm.
The girl reluctantly showed her hand to Ari, letting her bandage the cut.
"There" said Ari as she finished wrapping up the girl's hand.
'It's a good thing that I have experience control my emotions and fed before I came. Otherwise this could have been very dangerous for the human girl' she thought with relief while she stood up from her bent position.
Suddenly there was a crack of a branch in the tree above them. Reacting instantly Ari got into a crouched position ready to attack whoever or whatever was in the tree or defend the girls next to her. All the warning Ari had that something was jumping out of the tree was the sudden movement of air toward her, bringing with it the scent of a human. Ari jumped in front of the two girls just as something cam hurtling down where she had previously been standing revealing a human girl with a metal staff. The girl pointed the staff towards Ari menacingly.
"Please step away from the girls" she said with resolve then her expression changed when she took in my appearance. "You're wearing the night class uniform. Are you the new night class student?"
"Hai" said Ari eyeing the staff that was still being pointed at her.
"What were you doing with those girls?" she asked curiously with a hint of suspicion. "I'm sure the chairman told you the rules, right?"
"Hai" Ari answered once again with any inflection in my voice. "I smelled blood" Ari explained hoping that the girl would understand that she wasn't trying to harm the humans.
"Sempai found us out here and asked us to go back to our dorm, Yuuki-chan." explained the girl Ari had helped earlier. "She even bandaged my hand for me… see." said the injured girl while showing the girl, Yuuki, her bandaged hand.
"Oh… you were helping her?" Yuuki asked surprised.
Ari nodded her head in acknowledgment then decided that she may not be able to see her well in the darkness. "Hai" Ari finally said. "I was heading towards the moon dorm when I… noticed them." Ari said, careful not to let anything slip with humans near.
Nodding in understanding Yuuki smiled at Ari and held out her hand in the western style.
"I'm Yuuki, one of the prefects of Cross Academy. You can call me Yuuki-chan since you helped the day class girls" she said while smiling gently at me.
"I'm Arianna. You can call me Ari" Ari said shortly, not sure how to respond to such kindness from a stranger, while taking Yuuki's hand gently in her own and shaking it.
"You're a new night class student" said the uninjured girl excitedly. "Can I have a picture of you… please?"
"Day class student are strictly prohibited from leaving the sun dorms at night. Go back to your rooms at once." said Yuuki formally and firmly. She seemed to have forgotten that they were there while she was introducing herself to Ari but remembered once they asked for the picture.
"It was nice to meet you Ari-san. I hope I see you again soon." she said still smiling towards me. "Right now I need to get these girls safely back to their dorm. Bye!" she said while pulling both girls gently back towards the sun dorm.
Deciding that Shiki-nii would start to worry soon Ari headed towards the moon dorm. Hoping that this time there wouldn't be any delays, she was starting to get tired from the long day. After a couple minutes of walking through the campus she came to the gates of the moon dorm and was let inside after a man looked at her with suspicion definite in his eyes. She must have passed his test though since he let her in. Walking up to the big wooden doors she subtly took a deep breath to center and prepare herself for meeting the occupants of the moon dorm. Knocking on the door it was opened almost immediately by her brother, Shiki.
"I was wondering where you had gotten to you" he said with a tiny smile on his face.
"I had an unexpected meeting with the school prefect" Ari said monotonously but with a hint of humor in her eyes causing Shiki to full out smile.
'Only Shiki-nii understands when I'm joking.' thought Ari, slightly happy to have someone around who understood her.
"I see, which one may I ask?" he asked curiously.
"Yuuki-chan" Ari answered.
"Yuuki-chan?" asked a new voice from behind Shiki-nii. The new voice was followed by the head that the voice came from covered in wavy blond hair with bright blue eyes.
"Why are you allowed to call her Yuuki-chan?" he asked with a hint of anger in his eyes. "She always becomes angry when I call her that!"
"She asked me to." Ari replied without hesitation monotonously.
"Aido. Please leave my little sister alone" asked Shiki-nii.
"She's your little sister?" asked Aido
"Hai" he replied shortly while staring at Aido.
"What are the two of you doing standing in the door like that? You're keeping our new classmate from entering her new home" said a cheerful voice from behind Aido and Shiki-nii.
"Ah, gomen Ari" said Shiki-nii apologetically while he moved aside to let me into the moon dorm.
That's when Ari saw the speaker. He had straight blond hair and when she looked into his eyes she almost lost herself in the kindness that was almost overflowing in them.
"It's nice to meet you Arianna-san, I'm Ichijo Takuma" he said smiling towards me with no ill intent or fear. "I hope you enjoy your stay in the moon dorm and if you need anything don't hesitate to ask me. I'll show you to your room if you would like."
He seemed uncertain now.
'Crap… I've been staring at him for too long. What do I say' Ari thought in an internal panic.
"Arigato" was all that monotonously came out of her mouth while she internally berated herself for her short answer.
'He probably thinks that I don't like him now and after he was so kind to me. I thought that I could actually be friends with him.' Ari thought while she looked down, semi-afraid to look back up to see the hurt or anger in his eyes. But when she looked back up into his eyes they remained the same, full of kindness.
"If you're ready then please follow me." he said easily smiling and heading towards the staircase to go to the upper floors while Ari stood there trying to figure out why he was still being so kind to her.
Turning around he looked back at Ari and smiled "Are you coming?" he asked.
"Ah… Hai" I mumbled while walking quickly to catch up to him.