Neither I nor my Beta, Higitsune own Vampire Knight or Hellsing. Higitsune does, however regularly loan me the anime.
CH2
The inside of the Association headquarters were a dark grey, with knife marks and bullet holes in the plaster. For a building as large as this, you would assume it would be just as large on the inside, but walled off cubicles and offices took up most of the cathedral. A group of teens occupied the shooting range while a few of the younger children trained with their instructor on mats laid down in the meeting room. Beneath the cathedral was a veritable labyrinth of passages and cells, along with the records room, library and armoury. Above the cubicle, a balcony had been constructed to house the President's office, which was where Kaito had led him.
"What" Zero said in a voice that sounded more akin to that of an animal's growl than a human's conversation "is oh-so-special about this mission that I've been called to your office like a disobedient child?"
He leant against the stone wall next to the door, choosing to keep his escape routes – out the window, through the door but then he'd have to fight Kaito – clear and refusing to offer Cross his back. Maybe he was paranoid, but his instincts (they may have been vampiric in origin, but they were useful) were screaming at him that he wasn't safe here.
Cross sat at his desk, a pile of paperwork in front of him and several more beside him, glanced up at Zero before returning to his paperwork. Behind him, he heard the lock turn and knew that on escape route had been cut off. He'd have to go through the window if anything happened then. He waited another five or so minutes before his frayed temper snapped.
"Cross. Why am I here?"
Kaien Cross sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose, disturbing his glasses and smudging ink onto his face. The man looked as though he hadn't slept in a good three or four days, clothing creased and slumped in his chair. The pile of paperwork in the tray labelled 'OUT' was small, considering the size of the stacks of to his side and before him.
"From the reports I've been receiving, a group of Level E's have set themselves up in a container ship, next scheduled to dock not too far from here. There are… concerns that these may have been left over from the… incident. The one with Rido." He looked fairly serious for once, likely too exhausted to behave the happy-go-lucky fool as he usually did.
Zero scowled. "So, am I taking this hunt on my own or are Kaito or Yagari coming along to supervise me."
"Well, if you hadn't so rudely interrupted me, I would have told you! The other hunters have demanded that the rookies get some field experience. As such, you've been assigned a group to take along to observe your mission. I tried to have them reassigned, but there isn't anyone else available at the moment. I know you hate working with others, but there's no one else who can take them at the moment. It's just one mission. Surely you can tolerate them for a little while?"
Zero sighed. He was definitely cursed. First his nightmare, then bloodlust, a meeting with Cross, dealing with rookies and he'd hit his shin this morning. The day just kept getting better. He glanced up at Cross and opened his mouth to try and find a way around having to take the rookie hunters with him on a mission, only for Cross to hold up a hand to stop him and continue speaking.
"You don't have the option to decline, Zero. They need the experience and you need to learn to work with people your own age – lone wolves like yourself tend to get themselves killed eventually, after all. Report back to headquarters at 0600, I'll have Kaito get the rookies armed up and ready to go. Yagari will undoubtedly want to give them a quick rundown of the usual speech – stay out of the way, get killed on your own time and his other bits of advice, so if they report in at 0500 they'll be ready to go around 0630, which will give me some time to run through the full briefing with you before you depart. Go get yourself something to eat, the cafeteria's been moved again but it's fairly easy to find. I'll see you tomorrow morning."
Zero nodded and waited for Kaito to unlock and open the door. He'd skipped eating breakfast after having to take his pills, and he'd need to pick up a refill or two while he was here. He might even go to the cafeteria, although he'd probably go to the kitchens and make something himself.
Cross continued working through the stack of paperwork before him, sorting reports from requisition forms and financial statements. He'd finish what he could today, draft a briefing for Zero and then get a few hours' sleep before the rookies got here. It was only as he paged through the repair budget for the shooting range that he found the black envelope with the red symbol painted where the return address would usually sit. He buried his face in his hands and cursed his predecessor and their foolishness. No matter how deeply you buried some secrets, they would never go away
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