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My footsteps echoed along the corridors, each step equally violent, as anger oozed from my whole being and causing the ground below my feet to burn like fire. If the devil ever were to walk on the same path, surely he'll scream in excruciating pain.
"Kurosawa-san wait―!" Yuki tried to say, heaving as she struggled to match up my long strides, but I paid no mind and continued to walk in the same pace. I'm sure she was very curious, as well as worried, at my sudden outburst, but I was more intent on reaching to the headmaster's office than appeasing her curiosity. It was absurd to think that a class of vicious vampires were staying in the same school alongside humans, but not only that, there was a pureblood amongst that group. That alone was more than enough to put an entire country to danger.
I halted in front of the door to the headmaster's office before slamming it open, surprising the headmaster who was drinking a cup of tea in his seat. "Ah, Yuki-chan and Akane-chan! Welcome," he smiled, oblivious to the situation. I continued to walk towards the headmaster in a threatening manner, but he merely continued to smile all too happy. Yuki silently watched the scene before her, unable to neither say nor do anything, other than closing the door for us to get some privacy.
I stopped in front of the desk as I stared at the headmaster, my eyes boring holes into his head, before proceeding to say, "You knew didn't you?" I asked, almost seething, but restrained myself from seeming like a maddened lunatic.
"Whatever are you talking about, Akane-chan?" he said innocently, but I could see it in his eyes; those lying eyes that seemed all too familiar.
I slammed my hand on his desk, stubbornly pressing on. "I said," I exhaled, "did you know about them?" At this, his smile faltered and he sighs, giving up, as he now reverts to a more serious manner.
"Yes." He answered calmly, while placing his cup of tea down.
"Why didn't you tell me?" I said, almost in a hoarse whisper, "If you call this protecting, then I suggest you take some classes because I reckon, protecting means to keep someone from harm's way and I don't think vampires are exactly 'cute and defenseless creatures' from personal experiences. I'd rather be in Africa, even if I despise the heat, than be near that pureblood! Or any of those vampires, really," I said as my voice enveloped the room. I continued to make eye contact with the headmaster with a glare which intensified as I spoke, but he just continued to stay calm, unfazed by my outburst. He sighed in a manner that irritated me, but I tried not to snap. Not like I already have.
"That was a lot sooner than I expected," he muttered to himself, but I missed no words and it caused my right ear to twitch slightly in response. I didn't make an effort to retort, but I felt an undying impulse within me to lash at him—beat him to a pulp. I know I'm overreacting since there were vampires all around the world, and no matter where I go there will always be at least one of them around me. But, the fact that a pureblood and a group of dangerous aristocrat vampires are within such close proximity, bothered me. If he was once a vampire hunter then he knows full well of what those things are capable of, but right now, he seemed so ignorant about the possible dangers that might occur in the near future. And to think I allowed myself to respect him for a bit because he had the same job as Ivan, or rather, I thought he had the same hatred as I do for vampires. But I was extremely wrong.
"I heard everything from Ivan, and I was afraid that this was going to happen. Nevertheless, I wanted you to know that vampires aren't all that bad. I planned that, over the course of days, you would start to gain some trust in them before you were aware of their true nature. But of course, Ivan also told me about your 'senses'. I was hoping that you wouldn't notice them, but I suppose I underestimated your abilities." He frowned and took a sip of his tea as I scoffed at the mere thought of getting along with those things. I would never mistake a vampire for anything, even if I was near death, with or without my senses. Somehow I've obtained the ability to notice a vampire within a 35 meter radius, and once they're in that radius I'd be able to detect their social status, their powers, and where they're located. I'm not sure how or why I got the ability to do so, but I had this power ever since I could remember.
"You―" I started to say, but I stopped myself from showing my anger any further, even if I wanted to scream at the top of my lungs at this moment; losing my calm was the least in my to-do list. I slowly withdrew both my hands from his desk and crossed it over my chest.
"You honestly believe that I would get along with those things?" I made a small smirk as I nonchalantly spoke. "If you want to protect me so badly, then place me far away from here as possible, just anywhere but here. If I can kill those things, then that would be a whole different story, that is if you're willing to sacrifice them…" I glided my pointer finger around his desk in curved lines, what I imagined to be, like trickling blood. "I would be more than willing to stay if granted," he slightly glared at that comment, and I returned his glare with impassive eyes, not showing any remorse for what I just said.
"I'm sorry I can't afford that, Akane-chan," he shook his head, "Like I have said to you this morning, I want you where I can see you and I don't intend to break my promise with Ivan. Also, I'd rather you not call my dear students 'those things'. The reason why they're staying in this school is because they are willing to see past the boundaries and co-exist with humans. If you'd only allow them to, you can see that they're not like the vampires you've encountered in the past." He said in a sympathetic voice, while I was not so empathetic. "I've been managing this school for an ample amount of time with one goal in mind: for vampires and humans to co-exist."
"See? You want me to see?" I scoffed, emphasizing the word 'see'. "Well, I'm sorry to say headmaster, but that's not happening." I unfolded my arms as I reached and swept my bangs to the side, revealing my left eye. It was apparent that my left eye was defective as opposed to my other eye that is green. It looked completely normal, as if I had a case of heterochromia, but on a much closer inspection, it looked fabricated. When I went to get ocular prosthesis at the age of eight, I told the surgeon that I wanted an eye color completely different from the color of my right eye; and surprisingly, the color he chose was red. I thought it was fate. To be given the same color that damned me, and to be constantly reminded of the past that I wanted so badly to forget. But now, I'm thankful that I remember each and every detail of it like it was yesterday, as my hate is the only thing that keeps me running.
Upon seeing their shocked faces, I decided to return my bangs back into place. "Even if I allowed myself to, they are, and will always be, the bloodsucking beasts I know and hate. Well, although I say that, one thing I am thankful to them for is the fact that they have given me this one eye, because if I had two, I am certain that I wouldn't be able to perceive through their facade." A smile had graced my lips, a cold smile that chilled the whole room, and I noticed that the headmaster has yet another frown on his face.
"Akane-chan…" he began, but I interrupted mid-way, not letting him continue his sentence.
"Either I go, or they go." I retorted sharply, making sure that there was no room for any misconceptions.
"I can't allow either of that," he continued to stay his ground, but he was clearly frazzled by my insistency, and so was I with his. He assessed me once more and contemplated over the situation at hand. It seemed like something over came him as his smile slowly begin to widen, like a light bulb had lit over his head.
"Become part of the Disciplinary Committee and look over the vampires." I flashed my eyes at him, confused by his sudden suggestion, as if he had grown three pair of heads, and a small 'what?' managed to escape my lips.
A/N: This chapter was surprisingly short O_O but I'm sure the next one won't so look forward to it! ^0^