Chapter 3

The door opened to a man young enough to be in his mid or late thirties. "Ah, Kiba, its nice to see you and you have a friend," the man spoke fixing his glasses. Kiba nodded and said, "Cross Kaien, this is Kami. The noble Lord Darcia and Level E vampire woman attacked her town that's miles away from here. Both her parents were killed and her little brother." The wind blew behind me, making me shiver and have goose bumps.

"Aw poor dear, come in," he told me. I walked towards him and felt his arm come round my back. "Let me take your coat, and we can go into my office." He spoke help taking off my coat. He placed it on a rack where there were other coats. He showed us to his office and asked us to take a seat. We did and I just sat there. "Well Kiba, thank you for bringing this young child to me." He said looking at Kiba, "Kami, I can offer you schooling, shelter, and maybe even a parent if you want. I would prefer you to stay here at Cross Academy. You can make new friends to be close to. Would you like to stay here?" the chairman asked me. I looked at him with my sad eyes and nodded, then looked away.

"Oh," the chairman said and sighed in frustration, "I forgot. I can't accept a student without a parent or guardian permission. Although I could be your guardian if you want miss Kami." I turned my attention back to him and he had a smile on his face. "I'd rather you be my parent then my guardian," I answered. "YAY!" He said happily raising his fist in the air, "I have another daughter. Uh…soon to be daughter. Heh," he said chuckling. My face was expressionless, I didn't mean it but I was tired and cold. I rubbed the sides of my arms and tried to smile at the chairman. "Since you are going to be my daughter I will introduce to you my son. Well at least I treat him like a son," he still had a big smile on his face. I smiled and knew who that could be, Zero.

"I will go and ask to get the paper tomorrow to make you my child," the chairman told me. I nodded at looked at Kiba who smiled at the chairman. "Would you like to stay too Kiba?" the chairman asked him. "No Cross Kaien, I have to continue on my journey, but thank you. I'll come back to visit and see how my new friend is doing," he said smiling at me. After what I been though, I thought I felt emptiness, but when Kiba said that, the emptiness started to fill with some hope. I was happy that he called me his friend, but somehow it felt like I couldn't control my expressionless face.

"I'm sure we will see you again soon," the chairman said, "And don't be afraid to call me 'Daddy' Kami!" I looked at the chairman and was able to give him a little smirk. "Well I must go," Kiba said. "So soon?" the chairman asked. "Yes, I have a long journey ahead of me of course," Kiba, answered. "Some how I think that this journey isn't really a human journey," the chairman said. "Oh its not, because I am not human. I would say that its more of a spiritual journey though, but why not go wondering the earth to take a journey," Kiba told him. The chairman smiled and said, "That sounds like a good journey for you." Kiba nodded and got up from his chair. I watched him and he spoke to me, "See next month ok?" I nodded and got up. I hugged him with tears coming from my eyes again, and I felt his warm arms wrap around me.

"I promise that you're gonna be fine," He said, "I promise that I'll come back." "Okay," I said as my voice cracked. We released our hug and I stared at the door he exited out. I turned back to my chair and sat down. "Don't worry Kami, I think you'll like it here," the chairman told me as he got up. He walked over to me and put a hand on my shoulder. "Kami, I know that you're feeling upset with everything right now, so I'll introduce you to my son, uh…I mean my student, tomorrow. Come I'll show you the room you can stay in tonight." The chairman told me. I got up from the chair and followed him into the room.

"This was my other daughters room, Yuuki," he said. "She left only a month ago. But she took all of her things so; I will go get you some clothes tomorrow. The blankets and sheets are clean." The chairman told me. I walked to the bed and turned around and hugged the chairman saying, "Thank you dad." He hugged me back and then released saying, "You're welcome my daughter. I will leave to sleep now." He left the room and closing the door behind him. I pulled the cover back and sat on the bed. It felt pretty comfortable. I took off my shoes and placed them in front of the closet. I crawled into bed, and began to cry lying there.

I felt as if a big rock hit me and the pain is just still there. Like there's nothing to get rid of it. I felt like I was gonna be sick if I continued crying like this for weeks. Just the thought of it made me feels sick. I rolled on my side and closed my eyes. Just waiting to fall into a deep sleep and just dream for a while. But it worked, I fell asleep.

Chairman's side…

"Poor girl," the chairman mumbled to him as he made my way to Zero's room. He knocked on it and hoped he would answer this time. Toga Yagari told him that Zero was upset and didn't want to talk to people much. The chairman understood that he would be upset about Yuuki leaving, but Kami would probably be a good friend to him like Yuuki.

Zero opened the door and said, "Chairman?" Cross Kaien stood there for a minute and then spoke, "There is something that you need to know." Zero opened his door wider and the chairman walked in his room, closing the door behind me. "I know that you're upset with Kaname and Yuuki. I think it would be best if you found a new friend to hang around with," he told Zero. He didn't say anything; he took a seat on his bed. "I know Yuuki won't return," Zero responded burring his head in his hands. "Well, I just wanted to let you know that we have a new student and she will be my adopted daughter," He stopped to see if Zero was paying attention to his words. "You're just going to accept anybody that goes to you?" Zero said annoyed with me, the chairman could tell.

"I wouldn't be like that Kiryu Kun, she went threw the same thing you did," the chairman told him folding my arms. He looked up at the chairman then saying, "What do you mean?" The chairman had a really sorrow face on and felt bad for Kami. "Her name is Kami, a wolf just dropped her off here tonight. She's staying in Yuuki's room for the moment. Zero, Kami's parent and little brother were killed by Lord Darcia, a noble, and a Level E vampire by attacking her town," the chairman told him. He saw Zero clutching his fists. "My kind," he whispered. The chairman didn't respond, he hated that Zero was a Level E vampire and the chairman was putting everyone in the school in danger. But he loved him like a son. "Kiryu Kun, I think that it might be best for you both to be friends. Yuuki is gone and you have no one. Kami lost everything, including her friends. All that I ask is for you to be her friend and treat her like how you treated Yuuki, a sister," the chairman told him, even though I knew he had feelings for Yuuki.

He stood up and said, "I'll try." The chairman smiled and said, "Good, get some rest. I'll introduce you both tomorrow." He left his room hoping he meant it. But he had a feeling that Zero and Kami were going to get along. Maybe even closer then Yuuki was to him.

Kami's side…

I woke up and I saw from the window that it was sunny. I got out of my bed and walked out into a room where I assumed was the living room with all the furniture in it. I walked out of the room and into the kitchen. I looked at a picture on the wall that looked like Yuuki and then I bumped into something hard. "Oomph," was the sound I made. I looked up and saw the chairman in front of me with a big smile on his face. "Kami, I made breakfast! Eggs, bacon, toast and milk," he said cheerfully. I smirked at him and said, "You cook dad?" His face lit up and he blushed as I called him dad. "Yup and well I guess you'll have to wait to meet Zero. He's out today hunting vampires," he told me. "Vampire hunter?" I asked him even though I already knew what Zero did.

"Yes that's another name for them. Although he's been doing this for a long time," he told me. "Tell me about Yuuki, father," I asked him so he could tell me a story and I don't have to talk much. "Well," he started out and began to set things on the table and continued with his story, "she was originally born as a pureblood of the Kuran clan. Her mother Juri turned Yuuki into a human and to run away from her uncle Rido Kuran who killed Yuuki's father and mother. After the death of her parents, Yuuki's brother Kaname, came to me for me to take care of her since Kaname was young himself. Yuuki was turned into a human and lost all her memories as a vampire. Yuuki grew up and Zero came into the picture. They became close friends, and they worked as guardians in the night to keep the Night Class from feeding on the students of the Day Class. Everything was going well until Zero's vampire master came to the school. She was killed and Zero was in peace again. He started to feed on Yuuki's blood by her own will." He stopped after he said that and looked at me.

I stared back at him and said, "Uh…I don't plan to become a side dish." He laughed at me and continued on with his story, "Anyways, Rido came back into the picture and Kaname let him revive." "That's kind of confusing. I'm sure it was for a good reason but it's confusing," I told him. "Yes, but Rido didn't live for long. I found out later that Zero had killed him and would be the only one that could kill him." He stopped and sat down at the table in a seat next to me. "What happened to Yuuki?" I asked. "She and Kaname left to hide in their clan house. She knew leaving Zero would be hard to do but she loves Kaname," he answered. "Yuuki or Kaname haven't come back, have they?" I asked him. "No, neither one has returned. A few of the noble class vampires left, and a few have returned to finish their schooling. Kain, Aido, Rima, and Shiki are the only ones that returned to school. But there are more noble classmen this year then there has before," he told me. I looked at my food on my plate and started to eat. Then I stopped for a moment and looked up and said, "So who is my teacher?" The chairman looked up at me from his food and said, "Toga Yagari is actually a new teacher here at the Academy. He was also Zero's master for hunting vampires. Yagari still-hunts vampires but not the ones here. He and Zero are partners for hunting vampires outside this Academy. They are actually getting along great since Zero is a vampire. Yagari treats Zero like a son as I have, and he's been the only guardian at this Academy."

I looked back at my food and began to eat it. "I'll show you around and show you to your dorm room. I think you might like your roommate. She was Yuuki's roommate and they both got along great. Wouldn't it be nice to meet new people and have new friends?" the chairman asked me. As he asked me this, I looked up at him and gave him a smirk and said, "Yeah." "We'll go after we eat," the chairman said.

After we were done eating, I grabbed the dishes and washed them all by hand. "Kami, you didn't have to do that child," he said to me. "My mother taught me to be polite to people and help out even when they tell me that I don't have to do these things," I told the chairman. "Your mother raised you to be a good girl," he told me smiling. I stood there and sighed. "What's wrong Kami?" the chairman asked me. "I miss my family, even though my parents were constantly fighting and it made me and Timmy want to run away," I told him, "Some how I feel guilty."

The chairman spoke, "Kami your family's death wasn't your fault. Things just happen this way. Zero went through the same thing too. So did your friend Kiba. Kami, you will be better soon, don't hate yourself like Zero has for the past four years. Don't do that or else I'll make you smile every day you're here," he said smiling. I turned my head looking at him and said, "For me to be happy will take a while." He nodded at me and said, "You going through this and surviving life's cruelest world you're in. It makes you stronger, and in the end you will see how strong you've become," the chairman told me.

When I finished with the dishes I went back into my room and found a uniform on my bed. I walked over and picked it up. "The one Yuuki had wouldn't fit you, so your lucky you got a different one," the chairman said as he was in my doorway. I turned to look at him and looked back at my school uniform. "I think this can fit me," I told him. He nodded and said, "I'll leave you to change." He left the room to let me change. I waited for the door to close and I did start to change.

I put on a white shirt and pulled my jacket over my shirt. I pulled on my skirt and knee high socks. I placed the red ribbon around my neck and pulled on my boots. I put barrettes in my hair to at least look like that I was okay and normal. I looked in the mirror and thought that I will be okay. I walked out and saw the chairman waiting.

"Aw you look amazing and like a shiny penny!" the chairman cooed at me. I gave him a slight grin and said, "Thank you daddy." He smiled as we walked to his office. He gave me a map of the school and we headed out to look at the school. He showed me the classrooms I would be in, where the library was, where the cafeteria was, and lastly the dorm rooms. "Yuuki's room is right here and I have a spare key," he said as he knocked on the door. "Just a minute!" a feminine voice in side said.