"I've told you about my adopted children yesterday, do you remember?"
"Zero and Yuki, correct?"
"The Night Class inquired for a meeting with you."
It was a beautiful, sunny day. The sky was clear and birds chirped merrily in the crisp winter air. The inhabitants of Cross Academy were studying intensely, learning more and more by each passing hour. Everybody were taught about things that the world deems to be important, willingly or not, was another problem.
Speaking of learning unwillingly, we come across a case such as Allen Walker. He was currently sitting through the most enthusiastic yet boring lesson of his life. The lecturer, is the headmaster of Cross Academy, Cross Kaien. He was, as usual, ranting on and on about his beautiful children; Zero and Yuki.
It had been around four hours since the so-called lecture started, yet the man still hadn't ran out of things to say. Said man was currently forcing a thick photo album into poor Allen's face, insisting that he go through the five-thousand pages long book. The shorter of the two had comical tears streaming down his face, screaming something along the line of "save me". Of course, Cross paid no heed to the screams, and continued to ramble on about his beloved children.
Thankfully, all the chaos was halted abruptly by the door of the living room slamming open. The two men wrestling on the ground looked up at the sudden noise, blinking in confusion. Standing in the entrance were two people, a boy and a girl, both seemingly in their teens. The male was emitting a murderous aura, while the latter had her palm to her face.
Cross blinked, and then blinked again. Then, all of the sudden, he let out a girly squeal and jumped off Allen, making a beeline towards the two. From what he could hear, Allen concluded that the two strangers were Yuki and Zero. He chuckled as the taller of the two teenagers dodged the squealing headmaster with a sour look on his face.
While the three were having a 'happy' reunion, Allen took this as an opportunity to observe the children of Cross. Zero had silver hair cropped into a messy style, and his lavender eyes were narrowed in annoyance. He was every image of a heart-breaker, with his defined cheekbones and angular chin. The shirt he wore did nothing to hide the muscles underneath, and much to Allen's annoyance, he was taller than him.
Shaking his head to rid himself of the childish irritation building up inside of him, Allen turned his head to look at the only girl in the room. Yuki was a cute, petite little girl; with her oval face and large, innocent-looking eyes. She was around Allen's height, and reminded him of Lenalee. The exorcist thought of the Asian girl, wincing at the memories. She was the first to die, after all.
And it was all his fault…
"Allen!" Somebody shouted, and the said person snapped out of his thoughts. It was Cross, grinning happily while nursing a mysterious red spot on his face.
Allen smiled, "What is it?"
"These are the beautiful children I told you about!" Cross exclaimed. "Yuki, Zero, this Allen. He is a very important friend of mine," he gestured to the exorcist, "And Allen, these two are my beloved children, Zero and Yuki!" At this, Cross swooned, cupping his face with his hands.
Yuki smiled at Allen in greeting, which he returned. He was starting to like her.
Zero, however, simply glared at the poor teen. Allen sweat-dropped; it was like meeting Kanda all over again. "You're not human, nor are you a vampire," Zero snared, "What the fuck are you?" He did not trust this thing at all, even though the headmaster deemed him to be harmless. You never know what Cross had up his sleeve, after all.
Cross sighed, "Zero-kun, please don't-" he was cut off by a hand held up by Allen. It's fine, the exorcist seemed to say, let me handle this.
"You are right, Zero-kun," Allen grimaced at the vampire hunter, "I am not human, nor am I a vampire. But I mean no harm, if that is what you are concerned about. I merely want to live a peaceful life, that's all." Seeing the frown on the hunter's face, Allen continued, "I do not know what I am, to answer your question. I am immortal and do not age, however, I do not need to consume blood, either."
At this, the hunter blinked. He'd never heard of a creature such as this before, but this was not entire impossible, either. The Hunter Association still had many things to find out, so the possibility of an unknown specie is not eliminated. "Fine," he finally said, "I'll let you off for now, but if you threaten anybody," Zero's eyes narrowed, "I will kill you."
Allen laughed, his voice was like chiming bells, melodic and soothing. "Understood, Zero-kun."
The addressed man nodded, and stormed up the stairs, leaving the three behind. Cross and Yuki both frantically apologised to Allen about the teen's behaviour, but the smiling albino just brushed the matter off. "It's fine," he said, "He just wants to protect you two. Not to mention, he reminds me of an old friend."
"Where are they now?" Yuki asked innocently, and seeing the pained look on both of the men's faces, she bowed and apologised frantically. "I'm so sorry!" she cried, "You do not have to answer that!" She knew that she'd hit a sore spot in their lives.
"Don't apologise, Yuki-chan," Allen smiled, patting the girl on the head. "It wasn't your fault, it is only right for a human to be curious."
Yuki stared at Allen with teary eyes, "Sorry," she murmured. Allen ruffled her hair and grinned.
"My friend was a man much like Zero-kun here," he said, "Although he seems cold on the outside, he is actually very sweet and gentle on the inside." Allen's expression fell, "But he was born in the wrong time… We were at war, and he died."
Yuki's eyes widened. She did not mean to be so rude! How horrible must it had felt to have your friend die!
Before the girl could apologise once more, Allen forced on his trademark grin. "Dark matter aside, how about you show me around the school?" he asked, "I think Zero-kun is a bit too tired for that job."
Yuki grinned at his words, "Sure!" she said happily, before proceeding to drag Allen out of the building, leaving a mystified Cross behind.
Said man stood there, alone in the room. And then what had happened hit him. A dark cloud hung over him, and he moved to a corner of the room, drawing circles on the floor. A monotone chant came from his mouth, and Cross curled into a ball, sulking.
It was just another day at Cross Academy.
It felt like filler other than the fact that Zero and Allen finally met… Don't judge, people! I played eleven matches of netball yesterday, and now my legs hurt lol… ;3;
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