Chapter4

After Yuuki was bandaged up, both Zero and Yuuki had retired back to her room to rest. Well, it was 3 am already, so I decided to go to the headmaster's office to report what had happened today.

Soon, I arrived outside the headmaster's office, where Kaname's voice was talking in a hushed manner. As I leaned into the door to hear what was going on, Kaname stopped midsentence.

"Himura-san, you may come in" Kaname said gently as he opened the door

"My apologies, I didn't mean to eavesdrop" I replied, bowing lightly as I walked in there was the blonde who had bitten Yuuki, sat on the couch with a pout on his face. He didn't look guilty at all, just bored. I'll need to stay away from this one.

"Cross-san, Yuuki's gone to her dorms, and I'm done with the patrolled today. Also, I'm sure Kuran-sama has explained the incident that had occurred earlier today" I said as I cast a glare towards the Level B vampire.

"Kaname-san has informed me yes, I will be dealing with it now. You did well today Tomo-chan. You're dismissed" Cross-san replied with a smile.

"Yes sir" I responded with a bow towards the headmaster and a pureblood, as well as glaring at the blonde on the way out.

My legs felt heavy as I climbed up the stairs to my dorm room, it must be from all the running and climbing, I dragged myself into my room and had a quick shower, got into my nightdress and climbed into my comfy bed.

I was woken up by the midday sun blinding me; I squinted in discomfort to check the time, 2.00pm. Damn. Well, as I only have an hour of classes left, there was no point in rushing to class. So, I tucked myself back to sleep.

Around 6pm there was a knock on my door,

"Yes?" I called as I made my way towards the door

"Tomo-chan, are you ok?!" Yuuki barged in before I was able to open the door, and placed the palm of her hand on my forehead

"You don't seem to have a fever" She pondered as she felt her own temperature with the other hand

"I'm not ill Yuuki"

"But you weren't in class today"

"Maybe, patrolling on my first day wasn't the best idea" I replied sheepishly "I seem to have overslept"

"Oh" She sighed in relief "Don't worry it took me a good month to get used to the patrol timetable"

"You still haven't" a deep voice had retorted

"GAH! ZERO WHEN DID YOU GET HERE?"

"Just now, headmaster wants to see you" he replied, then exited the room.

"Will do, I'll go get ready"

"I need to go to! Yori-chan's helping me with Japanese history!" Yuki said as shut the door behind her with a wave.

I freshened myself up in the bathroom then dressed into a woollen sweater, a long skirt and slipped flip-flops and quickly exited the room.

"Tomo-chan, why were you not in class today?" Headmaster had asked with a serious tone. Well, best reply with the truth.

"I seem to have overslept. I'll make sure it doesn't happen again" I replied

"I'll let you off this time… however, something I cannot let off in this outfit!" he said pointing at my attire disgustedly. I'm slightly hurt, it isn't THAT bad…

"No, niece of mine shall dress in such a way!" he gasped and grabbed my hand.

"You're going shopping with Yuuki-chan and Zero-kun tomorrow!" he said

"Why is Zero coming?" I asked curious to why he'd willing attend a shopping spree with Yuuki and I

"Bodyguard" Zero replied stuffing his hand into his pockets

"Fair enough" I replied as I took a seat on the leather chair opposite to the chairman's desk.

"Cross-san, will it be okay if Zero and Yuuki take the night off? They'll definitely need at as they had to do more work due to me being absent. "

"Are you sure you'll be alright?" Chairman asked his forehead creasing into a frown

"I had a god 12 hours sleep; father has also trained me well" I smiled in response

"I'll trust you to do this on your own" he said with an approving nod.

Around 8pm, I ate dinner in Cross-san's office and made my way down to the school grounds, I used the stairs this time (The incident with Zero will NOT happen again). When I arrived here, I heard some…giggles? Well, it's definitely not the brooding night class members. So, my assumption is that they were day class members.

I spotted the three girls taking pictures of the night class; I cleared my throat for their attention and extended my hands towards them for them to hand over the now confiscated goods.

"Please hand your cameras over; they are now confiscated due to the academy rules"

"Why?! This is ridiculous!" one of the girls retorted, clearly fuming.

"Well, as you're well aware, the night class members attend school during the times opposite to ours due to their status in our society. They're offspring's of diplomats, celebrities and many influential members of the society. Taking pictures without their permission and spreading them can lead to legal problems. So, if you'd be so kind to hand them over" I explained as I extended my hand again in a second attempt to get the confiscated items.

The three girls looked a lot less angry, they seemed to have believed my explanation and handed over their cameras.

"Don't worry, As soon as I have wiped the memory you can pick them up from the student council office" I replied with a smile

"You're not so bad Prefect" one of the girls replied with a smirk "You're also trying to protect our night class senpais"

"That, and you guys too, it's already 11, you should head back" I replied with a smile. I must have done something right because things were going very smoothly.

"We well, you must be working hard prefect-san, be sure to get some sleep too" the fuming girl, now had a grin on her face. I smiled and waved them goodbye in response.

Once I was sure the girls had made their way to their dorms, I made my way towards the fountain and sat down on the grass, though it was only 30 minutes into my patrol I was already dead tired. However, something white caught my eye. I approached it to see a tablet? I placed it into my pocket and made my way inside to the stairs to alert the headmaster what I had found. Once I reached the stairs, what I saw made me halt my tracks.

Zero's eyes were glowing crimson colour in the moonlight, the metallic sent of blood was overwhelming, and the source of it was Yuuki, collapsed in his arms. My brain couldn't process what was in front of me.

"Zero?" I asked, the only thing my brain could muster. I slowly approached him; his face conveyed a mixture of emotions, shock being the most prominent.

"Tomoyo, I-"he had started to say, but the arrival of Cross-san and Kuran stopped him.

Kaname picked Yuuki up with ease and exchanged a few words with zero, which was inaudible to my ears as I had backed away to the wall.

"Himura-san, please come with me" Kaname said and we left Cross-san and Zero-kun.

Once Kaname placed Yuuki onto the infirmary bed, he turned around to face me

"Tomoyo-san, you knew didn't you?" Kaname asked.

"I had my suspicions" I replied staring at the ground

"May I ask how?"

"Vampires have a distinctive smell to humans; I cannot describe what it smells like. However, it seems the higher the class, the stronger the scent is. At first I assumed that it had rubbed off on him since he came from a family of vampire hunters, but within time I started to become suspicious. Also, a human doesn't down a box of blood tablets" I finished

Kaname nodded in response "I see"

His attention then shifted to the conscious Yuuki "Yuuki-chan, I need to see your injury can you sit up please?" Kaname asked gently, Yuuki nodded and obliged to Kaname's request.

"It's quite deep" Kaname commented as he inspected the wound.

Yuuki didn't respond.

"Yuuki" Kaname called breaking her from her daydream "You're crying"

She wiped her eyes with her hands and sniffled.

"Are you scared of them now?" Kaname asked kneeling down in front of Yuuki, a hand on her lap for comfort.

She looked surprised and shook her head violently "N-no! It's just that…Zero…he must have been suffering on his own for so much and I wasn't there for him" She said her head now was low, staring at her shoes.

I couldn't help but smile at her selflessness. Even though she was the one attacked, she couldn't help think about someone else.

"Kaname-san, Tomo-chan, I'll take over from here" The chairman said as he entered the room.

"Yes sir" I bowed; following Kaname out of the infirmary.

"Good night Kuran-sama," I said with a bow

"You know Himura-san, I insist upon you calling me Kaname" he said raising one of his eyebrows in amusement.

"That I do. However, I am not in a position where I can address you with such informality. You are a royal, if I was to call you as such, I'd be planning my own funeral" I chuckled

"I assure you, no harm will come to you. I will make sure of it" He replied with a smirk

"I'm not taking any chances. So, for now Kuran-sama I shall bid you good night, may you have a restful sleep"

"Likewise" he said as he curtly turn around and walked towards the night class dorm.

I felt like a zombie when I woke up the next day. Though I got to my dorm at around 1, Homework and reading ahead for the next day's lessons left me with only 2 hours of sleep. Thank the lord that we had free periods in the afternoon; maybe I can squeeze in some sleep then.

The day dragged on, I was half awake daydreaming about takoyaki when I realised that a teacher had called for me.

"Himura-san, please read the next passage in English" the teacher said sternly, he must have realised I was half asleep.

I'm so glad I caught up with this last night!

"Yes sir" I replied as I stood up

"The R.A.M.C operated the army's medical units and provided medical detachments of the units of infantry (branch of an army who fight by foot), artillery and other arms. The corps was assisted in its work by voluntary help from the British Red Cross, St John's Ambulance Unit, the Voluntary Aid Detachment and hundreds of private and charitable ventures."

"Well done, Miss Himura" the teacher replied clearly pleasantly surprised "But you will need to work on your pronunciation, it is 'ambulance' not 'amblurance' Remember not to mix up your l and r sounds, you may sit. Now, speaking from pronunciations we will…."

Although I tried my hardest to pay attention, my brain was too sleep deprived to concentrate. Hence, my daydreaming continued until the end of the lesson.

After that lesson, it was a free period. Hallelujah! Before I could shut my eyes Yuuki approached me.

"Tomo-chan, there's a note for you from the headmaster" she said as she handed a piece of paper.

Himura Tomoyo,

Please meet Kuran Kaname in the Night Class dorms at 11.30 am, he should be awake by then. Collect the paperwork given by him and return you me immediately.

P.s Please use this letter along with your student card to gain access to the Night class dorms.

Thank you.

Headmaster Cross

Cross Academy

Well… isn't this formal. I looked at my watch to see it was 11.15, ugh no sleep today huh?

I made my way to the night class gate where an intimidating guard standing there.

"Uh, Headmaster Cross had sent me to Collect from the dorm president Kuran-sama" I said as I handed my student card and my letter.

"Name?" the man grunted

"Himura Tomoyo"

"Enter" was his brief reply and the gates opened.

What I saw took my breath away, the night class dorms? More like the night class mansion; it looked like it was something out of a fairy tale. I followed the stone pathway towards the main door. I knocked lightly and waited. But after 15 minutes of waiting and the clouds looming over, I entered.

The first thing that caught my attention was the pleas coming from the main hall. I followed the noise to see a blonde haired boy who was sitting on the couch looking bored out of his mind and two middle aged men sitting opposite him.

"Like I said I don't want to, so please leave" he said as he dismissed them from a wave of his hand

The two men looked utterly dejected as he walked out of the dorms, his attention shifted to me.

"You're a prefect that kneed me in the face!" his tone scarily cheerful "now, what brings you here?"

"…I need to see Kuran-sama, headmaster's orders"

"Well, why don't you play with me for a while?"

"As you have class today Hanabusa-san, you should go back to your room"

"…You know prefect-san? That was Yuuki's blood that was spilling last night wasn't it?" he said suddenly, I flinched in response. That means the whole dorm knew…

"I can see why Zero had a taste, her blood smelt di-"

I didn't let him finish his sentence…why?

I threw him into a wall, a sound response if I say so myself

With that his eyes flashed crimson, the blood drained from my face. I just started a fight with a level B vampire…Sh*t.