IV

"Walker, Walker. Allen Walker!" The teacher slammed a book next to the white haired boy, startling him awake. The exorcists were getting less and less sleep and it seemed there late night searches were finally starting to catch up to them. "Ah, I'm sorry" Allen apologized. "Detention, Walker." Allen hung his head. "I tried waking you, but it didn't work. Were you up late again last night?" Sayori whispered. "Yeah." Allen and Sayori had become friends on his first day and Sayori was Allen's savor when it came to getting out of class without being pushed by the day class girl trying to get to the gates of the Moon dorm. It also helped that she knew their secret and was a prefect so avoiding the girls had become second nature. "Um excuse me, Walker-San, do you know where Kiryū-kun is?" A girl with round glasses and light brown hair in two low braids whispered. Allen shook his head 'no' and the girl just thanked him and went back to her studies. Allen sighed, Zero just woke up last night after being attacked by the level two akuma a week and a half ago. Yuuki told them that Zero was starting to get restless being stuck with the older Kuran, but the Chairman and everyone who knew about the incident(except Kanda, he doesn't care) didn't want to take any chances on something going wrong and it doesn't seem like Kaname minds too much. They group was pretty sure he was getting annoyed though.

Ring Ring Ring. Allen sighed again, he had to stay after because he fell asleep in class. "Hey Allen." Sayori and Lavi said taking a seat on each side of him. The three of them were sitting in the front of the class because the teacher said to. "Why are you two here?" Allen asked, surprised that Sayori was there too. "We got detention." Lavi smiled and propped his feet on the desk. "Because you were sleeping." "So were you."Sayori shrugged, she'd fallen asleep a lot since taken over Yuuki's old duties. Allen didn't hear the teacher yell at them but figured it was because he himself was sleeping at the time. "Now, you three know why you're here, right?" The teacher had a gleam in his eyes that Lavi didn't seem to catch because he raised his hand and said, "Is it because you think we're super awesome and just needed extra time to bask in our awesomeness, especially mine. That's it isn't it?" Lavi jumped when a ruler slammed against the desk nest to his propped up feet. "Absolutely not!" "I think you're pushing you're luck." Allen whispered to his red haired friend. Lavi smiled weakly.

Sayori looked out the window and sighed. It was almost time from the class exchange and while Zero was out Allen was his replacement. She couldn't think of anyone other then Yuuki to take the job but using Night students were out of the question and no one wanted to explain why Zero needed a temporary replacement, so they need someone who already knew why and they could just ignore the questions asked. No one thought Lavi was a good idea, Lenalee didn't think she could deal with the yelling and pushing considering she could not give them a clipboard to the head like she could with the boys, and Kanda refused, unsurprisingly, though, he would have been the best for the job. Sayori was absolutely positive he could give out the 'Zero glare' or at least his own version of it. "Allen it's almost time for class exchange." Sayori whispered. "I know but what are we going to do?" "No talking!" The teacher yelled and carried on with his lecture. "Follow my lead." Allen whispered, not feeling the least bit sorry for what he was about to do. "I said no talking!" "I'm sorry sensei but Wakaba-san was just telling me how Lavi didn't understand anything you were saying and he was wondering if I could help him." Lavi perked up after hearing his named called. "Is this true Wakaba?" the man asked skeptically. "Yes sensei." Lavi looked confused and the teacher looked to be thinking. Sayori almost felt bad. Truly she did but Sayori was a young playful girl even if she did come off as more mature then the others and had no real interest in the Night class other then her friend and her prefect job. "Alright you may sit quietly while I talk to Bookman about this thoroughly." Both nodded their heads. "Now Bookman in the years following ….." Allen and Sayori quit listening. Lavi's eye grew wide when he realized what the other two had done, though it helped when he saw them sneaking out the room.

Screams could be heard as the gates started opening and the night class walked out with only the youngest Kuran in lead. "What, no prefects today?" As if on cue, two voices could be heard trying to get the girls to back away. "Please, everyone, calm down." Neither the female prefect nor the temporary stand in could get the group to calm. The squealing was rubbing Allen the wrong way. None of the girls he knew acted this way though the only girls he really knew were Lenalee and now Sayori. While Allen was the perfect gentleman, thanks to Mana, girls, booze, dept and anything else that could connect to his Master had become the bane of his existence. "CALM THE HELL DOWN!" The group listened as everyone could feel the dark aura coming from the white haired prefect and some would even swear they saw demon horns. No one thought such a loud voice could come from such a small boy. Allen smiled sweetly, "Thank you." His change in emotion had been so fast it almost gave all that were there whiplash as they tried to keep up. For once the girls were deathly silent has the night class students walked to class. Yuuki left the group telling them she would catch up and walked over to Allen and Sayori. "How's Zero?" Sayori asked with concern. "He's better. He's yelling and he's grumpy. He really doesn't like being near us." Yuuki weakly smiled. Sayori was heart broken. She new Yuuki still cared for the fiery hunter and she knew Zero was having problems with Yuuki being a pureblood. "Why? Does he have a grudge against the night class?" Allen tilted his head in a curious way. "You could say that," Sayori smiled, "but it's great to know he's good enough to yell at Name-kun." It was a nickname both girls used when the elder Kuran was not around. Both girls enjoyed teasing him just as they enjoyed teasing Zero plus it would always cheer her friend up for one reason or another. Sayori wouldn't dear say it to his face though, she'd like to keep her body in one piece for as long as she could.

Yuuki smiled and nodded in agreement. After all Zero wouldn't be Zero if he wasn't grumpy or yelling at someone. "I think the chairman is the only hunter that doesn't have a hate for us." Yuuki's eyes widened and she slapped a hand over her mouth. "Hunter?" Sayori's eyes widened at the sound of Allen's voice. "Um...later." Sayori told him. It wasn't her place to tell and she wasn't so sure if the chairman had any intention of them knowing. "I have to go, see you later Yori, Allen." Both waved goodbye to the pureblood princess as she ran off. "What did she mean by hunters?" Allen asked as they walked away from the gates. "I'll take you the chairman after we gather the others. Its easier if its explained only once."

Everyone was sitting in the Chairman's office waiting for the red head known as Lavi. The door opened and said red head walked through and flopped onto the nearest empty seat. "I hate you guys." He groaned. Sayori gave gave him a weak smile that just spelled sorry. "Lavi, what happened?" Lenalee looked worried for her friend. "Those two," Lavi pointed to the guilty party of Sayori, who was seconds away from verbally apologizing, and Allen, who was trying not to laugh. "Tricked the teacher into thinking I didn't get anything he was saying so he focused on me while they slipped out." Lavi accused. "Wakaba Sayori." The Chairman had a serious tone to his voice. He jumped out of his chair and glomped the unsuspecting girl, confusing everyone. "I'm so glad you learned how to use your surroundings to your advantage." The Chairman squealed. "Thank you?" She wheezed out. The flamboyant man let go of 'his' prefect and she greedily took air into her lungs. She will never be able to understand the chairman. Unlike everyone else, he wad the one person she couldn't read...at all.

"Okay, now what is it you wanted to gather the exorcist here to talk about?" The Chairman asked as he sat back in his seat. "Yuuki slipped, not greatly but she mentioned you being a hunter." Sayori answered. "Ah yes and I'm guessing little Allen over here heard." Both Sayori and Allen nodded. The Chairman sighed. "I guess it was only a matter of time and since I've gotten to know them better and they trust us to keep their exorcist secret it's okay for us to tell them." "Tell us what?" Kanda spoke for the first time today. Sighing Cross went into the explanation of vampires and vampire hunters. "So that thing that bit me was a vampire." Lavi paled and started screaming and running around until Lenalee hit him on the head with a book she found nearby. "I'm going to turn into a vampire." Lavi whined. "No you're not. What bit you was a rogue level E. They can't create vampires." Sayori quickly explained, hoping to calm the boy down. He was so dramatic. "Ah then is your friend Zero one too, a vampire I mean not a level E, since the akuma poison didn't work." Lenalee asked. "Yeah, but my cute little Zero is a level D vampire." Cross sighed and went to explain when he saw the confused looks. "Zero was human but he was bitten and turned into a vampire and he is somewhat unstable since he can turn into a level E if his craving for blood becomes too much." "So Kiryū was bitten and has to drink blood from humans and turned but Lavi won't." Kanda summarized. "Basically but Zero doesn't drink human blood. Lavi was bitten by a level E, but Zero was bitten by a pureblood, the only vampire who can turn humans but there aren't many left." Cross explained. "Oh and you're a vampire hunter, so you hunt vampires?" Lenalee was trying to grasp and keep all the new information that was being given. "I did but I have long since retired. Zero's one too." Cross explained. "But I thought he was a vampire." Allen voiced. "He is but my poor Zero was turned, he was born into a famous and powerful hunter family and was training to become one before the incident." "Oh." "Well that's all except that the whole night class are vampires as well and we currently have two purebloods attending the class." The Chairman sat back in his chair. Lavi's face paled. "Kay have fun on your search." Sayori was sure they thought her strange as she walked out the door, but she just couldn't help it.

"Go away Kuran let me go back to my room!" Zero yelled throwing whatever was in reach since his body was too weak to do much else. Kaname dodged everything and caught anything that was breakable as he waited for the hunter to run out of things to throw. Zero gave an aggravated moan as he flopped his head onto the pillows of Kaname's bed. "Are you done?" Kaname smirked. Zero didn't answer but when Kaname reached the edge of the bed Zero threw the pillow next to him, effectively hitting the pureblood in the face. Now it was Zero's turn to smirk as the pillow fell to the ground and Kaname tried to control his anger. "Must you do such childish things?" "What do you want me to do, you keep Bloody Rose out of reach and I can't do much else." Zero growled out angrily. "I expect you to stay still and not complain as I take care of you so you can get well and I can have my bed back." Kaname felt more like he was taken care of a child rather then a young adult. Curse himself for not leaving Zero to one of his inner circle. "Che, I never told you to sleep on the couch." Zero murmured. "Would you rather I sleep next to you? I was trying to respect your personal space but I don't mind as much as you might think." "Hn, like you ever respected anything of mine." Zero paused. "What do you mean you don't mind sleeping next to me?" Lavender eyes narrowed. "Kiryū I'm a vampire, our kind does not worry about such petty things." Lavender eyes rolled and their owner scoffed. "No kidding, I hadn't noticed." Zero was being sarcastic and Kaname knew it and it was most likely because he was with Yuuki, who was also his sister. "Kiryū, why are you being difficult and what did you mean about me not respecting anything of yours." "Nothing." Zero crossed his arms over his chest and turned his head away from the pureblood. He was not pouting. No most definitely not. "Kiryū." Kaname tried to get the hunter to explain but said hunter wasn't having it. "I said it was nothing. Go bother someone else if I have to stay here at least let me have some peace. Its bad enough it smells like you, you don't need to be here too." "It is my room Kiryū and I'm not taking the chances of the poison having a side effect and things get worse." "Hn." Zero turned so his back was facing the pureblood, which was very uncharacteristic of him and it almost made Kaname concerned considering he could never imagine Zero doing such a thing even if he was lying on his death bed. Kaname could hear the hunter's breathe even out and knew he was asleep. Standing up, the pureblood frowned and walked up to him but when he got no reaction he sighed and went to the other side of his bed and laid there, staring at the ceiling.