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What have I gotten myself into? I sigh and shake my head at the tedious task before me as I asked myself why for the nth time—why I'm in front of a crowd of deranged fan girls when I could be in my bedroom relaxing, away from all of this chaos. Grumbling, I tried to block out the screaming voices that continually rang in my ears like an annoying echo that won't stop, but all my efforts were to no avail. Even the mandrakes from Harry Potter seemed a whole lot better than these guys.
"Become part of the Disciplinary Committee and look over the vampires." I flashed my eyes at him, confused at his sudden suggestion, as if he had grew three pair of heads, and a small "what?" had escaped my lips. I tried searching some signs, any signs, that might indicate that he was joking, but by the look on his face, I wondered if this man was truly alright in the head.
"What are you—" I began to say, but he immediately cut me off before I could finish my sentence.
"Experience it yourself. The true power of a vampire's determination to co-exist with humans. If there is a time where in they disobey the rules and try to drink any of the student's blood, then I'm willing to let you leave the academy. But of course, a guard will protect you in my place when that happens. Besides, I'm sure Ivan had reasons for coming here and is probably still loitering around the area. I've sent people to track his whereabouts, and I want to inform you immediately if we ever find anything." The headmaster said in a clear voice, though he seemed a bit nervous as he spoke.
I didn't like the idea of staying, but the fact that he might know where Ivan might've gone to was a tempting idea by itself. I could only trust the headmaster in the aspect of finding Ivan's whereabouts, since he had connections while I did not, plus he was the last person Ivan talked to before leaving the academy. The smile on his face showed how confident he was in his idea, and it was obvious that he intended to use this as his trump card when everything wasn't going his way. In between all my anger, I momentarily forgot about Ivan and once his name left his lips, it caught me off guard.
I contemplated about it for a while and as I glanced at the headmaster, it was apparent that he was desperate. He must've a lot of trust in them for him to say that, but I still couldn't fathom why he could place his trust on those beasts so easily; knowing that they could strike at any time, and especially when he has already experienced their fearsome abilities countless times when he was a hunter. After all, beasts will be beasts as to people will be people.
"Fine," I said, finally answering to his cries after moments of excruciating silence. "Let's see what your little monsters are capable of," a slight smirk forced its way to appear as I was again struck by the absurdity of my situation. I had far too many surprises today, enough to even last for a lifetime, and I'm even starting to surprise myself by accepting such a thing from him. Either way, it's not like I have a choice. If I had not accepted this deal, I doubt there would be any else.
The headmaster smiled victoriously and I looked away at the sight, irritated. I have pride too, you know. I could hear a sigh of relief coming from behind me and I've completely forgotten that Yuki was also in the vicinity. The headmaster gave me an arm badge identical to Yuki's, which also had the same insignia attached to it, and with much disinclination, I wore it on my right arm.
"Welcome to the Disciplinary Committee," they both chimed.
Ah... so that's why. I sighed yet again.
"C'mon don't just stand there Kurosawa-san! Come and help me!" Yuki yelled amidst the large group of hormonal teenagers. I moved in to help, but I leaned back after much contemplation; if the Night Class were to bite one of these humans, I would have the chance to go back to Russia. Although that's probably not a very nice thing for me to do, but sometimes, sacrifices are needed to attain one's goal. Another person's unhappiness can be someone else's happiness. That was one life lesson I'll never forget as having to pursue the entertainment business, or life in general.
Well, so I say.
Yuki glanced towards me, her eyes pleading for help, as she tried to coax the students into going back to their dorms or at least calm down and make a pathway for the Night Class to walk through once they come out, but much to her avail, no one was listening to her. They were either too busy screaming at the top of their lungs or chanting incoherent words—all in all, it was a hectic sight to see.
When I noticed that the chaos wasn't showing any signs of stopping, I finally opted to help her. I pushed myself off the gate walls as I grabbed the whistle around my neck, the one that Yuki gave me as a welcoming present for joining the Disciplinary Committee, and placed it in between my lips, giving the whistle one long blow. I let the whistle drawl until everything finally fell silent, all eyes upon mine.
"Alright, all of you understand that it's past your curfew, right?" I asked, stating the obvious. But instead of answering, they murmured amongst themselves and ignored my question. I asked them once more in a more threatening voice, which made them snap their heads back towards my direction.
"I said, do you?"
"Yes..." they answered in unison, a bit confused as to why I'm asking. I nodded my head, satisfied with the answer.
"Then I suppose you know the consequences for breaking the rules, right? Yuki might be lenient, but I'm not. So if you don't leave at this moment, you best be prepared." I sneered, and they gulped at my intimidation. "Come on, what are you waiting for?" they flinched at my cold tone of voice and turned the other way as they walked towards the Sun Dorms, some even running, upon seeing the menacing aura that I held and eyes that showed that I was very much determined to do the deed.
Yuki stayed stunned in her place, jaw dropped, and amazed by the fact that I did it all too easily. I looked at her with a raised brow and she finally snapped from her daze state, cheering and clapping at my accomplishment.
"Wow... I can't imagine myself doing something like that even if I spent my whole life being a prefect in this academy! That was amazing!" she said giddily, and I just shrugged indifferently. She seemed happy that she didn't have to deal with them any longer and, honestly, I was too. I thought I was about to go deaf by all their screaming, and it was already enough for me to have only one working eye.
"I'll be counting on you from now on Kurosawa-san! Though of course I'll still help—"
"No," I declared, "Don't count on me. If anything, you should be counting on yourself and Kiryuu-san. Honestly, I accepted the job because this was the only easy way for me to return to Russia. Although I'm curious about Ivan's whereabouts it doesn't mean that the headmaster can't contact me by phone, that is if he finds something. Besides, since I'm so intent on finding a way to return home, I doubt I'll act first if ever I spot a vampire even attempting to drink any of the student's blood. The only thing you can count me on is that I'd be there to see it all. I know that something is bound to happen, no matter what you and the headmaster say." I said acutely. Yuki felt dejected by the reason why I accepted the job, and was discouraged by the way I spoke so distantly. I felt somewhat sorry for her, but I had to draw the line. I never liked beating around the bush, and if I must, I will state my intentions clearly and bluntly.
"But Kurosawa-san, the fact that you accepted the job is undeniable. No matter what reasons you accepted the job for. A job is still a job." She huffed and stared at me determinedly, and I just stared back.
I sighed after a few seconds, and looked away. She's quite a girl to be able to retort back, almost everyone I met would have just left by now, but I guess there are still some people in this world that can still be so optimistic about everything. I let out a small smile, but not enough for her to see it.
"I never said anything about not doing the job, I just said that you shouldn't count on me for anything, because I promise you, I won't be the one to act first if something happens." I shrugged. She looked down and scratched her head, "Oh. Okay, then... but I still hope you'd do something if Zero and I are not there to act first," I stayed silent.
The gates began to open and I rolled my eyes, silently wishing that I could just leave, but of course, I had to stay and look after them in case the Day Class students were to return or any of the Night Class students started running amuck. I walked towards a tree and tried to hide under the shade, in hopes that they won't notice me. Which was impossible, because they have pretty sharp senses.
"Hey! Where are all the girls? No wonder it was too quiet..." a blonde pouted once he looked around the vicinity, finding that none of his fan girls were present.
He had wavy blonde hair that parted in the middle, and blue eyes that reminded me of the sky on a clear and sunny day. He was whining and throwing tantrums about the fact that his fan girls weren't present, until the person next to him placed a hand on his shoulder, telling him to shut the hell up and move on—well he didn't say those exact words but if I were in his shoes, I probably would've. The person next to the blonde guy was a lot taller than him, and both his hair and eyes were of a burnt orange. Furthermore, like the others, he wore a white uniform, although he wore it more... so to say, differently. His jacket was completely unbuttoned, he didn't have his tie on, and his black blouse had his first two buttons opened, which revealed his slightly tanned collarbones. Slightly tanned collarbones? That's weird. Since he is, after all, a vampire.
While I was carefully examining each of the vampire's physical features, someone had finally noticed my presence, much to my dislike, and the annoying whining started once again.
"Isn't that the girl from yesterday?" he spoke, almost in a hiss.
Yuki noticed the annoyed look on my face, and she quickly told the blonde to follow the crowd and move along to where his classes are. But he just continued to walk my way despite Yuki's protests.
"Why, isn't it the ill-mannered Russian girl," he smirked, and I looked up from the ground, glaring. He took a whiff of my scent, like a dog trying to familiarize with its surroundings, and my hands itched in response; wanting to grab my twin daggers, Mirror Image, that was strapped onto my thigh belt just under my skirt.
He twitched his nose unpleasantly, and then made a face as if he was appalled by something. He held his nose and stepped back, "Coarse and... putrid. Are all Russian girls like this?"
I rolled my eyes. For some reason, my 'scent' smelled awfully bad to vampires and almost all of them tried to avoid me because of it, but don't get me wrong I'm glad—no, delighted that I had such a trait. Although it's a good thing that humans can't smell it.
The blonde continued to wait for some kind of response from me, but I just continued to glare his way. "Are you mute too?" he scoffed, and at that remark, I walked away, not wanting to be in his presence any longer than necessary.
"Hey I didn't say you can leave—" as he grabbed my shoulder, I spun and simultaneously took out the daggers, which were underneath my skirt.
"Don't. Touch. Me. Vampire." I seethed every word, and he immediately let go at the suddenness of my actions. He was shocked at my knowledge of his existence, but after taking a look at the badge on my right arm, the air around me started to feel cold. My dagger was still pointed to him, ready to go in combat, if necessary.
"How dare you point that dagger at me..." he looked at me in anger. But before he could do anything, a certain brunette came in between us, her arms spread wide.
"Kurosawa-senpai! Aidou-senpai! It's against the rules to fight on school grounds!" Yuki reprimanded. I silently retracted my daggers back to my thigh belt once I felt that the temperature has returned to normal.
"That's right, Aidou, you should've known better." The pureblood came into the scene, and I scoffed at his appearance as I glared at him intensely, which made the blonde—Aidou—glare my way for being 'disrespectful' but he dismissed that thought for now, as he was too busy being scolded by his superior.
"I'm sorry *Kaname-sama," he bowed his head in apology. The pureblood dismissed the aristocrat, his face bare of any emotions.
"I'll let you off with a warning for now, so I expect that you behave in the future." He said in a voice that held authority, and ordered him to go back with the rest of the Night Class, which he readily said yes to, and his companion walked alongside him. The pureblood glanced my way once they were out of sight, and smiled, a smile that neither held any warmth nor emotion, which I returned with a cold look.
"I apologize for Aidou's behavior, do forgive him. He can be a bit patronizing at times," he plastered a smile as I continued to stay silent, "Well, if anything like this happens again, please tell me since I'm the dorm president. And speaking of which, I didn't introduce myself yesterday, did I? Excuse me for being rude, I'm Kuran Kaname. It's nice to meet you, " he raised his hand, indicating that he wanted a handshake, but I just stared at it, unmoving.
"Don't count on it, Kuran." I finally spat, he seemed taken aback by my rude way of calling him without any honorific, but I continued to speak nonetheless, "If anything happens between me and those untamed dogs of yours, be prepared to look for their bodies, or rather ashes, the following morning." He chuckled, more in amusement if anything, and withdrew his hands back to his sides.
"Oh no, please save yourself, and I, from all the trouble by not hiding it too far from here," his smile still frozen in place, but I could see the slight amused look in his eyes. "Well I don't want to be late for class so I'll be seeing you around... Ms. Prefect, and farewell Yuki" he genuinely smiled towards the brunette before turning around and walking the direction to where the others were heading. Yuki looked at me, and almost instantly, I knew what she was going to say.
"Kaname-sama isn't that bad, you know," she says whilst playing a strand of her hair, "he's a nice person," you mean a beast in human skin, I restated in my head. She started walking, and I followed suit, a few steps behind her. She spoke compliments of him, but her opinion had no effect on me.
"When I was a child, he saved me from a Level E vampire and brought me to the headmaster, which you know is my dad. If it weren't for him, I would've been dead by now so I'm really thankful towards Kaname-sama. I don't know what happened in the past but..." I stiffen at the word 'past', but she didn't seem to notice as she continued to speak, "I hope that someday you'll see him in the same light, so please just give him a chance," she smiled, a shade of pink slowly spreading her cheeks. "A-and of course, for the other vampires too!" she tried to cover up her favoritism towards the pureblood, but it was clear that she liked him even without trying to hide it.
While Yuki was still in a daze, I used this chance to drift away from her and continue to patrol in another area. When I think about our conversation earlier, I believe that it was truly nice of him to do that for her, that I at least admit, but it was still hard for me to say that he wouldn't attack a person for his thirst judging from that one situation. Besides, how am I to know that he had no ill intentions when he saved her? In addition to that, he was a man shrouded in mystery and the mask he wears did not help any of my suspicion towards him. I haven't been in this place for far too long, but I'm definite that he wasn't a person to be trusted, or to be messed with, out of this whole academy.
I sighed and leaned against the nearest tree from where I stood and closed my eyelids, realizing how tired I am. It's been only two days since I came here but I'm here as one of the disciplinary committee, protecting the Day Class students from the Night Class students' secrets. Me, protecting them? My situation was almost laughable. What is Ivan thinking? He promised me not to get near vampires, unless the situation calls for it, yet here I am surrounded by a group of them.
I opened my eyes, after quite some time of closing them, and looked at the full moon, marveling at its beauty. Its white and pristine surface glimmered in the pitch dark sky, and I was jealous. It looked so innocent despite being engulfed in darkness, shining above everything else, unwavering. I slightly glare at the moon, blaming everything that has happened so far on it. I should be blaming Ivan, really, but I somehow couldn't bring myself to, and so I blamed the moon; so innocent and oblivious to everything.
I heard a twig snap and I abruptly turned my head towards the general area where I heard them snap. The first thing that caught my eyes were beautiful strands of silver hair reflecting the moon's light. It bobbed continuously as the owner walked towards me, and when the bobbing halted, I lowered my gaze to find a pair of lilac eyes staring back at me—glaring.
"Why are you slacking off? You should be patrolling." He said, with a permanent scowl on his face. I stood up and dusted my skirt, before turning my body to face him once again,
"I was just resting," I stared back with scrutinizing eyes. "since I was oh-so-tired from keeping the hoard of screaming fan girls in line on my first day with so little help," I said, implying his lack of presence earlier. He said nothing in return, but merely made a small grunt as he brushed pass me.
"Whatever. Just go do your patrols," was the last thing he said before his silver hair was no longer in sight. My face immediately turned stoic as soon as he was gone, and I stared at the empty space he once stood, contemplating, before turning away to continue my patrols. Kiryuu Zero... I should keep an eye on him too.
A/N: Please leave a review! I want to hear your opinions on this chapter! Plus, it'll help me improve my writing skills and motivate me to write more~ And btw in Soviet Russia, you don't find Ivan... Ivan finds you LOL
*sama is a suffix to a name of a person with high values (Such as a queen, a priest, or a rich lady/man; basically someone who has a high social status); A more formal honorific than san.