* *falls over laptop half dead* PHEW I know I say that all of my chapters take forever! But this one was way out there. And I always say I have a bunch of crap going on but I got double today! BUT I FINISHED ITTTTT! So enjoy XDXDXDXDXDXDXDXXD*
Last chapter:
The picture I saw standing in front of me made my heart stop. Yuuki was standing away from Zero clutching her neck that was dripping blood on the wooden surface of the floor.
Zero's eyes were bright red. The fangs in his mouth dripping blood.
Yuuki's Blood.
" Kaname-sempai." Yuuki said, surprised by his arrival.
Kaname went and stood in front of Yuuki glaring at Zero.
" So. The beast you've tried to hide has finally shown itself. I should punish someone like you who has hurt someone so dear to me." Yuuki heard this and ran around Kaname to stop Kaname from killing Zero. She staggered and fell against Zero, falling unconscious from the blood loss.
" Yuuki!" cried Zero and caught her before she fell to the ground.
" You've drained her so much that she can't even stand." said Kaname and leaned to take her into his arms. Then he looked Zero directly in the eye and said calmly, " Was her blood that delicious?"
The said person put a hand to his mouth in horror and Kaname walked away from him. Kaname gave me a sad shake of his head and left. Leaving me alone with Zero.
" Your a vampire?" I finally said, having not said a word throughout the whole scene that unfolded a few minutes.
" It seems so." He whispered. " Are you scared of me now? Do you hate me for what i've become."
I paused at this. No I wasn't but the question was how he became a vampire in the first place.
" No. Come on. We need to clean you up." I said gently and put a gentle hand on his back, moving him towards his room. I thought he would pull away and tell me to go away but he just went with it and let me go with him. Once we reached his room Zero plopped on the floor by his bed and sat there becoming motionless. Wandering straight to his bathroom I noticed a box of blood tablets on the counter half empty. Not thinking about it a grabbed an old gray towel with bleach stains on a corner, wet it under the tap and went back out to Zero who was still sitting in the same position but he had shed his school jacket and shirt which lay in a crumpled pile beside him. I blushed furiously when I saw his slightly toned chest and managed to get rid of the blush by looking at his face instead. It had become somewhat peaceful looking. Walking over to him I kneeled by his legs and put the wet towel to his face. He jumped, his eyes snapped open with surprise. I gave him a sorry smile and used one hand to hold his chin while the other cleaned the right side of his face.
" How are you feeling?" I asked trying to start a conversation.
" Like a monster." He said angrily.
" Its not your fault." I said in a comforting voice. His face was clean so I started on his neck.
He grabbed my hand that was cleaning his neck which made me look up at him.
" How can you be not angry with me. You saw Yuuki and what I did to her. And yet... yet your not scared or frightened of me. I could do the same thing to you one day when I lose control."
I sighed. " Zero i've known you all my life. Do you really think that the one thing that's changed about you is going to make me hate you for the rest of my life. If I did I wouldn't be the person I am now."
" Really."
"Yes. How did you become a vampire."
"I was bitten 4 years ago... A pureblood attacked my family and killed everyone. Mom, dad, even Ichiru."
" Ichiru's dead?!"
He nodded. I sat down and put my head in my hands.
"My parents were killed 4 years ago too. By that same woman that killed your family." I told Zero.
He looked at me in shock. " What?! I never heard of another attack on your family. "
" I know. They didn't tell me about your family either. Kaito's still alive though. He wasn't there when it happened." I replied.
He seemed to be relieved. " I haven't talked to him for a very long time. He used to be such a jerk." Zero smirked.
With that I smacked him on the top of the head. " Moron. Not nice!"
I pushed myself off the floor and picked up his clothes along with the towel and threw them in his hamper. Then i went back over to him, bent over and took his face into my hands staring straight into his eyes. " Are you going to be okay?" I asked again. His face gave away to one of emptiness, but nodded non the less. I sighed and kissed him lightly on his forehead before leaving.
As soon as the door shut I literally smacked myself on the forehead and continued walking down the hallway to go outside. I Kissed him. What the heck! Why did I kiss him! Ugh. Stupid. I glanced down at my watch which read 8:30 PM. It was dark so I quickly got to my room, hopped in the shower and went to bed. Tomorrow hopefully going to be better. Things couldn't get any worse than they did today.
I was completely wrong.
The daily routine started the same. Get up, do night class duty, go to class, excuse myself to go cough up blood, go back to class, go do night class duty and then finally patrol. Sound normal? Pft. Far from. It was patrol time and this time it was Zero, Yuuki and I making our rounds. Whilst walking down the brick path together I pulled Yuuki aside and whispered to her ignoring Zero's backward glance.
" Are you feeling alright after what happened yesterday?" I asked cautiously, not knowing what her reaction would be.
" Fine actually. I was a little shocked at first but now that I know what Zero is I can try and help him in whatever way I can." She said happily and turned to look at the path ahead of her. I raised a delicate eyebrow at her answer. She sounds pretty happy after Zero attacked her and drank her blood. Weird girl, Cross is.
A snap of a twig snapped my out of my reverie. It was follow buy a click of a gun and a flash of silver ( yuukis rod). I turned my head side to side and saw Aidou and Akutsuki standing on either side of us casually standing with their hands in their uniform pockets.
" Aidou! Akustuki! What are you doing here." Yuuki asked, having Artemis an inch away from Aidou's face.
" We came to guide you to the moon dorm. Ichijou invited you three to be there. I wouldn't say no if I were you." Akutsuki voice dripped with boredom.
We didn't refuse. Though I could see Zero's jaw twitch with annoyance. We both agreed silently that neither of us were happy about is. Yuuki seemed just curious and a little nervous. As we arrived. The two nobles led us around the back and we stopped to stare at the wide open space. There was a giant stone patio with a line of tables covered in food and on the left side of the path was a 5 staired staircase with marble banasters and on the top was a love seat with a rug underneath. A fountain was alone at the other end of the patio, streaming elegant spout of water at different directions.
I didnt notice Ichijou pop up next to us. I jumped violently and grabbed my arm that, out of instinct, almost went up and clawed him.
" You came!" Ichijou exclaimed happily.
" We were forced." I muttered under my breath low enough so only Zero could here. Glancing up I saw the smallest of a smile appear on his lips before it vanished.
I bit my lip when one by one the other night class students took notice of us. Some glared and others just took interested glances before continuing whatever they were doing.
Yuuki was the first to step away and walk towards Ichijou. " Why did you kill that vampire yesterday and it wasn't your job to?" Asked Yuuki.
" Because I ordered them to." Came an all to familiar voice from where the couch was. Kaname stood there with Sieren at his side. "Continue." He said and the chatter increase back up to normal.
Zero stiffly walked over to where Kanme had sat down standing at the bottom of the stairwell and looked up at the brunette.
" It was the Association job to get rid of that level E. Not yours." He growled.
" I did it as a precaution." He answered coolly. a precaution? Of what exactly.
Zero growled again but didn't say anything. He took to walking up a step or two and leaned against the railing. I did the same but on the other said and started to play with my necklace.
" Yuuki." Kaname suddenly said, " Come sit here with me please." Some of the students gave him astonished looks. What ws he doing.
Yuuki complied and sat down next to Kaname with a massive blush across her face. I giggled silently.
" Does your wound hurt still hurt?" Kanme asked motioning to Yuuki's arm.
" Er... no not really." She said. " I wanted to thank you for earlier."
" To be honest vampires that were formally human shouldn't exist in the first place."
Zero's eye, including mine, snapped up in dibelief.
Kaname took hold of Yuuki's arm and push up the sleeve to reveal a painful looking cut at her elbow.
"Let me heal it for you." He said and bent down to put his lips on her wound. Zero appeared in front of him.
" How could you say such a thing." Zero snarled.
Zero stood there and watched as Kaname healed Yuuki's injury.
"Perhaps." said Kaname," When you hesitated killing that Level E, you sympathized with him."
A snap sounded and a gun appeared pointed straight at Kaname who was looking down the barrel with no expression. I was there too and I reached in front of the gun, placing the palm of my hand over the opening. " Zero!" I exclaimed, surprised by his actions. Sieren had her hand pressed up against his throat. A few agonizing seconds passed before Zero relented and walked back to his usual spot. I just moved a little ways away and sat on the railing. Swinging my feet I caught the sudden scent of foreign blood and looked over at the food table where Shiki had accidentally cut Takuma's finger.
A strangled gasp came from Zero and with his hand over his mouth ran away and around to the front. Yuuki yelled for him and ran after Zero. I stayed behind.
" Aren't you going to follow them?" Kaname asked curiously.
" No, Yuuki can do whatever she wants to do. Id rather stay here when they come back." I responded.
He raised a questioning eyebrow. " Aren't you afraid of being around tons of vampires?"
I laughed. " Me scared? Please. I'm not some weak human." I immediately clamped my mouth shut and cursed myself for accidentally my secret.
" I knew you weren't a human. Your secrets safe with me." he said with a smile, then turned away to stare at something or other in the distance.
A faint splash made Kaname and I turn our heads toward the sound. With our powerful hearing we were the only ones that could pick up splash. Not a minute passed before a gun went off. Everyone turned towards the sound but paid it no heed. I picked up the faint scent of Zero's blood. So he was the one who got shot. My brow furrowed in worry; I still didn't move from my spot. Kaname turned his expectantly to me but I just shook my head.
A rustling sound came from behind me in the trees and I turned around, squinting my eyes slightly. Seeing nothing I figured it was a squirrel. I shrugged and turned back around to watch the vampires converse among themselves. The rustling sounded again and my guard went up. I turned for the second time. I moved closer to Kaname. Something was up and he nor the others had heard or noticed it. Was it just me. A sudden glare of something interrupted the vision in my right eye. I squinted and moved a little to the left. I looked into the forest and saw it again. Suddenly it disappeared and a rubber and like snap sounded off. In a flash I yanked kaname off his seat facing him. Just for something hard to punch through my back and through the front of my chest.
" Anna! What-" He stopped in mid yell when I staggered forward from the force of the punch. Looked down and reached up with a hand to touch the bloody tip of a large one inch thick wooden stake. Kaname caught me when my knees buckled.
" You're... Welcome." I said. Blood drips down my chin from my mouth. I fell into unconsciousness.
