Thanks everybody for the positive response! I guess people like sassy Kaname, but it's cool, I do too. But this chapter is going to more about Kaito and Zero, not romantically but their relationship and partnership. Especially cause I kind of forgot about him when I was writing the last couple chapters. And dipping a bit into the personal life that no one really cares about, I went from spending all of my time at school to spending all of my time at work, pretending to be a wizard. And that's my story.
It was a strange event, being scolded by the chairmen who was strangely upset about his adoptive daughter's whereabouts during the night. The younger hunter was used to her seniors exuberant speeches and had a habit of tuning them out, but Zero was able to pick up some key points such as his daughter's innocence, how boy's should never be trusted and the likes.
The only reprieve was when Yagari entered the office without knocking, giving only the excuse of taking his two apprentices out for trainings before placing a hand on the silverette's shoulder and steering her out of the room. The two could still hear the ravings of the chairmen as they walked through the hallways of the school, a familiar silence falling over them.
The quiet was something that was that was common in their relationship, but this felt a bit off this time. It felt reminiscent of when her father, when he was still alive, and how he used to scold her whenever she would sneak Ichiru out of bed after being cooped up for so long that it felt wrong to keep her precious baby brother confined to his room due to his frail body. There weren't as many memories of her parents as she would of liked, but the ones the silverette had were precious. There was the smell of her mother's perfume, a soft coconut fragrance that contrasted her cool and collected personality. Then there was her father that was quick with a smile and a hug, ready to scare away any monsters that tormented her or Ichiru's dreams. Then Zero found out that the monsters weren't only in her mind, but out in the real world as well.
Kaito was waiting for the pair of hunters just outside the front doors, hands placed in his pockets in a casual manner and a small frown on his face. He was obviously still bitter about being ditched in favor of spending with the King Leech.
"So what are we doin' tonight teach?" Kaito called out to the two, only sparing his childhood companion a quick glance in greeting. The one eyed hunter responded with a sharp slap to back of the apprentices head, ruffling up his curly, light brown hair in response to the nickname.
"Something you brats are going to remember for a long time."
The two prefects laid sprawled out on a patch of soft grass close enough to see the main doors of the Sun Dorms but too far for their battered bodies to go without some reprieve. Training had been long and intense, lasting from when the moon was high in the sky until after it had set and the night was slowly turning into a calm morning. Their master had practically destroyed the teens, pushing not only their bodies well passed their limits but also their minds and hunter magic. This left them with burning lungs as they panted where the collapsed on the ground and the aching of their muscles.
After just trying to pump fresh, cool air into his longs, the brunette turned to his disguised friend and clearing his throat. "Hey Zero?" His voice was rough, but had lost the cold tone that it had earlier on.
"Hm." Came the noncommittal response from the silverette who was still feeling like her entire body was on fire.
"Tell me, why are you spending so much time with the blood suckers? I've listened to you rave about them being monsters and devils for years. So what changed?"
Breathing finally evening out, the Kiryuu heir moved her head to look at her friend, eyes blinking tiredly. She paused for a moment before answering. "I don't know." Zero let out a deep puff of air for no reason other to delay answering. "For the months when then they were all gone, to wherever the leeches go, it was strange to still be on campus. I guess, like it or not, they became a part of the school. So even though they're all a pain in my ass, I think it fine that they're here as long as they don't bother me more than necessary." It seems more often than not several members of the Night Class were out to make the silver haired prefect's life difficult, specifically Aido, Ruka, and the Kuran siblings but maybe they're inconvenient for everyone.
As Kaname closed the office door behind him, a strange sense of relief pass over him. The chairman had called him in to have what he believed was a serious conversation, but turned out that the blonde hunter brought him in to scold him on taking away his daughter's innocence. At this point the chairman didn't feel the need to keep up the false pretenses of Zero's gender because it was obvious that the pureblood had known the youngest hunter's secret for some time now. But the blonde man had now insisted that Kaname make things right, turning his daughter into an honest woman and all of that pomp and circumstance.
Although the conversation had taken Kaname by surprise, the idea stuck in his head as he made his way across the campus back to the Moon Dorms. The more his mind lingered on the topic, the better it sounded and soon the pureblood prince was convinced. And who's to say that the silver haired lady didn't secretly want a prince to sweep her off her feet?
