I love Zero xD His temper makes me giggle sometimes lol
-Anii
Chapter 8: Zero
Zero watched the new girl, what was her name, damn it? She was in my class this morning.
Of course the two new girls had to be twins. At least the one's hair was shorter, although he hated to look at her for some unknown reason. He rubbed the back of his head in frustration, why couldn't everyone around here wear name tags? It would make his life so much easier. He was terrible with names.
He let out a long sigh and the Red Shield Vampires turned towards him. The one with shorter hair looked at him and thrust her hand towards Zero, "I'm Saya Otonashi."
He took her hand, avoiding her gaze. "Zero." So her name was Saya.
He turned to the other sister, his hands on his hips, "So you must be Diva then. Diva what?"
"Pardon?" Bright blue eyes found him, fire burning behind them.
"What's your last name?" His anger was coming forward.
"I don't have one." She looked away.
"You have to. She has one." He jerked his thumb towards Saya.
"We were raised differently." She still didn't look at him.
"Does that matter? Why don't you take hers?" He wanted to shake her until she dropped that distant tone of hers.
Saya looked uneasy and she tried to step in. " , I don't think-"
"I don't need one!" Diva snapped, her gaze burning holes into his head. "My name is Diva! Diva! Just Diva!"
"Who the hell spit in your wheaties, missy!?" Zero hissed.
Diva sharply turned away and said, "I'll search alone."
"Diva, I don't know if that's safe." Saya reached out towards her sister who pulled away like Saya had the plague.
"Forget her. Let's go, Otonashi." Zero made a 'tsk' noise and turned away from Diva, who was already walking the other way.
"But-" Saya began.
"Let's go!" Zero howled, his rage making his blood boil.
Saya clenched her teeth together but ran up beside him as he stormed away towards the Night Class Dorm. She looked over her shoulder after her sister but Diva was already gone.
Zero took in several deep breaths of the cool night air to soothe the hissing anger inside of him. Dead leaves crunched under his sneakers and his breath came out in soft white clouds. The phone call from the mysterious girl had disturbed him, more than he cared to admit. He couldn't remember for the life of him who she was or why she had called. Wrong number, he thought?
A little voice inside of his head shot that down in an instant. She used your name. It was for you. There's no mistaking it.
He wondered if she was someone from his past. If so, he didn't want to meet her. His past was better left forgotten, he just wanted to move on with his life and start fresh.
"You suffer from amnesia, right?" Zero jumped slightly as Saya spoke, forgetting that she as walking beside him the whole time.
"Yeah." He answered nonchalantly.
Saya's head lowered, "I did too."
That made him stop and turn to her, eyes wide. "What?"
The girl nodded and couldn't quite look him the eye but it was clear she had suffered, the pain plastered all over her face, "I've been alive a long time. Somewhere down the line, I forgot all my memories and lived a normal life as a normal girl. It only lasted a year though. Then the memories caught up with me and…" Saya bit her lip and finished her sentence in a whisper, "I would be lying to you if I said I was happy to get my memories back."
Something seemed to shoot through Zero's heart and he took a step back. Saya stepped towards him, hands up and flapping. "Ah! Don't think that your memories will be bad! Not all of mine were bad! There was Joel and my memories with Haji and-"
A loud howl pierced through the night and cut her off. Saya's body whipped around, unsheathing the sword in her hand. She tossed the case to the ground just as a black figure lunged at her. She used all her strength to shove the enormous creature backwards, letting out a feral growl as she did so. Zero aimed his gun at the huge beast, vines sprouting from his body and wrapping tightly around the arm holding the Bloody Rose, his gun.
Before he could get a clear shot, Saya had already dragged the blade across her own skin and thrust the katana through the creature's belly. Instantly, the wound began to crystallize. Zero lowered his gun, watching the scene with intense curiosity. The beast threw back its ugly head, howling into the night as the rest of its body changed to hardened crystal that cracked almost instantaneously.
Finally complete, the chiropteran shattered in a cloud of gleaming red crystals. Zero cocked his head to the side, How the hell did she do that? His attention turned to Otonashi.
Saya panted heavily but as he drew near, to check it she was okay, he realized that she was panting with fright more than exhaustion.
Tears formed in her glowing red eyes. Zero, taken aback by this strange display of emotion, could only stutter. She faced him, her body shaking violently, he wondered how she could hold her sword with such quaking hands. "My blood killed it. That means….that means these chiropterans must be created by Diva." She closed her eyes tightly and groaned softly.
He didn't understand a damn thing that was coming out of her mouth but she was practically in hysterics now. He slid the Bloody Rose back in its holster, the vines gone completely, and stepped towards her. He did the only thing he knew how to do to comfort someone; he placed his hand on top of the girl's head, ruffling her short brown hair gently. Saya's eyes shot over to him, wide and wet with tears.
"I don't know what the hell you're talking about, but don't jump to conclusions. Talk to your sister first, okay? You go back and report that blood thing you just did. I'll take over the night watch for tonight." Zero mumbled.
Saya nodded, smiling at him gratefully before taking off in the direction of the school. Zero, holding back a smile, turned around and scanned the area, looking for anything he could report later on. A red gleam caught his eye. He bent down and picked the thing on the ground up that had caught his eye. It was a scabbard.
"Shit." He whipped around, calling out to an already vanished Saya, "You forgot your sheath thing!"
Zero and his temper! Sheesh! I know the real saying is "who the hell pissed in your wheaties" but...I just couldn't do it xD -Anii
