(Hope you've been enjoying the story so far…. Chapter 8 is going to be very interesting and shocking, with a little more adult content but I hope that I don't go over the Teen rating! I'm not too sure what is classified as Adult and Teen so if anyone out there thinks it's above the teen rating please let me know and I'll change it! Hope you like it! Please feel free to review! I'd love to hear your thoughts!)
The next day Ayame was back to her normal self. She was happy and smiling. We went to all of our classes and ate lunch together. She even said hi to the night class as they passed by. The two of us planned to have moon light picnic under the willow trees. But that plan was short lived when the chairman called me into his office and handed me hunting orders.
There were four vampires on the list for me to track down and dispose of; which was going to take me several days. The orders asked that I leave right away, so I found Ayame and told her the irritating news. She asked for a date rain check and I agreed that we'd meet up right as soon as I was finished the hunts.
All I could think about as I jumped over roof top after roof top was Ayame and what she was doing? Would she be able to handle the crazy day class fan girls without me? What was she doing right now? I pictured her getting ready for bed; but quickly erased that thought no point in getting aroused while hunting for vampires.
It took me two days to track down the first two vampires; and I began to wonder why they were on the list to begin with. After all only level E's were supposed to be on the list. These two seemed like normal average level D's if you asked me. The two of them were sitting in a bar just outside of a small village that was about a hundred and ninety five kilometers from the academy.
"Looks like the hunters association finally caught us Julian." said the first vampire said as I walked into the bar.
"And they sent a kid no less." said the other one.
"Oh? A vampire who's a hunter how odd?" said the lady behind the bar.
"How'd you know?" I asked her.
"Cause you smell just like these two." she replied.
The two vampires jumped to their feet and began running towards the back door lucky for me it was locked I shot the first vampire; and while he was turning to dust I shot the second before turning around and leaving the bar. I crossed the vampires off of my list and began to search for the next two; I had just jumped up on top of the roof of the bar when I heard someone shouting "Hunter! Hunter wait a second."
I looked down to see the bartender staring up at me. I jumped back down and said "What!"
"Here." she said while handing me a rolled up cloth. I unrolled the cloth to find a beautiful silver bracelet with silver beads and lilac coloured stones. "It's for getting rid of those vampires; they have been causing trouble for some time now; at first I was worried that you were coming to join them, but now that I know you're a vampire hunter it makes me feel a little safer."
I mumbled thanks before jumping back onto the roof of the building. It took me another day and a half to find the next vampire on my list. She was hiding in a forest waiting for clueless victims to pass by her on the only path that leads to the next town. I followed her for some time before she noticed me and dashed off into the woods.
"Damn it!" I screamed as I chased after her. She dashed into a small hut deep in the forest; I was just about to follow her in when a big (and I mean huge) man stepped out the door. He took one look at me and started running my way; lucky for me he was a vampire and the bloody rose knows how to deal with them. I pulled the trigger just as he reached for my throat.
It took me several minutes to brush all of the vampire ash from my clothes and hair; but the vampire I was after was still waiting for me when I entered the hut. She was sitting on a pile of dead corpuses. I was so degusted that I just pulled the trigger and walked out of the hut. I lit the hut on fire before leaving the woods and finding a nice place to stay for the night. I decided to stop off at one of the apartment buildings that the hunters association uses for hunters who are away on jobs.
The room was small but clean and the bed had fresh sheets on it. I was exhausted by the time I had eaten, showered and climbed into bed. I fell asleep almost as soon as my head hit the pillows.
That night I dreamt that I was walking down the hallway at the academy; when out of the dark stepped Kaname holding Ayame; she was struggling to get away from him and screaming for me to help her. Kaname smiled at me before sinking his fangs into her neck. I jumped up out of bed screaming "No!" at the top of my lungs; and soon realized that I was dreaming. I spent the rest of the night worrying about Ayame.
When the sun finally came up I left for my final hunt. I found my last target outside the little restaurant where I frequently ate lunch for the last two years. It took me a lot of time to follow him around and finally he headed down into a dark alley way. I finished him off as quickly as possible and ran to the hunters association to pass in my papers before running the whole way back to the academy. I decided to go shower and change before meeting up with Ayame.
After I showered I realized that I was in such a hurry that I didn't bring any clean clothes with me to the bathroom. So I walked to my room in nothing but a towel. When I opened my door I found Ayame sitting on my bed in a black lace teddy and matching panties. She had lit a bunch of candles and spread flower petals all over my floor. I shut the door behind me and walked over to her with the hugest smile on my face.
"I missed you." she said as she climbed off the bed and stood before me.
"You look beautiful." I said as I hugged her; the nightmare was still fresh in my mind so I held her as tight as possible. I buried my face in her hair and that's when I realized the girl in my arms wasn't Ayame. She was Yuki; she may be able to change her appearance but her smell will never change. I tried to push her away but she had her arms wrapped around me. She sunk her fangs into my neck and I struggled to get her off of me.
"Yuki! What the hell?" I screamed at her.
"I'm sorry Zero." She said as she buried her face in my chest "I love you so much; and seeing you with HER makes me jealous."
"Yuki, I've moved on." I said in the calmest voice I could muster up, before brushing the tears from her face. "You have Kaname remember?"
"But I want you!" She screamed before throwing me on the bed.
"Yuki?" I screamed back at her as she climbed on top of me. I was just about to push her off when the door to my room swing open and in walked Kaito. He grabbed something off of my desk before realizing that the two of us were lying on my bed mostly naked.
He took a double take on his way out and said "Jesus Zero what the hell; your lucky Ayame doesn't know about this."
"Too late." I heard a voice say from the door way. I looked over to see Ayame standing there with her hand clenched into fists and tears running down her face.
"Ayame…I…. It's not what it looks like….!" I tried to explain but she turned away and marched down the hall. I pushed Yuki off of me and ran to the door. Ayame was gone by the time I ran out into the hall. I walked back into my room and grabbed my clothes before turning back towards the door and shouting "Are you happy now, Yuki?"
I left my room slamming the door behind me and made my way to the barn while dressing myself. Once there, I plopped down next to Lily and said "What am I going to do?"
I sat there for several hours thinking of ways to fix things with Ayame. Every conversation I thought up ended in her punching me in the face. I laid down on the hay and let out a load sigh.
"Oh good you're here." Came a voice from the door
I looked up to see the chairman leaning against the door "There are more orders for you." he handed me some papers.
"Oh good a distraction!" I thought while opening the paper. After I read the orders I looked up at him in shock. "This has to be a joke." I said to him "You know what happened between Yuki and me today right?"
"I do and I'm sorry Zero but the hunters association wants you to protect her twenty four seven, there have been threats on her life ever since Kaname's disappearance." he replied
"Ayame will never forgive me now." I muttered while crumpling the papers in my hand.
"Oh I think she'll forgive you….in time." he said before walking out of the barn.
I walked out of the barn and to my room to gather my things. And head over to the moon dorm. I wasn't happy about living with those vampires but my orders were clear. I was to protect Yuki at all times which meant living close to her. When I reached the moon dorm the night class was already in their class room so I was completely alone. I marched up the stairs to my new room only to find that it was the room right next to Yuki's and that the only thing separating the two rooms was a door that didn't have any locks.
"Great! Just great!" I said to myself
I had just finished unpacking when I heard the front door to the dorm open I peeked out of my door just in time to see Yuki walk up the stairs followed by Aido.
"Shouldn't they be in class!" I thought to myself.
I could barely make out their conversation and decided to ignore them by thinking of my own problems. Shortly after the two had arrived I sensed a familiar presence coming up the staircase. At first I couldn't figure out if it was chairman Cross or Ayame; the two have the same almost vampire aura; like they have too much vampire blood in them or something.
It wasn't until I heard her high heels clicking as she walked by my new room and knocked on Yuki's door; that I knew it was Ayame. I heard her tapping her foot on the floor and sighing like she was annoyed by the fact that she had to wait for Yuki to answer the door.
"Well it's about time!" I heard her say as Yuki opened the door
I sat up in the bed and listened more closely. "What was Ayame doing here? She hates Yuki!"
"Sorry I was setting things up." said Yuki as she shut the door behind Ayame.
"What's he doing here?" I heard Ayame say
"I go where ever Yuki goes so get used to it." Aido said in response
Ayame let out an annoyed sigh before she said "Fine let's get this over with before I change my mind!"
"What is she talking about?" I wondered "Get what over with?"
I found myself inching closer to the door that separated my room from Yuki's.
"Okay…." I heard Yuki say "But you're going to have to take off that uniform, wouldn't want it to get stained."
I nearly burst through the door when I heard that. "Stained? Was I hearing them right? What was going on in there? Why would her shirt get stained? Stained with what?"
"You're kidding right? I'm not going to sit here in my bra with him here." Said Ayame
"Oh it's just Aido." said Yuki
"I don't care!" Ayame responded "He's still a guy and I'm not sitting here in front of him in my bra."
"Okay, okay I'll find you a tank top!"
"Couldn't I just turn around or read my manga?" Aido said
"No!" they both yelled at the same time.
"Here wear this." I heard Yuki say
"Oh cute." I heard Ayame respond "Now turn around Aido so I can change my clothes."
I heard Aido mumble something through the door and the sound of clothed shuffling. Then came a bunch of strange noises I didn't recognize and a few mumbles and then I heard Ayame shout "Ouch, watch what you're doing Kuran!"
"Sorry did that hurt." Yuki said
I heard Ayame mumbling something and then it went completely silent for about ten minutes before I heard Ayame say "What are you reading Aido?"
"Fairy-tale." he replied "I'm on chapter 30!"
"Fairy-tale huh." Ayame replied
I sat there and listened to Aido go on and on about this stupid Fairy-tale manga for about fifteen minutes before Yuki said "It's time!"
I was about to burst through the door thinking the worst possible situation when I heard running water and after about three or four minutes the hair drier followed by the sound of scissors and Ayame's annoyed mumbles.
Shortly after the hair drier stopped I heard Toga coming up the stairs he stopped in front of Yuki's door before knocking. The door opened and I heard him say "It's time to go."
"K." I heard both girls say at the same time.
I heard the two girls get up from where they were sitting and walk to the door.
"See you around." said Yuki
"This doesn't make us friends you know." replied Ayame
"I know; it's going to take a lot for you to forgive me for the whole Zero thing. But I want you to know that nothing happened and I'm sorry for even trying anything."
"Whatever bye, bye." Ayame said before slamming the door behind her. I heard Yuki sigh and Aido say "Well I should be going as well."
"Okay." I heard Yuki say
After Aido shut the door I heard Yuki rummaging through her closet then mumble something about the clothing as she changed for bed. I sat there wondering why I was listening to her until I realized something was off with her. She was mumbling curse words and throwing stuff around. I opened the door a crack and peeked in to see her sitting in front of the mirror brushing her hair. Her head snapped up and looked my way but it was too dark in the room for her to notice that I was peeking through the door.
I sat there and watched her trying to figure out what was so off about her. She looked like Yuki but she wasn't quite acting like her. But then again she wasn't my Yuki anymore so I guess I could be totally wrong. I decided to ignore my suspicions and go to bed.
The next evening I woke up to find that all the night class had already left for class.
"Great I'm late on my first day guarding the pureblood princess!" I thought sarcastically as I threw my clothes on and ran out the door. I stood outside of the class room until the class ended. Yuki was the last one out and she greeted me with a cheerful "Good evening Zero!"
"Yuki." was all I replied as I followed her and the rest of the class back to the moon dorm; when we arrived back at the dorm Yuki went straight to her room followed by Aido. The two of them sat up for a while reading, I fell asleep listening to them go on and on about manga's.
The next night seemed to go the exact same way as the night before. Yuki was back to acting like her normal cheerful self and I was back to being the annoyed angry Zero I was before Ayame showed up. Thinking about Ayame made me realize I hadn't seen her at the moon gate in the last two nights. In fact Chairman Cross was there in her place. The rest of the week went the same way and I began to worry about Ayame's lack of appearance. When I asked the chairman about it he said that she was training with vampire hunters so that he father would reinstate her as a hunter.
On Saturday I slept in until dusk and got up just in time to catch Yuki heading down to the gym in the basement of the moon dorm. I was following her but half way down the stairs she stopped short turned and said "You don't have to follow me everywhere!"
"What's with the attitude? It's not like I want to be here!" I thought
"Whatever!" I replied as I turned and began heading back up the stairs.
I had just made it to the top when I heard a loud crash coming from the bottom of the stairs. I ran down to find Yuki lying on the floor clutching her chest in pain. Pills were spilled all over the floor and she had tears running down her face. I reached down and handed her a few of the spilt pills before picking up the rest. When I handed her the bottle of pills I said "You know if you're that thirsty, you could have asked me to give you some of my blood."
"Why did I just say that?" I thought
She glared at me for several minutes before turning away from me and mumbling "I don't want your blood." she then walked the rest of the way down the stairs.
"Was it something I said?" I thought to myself
