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There are some events that actually didn't happen in manga in this chapter
Well, I'm sorry for that.
And I'm sorry for spelling and grammar errors because English is not my first language. (- . -' )
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Problems
At Night
Zero runs his job as guardian tonight, and again...by himself. Hikari is absent from her duty tonight. This is the second night he has to do this duty alone. But tonight Hikari wasn't skipping like last night. She has just come back from her mission and chairman said she need some rest.
Kiryuu Zero is staring the night's sky. It's so dark and quiet...yet so bright.
Suddenly he remembers the memories from eleven years ago. He remembers Yuuki's face. He remembers her warmth, her kindness even to unknown boy like him, and how gentle her hands when she touched him and takes care of him.
If Yuuki wasn't there and helped him, he might be already broke into pieces now. He won't be himself right now. That's because of Yuuki. And he saw something similar from Hikari. Her eyes, her cold attitude, those sadness she hide from everyone, it seems like him. May be, if Yuuki wasn't there, he will be the same as Hikari now. That means...
Hikari and he are alike.
Zero sighed, 'May be...that's why I care about her this much...' He concluded.
"Ah, Kiryuu-kun," Zero turned his head and saw someone's walking behind the shadows in corridor. The figure of his face become clearer and now Zero knows who it is.
"Thanks for patrolling tonight. We're sorry for troubling you this much," he said.
This guy isn't a bad vampire. Precisely, he is the good one. He is a lot looks like human than the other vampires he knew. But still, this guy is with Shirabuki Sara.
And then Zero remembered something.
"Ichijou-senpai, I have something to talk to you," Zero said.
"Hm? What is it?" he asked friendly.
"It's about Hikari," Zero answered.
"Oh…that's the new prefect, right? I used to see her once. She is a cute girl, isn't she?" Takuma tried to joking. "By the way, where is she now? I didn't see her yet two days recently,"
"Tonight she has just come back from her mission, so chairman decided to gave her some rest," Zero explained.
"I see," Takuma said. "Then, what do you want to talk with me, Kiryuu-kun?"
Zero become more serious than before, but Takuma is still smile innocently.
"I was listening," Zero admitted.
Takuma surprised, "Huh? What do you mean?"
"I've listen almost everything," Zero explained. "Your talks with Hikari, I mean,"
Once again Takuma surprised and now he become serious too. The smile has gone from his face.
"So, you've listen, huh," he murmured. "Gomen ne, you're know my sin now,"
"So that was true? That you and Hikari are—
"Yes," Takuma admitted. He stared at Zero's face without hesitation or fear. "Everything you heard was true,"
"Include—
"Yes," Even before Zero could finish his sentences, Takuma has answered it. "All of it was true. It's my entire fault. She became like this because of me, my stupidity. I couldn't resist my grandfather's order. In the end, all I can do was just regret,"
"Senpai…"
"Kiryuu-kun, actually…Hikari wasn't like that. She used to be different when she was little. She was very kind, cheerful, just like the mean of her name itself. She was…a light for me," he explained.
"You've changed her into an annoying, cold, and uncared girl," Zero said.
"Yes, and there is nothing I can do about it. It's too late," Takuma said regretfully.
"The only one who can change her in you, senpai," Zero said.
Takuma surprised, "What?"
"It's not too late to save her before she totally broken," he said again. "Hikari is need someone besides her,"
"Kiryuu-kun…but how—
"Takuma, what are you doing here?"
They both surprised with that new voice. Everyone look directly towards the new voice, the woman who suddenly stands behind Takuma. No one knows when she has been here. That woman gave a cold smile to everyone.
"What are you guys talking about here, in a quiet place like this?" she asked.
"Nothing, Sara-san," Takuma answered.
"Kiryuu-kun, do you mind if I take Takuma for a while?" she asked.
Zero leaves that place without say anything. He left Takuma with Shirabuki Sara.
"What happened with a girl named 'Hikari' that you both were talking just now? Is she has some importance for you, Takuma?" she asked.
"No. I don't know her, Sara-san," Takuma answered.
Sara still smiling, "What a bad liar you are, Takuma,"
"She REALLY has nothing to do with us!" Takuma suddenly snapped firmly. "You don't have to do anything to her, Sara-san. She is a hunter, but she is not dangerous for us,"
"Hm…" Sara looks thinking something, and then she smiled wickedly. "Why you protect her so much?"
"No, I'm not protecting her, Sara-san," he shouted.
"Well, she is usual hunter, but I feel something weird from her. I would watch her for a while until I'm sure she is not a hindrance," Sara explained and then leaves Takuma behind.
'Hikari…is in danger…' He concludes. 'What should I do?'
"The only one who can change her in you, senpai,"
I am…the only one…?
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Two Days Afterwards,
Hikari sighed. This week is the most exhausted week she ever had. Three mission in three days. The attack of vampires to humans is increase drastically since a week ago. No one knows why. But Hikari knows that this is happen since the new blood tablet was distributed. The new blood tablet was made by a medical factory; actually, a human-medical-factory. That means, the blood tablet that was produced by this factory should decrease the amount of attack not increased it; moreover she heard that this blood tablet's taste is better than every blood tablet which ever been produced.
That's why she was ordered to inquire about it by Cross Kaien. But that is the difficult one. She has tried to take those blood tablets from the users; with easy way this far. And she got nothing from it, so she decided to use some violence today.
Hikari stands within the shadows, watch the queue of people five meters far of her. The people are not human, of course. They're vampires, and they queue up only for one thing; for the new blood tablet. Hikari watches the people first and then she watches the distributor; the man with reddish hair who stands and giving those people the tablet.
Hikari looks the tablet carefully. That's her target.
In a blink of an eye, she reaches Ares out of her cloak and run forwards. She targets the distributor first. She runs towards him and when she stands right behind him, she pointing the mouth of her gun right to his head.
It looks like the man knows that there is a weapon pointed right at his head, so that man put his hands up in the air without turning, asking or saying anything.
"You must be one of those hunters," he said to Hikari.
Hikari doesn't replied, she stays pointing her gun to him.
"I know your weapon is not dangerous for human. It's useless to point your gun at me," he said again.
"Then why you're scared?" Hikari replied. "You won't put your hands up if you're not scared of my gun,"
"Every human would do so if a gun is pointed right at their head," he replied. "So, what do you want, huntress? Kill me? You hunters are prohibited to harm any humans,"
"Hand over those tablets, now," she ordered.
This time, the man turned his head and gaze at her, "What? You want me to give all this tablets to you?"
Hikari press her gun more at his head. She wants to clarify that she is serious now. And that man is more frighten.
"Even if you threat me like this, I won't give these tablets to you, none of it!" he claimed firmly. "Besides, I bet you won't brave to shoot me. I'm human. You will be punished if you do that,"
Hikari gazes him coolly, "Well, Mr. President gave me no order or prohibition to kill, so it won't be a problem if I shoot someone now, no matter if it's a human or a vampires,"
"Are you crazy?!" he screamed. "You said you want to shoot me?!"
"Yes," Hikari answered with flat tone.
"You hunters don't know anything. If you kill me here, you will get involve into a big trouble! You don't know the result of your action!" he snapped.
"What do you mean?"
"If you shoot me, then these tablets won't be…and these guys will be—
Hikari step backward as fast as she could, for dodging a sudden attack from the front of her. She step back five meters away from her place before. It didn't take a long time for her to know who was attacked her. More over, the attacker is increase now, more and more of them.
"I'm thirsty…"
"Give me more those tablets…I need it…"
'They walk like zombies…' she thought. 'Hm…or I should say…they like puppets.'
Hikari sees that the human from medical factory, which she talked with few moments ago, has fainted; laid on the ground. He is unconscious, because of that attack. While the man lost his conscious, the people, or actually…the vampires…become uncontrolled.
They look like level E vampires now. Even in her sight, they have no differences with level E; despite they're not ex-human vampires. Although they're ordinary vampires, but their eyes turn red, they're showing their fangs and such a hungry face, just like level E itself.
'How pathetic,'
Hikari turns her gaze at look at the red tablets on the ground. If her assumption is right, then the tablets was made by…
"I want those tablets!"
Hikari turns back her gaze with surprised. One of those vampires has jumped out and now he is very close to her, ready to eat her. She didn't realize this sudden attack because she turns her gaze from her true enemy.
'Damn!' she grumbled inside her heart.
There is no way she can avoid this attack. He is too close to her and she has no time to run or dodge it. It's too late…
'There is no other way. I have to use 'that'…'
Hikari reaches Ares and pointing it, but it's too late. The vampire is too close to her. He is almost reaches her. The attack cannot be avoided. She must be getting hurt.
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But actually…Hikari never feels any pain. She didn't get hurt at all. No one touches her. But blood still shed. That vampire is ripped apart before her eyes; torn into pieces by someone. That man has saved her, a man with black hair and wears black cloak that suddenly appear in front of her.
"I will always by your side,"
Who knows that he would be really fulfilling those words?
"Kaname…" she murmured. Her face is still stoic. "I don't need your help,"
"He almost attacked you," he replied.
"Then let it be. Do you think I would die because of such a scratch?" she shouted.
"Didn't I say that I would be always by your side?" he shouted her back.
Hikari surprised when she received that words. She never expected that Kaname would really realize his own words. She thought that he lied to her. And now Hikari knows that she was wrong.
"Kaname…"
Then Hikari realized one more thing. Kaname didn't come alone. There are two more people with him; a lady with brown-wave hair and a guy with orange hair who throw fire from his hand. She knows them both. They both are noble vampires. The lady is the daughter of Souen family, and the guy is the son of Kain family. What are they doing here?
"Are they your comrades, Kaname?" she asked.
"They just follow me here. I don't know what the best name to call them," he answered.
Hikari watches the battle carefully. It looks like the Souen lady has sort of mind-controller ability, and the Kain guy has flame-controller ability, the special ability that only nobles can obtained. They both attack those wild vampires and Kaname use his sword to torn any vampires who get closer to Hikari.
Hikari has just realized something; something important from Kaname. The sword he uses now is…anti-vampire sword; a sword that reject any vampires who dare to hold it. And the weapon is rejected Kaname as well, it caused his hand turn into nothing but skeleton now. He pushed himself too far.
"Kaname…your hand…" she murmured.
Kaname ignored it. He still slay the vampires without put any care for Hikari. And when there is no vampire left, he's stop, so do both the noble vampires.
"Ruka, Akatsuki, do what I ordered you both," he commanded.
"Understood, Kaname-sama," The Lady named Ruka, answered.
Then, they both go away, left Hikari and Kaname alone now. And now, for the first time, Kaname turns around. He gazes straight at Hikari.
"Are you all right?" he asked her.
"You protected your enemy like a fool," she answered.
Hikari gazes at him back. Those dark eyes…have much more things than she knew. But now, the only thing she sees from those eyes is only grief and exhaustion.
"I don't know…" he said in low voice. "…Should I treat you like an enemy?"
"I am hunter and you're the pureblood who committed a murder to another pureblood. You're guilty, that's why all the hunters include me are looking for you. We're enemy now," she explained with stoic face.
"Hikari…"
Slowly, Kaname raise his hand. He moves his hand towards Hikari. He tries to touches Hikari's face. When Hikari conscious about what he wants to do, she become frighten.
That hand…wants to touch me…he wants to kill me…
In a flash, Hikari pointing Ares right at his head, before his eyes. She gazes him with such a scared and angry face.
Kaname stopped tries to touch her. He suddenly stopped when Hikari pointd her gun at his head, right in front of his eyes. This girl is really treating him as enemy. She pointed her gun to him without any doubt. But then Kaname sees something on her face. Something appears from her shocked eyes.
Fear…
"Are you afraid of me, Hikari?" he asked.
Hikari doesn't give any answer, she just stay pointing her gun at him. He never expects that Hikari would give him that scary face. It's been long time since he feels this pain. The pain to be afraid and frightened off…the loneliness he hasn't felt for long time…now he has to feel it once more and it came from the girl he hoped not to be afraid of him.
"I see," he said. "I would go back,"
He takes six steps backward and then Hikari put down her guns. She looks calmer now.
"You sure you want to inquire this problem further?" he asked once more.
Hikari gave no answer. For him, that silence means; yes.
"Please be careful…with Shirabuki Sara and everything about that woman," he remarked.
Kaname turns around, prepares himself to go away. But, he has one message left for her.
Kaname turns his gaze, and he stared at Hikari, "I'm sure he doesn't mean to hurt you and you should listen to him,"
A second later, Kaname's body shattered and become hundreds of bats that fly away to the grey sky.
After Kaname's gone, Hikari takes a deep breath of relief. Her heart is still pounding fast and her hands are shivering.
'Those scenes are still haunting me…' she thought.
She turns her gaze to some red tablets which shattered on the ground. It smelt like she thought before.
For now, she has to bring those tablets to Association. Later…who knows what she will do?
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Fuala, that's the end of this chapter.
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