Sara was rather listless the day after. The tried to do the homework, which the new teacher, Mr Yagari, had given her. However, she just couldn't stop thinking about how Zero was suffering. She had given her blood to him the night before, so his thirst would have been sated, at least for the moment.
But she sensed something was wrong. In the pit of her stomach, she had that feeling of worry which she couldn't get rid of. She rushed to get dressed and opened the French windows. Now, she'd never tried this in her life, but she heard that vampires could jump from high places and not break any bones. She threw herself off the balcony after plucking up all her courage to do so. Surprisingly, to her anyway, she landed gracefully on her feet. She felt a little dizzy and stumbled back but otherwise all right. She crept away, careful not to get noticed by any of the Night Class. She ran towards the gate separating the Moon Dorm from the rest of the school. She pushed the gate open and ran towards the school. She could feel that something was wrong and she was going to find out. She followed Zero's scent and found that he was still in the Chairman's lodgings. She opened the door, walking straight through, knowing that the Chairman was in school. Zero's scent was soon joined by Yuuki's scent and her new teacher Mr Yagari's scent. "What's he doing here?" Sara whispered.
She crept upstairs and heard a deafening gun shot. She rushed the rest of the way. She burst into Zero's room. "Yagari-sensei, what have you-" she breathed a sigh of relief when Zero was holding the gun away from him. Yagari turned around and raised an eyebrow.
"What are you doing here, Awayuki?" he said gruffly. Sara glared at him and then at Yuuki.
"Why were you pointing a gun at Zero? What has he done?" Sara asked coldly.
"He has given in to his vampiric nature and drank someone's blood to heal his injured shoulder." Yagari explained. Sara glared at him.
"That someone was me." Sara growled. "I did it because my blood will help push back the shadows of madness and delay him becoming a Level E." Sara walked towards Zero, crouched down beside him and stroked his cheek gently. "Are you all right, Zero?" she asked. Zero looked up at Sara. He said nothing. Sara nodded and stood up straight. She then turned to Yagari, "If you dare try to harm him again, Yagari-sensei, you'll have me to contend with." Sara said coolly.
She stormed out, not uttering another word. Her walk back to the Moon Dorm was surprisingly quick as she hadn't registered how much time had passed. She opened the huge, heavy doors and stepped inside the echoing parlour. It was always so silent during the day, mainly because everyone was asleep. Well...not everyone. "Where have you been?" Kaname said out of nowhere. Sara looked up and saw Kaname sauntering down the stairs. Himeno held her breath, but prepared herself for a good scolding.
"Kaname..." she whispered.
"You know that it is against the rules to go outside of the dorm at this time of the day. So, I will ask again, where have you been?" Kaname asked. Sara held her head high, confidently holding his gaze.
"I went to see how Zero was doing. The Yagari fellow nearly shot him. But, he's doing fine." Sara walked upto Kaname. "Why are you bothered that I am helping this boy? He obviously needs our help."
"He is a Level D. He could turn into a Level E at any time. He could seriously hurt you...and I don't think I could bare that." Kaname tucked a lock of her hair behind her ear. Sara looked up at him curiously, wondering what the young man was going to do next.
He leaned down and kissed her fore head. "Kaname...what are you doing?" she gasped. Kaname leaned back and whispered into her ear. "You're a pureblood princess and you should never be tainted by the likes of him." He pulled away, "I'm simply trying to protect you, Sara...you are too nice for your own good and that will lead you into trouble one day."
"Kaname, i'm not a child."
"I didn't say that." Kaname said. "Sara, you must understand and remember your role as a pureblood vampire princess."
"I do remember and understand my place, Kaname. I have it drilled into me everyday. I have never once forgotten." Sara said firmly. "You do not have to constantly remind me."
They were both silent for sometime. Sara held Kaname's quiet gaze for sometime, hoping that her fear of him wouldn't shine through.
She decided that, in that moment, Kaname was the very definition of the two words: power and vampiric beauty. She also knew that he was all powerful, however, she knew that this made him incredibly lonely. He'd lost so much. Like her, he'd lost his parents to a murderous vampire.
"Kaname," Sara said, walking closer to him and breaking the silence, "We, as orphaned vampires, should be able to relate to the likes of Zero. He lost his family! The poor boy's been traumatised and on top of that has been turned into a vampire, a constant reminder of what killed his family. Vampires such as the vampire who killed Zero's family give us a vampires a bad name. Don't you agree?"
Kaname sighed silently. He gently stroked her cheek and Sara put a hand over his hand and gave it a gentle squeeze.
"You can be so tender sometimes...behind that cold, pureblood exterior...I know that there's a warm, considerate young man. If only you showed it more." Sara whispered. "Anyway, I'm going to take a nap. Good day." she removed his hand from her cheek and kissed the back of it, stroking it with her thumbs at the same time. She then dropped it and walk away, not giving him a backwards glance.
That night, Sara woke up for lessons and gathered up her books. She walked downstairs to the parlour. Takuma looked up at her. "Are you in a better mood tonight, Sara-sama?" Takuma asked. Sara looked up at him.
"Yes, my mood has much improved. However, I still stand by what I said."
She gave him a cold look when he tried to say something. Sara had become feared and respected person in the Moon Dorm. Yes, they saw her has a friend but also carried out a few of the duties that even Takuma and Kaname were meant to carry out, such as instilling discipline. Being such an asset to the dorm helped her take her mind off the death of her parents. She loved to feel useful now that she was free of her parents' control.
She glanced at her Mayumi who was socialising with a few of the Night Class boys. Being a maidservant, she was aloud to be involved with boys, but Sara decided to let it pass.
When they got to class, the teacher hadn't arrived, leaving them to their own devices. Sara nibbled on some pocky, which had been given to her by Rima. They had become quite good friends over the time she had been attending the school on the understanding that they didn't interfere with each other too much. Suddenly, an unfamiliar voice drew them out of their boredom. "Shouldn't class have started already?" A girl was sitting on the teacher's desk, swinging her legs. She was incredibly beautiful, with lavender hair and matching eyes.
"Who the hell...are you?" Aidou managed to say. The girl glanced at him and leapt nimbly from the teacher's desk and over to Aidou and cupped his frightened face.
"'What the hell...?' you say?" The girl mimicked, "What makes you that you can talk to me like that, boy?"
Aidou was absolutely terrified. Sara walked forward. "I think would be wise to introduce yourself first." Sara said coldly. The girl looked up at her and leapt over to Sara and Kaname.
"Wow, two purebloods! I cannot believe it! I've met two purebloods!" The girl squealed. Everyone in the Night Class was on their guard, wondering if the girl would overstep her boundaries.
"And your name is?" Sara asked. The girl stood back.
"My name is Maria Kurenai, my lady. Nice to meet you!" she took Sara's hand and muzzled it, making everyone in the Night Class on edge. Maria sensed this and dropped Sara's hand. "It appears that I have made everyone uncomfortable. I think that I will go back and let everyone calm down. Bye!" she pranced out of the room, leaving everyone speechless. Sara sat down, wondering if that had been a horrible dream. Takuma knelt beside her and placed a hand on her knee.
"Are you all right, Sara-sama?" He asked gently. Sara nodded silently.
"Of cause, Ichijo. I'm fine." she smiled slightly. She looked up and noticed that Aidou had vanished. "Where's Aidou?" Sara asked. Everbody looked around to see that Aidou had indeed vanished. But before anyone could go and look for him, a teacher walked in and told them all to sit down. Sara rested her chin on her palm, bored of the lesson already. She only hoped that Aidou would be careful and bot get him self into any trouble.