Precaution

As was suspected, not even 10 minutes after Seiren vanished from the room, Cross Kaien burst through the door and bolted up the stairs. All of this happened in the blink of an eye. The vampires who had just witnessed the lighting fast man gaped at the balcony the headmaster had darted across.

Not being able to contain both his curiosity and his impatience, Aidou too, ran up the stairs. He was being closely followed by Ichijou and the pair made their way down the corridor before finally arriving at the Dorm President's office. They stood outside, trying to listen at the door, when another 'whoosh' alerted them to Seiren's presence.

"Lord Kaname orders you to go back to either your rooms or the common room and make sure that he is not disturbed. Lord Ichijou is to assume temporary supervision of the Night-Class until further notice" the girl said while boring holes into the head of Aidou.

She finally looked up to Ichijou, gave a polite bow and made her way to the door. She took up her position in front of it; intent on keeping away any unwanted visitor's but made no further attempt to clarify the situation at hand.

Not at all satisfied by the orders he just received, Aidou went forward with a determined look on his face. However, he had thought that Ichijou would be there to back him up, which apparently that was not the case.

Without warning, Ichijou seized his arm and lead him back down the stairs to rejoin the small gathering of nobles. They were looked at with anticipation; even Akatsuki had an inquiring look on his usually stoic features. Ichijou explained what happened, not that it was anything elaborate, and sat down again. Waiting for some news regarding all of this.

Kaname remained seated at the edge of the bed, holding Yuuki's hand as she calmly took in her surroundings. She looked at the young man above her, with his beautiful brown hair framing his perfect features, who was smiling down softly at her. She turned to her right to see a man with tousled blond hair, thick glasses and a beige shawl thrown over his shoulders bawling his eyes out.

"Good morning, big brother Kaname… Headmaster." the girl whispered. Kaname squeezed her hand, while Kaien patted her head.

"Good morning Yuuki. How are you feeling?"

The young man was already assured about her memory since she called him brother, so now had to make sure she was physically okay. The Headmaster on the other hand was going crazy and was doing his best not to let the tears fall, but remained sniffling.

"I'm fine. just a little thirsty." she hinted bashfully.

Kaname felt his heart warm when he saw his girl asking so shyly for something that she practically owned. Still, he looked at the man kneeling next to him, silently asking him for approval. The man simply nodded and left the room, but not before he looked over his shoulder and smiled sadly at his little girl.

'How the years have flown by' he thought to himself. He knew this day would come eventually, but it had happened so fast. But now he had to let her go and it pained him more than he thought it would.

The two vampires waited until the door had closed before Kaname brought himself over the girl. He could feel the heat radiating from her body, but knew he would have to control himself a little longer. The changes from human to vampire, no matter how it came about, bitten by a pureblood or in this case released from a seal, were painful for both the mind and the body, therefore she was not yet ready to be drank from. But he would wait, as he has waited the past ten years.

He placed his hand behind her neck and felt her shiver at the contact. It made his smile wider, to know that she reacted like that because of a mere touch, but he focused at the task at hand and gently pulled her head closer to his neck.

He wanted to say that she could drink, but before he even finished the thought, he felt those –now- wonderfully familiar fangs sink into his neck. He suppressed a moan when he heard the sucking sound coming from those soft lips he wanted to touch, to kiss, to devour.

The whole blissful feeling lasted maybe a minute, but for him it was over in a second. She lay back down on the bed and with an "I'm tired, is it okay if I sleep a little bit more?" was asleep in seconds. He tucked her in, brushed a stray hair behind her ear and placed a soft kiss on her temple.

"Sleep tight, my princess.

Cross Kaien was standing outside the door waiting for Yuuki to finish, he knew that the transformation process was accompanied by an incredible thirst and she would need to feed regularly…he wasn't an experienced vampire hunter for nothing, even if he was retired.

But it didn't ease the pain in his chest at all. His little girl was growing up and the time for her to spread her wings and fly away was nearing. The former hunter stopped thinking about it when he heard the door creak open.

Kaname walked out and gestured for Kaien to walk in. She would be asleep for most of the time, but at least he would have the reassurance that she was fine, tired but alive at least. Seiren, who had stepped aside to let her master pass, was once again given the order to guard the door. She bowed in acknowledgement and Kaname made his way to the common room, where he knew his underlings would be waiting restlessly, now in particular, seeing as the scent of his blood still lingered in the air.

The pureblood walked up to the balcony and looked down at the sitting area. As he had expected, six fidgeting vampires were sitting on the sofas there. It was, of course, no surprise that he was first noticed by Aidou, but he ignored the currently speechless blond and descended down the stairwell.

Once in front of the nobles, they stood up and bowed curtly. The first one to speak up however was not the impulsive Aidou, but rather the normally easy-going Ichijou.

"Kaname, how is she…Yuuki-chan?" he asked.

Kaname answered all the questions that were asked of him. Was she really a Pureblood? Was she really the legitimate child of Juri and Haruka? Was she really his fiancée? How did her vampire nature get sealed? What did he mean by his parents getting killed? Didn't they commit suicide? He would not normally do such a thing, but he had to set their minds at ease in order for them to remain loyal. Of course he left out the important details, like who targeted his parents, how Yuuki ended up as the daughter of Cross Kaien and everything else that could be used against him.

When the questions stopped, he gave his interviewers some time to process all the new– even shocking- information, and he sat down. He carefully looked over the people standing around him and he started to relay the next course of action, for he had an assignment for each of them.

When the Prince came back, he found Cross Kaien was kneeling beside the bed, holding Yuuki's hand to his forehead. It almost looked as if he was praying. The Pureblood vampire made his presence known, probably unnecessary when considering who he was alerting.

He listened to everything Kaname told him and realized he was still kneeling beside the bed. He gently putdown the girls hand and pulled the sheet to cover her. Once straightened up he walked towards the desk where the brown-haired man was quietly waiting for a response.

"I agree Kaname-kun, it is for the best if she transfers to the Night-class. It will be a huge transition but it is for her own good. I will have to find a proper replacement for her prefect duties, but that is a concern for later.

You said you will have somebody to guide her in this world? Why not do it yourself?" he asked.

"I think it is important that she interacts with other people and Aidou has a lot of experience in society. Ruka Souen can teach her proper etiquette, although I would like Yuuki's existence to be unknown, it is inevitable for the council to find out" the vampire explained.

Indeed, it wouldn't be too long before the Council of Ancients find out about Yuuki and she had to have at least a basic understanding about the ways of vampires, if only to appease the members.

"Do you think that she will be in danger if the Ancients find out?" the hunter asked worried.

It wasn't a strange question, not since Kaien was fully aware of everything that had happened concerning Kaname and Yuuki's childhood…well almost everything.

"I think it is essential that she remains here. For now Cross Academy is the safest place for her. All my supporters are gathered here and even the Hunters Association won't interfere too much as long as you are here."

The two men just stood there looking at each other for a while, almost as if the conversation continued with silent words conveyed through eye-contact. The "conversation" ended when a rustle was heard as sheets shifted around a sleeping body. Kaien smiled fondly at the sleeping beauty curled beneath the covers and decided that Kaname was right, as long as he remained headmaster he would never allow anything to happen to Yuuki.

So he gave the vampire a nod of approval and left the room. He had to make some preparations after all that had happened…get a new prefect, meet an old 'friend', deal with Zero and keep the Association at bay.

'Being a Headmaster is a lot more work than I thought it would be'.

Once more, the only changes made were the long paragraphs.