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-Anii


Chapter 11: Saya

Saya shifted in her chair and cleared her throat, "David, did you tell the Headmaster about the effects of our blood?"

"Oh yes!" Kaien pointed to each girl as he said their name, "Saya's blood kills Diva, Diva's blood kills Saya. And of course any creature who had ingest your blood would also be able to killed by the opposite Queen's blood."

"What does that have to do with anything?" David's eyes narrowed, "Did something happen? Is everyone alright?"

Saya quickly threw her hands up, "Everyone's fine, David. It's just…well…" Saya forced herself to go on. She explained about how both hers and Diva's blood had killed the chiropterans, even explaining how easily the beasts had been killed.

The Headmaster tapped his finger against his desk absent-mindedly as he listened to first Saya's story and then Diva's, who simplified her side of the events to only a few short sentences. When they had finished, he set his glasses on his desk and rubbed the bridge of his nose, his eyebrows furrowed together in thought.

Saya chewed her lip nervously, praying that what they had said made sense to the Headmaster. She awaited his response like a loyal puppy just as the door flung open, banging loudly against the wall. Zero, fury in his violet eyes, thrust his arm out towards Saya. She flinched, slamming her eyes shut tight.

"You left this." He said simply.

One eye cracked open and Saya found her scabbard clenched in Zero's fist. Tears formed in her eyes and she scooped the sheath up in her arms. "Thank you so much, Zero!"

He just shrugged and pointed towards the Headmaster, who pointed to himself and smiled like an idiot. "You. We'll talk later." Zero hissed through clenched teeth.

Zero turned sharply and just before he slammed the door shut, the Headmaster called, "Bye bye darling!"

"Tomorrow we would like you to scout the area at Night again with Zero. How are those pills working that Julia gave you?" David asked, sitting stoically in one of the large chairs in the Headmaster's office.

"I took a nap the other day but it didn't last long, just a cat nap really." Saya tilted her head to the side, "I haven't been tired, so I'm assuming that the pills are working."

David turned to Diva, "Well?"

She nodded, "They've worked just fine so far."

"You got the blood packets we sent you?" David asked.

"I did."

"Good."

The two seemed oddly content to speak shortly with one another. Saya smiled briefly before standing, "If you don't mind, we have classes tomorrow morning so…"

The Headmaster nodded, "Of course. But, uh, Saya could you please stay behind for a moment."

Saya said goodnight to David and her sister before resettling in the seat she had just vacated. When the door shut behind David with a soft click, the Headmaster's eyes turned razor-sharp. He watched Saya with cold, calculating eyes. "Saya, from what David tells me, you suffered once from amnesia."

Saya nodded, her mouth suddenly becoming dry.

"It was not by your own choice, correct?" He asked.

Saya shook her head, "No. It happened because the Red Shield woke me up sooner than I was ready for. Although I don't fully believe that a tiny part of me didn't want to forget everything."

Kaien nodded as if he understood, "What I'm about to tell you cannot leave these walls. I won't give you the details but please trust me when I tell you that this was not a decision he took lightly."

"Sorry, sir. I'm lost." Saya had a small idea of who this "he" was but she didn't want to make any assumptions.

"Four years ago something rather traumatic happened to Zero. This last trauma, I believe, finally pushed him over the edge." He let out a long sigh, pinching the bridge of his nose again. "He could barely get out of bed. His hair grew to his shoulders for god's sake! Finally, one night, he begged me to help him. He wanted to force away certain memories- memories having to do with vampires."

Saya's spine straightened.

"Vampire Hunters do that kind of 'brainwashing' all the time when a vampire attack occurs and there are traumatized human victims. But to do it to my own son, I struggled immensely with the decision. Although, no matter how much I struggled, I fear, Zero struggled more. And so...I consented."

"So, the reason Zero can't remember anything…?"

"Is because I erased his memories. However, I fear that they are coming back." Kaien's face crumbled for a moment and Saya felt sympathetic towards the man.

"Does that normally happen?" She askd softly.

Kaien shook his head, "Never. Occasionally in nightmares people will relive their memories but the next morning, they can't remember a thing. No, it's because Zero is a vampire that I believe the amnesia is wearing off."

Lightning sliced through the sky at that precise moment, the thunder following shortly after. Saya stared wide-eyed at the Headmaster, "He's…a vampire?"

Kaien nodded, "Yes, turned when he was a child. He doesn't even remember that his twin brother survived the night that his parent's were killed by a vampire." he looked away quickly, "He believes the Bloody Rose is a special Anti-vampire weapon. He doesn't realize just how special it really is." Kaien held up a hand to stop Saya as she opened her mouth. "Please. No questions. He would throttle me already if he knew that I'd told you this much."

"I was just going to ask if he wants to remember his memories now?"

Kaien shrugged, "He won't talk to me. He won't talk to anyone. That boy is more guarded than a rose in a thorn-bush made of steel."

"Why did you tell me all of this?" Saya asked.

Kaien placed his glasses back on his face, "I don't quite know. Maybe I believe that you can get through to him. Maybe if his memories do come back, you can help him accept them. Like how you had to accept your own."

Saya adverted her gaze. "It wasn't easy. It wasn't even close to easy."

Kaien smiled sorrowfully, "I don't expect it to be. Thank you for listening though, Saya. Now please, go and get some sleep- oops, sorry, I forgot for a moment. Then could you possbily look some things up for me in your free time?"

Saya tilted her head, "What things?"

Kaien slid a list towards her across the surface of his desk. Saya glanced down and saw a bunch of titles, authors, and the like scribbled across a piece of notebook paper. "I believe our library should have these. Just pick them up for me and have them brought to my office if you please."

Saya lifted the notebook paper from the desk, folded it up tight, and gripped it tightly between her fingers, "Yes! Of course I will. Thank you. Goodnight!"


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