* Yo ! Long time no see ( literally, I can't see your faces XP) I had gotten grounded from the computer, so thats why I couldn't publish this story earlier. But IM BACK! Here's the next chapter. Its kind of short but sweet. R&R*
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The strange thing was, the boy looked just like Zero. The silver hair was a little longer and he was wearing a long trench coat. Not to mention a mask covering his eyes. The boy stopped suddenly and I managed to side step a twig. I crouched down and peered through a bush. He glanced left then right. With lightning speed he pulled out a knife and flung it at the exact same bush I was hiding behind. I rolled to the side as the knife struck deep into the ground and scrambled to run. Phasing I sprinted as fast as I could away from him before he could see me completely. As I ran I decided I was would follow him around some more.
Tomorrow was the annual Ball. And I STILL hadn't gotten a dress. Yuuki however was happy and delighted. She had planned for us to go shopping today for a dress. I found it kind of ridiculous that we were doing this the day before the dance. I exhaled and began jumping up and down in place by the front gates of the Academy. If Yuuki and Yori would hurry we would be on our way but nooo, who knows what she was doing. I took my attention to the 200 dollars in my hand. This was A LOT. I begged the Chairman to not give me all of this money but he insisted to the point of breaking down into chibi anime tears. I gave up and took the money with reluctance.
Two pairs of running footsteps caught my attention and I glanced up to see a jogging Yuuki and Yori coming closer to me. They were changed into regular clothes. I waved frantically.
" Come on," I shouted. " We don't have all day you know."
I pocketed the money and opened the gate. They didn't stop running and continued through the gate. I watched as they ran right down the stairs and came to an abrupt stop at the bottom. I closed the gate with a smile and started to jog towards them.
" Hurry up!" Yuuki called and I gawked at her the entire way to where she stood.
" Me hurry up? I was the one waiting on you!" I grumbled and flicked her on the arm. She gave me a glare and I started walking towards town leaving them be.
" Wait up!" They called and came up to speed with me.
As we entered town I could already spot about three shops that had a variety or party or prom or formal dresses.
" Lets start with that one." I said and pointed to the nearest shop on the left side of the busy two-laned street. The shops name was Dress To Impress (cheesy I know :) ). The little bell wrung as stepped inside and instantly a young and petite woman came and greeted us with a smile.
" Hello girls! We're having a sale. Your lucky because its the last day. Everything is 20 % off. Go take a look. If there is anything you need just ask."
" Thanks." We said and she turned and left to the other side of the store. Yuuki and Yori took one look at all the dresses and groaned. " This is going to take forever!" whimpered Yuuki and Yori patted her on the shoulder.
" Just grab a few and head back to the dressing room. We'll meet you there." She comforted and grabbed a few random dresses and handed them to Yuuki. Yuuki turned and stretched her neck to look over the mound of fabric. Managing to guide herself into the dressing room without a mishap Yori grabbed a few also and walked back to the dressing area.
I stood there for a moment and took a minute took shuffle through the racks. None of these were very promising. But, I grabbed the ones I liked and went to the back to where the other two had disappeared.
Yuuki and I having no such luck whatsoever and Yori had ALREADY picked out a dress. It was unbelievable. The dress Yori had picked was a simple red one that reached all the way down to her ankles. She had a shawl that was about the same color as her hair. A black necklace and black shoes.
I gave up when I was halfway through my pile. Yuuki was still enthusiastic.
" How about this one!"
Yuuki came out in a purple and white dress. The breast on the dress were to big and started to slip a little.
" Too big." I said quickly and shoved her back in the dressing room before it could slip any further down.
" But I like it! " She protested behind the curtain.
" I don't" Yori and I said in unison which resulted into laughter.
" That's it! I'm not going! I can't find a friggin' dress anywhere." Yelled Yuuki and the curtain snapped back to find her with her regular clothes on, dresses in hand and a large frown.
" Whoa, take it easy. We'll find one." I promised her. I pulled her out of the store after Yori had paid for the dress and accessories and led her straight to the one across the street.
This store looked more promising than the first. The lady greeted us in the same manor as the last one and we began to browse thoroughly. My eye instantly caught the sight of the dress. I ran over to it and pulled it off the rack, running back over to the girls and holding it up to myself.
" What do you think girls!" I said and posed with a hand on my hip.
The turned to look and jumped up and down.
" Oh my gosh! It's absolutely perfect Anna-chan!" They squealed and hugged me stretching the dress admiring its color and accessories.
They were right.
. . . .
The night of the Ball~~~~
The dress was strapless. It fit perfectly and on the plus side it hid my scars from view. It was all silver and diamonds The top of it hugged my body, bringing out my curves. The bottom very lightly hugged my legs before flowing outward. I twirled in a small circle admiring how it fanned out. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Yuuki putting on her uniform. Making sure it was crisp and well worn. A prefect badge hung on her left arm.
" Uh Yuuki? Where's your dress?" I asked her and stared at her reflection in the mirror .
" I don't have one remember? So, I'm going on prefect duty like the Headmaster wanted."
Yori had come through the door midway through Yuuki's sentence. She was carrying a box.
" Here. This is for you." Yori said with a smile.
" Who's it from," She searched the box untill she found a small note." It's from Kaname!"
She opened the box and nestled in it was a beautiful rosy pink dress. Yuuki gasped.
" It looked like someone knew you needed one." I said and peered over her shoulder at the gift.
. . . .
The shoes where killing me already as we walked towards the ballroom. 2 inch stilleto heels. I had worn something like these before but it was only for my parents funeral, and that had only been for about an hour. This was going to be for a few hours. I made a note in the back of my head to go barefoot later. With this dress being long it wouldn't be hard to hide my feet. Yuuki and Yori walked on either side of me both concentrating to not stumble with their own high heels.
As we got closer we could see the ballroom lights shining out from the open doorway. Two figures stood in the doorway. Their faces were shaded so I couldn't recognize them. But a gust of wind blew their scents towards me. It was Zero and Kaien. They seemed to be waiting for someone. Probably Yuuki. Zero and Kaien seemed to be discussing something.
" Zero!" Yuuki said when we reached the miniture staircase that led into the dance. I peered in and saw that the night and day class were already laughing and chatting happily with each other.
Zero turned and stared at us three. His eyes traveled past Yori and I to Yuuki. She smiled and blushed a little and I rolled my eyes. Ah, Zero. The Headmaster pulled her up the stairs and hugged her in one motion. Yori excused herself and walked inside to join her other frinds who were waving at her frantically. Zero looked from the chibi happy Headmaster to me who was still standing there watching Yuuki with slight amusment while she was being gushed over by her "Daddy".
" Need a hand?" He asked and stretched forth a hand. I took it with grattitude and carefully walked my way up the stairs.
" Thanks." I said and fixed my curled hair so it was out of my face. I caught his stare as I messed with it.
" Yes?" I asked expectantly.
He seemed to snap out of his stupor.
" I - uh. Nothing. You just look..." He seemed to struggle with what to say. I frowned. " You look... beautiful." He confessed. A line of red spread across his cheeks. He hid his eyes beneath his hair and turned away. I saw that Yuuki had dissappeared and so had the Headmaster, meaning that we were the only one's out here. I blushed a little to and hid my face with my hands. Wow. Beautiful? I didn't think I looked that good. But he ws a guy after all. Their perpective on girls were different.
" Oh? Well thank you Zero." I looked down and realized he was wearing his school uniform but it was neat looking and not all messy like he usually did.
" You don't to bad yourself, handsome." I commented and gave him a wink. I walked over to a rose bush and plucked a small red rose out of the bush then walked over to him and fiddled with the front of his jacket so I could stick the rose in his front pocket.
" There you go! Now you look even better than handsome... almost..." Zero's eyebrow raised obviously thinking of what I was going to say.
" Sexy." I admitted and wiggle my eyebrows at him. His expression told me he was taken by surprise. I burst into a fit of embarrased giggles.
" Sexy? You think I'm sexy?" I laughed a little harder at his still befuddled expression.
I nodded and managed to calm down enough to start talking again.
" Come on Sexy. Let's go inside. It's getting cold out here." Holding out my hand I waited while he stared at it. He held out his arm and I looped his through mine, entering the ballroom.
Night and Day class students were mixed all across the dance floor. I realized that the Night class wasn't being too interactive with the day class. They pretty much kept to themselves while some of the other Night class members were freely chatting away with the Day class boys or girls. Zero led me no where in particular across the dance floor until we ended up against a large white barble stone pillar. He turned and rested his back against it and stared into the crowd. I did the same and realized why he had in the first place. You could see everyone and everything from this vantage point. He tapped the back of his left heel against the pillar nervously and a faint sound of the rattling of a chain reached my ears. Zero was on guarding duty. I was wondering why his posture had become stiff and less relaxed as soon as we stepped through those doors. He didn't like being here. I gave a pat on the arm.
" Try and relax." I told him.
" I won't. Not with all these bloodsuckers around." He said this a bit to loudly and gained the attention and discusted glares of a few boy night class students who were nearby. I caught their attention by giving them an apologetic smile and a firm thwack Zero's chest with the palm of my hand.
He coughed and bent over a little from the force of it.
" *cough* What was that!" Exclaimed Zero who gave me a dirty look.
" Be nice!" I chided.
" Why they are just rotten bl-" I clapped my hand over his mouth and raised a expectant eyebrow. Don't say it! My stare yelled. I took my hand off his mouth. He kept it shut. Wise of him. Feeling like I was being stared at I looked in the direction of the vampires who were glaring at Zero not one minute before adn found that they were staring at me. One of them licked his lips teasingly. The others laughed and looked to me for my reaction.
" On second thought," I whispered low into Zero's ear. " call them that all you want to keep them away."
Zero turned to look at the Night class boys and glared at them. Pulling out his gun so that the trigger only was visible. Their eyes went wide with surprise and they hurried off to no where in particular.
" Thanks."
" No problem."
* Nest one coming soon! More action later I PROMISE!*