Character 24

Rido's Check Up

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It had been a week, a school week so five days, since Yori had become a prefect and she was starting to get used to staying up days and sleeping nights. She'd still be really tired but it was easier to stay awake and fall asleep now.

In the five days Yori had been patrolling with Zero, nothing had really happened. Nothing besides Yuki coming to visit her or Zero for a few minutes. Every time that happened, someone would come to fetch Yuki. Once it was Akatsuki Kain that came to get her and another time it was her cousin, Senri, Shiki.

It was now Saturday afternoon and Yori was in the main courtyard with a few others. It was a cloudy, but warm day so there wasn't many people out and Yori felt comfortable to be awake.

"Yori, you don't have to worry about patrolling the school tonight." Zero said, standing behind her while the girl sat on a bench eating a sandwich.

"Oh, really?" She asked, interested with the information. This would be one of the times she could get some real rest. The boy nodded before looking up at the cloudy sky.

"Yeah. The Night Class wont cause any trouble tonight. The Headmaster is letting them go to town for a few hours tonight so they wont even be here." Zero said, gazing at something Yori couldn't see herself.

"That's nice to know. Now I can get more sleep tonight." Yori replied in that calm, soft voice of hers, smiling gently at the thought. No doubt that her vampire said would keep her up but tonight she would have more time to herself and more time to try and fall asleep.

"Yeah. I really hate patrolling for those blood suckers. I hate it even more that the headmaster is forcing me to do it." Zero replied in a bitter tone. Yori sighed and looked behind her to watch the boy, who was finally done looking at the sky.

"Zero-Kun, why do you hate vampires so much, if you don't mind my asking. I'm just curious since Yuki is also a vampire yet you don't treat her like the others." Yori explained and Zero sighed deeply, looking at the ground with a frown as if remembering something.

"Vampires killed my parents, that's why I'm living with the headmaster. He is the one that found me." The boy said in a very soft whisper, un hearable to human ears. Yet Yori still heard thanks to her vampire hearing.

The girl frowned and looked at the grounds as an uncomfortable silence stood between them. Yori had no idea Zero's parents were murdered. She figured they had of died since the Headmaster was always calling Zero his son but Yori never thought about it being murder. Her likely guess was a car crash or drowning in a lake.

"Oh, I'm sorry I asked Zero. I didn't mean for you to remember that." Yori said sincerely, feeling really bad for hurting him with the memory.

"It's fine." Zero obviously lied as he walked away without another word. Yori sighed, placing her ¾ eaten sandwich down beside her.

'I hope he isn't too mad at me.' The girl though, taking a few gulps of her apple juice.

The cool feeling of the liquid going down her throat felt weird. In one way it felt good, like a runner drinking water after a long run and the water wetting the dry throat. Yet in the other it just seemed to make her feel even thirstier.

'Maybe I should just take another one of those blood tablets.' Yori thought, picking her sandwich back up before she headed back to her room to take a few more of those pills that tasted like dull blood.

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Yori sighed deeply as she gazed out her bedroom window, looking up at the moon. It seemed do big, bright and home warming that she could help herself but to smile up at it.

'I wonder if the other vampires feel this way when they look at the moon.' She thought to herself, gazing at the moon for one more moment before pulling her head back into the room.

"Sayori Wakaba" A whispery voice somewhere outside called her name. Yori tensed and turned back around to look back out the window.

"Who's out there calling for me?" She yelled out soft enough not to wake up the girls sleeping on the other side of her walls.

"Come to me, Sayori." The voice whispered again and this time Yori could hear the male's demand in it.

Seeming what was out of her control, Yori climbed out of her dorm window and her legs led her into the forest. Even if she knew this was a bad idea, Yori couldn't stop herself for going there. The only other time Yori didn't have control over her body was when she was infronted with the vampire that bit her......................

Yori's eyes widened when she finally realized that it was him controlling her after all. Yet why would he be here? It was obvious to Sayori; he was here to check up on her, find out things she found out.

Yori was scared. She had found out nothing new about Yuki except that she was a purblood vampire. Rido Kuran would be displeased and hurt her, maybe even kill Yori. Able to work her hands, Yori pated the Griffin Knight that was wrapped around her waist, hidden by some shirt and felt safe.

"Ah, well if it isn't my youngest and newest servant. You didn't think you'd see me again so soon, did you?" Rido asked with a smirk when Yori finally got to the spot he was at.

The vampire was leaning against a tree, his arms crossed over his chest while he wore an evil spine chilling grin on his face. All Yori could do was shiver and stare at him in fear.

"Now, I've come since I heard you couldn't find out anything which is the fault of that vampire doctor. He had seemed have put a charm on you so other vampires would see and sense you as just a human. (1)" Rido started as he lent off the tree as he explained.

Yori got overly nervous and jumped back by reflex, allowing her knife to show to the purblood monster that stole her human life. When Rido saw the knife he grinned wider.

"While, I was originally just going to take the charm off you, but now I have a fuuner idea. Tomorrow night you are going to stab yourself when a Night Class student is looking at you, allowing them to know you aren't human." Rido said, looking reading to laugh his guts out by this time. Yori could only look shocked as she began to feel weak in the kness and fainting from overdus of fear.

1) There, now you know why they couldn't sense she was a vampire.

A quick note to those that read You Will Always Belong To Me: The story is now done and the sequel is posted up. It's called Never Leave Me