Naomi had been peacefully sleeping in her bed, her face buried in the soft pillow and her covers keeping her warm. Nightmares didn't dare bother to disturb her this time and granted her dreams. Dreams that made her happy, feel happy and finally feel free from the weight she'd put on her own shoulders. That all ended as soon as loud banging was heard on her door, causing her to groan and hide her head underneath the pillow "Go away…" she mumbled, trying to block out the loud banging. It stopped for just a moment before banging again and making the huntress growl and get up "Would you stop banging on my door!" lifting her hands, she began to rub her eyes, trying to actually wake up. "Whoever you are, get your ass in here!" moving her one hand, she peeked open her eye to see who were to walk into the room.

The door opened and Zero poked his head in "Cross said you'd be sleeping. He wasn't wrong."

Naomi dropped her other hand and narrowed her eyes at him "Why were you banging on my door like that?"

"Well the most obvious answer would be because you were still asleep." he said with a roll of his eyes.

Naomi didn't like Zero as much as she thought she would. Then again, he did go through the same thing she had. So they were bound to have clashes and have some bitterness within them. "I don't need you on my case, Zero. I will get up how I want, and when I want." twisting her body so that her legs hung off the bed, she stretched her limbs and sighed "Why are you here?"

"You need to get ready for class. Just like everyone else. Not staying in your dorm and sleeping all day." with that, he closed the door and stood outside it, waiting for Naomi.

With a roll of her eyes, Naomi got off her bed and walked about, putting on her uniform in place of the clothes she had fallen asleep with and grabbing her cloak along with her weapons. Bloody Thorn had been slipped into the inner part of her uniform jacket while her stake had been underneath her skirt with a band around her thigh. Keeping it hidden. Never did she ever want to go out unprepared. Especially on grounds where Vampires lurked. If she had gone out without her weapons, hand to hand wouldn't do her much good against a Vampire. Moving towards her dresser, she opened up a drawer and pulled out a pair of socks, slipping one of them onto her foot as she let out a light growl, remembering what happened last night at this very dresser.

Damn Kuran. She thought as she slipped on the other sock before getting those silly shoes that had been part of the uniform and putting those on. Once done, she pulled her hood up and opened the door, walking out and spotting Zero against the wall, watching her. "What?"

Zero shook his head "C'mon. Let's go. We have no time to waste." pushing himself from the wall, he began walking away from her, slipping his hands into his pockets.

Naomi followed him, glancing out the window as she seen the rising sun. Granted, the sunrise was beautiful…

Zero noticed the silence between the two. She wasn't asking any questions, nor making any remarks or being sarcastic. The silence almost made him feel… Awkward. "Nothing to say?" he asked, his words slicing through the silence like butter.

This caught Naomi's attention as she looked up at the back of the Silver-haired boy's head "I'm thinking." she said simply "Is that a crime?"

Zero only grew annoyed "No. It's not." he snapped, no longer saying anything else to her.

This all felt fake to her. She felt like she was nothing but some sort of bait. Some sort of… Pawn in a game. Nothing settled with her and it disturbed her more than anything. Then the thought of Kaname breaking into her room had ignited her anger towards him. Without a word, she walked by Zero at a quick pace, only for him to grab her arm and stopping her.

"Where are you going?" He asked.

"I'm going to punish a vampire." ripping her arm from his grasp and walked away from him. Heading out of the Day Class's girl dorms and making her way to the Night Class dorms. She didn't care if the Night Class was sleeping or not. Though, the thought of being in a building filled with vampires put her on edge. But the boiling anger inside her masked her fear for what could potentially come her way.

Coming up to the Moon Dorm, she had been stopped by a man who guarded the gate. Cross has another guard too? Well then… Lifting her arm out from underneath her cloak, she revealed her Disciplinary Committee band on her arm before the guard had nodded and easily let her pass. I was wrong about the security if I am able to pass with just the band on my arm… she thought, walking into the Moon Dorm Territory. The huntress came up to the door and pulled it open, slipping inside and gritting her teeth as she looked around. Ha. Typical. Curtains are closed and it's pretty dark and quiet in here. Perfect for vampires to hang around. The more she thought of Cross trying to make Vampires and Humans co-exist, the more crazy Naomi assumed he was. Vampires could easily sneak into the human dorms and get a nice taste of human blood.

Moving towards the stairs, she began to ascend up them, ready to react at any given moment if a threat had made itself known. Making it to the top, she turned around and looked down at the foyer, narrowing her eyes as she felt an odd sense of familiarity towards the scene before her. Feeling a hand lightly touch her shoulder, she whipped out Bloody Thorn and pointed it right at the face of Kaname Kuran "Just the person I was looking for." she backed off, creating some distance between herself and Kaname.

"Why are you in here this early in the morning?" he asked, his expression soft as it always had.

"You know exactly why i'm here!" she spat out, her grip tightening on her gun. "Stop acting innocent with me. You know exactly what you did."

Kaname only closed his eyes for a brief moment with a sigh "You're upset with me, Nao-"

"Don't you dare say my name!" she yelled, trying to get her anger under control "I have every right to be mad at you." Not only did she hated his race, she also hated him. "Especially for what you tried to pull last night."

He looked at Naomi and lifted his hand, gently pushing the pistol down from his face "I'm sorry I took Advantage of you. That was wrong of me." though she lifted her gun right back up, prompting the vampire to stand there and allow her to do what she felt comfortable with.

Just before she could answer, the front door had barged open, gaining the attention from both the Huntress and the Vampire. In the doorway was Zero himself, out of breath and looking right up towards the pair. He was shocked to see the Huntresses pistol aimed right at Kaname's face. That's when it clicked, she was just like him… But in a different way. "Naomi get away from him!"

"I hate him just as much as you do, Zero! Why don't I put a bullet in him right now, huh!?"

Zero didn't answer as he went up the stairs and grabbed her, pulling her away from Kaname "Let's go, Naomi." he said coldly, giving Kaname a glare that could kill before dragging the Raven-haired girl down the stairs and out the door.

Naomi slipped her pistol back into her jacket, her insides still burning with rage. "He needs to die just like the rest of them!" she snapped "That damn fucker visited me last night. Pulled me into some sort of hug as if I was someone special to him! I feel like I need to bleach my body after being touched by him!"

Suddenly Zero stopped, turning and glaring down at her "You shouldn't go in there alone Naomi! You just walked into a Lion's den! You of all people should know that!"

Naomi was too angry to even think of what he pointed out "I don't care if I walked into a Lion's den! I could have killed him right then and there if I wanted!"

"That still doesn't give you a right to go in there and go waving your gun around! No matter how much you hate them! You're acting reckless!" he grabbed her by the shoulders "Listen to yourself!" he said, giving her a good shake of her shoulders.

She stood there in silence, watching his expression as he gripped her shoulders and yelled in her face. He actually managed to shake her to her senses, tell her what she did wrong. This was one flaw of hers, always to get angry and let that anger blind her. Despite her excessive training and her will to be one of the people to eradicate the vampires, her anger was something that always clouded her. Even with training on her emotions, that one simple emotion always throws her off. Blinds her from what she's actually doing or saying. Putting her on autopilot and could risk her being injured in certain situations.

"Naomi?" asked Zero, watching her stare at his face, furrowing his brows in confusion. From the staring received from the attractive woman, he couldn't help but let a light blush form on his cheeks, causing him to drop his hands and turn his back to her, clearing his throat "Come on, we're already late for class." with that, he walked off.

Naomi somehow followed him, clearing her mind from all the fog that clouded her judgement and finally gave her a look at the real world. What she did was reckless, something that didn't have to happen. Not now, not ever. Her expressionless facade faded quicker than she could ever think. Revealing that she had been truly broken.

During class she was still lost in her thoughts, leaning back in her chair while Zero slept on his desk. Aqua blue eyes stared at the chalkboard and allowed her mind to wonder. Ever since she got here, she felt weird. Not only because of the vampires also walking these grounds but that the situation was weird. This place felt like chaos, not order. Though it could look like order from other perspectives. All but her own... The bell rang and had snapped her from these thoughts as she looked off towards Zero. With a sigh, she shook him "Come on, get up. We got work to do." she said, standing up and gathering the books they both brought. When he didn't get up, she growled and hit him on the head with one of the slimmer books "Would you get up! Geez. We're the same in some ways it seems."

Zero, on the other hand, lifted his hand to his head and glared at her "You didn't have to hit me with the damn book." he muttered, leaning back and stretching out his limbs before getting up "Think next time before hitting me, you could give me a concussion for all you know." he then walked out.

"A concussion with this slim book? You're kidding me, right?" Zero was absolutely a drama queen. Or maybe he was joking.

Zero said nothing and Naomi had not said not one word either. Thinking that perhaps he was still angry with what he had witness earlier in the morning. Should she apologize? I shouldn't have to apologize. I didn't do anything wrong! But that's where she was wrong. ...I did do something wrong. I'm just acting like a foolish child over it. It was best if she were to apologize then. Make things light between both Zero and herself and finally just be allies rather than two hunters that have to deal with each other. "Hey, Zero?"

His silence was still there, but he turned his head just a little as if giving her his attention.

"Look, I'm… Sorry for what happened earlier." she looked off to the side "You were right. I was reckless. My anger… Has been something I cannot control."

"I didn't think you'd be able to apologize in the first place." he admitted "But the Legendary Huntress does have flaws. And here I thought they were perfect."

"Hey! At least i'm trying to be nice and not throw snarky comments like that!" Snapped Naomi as he suddenly stopped walking, causing her to stop walking as well and furrow her brows "What-"

A hand had been placed on her head, gently rubbing the top of her head. Surprising the huntress. Zero was petting her head… Though she couldn't help but close her eyes, finding this feeling similar to the feeling she had as a kid when her father would pet her head as well. A small smile formed on her lips before she opened her eyes and looked at Zero who had been also staring at her. His pale cheeks growing red before he pulled his hand from her, turned, and walked away. Naomi blinked for a few moments before following, her smile slowly dropping from her face. Was he...staring at her as she had her eyes closed? Was that some sort of bonding moment? I guess we just repaired the broken bridge.

As the pair headed outside, they both moved towards the Night Class dorms where the two were going to do their job and keep the humans from getting close to the vampires. "Zero, I'm going to tell you a story."

"And what story is that?" he replied.

"Mine." she said simply as she heard a slight noise of surprise come from her fellow Hunter.

-Flashback: 10 Years Ago-

"I was about 7 years old, being the sweet child that everyone hoped I would be. Playing with my toys. A lovely tea party going on while my parents worked on dinner. I didn't think anything of what was going on downstairs, I was just minding my own business."

Naomi was gathering all the items necessary for a tea party. Cups, spoons, tea plates, tea pot. Everything needed. She even got her plastic food toys as well to give all of her guests a snack "Sorry for the wait!" she said with a giggle, setting everything up and pretending to pour tea and serve lovely treats to her guests.

"Everything all changed when it sounded like fighting was going on down in the kitchen where my parents had been. So being the curious little girl that I was, I got up from my chair and went to investigate what was going on…"

"Mommy?" Called Naomi, placing her teapot down and walking to her door. The little girl reached for the knob and heard a scream come from the other side. So she quickly turned the knob and pulled the door open, rushing down both the stairs and the hall. Only to see Blood splattered among the wall and across the floor.

"I found blood on the floor. On the walls. Seeing this much blood was not normal, even a child knew this. Before I knew it, I saw my mother's stake roll across the floor into the hall I was in after I rounded the staircase. I called out for my parents once again, quickly rushing for the stake, knowing it was my only means for defense."

Naomi picked up the stake, looking into the doorway to see her mother being held by a man who had his face in his neck. A level-E. The life of her mother slowly draining away as the monster sucked her blood dry. Her eyes darted over to her father who had not moved once, blood pooling around him, indicating that he had been dead.

"I also found both my parents dead. My father had been the first to die, while my mother was slowly being drained right in front of my eyes. The life in her eyes slowly dying before the vampire dropped her body. My mother no longer alive. As I stood there, I felt like my whole world died right then and there. A voice in my head telling me to avenge them. Not to be afraid. To fight back. I dashed at the vampire, swiping my mother's stake at the monster. Annoying him with the constant scratches on his skin before he finally caught me. Only for someone to get the killing blow on him before he could kill me next."

"Are you alright, Naomi?"

Slowly, Naomi nodded.

"I'm sorry you had to see this..I really am… Don't look at them, okay? Not like this." the woman picked her up and began to carry her out while other hunters came in to examine the scene.

"My instructor found me. Asking me if I was alright as she was a friend of the family. Though at the time I really couldn't recall it. I was so numb. Cold. Lost. I told her I wanted to be a hunter. She accepted. Telling me she would train me to the best of her ability."

"I want to be a Hunter." Naomi said.

"Then... I will teach you, Naomi. I'm Hanako, a friend of your mother's." She introduced herself, giving a soft nod "I will train you to the best of my ability."

-Present time(End Flashback)-

"Ever since then, I trained to become who I am now. To be a Huntress and kill those who have killed my family. Destroyed my happiness. Took everything I had away from me. All I had left, was the will to fight. To end all of this. Stop any more lives from being taken. Stop families from being torn just like mine and yours had been."

Zero had been fully facing her now, his expression surprised. She had been through the similar nature as he did. Losing his family to a vampire. He actually felt bad for Naomi, knowing the exact feelings witnessing something so horrible. So gruesome. "That's why you studied my file." he blurted out.

Naomi nodded "Because our stories are similar, and I knew that the only person who would have the same feelings as I do would be you." the same hatred for vampires. "The person that would understand me more than anyone. That we don't look for pity, we don't look for people to baby us."

"I didn't think someone could hate vampires as much as I do." He stated.

Naomi nodded and looked at her watch "Let's start preparing for the day class. They should be on their way by now."

The pair had been standing outside the Moon Dorm for quite some time, especially since they had gotten there while during Naomi's story. Finally telling Zero -even though it was just one day of actually knowing him- about her horrible past, she felt like she was able to click with him better. Make him feel as if he wasn't alone on this path and that he had someone to talk to if he ever needed it. You aren't lonely anymore, Zero. You have someone to connect with, and someone who won't give you a pity party. Naomi thought to herself, watching him as he looked around, waiting for the day class students to arrive.

It didn't take long for the Day class students to finally arrive, fangirling and talking among themselves about the Night class and how they were excited to see them. But between Naomi and Zero, they weren't going to get close.

AN: Hey guys! Here's another chapter that I hope you enjoyed! This story is definitely taking another route compared to the original version and I'm quite happy about that. I very much appreciate reviews and would gladly take in any feedback that I can. Negative or Positive. I will be posting chapters at least once a week or twice a week, so expect chapters! If I don't post for a week, I greatly apologize!

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