Disclaimer: Neither Harry Potter or Vampire Knight is mine. I don't claim the characters. They belong to J.K. Rowling and Matsuri Hino respectively. I also don't make a profit from writing this. Thank you.

Warnings: Foul language and some bashing.

A/N: Hello once again. It's been a very long while since I last updated any of my stories and for that, I apologize. Some stuff happened that I don't wish to talk about but now I hope I can be able to update more often. I would also like to clear something up about this chapter, I am not going to bash Ruka. Personally I don't really care for her, she does have potential. I just want to get that out there before there is any misunderstandings. Thank you. I hope you enjoy this chapter and review. Thank you for all your patience with me.

"Vampire." - Talking

'Vampire.' – Thinking

Chapter 11

"I…I really don't know what to tell you nor how much." She told him honestly. This was true in a sense in that while she wishes she can tell him everything, she knew there would be consequences for him knowing. After all the only reason she hasn't told him before was because if Kuran were to ever find out that he knew something about her and demand Senri to tell him, he would have no choice but to do so.

She really did want to tell him everything and has for years now. She just knew that if Kuran were to ever force him to tell him everything he knew about her, something in him would break at the thought of betraying her.

'But something in him would break if he thinks I don't trust him. He would think he's not worthy of that trust and that would be heartbreaking because he is. I curse his useless mother to Hell and bad for making him feel as if he doesn't matter and that nobody would ever care for him.' She thought with an inward growl at the unfairness of the situation. Rima and she have tried to combat the damaged wrought from living with his mother except while they had made some progress; it wasn't enough to make him independent. Without them, he would truly turn into a puppet waiting for a puppet master to come and give him orders for he wouldn't care about fighting it.

"The truth would be nice." He said blandly snapping her out of her darkening thoughts.

"The truth is not always easy to tell. Definitely if it is a dangerous truth at that."

"You don't want to tell me?" He asked in that same dull deadpan he always does but she can still see and hear the hidden hurt he tries to hide from her. It would seem he forgot that she knew him inside and out.

"I do want to tell you. I have for a very long time. The only reason I haven't yet is for one reason and one reason only." She told him sincerely making him relax a little.

"What's the reason?"

"Kuran, Kaname."

"Oh." He uttered in realization. "Oh."

He knew like her that he couldn't disobey a direct order from a Pureblood let alone one they had sworn their loyalty to. If he was to disobey a direct order from a Pureblood he can be disgraced and punished depending on how offended the Pureblood in question is. While the Kuran Heir is more lenient than other Purebloods, it doesn't mean he wouldn't be punished for disobeying him.

"You know what? Fuck it. I have wanted to tell you for a very long time, so I will." She determined after seeing him become sad. She didn't even care if that damn Pureblood found out anyways. The only reason she kept quiet was because she didn't want Senri to be used in such a way. The only reason Zero and Toga knew was because she trusted them not to tell anybody no matter what. Not even with the threat of death would they say anything about her secret.

'Besides I had already made a deal with Kuran to tell him what I am in the first place. Not that he came to collect on it just yet.' She thought.

"Are you sure?" He asked uncertainly.

"Yes. Now come. We need somewhere more private to talk. One never knows who could be listening around the bend." She snarked with an amused glance in his direction getting nothing but a dull look in return.

With a roll of her eyes, she turned to start walking towards the Day Dorms where she stays. Originally she was going to stay at home since it was on the school grounds until she realized she didn't want to walk that far every night just to go to bed. Their home was on the very outer edge of the property behind the school building though it was still within the walls.

When they got to her room she turned the lights on, closed the door behind Senri then waited while he made himself comfortable on her bed before walking over to her desk chair to sit in.

"Comfortable?" She asked him amused. He wiggled around a little bit giving her a little nod that made her snort with laughter. "Well that's good."

"So are you going to tell me about this "power" thing now? I know you're not completely human but I don't know much else." He asked after a moment of silence making her focus her attention on him which made him slightly uncomfortable. 'It always feels strange when her complete focus is on me. It's like she is reading my very thoughts and soul looking for any flaws to be found. Except I never feel anything but acceptance from her. It's as if whatever she found in me is enough for her to stick around.'

"How much can you sense from me?"

"It's weird. You have this aura around you sometimes that make you feel ancient and dark. It makes my instincts stand up at attention urging me to run as fast as I can or fight to eliminate the threat. Other times it feels like a warm and welcoming hug from a loving mother or father. It makes me feel safe as if nothing could hurt me. Sometimes it feels wild and untamed as if at any moment you're going to snap and go on a rampage while there are other times where I feel nothing at all. It's as if you don't really exist even though I can see you clear as day." He told her bluntly.

"Huh. Never knew that." She mused with slightly widened eyes. "Well, to start I should tell you that my explanation is not a simple one. I can't just tell you one thing without any contexts for it will only confuse you. So I will have to start from the very beginning of my existence." She told him seriously and that is what she did. While she pretty much summed up everything to make it go by faster – it help that she didn't remember all of it either – she made sure to tell him all the important bits of her life that she did remember.

"So that's why you don't really like humans all that much." He said after she was done. "Who would have thought you were not only a Witch but the Mistress of Death as well."

"Who knows? Though I do know there aren't any true witches in this World so far as I know of. Then again I never really asked either."

"How far along are you from breaking the barrier around your magic?"

"Not very far I hate to say." She told him on a deep sigh. "Every time I so much as make any type of progress it's like the barrier grows stronger. It sometime seems like the barrier has a mind of its own and it's adamant about keeping my magic blocked. Hell, I can feel it doing its best to draw the rest back in. To be honest it's exhausting. I have to always keep my guard up so that what little I have doesn't get take away from me."

"What happens when you completely destroy the barrier? Will it come back?"

"I hope not. That would be beyond annoying. Once it's destroyed it should stay destroyed."

"Didn't you say that you made as much progress as you did because you died in this World? Does that mean every time you die, the barrier will be destroyed as well?"

"I never thought about that. It's possible I guess. I would have to ask for I don't like the idea of dying then finding out that the barrier came back even stronger than before. Not only that, it hurts to die then be brought back to life so I do my best not to."

"So how much magic do you have available to you?" He asked next.

"Hmmm. I would say that I have access to about fourth year level of magic."

"…?"

"Ugh. It's like a low to mid-level Level C power vampire. Then again it depends on the person. Some are weaker or stronger than that. At the moment I think I am around the average point range since I had more access the first time around." She tried to explain the best she could with a little shrug. "I don't really know how to measure how much I have access to; I just know that I have access to a certain amount."

"You said you have trouble remembering a lot of your past; so how come you remember how strong you were when you were fourteen?" He asked dully with a slight raise of his eyebrow.

"While it's true I have trouble remembering a lot of things, my fourth year at Hogwarts was very memorable. After all, it was the year that my life took a turn for the worst." She told him distantly with glazed over eyes remembering everything that happened that year. Even though the people were pretty much blurred out, the events themselves were very clear to her.

"It's hard to believe that you went up against a dragon of all things and came out alive." He told her dully though she can detect a trace of amazement in his voice.

"Trust me it was not fun for me or the dragon."

"I find it funny that you were a bad student back then." He teased changing the subject slightly.

"Tch like you're one to talk since you're not exactly valedictorian yourself." She snarked back playfully. "Besides, I now have a reason to do well in school." She said thinking about making her father proud of her. Of course that's not the only reason she does so well since she's doing it for herself. She loves learning new things.

"It's still hard to imagine you as a bad student as you are valedictorian of the Day Class." He said making her roll her eyes.

"Whatever. By the way, where's Rima? I haven't seen her in the past couple of days and thought she was on site with you."

"She was at first but she had to go to another site to start filming for her knew ad."

"Ah. I am surprised you're not with her since you two are always attached at the hips in the industry."

"I know but we are trying to do our own thing little by little." He said with a careless shrug though she could tell he was slightly tense.

"Was that your idea or hers?" She asked with a frown and narrowed eyes. It didn't make sense, she knew Rima was even more protective of him than she was and that was saying something. So hearing that they are trying to do their own thing alarmed her.

"Mine."

"Yours? May I ask you why?" She asked carefully. 'If someone said something to make him feel hesitant with sticking with Rima I will make them pay.' She vowed silently.

"I can't keep relying on Rima to help me through every shoot or film. It's time that I put more effort into my career instead of doing everything half-hearted."

"Where's this coming from? You never cared before. The only reason you are in the entertainment business is because your okaa-san forced you too."

"Even I have my pride Willow-chan. It doesn't help that I am surrounded by talented people who actually work at their skills instead of relying on others to get things done."

"Who told you that?" She demanded because she knew someone had to have said something to him for him to be thinking about this. He never had any interest before and only went through the motions to keep his mother off his back.

"Doesn't really matter truth be told. I was already feeling uncomfortable with always relying on her anyways. Not only that, it truly is about time I decide if I can hack staying in this industry or if it's time for me to move on."

"Do you enjoy modeling and acting?" She decided to question instead of pestering him about his sudden change of thought.

"Don't know. Never gave it a chance. It was always something I had to do instead of something I wanted to do. So from now on I am going to put more effort into it." He said with another careless shrug.

"You know what? Good for you. I am happy that you are starting to take charge of your life." She told him seriously. She was very happy to see him start taking the initiative in taking control of his life. It means she can start worrying less about him becoming a mere puppet if something were to ever happen to Rima and her. She watched as his tense muscles started to relax when he saw that she truly meant what she said.

"Thanks." He mumbled embarrassed.

She nodded looking at the time then blinking in shock at how late it was – well at how early it was. 'It's a good thing we don't have school tomorrow.' "I think it's about time we went to bed. Are you staying or going back?"

"I will go back. Don't want to get you in trouble for sleeping over." He said getting up to go over to give her a goodnight hug.

"You know I would never turn you away. I love having you around." She said in his ear returning the hug warmly.

"I know." With that he let go, giving her a small smile.

"Do you want me to walk you to your dorm so that you won't get into trouble or are you fine going by yourself?" She asked standing in the door way watching him start to walk down the hallway.

"I'll be fine."

"Ok. See you later than." She called softly before closing her door after seeing his slight wave of his hand. She changed into her night cloths before going straight to bed.

XXX ~ Next Day ~ XXX

-Zero's POV-

Knock, Knock

The sound from the door echoed through the empty hallway making him shift in discomfort. He never been in the girls' dorm before and felt out of place. 'Why isn't Willow answering?'

Knock, Knock

When he still didn't get an answer he tried the door handle and was actually surprised to find it was unlocked. It wasn't like her since she was quite anal about her security more so then the Headmaster is with keeping the vampires from feeding on the humans.

"Willow?" He called as he opened the door slowly; fingering his Bloody Rose as a precaution. What he saw when he had the door fully open left him stunned. While the room was dark from the blackout curtains covering the windows, the light from the hallway was enough to illuminate the room for him to see the sight he thought he would never see.

There sprawled out before his very eyes was a barely clothed Willow: asleep. The covers were thrown to the floor allowing him the perfect view of her long pale legs and arms. Her left leg and arm were dangling off the bed while her other leg was bent at the knee with her foot touching her other knee lightly while her arm was bent at the elbow to where her right hand laid next to her face on the pillow. The only thing saving her from him seeing her most precious area was the sleeping shorts she had on. Her toned stomach was in full view from her camisole riding up during her tossing and turning in her sleep. To top of the image was her long dark hair sprawled out under her that contrasted sharply with her skin making it seem as if it was glowing slightly. All in all, she looked completely erotic and defenseless to him.

"Willow!" Zero croaked his face burning a bright red with his embarrassment. He didn't mean to see her like this. All he wanted was to find out why she didn't show up at the stables like usual. On their off days they always met up there before noon to determine what they were going to do that day. Sometimes they go to their clearing to train, sometimes to the library to either study or do homework if they had any or sometime they just hang out and relax. The only time they divert was if one of them had a mission. Even if Willow wasn't a Hunter – she doesn't like to be told what she can do or not – she would still do a Hunt if it caught her interest.

"Willow!" Zero called out more firmly even if one can still hear the slight strain to his voice. He wanted to go over there to shake her awake but didn't think he could trust himself not to give into temptation to touch her more than to shake her awake. Nonetheless he also knew that the moment he were to touch her she would attack him viciously. His brother learned that the hard way when they were younger and he thought he could prank her while she slept. It didn't end very well for him.

"Ugh." He heard Willow groan. He focuses back on the squirming body in front of him already predicting it falling to the floor a couple of seconds before it happened.

Thud

"Owwww." She groaned out.

"Willow?" He called out again this time in amusement.

"What? Zero?"

"Yeah." He was going to say more except his mouth dried up when she got to her hands and knees with her butt in full view of his sight to get up. 'A nice butt at that.' He thought with another blush; turning away so he didn't get caught staring.

"What are you doing here so early?" She groaned again flopping back down on her bed in the hope of going back to sleep.

"It's past noon. You missed our meet up."

"What? No I haven't. It's still dark."

"It's only dark to you because you have your windows blacked out."

"Same difference."

"No it's not."

"Whatever. I am guessing since you finally decided to brave the girls dorm that you won't let me go back to sleep anytime soon."

"No."

"Fine." She snapped getting up. "You might want to wait outside while I change. Of course you can stay and watch. I don't mind." She teased laughing as she heard the door snap closed behind him seconds after she finished her last sentence.

-Third person's POV-

'He can be so adorable. Though I wished I could have slept a lot longer.' Willow thought with a pout.

After she got dressed in simple black washed out skinny jeans, a white camisole with a dark blue pullover over it and black ankle boots, she tied her mid-thigh length hair into a simple high ponytail and called it a job well done. She was quick to strap on her sword to her back before she was ready to leave. It used to be Kazuo's before he died and she's been taking care of it ever since she found them after the funeral.

She shook the depressing memories away before going to the door and opened it to see Zero leaning against the wall across from her looking beyond bored. "Well, don't you look excited." She snarked making him jump from not having noticed her opening her door.

"Very." He deadpans with an eye roll.

"Hmm. Let's head on over to the Headmaster's office to see if otou-san has any missions for us then go to our clearing and do some training. It's been awhile since we trained together." She offered up walking out of the dorms already heading in that direction.

"Hn." He grunted.

"Don't start that shit. Use your words." She growled.

"…"

Getting nothing but silence from him, she let it go. It wasn't that much of a big deal she just prefers it if people answered with words instead of just noises. Not that she can really say anything since she does it too; which is another reason she's not making a big deal out of his silence.

When they got near to the Headmaster's office they saw Yuki on her way out. Willow was just going to ignore her and continue on her way but that plan died when Yuki stop in front of them, blocking them from continuing on.

"Zero! I was on my way to find you." Yuki exclaimed happily. "Willow-nee-chan you're here too." She then said less happily.

"Is there something you need Yuki?" Willow asked with a neutral tone trying her best not to snap and say something mean. Zero was right. She has been unnecessarily cruel to her. Don't get her wrong, she's not going to start being all nice or anything but she can treat her with as much indifference as she could. Well, until she irritated her too much then all bets were off.

"Oh! Guess what?" Yuki yelped excitedly with a couple of claps of her hands.

"No." Zero stated bluntly.

"Zero! Don't be mean. Guess."

"No." He snapped in annoyance. "Just tell us."

"Fine. Spoilsport." She muttered unhappily. "The Headmaster said you had to take me to town to go shopping." She squealed excitedly once again clapping her hands.

"Did he now? Or did he tell you to ask him if he would go with you since you can't go by yourself?" Willow spoke up when she saw Zero was about to snap. She sniffed in derision when she saw the blush spread over the other girl's cheeks. "Thought so."

"I'm not going." Zero grunted trying to walk around her when she still didn't move out of their way.

"Zero, please? Go with me?" She begged. "I want to go. It's rare that I get to leave the grounds."

"So?" He asked uncaringly making Willow snort with a shake of her head.

"Come on Zero. I think we should go." Willow said getting surprised blinks from the other two.

"You do?"" They both asked at the same time.

"Well, yeah. It's something different that we don't do all that often and it would be nice to just go to town without having a mission to do. Beside by going we don't have to deal with the other students going crazy over how they don't get to see their "precious Night Class" all day." She told them with a shrug.

"Yay! Let's go now!" Yuki cheered knowing that now that she has Willow's ok, then it means that it was a guarantee of them going. "Can we bring Yori-chan as well?"

"No." Willow denied immediately.

"What? Why not!?"

"Because she doesn't have permission from the Headmaster nor from her parents. You know no student can leave unless they have permission. Not only that, but we don't have the time for you to go find her, ask her, get ready, get permission and then leave. Do you even know where she is even at right now?" Willow demanded.

"…no." She muttered lowly. Truthfully she never even thought about what her best friend did when they were separated. More so when there wasn't really anything to do around here. 'Is she even in any clubs?' She wondered thoughtfully.

"There you go. Anyways, go get ready while Zero and I go talk to otou-san. Meet us at the front gates." Willow order grabbing her shoulder firmly but gently and pushed her on her way. She didn't wait to see if she did what she was told, she just entered the office to get a move on.

"Willow-chan!" Kaien greeted spreading his arms out to give her a hug.

"Otou-san." She greeted back resisting the urge to side step him instead returning the hug. "You can let go now." She huffed when he didn't let go after a few seconds, he just stated rocking with her while humming away. "Don't you want to greet Zero?"

In two seconds flat Zero had his gun out pointed towards the Headmaster when he tried to hug him as well. "Not on your life." He hissed shooting killing glares at both of them. Kaien for trying to hug him and Willow for sic'ing him on him.

"Fine, fine." Kaien pouted going back to his desk to sit. "Now, what can I do for the two of you?"

"Nothing really. We just wondered if you had any mission for us before we did anything else. Of course we ran into Yuki who wanted to go to town. We agreed to go so we are now telling you where we are going so you don't panic if you can't find us." She told him straight up, Zero nodding along.

"You're in luck then since I don't have a mission for the two of you." He said with a grin.

"Then we'll be on our way." Zero grunted turning to leave not wanting to be in the hyperactive man/child's presence more than he had to.

"Aww. You guys just got here. Don't you want to stay longer?" He wailed with crocodile tears running down his face.

"Afraid not otou-san. We're wasting daylight as it is. Don't worry, I'll bring you back something." She told him. She looked to make sure that Zero already left the room and seeing that he was turned back to her father. "When we get back, we should talk about that spa trip. Ok?" She told him making him blink in surprise before beaming and nodding.

"I can't wait." She heard as she closed the door behind her.

"What took you so long?" Zero asked when she caught up with him on her way to the front gates.

"Ah. I had to go back to the dorms to get my wallet. I didn't know we were going to town so I left it behind." She told him.

"Shit. I forgot mine as well." He cursed.

"No big deal I have more than enough. Just pay me back later. However, why are you just now getting to the gate. You left the Headmasters office before me and I didn't see you when I left."

"Saw a Night Class student where he wasn't supposed to be so had to take him back to his dorm."

"Ah. They can be quite mischievous when they are not watched." She mused. "Where is Yuki? She should have been here already."

"You know as much as I do considering we got here at the same time." He snarked. "Oof." He grunted when he was smacked in his stomach.

"No need for sarcasm dear Zero." She told him sweetly.

He was going to say something but stopped when he heard his name being called from behind him. They both looked and saw Yuki jogging up to them waving her arm to get their attention.

"Where were you? We were going to leave you behind." Willow asked crossing her arms with a scowl on her face.

"Oh. I saw Kaname-sama on my way over here and stopped to talk to him real quick." She chirped.

"What is he doing out of the Moon Dorms?" Zero demanded.

"Oh. He said he had to talk to the Headmaster about something. He wouldn't tell him what though." She told them with a pout.

"Whatever. Can we go now?" Willow asked before walking away not really caring if the other two followed or not.

"We're coming, we're coming." He said speeding up to walk next to her with Yuki dragging up the rear.

XXX~ Later that night ~XXX

"Un-fucking-believable." Willow muttered angrily. The reason why she was angry was because of one person and one person only: Yuki.

At first everything was going good. Hell, she even joked around with Yuki, she had been in such a good mood. They got every item on the list that the Headmaster gave to Yuki, got some items they had been wanting or needing and even stop at her – and Yuki's unfortunately – favorite café which sold the best ice cream she ever had in this world. It all went downhill when Yuki thought it was a marvelous idea to chase after Zero when one on the waitress pissed him off while she paid for their bill: alone.

It all ended with Yuki getting hurt, attacked by a Level E vampire with Zero having to save her from being killed. The surprising part was that Senri and Ichijo Takuma ended up finishing off the vampire the moment she found them all then Ichijo had the gall to invite Yuki to come to the Moon Dorms to get the answers that she seeks even though she had three safer sources to go to.

Not that it did anything when she ignored all the information she was looking for that they gave her to decide she would still go. So now here Zero and her was following behind her to make sure she doesn't end up hurt. So…yeah. She was not a happy camper.

"Did you come to welcome us…vampire?" Zero growled pointing Bloody Rose at the vampire in front of him which turned out to be Aido with Yuki holding an end of Artemis under the chin of Kain. She didn't even go for her own sword strapped to her back on the account of already knowing who was coming. She just continued on wanting to at least see Senri, maybe even Rima if she had returned. The two might not be as close as she was to Senri but she still liked her well enough.

"Oi! We didn't say you can pass!" Aido cried after her when he noticed that she was ignoring them. "Like I was telling the other two we were sent to be your guard while you are here, so stick with the group."

"Don't really care all that much in what you were told. If you don't want to be scolded like I know you love by Kuran-san then keep up." She snapped. If there was a vampire that got on her nervous as bad as Yuki, it was Aido with Ruka being a close second. She didn't hate them like she did Yuki but their personalities rubbed her the wrong way. The difference between the two is that Aido just had an annoying personality while Ruka only thought of Kuran and nobody else.

'She'll be more fun to hang out with if she wasn't so obsessed with everything Kuran. Every other word out of her mouth was pretty much about him. She needs to get over him already and see the vampire that's completely in love with her. Everybody knows that Kain loves her deeply and wouldn't do anything to hurt her.' She thought miffed.

"Willow!" She heard Senri's voice call out to her snapping her out of her thoughts.

"Senri." She called back with a small smile. She ignored the fact that she was surrounded by a lot of vampires when she wasn't paying attention, she just focused all her attention on Senri. "I would say long time no see but we both know that's not true." She joked giving him a hug. She caught a glimpse of Ichijo off to the side, saw the sign and huge cake and took a guess on the real reason on why they were invited. "Happy birthday Ichijo-san."

"Thank you so much for coming." He beamed. "All of you."

"How old are you Ichijo-san?" Yuki asked hesitantly wondering if she really wanted to know.

"How old I am in human years or vampire years?" He said with a slightly strained smile.

"V…vampire years."

"I'm eighteen. I'm a grownup now! Oh I want you to kiss me for my birthday present, Yuki-chan!" He joked with a bashful look on his face making Willow snort in laughter. "Don't worry Willow, my dear, I want one from you too." He exclaimed turning towards her with his arms wide open as if he expected her to come flying into his arm to give him just that.

Chu

"Never say I never gave you anything." She teased after she kissed the corner of his mouth in revenge for piquing Yuki's curiosity enough to come here after dark. She didn't care a wit about the stunned silence that fell over the gathering. She made sure that she didn't upset Senri with her stunt and was happy that he took it in the spirit it was meant: a prank, if she went by the amused look in his eyes.

"Um…we…um…we came here on business. As members of the Disciplinary Committee, we want to know what happened today." Yuki started trying to break the awkward silence giving a smug Willow a dirty look for the stunt she pulled. "I can't look the other way. Leaving school grounds without permission is against school rules… and…moreover…that vampire…"

"Sure. Ask me anything. Everyone here knows about it." Ichijo agreed after getting over his shock. He never expected that to happen so he can be given some slack if he wasn't in tiptop shape right away. It didn't help that he can feel two murderous auras aiming at him from two different directions making him sweat. 'Best to move on and hope they forget.'

"She does too considering we already told her not that she cares." Willow muttered with a roll of her eyes.

"There's no way we could allow a dangerous vampire like that to roam freely in the town but you two went to the trouble of killing it. Why that vampire?" Yuki asked instead of responding to Willow.

"That vampire use to be human. Filthy things." Aido answered making Willow hiss threatening at him getting him to flinch back in fear and confusion.

"Yuki…vampires are ruled by a few Purebloods and a handful of aristocrats. Every student in the Night Class is an Aristocrat or higher." Ichijo picked up. He then explained the Level of vampires focusing mainly on the Level E vampire and everything that they had to do.

"That's awful." Yuki gasped in horror. "Isn't there anyway to help them?"

"Yeah." Willow said making everybody look at her in confusion. "Death."

"Willow!" She shouted angrily getting nothing but a careless glance in return.

"Anyways…a mad vampire may flee from an aristocrat and wander into human society. There was a report that a Level E vampire would appear in town today." Ichijo tried to restart things back on track.

"Ichijo and Shiki hunted it down under my orders." A deep voice floated over stopping Ichijo from continuing.

"Kaname!" Yuki cried in happy shock not really thinking he would be there. The excited and confused murmuring from the crowd confirmed that they weren't expecting him there either which made her relax slightly for not being the only one surprised. Then she remembered what he said. "You ordered that vampire to be…"

"Yuki. Why didn't you inform the Headmaster? You're a member of the Disciplinary Committee. Yet when Ichijo invited you, you came here to a dangerous place like this. What I don't understand is why the other two didn't stop you from coming here either." Kuran asked calmly with a dangerous undertone.

"Maybe because she's not our pet. If she wants to go to the Moon Dorms then we can't really stop her. Keeping in mind that she snuck out of the dorms to come here in the first place and we just followed her to make sure no incidents happen. So do us a favor and get off you high horse." Willow snapped getting glared at by pretty much every vampire there. That was the second time in so many days that Zero and she were accused of being negligent towards Yuki. It's not like they're her damn bodyguards even if it does seem like it more time than not with how often they come to her rescue.

"My apologies. You are right." He conceded stiffly. "Yuki, Willow, Kiryu come over here." He called sitting down and patting the spot next to him on the couch. The three walked up to the patio with Willow and Zero leaning back against the railing side by side leaving Yuki to stand by herself fidgeting on top of the stairs. "Yuki sit beside me." He offered.

"Huh?" She startled. "Um…I'm fine. I mean no thanks." She said. She could feel the glares from the others drilling holes into the back of her head. She glance at Zero and Willow for help except she got nothing but disinterest.

"Yuki." Was all he said before she was sitting next time even before she realized she moved.

"Okay." She squeaked quietly when she felt a big elegant hand on her shoulder drawing her into a warm firm side.

"This is the safest place for you to be." Kaname told her.

"Ha. Were you not the one that got huffy because she came here and now you are saying that this is the safest place for her. Man…make up your mind." Willow couldn't help but speak up. It was just too funny to her.

"I'm sorry about today." Kaname said ignoring Willow to continue speaking to Yuki. "I didn't think you would be there when the hunting took place."

"No…it was fine."

"But it's also your fault too, for wandering around there. Did you injure your arm because of that vampire? It must hurt."

"No, it was because I was careless."

"Humans should never be turned into vampires." Kaname said pulling her injured arm to him rolling up her sleeve before starting to take off the bandage to get a better look at her injury. "In the old days, hidden from history when the war between vampires and vampire hunters was at its peak, vampires turned many humans into vampires to use in battle. And now the aristocrats have the duty to manage those survivors. Sometimes we have to kill them off. It is the vampire hunter's duty to kill vampires." At this he glanced at Zero with something dark reflecting in his eyes. "Then why didn't you kill him first?"

"Bastard!" Willow hiss in fury only being held back by Zero when he saw her start to move. She glared at him for stopping her. They both knew were the Pureblood was going to take this conversation.

"I'll ease your pain." He said once again ignoring Willow. He would talk to her later.

He turned his attention to Yuki's wound and bought it to his mouth. He willed a little bit of his powers to transfer from him to her to heal her. He chanced a glance at Willow to see how she would react to what he was doing only to end up upset to find her attention not on the scene in front of her but silently speaking to Zero through their eyes.

"Perhaps…" He started getting their attention back on him. "…you sympathized with him?"

What happened next was a surprise yet not a surprise to him. He wasn't shocked at the fact that Zero pulled his gun on him nor that fact that Seiren reacted by slightly digging her claws into his neck, just enough to make him bleed in warning. What did catch him off guard was that Willow didn't attack him but Seiren. He didn't even see her draw her sword before lightly resting it against Seiren neck. It was just resting there, not even digging in.

"If I was you I would withdraw my talons unless you want to end up dead. I assure you that I would kill you before you kill him." Willow growled lowly.

"Seiren, it's alright." Kaname told her when she didn't move a muscle. "I said something I shouldn't have."

She whipped her hand away from his neck but didn't do anything else when she still felt the blade still at her neck. She knew she had to trend carefully for if there was one thing anybody knew about Cross, Willow was that she was unpredictable. They all knew she only followed the rules because she wanted to and had no qualms about breaking them if it suits her. Not even the Headmaster or Kuran could control her.

"Willow." Zero uttered when he notice she still had the vampire in her grasp.

A moment later Willow finally relented when she got her message across that she didn't appreciate attacks on Zero. She glanced a Zero to see the slight wound was already healed. Her attention was snatched when she heard others bitching about Zero pulling a gun on their precious Kaname and how they wanted to tear him to shreds or that they needed to teach him where his place his – beneath them all.

"What? Kaname is a Pureblood vampire?" Yuki asked in shock when she ended up hearing that tidbit when it floated up into her ears.

"Really? That's what you are stuck on after everything you were told or saw? It's about Kuran being a Pureblood? How the Hell are you just finding out now?" Willow asked dumbfounded by her slowness. Even if he never said it himself, the others have called him that plenty of time. Mostly when Zero gets into arguments with him.

"I must admit I am shocked as well. You really didn't know that about me?" He asked more gently not wanting her to think he was upset even if he was. It's not like he tried to hide it or anything. "Are you afraid?"

"Ever since we've known each other I've been a little afraid of you Kaname. Even now, I'm a bit afraid." She told him honestly.

"HEY! Don't forget everyone!" Ichijo cried with a clap of his hands in the hope of breaking up the tense atmosphere. He also didn't like the hurt that flashed through his leaders eyes. "This is my birthday party. You've all gotta celebrate. Yuki, Zero and Willow are my precious guests too."

That being said, the party slowly got back to a festive mood. Willow was happy that Ichijo's birthday party wasn't completely ruined. She liked him well enough, not that she ever talked to him, but he helped take care of Senri when he could and that's good enough for her to have him in her good books. 'Besides, he kind of reminds me of otou-san with his happy-go-lucky attitude.'

She looked around to see if she could find Senri in the crowd; catching sight of him with Ichijo by the table with the cake on it. She was going to make her way over to talk to him when she noticed Ichijo holding a knife out to Senri who grabbed it from him, slicing his finger in the process.

"He so did that on purpose." She mused under her breath shaking her head fondly. 'I wonder if he will ever tell him about his feelings for him. Then again it's not going to be easy when he's with Rima. Not that she would care since she has a crush on Ichijo just as much as Senri does. The only problem would be if Ichijo was willing to take them both at the same time for neither one would give up the other.'

Turning her attention back to the group near her she was taken aback when she realized that both Yuki and Zero were gone. "Where's Zero?" She asked Kuran who was staring at her intently.

"They left a little bit ago. I wonder what had you so deep in thought that you didn't even notice when Kiryu left. Usually, you're joined at the hip." He wondered taking a sip of the disgusting synthetic blood not taking his eyes off the deadly beauty in front of him looking back at him with cold, indifferent glowing green gems she called eyes.

"Ah." She give him a nod as thanks already walking away.

"Wait." He called. He continued when she stopped though she didn't turn around to look at him. "I talked to the Headmaster about that trip of yours."

"Did you now?" She said looking at him over her shoulder wondering what he was getting at with telling her this. She already knew this when she was told after their routine family dinner.

"The best I can do is the next weekend. It would give me time to finish my work early." He told her still staring at her intently.

"Why do I get the feeling that there's a 'but' in there somewhere?" She asked snidely.

"It won't be easy. I am already stretched thin as it is. I would be needing some…assistance if you will."

"What type of…assistance are you talking about?"

"Nothing too much. More of a gofer really. It takes time continuing to run back and forth between the Moon Dorms to the Headmaster's office then back every time I need to complete paperwork or what not. This is where you come in."

"What?" She asked softly telling him to trend lightly before proceeding with his thought process.

"It's only for this week of course." He continued as if he was unbothered by her unspoken threat. He would forever deny that he felt a slight thrill at making her focus totally on him and him alone. "It will be a win, win situation for us. I get to get my work done faster and you get to have your day with your otou-san."

"Why don't you use one of your lackeys to do this for you?" She asked coldly. She didn't really care all that much about being a gofer for a few days if the end result was her spending time with her father but she wasn't going to allow him the luxury of making this easy.

"They don't like going out during the day and I can't ask Yuki or Kiryu to do it for obvious reasons. That only really leaves you. Besides, you are the one who came to me asking for a favor. I just happen to cash that favor in now."

"Tch. Fine." She said gaining a sharp look from him.

"Fine?"
"Yes. I will do it. I am the one who came to you after all. A favor is a favor." Was all she would say on the subject walking away to get her point across.

"Come to my office two hours before switch over tomorrow. We'll start from there." He called to her back getting a slight wave to indicate that she heard. He wished she would have stayed a little bit longer.

"Are you sure that's wise my Lord?" Aido asked in concern.

"Are you questioning me Aido?" Kaname asked softly still looking in the direction where Willow disappeared into.

"No, my Lord." He rushed to say knowing it was better to keep his mouth shut.

"Good. I am going to my rooms. I don't wish to be disturbed." He called out to the gathered vampires.

"Yes, my Lord."

-With Willow-

'What a long night this night turned out to be.' She thought flopping down on her bed in exhaustion.

After leaving the Moon Dorms she had hoped to run into Zero to get his opinion on what happened that night. When she didn't she stopped off at the stables to see if he went there but didn't have any luck. Thinking that he already went to bed she decided to follow his example and do the same.

'I hope the next couple of days aren't too hectic.' Was her last thought before falling asleep.