Chapter 6

Rose woke up with a strong metallic taste in her mouth. She had never felt this way before. Every slightest detail annoyed her to no end. She felt something closer closer and wanted to run to it but also to hide. She was thirsty for blood but also full. The dull headache had remained through the night and refused to go away. She didn't understand this feeling.

Ignoring the fact that she felt like crap, she got out of bed and changed into her normal day class uniform before descending the stairs. She saw a familiar brown haired girl and put up her happy mask. "Hey Yuki, how did you sleep?"

Yuki turned around and Rose knew the answer right away. The heavy bags under her eyes showed that she hadn't slept in days. "Oh, Umm not to good. I guess I was just thinking about what Kaname said last night."

She turned her head in question. "What did he say last night?"

Yuki was about to answer when Zero entered the hall. He looked at the two of them and became worried nether one of them looked good. "You ready?"

Rose nodded her head in agreement and opened the dorm doors. She readjusted her eyes to the light and realized that there were a group on Night Class students blocking there path.

They turned when they heard the door open and bowed. "We are following the orders of president Kuran. We shall stay by your side and watch over you, Lady Yuki."

Rose's mouth flew wide open. She was livid. She specifically told Kaname that she could handle protecting Yuki on her own. He obviously thought that she was incapable of doing so. She lowered her head and muttered something to what the Night Class caught as "What the hell."

Zero noticed this and grabbed Rose's hand, pulling her towards class. "Let's go."

Yuki followed them and everyone slowly realized that night class was following them to class. Rose ticked her brow in annoyance, this was not a good day for this. Yuki apparently had the same thoughts as she spoke out. "Listen, I don't know what Kaname told you but please try to be considerate."

Hanabusa lowered his eyes in his own annoyance and hissed. "Shut up Yuki whatever reason our Lord Pureblood Kaname has deemed you special, so we must threat you in the proper manner. You're just a human, you wouldn't understand. This involves our pride as aristocrats."

Rose grunted in annoyance again and began to walk away from the group. "Well, you have fun with that. I'm going to make the morning rounds."

Well at least she tried to but Hanabusa ran up to her, stopping her. "I have been assigned to watch over you as well."

Rose stopped walking and bursted out laughing. She admitted it was pretty funny. "Good one Hannabusa. Yeah right, ok."

She stopped laughing when he wasn't joining her. She couldn't believe it, he was serious. "Wait…..you're actually serious? You're ordered to protect a Level S hunter? You've got to be kidding me."

Hanabusa lowered his head thinking that he really wish he was joking. He didn't want to guard this ignorant human anymore then he wanted to guard Yuki. "Our Lord has also deemed you special to him."

Rose raised her eyebrow and began to walk away, waving her hand. "Yeah ok. Well you can tell Kaname that I don't need protection. "

Hanabusa looked around for support but everyone else was gone. Why had he been the one assigned to such a difficult human, Yuki seemed to be much easier. He realized she was getting away and he shouted. "Lady Rose, Wait!"

Rose halted to a stop and Hanabusa felt the air grow cold around them. She slowly turned and he had to take a step back because of how frightening she looked. "Don't call me that."

He shakily nodded his head yes and she suddenly felt her headache come back. She was upset and he could sense it. She closed her eyes and grunted causing Hanabusa to look at her in worry. "Hey, are you ok?"

She righted herself up and without giving him an answer she muttered something that Hanabusa heard clear as day. "I'm gonna kill him."

Back in class Rose could sense the presence of the Night Class on the other side of the wall. Was this Kaname's idea of giving her less stress? Because to her it seemed as if it added more. She circled her pen when she sensed Yuki's fear in front of her. She was about to pat her shoulder and ask if she was ok when Yuki slumped over in her seat, passing out.

Both Zero and Rose raced to her side at once.

Yuki was sleeping in the infirmary to help her sleepless nights while Hanabusa watched outside. He didn't pay any notice when Icruryu entered the room to "receive some pain medicine."

Ichiryu stepped closer to Yuki and held up a glass vile. He moved the vile closer and closer to her lips when a hand stopped him. He looked up to find his brothers admiration. "What are you doing Ichiryu?"

He smirked at Rose and slowly put the vile away when Hanabusa burst in asking the same question. "What are you trying to do?"

She rolled her eyes at him and placed out her hand. "I'll take whatever you have in your hand."

Zero's brother smirked and shrugged, placing the vial in her hand. She recognized it immediately and almost dropped the contents on the floor.

Her head whipped towards Ichiryu and hissed. "Leave."

His brother smiled and did as he was told leaving her alone with Hanabusa and Yuki who had just woken up.

Rose felt the vial in her hand and smelled that luring yet repulsive scent. She feared for what this meant. She felt drawn to the vial, like she needed to consume every last drop and for a second she lifted her hand up and thought about the idea. How great it would taste. She heard his voice in the back of her head pursing her. DO IT. DRINK IT.

She was snapped back to reality when Hanabusa was calling out to her. She turned towards him and asked. "What?"

Hanabusa looked over at her with worried eyes. "I tried calling you five times, and now the answer? I asked what is that vial?"

Rose glanced at the vial and almost threw it at Hanabusa. "Don't worry about it. Hand this to Kaname. I can't be around it."

He questioned what she meant and why she was ordering him to do anything but when he opened his mouth, he realized that she was gone.

Hanabusa did as he was told and brought the vial straight to Kaname. When Kaname saw it, he made the same expression as Rose did. "You were right in stopping him."

Hanabusa bowed in compliance. "I'm glad to be of assistance. Umm.." He then asked a question that he wasn't sure if he wanted the answer to. "Who's blood is that? Rose- I mean Lady Rose was also distressed by it."

Then he realized that he probably stepped out of bounds. "I'm sorry. It's none of my business."

Kaname squeezed the vial and answered. "No no it's alright, just don't tell anyone. I have no intention of punishing Ichiryu. He has his own role to play in this."

Hanabusa pushed further. "But what if he tries to do anything to Yu- I mean, Lady Yuki."

Kaname glanced at Hanabusa and stated. "That's why I have asked you to guard her well. Also you may think it's silly to ask you to protect Rose but, she is someone that is very dear to me. Understand?"

Hanabusa gasped and bowed. Did that mean that Kaname fancied Rose as a lover? Of course it was not his place to question. "If that is what you wish Lord Kaname."

Once he was gone Kaname grabbed the vial and stated. "I will not let you use this reched blood to fulfil you're wicked ambitions.

Before disintegrating it into dust.

Later that day Yuki was about to leave when Hanabusa blocked the doorway. "President Kuran has asked for you. You two as well Zero and Rose."

They followed him into the courtyard when Hanabusa spoke. "So Yuki, you lost you're memories of the past, have you?"

Yuki answered with uncertainty "Yes, why do you asked."

He answered automatically. "I took it upon myself to look into the matter."

The group paused when Yuki cried out embarrassed. "What?! Aido you looked into my past? I didn't ask you to do that."

He turned around also embarrassed at the misunderstanding. "You're so wrong! I wouldn't look into your past if you begged me to. What I was talking about was Lord Kaname's past."

Rose narrowed her eyes at the vampire which caused him to glance at her. How much did he know?

He continued "I assume you know by now that Lord Kaname's parents have since passed away. So I did some investigating surrounding their deaths. I looked at when I reached any sort of clue, it been deleted or burned. It was a deliberate cover up. Just like your memories. But what's really strange is…."

Then he turned to face Rose. "When I looked into why Lord Kaname treats you so special, I found the same result, deleted and burned information. Almost like someone knew I was looking into the matter."

On the outside Rose started to feel a sick feelings come over her. He was coming too close to finding out key information. But on the outside she smirked and scoffed and the vampire. "Why are you telling me this? I have no idea why that happened."

He narrowed his eyes even more and mocked. "Oh I think you do. Because now Lord Kaname has taken it upon himself to treat two human girls as special. Do you know why? Because you're new status forces us to protect you. Seems that Lord Kaname knows something is going to happen to you."

Yuki shook in fear as Rose stopped the conversation. "Enough Hanabusa. I thought you were taking us to Kaname."

He was going to object but realized she was right. He also noticed that she was more assertive than before, thinking that she could tell him what to do. It was disgusting.

After Yuki sat down with Kaname she told Zero that she was going to go back to the Headmaster which he nodded his head in response.

When she opened the door she saw not the Headmaster but Ichiryu. They looked at each other for a moment and she answered. "The last person I thought I'd see here is you."

He didn't answer until she heard a voice behind her say "Oh Rose! I'm so glad you're here! We could use an extra hand in the kitchen."

Then, without question she was standing next to Zero's brother in matching kitty cat aprons. She tried to start conversation but when she opened her mouth, Ichiryu turned his back to her. She sighed in defeat and began chopping the vegetables in front of them. She stopped when she smelled something burning and ran to the pot of soup he was mixing. "Wait! You're mixing it too fast, it's going to burn. Just a turn or two a minute will do."

He looked at her in confusion but agreed and followed her instructions. After the sauce simmered down he looked over at her in question. She seemed to know what he was going to ask. "I bet you're thinking that you didn't know I could cook. Well, I don't get many opportunities nowadays but I used to be a regular cooking connoisseur." She smiled at him and for a moment Ichiryu wondered if what Shizuka said to him was true. She seemed so ordinary. Without a second glance she looked like a regular human. But he knew better.

She put a finger to her head and questioned. "I wish I knew Zero's favorite food. I would make it for him all the time but, he doesn't wanna tell me. Rude."

Ichiryu kind of smirked at this and answered. "Vegetable soup."

Rose smiled back and gasped. "That's it! Well, now we have to make it, will you help me?"

He was going to refuse but he turned and saw that she was giving him a puppy dog look. Dang it, he wondered if this is what it would've been like to have a sister. "Fine."

She smiled and began to gather the vegetables when she stopped. Her cheerful voice dropped an octave as she spoke. "You know Ichiryu, I know you hate me. I also know that you're probably here for me, because I destroyed what was close to you."

He stopped stirring the sauce and touched the bell in his hair, a reminder of Shizuka. "She always said it would be you. That you would be the one to…"

He couldn't finish his sentence and Rose understood. "I'm sorry. And I just wanted to tell you that whatever you're planning...I forgive you."

Ichiryu thought he was going to drop the sauce in the soup when she continued. "I know that I've done terrible things and I don't for one second think that I deserve anything. I don't even deserve to be at this academy, so I understand what you want and, it's ok."

When Zero and Yuki returned they were surprised to see Rose and Ichiryu greeting them. When they explained that they made dinner, that really made them confused.

Yuki put down a couple cups and tried to make conversation. "You two really are identical. When I was in the infirmary earlier I thought it was Zero and not you for a second Ichiryu."

Zero's eyes widened in realization as he shot up from his seat. "Why were you in the infirmary?! What were you planning to do to Yuki?!"

Yuki tried to calm Zero when Rose entered the room with the headmaster. "Dinner is ready!"

This caused Ichiryu to stand up and mutter. "I'm leaving."

He then stormed out of the room without question. Rose sighed at this. She guessed she really couldn't bring them close together.

The Headmaster also sighed and turned towards Rose. "Rose, this came in the mail for you."

She looked down and noticed the crest on the envelope. She practically ripped it out of his hand and shoved it in her pocket before turning to the group. "I'm going to turn in also, Goodnight."

Then she left the room.

Rima collapsed on the sofa in exhaustion. "I'm so tired. They made me do weird work."

She opened her eyes when she felt a presence and the door open. She looked up to find Seneri and Takuma standing in the doorway. "Seneri, where have to been?"

On closer look she realized that he was much different then Seneri. He had a frightening presence about him. "Who are you?"

The strange just smirked, revealing his discolored eyes. One blue and one red.