On a side note, I finished writing the fanfic last night. (Yaay!) So it won't be a fic that was unfinished…or something. I estimated that there'll be a total of roughly 10 chapters. So, please stay with it till the end! I much appreciate the reviews I've gotten so far, too! ^-^

Also, the new prefect, my OC (original character) will be in the next chapter. Hope that didn't ruin anything…just thought I'd point out, since it's sort of a major thread intertwined with the rest of the story.

Fourth Night

Yuuki commenced the rest of the prefect duties alone, and with some small difficulty, as it was hard to patrol the whole academy grounds by herself.

"But that's right…Father said that his…nephew would be taking Zero's place." Yuuki remembered this vividly as she patrolled the grounds where the Moon Dorm was. She stopped and looked at the building where all of the vampires currently were; taking their studies. With a sinking heart, she realized also that Zero himself was now in that building, like a vampire that he was. Her calm eyes narrowed in with the dark of the night, weariness shadowing her face.

"Well I think I can spare some time." She stately turned her back on the building swiftly. "I'll go ask Headmaster about that new prefect again."

As soon as Yuuki strode across the grounds of the Moon Dorm, and was nigh just about to leave, she ran into someone most unexpectedly, or perhaps, maybe just a little unexpected.

"Good evening, Yuuki." The voice that Yuuki loved the most called her name, like a pleasant whisper brushing against her ear. She turned her back as she saw, leaning back against a tree in perfect composure, holding a book opened between his two hands, Kuran Kaname; the gentle vampire who had saved Yuuki from a near death experience ten long years ago.

"K-Kaname-senpai!" Yuuki jolted in surprise at his sudden appearance. The vampire clamped his book shut with a soft bam, as he apprehended Yuuki with long strides. He smiled most warmly at her, as Yuuki, like always, felt small and flimsy compared to this elegant being.

"How're your duties?" Kaname asked.

"T-They're all right." Yuuki answered in a stammer nervously.

"Do you miss Kiryuu?"

"Eh? Zero? I…" Her eyes lowered somberly. "Yes."

"I'm sorry, Yuuki."

Yuuki's eyes darted back up.

"On Kiryuu's behalf."

"Kaname…senpai. I-I'm fine." She contrived a small smile to reassure. "Zero…he agreed to go anyway, so—"

"Kiryuu…" Kaname repeated his name as if with disdain of it's very existence.

"Huh?" Yuuki titled her head.

"Just talking out loud." Smiled the vampire. "Well, excuse me now. I must be keeping you from your duties." He suddenly placed his hand on Yuuki's cheek softly. Yuuki felt her face flush once again with a rosy blemish.

"See you." He released his hand in a gentle manner as he walked past the awe-stricken Yuuki; gone within a flash mysteriously in the vast night. Yuuki's eyes gazed steadily upon the small white crescent moon, as a breath of a sigh escaped from her body. She then continued on her way of her quest of seeking the Headmaster's audience.

"Ah! Yuuki!" The headmaster exclaimed most happy as his daughter stepped foot into his office quietly. "What brings you here?"

"I…I just wanted to know about the new prefect…" Yuuki stuttered taking a few steps into the warm room. It felt refreshing to her as the night's coldness nipped at her skin bitingly.

"Oh...yes. My nephew." The Headmaster sat at his desk as his elbow rested upon the surface, twirling a pen in his other hand lazily.

"Does he know?" Yuuki asked. "About the Night Class..."

"Yes, he does. He's thought about coming to Cross Academy in the past, and when I asked him if he'd like to be the new prefect, he accepted."

"He supports your pacifist ideology, Headmaster?"

"Yes, yes. He does. And I think he'll be a good, reliable prefect. Not that Kiryuu-kun wasn't." he added hurriedly, nervously. Yuuki did not say any more as she only stood there with clenched firsts and a melancholy expression.

"Kiryuu-kun was our family, huh?" The Headmaster remarked quietly with a settle smile. He stood up from his chair and gazed out of the four-paneled window.

"I…I still don't understand why though." Yuuki said presently. "It isn't like…Zero. To suddenly enter the Night Class without making a big fuss over it. He'd never agree to that. So why…"

"Kiryuu-kun had his own reasons. He would not even tell me. He…was the one who suggested of his entering the class himself."

Yuuki looked at the Headmaster with surprise strewn in her face. "Z-Zero offered…?"

"Yes." The Headmaster now turned around, leaving his gaze out of the window behind. His face was serious. Quite a drawback of it's usual sarcastic expressions and antics.

"But don't worry, Yuuki. It's nothing you did. Kiryuu-kun…he actually said to me on the night we told you of this matter, that to make sure that you'd still be safe from his absence."

"Zero…did?" Yuuki spoke like one who was just deceived into believing a lie of false trickery. She felt a warm feeling grow within her chest from the mention of those few words as she suddenly felt that small hidden love for Zero grow also.

"Zero…" Yuuki smiled to herself as she realized the kind caring concern for her that awkwardly dwelled within him. She looked back up at her father, smiling now timidly.

"H-He doesn't need to worry about me. I'm fine." She pivoted on the heel of her boot, swiftly executing a turnabout. "I should get back to my duties."

"Yes. Sorry that you have to perform them alone by yourself for a few nights." The Headmaster drearily remarked with a sullen face.

"It's fine." Yuuki turned the door of the knob. "See you later." She abruptly left the room in a flash second, as the door shut with a soft resounding clack. The Headmaster stood there amidst in his office, as he undoubtedly knew that Zero's sudden disappearance still dismayed Yuuki inside greatly. And he could not help but feel the small emotion of slightly missing the serious, placid, former prefect also. It was like Zero had become a necessity for both of them in their lives. Even if they, or at least the Headmaster, did not realize it.

The week passed by slowly, very slowly, as Yuuki still diligently embraced her duties; alone or not. But every night, at twilight, when it was time for the vibrant Night Class to emerge from their Dorm, and enter outside to lavish forward with their studies, she always felt nervous and unkempt. Because he, Zero, was there now. She still could not fully grasp this new, seemingly deceitful, concept that fell upon Zero. They spoke little. Many little words to each other, like they were just minor friends partaking in a light conversation. But "minor" was something that Yuuki knew that their relationship was not. At least, before their former relationship before Zero was sent amongst to the vampires. Vampires...those creatures that Zero had so coldly labeled as "beasts in human form." He resented and hated them. Always. Even if it was hating himself, too. Yuuki knew of the loathe that Zero held deeply against these creatures, and for that, she could still not discern the fact of why he would insistently step forth among them. But the tiny fact that naïve Yuuki knew the most with absolute certainty, was that she did, whole heartedly, miss her friend, her "partner", Zero; like a clinging leaf still holding it's own against a mighty wind-whipping storm, refusing to be separated from the vine. Yes, she could never let go of Zero. No matter how strong the wind provoked it, and no matter how much the hefty storm rebuked it. Zero was the most important…person to her. This she realized faintly, as if almost reluctantly. Even more so important than the mysterious pureblood vampire, Kaname.