Zero glared at his reflection in the grandeur oval mirror that hung a few inches off of the ground it stood a little longer than him in height. Although he was never one to care much for his appearance, he did have to admit that the night class uniform made him look odd. With his silver hair and the white uniform, he would have looked washed out had it not been for the black collared shirt that completed the ensemble.
His finger traced over two small puncture scars at the base of his neck. Despite his vampiric healing abilities, the bite from his pure blooded nemesis would not disappear like other bites.
His hand trailed up to his head and tugged his hair, it was slightly longer now and completely covered his ears. He sighed as he remembered what the doctor told him: "Your hair will be growing at an abnormal rate from now on. I recommend not cutting it as it will only grow back."
"Will it ever stop growing?!" He remembered asking.
"Oh yes, once it reaches its self designated length. It varies depending on the breeding strength of the vampire. The longer the hair the better a carrier vampire is at breeding."
"Zero." A voice called from the opposite side of the door, breaking him out of his thoughts. "Classes start in a few minutes."
"I'm coming." He called. He mentally braced himself for everybody's reaction. He took one last glance at himself before exiting his new and extravagant room.
"Hey Shiki." Zero greeted, following the elder as he led the way to the rest of the night class.
"So you're officially one of us now." Shiki conversed as they headed out to meet the other's waiting for the cross over.
"Don't remind me. Just because I'm complying doesn't mean I'm happy about this." Zero muttered, he quieted as they others grew nearer.
The whispers grew as Zero approached, making it fairly obvious he was the object of discussion.
"Ah. Zero-kun." The sickly sweet voice made him want to hurl. "I'm glad you were able to join us."
"Don't call me by my name, Kuran." Zero said the name with venom.
Kaname's eyes darkened with promise of future punishment. "It's time. Let us depart." Kaname stated, he turned away from the carrier and addressed the waiting night class. "Kiryu-kun. Please walk beside me."
"We walk in an order of importance. That is why Kaname walks ahead, with nobles then common vampires following after. WIth you walking beside him he is claiming you are of equal status. It is a grand honor." Takuma whispered, coming up beside Zero before he could decline.
Zero reluctantly caught up with the other vampire, walking beside him in silence. As the gates opened he could faintly hear Aidou's, "Just smile and wave boys, smile and wave."
Screaming greeted the Night Class, followed by many declarations of love. However all noise stopped when hundreds of eyes laid upon Zero. The silence was broken when a strong voice yelled, "I love you Zero-kun!"
Zero was a little surprised as many other declarations followed, he was gently nudged by Kaname, to keep walking. He hadn't even realized he stopped.
He felt a smile tug on his lips when he saw Yuki, joined by Sayori, attempting to keep the feral beasts also known as teenage girls away from the Night Class.
"Hey Zero! Nice to see you up and running." Sayori greeted before resuming her duties. However, the forming smile completely fell off of his face when he was greeted with Yuki's angry eyes. They clearly screamed 'We need to talk'. Zero nodded but Yuki simply looked away, anger still radiating off of her.
All throughout his lessons Zero could not focus on a single word the instructors said, all completely focused on coming up with a reason as to why Yuki was angry with him
He was relieved when the bell rang, signaling the end of the Night Classes studies. He quickly dismissed himself, ignoring Kaname's gaze. He ran to the Day Class Girl's Dormitory knowing Yuki had stayed up for him.
He climbed up through the window, knowing with the obvious white Night Class uniform he would be spotted. He knocked twice and waited a few seconds before the window opened.
"Yuki." he greeted once he was safely inside.
"Zero." Yuki stated through gritted teeth, apparently she was still angry.
They sat in a somewhat silence, the only sound being the running water coming from the bathroom, which Zero assumed was where Sayori was.
It was after a long silence that Yuki exclaimed, "Kaname is mine!"
It shocked Zero into silence, which Yuki took as a sort of denial. "I see the way you look at each other! When you aren't looking at him, he's looking at you! It infuriates me! I saw how worried he was when you got hurt! And then you got to walk next to him during the crossover! He told me that spot was for only those important to him! That spot is mine!" Yuki screamed.
Zero sat, silenced. He was thankful now that the Headmaster had decided on soundproof walls in Yuki's room, if he hadn't then the entire dormitory would have awoken.
Yuki fell in front of Zero on her knees. "I'm sorry Zero… It's just that… I've admired him all my life, he saved me… and I love him. I don't want anybody to take him away from me… He's special to me. He's mine." Yuki mumbled.
Zero was about to respond when Sayori came in, haphazardly wrapped in a towel and her hair full of shampoo. "Yuki are you- Zero? Yuki why were you yelling at Zero?" Sayori asked confused.
"I was just informing him of… things." Yuki mumbled, wiping tears from her eyes.
"But what you said about Kaname-"
"Just drop it." Yuki said a little harsher than intended.
Sayori stood there for a good minute before she turned around and headed back into the bathroom.
Yuki got up off of the ground and pulled Zero into her arms, she ignored his stiffness and proceeded with her hug. "I'm glad you're okay. Really I am. I was surprised when I saw you with the night class! After all, with the way you are,why would they accept you?" Although she said the words flippantly, the words stung Zero and he couldn't help but feel hurt.
He gave a harsh laugh. "So you and Kuran?" He asked, hoping to change the subject.
Yuki's eyes glowed with excitement. "Ah! I think he loves me! He told me I was very special to him! He said I had a special place specifically for me in his heart. I'm irreplaceable! So don't try to take him away from me Zero!" She said in a teasing voice but considering the episode that happened earlier, Zero knew she wasn't joking.
"Well I have to go, Kuran is probably expecting me." When he noticed the heated look Yuki was giving him he added, "I pissed him off earlier so he's probably going to reprimand me, what an egotistical jackass." That seemed to reassure Yuki as she backed off and gave him a bright smile before bidding him goodbye.
As Zero jumped back out of the window he couldn't help but think he may have lost his best friend. "Was she always this bipolar?" He asked himself as he made his way back to the moon dorms. "She's never acted anywhere near this behavior before… could it be the transformation? I guess I could look into it. It wouldn't be the strangest thing that happened to me because of it. Maybe it's hormones. Actually, knowing vampires it could make sense. I could ask Shiki or Takuma later." Zero mused.
Just as Zero approached the Night Class gates he felt himself fly through the air and collide roughly with the bark of a tree. He let out a pained groan.
"Do you think you can avoid me without consequence? And who do you think you are disrespecting me." Kaname hissed into his ear. His hands pinned Zero's wrist above his head, and one of his legs was in between Zero's, making them suggestively close.
"Y-you vindictive bastard." Zero coughed into his shoulder and was unsurprised to see a bit of blood come out. He took pleasure in watching the elder's eyes go red. "Just because you're blood is pure doesn't make you any less of an animal like the rest of us." Zero goaded.
Kaname smirked. "You seem to think you're the one in control he, Zero-kun." Kaname purred.
Zero let out a pained smile. "Am I not? I seem to recall the doctor telling me that while because I am a rare type of vampire my blood seems to have a delectable taste. I can see your eyes, you're tempted. Well come on.Taste my blood, Kaname." Those seemed to be magic words as one the pure blood's name left his lips said vampire dug his fangs into the spot he had bitten on their previous encounter.
Zero gasped as his life sustaining liquid was sucked out of him, finally being aware to the feeling of hunger that caused him to provoke the pureblood. With a pleased moan, he bit into the other's neck.
Yagari crushed the box of cigarettes and attempted to throw it in the trash. However, like his many other attempts, it hit the rim and fell to the floor, joining two other boxes. He had long ago stopped crying, the only feeling inside him now anger, regret, and guilt. He knew he could not deny a mission.
Yagari took a long drag of the cancer stick in his mouth. He looked at the paper in his hand with utter loathing. In it were step by step instructions of his mission. He felt another wave of anger roll over him and he grabbed a nearby chair and flung it into the mirror on the opposite side of the room. He crumpled the paper threw it in the trash, the only thing that made it in, before exiting the president's office. The man was long gone, having left almost as soon as he told Yagari his "grand idea".
Yagari exited the Vampire Hunter Headquarters and decided to head to the nearest gas station, he needed a smoke.
Zero outwardly sighed contently but inside he was disgusted him himself. 'I just gave myself to him! So easily and willingly… I… I couldn't control it!'
He felt Kaname's hand trailing his spine and all he felt was shame. They had only fed but Zero knew this time was different. It was intimate. It was repulsive and abhorrent…. but it felt so good. Kaname's hand stroking his back gently was definitely not helping his conflicting emotions.
Feeling as though he was about to explode, Zero jumped up and ran a few meters into the Moon Dorm gates. He didn't stop running, not until he managed to climb the four flights of stairs and into Shiki's room. He didn't even care that he interrupted what looked to be a steamy make-out session considering both were half naked. He ignored them both and proceeded to make his way over to Shiki's unoccupied bed which he decided to fall face first in.
"Zero…?" Shiki called, after a few seconds of attempting to make himself look decent.
"I'm not hungry anymore. I couldn't even feel my hunger all day. Then Kuran came along... and I was starving… I didn't even realize what I was doing,.. but I provoked him into biting me… it felt good." Zero stated breathlessly, tired after his fight or flight experience.
Shiki and Takuma shared a strange look before Shiki turned back to his unofficial brother. "Um… Zero… I don't know if we should be the one's to tell you this, but…. from what you're describing Kaname seems to have mated with you without informing you."
Before Zero felt anger overwhelm him, he had one coherent thought: 'Yuki is going to murder me.'
I am extremely sorry that I have not updated this story since January! I will try my best to update regularly.