Disclaimer: I do not own any Vampire Knight stuff. My OCs are mine though.
Chapter 8: Help Arrives
"YŪKI! Slow down!" Zero was being dragged by an overexcited Yūki.
"Come on! I've been waiting for you to meet him for forever!" She called back as she pulled at the annoyed teen.
When they a slipped through the gates to the Moon Dorm she began to whistle a shrill call that echoed in the dusk. "Ow." Zero complained, "Who's your friend. A vampire dog." He spat; not liking the idea at all.
The brunet prefect rolled her eyes and whistled again. When there was no sort of response she shrugged, "He must be with Kaname-sempai. He usually is."
"Great." Her companion muttered, figuring that anyone who hung around the vampire was bad news.
Yūki opened the door to the manor-like dorm to find the Night Class in a right panic. Several vampires in white uniforms were rushing around, lifting up cushions, opening closed doors, and all of them called, "Glaydier! Glaydier, come out please!"
Then Takuma saw Yūki and Zero standing in the door and he quickly rushed over and said, "Yūki! What a surprise! Weren't you supposed to come later?"
"I was so excited I came as soon as the last student was in the dorms. Is something wrong?" She asked.
Then Kaname came down the stairs. He looked around the room at the searching vampires. "Ichigo." He called.
The blonde vampire winced and when over to the pureblood's side, "Y-Yes, Kaname-sama?"
"What is everyone doing?"
"Um, well, we seem to have…" He nervously twiddled his thumbs, "… lost Glaydier."
Yūki was just about to start panicking when Kaname snapped his fingers. A ripple seemed to wash through the room. A second later a golden blur shot from the upstairs hall, jumped from the railing, and glided on to Kaname's shoulder. The whole student body froze in their places and stared. Glaydier rubbed his head on his front paw, looking ever so cute on the vampires shoulder. "I do not understand," Kaname said, "he is right here."
The Class gave a collective sigh. Yūki grinned and clapped her hands, "Come here, boy." She called to the hatchling. The young dragon glided down from the older teen's shoulders and landed in Yūki's arms. He rubbed his head against her cheek. She giggled then turned to Zero. "Zero, this is Glaydier."
"Your friend is a weird lizard." The white-haired teen asked.
All around him the Night Class laughed. Hanabusa Aido said, "Even a human should be able to recognize a dragon when they see one. I guess Kiriyuu is dumber than we thought."
Zero slipped a hand into his coat and began to slide Bloody Rose from its holster when he was tackled by a golden "lizard". Glaydier knocked him off his feet onto the ground The brave hatchling had sense Zero's murderous intent and had leapt to the defense of his vampiric friend. He dug his small but sharp claws into Zero's arm, which was now pinned to the youth's chest. The small hatchling growled, the sound, thought very small, was still slightly menacing.
"Glaydier!" Yūki cried, "Get off him now!" she moved to pull the little dragon away. The Night Class was laughing even harder than before. The arrogant Prefect knocked to the ground by a Hatchling. To them it was ludicrous. Yūki's pulling did little good to move the dragon; Zero was also not having much luck in shaking him off.
After a minute of this Kaname spoke, "Glaydier," his tone was so commanding that the dragon looked up, "heel." The dragon immediately let go and allowed Yūki to pull him off Zero.
"Bad Glaydier! That was very bad!" Yūki scolded the hatchling who was now curling in her arms as if he'd done nothing wrong.
Zero glared at the dragon, "That thing is dangerous. We should kill it before someone gets hurt."
Those words had a much worse effect then he'd feared. He had been expecting Yūki's anger and for her to pull way. He was not expecting her to run to Kaname and hide behind him. "You wouldn't dare!" She hissed. The dragon in her arms growled again. Now, though, since the dragon was no longer in danger of biting the Prefect's nose off, the sound was not as intimidating. It was like that of a puppy's, with the potential of danger but not very scary.
"Kiriyuu, the dragon cannot be killed. This is an area of business of which you know nothing. Do not speak rashly." Kaname cautioned. "Glaydier is young and has not yet learned his manners. You would not shoot a child who has bitten you out of fear. This Hatchling is no different."
"If I ever got bit by some kid, "Zero growled, "I'd assume it was a bloodsucker and blow its head off."
The air in the room had cooled several degrees. Kaname choose to ignore Zero's hostile presence and turned to Yūki. "Yūki," He said, "Do remember the incident we had the other night?"
She nodded a small chill running down her spine.
"Well I have asked an old friend of mine to come and help you with Glayider." He looked a bit nervous and he spoke, "She will teach you how to raise the hatchling properly and help protect you both from those monsters."
Yūki frowned, "I don't need a babysitter. But I would be grateful for the help with Glaydier." She cocked her head to the side, "But why didn't you call her before?"
Kaname's expression was a mix of nausea and resignation, "She is… difficult to deal with."
Form above an unfamiliar voice called down, "Of all the adjectives I was expecting you to describe me with, I have to say, 'difficult' was not one of them."
Yūki spun around and saw, perched on the railing of the second floor, a girl. She had long auburn brown hair and hazel brown eyes. She seemed to be wearing a uniform of white and silver. Standing on either side of her were two other girls. On the right, a dark blonde older teen in firey colored clothes, the girl was examining the vampires with an almost board expression and on the left was a sunny blonde in blue and green whose grin was in danger of splitting her face.
"Well, I would hate to give any false impressions." Kaname replied to her.
The brunette gave an un-lady-like snort and said, "Yeah, sure, just be honest Kaname. I'm a real bitch, aren't I?"
"Perhaps, but you said it, not I." Kaname frowned, "Now, would you come down from there before you scuff the railing."
"Well now that you said that I don't really wanna, but," Yūki gasped when the girl slipped from the rail dropping to the floor. She landed in a crouch then stood smiling, "I really can't wait to meet her." Then the odd girl was standing right in front of Yūki, "Hello, Yūki."
The teen gave a small yelp and stepped back.
This made the other girl laugh she wiped a tear from her eye, "You are amusing, I'm looking forward to working with you, Yūki-chan."
"Ummm," Yūki asked, "How do you know my name?"
The girl waved in dismissal, "Oh, you know, Kaname talks of-"
"Genero," Kaname cut in, "the point."
"Oh relax." She said, "I wasn't going to tell her everything, just a bit of it." She grinned maliciously, "Anyway, tormenting Kaname aside," she beckoned for the other two girls to join her, "this," she gestured to the girl with the short, dark blonde hair, "is Voltera Shizuki and this," the grinning blonde, "is Ociannah Aquiss. They are my close friends and will be helping me. And I," she said laying a hand on her chest, "am Genero Hesekara, Crystal extraordinaire."
"You are many things," Kaname said dryly, "but extraordinary is not one of them."
She shot him a look, "Oy, you in the bat gallery, shut your face."
All around her the Night Class hissed. She didn't even seem to notice their malice instead her came closer to examine Glaydier. She said something to him in another language and coaxed him with her hand. He sniffed it then made the small leap from Yūki's arms to Genero's. As he sniffed around this new person, Genero was running her hands over him. It looked like a doctor's exam.
"Are you some kind of dragon doctor?" Yūki asked.
"No," Genero answered, "but I am well versed in dragon rearing. We will only have to see a healer if there is something seriously wrong, but it seems as if you've done a good job so far." She smiled at the nervous brunette. "He's got good strong limbs and a strong jaw. His mental development is a smidge behind, but you didn't know what to do so that's expected."
Yūki nodded, "Thank you."
Genero just shrugged, "No problem. But I am just dying to hear about how you found a dragon egg." She looked at Kaname, "Let's go have a chat, ne~"
The look on Kaname's face made it seems as if the last thing he wanted to do was have a "chat" with Genero. But he began walking towards the stairs, "This way." He said.
Genero let Glaydier jump from her arms and then began to follow after the vampire. "Genero-hime!" Ociannah called, "What do you want us to do?!"
The dark haired Crystal Tossed a grin over her shoulder, "Go see the Headmaster and tell him he has three new students. One Night Class, two Day Class." Then Kaname opened his door for the silver-clad girl and they disappeared.
