Disclaimer: Vampire Knight does not belong to me, I am only using the characters and universe for my plot.
Author's Note: Hello again, I have been rearranging parts of the story and revising quite a bit so there will definitely be some noticeable changes. I am sticking pretty close to my original plot idea, but there will be a few twists. I am sorry that the story looks a mess at the moment. I will be replacing and removing chapters as I continue to revise and re-write things. Thank you for sticking with me!
…Chapter Two…
"Hey Yuki." Yuki felt a poke against her side.
"Mmph, what?" Yuki mumbled as she propped herself up from her facedown position on her desk.
"Class is over now Yuki, you fell asleep again," a pair of light green eyes examined Yuki from the seat to her right.
"Oh, sorry Yori," Yuki yawned and began to pack away her school books.
"It's alright. At least you stayed awake for most of class today. And you don't have to go to supplementary classes tonight!" Yori smiled, tucking her short blonde hair behind her ear.
"How was your patrol last night?" Yori asked as they walked through the school building halls.
"Nothing really happened except the Day Class girls screaming about 'Idol-sempai' but I had a lot of homework again," Yuki stuck her tongue out at the books in her arms.
"I wondered if that was why you didn't come back to our room last night. Did you stay with your father again?" Yori asked.
"Yes, Headmaster Cross was so excited to have Zero and me there for breakfast that he burned the oatmeal and the eggs. So Zero and I made toast while he made a big mess in the kitchen," Yuki smiled at the thought of her absentminded adoptive father fluttering around the kitchen that morning.
"Well that was nice. I'm going to the library to study, do you want to come with me?" Yori said as she paused at the path leading from the school buildings to the Cross Academy library.
"Alright, I should get my homework started before the Night Class changeover anyway," Yuki said as she caught up to her friend.
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"Okay, everybody stand back!" Yuki shouted as students pushed closer to the tall, wrought-iron gates leading to the Moon Dormitory where the Night Class students lived. The changeover between the two classes was always chaotic with Day Class students clamoring to catch glimpses of their mysterious counterparts.
Yuki sighed as she blew her whistle in warning to a cluster of girls edging closer still to the gate. It was true that the Night Class was made up of very beautiful students, and their brief appearances did leave behind an air of mystery. What none of the Day Class students knew though, was that the mystery of the Night Class was a darker one. They could not know that the glamorous students they fawned over every evening were vampires, it would cause mass panic. One of Headmaster Cross' quirks, out of many, was his belief that vampires and humans could coexist peacefully. Yuki agreed with her adoptive father, but she often wished her role in his plan was not so tiring.
"Hey! Stop pushing over there!" Yuki scolded as she dashed over to help a girl who had been knocked to her knees by several overzealous girls hoping for a better look at the Night Class. The girl looked up as Yuki reached her, but instead of thanking Yuki, she let out a shriek. Yuki winced as she turned to see the gate begin to swing open.
"Oh! Hey, watch out!" Yuki stumbled as several girls rushed forward to cry out the names of their adored Night Class students.
Just as they did every night, the Night Class followed their dark haired dorm leader, Kuran Kaname. His mahogany eyes flitted over the crush of students as he calmly strode along the path leading to the school buildings. His eyes landed on Yuki and he gave a small smile and a nod as he walked by. Yuki quickly nodded back, her face flushing as she turned to hold back a group of girls swooning from the attention of another Night Class boy.
"Aido! Idol-sempai!" they were screaming as the blonde and blue eyed boy winked and smiled in their direction.
"Hello ladies! Don't you all look sweet tonight!" Aido Hanabusa beamed at his personal band of fan girls. Yuki caught the flash or sharp teeth in his smile before it disappeared into a frown. A large hand had landed firmly on his shoulder and Aido turned to catch a disapproving look from his cousin, Kain Akatsuki. Kain sternly steered his flirt of a cousin away from the girls, the tall and fiery haired vampire was not one to be refused. Even hearing the cries of "Wild-sempai!" from his own admirers could not persuade him to pause.
His other companion also pointedly ignored her admirers. Souen Ruka did not pause to acknowledge a single offering of flowers or the tears streaming down the face of a snubbed Day Class boy. She simply tossed her light brown hair over shoulder and kept her brown eyes focused on the back of Kaname-sama's head and gracefully walked on at Kain's side.
Yuki hurriedly ushered the Day Class students away as the last of the Night Class entered the school buildings and returned a cheery wave from Takuma Ichijo who was waiting for a bored looking Toya Rima and a yawning Senri Shiki.
"Okay, they're gone now! Everyone go back to your dorms," Yuki called out and blew her whistle yet again.
After hustling along several stragglers, Yuki began her usual walk around the grounds. As she followed one of the paths around the school building, Yuki caught sight of a long shadow turning the corner ahead of her. Running to catch up, Yuki turned the corner and pulled out the Artemis Rod.
"Hey!" Yuki stopped in surprise.
"What are you doing Yuki?" Zero rolled his eyes as he took in her angry face.
"You were supposed to be helping me tonight! Where have you been?" Yuki demanded.
"Nowhere," Zero answered and grabbed her arm. He began to pull her along the path beside him as he cast glances around the shadowed grounds.
"What do you mean? Where are we going?" Yuki asked as she almost stumbled over a stick.
"To walk the grounds and do our job…" Zero turned around and raised an eyebrow at her. Yuki huffed a little and pulled her hand away.
"Well you're awfully high and mighty for not even showing up all the time!" Yuki gave him her fiercest glare but, from Zero's amused look, he wasn't even mildly terrified.
"Ugh, come on then," Yuki huffed as she began to stomp around him and toward the edge of the trees. Giving a cursory glance through the trees, Yuki turned to look across the grounds near the Moon Dorm. Distracted with trying to distinguish between shadows from the trees and possible students, she missed the protruding tree root and caught her foot on it.
"Oh!" she flung her arms out for balance as she pitched forward. Suddenly she caught her breath as an arm locked around her middle, jerking her fall to a halt.
"You should really watch where you are walking," Zero quietly spoke into her ear. Yuki said nothing as she gulped air as she looked down at the ground only a foot away from her nose. Zero pulled her to her feet with a smirk.
"Um, thank you Zero," Yuki whispered.
"Come on, we can check the front of the school and we should be done," Zero said.
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Yuki sleepily wandered through the hallway to Chairman Cross's bathroom. Yawning, she clutched her towel and clothes to her chest as she pushed the door open. Flipping on the light, she blinked rapidly as she set her things down on the bench. Brushing her teeth, Yuki wondered what Zero could have been up to that made him late to help with the patrol again. Rinsing her mouth, Yuki shrugged and turned to start the shower just as Zero stalked into the bathroom.
"Oh, you're in here," he said looking a bit grouchy.
"I can wait for a minute if you need to brush your teeth," Yuki hedged, wishing she could already be in bed. Zero nodded and went to the sink. Watching, Yuki noticed his hands shook a little as he reached for the tap.
"Are you all right?" she asked.
"Fine," he answered shortly, his eyes not meeting hers.
"Are you sure? Zero," Yuki reached her hand out to him but he shrugged her away. His eyes flickered upward for just long enough for Yuki to see that his eyes were tinged with red.
…Chapter End…
Author's Note: What do you think so far? I know that the sequence is different, but the different timing was needed to keep the characters canon. Send me a review and let my know your thoughts!