Hello again! Sorry for the wait! This is the longest chapter yet!–D.C.
Ruka returned to the night class dorms in a daze,
"What's wrong Ruka?" Aido asked her as she stopped on the staircase.
"I sore a ghost out on the lake" she replied leaning on the banister momentarily,
"Really? That's odd; I wonder what brought it here?" Aido mused as he sprawled lazily across the couch; sighing Ruka tapped her foot to an imaginary beat,
"Mmm... he was wearing a Day-Class uniform, but he was no-one I recognised" Ruka replied,
"Strange..." he yawned, "good-day Ruka" he said trudging past her up stairs,
Ruka shook her head before standing and heading for her own room.
Danny sat on the window sill as the sun rose, it was silent but for the twittering of birds and the slow breathing of his room-mate, sighing he looked to his bed where his clone was sleeping; he wasn't going to class today, he was going to eavesdrop on the dreams of the girl he'd seen.
When the clock chimed 6:00am he went intangible and flew through the wall, winging his way toward the girl's dreams.
Ruka tossed restlessly: she dreamt she was being chased by small black shadows; this was a common Dream for her and some small part of her knew she only ran out of familiarity not any real fear, suddenly the Dream changed in its usual way and she was sitting under a tree in an old forest.
Danny stood with his hand upon the young woman's forehead as he concentrating his power it formed a chill in the air, he faded from sight as a whirly wind swept through the room.
Zero awoke, instantly sitting up he looked at the digital clock 6:01am, scratching his jaw he looked out the window, startled he looked again.
"How in the world" he looked at the iced-over hand print there then over at his still sleeping room-mate, getting out of bed he walked over and ran a finger through the condensation, it was on the inside.
"Probably Kaname not trusting me to have a room-mate, not that I blame him I don't trust me either" he whispered to himself, thinking on Headmaster Cross's words to him the morning before he wondered why to himself.
"Why do we have to have roomies at all! Not that I don't like Leila or anything... But still why?" Yuuki whined slouching back in her chair,
"Because all the other day students already share and none of the other rooms are renovated yet"
Cross said folding his arms, leaning back he continued, "As for you Zero, it has been months since you've lost even the slightest ounce of control, I trust you" he said staring Zero in the eye until his words sunk in.
"He trusts me" Zero repeated smiling briefly before getting ready for class.
Danny stepped into the dream a looked around, amazed whomever this girl was she had such vivid realistic dreams. He currently standing on a huge rotting moss covered stump in an ancient-feeling forest, jumping down he walked toward a tree, it was enormous his arms barely encircling one root.
Suddenly he shook his head he was here to talk to her, not play in her dreams.
He walked onward jumping a thin stream he stepped around yet another massive tree and tripped over falling in her lap where she sat under the tree.
"Oh! Sorry!" Danny said jumping to his feet.
Ruka looked up at the ghost from the lake and nearly laughed, the innocent lit to his voice taking her by surprise, of cause only she'd dream something like this.
"Are you laughing at me vampire-girl?" the ghost raised an eyebrow at her,
"Sorry, you surprised me is all ghost-boy" she replied standing herself,
"Call me Danny, you?" he said holding out his hand,
Shaking it she replied "Ruka, please" he nodded as though memorizing it,
"So what brings you to my dream?" after she asked he got a strange look in his eyes that made her wonder why she asked it,
"Um... who knows I guess your subconscious is curious about me so... it uh? Thought me up"
"Funny my subconscious is usually more subtle about things?" he looked suddenly startled about something kind of like she'd caught him out,
"Or you know it might not be your subconscious at work, I might have been curious myself an dropped into your dreams" he looked so surprised at himself for he saying that, that Ruka nearly laughed again,
"I didn't know ghosts could do that?" she smiled wondering how much he would tell her, even if he turned out to be a figment of her imagination.
I've been lazy with my fanfic lately... but this should tide people over while write a chapter of my other fic R&R. –D.C.