DFA: So... we're on to the next chapter! Now... it's Ruka's turn!

Ruka: As long as Kaname-sama doesn't pair with that girl, okay. These two humanoids don't own Vampire Knight. Just the OCs.

LB: Yup… Ruka is gorgeous… Btw, to those of you who reviewed/alerted/favourite, I thank you! Sincerely, of course…

DFA: Do you want Pocky, Ruka? –innocently-

LB: Dawn, she won't want a Pocky. It's Aido, and once Aido finds out she has one, heck knows what he would do.

Ruka: Are you serious?

DFA: No. (Smiles at Ruka innocently) I just wanted to see your reaction. Anyhoo, since the disclaimer is done, here comes the story!

Chapter I: Eyes of Death

-Ayumi's POV-

Two years later...

I gazed out the window with a sense of peace that always deserted me every night. It was exactly three hours before night. My stomach curled with disgust and fear at the thought of what would happen in exactly three hours...

I turned my head away from the scenery to look at my brother, staring out the opposite window. He felt my gaze and turned to look back at me, a half-smile gracing his full lips. I blinked my wide golden eyes and thought to him, Our targets are strange this time. A level-D and a high-ranked Level B. What's more, our orders came from the third in command, not the first or the second. When I tried to probe their minds, I was blocked out. Something is different.

I know, he responded. I was blocked too, but I caught a glimpse of what happened. Kuran Rido is dead, and so are the First and Second in command. That's why we're going to this school. The targets stay there. I believe the 'Pureblood Prince' thinks that they are safe now.

Maybe.

My brother turned his head back and continued to watch the scenery, while I stared at my porcelain skin. My shoulder-blade length wavy silver hair fell over my shoulder and I flipped it back impatiently, annoyed at the human slowness. I wished I was faster and stronger than the vampires, and insanely beautiful all the time... but I wanted to be in control as well.

Soon, the walls of Cross Academy came into view, and the terrified driver slid to a stop in front of the front gates, stammering as he struggled to open the door with sweat-slick hands. My brother stopped him with a simple wave of his hand and opened the door smoothly, sliding his sunglasses into place over his golden eyes. I mirrored the movement on the other side.

Kanaye ran a hand through his short, wavy hair and looked at me. I raised one eyebrow at him. Kill today? I asked.

No. We need to find out some things as well.

Do we? I don't recall.

You were half-asleep.

Wrong. I got bored.

He chuckled, and the startled driver jumped about a mile in the air. I fought a grin as I placed a shield around my mind, preventing anyone from reading my thoughts, as did Kanaye. (Even though we had shields around our minds, we could still sense each other's general feelings, not personal thoughts.) The poor common vampire thinks we're going to kill him at any moment. Honestly, I pity him: no one can feel safe around my brother, who carried a strange air of menace that broke only around me. In fact, even Rido – in the brief moments when we met him – looked slightly shaken at the look of death in my brother's eyes.

As for me, I was usually more peaceful than my brother. I can be ferocious if I wanted to, but most of the time, I was calm and peaceful. That was during the day. During the night, everything is different.

Going around to the boot and opening the boot, I pulled out my luggage. It was heavy. Like I said, I wasn't strong all the time. The bag fell to the floor with a heavy thud. "Oof! What did you put in here?" I snarled softly to my brother, who chuckled again and grabbed it from my hand before taking his. I wish I was a male. Then I could be stronger.

"I'll take it for you, little weakling," he teased me. I poked his stomach.

"Less of the little weakling, servant. Go, put it in my room or I'll have you whipped!" I joked back.

He feigned fear. "Oh, great mistress! I shall not fail you!" and we both fell about laughing. The driver stared at us, amazed that our kind could act human. Well, right now, we were humans, so it should be natural.

After our bout of laughter was over, we moved away, into the gates, where we were welcomed by the two Guardians, one of whom was Kuran Yuuki, the Pureblood Princess, while the other was our target, Kiryuu Zero, the Prince, and the second target.

"Welcome," she said in soft tones. Her brother put two hands lightly on her shoulders, while the second target gazed at me with his green eyes. Ichijo Takuma.

My heart suddenly gave a jolt as I met those green orbs of his. My nose was filled with the scent of his blood, and I was yearning for it. I loved it.

Automatically, my mind suppressed those positive feelings, but it couldn't seem to go away. It was only when my brother's voice broke through my weakened shield that I regained control of myself. Ayumi! Control yourself! My brother snarled at me.

I pushed him out of my mind, embarrassed, and quickly shielded myself from the mind readers. "Thank you," I replied in equally soft tones, trying to make my voice as less appealing as possible, so the Prince won't suspect anything.

One of the only things that followed me as a human was my wind-chime voice. My brother's voice, too, came with him in this form. That, and our basic features; we become paler at night, and more beautiful.

Kaname Kuran stared at me with eyes that seemed to bore holes into my head. I tried to stare back unflinchingly, but of course, I was merely a half-human at this point. My brother stepped in front of me and gazed menacingly back at him.

"Yes?" he asked in a tone that was far from respectful.

Now that my brother had moved, I had a clear view of Ichijo Takuma. Normally, I would've jabbed my brother's side if he did something like that, but my attention was sucked to this target, and I couldn't tear my eyes from him. The feeling quivered in my heart and swelled until I couldn't speak.

He looked back, and he smiled gently; his handsome face lit up and I almost smiled back. Almost.

This is my target? I thought disbelievingly to myself. He didn't look like he could hurt a fly. I said 'my' target, because I was ordered to kill the second target. Apparently, they wanted to see how I would go against a Level B, alone. I assured them that it would be easy.

But... what if it wasn't? If he stared at me with those eyes of his... I wouldn't be able to hurt him. It seemed wrong, to hurt this man who wouldn't hurt anything. He was too gentle, too un-vampirish.

Stop this right now! My brother snapped in my head once again. I jumped, and looked at him; he was staring at me now. All their gazes were on me.

I flushed lightly, and stepped forward for an introduction.

"Hi! My name is Nakano Ayumi, and this is my elder twin, Kanaye. We're new students here, and we'll like to see the Chairman... if it's possible."

"The Chairman's busy," Kiryuu said, his silver hair much like mine. "We are here to give you your uniforms and the va – I mean, Ichijo and I will show you around. Kuran and his little sister are rather occupied at this moment, but they wanted to meet you."

Kaname spoke, "I believe you specifically asked for the Day Class?"

"Yes," my brother answered. "We prefer studying in the day." That was a lie of course. We can't be anywhere at night... not around humans anyways. We'll have to skip curfew.

"Either way, you would be in the Day Class anyways," Kiryuu muttered. I feigned ignorance and raised an eyebrow as if to ask why.

He shrugged. "It's nothing. Let's just go."

Ichijo and Kiryuu led us away. My brother purposely placed himself between Ichijo and me, so I wouldn't feel what I would feel when I saw him.

I shivered, and drifted back slightly as Kiryuu caught my brother's attention. He needed to study the boy, seeing the way he moved and everything.

I fingered the little band around my third finger, and rubbed the diamond. My brother had given it to me when our parents were murdered – by us. He had felt no guilt when he saw them, broken and gone forever, but I did. It wasn't usual for our kind, but I did. I had loved them like no other child of our kind ever had. Our parents were siblings, like us, and we were the last ones. Three days after that bloody night, we were caught by the Vampire Council, who ordered us to serve them.

That was over a hundred and fifty years ago. And no one but my brother had ever caught my heart. Until now.

-DFA


Aido: These two like reviews almost as much as I love POCKY!!!

DFA: Stop hinting. (tosses Aido Pocky)

LB: Ooh, I've got lots of Pocky at home. =]

DFA: Now, I'm out! Next chapter will be done by our one and only... Littlebells! (Smile, smile) Everyone, please welcome her writing. It's slightly different from mine... but equally as good, in a different way.

LB: Humph, good? Nah… Mine is really short, and based more on conversation and thoughts than those descriptive words. Lalala—Girl, you better tell me what to write next… Haha!

DFA: ... Now, I'm REALLY out.