AN: I DO NOT OWN EITHER VAMPIRE KNIGHT OR TWILIGHT. THEY BELONG TO THEIR CREATORS.
Chapter 8
We waited by a clearing on the shore of a lake. We were all waiting in the trees for Zero.
We didn't have to wait long. Soon after the sun had set, the object of our challenge stepped into the clearing covering his face with his hands. We stepped out of our cover below the trees.
As if he could hear our silent steps approaching, he uncovered his face, pulled out his gun from his pocket and pointed it at us with the grace of a Vampire Hunter. (But then again, he is from one of the most well known Hunter families, the Kiryu's).
"Hello Night Class," he sneered. "What do you want?"
"You know you're a little cocky, Zero Kiryu," Hanabusa replied, yet not answering the question.
"You're just a human," I sneered back.
"And the way you treat Lord Kaname," Ruka continued, trailing off at the end. (I always knew she liked Kaname. Pity he doesn't like her that way and only has eyes for someone else.
"Are we really doing this?" Rima asked of anybody.
"Yeah," Senri replied. "But Takuma said to leave it alone."
Akatsuki, trying to be the peace keeper, spoke up. "Look, he's right," he said. "Hanabusa, Ruka, Tani. If Lord Kaname finds out he'll tear you apart. Zero, come on." He stepped towards Zero, who still had his gun drawn, with his arm out as if to place it on the boy's shoulder. "Just put that thing-"
Before he could finish the sentence Zero had grabbed Akatsuki's arm and flipped him over his shoulder.
I heard Akatsuki grunt as he hit the ground.
My glare on Zero hardened at this point. How dare he attack one of my fellow vampires.
"So uncool," I heard Rima and Senri chorus to which Akatsuki answered by telling them to shut up.
Zero chuckled. "Interesting," he said. He looked at all the vampires surrounding him. "Come on then vampires. Go ahead. I'm in a bad mood anyway."
"See?" I asked.
"It's that kind of attitude," Hanabusa continued while freezing the ground at his feet towards where Zero was standing and the lake behind him, "that makes people think you're cocky."
Akatsuki stood up with a blank expression upon his face. "I did the best I could to play the good guy here," he said lighting the leaves behind him on fire. "I'm not to blame for what's next." More of the leaves behind his head set on fire.
"Hold it right there," I heard a voice from my right say. Looking up I saw Yuki pole vaulting in on her Artemis Pole. She landed on the ground beside Zero with a grunt. "Fighting is forbidden. Didn't any of you read the student hand book?" She stood up and Zero looked t her from the side of his eye. "If you refuse to back down; then as a member of the disciplinary committee, you'll have to come through me first." At this Zero looked away from her and back to us.
Akatsuki stopped using his power and the fire diminished from the leaves behind him. "Now that she's here," he sighed.
"I'm over it," Hanabusa continued putting his hands up in exaggerated annoyance.
"Yes," Ruka agreed stiffly. "The mood is completely ruined."
"Let's go back to class," I said before walking behind Hanabusa towards the classrooms. I could feel everyone following and back in the clearing I could hear the mumbled voices of Yuki and Zero arguing.
IN THE CLASSOOM
We were all standing of to the side of the room in front of Kaname, who was looking out the window. The humans of Forks were staring at us in wonder. They were also talking to each other in whispers about why we might not have been in class.
"Well," Takuma started. "It seems that everyone is truly repentant. But I have to say it was pretty gutsy of Zero to take up Aido's challenge like he did." He put his hand to his chin. Something must really be eating at that boy."
"We can't help him," Kaname said not even looking at us. "Not now. That occurrence four years ago," he paused, "changed his life forever."
The whispering from behind us was more urgent, yet now they were wondering what we were talking about.
Great now the humans are getting suspicious of what is going on at the Academy. Just what we need.