Keikan's POV
After I left Kaname's room, I became a wolf and went for a run, I knew which class Zero was in, and where they were supposed to be, they had a riding lesson that afternoon, I sat myself on a tree branch, watching as Zero led White Lilly out of the stables, I watched him surprise the other day class students by having complete control over her
~you're very good in the saddle~ I complemented him, I saw a smile in his eyes, he couldn't answer me, I watched him canter around the ring, using Lilly's fury like a speed boost, I dropped to the ground, unnoticed, and changed back to my normal form, I felt a breeze and closed my eyes, letting the wind blow my hair back.
Zero's POV
I was riding Lilly around the ring, I had complete control over her, an ability that had earned me a lot of respect from the day class, I halted and looked for Keikan, I felt a breeze blow my silver hair around, I noticed her, I almost fell out of the saddle, her eyes were closed, her head tilted back, the wind was blowing her hair backwards, exposing her neck and chest, at that moment, I forgot why I called her tiger, she was too beautiful to seem dangerous, one of her legs was raised a little, bringing the skirt of her dress temptingly high, regrettable thoughts swam around in my head...
"Kiryu! Get moving!" called sensei, I snapped to and pushed Lilly into a trot, Keikan had distracted me, I kept the line moving, glancing over at Keikan every chance I got, she was watching me, some her hair had fallen over one shoulder, her eyes were half-closed, she was relaxed, calm, I wasn't the only one looking at her, I saw many of the human boys had been attracted by her beauty as well, they all watched her with hungry, lustful eyes, they wanted her, I barely contained my rage, I glared at them, protective over Keikan 'you will not touch her' I thought, wishing I could project my thoughts like Keikan
~calm down, Zero~ her voice appeared in my head ~you're spooking the horses~ she was right, the horses had become edgy because of my mood, I calmed myself by remembering the day Keikan and I had spent in town together, I relaxed, thinking about her, I continued through the lesson, noticing the boys who weren't on horses edging closer to Keikan, the lesson finally finished, I sighed thankfully, usually I like our riding lessons, but not with those boys eyeing Keikan, once we were dismissed for the day, I went back near the stables where I knew she was, she was under that same tree, her head was resting against the bark and her eyes were closed, I walked near and stopped, I didn't want to disturb her
"hello Zero" she murmured, I smiled
"hello Tora" she moved her leg higher so it was painfully tempting and I sat next to her, I kissed her neck, she sighed happily and pressed her lips against my own, cradling my face, I put a hand on her waist and leaned over her, we broke, she seemed like she wanted something, I tugged at my collar
"you know...I don't really mind" I murmured encouragingly, she put her head against my own
"I can't" she whispered
"Why not?" she met my eyes
"If I bite you, you might become a mindless slave, I don't want that to happen, don't want to take away your freedom" I kissed her
"My freedom...comes from your love" she made a move for my neck, then flinched
"what is it?"
"a few humans, coming this way" I nodded and drew away to sit next to her, she was something you would expect to see on a stained glass window
"you are so beautiful" I murmured, she flashed a dazzling smile and i kissed her, I heard footsteps, we jerked apart and looked towards the sound, a voice rang out in the silence
"hello? Is anyone there?" Keikan stood up
"yes" she answered and showed herself, the voice came again
"hi, I'm Jay, this is Sam, we saw you during the riding lesson"
"okay" she sounded surprised, Jay nodded
"Yeah, has anyone ever told you how beautiful you are?"
"Yes, recently" she answered his questions bluntly, he continued
"I was thinking, would you...sometime...go out with me?"
"No"
"Why?" I felt my cue, I stepped out from behind the tree and stood next to her protectively, Jay went red, Sam finally spoke "burn" he chuckled to his friend, Jay looked down
"why does Kiryu get all the girls?" he muttered, they left, I smelt them, they were still there, hiding behind a tree, probably, I turned back to Keikan and turned her face to me
"now...where were we?" she smiled
"I think I remember" we kissed, I smelled the boys leave, they had obviously seen enough.
Keikan's POV
I continued to kiss Zero, he cupped a hand around my neck and pulled me closer, he had figured that I wanted blood, we broke and he tugged at his jacket, baring his neck, I touched his hand
"not here" I whispered, we left for the nearest building, the headmasters building, we went in, Zero dragged me into the bathroom and closed the door behind us, he took off his shirt, exposing his toned, bare chest, I put my hand on his chest and licked his neck, he took a deep breath and forcibly relaxed, I sank my pureblood fangs into his neck and drank, I licked him again, some of the blood trickled down his neck onto his chest, he looked at my face
"did it happen?"
"I have no idea"
"Order me to do something" I shuffled away
"Zero...come over to me" he closed his eyes, nothing else happened, I smiled "it didn't work" I murmured, he came over, kissed me and smiled back.
A few days later (night-time)
"Hi everyone! I'm so happy to meet you! My name is Maria Kurenai" a little lavander-haired girl introduced herself, I stared suspiciously
"what the hell?" asked Hanabusa
"the hell?" she murmured, she leaped across rows of tables and took Hanabusa's face in her hands
"you...do you really think you can talk to me like that?" she asked, Hanabusa was terrified, Kaname murmured something and she leaped over and nuzzled his hand
"oh, Maria is so happy to meet a pureblood!"
"Hello, I am Kaname" he said, not even looking at her, she jumped to me, I was standing next to Kaname
"and another pureblood! Are you Kaname-sama's lover?"
"no, I am his sister, I am Keikantora" she giggled
"what a nice name!" she hugged my hand as well, and the door opened
"hello class, I am Toga Yagari" I flinched, Zero had told me about this man, he was a vampire hunter, a cold, ruthless vampire hunter, he was the one who had taught Zero
"I will be your new ethics teacher, but first...hello...vampires" a series of gasps came from around the room, everyone's eyes shone bloody red, bar mine and Kaname's, my brother spoke
"so, the hunters association sent you here to spy on us...or hunt us? Mr...Yagari" he said the name with a smirk, like he didn't deserve it
"well, well, well, Kaname Kuran, no, regrettably, my execution list is empty right at the moment, but I might add your name to it, if you fall asleep in my class" I smirked
"Leaping at the chance to defy orders?" he lifted an eyebrow
"and Keikantora Kuran as well? Sticking up for your beloved brother?" I smirked again
"Someone's done their homework"
"is this some kind of joke?" came Hanabusa's outraged cry, I silenced him with a glare and the teacher began with the lesson, I opened my book and read, I was reading 'Dracula' I felt a hand on my shoulder, I turned to see Kaname looking at me sternly, as the sun rose Yagari finished, a dagger flew towards his face, he lifted a book and there was a solid THNK as the dagger pierced the book
"well, a welcoming gift, I think I'll keep this, as a souvenir from the time I'll spend teaching vampires" he left, as did almost all of the vampires, I felt a hand on my shoulder again
"I wish to speak with you, Keikan" I nodded and followed him to the dorms, he led me into his room and we sat down, separated by a chess table, he set up the game, I was white, he was black, I started the game with my knight and he spoke
"Keikan, you have been spending a lot of time away from the dorms, is there something I should know?" 'Oh, my brother' I thought 'there so many things you should know, but even more still that you can't know' I took his bishop
"no, I don't like being cooped up in here"
"It's against the rules to wander the grounds"
"I haven't been caught"
"thoughts like that will get you expelled"
"And why is that a bad thing? Kaname, what is my purpose at this school?" he looked back at the chessboard
"are you sure you have a purpose at this school?"
"Nothing you ever do is without purpose"
"I suppose you're right" he moved his queen and there was a knock at the door
"come in, Maria" the door opened and Maria's face appeared
"um...I think I might have said something, all of the others hate me, is it okay if I don't live in these dorms?"
"Where else would you live?" asked Kaname
"Is it okay if I just stay in the old teachers' dorms?" Kaname nodded
"very well" she laughed
"thank-you so much!" and left, giggling, I looked at Kaname
"there is something odd about that girl" he said nothing, I sighed and took his rook
"checkmate" I got up and started to leave
"Keikan?" I turned
"Yes?"
"the knight...ever since we came here, you have only used the knight" I looked at the chessboard, it was true, since I had started going there, I had always won, using only the knight, I smiled
"how odd" I left the room, I walked and found Zero, he was in the stables, I smiled
"you're up early" he smiled back, a faltering, weak smile
"I can only ever sleep here" I nodded
"I know what you mean" I was troubled, something was up with Zero, he got up
"I should go, class will start soon" I kissed him and he left. Later that day, I was sitting in a tree, not as a wolf, as me, I was wearing my black dress, I watched as Zero walked with Yuki to their next class, he stopped short and looked at me, I smiled, then noticed that he wasn't actually looking at me, I saw Maria running across the grounds, chased by an upset Takuma
"Maria wait!"
"I just want to see the cafeteria" she giggled, I rolled my eyes and dropped from the tree, as a vampire, my speed was amazing, even more so being a pureblood, I had to run at human speed, some of the day class boys chased me, I quickly caught up to Maria, I stood in front of her
"you shouldn't give us so much trouble Maria" I said
"I'm sorry" she apologized and walked back to the moon dorms
"thanks" said Takuma
"It's okay" he started to follow her
"Takuma?" he turned
"yes Keikan-sama?"
"There's something odd about that girl...keep an eye on her for me?" he bowed
"of course, Keikan-sama" he left and day class boys started swarming me, Yuki and Zero came over, Yuki pushed as many of the boys away as she could, Zero growled at them
"get out of here" they walked away and Yuki turned to me
"you shouldn't be wandering around during the day, Keikan-sama!" Zero was standing behind Yuki
~sama?~ I thought to him, he shrugged and walked away, I nodded to Yuki
"iI was only helping Takuma" I left and climbed the tree again, I rested my head against the trunk and closed my eyes, a calm, beloved voice floated up from the ground
"wearing a dress in a tree is simply begging people to look up your skirt" he jumped and landed on the branch next to me
"oh, but you're too honourable" I said in an innocent voice, he chuckled
"yeah, you keep telling yourself that" he murmured and kissed me, he still seemed troubled though, I stroked his cheek
"Zero, what's wrong?" I murmured
"It's nothing" he said sadly, looking away, I turned his chin so he faced me again
"it's something" he lowered his eyes, I kissed him again
"tell me...please Zero" he shook his head
"I told you, it's nothing!" I looked away, he looked slightly guilty and dropped "come on" he called
"what about your classes?"
"classes have finished for today, to let people study for the test tomorrow" I dropped to the ground, I could swear my skirt flipped up, but Zero said nothing, he took me into the stables, it was the place we always went together, he grabbed me, as if he was going to bite me, and pressed his lips to my own.
Note from the author: hiya guys! i hope you like this story so far! i uploaded it from my quzilla account: animefangirl32. also when Kaname points out that Keikantora only uses the knight, it is a reference to the name of vampire knight