I leaned casually on the desk in the headmaster's office, letting my eyes wander around the room as Kieron sized me up.

"Really Kara, I swear I will never understand you."

"And that's as it should be." I replied, flipping my silky black hair back over my shoulder. "Now, are you going to agree to my request or not?"

Kieron sighed. "Can I refuse?"

"Not really."

"I thought not. You do understand I'll have to tell Zero and Yuuki at least. And Kaname."

My eyes flashed and I looked at him directly for the first time. "Why them?"

"Well," Kieron said, steapeling his fingers on his desk and adjusting his glasses so as to avoid my eyes. "Kaname because he is the head of the Night Class and in charge of all the vampires here, and Zero and Yuuki because they are on the disciplinary comity and are in charge of making sure all the vampires behave, whether they are in the night class or not."

I scowled. "Fine. Tell them then. I just hope I won't have to be here when you do."

"You won't. Oh Kara, one last thing," he said as I made for the door. "Here."

"What's this?" I asked, looking at the small white armband he gave me. It was decorated with a bright red rose.

"It's the armband of the disciplinary comity. I'm making you a member." he said, beaming.

I looked at it, then nodded and slipped it into my bag with the rest of my uniform. "Fine. See you later then." I could just see his smirk as I whisked out of the door.

I walked to school with the rest of the day class, smoothing my brand new black uniform out as I walked. It fit me well, and made me look rather good, if I did say so myself. Black just seemed to suit me somehow.

As I walked I noticed many of the other students casting me surprised and admiring glances. By the time I reached the room where class was being held I was the sole topic of conversation. I let a small satisfied smile curl my lips then opened the door and walked up to the head of class where the teacher was beckoning me.

"Alright everyone." he said, once everyone had taken their seats. "Settle down now. This is our new transfer student, Karashi Rika."

"Hello everyone." I said, with a perfectly charming smile.

"Karashi is new to this part of the country and it might take her awhile to adjust. Yuuki Cross."

"Uh, y-yes?"

A small voice in the middle of the room. I drew a breath when I saw the girl who had answered. She looked even more like Kaname then she had on that day all those years ago. For some reason, the sight of her made my heart catch in my throat.

"As part of the disciplinary comity you shall show Karashi around. It's up to you to make sure she gets to her classes on time and knows the rules here."

"Y-yes sir!"

The teacher nodded. "You can go ahead and sit down now miss Rika. And can we please have less talking!" The class settled down as I went to take my seat beside Kaname's sister. She smiled at me and moved over to offer me more room. I nodded my thanks and sat down, pretending to apply myself to my books.

Around me I could here whispers of "She's beautiful isn't she?" "She's almost as beautiful as the night class!" "I bet she's as smart as they are too. Some people just get all the luck." I sighed and resigned myself to a long stretch of being isolated. Not that I really minded. The whispering just got on my nerves sometimes.

"Hi! I'm Yuuki, it's nice to have you in class Kara."

I looked over. Kaname's sister was smiling at me. I shrugged. "Thanks, I guess."

"I heard you're going to be on the disciplinary comity too! That's wonderful, we could really use your help."

I nodded and pulled the armband from my pocket. "Yeah, I guess I should wear this thing now."

Yuuki was still smiling. "So far it's just been Zero and me, and Zero skips out a lot. He's such a slacker."

"Is that Zero?" I asked, pointing to the only boy in the room who carried the reek of a vampire that had once been human. I noticed he was pointedly avoiding looking at me.

"Yeah, that's Zero." Yuuki said with a nod. "He wasn't too happy about you being put in the day class, but don't pay any attention. I'm sure he'll warm up to you eventually."

"Hmm..."

"Actually," Yuuki said, leaning in closer to me. I leaned back. All I could think was that her blood smelled like Kaname's. "I wanted to ask you, if it's alright." the girl went on, oblivious to my discomfort. "Why aren't you in the night class?"

I smiled. "It's complicated. I'm not really like the other night class students. I would only cause trouble if I joined them. So I asked Kieron for a favor and he let me."

"You shouldn't call the headmaster so informally-" a boy started from behind me. I turned. He was a rather prissy little boy. I had heard he was the class rep.

"Oh?" I said, my voice silky and smooth, and as anyone who knew me would know, incredibly dangerous. "Why shouldn't I? Kieron happens to be a dear personal friend of mine. Why shouldn't I call him by his first name?"

The boy wilted in front of me. "I-I...well, that is-"

"Hey, you. New girl." A gruff voice was calling me. I looked up to see Zero out of his seat and glaring at me. "Let's go. It's time for patrols."

I smiled and rose, my black uniform fluttering in a light breeze around me. "Very well. Let's go. Are you coming Yuuki?" I asked, looking back at her over my shoulder.

"Oh, uh, yeah." she said and hastened after us as we strolled out of class.

"So," I said, looking between the two. "What do we do now?"

"We police the change over between the day class and the night class." Yuuki explained.

I looked at Zero. He was tense, walking stiffly and being very careful not to look at me. "If you have anything you want to say to me you may as well say it now." I said unconcernedly as I flipped my hair back out of my face.

He remained silent, speeding up his walk just a bit.

"Zero," Yuuki said, worriedly. "You should at least talk to her."

I smiled and slipped my hand through Yuuki's hair. She gasped in surprise but didn't pull away. Once again all I could think about was how much she resembled her brother. "Thank you for your concern, Yuuki. But really, it's fine. Don't worry yourself on my account."

Yuuki looked at me for a moment before Zero stepped in and grabbed my hand, shoving me away from Yuuki. "Don't touch her." he hissed.

"Zero!" Yuuki protested as I looked at him, matching the boy glare for glare.

I bared my teeth, half a snarl, half a smile. "And what will you do to stop me?"

I heard the cocking of a gun. A moment later Zero was holding the barrel of an anti-vampire pistol aimed at my head.

I couldn't help myself. I started to laugh. I laughed and laughed, raising my hand in a vain attempt to try to conceal my mirth from the passing students, who were giving us very strange looks.

Zero tensed but didn't move from his position. "Zero!" Yuuki protested but before she could do anything I let my laughter peter out into chuckles.

"Oh my." I said through my giggles, wiping at the corners of my eyes. "That is funny. You seriously think you can hurt me." I met Zero's glare and smiled. "Let me make something perfectly clear..."

In a second I was behind him, at his shoulder. "As I told Yuuki, I am not like the others in the night class." I breathed in his ear. "I am much, much worse."

I brushed my hand over his neck, making it perfectly clear that I was in control. He tensed and I smiled and stepped away from him as he scowled and slowly lowered his gun. "Now," I said, grinning. "Didn't we have some patrolling to do or something?"