Chapter 3: Confirmation

The rest of the time spend in that office was unbearable.

Where is Shizuka now? What did you do to help her? Why has she been in hiding? Why did she attack the innocent Kiryu family? Did you assist her with that attack?

I declined each question over and over, to afraid to speak. I didn't know what Her next move would be and I didn't want to know. She could be leaving me here or coming to kill me, and I couldn't bring myself to think of which would be more logical. I just wanted this all to be over.

I now sat in the Headmasters personal living room at his estate on campus. It was a beautiful living room fit with a 3 person couch, two single chairs, a fireplace, and a TV. I sat stuck on the couch for about 10 minutes now while the Headmaster spoke to the Hunters Association on the phone.

It was explained to me that the Hunters Association organized hunting while simultaneously keeping vampires in check, which I suppose made me feel a little bit better. I had heard Ichiru speak to our Pureblood 'master' about them a few times with concern in his voice. Maybe Purebloods feared them?

I prayed Purebloods feared them. I mean, I knew hunters wouldn't have any grace with me, I was a vampire. But I had also noticed by scent that Zero was a vampire too, which means they had to be at least a little accepting to make him a vampire hunter.

I thought about how this all must have hurt Zero so much. Losing his family was difficult enough, but for news of his brother being alive must be tearing him apart. I just couldn't tell him though. He and everyone else would be safer not knowing. At least till I figured out what Shizuka Hio's intentions are.

I sighed and held my head up with my right arm. Why did Ichiru and I have to make everything so damn complicated. I began to wonder what Ichiru would be doing right now, and if he even felt bad for all of this pain he's been causing.

I remembered back to when Ichiru and I were young, before Shizuka. Before all the problems.

"Mommy, can I go talk to that boy over there?" I questioned innocently. My beautiful mother looked down on me, our identical green orbs shimmering in the bright hospital light.

"If that's what you want, sweetie. Do you need help? It was a tough night last night, you must be tired."

I simply shook my head. I had to push through. Every night seemed like a tough night lately. But I couldn't let my sickness get the best of me. I pushed myself off the chair and stumbled over to the silver haired boy with lilac eyes. He sat next to a woman with brown hair and lilac eyes who was reading a magazine. I chose the waiting room seat next to him.

"Hello. I'm Akane." I began, pulling my black sun hat down a bit more to hide my bald head. "What's your name?"

"Ichiru." He responded with a tired smile.

My reminiscing was interrupted by the calling of my name. I jumped a bit and looked to my right to the private office the Headmaster had just walked out of.

"Are you feeling alright Akane?" Cross questioned.

"Uhm yeah of course. What did they say?" I pried. The Headmaster looked a bit sorry at what I asked.

"They confirmed exactly what the letter said. You must stay here for information to be collected on Shizuka. My apologies."

I wanted to be mad, blow up on Cross, and run away, but I knew that wasn't fair. He was just doing what he was ordered to do. But I couldn't act like this was okay. I felt like the longer I stayed somewhere, the easier it would be for Ichiru to find me.

"I figured it would be best you stayed in the house till you're completely healed, wounds tend to give level D vampires trouble with their blood lust, especially since you won't be taking what ever nutrients the nurse was putting in your system anymore, it'll be a difficult road. Then after this is all sorted out I wouldn't mind you moving into the dorms."

I let out a gasp. "Wait. You want me to go to school?" I stood from the couch a little too quickly, hurting my stomach on the way. I lightly gripped it, trying not to let out a cry.

"Well of course." He responded. You're going to be here by orders anyways. Education is such an important part of a teens life, I don't see why you would want to miss it."

"Well maybe I would want to miss it because I'm currently dealing with two maniacs that completely ruined my life?!" I shot back.

The Headmaster looked a bit shocked at my yelling, but continued in his calm and collected tone. A tone that annoyed the hell out of me. "I cannot help you with them unless you tell me what the problem is. Once you give me that information, we can come up with a solution together and ensure your safety. But without any information all I can do is follow orders."

He didn't understand what trusting someone was like for me now. How could he expect me to speak to him about things that I still haven't gotten over yet? I began to breath a bit heavier and my eyes began to tear up as I thought about it again. Mom. Dad. Ichiru. Where has my life gone?

"I can ensure my own safety if you would just let me leave. That's all it takes!" I yelled, holding in my tears. I couldn't show weakness so I clenched my fists instead.

Just as the last words flew out of my mouth a girl about my age walked in. She had brown hair to her shoulders and simple brown eyes. She was short and petite, her black uniform jacket seeming a bit too big on the waist. She stayed silent, just staring at us waiting for an explanation.

"Yuki my darling!" The Headmaster cried. "How are you my lovely daughter?" He ran up and hugged her a bit too tight, like we weren't just having an important discussion at all.

"I'm doing fine father." She smiled. "What's going on?"

The girl, Yuki, was staring me up and down like she was concerned. I guess she heard me yelling at her father. Oops.

"Yuki, this is Akane. She is a vampire that will be attending Cross Academy for the time being." He paused. "Akane, this is my daughter Yuki. She attends the Academy and is also apart of the disciplinary committee."

"Disciplinary committee?" I questioned. Shouldn't the adults be in charge of discipline?

"Yes, the disciplinary committee. " Yuki answered before the Headmaster could. "We protect the day class and night class students."

"I don't understand. There are two classes?" I asked, tilting my head a bit.

This time the Headmaster answered before Yuki could. "Uhm yes. We will discuss that later. When you are well enough to attend classes."

"I already told you I'm not attending some silly classes. The second the association says I can leave I'm out of here." I responded, crossing my arms. There was no way I was gonna sit here and play school while Ichiru and Shizuka were out there.

"I'm sure you'll come around to the idea." The Headmaster smiled. "But for now I'll show you your temporary room here. I sent Zero out to grab your belongings from the infirmary so just follow me."

He hugged Yuki one last time as a goodbye and began to lead the way out of the living room and into a hallway to the right. Down the hallway we walked till we reached the first door on the left. Cross opened the door enough to peek in. "This is the bathroom." He narrated.

I just nodded my head in response, still to upset from our conversation not even 2 minutes ago.

We continued down the hall to the third door on the right. He opened the door and allowed me to enter. "This is your room for the time being." He smiled.

I surveyed the room. It was an average size. A full bed was placed in the center with two nice sized windows on either side of it. There was a dresser and a closet on either sides of the door, which was definitely a plus. In all honesty the room was very nice, but I doubted I would ever be able to call it home. I haven't been to a place that felt like home in months now, this certainly wouldn't do it.

"'Kay. Thank you for your hospitality." Was all I could manage at the moment.

I suppose Headmaster Cross understood that I was having trouble and smiled. "Zero has dinner in the oven that he will be taking out when he comes back. You should rest till it's ready. Please, make yourself at home. "

And at that he was gone, leaving me alone in the bedroom. I stood in my spot for a moment, taking in the silence.

For the past few months my life has been hell, and I had never known how much one could miss something as simple as silence. I moved to the edge of the bed and layed down over the blankets. Then shut my eyes to take it in again.

I heard the bushes outside banging on my windows, the sound of the house setting, the sound of silence itself. It was beautiful.

But then out of no where, I heard, " Did you miss me?" I jolted up and out of the bed at the sound of Shizuka Hio's voice.

It sounded as though she was right next to me, talking directly into my ear. Damn monsters like her had too much power for their own good. All she can use it for is to ruin lives. First Ichiru's, then my own.

I knew I wouldn't be able to sit now, so I opened the window to let in some fresh air. Sadly, that wasn't enough and I decided I needed to go for a walk to completely get the pureblood out of my mind.

I had an internal debate, the window or the door. Taking the door would apply the risk of the Headmaster saying no. This possibility is what pushed me out the window, almost literally.

I climbed out, not having a problem it being on the first floor, and stepped over the bushes that waited directly outside. I began walking diagonally right, towards the sound of water. I soon came upon a small pond, and decided to dip my feet in.

I rolled up the pajama pants given to me and laughed at the fact I wasn't wearing shoes. How classy of me.

I dipped my feet in and layed back on the bed of grass, staring at the stars that attempted to hide behind the trees.

It was such a beautiful night. A night I would have been enjoying with my family if it wasn't for this mess.

A single tear left my eye as I thought about it. I would have asked to invite Ichiru over, my only friend. I'm sure he would have brought Zero too. Then we could all have hung out. If only.

All at once it all hit me just like it had months ago. My family was dead, and the only person I would want to be with at a moment like this became a monster. But a different type of monster than the one I became. He was now a monster on the inside, a monster without fangs or red eyes. A monster that liked hurting people.

Another tear slid down my cheek, then another, then another. I didn't move, just continued to cry and stare at the stars. I didn't really care at the moment. This is all I wanted, to lay down and cry.

A few minutes passed and I heard shuffling behind me, but I couldn't force myself to move or look at who it was, I just focused on the stars as they shimmered across space.

"What the hell are you-" Zero's voice called out. He abruptly stopped and silence filled the air. "Let's go." He simply whispered.

"No." Was all I could respond with.

Zero let out an annoyed sigh. "The food is gonna burn if we wait any longer. Come on."

"I'm not hungry."

"Akane...I know...but let's go now."

I thought about Zero's words for a moment. The 'I know' part. He said it with too much behind it. Too much for it not to mean something. I supposed he knew what it was like, what it was like to become the one thing you despised. To lose everything.

At this thought I forced myself to stand up and begin walking towards Zero. He lead us back to the house in no time. Just as we were about to walk into the door he grabbed my arm.

"Wait." He began. "I think it's a real asshole move that you're not telling me about Ichiru..."

I began shuffling where I stood, looking at my now dirty feet.

"But I have to know. Did Shizuka...did she change him."

I looked at Zero's lilac orbs. He held so much in them and covered it up with a tough exterior. I just sighed.

"No, he's a monster, but one of his own kind."

Merry Christmas! Sorry this is short and doesn't contain much action. Its coming, it'll just take some time. I really wanted to get this out by Christmas. I think next chapter I will add more action, maybe some blood lust too... who knows? I just want to make the characters interactions smooth and logical, plus I don't want to leave anything out. Im assuming everyone that reads this knows the characters well enough, so I want to make sure it doesn't seem like my OC came into this world knowing everything too. She has to learn about the world of Vampire Knight just like the rest of us I suppose. I hope the interaction with Zero was good, I want to make it clear that he's not really that fond of Akane because she wont tell him anything, but he still understands the pain she's going through. Hope that was clear enough! Please leave me reviews so I know what you think! Follows are rad too!