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The next two days passed in a haze for Yuki, whose dreams were filled with the image of Kaname Kuran. Due to this fact she barely slept and was falling asleep in class more so then ever. Not only that but she was lagging in her duties as Co- guardian of Cross academy…
Yuki waited with a held breath as the doors to the Moon dorm opened and out stepped the usual crowd of Ruka, Akatsuki, Aido and…. Kaname Kuran… A weight seemed to drop off her fragile chest as Kaname smiled warmly at the crowd of Day students who half fainted when he gracefully walked down the steps. Behind him was the last and newest student of the Moon Dorm…
Tsuki…
He already seemed to have a following as a crowd of fan girls all pushed there way to the front line shouting his name.
"Easy now ladies" he said with a sly smile as he stopped in front of Yuki
"How have you been sleeping?" he asked tilting his head to one side. The girls all wailed loudly.
Yuki blanched "F-fine"
"I'm glad to hear that since President Kuran has not been well, or is there some other reason that you went white and now are fiercely blushing?"
Yuki touched her cheeks they were so red they were nearly purple "I-I"
Tsuki chuckled "Ah Yuki-san you are as transparent as ever. I think even Kaname sees that you have been dreaming such naughty things about him. After all you are not as far from your animal lusts as you think, my dear sweet Yuki-san."
Yuki didn't know what to say… To answer Tsuki would stir rumors in both student bodies and to not… Tsuki had already said it loud enough for everyone to hear and now most of the students attention was pinned on her little body. Including the attention of a few of the vampires from the Night Class.
"He's not wrong you know" Kaname added as he watched Yuki's face turning all colors of the red spectrum.
Takuma stared at Kaname with wide eyes "Kaname-sama?"
"It wasn't my dear girl who was conjuring such things, she is far to innocent for that. But my sickness has allowed me to wander a little to freely in her mind…" Kaname paused, and Takuma forced himself to calm.
Kaname of all of them should know that mixing with a human was a forbidden act that would only lead to dire consequences. The only reason why they were here was because of him…
Takuma then realized it was the fever talking, he could still see a faint blush to Kaname's cheeks, a wheeze in his breathing that only a vampire could hear. To everyone else he was healed but to him… He worked under Kaname too long to mistake this for him being 'healthy.'
"Why don't you stop making trouble Nicodemus?" Zero stepped in front of the two of them and Yuki gasped.
"Zero?"
"Shut it Yuki" he snapped, Yuki cringed at the ice in her friends voice.
"Nicodemus Winter you are a real troublemaker trying to degrade the integrity of the Guardians of this Academy, get to the school doors before I bring you to the Headmaster." Zero hissed
"Why is it Kiryuu that you still address me by that name?"
"Must I give you a second warning?!" Zero exclaimed
"Very well then" Tsuki bowed and passed the both of them, slipping quietly into the school.
The Day Students were still and silent, Yuki realized it was so quiet that you could probably hear a pin drop.
"All the Day Students get back to the Sun Dorm right away! If I see anyone on the school grounds after dark I will give you all summonses for the Headmaster!"
The Day Students scattered like frightened mice, all of them fading away till it was just the two of them.
Zero turned to Yuki, she too hadn't moved for quite sometime. There were tears lingering on her thick, dark lashes.
"Why are you crying I saved you from that creep." Zero came over and ruffled her hair.
"Thank you Zero!" Yuki embraced her fellow Guardian and Zero chuckled
"You're such a dope" he muttered and held her tighter. Feeling a faint smile creeping up on his lips he wished that they could stay like this forever.
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On the balcony the following evening Tsuki stood smoking one of his cigarettes blowing the blue smoke into the air. It lingered around his head like a rain cloud, matching his foul mood; it had been foolish for him to push her so far. He hadn't thought that Zero might truly care for Yuki… Zero only wished for death, a death by the one he loved the most.
Now that made him smile… How foolish mortals were, how low they were compared too…
"Tsuki-kun?" Takuma called from inside
"What is it?" he turned the cigarette disappearing from between his fingers.
"Are you going to stay out there all night?" he asked
Tsuki snorted "What do you care Takuma-san?"
The balcony door softly shut and Takuma slipped up the stairs like a ghost knocking on Kaname's door.
Aido was the one to open it "How is he?" he asked
Aido didn't say anything but showed Takuma in "He's getting worse, this isn't the flu. This is something else, this is magical."
"What?!"
Aido looked at Kaname's sleeping form, wrapped in the roses that smelt of her…
"He is a pureblood, they are immortal!" Takuma whispered urgently
Aido was silent his brow furrowed "Only someone more powerful then Kaname can do this… And there is no one like that on this campus, I sense nothing like that…"
"If Kaname dies there will be no hope of an alliance" Takuma said bluntly, Aido looked away from him
"I know but what can we do?" there was a tense silence before a muffled voice broke the silence
"Oh stop blubbering the both of you"
Tsuki stood in Kaname's room nose wrinkled to the smell of sandalwood and jasmine.
"H-how I locked that door behind me." Aido stuttered his eyes wild with shock.
"Maybe you are getting forgetful Aido-san." Tsuki said with a wicked light in his blue eye.
"Now I know that the both of you have no idea what is wrong with your beloved President" Tsuki remarked nastily as he passed the two vampires and slinked up the dais. Parting the purple curtains he smirked down at Kaname's pale form.
"Get out of here!" Aido cried
"Do you want him to die?" Tsuki replied gently as he plucked the primrose from Kaname's chest. Kaname Kuran let out an ungodly howl of pain his face now flushing, eyes tingeing a deeper shade of red.
"Calm yourself President Kuran" Nicodemus spoke softly as Kaname panted for breath. The primrose that he held between his fingers went up in smoke
And then Nicodemus placed his hand over the puncture wounds and a strange golden light spanned beneath his fingers, his veins shining the same molten color.
"A curse? Now who would do that to Kuran?" he whispered and from the wound came a dark sticky jewel, which Tsuki plucked, from the air. The moment it touched his fingers it burst into white-hot flames, dissolving into the air with nothing, not even smoke.
"Problem taken care of gentleman, though I would suggest that he finish off Yuki-san's chocolates they were the only reason he was able to stand up today. I suppose it is now up to you to find out who cursed him like that."
There was dead silence as Tsuki descended the small dais and fixed his glasses.
"What are you?" Takuma asked
"I am who I am, just like you are." Tsuki smiled then and left just as quietly as he had come.
Stunned both vampires turned to Kaname who was smiling "Looks like we have a powerful ally."
Takuma shook his head "I don't know about that…"
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Winter Break began that Monday afternoon and as usual half of Cross academy emptied out for the holidays. Yuki and Zero's duties lessened by half and after the Sunday cram session the both of them had for midterms the break was quite welcome.
"Finally two months of bliss!" Yuki cried stretching; she would have her dorm room to herself and could keep it as messy as she pleased.
Zero lagged behind brooding, she didn't feel like bothering him now, she just wanted to finish her rounds of the Sun and Moon dorms, then sink gratefully into her bed. As she passed the Moon Dorm, something made her look up. In one of the old trees near the large building was Tsuki-kun.
Suddenly angry she looked away "Hurry up Zero! I want some sleep before twilight!"
"All you do is sleep Yuki are you turning into one of them?" Zero retorted
A tall figure gracefully landed in front of her, a long hand catching the errant strands of her hair.
"I don't like being ignored" Tsuki cooed as his school uniform settled around his thin form.
"Don't touch her" Zero growled
"If you interfere with me again Kiryuu I will have your head." Tsuki hissed. And something in his tone of voice made Yuki believe him.
"It's okay Zero, I can handle this."
Zero stubbornly remained where he was.
"Zero!" Yuki cried, feeling a tiny flame of panic rise up in her.
"As you wish" Zero said and reluctantly turned around leaving the two of them alone.
Once Tsuki was sure that Zero had left he then turned his attention back to Yuki who was staring intently into his face. He sensed anger in her then and wanted to smile
"I want to apologize for what I did to you last week" he said softly
Yuki looked surprised, but just for a moment "Why are you suddenly being so nice to me again Tsuki-kun?" she asked suspiciously
"Because I am fond of you." Tsuki replied "I admit I find your unwavering love for President Kuran, a little disheartening…I am quite jealous…"
He heard a tiny gasp escape her lips "W-why are you jealous, you can't like someone l-like me?"
Tsuki laughed then "There are many things that you do not know about me. But I find that even knowing that, you seem to accept me for who I am… No one has ever done that before."
Tsuki's hand fell away from her hair "I won't be bothering you anymore about your beloved President. He is better now and there is no need for you to worry. But I'm asking if you give me another chance, in being your friend again."
Yuki stood in wonderment at the student before her, a student with no age. In the last few days he had pulled her through hell and now he seemed sincerely sorry…
Just then the bell rang, it was growing dark and she would have to go see the Headmaster before she returned to the dorm
"Yuki-san?"
"Your apology is accepted Tsuki-kun."
For the first time since she met Tsuki-kun she watched him smile a genuine smile
"Thank you" he bowed softly and then Yuki dashed off to the Headmaster's office…
She had questions, questions she wanted answers too.
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