Chapter 5
Dimitri got to the airport around 8 oclock. When he walked in those doors I walked alongside him as we made our way back to Cross academy. He gave me one of those smiles that made my
heart thump really loud. His hand brushed against my hand just slightly and Lissa walked on the other side of me. I was officially happy and felt very safe at the new academy.
"Hello Rosa." Dimitri whispered into my ear.
For some reason that made me shiver with gentle fear. And he looked at me funny. We got to school and Yuki and that Kiryu guy met us at the gate. Kiryu's face was full of
anger when he saw Dimitri and he stiffened.
Dimitri broke the ice.
"It's been quite a while since we've seen you Zero. When I heard it was you I was teaching I wasn't sure it was you."
"Belikov." He said curtly and I saw the hatred and anger in Zero's eyes.
I was definitely going to ask Dimitri what this conversation was about. It seemed to be full of anger… at least from Zero, Dimitri just looked annoyed and no would ever see it but me maybe
just a bit smug.
Zero just sizzled with anger. Then his expression when Yuki looked over at him.
"What's wrong zero?" she asked in that sickly sweet voice she had.
Zero groaned and Dimitri shifted his body so that it was just in front of Lissa at the same time my body shifted to protect her. Zero looked from me to Yuki as if undecided then he
ran into the trees for shelter. I was officially confused but Dimitri suggested that we take Lissa to our dorm.
When we were standing outside our dorm I looked at Dimitri and he obviously noticed my confused and determined look because he sighed. We walked inside and he sat down on a
couch.
"Mr. Yagari and I were vampire hunters in my early years. Zero and I met when I was with Yagari. It was quite something actually.
Flash Back
Dimitri's POV
"Hello Yagari." Dimitri said.
"Belikov." Toga Yagari said curtly.
The Kiryu twins walked out from behind a tree. For the first time I had seen a pair of vampire hunting twins who had survived in their mother's womb together. Looking at Zero I could tell that
he had gained most of the skill. It was going to be quite difficult to train Ichiru because he had very little of the twins' shared power. Ichiru looked at me curiously and I stared back at him
with an expressionless face.
"I am Dimitri Belikov. I will be training you Ichiru. Come with me." I said.
I didn't give Ichiru a chance to catch up to me I was gone and the boy was having hard trouble following. Ichiru was breathing very hard before I stopped. And I could have kept going.
End of flashback
Rose's POV
"I basically trained Ichiru just as I trained you Rose. The same drills and tests. And he didn't do as well as you did. When he couldn't pass the test all of the other
vampire hunters shunned Ichiru. The only one who showed Ichiru any kind of attention and that was Zero. But because I had tried to train Ichiru, Zero saw that it was my fault that Ichiru
hadn't passed the test and was forever shunned by the vampire hunter society. " Dimitri finished with a sigh. "It was Ichiru who went with that Shizuka Hio. He chose to be a strigoi. That will
forever be on my conscious. Such a good Dhampir spirit. "
I had never seen Dimitri so upset about anything more than this. When he left the room I couldn't help but see that look of Guilt smeared all over his handsome face. I knew that his
guilt would probably last there forever.