The night that followed was rather uneventful. To keep appearances, Kit assumed the guise of a vampire. Many of the male Night Class members were intrigue by this new girl with the flowing red hair. None of them knew of a family with her last name, but they were interested none the less The usually flirty Aidou kept his distance, not all too keen on how things didn't add up, but was forced to at least make cordial conversation by Kaname. The pure-blood wasn't entirely pleased with the situation, but preferred that there would be nothing that interfered with plans, including something with other vampires.
"Aidou.. " Kaname mumbled barely above a whisper, but was still heard by the young curly haired male.
"Yes, Kaname? " Aidou lifted his head as he addressed the pure-blood, not wanting to offend him any way.
"Don't be rude and say hello to our new class mate. "
"Y-yes, Kaname. " The young vampire quickly left his seat to move to where Kit sat, using his knack for words to start a conversation with her. Surprised by the sudden interest from the recently apprehensive boy, Kit lifted her head to where Kaname sat b the window. His eyes told her nothing, and his features never changed, but Kit smiled at him anyway, giggling as he turned to stare out the window once more. Kit returned to the conversation with Aidou and the rest of the students that sat around her. The first full day hadn't gone exactly as she had thought it would, though it was as good a start as any.
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The weeks that followed that first day were no more exciting then any other. It was business as usual for Zero and Yuuki, the school's guardians, at least that's how Kit viewed it. From her window in the Moon Dorm, she watched as the pair went about their daily chores as it came time for the Night Class to start. The pair seemed odd to her at first, noting that they often times poked fun during class or teased each other while on duty. Though she was not there, Kit could see these things with the aid of her magic. She noted every little change that took place in Zero, as a special precaution. He was especially different however when the Night Class leader, Kaname Kuran, came to greet Yuuki when it was time for them to enter the school.
Often Kit noticed that Zero would grab at Kaname's hand when the tall brunette made an attempt to caress Yuuki's cheeks. There was never any confrontation between the two rivals, at least not out in the open in front of Yuuki. Kit assumed that the males knew the girl was too fragile to handle such a thing anyway. She was.. timid. She would be cheerful at one point and then easily turn to another emotion as quickly as one could turn on a light switch. Kit did not know the girl's past however, so to judge so harshly was unfair, but it was what she saw when she watched Yuuki. There were many times during the night that Kit would attempt to make conversation with the girl as she checked on the Night Class, though she supposed that appearing out of no where was starting to get to the young prefect. Not one to give up, Kit was determined to learn more about the people she was keeping watch over. It was an especially bright moonlit night that she finally got Yuuki to sit and talk with her.
"Say Kit?" Yuuki dangled her feet off the side of the balcony the two sat on, inclining her head so that she could see the red head's eyes.
"Hmm?" Kit looked down from gazing at the stars to acknowledge the girl, shifting her weight to get more comfortable.
"What is it like, the realm that you come from? " It was a simple question, though one of the only ones the prefect had asked her that didn't relate to watching the Night Class in the passed few weeks.
"Well, my realm.. The Realm of Mythology we call it, is very much like the world you know. The land is all the same, with many of the same plants and animals. The only difference would be that the names of the places are different and that, as it's name implies, there are mythological creatures that live and thrive there. We also have a council that regulates things between all races, but we are not perfect. We all make mistakes and fights do occur, but we are much closer to peace then anyone could have ever imagined.. " Kit's eyes lifted back up to the moon, sighing as she remembered the few battles that had broken out in her lifetime.
"And there are vampires in that realm? " Yuuki leaned forward a bit, looking down through a window to a familiar figure. Kaname was sitting by the same window, peering into the distance opposite of the tower the two occupied.
"Oh yes, there are vampires Yuuki. The only exception is that vampires aren't limited to human form in my realm. There, vampires or vampire types of all races and creatures have appeared, but we all have learned to get along with each other. "
When Kit had ended her sentence, Yuuki swore there was a slight glimmer in her eye, as though she was about to cry. "She sounded so sad about that last part.. I wonder if something happened to her?" Yuuki reached a hand out to Kit, placing it on her shoulder as the red head looked back at her, smiling very softly. "I'm sure things will get to that point here sometime too. "
"They will, though you must remember that things will be tough in spots and even when it seems impossible, you need to stay strong. You rely on people here, but there are also people who rely on you, Yuuki. " Kit grinned as she turned her head to look away, knowing that the last bit of her speech had been overheard.
"I thought I'd find you here with.. her" Zero said gruffly as he stood behind his partner and the girl who he had yet come to trust. She was still too much of a possible threat for him to even let his guard down for a minute, and here Yuuki was chatting away at her.
"Zero, she's not an enemy you know! She's here to help us, even the Vampire Hunter's organization has vouched on her behalf. " Yuuki turned to the side to look back at Zero, giving him a look that made the silver haired teen only grumpier.
"That doesn't change my instincts.. All I can smell is something foul, and it started when she came here. " Zero pointed a finger at Kit, who turned around to eye the boy, the same smile on her lips that always made Zero's insides turn. She seemed too sweet for her own good. It reminded him of.. "Shizuka.." The one memory of the damned woman who turned him into a monster sent Zero's chest into fits of pain, his hands immediately clutching his chest and throat. Unable to get control of the hunger pang that was now sweeping over him, Zero bolted off the roof and into the building below.
"What.. Wait! Zero, Zero wait are you okay?!" Yuuki scrambled to her feet, knowing full well what was wrong with her partner. He hadn't fed off her in days, and with Kit around, he seemed even more reluctant to do so then usual.
"Yuuki, is he alright? Do you need my help?" Kit began to stand as the female prefect sped off in the same direction as Zero.
"No, I'm use to dealing with him, I'll be alright! Just make sure everything goes okay with the Night Class, thanks Kit!" Yuuki's voice was already distant as she called to Kit from inside the building, following the hurried yet sluggish foot steps she knew were Zero's.
Kit was not going to chance anything if she was there in the first place to help keep watch. Using her magic to keep an eye on the Night Class, Kit followed Yuuki quietly, her keen senses able to pick up exactly where she had gone off to. The young brunette had found her partner in an unused room, panting and sweating heavily. Closing into where the two were, Kit cast her invisibility spell, just slipping past the door as Yuuki shut it to prevent anyone from witnessing what was about to happen. Kit knelt in a corner, noting a familiar smell that was beginning to invade her nostrils. "So it has begun.. You are losing yourself Zero."
"Y-yuuki.. It hurts more then usual.. I " Zero panted heavily, gripping the tie he wore and ripping it off. "I don't know.. how long I can stand this.. I'm--"
Yuuki cut off Zero's sentence with a finger, placing it lightly against his lips as she used her free hand to unbutton her jacket and blouse. Her cheeks were somewhat flushed, but her movements told Kit she was determined and that the action was not forced. "If you apologize to me again, I won't forgive you later. You know this is my choice, and I don't mind."
"Thank you.. Yuuki.. " Zero's eyes softened as he watched the girl before him finish with the buttons, carefully collecting her into his arms in a cradle position, leaning his head down to her shoulder. His breathing was erratic, hitching every so often, only to calm for the small moment he used to lick up to Yuuki's neck, baring his fangs slowly. Zero pierced the soft flesh there without a moment's hesitation. The brunette gasped softly, not entirely ready for the pain that jolted through her body as he bit her.
"I'm use to this though.. No one else can do this for Zero, and I promised to protect him for as long as I could. I just wish he could understand that.." Yuuki leaned her head back and to the side, allowing Zero the room he required to feed off her comfortably. Though the pain was still there, Yuuki didn't mind these sessions with Zero. During them, he held her tightly and close to him, and she knew it was partly a reaction from his blood lust, but at the same time she felt.. peaceful. With each feeding, Zero became more tender in his bites, and although he always fed ravenously, he had begun making sure to clean the mess he had made from her shoulder.
It was during this day dream however that Yuuki realized there was something wrong. Zero had kept feeding passed the point where he knew he was suppose to stop. It made her heart race and her palms sweat as she gripped as Zero's shirt collar, tugging on it roughly.
"Zero.. ahh, Zero! You're.. taking too much.. " Yuuki squirmed in his grasp, finding that the position she was in left her vulnerable. She had no leverage in which to push away from him. "Z-zero.. please!"
"Zero, I'm sorry, but you'll thank me in a moment. "
The voice came out of the dark corner of the room and in a matter of seconds Yuuki was on the floor. Kit had Zero by the back of the neck and had applied pressure points that had knocked the half-breed temporarily unconscious. With a sigh Kit set him on the floor beside Yuuki, leaning closely to her to examine the wounds he had left on her neck. She had caused slight tearing when Zero was ripped from Yuuki's neck, forcing Kit to cast a minor healing spell.
"I'm sorry for following you dear, but I had a feeling that it would've been better if I had spied instead of staying to watch the Night Class. " Kit tilted the girl's head into the light that shone through the windows, making sure that the holes had healed properly. Yuuki was shaking, crying from the ordeal, and pale from loss of too much blood. Her eyes stayed on Zero, even as she talked to Kit.
"I'm not upset with you.. I'm thankful you were there to stop him. I.. I wouldn't be here had you not. Oh god that thought.. I just.. " Yuuki placed her face into her hands and sobbed softly. All of her worst fears of Zero were coming true, and she was powerless to do the one thing that she had promised him in the first place. "I can't believe… he's already fallen into insanity? "
"No.. not yet Yuuki. Though his body has begun to give off the pheromone that signals that he will soon. " Kit watched the girl's expression as she went from mortified to almost relieved.
"How long does.. does he have until he finally falls? " Yuuki sniffled as she rested a shaky hand on Zero's shoulder, watching the teen stir slightly.
"He has exactly two weeks from today before he becomes the irreversible beast. I'm sorry Yuuki.. " Kit closed her eyes and sighed, knowing that her plans were being pushed forward, but it was better to get them over with anyway.
"Unnh… ooh.. My head.. " Zero's eyes fluttered open, revealing to the two girls that watched him the slight red that was still in them before they changed back to silver. "What in the world.." He noticed her then. Kit was sitting beside Yuuki, watching him with those green eyes that were like mirrors. "…. why is she here?"
"Zero how can you be this way when she's the reason I'm still here?!" Yuuki pounded on her friend's chest once before quickly getting up to run off to her dorm, tears streaming down her face.
"Zero.. you--"
"What Kit, just spit it out already! " Zero slammed a fist into the floor, shifting his weight onto it to help himself up to follow Yuuki.
"..you almost killed Yuuki.. " Kit turned her head to face Zero, her eyes scanning his figure in the dark.
"What.. did you say..? " The sound of those words ran through his mind over and over again, and it was like he was in one of his dreams. One of he many nightmares that plagued him night after night. It was all coming true. "I.. almost..?"
"Yes.. I had followed after you two, knowing the signs of a vampire with hunger pangs. I thought it was a good idea to make sure nothing went wrong, because after all, I know you have been feeding off her since you first lost yourself to the bloodlust. " Kit paused momentarily, shifting in her spot to stand herself and take a glimpse out the window before continuing. "Tonight, you began to secrete the pheromone a Level E gives off when they are close to falling and as a result, your bloodlust would not let you stop. You continued to feed passed the point that had been deemed okay between you and Yuuki and your mind subsided to let your instincts take over completely. As a result, you drained that poor girl within dire limits. Had I not been here, she would have been lost in another minute, two tops. "
Zero's body shook as he listened to Kit's words, any strength he had left being lost in panic and despair. He fell to his knees with a light sob, his hands gripping the upper part of his arms, drawing blood. He had almost killed the one person he cared for most, and was now closer then ever to becoming the monster he so hated. "Oh my god.. No.. I can't, I can't remember it.. I.. Yuuki.. "
Kit stepped closer to the shaking boy, kneeling beside him to try and offer some comfort. He pulled away from her at first, hearing him mumble for her to leave him alone. After years of dealing with vampires and Level E's, she had never once come across one like Zero Kiriyu. He was stubborn and hot headed, quick to act and at times just as scared a small child. She saw all these things as he tried to pull away from her again, this time forcing the silver haired teen to look at her.
"Zero, you asked me before when I came if my other task involved you and here you will get your answer. Yes, you are the second reason I am here and my task does involve you. In a week's time you will come to my room in the Moon Dorm and there we will finish this. I advise that you do not tell Yuuki about this and come alone. As for what you do about her otherwise.. " Kit leaned closely to Zero, her eyes no longer that same color of green, but constantly shifting back and forth between the emerald depths and a crimson red. " You hurt that girl.. Possibly deeper then anything she's ever known, and she is scared. Do what you think is right. "
Kit straightened and looked down at Zero as he sat there a moment, taking in what the red head had just told him. He was scared, not as much as Yuuki maybe, but he was scared to lose himself as well as the only person dear to him. He knew he had to do something, but it wasn't going to be easy. Standing somewhat shakily, Zero looked to Kit, and though he didn't say a word, he nodded and bolted out the toward the direction of Yuuki's dorm. She knew the nod had meant 'thank you' and that he was truly grateful for having stopped his worst nightmare from coming true.
The room now empty, Kit focused on the moon and released a long breath, channeling the majority of her magic within her mind. The color shift between her eyes was still flickering, to the deep crimson and back to green again, signaling her once more. She shut her eyes, the magic she had been gathering now being used.
"He has begun to fall. I fear that the time for you to come and do your part is nearer then we had originally had hoped.." Kit's magic had channeled a mind tap, and the vision behind her eyes was that of the crimson ones that had originally been flashing in her own. They were large, with pupils that were slits, and they narrowed slightly as she spoke.
"Well my dear, both you and I know that this task can not be done on your power alone, no matter how strong a Nova Fox is. " The red eyes stared back at hers behind her closed eyelids, unblinking and deep in thought.
"I know.. I just had hoped more then anything to stay with them longer, though I do miss you. "
"You are always stating the obvious, silly fox. You know that I miss you as well. "
"Then shall I see you in a week, to finish this task?"
" In a week then, and you can return once more with me, until you are summoned again. " The eyes behind her eyelids closed, and the mind tap had ended. Although it was too early for her, Kit knew that she would soon have to finish her task and be back in the Realm of Mythology.
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