(Here's chapter 5 hope you like it. If you have any comments feel free to review the story, don't be shy any comments are welcome! Again I do not own the vampire knight characters!)
I felt like I could have held Ayame forever. But before I knew it; it was time to head back to the party. I knew that the chairman would be worried if we didn't return after all we were supposed to be the security for the evening. When we arrived back at the party everything was normal. All the students seemed to be having a great time and I decided to ask Ayame to dance again even though her dress was trashed she still looked like a million bucks and my heart wouldn't stop racing every time I looked at her.
The next morning I was woken up by Ayame banging on my bedroom door; I opened it up to find her dressed in a purple sundress with matching flip flops. She had her hair tied back with a purple ribbon and a cup of coffee in her hand.
"Morning Zero!" she shouted as I opened the door. "Cross asked us to run some errands today, so I thought I come wake you up."
I grumbled and waked over to my closet to get some clean clothes before heading to the bathroom to take a shower. I loved the idea of being alone with Ayame for the whole day but I hadn't slept well last night and I was kind of tired. I downed a box of blood tablets before jumping into the shower
After I had finished getting ready we headed into town together; we walked by stand after stand gathering the things chairman cross as us to get, Ayame noticed a cute little black and purple charm bracelet on a jewellery stand she tried it on and said "Look Zero it fits perfectly."
I smiled and said "It looks beautiful on you."
"Yes, yes your girlfriend is beautiful; the two of you look so cute together." Said the clerk
Ayame blushed and looked away from me; I handed the clerk money for the bracelet Ayame tried to protest but I said "It's a gift from me to you."
"But Zero…."
"No buts." I said before kissing her. I held her tight for several minutes before the clerk cleared his throat and motioned for us to move on. We finished up our errands and headed back to the academy just around lunch time to find chairman cross waiting at the front gate. He took the bags from me and handed me orders from the hunters association. I read them quickly before giving Ayame a kiss on the cheek and saying I'd be back later.
I quickly found the vampire I was looking for; I didn't want to waste time, I wanted to get back to the school and hang with the girl I loved. The vampire was hiding out under a bridge; he was holding a body in his arms and stroking the hair gently. The minute he noticed me he looked relieved.
"I knew you'd come for me sooner or later." said the level E.
"You know why I'm here right?" I asked holding out the extermination papers.
"I know, and I won't put up a fight either." he replied while lying the woman on the ground and standing up.
"What's wrong with this guy?" I wondered
"Do you have any idea what it's like to kill someone you love? To drink their blood until there was nothing left?" he asked
I shook my head no, "What the hell is he talking about?" I thought.
"Oh good, I hope you never have to live through that." he replied while walking closer to me.
He stopped inches away from my face and whisper in my ear "I have, I watched as my love died in my arms because I just had to have a taste; and that's why I'm glad you people finally found me, now I can be at peace."
He grabbed my hand and pushed my figure against the trigger of my gun; the next thing I knew I was covered in vampire dust. I brushed myself off and headed back to school. I found Ayame lying under a tree near the horse barn; she was now wearing tight jeans and a tank top that said "rock star" on it. She was sound asleep, but the minute I got close I thought about what that vampire had said and I gathered her up in my arms and held on to her tight.
"Zero? What's wrong?" she asked
"Nothing." I replied still hugging her tightly. I hadn't realized how much the level E had shaken me up. "Nothing at all." I repeated once more while burying my face in her hair. The two of us sat like that until sunset.
That evening we hung out in the barn for most of the night; and I began to notice that all of the bite marks I had made on Ayame since I met her were nowhere to be seen. I also noticed that her stitches weren't bothering her either. "She must be a fast healer!" I thought
"Hey how are your stitches?" I asked
"Oh there fine, wanna see?" she replied while pulling her shirt up. I looked them over for a few seconds then pulled her shirt back down and said "You heal fast."
"Hum, my dad said I'm like chairman cross, I have extra vampire DNA; so I heal faster." she replied
We sat in the barn for most of the night talking; I could see that Ayame was falling asleep so I picked her up and carried her to her room. I kissed her good night before leaving and heading over to the moon dorm to check up on the vampires; they all seemed to be behaving so I left and went back to the barn to see lily.
I must have fallen asleep in the barn because I was woken up by the barn manager at sunrise. He gave me a funny look as I jumped to my feet and said "What time is it?"
"Seven thirty." he replied
"Crap I'm gonna be late for school!" I thought as I ran out of the barn and to my room to change. I got to class just a few minutes after the bell rang and the teacher made me stay after class for supplementary classes.
By the time I was finished my school work the sun had set and I ran as fast as I could to find Ayame. But the night class was already in the class room and Ayame was nowhere to be found. As I searcher I came across a few vampires hiding in the woods near the moon dorm. They all surrounded me and just as I was about to pull out my gun Ayame walked up behind me.
"Vampires are prohibited from entering school grounds without permission." She said as she pulled her gun out from the inside of her jacket.
"Oh look vampire hunters." said one of the vampires
"She looks awful tasty." said another one
"Touch me and die vampire scum."
"Now that you mention it Twig, she does look awful tasty."
I grabbed Ayame and pulled her behind me before pulling out my gun and pointing it at the main vampire.
"I suggest you all leave before you find yourselves dead." I said
"Man who is this kid?" said another vampire "Just take him out."
"Be careful boys he's no ordinary vampire hunter." said a man in a suite.
"So he's Zero Kiryu, the one who killed our Rido Kuran." said another vampire
"You killed Rido Kuran?" said Ayame looking surprized.
"Yes I did." I replied "And I'll kill all of you if you don't leave now."
At that very moment all of the vampires charged us. We both shot as many as we could before running out of bullets. I was about to distract them so Ayame could run when she handed me a dagger. I looked over to see she had it tied to her thigh. She also had a staff just like Yuki's; no it was Yuki's.
"Where did you get that?" I said pointing to Artemis.
"Oh I stole it from Yuki Kuran." she replied "What? She's a vampire, she shouldn't have anti-vampire weapons."
The vampires began advancing again and we did our best to fight them off but one kicked Ayame and she fell to the ground. I bent over to help her up just as the vampire in the suite stabbed me with a sword. It went right through my shoulder; and I realized it was an anti-vampire sword as soon as it touched my skin. I screamed out in pain and anger. But before I could retaliate I was knocked to the ground and was being hit from all angles. The man with the sword stabbed me with it one more time so that I could no longer move.
"ZERO!" I heard Ayame scream over and over "ZEEERRRROOO!"
I had to lay there and watch as they dragged her off into the forest kicking and screaming, before I finally passed out the man in the suite said "This is pay back for killing Rido the man we all loved, don't worry you won't die, but she might."
He then began laughing as he walked away and the last thing I heard before passing out was Ayame's ear piercing scream. When I came to I was lying in a bed in the moon dorm, and at first I thought the girl sitting next to me was Ayame. I was about to grab her and hug her when I regained my scenes and realized she was Yuki, standing next to her was Aido.
"Where is she?" I said to Yuki
"Oh Zero, good your awake."
"Where is she, Yuki?" I repeated
"I was so worried that you were going to turn to dust." she replied while hugging me.
"Yuki, where's….."
I never got to finish the sentence because Yuki kissed me. A whole wave of emotions that I had let go suddenly came back and hit me full force; I kissed Yuki back and tightened my grip on her.
"I'm so glad you're okay Zero! I love you." she said after we kissed
I hadn't even noticed the other presence that had walked into the room until it was too late. I looked over to see Ayame standing at the door. Her face was expressionless as she dropped the flowers that she had in her hands and stormed out of the room.
"Ayame." I said while trying to get up and go after her. But I winced in pain and realized I was still injured. "I'm sorry!" I thought to myself.
Yuki knew that I was in pain and needed blood so she made a small cut on her neck and I; unable to resist took her offer. I drank from her until she made me stop, and then I sat there silent until Yuki finally left me alone.
"What have I done? I'm sorry Ayame!" I thought to myself again "What am I going to do? Why? Why did I kiss her back?"
A few hours after drinking Yuki's blood I was completely healed. I left the moon dorm without being noticed and found myself outside Ayame's door. I knocked several times with no reply; I opened the door to find her things were still here but she wasn't.
I searched the whole campus, she wasn't with Lily or on the firing range; I finally found her with Senri and Ichijo in the automotive department. Chairman Cross and Toga decided to open this new department of study so that the students could learn about cars. The three of them were talking while, Senri worked on a car and Ayame worked on a motorcycle. I couldn't seem to face her so I hide behind a corner and listened in.
"Hey Takuma, make yourself useful and hand me that wrench." I heard Ayame say
"Um sure, this one?" Ichijo replied
"No she wants the 15mil." said Shiki
"Oh this one." replied Ichijo
"Yes thanks." Said Ayame
"So Aido told us about what happened in the moon dorm; you want to talk about it?" said Senri.
"NO I don't Shiki." replied Ayame
"Oh come on, you'll feel better." said Ichijo while leaning over her
"I said I don't want to talk about Kiryu and that girl." She said while flinging a wrench my way, it stuck through the wall just missing my face; then she went into the next room to get more tools.
"Hum I guess she knew he was standing there." Shiki said to Ichijo
"Seems that way doesn't it?" replied Ichijo "By the way you never told me how you two know each other."
"Hummm." was all Shiki replied
"Stop talking about me like I can't hear you!" I shouted while walking into the room
"Oh Kiryu didn't see ya there." Said Ichijo
At that very moment Yuki and Aido walked in, they were showing Sara Shirabuki (another pure blood) around the campus. The minute they walked through the door Ayame came back into the room.
"Oh and these are the stuff the students work on while in this class." said Aido "This bike belongs to Ayame Yagari, and that car is what Shiki is rebuilding, the other cars are the ones the day class students work on."
Ayame marched in between them and began working on her bike again; while Aido showed Sara around and Yuki stayed over by the door. I stood frozen in the corner next to Ichijo and Shiki. You could have cut the tension between Yuki, Ayame and I with a knife.
"Ayame you have something of Yuki's that she'd like returned." Said Aido, as he and Sara walked past Ayame to the door.
"What? Artemis?" she replied while taking out the rod.
"Yes Artemis!" said Yuki angrily
Ayame threw the rod and it landed at Yuki's feet before rolling across the floor and stopping just short of Sara's feet.
"Rude as always Ayame." said Sara as she picked up the rod and handed it to Yuki.
"You know each other?" asked Aido
"I was the hunter who interrogated her about the death of her fiancé." replied Ayame "Can't wait till they actually prove it was all you, so that I can be of some use here."
"Please don't touch any of the night class without just cause." asked Yuki
"Did I say I was going to do anything Kuran?" Ayame said "And since when did I ever start taking orders from a filthy pure blood like you?"
"If you try to harm anyone from the night class; I'll stop you!"
Ayame put down what she was doing and walked right up to Yuki; she was giving her the most Zero like stare I had ever seen before saying "Is that so?"
"Yes it is!" replied Yuki
"Any time you feel strong enough come and find me!" Ayame said
The two glared at each other for several minutes before Ayame turned and walked out of the room.
Ayame avoided me for the rest of the week whenever possible. She showed up for her prefect duties but refused to look at me or Yuki. She sat as far away from me in class as humanly possible and again avoided looking my way. During lunch she sat in the trees and refused to look my way; I felt like I had ruined any chance I had at happiness with her. I tried to talk to her several times but she would just ignore me like I didn't exist or she'd just walk away.
I woke up Friday morning covered in sweat; that night I had a nightmare that ended in Ayame dead in my arms, Yuki covered in blood and Yagari aiming a gun at me. I climbed out of bed and washed my face in the sink before getting dressed and heading over to the newly built barn to see Lily. I walked into the barn to find Ayame brushing Lily; she looked over at me and said "Good morning Zero."
It took me a few seconds to respond but I eventually said "Good morning."
I walked up behind Ayame; hugged her and whispered "I'm sorry." into her ear.
"Zero, don't." she replied "You love her, I get it, so you don't need to apologise."
She slipped out from under my arms and started towards the door. But I couldn't let her go I just couldn't.I grabbed her and held her as tight as I could and whispered "I'm sorry." over and over again.
"Zero, really you don't have to apologise to me." She said smiling at me
"I love you, not Yuki." I blurted out. After that I kissed her and the two of us ended up lying in the hay for the rest of the day.
"Zero, we should head over to the moon dorm entrance soon." Ayame said while straitening her clothes and cleaning the hay off herself.
"I know." I said while pulling her back down on top of me. "But I just don't wanna yet."
"Zero!" she giggled
"There you are; I thought I'd never find you two." said the Chairman from the barn door
"Chairman Cross." said Ayame as she jumped to her feet
"Get over to the moon dorm and then the sun dorm; it's time to do some real prefect duties." he said while turning around
"Yes sir." replied Ayame
"Ah young love." said the chairman as he walked away
"What does he mean by real prefect duties?" asked Ayame
"It means we go to the student's rooms and confiscate anything that's banned." I groaned
The two of us spent the rest of the day and most of the evening going through the dorms. It was a pain and we had to confiscate something from every student in the day class and from a few night class students as well.