The smell of humans was in the air, young females. Zero smiled to himself as he remembered a Count Dracula reference that Ruka had once used on him.
He sighed and tried to think up the pros and cons list he'd though up earlier about breaking it off with her, most of them contemplating the Council and Ruka's safety, or moreover Maria. No one wanted to see, hear or know about what Maria looked like when she was angry about something.
The Kuruizaki's weren't known for their masked facial expressions, if anything they show their emotions and wore them with pride. That's why most Nobles liked them better, the seemed easier to talk too, but still the intimidation as Pureblood's was there and wasn't forgotten for the slightest second.
Zero left his driver five miles down the road of what looked to be a school campus, the perfect place to find a meal and new servant which he'd need for the long search for his mother ahead. But in a way this was also a vacation from his problems, not that he was one to run from them he just needed to get out of the house and away from his family for awhile. Although it broke Maria's heart and pinned Ichiru in a difficult position he would be selfish and put himself first.
A slender girl with curly chestnut hair and cinnamon colored eyes passed by his hiding place in the trees. Zero raised an eyebrow and looked down at the girl who –guessing by the badge on her arm- was a Prefect. Zero smiled and leaped down from the tree behind the girl.
She jumped and whipped around, dagger in hand. Bemused by the bold action Zero grabbed her hand that held the dagger and tried not to snarl.
"What's your business here vampire?" Zero's violet eyes narrowed and the girl glared back. "I am a Guardian of this Academy and we are very aware of the existence of vampires."
"Oh really?" Zero released her hand and she flew back a few yards. "A school for hunters, hmm, shouldn't be too hard to destroy." He started toward what looked to be a dorm room only to meet a sharp shooting pain in his arm. The Guardian had thrown the dagger, he'd under estimated her.
Snarling he yanked out the dagger and while gripping the hilt of it he got shocked; it was an anti-vampire weapon, but still he tightened his hold on to it. The girl seemed surprised to see that he hadn't turned to dust like most vampires did.
"This is not a Hunter's Association establishment, this is a place where vampire and humans co-exist peacefully, only the Guardians are trained hunters and they're only here to keep out roves and to keep the Night Class in line. I'll have to take you to the Headmaster."
"You know you should be executed, it's a crime to injure the body of a Pureblood." The girl's eyes widened and Zero let his fangs show. "More importantly I'm a Kuruizaki; we live for slaughter and making servants out of humans with no manners."
Purebloods can turn humans into vampires, the girl remembered. Pulling out another hidden weapon from her uniform she tried her best to make the movement that turned the left part of her body sideways look natural. Also she pressed the call button on her cell phone in her pocket, she'd need back up.
"Your family killed the Kiryuu clan."
"Yes." He replied bluntly, the girl grinded her teeth and drew the katana out from the side of her jacket. The long blade caught the glimmer of the moonlight over her shoulder as she moved into a fight stance.
"Where is Kyra Kiryuu? We didn't find her body and I know you stole her!" He threw the dagger at the girl, but just as he planned in glazed past her and hit the tree behind her back. The girl's face stayed tranquil but he could hear her heartbeat pick up.
"That brat has been turned into one of our servants." Zero tried to remain cool, but the anger on his face was too much to hold back. How dare she draw that weapon on me?
The girl's eyes widened and she rushed forward at the Pureblood. "You snake!" Zero sidestepped the attack and grabbed the girl's arm and lifted her till her feet cleared the ground. The katana fell to the ground with a clank that echoed off the stone courtyard.
"We did not turn her; believe it or not my family has enough decency not to do that to an infant." The girl stared at him wide eyed then he caught the sounds of voices and footstep right behind him.
"Sayori!" A rough male voice yelled.
"Aw, you called for help."Zero smiled down at the girl he now knew as Sayori, and he swore he saw her blush. "You will be seeing me again."
Right when another hunter was about to stab his weapon right into Zero's chest, Zero's body melted away and morphed into a silver wolf with stunning violet eyes. As Sayori fell to the ground she saw the large animal's eyes on her before it turned and tackled the other Guardian to the ground and darting across campus the opposite way he came, the whole time barking up a storm, purposely waking almost all of the humans students in their dorms.
"After it!" An older hunter with midnight colored hair and an eye patch, yelled.
Wakaba
"Yori-chan are you alright?" The Headmaster asked after checking her battle scars and making sure that the Pureblood hadn't bitten her.
"Hai, I'm fine. But who was that?" Kaien tapped his chin for a moment then turned to his file cabinet.
"He said his surname was Kuruizaki?"
"Yes," Yori tried not to blush when she thought about the way the Pureblood had looked at her, the perfection of his face his angel and devil smile…
"Ah, here it is, I left it on my desk when I was updating it." Kaien laughed and opened the file.
"Updating?"
"Hai, the Kuruizaki's have had a rough year so far. Iruka-san, I'm guessing the Pureblood's father, was murdered by the Kiryuu clan and then Shizuka went missing after attending a meeting with the Council about her deed. His presence could only mean trouble…we just have to know which one he is."
"'Which one he is'?" Sayori asked. "Don't we just have to look up the Kuruzaiki's son?"
"Normally, yes, but the Kuruzaki's have two sons. The one you met tonight has a twin brother." Kaien pulled out a picture and showed it to Yori.
Before her was a family of five: A tall man – she knew was Iruka- that towered over all the others and had silver hair and violet colored eyes; a woman –she also knew was Shizuka- with long snow white hair and pink colored eyes; a young girl with silver hair and violet eyes; and two boys, both tall like their father and looked exactly the same. Only one of them had shorter hair.
"Him, the one that's not smiling in the picture," Yori pointed out. Kaien glanced down and went pale, a starch white. "Headmaster?"
"That's the Kuruizaki's eldest son. Oh, he's trouble, he lost his fiancée to his younger brother and he can't claim the Kuruizaki name the way he was expected too. If he's here then he's either looking for a replacement for Maria or his mother."
"How do you know so much?"
Kaien gave Yori a small smiled. "The Kuruizaki's don't mask their emotions; we know how these people are like. They are ruthless and will take what they want when they want it. Iruka and Ichiru," He pointed out the father and the Pureblood's twin. "Are the nicest in the Kuruizaki family –aside from his vicious wife and Ichiru's siblings-, if it had been them we would be expecting a donation of some sort or a new Pureblood to enroll in our Night Class."
"What's his name?" Yori ignored Kaien and kept her gaze on the Pureblood she'd met tonight.
Kaien paused before answering. "Zero….Yori what happened tonight?" Yori met her sensei's intense eyes and bit her lip.
"He, um," she quickly made up a lie. "Told me about Kyra Kiryuu, they haven't turned her but she's going to be like a servant to them."
Kuran
Yuuki arrived at the academy with Kaname and her parents, who were only staying to drop her off. Kaname cupped Yuuki's face in his hands and brought their foreheads together.
"The moment you miss me just call, or come home."
"Alright Onii-sama,"
"Come on Yuuki it's time for you to meet Cross Kaien." Haruka said.
It was broad daylight and the humans were still buzzing around the courtyard, suddenly they all stopped to see the newly arrived Yuuki Kuran entering the school grounds. She'd insisted on going on by herself and meeting people on the way.
Yuuki smiled at everyone who looked her way, but tried to find the Headmaster's office.
Oh maybe I should have let Okaa-sama help me. Aghh! This is so frustrating!
Yuuki bumped shoulders with another student and jumped almost a foot in the air. "Ah, sorry I wasn't looking where I was go-"Yuuki's eyes met those of a tall, teenage hunter. She could tell by his aura and plus the flash of silver when he pulled a dagger out of his blazer threateningly.
"Get out of here vampire." He seethed. Yuuki's eyes narrowed.
"No I'm supposed to be here and the Headmaster is waiting for my arrival, I'm Yuuki Kuran." The hunter's eyes narrowed into coal black slits. "You can't fight me in front of humans." She reminded. Out of her peripheral vision she saw a few more of the stone faced black eyed students as all the other cherry faced ones escaped into their classes.
"A Pureblood royal," one snorted. Yuuki sighed and her grip on her suitcase handle tightened. "Don't do this, the Headmaster will be mad."
"Yeah right! We weren't expecting any vampires today!"
"I came a few days early." Yuuki explained.
"Because that's so believable," another guy reared up to her.
"Back. Off. Right. Now." Yuuki seethed through her teeth, after the frustrating search for the Headmaster's office and now about to be jumped by hunters, put her in a very bad mood.
One of the hunters reached out and on instinct Yuuki's arm with the suitcase in it swung forward, hit the hunter offside the head, knocking him to the ground. "You don't try to man handle a lady." She walked around him and listened to the sounds of his friends moving to his aid as she stalked off.
~X~
"Ah! Where the hell is it?" She snarled twelve minutes later the search for the Headmaster's office had still been useless.
"Oi! What are you doing outside of-" Yuuki whipped around, suitcase at the ready, to see a short brown haired girl.
"Wow, hey, calm down." The girl stepped forward and lowered Yuuki's suitcase. "I'm guessing you met the other guys before I could find you. I'm Sayori Wakaba, just call me Yori."
"Whew," Yuuki sighed. "Finally a sociable face, I'm Yuuki Kuran and I'm trying to find the Headmaster's office."
"Alright well you were heading the right way, but the Headmaster is in his house right now, I'll show you. What happened anyway?"
"Oh, they were about to grab me and I whacked one of them to the ground with my suitcase. My Pureblood powers are a tad…destructive so I didn't want to explain to Headmaster why the grounds look like they've been through an earthquake."
"Huh," said Yori's only response. "Cross-san talks about you a lot, how do you know him?"
"Oh he knows my mother, Juuri Kuran." Yuuki explained. The two chatted for a bit then Yori walked ahead of Yuuki to a stone building and opened the door for her.
"Right up the stairs to the left, he'd be in the kitchen." Yori explained with a sad smile. "I have to get to class now; do you think you can find it?"
"Yes, thank you Yori-chan." Yuuki said and walked into the house, she looked over her shoulder to see the Yori running to get to a classroom. I think we'll become good friends.
Wakaba
"Sayori, you awake over there?" One of the Guardians, Nara, called. Yori's gaze tore from the white bird she'd seen dive into the trees a moment later and nodded sheepishly as she rubbed her bury eyes.
"I'm just tired; Yuuki-san and I were up all night talking."
"Well this perimeter is secure and the traps are set," another Guardian, Sota, declared completely ignoring her announcement about the Pureblood princess. "Go wake up Hiro and tell him to take over for you. That's why we work in shifts."
Yori nodded and took a few steps back then set her eyes on the stone railing, but before she could dash forward Nara spoke.
"Don't let the Purebloods bite." Yori rolled her eyes.
"Oh, please I stabbed him with my dagger; I think I could handle him again."
"Get out of here." Sota snapped.
"Hai, night guys." Yori took a running jump then flung herself over the railing of the balcony, like she'd done many times before during her training.
"Night!" The two called after her.
It had been two days since the Pureblood Zero Kuruizaki had shown up and ever since then she'd been seeing a white bird, but it always ducked down or flew away before she could figure out what kind it was. Once she even thought she saw the white wolf again. This scared her and she feared that the Pureblood Prince was going to make reappearance, what scared her more was when Yagari-sensei had gotten mauled by the wolf the night the guys set out to tracked him. Yagari was still recovering, but the animal hadn't bitten him.
Then she wasn't scared. The vampire had been handsome, kind enough and for some reason she couldn't bring herself to hate him. Even after what he and his family did to the Kiryuu family and Zuko, her dearest friend who was a Guardian, she kept seeing things now from his point of view. The Kiryuus killed his father –a very big offence- and drank his blood –the ultimate offence- and the Kuruizaki's were just doing what they'd thought was fit.
"God all these late nights are getting to my head." She moaned as she hit the ground hard, she started jogging towards the guy's dorms when she heard the sound of flapping wings. Looking up she saw the white bird again, but it wasn't a bird it was a bat. A huge, white bat flying directly at her; its teeth bared showing off tiny fangs and wild eyes.
The little creature let out a high pitched screech and Yori bolted in to the forest, hopeful to lose it, but the little animal gave chase. Dropping to the ground Yori was able to doge as the bat swooped down at her. When she stood she saw the bat had disappeared.
"What the hell-" A pale hand clapped over her mouth, effectively silencing Yori as she was violently dragged further into the forest. Her back brushed against rough bark as she was pushed against a tree, her face was pulled up so she could see the face of her aggressor. Lilac eyes stared down at her, partly obscured by a mess of silver hair that framed his mature face. His pale skin shined in the darkness and his small smirk was devilish.
The Kuruizaki Pureblood.
"What are you doing?' She demanded, breathless from the impact of the tree.
"You're bragging that you were able to throw a dagger at me which, might I add, was dumb luck." He whispered his voice so low that it could have been passed for the wind if she wasn't so close.
"It's called training. You let your guard down." She replied slight smugness in her tone as her dark eyes wandered down to the arm that she threw the dagger in, it was healed now.
"No. Dumb luck." He pressed her closer to the tree, his hand gripped her small arm tightly and she had to bite down on her lip to stop herself from crying out in pain. "I gave you the information about Kyra, now you need to return the favor. Tell me about Yuuki Kuran."
"How did you know she was…?" She broke off, gasping as his nails dug into her skin. "You were that bat!"
"Guilty. Now tell me why she is here, or so help me I will-"
"You'll do what?" She tried to push him away, using her weight against his chest, but he just pulled her closer, ramming her back into the tree, a 'oomph' passing through her lips as the oxygen was driven out of her by the blow.
"Stop it! Let me go!" She continued to push against him; calling out for help until his hand covered her lips again, muffling her cries.
"Oh shut up already." He commanded the pressure on her lips softened as he ran his fingers over her lips, brushing them over the soft skin of her cheekbone, distracting her as he grabbed her waist forcefully and pulling her tight against him as he lowered his head to be closer to hers.
"Stop it..." She whispered her voice weak as she tried to discourage him.
"No." Was all he said as he gently put his lips on hers, completely unlike his previous violent approach.
He kissed her softly, licking her bottom lip and pinching the skin at her waist when she wouldn't open her mouth. She eventually parted her lips, dropping her resistance and pushed herself against him, leaning into the kiss. Zero, however, lifted his lips from hers before the kiss could get too passionate and lowered his head more, running his nose over the flushed skin at the girls neck, and smiled as she gasped when his tongue darted out of his lips, sliding it over her skin. He enjoyed the way she shivered at the gesture and his fangs pricked against her skin, light blood falling from the wounds which he lapped up.
She pushed on him again, in a failed attempt to get away, but he held her still, his free hand grabbed her hair, pulling it roughly to the side to expose more of her neck, his fangs sinking deeper under her skin, the red liquid of her blood rushing carelessly into his mouth as she yelped in pain.
"Zero!"
Kuran
Yuuki stared out the open window of her bedroom, having just woken up she momentarily wondered if she was at home and the servants were bring her breakfast in with her regular glass of blood.
Tugging at the cuff of her long, sheer nightgown Yuuki tried to concentrate on the smell of human blood. It was a familiar scent, Yori's. This worried Yuuki.
She must have fallen or cut herself… she thought, until she caught a whiff of a Pureblood blood entwined with the now fading smell of Yori's blood.
"Yori!" Yuuki called out hoping she'd hear something in response. The door behind her opened and the Headmaster crossed the room in three strides.
"What is it!" He asked panicked.
"A Pureblood has bitten Yori!"
One of my reader commented that Shizuka's lastname is really Hio not Kuruizaki, I thought Hio was just another part of her name. Sorry for the mix up but I think I'll continue using Kuruizaki because I think it sounds better.
The make-out scene in this chapter was written by ApocalypticDisaster ;P