Not such thing as normal

Disclaimer: I don't own Vampire Knight. Nooooooo...

"Hello Yuuki," a girl with short, light brown hair and wide blue eyes greets me as I walk into the classroom.

"Yori!" Yes! My best friend from middle school is here too. I'm so happy! I practically jump on her. "We are in the same class! I haven't seen you since March, how was your holiday in... France was it?"

Yori nods. Her family travels a lot, although most of the time is it for business as her father is a prominent diplomat. We happily catch up on what was happening in our lives. Unfortunately, the bells cut our conversations short.

The first lesson is Math... I really hate Math... I swear I am never going to use half of this stuff in real life. My mind begins to wonder... that's right, 11 years ago I lost both of my parents, and the shock of it has locked my memory away. I don't remember a thing about my parents, or my life before I was in Kaien's care. My first memory is of Onii-san, holding me so close, telling me that he will always protect me.

I had to start from the beginning, learning what pudding was, how to get dressed, and how to talking again. My first word was actually 'Kaname'. Although it took me a long time to recover from my shock, Onii-san would sit by me till my fear goes away, and pat my head till I fall asleep. Although Rido was charged for the murder of our family, both our lives might still be in danger, so our identity must be concealed... or at least that's what I was told. So it was decided that we should keep our sibling relationship a secret, and be adopted to different families. Thinking about it makes me sad. Kaien had no children of his own and decided to take me in, much to my delight. I was sad to see Kaname go, but he would visit on special days. It was a lot of effort, but coming to this school means that I will be able to be close to him, I'm so very thankful that chairman, my new father, had allowed it. I am so lucky... if it was anyone else, I would have been separated from Onii-san right away, and bounced from one foster home to another.

Zero is his usual unsocial self. Being new and might I say, quite good looking, a bunch of girls did attempt to talk to him during the recess. The end result, however, was a very annoyed Zero, a few scared girls, and a rumour that he had beaten up a man twice his size in the span of 10 minutes.

At which point I decide to intervene. "Zero!" I call, flashing my brightest smile and go to sit right beside him. A few girls throw curious and surprised glances our way. " We've just had Math and you know how it's my worst subject, I don't quite understand the tan graph."

Zero sighs, and attempts to explain that the tan graph doesn't have any meaning but rather just a relationship between 2 lines of a triangle. The classmates seem to find the sudden change in mood intriguing, but are too scared to approach us.

Yori whispers to me after the event, "Looks like Mr. Angry still has a soft spot for you."

I chuckle at the witty comment. "Zero isn't a bad person, if you give him a chance." Still, he probably won't make a lot of friends with his attitude.

Lunch time soon arrives and I can't wait to see Onii-san. Zero just follows quietly behind me, I suppose he doesn't really have anyone else to sit with during lunch and I don't have the heart to leave him by himself.

"Er, I think the library is this way... this school is too big for comfort." I am about to turn left at the corridor, when Zero grabs me by my shoulders and forcefully turns me to the right, much to my annoyance. "No, it's this way."

I glare at him. "You know, you should treat a girl more gently... wait... what is that look? You are thinking that I'm not like a girl at all, right?" I pout, never questioning his sense of direction. He's always the better navigator.

Zero is silent, and I am about to argue more when two upperclassmen stop in front of us.

Zero steps protectively in front of me as if by instinct.

I peek out from behind Zero, and am quite surprised at how handsome the two are. One has golden blond hair and brilliant blue eyes, while the other has flame-coloured hair and honey brown eyes. From the way they look, they must be related. While the blond senpai is dressed neatly, the redhead senpai isn't wear a tie at all, and his shirt is barely buttoned, revealing a chiselled chest.

"I assume you are Zero Kiryu, and the other one behind you is Yuuki Cross?" The blond upperclassmen spoke. Zero nods without breaking eye contact. "My name is Hanabusa Aido and this is Kain Akastuki, we were asked by Kaname-kun to find you, in case you get lost. Please follow."

Akastuki turns straight away and starts walking. Aido, however, falls back till he is walking beside me. "Hey, you are kinda cute. Can I call you Yuuki?"

"Um, yes Aido-senpai." I don't want to be rude, although the sudden advancement makes me a bit uncomfortable.

"Say, what did you do to pique Kaname's interest?" He asks with a smile, leaning his face very close to mine. His skin is flawless, and his features are so symmetrical that it's almost blinding to looking at him.

"I... um... we sorta know each other from before he was adopted..." I give a nervous laugh.

"Eh, I didn't know that... say... do you have a boyfriend?" And then attempts to put an arm around me.

Startled by the question, and trying to figure out a polite answer, my face suddenly hits Zero's back. I look up to see Zero glaring daggers into Aido.

Aido suddenly decides that hugging me isn't a good idea. "Wow Kiryu-kun, it was just a question. That's a very scary look." He gives us one last look, and then walks in front of us to join Akastuki.

The senpais lead us to a private study room in the library. Kaname is leaning on a table when he sees us, and waves. "We will leave you guys here." Says Aido, and both he and Akastuki leave to allow us some privacy.

Zero looks like he has no intention of entering the room. "Go ahead Yuuki, I'll be outside." He puts his hands in his pocket and leans against the wall. I walk in and close the door behind me. "Yuuki." Kaname Onii-san pats beside him, indicating to me to have a sit. "So have you been since the last time I saw you?" He says with a kind smile.

I talk to him about my first day, meeting Yori, and then start to tell him about the holiday I had with chairman and Zero to a tropical island.

"We went bushwalking, and poor Zero got so very sunburnt! I don't think he likes the sun very much. And we also went swimming. You should see the beaches, blue and green, so pretty." I smile at the mental image, and look at Onii-san, but his expression doesn't mirror my own. He has a slight frown on his face when I mentioned swimming, and I am puzzled. "Kaname-nii, what's wrong?"

"So... you were in a swimsuit?" His expression is unreadable.

I hesitate to answer. "Um, yes..."

"With Kiryu?" He says, with a slight hiss in his voice.

"Onii-san..."

Kaname sighs. "I just... you always talk about him. I feel a little jealous. I'm not comfortable with you around Kiryu. I don't like him seeing you in a swimsuit..." The normally calm and collected Kaname shifts uncomfortably and looks away.

"Stop being so overly protective, Onii-san. It was a sensible one piece and Zero isn't that type of person." I stand up to face him, and put my hands on either side of his face. "Onii-san will always be number one. I will always be by your side, no matter what."

Kaname leans into my hands. "If I had a choice, I would lock you in a cage, just so I don't need to share you with all these other boys."

"Stop being so silly, Onii-san."

Kaname smiles and hugs me, he seems so lonely.

We hold each other for a moment, and I break the silence. "... so how have you been? The two that led me here are... interesting."

Kaname lets me go. "Ah Hanabusa and Kain, they are also a part of the student council. You probably couldn't tell but Hanabusa is the treasurer, and Kain helps him, especially when the clubs fight over funding. They work well together, since they are cousins."

"I see, though Aido-senpai seems more like a lady's man who goes around chasing skirts." I wince at the thought.

Kaname looks at me seriously, "What did he do on the way here?" I tell him about our little conversation and the temperature in the room goes down by 5 degrees.

"I can assure you, Yuuki, that he will be punished."

"You know, you have become really evil lately."

"Oh I have always been a little evil." He chuckles, "I shouldn't keep you. Go and get some lunch before the bell rings, Kiryu-kun is probably getting bored outside. If you need anything, you can find me in the council room during lunch."

I exit the room, and find Zero still standing in the same spot. "Done? I'm starving."

"Sorry Zero. You always wait outside, even when he comes to our place."

His expression is as neutral as always, but I still feel a little guilty. "No, I don't mind. He seems very important to you, and I don't want to take that away. Besides, I don't think I can contribute much to the conversation even if I am around. We don't exactly get along." His voice lowers suggestively at the last sentence, and I know exactly that he is thinking.

"Haha, I remember the first time you two met each other. You guys glared, and then he went 'your eyes have an odd color'. You responded with 'oh I'm so sorry', and then called him... what was it... 'noble up-your-hind-ness'. Then he said 'you should be, since you're at a level so low it's outside of the status pyramid', and at that point, I had to...ahahaha, had to drag Kaname into another room and lock the door because you were trying to kill him with a butter knife..." I burst out laughing, gasping for air, while slapping his arm repeatedly. "Well I guess you guys are better at it now. At least you've worked around your differences."

Zero winces and rubs his arm. "Yes, well, we have come to terms with the fact that YOU want us to be civil with each other."

We start to make our way towards the cafeteria. "Um, Yuuki..." he pauses. "Do you... do you like Ichijo Kaname?"

"Yes! Of course I do!" I answer the question straight away. Zero is startled by the speed of my answer, and freezes. Then I realise that he must have misunderstood. "But, what do you mean by like?"

"Ah... No... nothing." He looks away upon realising his mistake, and there is a bit of nervousness in his voice.

Always a black box. But why did he ask?

"Takuma." The head of the Ichijo family calls from behind his large oakwood desk. "So, what has Kaname been up to today?"

"Nothing out of the ordinary, grandfather. He spoke at the entrance ceremony." The heir to the Ichiou empire replies, and bows his head.

"You must understand, Kaname is connected to the incident from 11 years ago. His parent managed to steal documents linking our Pharmaceutical Company and the Blood tablets, and even though we sent Rido and then our people to search the place, The documents were nowhere to be found."

"It doesn't mean Kaname has it grandfather..."

"No, but his testimony just didn't make sense, he said and he and his sister ran to the police station. Although it's no entire impossible, there is no way no one saw 2 kids covered with blood walking on the streets. Also the tire tracks at the back yard... It looked like it was made by Rido's van but no one as far as we know no one drove to the back door."

"You think someone else was there, and took the folder?" Asks Takuma.

"I rather suspect that someone picked up the kids in van with Rido's logo. Rido said he thought it was one of his own driving the van, but we now know that's not true. My primary suspect was Toga Yagari, the now head of Narcotics Unit. He filed the original statement for discovering the kids, but he was at the station when the incident occurred. The whole thing smells fishy, I allowed for Kaname's adoption in the hope of getting more information, but it appears that boy is smarter than we first anticipated."

"He knows something, I am sure of it, and it's linked to the missing documents. I don't know what he is thinking when he offer himself to live in the lion's den but, I am sure it's not a coincidence. I rather have him close to keep an eye on him. So I leave it up to you Takuma, you are only a year his junior, he trusts you. If he as any contact with the police, or anyone else suspicious, let me know. Kaname's sister seems to have conveniently disappeared after her adoption. I am unconvinced that he doesn't know where his only family is. She might be able to provide information that her brother could not."

Asato Ichijo stands up, and puts his arm on his grandson's shoulders. "Don't forget where you come from, and who provided for everything you have. I want you to lead Ichiou Pharmaceuticals when I am gone, do not fail me."

Takuma nodded, and took his leave. He visibly relaxes after leaving the room, propping himself down on the lounge room couch. Kaname walks in and smiles, "How did the meeting with the devil go?"

"Scary as always." Takuma smiles back, but the smile didn't quite reach his eyes. "Oh yes, he wants me to continue to spy on you. Don't worry, I have no intention of giving you or Yuuki away, I might be his grandson, but I have no intention of taking after him." Takuma frowns, "To be honest, I find the whole thing sickening, profiting off drugs." Then he yawns and stretches. "I don't really want any of it to be honest, all the stress of business and underhanded dealings. I just want to read my manga and crime novels, but if playing alone would help your cause, I am glad to do it."

Kaname walks over and sits down onto the couch. "Thank you Takuma, your support means a lot to me."

"To be honest, it is quite fun, I feel like the double agent in a spy novel. What do you want to achieve anyway? Ichi-devil never does any work at home, and I seriously haven't seen you do anything out of ordinary in the past 10 years."

"Ah well," the grandmaster grins, " I'm waiting for a particular piece to fall into place."

Author's note: I hope you enjoyed that, much less action than the previous chapters. Also I did copy that last bit between Yuuki and Zero from Starry Sky, just thought it would be a fitting scene. I currently feel like I'm sorta writing 2 different stories at the same time, it will converge and I hope you guys don't mind that.

You guys probably noticed that Yuuki doesn't use sama like she does in the manga, I think since Kaname isn't a king or a vampire, san would be sufficient.