Chimamire Bara Chapter 4
Even though Yagari sent him to bed, Zero knew he wouldn't be able to sleep. Many things had happened in one year to him that probably wouldn't happen in a normal persons lifetime. Not that Zero was ever normal, but sometimes he wished he was. He had mixed perceptions of vampires, especially coming from a hunter family and being saved by a vampire. He knew some were bad, probably most of them. Yet, he wished that some were good. He hoped Shizuka had saved him out of a general want to and not to use him as a pawn in her game with Rido. Knowing that he'd have more missions to do tomorrow, he tried to convince himself to sleep. He finally did so, dreaming of hunting the vampire in the forest. The next morning, meeting Kaien and the vampire were forgotten.
(Zero stayed with Yagari for 6 more years. In January of the 6th year, Kaien finally opened the wing for vampires. Zero was accepted into the Day Class as a Freshmen in high school and formally adopted by Kaien.)
"Yagari, it's been six years since we have last spoken. I am now ready to take Zero in." Kaien said in a friendly manner. In those six years he had lost the cold personality that he had as a hunter and adopted a more friendly manner to try and be a better chairman in his school. "Zero, Kaien's here for you. Are you ready?" Yagari asked. Zero, now thirteen, walked out of one of the rooms in the apartment he and Yagari lived in carrying his suitcase. He was wearing black jeans with a chain belt and a white dress shirt with a vest that the Bloody Rose rested in and a black overcoat that went to his knees. "Ready?" Yagari asked again. "Ready as I'll ever be. Tell me again why I have to go to a school with vampires?" Zero asked. "It is Kaien's wish that the two races work in harmony and he built his school for that purpose. You are not allowed to harm any of the vampires at the school unless they harm you first." Yagari said. "Be civil to the vampires. Ok, I'll do that. Once you've sorted out the good from the bad. That'll leave, what, one, maybe, two?" Zero asked snidely. "Actually, that's exactly what Kaien did, found the vampires willing to work with him. There's quite a few from what I hear." Yagari said. "They're lying. We're either their tools or their food. They would never want to co exist with us. Shizuka only saved me to use me as a tool." Zero said. (Over the years he had become very bitter and angry at Shizuka for not letting him die with the rest of his family and making him his conflicted self today. He wanted to eat every person he saw and was constantly hungry for blood he couldn't have. He was bitter with himself, too, for letting her change him.) "Zero, you do not know Shizuka's reason for changing you. As you will soon find out, vampires have their own reasons but they are not always unjust." Kaien said. "Now, come along. You'll enjoy high school. Plus, there's someone I'd like you to meet." Kaien moved toward the door and Zero followed. Kaien led Zero to his car and Zero put his suitcase in the backseat. He sat in the front seat on the way there. Eventually they arrived at a giant stone archway with a back wrought-iron gate. "Welcome Zero, to Cross Academy.