Chapter Six
First Day of School

Purple eyes blinked open at the feeling of being poked in the cheek. The same purple eyes fully opened when they were met with dark blue, which also contained a ring of lighter blue around the pupil. Groggily sitting up, Zero glanced questioningly at Kagome before asking, "Kagome why did you wake me up?"

Kagome tilted her head to the side and said quizzically, "You have class this morning and I didn't want you to be late. So I woke you up."

He stared at her for a few moments before her words registered in his tired brain. Looking over to the clock, he read the time that stared unblinkingly back at him. It took him another minute to realize that if he didn't get out of bed and start getting dressed he would be late to class and not even get a chance to eat breakfast. Rushing out of bed, Zero speedily made his way to his closet and pulled out his school uniform. Forgetting that Kagome was still in the room, Zero began to take off his sleeping shirt and tossed it to the side, he stopped from removing his pajama pants when he heard a small squeak from the bed. He froze before turning to find that Kagome was now hidden beneath the covers.

He finished getting dressed before turning back toward Kagome and clearing his throat. Kagome slowly peaked out from the blanket, and once she saw that he was dressed, fully emerged from the covers and raced off the bed to grab her own set of clothes to change into. Looking over to Zero, she brought her hand up and used her pointer finger to make a small horizontal circle in the air, telling him without words to turn around. He did after grabbing his shoes and began to put them on while he was facing the door.

Pulling on the standard school uniform, Kagome tightened the belt around her waist and made sure the skirt was not about to slip off. She was wearing the school's uniform so that she could "blend in" with everyone, at least, that was what the Chairman had said. She had wondered how he came up with that solution.

Kagome was only a seven-years-old and despite the fact that Yuuki was rather short for her age, Kagome was still far shorter than her. The shirt was a bit large for her but she was able to use one of Yuuki's until they could order a smaller one. The skirt came down to below her knees and the shirt almost covered it, but at least it fit and would work until they could get her her own.

She finished and turned to pull her shoes on over her knee length socks; they, too, were also Yuuki's but were not the standard school stockings. No, if she wore those they would come up past her legs and, if possible, would have reached her armpits. Tying her laces, Kagome turned to see Zero waiting by the door with his hands in his pockets and looking at her in boredom. Smiling brightly, Kagome ran to him and grabbed onto his hand when he moved to open the door. Using her hand to open it instead, Kagome kept his hand captive as they made their way to eat breakfast before class. Kagome never paid attention to the contemplative look Zero was sending toward their joined hands. No, she was too busy trying to avoid stepping on the cracks in the path. She didn't want to break her mot– er... father's back now did she?

They arrived a few minutes later, ate a quick breakfast, grabbed their supplies, before heading to class. Most of the students were already in class, but not in sitting in their seats. Many were talking about the Night Class and their beauty, while some were even beginning to talk about Valentine's Day and what they were going to give their "loves." Even though Valentine's Day was almost a month away, they couldn't contain their excitement and were already planning on what to either make or buy the Night Class students.

Zero moved to his usual seat and Yuuki moved to hers. Kagome stood at the bottom in indecision. Finally making up her mind, Kagome gave a decisive nod and made her way up the rows of chairs. Sitting next to Zero, Kagome pulled out a drawing pad, that the Chairman had given her so she wold have something to do during class, and began drawing while the teacher took roll call. Zero cast her a curious glance, but then returned to his normal emotionless self. Kagome was happily coloring in her drawing pad, when one of the female students finally couldn't take the curiosity any longer and raised her hand.

The teacher motioned for her to ask her question. She stood up with a small bow and asked quietly, "Um... why exactly is there a small child in the class?"

The rest of the students took a look at Kagome – who was still focused on her coloring, and at this point had her tongue sticking out the side of her mouth in concentration – and then looked back at the teacher waiting for a explanation. The teacher sighed and motioned for Yuuki to stand up and give them the answer. Since he knew Zero would not give them an explanation.

Yuuki stood with a small embarrassed blush on her face. She cleared her throat before saying, "This is Kagome," she explained pointing to Kagome, who looked up from her drawing at the mention of her name. When she saw that the whole class was looking at her, she moved a bit closer to Zero and stared at Yuuki apprehensively. Yuuki cleared her throat to bring the attention back on her as she continued, "She is the newly adopted daughter of Chairman Cross, and Zero and I are supposed to watch her while the Chairman is in his office." Yuuki bowed once more and sat down. The teacher cleared his throat and began the lesson for the day. The students would glance at Kagome every now and again, but she remained in her seat quietly drawing in her drawing pad.

The day moved on and Yuuki had to explain Kagome's presence a few more times before almost everyone knew who Kagome was. Classes for the day were almost over and they were going to be dropping Kagome off at the Chairman's office soon so they could work on homework and afterward head to the Moon Dorm gates for the changeover. Kagome was not too pleased that she would not be able to sleep with Zero that night because they had to patrol the Academy grounds, but she at least was allowed to stay with the Chairman until he was done with work, after which he would escort her to Zero's room so she could sleep in a familiar bed. And Zero would join her a few hours later.

Kagome sighed as she sat in the chair in front of the Chairman's desk, watching as he read, signed, and/or sorted papers. It was almost eight-thirty and she would be heading to bed in a little under an hour. The sky was dark, and the only light provided came from the glowing moon and a couple of twinkling stars. Tapping her fingers on the armrest of the chair, Kagome couldn't help but be bored. She wanted to be with her brother, or at least Yuuki. As much as she loved her new father, he was boring. Especially when he was doing paperwork.

Deciding to see where her brother and sister were, Kagome expanded her senses to see if she could feel them. She found Zero was almost on the other side of the building, patrolling inside and around the Night Class. Kagome subconsciously shivered a bit in fear at the feeling she got from being near the vampires. Moving away from Zero, Kagome tried to find Yuuki. To her surprise, Yuuki was just a few hundred feet outside and toward the Night Class. What surprised her more was the two human girls she felt Yuuki was heading toward. Kagome sat there for a moment, before the smell of blood caught her attention. Yuuki's blood.

Cautiously looking toward the Chairman, she found him thoroughly engrossed in his papers, and never noticed as Kagome slowly made her way out of his office and out the door of the building, before quickly making her way to where she felt Yuuki. She had to protect her sister before the vampires caught wind of Yuuki's blood. She was closer, so Kagome had a chance of getting to her before the vampires. And though they scared Kagome immensely, her sister's safety was more important than Kagome's fear. She would protect her new family, no matter the cost.

Yuuki was having a normal patrol night. She had already taken her rounds inside, and now she was checking the outside. And as much as it annoyed her, she was not surprised to see two Day Class students trying to sneak around and, most likely, get pictures of the Night Class. Jumping from the roof, Yuuki landed on a branch and used it as leverage to grab hold and drop to the ground. She moved toward the girls and began lecturing them on the dangers of being out at night. It was a normal routine when a Day Class student tried to get photos. She found them, she lectured them, and she would send them to the Chairman for their penalty. Unfortunately, this time one of the girls had gotten hurt.

Moving quickly, Yuuki tried to get the girl to leave faster. She was hoping not to attract the attention of any of the Night Class. Hearing a rustle in the bushes to her left, Yuuki reached for her Artemis rod, and prepared to attack any unwanted guests. She stayed her arm when she watched the figure of her newly adopted sister come into view. Shocked to see Kagome out at night, and near the vampires no less, Yuuki stood up and looked in her direction, completely forgetting about the two Day Class students for the moment.

"Kagome-chan, what are you doing out here? It is dangerous at night, you know that."

Kagome nodded shyly as she approached Yuuki. Gazing at her with her blue eyes, Kagome took a glance at the other two girls, who were looking curiously at her, and back to Yuuki. Bending her pointer finger in a beckoning motion, she waited until Yuuki was closer to her before whispering in her ear.

"I could smell your blood and wanted to warn you before the vampires showed up." Moving away, Kagome said a bit louder, "I didn't want Onee-chan to get hurt."

Yuuki immediately looked for the source of blood, but before she could do anything, she felt a vampire come up behind them. Pulling out Artemis, Yuuki extended the rod and aimed it to the two vampires. It was stopped by Kain, and she watched as he licked the wound attained from the grasping the purifying rod. Looking to Kagome after the vampires appeared, Yuuki was not surprised to see her hiding behind her legs. Kagome was gazing fearfully at the two vampires standing in front of her sister, as she listened to the praises from the Day Class students behind them. Her blue eyes watched as Aidou's eyes shifted to red, and when he took a step closer to Yuuki, Kagome's eyes took on a hardened gleam.

Before Hanabusa could grab hold of Yuuki's bleeding hand, he was stopped by a voice.

"Stay away from my Nee-chan!"

Surprised, he let go of Yuuki's hand and looked down to where the voice came from. He was startled to see two blue eyes glaring heatedly at him. Realizing that this was the newly adopted daughter of the Chairman that they had heard about, Hanabusa put his hands up in a placating gesture and took a few steps back.

"Ah, sorry, sorry. I did not know Yuuki's little sister was here as well. I was truly only having a bit of fun with Yuuki-chan."

Kagome's glare increased as she said, "No, you were going to drink Nee-chan's blood. But I won't let you. So you better not try to drink any of her blood, got it?"

"Aye, aye, of course Chibi-chan, I will not think of drinking any of Yuuki-chan's delicious smelling blood," he said with a fanged smirk. This caused the girls behind them to faint at the thought of Idol-senpai being a vampire.

Kagome took a glance at the unconscious Day Class students and looked at them blankly. Turning back around, she found Aidou looking hungrily at Yuuki's blood. He walked a step closer, intent on trying the sumptuous liquid he could smell just below her delicate skin. Stepping in front of Yuuki, Kagome glared at Aidou and he took a step back when her eyes began to glow red.

"Oi, why are your eyes glowing?" Hanabusa asked, even though he had a pretty good idea why. Kaname had informed them that there was another pure-blood in the vicinity, but he had forgotten that it was a child. And now that he paid more attention, he could clearly tell that she was the pure-blood he had heard about.

As soon as Yuuki heard the question, she turned her attention to the small child in front of her. Seeing that, yes, her eyes were glowing red, Yuuki dropped Artemis and knelt down by her side.

"Kagome-chan? Kagome-chan are you all right?"

Kagome looked over to Yuuki and the glow in her eyes dimmed a bit.

"I am fine Yuuki-nee-chan. But are you all right?" Kagome asked, staring pointedly at her injured hand.

Startled, Yuuki looked down and realized that she was bleeding. Covering it up with her sleeve, Yuuki reassured Kagome that she was fine and that she had not felt it at all.

Kagome gently pulled Yuuki's hand closer, and moved the sleeve away before moving her hand toward her mouth and kissing the scrape, using her powers to heal the injury. When it was fully healed, she moved her mouth away and gave Yuuki's hand a lick to clean of the blood. Yuuki giggled at the ticklish sensation, and only when she remembered that there were still other vampires around did she stand up and grab Artemis firmly in her hands. Kagome moved to stand behind Yuuki again and Yuuki turned to face Kain and Aidou.

"You two should return to your classes. We will deal with these girls and you have caused enough trouble for one night."

"Awe, but Yuuki-chan, we have not had any blood yet."

Before he could take a step closer to either Yuuki or the two Day Class students, Aidou found himself at the gunpoint of the Bloody Rose.

"Drinking blood within school grounds is strictly prohibited," Zero said, as he kept the Bloody Rose pointed threateningly at Hanabusa. "Getting drunk at the scent of blood and showing your true self, vampire," he continued.

Yuuki took a step closer and tried to get Zero to lower his gun. He didn't move and only when Kagome saw him and ran up to give him a hug, did he lower his weapon.

"Zero-nii-chan, I knew you would find us." He just grunted in answer, but Kagome took it in stride and smiled brightly at him. Zero turned his attention back on the vampires when he heard Kaname approach. Kagome moved behind him and grabbed on to his pants like she had in the office last time she had seen Kaname.

Kaname moved closer to Aidou, but stopped when he noticed Kagome hiding behind Zero. He apologized to both Yuuki and Kagome in case Aidou had brought up any bad memories. Kaname knew Yuuki's history, but he did not know Kagome's. He had a guess that it had something to do with vampires, so he apologized for both Kain's and Aidou's behavior. Soon after Zero and Yuuki left, leaving the two girls in Seiren's care. She would erase their memories of the night, and bring them to the Chairman.

Kagome continued to hold onto Zero's hand until they reached their shared room and he left her there to get ready while he informed the Chairman of the nights events. He sighed as he made his way toward the Chairman's office. He was abnormally tired, and couldn't wait to sleep in his bed. The previous nights were some of the best nights of sleep he had ever had. Again, he was reminded of the fact that Kagome was a vampire, but he felt so comfortable around her. And earlier when he had pointed his gun at Aidou, he had stopped when she had stood next to him. Yet, he had not moved when Yuuki had told him to stop. Running a hand through his hair, Zero looked up at the moon and tried to think about what was happening to him. And more importantly.

What is Kagome doing to me?