I don't know what to say for an intro so here is...

Chapter

2

When I woke up in the day I was surprisingly well rested. I didn't have to open up the curtains or splash water on my face because I was already up. I had a strong feeling that today would be a good day and my suspicions were right. I was able to focus in class and stand guard with full awareness. I was even able to squeeze in a few hours of studying with Zero. That night I went to bed and had no dreams of Kaname. I was actually enjoying a peaceful slumber until a dream crept into my subconscious. It was a dream that was similar to the one I had last night where I got up to water the roses then return to bed.

For the next couple of weeks I kept having the same bizarre rose garden dream. It didn't bother me though because I was able to concentrate in class and patrol with ease. For the first time since Kaname left I wasn't worn out or sleep deprived. I was able to live again.

Or so I thought…

One morning I woke up and found a rose on my nightstand. I didn't know where it came from or how it got there and I was positive that it wasn't there the night before. After school I went to the Headmaster's office and asked him if he'd been to the rose garden lately and he said no.

"Maybe I picked it last night on patrol and I just don't remember," I seemed pretty reasonable. I mean, why else would there be a rose in my room. As I walked out of the building I took a detour to the garden. I looked beautiful just as it looked in my dreams. They were bright red and glimmering. I couldn't help thinking who was watering them. It must be someone in the Night Class. Vampires are the only people quick enough and experienced enough to grow roses like these without anyone seeing them.

As the days went on I tried to push the subject behind me, but more and more roses kept showing up in my dorm. I made sure to keep close tabs on what I was doing on duty but I still don't remember picking any roses. I asked Zero if he saw me doing anything the nights before and he said no. Then I asked him if he'd been near the rose garden and he said no again. I was running out of options. The story behind the roses was a mystery.

I returned to my dorm and held one of the roses in my hand. They were definitely real. I could touch them and smell them. That means this problem of mine is real too. If I was possible doing this myself Saiyori would hear me right? I mean, we only slept a few feet apart from each. If I was somehow getting up in the middle of the night she would know, right?

I quickly shook the thought away. "That's crazy. I don't sleep walk." I swept the roses under my bed. Until I figure out what's going on I'll keep this a secret.

When the time came I slipped on my band and headed for the Moon Dorm. The gate was crowded as usually and Zero showed up right before it opened. Aidou was the first to come out. He made his hands into guns and aimed them at the fangirls. It made them go wild.

Then, he stopped in front of me and aimed the hand gun at my chest. "Bang," he said. His eyes were so clear and blue that it sent me into a trance. What does he think he's doing shooting me like that in front of everyone? Now the girls will really hate me.

I watched the moon rise as I sat on the ledge of the roof. Zero said he had to do something and left me alone. I was use to being alone though. He was always skipping out on patrol.

In the silence of the night I heard small voices and I knew that they were Day Class students. I jumped off the roof and ran into the woods following the faint sounds. Two girls in Day Class uniforms came into view and I instantly took action.

"You two over there!" I yelled. "Go back to your dorms immediately! You know the rules. No roaming the school grounds at night."

They sighed and walked back toward the path. I heard there disappointed mumbles as there disappeared towards the Sun Dorm.

After the girls were gone I stood by the river and starred at the blue-black water. No matter how much I tried I just couldn't shake the rose thing. "Am I crazy or something," I thought. "I must be for not be able to remember picking roses night after night."

I at least had 2 weeks to get my mind in check yet I come up short. Why can't I remember? It was driving me insane.

A rustle in the trees shook me out of my thoughts. I looked down and saw a thin sheet of ice form under my feet. I seized my Artemis Rod and aimed it at the person behind me. When I turned around I saw Hanabusa's clear blue eyes starring me right in the face.

"What do you thing you're doing, Aidou?" I asked with a demanding tone.

"I'm just here to say hi," he said.

"You're supposed to be in class."

"I would rather stay here with you than go to class."

He took my and kissed it then he flipped it over. His body stiffened. "You're hurt."

"What are you talking about? Never mind that. You need to get back to class Aid…"

I was cut off by him moving my hand closer to him. "You have a cut on your finger."

"What? No I don't."

I pulled away from him and glanced at my hand. At first glance I didn't see anything but then I looked at it harder and saw a long and lean cut on my index finger. I touched it with my thumb but it didn't hurt.

"This old thing," I said. "I got it a while ago." To be honest I didn't know where it came from or when I got it. I don't even remember filling any type of pain from my fingers in weeks. But I couldn't let him now this.

He turned up his nose as if he didn't believe me. I was about to walk away towards the trees when he grabbed my wrist. "Wait." He pulled me into a strangling embrace but held my injured hand up.

"I smelled blood a couple nights ago and it smelled exactly like yours."

"It's nothing important. I just cut my finger on a branch while on patrol."

"That's a lie," he accused. "You didn't get it on patrol because I smelled your blood after class was over."

How in the world did he smell my blood from all the way from the dorm? His vampire senses must be malfunctioning. He couldn't have smelled my blood from that far. It was only a measly little cut. It could've bled that much. Is Aidou making something out of nothing just to toy with me?

Aidou released me and I put a few yards between us.

"Don't write me off as a fool," he told me. "I'm telling you the truth."

"But…how could you have smelled a tiny drop of blood from that far away."

"Some vampires can smell familiar blood from several yards away."

I couldn't deny the rationality of it. Who am I to say how strong vampire sense can and cannot be? Plus, I can't even vouch for how much blood there was since I don't remember when I got it.

Where does this put me? Am I a sleepwalker, a crazy person who can't get over of Kaname? On the other hand, I have no solid proof that this really happened. Hanabusa could be playing games, so I could perfectly sane.

I thought that my knowing these possibilities would stop me from dreaming but it didn't. In fact, it made them clearer if that's even possible. The visions were so vivid and it portrayed reality just right. Form the bricks on the school building to the pedals on the roses.

I did what I always did. Got the watering can, filled it with water, and showered the flowers. "This seems too real," I thought. In dreams there's always something that has been altered but in this dream there's nothing. And not in just this particular dream but in all of the rose dreams.

Something deep inside me told me to veer off on what I always did. Instead of going back to the dorm I wondered to headmaster's house. If I'm able to get in I now know that it's a dream. Headmaster always locked the doors before going to bed.

I jiggled that knob once and stood back to see if it would open. It did and a smile formed on my face. I went in and a light was on in the front room. I heard a voice and it stopped me cold. It was Headmaster's voice. He sounded serious. I crept against the wall and peak my head into the room. He was on the couch facing the fireplace and held a cordless phone to his ear. His hair was still up in a pony tail and he still wore a scarf over his shoulders.

"So things are that bad now," he said to the phone. There was a long pause and his head nods. "Is Kaname Kuran any help to you?"

I stopped cold again. Either my mind is playing tricks on me or I just heard Kaname's name.

"I see, so you still need assistance?"

"How soon."

"Okay, I'll be there."

I had a bad headache when I woke up the next morning. Saiyori took me to the nurse's office to get some aspirin, but they didn't help at all. After breakfast in the cafeteria we headed off to class. I tried to focus but my headache was pounding and I couldn't think straight. Every time I tried to read or look at a math problem my brain throbbed.

Then ever so sudden a picture flashed through my head. It was gone too quick to see what it was. A few minutes later it flashed pass again and I saw Headmaster's ponytail and a fireplace. I got a sudden urge that the picture meant something. I didn't know what it meant exactly, but I had to remember.

I was happy that school was finally out though I wasn't happy about being on patrol tonight. I wasn't in the mood for being harassed by Aidou so he can say that I'm bleeding all over the place.

I gathered my books and stood up.

"Do you wanna go get some parfaits at that little shop in town, Yori?"

"Sure Yuuki_"

She stops talking and looks over my head.

"She can go but you can't," Zero's voices fill my ears. "Headmaster wants me to tutor you today." He puts his hand on my head and sighs.

"Why are you sighing?" I snap. "I'm the one who has to be tutored by Mr. Boring over here."

"Whatever," he retorts then he takes my hand and pulls me out of the classroom.

"Yori help me!" I yell out. "I'm being kidnapped by a big silver monster!" But it was too late. I was already gone.

He takes me to Headmaster's house and sits me down at the table in the study.

"I'll cut you some slack Yuuki," he told me. "If you can focus for an hour then I'll let you go."

And focus I did.

Even though tedious Mr. kiryu wasn't the best tutor in the world, when he taught things to me I got them. In middle school he helped me pass lots of tests. I always asked why he's so darn smart but I knew the truth. He was homeschooled for most of his life and homeschooler are usually smarter.

Finally my hour was up and as a treat he took me to this little noodle shop in town.

"I wanted parfaits," I whined.

"Just shut up and eat your roman."

I frowned, picked up my chopsticks, and poked at the noodles. The food here was good but I didn't feel like eating real food. My headache was still a problem and I thought junk food would help.

After that we went back to the campus and told Headmaster that we were heading out for patrol.

He acknowledged us then he stopped us at the door.

"I have some important news for you."

"Again," Zero said obviously irritated.

"Yes." He clears his throat. "I am going on a business trip tomorrow afternoon."

"How long will you be gone?" Zero asked.

"I'll be back by Monday morning."

Headmaster went on several business trips in the past but this one seems to erk me. I don't know why though.

"Headmaster's pony tail? A fireplace?

"So things are that bad now," "Is Kaname Kuran any help to you?" "I see, so you still need assistance?"

I finally remember what I was trying so hard to remember and it came to me all at once. I had a dream last night about the Headmaster talking about Kaname and having to go somewhere. How could it be that I knew this would happen just from a dream?

"I want you to sleep at the house while I'm gone okay," Headmaster told us. "I don't want it getting lonely without me there."

Zero and I bowed and headed towards the door again.

"Um Yuuki," he called.

"Yes Headmaster."

"Can I speak to you for a moment?"

I nodded.

He got up from his desk and came over to hug me. "I love you my darling Yuuki."

"I love you too Headmaster."

"Please, call me Father."

"Hmm." It's not that I didn't hear him or I didn't want to call him father I was just under the impression that he was about to tell me something important.

"I have something to tell you," he said, his voice suddenly serious.

"What?" My mind raced with theories. Why did he want Zero to leave? Does it have to do something with Kaname? Did something happen to him? Maybe he told Headmaster to give me a personal message.

"I don't know how to tell you this but…"

Oh no.

"Yuuki…"

I crossed my fingers.

"You…sleepwalk."

0.O

Yuuki is a sleepwalker?

I knew it! (LOL of course I knew it I wrote it)

Anyway, if you wanna know what happens click NEXT!