Yuki
The dream she had awoken from still haunted her. She was drenched in a cold sweat. In this dream she had been human; in this dream she had been with Zero. How could she have had such a dream?
She could not believe her eyes. Before her was the friend she had lived with and cared for four years. He was more than the Zero she had known, he looked truly happy.
"Zero," she had said, her voice full of longing. He walked towards her, unaware of his surroundings. Her desire for him were more intense than she had ever known. However she was very confused. What had caused him to change his feelings towards her?
Although the Zero she had known had supposedly cared about her deeply, he had rejected her true self when she was revealed to be a vampire. The pain of that rejection still hurt her a year later. It hurt to know that her best friend hated her and wanted her dead.
"Yuki," he called, unable to hide his emotions. His walk became a run. He was running towards her, Yuki. She was unable to believe that he was running towards her.
Ignoring the her own shock, she looked at him once more. There was a hint of confusion in his lavender eyes.
"Zero, what's wrong," she asked. Her own confusion was building.
"I'm confused," he answered truthfully. "You left a year ago with Kaname. Yet, you are here and you still look human. Have you suppressed your vampire side?" She was in a state of confusion.
"A vampire? Me?" Her eyes widened as her confusion grew. The reason why she was saying them escaped them.
"Why would you think that," she asked. "Although the Night Class is full of vampires, there are no other vampires at the school." Her dream was confusing her; he was a former human vampire, a level D one.
"No other vampires? What about me?" A bewildered look crossed her face. It was then she noticed his tattoo was gone. What had happened that he had not gotten it? Was he still human?
"A vampire? You? You are a vampire hunter, a human," she answered. Was she dreaming? It seemed so real to her.
"Look in the mirror," she instructed.
Following her directions, he looked into the mirror that covered the wall before them. He then noticed that his tatto was gone.
"What year are we," he asked.
"Second years. I'm about sixteen and you turned seventeen today." She laughed. "Are we playing some sort of game?" She walked towards him.
"I have a very special gift for you," she whispered. "Could you close your eyes ?"
Once again he followed her instructions and closed her eyes. It was then that she kissed him.
She was surprised that she felt such happiness. It felt as if all was well in the world; it felt as if nothing else mattered except for, of course, the tall pale teen in front of her.
It was then she had awoken in a cold sweat and very confused. Why had she dreamt of Zero when she loved Kaname more than life itself?
She loved Kaname. Even in her "human" form, she had wanted to be with him more than anything else. For the price of that humanity, she had gained the lover of her dreams. However there had been an additional cost that had affected her more in the past year than she ever could have imagined, she had lost Zero, her best friend and fellow guardian.
Despite the initial shock, the revelation that he was no longer human had brought them closer. It was as if the first time he had drank her blood, the distance between them had disappeared completely. Although those times were among the most stressful of her human life, they had also been the most memorable.
In the four years they had lived together, he had become her closest friend, her best friend. Even Yori had recognized that he was her closest friend. During their year at Cross Academy, she could not imagine being at the school without him. He had become that precious to her. She had been willing to trade her humanity to save his own. She loved Zero
In fact towards the end of that time, many students in the Day Class were beginning to speculate that they were becoming more than just friends. Some members of their class were even starting a pool on how long it would take for Kiryu and Cross to become the "it" couple of Cross Academy.
Despite herself, Yuki laughed at that sentiment. The idea of her dating him of all people seemed ridiculous. He wanted her dead. Yet at the same time, he had wanted her. A year ago, even she was convinced that he was falling for her. The only problem was a part of her had been falling for him as well.
If Kaname had not been in the picture, she knew that Zero would have still had a hard time making his move. As both a hunter and a vampire himself, he knew the risks of such a relationship. Vampires and humans did not form relationships easily. Literature's Romeo and Juliet had better odds of their relationship ending happily.
She sighed. Kaname, she loved completely, yet there was also a portion of her heart that belonged to him. Her kind heart could not forget him and neither could she. He had a place in her heart that could not be denied.
