Chapter 4: The new Day and Night Class students.
Zero reached out to turn off the alarm clock. He sat up, feeling haggard than ever. The hunter got out of bed discontentedly. Yesterday was a terrible day. He looked at his image in the mirror and sighed, asking himself – What have I done to be stuck in this damn situation?
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* Flash back*
Zero struggled angrily, trying to get rid of Tsubasa with his own life. They were in such a – easy-to-misunderstand- position with the dark haired pureblood being on top of the hunter, an evil smile appeared on his face as he was holding Zero's hands and keep them remained on both side of his head.
Vampire!
Zero's hunter instinct shouted out loud desperately. To him, there was nothing more humiliating than being seen by the species he hated the most in a weak state like this. He used his knee to kick into Tsubasa's manhood with all of his energy. Although this method was not really good but – there is no need for this kind of shameless guy – Zero tried to defense.
Tsubasa screamed painfully and let go of his hand. Zero chose that moment to kick into the pureblood's stomach violently and escaped from Tsubasa's grip. Everything seemed fine until the main door opened and this time Zero suddenly was aware of his clothes's state.
He slowly looked up.
Kuran Kaname! In the multitude of vampires existed in this world! It has to be Kuran Kaname!
He looked surprised. But who wouldn't be like that seeing this scene.
Zero Kiryuu, the famous vampire hater, was now having a reddish face along with crumpled clothes while his hands were clutching the collar.
Tsubasa Hamasaki, the brilliant pureblood, on the other hand, was kneeling on the ground, his back facing Kaname and he seemed to hold something in his...ah...lower body.
'Ah...' - Kaname said quietly, suddenly understood what had just happened and couldn't help chuckling at his realization. Although he didn't believe there was any romantic feeling between the two but he still had to wonder – What did they do to lead to this situation?
Tsubasa slowly stood up, his legs trembled slightly – "Zero, come to think of it, I never do any excessive thing to you so why did you...what would the elder say if I can't do that anymore..." – Zero blushed – "How could this guy can say out loud those vulgar things like that? Was he really a pureblood?" - Not waiting for Tsubasa to finish his sentence, he raised his foot to trample on Tsubasa's hip, making him stagger.
"Not excessive? Well, have I been tolerating you too much?" – Zero growled, Kaname's presence made him feel like a farce and he didn't like it at all. His mood became worse than before.
Tsubasa suddenly stepped back, he had known Zero too well. In these cases getting out of his sight is the best solution – " Ah...ah...I was wrong Zero, it was my fault. Don't get angry, it's not good for you but well, can you...uhmn... keep Kaname's company for me?" He made a pitiful face, his every word came out sounded rather painful. The hunter was startled with that – "Did I kick him too hard?"
"Hamasaki, I can come back later" - Kaname didn't quite like the idea of being alone with Zero. Totally not.
"No, no, never mind. Zero certainly can be capable of keeping your company, right?" Tsubasa tried to make a smile. To see him being so miserable like that, Zero somehow felt remorse. He swallowed –Look like he also wasn't happy at all, may be I could get Kuran out of here after this crazy Tsubasa went off – thinking so, Zero nodded. And that's what Tsubasa had been waiting for, he disappeared immediately, leaving two vampire in his luxurious living room.
Zero turned to looked at Kaname – "Don't you know how to knock a door before you open it, Kuran? Or all of your shameless purebloods are taught like that?"
"Why Kiryuu? Did I ruin the loving moment of you two?" – he said, deliberately emphasized the word " loving". Kaname chuckled softly – change of plan – he will stay and irritate the hell out of Zero instead of leaving immediately as planned.
"You...!" – Zero hissed.
Kaname suddenly laughed evilly – "Anyway, I've came here to visit already, won't you take me to see around, Kiryuu?"
"No, if you like you can go by yourself" – He turned around and went toward the stairs.
"Oh, so, is Zero Kiryuu the kind of person who doesn't know how to keep his words then?"- Kaname said as he leaned on the wall, arms folding in front of his chest and looked at the hunter.
"What do you want Kuran? I know you also don't like to stay alone with me at all."
"Have I ever said that Kiryuu?" – the pureblood tilted his head.
Zero frowned and went to stand in front of Kaname angrily – "Listen, you and I no longer have any more debt, why do you keep bothering me?"
"I don't remember about bothering you Kiryuu, you agreed with Hamasaki willingly, don't you remember?" – Kaname took another step. Their body almost touched each other. Zero could slightly recognize the smell of sun still remained on the pureblood clothes. Their faces were a little distant from each other, to the extent that Zero can feel Kaname's breath close to him. He turned away fretfully -" Take off your coat, that odor is unendurable."
"Oh, Zero Kiryuu doesn't like the sun?"- Kaname smirked sarcastically at Zero's words but still take his coat off.
"It's true that I like living in the day but it doesn't mean I have to like the smell of the sun as well. But, isn't this hour your vampire sleep's time? What did you come here for?" Zero mumbled in a low voice – "Like that one idiot Tsubasa was not enough."
"It's also your sleep time." Kaname replied.
"Kuran!" – He has gone to his limit already. Zero growled – "This house has nothing for you to see, or you tell me your purpose directly or you get the fucking out of here"
"To say it politely, nice house, all are luxurious goods" – Kaname slapped lightly on a statue-" And to put it bluntly...then, first, I was curious at how Hamasaki has managed to "tame" you like that. Second, I have something to give to Hamasaki. Third, I was not satisfied with your answer that day, Kiryuu."
Zero stopped to look back at Kaname – "First, it's not your business, he didn't 'tame' me. Second, why didn't you give that to him earlier? Third, I don't care if you comforted or lied to her, just do what you want"- The Day Class prefect said as he was passing the pureblood to go to his room when he was suddenly held back.
"Once again. I. Don't accept that answer of yours"
"Accept it or not is your matter." – Zero flung Kaname's hand away from his shoulder.
"Then what do you tell me to say to Yuuki? That "Yuuki, despite his previous craziness about you, Kiryuu had just told me he hated you?"
"What you say has nothing to do with me."
"After everything Yuuki had done for you? Kiryuu?"
"After what she had done for me, Kuran? Yuuki gave me her blood, I killed Ridou, carrying the crime of killing Shizuka for you. It's fair, Kuran, that was not what she volunteered to do. It was wrong to love someone like Yuuki, but aren't you looking for this day? The day she has finally belonged to you?"
"Someone like Yuuki? You had gone too far" – Kaname shoved Zero to the wall and clenched his neck.
"Really? You're the one who forced me to say it" – Zero replied calmly. Today he has no mood to fight – " Your loved one was always the most beautiful, you wouldn't understand what I said, Kuran"
"What do you mean?"
"What I mean is, either you loved Yuuki too much that you couldn't realize her evil intention or you'd known about it already but still continued to love her. However, anything I said would never reach those ears of yours so never mind."
Kaname frowned, even though he was not happy with Zero's words but he still let go of him. Then he took out an envelope from his coat and gave it to Zero- "Give this to Hamasaki. My work here is done. And Kiryuu, whatever you think about Yuuki is not important to me as long as you don't be rude with her, if not, I will have to disturb you again" - Kaname said and turned away, heading toward the door.
Zero looked at Kaname going off in a confusing way – What's wrong with him? – "Those pureblood are really cracked" – he concluded, looking down to read the letter...-" What the... TSUBASA HAMASAKI WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU HIDING NOW!" - Zero yelled.
"What? I...am not hiding..." – He lowered his voice gradually when he saw the letter – "Ha...haha… did you see it?"
"What's this?" Zero threw the letter at the pureblood.
"Uhmn...letter of admission to Cross Academy...Day class?" – The pureblood voice became mumble. He's known he would be killed.
"You..." – Zero gritted his teeth.
"Wait wait, calm down, don't be angry, everything can be settled later, violence is impolitic! Impolitic! I'll explain"
"Explain? That I'm your toy to juggle as you like?"- Zero took out Bloody Rose
Tsubasa closed his eyes and said constantly – "This is because I don't want you to face Yuuki and Kaname alone, all right? And I also don't like the pureblood princess that much so I will go to the Day class with you. I will be a prefect and be in your control Zero, no running around and no fangirls as well, ok? If you have me as a prefect, the Night Class will be more obedient and the Day Class will be dominated, isn't it?"- The pureblood waited to hear the gunfire but nothing happened, he slightly opened his eyes. The hunter had lowered his hand and turned away, not looking at Tsubasa.
"If you won't wake up on time tomorrow I won't wait for you, I don't care if you'll be grilled or not"
Zero ran upstairs and mumbled, knowing Tsubasa could hear what he said well.
"Don't worry, don't worry, I have my own ways, heh heh, I'm a pureblood you know" - Tsubasa said after Zero went off, hearing vaguely as Zero cursing him about being an arrogant guy.
*End flashback*
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The hunter sighed, why did he allow himself to be lured in this stupid agreement? Thinking about it, he always surrendered easily to all of Tsubasa's spontaneous actions. Why was that? Because he's a pureblood? No way, he never submitted to any command of Kuran or Shizuka Hiou, so what did Tsubasa have to be more than them? Zero bit his lip, surely there must be a reason. He went into the bathroom; let the cool water soothe his thoughts. It's fine, as long as Tsubasa was different from other purebloods and remained the way he always was then the reason for Zero's wonder is not important.
He cut off the water and went back to his room. The drops ran down along Zero's body curve and sank in the mat on the floor. The hunter dried his hair and dressed in his uniform then went downstairs. Zero didn't have the habit of eating breakfast so he just went to the kitchen to drink some water. But suddenly, he stopped at the living room.
Zero looked at the clock. It's seven o'clock and fifteen minutes in the morning. He looked into the living room.
"Tsubasa?"
"Good morning Zero" – The pureblood startled, yeah right, Zero has just caught him smiling alone.
"You look like..."
"I know Zero, I couldn't sleep last night"- Tsubasa cut off Zero's sentence, giving a long yawn clearly – "In some parts it's because of going against my usual biological clock, and the rest is, well, I was too excited to even close my eyes. The main reason for that is probably because I was eager to study in team with others. You know, I've always been studying alone when I was a child because there's no one to keep up with me."
Zero rolled his eyes and tilted his head, he didn't know if he should sympathize with Tsubasa's lonely fate or beat him again because of his arrogance. He now had dark circles under his eyes like a panda, absolutely different from his usual charming and chic style. Zero then laughed – "I really can't stand your childishness, Tsubasa"
"Zero, you've just laughed neh. It's really cute when you laugh so why do you have to grimace everyday? Ouch, you kicked me again. You're really weird, I was complimenting you, why was you angry? Ah...I know, Zero-chan is embaras...ok, ok, I will shut up." - After that Tsubasa took his bag and went out with Zero. Surprisingly, the sunshine had no affect on him except Tsubasa's eyes needed a while to get used to it – "Surprise? I'm a genius Zero, there is no one like me in the world you know" – he smiled caddishly – "Come on, the car is waiting"
"We're not going by car" – Zero said, not bothering to look at Tsubasa.
"Why not? Isn't it better going by car?" – The pureblood opposed.
"You need to ride a car even with this close distance? Do you have a brain? If you want to show off then you can go alone, I'm walking" – Zero flung Tsubasa away and went to the small gate.
"Wait, ok, you win, I will walk, you're satisfied?"- Tsubasa ran after the prefect. He talked non-stop all the way to the academy. Asking from how many students going to school to how many rest room the school has, most of them are out of Zero's knowledge, who would care about silly things like those, that's why, despite all of Tsubasa's meaningless questions, Zero basically didn't hear.
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"A! I didn't know studying in team can be such fun"- Tsubasa's voice continued to disturb Zero's ears; they were on the way to the Moon Dormitory.
"No one use that word, idiot"
"I think it's appropriate. But the education system here is really strange, those are things I'd learned from...hmnn, what age was it again? Look like it was five or seven or something. I still can do those math questions without hearing the teacher's saying."- Tsubasa smiled satisfactorily, he certainly was showing off.
"Tsubasa, are all pureblood as good as you?"
"All most, Zero. Basically, not only pureblood but also aristocrats often learned those things from a very young age. The rate of process, slow or fast, is depended on one's intelligence because we all have our own tutor. For example, if I'd known about these knowledge when I was four years old then may be a normal vampire learned it at five, six or seven years old, depend on each individual. Why?"
"Is your intelligence affected if you turn into a human? Because I find the way Yuuki absorbed these things was really difficult, let alone in four or five years old. Even now I heard Yori said that she still couldn't pass the average grade"- Zero smirked slightly, standing on guard. The sound of boos and groans rang out as usual. But on Tsubasa's side, all the Day Class students obediently backed down just with his smile.
"I'm not sure about this Zero...but it's really bad like you said then...a..ha ha. I shouldn't talk about it right now"- Tsubasa glanced at the Moon Dormitory's gate while it was opening.
Kaname took the lead as usual. Following him was... – "Ahh, it's the new student, did he also transfer to the academy like Hamasaki-kun?" – "Aw, he's so handsome" - "A, look" – the whispers and screams of the Day Class female rang out continually – "Why can Kurosu go with them?"
"Yeah right, she doesn't deserve it"
Tsubasa paid no attention to these words; he'd heard them this morning already, now his entire mind was placed on a certain person – "Aku-chan, why didn't you tell me about this?"
"Tsu-chan you really have a quick tongue eh, how did you climb to this prefect position?" – Akuma hugged Tsubasa's neck, which made the fangirls screamed out loud excitedly.
"It costs me a great deal of persuasion"- Tsubasa said proudly and turned his face upward. Then he went to greet Yuuki – "We meet again, my lady, last time I was impolite with your brother neh~" He smiled.
Yuuki looked surprised that she was unable to speak; she looked at Tsubasa then turned to Kaname and finally glanced at Zero secretly. When their gaze met, she suddenly shuddered. That cold glare, Zero never looked at her like that. Yuuki looked away awkwardly.
"Go away quickly, Shihebi, let go of Tsubasa now and move out! You're making trouble!" – The Nigh Class grumbled and cursed Zero silently. Akuma winked at the hunter then followed his new classmate.
"Aku-chan, are you staying at the Moon Dorm?"- Tsubasa called out to Akuma
"Yeah"
"Come to live with me then!"
"It's you who invited me then, so, see you later, Zero"- Akuma blew a kiss to him then ran off immediately.
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"Hey, Akatsuki, do you realize Kaname-sama's strange behaviors after he came back from Hamasaki-sama's house?"- Aidou pulled Kain by his sleeve and whispered.
"Huh? What strange behavior? Don't poke your nose in other's business Hanabusa"
"You pighead, Kaname-sama is obviously worrying about something, see, he even ignore what Yuuki is saying" – Aidou scolded quietly, pointing toward Yuuki's side.
"Whatever it is Kaname will solve it himself, you don't need to bother about it, want to eat pocky?"
"You have the mood to eat pocky?" – Aidou threw a I-can-not-believe-you- glance to his cousin.
"So what are you going to do? Not eating anything until Kaname-sama returns to normal?"
"Well I..."
"Well you better shut up, what has to come then it will come. Want to eat pocky, Shiki?" – Kain turned to Shiki and Takuma, ignoring Aidou utterly. And a long distance away from them are...
"Oniisama, why was Hamasaki-san accepted to the Day Class?"
"That was because of the Headmaster, he didn't apply to the Night Class" – Kaname lied, it was Tsubasa who came and requested to be in the Day Class and he was approved by him, however, letting Yuuki know about this will just make more troubles, she will beg him to come back to study in the Day Class and that is impossible. Although he didn't know what Tsubasa had done but how can Yuuki withstand the sun? More importantly, how can he let her slip away from him again? – "Just be a good child now, Yuuki"
"Yes"- She replied quietly.
Kaname didn't pay attention to her anymore, he continued to think about what Zero had said that day. To tell the truth, Kaname of course knew that even though Yuuki was staying with him but she always remembered about Zero and thirsted for his blood. He didn't say anything because she has finally belonged to him, the hunter would be the past sooner or later. But now, he realized that his thinking was so simple. Perhaps because he was the winner so he was never really interested...Is Yuuki selfish and greedy as Zero had said?
In his eyes, Yuuki is an innocent girl, she has no malice to anyone but...there wasn't a pureblood that were born to be naive. As if the ambition, pride and pureblood are one, whether it's someone lethargy, gentle or arrogant, a pureblood never suffered anything, they always calculate to seize the chance and advantage whether it's intentionally or not.
He turned to Yuuki suddenly, what affection did it have then? Aren't they all the same as each other? So does he have any problem if Yuuki was like that? Kaname always told himself about it constantly but why, why did his heart feel so wrong now?
Kiryuu Zero, what have you done to me?
To be continued.
So yeah, Akuma and Tsu-chan have joined our Zero in the Academy, and what with Tsu-chan inviting Akuma to live together with him? Zero will surely be mad, and Kaname, aw, did you see the last sentence? "Kiryuu Zero, what have you done to me?" (Just wait Kaname, you will be in more trouble once you fall in love with him xD~).
And reviews are love, as usual, but this time I also want you guys to tell me about your opinions about Akuma's appearance too, was it different from your imaginary or not? I want to know :")