Elizabeth stayed in her room through out her suspension. She didn't let Kisetsu in and only kept Kuro by her side. Kisetsu was extremely worried about Elizabeth, not knowing how to helpH her. Kisetsu tried to talk to Kaname, but he wouldn't listen. She could clearly tell that he was clearly struggling over something. He looked awfully confused and ever so slightly flustered when her name was mentioned. He would also try and dismiss the subject of Elizabeth as trivial. Kisetsu had a feeling that this wasn't the case. It was difficult to tell what Kaname thought anymore. He wore a poker face most of the time. It wasn't as if she wanted to know, but it just made her feel uneasy.
After her suspension, Elizabeth kept her head down. She could hear the whispers of classmates (she cursed her newly advanced vampire hearing), ridiculing and making fun of her. She kept a stiff upper lip, believing that if they saw her cry, they would see that it affected her and do it more and more. Kisetsu tried to stop people from being so cruel, but even she couldn't stop years worth of prejudice.
While everyone was happily chatting, Elizabeth gazed out of the window at the shining full moon. She laid her head on the desk. That was when everyone heard a girly giggle. Elizabeth pulled her head up to see who had giggled. A delicate looking female vampire was sitting on the front desk. She was wearing a Cross Academy Night Class uniform and she wore sick making smirk on her face. Elizabeth swallowed. Yet another aristocratic vampire to make fun of and ridicule her for her low vampiric status.
"Well isn't this cosy...?" she giggled. Elizabeth fiddled with her skirt. The girl's sweet voice sent unpleasant shivers down her spine, "Shouldn't class have started already?"
Aidou looked extremely unsettled, as did the rest of the Night Class, "How the hell...are you?" the girl's features suddenly darkened.
"Who the hell...?" she leapt gracefully from the desk over to Aidouc cupping his face, "Hey, boy...who do you think you're talking to, huh?" the look of fear on Aidou's face was a little satisfying to see for Elizabeth. Kaname, who had been pro-dominantly silent, stood up.
"I thought that it was the job of the new student to introduce oneself...Maria Kurenai." he said silkily. Maria looked up and let go of Aidou's face. She leapt over to Kaname and grasped his hand, nuzzling it.
"You're a pureblood! Yay, I thought that I would never meet a pureblood! It's so nice to meet you, Kaname-sama!" Maria squealed.
"It's nice to meet you..." Kaname said blandly. Everyone was on their guard, as Maria continued to nuzzle Kaname's hand. Elizabeth smirked slightly. Maria soon became aware of the fact that everyone was on their guard around her.
"Uh oh, it appears that I have made everyone uncomfortable...I think it would be best if I just go back to the dorm. See you later!" she giggled and she gracefully walked out. Ruka scowled.
"What's with her?" she hissed.
"Frowning will only give you wrinkles..." Kain said blandly.
"Oh mind you're own business!" she shouted at him. Then Aidou suddenly picked himself up and walked out. Elizabeth chuckled to herself.
"Well, she was certainly something..." Elizabeth said quietly. Kisetsu flicked her red hair over her shoulder. She looked up at Elizabeth.
"There's something I don't trust about that girl..." Kisetsu whispered, "She just seems too nice in my opinion...it's as if she has something to hide."
"Well, Sherlock Holmes, what do you suppose we do?" Elizabeth asked. Kisetsu smirked.
"Well, my dear Watson, we'll just have to wait and see." Kisetsu giggled. Elizabeth giggled as well. Elizabeth looked up and saw Kaname gazing at her with an unreadable expression. Perhaps he was still angry or annoyed with her, she wasn't too sure. However, she wasn't too sure about anything, not anymore. All she though to be the things of fairytales, were real and the things she thought to be real, were not. She averted her gaze, not being able to look into those beautiful wine coloured eyes.
Later on, Elizabeth threw herself on her bed. Kuro jumped up and nuzzled her hand, purring slightly, "Hello, Kuro-kun, how are you?" Elizabeth asked.
"Very well, thank you, Riji-sama," he purred. Kuro nuzzled her hand. He moved to nuzzle her cheek, giving her the odd lick now and then. Elizabeth stroked his silky fur. He loved her dearly. He thought that she was an incredible girl. She also had a sought of serene beauty which was there if you took the time to look. She wasn't model beautiful, but you couldn't deny that she had something about her that was special. Perhaps Rido had seen it and that was why he was apparently "in love" with her. It wasn't just her serene beauty which made him admire her. Her courage and her strong will to stop herself from obeying the terrible task that had been set by Rido. She wasn't built to be an assassin or a murderer and she knew it.
"Oh, Kuro-kun, I'm so tired..." she whispered, "I just wish that I had never come to Japan...none of this would ever have happened...I would have stayed human..." silent tears ran down her cheeks. Kuro continued to nuzzle her cheeks, trying to dry her cheeks with his fur.
"I love you..." he thought. He hated seeing her upset. He only hoped thing could get better, but he knew that as long as Rido still had Elizabeth in his grasp, that would be an impossible dream.
The next day, Elizabeth made her way into town with Kuro. He trotted along side her, being a good cat. She walked to the park and sat down on a park bench. The sun was bright and she was glad that she could still sit in it. Kuro sat on her lap, curled up and soaking up the sun. All was rather silent as well (Elizabeth would say that it was peaceful). Maybe it was a little too silent. She then heard a flock of birds flying over head frantically. Elizabeth sat up and made her eyes glow red, commanding a couple of them to fly to her.
"What's wrong?" Elizabeth asked. The birds looked at one another.
"There's one of those scary vampires with red glowing eyes and fierce teeth! He was after one of our comrades. He climbed the tree just to drink out blood!" one of them chirped frantically. Elizabeth looked quite shocked.
"A Level E? Why would...it must be desperate..." she was horrified. It seemed the Level E would stop at nothing to quench their unquenchable thirsts. She shivered that the. Thought that she might have descended to that kind madness, "Where is he now?"
"He's back in the forest." the other chirped. Elizabeth nodded.
"Thank you," she said gratefully, "Fly on now, and I will fight off the monster who scared you so!" Elizabeth said with a determined expression on her face. The birds nodded and they flew away, hoping that she was as brave as said she was. Elizabeth swallowed, "Come on, Kuro-kun! Let's go and fight a Level E!"
"Yeah, let's go, Riji-sama!" they both ran into the forest, gathering all their courage for the fight ahead. They sped forward and into the forest. Elizabeth gave a sniff, sniffing the silent, still air. She stepped on a fallen branch and the sound of it sounded like a big bang in tense silence. She could hear rustling in the back ground. Kuro stood in front of his mistress, as if trying to protect her from the perils ahead. They walked deeper into the forest, searching for the Level E. However, a louder rustling made her turn around. She saw a flash of red before all she saw was black.