Disclaimer: I do not own the OC Sarah Shitou, she belongs to. I also, sadly, do not own Vampire Knight, for it belongs to.

Claimer: The plotline, myself, and any OCs other than Sarah Shitou.

Sorry it took so long for me to post this; I haven't read very many fics with Takuma as part of the main pairing so I've been reading tons while trying to write to get more comfortable with him. I hope I didn't disappoint and once again, sorry!

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Thinking/Dreams/Song Lyrics

Flashbacks

Previously

"Sleep well, hime." He said quietly, hugging me close. He pressed a feather-light kiss to my forehead before releasing me. I fought a blush once again, and smiled up at him.

"Stay awake well, Takuma-kun." I said, slightly jokingly. He smiled that heartwarming smile again before walking me up the steps and waited like the gentleman he was for me to slip inside and close the door. I was able to make it up to my dorm room and slipped in quietly, careful not to wake Maya, my roommate. I leaned against the door for a second and fanned my face slightly to help cool my fire-red cheeks.

He is SO fine! The bolder part of me thought. I couldn't help but agree. I quietly went through my routine before slipping in bed. I smiled a small smile and drifted my eyes shut, falling into Takuma-filled dreams. Ones where I was his princess, and he kept me safe from all the villains in the rest of the kingdom.

I didn't bother going to class the next day. I was much too comfortable just snuggled up in my bed. When I woke up I rolled over and turned on the mini-stereo by my bed. I was glad I didn't have to share a room with anyone anymore, Maya had left earlier this morning. She had to return home to stay with her parents and newborn baby brother. I smiled as my favorite song came on; I opened the drawer on my nightstand underneath it and pulled out a box of Pocky and my current manga obsession. I had just bought it recently and hadn't had the chance to read it. I turned on my belly with my legs crossed and my feet up in the air. I stuck a Pocky stick in my mouth and smiled; glad I had downloaded the song from iTunes to put on a CD. I lost myself in the book as the lyrics began.

Red like roses fills my dreams and brings me to the place you rest.

I finished my Pocky stick and began to sing along.

White is cold and always yearning, burdened by a royal test.

Black the beast descends from shadows.

Yellow beauty burns gold.

Simple lyrics, but that's why I loved it. I was also glad I made sure it was the extended version. Red Like Roses was my favorite; I originally found it on YouTube and was totally in love. I turned the page of my book and rolled my eyes at the heroin. She was such a ditz. She couldn't even hold her sword right. Of course she would get better, but at the moment she was nearly hopeless. I was halfway through when I realized how late it had become. I closed my book and pulled on some real clothes, nothing fancy. Just a pair of black shorts, thigh high socks and a black shirt with a black hoodie over it. I pulled on some black boots and strapped Last Day to my back before leaving my dorm.

I walked calmly into the chairman's office, not bothering to knock. I probably should have. Takuma, Kuran, Kain, and Aido were all once again in his office. I mentally shrugged it off and nonchalantly shut the door behind me before bowing slightly to them.

"Headmaster," I began but was quickly cut off by his protests.

"Aaah! Sarah-chaaaan! Call me Papa!" He exclaimed as he glomped me. I didn't have the heart to push him away, so I endured it for the time.

"Headmaster," I said as I tried to gently pry him off of me. "You are not my father, I'm not comfortable calling you that." I was in a good mood; I might as well be a little kinder than I was last night. He gloomily went back behind his desk to sulk but at least he didn't cry tonight… yet.

"Are there any jobs for me tonight?" I asked.

"Actually there is," He began. "But it's not on campus. I was just speaking with Kaname-sama about it." I forced myself not to tense at Kuran's name. He seriously freaked me out still.

"There have been activities in town lately. We would like it to stop before it reaches the school." Kaname said. I looked at him in slight confusion, not looking past his jaw though. His eyes were startling to me for some reason.

"The Night Class takes care of the ones in town on their own constantly." I said. "Why would you need me for this one?"

"There's a possibility there might be several this time." Takuma piped up in explanation. "We figured there'd be no one better to bring than the Buki o shiyō suru tame ni haya sugite manan gāru¹." I nodded slowly. My eyes flickered back and forth nervously between the four vampires. I knew that Kuran himself wouldn't go. So who was going then?

"It will just be you and Ichijo." Kuran said, resting his creepy reddish-brown eyes on me. I kept my face blank and nodded once again. Said vampire looked over and flashed me his ever-present smile.

"Shall we go then?" He asked standing. I nodded, smiling back at him. It was silent for a little while as we walked before he spoke.

"My poor Hime," He said with a playful smile. I couldn't help but laugh. It was times like these when I could see true happiness instead of the pain he hides behind his smiles. "You have to go hunt beasties of the night with one of their kind. Sarah-Hime is so beautiful, why must you take such jobs?" I grinned at him.

"Because I enjoy the feeling of wielding Last Day," I replied. "Such jobs only give me an excuse to rid the world of the evil beasties that shame your kind and use my most favorite weapon." It was a serious answer but we both knew there was still a playfulness to it.

"Ah," He replied with a small sigh. "Well if it pleases my Hime then it pleases me, despite my loathing of danger for her." He was still smiling at me but when I looked into his green eyes I saw something I didn't expect. I saw the truth of that statement and it warmed my heart. I had to fight a blush as well as check myself so that my heartbeats did not quicken in pace.

"I haven't been hurt yet," I said with a reassuring smile. "Nor do I plan to change that. I will be careful."

"I am glad to accompany you, Sarah-Hime," He said, the teasing tone and true smile back on his handsome face. "Someone must keep the fair maiden safe."

"And now watch as it is you who needs me to keep you safe," I shot back with a grin.

"I could only dream of being saved my someone so lovely." He replied, taking my hand and bringing it to his lips lightly as we stopped to wait for the car to town. "Although I would much rather it is I to protect my Hime." This time I allowed a small blush.

"Maybe you'll become lucky," I told him.

"Maybe," He said. "Although I'd still much rather you were trapped in a tower with me so that I could protect you while never having to leave your side." I blushed darker.

"I wouldn't stay in a tower," I warned.

"Thus the reason why I never tried," He responded. Despite his light smile I couldn't help but think that he was dead serious. I wasn't quite sure what to say, and luckily I didn't have a chance. The minute I looked up at him the car pulled up. He helped me inside and I couldn't help but wonder if he truly was serious, or if he was just joking as he often is.

Yay! Chapter 2! I'm not gonna lie, between school, track, and just downright not sure where exactly I'm going with this, I became slow on updating. I started procrastinating a little in the free time I used not sleeping. But it's up now so I hope you guys enjoy it! Next chapter won't be up until I get at least 10 reviews this time. Give you more of a challenge cause I'm mean like that :P And it'll give me a bit more time to write XD

Buki o shiyō suru tame ni haya sugite manan gāru¹ - It means "Girl who learned too fast to use a weapon" I just thought it sounded pretty in Japanese so I wrote it in Japanese XD

Alliana2312 – Ha! I didn't know that. That just kind of made my day a little XD I hope I didn't disappoint you with this chapter. I was trying to focus it around Sarah herself and not the pairing but it's also leading up to more.

Ruka-is-a-bitch6 – Sorry it took so long! I feel really guilty about it but I was trying to figure things out. I'm sort of making it up as I go because that's my writing style so things can become a little bit hard sometimes.

Pollucine – You're doing fairly well, in your English although if you would like you can do the same as Kaname's-lover and post in French. I can translate the best I can through the translation thing on Microsoft word and my year of French (sadly I was unable to take French II because of my math class) and get back to you in French. I'm glad I'm not disappointing you and once again, sorry it took so long!

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Well, quick promotion of some of my other stories, I have two Naruto (one completed and one in hiatus) and two other Vampire Knight (one finished and one in progress like this one) that I would love to get reviews on! :) Until the next chapter, ja ne! Akemi