It was getting dark and the reign of the humans was ending while the vampires rose.

'Stay close to me, Yuki.' I heard her shuffle closer to me. I found a small hidden corner by a shabby building. 'Lets put our stuff here, okay?' A soft 'yes'was heard. I turned to face Yuki. She barely managed to answer my question and as she placed her bags down, I saw her arms shaking. I sighed slightly as I wrapped my arms around her shaking body. 'Don't worry, I'll look out for you.'

My hand held hers as we quickly continued to walk down the alley. 'Ouch!' I looked back to see that Yuki had scratched her arm on a loose piece of metal. I watched as the blood spread through her jacket.

The smell was getting to my head. I quickly shook my head to clear it. 'Okay, this is not good,' I said as I quickly stuffed three blood tablets into my mouth. The tablets felt raw in my throat but now wasn't a time to be picky. I started to breathe from my mouth and tried to ignore the sweet scent. 'Give me Artemis and then put pressure on your wound. It should stop the bleeding,' I said as I passed her a packet of tissues. 'O-okay. But what about you? Are you alright?' she asked. I nodded and held Artemis in my hands.

Sparks flew as the metal touched my hands. I scolded myself. Today, I hadn't brought my gloves. Too late now. Then I heard a sound coming from behind us. Releasing Artemis, I blocked the vampire that flew down from the building roof. My teeth clenched as I felt the weight on Artemis. I saw his eyes stare pat me onto Yuki.

'Your blood… It smells delicious. Let me… drink it all.'

I growled, switching his attention to me. 'No. She's mine. I found her first. I get her blood.'I heard Yuki's soft gasp. I glared at the vampire and pushed him back. I saw Zero jump down from above and stand in front of Yuki. Seeing him nod, I changed the angle of Artemis and hit the vampire between his eyes.

He reared back, clutching his wound, the floral design engraved into his skin. I heard Yuki slip to the ground and looked at her, concerned. 'Here,' I said as I passed Artemis to Zero. I sat beside Yuki as Zero stood in front of us. 'Yuki, can you take off your jacket?' She looked at me, scared, but she nodded and slowly took off her jacket. I gently picked up her arm and looked at the scratch. The blood flow was slowing. Taking a tissue, I gently pressed it against the wound.

I turned around to see a cut form straight through the vampire. Surprised, I saw Ichijou-san and Shiki-san. I stood up as Yuki jumped up and said loudly, 'Ah! You're …

The vampire vanished in a mist of fine dust. Ichijou-san clicked his sword into place. 'It's finished.' Shiki sighed in the background and mumbled, 'You don't need me at all.'

Yuki stared and asked curiously, 'Night Class… Ichijou Takuma-senpai and Shiki Senri-senpai… In this sort of place…' She paused, thinking about what she was about to say. 'Why would you come "outside" ?'

As she said those words, I knew exactly why they were there. It was the Vampire Hunter's Association to clean up the mess that the Purebloods had started. Their selfish needs to create vampires from humans and when they weren't needed, disposed like abandoning a pet in the street. It was our job to protect the humans from these wild Level E vampires.

Ichijou placed a finger to his lips. 'Yuki, please quickly go back and treat your wound. Or it will excite our senses.' I took a quick glance at Zero and saw him looking away from Yuki's wound. And her blood. I quickly slipped a blood tablet into my mouth, escaping the view's of the other people.

'If you want to know why we took care of that vampire, come to the Moon Dorm late tonight.'

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We all began to walk back. I stood beside Zero, asking him in a whisper about how he was. He just glanced away, slightly angry. I saw little Yuki glancing at us, curiousity obvious on her face. I just gave her a friendly smile and followed the nobles back into Cross Academy.

I took Yuki to the infirmary and waited as the school nurse patched the wound up. As the nurse wrapped up her arm, I thought about what Ichijou said.

During our walk back to the Academy and I could see the determined look on her face. She was going to the Moon Dorm. And there was no way I could convince her not to go there.

'Yuki! I'm going back to my room, ok?' She nodded back and I walked back to my room. As I walked, I heard the giggles of Day Class girls in their room. Since the Moon Dorm weren't having classes today, the girls haven't bothered to ome out and greet them.

I finally made it to my room and took out my key. I heard a click as the lock unfastened and opened the door. I kicked off my trainers and flopped into bed.

I can't believe that we were going there.