Chapter 3: Disgusting.

Akane's POV

I sighed silently to myself as I slowly started to walk over to the crowd of screaming girls. "Same thing everyday..." I said under my breath.

Zero stopped me in my tracks. "Uh, Akane... About what happened... that stays between me and you, alright?"

I nodded as the corners of my lips curled up into a small smile. "Of course."

He sighed in relief and I continued walking over to the crowd of girls.

Yuuki was overwhelmed by the hoard of girls and I rolled my shoulders back as I muttered, "Alright." I then put my hands on my hips as I approached them. "Get back to your dorms now!"

One girl put her hands on her hips in the same manner, almost as if she were mocking me. "Why should we listen to you?"

"Because," I huffed as I rose a brow, "I have a black belt in karate, and I don't have a problem with using my abilites to kick annoying girls' asses."

Her eyes widened and she ran back to the dorms rather quickly, soon being followed by the rest of the girls.

Zero skipped out on patrolling today, and so I was stuck walking around the campus with Yuuki until night classes were over. We were currently taking a break, and she was looking up at the window where the Night Class was being held.

"How's Kuran tonight?" I asked, looking away boredly.

Yuuki blushed as she hid her face behind her hands. "I wasn't just looking at Kaname!"

I smirked as I gazed over at her. "So you admit you were looking at him?"

Her blush deepened and she shot her head in the other direction, trying to hide her flustered face.

I chuckled softly as I started walking away. "Come on, lets start walking around again."

She regained composure as she nodded. "Alright!"

"But," I started, pausing, "Lets split up this time. I'll go this way, and you'll go that way. This way we can cover more ground."

She nodded, "Okay!"

I waved goodbye and started walking in the opposite direction. A few seconds later, I stopped at the bridge and noticed two Day Class girls sitting beside the bushes.

I sighed as I ran my fingers through my hair. "Won't they ever learn?" I then jumped down from the bridge, and grabbed onto a tree branch on the way down so I wouldn't fall.

I walked over to the girls and furrowed my brows as I spoke. "You two know that you shouldn't be out here. Go back to your dorms now, or I'll report you to the headmaster."

The girls stood up without a word and nodded. One girl was holding her hand tightly and avoiding eye contact.

I looked at her curiously, "Did you hurt yourself?"

She nodded sheepishly.

I took her hand and looked at it closely, "Oh no, it's bleeding... Get back to your dorms quickly and clean it up!"

She nodded again, and they both left.

I heard a noise behind me, and I turned around quickly, pulling out my vampire-hunting gun, the Bloody Rose.

Aido Hanabusa stood before me and pouted, "How scary, Sasaki~!"

I sighed as I put the gun down. "Why aren't you in class?"

He took a step forward as he shrugged. "Because~ I smelled blood, and it just made me so thirsty."

"Well, you're too late. The girl whose hand was bleeding already left." I said as I put the gun back in the holster that was around my upper thigh.

He smirked, "Oh, it wasn't her blood that I smelled. The blood I smelled was delicious, it was completely mouthwatering... It was your blood."

I raised an eyebrow at this, "I think you're mistaken."

He grabbed my hand and jerked it up towards his face. "Oh no, I'm not mistaken."

I looked at my hand and saw a big scratch on it that was bleeding. I must have scraped it when I jumped down from the bridge and grabbed that tree branch...

I tried to jerk my hand away, but failed. "Let go, Aido!"

He smirked once more, "You see..." He started, "This smell, it's... simply intoxicating." With that, he showed his fangs and bit into my palm.

Not even a moment later, Zero shows up and points his Bloody Rose at Aido, "Drinking blood on school grounds is strictly forbidden. Has the scent of her blood made you lose control, vampire?"

Aido released my hand and grinned at Zero. "But I already tasted her."

Zero's eyes narrowed into a sharp glare as he placed his finger on the trigger.

I sighed as I slapped the gun out of his hand. "As tempting as it is, you can't shoot him."

Kaname Kuran then appeared from behind Aido. "That weapon you have, Kiryuu, seems to be a bit dangerous, don't you think? Perhaps you should use it more wisely before someone gets hurt."

Aido's eyes widened when he heard Kaname's voice.

He grabbed Hanabusa by the back of his shirt, "I'll escort this fool to the headmaster personally, to see his punishment. Is that alright with you, Kiryuu?"

Zero sighed as he picked up his Bloody Rose. "Just get him out of my sight."

Kaname then turned to me and took my hand. "My apologies, Akane. He shouldn't have bothered you. I'll see that it doesn't happen again." He said as he then placed a kiss on my knuckles.

I pulled my hand away and narrowed my eyes at him. "I hope you're right."

Zero then grabbed my wrist and pulled me away from the pureblood. "Lets go." He grunted.

I followed behind, as if I even had a choice. "You're late, you know."

He didn't bother looking back at me as he spoke. "Lets go back to the dorms. This place smells like blood, and it's getting on my nerves."

I kept quiet as I continued to follow behind him. It wasn't very wise to push him when he gets like this.

He suddenly stopped and I bumped right into him. "Sorry..."

He turned around as he jerked his tie right off of his neck. "Let me see your hand. All I smell is your blood, and it's disgusting."

I nodded meekly and held out my hand as he began tying the cloth around it.

"He called you disgusting." Said the voice inside my head.

I hid my face behind my hair as he finished tying the knot.

He turned his back to me as he started walking away once again. "This is just further proof that they are beasts."

I leaned against a tree and slowly sunk down to the ground. "Disgusting." I repeated to myself with a bitter chuckle. "That's what I am."