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"Zero." A soft, calming voice brought him from his sleep. He cracked open an eye to see his classmate and fellow 'Disciplinary Committee' member and Guardian, Wakaba Sayori. "The Headmaster wanted us to come by after classes."
'That's right.' Zero sighed, yearning to go back to sleep but knowing he couldn't. He gracefully gathered his belongings before standing, following Sayori to the door. "Do you know why?"
"No, I don't." the normally expressionless girl said with a slight frown. It could have been to talk to them about Kuran Yuki, human turned pureblood vampire and sweet girl turned sadistic bitch, but it was a bit late for the Headmaster to bring it up now.
"Maybe he just wants to use us as guinea pigs for a new cooking recipe of his." Zero muttered, internally grimacing at the idea. Yagari-sensei might have been the reason Zero had learned how to cook in the first place, but Cross made the skill necessary to survival lest he be poisoned or starve to death.
"Perhaps." Sayori responded, stomach clenching uncomfortably. From what Yuki had told her when she was still her sweet and innocent best friend, well…she didn't want those concoctions anywhere near her, much less in her digestive system.
They fell into a comfortable silence as they entered the administrative building and went straight towards Headmaster Cross's office. Sayori knocked gently before Zero could just walk in without any warning. Zero rolled his eyes, but didn't comment.
"Come in, my beloved Guardians!" Cross's irritatingly cheerful voice called from inside the room. Zero sighed, opening the door and letting Sayori go through first before closing the door behind him and leaning against it. It would be best to be able to make a quick escape if he really did call them over to try his cooking.
Cross was sitting behind his ornate desk, smiling happily at them. Zero wanted to bang his head against the door when he realized that the crazy old man (hey, he was over 200 years old) was wearing a pink apron over his regular 'serious Headmaster' garb. Why bother trying if you're just going to ruin it.
"You wanted to see us, Headmaster?" Sayori inquired, tactfully ignoring the apron.
"Ah, yes." Cross agreed, glancing at Zero. Why wouldn't his dear son stand closer to his papa? "We have a new student joining the Night Class. She should be arriving with Yagari shortly." Zero groaned at the thought of another bloodsucker to watch over.
"Why tell us about it?" he asked in annoyance. "You would usually wait until I had their scent before you bother to mention a new student."
"Right." Cross muttered sheepishly, acknowledging his point. "This particular student is…unusual."
"How so?" Sayori asked, before Zero could demand an explanation.
"Well, for one she is from England. She just flew in, which is why I arranged for Yagari to pick her up." Cross started. "She is a Level B, sixteen years old, and is a practitioner of magic." He looked straight at Zero as he said that, knowing that he would understand what he really meant. Sayori knew that some vampires could do magic, like Juri Kuran, but due to the Statute of Secrecy she wouldn't know about the magical world of witches, wizards, and wondrous creatures.
Zero's eyes widened as he let that thought sink in. This leech was a witch as well as a vampire? That was exceedingly rare. 'In fact,' he mused. 'Only those Level C and under have ever been recorded to be both. How is is possible for an 'aristocrat' to use magic?'
"Interesting." He replied instead, doing his best to sound bored, indifferent, and 'passively aggressive'.
"Quite." Cross agreed, before redirecting his glaze to Sayori, who had caught the exchange but didn't comment on it. "She…was also human once." Both of the teenagers' eyes snapped to him. He continued without prompting, for once.
"Her mother's vampire side was suppressed, like Yuki's was. Miss Potter, our new student, was born fully human, and her mother passed away without her vampire side awakening." Cross said. Zero flinched at the mention that the girl's mother had died. He of all people knew how that was. "Her father and mother were both practitioners (here he glanced at Zero again, who nodded). Anyway, they both died when she was a baby. When she was fourteen, she met her mother's parents: pureblood vampires. Something about her being a magic-user caused her vampire side to awaken without a catalyst."
"Pureblood?" Zero inquired, sneering a bit.
"Yes, from Italy. Arietta and Sanguine di Angelo. They tend to stay away from vampire politics." Cross said the last part for Sayori's benefit.
"Whatever." Zero muttered, though he didn't think he'd ever heard of that family causing the Hunter Association (or Vampire Council, for that matter) any problems. Hopefully the girl would follow in their footsteps.
"Now-" Cross began, but he was interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Here already? Her plane must've arrived early." He mused, before saying louder. "Come on in."
The door opened at the invitation, and Yagari stepped in. A girl was behind him, and the Guardians got their first glance at the new student.
Well. There you go. Next chapter will be Hayden's first interactions with Zero, Sayori, and Cross. And she'll explain her diet, which does not include the blood tablets the other Night Class students (and Zero, now that his body isn't rejecting them due to drinking from Ichiru) use. Speaking of Ichiru, I'm not sure if I should have him alive in this story. It would be interesting to see if Hayden could tell them apart. And see if Ichiru makes fun of her 'size' like he did with Yuki.
Anyway, reviews are appreciated! And since I don't have a set schedule to update, they're also a motivation to update sooner than I would if I was left to my own devices...