Zero sat under a tree in the shade. He wished...he prayed he could leave this place behind. That he may be able to get an aprtment like his ally Kaito Takamiya. A place his own where he was away form the school's madness and that crazy girl he thought he once knew. Never again shall he put his trust into anyone but the hunters. A sweet and innocent girl...turned into a monster. However he was not angry with her...but with her sibling. Kaname was the one who turned her. He turned her into a bloodsucking urchin. But nevertheless as much as he wished to wring his neck, he thought of her. Not only would he be breaking her heart...but he looked at the way she was now. She seemed truly happy. But not herself. He'd seen her walking the grounds only a while before. She was with those strange men...the ones he'd seen with her in town before. Skeleton-faced. They made the students quite anxious, especially the day class. But he knew they had to be protecting her in some way. But for what? Couldn't Kaname Kuran's posse be enough? "You're always alone." he heard. There she stood, in her usual appeal. Same fashion; flowery babydoll, basic tights, combat boots, chunky sweater. "What do you want?" he snapped. She blinked with a soft smile as she kneeled by him. "Why are you by yourself, Zero?" she asked. He got up abruptly. "It doesn't matter. Go find your bother." He turned away, but she pulled him back. "Zero." He put his bloody rose to her head. "You wouldn't do it." she said a few seconds later. She stared into his eyes. "Put it down. Let's just talk." Slowly, cautiously the gun came down. She smiled, but it was hardly noticeable. "What do you want?" he sighed. "Everyone here are so...normal. I want to walk with you." He stayed emotionless. "What's that supposed to mean?" "You're different from everyone else. You're better." "Okay then..." he said as he turned on his heel. She kept pace with him. "It's a compliment." she said softly. As they walked in silence together, he finally stopped her when they got to the forest. "What is this?" he hissed. She tilted her head. "You come to the door indecent, you compliment me, you look me in the eyes like we're friends. Why?" She laughed silently. "It was all coincidental, love. You just choose to be in the right place and time for those sort of things. If you had come later you would have caught me fully dressed, decent. If you hadn't been sitting alone I would have walked past like you were air. If you hadn't left any of these openings for me...we would have never allowed this." He frowned. Now she wasn't making any sense. "I don't know what happened to you these past years, I don't care. Stay away from me." He pushed her away and left her. She stood silent and smiled. "It's too late...for staying away." she murmured.
Sara sat in the moon dorm lounge area with her newfound classmates and acquaintances, or Takuma's friends. They sat around the coffee table with their tea when Takuma set his down. "Takuma, did you check on Yuki like I asked?" Kaname said. Takuma swallowed and nodded as he looked at Kaname. Sara set her teaset down as well. "Yuki...Kuran." she said with a small, hushed laug as punctuation. "Such a challenging girl." Everyone looked at each other. Kaname looked at Sara slowly. "What makes you say this? Sara?" he said. He tried his best to conceal it. From the day she'd arrived at the academy to present day she'd been on his last nerve. "Oh, you've met?" Shiki asked. Sara nodded slowly. "She's quite 'feisty' if I say so myself. Very sharp-witted. Might you have said something to her Kaname-sama?" Kaname frowned at her. The night students sensed the unease. "Why, no. Not a word." Sara returned his gaze. Usually she'd be offended, but she was more curious of how a young woman she'd just met had her figured out. Where exactly had she been getting her information? "How strange." She receded from her seat and slowly walked up the steps, hands diamond posed behind her back. It seems I have some of my own sleuthing to do." she sighed to herself. It had settled in recently; she'd let Yuki Kuran have the last word...but not this time. She wouldn't lose to a Kuran...and by the time she'd inconvenienced this win, Yuki was under watch.