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"Alright, everyone, just calm down! I'm sure there is a perfectly good explanation for all of this!" A teacher shouted above the crowd of students screaming about how someone had heard gun shots coming from the Moon Dormitory. The teacher shouted a few more things when suddenly the Headmaster appeared, causing the students quiet down and allowing her to relieve a sigh of relief.
One female student yelled, "Headmaster, what happened in the Moon Dormitory?"
"Yeah? What happened in the Moon Dormitory?" A few more voices from the crowd shouted.
The Headmaster started, "Alright, everyone, just please—
But he was interrupted by a male student demanded, "What's with this school anyways? This is the third strange thing that's happened in less than 2 years' time!"
"Yeah, it is!" The crowd roared in agreement. "What's going on here? Why do crazy thing always happen here?"
The teacher who'd been trying to calm the crowd before bit her lip. Even she couldn't deny that something was seriously wrong with the safety at Cross Academy. She knew it was her duty as a proper educator to report the serious lack of security and protection to the proper authorities.
"The students are right!" The teacher found herself shouting above the crowd, which quieted down to her speak. "And it's high time action be taken against this school!"
The crowd grew riled up once again. "Yeah! Get the police in here already! Get this place shut down—permanently this time!"
The Headmaster bowed his head and said, "I am truly sorry for the danger you have all been put in. If you all wish of transfer, Cross Academy with personally make the arrangements to ensure all your credits will be accepted by a more suitable institution."
He pushed through the still outraged crowd then to meet up with Zero, who was standing amongst the masses trying to calm them down. Upon seeing the Headmaster, Zero promptly turned around from his policing to walk off with the Headmaster to a secluded spot.
"Okay, Zero," The Headmaster spoke, "You want to tell me what happened?"
The police were called in the afternoon and ordered the students to leave the school grounds immediately. The day students had their bags packs and were on the train home within hours. The night class students had to be relocated. The Association, however, opted to keep its headquarters there. Zero, Rima, and Shiki had meanwhile all been taken down to the police station and interrogated separately, as they were all eye witnesses.
The Headmaster requested a meeting with the police department bright and early the next morning. Two officers had come to accept his request..
One of the officers explained, not bothering to beat around the bush with small talk, "The three witness's story collaborated. It seems a female night class student by the name of Yuki Kuran was murdered by a fellow night class student named Hanabusa Aidou. He, however, used a method other than shooting to kill her. The shots heard by the day class students were an attempt by day class student Zero Kiryuu to subdue Aidou, but unfortunately he was unsuccessful in saving the girl's life. Aidou's right leg and right shoulder were shot. He is currently in a prison hospital recuperating. Kiryuu was also taken in last night for attacking a classmate."
"The case is pretty clear cut," the second officer spoke. "We have three eye witnesses to the murder and a confession to the attack from Kiryuu. Now I know you called us here in attempt to get the two boys released, but I'm afraid that's just not going to be possible."
The Head Master replied, "Yes, I know. They are both clearly guilty. But, you have to understand, that, well—
"The boys' situation is delicate, as you have already reported to the police," one of the officers finished the Headmaster's statement. "So, tell us, just how is it 'delicate?"
The Headmaster sighed deeply. He had been up all night preparing the respective excuses. "Aidou is currently in a state of deep depression as his father just passed away. Kiryuu is in much the same shoes, as he not only depressed from having lost his parents five years ago, but also his brother last year. Also, Kiryuu is both physically as well as mentally unstable."
"Look, if you want Aidou to plead insanity, that's your advice to give him. But we do not intend to drop the charges. A young girl was brutally murdered yesterday morning and we are not about to just sweep that under the rug!" The other officer declared. "As for Kiryuu…the judge is going to be sympathetic to the fact that he was defending another human life and the case is probably going to get dropped in court."
The Headmaster's main concern wasn't that the boys were mentally incapable of handling prison. No, he worried about what they might do should they become too hungry, Zero especially. If human got murdered by a vampire under the eyes of the government, there would be no telling just how even darker the future would become for vampires.
Of course, this wasn't information he couldn't openly share with the two officers. He surrendered his plea in getting the boy's charges dropped.
"Alright then, I surrender my argument," The Headmaster sighed.
"Very well," one of the officers nodded. "Now…do have anything to say in regards to your own charges?"
"No, I openly admit that safety protocol was blatantly ignored at Cross Academy." The Headmaster stated.
"Alright, we're done here, then," the other officer spoke. "Guard, please take the prisoner back to his cell."
"Nope…there's no way," Kaito sighed. He was sitting at the Headmaster's desk counting through the messy heap of cash sitting on top of it. Yaguri stood in front of the desk, nonchalantly smoking a cigarette. "The Association's not going to be able to bail out of three of them. The only that's getting out today is Zero, considering his bail's the lowest…any word on how the Headmaster's meeting with police went this morning?"
"Yeah, he called me right after. It didn't go well at all. He knew was a long shot getting Zero's and that night class student's charges dropped, though." Yaguri said.
"But still, you have to admire the guy for trying. He's pretty beat up over all this and he feels terrible the Association went completely broke after the headquarters was destroyed. All our money was buried in the rubble." Kaito just shook his head.
Yaguri said nothing in response. He only silently inhaled more tobacco.
Kaito jerked his head up upon hearing the soft sound of the clicking hinge of the front door. It was shut tight, just as he and Yaguri had left it. He stood up, though, and rushed over to rip it open.
"What is it?" Yaguri asked.
Seeing nothing out the hallway in either direction, Kaito just said, "…it was nothing, I guess."
Kaito was down at the police station about in an hour later, after finally getting all the money together to bail Zero out. Upon requesting Zero's release, however, the secretary at the jail house replied, "That person already made bail."
"What? How?" Kaito wondered.
"A young woman came in about twenty minutes ago and post bail for all three of the prisoners at Cross Academy. They should be coming out any moment now if you want to wait for them on that bench over there…" The secretary pointed the bench that sat up against the wall opposite of where she was sitting.
"A young woman…what did she look like? What was her name?" Kaito demanded.
"I…I don't remember her name off the top of my head, but…she had short purple hair and—
"Serine!" Kaito gasped.
"Yeah, that's it," The secretary confirmed.
I don't believe it…why would she post their bail?
"Kaito, you're here!" The Headmaster cheered as he came out of the door leading into the cell area of the jail house. Zero silently followed behind him. A guard escorted them. "I can't believe you managed to post all our bails!"
"I…I actually didn't," Kaito said. "And you won't believe who did!"
"Who?" The Headmaster wondered.
"Serine," Kaito stated.
"Serine?" Zero and the Headmaster both repeated, although their tones were distinctively different. While Headmaster was clearly intrigued, Zero's eyes had become fiery.
"How long ago?" Zero questioned.
"About…twenty five minutes," Kaito said.
Zero stomped towards Kaito and then straight passed him to the main door.
"Zero," Kaito addressed him, "Don't bother chasing after her. You know we don't—
Zero let the door slam behind him.
The secretary spoke, "Look, I don't know where he's going, but he knows he can't leave town, right?"
"Don't worry, we won't let him," The Headmaster assured her.
"And don't you leave town either!" She said firmly.
"I won't," The Headmaster said sincerely. "So, would you mind telling me what you intended to do with Hanabusa Aidou…the student who was in the prison hospital."
"Oh, he's in stable condition and being transported by ambulance to the local public hospital. You'll probably be able to visit him now if you want." The secretary explained.
"Thank you. I'm sure we will go see him after a while," The Headmaster replied. He and Kaito walked towards the door then. Before leaving, the Headmaster told the secretary to have a wonderful day.
"Alright, come out," Zero demanded, pointing his gun down an alley way. It was completely closed off, surrounded by buildings on its left, right, and back sides. And it was empty, save for the dumpster the back right corner. Zero approached and said, "The scent of blood is overpowering. You made it more than easy for me to find you. If only you'd been able to hold off till you got out of town, but I know you haven't feasted since the Hunter Association headquarters was destroyed…"
The lid of the dumpster lifted from a source within. Serine crawled out, covered in muck.
She maintained her professional demeanor even then as she said, "I won't lead you to Lord Kaname. So you might as well just shoot me here and now."
Zero grinned and slipped the Bloody Rose back into his jacket pocket.
"You're not needed anymore anyways. Once Kaname hears that his fiancée has been murdered, he'll come running back here." Zero said confidently.
"Then why did you chase me down?" Serine questioned. "Am I wanted by the Association for something?"
"No…I suppose it was just hunter's instinct." Zero replied nonchalantly.
"I see," Serine said. "May I go now then?"
"Sure," Zero replied and he stepped aside to give Serine room to get out of the narrow alley way.
Before walking down the street, Serine said, "Please tell that higher up hunter that I truly appreciated his attempts to comfort me. Even though I doubted him at first, after he let me drink his blood, I saw his true feelings towards me. I know he honestly cared for me…in a fatherly sort of way. I can tell that being a father figure is a large part of who he is."
Serine walked away then.
Yes, Master, I know you really do care…even if you don't always show it…you're a big softy after all…
Aidou stared gloomily out his hospital window. Even though this one hadn't come with the bar decoration, he still felt like he was living in a cage. The minutes were passing slowly. He waited desperately to finally see Kaname's face again. He was terrified that he wasn't going to show. He was terrified that everything he did was going to be for nothing after all.
"Come and find me, Lord Kaname," Aidou pleaded out loud, "Come and punish me for taking away the one that you hold most dear…"