Chapter 3

"Beginning of the first night"

AU: Only some small grammar changes for this chapter's rewrite.


When I walked into the dining room all eyes turned to me.

They started to whisper, not quietly enough though, since I could hear what some were saying. "I can't believe it; the hunter is a level D? How pitiful.", "I bet his parents are rolling in their graves.", "Why is he even allowed in our class?", "I bet it was Hio Shizuka-sama who turned him." and even "What a disgrace to both the hunter world and ours".

I glared at the ones whispering and they shut up quickly, only to glare right back at me. "Come sit down Kiryuu-kun, we've got plenty of room over here." Ichijou waved me over, hoping to calm everyone down, but It didn't work too well. A tall and beautiful woman stood up. "Well, if no one else is going to say it then I will... Scum like you doesn't deserve to be here, to eat with us, and to even breathe the same air as us!" Souen Ruka, one of Kuran's main lackeys. She has always hated me the most, her and Aidou Hanabusa.

I knew she was about to say more, so I didn't let her, "Scum? You want to know who the real scum is? Your precious Pureblood leaders. They go around acting all high and mighty, turning humans for the fun of it just to see what happens! Then they just sit back and watch us hunters clean up their mess! They ruin lives and no one else cares. They are purebloods so no one cares what they do. They get away with shit that others can't, all because they are special!" I was livid. I didn't mean to go on a rant but I couldn't stop myself.

"How dare you speak ill of Lord Kaname or any other pureblood! You need to learn your place!" standing up from his seat, Aidou looked mad while raising his hand, clearly about to use his powers against me.

Though, before I could react properly, a loud and powerful voice rang out.

"That's enough! It is true that Kiryuu is of lower status than us but that does not matter because I was the one who made him come here. This was my decision and if you have anything you want to say, you can say it to me privately or write me a complaint." To say I was surprised about his interruption was an understatement. The only reason I can think of as to why he would 'stand up for me' was because he just wanted to break up a fight before it happened.

Kuran's words caught everyone off guard so those standing had sat back down grumbling, resuming their dinner.

Meanwhile, It wasn't hard finding a spot to sit, the best spot was near the door at the end of a table with the least number of vampires on it. Plenty of space away from them all and the closest to the exit for a fast getaway once I'm done eating.

It was a strange experience. Unlike in the day class, we didn't have to get up to choose and collect what we wanted at the cafeteria, a waiter came over to me and placed whatever we were having tonight on the table in front of me. I had no idea what it was, just that it was some kind of pasta. "Pappardelle with Sea Urchin and Cauliflower" Said the waiter as he placed a glass of red wine in front of me. I didn't drink the wine but the food was... interesting. I'm more accustomed to Cross's "my style" cooking or the cheap sandwiches from the sun dorm cafeteria. This was too fancy for me.

How do you even get sea urchin? Hmm.

I finished eating quickly and by the time I was leaving, so was Kuran and his inner circle. I wanted to avoid him so I hurried to my room, but just as I was about to enter a hand grabbed my shoulder, stopping me. "Come speak with me in my room" Kuran said. I knew I didn't have a choice so I sighed, closing my door and following him around the corner to his room.

His room was lavish but there was no bed that I could see. I assumed it was through one of the doors to the right. There was a lounge set on the right and a desk with a chair and a bookcase on the left. He also had large windows looking out towards the moon dorm gardens and horse paddocks. He sat elegantly on the large lounge chair and motioned for me to grab one of the spare chairs from against the wall and bring it over.

We sat for a minute in silence. I wasn't sure what he wanted to talk about.

"Do you know why you are here?" He asked. When I didn't answer, he continued with "You are here because I wanted to talk with you about attending class tomorrow. I want you to be on your best behaviour." I snorted at that. "I don't want you fighting the other students over anything, lest there be consequences."

"What kind of consequences? Are you gonna lock me in my room? Or make me hold buckets of water for an hour?"

"I admit that would be fun, but I have something better in mind. I won't tell you now because that would spoil the surprise."

"Ooh, are you gonna beat Aidou in front of everyone? I'd pay to see that." I scoffed.

I really would pay to see it. Maybe more if I got to do it myself.

"Not quite. You need to be well-mannered from now on. We have a reputation to uphold in this school. I imagine Cross wouldn't be very happy if his son were to ruin that. Also, I heard that your shishou is arriving early with that other hunter. Maybe you'll keep in line for him if not because I asked."

"Fine, you have a point. I'll see what I can do, but I make no promises. If one of them starts something, I can't guarantee I won't do anything." I don't think that was the answer Kuran was looking for, but I think he expected as much.

"How are you feeling Kiryuu-kun?" He said it in such a blunt way. He knows I'm uncomfortable here and that the vampire part of me still hungers for blood. He's just trying to rile me up. Get a reaction from me. Unfortunately, his smug face does get to me.

"What's it to you?" I hiss.

"I am the dorm president; it is my duty to keep the student body safe from both outsiders and occasionally itself. You are part of that body. A student under my authority. If you were to harm someone else or even yourself, it would become my responsibility and I will have to deal with the clean-up and backlash." He had a point, but I wasn't about to tell him that.

"You mean, you'll get your lackeys to do the clean-up for you though. Am I right?" I may have been a tad too cocky since Kuran decided that this was a good enough reason to slam me into the wall.

"If Yuki wasn't close to you, if I didn't need you to be her shield, you would have died the day we met." His fangs were bared, his hand on my throat, holding me up so I had to stand on my toes to keep from choking.

"So scary Kuran. I bet this works wonders on the other vamps in the school." I hoped he couldn't tell that I actually felt a little threatened. The last time a had a pair of fangs that close to me was when I was turned. You could say I was a little scared of being bitten. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't scared of Kuran, no matter how much he flashed those sharp, pearly whites. I think Kuran is all bark and no bite. At least, he is in this situation.

"I can be a whole lot scarier than this, Kiryuu. However, I don't want to be if I don't have to be. Don't give me a reason to show you, Kiryuu-kun."

"Only if you don't give me one, Kuran-senpai." I exaggerated a bit on his name since he seems to like throwing mine around a lot.

I heard a deep growl before I was thrown to the side. I pulled out my gun, which I couldn't reach earlier, and aimed it between his eyes. A gentle clinking could be heard from the chain.

"Go back to your room. I expect you in the foyer tomorrow morning, ready for class. We don't eat breakfast together here, so order or make whatever you want in the student kitchen."

I lowered my gun and tuned to leave with a sour look on my face. How anticlimactic. I expected him to fight back again or something.

I mean, he really wasn't going to say anything about me aiming my gun at him?

Wait. Did he just say "student kitchen"? That must be the one Ichijou showed me, but where do the cooks make their food? What a weird place.


It was much later at night, or rather, much later in the day, that I decided to go for a walk. I haven't seen Lily in a while and she is probably in need of a good wash. She doesn't really let anyone else care for her as easily.

The day class should have just started their lessons so no one should spot me. Even if they did, they might just think I'm skipping class or something. I was just in casual clothes so no one should know I came from the moon dorms, unless Yuki catches me.

As I moved to walk into the barn, I hear the horses start to get unsettled.

It must be my aura they are reacting to.

They usually did this, at least, most of them did. Today there was one horse in particular that was still stressed even as she spotted me. Lily. She never got mad at me unless she didn't know it was me. Though, once she sees me, she would always calm down. Today she didn't, she was still stressed. There must be something nearby that she doesn't like.

I tried focusing on finding an unwanted aura and I did. It was faint but I felt it. A level E must have made its way onto school grounds. It didn't feel close though, so it must be near the edge of the campus.

I felt my pocket for bloody rose and tried to find where the aura is coming from. I followed it to the fountain then back towards the school gates.

As I got closer, I saw what looked to be a level E disintegrating slowly. Someone else got to it before me. It wasn't another vampire; I would have felt them here. It wasn't killed by a gun either because I would have heard the shot. So that left a non-vampire who was wielding a melee weapon. I had a hunch I knew who it was but before I could do anything there was a dagger up to my throat, held there by a man who caught me from behind.

"Hello Zero-chan, nice to see you again." What an ass. I grab the arm holding the dagger and throw him over my shoulder. He landed with a grunt but got back up again swiftly. Flipping the dagger in his hand, he smirked at me before thrusting the dagger in my general direction. I dodged the blade but missed the leg he extended, tripping me. The next thing I know, he was on me, trying to get a hit on me but I managed to block every punch. I finally saw an opening and took it. I threw him to the side and as I was about to lay down some of my own blows, a commanding voice spoke up from the sidelines.

"What the fuck are you two doing?"

Shishou.