[Watcher in the Woods]

The moment Naomi stepped out of the office she was met with a pair of arms hooking around her waist, dragging her back into the office.

"Hey!" Naomi slapped the arm around her, "Get your hands off me!"

"I'm afraid, this is not a request." She heard the Chairman say as she was busy clawing at the arm holding her.

"If you think I'm going hold back hormonal girls and stay up at unholy hours, you are in for a rude awakening!" Naomi squirmed and kicked, "Let me go!"

Naomi looked at her captor only to see sliver hair and disinterested amethyst eyes. She grabbed a handful of Zero's jacket and pushed roughly against him.

He's ridiculously strong! It's almost abnormal.

"That's enough, Zero, let her go." Cross said.

Obediently, Like a dog (thought Naomi), he let of go her waist. Naomi glared at the silver haired boy and straighten her uniform out.

She turned towards the Chairman, "I am not going to be prefect, I rather be expelled."

Naomi crossed her arms and turned around to leave only to be stopped again.

"It's not a request." Said Zero.

"It's not request?" Naomi tilted her head, "Well, do you know what else isn't a request, Zero?" And in a final act of defiance, "My rejection, so," Naomi turned to face the Cross, "you either let me out of this room or-"

The night class student who had stayed quiet until now, spoke up, "You'll what, Ms. Nakamura?"

Naomi shifted her gaze towards him, they were calm, and collected.

"You'll tell the day class students the truth?" He took an educated guess.

"No, you'll just erase their memories, which is wrong in every sense of the way," Naomi glared at him. "What'll I do is... well, that's for me to know and for you to..." She motioned her pointer finger into three loops. Then she pointed at the Headmaster, courage rising through her:

"And you said so yourself, Headmaster, I am quite relentless." Naomi seethed.

Naomi turned on her heel and left the office with no opposition.

Play your cards right, Naomi. You got out this one just by your wits, next time you won't be so lucky.

She made her way towards the Sun dorms and quickly went into her dorm room.

Asuna picked her head up from her bed, "Hey, how'd it go?"

"Oh, Asuna..." Naomi walked towards her bed and sat down, "I have just made a mess of things."

Asuna frowned, "What happened?"

Naomi smiled, she was so glad to have friend like Asuna with her. Someone who cared about her, and laughed with her, and defended her. In Naomi's eyes, there was no other best friend in the world but her, especially now, that Haruto was furious with her.

"I wish I could tell you, Asuna." Naomi kicked off her uniform shoes, "But if I told you, you probably won't even remember it."

Asuna's frown deepened, "You know you can trust me with anything, right?"

"Yeah, I know."

I just don't trust them.

"I'm tired." Naomi yawned, "Let's just go to sleep." She reached for her pajamas and settled down in her bed.

Thought by thought, restless turn to restless turn, Naomi eyes opened and shut again and again, until finally, she got up.

Naomi looked out from her window, she felt a pair of eyes watching her. It chilled her to her bone and made her shiver. Then, there it was like the sun coming out of a dark cloud, a pair of haunting eyes in the woods of the school. Blue and red, and they were staring at her as if she was their prey.

Could it be a vampire? A student from the night class going rogue?Naomi shook her head and grabbed the string next to the window and swung, pulled until the curtain fell over the window.

Go look at someone else, psycho.

She took in deep breath and went back to her bed, but there it was the lingering feeling of being watched. Naomi, in an attempt to take the dreadful feeling away, pulled the covers over her head. It did her no good, the feeling was still there, prominent.

Go away!

She swore she almost heard a chuckle. Naomi curled into a ball and tightly closed her eyes.

Go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep.

And so she did.

However, throughout the night Naomi would wake up at odd hours from nightmares. She'd stare at the curtain and have the same disgusting feeling of being watched. But, she'd go back sleep.

Whoever it is they're not going to come in. You're fine, Naomi... you're perfectly safe.

The next morning, came and went. She sat in class all day wondering if she had dreamt being watched. It was all jumbled in her brain, trying to decipher what was a dream and what wasn't.

Naomi blinked at her notebook, If it happens again, I'll investigate. She started drawing spirals around the corners of her notes, Worst thing that could happen is that it turns out it was vampire. Naomi swallowed, And you die.

"Class dismissed, Ms. Nakamura."

Naomi looked up to see her professor glaring at her.

She turned her around to see her surroundings. There was no one.

Naomi smiled sheepishly, "Sorry, sir."

The professor grunted in response.

Naomi gathered her things quickly and left the classroom.

Her thoughts were, once again, ennvolped with those eyes. Heterochromia iridum, she knew of the mutation. However, such mutation was rare, if the person was human and lives here in the town then it won't be hard to find who it was. Naomi pushed the door open from the academic building, A person with eyes like those would surely be noticed.

She was making her ways to the Sun dorms, already plotting away on how she was going to get to town.

Maybe not tonight, but in two days? Naomi tapped her chin in thought, Maybe, it's not such a bad idea being a prefect. I could be out at night and not be worried about being caught. She smiled, Yeah, I can use this to my advantage. But then she frowned, Ugh, I'd have to deal with the day class girls fawning over vampires and be hounded with questions by them on how I became a prefect. Naomi shook her head, Not worth it.

Naomi went into the Sun dorms and made her way towards her room. She slid inside her room and saw Asuna was already asleep.

Naomi giggled, "Lazy bum."

The sun was falling and the moon was rising, and with it, Naomi's anxiety. She felt it rippling through her body again. The same feeling and she hated it. This time she didn't bother looking out the window, this time she went straight out of the dorms.

Naomi marched into the woods, Alright, creepy stalker from hell... Where are you?

Naomi scanned her surroundings her eyes searching for the mismatched eyes. Blue and red... They were blue and red.She kept walking forwards but she kept her eyes peeled for those eyes. Naomi knew it was watching her, her every move, her every step, readying to strike. She was getting close now and every instinct in her body was telling her to run.

SNAP!

Naomi snapped her head towards the sound and saw the heterochromia eyes; Naomi froze.

This was a terrible idea.

She didn't have to have a special talent to know what was infront her; her suspicions were correct, it was a vampire.

Naomi let her eyes wander to the building next to her, the academic building.

Run, inside!

You're not faster than a vampire!

You'll die if you stay here!

You'll die if you run!

Naomi gulped harshly and waited for the shadow to pounce on her, but it didn't. It just stayed there, watching her.

"Zero, STOP!" a girl screamed.

Naomi turned her head, "What in the-" Her eyes widen as she quickly turned her head back towards where her predator was.

"Gone..."

Naomi sprang into action. She ran inside the building and went up the stairs.

"Stop, let go!" the girl sounded frantic.

Naomi quickened her steps, until she saw them, Zero and Yuki.

Yuki struggling to get out Zero's grasp and Zero drinking from her neck.

"What the hell!?" Naomi lunged.

She grabbed Yuki's shoulders and pulled roughly as Yuki kicked off Zero.

Yuki was leaning on Naomi as Naomi was supporting her, they were taking in the dreadful sight infront of them.

Zero wiping blood off his fangs and his eyes glowing scarlet.