Chapter Ten: The Lady of The Moon Dormitory

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Zero P.O.V

Fastening the cuffs on my sleeve, I grabbed my uniform jacket and put it on, tying the ribbon loosely and leaving my dorm room.

Takuma P.O.V

I knocked twice on Yuki's door. "Yuki." If I had to guess, she was probably lying down on her couch. "Knowing you, you must have something on your mind again. Make sure you get some rest. Sleep well..." I said and left her alone. It's not unusual for Yuki to want to be alone. However, I can tell that something happened last night...I'd better not probe further, or I fear the consequences. More importantly, she won't like like...

"Lady Ichijo, you're still up?" someone asked. I looked up to see the butler walking towards me. "I've found all the books you requested, should I bring them to your room?" he asked, carrying a stack of books about three feet tall in his hand.

I started to sweat a little bit. "Yes...sorry to trouble you..." I said and walked over to him, carefully taking a magazine out from the stack. "Thanks for your help, actually, I came for this magazine."

He hesitated as he spoke. "That...Lady Kuran..."

I saw a clipboard on the tray he was carrying with his other hand. "Is it for Yuki?"

"Yes...a guest wanted permission to enter the moon dorm and has sent in a permit application...it's kinda urgent..." He said.

I uncapped the pen with my teeth an signed the form. "Yuki is busy at the moment, I'll sign it instead."

"Okay."

I...takuma Ichijo, Cross academt night class' vice president and dorm assistant leader...feel that my real use is for situations like these. Something on the form caught my attention and my mouth dropped open, the pen cap falling out as I stared in horror. "Eh...it can't be, how can that person personally come here..." My whole body had started to shake.

The butler uncovered the phone that was being my one of his assistants. "I'm not lying. Do you want to call and make sure?"

I turned on my heel and dashed in the opposite direction. My footsteps echoed throughout the hall and I slammed the door to Aidou and Kain's room open. "BAD NEWS! MY GRANDMOTHER WILL BE HERE TONIGHT!" I shouted.

Kain just sat on her bed with a towel around her neck and stared at me while Aidou was still in bed with a book open on her head. I stood there, panting and trying to catch my breath.

Aidou had a vain throbbing in her forehead. "Ichijo, are you really a vampire? So energetic in the morning..." She buried her face in the pillow. "Just like the vampires in the manga you forced me to read...you'll probably turn to ash in the sunlight."

I flung the curtains open and pressed my face against the window, sobbing. "I'd be very willing to turn into ashes if I could..."

"DO YOU WANNA DIE?!" Aidou bolted upright and shrieked.

"The person that the vice president is so afraid of...it can only be that person." Kain said bluntly.

I shuddered when she mentioned it. "Yes..." my attitude had turned gloomy. "A business so experienced in handling the outside world...to the point where there's no imaginable aspect of commerce that's not involved in...the Ichijo enterprise. In the vampire world, even among vampires, she's a force to be reckoned with...Asura Ichijo, otherwise known as Ichio. In the Senate, she continues to be one of the most senior vampires."

"I'm afraid that's not all..." Ruko stood in the doorway with his arms crossed. "The Senate is the highest body in command of our world." He narrowed his eyes. "However, it's not our sovereign."

I just smiled at him. "No...forget it. In any case, just leave it at that..." I don't want to disturb our dorm's little bit of peace...even if it's for Yuki's sake.

Everyone had gathered in the main parlor and stood in their own places as I stayed near the stairs. Ruko stood with Kain and Aiodu.

"If even you have to show respect and come to welcome her, she must be a very frightening grandmother..." he chuckled.

Kain smirked. "This...she's an eccentric 10 times more powerful than us...that's why everyone of us has stopped class to gether here..."

Roman kept his expression blank. "I don't want to admit it..."

Seri had her arms behind her head. "I'm also afraid, Roman, but...compared to dorm president Kuran, I wonder which woman is more frightening..." Seri's eyes narrowed.

Aidou spoke up. "That is to be seen..."

I saw her coming and ran up the steps. "YUKI! You don't have to come our personally...since she's here only to have a few words with me."

"I haven't seen Ichio for a long time, I just want to come and greet her." She looked at me from the corner of her eye. "Can't I?"

"It's not that you can't..." I started. We all turned to the doors as we felt a powerful presence behind them. The lock clicked and the doors slammed and creaked open, revealing a woman with short blond hair and green eyes a few shades different than mine.

"Look at this..." She said. A vampire who has lived through countless years... "I'm grateful for such a lively welcome...but I only came to visit my adorable granddaughter. So, there's no need for everyone to be overcautious." To the people in front of her, her vision, her flavor of life...are undoubtedly equated to poison.

"Ichio...seeing you so healthy is most important." Yuki said and my grandmother turned towards her.

"That time, when yo abruptly rejected me becoming your guardian...it began from that day, didn't it...Lady Yuki..."

Yuki smiled coldly. "I simply didn't want to be coddled..."

Ichio stared at her. I stepped up beside her and lowered my voice. "Yuki...is it because over there is..."

Yuki turned her head. "Just as well..."

My grandmother stepped foward. "Lady Yuki...as expected, purebloods are different from nobles...even if your whole body is stained with blood, you still won't be tainted...just like the ever lasting fragrance of flowers..." she took Yuki's hand and knelt down in front of her. "This overflowing youth...strength...and beauty..." I watched them closely and Yuki kept her expression blank. "I honestly hope, that one day I'll be able to share in your incomparable blood."

Ruko and Aidou rushed forward. "Lady Yuki!" Ruko grabbed Yuki's arm as Aidou had grabbed my grandmother by her wrist. "I'm sorry, lady Yuki...but..." Ruko said, clearly worried.

"You jest to much, madam," Aidou said.

Ichio glared at them. "The son of Souen and the daughter of Aidou?"

Kain stepped foward and pulled Ruko away from Yuki. "Don't be like this. Ruko, let go of her."

"Aidou..." I grabbed her shoulder.

Aidou was scared. "Do you know that drawing blood from a pureblood is a vampire's greatest taboo?" She jerked upright. "I am not afraid of you..."

My grandmother turned her cold eyes to Aidou just as Yuki raised her hand and slapped Aidou across the face. "You forgot to keep it cool..." Yuki said to Aidou then turned to my grandmother.

"It's because of Lady Yuki's presence here...that I was able to leave my granddaughter here at the academy without any worries..." She took Yuki's hand in hers and knelt down in front of her, pressing her lips to the back of Yuki's hand. "My lady."

Yuki P.O.V

I was laying on my couch reading a letter I had recieved and felt him standing right outside my room. "Ruko...if I just ignore you like this, how long do you intend to stand there?" I asked.

The door creaked when he opened it. "Lady Yuki..." he walked in and stopped a few feet away. "You have not scolded me yet..."

I chuckled. "You wish to be slapped? What a strange boy..."

Ruko looked at me then at the floor. "Lady Yuki is a gentle person...in front of Ichio...you were actually protecting Aidou, right?"

I kept my eyes on the letter. "But in the end, it still turned out that way..."

Ruko walked a little bit closer and stepped on one of the papers that were scattered on the floor. He knelt down and picked them up before holding them out to me.

"Thanks." I said and took them.

"Lady Yuki..." Ruko leaned over me and put his hand next to my head as he used his nail to slice the side of his neck. "If even a little of my blood can serve as your food..."

A few drops of his blood landed on my cheek right below my eye. I reached my hand and he finched as I rested my hand on his cheek. "That's enough, Ruko. Also," I used my thumb and wiped the blood off my cheek. "You don't need to worry, I'm alright."

"Okay..."

Ruko P.O.V

I had left lady Yuki after she told me I could leave. Standing across the hall was Takatsuki. She sat with her back against the wall and had her arms crossed. She must have known I was standing there. "Hey!"

I went over to her. "What is it?"

"Nothing..." She didn't look at me.

"Nothing?" I asked. I felt the wound on my neck close up. "I already know...that Yuki would refuse to drink my blood..." I pressed my hand to my forehead. "It's just my wishful thinking, but it hasn't ever been fulfilled. Lady Yuki had wanted my blood when I first came to the academy...but that was the only time..."

Takatsuki put her hand on my arm. "Looks like it's true. Creatures like us, vampires, when we drink another of our kinds blood, we will develop feelings...even if it's only a little of it, to that person, your blood is not enough..."

I gripped the front of her shirt. "Even though I love her so much...even if it's the past or present, in the eyes of lady Yuki, I'm just a fool who can't understand her thinking..."

Takuma P.O.V

"Takuma..."

"Yes, grandmother..." I watched as she walked to the doors.

"You seem to enjoy a lot of Yuki's trust..." She kept her back to me. "Continue to wait upon her. And keep an eye on her movements. I let you stay on at this academy because of this reason." The doors slowly creaked open.

"Grandmother, you don't understand." That got her attention because she finally looked at me. "I won't do anything to harm my friend..." She just glared. "Plea...please don't glare at me."

She finally spoke. "No...the one who doesn't understand is you...in this narrow world of the school, a friendship built in the basis of hypocritical peace..."

Someone was running up to the moon dorm and Kaname appeared. "Cross academy is peaceful!" He shouted at my grandmother.

I stared in shock. "Kaname-kun?!"

Kaname corrected his attitude. "So...please make a contribution this time, too...was what headmistress Cross said. You're Ichijo's grandmother, right?"

Grandmother kept her tone neutral. "I'll definetely question headmistress Cross on this...is it true that an active duty vampire hunter came into school grounds some time ago?"

Zero stepped up behind Kaname. "The headmistress seems to want to clarify this matter with you...

"Zero..." Kaname said.

"The headmistress urged me to hurry and bring you there."

Kaname P.O.V

I turned around to look at her. "Zero...is it alright for you to come out...?"

"Another thick-skinned woman, Cross is..." Ichio walked past Zero, her cloak blowing out behind her. "Forget it. Lead on, I'll find out myself."

Zero just watched her and I could see the cold stare Ichio gave Zero. I started to go after her. "Zero! I'll go, too!"

"Wait, Kaname-kun!" Takuma grabbed my arm and I turned around to look at her. "Did something happen between you and Yuki?" She asked.

I just stared at her for a moment then smiled a little, unsure of how to answer. "...Nothing. Why do you ask...?"

"No reason, really. Just that Yuki doesn't confide in me with her worries..." Ichijo looked off to the side. "I thought that if it's you, Kaname, you'd know something about it."

I looked at the ground, my bangs covering my left eye. "That...I didn't even know Yuki was a pureblood...I really don't know anything at all..."

Ichijo, whose normally so carefree, suddenly became serious. "But, weren't you...close to Yuki before? You...you probably saw a side of Yuki that we don't know about, right?" The question reminded me that we were close at one point.