Chapter Twenty-One: Guilty

Authors Note: I AM SO SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING THIS IN SEVEN MONTHS! We didn't have wifi so I wasn't able to continue writing this chapter. Here it is so I hope you all enjoy it! Please Review.

Kaname P.O.V.

I watched as the teacher wrote the the problems on the board and I copied them into my notebook.

Shiro chuckled and whispered under his breath. "You've become diligent all of a sudden after the ball...you're even taking notes. Have you learned your lesson...?"

"Yeah, I guess you can say that..."I chuckled nervously as I felt the class rep glaring at me from the back of the room. "Also, I'm doing it for Zero, since she can't attend classes. It's like my self-righteous atonement..."

Katrina P.O.V.

"Hey, Kiryu!" I said as I ran after her. "Your wounds haven't healed yet! You don't have to go on patrol tonight." I sighed and pressed my hand against my head. "I'll be scolded by Kaname if you don't stay in bed. Besides, it's your fault. Shooting yourself in the leg with the anti-vampire gun was careless of you."

"Zero?!"

Both of us turned around just as Kaname came around the corner. I started sweating when I saw the expressions on Kaname and Zero's faces.

"Kaname..." Zero said, her voice trailing off.

"Are you okay?..." Kaname seemed worried when he asked this.

"Ah...huh..." Zero stuttered under her breath.

That sent me into a panic. "WHAT...?! SHE'S LYING, KANAME! SHE STILL HAS A FEVER. SHE'S BEING BULLHEADED BECAUSE SHE MADE A MISTAKE!" I rambled on as I pressed my hand against her forehead.

Zero pushed my hand away, her hair covering her right eye. "Headmistress, there's something I want to talk..."

I cut her off. "Stop. If you have something to tell me, come see when you are well again." I put my hand on her back and guided her down the hall. "Now, you should rest, Kiryu. You must be hungry, right? I'll go prepare a meal."

Kaname P.O.V.

I watched Zero and the headmistress as they walked away, my notebook still in hand. I followed them back to the headmistress' living quarters. Katrina was in the kitchen, pots and pans rattling as she hummed loudly. After that long night...

"Here. I just copied off from the board." I said and held my notebook out to her. I haven't been able to talk to Zero much... "But I might have made a few mistakes..."

"Ah, fund one..." Zero said out of the clear blue.

"Eh...?! Where?" I checked the page she was on. "For real?" I looked at her from the corner of my eye. "...hey, Zero? If you take one little bite and drink my blood, won't you get better immediately?"

"I don't want it." She said bluntly, her face blank.

I looked at her from the corner of my eye and an idea hit me then. "AH! Now I remember. I pointed to the top of the page. "About here, I copied from the board and..." I leaned in closer to her. "Look, it's here..."

"Here? But..." Zero sounded confused when I pointed to a blank spot on the page.

Acting quickly, I grabbed her shoulder and bit her neck, not hard enough to draw blood.

"Wha..." She was confused for a moment then it dawned on grabbed my arms and shoved me away from her. "What are you doing...?!"

"Since I'm always being bitten, I'm returning the favor." I said, pointing at her. 'Now we're even, so don't you be hesitating and opposing! Just drink my blood already like you did before and get well!"

She opened the door and tossed me out of the room by the back of my jacket. "Just go." She said, her face red as she slammed the door.

"I made her mad..." I said to myself. "It had a reverse effect..." I looked at the ground. You still can't stand it in your head...and can't forgive yourself for wanting blood, right...?

Even though that man...Shion Hio...is dead now, but he still tortures Zero...

That moment, Shion Hio had already turned into pieces of dimaond's and Zero's twin sister, who appeared as her enemy, had already disappeared somewhere.

"I...didn't kill him..." Zero had sounded stricken when we found her, almost as if she couldn't believe what happened.

Zero lost "Shion Hio" completely...the one she had always despised and wanted to kill...

"What has always been deep down in your heart is...the desire to perish with me..." Shion's voice still echoed in the back of my mind.

"I'll come back." Zero had sounded so sure and I believed her.

I went down the hall, looking back at her door once as I went. I...believe in your words, Zero.

Zero P.O.V.

I leaned back against the wall after throwing Kaname out, his footsteps retreated down the hall. "Ugh..." I grabbed my arm, the wound from Maria's sword throbbing with intense pain.

Yuki P.O.V.

"There I found Kiryu alone, holding the Bloody Rose, and standing over the corpse os Shion Hio, who had turned into dust." Takatsuki said, standing in front of me while Aido sat in the chair a few feet away. "To report what I saw with my own eyes, that's all."

"I see." I said, resting my head against my hand. "The reason why Kiryu would kill that man..was clear enough..." I looked at the ground for a moment. "I don't think...Kiryu is a foolish girl to do such a thing. But if that's the case, then it cannot be helped that it seemed like she killed that man." I noticed Aido was unusally quiet and looked up. "What's wrong, Aido...?"

Aido seemed surprised. "Nothing..."

I pushed my bangs out of my face. "Whatever the truth is, I have to report it to the someone had committed a taboo...and killed a pureblood. wonder if there was anyone who really understood her..."

Aido P.O.V.

Everyone had already gone to class except Tatstuki and myself. We were walking around outside the building when she looked over her shoulder. "Was it okay for us to skip class...?"

"I didn't feel like going to class..." I said, looking away from her as I crossed my arms.

Tatstuki knew something was off. "I can only think that something happened, by looking at that expression of yours."

I leaned back against the wall, my hands in my pockets. "Hey, Tatstuki, how much do you know about Shion Hio?"

That caught her attention. "He couldn't be controlled...he was flight risk to both humans and vampires. After going berserk, he attacked the Kiryu family and disappeared...then appeared here...that's all I know."

"He was regarded as a nuisance..." I turned my gaze to the ground. "But he was still a rare pureblood. He even had a pureblood fiance. This is a story I was told by my father. Although that man had a pureblood fiance, he started keeping a human by his side. Actually, she was an ex-human and a vampire...it is said Shion loved that servant. One day, that servants name was put on the Hunters execution list, and the Kiryu's killed her. But that woman...hadn't turned into a Level E."

Tatstuki seemed to catch on. "Normally, she wouldn't have been placed on the execution list yet..."

"Right. But the reality is her name was on the list and the Kiryu's hunted her down...I don't think they knew that the target was Shion's lover. And the Kiryu family was killed by Shion..."

My cousin cut me off. "Whatever the reason was...the big issue here is that a pureblood just acted on his own and targeted the Hunters. The majority of the Aristocrats is not in favor of nighting. it can't be helped that he went berserk...the Senate must have been after Shion,and have been trying to find his whereabouts, since he was a risk factor."

I looked at her. "Yes...Takatsuki. Shion was running away from the Senate. Then...why do you think he risked himself, to come here to cross academy, when he must have known that he wouldn't be welcomed...?"

"Isn't it because of his madness?" Takatsuki asked.

I went over and put my hand on her shoulder. "No...that's not it. There was something he wanted..." A pureblood's blood...and power.

"That thing you really abhorred...I will surely destroy it...The one who ruined the fate of the purebloods... " Lady Yuki's voice still echoed.

"Wasn't his revenge...accomplished four years ago...?" I wondered out loud.

Yuki P.O.V.

The wind blew harshly outside, the leaves scattering from the trees. I stood in front of the window and turned to the night class students. "Hey, everyone...would you do me a favor...?" I asked, smiling at them.

They all looked at me and smiled and bowed. "It will be our pleasure, lady Yuki."

Ruko seemed surprised. "Lady Yuki...are you serious...?"

I gave him a look that said I wasn't joking.

Kaname P.O.V.

I ran towards the gate and jumped up onto it, jumping down and landing in a crouch. I thought I saw someone over here...

"Excuse me, sir." A woman's voice came up behind me. "Is this Cross Academy? I'm afraid I lost track of time at the office..."

She's saying something that a normal business woman would say...But this feeling..."You're a vampire, aren't you?"

"And the young man is also a guardian..." She said, her claws extending as I drew my sword. "I was wondering if you could tell me..."

"What is it?" I asked, glaring at her.

"Where is the other guardian?!" She lunged forward, her claws coming at me until someone pushed me back and grabbed her hand.

Zero gripped her hand tightly as she keot her other arm around me. "What do you want with me?"

"Zero, are you okay...?" I looked at her, worried.

The woman smirked as she pushed her glasses up. "Zero Kiryu...for committing a taboo and killing one of our precious purebloods...by the command of the Senate, the highest governing body of vampire, I am here to execute you for the murder of the pureblood vampire, Shion Hio."