"Sky, what's wrong?" I ask as she reaches us.
Sky pants and tries to speak, but she can't catch her breath.
"Here, sit down," Zero says.
Sky sits down and starts to speak again through pants of breath. "Kana…me said…he said it was…his fault and that he was…he was sorry, Rose," she says at last.
"Sorry for what, making me lose Hanabusa?" I ask.
"Yeah, but he can't…he can't get Hanabusa to listen to him. Kaname wants to know if you want him to say anything specific to Hanabusa."
I think for a moment. I laugh and say, "Tell Kaname that maybe he isn't so bad after all. Ha! And tell him to tell Hanabusa that he wasn't worth that first kiss."
"Rose, are you sure?" Zero asks me.
"No, maybe I should tell him," I say, ponderingly.
"Not what I meant," Zero says.
"No," Sky says. "Let Kaname tell him."
Zero rolls his eyes.
"OK, are you going back?" I ask as she gets up.
"Yeah. You want to come?" Sky asks.
"Hmmm, I do need to get back. I'll come. See ya Zero," I say. I hug him and walk off with Sky. I glance back and see that Zero is standing there blushing. I laugh and I race Sky to the Moon Dorm.
When we get there, Yuki, Kaname, and Akatsuki are standing out in the yard talking. They take notice of us and start to talk to us.
"What happened Rose?" Akatsuki asks.
"You didn't tell him?" I ask Yuki.
"No, I told him. But he doesn't believe me," Yuki says.
"Well, what she told you is true. Hanabusa broke up with me because Kana…" I look at him. I don't know if I should finish the rest or not. I mean, he has tried to help.
"Kana what?" Akatsuki asks.
"Um…" I don't know what to say.
"Kaname, just tell him," Sky yells.
Kaname sighs. "Hanabusa left her because I was in his life first. He feels as though he has to serve me rather than be with her."
Akatsuki is silent. "Are you sure? Is that really what all of this fighting is for?"
"Hey, I didn't start it," I yell. "He started in on all that shit about respecting purebloods. He ignored the fact that I am one myself. He was practically saying I'm nothing to him."
Akatsuki puts his hand to his head and thinks, I think. He moves his hand away after a few minutes and looks me dead in the eye. "Rose, I can't do anything to change it. Neither can Kaname. He is stubborn and won't listen, even if it comes from Kaname. I'm sorry," was all he said before I ran away from all of them. I couldn't help but glance back and notice Hanabusa standing behind a tree…
I stop running after a while. I see that it is getting late, and I really don't want to go back to the dorm. I walk into the school building and make my way to headmaster Cross's office. I knock and then enter.
"Headmaster Cross, can I ask you something?" I ask, peeking around the door.
Cross looks up and gestures to the chair in front of his desk. I shut the door and sit down. I look behind Cross and notice that the window is open.
"Rose, Yuki just told me what happened with you and Hanabusa. I'm sorry it happened that way, but I'm glad that you found your sister," he says with a smile.
"She told you about Sky?" I ask.
"No, Kaname told me. But I already knew she was coming here. It was supposed to be a surprise, but I didn't think about Ichio coming by and ruining it for you."
I sigh. "Sometimes, Kaien, you are a pain."
Cross chuckles. "I'm sorry. But I heard that you and Zero were together. Is that true?" he asks suspiciously.
I glare at him viciously. "Who the hell told you that?!"
"I heard some day class girls gossiping in the hallway. I assume you aren't together because you like Zero, or vise-versa?"
"Yeah, he knows how much I love Hanabusa. He has his own reasons, too," I say. I get up to leave, but Cross gets up as well. "Is something wrong?"
Cross shakes his head. "I want you to stay with Yuki tonight. She shares a dorm with her friend Yori. I'm sure you two can sleep in the same bed. Besides, I don't know how it would be if you saw Hanabusa right now. From what I've heard, Kaname has done everything to make him come to his senses, but he just seems to hate your guts even more. And I want you to go to the day classes from now on. It will be better for you." I don't know what to say. I'm nearly exhausted from today, even though I live in daylight. And it isn't that I don't know what to say, it's just that I can't say anything. I'm just that tired, I guess."Here, I'll take you to her room. I don't think she has left yet."
We leave his office and walk to the day class's rooms. It seems different from when I was here before. I guess I am just waiting for someone to try and kill me, mainly Hanabusa. But I don't have to worry about it. Things will hopefully get better.
We stop at a door and Cross knocks.
"Come in," someone says.
Cross opens the door and walks in. I stay behind because I'm not really sure what to do. He turns and motions me to enter. I walk in and Yuki and, I suppose, Yori are sitting in the floor working on something.
"Yuki, I need Ro…er…um, hold on a sec," Cross says as he turns to me. He cups his hand over my ear and whispers, "I need another name. I'm going to move you to the day class, so give me another name."
I think for a moment. I try to think of something, but nothing comes to mind. I look to Yuki for help, hoping she can understand, maybe…
Yuki jumps up and grabs my arm. "Oh, so this is our new student? OK, yeah she can stay with us. Is that OK Yori?" she asks.
"Well of course. I always like to meet the new girls," Yori says with a smile.
"Well, I'll come and get her tomorrow before classes start. I need to get her a uniform and a schedule. Sleep tight girls," Cross says and leaves.
"So," Yori says as she stands up, "I am Yori Usagi."
"Hello, my name is… Yume Ioh," I say quickly.
"I am Yuki Cross," Yuki says. Really?!
"So, when did you get here?" Yori asks me.
"Just about an hour ago. I was supposed to be here earlier, but we got lost and had to ask for directions."
"Well, I'm about to go out on my prefect stuff, do you want to stay or do you want me to show you around?" Yuki asks.
"Um, I would like to see the school," I say. Man is it hard to play the new girl. Gah!
"Well, come on. Oh, Yori-"
"I know, I won't say a word." Yori 'zips' her lips and we leave.
"Man, this is going to be a pain. What if the day class students recognize me?" I whine as we walk around the school.
"Are you sure he's going to put you in with the day class?" Yuki asks.
"He said that it would be better for me to go to the day class since Hanabusa hates my guts. Yuki, do you think he'd kill me?"
"No. If he does, I get permission to kick his sorry ass," Yuki says dramatically.
"Ha! I get seconds," I say. "Oh, wait, if I'm dead then I can't kill him."
"You can come back to life," Yuki says cheerily.
"Yeah. I'll raise the dead along with me and destroy all in my way, right?" I say.
We laugh and laugh and laugh. We laugh 'till we cry and cry until we can't breath. Then I hear a rustling in some bushes behind us and I jump up and shout, "Who's there?"
Yuki stands up and grabs her Artemis rod and holds it out. The person walks out of the bushes and I could just kill him.
"Zero, what the hell are you doing?!" I shout.
"Stop yelling, they can hear you," Zero says as he looks up to the night class's building. We are on the outside of the gate, and hopefully they are on the inside.
"Oh, right," I say. "So, um, is Hanabusa in there?" I ask.
Zero stares at me maliciously. "Why do you care?"
"Zero, she still cares about him. You can't expect her to just forget about him," Yuki protests.
"Yeah, well, that's the past and this is the present. Besides," Zero says with a smirk, "You've got me to protect you."
"What do you mean? You don't hardly even like her," Yuki says.
"Wait, you haven't told her?" Zero asks me.
"Um, no?" I sort of say.
"Tell me what?" she asks.
"That we are, um, dating," I say shyly, extremely shyly.
Yuki doesn't say anything for a moment and it kind of scares me. Then, out of nowhere, she hugs us both and says, "I'm so proud of you. You moved on to a much better person."
I glare at Zero, and he glares at me. Our plan isn't working out so well. She lets us go and no one says anything. We just stand around without saying a word for a long time. All of a sudden, someone asks, "Rose, are you doing all right?"
I almost scream, Yuki falls over, and Zero…just stands there like nothing happened.
"Oh, um, yeah Akatsuki. I'm fine. Thanks for askin'," I say as I get a hold of myself.
"Hey, I heard that you and Zero were together now." Crap, they already found out! "Try to keep it on a down low, alright? If Hanabusa-"
"Like I give two shits about him. He left me for Kaname. Besides, I have Zero to protect me now," I say and grab his arm. He stands there for a minute and then pulls away. I glare at him. "Jerk," I mutter under my breath.
"Listen, it was all we could do to keep him from coming after you. I don't know what is wrong with him, but he is pretty pissed."
"She will be fine, Akatsuki. Like she said, Zero is going to protect her," Yuki says. Zero glares at her causing Yuki to hide behind me.
"Listen, I can't stalk him, even though we are together a lot, so make sure that the two of you don't meet during the night, but-"
"Oh, I guess you don't know. Kaien moved me to the day class."
Akatsuki and Zero stare at me. Is that bad?
"Will you be able to hide your secret?" Akatsuki asks.
"Well naw freakin' der stupid. I've hidden it for so long it's like I'm not even one. Now get going before Hanabusa notices your gone," I say as I shoo him away.
"All right, but be careful."
Akatsuki starts to leave, but stops shortly to say, "I just hope you aren't dating him to get Hanabusa back. You know what he thinks of him. It won't do a thing but piss him off."
Akatsuki leaves and I look at Zero. "Well…"
"Well what?" Zero asks.
I sigh and head back to the sun dorm. I don't really know where it is, but I will find it, hopefully…
As I realize that I am lost, I feel something grab my arm. I freeze and slowly look behind me. Thankfully it is just Zero. "What is it you want, Zero?"
"Are we threw?" Zero asks.
I sigh. "No, you still have a chance with Yuki. I won't ruin it just for my sake. Unless you want to?" I ask.
"No," he says. He smiles, I think. Wait, why the hell did he smile?!
"Zero, are you OK?" I ask as he lets go of my arm.
"Yeah, but let me take you back to…. Where are you going?"
"To Yuki's room. Kaien wants me to stay with her to be safe."
"Then I'll take you there. I know you don't know where it is," he says with a low laugh.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever. Just be nice at fake being my boyfriend, OK?" He doesn't say anything. Oh well, gotta get used to it.
OK, to begin with, I'm sorry if Zero isn't his usual self, but this is how I want him to be; multi-personality. But, in all reality of anime, isn't he already like that? Anyhow, thanks for reading. This chapter was kinda just an informational one because nothing really happened, but oh well. It'll get somewhere hopefully next chapter. Please review!