Zero and I walk a little ways in silence, my most known company. But then Zero decides to stop and rest on one of the benches out beside the sidewalk. He sits down and I continue to stand because I'm not quite sure what he is doing. He props his elbows on his knees with his head on his hands.
"Rose, do you hate me?" Zero asks.
"No, I don't hate you. Why would you ask that?" I ask.
"You just seem like you'd rather see me dead right now."
"No, it's not you, it's Hanabusa. He's being a total jerk," I say.
"Sit down and let's talk," Zero says.
I sit down, in fear he might try to kill me or something…, and I look up at the sky. The moon is getting closer to being full, and I hate full moons. All the vampires get a little bit more excited than they usually do. Not me though, I just sleep longer. Well, I just sleep all day really.
I look at Zero and his head in now covered by his hands. I shove him gently as in playing, but I don't know what he will do. Suddenly, moves his head up and looks at me. I just about freak out. Not because he's scary or anything, but because he is smiling. SMILING!
"Wha-what are you doing?" I ask, horrified.
"Hehe, sorry. I thought I would practice smiling. I mean, I can't be cold hearted if I'm with you, right?"
"Hell no, be as cold hearted as you please," I say.
"Why?" he asks.
"Because you freak me out when you smile. It isn't you."
"Well, neither are you," Zero says bluntly.
"What's that supposed to mean?" I ask with a slight twitch under my eye.
"I don't date. Especially vampires."
My eye continues to twitch. "….. Smartass," I say and cross my arms and turn away from him. He grabs my shoulder and pushes me. I guess that's payback for pushing him.
"Come on, let's get you back. You are going to have a big day ahead of you."
Zero gets up and I follow him as we walk back to Yuki's room. When we get there, I open the door quietly and wave goodbye to Zero. He actually waves back. Practice, I think to myself. I shut the door and climb into Yuki's bed. I fall asleep with Zero and Hanabusa on my mind, which isn't to good of a thing.
"Yume, Yume wake up," someone says.
I open one eye and look at them. It is thankfully Yuki. I sit up in the bed and yawn. "Mornin'," I say.
"Good morning," Yuki and Yori both say.
"Oh, I am so sleepy," I say.
"Well, headmaster Cross wants you in his office in about ten minutes, so if I were you I would hurry," Yuki says.
I jump up and head for the door, but I realize that I am wearing the same clothes from yesterday. "Crap, my clothes," I say.
"They are here. Look in my closet," Yuki says.
I rush to her closet and pull something random out. I don't look at it, I just rush out of the door and down the halls to his office. I open the door and find that Kaname, Zero, Akatsuki, and Kaien are standing there talking.
"I, um, I didn't mean to-"
"You didn't interrupt. We were just waiting for you," Cross says.
"Oh…" Lovely, they were waiting for me. Gah! "What is it you want?" I ask.
They don't say anything. They just stare at me. Then I decide to look down and see what they are staring at; it's my clothes. I apparently pulled out one of my more "dressy" clothes. My top is a little stripped tube top, and my pants are almost booty shorts that have holes in them.
I look up at them, my face probably a hundred different colors of red. "Oh, um… I…I…"
Kaien sighs and says, "You can change later. I know you were asleep, but I didn't realize it would take you that long to wake up."
"Heh, sorry," I say. I look at the others and see that even they are blushing. Well, I think Kaname is blushing, I can't really see his face. But I think Akatsuki has a nose bleed, and Zero is turning just as many colors of red as I am.
"Will someone just give me a jacket or something," I say bashfully.
Cross pulls the one off of his chair and hands it to me. I put it on and the others turn around. I see them grab a tissue (yes, even Kaname, the one who doesn't have emotions) and wipe their noses.
"What do you want?" I ask again.
"We are deciding… your fate," Cross says over dramatically.
"My fate to what? Killing you?" I ask. I show my fangs to show how pissed off I am. Cross pushes his glass up and looks to Kaname with a slightly worried face.
"No, not that. And that wasn't funny either," he adds. "Kaname noticed you weren't in the moon dorm last night and got worried. He came and talked to me, but I told him to come back today."
"So then why the hell are Zero and Akatsuki here?" I ask.
"Because they can help decide," he says with a smile.
I role my eyes and look at Zero. "Are you of all people going to sentence me to death?" I ask jokingly.
"Well, you know I can," was his reply.
I just about fall over.
"Rose, or I guess Yume, do you want to know what they have decided?" Cross asks me.
"Sure, but how did you know it was-"
"Yuki told me. You are going to stay in the day class for now, but if you attack a student, I will send you back to the night class."
I look at them. "You called me in here to tell me that?!" I yell.
"Well, we didn't know you would come in here dressed like a ho, or we wouldn't have," Akatsuki says.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean you jackass!?" I scream.
"Just what I said. But if you were trying to get Zero to notice how big your ass is-"
"AKATSUKI! WHAT THE HELL!" I scream. I slap him across his face and send him to the floor. Everyone else just stands quietly around, not wanting to piss me off even more.
Akatsuki slowly stands up and I notice he is bleeding.
"Akatsuki, I didn't mean to-" I begin.
"I know you didn't. It's my fault. I took it too far as usual," Akatsuki says as he wipes the blood from his mouth.
"Well, now that that is over with," Cross says in a rush, "I need to get you a day class uniform. And you will be staying with Zero in his room instead of Yuki's."
All of us stare at him like he is insane. Well, he must be if he suggested that.
"Well, just for the day I suppose. That would be weird if you two slept in there at the same time."
"You're an idiot," I say under my breath.
"So, the rest of you can go, but you have to stay Rose, er, Yume," Cross says.
Everyone leaves, except for Kaname, and it gets very quiet. I look at him and say, "He said you could leave Kaname. You don't have to stay."
"I wish to stay," Kaname says.
"Can I ask why?"
"Because I don't want you to kill anyone. And don't start on that 'but I'm practically human' crap. It won't work. You aren't used to humans all the time. I know you've never tasted blood before, but now that you are going to be around them more often, I want to make sure it won't bother you."
"Whatever Kaname. It won't affect me. Besides, I hate the smell of blood," I say as a retaliation.
It grows silent for a moment and then I smell something I've not smelled before. It smells sweet and delicious. I look at Kaien and, low and behold, he has a cake on his desk.
"Um, where did that come from?" I ask.
"Oh," Cross says happily, "I thought we could celebrate your first day of school today. Just a little thing I do with all of my children."
I look around to Kaname. He just shrugs his shoulders. Does he do this often? Calling people his children? I just ignore them both. I sit there for maybe fifteen minutes before someone knocks on the door. The door opens and Sky walks in. I jump up and hug her.
"Hey, what's up with you?" Sky asks.
I whisper in her ear, "The way I am dressed."
"What do you mean?"
I uncover my outfit slightly and she laughs her ass off. "What's so funny?"
"You," Sky says. She stops laughing and hands me a package. "This is your uniform, Yume. I've got one too, but it is to the night class."
I look at her. "Why the night class?" I ask.
"Because unlike you, I tend to lean towards the taste of blood. I've not been able to stop myself for a long time. I can't be with the humans, or I might kill one, Yume."
I sigh. "Well, I suppose that's the difference between us. But how are we going to explain how we look alike?" I ask Kaien.
"Simple, say you are twins and everything, just don't mention the fact that the night class is a bunch of vampires, ok?" Kaien says.
"Whatever. So, do I change into this and go to class?" I ask since Sky already left without me.
"Yes, but I need to talk to your teacher first. The person I need hasn't arriv-"
All of a sudden, someone busts through the doors and puts a gun to my head. I freeze as I look at the person. He is wearing a brown coat with an eye patch and a brown hat. He has black hair too.
"Toga, what are you doing?" Kaien shouts.
"Killing a vampire that I am supposed to kill," he says as he pulls the trigger.
Knowing I might die, I use my powers and dodge the bullet. I get behind him and I take a knife from his belt and hold it to his throat.
Toga chuckles. "Nice one, Shizuka."
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Didn't see that coming, did you? I love surprises, hence the chapter name. HA! Well, I can't wait for you to read my next chapter, when I post it of course. All I've got to do is review it and it should be around shortly. Thanks for reading!