Chapter 5: My Dear Boy

Hanna P.O.V

I sat at the desk in the room I shared with Takatsuki and spilled some of the blood I had in a wine glass and froze it. "In the end, we didn't get to find out more about that blood scent last night."

Tataktsuki came in from taking a shower with a towel around her neck. "I'm not particulary interested..." She yawned.

"That was...the scent of Kaname's blood..." I said, spilling more blood and freezing it while it was still in the glass.

Kaname P.O.V

I'm still mad at you, Zero!" I said, glaring at her over my shoulder. "For not telling me about it." I grabbed her wrist and started walking, turning my attention to where we were going. "Just where were you planning on going...?"

"To settle...this whole thing..." She said.

I looked at her from the corner of my eye but stayed quiet as we reached the headmistress's office. I knocked twice on the door. "Headmistress...we have something to say..." I pushed the door open and both of us stood there wide eyed as she appeared out of nowhere holding something in her hands.

"Good morning! You've come at the right time! Just in time to see this!" She said, excited. We saw that she was holding a night class uniform. "The night class uniform made for Kiryu!"

Zero stepped forward and slapped her across her face. "I'm leaving!" She said, turning on her heel and storming out.

I rushed after her and grabbed her arm. "Wait, Zero! HEADMISTRESS! Don't purposely step on landmines!"

"Look at it from a headmistress's point of view! I'm not joking!" She said, holding a hand against her bruised cheek. She smiled. "You look like you've recovered..." Zero looked at her from over her shoulder. The headmistress turned to me. "Anyway, Kaname...you had something to say?"

"Yes..." I watched Zero from the corner of my eye. "I know...Zero can never be as she was before..." Zero, who has destested vampires so strongly and thought of them as hiseous...she destests herself now... "But, I won't let Zero go to the night class! Never!"

Zero didn't say a word and the headmistress scratched her head. "Yeah...well, you're right. Even with Kaname out there, we still need Kiryu as a guardian, too." She held a something in the palm of her hand. "Kaname...put on this ring."

Eh? The crest on this ring... I thought as I slipped the ring onto my finger.

"Kiryu, cut open your fingertip." She said.

That got Zero's attention. "Ah?"

"Cut it. I need your blood." She held out a knife.

Zero took the knife and cut open her finger.

"Don't look so suspicious!" The headmistress said. "Done!" She grabbed our wrists and pulled us over. She held Zero's hand over mine and waited until a few drops of blood landed on the crest of the ring. Headmistress Katrina kept hold of my wrist but had grabbed Zero's shoulder as she took her hand back.

"What..." I sweat dropped.

"Have you done...?" Zero finished my sentence.

"The secret method of 'taming vampires'!" The headmistress said. "Your tattoo..." she pulled the collar of Zero's uniform down, revaling the tattoo on her neck. "And this 'ring', together, they perform magic..." She pulled my arm forward and it was almst as if the ring was drawn to the tattoo. The ring connected to Zero's crest and I felt a strong surge of power as Zero was slammed into the ground by an unseen force. I did a double take and saw four daggers surrounded by a purple light. There were two on her hands and two on her legs. She opened her eyes and had a look of confusion on her face.

"ZERO?!" I stared in disbelief. "What is this?!"

"Calm down, calm down, it only immobilizes her." The headmistress grinned. She pushed her glasses back up. "If Kiryu loses control and tries to bite someone...no matter what, you must let the ring touch Kiryu's neck...to stop her..."

I held up my hand and looked closely at the ring. It's the same as the crest on Zero's neck...

"I thought this tattoo was supposed to make it so I wouldn't become a vampire?" She asked, speaking for the first time since we came here.

"Yes. Even though it can't prevent it completely, it can let you surpress it. That's why I didn't tell you about this method earlier." She seemed to realize Zero was looking at her. "But...your vampire nature is now fully awakened..." Magic performed by joining that tattoo and this ring together as a complementing pair... "There can be no going back now. Listen to me. To protect yourself...to protect the academy's daily order...you absolutely cannot let both the students of the day and night classes know your true self! This is the condition to let you continue in the usual class..." She paused for a few seconds and sighed as she looked down at Zero. "You're fine...as long as you don't forcefully resist, you'll be able to move soon. Sorry...I really didn't want to this kind of thing, but..."

Zero turned her gaze away from us. "It's alright...like this..."

I stared at her. Zero...

"If there is anything else I can do for you..." She turned her head and pulled down the collar of her shirt and jacket. "When you really are in need of feeding on blood, don't hesitate, just suck mine!"

Zero jolted and punched the headmistress in her head, knocking her face first onto the floor. I rushed forward and hooked my arms under hers, holding her back. "Calm down! Calm down! Zero!"

"I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING SEXUALLY HARASSED! IT'S FINE AS LONG AS THERE ARE BLOOD TABLETS!" She screamed in rage.

She's been sexualy harassed before? I thought.

"Seems that she can move..." The headmistress groaned,

"Let's go, Kaname!" Zero said, dragging me to the door by my arm.

"Eh..."

Headmistress Cross held up a shakey hand. "Wait...wait a minute, Kiryu..." she closed her eyes. "Aren't you forgetting something important?" She asked.

Zero turned around and looked at me. I smiled. "Tell me about it later, okay?" I walked out of the office and ran down the hall, yelling over my shoulder. "I'll go off first! Don't be late for the first class, Zero!" I ran until I was a safe distance away and stopped in the middle of the hall. I covered the ring with my free hand and stared at the floor. "OKAY!" I clenched both my fists amd turned down the corridor. "I have to tell Yuki-senpai that this is a secret!"

I came out of the main building and reached the entrance to the Moon dorm grounds. I looked around when I reached the check point. I peered inside to speak to the gate keeper. "May I ask...can a Guardian pass through..."

I heard a crackling voice come from under the hood. "You are the second person person today...who's curious enough to go through this back door so early in the morning. Yes. Go ahead." She loooked up from the hood, a creepy expression on her face. I felt goose bumps form all over my body as a strong chill passed by. "The Moon dormitory...is just up ahead."

Hanna P.O.V

"We can only ask this of you, who has been called the 'young genius...!" One of the researchers said, wiping her face with a hankerchief.

"Please, help our research organization! If it's you, who had written that thesis..." her colleague said.

I slouched in the chair I was sitting in, my hands folded over my stomach. "Oh...but I have no interest in working during the day..." I mumbled. "I'm sleepy, so, won't you go home now?" I gestured to the doors. "The door is over there." I said as the door creaked open. I looked from the corner of my eye. "Ah?"

Kaname P.O.V

"I stepped into the main foyer and was surprised when I saw Hanna Aidou sitting there.

"Kaname-kun." She said, surprised.

This si the first time I've been to the Night class' dorm...it's more like an aristocrats mansion than a dorm room... "Idol...oops...I mean, Aidou..."

I stepped aside as she pushed two women in suits out the door. "Okay, ladies, go home now!" She glared as a streak of sunlight hit her in the face and she closed the door. "Ah...so bright...I'm so sleepy..." She rubbed the back of her hand over her eyes as she slammed the doors shut. "I'm tired...it's all their fault!"

I gulped and she stared at me. "I'm sorry...for disturbing you..."

"Forget it, it was their fault..." Aidou yawned. "Why are you here? Everyone's asleep." She perked up and put her arm around my shoulders. "Ah! Don't tell me, you want to let me suck your blood..." She said, smiling.

"Of course not! I want to see Yuki!" I said, really worried now.

She folded her hands behind her head and started walking up the stairs. "Ah, is that so? Then, come this way."

I was starting to become suspicious and began sweating. "Eh? Yu're taking me there?"

"Because dorm president Kuran is only kind to you alone." She looked over her shoulder at me. Everyone just follows her..." Her eyes narrowed. "Kaname-kun...whose teeth mark is that?" It just occured to me that the bandage was gone and I quickly put my hand over my neck as she held up the bandage. "The night before last...there was a sudden smell of blood drifitng into the classroom, we were alarmed...I was the only to quickly notice that...it was the scent of your blood, Kaname-kun...It's only because dorm president Kuran said 'forget about it'...that everyone stopped being restless..."

"Yuki, she..." Really...I came to tell her to help Zero and keep this a secret, but it seems that even I don't ask her to... "Is that so..." I let out a sigh of relief. "Yuki is that kind of person...

Hanna's expression darkened and the candles that were lit had their flames snuffed out by a gust of cold air. I looked up, alarmed. "Ah...that's enough...I'm really..." Ice started to cover the railing where her hand was resting "Irritated..." The ice had started to spread down the steps. "Just what are you to Lady Yuki?" She demanded. Hanna jumped off the stairs and landed lightly on her feet in front of me.

I tried to move back but I couldn't. My foot...has been frozen to the spot! It's one of the special abilities that only noble vampires possess...

"What are you to Lady Yuki...?" She demanded again.

I snapped and the words came out before I could stop them. "Yuki saved me from devoured by a vampire that had gone beserk ten years ago; she's the reason why I'm alive today!"

"Huh..." Her expression changed. "Such a thing happened, huh..." Hanna smiled and closed her eyes. "Then to show Lady Yuki your gratitude, Kaname-kun...shouldn't you offer all your blood to repay her for her kindness?" She asked.

"Blood..." I didn't understand what she was saying. "You see...your blood is meant to be Lady Yuki's...but, those are not Lady Yuki's teeth marks?" She asked it like a question. "You shoudn't give your blood to others...including me...one day, Lady Yuki's lips...will lightly touch this neck of yours...and slowly, Lady Yuki's teeth will sink in..." I looked at the ground and felt my face become hot, which I knew meant that I was blushing. "If you hear the sound of Lady Yuki drinking your own blood...Kaname-kun...then, for sure, you'll feel ectasy?" She smiled and folded her hands. "Yes...go now and ask Lady Yuki...'please drink my blood'..."

I raised the back of my hand up to my face. "What are you..."

"Embarrassed..." She placed her hand on my arm and started to cover it with ice. "Then, I'll carry you after freezing you with my ice..."

That was it. What she said finally pushed me over the edge. I raised my hand. "Aidou...stop this nonsense now..." I brought my hand down, intending to hit her when someone grabbed my wrist.

"Stop, Kaname..." said a familiar voice.

I looked over and saw her standing there. "Yuki..."

Hanna looked at her as well. "Dorm president Kuran..."

Yuki backhanded Aidou across her face, hard enough to jerk her head to the side. "Who wants to do that sort of thing?"

The ice dissinigrated, almost as if it had melted into thin air. Aidou knelt down and bowed her head. "No...I was being too impudent. I reall am sorry, Lady Yuki..."

I stared in disbelief at Aidou's change in behavior. "Leave." Yuki said and Aidou stood up and left. Yuki then turned to me. "It seems that she said things to make you angry...sorry, Kaname."

I just stood there for a moment, dazed. "AH! Yes! No...no..." I snapped out of it and held up my hands.

"It's okay." Yuki said, resting her hand on my cheek since we were about the same height. "Only Kaname can stay bing Kaname..." She smiled. "You're different from those fellows of the Night class who just follow me..."

I looked at her face and was surprised by what I saw. Why is that...

"That Kaname is filled with warmth...is already enough..." She said, smiling sadly.

This person is very...very...lonely...

"Well, it's time." She stepped out of my way. "Next time, don't come to such scary places by yourself."

"Yes..." was all I could manage.

"Ask Kiryu to come with you." She stood behind me. "As long as there's something she took from you, she should at least be that much of use."

"Please, stop it..." I turned around to face her. "Why do you have to say it like that..."

Yuki had a blank look on her face. "'Why'...do you ask...?" She touched the collar of my uniform shirt. "Kaname...I cannot be indifferent about it, as I had expected..." She looked at me then her gaze moved to the doors as they creaked open behind me. "Because my most important boy has been bitten by another man."

I saw she was looking over my shoulder and I whipped around to see Zero standing there. "Zero..."

Yuki pushed my shoulder. "She came to take you..." Yuki turned around and started walking away. "Go back to the world of day now, Kaname..."

Yuki P.O.V

I ran a hand through my hair when I reached the top of the stairs and saw Takatsuki standing against the wall with her arms crossed. I stopped in front of her.

"I still don't understand why dorm president Kuran is so attached to her..." I looked at her and she continued. "In the first place, no one understands why someone like the last of the Kuran family...should be in the same place with such a woman like Zero Kiryu, a human from a family of vampire hunters. You are the world of night's..."

I cut her off as I walked past her. "Kaname is...the only guy in this world...who is important..."

Kaname P.O.V

I walked ahead of Zero while she was standing outside the moon dorm. "Aidou was in a bad mood because it was morning..." I turned around to face her. "Zero...uh...you're okay with it? Sunlight." I asked, mumbling the last part.

Zero looked away. "I wasn't born a vampire..."

I scratched the back of my head. "Ah! Uh...oh, right!" Did she hear what was said?

"...being told clearly by Yuki Kuran that you're important...good for you, Kaname..." Zero said bluntly.

"AH! I knew she heard it!" I turned away from her. "But, it wasn't like that...Yuki sees me as a kitten or a puppy!" I felt my face burning again. "That person and I aren't suitable, you'd know that if you just look." I looked at the ground. "To me, she's just someone who makes me pine for her...but...I understand now..." I turned my gaze to the sky. "Vampires and humans...no matter what, they can never be compatible in some parts..." I felt Zero watching me and realized what I had just said. I quickly turned around. "Zero...sorry, I..."

"It's alright..." She pressed something into my hand.

"What...is this...?" I asked, confused and worried.

"This is the gun that I borrowed from the headmistress...specifically made to kill vampires...when I lose the part of me that is 'human'...and become a beserk vampire...please, use this gun to shoot me."