Hey Guys,

I'm BACKKKKKKK! (quickly runs and hides behind a dumpster as people start throwing shoes at me)
let me just start by saying. I'M SO SORRY I HAVEN'T BEEN UPDATING MY STORIES.

And you should all know by now that i am a serious serial-don't-finish-my-fanfiction-stories kind of author

Audience: Booo! (starts throwing shoes again)
Me: wait, wait, wait, wait, wait (holding my hands up in surrender) let me speak
Audience: glowers at me
Me: thank you

as i was saying, you guys know that i usually start stories without finishing them off -which believe me, i know is incredibly annoying- but i usually lack motivation or get stuck in a certain part. i can't promise that it won't happen with this story as well, but lets just enjoy the story while it lasts, shall we?

and i can promise that what will be posted up here will definatly be worth reading, even if i don't finish it.

so thankyou for spending your time reading this and i'll just shut up now so you can actually get to the story.

P.S. this is actually my first time writing in 3rd person. Wish me luck! :)

Summary:
Yuki Cross, guardian of Cross Academy, life has been turned upside when long time friend, Zero, starts slowly transforming into a Level E. As her true feelings are discovered, what great lengths will Yuki go to, to change Zero's grim fate?

And she held him locked in her affectionate and unwavering gaze
and whispered gently, "For You, I Will ..."

The classroom at Cross Academy was erupting with voices, and if you wanted to be heard you had to yell ... which basically resulted in everybody yelling at each other. All of the girls were jumping up and down with excitement. Tomorrow was Valentine's Day and they were all hoping to get a good view of the Night Class and give them the treats that they had made for them and maybe, just maybe, score a date with one of them.

"I hope Aido likes my chocolates." A girl with brown pigtails sighed and held her hands to her face, daydreaming about the handsome blond Night Class student.

"But I'm making Aido chocolates as well," the girl sitting next to her whined.

Another girl slammed her hands down on the desks, a furious gleam in her eyes, "Neither of you can give him chocolates, because I am. I have been planning this for weeks!"

"Wait! No!"

"That's not fair!"

All the three girls got into a heated argument about who should be able to give their chocolates to Aido.

"Girls, girls, girls."

They all snapped their heads up at the Class Rep, scowling at him for interrupting them.

He flinched back at their vicious glares and then cleared his throat, "I am afraid to inform you that the majority of the girls in the schools population are going to be giving Aido a gift –which I do not understand his allure, if you ask me-" as he pushed his glasses back up the bridge of his nose, he remained unperceptive as the girls looked like they were about to disconnect his head from the rest of his body, "however, I am going to give these to Ruka!" he pulled out a pink box of chocolates and held it high in the air, "then she will truly see how much I love her and that we are meant to be together forever!"

Yori, a quiet, peaceful girl, shook her head as she watched the scene before her unfold. Those girls would never learn that Aido would never give them the time of day and that the Class Rep is in denial about Ruka fantasy. She shuffled her books and packed them away. She was never one to get excited about Valentine's Day, much unlike the entire school population. Although she did find the Night Class very beautiful and intriguing, she would much prefer to be in her dorm room studying. Equations were easier to deal with then guys.

Yori was about to stand up to leave when she spotted her close friend and roommate, Yuki Cross, slumped over her text book- her cute little face was squashed- snoring away contently.

Yori had been growing concerned for Yuki. Yuki's role as a guardian for the school –to keep the Day Class student away from Night Class while it is their turn to go to lessons- kept her up most nights and she wouldn't get back to the dorms until early in the mornings, giving her very little time to sleep.

Sighing, she reached over to the short brown haired girl and gently prodded her on the shoulder.

"Yuki," she called out to her, "Yuki, c'mon it's time to get up."

Yuki mumbled something unintelligible and turned away from Yori, not ready to get up just yet. She had been having a great dream about chocolate ice-cream and smiled in her sleep.

"Quick, Yuki," Yori shook her shoulders and whispered frantically in her friend's ear, "Before you are trampled by girls running towards the Night Class!"

Yuki's eyes immediately shot open and she snapped her head up, bracing herself for the onslaught of Night Class fans.

But nothing happened.

When she realised that she was in fact still in her classroom, a dumbfounded expression on her face caused Yori to snicker.

Yuki looked at Yori with a puzzled expression ... and then it hit her.

She slapped her forehead with the palm of her hand and groaned.

"I can't believe I feel asleep again." She rubbed her face in her hands and then peaked through her fingers to glance at her snickering friend. A small grin grew on Yuki's face and she couldn't help the little chuckle that escaped her lips.

"Thanks for waking me up Yori." She called to her friend while she started to pack up her school things.

"It's no problem," Yori frowned, "But are you sure you're okay Yuki? You've been falling asleep in class a lot lately."

"Yeah," Yuki dismissed in her usual cheery voice, "I'm doing fine, and Headmaster said that he'd even cut back my shifts a little. I'll have to talk to Zero about it though. But thanks for caring." The Headmaster hadn't actually told her that he'd give her more time off, but she was just trying to make Yori worry less about her.

Suddenly Yuki had a thought and spun her head in the direction of Zero's desk.

It was empty.

Is Zero ditching?

Yuki shrugged it off and remembered to ask him about it this afternoon.

"Time for duty," Yuki clapped her hands together; "I'll see you back at the dorm, Yori."

With an easy smile, Yuki picked up her book bag and farewelled her friend with a wave and then started making her way out of the classroom.

The bright afternoon sun warmed Yuki's back as she made her way out into the school grounds. Students were huddled in their little groups everywhere, talking animatedly about tomorrow's activity. She made sure to keep a low profile as she walked between the students. Being a guardian and doing her job –basically keeping the Day Class away from the Night Class- didn't make her a very popular person with the Day Class students.

She shook her head and grinned.

If only the Day Class students knew what the Night Class really are. That they are actually vampires.

I wonder if they'd still want to get so close.

A small smile played on the corner of her lips as she basked in the suns glow, a little skip in her step; swinging her book bag in time. Yuki made a dance out of avoiding the shadows cast by the large trees, jumping lithely from foot-to-foot. Her short black skirt with white lining swished around her slim thighs as she danced.

Yuki loved the sun and every chance she got she would go outside and enjoy it. She had thought that it may be because her very first memory she can recall is of a very cold and snowy night, where she felt frozen.

That was the first night that Yuki had known the existence of vampires.

It was very difficult for Yuki to remember this night, it was like looking through frosted glass; the more you squint your eyes, the more it gives you a headache.

However, she does remember a very tall and ugly man with large white fangs and thirst crazed glowing red eyes. And there was so much blood ... so much blood everywhere she looked. It painted the once pure white snow into crimson red, staining it with its sin. But most of all, she remembers thinking "that vampire ... is going to eat me" and feeling scared ... so very scared.

That was until a man she now knows to be Lord Kaname Kuran -a highly respected and feared pureblood vampire- showed up and killed the bad vampire, saving her life. But at the time he was much younger and much less complicated.

Kaname then took Yuki to an old friend of his, Headmaster Kaien Cross, and asked him if she could stay with Headmaster Cross. Without any other information Headmaster Cross took Yuki in with open arms and has been her father figure ever since.

Apart from her strong belief of Headmaster Cross's views that humans and vampires can co-exist peacefully, that was one of the reasons why Yuki agreed to be a guardian of Cross Academy. It was the least she could do for Headmaster Cross, who had already done so much for her.

And because of this, Yuki has always felt in Kaname's debt. The handsome dark-haired man had saved her life and she never felt like an apology was enough. And if she was to be truly honest with herself, she'd have to admit that she had a tiny-itsy-bisty-silly-little-schoolgirl crush on him.

Yuki grinned when she thought about tomorrow, because she had planned to give Kaname a chocolate as a token of her gratitude.

Though this grin soon disappeared once Yuki rounded a corner to see all the Day Class students crowding around the gates that the Night Class were going to be walking through.

She let out a huff and clocked her head to one side.

"Really?" she thought, "Is a little decorum too much to ask ladies?"

A look of determination flashed across Yuki's face as she hiked up her guardian arm band over her black Day Class school uniform and marched up towards the bustling mob.

It was difficult for her to push through all the students that were all so eager for a look at the Night Class. With a sigh, she stood back for a moment and placed her hands on her hips, assessing the scene before her. It was like trying to move a brick wall!

After a lot of pushing and shoving and one elbow to the ribs, Yuki finally made it to the front of the crowd, unsteady on her feet, right in front of the gates.

"Stay back!" she ordered and held her hands up. As Yuki's eyes scanned the grounds, she realised that she was the only one trying to hold back the singled-minded students.

Where's Zero?

She stretched up into her tip-toes to try and search for Zero over the rowdy crowd, but she couldn't find him.

Where could he be?

All the girls tried to push past her, but Yuki held strong and managed to push them back.

"Girls!" Yuki's call fell on deaf ears, "Please line up properly! The Night Class is due any moment!"

The crowd weren't listening to her at all.

Yuki deadpanned.

She then reached inside her blazer pocket and pulled out her whistle.

WHISTLE!

Suddenly all of the Day Class students were lined up perfectly straight out of the walk way.

Yuki was taken aback by their sudden change in attitude; her brow furrowed, perplexed. She held up her whistle and gave it a quizzical look. Then she smirked, she didn't really think that it was actually going to work, she must use it more often.

"Okay!" she clapped her hands together and spoke to the well behaving students, "Like I said, the Night Class are due any moment and-"

"Good afternoon, Yuki."

Yuki stopped dead.

She knew that voice.

That was the voice of Kaname Kuran.

Oh, crap!

Slowly Yuki turned around wincing, praying to God that it was her imagination.

It wasn't.

Behind her stood a handsome, yet amused, dark haired Kaname, dressed in his usual white academy uniform and blazer. He was being flanked by the other members of the Night Class, all of who which were insanely beautiful.

Yuki just wanted to hide. She could feel the embarrassment coming on.

Kaname smiled down at the flustered brown haired girl. Seeing Yuki had always made him feel more at ease, however she was also the only person who could cause him so much worry. Ever since the night that Kaname found Yuki in the snow, he has felt the overwhelming urge to protect her and keep her safe. And she is not the easiest person to keep safe.

Yuki, still frozen in her spot, let out a nervous laugh, and tried to pretend that this wasn't an awkward situation for her at all ... she failed miserably.

Kaname was laughing on the inside, finding her reaction very cute.

Yuki could feel her face starting to get hot.

Wait for it, wait for it...

Kaname smiled down at Yuki, dragging the silence on for much longer.

Wait for it, wait for it...

"How are you, Yuki?" Kaname asked her in his usual polite tone.

"I- I'm f-fine-e," she stuttered out, just willing the ground to open up and swallow her.

Wait for it, wait for it...

There was another pause for a moment.

"May we walk through now?" Kaname asked.

Yuki thought that she might fall over from mortification.

And cue the embarrassment!

"Sure," her voice shook as she gestured for them to proceed and then wobbled away off the path.

From the sidelines, Yuki watched as the Night Class walked through the Day Class students being led by Kaname.

Seeing how the Day Class reacted to them, she realised just how different they are her. That no matter how much Headmaster Cross tried; there would always be a large divide between the humans and vampires. This thought saddened Yuki. She had always hoped that one day there would be no divide –that it would just disappear- and that they all would get along equally, with no prejudice or discrimination. It was a delusional dream.

Just at that moment she saw a small Day Class girl step out from her line and try to reach for Aido. Acting on instinct, Yuki jumped in front of the girl and spread her arms out wide like a shield.

"No hassling the Night Class," Yuki recited one of the most broken rules.

But the girl went to break the line again, ignoring Yuki and used more force this time and actually knocked Yuki off her feet.

Yuki yelped as she fell backwards, her hands sprawled out behind her, and then was surprised when she didn't hit the ground hard.

"What did Yuki just say about hassling the Night Class?"

Yuki glanced up and gasped when she realised that she had been caught by Zero. His strong arms held up Yuki's slim body and she caught her breath at his closeness. She watched wide-eyed as the handsome silver haired man stared down the student with his piercing ice-blue eyes, frightening her back into the line.

Zero helped Yuki up, but before she could thank him, he spun around and called out to the Day Class.

"And that goes to all of you! Stay in line, or you'll have me to deal with!"

Annoyed murmurs rippled through the lines of students. Zero just shot them all a look and they immediately shut up. He then rubbed his eyes with a hand and huffed. He hated being the vampires' bodyguard. It was the complete opposite of what he wanted to be doing.

Yuki longed to talk to Zero. It had been a long time since they had actually talked, despite the occasional 'hello'. There were so many things that she wanted to ask him, but typical Zero doesn't divulge much information.

She watched her friend from across the path as they both tried to keep the Day Class students under control. There had been a wedge growing between them and Zero kept on getting more distant. The frown did not lift from Zero's face once the entire time that afternoon. Was there something that she was missing? Yuki's worry for her friend began to grow and she had resolved in talking with Zero once their afternoon patrol was over.

Zero could feel Yuki's gaze on him the entire time during the patrol. He tried to shake it off and concentrate on his job, but he couldn't help it. His mind just kept on going back to her, to Yuki.

He was pushing Yuki away that was true. But that was the only he could keep her safe. What would kill him more than what he is actually fighting, would be if he hurt Yuki. She was too caring and too innocent. He could not live with himself if he ever harmed her. This was the only way.

Zero mentally fought with himself every day, whether or not he should avoid her, and even though it kills him to see her hurt that way because of his actions, it's the best way.

After their patrol ended, Yuki raced over to Zero before he could slink away.

"Hey Zero!" she greeted him cheerily and slapped him on the back.

"Ouch," Zero muttered and rubbed the spot that Yuki had hit him. He spun around, "What do you want?" he asked, annoyed.

Yuki tried to remain oblivious to his sour mood, "I just came over to see you. We haven't really spoken in a while. How are you?"

"Peachy."

Yuki's forced smile dropped and she frowned, "Hey, what's the matter Zero?" she asked, concerned, "I didn't see you in class today."

Zero turned and began walking off, mentally willing Yuki to drop it. But Yuki, as insatiable as always, kept up right beside him not letting him off the hook.

"Zero?" she pestered.

"I ditched, okay?"

Yuki stopped dead in her tracks and stared blankly at him, "No, Zero. Not okay."

Zero kept walking on and quite irritable. Yuki, not ready to let this drop, reached out and grabbed his sleeve and stopped him, causing him to gasp and look down at her.

Yuki locked her intense gaze with Zero's, and he was unable to look away.

"You're a part of the disciplinary committee," she pointed out, gesturing to the arm band that we wore over his black blazer sleeve, "you can't just ditch class."

Zero somehow managed to escape her gaze and looked away, a scowl immediately set on his handsome face.

"Says who?" he argued.

"The school!"

"Fine then," he sulked and crossed his arms, closing his eyes, "I won't."

Seeing at how closed off her friend was, Yuki's demeanour softened. She felt so useless because she could see that behind his pretences, Zero was hurting. Yuki didn't know what to do. Instinct led her to place a palm on Zero's right shoulder and she used the other one to touch his arms, unfolding them.

Zero's eyes snapped open as he felt Yuki touch him, and he gaped down at her. After all he had put her through... she still was trying to help him. He felt so guilty, it made his stomach churn.

He let his arms fall to his sides, but Yuki didn't remove her hand from his chest; something that Zero couldn't help but notice. Her touch was igniting something inside of him, and that scared him... feeling that way.

"Zero, please," Yuki begged; her eyes were searching Zero's ice blue ones, "please talk to me. I'm worried sick about you." She averted her gaze from Zero's –which he was thankful, it gave him time to breath- and shook her head before looking back up at him, "I won't judge you, I promise. And I'll help you any way I can. Please," she took a step closer towards him, "just tell me what's going on."

Yuki was getting close to tears. She hated it that her friend was in pain and wouldn't open up and that there was nothing she could do about it. She could only hope that Zero would let her in.

Zero shook his head, unable to speak. When he looked down at Yuki, he gasped at the tears starting to gather in her eyes.

His heart immediately dropped.

She was going to cry. No, no. How could someone so sweet and kind, cheerful and naive, care so deeply for someone like him? It baffled him. Zero squeezed his eyes shut and exhaled loudly through his nose.

"Don't cry Yuki." He wanted to hold her against his body and never let her go, but he had to restrain himself and settle for patting her on the top of her head. Her short brown hair was so soft between his fingers.

Yuki sniffled and wiped her fingers under her eyes before she then tucked her hair behind her ear.

This movement caused Zero to fully register Yuki's neck; long and swanlike, smooth, porcelain white skin, so pure ... so vulnerable. He could practically see the blood pulsing through her veins under her dainty skin.

A strong pulse of desire throbbed through Zero's head and he staggered back and clutched at his face. His throat felt like it was on fire, like somebody had pulled the string of a hot air balloon and the flames had ignited in his throat. He buckled forward and rested his elbows onto his knees and began violently coughing. Zero clawed at his throat while he coughed; disgusted at himself because he knew exactly what would sooth his pain, but even considering that revolted him.

Yuki watched on with wide eyes as she saw Zero bent over in pain. She immediately ran to his side and knelt down in front of him, not caring at all the she was getting dirt on her uniform. All that she could think about was Zero's pain.

"Zero!" she clutched the sides of his face and made him look at her. She cringed slightly at his pain-stricken eyes, but then pushed through that for her friend and asked frantically, "What's wrong Zero? What can I do to help?"

Yuki's face was so close to Zero's, and he realised just how close her neck was to his mouth, and just how much he wanted to lean over and ...

No!

Zero was appalled and mentally scolded himself of thinking of doing such a thing. He needed to leave, before he did something horrific ... before he hurts Yuki.

He ripped his head from Yuki's grasp and stood rigidly upright, balling his fists at his sides. It took all of Zero's will power to turn his back on the concerned girl and her extremely appetising blood.

"Its fine," he told Yuki through clenched teeth, "... I'm ..." he sighed, "I'm fine."

Before Yuki had the chance to reply, Zero stalked swiftly away from her; his posture never slacking, his fists never relaxing.

"Zero!" Yuki called out anxiously, but he didn't turn and soon the complex and troubled man disappeared from her sight.

Yuki –who was still knelling- fell back onto the dirty ground with a small huff. She sat in the dirt, her gaze never leaving the spot that Zero left her sight.

Zero.

What is happening to you?

Everything around her was quiet.

Silent.

All the students were in their rooms, the sun was starting to set, and the wind had stopped rustling the leaves in the trees. Even the birds had stopped singing.

This strange silence that fell over the grounds caused Yuki to become quite anxious. And she started getting cold ... very cold. She began feeling very small, like she was a little girl again; lost in the red splattered snow. Everything her eyes fell upon, somehow, appeared different, even the grounds looked foreign to her. She just wanted to curl up into a tight little ball and hideaway in herself.

This was the first time at Cross Academy that Yuki had ever felt alone ... and she was frightened of being alone.

It was right there in that moment that Yuki understood just how Zero must feel keeping this secret to himself; just how alone he must feel. And it was right then when Yuki made her vow. She was going to be there for Zero and help him though this, even if he doesn't want her to. She doesn't want him to feel alone with whatever it is that he is facing.

She just prayed that he would let her.

Zero managed to stagger his way into his dorm room, gripping his pounding head the entire time. He fell through the door and into his bathroom without even bothering to flip on any lights.

He came to lean against the sink and rest his head against the medicine cabinet mirror. With a shaky hand, he reached into his blazer pocket and pulled out a little box. He flipped open the lid and filled a glass that was sitting on the sink with water.

Zero fumbled with one of the small little tablets, spilling a couple of them onto the floor.

"Damn it." He gasped in pain. Taking a few deep breaths, he managed to drop the tablet into the glass of water and watched it as the water turned into a pale red colour.

Zero's muscles felt so weak and he struggled to stay standing, having to use the sink for support. His hand trembled as he raised the glass to his lips. He squeezed his eyes shut and tried to force himself to drink it. But once he caught a whiff of the scent, he heaved and dropped the glass, which shattered on the floor spilling the liquid and scattering little shards of glass everywhere.

He then fell to the ground and began violently coughing, his body rejecting the tablets. His throat was still burning dry and his head was still throbbing and he was still so weak, yet, in the back of his mind, Zero was somehow glad that he couldn't take the tablets. It was a small relief to him that he couldn't drink it; knowing that what vampires lust after, he couldn't stand to be around.

However, the thought of real blood sent his desires into a frenzy, and that repulsed Zero. It was no secret that Zero hated the vampires and that he would much rather be hunting them –like his parents did, before they were murdered- than to be playing bodyguard for them. He only did it because of Yuki.

He hated that everybody thought so highly of the Night Class, only because people didn't know what they truly were; monsters.

They are beasts in human form. They should not exist!

And once Zero graduates from the Academy, he would become a full-fledged vampire hunter and would make it his goal to eliminate all vampires. But because of the beast inside him that was consuming him, he probably wasn't going to have his sanity for that long.

But before he lost all reason.

He was at least going to end one vampire.

Himself.