Alright guys, sorry it took me so long to get this up but this is the final finish of chapter 1! My laptop went haywire on me so it jogged my memory that I still nedded to do this. I'm hopin you all like the end to this chapter. As the story goes on it starts getting intense; i'm curentlyworking on chapter 4 actually.So, I'll do my best to get the next part up for you :D
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“Oh my god, look it’s Idol!!” I heard one girl distinctly squeal with pleasure as another screamed, “I love you Aido! Oh my god, Tori, he just looked at me!”
I had to roll my eyes. What’s the big deal about one guy, even if he was really, really good looking? A few moments later the rest of the night class began emerge from their dorm entrance. The crowd of raving fan girls roared with excitement! A few at a time the students made their way to the gate that enclosed their dorm. All of them were amazingly beautiful! Though some had amused expressions while others were drowsy or annoyed with all of the noise. Yuki wasn’t stunned in the least bit and immediately began yelling at everyone to get back with little success, where as Zero made his point clear to a group of girls with nothing more than an icy glare at them.
The girls continued to scream wildly and crowding the gate in hopes that they might get a chance to talk to one of these beautiful and elite people; or at the very least touch one. I’d never gone crazy and been a fan girl for anything in my life and I had no intention to start now, even with these people right in front of me. Despite my resolves, I was still able to do little more than just stand there and watch as they began to pass by me.
When about half of the class had passed me, I was finally able to regain my composure enough to try and find Yuki or Zero. I assumed one would at least be at the front of the night class and the other would be to the rear. After thinking for a moment, I made my way to the back of the class. That was sure to be the quickest way to find one of them, and right at this moment I didn’t really care which one I did manage to find.
It didn’t take me long before I reached the end of the stream of students, not counting the fan girls that is. I could barely hear myself think over all their screaming, let alone pay attention to where exactly I was going and who was in front of me as I made my way through the crowd. A girl ran into me nearly knocking me over in the process, and as I scowled at her ready to tell her what was exactly on my mind I managed to run into another person. The only thing was that this one was a little more solid than the last and I was on the ground beginning to swear.
“Watch where you’re going next time Miss Ricci,” A faintly familiar voice spoke over me.
I glanced up by instinct only to find Zero standing over me, “Call me Claire, and it’s not my fault that stupid fan girl ran into me and distracted me.”
Zero smiled faintly. It melted my heart instantly, and I had to wait a moment before I could stand up. At the time, I didn’t have a clue that it was a rare sight to see Zero Kiryu smile; that is until one of the girls going wild over the night class stopped and gawked.
“Is Zero smiling? And at a new girl too?!”
I couldn’t help but blush. Was it that apparent that I was the new girl? Of course I suppose it didn’t help that I was still wearing my casual clothes and not the school uniform. But then again it was possible that there were kids who didn’t wear the uniform on occasion, right? Well either way, I wasn’t now and I was probably going to regret it later.
The smile that was once there on Zero’s face disappeared without a trace as he now glared at the girl who had noticed, “Get to your dorm at once. It is past curfew for the day class.”
She ducked her head at the powerful glare he was throwing directly at her and ran off without a word. Heck even I had to back up a little from the power of that look, and it wasn’t even directed at me!
I glanced around a little bit and stood up; no one was any longer around. We were alone already? Man, note to self, don’t incur the wrath of the glare; got it.
“Come on. We need to go find Yuki and see if she was able to handle the front of the class,” he said taking a few steps in the direction the Night Class had gone and waited for me to get up.
“What’s the big deal about those guys anyway? Yeah, they look amazing, but I’ll bet that’s all there is to them,” I stood up and dusted myself off lightly; then, placing my thumbs in the pockets of my jeans, followed after him.
Zero spoke quietly, “There’s more to them that meets the eye. Not only are they beautiful, but they are an elite group of students. I wouldn’t underestimate them if I were you… and stay away from them while you’re at it. We wouldn’t want them to turn you into their little fan girl as well…”
Glancing down I spoke to myself being fairly sure that he wouldn’t be able to hear me, “I’d rather be your fan girl…”
“What was that?” he asked glancing back with a look that I couldn’t quite place; it wasn’t there for long though.
“Huh?” I played dumb, “Oh nothing. I didn’t say anything.”
He easily shrugged it off and continued on his way paying close to no attention to me. He was always so quiet when it came to everyone but Yuki. Was she really that close to him? I couldn’t help but be envious of her relationship with him. I’d liked him since I first saw him in my dorm room before him and Yuki had run off to class; if that wasn’t blatantly obvious by this point.
This guy was gorgeous, seemed intelligent enough, and there was a mystery about him that drew me to him more and more. More than likely I was drawn to him by my overwhelming curiosity, but hey what could it hurt to get close to him and Yuki? At least I’ll have made some friends my first day at this strange new school. Maybe I’d even be able to become one of the disciplinary committee! That way I’d always be with them, and no one would have the guts to mess with me.
In fact now that I thought about it, Zero seemed like he could be a part of the night class. He definitely looked the part. Of course his comment about them earlier, “filthy blood suckers”, wasn’t exactly the friendliest in the world. The name hardly seemed appropriate.
“You should go back to your dorm. You’re pasted curfew,” Zero said just loud enough to hear him.
I cut my train of thought there and smiled slightly at him, “what, you don’t like my company?”
“Think what you want, you’re still out past curfew and it isn’t safe out here,” he didn’t look at me as he spoke.
“If it’s so dangerous then why are you and Yuki out here? Shouldn’t you be in your dorms just like everyone else?”
“Not in the least. You don’t have a clue of the dangers that lurk here.”
“What do you mean? That doesn’t answer my question at all. It’s just as dangerous out here for you as it is for anyone else.”
“Nothing, forget it. We need to find Yuki, and then she can take you back to your dorm. You must be tired after such a long day.”
“Ha,” I laughed a bit, “I took a nap earlier. I’m wide awake. To tell the truth I’d rather stick around with you. Maybe help with a few duties. I’m sure Yuki has already started doing whatever it is that she needs to do anyway. Why bother her?”
“I’m trying to perform my duties as well by having Yuki take you back to the dorm.” He took a small glance at me and then continued to watch straight ahead and made his voice below a whisper talking to himself, “She’s not even close to trust worthy yet. What does Yuki see in this lost puppy?”
“What was that?” I asked in mock cluelessness. People had always hated how superior my hearing was and how easily I could hear them when they were trying to keep me from just that.
“I didn’t say anything,” Zero said, his jaw tightening slightly.
“Alright, well if you don’t want me around that bad then fine. I’ll just find my own way back. Have fun,” I said turning in the direction of which I thought was the Sun Dorms.
“You are hopeless. You don’t even know which way the dorms are. We are going to fi-“He was cut off.
“Hey there guys. Night Class is officially in class. We are good to go for a little while,” Yuki ran up to us with a giddy smile.
“What’s got you all happy? Did Kuran give you some attention?” Zero mock teased her and gave an amused smile as her face turned red, “We were just coming to find you. Miss Ricci needs to be taken back to the dorms.”
“Alright alright, Claire, you ready to go?” Yuki glanced over at me.
“Not exactly, but oh well. Let’s get going. I don’t want to get in the way or anything,” I answered glancing at Zero for a second.
“Well then time for you to go to bed. Catch you in a few Zero. Keep my watch while I’m gone will you?” She said hooking her arm with mine.
“Fine, whatever. You owe me,” He said as I turned in the direction that Yuki was pointing us, but after a few steps Yuki jerked me to the side, grabbed some object off of the ground, and threw it at Zero. The only thing I heard was a small yelp of pain and then a grumble of Yuki’s name.
“What just happened?” I asked attempting to look behind me at Zero, but Yuki was already pushing me in the direction we had already started toward just before.
That was my first night at Cross Academy. The rest of the night was just a slow tumble towards a peaceful, dream filled sleep.
End of Chapter 1.
Next Chapter: Chapter 2: Clues to a Deadly Secret
Stay tuned for the next part of this epic adventure!!
