Here is the first part to the second chapter! 
Got this one up a lot quicker than i did the last one, so I hope you are all excited to see what is happening here at cross academy. In a few days i'll be sure to put the second part up and I hope to hear what you allthink of it so far! Remember, the more you guys read and comment the quicker I work 
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Chapter 2: Clues to a Deadly Secret
I woke the next morning to a loud knock at my door. Groaning I rolled over to check my clock. The digits on the clock glowed a bright blue. It was only 5:34 A.M. Who in the world was knocking at my door this early in the morning? It was inhuman, and frankly I was not intending to open the door to someone like that.
“Claire, time to get up!” I heard a voice come from outside of the door. “Today is your first day!”
“NOO!” I groaned back to the person through the door who I now knew was Yuki, “I’m going back to bed!”
As I pulled the blankets up over my head, I heard a loud crash as if the door had been thrown open; it scared me to death and I jumped at least a foot off of my bed. Yuki stood in the doorway, the door ajar like it was never even locked. I did lock it didn’t I?
“Come on now. Class will start in about two hours and you still need to take a shower, eat, and be sure you have all of your stuff for your classes,” Yuki said sternly placing her hands on her hips.
I sighed and rubbed my eyes, “Whoever it was that invented early school hours is crazy. I hate getting up early.”
“Didn’t you get up early for your other school?”
“No, it wasn’t a private school like this one is. I was able to walk there before we moved in with my new… ‘Daddy’,” I put air quotes around the word daddy to emphasis my dislike of him. Yuki seemed to get the point and showed it by laughing.
“Come on sleepy head. Off to school get ready for school we go,” she pulled me off of the bed where I had settled contently; I had planned on slipping back under the covers and hiding while she wasn’t looking, but that plan seemed to have failed me horribly now.
I rubbed my eyes once again. I was still far from ready to get up, especially this early in the morning. I was more of a night person myself, but there wasn’t really anything I could do about that with this new schedule. I’d just have to get used to it. Yuki was the Head Master’s adopted daughter so I assumed that she had gotten used to the schedule long.
“Alright, okay; let’s go and get that nice morning shower you were talking about and then something to eat. I hope the food here is at least a little better than what is was at school and home. Mother was a terrible cook,” I made a face at the thought of her burnt chicken.
Yuki laughed again, “You’re hilarious when you’re not awake yet; don’t worry, the Head Master makes sure we get nothing but the best.”
“Good, cause now that I think about it, I’m starving.”
“Well you will have to wait,” she waved at the air close to her nose and smiled playfully, “You stink. We need to get you into the showers.”
We were quiet on the way to the showers. I wasn’t really in the mood to talk right at the moment; course that could have been mainly because I wasn’t a morning person at all. The walk didn’t take that long anyway. It was fairly close to the dorms, clearly placed where it was on purpose. It was the opposite direction of the Moon dorms as well. Cleaver of them, I guessed.
Yuki lead the way as we entered the showers. They were empty and I was completely relieved. That was probably her plan all along. Her first day in this school was more than likely the same, except that she wouldn’t have had someone to show her around and help her out. I was grateful.
The showers were even better than what I had originally thought they would have been. If not lacking a bit in privacy, they were quite nice. And the temperature of the water stayed perfect for forever. I honestly didn’t want to get out, but Yuki came and practically dragged me out.
We made it to breakfast on time, and she really wasn’t kidding when she said the food was amazing. There was an entire buffet: biscuits and gravy, eggs and bacon, and so many more things. I was in food heaven!
“You seem to be enjoying yourself her already,” Yuki commented smiling and toying with her own food as I dug into my own plate.
I smiled back and began trying to speak through my food, though I failed horribly. I finished chewing and swallowed, “You weren’t joking when you said the food was good. It’s at least five times better than what my mom used to make. Well before my step father hired a maid that is. The maid started to show her the ropes just before they decided to send me here.”
“Well you won’t really have to worry about that anymore now, will you,” Yuki continued to smile and took a bite of her own food.
“By the way, where’s Zero?” I asked taking another bite as well.
“Probably still in his room, why?”
“Because you guys are always together from what I’ve seen. You do everything together from what I can see.”
“Oh,” Yuki was thoughtful for a moment, “It’s mostly because the headmaster raised both of us. Me from the time I was five, and zero from about four years ago. His parents were murdered, and a friend of the head master’s brought him here. I kind of took care of him as well back then. So, I’m the closest friend he has at the moment… but he has been talking to you more than I’ve seen him talk to anyone but me! It’s amazing; almost like he’s already taking a liking to you.”
“I take it that’s a very surprising thing?” I asked curiously putting my fork down. Zero taking a liking to me was something that definitely interested me.
Yuki was still thoughtful, “Yes, very much so. I actually don’t think I have seen him act like that towards anyone but me. It’s kind of strange to see him finally getting along,” She sighed, “Oh, but I suppose it is a very good thing. I’ve been pestering him about making friends for so long now.”
“Guess I’m just a lucky charm huh?” I said with a teasing smile and a small shove to Yuki’s shoulder. “Oh, I was wondering, would it be rude of me to ask you what happened to his and your parents? I mean I know his were murdered, but you didn’t say why you were here or even if the person who killed his parents was brought to justice.”
“Well… I suppose it’s not rude, but to be honest I don’t remember anything beyond the day that Kaname saved me 10 years ago and brought me to the head master. We aren’t really sure if the person who murdered Zero’s family was ever found. They never informed us. Of course that’s to be expected with the society and their rules.”
“The society? And Kaname saved you from what?” I couldn’t help myself, I had to ask. These two really did have a messed up past. No wonder they were so close.
Her face was hard in thought, as thought she was thinking of something she hated and then her expression changed as another thought entered her mind, “Kaname is in all of my fondest memories, and a few of my worst. He saved me from a-“
“Good morning Yuki, Claire,” Zero cut in, holding a small tray of food.
Yuki jumped as though something had burnt her and looked up in surprise to her friend now standing over her. The a look came over her as if she was just about to give something away that she wasn’t supposed to. I hadn’t even heard him walk up, so it was no surprise that she jumped when he spoke. That was definitely a scary feature that he had.
“Z-Zero, hey! You’re awake!” She stuttered as if she were in some kind of trouble.
He rolled his eyes and sat down beside Yuki, and across from me. Yuki said he wasn’t much of a talker, but he seemed fairly social in his own way.
“I was just asking Yuki about why you guys were adopted by the Head Master,” I said with a smile at him.
Zero glance at Yuki with a bit of a glare as if to say “You better not have told her anything more than what I heard”. Yuki ducked a little and began eating her food more than she had before. She still had that look to her. What had she said that she wasn’t supposed to? Maybe it was that she told me some of Zero’s past without asking him first. I probably would have been fairly mad as well.
“I haven’t been legally adopted like Yuki has. I’m only staying here because it gives me a place where I have a roof over my head,” he answered me bluntly not even looking my way.
“So he’s only considered your guardian then. Very cool,” I said smiling, and then I decided to take a chance that was bound to be dangerous from Yuki’s reaction when he entered the conversation, “I’m sorry about what happened to your parents. I can’t help but wonder how it is that you survived out of everyone. Were you not home at the time or something?”
Both Yuki and Zero stiffened at this question. It would seem that I had managed to strike a chord. Whether it was the right one I was really unsure of that yet.
Zero sent a glare at Yuki and then stood with his tray, “We aren’t really sure how. Maybe the killer spared me for some cruel joke. I think it’s time we go and get ready for class now.”
“I agree!” Yuki said anxiously, “Claire, do you have your book and your schedule for your classes?”
“Um, yes, they are in my bag back in my room though. I need to run back and get them. I think I have a map as well.”
“Good. Do you think you can find your way on your own then? I have a few things I need to do before class,” Yuki said standing and glancing after Zero as he dumped his tray and began leaving the room.
“Yeah yeah yeah, I’ll be fine. Go ahead. I may have a horrible sense of direction but I think I pretty much have down how to get to the dorms,” I answered waving her away and standing up myself.
“Good. Be careful now,” She answered with a smile and ran off in the direction that Zero had gone after dumping her tray as well.
I shook my head walking after her to dump my tray and then heading out into the main campus to try my best on getting to the dorms. I figured I was going to get lost at least once so I began to hurry. After all I didn’t want to be late to class on my first day, right?
Ultimately I was right. I got lost quite a few times, taking the wrong turn or not turning at all. In the end somehow I ended up at the gates of the night class, all the way on the opposite side of the school. How this happened I hadn’t a clue.
“How can I be so horrible at finding my way around, that I end up at the complete opposite place I wanted to go?” I rubbed my head quite annoyed at this point.
As soon as I sat down for a short break to cool off a bit, a voice came from beside me that made me jump, “Hello there, you appear to be lost. May I help you in any way?”
It was a young man wearing what must have been a night class uniform. His voice was absolutely seductive, and it went with his looks perfectly. This was the boy that had peeked his head out of the Moon dorms the night before; the one they were calling Idol, or Aido. I wasn’t completely sure which his true name was. He had luxurious blonde hair, and blue eyes that tried to pull you into them. He had a slender build that even a model would be jealous of and he was tall too. Heck he might as well have been a model with the way he acted and looked.
“Please do hurry up in your answer this sun is irritating me,” he said shielding his eyes and looking up towards the sun then back to me. I didn’t realize that I had been staring at him for a few minutes.
I shook my head trying to clear it and then finally was able to speak, “Oh, sorry. Um, no I should be fine. I just needed a short rest. I was getting frustrated.”
“Well I was watching you for some time. You certainly seemed like you were lost,” he said gazing into my eyes almost as if trying to hypnotize me. He wasn’t completely failing at it either. I couldn’t take my eyes away from his even if I wanted to.
“How… could you have seen me? As soon as I made it here I sat down,” I said barely getting a clear thought through.
“Hmm, well aren’t we observant. And my goodness do you smell good… almost as good as Ms. Cross… I almost can’t help myself,” he answered leaning closer to me slowly.
I couldn’t help but move a little closer as well, as my head began to spin. I wanted to shy away from him but my body and mind weren’t completely cooperating with me at the moment, “T-thank you? Help yourself from what?” I was still quite aware of what it was he was saying to me, and my curiosity was still very much intact. I guessed that was a good sign?
“May I see you wrist for a moment?” he asked taking my arm and bringing it closer to him without my permission, “Mmm, that smell is so irresistible. Why must you humans be so tempting? Especially Ms. Cross for the longest time she has tempted us, but we aren’t allowed to touch her because of Kaname-Sama. But you on the other hand… He didn’t say that any new specimen entering the school… Surely you wouldn’t be missed, am I right?” He began talking to himself almost as if he were trying to talk himself out or into something. Naming the pros and cons of doing whatever is was actually.
“Excuse me?” I said trying to pull away after the last comment he had made.
“Nothing, just relax and allow me to partake in a little snack from this beautiful wrist of yours…” he said pulling my wrist his mouth and licking it lightly.
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!!
