Vampire's Assistant

Five

The night of the ball. Our class had to set it up, because of our grade, but I was allowed out of it since I was new. That left me time to find something I was looking for. This Maria girl, was a high class vampire, but there was something off about her, and I noticed that Hanabusa was quite curious about it too. I followed him outside onto the school grounds. "What are you doing, Lady Erika?"

"You don't think I'd let you go out and hunt this woman by yourself, do you? You believe her to be Shizuka Hio, right? If I were to let you go after her alone, that would be like sending in a sheep in wolf's clothing to a wolf's den. She could kill you in an instant. Besides, I know you're dragging Akatsuki into this and I couldn't have my two favourite vampires killed before I even really understand how this school works. You're in danger doing this, and I'm not letting you go in alone."

"But Lord Kaname..."

"... would absolutely drop you like a pin to save his own hide. That's what purebloods are taught to do. He's one of the last, so he needs to protect himself over all else. Don't forget that he's not in the same class as you."

"So why are you coming?"

"Well, first of all, I'm just a human, remember? Also... as a part of the disciplinary committee I sort of have to do this in order to protect the school. Not that Cross knows what I really am. Who I really am."

Akatsuki came over to us. "What's she doing here?"

"She's coming. Disciplinary committee stuff, I guess. I'm not going to argue with her. If Lord Kaname trusts her, I trust her too."

We went down to under the school. There was this overwhelming feeling of power, and it was terribly cold. I walked between Hanabusa and Akatsuki. The two insisted that's how it be. I kept my knife in my hand, just in case. It was one of the few weapons made to kill a pureblood, made by pureblood vampires themselves a long time ago. When we got to the bottom, there she was... the frozen body of Shizuka Hio. The woman who I heard killed Zero's family. But there was something else. I turned to Akatsuki, and rushed into his arms, trying not to cry.

"Eri?" He asked. "What's wrong?"

"She just must not be used to this. After all, she does look kind of dead. Humans are sensitive to this sort of thing."

We left the room. Akatsuki still had me in his arms. "It's her..."

"Her?"

"The woman... it's the woman who killed..."

Hanabusa rolled his eyes. "Yeah, it's the woman who killed Zero's parents."

Akatsuki saw the fear in my eyes. "It couldn't be..."

"It's her. I swear on my life, Tsuki, it's her. She's the one who did it. I'd never forget that face."

"Should we warn Kaname about this?" Akatsuki asked me. "I mean, if it's really her..."

"It is, but we cannot tell Kaname. We just can't."

"Erika, this isn't just anyone. This is a pureblood."

"And that means you'd be at risk. I'm not risking your life for my revenge. She ripped the heads off my parents, and left the village for carnage from those level E vampires. She's not one to be messed with, and I don't want to tell Kaname that. I had no idea she was a pureblood. If I knew that, I would have... never mind that. I want to get back to the ball. You should go find Ruka, I'm sure she's going to need you tonight."

I was trying to leave, but Hanabusa grabbed my arm. "Erika..."

"Just let me go. I'll be fine."

It wasn't long until Akatsuki came to the dance. Everyone wanted a dance with Wild. I stumbled backwards into a pillar. My memories of us... why was I remembering then? Back with the horse. My arm had broken, yet, healed up within the hour. Yet, he was so worried and did everything to keep me comfortable. No matter how much he'd give me his blood, he wouldn't take any in return. The few times he has taken it, he was forced to. He had to in order to stop his thirst, but never from my body. It was always from a bottle, and it was never enough. It angered me that all these girls wanted him, and he'd dance with them because of Kaname. He was different. He didn't like Kaname like the others, and could easily defy him. He wanted to be his own person. Not Kaname's slave. 'Wild' was the least you could call him. But I noticed that tonight, he was wearing his uniform properly. It made me smile to see him actually wearing it properly.