The Devil (A Vampire Knight Fanfiction- KaZe)

Stand By Me

A/N: Well, this is the only story that is being posted on time. I took an unscheduled break for writing the past week because it was one of my lower functioning weeks, so I'm sorry if you were waiting for a chapter from a particular story last week. All I really did was outline Bleed Me's next several chapters which I will be getting to work on in the next few hours or tomorrow, so a chapter of that will be out soon. Anyway, please enjoy the chapter and let me know what you think below! :)

They had managed to sequester most of the Day Class beneath the school in the expansive tunnel system as the level Es quite soundly broke through the Academy fence line and began to attack the school building.

The three Noble cousins had settled themselves at the front entrance to the school, acting as guards as several loose Day Class students rushed for the safety of the school building, bolting past the cousins who made to defend the strays with their abilities.

Shards of ice frequently pierced the chests of deranged level Es as waves of fire charred more to a crisp. Ruka's gift was quieter than her male counterparts but equally as deadly as illusions drove the already crazed Es to attack one another.

The school grounds were a chaos as some of the lower classmen in the Night Class fought level Es as well, none of them knowing why the school had been attacked or who had sent the level Es to break the peace the school offered.

Just off the fountain path Yuki and Ichiru found Sayori fighting off a level E with a baseball bat from the gym closet, the human girl breathing a sigh of relief when Ichiru beheaded the E with a slash of his katana.

"Yuki!" Yori cried in relief and the pureblood princess quickly hugged her friend.

"What are you doing out here, Yori? You need to get to the school." Ichiru chided gently and the girl frowned at him with a fury in her eyes.

"I'm not about to hide in the basement when I have the option to fight back." She bit back and he held up his hands in surrender.

"Yori, you could get hurt." Yuki prodded and the blonde girl flicked her in the forehead.

"Yeah, but so could you three and the Night Class." The blonde reminded, "I might not be whatever it is that gives the Night Class the ability to make whips out of their blood or turn someone to ice but I can still help."

Yuki smiled, recognizing the resolve in her friend's eyes- she had that same resolve in her eyes as a human too and who was she to argue with Yori? She would do the same only Yori would probably be smart about it whereas Yuki had made a habit of doing the foolish thing before thinking about it first.

Ichiru sighed, "Alright, but if you get a scratch or a cut, head straight to the school. Level Es will attack you left and right if they can smell your blood."

The blonde nodded and Ichiru handed her one of the daggers he had strapped to his leg.

"Try to keep to the bat, daggers are only suitable for close combat and the closer you are to a level E the closer you are to getting your throat slashed by their claws." He explained and she nodded once more, hugging Yuki before she headed for the Day Dorms to search for other Day Class stragglers.

In the tower surrounded by the broken bodies of several Day Class students and level C Night Class members, Kuran Rido waited for his moment to move, his familiars stretching across the school to keep watch over the battles being waged.

It would be soon, now.

Zero wasn't doing too well as he became surrounded by another large group of Es- for the fifth time that night goddammit.