.:An Unexpected Occurrence :. (Kasumi Shirabuki)

[Zero Kiryuu]

Tonight had already started off as annoying. Zero Kiryuu sat in the library working on some of his homework that was due for class the next day. It was absolutely irritating. Of course, no one knew that he was there working on that in particular since he was supposed to be on duty making sure that no one got out of line. However, he managed to sneak off and convince Yuuki that he was going to patrol and look after the library for a little while. It was a good enough excuse since it needed to be checked out as well. People liked to hide around there in the silence to snap picture’s when they got a chance at student’s studying, but with him there it seemed to be a bit easier to manage things.

The girls of the Day Class knew better than to mess with Zero or to tick him off. Many of them actually seemed to be quite terrified. He preferred things to always be in order, and if you crossed that boundary of order he wouldn’t let you live it down. It kept the students in check that he had to look after, while Yuuki always had seemed to struggle with the aspect of maintaining order. The students at the academy seemed to walk all over her as though what she said didn’t matter. He was always watching in case things got bad enough for him to step in. It was something that he simply needed to do to protect her. She was too kind to be treated poorly.

He sat at a table with a few papers of homework spread out on it and he let his fingers lightly tap the table as he seemed to think about the answers that he would put down. It wasn’t like it was very difficult for him. He had learned this a while ago in class and it was just review. Normally, Zero found himself studying to get ahead of the class in order to stay on top or to help Yuuki if she had a question on something. In the long run, she just seemed to be a hopeless mess when it came to answering questions on homework and tests as well. Sometimes, Zero felt that he couldn’t really do anything for the optimistic girl since he couldn’t even help her very well with getting a better grade.

In the long run, the class average was pulled down and some of the students got upset with her because their class always ended up being last and having to set up things for events that went on at the school. Of course, after they finished setting up the students could join the party as well, so Zero didn’t really understand why they got so upset. It was just a little bit of hard work and effort. He figured that they would at least be competent enough to do that. If not, then he would just be disgusted completely with humanity altogether.

He turned a page of the textbook and sighed slightly. It was too quiet, but it was nice because of how peaceful it was. The Night Class students for the most part were in class, but there were always the few who decided to skip class or that didn’t have class and they would hang around campus or stay in the building where it seemed harder for the Day Class students to get their pictures. It was smart in Zero’s mind that many of them chose to stay indoors. On occasion, he would notice a Night Class student slip by casually to get a book out for class, or to check something out to read at their leisure. However, it seemed all too sudden that they would instantly move away from him as well. He did stick out like a sore thumb with the Day Class uniform on, but even more so he had his disciplinary committee arm band on as well that pushed people away from him as well.

If you really thought about it, Zero didn’t mind that. It was better if the vampires of the school didn’t start up a conversation with him. He personally didn’t want anything to do with them. It was to his misfortune that he had to be around them constantly and watch over them to keep them out of trouble and away from the students of the Day Class. It was normally both classes’ faults when they had a run in. Usually, a girl from Day Class would hurt her hands which would draw in some of the Night Class students. It was blood that seemed to draw the beasts in human form to a human who was injured. It was sickening.

It was because he hated that behavior so much, he would do his best to fight off every urge for blood that would gnaw at him. He didn’t want to hurt anyone, nor did he want to prove even more so that he was slowly becoming a monster himself. He hated himself. He cursed himself. He wished that he could change his fate more than anything, but in all reality there was nothing that he could do. So, as a result, he isolated himself from everyone and everything. No one could get into his mind, and no one could get close to him. It was the safest way to keep everyone, including himself safe.

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Tags: Kasumi Shirabuki
Words: 907
Notes: Hopefully this is an alright starter and can give you enough to work with~! <3

[Kasumi Shirabuki]

Day or night, it was always a good time to draw something and right now, Kasumi was just looking for somewhere quiet where there weren't any annoying Day Class students harassing the Night Class. The Day Class was always so persistent, always so noisy. She had been running through the halls searching for a quiet place and even considering going outside when her eye caught the door to the library. Hopefully it was a safe haven for her, since the Day students didn't usually come inside. Slowly she approached the door and listened for a moment. There was a heartbeat and breathing but it didn't belong to a regular human to be exact. It belonged to someone changing, someone devolving. She pushed the door open slowly and looked inside to see Zero sitting at a table with papers scattered about him. It was obvious he was doing his homework so Kasumi let him be and made her way to a table far away from him. It wasn't out of disrespect or anything of the sort but a gesture to let him have his privacy. Most likely, Zero would find her actions odd or offensive as he usually did with vampires but it was nothing more than a show of respect.

She sat down at the far table and set her books down beside her. She only kept a single notebook in front of her and a pencil. Opening the notebook to a clean page, she considered what to draw for a moment before deciding on something no one would recognize unless they knew of her history. She had started sketching her family home, a home that had been completely destroyed along with most of her family by the Hunters. She kept her gaze lowered to the page, only glancing about once in awhile. Sooner or later, someone would probably send her back to class, but until then she didn't really see the need to be there. They had Kaname after all and she wasn't to interfere unless she wanted her cover completely blown.

Personally, Zero terrified her. He had that type of personality about him. It could be because he was the son of a Hunter family but it was most likely his utter hatred for her kind that scared her. Hatred led to all sorts of things, usually ending in violence and death. It was true the history of both kinds was bloody but what exactly made vampires the monsters? The Hunters in their own right were monsters as well. Monsters of a different breed. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, oblivious to the fact a tear fell down her cheek and onto the paper she had been sketching on. The thoughts alone about the Hunters had made her relive the very thing she was running from, the moment she left her family and ran away, leaving them to perish at the hands of her family. After taking another deep breath, she opened her eyes and sketched out four little words along the bottom of the picture.

'Its all my fault...'

Tags: Zero
Words: 512
Muse: Oblivious by Kalafina
Notes: =D

[Zero Kiryuu]

Zero had been working on homework for some time now, though he didn’t really care that he didn’t finish most of it. He could easily calculate the formulas in his head since they were always very organized and easy to follow for him. He figured that he could wait to work out the problems later. If anything, he always could figure out the answers after observing the problems for a while. However, it seemed that the teacher wanted them to show their work because their professor didn’t want them looking up the answers online.

He figured that the school would have been smart to take away any kind of internet access on campus and at the dorms, but instead they forced the students to slave away over many different tedious steps of work in order to get an answer. What a waste of lead! Zero for the most part would just sit in silence and calculate the answers mentally, and then when he had time later on he would write down the work. It was a weird process of doing things, but he just found things to be a lot simpler when he just waited to do the work later. He was busy enough as it was, so in his mind he didn’t want to do extra work right now.

He paused his thoughts completely when he felt a new presence enter the library and he let his teeth grind together tightly as he could instantly sense their presence and what kind of vampire they were. It didn’t matter what gender they were to him. They were all the same and all beasts in human form. They destroyed his family and his life and he would never forgive their species for what they had done to him; even if they had nothing to do with his past. It was a grudge that he just wouldn’t let go. Of course, Zero wasn’t one to start up the drama if he could, so he calmly collected his thoughts of what he would say to the girl who had entered the library.

She seemed to be of no harm at the moment; but she was still a pure blood nonetheless. He wondered if she didn’t like Kaname and was ditching class because of that. It just seemed that most of the vampires at this school seemed to respect Kaname like his was a God or something of the sort. Zero found that behavior to be absolutely ridiculous. He found himself growing a bit uncomfortable with that girl in the room. His cold gaze found itself on her when she had taken a seat to work on something.

Zero was right. Of course she’d be like all the rest of them. They all would avoid him for fear of some sort. Then again, he was a vampire hunter so that was something to most definitely fear. It was funny how some of the Night Class still tried to challenge him or stand against him when it came to him being disrespectful to Kaname. They always seemed to get quite riled up when it came to him. He didn’t care though. Kaname was just the same as all of them. He was a monster. Zero hated that Kaname was always so close to Yuuki and he always made sure to keep a close eye on those two when he could so that he could keep Yuuki safe from him. There was no way that he would ever let Kaname have the chance to change her. He didn’t want Yuuki to have to suffer the same exact fate that he did.

He found himself standing up from his seat now and as he did that he slammed his hand down on the table which made a loud noise that seemed to echo throughout the room. He may have looked crazy, but he didn’t care. He was frustrated being in this room. He couldn’t stand to be around vampires for too long without doing something that would draw out attention. Of course, he couldn’t draw his weapon because he didn’t quite have a reason to and he knew that it would bring him nothing but trouble if he did that now.

He stalked towards the girl who was drawing and let his cold glare consume her before speaking. “Don’t you have a class that you should be attending?” His voice was as cold as ice, and his tone was deathly serious. He made sure that she would know that he wasn’t playing around. When Zero was serious, he was sure a scary sight to see. He found his gaze falling to her notebook and he wondered what the picture and writing was all about. Did she regret something? Tch. There was no way a vampire could regret something so much, so he gave up and dismissed that thought almost completely. There was no way a monster like a vampire could hold morals that a human could and feel guilty over things. “You Night Class students really can’t give us a break, can you?” He kept his gaze serious and very intent and he waited for her to react before doing anything more.

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Tags: Kasumi Shirabuki
Words: 865
Notes: Zero can be so scary >w>

[Kasumi Shirabuki]

When Zero slammed his hand on the table, Kasumi jumped. It was completely unexpected and shattered the silence of the library. She lifted her gaze to his face. He looked angry. Did she bother him somehow? She had tried to be quiet but probably made too much noise anyway. "I'm sorry...I didn't mean to bother you." Her tone was apologetic even as she flinched slightly under his cold gaze. She should be in class, that much was true but the work was already done so there really wasn't any point. "Umm..I guess you're right. I should be in class but....I already have the work I need done for today." She let her gaze fall back to the paper not wanting to meet his gaze anymore. Slowly, she closed her notebook and folded her hands on her lap like a proper little lady.

"I have no intention of causing you any trouble Mr. Zero. If you like you can go back to your work and I'll do my best not to disturb you." Her tone was sincere but held the slightest hint of fear. Was she afraid of him? Yes. Absolutely. He terrified her beyond everything and anything with one exception. Her brother was scarier but she would never tell Zero that. As much as she feared and hated her brother, she loved and respected him. Zero had the same commanding air about him that demanded both fear and respect but in the wrong eyes would only cause trouble.

Tags: Zero
Words: 247
Muse: Oblivious by Kalafina
Notes: Zero so mean D=

[Zero Kiryuu]

Zero seemed to always be the type of person to act on impulse. At times he found himself regretting it, and other times he was actually quite thankful for his behavior. If he acted certain ways he would notice the shift of attitudes and behavior towards him from students at the school. It didn’t quite matter what class that they seemed to be from. The way he presented himself seemed to scream out a ‘Don’t mess with me’ kind of aura. He wondered deep down if he really did come off as that scary when he was upset or irritated by little things.

If Yuuki were here he figured that he probably wouldn’t be as aggressive to people. She seemed to have a calming presence that kept him in check. Without her here and being surrounded by vampires he seemed to feel more suffocated to the point where he just wanted to be alone. At this point, he didn’t quite care if he would upset someone. He just wanted to get out his anger in some way, shape, or form. That was all that he cared about at this moment.

When she spoke his eyes widened a bit in shock. Did she sound like she feared him? It almost shocked him that he could strike such fear in someone, but he didn’t want to give away that he did feel a bit bad about it. After all, she was a vampire and a pureblood nonetheless. He figured that as a pureblood she honestly shouldn’t have many problems trying to fend for herself. That led him to wonder why she was so fearful of his actions and behaviors. He hit his fist against the nearby table. “Tch…” His gaze found itself observing her expression now to try and search for an answer for her behavior. When he couldn’t seem to find one, he began to speak again. This time though, he sounded a bit more gentle, but he decided to keep his serious tone to his words.

“Look… you’re not really bothering me, alright. It’s just your presence is unsettling to me.” He stared at her with his gaze a bit fierce. He figured that he worded things wrong and that the girl would probably take instant offense to his words. It was a fact though that he was bothered by her mere presence. Ever since that night years ago he couldn’t find peace being around any pureblood. It didn’t matter who they were or who their family was. If they were a pureblood then Zero would never be able to find peace being around them.

He listened to her speak now and watched casually as she closed her notebook. When she had finally finished with that his gaze lay on her face. “Even so, I think it’s nothing but a nuisance to skip class. Won’t your little Night Class friends miss you?” His tone was very sarcastic. He was also quite curious though. Most pure bloods were found to be surrounded by their own little followers; or so he thought. It seemed that Kaname Kuran was always popular when it came to the Night Class. Maybe she was a bit envious of his popularity and secretly wanted to get away from all of that. If that were to be the case, Zero felt that he might understand her just a bit. It wasn’t fun to have to constantly compete against someone day in and day out. He would understand completely.

He continued to watch her carefully and commented at her final words to him. “If you meant to cause no trouble, then why of all places did you pick to come here? After all, I am positive the dorms are a lot more comfortable and peaceful.” He let his hands fall to his pocket to trace around the frame of his hunter’s weapon. “Or… were you planning to seek out a late night snack as soon as I left the area, vampire.” His tone was very harsh as his words came to an end. If anything, he would not allow a student to be attacked on campus. After all, it was his duty as a hunter and as one of the guardians of the school to make sure that all of the students at the academy would be safe.

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Tags: Kasumi Shirabuki
Words: 719
Notes: Questioning from Zero

[Kasumi Shirabuki]

She looked up at Zero, giving him a faint, gentle smile. Her tone matching that of her smile. "You know exactly the reason I don't want to spend much time there and as for why I chose the library, I was going to read after I finished drawing. And I have no intention of going anywhere or seeking out anything of the sort. I am perfectly happy with the way things are right now." She knew Zero wouldn't believe her, even if it was the truth. He had a tendency to only believe what he believed. The words of anyone else could rot in the fiery depths of hell. What made matters somewhat worse was Zero's temper combined with Kasumi's calming attitude. She knew her semi formal manner usually offended people like him but she couldn't help it. She was raised to be a lady, not a murderous monster as he seemed to believe.

That brief moment of self confidence disappeared as quickly as it came, that much was obvious as her gaze dropped back to her folded hands. If her presence disturbed Zero, then one could only imagine how she felt in this moment, being questioned by someone with such a terrifying personality. "As for the Night Class being my friends, you're mistaken. I have yet to meet someone I could consider a 'friend' and I doubt they would miss me there anyway." Why did she bother telling him this? He didn't care. People with his kind of prejudice never did. But there was something about the way he was questioning her that made her want to tell him, even if it was only to make him feel ashamed for assuming such terrible things.

Tags: Zero
Words: 284
Muse: Sanctuary by Utada Hikaru
Notes: Sorry its so short..

[Zero Kiryuu]

Zero didn’t always mean to be so harsh and cold. However, a twisted fate and past could corrupt even the kindest person. He had lost everything that he had loved at such a young age to a pure blood vampire and because of that his hatred rooted very deep and would remain for him till the bitter end. Over the years and since that day, he had decided to close himself off from everyone. He isolated his thoughts and mind from even those that he held dear to him. He figured that even they would never truly understand his feelings or how he really felt deep down inside.

His light silver-violet gaze moved away from the girl as she had started speaking. Of course he figured she would come up with another excuse for ditching class. In reality that wasn’t really an excuse for skipping a class. It was more or less the person who decided that decision. They made the choices that would lead them into trouble. With how straightforward and blunt he was for the most part, he knew that when he skipped a class it was simply all his fault. He would never try to run from that and make up reasons for not attending. He’d skip and call it a free day for himself. It wasn’t like he’d get in too serious trouble anyways since he was a school guardian. That was one major benefit with being a guardian. However, the long hours spent patrolling to keep the campus guarded and safe would tend to wear on him to the point where he would give up on going to classes altogether. Zero could do that and be perfectly fine with teaching and studying himself. It seemed to him that Yuuki struggled a lot, so he would have to study harder to know the knowledge to teach her what she didn’t know. In the end, it seemed that she always managed to fail anyways.

“If I knew your reasons and intent then I would have no reason to ask. Geez, you Night Class students always have to make things difficult. You’re such a pain.” He rolled his eyes and pulled out a chair and took a seat. He had grown tired of standing and wanted to rest his legs. He was going to have to patrol the campus some more later, so he figured that he might as well get rest before Yuuki were to catch on to him slacking on the job. She took things a little too seriously at times, but in the end it was certainly a breath of fresh air to Zero. He felt himself tense from being so close to the pure blood, but he let his fierce gaze remain on her. “It’s good to know that you know your place and know better than to seek out a meal from a student.” He let himself relax a bit more. She seemed to not be harmless, so he felt like he could let his guard down just a bit, but he would never release it completely. It was just too risky!

He shifted himself slightly in the chair and watched her carefully. “It’s a shame then. It seems that your own kind is too focused on Kaname’s existence that you being a pure blood has been forgotten in their eyes I suppose. Am I right?” He figured as much that any other pure bloods at the academy were overshadowed by Kaname. He seemed to have more power in their society which earned him a lot more respect. Zero hated him. He refused to ever give an ounce of respect to him. He could never truly understand why Kaname wanted to be so close to Yuuki, but it also made him wonder if Yuuki being here at the academy was his only reason for being here now.

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Tags: Kasumi Shirabuki
Words: 644
Notes: It's perfectly alright ;-; Sorry if I don't give you enough to work with ;-;

[Kasumi Shirabuki]

Her breath caught in her throat when Zero mentioned making a meal out of the students. She would never! No matter how tempting it was when the smell of fresh blood was in the air! It did slightly offend her that Zero was so cruel as to lump her in with those who have no control. She wasn't one of those despicable level E's. Zero himself should know that, after all, he was slowly becoming one. Even with the cold feeling of Zero's eyes drilling into her, she kept her gaze fixed on her folded hands. It was best if she didn't react to his words but even if she did...she didn't know how. Although Zero's words were hurtful, they weren't enough to make her panic. At least they hadn't been until he mentioned her being a pureblood. Out loud. In the open. What did he think he was doing?! As far as she knew, the headmaster had agreed that her being a pureblood would remain something that only Kaname, the headmaster himself, and the school guardians would know.

Panic gripped the young vampire as her gaze quickly shifted to the door then examined the library itself for any sign of life, vampire and human, aside from their own. There was the faintest sound of footsteps approaching and it sent her into a whole new level of panic. Fear ensnared the vampire as she looked at Zero, every ounce of panic and fear visible to him. "What do you think you're doing?! You're not supposed to speak so openly about what I am. Headmaster Cross said you and Yuuki would be able to keep it quiet." Her words held the same emotion that he could see so easily. She kept her voice somewhere louder than a whisper but not as loud as normal speech. Her hands trembling as thoughts raced through her mind.

There was too much risk now. Zero had said too much. It was enough to make her pray that no one had heard him but it was also enough to make her worry for her own safety in this place. She had been assured of the school's safety but now, there were doubts. Doubts that unfortunately would last until the day she left. There was nowhere safe anymore. Especially if her life was in the hands of someone like this arrogant little brat of a school guardian.

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Notes: Sorry for taking so long. IRL issues were killing my muse.