Chapter 3

Yuki chuckled quietly at the shocked expressions of her vampire peers. Well, to be fair, she would have looked just as shocked if oni-sama hadn't told her about Rikou before hand. Yuki smiled widely to herself when she thought back to when oni-sama first told her.

After becoming a vampire Yuki lost her little kid naiveté and she began to notice the ways people acted romantically around others. She wanted to slap herself on head for all she had been missing. She had been so caught up in her little kiddy crush on Kaname that she had been completely oblivious to the way Zero felt, and the guilt over what she had done made her sick with remorse. Once Kaname had reawakened her vampire blood she had realized that what she had been feeling was merely the love for a brother, and, well, now she knew she wasn't exactly oni-sama's type. Her smile turned sly. When Kaname had told her about Rikou his eyes had gone all soft and kind like they were when ever he talked to her. At first she assumed that it meant that he looked at Rikou like a little brother but something in his voice held a certain affection and she could smell the attraction and almost lust in his blood telling her that he didn't simply look at Rikou like a little brother. There was a time when she would feel crushed by this realization but now all she felt was a hope that her bother's budding relationship would work out and a feeling of loss for the chance at love with the boy she had actual feelings for. When her mind was cleared of her misplaced affection for oni-sama, she had realized that she truly loved Zero, and now it was too late.

Yuki shook herself out of her little self-musings and took a better look at Rikou. It seemed to her that both his sides were attractive. His day side seemed cute, sweet, and kind while his night side was handsome, sexy and mysterious. However both sides were so completely different that it made it hard to believe that they were actually the same guy. The only thing that the two sides had in common was a smile. His day side always wore a gentle friendly smile while his night side wore a sly smirk that had girls swooning. Oh yeah, the day class girls were gonna love him.

When the night class students were at the gate, Yuki took a deep breath and let the emotionless expression that purebloods were known for fall over her features. Yuki felt Ichijo staring at her and turned to look up at him asking him in her sweet soft voice, "Is something the matter Ichijo-san?"

"Yuki-sama, are you sure that you'll be alright? Do you think your former classmates will try in some way to harm you?" Ichijo asked with a worried expression.

Yuki then felt the eyes of all the vampires (and yokai) on her waiting for her response. Yuki knew she could lie and say that they wouldn't do anything but decided to tell the truth, "Well I doubt they will try to hurt me physically but they will probably pull me aside and try to intimidate me by swarming me and accusing me of using my adoptive father's positions as headmaster to get closer to my 'crush'. And before you ask I will be fine so I don't need everyone's protection. It is going to happen eventually so I might as well get it over with now."

Before Ichijo could respond, the gates opened revealing all the day class girls waiting in excitement for their favorite night class boys. Yuki could hear them all squealing over the two new cute boys (Kubinashi had worn a scarf to cover his lack of a neck and Tsurara had altered her appearance to seem more normal) only to hear them fall silent when they saw her. A girl who Yuki remembered to be a serious Kaname fan flanked by two more fans came up to her with their arms crossed and angry expressions. Then the one in the middle spoke, "Um can we talk to you, Yuki?"

"Yes you may," Yuki responded civilly before turning to the vampires who were awaiting her order on what to do. "You may continue on; I will be fine." She then turned and followed the three angry humans off to the side where an even bigger group was waiting. Judging by the look on some of the girls' faces they had hoped to surprise and scare her with their numbers.

The girl who had come to get her and the most aggressive spoke first, "How could you do this to us Yuki? We thought you were our friend then you go and ask your dad to put you in the Night Class. We know you just transferred so you could try and steal our Kaname from us."

Another girl spoke up with a fake laugh, "What's funny is that you think that Kaname would even want someone like you! I mean look at you! You're so pathetic and ugly that he would probably throw up just from looking at you!" She continued to laugh obnoxiously loud.

The other girls started yelling out their agreement with what the first two girls had said and yelling out insults of their own, but Yuki wasn't really listening. She was staring into the eyes of her two former best friends. Yuri was watching the exchange before try to go to Yuki's aid only to be stopped by Zero who was glaring at Yuki with a hurt and angry expression.

Yuki was brought back when she felt a presence behind her and the girls had stopped yelling. Yuki turned to see Rikou standing there, smirking. Before Yuki could ask why he was there, he spoke in his deep smooth voice, "I just thought you would like to know that your brother is back." Rikou tilted his head to the side and Yuki followed his eyes to see Kaname-onisama walking toward them in a dark button down shirt and dark slacks. She could hear the girls' confused questions about who her brother was but she was too focused on giving her brother a sweet welcoming smile.

Kaname and Rikou exchanged a look before Rikou walked back to join his friends and Kaname moved to stand behind his sister. Yuki looked up at her brother with love as he bent down to give her a kiss on her forehead. Yuki smiled at him, "You came back early, oni-sama."

Kaname smiled back, "Yes my business was finished faster than I expected." Kaname looked up at the girls who were now staring at him and Yuki in shock. He gave them a hard look, "Is there any reason why you're harassing my sister?"

The girls' mouths were opening and closing like fish gasping for breath. Not waiting for their response, Kaname took his sister's hand and walked away toward the school.