The Color Of Blood

Summary: After a small mistake on Yuuki's part, Zero finds himself in a very peculiar situation. He now has red hair. And it seems that the new color doesn't only attract students from the Day Class... Kaname/Zero

Author's Note: Hi. Well, this is my first story, yay. I got my hair died red today, so I guess that's where I got the idea. This story will only be ten or eleven chapters. The rating may go up. Um, so yeah. Tell me what you think and I hope you like it.

Chapter 1 : Oops...

"Oops..." Did you ever have that feeling that the world was crashing onto shoulders and you couldn't do anything about being squished in between whatever it was that you were in between? Well, this feeling is even worse when you don't know what actually happened... to your hair.

"Yuuki, what did you do?" The small brunette laughed anxiously, scratching the back of her head. He sat on a very simple black chair in the Chairman's bathroom, his head facing the other direction of the mirror. Yuuki was walking around him, watching in almost amazement at his hair, which of course he didn't find very reassuring. He squirmed in his chair, a chill running up and down his spine, praying that the damage she had just made would be able to be fixed. He needed to see what she had done, the anxiety was killing him.

"Okay, stop this. I need to see." He got up in a swift movement, pushing the girl out of the way. His reflection betrayed as the glass showed him an exact image of himself, except for the fact that...

"YUUKI." The angry shout pierced her eyes and got out of the open window. All the students in their dorms looked up, not really knowing why. The Night students, who were in class, all looked at their leader, who was now staring at the opened window in curiosity. Any normal person would have missed the distant shout, but they didn't.

Okay, so before we go any further in this story, maybe we should look back at how it came to be that Zero was shouting Yuuki's name at the top of his lungs, at ten o'clock at night, in the Chairman's bathroom, a towel wrapped around his shoulders, his natural silvery hair replaced by this deep blood red color. His eye's flashing a very bright red as he looked at the girl who had started to back away from him. You see, it all started at eight o'clock this morning...

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"Your hair are getting long, isn't it time to cut them again?" Yuuki said casually, sitting in her seat her arm crossed over her chest. Zero only groaned in response, his arms lazily stretched on his desk, his head buried in the very comfortable sleeves that just called him up to sleep. Lately, the Prefects had not had a decent night of sleep. The students of the Sun Dorm were getting even more vicious about the Night Class. Missing school, sneaking out at night, both Yuuki and Zero were overloaded with their work duties.

"Do you want me to cut them? We could do it after we've made sure the Day class students have all gotten back to the dorms." The boy looked up, his tired violet eyes staring at her. She offered him a tired, almost watery smile. In the end, he didn't know if it was the way she looked at him or because of all the sleep he had been lacking over the couple of days, but he grunted out a reply and went back to his nap. Yuuki let out a chuckle, but couldn't say anything else as the teacher finally stepped into the classroom, a stern look on his face. Zero didn't even bother to look up as the door closed, promising him three and a half hours of very dull lectures.

*

"Please step back. Step back... STEP BACK." The girls all looked fearfully at their Prefect. It was the first time she actually yelled at them. They were so surprised that they didn't even notice the tall silver gates opening. Yuuki gave them a glare, and went to another group of girls on the side who were cheering and screaming loudly. Yuuki sighed, trying to locate Zero with her eyes. She blinked when she noticed him standing very close to the gates, a very bored expression on his face, the girls not daring to move closer to him.

"AIDO-SEMPAI." The girls shouted in unison. They tried to get pass Zero, but the teenager just gave them one of his infamous death glares and they all stepped back, momentarily fazed by his coldness. It didn't last long, however, and soon enough they were cheering again, screaming for whichever vampire they preferred. Zero scoffed. If only the knew what their models truly were.

"Kiryu-kun." Somebody was hating him somewhere, he was sure of it. The silver haired teenager turned around and unsurprisingly met the gaze of the smooth dark haired vampire that was now standing a bit too close for his taste. Zero often wondered if the pureblood knew anything about personal space. Apparently not.

"What do you want, Kuran?" Nothing had changed in the past few months Zero had last drank his blood. He was still rude to him, his feelings for the dark haired youth the same as before. He didn't even bother to tell the other boy that he hated him, usually trying to stay the farthest away from him. But the other one didn't seem to get it.

"Can't I just check on you. Would it be so hard to believe that I actually care about your well-being?" Zero looked at him before nodding his head. Kaname chuckled slightly and then backed away. The youngest of the two boys let out a breath that he didn't know he was holding.

"See you around, Kiryu-kun." The pureblood said softly, his hand waving as he turned his back and started walking again. Zero shook his head and felt a chill run up and down his spine. It wasn't the only small encounter he had shared with the man lately. Everyday, the subject would different. The somewhat blond sighed, that just meant he was getting used to them. His shoulder slumped in depression.

"Zero, could you help me?" Even if she tried to sound annoyed with him, she couldn't pull it off. The Night Class was almost out of reach now, and yet the girls were still fighting like mad to try and get their attentions. The boy ran a careful hand in his hair and in only a few seconds was standing in front of a large group of girls, glaring at them. Needless to say, it was another very painful and long night for the Prefects.

*

"I always wondered what you hair would look like if they were brown." That's the first thing she said. He was there, sitting on a chair, in the Chairman's bathroom, a towel on his shoulders. They both had changed and now he was wearing a very plain black shirt and dark blue pants, while she had chosen a very simple brown shirt that she had had put under a pink dress. She was circling him, a pair of scissors tightly clutched in one hand, bitting he lips.

"I thought you were just going to cut my hair." She finally stopped and pointed the scissors at him.

"Come on, Zero. Brown or black would look so good on you. Just let me try." She gave looked at him with her big eyes and he shook his head, closing his eyes so he wouldn't have to look at her. "Please, Please, Please, Please..." She continued on for a few minutes until he finally sighed.

"FINE. Just shut up already." Even if his tone had been less then joyful, she jumped in happiness and started talking so quickly he couldn't really understand.

"Don't move." She said, as she hurried off to go get God knows what. Zero sighed. Even if he decided to go, he wouldn't be able to get very far without her catching him.

*

And that is how Kiryu Zero ended up sitting moodily in one of the couches in the Chairman's office, Yuuki hiding behind her adopted father because of the smoke that was coming out of his ears, his hair now adoring a very deep blood red color. His arms were crossed over his chest, not trying to show how really pissed he was at his somewhat sister. He could take a lot of things, but this was just... God.

"I must say, Kiryu, this is quite a change. Then again, I guess all teenagers go through that. Is this your way of showing the world that you are a rebel? You know don't need to do that to get my attention, right?" The cheerful man said, using the tone a father would probably give his child when he was talking to him about "life". If possible, there was even more smoke coming from his ears. Yuuki just squealed in fear and still hid behind her only father-figure.

"I want my natural hair color back." He said, glaring at the two in front of him.

"We can't dye your hair for another ten days. It's custom or else, it could kill your hair and it could fall off." Cross said, obviously amused at his very unpleasant situation. Zero got up and stomped his foot.

"Are you telling me I have to stay like this for ten days?" So, he might have shouted the last part. Yuuki winced at his tone, but still didn't leave her adopted father's side. God only knew what Zero would do to her if she got only a little closer to him.

"More or less." Zero suddenly looked at the floor, trying to calm down. The breath he took was very deep and his shoulders finally slumped in defeat. A few minutes passed and finally, the girl judge it was quiet enough for her to step away from her shield.

"I'm sorry." She said with a very tiny and childish voice. Zero still didn't move and she finally moved a little closer to him. When he still didn't make any movement, she took another. Her hand reached out to poke him and she let out a surprised scream when he caught her hand and pulled her closer to him.

"I AM GOING TO KILL YOU." He screamed with all his anger, grabbing her neck and starting to strangle her. It didn't work, of course, and Kaien Cross stopped Zero before he could actually kill her. In the end, they were both breathing hard, sitting on the floor, Yuuki holding her neck and Zero just looking into a random spot blankly.

"Now, you should both go to bed. It's already midnight." Yet, they still didn't move and stared at him as if he had lost his mind.

"Except if you want daddy to give you a goodnight hug..." They were gone before he even opened his arms and the headmaster slumped down on his chair in depression. Yet, a few seconds later, he regained his overly joyful persona. 'At least I have Touga.' He thought cheerfully, waiting for the said Hunter to show up.

*

"Nee Zero, you know I'm sorry... right?" She asked hopefully as they started walking towards the girl's dormitories. He just kept silent and continued. "I didn't mean to." She tried again, but received no answer. "It's not really that bad, you know it suits you." More silence. Yuuki's shoulders slumped and she kept her mouth shut until they reached her own dorm room. He stopped in front of it, obviously waiting for her to go inside. When she didn't, he sighed.

"I know you didn't mean to. Go in, get some sleep. Now."

"Okay, I'm sorry. Goodnight, Zero." She said, opening and closing the door.

He wasn't really mad at her anymore. He started to walk towards his own dorm. At least, he wouldn't be until the next morning, where a lot of "surprises" awaited him.

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