Vampire Knight Chapter 2

~Chapter 2: Unwanted Attention~

"Last shot guys, make it look believable!" the photographer announced to Shiki and Nadeshiko who had a joint photo shoot today for a new brand of perfume called 'undisclosed desires'. Nadeshiko hesitantly pressed her body against Shiki's and came to his gaze with her own. Before she could do anything else Shiki wrapped his arm around her waist and the other on her chin as he moved in inches away from her lips. Nadeshiko was slightly embarrassed but still went with it and put her arms around his neck and stood slightly on her tip toes. Not a second later a flash blinded them both for a quick second and the photographer gave them the okay to go get changed. Pulling away from Shiki and feeling her cheeks burning Nadeshiko gave a warm smile to him and proceeded to her dressing room. Long after she had gone Shiki was still staring in the direction where Nadeshiko had gone to that he didn't realize Rima was behind him calling out his name.

"Shiki!" Rima shouted which finally snapped Shiki back to his senses

"Rima?" he questioned as he stared at the girl with red hair pulled back in pig tails. Rima just sighed at Shiki and continued to go on what she had to say.

"How was it working with Nadeshiko?" she queried running a hand through her hair.

"She's actually rather good," Shiki replied back in his usual monotone voice. Rima sighed once again and also agreed with Shiki as she had a lingerie photo shoot with her the other day and was amazed at her abilities.

In her dressing room Nadeshiko changed her clothes into her usual Lolita ones and proceeded to fix up her hair. Satisfied with her result Nadeshiko grabbed her belongings and went out the door. As she turned she saw Shiki and Rima talking and waved to them and yelled out "Good work today!" the two turned and have a wave back and a nod. Smiling Nadeshiko proceeded out of the building only to be greeted by flashing lights and louder chatter. Squinting her eyes at the bright light Nadeshiko pushed her way through the paparazzi as they continued to chase after her asking questions. Only a few steps away from the car door Nadeshiko stopped as she heard the last question loud and clear. Disgusted Nadeshiko flung open the door, got in and then slammed the door behind her. Sitting in the car on the way back to Cross she felt extremely angry and broke a window by accident as her vampire powers went haywire due to her emotions. Quickly realizing what she had done she apologised sincerely to the driver who only told her not to worry.
When the car stopped Nadeshiko apologised once again and left some money behind for the repairs.  Nadeshiko walked towards her dorm but stopping as she saw Twilight standing in front her with a rather concerned expression,

"Are you alright?" Twilight asked walking towards Nadeshiko. Nadeshiko forced a smile and calmly told Twilight in reply

"Paparazzi."

Twilight's eyes became dark and she begun to get angry. Twilight had known for awhile now that Nadeshiko has been constantly ambushed by paparazzi and also there has been a stalker that has appeared too. Nadeshiko took Twilight's hand and placed it on her cheek and replied with a warm 'Thank You.' Twilight looked away and told her it was no problem but she still was mad and felt like hitting something which then to her luck an annoying voice came greeting them both. Twilight got the shivers down her back and instantly turned around and knocked out the person there.

The person turned out to be Aido who was on the ground holding his nose which started to bleed.

"Ah sorry, I my body just had a reaction to your voice." Twilight said lightly laughing.

Aido seemed pissed and stood up going blabber his mouth off at Twilight until he felt a kick in his head which caused him to pass out. Twilight just looked down at Aido's body which remained twitching until she heard a small giggle she turned on the spot and saw Nadeshiko laughing and laughing until tears fell from laughing so much. Seeing Nadeshiko laughing Twilight smiled and then took Nadeshiko inside as noon was approaching.

Soon night had fallen and as usual the Night Class had to attend their classes making Zero and Yuuki patrol the outside for Day Class students. Zero stubbornly left Yuuki alone and went after one of the Night Class students.

"You're not supposed to be here Aido-senpai." Zero said aiming his blood rose gun at the vampire who smiled cunningly.

"Kiryuu-kun you can't win…you're surrounded" Aido announced as the rest of the Night Class gathered around him.

Zero just scoffed and shot several rounds off hitting no one in clear view range.

"Missed." Kain said touching his forehead.

Before anything else was said or done a shriek was heard and the smell of blood filled the air. All of them were alerted as they recognised the smell to be one of a pureblood. Everyone rushed to the scene and upon seeing the results Zero felt disgusted and raised his gun up again but only this time it was aimed at Twilight.

"Get away from Nadeshiko you filthy vampire!" Zero threatened squeezing the trigger lightly.

Nadeshiko stood in front of Twilight who was bleeding still from the injury that had hit her shoulder by one of the bullets. Nadeshiko looked at Ichijo and her voice became rather serious as she ordered him to take Twilight away and take care of her. Not seeing this side of Nadeshiko it somehow frightened him but regardless he would of taken Twilight to safety so obediently he followed Nadeshiko's orders and picked up Twilight up and carried her bridal style to safety.


Nadeshiko gave a sigh of relief and relaxed upon doing this Zero observed her and saw a graze from the bullet. He started to walk towards Nadeshiko who stepped backwards in defence and growled at him to stay back. Unsure of how to act Zero told her


"You're lucky you're human, these only really hurt vampires."

Nadeshiko looked at Zero and frowned

"You thought that didn't hurt me? Well it did genius!"  She growled again and stepped back even more. Zero was still confused as for humans unless properly shot it should only feel like a static shot. But even so Zero didn't get any kind of sense from her of being a vampire so he couldn't understand what was wrong with her. Nadeshiko then gave a small grin and tilted her head asking Zero

"Besides who said I was human?"

Zero looked at her in shock as Nadeshiko's eyes turned from the natural blue into a deep crimson. Not only was Zero in shock but so was the rest of the Night Class especially Shiki who had been closer to her for a couple months now hadn't even known. Nadeshiko let her eyes turn back to normal and turned on her spot proceeding to go find Twilight and Ichijo. Zero started to chase after her as did some of the Night Class but Nadeshiko abruptly stopped and screamed at them

"STAY BACK!"

They all stopped and stared at Nadeshiko who seemed to have a dark aura about her that did mean she meant business so they backed off. After knowing they had stopped chasing after her Nadeshiko started to pick up her pace again to find her friend. Even after her leaving Zero still stood idle at his spot and then gave a small grin thinking to himself how fascinating Nadeshiko was that her vampire presence wasn't even picked up by anyone. But also how her aura seemed similar to Shizuka Hio the pureblood vampire who bit him putting him at jeopardy of turning into a Level E at an unknown time.

At the nurses office Ichijo tended to Twilight's wound taking the extra precaution to remove the anti-vampire bullet without causing further pain. Ichijo finally removed the bullet and Twilight's wound started to heal. Giving a sigh of relief Ichijo sat on the edge of one of the beds and gave a warm smile to Twilight who watched her wound heal.
"You're still as strange as ever," Ichijo said calmly to Twilight.
Having a moment of forgetting that he was there Twilight gave a small blush and looked at Ichijo who was smiling at her.
"Th…thank you," Twilight muttered softly that Ichijo teased her by putting his hand to his ear indicating he couldn't hear her. Getting flustered and angry Twilight's body started to shake.
"What was that?" Ichijo said smugly with a grin on his face.
Twilight shook more until she couldn't take it anymore and burst out in a blush
"I SAID THANK YOU!"
Ichijo looked at Twilight as she stood there with her cheeks a bright red and he just smiled at her. Knowing what she had just said Twilight covered her mouth and averted her eyes away from Ichijo. Not bothered by what she said Ichijo slowly put a hand on her head and stroked her hair gently. Twilight averted her eyes back to Ichijo and saw his smile was different this time; it was one with a gentle caring aura almost loving. She went to say something but before she could say anything she felt a jolt inside of her as her fangs started to ache with anticipation seeing the outline of Ichijo's veins Twilight's vampire instincts started to take over. Ichijo went to say something to Twilight but before anything happened Twilight had pinned him down on the bed and her eyes started to glow the crimson red. Hardly surprised Ichijo moved so his neck was easy to access for Twilight. Unable to sustain her hungry Twilight bit down into Ichijo's neck and started to drink his blood. Hearing the sound of Twilight drink his blood Ichijo gave a small smile and laid his hands on her back. Soon after Twilight stopped and looked at Ichijo who was still smiling and begun to blush as he wiped away some blood she had on her chin. Hesitantly Twilight begun to speak as her blush deepened once again.
"Ichijo…there is something I need to tell you." She began darting her eyes around until Ichijo placed one of his hands on her cheek.
"It's alright Twilight, I know." Ichijo hushed as his eyes started into hers as her moved his hand from her cheek to cupping her chin "I feel the same way."
Twilight felt her heart beat deeply and she began to tremble as she proceeding to actually say the words to Ichijo. All that slipped out of her mouth was continuous I..I..I…but Ichijo hushed her and pulled her face closer to his. Only seeing that their lips were inches apart Twilight felt her heart go again and this time she decided to let go and allow herself to be selfish this once as it was love right?  Not long after she felt their lips connect together, Twilight felt herself blush slightly as she slowly propped herself up still on top of Ichijo she smiled as her hair fell from behind her ears. She smiled at Ichijo and whispered in his ear
"Ichijo Takuma, I love you."
Ichijo smiled back at Twilight and whispered back into her ear

"Twilight Pegasus, I love you too."

Both of them stared at each other until they heard the door bust open with a frantic Nadeshiko breathing heavy. Nadeshiko looked at the two and how they were positioned giving a small grin.

"Oh my, I'm disturbing am I? I'll be going along my way now then~" Nadeshiko said slowly backing out of the room allowing the two to be alone again. Twilight just laughed and steadily got herself off Ichijo and placed her feet back on the ground. Ichijo looked at Twilight and gave a small chuckle and got up to. They both then proceeded out the door with Ichijo holding Twilight's hand.

Nadeshiko laid her back against the wall and observed the two leaving giving a smile. She wasn't sure at first about Ichijo but in that day she begun to understand Twilight's feelings and accepted how they were to be together.

"I guess I will be going to a wedding then~" Nadeshiko said to herself quietly taking her leave to her room as Shiki was watching from afar with concerning eyes until he eventually moved away to head back to the moon dorms.