Let hatred be your sustenance and grow up quickly...
dear Zero.
You wish to kill me, do you not?
I want to watch you forever.
Those eyes which are filled with hatred belong to me alone.
You and I are tied by a bond, which cannot be severed.
Huh?!
It seems that woman is alive.
Trembling in red in red in red
To the edge of the dream of the dream
Every time I'm stifled to death after I give up so many times
These feelings that have no place to go awake me
Your innocent smile knows it's a cruel existence
Because of the distance
Even if this incurable wound corrodes my heart
I can't refrain these thoughts that dwell within the darkness
Trembling in red in red in red
To the edge of the dream of the dream
We met and now the wheels of destiny are turning
A secret that no one knows
I fall I fall I fall
I can't go back even if I carve out my sins
I'm sure of that
I pick Wild!
I like Idol!
Yes. If I could dance with Idol.
It would be the ultimate!
CRIMSON GAZE But don't you think Ichijo would be nice too?
He seems the type to lead so gently.
Zero hunts vampires.
Zero said he could never forgive himself...
How did he feel when he pulled the trigger?
Hey! Snap out of it!
Oh, sorry.
Acck! Everyone, get back!
Don't you think they're unusually excited today?
It's because of that troublesome event.
Make sure you're ready when the gate opens.
Huh?
Don't push! Please don't push!
Just a little!
Softly... Very softly.
If you take one step in front of me, I'll make you cry.
Don't worry about him! Be brave and go!
Zero has been tame lately, so don't worry about him!
- Yeah, yeah! - Hey!
Don't give me any trouble.
Wait!
Need help pushing them back?
Huh?
- Nah... - Huh?!
Sorry, everyone.
No fair!
It's always only the Disciplinary Committee!
They're so jealous, so cute.
Umm... Please let me go. I'm going back.
What kind of attitude is that? After I came to your rescue.
You're bothering the Disciplinary Committee, Aido.
- Huh? - Huh?
Yuki... If you keep trying so hard, you'll get hurt badly one day.
Oh...
Umm... Okay, I'll be careful.
Why'd you get dragged off like that? Let's go!
Hey, Zero!
Oh...
It's awfully noisy today.
The ball is nearing.
I can't wait for the ball.
Seems tiring.
Are you upset that I let Zero go the other day, Yuki?
Zero was born a "Hunter."
So jobs like that are bound to come his way sooner or later.
You're saying it's his duty?
In order for Zero to live as a human.
In any case, I have a request of you.
To show a transfer student around.
A transfer student?
Yes. She was scheduled to start much earlier.
But she has a weak constitution
and she was resting at her villa deep in the mountains.
- Huh? - Oh, I think she's ready.
Come in.
Um... Good evening.
Huh? Night Class?
This is Maria Kurenai.
Miss Kurenai, this is my daughter, Yuki.
Oh, nice to meet you.
You look delicious. So healthy...
Listen here! That is taboo at this Academy!
Oh...
I'm sorry. Nice to meet you too, Yuki.
Oh!
The library is over that way.
And that's the classroom the Night Class is using today.
Huh? What's the matter?
Yuki... To be honest. I'm scared that I've transferred here.
Can you believe me?
A vampire who's weak won't be accepted by the others.
I just know it.
Oh...
See? You don't believe me.
No... I just didn't expect to hear that.
I don't think you need to worry.
The Dorm President and the Vice-dorm President
are both very kind. And...
Just call me or the Headmaster if anything happens.
We'll come to your aid.
So don't you worry, Maria!
Oh!
Thank you, Yuki.
I love... girls like you.
A transfer student... who arrives late.
Mysterious, isn't she? I smell a crime.
Are you talking about the book you were reading yesterday?
Looks like she's really coming... the transfer student.
Hmm...
Hey! My chocolate Pokey!
I was going to give some to Dorm President Kaname too!
I was looking forward to it, and now it's gone. Huh?
I'm so glad this class seems like fun.
Say, isn't class starting yet?
You there... Just who are you?
"You there"?
Tell me...
By "you there," are you addressing me?
Huh?!
Since you're the new transfer student.
All you had to do was introduce yourself first, Maria Kurenai.
Oh...
I'm sorry for causing a scene...
Lord Kaname Kuran.
Oh! I got to meet a Pureblood! I'm so happy!
How do you do.
Oh, I'm sorry. I think I've made everyone uncomfortable.
I think I should leave the room for now.
What's with that girl?!
Don't get so upset.
Frowning creates wrinkles between your brows.
That's none of your business!
Hey, Hanabusa...
Zero...
Huh?
What are you standing around when you're on duty?!
What's with...?!
Oh. The Headmaster told me...
Huh?
That girl you rescued recently?
Her memories of that time have been erased
and she's doing fine.
What a relief. Huh?
Not really.
Huh?
I didn't go to hunt that Level E just to save someone.
In the first place, that's got nothing with me personally.
It's just work.
A Hunter's duty.
Well, if that's the way you feel, Zero. Fine.
But you always just satisfy yourself with your own reasons.
You don't seem interested in studying either.
Isn't that why you went alone this time?
Something as important as "hunting a vampire."
If you don't say a word and
you disappear from campus so suddenly...
Who do you think worries the most?
For a moment. I thought you might have run away.
I hate to think about it...
But someday, you might not tell me and leave
to take revenge on the vampire that killed your family.
I'm under no obligation to tell you something like that.
Yes, you are.
It's my job to kill you, isn't it?
I have the pistol you gave me for that duty in my drawer.
So that I won't forget my promise.
That's true. If I disappeared
and you couldn't keep your promise, you'd be in a bind.
But you're assuming that I'm going to be defeated, right?
That's so rude.
Huh? I don't need you to tell me that!
But I believe in you. Okay?
Why you...!
Huh?
Maria? Is something wrong?
I think I went too far with my prank.
Now everyone hates me.
Zero? Hey...
No!
Huh?
Pointing a gun without provocation!
What's the matter with you, Zero?!
No...
Who... are you?
Nice to meet you. I'm Maria Kurenai.
I'm sorry if he surprised you.
He's also a Guardian of the academy.
My partner, Zero Kiryu.
Usually, he wouldn't go this far...
No, maybe he would.
It's my fault for wandering around, right? I'm sorry.
And...
Thank you for covering me, Yuki.
You're so nice. I really like you.
I know... Girls like you have very tasty blood.
Let us be good friends!
Day Class students need to go to their dorms!
Isn't it worse than St. Xocolatl's Day?
Huh? What's this?
It says, "Please ask me to be your dance partner."
Hmm? No thanks. You can have it. Rima.
Huh?
Shiki, I hear you're a model?
You're very popular.
Hey...
Oh, sorry.
Class has begun, yet you're not in your seats.
Are you still kids?
Let's begin.
Kaname...
Come in.
This girl... Maria Kurenai says she feels nervous
in her current dorm and can't sleep.
Also, for the sake of keeping peace in the Night Class...
I'd like to be excused from dorm life for a while.
I understand there's an empty dorm
that was used when the Night Class was first established.
I'd like to stay there.
All right. I'll talk to the Headmaster.
Huh? You're allowing it?
I'm so happy! Thank you!
Maria Kurenai went through all the proper channels
and was accepted as a transfer student.
Other than that. She was born with a weak constitution...
and she's never attended a "Night Social Club."
That's about it.
There's nothing particularly strange about her.
She probably just doesn't know to be afraid.
Say, Akatsuki...
Have you ever seen "that woman" before?
That woman?
I'm speaking of that Pureblood whose lineage is on par with Kuran...
she disappeared after going mad...
Shizuka Hio.
After the Kiryu family incident, she went missing.
It's also said she died. Unfortunately, I never met her.
What of it?
No... it's nothing.
Let's stop this. Talking about her is bad luck.
Yuki, you seem tired.
These days, it's hard to control those fans outside.
Isn't it. Zero?
Huh? Yeah.
The ball is approaching, so it can't be helped.
But it's more than that ball.
I'm worried about the year-end exams.
Now that's a problem, Yuki Cross!
Huh?
The ball is a Cross Academy tradition!
It's said that the class that scores the lowest
in the "year-end exams" is forced to work as backstage help.
Huh?!
I'm very worried, Yuki Cross.
You're the one who always brings down our class average.
Class President. That's a cruel way to put it.
The ball is an important official function
for the Day and Night Classes to participate in together.
If... I lose the opportunity to dance with Ruka...
I will hold a grudge against you forever!
Yikes! I'd better study like my life depends on it.
If I don't, I'm definitely going to fail.
Why don't you ask your father to find you a top-rated tutor?
Oh? What's wrong?
You can't go there!
The Day Class is in session!
Geez, there's going to be trouble! Maria!
You're making such a fuss.
I just wanted to see the café terrace.
How fun!
Hey, watch out!
Huh?! What're Night Class students doing here?!
Huh?
Don't go near that transfer student.
Even if we ignore her,
that Vice-dorm President will do something.
Zero? O-Okay...
Yuki...
Huh?
Good afternoon!
This is the second time I'm seeing you during the day.
Even Idol is here!
Ido... Aido!
No! He's embracing her!!
The other girls will go mad with envy and bully you...
Yuki Cross.
Huh?!
Aido... Can you spare a minute?
Oh, perfect timing. I wanted to speak to you too.
Huh? Hey, Zero!
Yuki, be very cautious of Maria Kurenai.
And you... don't fight!
I'm worried.
I-It'll be okay, I think.
No, I meant you.
Huh?
I'm sorry, Yori! Please watch my textbooks!
She ran away!
Hey Disciplinary Committee! Explain this to us!
Hey! You're being chased too? What a pain, huh?
Ichijo... Where's Maria?
Well... She slipped away from me
while I was being chased by the Day Class girls.
Oh... It's hard on you too,
being a Night Class Vice-dorm President and all...
and having to do this sort of thing.
W-Well... I suppose, if Kaname asks...
not only me, but the entire Night Class would act.
Pureblood vampires have countless powers...
Including the ability to make other vampires obey them.
But even though Kaname acts distinguished,
he doesn't desire such things.
That's why I take on these undesirable tasks.
Ichijo...
Hmm... When you're around,
the girls are too scared to come close.
It's convenient. At times like this. It's lonely though.
And?
Does Maria Kurenai have something to do with "that woman"?
"That woman"?
Shizuka Hio...
You're awfully rude.
Calling one of our Pureblood Princess without a proper honorific.
I guess it can't be helped.
After all, she brutally killed your family.
Anyway... Kurenai is a distant relative of the Hio family
from ages ago. That's all.
For four years,
I haven't been able to trace her whereabouts...
Isn't it because she changed her appearance?
I know nothing about that.
Only Purebloods themselves know everything
about the powers of a Pureblood.
But what's more important is how you feel, isn't that so?
I'm curious about that too.
Why?
For the peace for the Night Class?
Don't kid around!
You have a bond with her that only you can understand...
A bond soaked in blood.
Huh?!
Kaname... What should we do about that transfer student?
Ichijo, you can look after her.
Eh?
If I take a public stance, it will cause a problem.
Because the pawns she desires are gathered here
in this academy.
Pawns, eh? I guess you could call them that.
But is it sheer coincidence that they're all gathered here?
No, I gathered them.
Looking at me with those eyes...
Zero is so cute.
Envy is unsightly.
How fun...
Hi Miss Alice.
With your eyes made of glass
What dreams
Can you see?
Are you consumed by?
Once again my
Soul's been ripped apart
Pouring out
From the seam of my patches
Piercing
Are memories
Still you do not answer
Next time: "The Princess of Darkness"