All right, get back!
Oh. Wild!
Senri is looking so manly lately.
Hey, Shiki is mine!
Don't push! Please don't push.
It's already past the curfew for Day Class students!
Move out of the way, Disciplinary Committee!
Shiki!
I guess I can't handle them all by myself...
...all... by myself...
Hey ladies. Did you dream about me last night?
- I did! - I did!
What?
I'm so happy...
Then...
I'll take a detour tonight and crash Yuki Cross' dream!
Huh?
No fair! Only Cross?
Please crash my dream too...
W-Wait a minute. Aido...
I-I'm sorry. Kaname?
What do you think you're doing?
Oh no! It's Zero Kiryu!
Things were so peaceful while he was gone too...
Things I need to ask him...
Umm...
Err...
So many things I want to ask him...
How is your wound?
For all that time I didn't see you... What was going on?
And... Have you satisfied that intense thirst?
Hey, all of you go back to your dorms!
So many things I want to say...
The words are overflowing...
But...
- No! - Meany!
Zero...
Huh?
Welcome back.
Thanks.
Kaname Kuran...
White rose petals
Open one or two of them
And the memory of that day turns into color
Like tracing a shining thread
Time quietly passes
Swaying along with the ebb and flow
People are reborn
Your smile is so warm it melts my heart
- Like a faint dream... ...I've had
Even if the setting sun takes away this moment
Our shadows are one
Endlessly far vastly deep like crossed destinies
Grasp it again and again
Lose it again and again
We were finally able to meet
Like the sky seeks the earth flowers wait for the rain
and the night longs for tomorrow
I've been longing for our two hearts to become one
When one or two white rose petals fall
Our love becomes eternal
BURDEN OF SINNERS
What's with that "crash your dreams"?
So silly.
Well, if you appeared, it would turn into a nightmare.
What did you say?!
I admire that about you, Hanabusa.
Wh-What do you mean, Akatsuki?
You always play your part.
And that's not an easy thing to do.
Listen, everyone...
Huh?
I have a favor to ask. Will you hear me out?
With pleasure... Lord Kaname.
Lord Kaname, are you sure?
Snap.
Mmm... Such a beautiful fragrance.
Hello...
Huh?
You only had the Day Class to teach today?
Yeah...
Zero has returned.
I guess you would have noticed.
Zero was in a terrible condition.
I wonder how he regained his sanity...
Well. I'm not an excellent Hunter like you.
There're lots of things I miss.
However. I would never miss an ugly apron like that.
What? This is cute!
I-I'm sorry Kaname?
That guy's blood courses through me.
Has Yuki sensed that?
Kaname Kuran...
Ever since I sucked his blood... This vision I have...
of that...
that monster!
Zero...
Shizuka Hio appeared at the academy...
In order to stop his lapse into a Level E...
he had to drink the blood of that woman
the one who forced him into such a cruel fate.
Zero probably... couldn't drink her blood.
I wonder how much time Zero has left?
If drinking my blood could delay his degeneration
even for a short while I'd let him have all he wants.
There's no need to worry about me so much!
Zero...
I just wanted to protect you...
Kaname...
Being protected by Zero and Kaname...
Is that all I'm capable of?
Oh...
Zero...
Something I'm capable of...
Ze-ro!
Oww!
I worked hard all by myself for a whole week.
Well, tonight, it's your turn!
Geez, you are so!!
Isn't it time... you craved it?
I mean, you couldn't have any while you were in the medical clinic, right?
So tonight, you can have extra portions!
Quit joking around.
Oh...
Oh.
Zero!
I'm sorry, I...
I told you this before...
...but I'm on your side!
I'm not much good. I'm really useless...
So much so that I hate myself...
I wanted you to drink her blood, even if I had to force you.
It was the only way to save Zero...
All I did was cause him suffering...
I'm sorry.
Just what am I to you, Yuki?
Huh?
What are you... to me?
Please stop doing reckless things for me.
Oh...
Am I that hopeless?
This is terrible! This is terrible!
Headmaster...
Maria Kurenai regained consciousness!
Maria Kurenai did what?!
Ichiru!
You lied. Headmaster. He's right here!
Well. Err...
Listen. He's terrible. He said that Lady Shizuka had perished.
You're not...
Could you be Zero?
Maria!
I see... So Lady Shizuka met you.
Then... she really did die...
Lady Shizuka came to me and asked if she can use me as her vessel.
So I agreed to loan her my body from time to time.
In exchange, Lady Shizuka said
she would restore me to good health.
But we are blood relatives...
I didn't desire any kind of payment.
Shortly after she was born, Lady Shizuka was put into isolation
under the pretext of protecting her,
and she never experienced love from anyone.
That man she loved was the first person ever
to show her any love.
After losing him,
she lost herself and was filled with sadness and hate.
Zero...
Even if she was killed by you, I don't think she begrudged you!
Now. Now... Calm down.
You don't want a relapse.
Maria. That's!
Come now. Yuki. We must let her rest.
Zero, you too.
Wait... Zero.
I want to tell you, at least, the truth...
What is it?
That day, the Kiryus were pawns to get them to hunt the man...
There was a mastermind pulling the strings.
Someone who was not pleased that Shizuka. A Pureblood.
loved an ex-human vampire.
Shizuka discovered the existence of this mastermind.
And she tried to gain new powers in order to bring him down...
I believe her enemy is the Purebloods'...
and your true enemy.
My true enemy?
Maria also believes... that Zero killed Shizuka.
But... at that time Zero was...
Strange... I'm sure there was...
Good evening, Miss.
This is Cross Academy, is it not?
Oh my... I came after work so the hour is late.
This sensation...
You're a vampire, aren't you?
I see... You are a Guardian too.
Then tell me.
What is it?
Where is... the other Guardian?
Zero!
What do you want with me?
Zero Kiryu...
For the crime of murdering a Pureblood. Shizuka Hio...
By order of the highest authority, the Senate, I shall execute you.
The Senate takes pride in protecting the Purebloods,
and yet you slipped through and killed Lady Shizuka.
Wait! Zero isn't...
Back off.
Huh?
You can pay for this grievous crime with your life alone.
A cheap price, wouldn't you say?
Wha-?! How dare you crush a vampire's bones...
You soon-to-be Level E!
My strength has increased.
Zero...
I'm sorry but I can no longer sell my life cheap.
You can't escape from it.
You will be executed by us. That is your destiny...
This has nothing to do with you. So go.
I can't do that.
Shizuka had done something that made it inevitable
that Zero would hunt her down.
Lord Kaname Kuran!
Even if she was hunted by Zero...
So why must Zero be executed for the purpose
of upholding the sanctity of the Purebloods?
Kaname. If a Pureblood such as yourself interferes,
we will not be able to complete our mission.
I would ask to avoid sullying this Academy,
which I hold dear. From your foolish actions...
you dogs of the Senate!
Lord Kaname!
Leave.
Your choice to protect Zero Kiryu...
...will be duly reported to the Senate, Lord Kaname!
Are you all right?
What's the big idea, Kaname Kuran?
I couldn't ignore it...
The senseless execution of a fellow student by foolish men of my race.
Zero!
Thank you very much!
- Don't mention it. - Thank you.
But there is no reason why Zero should be targeted.
I know.
Don't worry.
Uh... No, you don't understand!
- How dare you speak that way to... - Now. Now...
Come on, everyone, let's go back to our rooms.
- But Lord Kaname was... - Let's go.
What don't I understand?
That Shizuka was killed by Zero.
Zero did no such thing!
Yuki, I'm not trying to turn Zero into a villain.
Then acknowledge that Zero is not the culprit!
Certainly. If you say so, I acknowledge it.
Huh?
I'm serious.
And I have always been serious about you.
Zero is not the culprit.
This talk is going nowhere, Yuki.
I don't care if it goes nowhere!
Until you truly admit it, I will not speak to you anymore!
This isn't a child's fight...
Oh, sorry, sorry...
Going so far as to defy the Senate to protect Cross Academy...
Just what is Lord Kaname thinking?
Does it matter what he's thinking?
Shiki, you...
What he's thinking has no bearing.
We simply obey. That's all.
I find this place quite comfortable...
Shiki...
Because Dorm President Kuran created this place for us...
I agree with Shiki.
You're right, I...
The Night Class exists with Lord Kaname...
Me too!
Me too...
What's wrong?
Oh, sorry. Did I wake you?
Can't sleep?
Yeah. I was thinking that I'm such a child.
I know.
Huh?
But I don't think that childishness in you is a weakness.
Good night.
Yori...
Need something?
It was you, wasn't it?
The one who killed Shizuka Hio after I injured her...
I've heard that the blood of a Pureblood has great powers.
So? Did you get it?
You heard? You ask as if it doesn't involve you.
But you have first-hand knowledge too, don't you?
You know, my blood can't really save you.
I pity you, Zero.
But I envy you too, being able to protect the girl you care about.
Hey! We're not done talking!
Maria told me... who the real enemy of the Purebloods is!
There is no need for you to know.
You...
I just realized... that there is another way of looking at it.
You can protect Yuki because my blood flows inside you.
It's as though I am the one protecting Yuki, not you.
Don't mess with me!
Kaname Kuran's blood lives inside me.
Isn't it time... you craved it?
Since I sucked Kuran Kaname's blood
my thirst should have been satisfied for a while.
But I really wanted Yuki's blood...
How you must have wanted to kill me...
Zero Kiryu.
Now that you have lost the object of your hate
where will you go?
Perhaps the cruel instincts of a vampire will take over...
Blood...
The pungent sweet smell of blood...
Yuki!
Zero?
What's wrong?
Yuki!
You're alive.
Zero?
I thought I had killed you.
Zero. I can't breathe...
Zero.
Are you all right?
Yeah.
I'm glad.
Yes... I want this gentle hand and smile...
Oh...
It's nothing...
The Senate sent men to the Academy?
Yes.
What is the Hunter's Society doing?
No matter how you look at it, they...
This is from the Hunter's Society...
A letter addressed to Zero.
A dry white cloud passes
Slowly drifting
I am gray
And I just watch it
Disappear
I gather stars
And make a sand castle
My small prayer
Spills over and falls
The wave that was lying in wait
Sweeps me off my feet
Next time: "The Eternal Promise"