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Dear Diary!
Oh wow, I'm glad I get to say that again. It's been a while since I filled up my last journal! I guess I'd better start with a bit of a refresher, huh? Okay. Here we go.
My name is Yuki Cross! I'm fifteen years old, which means I'm in my first year of high school. I have this super-weird, but actually kind of amazing, dad, Kaien Cross, and a...
Well, hm. I guess I really don't know how to describe Zero. I have a Zero; he's this boy my dad took in a long time ago, but I don't really see him as my brother, exactly. Maybe it's because I don't have a biological family, or maybe it's because Zero doesn't seem to treat me like a sister.
Anyway.
I also have a really weird, but really cool, job. Of course, you have to keep this secret, diary! If anyone finds out, it could cause a lot more than just embarrassment. I know most diaries only keep track of small secrets, like crushes and periods, but I have big secrets, so I hope you're okay with that.
Listen to this: vampires are real.
Okay, most people have a vague understanding of that. They're a secret danger to our society, lurking in the shadows. Most people pretend not to think about them, unless or until something bad starts to happen, and they're forced to come out and confront the truth about the darkness. For hundreds of years, they've been fighting with us, mankind's greatest predators and beasts in human form. At least, that's what everyone says – especially Zero.
But, my dad, Kaien Cross, believes that the time is coming for vampires and humans to set aside their differences. So he founded my school, Cross Academy, where vampires and humans can coexist, proving to the vampires' nobility, the Purebloods, that our races can live in harmony.
Isn't it so cool?!?
Anyway, vampires attend school at night during the Night Class, since they're nocturnal (though they aren't hurt by sunlight!), while human students go during the day. And so, to ease the transition between the two, there are two (DUN DUN DUN!) School Guardians! Members of the Disciplinary Committee by day, when night falls, Zero and I chaperon the switch between the Day and Night classes, and patrol the grounds to make sure that no vampire preys on a human on campus.
We're guardians of justice, just like in books! It's so exciting! We were picked because we are the only two students who know that the Night Class are vampires; if word got out, it could cause a war between the races, especially if someone got hurt in the process.
Sometimes it's hard to believe that vampires have caused so much misery and pain. Zero's family was killed by evil vampires, for example, which makes him hate everything to do with them. He really only serves as a Guardian because he owes Daddy his life. I know those things have happened, but seeing the Night Class, it's hard for me to understand them. They may sometimes act differently than us, with morals and guiding principles that are different from humans', but they're people, each with their own personalities and feelings. The only difference between them, and humankind, is the fact that they need blood to survive. Everyone in Day Class admires them for their distant politeness, and it doesn't hurt that each and every one of them is too beautiful to be real <3
Everyone in Day Class seems to have a favorite, just as though they were idol singers or models. Actually, a lot of them are idol singers and models, pretending to be human by day, as they've had to do for many years, in order to preserve their species. People think of vampires as a huge, looming menace, but their race is fragile and almost extinct from the constant pressure of the hunters.
My favorite, diary? Well... okay. It's hard for me to explain this, but... I have a crush on the head of the Night Class, Kaname Kuran.
He's so handsome, just like all of them, but he's also tall and brooding and mysterious. He rarely speaks, and his faint smile makes me totally weak at the knees! I'm sure after the massive secret I just put down in you, you can handle that secret, too. Sorry for writing so many D:
The truth is, my first memory is of Kaname. When I was very young, Kaname saved me from the vampires that killed my parents. Then, he gave me to Daddy to take care of. So... maybe I really am a bit Naive about the vampires. But I can't believe that all of them are completely evil... not after Kaname saved my life like that.
Well, Diary, that's all the time I have. It's getting dark so I have to go on my rounds again! I'll write more in you tomorrow.
I can tell we're gonna be the best of friends!
-Yuki =^-^=