Vampire Knight

Synopsis

Cross Academy is an elite boarding school with two separate, isolated classes: the Day Class and the Night Class. On the surface, Yuuki Cross and Zero Kiryuu are prefects of the academy, and attempt to keep order between the students as classes rotate in the evenings. As the night class is full of utterly gorgeous elites, this can sometimes prove to be a bit difficult. It is completely necessary, however, as those "elites" are actually vampires. Yuuki and Zero act as guardians, protecting the secrets of the Night Class and the safety of the ignorant day class.

As the adopted daughter of the academy's chairman, Yuuki takes her job with a serious and energetic attitude. It also allows her to interact with her secret crush and savior, the night class' dorm president, Kaname Kuran. Zero, on the other hand, has a deep-rooted hatred against vampires, and at times, does not hesitate to kill.

Can vampires and humans co-exist, even in the strict setup of the Cross Academy? Only time will tell.


Main Character


Age: 15 - 16 years old
Height: 156 cm

The adoptive daughter of the headmaster of Cross Academy, Yuuki is a member of the school's disciplinary committee (public morals committee in Japanese), which is the 'front' for the Guardians. Ten years prior to the events of "Vampire Knight," Yuuki was attacked by a vampire, but was rescued by Kaname. She has lost all memory of her life before the attack, and Headmaster Cross took her in as his own daughter. Yuuki loves Kaname, and even though she has witnessed his vampiric nature when he bit Ruka, she still couldn't stop loving him. However, she has also started to let Zero, a childhood friend, drink her blood, hoping to save him from madness. Yuuki is cheerful and easygoing, and thanks to her work as a Guardian she is good at keeping her cool in sticky situations. There have been hints that she is special, given that vampires are especially drawn to her blood. Her weapon of choice is the "Artemis Rod," an extensible staff she received from Headmaster Cross.

Eventually, it is revealed that Yuuki was born a pureblood vampire, a member of the Kuran Clan. Her mother had sacrificed herself to seal Yuuki's vampire side, as well as her memories. Yuuki's existence was hidden from the other vampires. She was kept in a basement in the Kuran Mansion without any windows in order to protect her from both her parent's older brother, Kuran Rido. It was when he attacked the Kuran family, seeking to take Yuuki, when her memories and her Vampire side was sealed.

This also makes her Kaname's sister, and her intended fiancee, meaning Yuuki was born to be his wife.

Zero Kiryu (錐生零)

Age: 17 - 18 years
Height: 178 cm (Beginning of Series) - 183 cm (Currently)

Yuuki's childhood friend, Zero is also a Guardian and likewise on the disciplinary committee. Yuuki has been taking care of him as her little brother since he was brought into their home (the Headmaster's). His family, a line of vampire hunters, was murdered by the pure blood vampire Shizuka Hio when he was young. He harbors a deep hatred for vampires and claims to have taken on the role of Guardian to learn to hunt them better. In truth, Zero was bitten during the attack on his family, and have kept the secret that he was a vampire from Yuuki until he was no longer capable of controlling his vampiric urges.

Zero's body rejects the blood tablets that most vampires take to control their hunger. Drinking Yuuki's blood helps him maintain his sanity, but he is destined to become a Level E vampire eventually. He has started to accept his feelings towards Yuki and has gone as far as to almost kiss her. Zero's weapon is the gun "Bloody Rose," given to him by Headmaster Cross. He made Yuuki promise that if he becomes a Level E vampire, she will kill him with that gun.

-Time Skip-

After the time skip of about one year Zero has been living off of Blood Tablets; after the incident of Yuki being awakened as her true self (being that she is a pure blood and Kaname's fiance); the the entire school being attacked by Vampires; and Zero "eating" his twin brother in order to gain his full power back. Zero has become a strong and very powerful being...even a great threat to the Pure Bloods. He continues to go to school (with reluctance), but cannot stay in the dorms due to him "hungering uncontrollably...by night" and hunts vampires at night to quench his thrust all the more on chapter 50. He can now control himself without Yuki's blood, but it is still difficult...His personality is still the same, but he still loathes the Pure Bloods to the point it makes him nearly insane.

Kaname Kuran (玖蘭枢)

Physical Age: 18
Height: 184 cm

A pureblood vampire. He saved Yuuki from an attack by another vampire when she was little. Kaname is the class president of the Night Class, much feared and respected by the other Night Class students. While he is cold and authoritative towards his fellows in the Night Class, he is always kind and sweet to Yuuki. He has shown that he cares deeply for Yuuki ever since he saved her, and loves her in a romantic sense.

As a Pureblood, Kaname is capable of controlling lesser vampires, but he chooses not to exercise his powers, thus earning the respect of the Noble vampires. He shares the Chairman's hopes for peace between vampires and humans. He worked with the Chairman to create the Night Class at Cross Academy and with his presence, allows the Night Class to be kept in check. But the real reason Kaname agreed to attend the academy is so that he can be near Yuuki and protect her as she is his love.