Yuki Kuran

Yuuki Cross (黒主 優姫, Kurosu Yūuki?) is the adopted daughter of the headmaster of Cross Academy, a 16 year old first year student who wields the Artemis staff, an anti-vampire weapon formerly used by her mother. She begins as a human, a Guardian protecting the human students from the vampire students.

Personality
Yuuki is close friends with Zero Kiryu, who she becomes determined to help once she discovers he had been turned into a vampire, following which their friendship rapidly evolves. She has been in love with Kaname Kuran, a pureblood vampire, since he saved her as a young child, but her affection is later divided to include Zero as well. She is generally a kind, caring, cheerful, and comedic character, but often portrayed as not being very smart, being a poor student due to the fact that she is a guardian at night and student in the daytime, giving her little time to study and sleep. She is often kept ignorant by other characters who know more about goings-on, which results in her character feeling guilty for being unaware of the suffering of other characters. Hino Matsuri has described Yuuki as a healing and soothing character, who exemplifies her justice side.[2]

Appearance
Yuuki is pale with shoulder length brown hair and big brown eyes. After her awakening as a vampire her hair grows long and she posses the same etheral beauty as all purebloods. Yuuki bears a striking resemblence to her mother, Jurri Kuran, which Rido commented on when he met her. She is 5,0 ft tall and her blood type is O.



Plot summary
Towards the climax of arc one, Yuuki is revealed to be a pureblood vampire, and the Kuran princess. Juuri Kuran, her mother, had sacrificed herself ten years earlier to perform a spell that would transform Yuki into a human and erase her daughter's memories. Kaname re-awakened Yuki's vampire side when the original threat of Rido returns to harm Yuuki. This revelation alienates Zero, but the two fight together to defeat Rido. The formerly close friends part ways after Zero tells Yuuki he intends to kill all purebloods including her, while finally revealing his feelings for her. Yuuki’s response is left unknown for several chapters until she admits she has an attachment to him as well as to Kaname. Yuuki had left with Kaname after advising Zero that she intended to run from him forever so that he continues to have a reason to live. Yuuki's character makes little progress during the one year time skip, spending the entire time inside the Kuran mansion, dealing with vampire hunger. Following the supposed suicide of a vampire at the peace ball, Yuuki is provoked into taking action. Bourne from a desire to be useful, she offers to help kill any pureblood intending suicide, to prevent the sacrifice of others, being completely unaware that the original death was actually murder. Yuuki's mission reunites her with Zero and he ends up taking an injured Yuuki to a Vampire hunter safehouse, where she almost bites him. Upon her return home, Yuuki is finally told the truth of Kaname’s true nature and who he really is.