Yuuki Cross yang diserang oleh vampire ganas saat umurnya 5 tahun di malam yang bersalju diselamatkan oleh Kaname Kuran, vampire lain yang berdarah murni. Tentu saja keberadaan mereka dijaga agar tidak diketahui manusia dan murid lain di tempat itu. The third novel is the only novel thus far to have been licensed by Viz Media and released in North America. The third novel, Vampire Knight: Fleeting Dreams ( ヴァンパイア騎士ト煌銀の夢, Banpaia Naito: Flail no Yume), was released in 2014, featuring side-stories about Rido Kuran, Sara Shirabuki, and Yuki's and Zero's activities during the timeskip. The story focuses on two minor characters, Nadeshiko Shindo and Kasumi Kageyama, from the manga, following their respective unrequited love at Cross Academy, as well as detailing a case that happened when Akatsuki Kain and Ruka Souen go to visit Senri Shiki and Rima Toya's modeling studio. The second novel, Vampire Knight: Noir's Trap ( ヴァンパイア騎士凝黒の罠, Banpaia Naito: Nowāru no Wana), was published on October 3, 2008. The first story within the novel looks at an incident that occurred at Cross Academy in the year preceding Yuki's arrival about a Day Class student named Fuka Kisaragi, while the second story details an incident that occurred while Zero was still in training to be a vampire hunter alongside Kaito Takamiya, another boy training under Toga Yagari to be a vampire hunter. The first novel, Vampire Knight: Ice Blue's Sin ( ヴァンパイア騎士憂氷の罪, Banpaia Naito: Aisu Burū no Tsumi), was published on April 5, 2008. The novels feature side-stories that use the characters of the manga, but are not specifically based on chapters from the series.

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