A/N: This is the first fanfic I've ever wrote, so sorry if it's not very good. I'd love for reviews on how to help me write better, or any reviews for that matter I'm hoping to develop my OC into a bit of a Tsundere character, but not a complete one. I blame it on the fact that my favourite animes are Shakugan no Shana and Zero no Tsukaima. I just don't want my character to be completely kind and sweet. Because in reality, who really is? Vampire Knight doesn't belong to me but my characters and plot does.
Chapter one
It seems like many years ago now. It was only really a business meeting for my grandpa, but I found it fun in the end. It was all because she was there. Arisu Sanjo.
After a couple years at Cross Academy, my grandpa took me away to the Sanjo's mansion over the school holidays. The Sanjo's are a pure blood family, but the only pure bloods left in the line are Chika Sanjo-sama and Jiro Sanjo-sama, and their only remaining daughter, Hisa Sanjo-sama. Arisu lives in the second to main mansion of the Sanjo family with her mother Hisa-sama, along with other noble vampires of the same family. Her grandparents live in a very private, distant resident that's called the main house. She rarely gets to see them, not like her mother Hisa-sama wants to go visit them, anyway. They've never been on good terms.
When my Grandpa's limo pulled up the drive, he was giving me instructions on what to do.
"This business meeting has to go well, I need you be on your best behaviour," he told me sternly.
"Yes… What is this 'business' that you're going to be talking about, anyway?"
"Just some business, nothing that's interesting, nothing that you need to know about," his deep voice commanded. Of course I had to drop it.
"Then why am I going?" I asked cheerfully. I tried to not make it sound like I didn't completely mind going with him on the trip, although I did. I never dreaded going to one of the Sanjo's residents, but I dreaded spending the school holidays with my grandpa.
I'd met Hisa-sama with Kaname at a dinner party once. Just like Kaname, Hisa-sama also known for not attending parties either. It was a rare occasion to see her, let alone meet her. She's an eccentric person, very out there. It was then I saw her; Arisu walked down the halls main stairs in a beautiful purple dress, it contrasted perfectly against her short, raven curled hair, and lit up her deep violet eyes. She came over to us three straight away; one of the first things I noticed was how short she is. Even in her cute, little heels. Apparently her mother was on about her tenth martini, because as soon as she came over she smacked the drink away from her mothers hand and called her an alcoholic. She answered back by saying that she does not have a drinking problem, because she likes drinking so it's no problem. I remember that well because they were very funny together, even though most of their talk wasn't meant to be comic. I instantly was drawn to Arisu's presence, although we didn't have a proper conversation. We barely spoke at all really, only a few words were exchanged which was me introducing myself, and her just replying 'hi'. She did look a little pissed off about something; it was probably the fact she was at the party at all. Her face was a picture of boredom; looking back I'm not sure why I was so mesmerised by her. She was very… honest. Her complaints to her mother, and their constant criticism of everyone around them were very entertaining.
"You're going because you're my adoring grandson, and ever since I let you join that Cross Academy we've see very little of each other." I knew most of that was a lie. He just wanted pawn me off, show himself off as a family man, or any other reason other than just bringing me here for a holiday together.
We pulled up to this large, modern mansion. The maids and butlers were already lined up waiting for us, so they could ask us how our trip was, take our bags, and direct us to the main sitting room. Once we were seated I fiddled nervously with the ends of my shirt, it was nerve reeking being in a purebloods house with my grandpa watching my every move. What felt like hours – that was really only a few minutes – passed by. I was wondering which member of the household was going to greet us. I kept thinking that maybe Arisu might come, but there was little chance of that. I wasn't even sure if she was there at the time.
We were introduced to the head of the household eventually. A mocking laugh came from the other room. Then a grey cloud of cigarette smoke trailed in and with it the kimono wearing alcoholic followed; Arisu's mother, the pureblood named Hisa Sanjo-sama.
"Sorry about that, I was watching my soap," she said innocently, and very unapologetic.
"Was it a good episode Hisa-sama?" a maid asked. The women's cheerfully expression turned to the young girl, she nodded in a hyper way.
"Yes, it was. Tracey shot Andrew, and then ran away with his body and lifesavings."
"Why did she do a thing like that?"
"…I'm not sure, but it was fun to watch, I'm sure he deserved it."
"Why? Did he cheat on her or something?"
"Does she need a reason to kill the bastard? He's a man isn't he?" Hisa-sama pulled out her cigarette - that was in a fancy, French cigarette holder – and gave out a big breath of smoke. She narrowed her eyes intimidatingly at the young girl.
The maid looked terrified at the woman's expression. She coughed loudly as the smoke entered her mouth and down her throat. "Uh… no of c-course not," she stuttered.
"Stop scaring your own staff and tend to your guest instead, Hisa," my grandpa spoke like he'd known her for years. At the time I wasn't sure what sort of past they'd had together, I was even a bit shocked he spoke to her so casually.
"I'll get to that in a sec!" she snapped back at him.
"Mistress, it would be preferred if you didn't smoke when guests are in the house… or in the house at all for that matter," the maid whispered sweetly.
"Why?"
"Passive smoking kills too, and we're not all purebloods. If Arisu-sama was here right now, you definitely wouldn't be so openly smoking," the young girl pointed out.
"But she scares me," Hisa-sama admitted.
"What have you come to? Your own daughter scares you. You, a pureblood," my grandfather said to her mockingly. She shoved her cigarette to her maid, and stormed off to the massive, swirling red chair that sat in front of us. She plopped herself on it so casually; her back on the arm rest, her legs swinging over the opposite arms rest.
"Like my chair?" she asked us while spinning around like a small child on it.
The chair looked like what the evil scientists have in some of my action manga's. I thought it was amazing and I was dying to spin around on it, just like what Hisa-sama was doing right in front of us.
"It's hideous," my grandpa said bluntly.
A smirked crept onto the women's face. "That's a compliment coming from you. So this is your grandson, yes I've met him before. He's so handsome."
"Uh… thank you," I said modestly, I was unsure of what to say and what not to say. I had decided to keep my mouth shut most of time when Grandpa was in the room.
The rest of evening was spent with a bit of odd arguments from my grandpa and Hisa-sama, and then I was sent to my room to unpack while they talked in private about 'business'. It was then I saw her. I had just finished unpacking and I heard a knock at the door. I told them to come in; the door creaked open and a petite, raven haired girl entered. It was Arisu. She stepped in her casual cute clothes and her signature pout on her face. It was the pout that basically said she couldn't be bothered to be there doing what she was told to do. But then I was still happy that I got the chance to see her again.
"Oh, Arisu-san, it's nice to see you again," I said sheepishly, with a massive grin on my face.
"Yeah, my mother told me to… wait we've met before?" she asked with a dumbfounded expression. At the time, it almost broke my heart. I was depressed because I had been forgotten, yet I remembered her so well.
I perked up a bit. "Yeah, I was at that dinner party a couple of months ago with Kaname. We were speaking to your mother when you came over and snatched a drink from her," I attempted to remind her.
"The brown haired boy and that blonde haired boy talking to mother… um, yeah, I have a faint idea," she pondered innocently.
I perked down again.
"I'm sorry, sometimes I'm just not that aware of my surroundings I didn't realise you and Kaname-sama were there, Takuma-san," she spoke apologetically and kindly. I shot up in surprise to her bright, cheerful face. She knew my name, even though she could had just heard it from her mother before, she knew my name.
"What are you staring at?" she asked me, which snapped me right out of my thoughts about how she knew my name.
"Your cute face," I had said without thinking, like usual. My large cheerfully grin seemed to amuse and scare her.
"Stop that, it's freaky!" she shouted with no consideration to the fact I had complimented her. "I need to know if you would like any tea or sweets, etc."
"Huh? Your getting me treats?" I asked with a confused expression. I'd thought then that the staff would be doing that, not her.
"Don't make this harder than it already is," she moaned at me.
"Yes, yes. Well, if you're asking me then I'd like a cup of tea please…"
"Okay." She turned towards the direction of door ready to get me tea, but I hadn't finished. I imedently continued.
"And some cake if you have some," I followed with.
"Okay, I'll go look," she said, while turning back and flashing me a smile.
"And biscuits… maybe."
"Maybe?" Her voice went slightly angry, and she turned less tolerant.
"I think I will. It was a long journey," I protested. It had been a long drive, but then I was basically greedy.
"Okay." She flipped around towards the door, and was about to open it when…
"Oh, and have you got any-"
She cut me off. "I'm sure we don't," she scowled. Arisu slammed the door, to the guest room I was staying in, with full force.
I then started to lightly chuckle at her. She wasn't very tolerant, that never changed about her. She did grow more open with me and kinder.
I didn't know then that I'd fall in love with her. I knew I liked her, but I couldn't explain what that feeling was. It wasn't romantic at that time, but it grew to become romantic the more time I spent with her.
She came back fifteen minutes later with the tea, cake and biscuits. The full set of what I asked for. Apart the other food I wanted that I never got to ask. I was reading a manga, while lying on my bed, when she walked in. She was asking my why I brought books with me on a trip, saying 'are you going to be THAT bored?' She still hasn't read a manga properly to this day (as far as I know), even after much persuasion. I invited her to eat the food with me because I said that I couldn't possibly finish it all by myself. Her response was simply 'then why did you ask for it all in the first place!?' I replied by laughing at her again. She did sit down after a bit of rant about asking for things that are unneeded. We shared cake and biscuits for over an hour; we even talked about random things I can't even recall anymore. Then after that she'd bring me tea, biscuits and cake every so often and we'd chat for hours on end again in the room I was staying in. I still never got the chance to ask her for chocolate mousse, though. And then after that…
"Ichijou?" a recognisable voice called.
Takuma woke up from his nap, and peered up his sleepy eyes to Kain and Aidou, who hovered over him. He lifted his head up and pushed his back against the couch's arm rest. For a spilt second he was hoping to see Arisu above him, waking him up like she usually did. Suddenly a light object fell on his lap. His green eyes peered down to reveal the manga he was meant to be reading had fallen out of his hands.
"Oh, my manga, I must have fallen asleep while reading,' he pointed out the obvious, while sounding proud at the same time.
"I swear, are you really a vampire!? You're energetic during the day and falling asleep in the lounge during the night,' Aidou complained. Takuma just replied with a cheerful smile.
"President has requested to see you," Kain finally said. He wanted this to get to the point.
"Ah, I wonder what for?"
"Well, if you go then you'll find out, won't you," Aidou stated angrily.
"I guess I will, Aidou put this back for me," he said while shoving his manga in Aidou's hands.
"What?! Why should-"
Takuma cut him off. "Thank you, bye!" he called, while running up the stairs leaving an angry Aidou to tend to his manga, and a bored Kain.
The blonde haired boy sighed; he stepped towards Kaname's room in a daze. He wasn't fully awake yet.
"Aw, I was enjoying that dream; I haven't seen Arisu in ages, why did I have a dream about our meeting now? But I guess it's not like I haven't thought about her in ages," he said to himself.
He opened the door to Kaname's room. His eyes searched to find his friend in the dark room; he was peering out the window, looking down at something particular.
"Hi Kaname, I've been told that you wanted to see me," Takuma said. He tried to get close enough to see what Kaname was looking at so intensively. He was cut off when he turned around to face him. Kaname pulled back to sit on his couch in a relaxed manner, he gestured with his hand for Takuma to take a seat on the opposite chair. He did so unwillingly.
"I'm here to discuss the new transfer student that's arriving today,' he stated boldly.
"New transfer student? It's not really the right time for transfers, is it? This person will properly attract a lot of attention from the night time class, and maybe even the day class. Is it someone that important?" asked Takuma, while he rubbed his sleepy eyes.
"It's her."
Takuma's eyes widened faintly, he obvious knew this girl, though he was still unsure who he meant. 'He doesn't mean… no, I can't be. It must be someone else he's on about.' Takuma pondered in his mind.
"You still don't know, do you?" Kaname asked, with the same relaxed but scary expression, like always.
"Not exactly," he replied sheepishly. His friend, in return, sighed at him. He reached over table and handed a brown file towards him. Takuma opened the folder cautiously; he knew full well it was the new student's transfer's papers, and he was trying to get his hopes up about Arisu. He flipped open the cover steadily, trying hard not to think too much about who it could be.
Takuma's eyes became fully awaken to the name written at the top of the page.
"Arisu Sanjo…" he trailed off. He was filled with too many emotions to say anything else; shock, happiness, relief.
"She appears to be back alive and well." Kaname travelled steadily over to the window, he peered down to see the person he was looking for had arrived
"And she's here," he whispered to himself, making sure Takuma didn't hear the last part. Not like he was listening to him anyway, he was in too much shock. But Kaname didn't want him to react straight away to her reappearance.
His hand reached down to the table to pick up his glass; he sipped the blood tablet drink with an angry expression on his face. He knew that if she's here then she was obviously here for a reason more than learning. She wouldn't come voluntarily; she had to be order by someone particular to come here. Arisu was defiantly working with them, which put Yuki in more danger.
Her white Cross Academy night school uniform swayed in the wind. It looked perfect and new, and very bright. It didn't amuse Arisu, she didn't want to be wearing it nor be here. Though she was a resistant and fiery girl at times, she couldn't turn down these orders.
She looked up and down at the building, and sighed with the thought of meeting more noble vampires. She never leaves a good impression with people so stuck up. Well, that was what she had convinced herself anyway. She kept thinking how it was going to be worse than those parties her and her mother are always invited to. But rarely ever attend.
She pulled with full power on her bags; the wheels bumped up and down against the rickety ground and clashed every so often with the bigger stones. She refused to let her butler help her carry the bags towards the door. She wanted to do this all by herself. She wasn't sure what she was trying to prove by that stupid spontaneous action, she was even regretting it now. Arisu just decided she didn't like being looked after so much, especially after the incident with Takuma.
Arisu reached the door to the moon dorms and let her bags – and herself – rest for a second. She tried to catch her breath and think more about what she was getting herself into. She looked up and down at the door and really thought about the fact she was going to school. Most of her worries before involved meeting Takuma again, and meeting new people, but now it finally clicked with her; the idea of going to school. Her tired expression turned to pout at the idea of learning. Now she definitely didn't want to be here.
"School, how boring," she whispered to herself, which was followed by a big sigh. She gripped back onto her bags, took a deep breath, pulled down the handle of the buildings grand door and walked uneasily into the moon dorm.