Okay I was talking to one of my FanFiction buddies -ApocalypticDisaster- and then I told her about my idea of Maria, Ichiru and Zero being Shizuka's children, then we both liked the idea and I started typing.

First and foremost Kuruizaki is Shizuka's last-name and in this story she had a brother/husband and I dubbed him Iruka, which means gem, or something along the lines of that.


For centuries the vampire world was been under the thumbs of the two largest of the Pureblood vampire families, the Kuran and the Kuruizaki.

The Kuruizaki-hime amazed the vampire council when she presented her three children: Zero, Ichiru and Maria, to the world. All were so beautiful with stunning violet eyes and silver hair, their violent and reckless nature –that they had inherited from their mother- shown through when they slaughtered the clan of hunters who killed their father.

The Kuran family was sure to give their children, Kaname and Yuuki, a more peaceful outlook on their eternal life by befriending the vampire council and Hunter's Association. The brown haired, crimsoned eyed offspring of this family were quiet and liked to keep to themselves, but were as dangerous as the Kuruizaki clan when the time was needed.

These two vampire families looked upon each other bitterly and refused to have anything to do with each other, and silently they wished for the other to die off so more power and wealth would be granted to their family.

But their leaders shared one thing in common: they loved their children dearly and would do anything for them.

~X~

Maria, the youngest daughter of Kuruizaki Shizuka Hio, danced around the maze in their large estate with her twin brothers, Ichiru and Zero, chasing after her. Following them were their parents, Shizuka and Iruka Kuruizaki, laughing as they were joined hand and hand. The calm night loomed over them; stars twinkling the moon full like an eight month belly.

"Catch me if you can!" Fourteen year old Maria called out, her long silver hair trailed behind her like a veil.

"I think Ichiru would be good for our little Maria." Iruka stated Shizuka swatted her husband's shoulder.

"Do you deny Zero? Maria is his birthright, he being the first born and all."

"No, my darling, Maria is our spitfire princess and Zero is our ruthless prince, their personalities will clash and although they do get along –and jokingly plan world domination- Ichiru is softer, calmer he'll help Maria become gentler and be a mother when the time comes."

Shizuka sighed and snuggled closer to Iruka. "Spoken like a true poet, did you print that in one of your novels?"

"No," Iruka laughed. "But it'll make a great story." The couple turned their attention back to their children to see that fifteen year old Ichiru had caught Maria around the waist.

"The sad thing is…we have two males and one female, they'll want Maria to take two husbands." Iruka sighed. "How could they ruin something that beautiful?"

"She's my daughter, she can handle her brothers." Shizuka commented. Maria had already started feeding from both of her brothers since she turned thirteen, thinking herself older because of her growing need for her brother's blood.

"Yes, but will it be fair to Ichiru and Zero?" Shizuka met the violet eyes of Iruka and he frowned. "They are already upset that she's been feeding from both of them. There will to win her could end them both, Shizuka, you must see that." Shizuka looked back at her children.

Both Zero and Ichiru were skilled with swords and other medieval weapons of destruction; they could kill each other without much effort and what then? Maria would be left alone with no brothers or fiancé and she'd blame herself for it all.

That couldn't happen; they all had to stay alive. After three decades the Kuruizaki's were finally the largest Pureblood family and their children out shined the Kuran's offspring, they had to win; they had to be the royal family.

"I think…we should let things run their course, Zero loves his sister but he needs someone who will need him and ask for his protection." Shizuka finally decided. Iruka ran his fingers through his wife's long snow white hair.

"Sara Shirabuki-hime then?" He asked casually. Shizuka turned her pink eyed glare at him.

"She touches my son I will have to decapitate her, Iruka." Iruka bursted out laughing, catching the attention of his family.

"What's so funny, Otou-sama?" Zero called. Iruka smiled at his son and earned a look of confusion from all three of them.

"Nothing children,"

Kuran

"Yuuki," Kaname called out for his sister, he opened the door to her basement room and spotted his beautiful thirteen year old sister, sitting on the couch reading. It was a book of the world, with pictures of the outside, something Yuuki longed to see.

"Yuuki," Kaname called again. His sister finally looked up at him, her warm brown eyes burning with the same intensity of the sun; she was either upset or angry.

"Onii-sama," she whispered, shutting the book she walked over to her brother's side and planted a soft kiss on his cheek. "Where are Otou-sama and Okaa-sama?"

"They're tired from their trip and want to rest...Yuuki, why are you upset?" When he saw his sister's eyes flash a crimson, he knew he did something wrong.

"Do you have to ask, Onii-sama?" She pushed him away and turned back to face the opposite wall. "The only outside connection I have with the world are my books and I want to see the real thing."

"Yuuki it is too dangerous, the Kuruizaki clan-" Kaname began but his usually gentle sister had had enough of it.

"I know the Kuruizaki clan will not hesitate to kill me. Being cooped up in here is worse than being dead." Yuuki turned back to her brother and gripped the fabric of his shirt. "Onii-sama…please I beg of you," her voice softened and she rested her chin on her brother's collarbone and looked up at him. "Please speak with Otou-sama and Okaa-sama about my freedom. I want to go with my family to the parties and see the snow you tell me about, I want to live."

Kaname looked down at his sister; he could see tears start to glass over her beautiful eyes. How could he deny his sister's wish?

He lovingly brushed a tear away from her eye and embraced her. "I will talk to them, I promise." Yuuki smiled and suddenly kissed her brother's full mouth. Before Kaname could react she pulled away and laughed at the want written across her brother's face.

"You'll have to work for it." She teased pulling away from her brother and then landing promptly on the couch and retrieved her book from the coffee table and continued reading, like Kaname had never even came in.

Kaname smiled at his sister and retreated back up the staircase from the basement. How would Juuri and Haruka react? Of course they wanted Yuuki to go outside but they feared that Rido Kuran, their older brother, would try to kill her. Though Rido has been having different ambitions lately, mainly involving his half-blooded son, the Kuran family was trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together.

Before long Kaname found himself standing outside the tall wooden door to Juuri and Haruka's room, he raised his hand to knock and fixed his best poker face into place. Here goes nothing.