A female with the ability to change into the Twelve Japanese Zodiac animals has served humans, hunters, and vampires for more than ten thousand years. She stays with her current 'master' out of uncertainty, guilt or a sense of purpose, Will she ever find her purpose in life?
SilverMew22 does not own Vampire Knight
AN: Starts from Kaname the ancestor's memories, so it may contain spoilers, also it is told from different point of views (POV) but it is mainly just their thoughts or actions. POV will stay on the main character of the story but switch over sometimes to show actual progress and thought in other characters.
'Thoughts' / "Speaking"
Rated M, for mentions of blood, violence, and death, also to be safe.
The Zodiac, A Vampire Knight Fan fiction
Chapter 2 ~ In Human Territory
~Dreams~
Everything was pitch black again with small swirls of colors forming into strange yet familiar shapes, twelve to be exact and a whirl like ring in the 'sky' or more above the other swirls, they all spread out from time to time but never went beyond the largest 'ring' some were dull gray or white, while a few others were golden while the ring like swirl was silver.
How strange, it's like something is keeping them there.
"Are you sure she's okay, she hasn't awakened in weeks?"
"That's what Lord Kaname said that she just needs some rest, that's what he said and he has never steered us wrong before."
"I guess so, but..."
'Whose voices are these?'
"They're humans genius!"
I looked down to see a white swirl-a rooster was speaking to me?
"Now wake up Enzeru!" It said as I looked up shocked to see an approaching dragon's gaping mouth coming for me and the rooster.
The girl's eyes suddenly opened as her body shot forward in a cold sweat.
"A-are you okay?"
A strange man's voice asked in concern. I looked over with a startled expression towards a small family of a man and a young teenage boy, who was staring quite endearingly at me, creeping me out a little.
The man stood up telling me that he would tell Lord Kaname of my condition, while the young teen stayed behind to 'stay by my side.'
'... ugh... '
"What's your name young maiden and what are you to Lord Kaname, is this his coat are you perhaps his lover, what happened to your ankle, you were sleeping for a long time are you-"
I covered his mouth, neglecting my hatred for physical contact as I looked down to see I was indeed still wearing Kaname's coat.
He could tell I was confused with some of his questions, especially with my name and what I meant to Kaname, just by the look on my face.
"You're very quiet, are you okay?"
He asked yet another question.
The young teenager moved from his stool to the bed I was laying on, making me more irritated.
'Hey, he smells differently from both me and Kaname, so this is how a human smells.'
I moved a bit closer to get a better sniff, while he moved in closer to close the distance.
Startled by his action, I moved back and he looked disappointed then determined and moved forward again, parting his lips and moving my hair from my face, to behind my ear, before his father came barging in, causing the boy to quickly move away from me, as I pressed my body against the wall in fear and confusion.
The father looked at the scene before him in confusion, before saying that Lord Kaname would see me after sunset. Now that I think about it, we only traveled after dark and rested under the shady trees during the days when the sun was at its highest.
"You seem to mean very much to him"
The man smiled at me again.
"What was your name again?"
The man was checking my ankle by lifting the hem of the coat...then he saw his son behind him trying to aim his sights a little higher, the man pulled the boy's ear and tugged him outside for 'a talk' earning a small sweat drop from me.
~A few hours later~
The door swung open revealing Kaname, he walked over to me, picked me up as I groaned in protest and as he politely thanked the two males, as one looked pleased while the other looked upset.
(Enzeru-POV)~
I was given a small yet comfortable room of my own, in the small house where the village people could easily reach Kaname. He walked over to me and quickly healed my ankle "you are of more use to me now."
He whispered to me as he grabbed a near by syringe and walked towards the door.
"Become a small animal and check on the humans, locate all the humans who are too ill to come to me directly and come back before the sun sets, but for now you must eat."
Kaname left the room as I turned to see a pile of apples at the foot of my bed.
(An Hour or so Later)
A golden snake with dark blue pupils and a white under belly made its way out of Kaname's home and into the village. She saw many bed ridden humans by poking her small head through nooks and crannies of the village people's houses.
She never questioned why Kaname openly used her until now.
'Maybe it's because I'm not human, that he feels he can use me and yet I'm okay with it, I have no real purpose or sense of being and yet I am so different...so strange.'
'I remembered the small group of people looking for others like them, like Kaname...is that what I should do too, should I look for others like me?
Kaname opened his front door to the barks of a large yet slender golden Collie-Retriever mix.
The dog went straight to her room and emerged later as Enzeru, in a loose gray dress shirt and pants. She walked over to Kaname and waited for her next orders.
"Have you found any?"
Kaname already had his syringe, I nodded and we both walked out, ready to salvage this village of fragile humans, together.
(10 years later)
"We're almost home girl"
The man behind the ranges of a cart pulled by Kaname's special horse said as he spoke to the animal as a form of comfort and gratitude.
'I must admit that she is quite an intelligent animal since she knew where all the best crops for every year's season were at its most bountiful, maybe Lord Kaname taught his horse where to go, but still, where was that girl from ten years ago...where was she now?'
Though I already had a son, my wife hadn't made it through the labor.
Once word spread throughout the village, that girl came right away and like an angel watching over us, my son grew healthier in her presence, but something was off...she never aged, not in height or anything, I even asked Lord Kaname for her hand in marriage once while I was still quite young, but was denied without a second thought, till this day I still can't stand that man, though my son almost worships him, but I also noticed that Lord Kaname also never aged either, which I brought up with the towns people and even though I spoke the truth, they ignored me because they thought there was a better explanation for his strange behavior of never being active before dark, or taking any food other then small portions of whole fruits, mainly apples from our extra harvest for that girl he has kept away from everyone, like some prized pet or-oh Kaname's horse seems to be weary better take her straight to Lord Kaname, I think he might be with a patient now.'
(Enzeru-POV)
'This year's harvest was good.'
Enzeru thought to herself as she slowly pulled the cart with the two humans riding behind her in the seat.
'And as always, Kaname was right about the time and location to harvest...honestly I don't think the humans even need us anymore.'
The boy was trying to grab my tail again so I allowed my body to slow a little more so he wouldn't have to reach that far and fall off.
'I'm glad he finally moved on and went off to marry someone else after Kaname had taken the liberty to deny him for me, he knew the young man wouldn't understand my situation, it was for his own good.'
I tried to reassure myself with rational reasoning, but in my heart I had already accepted the fact that maybe I wasn't able to love or be loved, to trust another being with my true self, I didn't even know who I was beyond this strange ability.
A tired sigh escaped my lip as the elusive thought of love plagued my mind once again, I couldn't possibly ask Kaname about something that he had not even obtained for himself, love was so strange to me, it was so frightening to watch and think that could someday that might be me...no never, I would never cast my heart out in a sea of sharks by a thin thread that could so easily be cut, caught, and viciously torn apart.
There were days when I watched the humans and wondered how someone could make another person so happy and with death so sad, to the point that even I became fearful of becoming too attached to another person and made a silent promise to kept my heart at a distance or run away if I ever got to close and save us both heartache
... no, I'll just never fall in love, how hard could that be.
But I never realized there were many forms of this beast called love.
I realized that the boy was still talking, saying something about a good harvest, but I felt so weary that I consciously kept walking towards Kaname who was with a patient, I wonder what he is up to, the farmer and I gasped in realization and horror.
'Kaname...was taking blood from a human!'
