A/N This is my first ever fanfic so please review the next chapter is half written, but would love some input as to what people think of the setting please no flames I promise there ill be some AidoxYuki love soon enough! Auriela .S.
Prologue
Kaien Cross drove along the snowy road, worried about the sleeping girl in the back seat of his car. 'Yuki Kuran, you are human for a reason' he thought aloud to himself.
He had found her wondering about, cold and shivering in the snow, scared and disorientated, a vampire about to devour her. Kaien Cross had quickly disposed of the vampire and picked up the collapsed Yuki from the cold snow. Cross knew exactly who she was. He had been one of the few people that Juri Kuran had trusted with the secret of their precious pureblood daughter. When he had spoken to Yuki she seemed to have no recollection of who she really was and he had promised her he would take her somewhere safe. However, he was still pondering as to exactly where safe was. He couldn't take her to the association- they would surely want to keep her locked up, he could not bring her to stay with him as he was under close watch from the Association. The only thing he could think of doing was taking her to a family that were followers of the Kurans, a family that served them with unwavering loyalty. Someone that he could trust with the secret of Yuki's true origins even if she was human now.
While the little Yuki was asleep, Cross thought about political events he had attended as a hunter on watch, desperately trying to remember who was at the Kuran's sides. Ichio was around the Kurans for a lot of the time but he seemed like a cruel man with hidden agendas left, right, and centre. Not a man to be trusted, with a secret this important. Nagamichi Aido could be a possibility, he was well known as a strong supporter of the monarchy and his family linage was on par with that of the Ichijo family, he seemed like a reasonable person, someone he could maybe trust. He had children as well so maybe Yuki would be able to get along with them. Cross smiled to himself, if Yuki was anything like her mother then getting along with Aido's children wouldn't be a problem. It was then decided he would make sure that Yuki would be safe at the Aido's.
Cross drove up the long, elegant driveway to the Aido mansion, snow covering everything, making it seem almost completely magical.
"hmmm… uhh!" he heard a startled noise from the back seat of the car just as he was pulling up to the door.
"Ahh Yuki you're awake! How did you enjoy your sleep?" Cross put on the happiest voice he could to make the girl feel more comfortable. She simply nodded and looked at the magnificent mansion out the window.
"…so big" she mumbled almost inaudibly
"Yuki this is the safe place I was telling you about, a good vampire family lives here they have children you could play with"
"Good…vampire?"
"Yes. Now I will go and speak with them Will you be a good girl and stay here for one minute Yuki?" Cross smiled at the young girl and she simply nodded again. As Cross reached the door he hoped he was doing the right thing, before he could ring the doorbell it opened to reveal the family butler.
"Can I help you sir?" The butler looked disregarding as he clearly realized Cross was a hunter.
"I'm looking for Nagamichi Aido it's urgent, it concerns the Kuran purebloods"
The butlers demeanor changed at the mention of the Kuran's and he went to fetch Aido Straight away.
"What is this? A hunter comes to my door unannounced I can assure I have done nothing to offend the hunter association, so I see no reason as to why you would be here this late at night, and what is this urgent business about Kuran-sama you have with me?" At this a small hand reached up and tugged on Cross's jacket, big brown orbs staring up at the elder vampire with questions and uncertainty.
"This man said this place is safe from the bad vampire, that there's good vampire's here" Yuki must have moved from the car. Cross thought this isn't good I can't discuss this in front of Yuki as she will become scared
"Lord Aido if we could please speak in private" I lowered my voice, "There are aspects of this matter I do not wish certain ears to hear" Cross aiming his eyes towards Yuki and the servants in the household.
"Very well, it's Kaien Cross isn't it? This way" Leaving Yuki with the butler after assuring her he wouldn't be long Cross and Aido made their way to Nagamichi's private study.
The interior was dark with mahogany wood paneling and dark leather seats, an extensive bookshelf ran the entire length of one wall and a full length window allowed the moonlight to shine in.
"So you can talk safely here. What is it? I have little patience for this."
"Are you loyal to the Kurans?" Cross asked looking directly at Nagamichi.
"Of course I would never betray our pureblood king, I am outraged you would even ask me such a question." Cross could tell Nagamichi was not lying.
"I just had to be sure, because what I'm about to tell you has to be kept in the utmost secrecy." Nagamichi looked suddenly serious, but stayed silent "The girl downstairs is the daughter of Juri and Haruka Kuran. This night the Kurans were killed I don't know the details of what happened but what I do know is that Juri Kuran's wish was to see her daughter grow up a normal happy human child. Before she died she must have transformed her daughter Yuki to human to begin the fulfillment of her wish" Nagamichi Aido's face was astounded, he was unsure how to take this. The hunter had said everything with such seriousness, not even flinching for a moment, but it could not be true. The small girl downstairs is-was a pureblood daughter of the great Kuran family. Nagamichi decided to respond rationally.
"Then why have you come to me about this matter: why not go to your Association?"
"Lord Aido, you of all people should know what they would do with her if they found out what and who she was."
" I understand, but you wish me to do what: bring the girl up in my household? She is a human, and we are vampires. If a human life was truly Juri Kuran's wish then I don't see how raising her here is going to fulfill that wish?"
Cross put his left hand to his head and sighed "I need somewhere where she can be safe. I need someone who is powerful enough to keep prying hands away from her and you have the necessary authority that can protect her from the evil of this world, you can make up a past for her, a name, but most importantly you will do all of this because you are completely loyal to the monarchy and Yuki is ultimately a princess." Nagamichi could not argue with the hunters case. What he had said was absolutely true, he was loyal to the monarchy the Kuran's especially and if the rest of the Kuran family were truly gone, if this girl ever awakened she would be the head of the Kuran family. The more he thought about it the more Nagamichi thought that taking her as a ward seemed a good idea and he could see the reasoning behind the hunters decision.
" Very well Kaien Cross, I will take care of her."