I don't own Vampire Knight
Juuri = Yuuki's mother
Juri = Rido's daughter
Plus, it's my story, so Rido will be OOC for all I care.
First alternative night
Rido Kuran was buttoning up his shirt, as one of his servants came in. The servant bowed, and Rido sighed, wondering what it could be now.
"Lord Rido, I am here to inform you that your children has been born, just hours ago." Rido raised an eyebrow, though he masked his confusion. Children?
"I thought I was to have one child, at least, that's what she told me, before I left." He chuckled cruelly, remembering her reaction when he denied her and their child…no, children.
"No, she already named one of them, she's asking your permission to name the other." The servant further explained. Hmm, he's getting in my nerves, and I am rather thirsty.
"My permission? Well, what's the name anyways, come on, I don't have all day." Rido was getting irritated, he had no business with a woman he used, after all, she was no Juuri anyways. He felt a pang in his heart, as he was reminded of the harsh fact that Juuri was not by his side, but by his brother's instead. Then he felt anger, thinking of Haruka alone, the one who stole his Juuri!
"Sir, the child is to be named Juri, if you allow it." Rido's eyes widened, which then turned to anger, how dare anyone names their child after his Juuri, she has no right!
Rido's anger was barely shown, but not controlled as the servant vanished into dust, with him grabbing his coat, with the intention of confronting the Shiki's.
He couldn't believe the nerve of that woman, apparently she's lost more of her sanity than he expected. And also not telling him that he would have two children, she lied! Another good reason to just leave her, Juuri would never lie, not ever. He growled, as he walked outside, the sun was still out, but it was starting to set. Instead of walking there, he transformed into bats flying away into the household. Rido was working hard to keep his composure, which honestly wasn't hard, to him at least. After 3,000 years of learning to control your temper, it wouldn't be a problem.
Though, as cruel as Rido was, there was something tugging at his heart, something he has not felt in years since Juuri picked Haruka over him. But of course, he pushed it away, not wanting to have a soft heart once more. He didn't want to pick up pieces again, and yes, he's lost his sanity as much as Lady Shiki has, but unlike her, he brought himself back up, according to Rido that is.
Then again, he can never have Juuri now, not after he's done one of the most unforgivable thing ever. Taking her child away from her, just to receive power, he doesn't regret it not one bit, since it was also Haruka's child, however, he knows that she'll never forgive him. The memories of everything was coming back to him, and if he didn't stop the flow, he feared that he might have another anxiety attack. Instead he focused his thoughts onto his ex-lover and their children. He broke Lady Shiki badly, almost as much as Juuri broke him, however, he didn't have a child from her that was his.
Finally, he arrived in front of the Shiki household, and rather than knocking politely, he barged in, turning all who tried to stop him into dust, or bursts into flames. And in top of the stairs was a man he recognized, it was Lady Shiki's uncle. Rather than escaping, he bowed, and pointed him towards Lady Shiki's room. Because of this act, Rido spared him, but without a word or even a single glance, all he needed was to confront this woman. He walked in to find her lying down, but looks like she has woken up from a nap.
Lady Shiki had a crazed look in her eyes at seeing her former lover, but she didn't dare do anything that will get her killed. The small amount of sanity she had in her head was enough to ask Rido's permission into naming their daughter after the one he truly loves, and just maybe, she will be the only one in Rido's eyes.
"Lord Rido, how may I help you?" She asked politely, using her acting voice. He chuckled, and shook his head.
"The child, where is the child?" he asked, with a demanding tone. She sighed, and crossed her arms, almost like she was playing a game.
"Oh, so you didn't come to see me after all? Pity, but I will tell you, she's sleeping next to her brother in the room across mine." She quickly explained after seeing the murderous look in Rido's eyes. With a dramatic turn from Rido, he walked out of her bedroom sharply. Lady Shiki sighed once again, but this time dreamily.
"It doesn't matter if you come back to me Rido, after all, your children's blood has some of yours as well." She muttered to herself, before going back to sleep, since the affects of birth can last some time, even for Vampire Women.
Rido walked in the room, though slowly, as the last thing he wants are crying babies, especially two. There was a crib in the room, though only one, and he peered in the crib, trying to figure out which one was which. He chose the one wrapped in the pink blanket, and knew immediately it was a girl. However, as soon as he looked at her face, it was the hugest mistake for him.
The baby looked just like Juuri, even if she was a newborn, there was no doubt about it. Same eyes, same nose, ears, and maybe even chin. The only difference was the hair color, this baby's hair was more red, but he didn't care. Some could say that his obsession with Juuri blinded him into imagining the baby looked like her, but in truth, the baby did in fact look like her.
Rido slowly picked her up, and the baby's eyes immediately opened, and his heart immediately melted. She had the Kuran's typical eyes, crimson red, and the same shape. The baby looked up at him, and started gurgling, almost like a smile. Rido nearly smiled himself, but held an emotionless expression, but inside, he was feeling pride and an over-protective shield covering his child. All the turmoil he went through with Juuri disappeared, and felt even a little regret for killing the baby Kaname.
"Hello, I'm your father…..Juri." He breathed out, the baby giggled, of course, it could've been gas, but to him, it was the warmest thing he has ever felt in a long time. He sat down in the rocking chair besides the crib that was probably never going to be used had Rido not come. Rido started humming a tune he used to hum to Juuri, when she was just a babe. And slowly, the baby's eyes started drooping, and the air was filled only with the twins and the father breathing. He put his child back into the crib next to her sleeping brother.
Rido wasn't sure what to feel about his son, although he can feel the power of the Kuran running in him rather than his sister. Yes, I see, it's a shame they're not purebloods, otherwise we'd be running the Kuran family as we should. Never mind that, I'll train him to be even stronger than Kaname, and Juri to be more graceful than her. With that thought, he made up his mind, and walked into Lady Shiki's room. She looked up at him, though this time, with a calmer look, but you could still see the crazed look in her eyes. They had a mental conversation with each other, and Lady Shiki sighed.
"I see, so you've decided to name our daughter Juri after all. Of course, Senri wouldn't have been a problem anyways." Rido raised his eyebrow, Senri, huh?
"I've decided that I'll marry you instead of Shizuka Hio." Rido announced, Lady Shiki's eyes widened, her uncle's eyes also widened, as he was eavesdropping in their conversation.
"M-my lord? What about the council? They would not allow this, you are a pureblood." She explained, though in the inside, she was jumping for joy, and maybe her insanity dropped down a little.
"Never mind them, I'll deal with them myself, as well as Hio. But first, a little problem we need to fix, in order to ensure a good marriage." He walked next to Lady Shiki, and put his face close to hers. She froze, knowing what was about to happen; and as expected, he put his lips softly on hers, but a strange feeling entered her mind, almost like it was driving away the insanity that was implanted in her mind nine months ago. And slowly, like her daughter before, her eyes drooped, and she fell back in her bed. Rido just stared at her, with no emotions, not anything.
"Know that I am only doing this for the sake of the Kuran family, and as my job as true head of the family, nothing else." And with that, he left to deal with senate, and Shizuka Hio, though he had a feeling the latter would be much easier to deal with, knowing she wouldn't mind, as Hio is in love with someone else.
Rido shook the dust off of his hands, with a bored expression on his face, while Shizuka Hio was absent mindedly staring out the window. He stared at Ichio, the head of the senate, with an icy glare, and Asato just sighed.
"Your attempts are futile, no matter what, I will marry Lady Shiki, not Shizuka Hio." Asato entwined his fingers and rested his chin on top of them.
"And tell me why the sudden change, if not a good reason, I'll take away your children." Rido's eyes widened, no one will take Juri away from him! He already lost his true love, but he wasn't about to lose his only daughter.
"Ichio, may I remind you that I am a pureblood, and while my father may have stopped the monarchy of Vampires, know that I can re-established that particular law." Rido threatened, and Ichio held his emotions intact.
After a long time of deciding, Ichio relented. "Fine, I'll agree to this, but know that I cannot protect your family as others might hunt for your children's blood, after all, half of their blood belongs to the Kuran family." It was a warning, and he'll give Ichio that much, but he already knew that fact.
Rido nodded his head, and turned around, Shizuka had already left to meet up with her lover. Strange, he was going to have plans to do something against Hio, but since he had a family to support, he decided not to put her lovers name on the list of Level E's to be hunted.
The only thing in Rido's mind was to go back to the babies room and hold Juri in his arms once again.