Hey, everybody, I'm on break from school until my Introduction to Weather Class on June 11th. So enjoy!
*This is a prequel to my 'Romeo of the Night and Juliet of the Day' fanfic. It tells the plot of before the actually the story happened from the meeting of Hikaru Taiyou Daiya and Haruka Yoshio Kuran to when Kaname saved Yuuki after the massacre of the Daiya Province.
*WARNING!There might some spoilers of my main Vampire Knight fanfic along the road. So please be prepared.
Notes you should know for this Fanfic:
*Purebloods can avert their bodies back into that of small children. (Inspired from Kaname's reincarnation into a baby.) When they lived as un-aged early to late twenty's year olds for a while and then revert back into children again. They continue like this until they find a spouse and have children together.
*Don't forget to read my own One-shot of a version of Vampire Knight Episode 15, 'A Different Course of Action' and another one about fourteen year old Yuuki cutting her long hair, in 'A Treasure for a Treasure.' Please comment and Review of what you like of them. And thank you for your patience.
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Zero (Sorry to his fans) isn't in this fanfic, so I need to come up with ideas to get Yuuki to willfully give her blood to Shizuka.
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The Bloody Paths that have become intertwined
Chapter 1: The Meeting of the Fathers
1,000 B.C.: Late Jomon Period Japan:
It was a warm summer night; the full moon was in the center of the sky, signaling that it is around the time of midnight. A small boy that looked about five years old with short straight brownish black hair and reddish brown eyes wearing a decorative grayish blue medium length sleeved light fabric kimono with dark blue triangular patterns that went just a little lower than the mid-thighs with a royal blue obi and no sandals on his feet was hiding behind a large rock from a large mean looking black wolf that looked a little over a year old that was growling furiously at him and a smaller meeker black wolf pup that look about five months old that was hiding with the small boy.
He was behind a large house made of straw and wood that was bigger than all the other houses in the village. There were about twenty five houses all together. Some of the villagers were fast asleep from their duties during the day, but others were hard at work, guarding the village from intruders like thieves or spies from the other villages, while others were tending the crops, protecting them from crows and other pests that just happen to be sneaking in the night.
It has been this way since anyone in the village can remember. Half of the village will be awake and work during the day, and the other half will be awake and work during the night. However what the half that was awake during the day didn't know is that the half that was awake during the night were not like them at all. Not only that, they drink blood from each other and live longer lives without aging for some periods of time. The night active half of the village…is made up of vampires.
An older muscular boy with messy brown hair a garnet red left eye and an icy blue right eye in a more decorative blackish gray short kimono with blood red sword like slashes designs, no sleeves, and was a little shorter than the younger boy's kimono and no sandals as well that appeared to be thirteen years old came out of the house with an amused smirk. He looked like a bit like the younger boy, only had an evil look about him.
"You and that mutt of yours afraid of Kage are you little brother?" he asked. "Were just minding our own business, when he just growled and barked at us as if he was going to attack us, brother." the boy protested. The puppy yapped in agreement. "You just have no backbone, that's your problem Haruka." the older brother said, "Just the weak link in the chain I guess."
"Father said, just because I'm younger than you doesn't make me weak!" little Haruka snapped, "He'll be crossed when he learns that his heir is behaving like a tyrant." "Father's not here, he's still away observing that hunting and gathering trip to get food to those flimsy yet delectable humans." his brother said with a delightful smirk on his face, "Probably fattening them up for us. They made not be very good as allies, but they are good for food, especially the lovely young maidens."
"He also said that we're not supposed to drink the humans' blood." Haruka said trying to sneak pass Kage with the puppy following close behind him, "You know what will if we bite them. And if you do bite them, you have to take responsibility, Rido." "Who's going to make me, you and that mutt of yours, or maybe your friends will do it for you?" he asked, "Oops! I forgot you know have any friends. Do you little brother?" "It's not my fault! There aren't many vampire kids my age around here, and the humans who are my age are asleep during the day." Haruka protested. "As if they would get close to you." Rido said sharply. Haruka went silent and hanged his head low at that remark. It was a mystery how the two brothers with two different views are related by blood.
Then Kage made a sharp growl and snarl and then barked fiercely, and the puppy ran off with his tail between his legs away from the house. "TSUME!" Haruka yelled as he ran off as well. "Don't get lost, little brother!" Rido called out teasingly, not caring if his little brother ran off and gets himself lost. He acted as if it wasn't his problem.
Haruka chased the black wolf cub as fast as his legs could carry him, but he was too fast for him. "TSUME, COME BACK!" he yelled after the black wolf pup. He chased that little wolf up and down the paths of the village and then he ended up to the edge of the village. Before he knew it, Haruka was passing the rice fields and was near the border of the forest.
"TAKE THAT, YOU TYRANT! COME BACK AND FACE A REAL WARRIOR!" said a random child's voice. It was coming from the deep forest. The children of the village weren't supposed to go in there, but apparently a boy ignored this rule.
"YOU'RE NO MATCH FOR THE LORD OF THE DAIYA FAMILY!" the voice yelled out. For some reason, that name sounded familiar to Haruka. Then he heard small barking sounds inside the woods, it must be Tsume. Despite his better judgment, Haruka went into the woods.
"WHAT'S THAT? YOUR LEVEL E ARMY IS GOING TO DRAIN THE BLOOD OF EVERY FAIR AND PURE MAIDEN IN JAPAN?" the voice said a little louder as he got closer to the source, "THINK AGAIN!" Then he came up to a clearing and there in the center was a young boy about Haruka's own age.
He had short straight light golden brown hair and darker brown eyes. He was wearing a dirty plain yellow kimono that was off the upper body and still covered his waist to the upper parts of his thighs and had no sandals. He was holding a wooden sword, a bag fill with wooden arrows, and a bow around his right shoulder. The trees were scarred and there were arrows in some of the trunks of the trees. In one of the tree's branches, was a pure white snowy owl chick about five months old.
"AH HA! TRY TO STAB ME FROM BEHIND HUH?" the boy said, he must be playing warrior or something, "THAT WAS A BAD MISTAKE!" then he lunged at the trunk of a tree and swung his sword as if he was trying to cut it in half. Haruka hid behind the trunk of a tree and stayed quiet, not sure what to do. Whether to head back, or face this mysterious boy. But he still needed to find his wolf pup.
Then as if on cue, Tsume came running to the boy and licked his right ankle. The boy jumped in surprise and then turned around to face any threat but smiled when he looked down at his feet and saw the small black canine. "Hey little fella! What are you doing here?" the boy asked as he bend down to his knees and petted the pup's head as he wagged his little tail, "Are you lost? Did you lose your family? Hey Odin, looks like we made a new friend today." The little owl chick clumsily flew down to the boy's right shoulder.
Haruka considered going back to the village since he wasn't sure about this boy. He could be from another village. He was told that he should be careful about others from another village; human and vampire. And a human wouldn't be awake at this time of night, so he must be a young vampire. And he should be especially careful about other vampires.
He was about to turn around to head back as he turned towards the direction of the village. But he needed to get Tsume back, so he turned back around. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" the boy, who recently gotten behind when he was thinking of heading back, yelled at him. "AAHHHH!" he screamed falling back and landing on his rear.
"This is a secret place for warriors only, just because you're a vampire of an obvious noble family, doesn't mean you can walk here and join in!" the boy said, acting and walking around Haruka like a military leader, "DO YOU THINK YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A WARRIOR KID? WELL DO YOU?" "Um well…I…uh…" Haruka started to say as he got up from the ground, wanting to say he was just trying to get his animal guardian. "Alright, you're in." the light hair boy said. And then he held out his right hand to shake his. "Welcome aboard!" he exclaimed.
Haruka was pretty perplexed by this boy; he didn't know how to act around him. "What's wrong? I won't bite." the boy said dumbfounded, "Much." he said under his breath. "What?" Haruka said. "Nothing." the boy answered shaking his head.
Haruka looked at the light haired boy suspiciously. "So you are a vampire, aren't you?" he stated. "Yeah, you caught me." he said putting his hands behind his head in a relaxed pose laughing nervously, "But you're one too as well. And by your aura, a Pureblood right?" "Well…yes I am." Haruka said looking away shyly.
"This boy is weird" Haruka thought, "He's a vampire, possibly a Level C, and he talking causally to me, Pureblood. Not that I mind it" Haruka just looked at him awkwardly. "Oops! Sorry, I've been talking without knowing who are or introducing myself. I'm Hikaru, Hikaru Daiya." The boy said. "Daiya, of the respected Pureblood Daiya clan, that lives in the mountaintop village a hundred miles north of mine?" Haruka said perplexed. How can this wild, dirty boy be a Pureblood, and shouldn't he be in his family's province, instead in the forbidden forest where people of their class shouldn't be.
"How come I don't sense your Pureblood aura then?" Haruka asked extremely confused, "All I can sense is the aura of a Level C vampire, or possibly a human." "Oh that, It's an ability I had always had." Hikaru explained, "I can disguise my aura into what whatever being's aura I feel like. For instance, if I want to pretend to be a Level C vampire or a human, I disguise my aura into that of one. The only way people can tell that I'm really a Pureblood is when my blood is spilled a bit."
"That's amazing!" Haruka explained, "But why is a Pureblood like you doing out here in the forest at this time of night without supervision?" "Simple, I don't like being confined in the village the whole time, so I sneak out whenever I can." Hikaru answered.
"What about your father?" he asked. "He's a good guy and he knows about my sneaking out as well as my mother, but the others who help them raise me don't need to know do they? And the village I'm staying at is near by." Hikaru said. "You're a bit of a rebellious boy aren't you?" Haruka stated. "I prefer to think of myself as free-spirited." he stated back. Haruka suppressed a small snicker.
Then he remembered his manners, "Oh sorry! It's nice to meet you; I'm Haruka, Haruka Kuran." he said. "Haruka Kuran of the high and all powerful Kuran family huh? And part of the oldest Pureblood family in vampire history" Hikaru said. Then he gave a friendly wave of his right hand. "Nice to meet you. Mind if I call you 'Haru'?" he asked. "Why would you call me that?" he asked. "Well because you look like a 'Haru' to me." Hikaru answered back.
"But why give me a nickname at all? You don't even know me." Haruka asked. Hikaru pondered about that question for a bit. "Well you seem like a good person. Someone who could be a good friend, and when you're good friends with someone, you can call them by a nickname." he answered, "I like to be called 'Karu'. 'Hik' also a possibly, but that sounds like I get the hiccups very often."
Then suddenly Haruka started to slightly chuckle and when he started laughing uncontrollably. "What?" Hikaru asked. "I have to admit, you're quite an odd boy." he answered. "What's that supposed to mean?" he asked in a pout, making an annoyed face. "I mean you have the guts to talk to a fellow Pureblood as an equal or a normal person and that hilarious little joke you just made, it's so amusing." Haruka answered.
"Me wanting to be your friend is amusing?" Hikaru asked almost hurt in a way annoyed way. "Not that I wouldn't be your friend. I didn't mean it to sound that way.
It's just that there haven't been many people, human or vampire that was willing to be my friend or just treat as a normal boy because I'm a Pureblood. Except for my father and Tsume" he explained.
"Who Tsume?" Hikaru asked. "My animal guardian, I was looking for him when he ran off." Haruka explained. "You mean this little fella here?" he asked holding the little pup and handed to him. "Yes that's him." Haruka said.
Hikaru pondered about Haruka's situation for a minute. "Maybe they just didn't give you a chance to get to know you." he stated. "Anyway, I would be very honored to be your friend." Haruka said bowing politely. "If we're going to be friends, you don't have to be so polite." Hikaru said with a chuckle, "Also, I will call you "Haru" and you'll call me 'Karu' instead of Hikaru okay." "You know what?" Haruka asked quizzically with an amused smile. "What?" Hikaru asked puzzled. "'Haru' and 'Karu', our nicknames rhyme." he answered. "Oh yeah, you're right." Hikaru said. And then both boys started laughing.
"It's good to meet you, fellow warrior and friend." Hikaru said, extending his right hand out again. "Yes it is, friend." Haruka said with a very pleased smile on his face as he shook hands him. For the first time, other than Tsume, he finally had someone to call a friend.
"Here's another power I have; telling if someone is good or bad from the warmth of the touch." Hikaru said. "Really?" Haruka said. "Yep, and I was right that you will be a good friend with your warm as a flame body temperature." he explained. "I hope I meet your expectations as a friend and a warrior." Haruka said teasingly, nearly bowing before he straightened himself up.
"You better stop being so formal with me or else I'll cut you down to size." Hikaru teased with a wink. "Thanks for the warning." He teased back, "But don't think you be able to cut me with thing." "Watch it!" Hikaru snapped with an annoyed glare. But then the two boys laughed heartedly again in the joyousness of their new friendship.
And from that moment on their paths and the paths beyond theirs were bonded and intertwined each other now and forever.
*Don't forget to read my own One-shot of a version of Vampire Knight Episode 15, 'A Different Course of Action' and another one about Yuuki cutting her long hair, in 'A Treasure for a Treasure.' Please comment and Review of what you like of them. And thank you for your patience.
Don't forget to read, comment, review, and recommend my other fanfictions to others, you might just like them as well.