Vampire Knight Disclaimer:
I do not own VK, but I do however..
own my characters, in which I have placed...
in CROSS ACADEMY for your reading pleasures...

AYATORI
(Cat's Cradle)

Chapter 01
Za Rosuto Neko
(The Lost Cat)

One would see a cat walking on the side of the road, and not think twice about it. They don't think if it's a stray, or if it is lost. They don't think if maybe someone is worried because this creature has escape. No body ever thinks twice when they see a cat. But when a child is lost, or has strayed away from home, people worry and question it. Then there are those that appear as the teenager, and they have returned to the lost cat. They walk through the market, and no body thinks twice of them. They think they are there to shop, or to look at things. They do not think that they might have just woken up in a place that they don't know about, and have no way to find their home, because it was distroyed by the demons that call themselves vampires.

When a cat is lost- nobody cares. And when a teenager is lost- nobody cares either.

It was a bright and sunny afternoon when I had first discovered I was not in my house. In fact- I was nowhere near my home. I was on a park bench and nothing was with me except the clothes on my back, and the blade in my back pocket. The only memories I could recover that had happened last was the intense feelings of heat- flames. As if the place around me was burning, and dark smoke fixed the air to be so dark, I could not open my eyes. I felt around, finding a window that was closed, and sealed. I grabbed the object nearest to me, a chair, and threw it through the window. The smoke began to clear, and I could open my eyes the slightest to gaze outside where in the tree hung my mother and my father, both dead as Vampires, those vile creatures, sucked at their blood.

I felt myself yell as I reached to my back pocket and pulled out a small round ball with a plug on it. It had posions to kill a vampire, but to a human, it was pointless to use. I pulled the plug and threw it out, those demonic creatures retreating as I jumped out of the second floor window and down to my parents where they hung lifeless. Shit... I cursed to myself as I quickly cut them down. Please be alive... I said checking for a pulse, anything.

I could feel the bombs posions drifting through the wind and those demons returning. I reached to my other back pocket and pulled out my blade- Kenakachi- my blood red blade. I spoke his name and he grew, defending me form those vile creatures attacks as I could not fight back. I was no vampire hunter, although my parents were- I was merely one who tampered with the arts, but never took them seriously. How I had come to wish I truly learned...

"Are you okay?" I was brought back from my memories as I leaned against a building, my hand falling to my side as it seared with pain. I looked up to see a girl- no- one of those vile creatures. I looked behind her to see two more. One was once a human- I can tell that much.

"Demons..." I told them of thier nature- of what they were. "You shall die!" I said pulling out Kenakachi.

"Woah woah woah- please do not pull that out here! People around these parts are peacefull with vampires unless they are a level E." The girl said paniced at my blade. She should be scared, especially after what her kind has done to my family. "I'm Kurosu Yuuki..."

There was no need to reply to a creature of her specimen. I just glared at her, wishing for her and the two guys with her to leave me be. "You're wound is deep- you'll be attracking a lot of vampires with that unless it is treated properly." The man to her right said, his dark brown hair, and red eyes telling me he craved what blood I had in me.

"Tsk- I bet you just want it for yourself." I said, not going to tolerate them. I pushed off the wall and turned to leave the market place.

"Please- we want to help you." Yuuki said trying to stop me.

Sometimes, there is someone who wants to help a stray cat, to find it a good home. Were these three demonic and vile creatures that person to really save me? Or were they the dog that chased the car until it caught it, and killed it? Who can I really trust in a place like this- well no one... But they are the first to offer. "I will never accept help from your kind." I shot at her, hoping to get her to leave me alone. It hurt once more, and it hit me what it was- "Shit..." I said as I could feel those vile creatures posion in my system.

My eyes opened as I layed on a bed, and I felt one of the creatures from before in the room which I layed in. I closed my eyes and sighed, I had been defeated. They had to have been waiting for me to awake so that they can kill me slowly, and let me hear the sound of my own blood being taken from me. I shuddered, picturing it all, and it really creeped me out. I felt dirty- I know they touched me, and I could still feel their vile aura on me. "You're awake..." He spoke coolly. I turned my head, and looked to the white haired boy. "I will go and get the chairman..." He then stood up form the chair he was in and put the book down he was reading.

Sometimes- if the cat does not trust the one who wishes to help him. They will take the cat anyways, and help him. Should I have trusted those creatures of darkness and despair? Should I have let them save me before I fell defenceless to them? What is happening to me? It's like my senses are failing. The door opened, and the boy returned with a man with long hair, but there was no dark aura from him. Was he not a vampire, or was my senses really dying.

"Hi, my name is Kurosu Kaien. I'm the chairman at Cross Academy... I'm here to help you, but I need to know your name..."

He says I can trust him... And I believe him... "Ririkku... Aikouka Ririkku..." I could hear myself. I sounded so weak, I am weak...

"Rikku-san, can you tell me how you can wounded so badly?" He asked me and I could remember.

"Vampires..." I told him. "Kamoku Saito... and Kamoku Kaito..." I said remembering their faces and names. "My parents were hung and drank of their blood... my house was burnt to the ground, and I thought I could take them on... those vile creatures who ruin the lives of humans... and for vampire hunters... We are there to protect... but they were weak..."

"Kamoku..." The man before me said as I gazed to the window. "Kuran-san should know about them... unless they were a level E..."

"Nobles..." I said remembering them. "But they had attacked numerous people in my homeland... and they were the top of the lists... their whole clan is..." I sound so weak... because I am weak... I need to grow strong... stronger than I am right now, so that I can return home and kill those vile creatures.

"Until you are healed, I'm going to ask you to stay in this room. Kiryuu-kun there will gladly help with anything you need. He's from the vampire hunter family Kiryuu, so you two might have some things in common if you talk!" The man said with a cheerfull smile. How one could be so cheerfull when there were vampires around I did not know. He quickly left and I turned to the vampire boy- Kiryuu- and looked at him for a moment. "I hate you..." I said before rolling over so my back was to him. I hate all of your kind, and level E's are the worst....


This is my first ever Vampire Knight story! I just finished reading the 41 chapters that are out and I haven't seen the anime at all, so if I mess up on an eye or hair color, I'm sorry! Black and white does not give me colors! lol. For the first part of the manga I picture Kaname with black hair... but I guess he just has dark brown... T.T So... reviews are loved because I want feedback of if this is a good story and should be continued or not... I know it's like ten past midnight... so... yeah... Have a nice night?
-ShinigamiMania91