So glad to start a new fanfic...it feels like the wind has changed course or something. I get to try a new writing style, work with new characters, plot a different edge to the story...I am truly enjoying myself here 8D !
let s see, what to explain...oh yeah, italics represent thoughts unless used in a sentence, in which case they re excentuating a word. ^^ Disclaimer: Vampire Knight belongs to Matsuri Hino
She saw herself standing in that oh so familiar courtyard. Cross Academy's Moon Dormitory; Population: 60 Teen Vampires, give or take a few. Although what was unfolding before her eyes was most definitely not familiar. Nor should it be to anyone.
Give or take 55, that's what the present situation spelled out. All around her, the mangled corpses of Ruka's former friends and schoolmates lay bleeding, rotting, screaming for her to save them. Everything; the exterior walls of the dorm, the grass, the trees, it was all stained crimson, soaked with blood, dripping pearls of life. Even the breeze seemed wet with it.
Ruka could hardly make a sound, too upset, too frightened, to disgusted, too...broken hearted to make a noise.
It was all Kaname-sama's fault. His was the hand that had slain all of her comrades.
In the center of the bloody scene, he took his stand. He stared right to Ruka, his clothing, skin, hair all dripping blood. He stared at her and...smiled?
Under his grasp was the frail, bleeding body of Rima Touya. She coughed up blood and choked under his powerful hold around her arm. She, too, looked up at Ruka.
"Run." Her throat gushed up another dark liquid ball.
Kaname-sama directed his pleasant gaze to the feeble mass momentarily as he reached down to her neck with his free hand. With glinting fingernails, he sliced a great tear in her throat, silencing her forever.
Ruka's legs finally toppled underneath her. She fell backwards, landing on the mangled corps of what used to be Seiren. Her blood seeped onto Ruka's hands through the ground. Ruka scurried to stand, but found only power enough to raise onto her hands and knees. From this height, she could recognize those around her. Takuma, Hanabusa, Maria, Shiki, along with dozens and dozens of others. She gazed up in horror at the red splattered vampire.
And who did he have now? None other than that un-deserving 'pureblood princess' sister of his, Yuuki. But, of course, she wasn t being killed or tortured, she was being caressed. Kaname cupped her face in his hands, muttering sweets nothings to her as she cooed and wrapped herself around him.
Ruka's throat burned. Not out of thirst for the spilled blood coating everything around her, not out of pure rage rippling through her, telling her to rip, tear, and decapitate that foolish, worthless girl in his arms(that urge burned everywhere else). Her throat burned because there was an inaudible question stuck inside it.
Why, Kaname-sama, why?
Almost as if he had heard her inward plea, Kaname flashed his eyes to her half collapsed frame. With silent, beautiful stature, he pulled a chrome pistol from his jacket pocket. He aimed at Ruka, cocked it, and pulled the trigger.
The breeze blew harder, muffling Yuuki's hysterical laughter as Ruka's splattered blood caught on the wind and spread across the lawn.
Ruka hit the cold wooden floor with a horrible thump as she fell out of bed. It was mid day in her dorm, meaning almost every 'Moon' student was asleep. Well, that was soon to be disturbed.
The crash awoke Ruka's roommate, Rima, causing her to mumble in tiredness and push off her slumber eye mask. At the sight of an upturned, but empty bed, Rima wandered over to Ruka's side of the room. She found her shivering in a huddle on the floor, whispering under her breath 'Why?'. Rima was shocked into totally awareness at the sight of her disturbed friend. Rima grabbed Ruka's shoulders and shook her, clapped her hands right in her face, poked her, but to no avail. Rima quickly fled the room to find her close friends Ichijou and Shiki.
Well, they made a little more progress, and by they I mean Takuma; Shiki gave up early and resorted to get the story from Rima instead. Takuma managed to lift Ruka back onto her bed where he though she might have a little more comfort in this stressful situation, but he, neither, could wake Ruka from her trance. He decided to get help from someone who really cared for Ruka and surely might be able to comfort her back into sanity. Atkatsuki Kain.
Kain was very concerned when Ichijou awoke him to ask for his aide. Kain rushed to Ruka's bedside, apparently making so much a ruckus he awoke his sleepy cousin, Hanabusa, too. And of course, just to make it a party, Aidou joined in on the drama, although her sulked the whole time about being 'rudely awoken for some stupid emergency'...I guess they cut him some slack on account of just waking up for that bright deduction.
"Ruka, can you hear me?" Kain sat her up in her bed. She heard the faint echo of his voice in her head, but her mouth was unable to call out to him, although hearing him there made her stop muttering under her breath. She wanted to touch him, to reach out and feel that there was another being around her, but she couldn't move her arms, either. It was like all of her ligaments were detached.
"Wait a second, I know what to do!" Aidou pushed forward to Ruka's bed. He shoved away his cousin, grabbed her shoulder, and slapped her straight across the face.
They had to give him credit, it worked. At a cost.
Ruka's mental stability skyrocketed back to normal instantaniously, whether out of anger or something else. She wanted to rip off Aidou's head for that smart move, but Kain held her back. He forced her to sit back on the bed. Everyone crowded around to ask what happened.
"It - it was this horrible nightmare," She began.
"Yawn. I'm bored already." Said Aidou, sauntering out of the room to go sleep again.
"Everything was so...detailed. It was so real, it was so sickening. There was blood on everything - your blood. All of you. The whole Night Class was slaughtered right there in the courtyard!" Ruka pointed out the window which saw strait onto the yard which had appeared in her dream.
"It's okay now, Ruka, it was only a dream." Ichijou smiled warmly at her. He leaned down and gave her a hug. "If you're okay now, we should all go back to our rooms before a prefect sees us out of bed or something." He started to leave the room, followed by the others.
"Takuma," Kain said, "Take my bed. Rima can stay with Shiki in your room. I think I will watch over Ruka for tonight."
Takuma smiled charmingly again. "Okay, then. Goodnight everyone!" They, including Rima this time, departed.
Kain didn't speak for almost a minute, the he turned to Ruka. "Who killed us, Ruka?" He murmured.
She hid her face from him in shame. How could she accuse Kaname-sempai of something so dastardly, even if it was in all a dream? She finally bucked up the courage to say it out load when a couple unexpected visitors popped in the doorway. A tall, dark haired, handsome man and a shorter, stern female behind him.
"K-Kaname-sempai," Ruka breathed in shock.
"And what was the occasion that brang everyone out of their beds?" He questioned in a smooth voice.
"Kaname-sama," Kain stood in respects of his presence and gave a court bow. "There was nothing, sire. Just a startle, everything is back to normal."
"I see...that's fine, then. Come, Seiren." Kaname turned to exit, but stopped and turned back. "Oh, and Kain? Get back to your room."
"Yes, Kuran-sama." Then Kaname and his guard vanished from the doorway.
"It was him." Ruka squeaked. Kain looked at her with worried eyes. "Kaname....killed us all."
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