Disclaimer: I do not own any of the main characters mentioned in this story. They belong to Matsuri Hino (Vampire Knight) and Akira Amano (Katekyo Hitman Reborn). I made up a few supplementary ones because I needed to do so. I only write for fun, not profit, but even so, please don't use my work without letting me know and giving me credit.
A/N: Well, this was supposed to be a oneshot but I hate plotless stories so more was added and I got carried away, so now it's split in two. I am soooo not confident with KHR characters but I had to do this. It wouldn't get out of my head. I"ve tried to keep everyone in character but... I think they may be a little out.
It has, however, been spell and grammer checked by three people other than myself. They just don't know the manga/anime at all. Oh well, you have been warned. Let me know what you think and suggestions are always welcome. Part two coming soon.
Blood and Ice Cold Emotions. (Part One)
"Where are we?" Zero Kiriyu asked looking around from the back seat of the car in which he had been asleep up until it had abruptly stopped.
"I'm not sure." Hanabusa Aido replied.
"How can you not know Aido? You're the one who's driving." Kaname Kuran muttered sleepily from the other side of the back seat.
"My navigator there fell asleep. I think I missed a few turns and now I don't know where we are."
Zero looked at his brother Ichiru Kiriyu still asleep in the front passenger seat. He wanted to slap him awake and beat him up a bit for getting them lost but he couldn't reach. Zero was behind Aido and Yuki Cross was still asleep nestled into his shoulder.
"Kuran hit him will you. I can't reach."
Kaname ignored him, stretched and climbed out of the cramped seat in which he had been sleeping in. Aido clambered out of the small car and went to stand beside Kaname. They were both still dressed in their white night-class uniforms which shone brightly in the moonlight. They were talking quietly but Zero couldn't hear the words.
Yuki stirred against Zero's shoulder but didn't wake when Kaname opened the front door and snatched the map from Ichiru's limp grasp. Ichiru didn't stir even when the door slammed shut again.
"Looks like there's a town not far from here if we are where I think we are." Aido said after he and Kaname had studied the map carefully.
"I'll drive." Kaname said
"No. It's ok. I can still drive." Aido said quickly.
"I said I'll drive." Kaname replied
Aido flinched but climbed into the seat Kaname had been in earlier. He made sure his seatbelt was fastened securely and grabbed the arm rest. Zero took the hint and checked both his and Yuki's seatbelts before Kaname took off with a squeal of the tires.
Yuki and Ichiru woke almost instantly with a start. Yuki gave a squeal and grabbed hold of Zero tightly. Ichiru, sitting in the front, planted his feet tightly under the dash and made a grab for the armrest.
"Slow down!" Aido yelped as they hurtled around a corner and veered onto the wrong side of the road.
"Who gave you a licence?" Ichiru asked as he clung on for dear life with his eyes tightly closed.
"No-one. I don't have one."
Ichiru's eyes flew open and he pushed his feet further forward. Yuki just about crawled into Zero's lap and buried her face in his chest. Zero wrapped his arms around her, his eyes tinged red from the scent of her closeness and his ever present hunger.
Their actions seemed to anger Kaname and he planted his foot. The car jerked forwards and they flew around the next corner, almost hitting another car coming in the opposite direction. Kaname slammed on the brakes pitching everyone forward.
The other car stopped much faster, swung around and came after them. Kaname thought about racing off again but then thought better of it. 'These people might be locals and be able to help us get out of here and to where we are meant to be.' He pulled over and waited. Ichiru scrambled out.
"I hope they're not the police." Aido muttered finally loosening his grip on the arm rest.
"What the hell? Do you have a death wish?" the driver of the other car said as he stopped by Kaname's window and peered inside. He was well dressed and looked immaculate despite the lateness of the hour.
"How far is the next town?" Kaname asked
"So young. You must be crazy driving like that!" the man was still raving on and didn't seem to hear the question.
"Is it close enough to walk?" Zero asked climbing out of the car and taking Yuki with him.
"Hey? Yes. It'll take about twenty minutes but it's not safe."
"Good. Which way?"
"Did you not hear me? I said it's not safe."
"We can deal with it. We're more than meets they eye." Ichiru said from somewhere in the shadows.
The driver looked them over once again and pointed down the road in which the cars were facing. "Go straight and don't leave this road."
Ichiru materialised out of the darkness and headed in the direction he pointed. Yuki and Zero followed him and all three blended into the darkness very quickly due to their black school uniforms.
"Strange people. My brother would love you. And that's why I won't call the police and report you as long as you come with me."
"Good. I'd hate to have to kill you.." Kaname replied.
"Is that supposed to scare me? Sorry but only your driving can do that. Slow down and follow me."
"I'll drive otherwise those three will never get back in the car."
"You haven't slept."
"And I can't with you driving like a maniac. It shouldn't be far anyway"
Kaname looked at the other car as it slowly turned around again, sighed and shifted into the passenger seat. Despite Aido's tiredness, he was still a much better driver and Kaname knew it. In fact, everybody knew it. Aido moved quickly before Kaname changed his mind and drove off in the direction they were facing, towards the town, Zero, Yuki and Ichiru.
"Get in. It's faster in the car." Kaname said as Aido pulled up beside the others. They climbed in.
"Which way?" Aido asked
"Follow him. None of us have enough money for a hotel and I'd rather not sleep in the car. It's too cramped." Kaname replied
Aido turned the car around and drove back the way they had come until her found the other car again. It drove off as they approached and they followed it down the road and onto a long drive that led to a large house surrounded by lots of small buildings. The man stopped out the front of the house, got out of the car and headed inside.
"I have a bad feeling about this." Ichiru muttered
"As long as I get to sleep soon I don't care." Aido replied
The man appeared in the doorway of the house again and beckoned them to follow before disappearing back inside. Zero led the others inside and followed the man up the stairs and into the room at the top. Once there they were scrutinised by a man with similar looks only much older without a word making them all feel uncomfortable. Kaname let his power flare in irritation, cracking several windows. The younger man flinched and both looked at each other.
"Arrogance and power. I like that. They'll do. Set them up in one of the outbuildings, she can stay with me."
Aido and Kaname both moved to stand in front of Yuki while Zero drew the 'Bloody Rose' and pointed it at the older man's temple.
"I'll take that as a 'no'. Goodnight." and he walked out.
"What will 'we do' for?" Ichiru asked
"We need help getting the Vongolas out of Namimori to make it safe again. We do not have the numbers ourselves at the moment. If one of you can use that Katana I spotted properly it will be even better. Come this way please."
"Namimori? We're not where I thought we were." Aido muttered. "Nowhere near it."
"Tell us about the Vongolas." Kaname said.
"I don't know much about them I tend to keep out of the way when it comes to the mafia, especially the nasty ones like those Vongola boys. My brother will tell you more about them tomorrow. This is for you."
"What are you planning?" Yuki spoke for the first time that night.
"Absolutely nothing. I do what my brother says. The sheets and towels are clean but there probably isn't any food. I'll bring some in the morning" and he opened the door, switched on the lights and left.
The building consisted of two bedrooms, a lounge, a small kitchen and tiny bathroom. It certainly wasn't anything like what they were used to but it was a lot more spacious than the tiny car. Aido claimed the bathroom first, Ichiru took the only bed in one of the rooms, which left the others to figure out who was sleeping where. The remaining three went into the other room to find only two beds in it.
"Looks like you two have to share or someone sleep on the couch." Yuki said and crawled up onto one of the beds.
"I'm not sharing with him." both Zero and Kaname said at the same time. Yuki laughed, lay down and fell asleep with a smile still in place.
"You can sleep out there. I'm staying in here." Kaname said
"As if I'd let you be alone with her bastard."
"I'm not like you. I wouldn't touch her unless she asked me to. And since she's asleep…"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"You can't control your… hunger." Kaname replied.
"That's what you're here for."
"No and that's not what I meant."
"Fuck you Bastard." Zero said and walked out. He knew what Kaname was implying and knew it was true. He didn't want to hear it.
"If only…" Kaname thought as he watched Zero go.
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Morning found Zero and Ichiru asleep together in one room, Yuki still alone in her bed and Aido snuggled up against Kaname. Kaname was not amused.
"Aido what the hell are you doing? Get off."
But Aido was sound asleep and didn't respond even when Kaname elbowed him. Kaname managed to extract himself from Aido's grasp and headed into the kitchen, blood tablets in hand.
Kaname was sitting in one of the armchairs staring at his full glass when Zero walked in. Zero ignored him and walked through to the kitchen to find something to eat, but the kitchen was bare. He was forced to sit and wait in the lounge until the little man from the night before arrived with food. Kaname drained his glass quickly when he did but neither said a word.
The smell of cooking food brought the others out of their beds. Ichiru gave a dirty look at Aido and went straight into the kitchen to help his brother cook the breakfast. Zero looked surprised to see him there.
"Don't look at me like that. I'd rather be in here with you than out there with him. Why didn't you come rescue me earlier?"
"I had no intention of being in there with you but the couch was too uncomfortable.."
"My calls for help didn't motivate you?"
"No. It was only Aido."
"Freezing and forcing me."
"Not my problem. If you're that upset tell him out there. Kuran will punish him for you." Zero dumped the last lot of eggs onto a plate and handed it to Ichiru.
"You are my big brother. It should be you who protects me not him!"
"Maybe if you were the same little brother you once were, but you can look after yourself now."
Ichiru looked hurt at Zero's words. Zero shoved two more plates at Ichiru, picked up the remaining three and walked out of the kitchen quickly. He would apologise later. Probably. Ichiru followed behind.
"Breakfast. Good I'm starving" Aido said as soon as he saw the food.
"Aido, shut up" Kaname muttered. "Go get something to eat it with."
Grumbling Aido got up and disappeared into the kitchen while Ichiru and Zero passed out the plates.
"Thank-you but I've already eaten." The driver from the night before said when Zero handed him a plate.
"That's alright. Aido here will eat anything that's left over and probably ask for more. It won't be wasted." Yuki said
"Good. My brother will be here soon. He wants to know what you can all do and how well you can fight so that he can pair each of us with the right opponent. I really hope you are as good as you seem otherwise we are going to lose, and I really don't want to lose" The front door opened.
"What if we don't want to fight?" Ichiru asked
"You will if you want to go home in one piece." The elder brother replied as he walked in.
"One piece? What do you mean by one piece?" Aido asked.
"I mean the Vongola's will kill you if you don't."
"Who's going to stop us from just walking out of here right now?" Kaname asked.
"There are guards everywhere here but I guess you haven't noticed them yet. You won't get very far even if you try, but I'm hoping you want to stay and help us out with our little problem."
"So we are prisoners here then." Zero remarked
"Kiriyu sit down." Kaname commanded Ichiru. "Tell us what you are planning and we'll think about it." he added to the men.
"My brother said there was a Katana in the car. Who's is it?"
"His. I told you to sit down."
"I can't." Ichiru replied giving Aido another dirty look. Only Yuki missed it.
"You will fight Takeshi Yamamoto then. The two girls can go together. I'll find some sort of weapon for you. My brother there will fight Lambo Bovino and I'll decide the rest after I see what the rest of you can do."
"Why do I get the useless brat?"
"Because I said so. Go get the boy some cream for his tender…"
"I'm not a boy!" Ichiru protested more to shut him up than anything else.
"You're a girl then are you? I must say you hide it well."
Zero and Kaname laughed as Ichiru stared at the man in shock, his face going red more in embarrassment than anger before fleeing from the room. Aido made to follow but Zero grabbed his wrist and held firm. Aido could really have pulled away but he didn't try. Yuki looked at the four remaining in the room and then, seeing none were worried about Ichiru's feelings, got up and followed him into his room.
Ichiru flopped onto the bed and buried his face in the pillows. He barely took notice of Yuki as she silently came into the room, shut the door and walked over to him. He shifted his legs over to allow her to sit down but made no other move.
"What happened? What is going on?" Yuki asked as she sat down
"I don't want to talk about it." but he really did, just not to her.
Yuki said noting as she waited for Ichiru to talk. Eventually he lifted his face out of the pillow and looked at her before facing away again.
"You're going to sit there until I tell you aren't you?"
"Yes."
Ichiru groaned. "Aido came in here last night." he started slowly. Yuki waited.
"He froze me so I couldn't move and he forced me. He wasn't very gentle either. He called it punishment for getting us lost and stuck in a tiny place with only cold water."
"Forced? By Aido? I didn't think he…"
"Could do that? Of course he could. He has powers that I, the weakling hunter twin, cannot counteract, especially as I was asleep when he first attacked."
"I was going to say, I didn't think he was into other boys. And it doesn't sound like the Aido I know."
"You don't know him very well then."
"About as well as I know you. Probably a little better. It's Zero I know best and even he keeps things hidden from me."
"He's always been like that, even when we were children. I'd like to be alone now. Please go." he said and dropped his face back into the pillows.
Yuki sighed and got up. She slowly made her way to the door and opened it to find Zero standing on the other side, tube in his hand and looking unhappy. Well that was normal for Zero. Yuki stepped back to let him in and then walked through the other room and straight out the front door. She suddenly felt like she needed a walk. Aido followed her out moments later. The sun was almost blinding.
"Why did you do that to Ichiru?" Yuki asked without turning around or even slowing her pace.
Aido said nothing as he squinted in the bright light and hurried to catch up and keep up with Yuki. His silence angered her and she stopped, drew Artemis and turned on him. Aido backed off quickly.
"Why?" she asked again.
"He told you then. I didn't mean to hurt him. Things haven't been going to plan with Ichiru."
"Plan? What plan?"
"To seduce him and make… someone else jealous. Watch what you are doing with that thing. It hurts a lot you know."
"I didn't think you were into other boys."
Aido backed further away from Yuki's weapon holding his cheek where it had touched him. A large welt was forming that they both knew wouldn't go away for quite a while, especially without fresh blood.
"I really don't care if it's a boy or a girl Yuki Cross. One's just as good as the other. You should try it sometime."
Yuki stared open mouthed at Aido before turning and walking away, a pink stain across her cheeks. Aido looked back at the door of the out-building they were housed in, sighed, shook his head and followed Yuki once again as Kaname had commanded. He kept a safe distance this time though.
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"Tenth!" Hayato Gokudera called as he rushed up to a much shorter boy in the hall of their school. "There you are. Where have you been hiding?"
"I haven't been hiding. I was in the toilet."
"All this time? What's wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong. I had to wait that's all." Tsunayoshi Sawada replied.
"Well Reborn's looking for you." Tsuna cringed
"Tell him you haven't seen me. Tell him I ran away… Where's everyone going?" Tsuna said almost in a panic.
Gokudera looked up to see all the other students scattering in all directions, mostly down the hall in which Takeshi Yamamoto was trying to make his way through. When he wouldn't budge they flowed away and around him until all were gone, leaving the hall empty save for the three of them as Kyoya Hibari turned the corner looking more pissed off than usual. He stopped in front of them.
"H… Hib… Hibari-san?" Tsuna asked in a tiny stuttering voice.
"The baby told me to tell you lot to be on the roof after school today. We have a challenge. If you make me be your messenger again, I'll bite you to death." Hibari said before turning on his heals and stalking away.
Tsunayoshi let out the breath he didn't even realise he was holding and sagged against Gokudera in relief as soon as Hibari turned the corner. Gokudera pushed him off.
"That's what I was coming to tell you." Yamamoto said.
"What sort of challenge?" Tsuna asked.
"I don't know but I hope it's fun." Yamamoto replied.
"Idiot. Knowing Reborn it probably won't be. Everyone has to be there, the stupid cow included. We have to go or we'll be late for class. Gokudera said and walked off, leaving the other two to follow at their own pace.
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"Why are we doing this?" Aido asked
"Because I want to go home and these people need our help." Kaname replied.
"They want us to fight, hurt and maybe even kill these people. We don't even know why." Aido said
"I don't want to do that." Yuki said
"Neither do I, but if it means I can go home I will."
"I don't know why you came along in the first place little brother."
"Because I asked him to" Yuki replied
"Why?"
"So the two of you can spend time together and become friends again. You are family."
"Not happening. I'm going to bed." Zero said and left the room.
"That's probably a good idea. We need to be at our best for this 'fight' and then we can go home." Kaname replied with a yawn.
"Just like vampires. Sleep all day…" Ichiru stated.
"Shut up and find something else to do." Kaname said. "Aido stay away from young Kiriyu." he added.
"I had no intention to do anything but sleep. The sun and Yuki's walking have made me tired too." Aido muttered and headed into bed.
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A/N:
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