Right! So its been some time since I've uploaded anything new. I've another VK fic for you all. And I may post another one I've been sitting on here as soon as I've got it off paper and typed up so keep an eye out for that. Well, onto business...
I don't own so don't sue. Rated M for vilonce, smexiness, and other such things that warrent an M rating.
Enjoy
Chapter 1
"Leave, Kiryuu. And don't come back." A cool voice spoke and pale lavender eyes widened, filled with sorrow and pain.
"Yuki…" Zero whispered softly, looking at the girl he had once loved as a sister. But that girl was gone; he could see it in her cold, cruel eyes. Glancing behind her violet clashed with wine red and he felt the grief in the other's heart.
Nodding softly towards his lover he glanced back into the cruel eyes of the pureblood princess. "Goodbye." He said softly, speaking to everyone there. The nobles looked sadly on at him. They had had a rough beginning, but in the end they had come to enjoy the hunter's company.
Soft footsteps could be heard along with a soft giggle. Turning Zero's eyes widened at the sight of the three standing just behind him now. "Chairman." he said softly before registering the teen standing to his left. "I-Ichiru? But how?" he gasped, looking into the eyes of his twin, his dead twin.
"I'll tell you latter Nii-san." The silver haired boy smiled. A soft tch was heard as the other body moved into the light. She was a short girl with delicate features. She too had silver hair, but it was a shade darker than the twins, and she sported pale blue eyes rather than violet.
"Looks like you won the bet." She sighed, fishing a leather purse out of the folds of her skirt and tossing it to Zero. He caught it with a look of confusion lighting up his soft features. "Konbanwa Ichijou-Chan, Aido-Chan. It's been soo long!"
The two aforementioned vampires smiled softly at the girl and nodded. "I believe you're forgetting something rather important, Aya-Chan." Takuma said with an amused quirk of his lips. At the girls puzzled look he chuckled softly and motioned to the silver-haired hunter between them. "The seal." He said airily.
Blue eyes widened in realization and the petite girl turned on her heal to face Kaien Cross. "Oji-San," she whined, grabbing his hand and pulling on it insistently. "Remove Zero-Chan's seal please?" she asked with a pout.
"What seal?" Zero asked, looking at the man who had taken him in and raised him.
Kaien smiled sadly at the boy and took a step towards him. "The seal that's hiding you're true identity." He said softly, placing a hand on a pale forehead and whispering a series of words that weren't in any recognizable language.
Zero's eyes widened before closing as his body crumpled slowly and was caught by the blond haired chairman.
Kaname broke, rushing forward, heedless of his sister's glare. "What did you do to him?" he demanded, mortified at the sight of his lover's lifeless form.
"He's fine, Kaname-Kun." Kaien smiled. "He's just awakening. It's too hard on his body to stay conscious right now, with all the power that's being unleashed."
Turning away the chairman started heading in the direction of his home. "Come." He called to the group behind him. "I'll answer any questions you might have."
As the chairman and the other two teens left, Yuki spun on the group of vampire nobles. "You are not to follow him." She seethed, angered at him for taking Zero to his home when she had just ordered the teen to leave the school grounds. "Anyone who does will be charged with treason against the Kuran bloodline."
"No." Kaname glared, shooting his own hate filled glare at his little sister whom he had loved, until she had awaken to her true nature. A cold, heartless bitch. "It is not treason against the Kuran family. I am still the heir to our bloodline, and you, you are nothing." He hissed, slapping her pale cheek. "You're officially disowned." He said, just as heartlessly as she had been as she kicked his beloved hunter from the school.
"You can't do this!" she screeched. "You are betrothed to me! I am the one who can bear you children! I have the power to carry on the blood line! You can't do this!"
"Wrong. You were betrothed to me. I have every right to break the betrothal. I would rather the Kuran line die than allow a bitch like you to bear my child. Did you think I'd leave Zero for you? Even before you revealed your true self, I would never have left him for the likes of you. Yes, you would have borne my heir. But I would never have laid a finger on you. Modern technology is a wonderful thing. See, there's this thing call artificial insemination…" he trailed off coldly.
Turning he strode briskly after the chairman and his love, wanting answers. "You may do whatever you wish." He said to the rest of the group who hurried after him.
A bubbly giggle came from his right as a small hand latched onto his arm. Looking down he raised an eyebrow at the short girl holding onto him. Aya, he believed she was called.
"Now I can see why Zero-Chan likes you so much." Aya giggled. "You're strong."
"Aya-Chan," Takuma scolded, releasing the girls grasp on the moon dorm leader's arm reproachfully. "Zero-Kun isn't like you." He frowned. "He doesn't care about power."
The young girl's mouth dropped in surprise at the vice dorm leader's reprisal. "But he's the most powerful of us all!" she reasoned. "Of course he cares about power."
Takuma took her hand and continued walking, shooting his child hood friend an apologetic smile. "You forget that Zero-kun has no memory of who he is." He said softly.
The girl 'humped' before sprinting off to catch back up with the chairman. Kaname turned to his friend and frowned. "What is going on?" he asked softly.
Takuma bit his lip and looked away. "I think it is best to let Cross-San explain the situation. He is involved far more deeply than I am." Reluctantly Kaname nodded. They neared the modest brick house and crowded around while Ichiru opened the door.
After crowding into the spacious living room, the nobles took the three couches while Kaname took the silver haired hunter from Kaien's grasp and sat gingerly in one of the plush arm chairs, holding s lover to his chest.
Cross and Ichiru took the other two arm chairs while Aya contented to sitting on one of the arms of the other twin's chair. "Where to begin?" Kaien muttered to himself. Sighing he looked up, deciding to disclose the most important fact first and take everything else in stride. "Well, I guess what's most important is, Zero's a pureblood." He said hurriedly.
There were several gasps as the room broke into murmurs. The only ones who didn't looked surprised were Takuma and Aido, along with Aya and Ichiru. Even Shiki allowed a stunned look to creep onto his normally stoic features, shooting a glance at his lover who just shrugged and shook his head. Takuma would explain if he was needed.
"How?" Kaname asked after the murmuring died down.
"Zero belongs to a very powerful, very old pureblood family that not many nowadays remember." Kaien explained slowly. "Ichiru is obviously the same, and Aya-Chan is their cousin."
"So Zero really isn't a member of the Kiryuu clan?" Rima asked slowly, her face twisted as she tried to sort through the information.
"No, no, Zero and Ichiru are very much Kiryuu's. The Kiryuu's are a very old line of vampires."
"But I thought they were the most prominent vampire hunter clan." Rima said again.
"They are." Kaien smiled, trying to find the best way to explain this. "As you know, the Vampire hunters were born from vampires, with the intent to protect and exterminate rouges, or level-E's. It was the Kiryuu bloodline that created the first vampire hunters."
"But Shizuka turned Zero and murdered his family, right?" Ruka asked, just as confused as Rima and the rest of the group. Kaname listened carefully, sinking in each new fact and continuously glancing down at the teen in his arms.
"Well, not exactly." Kaien admitted. "The people who raised Zero were his family, but they were distant cousins, not his parents. They were from the hunter side of the family, but were close to Zero's parents. Zero and Ichiru, along with Aya were in danger, as the few who knew of the Kiryuu bloodline's existence wanted them dead, so they were sealed into human forms. Much like Yuki was." He sighed sadly. "The Hio bloodline was one of the few groups that knew of and wanted to exterminate their existence. Shortly after these three were born and placed in safe homes their parents and other family members were murdered. The Kiryuu hunter clan was left alone because they were not deemed a threat."
"Anyways, after a time, Shizuka somehow learned of their existence, and attacked the Kiryuu's. When she bit Zero, she didn't turn him, she merely broke part of the seal, bringing forth the most basic of his vampire qualities. When she found that she couldn't kill the twins she fled, taking Ichiru with her."
"Aya grew up with another branch of the Kiryuu clan, the Yagari clan. And after the attack on the Kiryuu clan her seal was purposely broken so she could access her powers for protection purposes, though she was kept under tight wraps."
"Isn't that Zero's hunter-sensei?"
"Yes, Yagari's clan is a distant relative of the Kiryuu bloodline as well. This is why the Yagari and Kiryuu clans were so powerful; they had some of the strongest blood ties out there." He rushed, wanting to move on. "After Shizuka was killed Ichiru's seal was broken and he was hidden away as well and a rumor was spread of his death. I took on Zero and bound his memory to protect him."
"Why you?" Shiki asked out of curiosity.
"Well," Kaien smiled softly. "I'm his uncle." He admitted.
"What?!" the group yelled, eyes opening wide.
"But that would mean that you're also a-"
"Vampire." Kaname finished. "A pureblood vampire."
Kaien chuckled and nodded. "Yes, I am. I was the only member of the Kiryuu bloodline not murdered, mostly due to my change of name. I chose to change my name early on, long before the family was threatened, so no one ever suspected me of belonging to them. I pass for human quite well."
"So how do Takuma and Aido know about this?" Shiki asked.
"Allow me, chairman." Takuma smiled, turning towards his lover but speaking loud enough for everyone to hear. "My family was very close to Aido's family, who in turn used to be close to the Kiryuu bloodline and hence the hunter clan. I spent a lot of time with Aido as a child and Aido's mother often brought us over to the Kiryuu house to play with Zero and the others. So we grew up with them. After the murder of their adoptive parents Aido and I were forbidden to speak of our knowledge and didn't see Zero again until he came here. Chairman expressed that we were not to reveal any of this to anyone and treat Zero like a Level-E."
"Thank you Takuma-Kun." Kaien smiled and the vice dorm leader nodded. "Any more questions at the moment?"
Kaname nodded, raking his hands through silver hair. "Why did the Kuran family not know of this?" he asked, perplexed. The Kurans were one of the oldest and most important pureblood families. Probably equal with the Kiryuu bloodline in power if his assumptions were correct. It didn't make sense that his family would be unaware of this other great line.
"Ah, they did." Kaien said slowly. "Your grandfather was the Kiryuu family protector for a long time. Your parents knew somewhat of them, but were not given much information, since the Kiryuu's were already being hunted by that point. You were not told in order to enhance the protection of these three." Cross explained. Kaname nodded, seemingly pacified with this answer and went back to gazing at the teen in his arms.
"When will he wake up?" Aido asked, gazing sadly at his childhood friend and leader.
"Soon, I think." The chairman said uneasily. He had been present for both Aya and Ichiru's awakenings and they had recovered much faster.
"I think it would be best for the rest of us to head back to the dorms." Takuma said softly, looking at each of the nobles. "I'm sure Zero will be alright, and he'll probably need time to absorb all of this information when he wakes. Let's give him time."
The rest of the night class students nodded and started rising. Out of nowhere came a shrill shriek and a loud explosion shook the house. All the nobles screamed as the house shook. Kaname clutched desperately to the still figure in his arms, curling around the hunter in protection.
'Yuki!' he growled to himself, as another shriek pierced the night. This time they could feel the buildup of pure power and Kaname's mind blanked out in fear. The amount of energy Yuki was preparing to wield would destroy them all, possibly even him.
"Get down!" he yelled, dropping to his knees and curling further around the boy in his grasps. Shiki jerked Takuma down and sheltered his body, as the other nobles followed suit. Kaname gritted his teeth and prepared for the coming pain, but even as the house was destroyed and a fireball consumed everything around them the fires did not touch them.
He felt weakened fingers curl into his dress shirt and looked down. Zero held onto him with one small hind while the other was held out in front of him, shaking with effort. Lavender eyes were glazed over even as they shined with an intensity that took the pureblood's breath away.
A pale, shimmering orb of lavender tinted energy surrounded the small group; protecting them from the flames threatening to consume them all. Kaname gasped and stared at his beautiful lover, amazed at his power.
As the flames disappeared so did the shimmering orb but Zero did not move his hand. A smaller orb of a deeper shade floated near them and Kaname could make out the sight of something trapped in its depths thrashing about. Yuki.
"Cross, call the association! We have to detain her quickly." He yelled as the shaking in his lover's outstretched hand increased to a more noticeable level and his grip had grown even weaker. The hunter would not be able to wield such power for much longer.
Cross was on his cell, yelling into the phone. He clicked it closed and sighed, looking worriedly at the boy he had raised. Lavender eyes were becoming glassier by the second and the already pale hunter paled even more.
"Nii-Chan?" Ichiru whispered in a mix of awe and fear.
"You're doing amazingly love." Kaname whispered softly to the hunter, tightening his grip around the slim waist and placing his free hand over the small one on his chest. "Just hold on a bit longer." He said in a soothing voice.
"What the hell is going on?" a familiar voice called. Standing in the midst of what was once Kaien Cross's home was none other than Yagari Toga, surrounded by several other vampire hunters.
"Ah, Yagari Oji-San!" Aya cried, running to the man and hugging him. Yagari tched and shook free of her grasp.
"Toga, thank god." Kaien cried, striding over to the man. "We need to detain a pureblood, Yuki Kuran. Zero's holding her right now but he can't manage for much longer."
"You broke the seal?" Yagari scowled, looking around at the trembling group of nobles. "What's that?" he asked nodding at the hovering spear.
"Zero." Cross said. "He's holding Yuki in there. Earlier when she attacked he had a larger one surrounding us."
"Damn." Yagari whistled. Soon the thrashing inside the spear stopped and the faint figure collapsed to the bottom of it. A few seconds later it dissolved and Yuki's unconscious form dropped to the ground below.
The lithe body of the hunter went limp in Kaname's grasp and the pureblood cried out in alarm, hurriedly checking his vital signs. With relief he noted that his lover was breathing, however shallowly, and his heart was settling to a normal level.
"Is he okay?" Ichiru asked softly, kneeling next to the esteemed pureblood. Kaname looked up at the boy who resembled his lover so much and nodded softly. Ichiru sighed in relief and Aido took his hand, pulling him up.
"You need rest." The blond noble said softly, almost tenderly. "Come, you can stay with Kain and I tonight. I am sure Rima and Ruka would not mind sharing with Aya-Chan." The nobles nodded and Aya smiled gratefully.
"No, I want to be near Onii-Chan. What if something happens to him?"
"Ichiru…" Aido said softly and the silver haired boy looked away, moisture glazing over his eyes. He nodded slowly and allowed for the blond noble to lead him away. The hunters had already seized Yuki and were clearing the scene.
All the other nobles started clearing away as well, Ruka leading Aya to the dorms. Kaname remained on the ground however, holding onto the precious hunter.
"Hmm." The chairman frowned, looking around in distress. "And I just remodeled the place too." For some reason his comment caused Kaname to chuckle despite himself. It was just so, normal.
"Well, let's go." Yagari sighed, heading towards the direction of the moon dorms as well. "I'll be staying till the kid wakes." He huffed, lighting a cigarette. "Kaien, those dorm have spares right?"
"Of course." The headmaster said, following the hunter closely. Kaname slowly followed behind them, careful of the boy in his grasp.
"Zero…" he murmured against silver strands. 'Wake up soon…'
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