Life's Dreams - The Beginning
(Please note that this story may not be perfectly in par with the original story, but should still be closely relatable to it)
29th December 1996
A young Kaname Kuran sat by the blazing fireplace, gazing aimlessly at the faded picture frames that hung on the windowless basement walls. A terribly poor attempt on cheering the place up, he thought. As Kaname's thoughts randomly wandered about, Juri, with her long, luscious hair tumbling down her back, passed by her troubled son on her way to the kitchen and stopped in her tracks.
"What's the matter with you today dear? You've been upset and gloomy the whole day." She inquired in her naturally silky voice that matched her appearance.
Kaname jerked his head up in realisation that someone was directing a question at him. Heaving a sigh, he replied with a straight face, "Nothing, mother. It's just that I've got a lot in mind, so please don't worry about me."
"Go on and spill it out," she encouraged "you know it'll make you feel better." She turned around to sit on the lavender scented sofa which directly faced Kaname, and placed her basket of freshly picked vegetables on her lap. "So what's the matter?"
"Nothing"
"You can't lie to me"
"Fine, there's something"
"I'm waiting"
Kaname stared blankly at Juri's visibly protruding belly for a moment, and immediately averted his eyes. "I pity the unborn baby in your stomach." he admitted honestly. Juri was completely puzzled with the unusual remark and glanced from her stomach to Kaname's face in attempt to decipher what he meant.
After a moment of silence, Kaname blurted uncharacteristically, "It's nothing to do with you or father, but it's just that... You know how controlling the council is towards us, purebloods. I know they are supposed to protect us, but I just feel that they're using and taking advantage of us..." "I just do not wish for such a fate to befall upon my unborn sibling." he added in a thinly veiled layer of calmness.
Juri's lips formed a little o as she contemplated on what to say. "You know Kaname, your father and I had talked through this a few weeks back and we have the same concerns as you. We decided that for her sake, we are going to keep this child's existence a secret from the outside world, so that she can live a free life better than ours."
Kaname slowly looked up to his mother as a smile stretched across his face. "Oh" was all that escaped his lips. He then got up and rushed to his mother and gave her a loving hug while murmuring the words "thank you" innumerable times.
"I love you, mother"
"I love you too dear"
Juri got up from the sofa with some effort and carried her basket of vegetables, ready to head for the kitchen to start preparing dinner for the family. However, as she gave Kaname one last kiss on the cheek, she was stopped by a confused looking son.
"Did I hear correctly? Her? What do you mean by her, mother?"
"It's Yuki... Yuki Kuran" she answered dreamily.
"Yuki... such a beautiful name."
"Yes it is, and that beauty will be born sister to you." Juri smiled as her gown swirled while she elegantly glided into the kitchen, leaving the fascinated Kaname alone in the dimmed living room.
"Look at them, aren't they so adorable?" a gentle voice echoed through the hallways.
"They sure are, love, but it's time for them to go to bed, isn't it?" a deep, coarse voice replied.
"Yes," the lady sighed. "How I wish we could spend more time with both of them at home. We just got home from work and didn't even get a chance to play with them. If it isn't for the association's lack of capable hunters..."
"Now there, let's not be selfish dear... It's still fortunate for us that Yagari has agreed to help us take care of Zero and Ichiru while we're away. I'm sure that under his guardianship, they'll grow up to be great hunters just like us."
"I know, I trust Yagari to watch over them well, but I'm worried..."
"And why is that?"
She paused for a moment, and slowly muttered, "The curse..."
The man's body tightened in alarm, and then relaxed. "Let's not worry about that for now." He managed to say. "They're still young, barely a year old. I'd say we let the twins enjoy their childhood first and see how things go before deciding upon a course of action."
"Okay," she whispered. "But why must this happen to them? To us? I can't bear to watch any of our children suffer," she continued, her voice quivering.
The man held the lady's hand in his and steadily replied, "Me neither, but there is nothing else we can do to change their fates. All we can do now is try to give them the best lives any hunter child has lived under these circumstances." As she calmed down and nodded solemnly, he added, "Anyway, it's late already, let's get them to bed and get some sleep ourselves. We have a busy day ahead of us." He gave her hand a gentle squeeze before letting go...
(So there goes my very first chapter of my very first fanfic. :D I hope you guys enjoyed it! It will be greatly appreciated if you guys leave a comment and tell me what you think of this first chapter. :) I will update the second chapter soon!)
