The Second Petal Falls
Hm where to begin… well
Vampire Knight and all characters (except Kira Tigami and her parents) belong to Hino Matsuri in other words I don't own it. *very, very sad*
Err…Um… Enjoy!
"Zero can't you walk faster!?" Yuki complained, dragging the bleeding body of Kira Tigami to the chairman's office moping up the blood from her pale face." Zero! "
Kira tried to make sense of It all, her father's vague description of the Cross academy the memory replayed it self contentiously.
"Kira…" he father sighed "there's some thing I need to tell you."
Kira shuffled her feet across the dusty floor allowing each board to creak beneath her slippers. Her eyes only concentrated on her father's jet black hair forming a screen over his icy blue eyes.
"I need you to leave."
Kira dumbstruck stood across from him in disbelief. She had always been close with her father-both before and after her mother's death.
"Not like that. I've enrolled you in Cross Academy. I no longer feel that it's safe here. "
Within seconds of Kira's father stating this, the door flew off its hinges, kicking up dust as it skidded across the floor. Kira ran for the window fearing the worst as two dark figures glided into the dimly lit living space.
One of the figures hands clasped Kira's face its claw-like fingers dug into the skin around her eye, blinding her.
"Just like your mother" he mocked
Another vampire? Kira quickly stepped to one side and with out thinking smashed through the window and from there ran for clutching for her life, knowing the other vampires could smell her blood.
"Shhhh she's waking up."
Kira sat up squinting at the faces that surrounded her. She quickly tried to stand up but her throbbing head caused her to fall back down.
"Tigami Kira?" Kira turned her head in the direction of the voice its owners face beaming with happiness, "It's taken you long enough to get here as of now you're our newest night class student. Kira-Chan are you feeling well enough to go to class?"
"Yes." Kira answered her voice resembling a gentle wind not strong enough to push wind chimes.
"Well, then Kira follow Ichijou-kun – he's the blonde one." The chairman added.
"Right this way Miss Kira-Chan."
Kira followed Ichijou with out question.
"Kira-Chan"-Ichijou stopped and turned to her once they were out of the chairmen's hearing range -"how did you hurt you self like that?"
Kira closed her eyes. "I can tell you how but not why. Two vampires came into my house I had to leave some how right? So I jumped out a window and ran from there."
Ichijou opened his mouth to speak but Kira Quickly changed the subject not wanting to explain
"Come on we should get to class."
"What did we miss?" Ichijou asked cheerfully when they arrived in the class room.
"The entire lecture. " The girl in the top row with wavy ash colored hair answered.
Ichijou smiled and stepped aside "every one this is Tigami Kira."
Kira clasped her hands and bowed "Its nice meeting you all…"
The class room was suddenly filled with whispers all eyes on her.
"We don't usually see girls this pretty around here"
Kira's Hand was lifted from her side and it s back pulled to the lips of the boy in front of her.
"Hanabasa…"
The boy froze and dropped Kira's hand as if it were on fire.
"Akatsuki you always have to ruin my fun." The boy whined childishly fallowing Akatsuki out of the room.
"Don't let Aidou-san disturb you"-Ichijou rested his hand on Kira's shoulder-" he just likes to tease. Kaname-Sama told me where you room is at, if you'd like me to show it to you and what's awesome about it is that you won't have any roommates to bother you."
As the rest of the vampires exited the class room and headed off to the moon dorms. Ichijou explained the rules, many of which Kira considered common since rules, such as saying someone looks tasty is taboo.
Kira zoned out while walking through the grounds, thinking of fact that she may have just lost her father and had no one, no mother to comfort her. Kira's father worked is butt off to keep her safe, but it was still as if he saw this night coming, he knew much more than she had- even about her own family.
"Kira-Chan, see that building up ahead?" Ichijou asked placing his hand on Kira's and pointing to the castle-like building appearing on the horizon. "Your room should be right about there." His pale finger crossed the horizon again and pointed to a window just now showing it self.
"What size is it?" Kira asked now curious about her new room.
"I've never been in side. "
"Oh…"
Ichijou removed his hand from Kira's shoulder, just in time for Aidou to decide on joining them.
"Kira-Chaaaan ", His childish voice called out."Do you know where your room is at?"
"She'll be staying in that room."
Aidou's eyes widened as Ichijou emphasized the word that.
"Hmph" Aidou turned away in disbelief. "I'm sure it's not as big as they say it is."
The rest of the walk to the dorm rooms continued with Aidou's complaints about Kira's room.
Kira almost slipped on the white tile floors not realizing she was still wearing her fuzzy pink slippers as the night class student left to their dorm room by taking the stair cases on either side of the foyer.
The ceiling was high and adorned with chandlers which made the moon dorms both look and feel even more like a castle.
"Up this way Kira-Chan."
Kira fallowed Ichijou up the stair case, his dusty blond hair swaying to either side as he walked.
"Ichijou-san" Kaname's deep velvet voice called
"Kira-Chan, your room's the 3 on the left." Ichijou's lime green eyes brilliantly sparkled as he smiled and waved good night to Kira.
Kira wandered down the candle lit hall counting the doors as she went. Door one door, two door three. She let out a deep breath noticing the fact that this door was more elaborate that the last, the door was crafted with some sort of cherry oak and had a carving of a rose winding it self around a crescent moon. Her eyes closed as she turned and released the brass handle. The room was large- very large- it fit two beds and a couch both a shade of lilac. Lilac was the rooms theme the walls were that color along the area rugs on the cherry oak hard wood floors. A king sized four poster bed was within steps of Kira. On the wall left of that there was a large picture window that the couch was in front of, the twin bed was also along that wall. Kira was happy that the room had its own bathroom and shower.
Kira locked the bath room and unraveled the bandages. She gently splashed her face with water trying to remove the dry blood that only made the cuts on her pale skin look worse.
After she patted her face dry, Kira opened both of her amber eyes. She looked terrible the pale yellow dress she wore was stained with her own blood, the gashes made it hurt to keep her eye open.
Kira's reflection stared back at her, still not seeing what her father had seen. He would always tell her that she looked so much like her beautiful mother. They shared the same haunting amber eyes bone straight caramel hair and pale skin that blushed a raspberry color. Kira felt that no matter how much they looked alike she would never be that beautiful.
Kira dismissed her thoughts of her mother, and buried herself in the covers of the four poster bed hoping to fall asleep, soon.
"Kiraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-Chaaaaaaaaaaaan"
Kira rolled over hoping Aidou's voice was just a product of her imagination, but it wasn't.
"Common Kira-Chan"
Kira forced herself out of the bed to ease the whining Aidou.
"It shouldn't take this long for someone to get out of bed, in other word your room couldn't be that big."
Kira opened the door, and Aidou stuck in his nappy-blond haired head
"Wow, your room is that big."
Just after saying this Aidou grabbed Kira's hand and half dragged her down the marble stairs into the
"Tah dah"
Aidou presented Kira with a dusty old trunk that was held together with leather straps pressed in place by bronze studs.
"The chairmen sent this; he said it was from your house." Ichijou sighed confused by the lock. "I can't seem to get it open, though."
Kira knelt beside Ichijou, smiled and slid her fingers under one of the leather straps pulling out a small key. She rested her ear on the plaque that key fit into. It held the imprint of a raven and a dove holding a ribbon with Kira's parents' initials on it- RT for Rena Tigami and HT for Hamanasu Tigami.
After Kira unlocked the trunk she opened it revealing every thing of value she owned; her mothers wedding dress, a simple black and white dress for parties along with a book her mother from before she would fall asleep, and a photo of her family all together. The picture was on the very top of all her belongings seeing her family all together tore at her already damaged heart.
"Wow, Kira-Chan, is that your mother!?" Ichijou asked "She's so beautiful, you look a lot like her. " Ichijou's lime green eyes glistened brilliantly at his own comment.
Kira picked up the picture and held it tight to her chest trying to hide the fact that she was blushing. Ichijou closed the trunk and with the help of a half asleep Aidou was able to lug it up the stairs.
"Goodnight Kira-Chan" they both called out as they left.
Kira closed the door behind them set her family photo on her night stand, and buried herself beneath the silky purple covers of the four poster bed secretly wishing her mother was there to read to her.
Hope you all have enjoyed the fist chapter.
Ps. If you have a Question I will answer it in the following chapter (if it's not too much of a spoiler) Also I will be following the manga NOT the anime.