After having his parents and brother murdered by a vampire, Zero is taken in by the Kuran's, a close friend of his parents. He is assigned to as their sons' playmate. Although they do not get along at first they gradually feel comfort towards each other and soon develop feelings for one another.
*Note that in this chapter both Kaname and Zero are 8 years old
Zero woke up with large eyes, covered in sweat. He clutched the blankets with his small hands as he panted harsh breaths. He stared up at the blank white wall and then around him. He was in a hospital. Patients in matching gowns lingered through the room with nurses and doctors assisting them.
"You're awake?" A nurse who stood next to him asked. He didn't say anything. He was covered in sweat and was in an unknown environment. "Here drink this." The nurse said.
He hesitated in taking it but then he snatched it away. He chugged the liquid down until the glass was empty. So many questions were being asked in his head. Why was he here? What is he doing here? Where is his family? His family... Suddenly out of no where he began to scream.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!" He held his hand to the side of his neck and backed away to the farthest part of his bed away from the nurse. His neck was bandaged and he knew why. His eyes were wide with fear. He couldn't do anything but scream. After his screams followed silence and sounds of shoes clacking on the floor towards him. A group of doctors and security guards circles around his bed as they took him out of the room.
As he was being dragged against his will out of the room he heard hints of gossiping and whispers. "Poor boy, he's so small and his family is already gone." Gone?
"What is he going to do? Does he have any family left?" Family?
He was almost out the door with his head turning a 360 trying to hear the rest of their conversation.
"If he doesn't have any other relatives then they might send him to an orphanage and become alone." Alone. That word frightened him. Without anyone. His mind darkened as he felt his eyes losing its life. He shut his eyes slowly, remembering what had happened.
XXX Flashback XXX
The door opened to their home abruptly opened and standing there was a white haired woman. Her eyes were red and full of blood lust.
"Zero, Ichiru go to your room!" Their mother shouted. She and their father held out spear like knives, already in fighting stance. "Lock the room! Now!" With eyes full of worry they obeyed and went quickly.
Zero shut the door closed and locked it with a click. He had a bad feeling about all of this. He knew his parents were vampire hunters however he also knew that that was no ordinary vampire. His brother was the same.
"Zero what's going on?" His younger brother asked with a worrisome expression.
"Nothing." He couldn't let his brother feel like he should be scared. He led him to their bed and laid there facing each other. Zero wore a soft expression as he looked at his mirrored image while holding his hand.
"Everything's going to be alright Ichiru. Now go to sleep." He looked at him with hesitation but obliged as Zero ran his fingers through his younger brother's hair, soothing him until he fell asleep.
Zero on the other hand laid there with an unsettles look. He couldn't hear anything from where he was and had no idea what was going on. Who was that woman? Why was she invading their home? But then suddenly he felt a chill go up his spine. He could feel an unusual aura approaching them. The door opened with an audible and loud bang which startled both him and his sleeping brother.
"Oh splendid, the children of those wretched people." The woman said with thrill and a twisted smile. His eyes widened at her appearance. Blood. She was covered in blood. Her hair and kimono were stained in blood. His parent's blood. He couldn't do anything but protect his younger brother. Zero, with his small self, jumped out of bed and stood in front of Ichiru. He had to protect him at all costs.
"Such a strong warrior!" She exclaimed with a disgustingly huge smile as she walked in front of him. His heart began to beat wildly with every step she took, leaving traces of thick, red blood behind her. She glowered above him, looking down at the small fragile child while smirking. She bent down on her knees to be at height level with the small boy and stared into those fierce eyes. She put her index finger in place of his heart.
"Such a strong heart beat." She chuckled as her finger trailed up to his neck. He froze not knowing what to do, in fear of her next moves. She leaned in to his bare neck, revealing her fangs and then bit hard into his flesh. Zero screamed in pain, it burned, he felt his body heating up painfully. It was excruciating. He dropped to the ground while holding tightly to his wound as he could hear Ichiru screaming his name. He couldn't move his body more than an inch. He looked down at his hand, his bloody hand. It was painful, it felt like venom overflowed through his body. It hurt too much, it hurt too much that he began to cry.
Through his wary vision he saw the woman staring at his twin with the same blood thirsty look he saw when she faced his parents. She held Ichiru's head and then she... she snapped his neck.
"NOOO!" He shouted through his lungs. She didn't turn her head fully to him but did as much where he could see her pale lavender eyes. And then her smirk. His vision was failing him as he dropped to the blood stained ground and witnessed her escape. He then closed his eyes and fell in to oblivion.
XXX End of flashback XXX
He found himself in front of another family with doctors at either side of him. He stared at the unknown people. The woman had burgundy eyes, brown hair where the bottom tips were slightly curled forward, and she wore a pink dress with a pink rosed choker. The man next to her which he assumes is her mate had brown hair and also burgundy eyes. He then stared at the little boy at the side of the woman who assumed was their son because he looked exactly like the man but somewhat a mini version of him. Zero stared at the family intently as he listened to their conversation with the doctor.
"We're here to take Zero with us." The father said. 'Do they know me?' He wondered.
"Are you relatives of his?" One of the doctors asked.
"No but we were close friends with his parents." 'Were.'
"I'm sorry sir but we cannot permit someone who isn't of blood relation to leave with the boy." The other doctor said.
The woman stepped in. "Please allow us to take him in with my family." She said in a demanding tone. His eyes widened as he saw her once burgundy eyes turn into a blood red, the same blood red which the white haired woman bore. The doctors, as if under compulsion, obeyed and left Zero with them.
The son of the two met eye contact with Zero. He glared at him with his lilac eye, emitting a strong feeling of animosity towards him and his family. Vampires. That was the word that echoed through his head and filled his mind with rage. Vampires, filthy vampires.
Hehe getting into Zero's background before writing Kaname's and him's relationship. I swear in the next chapters they'll become lovey-dovey :3 Pinky promise. Review/Favorite/Follow :)
