I've never done a Vampire Knight fiction. And quite frankly I'm not sure how it will come out. I've been baffled by dreams of doing this, maybe a greater force is telling me to 'do it, just do it', and it is not from my Nike shoes either. And well, I'll give it a try, I'm use to flames, I could care less what others think. I write to enjoy myself, and for others that might. And therefore, this is for you people that enjoy a good story.
Many stories have inspired me to make this mix. Three for certain.
Scarlet Moon does not own Vampire Knight, though she wishes she can have some nappy time with Shiki-kun. (fufufu, he looks so snuggable.)
[Beware of some spoilers; some event took place in chapter 61 of Vampire Knight.]
All rights belongs to Matsuri Hino. (If only she can continue the series in the anime as well, even if it's been butchered a bit.)
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The Sovereign of Silence
"After centuries of waiting.
Trapped in perpetual darkness,
The darklings will hunt once again."
By Scarlet Moon
Prologue
~Birth~
"Uwaaah! Uwaaah!" The sound of a wailing infant echoed in the nursery room.
"Meet your new baby brother Juuri." An elegant woman lifted her first child up, a 3 year old little girl peered over the crib at the wailing infant. Her little nose wriggled, and her bright red eyes narrowed at the noise he was making.
"Noisy mama. Noisy." She looked with disdain at the infant. Now wrinkling her nose even more, "Stinky! Stinky mama! He pooed! Bad baby!" Wiggling her chubby fingers at the infant. "Next time, potty baby, use potty."
The young woman laughed, "Oh Juuri, Kaname is still a baby. He can't use the potty yet. That's what diapers are for. But. He sure is stinky isn't he?" She looked at her daughter, who whole heartedly agreed with her mother. Then she smiled. "Let's get daddy to clean him up?" The girl giggled in delight.
"Poor daddy. Clean stinky poopy baby." The little girl covered her mouth with her hands, like a little lady should.
"Yes, poor daddy." The woman laughed as her husband just entered the nursery room
"Hmm? What has gotten my two favorite girls to be giggling so loudly?" The young man questioned, nearing the crib. His nose wrinkled, then eyed the two, knowing just exactly they were planning. "Oh, you two are just evil."
"There, there now Haruka. I did Juuri's, I think it's only fair you do Kaname's. Isn't that right dear?" She gave her husband a murderous glare. As if forcing him to say no.
He only sweat-dropped, knowing he lost this round anyway. "Oh, Kaname, what have you been eating?"
The infant only stared up at the man looking up at him with intent red eyes. Seeming to frown at them at their lack of sincerity to clean him off this infernal mess mashing up at his sore tooshy.
"Alright, alright, no need to give me that grim look little man. I'm on it, I'm on it." The man sighed out as he picked up his son, a hand length away towards the changing station.
~Death of a Prince, Return of a King~
"No! He's took him! Haruka! He took our child!" A frantic Juuri ran out of the nursery, tears streaming her face.
"Quickly! To the mausoleum! He must be there!" Haruka lifted of his chair, putting his daughter down on the sofa as he quickly ran for the entrance of the underground door. "Be a good little princess and stay here Juuri, mother and I will be right back." The little girl nodded her head obediently, sensing something was not right for her parents to be so frantic. Hugging her teddy closely to herself she watched with wide eyes as her parents disappeared behind the door.
The wailings of a child stopped, and the fresh smell of fallen blood filled up the elegantly decorated room. A coffin is exposed half open. And a man with one red and one blue eyes bended over it, a bloody blanket in his arm.
'It's such an irony that this baby was named Kaname like you. That's what got me started thinking this, rather than devour this little baby in haste. I thought it would be far better to do this, using it to bring you back to life so I can devour you instead, and earn more power this way. What do you say of it, oh ancestor of my Kuran clan?"
~A year later~
"Over here Kana-chan. Over here. Come to big sister Juuri! You can do it. Your almost there! Almost there!"
The one year old boy was steadily walking towards his elder sister. His short little legs refusing to go straight ahead of him. His face, red from concentration, he worked his feet one at a time, one in front of the other, one two, one two. Till he was near his goal. With a squeal of delight, he plunged forward towards his sister. Hugging her with his short arms.
"That's my little brother!" The young girl squealed.
The parents watched over their two children from the doorway, leaning against each other.
"It's not fair, Haruka, she's our daughter, first Kaname, now her? Why must our children suffer so? Are we, is the Kuran clan truly cursed?" The mother wept on her husband's shoulder. "All I wanted for our children was to live a happy and a good life. Is that too much to ask?"
Haruka hugged his wife close. "I don't know Juuri, I don't know, but I'm sure fate will work its way out for our children. We made it, didn't we? Our children are strong; I believe they will make it through to."
"How much longer do we have Haruka?"
"They will come for her on her eight birthday." Holding his wife tighter, he willed the pain in his chest to ease, but it did not go away so easily.
"Then let's enjoy what we have left then, together Haruka."
"Yes, let's." Haruka agreed.
~Eternal Devotion~
Four children ranging from ages nine and ten gathered around the birthday girl, who is about to turn eight today.
"Juuri-sama, no, your majesty. We all have discussed this long ago. With your father and mother, Haruka and Juuri-sama. We shall go with you on your eternal journey." A young girl kneeled down to towards the birthday girl. Her blond hair held many braids, all pulled up in a messy ponytail, and green eyes shone with sincerity as she looked up at the girl.
Next a strawberry blonde boy with golden eyes kneeled down as well. "We will do our utmost to protect you, your majesty."
A young brunette girl with teal eyes kneeled down as well, clasping her majesty's hand. "You don't have to be afraid no more, we will all be with you. Now and forever, your majesty."
And lastly, a boy kneeled as well, his long grey silver locks braided down his back, his lavender and grayish eyes glistening in the moonlight. "We vowed to protect you. Let us be your knight your majesty."
The little girl sighed softly, she had an inkling feeling this was the reason why the elder children of the nobles called her off to the side. Her red eyes glowed softly under the moonlight as she looked up at them.
"We shall be forever cursed, are you sure?" She exclaimed. "What of your family?"
The older female, clearly the leader of the four looked up at the birthday girl. "We are sure your majesty. Though we may be forgotten, we have gained honor for our family. We have no regrets."
"Very well then." She gazed at them all, rising up. "Kisa, Kyo, Momiji and Ayame, from this day forward, I bind you to me, eternally as my Knights."
The all nodded, having already accepted their fate. "Thank you, your majesty." They all proclaimed together, their voice strong, ready for the trials to come.
"Well now, just for today. I'm still Juuri Kuran. Eldest daughter of Haruka and Juuri Kuran. So, no majesty just yet. Okay?" She winked at them as she headed for the door.
They all chuckled, nodding in agreement. "As you wish, Juuri sama."
"Good, I want to play one last time with my precious little brother." And she hurried off, to where her little brother waited. "Ah, there you are Kana-chan. Let's play while we wait for the cake alright?"
"Hai, onne sama!" The five year old boy nodded his head vigorously as he grasps his big sisters hand. Holding tightly to it, fearing if he let go, he would never see her again. Little did he know how true his thoughts were. And it would be years later before he found out the fate of his beloved elder sister.
~Reminisce~
The dorm president sighed wistfully as he grasp the petals of lilacs from the air above him. "She'll be twenty-two this year."
"Eh, Kaname kun. Who will be twenty-two?" Takuma, the vice president asked from behind the only Kuran heir.
"Nothing Ichijou. Nothing." Kaname said, his back to the curious blonde.
"Hmm, if you say so. Anyways! About the spring festival. I was thinking of copying the human's Sakura festival. What do you think? Dinner outside, watching the flowering trees in full bloom, some dancing and things of that sorts. Romantic isn't it? You can even call Yuuki can to come!" Takuma chuckled to himself. Wondering if Kaname would ask her out right. Even if that means it might be spoiled because Kiryuu would be there no doubt.
"I'll leave such matters to you Ichijou. Do as you want."
"You're no fun Kaname kun. At least give me a smile, or gleefully agree with my suggestions."
A sudden snap fluttered behind him as branches began to fall down for no reason. Leaving Takuma scared for his life.
"I was just joking! Joking I say! No need to get testy!" Takuma sighed whispering to himself, "Your becoming more like a woman in menopause. Never know what'll set you off."
"I heard that Ichijou."
"Uh, ha ha ha! Just ignore me."
"I think I shall."
"Hey! That's not what I meant by ignoring! Hey! Wait! Kaname kun! Really! I still need your signature to approve of it! Wait up I said!" Takuma raced to catch up with future last vampire prince.
~Savior~
"Aww, I'm hungry! Let's go get something to eat!" Yuuki pointed to the sweets shop nearby.
"Ug, if you're hungry, you should eat real food, not sweets." Zero grumbled.
"But there's this new parfait I wanted to try!" Yuuki whinned.
"I prefer ramen then to that junk you call food."
Yuuki pouted and huffed, folding her arms over her shoulder, "You really are no fun. Fine, let's go get some ramen. Your treat."
"How did it come to that?" Zero all but growled under his breath? He wanted to save some money for some parts for his weapon.
"Because I have to eat ramen and not the new exclusive choco parfait they have today."
"What kind of crazy reason is that?"
"It just is. So give up already."
"Fine, fine, let's go already." Zero lead her to his favorite ramen stand, just around the block, down the alley way.
It didn't take them long to notice something was amiss, thick fogs were coming out of the ground itself. And the air felt heavy. Even the scenery seemed to changing. Like to scenery over one another, one is the alleyway they came through, another looked like a frozen wasteland, white and blue.
"Is it a vampire?" Yuuki asked, grabbing Artermis.
"I don't know. Something isn't right about this. It's not . . . like a vampire. . It just . . don't feel like a vampire either. Be on your guard Yuuki."
"Alright Zero." She trembled a little. This was a little bit strange. She's fought with a few vampires since becoming a Perfect, and none of them seemed to have this kind of ability. Was it a pureblood's doing?
"Something's coming." Zero alerted her, waking her from her daze.
Holding tightly to Artermis, she prepared herself for whatever it is coming.
It was a strange feeling, she could even taste it. Something vast beyond her knowledge, ancient and bitter, tumbling over itself in a rush like a wave of the ocean. And it grew stronger as it advanced, like an avalanche, burying everything white in its wake. She closed her eyes in fear.
Then it struck, washing through the alleyway, sweeping away everything, obliterating any sound except for itself, it consumed everything and anything. She opened her eyes and saw what happened. Blue-white ethereal light, frozen bodies, time seemed to have stopped for all but them. The whole world was suddenly struck by . . .
Silence.
There were no sounds, just their breathing.
"What's going on? Zero, is it a pureblood?"
"I . . . I don't know Yuuki. I've never heard any of them with this kind of power."
Then a new sound came from behind them.
It was a deep rumble, like the echo of a train from a distant. The sound seemed to travel up her spine before it broke into an audible growl. A deep and vibrating growl.
"It's here." Zero pulled out his gun towards the sound, and gasp at what he saw. "What the!"
Yuuki too turned, and froze when she saw it at the end of the street.
It looked like a cat but much larger, well, more like a cat man, for it stood on its hind legs. It was taller than the Headmaster, much taller. Its black fur rippled with huge muscles, as if hundreds of crawling snakes lived under the midnight coat. Just thinking of it like that made her skin crawl, she hated snakes.
A black panther, she remembered about it when she was in the library looking for something to write a book report about. But this creature definitely didn't look as if it had escaped from any circus. What circus had a panther that walked on two legs?
Then from behind them, a growing chorus of hisses grew in intensity. She turned to glance back at them; wriggling black forms were fanning out of the white blanket of nothingness that surrounded them, as if herding them towards the cat like beast. "Zero, I think we're surrounded."
"Damn. I don't think they are vampires." Zero said grimly.
"I'm starting to think that too." Yuuki agreed, "Now what?"
"We fight."
" . . Alright."
The cat like beast leaned forward, and they can see just how large it is just by watching how wide it shoulder was, it was the size of both of them put close together, if not more. Then, its height is possibly more then what they had guessed originally. They were screwed; there was no other word for it.
The sound of a gun ranged in the whitened alleyway. And the growl of an angry cat beast came nearer as it rushed forward for them. Long black claws came straight for them; it seemed the cat beast could elongate its claws at will, but how far? They didn't want to know, right now, surviving was all they could think off. And the gun didn't seem to faze the beast at all; in fact, the bullet seems to just go through it.
"Nothing's working Zero!" Yuuki screamed as she ducked the claw once again, but she was to slow, it had scratched her right cheek already.
Zero kept on firing, cursing as the bullet seemed to just go through, disappearing either in it, or behind it, he couldn't tell. Just what exactly is this beast? If it's not a vampire, then what is that thing? Because he wasn't thinking, or it had caught him by surprised, he found himself trapped between wall and the cat beast. "Damn."
Suddenly from above him, a voice, "Duck! Hurry!"
Without thinking he ducked and rolled to the side, crashing into Yuuki who was trying to get up by using the wall as leverage. "Oomph."
The sound of flesh being cut, bones cleaving, and the cry of the cat beast vibrated between the walls of the alleyway. The hissing sound of the shapeless black blobs looked as if was retreating, along with the whiteness that came with it.
"That was close, are you two alright?"
When they looked up, they were surprised to see a young girl holding a long spear like weapon in her hands. Smiling down at them, but under her lips, two gleaming fangs protruded out.
"Don't you know it's dangerous out at night for little kids?"
Zero growled lightly at her, the event being replayed in his mind, and the thought of being saved by a little girl, a vampire no less irked him deeply. "Have you seen yourself in the mirror?"
The girl laughed rubbing the back of her head, "Ah, your right, I guess it's easy to be misunderstood in this body."
Yuuki jabbed Zero in the ribs and apologized to the little girl. "We are greatly grateful you saved us." Again she poked him in the head, and heard Zero gruff "Yeah yeah, thanks."
The girl titled her head at them both, seeming to examine then before she broke out in a grin. "No problem, we are glad that you are safe, but really. Tonight is not a safe night for children. You should head home quickly."
"But, what about you?" Yuuki could not help but be concerned for the girl, she didn't know why, but she felt something. What it was she did not know, but it was not an unpleasant something.
"I must do my duty little one. Don't worry." The girl only smiled. "I'll be alright, now hurry, it's getting dangerous for those that can walk in this hour."
"What are you talking about?" Zero butted in, there was something this kid, this child was hiding, and he wanted to know. Especially when vampires are concerned.
"Mm, it's not safe to talk here, not really, when we meet again, if we can meet again, I'll explain. Fair?" The girl tilted her head to the white haired boy, while her eyes seems to be eyeing something at the corner of the block.
Zero nodded, he'll let it go once. "Cross Academy."
"Cross academy?"
"That's the school we go to!" Yuuki quipped up, it's unusual for Zero to, invite anyone, much less a vampire.
"Ah, a school huh. I've always wondered what it's like. Alright. If I have free time. I'll see you. But I can't make a promise. My duty comes first above all else, even before me."
Zero nodded, looking down. Hearing the devotion of duty in a child so small touched something in his chest. It's not that long ago, he was just like that. Devoted to duty, nothing else mattered. "Alright."
The girl looked to them, and nodded, running into the whiteness that seemed to be running away.
"I wonder if she'll come." Yuuki wondered.
"Who knows." Zero answered truthfully.
"You know." Yuuki looked at Zero.
"What?" Zero almost glared.
"You didn't point your gun at her."
All he could do was huff. And Yuuki dragged him out the alleyway laughing.
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Well that does it for the night for me.
As you can see, this is just the beginning, the story is just starting.
Things will clear out in the next chapter, hopefully ne?
Should I continue? That's up to you guys. I could use your inputs.
Author's notes:
"Your Highness", I believe is the proper form of address for a prince or princess.
While, "Your Majesty", indicates a king or queen.