~Chapter one~
Kaname was in his house alone as usual, Takuma used to come all the time when Kaname's family was first killed by his uncle Rido but now he doesn't as much as he used to, Kaname had to admit, he's kind of lonely without anyone to be with. When he suddenly smelled blood, he started to have a bad feeling and ran out of the door to go to where the smell was coming from. When Kaname arrived at the scene he was horrified, there in front of him was a family of four hunters… dead 'what happened here?' he thought. He walked to everyone in the room to see if anyone was alive, first he say a little boy about five years old with silver hair… dead, he had huge gashes across his chest blood all around him 'poor kid' Kaname thought, next he saw an older women and thought her to be the mother… she was dead too, huge gashes in her neck 'damn!' he thought and moved on to a older man he thought to be the father and saw his stomach ripped open… obviously dead, 'one left' he thought and walked over to the other kid, who also had silver hair he also looked to be about five years of age just like the other little boy 'twins?' he questioned in his head and bent down to check if he was alive, and he was, 'he's alive!' he thought. After finding the boy he sensed other hunters coming, without thinking he grabbed the boy and ran to his house using his vampire speed, he had to treat the poor boys injuries.
Once at his house he put the boy on the couch and grabbed a couple of towels and a bucket of water so he could clean the boy up 'dang! He's covered in blood' he thought. First he took off the boy's shirt that was once white, now being completely crimson colored from the blood, he put it aside and cleaned his upper body, he noticed a few gashes from claws on the boy's stomach and bandaged them up after cleaning them, next he noticed two puncture wounds on his neck 'vampires, I should have known! But why was only he bitten?' next he took off the boy's pants (leaving the boxers) and cleaned his legs and feet.
Once Kaname was done with that he took the little unconscious hunter to his room and put him in his bed and went to the kitchen to make some food for the little boy. When Kaname left the boy woke up "where am I?" he said groggily, he looked around and saw he was in a giant bed in the middle of a giant room, the boy started to panic and tried to sit up when he felt a sudden pain in his stomach "Gahhhhh! Oww" Then he remembered the events of the night before and realized his parents were not around anymore, he had watched all his family die one by one, starting with his twin and best friend Ichiru, then his mother, then father, finally he was attacked but he didn't die, the pureblood had bitten him. The little boy started to cry. As the boy cried Kaname finished up in the kitchen, he came back to see the little boy sobbing and he went over to him, he set the food down and hugged the boy in his arms. After a few minutes of crying the boy stopped and had the courage to ask questions, "Who are you?" he asked "Kaname Kuran" Kaname answered without hesitation "where am I?" "We are at my house" "Why?" "because I was here when I suddenly smelled blood, I went to it and found you alive and brought you here to help take care of you, now I have a few questions too, can I ask you them?" "One more question and yes you can ask the questions. How old are you?" "10 years old. Now what's your name?" "Zero" it was a simple answer, Zero didn't want to tell him his last name, "How old are you?" Kaname asked "five tears old" "what level vampire attacked your family?" at this question Zero tensed in Kaname's arms "ummmm… P-Pureblood" Zero's eyes started to water as if he was going to cry again, Kaname noticed this and hugged the boy tighter "I'm sorry Zero, I didn't mean to make you cry, how about we stop with the questions for now and eat… you must be hungry" Kaname said. At the thought of food Zero's stomach growled and Zero blushed and put his head on Kaname's chest and nodded in agreement, Kaname just laughed.
As they ate they started talking about random things, Kaname always let Zero choose the topic, and they also laughed together. Before they knew it, it was midnight "Oh, looks like it's time for bed, come on" Kaname said and yawned. Zero was already dozing off, Kaname laughed and picked him up, he put his arms around Kaname's neck and legs around his waist, Kaname carried him up the stairs to his bedroom and put him on the bed, he noticed Zero was already asleep. (At some point during the night they went down stairs to watch TV.) Kaname got into some P.J.s and also got in bed and fell asleep.
The next morning Zero was the first to wake up which was normal, he was always an early riser. Being the first up now though was strange because he didn't know what to do in the new house and he didn't want to wake Kaname, 'what do I do? I'm so confused' Zero felt himself start to tremble, he just couldn't take it! He was only five years old, not to mention that he was now living with a vampire, a pureblood at that, that didn't even question his last name. Zero didn't want his family to be disgraced, if Kaname found out he was from the famous Kiryu clan he would think Zero was weak for not being able to protect his family and himself! Zero just couldn't take it after what happened. "Hnnnn, Zero? Are you ok?" Zero was snapped out of his thoughts when he heard Kaname speak to him "Yes, I'm fine… I was just thinking, sorry did I wake you… I've always been and early riser, hahaha" He answered nervously 'dang it! I always rant when I'm stressed out and someone asks me a question like that!' he cursed himself for showing it. "Are you sure? It looks as if you have something on your mind" Kaname said and Zero could tell he was genuinely worried about him "well, I do have something on my mind, and I'm kind of stressed and worried. Last night when I wouldn't answer some questions you didn't pester me to answer you just left it alone; you don't even know my last name! I don't understand!" After saying this he started to shake harder, his brain couldn't handle this stress, anymore and he would break, any five year old would. After hearing Zero say that and start shaking Kaname couldn't help it, he pulled the boy into his lap and kissed his lips trying to calm the little boy down and as expected after a while Zero sopped shaking and leaned back against Kaname's chest, Kaname pulled away to see a very confused and blushing Zero "W-Wh-Wha? Why'd you k-kiss me?" he asked and Kaname just chucked and kissed his forehead "to calm you down and look, it worked. Zero you need to know, if you don't want to answer a question you don't have to. I would love you to but I understand if you don't want to, ok?" Kaname said Zero just stared for a minute before he answered "yes… I was just worried you would think I'm weak even though my family was strong" He said a little dejected "Zero! Don't worry about that! What can a five year old hunter still in training do when he's under the spell of a pureblood? Nothing, ok" so don't worry I won't laugh or think you're weak, I was in a similar situation as you, the only difference is I could do something about it and just wasn't strong enough" Kaname reassured then kissed Zero again, when he pulled away Zero asked "what do you mean?" "Well when I was about eight years old my family was attacked by my uncle Rido… He was after my sister Yuuki the 'pureblood princess' my parents tried to protect her but were defeated… You see Rido brought an army of level E's and I was to kill them all… My parents put up a good fight but just couldn't handle Rido's power and were killed, when I finished with the level E's I ran inside to see Rido was draining my sister, I saw she was already dead, I… I was to busy with the level E's I let my family die, I saw nobody was alive so I fled I had to get away. I didn't want to die I had to live on for my family so I left… Yuuki was the same age as you, Rido just wanted to be stronger so he took all her blood and left. A week later I came home, cleaned it up and have been here ever since… Alone until I met you" He ended with a smile but you could see the pain in his eyes. Kaname looked down at Zero on his lap to see he was crying into his chest "hey, what's wrong? I'm ok I've gotten over it, sometimes you have to or else you will lose yourself" he said "Kiryu" Zero whispered to the point where it forced Kaname to ask "excuse me?" "My name… my full name is Zero Kiryu" Zero said in a stronger voice now even thought he had tears in his eyes and was still sniffling. Kaname was shocked to say the least 'Kiryu' was the most famous, strongest hunter clan 'that Kiryu?' as if hearing his question Zero said "yes the famous clan, Kiryu and now I'm the only remaining member… not that anyone knows that they all think I'm dead…" "Wow! That's amazing! Wait what do you mean they all think you're dead?" Kaname asked "Well my brother, Ichiru, was weak so we kept him a secret… for all they know that was me dead" Zero laughed at this "so they thought your brother was you and nobody knew it really wasn't?" "Well… There was one person… Yagari-sensei" "do you want me to contact him and tell him you're alive?" Kaname asked "yes please! He was good with secrets too! So if it's ok with you I'd like to stay whit you for a while" Zero said with a blush "ok and I would love that Zero! I'll go call" Kaname said and left. When he left Zero fell onto the bed exhausted.
"WHAT?" Yagari screamed into the phone "wait are you saying Zero is alive?" "Yes and if you would like to see him cone to the Kuran mansion I'm sure he would like to see you. He told me to call you" Kaname said "ok, be there in a half an hour" Yagari said and hung up, as much as he hated vampires he was very happy to hear Zero, his favorite pupil, was safe. When Kaname hung up he went back to the room and saw Zero had fallen asleep again, he didn't want to wake him up so Kaname went to the kitchen to wait for Yagari, who was right on time.
'Knock… Knock… Knock' "Kuran open the door right now!" Yagari yelled and Kaname chuckled and opened the door. "Where's Zero?" Yagari asked immediately "he's in the bedroom, after talking to him I called you, he must have fallen asleep while I was talking to you, I'll take you to him" Kaname said and started walking to the room, as expected Yagari followed. When they got to the room Kaname opened the door quietly and walked in to the bed. Yagari walked over too "it's really him" he said with a small smile on his face "yes, that is what I told you" Kaname smirked at the hunter and decided to step back and watch. "Zero, Zero wake up" Yagari said and lightly shook Zero's shoulder "hnnnn, Kaname?" He asked still sleepy "no kid it's me, Yagari" "Y-Yagari-sensei!" Zero practically jumped on Yagari "Hey kid, I thought you were dead! I was so worried! Are you ok?" Yagari asked "Uh-huh, I'm fine Kaname has been taking care of me" Zero said with a huge smile. Seeing Zero smile after only just losing his family surprised Yagari but also made him happy "that's good but what are you going to do? Where are you going to stay? I would take you in but I won't be home a lot and the association thinks you're dead" Yagari stated, at this Kaname stepped in "he said he wanted to stay here, I would also like that because I'm also alone here all the time" Kaname said and looked away when he said the last sentence, Zero saw this and got up and went to him "it's ok, Kaname remember what you told me" Zero said and hugged the depressed vampire. Yagari just watched surprised but said "that would be fine I guess but I will come check on him if I have time and will keep training him" He said "ok! Thanks sensei!" Zero said happily. Yagari walked over to Zero and ruffled his hair "I've got to go kid, be back ok?" "Ok, bye sensei" Zero said and hugged Yagari good-bye. After Yagari left Kaname heard Zero's stomach growl and he laughed "let's go get you something to eat" he said and Zero just nodded blushing, and they left.
This chapter took so long to write and type I don't know what to do with it, it just came to mind tell me if you want me to continue because I certainly will :D also I'm working on chapter four of Freedom Please Review~~~
