Darkness Within
Disclaimer : I do not own this anime.
This is a one-shot story. I'm not a fan of Zero but the main character is Zero. I wonder why...
Fangs... blood... they're everywhere... I'm one of them too but why? My mother... and father... they were killed by those fangs... I feel tainted by the vampire blood in me. I didn't choose to be one. I'd die than be one. Until now, I still remember the pain I felt the day that damn pureblood sank her fangs on my neck. Regardless how much I tried to forget, I kept failing... This feeling of hatred and fear will never be gone...
As Zero walked out, he took a last glance at the academy. It was time to leave. He had business to handle. He can no longer stay in the academy with his condition. A Level E vampire with three pureblood's blood in him. Shizuka... Kaname... and Yuuki. Things will never be the same ever again. He lost Yuuki forever. He was deeply in love with her before but she had to be one of the pureblood he hated. He swore to kill her the next time they met. Zero kept walking and he reached one abandoned house by the end of the road. He was surprised by the silence. It was early in the afternoon and there wasn't anyone at all. Suddenly, he sensed blood from inside the house. Zero shot the window and crashed through it. After getting inside, he realized the door wasn't locked. He wondered if being a Level E made him stupid too.
Zero felt his heart beating faster and faster. He saw blood stains all over the wall. There was no doubt that there was a vampire in here. He followed the smell of blood until he reached the door to a room on the second floor. He heard a woman screaming from right inside that room. Without hesitating, he slammed the door and went in. He could not believe his eyes. How could that person be alive? He was supposed to be dead. Or at least be dead for a century or two... That person turned to look at Zero. He grinned at Zero's presence. His red eyes staring straight into Zero's lilac eyes...
"Ah. Zero... How nice to see you again...".
"Kuran Rido. Why are you still alive? I shot you myself"
"Naive little boy. I'm a pureblood. I'm immortal"
"I know you can't die but you should have needed quite some time before you resurrect again"
"*smirks* That, you'll have to figure it out yourself. I'll leave it as a mystery. As for now, it's time for me to go. Better luck finding me again. You'll find it pretty hard", said Rido before he vanished right in front of Zero.
Zero stood in the room like a statue as he was still processing what he had just seen or heard. Kuran Rido... still alive... that was not possible. If Rido was alive, why didn't he try to get Yuuki? Instead, he hid in this old abandoned house feeding on some innocent girls. It really was a mystery. Zero left the house and decided to go searching for Rido to get some answers. He was confused enough already. He needed to know what was going on.
Zero stopped by a guesthouse on his way to another district. He didn't know why he felt that Rido would be in another district... but his instincts told him so. Zero spent the night in the guesthouse. The name of the guesthouse was weird in a way. It was called "Dark Night". He felt uneasy about the place but there was no other guesthouse available. The decoration in the guesthouse was normal surprisingly but it gave out a dark aura. Zero got a room on the highest floor. There was only one room on that floor which made it weirder. He expected a not very nice slumber that night. However, Zero was too exhausted to stay awake. Within moments, his eyelids closed and he had a dream.
Zero stepped into a room which seemed quite familiar. He saw a chess set on the table by the window. Where was he? Why did he felt like he had been in this place before? He looked around and soon he saw a familiar face approaching. It was Kuran Kaname. Zero remembered now. He was in Kaname's room in the Moon Dormitory. Why was he here? He wondered. Then, he saw Rido appearing out of nowhere. He feared he would be noticed by Kaname and Rido so Zero hid behind the door. He listened to Rido and Kaname's conversation.
"Kaname, why won't you just be nice and hand Yuuki over to me?"
"Rido. No matter what, I won't let Yuuki go again. You should just stay dead"
"Oh dear, how rude of you to say that. And you should know by now that I can't die"
"I can't kill you but someday, someone will"
"I hope you don't mean Zero. He's still blurred by my presence in that old house. Isn't that right, Zero?", said Rido while looking straight at Zero.
Zero was shocked when he realized Rido was looking straight at him. He knocked onto the vase on the floor and woke up.
Zero was still panting after waking up. Could it be that Rido knew he was there? It's not like he meant to peek into two pureblood's conversation. He sat back and relaxed. Putting all the pieces together and hoping he'll understand something. Was that a really a dream or was he really at Kaname's room at that time? Now the only clue he had left was if that dream was real, Rido would be in the academy. Why didn't he think of that? The most dangerous place is always the safest place. What he could not decipher from the dream was Kaname's presence. Didn't Kaname took Yuuki away? Why would he be back in the academy? If he's back, then is Yuuki back too?
Zero wasted no time and packed his belongings. He had to reach the academy before Rido leave or do something to the students there. Right before he stepped out of the guesthouse, the owner of the guesthouse shot him a deadly glance. Zero didn't notice this when he entered. The owner had red eyes and... fangs. But the owner was no ordinary vampire, he looked at Zero as if giving out a message. He smirked at Zero and uttered something. Zero managed to make out the word uttered by the vampire.
Darkness is within you. Watch out for the inner you, Level E vampire hunter...
Zero did not understand the meaning of the vampire but he feared something bad was going to happen. It's not everyday you get a warning from a vampire. And so, Zero left the guesthouse and headed back to the academy. On his way back, Zero wondered why he did not kill the vampire in the guesthouse. He felt some sort of weird connection with that vampire. What was the connection between him and the vampire? And what exactly was going to happen? It's all still a mystery.
I'm going to leave this hanging because some story's better left a mystery. But if I get good reviews for this, I might consider making it an on-going story.
