Chapter One
"Mama!" A little girl's bloodcurdling scream filled the air as she clutched onto her mother. The winds picked up at a dangerous speed.
"Ma!" The little girl cried, her eyes bloodshot red. Although her thirst was torturing her, she refused to give into the temptation. Not now.
"Mama… Not you too…" The little girl said as the wind's paced slowed.
The little girl knew that she could do nothing to help her mother now. It was too late. The group of vampire hunters had already left, leaving the dying mother and the crying daughter. It grew quiet, the snow fell softly to the ground, and the flames danced from afar, but the little girl didn't care. The little girl, so young, so lonely, stared at her mother's dead corpse, when suddenly, it began to disappear. She was turning to dust. The little girl, who had been so out of focus with reality, realized what was happening and in a desperate manner, she flailed her arms, hoping to catch the dust - her mother. The cold wind, which had since calmed down, picked up once again and the bits of dust flew and flew, blending in with the falling snow. They flew out of the young girl's grasp, and spread out through the snowy field, where a large home not too far from there was built (though it was collapsing now, as the hungry fire devoured it). The little girl yelled out to the dust that had once been her mother and ran after it as the wind took it further and further in the field. When the girl finally stopped running, the dust was no where to be found. It was here that the young girl truly realized she was alone - that her mother, her father and her brother were all dead and were not coming back.
The little girl collapsed onto her knees and sobbed, grieving as the wind grew colder as it blew furiously once more. The little girl slowly stood up on, and began to drag her feet against the snow, and in an attempt to comfort herself as she walked farther and farther, she started to sing a lullaby that her mother used to sing to her.
Dancing bears,
Painted wings,
Things I almost remember,
And a song someone sings
Once upon a December.
Someone holds me safe and warm.
Horses prance through a silver storm.
Figures dancing gracefully
Across my memory...
Someone holds me safe and warm.
Horses prance through a silver storm.
Figures dancing gracefully
Across my memory...
Far away, long ago,
Glowing dim as an ember,
Things my heart
Used to know,
Things it yearns to remember...
And a song
Someone sings
Once upon a December
"I love you." The little girl could almost hear her mother's last word's in the wind, and fading away as the wind died out as well.
A girl sat up swiftly in a sitting position, panting, sweating, and her mind racing with millions of thoughts. She tried to steady her breathing, as she thought to herself, 'It was just another nightmare. Just another memory… but why am I remembering this all of a sudden? I can't think such bad thoughts…' When she was finally in control of herself, she gazed around, looking at her surroundings. She was in her room in a small house close to the forest. Everything seemed normal to her, except for one thing that struck her as completely odd.
"… Huh? W-What am I doing on the floor…?" She said to herself. 'I must've fallen down during my dream… Crap… My back hurts…' She got up off the floor, and stretched. The bones in her back cracking were audible, and she could feel the dull aching feeling that would pose as a nuisance all day. Still, she shuffled her way to the bathroom, where she would have to get ready for the day without any complaints. Now, this girl is quite different from others. For one, her hair is of a light lilac color, which is quite strange to see. She has large blue eyes that always show just how bored or sad she is, but always brighten to a beautiful cerulean blue when she sees one person. But out of all things, there is one trait that makes her stand out. What she is, is what excludes her from the average girl.
One, she's a vampire.
Two, she takes care of a human child.
When she was done getting dressed, the girl made her way out into the hall, and into the kitchen where she began to make breakfast. This young woman, seemed quite nervous, and had a terrible feeling in her stomach as she placed a single plate of food onto the small kitchen table. 'Why is it so quiet?' The girl thought suspiciously. "Natsu?" She called out, but there was no response. "Natsu?" She called again, this time a little louder. She searched the house for Natsu, and when she was not able to find her, she grabbed her hat and walked out the house, calling for Natsu once again. She heard nothing but the ordinary sounds of nature, until finally, a scream pierced the air.
"Natsuki!" The girl yelled, running in the direction of the scream. She was finally in the forest in the back of her home and she ran until she was finally in the center of it. She hid silently behind a tree, and could hear Natsuki's voice, along with another.
"Let me go!" A little girl's scream echoed throughout the forest. Natsuki was tied to a tree and was crying for help, when the man that captured her glared. He spoke with a chaotic voice as he drew his face close to hers, "No little girl. I'm too hungry!" The man said insanely, "I can't wait for the others! Vitale's blood must taste divine! Hehe!" He stared at Natsuki for a few moments when suddenly he threw his head back and burst into laughter. Natsuki replied, "When Kei-san gets here, you're in trouble!" The man stopped laughing, stared at Natsuki, then burst into laughter again. While her captor was distracted, the girl, Kei, snuck behind one of the trees that towered over him. She touched the tree silently with both hands, closed her eyes, and whispered very softly to herself.
"Mala suerte corre en mis venas."
When she opened her eyes, they were grey and she radiated a dark aura. Under her touch, the tree began to crack and when she gave it a small push, it fell. The man quickly dodged and exclaimed, "What the hell was that?!" The girl ran to him and quickly kicked him in the chest, sending him across the ground. She then ran over to Natsuki and quickly untied her. By the time she was done, the man had gotten up. He was breathing deeply and held an angry expression.
"Kei!" Natsuki cried while hiding behind the girl. She peaked out to see that the man has gotten up. Kei smirked, and thought to herself, 'I could have fun with this.'
"Howdy partner," Kei said in a southern accent, tipping her hat at Natski's captor, "I do believe you have somethin' that belongs t'me." Kei said, standing in from of Natsuki. The man looked at her strange, but Kei paid no mind to him and continued with her strange antics. "I don' 'preciate someone takin' what's mine."
"What's yours? My, Vitale, you're so strange. I don't see you teeth marks on her. I simply found this girl outside, all by herself, so I took her." The man said. Kei's eyes widened, as she finally realized what this man was.
"She doesn't need teeth marks to be mine, Level E." Kei said darkly, dropping her fake southern accent, her eyes turning from navy blue, to red, and then flickered to an icy blue color. The Level E grinned, and Kei sighed, stood straight, and reached into her back pockets to grab her leather cutaway gloves and slowly put them on. When she was done, she stood in her fighting pose and said quietly to Natsuki, "Natsuki, run." Natsuki shook her head with a determined face. "Listen to me, Natsuki." Kei said gravely, as she could see more vampires off in the distance. With that, the Level E that captured Natsuki threw he head back once more and howled with crazed laughter. The Level E vampire's laughter was cut short when all of a sudden a rock was thrown at his face, by Natsuki herself. He growled at her, and jumped into the air to attack Natsuki when Kei kicked him again. "What the hell, Natsu!" Kei exclaimed as Natsu began to run away, giggling. "I hope Kei hurts you very much, Mr. Level E!" She said as she ran back to the house. Kei couldn't help but shake her head at the young girl's childish ways, her valiance (or perhaps it was stupidity) and the way she had recovered from her fear of almost getting chomped by vampire so quickly.
Kei quickly took care of the Level E as she pushed her hand through his heart. More vampires showed up, a group of a few Level E's. "Master's been waiting." The first Level E in the group said. "Master can honestly go to hell, Now can we hurry up, I'm getting tired." Kei said with a bored expression. The Level-E looked angered, and spoke, "Master will not be spoken to like that. Master will not be disrespected. Master will be pleased with the news of Vitale Kei's death." The vampire said with an evil laugh. The rest of Level E's chuckled with him and got into attacking poses themselves.
"Your master will not be able to get any news." Kei replied. The first vampire attacked, and then more vampires, but Kei kicked each one of them and her hand's grazing trees and such, which would begin to collapse under her touch.
After a while, Kei thought to herself, 'I've had enough!' and said in between punches, "I'm done. Playing. Nice." Kei burst out a dark aura and said, "Mala suerte corre en mis venas!" She sent powerful hex waves on her enemies who all collapsed, and soon, caught on fire.
"Master...Will...Get you…Vitale Kei." The Level-E leader of this group said as he was dying. "I'm sure he will," Kei replied as she watched the vampire burn. When he burst to dust, Kei fixed her hat and made her way to her home, where Natsuki would be waiting for Kei with a warm welcome.
2 years later
"Kei-san, why can't we have a pet? Usagi-san would be very cute." Natsuki said one day. Kei and Natsuki had been moved to a different part of Japan since that day in the forest two years ago. This place was closer to town, but still in a secluded area near a forest, where Kei could always have a quick feed. "Natsu-chan, you know why. The pet won't last very long." Kei muttered the last part and ruffling her hair. Natsu smiled and swatted Kei's hand away.
"Kei- san, not the hair!" She said giggling and ruffled back Kei's hair. It's times like there where the aloof Kei acts like the teenager she is, and not the responsible adult she has to pretend she is. It could get quite tiresome at times, being only 16 and having to take care of a 9 year old, especially if she's a human child. Still, Vitale Kei had learn to overcome her temptations and lived a different lifestyle than most other vampires.
"Oh but Natsu-chan, you can ruffle my hair?" Kei said giggling and ruffling her hair back. "Yes." Natsu said with a large grin, going to ruffle Kei's hair again, but it was here when Kei ending it.
Natsuki burst into a fit of laughter as Kei tickled her. Both girls laughed, as Natsuki cried for mercy. "I don't think so." Kei said laughing as Natsu laughed harder. "Kei-san, please. Mercy! Mercy!" She said in between laughs. "Okay only because you begged for mercy." Kei replied, laughing.
When both girls finally calmed down, Natsuki spoke, saying, "Kei-san, you have a beautiful laugh. You should laugh more."
"Only you, Natsu-chan, can make me laugh." Kei replied smiling. "C'mon Natsu-chan, let's go buy groceries and then maybe we could stop at the pet shop. You did say you wanted to go and see Usagi-san, correct?" Kei asked, holding out her hand for Natsuki to take. She took it and smiled, "Yes! Hopefully Usagi-san is still there. I want to pet him and see how he is doing." Her eyes sparkled with the thought of seeing the rabbit that she once rescued. Kei held a soft smile on her face as she placed her hat on. Kei was saddened, for she could not give Natsu the happiness she deserved, but still Natsu stayed cheerful, and for that, Kei loved her.
"C'mon Kei-san! Let's go see Usagi-san! Let's hurry before the pet shop closes!" Natsuki yelled excitedly. She held onto Kei's hand and pulled her further into the crowd of people into a much more quiet place where the pet shop resided, Kei using the other hand which held a bag of grocery to hold onto her hat on her head so that it would no fall. It was twilight and the pet shop would be closing soon. The pet shop was right around the corner when suddenly Kei stopped. 'What's that noise…?'
"What is it, Kei-san?" Natsuki questioned. She looked up at Kei with her large brown eyes with a questioning gaze. "Do you hear that?" Kei asked, and Natsuki quieted down and listened. When she heard the noise to, she looked up at Kei surprised and ran towards the noise. "C'mon, Kei-san, the noise is coming from here!" She ran around the corner and into an alley way, Kei crying after her, "Natsuki- chan stop! Wait!"
"Kei-san… it's a beggar… maybe we should give him some food…" Natsuki said quietly. She grabbed some bread from the grocery bag she was holding and slowly walked into the alley way. "Natsu… I don't think that's a good idea…" Kei said softly, walking after Natsuki. Natsuki ignored Kei and came close to the beggar. 'I have a really bad feeling about this… I don't like this…' Kei thought to herself. 'Something seems off about this man…'
Natsuki was about to give the man bread when all of a sudden he grabbed her hand. "That is not the food I desire." He said bringing Natsuki's wrist to his mouth, fangs sharp and glistening.
"No!" Kei yelled as she dropped the grocery bags she was holding and pushed the Level-E vampire away from Natsuki. Kei whispered to herself, "Mala suerte-" when all of a sudden she was cut off by the Level E vampire. He pounced on her and pinned her hands over her head. "Natsuki, run!" Kei yelled as she kneed the vampire. He fell off to the side and groaned. "No Kei-san! Not this time!" Natsuki yelled, staying in her spot. "Natsuki!" Kei yelled as she dodged one of the Level-E's attacks. "Kei-san, you haven't fed in days! You're weak!" Natsuki cried as the Level E was choking Kei. "Leave Kei-san alone!" She began hitting the Level E's back when he turned around and pushed her to the ground.
The Level E let go of Kei and went after Natsuki instead. As he was about to take a bite out of Natsuki, Kei jumped on his back and covered his mouth with her hand and pushed his head back. His fangs were puncturing Kei's hand and causing her to bleed. The vampire stood up and threw himself against the wall, causing Kei to hit her back and fall off of him. Natsuki quickly got up and ran away as Kei's head lolled to the side and she coughed up blood. Her eyes turned from her normal cerulean color to red and finally to a pale icy blue color. Her face was bruised (which does not happen so often and her hat had fallen somewhere along the fight. The Level E vampire grabbed Kei, his long and sharp nails digging into her stomach as he drew his face closer to her neck. "The scent of a Noble vampire's blood…" He said and cackled, and finally opened his mouth wide.
Natsuki, who was now out of breath, ran as quickly as she could. Her clothes was messy, and she had scratches on her arms and knees. She ran to any person who she could find, and to each one of them she would cry out, "Please! You have to help, Kei-san is going to die! A Level E vampire is going to kill her!" Sadly to any normal person, that statement would have made Natsuki seem like a crazy child, and her appearance didn't help. Finally, when everyone she asked for help turned away, she just sat with her knees to her chin and began to cry.
It was then that a young girl with a black and white uniform and a white band with a red symbol attacked to her arm appeared. "Hey little girl, are you alright?" The girl asked concerned. Natsuki looked up at the other girl who seemed to appear around Kei's age, had brown shoulder length hair and big russet colored eyes. Kei stared at her and began to cry harder. "N-No, Kei-san… is going… she's going to die!" Natsuki cried, taking in quick deep breaths.
The girl seemed alarmed and asked, "How?"
"A… A Level E vam-vampire i-is going to k-k-kill her." Natsuki said, and her tears would not stop, "A-And no one b-believes me…"
The girl looked Natsuki straight in the eyes and yelled, "Where is she?!" At this Natsuki looked started, but quickly shuffled to her feet and grabbed the girl's hand. They made it to the alley way where the girl took out a weapon - a rod - only to find that the Level E was already drinking Kei's blood. "Kei-san!" Natsuki cried as Yuki pushed the Level E vampire off. She began to fight the vampire as Natsuki ran to help Kei. Kei's eyes were halfway shut and she was taking deep breaths. Natsuki tried to help Kei up, but as soon as Kei was up, she fell back down. Kei shook her head and just looked at the girl fighting the Level E vampire. She looked like she was having some trouble, so Kei pointed her index finger at her and whispered hoarsely, "Buena… suerte… corre en tus… ven…as…" But when she tried to send good luck waves, her hand fell and she fainted. "Kei-san!" Natsuki cried and in that exact moment the girl fighting the vampire fell, and he was about to take a bit of her too when suddenly, a gun shot was heard. A man with a similar uniform to the girl's stood there with his gun pointed to were the Level E vampire would have been standing had he not turn to dust. Natsuki rubbed her eyes and said, "Please, help me! Kei-san… she fainted and she's bleeding a lot…" The girl walked to Kei to see that it was true. She was losing a lot of blood and the fact that she hadn't fed in days made her oh so much weaker. The girl tried to pick her up along with Natsuki, but they could not. She then looked at the boy and said, "Zero, help me with- Hey! What are you doing?!"
The boy had his anti-vampire gun raised to the girl's head. When Natsuki saw this, she cried out, "W-What are you doing?!" He looked at her, then to the girl and said, "Yuki, can't you see?! She's a vampire!" Yuki quickly looked at the girl and back at Zero and said, "So?! Come help me with her Zero, or she'll die!" Zero looked at Yuki and was about to refuse to help the vampire girl, when he looked at the little girl. "M-My name is Vitale Natsuki… and K-Kei is my onee-chan… and if she dies… I have no where to go… I love Kei-san… Because she's my sister. If you don't help us… she's going to…." Natsuki started to cry again and rubbed her eyes in a desperate attempt to stop the tears. When the boy, Zero, looked at the crying little girl, then to Yuki who looked like she was even about to start crying, his eyes softened just a bit and he walked to them and held the vampire girl in his arms. They were all about to walk out of the alley when Natsuki cried out, "W-Wait… Kei's hat!" She quickly scoped the alley for the hat. When she found it, she picked it up and ran to the girl, Yuki, who held the her hand out for the girl to take and the boy, Zero, who had been glaring at Kei. As they began to walk, Natsuki asked quietly, "W-Where are we going…?" Yuki looked at the little girl with a soft expression and said, "We are taking her to a place where she can feel better."
"Where is that?" Natsuki asked, looking up at the girl with her large brown eyes. "It's a place where both vampires and humans go to learn."
"So, a school…for both vampires and people...?"
"Mhmm. Oh! My name is Cross Yuki, and this is Kiryu Zero. You said your name is Vitale Natsuki, right?" The girl asked, smiling brightly at Natsuki. Natsuki nodded shyly, and said, "Yeah… my name is Vitale Natsuki. Why are we going to a school though? Kei-san is injured, not uneducated!" Natsuki proclaimed.
"Well… there are people who can help your sister, and maybe if she wants, she could join the school. Right, Zero?" Yuki asked cheerfully, looking at Zero. He had been quiet the entire time they were walking and when he opened his mouth to say that they didn't need another blood sucking beast in the school, he looked down and saw Natsuki's expression. He closed his mouth, and just nodded, and looked forward once more. Natsuki looked forward, this time with a big smile. "Kei- san, going to school? I don't she I've ever seen her go to school… I think she would like that. I think she would like that very much!" Natsuki said, her eyes twinkling with happiness, already imaging her "sister's" happiness. Yuki, having seen just how happy the little girl became, smiled as well. But Zero, he wondered why he was the only one that had sense, and had a bad feeling about another vampire in the school. He just shook his head and looked down at the vampire girl, Kei, and glared.
Author's Note:
Soooo…? What do you guys think? This is actually one of my older stories from Quizilla with A LOT of revisions. I revisited my old Quizilla account the other day and remembered how much I actually liked this story (ZERO FTW) and read this story and boy did I regret it. All I could think was, "Was I stupid? Jeez." This chapter used to be in first person with Vitale Kei (or in the older version, Kuro Suki) as the one telling the story. Some other changes:
-Natsuki's name used to be Nani.
-Vitale Kei's name used to be Kuro Suki
-They were just going to the grocery story, not the pet shop.
-Kei didn't have a hat
-The scene where Kei pretended to have a southern accent was not in it.
-Yuki was only in the chapter for longer in this chapter.
-Zero was not in it.
-Kei was bit by the Level E vampire here.
-The lullaby she sings in the other version is "A La Nanita Na Na" which is a lullaby from Spain, but I decided I like Once Upon a December better.
-The chapter ends as soon as Kei faints.
-The story used to be called "Love that Becomes Pure" (I can still remember my distaste with that title when I called the story that, but kept it because I couldn't think of anything else, until my friend read a book called "All the Lovely Bad Ones" which I later on renamed the fanfic)
Basically, that chapter on quizilla was utter poo. I can honestly say I'm a bit ashamed I wrote that but hey, I wrote it like what? 3 years ago? I suggest you don't read it, but if you don't believe how bad it was, here's the link: quizilla . teennick stories/ 10359107 / love-that-becomes-purezero-love-story-chapter-one
I also suggest that you don't read the rest of the chapters, due to that fact that 1) you're really going to spoil it for yourself and 2) there's going to be A LOT of revisions. Like… A LOT
I'm probably going to do this though, revisit some old stories and post them here. I honestly like this website a hundred times more than quizilla, and hopefully I get better ratings with this story here (on quizilla the story would get poor ratings but honestly, I can see why). I'm still going to be updating my other stories Minnaloushe, Your Changing Eyes and The Invisible Wall but I just remembered how much I love Vampire Knight ( :D ) and Zero Kiryu. I'll be quick with updating this story because I already have the first 6 chapters, its always after the fifth chapter where I start to get in trouble with the story -_- Petty, I know. Anyway, peace out, yo.
Why do I always finish my A/N like that? Hehe