EDIT: 9/3/2015
Author's Corner!
I apologize to those who already reviewed and/or favorited this story before I took down the prototype. I revised some things and proof-read it twice per chapter. But don't worry! The contents of the prologue and first chapter were not altered! I wrote two more chapters to go along with the revised version. Enjoy~
R&R ~ Read On!
Legend: ' ' are thoughts, " " are characters speaking, *bold* are actions done by characters, italics represent past events/emphasis/memories/mail/text/etc, "bold" for telepathic conversation and the like, and bold italics time skips.
WARNING: May contain OOC, various point-of-view, and possible lemons!
Prologue : The End or the Beginning?
Rain.
...or the tears of angels that cry in heaven, as I like to put it. 'Heaven, huh?' is there such a thing for creatures of the night?
No.
We are vampires. Beings who feed off the blood of humans.
But I'm no ordinary vampire.
I am a pureblood. Seething my fangs into any human would just turn them into blood driven Level E vampires. The lowest level of vampires that disgrace our kind with their selfish acts of greed. (A/N: Yeah, but back to the story.)
I lie here on the cold ground a good six miles away from the Kuran household. 'Is this where I die?' I thought to myself. By now, they must have smelt my blood as it pours out of my wound. 'Curse that Rido... he will not get away with this.' As I struggle to stay awake, I feel two familiar presences quickly approaching the area.
"...ori!" I can barely make out the voices in this heavy rain.
"...dy Kaori!" It sounds like...
"Lady Kaori, where are you?!" Juri... and Haruka...
"Haruka, I'll look over here." "Alright. Be careful, Juri."
'Ah... I'm starting to lose my strength,' I think to myself as I feel Juri coming closer. "Lady Kaori! Are you here? Please, answer me!" she yells for me. 'I would answer you if I could, Juri...' In the state I'm in, I highly doubt I can even whisper. "Ah, Lady Kaori?! Haruka, I've found her!"
If only... I hadn't let my guard down. The future of the purebloods, no, all vampires is at stake.
"Lady Kaori, please stay with me...!" Juri says to me as she places my head on her lap. "Ju...ri..." I utter. 'Hopefully, I'll have enough strength for this...'
"Yes, Lady Kaori?"
"I have... a propo- *cough* proposition... *cough*cough*" I say as rustles come from the bushes. "Juri- Lady Kaori?!" Haruka exclaims as he kneels down beside us. "Who did this to you?" he asks as he takes my hand in his. "It was... Rido..."
It's getting harder to breathe.
"Rido...? But I thought..." Juri trails off. "Do not be deceived, Juri. He may be our brother, but his intentions were never good to begin with," Haruka states. "Even so..."
'I must hurry, before my time comes.'
"Ju...ri" "Ah, yes, Lady Kaori?"
"The future of us purebloods... is in danger... I'm sure Kaname... is aware of this himself... *cough*cough* Which is why... I want to ask if you will bear... my *cough* reincarnation..."
"You mean... you are going to use thatspell?" Juri asks in a fairly serious tone. "It *cough* is the only way for me... to assure that the future of our kind... is kept safe from the hands *cough* of evil... like Rido..."
'I'm starting to...'
"Of course *breathes heavily* it's only if... you are willing to, Juri..." I trail off. "O-Of course I will, Lady Kaori. Not only would it be my honor, but for the sake of our future, I will do what must be done," she answers.
'Juri... you are such a good child. I hope your future children gain that trait.' I give a small smile, gathering the last of my strength to perform the spell. I place my hand on her stomach and begin the Reincarnation Spell. 'I can feel it... another fetus within Juri already beginning to grow. I shall make it so that my reincarnation is born a year after this one.'
I feel myself losing strength as the spell finishes. My hand falls weakly from her stomach, my eyes slowly beginning to close. The colors of the world around me fading into darkness.
"Lady Kaori...? L-Lady Kaori?! Haruka, Lady Kaori is..." her voice is drowned out by the rain, or I'm starting to leave this world. I hear myself mutter an "I'm sorry" as I finally give out.
We will meet again.
Many Years Later
"...ri..." Eh?
"...ori..." Who is..?
"...Kaori?"
I turn away from the book that I was supposedly staring at to see, "Kaname...?" My eyes widen slightly as I look back to the book. Closing it, I place it gently on the table in front of me and turn back to him. "What is it... Brother?"
"Yuuki is looking for you. She wants to play with her older sister now," he says as he chuckles slightly. I give him a small smile and reply with, "Alright... I'll be right down." Getting up from my chair, I make my way to the stairs that go down to the "underground level" of the house, as I like to call it.
'What was I thinking about earlier..?' I think as I make my way to the doors of the only room down here. I open the door slowly only to be jumped by a girl a year younger than me. "Big sister, big sister! Come play with me~"
"Oh, alright… but don't do anything rash," I gave in.
"Yay! Did you hear that, big brother? Big sister will play with us until mother and father come home!" she squealed in joy. "Isn't that great, Yuuki? Come, let's play over here," Kaname says as he gestures us to sit with him on the couch. Yuuki got a paper and started drawing, whilst Kaname and I watched her with small smiles on our faces.
An Hour Later
The door creaked open and two older vampires walked into the room quietly.
"Kaname, Kaori, how was your day?" the female of the two spoke softly. "I hope Yuuki wasn't too much trouble for you two today," the male of the two spoke next.
"No, it was quite fun to spend time together like this," Kaname replied. *yawn* I quickly cover my mouth as I yawn and rub my eyes. "I'm actually quite tired…" I trail off.
"Well, it isn't every day that Kaori decides to come down to play with Yuuki," the woman stifles a small laugh as she pats the youngest child's head gently. "You two, go on to your rooms and rest. We'll watch over Yuuki now," the male says.
"Alright, father." "Yes, father…"
We got up from the couch simultaneously and walked towards the door. "And if you sense anything, come to us immediately and take care of Yuuki, alright?" the man says in a serious tone. "We understand, father," Kaname replies for the both of us. "Alright, sleep well, my children." I give a curt nod as we walk out the door.
We lingered in the hallway for a bit before deciding to go upstairs. As we made our way up, a question formed in my mind. Debating whether I should ask him or not, I end up tugging on his sleeve, forcing him to stop and look at me.
"...Kaname… are we..going to be okay?" I ask unsurely.
Things have been getting busy lately. Mother and father are often leaving the house in our care. It starting to freak me out… that's why I haven't been around Yuuki much lately. I looked up to see Kaname looking at me with sorrow in his eyes. He closed them and pat me on the head saying, "Don't worry, Kaori, everything will be fine."
Oh… how he was good at lying.
I knew that everything was beginning to fall apart. Something bad will surely happen and destroy the happiness we have here. But I decided not to say anything…for Yuuki's sake. However I can't shake the feeling that this will be the end.
...No.
This is far from the end. This is only the beginning.
The beginning of a new life. A new night. A new story with Kuran Kaori begins here.
Have a sweet dream~
Pureblood - Level A vampires, the most superior of vampires. "Royalty" if you must. There are at least several pureblood families known in Vampire Knight.
Level E - The lowest level of vampires. Level E vampires only exist or come to be when a human is bitten by a pureblood or Level A vampire, they being the only ones with the ability to turn normal humans into vampires themselves.
Reincarnation Spell - ability to create reincarnation of one's self in the form a fetus in another person (preferably a woman's body) at the cost of one's own life.
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See you in the next night.
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