Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Knight or Vampire Knight Guilty or any of the charcters and storyline affiliated with the anime or the manga. All rights are reserved for it character. I only own my own character that I created for this story.
Author's Note: This story takes place after the Vampire Knight Guilty final episode. Since Yuuki decided to go away with Kaname I wanted to write a story so that Zero, too, could have a happy ending. So this is his story of how he finds love again after being abandoned by the one girl he had ever cared for. I hope you readers enjoy the story. Though I was totally rooting for Yuuki and Zero I have to admit that I was disappointed when she went off with Kaname. It was completely obvious how she felt about Zero. Oh well. Here's his story of love found again. Enjoy!
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Prologue: A New Mystery Arrival
A man, broken by love's twisted agony, stood atop the highest point of Cross Academy. His eyes kept vigil as he scanned the surrounding grounds for anything that looked out of place. Although his eyes missed nothing his heart did. His heart ached for the girl the he had lost some months ago.
He had truly loved her as he had loved no other. He missed her on these long lonely nights as he went about his duties. She had once been his partner, his friend, the one and only girl that made his sad existence worth living. Though he missed her terribly, he hated thinking about her. All it ever did was bring about a fresh wave a pain. It was torment, like reopened wounds left open to fester and bleed.
Thoughts of her russet hair made his hands ache from wanting to run his fingers through it and her beautiful cinnamon colored eyes held such depth, just remembering them made him wish he could dive into those very depths. He remembered how her tiny body had melded to his so well the few times she had embraced him, but he also remembered the strength he had felt in her arms as they had wrapped tightly around him, anchoring him to the world he knew he didn't belong in.
But that was Yuuki, she made him feel like he belonged. She had made him feel like the man he was born to be instead of the monster he had become thanks to the Pureblood Shizuka Hio. She had been his salvation with her blood and what sweet nectar her blood was. His throat ached as he remembered the way her blood had warmed him to his very core as his fangs had sank deep into her neck. Her blood had flowed throughout his entire body, feeding the monster that lie within, but she hadn't cared at all that he was turning into the very thing he despised above all else.
No, not Yuuki. She had remained by his side from the moment his vampire blood had taken control of his body. She had taken care of him, helping him to sate the needs that his inner monster demanded. All the while she had never once complained, never once back away from him in fear. When he needed her she was there, except now.
Making himself push away the haunting thoughts, of the girl who left him behind, he forced his eyes to scan the grounds again, keeping his mind solely on the task at hand. That's when he saw the carriage approaching the main gate.
His eyes followed the carriage's journey from the gate to the front of the headmaster's home. His heightened hearing picked up the sound of the headmaster opening his door and his took his eyes from the carriage to peer at the headmaster. Kaien Cross greeted his visitor warmly, embracing whoever it was that stepped out.
When the visitor stepped into the light, pouring through the open front door, the eyes of the vampire watching widened. He had known that Cross Academy was expecting a new day student to enroll, but he didn't think that the sight of the new girl would set his broken heart to thudding.
While his heart beat a rapid tattoo against his ribcage he had to force himself to turn away. There was no sense letting himself wonder why she effected him. He didn't need another girl in his life, he didn't need his tortured heart to become even more fragmented than it already was.
With that thought in mind he perched himself on the edge of his perch. Preparing to jump, the headmaster's voice cut into the night hair. The vampire sighed, fully hating the headmaster for calling on him. Cursing his luck he jumped and strolled to where Headmaster Cross stood waiting with the girl.
"Ah Zero! I glad you heard my call. I need you to come with me. We need to get Miss Rayne settled before I have you escort her to Yuuki's old room."
Zero turned to the girl in question. Something about her was off. He sensed a vampire's power, but all he could smell was a human. He couldn't see her face, not with it cloaked in shadows by the hood of her coat, as he eyed her from head to foot. Nonetheless he followed the headmaster and Miss Rayne inside. He figured that Miss Rayne, with her odd presence, was a mystery he would have to unravel.
