TITLE: "Night Promise"
AUTHOR: KniteStars
RATING: PG-13
SUMMARY: If Yuuki remained her vampire. With both her parents. Alive. She must now come to terms of being a pureblood and living up to the responsibility. How different could things be? She must now come to terms of being a pureblood and living up to the responsibility.
DISCLAIMER: Without Matsuri Hino, none of this would exist. Thanks to her for letting me play with her creation.
The bedroom was dark and cold, a single figure sat lightly in the center of the four-poster bed. The curtains were drawn back allowing a bit of moonshine to shed its tears on her milky nightgown, and her arms wrapped tightly around her thin legs.
Red burned.
She exited of her own bedroom and silently, with trembling legs made her way up the stairs of the mansion. Her tiny palm trembled when it reached the large closed doorway. Slowly she reached for the golden knob, relief evident in her features when it opened faultlessly.
A ray of light shined through the door.
"Onii-sama?" she whispered when there was no response. Terrified of being alone she ran to the large bed and jumped on it.
His eyes snapped open and he sat straight up, putting both arms protectively around her as his eyes scanned the room in search of what could have been potential threats.
She crawled next to him and lay her head down in his lap. She heard his blood pump quickly through his veins. His breathes were coming out in short pants.
"Yuuki had a bad dream."
"I'm sorry Yuuki, It's alright now. I'll go and stay with you tonight, and fight away all your nightmares for you."
"But Onii-sama, can't we sleep in your bed?" the little girl yawned, "it's always warmer," she smiled sleepily.
The boy stared down at her lovingly, "Imouto, you know Otou-sama and Okaa-sama won't allow it; you're not supposed to leave the safety of your bedroom, remember?"
"But Onii-sama, if we sneak up then they won't know. I can keep a secret" she offered desperately.
"Yuuki!" A couple ran into the room, gasping for breath. "Yuuki, what's wrong? And Kaname, you're supposed to be in bed and sleeping. You're leaving with your Otou-san tomorrow."
"Okaa-sama, it's nothing, Yuuki just had a nightmare; she can sleep with me tonight."
"No, no, I simply will not allow it, Yuuki, why don't you let your brother go to bed, and I'll stay with you tonight alright?" The brown-haired lady whispered, she smoothed out her nightgown and made her way into the room.
"No, No, I want my Onii-sama," the child screamed, and clutched as his collar.
"Anata, let Yuuki sleep with Kaname tonight, after all she won't be seeing him for quite some time." The tall lean male placed his hand on her shoulder, and gently guided her out of the room.
"It's alright now Yuuki-chan, you can sleep now," he needn't say anything further, the little toddler was snoring delicately against his chest, her grip gentle on his shirt. He shifted her a little, then gently lay down under the covers and stared at her rosy face until he fell fast asleep.
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"Wahh, Okaa-sama, look at all the white snow! It's so pretty," the five year old Yuuki had her face pressed against the glass.
"Yuuki, come here, let Okaa-sama brush that beautiful shiny copper hair of yours," doted Juuri.
"Okaa-sama, what's copper?" Yuuki giggled, she ran over to her mother "when is Onii-sama and Otou-sama coming home?"
"Now, Yuuki, you have to be patient, Otou-sama and Onii-sama will be home soon."
"Okaa-sama, what does the snow feel like?" an innocent girl asked glancing up in her mother's eyes.
"Well, it's soft, and cold. It seems like little stars that fell from the sky." Her mother smiled.
"That's sad," a frown landed on Yuuki's beautiful face, "the stars won't be able to go home."
A knocking sound.
"They're home!" Yuuki squealed, as she all but jumped out of her mother's embrace.
The door swooshed open and whirls of snow fell into the living room and onto Yuuki. She stared at it before simply stating "you're right, Okaa-sama, it is cold."
"Yuuki, I'm home" her brother smiled.
"Onii-sama" Yuuki jumped up and wrapped her arms around Kaname's neck before planting a kiss against his cold cheek.
"Yuuki sure does love her Onii-sama" Juuri whispered as she embraced her husband.
"Yuuki, on the way home, Otou-sama and I saw a beautiful rose. It only blooms once every 10 years. I couldn't bring it home because it wilts when it's been picked. Next time we'll go see it together and I'll place is in resin and bring it home for you"
"Really? Thank you Kaname-Onii-sama." Yuuki smiled, her brother was going to bring her a present.
Kaname looked around the barren basement, "Otou-sama, how long are you going to keep Yuki in this room that doesn't even have any windows?"
"Kaname, Yuuki has to stay here, in the safety of the house so we can protect her. I know it's selfish but it's all that we can do for her right now."
"But that is not fair to Yuuki. She shouldn't—" He stopped when he felt a little hand pulling his jacket.
"It's okay, Kaname-Onii-sama. Yuuki is happy, so don't make such a sad face."
"Yes, I know Yuuki; I'll stay with you for forever."
"As long as Kaname-Onii-sama is with me I'm not afraid of anything"
Yuuki giggled and dragged her older brother to the couch, pushed him down, then proceeded to climb on his lap with a book.
"Yuuki, what stories will we read t—"
"Peter Pan!" she interrupted quickly. "I love him very much, he can fly!" She recounted quickly, but after seeing her brother's crestfallen face, "but I love you very much too Onii-sama."
"Oh Yuuki…" he sighed, as he wrapped his long arms around her and buried his face in her long brown hair. He gently took the book from her tiny hands, repositioned her on his lap she that she was more comfortably seated, and began to read.
"All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this …"
So lost in Yuuki's happiness as she exclaimed over different parts of the novel she had heard many times, Kaname continued to read and read until finally, he noticed her tiny pink mouth in a small 'O' shape, for she had fallen asleep.
He stared and memorized her features. Rosy cheeks that flushed easily, bordered by straight auburn hair, that swirled delicately around her face. When she was awake those brown orbs would shine, full of happiness and love.
He carefully repositioned her so that she was pleasantly lying against his chest, her head resting in the crook of his neck.
"Come Anata, let's leave Yuuki with her Onii-chan for a while," Juuri stood up from the opposite coach with Haruka; then walked across the room and leaned down to kiss Yuuki's sleeping head. "Kaname? If you get too tired, you can put her in her room and come up. Alright?"
"It's fine, Okaa-sama, I like staying here with Yuuki" Kaname smiled cheekily at his mother, "after all, I'll be staying with her for forever."
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Brown shining eyes groggily opened up.
"Good evening Yuuki," her brother whispered.
"Onii-sama, I'm hungry." Yuuki declared.
Kaname started to pull his collar down to give her blood, when she was whisked up by their mother.
"I'll take care of her now Kaname. Your father—"
Haruka walked in quickly and placed his hand on Juuri's shoulder.
"Rido"
"Okaa-sama?" Yuuki looked up, worried.
"Juuri, you stay here with the children" His face lined with worry as he swiftly left the room and shut the door
"Onii-sama, where's Otou-sama gone?"
The room was silent, Juuri turned around and raced into Yuuki's room with Yuuki barely clinging to her shoulder. Juuri tucked Yuuki in bed, and whispered,
"Now dear, you're going to go to sleep again"
"Okaa-sama, I don't want to. Where's Otou-sama?" – A pause – "I smell Otou-sama's blood"
"Haruka…" Juuri whispered, as she made her way up.
"No Okaa-sama, stay here and protect Yuuki," Kaname appeared in the doorway, "I'll help father."
"Kaname? You've been the perfect son" Juuri spoke, and wrapped her slender arms around her, while pressing him against her chest, "thank you."
"KANAME-ONII-SAMA, DON'T LEAVE." Screams filled the room "Okaa-sama, I want my Onii-sama. ONII-SAMA!"
As Kaname backed out of the room, it was all he could do to not run back there and hug Yuuki to his chest and take her away.
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"Rido"
"Haruka, you have been hiding something very special to me," Rido said sadistically and licked his lips.
"I just wanted to place myself and Juuri in a place where we are unable to see you. Because you are the person who stole our first child." Haruka grimaced.
"You are just too naïve. At that time, you should have let hatred control you. If you had destroyed the head or the heart, even the immortal pureblood will become well-behaved." Rido smiled wickedly, he was having fun.
"Then the next attack will not be the abdomen, but toward the head or the heard. I will not let you be reborn. Onii-sama."
The front door slammed open.
"Otou-sama, don't. That sword he is holding is a hunter's sword. Please back off Otou-sama. Killing him is my biggest obligation." Kaname demanded fire in his eyes. Yuuki. He had let her have such a fearful and terrible memory.
"No Kaname, don't allow me to lose my pride as a father. How can I stand here and watch my own child protect me."
"Otou-sama. We will defeat him together."
Both father and son drew forward their own weapons. Kaname set his. Bloody Rose. The banging of the gun and clashing of the swords reached past the mountains that bordered their estate.
Kaname fell, the tip of the Rido's sword had barely glanced of his hand, and yet now, he felt frozen, as if he would never see the sun again. Yuuki. He had to stay here. He promised he would be with her.
"Did Kaname shoot your neck?" Haruka spoke, the first words after a long silent battle. "Now, if I use the hunter's sword and destroy your ability of rebirth, then the wound on your neck with be the death wound."
He sheathed his sword.
"But I have a beautiful daughter. And because I plan on raising her with untainted hands, I will just make you disappear now."
"Tch. Too soft" Rido scoffed, "once again brother you are too weak. After I have rested, I will come back to enjoy the thickest of Kuran blood."
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