Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Knight or any of the characters within this story. Contains yaoi, OOC and all the other things purists hate. Rated M for later chapters. Please Read and Review! If you have any storyline clarifications, ideas or requests pls send me a PM.
KanamexZero
Authors note: I was going thru withdrawal from lack of posting. This is the first chapter of my new fic. Don't worry I'm going to finish Moonlight before I really jump into this story. Let me know what you think, should I keep going?
Le Chat Noir Chapt. 1
(The Black Cat)
By
Hanamaru
Kaname Kuran and Zero Kiryu prepared for their departures from Cross Academy in their respective dorms.
This place was an important part of their history for many reasons.
For Zero, this place had been home since he was ten years old. The place where he had fallen in and then out of, love with his adoptive sister Yuuki Cross. Their mutual crush, which had not occurred at the same time, had resolved back into the deep affections of brother and sister. The school was where he had wrestled with his demons both physical and mentally, and come to terms with the death of his family.
Although he still loathed his vampiric side and vampires in general, he had managed to live amongst them for years. They were now part of society at large so his tolerance and knowledge would be useful. There was still a need for what he was, a vampire hunter, and an extremely skilled one at that. Every so often a level E popped up or a vampire went rogue, and hunters were called in, a mutual agreement of the Hunters Association and the Vampire Council, to destroy them.
Kaname surveyed his suite of rooms one last time. He was eager to start his new life but at the same time he would miss the informality of school - the innocence that had still remained at the beginning. The noble ideas now come to fruition and coexistence was now the norm other than in rural communities.
His close followers who had supported him through all were now dispersing. Some to college, some to careers, while others, such as him, prepared to run their family holdings and take over. Here, he had seen the love of life, Yuuki Cross, be torn between himself and a lowly level D ex-human. He watched her outgrow her schoolgirl crush on both of them. He had always treated her as a little sister, and love and friendship remained.
He recalled how both Kiryu and he had been stunned when Yuuki announced her engagement to Aido, of all people. This is the one time the boys had looked at each other with amazement and chagrin, sharing the same heartbroken feelings. But within seconds, they had both smiled and exchanged a slight shrug, by far the friendliest encounter they ever had.
Graduation was now upon them, and they were all moving on. Zero would keep in touch with Headmaster Cross and Yuuki. Kaname would as well, of course, along with keeping up with vampire entourage. Neither gave any thought to the other.
The ceremony was over, diplomas were handed out, friends hugged goodbye or went off to graduation parties with promises to be BFF…
Aido and Yuuki were going to the same college and planned to be married during the summer break between freshman and sophomore year. The ceremony was to take place here, on the grounds of Cross Academy. Headmaster Cross would give the bride away. Students of the same graduating cohort would be reunited at that time.
Would they change in that one-year time frame? Return emotionally detached, showing up as a courtesy? None knew. That was to be found in the future.
Zero carried his suitcase out to the gates of the Academy having said his goodbyes to the Headmaster and Yuuki, promising to get a phone, contact them quickly and take care of himself.
He had declined a ride to town from the Headmaster, wanting to take this one last walk that would bridge the past and the future. He was ready to move on, to let the harsh memories fade and be replaced with new ones… hopefully happy ones. He was going into town to catch a bus to his new home, his new city, far from Cross Academy.
He had been accepted into a college with a solid reputation and planned to work on a MBA if he could afford it. The school was near a Hunter's Association training school. He had been accepted to that as well and planned to continue his training as well as earn some money by taking a few missions whenever class permitted. He hoped to get a job for the summer so he could afford to rent a place of his own along with autumn's tuition. For now he would be allowed to stay in the dorm at the Hunters school.
As he walked a limousine glided to a stop, a window rolling down.
"Would like a lift, Kiryu?" Kaname Kuran asked smoothly.
"No thank you, Kuran. I feel like walking today," replied the hunter dryly, without the venom his past words would have had. Over the last few years they had finally became civil to each other.
"I can understand that. Its part of leaving this place and moving on, is it not?"
"Yeah, I guess so" Zeros beautiful lilac eyes opened wider for just a second and then returned to their normal expression. He would not have thought Kuran would understand his emotions.
"Farewell then, Kiryu. I wish you well," Kaname sincerely.
"Thank you, Kuran. The same to you," the hunter replied politely.
Unthinkingly, they both smiled briefly at each other in camaraderie. In the old days they would never had a conversation remotely resembling this one.
The window closed and the limousine glided off.
"Kuran must be going to an elite college or taking over his family business full time," Zero mumbled to himself as he continued walking. Odds are that they would never see each other again…
…What was that slight feeling of loss he felt? It must have been from leaving school. Although, he was not usually this sentimental.
"I wonder what Kiryu is off to? He is too smart to be just a full time hunter, but with his insecurities that might be all the thinks he can do," thought Kaname.
That would certainly be a waste of the boy's talents. Zero could slice through the business world like a shark if he chose.
The vampire felt a faint tug at his heart. It must be from leaving school although he had never been sentimental in the past.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I have 3 more chapters written for this fic but if you want to throw an idea or a request my way I will try and oblige. The biggie, should I continue? There is no lemony goodness in the first 4 chapters but it will show up. Darn I can't use that dream thing again!
Love,
Hana