A/N: I previously posted chapters 1-7 three years ago (or was it four?). I kind of lost my way with this story and it has been really bugging me to finish it. So hear I am making corrections, changing what needs to be changed, adding what needs to be added, and finishing the story. I hope this story will flow more smoothly and make much more sense. I will always take creative criticism but flames will be for the fireplace on a cold winter's night. Thank you. Please review this story.

Warning: This story contains major OOC'ness.

Disclaimer: I don't own VK, or the characters. My plot bunnies own this story but they love borrowing Kaname and Zero for their own stories. I own nothing but my plot bunnies. All honor for the original story and characters goes to Hino-Sama, bless her wonderful and creative heart.

Summery: Yuuki has been a pureblood for the last five years since her brother awoke her. Zero is now a full time hunter. Where is Kaname and why hasn't Zero fallen to a Level yet?

The Last Kuran

Chapter 1:

Chapter 1: Memories

Zero is sitting on the couch in his apartment, just before dawn broke, lost in thought; watching the fire in the fireplace. He was thinking of Yuki, remembering back too when Kaname had returned Yuki to her Pureblood Princes state she was born as. Remembering how angry he was, and how he wanted to hate her for what she was, but he couldn't. He knew he shouldn't care about her at all, but he does. The truth of the matter is that he still loves her and can't help but be concerned that the pureblood Kuran Princess was in grave danger. He's not about to let her know how he feels about her. It would open possibilities that he couldn't afford to open, no, not if he was going to keep Yuki safe.

Who ever killed Kaname could be after her too. Five years have passed since the night that Kuran was killed, and he had been looking into it since, hoping to eliminate the threat posed to the last surviving member of the Kuran line, Yuki. In the last five years, he found nothing. There was also another reason for his investigation. He didn't like Kuran, it's not like there any love loss there; but that monster, for reasons unknown, had found a way to keep him from falling to a level E. How that monster got the information and the supplies he needed for Zero was beyond him, but he did. He supposed he could stop referring to Kuran as a monster, considering he did save his life.

Yuki was in her bedroom at the Kuran mansion, staring out her window. She was thinking about Kaname, when he first saved her from that crazed level E, when Zero first stabbed Kaname's wrist when they first met. She remembered the headmaster's announcement that he was going to include a night class for vampires and Zero's angry reaction at said news. How many times, she had dreamt of Kaname asking her to be by his side and believing that he was out of reach. She remembered when Aidou was running away from the Moon dorm over the holiday break that year. He had asked her if she felt she could trust Kaname no matter what happened. She said her relationship was simple.

She chuckled at the memory with tears running down her cheeks. This is far from simple. This is so far different that what it was supposed to be. How could things have gone so wrong? Yuki had been forced to learn how to act as a pureblood should and worthy of the Kuran name, since Kaname died a month after her awakening. She hoped her brother could see her now. Would he be proud of whom she has become or would he be disappointed? Either way, there was so much work that needed to be done. She knew this was not what her brother wanted for her. She was not supposed to handle all of these responsibilities on her own that were forced upon her. If she didn't, the Elder council would take control of everything. She's had to rely on the night class students at cross academy for their help. She grimaced at the thought of the Elder council, at the memory of her first encounter with them. That was not a good night. Thank God she had taken Kain and Aidou with her, who swore to watch over and protect her.

Kaname was so very different from Zero and yet so very much the same. They both loved her, protected her and now Kaname is gone. She hadn't seen Zero since the night Kaname fought to protect Yuki. Zero and Kaname were arguing, as usual, when they both sensed an enemy approach. There were many of them. Kaname told Zero to get Yuki away and keep her safe until he returned. Zero hesitated for a moment, but Kaname, who was usually calm, yelled at Zero to get her out of there. Zero grabbed Yuki's arm and they ran out of there. She was yelling at Zero for leaving Kaname behind to fight by himself. She begged for Zero to go back, but he refused. When he didn't show up, the whole of the night class went looking for him. A week later, one of the Elder council's henchmen showed up at the headmasters' office and requested for Ichijo.

Ichijo arrived at the headmasters' office to find one of his Grandfathers dogs in the office. The next thing he noticed was the clothes that belonged to Kaname. His eyes grew wide. He had a feeling what he was being called in for, but he didn't want to hear it. After the meeting in the headmasters' office, Ichijo found Kain and Aidou to ask him to break the news to Yuki. After they broke the news to her, she broke down and cried. Yelling how she hated Zero for leaving Kaname behind to die alone. She wanted his to pay to what she felt as his betrayal of her.

She had locked herself in her room at the academy and refused to come out. She didn't want to see anyone or speak to anyone. Over a couple of weeks, she would hear people knocking on her door and voices. Ichijo's, Kain's, Adios', and headmaster; her adopted Father. Her heart was broken and she didn't want to see anyone. She never answered the door or anyone. They couldn't take her silence any more. They broke the door open, to find her sitting in a chair, staring out the window. She hadn't eaten in two weeks; bathed or slept it seems either. A pureblood can go for a long period of time with out blood, but it's never a good idea. Sooner or later, the beast inside takes over and everyone would be in danger.

Kain went a got Ruka. Ruka needed to bath Yuki, make sure she slept and especially feed. Kain and Aidou had been watching out forever since. They also didn't know why Kaname was attacked and killed, but they were going to protect her, they said. Her thoughts drift back to Zero again. She missed him, missed Zero. She didn't mean what she had said. She still loved him and wished he was still here, but understood why he stayed away.

With a big sigh and sad teary eyes, she thought, " Five years ago today, I lost both very important men in my life. First Kaname and then Zero on the same night." Kaname was dead, but where was Zero? What happened to him? Is he dead? Is he alive? If he's alive, what happened to him? No word and no reply came from any attempt at communications either. It was time to go to bed since it was dawn. Thankfully, she had gotten used to sleeping now during the day. She needed the rest for what was happening tomorrow. It was a very important event that she must attend, Sara Sota-sama's soiree.

TBC