Okay...I have to finish my other VK fan fiction I KNOW! But...this one has been nagging at me for over a month! . I'll update Trigger of Betrayal soon, okay? I'm working on the last chapter. I'll have it up this weekend...I hope. (Exams...EW) So yeah...that'll be done soon. I swear! Enjoy this in the mean time. :P
"Ack! I'm gonna be late again!" I panted to myself as I dashed down the stairs while tying a red ribbon into my brown hair.
"Kaiyo! Breakfast!" my guardian, Suki, called to me from the kitchen and I jumped down the remaining three steps before skidding around the corner and finished perfecting my wispy pigtails.
"Thank you, Suki-chan! Ah man, I'm late again! Kaname-sama is going to be so irritated with me!" I gasped and grabbed two rice balls from Suki as she smiled.
"He's coming to pick you up today, remember?" she reminded me and I froze, sweat-dropping.
"Seriously?"
"Yes…he told you yesterday he'd come by and drive you to school." Suki cocked her eyebrows and waves of despair gloomed over my head as I dropped my hand back down to my side, the soft fabric of my black uniform skirt tickling my sensitive fingertips.
"Oh yeah…I remember him telling me before we went on break too…"
Suki chuckled lightly, pushing back a strand of honey colored hair behind her ear. I straightened my uniform sleeves out more over my arms, rice ball hanging out of my mouth and a car horn sounded outside the door.
"Ah! That's Kaname-sama!" I exclaimed, my heart swelling and Suki made a clicking noise with her tongue.
"So…before you leave, when do you plan on telling him how you feel?" she asked, her sky blue eyes quizzing me. I narrowed my own and seized my floral pattern backpack.
"When the sky turns orange…I don't know…when the time is right," I uttered, annoyed and Suki rolled her eyes despite the teasing grin on her heart shaped face.
"Yeah…always gotta wait for the opportune moment," she mockingly advised and I blew a raspberry.
"I'm going to school. I'll see you, okay?" I huffed and Suki waved good bye.
"Have a good week, Kaiyo-chan!" she called to me as I darted for the front door, bag slung over my shoulder and the crisp, winter air engulfed my body.
The whole world was under a white blanket, the pure snow glistening on the ground, trees and surrounding houses, reflecting the silvery, winter sunlight. I inhaled the cold air, my lungs tingling from the sudden transition and another impatient horn honked, a tall, young man leaning against the limo's back door and his perfect arms crossed across his muscular chest.
"Kaname-sama!" I greeted, smiling childishly and jogging up to him, slipping a few times on the glassy, blue ice stretching across the cement.
"Hello Abukara-san. How was your winter break?" he smiled and I felt my heart rate accelerate as he stroked my hair with a long, pale finger.
"It was great! Suki-chan and I had a fun Christmas…we went to her parents' house and her family was lovely to me! They treated me as if I was their daughter too…and her cousins were there and her legit sibling…nieces…nephews…her family was so large!" I rambled on, stopping when I met his light crimson eyes. I felt my face flush an insane shade of red and I bowed my head, embarrassed.
"I'm sorry…I'm rambling again…"
Kaname chuckled and patted my head, his cool hand resting on the side of my face and slicking a piece of my dark, chestnut brown hair back out of my face. I froze in my place, the sensation of the icy wind ruffling my bangs making me shiver and I mentally kicked myself for acting so stupidly.
"Are you ready for school?" Kaname asked me and I raised my eyes to his, nodding.
"Yeah! I don't want to make you late."
Kaname held the limo door open for me and I slid inside, the warmth of the vehicle making the baby snowflakes on my uniform melt and Kaname slammed the door shut beside him as he too slid into the limo next to me. Tightening my pigtails, the two of us remained in a relaxed silence; the white world outside beginning to pass us as the chauffeur steadily drove us to Cross Academy, where Kaname and I attended school. I was a member of the Day Class and a guardian for that matter.
I was Kaiyo Abukara, second year at Cross Academy, dark, chestnut brown hair, amethyst colored eyes, 5'9'' and personality wise, I wasn't sure how to describe myself. Optimistic I guess…energetic…just a typical sixteen year old…there's nothing too special about me…despite the fact I can slaughter three Level E vampires at once with one arrow. Okay, I was the freaking reincarnate of Robin Hood…being freakishly good at archery and all. Most vampire hunters use guns or swords but me? Noooo. I used a bow and arrow but hey…no one messed with me. I can (and will) string an arrow faster than another person could blink and strike my target perfectly, no questions asked.
I was also an orphan. Both of my parents were murdered by a Level E vampire when I was six and I was almost brutally killed as well. The strange thing was though, right when I was about to be slaughtered, the Level E exploded. I actually look back on the memory now and laugh because out of nowhere, this Level E that was twice my size gave me, a trembling little six year old, a stare of total fear and then spontaneously combusted. At first, I thought it was going to be one of those moments that this vampire knew who he was messing with (something having to do with destiny…like I was some pureblood princess or something…any of those really cliché events that happens in literature all the time) but when I turned around, he (being Kaname) was right behind me, holding out his hand to me.
"Are you okay, Miss?" he asked and I gulped, still trembling all over in the middle of that sea of blood. He smiled at me, his crimson eyes gentle and soft, and my knees shaking so hard I almost fell.
"It's alright," he said, my teeth chattering inside my closed mouth and my eyes so wide I thought they would pop out of my head, "I won't hurt you."
From the first moment I raised my tiny, mittened hand to rest in his, I have seemed to have this devotion to the pure blood sitting next to me. I was brought to live with another young girl the same age as me (Yuuki Cross, who had also been rescued by Kaname) until an old family friend of my parents contacted Chairman Cross and took partial custody of me. While I was at school, I was under the care of Chairman (who always insisted I called him "Dad" which was kind of awkward…but hey, the guy treated me as if I was his daughter) and he shared the role as guardian with Suki even though the two of them had met only once in court, settling the custody issue.
"We're here," Kaname said, snapping me out of my trance and I picked my bag up off the limo's floor. I thanked the driver and proceeded to slip out the door, Kaname already waiting for me, his hands behind his back. The limo pulled away and the breeze made Kaname's dark brown hair sway, a soft smile on his flawless face as he walked up to the iron gates of the Academy, I being by his side.
"Welcome back from break everyone!" a cheerful voice sang through the air and I glanced around, seeing Yuuki standing near the entrance to the Sun Dorms.
"Ohayo, Yuuki-chan!" I waved and the brunette spotted me.
"Kaiyo-chan, how were your holidays?" she asked and Kaname followed me as I trotted up her, my pigtails flowing around my shoulders.
"They were fun! Suki-chan's family was so large…I have to take you with me next time I visit her!"
"Hai! That would be exciting!" Yuuki beamed, her large, brown eyes closing and she smiled widely.
"Yuuki," Kaname soothed, his silky voice behind me and Yuuki gazed up at him, suddenly becoming shy, and I tried not to roll my eyes.
Yuuki Cross, as I was, had fallen head over heels for Kaname the longer we were around him. Personally, I thought I loved him more. What was that? A fan girl? Over the top competitive for a man…a little possessive even? Me? No…not at all.
"Ohayo, Kaname-senapi," Yuuki greeted, and Kaname smiled tenderly as I forced back a gag.
"I'm going to go say hello to Kiryuu-kun," I told the Kaname more than Yuuki and they both nodded. I left them to reunite and searched the thin crowd for my silver haired friend. Thankfully, it didn't take me too long to spot him leaning against the wall; his arms crossed and light violet eyes glaring down at the snow caked grass.
"Hey Zero-kun, how was break?" I asked, standing in front of him and he lifted his eyes off the ground to meet my own.
"Nothing special. You?"
"I met Suki-chan's family over the Christmas holiday," I informed and Zero nodded his head, silent. I felt my eyes darken and I gave him a light punch in the shoulder.
"Hey! What gives?" Zero snapped and I plated my hands on my hips, blowing back my bangs.
"You're as glum as ever. You know, I keep telling you, the sooner you tell Yuuki how you feel, the sooner you'll feel better," I accused and Zero growled.
"I never even told you that my feelings were for Yuuki…I never told you I was in love with someone in the first place," Zero grumped and I clicked my tongue.
"Zero, I am a girl as well as your best friend. I can sense you're in love."
"Right and I assume you're going to tell Kaname how desperately in love with him you are," Zero said smoothly and I felt a smirk twitch across my face.
"So…you are in love with Yuuki-chan?"
"I never said that."
"But you implied it."
"You're annoying me."
I paused, feeling like an obnoxious little sister and immediately poised myself. Zero reopened his eyes and kept them glued to me, making me shift uncomfortably from the blank stare.
"Sorry…" I muttered and Zero shrugged.
"But seriously, when do you plan on telling him? I mean, it's so obvious you're in love with him."
An edge in Zero's voice made me shift uncomfortably and I inhaled deeply, pondering the same thought.
"When the time's right I guess. It's not like I can just go up to him and spill my heart out to him…it doesn't work like that," I sighed and glanced back at Kaname, who was affectionately caressing Yuuki's porcelain face. I grimaced and tore my eyes from the scene, my chest tightening and it felt as if rubber bands were being wrapped around my torso.
"We better get to our guardian duties…everyone else should be arriving shortly," Zero laid his hand on my head as he stood next to me, facing the opposite direction and I nodded, shaking his hand off my hair.
"Right…" I muttered, the echo of Yuuki's chirping voice making me shift again and I stole one last glance at Kaname. I regretted it immediately, for the expression on his face was a loving one, and he sure as hell wasn't looking or even thinking about me.
Kind of an emo ending... Well, I hope you liked it! Reviews make me happy. :3 And like I said, I'll have the last chapter of TOB posted SOON! I cross my heart! :D