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'Nut': This is chap's just a series of flashbacks. It could be considered another part of the prologue... idk.
It had been 5 years since he made that promise to Juuri. 5 years since he had seen Juuri cry. 5 years since the Kurans had said goodbye to the baby. 5 years since Kaien Cross had taken the baby, Yuuki, in. 5 years since Kaien had adopted her. And 5 years since Yuuki had last seen her family.
Juuri had said it would be too risky to visit Yuuki through the tears she was shedding. Kaien understood why since Haruka had explained to him that the Senior Council was planning to use the purebloods for their power. No one had to say that they didn't want Yuuki to go through that. Yuuki didn't need to grow up in a world where her blood was wanted.
Kaien watched the innocent little girl play in the pure white snow through the window. She was ignorant as to where she came from, who her parents were, what she was... Kaien had decided it was better that way in order to protect her. He knew she would be mad at him when she learned the truth, but, for now, it was the best thing to do.
Kaien wondered how Juuri, Haruka, and Kaname were since the last time he wrote them to update them on how Yuuki was. He hoped they were doing okay and would visit Yuuki one of these days. The Chairman had told her she was adopted and, even though she continued smiling, Kaien knew she was hurting deep inside. He knew that Yuuki desperately wanted to know her real family, but Yuuki knew that Kaien was the one that had taken care of her for the majority of her short life.
Yuuki ran inside to escape the cold, her face a bright red. Kaien helped her take off her light blue mittens, coat, and white boots.
"Do you want some hot chocolate?" He asked her as he led her to the kitchen.
"Yes please." She responded, her small voice held innocence that he had heard in no other child. Kaien made her a cup of packaged hot chocolate in her favorite mug, a blue one with snowflakes. He put in some mini marshmallows before putting it on the table in front of her. Yuuki used the spoon to stir in the marshmallows and to help cool it off. Kaien smiled when Yuuki took small sips from it, getting a foamy chocolate mustache.
"Yuuki, what do you want for lunch?" He asked her just as there was a knock on the door, "I'll be right back." Kaien went to the front wooden door and opened it. He blinked a few times due to who was at the door.
"Otou-san, who is it?" Yuuki asked as she ran to the front hall. She stopped in the middle of the hall due to seeing someone she didn't know in the doorway. The person smiled at Yuuki as Kaien let them in and closed the door. The person turned to look at Cross, the smile leaving their face.
"Kaien Cross, I am here to tell you about my parents." The voice said, it had a semi-deep tone, it was obviously male.
"Yuuki, please go to your room and play with your toys." Kaien softly ordered her and she nodded before running up the stairs to her room, "What is it, Kaname?" He asked when he was sure Yuuki was out of hearing range.
"My parents, Juuri and Haruka, are dead." Kaname informed the chairman. Cross' light brown eyes widened behind his glasses.
"How?" Kaien asked, his voice trembled a bit.
"Rido came looking for her." Kaname stated, "It was Juuri's-" The Chairman cut him off.
"They were your parents even if you're the Kuran ancestor!" His voice was slightly raised, he didn't want to alarm Yuuki. Kaname sighed at what the Chairman said, it was true that he never really had someone to call parents until he was put in that boy's body by Rido.
"It was mom's last wish that Yuuki stay here and that, in your academy, a class for vampires be established. I believe the two of you have discussed both." He said and Kaien nodded in response, "That's all I have to say. I still have to talk to the council about their deaths."
"Will Rido be coming here?" Cross asked and Kaname shook his head.
"I destroyed his body, but I couldn't kill him. It will take him awhile until his body is put back together." He replied and Kaien nodded again, "I'll be going now. Goodbye." Kaname turned and walked out the door, going back to the Kuran mansion to answer the council's questions.
Kaien sighed, he had to pretend nothing was wrong, for Yuuki's sake. He didn't want her to think something was wrong, despite being so young she was quite perceptive. Cross knew that Yuuki would do everything she could to find out what was wrong if there was any indication. The Chairman walked to Yuuki's room and opened the door.
"Want to help Daddy make lunch?" He asked her with the usual smile on his face. Yuuki nodded and the two walked to the kitchen.
They had been walking for hours since Kaien had decided to take Yuuki to town for the day. Despite carrying a few bags, he held her small hand in his large one as they walked through the crowded streets. Cross knew that there could be some vampires in the crowd that escaped death when Rido attacked the Kurans. The Chairman knew he was being paranoid, but he was a former vampire hunter and he had to keep that promise.
Kaien looked down at Yuuki with a smile on his face, she seemed so interested in turning her head this way and that to see everything. Cross was purposely taking her to the park now so he could rest and she could play if she wanted to.
"Yuuki, please stay where I can see you." Kaien told her as they reached the park and she nodded in response. Cross let go of her hand and the two walked in separate directions. The Chairman sat down on the bench with the bags beside him while Yuuki went towards the sand box.
She saw boys, a little older then herself, making sandcastles in it as she went closer. Yuuki stopped in front of the sandbox just as one of the kids got out of it, standing in front of her. He was a few inches taller then her and seemed scary to her.
"Move." The boy said and she blinked a few times. Yuuki didn't think that someone could be that rude.
"Um... I was wondering if I could play with you and your friends." She asked him and he looked at her as if she were insane.
"No way! You have cooties!" The boy exclaimed and one of her eyebrows raised.
"Cooties?" Yuuki questioned.
"I'm not telling you if you don't know!" He said as he pushed her out of his way to get some sticks for the sandcastles. Even though it wasn't that hard of a push, Yuuki lost her balance and fell down, landing on her butt. Tears formed in her light brown eyes due to landing on the unforgiving ground. She felt someone pick her up a few seconds later.
Yuuki looked at the face of the person that picked her up. She saw it was the boy that came to the house a few months ago to talk to Kaien. Kaname softly sighed when he saw the tears in her eyes. He walked to where he knew the Chairman would be and set her down on the ground in front of the bench.
"Kaien, keep a more watchful eye on her." Kaname told him before looking down at Yuuki with a small smile, "Bye bye." He then walked off leaving the two to stare after him.
"Yuuki, let's go home." Kaien said as he stood up and picked up their bags. Yuuki nodded in response and the two started walking back to the house.
"Otou-san, who's that boy?" She asked him.
"He is the son of an old friend." He responded after a few long moments of silence.
"Why does he seem to be sad?" Yuuki questioned and looked up at Kaien.
"I'll tell you that someday." Cross replied as he opened the front door of the house.
At the age of 12, Yuuki was told to lock all the doors and windows since Kaien had an errand to run and couldn't take her with. The brunette was kneeling in front of the fireplace, poking at the fire. She got up as she heard the door open and quickly walked to the front hall. Yuuki blinked a few times due to the Chairman having two boys about the same age as her with him.
"Yuuki, their parents were killed by a bad vampire." Cross informed her and Yuuki's eyes widened, "Their names are Zero and Ichiru. I have to talk to the police, I'll leave them in your care." Kaien walked off, leaving the three alone. Yuuki walked out the door and over to the two. She saw that one of their eyes, Zero's, held hatred while the other pair of lavender eyes, Ichiru's, held curiosity, questions.
"Come on, there's a bath ready." Yuuki said as she helped them inside and to the bathroom, "Do you mind if I take your jackets off?" After getting no response, that's what she did, her eyes widened again at the blood she saw on their necks and shoulders. Yuuki grabbed two washcloths and put them each in the bathtub. She then walked back over to them, "Do you mind if I clean you?" Again, there was no response. The brunette gently wiped the blood off their necks and shoulders. Yuuki was relieved to find that they weren't hurt.
Yuuki, now 13, no matter how much she drank there was still in a burning in her throat. Kaien walked into the kitchen when she was on her tenth glass of water. He had a feeling of what was going on as he held a white pill.
"Yuuki, what's wrong?" Cross asked her and she turned to ook at him.
"Otou-san, no matter how much I drink there's still a burning in my throat." The brunette informed him which caused the Chairman to gently smile.
"I have kept you from this truth long enough..." Kaien told her, "Yuuki, you're a vampire."
"V-vampire?" She asked him in disbelief and he nodded.
"For years I've been working on a tablet, something that will dissolve in water and make a blood substitute." Cross informed her as he got her another glass of water. He dropped the white pill in it and the two watched it dissolve and make the water a diluted red color, "Here, try it." Kaien handed her the glass and watched her think for a few moments before cautiously sipping it.
"Arigatou, Otou-san." Yuuki said as she looked up at him with a smile on her face.
'Nut': I thought that a flashback chapter was needed. Please click that green button and review!