Finally! its finally done! i really had no idea how to end it so i'm sorry if the ending is just kinda bleh but oh well. Please enjoy the last chapter :]


Chapter 4: Those in Glass Houses

Yuuki's eyes stayed glued to the pureblood in front of her. This was the man who took Yori. She gripped Artemis tighter and straightened her back. She wasn't going to show them she was scared, she couldn't.

"Hizaki-sama," One of the vampires said bowing along with the others, "We were just going to—"

"No!" Yamato yelled quickly jumping from the top of the stairs to in front of the vampire's face, "She is not to be touched" his eyes shifted towards Yuuki "You know better then to touch a pureblood."

The vampires looked at each other with confused looks. Pureblood? They looked over at Yuuki, who had the same confused look.

"Hizaki-sama," The woman said "She's not a pureblood."

Yamato waved her off as he faced Yuuki. He took her hand in his and kissed his knuckles, "Juri is to be treated with the utmost respect."

Yuuki took her hand away and raised an eyebrow, "My name isn't Juri," She snapped slipping her weapon between them.

"You cut your hair," a small spark crackled under his fingers as he pushed Artemis down. He reached out and touched her auburn hair. As he played with her hair the back of his fingers brushed the back of her cheek. She blushed instantly but pulled away. The touch reminded her of Kaname.

"Where's Yori-chan?" she said sliding the rod under the pureblood's chin.

"Hizaki-sama!" the vampires screamed stepping forwards.

"No!" Yamato screamed again giving a mental push of energy that knocked all of the vampires back. They grimaced and stayed back against the wall. Yamato wrapped his arms around Yuuki and pulled her tight against his chest, "Stop bothering us and leave" the words left his lips as a deadly hiss.

"If I go with you, will you give me Yori-chan back?" she slid Artemis back into its holster and looked up at the pureblood, "Please?"

Yamato gave a small nod and moved aside so she could go up stairs. She took the invitation and slowly walked up the stairs, looking back over her shoulder at the retreating vampire servants.

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Zero stood at the start of the long stone path way. He wasn't sure how to take in the melting corpses that we struggling to keep them selves up. He had never seen this before, some pureblood magic he was sure. He glanced back at Seiren who was helping Aido out of the car. Kaname had insisted that he stayed but they knew that wasn't going to happen as long as the girl he loved was inside this fortress. Kaname sighed and brushed his chocolate locks back away from his eyes, Zero noticed that the pureblood did that when he was stressed.

"What do you think this is all about, Kuran?" The hunter eyed the pureblood next to him.

"He's been working on this for centuries. I remember him mentioning it to my parents back when they were alive. It's an ancient spell that only a few purebloods can manage." Kaname said shifting the weight from his left leg to the right, "the bodies are all of the victims he's taken blood from. Level E's that were sane but were 'convinced' to under go the spell."

Zero remained silent; he didn't know how to respond to it. His teacher had never mentioned this to him. He wondered if the association even knew about this. He watched as one of the bodies tried pulling itself along the ground, it was sad that they had fallen this low. At least he'd never have to go through this.

"Well if Yuuki got through this then I suppose we have to."

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Yuuki sat in the large forayer watching Yamato mix his tea. She gripped the fluffy red dress she now wore. Her pureblood host insisted she change out of her dirty and ripped uniform. She kept Artemis under the silky fabric even if it would be hard to get to. She hugged her back pack as Yamato's eyes found hers.

"That dress suits you very well. I'm sure your husband would love to see you in it" he said sitting the cup down on the table.

"I'm not married." She tightened her grip and gave a slight glare. Where was he getting all of this nonsense? She had never even dated someone, let alone get married.

The vampire raised an eyebrow. He couldn't figure out what game she was playing. The Juri he knew was madly in love with her husband and once asked about him, she would carry on and on about how "lovely" he was. Had she somehow forgot everything?

He stood and walked closer, "You know Juri, when I heard you were dead I didn't want to believe it. And when no one believed that damn son of yours when he said it was murder and not suicide," he turned and laughed "I know that purebloods have killed themselves because of the loneliness that time brings but you had Haruka and had your beautiful son"

Yuuki sat still. Kaname? She should have expected that this pureblood knew the Kuran family but he seemed to be closer then just acquaintances. She set her backpack down and stood. "How is my son doing?" she knew she couldn't pass this up. It was a peek inside of Kaname's world.

Yamato smiled and reached for his tea. He took a small sip before he spoke "he's continuing your dream. He's working with Kaien Cross at Cross Academy. But you should know that" He tilted his head towards her bag.

That's right. She had been wearing her uniform when she showed up, "I found it in the streets. I needed more to wear. " she smiled and took a sip of her own tea, "I haven't seen my son at all since that incident, let alone step foot on Cross Academy grounds."

He watched her with a new curiosity. He opened his mouth to speak but the door opened to reveal the female vampire.

"Hizaki-sama!" she gave a quick bow before looking back up at him, "Kaname Kuran-sama and a hunter are making their way towards here."

Yuuki ran to the window seeing Kaname and Zero quickly making their way down the path with Aido and Seiren following close behind.

"Looks like you're going to see your son after 10 years, Juri." Yamato glanced back at her, "You stay here. I'll go handle your son. Sachie-san, stay with her"

Sachie nodded and looked at Yuuki with worried eyes as her master left. Once the door shut and she knew he was out of earshot she spoke; "You're not a vampire, are you?"

Yuuki sighed and nodded "He took my friend. I came to get her back."

The vampire leaned against the door, "I never saw what he saw in Juri Kuran-sama. She was a spoiled brat, all three of the Kuran children were." She twirled her short blonde hair around her fingers, "He saw you walking one day with the blonde girl but when he went to approach you, you were walking to that abandoned building with a vampire child. After you collapsed Kaname-sama showed up soon after and hid you in the house. I personally don't think you look too much like Juri-sama but Hizaki-sama wouldn't let it go. He spent days fretting over seeing his 'precious Juri' again. None of understood how she was alive after it was proven she was bead, but he had always been in love with her since they met at a soirée thousands of years ago." Her gold eyes met Yuuki's and held the harsh glare.

"Why are you telling me this?"

Sachie stepped forewords and picked up Yuuki's bag and tossed it to the human girl in front of her, "Because I want to free my master from that witches hold and that means getting rid of you from his sight. He's going into hibernation soon and he was planning on taking you with him but… You're Kaname-sama's human."

Yuuki slipped on her back pack and reached under the frilly fabric of her dress, grabbing hold of Artemis, "There are more of those skeletons down there, isn't there?"

Sachie nodded and stepped back away from the door, "Hurry and find your friend before my master challenges your friends"

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"Kaname-san! It's been far too long" Yamato stepped down once more from the stairs and took Kaname's hand in his.

The younger pureblood grit his teeth, he didn't have time for pleasantries. "You stay cooped up in this castle and never come to any parties, except for the one last winter." Kaname gave a fake smile and gave a small squeeze to the others hand.

"What brings you to this side?" He glanced over and the other vampires behind Kaname, "Especially with such serious company."

Zero narrowed his eyes more as he wiped dirt away from his cheek. They all looked like hell after the small war they waged out side with all of the skeletons outside. If it wasn't for Aido's smart idea of freezing the earth so that none of the bodies could crawl through, they would still be at the start of the path. He had no idea how Yamato could find that many bodies to pile in the ground even if he had been alive for half of a million years.

Aido stood close to Seiren, who had helped him the whole way here. He felt incredibly drained after the over use of his powers. The hunter poison running through his veins made it difficult for him to even keep his eyes open. Not to mention, his back was throbbing from the blades that used to be in bedded there. Luckily Zero was there to remove the blades without ripping any more muscles.

"We're looking for a friend of ours and we believe that she has made her way here. Her name is Sayori Wakaba, sound familiar?" Kaname said releasing the other pureblood's hand.

Yamato pushed his lips together and thought. How did he know about her? He wasn't aware that Kaname had any relation to the human girl. He knew that she went to the school the young pureblood helped run, since she was found in the school Sun dorms.

Yamato froze. Miyaki had said he saw "Juri" in the same room. She had just said earlier that she hadn't been to the academy to see her son who was standing right in front of him. How did she know the human girl? He turned and looked up the stairs to see Sachie quickly walking down.

"Sachie-san?" he said with a worried tone, "What happened?"

"She made me Hizaki-sama I swear," She bowed low so she wouldn't meet her master's eyes "She's looking for the human girl."

Yamato fumed and glanced back at the small group of vampires behind him.

"Seems like you know who we're talking about," Zero said stepping next to Kaname, "Now where is she?"

"Kaname, your mother is a fierce vampire. A hell of a liar too" Yamato looked up with sad eyes, "You're here to take her away aren't you?"

Kaname's body stiffened and chills crept up his spine causing the hair on his arms to stand up. His breath caught in his throat as he forced the words out "My mother is dead. You of all people should know that."

Seiren shifted her eyes between her master and the other pureblood. She knew that Yamato was slightly unstable but in her opinion, he was asking for a death wish.

"Where is she?" Kaname growled and barred his fangs slightly, "I know Yuuki is here looking for Wakaba-san. Where are you hiding them?" he was done playing games. He was here for Yuuki, not to hear this senile pureblood spout on about his deceased mother.

Yamato quickly turned and disappeared up the stairs. He wasn't going to loose her again. Not after she was torn away from him to be with Haruka, even if she loved him.

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Yuuki ran as fast as she possibly could in the over sized dress. Even though she had it lifted, she kept tripping and stumbling. She groaned and stopped taking the hem and ripping it so that her legs were revealed. She kicked off the heels and quickly went into a sprint. This was so much better, she could move now. The only bad thing was now that her legs were free; she could feel the gross rotting skin of the corpses reaching up from under the floors. It made her want to vomit but she kept it down as she bashed her rod into anything that got in her way.

She fell against the giant wooden door Sachie had told her to go to. It was cold against her sweat drenched skin. The corpses had stopped forming within a few feet of the door which she was thankful for. She was incredibly tired from running everywhere. Her breath hitched in her throat as she heard the yawn of a young girl inside the locked room. "Yori-chan?" she turned and faced the door and knocked as hard as she could.

"Yuuki!" she felt Yori's body thump against the opposite side of the door, "You really did come for me!"

"We have to hurry! Aido-sempai brought Kaname and Zero to help us!" she banged the bottom of Artemis against the door handle until in snapped off. Yori burst forwards and threw her arms around her friend. Yuuki held her close for a moment before looking over her friend. She wasn't in bad shape, a bit dirty and sleep deprived but she seemed unharmed. Yuuki took out her uniform jacket and put over the blonde's shoulders, the poor thing was shaking fiercely. Yuuki would have been cold seeing how short the dress was torn but she her blood was burning from all the adrenaline that was pumping through her.

"We have to be quick. We don't want them to find us," Yuuki pushed Yori in the opposite direction of the way she had come. She didn't want Yori to see what was crawling up from the floor boards. They quickly took off running, their bare feet thumping against the fading wood floors. The wood began to turn old as if it were used too much or if it wasn't cared for. Even the walls began to look broken down and broken. But they quickly realized that it wasn't the house anymore, it was turning to cold stone.

"This is the way we came in," Yori said as they started to slow down a bit, "This path leads to a small cliff that's right above the river. He somehow lifted us up to the cliff; it was like magic, Yuuki."

"We're just going to have to crawl down some how," Yuuki said as she saw the light at the end of the tunnel. She could hear the river roaring and the cool breeze was slipping into the dark tunnel. They stopped at the edge and glanced over at the water crashing into the rocks below. The water wasn't calm but it wasn't all that violent either.

The girls looked around to see if there was a way to crawl down. They patted places with their feet to see how stable the places they thought looked safe. But to their dismay, nothing seemed safe enough to crawl down.

Yuuki lifted her head once she heard a wailing sound come from beyond the tunnel. She saw Yamato suddenly appear at the end of the tunnel, his dark hair falling in front of his eyes. He was gasping for air as he was slightly bent forwards. He looked up at them with a hurt glare.

"Where do you think you're going?"

Yuuki looked at the edge of the cliff. They had no choice…

"Yori-chan! Jump!" the girls quickly turned and launched themselves off the rocky cliff. Yamato reached out for them but wasn't quick enough. He watched stunned, as they plunged deep into the water beneath them.

The water roared around them, their bodies hit against rocks and trees. They desperately fought to push up for air but the waves kept them underneath. Yori was the first to reach the surface, once she was up it was easy for her to control her own body. She grabbed hold of her friend and caught hold of a large bolder that was poking up from the harsh waters. Yuuki's lungs ached for air once she reached the surface. She heaved and gasped as she clung to her friend. She couldn't believe they survived that, it had been a like jumping from a 5 story building. She looked up not to see the pureblood standing at the cliff's edge and took a relaxed sigh.

They carefully maneuvered themselves over to the shores edge once the water seemed calm enough. They lay against the muddy ground trying to catch their breath before they looked at each other and burst into laughter. They were alive.

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The vampires stood still as they listened for the sound of the older pureblood. He had only been gone a second but they could tell something had gone horribly wrong to where ever he went. The house was now growing dark with dread.

Kaname could have easily followed him but he was in slight shock still from what Yamato had told him. He didn't understand what the older pureblood even meant by what he said.

The others could tell that something was going through Kaname's head. Something wasn't right about the way he was blankly staring at the floor. It wasn't like the Moon Dorm president to get so easily shaken. But his family was a touchy subject for him, even if had been ten years ago.

Their ears picked up the same wailing sound coming from the upstairs hallways. Zero twinged slightly at the high pitched noise but didn't let anyone notice. His hunter eyes picked up the black blur that was quickly moving towards them, and it looked like it had no intention of stopping. He ran forwards and threw his arm out, close-lining the pureblood. His eyes shot open as he heard his arm snapping slightly from the force, he growled and dropped his arm. He didn't expect that to hurt as much as it did.

Yamato let out a surprised shriek and fell backwards. He had no idea how the hunter could see him going that fast but apparently he was being sloppy in masking his presence.

He lay on the wooden floors, coughing and gasping. He wasn't in a lot of pain but was more in shock from the blunt force of Zero's arm.

He managed to choke out a laugh as he looked over at Kaname, "You trained your little pet well, Kaname-san"

No one was sure who was more offended. Zero, for being called Kaname's pet. Or Kaname himself for being accused for using Zero, which he was but wasn't about to let the whole world know that before it was the right time.

"Yamato-sama!" Sachie ran towards her master and fell to her knees once she reached him. She cradled his head in her lap and glared up at Zero.

"Where are they?" Aido said ignoring the tense air. He didn't want to wait anymore.

Yamato leaned his head back and sighed. He knew he had lost, they were going to take her from him and he could do nothing about it. His body was shutting down and he could feel it, he was already pushing it by staying awake. He needed this hibernation but he didn't want to go without her. But he knew he had lost, a Kuran had bested him once more.

"They jumped into the river. I was going to get them but obviously you didn't want that," he said looking over at Zero who was now getting tended to by Seiren. A tear fell down his cheek as he smiled, he didn't care if they saw him cry. They were already walking out anyways. Only Kaname was left standing in front of him.

The younger pureblood knelt down and grabbed hold of the older pureblood, "You ever come after her again, I will not hesitate to tear out your heart" he let Yamato fall back against Sachie once again before he stood up and walked out of the large castle.

Yamato was able to move but didn't have the heart too. But he didn't mind just laying here, Sachie was with him. She had been by his side for thousands of years and had never left his side. He had felt bad for her, he knew how much she loved him but he was never going to exchange those feelings with her. But he didn't mind, as long as she could help fill that gap Juri left.

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Zero's cheeks were slightly flushed from running but once he saw the girls walking over the small hill he felt like crying. Yuuki had Yori's arm over her shoulder since it was obvious the blonde was limping. They both were a little bruised and scratched but they both smiled when they saw the familiar silver hair. He stopped for a moment to register they were alive. A faint smile pulled at his lips, a flash of blonde ran past him and he recognized Aido in a heart beat.

Yori gave a happy yell as he picked her up and spun her around. She began to cry as held her in his arms; he seemed to be crying as well. Aido was never going to let this girl go, no matter what got in his way.

Yuuki smiled as she saw the happy couple reunited. She held her bruised side as she looked over at Zero. He was smiling and shaking his head as he slowly walked over.

"You look like crap," He rubbed his thumb against some dirt under her eye. He didn't want to show how grateful he was that she was alive, she'd heal from all the bruises she had in no time. How he just wanted to reach out and hold her. The urge was so great and he couldn't ignore it. He took hold of her and held her to his chest. He could feel her body tremble slightly and he could her gently crying. He rocked her back and forth gently petting her auburn hair. Out of the corner of his eye he caught Kaname walking towards them. His face said it all; he was also ready to cry. As much as Zero hated to admit it, he knew Kaname loved this girl.

"Look who's here," Zero moved his arm so Yuuki could see the pureblood. A sob escaped her lips before she ran to him, her arms out stretched towards him. The sight reminded Zero of when they were young and she would run to him. As sad as he was that she didn't do that to him, at the moment he didn't care. She was alive.

Kaname caught her in his arms and squeezed her tight. She was crying fiercely now, but not out of fear. But out of relief. She thought she would never see them again. Her emotions were so mixed; she was confused why Yamato was referring to her as "Juri." She knew that she was Kaname's mother but why was the pureblood so fixed on her being that woman? It's not like she was anything out of the ordinary when it came to looks. Especially when it was compared to Kaname's beauty. She was just an plain old human.

Zero walked up to the two holding each other and set his hand on Kaname's shoulder. The pureblood looked up at him with tear threatened eyes and rested his cheek on Yuuki's head. Yuuki peeked up at the hunter from under Kaname's arm and sniffled. She reached her hand out and took hold of Zero's other hand and squeezed. The rising sun slightly stung her tired eyes but she wanted to look at the two men that ment the most to her, even if she didn't know where they would lead her if she followed them. Especially after the events after the past night, she knew she was safe from Yamato but the way Kaname was holding her told her something wasn't right. He wasn't the same after the mention of his mother. But she just closed her eyes and leaned against him, she knew she'd learn about it eventually. And maybe even the key to her own past would come along with it.