Zero was decided to spend his short vacation with his little sister but at the same time he was thankful that he could finally spend some time without that annoying princess. However, Zero felt opposite. He was unconsciously missing that annoying voice of girl, her stupid question and her adoring face. He jerked his head many times to stop thinking about Kuran princess but Kiryu could control other's brain but when it came to themselves, they were vulnerable as human being.

He gasped an irritated grunt.

"Oni-sama you looked distracted" it was Saya who noticed.

They were outside the academy. He let her shopping first then they arrived park. Now they were sitting across the edge of pond of that park. Zero was supposed to enjoy the silence of this pond and its peaceful surrounding but when our mind was distracted and heart felt empty, then surrounding's peace couldn't help. Could it be?

Saya was uninterestingly throwing pebbles in the of pond's water, which made small maelstrom on the surface of ponds.

"I don't think so" he answered as calm as he could.

"Oh really?" One delicate eyebrow rose in his direction. He shook his head, but Saya was his sister. Born with wit. Instead of asking more, she came to him, took his hand in her small hand and hugged his arm then simply put her head on his shoulder. For Zero, it was gesture to showing her affection towards him but she knew, it wasn't only that.

"You're missing your guardian partner" it was statement by Saya.

He gasped at her statement, then suddenly he understood.

"You read my mind" his tone held accusation. Saya only shrugged her shoulders.

"It's ill-manner to read someone's mind without their permission Saya" he chided reprovingly.

"You're not someone, you're my brother. I should know what or who is reason of my brother's distraction" she said nonchalantly.

Zero grunted, then looked at the serene blue sky over them.

"Why don't you friendship with her?" Saya asked, her hand was still busy with her previous activity.

"Kiryu and Kuran can't be friends" he stated flatly, eyes still fixed on the blue sky.

"I thought, you don't follow the rules" her voice was nonchalant but not her tone. Her eyes fixed on the small maelstrom of pond, she was making.

"Yes! I don't believe on following the rules blindly but it's also good for us too Saya" he paused then continued. "But it isn't matter of following the rules or anything. It's our personal vendetta Saya... Maybe I just don't follow it, if Kaname Kuran.." He spat his name like venom, "If he didn't ordered vampire hunters to kill our parents. If everything was alright, you'll be with us and our parents will be alive. Then I must not follow the vendetta" he looked at his sister who was now looking at him with wide sad eyes, her hand paused from her activity.

He again started peering sky. "However, I'm not the man of living concept of 'What if' so, it isn't matter of rules. Her brother killed our parents, now as a head of clan, it's my duty to avenge my parents" he said matter-of-factly.

"It's not a matter of revenge thing big brother, it's a matter that you've started to care about her and you don't want to hurt her because you know one day, you've to kill her brother. That time, it'll hurt her if it'll be done by her friend" Saya's tone was exact mimic of Zero, matter-of-fact.

Zero startled at her statement.

"Oh! Come on brother... I read your thought, even those which you don't want to accept"

Despite of his inner turmoil, Zero looked impassive and unreadable. But it was Saya, who could easily read his mind.

Zero stood on his feet, extended his hand towards her sitting sister. "Let's go. It's getting dark"

Saya held his hand, then sprung on her feet. "Oh come on brother... We're pureblood. Darkness never matter to us"

When she only called him brother, instead of Oni-sama, she reminded him badly of Ichiru. He sighed, his minds was distracted from thought of Yuki finally. Now, he was thinking about his plan to fixing everything. So that his family would be reunited at his house, instead of Dorms of separate academies.

"You start to care about her in three months, I hope in next three months, you'll not fall for her" Saya was proof of the statement that Kiryu's child was born to be monster but their elders tamed them. Shizuka-hime was failed to tame her.

He gasped at her blunt statement.

"Leave this topic Saya" his tone was irritated.

They were taking pace towards exit gate of park.

"Whatever" Saya shrugged nonchalantly.

They both sit inside Zero's car. Though, he knew driving, but he was seventeen yet and he really didn't want to become pivot of human's attention. So, he called his valet to drive the car.

Remaining journey passed silently between them. He didn't want to extend the conversation about Yuki and Saya didn't want to make him more angry. So, they both remained silent.

He escorted Saya to Chairman's apartment, then he headed towards the Moon Dorm. It was last day of vacation. From tomorrow, students will be started to come in academy.

He changed in his night dress, then closed his eyes to try to sleep but he couldn't. Saya was right, he didn't want to accept but he was missing his partner with the duty of guardian. Now, he couldn't sleep because he unintentionally started to wait for her. Fortune star smirked at the tormenting of him.


Students came to Night Dorm, so as Yuki. Their usual routine had been started. But she was silent unexpectedly.

Zero also didn't noticed this because his mind was distracted into many problems. Maria came with the ring in third finger of her left hand. Offcourse he was happy for his brother and Maria too. They knew her since their childhood. Though, illegal but she was their cousin. So, she had bond with both of the brothers. If anyone knew about existence of Saya except his family, it was Maria. She was their family from her early age. So, she was like sister to him, he was happy both of them and decided to engaged them officially. But there was problem named as Council, it wasn't easy to convince them moreover they were forcing him to choose a wife for himself too. He was also thinking to introduce Saya on the engagement ceremony of Ichiru. And he knew according to tradition, she was his birth-right fiancée.

Above them all, he was despised of the fact that he was started to care about sister of his biggest enemy.

So, he didn't noticed the silence between both of them. He remained silent before too, it was Yuki who always did one-sided conversation but she was also silent now. She was coming regularly for studying. She was more sober during their guardian duty. He was busy with his usual routine and training. Everything was going smoothly.

After few weeks, Yuki came to her previous behaviour but now in more mature way.

She still made conversation with him, he also started to replying her. His tone was usually serious but not that icy cold.

They were going together, not as a strangers but though not as a friends too. They were just going like partners who had some kind of obligation to stay with each other. Who inwardly cared about each others but at the same time, their relationship, despite of Yuki's childish behaviour, was going formally but without any grudge.

But life was not going smoothly always. First semester was started, Yuki was panicked because of worry of her grades. Her mistakes were rapidly increased, as the result, she was often scoldedby Zero during their tuition time.

"Yuki! You again solved it incorrectly" his voice held little bit tone of irritation.

"Oh!" She groaned, raised her hands in airs. "Who invented the math? And I don't understand why do we need to study anyway? We're purebloods and immortals. We know the tradition of Royals. That's it. We don't need to study like humans" she whined but in princess way. It was her great trait that, either she was only talking or whining, she never forgot that she was royal.

A strong sense of déjà vu washed over Zero and his lips twitched in small smile.

That scene was unusual for Yuki's eyes. "What's so funny?" She was happy to see that finally he started to show little bit emotions in her present but she also agitated to think that he was mocking her.

"You sound like Ichiru" he answered truthfully.

She was grateful that he didn't say his usual sentence "None of your business".

"Your brother?" She asked, he nodded.

"I'm happy someone think like me" she murmured in her breath.

Zero looked at her, she was wearing sea-green top with blue jeans and long shoes. Despite of her tiredness, her face was completely fresh, her hairs were tied in high ponytail. One wrist had her wrist watch, otherhad gold bracelet and third finger wore an expensive diamond ring. She cared about her appearance like a true princess. She was beautiful but more than that she was beautiful because she loved to look beautiful.

Zero was a man, despite of his emo demeanor, he appreciated the beauty and now he was admired the beauty ahead of him. But at the next moment, he jerked the defiant thought from his mind and started to scold her to concentrate in her study. She sighed heavily, then reluctantly started to study.


Months had passed, since she realized her feelings for her stoic tutor. Firstly, she was stayed silent, she wasn't coward to started to avoid him but she was still a teenager girl who couldn't understand how to control over her emotions for wrong person. Playing or admiring was another thing but feelings was another. During few weeks of silence, she felt that he was also somehow distracted because of something, she didn't know what was that. But after few weeks, she came to her usual self but not like that whom she was before. Instead of masking her maturity into her childish facade, she only became like formal friend to him. He was well... His usual self, stoic and emotionless. But when first time, he smiled to her. She felt goosebumpsinside her stomach. It was simultaneously strange and pleasurable feelings to see him smile for her. No matter what was the reason, but he smiled for her, it built up hope in her heart.

After that, she started to open up. Instead of her childish behaviour, she started making conversation with him on more serious topics like Council's annoying decision of vampire's life and current news of purebloods. His behaviour was also changed towards her after that. Instead of becoming his elder, he started to treat her someone his equal.

It was not enough for her but it wasn't disappointed though.

In this duration, one thing was most strange. Yuki was started to forgot that she was Kuran princess. She had some obligations towards her parents and specially towards her fiancé \brother because of the ring which she wore in her ring finger. On the other hand, she only remembered Zero.

She forgot to call her parents, but she remembered that when Zero wake up and went for work out and his training. She didn't remember, she should have to write to her brother but she never forgot when Zero came from his meeting with daughter of Chairman. She didn't know the reason of his affection towards that girl, but she was relieved that there was nothing like romance between them. And it was unexpected to see him romancing with a human girl, almost seven years younger than him.

She laughed at the irony, she was also almost seven years younger than Kaname and she was born to marry him.

But she already did many things against the rules and traditions, it didn't hurt to do one more. She shrugged her shoulders nonchalantly. But inwardly, she knew very well that it would hurt to break custom this time and she could swear, it would hurt like hell this time. But she was willingly to take risk, just because of silver hair male guardian of her school.

She didn't know, when she started to dream about him. A beautiful and oblivion dream of the conspiracy of fate. She started to dream about a life with him. With a man whom she started to love and adore and she couldn't really help.

Though, there was nothing between them which could her hope up. But however everything was going smoothly, she wasn't happy but satisfied.

She was still arrogant and proud on herself that she could do anything and anyone could fall for her. So, how was that possible that her man of dream could saved from the charm of her beauty and personality. She just needed to show her true personality to him and it'll work. And yes! It was working, slow and steady but still it was working. She could easily saw the difference of Zero's behaviour towards her.

She felt that nature made her, only to rule. But her claim was cracked by one incident. Though, it wasn't big incident but it changed many things.

Their first semester was over, before going home for her small vacation, she wanted to meet Zero. She decided to purchase gift for him. Apparently, it was show of gratitude for him to tutoring her but in reality, she was giving something to him to show her affection, or dare to say, her love for him.

She spent several hours in shopping mall with Rima. She was also shopping for her family. So she offered Rima to join her. She was become good friend of her during her time in academy.

"What are you actually looking Yuki?" Rima shrieked irritably because she didn't take something in those hours in which Rima had done complete shopping for her family. Albeit, she took a beautiful gown for her mother, watch for father and lots of things for Kaname. Offcourse her brother was special for him.

But at the time of Zero, she didn't understand what to take. She thought to go weapon market to take something for him. But except her sword which gifted by Kaname, she wasn't good in the matter of weapon. Secondly, for purchasing weapon, she had to have licence. Though, she could ask Kaname for help but she didn't want to give explanation to her brother that why was on earth, she wanted to purchase weapon and for whom?

So, she just strolling in mall after several hour of shopping for her family.

"I'm looking for something...different" she said thoughtfully.

"For someone special?" Rima asked mischievously.

Yuki felt blush on her face, then thought it didn't hurt to confess because everyone thought that it was Kaname, so, she was safe.

She nodded, Rima thought for a moment then dragged her out of shopping mall.

"Call your driver, I know a place of your business" she said amicably.

"Really?" Yuki's asked in bewilderment.

Rima nodded then her face turned slightly pink, totally unlike confident Rima.

"Actually when I thought to purchase something for Senri, then I found something there"

Yuki's eyes widened at the realization of this.

"Oh God Rima! You and Senri..?" She didn't need to complete her answer.

Rima nodded shyly, face completely red. How different she looked like.

"Maybe every girl is behave like this when she confessed about her feelings. Maybe I was also be like this, thinking about Zero" Yuki thought then hugged Rima happily.

"Welcome to our family" she murmured against her ear.

Rima startled at her words "Huh?",

"Yes! He's my cousin. Didn't he tell you?"

Rima shook her head. "Actually it's only few months, we start dating and he wasn't so open up about his family"

Yuki sighed, she knew about her cousin very well but at the same time, she was happy for both of them.

They reached at the place which Rima recommended. It was old local market, look like we came for the purchasing wizard equipment in the world of Harry Potter.

"This is vampire town" Rima informed her.

"Don't show that you're Kuran Yuki" Rima whispered in her ear, suddenly realization hit her, now she understood that why she didn't know that place.

"It's come in the reign of Kiryu's" it was more statement than question.

Rima nodded her head, "My parents are loyal to Kiryu. So offcourse I know this place"

Yuki gasped but at next moment, she smiled beautifully. She loved danger, adventures and more than that she love Kiryu Zero. So, she really loved this place because it was property of love of her life.

Rima was right, it was amazing place, though old and traditional but still charming. She thought, she was came into some sort of fairytale place.

There was many interesting things which got her attention but she didn't decide what should she take for Zero. Offcourse he ruled over here, so he must knew about the legacy of this place.

"Young princess wanted to taste forbidden fruit?"

Rima almost shrieked when that old hag came to them but she only flinched because she was in thoughts of Zero. She was courageous and brave by nature, so it didn't make any difference if that old vampire wanted to talk with her.

"How do you know, she's princess?" Rima asked, she kept her hand on her hip.

Old woman giggled mischievously.

"We know many things, which is beyond your thinking young woman" she said to Rima but her red eyes still embedded on Yuki.

Rima held her hand and whispered in her ear. "I think we should go from there. This woman has some type of power. If she get know about your status. We'll be in problem"

Yuki nodded to Rima. They were about to leave when that old hag held her hands.

"Stay princess! We've something for you" she muttered, red eyes still on Yuki but her face expression had changed.

"Don't worry! I'll not tell anybody's about your status. Offcourse I don't want to harm our future queen" she said mischievously.

"This woman is thug, come on Yuki" Rima held her wrist and also dragged her but Yuki halted at her last words.

"Future queen"

"Yes! There was something, this woman know. Or maybe she was some type of fortune teller. Otherwise how does she know I'm princess. Zero is next King of Kiryu's legacy, that's mean..." She didn't able to complete her sentence because of utter glee in her heart.

"Maybe we should listen her Rima" she commanded her faltered friend.

Of course she wanted to listen that fortune teller. She was calling Yuki, her future queen. If Zero was future King that meant queen should be his wife. The hope was making home in her heart.