Chapter Four
Yuki strolled through the court yards, trying to do her job but her mind was all over the place. Her head was telling her one thing and her heart the next. Not to mention that ever since that afternoon, she had been thinking about Michiko for some reason.
'Ugh!' she yelled at herself and sat down. She grabbed at her hair and looked down at the ground. She tried to calm herself down a little. She counted every blade of grass and concentrated on her breathing, nothing seemed to be working.
"Hello." a voice called. Yuki looked up and saw Michiko standing over her. Yuki crossed her arms and looked away, not saying anything to her.
Michiko sat down next to the girl and looked over to her.
"Lord Kaname sensed that you were upset, he wanted me to come talk to you." she said. Yuki huffed and pulled her legs closer to her chest, she was getting heated again.
"I don't need to be checked on..." she grumbled under her breath. There was silence for a while. When the young girl looked up she saw the pureblood looking over the water in-front of them.
"You remind me of this water, Yuki." she said says. Yuki furrowed here eyebrows in confusion.
"How?" she asked.
Michiko got up and motioned for her to fallow. When both were at the waters edge, they stopped. It was a full moon that night and its reflection bounced off the water like a mirror.
Yuki had remembered when she stopped Zero from taking on the night class by himself here. It was only about a month ago, but if felt so long now.
"Do you see how well the moon's reflection sits above off the water?" Michiko asked. Yuki nodded a simple 'yes' in response.
"Most of the time the water is still and you can see the moons reflection, but if something happens to the water-" she picked up a pebble and threw it into the water, making it ripple and splash.
"- the moon becomes harder to see.", Yuki looked down were the reflection had been. It was distorted and the ripples made it hard to see.
"But the water will always settle." Michiko adds. The pureblood raised her hand over the water and made a fist. Instantly a thin sheet of ice covered the lake and the moon could be seen clearly again. It was even clearer than before.
"And sometimes, it comes back stronger.", Michiko turned to the younger girl.
"Yuki. You are the moon and something has disrupted your water." she says. Yuki looked back at her with wide eyes and wonder.
"But remember, that just because the ripples are making it hard to see doesn't mean the moon isn't there...", Michiko placed a hand on her cheek and Yuki's face flushed a little.
"The ripples will fade and then you'll see yourself in a new light.", Michiko turned her head back to class rooms.
"I must be be on my way." she says softly. She looks back Yuki and placed her hand on her shoulder.
"Please remember this talk though.", Yuki gave a smile and nodded.
"I will!" she said proudly, feeling like her old self. Michkio smiled in response then left for her next class, leaving Yuki behind to think about what she said.
"Half Bloods?..." Senri said as he ate a candy Rima fed him.
Hanabusa crossed his arms, clearly pissed off. He thought about what Kaname said to them the other night.
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Kaname stood infront of the seven of them. Michiko by his side, and the three behind him.
"These children will be held dear to me. I'm going to be personally responsible for them and take them under my wing. I expect you to treat them no differently then me." he told them sternly.
From the side of him Michiko smiled condescendingly.
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With out second thought they agreed and now called the three Lady Lesya, Lord Galen, and Lady Arama.
Hanabusa couldn't have been any more revolted.
"There's no wondering why Kaname would hide them from the senate. With only stories to go off, their power could be unlimited." Takuma said as he sat down. Ruka crossed her arms and rolled her eyes.
'That's probably the only reason he's even tolerating Michiko...' Ruka thought to herself. She felt very threatened by her and with good reason.
She also thought it was very peculiar having a female pureblood show up out of no where, with three impossible children, and is now consistently next to Kaname. It didn't sit right with her. Unless they had known each other for very long, which made Ruka worry more. If this pureblood had a link to Kaname's child-hood, then it could even of been possible that she was his arranged fieonce.
Or at least that was the said rumor going around.
"I thought they were only disgusting creatures of legend." Hanabusa suddenly blurted, they all looked toward him.
"Silly stories we tell to children.", he felt a sharp slap across his face. He placed a hand on his cheek and looked up to the one who delivered it.
Akatsuki glared down at the blonde.
"You're Lucky it was me and not Kaname." he said to him. Hanabusa looked down. He had let his jealousy get the better part of him again.
The looked to the front door as it opened. Lady Michiko stood with her Lord Galen. His eyes were fixed to the ground, while her's burned holes in everyone in the room.
"Are we interrupting anything?" she asked.
'Yes.' Hanabusa thought in hostile.
"Not at all! Come right in." Takume said with a bright smile. Michiko walked into the room, he brother not too far behind her.
"I just want you all to know, I'm not here to take anyone's place..." she began as she walked to the sofa Kaname usually lounged in.
"I just want a safe environment for these remarkable children- ", she placed a hand on Galen's shoulder.
"-that only Lord Kaname can provide.", The rooms energy seemed to be getting more and more hostile as time went.
"We aren't children anymore, sister." he said in annoyance. She reached over and stroked his arm.
"I'm sorry... force of habit.", she said dearly to him. He blushed and looked down again quite flustered.
"May I ask, what is the history of your adopted siblings? Surely there must be a reason besides their blood status on why you hold them so dear." Takume said in effort to break the tension.
It was clear that the none of them except for Galen was blood related to Michiko, it had actually been one of the more appropriate questions that was circling the night class.
Michiko sighed and got comfortable in a seat. She closed her eyes as she reminisced.
"That's a very long story, we might not have time for it." She says slowly, reopening one of her eyes. She looked over to Galen with a smile and made a motion for him join her. He blushed and quietly sat next to her. She then pulled him close and laid his head on the space between her shoulder and her chest.
"Nonsense, I'm sure we have time!" Takame persisted, the rest of the group restrained from rolling their eyes. Michiko started to think it over, at that point she had started playing with the boy's hair.
For the others it may have been uncomfortable to show affection so broadly in public, but she believed that it was necessary to show her ownership over her halfblood siblings. After all, no one in there right mind would take away what any pureblood held close.
She looked down to the boy who was getting sleepy as he laid against her body.
"We'll... I suppose I'll tell."
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