Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Knight by Matsuri Hino. I use her characters purely for writing purposes only.
Author's Note: I appreciate the time people put in to review my stuff- most of which is horrible. Enjoy this one-shot, which is a continuation of Fragments.
Pairing: Zero/Yuuki
Death, Zero Kiryuu was surrounded by death, he walked a path of death. Those he touched, they died. Maybe not because of him, yet they still did. Amethyst gaze peering into the star-filled night sky, he forced a watery smile onto his face, the perversion of happiness itself. The smile exuded no warmth of any kind, instead cloaking itself with shadows and a bitter, violent grief that tore into the young hunter everyday.
Again, he thought that he saw Yuuki's face, a true smile on her lips, instead of those tiny, half-baked attempts at what she used to do so well. Once more, his heart clenched with pain as he recalled her still, blood covered form. If he thought hard enough, he could smell the sickly sweet aroma of her blood. If he thought hard enough, he could see her form slackening against Kaname's as she went limp, lying on the ground like a broken ragdoll.
"I hope you can smile now, Yuuki..."
In his mind, she could smile, for she was finally free from all her troubles. And yet, despite her loving nature, she had been cruel to him, cruel to try and take his sacred treasure, cruel to depart this life without him, cruel to steal his reason for living from him. Yes, she had stopped Kaname, and yes, there was no reason for him to hate the once-vampire-now-human anymore (much), but his spirit didn't care.
His blood still rang with her name as its melody, still called for her warm embrace, still sung only for her. That alone was a daily torture, and he never could get relief anymore, for she was gone. The world still lived, still went on, but she did not.
She did not.
That realization spurred a sort of determination in Zero that he had not felt since he hard attempted to kill Shizuka- the determination to die. Quickly retreating into his room, the silver haired hunter fumbled around for his Bloody Rose, almost sighing with relief as he clutched it like a dying man to a lifeline. To an extent, Zero was a dying man, only going through the motions of life. His gaunt cheeks and his skin and bone frame did little to support any indication that he was of the living. A cadaverous face, sunken in eyes that held only ice and exhaustion gave proof that he was like one going through a prolonged transition of life to death. Fingers eagerly searching for the trigger, a genuine smile crossed his lips faintly when he released the safety lock.
With a finger placed on the trigger, he put the gun against his untidy silver locks, and closed his eyes. I'm coming for you, Yuuki, he thought as he breathed his last, summoning the strength to commit the act. As it turned out, he needn't have done so, for his heart was already there. Again, a smile crossed his lips, and, dropping to his knees, he pulled the trigger.
His body crumbled to dust almost immediately after a loud bang shuddered through the house, an obvious indication that something had happened. He wasn't alone anymore, for he was now with those he loved. When people found his room, all that remained of the hunter was a pile of ashes and a gun. After a fairly large funeral, he was buried alongside Yuuki, reuniting the two in death.
Life had separated them, had cursed the youths with its deceptively soft touch, bringing agony to them both. If life had been the plague, death was their cure, their salvation. Never more would they suffer.
The world went on, stupid and cruel. But, they did not. They did not.
Author's Note: This is the conclusion of Fragments, unless people have requests,I am done with this story.