Vampire Knight

Innocence

Night 7

Wrestling

"Psssssstttt. Hey, hey Kira!"

Kira grumbled one opened her eyes and stared sleepily, "What's the matter, Ichiru?"

Ichiru smiled widely as he leaned on Kira's mattress, "Are you awake?"

Kira rubbed her eyes and sat up, "I am now," some of her long blonde hair fell over her shoulder and the ends brushed against the mattress. "Aren't you in the wrong dorm?"

"I know," Ichiru whispered. "But Zero's sleeping and I wanted to show Kira something before it went away."

Kira looked around her dorm room. Her roommates were fast asleep, buried underneath a mess of pillows and blankets. Kira glanced at Ichiru; he was wearing his green coat over his pajamas. His hair was all messed up and long silver strands brushed over his beautiful violet eyes. Kira rubbed her eyes again and looked at the clock on her dorm wall.

"It's almost four in the morning, Ichi," Kira whined, her voice still groggy. Her eyes went back to Ichiru, who was pouting.

"It'll be two minutes, promise," Ichiru smiled and offered Kira his hand.

Kira sighed and threw her blanket off of her body and sat up and stared hard at Ichiru, "How did you even get in here? I locked the door."

"Yeah, but not the window," Ichiru shrugged.

Kira rolled her eyes and took Ichiru's hand as she climbed down from her bunk. She grabbed her coat and followed Ichiru out the window, making sure her roommates were still fast asleep. Kira and Ichiru walked on tip-toes down the hall, careful not to wake up any of the other students or get caught by teachers.

"This better be good, Ichiru," Kira hissed as he led her down the stairs and out onto the field.

"Trust me, Kira," Ichiru smiled as he took her hand. "It's down by the river. And the teachers will never know."

Kira nodded as she allowed Ichiru to pull her along. When you were eleven, small things were very adventurous, like ditching your class on a school trip to go look at something at the river. Of course, Kira did consider Ichiru's health, but when she looked at him now, he seemed perfectly fine.

Ichiru led Kira to the river and moved to stand behind her. He covered her eyes, "Ichiru?!" she giggled.

"Trust me, Kira. It'll be really cool," Ichiru giggled. He led Kira blindly through the small forest that had grown beside the river. When he brought her to the ledge, he slowly took his hands away, "Okay, look!"

Kira opened her eyes and blinked. She blinked again. There was nothing but the still river in front of her. The night sky where the full moon hung lit up the water, making it look like liquid silver. Kira blinked and turned to Ichiru, but he gripped her shoulders and turned her to face the water again.

"Keep watching," he chuckled.

Kira sighed and stared at the still river. The water mirrored the sky, and there was a small breeze that made the water ripple for a minute. Kira crossed her arms over her chest, "I don't see anything, Ichi."

"Just keep watching," Ichiru said as he stood beside Kira, his finger pointing at a specific place in the river.

Kira sighed and her eyes stared at the place where Ichiru was pointing. She stared hard when she saw something leap from the water and land back in. Then something else leapt from the water and landed again. Soon millions of ripples were created when fish jumped out of the water, and more kept jumping until it looked like the river was rippling with bright red fish. The river looked as if it had its own scales and the fish jumping and landing in the water sounded like rain falling. Millions of fish were leaping from the water and Kira giggled at the sight and laughed.

"This is amazing!" she sang as her eyes darted across the sight.

"Cool, huh?" Ichiru asked. Kira nodded, "It's a salmon run. They eat the bugs that settle on top of the still water. Most of the bugs can't fly, so it's an easy catch for the fish."

"That's so cool," Kira dropped to her knees and leaned over the ledge and watched the fish. Ichiru smiled at Kira and dropped down to his knees beside her, "How did you know about this?"

"My Dad told me," Ichiru smiled. "The usually come before the sun rises, it's kinda hard to say exactly when they come up. But I just had a feeling. Zero was supposed to wait up with me so we could all watch the fish, but you know once Zero falls asleep, he can never wake up."

"It's amazing, Ichi," Kira smiled. "Incredible!"

Ichiru smiled and glanced at the grass. He saw a small daisy growing on the ledge. Ichiru grinned and picked it up and tapped Kira's shoulder. She tore her eyes away from the fish slowly and saw Ichiru holding the daisy right in front of her gaze. She smiled.

"Our little secret then?" Ichiru asked with a small grin.

Kira accepted the flower and smiled, "Our little secret."

Ichiru smiled and leaned towards Kira. His lips brushed her cheeks and he planted a quick kiss on her cheek. Kira blinked and stared at Ichiru as he leaned away. Her hand touched her cheek and Ichiru stared at Kira.

"Sorry," Ichiru said as he shot to his feet and turned his back on Kira and started running away from her. He glanced over his shoulder and saw Kira sitting on the grass, looking at him with big blue eyes, her fingers brushing her cheek.

KIRA––

Zero sat up and rubbed his forehead. Sweat had run down his back and forehead and he was tired despite the fact that he just woke up. That dream of his, it felt so real. Zero sighed and fell back against his sheet and groaned when he heard shouts coming from down stairs. He had forgotten about his new housemates. He heard his bedroom door open and Yagari stood in the doorway, holding a list.

"You have chores today," Yagari announced as he strode forward and held the list in front of Zero, "Kira-chan is going with you."

Zero frowned, "Why? I can do it alone," he grabbed the list from Yagari's grasp. "Why can't Kaito go? Or why can't Kira go alone?"

"Because Kira-chan doesn't know the area, Kaito is coming with me to sort out some Association stuff, y'know, seeing as he's lazy and you're tired and useless," Yagari turned away from Zero and moved to leave his bedroom, "Cheer up, Zero. You swear you've just seen a ghost."

Yagari closed his door behind him, and Zero sighed and stared at the list. Eggs, milk, flour, cocoa powder, onions, tomatoes – what the hell was the Chairman planning? It had been two weeks since Kira and her friends moved in, food had become rare. Zero sighed and threw the covers off his body and decided he would face the day. He got dressed and headed downstairs, towards the kitchen where he could smell something that smelled like food…the Chairman's cooking…

"Good morning Kiryuu-kun!" the Chairman sang as Zero entered the kitchen. He was standing by the stove, flipping some pancakes. Kira turned in her seat to look at Zero. Her blue eyes studying him carefully, just as his did whenever she wasn't looking.

Things between them had been awkward. Zero had put up his walls and she hardly made a move to break them down. She stayed quiet, did whatever she had to do in silence; especially when she was around Zero and Kaito. Kira turned back to her pancake, ignoring Zero. He rolled his eyes and sat down at the chair further away from her. The Chairman set a plate of food in front of him, and he ate silently, just as Kira did.

"Oh my, how a memory just danced into my mind~!" the Chairman sang, "I remember a time when the two of you could never keep quiet! Of course, you two would always argue about what to do for the day," the Chairman turned to Kira, "Do you remember that, Kira-chan?"

Kira shook her head, "Nope."

"What about when you and Zero built a raft and decided to go down the river…when the current was so strong…?" the Chairman hung on her answer, waiting for it.

"I don't remember that," Kira said before she ate another bite of pancake.

Zero watched her as he chewed his own pancake. How had things gotten to this point? When she first moved in, he and Kira would just enjoy each other's company without the awkward silence, then Kaito's comments picked at his brain. How not to get too attached to her because she would just leave in the end, so Zero stayed away. And they drifted. Now nothing but awkward silence surrounded them.

"What about the time Old Man Hunter took you kids out to the park to ride horses?" the Chairman asked, his words getting desperate. His face was in full blown astonishment, how could Kira not remember her childhood?!

"I don't remember," Kira replied again.

Zero watched as the Chairman melted to the floor in a puddle of tears, murmuring words that he couldn't understand. Zero swallowed and didn't look up as he spoke, "What about going to the river with Ichiru to see fish?"

Kira froze. Her eyes were wide, "That was supposed to be a secret," she shot up to her feet and left the kitchen.

The Chairman blinked and stared after Kira. Zero was surprised that she had been so angry. The Chairman looked at Zero, "Fish?" his head lolled to the side.

"Why does Kira have to come with me to the store? I can go alone," Zero snapped. "I don't feel like baby-sitting her or her friends."

"You will not be baby-sitting anyone, Kiryuu-kun," the Chairman said as he sat down in Kira's chair. "Akamatsu-chan and Shiga-kun are going to look at the dorms of the Academy today to decide whether they want to stay inside the mansion or stay with the other students––"

"Why the hell are they so excited about school anyway?" Zero demanded, crossing his arms over his chest and leaning back in his chair.

"Kenni-kun and I are going to sort out some of his own school stuff," the Chairman continued, ignoring Zero.

'That's another thing that bugs me, why would Kira bring her little brother?! I don't believe her story," Zero ranted.

"Yagari-kun and Kaito-kun are going to sort out some Association matters," the Chairman continued, he smiled widely.

"Okay, okay," Zero hissed. "I get it. I'm the only one that isn't busy with anything and Kira is obviously bored or else she wouldn't have volunteered."

The Chairman gasped and fell back off his chair. He shot up on his feet and gaped, "You do know Kira-chan!"

"Don't be an idiot!" Zero snapped as he stood up and turned and left the kitchen.

§Vampire Knight§

Innocence

I strode behind Zero as we walked through the town, holding grocery bags and flittering from one shop to another. We hardly let two words pass between us and it hurt my heart to think that Zero was upset to be paired with me. Although, in all honesty, I was angry with him for telling Uncle Cross a secret between Ichiru and I. I wonder how he knew. I mean, from what I heard, Zero and Ichiru haven't seen each other since the incident that ruined Zero's life. We stood in a store now, Zero glancing at the aisle for a specific ingredient and I couldn't take the silence between us anymore.

"So…how did you know about the fish thing? Did Ichi – er, Ichiru – tell you?" I asked nonchalantly, while gazing at the very interesting…jar of sour…what is that?!

I saw Zero shrug a shoulder from the corner of my eye. Like he didn't care, like he didn't want to discuss it. I swallowed hard and put the jar of unpronounceable. I stared down at my hands. It was hard getting along with Zero, it seemed like he wanted nothing to do with me. So naturally I kept quiet and hoped Zero would come to me. I had hoped that us living under the same roof would bring us closer, but both Zero and Kaito kept a distance away from me, like I had some type of disease. And the space between us was killing me. And if I didn't find out what Zero's problem was soon, my brain was going to explode! And I wanted to find out what his problem was without it turning into an argument.

"So…I really do remember all those things that the Chairman was talking about. The rafting, the horses…even though the horses almost killed me," I smiled and saw Zero freeze and stare at a box he held in his hand. Still silent. I cleared my throat, "Remember when we tried ice skating on that lake and I fell in? You and Ichiru tried helping me out then! Eventually you got me out."

"I remember Ichiru getting a cold after that," Zero replied in a cold voice. I stared at Zero with wide eyes. Ichiru had gotten sick a lot when he was younger, Zero hated it.

"Yeah. He got sick a lot," I watched Zero turn away from me. I sighed and rushed up to stand beside him as he walked up to the cash-register, "So, um, have you seen Old Man Hunter yet?" Zero kept quiet and paid for the items and left the store. I ran after him, "Zero! I haven't done anything wrong!"

Zero stopped here and turned and glared at me over his shoulder, "You haven't done anything?! Is that what you honestly believe? You left Kira, and you're gonna leave again once you've done what you needed to do!"

"Duh, that's what Hunters do!" I shouted back. I noticed a few people stopping and staring at us, so I moved closer to Zero, "That's what we do! We hunt, we kill, and we leave! Kaito said those words to me and I'm just backing them up."

Zero rolled his eyes, "You got that leaving part down. Twice. Third time's the charm!"

"Where have I left? Please explain to me, Zero!" I hissed, grabbing his sleeve as he tried to walk away from me. His violent violet gaze narrowed at me. Oh well, so much for trying to avoid a fight.

"You left Ichiru and I when we were neighbors, you left me at the funeral, and you never came back! I thought because it was you, you would always come back," Zero hissed, snatching his sleeve away from me.

"Okay, first of all, I was eleven! So course I had to leave with my family, I told you I was sick, I had to go," I retorted. "And second of all, you chased me away! You never wanted to see me again!"

"Then why come after all these years?!"

"I didn't come back for you Zero," I hissed and his face fell. I couldn't help but smirk, "You thought I came here for you? How could you be so selfish?! You told me to stay away, so I did. I am here because I'm a Vampire Hunter, Zero. The President needed me, so I came."

"You're an awful lair, Kira," Zero hissed. He narrowed his eyes at me, "I know you, Kira. You're the only one who's selfish. You only came because you saw a window of opportunity to benefit yourself!"

I stared at Zero and felt my cheeks heating up, my skin was burning. How could he say such a thing? "You know I'm trying hard to be nice to you, Kiryuu. Even though you're acting like a d––"

Something hard hit the side of my face and I crashed down to the floor, my cheek aching as pain stung my every nerve. I rubbed my cheek and felt that it was warm. I opened my eyes and found a red ball in front of her. It was small and bright red. I smiled.

"A red ball," I whispered as I reached out and took the ball.

"How's that for sweet revenge!" Zero suddenly said as he knelt down beside me. I glanced over my shoulder and saw a hint of a smile on his lips, "Wonder who it belongs too."

"Um, excuse me."

Zero and I looked ahead and found a small girl, staring up nervously at Zero as he stood up to his full height, looking grim. The girl shuddered and turned her attention to me. I stood up to my full height too and smiled at the girl.

"Is this yours?" I asked as I stood in front of her and bent down a little so I could meet her meek gaze. She nodded and I smiled, "Could I use it for a minute?" She nodded again and my grin turned sly.

I wheeled around quickly and threw the ball, and just like in the past, the ball hit Zero right on his forehead and he fell to the ground. The ball rolled back to me and I picked it up and balanced it on my fore-finger and spun it around and stood in front of Zero.

"Now, that's revenge," I smiled cheekily.

Zero glared up at me and growled, "You're such a b––"

I threw the ball again, and again it bounced off the flat surface of Zero's forehead and back into my hands, "Now, now, Z. We are in the presence of a young girl, no bad language."

Zero closed his eyes and took a deep breath before he stood up to his full height. He dusted himself off and glared at me, "I am an adult. I won't resort to childish games."

I rolled my eyes and turned and winked at the girl, "Watch this," I bounced the ball off the ground and it bounced off Zero's forehead (again, heehee) and landed in the girl's hand. She giggled before she turned and ran off.

"Another satisfied custom––!"

I was suddenly tackled to the ground by a heavy force and I looked up and saw that it was Zero. I growled, upset that he had taken me to the floor. So I started wrestling him to get off of me, but he was a lot stronger then I remember and he was beating me. Zero and I rolled on the ground and I had finally pinned him down when I saw a dark brown shoe in front of me. I looked up and saw the shoe belonging to Yagari, and Kaito was standing behind him.

"Wrestling in the middle of the street, really?" Yagari asked; a hand on his hip.

Zero and I leapt apart from each other and pointed accusing fingers at each other, "He started it!"

"She started it!" Zero accused in perfect unison with my own accusation.

"I don't care who started it," Yagari knelt down and picked up the carton of eggs. He opened it and found six cracked eggs.

I looked around and saw that ingredients that we had gathered had been destroyed in our fight. I glanced down at the floor and heard Zero curse and cross his arms over his chest. Yagari shook his head and glared at us, a scolding look that was all too familiar.

"Clean this up, and then go shopping again," He ordered, Zero stared at him whereas I just stared at the ground, my hands behind my back. "Kaito, go with them. Make sure that they don't destroy the store."

"Why the hell should I go?!" Kaito demanded angrily.

"Don't argue with me!" Yagari snapped angrily. He turned to me; his glare was cold, "Buy me a new box of smokes while you're at it!"

"Yes Sir," we all said in unison.

We watched Yagari storm away, stomping his feet, screaming, "Three weeks until school starts! I don't think I can live with these kids!"

§Vampire Knight§

Innocence

WEEK 1

"You're such an idiot!"

"I'm not the blonde in this house!"

"It was an accident!"

"Right, everything you touch turns into an accident!"

Katsue munched on a cookie as Sasuke flickered through the channels, keeping bored eyes on the screen. Kenni sat on the floor at Sasuke's feet, watching TV as well. Yagari puffed on his cigarette as he read the newspaper in front of him. Kaito leaned against the wall as he watched Zero and Kira stand on opposite sides of the lounge, throwing insults and glaring at each other. Kaien sat beside Katsue and watched with wide eyes, tears streaming down his face.

"I thought they were friends," Kenni said casually to Sasuke, the constant fighting already becoming a routine.

"They were," Sasuke replied with a yawn.

"Two weeks…two weeks…two weeks…," Yagari puffed away on his cigarette, slowly gripping the newspaper.

"Shouldn't we do something?" Katsue asked as she ran her fingers through her hair, holding her cookie out for Sasuke to take a bite.

"Do you wanna get in the middle of that?" Kenni asked, pointing to his sister and friend.

Katsue and Sasuke sat up and looked at the couple, who were now nose-to-nose, glaring at each other and insulting each other left, right and centre. Katsue slowly sank back into her seat and Sasuke shook his head sadly.

"Poor Yagari-Sama," Sasuke murmured glancing at Yagari.

He couldn't see Yagari's face, hidden behind the newspaper, all he saw with the top of his black hair, and a faint cloud of smoke; Zero and Kira arguing behind them, Kaito standing by the sidelines, watching with careful eyes.

WEEK 2

"I don't care if you live in this house! Don't touch my stuff!"

"I needed a towel! I wasn't going to walk around the house butt-naked!"

"Not that you'd be doing anyone any favors!"

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?!"

"Still going at it," Katsue yawned.

Kenni, Katsue and Sasuke stood in the doorway of their rooms, watching the two Hunters argue in front of the bathroom, Kira wrapped up in a blue towel, her hair wet around her shoulders. Zero standing in his boxers. Kaito stood in the doorway of the bathroom, toothbrush in his mouth, eyes bouncing from Kira to Zero. Kaien stood in the hallway, clutching a teddy-bear, silently crying into it. Yagari stood beside him, arms crossed over his chest, the faint cloud of smoke from his cigarette seemed thicker and greyer.

"One week…one week…one week," Yagari chanted before he slowly staggered back to his bedroom, leaving Kira and Zero to wrestle on the ground.

"Pervert!"

"It's my towel!"

"Let go of the towel!"

"Its mine!"

WEEK 3

"I WOULDN'T WANT TO GO SCHOOL WITH YOU, EVEN IF YOU WERE LAST PERSON ON EARTH!"

"JUST CAUSE I'M SMARTER THEN YOU!"

"YOU COULDN'T BE SMART EVEN IF EINSTEIN'S BRAIN WAS IMPLANTED INTO YOUR THICK SKULL!"

"SHOWS WHAT YOU KNOW! EINSTEIN'S DEAD!"

"IT'S MEANT TO BE AN INSULT, YOU IDIOT!"

Yagari was buried behind a newspaper again; the cloud of smoke seemed to look like a steam train was passing through. Kaien was watching, the tears were thicker now as well. Katsue, Sasuke and Kaito were now standing in between Zero and Kira, trying to keep them away from each other. Zero was baring his teeth at Kira, and Kira was clawing at him, the insults were still flying. Kenni was standing beside the Chairman, watching with bored eyes.

"Enough!" Yagari shouted as he slammed the newspaper on the coffee table and grabbed Kira's collar and Zero's collar, "Run around the Academy, four-hundred laps!"

"No way––"

"Over my dead body––"

"Don't sass me! Do it before I make it rain steal bullets and you two become my targets!" Yagari said as he grabbed his gun and aimed it at the couple.

Zero and Kira rushed out the door as Yagari cocked the gun. When the crowd watched the two run around the Academy, they shrank away from Yagari as he lit another cigarette and flicked the newspaper. The two Hunters ran around the Academy, insulting each other until the crowd could no longer hear them.

"Thank Gawd school starts tomorrow," Yagari replied.

"Which reminds me, Yagari-kun," Kaien said with a smile. "I have discovered a way for Kira-chan to repay me."

"Have you now?" Yagari turned the page, choosing to ignore Kaien's announcement.

"Kiryuu-kun might not like it though," Kaien said with a pout.

"The two need to learn to get a long, because as long as I know she's in the area, she will not leave these grounds without my say-so. Her father may trust her, I'm still working up to it," Yagari set the paper on his lap and leaned back in his chair and glanced at Kaien. "Do what you must…"

"It shall help them bond," Kaien glanced at Kaito and saw how he stared after Zero and Kira. He tapped his chin and smiled to himself, "I have a new idea."

§Vampire Knight§

Innocence


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