Chapter 7: 赤い光が終わりを告げる 明日は来るのか… (Red light declares the end, will tomorrow arrive?)
Thea walked out of the bathroom in a white cami with Gir (the famous robot in a dog suit that loves cupcakes) on the front, dropping a cupcake and saying FAIL. She had on a black ruffled skirt, and white and black striped thigh socks. She also had on her 3-inch-heel shoes. Simple, yet perfect. She smiled, holding a perfect amount of innocence and happiness into her personality at the moment, making sure Kaname wouldn't find out her true plan.
Kaname didn't know though, and was actually surprised at his lack of noticing the things around him when Thea walked out of the bathroom. He looked at her, and chuckled. He, too, was a Gir fan. Who wasn't? That funny little robot. And other than that, what she was wearing was another thing that he loved. It looked so cute!
"I have something that will go with that." Kaname said as he walked over to his dresser, shifting through drawers and everything else. After a few minutes he had a necklace in his hands, and was leaning over Thea's head, fastening it in the front. It had a cupcake on it. "It was my mom's. Whatever you do, don't lose it, okay?"
"Of course, Kaname. It must be very important to you." Thea replied. Kaname had never actually said it, but she knew that his parents must have died, like hers. Thea was also blushing, because Kaname had his arms around her once again. She liked the feeling, and it was something she was going to miss.
"Do you need a brush? It's used. I hope you don't mind." Kaname said, handing Thea the brush that was on the dresser.
"It's fine. Thank you." Thea said as she brushed her hair. More of Kaname's scent! Yay!
"Now, for that favor… If you don't mind, could you go to the Sun Dorms and fetch Yuuki and Yori for me? I would go myself, but it would cause such a commotion… Just tell them to meet me at the main gate at 11, and you stay with them, okay?" Kaname said when Thea handed him back his brush.
"Sure. Could you write down her room number? I would probably forget if you just told me." Thea replied, sort of worried, considering she had never even seen the outside of his room, much less the rest of the campus.
So Kaname wrote the room number, and basic directions on how to find the Sun Dorms. Anything other than that she would have to find on her own, because he didn't know anything about the inside of the Sun Dorms. "Here. Since it's daylight outside, everyone in the Moon Dorms should be asleep, so nothing to worry about vampire-wise. Just try to be quiet. My room is the only soundproof one in the dorm, so if you make a loud noise, they will wake up. That okay with you?" Kaname said.
"Yes. I'll be fine. Thank you for worrying about me. And are you all nocturnal here?" Thea replied.
"Of course." Kaname said. "Bye. I'll see you in about thirty minutes then."
"Same to you." Thea said. She slowly turned towards the door and made her way out of Kaname's room for the first time.
Thankfully, like Kaname said, There wasn't anyone running about in the Moon Dorms. Thea walked as quiet and quickly as possible, hoping that she wouldn't wake any of the other vampires up. She tip-toed her way across the big meeting room, and then walked outside the dorms, and looked at a huge gate.
She walked right past though, and the guard in there didn't look twice at her. She was sure it was a guard to keep out the humans, but he probably thought that she was just one of the vampire's dinner and was coming out freshly brain-washed. She thought vampires could do that, but she wasn't fully sure. Oh well.
When she finally reached the outside, she gasped. The scenery was beautiful. There were trees all around, something that you almost never saw out in the middle of the city. She breathed in the fresh air, stuck her nose in the paper that Kaname gave her, and tried to maneuver her way around this academy. She didn't know what it was called yet, which was kind of backwards. She was pretty sure it was a famous school, or else it wouldn't have all this space and trees.
After a while, Thea ended up getting lost. She was walking around in circles. She sighed. Great. My first time alone and I get lost like some eight year old.
"Are you lost?" Said a voice.
Thea was startled. She didn't feel a presence before. But when he spoke, she felt it on her all at once, and figured out that it was a very low vampire level… a Level D if she remembered correctly. A vampire that was once human and was bitten by a vampire. But this vampire was much stronger than any other, and kind of smelled like Kaname. He couldn't have bitten him… could he? Would Kaname have let him? Thea just replied "Yeah… I guess I am. Could you help me find the Sun Dorms?"
A boy with white hair and amethyst eyes walked out from behind a tree. "Sure. Follow me." The boy began walking back the way that she came. She had to run to catch up.
After a few minutes of following him, they arrived at a big building, which must have been the Sun Dorms. "I'm assuming you meant the girls' dorms, right?" The boy said.
"Yeah. If you don't mind, could you tell me where the stairs are when you walk in?" Thea said, getting as much information as she could while he was still willing to help her.
"Just tell me what room you're going to. I'll take you there." He said.
Thea repeated the number that was written on the paper. The boy started walking, and entered the dorms. Thea almost gasped again. These buildings were beautiful. She wished that she lived here.
But she didn't get to stare for long. The boy was moving fast, and was at the door in no time. He knocked on the door. "Oi, Yuuki, a middle-schooler is here to see you." He said.
"Okay, one sec!" Yuuki's voice said through the door. A second later she opened it. "Zero! You aren't supposed to be in the girls' dorm! I thought you knew that! The prefects can't do everything!"
"Hey, she got lost, I was just trying to help." Zero said, pointing at Thea.
It took Yuuki a second to move. "Thea, come here! Zero, leave! I have to go soon and Yori and I aren't ready!" Yuuki grabbed Thea by the arm and dragged her into the room, then slammed the door shut in Zero's face. Thea was thinking though. Why did that name sound familiar?
"Thea! Why did you come here?" Yuuki said. She wasn't mad, just surprised.
"Kaname told me to make sure you were ready and by the gate at eleven." Thea looked over at an alarm clock by one of the beds in the room. It was ten fifty-five. Thea was lost, and that had taken up some amount of time.
"Well, it's a good thing that we're ready. Right Yori?" Yuuki called into the bathroom. A girl with brownish-reddish hair walked out.
"Yeah, yeah Yuuki. The only reason that you are up so early is because of Kaname. Or maybe it's the fact that your heart won't beat so fast because you aren't going to be with Zero today. Sooo? Which is it?" Yori said, tempting Yuuki.
Yuuki just blushed and yelled something that couldn't be understood.
"Well, I don't mean to be rude, but if we want to make it on time I think we need to go now. And nice to meet you, Yori, I'm Thea." Thea said.
"Thea's right Yuuki. And nice to meet you too." Yori said, and she maneuvered by Yuuki and went out in the hall. Thea followed her, and Yuuki followed Thea after a slam of the door.
It took about three minutes to get to the main gate. They weren't so late after all.
Kaname was there waiting on them. Thea sped up and ran to Kaname's side.
"Oh yeah, I never asked. Thea, are you a Night Class student?" Yori asked.
Kaname butted in before Thea could say anything. "She is a vampire, but she has the presence of a human, so no… Not really."
"Okay. Thanks. I just wanted to know before hand." Yori turned to Yuuki, and asked an important question. "Did you remember to get your wallet from the Headmaster's office last night before you came to the dorm?"
Yuuki's smile faded. "Oh crap…" Yuuki turned and started to run, but something hit her smack on the forehead. "What was that for?!" Yuuki yelled into the nothingness in front of her.
"I thought you might need your wallet for shopping." Said a voice. Thea turned around to see Zero, the silver haired Level D from earlier. "Oh hey, it's the lost middle school kid." He said, his gaze turning to Thea.
"You can go do whatever you need to now, Kiryuu. She has her wallet." Kaname said. Pure hatred was in his voice.
"Oh. I didn't know you hated him Kaname. I kinda thought he was your boyfriend." Thea said, shrugging her shoulders. Okay, she didn't really, the thought crossed her mind for maybe a fraction of a second when she first smelled Zero, but she never really thought that that was the truth.
"What in the world would make you say that?!" They both said at the same time.
Thea simply turned to Zero and said, "You smell like him."
Zero looked completely flabbergasted, while Kaname had an "I'm not surprised" look on his face.
Kaname leaned down and whispered "I'll explain later…" in Thea's ear. After that, he said "I'm going" and turned to leave. Thea followed him, and a second or two afterwards Yuuki and Yori followed, leaving Zero behind.
"To the ice-cream place first!" Thea yelled. "I know the perfect place, if you don't mind. I know the person who owns it, and hopefully she's there today. She'll give us a discount."
"Okay Thea. Lead the way." Yuuki said.
Thea, now being outside of the academy, knew every twist and turn of the city. She led them through the streets like it was a maze and she was in the air and could see every blocked off place. They walked a while.
The store was part of the old part of the city, the part that was barely working anymore. She walked in and screamed "Alice! It's Hikari! Are you here?" Then she walked up to the counter, leaving Yuuki and Yori completely confused. Kaname quickly explained about the false name.
Just then a young girl (maybe Kaname's age) walked up to the counter. "Hikari! I haven't seen you in forever! How are you? Did they finally let you out of that place?" She said, bombarding Thea in questions.
"Yeah! Well kinda. A friend of mine got me outta there, after I escaped. He said I didn't have to go back, and so far, I haven't seen any men carrying around a straight jacket looking for me. So I guess I'm in the clear. I sure hope so. That would be awesome. That place stunk and I couldn't get your ice cream. And I came here yesterday, but you weren't here." Thea replied, talking quickly, like Alice.
"Ohh, I had some work to do Hika! Sorry I wasn't here! I wish I were! Anyway, who's your friends over there?" Alice said, pointing to Kaname and the gang.
"Oh, this is Kaname Kuran, Yuuki and Yori… No one ever told me their last names…" She stared them down.
"Uhmm.. It's Yuuki Cross… The Headmaster at Cross Academy is my adopted father since I can remember." Yuuki said.
"And I don't want you to know my last name" Yori said with a wink.
"Oh My God! Kaname Kuran from the Night Class at Cross Academy!? Are you serious!?" Alice said, shrieking.
"I would prefer if you don't act that way in front of him. If outsiders act this way, then I'm sure that the girls in the actual school would be much worse, and you wouldn't like someone doing that to you everyday, would you, Alice?" Thea said
"No, you're right. Sorry Kaname. Ice cream on the house!" Alice said. "Just tell me what you want and I'll whip it right up."
"The usual for me." Thea said.
"Chocolate dipped vanilla ice cream cone." Kaname said.
"Vanilla cone with sprinkles!" Yuuki said, excited.
"Just a vanilla cone, please." Yori said.
"Sure thing! I'll be back in about five minutes. Go ahead and take a seat anywhere." Alice said, pointing around the empty ice cream parlor.
Thea walked over to her favorite booth, Kaname sitting beside her and Yuuki and Yori across from them.
"Sweet place Thea! Oops! I mean Hikari! Anyway, do you always get free ice cream here?" Yuuki said, basically jumping up and down in her seat.
"Yeah. She let me live with her for a while, but them I got taken to the nutty house and I haven't seen her in about a year." Thea replied, shrugging her shoulders. "I love her ice cream. It's the number one thing I missed when I was in there. I acutally came over here yesterday first, then I went to the broken down fountain."
"Nutty house?" Yuuki said. Thea had forgotten that only Kaname and Alice (and the people in her school) knew that she was in the asylum.
"I'll explain later," Kaname said before Thea could say anything. Just then Alice walked up with their orders of ice cream.
"Brownie Strawberry Explosion for Hika, Choco dipped for Kuran, Sprinkles for Cross, and Normal Vanilla for just Yori. Am I correct?" Alice said.
Everyone nodded their heads.
"Good. I'm glad. If you need anything, I'll be in the apartment upstairs, 'kay Hika? Oh, and I have some of your mangas if you want them. They've kinda gotten dusty from not being read in a while. Sorry." Alice said.
"Not your fault. It's that dude's fault for pissing me off on a Wednesday." Thea said, biting into a juicy strawberry.
"Okay. Have a good dessert!" Alice said, then she turned and left.
Thea took another bite into her ice cream.
"You're a manga lover? I didn't know that." Kaname said.
"Huh? Oh yeah. My favorite is Yume Kira Dream Shoppe. After that is Full Moon wo Sagashite, and then Shugo Chara!" Thea said. "Manga Mitaina Koi Shita! is pretty cool too." Thea added, her mind pondering on all the different manga she had. She couldn't remember.
"Fall in love like a Comic?" Kaname said. "You want to fall in love?" He said jokingly.
But Thea didn't get the jokingly part. She turned as red as the strawberries on her ice cream. "No! I just like the story, that's all…" She said, stuffing another bite into her mouth.
Yuuki and Yori burst out laughing. Kaname just chuckled. Thea sat in the corner, miserable.
But after that Kaname pulled a conversation together, and everyone was included, talking about random subjects that changed very quickly.
Once everyone was finished with their ice cream, Thea decided she needed to go see Alice for her manga. "Well, I miss it, and I don't know where I'm going to live now."
Thea said, throwing her trash away.
"I'll come with you." Kaname said. "Yuuki and Yori, can you stay down here and wait for us, please?"
"Sure thing, Kaname-senpai." Yuuki said.
Thea started walking towards the back room, hoping Kaname was following her. She heard his footsteps, so she kept on walking. There was a staircase on the right, and Thea went up it. When she walked in she saw countless stacks of manga. Thea shrieked. "My babies! Did you miss me? I missed you!" Thea said, going over and looking through all the mangas she had.
Hibiki's Magic, Princess Ai Ultimate Edition, Mamotte Shugogetten, Kitchen Princess, Sugar Sugar Rune, Yume Kira Dream Shoppe, Manga Mitaina Koi Shita!, Shugo Chara!, Karin, Rozen Maiden, Pita Ten, Loveless, Rosario + Vampire, Magical x Miracle, Full Moon wo Sagashite, and other titles, way too many to list.
"Well. I think with have another Takuma on our hands…" Kaname said, remembering Takuma's manga obsession. He watched Thea go through the books, pick up one, rummage through the pages, then point her finger at something and show him.
"This is Alpha! I made a plushie him and a plushie emo bunny and a plushie Ritsuka holding a plushie Soubi! I also made the Rozen Maiden dolls, one by one. Do you want to see them?" Thea said with a smile. If this was her last day, she wanted to show him all about her that she could, while she could.
" Sure." Kaname said, returning a smile.
"Hopefully Alice hasn't moved anything…" Thea said, walking down the hall and entering a room. "Yes! It's all in perfect shape! Come on!" Thea said, grabbing Kaname's arm and pulling him into the room.
The room was painted black on the sides and ceiling, except for on the ceiling there was white dots, like the stars. There were seven dolls lining the wall beside her bed, each one completely different. There were plushies all over her bed also, more than she had explained to him in the main room. He picked up one that he recognized from what she showed him earlier. He thought the name was Alpha, but he couldn't be sure. All he could tell was that it was a black bunny with red eyes and a cute little witch costume on.
"Do you sew the outfits or buy them?" Kaname said, looking at the bunny
"I sew them. They don't sell them perfectly, they always try to leave out little parts that they think you don't notice, but I do all the time. I'm kind of a perfectionist when it comes to making things, but I add my own little bit into the outfit also." Thea said, going through her closet. This was actually her cosplay closet, where she kept all the outfits that she had made. She made an outfit when she really liked something that she saw in a manga. She had a whole closet full of them, and actually the bathroom closet was hers also, but she wasn't going to brag. She just wanted to find the one dress she made from Princess Ai…
Thea left the room. "Hold on, I'll be right back!" Thea screamed so Kaname would know to stay in her room. "ALICE! WHERE IS MY FAVORITE DRESS!?" Thea screamed.
Kaname just chuckled. He hoped that she would live with him one day. He definitely wanted to stay with her. She was just so cute. But today, Kaname couldn't read her thoughts. It's like she created a mental block, or tried to think about nothing but what's in front of her. Was she hiding something? Kaname looked at the different things in Thea's room. He then went over to the closet to see what she was looking at. What he saw amazed him. Tons of beautifully made dresses hung from plastic hangers. He ran his fingers along the hems, feeling all the detail. Oh, the effort all these must have taken! And for her to leave, does that mean that she has more than these?
Then Thea walked back in dressed in another beautiful dress. It was frilly and had belts and ripped black knee socks with a garter with a rose higher up on her leg. She also had an artificial black rose in her hair.
Kaname didn't know what to say. It was beautiful. It must have taken days or weeks to make that. Maybe even months. He simply said "Wow."
"I know that it's kinda slutty, but I just loved it, so I had to have one of my own. Do you want to see what it looks like in the manga?" Thea said, pleased that he liked it.
"Sure." Kaname said.
Thea ran out into the hall, shuffled through books, and then came running back. She opened up to a page at the beginning, sat down beside Kaname, and showed it to him.
"It's a splitting image, except for the socks." Kaname said.
"Alice wouldn't let me have fishnets. I thought they were too slutty anyway. I usually don't wear the garter, but I wanted to know if it looked okay or not." Thea said, twirling. "Do you think it looks okay?" Thea asked Kaname.
"It looks wonderful. Did you make it yourself? Did you make all of these by yourself?" Kaname said, his eyes flaming in curiousity. He had never met anyone with these skills.
"I make them myself. They aren't that good. Many people do much better than me." Thea said, sitting down beside Kaname. "If you like them so much, I have some outfits from Shugo Chara! that I could use, because they look more like normal clothes, if you want me to wear something that I have personally sewn." Thea said with a smile.
"Sure. I would like that. Your clothes are cute. What happened to your normal clothes though?" Kaname said, Thea already rummaging through her closet trying to find something to wear.
Thea hesitated a second, then replied. "I didn't have many… I always got hand-me-downs from Alice, and after that, when they got too small, I used them and the extra money I got for myself to make the cosplay costumes. But a little before I went to the nut house, I only had that one outfit. Alice's friends were in a house fire, and everything they had burned. I told her that she could send my clothes to them because they had a daughter my age. So I wore my school uniform all the time. All I did was stay here anyway, working on my projects. I never felt the need to buy clothes, and all my money and christmas presents were manga and stuff to make cosplays with. I lived here for a while… maybe three years… and her parents used to live here too, but they were in a car crash. That's how she lives here alone. Then I was sent off to the nut house, and I didn't really need clothes there, they got me everything I needed, especially things to soothe my masochism." Thea laughed, but the sound was dead. "So, that's why. It was my own choice, and if I needed too, I could sell these for money for Alice. Well, I still can. I thought that at least my work could pay off… Ah, here it is." Thea pulled an outfit off of a hanger. "So, that's basically it. I guess you didn't look through my memories as thoroughly as I thought you did." Thea tried to smile, but it didn't reach her eyes. She was thinking about how she would be gone soon.
"Well, there's nothing wrong with that. You were being generous." Kaname came up to her and hugged her from behind. "That's what I like about you. You are nice to people you like, and not so nice to people you don't like. Kind of like me, in a way."
Thea softly pried his hands off of her. She was about to cry, which wasn't good. Alice has never seen her cry before. She wasn't about to let her see, either. "I need to change, Kaname. I'll be right back." Thea said, avoiding his face. She went to the bathroom, and quickly changed. She wasn't crying, but she didn't want to push her luck. "Alice! I'm taking my old book bag! I'll pay you back later! I'll also be back to get my plushies and cosplays! Right now I'm just taking the mangas!" Thea screamed out the door. She walked to her room, and beckoned for Kaname to follow her. "Can you help me put all the manga in here? Last time I tried, it all fit." Thea said, starting to scoop the mangas into the bag. Kaname removed the bag from Thea's hands, and quickly packed all of the manga into the bag.
"We've been up here for a while. Don't you think we need to go see what Yuuki and Yori are doing?" Kaname said. But, in all honesty, he had pretty much forgotten about them being downstairs.
Thea took the bag, and winced. "It's heavier than I thought it would be… I'm just going to leave it here. NEVER MIND ALICE! I'M GOING TO LEAVE THE BAG HERE! I WILL BE BACK LATER FOR IT!" Thea screamed."Come on, Kaname." Thea said, already walking down the stairs. Kaname simply followed.
When they got back to where Yuuki and Yori were, they were both playing on their cell phones.
"Sorry I took so long. I used to live with Alice, and I was going through all my stuff." Thea said, trying to sound normal.
"Woah! Where did you get those clothes? I love them!" Yuuki said.
"I made them." Thea said. It was a black long-sleeve shirt with a collar and crosses hanging off the corners. The skirt was like all her other ones, ruffled, and crosses hung from different points on it, too.
"No way! That's amazing! Where did you get the idea?" Yuuki basically screamed
"It's an alteration of an outfit in Shugo Chara!." Thea said. "Let's go. It's getting kind of late…"
"It's only been an hour." Kaname said. "Don't worry."
But when Thea opened the door, she froze. She saw some students in her class from last year, when she beat that kid to the verge of death. She just kept walking though, right onto the street, right in front of them.
"Hey! It's that freak! Haven't see you around! Where you been? In a nut house?" One of them screamed. Kaname turned around, and saw the kids for the first time.
Thea just pushed Kaname away so she could see them. She had the face of a sadist on. "Last time some one called me a freak, you should know what happened." Thea said, a smile on her lips. It wasn't a cheerful on though. It was full of evil.
"You know that Keiichi just got out of the Hospital last week, right? Or do you not care?" another one called.
"Huh. The only reason I walked away was because I thought he was dead. Now if you don't mind, I have somewhere I need to be, unlike you." Thea said, then turned on her heel and left them, walking towards the fountain.
Thea ignored the things they said to her, and instead, starting focusing on when would be the perfect time. All that she knew was that she wanted to be at the fountain when she died.
That was when Kaname noticed what she was doing. She was going to kill herself!? No! Why!?
Then Thea turned around and said, " Kaname, Yuuki, I'm sorry to have been a burden on you…"
Thea turned back around, because this was it, the abandoned fountain. She was pleased to learn that the other kids were still following her.
"-And who are you hanging out with? Do they feel sorry for you?"
"This is Kaname Kuran and Yuuki Cross. They go to Cross Academy. Happy?" Thea said.
They seemed taken aback. "No way! They would never hang out with a freak like you! Didn't your mother teach you not to lie?"
"My mother is dead, dumb asses." Thea said with no emotion.
"I bet they killed themselves to get you off their backs!"
That was when Thea snapped. "Don't you DARE say ANYTHING about MY PARENTS!"
Blackness erupted under Thea, and reached out to get the kids.
"You don't know ANYTHING! Don't try to learn it either!"
By this time the kids were screaming at the darkness enveloping them.
"Thea! Stop this!" Kaname said.
Thea was crying. She turned to Kaname and gave him a pitiful smile, blood pouring down her face. Then she stopped completely, and was on her knees coughing.
"What the hell!? I'm outta here!" One of the kids yelled. All the others followed.
Thea was coughing up more blood than ever before. She had used more power than ever befor though, so this should be right. She wasn't scared. She was kind of happy, actually. She would finally be out of his way…
Kaname had already decided to save her, and he would persuade her that no pain is better afterwards. He flew over to her, and bit her. He wouldn't drink much… Just enough so that she would be able to change.
Then he bit his own wrist. Blood flooded his mouth. He filled his mouth, then put his lips to Thea's.
Thea was surprised. What was happening? That was when she noticed the blood in his mouth. Thea tried to resist, but she ended up swallowing it all anyway. Then… There was no pain. Anywhere. Thea started struggling against the hold Kaname had on her face. Why? Why did he want her to suffer.
Kaname just held on so she wouldn't try to do anything unreasonable. He used his powers to knock her out.
Thea felt his power trying to seep into her mind. She tried to stop it, but when she tried, blackness fell over her.
Teee heee heee... Ultra long chapter! I kept writing random stuff that could add on later into the story, and that's why it took so long!, and Yesh, of all the mangas listed there, I have read all of them, and more. I own Kitchen princess 1, mamotte shugogetten 2 3 &4 (I can't find vol 1 :-;) Princess Ai ulti collection hibiki's magic 1 and 2, and Shugo Chara 1&2. If i had a million dollars, i would buy alot more than those... But the ones i have now are like... 100 dollars.. soo... yeahs...
ANYWAY! Author Notes!!!!!!!: Yori knows about vampires.
When Thea personally is listing her books, she calls the name Manga Mitaina Koi Shita!. That is Fall in love like a Comic! in english. Soo... Yeahs... I didn't know whether to list the names in english or japanese because they are in japan in this story... soo.... _;
*****BELOW ARE SPOILERS!*****
About the time settings: Chapter 30 happened (Zero Drank Kaname's Blood)... but Kaname didn't say that he loved Yuuki yet.
