Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Knight. I wish I did though, Zero is so freaking awesome. Anyways! I own the OC Sukui Minami.
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7. An Eye For An Eye
"Make sure you cover up the scent trail while Aoishi and I go hunting."
"Yes mother dearest."
"Be sure not to hunt anyone over your age."
"Yes mother dearest."
Sukui had been with "Mother dearest" and "Father" for a few months. Long enough to realize that underneath the love Aoishi supposedly showed to "mother" there was a certain darkness, as if he didn't like her at all and he was acting like he was. Sukui figured the man had been dragged into a similar situation with the female vampire, and felt herself trust him more.
"We'll be back soon." Aoishi waved behind him, and Sukui waved goodbye. The woman blew a kiss, which the gray eyed girl returned with the same gesture, but turned around with a disgusted face. She hated that woman. Hated her.
"I think they are gone Master."
"Then let's head in!"
The two voices scared Sukui, and, in the abandoned barn she was currently housing in, she dove behind a pile of hay bales, filled with fear. It was enough that she had "Mommy" to deal with, she didn't want another group of demons to take her away.
"Come out, little vampire, come out."
"Master what are you doing!"
"Hush, this girl we are searching for is from a Hunters clan, and its important we get her out of here without Shizuka knowing."
"Why?"
As the voices got closer, Sukui squirmed further away.
"We don't have time to talk about this Zero."
"Little vampire?"
The deep voice slightly echoed through the barn, and Sukui bit into her hand to keep from whimpering. She was so scared, all over again. The man loomed just over her. He had two beautiful silvery blue eyes, dark, wavy brown hair and a gun in one hand. "Come out, I will not hurt you."
Sukui bolted, dodging past the guy, heading to the back doors. The younger vampire hunter slowly raised a small black gun, his hands shaking. "D-don't run." he weakly commanded, "We are h-here to help." Of course Sukui found it hard to believe when he had a gun pointed at her. Unfortunately to further irritate the situation, the small silver haired, purple eyed boy's gun misfired, hitting Sukui directly in the eye. "Zero!" the man yelled. The boy called Zero was frightened beyond all hope of freedom, "I'm so sorry!"
Sukui felt a jolt rip through her body, and blood fell freely, streaking down her face. She fell down, and wondered, how on Earth she wasn't dead.
The older man limbered up to Sukui Minami, who held her right eye in one little hand. Blood was soaking into her hair, and she grimaced in pain. "Why aren't you dead. . ." he trailed off, and removed the girls hand and pushed back her hair, shocked at what he saw.
Where the bullet had hit, the cross burned purple into her skin, and her eye turned a dark shade of purple, a glow showing through. The blood was turning white, and healing the wound, leaving the mark and the altered eye to remain.
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"I am sorry Zero here shot you in the eye."
"Master that's not fair! It was an accident!"
Toga Yagari, the girl had found out, and his apprentice Zero Kiryu, were vampire hunters. "I'll get an eye defect too, just to make it even." Toga said seriously, Zero freaking out in the back ground.
"He asked me to find you." Toga grunted as he finished the menial task of wiping the left over blood from the young girl's face, "Your father is a good friend of mine. So I'll be watching you from now on."
"But Toga," Sukui interrupted, "Why can't I be with my daddy?"
"It's a rather complicated situation. . ."
"Why?"
Toga brusquely changed the subject, "Now about you coming with us."
"What if mother comes and gets you guys. . ."
Yagari raised his hand to stop her, "Zero's parents sent her running, killed her lover who was on the Level E's list. We'll get her too soon as the Association allows." Sukui blinked at him a few times before he sighed, "You had no idea what I just said?"
"After the first sentence, no."
Yagari awkwardly, and with much hesitation, ruffled the little girl's hair, "Well! I have a vampire to burn, Zero here will entertain you." he rushed, leaving. Sukui laughed a little, "He acts like he's never been around a little girl before." Sukui then looked at the quiet boy who sat beside her, and he nodded and tried for a gentle smile. Sukui smiled back.
Between to five year olds, the air at first was silent, and then Zero said, "What's your name?"
Sukui didn't bother telling him that he should have heard it before, he was too kind about it. "Sukui . . . Sukui Minami. You?" Zero smiled once again, softly, "Zero Kiryu."
"Its nice to meet you." Sukui responded. She couldn't believe how great it felt to be around kids her age. Such a nice one too.
"Sorry I shot you in the eye. . ." Zero apologized after the silence almost returned. Sukui sighed with the weight of an adult on her shoulders, "Its okay. . ." she responded simply, "I am a vampire." she spat, to much hate in her voice to be appropriate. Zero blinked at her, and sympathy shone in his eyes.
"I'm sorry that your mom got taken away from you. . . And that apparently, your dad doesn't wanna see you." he kept the conversation going, "I can't imagine what I would do if that happened to me." Sukui nodded, "I really don't know what to do myself."
Zero scooted closer, and said, "You know, that's why I'm a hunter. So I can stop things like this from happening." Sukui nodded, and then silence finally managed to take over again. Then, it dawned on the young Minami. "Hey, do you think I could be a hunter too?"
Zero looked at her almost incredulously, "A vampire-vampire hunter?"
Sukui nodded.
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Okay for the next few chapters, there will be nothing but flashbacks. I hope Zero is in character. There aren't much little kid clips of him in the show, so I did the best I could and researched a bit. From what I've seen, he's soft as a child, because his parents haven't been murdered yet and he hasn't had the nurse scratch Yagari's eye.
I also did the same thing with Yagari sort of, hope it turned out good!
Well, review please!
