Hi all! Here is another chapter of Bleed Me and dawn has yet to break on Tuesday morning in Texas, so I will be counting this as ON TIME. lol. Anyway, I'm going to go pass out now- hope ya'll enjoy.
Zero was not happy at the moment. Not. At. All.
His blood near boiled in his veins and the seals he had placed for privacy in his room were fit to shatter as he attempted to break the self-imposed seal on his class alone- and he wouldn't risk asking Kuran for a little help because his beast still sung beneath his skin for the ancestor.
But Zen-kun, won't you just be forced to deal with him as soon as you leave the room with your seal broken anyway?
Eh, eh, eh, logic has no place here!
So he sliced into his skin with the dozen sigils he required to do it alone, charging each as they were applied till blood ran down every inch of available skin on his body that was left uncut.
He sat down in the center of the circle chalked out on the cool hardwoods, painting between each chalked sigil with another sigil drawn in his blood.
Each stroke of his blood covered fingers urged the fire in the hearth to glow brighter- higher and the windows of his room shuddered under the pressure of the ancient power he attempted to summon to his will while at the same time stuck in a mortal coil.
With a growl of agitation he drew the last two sigils and finished with a rune at 12 and 6 o'clock on the circle's edge, the circle taking on a silver glow as he finished, leaning back onto his heels as his skin turned red with irritation, his blood burning hotter and his head beginning to pound like a herd of wildebeests.
Fuck me.
He collapsed onto his side and curled into a ball as the pain grew worse, not even allowing him the blessing of unconsciousness.
He blacked out for a few moments- or at least it felt like a few moments, it could've been hours for all he knew- coming too in full only when the fire was smothered from the furious breeze that streamed in through his now shattered window.
Great. Who the fuck is going to fix that?
He blinked hazy eyes, but was too weak to say goodbye to the floor for more than a few seconds at best, his quivering limbs abandoning him whenever he dared impress any weight upon them.
A knock was heard at his door and he couldn't bite back the growl that left him as he snapped at whoever dared be on the other side.
"It's me." Kuran stated, snapping the doorknob and breaking the lock as he glided within, quickly shutting the door when he caught sight of the white haired vampire on the floor.
The ancestor wasn't breathing as he approached and Zero growled at him something akin to an angry cat.
Kaname rolled his eyes and lifted him off the floor, dropping him on the bed with unconcealed annoyance.
"Weren't you supposed to excel in magic?" He patronized and Zero glared at him.
"You try excelling at high magic while in the body of a level-D!"
Kuran sighed, "There are easier ways…"
"Don't tsk me, asshole!"
The ancestor rolled his eyes once more, "The only thing you've managed to do is shift your coloring."
Zero pushed himself up to lean against the headboard, "Fine!"
Kuran cocked a brow, "Fine?"
He was not going to beg.
Zero stared at the pureblood and finally Kuran closed the distance, seizing him by the throat and striking like a viper, sharp fangs penetrating the delicate skin of his throat, slicing into his jugular with a neat precision.
The white haired vampire ground his teeth as the seal was shattered within moments, a sudden burst of energy unleashing within him, putting an end to his refusals and leaving him blessedly calm for a few solitary moments.
Calm. Peace. Relaxation.
It felt nice.
And then it ended when the haphazard cage on his beast cracked and then fell to dust.
His body ached and he bit back the need to scream as his body shifted- gaining him a few inches in height till he was no doubt even with Kuran, broadening his frame slightly, his bones cracking with pressure.
His beast had been caught unaware, confused by the changing form of his host and providing Zero with enough time to come back down to himself before it regained its bearing and took control.
His eyes burned as the red-violet gave way to crimson, his arms snapping to grip Kuran's coat as he felt the brown haired pureblood slowly begin to lose to his own beast.
His claws ripped into the pristine white uniform jacket and he bit into Kuran's throat when he felt the other just grip him tighter as if to pull him even closer.
He felt like a passenger in his own body- but as seconds turned to minutes he began to resonate with the beast, so much so that they felt like a piece of one another- neither part superior to the other,
He had forgotten how blood tasted better in his true form as all the flavors complimented one another, as every taste bud yearned for more.
But no other blood could be compared to the ancestor's he knew.
He groaned as Kuran's blood flooded his mouth- wondering briefly how his own blood tasted to the other, knowing instinctively that the brunet's blood tasted far better than any other he had crossed.
He hissed and released him only when he felt Kuran latch into his side with claws- his side with all the sigils still carved into it.
Fucking assh-!
His beast turned to purring mush in the ancestor's hold and Zero's inner monologue both grumbled its displeasure at the feminine role he seemed destined to play and sang it glee at being dominated once more.
Kaname's hands ripped off his bloody clothes, leaving him bare except for the dried blood and the fresh claw wounds to his sides as Zero growled in agitation.
Did he just grin at me- what a dick.
Kuran stripped his own clothes off, caging the white haired pureblood against the mattress, hands quickly recovering lost ground as he caressed the irritation in his apparent mate away till he was quivering in anticipation, their beasts meeting again and again in the form of sharp claws and needy lips- each of them wanting-no, needing, to taste the other on their tongues.
Groans filled the air and what Zero would later argue as definitely not purrs followed each caress, each stroke of goosebumped skin, each touch of overheated flesh.
His mind was hazy with it, overwhelmed with the feeling of his predestined mate's touch, overwhelmed with the feeling of Kuran's lips against his throat, his teeth nipping and sucking till he was left senseless.
Fuck… me….
He ached to feel the other inside him and ground his hips against the other's hardened member to urge him on.
Kuran responded quickly, his eyes a wild crimson with ever-deepening lust that seemed to darken his gaze till he could see the very center of the white haired pureblood beneath him.
Whatever he saw seemed to only drive him further and further till they were connected nearly as one, each responding in kind to one another like the matching piece to the other's puzzle.
Zero latched onto his mate's vein, his strength returning to him as the minutes to hours that they continued- the seals shattering quite thoroughly on the walls and not just exposing the rest of the Moon Dorms to the re-ascension of the Tempest Prince but also to the union of the two pureblood princes- one their kindred's former King (soon to be King once more), the other the last male heir of an ancient line almost entirely wiped out by time.
One thing was for certain- it was going to be awkward to re-introduce himself to the Nobles in the nights that followed their mating.
Hell, it was no doubt going to awkward enough dealing with Kuran as his mate when they both regained their common sense.
But they had a couple nights for that to eventually return.
"Existence is a misery." Zero drolled as he dressed in the Night Class uniform three nights later, garnering a roll of the eyes from his mate.
"Melodramatic much?" The brunet tsked and Zero rolled his eyes.
"Says the guy who breaks his office window every time things don't go his way."
Kaname stilled and glanced at him with both irritation and amusement.
Zero chuckled to himself and glanced up at the brunet with a playful smirk.
Dear reader, do not believe his bullshit for a second! Neither of these assholes have bothered to talk of anything important since they came down from the mating high-
Zero tsked quietly to himself.
Whose the star of the show here exactly? Ehehe fuck off.
"Have you figured out how you'll reintroduce yourself?"
"Have you figured out how you'll explain the fact that we're mated?" Zero snapped back- a little too smugly when the brunet pureblood frowned at him.
Zero sighed a moment later, "No. I figured I'd wing it."
"You were planning on 'winging it'?!"
A pout came over the perfect features of the white haired pureblood, "Yeah, what wrong with that?"
Kuran looked as appalled as he ever would- given that his mask was in place as always- but Zero shrugged it off.
"Okay okay, how's this: 'Surprise dickheads! I'm a pureblood and half of you spent more than a year getting on my bad side!' How's that?"
Kaname frowned at him, weighing him down with a darkening wine colored stare.
Zero sighed with a pout.
"I wasn't going to say that- don't get your panties in a wad. Beside, the three main culprits are descendents of mine. Their mother's would come after me with pitchforks…" he grumbled, sensing his mate's amusement through the developing bond.
The bond was thin at the moment, but it was growing stronger as the days passed and they rarely left each other's company for more than five minutes at a time, regularly feeding from one another as if they needed to, because to the bond it was definitely a need and not a want.
"Have you talked to your youngest?" Kuran asked and Zero nodded.
"I sent her a letter yesterday while you were asleep. It should be at least another two days before she gets it and storms here to embarass her son."
Amusement peaked in his mate and Zero cocked a brow.
"Akatsuki will be so pleased."
Zero smirked, "Aido and Ruka will be too when their mothers arrive too. I can just see it now- the horror, the embarrassment, the moans and whines of mortification…"
He trailed off, licking his lips as if to taste the emotional torment he was about to inflict on his unwitting grandchildren.
"Aido and Kain both have younger siblings."
Zero frowned, "I don't think Ama or Namiko would bring in the hordes. Naomi probably wouldn't either. As long as I promise to introduce myself to the rest within the year."
Kaname nodded and a knock came at the door to his office- the first vampire to have dared enter the wing beside Seiren in days.
"Come in, Takuma."
Ichijo flitted inside, sticking close to the door so as to not insert himself between the two- the recently mated were known to lash out at any who did so much as step between their spouses.
"It's time for change-over Kaname-sama."
Ichijo glanced at Zero, blinking repeatedly for several moments.
Zero grinned at his mate who merely sighed at his antics, nodding at his closest friend to lead the way to the main hall where the announcement would be made.
They followed the Dorm Vice President silently, Zero stubbornly denying any and all apprehension power over him when they appeared at the top of the second floor to see the Night Class waiting below.
Eyes narrowed on him immediately, the focus of dozens of Nobles impressed upon him in surprise and unease.
He wore the mantle of level-A status as impeccably as he had before he had gone to his rest, his face with a natural mask of its own- amused and unimpressed as he stared down several daring Nobles, but he was focused on his three unwitting grandchildren.
Kain appeared surprised, but as unimpressed as always, perhaps a bit apprehensive knowing that the inner circle had bad relations with the former Kiryu heir.
Ruka appeared surprised as well, but her eyes dared him to unveil himself- as if he could just strip himself of his level-A status, revealing it to be a clever pop-goes-the-weasel-esque disguise.
Aido- well he was stock still in shock.
Zero could read him as well as he always had.
The blond just couldn't believe that the level-D he had constantly antagonized was in fact higher in class that him. Aido was smart- everyone knew that- and Zero had thought the blond would have headed his senses, knowing that the only other person in the wing of his beloved leader was the ex-hunter and that only the ex-hunter could have been the revealed pureblood.
But no, Aido had been in denial apparently.
Amusement danced in his senses- most of it his own, but a portion his mate's as they both took in the shocked underclassmen.
"We have uncovered a hidden pureblood at Cross Academy." His mate drawled, and Zero smirked lightly.
"W-what fa-mmil-yyy?" A level-C male inquired, his voice quivering more than a bit.
"I am Hio Zen, elder brother of Hio Shizuka." Zero-no, Zen purred.
It's time I took back my name- it's time I took back my legacy.
"Don't be surprised if you haven't heard my name." He stated, "The Council has always tried to erase those they don't agree with."
He glanced at Kaname from the corner of his eyes but his mate gave nothing away.
They both descended the rest of the way after a moment on even footing, most everyone else too wary to approach the two purebloods as the no doubt smelled the scent of their recent mating on one another.
It would be some time before they would separate for longer than minutes at a time and it would be a while following that before anyone else would dare approach them while they were separated from one another.
Zen darted his gaze around the room as they made their way from the Dorm to the gates, scanning each face lightly with a blank stare.
His eyes narrowed briefly on the vampires he had been seated with in the dining hall, Kaneki brightening and tossing him a friendly wave which was smacked down by Jinn- the more wary of the two, Tatsuya hanging loosely onto the pair, her eyes only briefly catching his own.
Fear. Apprehension. Curiosity.
Zen smiled lightly at the triad as he passed them, unnoticeable to most of the others, who were too nervous to glance at him in full.
His eyes caught the three cousins as they fell in line and he glanced over Kain and Ruka who pointedly looked anywhere but at him.
Aido- living up to his role as the daring one- stared at him and Zen cocked a brow as if to dare him to approach.
Amusement sang in his veins and he glanced back at his mate who had cocked a brow at him.
Chuckling lightly, they stepped out past the gate to see Wakaba and Yuki holding back the line of Day Class girls, their backs to them, each only turning around when the Day Class stilled in shock.
"Is that Kiryu?"
"N-no, it can't be!"
"But didn't he transfer?"
The mutterings turned nonsensical within moments- devolving into outlandish fairy tale rumors even more ridiculous than he thought they were capable of.
He rolled his eyes and he only stopped when they were halfway up the path to the school and the Day Class had disappeared, leaving the Night Class alone except for the prefects.
Takuma escorted the Night Class onwards as the two purebloods stopped to talk to Yuki, who for her part seemed shocked silly.
Wakaba disappeared, beginning the patrol of the forest surrounding.
"Zero?" She breathed and Zen nodded to Kaname, who left the two of them alone to talk- he'd talk to Yuki later.
"Yuki." He said, "I have a lot to tell you."
They walked along the path to the courtyard which was deserted this early in the evening.
He sighed, not knowing where to begin and deciding to just spill it out.
"I have been living as a sealed pureblood since before I met you or Kuran." He swallowed, "In short- the Kiryu's kidnapped me from my rest in my family's crypt, placing all manner of magics upon me to wipe my memory and seal away my status as a pureblood."
"Why?"
He shrugged, "They wanted a powerful heir, and Ichiru was born frail."
They sat on a neighboring bench beside the fountain.
She was staring at him in wonder, her eyes scanning every inch of his face- searching for imperfection of any sort but finding none. He rubbed the back of his neck lightly, waiting for her to speak.
"I'm sorry they did that to you, Zero." She finally said and he cocked a brow.
"Why are you sorry? You weren't involved, and if they hadn't I would still be dead to the world in the crypt and my sister would still be imprisoned."
"Your sister?" Her brows furrowed.
He chuckled, "Shizuka is my baby sister, Yuki."
Her eyes widened, "You're a Hio prince, then?"
He smiled, ruffling her hair.
"Cross been giving you lessons still? I thought he would have given up for sure by now."
She blushed, frowning at him- the frown devolving into a pout when she only found amusement in his gaze.
She was uncomfortable around him now- he could see it as clear as day. The stiffness in her posture, the bend of her shoulders inward, the apprehension that was broadcasted out at him via her human aura.
Little did she know she would soon be in a position not unlike his- but that secret was not his to spill. He didn't have to ask Kuran to know that he had hidden her away here so she would escape the notice of Rido.
Zero would have done the same thing had his uncle killed his parents too after his sister had been born.
There was something about the way a baby sister could look up to her brother- something that would be tainted if that trust was violated.
Yuki had irritated him before, yes- but she was dear to him in a sense, in effect another little sister to him as well. And knowing how Kaname cared about her- how a portion of his heart belonged to the petite female- Zero would always protect her.
But Kami help her if she came between him and his mate, because not even the gods would be able to save her then.
JK, I'm going to write the closing A/N and THEN go pass out. Question for ya'll this chapter: What are your predictions for his daughters? How do you think they'll be like? I know I've pretty much only mentioned Ama- but I'm curious how you think the other two will be with Zen as their father. Also- how long should I wait for preggers Zen? How long do you think the gestation period of a pureblood should be- asking for a friend. Anyway, be sure to tell me what you thought of this chapter in the comments/reviews! Thanks for reading! :)
