Vampire Night
Deception
9/04/2014
Annabelle Nicole Campbell
Notice: This story is an offshoot of 'Vampire Knight written by Matsuri Hino'. I do not own any rights to Vampire Knight. I only own this offshoot story under the right of creative freedom.
*Warning: There is adult content in this story that is soft and gently mentioned but is graphic enough to hint to acts that children should not read. I would give my own material an M rating for mature audiences.
~Meeting of the First Council Members~
Ai believed that once she got Yuuki and Kaname's attention and began to walk towards the room, that the two would follow suite, but after a few steps she realized she did not hear the sound of their feet behind her. Ai looked back to see Kaname pulling Yuuki's veil out of the back of his pocket and begin to place it on Yuuki's head when Ai spoke up. Ai: "Kaname, do not bother with that contraption. Anyone whom I introduce Yuuki to in the privacy of this palace is someone that I trust and therefore you should also trust. You should not need to worry about protecting Yuuki's identity. Now come and not delay a second longer out of respect for the guests awaiting us." Kaname put the veil back into his pocket and laced Yuuki's arm under his so that he could escort her inside. Upon entering the room, the butler introduced the royal couple. Yuuki and Kaname found a very long table as long as the narrow dining area, and in every chair that surrounded the table was a gentleman standing in a respectful bow, in whom the couple returned the respectful bow. Kaname questioningly looked over at Ai as the butler escorted Yuuki and Kaname to the royal bench at the head of the table meant for the king and queen. Kaname ushered for Yuuki to sit and followed suit once Yuuki was situated on the bench. After Kaname sat down, the rest of the guests also sat and the staff began to put the plates of food and drink on the table in front of each person. When the staff was dismissed, Ai began her explanations: "Your majesties, sitting before you I present all the members of the first council. They have all sworn their legience to you and since I handpicked each one, I expect them to keep that promise upon threat of the extermination of their entire family. This is why I told you that the queen's identity would be safe. Would the members present please introduce themselves starting with the person to the queen's left." The vampire on Yuuki's left stood up and introduced himself as Ichirou Ichijo, the head of the council, who will one day lead the society into glorious existence instead of the sheltered and mythical one they currently live by for the sake of the humans. Hearing this, Yuuki stands up with her fists clenched and she gives Ichirou and scowling look, saying: "I know for a fact you plan to seize power for yourself but it will not be you who take action against this monarch, for it will be your progeny. However, you should be grateful that the likes of your family will be saved by one of your own; otherwise, this treachery that I see in your blood would have destroyed your line utterly! I have no say in your position or your right to be in the council but one day, I promise, your blood will regret your desire to rule with absolute power over every vampire, even the pure bloods." Kaname pulled Yuuki's sleeve to motion for her to control herself so she sat down with Kaname. Kaname spoke to the man hoping to redeem the moment: "Ichirou Ichijo, if you swear your loyalty to this monarch, I will not support my wife's intuition on the subject of your blood." Ichirou Ichijo: "Your majesties, I swear legience to you on this day and should I or any of my descendants disobey this promise, then I ask that you have mercy if you feel the need to extinguish my line." Kaname bows his head in approval and Ichijo sits down for the next member to stand up. Yuuki notes that the names of families she came to know in her time were all at the table. One by one, the members presented themselves with their identity and a brief explanation of what they hope to bring to the council, their aspirations, and their promise of fidelity to the position granted to them. When the person on the right hand side of the king stood, he introduced himself as Hiro Aido who pledges to be the right hand of the thrown when needed and the monarch's source for knowledge whenever possible. Before Kaname could say a word, Yuuki stands up yet again and says to the person before her: "Aido, you may be brash but underneath it all, you are a sweetheart. I know your blood to be the epitome of exemplary attitude and loyalty towards my own blood. I know that you will make a wonderful advisor, supporter, and caretaker of the Kuran bloodline. Regardless of my influence here today, I want you to promise that your family will always protect my family, for this I charge to you on this day, for I alone know the depths for which your blood alone can be trusted when the rest of this council will one day fail." The entire room gasps because none thought such would ever be possible-the betrayal of the monarch by them who is to be the council. Kaname openly says to Yuuki: "My queen, do you not think you are getting carried away? You are upsetting our guests." Yuuki sits back down, places a peck on Kaname's angry face, and then tells Kaname: "I believe you should choose your Knights from among the men here but do so in private so to prevent any scheming malice that might interfere. I suggest you take Aido as your first knight and I ask that he be given to me as my protector when you are not here. You might not know him, but I do." Yuuki gives Kaname a stone cold look back, which surprises Kaname that she was not rocked into fear by his own look of anger. Kaname remembers that Yuuki is from the future so he knows that Yuuki's knowledge on the things discussed at hand were true to her, even if they may not apply to the current generation. Kaname: "If this is what my queen wishes, then it shall so be done. When I choose the other three Knights, I will send my wife to deliver the message; please be diligent in responding to it."
~The Dark Meeting~
The remainder of the night Yuuki silently listened as the council discussed important topics that related only to the power needed to provide support for the new society rules. When all were dismissed and the residents of the palace were fast asleep, in a room one of the guests were staying in, were three council men discussing the outspoken queen and the words she spoke at the table. Ichirou Ichijo (Asato's ancestor): "That woman, she surprises me, like she could see through my soul and know me. How dare she!" Kuro Shirabuki (Sarah's ancestor): "The queen speaks as if she has insight but if she did, then why didn't she stop mother from recruiting us. Someone who knows all, surely would be able to stop that which boils the blood, and clearly that is what the queen felt towards you." Masaru Kurenai (Maria's ancestor): "I hear the queen is pregnant. I also found out that the queen cannot leave the King's side because she has a weak constitution and needs essence and blood without haste from the king during any given period of the day. Did you notice she barely ate at dinner?" Shirabuki: "What are you proposing, Kurenai?" Ichijo: "Kurenai is proposing we kidnap the first heir, destroy the current monarch, and raise the heir as our puppet." Kurenai: "My, Ichijo, you are perceptive, no wonder you were chosen as head of the council." The rest of the night, the three discussed how the plan would be executed, and it was decided that they would convince the king to stock up on blood and when the queen was close to delivery, to kidnap her using the king's stocked blood to keep her alive. When the baby arrives, they would eliminate the queen and then find a way to later deal with the king's extermination.
~The Vampire Knights~
Kaname knew Yuuki had insight on future events, he thought it wise to allow her to be involved in the process of choosing the knights since it is her generation that reaps the benefits of this selection. Yuuki told Kaname about the friends he had in her future and his three future cousins-Ruka, Aido, and Kain. Kaname told Yuuki to choose from the councils, any members that she recognized. That day, Yuuki met the ancestors of Kain Akatsuki, Seiren and Senri Shiki, and Takuma Ichijo. Ken'ichi Akatsuki, Hideo Shiki, and Ichirou Ichijo each received Yuuki and immediately replied to her message to meet with Kaname. That very evening, Kaname officiated the three Knights, and at Yuuki's prompting, told Akatsuki to act as Kaname's other right hand, informally known as his left hand since Aido was already the right hand. Shiki would be Kaname's personal bodyguard, Known as his feet. Ichijo would be the voice since he was already the head of the council. Hearing this, Ichijo said: "Your majesty, are you sure you want me in such a trustworthy position since your queen has proclaimed me a traitor before my time?" Kaname replies: "You already gave me your allegiance, so unless you are backing from that promise, I see no reason why you wouldn't be the right person for the position." Ichijo's thoughts: 'If you only knew, you just made my plans much easier to execute.' Then Ichijo said to Kaname: "Your majesty, if I may, I have advice that you can reject if you so feel to do so. I suggest you stock up on blood for our queen because, even if you have no intentions of leaving our queen's side, you never know what problems plague our near future, and it would be better safe than sorry." Kaname nodded his head in agreement and promised to begin immediately stocking up on blood. While having a meal, Kaname would pump a pint of blood to store for Yuuki since that is the most she would need in one meal. Two weeks after the other tree knights were officiated; there was a ceremony to dub knighthood onto the four aristocrats-Aido, Akatsuki, Ichijo, and Shiki.
~The Secret Tears~
During Yuuki's pregnancy, it was an ongoing honeymoon for her and Kaname. One night in the ninth month, Yuuki and Kaname were playing a frisky game of cat and mouse in the garden when Kaname noticed Ai was watching them from her balcony. Through the moonlight, Kaname could see the stain of tears and the wetness of the skin on her cheeks as she took her gaze from Kaname to look into the sky, so not to look as if she were spying. Seeing Ai cry, Kaname's heart sank and he lost interest in his game with Yuuki. Yuuki was hiding by a wall nearby and followed Kaname's glance to see what he was looking at, only to see Ai. Yuuki suddenly felt like a third wheel and quietly withdrew into the palace. Kaname went to look for Yuuki and caught a glimpse of her body heading into the palace, so he decided to head to Ai's room and comfort her. Kaname entered Ai's room without knocking and found Ai still standing at the balcony. Kaname went behind Ai and wrapped his arms around her waist. Kaname: "Why is my Ai crying, is there anything I can do to make you feel better?" Ai turned around in his arms and kissed Kaname on the lips. Kaname withdraws and says: "Ai, I already have someone, I'm sorry, I ..." Kaname lets go of Ai and leaves the room. Ai went to her bed and cried her humiliated self to sleep while repeating to herself: 'Unrequited love.'
~The Kidnapping of the Queen~
During the days, Kaname was always being called away to duty, leaving Hiro Aido in charge of watching over Yuuki. Unfortunately, Aido fell asleep the night that Yuuki and Kaname were playing in the garden. Aido did not see the queen be kidnapped which could not be helped since he figured the queen was with the king and it was safe to rest. When Yuuki came into the palace after seeing Kaname staring at a tearful Ai, Yuuki was whisked away by a hooded figure and pulled into a dark room where she was bound and then carried bridal style to an empty part of the palace. Yuuki felt the material of her sleeve move to expose her skin and then a prick on her arm, followed by the warmth of blood entering her system. Yuuki recognized the blood as being Kaname's blood, which always had a soothing affect when she was not drinking it straight from him. The soothing affect caused Yuuki to fall asleep and since it was an intravenous feeding, it was continuous, keeping Yuuki in a sleep state. Yuuki only stirred when she felt her belly being rubbed and essence entering her belly. Ichirou had spent the entire ninth month looking after his queen, messaging her feet, giving her baths, keeping her in fresh change of clothes, and making sure she was completely comfortable and cared for during her rest. Ichirou's thoughts: 'I am so sorry that I have to do this to you my queen, you are so beautiful. I wish circumstances were different. I wish I were a pureblood and not already strapped with a family of my own. I would have been so happy to have you as my lifelong treasure. I am sorry that I will have to take your life but I would rather do it than let someone else handle you...someone else who doesn't love you as much as I have come to love you. I hope in our next lifetime that I get to have you. I am so sorry my queen.' Ichirou kisses Yuuki on the forehead and as he does so, he hears Yuuki begin to pant heavily. Ichirou leaves the room and grabs his henchman and the birthing nurse, and then goes home to remove Yuuki's smell from himself. Ichirou later appears at Kaname's side to pretend to help him find the queen, which was a search that came to priority and filled every day for the past month. Kaname would not stop looking because he said he could still feel Yuuki's life and would not give up until he had her safe at his side again. Back when Ichirou first kidnapped Yuuki, Kaname immediately suspected him since he was the one who suggest the blood stock, which suddenly went missing at the same time the queen disappeared, but Ichirou pointed out that anyone had access to the queen and the blood. Ichirou brought it to Kaname's attention that the council had legience but not the servants, so it could have been any of them. Kaname let the issue go until he could find Yuuki and get from her who had kidnapped her, but in the meanwhile, he conducted interviews with all who were in the palace walls. The birthing nurse pulled a child out of Yuuki and clipped the cord, slapped it in the back, confirmed it was a girl, cleaned off the child and wrapped it in a blanket, then took the baby out of the room, leaving the henchman to deal with the weak and crying queen. The henchman had his arm poised above Yuuki and was steering the weapon towards Yuuki's heart when he turned to dust. A tearful Yuuki looked up to see Kaname and a shocked Ichirou. Kaname picked up Yuuki while Ichirou unhooked the blood bag and placed it on Yuuki's belly while Kaname carried Yuuki bridal style. Kaname told Ichirou to investigate and clean the room and then report to him the next evening after Kaname had a chance to care for his feeble wife. After Kaname left the room Ichirou heard Yuuki cry in birthing pain and then he realized the queen was pregnant with twins but he only had one of them in his possession. Ichirou's inner thoughts: 'This foils my plan in so many ways. Fate, why are you so cruel!'
~The Birth of a Prince, the Missing Progeny, and the Unspoken Goodbye~
Kaname headed back to his and Yuuki's bedroom to unsurprisingly find Ai waiting for them. Kaname sat behind Yuuki and fed her blood from his wrist to add to the blood that was feeding to her intravenously. Kaname also had his hand on Yuuki's belly providing the child essence as Yuuki went through labor a second time. Kaname was getting weak from Yuuki feeding from him. Yuuki was fighting through the pain of birthing, the lust of feeding from Kaname, and the soothing of the blood running into her arm from the blood bag. Ai was at the bottom of the bed guiding the child into the world. After Ai took care of the baby, they waited a few minutes for the second child to be born and when nothing happened, Ai put her ear to Yuuki's belly and heard no heartbeat. Ai says to Kaname: "I believe the first child absorbed the second child because there is no second heartbeat." Kaname smiles and says: "That is good, that means I get more time with my Yuuki before the fates take her from me." Yuuki, who is almost passed out cries and whimpers: "My baby...was stolen...not absorbed...", then Yuuki passes out. Kaname and Ai could barely hear what Yuuki says but get baffled when they see the black oval hole appear and absorb Yuuki into particles from Kaname's grip. Kaname screams: "NO!" Ai cannot believe what she is seeing because there is suppose to be a second child born. Ai praying: 'Fates, what has angered you to leave the Kuran line with only one heir? How will this line remain pure without a second child? Why did you take dear Yuuki?!' Ai runs to Kaname and holds him as he sobs into her chest, Ai cries into Kaname's hair.
Author's Note: I hope you took notes, because I left a few cookies behind, from the hand made royal jewels to the missing progeny. Can you tell a war is coming? Up next, Kaname mourns Yuuki and an unrequited love is finally returned in full.
