Hey everyone, um ba~~~ck! Wow that was fast right? Hehehehe x)
well…it's because I really feel bad about the last chapter but don't' worry this chapter is to make it all up! I reeeeaaaaallly enjoyed writing this one! I was laughing, thrashing, and all excited the whole time! I think you guys are gonna LOVE it!
I have the story all planned out now it will probably be 13 or 14 chapters…um gonna stop somewhere before Shizuka comes, so it will kinda be like a parody just a little twist in the real story.
This chapter has a bit of humor but I really tried hard to keep characters in character (ok weird sentence O.o) anyway! You guys please try to remember that Kuran kaname LAUGHS TOO! I SWEAR ! He did when yuuki was changing, and he JOKES! He gave Zero a very funny looking doll when they came back to school in one of the manga chapters….somewhere…anyway don't worry it's not all humor, there will be some real "Serious" Goodness! *giggles* pleaaase Review I really wanna know what do you think *Laughing* can't stop, I really love it! XD
P.S. I changed the genre to friendship! I guess it's gonna be mostly about friendship! Again this will not change the real plot…everything will go back to normal once it's finished *giggles* just a mere twist…you'll see ;)
Please ENJOY!
Chapter-9-
~Kiryuu Zero is adapting~
Takuma came into the kitchen yawning and stretching his sleepy muscles. Shiki followed sluggishly, rubbing his drowsy eyes. Not long after, Rima came along, tying one of her pony tails -as one was already tied. It was 3:30 PM, they would usually wake up at this time to have breakfast, spend some time hanging around and doing home works before classes started.
Takuma suddenly stopped, and Shiki bumped into him. "What's wrong?" Shiki whined annoyed. Takuma didn't look at him he was looking straight ahead. Shiki followed his gaze, and his eyes recognized the silver haired hunter, who was cooking.
Takuma gasped quietly thinking. It has been more than a month now and they only interacted with the hunter ever so lightly. They would always have food cooked by their personal cook, and Kiryuu would always cook for himself because of course he would never trust a vampire cook, but even then he would cook quietly, quickly, and by the time he was done, it would be like he was never there.
He would eat alone; while they ate at the dinner table, Kiryuu would eat in the common room or his bedroom. He was like a ghost, they didn't see him much. While they slept inside, he would spend all afternoon sleeping in the stables, and thanks to his human heritage, he was able to withstand the sun. And then when he gets back he spends all of his time either in the library or his room, reading, reading, and reading. Thinking about it now, Takuma realized that the only time they ever see him was in the classroom!
"Oh!" Shiki pulled Takuma out of his thoughts. "This is my doing" he said bluntly.
"What do you mean?" Takuma turned to him slightly.
"Well, he kind of forced him to cook for us." Rima answered just as bluntly as Shiki.
By this time, Zero had noticed the noise; he turned to the vampires standing at the door of the kitchen.
"Tsk." Zero muttered something incoherent under his breath. Shiki, followed by Rima, ignored the angry, busy hunter, and the shocked, gaping noble, and they both sat on the kitchen table ready to have their breakfast.
Takuma finally joined them still looking at the back of the working hunter. "How did you do it?" He asked Shiki in a hushed voice.
"It was no big deal" Shiki answered loud and clear signing and leaning back in his chair.
Zero growled angrily, gritting his teeth, and shut his eyes tightly trying to focus on cooking more than murdering the ginger behind him.
"He was pretty persistent" Rima spoke," He kept following Kiryuu-kun for two days asking him to cook for him, because he was sick of the cook's food."
"I see" Takuma chuckled looking at Zero, who was pouring the mixture of vegetables now into a big bowl. Takuma smiled at his friend; Shiki really had his own way of accomplishing things. What he did was obviously a big step in the process of making Zero one of them, a friend.
"He was very annoying, that's what he was." Zero sighed, placing seven bowls of rice on the table, and placing the side dish of vegetables in the center. He didn't know if Seiren would eat or not, for the extra bowl was definitely not for him, no way, cooking food was something, sharing was another thing. He would not sit on the same table as those beasts.
Zero grabbed his tray, which he prepared, and made or tried to make his way out of the kitchen, for three vampires stood at once. Takuma stood right in front of him, blocking his way, and spreading his arms wide, like he was about to hug someone. Zero raised an elegant brow at him questioning their moves.
"K-Kiryuu-kun! Why don't you…Eat…w-with us?" Takuma sputtered out hesitantly, but looking straight in the hunter's deep amethyst eyes.
Zero must admit he was a little bit shocked at the request! He would have never imagined in his whole life to be asked to have breakfast WITH vampires and BY a vampire. He closed his eyes and shook his head gently, denying the noble's request, he wasn't interested in hurting people like Ichijo-senpai, Shiki-senpai, or Rima-senpai, they were definitely the last people on Earth who acted like vampires. Don't get him wrong, he did hate vampires, always have and always will, but the type who he hated, despised, and wanted to kill more than anything else were not Nobles, no, it was Purebloods. So he decided to kindly refuse their offer, and just slip past them to his room where he could feel most comfortable.
"No~~ why not?" Takuma whined in his annoying whiney voice."ple~~~~ase ne? Ne? pleee~~~ase, kiry…" Takuma just went on and on.
"Come on Kiryuu-kun; don't force us to listen to his whining all day!" Rima said annoyed as Takuma's whining was still bustling in the back.
"I'm sorry, Ichijo-senpai, I can't." Zero sighed tired of all this morning (or night?) drama. He moved again but this time a firm hand on his shoulder stopped him yet again, 'Shiki-senpai'. Zero sighed.
"Look vampires! I don't want to eat with you okay? Just leave me alone!" Zero said firmly, glaring back at Shiki.
"Oh don't be like that Kiryuu-kun" Shiki said playfully, "if you don't eat with us I'll keep nagging for more than two days this time." He smirked in triumph when he saw Zero's face soften a little bit.
"Fine, whatever" Zero sighed and made his way to a seat ignoring the joyful blonde.
"This time only!" Zero snarled at the vampires who joined him at the table.
"Yeah, yeah" Takuma just waved his hand carelessly at him, with a happy smile on his face.
Zero frowned slightly, what was happening to him, he was feeling a little bit…happy? He was actually in a good mood, he truly felt like he didn't mind having breakfast with those vampires. He looked up at Takuma, who was giggling at Shiki who pulled out his Pocky from his pocket, Zero smiled slightly, it was really peaceful and relaxing it scared a little bit, is this how it felt like to be friends with vampires. Did he just think of them as friends!?
"W-w-w-w-what is he doing here!?" A shout from the door caught everyone's attention.
Hanabusa Aido was pointing at Zero not accusingly, just in a complete shock.
"I live here." Zero glared at Aido, "And you're welcome, vampire." He finished before resting his chin on his palm and stare at the vampires as they entered one by one yawning, stretching, glaring at Zero a bit (Ruka) and avoiding Aido, who was still standing in disbelieve.
"You are, too, a vampire Kiryuu-kun" A calm collected voice sounded, as the Pureblood entered the kitchen and made his way to the seat at the end/top of the table.
"Kaname-sama" the vampires started the whole bowing and showing respect thing, while Zero just sat there waiting for them to finfish. Finally everyone was seated.
"I must say, it's really a pleasure to finally join us, Kiryuu-Kun." Kaname stated mockingly.
"Whatever, vampire." Zero's words soaked and dripped of pure hatred as he glared at the pureblood.
"Wait! What did you mean when you said 'you're welcome'?" Aido suddenly asked, lifting his head up at Zero, who was seated across him to the left, unsurprisingly, at the farthest seat of the table.
"Kiryuu-kun made breakfast today!" Takuma cried excitingly, a gigantic smile on his small face.
The room fell silent.
"He forced me." Zero pointed at Shiki glaring daggers.
The room was still silent.
"Don't worry; I didn't poison it, vampires." Zero spat annoyingly as he stretched his long, graceful arm to reach, with his chopsticks, the vegetables placed at the center of the table.
Kain finally shrugged picking his chopsticks, and digging in. Soon enough everyone followed.
"Hmmmm…Kiryuu-kun, this is really good!" Takuma exclaimed in excitement.
"Yeah, dude, it really is" Kain said reaching for some more.
"Ehmm…" Zero just hummed in response, not knowing what to say, this actually pissed him off, he just really wanted to flip the table, but it was him who agreed on cooking after all.
"I guess it tastes good, not very different from the last time." Aido said in arrogance. The he realized that everyone was staring at him.
"Last time?" This was Ruka.
"Ooh…I forced him to cook for me once too." Aido said carelessly going back to his bowl of rice.
"I see" Shiki nodded, "it's really easy to convince him right? Just keep nagging, he hates it." Shiki said in actual, real seriousness.
"Really? Maybe I can make him cook everyday then?" Takuma wondered, tapping his chin with his chopsticks. Shiki nodded earnestly.
Ruka seemed to ignore the conversation, but she was definitely eating. Kain chuckled, and Kaname scoffed slightly.
That. Was. It. Zero was patiently silent until now, but that really did it. He suddenly hit the table with his fist, snarling at Takuma and Shiki, glaring daggers at them both.
Kaname smirked, he almost lost his façade, he was mockingly laughing inside, for this was truly amusing.
"ONE MORE WORD AND I SWEAR IT WILL BE YOUR LAST!" Zero roared dangerously, but obviously not seriously enough, for both nobles looked up at him as if he didn't just practically bark at them to shut up, and they started asking questions.
"Kiryuu-kun, who taught you how to cook?" Takuma grinned.
"Yeah!" Rima exclaimed, participating.
"Do you think you can make us some Sushi for dinner?" Shiki asked bluntly.
"I'd like some Sushi." Kain murmured.
"I don't mind that." Kaname added softly.
"Great! I'll order what's needed to make Sushi! Kiryuu-kun?" Takuma exclaimed, super excited, and looking hopefully at Zero.
Zero sighed standing up and taking his plate, bowl and glass to the sink.
"Okay, vampires, the Play ends here." He said softly with his back to the rest as he started washing the dirty dishes.
"Kiryuu-kun…" Takuma muttered inaudibly as the room fell in complete silence.
Zero raised a hand to his head, rubbing his worried temple, and leaning his head slightly to the back. He finally spoke sounding like he was talking to himself more than the others.
"Oh God…I can't believe I just cooked for and ate with you vampires…My parents must be rolling in their grave right now…" Zero said the last sentence gently; his tones filled with shame, regret, and…grieve?
Zero sighed for the zillion times that night, ignoring the vampires that stared at him stunned, as he made his way out of the kitchen and up to his bedroom.
-~~~LINE~~~-
"Why can't he cook or eat with vampires?" Shiki asked Rima innocently and frankly, breaking the silence that had been there ever since the hunter left five minutes ago.
"Because he cannot and will never admit that he is one." Kaname answered coolly as he picked up his dishes and threw them in the sink, the hunter was really arrogant to think they didn't have servants.
"B-but why?" Aido finally asked the stupid question which they all wanted to ask just to discuss although it had most obvious, understandable, and also lots of answers.
And the answers from everyone's own thoughts showered Aido.
"Because he's a hunter." Ruka was first.
"Because he was turned against his will." Kain suggested.
"And his parents were killed by a vampire." Shiki muttered.
"And the one who killed them is the one who turned him." Rima pointed out raising a finger.
"And because they were killed…iie(no)…slaughtered in front of his eyes, and he couldn't stop it" Takuma said softly, he really felt bad for the hunter not being able to belong anywhere, he wanted him to be their friend to belong to them, but it seemed more and more impossible.
"And the one who did all this was the maddest Pureblood I've ever met." Kaname finally spoke from where he was standing at the kitchen door. He really didn't need this; he didn't need this guilt to engulf him anymore than it did. This was necessary for Yuuki's safety, for his plans to work, for that woman's dream to come true, destroying one mere life for the purpose of saving many was not negotiable, yet guilt was always there under the surface. Being the reason to all of the hunter's suffering, change of personality, the physical torture, the self-beat up for being who he is, the Pureblood couldn't help but feel responsible for all of that. But it was very important, Kaname believed, he had and still would learn to live with that guilt because other things were way more important than the comfort of his consciousness. Kiryuu Zero was bound to hate "really" hate Purebloods in order for him to accomplish his intended purpose, it was his destiny.
Kaname walked out of the kitchen as he kept the real answer of the question buried deep inside of him:
'Because Kiryuu Zero was the most powerful Vampire Hunter.'
-~~~LINE~~~-
O~~~kaaaaay…so? What do you think? You like it? Is it good? Should I continue? Hehehehe X) I myself am really enjoying this!
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