Disclaimer: I own nothing! :) Just the idea for the story and my OC :) Jadalyn.
Well ladies and gentlemen, here's chapter nine. A warning, Zero actually has a little..."fun" (nothing perverted!) so he may seem a little OC. We are now only about two days away from the much anticipated chapter 10. :D
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I had attempted and failed for three hours tonight and now I seemed to have lost Zero. He escaped me and the ball was tomorrow. Deep down I just knew that if I didn't get what I needed to get done soon…before Maria gets here…then something bad would happen. I rolled over and grabbed my gloves off the night stand. I glanced over at Yuki's sleeping form before slipping them on. I waved them in mid air and was disappointed when nothing happened.
"So ya'll really aren't worth much huh? Can I get a sword? A dagger. A pistol? Something?"
I clasped my hands together and felt a warmth spreading through my palms.
"What the hell…"
I began wringing my hands together and the ball became bigger. It molded to my palm. I didn't dare open my hands for fear of losing it so I began molding it. I started at the base making it as much as a rectangle as I could and using my fingers to round out the other half and before I knew it there was a gun in my hands.
"Holy shit…"
It was roughly shaped, as if I made it with clay but gradually little spots of gold began popping up on it and eventually covered the surface adding weight and shine.
Ok I was wrong…dead wrong about these gloves.
I tossed it from hand to hand, chuckling. I even began to swivel around my pinky finger, which was a bad idea because before I knew it the gun was airborne.
"No!"
It hit the floor and shattered into thousands of little shards of gold before turning to fine dust and blowing away.
"At least I know now that I won't need a safety lock…"
I sat back in my bed and sighed; my little moment of fun was over. Subsequently my thoughts began to run wild with ideas for tomorrow.
Everything has to be done in a timely order. Safely and quietly.
All that was left to do is for Zero to do his part. I had re-read that page a million times I think and still couldn't realize what I truly was. I even learned a few things about vampires. Like for one, while a pure-blood's blood can do magical wonders for a normal vampire, they do so better with demon blood. But I still couldn't believe what I was getting at.
A servant demon? Or am I jumping to conclusions. It makes sense but I haven't read the rest of the book. And how am I supposed to get Zero to feed me huge golf ball sized orbs…how the hell am I supposed to eat one anyways? Man…what I would give for a large milk chocolate ball. That sounds so delicious. All milky and chocolately and…..round…
That's it!
Yuki said she was making chocolate for the table at the dance. I'll have to clue her in on what I'm doing but this was almost fail proof. Cover the balls in chocolate, put them in a box, and Yuki would claim she's late for something and leave the task to Zero to deliver the orbs to me!
Haha! Take that fate! Can't stop me now! I'm on a roll!
I slid down into my bed, tucked my gloves under my pillow and yawned. In the next eight hours I would know everything I needed to know! Maria wouldn't make dinner out of anybody tomorrow.
When I woke up Yuki was already up and wearing normal clothes. She was fiddling around in her dresser and pulled out a pair of black pants and a white shirt. "Good to see you're awake." She was smiling, which seemed to brighten my day and she tossed me the clothes. "Hurry and get dressed, I need you to help me with making the chocolate for the table." I slid on the clothes and ran a brush through my hair and before we left I grabbed Yuki's hand.
"Yuki, I need a favor…"
A glance between us.
"Sit down…I have some things to tell you" We sat down on her bed and I explained everything I was going to try and her eyes became large. When I was done she was speechless. I decided to clip out the information about Maria and kept my mouth shut when Yuki said after making the chocolate she'd be giving Maria a tour around the school.
"She seems pretty nice and she's so cute…" she said faintly. "But I'll help you. Are you sure about this?" I pulled out the book and pointed to the page I had read. "I can't seem to refuse Zero whenever he orders me to do something. It makes sense"
"Like yesterday…" she said.
I nodded and she began talking about chocolate balls and what not and her ideal plan. We stood up we preparing to leave when the door swung open slowly. Zero was standing there, and he looked to be shaking.
"Yuki…"
I shuddered delicately. So many reason of why he would be here now raced through my brain but only one really stood out. Yuki's blood. I stood up and bowed a little. "I'll leave. Yuki I'll be out in the pavilion when you two are done talking"
"No…you stay. Yuki…leave us please…"
Yuki paused, gripping her bag tightly and only moved out the door, shutting it, when I nodded at her. Zero was walking slowly toward me and when he lifted his head I saw Zero…and yet I didn't. His face was smooth but one eye was red and one was not. Once close enough I could faintly hear the growling; so familiar yet so frightening.
"I don't want to, but I need too…" His voice was low but his words were rapid. "I went to her four times and couldn't bring myself to do it. I don't understand…"
"Understand what?..." I was shaking too. "Are you…thirsty?" The words seem to strike him like hot knives and he grabbed me. I knew that tiny little bit he'd gotten from my lip before would even last but I didn't expect it to happen this way. Happen here. And now. And with me. I thought extra blood would satiate his thirst better saving Yuki from facing Kaname with her large obvious bandages and low blood cells. I never thought I'd become the main source.
"I almost bit several people today Jadalyn…and yet…I come to you because you're my antidote…"
His whole body was trembling. I reached up and trailed a finger down his cheek. I tilted up his chin and really got a chance to look at his face. His eyes were half-lidded and his mouth was clamped shut firmly. I let my finger trail down his neck and it was stretched so tautly that I could feel it stretch tighter when he swallowed.
"How can you bare to touch me? What is it with you and Yuki treating this like as if it was something normal?" He pulled away from me.
"Because, Zero. We may not get along, but I feel like if I were in this state you'd try just a little to make things easier for me…or you might just have given me hell. Either one fits you although I'm leaning toward the latter."
I laughed at my own joke but laughed alone. He stared at me angrily and turned on his heel to leave.
"Zero!" I reached out and grabbed him. "I'm just kidding…jeez. Lets get this over with, I know how you don't like it. I have things I need to get done today."
"One bite…won't make me stop"
"Then we'll take this situation one bite at a time. If I had demon blood it was ease all of this off of you…but—"
Demon blood…
If I could get him to….then maybe it will help…
"Zero…" I grabbed his wrists and tugged him to come closer to me and over to bed. "Zero I may be able to help quench your thirst better…" By now my heart was racing. "Just…feed me these…" I had retrieved my gloves off my bed side table and laid them on the bed.
Zero didn't know what to make of what I was saying. He looked so conused yet so dangerous at the same time. His mouth was slightly open and I could see the gleam of his fangs in the moonlight. His face was pale and his eyes glowed. "It will help you help yourself…and help you watch out for Yuki." Zero started somewhat when I said Yuki's name and he lifted a hand and successfully plucked the bright blue orb from the glove. I steeled myself and opened my mouth and I felt for a moment the hardness of the ball on my tongue. I closed my eyes, taking a deep breath but the ball suddenly became…gelatinous. It wiggled into my mouth and when I swallowed it was easy. A warm tingling sensation began buzzing in my head and I almost couldn't concentrate when the second one was in my mouth. Glimpses and flashes of long lost memories began playing across my vision and the next orb, the black one turned into liquid. When I swallowed it, well…it wasn't so pleasant. Let's just say I bet swallowing battery acid would've been better. It pooled in my chest around my heart and I thought of laughing when the irony hit me.
Heartburn…ha…
"Bite me…" I finally coughed out. Everything was becoming blurry and my chest was on fire. Zero pulled up some of my hair and started again with the butterfly kisses. My whole body was pulsing. (Not like that you pervs!) I shut my eyes and saw glimpses and flashes of people I didn't know. There was one girl who constantly showed up except. He looked almost like me except she was wearing a cute little dress. She was everywhere, with little kids, grown ups, the elderly and she was always whispering in their ears. I was watching her closely. She had a wicked grin and moved so gracefully. I began yelling. Asking questions. I wanted to know who she was and what she was doing. Finally I saw her with a young boy. He was crying over something and the little boy was listening to her talk. I heard him say yes and she trailed a finger over his cheek.
She exposed some of his bare chest through the dirty white shirt he was wearing and using only her pinky she crossed over his heart. The X glowed brightly and the boy smiled and so did she.
Who are you…?
And as if answering my question she looked into my eyes and I realized she was me.
At that precise moment Zero chose to bite, the vision fading and my own sight returning. I felt the initial pain but it faded away along with everything else. I heard the slurping of Zero in my ear and it didn't bother me. When he pulled back his lips were red but his eyes weren't anymore.
"Jadalyn….?"
I smiled but it lasted only for a second. I had achieved my goal and he was clueless. "Go now…" I whispered. I felt like my body weighed a ton but the dizziness had subsided. I only desired to be alone for a moment. He wiped his mouth on his sleeve and pulled away from me, leaving me to hold myself up on my own which was proving exceedingly difficult. He didn't speak another word and left without a backwards glance. I felt myself slowly slipping back onto my bed and I rolled over. My shirt was damp at the neck and I could only guess it was blood. I didn't want to check. A few moments more and Yuki came bustling into the room and gasped. Fright rolled off of her in waves and when I rolled over to look at her, to explain…she took a step back. She was quiet and so was I. She took small steps over to my bed. I saw up slowly and she reached out to tenderly examine my neck and sighed.
"What?.."
She frowned at me. "Well you got blood all over my favorite white shirt…Where'd all this blood come from"
"What…" I repeated. My hand flew up to my neck and I felt the stickiness of the blood but nothing else. "I need a mirror Yuki…now!" She jumped up and rummaged for a mirror while I swung my feet over the edge of the bed. She threw me a small compact one and when I tilted my head to the side I saw nothing. Nothing but drying blood. No two bite marks. I swallowed deeply and looked at Yuki who stared back. I felt somewhat excited yet somewhat horrified.
"What did you guys do!"
"He bit me…"
She raised an eyebrow. "No he didn't…you don't have any bite marks…"
"Exactly…"
Yuki's questioning look is what lead to my short explanation of just how I "became" a demon.
Meanwhile w/ Zero (POV)
When I shut the door I regretted walking out. I know my lips were blood stained still and I really didn't care who saw me. I just wanted to know if she'd be ok. I didn't fully understand just want happened I just knew that the thirst for her blood grew yet diminished at the same time.
When she swallowed those balls…it was like adding spice to her blood. It was like drinking liquor and it burned all the way down. And suddenly she felt different to me. As if drinking her blood wasn't as important as before. Everything just changed…even my thirst disappeared…for now.
I walked down the hallway and turned the corner. Yuki walked right into me and when she saw me…she looked worried. She didn't even ask what happened. She just ran around me and down the hallway.
Honestly I hope Jadalyn was ok. I didn't mean to do anything horrible…or was I that much of a monster.
Jadalyn (POV)
Yuki helped me clean myself up quickly. She had listened to every word I said and laughed at the end, shocking the hell out of me.
"Sorry...I don't mean to be insensitive but at least the worst is out of your way. You were in such a hurry...and he isn't any wiser so it looks like all your troubles are gone. Although I want to know what you were in such a hurry for?" I didn't know how to respond to her at all so she threw up her hands in a truce sort of fashion, whispered a quick apology and stood, shifting through her clothes once more, "But that doesn't let you off chocolate duty ya know"
She threw me another shirt, this one a light purple. I slipped it on easily and threw my hair up into a pony tail. She asked me was I going to wear the dress Kaname sent me for dance and I shrugged my shoulders. "I guess I have to. Wouldn't be very nice if I didn't" She smiled and handed me my bag and my gloves. The moment I touched my gloves, however, there was this odd stretching sound, as if the cloth was being twisted. The gloves began shrinking…re-weaving…re-coloring themselves until they were nothing but two scraps of white cloth with buttons on one end.
"Bracelets?" I said. Yuki stared wide eyed and whispered an I guess before helping me to button them on.
"There now…" She smiled. "Lets go! We only have 5 hours or so before the dance!" Yuki snatched my hand up and dragged me out the room. "But I thought all you had to do was make chocolate…!"
"Yeah….A LOT of chocolate!"
I'll admit. I'm obsessed with chocolate. I love it by the pound. Fudge. German Chocolate. Hot Cocoa. Hell, Willy Wonka's chocolate. I loved it all but at the moment, I didn't want to see another damn piece of chocolate for miles.
Yuki and I tore apart the headmaster's kitchen within the first five minutes and proceeded to destroy it even more. Now Yuki was slumped over upside down on a kitchen chair panting, her face covered with cocoa powder. As for me, well I was laid across the table trying to wipe off the flour that had seemed to get on/in everything, even my hair.
On the floor sat, in my eyes, billions of boxes of chocolate all packed up and ready for transport. We made everything from mini chocolate cakes to deep fried dough balls covered with fine powdered sugar and injected with that kind of chocolate you put on doughnuts.
"Looks like you two had fun…" I rolled over and saw Zero leaned against the wall. "Looks like it was too much trouble. Both of you are covered from head to toe"
"Well why don't you join us in our confectionery filth?" Yuki retorted, snickering. I had my suspicions that she'd eaten half of what we baked and was about to embark on a sugar rush any minute.
"I don't think so", Zero said and I sat up.
"Awe come on Zero a little sugar never hurt anyone" I said. "But you look kind of down, I think you need a hug. I nice sugar coated….hug…"
Yuki was laughing from her upside down position and I hopped off the table. Zero stepped back a few. "Jadalyn…don't you dare…"
"Oh I dare…"
I lunged after Zero, much quicker than I expect and he side stepped me. I swiveled and caught his arm just enough to pull him as I fell. He fell too and we both landed with a thud on the floor. I wrapped my arms around Zero, who was glaring at me from underneath me, and hugged him and he groaned. "Really Jadalyn? Why?..."
"Because I hated the fact that you were cleaner than me…" Hey…it was true.
"Well I'm about to be cleaner than both of you…" Yuki was off to my side. When I looked up she was holding a hold bag of already opened flour. "Watch outttt" She tilted the bag and I yelped diving to the side.
"Hold on, I'm not going down alone!" Zero's light lavender eyes sparkled and I saw a brief glimpse of a open mouthed smile before he grabbed my leg and we both got covered. Well everything got covered in a soft powdery white. When it settled it looked as if it had snowed.
"Zero?..." I padded my way into a sitting position and stood wobbling, trying to rub the white stuff out of my eyes.
Yuki was now standing on the table, eyes wide. She was mouthing something at me but I wasn't understanding a thing.
"What?"
Her mouth moved awkwardly and I was becoming frustrated.
"One? Wand? Gun? What woman!"
"Run!" She yelled. I turned around and Zero was standing behind me like a ghost. He coughed a little and some flour puffed out. "I'm…going…to get you…"
"Bathroom Jadalyn!"
"Um…why!"
"Because we have an HOUR before we have to be at the dance!"
"Shit"
Zero lunged and I ducked just barely before running toward the bathroom. I cursed again when I realized the dress was sitting in the kitchen. I glanced back halfway down the hall only to realize that Zero wasn't following me. "oh no…."
I stopped and began backtracking. I walked into the kitchen and even Yuki was missing but my dress was sitting on the counter. I walked over to it but halfway there some flour fell into my face.
"Ugh…why do I feel like I'm in a horror movie?"
"Because you might was well be…"
The words came from above me and Zero was clinging to the light holding Yuki whose mouth was covered by his free hand. I dove for my dress and practically screamed when I felt him whip me around.
" You wanna play?" Yuki was in the floor slightly behind him and I heard some weird noise coming from her.
"What did you do to her?"
When she looked up I didn't know whether to laugh or be scared. She was covered from head to toe in nothing but chocolate syrup. Zero waved the bottle in my face and a vengeful smirk tugged on his lips. "Your turn"
I reached up and grabbed his wrist when he squeezed and chocolate began spurting everywhere and twisted us around, hugging my box close to me.
"What the hell…"
We all turned to see Kaname standing in the door way, looking speechless.
"We can explain Kuran-sempai" Yuki said. He seemed almost frightened by her and I took this as my chance to make a mad dash for the bathroom.
"Kaname! Cover me!"
"Looks like you already are…"
I stuck my tongue out at him before I turned the corner, Zero was on my heels and I managed to slide into the bathroom and shut the door behind me. There was a harsh thud and a grunt.
"Did you not see the door was closed?"
I heard the bottle being squeezed again.
"Did you just cover me in chocolate?"
All I could do was start laughing when I heard Zero cuss slightly and begin retreating. I looked around the bathroom and noticed some underthings on the counter and shouted a quick thank you to Yuki, who I knew had thought ahead of me. I turned on the shower and stripped quickly, relishing the hot water pouring over me. I couldn't resist the smile from our mini play time and I knew it was just what I needed before heading into a war. One that involved hair pins, ribbons and frills on dresses. I just prayed I'd make it out alive.
My shower didn't take that long. I'd wager I was in for about ten to fifteen minutes. I'd successfully washed out my hair and everything. When I finally got out the shower and wrapped myself in my towel there was a knock at the door.
"Its me, Yuki. I come to help you with your dress."
"You sure its Yuki and no Yuki being held hostage by a revenge driven Zero?"
She laughed when I opened the door and slipped in quickly, a small bag in her arms. "Zero and Kaname cleaned up and left to go get ready so its just us now." She had gotten clean already and was dressed. It was adorable. Especially the little tie around her neck. She looked like a pet kitten to be honest. It was simple and just below the knee.
"You look amazing Yuki!" She blushed. Her cheeks became even redder when I added, "Kaname knows what you look beautiful in"
She sat her things down and toed a stool in front of me. "Sit" she instructed. "I need to dry your hair. She did and when she was done instead of curling and frizzing up my hair hung about my mid back. It was voluptuous and shiny.
Unusual…
She grabbed some hair from around my ears and pulled it back. She reached into her bag and pulled a something shiny clipping it back there and successfully leaving my bags in my face. I took a finger and swooped them to one side. When I glanced into the mirror I was shocked. I, of course, looked like myself but I had never seen my self this way. Hair pulled back and out of my face. The girl in the reflection was smiling back. Happy. Yuki laid a few more things on the counter and instructed me to get dressed. I did easily and she zipped it up. She pulled the ribbons around the back and I closed my eyes.
God I hate dresses! Just the fill of frill on my skin and I feel sick to my stomach…
Surprisingly however I didn't. I felt nothing but silk. Yuki leaned up and wrapped something around my neck.
"There! Beautiful.." I opened one eye and then the other. In the mirror, a raven haired beauty stared back in a cream and red dress. Her hair was elegant and simple and around her neck were two strips of white cloth.
My bracelets.
The black buttons were hidden by the soft red flower bow that as attached to the side. My shock only grew when I looked at Yuki and realized our dresses were similar. Actually the had to have been duplicates. Everything seemed the same except for the bow on the back of my dress.
"You ready?"
Suddenly my nerves got the worst of me. I didn't care about the dance at all. It was just that I was soon about to carry out my plans and I didn't know if I could do it.
"Come on…we're gonna be late…"
Yuki walked over to the door and held out her hand. "Come on…it'll be ok" I took a deep breath and places my hand in hers, letting her pull me from the bathroom.
God I hope she's right.
Bassy: This was actually really nice. Good Job
Me: OH BASSYYY!(hugs)
Bassy: I wish you wouldn't do that.
Me: Oh just deal with it. Before I go borrow that chocolate syrup...
Bassy: Missus I don't see how chocolate syrup could hurt me...I'm one hell of a butler, not one hell of an ice cream cone...
Me: It won't hurt you (produces random kitty cat) But it'll hurt her.
Cat: MEOOOOWWWWWWWW (Translated: DON'T LET HER MESS UP MY PERFECTLY GROOMED FURRRRR!)
Bassy: ! I'll do anything! Just...just give me the kitty...give her here...
Me: Make them review (wink)
Bassy: DAMN IT REVIEWWWW!
Me: (hands over kitty)
Bassy: (cuddles) Oh my oh myyyyy yes yes. So soft. Perfect paws. You're lovely aren't you...
