A/N: -eating a subway sandwich while listening to Alice Human Sacrifice by Vocaloid-
Rina: Uh…We thank the following peoples –starts nudging Luna to get her attention to the audience-
-completely ignores and dances around the room with her sandwich in hand-
Werewolvesmoon (BOOYA!)
DaRkZeRoGaL (Thank you! I love making things abnormal to where others can't find a story anything like it lol. –hands you a tray of cookies- Pick a cookie any cookie!)
AidoRockz (My favorite part XP)
Cereah (That was my favorite part lol, Keep your head on I don't want to lose any of my reviewers ^_^ Typing, typing! I tried to make this extra long! I promise next chapter will be longer!)
Akuma Hana (Thank chu's!)
Angie (I already wrote chapter 9 though XD jk jk, Nu! Don't ground me!! I'll give you a cookie? And yes, Rabbits are awesome!)
Hawkfur (Ooh video games. My mom is obsessed with the x-box XD thank you~!)
La-Chan (Lol, I do the same thing. I have my msn tell me to do that pop up thing saying I got an email from )
Sweet Nightmare's Good Byes (I should use that word lol, funny cuz I'm moving to Germany XD I'll get my Tarot cards!)
XxCatyXx (Oh yeah! I just did! Hahaha!)
XXThe Wish GranterXX (Oooh, Jell-O flavored huh? Well I only have one cookie but since you asked for it first I'm gonna have to say, Sorry Akuro! (ItsAMadWorldAfterAll) Haha, Congrats you get the cookie –hands you a Jell-O Flavored cookie- Enjoy! No he's not gonna eat her….-coughs- …)
Frieda (Yeah, I can't wait either XD Shizuka ish awesome (Sorry Zero) And yeah, I should be used to moving but living in the same place for more than two years can affect you lol. And wow, nine years? That's looong. Yes well today (12/18/09) I have only had about three things to eat since at this moment I am at the hotel now and waiting for my mom to finish the laundry that I have to babysit with my friend ItsAMAdWorldAFter all (Aka Akuro)
Vampirebunnygirl (Can't….resist…..puppy…eyes….Ok ok!!!!)
Rina: -sighs-
Zero: Luna does not own Vk-
Ichiru: No I wanna do it!
Zero: You already had your turn!
Ichiru: Did not!
Zero: Did too!
Ichiru: Did NOT!
Zero: DID TOO!
Luna+Shizuka: SHUT THE FUCK UP!
Aido: -cowers-
Rina: -Flips the page-
Chapter 10- Memories
(Other POV)
Yuuki held onto the walls for support as she made her way down the hallway, out of breath and tired as hell.
"I can't believe that Zero and Rina ran off and ditched me….On Rina's first day too!"
She finally made it to the bathroom and opened the door, only to see Rina wrapping up her hands in white bandages, and blood stained ones were set off to the side. Yuuki gasped.
"Rina! Are you ok?"
Said girl jumped in surprise, not knowing when Yuuki came in there in the first place.
She quickly hid her hands behind her back. "Ok? Of course I'm ok! Why wouldn't I be ok!? Nothing's wrong! Nope, Nada thing-"
Yuuki grabbed Rina's arm and looked at all the cuts and scrapes that were on Rina's hands. "What happened?"
Rina didn't know how to tell her; how you could tell someone that after a Nightmare you had about your hands getting all cut up you wake up and this happens. How can you tell her that that happened over a few weeks ago?
"Uh…j-just an accident that happened a while back-"
Yuuki looked at the cuts as the blood started to ooze to the surface. "This looks like it was just freshly cut!" She ran Rina's hand under the sinks warm water and watched as the blood mixed in with it and run down the drain.
"Rina…Did you…did you do this to yourself?"
This question immediately caught Rina off guard, she was not expecting this kind of question to pop up. "…EH? Do this to myself? Of course not! Me and pain do NOT mix." She just nodded.
"Ok, just-just making sure." Rina smiled.
"I really didn't do this to myself. Things are just…complicated to explain." She laughed.
"I know how that feels. To have questions that may never be answered." She put fresh new bandages on Rina's hand.
"Is that why your sleeves are longer than your hands? To hide them?" Rina nodded and sprayed vinegar all over the sink to get rid of the bacteria from her blood, and the scent.
Rina put her hair up in a bun and picked up her uniform, now that she was only in white tank top and short baby-blue shorts.
"You do know that having those cuts are dangerous you know…" Yuuki said, referring to being in a school full of vampires.
"Yeah I know." She tucked some strands of her hair out from behind her ear and smiled at Yuuki, though the pain and tiredness could be shown in her eyes.
"Why didn't you just use your own bathroom? This is the Chairman's you know." She shrugged.
"It was closer."
"Oh, so you were around here? What were you doing?"
"Uh, p-patrol…yeah, I was…on patrol! Yup!"
In the chairman's building? Yuuki thought as she watched Rina clean the sink. Why would she need to go on patrol in the chairman's building??
"Oh, uh, have you seen Zero? I haven't seen him since a few hours ago."
Rina stared at the running water as she wiped off the vinegar and rinsed off the wash cloth with a far off look in her eyes.
"You know now you gotta clean that up."
Zero grabbed Rina's arm and slammed her up against the wall, he was now in front of her and his hair was hiding his eyes. He looked at her bandaged hand and then looked at her. Rina just looked down to the ground, avoiding eye-contact with him and stayed silent.
"Now… is not the time…to worry …about…that,"
"Well fine but I'm still not cleaning that up." The silver haired male glared at her with his blood colored eyes, Rina almost shrunk down in the corner in fear of suddenly combusting into flames from the glares intensity.
"What…Are…You…" Zero was out of breath, and doing all of this was taking up a lot of his strength.
Rina refused to speak, she didn't know what to say, so all she said was, "I can see things that other's can't see, and I know things that others shouldn't. Now, unless you want to end up like Aido when he decided to grab my arm, I suggest that you should let go of me."
"What…happened to your hand?"He needed more time to keep her here; he needed to know what she was. Zero didn't really feel the pity to even care, but no matter how much he tried to deny it he did. He did care, but it would take a hell of a lot of effort for him to even admit it. He's only known her a few days, or at least, he thought he did. Images of the same little girl in pigtails flooded his mind so quickly that his head began to hurt; he clutched his head with his other arm in pain.
Rina didn't know what was going on, but she saw that Zero was lost deep in thought for a few seconds, and then suddenly his hand flew up to his head as if he was suddenly shot with a major headache.
Zero collapsed in her arms after that and Rina had to carry him all the way to his room, which was a whole two doors away.
It took a while for Rina to remember that Yuuki had asked her a question, and now she was calling her name.
"Huh? Whaa?"
"Are you ok Rina? You seem a bit out of it today…"
"Oh, yeah I'm fine. But, what are you doing here Yuuki?"
Yuuki gave Rina the 'Gee I wonder why' look. "Because the girls dorms are closed at night and a certain two people DIDN'T HELP ME ON DUTY!"
Rina rubbed the back of her head and smiled sheepishly in embarrassment. "S-sorry Yuuki, something came up and-uh, yeah. The whole incident with my hand and…uh…stuff."
Yuuki bought it this time but next time she wouldn't let her friend off so easily. If Rina even had a next time, unknown to either of them Rina's blood was starting its process of multiplying. She never knew when it started, one minute she would be perfectly fine and the next she would be coughing and hacking up blood. Of course her aunt and uncle never bothered considering her condition because they could care less. They lived happily with their oh-so-boring lives and the next thing they know they get this little girl dumped into the house who happens to be their niece they've never heard about.
Marie hasn't had contact with her sister and brother in law since they got married. The reason why Marie didn't like Rina at all was because Rina's mother's side of the family completely disapproved of her father. No one knew why, only Rina's dad knew yet he decided to never speak about it. So with Marie hating her, she convinced Scott and her own daughter to grow to hate the poor child.
Yuuki looked at Rina's other hand; and seeing it bandaged up itself and wondered how Rina was able to get BOTH of her hands all cut up and scratched. Rina said she didn't do it to herself and she wouldn't lie to Yuuki…Would she?
No, of course not. That feeling that Yuuki gets when she's around Rina tells her that Rina would never lie to her on just anything.
Rina finished cleaning the sink and gathered up her stuff again, a little deep in thought at how her parents died. Now that she's met people she didn't think even exist she wasn't sure just what to believe anymore. She didn't even know how she could be affecting the whole story's plot just being here in this bathroom. That was when she remembered, Zero was supposed to be here, not her…but he knocked out in her own very arms and wasn't able to come. The chairman didn't even come to give Zero the whole dramatic talk of what Zero shouldn't fight. What about Rido? What about Shizuka?
Oh god, she thought. I don't want to know what would happen if I ever met them. Maria I could live with…but Shizuka? Well they're practically the same person, so should she be more careful? Or decide to mess with the plot a little? Rina already knew half of her plans on what she was gonna do while she was here, and going to change. But she just didn't understand what to do when she catches up to the manga, when Yuuki leaves with Kaname? Rina knew for a fact that she wouldn't be able to stop that from happening, and she would probably be the most hated person here.
Ok, ok, she thought, I have to focus on what's going on now, not anywhere near the far off future…now to put my plan into action with Aido and Yori…
Yuuki could tell that Rina was zoned out and began snapping her fingers in front of her face. A habit Rina gave her by complete accident.
"Oh, sorry…"
Rina shook her head and smiled at Yuuki before walking out the door and saying good night.
(Before) (Rina's POV)
After putting Zero back into his room, I began to put Plan "Get Aido and Yori together before chapter 46 or something becomes my reality!" into action. Fist, it shall start to see if Aido likes Yori and if Yori likes Aido.
This is going to be reeeeaaaallly tricky. I've been working on putting thoughts into other people's heads. I've actually been practicing this one for weeks. It's like some kind of mind control thing.
For some unknown reason to me, it only works at night (Been practicing on animals, don't worry, it's harmless peoples) and I have to put my whole hand on his or her head in order to put the thoughts I want them to think into their mind. Then, badda bing, badda boom, they do exactly what I want them to do. (Oooooh, rhyming)
Uhh, example, I like examples. I walk up to Kaname (Which I'll NEVER do to save my life) and put my hand on his head, I suddenly make him think, I'm bored, I feel like stalking someone other than Yuuki right now. Hmm, how about…Zero! Yes I shall Stalk Zero!
He'll go and stalk Zero for the rest of how ever long I make him stalk Zero.
Pretty good huh? Huh?
What you don't think I can do it?? WELL THEN!
As the little girl from Full house says, "How RUDE!"
I love those of you who think I CAN do it! Free cookies for you!
Now, OFF TO THE NON SPARKLY VAMPIRE'S CLASS ROOM!
As soon as I walked in Aido was cuddling with all his chocolates like it was his baby and everyone was eating theirs except for Ruka who only got one because no one really likes her in the day class.
Ok, ok, I didn't just walk in, I slammed the door open and looked all innocent while running up to Aido with sparkles in my eyes and a little box of chocolates in my hands. I mentally shivered. It felt like I was the one giving him the chocolates.
But luckily it said From Sayori. Heh, heh, heh…I am so evil. You could probably guess what I'm doing huh?
Exactly!
"Hey Aido-san person thing," Everyone looked at me except for Kaname and Rima because they were now used to it. Ichijo came all happy and smiling and all that happy crap like that.
Aido: "Whaaaat do you want Rina-san?"
Ichijo: "Hello Rina! How are you doing?"
…creepy people.
I just jumped on his desk and sat down while spinning the box of valentine chocolates on my finger like it was a basketball. His eyes lit up and everyone gaped at me like I was crazy.
"Hey, hey, hey," I said with my hands in front of me moving from side to side as I rolled my eyes.
Kaname shut his book that he was reading and sighed. "Rina I don't think-"
"Dude, Kaname, just shut up. Seriously-by this point I got the glares back from everyone-Just…shut up ok? Because no one cares. We all know that your oh so wonderful plans are going to work and they're not going to be interfered with got it? I already gave Zero a lecture, but you shouldn't need one because you're a big boy ok?"
He didn't answer and suddenly Ruka busted out with killer intent in her eyes along with, well, no one else because they were already used to my known hatred for Kaname. I dodged a lunge from Ruka and whistled as if it was nothing. Pretending nothing happened.
"Ruka," Kaname said, having known that's all he had to say in order for Ruka to stop another attack. She quickly turned around and yelled, "Kaname-sama, this girl is of disrespect to you! You should not allow her to do that-"
"Ruka," Wow, just say her name, say her name. Suddenly that song got stuck in my head and ran on rerun over and over. Ok now I'm getting annoyed by it back to the scene batchyah!
"Wow Ruka, you have anger probs. Did you know they have classes for that??
She was about to use her power of awesomeness until Akatsuki decided to butt-in.
"Rina-san, do what you came here to do and leave, you know you're not welcome here." I just stuck my tongue out at him and handed Aido the box.
"So Rina, you have finally fallen for my charms eh?" He said as he winked at me and a bit of Ice creeped towards my feet. What. An. Ass.
"Yeah! Totally! Why wouldn't I fall for your charms?" I got weird looks and he just began to look all cocky with those gay-ass sparkles surrounding him and a pink multi-colored background. Psh, stupid blond anime people. (No offence to blonds, Rina's words not mine.)
"Oh yeah," He suddenly stopped, "Cause that would be STUPID!"
"Aww, Rina!" He said as he looked at the chocolates in my hands."Then what's that for?"
I shook my head as I rubbed his, planning on washing my hands three times after this even though it was only my sleeve that was touching his hair since my hands, of course, were covered up by the uniform. I was also preparing to put the thoughts in his head that I need him to think.
"OH! She forgot to give this to you and when she remembered it was too late! So she asked me since I was a prefect and all if I could give this to you! So, here you go!"
I handed him the box with my other hand and in a second I made him think of the scene I wanted him to think actually happened.
There he was, Aido, with a striped multi-color pink box in his hand as he waited for Sayori to go to bed. As soon as he saw the light turn off, he waited another 15 minutes for her to fall asleep. 15 minutes later he made an ice ladder to climb up to her window. He tried to open it.
Locked.
He almost panicked, but decided to stay calm. He could do this. He could do this. He tried to think of another way to get in the room.
"You know Aido,"
Uh-oh, caught! The familiar annoying females voice rang through his ears as he suddenly heard a mental alarm like the one that sounds off from Kill bill vol. 1.
"You could just use the front door, it's never locked. Or you could just ask a fellow to help you sneak into a girls room to give them a present you know?"
Hey, I'm a selfish person when it comes to getting credit for something. If I don't get credit for something that I did, then heh! Ya'll better say your prayers man!
Aido sweat dropped, wondering why the hell this girl would help him give a box of chocolates to Yori; a girl who happened to be friends with Yuuki AND this annoying human girl. He climbed down his own made ladder and rubbed the back of his head with a sheepish grin on his face. He was a child getting caught stealing candy from a candy store on free candy day.
"S-so, uh…you were saying?" the green-eyed female laughed as she turned around and motioned for him to follow her.
Rina opened the door with her Skeleton key all the prefects have. Aido nervously walked in, saying thank you to Rina and quietly put the box down on Yori's bedside table. He could here Yori's soft and low breathing as he walked out of the room, being escorted out of the sun dorms by Rina.
Aido shook his head, a little dazed out by the long made up memory I made him think but before he could look around and see what happened I turned and walked out the door. About three seconds have passed since I handed him the box.
(Other POV)
Zero was tossing and turning in his sleep, unconsciously wondering how he got into his bed.
"What are you?"
His mind was conflicting whether or not he should remember The Night, or if he should remember something else that was erased from his mind completely, or at least, was supposed to be.
"It's painful isn't it?" Shizuka…
"Are you scared?-"
"My parents don't like me very much," Who was that? What tiny childlike voice did that belong to?
"This is my revenge," Shizuka-
"Why would they not like you?" Me? Zero thought.
"This is my privilege as a Pureblo-" Get her voice out! He thought again, sweat dripping down his forehead as her voices coldness haunted his dreams.
"They prefer my sister over me…" This child like voice that was unfamiliar, yet so familiar annoyed his conscious for he could not figure out who that was, or where this scene was coming from.
Suddenly, the pull between the two memories ended, as the unfamiliar one won the conflicted battle.
Zero's parents rang the door bell of the house they were visiting and not long after that he heard footsteps coming towards the door. As soon as it was open Zero immediately saw that the man was a pureblood vampire. His parents said that they had to visit some people called the Kuran Family for some business. They said that they needed some help.
"Zero, hun, you go walk around for a bit as mommy and daddy talk for a while ok?" She gave him a reassuring smile and patted his back as her and Zero's father walked inside the stranger's home. He walked off, making sure that he wouldn't get lost and also made sure that he could see the house from where he was at.
After a while Zero found himself in a garden with a little girl perched on top of a poorly hand-made swing set made out of exhausted rope and horribly painted wood. The dirt path that curved and twisted around the flowers and bushes looked like it could just go on forever. He could feel that this girls aura was very different from the people who lived in the house. She must have been a vampire though it was very different from any other presence he has ever felt.
He's been in this garden before…the pink cherry blossom petals fell from the sky and danced around the little 4 year old girl across from him as silent tears made their way down her cheeks.
All that could be heard was the wind racing through the tree's and the flowers swaying in the wind. The girls pigtails went along with the leaves and petals and her eyes looked as if they were dazed off into the distance. She didn't even notice Zero until he stepped on a twig. It's big SNAP! Suddenly made the wind stop and the girl snap out of her trance. She stared at him, her black and white eyes bore into his as it was silent for a moment. It could have been minutes, or hours, he didn't know.
"H-hi…" Was all that she could choke out, meeting someone for the first time after leaving her home. He could tell she never went out very much judging by the way she looked. Her hair was a silky midnight blue, healthy looking but her eyes held a sadness that Zero has never seen before. Her skin may have been brown but it was more like a pale brown, like she was never exposed to the sun before. More milk than chocolate.
"Hello," Zero replied, wondering what she was doing here. Could she be related to those people who his parents are talking to? She couldn't be, she wasn't pale like they were. It was quiet, so Zero broke the silence.
"So…why are you sitting here all alone?"
She stared at him; her eyes told him that she has never been asked that before, it looked like no one cared to.
"I'm enjoying my first and last bit of freedom." She wiped her tears away with the back of her hand as more came her way. Zero couldn't help but feel pity for her, he wondered what she meant by that. It wouldn't hurt to ask her, right?
"What do you mean?"
She swung a little back and forth, as if she were afraid the swing would break if she swung any further then two inches. It probably would.
"My parents don't like me very much. That's why your parents are here; to get rid of me." He couldn't believe this. Why would they want to get rid of her? Who does that? Making their child believe they should get rid of him or her?
"Why would they not like you? How do you know they want to get rid of you?" He had to ask. It did pass the time.
"Your family members are all vampire hunters right?" He nodded, not sure where this was going. "Then that should explain everything. I know they don't like me because they always prefer my twin sister over me. They even decided to have her be the one to marry our brother." He knew about the whole pureblood vampire's marrying their siblings, but was that really something to be upset about?
"They don't even let me go out as much as they let her do. They just stick me in a room with her and when Onii-san comes home, they only let her get to see him. Something about 'Bonding for their marriage.'" He even gives her all the presents and souvenirs he buys after going somewhere. Like last night he got her this beautiful flower that only blooms about every seven, 10 or 12 years or something. And what did I get? Nothing! I got to watch him give her the present through a tiny glass window!"
Zero could see the tears get heavier and heavier as she ranted. It looked like she was holding in all her emotions for quite some time. He walked over to her as her hands covered her eyes to stop the tears from coming and bent down to her level while patting her back in comfort.
"it's ok," He whispered, wondering why she would say all this to a total stranger she just met. He just had to ask didn't he?
Her sobs quieted down as she sniffed, and choked out all that she could say.
"Me and my sister don't look much alike because we're opposite Pureblood twins. Mommy said that because of that I'm different. She said that I can't live the normal life of a vampire because I'm too different. I can't go out and make friends Like sis will one day, and I-I have to live my last days alone!"
Zero hugged this tiny little girl and tried his best to comfort her. This reminded him of himself and his own twin brother. his brother was tloo week to be a Vampire Hunter, and Zero was the one to get all the attention. Suddenly, he got an idea in his head, he might regret it, but it may make her happy for a little while. He held out his pinky to her, which made her confused as she stared at it.
"I'll make you a promise then," He smiled as she stared at him in wonder.
"I promise, that when we are both older, or before anyone tries to kill you, I will find you, I will take you away from here, and marry you myself. I will stay single until that day. Ok?" He said as a confused but happy smile formed on her face. Her pinky wrapped around his as she smiled happily. Zero smiled himself too, knowing now, that he won't regret this promise.
"Promise?" She asked, hoping that he wasn't joking.
"I Promise!"
Zero jerked himself out of bed; he was so shocked that if he wasn't holding onto the edge of the bed he would have fallen out. His heart was beating so fast that he almost thought that it would jump through his throat or burst his lungs.
He yelled, "WHAT THE HELL?
A/N: Uh-oh! Whats gonna happen? What was that flashback dream sorta dream? How did Zero forget all of this? And who was that mystery girl no one knew was part of the Kuran family?? When will Rina get to throw Aido out the window again? So many questions! I hope yoiu enjoyed this mystery chapter! MAke sure you check out what happens next in chapter 11!
Review! I beg of you! (More rhyming 0.0)