Hihi! Here's the FINAL chapter of "Disgrace"!! Phew! Amn't i glad this fanfic is over cause it took me longer than i thought to finish it, and i want to write other fanfics as well :P
PS: Thank you again to the people who read my fanfic and reviewed, greatly appreciated ^_^
PS2:I also apologize to those who thought this was a YUME pairing fanfic, but turned out it isn't (or barely was). I was planning to make it YUME but i guess it sort of strayed off :P So sorry for the disappointment, but I hope you guys keep reading this fanfic. Just if you want to know, I changed the character involved box thingie to "nobody" so it wouldn't confuse people.
Enjoy the last chapter ^_^
10. Confession
"Kaname Kuran isn't my real Father," Yukimina stared deep into the blonde vampire's eyes.
"W-w-what?" stuttered Hikari as she stepped back in astonishment.
"Why are you so shocked?" the Pureblood asked almost too casually, "My name isn't in the Kuran family tree."
"T-then, if you don't mind my asking, who is your real Father, Yukimina-sama?" ice blue eyes once again focused on the Pureblood's serene face, waiting for the answer.
Yukimina stared up at the noble-level vampire and looked away. A memory then flashed into her head.
"Mummy, what's this charm hanging above my bed," a young Yukimina asked as her small fingers poked at the ancient looking article.
"It's a...hunter charm...from a man who has given it to you when you were just a tiny little baby," her Pureblood mother answered with a soft, but almost sad smile.
"Oh..." fascination splayed over the young child's eyes as she continued looking at the hunter charm.
"This was given to me by my supposed real father," Yukimina pulled a thin bronze chain out of her pocket. There, hung a copper diamond-shaped plate, with a symbol on it.
Hikari's eyes widened, "That's a magic protection hunter charm, used to ward off any vampire who dared to touch the owner," she thought to herself.
Yukimina let the copper chain dangle from her slender fingers, and swung it from side to side like a pendulum.
"Do you know what this is?" Yukimina asked in a grim tone.
Hikari gulped, something's not right, "I-It's a hunter protection charm, against vampires."
The princess nodded slowly, "From your great intelligence, I take it you can guess why I can hold onto this charm without being repelled by it."
The blonde vampire stepped back.
It can't be, no, she can't be one of them. How?
"You could probably tell," Yukimina laughed, "I am not a full vampire...and definitely not the Pureblood you thought I was."
Hikari Aidou's breathing quickened, taking in everything the "Pureblood" has just revealed to her.
Yukimina slowly got up from her seat and walked towards the still shocked Hikari.
"I know who my real father is," Yukimina looked deep into Hikari's, wine red clashing with ice blue.
Yukimina held the charm up towards herself, "He was the world's strongest Vampire Hunter. He gave me this charm, to protect me from him."
"By "him" you mean... Kaname Kuran-sama?" stuttered Hikari.
"Yes..." the Class Leader replied solemnly.
It can't be. It can't be him.
"C-c-could your father be Z-Z-Zero Kiryuu?" Hikari asked, body shaking, scared of the answer she might get.
Hikari was told about this famous Vampire Hunter by her teacher at home. She was told he had an unknown daughter, and was banished from the country by the Hunters' Association.
Yukimina gave Hikari a forlorn look and nodded.
"My mother, Yuuki Kuran, the rightful wife to my current father, Kaname Kuran, still had some feelings for my real father, Zero Kiryuu, when she got married," Yukimina explained with eyes closed, running through everything that has happened to her parents during her lifetime in her head.
She continued, "I was the result. A few years later, Kaname Kuran found out about their relationship and me, so he banished Zero Kiryuu, leaving both me and my mother. Kaname knew he couldn't banish my mother, because obviously she's his wife, and his dearly loved one. Despite the fact that she had me with his arch-enemy, he still wanted her. My mother used that to her advantage, and said she would only live happily with Kaname Kuran if he would let her keep me as their child. He despitefully agreed, saying that I would never be his child, but only Yuuki's child. My real father knew Kaname Kuran would never accept me into the Pureblood family properly, especially when I'm the offspring of his greatest enemy, so he gave me this charm to protect me."
Sadness started to arise in Hikari's chest. So all this time and all these years, her Class Leader has been enduring her Pureblood father's hatred, and is only living on her mother's love and desperation to keep her in the all powerful Pureblood family.
"Hikari, being part of the Kuran fanily has taught me one thing," said Yukimina forlornly.
Hikari listened attentively.
"Is that you can never be truly happy. There will always be lies living in your so-called "happiness", like my current father, Kaname Kuran, now and will always live with the fact that his wife has had a child with somebody he hates deeply, and I'm the solid evidence. My mother, another example, will always live with the guilt and the fact that her husband will despise her daughter forever. Finally, me..." Yukimina bit her lip, "Will always live with the fact that I never belong to my family."
Every line formed by her Class Leader struck Hikari hard. She only wished she could do something to help other than just stand there and listen. Yukimina may not turn out to be a full Pureblood like she thought she was, but Hikari still respect her a lot, especially finding out what she has been going through in her life.
"Like everybody says, I'm a disgrace to the Pureblood family. I am not one, and don't ever deserve to be one," Yukimina said bitterly.
"Hikari Aidou, everything that I have told you today, shall never leave this room, understood?" stated Yukimina, returning back to her usual authoritative self.
"H-Hai," Hikari replied quietly.
Knock. Knock.
Both girls turned round towards the door, surprised.
"Who is it?" Yukimina called.
"It's Sakuno!" replied the voice from behind.
The door opened, and a sunny blonde head popped round it.
"Ah, gomen, gomen, Mina-chan, there's a message from your father, Kuran-sama," Sakuno reported in her usual cheery voice.
"Oh, what does he want now?" whined the Dorm Leader, "Hikari, Sakuno, you are both dismissed to your dorms!"
"Hai!" Hikari and Sakuno responded in unison, and left the Dorm Leader's chambers quietly.
The second Hikari turned away from the corridor Yukimina's chambers were situated, she sprinted back upstairs to her room.
She entered her dorm and slammed the door shut behind her.
Rukia's auburn head shot up from reading a magazine.
"Are you okay? You look pale," Rukia asked her cousin with a worried expression.
"Yeah...I'm okay," she answered, slightly out of breath from all the running back.
"So, what did she say?" the auburn asked her cousin in an interested manner.
"A lot..." Hikari responded as she flopped onto her bed.
"Like what...?" Rukia questioned, wanting to find out more.
Hikari sat herself up and made a pretend zip across her mouth and smiled, "Not allowed to tell."
"Fine! I'm not that interested in it anyway,"Rukia huffed, "Even after all the research I've stupidly agree to do with you!"
"A promise is a promise," the blonde smiled to herself.
The Next Day
"Hikari, I wonder where Dorm Leader went, she's not in class tonight," said Rukia as she scanned their classroom.
"Oh, Mina-chan has something important to do back at home, so she went back," Sakuno chirped.
"Oh..." was all the auburn could say as she wasn't really expecting the overenthusiastic vampire to answer.
"I wonder if Yukimina-sama will be alright going back home. Will she have to face her Pureblood Father? Will he do something horrible to her?" Hikari thought anxiously to herself.
Rukia glanced over at her cousin and saw that she wore an anxious expression.
She rested her arm gently on the other's shoulder. Hikari turned round.
"Don't worry, Hikari, Dorm Leader Yukimina is a strong person, I'm sure she'll be alright when she comes back," Rukia smiled to her cousin. Hikari rested her hand on her cousin's reassuring one, knowing that Rukia was right. She was always right with those sorts of things. Just then the old Vandelet-sensei walked into the class, and Night Class Lesson was ready to start.
She'll be alright.
There, finished!!
I know it's sort of (or probs IS) a cheesy ending and the twist's probably quite bad but please bare with me! Since VK has stopped and the manga only comes out once a month I sorta lacked fuel for my inspiration for VK fanfics D:
But yeah, I hope you all enjoyed this fanfic in general, and looking forward to the final reviews for this, thanks for reading!
Also, HAPPY SUMMER VACATION TO YOU ALL (if you've started it that is :P)!!!
luvs, Christine xxx