+Follow Me Into the Dark+
Anime / Manga: Vampire Knight (Guilty)
Main pairing: Kaname X Zero.
Disclaimer: The anime and manga Vampire Knight (Guilty) belongs to Matsuri Hino.
Zero complained half asleep. This wasn't the reality he wanted. This wasn't what Kuran promised him. He just wanted to live a normal life and he even planned to quit hunting vampires and try to give Ichiru the life he deserved. He still couldn't believe that Cross and Yagari have lied to him for so many years.
The silver haired hunter suddenly opened his eyes when he sensed a vampire coming near.
He weakly stood up and managed to grab a hold of the curtain. He blinked twice and he closed his eyes again. The colors were more vivid and the sounds high pitched.
"So it wasn't a nightmare after all." He whispered to himself.
Zero coughed loudly and opened the drawer of the nightstand looking for his Bloody Rose.
He took his gun and pointed at the door with it.
"You're awake." Kaname opened the door.
Zero wanted to shoot him but Bloody Rose rejected him instantly when he wanted to pull the trigger.
Kaname sighed deeply and walked towards him.
"You've been sleeping for more than a week, I was getting worried, you know?"
"Don't come near me." He whispered weakly and stepped back.
"I know that you're a little confused but I need you to answer me something right now."
"A little confused? How can I be a little confused? I don't even know what I am right now!" He panicked a bit.
"I'm sorry but please listen to me, will you?"
"What?" He could feel that Kaname was getting nervous and that wasn't normal in Kuran.
"I need you to put all your trust in me again." The brunet cupped the silver haired's face with his hands.
"Kuran...?" He frowned.
"Will you come with me?" Kaname asked.
"Go with you? Where? Kuran what's going on?" He slapped Kaname's hand away.
"I'll tell you later but right now...I have to get you out of here."
Zero looked at the floor and then at the mirror at his right side.
He slowly passed his hand through his hair. It was gotten longer and it made him look exactly like Ichiru.
"Zero, please? " He could see at the mirror how the pureblood hugged him from the back.
"I don't know, ...I have nothing left Kuran." He caressed Kaname's hair.
It was true that Kaname didn't tell him about his original plans and that he let him kill Ichiru but right there, Kaname was the only one that really was caring for him. Although the pureblood also lied to him, he could feel that Kaname wanted him to forgive him.
"You've got me." The brunet hugged Zero tighter.
The silver haired smiled to himself. The irony was getting ridiculous. He couldn't even hold Bloody Rose anymore and it was obvious why. He was one of them, he was a vampire now and there was no going back.
"What will happen to Yuuki?" Zero asked.
"She will be fine here but I can't say the same about you and that's why I want you to come with me. You can't fight him alone now."
Kaname took Zero's hands in his and kissed them.
"Come with me forever." The brunet opened the windows with his telekinetic powers and extended his right hand to him.
"Forever?" Zero's eyes widened.
The silver haired still shocked looked at the outside and he couldn't see anything but snow...and darkness. The cold that was coming in made him shiver completely. He frowned confused but a greater vampire presence made him take the most important decision in his life without thinking it twice.
Meanwhile Rido sat in one of the stairs in the headmaster office with a devilish smile adorning his face. The aura around him was dangerous and strong as ever.
"It's not true!" Yagari said while pointing at the brunet vampire that changed his legs position.
"Kaien would you please tell your dog to stop whining and pointing at me?" He frowned irritated.
"Yagari, please...do as he says. He knows everything so there's no need to deny it."
"What? " He looked confused at the pureblood.
"Hiou had those twins with a hunter after being tired of our arranged marriage. The Council of Elders took those bastards away from her although they knew that she wouldn't give up until having them back. Her lover, a Kiryuu, sealed the vampire side of the twins so that no one would know about their relationship. She didn't even know that she took her own son in after killing her lover for marrying a mere human. Those twins were rejected by the elders but I won't do that."
"What do you mean?"
"In my letters I explained you that Kiryuu is ours as in his past life as in this."
"What will you do with him?" Yagari demanded to know.
"It's more than obvious. The boy has not come of age as a vampire and as his stepfather I must take care of him...and I hope that he's better in bed than his mother." Rido chuckled amused.
"I'm his tutor and I can't allow you to take him away!" Kaien shouted.
"Cross, you know very well about OUR laws. Kiryuu is a vampire not a hunter."
The blond stood up angrily.
"Why didn't you tell me that he was the one that sent you those letters?" Toga asked.
"I thought he was dead!" He pointed at the pureblood.
Rido smiled innocently.
"My nephew also thought that." He commented before standing up.
"Why only Zero? Why don't you take Yuuki now that you can?" The black haired hunter asked while pointing at him with his gun again.
"Yuuki is not the throne princess and after all she's still not as beautiful as my Yuuri was." He said while opening the door.
"You're insane!" Kaien shouted at him.
"No, I'm better than ever now and I'm looking out for my own interests." He closed the door behind him.
Yuuki looked sadly at the open window in her brother's room. They run away and left her behind.
"Oh, what a sweet view." Rido suddenly said behind her.
She turned around with her Artemis in her hand. Kaname told her that he was coming so she was prepared.
"My dear niece ... perhaps your brother has not learned the lesson that running away is just a waste of time. Isn't it time for me to teach him that?"
"It will be a waste of time for you to look for them." She threatened her uncle with her scythe.
"So if that's the case then I think it will be a waste of time for you to wait for them." He smiled before starting to hum a lullaby and walk towards the window.
This is the night of the vampires
It's so dark and so cold.
Take my hand and be my light
Take my hand and warm my heart
Follow me
Follow Me Into the Dark.
A whole year had passed since then and it has been hard for everyone to get used to their new lives without Kaname-sama as their leader and Zero.
Yuuki sighed deeply while looking out the window. She had not heard anything from her brother or Zero for a whole year even though deep inside she could feel and she knew that they were alive or at least that's what she wanted to believe. She did that everyday and imagined the same thing over and over again. She could see Zero and Kaname waving at her while sharing an umbrella under a heavy rain. She smiled at how she always imagined them sharing an umbrella like her mother and father did when she was a little girl.
She would always open the door and wait a bit to make sure it wasn't just her imagination but then she would just give up waiting and run towards them but it would always end the same way.
"Yuuki-sama! What are you doing out here under the rain?" Aidou grabbed her by her arm.
"They...they were here." She was completely soaked.
"Who?" He offered her the umbrella.
"No one..." She smiled to herself, wondering if what dripped from her face were raindrops or tears.
Follow me into the dark ...tonight.
A/N: Thanks Minna-san for supporting me and reading this fic. Next is a preview of the sequel.