CHAPTER ELEVEN- ATTACKED

Zero gasped in pain. He woke up with a stabbing pain in his side. He rubbed his eyes.

"Did you sleep well?"

He looked at her. It was Shizuka. She had the habit to come when she was not needed. His brother, Ichiru, only came when summoned.

Zero looked at her annoyed. "I'm fine."

Shizuka clicked her fan closed. She looked at him sadly. "You don't look fine. In fact, you haven't changed much from that time. You keep letting your happiness run away from you."

Zero looked at her and he stood up. "I don't understand what you are saying."

She took a step forward. "Yes, you do. Yuki?"

Zero looked down. He wanted to be with Yuki except she was with her brother. Will always be with her brother. It didn't matter what he wanted. He forced her to leave by making her go back to the spirit world. He heard the door get clicked open.

"Zero?"

He smiled at the little girl in the doorway. "Hana, did you sleep well?"

She nodded with a smile. "Satomi, says that you should get ready to eat food."

Zero nodded and he watched her leave. He sighed. He grabbed his blood tablets. He took a bunch of them.

"Zero? What is it why are you staring at me like that?"

The girl from his hallucinations was there. She wore a white dress that had the bottom tinted blue and the sleeves were loose and they had blue ribbons. She had her fair hair in a braid.

Zero stared at her silently and she disappeared again. He had gotten used to seeing her. It was a hallucination he was sure of it. She sometimes appeared always smiling at him. He got out of bed. He cut his hair a bit. He changed into a stuffy suit. It was black and he put on the blue tie. He put on dress shoes and he winced slightly. His hands were covered in bandages. He had gotten them injured in the middle of the night. He put on the silver band on his finger. It had a huge blue sapphire stone. He saw the water churn inside of it.

"Miko?"

Yes?

"Do you really believe I'm ready?"

No, I don't to be honest.

"Thanks a lot," he muttered underneath his breath.

But, I'm sure you'll be fine.

Zero sighed. He got out of the room. They had a separate part of the building ready for his duties. The people smiled at him and they gave encouraging words. They had accepted him and he had somehow become some sort of leader.

He saw a little girl walk toward him and she gave him a piece of bread. He took it gladly and he chewed it. Aido came to his side and he sniffled.

"Purebloods don't spread crumbs on their shirts."

"I'm not a Pureblood."

Aido shook his head. "If you want to fool people that you are someone of high stander then you have to act like it. Didn't I teach you that you had to walk like someone graceful? You walk like you have to go to the bathroom."

Zero laughed. "Yeah, right. I walk like I normally do. Besides, I just have to get the speech right. I won't be walking around. I'll be sitting in a chair."

Aido sighed. "It's useless. I don't even know why I teached you how to act like an aristocrat."

"Yeah, why did you?"

"Well, obviously if you live in a big estate, you would be an aristocrat."

Zero shook his head. "It shouldn't matter. Oh, we're here."

Zero opened the big oak doors. He saw people were already gathered there. He felt conscious of the stares. He switched modes. He walked like someone of royalty. He sat down on the throne that was set up in the front of the room. The throne had straps. Just in case something bad happened. He stared at the people. He wondered who should go first. He closed his eyes. Which of them was most desperate? He felt the spirits hands reach to him. He opened his eyes.

"Jenna, is there a Jenna here?"

A woman stepped forward. She had a pale dress on. She looked fragile and weak.

Zero bit his lip. "Your daughter wants to say that she is okay and she hopes that you will be okay too. Don't cry she says."

The woman smiled and she tried to stop the tears.

That continued for most of the day. Zero saw people who cried and others who were angry at what he said. Well, he couldn't please everyone.

He felt a spirit try to force himself inside of him. Zero screamed in pain. Dammit, he thought.

"Shizuka!"

She appeared immediately. She tried to haul out the spirit away. The spectators who were there could not see Shizuka or the spirit because Zero did not allow it.

Zero grabbed the arms of the chair. He closed his eyes painfully. He had to stall the possession. He screamed again. Aido ran to him.

"Zero! Shizuka! Do something!"

Shizuka glared at Aido. "I'm trying to! It's not that easy. This one is strong."

She grabbed at the spirit. "Now, get out. You'll get your turn."

"No! I have to speak to Morio! I have to! He can't do what he's been doing now!"

"Morio?" Aido said. "Who's Morio?"

Morio drank the hunter's blood. He hadn't been able to find Zero. She was getting weary.

Sara frowned when he took out the heart. Morio ignored her and he licked the blood that dripped down.

"You have become quite blood thirsty," she said with some displeasure at the mess he was making.

Morio threw the heart on the ground. He frowned at her. "What am I supposed to do? He's not in Japan, China, or any of the continents I've visited. It's useless to look even further. No, I don't want to look because I'm bored."

Sara grabbed his throat and she held him up by it. He choked. He tried to pry her hand off.

"You will find and kill Zero for me. Now do your job or you're dead."

I was already dead when you kidnapped me, a part of him thought.

"Fo-Forgive . . . Forgive me, Lady Sa-Sara," he choked.

She dropped him and he massaged his throat when he had fallen. He winced and he looked at her. She was a beauty with a cruel heart.

He stood up. He would have to find Zero Kiryu quickly.

Ichiru was in the spirit world. He was trying to find the girl who had wanted to talk to him. He was going to bring her to the other side to help her give her message. He remembered she had amber colored eyes. She had a message to her brother. He found her sitting on the edge of a cliff. She was crying softly.

"It is too late. My brother is gone, it seems impossible to get him back."

"You can't know that for sure. If you come with me, you'll be able to get your message to him."

"No, I won't be able to reach him. He has become a killer. A weapon for that evil woman."

"What evil woman?" Ichiru asked.

"Sara Shirabuki. She is trying to kill Zero Kiryu to have one less person from stopping her plan to become Queen."

Ichiru bit his lip. He had to go to the living world now. He had to warn them.

"You better go now," she said. "It's seems that Kiryu is getting possessed by my father."

Ichiru's eyes widened and he ran to get back.

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