WARNING! WARNING!
DARK DARK THEME AHEAD.
TOURTURE AND VIOLENCE AND GORE!
MUCH TOO SCARY FOR THE WEAK HEARTED.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO TAKE THESE FICTIONAL IDEAS FOR REAL. NOR SHOULD YOU RENACT ANY WEIRD CRAZY WRITINGS IN HERE. THIS IS PURELY FICTION AND I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR CRAZY CRIMES SHOULD YOU DECIDED TO COMMIT THEM.
Ahem. Yea….I'm not really in to gore – but somehow I needed some for this plot.
Anyway, just covering my ass here. Angry parents. I did warn your kids.
-/
Continuation Plot Bunny from "Shifters" – Pack or Nothing
Zero knows that he should feel bad – but his moral level seems to be very skewed. He neither felt guilty nor repulsed in the matter and acts in which he is in the process of committing.
As Zero injects his own poison blood into one of the few humans Zero had captured – the only rationality he had was that these child abusers deserved it.
The large male was strapped down tightly to the chair – mouth gagged and limbs restricted with hunter chains. Strong metal alloys designed to secure strong prey.
Zero watched along with his other captives – all chained and locked in their cage – as the male before them tried to scream through the gag.
The blue and red of the veins rise to the surface one by one – becoming more visible to the eyes.
Slowly as the poison enters the blood stream – a dark shade of purple invades the path – showing the process of cells being attacked and destroyed.
Systematically – the dark purple burns the canals and drains the vessels.
The man's eyes were wide open with tears – as his expression twist in pure agony. He screams in silence.
The others like him watched on – shivering in fear. They back into the walls – praying for god to save them from the silver haired demon.
There is no god.
Zero watched on as the transformation becomes more gruesome.
The bones being to jolt out of the body – stretching the skin until snaps were heard.
The bones jarred out of the body like broken sticks – taking the muscles and tendons along with it. They twist and turn until the abuse was too much before the muscles and tendons were all torn.
Strips of skins were used to knit the demolished pieces together.
It was wrong.
It was sick.
Zero feels nothing.
Instead, Zero drink in all the information – the data that he was collecting from this.
Zero knows how the transformation should occur – he felt the changes. But this was the first time he was seeing it.
He remembers his own transformation – it was not painful – there were no snaps or breaks or twisting into an unholy creature that he is witnessing before him.
No. Instead if had been quick and smooth – like melting into a new object – absorbing and reconstruction with a single transition –a sliding door.
This before him?
This was different.
The poor man finally finished his turning after twenty agonizing minutes. A large twisting thing he was – claws for hands and legs (but nearly not sharp enough to do any real damage to vampires or Shifters) - jagged teeth that imitates fangs (more suiting for bite and grip instead of bite and torn) – curved ears but no tail or secondary ears.
Pale white nothingness stared back.
The man had been blinded.
Zero stood stoically and documented all. His eyes were cold and calculating.
It seems like Shifter's poison was more vicious than Zero had first realized. It was designed to torture.
A sharp intake of air threw Zero's attention back to the creature (no longer a man) before him.
The creature twist and turn tying to free itself in desperation – as more and more blood cannels budges at an alarming rate.
The chest heaved up and down in rapid speed – as if the creature was trying its best to take in more oxygen – suffocating from an invisible barrier lodge in its throat.
Zero moves to help but the reaction was quicker this time – much too quick. In just a span of a blink of an eye – the creature let out a high pitched whine – the tissue, the organs, even the bones – everything melts like ice.
Yellow liquid dropped to the ground – before it dissipates into steam.
The sent of a terrible rot hits Zero's nose.
-/
It wasn't hatred or need to solve the mystery that Shizuka had presented to him that drove Zero to the tall oak doors.
It was merely curiosity and the knowledge that somehow these infected Level Es are connected to the silver Shifter's own questions that had led Zero to seek out the one pureblood Zero knows he can somewhat trust.
It had amazed Zero a little after he encountered the Vampire King.
The reason for Zero's violent first reaction to Kaname was not due to hatred but confusion.
All Zero's Shifter's sense had told him that the pureblood boy in front of him was pack.
This had confused Zero beyond reason simply because Zero knows that Kaname was a vampire and not a shifter.
Shifters calls to Shifters - this was the first time, Zero's Shifter instinct called to a vampire's.
Luckily, Kaname was too focused on Zero's attack to notice the silent call.
Zero had since suppressed all calls to Kaname.
But the feelings never left. Over time, the feeling of pack was extended to Kaname's inner circle along with Cross, Yagari, Kaito, and surprisingly Sayori.
The stoic girl who had the right head on her shoulders get along well with Zero's grimmer outlook in life.
Realistically speaking - both of them were being practical. In the world they live in - everything can easily kill them.
Still. Pack was pack. Shifter possessiveness nature comes down to the simple fact that you are either pack or nothing.
Yuuki was not included in Zero's world of view - and while Zero wanted to feel guilty about it - as the two of them had grew up together - Zero couldn't.
He just didn't feel either way about the girl.
He doesn't like nor hate Yuuki.
There was just nothing.
Yuuki is nothing.
Zero sighs and basks in the aura of the pureblood. Even parted by a heavy door, Zero can feel Kaname strongly. Zero hates the fact that his sense of pack was so tilted.
It's even worst, when Zero had to silently admit to himself that what he feels about Kuran Kaname was a lot more than nothing.
Kuran Kaname is rapidly approaching the rank of everything.
Since mating season had hit - Zero reached his first heat just a few days after his coming of adulthood.
Shizuka's weirdly timed "gift" was as if wishing Zero a happy 18.
Zero was not happy.
Zero had freaked out instead.
The young Shifter had expected the heat to be bad - but it was down right disturbing.
The urge to jump Kuran's bones was so strong that Zero had to flee in the sight of the pureblood.
After endless nights of shook up dreams - Zero had the hardest time to even look at the Night Prince's face.
Zero still sincerely hope this is all a phase.
Shaking himself from his thoughts, Zero gathers his courage and push forward.
It can't be helped.
Zero needs answers.
He needs to figure out what's happening.
He wants to compare blood samples of Kuran's clean blood against with Shizuka's poisoned blood to the Level Es blood and the infected human's blood.
Zero has a theory that his Shifter's poison had started something.
There were rumors that a deliberate bite from a Shifter could 'change' another creature – much like the purebloods. But there had not been any proof that those rumors.
Another theory is that – pureblood have a weird bond between their creations – influencing them even as the exhuman falls to Level E – as long as that one single command exist – the Level Es will carry it out.
Kaname was the only pureblood Zero knows and willing to ask.
-/
It took a few adjustments and a lot of calculations - but Zero did it.
Did this makes him a monster?
Absolutely.
Did he enjoy this?
No.
It was an act of evil. One that Zero was willing to make.
The vicious nature of a Shifter had grown stronger as the days pass.
Zero had embraced the instincts. It is who he his. He will not fight this.
Zero will control his actions and urges - steering them to fulfill a goal.
But he will not fight it.
The distorted, broken and twisted creatures lay upon his feet.
These creatures were once human. The diluted Shifter poison mixed with a drop of vampire blood had turned them feral and downright monstrous.
A new being with only one desire - to infect others.
It was a virus.
A masterpiece.
Zero shudders at the thought. It sounds too much like those crazy Level Es.
For the first time, Zero understood though. To create something - even if it was a mess - lit a sense of great pride in Zero.
It was a beautiful mess.
The experiment had been successful. The mixture of Shifter and Vampire venom had a very devastated effect on humans.
There are still a few things that confused Zero - a few unanswered questions.
Why does it feel so nature to turn and torture these humans?
Even if they committed horrible crimes - did they deserve this type of faith? Does anyone?
Zero's actions were too fluid - too smooth. It was as if these humans are no better than the animals they kill and eat.
It was...the nature thing to do.
Torture and kill. Infect and spread.
But why?
Why does it feel so nature? Feel so right?
Zero was perplex regarding his feelings.
He had always thought his job was to protect the humans.
Why is his instinct telling him to kill them all?
The bigger mystery was: how did Shizuka know what his instinct was telling him when Zero himself didn't even know?
-/
Zero stared calmly at the vampires as they pass him at the crossover.
The stoic Rima, Shiki, and Seiren move like dolls. The tall Kain hovers near his hyper cousin as Aidou send kisses to the girls. The cold beauty Ruka trail behind her beloved pureblood. The powerful and charming Kaname lead them all.
This was the sight Zero drank in.
A sense of peace filled the Shifter. His emotions slowly returning.
When Zero was experimenting - Zero had felt numb. His emotions was switch off and he didn't know how to get them back.
It was only after he return - seeing his pack - did his feelings slowly returns.
Zero fear one day that his pack would leave him.
The vampires have no clue what they mean to him. No idea how dear the silver boy holds them in his heart.
Cross, Yagari, and Kaito have so many duties that they are often away for weeks on end.
And while Sayori was pack - she was also human. Zero had nightmares in which he had killed her.
But the vampires - they were so far a constant. They are not humans. They do not leave the school for months and months with no communications.
Zero sees them almost everyday.
It would break Zero when they leave. When they walk away from Zero and not look back.
Zero wonder if things would be different if he hadn't hid from the vampires. If he had befriend them instead of shielding away.
It was too late now.
Zero had hid and pretends because he was scared and vulnerable. He was confused and lost - not knowing who to trust.
It wasn't his fault - not all of it.
But it saddens him to know that his pack - did not know they were his - and most importantly - did not know he was theirs.
-/
The nobles crowd together in the privacy of their vice-president's room as they freight over their beloved perfect.
"Zero looks paler than usual," Rima commented as she chewed thoughtfully at her pockey. "I don't think he has been eating."
"I don't think eating helps," Aidou voiced and everyone frowned in agreement.
Everyone thought the nobles would dislike the silver-haired perfect - with their given attitude (mostly from Ruka and Aidou). But everyone couldn't be more wrong.
The nobles only acted that way because they thought it would make Zero comfortable. The kid was a hunter before he was attacked and turned.
Another reason was because Zero had so pain staking pretend to hate them all. The nobles didn't have the heart to destroy Zero's little world - where Zero had thought the nobles didn't know.
Like when Zero made sure Rima and Shiki's stash of pockey was always filled. When Kain finds small hand made snacks at his desk (especially when Kain missed his meal due to serving punishment with his cousin). When healing creams conveniently find its way to Aidou after each punishment. When Seiren finds beautiful handmade jewelries on her birthday. When Ruka's having a bad day - her favorite flowers would fill her room.
Little things like those had really opened the nobles' eyes of Zero's caring side which the perfect had tried to hide behind his scowl and angry words.
Even the younger boy's biting words had often carried a undertone of concern.
Nobody was fooled for long - not when the nobles lived far longer and played the game of deceit before Zero was even born.
In fact, the nobles found the young boy's action very endearing.
Their pureblood was especially enchanted by the sliver-haired beauty - even if their king denies it harshly.
Why else would Kaname-sama tease Zero so?
But the boy had gotten very pale lately. Movement sluggish and tired.
Everyone was worried.
Their concern only grew after Shizuka had visited their school.
It took all their control to not run and protect their little angel.
Kaname-sama was in a bad mood weeks after and had taken to stalk the younger boy.
Even though the Pureblood had said he needed answer - the nobles knows that another part of their King was just as worried as they were.
Everyone had taken a turn watching and protecting the boy.
It was hard though, because sometimes, Zero would disappear into the shadows and they would lose sight of the hunter.
Kaname-sama would go into a worry rage when that happens.
The nobles knew that it wouldn't take much more to push the pureblood into taking the boy as his.
With the tension between the Vampire Council and Hunter Associate - along with the weird Level E attacks - Kaname-sama was about to loose all his control and chain the little hunter forever.
"He needs blood," Seiren said. "He needs Kaname-sama."
-/
Kaname hissed when Zero disappear again. No matter how many times he tried to follow the perfect, somehow Zero would always manage to shake Kaname off his tail.
The Pureblood decided that enough was enough.
He won't be putting up with this any longer.
When Zero returns to the Academy - they will have a long and very serious talk.
The Pureblood stew and sulk as the night drags on.
Where had the hunter gone to?
What is he doing?
Was he alright?
Since the first time Kaname had found Zero attacking the crazy Level Es - Zero had only did so once or twice more.
Kaname had watch in fascination when Zero gather the Level Es blood and seal them away.
Kaname was proud but also confused when Zero saved children from abusers but then disappear with the human criminals.
Kaname was worried sick when Zero came back with eyes looking dead and cold.
The Vampire King was no closer in finding out what's going on.
Pieces were given but scattered.
When Zero had came to Kaname asking about Vampire and masters and level Es, he knew that Zero was looking into the crazy Level Es Shizuka had created.
Kaname answered the best he could – but from the conversation they had – it seems that the Hio Princess might have given a very specific instruction to her Level Es before setting them loose onto the world.
Whatever Zero's theory was – the hunter continues to keep it close and refuse to share.
Kaname had thought he could figure it out by following the boy around – but he was wrong.
Patience wearing thin and the needs to know how to protect Zero from Shizuka and her creations – Kaname went to seek out the mad princess.
There is only one game. One master. One Knight.
Zero is his.
Days and weeks of vast resources and look out – before Kaname had finally tracked down the Hio Princess.
She was already drawing her last breathe.
The mad princess was decaying in the most painful way. Kaname thought she should have suffer more for all that she had done to his Zero.
Zero's brother, Ichiru had tried to defend the dying female - but a human is no match to a pureblood.
Kaname had tossed the boy harshly and broke a good amount of bones.
"Hello Kuran," the dying Pureblood greeted.
Kaname ignore the greeting and got straight down to business. "What did you do to those Level Es"
The Hio princess smiled and reached towards the moon. "It was a gift for my beloved childe. Something that he need."
Kaname raise a brow. "And what would that be?"
Pale eyes stared into win orbs, "An army" she whispered with her dying breathe.
-/
TBC
Groan. I'm sorry. This is getting out of control. I keep on trying to get to KxZ smut but the freaking plot keep on getting in the way.
I'm not sure how to "show" the answer of who's the enemy is- when I just want to come out and say it. But I was told that's not how stories should be written and that I need to "show" instead of "tell" my readers.
Another thing is - when the enemy is revealed I need to then get a backstory ready to explain it a bit and not throw it out to people.
This at this point had prevented KxZ .
Gaaaaahhhhh!
I am trying to set things up for a smooth transition and not a rush one - but it's getting to me when I am deny of my KxZ moments.
Wish me luck on the next extension. Hopefully I will be able to get into the zone and get my vampire loving soon.
with love,
Kaen307
Ps. I really want to end this before finish my other plots. Please bare with me. I will get other bunnies out in the field soon.