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Here is the bonus chapter. I'm coming back to some key moments of the story from the point of view of other characters than Yuuki. I hope you enjoy it.


Bonus chapter

Kaien

Kaien Cross knew that at some point, he would have to let his little girl go, but that did not mean that he wanted to. Kaien was a troubled man, he knew what mistakes he had made in the past. This time however, when his adoptive daughter left his office just after telling him she wanted to go to another school, he did not know what he had done wrong. He could see on her face that she did not feel well in this Academy anymore, and he knew that it was probably partially his fault, but he could not pinpoint the exact reason. So, he said yes, he let her go.

The feeling of loss hit him two days after Yuuki moved to Shinrinchi, when Zero went back to school as well. He remained alone in his kitchen, unable to move, unable to go to his office despite the huge pile of work he had to do. He missed her, she was not only his daughter, she was the child of the only woman he ever loved, and she left him. He started regretting his decision at this point, but what else could he do?

Eventually, he got back to work, he got back to being his happy self for the world to see, but deep down, the wound was still open. He was meditating in his office, using a new technique that included grilled tea leaves, when Kaname knocked on his door. For once, he took him by surprise, the dorm president was usually not the type of person to come in unannounced. He was short of breath too, that was weird.

"Headmaster you have to come with me." was the only thing he said.

Kaien followed him, got in a car and then, Kaname told him what happened. He said that he had lied to him, that he was not proud of it but that he had had to. The rest of his explanation became blurred in Kaien's head; of it, he only kept the first sentence: Juri and Haruka were alive. He would get to see his friends again. The car stopped, he got out with Kaname. They were in the middle of nowhere, the only thing he could see on one side was a forest, and on the other, a cliff with a cave at its base. Kaname walked toward the entrance of the cave. Kaien went after him. Once inside, it looked more like a luxurious room than a cave, it was well furnished, and a chandelier provided enough light for them to see. There were three people in this room. The first one was not familiar, he definitely looked like a Kuran, but Kaien did not recognize him. Maybe he should have paid more attention to what Kaname had said after all. The next person got up when he spotted them. Kaien was relieved to see that he was indeed Haruka, a tired-looking Haruka but still. Finally, he saw her. Much like her husband, Juri looked tired, but she was still the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.


Zero

She left me, he thought. As every morning since Yuuki had left, Zero woke up to that one thought that haunted him. He knew he did not have the right to be angry at her, not after what he had done to her. Yet, Zero Kiryuu was completely in the middle of the angry phase of grief. It followed the sadness of the beginning and the guilt that came right after. Actually, the guilt had not disappeared yet. He could not help but think that it was partially his fault that she went to another school. After all, what sane human would wish to stay with somebody who drew blood out of them on a regular basis?

He kept doing his stupid disciplinary committee duties alone. Sometimes, he even forgot that Yuuki was not here and he called her when he saw a silhouette in the night. Half of the time, it was a night class student and it made him look like a fool. He did not really care.

The hunger had started approximately two weeks after Yuuki left. He had managed with a few blood tablets, but he still rejected it for the most part, and he had to admit, he was starving, and it had not gotten easier with the passing weeks. He would have to deal with it one day or another. The only thing he could hope for at this moment was that the Guild would give him missions. He had requested it the previous week, this way, he could drink from his targets.

To sum it up, the only reason why he was glad that Yuuki was gone was the announcement of the imminent arrival of three new purebloods. He did not want Yuuki anyway near the adult Kurans.


Kaname

He stood in the cave and looked at his "parents" and "grandfather" getting up. Juri and Haruka came to him directly and wrapped him in their embrace. They knew he was not their real son, but they had always treated him as if he was. People said that purebloods often got mad because they lived for too long and they forgot what emotions were. Yet, there he was, the oldest vampire alive, feeling like a little boy in his parents' arms. As the love, joy and relief came crashing in his mind, he realised how much he had missed them, how alone he had been in the past ten years. The common belief was wrong old age did not make one forget their feelings. He got a hold of himself quickly and returned to his straight face, he withdrew from the embrace and bowed slightly to Haruka and Juri. As usual, the two of them did not restrain from expressing their feelings, they greeted him warmly before moving to Kaien who obviously was as excited as them.

Kaname walked to Hayato, bowed to him as was expected when meeting an elder and started talking with him. The former king was way more reserved than his children. Kaname could feel that Hayato knew who was. Yet, he acted as he would have with a grandson he had never met. They looked alike in the way that they were both very calm. After a quick chat, they turned to look at the three others talking passionately and starting to discuss what had happened in the last decade. A cave was not exactly the most appropriate places of all to do that. However, they could not go back to the Kuran mansion, Kaname started thinking, as they were still very weak, they needed protection. And Kaname needed to observe Hayato as well as bring Yuuki back, maybe their presence at the academy would allow that.


Hayato

Cross Academy. Why did he not think about it when he was king? He was amazed at the cohabitation between students. He had been here for the last couple of days but had remained quiet most of the time. He was still evaluating the situation; besides, he did not really know Kaien nor Kaname. He simply watched them as Kaien showed them all his photos and explained how life had been.

He had a granddaughter, from how she looked in the photo, she took her eyes from her father, her hair colour from her mother and her sweet and joyous temperament from both of them. Then why would she go away from her family? Kaien and Kaname did not seem to know the answer, yet, when looking closely, Hayato could pinpoint a few reasons. They all thought that she was an obedient, happy child but cutting her hair before high school was clearly a first rebellion, a warning for Kaname and Kaien. One they had missed. As for his children, they did not seem to understand why she would go either, maybe because they remembered a fragile five-year-old. He, however, could see why a kid would feel trapped in this situation, being overprotected by various persons who should not even see her. It only seemed right that she would explode. A few days later, he encountered another reason. A silver-haired boy came to Kaien's house. He seemed to know the place well, which only confirmed what Hayato had been thinking, he was the last Kiryuu who was adopted by Kaien. What stroke him was his smell, he could recognize the blood of his family running through his veins. He had drunk from her. His children had felt it too, they tensed but did not move and let him do what he had to do in the house. The boy did it with murderous glances.

The three of them started adapting to their new life, slowly regaining their forces. Human holidays where just around the corner and that meant one thing: he would meet Yuuki.


Juri

Seeing her daughter again was not something Juri Kuran had anticipated, especially not as a human. She knew the girl would not recognise her and a multitude of questions crossed her mind. Would she be capable of not hugging her? Would she have changed? Would she like them? She was nervous, and it only got worse when Kaien and the boy went out to welcome her as her car approached. Kaien had showed her pictures so at least she knew what the child looked like. She seemed happy with Kaien even if the latter had told them that it had not always been easy especially at the beginning. Sitting on the couch, she reached for her husband's hand. Through their blood bond, she could feel his nervousness as well.

She felt her enter the house, using her exceptional hearing she overheard her greetings to Kaname. Two things bothered her. First, she called him "Lord", how could he let his sister call him that? Second, she seemed way more sarcastic than Juri had anticipated. Yuuki stood in the doorway of the living room and her eyes went from Hayato, to Haruka, to her. Juri was unable to speak, she felt that Haruka was in the same state as her. They had their daughter in front of their eyes. Her hair was way longer than on the last picture. She wore a green uniform in which she seemed very comfortable. She smiled but Juri could see in her eyes that she was evaluating them, watching them closely. She was definitely not the naïve little girl they had left anymore. Noticing their distress, Hayato was the first to greet her. Juri and her husband remained silent while the young girl bowed to them and disappeared in her room. Kaname followed her and when he came back, the Kiryuu boy went to her room as well. A few minutes later, they smelled Yuuki's blood. The vase in front of her exploded, she was not able to contain her anger.

"Get used to it, it is Yuuki's wish." her son said.

Nobody was at ease in this room. Therefore, it was a good thing that Yuuki came back alone. Juri could still not talk to her, but Haruka asked her a lot of questions about her school which she answered carefully. She was quiet and watched her daughter trying to memorize every last one of her features. The only thing she wanted to do at this moment was to hug her and tell her how sorry she was for abandoning her, but she could not. Amidst this reflexion, she heard her father ask the question Haruka apparently was afraid to ask.

"Did you cut yourself Yuuki?"

That is when Juri realised that her daughter was way further from the innocent child she had been than she imagined: she could lie without any problem.


Haruka

He did not expect his daughter to turn out this way under Kaien's watch. Sure, she had his wife's sweetness and his own calm nature, but she also had her grandfather's and brother's calculating mind. He thought she would have taken a funny craziness from Kaien but the girl he had observed for the last couple of days was cold behind the warm smile. There was a sadness in her soft gaze and something majestic and lonely in her way of standing. She might not be a pureblood anymore, but she sure acted like one. It was even more obvious one day after she had a fight with their son. She appeared in the living room wearing a dress with a deep neckline that was eons from what she wore the previous days and in the pictures. To make it even worse, she wore heels, makeup and her hair was up. She was impressive. Kaname did not react too well to the fact that she was going out with people he knew nothing about.

While she was gone, Haruka talked with his wife alone:

"I overheard one of her phone calls, she might have a boyfriend, don't you think it's her friends from her school who made her turn this way. It doesn't look like her, this outfit, this behaviour." Juri lamented.

"What is like her, love? I don't believe any of us in this house know who she really is. What I believe, however, is that we need to support her no matter what, she is our daughter, it doesn't matter that she doesn't remember us. We have the advantage of feeling unconditional love toward her and of not knowing how she was in this academy. We should support her as much as we could."

Juri had a harder time processing these thoughts than he did. He had noticed that she often left early in the morning and went sword training for long hours. One morning he followed her and after a few minutes of watching her and her surprisingly good technique, he interrupted her and let her know that she could trust him and his wife. His daughter genuinely smiled and seemed to appreciate his support she thanked him warmly. Nothing had been harder in his long life than refraining from hugging her at this very moment as she smiled at him.

Soon however, she was gone.


Aruto

She accepted. Aruto could not believe his ears when she told him that she would come live with him. She moved in the next week. He had prepared the suite in front of his for her. It was weird how much he needed to be around a human like this.

He grew accustomed to her presence pretty quickly. They spent time in the library or the gardens but what he enjoyed most was when she went to bed. He would wait for fifteen minutes and when he felt her heartbeat slowing, he would sneak into her room and watch her fall asleep. He knew she had seen him several time, but he did not really mind, besides he could not stop himself from doing it. One day, she woke up completely however and stared back at him. That is when she said something unexpected:

"Do you want to sleep here?"

She could not restrain herself from teasing him after he watched her as if she suddenly had a third eye. From this day on, he slept in her room, next to her. He never tried anything but sleeping with her, even if she was considered a weak creature by his kind, was magical: it got rid of his nightmares. Slowly but surely, he started wanting more than just this friendship. Was that the reason that pushed him to give her blood, he could not tell. He kept telling himself that it was for convenience or that he just wanted her to have a little more power so that she could more easily be considered his equal no matter how improbable that was. All those sweet excuses he had made for himself turned to ashes when she asked him to drink hers. If she had not cut herself, he might have resisted but smelling it got the best of him. He had been craving it. Her blood was sweet, it carried all of her emotions, her sadness, her determination. He refused to see what she thought of him however.

They were together most of the time, he was with her for the winter ball, he was with her when her father reacted badly to her outfit, he was with her for her birthday and he was with her when she met his parents. Most of the time, their relationship was based on respect and trust that they could do anything together, but for meeting his parents, he could not help but believe that they would reject her. How could they not? She was a human. He could not have been more wrong, they loved her, especially his mother. They had to have felt the same respect toward her as he did. Realising that, his tension eased, and he was able to fully enjoy her birthday. It was the small things he liked the most, her amazement at the mountains, talking in their heads even though they were near each other, watching her with their friends. The day could not have been more perfect, they ended up in her bedroom where they shared their blood, once again, a perfect way to end the day. They looked into each other's eyes for a while and before he could realize what was happening, Yuuki's lips were on his. He responded to it, softly, as if he could not believe it. He had wanted those lips for ages, and there they were, kissing sweetly and slowly. He wanted to deepen the kiss but feared that it would break something, so he just continued enjoying it knowing it could not be their last.

There was only one downfall to this kiss, it made it even harder to let her leave for the holidays.


Kaien

When he saw the picture Yuuki had sent him, he was upset. He was not exactly mad that she wore dress with a plunging neckline. What upset him really, was that he felt his control over her was lessening. He feared she would not want to be his daughter anymore, even more so now that Haruka and Juri had returned.

Those were the thought Kaien was having when he was preparing the ball. He felt a little bad leaving Yuuki to arrive on her own. He had written a note and left the dress Kaname gave her in her room. She loved this dress, she would probably wear it, anything but the dress she wore at Shinrinchi. He had not showed it to the Kurans and feared their reactions. He was the headmaster of one of the best schools in the country and except for Kaname, all of his students would obey him if he asked them something whether it was at of respect or fear of his hunter skills. Yuuki however would not, not since she moved to Shinrinchi. After all, he was just like any parents he was afraid that his kid would slip through his fingers. And he responded like he used to when he was still working for the Guild: with anger.

Yuuki would anger him once again that night. He was with Haruka and Juri when she arrived.


Juri

She was chatting with her husband and her friend when her daughter made an entrance that was hard to miss. The dress she wore made her look… imperial… and dangerous. Juri did not like it, it was not the modesty she would have liked to teach her. Kaien's reaction however was a little too negative to her taste. Sure, she provoked him but that was not a reason to look this way. She came to her daughter's rescue and overcame her disapproval. Yuuki seemed thankful only to look uneasy again the next second when Kaname arrived. They got angry with each other but Yuuki still agreed to dancing with him. When they were gone, Juri turned to Kaien:

"I don't approve either, but there is no denying she looks pretty. Look Kaien, I know you don't like her changing but she is not going to be a baby all her life. She's rebelling, it's normal at that age."

She continued watching her two children dancing. Yuuki could have screamed that she did not want to be with him, it would have had the same effect. Her face was closed, and she tensed a little more every time he whispered something in her ear. She was sure that Yuuki would want to get out as soon as the music ended. That is what she tried to do but Haruka stopped her.


Haruka

Dancing with his daughter, he felt her calm down. Good, at least she did not hate him or distrust him. He had looked at her quietly for most of the evening and he was sure of one thing, she was miserable around her family. He was convinced that she would give anything to go back to school rather than staying with Kaien, Kaname and Zero.

That did not go any better during the holidays. Kaien and Yuuki were always fighting. It came to a point when Haruka went to see his friend in his office and asked him why he was so harsh with her. He could almost see the tears in Kaien's eyes when he told him all he had been thinking since Yuuki left their house.

The climax of their arguments came when Kaien told Yuuki that he had asked the Guild to send hunters to her school. Yuuki left and slammed the door of her bedroom. Haruka tried to follow her to calm her but he stopped in front of the door when he realized he was not important enough to her to change anything. Upon going back to the living room, he crossed Zero and gave him a reproachful look. He knew the young hunter would feed from Yuuki again. He was surprised when he did not smell her blood that evening.

In his bed when Juri joined him, he put his arm around her shoulder as he usually did and told her:

"Don't you think we should turn her back?"

"Just give her a little more time in the sun."

"She obviously hates it."

"No, she does not."

He did not feel like arguing with her that night. There was enough anger in this house.


Kaname

Kaien had finally decided to talk with Yuuki to try and sort out their problems, Kaname was glad. He was enjoying the first calm evening of the holidays with Haruka, Juri, Hayato, Kaien and unfortunately Zero. Haruka asked if he wanted to play chess. That activity with his "father" was one of the rare things Kaname actually liked doing and probably the only one that was unrelated to Yuuki. Haruka took the game out and was setting it when Zero suddenly got up startling everyone. Kaname was hurt in his self esteem when he detected the presence of an intruder seconds after the hunter. The others were quick to notice it as well. Kaien opened the door and Zero was the first one out with his gun ready to face the enemy. The said enemy took the form of a woman or rather a noble vampire most likely around their age. She apparently was not aware that purebloods would be there and bowed stiffly when she noticed them.

"I'm sorry to disturb you, I need to talk to Miss Cross, she has to come with me right away." the girl said.

Zero expressed their shared feelings very well with his overly aggressive manners but had he not spoken Kaname might have hit her before talking. He always did drastic things when Yuuki's safety was at stake, and he particularly disliked that a vampire wanted to take her away. His anger might have grown even more if Yuuki had not gotten out looking bossy with a suitcase and announced that she was leaving early.

Kaname could not decide on what shocked him most. The fact that the girl called Yuuki a lady or that the said lady left without an explanation. That night with Kaien and his parents, he exploded. Or rather he exploded the windows and shouted:

"I want to know everything about that girl and I don't want her anywhere near Yuuki. Transfer her to the Night Class, I'd better keep her on sight, so she won't do any harm!"

"Are you sure? Yuuki did not react well last time we tried to intervene in her life outside of this academy." Juri pointed out.

A few weeks later, after Arisa's transfer, Kaname was barely calming down from these events when another one made him even angrier if that was possible. The Kurans were meeting the Tomas in their manor. Kaname had not come back to this place for a long time but its familiarity was comforting. The Tomas were not exactly friends with his family and Kaname despised them even more now that he knew they lived next to Shinrinchi. After the problem with Arisa, he had done his researched around Yuuki's school and not only did he discover that there was a property of the Tomas less than three miles away but the heir, Aruto, also went to Shinrinchi. That made him question whether Yuuki was hiding even more than he imagined. Could she know about the presence of a pureblood near her and not tell him? Kaname brought up the subject rather offensively he did not tell him that he already knew about his academic activities but instead tried to determine if the young pureblood would lie. He did not, and he knew Yuuki even if not well. What pissed Kaname more than anything was his nonchalance and passive aggressiveness when he talked about her. If he could have killed him on the spot, he would have.


Zero

Zero had rarely seen a pureblood as openly angry as Kaname when he came back from the manor. Haruka explained what had happened. To be fair, Zero almost agreed with his all-time rival, the only thing was that no matter how much he wanted Yuuki to come back this minute, he had learned it was not a good idea to try forcing her. Instead, he took the decision to go to Shinrinchi without telling the others and see for himself. The next week-end was a perfect time, besides, he would get a chance to see Kaito whom he had not met for the last four years.

He took a taxi to go there on the Saturday. He arrived in the middle of the morning and went straight for Yuuki's room of which he knew the number after sneaking in Kaien's office. He knocked on the door, but nobody answered. He knew she was not the type to wake up early, yet she should have heard the noise. She must have gone out, he thought despite the bad feeling he had. The fact that he felt the presence of a lot of vampires only added up to his worries. Could Yuuki have lied? He called Kaito to try and meet him. The hunter had an apartment in the school, so he came as soon as Zero called. The latter was so stressed that he did not even greet his friend properly, he asked out of the blue:

"Do you know where Yuuki is?"

Kaito seemed a bit startled and took time before answering:

"At her place I guess…"

"No, she is not in her room I just spent ten minutes banging on her door."

"Hum… She does not live there anymore…" Kaito replied after hesitating.

"What?"

Zero could see Kaito was not at ease, he tried working around his question and did not answer clearly. He was losing patience when Yuuki and a man who could only be Aruto Toma fell on them. Yuuki was mad. She directly attacked Kaito verbally. Zero watched the scene with an astonished face and started fearing his childhood friend for the first time when she took a knife out of nowhere and held it to Kaito's throat. Of course, the hunter responded the same way. Yuuki was not supposed to be so fast and skilled. She was not supposed to be offensive either. Zero had to do something. At the same time as the pureblood, he put himself between his friends to stop the fight. That is when Yuuki acknowledged his presence. She took him to her office, her being president had shocked him too. As expected, they argued, but Zero could not recognize her. He was afraid, he did not understand the situation, so he did the only thing that could help him sort this out. He bit her. Against her will. He knew he should not have, but as soon as he did, Yuuki's memories started rushing in his mind. He saw her against Asato Ichijou and the hunter president, he saw her with the entire Toma clan, and even worse, he saw her with that guy. She lived with him, she slept with him, she kissed him, she let him drink her blood! Yuuki did not react well to his bite. She had changed so much, he could not recognize her in her threatening attitude.

Zero could not remember what had happened after she had told him she would let her boyfriend bite her if he talked, he was too shocked. He woke up the next day in Kaito's apartment. His friend told him that Aruto Toma had put him to sleep and advised him to go back to Cross Academy to seek help from Kaien before dealing with the situation. Still in emotional distress, he took a cab. He arrived at the house, Kaien and the Kurans waited for him in the living room:

"Zero, where were you? Do you have any idea how stressed I was?" Kaien said and reached for a hug.

Zero did not dodge him for once.

"Shinrinchi." he whispered.

Everybody tensed.

"What did you learn?" Juri asked anxiously.

"She lives with him… Aruto Toma."