Vampire Knight
Convicted
A VK Fanfiction
The rain was slamming against the window, causing the glass to quiver as the thunder made the wooden panes tremble. Lightning lit up the dark sky, the stars were hidden by the thick storm clouds. Zero ignored it as he swept away the eraser shavings with his hand.
"Do you think Mom and Dad are safe?"
He looked up, seeing Ichiru staring out the window, facing the storm unafraid as lightning cracked across the sky, illuminating his twin. It was rare evening where it was just the two of them. Zero pushed himself off of the floor and walked to his twin.
"Come away from the window, Ichiru."
Ichiru glanced over his shoulder at his twin. Zero stepped forward and put his hand on his shoulder, feeling his bones through his thin pyjama top. Ichiru had not been feeling all too well as of late, and he hadn't been eating as much as he should. He felt so frail to Zero, and it frustrated him that he couldn't do anything about it.
Ichiru turned back to face the storm, "Zero, I want to become strong."
Zero stared at Ichiru. No one could see how strong Ichiru truly was, fighting his own battles every day inside his own body. Zero wished that the Hunters wouldn't refer to his twin as weak. Zero pulled Ichiru into his arms, hugging him tightly.
"Ichiru, you are strong. I believe this. I know this," Zero proclaimed and his voice echoed around him.
Zero opened his eyes, they were no longer in one of their old childhood homes, they were in a cell below Cross Academy and Zero was holding Ichiru close to him. Ichiru had shot him, and both were bleeding out on the hard cold concrete floor. Ichiru's hand was laid upon Bloody Rose, his fingertips just touched the bell that Shizuka Hio wore. The little bell chimed.
"Zero…I miss you, sometimes," Ichiru admitted softly, slowly raising his arms to wrap around Zero. "But we can be one, right?" Zero felt his shoulder ache, his blood was seeping down his cold skin, soaking his shirt while Ichiru smiled, "Sorry, for shooting you, Onii-san."
"Don't be," Zero hugged his twin tighter.
Ichiru chuckled, the sound brushed against Zero's ear and made his hair stand on end, "But a Vampire needs blood, right, Zero? You can have mine…not hers…"
"Hers?" Zero looked past Ichiru. There were no longer in the cell where Zero had eaten his twin. They were in a lounge, much like the one at their last house where his parents were attacked by Shizuka Hio.
Blood had splattered all over the walls, it was dripping from the paintings, seeping down the walls like a waterfall. The furniture was stained red, the rusty smell of blood filled the air with the lingering scent of some home cooking. Kaito, was in the corner, unmoving and staring at Zero with the same kind of hated defeat that Zero had seen once…with his own brother when Kaito and Zero were out in the log cabin and they had found Kaito's brother as a Level E.
"Not hers, Zero," Ichiru repeated again.
And then Zero saw it. She was laying on the floor, her skin was whiter than snow and had no warm blush in her cheeks that Zero had gotten used too. Her eyes that once sparkled with the zest for life that Zero had once held so dear to his heart was slowly fading, dimming as she reached out for him weakly.
She was lying in a pool of blood, it was smeared on the tiled floor as she dug her fingernails into the ground and dragged herself towards Zero. Zero sitting on the corner now, not far from him his twin was laying under the threshold of the room, his eyes hidden by his long hair. Zero felt hot, too hot. Zero lifted his hand to reach for his gun that was beside him, but it had vanished. Zero looked at where his gun had lay but saw his hand, covered in dark red blood. He lifted his hand to his eyes when the girl had reached him.
Her hands were warm as she caressed his cheeks, kindly, softly. Her blue eyes met his and she smiled weakly. Her hands were warm, fully drenched in blood like her clothes, her neck and her hair. Her fingertips caressed Zero, her thumb tracing over his bottom lip. Zero's eyes drank in every detail of her kind face, she was covered in bruises and bumps, his eyes trailed down to her neck where his heart froze. The skin on her neck was ripped open, blood was rushing from her flesh and saturating her skin. She forced Zero to look back at her.
"Not her…Zero…," Kira whispered weakly, her voice was so soft and cracked. Tears began spilling from Kira's eyes, mixing with the blood. Kira wrapped her arms around Zero and he could feel her heartbeat pounding against his chest. It was beating so quickly and it began to slow.
Slower.
Slower.
And it stopped.
"Kira?" Zero called out. He wrapped his arms around her but she was so small compared to him, so small. So fragile, "Kira-chan? Answer me!"
Kira fell against him, her body limp like a doll. Zero gathered her in his arms, shaking her and calling her name until his voice grew hoarse. He couldn't cry, the tears wouldn't fall from his eyes. He clung to her, held her close to his chest until he looked up and saw Yuuki standing in front of him, with Kaname standing in front of her. She was holding her neck, tears streaming down her cheeks but Zero looked at Kuran. He gathered Kira up in his arms.
"Help her. Help her, Kaname. Bring her back, please," he begged, holding Kira out to him, "Please."
"You've killed her, Zero. You've killed everyone," he answered.
"And it is the job of a Vampire Hunter to kill Vampires," Zero froze. He glanced over his shoulder and standing in the light, the sword held in his hands. Brown eyes that looked almost black never left Zero's as he raised his sword high above his head.
Zero watched as the man walked to stand right in front of Zero, hands trembling as he held the hilt of the sword higher. His silver hair was longer, the same colour as Zero's. His breathing was shallow and loud, and he never took his eyes off of Zero, even as he brought the blade of the sword down with a mighty force.
Zero stared. Stunned, looking up at the man who had just driven the blade through his body. He swallowed hard, "Dad?"
A/N: Bwahahahahaha.
Confused? Good.
Now you have to read the next chapter, bwahahaha. (If you want)
Thank you for faving, reviewing and following. This will probably be the second last update EVER on Vampire Knight: Innocence. Everything will now be posted on the sequel Vampire Knight Convicted.
Thank you so much for reading my story, I really hope all of you will enjoy what is to come!
- Kera (SBDI)
