38: The end… or is it?
I don't own V.K and it belongs to its rightful owners anything else belongs to NR13. And I want to thank all of my loyal fans for their constant support and reading Monochrome Kiss, I hope you guys enjoyed it as much as I loved writting it. Now Monochrome Kiss is complete...
I come back to my senses but then I realize that Mom is dead. I swing my legs over and get dressed into my clean uniform. I go downstairs and I run up to Dad.
"Aka!" he hugs me tightly as we sob. I pull back to catch a glimpse of his face.
"I'm so sorry Daddy," my voice waters, he just hugs me tighter then sobs quietly.
"The funeral's going to be later today my love so I'll come to pick you up around 6ish," I nod then tell him that I have some things to do. I go to Zero's usual spot, I'm about to come out of the shadows until I sense Yuki with him. So I stay emerged in the shadows, after she sinks her fangs into him and she leaves, I come out.
"How long were you there for?" he asks as I stand next to him and watch the rising sun.
"The whole time and I know that you're not capable of choosing so I finally came to terms with it," I whisper then look down, he doesn't say anything so I turn on my heel to leave but he catches my wrist.
"I'm sorry," I shrug but he keeps an iron grip on me. "I'm sorry about your mother Akahanna," I nod but it brings back the tears again. I wipe them away with my sleeve but he hugs me,
"You know *sniffle* you should probably go and get those wounds healed up right?" I manage to say as I poke at his shoulder from the lashed he got from the Artemis Rod. He smiles slightly,
"Maybe you want to come and bandage it up for me?" he teases,
"Maybe." I answer playfully; he scoops me up in his arms and mumbles into my ear
"And maybe I'll let you do what you been dying to do too." I snicker so we re-treat back into his room where I clean up his wounds. I continue to work in silence because it takes a lot of my concentration to bandage his shoulder right. North to south so the blood can travel… I repeat over and over in my head as I wrap the cloth. Once when I'm finish I tell him about the funeral later today.
"So do you want me to come with you?" he glances at me, I shrug.
"Only if you want to, and c'mon you said you do what I wanted you to do for me." I pat him on his back, he stands up then I change into some shorts as he takes off his belt.
"What are you doing?" I ask confused.
"Taking my belt off so it doesn't dig into my stomach and you ready?" I nod then we lay do on the floor; his feet are next to my head and vice versa.
"1," I start.
"2," he continues
"3!" I exclaim as we lift up our legs that are touching each other's and we begin to leg wrestle. I struggle to knock his leg over because he's crazy strong now since well consuming Ichiru. But his strength weakens a little causing me to knock his leg over but somehow my foot slams down onto his, well…
"AH! MY JUNK!" he rolls over covering his jewels. I hover over him,
"OHMIGOD ZERO! I'M SO SORRY!" I apologize by bowing to him. He eventually calms down but looks at me with scared eyes. "Baby! I'm so sorry!" I apologize again but he flinches a bit.
"You're not getting laid for a long time!" I slap his back but he sticks his tongue out at me. "Just kidding! Haha you fell for it!" I get up to leave because in 3 hours Dad's going to pick me up and then comes the funeral. I empty my room as I change into my black Greek styled dress. I'm going to miss this place; I close the door to my room and go downstairs. I'm about to leave the Moon Dorm when someone calls out
"Akahanna wait!" I turn around and it's Ichijou, he stops in front of me and asks
"Where're you going?" I tell him about my mother and he nods, "I'm sorry Akahanna; do you want me to come and join you?" I shake my head
"No it's fine, it's just me who's going." I lie then he grabs my hand,
"Oh well I guess I'll see you around then." He gives me his smile that I love so much
"Yeah, bye Ichijou." I kiss his cheek then leave to the gate where Dad and Zero wait for me. I get in and we pull back into the Ceil Estate.
The funeral's packed as the vampires pay their respects to my mother, Dad and I are sitting near the casket as Zero hands out food. We go to the graveyard near the house to bury her, the undertaker does a ceremony and everyone's quiet and it's occasionally broken by Dad's and I's sobs. After the last patch of earth covers her, everyone begins to leave but Dad pulls me away and onto a hilltop.
"Dad, what are you going to do now?" I question, he looks at me then attempts to smile but you can tell that it hurts him enough to do that.
"I guess just retreat back into the Estate and do what I can I guess, if you're asking if I plan to remarry then no."
"Why not? You deserve to be happy,"
"But you being happy will be my joy Akahanna, I want you to live and I'll be fine; besides all of my wives end up dead." He attempts to joke and puts on a strong face that masks the pain. "Whatever you do I will support you all the way." I nod then hug him one last time.
"Zero," I find him in Mother's studio. He turns around,
"What's up?"
"C'mon we're leaving," I grab his wrist.
"To where?" I take him out to the stables where we mount Spirit,
"To Vampire Hunter Association," then I pull on her reins and we run off to the direction of the Association and ride into the night.
Hey! You thought that was the end?! I loved writting Monochrome Kiss so keep your eyes peeled open towards May because Monochrome Kiss has a sequel! Check everyday on my home page to see if the sequel is out! (Hunter's Game) so review and if you want PM me if you have any ideas in what should happen next! Again thanks for everything! - Hazuki Minuju (author to Monochrome Kiss)