Chapter- Selfish Love


"You look upset!"

Ruka Souen almost filched at the unfamiliar tone that got her attention suddenly from behind. When she turned she was not only surprised but equally shocked to see that it was Seiran. Yes the ever stoic Seiran, standing few feet distance from her with her arms crossed before her chest. There was no emotion in her voice but surely there was the pitiful tone that Ruka was able to pick up.

"Can I sit with you?" Ruka just stared at the female in a bit of shock.

As far as Ruka knew Seiran, she was going to sit anyways after all the grey haired female did not take command from anyone but the head of the Kuran family. Then why was she suddenly seeking for permission?

Just as Ruka predicted Seiran did sit down before Ruka could voice out her permission.

"Kaname-sama is very upset;" Ruka started the conversation while with her fingers playing with the hem of her skirt. "Right…?"

"He has a beautiful smile and I would have never known that if not blessed with the privilege to see so." Seiran stated confusing Ruka with her words. "I have seen him laugh, freely from the bottom of his heart with no tension in his head or over his shoulders."

Seiran did not even have to ask nor did she have to check, she knew she had the honey eyed females full attention. After all if there is anything that intrigued Ruka the most it is Kaname Kuran.

"That human girl, is she like the same as Yuki-sama?" Ruka questioned. "…A pureblood turned human?...is it why he has chosen her?"

"He never chose her." Seiran added in simple tone. "Nor did Kaname-sama ever saw her as his destiny. He sees her as a present from his Creator."

There was a period of silence between the two female.

"What he did to Yuki-sama is not right." Ruka added looking up watching the moon that is on its path to set.

"What he did to Aiyora-sama was also not right?" Seiran was expecting some sort of reply from the other female but receiving none she decided to proceed.

"I have heard that he wiped out the entire Hanadagi line. I think it is safe to presume he slaughtered her siblings' right before her eyes?"

"You are correct!"

"Meaning their beginning was caused by bloodshed." Seiran actually could not bring herself to agree with that point of Ruka.

"Their relationship is like the tides of the sea."

Ruka once more turned towards Seiran understanding from her voice that there is more to the tale.

"I was there to witness their first ever meeting." Off-course she accompanied him. Ruka thought.

"Actually we all were there." Ruka raised her eyebrow at that because she could not recall seeing Kaname and Aiyora before her coming to Cross Academy. Actually the first time she saw them together was in the infirmary where he was holding her in his arms.

"A lot actually happened that night; Yuki-sama's introduction to the vampire society, Ore-sama death, a hunter getting killed, Yuki-sama and Zero meeting for the first ever since her departure from Cross Academy and tension with the presence of Sayori Wakaba being present at the soiree full of vampires. And resulted in most of us overlooking that small incident where a young adolescent was secret eating the large cake that you have so preciously ordered as the main course of dessert."

Ruka inwardly shuddered remembering those days when she spent her time at the Kuran manor tutoring Yuki Kuran on how to be a proper Princess figure. She remembered the party clearly, after all how could she forget the pain her heart experience when the pureblood couple walked down hand in and Kaname Kuran introduced her to the vampire society as his sister and to be wife.

"Was that human girl there?" Seiran noticed the tone of her voice every time she referred to Aiyora. The bitterness is still fresh.

"She was and Kaname-sama was the first to notice her when he looked away from the view of Yuki-sama and Zero Kiryu's hand touching for the first there. He noticed her standing by the dessert table trying to poke the cream from the cake." Seiran continued noticing Ruka's full attention.

"I was there when he first time held her hand by grasping it hard. I was there watching from far the look of terror in her eyes when she understood that she was caught and I was there to also witness as he let her get away but before letting her go he cut a big slice of that cake and presented her. And I was there to witness the joyous kiss she pressed upon his cheeks out of gratitude…that was all of their sweet brief unmemorable first ever encounter."

"And their second encounter?" Ruka asked almost hypnotically getting engrossed into the tale.

"On their second encounter she watched with horror in her eyes a Kaname-sama sliced through Akiho Handagi's heart. It was there I witnessed him raise his sword over and point it on her throat. Tears were streaming down her throat while she begged him with everything she had so that he would not kill her. Although he put the sword down at her request but his vampire self-took over him. It was the first time I saw him looking at another creature like predator watching its prey…" she paused debating inside on how to continue.

"Pining her down against the wall was the first time I saw Kaname-sama's true demonic form. His face was buried at the crook of her neck but in that moment despite the girl's pitiful cries I was able to hear the sound of him parting his mouth but the loss of her consciousness made him retract his fangs back."

"After that…?"

"He decided to take her with us."

"Then…?"

"Then I saw a side of him that remained hidden underneath his layers of clothing." Ruka raised her eyebrow while Seiran continued. "For the first couple of month there was tension in the air between the two. His eye glowed with lustre for blood more than norm. The need to feed became urgency for him. He started taking my blood."

Seiran paused to see the slight anger flash across Ruka's eyes. How ironic even to this day she found the idea of some other feeding the pureblood to be disturbing.

"But then, suddenly he stopped one day which I found a little odd only to figure out in the next few days the truth about the horrifying alternative he had chosen."

"Was it…" Ruka could not bring it to finish her sentence.

"Yes it was her body that he was devouring off." Ruka's lips parted and eyes winded with shock. "It was not passionate love making but purely raw, savage kind of devouring. He was using his animalistic desire to feed of her energy."

Ruka was surprised yet not very surprised because for a vampire sexual intimacy and drinking blood are each other's close subordinates. Many cases have happened where long duration of blood feeding has led to sexual encounter. Though Ruka would never admit it out loud but that is one of the main reasons why Ruka only wanted Kaname to drink from her since her heart hopes that someday, maybe one day it will make her sinful wish come true. Sadly it never happened, since after that once night the pureblood never feed from her.

With her intelligence Seiran was able to read through the Souen girl's mind.

"From my observation most times it was pleasure for one side and pain for the other but she never complained nor did she ever try to fight back. Probably if she did he would have killed her. Even to this day I shiver remembering the passion in his voice when he told me that he would finish her off but each and every one of the encounter led to their union. Soon even before I could realize I saw the change in him with a different side. He started to smile more often, he laughed, he pulled her into his arms and held her like that for hours, he made her sit on his lap and buried his face in the mane of her breathing in her scent and they stayed like that for hours. Soon he tried to joke around with her, ticked her, anything and everything that was need to make her laugh and every time she laughed he smile like it was some sort of synchronised dance."

Once more Seiran stopped this time only to bring out a camera out of her pocket; an action that took Ruka by quite a surprise.

"What is this?" The blonde female could not hold back on her practice.

"I too was surprised the day Kaname-sama handed me this device and requested me to capture bits of his new journey as Eyan Roy. I never questioned him nor was I even the slightest bit curious to know about his odd desire back then; but I think now I know or should I say that I understand his wish. " With that said the short haired female handed the camera to Ruka.


Meanwhile Kaname Kuran stood outside the infirmary and watched Aiyora who was sedated to sleep. The calm look on his face was replaced by irritated grit of his teeth when for the fourth time he tried to enter her cabin was a strong vampire repulsive spell pushed him back. His fangs pierced his bottom lip in rage that he seemed to be having quite a difficulty to control. Who were they kidding?

"How ironic." He thought of the hunters to put the spell all around to keep him away from Aiyora. The irony of it amused him and gave him further more reason to despise them…after all these people did not know where to stop poking their nose.

"Kaname-kun," the pureblood felt a hand on his shoulder. He did not need to look; he already knew who it was.

"Come to my office." The headmaster spoke more as a request and suggestion. "Come to my office I believe I have some explaining to do in regards to the situation."

She slim hand held the camera tightly while her other hand swiped through one picture after another.

-The first picture she was Aiyora hanging by onto Kaname's shoulder from behind.

-The next one was where Kaname paced her above his shoulders, she was holding onto his head, his hair to be precise for support and the most unique part of the picture was the smile that was there upon the pureblood's face.

-The next picture a smile of where the pair was holding each other hand tightly, Aiyora was looking up at the sky. The light ray of the afternoon sunlight washing her face and the Kaname was there by her side watching her.

-The next picture was with them under the rain complete soaked. They were close, quite close, with their nose crossed against each other lips barely an inch away.

-The next was the continuation of the pervious one but here Aiyora's head was shot back while the pureblood was placing open mouth kisses over her throat.

-The next picture was quite an odd one. She painted all of Kaname Kuran's beautiful face ridiculously with her makeup.

-Next one was a picture of Kaname with almost most of his hair tired into small little clips.

-Next picture was of them cycling. Aiyora was the one paddling and Kaname Kuran sitting awkwardly behind her.

-The next one was the one Ruka found to be the most silliest, where both of them were spitting water at each other.

Many more pictures came followed after that, every one of which Ruka watched with deep interest. There were ones where Kaname was actually pulling her cheeks wide apart and her trying to pulling his hair, him tickling her while she was screaming for help. There were even pictures of them fighting, like serious fighting. The moment where Kaname Kuran was smiling, the times he was bursting into laughter. He looked so different that people who have known him for long would assume it was some other soul that possessed Kaname Kuran body.

There were some quite aesthetically captured moments of their most intimate time…but the one that confused Ruka was where Kaname was lying down under the sun and Aioyra was above him curating his face from the sun with her hair.

She turned to Seiran to ask but the female already started speaking before the Souen girl could even open her mouth.

"She knew of his love for the daylight, she was also aware that the bright light troubled him. Her innocent mind believed that if she was able to shield him with her hair he will be able to enjoy the sun too like every other normal being."

"Why did you show me this?" Ruka asked handing back.

"Not everyone wants to understand him the way you do." Was all she said and then with a simple 'have a good night' she disappeared from there leaving the Souen girl to her thoughts, allowing her to digest all that she feed her so far.

All these time Ruka mind was unsettled with one question and that was 'Why?'

Why was it that the pureblood chose to leave everything that he had been protecting for so long for just one random girl or rather another one of those vampires turned human when he already had what he was destined to? All these time she spent most her energy trying to figure out the difference between the two female and herself inwardly questioning what did they have that she did not? What did Aiyora have that neither Yuki nor she had?

What she did not know what that how simple the answer was…Aiyora has been able to help him live a like normal human being despite being the head of the entire vampire race. She had been able to make him smile from his heart, she had been able to make him laugh, and she made him fight with her like everyman does with their wife. Life with her was the simplest one…the one that Kaname Kuran had always craved but never had.

"Even though the situation seems different but I want you to understand that in no shape or form we are trying to separate you from Aiyora." Kaien Cross chose his words very carefully while conversing with the pureblood. Though any other would see the usual calm blank emotionless face of Kaname Kuran but Kaien Cross's experienced saw it in an entirely different manner. He was clearly able to see the insanity his calm demeanour reflected, the madness that shined though his abnormally dark wine eyes.

"Aiyora has received quite a shock, thus I assumed it is safe for her to be on her own for a while." The legendary hunter observed the raise of the pureblood's eyebrow and decided to explain more. "…till she at least recuperates to her full health."

Kaien Cross did not fear Kaname Kuran but he feared for the many innocent life that resided on the premises. For a mad vampire is not something to be taken lightly, and long history of bloodshed stands as a proof of that. Zero stand as the biggest example of a vampire's madness.

"Let me get you water for the tablets. I'm sure you must be thirsty." Cross suggested getting up off his chair to get water for the male pureblood.

"Thank you for the kindness headmaster."

Cross returned with a glass of water soon and placed it before the pureblood and once more sat back down on his chair.

"I was wondering if I could speak to you about Yuki."

"Go on…I'm listening." Kaname responded right away while pouring his blood tablets into the water making the hunter watch with a disturbed look in his eyes. Mainly because Kaname never put more than two tablets in his drink but this time he was pouring the entire case.

"I have had a word with Yuki in regards to her action. Believe me when I tell you I was harsh with her. After all what she did was unforgivable but I hope you understand that she was played by Shirabuki-san and she deeply regrets her action…" He paused to get a reaction out of the pureblood but got none as he was too occupied with his drink.

"You do know Yuki would have done no such thing if she knew about Aiyora's situation."

The silence hung between them when Kaname took the chance to finish his drink. After placing his glass down after draining it completely he finally opened her mouth.

"I am well aware that Yuki possesses a kind heart." the pureblood amused himself to the scrutinizing gaze through the hunter was trying to study.

"I even now that she has come to regret her decision and it makes me glad that she is ready to accept Aiyora with open arms. A part of me is relieved that to know that when I will no longer be there, they will be there too look after one another." With that the pureblood stood up. "Thank you for your hospitality. Just one request please make sure to inform me on her details of every hour. I shall be taking my leave now have a goodnight."

Cross was able to figure out that Kaname was dragging the topic elsewhere but the reason for it still seemed unknown. What scared him the most was the fact that Kaname seemed abnormally normal. Or maybe he played out the act quite well.

The next couple of day turned out quite smoothly at the Cross Academy. Aiyora still did not awaken and oddly nor did Kaname visit her but Yuki was there by her side constantly, Zero too showed up more than often to check up on Aiyora despite having sexual tension in the air with the Kuran Princess. At first it was impossible for Yuki to go anywhere near Aiyora since the hunters have put a strong spell around her to push vampires away, especially pure-bloods, specifically the Kuran Pure-bloods. But Yuki was no where near ready to give up, she was persistent and kept on pestering the headmaster till he permitted her to enter. Though Zero was absolutely against the idea but headmaster brushed off his anger saying he personally keep an eye on Yuki; but that did not convince the silver haired hunter so he too showed up often this time just to make sure Yuki was not going to kill her.

The hour was late evening when Aiyora finally opened her eyes. She shot up on the bed with a loud gasp, breathing heavily like she was running out of oxygen from her lungs. Yuki was dosed off on the nearby couch jumped to her feet at one.

"Aiyora…?" the Kuran princess rushed towards the younger female who was practailly writering on the bed crying.

"Are you alight Aiyora…? Are you alright? Are you in pain?" Yuki continued to question frantically rubbing the female's arms and back hoping it would soothe her but her body showed no sign of improvement. Instead she started to cough while pulling the stands of her own hair. She screamed grasping Yuki tightly making her nails ding into the pureblood's flesh.

Yuki had no idea what to be done in these circumstances so she decided to seek the headmaster's help.

"Hold on Aiyora," Yuki said pushing herself away from the dark haired female. "I will get the headmaster."

With that she ran out of the infirmary in search of the headmaster. Then something strange happened as she neared the headmaster's chamber. A voice in her head told her it is best to get Kaname rather than getting the headmaster. Two outcomes will come out of this action, 1. She will gain his trust 2. Maybe, just maybe his forgiveness too sometime in the future.

Thus her mind was set. Therefore she went to Kaname instead of going to the headmaster.

Kaname stopped as they stood before the entrance of the infirmary. The spell would not allow him to enter.

"Here…" Yuki offered him her hand. "Take my hand and you can enter with ease."

The male pureblood looked at her questioningly.

"Headmaster put a special spell on me this barrier cannot stop me."

Kaname decided to gamble by putting his hand on Yuki's but was a little stunned to see that how easily Yuki pulled him inside with such ease.

When inside Yuki called Aiyora who was curled up like a ball in the corner of the bed.

"Look who is here Aiyora."

The dark haired female looked up responding to Yuki's voice but only to have her eyes became wide with horror soon as it landed on Kaname Kuran's form. To Yuki's surprise Aiyora stood up on her own two feet and jumped down the bed and ran to the corner of the infirmary.

She was trying to run away from Kaname, Yuuki understood her mistake finally.

"Kaname I think it is best if you chose not to go near her." Yuki warned holding him back.

"Kaname!" the male pureblood observed from the corner of his eyes as Yuki tightened her hold on him. He did not protest but kept a carefully eye on both female watching their moves.

Both the Kurans watched as Aiyora barely managed to stand up on shaky legs. Her eyes reflected fear and hatred as she looked at Kaname. Tears were rolling down her eyes. Yuki tried to read through her emotions she wanted to know what was going on inside her mind but Kaname was already couple steps ahead of her, it was as if he could even calculated her next move.

Yuki sort of gasped in shock keeping her mouth agape as Aiyora suddenly ran into the washroom. It took her Kuran princess about two seconds to realize that Aiyora was actually trying to hide…hide from Kaname. Yuki attempted to tighten her hold on Kaname only to see that he was no longer there.

He was in the bathroom already, calmly standing before Aiyora with his glowing crimson blood lusted eyes that were watching her like a predator.

"Kaname! AIyora!" Yuki exclaimed running towards the couple but strong wave of wind forced shut the wooden block door shut before right on her face.

Yuki tried to break the door using her power but only to have it reflect back to her throwing her against the opposite wall. Once more with all her might Yuki tried to break the door but it was of no use because definitely a stronger power was holding it from the opposite side.

Soon disturbing sounds started to come from the inside of the bathroom. Sounds of rustling and hustling reached her ear. Vampire had the power to see through inside and Yuki was no different however this time it was odd. No matter how hard see tried she could see nothing. It made no sense to Yuki that what was actually happening? Was she actually losing her power or was Kaname preventing her from seeing things deeper.

This time it was Yuki's turn to get her eyes wide at the sudden scream that came from the inside of the bathroom, only for it to muffled in the next couple seconds.

Seeing there was not much of a choice left, Yuki decided for the most pathetic one that any would take in desperation.

She ran towards the closed door "Kaname open the door!" she screamed while both her banged on the wooden door hoping that the pureblood would just open.

"OPEN THE DOOR KANAME!"

This time Yuki screamed louder than last couple times as the insides of her become more frightened at the sudden smell of Kaname's blood and followed after that came the smell of Aiyora's blood.

"What is going on?" Yuki cried from the outside. "Kaname…Aiyora…are you both alright?"

The sounds of rustling continued for another while with their combined smell of blood getting even stronger with every passing second.

"What is going on?" Yuki turned her head back to see the headmaster, behind him Kaito and Zero all rushing towards her direction.

"He…He…inside…is inside!" All these time Yuki was not even aware that she was crying not until her adopted father wiped the tears off her face.

No more was needed to say on the current matter as Zero and Kaito already started to push the door in order to break it while Kaien Cross stood before Yuki shielding her behind him.

Finally as the door broke apart there was no sign of either Kaname nor Aiyora all that remained was the mess of their blood…dripping down the titled wall to splashed on the mirror and scattered quite a portion of floor.

a/n: Sorry I took the previous version down i think it was just a tad bit rushed so i decided to change the ending from there to this. hope you guys enjoyed the new version thank you all for reading. until next update.