Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Knight or any of its characters. This story is done for fun and no money is being generated from this.
Warning/s: MalexMale. Yaoi . Mpreg. Kaname x Zero [there are other pairings but the rest are secrets and a character being partnered with an OC]
Other Warning/s: In this story, Ichiru was not taken by Shizuka Hio. I didn't finished reading the manga so of course, some things will not be consistent. Sorry about that.
Author's Notes: Well, hello there! If you're reading this then that means you've taken up the challenge of trying out this story but I must warn you that this is the very first story I have ever written. And this chapter was just done today (with a "Ah, I'll write my own story! whim) though I promise you that I'm taking it seriously. Still, an amateur here lovelies. You've been warned, so try not to fall asleep! . ^o^v
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The Blessing
By Meguminiwa
Prologue 1
Part I
"How many are they?"
Said the little girl that looks about eight years old with flowing dark brown wavy locks and stunning reddish-violet eyes to the two identical young boys of six walking next to her, both are also with dark brown but with straight hair and sienna eyes. Her voice was light with no hint of fear despite the serious predicament that she and her siblings found themselves at.
"Hmmm… about 30 I think…some are nobles but the majority is only level C by their smell. What do you think Akira?" Drawl one of the boys who wore a serious face. His eyes also fearless but with the hint of irritation. He hated how their innocent plan turned quite troublesome. He sighed.
"Yup, that's about right. What do we do nee-chan?" Akira said then turning to his older sister. "Should we run or fight? I think Kohaku and I can handle it, ne~?" This time turning to his serious twin brother who only looked at him with a tired and irritated expression. Akira's tone and eyes brimming with excitement. Evidently, he's the only one who found their current situation amusing.
"And what are you going to do with Nao and Sui-chan?" The older girl asked, this time motioning to the silver haired kids of four who are peacefully sleeping on each of the boys' back. It's her turn to sigh. She's going to get the nagging of her life once they returned to the castle. She closed her eyes and sighed again. 'Why did it turn out like this?' she mused silently.
She has been formulating a plan to get her and her siblings out of the current situation. While she's more than confident that they can handle their would-be attackers (who thought they cleverly masked out their presence from the children and gravely underestimating them just because they look too young to be able to put up any decent struggle)knowing they are the strongest vampire children ever born with the purest blood running through their veins, she's not confident with handling it without any casualty from the innocent humans around them who will undoubtedly get mixed up with the fight if ever they start one. No, she'll avoid fighting at all cost. She had been thinking of all possible paths that don't include any fighting lest any innocent people get caught up with the squabble. Her parents had spent decades of their life protecting humans and she will make sure that no life is going to be sacrificed for their sake.
She glanced at their youngest twin siblings slumbering without a care in the world, exhausted from playing too much the entire day. As the oldest of the five and the one who thought of the clever idea of sneaking up from their guards and their uncle Ichiru who took up supervising them while both their parents attend the Royal Gala in Europe and to secretly go to the amusement park and have the time of their lives, she will have to bear the responsibility for whatever the outcome of today will be. Being royalties means most of their time was spent on studying and training but it didn't mean they didn't get to have fun, of course not. Their parents made sure they have a balance of serious studying and fun activities but sometimes, one just loves the idea of rebelliousness once in a while and without the parents to scold them and with only poor uncle Ichiru who's really too soft on them to guard them, the idea was too tempting.
'Oh dear, I'll get it later… I just know I will.' Just thinking of the possibility of punishment especially from their Father sent shivers down her spine. Chichiue will never hurt them nor will he ask them to do menial and embarrassing errands as punishment like what he'll normally do to punish uncle Hana (as they were often told by uncle Takuma) still the thought of standing in the quiet study facing their father to take in his quiet scrutiny that spoke of disappointment has always been unnerving what with the dark aura, while will never really oppress them, will be hovering over them. Suddenly, she didn't want to go home. Their parents will be returning in the evening and she'll have no time to plead their case to their uncle considering the seriousness of the outcome of their innocent little excursion. She has long been aware that because of their status as royalty and the power they hold, there have been too many attempts of kidnapping made only to be thwarted by their parents. Now she felt extremely foolish.
"We'll just put up a barrier around them!" Akira answered her question earlier and shook her out of her internal turmoil. Almost too eager to fight and teach the insolent vampires a painful lesson.
"Akira, it's not as simple as that. People will get caught up in the fight. Where do you think we are?" It's Kohaku who spoke. Patiently trying to get across how grave their situation actually is to his hyperactive twin.
"Then what do we do?" Akira asked while pouting.
"Nee-chan?" Kohaku turned to her then suggested, "What about flying to the castle?"
"It's too early out. We'll be spotted. Hmmm…. ah!" Suddenly, she thought of the most perfect option. A way for her to get them out of the problem at hand, to avoid their impending AND unavoidable scolding and as a bonus, it will be an additional fun for them. LOTS of fun, she just knew it but before laying out the grand plan to her brothers who are looking at her expectantly, the air shifted and the thick tension was now more evident than ever. She could almost smell the intent in the air. Their annoying visitors will be making their move any moment now. She quickened her pace. Leading her brothers who're carrying their still sleeping youngest siblings on their back to a less crowded place to perform the most powerful spell she has been studying and working on for about a year now. It's tricky to use it when she has never even tested it before. Oh well, she know it will work but where they will land afterwards and what will happen is a mystery even to her but she's ready to bet everything she owned that it's going to be an adventure.
Finding a narrow alley containing only a sleeping cat on top of a trash bin, she quickly bit her palm drawing her blood then dip her finger and with it draw a peculiar looking pentagram while muttering a spell under her breath. Not breaking concentration and summoning all her power.
Suddenly a bright circle made of light with a pentagram in the center appeared beneath the children's feet generating a surprise exclamation from both her brothers and the vampires who were closing in on them. The light emanating from the symbol grew brighter and stronger and then there was only light. A slight tremor followed. When the vampires who looked away from the blinding light came to, they were greeted by the empty space where the children they were tailing stood just seconds ago with only the pentagram mark and residue of the powerful spell left, engraved on the ground…. Their presence nowhere to be felt…
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Part II
'Shit.'
That was the thought currently going through the head of a certain silver-haired hunter. His lilac eyes mixed with silver currently eyeing the storm brewing in the sky with the promise of heavy rain and cold night ahead. The air was damp and cold inside the small and abandoned shack in a middle of the island where he is at now.
'Fuck.' He cursed again as he wondered how he ended up in the situation he is currently in right now. Like everything in his life nothing seems to go according to plan, not that he really bothered to make one but everything is a fucking mess and unlike all the crisis he managed to get tangled with, the quandary at hand top it all.
He looked at the body currently spread on the floor with labored breathing caused by the horrible wound made from a sword piercing through his chest. It narrowly missed the heart of the dark haired man who took the attack that was meant for Zero. Though it will not kill him as pureblood vampires can only be killed by a fellow pureblood and the attacker had only been a noble who put up a last attempt to take Zero with him before fully disintegrating to nothing but ash, pureblood or not, the pain will be the same for him as it will be for anyone and because of too much blood lost from the wound and too much power already spent from the fight, regeneration is not working fast enough. The ex-human valiantly tried to suppress his bloodlust that shamefully tried to surface as the smell of intoxicating pure blood permeated the air.
Zero looked back on the accident. It shocked him that Kaname had blocked the attack that would have killed him on the spot knowing that the noble intended to pierce Zero's heart. He thought his heart stopped beating nevertheless when he smelled his pure blood in the air. He'd been careless thinking that the fight was already over. "Shit!" he cursed again, this time aloud. Why did his damn mind fly at the most crucial time? He gritted his teeth. Ironically, the very reason for his wandering mind is currently lying a few feet from him.
Agh! He is slowly losing his mind. The Moon dorm president stole his mind most of the time and he found himself thinking about the vampire, lost in the unidentified feelings towards the said man, much to his chagrin. That's why he was more than willing to accept the mission that came from the Association to annihilate the small group of Level Es spotted in this island. He could use the distraction because he didn't like the conclusion he was drawing up whenever he's trying to identify the unknown feelings he has towards the brunette.
He didn't even care or worry that the particular mission already killed two hunters previously sent out by the association to smoothen out the situation on the island. Fearless as ever, he set out alone only to be followed by Kaname afterwards much to his annoyance and irritation. When asked, Kaname just shrugged and explained that the Chairman sent him out of worry for his son and as a personal favor for his longtime friend; he was resigned to help him out. He couldn't stop the irritation he felt and the need to punch his guardian at that very moment for his over protectiveness has unknowingly caused him torture instead. 'Great', there goes his time alone. His distraction just followed him to further torture him seemingly not wanting to let go of him and to persistently try to coerce from him the realization he REALLY didn't want to even consider.
And his carelessness resulted to the current situation. Had this happen a few months back, he wouldn't even care if all purebloods were to perish. No, he would even take delight in being the one to carry out their deaths. Not only was he born from the most prestigious line of hunter family that kills vampires, his life was irrevocably changed by one crazed pureblood and took Zero's beloved parents away to an unreachable place. On that fateful night, when his parents were killed, sparing only Zero and Ichiru from the slaughter and then being damned to become one of the creatures he was trained to hunt all his life, he swore vengeance and death of the entire vampire community. It's a shame though that he's restricted to a list the hunter association have, still he took all he can and killed all the vampires he's allowed to kill. His hate would never waver; it shouldn't have but for some reason his feelings are shifting when it comes to this man. He still hates vampires and wishes to kill his kind but why is he feeling like this then?
He looked back to the previous months when he was in the most danger of falling to the bottom, when his thirst almost blinded him to any and all reason, when he could hear the beating pulse of everyone around him and his sanity almost taken away by bloodlust. It was this man who saved him by offering his pure blood to avoid him from drinking from Yuki or his twin brother who both selflessly offered their blood to him, and by drinking his blood he was spared from fully becoming a mindless demon that only cared to kill and sate their thirst by preying on the innocent.
He didn't want to admit that he was saved by a pureblood nor did he want to feel thankful to him. He didn't want to be affected by the feeding session that the pureblood insisted on having afterwards which he only grudgingly accepted to protect Yuki and Ichiru. He tried to keep indifferent to anything and everything that was happening between them but he was kidding himself. He couldn't. No matter how many times he said he wasn't affected, he was and greatly at that. And the more he ran away from it, the more the realization comes back to him, slamming him down to submission and forcing him to realize his fast changing feelings towards the pureblood.
And seeing him like this, in pain and with labored breathing, he can't help but be in pain himself. Feeling guilt and regret (and other things...) he didn't want to feel knowing his momentary lapse from reality has caused this grave situation had him thinking of ways to make the pureblood better. Hunter spells for healing won't work on a vampire and frankly he didn't know what will work really, after all, he had spent time training how to put vampires to excruciating pain not comfort.
He was slumped against the wall trying to bully his brain on conjuring a way out of the situation, then it hit him… of course, what a vampire needs is... blood… He almost hit himself both for his stupidity because the answer was too simple and because the idea of offering his own blood to a vampire to help him out of his misery is outrageous to his hunter instinct. He can't… the nightmare of that night was fast becoming fresh in his mind…but when he heard the soft and painful grunt Kaname made, he was reminded that again it was his fault. He has to man up and take responsibility for his inattention. He didn't want to owe anything to the brunette. He slowly stood up and walk towards the wounded vampire.
"Kuran." He started but not knowing what to say next also wondering if he it's safe to go near a bloody Kaname who he might attack because of bloodlust. Suddenly, his determination wavered slightly. He never thought that there would come a time that he, Zero Kiryū, would offer his own blood to help a pureblood.
Kaname's lashes fluttered as he slowly opened his eyes to look up at the hunter who's trying to hide his worry behind the ever so present scowl, his eyes trying to stay as lilac orbs as he tried to hide his own shameful hunger. The pureblood tried to hide how much pain he's in though it's unknowingly reflected in russet pools and from the sweat that danced on his forehead. He didn't say anything and only waited for the hunter to speak again.
Zero not knowing what to say anymore; never been good with words from the start, did what he thought would make his intent evident by slashing his wrist and placing it over Kaname's lips.
Kaname's eyes widened with shock as the smell of the silverette's blood seduced his senses. He slapped Zero's hand away from him and abruptly sat up sending a wave of pain caused by the sudden movement from his wound.
"What do you think you're doing, Kiryū?" Kaname quietly asked, wincing from pain while clutching his own shirt.
"What the hell do you think? You need to drink to heal that fucking wound."
"No. I'll be fine. I will heal after a few more hours" He forced the words out of his mouth. It was hard to stay away especially when the scent of blood was thick in the air. He didn't know Zero's blood could smell this intoxicating but he can't take it, no matter how tempting it is. It makes him lose his composure but valiantly, he fought for sanity and clarity.
"No shit. I know that but this is my fault and I don't want to owe you anything. Hurry and drink, before I shove it down your throat."
Kaname smirked. "Quite eager, aren't we? I never thought I would hear this from you, Kiryū."
"Count yourself lucky then, Kuran." Zero sneered.
He held his already healed wrist up again in front of Kaname but instead of drinking, the vampire just stared at the silverette, more sweat ran down from his forehead, and with a serious voice said, "You don't know what you're doing or the consequences, Kiryū… so take my advice and get away from me… now… while I'm still letting you…. before you regret this." He needed to end this conversation early…. he was fast losing grip of the reason he was fighting hard to keep.
The hunter was perplexed at that. There was something in Kaname's tone that hinted that being bitten by him will undoubtedly result to something unexpected. The silverette of course knows that a pureblood's bite contains poison powerful enough to change a normal human to a completely different creature but Zero is already a vampire, what more could the bite do? So Zero pushed again, pissed off that Kaname is throwing away his offer twice already after swallowing his pride and silencing his hunter side's voice who's shouting indignantly inside his mind.
"Kiryū… no…" Kaname almost pleaded. His voice was barely a whisper. He's losing the will to deny himself what his body so achingly desire.
"Shit Kuran, just take it while I'm still offering it to you nicely!" Amethyst eyes flashed in annoyance. Gritting his teeth, he continued. "Fuck if I'll ever owe a vampire! Drink so I can consider my debt repaid."
Kaname's mind went blank. If only he was in a more coherent state of mind, he would have never allowed himself to take Zero on his offer. There was so much to be properly explained first but he couldn't contain his own bloodlust. His need was great. He has already spent much of his power even before the blade pierced him. He didn't even know why he did that for Zero in the first place but when he saw the strike coming towards the hunter, his body moved on its own. He must be becoming insane. He blamed it on the incomplete bond that the hunter unknowingly made with him. A bite from him will complete it and seal their fate. He wanted to explain this to the hunter but lost in his hunger and blood lust, he did what his instinct and body told him and sated himself with the hunter's blood.
The brunette reached out but instead of grabbing his wrist, he gripped the hunter's shirt and pulled him forward. Before Zero could even grasp what was happening, without words, slender fangs slid into the tender flesh of his neck…
He didn't expect it or the actions that came with passion that soon followed after feeding the vampire his blood….
End of Prologue
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Chapter 01
The (Un)pleasant Surprise
Outside the gates of Cross Academy stood the familiar built of a scowling silver haired hunter. A couple of minutes have already passed and Zero still made no attempt to go inside. He's being stupid and cowardly. After that night with Kaname where in the silverette uncharacteristically offered his blood to the vampire king to save him from the agony that he had caused him and the blurred happening that followed soon after that, which was what he's been running away from, he hasn't set foot in the academy. It's been three months….
To be honest, he's still wondering what in the world happened or why it happened. One moment it was a simple feeding and then the next thing he knew, he was under the pureblood fighting the moan that was trying to erupt from his throat. Normally pale skin burned from the memory so he willed away the images taunting his mind.
Immediately after that incident, Zero went to Yagari first, asking his old master to take him in for the summer and let him tag along with his missions. He didn't want to face Kaname after that and would like to avoid him at all cost so taking advantage of the fact that summer vacation was a week after that, he had the perfect opportunity to get away from the Academy which houses Yuki, Ichiru and the vampire. He didn't even went home and only called the chairman to tell him his early vacation plans. Though there was a strange painful tug of an invisible string at the back of his neck where Kaname bit him, like it was screaming at him for going away for so long, he managed for three months.
Even after three weeks to the start of new term, he made up all sorts of reason so Yagari won't send him back. He was actually surprised that Yagari had let him considering how upright his sensei was (and because he is a teacher of the academy as well). Perhaps it's the desperate tone in his voice that convinced his master that whatever reason he has for not wanting to go back to the academy is grave but his master didn't press.
The blue-eyed hunter knew Zero is a smart kid who (most of the time) knows what he's doing and there's nothing to worry about because he knows his pupil does study well enough to pass his classes (even without much effort from the boy) so he let him. However, because of the silverette's untimely sickness - he caught a flu and a serious one at that, one that didn't go away even after several weeks - he was forced to bring the boy back.
The silver hunter will feel lethargic and dizzy and his body will constantly feel heavy. That started about four weeks ago and won't go away though it got better so he didn't need to keep to his bed all day. Still, since he will not see a doctor (because ordinary doctors can do nothing for him and he'll die of that sickness first before consulting a vampire doctor) they were left with the only option of consulting the chairman and a hunter doctor and which resulted to apprehensive lilac orbs surveying the large academy gates.
Just minutes ago, his master dropped him off in front of the academy and left immediately for he was needed because of an emergency mission from the Association. 'Stupid flu'. But it's also not just that, his hunger kept on getting worse and worse. Miraculously, his body didn't reject the blood tablets when he attempted to drink it. It's still as disgusting as ever but they're manageable now. Perhaps his body was too hungry and tired of fight it off but still it's only a matter of time before he needed to drink from the vampire again. He couldn't feel his thirst being sated no matter how many times he took the pills. So he was also forced to accept going back to the academy.
Zero couldn't stop the sigh that escaped from him again. He really wanted to run away but he has nowhere to go and Yuki and Ichiru has been pestering him to go back home since the new term started. They've been harassing him with phone calls every single night demanding that he get his ass home already. But he didn't want to go home and face them. He was also wondering… How will he face Yuki? Or Ichiru? And of course, what face should he make towards Kaname? He groaned inwardly.
There's no way around it, sooner or later, he must face the vampire again. He told himself that he's overreacting and that Kaname might have even already forgotten that little incident already. At the thought of the vampire, his neck gave another painful throb. 'It's getting worse and worse', he thought. It only started as an irritating itch then became like a stab on his neck after a while. 'What the hell is happening to me? Does it have a connection with this damn flu?' Then came Kaname's warning just before he drank his blood. Something about consequences…
"Fuck." He muttered before taking a deep breath and then finally taking a step towards the Academy.
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Long, elegant fingers loosely caressed the white knight in his hand, the smoothness of the material of the chess piece or his action not really registering in his mind. As his burgundy orbs watch the water changed into pink then red color after dumping a blood pill in his drink with disinterest, his consciousness sported thoughts about a certain vampire hunter. He closed his eyes and sigh for the nth time that evening. Clearly, the hunter is avoiding him. It's been three months and he has not seen the silver-haired hunter. He then looked back at what followed after that night.
When he woke up after that night, he found himself healed and alone inside the small cottage the hunter brought him to after he collapse from blood lost because of the horrible wound. He immediately went in search for the silverette but even after combing the forest and looking all over the island, he found no sign of the other vampire. There was also no sign of the boat that the hunter took to get to the island from the mainland. He took a deep breath and calmed the irritation that immediately bubbled inside him after concluding that the hunter ran away and left him behind.
With no boat to use to get back to the mainland, he opted to using his own means and just flew. He didn't stop anywhere and went home directly to the academy. After a quick shower and slipping into clean and comfortable clothes, he went directly to see the chairman and then Zero. He was only still in the hall approaching the door to the chairman's office when he heard his friend's distressed voice.
"What? What do you mean you'll be going with Toga-chan?" He stopped seemingly listening to the answer from the other line, "But there're still weeks before that!" a pause again. "But son wait! Zero?Zero?" Clearly, the person on the other line hanged up.
The ex-hunter was about to call back but then a knock came from the door. He was then greeted by the handsome face of Kaname Kuran. "Kaname-kun! Please, come in!" The Chairman greeted cheerfully carefully placing the handset back. He'll just call Zero later, knowing that by now the teen must have already killed his phone's power.
"Good afternoon, chairman." He greeted his friend and then sat on the couch. "I came to give a report regarding the mission from the island though I take it you already received a report from Kiryū as well?"
"Ah, yes, thank you, Kaname-kun..." He paused and then asked. "Kaname-kun, did anything unusual happen during the mission on the island?"
"Unusual?" Kaname flinched inwardly but kept a composed face as usual and asked innocently. "Nothing out of the ordinary. The mission itself was easily accomplished but why do you ask?"
"Oh, it's nothing. Thank goodness both of you are safe. Thank you, Kaname-kun." Kaien gave him one of his warm smiles but then sigh. "It's just that Zero-kun said that he'll be away starting today until the end of the summer." Then he sighed again. "I must have angered him when I asked you to follow him to the mission but I was just worried that he might get reckless again. That child has no fear of death... sometimes I feel like he's even seeking it." Kaien stopped at that and then gave him an overly cheerful smile to shake the awkward air that was starting to form. "Ah, Kaname-kun, to repay you for your kindness, would you like some of the sweets that I baked myself?"
Despite the mild surprise that he felt at what the chairman imparted regarding Zero, his face betrayed nothing of what he felt. He merely smiled quietly at the chairman's offer and politely refused the offer saying that he's not hungry.
After that, he gave a brief report to the chairman and went back. He can't believe, but perhaps he can, that the hunter would go to such lengths just to avoid him. But maybe, it's for the better. Though he was looking for the hunter, he himself didn't know what to say or why he's even looking for the silver prefect in the first place and so with the time he was given, he freely pondered on why he kept on chasing after the ex-human. His feelings clearly are different now from when he first met Zero.
The insolent and fearless hunter who dared attack him in their first meeting and even continuously challenged him even after knowing full well of his power and authority. With eyes that always looked at him with contempt and distrust. It amused him; it was a first after being alive for all those years that someone would treat him like Zero did. Of course, all hunters were suspicious of all vampires but the hunters, while not bowing down to him, never openly challenged or mocked him. After all, HE is the king of vampires and there's a treaty between the Hunter's Association and Vampire Council. All, grudgingly, even Yagari (though he's sure that one toe out of line and the famous hunter will be the first to shoot him but only if and when he goes out of line which is unlikely for Kaname), will at least give him proper civility. All, except Zero. He'll never bow down, not to anyone, nor will he ask for his help for anything. A small smile played on his lips. He wondered about Zero and his undying stubbornness. Will there be a time that he'll be able to make the ferocious silverette submit? He mused.
Indeed, what he felt towards Zero is a mystery for him as well. It's unlikely, but it's possible that his heart had long taken fancy on the hunter even without his permission and knowing. It's highly unlikely but the evidence is there, currently acting rebellious from the disregard it had experienced for the past months - the bond that was formed. Its completeness was evidence of his feelings for the hunter for a bond can't be created through just feeding. One must have feelings towards the other person which begs the question - what feelings exactly?
Again, he felt the now familiar tug from his neck and drew his hand to touch its base. The pull of the bond is getting stronger, upset at being neglected for a whole three months. It also reminded Kaname that he hasn't fed Zero for three months now. He was again reminded of the silver prefect and his well-being, wondering how he was copping with his thirst without Kaname feeding him. His thoughts were abruptly cut off by a knock on his door. The friendly face of his vice-president and best confidant greeted him with a smile as warm as the sun. "Kaname, it's time."
He put down the white knight back on the chess board and finished his drink before standing up, taking his white blazer with him. The pureblood followed Takuma to lead the Night class again, unaware that he unconsciously put the chess piece on the space meant for the queen.
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As soon as the door of the chairman's house opened to let in a very tired looking hunter, shouts of longing and scolding erupted from Ichiru, Yuki and Kaien ("Nii-san!" / "Zero!"/ "Son!").And the next thing he knew, he already collapsed under the weight of the three adults who were hugging him all at the same time.
He struggled and using his hands to push away Ichiru's and Yuki's face (and one of his feet to push the chairman's) while shouting threats of slow murder to the lot of them. " .me! Get off my face! Seriously, I'll shoot you three! Now!" He growled. He really wanted to lie down and rest. He was still feeling lethargic.
"Son, aren't you being a little too cold? It's been three months!"
"Yeah, nii-san! Where have you been?"
"Yeah, Zero, and where's the souvenir? Didn't you go to a nice vacation? Stingy!"
Zero just closed his eyes, willing all his patience, not that there's many, to not give up as he tried to drown the complaints of the three childish adults in front of him. He's tired and all he wanted to do is to hop into the bath and have a nice rest. He'll have hell to face tomorrow onwards after all. So he marched to his room, drowning the still talking trio, and had his much needed rest.
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It was already late into the night yet there'll still be sightings of the dutiful silver haired prefect inside the academy grounds diligently patrolling the grounds to make sure that not even one blade of a grass or a root of a tree was out of line. Everything seems to be in order and so he allowed his mind to wander off to a certain part of the school where a certain pureblood should be seen taking his class now.
After three months, he finally saw Kaname again at the hellish Night class march led by the very pureblood currently tormenting his every thoughts. Their eyes met for a brief moment and if the vampire was surprise to see him after his long absence, he saw none of it.
Then it was over.
Zero was both relieve and pissed off. He felt extremely stupid to have feared the meeting that was over even before he knew already started, but at least everything should be fine now. And they can continue to ignore each other at this point. While he was still in doubt at the simplicity of the outcome and conclusion of the otherwise delicate situation, he didn't thought of it anymore. He's tired and he didn't want to over think things again only to feel stupid all over again. As they say, Ignorance is bliss.
For the first time in a long while, he let relief and peace fill him. He was having a pleasant evening, which was a first after many nights of distress and then nausea. Even the dizziness he was feeling then wasn't enough to shake him out of the rare peace he was feeling but then, very suddenly and out of nowhere, a bright light came from the woods that successfully captured his attention. Then a slight tremble followed and then a shift in the air was felt. Like something suddenly changed. Around him and inside him. It felt like something has fallen inside his belly. It felt heavy. He didn't know what the change was but it can be felt in the air. Power and a sweet smell of roses permeated in the air and awash him like a warm blanket. Somehow, he knew that his life just changed. He was shaken. His heart started beating faster. After the shock, he took several deep breaths (unaware that he was hugging himself) and when he has regained himself after a moment, he quickly run over to the source of the light which was then gone.
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While Zero was running, he heard a cry. Cry of a small child. It was followed by the soothing sound by another child. Threading his path carefully, he followed the sound and sure enough he found two children sitting on the ground. He stood still as he watched a little boy pat the back of the crying girl (both about three or four by the look of them) while giving 'shhh'-ing sounds for comfort. Then he shook himself and took Bloody Rose from its holster. Now Zero is not the type to bully children nor to point his gun at just anyone no matter how trigger-happy others has claimed him to be, but he has good reason for taking out Rose because even from where he stood (which is still a good deal of distance) and even without any need to concentrate, he can already identify the children as vampires.
And purebloods at that. Powerful purebloods.
He heard several hurried footsteps and then came the familiar group of the Night class from between the bushes a bit away from his side led by Kaname. He inwardly flinched at the sight of him and ignored his still thundering heart which, if possible, started to beat even faster. Another batch of hurried steps resounded and the sight of the other two prefects, Yuki and Ichiru, came from his other side (relief at the sight of flesh and blood creatures evident on their faces. Zero was sure that they must have thought it's a ghost's laments when they heard the little girl's cry carried by the wind. He can't blame them though because it will surely creep out anyone who'll hear a muffled cry of a child in the middle of the night where no child was supposed to wander).
The children lifted their faces at the sound. He watched them jump on their feet and their worried faces was replaced by relief and happiness as they suddenly came charging at him. He was about to point his gun at the two creatures who were running to him with outstretched hands but was stopped at the exclamation they made.
"Daddy!"They then jumped to hug his waist. Zero was frozen, shocked. No,no,no, he must have imagined that…
Apparently, he didn't because a shocked sound of every person, except Kaname's, Shiki's and Kain's, can be heard resounding throughout Cross Academy. "EEEHHHHHHH?"
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"Ow,ow,ow…"
The words came painfully from the young lady as she sat up while rubbing her battered head. That was definitely unexpected. Surely, her siblings did not appreciate her for this unannounced roller coaster ride. She sheepishly turned behind her, "hahaha… Great landing, ne? Kohaku, Akira, are you two-…" She didn't finish her question for when she turned around, she found herself alone in middle of the woods.
Her initial discomfort was instantly forgotten as she immediately stood up, suddenly panicking at the thought of her lost siblings. 'Oh gosh, what the hell? I know I transported all of us...' She anxiously thought, now doubting herself and feeling fear for if she made a mistake of somehow leaving her little brothers and sister then that would mean she has left them in the hands of the kidnappers! Not even knowing that they were strong enough to fend for themselves eased her mind. She worried and tried to perform the same spell to transport her back.
She waited and then stood horrified for a moment.
"…"
She can't summon her power at all…
Nothing…
She can't feel the same power!
While she felt she's not entirely powerless, she didn't have enough to perform that great feat again… at least not now… She has seemed to have spent her all at the last spell she performed. She cursed herself as panic and fear started to kick in inside her. She's trapped in a time she herself is not sure about while her siblings could be fighting for their lives! (She obviously forgot to simply concentrate or to feel if there were any familiar aura near her that would have given her comfort and answers.)
To her luck, her self-hatred was short-lived as she saw the familiar faces of her two younger brothers emerge between the bushes. "Kohaku! Akira!" She yelled in relief as she run to hug the twins. Never in her life was she happiest than now at the sight of the troublemakers but then something hit her. Her happiness was as short-lived as her panic and fear came running back to smack her. "Suiren! Naoto! Where are they?" Her lilac eyes went wild with panic while both her hands held her face depicting utter horror.
"Calm down, nee-chan…..Uhm, we don't know… We were trying to find them when we came across you…" and immediately added, "But don't worry, nee-chan, seeing that both of us made it here then surely they're also here… somewhere. We'll find them." Kohaku soothed her almost-in-tears older sister. If only he's not feeling the same fear for their two youngest then he would have laughed at their panicked-stricken older sister. She always made it a point to plan everything and remain calm at all times but guess it's a different matter when it concerns the disappearance of your youngest siblings in who-knows-where when they were last seen peacefully slumbering and utterly defenseless. But now that he thought about it….
"Nee-chan where are we anyway?" it was Akira who asked the question.
"Eh?... Ah," she caught and composed herself before answering, "I brought us to the past." She explained simply.
"Huuhh?!" Akira/ "What?!" Kohaku exclaimed.
"Yup, I don't know what year or where we ended up exactly, but I made it a point to send us to the time when I'm already alive and to the place we all know by heart or an important place so we won't have any problem!" She added proudly, suddenly growing bright and positive. She's very proud of the fact that she thought of a quick and very (almost) detailed plan in a short time which saved them and will also fulfill a great personal goal of hers which was the initial reason why she took up the great challenge of learning the complicated spell and as a bonus, they'll be surprising their parents! She wondered how old their parents should be right now… and how surprised they'll be! Now, she's starting to glow with glee at the thought.
The twins were about to say something regarding their sister's impulsive decision when they heard the familiar sound of their crying little sister. All heads turned to the general direction of the alarming sound.
"Suiren!" The three immediately ran to the source.
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"Ni-ni-nii-san."
Ichiru managed to say. He was the first to speak after the initial outbreak caused by the happy bouncing balls now snuggly wrapped around his brother's legs (they slid from Zero's waist down to his legs). "Wha-why didn't you tell me?" Zero looked at him with a frown. "Why didn't you tell me that you have gotten laid already?!" Zero blushed at this. "And here I thought you're still innocent…You said you weren't interested in anyone. By the looks of it, 'it' got up relatively early… too early…" Ichiru covered his face with his hands, shamelessly imitating an embarrassed teenage girl.
"Ichiru, shut up! They're not mine!" Zero growled waving away his embarrassment caused by his shameless twin.
"How can you even say that? How could you even deny that they're not yours when the evidence is there?" Ichiru countered.
Zero didn't say anything at that. (While he could easily have countered it by saying it can be Ichiru's instead) Ichiru was right. The resemblance with him is great (why to him and not Ichiru's, he didn't know why, he just knows it's his features, not his twin's...) Because after overcoming his initial shock, with the proximity and looking closely, the children have the Kiryū's unique silver hair and lilac eyes (but theirs have more of a wine colored tinge than silver) and while he can see himself in them, there was a mixed in their trait which looked somehow familiar. He calmed himself and then turned to speak to the two Koalas whose arms were still snaked around his legs. "Ummhh, hey bra-kids, who in the he-I mean, who-who are you two? Where're your parents and where did the both of you come from?" speaking carefully, Zero started asking.
At this, the two little heads looked up to him. With little frowns on their cute little faces. "Otou-chan (Daddy)? Why?" The little boy confusedly asked then he stopped to sniff him. Afterwards, he looked relieved again as if he doubted himself for a while then after confirming something by smelling him, he looked up again and beamed, "Zero-touchan!"
"See?!" Ichiru said.
"I said shut up, Ichiru!" He snarled at his twin then turning to the boy again. "Fine, then who's your mother? Where's your other parent then?" He asked while trying not to erupt like an angry volcano. His irritation clearly building up by the minute. He'll really scold – older or not – the irresponsible parents of these children (even forgoing the fact that considering the children's nature, their parents could very well be purebloods as well). His headache was becoming more prominent by the minute that he unconsciously massaged his forehead.
The little boy turned his head at the question. He looked around as if trying to find a specific person (the little girl contentedly snuggled against Zero's leg and wouldn't move an inch) then when he spotted Kaname, he detached his arms from Zero's leg and immediately ran, again with outstretched arms forward, shouting joyously, "Chichiue (Father)!"
There was another resounding 'EHHHHHHHHH?!' but this time it came only from the two noisy prefects. The Night class stood in shocked silence as the young pureblood vampire, though very young radiated with power, ran to their leader who stood like a statue in front of them.
'What the fuck?' Zero thought.
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