A/N: So, now that Silver Wings is slowly coming to a close I'm once again re-reading and looking at other fics that were popularly voted on for me to write next. I got a lot of comments for number 7: Under Silver Moons, and numbers 1-4 along with some other random ones from the two following bunch of teasers. I will be looking at those first if I don't get any more comments or requests in the meantime. Of course, I'm also going to be adding the latest of my brain-progression plots in this chapter here so take a look if you wish and let me know what you think. Thanks!
Number 60: The Association's Best (So I haven't 100% decided if this will be a KaitoxZero fic yet but I did get a lot of comments to see that pairing more often since it's not super popular. That being said this is not an easy subject fic Trigger Warning, this handles topics including but not limited to child abuse, neglect, non-con sex, etc. so if you are triggered by any of those things this is not going to be for you)
Zero found himself the target of hostile stares and rude words long before he stepped foot into Takahashi Hitomu's office and was rather practiced at ignoring them, he had never experienced physical harm though and was surprised to be pushed or slapped by the man when his parents were gone. Hitomu requested an oath of silence in return for allowing Zero's little brother, Kiryuu Ichiru, to live comfortably and be taken care of by the association when needed. Ichiru was a sickly child, often unable to leave their home or be outside without becoming dangerously ill. Zero had spent many nights waiting at home for his parents to return from the hospital with the younger twin. Fearing for the life of his brother, Zero agreed and allowed the abuse to continue and escalate without saying a word to anyone. With dull robotic-like eyes he gingerly grasped the handle of a braided leather whip. He didn't like anything in the box but in comparison to what some of the others had felt like, the whip was his best option. The four hours he would endure following, with his back bared to the chairman wouldn't be spoken of. He made an oath and a Kiryuu never broke an oath. Once the chairman was finished he would be cleaned, bandaged, and reminded t keep silent before being released back into the normal workings of the association.
"Hey, are you alright? Zero?" Takamiya Kaito, a year older than Zero, asked as they left class together and headed to the courtyard. He had been introduced to the young Kiryuu at the age of six though he only talked to him when it was necessary at the time, feeling like the younger thought he was too good for anyone else. It took a year for Kaito to realize that the child was socially stunted and often bullied which resulted in his quiet yet guarded nature toward other children their age. Once Kaito began to hang around him he learned the boy was indeed smart and an excellent marksman, but he was often shy and tended to stay away from normal activities because he was afraid of doing something wrong. On this day, however, Zero was quieter than usual and stuck close to their training teacher, Yagari Touga, whenever possible. Eventually, the man had a meeting to attend and directed the boys to go into the courtyard to practice with each other. Even at the young ages of eight and nine, they were deemed skilled enough to not need supervision when training.
"I'm fine, just tired, Ichiru got back from the hospital early this morning." the younger answered eventually, it was a lie he could get away with and not entirely untrue.
"Ah, sorry to hear that, but Ichiru being hospitalized doesn't explain those." Kaito pointed at the silverette's wrist that supported purple and black spots in a near-perfect circle just under the cuff of his sleeve. "What happened?" the older pressed, Zero wasn't one to talk about being bullied despite how many times Kaito had been a witness and refused to let the older say anything. "Zero if the other children are chaining you we need to say something, let's go to talk to Touga at least." when Zero made no move to get up Kaitosighed and put a hand on the smaller boy's shoulder only to have him flinch and hiss at the contact. Kaito's eyes narrowed before he took the younger's hand, making sure there weren't any onlookers, and pulled him into a small wooded area they were allowed to practice their tracking ability in. Despite protest, Kaito was able to remove one of the boy's arms from the fabric to reveal a thick layer of bandages reaching almost up to his elbow before they stopped. Going further up there were more bruises and something that looked like a scar still healing just below his collarbone on the left side. Looking into dim and scared lilac eyes Kaito realized what he had discovered...
Numer 61: Sakura Petals (genderbend fic! I know technically Actor was a genderbend fic but this one, while it does focus on Zero's female version, is not actually going to affect the plot of the story all that much. I just wanted it to set the scene and create some relationships. And yes, Zero will remain male for at least most of the smut scenes. I just don't know who those are gonna be with yet. Yuki doesn't exist in this and there will be some warnings later on but they don't apply to this segment)
Kaname looked around, six of his seven nobles were present in the main room of the moon dorms. The one missing was one Aido Hanabusa, and that was worrying on its own. Even more worrying however was that the newest resident of the moon dorms, a grumpy Kiryu Zero, was also missing from the gathering of students. The pureblood prince of vampires wouldn't be caught dead in church but oh was he praying to any type of diety out there the two missing students under his watch was a sheer coincidence. Anyone that put the names 'Zero' and 'Hanabusa' in a sentence together was either looking to get a bullet in their body or quick and cold coffin made to fit. The two weren't particularly enemies but they pushed each other's buttons all too easily. Hanabusa with his constant pranks to make Zero's life a living hell in the dorms and Zero with an untamed viper tongue that could rarely be argued against and often resulted in the noble vampire's public humiliation. Living with the two under the same roof? A headache was only the very beginning of Kaname's day-to-day issues. As if on cue, a loud 'thud' came from upstairs and a familiar feeling of hunter magic sparked and crackled in the air. Holding in an exasperated sigh Kaname shot a pleading look to his one saving grace, Ichijo Takuma, to, for the love of someone, handle the argument that was about to ensue and last for the next six hours. His right hand gave him a small yet tired smile before quickly heading upstairs to find out who did what this time. "It's like living with temperamental toddlers." Ruka huffed out as she and the remaining nobles seated themselves, it was going to be a long night.
Takuma usually started with Zero's side of the story first, the silver-haired hunter certainly didn't put up with any of Hanabusa's antics but his method of dealing with the noble was often a mix of physical and verbal confrontation. When he was spoken to by others, such as Takuma, he was usually calm and analytical of the situation. Though he wasn't about to apologize for any action on his part, he would occasionally admit to an overreaction of the situation at hand and would remain level-headed through the evening if occupied by the vice president or Senri Shiki whom he got along with quite well due to their easy nature. This time, Takuma noted, Zero's door looked like it had been slammed so hard it nearly came off its hinges meaning he was in no mood to talk and the normally cheery vice president would need to start with the huddled form of Aido Hanabusa holding his head across the hallway. Holding in a sigh at whatever dramatic I-hate-Kiryu rant he was about to endure he turned to the blond charmer. "Aido, care to explain what happened?" the smile Takuma gave off wasn't hiding how annoyed he was at having to even be there, nor was the dark aura that surrounded him. For a usually easy-going even happy vampire, when he was irritated Aido found it was just best to do as asked and avoid as much punishment as possible. With a groan he moved into a sitting position on the wall, rubbing a rapidly healing lump.
"Last night I slipped my latest test into Kiryu's drink before he took it upstairs for the day. It was supposed to just turn his ears fuzzy and long but...it didn't and uh...I saw the results this morning when I snuck into his room. I wanted to see that dumb look wiped off his face but..." the noble trailed off, a bright red blush covering his face from the neck to the tips of his ears.
"But?" Takuma prompted, dully taking note of his classmate changing color, had he seen the teen naked or something? Takuma didn't peg Zero as someone to sleep naked but he supposed everyone had their own thing they enjoyed as they slept. Nothing to make a huge deal out of but he could see how that would elicit the reaction of being thrown into the wall across the hall. Zero was a private person who, to Takuma's knowledge, never dated anyone. Likely the last people to see him in his birthday suit to this day were his parents.
"But ah...it didn't do what I thought it was going to, it kind of...well it changed him into a...girl...and I saw him er her I guess step out of the shower instead. She didn't say anything but the next thing I knew I was colliding with the wall. So um, here we are now." Hanabusa mumbled out lowly, Takuma almost laughed at the sheer bizarreness of the situation. Oh Kami, this was going to be one hell of a mess to clean up.
"Go downstairs and tell Kaname-sama about what you did, I believe Kiryu's actions were quite justified but you should know better by now than to tamper with things you're not supposed to. Also, let him know I will do my best to console her but I'm not going to make any promises she will come out of her room until this wears off. Which it will, right?" Unfortunately, Takuma didn't get an answer before Hanabusa fled the scene, meaning he didn't know. "Wonderful." emerald eyes would have rolled back into his head and out the beck of it if they could, but he gathered himself again before knocking on Zero's door. Or at least he would have if the wood hadn't swung open at the first touch leaving Takuma to enter cautiously.
Number 62: Untitled (TakumaxZeroxShiki anyone? Yeah, I went there, I don't know if this is going to have an extensive plot or not yet. I don't usually do threesomes but I did it for a KyoxYukixHaru Fruits Basket fic so why not with some characters I love even more than those three? If this is not your thing I ask you to please sidestep my entire profile, it won't be worth your time I promise, but for the rest of you please have at it. I guess I'll give an it's gay warning that no one really needs but I feel obligated to do it anyway because of fanfiction rules)
He was hungry, oh god was he hungry, it had been a six-hour photo shoot with arguably one of the densest photographers he'd ever met. Didn't you have to have an art degree or something to even become a photographer? Apparently not where that loon was from. After spending two hours with the makeup team arguing about what the look even was, he was dressed in what could only be seen as clothing for a box party. No, not a block party, a box party. Everything in the shoot was a box, he was in a box, on boxes, dressed like a shipping package and even stamped! Wherever those pictures were going, he did not want to find out. And they hadn't let him eat the entire time he was there. Talk about cruel and unusual punishment. Walking into the familiar setting of the moon dorms Senri Shiki felt himself relax a little bit, breathing in the familiar scents of his friends and classmates helped calm him but the amazing aroma coming from the kitchen nearly made him melt. He was a bit curious since, to his knowledge, no one in the moon dorms could cook aside from the most basic of meals. Having been served their entire lives hand and foot due to being nobles it never really crossed anyone's mind to pick up a cookbook for themselves. He supposed it could be one of their renowned chefs that worked in the moon dorm cafeteria making dinner preparations but it was a little early for that still, the rest of the night class was still out at the market he assumed from how silent it was. Not a common occurrence when you lived with one Aido Hanabusa and one Souen Ruka. So, allowing his stomach and his nose to guide him, he followed the scent trail into the kitchen. "What do you want?" an annoyed and to-the-point tone was immediately directed at him as soon as he stepped near the open doorway making Shiki mentally sigh. Of all the beings on campus, of course,the one that could cook was Kiryu Zero. Zero didn't live in the moon dorms, he was a member of the disciplinary committee that helped keep the crowd of girls from running the night class over every time they stepped outside their dorm, but he frequented the moon dorms when headmaster Cross Kaien's kitchen became unusable due to what Zero called his catastrophic attempts at cooking. Kiryu Zero was not one to get on the wrong side of, he was usually displeased with people and had no issue telling you just that. Shiki distinctly remembered an incident in which during a verbal battle with Aido, Kain Akatsuki attempted to intervene and ended up being thrown over the smaller male's shoulder like a damp rag before he could even get a word out. Realizing suddenly that the temperamental my-eyes-will-kill-you-faster-than-a-bullet silverette was still waiting for an answer Shiki swallowed semi-nervously as he stared at whatever it was that Zero was making.
"Hungry." was all he said, he was a man of very few words, something both producers and other nobles often appreciated. He knew what people didn't like, namely any mannerisms that could be connected with Aido, so he formed a personality that was the exact opposite. An emotionless blank canvas that only a select few could truly understand how to read.
"Then feed yourself." came the blunt reply as the silverette continued to fluidly move around the kitchen, he was more graceful than what Shiki knew to be humanly possible. However, it seemed any trace of annoyance he had with Shiki coming into his territory had been wiped from his face as soon as he got back to what he was doing. A concentrated yet easy expression relaxed his features bringing out what the model could only describe as picture-perfect beauty. Senri Shiki was stoic, uninterested, quiet...he was a lot of things but he sure as hell wasn't blind. And the young adult moving around the kitchen before him as though in a serene dance was a spectacle that would make anyone stop and stare. Secretly Shiki was glad he was the only one that witnessed it.
"Can't." he shrugged even though he wasn't aware if Zero saw it or not, he did note a slight pause in the swift movement of the knife as it carefully cut paper-thin slices of what looked and smelled like fresh salmon, but Zero didn't seem to care about what he said other than that. Shiki sighed, assuming that meant their brief conversation was over and turned to exit the kitchen and painfully wait until the rest of the night class returned and he could pester Takuma for treats until dinner.
"What, you can't feed yourself? Don't you know how to cook?" deciding to face the inevitable humiliation that was about to befall him when answered negatively he turned around and felt the word die in his throat when he found himself staring into moon kissed lilac-amethyst eyes. Under Zero's stare, a submissive whimper almost left his mouth but he caught it before it became audible. Zero, even without the glare or remotely aggravated features, held an air of dominance, something more submissive vampires like Shiki often latched onto. As those searing eyes traveled from his own down his body and back up he felt himself shiver and bit his lip instinctively. He was still hungry, but now he was craving much more than what could be made in the kitchen.
Number 63: Whisper On The Wind (this one might have some resemblance to another fic in the previous chapter, Gin Shinigami, but I do promise it's not the same literally at all. Rido stayed dead, Shizuka only kinda exists and Ichiru is alive but irrelevant. Yuki is a pureblood but not a bitch, and Kaito and Sayori are Zero's closest allies. Zero is also twenty-two, Kaito is twenty-three, Sayori is twenty-one and everyone else is around normal high school age. The reason for the age up will be explained later on but not in this teaser)
Yuki found herself walking alone in the forest just of campus once again, it had now been two months since she and her brother along with the nobles had moved into Cross Academy and it had been three weeks since she had heard that voice speak to her. She was still curious about the supposed entity living with them in the dorms but every time she brought him up the perfects ignored her or changed the subject. She didn't understand, they talked about him like he was human, like they were friends, but then it was so strange that not even they often saw him. It was so strange in fact some of the nobles began speculating that they were imagining the whole thing, there was no person upstairs, no existence named Zero and they were talking to apparitions or some sort of lost soul that wasn't really there. Yuki was inclined to believe them until she heard that voice, telling her to be careful after she had fallen, calling her clumsy even. There wasn't anyone around here so who was it that spoke. Was it Zero? Was it something sinister? She had no clue but it had been on her mind for three weeks and she was no closer to finding an answer. She walked in the forest every night to clear her mind, from the day's events, from Aido, from listening to class lectures. It was peaceful out in the open, as though nothing mattered. "It's so nice out here, fresh and calm, I wish everything was this pleasant. Don't you?" she had taken to talking into the wind, since that's how whatever communicated with her last time seemed to use. She never got an answer but she felt as though she was being listened to.
"It's a protected place, don't venture to the creek, a clumsy girl like you might fall in." that voice, the same whispered one she heard three weeks prior, sounded from somewhere behind her. Yuki spun but no one was there, all she could feel was that same gentle wind.
"Who are you, why did it take you three weeks to talk again?" she asked to no avail, whoever it was had already left, leaving Yuki puzzled and frustrated yet again. She knew she wasn't going crazy, there was definitely someone talking to her, but she felt crazy enough to scream at the wind like a child that didn't get their way.
Number 64: Untitled (I won't say this is OC centric but it does heavily involve a young OC, she's actually an OC from my other fic 'Students' I know that hasn't been written out fully yet but this is essentially how one of Zero's students in that fic came to become one of Zero's students before he was even thinking about the idea. I don't know about pairings, everyone in the normal VK world is normal high school sophomore-junior age (so like 16-17), the OC is like twelve, and I don't think this one involves anything heavy or angsty but honestly, it's too early to tell.)
As the night class were returning from their dorms they spotted the three perfects apparently doing their rounds together, Yuki was talking about some assignment she couldn't figure out while Zero listened and Kaito gently teased her about it. They were so wrapped up in conversation they didn't even notice the night class students returning to their dorms, it was a lazy ease the vampires had come to appreciate from the three. Only Yuki ever bowed to them but they didn't seem to mind anymore. Zero chose to ignore them most of the time, aside from a nod or glance every now and then, favoring his conversations with Kaito instead as the group passed. That's how it had been for nearly a year now and it was comfortable. It was so easy that Kain almost glanced right over a figure hiding in the shadows, it was a young girl, she was a hunter and her eyes were fixated on the three perfects. Instead of choosing to alarm everyone and probably scare the child half to death, he got Takuma's attention so the two of them could check it out without causing a scene. As they approached, the child seemed to duck further behind a tree, her heartbeat accelerated but she tried to keep herself silent. "Excuse me, can we help you? Are you lost?" Takuma started, usually being the better received of the two, as they continued to approach her carefully.
"No. I'm not lost, you idiot. I'm here for him." she snipped back, surprising the two nobles with her sharp tone. Younger hunters to their knowledge were usually kind upon meeting and rarely had an issue with nobles. The older ones were the problem more often than not.
"For who?" Kain asked this time, glancing behind him, most of the night class had made it into the dorms and the perfects were slowly heading back towards the sun dorms for a few hours of sleep before they needed to go to class. The girl poked her head out of the shadows, looking around until she again settled burning eyes on the trio of perfects.
"Him!" was all the warning she gave before charging out of the brush, a dagger in hand, and lunging at Zero. Before Takuma could give him a warning Zero had blocked and disarmed the girl in a single motion, holding both her wrists up with one hand as her weapon was twirled around in his other. Yuki's hands were clasped over her mouth in shock and Kaito looked stunned. Takuma gave a sigh in relief as he and Kain walked over to get a better understanding of what just happened, and why.
Number 65: Untitled (mpreg fic, I think I lost my damn mind, I haven't ever written an mpreg fic. It never interested me until I stumbled upon one I really liked and one thing led to another so here we are. I, Len, am adding kinda dumb mpreg fics to my vault now I guess. How far the mighty have fallen...not really but eh I don't know. It's not really my territory, if you can't tell I'm trying to be adventurous with this series of teasers, so forgive me if it sucks and it probably won't be super long.)
Sickness, he wasn't supposed to get sick, but when he woke up the following evening to get ready for the day and the room started to spin violently Takuma knew he was most definitely sick. Stumbling almost blindly into the bathroom to empty the contents of whatever he had eaten last night, Takuma rested his head against the cold floor and tried to breathe as best he could before slowly making his way back to his bed and collapsing into the soft mattress. Too soft according to his partner but Takuma liked the ability to sink into the fabric, it helped ease the nights when his lover was gone and he was worried and alone. Speaking of his lover, where was he at this time? Before he could see his clock the shrill scream of day class girls assaulted his head, ah, that's right. He was out there. Likely annoyed, tired, and probably in no mood to deal with Takuma wanting to be babied. But this was the first time in his life the noble was sick, so he had a right to be babied. With a suppressed moan of pain when he moved his head off the pillow he blindly searched for that damn electronic device they called a phone. An item he would find useful if anyone in his class aside from Ruka and Aido knew how to or cared to use one. His lover included who only had one because Takuma insisted and rarely if ever answered him. This would be an exception though, and he knew that better than anyone, as cold as he could be to every person he came across Takuma was his partner. And he would take care of him, he would also likely be quite worried which was a detail the emerald-eyed vice president realized only moments before his door was practically thrown from its hinges. "The hell do you mean 'you're sick' I thought that literally couldn't happen to vampires." annoyance masked concern, a tactic Takuma wasn't particularly fond of but knew his partner was trying to break.
"I don't know Zero, it's not like it's ever happened to me before, it's never happened to anyone I know. But I've read enough novels to know what being sick looks like, I just didn't think it felt this terrible. The girls always seemed so much better off..." it hurt to talk, his throat was fine aside from the burn of stomach acid but the vibrations it made in his head caused him to groan in pain and curl into himself a little more. Zero, finally over his initial shock, sighed and quickly went into what Takuma heard Ichiru once call big brother-overdrive, something the younger Kiryu often experienced as they were growing up and claimed it was what Zero did best. Ichiru didn't talk about how much it sucked to feel like your intestines were trying to fall out of your throat while pummeling your stomach though, a warning he would have appreciated before he secretly wished to know what if felt like to be taken care of to that degree.
"That's because all you read are romance dramas and manga. That's not real, it's a fabricated idolization that people become obsessed with and it's fucking weird. Did you brush your teeth after you threw up everywhere?" Zero was still blunt, this was Zero they were talking about, but he did come back with a tool Takuma remembered him calling a thermometer and some medication. When the blond shook his head miserably the silverette sighed again and ran a hand through sweaty matted hair. "Let's do that first, stomach acid isn't good for your teeth, then we'll take your temperature and get some medication in you. If you don't feel up to eating anything right now that's fine and I'll get you some peppermint tea to help your stomach, but I'll make some ramen for you when I get done with the latter half of patrols. That sound okay with you?" his voice significantly softer and calm had Takuma practically melting into his arms, he didn't give a verbal answer but he didn't need to for Zero to get the message. A quick kiss to his neck and the silverette had lifted him from the bed and carried him back into the bathroom. He made Takuma stand on his own but allowed him to cling onto him for support as he swayed a bit at the counter. As he brushed his teeth Zero took a brush from the side of the counter and soaked a washcloth before setting to work on cleaning up the vice president's hair and face.
Number 66: Dangerous (this is going to be another explanation that probably won't make a lot of fckn sense, I'm really good at those, I'm going to label it as a twincest fic just because I have a feeling it might go there in a few scenes down the road and I feel the need to give proper warning. In the long run though pairings are generally the most irrelevant part of my fics and this one is no exception so you can choose to look over it and still understand and enjoy the story I think.)
Aido stared at the mirror image in both anger and surprise, who the hell was he to claim something so ridiculous! They were the ones that had been living with his asshole brother for the past four-plus years now, if anything he should be thanking them for keeping tabs on the stupid level D. But instead, he had the balls to say they had no clue who Zero even was and they were part of the problem? If he could have Aido would have knocked the younger Kiryu out of his damn shoes but that would likely make Kaname upset. They had only been told they were getting a new student to the moon dorms, Cross didn't say who and told them they'd understand when he got there. But when Kiryu Ichiru walked through their doors with a smug smile and duffle bag they didn't understand shit. "What are you talking about, you're the one that hasn't been here this whole time. It's you that doesn't know a thing about him." the other nobles were quite surprised that Ruka was the one to argue first. Usually, she wanted nothing to do with the older Kiryu twin and claimed it was better that they never interacted.
"We're twins, it doesn't matter how long I haven't been here, I will always know my twin better than some stuck up vampire trash like you. But if you're so curious about it then watch, closely, it'll take a maximum of three days for my brother to forgive me. After which your names won't matter to, your existence will become irrelevant, and your voices lost on him. You think he doesn't care about you now? In two weeks' time he won't even see you, but you'll see him, for who he really is. The person our parents attempted to take away from me." Ichiru smiled, a deep steel color coming over his normally bright eyes, a small glimpse Kaname realized of who Kiryu Ichiru truly was. A boy who had his parents murdered, his brother turned, and allowed a pureblood vampire to coddle him until he ultimately led her to her death at the academy. What in Satan's sweet name made Cross think for a second allowing the boy back in their halls was a good idea? Kaname didn't have a clue, what he did have was an intuition that told him this might not be a battle he wanted to get involved in. The only question remaining would be if he had a choice or not.
Number 67: Untitled (Kidfic! for now this is just kind of a cute maybe one or two chapter story on Kaname's inner turmoil about not knowing how to be a normal child and a first meeting with Zero, Takuma and Kaito will also be there)
It wasn't as though Kaname hated their family's hosted social gatherings, they were beneficial for networking and essential to make yourself known to the public, he enjoyed watching his sister and her friends have fun since they rarely got to see each other and his parents were always happy when they had their friends over. Kaname had friends too, wandering around somewhere he was sure, but they always seemed stiff around him. Often he felt that they stuck around him until he gave them permission to wander on their own, like kids waiting for their parents to let them go play at the park. He had once overheard a noble child he didn't know the name of whisper to her younger sibling that Kaname didn't know how to play which was why he was always by himself at these parties. "You know, Kaname, they only talk about you like you're an adult because you act like you're an adult." Ichijo Takuma, the one Kaname would assume he could call his best friend and only advisor, smiled at him as he came up to the window where the young pureblood was sitting. Takuma had already made his rounds of greetings with the noble families to his grandfather's likings and was now free to do as he wished.
"I'm not an adult, I just..." he didn't really know the right words to say, it wasn't as though he wanted to sound stuck up but he was a pureblood and they had an image to protect from the day they were born. His parents could sometimes be seen as the exception, with their generally cheerful attitude and progressive views, but even they wouldn't have been caught running through gardens or getting grass stains on their clothes.
"Let's go outside, I heard the hunters assigned to watch over this party are famous, we should get to know them too." the blond changed the subject and had Kaname by the sleeve before the other could protest. For large parties, it was mandatory to have hunters keep watch for anything that could go wrong. They weren't particularly rude but they were often focused and rarely let their eyes waver from the task at hand. Sometimes Kaname wondered if they were just modified robots made to look and act human enough to pass. Hunters were often only seen on a job, which didn't allow for much communication between them and the vampires but Kaname's parents did press that it was important to greet them and be kind. They wanted to remain allies.
"Out for an evening stroll Kaname-kun, Takuma-kun?" a familiar voice reached their ears as soon as Takuma's foot stepped outside, Kaname was a little surprised at how good the hunters could be at detecting their movements. The voice belonged to a young hunter, he was fifteen if Kaname remembered right and belonged to the Takamiya family. They had met a few times before the prior year at another party hosted by Takuma's grandfather and again at a Council meeting.
"Taito-san, it's good to see you again, we decided to see who showed up this time around." Takuma smiled back at the teen, he was so at ease with communicating it almost made Kaname jealous.
"There aren't too many of us here this evening but they are among the most noted hunters of the association, your grandfather is either worried something's going to happen or is paranoid. Everything seems to be in order so far though, I doubt anything will happen with the Kiryuu family here, oh! There's someone I'd like you to meet. It's his first time out here." Taito rambled before turning toward the east end of the estate and whistling. Not a few moments later a much younger, and bored looking version of the teen rounded the corner.
"I'm not a dog you know, what do you want, I was busy." he wasn't very old, maybe their age if not a year younger, dressed in formal hunter wear but it was almost hard to take him seriously. Kaname raised en eyebrow as Takuma smiled and Taito rolled his eyes before forcing the young younger in front of him to face the vampires.
"This is Kaito, my younger brother, he can be a nuisance and gets annoyed when he's caught ogling Zero but he's surprisingly decent at throwing knives. Kaito this is Ichijo Takuma and Kuran Kaname, I suggest you not forget those names." Taito explained, much to the irritation of the younger Takamiya.
"I think everyone knows those names, pleasure to meet you. As this lump behind me said I'm Takamiya Kaito." he nodded his greeting politely before turning on his brother with blazing eyes. "And I do not ogle anyone for the record! I just don't understand why they would allow him to come so early on. He could get hurt, and I was making sure that didn't happen! You'd do the same if you saw him on your first mission!" he fumed.
"It's because he's capable, and I trust those abilities, you would too if you saw him in action. And if I were you I wouldn't let him catch you saying things like that, he might put a bullet through you just to prove a point." the older chuckled a bit as Takuma and Kaname shared a look of concern.
Number 68: Infatuation (another mpreg fic because eh why not, there's already one in the works, it's not going to be as straight forward as the previous one, starts out with ZeroxAido one-sided, and mentions of KainxAido)
He didn't understand why he was still doing this, he had someone already, it was only growing more painful every time they walked passed each other in the yard or in the halls. Why did he crave someone like him anyway? His secret love didn't even care! They were supposed to be allies and nothing more. And yet here he was, standing outside the wooden door that held the objects of his darkest secret and his deepest affection. "Are you going to stand there all day or is there a reason you're outside my door?" the easy baritone voice made him jump and look up into lilac-amethyst eyes. For a second he opted to just stand there and stare, instead of solidifying out loud what he was there for. A quick once-over was all he was given before Zero left the open doorway and returned to the papers on his desk. It was a silent invitation for Aido to come in but he wouldn't argue if the blond turned and walked away either. As though the choice didn't matter.
"Do you want me to come in?" the shorter blond prompted, just to see if he could get the other to admit he wanted this as much as Aido did. He wanted Zero to see him as more than just a side hobby. Never had Zero said he cared for Aido personally, never had he admitted their relationship was more than a fling, and maybe to him it wasn't. But to Aido...to Aido it was everything, it was the best part of his day and the worst part of his night when he was left alone and Zero had gone without a word of affection.
"Should you come in?" Zero answered him with a question, Aido hated when he did that, forcing the blond to face his decision over and over again. He never reprimanded Aido for coming to him, never asked if he wanted a relationship, and never told Aido to go back to his own lover instead. Kiryu Zero just let whatever happened happen, and it was tearing the noble apart. He was cruel, manipulative, rough, nothing short of sinister. But, as he stepped inside the familiar blue-grey walls and sat on the queen-sized bed he had occupied too many nights, Aido submitted to his selfish desires once again. When Zero turned those semi-uninterested eyes on him Aido's breath caught in his throat, a burn rushed through his veins to his face making him quickly look away to the floor. "Why are you here, Aido." Zero didn't ask, he demanded, he didn't respect anyone enough to ask, especially not Aido.
"You know why." came the quiet even raspy response as he continued to stare at the floor until his face was lifted to look at Zero's own, Aido melted when those soft sweet lips took his own easily. He forgot where he was, everything was so calm, it was addicting. And just as quick as it started, the older teen pulled away, humor dancing in his eyes at the blond's state as he left him on the bed.
"You know better." came the suddenly cold tone as he grabbed the familiar disciplinary committee jacket and that beloved gun of his and left Aido alone. Again. Tears pricked at the corners of azure blue eyes. Why did the silverette have to play his torturous mind games, sweet one second and colder than steel the next. But truly Aido only had himself to blame, he was the one infatuated with the hard edge named Kiryu Zero.
A/N: Welp there you have my next segment of fledgling plots, if you like any of them please let me know so I can know which fics I should be looking at working on full time once Silver Wings has finished and if you have questions, comments or requests feel free to leave those too. I went adventurous in these, my mind has been going a little off its normal pathways and I don't think I'm actually all that upset with how any of these will turn out. Again I'm not practiced at writing some of them, I never do pregnancies, cute and funny isn't really my thing either but I want to expand my ability as a writer and reach a wider audience. As I've said I don't know how many times now (at least 10 I'm sure) I want to write what you want to read. With that being said, I have added a lot to some of the previous fics from my first chapter of teasers including but not limited to: My Name, Is Zero, Lone Rose, Picking Up Pieces, and Kiryu Twins. I write whatever plots speak to me the most during the week and we get what we get. These are just a few of the latest ideas I've had over the last month or two that I can't get out of my brain to save my life. As always I look forward to hearing from you and hope to see you soon. Until next time! ~Len