A/N: I said I'd be back quick didn't I? Welp, here I am with chapter seventeen! Again I give you the classic warning of things get really OOC and very AU. I apologize if things just seem to be too much again in this chapter. I didn't get any complaints about it last time but this one is a bit worse than the others in my personal opinion. But again this is fanfiction where anything is possible and anything (and everything) can happen and somehow make enough sense for people to keep reading. Thank you again to everyone reading and I hope you enjoy this chapter.
"So what should we start with?" Kai questioned looking between the two purebloods. It was clear Luna would have more authority being the older and far more powerful pureblood but she had no interest in running communities or kingdoms so she was technically under official rule of the Kuran prince.
"We start with the Chairman, he is the only real threat we have moving forward, and if he is able to convince the Council I am a danger to the vampire community as well as the hunters that will propose even more issues. We must stop it before it's able to go down that road and cause even more trouble or harm to innocents." Luna explained to her students and everyone else while also receiving a nod from Kaname.
"In that case, it's best if we make a battle plan. We all know the old man isn't going to go down easy. Even less likely is he to surrender." Kaito started, stepping into the ring of powers. Aside from the TAU, that was more feared in name than appearance, and Zero who currently didn't exist he had the most power and ability within the HA and didn't need to be acting on any orders now that he finished his apprenticeship. Thus making him one of if not the best asset to manipulate things within the hunters.
"I agree, Kaito since you're the best hunter asset we currently have I want you to head to the association and find out all you can on any possible plans they have. Take Isei with you." Luna started, she was beginning to form a plan on how to bring the man of her recent nightmares down without simply killing him. That would be far too easy after all. And the last thing that man deserved was an easy out.
"What are you going to do with him, if the man ends up dead all suspicions will turn immediately to you." Kaname pointed out with all the nobles nodding and the hunters shrugging it off.
"He won't end up dead, as much as I'd love for him to, but it's getting too dangerous to have him in or near the association so I'm going to have him firstly removed from any connections at the association while the TAU exiles the Chairman entirely from the country. We'll have to settle with that for now, and Kaito I want a list of the Chairman's strongest ties in the HA as well. We're going to be ridding the association of them." Luna replied with dead set eyes to the group. She was in charge now and anyone would think twice before suggesting otherwise.
"I shall head to the association immediately." Kaito bowed and quietly exited the room with Isei trailing him only seconds later.
"By 'ridding' of the Hunters Association's ties to the Chairman you mean you're going to have them all killed?" Ruka shivered, she knew Zero was ruthless as a hunter already but this was different. It was as though her blood and heart had turned to ice with the transition into being a pureblood.
"Yes, just as you do with problem vampires, regardless of status if they are a threat to the community they need to be dealt with quickly and quietly as possible." Kai responded for the pureblood to the rose-eyes noble.
"I see, and the hunters won't see you as a larger threat than their current leader?" Ruka pressed further without blatantly stating that the silverette was a vampire controlling a bunch of hunters.
"I have no intentions of taking control of the association in the light, I've always worked the strings from the shadows as my clan is destined to do. Besides, there's nothing they can do towards me as it stands, Black Rose won't hesitate to kill them all if they stand too far in the way." She replied with a slight side glance that dared anyone to press her further. "I wish to have a meeting with the TAU, in order to give all your individual assignments, then we will discuss things further." With a look cast in the direction of her students, Luna exited the room soon to be followed by the six hunters leaving the night class once again without room to protest or get a word in edgewise.
"She certainly has her head in the game doesn't she..." Kain mumbled to no one in particular.
"She does, but I can't blame her, we don't know how much or how long she has been tormented by the association nor do we know the full extent of what they do. Even though her measures may seem drastic it could be necessary for the association to recover." Takuma sympathized. To everyone else maybe Luna looked as though she was ruthless and irrational but to him, it was a different story. She was taking such measures in order to protect not just the TAU but the other hunters and herself. 'Luna-sama knows this is the best course of action in order to prevent future complications or possible casualties devised by the current Chairman.' The noble was completely set on following the silverette may she be pureblood, hunter, level D or otherwise. He would willingly pledge dual loyalty between Luna and Kaname if he was ever asked or prompted to.
Luna and the TAU worked fast, she gave out orders that were followed to the smallest details by her students. It only took a week to exile the Chairman and his lackeys were being taken care of. On the vampire side, Luna gave Kaname all the information she had received in suspect that the former Chairman was conspiring with influential members of the Council regarding Hio Shizuka's madness and other sketchy events among the vampires. When he had enough information the Kuran prince had several members killed for their disloyalty and Ichijou Asato exiled from the Council then isolated where his vampiric abilities would be useless. It was Takuma's idea to keep him alive in isolation, it was what he deserved according to the blond. By the time the third week of the group staying at Luna's estate approached Touga was given control of the association and they were looking to make the journey back to Cross Academy. Of course with that, both Kaien and Yuuki were waiting for explanations. "What do you plan on telling them?" Kaname asked as he and Luna walked through the vast gardens together. An activity they found enjoyable when things needed to be discussed without other pairs of ears listening in.
"The only thing they deserve, the truth." Luna responded with a slight sigh. She was dreading Yuuki's reaction more than anything. There was just so much she didn't know yet and Luna was about to drop the biggest bombshell on her since becoming a level D vampire.
"Do you think she'll take it well?" Kaname pressed, really trying to get a read on the silverette's emotions.
"Not as well as I would like I'm sure, this is a lot for anyone...it wasn't even supposed to be known by anyone in the first place. The forms of Silverblood are a powerful gift but they can cause many a problem and power-hungry assholes are always going after it." Luna explained with a sigh coming to rest at a stone bench that sat next to her favorite lilac roses.
"It certainly was a lot to take in when we first found out. Going from hunter to mass weapon to pureblood is quite a transition in our societies." The brunette mumbled.
"You forgot one..." Luna all but whispered not looking away from her roses. Kaname looked over and waited for the explanation he had been searching months for. The last form of Silverblood. "The final form of Silverblood brings us back to our original roots before the Kiryuu clan was ever created." She began hesitantly.
"What do you mean?" The younger vampire questioned gently.
"The Kiryuu clan didn't come from a strain of vampires like other hunters did...the reason we are so likened to vampires and have the abilities we do is because our final most powerful form is a direct reincarnation of the archangels, each member of our clan once descended from the heavens to create the first hunter-vampire beings in order to keep the peace of the world. Our final true form is the direct form from when we were serving and angels." Luna explained quietly, allowing the information to fully sink into the vampire's head. The only thing Kaname could do for a solid minute was stare and blink at the pureblood in front of him.
"And I thought I was ancient as it." He eventually half snorted out, easing the tension that had built during their gap of silence. Luna couldn't help but let out a half laugh allowing Kaname to see a real smile from the beautiful being in front of him. 'Gorgeous.' He thought once again finding himself staring.
"I truly don't know how Yuuki will take any of this. She tends to become irrational when she doesn't understand things and this...well it's not your everyday explanation one could say." The older pureblood stood and faced the younger one again.
"Over time might be best, all at once could send her into irrational thinking and even further irrational actions." Kaname voiced without much thought.
"That's quite cruel to say about the person you're planning to marry and the sister you've done everything for...twisted or not everything was with good intentions towards Yuuki." Luna half snorted as the two made eye contact.
"I'm being told to marry her...but lately, with everything going on, I don't believe that would be the wisest choice. Yuuki is a pureblood but a child at best and one with such an affinity to humans that she would never be taken seriously within the vampire community. It would cause her more harm than I initially expected." The male sighed in such a way it reminded Luna that, in comparison to her, the vampires she was working with were really all children growing up in a confusing torn world. They were confused between tradition and their true feelings. Things that, according to her, had no place competing against each other.
"I'm going to give you what is considered the unpopular opinion among the current elders because of how they were raised which I take partial responsibility for. If you were to ask me, Kaname, I see that you love Yuuki as your sibling. Once maybe she was viewed as more than that but as what happened with me, Yuuki I find is someone that doesn't fit among the reality of who we are and the positions we hold. Speaking quite frankly she's a child that is currently being protected because of her seal. She has missed many years of what it is that the vampires will expect from her and I can see you've realized how much it would pain her to suppress everything she has become. Yuuki isn't like us, she never will be. If you come to the decision not to do what is expected of you for the well being of someone you care for I honestly don't see many consequences that aren't worth following your real feelings for. You have a support system that will go to the ends of the galaxy and beyond for you." Kaname knew Luna spoke the truth, she not only had age and wisdom on him but Luna had been there for most of Yuuki's life. She knew the sealed Kuran better than anyone in the academy and while once that would have irked the prince he admired the other vampire for everything she did. She was remarkable in ways Kaname couldn't fathom such as being so old and yet having a mind so modern and in tune to those of the younger generations.
'I really missed an opportunity to have a truly insightful relationship when I toyed around with Zero...all for my own gain and selfishness because I was so blind.'
"You haven't missed out completely Kaname, I'm still here. I may look different, my position in society is different but I am still the same person you met all those years ago when I tried to stab you with a butter knife. If you can forgive that I believe we still have a good chance at a real friendship. I also doubt I'd be wrong in saying it might be the only way we're able to fix up our communities and truly achieve co-existence." The silverette's voice sounded reminding Kaname that purebloods could read minds if they knew their skills.
"I believe you're right but on one condition." Wine red eyes glinted with both seriousness and a hint of embarrassment that Luna didn't miss. Still, she waited to hear what this condition would be. "When we get back to the academy, no matter what form you're in, would you care to accompany me to dinner?" He asked, not ordered, actually asked and Luna could see there was a nervousness in the other's eyes that he wasn't used to. Deciding to ease the tension with a slight chuckle Luna nodded.
"You have yourself an agreement Kuran Kaname." She smiled before the two headed back to the estate in order to pack up. They would be returning to Cross Academy the following evening.
"Are you ready to be back?" Rima asked the group of nobles as they watched the two purebloods get into a car ahead of them to head back to Cross. They would be leaving soon after.
"After everything that's happened...I'd almost feel as though it's easier to ignore everything that will come with Cross Academy if we just stay here. We've been through hell these past few weeks but it'll be even worse to go back to being normal." Ruka spoke up first. She wouldn't be the only one to say the relationships between the night class, the hunters and Zero had changed in a way she never thought possible. She didn't want to pretend it didn't change.
"It won't be the same, Zero will still be in the night class and I assure he won't let anyone get away with the things we used to." Kain pointed out in an attempt to ease some worry.
"Akatsuki is correct, you've done something as a group not even some of the most incredible people could accomplish. You've gained not only the forgiveness but the respect and friendship of the most notorious Kiryuu to exist. If you think Zero will just ignore that then you've got a lot to learn and another thing coming." Kaito stepped in as he moved his belongings to the door to be grabbed by someone.
"What do you think will happen in the future?" Shiki asked turning to the hunter standing before them.
"With you lot, I couldn't ever tell. But by the way things are going at the association and the Council, I believe there's a lot of much-needed work ahead as well as long deserved rest between our societies. We all know Kuran and Zero will be spearheading movements and whatever happens will happen. As you know well, there are times you just have to trust in your leaders with everything." Kaito replied after a few moments of thought. The vampires nodded in agreement before heading out to their awaiting cars.
A/N: Alright everyone there's chapter seventeen. Things are really wrapping up, I'm thinking it will probably be another two chapters so I don't make one extremely long chapter that will take fifteen minutes to read. If you didn't get that this was a KaZe or ZeKa fiction in the beginning then I hope that became really clear in this chapter. If not...well...it's a gay fic. Not much more to say on that. In the next chapter there will be some Yuuki bashing, not directly with her but more like talking about her actions when Kaname and Zero go meet with her and Kaien in Kaien's office back at the school. I'm still debating on if I should write an epilogue or not, I suppose I'll figure it out when I get to the last chapter or if people are really just wanting those few extra fan service scenes. Let me know, as I've said before, I want to write what people will read. But that's all for now I hope you liked it enough to keep reading until the end. ~Keep Calm and Fanfiction On~ (I promise I'm going to stop saying that after I'm done with this fic it sounds so stupid now)