Star Shine

Chapter Five

Edited 6/5/2018

A/N: the cards Arashi uses in this chapter are my own creation.

Kaname and Arashi are not in any romantic relationships. They are simply good friends who are in a relationship that is also explained in another chapter. Zero and Arashi are also not in any romantic relationships. (But both will be considered to any who want them to be.)

This chapter was not heavily edited. I only changed the names to the correct small noticable grammar mistakes but I will be considering rewriting it later on. Farewarning its a rushed chapter.

Pureblood

Hoshito Araki sat alone in the chair of his office, drinking a large glassful of blood tablets while staring longingly at the fading picture he held in his hands. The smiling face of his granddaughter as she was being held up by his late son still haunted Araki as he couldn't even remember the last time he had seen Arashi as truthfully happy as she was in this picture.

The last happy memory Araki had with his granddaughter was when she was still just a babbling toddler.

A young Arashi giggled happily in the arms of her grandfather as the elderly vampire placed her gently onto his lap. The toddling vampire poked curiously at the cards placed upon the table which caused Araki to chuckle in amusement.

"Do you know what these are my little star? He asked chuckling once more as the toddler shook her head. "These are the traditional tarot cards that our clan use to tell the future. Do you want to see what kind of future you have awaiting you?"

Arashi nodded her head fiercely but pouted when Araki got up and placed her on the chair opposite him.

"Now don't look at me like that my dear star. We have to do this if you want to see your future."

Arashi immediately stopped pouting and started to watch closely as Araki began shuffling the cards. At first Araki held a wide smile on his face but that soon faded as he saw the five cards placed before him.

"Th...this..."Without any warnings Araki bolted out of the office room leaving a confused Arashi to stare down at the abandoned cards;

A Broken Pocket Watch : Unchangeable Future

A Transforming Werewolf : Awakening

A Blood Soaked White Rose : Tainted Purity

A Grim Reaper : An Ill Omen of Coming Misfortunes

A Prince and a Pauper : Switching of Fates

Sighing Araki could only wish he could turn back time. After the ill fortune telling he'd all but avoided Arashi in favour of trying to find a way to change her fate. By the time he realised there was nothing he could do he'd already lost his son to the stars and his granddaughter to her own fate.

After Arata's death he'd read Arashi's fortune once more believing that it had already been fulfilled but what he found were the same results.

As another sigh left his lips Araki rose his glass up to the star lit sky."Be strong my dear little star...our ancestors still have much in store for you."

As the sun began to set, Arashi and Senri got up from the bed to get ready for class. However just as they were about to head out a knock came from the other side of the door. It took Arashi by complete surprise when she opened the door and saw the familiar figure of Kuran Kaname standing before her. Not letting a single hint of her facial expressions fail her Arashi was quick to greet the pureblooded vampire. "Good evening Kaname-sama. To what do I owe this pleasure?"

Smiling Kaname replied, "I was wondering if you would accompany me to the chairman's office to attend a short meeting."

"I would be delighted to." Arashi answered.

"Shall we go then?" Kaname asked.

"Yes but please allow me to say goodbye to Senri first." When Kaname nodded to her request Arashi went back inside to inform Senri of the news. "Senri, I have a short meeting with Kaname-sama and chairman Kurosu so I won't be able to attend classes today. Would you tell Rima this as well?" She asked thinking of their twin tailed friend.

For a moment Arashi thought she saw a small pout form on her usually impassive cousin but quickly dismissed it when Senri nodded and let her leave after giving him a short kiss goodbye on the forehead.

"I apologize for bringing you here along with me Arashi. I thought you might be interested seeing as you were the one to bring 'him' here in the first place." Kaname said in an almost whisper like voice as they walked down the corridor's.

"Iie, I'm actually quite grateful for your invitation Kaname-sama. I have been meaning to speak with you for quite a while." Arashi replied calmly. "However I must apologize as well as it is not the topic in which you wish to discuss."

"Is that so. Then I am sure we can discuss it later back at the dorms. For now let us worry about the problem at hands."

Arashi nodded in agreement. They both stayed silent for the rest of the journey to the school buildings until they had the misfortune to come across the silver haired disciplinary committee member in the hallways.

"I didn't expect to meet you here Kiryu. Yuki isn't with you today?" Kaname asked smiling politely at Zero.

Grumpily Zero replied, "She has extra classes today Kuran." and was about to walk passed the two vampires when Arashi asked, "Are you feeling alright, Kiryu-san? Your skin is a fair bit paler than it normally is."

This startled Zero and caused him to stare back at them in shock. Unfazed by this Arashi simply gave the perfect a short, "Take care." before walking back to Kaname's side.

When they arrived at the chairman's office Kaname was first to enter with Arashi following shortly after.

"Oh hello Kaname, Arashi. I had a feeling that you'd come around sometime today." Kaien said as he faced the two night class students. Arashi had a feeling the chairman would try and stall their conversation and it seemed Kaname did as well as he bluntly began to confront the ex-hunter.

"Chairman Kurosu, how long do you plan on allowing Kiryu Zero to stay in the day class?" He asked. "It won't be long before he goes through the "change"

Sighing Kaien took a short pause to tilt his glasses upward before answering the pureblood's question. "I knew I wouldn't be able to fool you Kaname. Neither did I think you would be here backing Kaname up on this Arashi."

"My apologizes, but Kiryu-san's behavior is starting to get out of hand. I fear it will be only days he will finally give in." Arashi said softly.

"You two always were extraordinary. Being able to trace a lineage back through ancestors entirely untainted by human blood. Even amongst vampires. That's something extremely rare. To have inherited the power and abilities of the vampire ancients. Creatures feared even by other vampires. The vampires within vampires. The purebloods." Kaien continued. "It has been entirely due to both your support that the wilder members of the night class have behaved themselves up until now. Even though every one of them are unaware of your true status Arashi."

"I am a shadow of the council and a servant of the stars. Pure may I be but that tradition is simply due to my clan's fear of a repeat of the Hoshito massacre." Arashi replied. "Please do not try and change the subject Kaien-san. We have endured this situation only because of the deep respect we both have for you. However now, for the sake of the day class students, Kiryu-san must be controlled."

Arashi was cut off by Kaname who angrily questioned Kaien once more. "Do you seriously intend to allow Zero to destroy everything that we've worked for so long to achieve? Zero's parents were killed by a vampire. It's a miracle that he was saved from that sea of blood."

"If I had not been there to help him he would be dead for all we know." Arashi added.

Sweating slightly Kaien tried to persuade the two purebloods for another way but Kaname would not let him. "There is no other way chairman. The one who killed Zero's family wasn't just an ordinary vampire. She was a pureblood just like Arashi and me."

The dark atmosphere chocked Arashi to no ends as the two men glared at each other. Wanting to take a small break from it all Arashi chose to head towards the stairways for some fresh air when a sudden wave of bloodlust hit her.

Cautiously Arashi slowly approached the stairs and had just made out the familiar figure of Kiryu Zero when said person suddenly took hold of her and sunk his fangs deep within her neck. In no less a second after his fands enbedded themselves in her flesh a bright blue seal began to shine from under Arashi's uniform causing Arashi to panic as she felt it growing weaker and weaker by the second.

NO!, Arashi tried to escape from Zero's grasp but in her panic she could not do anything but feel as her blood was being drained. Even so Arashi continued to struggle but again each struggle she made was futile and only helped weaken it further.

As Zero's fangs dug deeper and deeper into her veins and drained more and more of her blood the seal broke completely and the mild scent of her blood was blown away by the strong aroma of her pure bloodline.

As it broke free the scent of Arashi's blood began to seep through the main buildings' unprotected walls where the vampires all stood up in shock at the sudden presence of another pureblood.

Nobody knew who the scent came from apart from the two males who were all too familiar with Arashi's scent. As soon as Senri caught whiff of the strong scent he bolted straight out the class. None of the others even noticed his exit as they were far too distracted by the scent. Akatsuki in particular was having a hard time dealing with his inner turmoil.

"That scent!" Akatsuki growled. But how?!...this scent it's far too strong to be hers but…

Senri ran as fast as he could towards the stairways where he thought the scent was coming from but as soon he arrived there and pushed the female disciplinary committee member out the way he almost wished he hadn't.

The horrific sight of his dear cousin's bloodied form being drained in the arms of what looked to be the male disciplinary committee member caused the blue eyed aristocrat to become enraged. All Senri could see was red as he snatched his almost unconscious cousin away from the awakened vampire and watch as she limply tried to calm him down. "I'm…alright Senri…I'm alright…"

Tears threatened to spill from Senri's eyes but as he felt the presence of Kaname approached he held them back and chose to bury them in the crook of Arashi's blood stained neck.

"So you've finally fallen to the bloodlust of beasts, Kiryu Zero. To think you would harm your savior not once but twice." Kaname growled dangerously as he caught a glimpse of Arashi's still body. "Your thirst must have been insatiable. To have drained a pureblood to the point where she is barely unconscious… was her blood really that delicious?"

In shock Zero could only stare at his blood stained hands while also watching guiltily as Arashi was hurried away to the infirmary.

"Give her to me and return to class." Kaname said to Senri who looked hesitant to do so. "Now Senri, if she awakens here not a single soul in this school will be safe."

With that order Senri had no choice but to follow it and reluctantly passed Arashi over to Kaname before returning to class. When Senri was gone Kaname laid Arashi down onto one of the infirmary's cots and tried to get her to bite into his arm but found the heiress was too weak to do so.

With no other choice left Kaname bit into his own palm and took a mouthful of his own blood from it. He then carefully lifted Arashi up and leaned over to force the mouthful of blood down her throat. He repeated this process about four times and only stopped as he saw the color slowly returning to her skin.

Just as he laid Arashi back down Kaien knocked on the door and entered the room with Yuki following behind him.

"I'm sorry Kaname but could you go back to the classroom for a while? The night class is getting restless with the scent of blood in the air. Some are even starting to question the presence of another pureblood." Kaien said.

"Alright." Kaname answered. He then turned to Yuki who he noticed had red eyes from crying. "I'm sorry you had to see that Yuki. It must have brought back a lot of painful memories…"

"I'm fine Kaname-sama please don't let me get in the way of your duties." Yuki said chuckling nervously.

"Yuki I'm afraid you'll also have to leave. Right now Arashi is in a very dangerous state where she could attack you unknowingly." Kaien said softly petting Yuki on the head to try and ease her a bit. "I'll explain everything later. For now I want you to stay in your dorms and make sure nobody tries to come near this place."

With a hesitant nod Yuki quickly left the infirmary with Kaname leaving Kaien alone with the Hoshito heiress as she fought to keep the darkness within her awakening once more.

Some of you may be disappointed by Arashi's pureblood status but I just couldn't help myself... haha