Hey people! I'm back! Wow, the number of favorites and followers went up a lot and I got a bunch of reviews! Yay for me, so as a treat for you all this chapter has a small treat and if enough people like it I'll do it again. So without further adieu here is the chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Knight or the characters.
Chapter 6: Festival Date
As Yuki felt a shiver go up her spine as she walked down the streets with Ai in her arms and Chihiro at her side. She began to wonder if this had been a good as her mind wandered back to when Chihiro had arrived at the mansion.
"Don't listen to them!" She heard Chihiro say as she flew in through in window in raven form.
At first Yuki had been confused and afraid she was losing even more of her sanity since she knew birds couldn't talk. It was only when the bird began to glow and morph into a person did Yuki realize who was standing before her, Chihiro Hanadagi. She had seen what the girl looked like through Kaname's memories so she was sure this was her.
"You're Chihiro Hanadagi right?" She wanted to confirm it first.
"Yes, that's me now I need you to listen to me. The voices are real."
"What are you talking about? They aren't Kaname said so. I'm only hearing them because of the Pureblood Madness." She retorted.
"No, he's wrong. The voices are just Toma and Lady Hanadagi probing into your mind." Chihiro explained as she crouched down.
Her eyes widened in disbelief, "What?"
"It's true, they have been using crow familiars to spy on you guys and mess with your head."
Yuki then saw some truth in her words. She had noticed there were always crows around lately.
"Why would they do that?" Yuki asked.
"To distract Kaname! You and Ai-chan are the first thing on his mind. If he's worrying about you or Ai then he won't be able to do his work efficiently. I don't know what their plan is but I do know that they want to destroy your family."
Chihiro was right, she and Ai were his first priority if something happened to either of them Kaname wouldn't be able to sit still.
"Besides, because he always locks you up in here they can easily take advantage of you since your world is essentially very limited. Your horizons are limited to these walls making your mind weak and susceptible to their tricks."
"Then how do I strengthen my mind?"
Chihiro smirked mischievously, "I'm going to take you and Ai-chan out for some fun."
That was how they came to their current situation. "Chihiro-san, is this really a good idea?" Yuki asked as doubt began to seep in.
"Call me Chihiro, and why not? No one knows who you are so we'll be fine. Besides you need a break."
"But where are we going?" She asked.
"We're going to go to the festival."
"Festival? I haven't been to one since Kaname took me when I was 11." She stated excitedly.
"Well you'll love this, but first we should dress the part." With that Chihiro dragged Yuki into a clothing store where they purchased yukatas.
Yuki a navy blue one with a snowflake pattern on it. Ai wore a black one with a rose and vine pattern. Chihiro worse a red one with a black lily pattern. Chihiro paid for the yukatas and the girls were on their way. Passerby stared at them admiring their beauty. When they arrived at the temple the festival was being held at Chihiro stopped.
"What's wrong, Chihiro?"
"I have to go." She said suddenly.
"What? Why do you…" Yuki then felt the reason for her distress. Kaname was nearby and his aura told them he was not happy.
"If he sees me he might cause a scene so I have to go. I'll come see you again on Ai-chan's birthday next week okay?"
"Alright."
"And remember the voices are just Toma and my aunt messing with you."
Yuki nodded as Chihiro ran into the woods. She transformed into her favorite raven and flew off as Yuki watched her, wondering what she had meant when she said lady Hanadagi was her aunt. She wasn't her mother? Yuki then turned to be met face to face with a furious Kaname.
"Kana-"
"We're leaving." He cut her off and grabbed her wrist.
"Wait! Can't we just play at the festival for a little while?"
Kaname stopped, "We can't the public knows what I look like so it will cause an uproar."
Yuki thought about the dilemma for a second before she got an idea, "Wait here, I'll be right back." She said as she handed Ai to him and ran up the stairs to the temple.
The child frowned as she was handed to her father and refused to look him in the eye.
"Are you still mad?" He asked her forcing her to look at him.
"Ai hates papa!" She exclaimed as she closed her eyes and turned away from him while crossing her arms.
Kaname sighed and moments later Yuki returned with a fox mask in hand. She handed it to him and he stared at it with confusion.
"You can use it to hide your face, it's a festival so it won't be weird if someone is wearing a mask."
Kaname sighed once more he really couldn't say no to her now, "Alright."
She smiled and took his free hand in her own as she led him up the stone steps.
"You look lovely in that yukata." Kaname stated.
Yuki blushed, "T-thank you."
"Well, what do you want to do first?" He asked her as soon as they were at the top of the stairs.
she looked around taking in the sights before deciding, "I want to catch goldfish!"
"Ai want fishie too!" Ai exclaimed.
Kaname nodded and they went over to the fishing game.
"Hello miss, would you like to try?" The old man tending to the stall asked.
"Yup, Kaname let Ai down so she can try to." Kaname nodded and set Ai down.
"Aww, aren't you a cute little thing? I'll let you try for free just this once, okay?" The man said as he handed Ai a little paper scoop.
"Yay!" Ai exclaimed as she took it from him.
Kaname paid the man for another scoop for Yuki. Yuki broke her scoop but surprisingly Ai caught one of the fish.
"Yay! Ai gotta fishie. Mama look, Ai gotta fishie!"
"Good job, Ai." Yuki praised her daughter although she knew Kaname had a part in Ai winning her prize.
Next they tried knocking down pins. This time only Yuki tried. She used a small amount of strength but still ended up knocking the pins in all directions, even cracking one of them. The stand owner just smiled and said it was okay as she handed Yuki her prize, a large stuffed rabbit with a cute little top hat on it.
They then tried some festival food like takoyaki and soba noodles. Ai got cotton candy.
"This is so good!" Yuki exclaimed as she ate her takoyaki.
"Is it really?" Kaname asked and she nodded, "Then let me try." He grabbed the wrist of her hand that had been holding the takoyaki and brought her hand to his mouth. He pulled the delicious treat right off of the stick and began chewing.
"It's good." He stated after swallowing.
"Kaname! My takoyaki."
"What's yours is mine and what's mine is yours." Kaname retorted as he got off the bench, "Shall we go?" He asked with an outstretched hand.
Yuki crossed her arms and pouted but before long she took his hand and they went over to the shooting game.
"Kaname I want that." Yuki said in a serious tone as she pointed at a little wolf keychain that looked like Kaname's familiar.
Ai pointed at a little stuffed teddy bear, "Papa, get Ai the teddy! Ai wants teddy!" She demanded forgetting she was mad at him.
Kaname smiled and nodded before handing the vendor the money.
"Hey, why don't you take the mask off? It will make it easier to aim." The vendor suggested.
"It's fine." Kaname said as he aimed at the wolf key chain. He shot it hitting his mark then he shot the little bear and also hit it.
"You're good, mister you ever use a gun before?" The vendor asked.
"Yes, although it has been a while since I actually used one."
"Well congrats," he handed Yuki the keychain and Ai the teddy bear, "Here you go little one."
"Teddy!" Ai grabbed the bear and squeezed it tight. She then began to yawn telling Kaname and Yuki that it was time to head back.
"Let's go, Kaname." Kaname nodded and took her hand in his own and the two left the temple.
After arriving back home Yuki put Ai to bed with her new toy. After that Kaname made her tell him what had happened with Chihiro.
"After seeing you on television I started to hear the voices again and I collapsed. I woke up right around the time she got here and she told me that lady Hanadagi and lord Toma were the ones behind the voices. They want to get to you-"
Kaname suddenly pulled her into his embrace, cutting her off, "I'm sorry, Yuki. I promised you I wouldn't cause you pain but I still did it anyway."
"It's not your fault!"
"No, it is. If I hadn't killed lord Hanadagi then lady Hanadagi wouldn't have allied herself with Toma. If I hadn't taken it upon myself to punish him for hurting you then he wouldn't be so resentful of me."
"No stop it! Don't blame yourself like this you're giving the what they want, your despair." Yuki argued hoping she could get through to him.
Kaname said nothing but his grip on her tightened. Suddenly he picked her up bridal style and carried her to their room. He set her down on the bed and hovered above her. When she opened her eyes, that she hadn't realized she had shut, she was met with the hungry blood red orbs of Kaname.
She reached out to cup his cheek, "Are you hungry, onii-sama?"
He said nothing and just buried his head in the crook of her neck, "I thought we were past this, Yuki. I'm not your real brother." He mumbled into her neck.
"The chairman isn't my real father and yet he insists that I call him daddy." She retorted and felt his smirk on the base of her neck. "Besides, you're the one I grew up with so it doesn't matter."
"Still, I'm not worthy of that title."
"Why do you always say that?" Yuki asked him, genuinely curious.
He came out of the the crook of her neck, his eyes cold and the redness still there, "Because, sometimes I thank Rido for awakening me. If it had not been for him we would've never met." Her eyes widened at his confession. He cupped her cheek, "Do you understand now, why I don't reserve to be called that by you?"
"Kana-"
"You know, you once asked me, how was it possible for me to be yours? Well at the time I was thinking the exact opposite, how was it possible for you, my sweet innocent Yuki, to belong to someone as tainted and impure as I?" He chuckled eerily and went back to his place on her neck.
"I'm not innocent anymore." She whispered.
"That's because I took that innocence away from you. I tainted you with my darkness."
"I asked for it."
"You were helpless and vulnerable at the time and I took advantage of that because of my own selfish desires."
"Then," she pushed him up and his red eyes met her own, "do you regret the outcome of our actions?" She asked as her eyes wandered over to the nursery door.
Kaname smiled as he leaned in closer to her neck, "No, I am actually very happy with the results."
She closed her eyes as she felt his tongue on her neck, "I am too."
He bit into her neck and drank from her relishing in the sweet taste of her blood. When he was done feeding he pulled away and licked the puncture wound close. Now her eyes mirrored how his were moments ago, red and hungry. She pushed him down and licked at his neck, mimicking his earlier actions, before biting into his flesh. When she finished she licked the wound close and got off of him.
Kaname then pulled her in for a kiss which she did not hesitate to reciprocate. The taste of their blood was mixed in with the kiss and that made it all the more enjoyable. He pushed her down deeper into the mattress as they continued to kiss. He pulled the cover over them and they were encased by the soft silk sheets.
Me: Okay so sorry to burst your bubble, those who thought they went beyond kissing, but they did not do anything after the kiss. I just wrote it that way to mess with you guys :p They just went to sleep, cuddling of course, but that's it. Just so you guys know they haven't had any sort of sexual intercourse since Kaname was revived. Sure I'm all for the fluff but until they get married they will not do the deed. When they do, I won't add the scene in, because I don't want to. Any that's all for-
*Kaname suddenly appears and snatches the phone.*
Me: Kaname what are you doing here? And give me my phone back!
*I try to take back phone but he holds it high in the air so I can't reach.* (I'm the same height as Yuki).
Kaname: You don't actually expect me to let you end the chapter this way do you?
Me: Yes! It's my story I write it the way I want!
Kaname: The answer was no.
*He starts tapping away at the keys and after about half an hour he hands the phone back to me. I read over what he wrote and frown.*
Me: You want me to publish this?
Kaname: It's what happened.
Me: Fine, but I blame you if they don't like it.
Kaname: I assure you my Lady, they will.
*Rolls eyes as Kaname disappears.*
Me: Well it looks like Kaname wants me to finish the chapter with this last bit that he wrote so for the sake of pleasing him I'll put it in. Enjoy.
When Yuki woke up the next morning she found herself locked in an embrace with Kaname, but that wasn't what bothered her. During the night her yukata had come undone and now her entire front was exposed! Her cheeks burned at the thought of Kaname seeing her like this, again.
Quickly she tried to redo her obi but Kaname was peacefully sleeping on top of one end of it. Carefully she proceeded to extract her obi but that didn't work out so well.
"Yuki? What are you doing?" He asked her in a sleepy voice.
"Um, well I…" What was she supposed to say? 'My obi is stuck under you can you please move so I can get it?' Hell no. Her cheeks burned even more at the thought.
Kaname's eyes traveled to the exposed portion of her clothes. She noticed this and quickly turned away from him pulled her yukata together to hide her body.
"Why are you hiding it from me? I've already seen everything." He asked as he wound his arms around her and kissed her exposed shoulder.
"B-because it's embarrassing." She stuttered.
"I see."
"Besides we promised that we wouldn't do those things again until marriage." She added.
"I said nothing about that."
She knew that but she just felt that it needed to be said, "I'm still, not ready." She whispered.
"I know."
He knew the reason Yuki was so adamant on getting married before having any more sexual intercourse was because she was afraid. After their first time together he had left her, for what they thought to be for good. She was afraid of that happening again, although she knew her fears were unjustified, she could not help it. The trauma of losing him once was still there and he doubted she would overcome it anytime soon.
Besides she wasn't ready, that much was obvious, even then she hadn't been ready. She had only been a 17 year old girl with a tattered and broken heart full of sorrow. Sorrow he himself had put there. Looking back now he saw he also had not been ready for what they did. He would never tell her but, while he didn't regret the outcome of their actions he regretted the circumstances.
So who liked the mini little skit where Kaname broke the fourth wall? I was originally going to end the chapter there but because I got so much love from you guys I added it. If you liked it tell me and I'll have more in the future. See you guys again soon!