Here we are all, Chapter 5. Sorry for the delay. So without further ado, here it is.

Disclaimer: I own nothing and make no claim to nor any profit from this fan fic.

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Chapter 5:

When Yuuki began to feel full, she pulled her fangs from Kaname's neck and placed a gentle kiss over her bite mark before it faded. Then she rested her head on his shoulder and sat there enjoying the scent of his skin and wishing that what had happened to her had just been a nightmare. But she knew that it wasn't. It was real and she had just killed. True Rido and the Level E's had deserved death, but with everything else that had happened that evening it was just too much. She took a deep breath trying not to cry again and feeling more tears welling in her eyes as she attempted to stop them.

Feeling her shuddering intake of breath, Kaname knew that he had to say something to her. He wanted to ask if she was OK but he knew that would be the wrong question. He still didn't know what had happened, but knew that she was not OK right now and that knowledge fostered an impotent anger since he didn't know who to blame: though he was on that list. But more important than retribution was comfort. He continued to stroke her hair wordlessly struggling to find the right thing to say, and then he settled for the only thing that he knew was true. "It's over now," he whispered gently. "Nothing else will happen to you, I swear it. If I have to destroy everything, I will make sure that you are safe from now on."

His gently spoken words had a strange effect on Yuuki. She started crying, not just the small sobs that had been coming from her off and on, but the full body-racking sobs that made his heart break. She clung to him like he was the only thing keeping her afloat on her sea of sorrow. He looked around trying to see how the nobles reacted to seeing a pureblood in hysterics and was again shocked by the degree of sorrow he saw there.

When Yuuki had begun crying, it had taken everything that Aidou and Ruka had not to try and comfort her, but the fact that Kaname was now there and was still furious had restrained them. Even Kaien was slightly afraid of what Kaname might do if anyone else was to touch Yuuki right now, he had such a feral light in his eyes and his anger was nearly tangible. The usually docile headmaster could feel his own anger at what had been done to his "children." Zero hadn't moved since they had arrived on the roof and still had the same blank expression in his eyes. And Yuuki, she was crying like he had never seen her cry before. He knew that Kaname was going to do something drastic that may forever change life as they knew it and rather than try to stop him, Kaien intended to offer him whatever help he could. That was if Kaname would accept it. But before any of that could happen, they needed to get Yuuki to somewhere safe she could rest.

"Kaname-kun," he said gently, "I think we should get her somewhere quiet where she can rest. Don't you think so too?"

Kaname was loath to move her with her so emotionally fragile, but he knew that the headmaster was right and she would be more comfortable inside, especially since the dawn was coming soon. "Yuuki" he asked, "would you like to go inside somewhere?" She nodded into his shoulder. "Do you care where we go?" She shook her head. She had stopped sobbing, but her wordlessness worried him.

"You can take her to my home if you would like," Kaien offered.

"That would be wonderful," Kaname replied. "Thank you." He debated a minute whether he should let her walk or carry her there but when he tried to gently remove her arms from his neck and she didn't release him he decided to carry her.

Though she knew it was a weak thing to do, Yuuki just couldn't bring herself to leave the protection offered by being in Kaname's arms. She just wanted to feel secure right now. She knew that she could have walked on her own but she just couldn't bring herself to do it. In disgust at her own weakness, she clung even more tightly to Kaname before she fell asleep.

He cradled her gently to his chest as he noticed the change in her breathing and followed the headmaster back to his house. Once there carried her to her bedroom and laid her sleeping form gently on her bed and pulled the covers up. He prepared to leave her to rest when she grabbed his hand.

"Please don't be mad at the others, it was my idea to face Rido," she said quietly. "And my miscalculation of my own strength. Please forgive me for hurting you."

"Silly thing," he said gently stroking her hair. "Apologizing for getting hurt. Though challenging a fully mature pureblood was foolish. I don't know what happened tonight, but if you need to talk to someone, I'm here, ok?"

She nodded and smiled sadly. "I'll be right back," he said, trailing his hand down her face and heading for the door. "Try to rest."

"Kaname-senpai, can you send Ruka-senpai in? I just don't want to be alone," She explained in a small voice. Unable to deny her anything he smiled sadly and nodded closing the door behind him. Once he was gone, she curled into a small ball keeping her eyes open because with them s=closed she could still feel Rido's hands on her skin.

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Aidou and the others were sitting in the headmaster's living room waiting for Kaname to get back for Yuuki's room. They all secretly hoped that he would be there for a long time, and that maybe she would tell him what had happened because none of the nobles were relishing the thought of being the one to tell Kaname what had happened on the roof. Even though they knew that there was nothing they could have done to help Yuuki, they were ashamed that they had done nothing.

Much too quickly for their taste, Kaname walked into the room. He settled himself into an arm chair and crossed his legs, and then he looked at them. The anger was gone from his eyes now, but there was something else there that was more troubling and that they couldn't name. "Ruka, Yuuki asked if you would be willing to keep her company until I can return to her."

"Of course I will Kaname-sama," Ruka replied and headed for the door, secretly glad to be away from what was sure to be a bad situation.

Once she was gone, Kaname turned to the rest of the nobles, rested his face on one hand and asked, "So who would like to tell me what happened?" No one wanted to be the one to tell him, so no one volunteered.

"No one?" He asked raising an eyebrow. "Aidou, why don't you tell me what happened?" Kaname suggested.

Why me? Aidou thought. First with Ruka on the roof and now with Kaname-sama here.

"Well, Kaname-sama," Aidou began, choosing his words carefully so as not to blame anyone. "After you left for your errand, Yuuki-sama decided that she would like to try and defeat Rido so that he couldn't harm anyone else. We followed her and tried to help, but we couldn't." There was now a note of desperation in his voice.

Surprising them all, Kaname said gently, "I understand that noble vampires would have stood no chance against a mature pureblood. Continue please."

Aidou took a deep breath and said, "Yuuki tried to fight him, she even managed to draw blood—"

"She made him bleed?" Kaname cut in amused.

"Yes and that just agitated him more, it was right after she made him bleed that he stabbed her," Aidou said sadly.

"That bastard," Kaname breathed. "What self respecting vampire would wield a hunter's sword in not one but two duels." With his anger the window cracked and the nobles flinched knowing that they could easily become like that window if he desired it.

"What happened next I would prefer you to hear from her, but if you demand it Kaname-sama I will tell you, "' Aidou said.

"I would like to know now," Kaname said coolly. "That way she doesn't have to talk about it if she doesn't want to and I still get to know."

"Well," Aidou began slowly again, "he kissed her." Aidou paused to let Kaname's growl of anger subside, then continued. "And she bit his lip, almost off." Now Kaname had an almost feral grin on his face that was so much like the one Yuuki had worn when she had bit Rido that it was eerie. Aidou winced as he knew what he was going to have to say next, "Then. . . then he. . . well he. . ."

"He what," Kaname prodded.

"He. . . violate her," Aidou said, unable to look at Kaname as he said it.

"HE WHAT!" Kaname bellowed all the windows in the room blowing out with the force of his anger.

Even the headmaster recoiled at the force of Kaname's rage. By sheer force of will Kaname forced his anger back down and looked at Aidou, his eyes smoldering with barely contained rage. Feeling the pureblood's eyes on him, Aidou continued the story trying to get it over with.

"That was when Zero came into the picture," Aidou said. "He saw Rido preparing to feed from Yuuki and shot Rido, forgetting that Yuuki was now capable of being injured by anti-vampire weapons." Aidou had made sure to add that last part so that maybe Kaname would not kill Zero for shooting Yuuki, since it was an accident to begin with, and that boy had had a rough enough evening. Actually to be honest they all had.

"So he shot her trying to save her?" Kaname asked. If he had been in another mood and about another person, he might have found that amusingly ironic, but as it was he didn't find it amusing at all. "Perhaps I can let him live then."

The headmaster let out a sigh of relief at that. Legendary hunter or not, he wasn't sure if Kaname set his mind to killing Zero that he would be able to stop him.

"Then what happened?" Kaname asked sharply.

"Then," Aidou said, "there is no way for me to accurately describe this, Yuuki-sama suddenly became . . ."

"Terrifying," Kain said. "I think the word you are looking for is terrifying."

"Terrifying?" Kaname asked incredulously. "How could that sweet girl become terrifying?"

"Something about her changed," Kain said. "She just snapped. For the first time, I truly believed that she was your sister, Kaname-sama."

"Yeah," Aidou added. "She suddenly became regal, and feral and vaporized Rido."

"She vaporized him?" Kaien cut in. "What do you mean by vaporized."

"Exactally what I said," Aidou said, awe present in his voice. "Suddenly a wave of power left her and he just vaporized."

"That was Yuuki?" Kaien asked looking at Kaname. Kaname didn't say anything for a moment, then looked at the headmaster with a carefully neutral expression.

"Headmaster," he said, "I would appreciate it if you would watch Yuuki for me. I have an errand that I need to run that cannot wait. She should be in no danger, but I would feel better if you are taking care of her."

"Of course Kaname-kun," Kaien replied, knowing that Kaname was going to take some form of revenge. "I will help you in whatever way I can."

"Thank you," Kaname said, "but I think it would be better for you if you are not too involved in what I am about to do. Thank you all for trying to protect Yuuki and know that I don't blame you for what has happened tonight. Please help the headmaster to protect her until I return."

Not waiting for an answer, Kaname left the room and disappeared into the night. Everyone left in the room breathed a sigh of relief. Not only had he not punished them for their failure, he had realized that there was nothing they could have done differently and had given them a second chance to protect his sister, showing that he still trusted them and that gave them a warm feeling despite the fact that they still felt as though they had failed the first time.

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Ruka knocked quietly on the door that Yuuki's scent was coming from and waited for a reply. When she heard a quiet "come in" she opened the door and walked across the dark room to the small figure curled into a ball on the bed.

"You asked for me, Yuuki-sama?" Ruka said quietly.

"Yes," she replied with a small apologetic smile, "I didn't want to be alone, I'm sorry Ruka-senpai. Also I figured that you would not want to be there for Kaname-senpai asking about what happened tonight. I know that is what he went to do."

"That is true," Ruka said. "I was secretly glad that you called me away from that. I didn't want to relive the events of tonight."

"I don't blame you," Yuuki said, meaning both that she didn't want to relive the events and that she held no ill will towards Ruka for said events.

"I'm sorry," Ruka said. "Let's talk about something less depressing. What would you like to discuss, Yuuki-sama?" When Yuuki didn't immediately reply, Ruka tried to find a subject and realized that she knew very little about the girl that she had despised for so long. "What kinds of things do you like to do in your free time?"

Yuuki looked at her in surprise, Ruka had never shown any interest in her life before it was an odd question but she didn't see where it could hurt to answer her. "I like to do lots of things," Yuuki began, "but my favorite thing to do is . . . this is a little embarrassing but . . . I like to write. I'm not very good at it," Yuuki added quickly blushing a fierce shade of red, "But I enjoy doing it. What do you like to do, Ruka-senpai?"

"I . . . well despite what my parents would like, I like to be outdoors," Ruka said quietly. With those two quiet admissions, the two girls began a tentative friendship and continued talking attempting if not to forget the events of that day, as that was impossible, but to at least not remember them for a little while.

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Kaname reappeared in front of the senate building and the disgust he had felt for them earlier combine with the anger he felt at what their stupidity had cost Yuuki tonight. He understood that they felt challenged by his and Cross' coexistence idea, but they had gone too far. They had miscalculated and it would cost them dearly, but they wouldn't have to worry: they wouldn't survive to make the same mistake again.

As he walked towards the building his aura preceded him and the vampires within felt the threat coming but realized too late that it was not just an irritated pureblood, but a murderous one. He may have been on a mission to purge the world of all traces of the vampire senate, but that was one place that he and Rido truly differed in their personalities: even when provoked Kaname was not cruel. He read the mind of everyone he passed and if they had no knowledge of the Rido incident he killed them mercifully. He was willing to bet that most of them had no idea that they were dying before they were dead.

However, anyone that had any knowledge of Rido he exerted the power of a pureblood to get them to follow him as he collected all the wolves for the slaughter. Eventually he arrived at where he was going: Ichio's office. Rather than simply open the door and walk in like last time, this time Kaname blew the door off its hinges and through the wall.

Ichio looked up from his papers at the noise and this time instead of fading the fear remained present in his eyes. He could see that the young pureblood had come on a mission, and that that mission involved vengeance.

"Now Kaname-sama," Ichio began, "I'm not sure what happened, but I can assure you that it was not my fault."

"Now, now, Ichio," Kaname said cruelly, "I'm surprised at you. I warned you that anything the madman you released did you would be held responsible. What he did however was so egregious that I have decided to include everyone who had any knowledge of your plans in your punishment."

"What do you mean?" Ichio asked.

"While Rido was loose, he did something unspeakable to my sister," Kaname said, power crackling in the air around him.

"Wait," Ichio interrupted, "what sister?"

"The one that Rido was after the night he killed Haruka and Juuri sacrificed herself to protect her child. The same child who you, in your arrogance put back in harms way when you helped Rido to resurrect."

"Kaname-sama I swear I didn't know," Ichio begged. "Please have mercy." At that Kaname laughed a cruel laugh and began to release his power. Unlike Yuuki, Kaname had full mastery of his power and was able to bring about a more slow and painful end for the people responsible for hurting her than she had. Slowly he increased the level of energy until it began to strip flesh from bone and the screams of agony surrounded him. Then the screams fell silent, but Kaname wasn't done yet. He allowed his power to expand until it was swirling in the entire space that used to be filled with the senate house and there was nothing left but bare ground.

He looked around, surveying his handy work then satisfied that it was done, disappeared to reappear seconds later at the Headmaster's house feeling more relaxed than when he had left though he knew that his actions tonight would cause problems tomorrow.

He walked into the house and down the hall to where Yuuki was, and though the others were curious as to where he had been, they didn't dare ask. He wasn't sure if he should knock on the door, but that didn't present a problem because the door was wide open and revealed the two women setting on the bed, Yuuki sleeping curled up on Ruka's shoulder. She smiled sadly as she noticed Kaname standing there. Gently she laid Yuuki down on the bed and covered her with a blanket before the stood and left the room, giving Kaname a deep bow.

"Ruka," he called softly, "Thank you."

She just smiled sadly nodded in ascent unsure if she was deserving of praise. Kaname walked into the room glad that he had destroyed the senate after all the pain they had cause tonight. He sat gently on the edge of the bed and looked at his sleeping 'sister.' The bruise that had marred her face had faded and she looked peaceful in sleep. He had been intending to take her to a safer location but she just looked so relaxed that he couldn't wake her. He leaned down to gently kiss her forehead and stood to leave when she stirred in her sleep and muttered his name. thinking that was all it was, he continued to walk toward the door.

"Kaname," she said again. Shocked by the lack of honorific he turned around to look at her. She had her eyes open and her hand out toward him. "Please, stay with me," She said.

"Are you sure?" he asked wondering if she would want a man near her after her ordeal.

"Yes," she said. He approached her bed slowly and sat down on the edge again. She patted the spot next to the wall. He raised an eyebrow and she patted it again at which he laid down next to her against the wall on his back. She scooted over to him and buried her nose in his neck with I sigh. "I'm glad you're here with me Kaname-oni-sama." She whispered before she fell asleep again with his comforting scent surrounding her.

"I just glad that you still want me here," he whispered as he kissed the top of her head.

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There we are, chapter 5. I always felt that Kaname needed a better reason to destroy the senate so I gave him one. I hope you enjoyed it

As always thank you for reading.

Stickdonkeys

P.S. don't worry the story isn't over yet.