Here we are y'all a chapter written in procrastination of studying for final exams. I couldn't concentrate with this in my head anyway. I hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Vampire Knight and I make no profit from this story other than my own enjoyment.
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Kaien kept his head turned to the side and his eyes closed. He had seen many things in his long bloody life, but seeing his children, and yes that was how he saw them, fighting like this was too much for him. Especially seeing Yuuki, his sweet daughter, taunting Zero like that. He had never thought that reawakening as a vampire would make her cruel. She had such a sweet personality and he had hoped that she would still have it now. I'm sorry Juuri, he thought, I failed you. You wanted her to escape the cruelty of the vampire world and I didn't accomplish that.
He had no idea what he should do. He couldn't stop her, as a pureblood she had the right to kill any vampire that threatened her, but he couldn't let her kill Zero. The two of them were literally siblings, not by blood but by the fact that from a young age they had been raised in the same house and had many of the same experiences.
"So, Zero," Yuuki said coldly. "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you? You asked me to in the past and even gave me the weapon to do it. Tell me why I shouldn't do it now."
Zero closed his eyes. He knew that he had messed up and that she had the right to kill him. Hell he had asked her to do it before. And without her and his twin he almost wished she would do it. It would be easier for him if he was dead, then he would not have to live with the guilt and pain. "I don't have one," Zero said. "There is no reason you shouldn't kill me."
Kaien's heart fell at those words from Zero. His voice was so defeated and his posture was similar to the way it had been on the roof of the moon dorm. The events of that day had destroyed both of his children. Truth be told that was probably where Yuuki's cruelty had come from. She had been broken and so had Zero.
His answer also upset Yuuki. She had been expecting at least a little fight, not this defeat. She knew that Rido had hurt both of them, which was why she was doing what she was doing. Zero needed to wake back up and realize that his life had meaning (like the meaning she had found in Kaname) and if she had to hurt him to do it, so be it. "Fine, then if you don't want to live I will kill you," she said in that same tone, grabbing his face to turn it towards her.
She still didn't realize the extent of her new strength because the force she put on his jaw nearly fractured it. He closed his eyes against the pain waiting for her to rip out his throat or whatever she had planned hoping that at least it would be over quickly, though he knew that he deserved a slow painful death for what he had done. I will see you again soon Ichiru, he thought. Even though I didn't do it, your mission is complete so I can die in peace and see you and mom and dad again.
Seeing that he was resigned to his fate, she got agitated and released her hold on his jaw to slap him. "Zero," she said, "Open your eyes." His amethyst eyes opened and stared into her garnet ones. He wondered as he looked into them how he had never realized that she and Kaname were related.
Her eyes narrowed at the lack of interest in his. "Before I kill you, I want to give you a chance to clean your soul. Give me a list of reasons why I should kill you."
Kaname couldn't figure out what she was doing for the life of him. Yuuki was acting so strange that even he had no idea what to expect from her next. Her encounter with Rido must have affected her more deeply than he had realized because there was nothing normal about her behavior. She was usually so happy and light and here she was, toying with Zero. Her attitude worried him. She was behaving like a pureblood. She should never have learned to behave like this having been raised as a human. Maybe that Level D is right and there is something in the genetics of the purebloods that makes them cruel. There may be more to it than just the vampire world environment, Kaname thought. I thought she would be different. I hate seeing her this way. I should have done more to protect her.
"Come on Zero," Yuuki said, slamming him into the tree behind him. "Tell me why I should kill you now."
"I failed," Zero said quietly looking away from her again.
"What do you mean you failed," She asked cruelly. "Failed as what, a vampire hunter, a vampire, a man? How did you fail?"
"I failed as all of it!" Zero yelled at her. "I failed as a brother when I ate Ichiru, even though he provoked me, I should have been stronger and resisted. I even failed him after that. Even with his blood it wasn't enough! Even your and his blood was not enough." Zero started crying as he continued. "I failed as a man and a brother and a vampire when I was unable to protect you from Rido or to kill him for you and Ichiru. All I can do is take from others! I'm a selfish monster and I don't deserve life. I just take and take from those I love. And they let me do it! All those times I took your blood and you never tried to stop me after that first time!"
He paused for a breath and looked into her eyes, "I don't deserve to live for all the pain I have caused for no good outcome for anyone. It would be better for everyone if I was not here and had never been born."
"If you really believe that," she said slowly, "I will do what you want and end your life."
Without a second thought he replied, "I mean it." She nodded mutely and grabbed his hair and pulled his head to the side exposing his neck. Then she bared her fangs and sank them into his neck. Zero let out a soft cry of pain at the brutality of her attack and Kaien had to stop himself from telling her to stop at the sound. Zero wanted to die, and she had the right to kill him. There was nothing he could do.
As much as he hated to do it, Kaname knew that he had to stop her. She was doing what he had wanted to do in eliminating Kyruu, but he knew that it would bother her when the blood lust subsided. Killing people that she didn't know had deeply troubled her, this would be worse and might even destroy her. "Yuuki," he said standing painfully and going towards her. When he reached her he put a hand gently on her shoulder and said, "You need to stop this now." She looked at him out of the corner of her eyes and there was something there that he didn't understand but she did pull her mouth away for a second.
She smiled sadly and said, "No Kaname, I need to do this. Trust me." Then she turned back to Zero and bit down once again onto his neck. Come on Zero, she thought desperately, fight me. Show me that you want to live. Please! Still she drank, as she did she felt all the love he had for her. She had been wrong when she had told Rido that Zero didn't love her like that because it was here, in his blood. She now understood what he had meant about her blood betraying her feelings for Kaname. She felt herself begin to cry as she realized that she could never return his feelings and wondered for a second if it wouldn't be more humane to kill him than to let him live with the guilt of killing his twin and seeing the woman he loved in the position she had been earlier today.
Zero had never experienced anything like the feeling of Yuuki's fangs in his neck. They had the same burning quality that Shizuka's had had and something in him rebelled against the feeling of them in his neck but the rest of him accepted it as adequate punishment for failure. She wasn't being gentle, but he didn't care, he enjoyed the pain. I wonder if this is what it felt like every time I drank from her, he thought. I wonder if it hurts to die like this. I wonder if I hurt Ichiru. I guess I'll know soon. As more and more blood was drained from his body he began to feel weak and began leaning on her for support before his knees gave out fully and he collapsed to the ground. She followed him and knelt on the ground beside him without ever breaking her hold on his neck. Just before he lost consciousness he felt the desire to live rise in him and he weakly pushed against her trying to stop her from finishing him off, then there was nothing, only the sweet darkness of oblivion.
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So what do you think? Did she kill him or not? Review and see what happens. Also I would like to thank my loyal reviewers, Cosmic-lover and RimaLovesShiki, y'all rock! Thank you for reading this chapter!
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