Sorry Y'all I had a bit of writer's block on this story. I finally broke it and wrote this chapter for you. I hope you enjoy it!
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Zero looked into the cold silver eyes of the person he had just taken blood from. "I asked what you are doing here!" he yelled into her face.
"I think the words you were actually looking for were 'thank you,'" she said in a bored tone. "You did just take my blood with your filthy ex-human mouth."
"You saw me coming," Zero retorted in anger. "You could have stopped me if you had really wanted to. Aren't you supposed to some elite guard or something?"
Seiren smiled a little and said, "Yes, I could have stopped you."
"Then why didn't you if you're just going to complain about it now?" Zero snapped.
"I let you have my blood because it was either that or allow you to feed from my master or his sister and that was not going to happen," she said coldly. "There is no need for them to allow you to sink your unworthy fangs into their necks."
"You still didn't have to be the one to do it if you were just going to hold it over me," he said irritably. "Besides what makes you think that I would have wanted to drink either of their disgusting blood."
"Perhaps the fact that you have taken blood from the Kuran Princess many times already," Seiren said. "Her blood wasn't 'disgusting' then, now was it?"
"How dare you!" he yelled at her.
"What," she snapped back, "You didn't take her blood?" He looked away ashamed and she laughed. "That's what I thought. You broke one of the biggest taboos in our world; you took the blood of a pureblood for your own sustenance without invitation."
"How do you know that it was without her permission?" he asked with a smirk. "We both thought she was human and she offered me her blood."
"Does Kaname-sama know about this?" Seiren asked angrily. Zero responded with a shrug he didn't really care either way. Suddenly there was a sound from the hallway and Seiren grabbed Zero by the throat and leaned in to whisper in his ear, "Tell no one about this. Or else." As she turned to jump out the window, her short hair brushed the side of his face wafting the scent of her shampoo to him. He was surprised to notice that it was a floral scent: rose or maybe lavender. He could still feel the warmth of her hand on his neck when the door was opened and the headmaster rushed in.
"Oh Zero-kun!" he chirped, "You're awake! I was so worried that Yuuki had killed you. Have you gotten blood yet? If not, feel free to help yourself to mine!"
As the headmaster finished speaking he pulled his collar aside and rushed at Zero who simply stepped out of the way and hit the headmaster on his way by sending him to the floor. "What is your problem you crazy old man?" he asked. "Most people try to avoid getting bit by vampires. Besides, I've already gotten it taken care of." With that he walked out the still open door.
"Oh Zero's so mean!" the chairman cried. Suddenly he heard a noise outside and stopped acting like a fool. He walked to the window and looked out into the rising dawn. He knew that he had heard something outside, but he could not see what had caused it. He wondered if it had anything to do with what Kaname had done earlier. He was worried that Kaname's thirst for vengeance (not that he hadn't shared the sentiment) had caused more trouble than it had fixed. He was sure of one thing, though; odds were that the attack, if it happened at all, would not come until later that evening.
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Seiren stood outside, allowing the cool air to wash over her flushed face. What had prompted her to give blood to that ex-human. She had had no intention of doing so when she had gone up to that room, on second thought she had no idea why she had gone up to that room in the first place.
Part of the reason had been what she had told him; she didn't want him to take blood from either of the purebloods but there was more to it. Something about him had just drawn her there. I have to quit thinking like this she chastised herself. My parents will kill me. To think, a noble vampire falling for a level D. She shook her head to clear the troublesome thoughts.
She heard a noise off to her right and went in that direction with her ninja-like speed. She was almost at the gate to the school and was prepared to go back to her bed and sleep before the coming dawn, when she saw a large group of noble vampires. As was her custom, she stood in the shadows and listened to what they were saying.
"Why are we here," one of the men asked. "It's almost dawn."
"We have to talk to Kaname-sama," said one of the women, "The entire vampire council destroyed. I don't know who could have done it or why but we will need a leader to unite us and the Kurans are the only ones with the power to do it. And Kaname-sama is the last of the Kurans."
"Besides," Aidou's father said, "This may have been an act of war from the Hunter's association, who else could destroy all of them? He needs to know what has happened so that he can be prepared for a potential attack on his life."
The council has been destroyed? Seiren thought in surprise. Does Kaname-sama know about this? I wonder if that is where he went earlier today. Could he have . . . no. He never could kill that many people, even in vengeance. I need to tell him that there are people coming to see him.
Leaving the nobles to find their own way to her master, she ran off again in the direction of the headmaster's home and the room where her master was with his sister. He was not going to like being disturbed at this time, but she didn't see that there was another choice. Once she reached the house, she jumped into the window where her master's scent was coming from.
She knelt on the floor as she always did before quietly saying his name to alert him to her presence.
Kaname heard his name and rolled to look in the direction of the voice. He saw Seiren in the middle of the floor awaiting his attention. Thought it was a bad time and he really needed to rest, he tried to be civil with her. "What is it Seiren?"
"Master, there is a large group of noble vampires at the gate of the school looking for you to inform you of the death of the entire vampire council," she said quietly.
"What!"he said a little sharper than he intended. He felt Yuuki stir beside him at the level of noise he had just created.
"Kaname," she mumbled sleepily, sitting up on her elbow to look at him. "What's going on?" Seiren felt a blush creep into her cheeks at the thought of the two of them sharing a bed. She wondered how far they had actually taken it and wondered what it would be like to share a bed with that Level D. What am I thinking? Her blush deepened at that thought.
Noticing her blush, Kaname took pity on her and said, "Thank you for the information, Seiren. You may go now." She bowed again and jumped back out of the window glad to be out of that situation.
"What's going on?" Yuuki repeated.
"Yuuki," Kaname said slowly, "There are more vampires coming to the school. They are coming to see me because of something that happened earlier this evening. I was . . . slightly . . . irate when I found out what had happened to you. As a result I may have acted a little rashly."
"So they are coming to see you because of what you did because of me?" she asked. "Are you in trouble?"
"No, I'm not in trouble," he said with a smile Yuuki didn't like. "They couldn't do anything to me."
"Then why do you seem nervous?" she asked confused.
"It' s because I wasn't intending to tell them about you yet, and I see no way to avoid it. Especially if I am going to explain my actions today," he said sadly.
"Why would you need to explain your actions?" she questioned.
"Because in my anger I destroyed the entire vampire council and the building," Kaname said with a straight face. Yuuki couldn't reply. The thought of her brother, who had always been so gently with her, killing so many people was hard for her to wrap her head around. She just sat there, looking at his face, her eyes wide with shock. It worried him. "Yuuki, please say something," he begged.
"Did they all need to die," She finally asked.
"Maybe not all," he admitted slowly. "but at the time, a clean purge seemed like the best plan. And I still stand by my decision. I hope it doesn't make you hate me."
"I don't think I hate you," she said gently, "But I wish you could have found a better way to solve it. Between the two of us we have caused too much death today." He gently pulled her to him, unwilling to say that it was in their nature to destroy things that threatened things they loved. Suddenly there was a knock on the door and the chairman's voice called, "Kaname-kun, there are some noble vampires here to see you."
Kaname smiled at Yuuki before he called, "Ok, we will be down in a bit, can you entertain them until then?"
"Of course!" the Chairman chirped. "I have all kinds of yummy things to feed them!"
"Well," Kaname said, "it is time for your grand appearance. Are you ready?"
Yuuki smiled and nodded, "Let's do this!" Kaname wished he could say that he shared her enthusiasm, but he was too apprehensive about the upcoming meeting.
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Thank you for reading this chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. I will try to post more quickly next time!
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