A Sacrifice…or so it May Seem

A Few months Later…

Yuuki paced before the huge bay windows in her and Kaname's room. The light sheet she was draped in trailed after her as she walked back and forth, back and forth, waiting for Kaname to get out from the shower. She sighed as she heard the shower water continue running and she sighed heavily, wishing that Kaname wasn't so anile about cleanliness. This was an important matter. Being clean could wait.

Then again, she needed all the time she could have in order to get her thoughts together. Did she love him enough to…what about Zero? How was she going to tell Kaname? Zero? God, how was he going to react? She gazed toward the ceiling, hoping that the thought that flittered into her brain was soon to go away. Her ears perked up as she heard the shower finally stop running, and then slide of the curtain.

"Don't think, just do it." Yuuki remembered Elle's words when she told her. It hadn't even been a few minutes after she'd found out. She hadn't even known it could've happened, but Elle had only chuckled at her thought.

"Kaname?" she murmured, taking slow steps towards the bathroom door. It was such a thick door; would he be able to hear her feeble voice?

"Yes, Yuuki? Is something wrong?" he asked curiously after a moment.

She took a deep breath. Remember what Elle said, remember…"I…have something I have to tell you."

"What is it, Yuuki?" Before she knew what was happening, the door creaked open and he looked out at her, dark crimson eyes gleaming. His wet chest glistened in the pale light of the evening and her nipples hardened, but she ignored it. This was certainly not the time to pay any attention to such needs. It had been that that had gotten them into this mess now. Well, not them. Her. Kaname would be fine. He always was.

Yet she couldn't find the courage to speak out. "I…I'm…your…" she stuttered hopelessly, wishing desperately that her choked words would somehow make sense to him.

"You're expecting," he stated.

Her eyes widened. "How did you know?" Her stomach hadn't grown that much bigger…had it?

"You were thinking so loudly out here that it was kind of obvious," he replied kindly. "Have you told your father?"

"I told Elle," she replied honestly.

Of course. Then she hasn't told Kiryuu either.

"I don't understand why you wouldn't have told him."

"I figured…that she would..."

"You know she wouldn't."

She's the secretive type of person, he thought sarcastically, his gaze sliding over to the window. He knew she was out there, just waiting for Yuuki to make her leave. Then she was going to pounce. He could sense her underlying emotions, hiding under the calm aura she'd put up around herself. Kaien wasn't going to save him this time; she'd made sure of that.

"Do you think I should tell him?" she asked earnestly.

"I'm sure he'd like to know. Go on."

"Okay."

She didn't know he would take it so well, but was reassured as he hugged her and sent her on her way.

"This is perfect," he mumbled to himself.

"You sly son of a bitch. What are you planning?" Elle asked, appearing before him.

"Nothing that has to do with Yuuki at the moment, so you can relax," he replied, finding a shirt in the closet and pulling it over his chest before looking for a decent pair of pants.

"The child?"

"It's mine, isn't it?" he asked, a small smile coming to his lips.

"I don't need your sarcasm at the moment, Kuran. This is of the utmost importance." Her eyes flashed with a slight anger that she desperately tried to keep at bay, but it was beginning to get difficult.

"I understand."

"Then why are you screwing around, and I mean in more ways than one, with Kiryuu?"

"Good question."

"I'm starting to get pissed off, Kuran." A slight wind began to slide into the room as the windows banged open behind her. The fireplace that hadn't been used recently was set ablaze, the logs inside crackling and popping. "I won't allow you to do this to them both."

And I don't just mean the fucking. She's pregnant with your kid."

"As I said before, I know."

"But you were just heading to Kiryuu's room. To do what? Throw it in his face?"

"Perhaps," he replied calmly.

"Kaname."

"Why don't you let me play the game the way I want to, Elle?"

"Because Yuuki's involved. And so is my practical grandchild."

This wasn't a game anymore. The time for games was over. It was serious now. It had been amusing when Kaname was just skipping around and no one had been getting hurt. No one knew. But now, it was real. Had been since Yuuki told Elle the news four months ago.

Of course Zero deserved the right to know. If that had been what Kuran was up to, however, there was no way that Elle was going to let it happen. And she knew that was what he had been heading off to do. He was going get Zero nice and randy, then drop the news before he finished humiliating him. Oh yeah, Elle knew how his twisted mind worked.

Zero most likely couldn't take news like that at the moment. He was still working things out with his brother. And then there was the whole vampire thing. If he hadn't hated himself then, he would've really hated himself after hearing that he'd most likely lost. There's no doubt that Yuuki would be stuck to Kaname for the rest of that kid's life. Because that's how Yuuki was. Caring, and quiet.

She'd seen it the other day as she'd been lying in bed. The vision of what was going to happen tonight, and next week. It wouldn't happen. Not over her cold, dead body.

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Author's Note: I'm not done yet. Trust me, it won't go the way you think it'll go. Oh, and I might make this one and the other a two-parter, so I'll have more time to think. I know we're late, sorry. I had to delete a story, and then with these two, I had to figure out where I was going, while doing freakin' tests every three weeks.

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