Chapter 24: Inevitability

A/N: Late update again~! If anyone has read the spoilers I posted... Please accept my apologies, those were spoilers for chapter 36~! Sorry, I didn't know that Shojo Beat was very late in the chapters~!!!! Let's just hope that Chapter 51 will be as good as ever, okay? I just hope Kaname and Yuuki will still be a couple~!

And by the way, I'll be making another fanfic once I finish this story….. It'll be about Haruka and Juuri's life when Juuri had decided to study at a human school~! Please tell me what you think~! More reviews please! A happy author means earlier updates~!!!

Chapter start……

A few weeks after the winter break (classes resume)…

Kaname watched her outside the night class classroom's window as she patrolled that night. She had felt all wobbly and weak after hearing such bad news a few weeks before. He felt bad for her since she was the closest to him. All he ever thought about the past few weeks and even years was her and her only. He can't bear the fact that she was getting hurt with the absence of her burden, yes, her absolute burden. The hunter would always get blood from her whenever he was thirsty and she would gladly give in. He thought it was queer back then for her to think that way, but later on he understood. She wasn't selfish after all.

His senses were alarmed when she disappeared from his sight through the window, and he could smell her blood from the room. The other vampires had sensed it but he was faster.

Standing up quickly and running to the door, the classroom of the night class went all silent as they recovered from a shock. Smelling blood from nearby was very rare and it shocks them very much when they sense it.

Outside………..

Kaname picked up the scent and ran towards the place where it was from. He was stopped in his tracks when he found her sitting on the cold marbled floor of the main building's hallway. He sat beside her and examined her carefully. A bleeding wound appeared on her right knee; staining her black knee high socks and the floor with small amounts of blood. He concluded that she had slipped earlier or maybe stumbled because of her depression.

Kaname lifted her up; no expression was evident in her face. He brushed a few strands of hair covering her petite face, her eyes looked empty, and lacking the shimmer they had once. Her skin was paler than usual, and by the way he was holding her body, she felt lighter and thinner than when she was before the event last winter break.

He sighed to himself and felt her lean her head onto one of his shoulders as he hoisted her higher to a more comfortable position. She no longer blushed under his touch nor spoke about anything. She had become a doll, emotionless, untouched, and most of all, lifeless.

Taking her to the headmaster's house would only make her lonelier so he decided to take her to his room in the moon dorms. She said nothing as she was being carried into his room. The maids and servants inside the moon dorms stared at Kaname as he climbed up to his room. They gave him a curt nod when he had sensed their stare. He knew what they were thinking, some thought that the girl he was carrying was not a vampire and maybe he was going to feed on her at his room and do anything else. If only they knew the grief this girl had been suffering from, maybe they'd understand clearly.

He opened the door to his room with one hand, lowering himself and his sweet burden slightly. It was normally quiet and dark in his room since he can't take too much light. He laid Yuuki on his king sized four poster bed and let her relax there. She turned to her side and stared at his table lamp as if it was such an interesting object. Kaname sighed to this and began taking off her school boots and laying them to one side. He then took off her knee length socks, which made him uncomfortable since it was very strange for a close friend to do. Her creamy legs were exposed to him, making him gulp silently, another type of lust growing within him. (A/N: I felt bad writing about this~!)

She had not moved a bit after that, Kaname proceeded to taking off her school jacket which was not nice to sleep on. Yuuki assisted him a little by taking off the sleeves, then lying onto his bed once again. She would have felt very embarrassed if she was thinking clearly, but this time, she needed to be forgiven for her stubborn and strange acts of laziness.

Kaname walked over to his door to request a servant to do something for him. A servant quickly appeared before him and listened intently to his request.

"I would like you to tell the chairman that her daughter is here and will be staying for the night. And please tell the night class to settle down and resume the class, I won't be coming back there since I have special matters to take care of. That is all. You may leave" He requested politely to the servant. The servant walked away and granted his request.

He closed his door silently and walked over to Yuuki who was still staring at his lamp dazedly. Her knee still had a big gash on it and blood was still goosing from the wound and it made him lust for her blood. A medical kit was all he needed to treat this small yet tempting problem. Kaname hurried to his bathroom to take the medical kit and drank a few blood tablets along the way.

Yuuki sat up eventually, feeling dizzy of just lying there and staring at nothing. Kaname kneeled in front of her and started treating her wound; it wasn't very deep but it still it did hurt her.

"Ah… it hurts" she whispered close enough for Kaname to hear. He lifted his face to her and saw that she wasn't crying or anything. He placed the kit aside and caressed her face slightly; she held a hand onto his and pressed it to her cheek more. She wanted this and so did he, much more actually. To have his gestures of affection rewarded, it was a prize for him.

"Don't be sad anymore, Yuuki. I'm still here, we all are" she smiled sadly but still, her eyes held nothing more than sadness. Kaname smiled up to her but she shrugged the idea off.

Kaname proceeded on treating her wound and still earned a few gasps of hurt from her. It would take a while now. He decided not to use his healing powers on her since it would make her go home to the headmaster and proceed to a dreadful life again. He didn't want that off all things, even if it made him look selfish. She would still live a life of dreadfulness and would stumble once again and maybe there would be another chance to bring her here again, wounded and carry a distorted soul.

Once he finished treating her wound, he kept the kit on his bathroom and drank a few more tablets before going outside to find her a suitable nightdress. He wouldn't allow her to sleep in her school uniform which would make her feel more dreadful. He would make sure she'd be comfortable with the nightdress that he'll pick for her.

Still settled in his room while he was outside, Yuuki sat up and gathered a familiar piece of paper from her pocket. She opened it slowly as she read every detail of it. Once finished, she shoved it back again from its original place. Tears were threatening to fall when the door opened slowly, revealing a servant who was tasked to dress her up.

Yuuki comprehended and helped the servant dress herself. She had a hard time standing but the servant insisted that she'll just help her with the sleeves and the bottom part of the night dress. The servant bid her goodnight as she sunk back onto his large bed and sighed.

Kaname entered after a few minutes of waiting outside his room. He sat down beside her relaxed form on the bed and watched her blink a few times, indicating that she was getting sleepy. He liked the light brown color of the nightdress, making her look elegant and delicate while matching her auburn locks. He smiled gently as he watched her slumber slowly, sleep taking over her tired body.

He grabbed the covers and covered her with it, tucking her in her sleep. A few strands of her blocked his view on her majestic face, so he once again cleared her face from it. As he scanned the room, he noticed that her uniform was folded orderly on one of his chairs and what was most noticeable was a piece of paper dangling from it.

Kaname sat up and headed for the certain chair. He pulled the piece of paper from her skirt's pocket and read it silently. It had been the same letter that Zero dropped in her room last winter break. He folded it once again and returned it back. A sigh escaped his lips as he decided to talk to the chairman about it, so as to keep Yuuki sane and make her go back to her cheerful state even if it made him lonely or anything. If Yuuki smiled then, he'll be able to do that too.

He glanced back at Yuuki who was sleeping soundly on his bed before taking his leave towards the Chairman's house. Yuuki shifted slightly in her sleep, Thinking about one thing, Zero's condition and his vital statistics. She couldn't bear the words she had read in that letter from the Hunter's association, it was just too much. And the worst part of it was that he may never return from work unlike what he did after every regular mission.

With every inch of her power, she tried not to grieve about his absence but no matter how he tried. The sick feeling was still there, longing to see him once more and enjoy the years ahead together with smiles and laughter. She had tried so hard that it hurt her for doing so. She never wanted to forget him nor of his bloody existence, she told herself not to think about it. She assured herself that he was alive and kicking, and a few weeks or days later, he'll be by her side again and share smiled with her. But suspicion was making it hard for her.

The letter……

A greeting from the Hunter's Association, Mr. Kiryuu Zero is tasked to help the association in reinforcing peace and order in a certain town. The assigned place is on a different country, the rogue vampires in that place have been terrorizing town and have killed hundreds of innocent people. The safety of this mission is not assured, thus if the required person does not return after a span of two years which is the longevity of the mission, pension will be sent directly to the remaining relatives of the person. We require your assistance. Thank you very much.

Chapter end…….

A/N: How was it? Comments please!!!! Oh! And if anyone is interested in my video journal in youtube…. Just type sorayamayu's videojournal 1. And poof! You're there~! Sorry for the late updates again~! Don't worry! A lot of surprises will be expected in the chapters from now on! This chapter has a few conversations; I did it so as to fir in her "most-dreadful situation" so, less talking less happiness; that was what I've thought about.

And maybe next time… I'LL FLY YOU TO THE MOON~!!!!