A/N, warning, and disclaimer: Please read the first chapter. It is all posted there.
Summery: Yuki has been a pureblood for the last five years since her brother awoke her. Zero is now a full time hunter. Where is Kaname and why hasn't Zero fallen to a Level yet?
The Last Kuran
Chapter 7: A safe place
"Kaname-Sama, where did you come from?" they asked. We… we thought you were dead. What happened to you five years ago?" whispered the female voice, with a state of shock. "Rima," Kaname says as his aura grows dark and encompasses both vampires. Fear fills Rima as she begins to feel her head become funny. He asks her, "Are you working for the Senate, or anyone associated with them?" Although she's afraid, she understands what he's doing. This is one of the powers purebloods have, forcing others who are not purebloods to answer them. "I am always on the side of Kuran, my Lord." "Thank you Rima," he says as he releases her. Kaname turns to her companion. "Shiki, whose side are you one? The Senate or mine?" he growls. "Yours Kaname-Sama, always yours." Kaname paused for a moment as if thinking, then released Shiki, his aura returning to normal.
Just as Kaname was about to speak, there was a knock at the door. It was one of the assistants to the photographer. "Rima, Shiki, are you ready. We're ready for you." "We'll be right out," says Rima. "Kaname-Sama, you are welcome to stay here" Shiki said as he turned to face him. "There are others who need a place to rest as well," Kaname tells them. "They are welcome too," replies Shiki. "Thank you Shiki, Rima. Also, I would appreciate it if you didn't mention this to anyone of any of this." Shiki and Rima nod in agreement. Afterwards, Rima and Shiki leave for another session of their photo shoot. Kaname goes, shares the good news to the others and escorts them into the trailer. There, Kaname takes Yuki to the back where the bed is and lays her there. She stirs for a minute and then returns to her deep sleep. Kain places Zero down in a chair. They are all tired enough; the rest finds places to sit down to take a long need nap.
Hours later, a car pulls up to the set. The passenger gets out from the back of the car, gets out, and walks up to the set. "Rima, Shiki" Ichijo said with an enthusiastic voice. One more photo is taken before Rima says they need a break. Rima and Shiki had been traveling for the past week, doing photo shoots in various places. This is the first time they have been able to see Ichijo for awhile. "Can we talk?" asked Ichijo in a more serious, whispered tone. They walk away to a secluded place. "I have some serious news. Yuki-Sama was kidnapped right after the soiree and never made it back home. Kain and Aidou went looking for her, but they haven't been heard from since then either. Last I heard, they were going to Cross Academy to talk with headmaster Cross. Now Cross is also missing and no one has heard from any of them since. Those of us that are still loyal to Yuki-Sama are still looking for her. Ruka and Maria have been chasing down any leads that have been coming up, but they have all been dead ends. We could use your help and any connections you may have." They nodded in agreement, both desperately wanting to tell him that Kaname is not only alive, but hiding in the trailer and the others are probably with him. Rima begins to wonder if Kaname is back due to Yuki's disappearance. If that the case, then maybe Kain, Aidou, Cross, and Yuki are hiding in the trailer as well. Rima excuses herself for a moment, using the excuse that she is thirsty. She goes into the trailer to see that she was right, but Zero was also there, much to her surprise. Rima goes to wake up Kaname, but can't move any closer to him. Her feet are frozen in place. She looks up to Kaname who looks like he was sleeping very light like he was being very protective of something very precious, which in fact he was. As she looks around, she sees Kain and Aidou on guard, ready to fight. She has never seen them so protective before. She glances to Zero and sees the Bloody Rose aimed for her. She was very surprised to find everyone so on edge. Once they all realized Rima had walked in, they relaxed, going back to sleep. Still shaking, she looks back to Kaname, "Ichijo is outside, talking with Shiki. He doesn't know anything but he is here asking for our help looking for Yuki-Sama." Kaname gets up to go meet with Ichijo. Yuki wakes up and asks where they are. Kaname leans over her and tells her they are safe in Rima and Shiki's trailer. She relaxes and goes back to sleep.
Kaname gets up and heads outside to meet Ichijo. Before Kaname allows Ichijo to sense him, Kaname holds him in place and walks toward him. He begins the same process that he had done with Shiki and Rima hours earlier. Ichijo is now alarmed before he realizes someone, a pureblood is approaching him. His heart is in a twisted sense of emotion as he sees Kaname come into view, between fear and excitement, confusion and curiosity, but mostly disbelief. "K…Kaname-Sama..?" is all he manages to say before Kaname tightens the grip he is holding on Ichijo's mind. His aura darkens once again, as he asks his questions. "Your Grandfather is the head of the Senate. Are you working for him or worse, on the Council now yourself, Ichijo?" clearly annunciating Ichijo's name while he squints his eyes at him. "Kaname-Sama, Ichio is no longer my Grandfather (he says through his teeth). I. AM. ON. YOUR. SIDE" he said with his eyes glowing crimson with anger. Kaname stood shocked. Ichijo was always the most peaceful, loving, calm and accepting of anyone. To see this kind of anger arise in Ichijo's eyes at the mere mention of his Grandfather made his heart want to go out to him. It was almost like a sin to cause this kind of anger in such a person as Ichijo. Kaname wanted to step up to the blond vampire, but he didn't. He released his hold on the blond vampire. "Everyone you are looking for are inside Rima and Shiki's trailer. Any questions any of you may have will have to wait for another time. For now I'm going back inside. Don't mention to anyone what you have learned today." Then he turned around to head back to the trailer. As he was walking he was wondering about Ichijo, his concern growing. He had never known the blond vampire to be so angry before. Now he was not only angry, but it seemed he was full of hate towards his Grandfather. He had to wonder if this is the result from his supposed death or if it was something else. He will find out later, but at this moment, he needed to get back and rest. He lays back down next to Yuki, thankful she is getting the rest she needs.
Later, Rima and Shiki return to their trailer. Remembering the sudden alarm she caused the others earlier; she cautions Shiki to wait for her to call him. He looks confused, but heeds her warning. She enters quietly to give the others a chance to wake up and react, if at all. When no reaction came, she called for Shiki to come in. They find no place to lie down. 'This trailer wasn't meant to hold this many' Rima muses to herself. They are tired and their routine has messed with their daytime sleeping routine. It's not long before they find a place to sit and fall asleep.
The next morning found Kaname waking up after a peaceful night's rest to Yuki staring at him with loving eyes. He looks back at her, smiles and reaches out with his hand to cup her cheek. "I must still be dreaming, because you're here" she whispers. "If this is a dream, then we're both having the same dream and I don't ever want to wake from it", he replies in a whisper. "Ummm, Kaname, where are we?" she asked as she begins to look around. He tells her, "We are in Rima and Shiki's trailer on one of their photo shoots. We came across them yesterday as we were going through the woods." She sat up to see everyone packed into this small trail like sardines, and her eyes went wide. "How long have I been sleeping. The last thing I remember was trying to escape from the hungers, and waking up seeing you lying down beside me? What happened while I was out?" It takes only a few minutes to give her the short explanation of the events. Her eyes widen again at the news of the helicopter crash, Yagari's death and Zeros' legs, which still haven't completely healed. She shook desperately trying not to laugh at poor Aidou having lost his hearing and the conversations he was not privy to, at his expense. She was glad to learn he had his hearing back again though. She wondered if Aidou caught on to the private joke.
As Yuki and Kaname talked, Rima and Shiki woke up and began to fix glasses of blood tablet water for everyone, except Cross who received only water. Yuki was thankful for it, but it seemed one glass wasn't going to be enough. Everyone else downed their glasses pretty fast. Rima and Shiki prepared another round for each of them. Thankful for the second helping, the others were taking their time drinking the second glass. Soon there was a knock on the door. "Rima, Shiki, are you ready?" "No, we're not ready. Give us a couple of minutes." Shiki responds. "We will be waiting, but please hurry. The photographer is in a really bad mood this morning and wants to get this done today." the other guy said. They groaned when they heard this. He was always in a bad mood and never easy to work with. Hopefully, today would be the last day of this photo shoot.
TBC
A/N: I have not worked on this story for the last three years I think because I got stuck and lost any interest as a result. My youngest daughter has been nagging me to finish this story as it seems to be her favorite one. Finally I get back to this story and decided to make some necessary changes to it so I could continue to work on it and already some ideas are flowing. Any way, I hope you all enjoy the continuation of 'The Last Kuran'.