A few days later
I wore a bloody red dress, it was long, but there was a slit up the side of the leg, leading to my thigh, my hair was out, I wanted Zero's undivided attention, I walked to the dance hall with Kaname, he went to an outside balcony with Yuki and I didn't hear from him for the rest of the night, several boys asked me to dance, but I refused all of them, I found Zero, he was leaning against the wall, watching the vampires, I saw a day class girl approach him, it was the same girl who he had saved several days ago
"um...Zero? Will you dance with me?" I felt a sharp pang of jealousy
"I'm sorry but I don't know how"
"Uh...well that's okay...I don't either" he looked at her
"No"
"Uh! I'm sorry!" she ran away
~that was harsh~ I thought to him, he shrugged a little, I left and stood out the front of the hall, letting the cool wind blow on my face and leg, I heard footsteps
"you look beautiful, Keikan" I smiled and turned to look at Zero, he had neatened his uniform up
"thank-you" I murmured, he held my hand and pulled me in, holding my back, I closed my eyes and kissed him, Zero was perfect, no matter what Kaname said, no matter what anyone said. Zero was perfect in my eyes, heturned a little red when he pulled away
"Keikan...here" he handed me something, it glittered gold and blue, it was a necklace, I smiled
"Zero...it's beautiful" he kissed me on the cheek
"so are you" he stroked my neck with his finger and I closed my eyes, he slid his arms over my shoulders and I felt the cold necklace touch my collarbone, I felt his hands move again, but this time, one lingered on my shoulder, he hooked his finger under my chin and turned my face to him, I smiled and our lips met, our limbs were entwined, difficult to tell where one person stopped and the other started, we heard voices and footsteps, the event was over, Zero and I embraced one more time
"I promise Zero, one day, we won't have to hide our love" he smiled
"I wait for that day" I kissed him again and walked back inside, blending in with the crowd, Zero stood at the door and made sure us vampires behaved ourselves, I saw Kaname and he hugged me, he saw my necklace and he fingered the sky blue gem "what is this?"
"You like it? I bought it when I was in town" i lied, he nodded
"it looks very nice" I smiled
"shall we go?" we walked back to the dorms and I went into my room, I didn't take off the necklace, it meant a lot to me, I changed into my nightgown and fell onto the bed, Zero was in my thoughts, I pulled the blanket up to my waist and fell asleep
{...I knelt on the hay-strewn floor of the stables, Zero's head was in my lap, tears rolled down my cheeks
"please be okay Zero...please, please be okay" I moaned, Zero's eyes were half-open, his breath came in tiny ragged gasps, his windpipe was crushed
"Keikan?" asked Kaname, I glared at my brother
"I HATE YOU! LEAVE ME ALONE!" I shouted at him, he looked as though he had just been slapped, he straightened
"Keikan, you have no reason to say those things" he growled
"FUCK YOU! Go die in a hole!" he stormed out, I had wanted to spend Zero's last moments with him, he lifted his hand and touched my face
"Keikan..." he tried to pull me close, I leaned in and he kissed me, one last time
"Zero...only you..." I whispered, he smiled weakly and raised a shaky hand
"Ic...hi...}
I snapped awake, there were tears in my eyes 'how can that happen, to someone so sweet? Someone so kind?' I closed my eyes and sat up 'something's wrong' I thought, my heart, it hurt, I sensed something wrong, I dressed so quickly I almost ripped my dress, I sprinted across the grounds, the humans would just feel some unnatural wind, the only tip-off that I was there, I ran to the old teachers dorms, I burst through the door, I sensed a pureblood in the dorms, I used the shadows, they cloaked my presence as I snuck into a room, Zero was in there, pointing a gun at the pureblood, I felt my cue, I stepped out of the shadows
"well, well, Shizuka Hio, you're supposed to be dead"
"ah, the luck has not yet befallen me, Keikantora Kuran" I smirked
"picking on a level d? How weak"
"you would not think so if you knew why I pick on him"
"enlighten me"
"his parents killed...him, they all deserve to be punished"
"why don't you fight someone who can actually fight back?"
"like who?"
"like me" I smirked, confident
"if you really wish, then I shall kill you" I created a circle of fire, slowly tightening around her kimono, she stepped once, she appeared next to me, holding a sword that had been passed to her by a man wearing a mask, she brought the sword down, I lifted my arm, the sword embedded itself in the bone of my forearm
"Keikan!" called Zero, I smirked again, my blood was dripping down from my arm, it slowly gathered together, Shizuka tried to yank the sword out of my arm, but her blow had landed too deep in the bone, my blood became a whip, it streaked towards Shizuka, she dodged quickly and the sword fell to the ground, she picked it up and smiled
"interesting" the fight continued, neither side panicking, both participants staying calm and collected as they traded blows, I slit my arm open on her sword and put her in a headlock, blood came out as vines and covered her
"I expected more" I murmured, I plunged my fangs into her neck and drank from her until she was only just alive, I then used my blood-vines and pierced her body, in at least 20 different places at once
"Keikan" Zero whispered, I smiled and went over, her masked slave had disappeared
"are you okay Zero? She didn't hurt you?" he shut me up with a kiss
"have I ever told you that I love you?" he murmured
"no" I murmured back, he smiled
"I love you, Keikan"
"I love you too, Zero" our lips met, he lifted me up and spun me around, I laughed "Zero, this is the best mood I've ever seen you in!"
"how could I be unhappy? That pureblood is gone, my Tora is safe, my brother is alive" I cocked my head
"brother?" he smiled
"yes, my little brother, Ichiru" I hugged him,
"I would love to meet him"
"if you manage to find him" he chuckled, I nuzzled his neck and kissed him again
"how am I going to explain this to the senate?"
"I have no idea" I smiled, but I had a horrible sinking feeling, like something terrible would happen, the day passed in a blur, somehow, I found myself in the stables, Zero came in
"Tora" he murmured, I hugged him
"Zero" I lifted my head and our lips met, he caressed my cheek and pushed his tongue into my mouth, my hands were on his chest, he touched my hands and leaned forward a little, I moaned and an enraged voice rang through the night
"what is going on here?" I broke the kiss and turned to see my brother, Zero hugged me protectively and I tried to make amends
"K-Kaname, it's not what it looks like" he paid no attention
"you don't fraternize with hunters? I can't believe I trusted you, Keikan"
"and I can't believe you said that!" I growled, Kaname narrowed his eyes
"get back to the dorms. NOW" he spoke slowly, I shook with rage and shouted
"just because you're older, doesn't mean you can tell me what to do!" Kaname became red with rage and Zero stood in front of me protectively
"get out of the way!" Kaname snarled
"I'm not going to let you hurt Keikan" Zero snarled back
"Zero look out!" I cried, Kaname grabbed Zero by the neck and slammed him against the wall, slowly strangling him
"I told you to get out of the way" Kaname growled, Zeros face became strained, Kaname was slowly crushing his windpipe, killing him, I ran up to Kaname
"leave him alone!" I grabbed his arm and burned it, his skin became red and blistered, Zero mustered all the breath he could
"...Keikan..." he dropped to the floor, I fell to my knees next to him, I knelt on the hay-strewn floor of the stables, Zero's head in my lap, tears rolled down my cheeks
"please be okay Zero...please, please be okay" I moaned, Zero's eyes were half-open, his breath came in tiny ragged gasps, his windpipe was crushed
"Keikan?" asked Kaname cautiously, I glared at my brother
"I HATE YOU! LEAVE ME ALONE!" I shouted at him, he looked as though he had just been slapped, he straightened "Keikan, you have no reason to say those things" he growled
"FUCK YOU! Go die in a hole!" he stormed out, Zero lifted his hand and touched my face
"Keikan..." he tried to pull me close, I leaned in and he kissed me, one last time
"Zero...only you..." I whispered, he smiled weakly and raised a shaky hand
"Ic...hi...ru" my eyes widened
"what about Ichiru?"
"take...care of him...for me" my eyes were flooded with tears
"please Zero, take my blood! Anything, just don't die"
"nothing can help now...I...love you" I closed my eyes and pressed my forehead against his
"I love you too" I whispered, he closed his eyes, my tears fell onto his face, I knelt there, I don't know for how long, I just knelt there, my forehead pressed against Zero's, a voice rang out through the night
"I was afraid it would come to this" I lifted my head, tears still silently running down my cheeks, I looked at the headmaster, who looked very upset, I blinked slowly, more tears overflowing from my eyes, I didn't speak, everyone expects a pureblood to be strong, if I spoke, my voice would give me away
"Zero" said the headmaster sadly and knelt down next to me, I looked at Zero's face 'how is it possible? That I will never again see those eyes...that I will never again be held by those strong arms...' the headmaster picked Zero up with surprising strength 'no...no...how can this be happening?' I stayed where I was as the headmaster carried Zero out, when they passed, White Lilly whinnied quietly and nuzzled Zero's head, trying to wake him up, I balled my hands into fists 'how...Zero...' I looked at the moon, many people heard me that night, everyone in the school awoke from their bed and watched the windows, the vampires all knew the sound, they watched the moon sadly, but no-one knew where it was coming from, no-one understood the true meaning, nobody saw the lonely black wolf, howling her grief.
Note from the author: NOOOOOO! ZERO! KANAME YOU BASTARD! ALTAIR! HELP ME MURDER A VAMPIRE
Altair- o_O I am actually afraid to admit im related to you
Me- :3 I SCARE ASSASINS! LOOK OUT KANAME!