Vampire Knight © Matsuri Hino

Hey, everyone. Here's chapter three, hope you enjoy.

Chapter Three :

Feet shuffling, kicking stones to the side of the walkway as Takuma Ichijou and Kaname Kuran made their way back to where they had parked their black, tinted-window car. Even Zero was slugging behind rather in a matter his body expressed his shame for not reacting faster before Sasaya had been attacked by Rido.

"This is bull-shit, dragging me all the way out here for nothing." The hunter sighed, although he was just speaking out of his ass; he really did feel the need to go back and help Sasaya.

"Right now, Kiryuu, I'd advise you to shut the fuck up." Tone dripping with acid, voice concealing any emotion but annoyance, Kaname growled at the lower ranked vampire and glared at him from the corner of his eye.

"Kaname-sama." Takuma sighed, stopping his walking and rubbing his forehead. "You want me to believe you're just going to ... walk away? From Sasaya?"

Haulting in his tracks, the Pureblood slowly turned to fix his fire filled glare on Ichijou's wary face. "You don't know shit, Takuma." His tone was a little more calmer than it had been with Zero, much to both the men's surprise as they looked into his now, cooling, melancholy orbs. "I love her, you think I will not obey her demands?"

"Yes, but it doesn't make sense!" Zero joined Ichijou's side.

Kaname smirked, running a hand through his hair and pushing the bangs out of his face. "It doesn't have to. You'd have to know the story ... " He paused for a second. "The whole ... truthful, story."

"Then tell us." Takuma said, a little reluctant but anixious to hear what had truly happened between him and Sasaya.

"It's a long one." Kaname warned with a sad look.

"We have time, besides, we can sit out here and if something inside the castle goes on we'll know right off." Zero sat himself on the ground, propping himself up with his hands.

Takuma nodded and joined him on the cold, dew covered grass.

"Alright then, if you insist." The Pureblood let out a long, exhgasperated sigh, sitting down on the ground with the two and closing his eyes as he let the memories come from deep in his heart, like a safe-haven for all the things he never wished to forget. "I first met her in 1885 ... a memorable year ... nothing much was going on where we were living at the time. Yuuki was still young, I was currently taking form as only fifteen ... "

1885 : The First Kuran Residance :

"Onii-san?" Yuuki's round, red eyes fixed on her older brothers face as he was staring off into the distance. From the back of their manor, a magnificent view splayed out before them. Purple grey tinted mountains went so far off into the distance it seemed like forever; lime colored grass shone as white moonlight came down from the sparkling havens; a small cottage nestled down in the meadow below where smoke from the chimmeny bled through and made puffs of clouds mingle as they drifted upward.

"Hm?" The young looking Pureblood tore his gaze from the cottage to meet his younger sisters gaze.

"Can we go down and visit them? That family that lives down there? They have a daughter, father told me. Said she was older and ... uhm what word ... profound as you?" Being as young as she was, looks and year wise, she still couldn't wrap her small, child-like mind around certain things.

Kaname laughed a husky chuckled, patting Yuuki on the head which only caused a light pink to flood her full cheeks. "You may go if you want, but I'd rather watch from here."

"But I want you to come, too Onii-san!" The smaller female jumped to her feet and brushed off her silk red dress.

"Go ahead, Yuuki. If you need me call me, I'll come down." He kissed her tiny forehead gingerly, before turning her to head down a small, steep path that wound down to the other resident's home.

She smiled, and then trotted down the path fast. So fast, that when she finally made it to the bottom, she stumbled and fell flat on her face. Kaname stiffled a giggle, but called out rather to check if she was okay. Set and determaned, Yuuki stood and waved up at her brother to note that she was fine, before turning and running to the small cottage and banging her little fist on the door.

Bang, bang, bang. A knock on the door startled little Semiko and had him start to cry; he was as young as Yuuki but a little more sensitive to small things like that.

"Oh, shoot," Sasaya sighed, placing her hands on her hips in frustration as her mother opened the front door to be greeted by little Yuuki.

Long, smoke like hair drifting, she turned her head and met the little girl's gaze, instantly recognizing that Purebloods features in her face. "Yuuki Kuran?" Semiko had stopped crying, but clung to Sasaya's leg and peered curiously around her long white dress to meet the girls gaze.

"A-are you Sasaya and Semiko-chan?" Yuuki was a little nervous, but looked over her shoulder to her Onii-san who just smiled brightly into the night at her.

"Yes, what brings you here?" Sasaya's red lips curved into a friendly smile as she walked over to Yuuki and bent on her knees to look her in the eye.

Flushing, Yuuki kicked the ground and met Semiko's wide, green eyes. "Wanted to know if you would come out and play?"

Sasaya was always good with younger kids, mortals and immortals alike. She loved playing with them, it was her favorite thing to do besides knit with her mother beside the fire place. "Sure, how about you Semiko?" The older, more sophisticated Pureblood raised to her feet and patted her younger friend's head.

"Uh, sure." He flushed as he walked out from behind her leg.

"Go outside in the meadow, I'll be right out." Sasaya smiled at the two eager kids, who were both already running out onto the grass and chasing each other around in a game of tag.

"That's nice of you, Sasaya. But I'm surprised," Her father said from the kitchen; he was munching on a peice of green.

She was slipping on her shawl, but turned to look at her father as he walked to her mother's side and placed a wet kiss on her cheek. "Huh? What do you mean?"

"Oh, I'm not surprised you agreed. I'm surprised Yuuki came alone; she's always with her older brother, Kaname. He's the one who's next in line for the Kuran's head throne. He's about your age, I believe." The ancient vampire sat in a chair beside that of his betrothed.

"Oh. Hm." Sasaya pondered that meaning for a moment before shrugging and pecking both her parent's on the forehead. "I'll be outside in the yard with those two."

They both mumbled a reply, befroe Sasaya exited the cottage and instantly caught the curious gaze of another vampire.

Breath hitching in his throat, Kaname leaned off of his hands to get a better view of the girl that stood in the doorway of the cottage. Smokey hair bellowing around her petite frame, ice blue eyes shining even against the dark of the night, she was beautiful; no doubt. Their eyes interlocked and they shared a small moment, Sasaya's blood red lips curving into a timid half smile as she tucked a piece of hair behind her ear. But, much to Kaname's disappointment, she soon tore her gaze away from his when little Yuuki and Semiko grabbed her hands and started running her to farther off in the meadow.

Sasaya and Kaname both could not help but have eyes wonder on each other's faces, even from that great distance. They both felt a sharp spark of something that was digging it's way into their hearts ... soon ... they would be inseperable. Soon ... they would destroy each other's inevitable fate.

Whew, chapter three is done. Hope you guys enjoyed.

Chapter Four? It will be posted when I get the free time.

~Polynox™