~VAMPIRE KNIGHT!~
"A Simple Message?" - Message Four
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Yuuki finally gets it. Yeah! Chapter Four is finally up. Whoo!
I know this is the first story I posted, but that's exactly why I need you guys to review. So I can know what you think! '_' I would send you candy and bribe you if I could, but I cannot.
PLEASE REVIEW! I WILL SEND YOU A WHOLE COOKIE, BUT... IT MIGHT BE STALE. -_-; might...
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An overly jolly silver-headed man smiled as he carefully sorted through huge piles and piles of mail. He sorted them by worth, putting all junk in one pile. "Bill." He began throwing them all in different directions. "Bill, children foundation, bill, warrant..." He spun around in his chair, instantaneously got up, then literally danced with this particular letter within his hands. "Yuuki?" He whispered before squealing, tearing up with excitement in his eyes. He twirled around twice and rubbed his cheek lovingly against the letter with his mitten covered hands. He stopped midway of the room before he glancing at the letter to see:
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YUUKI'S LETTER:
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To Mr. Chairman Cross...,
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"It's daddy." He said gloomily, teary eyed.
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It's been a while.
So I didn't want you to worry,
and I wanted to inform you that I'm am okay,..
Kaname-sempai has been taking real good care of me,
we've been able to talk more and you know,...
understand each other.
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By the way, thank you for the gift daddy.
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Daddy's Girl: I'm proud of you. You've taken really good care of the academy, but it could use a daughters touch. She giggles.
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Miss you a lot,
Yuuki Cross Kuran - She drew a heart -
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"Yuuki!" He squealed once again and skipped around the room like a little girl at a picnic, but stopped upon seeing his apprentice in the doorway. "Zero,.. I was.." He tried explained. Zero blinked twice and slowly stepped back away to make a silent escape, but failed.
Unexpectedly a brown-haired girl in a day class uniform rushed in knocking Zero off balance and shut the door. "Oh, uh." She covered her mouth and gasped upon seeing Zero stand up from the metal-plated tile. "I'm sorry, Zero-kun, good morning." She curtsied lightly, explaining her reason. "I'm sort of in a rush, I'm sorry." She apologized.
"Soyori,...-chan?" Zero scratched his head in confusion. He glanced at her. "What are you doing here so early?"
Headmaster adjusted his glass, pushing them back on his nose with his index finger and sat down to shuffled the stack of papers once again. He stored Yuuki's letter in a special drawer beneath him. Yori faced Zero concerned. "I'm sorry, I..."
"Stop apologizing!" Zero interrupted her.
"I wanted to send this as soon as possible!" She had a worried expression on her face as she turned and walked towards the desk Chairman Cross settled in.
He peered out the edge of his light green glasses. "What letter?" He asked.
"Well,... I read Yuuki's letter last night and I..."
Headmaster interrupted and smiled. "I just finished reading Yuuki's letter today!" He jumped out of his sitting position and waved one hand lazily. "Sure sure, Miss Yori-chan." He snatched the letter from her."I will do so immediately." He nodded in satisfaction.
"Yuuki is very generous with her time." Wakaba Soyori unintentionally grabbed the Headmaster's hands. He glided with her around the floor, feeling excited.
Zero sighed, riffled in his pocket, removed his letter then placed in carefully on the desk behind them. Soyori noticed him and asked while still holding on to the chairman's forearms. "You received a letter from Yuuki-sama too, Zero-kun?" She blinked.
"A love letter." Chairman stated with a giddy voice.
"Yeah,..." He sighed. "And it's not a love letter!" He seemed to get annoyed quite quickly.
"This letter..." Yori whispered.
"That lovely letter." He remarked once more.
Zero lifted him by his collar. "It's not a love letter." He spoke in a serious tone of voice.
Headmaster struggled. He was trying to free himself from Zero's grasp. "It seems I've angered you again, Zero-kun?" He scoffed upon being lifted further in the air. "I'll make you your favorite soup in exchange for my life?"
Yori continued. "I wonder....if Yuuki, did she mention any of these letters to Kaname-san?" She pondered, not noticing them behind her.
Zero became puzzled. After setting Kaien back on his feet, he took the time to brush some particles off of both his and Mr. Cross Kaien's clothing. He advanced toward the wooden door, but stopped upon hearing Yori's soft worried voice.
She turned around holding Zero's return letter in her hands. She cocked her head, staring on at Zero's shivering back. "Zero,...?" She spoke so lightly. "Do you know anything about this,... about Yuuki, did she?"
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A brownish-pink haired serene type women flew passed one long-haired brunette. The women quickly turned around to face the brunette, bowed slightly and began riffling through the tote back she held steadily under her right arm. "Yuuki-sa..., I mean, Yuuki, here's your mail."
"Thank you very much Ruka-chan." Yuuki responded with a low bow after receiving the letter.
Ruka hesitated, stopping herself from making a complete one-eighty degree turn. "Yuuki?"
"Uh, yes?" Yuuki positioned herself, her back upright. She looked at Ruka's gleaming black top, black pants as well as her newly sweetened smile.
Yuuki jumped back a little, thinking, "She scared me a little because she suddenly smiled so much..."
Ruka gently grasped Yuuki's cold hands with her own . "You know... you can tell me, if you have doubts about this journey, Yuuki-chan."
"Eh, no no.. I'll be okay. I mean, I'm fine." Yuuki took back one hand before brushing several loose strains from her face. "Thank you though Ruka, for everything and uh.. well, for being my friend. You've really helped me." Yuuki shut her eyes as she chuckled quietly.
Ruka shook her head lightly. "Don't thank me Yuuki. I should thank you." She cuffed her hands tightly around Yuuki's.
"This is a little weird." Yuuki stated bluntly.
Ruka nodded, released Yuuki's hand and backed away somewhat. "Ah,... I'm sorry, what I mean to say is... in a way you've helped me. I was able to forgive you."
Yuuki cocked her head to her right. "What forgive me?" She thought out loud.
Ruka seemed to have changed the subject. "Oh, Yuuki, your clothes? Why are you...?"
Yuuki scratched her head nervously. She backed away with apparently no hesitation. "I was in my normal clothes all day so,... I borrowed Kaname's black shirt and pants. I hope he doesn't mind?" She wondered, biting her lip.
"I'm sure he won't mind, you look cute like that." Yuuki averted her eyes from the floor to Ruka. "I'll see you soon Yuuki-chan." Ruka waved from afar then skipped further down the hallways.
"Forgive me? Oh... Kaname-sama she liked you at one point, didn't she?" She smiled slightly while advancing down the hall, the same direction as Ruka only Yuuki turned a corner.
The brunette skipped her way to the front door of her suite. She repeatedly swapped her feet as she hopped in place. The huge smile upon her face seemed to grow. She stopped as soon as she noticed the door swing open fiercely. It was probably a good idea that it moved back rather than towards her, otherwise she would've gotten hurt.
She jumped back in surprise when she realized Kain, whom opened the door. He stumbled on his knees a few times, got back to his feet, leaned against the wooden door, then sounding a bit slow-minded, he asked Yuuki. "Hey Yu,Yu, you, Yuuki, you. Where have ya been?"
"Uh, Kain-sempai?" She questioned him. 'Maybe it'd be better to... answer, maybe!?' She thought to herself. "I remember Kaname and I were on the roof together," She spoke up after seeing Kain's unusual dazed typed smile directed towards her. "I awoke in his room so I figured he brought me there. He was asleep on the floor beside me." She fiddled with her thumbs, interlocking her fingers and circling her thumbs around each other. "I changed into his clothes. Mine were dirty." She said shyly, holding out the clothes in front of her.
Kain suddenly had a big grin on his face. "You and Kaname huh? Well well, Yuuki?" He slammed his back to the door before crossing his arms and gesturing for her to come through.
"Are you okay Kain-sempai?"She walked inside with the door closing behind them.
"Stop with the 'sempai' already, call me Kain!" He protested, grabbing the clothing from her hands and tossing them on the edge of the nearby couch..
"Uh, I." She stuttered. 'What's he saying?'
Kain locked his arms around Yuuki's waist, then fit his head snug midway of her shoulder and cheek.
"Kain-sempai stop!" She struggled to get out of the blond vampire's grip. "Adoih-sempai help!"
"Ah!" Kain vociferated.
"Yuuki-sama!" The voice called from behind. Yuuki felt someone new move her out the way. "Are you alright?"
Yuuki nodded. "Adoih-sempai, thank you." She sighed in relief as Adoih blocked Kain's way to her.
"Sorry about this Yuuki-sama, Kain just had a little too much to drink!" Adioh held Kain off by combining enough moisture in the air to make an ice cage.
"Adioh don't be selfish. Why don't we share her?" He coaxed posing for an opportunity.
"Ignoring him," Adioh turned to her. "If your wondering what would cause him to fall into this state, it has much to with Ruka."
"Ruka?" Yuuki sat down on the wooden coffee table behind her.
Adioh sat comfortably on the tan couch. He crossed his legs sat back and explained. "Well I'm the only one that knows this but,..."
Yuuki interrupted. "Wait, is it bad, because I don't want to be..."
He continued. "Kain-sempai is very fond of Ms. Ruka."
Yuuki blinked. "And?" She asked with a blunt expression.
"You knew, Yuuki-sama?" Adoih uncrossed his legs and slapped his hands on his thighs. His eyes grew big in surprise.
She nodded. "So why is he...?
"He believes his life is over because Ruka didn't speak to him this morning."
"Uh... this morning?" Yuuki seemed to ask again.
"Yes."
She spoke knowledgeably. "What Kain-sempai doesn't know is... Ruka-chan is very busy in the mornings, delivering mail. She keeps her mind on what's at task, when you receive a letter from Ruka that is the time she will talk with you."
"Ah...Yuuki-sama nice investigating." Adioh complimented her. Yuuki concurred.
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Adioh rubbed his chin in thought. "Now that I think about it, Kain wanted me to go down with him but..."
"Uh, Adioh-sempai?" Yuuki seemed to fall into this deep sorrow. "I'm sorry."
Adioh laughed. "What are you apologizing for princess?"
She looked up at him confusingly. "You, and Kain-sempai, Kaname-sempai, Daddy and even Zero-kun..." She placed her cold hand on her warm forehead. "I'm so ignorant. You've all risked your lives for me at times. I don't want to be that little girl getting in the way of you again."
Adioh moved a little closer to Yuuki's face. He took out a thick comb from his right pocket. How else do you think he keeps his hair so smooth, without any tangled ends? He also keeps gel in his left shirt pocket.
"That's why I'm apologizing, because how old am I and I still can't defend myself? This is what I like to call spoiled." She noticed her long brown hair being combed out by him. "I've thought about this for awhile, but never actually done anything about it. I need to, I need to tell everyone, including myself that Yuuki Cross Kuran has grown up!"
A whipping sort of sound repealed through her ears. She looked to her left diagonally to see Adioh, he was applauding her. "Yuuki-sama?" He stood up and walked to the ice cage which held in a sleeping Kain. "It's amazing of what can occur just by someone getting drunk." He stated as he leaned on the frozen ice.
Yuuki giggled. "That's...-true." She stood up, bowing to him. "Thank you, Adioh-kun." She advanced to her room.
"Listen Yuuki-sama." Her attention was directed towards him.
"I,..." He blushed and quickly turned facing Kain halfway. "I like,..." He hesitated. Yuuki had a glum expression on her face. Adioh faced the right side, he looked at Kain's posture inside the cylinder cage, curled up in a ball rocking side to side in a clock's motion.
"I like, protecting you. So don't feel or, think like that. Don't think your just some pawn in the way of everything. Pay attention to the knight's moves and help to protect the two most important pieces in your life."
Yuuki's glum look turned into a full smile. "Yes. I want to help them. I'm not just a pawn." She shook her head, her long now smooth hair flowing gently with the breeze.
"Adoih-kun?" He spun around facing the the not serious girl, but proud women. She stood straight with both her hands balled up tightly and her head held high. "A rose that blooms once every ten years, call me Yuuki-chan, as thanks."
She smiled softly. "I have to thank you most of all. I now know of what I must do. To finally relive myself of this pain and regret I've felt during these last few years."
End – A Simple Message - Message Four
To Be Continued...?
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I would have loaded this chapter sooner, but my connection kept on being stupid, so please don't blame the cuteness that is me. Heh _ The story is not really going how I planned. Sigh... It's even better. YES! I cheer. The idea just came to me. Awesome right so I hope you enjoy it all. I moved the chapters up so it might be a bit longer. As you may have noticed each of my chapters have been having more and more wordy inside. So now I wanna say,.. Yay Progress. Big smiles.
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