So sorry for the short chapter last time! I was really busy and didnt want to wait any longer, so here is chapter 4!*
* sits back and stretched while admiring my handwork while Zero reads the script.
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" This is stupid." I sniffed. " Kuran should have told me that I could reveal myself to others before I went to see my brother."
It was almost eight p.m when a familiar dog appeared infront of me. I said nothing as it took me away.
When I arrived to the ball I was standing in front of Kaname and Yuuki surrounded by vampires.
" Found my grave." I told him. Kaname did nothing but continue to walk into the crowd with Yuuki.
Whatever. Where is Zero and Kaito? My eyes wandered to the heads of each individual intil I spotted a familier brunette hunter and a silverette standing by a white pillar. I ran over to them and focased on making myself visible to only Zero and Kaito.
" Onii-san!" I yelled. " Onii-san!"
Kaito's and Zero's heads turned to the sound of my voice. When they saw me Zero had a large smile cross his features and he nudged Kaito and jerked his head in the direction where I came running through the crowd. Kaito looked absolutely stunned when I reached them.
" Anna? Wha?" Kaito could barely get the words out of his mout before tears started to appear and he quickly wiped them away.
" Don't talk aloud! People will think your crazy!" I said and twirled my finger in a circle on the left side of my head. " Just say your thoughts in your head and I'll hear you. Both of you."
" Can't other people see you?" asked Zero.
" Nope just you two. Your the only ones that can here me also, so there's no need to worry. Except for that bloodsucker over there!" I growled, jabbing a finger in Kuran's direction.
I turned to Kaito. " I'm really sorry that I couldn't talk to you earlier. Remember, when you were in my bedroom."
" Its-" He corrected his mistake. " Its fine. So that really was you?"
" Yeah. I miss you so much Kaito but don't worry, I'll be back." Kaito looked at me confused.
" You said that before you left at the meeting," Zero said. " What did you mean."
" Chairman didn't mention this but..." I continued to tell them the details of the situation and their eyes grew wide at each word. By the end their eyes were almost popping out of their eye sockets.
" Are you serious!?" gasped Kaito and Zero in unison.
" As serious as serious can get." I smiled.
" You lost my necklace that I made for you?" was the first thing that came out of his mind.
I slapped my forehead. " Was that the only thing you heard?" I groaned.
" Yes! But really? How could you lose it!"
" It was ripped off along with parts of my throat thanks for asking!" I shrieked. " I went back to go look for it a couple of days ago and now it isn't there!"
Both their eyes landed on my neck and then quickly looked away. Kaito looked like he was going to get sick. I frowned and buttoned up my hunter jacket to hide my wounds. " Besides," My voice lowered back to a normal level. " Someone could have come and picked it up."
" Could it have been Kuran?" asked Zero.
Kaname's face popped into my mind. Could he have seen and taken it when he came to see me before I died? He could be keeping it from me to prevent me from coming back to my original state.
I shook my head and turned to look at Kaname. " No. He wouldn't."
" So what's the plan." Kaito asked while surveying the room.
" Well-"
Zero suddenly pushed off the pillar and headed into the crowd.
" Zero where are you going!" I called. I followed him, leaving Kaito to stand by himself.
I weaved left and right through the crowd until I came to an angry looking Zero who was gripping a vampire's wrist and Yori who looked startled by his sudden appearance. Then Yuuki appeared. I looked at the vampire and saw that it was Sara Shirabuki, a pureblood.
" Yori-chan!" she said happily. When she saw Zero she walked right up to him and laid a hand on his arm.
" Would you please let go of her? She is one of our precious guests." Yuuki asked with a steady gaze.
" Don't... touch me." He hissed.
" I will stop touching you when you let her go." Yuuki said firmly. Zero let go. My eyes wandered over to Sara when Zero left with Yori in tow, giving Yuuki a cold look.
A small sound of clanking metal against other jewelry made me glance at her neck. I almost didn't see it because the dress straps crossed over her chest before looping around her neck.
There hanging around her neck... was my necklace.
" It's her... she has it. She has my necklace." I gasped.
Frantic, I looked for any sign of Kaname. After I spotted him I ran over.
" Kaname!" I called. Skidding to a stop beside him." I found my necklace! Its with Sara-sama. And she happens to be wearing it. Go talk to -" But when I took a quick glance over my shoulder and jumped. Sara stood right behind me. Kaname's eyes narrowed before turning to face Sara.
" Sara? You were visiting your fiance. How uncommonly vulgar of you to come to the ballroom immediately after that still wrapped in the scent of your 'meal'." He confuted. I shivered.
" Yes, it is indeed as you say Kaname-san. I truly did something offensive." She looked down apologetically. While watching Sara I saw Kaname give a quick glance down at her neck and his eyes widened.
" Told you so!"
" Real safe party you had Kuran. A hunter and a vampire dead in one night and it was all Sara." I said bitterly. We had arrived back at his house and when Yuuki went to bed Kaname stayed up and was sitting staring at the fireplace.
" I never trusted her in the first place. She's usually the source for this kind of trouble. Reckless and careless none the less."
" What are you going to do about it." I asked and sat next to him on the couch.
" Wait and watch."
Shoulders slumped I stared into the fire. " I wish everything could go back to the way it was."
" We both know that's never going to happen." He replied quietly.
" Yeah... I know." I sighed. For once in Kaname's life a gloomy expression shown on his face.
I reached out a hand and set it on his knee. " Hey don't look so defeated. Just do what you have to do to make things right again."
The following day I found Kaito and Zero walking to Zero's appartment after I had ran through the forest using the same route I had before. I kept myself non visible.
We entered a room on the third floor.
" Tsk, You really are something. You don't seem to care at all that we're currently under orders to not go hunting alone. Looks dangerous behavior." Scolded Kaito leaning against the open door. Zero threw his briefcase onto a wooden rocking chair and flicked the lightswitch on, making the room fill with light.
" I was never given such orders." murmered Zero.
Kaito scoffed. " Oh?... I guess its because you're special.
Zero gave a low growl and fondled with something in his coat pocket, pulling it out I saw it was a pack of blood tablets. He gave it a rattle. " What are you here for Kaito."
The said hunter sat on Zero's bed near his pillow. " The official business can wait. I'd rather we continue the talk we had earlier. Zero, I'm not surprised the official conclusion for the incident at the party. I think there wasn't really another way to go. I will definitally find out the truth of what happened. A pureblood bit that girl and the likelyhood the the one who put an end to Ouri's life was also a pureblood is high. So, it's only ligical to suspect all the purebloods at the party. Maybe...there's no reason to suspect all of them."
So Kaname and are the only ones who know who the culprit is?
" For now..." Zero said and gripped the box of blood tablet's tightly in his hand.
Kaito put his hand on Zero's pillow and leaned his head on his shoulder. " Hey Zero..." He paused and pove his hand on the pilow as if feeling for something. He lifted the pillow off the bed. " What's this..."
I moved to see what he was staring at.
" Why do you have this small pistol under your pillow? That model has been discontinued and the Association doesn't make them anymore?"
Zero didn't seem to be listening but tipped his head back and shook the blood tablets letting them plop into his mouth. He swallowed around 5, which was a lot in blood tablets.
" You're eating to much, what's going on?" concern entered Kaito's voice.
Zero ignored his question. " So what's the stuff you came for."
Kaito's eyes narrowed and frowned before getting up and off the bed. " Don't forget I'm a hunter too. I know well the vampire nature." Snatching Zero by the lapels of his jackets he slammed him up against the wall.
I made myself visible, but they didn't notice me.
" TELL ME WHAT'S WITH THAT GUN! Tell me before you repress everything and it becomes to late to fix anything! When you're emotionally unstable... that becomes my problem!" He yelled. He lowered his voice. " I have been closely watching you ever since I was assigned to this place/ I have also tried investigating you, waiting to see your reactions. Sure, there's no doubt that you seem to be the ideal Association President you don't let anything slip." Kaito paused to stabilize his emotions before continuing.
" But... under the surface, you're emotionally terribly unstable. It's unbelievable that you can even patch things up enough to maintain such apparent calm on the surface. Do you even realize it?"
I stared in shock at the harsh words that had just come out of his mouth.
Zero's hair covered his eyes. " I ... actually... I don't feel anything of what you described." What? How?
He continued to speak. " As for the gun, there was this human that had special abilities to allow her to use hunter weapons. Random circumstances made that she was near me and so I had her carrying that pistol as a sort of ' insurance' just in case. When the gun ceased to be necessary and that girl was gone I found the gun had been returned to my school dorm room on the nights were the urge to go kill vampires is nearly impossible for me to resist. Having that there helps me cool down at least a tiny bit."
" Why did you never tell me about the pistol Zero?" I spoke, my voice barely above a whisper.
Amethyst and emerald eyes snapped up to look at me.
"..." They were both silent.
" Don't lie to me or try and make up excuses. I've been here since we entered this room." My voice wavered.
" Because you weren't always there for me." he admitted.
" Wasn't there for you?" I whispered. He smacked Kaito's hand from his jacket.
" Yuuki was always there when I needed her. "
" I have known you way longer than she has. I have always been there for you. Ready and waiting. " i snapped, pissed off.
Zero became angry despite Kaito's comforting hand on his shoulder, which got shaken off.
" Oh yeah? Name one time you were there for me."
I folding my arms around my sides and looked at the carpeted floor. " Do you remember last year on that day at school when you saw me in hunter gear going into the Moon Dormitory? Earlier that day I had gone to visit the headmaster. Kaname wanted to ask me a favor..."
" What? What kind of favor?"
" To come with me to the Senate and ask to stop Kiryuu's execution." Kaname stated with little feeling
" Kaname-" Cross began and sweatdropped at my reaction.
" TO WHAT?!" Zero's Execution? Is this some type of joke?What is he being executed for!" The answer ws already formed in Kaname's eyes and I saw it.
" He killed Shizuka."
" You are correct." said Kaname.
" Then why am I involved." I pointed to myself.
Kaname leaned foreword, resting his elbow in Cross's desk then his head on the palm of his hand. His head stayed turned in my direction.
" Even though I myself am I pureblod then Senate is sometimes very hard to persuade when it comes to stuff like this. Zero killed a pureblood. Which makes him a first rate target in the Senate's eyes. Your part is to throw them off. They will become weary because you are part of the Hunter's Association. And they want to stear clear of the Association as to avoid conflicts or confrontations. They will back down. Are you willing to help me out?"
I sat there in silence while my mind processed the information he had given to me. So if I go there and they see me they will back down? But its the Vampire Senate. I have heard they never take things like this to lightly. But Kuran is a pureblood. Surely they will obey him and stop the execution.
I shook my head to clear my thoughts. My eyes wandered back to Kaname who was waiting with a pacient gaze.
" I will go with you." I stated. Kaname gave an appreciative smile and stood up, extending a hand towards me. I stood along with him and shook it. Headmaster let out a happy cry and hugged me. HIs back faced Kaname and I looked straight at Kaname over Headmasters shoulder.
"I know you killed Shizuka." I spoke directly into Kaname's mind. His eyes narrowed. " ... Thank you Kaname." His eyes widened in surprised disbelief but quickly went back to normal when Cross let go of me and turned to Kaname.
" When are you planning on leaving." He asked Kaname.
" In a couple of hours actually." he said. " Sorry this was kind of last minute." He apologized this time to me.
" Oh its no problem." I said. " I'll go and get my stuff and I'll be ready. That way we could leave a little early. Is that okay?" I asked unsure.
" That's fine. I'll wait for you at the Moon dorm. Will that work for you?"
"Perfect. See you then." I said and He and I exited Headmaster's office walking side by side without saying anything. We parted ways and I went to my room. I strode to my closet and grabbed my hunter coat off of its hook and threw it on the bed to go look for my gun. I pulled open my drawer and took the gun into my hands then placed it on the inside pocket of my coat before shrugging into it. Then I remembered my school uniform. I stil had it on. Non-huridly I took off the coat and ruffled through my drawers and found white jeans and a black t-shirt. this would have to do. Everything else was mismatching or dirty. I put my coat back on and a pair of boots before venturing outside.
I made my way towards the Moon dorms and reached the gate which was open slightly. My hand barely touched the gate to go inside before I caught a figure out of the corner of my eye standing a ways away. And he was watching me. I turned my head to see that it was Zero. His frown deepened at the sight of my attire.
" Where are you going? And Why are you dressed like that?"
" I'm going to go somewhere with Kaname. I need to wear this." i answered and swung the gate door wide open so I could fully slip through.
" Where are you going with Kuran?" He pressed. Zero wasn't about to let this subject just disappear. I could tell.
" I wish I could tell you but, I can't." I told him earnestly.
" Why not."
" I just can't."
He glared at me. " Why!"
" I can't. I'm sorry." I said softly and went through the gate leaving a frustrated Zero behind. I closed the gate behind me with a loud metallic clink and walked to the front doors of the Moon Dorm. Being polite I knocked and my hearing picked up footsteps. Two seconds later the door swooshed open to reveal Takuma in traveling attire. Instead of a coat he was wearing a black button up jacket and white pant's. Akutsuki appeared next to him in the same thing.
" Anna-chan! Please come in. Kaname is expecting us in his room in a few minutes."
I gave a warm smile and stepped in. The interior of the Moon Dorm was much more fancy than the Sun dorm by a long shot.
" Are you coming to the meeting also?" I asked Takuma.
" Yes." he replied and moved to sit on a couch in the middle of the room. I followed and sat down next to him.
" So you are aware of what is going to go on during the meeting?" Akutsuki asked me when I moved to sit next to him on another couch across from Takuma.
" Yes, he did explain my part in this." I confirmed. " Did he explain my part to you?" They shook their heads.
I sat there and told them my part that will take place and what it will do to persuade the Senate. They seemed slightly surprised.
" So your there acting like a threat to the Senate? It will be like if they know that the Association knows about Zero's execution they will back down because they don't want a fight to break out." Takuma summed up what I had said to Kaname earlier to almost perfection.
" Exactly." I stated.
" Oh you've arrived." said a voice from the balcony of the staircase. We looked up to see Kaname in his black travelers coat and black gloves covering his hands.
" Kaname-sama." said Akutsuki and Takuma bowing respectivly towards him. I nodded my head at him.
" If you would follow me please." He said and walked towards his room. We ascended the staircase and entered his room. He slid gracefully into a cushioned chair behind a cherry red desk slightly similar to Headmaster's.
Kaname directed his question to the boys standing on either side of me. " I presume Anna has told you about our plan." He stated.
" Yes Kaname." answered Takuma.
" Are there any questions?"
" No."
" Then I will explain the whole situation to you..." He resumed to tell us about the plan and we listened. We talked for about an hour before it was time to leave.
We walked out of the Moon Dorms and strolled towards the black iron gate that led out of Cross Academy. A limo awaited us at the bottom of the stairs. Kaname and Akutsuki got in first and I got in next to Takuma, which ended up for me to sit across from Kaname. The door was closed by the chauffeur and we rolled away from the curb heading to our destination.
I listened to their conversation in silence.
" Kiryuu-kun murdered Shizuka Hiou with good reason... And he is going to be executed by the Senate House with the charge of pureblood homicide without any investigation behind the case. And you are going to stop this? Do you know what they will say to you who have given him protection with your " Pureblood" status?" Takuma asked with concern.
Kaname meanwhile stared out of the window, chin resting on his hand. Takuma continued, " You have saved a classmate while disregarding your ancestry. The Senate House won't carry out the truth with peace... " Takuma trailed off and waited for Kaname's answer.
" Isn't this the problem we are trying to avoid?" I asked Takuma.
" Yes." Kaname said and turned to face us. " I didn't think of that. Even so... from here I will go to the House with a stout heart."
We pulled into a sharp right turn, causing my head to back slightly against the window. " Ow!" I groaned and rubbed my head. " Crazy driver you got yourself Kaname- sama." I told him. He chuckled.
" Are you alright?"
" Yeah. Hey we're here." I told him and took a better look at the large windowed building. It looked nicer than the Association but the aura that emanated from it was something that I didn't like at all. old and unfriendly. I shivered a little as we exited the car and neared the building.
" Are you feeling alright?" Takuma asked who came up beside me. I gave him a shrug and smile nervously.
" I feel the same way, we'll just have to see how this goes and knocked on the door. It opened to reveal a man who looked to be in his late thirties of so. He had a similar resemblance to Takuma.
" Kuran Kaname. You are right on time. Follow me please. He stepped aside while holding the door open for us as we passed. He eyed me suspiciously when I passed him. My hunter instincts screamed. I rubbed my temple to try and ease the persistent buzzing in my head. I hated being around to many vampires. I began to feel agitated. The others took notice of my agitation and Takuma spoke up.
" Grandfather, this is Takayima Anna, she came along with us for Kiryuu. She is also from the Assoction." He added and something flashed in this man's eyes. He was his grandfather?! Takuma had hit a nerve somewhere. This is where the plan begun.
" Ichiou, are we heading to the meeting?" asked Kaname.
" Huh? Oh yes yes Kaname Kuran-sama. My apologies." He murmured and walked past Kaname leading us to a door. He opened it to reveal a large meeting room. Inside was a long table with chairs on each end. Non were in the middle. Kaname sat opposite of Ichiou. I realized that this was the man that he had talked about, the President of the Senate. A cold sweat erupted down my spine. Please let this plan work! I prayed in my head. If we failed.. I didn't even want to think of what we would have to do. Then it began. Kaname explained his situation involving Zero and why they shouldn't put him on execution. I watched the Senate President's expression and body language the whole time. he seemed calm at the beginning but as Kaname explained further he began to get irritated and even angry. When Kaname told him about the Association being involved Ichiou became almost hostile.
The Senate really doesn't want to get involved with the Association do they? I thought curiously. When Kaname was done with this explaining process we waited for Ichiou's agreement to let go of Zero's execution. I gripped the head of Kaname's chair tightly, my nails dug into the wood making scratch marks.
" This resistance...we will over look it." He said sternly. " Let's put a hold on Kiryuu's execution... as long as Kaname-sama remains at Cross Academy."
" ... I saved your life that day Zero. And I never told you. DIdn't you think it was a little odd that the Senate and the Association weren't bothering you about it anymore? I was so relieved when you were taken of their execution list. I didn't have to worry about you getting killed. If I had refused Kaname and not gone. The Senate would have not relented so quickly." My voice had become a little stronger as I finished talking. " I did it all for you. I risked my life for you."
Zero and Kaito had become statues of stone as they stood in awe at my ,supposedly secret, experience.
" It was something I wanted to do because I care about you so much! And .Do." I sniffed. " I love you. Zero."
" I love you as a sister Anna. Not the other way. I love Yuuki, I always will."
Tears pooled in my eyes. " Then what was all the crap you said to me about you loving me when I was seconds away from dying! HUH?! What was all of that! Your love is completely one sided. Yuuki doesn't love you! She only loved you as a brother. She fell in love with Kaname a long time ago!" I screamed.
" HEY!" He screamed. " Don't you dare say that!"
" You can't do anything to me if I said it again, bloodsucker!" I retorted. Fresh tears dripped down my face. I stormed past Zero and Kaito.
" And you know what? I'm glad I'm dead. At least I can spend the rest of my life with someone other than the likes of you." I sneered. Hurt, abandon and shock shown on my face before I whipped around and ran out of the room.