Im back! I think that Apology Exepted was one of my best chapters in this book so far. I'm feeling really good about this chapter too! Enjoy! Read and Review please! Thanks a million :D*
P.s - ' wolf talk'
The news of Yuuki wanting to reestablish the Night Class was a surprise. I hadn't expected her to want to do such a thing. I had a feeling that there were going to be some difficulties in the future. Also, the news of the new blood tables that every vampire was raving about saying how 'delicious' they were also got me suspicious. Earlier when I was taking a leisurely stroll in town I had spotted several vampires with glass jars filed to the lid with tables. They began to fight over them and the others had to break it up. Why and what in the world would make them fight over some stupid blood tablet. That kind of stuff never happened last year, that's for sure. I never mentioned what I saw to anybody. I figured that someone would find out sooner or later.
" Hey Zero-kun?" I asked my best friend who was lying across a bench outside in the Academy's garden.
" Mmm." Came is response.
" Do you think it was the right thing to do? I mean, did Yuuki make the right choice about reestablishing the Night Class?" I asked him sitting on the ground near his head.
He gave a lazy shrug and yawned.
" You know, no one's out here. you can talk aloud you know."
Zero cracked open and eye and glared at me before closing it.
" Moron." I looked up at the figure approaching us with an umbrella. " Hey, someones coming over." I forewarned and watched the girl come closer.
Maria stopped right next to me, her umbrella creating a shady spot on Zero's face.
" Can't you sense them? When a vampire is already near you?" She asked, Zero opened his amythest eyes and gave her a hard look.
" The motive of the enemy and their intentions. Can't sense them without those? About that... yesterday was a narrow escape." she said while Zero sat up reaching insie his jacket pocket.
In a flash Zero had Bloody Rose pointed straight at her face. " Hey calm down." I chided but didn't get up from my spot.
" Why would a vampire wander around in the middle hall in broad daylight. Go back to your nest." He growled.
Maria sweat-dropped. " Ah... that's because I don't know how to go back." she answered nervously.
Zero put a hand to his face. " Your joking."
Zero ended up walking throught the grounds with Maria behind him and me by his side.
" Well aren't you being a wonderful chauffeur to Maria." I teased. Zero audibly grounded his teeth in annoyance.
" Thank you for treating me so well yesterday. Sara-sama didn't blame me . It's probably because of you. Actually... you don't detest all vampires... right?" she asked from behind.
I turned my head to give Zero an incredulous look. " Sara's here? Oh goody." sarcasm was water-falling from my voice.
Glancing at Maria, I noticed an uncomfortable look on her face. " Uh... Zero. Maria doesn't look so good." I announced. Zero stopped and turned before Maria started to have a coughing fit, and then she fell over into Zero's arms.
He picked her up bridal style and started back to where the infirmary was. She huffed. " I'm sorry, I'm useless during the day."
Later that day I found Zero napping against a tree, two twin bite marks fading very quickly on his neck.
" Are you alright? Did Yuuki take to much? You look sad Ze." I commented. Zero gave me the glare and swiftly got to his feet, shewing away some wandering day class girls who had come to close. Once they were out of view. two men appeared.
" Good work Zero-kun." Complimented the Headmaster. Making myself see-able I smiled and waved.
" Hello, headmaster."
" AHH Annaaa! How are you!" He cried and ran to give me a hug but forgot I couldn't touch him so he hugged the tree instead. I snickered, so did Kaito.
He let go of the tree and rubbed his head. " Owie!" He cried. " Hey Zero, I can see a little of Yuuki's old style when she's handling things like a committee member.. You obediently playing your role also makes me very happy." he said.
" Initially, didn't you ingnore the restraining orders and wanted to go kill Kaname-kun? Using his existence as a reason.
" I would have ignored them." I said under my breath.
" And now you've changed into a very obedient person. It's quite worrying." Cross said. Zero's frown deepened.
" Didn't Kuran decide to kill off ALL of the purebloods? If that's the case, I don't really have a reason to stop him." Answered Zero.
Cross pursed his lips in concern." I am going to pretend I never heard you say that..."
Kaito shook his dead disappointed and I frowned.
" Have you seen Kaname-kun at all Anna-chan?" Cross asked and I shook my head.
" He hasn't called for me and I haven't been looking for him ever since that incident involving Aidou's father." I responded.
" Lets just hope he doesn't decide to do anything reckless or stupid shall we?" stated Headmaster.
It was time to see Kaname. Even though I didn't want to I needed to sort some things out with him.
Focasing on his aura I found it to be more difficult than it usually was. Something was off about it. Like it wasn't actually his. I shrugged off the thought and transported to his current location. I found him near a Victorian style house with an iron gate around it. He was standing there leaning against the stone wall on the sidewalk that surrounded the place.
" Kuran! I need to talk with you!" I stated angrily as I stalked towards him. He turned and gave me a raised eyebrow.
" I don't want to talk to you." He said.
" Its important!" I said.
" If its about what I think you're going to ask me then don't." He said stiffly.
" Yes and no. I came to talk to you about your so called plan."
" Which is?"
" To kill all purebloods." I answered crossing my arms comfortably across my chest.
" Well aren't you a smart cookie." he said darkly.
" Shut your hole Kuran. Why are you trying to-" sadly I didn't get to finish my question before a long silver razor edged sword lay steadily in the air near Kaname's neck. I gasped and whipped around.
There Cross stood with infuriated expression. " My expectations... I wanted them to be off."
Kaname reached up and gripped the sword with the pale fingers of his left hand. Instantly they began to smoke and burn from the layer of anti-vampire silver. He lifted it up and away fro his neck.
" Why are you trying to annihilate all purebloods!" He yelled and ran forward. I phased into a wolf to avoid getting impaled and then mentally slapped myself. It was a reflex on my part after all. I backed away and sat on the ground watching the confrontation.
" The question you ask is very strange. You, who made the deals with vampires for such a long time should be the one to understand the most but... I beg of you. Please don't stop me."
Kaname is begging? Now that's unusual.
" Unless you expect me to watch Isaya-kun's family being attacked with my own eyes and doing nothing? Is this a sick joke. I haven't even asked you a reason?" he hissed and charged again. Kaname doged and flitted up the to the top of the stone wall.
" What reason?" asked the pureblood. " It's too simple to be put into words, It is only that my pathh constantly changed but my motive has always been the same... speaking of which..."
" Well." replied Cross who had managed to press his sword dangerously close to Kaname's throat." I never wished for purebloods to vanish.
Kaname's form began to fall away into a swirl of black bats. I leaped to my paws and jumped towards him to stop him but was too slow. I flew over the wall and onto the grass.
I phased to a human once more " Dang it!" I cursed and slammed my fist into the ground.
" Anna?" came Cross's voice from the other side of the wall.
I got up and hopped over the wall to see an unconscious bloody boy.
" I'm going to take him to the Association to be looked after. Please go after Kaname. Promise me you will try with all of your might to stop him. Make him stop." Pleaded the chairman, his aura screamed desperate.
" I'll try everything I can Cross..." I relied and watched him walk away with the boy ever his shoulder.
Once again today I was running after the pureblood killer. " Kaname Kuran! If you do not stop and listen to right this minute I will not let up until you do." I roared and grabbed his sleeve. Because he wasn't in his actual vampire form I was able to touch him. Useful.
Kaname whipped around and grabbed my wrist in a painful grip.
" If you want my help with getting you back in you body than stop following me!" he yelled in my face. I leaned away from him.
" I will not stop following you. Don't you see? I'm stuck with you! For the rest of your life. So if you want me to stop following you tell my why! WHY are you killing purebloods!" I yelled back, wrenching my wrist from his grasp.
His head whipped up and he was staring at something behind me. " Answer me!" I growled.
He shoved me away violently and stalked off down the small towns alley where i had found him and stopped under a shadowed stone overhang staring at two very familiar people.
" Kuran wait!" i shouted and ran after him frustrated cry.
Almost running into him I stopped and stared at Zero and Yuuki who were both where their respectively colored Academy outfits. Zero had Yuuki pressed up roughly against the wall.
" That jerk... Kuran Kaname... each pound of his flesh is extremely dirty."he hissed, his voice had risen to a yell. " HE RUINED ALL OF MY LIFE! MY FAMILY! ICHIRU! ANNA! And me..."
" Zero? Wha-" she stopped midsentance and looked straight at Kaname and me. I was sure to make myself visible to both of them.
She started to walk towards us before Zero reached out and grabbed her.
She looked at Kaname with sad eyes. " You didn't come here to bring me away like you did last time. What did you come here for this time."
" You should get Kiryuu to explain it to you. In some ways he is the one who understands my existence extremely well."
" Kaname... what are you talking about." I asked him.
" I... believe somewhere in my heart that you would walk along together with Yuuki." He confessed to Kaname.
The next words that escaped Zero's mouth that I had been suspicious of for so long where finally revealed.
" You released Shizuka from her prison... why?"
I have a horrified gasp. " You...you..." I couldn't form the words." I backed away in horror until i stood near Zero.
" To remove Shizuka's grudge... no. It's to hunt down a certain hunter couple.
" Why..." Zero and I said in unison.
" To plant the seed of hatred towards purebloods. Into that families twins with no liberation from it till death.
" WHY!" Zero repeated, expression becoming pained, mirroring mine.
" To turn the twins... into weapons." Kaname finally omitted." That wouldn't stop until all purebloods were massacred.
" Why... WHY US!" shouted Zero who whipped out his gun and pointed it at Kaname's face. " At least... if Ichiru wasn't dragged into this..." Zero's gun began to grow thorns.
Yuuki yanked the gun down as Kaname disappeared. I gave one thunderous snarl and disappeared with him.
We arrived in a secluded area and without a seconds hesitation I phased in the air midway through my leap and slammed into Kaname's unprotected backside. He wasn't expecting it at all. He slammed into the ground with a thud. The pureblood became pinned underneath my large white paws. My lips curled up to reveal my sharp daggered teeth. I was throw off him with a wave of telekinetic force and skidded across the ground.
" YOU! IT WAS ALL YOU!" I sobbed through my teeth while staggering onto my legs. I phased back so I could look at him.
Kaname was already on his feet and glared at me with pure hatred. " Yes, it was all me."
" Why my family! Why Zero's family! We did nothing to you, you ruined our lives. We can never live normal lives now." I screamed at him. " Its all your fault! You lied to me, you told me you had nothing to do with my family."
I took in a deep breath to try and calm myself down. " Of course I didn't believe you. I can't believe I became friends with you. Everything you asked me to do... i did it. And now I see I was just some piece of your game and your sadistic plan. Your sick and cruel and heartless." I hissed staring at him straight in the eye.
" Heartless eh? If that's how you want to play... let's try your style shall we?"
His body reformed into a wolf. I turned and crouched, snarling at him. We leaped into the air and crashed head on into one another. Snarls, yelps, and growls filled the clearing as we ripped up grass and fur from one another. Kaname pinned me underneath him and I swatted at him with a paw. He staggered to the side and I bit his neck before tossing him away from me.
' Your not familiar with this kind of body huh Kaname!' I mocked and barreled into him but he sidesteps and bit me on the leg. Twisting my body I got him pinned in such a way that he couldn't escape.
My anger fell away and my body sagged. I clambered from his struggling form, anger gave away to my sadness. He stared at me as I moved away from him and collapsed on the ground in mental defeat. I curled up in the grass.
A pair of footsteps approached and touched me on the head. I snapped at his hand before settling back down.
' Don't touch me! Leave me be!' I growled with a sob. ' Heartless, life taking, murderous LEECH!'
' I'm-'
I shut him out with a snap. " It's all his fault..."